ffl)C StaUg jVltf^kon
Official City i'aper
L. S. .CELLEK, PUBLISHIR MCk
~k SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Oso <?k. d?llT?r?d by ^arrtar
On* mouth, by mall
rhr*? mouths, by matt
it x month*, by mall
On* year, by mall
ABOUT AN AUSKAN PRODUCT
When the discovery of a valuable
deposit of gypsum was made Id south
eastern Alaska it furnishad the basU
of an industry which has grown to
successful proportion in Tacorna.
The poatofiice named Gypsum is a
thriving camp on CiiichagotT island,
about 70 miles from Juneau. With a
capital stock o( $300, U00, the Pacific
Coast Gypsum company was organized
with these officers: Richard Vaeth,
president; S. A. Perkios, vice presi
dent; A. P. Albertson, secretary-treas
urer: W. K. Nicholson, second vice
president and manager.
A factory or mill where the crude
gypsum rock is reduced and treated
was erected on the city waterway at
Tacoma. The steamship Northland
brings two cargoes of rock a mouth
from the Alaska mines and between
times barges are leaded and brought
in tow.
About 100 too* > day are turned out
In the ordinary run of the plant in
Tacoma. This includes grinding the
roclc, calcining it large kettles and
reminding it for hard wall finish.
Gypsum finds a read; market along the
coast and in Brtish Columbia, and has
nearly superseded entirely the old
fashioned lime and sand plaster. While
that deteriorates with age and
crumbles, the gypsum hardens wiib
age becomes more durable. Another
point in Its favor is that it is water
proof and in case of fire the gypsum
doea not fall otT the walls upon which
water has been thrown by a fire de
partment.
The wholesale price of gypsum is
about $10 a ton. It is ground line and
ready to add sand, the rule for the mix
ture being two parts o< sand to one of
plaster, then add water and it is ready
to spread on the walls. In making the
planter both hair fiber and wood fiber
are used, the latter being ground from
cottonwood at the plant of the company
in Tacoma. Though gypsum Is com
mon enough in the middle west, it is
comparatively rare in the extreme
northwest, therefore the mine at Gyp
sum Is of great importance to the Pa
cific Northwest.
Mauager Nichols says the demand
for the gypsum made at Tacoma has
exceeded all expectations. ?Tacoma
Ledger.
THE SCHOOL ELECTION
The election of Mr. E, L. Miller as
clerk of the school board by tbe .large
majority accorded, miwt be accepted as
the voice of strong approval and confi
dence in Mr. Miller, as the position i9
an important une, most important oy
comparison in a small community.
Tbe public school is the institution
closest to the hearts and interests of
the people and tbe choice of the mem
bers of the school board is properly
given into tbe hands of the whole
people, the mothers and sisters of the
children as well as the fathers and
brothers. Happily and admittedly? on
the part of the whole people? two ex
cellent men were candidates for this
office at yesterday's election and no
mistake could have been made in tbe
choice so far as tbe character, devotion
to the duty and the ability of the men
is concerned. Lively interest, as wus
to be expected, where every citizen, of
both sexes, bad the franchise, was
manifested and a large vote polled and
to the winner in the friendly contest
belongs the honor and congratulations.
Raw Furs....
WK3PAY
lligb Prices for Tine Furs
Write For Price List
Percy's Fur.House
Othkoah, J Wisconsin
AFFINITY MURDER AT AFOGNAK
Valdez, Sept. 8.? Admitting her part
la the affair and charging her lover,
George Pestrlakoff, with tho actual
deed, Macrena Kavorzoff, a 19-year
old Ruulan girl is under arrest at
Afocuak accused of instigating tbe
murder of her husband, Peter'Kavor
7.0 il . Pestrlakoff is also under arrest
and before the grand jury will be
charged with the murder in the first
degree. The murder was committed
August 10 in Ouzlnskf.
According to the reports of the crime
brought by the steamship Portlaad at-d
given publicity in the Prospector, the
woman has taken upon herself the en
tire responsibility for causing the mur
der. Her story is ode of cold blooded
aess and deliberation almost transcend
ing belief. While her lover went; forth
to do murder she lay cowering in the
cellar of his house and after the hus
band had been killed she greeted the
murderer warmly and then went with
him while he' attempted to dispose of
the l>ody.
Afterward, the woman spent two days
and nights in the company with her
lover and then confessed the crime.
Aside from the murder the only poi
son to witness the deed was Lycandray,
the 12-year-old son of the murdored
man, and cautioned by both the mat
derer and his- woman accomplice, he
kept to himself his knowledge of what
he had witnessed on the night that he
started with his father for a walk. The
lad also lent bis feeble aid to the efforts
to dispose of the body of his father.
The woman's story is that she wed
ded KavorsotT at her father's demand 1
? lihough the cever llkea the roan. This
was in September, 1907, aad the first
in >nth or so the nowly married couple
lived happily. Then the husband be
g in to be jealous of the m?n who later
did murder, and to throaten the woman
with punishment. The woman saja
that sho begau to fear her husband nt.d
'bat she sent word to her lovor and dis
cussed what they had best do.
I'he affair drifted along until August
7. when the womau wrote to l'ewt riakotT
telling bint to "Gel something for
Peter." PestrlakoiT did not do this, al
though the woman meant for bim to get
poison, but upon his return the two dis
eased the question of disposing of the
nusband and on the evening of the 10th
decided tbat the lover should go to the
husband and tell him that the wife was
at the lover's home. While Pestrla
kofTVent on tbls mission, the woman
remained iu the cellar of his house
until he returned accompanied by the
son of KarvorzolT, who, according to the
woman, was io tears
Ptstriakoff told tbat he had attacked
his victim as the latter and the son
were on the way to the house of the
murderer, and that the body had been
bidden temporarily. Then, in th?
preseaco of the sou of the murdered
maa, the lovers planned to dispose of
the body by takiag it away io ibe mur
derer's dory and sinking it in the bay(
Keniarks made by young Kav
orzotT after the disappearance of his
father led to conjecture that resu'ted
in the arrest of I'estriakotT and the
woman.
Signs ot improvement In the mercan
tile worlo are more apparent every,
wfcere. Stocks of goods in jobbers and
retailers' shelves are generally light.
Replenishment is necessary. The prom
ise of good and profitable crop*
means another year of prosperity to
our agricultural classes who are still
the backbone of the country. Next to
cheap money the most effective argu
ment for high prices in the stock mar
ket has been this encouraging crop out.
look.? Henry Clew.
FigV.. r f ? 1 "uni :r
The nvin v. : ri:tn mvay
May llvi- i.. i | . r >?
Tlial img tiie |.i -in >??....?1. tut, tlivn,
He'll nr. I' liw i.<
If not. tut- Hcr:<|i in* tluva iiul nook.
Why h .juM he .. i : t In f.gi.l next
wrek "
The man who (lRlits and runs away
The purl of w,;.,!. .11 may illa;jlay.
Bin h? will never live to hear
The multitude rise up and cheer.
The plnudl'n ami tr.e noisy bnnd*
Will b? there i'nr tlio one who stands.
He who h.._. i ic I In the fray
And ducks e'er ll Is under way.
Who makes a foot race of the lUrht.
May. If not valiant, slill bo bright.
But he will not be all the race
With those who r-id tlio sporting page.
?{"he one who. vanquished, still Is game
Has honors and a chunco at fume,
And. tho< k'i he gets unpleasant bumps,
lie's al .v iys listed with tlio trumps.
Dc.' .r.cd. If his heart la stout.
Ho may boforo tho enil win out.
And. If ho doesn't live, what then?
He's dead und cannot die again.
Tho Joy of dying for a cause
Should make his faltering footsteps
pause
Before they catch him If he flies.
The coward every moment dlesi
Stringing Him Along.
"I hear John has proposed to May."
"Then Is everything settled?"
'?No; she Is accepting him on the in
stallment plan."
"How Is that?"
"Eating candy and lee cream with
him until she makes up her mind."
Knew What Pleased.
"Yes. it was n superb piece of act
ing."
"Caught the audience?"
"You l>et."
"Did he plav ou their emotions?"
"No; he broke a cr : ?.-? of dishes."
8EnEBlBEPTRtnliNEVER
Having put In a steam boiler and
other machinery we sre better pre
pared than ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
5-23-tf Slcagway Laundry
1 1 SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKIES
YUKON RIVER SAILINGS
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Sept. 8,
1908, ia as follows
Temperature tiiue observat'n..42 above
Max.temp.prccedlng 24 hours. 53 above
Min " " " " ..43 above
Moan " " " " ..48 above
Barometer 29.54
Clear, south wind.
YUKON RIVER FLEET
Up stream? Cases arrived at Whltc
horue at 2:30 a in with 48 passengers
Dawson passed Yukon Crossing at 7:30
a m; Bonanza King passed Selkirk at
8:30 a m.
Dawn stream? Selkirk left White
horse at 5:30 a m; Wbltehorse left
Stewart at 6 a m.
Next sailing? Cssca, tomorrow moru- \
lag.
* ?
Probably.
"Why do they
call It the honey
moon ?'
"It Is sweet
I and always ends
with the last
? quarter."
* *
Easy Money.
"Yon ought to have no trouble In Bet
ting nest to him."
"That so? What kind of u fellow Is
he?"
"Oh. one of those fellows who let
their wives buy their neckties."
Too Good For the Game.
"It is awful. Mrs. Murdock, the way
sports are degenerating. My boy was
dismissed from the ball team because
he was too honest."
"What was the matter?"
"He wouldn't steal bases."
Suspicious.
' "I -heard a great compliment for you
the other day."
"Indeed ?"
"Yes."
"What special brapd of lw>a?Uj goods
was the man representing?"
CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
Paid Up Capital : : : $10,000,000.00
Rest :::::::: 5,000,000.00
BANKING BY M'A I L.
Qold Dust B.ought
DRAFTS ISSUED PAYABLE IN ALL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
SKAGWAY BRANCH W. T. WHITE. Mgr.
WHEN YOU WHITE
a lctt?r do uot apologize for the dbikt. Have
tho kind of paper that requires no apology?
the kind that reflects your irood taste and
rood Judgement.
HIGHLAND LINEN
Is such a paper. It Is refined In appearance,
correct In every detail and offers a writing
surjace that neither ahsorhs the Ink Dor trips
the pen. We carrt all sized. i
We also carry the following lines of Eaton, >
Crane .1 1'lke papetj.
English Nainsook
Danish Cloth
Mull Chiffon
Celtic Linen etc.
WM. BRUT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. CCTS.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAM EK
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakoe, Sitka and WayporU
?SAILS?
Thursdays at 8 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUGUTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. phone 90
U. S Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
Will leavn Skagway Daily
at ^a. m. for Haines
Returning, Leaves Haines for
Skagway at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir> $2.50
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
COMPHNY
Seattle Wash
Pacific teas S. S. Co.
/0?$\ FIONEFI? ALASKA LJ? '?
L< ^ SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
ami other Pu*et Sound >'nr<e
CARRYING n. B. MA1I.
Steamera of Thi* Company Leave
CITV OF SfATTLF, Sept, 6-15-26 Oct. 7
HUMBOLDT, Sept. 10-21 Oct. 2
Connrctlnp with the Company** Steamers .it Se?'tlr> fo* San I-'rancisco,
Soutukun California, Kokk.ka (Humboldt ?ay) *rd Mkxico
pgr Above Schedule Subject to Change Wit ho it Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and I {roadway, ^kasrwiy
Srattlk Tickkt Office, 113 James st.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Ajjent,
112 Mirkit Htraei, Sao Pr?t cl*oo, Cal
Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. C. COAST SERVICE )
FAI,t SCHKDUr.R OP SAILINGS PROM SKAOWAV
Subject lo change without notice
BEATRICE WI B1W
HAY
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of '.ho world ar d all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
X2QI
Alaska Steamship Co
Carrying U. S. Mall ar.d Alaska Pacific Expreu
Next Sailing 0/ tho Fast Passenger Steamers
Jefferson Sept. 8, 18, 29
Dolphin Sept. 3, 13, 24
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notico
Transfers vo Victoria and Vancouver Without Addllional Charge
>
Through Tickets to San KrnncUco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone I
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME TvVl-31-.K: No. 1?
(Daily Kxoept Sunday.^
No, 1. N. Pound
1st class.
9 30 a. m,
12 05 p. ra.
12 48 "
1 40 "
3 20 p. m.
5 60
Leaves
Arrives
SKAHOAY
WHIT F. PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WUITK ROK.SK
Arrives
Leaves
N-). 2, S. Boun.'*
1st clais
4 30 p ra
3 0;'. "
2 20 '
1 45
11 40 a. in
9 31 "
Passengers must be at depots in time to havo Baggage Inspected and
chocked. Inspection is stopped 30 roinut before leaving time of train.
160 pounds of baggage ??vill bo checked free vrlth each fuIT faro ticket
?\nd 75 poundsjwlth each half far* tick t
p
Through l^ie from Skaguay to Atlln, White Horso, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate points. Connection mndc at Dawson with Lower River steamboats for
Eagle, Circle Cltv, Rampart, fan ana. Fairbanks, Chenn, St. Michael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Frequent connection made at White Horse bctwrer trains and river steamers for all Yu
kon River points, including Mendenhall Landing the nearest steamboat landing to the
Alsok Gold Fields. The following steamboats are operated by ihe WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modern conveniences, iucluding steam heat
electric light and other features as afford not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN
DAWSON CASOA SELKIRK
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE
BONANZA KING
LaFRANCE
VICTORIAN
Through tickets can be purchased at Singuay for DAWSON, FAIRBANKS, CHENA
and all Lower River points. \
Finely appointed trains dail" exctpt Sunday, between Skagusy and White Florse,
carrying passenger?, baggage, mail and express.
BaggaRO bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Cana la
v and the tfnitcd ctates.
' For Information relative to pawenjre\ freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to anyageuioi the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, P. C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACH ER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C. and Skasruav, Ala?<rf V-r.r tv, A'oska