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Xo III. ELEVENTH YEAR. SKAUWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER It, 19(18 PRICE, 10 CENTS.
ROAD WORK
IN INTERIOR
The survey party of the Alaska raad
com in lesion in Fairbanks id making
preparation* for an extended trip to
survey the road between Fairbanks and
Circle City dis'rict*. The party ar
rived latel' from the overland route 10
Valdez, whero they were surveying be
tween Washburn".-' and McCarthy's.
The o!d road from Chatanika City up
the left limit of the valley will be fixed
anj other trail- throughout the district
where surveys have been mado are re
ceiving the att nt ion of the commission.
The survey of the route from Fort Yu
kon to the t'handlar district has been
completed, and the construction will
start as soon as money sufficient for its
work is appropriated.
A gootl road is b-ing built in the Hot
Springs country from the town td Glen
acd Thanksgiving creeps. After leav
ing the hill tho road tuns through a
swamp where quite a lot of work will
have to be doue. I'his is one of the
most needed road.- iu the whole distrlc'.
The road- on the creek - around Fair
banks have r ceived much attention
tion this S'.nm 'r unci good liigh'vavs
afford the miners much h tip in opening
up the ground.
ENTERPRISING
' EAGLES
Tho K.gles will inaugurate their sea
ion of semi-monthly dances Friday,
October S> The Eagles have made
good use of the summ r season In
brightening up their Skag way "Aerie."
The building has been painted up in
side an>i on ; the dance tlrtor h?s been
put in tine shape, the illumination lias
b>'i?u improved with more and better
electric lamps. c'oak and anta rooms
have been supplied, a s*a?e has been
put in ar.d th>* hill wired to make -it
possible to give -itereopticon entertain
ments. The h?ll will thus be made at
tractive for all manner of entertain
ments.
Su')scribe for The Alaskan,
WORK ON IE
WATER MAINS
The work preparatory to planting the
water pipes for the new connections
of the .loine Power company, is being
prosecuted energetically on Third
avenue. A large force of m>n has
been at work for some days and the
treccbei are being sunk as fast as these
can do it, taking into account the high
tides which keep them out of business
several hours each day. The trench
between Spring street and the tanks
of the company, for which the Power
company is responsible, is nearly com
pleted. From that point to State
street, where connection is to be made
with the ten inch main, is to be done
by the city. The work is under the
general supervision of Street Com
m'ssioner Page and will be completed
about the end of the month.
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VflLDEZ GREEK
Fairbanks, Aug. 1">. - D. McX&b, a
well known Fairbanks miner, writes
from the Su>itoa country that the Ya'
dt . civek section has a very bright out
IcoW, conirary to reports already re
ceived, and tint the men there will stay
with the proposition the remainder of
til - summer and all winter in the event
'hat >uflicient grub can be secured.
McN'ao writes under date ol August
to 'i partner here. The onl) laic
news he gave was thut Smith, Clarkson
v\ Johnson had tak?n 91 12.75 from a
>!ngle pan on their property, and that
Monohan's ground was holding up to iu
o'd, famous record.
^ McNub says nothing to justify any
- >rt of stampede, save possibly the pre
diction that a greater stampede than
the one of last winter will take place
this year. He fays that a number of
owners there hod contracted for a drill
and would import one very soon.
K P. <A?ueen, merchant of Atlin, will
be a passenger on the May on her down
trip.
Cyncb and Kennedy
We a iv in our new store and gradually getting settled
It/ goes without saying that our new stock is having a I
goo<l effect It is certainly moving and the good taste
of our patrons will vouch for it.
SHOE DEPARTMENT
Our 'Xmerican Lady Shoes' in all the
different lasts both in low and high cut.
It is by wearing a pair of them that the
real pleasure will be derived
CORSET DEPARTMENT
ROYAL WORCESTER ADJUSTO
CORSETS
For medium and full figures. Prevail
ing fashions tend towards the hiplcss
form ? the form of long, graceful lines.
It is the woman of full figure who find
it difficult to attain this shape with the
ordinary corset The "Adjusto* is just
the corset to produce this contour? to
flatten and decrease the abdomen, re
duce the hips and create the new
?traight back and flat hip effect. To
those who require extra long Hat hips
and back, the new Adjusto styles
61 1 and 615 is ideal.
READY-TO-WEAR DEPT
Look out for our Foil Millinery. Each
lint will be a creation in itself.
Ladie s Skirts and Waists in all the
prevailing styles, including the direc
toire skirts. They will be on sale Sept.
13th.
DRY GOODS DEPT.
Is about complete. Of course there
will be a few little things that we will
hove to fill in on from time to time.
FALL and WINTER TOGS [
FOR MEN
When you buy a suit of clothes be
sure and see that the names
*K.uppenheimer & Co., and Hamburger
Bros, is marked on the inside tab.
That in itself is a guarantee that you
are in touch with
the Up=to=Date
fiaberdashmj
Valdez, Sept. 0? The first detachment |
of the annual winter influx of miners is
now on ibe way to town accoiding to
reports reaching here from the Inside
and within another month Valdez will
be full of old timers who have been ont
sjeking a fortune in the hills and along
the creeks. If reports be true many of
ihem will arrive with well filled poke*.
James McCarty of Nuggett creek is
expecting the arrival this afternoon of
six of h s men and tonight or tomorrow
there should arrive a part of the Hub
bard and Elliott crew. Ked McGee
and Joe Wechert, puckers for Ed.
Wood, reached town last niglit from
the Hubbard and Elliott property and
report that the men are on the way.
On their way in the parkers lost a
horse, who with his pack fell oil the
trail around Elliott hill and went bound
ing from ledge to ledge, down no one
knows how many feet. The packers
followed the signs for 400 feet down and
then came upon evidence thai convinced
them that the horse was no longer use
ful for anything but buzzard food. Tho
pack consisted of a keg of vinegar, a
keg of pickles and a caddy of tohucc>
The tobacco was saved.
chilTdies
OF POISON
The N*w:l nr. o brought to towo
urdav of tho death at n.iiocsof the j
little six-year-old child of Fred Perkins ;
last week. Death was cvused by pto
maine poising resulting fiom tho little |
one having eaten too freely of canned
chip beef.
BIG STRIKE
EXCITES SEND
Seward, Aug. 27? A remarkable
fold quartz strike was made this week
on Falls creek, about thirty miles north
of Seward. A ledge six feet wide wa?
uncovered carrying high gold value.
Falls creek has been known for three
years as a promising gold teglon and
developement on several claims bad
previously shown ore of good grade.
Much excitement was created in
Seward by the report of the new dis
covery and all the mining men iu town
not otherwise engaged, hustled out to
the scene. Thesttike Is about four
miles from mile 25 of the Alaska Cen
tral and the region is easy of accfss.
Tae big strike was made ob 'ground
owned l>y Frank Skceo, Frank Lecb
nor and L F. Shaw. Skeen and L'.ch
ner were the original d scoverers of
gold ledges adjacent to Falls crcek.
This was in 190.">. They bonded their
first gicup to C. D. Lane and he spent
*20.000 on It, giving it up only beciuso
the ledge was too small, although he
and his son-in-law, Theo. Allen, who
had charge of the work, were well
satisfied with the grade of the ore.
Since thon Skeen and Lechner have
worked on the Betty claim with an
arastra and bave taken out consider
able money. The n?w strike is farther
up tho same hill.
FDR GOVERNOR
(By United Pre??.)
Saratogo, Sept. 14 ? Elihu Hoot is '-ic
ing favored by th^ anti-Hugha* for t'ie
governorship.
RAISED 010 GLORY IN ALASKA
The day's mail has a number of notes
and letters as result of the article in the
New York Sun, following clo*o utxjn ?
its publication, you sec. One of the
most interesting is from .1. K. Trice,
IMG Monroe ave. Bronx, X. V, It ?ays:
"1 read in the New York Sun of to
day of your paper and extracts there
from. And I wish to know more of
your success up no-th Wh>? Because
as a young man, in Sept., 1S07, 1 helped
to ritise old Glory in Sitka, and residrd
there for three years or until June, 1370.
Never ^bought you would have a rail
road or any other improvement Qtving
to the IndilTcrence of our national j ;ov
ernmrnt not Riving to tho infant terri
tory laws, tic. I ask through your
column.-), if thcro is any ono of the orig
inn! boys alive. If so I would like to
have his name and address. He must,
like myself, be growing old. Would be
pleased to hear from any of them. Put
me down as a gubscri'ier. Seod mc
paper and bill for a year. Will remit
by poatofflce order. With you every
success and best wishes to any old pio
neers living there of the 1807 clas?."
Mr. Price subscribes himself as a vol
unteer soldier, U. S. A. 2nd Art.
Want ads in the Alaskan brine ro
suits. Everybody reads thein.
Best meals in Whitchorae at I loyal
Cafe. ?f
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Paradise
That is the name ot our new
SODA CRACKERS
Crisp- --Flaky Delicious
Cost no more than the other kind
QANTY & FRANDSON
QUARTZ III TIE
KLONDIKE
Mr. E. E. Stockton, who went In to
Dawson last spring, commissioned
under a recent law, to audit the de
partment books In there, arrived out
Saturday and will go south on the
Princesj May. Mr. Stockton will prob
ly make the trip every year. He
brings word of several very hopeful
quartz prospects In the Klondike. He
ha* in his grip some very likely looking
rock showing free gold, which was
taken out of a shaft on the old dome,
? round whlSh the vast riches of that
wonderful country centered. He has 1
samples taken from the BUck Hills j
country, the latter day diggings of the;
Yukon. The search for quartz has
been going on since * ?7 in the Yukon
atid Mr. Stockton believes they have
found it.
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AND GO:
The Alaska fs Dolphin arrived up
yesterday at 6 p. m. with 2- pasiecRers
for Skagway and WMS tons of freight.
She sailed this morning at 4.
?L'he C. 1'. R. ss Princess May arrived
up last evening at 8 with six round trip
pers besides several paateneers for
Skagway and .'t20 tons. The May will
not sail un il tomorrow evening at 9.
The next boat in will be the P. C. a*
City of Seattle, Friday.
(By United Press.)
Hrookshire, Tex., Stpt. 14.? Dave
Newton, a negro jtiled for complicity in
the murder of a white man was last
night taken out and lynbhed.
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ROOSEVELT
ON TUFT
(By United Prtt* )
Oyster Bay, Sept. M? Mr. Rnoaevelt
has written a letter to Conrad Kotar. a
citizen of Helena urging reasona why
miners and workiogmen should support
Taft. He says Taft Is an exponent of
absolute justice for all, and In support
of this cite* bis record on the bench.
In '.en years of the severest test he has
shown himself to be true and trust
worthy and standing for the tlgheat
ideala.
CflTHOUT
PARADE
(By United Preas.)
London, Sept. 14.? An Imposing par
ade took place in celebration of the
oucbarlst convention. The yarade wm
composed In large part of Catholic
clergy. The routh was closely guarded
but there was no demonstration.
THE ASKCROFT SHOW IT
ELKS' HILL TOMORROW EVE
Rederick H. Ashcroft, proprietor of
the Ashcroft show, an Institution of
Douglas which hss been playing to
good bouses for three months at Juneau
is In town making arrangement* to ap?
pear at Klka' ball tomorrow evening.
Ilia a mudns ftlulurn ruuir o
merit, having 1 <5,000 feet of film all new,
comic, deacriptive and aensational In
varying character. I,ocal talent In
music and specialty will b? Introduced
with the pictures which also Includs
Illustrated sin vs. Mr. Ashcroft says be
hopes to he able to present such an at
traction that It will be worth whll< to
visit the citv twicc monthly.
WATER CONSUMERS TAKE NOTICE
All water rents unpaid by tomorrow
night, September l.r>th, l^W, will t?e
delinquent and 10 per cot penalty at
tached.? FVank Page, Water Super
vtaor. 141 It
We Don't Know
Who Will Sell the Dry Goods
BUT WE DO KNO W
That We Are Going to Sell the
Hen's Suits
Ixx)k at Our ^Windows.
Note the Style 'and Kffect
of the Clothing, and then
Note the Price*
$15,00 Up to $22.50
Such Clothing Han Never
Before Been Offered in
Skagway at Such Price*.
Walk Around and See Our Window Dis
play, It Will Interest You
Exclusive
Hen's Clothiers