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Nn. 16#! TWELKTH YKAR. SKAOWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11, 19fl? PRICE, 10 CENTS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON, Ens. Dec. 11? Ireland Ib
mad with glee today following As
qulth's endorsement of home rule.
There are patriotic celebrations In
all the large cities, and all the speak
ers are loudly proclaimed, amid the
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greatest enthusiasm that Ireland's
dream for ccntnrlea Is about to be
fulfilled. There Is tho utmost con
fidence expressed that Asquith and
the Liberal party will keep their pre
election promises, and his action
seems to have for once united all the
warring factions of Ireland.
CONTRACTORS ARRIliE 70
SHIP COPPER RllfER ORE
CORDOVA. Nov. 1" ? As a demou
stratlon that all Alaska needs for
Its development is railroads, word has
been received in this city that the
known freight contractors, Sheehan
tnd N'elson, have been given a con
tract to haul copper ore from the
Hubbard-Elliot Company's property In
the Copper river valley to the end of
the railroad to be loaded on cars for
shipment to Cordova and thence to
the Tacoma smelter.
The first shipment will consist of
300 tons, which Is the largest shipment
or copper ore ever taken from the
Copper river valley. Heretofore the
matter of transportation has made it
prohibitive to send ore out, but now
rail facilities have been provided and
a steady flow of ore is expected.
The ores from the Hubbard-Elliot
property will be brought down the Ko
sina to Chitna. and then freighted to
the Tiekel. This will also help to
keep the trail In good condition be
tween Tiekel and Chitna for the Fair
banks travel.
0. HAMILTON
FEARS JURY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
OLYMPIA, Wash. Dec. 10? The
counsel for Otis Hamilton has moved
u second time for the dismissal of
the case on the grounds that his
client's actions did not consttute cm
bezzlement. The day has been spent
in arguments on this motion.
JEFFERSON SUNDAY EVENING
The Jefferson passed Ketchikan at
6 o'clock this morning and is expect
ed in Skagway tomorrow evening.
Beautiful creamers and sugars
make an attractive gift. Ivory carv
ing sets with Totem Pole design
handles at Kern's.
LAWYERS MAKE !
FINAL SPIELS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
OLYMPIA, Wash. Dec. 11? The
motion to dismiss the charge of em
bezzlement again3t Ortis Hamilton was
dented and tho case will go to the
jury Monday. The attorneys are mak
ing their closing arguments today.
The Hegg left for Haines at 11:30
o'clock this morning.
Don't forget the A. I). benefit ball
Monday night.
Best card tables. Best Pool and
Billiard Tables, the ONLY English
Billiard tables, all the latest papers
and periodicals and a quiet place to
read and write letters can only be
found at the Board of Trade. Fla
herty & Woodburn, proprietors. tf.
There is
Wonderful
Showing
of Various
Styles here in
Suits and
Overcoats....
From
$12.50 up
to $30.00
v Hamwrce r1 BtSv&y Qc
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I LYNCH & KENNEDY I
v The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
ZEUMlir IS MARCHING
: IUPON CIIY OF BLIIEFIELOS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 11? Advices
have been received from Nicaragua
that Zelaya's army is marching on
Bluefields City. This has created a
great panic. The stricken Estrada I
threw out all his troops to meet the
attacking forces and has appealed
to Washington for aid. Marines have
been landed from the American cruis
er Des Moines to protect the Ameri
cans from atrocities in case Zelaya
should prove completely victorious.
"Sr BOBBS IS IN BOOBY HATCH
Hugh Barrett Dobbs, formerly su
perintendent of Seattle's playgrounds,
was sentenced to sixty-three days in
the stockade yesterday by Judge John
B. Gordon, on the charge of beins a
disorderly person. A notice of appeal
was given by Dobbs' attorney.
Two years and a half ago Dobbs
came to Seattle with lettors of recom
mendation from the park boards of
New York city and Denver. He also
exhibited letters from Judge Lindsay
of Denver, one of the leaders of the
Juvenile court movement. He said
that he was the son of State Senator
Dobbs, of New York.
He addressed tho park board on th
playground question at a meeting hel
February 28, 1907, and gave his views
us an expert. Ii was about that time
that President Roosevelt took a lively!
interets In the playground movement.
Mr. Dobbs professed to be a personal
friend of the president. The park
board left the appointment of a super
intendent of playgrounds to President
J. E. Shrewsbury and two days after
the meeting in February Dobbs was
engaged.
His service with the park board
latsed about two months. He had a
great deal to say of the system he
proposed to establish in Seattle, but
accomplished little. About the first o
May he was dismissed.
Dobbs was arrested late Monday
night by Detectives Henry Keefe and
M. R. Hubbard and was booked at th
police station as a disorderly person.
Dobbs is 24 years old. He says h<
has spent the summer in Alaska, con.
Ing out nbout six weeks ago. ? Seattle
I'. I.
Hugh Dobbs is well known in Skag
way. He came here early last sum
mer selling stock In a wireless tele
graph -company. He was a fluent
talker and soon earned the sobriquet
of "Windy" Dobbs. Wireless stock
did not prove a good seller in Skag
way, so Dobbs went to work wielding
a pick in the Porcupine mine near
Haines.
HEAP Ml Ml IE
It Is hoped and expected that the
A. B.'s turn out in full force to the
smoker this evening to honor of the
visiting Klondlkers. A large majority
are members of the order, and they
will feel a keen Interest in this in
formal gathering In the mother camp.
Many of them have some excellent
stunts which will be entirely new to
Skagway people, and the local broth
ers have a few of their own cal
culated to surprise the visitors, so
that It is bound to be a jolly and en
joyable affair.
Judge LePevre will be toastmaster
and so far as the local brothers are
concerned and attractive program has
been prepared, consisting of glees by
the trio, vocal and instrumental solos,
selections by the orchestra and short
addresses by William Britt and others
Theso arrangements were perfected a
a special meeting of Camp Skagway
last night.
FYom among the visitors it is ex
pected that former Fire-Chief Lowej
and Editor Coyney will tell some hit c
esting tales of the early days of
Camp Skagway; and of those who
are to arrive this afternoon, M. A.
Plnska, William Taylor, Dawson man
ager of the White Pass, Ben Volkma',
E. E. McCarthy, A. W. H. Smith,
member of the Yukon council and
Alf Watson have all established re
putations in the uorth as clever en
tertainers, ready to do a Jolly stunt
at any time and anywhere at the
drop of the hat.
So that one of the jolliest times
the camp has ever known may be
with confidence anticipated.
COMMERCIAL CLUB Et?CTI0N
Next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
there will be a meeting of the Skag
way Commercial club for the purpose
of electing officers and the transac
tion of new business.
FOR A CHANGE!
ROYAL
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Sugar Cured ? 30c per pound *
| Fine Flavored^ A Good Appetite Restorer::
GANTY & FRANDSON
0. 1 BATILESHIPS EXUDE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 11? The
U. S. battleships Georgia and Ne
braska collided last night off the
coast of Virginia while going through
tactical maneuvers. Both boats were
badly damaged and returned to port
to be repaired.
DAWSON EDITOR STOUT
~ RICH QUARTZ EXISTS THERE
"Mr. Coyney, the people here are
deeply Interested in the development
of quartz in the Klondike, and hear
that there is quite a boom in quartz
mining now on?" asked the represent
ative of The Alaskan.
"There was quite a lively boom in i
luartz staking during the summer an !
'all, not particularly remarkable ex
cept in the number of locations re
corded, for the staking of mineral j
locations has been going on all the j
.Ime. There are thousands of claims ^
located but this is of no benefit to'
anybody except the government in
what It receives for recording and
renewal fees, as the stakers are mere
speculators and do not intend to do
more than their assessment work, j
They are willing to take advantage of
what Henry George called the "un
earned increment." In other words
for a neighboring property to be
worked and thus give their holdings
a prospective value.
"What started the stakers into un
wonted activity last spring was the,
beginning of real quartz mining. Aj
local syndicate called the Dome Dev-|
jlopment Company, bonded a number
}f claims on the Sulphur dome audi
it once started an expensive tunnel.
This is now in nearly 800 feet and
oy February will be in an even thou
>and feet, the intention being to run
,t clear through the mountain. It is
lot an experimental, but a working
tunnel, and wonderful results have
10 far been attained with confidence
Jf still better. In fact had these re
in Its been published in a California,
ar Nevada newspaper, or the news
papers of any of the mining states,
it would have caused a stampede of
thousands of men to the new strike.
The ore they have found in the main
drive is phenomenally rich; the
ledges are well defined and there is
every evidence of their continuance.
"Soon after this essay at real min
ing Dr. Catto formed a company to
work the Lone Star group of claims
and at once started a shaft to meet
the tunnel. A two stamp mill was
installed late in the summer and only
surface rock, unpicked, was thrown
into the hopper. The result of the
less than two months work, when
they had to shut down for lack of
water, was enough to have paid a
dividend, and the company la abso
lutely confident the values will in
crease with depth.
"Recently a new quartz company,
called the Pioneer ? though why it
should be so misnamed is a mystery
? has started work near the property
of the Dome Development Company,
but its operations are too recent to
warrant an opinion.
"No, there Is no quartz boom in
Dawson yet, but there is every con
fidence that one is coming and peo
ple are not ready to sell their real
estate as they were last year."
"ON WITH THE DANCE!"
No efforts are being spared by the
committee in charge to make the A.
B. benefit ball next Monday night one
of the most enjoyable social affairs of
the season. The proceeds of the ball
will be devoted to the A. B. Christ
mas tree and for this reason, if for
no other, the dance should be well
attended.
These are the
CLOTHES
That Give Us
Standing
We shall continue to sell de
pendable garments because
they are the only sort that give
a storejreal1 standing. We be
lieve in dependable merchan
dise and we will sell nothing
else. Let us show you the new
fall and winter styles in Suits
and Overcoats]
A Fine Line of Christmas
Ties and Suspenders
Smoking Jackets and
Sweaters