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\\x 1** FIKTKKNTH YEAR SKAGWAV ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912 PRIC'K 10 CENTS
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The Port land Oreflontati of August
lMh, ixMitained an illustrate pa|r?
description of the Inside Passajre of
Maska ?n<t llw> liw of the Wkltc
I'n* and Yukon Roatf. The
*a> ?tilten by Roscoe Fawce*t and
omtains a Urpr amount of inter
-oln* u> 'i?t mat ton In connection with
the j?ast. nrWF t and future of Al
aska In <i"'*kmc of the Sk*Kway
district. Mr Kaw-ce t ha* this to
Mjr:
? ?rJ Alaska means "Croat
?'?u?tri ." but If von ask the aver
.-?*?* man the aijtnlrtcanoe he mill like
It <hnu hi* shoulders. draw a men
lal pn-tu re of the terrific hardships
imi JurrM bjr the pioneers who joined
the m?h rush to the. Klondike for
ard say "None of that |eo
Sound staff for iw."
The <kvc sificli ha* .jciven way to
i V *!eel rail, and th?Tf lies within
four days travel of Portland a coun
ts *hioh is a fairyland of ajcre?
iSle surprtses.
V .*ka ts a hunter"* paradise It
h.i> : he vfiiery of the Himalayas or
t Vndos distanced. "The climate
alone the *?-acoa#t as far north as
Ska* way. at least. I* almos t as
?NUahle a* Ore?on.
If the American puMic knew just
how eiasy it Is to reach this new
land of experiences. of n^w thrills,
of history, of new beauties and new
slinsn*). .\lrt*k?.
splendors, we venture the prediction
that there would ensue a rush of
the wealthier tourists that would re
semble the scramble in the early
days when the man who drove a pis;
or steer over the trail to the interior
was rewarded with a fabulous sum.
As the arduous trip from Seattle
to Nome. 2.SOO miles through th?
Aleutian Peninsula. and In th<
storm-tossed Bering sea. strictly a>
ocean trip, is too strenuous and Ut?
; satisfactory for the tourist, Skajcway
? is the main objective point on the
? i>leasurM?oekers' itinerary. Skagway
stands on historic Rrounds, in fact,
i "The Home of the North Wind." as
? the word signifies, is a most historic
city. It guard* the entrance to the
two famous passe* through the mou
lain* Into the gold-studded Interior,
White Pans and Chilcoot .
Science has filing n railroad from
Skagway t? White horse, t'"e famous
While fan a- Yukon route, one of
' the most remarkable railroad engi
neering project* In the world
Construct Ion on this famous road
: was begun in 1X9&, and it in said
1 1 hat dose to $7.??0,<)?0 was expen
' ded by the Kngllslt corporation in
overcoming the obstacles of nature
Tile l.ite national boundary ll>>s 20
miles from Skagway at White Pass,
an almo?t entirely obliterated rest
ing haven for the old Klondikers.
O. I?. Dickeson, president of the
White Pass A Ynkan route, is put
ting forth herculean efftrts to keep
t^e men at work. To that end he Is
e idc.ivorlng to have Fairbanks de
clared a sub-port of entry, he fore
seeing that if he can transport his
j freight direct from Skagway to
[ Whitehorse and on down the river
j in his own boats, the prices for food
; stuffs at Fairbanks and thereabouts
will be put down within the reach
I of man.
At present a rival company g*ts
the business by transfer at Dawson,
a Canadian town, and tariffs are
I kept at an exorbitant figure so as
to drive freight by the all-w?ter
route, Seattle to Nome and up the
Yukon River The Skagway cutoff,
however, is the natural routing, for
It Is Home eight or ten days shorter
th ii the Nome pa>*;ige
President IlirktMn u only
yeirs oid, hilt appear* to he 'IThe
Man of the Hour" for Alaska He
w*s formerly high up In the offi
ciary of the Chicago, Burlington *
Ciniitcy. located at Omaha.
"The mineral I* In, there mil
lion* of ton* of it ani| if ire ran
hold the prospectors during this
dull pe.Jod, aomebody la going to
strike it soon," said IHckeu?n to the
writer "That, of course, will metm
tonnage for my road. so perhaps my
activities are actuated by rather a
telfisl. motive "
Only one-fifth of the flower-car
peted ?* smaln has be^n explored as
yet, so Us possibilities have not yet
been realiied. The Territory haa al
ready paid the people of the Knifed
States in products dividends approx
imating C3A0 per cent, on the orig
inal price of $7,2*Ot0i>O. It Is worth
today, not millions, hnt billions
Send the Skagway Daily Alaskan
home to the states. 7?*. per month
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R>M?li^? 1<* \! K\TK>
The Ala?ka Steamship company
iv?> just >?otif?e<l their ajient here
>hat the recently ilKTMNd rates on
lor^l freitht will no longer apply,
and 5 hat the previous rate has be? n
restored The wire came t>m Seat
tle tM? momin* that tbe re*tore?i
rate poes into force on the sailing
of ih- Jef:ersor. from that port
?iLVSS Ml ?T \M> TKI 11.
4H IKt.m WITH rkirkrv
San Fr?nci?co. Aug. 2S ? The
trial of i..>ui* Glass, connected with
A he Ruef i nd Kncene Schmidt In
the notorious praft charges which
?<?Ho?ed the hi* San FYan.isoo fire
.1 earthquake, has been wm for
?ieptemher 1 ct h
?\?k*?el J. H Conrad mill pi
-??<ith tomorrow evening on a busi
? ?s trip which will occupy much of
Kis time until spring
?^?V. UKST KVWK\TI.Y
MKAXT ?H AT HK S\11>
Portland, Aug. 2S ? Acting upon
' his statement that if the officer*
of the cities and counties of the
state did not clean out the rotten
less that is secretly practiced In
Oregon. he would discharge them,
or call out the militia if necessary.
Governor West yesterday fired I>is
ttict Attoniev Cameron out of his
;ob and appointed Walter Kvmns to
lake his place Kvans mas notified
to proceed at once to the closing of
the gambling houses and other
louses that are a menace to the pul
lie morals, or it is intimated that he
| would go the way of Cameron.
Mr Robert 1-owe. better known
to the sourdoughs, miners, mer
chants and good fellows, as "Boh
lx>we came up this morning and has
gone to his home in Whitehorse Mr
Ix?we *as formerly a member of tt-.e
1 Yukon council from our rival city
jnear the rapids
OUR
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FALL
SUITS
&
COATS ^
FOR LADIES
NOW ON DISPLAY
li ?ogUe
DENOTES STYLE
AND QUAUTY
NEW CREATIONS IN
Millinery
NEXT : WEEK : NEXT
H. J . LYNCH
heme icnn
CiH 10 HIS HOME
Seattle, Aug. 2S ? Helegate James
Wickersham arrived from Washing
ton Monday and left last nipht on
the Jefferson for Alaska.
He expressed himself to the As.so
(iated Press as being well pleased
with his work in congress. He said
that his Territorial bill was not all
that he desired It should be. but it
was infinitely of more value to Al
askans than the Taft commission
bill with its objectionable appointive
features He considers It an insult
to the intelligence of the voters of
Alaska for any political party to
hint that Alaska needs a governing
power outside of its own people.
Mr. Vt'ickeraham has received ca
blegrams from nearly all the Alas
kan cities that' he is to pass through
inviting him to stop off and attend
public meetings in his honor, but his
business requires his attention in
Fairbanks as soon as he an pet th?r
so he w81l be unable to meet all of
hie supporters and well wishers at
this time.
He is expected to arrive in Skag
way next Sunday on the Jefferson,
but may be prevailed upon to stop
over at Ketchikan or Juneau for
the following boat.
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AWAKKXT ?A\? S( HKMK
Pr I H. Moore. formerly phyal
I cian for the White I 'ass. In Skapwav
but now practicing in Ruby, where
he is also interested In mining, has>
w ritten an interesting letter to the j
publisher of the I>aily Alaskan from'
which we reprint the following
news, which will be of interest to
our readers:
We had a Wickersham cinch In
this district, but the commissioner
failed to appoint the judges as
prescribed by law. Whether this
was a scheme by the Shackleford
franp we do not know, we notified
i tie eommiwioner in due time but
he failed to k?*ep his promise It
looks like a scheme to count Wick
ersham out.
It seems almost a certainty that
I will mntye something out of the
came for our showing looks good.
I predict a lively camp ne*t spring.
W'e are iroing to have a test sluice
soon and then we will know where
we stand. Above and below us
they have fine pay and I cannot
spe why we are not on Mt too.
Mr Lewis and family who lived
In Skagway are hefe.
The Peterson made a trip from
Haines today, bringing up several
j'.issencers and returning with five.
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J Gravenstein Apples J
t The finest of all early apples ?
: $2.75 per box
* Dont buy more than you need,
* They are not long keepers
X Will sell
j Half Box for $1.40
I P. H. GANTY, Grocer
DKATH (DMK.S TO J. K. IJLV
PORMKRM' OF HKAGWAY
Word was received in Skagway
i yesterday that J. K- Lily died sudden
. iy in Dawson a few days ago.
Mr. Lily was formerly a Skagway
business man, bnt for a number of
years past has been in the wholesale
( feed supply business in I>awson.
where he was highly esteemed as a
ritizen and gentleman. He was a
sourdough of the old school, which
means that he was a pioneer of
sturdy' virtues and spontaneous gen
erosity. Well known in the North
where he was regarded with general
respect, his death will cause wld
r spread regret
J. H. Gerrie and wife of Vancou- j
ver were incoming passengers on the .
May this morning and have taken i
the trip over the White Pass as far
as Atlin. Mr. Gerrie is news editor
of the Dally Sun, a new and snappy
dally recently launched In the B. 0
metropolis. Mr. Gerry says h's j
publication already has a circulation
of 36,000.
CITY <>??' HiM'NBl'H
A HI Vl)l!>:? VK UW KMX
Beverly, Aug. 28 ? President Taft
did not net a chance to enjoy the
rest that he came home to Indulge
in, but has found it expedient to go
to Columbus, Ohio, where they are
celebrating (heir one hundredth an
niversary of the founding of th**
city, which occurs today. He will
meet the mayor of the city and to
gether they will lead the historical
parade which will be descrjptive of
the founding and development of the
jjreat city.
CJeorge Mow!, proprietor of the
American Tailor* establishment on
Broadway, is repapering and repair
ing his place of business There is
a general renovating process going
en which gives the shop an air of
prosperity and adds much to the at
tractiveness of things. A1I these Im
provements are for the purpose for
the Installment of a high grnde line
?>{ r*;ady tailored garments for these
desiring the best that can b? ob
tained.
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