Quits a number of the citizens of
Skagway have received an interroga
tory letter from the Department of
the Interior regarding the earthquake
of 1899. These shocks were widely felt,
mo>l noticeably at Yakutat, but also as
far northwest as Valdez and as far
southeast ?s Junean and Sitka. It is
requested that all persons having- re
liable information on this subject for
ward it t? the Department of the In
terior, U. S. Geological Survey.
There are many people in Skagw*y ?
wliocan give reliable information coo- '
cerning tLis earthquake. It occurred j
on the 9 d?y of September, 1899, at Ave
minutes past one in the afternoon. At
four o'clock another quake was felt.
The quake so broke up the Mulr
glacier that the channel at Juneau was
filled with huge icebergs. Not until
thU last summer sine i the eartlquake,
have the excursion steamers succeeded
in getting up to the glacirs. It is re
ported upon reliable authority that
steamers wont two miles farther than
they could before the earthquake.
The Alaskan would be glad to pub
lish any reliable stories concerning the
189? earthquake that can be given by
its readers.
The revenue cutter McCullough pick
ed up 24O people at Bristol B ?y, who
were on the wrecked schooner John
Currier. ? |
The skeleton of a prehistotic animal,
dug up at Graham island? one of the
Vueen Churlytte group? hid legs four
teen feet in length.
The Di-rucnd Drill says that Kat.-lu
will soon b*. supplied with natural gas?
a very necessary article for Alaska
boom railroad towns.
The Carnegie library at I)..wsou had'
a narrow- escape from fite aid the
U'hitehorse Star says it would have been
better If it had buried.
J hn Houston wanttd to start a paper
at Prince Rupert, but the Grand Trunk
Railroad Company seized his press, to
Houston h?s declared war.
A cituen of Ketchikan -a lawyei ?
has moved away, but bis office t as been
converted into a booze emporinm and
the people are afforded much consola
tion.
The assessor at Nome has found the
total value of the real and personal
propeity In that city to be $2,701,365,
or about $400,000 more that it was bst
year.
Judge J?mts Wickershatn, of the
Third Judicial district o.' > I ask a, has'
ha ded in bis formal resignation, to
take 1 ffect upon the appointment of bis
successor.
Cleary creek's biggest clean-up took
place on Discovery claim Aug. 2d, when
929,000 was washed up u a result of
thirty hours' work, Tanana's best
record up to this time.
Chad. M. Keys, a mining man well
known in Seward, died recently in 111
amna. He w.isaman of superior edu
cation, unmarried, and wjs 45 years of
age, says the Seward Gateway.
Steam was raised in the fiist locomo
t ve of the Vaidez Home Railroad on
S-pt. 23d. Kljven miles of rails have
been laid and eighteen miles of right
of way have been c'earet'.
Orris Warren Welter, aged 16, a
drummer boy in the U. S. Marine
corps, at Sitka, went fishing and did not
retirn. A searching party found his
deiid body iti a pool of water nearJa
pcnski island.
A man named William Roman was
found dead and covered with blood in
? ditch ouiside the house of E. C. Coop
er at the east erd of Front street,
Nome, and Cooper confessed at the in
quest that he had taken Roman's life,
stating that he had shot him in relf-de
fense.
An Atlin man bet $100 that he could
swim from the dock in Atlin to the first
is'and, about three-quarters of a mi'e,
during a gale that was blowing from
the southeast. When picked up he w&s
nearly dead, having mi?sed the irland
by about 80 feet. He mu*t be related
to the man who rocked the boat.
A party of workingmen employed on
the grade of the Alaska Home railroad,
which starts from Vaidez, were fired
upon frrm ambush by a number of men
waiting for them and supposed to be In
the employ of the Guggenheim9. The
reports variously estimate the number
of dead at from cne to ten
BABY BOY BUNKS BY BROWN BEAR
Withholding his name lest he tk
classed by President Roosevelt as u
?'nature fakir" along with C. I>. G
Roberts and others, a Minnesota lum
berjack relates a bear story whlcb
makes the Her. Dr. William J. Long's
animal tales sound like axiomatic
/truth.
la the wild? of Minnesota, a dozen
miles from Grand Rapids, dwells a
homesteader named Hans Larsen.
Whll? clearing the land for cultivation
he h&B also been rearing a family ot
?even children. Among the number Is
a three-year-old boy, who Is known as
Kid.
The kid le<t home March 10 acd
went Into the woods. It was three 01
four hours before his mother missed
him. aud It was three hours later wheD
the neighbors were Informed and a
?earth began. A logging contractor alsc
was notified, aud he assembled his
crvw of fifty men. The remaining pari
"ax i_a_td down with Tim akd men
WXHM jLLi JflaHT."
of the story Is best told by the anony
mous lumberjack, who found the boj
the following (lay at uoou:
?When the old uiau seut the hurry
up call for us to drop drlvln* and hike
over to the Norsk's, who lost his kid,
wo broke for the little farm mighty
quick. We knew the woods were full
of wolves, and If they dldu't get the kid
the night was due to be colder'n ?
and heM freeze t.> death before the
frost fell. We Just stopped at the
wanuegmi long enough to till our lunch
sacks with grub uud get plenty of
matches, aud then we put right Into
the woods a-ttyiu".
"We made torches of birch bark, be
sides havln' all the lanterns there was
on the drive, and the ole man spread
the whole fifty of us out, aud we fine
tooth combed that country all night.
But we couldn't find hide nor hair of
the kid. anil when moruln' come I says
to myself, 'That kid's a goner sure,'
and about everybody else thought the
?muiu way 'copt the ole man, and be
never would give In if he died.
"After we had lunch we went at It
again. Along about noon I found the
kid aleepln' in a hollow log. Would
not have seen him If It had not been
for his little cap that had fallen on the
ground. lie was lu a bear den. I took
him out of the log. and the first thing
he said was that he was hungry. I
gave him all the lunch I had left, and
he devoured It.
"I tried to get the story of his ex
perience from him. After I raised the
long yell and was waltln' for the boys
to come In he did make out to tell me
that he played about In the woods un
til he got tired and then tried to go
home, bat couldn't get there. Then It
got dark; then he caught 011 to a big
black 'doggie and two little di
layln' down, and he laid down with
them ?nd slept warm all nlpht, r.:.d ho
wajj so tired when morolu' came that
he eou'dn't keep up with the doggies.'
They rtn away and left him.
"Then he tried to get home, but
couldn't make it and four. 1 tlie hollow
log and crawled In, cr.vln' for his
mother. Jehosephat! If that kid didn't
sleep with that she bear and her cnbs
and never got a scratch! But how a
she bear with cubs, the most danger
ous creatnre that walks, ever allowed
him to do It I can't get through my
heajl."
GoingOutside?
If you are, take your dust and drafts to
Dexter Horton & Co., Bankers,
SEATTLE
and open a Savings Account. You can
open an account by mail if you wish to.
Our total resources exceed
312,000,000.00
Headquaters for Mining and Commercial Men
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS Glllll?
J'atk pain $dua
w SHEA & PATTEN, PROPS.
Broadway ami 6th Avenue , Skaffivay, Alaska
SKAGWAY WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagway, Oct. 8, 1907.
The weather conditions m Skogway
for the 24 hours preceding noon today
Prec'pitatlon, .00
fl. D. Clark,
Volunteer U. S. Weather observer
Pkoa* City Tramftr
For your coal, wood and general haul
ing. I'hone 90, Boughtoo's cigar
store. 10-4-lm. |
CH0OO<XJOC?SX^^X}DCHXH3OOOQ^
were aa follow*:
Max. Temp.,,,
Min. " ...
Mean "
Temp, at noon . .
40 above "
45 above "
.47 above "
,50 above zero
ROYAL
Steam Lcatindry
All Work Guaranteed. Short
OrueraJPromptly
Done
Messenger will call anil deliver
Phono 79
P. E. KERN
Gold aodjSUversmltb.
Manufaturer of
Nugget Jewelry
Dealer in
Alaska Souvenirs
and Curios
01 all kinds
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Having' completed reliable arrange
ments for an adequate supply of the
bCbt
sritlsh Columbia Coal
for the coming winter we offer for
Skagway Coal Consumers, Coals at
following prices;?
Wellington (Departure Bay)
Run of Mine $12 per ton
Wellington (Ladysmith)
Selected Lumps (13 per ton
Anthracite (Banff B. C.)
Chestnut 81ze $20 per ton
Prices abovd arc on wharf and in bulk
or sacked and for cash. Delivery $1.00
per ton extra.
SHAW & JOHNSON
Phones 11 or 109 Skagway, Alaska
William lloskiDS
.Boot and Shoe Maker _
Repairing promptly done with the best
material in the market
Ladles' and Children's Shoes Mended
BroadvarBctwMB 3rd and 4th Ath
REMODELED
THE
Rainier-Grand fjotel
SEATTLE
New Manugement
Central Location
Popular PrtoM
European Plan
Finest CAPE und BAK In the City
Wilson & White Co.Prop.Chai Pcrr> Mgr.
N[erca!jqts anil Miners
Should keep part of their funds in
this strong. up-to-date bank. We
pay 2 per cent. Interest on Cheek
ing balances, and you can save the
high exchange charges by paying
your San Francisco bills by check
on t his bank. We pay 4 ncr cent on
Savings Accounts. Sena for Book
let "A"? Banking by Mall? it will
show you how to make more money
Capital aud Surplus over |3, 000,000
Total Assets over $12,000,(X>o
CALIFORNIA SAFE DEPOSIT AND
TRUST COMPANY
California and Montgomery Sts.
San Fbancisco. California.
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Real Estate
BROILER
Collections
NOTARY PUBLIC
52 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWAY
We have a large stock
tourney's Candy
Petef's Gboeolates
Also every kind of
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428,Brdw'y
Tony Dortero's
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for Fine Furs
Write For Price hist
Percy's Fur House
Oshkoah, Wisconsin
THE MONOGRAM
Received a Large Shipment of Imported Wines
and Liquors Direct from Bonded Warehouse
Duties Paid at Skagway Customs
BLOOM & KORACH. PROPRIETORS
BROADWAY, BETWEEN 5th and Oth AVENUES
TELEPHONE 34 FREE DELIVERY
HEATED AND LIGHTED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
ttlbite Pass ftoiel
P. D McMillan, Manager
Cargest and best appointed fiotel intbe Vukon
(Ubiteborse, v. C.
RATES MODERATE
7VfOORES MHKRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThla Dock
REGULATIONS 1905
Warehouse; open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONL5T delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. S. customs
office) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this hour.
BAGGAGE-? Tolls will bo collected on Checked Baggage Only. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer is nearing
dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr
CENTRALLY LOCATED
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
New Home Restaurant
MRS. MARY BERNHOFFER. Manager
Best 25 Cent Meals in the City
FIFTH AVENUE, NEAR BROADWAY '
Good Clean Beds From 25 Cents Up
BATHS IN CONNECTION
REMINGTON
TYPEWRITER
tiattty $ Trandson
Agents for Skagway
STANDARD
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v
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And
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