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OKDEIl AND NOTICE OF SPEC
IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY. MARCH 6th,
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska.
Firs' Judicial Division, pursuant
to au order for an election to
fill a vacancy in. the office of mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives from the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and issued
0'i the 31st day of Jaaiuary 1917,
by the Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor c-f the Territory of Alaska,
under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on. him by section 4,
of th.e Organic Act, approved March
24, 11>12 and in conformity tbere
wRh:
Nctice is hereby given thai «tn
election will be held on Tuesday,
March 6, 1917, between the hours
of eight o'clock a. m. and seven
o'clock p. m. of said date.
The Common Council of Skag
wuv, Alaska, having heretofore by
resolution duly designated the vot
ing precinct of Baid town and. the
polic- place therein the electors rer
sidiog within the boundary of the
sJ»id Town of Skagway, Alaska,
wh:cn are as follows:
Ail cf the platted townslte of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, -will
vote at the Town Hall building
which, is located on Lot Three (3)
Biock Eigh* (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
de3.gnated poling place in and for
tHe voting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Da*ed at Skagway, Alaska, Feb
ruary 8th, 1917
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town of Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(3eal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
IME TELLS G.P.R. AGENTS OF
SKAGWAY ATLIN YUKON TRIP
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Continued from Page l
p. m. the following Monday week,
or »eu days spent upon smooth
watois. la a floating hotel, amid
the finest acenery, without any ex
tra expense than tjia cost of the
ticket, with the exception of two
lunches, one breakfast, one dinner
and ouy night's berth, while the
steamer Is lying in, port at Skag
wi'y. There is no more pleasurable
and health-giving trip or one as
reason a Die in cost anywhere in the
world.
• You are familiar with the tie
parure ftrom Seattle, Vancouver or
Victoria and with the trip up the
BrHish Columbia coast, through
Seymour Narrows, between Vaucouv
err Island and the mainland, the
call a* Alert Bay, on up through
the placid waters of Granville
Channel to Prince Rupert and
across 'he boundary of Canada and
Alaska to the first port in Alaska,
via., Ketchikan. When, "all clear"
is reoeived from 'he U. S. Customs
an* Immigration people, we step
ashore lu Uncle Sam's territory and
spend a few hours about the town
which immediately strikes us by
its situation between, the WHs &nd
the sea. Ketchikan has a popula
tion a' about 2500 and is growing.
It U the home port for a large
fishing fleet, has a modern cannery
oa a big scale, an up-to-date lum
bar mill, wholesale warehouses and
fine Tetail stores, a bank, hospitals,
schools and churches of all denom
inations, a daily paper, roller skat
ing rink, and ty/o> moving picture
houses. There are tyro very fair
hcteia and restaurants. The town
Jus good electric light and tele
phone systems and aa excellent wat
er service. There are many fine
modern homes and the town has
aa ever increasing appearance of
prosperity and cleanliness.
continuing tne voyage uortu,
Wrangell is reached in about sii
hour* steaming. This is a small
er t£,wn than Ketchkian, but boats,
a ban It. sawmill, fishing fleet, a
fa'r hotel, churches, schools and
a weekly caper. Thia is tbe port
oi debarkation, for the interior of
Northern British Columbia. A
stern-wheel river steamer operated
by the Hudson's Bay Co., as well
ag power launches, runs up the Sti
kire River to Telegraph Creek,
reaching a district which is the
mecca for big game hunters.
After leaving Wrangel fhe steam
er shortly enters Wrangel Narrows,
an unusually beautiful and wind
ing chatnel which takes about two
hours to go through; then on north
through a continuu? panorama of
mountains, glaciers and sea for
9i?ht hcurs to Taku Glacier where
the steamer getg as close in as
the ice conditions will allow. Vast
masses of ice are continually break
inz off and crashing Into the sea
to 'loa». away and melt. Leaving
Tafu we immediately enter Gastin
eau Channel and arrive at Juneau,
tbe capital.
The population of Juneau and
vicinity is now over 11,000. The
mo3f modern and largest gold
quartz mining plants in the world
are on Gastinaeu Channel. On® mill
now about completed is right in
Juueau itself and is *he production
o{ the very latest thought of
mining engineering. Two other
mills are within 10 and 15 minutes
reswctively and treat between them
each twenty-four hour* about 14,
000 tons of ore. One of these
plant* employs over 1300 men who
have th-eir own married and single
men's quarters, club house, swim
ming t&nk, bowling alley, theatre,
&c., and here the steamer calls in
the tourist season and a regular
guide conducts passengers over the
plant. Juneau has everything that
a modern city fcas—firgt class ho
tels and restaurants, good roads
and over one hundred automobiles.
A regular ferry service brings it in
constant touch with Treadwell,
Douglas and Thane. The Masons,
the Elks, the Oddfellows and tbe
Arctic Brotherhood Orders have
very active lodges here; the last
nJa?ei has a fine swimming tank
and both it and the Elks Lodge
have gcod dance floors. As far
as can be seen now there is a very
great future for Juneau and district.
Gartineau Channel on a still clear
nig:ht is something to remember,
when the big mill plants stuck on
the mountain side throw a glow of
purp'e electric light which is re
flected in the water.
Leaving Gastineau Channel we
eater a long arm of the sea call
ed Lynn Ca.nal and are on the last
eight hours of our voyage to; Skag
wav a part of the trip that re
main* forever in. the memory bf all
who have s&en It. Snow-capped
mountains, glaciers and waterfalls
are oil each Bide of us all the way
aud here we finish, a four days' voy.
age upon which, "we have had all
aii'l iuoie of the pleasures anticipat
ed and none pf tho discomforts.
Skagway has a population of
about 1000. It hag three very fair
betels and restaurants, excellent
water, telephone, and light sys
tems, a bank, good retail stores
and a daily paper, a splendid hos
pital, school, churchcs; ajid the
MasoLs, Elks and Arctic Brother
hood have active lodges- The steam
er remains here about two days,
which gives the passengers, who are
returning south the same trip, the
tore either to make the round trip
over the White Pass & Yukon Ry.
to Lake Lebargie, to Whiteliorse or
to Bennett; or, if t is desired to
spend the ime at Skagway, there
are all sorts of trips to be made by
land or water. Denver Glacier is
wirl-.in walking distance. There are
fresh, and salt-water fishing, tennis
courts and baseball ground. Every
one is strongly; advised, however,
to a" least make the trip over the
Whtta Pass Ry., as far as the Sum
mit; it cos*s but $5, is well worth
it and »akes only about four hours.
Having come thug far it seems
to me to be a great pity that more
pcrpjo do not remain over at least
a week and go into the interior
froir Skagway over the White Pass
& Yukon Ry. and steamer lines.
Climbing up the pass by the rail
way we cross the summit and the
famous International boundary,
about 20 miles from Skagway, and
enter British Columbia again only
to leave it at a point beyond Ben
nei*. where we enter Yukon Terri
tory about 60 miles from Skagway
and later arrive at Caribou, or
Caicrcst', on Tjiglsh Lake.
Hero is a heauurui nine
with a really first-class hotel un
der 'ho management of mine Host
and Hostess Gideon and if one can
not be happy at Caribou I am sorry
for them. Magnificent fishing with
fly hait cr troll, hunting and
boating are for *he asking. Here
connection is made with the steam
er for Atlin which is reached in ahoj
er for Atlin which is reached in
abcut 2G hours steaming. Arrived
at AMiii everybody says "Why didn'
I arrange to stay longer?" and here
surely is one of the charm spots of
this old earth and ono pf the
leasf known. Some day Atlin is
oo^'ning in'o its own! I was
ther» on Sept. 3rd and shall never
foree' »he reflections cn our lake
trio to the Glacier, the colors and
♦he sunsets. Magnificent roads,
good autos., placer gold mining iu
all forms, fishing, hunting, boat
in?, and a really tip-top hotel on
the lake side and managed by the
Ry. will be found here. There is
a hoi mineral spring and bath
house, and a cold magnesium spring
bubDles out of the earth right in
the town. The hospitality of the
AMin people is such as one finds
only north of fifty-four. Every
vis'for is sorry to leave Atlin.
Continuing the rail journey over
the White Pass & Yukon Ry. from
Caribou. Whitehorse is reached in
about two hours and here is the
end of the rail line 110 miles from
Skagway.
Whitehorse is the busy little
center of a copper mining district
ani is the home port of the W. P.
& Y. River steamers. There are
at present three fair liotls and two
r»*aurants and plans are maturing
for a modern and up-to-date ho
tel and dining-room.
Good roads and automobiles en
able visitors to make many beautii
fi'l and .interesting trips, those to
Mile® Canyon and the Rapids being
the favorites. The Canadian Bank
of Commerce has a branch here;
the-e are good retail stores and
an electric light system, also a
weekly paper. Plans are about
complete-! by the White Pass Com
panv for a novel and exciting trip
during the geason. next year. This
will be on a barge, to be specially
constructed and in the care of
an experienced local pilot. It is
planned to take about 25 or 30 pasg.
ecgers at a time thf-ough the R3
piis and Miles Canyon, then back
'Ut town by auto.
At Whitehorse we board the
White Pass & Yukon river steamer
for I>awson. Good accommodaion
and fine table service are found
and we simply have two days of
thrills. One's first trip down the
Yukon River from Whitehorse to
Dawson is never forgotten. You
have forty-eight hours excitment
and hate to go to bed for fear of
missing something, and you, may
aee a moose or a bear on the riter
(Continued on page 4)
FRATERNAL ORDERS
A A. A A A A A «fi* j
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skngwav No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and. fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 P.
m. stwrp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wt-UTime. W. L. Steveaisoa, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Hect rder.
Fraternal Owler
iimlcfcs—
Skflgway Aerie
Xo. 25, Frutcr
nal Order of
nngiua 1UWU) Ui(| U1M UIK1 U1"U
Wednesday night of ouch month at
tni'Ji hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
injj brothers coaxliajly Invitenl to
attpjtd. J. M. Qielsbacii, \V. I*.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Paea Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Pri. Ev'gs, of each
monic. visiurvg Drorners are wel
come.
Harold Talbct, W. M.
Address all communications to
th« Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS j
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
K. meets every |
Thursday niglit
iit 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R
r. J. VAWDEWAXX,, Secretary
Plpnf-er of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:80 p. ni.
Visiting Brotliers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec
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In Territory of Alaska
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