Are Drawing; Near
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demand for Christmas
and New ^ ear Cards
and Novelties at this
time of the year.
The Alaskan will
make a specialty of
this work this year.
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Daily Alaskan
(Continued from our test issued
Thirty -one ?onfi?s after the then
President signed the ?t of April 2S,
19?H. th at nune President issued an
executive order withdrawing all these
ooal tend* ?*oni entry. The execw
trre order nullified the act of Con
gress. The order ?at so sweeping
?is even to saispenc action upon
< lias already filed, and the re?i*?r
&ad receiver of the tend o/Tk e were
thus oMnpe^kd to refuse to (lie not
toes of locations xuade ever, prior to
the withdrawal. Sotne months later
the order was so modified as to
perm* action upon existing entries
It was admitted that patents shook!
issue to rated claims located between
April -S. 1K-4 and November 12, 1S0?,
bat so far all that has been done is
to file charges against certain claim
ants. which charges bare resulted in
sr. order for the cancellation of one
crxwp But we repeat there are many;
appltcasjone that remain pending al
Ut all these rears without any action
Not even charges have been filed
or w^eeeted Why this Ion#: delay"
i^irely the illegal acts of one shouW
not entirely prevent action upon the
.-lavms of another against whom
?o charges have even been made.
Rather, was not this delay caused ?
ami is It tw continued. ? In further
ance of another cow^viraxy to force
a leasing system upon the Alaska
fields*
This situation js the more aggravat
ing bevasisr mnst of these partKmW
claimants have agreed to accent pat
ents under the limitations of the act
of May CS lX'S This act applies on
ly to claims located before November
"i. the da?e of the President's
withdrawal k permits the consolida
t or. of groups not to excede tiro
thousand five hundred and sixty a<re
anil was intended to cure defects that
nv.ht have resulted from the loca
tion of a croup of chums kv common.
- with intention to comb! tip after of>
ts nins Tt is manifest that a
o.vU mine enTiTvx be operated upon
one hundred and t?txty acres. Oonse
QiioT>41j-. many of those rJaims have
been located hi prw.j>s by men re
prpsented neraj* by the same Jurent,
*-- i to ?wie extend aotinc jointly,
vuh te?divi<biaj hotrever. looatinc
me oiaim and holding it indr^endent
Ij brK havinc in mind possibly that
-(vne plan o? jocm action n*4ch; be
.vtaptod after the issuance of patents.
Ooncresp intended to validate any &"
r ecu It Hlw hi sweh W-atioTis. but itn
poeevi -severe cond K^ons. as iriU bo
rnted by j??vtjoo S of the act of WS.
which rw?<V hp follows:
That If any of the lands or depos
its pnivhased Tjoder the prorWons of
th?s art, shall be owned leased, true
teed possessed or oorjtrojlod by any
device permanently, temporarily, di
r?rtjy. indWcCy. tacitly. or in any
manner whatever so that they form
part of rr in any way effect any com
bination. or are in anywise controlled
4
NEW COMFORTABLE =-^ ELEGANT 4
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The Caribou Hotel
E. \l GIDEON. Proprietor
Car cross, Yukon Territory
;irsitw<ii??tly Oppo?te the ^S"Kite PaM Depot
ei~. Equ.ppcc Furnace Heated Throughout Cafe and Bar ^
Headquarters or "Schuia's Atlra Royal Mail* Stage Line *r
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J.+ + + + + + + + + + + -H 4,4,4,4*4,4,4**4,4*4*4
4* 4
j. The On y Finft Class Hotel j Opened Under New Manage- 4
j. in Carcroas ment 4
?X KsftdQoarW* for \t?a LAaa "" 4
4
I HOT EL SCOTT :
SooCt & Scfewa&tekaiBp ?
J Headquarters for Mining Men and
Travelers
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^ SPECAL RATES ANO ACCOM MODI ATIONS FOR MUSHERS, 4
4- WELL FURNISHED ROOMS TABLE THE BEbT *
GOOD STABLE5 FIRST CI ASS BAR STOCK 4
I CARCROSS & YUKON TER. 4
4
? ? 4? 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4-+ 4?4*4,4,4,4,4, + 4*4' + 4
by *qt combination la the form of an
unlawful trust. or form th* subject of
any contract or conapimcy fa re
straint of tuad* in the mining, or wil
ins of <x*L or of any JxvWlr^r of s*ich |
lands by *ny lmWv*jo*4 partnership. !
association, corporation, mortgage, i
stoclc ownership or control, *n excess
of two thousand ftve hundred and
sixty acres In the dtetrkt of Alaska
the title thereto ahaB be forfaited
to the United 5ae* by proceedings
instituted by the attorney general of
the United Stales for that pnrpose."
This is certainty the most stringent
anti-monopoly caau?e possible to fratn
'mi the English language Rot three
and one-half years more bare passed
<iace this drastic k&aMUon, and still
w> action has beon taken. U such
cparrtmental inaction but the reflec
tion of public sentiment' Perhaps K
H?. Peraps it but express** a con
virtion of the American peopJe that
the public land system that save the
croat West the most aplendid develop
ment in the history o fthe world oan
iot now be extended to Alaska; that
the enactment by Congrem to do
so was ? mistake Cor which the hon
esi or*] claimants to Alaska mw*
suffer, and the** who took their M**Je
all of health and roods into Alaska.
ia full confidence that the lawn of the
United States would be enforced,
must sniffer kws becanae they had too
rtmch faith In the integrity of ?r
eovernnient. Be that as K. may. it is
irnqnesOonably a fact that, had the
s*me policy been pursued in the ear
ly settlement of the middle west that
*<? now heinr pursued toward Alaslta,
the buffalo wouli still be "Kins of
the WaVos." Chkaiao would stU] be
a frontier town. Kansas <"Sty woo Id b
a mere trading post at the edire of
the fnvat American desert, and the
now splendid cities of Denver and
Minneapolis would not be even names
upon the map.
Alaskans are in ftiU sympathy with
the deaire of the people of the Unit
ed States that the great ooal fields
of Alaska shall not pass into the
bands of a private monopoly, to be
exploited solely ltw private gain. We
Relieve, thooph. the danger of mi oh a
monopoly in Alaska has been preatij
ewwperatde. Tn h<< we who know
convinced that snch a monopoly can
not arise under existing laws, if prop
erly enforced. We are also interested
in the men who discovered these
"OjU fields and revealed their wealth
to the naJUon. and in those men who
spent their time and money to de
velop and prove their wealth We
understand that the art of 15HM was
an offer by the Rovernment, and Its
acceptance by the bona fide locator
constitutes a contract between him
and the poremment. and we are con
fident that the American people, who
are fair and honest when correctly 4-n
formed. wiM insist that the contract
be kept
< Continued in oar nert taaue )
ROCKEFELLER 1
HELPS LABOR;
OGDENSBTTRG, N. Y. Nov. 2S? |
Surprfce was c*up?5 at Brentford yes
terday toy the announcement of W.
Madison Hicks that he had secured
tip promise of *15,000 from John D.
Rockefeller for the erection of a Labor j
Temple an Brantford. the home of the
newly formed Independent Labor
League. The offer of Rockefeller te
conditional upon the efforts of the
labor men in raising a B&e amount,
for the building. Brantford being an
industrial town, the league was
launched there.
REYEMJTER
FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nor. 2?? The
creaewrr department has been notified
that the splendid new revenue cutler
being bwX for service in Alaskan
waters wiH be launched at Newport
News. Va., probably within the next
six weeks. The new vessel w4H re
place the cotter Hmii. which has seen
long serrire hi northern waters The
ratter has been natted the Fnalg*
by S?*et?ry of the Trea?iry Mac
Veagh.
Barn Dance TbanJwgtvtag Eve.
SI
NOME. Atatfrt. Sot The first
Ice sfx-n In B?4mr sea this season
moved down thp AivUr today and :
ilrift*d into the <poadst?ad.
The Oors (Ud not remain long anil
soon wtre oarriod out to sea by the
tide. The oldest pioneer can recall
no season when the ire has been so
1st?. Now that the Does are moving
southward it is believed that the
roadstead will soon bo closed
The Chamber of Commerce, ottjr
coancU and oUwrr organLmUoos mat
today and indented the movement to
secure congressional legislation tar a
harbor la the fitoake Hver. to (rfforrt
protection to Name's mosquito flee*-,
which suffers severely every winter
from the free jam In the open road
stead
TREAOGOLD BUYS
II! GLAIMS
DAWSON, Y. T. Nov 15? The first
stop in A. N. C Treadgold'a fight
against the Guggenheim* for the con
trol of certain rirh placer > !tiins has
been completed by hte purchase of
property on Dominion <reok. which Is
27 miles long, th<> longest placer <re?4|
in the north. The pood ground ex- j
tends from QranviUe to the bead of j
the creek. He bits also acquired mor%
than 100 claims tTOm the Hunter De
velop men Company, at the head of
Hunter creek. by a working agree
ment whereby he wiU put in equfcv
racnt next year.
K is expected that he will hare a
huge dredge there A few day* ??o
he ?impled four miles of water con
Init to take his supply for hydras ihc
ptrrpoees from the Klondike. It will
be put to the top of the Hunter hiDa
from the Klondike rive.
DISGUSS NEXT
CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nor. 2??
Plans for the republican campaign for
the prcsMency next PaJl were con
sidered by President Tafl and hto
<?binet here at the first meeting of
that body in nearly three roontht.
Pr?rtdent Taft's next message to Con
press also came In for considerable
discussion AU the members of the
cabinet wwe In attendance except
Secretary of War Stimaon. who la in
Kansas City
CMRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
AFTER PRES. TAFT
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nor. ??
Declaring that President W. H. Taft
has arbitrarily forbidden the practice
of Christian Science In the Canal Zone,
nationaJ rpereaerftativea of that faith
todajr began an station which they
say wW be taken before Congress.
The TWt order prolflfcHs the prac
tice of mediae. surgery, denttetry
or pharmacy \r4tltout license, and far
ther provides that any person shall ba
regarded as practicing medicine who
shall prescribe fere, operate on, or in
any way a'ttc^raf* to heal. <we or al
leviate any sick person, or who ahaH
in any wise tread any disease or bodi
ly or mental aikment. It te said by
the Christian ScJenttsto that the boartl
of health would not issne licenses to
them, even if they should apply *or
thfcm. which their ftfth fc*Wds
The SctentiBts have petitioned a*
least one senator to use his in
fluence for a revocation of the order,
and the League for Medical Freedom
will take up the Rght
SMOKERS ATTENTION
W. W. Bough ton hit token t*e
agency for the Justly famot?
EL tNTlOTTO C1?BAH
HAVANA CIGARS.
5,000 Jort received from the
torv at Tamra, Fli If yon want the
best don't tail tj give these goods
a trUl.
The Table fl'Hote fltoner at
i Pnllen Howe in better than ?*er
Why don't yon ixy it Tou are **'
tf.
: come. ^
All the tore t??e*ra.pti newe to tbe
Dally AtoakMu
Many Alaakan Riwdara Have Heard
It and Profiled THerafcy.
"Oood ,-iew* MtvIi M, and the
thousand* of bad back wiffreer* la
vJa?ka are kM to learn that prjanpt
reJU>f la wVhln thMr roach Manj- a
tea*. weak and adblrw Mrk in bad n
mor>\ thanks to Dom'a KMn*y PUIa
Thousand* upon t Jim wanda of pMplf
are tnUin? the irond news of their mt
prtrfenor with the Old Quaker Remedr
Here to aa worth roadte* :
Mm. J. H. ClotMnr 4?6 Wat "B" i
Pcwrt.vnth fit., San F^wtoco, 0*1., ]
mr*\ "I deNv**d lawting b^neOt from
Dowre Kidney Ptth and rtwmrq iienOr
t am ax a" ~on* ta my pratoe of them
an I was n 190", wbr>n I paMVIy en
dorsed thrra. I f:-nt wed Doaa'e KM
ney MB* *lwi *Mn? in Canada, and
they reMeved me of a doll, beary
pata In the Ktnail at my hark. Other
symptom* o* kidney trowbto that had
bothered me wrre atoo dtepoaed of
and my entire wysrtem was to nod i*>
Shire them 1 hare had no further
of a kMney mfdV+ne ! oor*4d?r V j
a dirty as well as a pleasure, to recot
mend Dean's Kidney PHla."
For sale by all dealers Price 60
'?rots. Foster-Mllbom Co.. Bnffalo
Sew York, aole agent* for the UtU
"?d Statea.
Remember th? name ? Doan'a ? and
take no other.
iisere' V ?or and
StrenqtS
in evcf) drip
C ) AT r 'R N V
... wa^
PRorttt'ONAL
AHtnwr*
ROVAL A. e
Attornqr-AVLnt
P. 0. Boa B, Jaa? a, AlMlra
h. ?. LC rtvnc
ATfOR n BY- At la w
Couraiaaloner f\>r Tukrni Territory
to Taka Affidavits
gkacw. \laak*
Dvntiau.
DR. L . 8. KELLER
DENTIST
Mo*t Modars MaUtoda
Open E*?n!n?*
Cfflea Honm: MS a. at. 14 p. m
AiAaJtui Kotldlng. - firoadway
SKAOWAY, ALASKA.
(Mtiwm
?. P. M. B1RKI.NBINK
(NOINLER
U. S. Daputy Land and Uirara
? : Survayar : ?
Pollay lid* Halo#*, a Ink*
Dant&l Sappilf*.
M. r. PATTERSON & COMPANY
? Dealers la?
DENTAL SUPPLIES
22) Walker RMg , Seattle, Wuh
Oiders by mall or cable will r*
c*tr c prompt attention. CaUlog-m
ca request
Music Taachar*.
MISS M. G. HINDSHAW
Teariiw of
PIANO FORTfc
Special T??rms for a Limits
Nunbw of Be*Jnner?
EIGHTH AVE. ANP MAIN ST.
^ H of |
FIRE S A L E I FIRE SALEI
WOOD TO BOKN
DTT PlAnttn* lor Summer use,
Special trice tl?t? month
12.00 PER RICK.
8f ? ? H ERR TA Tl.OR? rt?o??
5+i+?+?+?+*+?+?+a+i ?+?+?+?+?+?-???+?+?+ ?
The Ska gway Pioneer Dairy I
T-r.-7~TT. ? SS= ?
H. P. IEIMAN, Prep. J
1 "The Sanitary Milk Ranch" |
w
The l?rjre*t arwi hc?t conducted dulrj in Alxkii- . ? - - ? +
?
t
Dailv Shipment* of Pure Milk and Cream
To *11 prt??!t*on W>,)? P??? * Vnlr*l R<rot?\
+
I $
' ~ ?
B. M. BEHRENDS, Banker t
i
Juneau, ? Alaska
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
Respectfully Solicit# The Acconnt*
nf SkagwayjFirmp And Individuals.
!
C U Cl 17 C STYLE< F,T
*D n \J Cj u durability
WITH THIS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
AND YOU mILL MAKE NO
M I S T A K B IF YOU BUY AT
PRICE
DORTERO'S PLACE
CAPS, Undrrelothinjr. YVeol Shirt*, OWMlM DDnAhUMV
and Men's Fnmi?liii)(rs at RnaoMHe Pric??<?. * DI\t.JAL/W A T
It Pays to Get Printing That
PLEASES
The Work from our Job Department
Pleases Particular People.]
Don't send oat of town for your work. T>?t as qnote
yon price* ? show yon mmbpIpa of stock, and do your work
QUICKLY, WELL. AND AT REASONABLE PftlCErv
utyr Daily Alaskan.