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THIS WINTER TO TnE TA
NANA
Weekly Trips By Moil Carriers
Will Keep The Trail
Broke
Travelers between here and Fair
banks will lliis winter find it an
easy matter to make tlie trip over
this trail, as there will lie mad
houses all the way and a trail kept
open.
All the roadhouses heretofore es
tablished along the trail will in
operation all winter and prepara
tions are now in progress to estul>
lish additional stations up the Did
kana along the ime of travel to the
Delta. The same is being done
from the Fairbanks end. A well
supplied station is n I ready in op
eration at the mouth of the Delta.
'I he weekly travel of mail carriers
over the entire distance will insure
a good open trail that will prove of
great advantage to mushers.
Russian Gunboat at Unimak.
lVUingham, Sept. —Members
of the crew of the Pacific Packing
A Navigation tug (’. C. Cherrv. just
! arrived in port from Alaska, rc(>ort
sighting a Russian gunhoat.
A heavy storm prevailed during
the second day nut from Xushngak.
jandinthe evening the captain of
the Cherrv decided that it was I test
to anchor for the night, rather than
run the risk of being Iteachcd in
| the uncertain waters. When Uni
mak pass was reached the anchor
was dropped. The Russian gun
Itoat was anchored in the same
! pass, not a half a mile from the
I Cherrv, and was plainly visible to
the crew of the American vessel.
The Russians there sectueil to take
no notice of the v< ssel.
The San Fiancisco steamer Sai
die and the Seattle sailing schoon
er Lily L., owned and operated by
the Alaska Commercial and North
western Companies, respectively,
are total wrecks in northern wa
ters. One, the Saidie, lies on a
. reef mar Cape York, Alaska, while
it he other, the Lily L., is broken to
| pieces and strewn along the shore
I of Hast Cape, Sils ria. In each
! instance the passengers and crews
escaped.
On The Trail.
Tonsina, Oct. 20—(invent men t
j pack-train left here for town today,
j Ued Mctlec and .1. Mcltonald left
| yesterday for Valdez. Fine weath
j er and no snow.
City Market j
NEXT TO Till! NIZINA. *
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PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale anti
Uetail Dealers
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CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
HMD HIM
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ITEMS FROM ALONG THIS
COAST
—
fred Duri? Is Dead
Court Busy At Seward. Salmon
Pack Is Short In Berta?
Sea.
Mr. Fred llurip. an old and es
teemed citizen of Hope, died sud
denly at liis home, of heart disease.
Sept. 13.
He appeared to have heen in
pood health durinp the day. hut
laid down for a nap, and when
called for supper was found dead.
Mr. Unrig came to Alaska almut
1890. He was a partner of 0. S.
Carter, in a hydraulic proposition,
on which $KKl.tMM) had just heen
raised for development. He lias
no relatives in Alaska.
Court I:usy at Seward.
J. F. Hedges, si young man who
was working on the Seward 1 ail
road was adjudged insane hy the
commissioner’* court at that place.
James Carney, alias John Kel
ley, was sentenced to six months
in the Valdez jail for attempting
to roh the Northern saloon black
jack hank roll. He had just served
90 days in the local jail.
Two llliumna Indians, Kphim
and Wnsscbu, are being held by
Judge Hildreth for the murder of
a piospector-named Knudson.
Bering Sea Pack Short.
The total pack of salmon hy tin
various Bering sen canneries dur
ing the season just closed is 50 per
cent less than that of 1903 accord
ing to the report of A. F. Brim
brook, superintendent of the 1'acif
ic Packing »V Navigation Co’s, can
i neries at Nnsliagak.
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Tliis year’s pack, Mr. Brunbrook
says, did not exceed ToO.OOO cases.
! It was made ]>rincipal!y by the
canneries of the Alaska Packer’s
Association, of San Francisco, and
the Pacific Packing & Navigation
Company, of Seattle.
The so-called Bering sea canner
ies are 1,seated at the mouth of or
on the Nusliagak, Koggoing, Kgi
kag and I'nashagak rivers, all
tributaries of Bristol hay.
Fairbanks Letter.
Following arc a few extracts
from a letter received in last mail
from Fairbanks:
“Carjientcrs are as busy as liecs.
at f l.o() per hour. Some work ear
ly and late and overtime, and eas
ily make $20 per day.
“Johnnie He row arrived a few
days ago, and went to work for
Rutherford A* Raymond. He
killed two moose and two cariboo
1 on the way over.
“Roh Kelly and Neal are run
ning a roadhouse on Fairbanks
creek.
“Hammond has lieen very busy;
has made money, and is kicking
; 1 localise he must return lo Valdez.
“Miss Boaz is here, hut has not
found a suitable location yet.
“Mrs. Wortman and Mrs. Rais
| ton are cooking on the creek.
Cooks get $7.i to $1.'i0 a month.
“Hiisfimls are building a two
story house, and will let rooms.”
Assay Office and Labratory.
Arrivals on the Santa Ana con
firm the news published recently by
this paper that the New York Met
als Co. will put in a complete lab
i ratory and assay office at some
point on Prince William sound.
They will j irchase ore or copper
in matte. A representative of the
company was in Seattle making
preliminary arrangements about
two weeks ago.
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NOTHING FROM T1IE SCENE
OF WAR
Roosevelt Is Confident
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Baltic Fleet Will Start At East.
American Nurses Are
Returning.
Washington, Oct, 20—After a
careful canvass of the political sit
uation. President Roosevelt express
es himself as being confident of the
Republicans winning the election.1
He believes in the stability and
patriotism of the party and says,
every republican should vote a
straight ticket.
Uncertain About The War.
London, Oct. 10—War critics are
uncertain as to the present status of
the war in Manchuria. It is tlifli
cult to decide from press reports
whether the Japanese are advanc- ,
ing or. retreating. If the rains con
tinue in Manchuria operations will
have to stop.
Baltic Fleet Sure Start.
London, Oct. IS—It is reported
that tin- Russian Baltic licet will
surely sail for the cast very soon.
Arrangements have been made to
have the licet meet the llamhurg
Amcrican steamers in mid ocean to
get coal.
American Nurses Returning.
Yokohama, Oct. IS—l)r. Anita
McGee and the American nurses
who went to Japan to serve in the
i Red Cross work during the war.
will return home. They sail from
Nagasaki Oct. 21.
Funston Is Wrathy.
Chicago, Oct. 20—Gen. PunstonJ
in a speech made last night to the
Sons of the Revolution, declared
that men who wear soldier uniforms
without the right to do so are
whelps ami should lie imprisoned
for live years.
Snow Hound In Thibet.
Pari Jong. Tliiliet, Oct. lit—Two
companies of British mounted in
fantrv are snow hound here. They
were marching in a blinding snow
stor.n and the weather became so
had that thev were forced to go in
to camp, where they will remain
for some time. Two of the men
were frozen to death.
Nome’s Chief Suspended.
Chief of Police Jewett of Nome
has Men suspended hv Judge
Moore, pending a hearing of char
ges of malfeasance in office tiled
against him in the Cnitcd Mates
district court.
The complainant in the case is
<icorge A. CorM*tt, one or the pro
prietors of the Rainier saloon.
Alaska-Siberia Road.
M. Deloliel, a member of the geo
graphical society of Paris, and pro
jector of the trails Aluskan-Sihcri
an railroad, attended the luterua
tioiial Geographical Congress at St.
Louis. Sept. 21st. and explained
his railroad undertakings.
He has approbation of the Czar,
President Roosevelt and several
European sovereigns, and after ar
ranging for the ueutru'ization of
Bering strait will have the plans
com pleted.
Winter At Dutch Harbor.
The Sehwatka, a Hat bottom
stern wheel steamer, intended for
the Fairbanks trade, steamed from
Seattle to Dutch Harltor, only to
find that it was too late in the sea
son to go up the Yukon. She will
go into winter quarters at Dutch
Harbor and proceed to Tanana next
summer.
WE NEED THE DOOM
Our LADIES’ SILK MATINEES and PETTICOATS
and OTHER LADIES’ WEAR must goat ANY PRICE.
During the sale you can buy any
Ladies’ Waist In The House Eor $4.00
Our Stock of Waists consists of Flannels, Velvets and Silks and range in price from $5 to $12. They are all included in this sale WITHOUT RESERVE.
LADIES SWEATERS in small sizes suitable for Misses at $2.00 former price $5.00
SILK MATINEES - - - Reduced to $3.25 ‘ 4 $6.50
SILK WRAPPERS - * $10.00 4 4 $18.00
Five Dozen Black Cotton Hose - 4 15c 4 4 25c
Ten Dozen Open Work Lisle Hose - 4 40c 4 4 65c
And Similar Reductions Right Down The Line. We Mean Business.
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