?he gkriltj Jtlaehon
No. 2*7. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
Spur To Be Finished To Pueblo Mine;
Heavy Shipments Of Ore A re Expected
Work Will Start Next Month ?
200 Men To Be Employed ?
Ore Trains Will Probably Be
Running Before Next Fall
The White Pass & Yukon railroad |
will lay four miles of track this sum
mer and complete the spur track to
the Pueblo copper mine.
V. I. Hahn was notified today by
General Manager Berdoe to this ef
fect and the work will start April 1.
One hundred men will be put to work
and the crew will be increased to I'OO
as soon as the weather conditions
permit. A steam shovel, two work
trains and about twenty teams of
horses will be used on the construc
tion work.
Trains will be able to run over the !
new track by August 1 and the spur
will be fully completed by Oct. 1. The
work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible and the White Pass will proU
ably expend not lees than $1*00.000 in
completing the four miles of track.
Two years ago the White Pass
laid seven miles of track on the spur,
completing it as far as the Grafter
mine and in addition tapped the Val
erie. Arctic Chief and Best Chance
mines.
The determination to complete the
spur to the Pueblo mine is the re- j
suit of the sale of this property to the
Greenough interests of Spokane. It
is believed that the Greenough syn
dicate paid Byron White about $f.00,
000 for the property Mr. Greenough
made two trips to the property last
year and had it experted several I
times by mining engineers.
The mine has a great body of mag
net he ore which carries about per
cent, copper. The ore is especially
valuable on account of Its fluxing ;
proprr'.io which i-nables it to br I
smelted at a very low charge . The
magnetite ore, when smelted with
ordinary acid ores, makes it unneces
sary to use limestone in the smelting
process.
The Greenoughs" will undoubtedly
ship ore and ship it on a large scale
From the best information obtainable
it is probable that the Pueblo mine
will not ship less than 1*00 tons a day
and the output may be considerably
more than 500 tons a day.
The shipment of ore on a large
scale will necessitate considerable
new equipment for the White Pass
& Yukon and it will also be neces
sary to put on many additional train
men. A crew will also be added to
handle the ore at the bunkers.
If the ore is shipped at the rate of
more than 200 tons a day it will un
doubtedly result in the placing of at
least one ore \essel on the run
from Tacoma to Skagway. for it is
understood that the output of the Pu
eblo mine will be smelted by the
Tacoma Smelting company.
Needless to say the completion of
the spur track, which will mean Un
employment of a great many men
who must pass through Skagway: and
the purchase of supplies, a good por
tion of which will probably come from
Skagway, will greatly benefit Skag
way. as well as Whitehorse. The
shipping of ore in large quantities will
have an even more direct bearing on
the prosperity of the town.
The decision that the White Pass
will complete its spur and that ore
will be shipped is the best and most
important news that the people ot
Skagway have h' aru for many moons.
Late
Spring
Styles
Royal
Worces
ter
Corsets
Bon
Ton
Corsets
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
GANNON SAYS INSURGENTS
ARE FEEBLE MINDED CRANKS
(By Alaska Newa Bureau) |'
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 21? In j
a caustic address Saturday night
Speaker Cannon declared that the
Insurgents were cranks and that they
were feeble minded. This speech
caused great consternation in th<
(By Alaska Newt Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 21 ?
Vaupn Taylor, of Fairbanks, was to
day appointed a cadet to West Point
from Alaska l>.v Delegate Wickershnm
Mr. Taylor is at present employed
in the office of Falcon .loslin at Fair
banks.
UNGLEJBE IS
STILL SPEAKER
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, I). C. Mar. 21?
I .ate Saturday a resolution was intro
duced in the House declaring the
Speakership vacant. The resolution
was lost by a big margin. Even the
Insurgents voted against the measuri.
CLARK TALKS
TO ISALL1EH
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. L>1?
Governor Clark was in conference
with Secretary of the Interior Ballin
Ker 011 the needs of Alaska most of
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. D. II. McDonald, whose hus
band died in Seattle March 7. arrived
in town on the Jefferson and left for
Atlln this morning to wind up her de
ceased husband's affairs.
ranks of the Republican party whose
liaders are trying vainly to hold the
party together. The Insurgents today
sre indignant, declaring that they
have so far saved Cannon from pub
lic disgrace but that they may yet
rem ove him from the Speakership.
PACIFIC COAST
RAISES RATES
(By Alaska News Bureau)
SEATTLE. Mar. 21 ? The announce
ment was made today from the of
fices of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company here that on and after April
1 the former rates, both passenger and
freight, will be in effect on the South
eastern Alaska run. The Alaska j
St amship company is holding off but '
liiey will undoubtedly agree to the
proposition.
The other companies operating in
Southeastern Alaska have not been
heard from.
i?OR GILL
IS SWORN IN
(By Alaska News Bureau)
SEATTLE. Mar. 21 ? Mayor Gill and!
the other newly elected city officials
took their oaths of office at noon to
day. The mayor will shortly announce i
his appointments.
BILL! PAPKE
BEATS LEWIS
(By Alaska Newe Bureau)
PARIS. Mar. 21? Billy Papko last
night knocked out Willie Lewis in
the third round of what was to have
been q twenty round hout.
A Hard Nut to Crack
The Pecan is one of the hardest and
most difficult nuts to shell properly.
We can now supply your wants with
JL
| Excellent SHELLED Pecans
7 very fresh and of fine flavor
| PRICE 90c per POUND.
| GANTY & FRANDSON
YUKONER SAYS ALASKANS ARE
ENTITLED 10 II RULE
George Black, a prominent Dawson
attorney, for six years a member of
the Yukon Council and who was sec
ond choice for Member of Parliament
from the Yukon at the last election
arrived in Skagway on the last Prin
cess May and left Saturday for White
horse, where he will remain until the
opening of navigation.
When In Skagway Mr. Black was
Interviewed by The Alaskan In re
gard to Alaska's fight for home rule,
and as almost the same conditions
prevailed in the Yukon before it
was granted a wholly elective Coun
cil, Mr. Black's remarks are of vital
Interest to Alaskans.
"Yes; I am familiar with the pro
posed Beveridge bill," said Mr. Black,
"and I think it would be nothing
short of an outrage to force it on
Alaska. Alaska Is certainly entitled
to home rule and you will never get
an honest and economical administra
tion of affairs until you have it. It
was the same in the Yukon. In the
early days graft was rampant in the
conduct of the Yukon government.
The appointed officials were hand and
glove with the government leaders at
Ottawa and the administration they
gave us was dishonest and expensive
Then the Yukoners were allowed a
partially elective Council. That help
ed some, as the elected members bc
belonged to the opposition and were
able to show up any deals that were
detrimental to the best interests of
the people and the country. Gradual
ly we were given the right to elect
our own Councilors, and now, as you
know, the Council Is wholly elective
and there was never a time in the
history of tho territory when the
government has been so honest and j
economical.
"Conditions In Alaska are practical
ly the same as they were in the Yu
kon. We were ruled by Ottawa and
you are ruled by Washington. It is
impossible to conduct such a long
range system of legislation without
the country suffering. The appoint
ed officials are bound to play politics
and are not responsive to the will of
the people. Graft results. It did
in the Yukon and I believe it has
in Alaska.
"The people of Alaska are no dif
ferent from the residents of the Yu
kon. They are capable of home rule
and they are entitled to it. I believe
that the people of Alaska and the
Yukon are of far higher average in
telligence than they are in either the
United States or Canada. I say this
advisedly after a long and thorough
acquaintance with them.
"I see no valid reason ? except po
litical exigency ? why Alaska should
not have an elected legislature. Di
vide the territory into districts, the
present judicial districts would serve,
and let each district elect its mem
bers. Probably one house would be
best. It would be less cumbersome.
"I see that the chief reason being
urged against granting Alaska home
it is not as far from Nome to Juneau
rule is the size of the territory and
the comparative smallness of the pop
ulation. This is nonsense. It is
true the territory is large and the
population scattered. But the Inter
ests of the territory are practically
the same in every section and after
all distances are only relative. And
as it is from Juneau to Washington.
I believe that an elected legislature
in Alaska would administer a better
and cheaper government than you
have now. I know it.
"It seems strange to the people of
the Yukon and Canada that your Con
gress is proposing to govern you by
an appointive commission. It's in
direct contradiction to the United
States theory of government. I can
see no valid reasons why this should
be done. There must be something
big back of it. Politics? Yes; 'pol
itlcs' probably explains It."
hiiiiiiiiiibiiiiiiiiiiibi
Just Received The
Spring and Summer Samples Of
DAVID ADLER
& SONS
Clothing
The Finest Lot of Samples That Has Ever Come
To Skagway
Come and Look Them Over
ILUcuIei