No. 28. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1908.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
OFFICE OF ffl OF COURT ABOLISHED
U. S. Commissioner Lefevre is to Serve
as Deputy at Reduced Salary. Office
at Ketchikan in Same Boat.
For tome considerable time a well
defined rumor has been in circulation,
thai the offices of c!"rk of the court if
this city and that of Ketchikan were to
be abolished. Mrs. McLellan, cleric,
wis advised some time ago that the
matter was under cot sideration by the
department; that the special inspector
sent out hate lust summer recommend
ed the abolishment of the office becau>e
of the general good behavior of the
town thtit left lis revenues fall short.
The bill erecting a fourth judicial dis
trict it was seen n ade no provision for
the malntainancc of the clerks offices at
enher this city or Ketcbikan and the
Question was raised at the time the bill
was Introduced but It was learned by
persons Interested that the department
had deflniteiy determined upon Its
course with regard to these two cities.
: Therefore It was no matter of surprise I
when this morning Clerk of the Court
C. C. Page arrived up on the Dolphin !
for the purpose of carrying out the re- j
commendations of the Inspector. Thoso
are stated In a letter to Mr. Page. Co
j der them the commissioner Is to act
hereafter as deputy clerk at a slated
itipeud of $j00 per year.
Mrs. McLe'.lan who was recently
elected treasurer of the city has, sinco
receiving the notice refeied to, been
awaiting the arrival of Mr. Page, to
Mr. B. M. Behrends, of Juoeau, mer
chant, banker and financier, la making
one of his scni-annual>t?l'* tothi* liyr..
locking over his interests her,;.
Mr. Bebrc..ds l> r cognized as the
leading financier of >outh east -rn Alas
ka If not of ail Alaska and it is Rood to
hear him make the report he does of
cond tions prev.itnjf throughout this
?ectioo.
''At no time ?lnce the days of the
Klondike," siid Mr. Behrends to the
Alaskan today "Das the outlook been s i
excellent. Southeastern AlasKa has
gone through the financial flurry with
out turning a hair. There has been no
sign of the neceassit? of script, such as
nearly all parts of the country has b.en
put to. Our deposits have increased '
during this period and business has notj
only not suffered but increastd. Tod?y j
the merchantilc business of Juneau Is
at high tide and so I have to report
of all other brancbe*.
At Treadwell the mines ore runnim:
full tilt, some 1,000 men being employ
ed. The Treadwell people say they
ure making a steady endeavor to jje
Into their ensp'oy the best ela^sof labor,
married men as far as possible, for
whom they aro putting up modern five
room bouses. They expect to avoid the
trouble that has harassed them in the
past. At the Perseverance mine between
200 and 300 men are employed. They will
drop 100 stamps as soon as they get
water. The Juneau-Alaska has a 30
stamp mill and 75 or a 100 men. Tbe
Ebner mine? less than two miles from
Juneau? will be smarted up very soon
and it is said they are planning <0 erect h
( 200 stamp mill. So you see things aro
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Filo. Rope and Royal Floss 60c a dozed
I Stores Open Evenings Phones 4 & 55
make tho transfer of the books and doc
uments, and his been busily engaged
for some time in writing ibem up to
bare them In readiness. Mr. Page
however, stales that the order will not
go into effect until tho flrst of the month
and possibly not until June.
Mrs. McLollan has beon clerk of the
court here since Nor. '.JO, 1901, over six
years, And was for four years preceding
rcoorder of the district. Mr. Page had
only the warmest worJs of praise for
tb? minuer in <vhtch the records for
this iqng period were turned over.
Mr. Page left this afternoon for Ket\
chlkan to carry out the same orders in
that city.
very cheerful down our way.. In the
city the Cartten Packing company ie
erectinK a two story building, and Mr.
Maloney will build a 30x50, two s.ory,
as soon as he can get the lumber. And
this in a year just preceding; the pres
deniial iloction wnich always has the]
effect of holding thines in check. Let
the presidential question be decided j
?mi I lock for a "u atocke ?ou ,
and other business in proportion." |
(By United Pr?M.)
Seattle, April 25 --It Is now known
that the Guggenheim* are going after
the beach diggings and the tundra
properties at Nome. Thev have agonts
at work buylmg up the properties in an
evident endeavor to secure control of
them. Thewlnterclean-up.lt Is said,
will be the smallest on record.
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ANOTHER GUESS
(By Unltsd Prw )
Washington, April 25? President
Roosevelt has made up his mind to
spend a portion of next year hunting
' big game in South Africa.
(By United Pre**.)
Sau Francisco, April 25? No arrest*
h ive -et been made of buipecta for tbe
Gallagher dynamiting: outrage. There
are Absolutely no tangible clues.?
(Unit_i Press Telegraph-Cable 8ervlce.)
Pittsburg, April 24? An explosion occurred in the
Ellsworth mine this afternoon in which four men were
killed outright and sixty-five were entombed. Fire broke
out immediately and the men are doomed. Great excite
ment prevails about the mines and the wives and friends
of the entombed men are creating scenes indescribable.
Every measure possible for their relief is being employed
but there is literally no hope. The mouth of the mine is
issuing volumes of smoke and it is impossible to enter it.
It is deemed inadvisable to flood the mine as might
be done, lest it would take away a laet chance on the part
of the men to escape.
The body of Charles Robe, a little
bjy who lost his life on February ?1,
while tryloj? to save his llti'e ?l?ter
from drowning io the Chooa river at
Fairbanks wa? recovered by Oscar Hill
and Oscar Lenkuma. The two mem
workwd with a dr?K aod iystematically
covered tbo ground from the point
where the boy went through the ice to
a bar B'^tne 200 feet below. Oo this bar,
wedded under the Ice, the body was
found.
W. T. Myrlck, suffered on accident
this afternoon about four o'clock which
has sent him to the hospital with con
gratulations by his friends that It wai
no worse, as it might easily have been.
He was employed at work on the cupola
of the new Pack Train building, twonty
feet above the roof, when he stepped
on the end of one of the ioose boards of
the platform which tilted and precip
itated him to the roof, his head sirllcing
on the of ge of a box, laying open the
scalp for four inches and id the skull.
Ho wa? rendered unconscious. Fred
Patten seeing the fall, ran for Dr. Nor
man, Myrick was quickly returned to
consciousness and was taken to the
hospital. The congratulations are due
that the unfortunate man was not work
ing on the outer side of the cupola, in
which case he would have fallen to ?be
ground and to certain death. The acci
dent was the result of riot nailing the
scaffolding, which Myrick was repeat
edly warned to do. Myrick is a carpen
ter and well known as a good workman.
CHE BITS LIST IP
The P C S 8 Cottag? City which ar
rived up today will come hero no mote
for some time according to Frank Stu
art, agent of the company. He does
not undertake to expluin the circum
stances but says it is the outcome of
agreements entered into by the heads
of the companies down below. There
is to be no more running round by way
of Sitka of the boats of this company,
but the mail will be carried that way
by the Georgia or other boats of the
Juneau Navigation compiny. It seem
that U baa been stipulated that the com
panies (ball run only two boat# eacb.
The published reports to the effect that
the service was to be improved this
season remains to be confirmed by the
facts.
Cbiet Clerk of the Railway Mail ser
Graves is in receipt of a communication
from the department asking him to
make a definite recommendation look
ing to betterments required and has
been inteiviewing bt'sin ss men pre
vious to so doing.
(By United Pr???.)
Washington, April 26? After a
g:ormy session the senate today pa?9ed
a resolution authorizing the attorney
general to proceed against Harriman
lo recover laods in Oregon alleged to
have been illegally acquired or unearn
ed by the railroads of which ho ha?
control.
BANDITS FOILED
BY ENGINEER
(By United Preu.)
Butte, April 25 ? Four bandits at
tempted to hold up the North Coast
limited, west bound, la*t night at Wel
ch's spur. Several torpedoes were ex
ploded on the track but the engineer
divining what was up instead of stop
ping put on ste*m. Secret service men
are at> work and arrested several sus
pects. _ ^
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