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No. 12#. ELEVENTH YEAR SiKAHWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APHDsT 29, MOT PRICE, 10 CENTS.
(By United Press.)
Athens. Ohio, Aug. 29? William 11.
Tafi, cntou'.e to Middle lias* island oo
a huolio trip, addressed a large gath
eriug of war veterans at this city to
day. lie was enthusiastically received
and applauded time and again.
RETURNS FROM
BACK COUNTIES
Reports received from I\ake add 2i?
to the plurality of VV'ckersham, the eu.
tire vote of that r eii:ct. !'ho vote
was sent in by Judge Korbergor. The
vote of Gypsum, se d in bv Manager
Nichols, was as follows: Wickershara
?>. Ronau 1, C orson 1.
Since the opening of navigation a
number of minors and outfits have left
Norn for the new diggiegs on the Si
berian coast. Some from the T.tnana
were included, and many who went
to the Innotco acd did nit strike any
thing beaded for Nome with a view of
joiniog the stampede to the other side.
Recent arrivals in No^ie from thp
sceoe of the digjing* report that, so
far, the now cimp is a dec ded frost. ;
A little g ild has b-en found in sp >ts,
but nothing to warrant tho Beliefs tha
they are regular piystruaks. The
most tha* can be said in favor of the
country is Lhat it is s'milar to the Alas
kan coast.
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(By United Press.)
London. Auk. 29? The British navnl j
otllcers wore thro.vn ir.to a rage during j
their annual boat maneuvers, caused by
the appearance of a German co.-pedo
boat ainonn their fleet. It is suspected
that the boit was sent to spy on the ex
pedition and it is believed that trouble
is bound to occur.
Later advices state that the German
oilier rs on board the torpedo boat deny
that they were spying on the British
boats and their claim tl'.at the boat haJ
broken down was proven true. They
were ordered to havo the repairs made
and go a?:iy Monday.
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Major Bichardson and Captain Pope, ?
of th<i Alaska Iliad en-nmlsalon, are re- 1
ported to be on there way out over the
trail euroute to Valdez, and when last
heard of they were at McCarty on the
Tanana. J
They are inspecting the different '
stretches of road built by the road com- 1
mission this year and expect to consume i
least 20 days in making the trip I
which is being on horseback and will i
mean a ride of 459 miles. <
in as much as the major has to under- i
CO the military test of the ninety mile i
ride this fall, this should but him li
go xl trim to m.tke a showing with the I
best of them over the course at Ameri- i
can lake.
Dr. Brawsnd reports that the ttork !
visited the home of Mr. Gene Smith
and as ? result of < he visit there is an
addition to the family in the shape of
a 11 pound bouncing boy. The happy
event occurred at half past 9ix last
night and the mother is reported to be
doing niccly.
Herman Zslinski, who has boen visit
ing with relative, took his departure
for Seattle on the Jefferson.
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GOODWIN OUT
? MILLER IN
(By United Press.)
Fairbanks, Aug. 29? United Slates
Commissioner Goodwin, of this city, to
lay resigned bis position to take the
iftico of receivership of the Alaska Cen
tral railroad Judge Iv-id has appoint
xl S J Miller to till the vacancy made
>y his res guatlou.
ROBBERS GET ?
CANADIAN GOLD
Montreal, Aug. 29? The Provincial
3ank was held up early this morning
md robbed of f 12,000 in gold. The
obbers were all masked and held a
>08 -*e at bay while thoy looted the l<auk
kud then effected their escape. There
vere live uien in the l>arty, and frotu
he manner In which the robbery was
sffected, proved that they worn old
lands at the business.
W. M. Leslie (Bill) and his son Mo
or, were passengers up on the Jefferson
'rom Haines last evening, and Bill will
)e passenger down on the same boat
is far as Hain a? while Major goes on
a Seattle where he will join hU mother
ind sister. They will visit the points
)f interest of the Graft Citv for the
icxt month or six weeks, and will then
return to Skagvay for the winter.
Mr. Leslie reports that the work oil
.he Haines wharf is progressing rapidlv
ind that it is his intention to pifch tbe
work to completion within the next
thirty days.
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(By United Press.)
Melbourne, Aug. 29? The Atlantic |
fleet arrived here today and were given i
a biff reception. The fluet reports hav- ,
ing encountered heavy weather and tor- da
ri Ileal I y heavy seas en route. (Jncle
?Sam's boys will be tendered a grand ,
celebration in honor of their visit to the |
greatest port of the Au?trallan contiu
ent.
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(By United Press.)
Fairbanks, Aug. 29? United Slates
Marshal Geo. Perry, Third Judicial
District of Alaska, at Fairbanks, de
nies the roport that his dismissal Is duo
to an inprrtlnent reply mado by his
chief clerk, Dillow to the notice of
clerical errors found in ILo lattcr's
accounts by the attorney general's
olllce at Washington. Marshal Perry
states that be intends taking a special
trip to Washington und making a
personal explanation of the majter to
Attorney General Bonaparte.
In a recent issue of the Seattle P-I is
a cut of fruit growfi by Mrs W L Speeis
of SkaRway. This fruit was packed in ?'
ft I
a small box and taken to Seattlo by
P<
Robert Foster, where it was photo ^
graphed by Mrs (lodfrey Chealander.
Mrs Speers has strawberries in her c&''
den thst moa>nure six inches in circum
Sl
ference.
Mr. Harlati UpdegratT, chief of the
Alaska Division of the Bureau of Ed
ucation, with headquarters at Wash
ington, D. C., ami Mr. A. X. Thompson,
superintendent of the southeastern
division havo sp.^nt the summer in a
tour of inspection of the various gov
ernment schools of Alaska, nnd nro
putting the government euuipment in
good shape for the work of the coming
year. An innovation In the work in
Alaska will be a conference of all the
government teachers, to be held In
Juneau within the next few weeks, to
insure a more uniform system of In
structions and a more compact organ
izatlon of the teachers and their direct
ors. It is understood that the govern
ment will erect a fine new school build
ing at Petersburg, equipped for special
instructions In cooking, etc , us well ss
the three "rV
A now school has been built at Point
Ellis?the construction of the same,
by the way, having been undor the
direct charge and personal supervision
of Miss Virginia Russell, who last
winter came out from Washington, D.
C., to take charge of the school at
Kake. Having completed the work at.
Point E lis, Miss Russell has returned
to Kake.
Go to Tony Dotero and try a Bull Dot:
cijr?r. lm
All the delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train restaurant.
"PARADISE"
That is the name ot our r.ew
SODA CRACKERS
Crisp- --Flaky Delicious
Cost 110 more than the other kind
QANTY & FRANDSON
IRYAN TO SPEAK
III SI. PAUL
(By United Pre??.)
Lincoln, Aug. 29? William Jennings
ryan, returned to his home here to
,y and leaves at onco for St. Paul to
liver a speech at that city Monday.
lEOlllNGlO
GOME OUT
(Special to the Daily Alaskan)
Whltehorse, Aug. 29? The White
irso arrived here at 3:45 p ui from
<wn the river bringing thirty-five
singers. This is la -ten as an lndi
tion that the tradic out this year will
i early, the reason for which Is the
cpptlonally I <w stage of the water
the river, and the fear that the boats
ay have trouble in getting out later.
I.MUS
LAID TO BEST
(By United Press.)
Madison, Wis.. Aug. 29? The funeral
William F. V ' I ah took place till*
ternoon in this city. Mr. Vilas was
wtmaster general under President
levclnnd and to him is due the Issu
ice of the special delivery stamp.
Mrs. FafTel, ft pioneer resident of
kagwny, came up on the JefTenwn and
ill leave on Monday for Fairbanks.
,Tbile in the city, Mrs. FatTel will be
io guests of fr lends.
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F. B Kimball, a mining expert of Sun
rancisco, came down from tho Porcu
ine country Friday, bringing with
tin as a trophy of the chase a fine
ountaiu sheep.
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Dr L S Keller Is expected home from
itka the earlv part of next week.
(By Unfted Pre??.)
New York, Aug. 29? Today New
York ts In gala attire, the occasion
being the city's welcome to the Olym
pic contestants. The s'reets weic
strewn with flowers for the athletes to
ride over, and the parade In their honor
was the grandest of Its kind ever held
In the metropolis.
EDIBLE PRODUCT
TANANA VALLEY
As an evidence that Fairbanks Is self
supporting In the mattor of edible pro
duct the Times of that city offer* a bill
of fare of one of the restaurants as fol
lows:
One-hilf Fairbanks spring chicken to
order $1.75.
Fairbanks veal steak t 1.25.
Fairbanks vea) chops to order 91.50.
Three Fairbanks eggs, any style f 1 .20
Fairbanks garden peas 25c.
"These are but h few of the many
things, but serve to illustrate the po nt,
"says the Times." There are, besides,
lettuce, green onions, radishes, cucum
bers, tomatoes, celery and many other
things in the vegetable line, and in the
berry line there are raopberries, straw
berries and blueberries, in paltry and
otherwise, and for fish are king salmon,
silver salmon, white Huh, grevling, pick
erel and mountain trout sometime*.
in fact, if the local "dishes" w?re
taken from Ihe bills of fare, they wouid
be pretty slim at the present time.
They would contain a list of canned
goods, the same as was found necessary
b.-fore the productiveness of the Fan.
ana valley wax tested."
An excursion party imdeupof guest*
of the Puilen house made a trip to Den
ver glacier today on the morning train
and after making a try for the glacier,
will return on the train this afternoon.
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