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No. 141 TWELFTH YEAH. SKAGWAY, ALA8KA, FRIDAY^ NOVEMBER 12, 190H PRICE, 10* CENTS
Ml SEAL INDUSTRY
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Editor The Times: In your Issue of
Sunday, 24th ult, appears the fol
lowing special:
"WASHINGTON. Saturday. Oct. 23
? The federal government received
something like $130,000 for stals kill
ed on St Paul and St. George Isl
ands during the past season, accord
ing to a statement made public at
the department of commerce and la
bor today,
"The government has a contract
with the North American Commercial
Company under which not more than
ir.,000 seals are to be killed In any
cne season. The company pays $10.
-2 for each skiu for all animals kill
? d."
This does not give your readers the
cost to the public treasury, and in
order that they may the better un
derstand what this source of revenue
last season really means to them, I
submit the following items of expense
to the public treasury involved In get
ting that '?$!.? ,000 for seals killed"
on the seal islands last season.
Four U. S. revenue marine
cutters, cruising from April
1st to October 31st as the
subsistence, pay of crews,
wear and tear $200,000
One V- S. gunboat, cruising
In Bering Sea .">0,000
Four IT. S. special agents, de
partment of commerce and
labor, resident on islands .. 11,500
Subsistence of natives of
seal islands, fuel, etc. 20,000
Cost of Japanese arrests for
poaching, etc 50,00
Total $331,500
Thus your readers can readily un
derstand that Uncle is not only pay
ing out two dollars for one received
last season, in this wretched busi
ness, but he has been kept with his
oose to this grindstone ever since
IS90.
He has lost .">.000,000 fur seals since
then ? more than $100,000,000 wortli cf
bis property, and lie haH received
from these lessees less than $3,000,
000 as a settlement for that loss!
That is about as fine an illustra
tion of the sacrifice of the public In
terests for private gain and greed as
you can find in the history of our
government. Is it not?
HENRY W. KLLIOTT.
? Seattle Times.
DRILLS REACH
10 BED ROGK
Col. R. A. Harvin came down from
Porcupine and made a business trip
to Juneau, returning on the Jefferson.
Col. Harvin is associated with Senat
or Dick in the dredger proposition in
Porcupine and they have been busy
this fail prospecting their holdings
with a Keystone Drill. Bedrock was
reached at the depth of 4S feet, buti
it was thought to be on the rim, an<i
later they again reached bed rock at
BS feet and again at 75 feet. The re
sults of the three holes at different
points of a triangle were very grat-j
ifying. Col. Harvin expects to make j
an early start next Spring and give
the ground a thorough prospecting.
Considering the late start made they
have accomplished all they expected
this year, and will cease operations J
the end of this week. ? Haines Ploneir
The district court will convene at
Skngway next Monday and during
the term Judge Cushman will hear
the petition asking for the incorpora
tion of Haines.? Haines Pioneer Press
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RICHARDSON PLANS TAX TO
RAISE MORE ROADS MONEY
(By United Prm.)
SEATTLE. Nov. 12? Major \V. P.
Richardson of the Alaska Road Com
mission will go to Washington this
winter to attend the session of con
gress to urge that the Alaska road
funds be increased by a change in
the mining law which will provide that
each claim owner must pay $."> toward
the support of the roads aad trails In
his district or work out the assess
ment on the road.
Daa Kaln of Vaklex is completing
; arrangements for u good roads con
j vention and will open headquarters
| for a publicity campaign.
BALLINGER
TELLS TIFT
(By Unlttd Pres?.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 12? Sec
rotary of the Interior Ballinger has
formally called the attention of Pres
ident Taft to the charges of corrup
tion made against the Department of
the Interior by Louis Glavls Id Col
lier's Weekly.
GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 4? News
reached here today from Frio county,
Texas, of the capture of Inez Ruiz,
a notorious Mexican desperado, who
is said to have killed at least 40 men
during a bloody career, extending ov
er 10 years. Ruiz was a leader In
the bloody Garza raids and the San
Ignacio outrages in 1902.
TRAIN ROBBERS
ARE CONVICTED
(By Unltti< Press.)
OMAHA, Neb. Nov. 12 ? Five men
were today declared guilty of partici
pating In the sensational robbery of
the Union Pacific overland limited
near this city last May. The men
will get long prison terms.
N. P. IB SAVE
FIFTY MILES
HUTTE, Mont.. Nov. 4? The North
ern Pacific railroad has begun the
survey of a line from Miles City.
Mont., to Mott, N. 1). This route it
is claimed will shorten the main line
if It la diverted over the proposed
line, at least 50 miles.
FEUDS FEU
fob inn
The whereabouts of Walter S. Mar
rett is giving his friends some un
easiness. Mr. Marrett left Haines 011
Saturday Oct. 30, bound for his home
stead claim anil was expected back
on Tuesday the 2nd of November,
and his failure to return is causing
much perplexity. It is feared that
he might have met with an accident.
A searching party will be organized
at once and sent over the route Mr.
Marrett usually takes to and from
his ranch. ? Haines Pioneer Press.
Press.
A number of persons were skating
011 I^ake Dewey last night. The Ice
is said to be In excellent condition.
WILL BOWL
WHITEHORSE
The bowling committee of the KIks,
Alex Blanchard, \V. L. Hawkes and
J. M. Keller, met yesterday and made
tentative arrangements for a bowling
tournament to he held this winter
with the North Star Athletic club
oi Whitehorse.
Eight games will be played, one
In each town every month. The
first game will probably be played
In Whltehorse Nov. 22 and the last
game In Skagway about March 8.
The total number of pins in the tour
ney will determine the winners.
The Elks have offered handsome
trophies for both the men's and wo
men's teams. Definite arrangements
will be announced later.
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(By Unlt?d Press.1
CAIRO, 111. Nov. 12 ? A negro who
lind assaulted a white woman and a
white man who murdered his wife
were taken from the county Jail last
night by an Infuriated mob and after
being hung to a telephone pole were
riddled with bullets.
The negroes in the to\yn resent the
lynching and there is danger of a
serious clash between the whites and
the blacks. Gov. Deneen has ordered
two companies ot militia to Cairo to
restore order.
CAIRO. Ill Nov. 12? (Later) The
Soldiers arrived at noon.
SIREEIS CLEANED Iflf MILITIA
(By Unfted Press.)
CAIRO. 111. Nov. 12? (2 p. m.) The
streets were cleared today by the ml'i
tia with fixed bayonets. The mob
was in a dangerous mood and the
soldiers were reviled and Insulted.
The militia have been ordered to
shoot to kill at the slightest dis
turbance.
1. FEDERATION
TO AFFILIATE
(By Unll?d Press.)
TORONTO. Nov. 1 2? Today the Am
erienn Federation of Labor voted to
affiliate with the International Labor
Congress which comprises all the la
bor organizations of Europe.
PARIS WANTS
B'E! BATTLE
(By UnHed Press.)
NEW YORK. Nov. 12? Kid McCoy,
once a famous fighter, now promoting
i
ring matches in Paris, arrived In
New York with an offer of a $.">0,000
purse for the Johnson-Jeffries fight
in Paris. It is not believed that eith
er Jeffries or Johnson will consent
to the fight taking place outside of
?.lu United Stacs.
POLICE SENT
TO HAZLEION
(By United Press)
VICTORIA, B. C. Nov. 12? Addl- *
tional police have been dispatched to
Hazleton to quell the threatened out
break among the Indians.
Kim
roo MURDER
(By United Press.)
SALEM, Ore. Nov 12? Attorney
James Pinch was hanged today at
noon for the murder of 'Ralph Fisher,
assistant prosecuting attorney of Port
land. Gov. Benson refused to com
mitt Finch's sentence", to life imprte
onment. ? "?
Finch shot Fisher because the lat
ter had brought disbarment ? proceed
ings against him.
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