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No. >4 SIXTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
Attend the Fair Tonight and Tomorrow
The following report, written by
Frederick P. 11 ur rail, a prominent
mining engineer of New York, Is
reprinted through the courtesy of
Presideut O. L. Dlckeson, by whom
Mr. Uurrall had been sent Into tho
White River copper dltsrict to make
a report on some copper properties
O. L. Dlckeson, Ksq., President
White Pass & Yukon Route
Skagway, Alaska.
Pursuant with your Instructions
cf July 1 4th. I have been to the
Whi.e River copper district to as
certain its promise of freight for a
possible extension of the White Pass
& Yukon Route. In accordance wit
your request I am making a special
report pertaining to tho general con '
ditions surrounding the Shushann
gold strike. .My official report con
taining recommendations about th
White River copper district will fol <
Your stage division provided m
with a most competent guide, Simon
Flendle, and an outfit of four hor i
ses. two for riding and two for 1
packing. We went by the way of
Kluaiie Lake, leaving Whitehowc oi I 1
July 19th with a buckboard and I
driving as far as .Silver city (Klu- 1
ane Post office) in five days. From :
there we had our supplies ferried a
cross tho lake and continued our 1
journey with pack horses. As wo^<
were outfitted for nearly two i
mouths our packs weighed over 25'.* f
pounds each. Including our tent, t
robes and personal effects Tho <
weather for tho first two weeks wi. >
stormy with frequent rains, making -
the trails very wet, yet we aver-,5
aged over 15 miles daily. We read-, i
ed Canyon City, on the White Rlv-i
er 300 miles from Whitehorse, on (
August 3rd. Just before getting 1
there we met one of the Canadian 1
Boundary Survey party who told us '
of the gold strike on the Shushann '
River. But we had heard of gold 1
stampedes so often that we did not ?
enthuse and went on to the Upper '
White River country whero we vis- ]
Ited ull of the Important copper prci>
trtles. W'o hud picked up n White I
Klver guide at Canyon City and froi
him were constantly hearing about
the Shushunna, as ho had staked
claims thore some weeks before. We
also heard a lot of it at North Pork
Island, on the White River, where F
T. Hamshaw had his hoadquarters
The result was tha* after finishing
the copper work wo went to the
diggings to seo them for ourselves
It was a trip of 35 wllea and we ar
rived thcro the 15th of August.
The Shushanna gold district is
from 8 to 10 miles In an easterly
direction from the Shushanna River
lying between Johnson (or Chithen
ila) and Wilson crooks. Roughly
the claimed area Is about 15 square
miles. It varies iu elevation from
feet at tho extreme head of Big Kl
Jorado. The timber lino is at a
bout 4200 ft. and most of the dis
trict is above it.
Johnson and Wilsons Creeks are
medium grade streams of about 1
)00 to 1500 miners Inches of water
(at the tlmo of my visit), with wldo
Jare gravel bars and occasional is
ands and canyons. They are abou
> miles apart and almost parallel
lowing westerly into the Shushanna
The country between is mado of roll
ng hills with apparently gravel
iovercd slopes of three to five 1
niles to the uorth Into tho WII ?
ton and abrupt steelier hillsides on 1
he north Into the Johnson An ex
option to this is Uouanza Creek
vhlch being almost parallel to th {
Fohnson, cuts through the dtstrlc >
louthwesterly and takes much o i
ts southern drainage.
The princlpul gulches iuto Wilso,
'reek are Rig Kldorado and Glac 1
er Creeks, each about 4 mile
ong. Various short gulches lead i
o both streams. Of these the mos >
mportant seems to be Gold Run, a I
tout 3 miles long, from the head o 1
31g Eldorado Into Glacier Crock a
tout one-half mile above Its mouth >
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j At one o'clock this afternoon the
| doors of the Horticultural Building
voro thrown open, und tho Scond
Annual Fair given by tho Skagway
Horticultural Society was In prog
At the opening oi the doors, Pres
ident Dickeson announced that out
of defercnco to the visitors who
would arrive on today's train, the
formal opening had beeu postponed
until this ovenlng at eight o'clock
at which tlmo the program as an
uouueed In yesterday's paper would
be curried out.
From the openln.j of the doors,
tho management was confronted with
a problem, that of keeping the en
trance from being conjested , for
the vision that sproad beforo the
visitors was so ama>;lngly wonderful, j
und beuutlful, that they wore held
spell bound, and it seemed as tho'
they were encroaching on tho pri
vate domain of some fulry queen.
In all directions gorgeously color
ed astors, dahlias, und lilies rais
ed their proud heads in greeting to
tho curious crowds and great beds
of brilliantly huod punsles furnished
a royal carpet for the display
stands while the tables groaned un
der their weights of the most won
derful display of vegetables that
has over been gathered together in
I his maligned Northland.
The descriptive lowers of fam
ous writers would bo taxed to do
justice to the displuy and even then
the incredulous world would doubt
tho truth of tho st?tomentb.
Every inch ot the first floor of
tho big building was used for the
illsplay of flowers, vegetables, fowls
ind lien's fruit, while tho second
floor of the building was occupied
with tho industrial exhibition, not
less astonishing nor beautiful than
the dlsphty on the floor below.
Many naval features were In evi
Jence, showing that the exhibitors
liad in mind the annual fair early in
the season.
Mrs. O. L. Dickeson's display of
cupica tbe first apace to tho left as
ono entered the hull. The white
picket fonce, gravel walk and sot
tee, all adds to the display of beaut
tiful flowers, whllo the floor la cov
ered with volvety mosa which doe8
duty for a cloaely cropped and care
fully Kroomed lawn.
To the right of the entrance are
Ihe Weber and W. C. Blanchard j
tablea of flowers, and aa could bavej
boon foretold, will come high In the'
list of prizes.
Outside of tho Dickeson's foncc
Is tho display from the Olson ranch j
aud groat heads of cabbage, huge
stalks" of snowy whlto celery nml,
other gardon truck is displayod. |
For variety and size and quality,
the tables occupied by tho Clark ami
Walter Wills exhibits arc amazing
proofs of the fertility of tile Skag
way valley, while McKenzle coop of
buff bantams and chicks, Mrs. Dev
erell's coops of geese and fowls,
with the great platters heaped with -
beautiful eggs from both tho geese
and chickens, and the coop of Rhode
Island Hcda, with tho five months
old cockerel, weighing over seven
puonds displayed by Mrs. George
Mowl Is conclusive proof that the
poultry business In tho Skngway val
ley Is not only possible, but has
been pursued with profit and amaz
ing results.
Immediately back of the Blanch
ard tablo Is Mrs. W. C. McKenzie's
display of pansles, and here is one
of tho most beautiful as well as
scientific collections that has ever
been raised.
In tomorrow's Issuo of this paper
tho entire list of exhibitors with a
description of their exhibits will bo
published.
On the second floor the eye first
rests on tho Skagway Public School
exhibit, and much interest was mani
fest at the work of Iho children dis
played.
Tho Ikuta display of carved mas
tedon Ivory probably could not be
duplicated anywhero on earth, while
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To Prospectors !
EXPERIENCE A GOOD TEACHER
We have been in the exclusive grocery
business for many years and know exactly
the kind and quantity of food you need and
how to pack it for easy transportation
z-\f T A I JTY con8"^er~ quality
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and with this idea in mind, invite comparison
with prices either in Skagway or elsewhere
shipments wLutr;:df
shipping through Canadian territory and
make oul: the required papers free of charge
TVJf^ r\| THTV There '? no duty on
1^1 J J U J. i American goods des
tined to l:he Shushanna, the Canadian gov
ernment bonding them through without cost
COME AND SEE US, ANYHOW
Whether you intend to buy, or not, visit us
and we nhall be pleased to give you all the
information and assistanoe in our power
P. H. GANTY.
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CANADIAN BOUNDRY SURVEYORS
KILLED IK BIG LAND SLIDE
(Special to tlie Dally Alaskan)
Ketchikan, Sept. 12 ? Johu K.
Smith, who has been mining near
Sulzer, brought the report to this
town today of a tromendous land
slide which had occurred at Capo
Muzon, near Dall Island, completely
covering the Canadian Boundary
survey camp, locatod there.
At tho time of the slide, the
exact dry and hour being unknown,
G. D. Roberts and Harry Bode, both
working for the survey, were at
their camp, and undoubtedly wero
caught In tho slide. The slide camo
from the top of a big mountain 0110
thousand feet In longth by over
flvo hundred feet in width, and
swept everything beforo it.
As soon as the report was receiv
ed In Sulzor a number of men set
out for tho scene of the slide, but
as yet no report has boon received
that tho men's bodies had been re
covered.
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ii rami ESC/IPES SELF
PUNNED DEATH Bf MIRACLE
Word was rccolvcd In Skagway
last evening telling of the nar
row escapo from a horrible doatli of
Mliis Grahm, a young woman who
has been suffering from melanchol
ia, and her friends decided to tako
her to the outsldo for treatment.
Sailing from Fairbanks on the
Whito I'ass Steamer Alaska, all
wont well until a point a few miles'
from Charlie river wns reached,
when Miss Grahm wont Into the
ladles toilet room, at a little after
five o'clock In tho morning, and un
known to her friends, who were
on tho alert, jumped through the
window luto the river. She was cla j
only in a night gown, kimona, shoes
nnd stockings.
When the bont had gono about
two miles her absenco was noted,
and the steamer put back and a
diligent search was made for the
missing woman but without avail.
At the first telegraph station a wire
was sent back requesting all steam- j
ers passing to keep1 a lookout for;
the woman's body, as it was bellov-j
ud that she was drowned.
Upon the arrival of the Alaska atj
Dawson a telegram was awaiting the
friends of Miss Gralim that the
steamer Schwatka had picked up tho
young woman In an almost exhaust
ed condition near the point where
"ho had jumped overboard. The
| wire was sent from Eagle. Tho
friends having charge of the young
woman, remained In Dawson, and
| upon tho arrival of tho Swatka a
;igaln took charge of her.
Miss Grahm states that when she
struck tho water she put out for
shore, and being a strong swimmer,
arrived there safely. She Im
mediately took off her shoes and
Blockings, and began a weary tramp
to keep from freezln , tho weath
er had been quite cold, and
thero was considerable snow on tho
ground. When the Alaska came
back for her, she hid hersolf behind
somo bushes, and shortly after It
had given up the hunt, she began
her struggle against death by ex
posure, and for 53 hours she walked
back and forth 011 tho shore over
the snow and sharp rocks, until the
arrival of the Schwatka
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