No. t>l SIXTEENTH YEAR SKAttWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1913
GOLD OUGHT TO BE THERE,
BUT IT EVADES DISCOVER!
Attorney Cordon McQouvrau, who
with a party of five muahcrs, left
Skagway the latter part of last
month, arriving lu Silver Creek ou
the 12th of April, returned last ev
ening and left today on the May to
recume hU law practice lu Seattle,
fully convinced tnat the present Is mt
the time for a stampede into the
Silver creek district.
Mr. McGouvran is not a miner and
he admits it; but he is a close ob
server aud during his four days in
the new diggings did considerable
panning and made inquiries first
hand regarding the situation. From
hat he can learn, there feu every
promise that gold in paying quanti
ties ought to be discovered some
where in the district, but up to the
prvseut time nothing has been found
to give assurance of pay dirt.
Ills party left Carcross on the
first of the month and took three
<1 .ys to make the trip with dogs to
Atlln. Lea\ing Atlln they wcro four
days over the trail to Silver creek ;
fury punned on the various creeks,
finding color on Johnson where they
suuk 4 or 5 holes, but the gold was
u? fine that the colors did not rep
resent a cent ia value, Ouo flake
w is as large as the head of a pi '
but was as flat as paper, showlug
heavy glacial pressure.
Holes have been sunk forty fe<?
deep on Moose Horn and fourteen
feet on Silver, Dikeman having sunk
to seven above on Silver, but non
of them have reached bedrock. Pan
uiug on the rims show color In man
p'aces. Geo. Carmack, who had a '
claim on forty below has abandoned
it und will spend the season in pros
pecting In other parts of the Tes
liu district. Skookum Jim who al
so had claims ou Silver has become
convinced that the pay is not then
and will do work on Trout where
he also has staked.
Mr. McCouvrau brings out the re
port from many old time miners that
the Tesliu is geologically u gold
c. untry, that the benches there re
semble tho benches upon which some
o the famous strikes have been
made in the Klondike and the Fair
banks and Iditarod districts. He
believes that ultimately something
good may come of the prospecting
walch Is to be done, but he has
neither tho time nor inclination
to follow up the work in the hope of
making bid fortune from placer
mining.
I There are plonty of provisions in
there. Tho miners have taken In j
| tons of supplies which indicate that
I they intend staying on the grouuil
until something is proven one way
or the other.
Coming out from Silver creek ov
I "r the new trail, he mado the trip
! to Carcross la four days and three
| hours, the fastest trip which had
i tiecn made up to date. The trail he
1 is smooth and the trip an ideal
?au. The weather was perfect and
i he scenety grand. Hunting Is
?ro<>d and the country abounds in
fish. Mr. McGouvran gained four
oounds in the few days he was in
side and says ho feels several years
T<II<KIX<J MOTION' IMCTl'KKS
A WONDKKKl'L INVENTION
Jut how the new talking motion
l-icturt'8 are operated and why the
voices of thy people appearing on
the screen seem to come direct from
the mouths of each, are questions
which many people ask whenevor th
"talkies" as they are new called on
Wew York's East Side, are shown.
An Illustration In the r May Popu
lar Mechanllcs Magazine shows the
connection by means of which
the motion picture machine, high
up In the gallery of the thea
ter, and the phonograph, located In
a well In the stage Just behind the
screen or curtain, are synchronized,
or made to operate at the same time
and speed, so that the motion of the
lips In talking und singing may be
uimultai!eous with the utterance of
the sound Every sound or noise
made by the persons producing mat
erial for the "talking" pictures is
caught by a single phonograph ro
i or dor while the motion-picture cam
era Is taking the pictures. In re
producing the talking pictures all
that Is necessary is to provide that
the phonograph and tho motion pic
ture machine be iuu In the same re
lation to each other as when the pic
turca wore maie nud tho sounds ro
lorded. This Is done by mechani
cally connecting the motion-picture
projecting machine and the phono
graph by mens of an endless wire
cable ruunlng over pulioys.
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When the Flood Covered Dayton
And Wrecked Part of Columbus, O.
Photos copyright, 1913, by Amvrlcan Press Association.
FLOOD stricken Ohio In now putting things straight again It baa
cleaned up tlx towns and cities which were covered hy water and la
gradually rebuilding damaged buildings. bridges, sewers, tracks, etc.
Hut it will be nuiuy years probably before the residents of Dayton and
Columbus will forget the ifreat floods of ll>13. These pictures ahow why. The
top one la a view of the water at Ita height at Dayton, showing houses sub
merged to the roofs The bottom one shows wreckage at Columbus.
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KliAt. IMtAISKS SLVrKSSOIt
' Juneau, April 24 ? Oen. William
L. Olsttn, who Una faithfully served
Alaska as Surveyor General for the
past 16 years slnco that office was
established, and who has been ex
offlcio Secretary of tho Territory
since the creation of that office, ex
pressed pleasure yesterday evening
when notified of the appointment of
'Jharles K. Davidson, of Fairbanks
to succeed him. Ho promptl/' con
gratulated Mr. Davidson, to whom
he sent a telogr.im reading as fol
lows:
"Shake, with all good wishes."
Gen. Dlstin picked Mr. Davidson
as a proper man to serve Alaska as
Surveyor General shortly after the
result of tho election was ascortaln
ec. and It was dlscovorcd that thero
had been a Democrat victory In the
Nation. Speaking of Mr. Davidson's
appointment this morning, Den. Dls
tin said:
"Charles E. Davidson has boen a
member of my staff since 1897 as
United States Deputy Surveyor. 1
consider him a very competent sur
veyor. He certainly Is tho logical
nun for the appointment. With his
thorough knowledge of conditions
throughout tho. Territory, aiwl hi*
years of practical experience, I am
confident 1 o will fill the office In a
credltablo manner "
Gen. Dlytin, whom Mr. Davidson
wi.i succeed, hnj served four firms
im Surveyor General. Ho was ap
ponted by President McKlnley,
I shortly after the latter'8-flrat In
auguration lie was reappointed 4
i n os by Presidents McKlnley, Roos?
vclt and '1'aft. It Is the most re
markable record made by any offic
ial that ever has served in thlwrter
rltory In a political office.
Gen. Dlsiln will take a long vaca
tion as soon as ho shall have turn
ed his office over to his successor.
Then ho will turn to Alaska. He
-ays that all his Interest Is In this
Territory, and he expects to make It
Ills homo for tho remainder of his
i'fe. However, ho may spend some
or his tlmo In the Pacific Coast Cit
ies to tho South ? Washington, Oro
1 .;on and California.
Regular meeting of the Masons
tomorrow evening. Tho hour of op
ening Is 8 p. m.
Casper Kossuth, father of Cassle
Kossuth of tho Wlilto l'ass railway,
is In the city today ou.-hl# way to
J Fairbanks. IIo arrived on the May
tills morning.
CHICK
FOOD
A h H E It S
PROGRESSIVE"
?N O W IN STOCK.
Iilit pou ml Snck . $1.00.
.10 poiiml lots
Small lots . . ,"> rents .per ]m?iiiii1.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
ONLY STEERAGE PASSENG
ERS 10 GET IDE HOOK
Stoerago passengers arriving In
Fkagway r.n the last boats are suf
i -ring uioro or less with soro arms,
ow.ng to the vaccination rules which
are being oiforced at Seattle iy;iiln.
This Is the recent ruling of the gov
ernment board of health coming right
from Washington.
Tho reason for tho promulgation
of this order and why Alaska Is
singled out and mado the goat. Is a
mystery to Seattle steamship men. A1
though first class passengers and
tourists are exempt from the ro
K'.rictlons, shipping men say, the re
su t of the order will be to spread
false Impressions broadcast ovor tlio
country which will Interfere serious
ly with the summer excursions to
the North, which yearly arc grow
ing more popular, and add grcitly
to the business of this port.
It also was pointed out that sev
eral years ago, v.hen the regulations
were more stringent, persons wish
ing to uvotd vaccination sailed on
the British ships from Vancouver,
thus causing a great loss In business
to American compauios. It Is pre
dicted that hundreds will follow the
same cour3o tills year. If the order
is unforced.
SCUTARI FAILS
AFTER 6 WEEKS
BOMBARDMENT
Scutari, Aprli 24 ? After a des
perate fight III which many lives
were lost, the Montenegrins yester
day entered the city of Scutari. Th
buildings of the ancient capital wore
found badly demolished owing to C
weeks bombardment.
kkv. r.\t< hi:m-kk talks
TO ATIJX CONCiltBG.VriON
The Dally Alaskan Is In receipt
ef a letter from ltev. \V. W. Batch
oiler, who left for Atlln u few days
ago. lie arrived at Atlln on Friday,
the 18th and says that many of the
slnmpeders are returning from Sil
ver creek, having found nothing
there.
At Carcross Mr. Batcheller found
I'rof. I.. C. Head and they went to
At;ln together. Saturday morning
they met A. J. Swanson and the 3
Skagwans have formed a sort of
happy family.
lie says "I?ast evening it was my
plcasuro to speak In the Preibyter
iun church to a very Interesting aud
ience. I find the people of this
ureat Northwest keen and progres
sive. Give my regards lo all my
friends.
DEATH IK MI
llttxburg, April 24 One huiidro.1
vid fifty miners wore outfiipped In
the Flnloyvllle coal mine tills inorn
lng when an explosion occured. The
mine caught fire nnd there Is no
possibility that any of them will es
cape alive. Men with rescue appar
atus arc trying to reach the (loonie.l
mines but the flames have driven
back all attempts at rescue.
SCHOOL DISTIUCT KSTAIJ
MSHEI) AT KKXNICOTT
Valdez, April 24 ? Clerk of thu
Court Angus McBrlde has ??stabli-i'i
ed ft school district at McCarty and
Kennlcott and the school will be
built half way between the Bonanza
mine and .McCarty in order to ac
commodate the children from both
tamps. Neither place has children
enough to secure from the gj\ orn
m. 'lit a school or a te:icher, but by
combining both places 22 children
are listed.
An election Itoard will be select
ee and the governor will then allow
funds for the construction or a
school house and the payment of
t-v.i salary of a teacher. At pre
sent It Id planned to have only a
summer school.
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