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No 70. TWELFTH YEAK. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
EARL SEES CECUMS
MUSH OVER THE TRAIL
It pays to be an A. B. even if you
?re a governor-general.
When Karl Grey, Governor-General
of Canada, arrived In Skagway yester
day he was met by his Arctic Rroth
?rs and entertained during his stay.
After the reception yesterday after
icon Earl Grey had dinner on board
the Quadra, returning later to A. B. :
kail, where he and Lord Lascelle 1
watched M. C. (Old) Ironsldri and
C. J. Walsh go over the trail. Many
of the old time A.B.'s were out last
night and the Initiation was particu
larly lively.
Following the Initiation a luncheon
*as served and Earl Grey and Lord
Lascelle went on board the Quadra,
which sailed south at about 11 o'
clock last night.
Earl Grey made a favorable impres
[ sloti upon those who mot him. His
manner Is democratic and free from
ostentation, but lie has the simple
dignity that befits a man of his sta
tion and experience. He is now near
i\ sixty years old and he has served
the British flag In many quarters of
the globe.
Earl Grey expressed himself as
being delighted with his trip north.
He said he was certain that ' oth
Alaska and the Yukon would make
I ig strides in industrial progress In
the future.
The Arctic Brotherhood was spoken
ct in high terms by Karl Grey. He
praised its principles and purpose
and said that he believed it had done
a great work in the north in uniting
the people and doing away with sec
tionalism.
PORCUPINE HAS
GREAT FUTURE
Charles Harvey, a mining nun and [
rapitalfct from Boston, arrived In
Skagway yesterday from Conrad and
will sail south o? the Princess May
tonight. For the past month Mr. Har
vey has been inspecting property at
Porcupine and Conrad in which he is
interested. Ho also has mines in
Arizona and Nevada.
After a personal inspection of the
Porcupine Gold Mining company's
property, Mr. Harvey purchased some
additional stock. He is very enthus
iastic over the Porcupine mine.
"We originally estimated that it
would pay about $3 a yard." said Mr.
Harvey, "but the cleanups this year
have been nearer J5 a yard. And the
farther up the creek we go the better
ti e ground is becoming. Most of
the time this year has been devoted
to dead work, but the mine hafij
1-aid expenses all summer. The bed
rock flume will soon be. finished and
Jfcen things will hum. I see no rea
son why the Porcupine mine cannot
he worked for twenty-five years.
Next year the mine will handle about
1,000 yards of gravel a day."
T
E. F. Cassel, a mining engineer
from New York, and the man who
built the Dyea-Klondike aerial tram
way over Chilcoot pass in 1S38. ar
rived in Skagway on the Princess
May and left this morning for White
horse. He is going to make a trip |
ip the White river into the Kluane
district.
Mr. Cassel is an old timer in Al- 1
aska, having been in Juneau as early
as 1891, working on mining proper
tits. When the gold rush started Mr.
Cassel came to Dyea and built the
tram. He was well acquainted in
Skagway in the early days.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Dosch and Mrs.
Metz will sail south tonight on the
rr'ncess May.
W. C. Sonne, Pacific coast mana
ger for the Pond's Extract company,
arrived on the train yesterday from I
the 'nside and will go below on the |
Humboldt. Mr. Sonne, who is a mem
ber of Atlin Camp. No. lit, was a
guest of Camp Skagway, No. 1, last]
night.
1 ? ?i? inlnil !
O Q / Off on all
J J 3 SUMMER GOODS j
3
I Sale to Continue for Another Week |
During the past week our sales have been more than
double what we could have reasonably expected, so
we have decided to give our patrons the benefit of the
Thirty-Three and One-Third Per Cent Discount |
FOR ONE WEEK LONGER
Remember we have no Shop Worn Goods to Dispose
of. If we had we would give a bigger discount
Every Article on sale was bought this spring or summer 3.
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:: Summer Dress Goods Summer Dress Goods |
33 1-3 per cent, off
LYNCH &KENNEDY
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Stephen Birch, general manager of
the Guggenheim mining interests in
Alaska and a director of the Copper
River & Northwestern railroad, ar
rived In Skagway from WhLtehor.se
on a special train about 12 o'clock
last night. Mr. Birch is anxious to
get back to Cordova and h? chartered
j special train that he might catrh
the Humboklt this morning and mfike
connections with the Northwestern
at Juneau. The Humboldt dhl not
sail this morning, but the Northwest
ern is late so that Mr. Birch will
make connections.
With Trumbull White, a newspaper j
man and magazine writer of national
reputation, Mr. Birch left Cordova
about a month ago for Fairbanks.
They went over the Copper river j
route to Copper Center and then wen
over the VaKlez trail on horse back
to McCarthey'8, from where they
floated down the Tanana river to
Fairbanks in a small boat, making tin
n ip In nine days.
Mr. Birch made the trip into Fair
banks for the purpose of Inquiring in
to the feasibility of extending the
Copper River railroad to Fairbanks.
"The construction of the road is
being prosecuted with the greatest
possible energy," said Mr. Birch to
day, "and It" is not the desire of
the directors to suspend work on the
western side of the mountains, if the
outlook in the interior is sufficient
ly encouraging to justify further con
struction. I went to Fairbanks to in
vestigate as to the permanency cf
the camp and the agricultural con
ditions. I can say nothing definite
except that If it is demonstrated that
the Tanana has a permanent future
rfce railroad will follow."
Mr. Birch is the man who is re
sponsible for the permanent devel
opment of the Bonanza copper -mine.
He negotiated the purchase of the
mine by the Ilavemeyers In 1SH8
and it was after his report that the
Uuggenheims acquired 40 per cent, in
tcTest in the mine for fC.000,000 this
spring.
F. J. HE) INS B.ECTI
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. 19?
Francis J. Heney defeated Churles
Flckert for the nomination of (Its tr let
attorney on the Democratic ticket ac i
cordhig to the latest returns. !t is
believed that Heney won by about
vrlfs
The partial returns yesterday st em
cd to indicate that Heney was ile
feuted.
BRITISH BATTLESHIP IS ON BUB
(By United Press.)
SHEERNESS, Eng. Au?. 19? The
ba' Vshlp Agamemnon grounded on a
bar off the IsJc of Sheppey while at
target practice today and is hard and
fast In the sand. Fears are enter
tained that the vessel will be ser
iously strained when the tide reeedes.
The Agamemnon was built in 1907
and font $8,000,000, She hiu> a dis
placement of 10,000 ton.s.
At 10 o'clock this morning (Wed
nesday) court was formally opened by
Judge E. E. Cushmtn. The first bus
iness was the Lmpatinellng of the
grand Jury. Only nine of those sum
moned were present. Not one being
here from Skagway. Those of the
venire present were sworn In. The
absence of the others made It Impos
sible to go on and the jurymen were
dismissed until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. At the order of Judge I
Ou.sli man the authorities at Skagway
were communicated with in reference
t ? the jurors summoned and a reply
was received that they were on the
Cottage City. The following grand
jurymini appeared !n court this morn
ing and qualified: John Stoft, James
McKanna, Sam Keist, J. A. Sloan,
Richard Johnson, L. V. Winter, James
Newman, Rdward Ludecke and M. II.
Gano.
Sam Parker of Tacoma was .ap
pointed and acted as court crier this
morning. W. J. Rummel was named
us bailiff for the grand jury and <ohn
I. White bailiff of the petit Jury. The
motion and trial calendar will be
called Monday morning. ? Juneau Re
cord. i
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?? We carry the Best and Largest'StocK f
FRUIT JARS I!
i JELLY GLASSES f
I JAR CAPS I
Rubbers and Paraffine I
? ? The berries are fine this year, put up all you can and *j*
;? enjoy them next winter X
J GANTY & FRANDSON |
WETTEST JULY FOB YEARS;
FACTS ABOUT OUR CLIMATE
Statistics carefully collected by .Mr.
and Mrs. If. D. Clark on their ranch
across the river show that the month
of July just passed was the wettest
known in Skagway In the past seven
years since records have been kept.
In July, 1000, 2.43 Inches of rain
fell in Skagway, whereas the average
precipitation of July for the past six
years has been less than 0.S0 inches.
June, 1009, was not a wet month.
The total precipitation last June was
0.t>8 inches; whereas the average pre
cipitation for Juno In the past six
years was 0.98 inches.
For the past six years the average
annual precipitation in Skagway (in
cluding snowfall) has been 22. IS Inch
es.
The highest an i :il precipitation
was in 1900 when 27.11 inches fell, j
The lowest annual precipitation was
In 1905 when only 17.2.> fell.
January, February, Ma'vli. Apt il.
May and June are the dryest mon.li3.
October, November and Deceml.cr are
the months in which the most pre
cipitation comes.
The average annual precipitation
i since the ("larks have kept records
Is as follows: 1903, 24.r?4 ; 190'., 22.54
1905, 17.29; 1906, 27.11; 1907, 26.03;
1908. 17.46.
The rainfall In Skagway is far be
low that of most of the states. Tito
average rainfall in the entire United
States is about 36 inches annually.
In only nine states of the Union is
there less annual precipitation than
in Skagway. These states are Ari
zona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mon
tana, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Dakota and Utah.
ALFALFA CROP
RAISED HERE
It has at last been demonstrated,
iha alfalfa can be successfully grown
in Skagway. Fred Doree this Bum
uier has a fine crop of the grass on
a lot at Seventeenth and Alaska !
streets The plot is a small one, '
bvt judging by the stand of grass it j
would run about five tons to the j
acre.
Alfalfa is tiie very best kind of hay
and two crops a year can be cut.
With tho presnt price of feed in
Alaska a twenty acre field of alfalfa j
should bo about as good an invest- J
ment as a placer claim.
BUST OF SEWARD COMING
(By United Pre?!3.)
SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. 01? The
nonument of William II. Seward I
which has been made in Paris will
reach Now York tomorrow and will
then be shipped to this city and be
erected.
THAW BACK
IN ASYLUM
(By United Preu.)
MATTEWAN, N. Y. Aug. 19? Harry
Thaw was brought here to the asylum
fir the criminal insane last night,
from White Plains, where he has had
a lunacy hearing. Hereafter Thaw
v 111 be treated as an ordinary insane
patient and denied all privlledgea.
CADETS WILL
BE
(By United Press.)
WEST POINT. N. Y. Aug. 10? It is
rumored here that President Taft has
oidered the dismissal p! seven cadet*
who hazed Rolando Sutton, a brothe
of James X. Sutton, who was killed
/it Annapolis In a mysterious manner.
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