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The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
SOURDOUGH FUR BUYER
 MAKES LATE FALL TRIP

Among the passengers to arrive in Skagway on the Princess Sophia this morning was that old sourdouS c. c. Gaisford, who landed in the forth for the first time ill the Sprln or '9S. on the s. s. RoSalie. and when seen by a representative o! rhis paper today, MT. Gais.ord sa'l that it looked for time this morn iLs. before his ship tied Gp to the wharf, as though 1t would De case of jumping into tn" WateT as Le did when he first came to the country, before a wharf was buIl' at Skagway.
 In '9S Mir. i,aisford helped to make the trau ever the White Pass and together with his companions built his boat at the headwaters Of Lake Bennett, and was among td lucky ones in reaching the klon Gike, stalking the bench adjoining his brothers claim on No. : belcw Cn Bonanza.
 Realizing lIe future ill the fUl and trading business, Mir. GaIsford disposed of his mining claim, and immediately entered the fur aud trading business, with headquarter at Tacoma.
 Since entering the fur and trad ing business, MT GaisfOrd has met with great success and recently organized the Moose Bay Fur and Trading Company, having posts along the western coast of AL aaka. as far north as Pt. Barrow and to take care of the constantly increasing business it was found necessary to put on a large vessel. With the oil established post at Flaxman Island, 16O mites east of Pt. Barrow, the company will in crease the number of posts by the
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
THE PUEBLO MINE PROVING
 ITSELF IN BONANZA GLASS

spends considerable money annual ly advertising and securing tourists to travel over the steamship lines out under present conditions dc not receive adequate return for that effort, the present ocean lines not taking broad view of this by giv- ing the White Pass the benefits to which they are entitled by reason oI the expenses incurred"
 Continuing, MT. Dickeson said: Tt has been demonstrated in the past two years that the tourist trav- el in this country is growing and will materially increase in years to come. This will be especially true in 1915 with the opening of the Panama Canal and the Exposition at San Francisco, and the time is uow ripe for the consideration of the inauguration of a service of this character"
 MT. Dickeson, who, accompanied by Mrs. Dickeson, will leave on the Sophia tonight for the outside, said; T shall not, inall probability, re- turn to Skagway before the 1st of June, as there are so many things that require my attention, among them being a thorough canvass and adjustment of tourist and traffic business for the coming year. l shall visit the various coast cities first, establishing agencies, appoint ing agents, and looking after the effective advertising and publicity of the pleasure and instructive fea- lures of summer tour through this wonderful section of the north. The tourist travel is getting to be such, a strong factor in the passen- ger business that l have recommend- ed to the directors of the w. P. & Y. Ky, liberal and far reaching policy in the handling of 1t, and l am pleased to say that my recom- mendations have received their un- qualified approval, and as a result the coming season will witness vast improvements in the service.
 After concluding my business on the coast I shall go to Chicago, where I will remain a short time and then sail for London, where l shall arrive in time to attend the annual meeting of the stockholders of the W. P. & Y Route. So you can see that if I properly attend to all the details of my itinery, will have my time pretty fully occupied until my return"
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
LABOR TROUBLES IN IRELAND
 ASSUMING VAST PROPORTIONS

enter into agre.'rents, but while able to call labor out, it is unable to induce the workers to live up to their agreement. Its policy of link ed strikes paralyzes industry.
 A few days ago Jacobs, a large firm of biscuit manufacturers, were compelled to close down their factory. Their carters refused to handle some flour received under contract from firm of millers with whom the workers union has dis pute and Jacobs dismissed them.
 So many workers struck that Ja- cobs were obliged to shut down. They declare they are prepared to remove their entire factory to Eng land.
 As the matter involves a vital question of principle other firms support them. The workers union is now demanding a public boycott of the tramways as a retcrt for Sun days policy of violence. The en- ployers are adopting policy of lockout.
 Dublin's troubles have barely be-
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

Londcn, Oct. 22-tLe hundred thousand men are prepared to battle in Ulster against hone rule. They n clude peers sons, crols' sons ant lie sons of yoeIaeu. They are march ing shoulder to shoulder in frequent drills.
 The spectacle of this open prepar. atlon fer physical resistance has caused considerable alarm among tht conservative element in Britain uo iIeq uesq sAuq saousIeIuoo 6ueN the situation.
 The labor situation in Dublin con tluues acute. Inc employers have undoubtedly taken up the challenge of the Irish Transport Workers un, ion and it will be fight to fin ish. The workers union, while in possession of ample causes of griev- ance in the low wages paid to Dub- lin unskilled lab ,r. has also the uni SersaI irritation caused by public aggressive tactics and by dragging into small quarrcis every outside firm possible.
 It forces employers by strikes to
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
AMERICANS ARE NOT TREASURED
 BY PROMISES OF SAFTEY

Piedros Negras, Oct. 2-Those in authority in both the federal and rebel armies have given assurance to all foreigners that they are in no danger whatever, but this as- surance carries but little weight with the American population, fif- ty of whom, mostly women and
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

Dawson, Oct. 2-Sunday night tUo masked men held mp two hydraulic men ou the night shift at the 1u- kon Gold companies hydraulic mine at Loyet Gulch, six miles from here' bound and gagged them and clean ed up twenty feet of gravel at the head of the sluice boxes, where the company had planned to make a cleanup on Monday. Four sacks of gravel and gold were taken away. but the actual amount of gold is unknown. It is believed that five men were implicated, but that only
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

Word reaches Skagway from Whitehorse that development work, now in progress on the Pueblo cop per mine at Whitehorse, the proper ty of the Atlas Moning Co., has shown up a third body of high grad ore parallel with the other two bodies that were struck at an earl fer date. This third ore body lies north of the northeast vein, and was struck last week by the dia- mond drill at a depth of S3 feet. The drill is now down GA feet, or S1 feet in the ore body, and the richness of the find increases as .epth is attained.
 What immediate effect the dis covery of this immense body of high grade ore will have on the business of this and adjacent sec tions of country is hard to foretell, but that ultimately it will be of mo- mentous importance there can be no reasonable doubt. A rumor is cur rent here, although it can be trac- ed to no authoritative source, that the first evidence Of this will be the erection of shelter or other reduction plant at one of the fol- lowing three places: Skagway, Car cross or Whitehorse, and that while either one of them would be suit able, Skagway, by reason of its To- cation at the head of Lynn canal, the meeting place of train and boat, is the most favorable and will in all likelihood be the chosen place, What gives a semblance of truth to the rumor is the arrival here last night of Manager Greenough, of the Pueblo, who will leave on the Princess Sophia in company with President o. l.. Dickeson of the WI P. & Y. R., and MT. w. B. Close, ors of the principal stockholders of the same company, for the outside. A Daily Alaskan man had talk with Mir. Dickeson today about this phase of the situation, but heI claimed he had nothing to say for publication. There is every indi- cation. however, that the discovery of the third ore body in the Pueblo mine during the past week has prac-I tically convinced the company that, 6 mating plant should be construct cd to reduce the ores somewhere in. this country, either at Skagway, Caribou or Whitehorse. If plant is erected at Skagway it will fit in very well with the plans of the es- tablishment of a permanen first class ocean line by the W. P. com pany between Puget Sound and Skagway, for the reason that that company now controls the routing of a large tonnage of their own to thej interior and with the added tonnagei that would come as result of al shelter being at Skagway, would afford a permanent fixed income in the way of freight for ocean boats and permit of carrying passengers as well.
 Mir. Dickeson observed that, While there are sufficient boats on the run between Seattle, Vancou- yer and Skagway to take care of theI present day traffic, the lines areI operated by the various companies which they belonged in what they considered their own interests and not their purpose to handle theI boats so as to benefit the White Pass in the way of tourist traffic. In other words, the White Pass
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

establishment of new posts at Icy Cape and Icy Reefs, during the com ing summer, and a wireless station will be installed at the latter post.
 In speaking of the trip north, MT Gaisford states that he picked up a very good line of business, and from the present indications his entire trip will prove a very sue cesstul and profitable one He eN ccts to remain in Skagway for q few iays. and is registered at the PUllen House.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

children, are vending their way through mountain passes on an ov- erland trip to the Texas border.
 Vice Consul McCaughan is accom- panying the party. whose departure leaves only about 20 Americans in Durango, according to official ad- vices and not more than 40 in the outlying districts.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
MASKED BANDITS MAKE BIG
 CLEANUP IN KL0NDIkE CAMP

two men, one long and one short, were active participants. Fred Bow CTS and Milford Halliday were the men who were in charge of the min at the time of the hold-up.
 The day crew was asleep in the bunkhouse, two hundred feet dis tant, at the time, and although it must have taken at least three hour to complete the job, they slept through it all undisturbed. No ar rests have as yet been made, all though there are very strong sus picions as to the identity of the men engaged in the robbery.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
DISASTROUS FLOODS
 INUNDATE FRANCE

Cerebere, France, Oct. Report from France confirm the news of disastrous floods, following heavy rains. Scores of dead bodies have been recovered, while hundreds of people are reported to be missing. The property loss has also been enormous.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
ALASKA COAL CASES
 UP BEFORE THE COURT

Seattle, Oct. 2-of twenty-eight respondents, including Frost, in- dicted for conspiracy in the Alaska coal cases, and called for hearing before the Federal court yesterday, none appeared and the court enter ed a decree of default. The tes- timony of several witnesses, includ- ing that of John Ballaine, was talk
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
UNABLE TO RENDER AID
 TO CREWS OF SCHOONERS

Washington, Oct. 2-The reven- ue cutter service admits its inabil- ity to get relief boat through the ice to aid tbe crews nf six schoon- CTS now shut in by the Arctic win ter at Point Barrow.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
 BADLY SHAKEN UP

Panama, Oct. "A heavy shock of earthquake occurred here last night. but no damage, so far as known. was done to the canal.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

Miss J. E. Rathels of Carcross was an outbound passenger this morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

Frank Clancy, who was a well known character in Skagway in the early days, was round trip pas senger on the Jefferson.
 Wm. T. Baxter, brother of Pres
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

The following named Fairbanks people went south on the Jeffer' som: c. H. Darlington and wife Dr. L. c. Knickerbocker, E. J Porter and wife, F. B. Mortke and wife, J. H. Atwood and wife, Miss Williams and Mrs. Schillinge.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-02

Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber-
 dasher of Skagway
The Washington times., 1913-08-14
RURAL CREDIT PROGRAMS.

The farmer makes one turnover of his working
capital in year; not by any means turnover Of
his complete investment, but merely of that part
which represents the production Of the season crops
the man who has $4,000 invested in farm and raises
from it perhaps $4,000 worth of all of produce
may make per cent profit his investment; but he
joes it by procedure that makes his annual turn
over only about one-thIrd his total investment.
On the other hand the merchant with $4,000
invested must do an annual business aggregatng sew
eral times that figure if he would earn wages and e
per cent interest on the capital.
There is a fundamental difference between the
farmer and the merchant. The farmers need for
capital is very different from the business man S.
because the farmers business is one of compare
lively slow processes If he borrows money to help
buy his farm he wants it for as long term as possible
The longer the term, the lower the interest rate
ought to be. In Ireland farmers get money at far
less than the going rate of farmoan interest in this
country, and by paying these low rates they not
only carry the loan but amortiSe the principal.
President Wilson is right when he protests that
scheme of legislation for better rural credits is
not to be worked out in the hurry of persprng and
painting extraordinary session of Congress, trying to
get home. By no means should such an attempt be
made. There is something just bit suspicious about
The Washington times., 1913-08-14
STATE GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION.

The success of city government by commission IN
cities of all sizes some Of them with populations
con1paring TO those of some States-has been re-
sponsibIe for serious discussion of like reform in
State government. Unwieldy legislatures of un-
trained men hopelessly underPaid for the work cX-
pected of them cost vast amount OF money and are
rainfullv inefficient When the Illinois legislature
Gently adjourned after six months of slttlngS its his
tory was thus summarized by Chicago paper:
..I-icctinc = ypcIIcr three weeks: idIencss ono
week. clcrinc Two Iniro! States Senator's fly" weeks;
attending Wilson maugnration, two weeks organ
izing and getting business, Two weeks; com
nirtn bctrnL,s and reading Of bills four weeks pass
ry - per cent bills four weeks; passing - per
cent Of its hills two weeks
Out in California where thcy arc thinking good
deal about the rrobems-Of government, the proposal
has been seriously put forward by progressive leaders
of a commission Of five or six ten men with sal
aries of $4,000 or $4,000 year. with the assistance
of corps of experts statsticanS secretaries and the
like as substitute for the legislature 1t would not
egisate perhaps would carefully prepare measures
and submit them together with careful explanations
70 a referendum of The States voters. There would
b.. such interval for discussion and campaigning as
nght seem desirable; then the people would decide
whether to adopt reject. SuPplementing this pro-
cedure it is assumed would go procedure for popu-
lar initiation of legislation omitted by the commission
if the public wanted IL
Certainly such plan is modern, efficient, and
reasonable guarantee of expert service. 1t will be
an interesting experiment for progressive State
10 present for the observation of the rest of the coun
trv In national affairs its counterpart would BE-
found, in small part in greatly reduced membership
Of the House of Representatives, which assuredy
ought to come. .-------.--..-----,.---. .-...-.,-.
The Washington times., 1913-08-14
A BETTER SORT OF BOMB.

The women who already have the ballot in this
country propose to use it Systematically for the pur-
pose of getting it for their sisters That is the effect
of their plan as discussed by the conference Of suf
frage leaders in session in this city They believe
that if they have not absolute balance of power in
national elections they come so near it that they
will be able to force terms upon political parties.
Years ago we heard vast deal in campaign time
about the German vote" and the Irish vote" more
recently the German and Irish elements having
been absorbed into the body of citizenry in such
manner that their solidarity was lost, have heard
about the Jew vote" and the Italian vote" and so
on. Likewise, there is always much worriment about
the labor vote"
After every national election somebody comes
along with computation showing that just few
paltry thousands of votes, thrown the right way in
the right States would have reversed the result
Like the computations about the Irish and German
and Italian and labor votes all this is interesting
but quite unimPortant The fact is that the labor
VOTE, for instance, is an easy thing to figure for
364 days in the year, but on election day it doesn't
exist. II is mighty good thing for this country that
II doesn't. Our sort of government would not stand
long the strain of having elements and interests and
classes and factions lined up soldy and playing the
game of politics in brigades and divisions and army
corps, as if it were military. On election day the
class vote loses its classification and mets into the
great of citizenship which suit itself in
accordance with its notions of patriotic duty
The ladies will be found doing about that They
not going TO throw the election of President
by giving ten States Solidy TO the party that pledges
itself one way or the other. They may talk about it
for the 364 days, but on election day they will do
nothing of the kind If they can scare the political
managers into the belief that they are going to do
&C
in the long course of events the women will win
more States by dnt of proving that woman suffrage
is good thing for States that get it. 1t looks now
if the ladies were likely to be given the ballot just
about as fast they get ready to make use
of it.
The Washington times., 1913-08-14
AMBASSADOR WILSON AGAIN.

Henry Lane Wilson, an ambassador without an
embassy, is at least right lively diplomatic figure.
! He is hard to lose. The President didn't like his
service in Mexico, but couldn't recall him without
sending somebody else, and therein recognizing
Huerta. He brought Mr.. Wilson home for confer
enCe accepted his resignation to take effect the
middle of October, and directed him to stay away
| from Mexico So he has been waiting around
Washington cultivatng crouch and keeping every
body in wonderment to just how far he could go
with criticism of the Administration in which he is
Qominally part, without getting into real difficulty
His latest is at least remarkable. The British
foreign office issued statement saying that British
recognition of Husrta was in part inspired by noting
the 'congratuatory tone" of an address that Mr..
Wilson, as dean of the corps at Mexico City, deliv-
cred behalf of the ambassadors to the provisional
President. Downing street thought the "congratu-
atory tone" meant that Washington was going to
accept Huerta; so it accepted him without waiting
for Washington to act.
Mr.. Wilson gives interesting glimpse of the
nwardness of diplomatic modes when he rerorts
that that "Congratulatory" address was written by
the British and Spanish ministers and approved BY
all the other diplomats 1t seems curious at least that
in so delicate a situation the ambassador of the
United States should be making speech written
by some of his colleagues 1t is not difficult TO
pect that if Britain wanted to find an excuse for
being first to recognize Huerta, and could set up
through a Skillful British agent plan to get the
American ambassador to make exactly the speech
that would serve the British purpose, it would be
right good diplomacy. Perhaps that is the regular
way to do the thing; we don't pretend to know. But
the question suggests itself: Why shouldn't the
American ambassador write his own speech on such
an occasion? If doubtful about what he should
say, why not wire his home Government and get its
advice? There is Mr.. Moore who understands the
proprietes of such affairs; there is Mr. Bryan who
has some repute good speaker, and there is Mr..
Dudley Field Malone, official jollier of the depart
ment. Why overlook such an aggregation of talent
as this and get the British and Spanish ministers to
write the speech?
Mr.. Wilson has probably done very undPlo-
matte thing in making issue with the British for
egn Office We don't gravey fear that Britain win
get cross and fight us for it, because notori-
ousy rather crude in diplomatic methods, any
how But it is Illuminating to get these gmpSes of
the inner workings of diplomatic procedure In late
years, what with cables and wireesses, diplomats
have been reduced somewhat toward the status of
messenger boys; but ii occurs that even if he is to,
he messenger, an American ambassador ought
preferably to be messenger for his govern
ment not for the others.
The Washington times., 1913-08-14

the zeal that some gentlemen suddenly display in be-
half of the farmer and his money supply who never
before were able to discover the farmer at all This
country has never yet risen to even vague under
standing of the essential differences between the
financial of the farmer and that of other enter
priseS The farmer has the best security in the world
and about the sowest security on which to realize.
That is so, whether he borrows money for the pur
chase of his plant-the farm-or to carry the
industrial operation of the pantthe raising of crops
and stock. 1t is necessary to have this fundamental
difference thoroughly understood and to adapt sys-
tens to it. To undertake the creation of system
of rural credits adequate for this countys needs,
an incident to passing an emergency currency and
banking measure would be as foolish and impossible
as an effort at reforming the force of gravity because
the halStones come down too fast and hurt the grain
in the fields
The Washington times., 1913-08-14
|How to Choose Your Occupation
The Duties Chances and Salaries Various Lines ofWork
by Celia K. Husik-
Telephone Operator.


training. and she is here taught all the
details of operating and handling a
switchboard. Having obtained sufficient
experience. work is to be secured either
at the exchange itself or at some pri-
vate telephone switchboard.
The salary of s. Is increased with
growing experience. And the better po-
sitions pay from $40 up to SIS per week.
There are some positions in New York
city that pay from s. to $50 a week.
These high salaries are exceptional and
are paid 10 certain operators OF switch
boards at the New York Stock EX-
change and newspaper offices. where
extreme rapidity in handling messages
and a quick, rrttntiVe memory are es-
sential.
X good memory is always Of value in
this work. and I am personally ac-
QuaInted with young woman operating
a switchboard in a banking house who
has had her salary raised several times
because of her ability to remember
numbers that are IN daily use in her
work.
The few necessary points to remember
in connection with operating "a tcle-
phone switchboard are these: You must
be calm, self-pOsseSset. not easily irri-
tated or excited. and you must not have
the slightest trace of nervousness. Add
To this a clear, agreeable voice. good
hearing and memory. and you are prac-
tiCally certain to succeed.
The Washington times., 1913-08-14
"THE GOVERNORS LADY"

Give Governor Sulzer the benefit of the doubt
and assume that Mrs. Suffers pitfu story that she
not he, did the specializing and committed the rregu
Iartes with campaign funds, is accurate.
Then you have the makings of the finest political
drama ever written.
The governor was willing to accept the blame and
let his career be wrecked in order shield his wife
The wife, against all efforts to keep her silent
insisted telling the story and taking its conse
quences.
Has the history of politics seen anything so tre-
lnerdously dramatic that in its possibilities for
the twentieth century stage?