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_ JOURNAL. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WRANUBL. SOUTHBASTERN ALASKA, AND THE ALL-CANADIAN ROUTE TO THE YUKON. VOL. 1 ~ FORT WRANGEL, ALASKA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1898. NO. « Duncan flcKinnon -DEALER IN ✓General Merchandise'1' —AND MINERS’ SUPPLIES The most complete Outfitting House in Alaska. We sell at prices that defy competition. Front Street, W RANGEL, .... ALASKA JSC NOTICE a: We desire to announce to the general public that we have on hand a complete line of General Merchandise Consisting of Groceries and Provisions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Rubber Goods, Mackinaws, and a Full Line of Miners’ Supplies Reid & Sylvester The Pioneer Merchants, FRONT STREET, WRANGEL, ALASKA /V\. & 1C. Gottste^In, Wholesale X LiquorX Dealers Sole Agents for 0 K and Crown Pacific Club . . Whiskies BIO Front Street, - - Seattle, Wash. This Space Reserved for Fort Wrangel Hotel OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF ALASKA The following is the official directory for the District of Alaska: Governor, John G. Brady; prlvuto secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Knupp. U. S. Judge. C. S. Johnson. U. S. Attorney. Burton E. Bennett. J* Assistant District Attorney. Alfred J. Daly. District Clerk. Albert D. Elliot. Deputy Clerk. Walton D. McNair. U. 8. Marshal. J. M. Shoup. Surveyor Geueral. W. L. Dlstln. Register, John W. Dudley. Receiver. Roswell Shelly. Court Interpreter. George Kostrometlnoff. Commissioners. C. W. Tuttle. Sitka; John Y. Ostrander. Juneau; K. M. Jackson. Fort Wran gel; L. R. Wookwnrd. Unolaska; Phillip Galla gher. Kadiak; John <7. Smith, Dyea; W. J. Jones, Circle City; Charles H. Isham. Unga. Deputy Marshals. W. A. McNair. Sitka; *d wurd S. Staley. Juncuu: Andrew G. Buys. Fort Wrangel; J. McDonald. Douglass: Edward C. Husev, JCudtnk: Lewis L. Bowers. Unga; J. C. Blaine. Unalasku. H. J. Mclnnls. Hkuguay; J. J. Rutledge, Circle City; A. A. Richards, Dyea. Deputy Internul Revenue Collector. W. C. Pedlar. Educational Agent. Sheldon Jackson. Assistant Agent. Wllllum Hamilton. Superlntendant of Schools. W. A. Kelly. Postmistress nt Sitka. Mrs. A. M. Archangel sky. CUSMOMS OFFICERS. Collector. J. W. Ivey. Speciul Deputy. W. P. McBride Deputy and Inspector, Win. Mlllmore and C. L. Andrews. Sitka. Deputy Collector. C. S. Hannum. Juneau. Inspectors at Juneau. Lortng K. Adums and Louis Blumenthul. Inspector ut Fort Wrangel Edward Hoisted. Deputy Collectors. Joseph Armcnt. Fort Wrangel; E. M. VunSlyck. Mary Island: W. G. Thomas. Kodluk: G. W. C'alon. Cook Inlet. T. E. Holmes. Karluk; J. F. Htnnot. Unga; John P. Word. Unalasku: Erwin Am ers, St. Michael; Chits. Smith. Circle City. Inspectors Afloat. J. Slater. P. A. Smith. Os car Ourd. E. Herrmun. Thomas S. Luke und Thos. A. Markham. LUNCH COUNTER CRAIG A PARKER PROPRIETORS 111 Connection Witli Victoria Hotel. Meals at all Hoars* OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Regular Dinners and Short Orders a Specialty. OLYMPIA and EASTERN oysters In Every Style.^ J. P. LOWE, Watch matter and Jeweler, FOUT WUANCiEL. ALASKA. Thirty years experience on the Paci 11,• < 'oast' in practical Watchmaking and repairing; satisfaction j?uarnnteed. A tine stock of Jewelry and Plated Silverware on hand. Spectacles of all kinds. No charge fortestino- the eyes. Give me avail. ROBERT HYLAND ! Dealer in Furs, Curios, Etc. . . . Telegraph Greek, Head of Stikeen River Miners supplied with everythin.!? necessary in making the trip to the Klondike. FORT W RAIS GEL YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Organized Feb. ioth, 1897. ! For the development of perfect man hood by the culture of laxly, mind and soul. “Mens sana in corpore sano." The privileges of the Association rooms are extended to any man in Fort Wrangel, without regard to race or creed, on payment of the annual fee of $2.00. 'the reading room, gymna sium, game r.xrni and bowling alley are open every Monday. Wednesday and Fridav evenings, from seven to ten o'clock. Visitors are welcomed. Writ ing material for the use of members will be supplied free. Officers for 1898. President. Clarence Thwing, M. D. Vice Pres., Loyal Young. Secretary, Wm. H. Porter. Treasurer, George Shakes. •'Come thou with us, and we will do thee good." A. Q. McBride Attorney at Law 415 Front Street, Fort Wrangel, Alaska. • TESLIN LAKE RAILWAY r 4 -: Dominion Government Granting Large Tract of Land as Sub sidy for its Construction A Great force of Men coming to Complete the Koad by Sep t tember -: Ottawa, Jan 2d.—1The continued presence In Ottawa for several days past, of Wm. Mann and Dan Mann is n6w explained. It is announced that the gentlemen have (dosed a deal with the Government for the construction of a railway either from Glenora or Tele graph Creek, at the head of Navigation oh the Stikcen, to ('allbreath's post on Teslin Lake, a distance of about l.'tO miles, whence there is uninterrupted navigation to Dawson, as engineer Jen Hngs' report shows. Tin line, which will be a narrow guagc one, will pass through an undulating country, where railway construction will lie compara tively easy. The exact details of the bargain are not yet officially announced, but it is understood that Mackenzie & Mann will get a land suitably. There will not tie any cash subsidy. It is obligatory on the contractors that the line must be completed by September 1 next, so as to permit of supplies being sent into the Yukon before next winter. As a guar antee of their ability to carry out the stipulation of the contract, Mackenzie it Mann have deposited with the gov ernment the sum of $250,000 which will be forfeited should they fail. They in tend going to work at once to purchase material and supplies. Before many days are over they will have nearly 10.000 men enroute to the scene of op erations. The intention is to draw sup plies by sleighs over the ice from the mouth of the Stikeen and from the point of commencement of the railway. First of ail they will make a good trail .to Teslin. which will bo available for1 itbe spring rush of miners. The Brit ish Columbia Government is under stood to be a party to building the line. <.'lose connection will be made with ('. |P. K. steamers on tills route, and it is * rt unlikely that the company will op erate the railway when built. H. Maitland Kersey, who has organ ized a company, including Letter, of Chicago. Bonanza Maekav, Ogden Mills and other millionaires, has been here for days endeavoring to secure this Charter on to Dawson, and is greatly disappointed over his failure. KETCHIKAN TO THE FRONT A Correspondent Tells of its Min ing Prospects COMMUNICATED IvKTi.'HTKAN', Alaska. Feb. •'!. lMrt. EDITOtiS JnrRVAT-: — Much as is be ing read in the papers about Alaska and its resources, but little mention is made of the little town of Ketchikan, or its surroundings. It may be said truthfully however, that there are just as good prospects ahead of the little unassuming village, with its surround ings of mineral wealth, as some places in the range of our knowledge more of ten reported in print. We have properties in plenty within a few miles of town which will com pare with other mining centers with I out a blush, and they need no salting to get good assays. There are groups within twelve miles of us that will eclipse the world famed Treadwell in magnitude and value. ('apitalists can get pretty much what they want here, he it free gold, concentrates, copper or gal. ■na. and in many places the four values combined. Our misfortune lies in the fact of our not having done sufficient development work to properly show what we have. That however will soon l>o remedied, as development will be pushed for all it is worth at an early date, when we will not be ashamed to compare values w ith any quartz mining district in Al aska for values in gold, silver, copper and lead. Our surface showing's are as good as need l*‘. Our enter prising merchants and proprietors. Messrs. Clark & Martin are extend ing their new wharf, which when completed will have a frontage of 104 feet, and to this will be a water supply from the perpetual snows of Deer moun tain sufficient to supply all the steam ers en route to points further north. We have the service of the Episco pal church every Sabbath to a well lilted house, by llev. Dr. A. J. Camp bell (of whom, more anon) and a thriv ing day school. Almost every l>oat brings one or two or more to try their luck in securing locations both in mines and a home iu Ketchikan. Fort Wrangle 1ms a white population of about 800, and as many Indians. A good lot can be leased or pure bused at a reasonable prlee. ■ WRANGEL AND THE STIKEEN ROUTE Much is being said of the different routes that lead the gold prospectors to the gold fields of the famous Yukon. Dawson City today is oftener pro nounced than any other city in the world. Its popularity, and most justly, now is at its height, although in its in fancy. It is a city grown famous in a day, its surroundings justify it, and every man, woman and child in this our mundane sphere, has its advant ages well within their memory and they do not hesitate to make loud their knowledge. Such deposits of gold have never even been dreamed of. The great minerologists of the earth look and listen with wonderment, the old gray haired prosectors cannot lieliove their eyesight, and the pessimist lurks behind the warm air tight stove, and shakes his head for facts arc stubborn things to get around. The great de posits have been accumulating for cen turies. Why then is it not plausible to reckon that there is sufficient gold in this vast country for all who come. If there is yet one in this universe who docs not believe in these wonderful dis coveries, let him come to the old. fam ous city of Fort Wrangel. let him re main here a month and see the gold as it comes from these famous deposits, let him see it, feel it, take it in his hands, examine, weigh it. then realiza tion will come upon him and he will wonder why he has hesitated. Fort Wrangel is the town from which the prospector starts for the gold de posits. The prospector cannot but feel within him that Wrangel will soon bo the largest city in Alaska. The .Sti keen route is a route that has lieen traveled over for twenty years. It is no experiment, the old timers of Fort Wrangel have traveled over this route not once or twice, but hundreds of times. The Stikeen is navigable and twenty steamers will run up this river to Telegraph Greek, a distance of 140 miles. From Telegraph Creek you 'take the old wagon road to lake Teslin. Grasses along this comparatively level country grow in abundance. Large mule anil horse teams will take your freight to the head of lake Teslin, then again you take a steamer and you go down the lake, down the streams until you arrive at the metropolis of the Yu kon. tiie famous city of Dawson. The city where the very streets, streams and gardens are paved with gold, the waters of these famous creeks, the springs from the mountains contain so j much gold that the Koelev Institute ‘ lias arranged to ship the waters to ! their many institutions all over tiie ; world. ! That \Vrange! is aware of its ad vantages. that its inhabitants know this ; to be the most practicable route to Daw | son city, is evidenced by the prepuru : tions they are making to properly en tertain the prospectors while they are on their route. The Fort \Yrange! Kloetric Light and Water ('ompany will immediately lie gin the construction of an electric light plant. Water will lie piped from the mountains to the city of Fort Wrangel. Two large hotels will be linishcd within [ sixty days. A large building is now ■ being erected where prospectors can live for twenty live cents per day. i Stables are bring erected for the many horses that come through here, the I city will soon have its charter, its I streets are being straightened, side* i walks planked, and residences are being I built as rapidly as lumber and mechan j ies can put them together. The hay or \\ ranyel cannot he sur | passed, the wharves are substantia! and available, the warehouses are kept full : always, there is always room for more. if the prospector wishes to prospect as he travels on ti» the Yukon, the Sti keen is the one he wants to take. He can yo to the famous ('.issiar district. He can prospect from Teleyraph Creek to Dawson City, tlie country bcir.y i*,is ily prospected, so much yame on the road, and so much veyctation. that the prospector can take his time. There are stations alony the route every fifty or sixty miles, a sawmill at lake Teslin. and when one tires of prospoetiny. when in the evening, sittiny by liis great camp fire, he is dreaming of his wife, his babies, his sweetheart tiis friends, and a longing comes over him for home, he is along a route, over which he can travel at any time. It will take him but a few days to reach his home and again lay his weary head in tiie bosom of his family If you want your families near you briny them to the city of Wranyel. There can lie no healthier spot, or more picturesque site fora city, surrounded by innumerable little Islands, the pla cid waters of these channels, the table lands covered w ith berries, veyetation of all kinds, timber of ail descriptions, where vegetables flourish and venison abounds. Salmon, halibut and smelt iltterally swarm the waters. Your family "can live neaty as cheap in Wran gel as in Seattle, good schools are open to all children, the comforts ami neces saries of a home arc to be found here. * * * PRETTY AS A RED WAGON. _ * Our friend, H. H. Carter of the gen eral passenger department of the Ca nadian Pacific sent us a copy of a lieau tiful pamphlet entitled “To the Klon dike and gold fields of the Yukon,” which was issued by the railway com pany. It contains twenty seven pages, is profusely illustrated, and is full of valuable information to the gold seeker. We are especially pleased to note that it contains a cut of Fort Wrangel. The covers are artistic, beautiful in fact, printed with bright red ink on a gold bronze back. The Stikcen route is ac curately described by giving distances between the various points, besides a great deal of useful information to those going to the Yukon. A general dis tribution of this most valuable pam phlet among prospective Klondikers will bring ninety per cent of the travel by way of the Stikcen river, and that is just what ought to happen. Moles One who has tried it repeatedly says that moles may be removed by the fol lowing method: Seat tin; patient in a elear strong sunlight. With a pow erful sunglass bring the concentrated rays of the sun to hear on the excres cence five or ten minutes. In three or four weeks the mole will scab off and a new skin come on. If the mole should not be entirely removed by the.first ap plication. repeat. No scar will Ik- left. —New York Ledger. A dispatch dated Jan :10th from IUo do Janerio says lhu Steamship City of Columbia, on route from New York to Alaska, with a party of miners bound for the Klondike, had arrived without incident. ADVERTISED LETTER LIST A very. Russel Anderson, Fred H 2 Austin. E L Atnan, All) Ana. (!uo2 Arnet. May Boatman. .1 C Baht tied, Johriie Brooks. Hiram T Hoc. Edward'-' Bettas. Geo A Bell. .1 J Bradley. 11 M 2 Bond. I M Boautrean. Mary Burton. Samuel Blain Henry Bohn Charles B B-. Liszie 2 Blakeley. Harry Bush. E \V Burton .1 Baker. .! O Broenser. Then Bioinsen. T .1 Clark, A M Campbell, John S Curtis. Goo W Church, A'a than Coharley. Annie Closky. W Clark Joseph E \V ('onIter. F L 2 Davis, E R 2 Dolan. Jno < Davis,- Donnelly. H -1 ■'> Pujran. James 2 Deveroil. D DeYouiijf. Erwin Diehl. W U 'i Drenmire. llht 1>.'1 Dehow. .1 D i Douglas. Kate Deston. .1 ! Enber.vr. Albert 2 Eddy. A II Farland. GeaW 2 Ealkner. \\ m2 Falkner, Wm E Goodwin. Frank 2 Gerbordeul. Mary | Gowan, Samuel Green, ('apt T A i Gamble. Fritz M Green, ('has K 2 j Green. Chas 2 Geetray. Mary ilouml. Johnny Gurman. Charles j Gray. Albert Henry. Jimmie Hogen. A D Hale. J F. Hansen. Peter S Hamdeld. Alex Hamblot. Joseph Hallman. Ed Husham. dulius Hays. Geo j Horan. Ed Hisiop. \\ I Houston (ioorje Hensel. Edward A i .lorry. A’ Jasey. A | dohnson. Gust A Jenney. Mrs E I John, Anton Jansom (' I dohnson. dark Jinnie. Mrs II j dohnson. F .lurish, F Keeler. B J Kineol. d H Korva. O Keller, /.elxlee M Kyle, King. Lee. l?ol> 2 Lowed. Frank 2 | r.iiilin. ( lmrlie Lord. L X' IiUhmiere. Tele.— Lo’s. t.onke phoiv Luei ido Mrs. j Lamb. Clifton (' Leona rd. .1. B. Lalin. F.llen. Lund. Henry Mangel. Win A Mitehel. It L ~ Miller. Kinnni Miller. Paul •! Madison. K D Met rally, .las MeKay. George Me Arthur. A F MeGinuis. W S MePhers'n Don'ld MeDotigal. AKxaiV MeKnight, Joseph tier Mel olby. Dan Me l 'ulliim. P.obt Newman. S j Oleson. John 2 Ohleson. Oliver S 2 Peters. Joseph S 2 Phillips. K A .'! Pakknla. Anders Perrinne. Thomas l’erine. Frank 2 Pendleton. A F Peter. Mr. l’eeht, Krnest ! I Tingle. J A Rowan, .las Robinson & (’rocko llistiig. F C Rawlinson. RH Ray. Henry T Roydeit. Wilnier Roubien. (Jeorge Stanley. Tlios P Sipola. John Smith. -I Sinelair. .las ! Salisorr. ('apt Stamv. Toni P Smith. Joseph A Shrovig, P K Swain. Mr Tonke Herrn I.ois Takate. Tom Wood, Robert .1 2 Wesenberg, Hans Waldanie. lien W Wagner, Win R INDIANS t Koo-To-Wat Shon ah tliakcali Tu-kan du hen Kill Xoone Jeniits Old Diek Khu-Cha-Ku Kerjoe. Hob Toheshardish, (’has Indian Diek Que Yonon