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EXPOSITION ATTRACTING ATTENTION
Interest in the Alaskan-Yukon
Pacific exposition to be held heie
next summer is becoming wide spread.
Many newspapers in the eastern states
are devoting considerable space to
stories telling of tho attractions and
benefits of the exposition and arc print
ing editorial s commending the enter
prise and the manner in <vhicb the
work is being carried forward.
The following from the Baltimore
American of September 20, 1908, is
typical of the spirit being shown all
over the United States:
"Seattle is in a flutter of pleasurable
excitement over the fact that it it
further advanced toward its exposition
than any other exposition city at the
same distance of time from the opening
of the gates. Ten months yet remain,
and the exposition Is so far promoted
that it is believed the show will begin
with the boards cleared of all the
trappings incident to the stage setting.
Seattle is, therefore, wreathed in
a broad smile. It is something to be
happy about, that preparations for the
great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
are moving along msrrily. Although
a city of but something over a quarter
of a million, Seattle is broad in hospi
tality and resources and is fitted to
care finely for the multitudes expected
to repair to the Coast to see the wond
er of the exposition and to enjoy the
matchless scenery of its environs.
"The financial situation is gratifying;
the capital stoc k of $800,000 has been
fully paid in. Congress made an ap
propriation of StWO.OOO for its exhibit
and its six buildings. Tnree will be
found at Seattle the exhibits of ah
Uncle Sam's dominions. In view of the
fact that ths exposition is in a Pacific
coast city, the oriental features ?vill be
especially strong. It will doubtless be
a great exposition and significant of the
turn of the tide toward the far west
when Asia shall become the doorstep
of the United States.
"Seattle is to be congratulated upon
the fine outlook, and the country will
await the opening of the exposition on
June 1, 1909, with keen expectation
that, aside from the mammoth expo
sitions held at Chicago and St. Louis,
the coast affair will be the best yet."
THE FREEHOLDERS OF CORDOVA
Jerry Dudd, a well known Alaskan,
who, at the time of the recent election
was in Cordova ia the interest* of John
Ronan's candidacy, has the followiLg
letter in a recent issue of the Katalla
Herald. It is well worth reading as
showing just what the success of Corson
would have meant to Alaska:
"We had an election here the other
day and the memory of it still troubles
my thinking apparatus. They can go
New York and 'Frisco one better and
then some. I was aware that they were
going to attempt to carry this place .
bat had no idea they could afford to
commit such a great crime. 1 repeat
edly warned them that they were try
ing to break into the pen, and would
succeed if they tried on their dirty
work, and I want to say they have suc
ceeded. I am now going to Seattle for
the purpose of laying the whole matter
before certain parties; and if they or
Judge Wickersham will go through
with me, there'll be some of the leading
railroad officials in jail. Thev made a
joke of the election; laughed in my face
about it; threatened me with arret t a
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for Fine Furs
Write For Price U??
Percy's Fur House
Oshkoth, Wisconsin
dozen timfea during the day; told mo 1 j
could not live Id the town: refused to
permit me to challenge tbe voters, nod
in (act mode it known that they Were
the real owners of Alaska.
"I had lots of trouble with them dur
ice the day, and am in possession o
plenty of evidence to send them over
the road and I miss my guess if they
don't land there. I want to say that I
do not believe anything like it ever oc
curred anywhere in the United States
bifore. The vote was !>21, of which
(300 were illegal, and there are plenty
of witnesses that can be depended upon
and will be there when wanted."
This communication should be sub
mi tied to District Attorney Crooslcj,
now at Valde/..
The government assay oflice in Se
attle bandies about GO percent of tbe
total gold production of Alaska and
Yukon, the balance shipped directly to
San Francisco and Philadelphia mints
or to tbe Canadian mint. The percent
age sent to Seattle does not vary one
percent in the dltTerent years and the
receipt* are, therefore, an excellent
barometer of the gold production. The
receipts for the lirst eight months oi
1908 were $10,082,249 as compared
with 88,732,875 for tbe same period
in 1907. lu the last five years tht
receipts during September and October j
have averaged 32,500,000 and for Nov
ember and December about $950,000
each. These averages will probably b>
exceeded fully 15 percont this yeai
making the total receipts for 1908 the
sum of $18,507,219. During the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition next year, the
U. S. Assay office will maintain a
oranch on the grounds.
Henry Watterson says he sees noth
ing in the campaign but family affairs
thus far. To be sure. The Standaru
Oil is a family affair of largo propor
tions.
It was to be expected that if Roose
velt Rot in at all he would take over the
entire job.
THE MASTER BUILDER.
WHAT are your pyramids. Egypt?
Jerusalem, what lire your
mosniios?
Anil roaring your 1'arthenon,
Athens.
Was only the lightest of [asks.
Oh. London, your bridges and towers.
Your paiaccs and your docks.
Are matters of paltriest moment?
The baby Is building with blocks!
Oh. China, your wall Is a fragment!
Oh. India, shame on your Taj!
Oh. Titus, your vast coliseum
Is only a fleeting mirage!
Columbia, all your skyscrapers.
Your subways, nn architect mocks.
For here on the lloor of the playroom
The baby Is building with blocks!
Oh, Sokynon. wisest of sages.
Who cores for that temple of yours?
Oh. Ephesus. great was Diana,
But what of her glory endures?
Oh, Babylon, gone arc your gardens!
Oh. Druids, your dolmens of rocks
Arouse in us only derision?
The baby Is bnlldlng with blocks!
?Susie M. Uest. *
A Rondeau.
She as ci slang at times. I Brieve to ssy.
I note the tendency wllli gi.:t dlauriy.
For slang In women in a tiling I huto.
Slio thinks, of course, thai il In up to
date.
The proper language of the girl today.
But It's had taste, which girls should not
display.
When I say that, she says. "Don't get too
gay."
"Impertinent" seems quite Inadequate.
She uses slang.
"Ntt" Is equivalent to "no" or "n;iy."
And things provincial she declares nre
"Jay."
Then a small minded person Is u
"skate."
8ho "hurries?" No; she "hits n lively
gait"
Or "heats It." Why. It's simply fierce the
way
Shu uses slang!
?Chicago News.
Piscatorial Logics.
The patient Qsl?eruiun baited his
hook for the fiftieth time anil cast his
Hue confidently into the stream
"Catch unythlug?" Inquired an inquis
itive passerby.
"Nope," replied the fisherman.
"Been here long?"
" 'Bout five hours."
"Expect to catch anything?"
"Yep."
"Doesn't look like a very good fish
ing stream. What makes you think
there's fish In It?"
" 'Cause 1 haven't taken any out"?
Harper's Weekly.
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| CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN
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| YUKON RIVER SAILINGS
The result of the observation takeu
kt Moore wharf at midnight, Oct. II
1904, Is as follows
Temperature tlmeobservat'D.44 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours. ">0 above,
Mln " " " " .44 above
Mean " " " " .47 above
Barometer 29.20
Cloudy and north wind.
YUKON RIVER FLEET
Whitehorse, Oct. 12? Following is
the record of the river fleet as reported
today:
Up stream? Victorian passed Tanta
lus 0 p m: Selkirk passed Yukon Cross
ing at 5:30 a ra; Casca passed Stewart
5 a m; Dawson passed Ogilvle 7 a m.
Down siream? Prospector passed
Ogllvle 7:30 a m.
Gleaner arrived at Caribou 11 a in
with 7 passengers from Atlin and 4
fiom C'onrad,
Bh
Famous Noses.
Tito li!!'iiort:il Ovid, surnained Nnso.
Iliul :t l>Otlie IIO.'O.
I.yeurgiis ami Solon hml noses each
six Inches in length.
Sciplo Nitslea derived his name from
Ii: ; very prominent uosc.
Antiochus VIII. was called "Grypus"
because hi;: nose was as big and hooked
as a vulture's beak.
In the medals of Cyrus and Artax
erxes the tips of their noses ea me clear
out to the rlui of the coin.
Mohammed's nose was so curved tbat
the point seemed to be endeavoring t<>
Insert itself between his lips.
Xutna's nose was six inches in
length, whence he obtained his sur
name of PompllluH, as belnj; the owuer
of a superlative nose.
Groat Frederick's nose was so proml
ii. 'lit that Lavater offered to wager his
reputation that, blludfolded, he could
tell It out of lo.boy other noses by sim
ply taking it between his thumb and
linger.
Church and Clergy.
The Prussiau government has author
ised a great lottery to defra\ the cost
of repairing tli * famous cathedral at
Cologne.
I'\ .-.rations at Hexham abbey, In
England, show thai St. Wilfrid's ca
thedral. Imllt about 074. was a part o;
the present abbey.
After an absetiee of mauy years a
Rome Mgr. John Vaujjhan. a b rot he
of the well known Father ISeruaiM j
Vaughau, is to return to London in
October to deliver four sermons at
Westminster cathedral.
For fourteen years Rev. .1. S.
Yliomas. an evangelist of the Baptist )
Home Mission society, has been travel
lag In a chapel ear. holding meetings
i'rjm Minneapolis to New Orleans, and
has built thirty churches in that time.
College and School.
Tlie oldest of Oxford's colleges. Uni
versity. was founded in I IMP.
The averag." annual cost per pupil
for public school education in Germany
is SlL'.SO.
Mrs. Mary Qul:nby recently closed
her school in the Buz/.ell district. Wake
field, N. 11.. making forty-live consecu
tive years she has been engaged In
the work.
Nearly all the stales in I lie American
I'n ion established free public schools
between 1840 and ISoO. But the grad
ed system of instruction was carried |
out only in the large cities, lu a couu
trv school there were sometimes more
classes than scholars.
Too Late.
Barber (after the shave)? Ilalr dyed,
sir?
Customer (baldheaded)- Yes. It died
about ten years ago.? Chicago Journal.
Soon Parted.
A fool nnd his money aro parted qulto
soon
Is as true as a shoe's made of leather.
But the thing that surprises us mora Is
the fact
How tho two get so often together.
? Yonkers Statesman.
In Sunday School.
Teacher? What happened when Lot's
wife turned to salt?
Boy? I suppose Lot felt like a whole
sale grocer.? Houston Post.
CUDIi BANK OF COMMERCE
Paid Up Capital : : : $10,000,000.00
Rkst 5,000,000.00
banking; by mail
Gold Dust Bought
DRAFTS ISSUED PAYABLE INJaLL^COU.NTRTKS IN THE WOULD
SKAGWAY BRANCH W. T. WHITE. M0r.
these Winds
Cause Chapped Hands and Faces
TRY OUR
BflVZO WITCH HAZEL |
OK
ALMOND and CUCUMBER!
CREAM Sj
OUR
4[ ASK4 COLD CRtAM!
BEST FOR COMPLEXTION '
\\Y havo n full Hue of Uilli-t waters and soaps
WM. BRITT
Tile Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Currying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoonn, Tenakoe, Sitka and Way ports
SAILS
Thursdays at 8 a. m.
WILMS NOW ELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUUHTON, Airent
Broadway and Fifth Avo, phone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
Meg
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
Will leave Skagway Daily
at 9 a. m. for llaines
Returning, Leaves? Haines for
Skagway at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trro $2.50
BEER!
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop'
fill
COMPHNV
Seattle Wath
Pacific t oast S.S. to.
PIONEER ALASKA L
r ' v
Cqn. xrxv^jL-* liixiirv Aijn
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
Seattle, and other Pu(ret Sonne Por's
CARRYING V. H. MAIX.
Steamers of This Company Leave
CITV Of SEATTIF, Oct. 13 - - 24 NOV 4
COfTAtif CI1Y, Oct. 18 - 29
Count otlnc with t^e Company'N ^tramers at Soi'tle for San Francisco,
Soutueun California, Rurkka (Humboldt Bay) and Mkxico
8?r Above Schedule Subject, to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
SecoDd and IJroadway, Skajjway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James st.
C. I). DUNANN, General l'.issenper Agent,
112 Mark'.t Street, i-an Pranolaco, Cal.
Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. r. COAST SERVICE )
FALL SCHEDULE OK SAILINGS FROM SIvACWAY
Subject to change without notice
BEATRICE Itllltf 11 26
"hay Otl 20,31 III123 It. 5
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Kupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickots to any part of the world ar il all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agont
75 BSHmnMRcm acssusffiswasa k
Alaska Steamship Co
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of tho Fast Passenger Steamers
Jefferson Oct.lO,21Nov.l
Dolphin Oct. 5, 16, 26
Company reserves right to change sailing dato without notice
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addiiional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone i
TheWhitePass d.Yukon Route
TIME TP Airily IS No. 18
(Daily Except Surday,*
No. I. N. Pound
1st olaes.
') 30 a. m.
12 C5 p. m.
12 48 ??
1 40 " .
3 20 p. m.
5 50
Leaves
Arrives
SKAUUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Forsi
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S. BounC
1st cla?s
4 30 p. m'
3 05 "
2 20 "
" 1 45
11 40 a. ro
9 33 "
Passengers must be at depots <n time to have Baggage Inspected act)
ohecked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving timo of train.
150 pounds of baggage will b( ch :ked free with each full fare ticket
fsnd 75 pounds with each half fare tickot
VI*** vr ^#rteiffii5* vbir:
Through line from Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Bin Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate points. Connection made at Dawson with Lower Kiver steamboats for
Eagle, Circle Citv, Rampart, lacuna, Fairbanks, Chena, St. Michael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Frequent connection made at White Horse bctweer trains and river steamers for all Yu
kon River points, including Mendenhall Landing, the nearest steamboat landing to the
Alsek Gold Fields. The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modem conveniences, iucluding steam heat
electric light and other features as nlTord not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN BONANZA ZING
DAWSON CASGA SELKIRK LaFRANCE
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE VICTORIAN
Through tickets can be purchased at Sknguay for DAWSON, FAIRBANKS, CHENA
and all Lower River points.
Finely appointed trains dail" "xccpt Sunday, between Skaguny and White Horse,
carrying passengers, bapgage, mail and express.
Baggage bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada
and the United c tales.
For information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skasruay, Alaslm ^karvpy, Alaska