No. 1S9 SIXTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
H/IMSHAW DENIES THAT
HIS IK JUMPED CLAIMS
Mr. Paul d'Helrry, the commis
sioner at Chltlna, writes the Valdez
Daily Minor an follows, regarding
conditions la the new camp. Ilia
letter follows:
Chltlna, Sept. '1 ? No doubt vut
that word from the uew diggings
will be of luter??: to your readors.
With the drawing to a close of the
working seasou of 1913, we are
able to form scale sort of au opin
ion of the extent of the new find,
and to those of us here who have
kept in closo touch with the progrcs
made in the Shushanna during the'
past three months have come to the!
conclusion that it Is destined to l?o- ;
come a big camp, although much,
work remains to be done before It j
becomes a producer of the class or
Dawson, Nome and Fairbanks al
though for the amount of work done
It 1 making a much better showing
than either of the two latter camps
Gradually as men begin to turu ov-j
er the gravel the area In which pay'
has been found, widens until now
Hn area of some twenty-five miles
by fifteeu shows pay dirt, high
rungm cutting through and dividing
the pay creeks. Beaver and Wilson
??reeks are the lost ones to show
pay. All the boys from Chltlna,
who went Into the diggings during
the summer are preparing to re
turn as soon as tho snow makes
transportation : asy. This in Itself
Indicate* that our poople hare faith
In tho camp. Most of those who
' wont In wore forced to return for
want of supplies It being Impossible
or rather prohibitive, owing to cost
to tnke In an outfit over tho Scolal
I'ass. The best that most of them
could do wis to stake u claim or
claims, do tho .issessment work mid
bike for home where they were surd
of something to eat.
From all accounts ihero will bo
much llug.itlou resulting from tho
grab-ull po.lcy of a numbor of thos?
who re.'cbed the camp early in the
game. : round was sttked for peo
ple, who ??'<i never on the ground
and Inter powers of attorney wer*
Sfat lu subsequently the records be
ing so ' fixed" iia to co.er the fraud
There was a great deal of satis
faction shown on tho creeks wheu
It was learned that Judge Fliincgan
bad been appointed commissioner,
by Judge Brown, bo having already
become quito well acquainted In the
district, and his reputation for hon
esty having followed him in. Anoth
er matter that is causlug much dis
satisfaction Is the manner in which
llamshaw is acquiring ground for
his company. Having a supply of
provisions on haud, he U able to
employ quite a number of men and
succeeded in having theiu locate a
claim each, which a day or two lat
er they turned over to Humshaw's
company. Tho miners contend that
(Continued on Pago 4.)
<.K??LOGIST WORKS IWST
SI .MMKK IX -NEW DISTllKT,
Hummer iu the pursuit of geological
?urk in tho district between th< ?
Yukon and the Koyukuk, and Port
Hamlin and westward to Hut?hos 011
the Koyukuk and thence soutiiw^t
to Kuby, arrived iu Skagway last
In -speaking of his work, Mr. Ka
kln stated that this was tho rirst
geological work ever done In that
region, and much new data was
collected. In part Mr. Kaklu said,
"Geological conditions over much of
the area about the headwaters of
Melozl and Toil rivers Is similar
to that of lndlau river, where a
placer camp has beeu established
This does not necessarily mean that
gold will be found In this area, but
(he oecurrunce of gold In Indian
river Indicates that tho surround
lng area is well worth prospecting
There is a surprising lack of evi
dence ot this area having been pros
pected at all.
"The country at tho head Of
Ray nnd Tozl rlvors la rather moun
tainous and is mostly above the tim
ber line."
in confiludlnc Mr. Eakin said
"Timber la available In tho valleys
and there is an abundance of small
game, and moose, caribou and bear
were frequently seen."
Mr. Kaklu and party will sail
south on the Princess Sophia to
night.
Miss Maude llailett, who has
been visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Talbot for the past several weeks,
will sail tonight on tho Princess So
phia for her home In I'rlnct- ltupert.
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dasher of Skagway
Albany, Sept. 18? The Impeach
ment Court, before which Governor
William Sulzer ia to be trlod 011 the
charge* tor the misappropriation of
campaign money, convened at ten
mink'-es to twelve today
Kach member of tho court was
sworn individually, ami tho proced
ure waa of most solemn nature.
At 12:55 p. m. and shortly aftor
tbo last member of the court had
been sworn, nn adjournment was
taken until tomorrow afternoon at
two o'clock.
It Is understood that Governor
Sulzor will try and socuro a ruling
of the court Immediately ufter It cm
voncs tomorrow nftemoon, that the
iiMScuibly had exceeded Us powers
In Impeaching him.
A IK TIC ICE IS
AITK.\ltl.\<; EAKL.Y
NOME, Sept. If? Dr. Knill Krut
lsh, who recently returned from a
trip to the Arctic aboard the rov
enuo cutter Bear 1ms had somo vorjr!
Interesting experiences. He roporis
having hud quite an oxcltlng time
Just below Poinl Harrow. The
ship became hard and fast In the
Arctic pack after bucklug the Ico for
30 miles. At 0110 time they Just,
escaped being crushed by a whirl
pool of small Icebergs. After reach
ing open water fire miles north of
Point Harrow a portheust wind car
ried tho lcc off shoro and they
were ublo to proceed on their jour
ney. A stop was made In St. Law
rence Day to repa. r a leak made In
the ship's bows while caught In tho
ice-jam. The crulic lasted 23 days,
and 1700 miles were coverod, all
told. Dr. Krullvli reports that many
walruB, seal and polnr bear were
seen. Ho usod several rolls of!
films in taking photographs. A stop
wus made at all the Ksklmo villages j
He will return to Juneau via Dn ;
alosku and Seward but will not bo^
ublo to reach the Kuskokwlm this
year, according to present plans. I
Cold weather ai.d lco are coming;
early this year. It. snowed ut Nemo,
August 27.
cniKKXCY lHJ.Ii PASSKS
in liAICOK MAJORITY
Washington, Sopt. 18 ? Ry a voto
of 28C to 94 tho House of Represen
tutlves this morning passed Presl
dent Wilson's currency measure. It
is believed that there will be a bit
ter fight over the bill when It roach
es the Senate, and that many ob
stacles will be thrown In Its way to
prevent the moasuro from passing
that body.
WILL OltGANIZK 8. K. A.
CHAPTER OF A. M. C.
Mr. Maurice Loehcy and H. S.
Taylor, inombors of tlio Alaska
Committee of the American Mining
Congress, will arrive In Juneau on
or ubout the 20th of tills month,
and organize a Southeastern Alaska
Chapter of tho American Mlnlug Co
gress.
Tho advice comes In tho form of
an Invitation to those residing In
Skagway who aro Interested In mln
l?g. to go to Juneau and help organ
lze tho chapter, at which time au
thority will bo extended to those
attending tho Junoau meeting to
organize a Shaptor of the organlza
tlo in Skagway.
Hl'IlY HOLDING OWN
AGAINST ALL OOMKItS
Dr. D. L. Carmlchael arrived In
Skagway last evening from Ruby,
where ho has been for the past two
years. In speaking of tho camp, Di
Carmlchael said that Ruby was
bound to develop into a good little
camp. During tho past season tho
water conditions have been ver;
poor, owing to tho dry season, &iii
consequently the oporatlons have
been greatly retarded. Now creek.*
aro continually being found contain
ing pay, and Poorman creek is look
ing up and showing good results.
The Doctor statod that Dr. "Billy"
Holmes was in tho camp and runnln
a drug store and that ho wns doing
well. Or. Carmlchael will be a pas
senger south on the Princess Sophia
tonight.
Washington, Sopt. 18 ? It was an
nounced today that Formor Gover
nor Fold was to receive the ap
pointment of Solicitor of the State
Department .
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? TO PROSPECTORS!
EXPERIENCE A GOOD TEACHER
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We have been in the exclusive grocery
business for many years and know exactly
the kind and quantity o f ood you need and
how tc>" pack it for easy transportation
AJU J ITV We consider quality
LiA * the great essential
and with this idea in mind, invite comparison
with prices either in Skagway or elsewhere
SHIPMENTS
shipping through Canadian territory and
make out the required papers free of charge
MA ni TTV There is no duty on
l\\J U\J i I American goods des
, tined to the Shushanna, the Canadian gov
j ernment bonding them through without cost
COME AND SEE US,1" ANYHOW
Whether you intend to buy, or not, visit" us
and we shall be pleased to give you all the
information and assistanoe in our power
P. H/GANTY.
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Sun Francisco, Sept. 18 ? The
judgo called Maury I. Diggs and F.
Drew Camlnottl before him this
morning, and pronounced Bontcuce
on the two meu lately found guilty
1 of violating tho Mann white slavery
law, In taking Marsha Warrington,
I and Lola Norris to Reno, Nevada,
j from the state of California for im
moral purposes. |
Mnury I. DIgga was sentenced to
two years imprisonment at hard la
bor at McNeill's sllund and a fine
of two thousand dollars was attach
| <jd to the sentence.
, P. Drew Caminettl was sentenced
! to eighteen months Imprisonment at
i hard lubor at McNeill's island, and
j a fine of flfteeu hundred dollars
| was imposed.
FIND RUE-HISTORIC TREES
1 IIR GLACIER VALLEY
Last evening Prof. L. Martin, of
llio Madison St.-.to University, Mad
ison, WlBcouHin, I'rof. Thwites, to
pographer, of Madison, Wisconsin,
and Prof. S. Romer, cnberg Un
iversity, Austria, arrived In Skagway
on the Steamship Northwestern.
These gentlemen aro all members
of the International Geological Con
gress, and stopred over when the
Princess Maqulnna arrived at Mulr
Glaler to make observations rela
tive to the action of that huge body
of ice since th<j last data was tak
en.
Soundings In the bay wore made,
and a depth of 1,400 feet was found
about In mllo out from the glacier.
The party mapped the glacier as
It now is, and when Prof. Martin
was asked by a representative of
this paper, lie stated that thoro
were a great many interesting feat
ures of a scientific nature connected
| with their Investigations, cot the
, least or which was the fact that a
receedlng placler would be found
j lying between two active or moving
glaciers.
Another Interesting discovery was
, made, when trees, both spruce and
alder wero found. Indicating that
they hnd attained an age of probab
ly over ISO years, and that they
had been growing at the timo the
glacier formed In the Mulr glacier
valley.
The party went to Hep.net on this
morning's train where they will ro
joln the remainder of tho party who
are returning tonight from their
trip down the Yukon to Dawson.
HARXETT SAYS ('AMI' ItOl'.VI)
TO BE WI.VXKK
George Harnett writes to Tuck
Plaharty from the new Chlnnnu Gold
fields t'.iat ho and hi^ companions a
rived In the new diggings after n
hard mush, and reports In his let- j
Ur that he has decided to remain
In the new camp all winter.
He Intended to start building cab-j
Ins the day following tfto one on J
which tho letter was written, anl
concludes his rote by saying that
"there certainly Is gold being taken
out, nnd it is now only a question of
tlmo until the Chlsana Is one of the
biggest campj in the entire norti
Inna."
Itlti TIM SULLIVAN
LBAVKS TWO MILLIONS
New York, Sept. 18 ? Tho estate
of the lute Timothy Sullivan has
been estimated by appraisers to be
In the neighborhood of two million
dollars.
J. It. Burnham, of the mining
firm of Burnham Kennedy and Con
way, owners of extensive copper
properties in the Rainy Hollow dis
trict arrived in Skagway and will be
a passenger south on tho Princess
Sophia to Vancouver enroute to Hart
ford Conn., where ho will spond tho
winter. Mr. Burnham will visit a
number of the larger eastern cities
beforo lie returns to Alaska In tho
spring.
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