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No. 170 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY
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Suits and Skirts
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Fall Millinery
* STYLES THE LATEST
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?tak?l In' (ouuJ roar*v jold with paiu
liu|x>rUnt tiling after ill.
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vetting in supplies cheaply ai d easily
it by Ihe Yukon river routes. He
; built a cabin on the creek where his
uiscovery was made and ha.-. slaked
' IiIh ground, bnt will not divulge the
' ? xaot whereabouts until he has gone
Ibuck and secured his holdings.
Mr. I'ocinsays that the country will
-.Jevekp Into the greatest camp the
| north has ever seen. Ho ha* found
' color over a rad u? of many in les and
knows what he is talking about. He
i was In Skagway last night and u>ld his
- story to some of the old-timer* here.
After spending a few days in |
Skagwuy, Mr. and Mrs. K K. Feopl 4
left this morning for their home In I
The official opening of th?> Sec
ond Annual fair of tho Skagway Horj
ticultural Society will take placo *' <
noon Friday, September 12.
Stateroom and berth, round tilp
ticket, Atlin to Skagway mid re
turn, for fifteen dollar*, bite Puis
ui'i'i iii.icw M>v<;i{Kssn?x.\i,
CH.VIKMW IS KLKCTKD
Washington, Aug, 3U? Repres;nta
tive Frank Woods of Iowa was this
morning elected chairman of tlie re
publican Cong ressiona! committee.
'Pho congressional ormmittees of all
ollttcal parties seem to be gradually
I losing ground as an aid to politics and
t is said that a few years will see its
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EXPERIENCE A GOOD TEACHER
We have been in the excluiive grocery
bu&iness fcr many year* and know exactly
the kind and quantity of food you need and
how to piack it for easy transportation
/^\? T A If fTY con,'^cr quality
V^UAJLl 1 I ^e great essential
and with this idea in mind, invite comparison
with pricei either in Skagway or elsewhere
SHIPMENTS wLulrro1
shipping through Canadian territory and
make out the required papers free of charge
ISJ C*\ ni ITY There i? no duty on
^ American goods des
tined to the Shushanna, the Canadian gov
ernment bonding them through without cost
COME AND SEE US, ANYHOW
Whether you intend to buy, or not, visit us
and we shall be pleased to give yOu all the
information and assistanoe in our power
P. H. GANTY.
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Id! IKK NOTES OK Ml'SHKKS
ON THE CHI SANA TKA1L
Dawson, Aug. 23 ? The launch
Nlta arrived ut 8 o'clock lust evou
lit" from Doujek ,011 the White, w:tb
a returning purty of ChUunu stuiu
peders, Including I'ete Godfrey,
skipper of the boat, Bill Grennon.
engineer; 1'eto McKluuou, Harvey
Siulth, Hugh Johnson, llilly Youug,
Krunk Ui iik, the Soattlu Kid and
Stampede lied. All had been Into
tho diggings except Godfrey. 110
remained to tuko euro of tho bout,
and wus ut Donjek 21 days wlt>)
tho cruft while his partner, Greu
uon, went la uu<* got. ground, a.id
looked over tho camp.
Ou tho trip up tho Nltu took
quite a different party from the one
returning with her. Those wh>
went up were Godtfoy, (Jreunon,
Jack McDonald, McKluuon, Prank
Cameron, Tom Collins, Churloy Per
ry, Fred Poole, Louli Schonborn
and Kd Potter. Godfrey, McKluuon
and Grennan were the only members
of the original party who came back
last 11 Ik lit.
Hill Kupc, tho Slxtymlle and Lad
ue creek trader, was met on the
1 leaver divide, bound In. three days
;igo. Ho had crossed with horses
from the boundary trail. Yelta and
Harris, who left hero July 27. were
reported by Rupe lost near the Beav
<T. but thoy were expected out of
the woods lu a couple of days.
Lunge and his partners were 'If
teen days mushing to tho diggings.
I.nnge was In tho diggings three
days. He reports the ludlans toll
ing mountain sheep there at 2 3
cents u pound. Rabbits oud ptar
migan were plentiful, and a good
many hud little else on which 10
:tvo. l.ange started In from Ben
je wlkth fifty pounds of supplies.
..ml had very little food left when
he got back. He also had to buy a
little food In the camp Ktce was
Helling at $1.10 a pound. Lange
bought all tho supplies he could, and
for 135 got ton pounds of bacon
thrr. of beans and two of sugar. A
pair of ?"<>x cost him a dollar. On?
man refused $100 for a pair of
boots, some of the minora were
seen to offer $25 for rubber pack
shoes, mid $50 for gumboots. Oi.?
lellow offered Bill Grennuii $73
for a pulr of leather hulf boots.
BUI did not want to go barefooted,
and refused the boodle.
Six cabliiB had been erected on
Wilson creek, and Hamshaw was d>'
veloplug the property there The
majority believe the town will be
lu tho timber belt ou WIUou. where
the timber Is much larger and more
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liiMtuii, Aug 30 ? Sam I-ang(ord
and Jack Johnson have agreed to
meet (or a (lght (or the world's
heavyweight championship, The c
vent Is to take i>l ic? in Paris, LHj
cembor 20th.
TIDAL WAVK KILLS 1UOO
AM) OKSTUOYS I'HOI'KKTY
Toklo, Aug. 30 ? A thousand peo
ple were killed today in a d<M
tructlve earthquake wblcb swept ov
er tbo coast. Small villages aloug
the lowlands bordering the coast
wera completely swept away, caus
ing property losses o( lucalcuible
value.
SICILY TKRMU1.KS WITH
A.N'OTHEK KAKTIlylAKK
Messlua, Aug. 3T ? Oho provlute
and city o( Messina lu Sicily was
again uliukeu by a severe earth
quake today. ThU la the ?ecoud
one that has occurred within the
past mouth. Considerable damage
was done.
pleutlful it Is bald, than ou Joliu
SOU.
Mrs. Mamshaw aud little daught
er; Mrs. Jame> aud M rs. .Morgan
{were tho only wouiea iu the ami)
when the Nlta boys left there. Two
or three others are ou route.
J. G. Griffith. kuowu as "Griff",
who was reported lately having a
lay on a Glacier bench, U reported
t>y some of the boys who got lu list
.light as also having a good lay on
No. 2 KIdorado, owued by Mrs.
James. Griff was ou the grouud
preparing to work.
McDonald got a lay oti No. 12 El
dorado from Dud McKlnney and
l.em Yates of the first staking par
ly, and remained there to work
Some of the others of the Nlta par
ty got ground, and v.111 take back
supplies. Others report having
found everything lu tho original dis
trict located aud thoy came back,
decided not -to go iu at least before
winter.
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