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No. 204. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY JANUARY 27, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
FOOD PRICES FAR TOO HIGH
SAYS CARDINAL GIBBONS
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. L'7?
".Most of the prions for food products
are clearly out of all reason." said
Cardinal Gibbons, in an interview
here last night, "and the people can
not so on paying such prices when
they are not earning any more than
they were some years ago when pric
es were not so high."
The cardinal was unable to assign
a reason for the high prices that pre
vail. but said:
"Something evidently is wrong
when many of the commonest necess
ities in foods are priced at such enor- *
mous figures. Something must bo
done to put prices on a reasonable
basis, and any method which will
bring this ubout I endorse."
NEW YORK. Jan. 27? This rising
cost of living has its problems for
the government as well as for private
citizens. The immigration officials
here were very anxiously waiting
today to see if anybody was willing
to bid for the contract to feed the
immigrants at Ellis island. The pres
ent caterer gets 22 cents a meal and
his successor will have to contract
for a term of three years In the face
i)f a rising market.
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 27?
Th?> Beverldge bill providing an ap
pointive legislative council for Alaska
will have rough sailing in the Senate
Many of the Senators believe the
members of the council should be
elected by the people of Alaska in
stead of being appointed by the Pres
ident.
Senator Piles of Washington today
stated that many Alaskans were of
such a character as to make them
undesirable voters.
Senator Clarke of Arkansas asked
that any definite action be postponed
until the results of the Alaskan cen
sus are returned, so that the exact
population will bo known.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Jan. 27? J. C. McBrido
of Juneau, commissioner for Alaska all
the A.-Y.-P.. states that he is op
posed to the coal mining proposition
made to the government by John E.
Itallaine.
LIBEL CHARGE
IS DISMISSED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Jan. 27? Judge Hough I
today (juashod the indictment against i
Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New 1
York World, who was charged with |
criminal libel for publishing the Pan- j
ania canal graft charges. - j
Children delight in wading through all
the puddles on the sidewalk and they
would rather walk in the snow beside the walk,
than anywhere else.
This is hard on the shoes ? no shoe will stand it in
definitely. All you can do is to get the strongest shoes
vou can buy, without getting them too coarse and
heavy,
curity School Sho
For Boys ForQirls
These shoes are made of the best leather, especially selected. The
boys shoes are made by the welt process ? the best known method of
fastening soles and uppers together. The girls shoes are made in both
welt and turn soles.
They are made on good fitting lasts and will not hurt the feet or injure
their shape. Both boys and girls shoes are dressy and attractive looking
with wonderful wearing qualities.
Security Watch with Every Pair
Each purchaser of Security School
Shoe* it entitled to one of these hand
?ome watches for only 50 cents. 1
There isn't a dollar watch on the
market as good. It is guaranteed for
one year. We couidn't afford to make this offer except
at an inducement for you to try Security School Shoes.
Bring the children in and let us fit them out with a
pair of Security Shoes ? they will prove a revelation
to you in shoe value for childrens shoes
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
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(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. .Ian. 27? Del
egate Wiekersham of Alaska in tes
tifying before the committee on terri
tories of the Senate late yesterday af
ternoon Intimated that both Taft and
Roosevelt maintained lobby interests
against Alaska at Washington and
that Governor Hoggatt was in the pay
of the Guggenheims while he was in
office.
Senator Reveridge called Wicker
sham to order for his remarks and
reminded him that it is not permitted
to cast reflections against the chief
executive. Mis remarks were uiso
stricken from thp public records.
Delegate VVlckersham also testified
tlmt Major Richardson had shown a
constant anxiety to have legislation
passed favorable to the Guggenheim
interests.
Bx-Gov. Hoggatt took the stand and
denied all the charges made by Wick
ersham. He said that NVickersham
was a "humbug" and alleged that the
delegate's enmity to himself was be
cause he demanded his resignation
from the Alaskan bench on the threat
of preferring charges ai;ainst him.
IS AGIST THE BEVEBIDGE BILL
VALDEZ. Jan. 15 ? Commenting on
the proposed commission plan the
Prospector says: "Alaska has no
more use for an attorney general
than a cow has for corsets or a rab
bit for roller skates. No business of
consequence could be placed in his
hands unless it was taken away from
the district attorneys. It would tax
inventive genius to find occupation
for a "commissioner of the Interior,"
when a commissioner of mines and
commissioner of education are in ex
istence, unless a suggestion once
mode by Gov. Brady be adopted, that
a separate Alaska land bureau be
created. This would be a good thing
for Alaska and therefore Is not likely
to In' i-iiactfil hastily."
U. S. SHOULD
I RAILWAY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 27 ? Clarence
Cunningham, in an Interview opposing
John E. Ballaine's coal In ml proposi
tion, said that the government should
stand sponsor to the men who were
building the railroad from tide water
to the coal fields. He suid the rail
road would make no profit on the
coal.
ROWBOATS IN
PARIS STREETS
(By Alaska News Bureau)
PARIS, Prance. Jan. 27 ? Waves are
washing through the business cent
ers of the city. Row boats are being
used to traverse the streets. Busi
ness is almost at a standstill.
Lowney's Candles ,Box Candies, all
kinds of Chocolates, Glaces, Creams
and Ron Bons at TONY DORTERO'S.
BODIES WILL
BE RECOVERED
(By Alaska News Bureau)
LA SALLE, 111. Jan. 27? The St.
Paul mine at Cherry, will bo unseal
(Hi Monday for the purpose of recover
ins the bodies of the miners killed in
the explosion in October.
LAUNCH GALENA
LONG OVERDUE
VALDEZ. .Ian. 1? The launch Gal j
ena has been missing for a week. Th?'|
last seen of the boat was the night i
before the ice broke up in Shoup's
bay a few days before New Year's.
The men at the Cliff mine saw the
launch fast in the ice. The next day
the ice was broken and the launch
was gone. Nobody was on board but
the engineer, Peter Goosens. He
had been trying for several days to
! get away to Galena bay to bring Col.
Millard to Valdez.
I MARMALADE
Jas. Keiller & Sons Dundee Marmalade is
4- known all over the world for its
?I* Purity and Excellence
f WE HAVE IT
jj. 1 -lb. Jars 35c., 3 for $1.00 4-lb. Tins 90c ^
| GANTY & FRANDSON
NSURGENT CONGRESSMAN
TO INVESTIGATE DEFICIT
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 27? Ar
raigning the express companies for
making enormous profits on an In
fringement of the government's right
to monopoly of transporting mall and
criticising the post office department
for surrendering that right, Represent
ative Murdock, of Kansas, today in
troduced a long resolution calling on
the postmaster general for Informa
tion.
"For many years," says Mr. Mur
dock, "the postoffice department has
been su rrendering its monopoly on
the transportation of packet mail mat
ter under authority of a regulation
footnote apparently based on an un
published letter to Postmaster Gener
al James from Attorney General Mac
Veagh in 1881, declaring that packets
meant packages of letters."
Tiie resolution says that while the
postofflce department last year had a
deficit of $17,000,000 the Wells-Fargo
Express company distributed nearly
$2">,000,000 in dividends and that the
government's failure to exercise mo
nopoly in transporting mail is enrlch
ing the express companies.
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(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 27?
Louis Glavis yesterday testified to
the events leading up to the investlga^
tion of the Cunningham coal claims.
The entire matter will apparently re
solve itself into a question as to the
relative veracity of Bellinger and
< ; las is.
RIVER SEINE
STILL RISES
PARIS, France. Jan. 27 ? Hundreds
of thousands of people are homeless
as the results of the floods caused
by the River Seine. The river Is j
still rising slowly.
FEDERORT
STMPROBE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Jan. 27? The federal
grand jury has commenced its probe
of the Meat trust. Today Secretary
Snow of the National Packing com
pany was summoned to appear before
the grand jury anil give evidence.
GUIS MUSI
PAY ALIMONY
(By Alaska News Bureau)
SEATTLE. Jan. 27? Louis Glavis
has been ordered to pay his wife fifty
dollars monthly alimony pending the
settlement of her suit for divorce.
snow We
COVERS MINE
VALDEZ. Dec. 1.? A big snow slide
at Shoup's bay this week covered the
mine work of the Shoup's Bay Mining
company and the men had to quit.
Jim Davis, Charley Sealey and J. Pet
erson were working and they came to
town yesterday.
The Collegian Clothes Store
Certainly Offers Its Customers
Exceptional Values. They must
be constantly on the alert for
Bargains, for they are Always
Able To Undersell All Other
Stores
Come In And Get Our Prices Before
You Buy
WILL GUYSOW. clothieb