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No. H TWELFTH YEAR. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
INTER-STATE C. C TO HAVE I
JURISDICTION IN ALASKA
(By Untted Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 28.? ;
If present plans carry out the Inter
f tate Commerce Commission will
soon formally declare Jurisdiction
ever the Alaskan railroads.
This decision was reached as a re
suit of the complaint filed by the
Humboldt Steamship company against
the White Pass & Yukon railroad
for the refusal of the railroad to ac
cept through shipments of freight
and tickets sold by the steamship
company.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Juno 28.? '
Senator Carter of Montana today in
troduced a bill providing (or a mine J
inspector In Alaska at a salary of
$-.400 per annum, the inspector to |
make one '.our each year.
MO BEATS
LEACH GROSS
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. June 28.?
"Fighting Dick" Hyland proved that
his recent defeat by Itattling Nelson
aas not put him among the down and !
cuts by winning a hard fought battle
t>-oin Leach Cross, the crack New j
York lightweight, at Coffroth's pavil
ion Saturday afternoon.
Hyland wou by a knockout in the
41st round. The fight was to have
gone 45 rounds. Hyland was the ag- 1
gressor from the start and forced mat- '
ters througl>out the fight. Cross j
showed great cleverness and his de- 1
fensive tactics had Hyland all at sea !
<*uring the first twenty rounds. Fre- j
quently Cross would cut loose and
punish Dick severely.
Hyland had the more endurance,
however, and after the 2">th round
? ross commenced to tire. He tried
his best to stall through to the
finish, expecting to win on points,
tut Hyland kept boring in and forc
ing matters and finally nailed his
man with a hard right to the jaw.
WICKERSHAM
IN SEATTLE
(By United Press)
SEATTLE, June 28.? Delegate
James Wickersham arrived In Seat
tle last night from Washington, I).
C., and immediately went to Buck
ley on private business. He will re
turn to Seattle in a day or so and
leave for Alaska in a short time.
Th?? four bills which Delegate Wick
erstaam introduced In Congress this
spring will not be acted upon until
the next session of Congress.
RIB REPORTS
The steamer Whitehorse arrived at
Whitehorse j?.t 3 o'clock yesterday af
ternoon with CO through passengers.
The Dawson passed Selkirk at o
o'clock yesterday afternoon bound up I
stream. The steamer Selkirk left
Dawson at 6 o'clock yesterday after
noon.
The Casca arrived at Dawson yes
terady and the steamer Whitehorse
left Whitehorse at I o'clock this af
ternoon.
The next sailing from Whitehorse
will be Wednesday night or Thurs
day morning when the Dawson will 1
leave.
COMMITTEE MEETS TONIGHT
The general committee in charge of
the Fourth of July celebration will
meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the
town hall. Important business will
come up for discussion and the mem
! bers are requested to be present
promptly at 8 o'clock.
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POLICE RAID
CHINA TOWN
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, June 28? As the result
of the revelations following the mur
der of Elsie Sigel, the New York
Kir' who was killed by her Chinese
lover, the Chicago police have raided
several schools In the local China
town where there were white women
teaching. Chief of Police Shlppy has
announced that he will suppress all
such schools.
D06UUS TEAM COMING
The Douglas baseball team with a
number of rooters will come to Skag
way to take part in our Fourth of
July celebration. A cablegram to
this effect was received In Skagway
today from "Papa" Stoft, manager
of the Douglas team.
It Is very probable that the Juneau
team will also come. Definite word
will come In a day or two.
Deputy U. S. Marshal W. H. Hen
son has just returned to Juneau after
a trip to Oregon with an insane pa
tient.
The Arctic Brothers gave a dance
Saturday evening at A. B. hall in
honor of Mr .and Mrs. Holmes Pineo
of Atlln, who were married Thursday
in this town.
G. E. Nungester of Celina, 0., was
a round trip tourist on the Cottage
City. He had high words of praise
for the beauties of the inside pass
age.
Information is wanted of Josh Reed
who formerly resided In Toronto, Can.
I.ast heard of was in Unalaska, Alas
ka, eight years ago. Address Smith
& Johnston, Barristers, Ottawa, Can.
B. D. Palmer, representative of the
Failes Paper company, and wife ar
rived on the Cottage City and will re
main in Skagway several days. Mr.
Palmer Is making the northern trip
in the Interests of his company.
The Caribou hotel has been com
pletely renovated. The very best of
service. The best hotel in Carcross.
E. W. Gideon, prop.
The Cottage City arrived at 5
o'clock this morning with 40 passen
gers and 166 tons of freight. There
were 16 round trip tourists on board
the Cottage City . The boat will
leave for Seattle by wav of Sitka
at 6 o'clock tonight .
E. Schmanke, heading a party of
seventeen signal corps men, arrived
in Skagway this morning on the Cot
tage City and will leave tomorrow for
the Interior. The men will be station
ed at Fort Gibbon and various places
along the Yukon.
Daniel Sutherland, who will suc
ceed James Shoup as United States
as United States marshal for the
First division of Alaska .arrived in
Juneau yesterday on the Cottage
City with John Dubois, Al Sullivan
and Carl Armstrong who will serve
?8 doputy marshals.,
THINK WOMAN j
WAS DRUGGED
(By United Press.)
ST. MICHAELS, Md? June 28 ?
Robert Eastman alias John Roberts,
who killed Mrs. Edith Woodhlll last
Thursday, was buried today.
The police yesterday discovered a
bottle of drugs in the bungalow oc
cupied by Eastman. They believe
that he lured the woman to his
bungalow, drugged her and then mur
dered her.
SUNDAY HOTTEST Ml
Sunday established the high tem
perature record for the present year.
Friday the thermometer was 82 above
Saturday it wont to 84, and yester
day the mercury was at the 90 notch
at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
There was hardly a breath of wind
stirring and "you could not see a
cloud because no clouds were in the
sky."
Miss Annette B. Mlnroe, Miss
Sarah Cameron and Miss Malva.
Cameron, of Minneapolis, Minn., who
came north on the City of Seattle
and went to Whitehorse, will remain
iu Skagway until next Sunday when
they will go south on the City of Se
attle. They like Skagway.
Stop at the Dominion Hotel when i
Whitehorse and get home cooking
and clean comfortable beds.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at 2:30
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
new quarters at the Peniel mission.
All members are requested to be
present as it will be the last oppor
tunity the local ladles will have of
meeting Mrs. Conner who represents
Alaska In the national body.,
Guests are given every attention at
the Caribou hotel at Carcross. Clean,
comfortable rooms, good service, fine
fishing and hunting close to Car
cross. E. W. Gideon, prop.
The White Pass Athletics defeated
the North Stars by a score of 7 to 3
in a nine Inning baseball game played
Saturday evening. It was rather a
listless game. An impromptu exhi
bition of fisticuffs followed the base
ball contest.
John J. Rath, of Plains, Mont., ar
rived in Skagway Wednesday on the
Princess May from Prince Rupert and
came to Haines the same day on the
Hegg. Mr. Rath Intends to locate a
homestead In the vicinity of Haines
and brings his wife and children to
this country. He has visited most of
the towns of Southeast ?rn Alaska andj
slated that he was /cry favorably im
pressed with Haines. Mr. Rath rent
id a boat Thursday and left on a
tour of Inspection along the nearby
coast line. He is no cliecahoe as he
was in Juneau twenty-two years ago
jon a short prospecting tour.? Haines
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AMID SILVAN SOLITUDE
S?ven weeks ago James Dawnlr, a
prospector, left Caribou with a two
week's supply of grub. The two
weeks elapsed and Dawnlr did not
return. This naturully alarmed his
friends and for the last two weeks
several searching parties have been
Sen* out from Caribou to locate the
missing man.
I>ast Friday the R. N. M. P. launch
' Glady's" returned to Caribou after
a cruise along the shores of Lake
Atlin. Dawnir was not with the
party on board, but they had news
of him.
They found him calmly sitting on
the lake shore fishing. He had his
guns with liim and for the last month
has been living on blue grouse and
fish. He told the party that he is
writing a book of verses and pre
ferred the solitude of the forests and
mountains to the noise and bustle of
the haunts of men.
He promised to return to Caribou
as soon as his book is completed,
so the party left him, still fishing.
ALL DEPENDS
UPON WATER
William McPhee, one of the oldest
and best known sourdoughs in Alas
ka, who has the distinction of cross
ing tha Dyea trail nearly 22 years
ago, arrived in Skagway Friday and
will leave for Seattle on the Cottage
City. Mr. McPhce will take in the
A.-Y.-P. and do some buying, return
ing to Alaska about September.
Mr. McPheo said that If there was
enough water in the Tanana there
would be an exceptionally big clean
up this year. He estimated that it
would be $11,000,000 if there was
plenty of water. He stated that at
present there are a number of idle
men at Fairbanks and Dawson, but
?hat all will find employment if the
water Is plentiful.
In speaking of the quartz finds
near Fairbanks Mr. McPhee said that
without a doubt there were large de
posits of quartz in the Bonnlfield
country, but that thye would not be
worked until there was a railroad
running from the coast to Fairbanks.
Samuel Llchtenstader, owner of the
Mt. Andrew mine on Prince of Wales
island, is shipping 2,400 tons of cop
per ore to the smelter at Tacoma.
This is one of the largest shipments
that has ever been made from Alas
ka. Forty men are now employed at
the Mt. Andrew mine.
WATER MAKES
DESERT BLOOM
It. M. McCollum, assistant general
manager of the Twin Falls Investment
company of Twin Falls, Idaho, with
Mrs. McCollum is a round trip pas
senger on the Cottage City. Mr. Mc
Collum was enthusiastic over the
trip north.
"It is the finest trip I ever made,"
he said, "aud it's a mystery to me
why moro people don't take it.
There is no sea-sickness and the
scenery is simply wonderful. There
is nothing in Europe that can equal
it"
Mr. McCollum is the man who lo
cated the water right that was used
in the famous Twin Falls irrigation
system, by which more than 700,000
acres of arid sands were transformed
into fertile farming land in less than
five years.
"Five years ago I was the only
man in Twin Falls," said Mr. Mc
Collum, "now there are 8,000 people
there and it is growing every day.
During the last five years I have sold
more than 600,000 acres of land. The
water is supplied by a ditch CD miles
long, 120 feet wide at the top, 80
feet wide at the bottom and carrying
12 feet of water. I guess that beats
some of your big Alaska flumes."
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