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,'..!' J THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER ff. 1911. J Bum MAKING ALASKA A GREAT SYNDICATE STATE 'Lone Miner Has No Longer a 1 ChanceHn Territory; Cor :. - .poration Rapidly Claiming All the "Diggings." .'. . ' By John E, Iathrop. Written for The' Journal and the, New ark (N. J.) News. Copyrighted. " Skagway, Alaska, Aug. 26. The glory of Bkaguay has departed. It was, In S 1898. tho port of entry to the Klondike and 109,000 men then and In thf two t years that followed, struspled to Ret J to Dawson, capital of the Klondike. Just around two rorky points. three miles away, lies inea, whence in J897 went other thousands to the Klondike. One man lives in Uvea its clory also - has departed. In . those days, no railroad ran from ! this arm of , the sea. Min went Into ' I the interior over the paasgs, thenceJut amal botrt down Ine x ulon to the gold J fields of the Klondike river. The trails over both the Chtlkoot and White passes the former from Dyea, the latter from 1 Skagway where graveyards in which I many skeletons lie buried beneath cruel S anowslides; other skeletons, lie whiten- inf. Along side are the bones of thpus- ands of horses, mules, oxen and g'oats 2 pack animals which fell exhausted during the awful rush to the north. Horses Bis la Guloli. i Up the gulch from Skagway, at Dead - Horse canyon, it la asserted that 6000 'horses died the winter of 1898. Over Son the Dyea trail, the other day, we . f saw 20 sacks of flour lying by the . way, pieces of broken vehicles, crumbl . ; Ingf road houses, fallen foot bridges over j roaring mountain streams. f ' These trails are abandoned, for the I White Pass & Yukon railway from i Skagway has been built, and, of course, . j none travels by crude trail when he r can. speed across the summits of the . coast ranges in steam cars to the head ,.of steam navlcation on the Yukon and I thus shorten the time required to go to ,! Dawson, Foil Mile, Kort 8elklrk, f Fairbanks, and other interior points. -' J But, in those days of the initial ex j citement over the discoveries of fabu- louwly rich placer gold fields In the ; ; north, these two towns were verltaVle . i maelstroms. Through them rushed a j tornado of humanity, erased with the ; j lure of the north men and women from ?very part of the globe. Each carried fan average, perhaps, of $1000. The 100,- ,; 000 who hurried here in 1897 and 18H8, J therefore, brought approximately J100,- t 000,000. Most of them went away 1 "broke." ; . Taken la Individual Claims, I The Klondike placer fields were tak jen in individual claims by miners, some by oldtlmers, called "sourdoughs," oth , era by "chechakos," newcomers. Some ;'jof these claims were marvelously rich. I A claim waa too feet up and down the 5 creek bed and as wide as from rim rock to .rrra rock. Single claims washed out In one winter, according to the ; ci uun jueiiiunn intme oays, IZDV.UUU, ; Cleanups oi tbu.vog to 1100,000 were I numerous. j The winter of 1897-8 the Klondike pro- i ioucw iiz.ooo.ooo in gold and more the WOMAN'S KINDNESS BRINGS HER RICH REWARD ml) wfa w ill ! 4 ,rvC -) - . Vt , , I V (iH'v4-vrfte fey; SHALL CITY OWN PUBLIC IE UTILITIES. BYCHAR RPtAN ? Mrs. Claire PawIInr Plummer, president of the Shutln society and founder of the Blde-a-wee Home for Incurables at Dongport, whose kindness for an aged invalid man, who had been picked up as an outcast by the Salva tion army, has been more than rewarded. The man died in Mrs. Plum mer's house and left a will giving one third of his possessions to her. Shs has Just returned from Nebraska where she learned that the outcast she befriended Was a millionaire," and that her share under the will would be at least $330,000. The man waa C7eorge W. Ecoleston. Whn he ap peared at the Bide-a-wee home he was on crutches and wore ragged clothing. , jMadame Your j Husband's Appearance "4 Reflects to Your Credit or Discredit His individuality in dress has much to do with his business and social success. Most women know the advantages of the strictly tailored gown. The smart lines, the marked difference in detail and the well wearing qualities that make it distinctive. We will make clothes for your husband that will have a character obtainable only in the best custom-made gar ments. Our specially selected fabrics have an ele gance that pleases. In cut and finish, our clothes have an indi viduality. Have a tailor-made man it costs no more. WvP.Kraner&Co. Importers and Tailors 2D FLOOR COUCH BLDC 109 FOURTH Near Washington next year, with liberal outputs for years to come. Yet today Dawson, one time glittering ly brilliant with its sprinkling of mil lions of gold dust, is quiet, almost, as a country graveyard. The stampede has ended. Xhe stampeders have departed for other centers of xcitiment Cabins stand on every hand, deserted. Along streets where once thousands of men and women rushed, with courage and hope and energy and high resolve, stalk the dejected employes of the Yukon Gold company owned by the Guggen heim Brothers of New York, N. Y, and Denver, Colo. The entire sweep of the Klondike has been taken over from the Canadian gov ernment by the Ouggenhelms. Practic ally not another interest is there aud such as are knojv that it la only a question of a few months when they must sell out to the Ouggenhelms. The Klondike is entirely within the British Yukon territory. Grade Kethods Ho Kore, The crude placer mining methods of the early days are no more. Today, huge dredging and steam thawing ma chines are operated. The hills are be ing washed away, the beds of the creeks overturned, and the gold extracted from the frozen soil upon a scale quite dif ferent from that of the rush times. It is thus that the glory of these ports , departed. Then it was crudity; disorganization, chaos. Now, 1 Is cold, calculating, methodical work, governed from the Guggenheim headquarters in New York City, 6000 miles away. It system against what once was in describable confusion. It is the selfish organised dollars coming in where brave men looked out the country and lo cated mineral wealth, and. In this un equal strife, the weaker individual has lost. It Is but a repetition of the history of the pioneer work done by venture some men in the western parts of the United States by the Marcus Whit mans, the Daniel Boones and all of that honored company of conquerors of our wildernesses. Five minutes ago. met a man I knew 14 years ago as a Klondiker. lie put in 11 years in that region, and, finally, as he said. he "Just got out of the country; the Ouggenhelms had taken complete pos session of the diggings." The Yukon Gbld company was the concern organized by the Ouggenhelms the stock of which was floated by Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, in one of his sensational advertising cam- j paigns. Control of it is held by the Guggenheim brothers. Evolution la rrocess. The evolution of existing conditions in the Klondike Is in process in Alaska, American territory, from Ketchikan, in the uttermost southeastern part, to the most northwesterly point whef Bering straits run Into the Arctlo ocean. Tha Individual pioneer prospector struggles agalnnt the onward march of the all conquering syndicate formed in, 1908 by John Plrpont Morgan, the Guggen heim, Jacob Bchlff of Kuhn, Loeb & '., S. H. Graves, representing Close brothers of IjOndon, and others. Un less something shall be done to check Its progress,' all of Alaska will pass, like the Klondike, hopelessly into the hands of the combine. It Is apparent that the problem of the United States government is to act promptly, yet with matured plans, to prevent the utter wiping out of the individual man s chances, and, at the same time to construct a system which shall, have the benefits of modern col lective, cooperative action. Alaskans up here are asking only that. COUNCIL m MADE DARK Unusual Move Is Said to Be Means of Retaliation on F. D. McCully. BRIDE, SUING, WANTS HUBBY TO PAY BILLS h . . (United PrtM Leased Wire.) Et. Louis, Mo., Sept. 6. Esther M. Eberhardt, an 18 year old bride who is suing for divorce, aiks the court to di rect her husband to pay for the mar riage ceremony and other nuptial bills which she defrayed. Reunion on Battlefield. Lexington, Mo., Sept. S. The annual reunion of the Confederate veterans of Misaourl began here today with a cele bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Lexington, the exercises taking place on the battlefield. , The reunion will continue over Wednesday and Thursday. (Special to The Journal.) Joseph, Or., Sept. 6. At a meeting of the city council a resolution was passed discontinuing the electric lights on the streets of Joseph; thereby placlngvthe city in entire darkness. It is rumored that on account of the war between F. D. McCully and the city over the water system, the city council is taking this means of retaliation 'against McCully, who is also owner of the electric light plant. The feeling here is intense against the council for this action, and unless the lights go on again, the city will prob ably go dry at the fall election, as the majority of th business men who have heretofore advocated a wet town will now vote dry. The council wants the town to go we"t in order to get the ben efit of the license fees, the town being very much In need of funds, having spent considerable in litigation with McCully over the water system. NO "MORMON QUESTION" CONTENDS REV. DR. AKED (United Press Leased TV Ira.) San Francisco, Sept 5. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of the First Congre gatlonal church, who has just returned after touring the east and middle west, says that there lal no "Mormon question." "All this stuff that has appeared in the magazines about Mormonlsm is pure rot," .declared the .divine, who attended a Chautauqua at Ogden, Utah.-. "We have no cause to anticipate trouble from Mor monlsm. Instances of polygamy among the Mormons are ns) rare as instances of immorality among men of our own religion." University Hospital Dedicated. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 6.-r-The El liott Memorial hospital, a gift to the University, of Minnesota from Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Klllot 'of Minneaoolls was formally dedicated today with -interest ing exercises held on the university campus. President Vincent of the uni versity and the heads of the college of medicine and surgery, were amonar the speakers. One or Two Profits, Which? Manufacturer and dealer both have to make. a profit They njust. But if the manufac turer sells direct to you, you save one profit. That is our position. We maintain the only i direct factory-to-home plan in the city. . We are able to sell you pianos for $295, which cost you $400 elsewhere. . And on easy payments. Hlgh-Grade Pianos and Piayer Pianos Framers of Commission Form Hold Prolonged Discussion on Proposed Radical Policy Matter Referred Back. Bhall Portland have power to own all public utilities, adding, streetcar and electric light service and a paving plant In addition to the water works? This question came before the peo ple's charter revision committee meet ing last night in the city hall. Should such radical liberty of munici pal owrtershlp be Included In the com mission plan charter T was the further question that kept up a continuous four hours' discussion and ' finally a refer ring of the question back to the sub committee on municipal ownership of which H. O. Parsons la chairman and Judge. Henry E. McGinn and N. U. Car penter are members. The report when re-submitted will hare been materially revised but It Is expected that the proposed liberty for municipal ownership will be more large ly provided for than In the first draft Offlolal Oaaette.' , At the? meeting last night .there were present Chairman A. E. Clark, Alfred D. Crldge, Dr. Charles H. Chapman, H. Q Parsons, A. U Barbur, N. y. Carpenter, W. C. Benbow add George Black. At the next'meetlng of the revision committee which la to be held Thursday evening there will be suggested for ac tion and decision every sort of election procedure known to conservatives and radicals including preferential voting, proportional representation, woman's suffrage. The plan of an official gasette such as is provided for In the Spokane com mjssion plan waa submitted in a report last night and will be acted upon at a future meeting. This Is- for the purpose of. giving complete publicity to every act of the 'commissioners. A committee appeared before the re vision committee asking to suggest health regulations and was requested to meet tonight with the sub-committee on commission Its terms and powers. which meets in A. B. Clark's offices, Teon building. TlremetVs Committee. A committee of firemen desiring the Incorporation of the firemen's fund in the commission plan will meet with the sub-committee on civil service in the city auditor's office at the city hall to night. City Auditor Barbur Is chairman of this committee. H. D. Wagnon came before the re vision committee last night asking that provisions for municipal ownership be made complete, simple, direct and un derstandable. The revision committee adopted the first paragraph of the re port on municipal ownership, and It reads: "The city of Portland shall have power to construct, condemn and pur chase, add to, acquire, maintain, con duct and operate- waterworks within aiM without its limits for the purpose of furnishing the city and inhabitants thereof and any other person or per sons doing business therein with an ample supply of water for all usee and purposes, publio and private with full power to regulate and control the uses, dlstrlbutipn and prl thereof.'!", . ' . G. N. flection Foreman Slain. ' (United Pmm Leased Wire.) Seattle, Wash., Sept f.r-John Craig, section foreman for the' Great Northern railway at Richmond Beach, about-10 miles north of this city, waa killed yes terday, possibly by . Charles finiffert, a night track walker. . A dispute is said to have started over a new lantern which Craig' refused to buy for Self fert. Yesterday Beiffert was discharged and at that time made -threats against Craig. He waa later seen displaying revolver. This morning Craig waa seen walking toward the little shack inhab ited by Selffert and shortly after he was shot, .v Sheriff, Hodge has (one to the scan. tt-, .' .i',...'2i;-!'- :' ' ro WBBVoua btsvspsxa Take Horaford's Add Phosphate. A grateful relief from acid stomach, nausea or alck headache. A tonic. PLAINTIFF WINS FIRST - HONORS IN MONKEY CASE Judge . Bean yesterday- auatalned the demurrer argued by the attorney for the j. plaintiff In the damage ault against the Northern Vaclflo Railroad company, wherein Cbarlea Jndg asks $180,000 for the death of ; a trained chiropaniee while ' being transported from Seattle to Portland, " The. monkey waa shipped , from -Seattle on May 15, 1910. and the plaintiff olalm that because the railroad com pany's special baggage car waa not In condition .for ' use, the ' monkey was placed ,ln the regular baggage ear and that because the animal belonging to a vaudeville circuit' was . placed In too close to the radiator It was killed from the excessive heati:,ytj ; '.: The railroad company argued' that be. caused the Interstate Commerce com mission waa violated In that tha, animal waa earrled free of charge, tha com pany waa not liable. : Motion Picture for Red.' "(TTnlted PreeSi teaMd Wir,l Washington, Sept B.Movlng pictures will be Introduced by the government in teaching the Indian to. be sanitary, according to announcement lodny; : The wrong and the right way to live will be -explained by the motion pictures. Tonic In Actloii Quick fci Resu ; : Give , prompt relief from BACK- , ACHE, KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLE, RHEUMATISM, CON- -GESTION of the UUDNEYS, IN- ' FLAMMATION of the BLADDER and all annoying URINARY IRREG ULARITIES. A positive, boon to MIDDLE-AGED f and ELDERLY PEOPLE and for WOMEN. Skldmore Drug Co., two stores: Main .. store, 151 Sd at; branch atore, Morrison , and west Park its. - SCHOOL" CLOTHES - : &s?.t-i in ' : vraii THE JUST A FEW DAYS WHICH TO. DRESS BOYSFORSCHOOL V, I Our SKtirvfog of Boyt Wear, it very large' and complete affording both stylish appearance and dur ability at lowest prices. Knickerbocker Suits Ages 8 to 17 85 to $15 Knick-Norfolk Suits . 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