Qt iBaiij jJUokAa
^OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted a* aecond class mail matter
July i, 18SS, at the Poetoffle?
at Skagw*?. Alaska.
L. S. KELLER, Publish*.
Subscription Rate*:
Oa# month by m*ll . . 75
Oua month by oarrW 1.00
TtrM mouths by matt 2.25
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?ufeacriptiona and advartlsamanta re
caivad by:
BuMtt News C<x .. Whitehorse. Y. 1
B. W. Gideon Oarcroes, Y. T
t L. pillmaa Atlin. B. C.
a A_ Barnett Haines. Alaska.
UNITE TO MINE.
There seems to be no reason what
?.ve* why the people of this city
could not make one, strong, united
*
develope some of the promising
Udges located at our very doors.
With several Joining together the
expeme to each would be limited to
a very small amount ? a sum so small
that the \er> pleasure of taking the
chance would r.-pav even if nothing
were ever found.
On the other hand, the disco\ ery
of one paying ledge would mean so
ivuch that one cannot conceive a
bitter opportunity for a most inter
esting game.
Let us suppose there is one lodge
carrying even a fraction of the free
gould which some of our rock is
crtdited unti For about $.">.000 a
three to five-stamp mill could be ob
tained right in Seattle and erected
here on the ground. With 100 peo
ple in Skagway putting up $.">0 each
this mill could bi placed in position.
I' there ^ not $-">.000 worth of gold
beating rock in all these hillsides
fo. a radius of 20 miles from Skag
way several may lose part of that
f.fty. While the mill lasts, the full
fifty, small as it is. would not have
been sacrificed. The mill would at
leas* give an impetus to prospecting
here whiih would exercise a splendid
influence on the district and might
result in opening a ledge in some
place now unprospected.
On the v. hole it would seem that
no better opportunity could be given
fbe people of a city than this. This
section has been much neglected
The amount of prospecting done
here is. after all. very, very little,
bu: still it has brought forth some
results.
There is good rock here which im
proves in many cases as development
goes on. To make this rock pay
for the work as- it progresses a
1! tie prospecting stamp mill might
be best. But first lots of good
might be a*, ??ompltshed by putting
i r * little money for good tests.
The game .> -<> well worth the
money that men w :th only the small
est ,>port instincts ought to like
to be glad to take a shot at it.
WHY CANADA GETS SETTLERS.
Last week a trainload of one
thousand Canadians, who have been
employed in Now England mill
towns, loft Montreal for the Oan
a^iau Northwest, a section of the
world which at the present time is
Jeceiving a great immigration, be
cause of the opportunities open there
and the assistance which the Can
adian government is extending to
ward its development.
The dispatch which records this
fac* states further that fifty-thre<
persons from one Massachusetts
kwn left for the same section, being
joined by other groups from New
York and New Jersey.
In the eh * en months ending Feb
ruary -S. los,90$ persons left the
United States to go to Western.
Canada, a gain of 24 per cent, over
the movement last year.
As a contrast to this story, it is
recorded in the census returns that
the population of Alaska remained
nearly stationary during the interval
ft twee n the taking of the census of
1900 and that of 1910. Yet Alaska
has everything and more to offer to
the new settler, so far as natural op
portunities are concerned, as the
country which is now receiving such
a great immigration from the United
States.
What has attracted immigration
ta*o Canada at the expanse of the
Cn'ted States is intelligent govern
ment aid extended tewsrd aiding the
development of the resources of
Northwest Cauada. Wha; has re
pelled immigration into Alaska is
th steady and consistent attempts to
? e up Alaska beyond the possibility
o." its resources being utilized and
tae onerous burdens whica are thrown
v pon all who attempt to do some
tling toward opening th? country.
Canada is open to m tilers, who
are eagerly welcomed. Not only AV
I CANDY ^rp j
r r es hest j!
| and Sweetest in the Candy Line jj
I Just Received at BRITT'S
aska, but all of the far Western
states, including the state of Wash
ington, are being tied up ty a federal
policy which, if it were deliberately
designed and intended to cripple the
g?owth and delay the development of
lue country, could not have been
more effective toward these two
tnrts. ? Seattle P.-I.
OUTSIDE ALASKA EXPERTS.
The much discussed article by Rex
P?N.ch in the Saturday Evening Post
is a noteworthy warning against the
dangers of a little knowledge. Reach
rever saw the Matanuska nor any
ctLer of 'he Alaska coal fields In
nls life. He has been engaged sev
eral years in selling pipe dreams in
tiie East and even while In Alaska
hi> observations of the coal question
wtre generally pursued through the
door ofl a stove.
Rut Reach is not the only one
who jumps In when angels tremble
on the brink. Each newspaper on
the Pacific Coast carries its own
qucta of literary prodigies who can
see Alaska better a thousand miles
off than can one who has^ given
many and the best years of his life
dragging a living out of Alaskan
i reeks and hillsides.
Some time ago a man holding an
cit torial position on a big daily down
below was heard to say that "Al
askans made him tired," and this
merely because a certain Alaskan
i-Hy had given voiee to a protest.
Rut if such |>eople could only see
tl cmselves, particularly in the role
of Alaskan authorities, as others
se;- them the weariness might be
come positive exhaustion. Rut then
the Rex Reach and the others have
tbe entree 10 the columns and Al
askans have ? the great white silence.
In the Westerner, the truth about j
the west, Edgar L. Hampton, editor
John Rosene points to some emphatit
facts tending to the development of
Alaska.
Incidentally, Mr. Roaene has beconio
a>> adnilrerer of the Brennen Monoraii
system of raUroads for Alaska, and i
Riws as his reasons an explanation
in two words? quickness, economy.
There follows a comparison of the
cost of building and maintaining an
ordinary two-rail system and a mono
r?.il system greatly to the ad van lag*
ufl the monorail.
As outlined by Mr. Rosene, the
immediate plans of his company, arc
sun to send a thrill through the
i-.eives of the wishbone of everyone
interested In the development of Al
suta's 1mm. use resources, effecting
a? they will the opening of the rich
cat sixty miles in Alaska, and for |
that reason probably the richest 60
uJles of country on earth. The
first step ts the construction of tli>
great Alaska Midland Railway, to
begin at a very early date, from
Haines. Alaska, to the Rainy Hollow
nv'ulng district in British Columbia,
the nee eventually reaching Central
Aiaska. practically following the
famous Dalton trail.
The survey of the first section of
this road has been filed and accepted
by the government and the perman
ent details are being completed by
the engineers.
Bordering on the right-of-way of
this first piece of what will become
Alaska's greatest railway, there ex
i.-t in practically endless commercial
quantities, gold, silver, lead, copper,
iron, coal, timber and limestone, and
th-is is the only sixty miles adjacent
to oeean navigation on the North
American continent where all of
these resources exist n commercial
quantities.
Following the article is produced a
photograph < f Haines, Alaska, the
tidewater terminus of the Alaska
Midland Railway. ? Haines Pioneer
Puiss.
QUICK DELIVERT FHONE 90.
Baggage, coal and wood delivered
upon shortest notice day and night
H. FRElDENTHAl,.
tiMiiiiinii;tita?mg?ngat??itiii'ii?u.
Established 1897 Telephone 112
Phil. Abrahams
General Agent Fire Insurance
Houses For Sale
NOTARY PUBLIC SKAGWAY, ALASKA |
3 HEATED AND UGH i ED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
1 BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
Ulhitc pass fioicl
P. O McMillan, Manager
?argt$t and best aprinud fiotel in .he Vrkon i
CHOICE BAR STOCK (UMUbOfSe, V. C.
RATES MODERATE
MOORE'S WHHRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route.
AllSouthbouud Steamers Arrive aud Depart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open for deiivcry of meichandiso from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (papers can be obtained at the U. S. cus
toms office) and must be delivered before 5 p. m. No freight will
be received on wharf after this hour.
BAGGAGE? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLY
No charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to tht public when steamer is nearing dock
and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. E. J. SHAW, Gsneral Manage.
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 25.
(Daily Except Sunday)
No. 1 X. Bound No. S S. Bound
1st class 1st class
9 30 a. m. Leaves SKAGUAT Arrives 4 20 p. m.
11 15 " " WHITE PASS - 2 45 '*
" LOG CABIN " 1 42 "
" BENNETT * 1 10 "
CARIBOU " ii 25 &. m.
4 45 ? Arrives WHITEHORSE Leaves 9 jg ?>
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before tearing time of
train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free wttt each fall fare tick
?t and 76 pounds with sach half fare ttakafc
12 10 p. m.
1 00 "
2 30
I
+ SKAGWAY WEATHER REPORT J
Results of the observation taken
r? Moore's Wharf at midnight.
Mty 2. 1011, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n 4 1 ve
Ma*, temp, preceding 24 hour* 06 ahovr
Mill "
M**n " " " " M ahwt
Barometei 29 40 Hou'a Calm
Weather observation at Clark's
Ranch (2 miles north of Moore's
wharf.)
Maximum temp, iwust 24 hrs. 50 *h?ite
Mit.lmum " " " " 37 above
Mean
INTERIOR WEATHER REPORT
TKMPERATUWS
STATIONS Above Below
Glacier 2fi
White Pass 3f>
Eraser . .
bog Cabin 2<>
Penninplon 3 s
While Horse 40
Lower Lcl)artre, 40
Big Salmon 44
Yukon Crossing 4H
Selkirk
Coffee Creek
Stewart River 40
Da wson SO
Wellington Lump Coal
from Shaft No. 6, O rater Bay Mln<*
at LadysmKh, toe olphest grad'
household coal of all the B C. fields
S8.28 FIXED CARBON
Perfect Combustion Uniform Heat
Ufrht Ash
On and after July lat. 1910, w.
thill offer this coal, selected an.
traded aa follows: ?
Double Screened and sacked $13. tor
Screenings (sacked) 8. "
Screenings (bulk) 7. "
Above prices Include delivery
Moore's Wharf Co.
Alaska Transfer Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS.
Phona 10. Skagway, Alaska.
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S.
KLECTR1C LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, lieraers Hay, Juneau.
Hoona, Tenakee, S ka and Wayport*
SAILS
FROM SKAGWAY
MAY 2 8 ? 14 ? 20 - 26.
at 6:00 ?. m.
WTLLTS NOWF.LT., M?r.. Juneau
W. W. BOUGHTON. Afr??nt J
Broadwav and Fifth Ave, "h. re * |
STEAMERS EOR
SeattEe, Taconu
Virtnra. V??Kmi??r. AiUt.?M, R?HinK???
EmjiS. Cttw Port Tux ? it. Sae'N
fyimkem. E.of>4? 5?ata
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS. G A. P. D. C D DUNA**.
r -mur J
*lfh? ta tlw??? *M> IHMM*
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BK
State of California April 22, May 3-14-25
City of Seattle April 27, May 9-20-31
FRANK H. BOLD Affent. 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
<"*rrj1?g C. 8 M*fl ar?1 Alswk* P?rffl/- Fiprw"
N^xt Pa T ? of th? r?ot Pftft?"iitar 9trum*r
JEFFERSON DOLPHIN
APRIL - - 7, 18, 29 APRIL - - - 13. 25
MAY ... 10, 21 MAY - - 5, 16. 27
Company r?> ?rv** right tr? chmrif* ??('In*
C B. OI PTTLL. Ag>mt, PIw? ?
V,
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C. COAST SERVICE)
PRINCESS MAY
Will Sail From Skagway
April 8-19-29 May 10-20-31
Subject to ehtnre ?!t.iowt notle*
1 >r Vancouter, Victoria. Seattle, via Princ* Rnj^ii
F. F. W LOWLE. Ag?nt
111111 SS. Humboldt
Will Sail From
SKAGWAY for SEATTLE and Way Port.
MAY 7th, 18th and 29th
Ratlfnc 1?t? sub)?ct I* <>k?oc? w !?>??< HiMl
60$ FIRST AVTB W. W. BOUOMTOW
1 ,#% iiiiiiTl n
Through Line From
Skajrway lo Atlin, White Rorw, Bi<r Salmon, Un-wurm and Intermediate Yukon Ri**r Point*.
The new placer camp? in tbe Alsek ?nd Kltiane Mining Di?trie?a are reached ooiy t1? Whlw Hot*
Winter Route Stage Service
Durinp the winter aoason, when navigation iacloeed, daily train* will continue runnin^^'***?
Ska;*way and White Qorae. A throuch Mail, l'a?$en?er and Freight SerTice will be raalotaiced
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line be 'ween White Hot* and T>??w?.
Regular gtacea, carrying mail, evpr??i and paawnpei*. l#?re While Flor* for Ptvon ana
Intermediate point*.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabuloualy rich qvartt came
of the WiDdv Arm District, take onr daily trains to Cariboa.
Per Information re atire topaasesaret , fr.-f jfht ard te)#rr?ph!? rate*, acp'y
to anv ac*ntof the CVwpany, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, ft. C.
A. L. BF.RDOF. Gen. Mnjrr. f B, WUR2PACHFR Geo. Ar't
Vancouver B. C a?d ?Va*nay, Alaska 8kac?ay, Al?*ka