PRESIDENT ENDORSES FISHER
Says Fisher's Speech Meets His
Approval ? Hopes Muckrak
ing And Criticism Are Over
rrv V,*ska News Rareau.)
1C >? i ? n. Oct. 30 ? President
Taf ^ : - s?eecb before the Aoen
' ^ Con#:~fSS late Saturday
n Jl,. t ciev th*t he thoroughly ec
? v"^ s ? * '*r F"5>-J>eT s spf'och of
3&*. N*:>T> ;a m-hiob be s*?d
?r*s - f&vor of Home Rule for
\ testa
TV PJy-> ..; -lit S4...1 "If SeoneUrr
? ?- an siT-i-sfcten out ibe Al*>
kan situation, he will win my un
dying personal gratitude." He fur
ther said he hoped there would now
he a lull in the muckraking and the
unnecessarily sharp criticism of all
those who are at present seeking to
develop the resource? of Alaska
"Hie speech was met whith a great
doal of enthusiasm by the members of
the Congress. as the President has
oommited himself to the policy look
ing toward the opening up of Alaska.
TAFT NAMES
TURKEY DAY
By Alaska St*i Bureau.)
\ : ' T.v ;o O *. 3" ? President Ta.t
?? r > &: :>>-<er.t :r. tin? city, today
? - a-.r Tbaakaeiviag Vroc
nt Thursday Novein
- th -.v laatation the presidert
- - f .jri - th ? fao: thai in the past
???>*? ? i<v- $tat<s ha* heen fa
a-.>d :r ?any ways the indnsir-.es
a\ -k - ? ? th* products of Aroeri
u iaiv - -?-? ;iiid:r.? r?ady markets
abroad ar c ther* is pea<v and pros- (
. -i ? - s:cho?t the ?aiid. for all of
*r h ? ? shonid He- ihar.kfn'
\ - .?, ? *>??? :+ Mrs Van EXter.
\ -v of Fort jteward were
>ks?*-?i \:sitors toda>
T^ a will arrive in port to
rt - u :: -? ;r.? aTid * :E sail few the
.-o. -r. ah 5 ockvk in the evening
r- ,n :h> room >tated that
:? H"> . uditK^n had creaUy
u ' e?~. di.-inc the past 24 hours.;
a.- ? that h? voald probably he in a
v?s :or. to make a statement with;r,
3 . aexi few days '
TUFT Will
REVIEW FLEE!
i By Alaska Ncn Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Oct SO ? President Tafi
started this morning for New Y.>rk
where he will review the larsrest
fleet of warships ever assembled in
ti.- C* ted States. on next Thursday
FLETCHER LIKES
By Alaska S>ws Bureau. >
CHICAGO Oot. 30 ? Senator r>i;n
can V. FVtcher. of Florida, in a
spo-* !- n-tv Saturday, stated that h?
is opposed to the idt*a of government,
ownerships and operation of railroads
in Alaska but said that he favors the
le&sinc plan for the opening of *-h(
oo*j lands.
SabacrQ* for t &? D*Uy Alaskar.
You will be delighted that you
Waited for our
New Fall and Winter
Line of
JtafJchac
SUITS AND
POLO COA TS
For Ladies and Misses
Now on Display
H. J. LYNCH
Th# Ur-To-??t? N and FomWir.
won 1051
FOR 30 DOORS
(Rt Alaska News Rureau.l
SE \TTLE. Oct. 30 ? A wireless was
received last Saturday from the
steamer Humboldt to the effect that
she was lost in the foe off Nanaimo.
and bad been for thirty hours pre
viously. Considerable anxiety was
felt over her safety before the mes
sate announcing her whereabouts ar
rived
(Ry Alaska N?ws IVireau )
SEATTLE. Oct. 30? Gov. Walter
E Ciark. of Alaska who came to Se
attle two weeks a-co for a conference
with President Taft left for hi*
home it: .luneau last Saturday
<R\ Alaska News Rureau 1
CHARLESTON. S. C Oct 30? .Jos
eph Pulitzer, proprietor and publisher
of the New York World and the St
Louis Dispatch, dropped dead on the
deck of his yacht in the harbor here
yesterday.
MEN ARE IN DEMAND.
Althouch it is said that there is
no work for men at present in Skag
way, still it may be noticed that
there are few who are idle. As an
evidence of the latter fact, thaj it
:s har.i to men. G H Sturgill
the wood man. who owns a saw
mill about a mile below town, has a
proposition which should appeal to
all laboring men.
Mr SJurgill has contracts aggre
gating 300 cords, which at present
he is unable to fill, and is offering
the sharing plan as an inducement
to men to cut wood. He wants 10
men and m ill explain the proposition
to anyone willing to work Any man
wishing work would do well to see
Mr Sturgill
"Hie Hegc left for Haines today
with R. TV Pinneo and J. M. Keller |
as passeiyrers
EXPERIMENTING
OH NEW TIES
WINNIPEG, Oct 16 ? A creosotti*
pHnt for the treating of ties for the
Canadian Northern railway Is belru;
established ai Port Francis by a
Sr-ottish firm It is the intention of
the company to have all their ties
criwoted in future in order to pro- ;
long theiT life It is also probable
that experiments will be made with i
< rcosoted poplar ties owing to crow ;
ins scarcity and consequently increa*
ed cost of harder wood now listed
Sir William Mackc rie lias been ;
considering adoption of poplar sleep
<-rs and ha* had tests with creosote j
treatment under observation.
Railway men have bewi growing
quite conornwi about this matter
? f tic sup-pi^ Year by rear ties are
tv -online more costly and something
ill have to bp done before th? pHc?
lieoomes proh bitlve. A great for
tune a wafts Uie man who will find
a substitute, combining cheapness
and duraMlity for the present m-ood ,
on ties, the supply of which will not
last many more years at the present
I
STEIN HUD
Howard Malone, who has spent tiie
summer In Vltn arrived here Satur
day on the train. He came out in
company with .lack and .lean McClos
ke> Mr Malone stated that nearly
all the work at AUtn is closed down
for the season. Ruffner beine the on
ly one workine at present, and he is
ftinir;'i_ on closing about the ir.tji .nnj
coming out witli 40 men.
Mr Malone said that the McOJos
key < laini showed up better this y<
than e\<r 1" fore, and that it is the
it. rtirn of Mr McOloskey to work
ten men all winter drifting.
Mr Malone arid Jack and .lean Me
closkev will leave for their homes in
.luneau on the !>olphin.
PERFORMS DARING FEAT
( Ry Alaska New?- Rureau.l
NIAGARA FALLS Oct. SO? Cap'
Klaus 1 .arson yesterday before an im
mense throne of interested onlookers,
safely shot through the "whirlpool'
rapids heer in a motor boat. This
is the second time this feat has been
accomplished.
?John Schmwlt and wife of Haines,
came tip on the P-f'erson and returned
on the same boat.
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+ THIS STORE WILL BE OPEN FROM *
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| + I take this occasion to thank you for *
ii* your liberal patronage during the sum- +
+ mer season and assure you that our best +
+ efforts will be put forth to serve you with +
+ the verv best of g;oods, at lowest possible +
A . ' +
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EARTHQUAKE
REGISTERED
(Ry Alaska New? Pnr<?aa.)
SFATTLF, Oct 30? The whmo
rraph here e*rly yesterday mornin*
r^tirtwd an earthquake shock
which apparently nwirwd *>mc
where in Southeastern Afaaka
RAN JOSF. Oft 30? The Oovem
men l seismograph here yesterday
morning reentered the same earth
quake which was reirlstered at th#
Seattle station
IHE LOST
IS FOUND
The officers of the Peterson. whWi
returned from Chicajroff Island yes
terday. report that Private William
F. Ivone. of Company "F," l$th Inf..
who was reported lost about a week
aeo. had been found in a small vil
la.* on Chatham Strait*, and that
he had returned to the Post on
the Peterson. The hunting parties
were fairly successful. Co. "F" kiH
inc IS ieer. Co K bajrein* S. and
the Hospital Corps bringing home 2.
On one of the last boat* south, a
.Vxi pound sample of "grit" from llf
Skacwav hills was ?cnt to SHka to
b te-ted by the Agricultural Station
th?re The shipment was made by
I) X HtikiTI. *' th? r^n^-ot of Pro
fessor C. C. (leorpfson The "(frit."
which i? <ompoceit of Iron. magnesia,
arsenic. mio? and lime, if proven to
be satisfactory, will later be shipped
extensively to the Statist, where It
is used in the chicken industry
Alaskan want for reaolU.
KILLED WHILE
II CAPTIVITY
<Ry Alaska >
RERUN' Ort Jft ? AdTim hira
bo^n r<xK??1r?l hw? that th? Italian*
hav? shot many of th* TnrkHh pr1?on
<t* ?ak?n In th# s#T?ral batt|?*
srr?nnd Tripoli TK? announcement
ha* r-ans?d * rr?*t d?al of rrltkism.
a* this is atairwrt all nil** of ciTlllr?d
warfare ,
NEW OFFICERS
ftRE ELECTED
(R j Alaska ?' ti F irwa.)
SEATTLE. Ot 31 The AmerVan
Minin* Co>nsT<??ii. wh; h was in ***
sion last w^k In Chl<"*|p\ held it*
annual * W tion Saturday afternoon.
Th* officer* >Wt?i w ftf H. A Tay
lor. of nttabor*. pr^ifWt; D W.
Rnroton. of Denver; E \ Mont
ennrK-ry . of I Anir'les arid Carl
Rrhol*. vice president. and J E Cal
breath. of Denrer, secretary
A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY
OF CALIFORNIA BLANKETS.
rvantiful soft warm rolls of blank
rtA are the <-?>?) t<r of at 'ran ion at
the Harrison store thl* w?k.and from
the nnnt*n??*| W*>k on the face* of
the limM Kids one of whom is
iwkin* out from the soft roll of
earh blanks leads one to think that
a "human"' would b?? jm?t a? 'compfy
*Tiita*k?d down in on>
The sootb window of the Har
rianm store ? one of the moot attrac
tive windows that we havo seen thW
fall, and while it makes ns think of
winW. vf hav?? lnw fear of 'ho cold
*hi>n the ?nrre*t|/?n of warmth whi<-b
is bron^ht to min<1 by 'he di?plar of
the** blankets. is bom in mind.
It makes on*1 envious to think that
Harrison's own them aJl. bnt we be
lieve that they would be willing to
exrhanre a few of them for a little
real rash \
Pill* ' Rurnham. of Rainy Hollow,
eame np from Halrws on 'he Ilea*,
and will remain In town for a few
day*<
$15.00
mamrnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Any Suit in Our
Window For
$15.00
i WILL CLA YSO/V-aZ
The Home of The
? HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
? CLOTHING
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