CUSTOMS BUSINESS
FOR THE YEAR 1905
The report of Clarence 1.. Hobart,
collector of customs for the district of
Alaska, showing the values of domestic
merchandise, as consigned on the mani
fests of the importing vessels, for the
various towns in Alaska during the cal
endar year 1005 has been received. For
convenience the district was divided into
four sections, namely :
Southeast Alaska- From southern hemal
ary as far west as Sitka.
Southern Ataska West of Sitka to and in
cluding Unataska.
tiering Sea and Arctic Ocean All other
on the seacoast except St. Michael.
Yukon River Including St. Michael and
all interior places.
Comparative statements are also given
for the years lt'Od-'O-t-'Oo. For reasons
stated the totals shown do not agree
with those given by the bureau of sta
tistics The discrepancies shown, how
ever, are too small to materially affect
the value of the report. The report of
the bureau for December last was not at
hand when the customs report was com
piled, but it in thought that the differ
ence shown between the bureau’s re
ports for 1905 and the present annual
statement will he less than in former
years, as inaccuracies in manifests have
, been very infrequent during the past
! year.
The domestic merchandise received
during 1!HH amounted to $2,052,792 more
than the previous year, and the report
for 1905 shows an increase over 11X14 of
$5,707,255. The greater part of this in
crease is credited to Yukon Kivcr points,
which shows an increase alone of $2,
009,519, the remainder being made up
as follows:
Southern Alaska $992,058
Bering Sea 372,!4B
Southeast Alaska 273,522
The shipments to Yukon Itiver points
for 1905 are almost three times as great
in value as those for 1904, and five times
as great as those for 190H. This remark
able increase is due to the recent mining
activity in the Tanana valley. Below is
a table showing the shipments for 1905
To St. Michael, Yukon and Tributary Valleys.
Destination
Coal
Andrea fsky
Anvik
Betties
Chetm
Circle City
Eagle
Fairbanks
Forty-mile
Fort Hamlin .
Fort Egbert
Fort Gibbon
Fort Yukon
Koynknk
Novikukit
Nulato
li.impart
St. Michael
Twenty-mile .
Weare .
Total
ber
chin
$ *,22
Id*)
1,135
2.481
42
17.974
27.197
818
Provis
*>.797
63,216
:U -Vs
Liquors All Other Total
220.514
172
7.712
2.09:i
:iso‘
978
1,175
1.020:
9,>49
106.050
2,980
h-m\
820
SI 7,908
20.222
*>2.573
31,409
38,524
625.069
3,346
107
15,992
9,070
3,102
3,633'
2,120
91.253
531.464
1.124
T
si, 613
24,491
3.176
5L950
2.312
85
5.261
40,933
10,459
1.16*)
$1,180
3,108
10,730
68,530
12,852
14.356
667.545
1,072
14.914
11,903
1.973
$20,275
3.108
219,699
51.495
67,036
1,569.613
6,91 2
112
38,740
1,592
3,448
20.624
201.393
9,487
3,^1
5,084
2.767
6,588
127.05:;
1.025.011
46.100
5.7U7
8,777
*20.050 $32.242 >43t,s25 Sls5,502 Sir,0.179 $1,148.953 $3.272.411
Following if* a comparative statement
of principal Yukon River places:
Andreafsky .
Betties
Circle City .
Fairbanks
Fort Egbert
Fort GiMmiii
Forty-mile .
Kampart
St. Michael
Tanaiiu . ,
AII other place*
Total
$22,392 $20,273
*2*.i:ia
;i
4*. 722
r>3.*c>y
32.217
13.409
71..SOft
215.371
30.2*3
124.532
17.41*1
74.111
21.*40
(MS. 370
207.301
87.343
11 Jim
:w.4f»w
302. >20
24.*72
13.tt)l
39.395
210.001*
51.403
07,030
1.301*.*>13
3>.74<»
23.0*'.♦>
O.M>2
127,033
1.025.011
40.1*4*
.| :72.411
’ Include*! in All other place**” for 11***4.
Value of domestic men immlise ship
l^d from the rnite«l States in PH*"» t«—
Southeast Alaska Coal. I2s.2i>; lumher.
$57.dtfft; machinery. $749,070; provisions, $1,
21-O.ttA; liquor. $177.W>; all other merchan
dise. $l,»ffl3.04»>; total, <4.0l*.«tt4.
Southern Alaska Coal. *•!'>*; lumber.
$73,221*; machinery, $7i> *WiO: provisions, **73.
013; lk|iiors. <123.710; all other merchandise.
$<94 34ft; total. $2 730 I7*t.
Herintf Sh.i Coal, $92.733; Iiind>er. $179 732;
inachinery #1 222 7*n; provisions. $1115.11*5.
liquor*. >2 -> I*"': all «»ther merch imltse <l.«
VC3.II7. total $ I **1.541.
*•«? Michael usl Viiknn Ki*rr C#»al. $2o *3n;
Imnlirr $.12 212; machinery $434 <23; provis
ions. $1.4*3 502; liquors. $l3n.l»9; all other
merchandise $1 I4>!*34; total, $3,272 III.
In the comparative statement •*! $i*
|w*rts from ami iMip>ri< mt** ALoku t«-r
the calemlar ywift ami IWV which
Ml*>wv, the eleven **f rlp*ft» over im
port* may i*r a nww of s'litt surprise.
W hen it i* re me in la* ml. hwirvcf, that
the value **f itH|»>rU is laasl •*§» •>«*t-»*le
prices and gives no adequate idea of the
cost to tin* consumer, it will In* plain
that Alaska is not much “to the good"
in this respect:
Shipments of merchandise to the
United States 19**4 J9o5
Salmon, canned S*.569,698 $6,736,696
All other fish products 4*4.116 822.442
Knrs and fur skins, un
dressed . 461.449 4*0,*05
Cop|»er ore 258,802 668.596
All other articles of mdse M2.495 4 6.H96
Total shipments to the
United States 10.586.060 9.107.642
Domestic gold shipped to
the Uniteil States 9,(-*9,581 12.131.006
I>omestic exports t.141.569 1,0*4.462
Domestic gold exported 616.7*1 5o4.ii27
Total value of exports and
shipments of domestic
gold and mdse 21.426.991 22.*26.*64
Total value of imports,
domestic and foreign 12.539,7*6 1.",*69,56?
Kxcessof exports over im
ports *.*76.2*1* 8JB7JHI
II i- well to state here that whatever
vahte the collector’* report may [H
Inn* Wen greatly impaired by |~~.r cler
ieal work ami lark i>| revision and print,
intr. It H typrw ritten. mil -Oine of the
tigure* an- l>l.>tte<l and indeterminable.
In tlie table " To St. Michael, Yukon
and I'rihiitary Valley.*'' the tlgure* for
>t* Michael in the “All Other'’ column
are illegible. \ppurently they might lie
arrived at hv determining the amount
nee.-e.ary to give the “All Other" total;
la 11 that pH(ail* to give the total
ior all item* credited to v| Michael In
printing thi« table the total in the "All
Other" column ha* lawn changed from
"ltSS.it" to |l .1 IS,HAS. The reference
mark, and like I* * a not., in th*. table of
"t om|iurative Statement f*»r l*rinei|ial
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE.
MINERS STORE
(In the Postofflce Building)
Cigars by the Box a Specialty
NO BETTER COFFEE AT ANY PRICE
50 cents
per pound
all
the
year
round
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in
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Sole Agents for Alaska
[Yukon liiverj Places” seem to be erro
neous; but they are here printed ac
cording to copy.
Occasion is taken by this paper to
thank the collector for his report, and
to assure him that an effort to get such
documents printed in future would he
heartily approved.
MONROE HAD TROUBLE
IN NEW YORK.
Man Walked Off With Ramparter’s
Traveling Bag, but It Was
Recovered.
The New York Press of January 2d
contained the following story of an ex
perience that befell a former Rampart
mining man:
“When 1 told ’em I just had to get
back to God’s own country,’’ said Albert
II. Monroe, of Alaska, to Magistrate
Breen in the Yorkville court yesterday,
“the people in Rampart on the Yukon
told me I needn't carry a gun, because
IM see a couple of policemen in every
block in New York city. Huh!” And
he sniffed scornfully. “Why, I followed
and followed the fellow that'll taken my
grip, and 1 never saw a i»dieeman till I
sent out for one after I'd collared the
thief in a saloon.’’
Monroe, who is a mine owner, was
complainant against a man w ho said he
was John Martin, of Peekskill. Monroe
got into the Grand Central Station at
11.4d p. m. on Tuesday, went into the
big waiting room and set down his tel
esco|ie valise and a smaller bag contain
ing camera. plates, a revolver and gold
nuggets, lie walkist alsmt the station
until he saw a sign that read
IIKWAKK OF IMt'KI’tM'KKTS.
Ikm'l l.fim1 Yi»iir Hamrair* l'n(irtilM'tnl. )
I laitt-nina l<» whrrr lit1 hail l«>(t hi*
l-aa*. In* niw a *|>ry yimiitf man hu*t«‘n
iittf away **ith thr »malh r •>( th<- la^,
Montna* limkiil ariiiiml f..r a |»hrimaii,
hut w« mm*; «•> hi1 h'lhm.-.l tin* mail
with thi' I* a In Thint ivraw ami into a
•ah in*.
“Ik* yon know yntTtrr ant mv haa’"
•h mainli'il Mn|*for.
I.inkiiia ■h'w ii at the Hi»ir tlw •tranair
rvlaimni, "Why. «> I ha**-. What an
(A nr yni I one of those people who^
HflL I UU seldom write home? \
They will know you are all right if you 1
send them the YUKON VALLEY NEWS. I
Mail yours or let us send one weekly. <
absurd mistake.”
But Monroe had Patrolman Doherty
called, and the man who had made a
mistake was lugged off.
“I work in the Peekskill water de
partment,” said Martin in court yester
day, and I fell off the water wagon,
Judge.”
“llow strange,” said the magistrate,
and he held Martin in $1,000 hail for a
hearing today.
“We try to make it pleasant for our
friends from Alaska,” said the magis
trate to Monroe. “New York is an at
tractive city, but you must be careful.”
“You bet,” was the laconic reply.
To Change Style
of the Army Pistol
_
The war department has decided to go
back to the heavy caliber for army re
volvers, and to adopt a cartridge pro
posed bv the ordnance bureau carrying
a bullet of .45 caliber to replace the ..‘IS
t caliber now in use. The reason for the
change is that it is desired to have a
bullet with greater stopping power than
that now in use. Opportunity is also
given for a decided innovation in the
type of the revolver.
The ordnance bureau has invited man
ufacturers of pistols to enter into a
coni|>etition and to submit tvj>es of
revolvers either of the automatic kind or
along the lines of those now used bv the
army. All weapons submitted, however,
must l>e made for the use of the .45
caliber cartridge which has Wen adopt
ed- The competition will take place
some months hence.
Iowa Proposition
to Kill Undesirables
A Hll an* intro.lin.al myitlly in tin*
atntc l.v'i-latur.- of town wherrhy thv
author w.mlit iiinkt- it lawful to put to
•h-iith all |*-r»<m* fount! auff.riittf from
int-urahW th-raw*, ami alt infanta I torn
■ l. forionl. Tilt- hill pmvitlr* that thr.f
|4iyai«'ian», to !*• i l.a t.Hl, ami the r..ro
m-r of i-at-h nanljr »hall cnnipoap a
Uianl to tli-tarminr |Im* nation to U>
takrn in ra. li .)!-*.•; tlir majority volt*
"I thetm •hall ronatititl.' Ih« var.livt,
front whit'b thrrv i» m> ;t|>|*nl.