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No. 128. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1908
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FAIRBANKS
Not only are the Yukon river ba*ts
having trouble with the stndburs but
those L.-0 the Tanana also. The Fair
fa inks News says:
"The Tanar.a anil C'hena rivers are
getting very low (or this -Oiwin of the
year. The river in front of Fairbanks
?iroi>p (I over six inchts Sunday night.
The Taoat a has l?r icuti to -.how many
bars near Tenderfoot an i other pl?ce-.
The heavy draught boats a?e ail un
loading their cargoes at Chena to l>e
shipped to Fairbanks -by tail. Unless
some rain comes very soon the s. earners
will have considerable trou'.-le in eotu
ing up the Ta.iaua on ><ccoutit of th<?
bars. In neveral pla. es the big boats
of the N A T & T Co. scrubbed the l>ot
tom lately."
STRIKE MAY BE
CALLER OFF:
(By United Prfeta.)
Winnipeg, Aug. 2S ? There are well
detloed rumors of a compromise about
o be effect e J between the -ail road
company and the striking eraplopes
under which the strike will be called
off. It t* believed that definite results
of overtures now under way will be
reached in a few days.
EVELYN THAW
NERVOUS WRECK
(By United Preat.)
New York. Aug. 28? Evelyn Thaw i.
a complete nervous wreck. Doctors are
in attendance. She Is in a critical con
dition. She may be sent to a private
sanitarium.
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KE1IT 1ES
j IK LIS
(By United Press.)
Ouster Bay, Auk. 23? Kermit Uoose
velt today stopped n pair of runaway
horses dashing through the streets of
the town and behind which w .s a c:ir
ridge In which were two women and a
child whose lives were in momentar\ ;
dancer. Kermit is of codrse the hero
of the hour.
Seattle," Aug. -8? Sir buildings fin
ished and six more nearing completion
is the rccord made by the management
of the AlaskH-Yukou-F'acitic exposition
nine months before opening day. All
of the grading of the avenues, circles,
pluzas and courts has been c mpleted
lor some time. .while the other work on
the gnuod is about 80 per cent finished
The structures finished are: Agri
culture, Manufacture. Machinery, Ad
ministration, Fire Station ani^ Hos
pital. Those that will be completed
within a few weeks are Oregon, Ca -
it'ornia, Mines, Fisheries, Auditorium,
and Fine Arts. Many more buildings
will be started at once, namely Wash
ington, Foreign, Forestry, Machinery
Annex, Transportation. Missouri and
New Y?.rk. The vroup of six United
States government buildings will bn
begun this fall ?nd rushed toward cons
pletloa.
ANOTHER STRIKE
A new strike has been made in the
Suilivan creek country th.it surpa-ses
anything found in that dis'rict. Hen
Baker and his partners have struct pay
that prospects as high as $30 to the
square foot on bedrock. This groucd
is on the Dakota bench claim about 3,
000 feel back from the creek. The
ground is about sixty feet to bedrock
with plenty of wash gravel.? Fairbanks
j News.
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LOVING GUPS I
FOR IDE TARS
(By United Press.)
Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 28? At tho
farewrll recoptien given hist. night to
Mr. Taft, and family by the citizens of
this place loving cups were presented
to each of the members of the family.
The- left tbis morning for Cincinnati.
Crowds at the station gave them an en
thusiastic God speed
FAIRBANKS HAS
NEW PAY STREAK
Laymen on 5 below left limit,
bench, Fairbanks creek, last night
made the first clean-up from the new
paystreak they accidentally tapped last
Saturday. The result weut f*r beyond
the best hop>s of operators and owners,
the urt value of the heaping panful of
dust weighed up lajt night being $0,540.
St). Th > most optimistic estimate be
forehand had been $0,000. The gravel
sluiced averaged just $.25 to the squaro
foot of bedrock, the area uncovered
being just a little less than 2,250 square
feet. Best of all, the pay is holding
out, and Swayne Johnson, the lucky
laymaD, is still finding the same rich
sediment on the upper edge of the
open cut in which he is working
t dsy.? Fairbanks News.
hainesTllow
ED NO BAIL
(By Unlted_ Press.)
Now York. Aug. 28? The Haines
brothers were today hound over for the
action of the xrand jury without bail
for the murder of William Aonis.
(By United Press.)
Oakland, Cal., Auff. 2S? Republican*
of the state met here in convention to
day to chooso presidential electors.
They endorse Senator Perkins for re
election.
(By United Press.)
Bodeau, Aug. 28? Camillo Miirqurl.
was tO'lay COurtmaUaled and found guil
ty by ofllcera of the army, of n charge of
attempting tc blackmail President
Roosevelt by sending a lotter demand
ing iwo thousand dollars. He acted
under the guise of a member of the
blnck hand society.
LOOKING UP
AT KETCHIKAN
Congressman William Sulzor, who
airlved Saturday on the Dolphin from
Sul/.er, Alaska, says that throughout
the Ke'cbikan district mining Is taking
a step forward. Many of the mines
that have I esn Idlo are beginning to do
the work necessary te ship ore. Claims
that were only prospects $re being de
veloped and mines that have been pro
ducing ore are getting ready to in
crease shipments. "With copper at KIJ
cents the copper properties on l'rince
of Wales islands are picking up In val
ue," said Mr. Sulz r, "and if it goes 10
above 15 cents there will be something
doing in that pari of the territory
which will attract attention trom the
mining world." Mr. > ulzercame down
from Alask* to attend the Kagle con
vention. Ho is registered at the K?ln?
ler Grand. ? Seattle P.-I.
JAPS TO SHOW
THEIR TEETH
(By United Prets.)
Tokio. Aug. 18? Tho sntire Japanese
navy will be assembled and presented
in line of battle a* a demonstration of
welcome to the Ameiican I'aciflc fleet
u|?n lus arrival here In October.
William J. Lowrey, an oiier on a
Guggenheim dredge at Dawson goi his
leg caught in the machinery aid
ground to a pulp. Although lie retain
ed his nerve and even furnished his
own |K>ckot knife to cut the woundtd
leg olT with, the victim died cightoen
hours afterwards from the shock. He
was a native of Cornwall, England, 35
years of age. His wife lives at Fail
banks.
Best tueala In Whlteborse at Koya
Go to Tony Dotero and try a Doll Don
cifffir.
Ira
All the delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train restaurant.
Peaches by the Box
FINE LOT RECEIVED ON DOLPHIN
Peaches, box
Crab Apples, box
Plums, crate.
$1.35
$1.25
$1.75
While they last
GANTY & FRANDSON
GREAT LOSS
FIIOII FLOODS
(By United Preai.)
Columbia, S. C., Aug. '23? The dam
age from the floods that are only now
?lightly sul>sl<letl, Is climated at ten
million.
' Augusta, Ga., Aufj. 28? The waters
are subsiding somewhat and supplies
for the r?lief of the thousands of suffer
ers are being received.
Much interest is being taKen by some
of the old timers in the Dawson country
In the prospecting of the nfiny quartz
1 dges which are being opened up at
the present ttmo. The old ledges from
which mauy assays of good value were
obtained are all being tunnolled and
prospected byjillTerent companies.
The most extensive workings at the
present time are on Lombard creek, a
tributary of the Dominion near the old
town of Caribo\ F. H. Hartman, of
Dawson, who is here with the baseball
players, is interested in this ledge, and
sa\s his company is doing considerable
work in the development of the
ground. One ?haft has been sunk to a
depth of "0 feet, showing a good wall
all the wy down. Tho other shift Is
down .10 feet and taps the main le.lge.
The assays from these workings run all
the way from f20 to JltOO to the ton in
tiold. The ore is all free milling,
whirl) can be worked with much leas
expense than many of the other ledge*
ol the camp. Fairbanks News.
Travelling salesmen report to Seattle
houses that the business of Southeast
ern Alaska is Improving. Mora people
have visited Skaway this year than any
year 9lnce the big rush.
Tlte story comes f-om the head of
F iter creek in tho Tanana tbat a 12
year oid lad named Duano Hush sue
e.eeded in killing ? csribou with 182
shots from a 22 calibre ritlo.
SIBERIA AND
ALASKA JOINED
(Special Correspoidenoe)
Seattle, Auk. 23? For the first time
la history the proof of the fact that Si
beria and Alaikn were once joined
a'ong the Aleutian chain will be on ex
hibit at the big Alaskan- Yukon-Pacific
exposition at Seattle nert year. This
fact, although surmised for a long time,
baa only been scientifically established
in the past two or three years.
It was in 1906 that B* M. Kindle and
J. M. Hernett, of the United States geo
logical survey, vlalfd the'valler of the
Yukon. In the course of their search
they discovered several specimen of
fossil invertebrates which do not exist
in any other portion of the continent of
America, but which do exist in Siberia.
This does point conclusively to a former
junction of the two continents.
According to the rccrntly issued re
port of these scientists, it was not
known before that these fossil which
they discovered,' existed on any portion
of the continent of America.
A number of the best of tbeso relics
of former times, which are to lie exhib
ited at the 1909 exposition In Seattle
were dug from the mud nt the bottom
of a river bed by the two scientists with
the greatest difficulty and labor.
Los Angeles, C'al., Aug. Knowing
that his wife was suffering from lep
rosy, Brigadier General David K.Ward,
well, retired, a hero of two wsrs. se
cretly and st night stole her from the
contagious ward in the county hospital
and has hidden her in Mexico, where
he will make his home with her.
The authorities arc making an at
tempt to locate them, not for the pur
pose of bringing them back, but In order
to make a report to the government.
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