VOL. i. ATLTN; B. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1899. NO. 15. Wl IV ���' If; MteLennan, McFcely and Co. (LLMITKD.) Dynamite Fuse and Gaps ��� 0 Drills and Hammers. , 1CVJCRY REQUISITE ' FOR' PLACER, AND QUARTZ MINING. Building Hardware. ' Sash and Doors'. AlHcinds of Tinsmith work done' , , Corner of First and Pearl Street. Resigned the Office of Attorney- General. ! Good News for the People of This District, * '....FRESH NEW GOODS JUST IN.... J. St. Clair Blackett and Co. ���- , ' fi LARGEST AND BlCST, SELECTED STOCK OK * -> ��� > Groceries, Shelf Hardware, Paints,and Oils, Boots and Shoes, Rubber Goods and Miners' Supplies. IRON 'STORE ' - COR., 1ST &ND TRAYNOR. The = Bank = of = British -��� North, = America Established in 18'!(i. Incorporated by Royal Chartor. ' Paid-Up Capital -<��� - - - ' -' - - - - $4,866,666.66' 'y - Reserve Fund ^ - - - - '- $1,460,000.00 London' Office: 3 Clements Lane, Lombard Street, E. C. ' ���> Head Office in' Canada: Montreal. H. Stikeman, General Manager. Branches in all the-principal cities of Canada, and agents in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Spokane, 'Boston, Chicago, Etc. Gold dust assayed and purchased at best rates, the bank's assay office being now iii" operation. A general banking business transacted. * J. ANDERSON, Manager, Atlin, B. G. ." ' ��� * . , Owing'to the antiquated methods of our. Canadian mail service, 110 definite news had arrived from Vic- tona Friday night (August 4th) as to the result of the' Government caucus held thereon July 26th. <We learn from an editorial in the Seattle P. I. of Jiily 29th1, that'Mr. Martin is no longer Attorney**General. -In the near future we may be able to chronicle more^of the proceedings of the caucus. r , have perished. , A young man from Ontario was drowned near them, but he could not remember his name. Patterson, son,of the late Governor of Manitoba, was stranded at Wind City when he left last January ; also E. Harris of Hamilton,'1 whose foot was amputated, owing - to being frozen. ,The ^suffering on the trail was appalling, but he believes a * thousand'must have got through to Dawson over the Edmonton trail. Many men were living on the charity of others, 'and how hundreds lived at all was a mystery. GOT ONE YEAR . . m ATLIN . . �� > GENEEA^*S0S^EiML -AND'��� FREE PUBLIC DISPENSARY. Resident Physicians and Surgeons. Competent Nurse Attendants. Private apartments and wards for male or female patients^ Vancouver General Store. We carry a complete stock of MINERS' SUPPLIES Agency of the B. C. Fruit Caning aud Coffee Company, Vancouver, B. C. Agency of the Canadian Rubber Company, Montreal. A call solicited. A. S. - CROSS & CO. /~^ORE, BURNET & CO., Civit, and Hydraulic Engineers, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors. Mining Properties Handled. Office: Pearl street, above Second. OARD OF TRADE. Wines, Liquors and'Cigars* Wright & Callbreath, Props. FOR FINE VIEWS AND PHOTOS GO TO, A. C. HIRSCHFELD'S Films, Plates, Etc., Developed at Reasonable Rates Pearl, between 1st and 2nd. ' Atlin B. C JUST ARRIVED AT THB The largest stock of drugs and patent medicines in Atlin. FORTIN & LECAPPELLAIN, First Street, SSQ Per Ounce Will be allow ed for gold nuggets suitable for making jewelry, in exchange tor as fine a gold w atch as ever ticked. No purer gold or better English movements made. Also ii beautiful, rare design, solid gold cor.il setting, ladies' set, pin and earrings. This is something line. Call at Medical Hall, i< rst Street, Atlin. f ��� J. Eggert, Jeweler. HPHE ARCADE, ��� Pearl street - , Come in and hear the Battle of Manila on the Graphophone. Archie L. Brownlee, Manager. For Writing an Intimidating Letter ��� to Capt. Speneer. On Wednesday Capt. Spencer had a warrant issued for fthe arrest ofEldon A.Kern, a former engineer on the Scotia. He was charged with having written a letter to Spen: cer" to^the ���. effect that ,if certain moneys alleged to be, due him were not paid forthwith, he would make exposures of information he. claimed to 'possess./; After a- preliminary .hearing "'before .^Magistrate Woods,1, he was brought before Judge Irving on Thursday morning. ' Certain witnesses not being" present,' the hearing was'adjourned. until Fviday morning at, 10 o'clock.' The case was fully gone into and' the result was 1 Kern was sentenced to one year's-imprisonment at hard labor'. He will be taken to Tagish in the course of-a few davs. DROWNED iON" TROUT LAKE. DEATH'S TRAIL. Albert Lawson Ventures. Out ,in a y Sail Boat He Could Not Handle.* 1 ���",. - , *��� . 1. Fra!nk Laque called at the Claim office and gave'the information relative to the drowning of Albert Law-" son, in Trout Lake, about ten.miles - south of Gladys, on July 10th. Lawson and his partner, Trenholm, were prospecting in- that vicinity.' Oil'the nightr i.i the 10th Lawson visited the camp of Laque, and when starting to retrun' borrowed- a boat' and ,put up a, sail.1 Not returning to camp that night, his partner started to hunt him .up, and came to Laque's cabin*. - Not finding him there a'search was instituted twhich resulted in finding the boat half full, of water/ on the other side of the ,. lake. The body, has not been re-, covered. 2,457 , OUNCES. -j ���> -Royalty "Paid1 oir.This Amount-bur- ��� , ������ - ing the Past Week.% h> L" The one per cent.<royalty on.gold',, paid'into the .Gold' Commissioner's office'up to date is as follows :' - ���53,153 ozs. .2,457 " More Edmonton V ICTORIA GROCERY. miners' supplies. WILSON & CURWEN, First street, Atlin. Cheaper than uny denier will sell them iu Atlin. Made any size you order within three hours. Glass cheaper than anybody can sell it. Prices: 8x10. 20c; 10x12, 25c; good assortment of larger siises. Do^rs, any size or stjle, made to order on short notice. Any kind of a saw Hied, set, etc., and done right. Shop on north 1st street, near Discovery St. B. R. VAN PEUSEN. Victims of the Route. ' Vancouver, July 24.���The steamer Rosalie arrived from the North on Sunday afternoon, with 150 returning Klondikers oil board, and according to the purser's^report, $125,- 000 in gold. Wm. Braid, of Vancouver, carried off two boxes of dust weighing 280 pounds. The next in order was H. L. Burkitt of Seattle, with $25,000. ' H. Boulan- ger, San Francisco, was credited with $10,000; John Krisha, of San Francisco, $10,006; and-J. Matko- cier, Montana, $10,000. -The rest of the gold was owned in small quantities. * , C. L. Maltby, a Dirigo passenger, has reached Vancouver from the North. He says his party of* five took 15 months to get over the Edmonton trail to Dawson. They ���were among the 106 who wintered at Wind'City. They left sixteen in Wind City scurvy-stricken, among them Dr. Mason of Chicago, and W. Gouche, a banker's son, 'of Chicago, both in a dying state. In March last Indian guides sent to^ them told them "heap big white man " (Mayor Stewart of Hamilton) had succumbed to scurvy and exposure while attempting to make Peel River. Mr. Maltby heard of several parties being lost in the mountains. He is sure that they Acknowledged to July 27 Six days ending Aug. 3 .* - ' Total . ..' y 5,610 ozs. It must be borne in mind that this amount has been paid in by those calling at the office. We understand that shortly an officer will go over the different creeks and collect the tax,, when "a very large^ increase may be expected. BEFORE THE CADI. The following caseswere disposed of at the police court during the past week : Regina vs. Sweeney.-���Was bound over in the sum of $500 to keep the peace for oiie year in reference to Mattie Powell. " Regina vs. Andrew Hanlin, carrying j concealed weapons.. Found guilty. The chief of police left August 2nd for Skaguay, where he will turn the man over to the American authorities, Hanlin evidently being unable to take care of himself. He is an American,'. Regina vs. Albert Clarke, charged with stealing a rifle. Dismissed. BACK FROM-TESLIN. Charley Wright and Tom Switzer have returned from their trip to Teslin, "with a little bunch of whiskers on their chins." They left here to go to the aid of Cy. Taylor, who was lying sick at Teslin with what was reported to be scurvy, but which proved to be rheumatism. A short distance this . side of Teslin, Tom Switzer got lost in a swamp, and was for three days without grub. Aside from this incident and the mosquitos, the trip was most agreeable, game and fish being in abundance. u ' y-, ^ f *v ' ��� ,v " I J . 1 ' r ,* 1 1.' <������ -fft yy'" ' ' ,��*-.���( \ ��� \ . ,"' '. 'y^ .*,iwr\ L-y 1 r ..-.-r-l'-y y, i>'\- , ,-y y^" r yyi.ys ' ' <"yy "���s?./ ��� ;'-'�����'-1 "' .K^fcl *��� >u y.\ >y.\ ",'-��< 'll-:;^ K> 4. |:'*, '~i>-' '���& i - ', 1 \'t . 1 . i" y ��� ' L r/i '' 'V ��� * ' " L''���"'x ���.*��� ,iS*��'. J I , ," *l ."> ��� ,-��.' ' ,.<���. ���"! . i *'���-*��� ��� \<y^ ;; v.^i -' 4v"*l -7 '. )����� '.<'} I - ' ,w ���- riJ ' ~�����y ! : '?y. r-y ' 1.3 * i| ���=l\ ATI.IN; Ii, C, SATURDAY, .AUGUST '5, sS'jy. �� .,.' , h �� The Atlin1, Claim. PiililUliod every Sutunliiy morning hy Cowan .v aIaokay. ^ Ollii-i' ol [iiililii'iitiou'. Corner of Second and Triiinor Streets. ' Advertising rates iniulo known on appliou- tion. Our Hiilisi'i'iption price is ?1 a year, payable in iiilvaiicc. No paper will bo delivnred uiiIcshh tlioso conditions aro complied with. THK POSTAL SERVICE. The opening up during the past few years of this northern portion of Canada by the discovery of gold, . has been of incalculable benefit to Canada as a whole. It has turned the eyes of the world upon this country, and the result will be and has been a large influx, not only to our mining lauds, but also to'the , great wheat fields of the Northwest. To those who have pushed", in and endured the hardships inevitable in a new district like this the Govern- , ment owes a great deal". It should be the desire of the Government to see that they are. supplied with at least a decent mail service. This has not been the case either here or on the Yukon. ( However, we believe the fault lies chiefly in the connection botw'een.the Sound cities and Skaguay. We have made inquiries and' the' fault does not seem to lie between 'Skaguay and here. The entire mail service -for this" northern country must be immense, and we see no reason why the Government could not make some arrangement whereby mail matter would be delivered at Skaguay with some degree' of-' regularity. The following from the Yukon Sun of July 25th, the Liberal organ, voices the complaint of that district:. We are sorry that we cannot say auything kind' of the postal service to the Yukon, but really it is an aggravation. When the N. W.- M. P. could carry the mails last winter, we had a service at which we could not grumble. . And that reminds us that the N. M. VV. P. have not yet received pay for that work. But here iu the broad daylight nightless month we mails handled with reasonable dispatch. Wliole ages seem to roll around before letters mailed here get to their destination. Men become " feeble and helpless and old" before an answer comes back.' They feel that all their friends have died or become blind when waiting for the long-expected letters. All winter long we yearned for letters and papers that never came. When the spring opened we expected some more. Letters did come, and later the reluctant newspapers began to arrive. Sack after sack of wet pulp was poured out here by They plow- reference to the mail, when it does get here it is'given to the public as :ast as possible. ��� But again' the department ,is too economical, ��� for it does not pay the local postofnee officials enough for ter work. the P. -THE��� P. Go.? Nuggets are so frequent uow-a- days that it is almost a chestnut to chronicle Ifheir appearance. r California, '49* Australia, '59* ��� Comstock, '69. , Leadville, '79* ' Transvaal, '89.' Atlin, '99. PAKSONS' PRODUCE -CO. With headquarters'al Winnipeg, Man., and branches at if ��� Exeter, Ont., Vancouver, B. C, Victoria, Nelson, B. C, Rossland. B. C, , Atlin, B. Bennett,* B. C, - ' Dawson, Yukon Territory. The largest Produce Business in the Canadian Northwest. full line of all kinds of Groceries and,Supplies. Goods second Orders,promptly'and carefully executed. ��� First Street. .. Atlin, B. C. c.; Carry a to none, B. C. The politicians in Canada and the United States are engaged in making a few grand'stand plays over the Alaskan boundary. After they have convinced themselves that they have convinced the people that the said politicians are all right the matter will be submitted to, arbitration and the whole affair' settled. It is as reasonable to expect trouble over this affair as sincerity iii a politician. . A recent issue of the Seattle Post- Intelligencer contained the following startling headline: !'Canada .���spoiling for War." The article purported- to be a despatch from Ottawa announcing that the Liberals aud Conservatives were willing to ' form a coalition to resent the attitude of the United States on the Alaska boundary question; also that both leaders indulged in very warlike talk. Most people in these parts understand how much faith '< �� to put in anything the P--I. prints. to enforce the law. An abortive experiment would evidently in its result lie fatal to temperance. There is great danger in identifying the cause of liquor with that of liberty. Such, certainly, would be the effect of the attempt' of the minority, or even of a small majority, to coerce the tastes and habits of their fellow- citizens by the strong hand of the law. In the meantime the unwritten ��� law, more powerful than any written enactment, operates with ever-increasing force. -. The drunkard is under the'ban of society ; he forfeits reputation ; he ��� forfeits marriage ; he forfeits his bread. No act of Parliament could impose penalties so severe m "these, or half so certain to be exacted. Meantime voluntary organization ��� and effort, which a prohibitory law would supersede, 'continue to exert their power for good. In, the legal repression of public excess and disorder, we'are, of course, of one mind. LIST YOUR LOTS AT Rant & Jones, ��� ' OLDEST ��� ESTABLISHED , , BROKERS . " ' ' ' OF ATLIN. ���' Agents for the John Irving ,Na- gatioh Company. Pearl St., Atlin, B. C. Government Assay Office. The Vancouver Board of Trade gives notice that the government of British'1 Columbia have established an office in Vancouver and that the banks and merchants will negotiate the certificates issued by the govern-, ment assayer. CHARLES E. TISDALL, [ President: COMMUNICATIONS. of cannot get our the disgusted officials, ed through the fragments and discovered that their dates were August of 1898, and all the*months since then. Then the official wrath arose and they were cast out. Then whole warehousefulls of papers began to arrive, seventy-five and a hundred sacks at a time ; they, too, were dated from about August, 1898, and on.- From them we learn that the Spanish-American war is over, and other late news. A long-suffering public will stand much, but the mail service is a vital matter, and trifling with it will cause trouble. Isolated as we are the least the department or the Government can do is to give us as good a mail serviie as it can. If it fails to do so it must be held accountable. The trouble is that the department is trying to do the work too cheaply, and it suffers in consequence. Fortunately we can savin AN ANSWER, DESIRED. To the-Editor of The Claim: Sir,���Allow me, x through the columns of your paper, to ventilate a few facts about the postal delivery at Atlin. On the 20th day of July I sent an order .to Atlin post office for mail; also a request'to send my mail to Pine. The mail arrived in Pine on the 24th. I visited the office and was 'told by the postmaster that there was no1 mail matter for me. Expecting an important letter I set out for Atlin and asked at the post office for mail, with no better result than in Pine. On the 28th I received. five letters in Pine post office, two bearing bearing Atlin post mark of the 13th and three of the 22nd. Can anyone give an explanation why a letter should remain 15 days in an office when the owner repeatedly iuquired for thail? The explanation should come from the postal authorities either iii Atlin or Pine. The press of business cannot in either place be so great as to prevent timely delivery of letters, and anyone who has frequented the post office at Atlin can see that the amount of time wasted in courtesy is not great. The detaining of letters in an office shows neglect on some ones part and should be rectified. Yours respectfully. D. J. Cochrane. Pine, July 28, 1899. BYSTANDER ON PROHIBITION. Bystander, (Prof. Gold win Smith) in the Farmer's Sun, says: "The repeal of the Scott Act iu Brome county by a large majority shows that even the light vote cast under the plebiscite in favor of prohibition is unreliable and confirms Mr. Charlton's opinion that the Dominion Government, if it legislated in favor departure of troops and supplies for of prohibition, would be powerless the campaign in the Phillipines NEWS NOTES. At last accounts the street car stiikes in New York and Cleveland still continue as fierce as ,ever. , The Toronto Board ,of Control has recommended many increases iu civic salaries, the dargest being that of City Treasurer Coady, $1,400 making it'$4,000 now. . - The . Manitoba Legislature has passed, the ^second-reading of the bill to1 ratify the agreement with the Manitoba & Northwestern Railway Co., by which the Government takes over half a million acres of land as security for moneys advanced. The Premier' announces the policy of selling thecland only to actual settlers. The land is considered worth $3' an acre, being selected out of a total of 2,700,000 acres, mostly in the Province, but partly in the Territories. The Premier' expects to have the land in the market next May or June, when having the advantage of settlement around, and being good for settlement, it will be rapidly taken. Joseph Bordeau, aged 17, porter on the steamer Keenora, was drowned at Little Falls on Rainy River, on Tuesday Night by falling from thetboat. 'The body was not recovered. . The Allan and Dominion Lines have lost the contract for carrying the Canadian transatlantic mails which the former has held almost since the fifties, sharing it however with the Dominion Line in recent years.' The contract has been given to the Elder-Dempster line and that company will employ on it the twin screw steamers* Montfort, Monterey and Monteagle. The three boats are high-speed freight boats of almost equal speed to the boats which have been carrying the mails. The port of call has also been changed from Moville to Queeustown. It is understood that it is the intention of the Elder-Dempster Line to put high-speed boats on the line in the near future. President Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific railway is accredited with' having said in St. Paul that his line was seriously considering plans for an extension to the Alaskan gold fields. , Seattle has been made a port of PINE TREE HOTEL. ' , DISCOVERY, Bi'c. When you come'to Discovery , . Take shelter under the TREE. * ' , * Finest of Liquors. Good stabling. ' , .' CHAS. R. OUBRIDGE, Mgr. Good dining room run *" '* in connection. ��� ' H. CANCELLOR, Caterer. ..HOTEL RUSSELL.. First-Class Goods And First-Class ��� Service. Pates Reasonable. f ^ t 1 Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. JAS. H. RUSSELL,. Proprietor' A ITKEN & STRANAHAN,, Painters. * - . ' Neat and artistic signs able rates. * at reason- John Irving Navigation Co. Direct line of steamers . between Atlin and Bennett. The' STEAMER "SCOTIA" Makes close connections with the STEAMER For "GLEANER Bennett. ...THE KOOTENAY... * Furnished Rooms and Grill Room in connection. HAYWOOD & BYRON, Proprietors. 'if ATLIN, -J!. C, SATURDAY, Allf'.l-'St i8i)(». \ ' 7 - V: Is- • axaraauxmu must vsj-jtvtsi «jt ncxi ttjout; ROBT. (i. INGERSOLL DEAD The. Great Agnostic Dies Suddenly of Apoplexy. ? A Gem From From His Many - Speeches. to day to that horizon, where the dusk is waiting for the "night. At last, sitting by the holy hearth of home-as evening's, embers change from red to gray, he falls asleep within the arms of her he worshipped and adored, feeling upon his pallid lips love's last and holiest kiss.' Col.Kobt. G. Ingersoll died sud denly of apoplexy' at his home at Dobb's Ferry on the afternoon of July 21. The name of Ingersoll is known wherever the English* language is spoken.. Whatever one ma}'think of' his beliefs or disbeliefs all fair-minded men , will' concede that he resigned a brilliant political life by his adherence to'ag- , nosticism. The following gem," from among hundreds he has given utterance to; we reproduce: LIFE. Born of love and hope, of ec'stacy und pain, of agony and fear, 'of tears and joy—dowered with the wealth of two united hearts—held in happy arms, with lips upon life's drifted font, blue-veined and fair, where perfect peace finds' perfect form—r.ocked by willing feet and > wooed to shadowy shores of sleep by siren mother singing soft and low—looking with' wonder's wild aud startled eyes at common things of life and day—taught by want ' and wish .and contact with the things that touch the dimpled flesh of babes—lured by light and flame and charmed by colors wondrous robes—learning the use of hands and feet, and by the^ love of mimicry beguiled to utter, speech—releasing prisoned thoughts' from crabbed and curious marks on soiled aud tattered leaves—puzzling the brain with crooked numbers 'and their changing, tangled worth— and so through years of alternating day and • night, until the captive grows familiar with the chains and walls and limitations of a life. And time runs on iii sun ..and shade, until the one df all the world is wooed and won, and all the lore of love is taught and learned again. Again a home 'is built with the chamber wherein faint dreams, like cool and shadowy vales, divide the billowed hours of love. Again, the miracle of a birth—the pain and joy, the kiss of welcome and the cradle song drowning the drowsy prattle of a babe. And then the sense of obligation and of wrong—pity for those who toil and weep—tears for the imprisoned and despised—love for the generous dead, aud in the heart the rapture of a high resolve. And then ambition with its lust of pelf and place and power, longing to put upon its breast distinction's worthless badge. Then keener thoughts of men and eyes that" see behind the smiling mask of craft— flattered no more by the obsequious cringe of gain and greed—knowing the uselessness of hoarded gold—of "honor bought from those who charge the usury of self-respect—of power that only bends a coward's knee and forces from the lips of fear the lies of praise, knowing at last the unstudied gesture of esteem, the reverent eyes made rich with honest thought and holding high above all other things—high as hope's great throbbing star above the darkness of the dead—the love of wife and child aud friend. Then locks of gray, and growing love of other days and half-remembered things—holding the withered hands of those who first held his, while, over dim and loving eyes death softly presses down the lids of rest. And so, locking in marriage vows his children's hands and crossing others on the breasts of peace, with daughter's babes upon his lenees, the white hair mingling with the gold, he journes's on from day A CABLE TO TAKU. V: One Will be Laid Shortly-Telephone Communication on the Creeks. • Geo. Rice, of Rice & Hastie arrived on Thursday's boat. With him he brought the wire and' instruments for the Atliii Light and Power Company'. The.poles being already up between here and Pine, it is expected the wire will lie strung and the line in operation by Monday. Mr. Rice states it is aot the intention of the company to stop there. They will continue tlie line to Surprise, furthermore, all the creeks,in the district will be tapped and telephone communication established. This is a most important undertakings and will result in great benefit to Atlin. They also intend laying a cable between here and Taku.-1 - Mr. Rice says that Juneau is the most prosperous city on the north coast. .Porcupine 'is also looking up.* He is very sanguine of the future of Atlin, and thinks that next summer will see this town in „a flourishing condition. .The district has been given/a bad name, and it can only be dissapated by a substantial output of gold. The shipments which have already been made by his firm are having a good effect and by the time the season's output has been distributed through various channels to tlie cities on Puget sound and the news goes out to the world the croakers will not find further audience. . JAS. 'CARROLL'and"CO. „' Skagway, - Alaska. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MERCHANTS Provisions, Fancy Groceries,, Hardware, . . Clothing, Boots and Shoes . ." " i l Write Us for, Quotations 'Or 'Order Goods Sent C. O. I). i- . Privilege of Inspection. ■ ' * , ' ,' '' Ir ■i, '< »,, , IL ' -THE- Canadian Bank... ....of Commerce Has moved to new offices Corner Second and Pearl Streets. Thoroughly Equipped Assay Office in Connection. Royalty on Gold. , . O | L i Notice is hereby given that tlie royalty "of 1 per cent, on ull gold extracted is now payable for the quarter ending .Time 80, 1899. All parties concerned are required to pay same within 14 days from date. Necessary ; affidavits may he obtained at tho office of the Gold Commissioner. J. D. GRAHAM. Atlin, B. C., July IL 1899. ■ ' GOOD IF IN QUANTITY. * Dear Sir : We have pleasure to inform you that'since'the last issue of The- Claim, a furtlier, sample of rock has been- assayed from our British America group of mineral claims on Slate Mountain, resulting in'$242 to the'ton, free gold. The assay was made by the' Bank of British North America, and no gold was visible to the naked eye. Since then, however, good sized specks of free gold can be frequently seen when breaking up the stone, and values appear to be improving. Quite a number of visitors have been to the spot, and all the available ground in the vicinity has been taken up. Pine City. Pearse & Byass. Gold Assayed, Purchased or Taken on 'Consignment. Exchange sold on all the principal points, in Europe, the United States and Canada. NOTICE. County Court, of .Vancouver, holden at Atlin. County Court, will ho.held nt the town of Atlin, on Friday, the Uth day of August next, at the hour of 10 o'clock ,!■! the forenoon. ' ' ' ' '' r -. ,)'-.<- .E. M. NY WOODS, Registrar. - NOTICE. J. B. Charleson says the telegraph line into Dawson will be completed sometime in October. A BIG FOOT, THE PLAYHOUSE BEAR. a (Some distance after Kipling-.) (Suggested "by an experience during" the Grua engagement.) Whenever I go to the plaj house I sit in the endmost chair, So little I reck of the rubber neck or t'ie girl with the Eiffel hair, But, oh ! nt each fall of the curtain, ordained by some law accurst, A portly wretch on the quarter stretch is seized by a raging thirst ;" He walks all over my Trilbys ; he jumps on my cherished corn; His lumbering tread w ould arouse the dead fnr better than Gabriel's' horn. By his shoes will ye know the monster, box- toed, brutal and square, And make ye no truce' with Abig-foot, tlie man that walks like a bear. rend- County Court, of Vancouver, Holden at Bennett. , c County Court •« ill be held at the town of Bennett on Monday the 14th day of August next, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon. E. M. N. WOODS, Registrar. H OTEL IRVING. A. R. Newly Furnished, * ■ Eirst-Class Accommodations. Wines, Liquors, Etc. McDONALD, Proprietor, Discovery St. and First Avenue. PRINCIPAL" BATH HOUSE ' AND LAUNDRY.. Best Equipped Establishment, in Atlin. . ' * ., Lake Street, near Sawmill. I I'<1 rather be hit by the trolley, tlio' it ed me limb from limb, Yea! let me be caught 'ueath the;juggeruiuit but keep me away from him. Ono night at the fall of the curtain, he took mo by surprise: I was reading ads in the program; I did not lift my oyeb. Nouroraud neurer he tottered; he hoisted his hoof and then— I have not waltzed with women; I probably won't again. So mark, when tho orchestra tooteth; then is the time to beware! Take ye no chance on Abig-foot, tho man that walks like a bear! GOLD HOUSE PINE CITY. Good Liquors, * - Good Wine's and Cigars. Beds and Meals a Specialty. LETHERDALE & BURTON, - ■ Proprietors. THE NORTHERN HOTEL, FIRST STREET. The biggest house in Atlin. Everything first-class. Thagard & Turney, Proprietors. The British Hostelry LOG OABIN, B. G. A spot .where the weary sojourner can find rest. T. TUGWELL, Prop. Applications1 fop Land. Notice is lierebs' given that thirty days after da**e I intend to apply to the Commissioner of Lands und Works for a lease of five acres of land for ^garden purposes, commencing at a stake No. 1 near where a slough enters the north oide of Piue creek and distant about one half mile from the lake, being 172 yards northerly from stake No. 1 and 140 j arils westerly. ROBT. GRIERSON. Atlin, May 26,1899. O.K. BATHS BARBER SHOP. The bathsore equally as good as found in cities. Side entrance for ladies. LINK & PRATT, Props., Fir«,t Street. , JULES EGGERT Swiss Watchmaker, Has charge of government instruments. First street, Atlin. In Medical Hall. E.L. Funeral Director and Embalmer Third and Discovery, Atlin, B. C. Bodies Embalmed for Shipment a Specialty Orders on short notice. All kinds of Funeral Supplies at reaaoii- nble rates. ',, •& ' ir r'*'^' * '\ '%/'"' . -j' JS> ' ■ ' ■fi-.'v, r 1 . '. ' ^ . .' , 'IO" '; , >' - " 1 >yJ-<£ J w ' ' < . , .->«-! »■ r Z " / II ** 'Vt' tl II ~ "*' " 1 ' ' ^}\"\\ , .,r,J<yl| : *-H ■ -■-, -r < H 1. — .* *-11 , L. ' , -"j -,jl - ■,."*' |l / " J r \\ "" '1 , '.> ,'j.i v y.'M ';!■ y *<■ * -* '1 1 '• r-y-.l -' L " 1 >-.y m r * -. -■(■*■ 1 J -"'1 *s ^*-- ,1fc )l yy'K'M - '1 ■., ">\M • >* ■.* >);!! ■» V.f,>„-*);'■ . - f.'J "s , ' -.-il t *V • /,;.'■! s /'.y| 41 "•►*«rw ^^Mr*K'■JM ywiamwa/MAcfcw h** (MtMf Utt4U.KlW*M¥tttnU.UV'ti icnu ATLIN, li. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1899. PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. L, J fc it'V;.*-'- Uliiclii'lt i'c Co.-Paints, oils ami vur Tli n re ure do���'s to liui'ii in A till Mciliriil Hull fin- My paper. isli.K just, now. Uhicliott A Co. ���li'ine twcuil siiltsiiud punts. ' li'ull Slock ol Patent Medicines. Dockrill A- Co. Shipment ol new goods jiisl arrived at Medical Hull, First sti-oct. Kine lot ol conlectionery, just arrived. Uookrill & Co. ( o , Insect powder of all kinds.���W.'R. l)o\'k- rill&Co. McDonald's nuw hotel was opened Tuesday night, at Pine. The Merchants Hunk of ll;illfu.\ oponod u branch at Pino on Friday. A small fleet of small steamers huvu arrived at Taku harbor this wouk. Hob McCutosh "Juis starti; 1 a livur\* stulile at Pino and is doin r u good business. Iron mortal's for grinding quartz.���W. li. Dockrill & Co., the Leu ling Druggists. V. Clem brought in during the week an b 1-2 ounce nugget oil' No. 1 above on McKee. Another big snow saila'l fur Dawson this week. Part oi her cargo was made ol liund- sleds. , ' New Goods at Cuminiugs & Richardson's. Fine Tweed Suits, Hoots and Shoes and Felt lints. Daw sou papers to hand report that both the Cape Nome and Big Salmon strikes are failure-,. Many of,.the sporting fraternity wont, to Pine on Tuesday to represent their hluck- jack claims. ' A'floor will be put in tho B. M. P. A. tent., at Pine, and weekly dances wiil be given, commencing next week. It is expected a largo number will take in the excursion up the lake on the steamer Scotia to-morrow, r Fresh Eggs, $14.00 per case: Potatoes und Onions $13,110 per 100 lbs., at Bluekctt & Co.'s Iron Store, First Street. Mr. Allan, of Allun & Campbell, the boot and shoe merchants, intends moving to Pine, where lie will open up on'Tuesday next. 'Church of England services will be held at corner Trainor and Third streets un Sunday at 11 a. in. aud !i p. m., and at Discovery at 7:80 p. in. John Cummiugs, of the firm of Cuminiugs A Richardson, lias returned from a trip to tlie Sound, where he went to purchase additional stock., Pine Creek was like a bee hive on Tuesday, nil creek and a' large number of bench claims being represented. Consi leruble rostakiug w as done principally at the source of Willow. ftsv. Mr. Dickey, first Presbyterian missionary to tlie Yukon, is in town, tlie guest of Mr. Pringle. Mr. Dickey has many friends here who will be glad to renew* acquaintance miule in Skaguay. L. Lew is, the Fir.-t street liquor ineivhuut, arrived fro'n Dawson during the week. Mr. Lewi-, intends moving his tobacco stock from hero to Daw son, and will dispose ot his liquor at re luuetl prices. _ ' ( Services will be hslil iu the First Presbyterian church, corner Tiiiid and Discovery streets, on Snnd'ij at 10:3.) u. m.', uud 7:*.!l) p. m. Sunday school at 2:.M p., in. llev. John Pringle, B. A., ininistur. Jus. H. Russell has bought out the ice house near Sinclair's sawmill, in which* is stored nri tons oT ice. He intends, retailing itatl' ,c tier pound. Orders muj be left with Bnlmer & Walker, corner Second .mil Pearl. Mr. Billett, bus met with considerable success in his canvass for subscriptions towards the, price of an organ for the Church of England, und it is expected ttuit the instrument will be in the church hglore very Ion ;. At the Vancouver assay office July 2,1th, *57fi,O00 worth of gold w as handled. Twenty- four different lots of gold were received . during the day, in all weighing 1,300 ozs. The largest individual lot left at the office was 251 o/.k\ The Masonic Club at Discovery will give a Social on Wednesday evening, Aug. !lth. " A fine program will he presented, to which nil Masons and friends aro invited This Club will hold a basket picnic at tho falls in u few weulc.s ol" wnicli notice will appear latjr. There i�� lilcely to bu ti split in the northern steamboat combination Unit plys between the Sound cities and Skuguuy. It appcar.s that, contrary to agreement, the American stcamboatn have been encroaching on Canadian trade, which was considered tliu preserves of the Cauuiliiiu bouts. We hud tho pleasure .of viowing a copper specimen tho other day, siiid to bo found in this neighborhood, tlmt is very rieli. It weighed about thirty pounds and wusulino.st entirely native copper. Tho ledge will be prospected a little more ami tho owners may thou give more information regarding it. Tlio Atlin General Hospitulyhus opened a Free Public Dispensary for the treatment und benefit of indigent patients who are unable to puy doctor's foes for advice and consultations, this having beeu rendered possible by an endowment they received from tho Government. Tlie hospital report ending August 1st, for four mouths, shows one hundred nnd eighteen patients have been admit (Pel. The Commissioner Will Next' Week. Finish -THE��� Merehcaots Hank of-Halifax Paid Up Intends to Leave for Bennett on * August 12. After almost two months ol constant work Judge Irving has succeeded iu clearing up tlio disputes brought I info re him. Next week will 11 ud all the cases disposed of. Tt is essential that all who have papers or other documents not required to bo hold, should appear burly iu the week, us tlie Judge loaves for Bennett Saturday, w'liero lie will hold County Court. kkidav, JULY 28. Northwest staking, .1 li below* on Pino.��� Charles Chriscader takes tho lower 100 foet. Tn No. 17 below, 15. Dalton takes tlio upper 100 foot. Tn No. HO above George Dolph takes the upper 100 foot. Tho title to tlie remainder of these 250-foot locations not being before tlie Commissioner, was not doult with. Nos. 27, 28 and 29 ubovo were settled by tho parties out of court. ' Tn the remaining Northwest cases, the parties practically came to settlement beloro entering court, and whut may bo termed consent orders were made. This was the case in Nos. 10 and -17 below, 27, 28, 29 and 110 above on Pine, as well us the Lovely Dove, Clearwater, Eldorado and Willow sets. 'J.UEBDAY, A.U(.. 1. f ' , This, tlie first day of tho open season, was a light one for the Commission, which has beeu .working pretty continuously since about the middle of June.. A great number of cases have been disposed of iu that time, the object of the Commissioner evidently being to have all the involved claim-, in sliupi' for repreientation day. Only a few* mi or cases wero on the list, uud they cropped up only at the last moment, so that there now remain only the finishing touches necessary to complete the work of tha Commission. Marsh vs. Morse, the Hope Creek claim om Pine. This claim was staked on tlie iitb ol August, 1898, by u man named Sheppard, for Nellie Marsh, but no record was ever obtained for it and it was shown in evidence that th2 claim had been left practically without representation until this spring. In the meantime David Scheller had relocated and recorded the claim under tlie same name. It was sold by Scheller to a man named Patterson, and eventually transferred to Dr. Morse, The Commissioner confirmed-the record granted, vesting the title -in Morse, but did not give any order for costs against the petitioner, Nellie Marsh. L*. ' , In Nos. 25 aud 20 above, Dr. Turner for himself and as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Turner, was .given 100 feet, the remainder of the 2.")0 feet locations being allotted to those who staked under the Hritish Columbia laws, according* to priority. Monroe vs. McRae.' This was a petition ot Mrs. Margaret Monroe, in respect of tlie Perth bench claim on Spruce, against Thos. Macrae, w ho located the same ground as the Marie Margaret. The petition of Mrs. Monroe was dismissed, but w ithout any order tor costs being made. __ THURSDAY, AUG. !!. Huukin vs. Miner. Haukiu ob'taiued his free miner's license on the 5th of June hist, and located Miner's claim on tlie following day. Miner, taking the matter as a joke, threw aside the stakes. An order was made cancelling Hankiu's record and forbidding him trespassing on the ground but in view of the fact that Mr. Minor had in a previous action respecting this ground, stated that there were no adverse stakes on it, the Commissioner did not grant him an order for costs, but advised Haukiu, who is .quite a lad, to start out now with a clean reputation and keep off staked ground. INCORPORATED IS'IO. CAPITAL - - , $2,000,000.00 Rest - - - '- - - - - - ,- - - - $1,250,000.00 A general 'Banking business transacted. Gold Dust- assayed purchased. ; , . ,' , '' Drafts issued and money transferred to any part of the world. Tiie First Bank to Onen in Atlin. A Branch has been opened In Pino City." Gold Dust Purchased. W. A. SPENCER - - - Manager Atlin Branch.' ' ' and P. burns e* CO Wholesale - 1 Corner and - FlKST AN'I) Retail - Pearl Streets. 09 Butchers. Builders' Hardware, Miners' Supplies, Tinware, Graniteware, Etc., Etc. ' TINSHOP'IN CONNECTION. "' KIRST'STREET, 1 *.-'��� & CO. (Limited.) ATLIN, B. C. ' TIIE ��� GRANU HOTEL ��� FINEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN THE NORTH, EVERYTHING CONDUCTED IN FIRST-CLASS MANNER. ' ' ��� Rice & HastieJ Proprietors;' David,Hastie,' Manager. Corner of First and Discovery Streets. RETIRING FROM '....;BU.SlNESS.,.,V.y-.. The undersigned is aboirt to remove his stock of Tobaccos,- Cigars and Cigarettes to Dawson City, and is selling out his stock of Liquors at largely Reduced Prices. Come earlv and secure a bargain. THE PASSENGER LIST. Tlie following is the list of passengers ar rived iu Atlin during the past week on the Scotia: Saturday, July 29��� Robt. Ball, W. Warms- ley, W. H. Marrett. A. L. Remick, Thos. Tug- well, A. Brown. 13. E. Bull, D. Ker. Mrs. W. O. Knittlo, A. J. Baker, li.'J. Proult, A. J. Ro- slion, S. A. Oler, L. Lewis. l Tuesday, Aug. 1.���W. H. Tolan. Jas. Nolan, H. Butler, T. P. Patton, Dr. Lindsay, Miss Gardner, J. Wliitty. Mr. aud Mrs. W. Hayes, A. Calpert, J. R. Boegle, II. C. Diss, J. Collins. IS LEWIS, First Street, Atlin, B. C. In exchange for the best ,guii in Atlin. Double barrel, breech louder; shot and rille combined; short and light: canvas case; rille and shot shells, and complete loading tools tor each. Will allow 520 per ounce for nuggets for jewelry. Call at B. R. Van De'usen's Carpenter Shop, North First Street, Atlin. FOR SALE. " The Prettiest Place, in Atliii," (so-called by hundreds) is now for sale. Lots 7 and 8 iu Block 17, situate on Lake street, by the shore of beautiful Lake Atlin. Also Lot 17 in Block 5 (50x100 foet, with an alley on side and rear) situate on 4th street, near Discovery Ave. These lots are all improved. Apply to- S. A. SMYTH B. * Atliii, B.C.. Aug. -Ith, 1899. Quito a quantity of eordwooil litis been floated olf by the high wator in tho hike iu the neighborhood of Taku lately. The privy council of England, in the case of Briden vs. the Union Colliery Company, has ruled that the province has not power to prohibit Chinese from working under ground in coal mines. President Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, announces that Seattle will have a fine new depot as soon as its construction can be: arranged for. IMSON'S VARIETY STORE. Tlie latest styles in Costumes, Bicycle Skirts, Shirt Waists, Huts und Millinery. Between Rant and Watson. R. HAYNES, DENTIST, Will bo in Atliii for about a week longer All work guaranteed. Office: Corner Pearl and Third Streets. AMERICANS, ATTENTION. American citizens who hold free miners' certificates will learn something to their advantage by calling upon L. JF. Shaw, representing Col. James Hamilton Lewis, at his office iu Discovery, opposite II. C. Hotel. This is important to those concerned. QTOTEL O. - K. .Choice AVines, , v Liquors and Cigars. c > First Avenue. \ WM. CUROE, Munager Job 'Printing* In about ten days The Claim will be in a position,to do. all kinds of job work, such as Letterheads, Billheads, Statements, Cards, Envelops, Dodgers, etc. ALLAN & CAMPBELL Have received a shipment of Ladies'. Misses" and Ghildrens' Fine Footwear Also Fine Boots and Shoes, Rubber Boots, Miners' Prospectors in endless Varietym Will renjove to Pine Mondav.
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Title | The Atlin Claim |
Publisher | Atlin, B.C. : Atlin Claim Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1899-08-05 |
Description | The Atlin Claim was published in Atlin, a remote community located in northwestern British Columbia, close to the Yukon border. The Claim was published by the Atlin Claim Publishing Company, and ran from April 1899 to April 1908. Although a number of different editors worked on the Claim, the two longest-serving editors were Alfred C. Hirschfield and William Pollard Grant. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1899-1908 Frequency: Weekly |
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Date Available | 2011-09-07 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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AIPUUID | 64812906-d5df-44a4-a577-00c1929c23c6 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0169177 |
Latitude | 59.566667 |
Longitude | -133.7 |
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