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Official City Paper
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FAIRBANKS' THREE NEWSPAPERS
The Tan ana Tribune, a smali weekly
newspaper of Fairbanks which sup
ported Judge Wickeraham during re
cent strenuous times has, since elec
tion day, developed into a daily. There
are now three daily newspapers in Fair
banks, the News, which during the
light made upon Wickersham as a judge
was his staunch and true supporter, but
which sold out to Corson at the begin
ning of this campaign and has employed
the meanest methods known to journal
ism in opposition to him, and the Times
which is partly owned by Mr. I to nan
and which always fought Wickersham.
The Times and News h?v? been em
ployed like the monkey and poll parrot
since their beginnings and while they
were on opposite sides of public ques
tions, but these three, they will have
merry times, especially with the News
realizing how it missed its opportunity
and stepped out of the path of virtue at
the psychological moment when to have
remained steadfast vould have led on
to fortune, and left no room for a third
newspaper.
The story of the Fairbanks news
papers is a carious one. The News was
established by Koediger <fe Mctntyre or
the Dawson News with Capt. Baraette,
the banker of Fairbanks, controlling a
half interest. Bob McChesney, fore
man of the printing ottiee, bought the
Dawson interest for something like
four thousand dollars, to be paid in
installments, and one year afterwards
?old that interest for something like
twenty thousand dollars cash in hand.
Three Jays after the sale? which
Included a tine log building and a good
printing plant? fire swept the entire
material property away, leaving the
purchaser? Barnette ? only the "good
will." The tire left the Times, which
had recently been started as a small
weekly, in as good position as the
News so far as material was concerned,
and the next day It bloomed out as a
dally. The two newspapers have strug
gled on, fighting each other like cats
and dogs ever since. And now, out of
the turn of political fortunes, comes the
Tribune to contest with them the al
ready overcrowded field.
Dawson, which has three judges, has
one daily newspaper; Fairbanks has
three newspapers to advertising the
t that it has no judge. But only the
Major Clark who has for several years
been in the employ of the government
looking after the preservation of the
seals on the Prlbilof islands, gives an
interesting intetview to the Valdez
Prospector anent the conditions ou the
seal islands. He is of the opinion that
the seals will soon be exterminated by
the Japs and the peculiar conditions
that give them rights over our own
men.)
"They station their schooners just
outside of the three-milo limit opposite
the rookeries, and let down a line of
boats on the border extending from one
schooner to the other," he says. "They
also carry guns with which they cover
a considerable part of the forbidden
waters. Every seal that comes within
range is shot and the small boats under
cover of the frequent fogs cross the
border line and take all the seals they
can capture.
"The limit for the English sealing
vessel!* is manv miles farther out, and
Raw Furs....
lilgh Prices for Fine Furs
?ibune dare do it.
THE FATE OF THE SEALS
WE PAY
Write For Price U?l
Percy's Fur House
Oihkosh. Wisconsin
their bordor line Is also covered with
sealing craft. The mother seals have
to leave tho rookeries at least onco a
week to get food so that they may be
able to suckle their young. The mother
seals are captured by Japs, and if any
should be so fortunate as to escape bs
youod the three-mile limit, and go far
to sea, they are picked up by tho Kng
lish sealers. The mother seals being
idestroyeil, the young perish, and thus
\double slaughter of the fur bearing
animals is constantly going on.
"The Japanese are utterly lawless,"
he continues, "having no regard what
ever for the rights established by
treaty between the United States and
Japan for the protection of the seals.
The -only tiling they do regard is the
gunsoo the revenue cutters. But as
soon as yie government boat cruises
out of sight beyond the island, the
poaching Japanese are over the line
mercilessly slaughtering the seals.
The only protection is to place and
man forts on tho islands, or patrol the
tho waters with a large number of gov
ernment boats." This, Major Clark
thinks, would be incurring greater
expense to the government than the
seals are worth. The chances are,
therefore, that in a few years -the
poaching Japanese will have prac
tically destroyed the fur-bearing seals.
HORSEMEN INSULT HU6HES
F
If Governor Hughes is elected it wll
not be through the efforts of the race
track men, to be sure. Governor
Hughes visited the Saratoga county
fair recently and the horsemen refused
to fulfill the program during his pres
ence on the grounds. He had been
invited to speak there and accepted
but from the time be entered the gates
until he departed there was nothing '
doing on the race track. It might
have been assumed that this was done
out of deference to the governor in
view of his active opposition to racc
track gambling, but the horsemen
took pains to have it understood that
the action was one of disrespect rather
than respect.
It is not much wonder that the peo
ple of Fairbanks and the Tanana are
just now making bitter complaint on
account of the failure of Judge Keid to
hold court there. Judge Reid left Fair
banks in May promising to return in
the early summer and hold court.
Twice he has announced his intention
to return and preparations made for
holding court but twice these have been
allowed to lapse. No court can now be
held this year. Fairbanks and vicinity
is three times as populous as Dawson
yet at Dawson are three judges with a
continuous session of court throughout
the spring and summer and one or two
during the winter.
"In spite of the most serious handi
cap that has ever been imposed upon
Fairbanks' mining development, the
long-continued drouth of this year,"
says the Fairbanks Times, "it is shown
in the records of gold dust receipts of
local banks that the production for the
same length of time this year is great
er than the total for the corresponding
period of 190T by a handsome margin.
This fact is the basis of the qertain
assurance of local bankers that the 1908
yield Till be considerably greater than
the $8,000,000 output of last year."~
There was a good deal of talk ou the
quiet throughout Alaska during the
recent campaign as to the utility of
standing in with the administration ?
that is the administration at Juneau.
It begins to look as though the admin
istration had already shifted to Fair
banks.
Who would have thought it of For
aker ? -What fools these mortals be?
what fearful price they|pay for a little
money.
THE MORNING OF LIFE.
IN the morning of life, when tho sun
win Mgh.
I stood by tlio river Tlmo.
Oh, swift was Its rush, anil It flowod
with n song
That had neither words nor rhyme.
Hut a rhythm so deep and subtle and
strong
That It seemed to be a Ion* endless sigh.
Tho rlvor flows swift through the forest
of years.
I hoard tho loaves o'erhead,
And their sound wero as tears that fall
In the night.
When nian weeps alone his dead
And all that Is dearest Is burled from
slRht.
"Whllo over their sweetness a tomb he
rears.
The river flows clear from the fountain
of liro.
But shadows of sin o'ercloud.
And the stream shows through tho forest
of years.
And tho stately ships are proud.
They care not at all for tho wrecks or
tho fears.
Unafraid they sail to welcome tho strife.
In tho morning of life, when my heart
was strong,
I stood by the flowing tide.
I vowed to my soul, with its strength and
Its youth.
Steadfast and pure I'd abide
To tlio Ideals of Ufa and the highest of
truth?
To hold fast to love and do no ono wrong.
? Isollna.
BEAUTIFUL DAY
? YUKON RIVER SAILINGS ?
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Sept. 20
1908, is as follows.
Temperature time observat'u..4f/above
Max. temp, preceduig 24 hours. .4!) above
Mln " " " " ..42 above
Mean '? " " " ..4(i alwvo
Baroraoter 29 80
Strong, south wind.
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YUKON RIVER FLEET "
Whltehorsp, Sept. 22? Following Is
the record of th<P river fleet as reported
today:
IT p stream? Victorian passed Hootn
iinqua at 8:30 pm. Wires ara down
north of Rip Salmon. ~
Next sailing? Victorian tomorrow
mornitifr.
Fall line of Hart, SchalTner & Marx
suits just received. They are excellent
in pntfrn and quality. ? F. H. Clayson
& Co. 124 tf
The Fifth avenue hotel has plenty of
rooms today. Have several rooms with
private bath, if you are not suited with
your room coma and see us. Hates Ji
and up.
If you have something you want to
sell, advertise it for sale in the Alaskan
HEALTHY PLANT8
".tfQnlrf* the Moat Careful Attention 111
Well us Uood Soli.
Did you ever see a rosebush which?
lespite the most beneficent environment
?0i ?loll? of sunshine? and of atmosphere,
?-r.eemed never to achieve a healthy
trowth.
A ton of manure will not help a plant
tr.at has a canker fating: out Its heart.
You must destroy the cause before yotl
c:.n remove the effect.
You cannot cure Dandruff and Bald
nesa by rubbing on hair lotions, and
rubbing In vaseline, etc.
You must look to the cause of the
trouble ? It's n perm ot the roots of
your h:ilr which causes ft to fall out.
N'ewbro':! Hernlcl<;0 deatroys the germ,
ard healthy hair Is the sure result.
Sold by loading druggists. Send 10c. In
Stamps for sample to The Hcrplcldo Co..
r otrolt. Mich.
Two slz?s ? 50 cents and 11.00.
Wm. Britt, Special agent, Skagway
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
United States of America. ' ?
I>lvlslon No. I Dlst.of Alaska, t
Public notice N hereby given, thai by ' vir
tue of a writ of Kiori Facias (or execution),
dated August :<rd. A. I>. It**. Issued out of the
District Court, of the United States for the
Division No. 1. District of Alaska, on a Judg
ment rendered in said Court, on the :<rd da.v
of August. A. I). I!**-, In favor of Antone De
grand. and against May Mcintosh. William
Jackson. George Jackson, l'addy Collate.
Dennis, Joe Wright. Hilly Johnson and Joe
llayes. I have on tills SUii da.v of ^xiptember.
A. D. 100S. levied upon the following descrllied
real property, situated In Haines, Alaska to
wit:
Lot numbered one (I) and the East half
i'i) of lot luiinlN'risI two adjoining lot
numbered one (1) In block numbered three (3)
?S the same Is shown by a survey of one i'ogei
stroni. Civil Engineer, and Is designated by
a plat made by Ellas Kuud from the Held
notes of said Kogelstrom, lielng a tract of
It lul frvinting seventy-live <7T> ) feet on Main
Street and one hundred and forty (U0) feet
on Second avenue, together with all the
buildings and Improvements thereon or
tliereto appurtenant, and that I will accord
ingly ofTcr said real property for. sale, ut pubic
vendue to the highest and best bidder, for
cash, on the hith day of October. A. 1). hits,
at 2 o'clock P. M . at the door of the United
State* Court House at Skagway. Alaska.
Dated Skagway. Alaska, September 15,
A. D. i!?0S.
'/.. [{.Cheney. Plaintiffs Att'y.
.1 ami:s M. Snoni'. U.S. Marshal.
Dlv'n No 1 Dl.st. ot Alaska
By Hector McLeaw. Deputy.
CANADIAN BANK OF COMBE
Paid Up Capital : : : $10,000,000.00
Rkst :::::::: 5,000,000.00
BANKING BY MAIL
GoldJJDust Bought
DRAFTS ISSUED PAYABLE IN'ALL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
SKAGWAY BRANCH W. T. WHITE. M0r.
These Winds
Cause Chapped Hands and Faces
THY OUR
8ENZ0 WITCH HAZEL
OR
ALMOND and CUCUMBER
C R E A M s!
OUR
AIASKA COLD CREAM
BEST FOR COMPLEXTION
I
Wo have a full lino of toilet waters and soaps
WM. BRITT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMEK
Georgia
Carrying u. s. Mali
For Haines, Bernera Bay, Junoau,
Hoona, Tenakoc, Sitka and Wayports
S A I LS
Thursdays at 8 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
* W. W. BOOGUTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. uhone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
Will leave Skagway Daily
at 9 a. m. for Haines
Returning, Loaves Haines lor
Skagway at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $150
Round trin $2.50
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
C0MPHNY
Seattle Wash
Pacific CoastS. S.Co.
Sfe, PIONEER ALASKA t .IN K
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
J J Seattlo, and other Huj;ot Bound lJoru
!<fj ' CARRYING U.S. MAIL.
Steamers of This Company Leave
CITV Of SCAiTLf, Sept, 6-15-26 Oct. 7
tlUMBOLOT, Sept. - 10-2! Oct. 2
Connrotlne with the Company^ Steamers at SeVtle for San Francisco,
Southern California, Kukvica (Humboldt Bay) ant! Mexico
tar Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART) Agent
Second arid Mroadway, Skatcway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 Jambs St.
C. D. DUN ANN, General Passenger Acciit,
112 Market Biraet, san Pr?ocl8co, Cat.
Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. C. COAST SERVICE )
FALL SCHEDULE OP SAILINGS PROM SKAOWAY
Subject lo change without notice
PRINCE5S
BEATRICE
PRINCESS
HAY
StllM flcl. ?, 14, 26
4,1
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of the world ard all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
I Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Expross
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamers
Jefferson Sept. 8, 18, 29
Dolphin Sept. 3, 13, 24
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice
Transfers to Vlotorla and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francinco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 06
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME TABBED No. 1R. -
(Dally Exoept Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Pound N1). 2, S. Bourn'
1st olass. 1st elaia
9 30 a. ra. Leaves SKAG17AY Arrives 4 30 p m
12 05 p. m. " WHITE PASS * " 3 05 "
12 48 " " LOG CABIN " 2 20 '
1 40 " " BENNETT " 1 45
3 20 p.m. " CARIBOU " 1140a. m
5 50 Arrives Whitk Horsf Leaves 9 30
Passengers must bo at depots in time to have Baggage inspected acr.
cheeked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
160 pounds of baggage will bo checked free with each full fare tlcke'
and'76 pounds with each half fare ticke'
Throjgh line from Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate points. Connection made at Dawson with Lower River steamboats for
Eagle, Circle City, Rampart, Tanana, Fairbanks, Chenn, St. Michael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Frequent connection tnado at White Horse between trains and river steamers for all Yu
kon River points, including Mendenhall Landing, the nearest steamboat landing to the
Alsek Gold Fields. The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modern conveniences, deluding steam heat
electric light and other features as afford not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN BONANZA KING
DAWSON ? CASCA SELKIRK LaFRANCE
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE VICTORIAN
TnnnrfJH TiOKETS can be purchased at Sicaguay for DAWSON, FAIRBANKS, OHENA.
and all Lower River points.
Finely appointed trains dail" except Sunday, between Skaguny and White Horse,
(carrying passengers, bapgage, mail and express.
Baggage bonded through . Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada
and the United Kates.
For information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
x to any agent of the Compnny, or to:
TRAFFICjDEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B.C. V*n?.ouver. B. C. and Skaguav, AlaeVn Qlrnrvsy, Alaska