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SKAUWAI LUCKY?
"Skagway has been mighty
lucky!'•
T^'j is the remark that has been
ma le a number of times during
t-e oast twanty-foirr hours, when
t'>e report was given out herg that
Valdez had again been w'ped out by
fire.
We agree Kith those who say
that Skagway lias been lucky, but
we attribute her Tuck to another
e.kuse than that which is common
ly thought of. We attribute Skag
.way's luck to having a first class
volunteer fire department, and in
Jack Bender, chief, a man who
knows how 10 fight fire, and a man
in whom every member of the de
oa-rtmeut has confidence, and a
man .r> whom every member of the
volunteer fire departent is loyal.
Mr. Bender has held the position
as chief for protably a greater
leng'h of time than any one of
his predecessors, and he has made
a careful study of the conditions of
the town. He knows every fire
Uydranf. He knows every building,
jtiS'de and out. He knows which
is the best way to approach said
build Lg in case a l'ruj might occur
thereiu, and heknowg just where "-11
apparatus is located, and with
this knowledge, he has assisted the
Goddess Luck in preventing the
are 'ieud from sweeping Skagway.
Tow n JIaTshal Page is also one
of >hu Goddess' assistants, for he
has always been, and still is, on
'he job. It is to 3Ir. Page that the
u.o fighting machinery and appar
atus U entrusted, and he it~Js that
personally attends to the proper
cara of all of the t^wns fire fight
ing paraphernalia.
'i lien we come to the Fire War
those loyal men wlio patrol
the town p' nights when the mer
cury iiru;>d low in Lhe ;ul>o and Che
wind sweeps down fiorn thq White
I'uis with sharp teeth, that bite the
tl'.'iU'. These men pass up and doWi
t icU street and alley, constantly on
the watch, for chimneys emitting
sharks, or an undue glow in a win
dow, and it is these men who call
us no a' night to inquire, "if all
is wt!l withn," should they find
a ifh sparks, or sueb a ruddy glow,
ti.a' might be caused from an over
htaltid stove or flue.
And the fire laddies. We can't
ca'i them all by name, but there is
■Hilly Childs, who, before a fire
g ts well under way, is there witb
a s:aunch heart, eager and willing
»o £0 into the building in order
that other people's property may be
saved from the flames. There is
APcky McBrien, and Fred Tanner,
pi:J "Rip." and Uie Mathew boys
and Ask Bros., Billy Simes and
Juk. Greisback, Alex Blanchard and
Billy Wright, and the whole bunch,
iroa the White Pass office, and all
the rest of the boys. These are
the boys who comprise the Skag
way Volunteer Fire Department,
and these are the boys who have
heloed to "Make Skagway Lucky.'
1'AIMER FOr. W. P. ARRIVES J
C. F. Bradeberry, a painter from
Seattle, came to Skagway on the
City of Seattle. He will hare In
charge the painting of tlie White
Pass car ehops. This is the first
time Mr. Bradeberry bas been tn
t'ii3 country far thirteen years.
After getting comfortably Bet
tied here, Mr. Bradeberry expects
to bring his wife and family to
Skagway.
SKAGWAY^ SCHOOL NEWS
VOL 2 SKAGWAY. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4 No. 13
He-e comes 1917 the bright New
Year
Old 2.916 is left in the rear.
Armand ChalifX entered the first
room this week.
The first noom hare put up. some
yery pretty light shades, of pink
creoe paper and evergreen branches.
Tho Christmas work from the
first ioom; consisted of needle book%
sache4 bags, pin trays and match
scratchers.
Last Friday, 22nd, the Domestic
Science Class made a thorough clean
Ing of <heir kitchen so they couldl
s^art the new year anew.
The tourth room moaeiea m cwy
Frida-c morning. Th«re were some
surprisingly good results. The three
best were a Japanese, garden, a
poinsettja and a cluster of grapes.
The program for Friday morning
is being prepared by a committee
from the fourth room. A scene
from Cranford will he given. Cran
t rd is a story of quant old English
life by Mrs. Gaskell. It is in the
English course of study.
If Santa Claus had opened the
door *o the second room on Friday
he would surely have been relieved,
fer the setting, with a gayly decorat
ed tree and fragrant branches hang
•ng around was all ready for hie en
trance. The afternoon was spent
in olaying games.
The »hird room passed part of
Friday afternoon in modeling with
clay. There were pome very clever
models made. The girls were given
the orivilege of drawing instead of
sewing. Some of the boys made
marble bags and some crochetpd.
(Evidently the boys were very en
thusiastic Friday.)
Vacation is over and everyone is
back to work.
The Thanksgiving and Christmas
festivities and holidays are over an
the oupils now have settled down
to good, hard, steady work. The
holidays interfered too. Santa's
v.sit is over and th© pupils of
Skagway school have decided to ac
cempllsh a lot.
When a visitor opened the door
o' the first room on the Friday be
■cre Christmas he would have seen
at a glance that Santa had made as
early visit, for a beautifully decor
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•ateO. +ree wag already up and the
room wag gay with evergreens aud ,
creDo paper.
The children had each been re
membered "with a danciug boy and
Miss Butt fared very yell also.
Ou Friday morning last a very
interesting; program was given by
tl'u third room. A piano Bolo by
Ov»'au Flynn, was enjoyed very mucli^
Tho song, Holy Nigh', sung in two
.narts was w.ell sung, but the
01 the program was a olay,
"Tne S'rike in Santa Claus Land."
The principal character, Aithur Col
l'son, as Mr. Santa Claus, Lilly Pet
erson as Mrs. Santa Claup, Osborne
Selmer as Doctor Curem Quickly,
Itu'h Achison as The Fairy and Nan»
<r~ Lynch as a little girl, acted their
par's exceptionally well. The play
could not possibly pass without
JaiJs Frost and the helpers.
This play is worthy of praise, be
ing the first ever attempted by the
pupils of that room.
Jiiuic's Ouistfli)as
Jimmie was a little boy about 3
years oil with, brown hair and blue
eyes. His father and mother were
rich and he bad all the toys be
wau'ed.
ile knew Christmas was near and
bib mother did too. She told him,
he was goinr to bave a Christmas
tree. One day, bis mother was out
and Jimmie was le£f with, tbe nurse
nurse was busy and Jimmie
'oil her he wanted to give tbe
'•'ttle poor girl a "giving present,"
as be called it. So be 5vent into bis
little bedroom and got out one of
his dells tben be jvent to the, nurse
and said, "Nurse I want oo to make
a dressv for dolly so I tan dive it
to the 'ittle poor dirl for a giving
present."
The nurse laughed and got out
some pietty- goods which, she made
info- many dresses. Shp also made
a coat and cap.
Li'tie Jim/mie was in high, glee
when bis mother oarne home. ie
ran <o meet her and said, "Ob
mama, I'm doin' to dive the 'ittl§
poor dirl a diving present."
"Oh, you dear boy," said bis
moiher, picking him ui> and kissing
him. They went nto *he bouse and
that Christmas Jimmie had a happy
Christmas, and so did the little
poor girl. Jimmie was happy be
cause he'd rather "give than re
ceive."
LILY PETERSON,
Fifth grade.
justice Court for the skag
rt AY PRECINCT, j TERRITORY
OF ALASKA, FIRST DIVISION.
W. D. HARGRAVES,
Plaintiff,I „
' feujn.iioius For
' Publication.
W. L. STEVENSON, \
Defendant. /
To W. L. STEVENSON, Defendant,
Greeting: j
In the; name of the United
States of America, you are here
by commanded io^be and appear in
•he above entitled court golden at
Skagway in said Division and Dis
trict and answer the complain, fil
ed against you in *1iq above en
titled action within thirty j(30)
days after the last publication! of
tuis bummous, and if you fail 'so to
appear, for want thereof the plaint
iff v'il take judgment against you
for the sum of Nine Hundred and
Seven'*- five and 00-100 (975.00)
Dollars, founded upon, an, account,
and will apply to the'court for
relief as set out in the complaint,
filed herein. |The order for publi
cation of this summons was made ')
thsi court on' the 25 day of Nov.
1916.
First itublicatioii 'Nov. 25, 1916.
Last publication Jan. 6, 1917.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
this 25 day of Nov. 1916'.
(Signed) EDWARD A RASMUSON,
United States Commis
sioner and Ex-Officio
Justice of the Peace.
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"Walnut and Almond Brittle 40c lb.
Stuffed dates, 40c lb. Assorted Taffys, 40c lb.
•1} i Peanut Brittle, 40c lb.
+ FRATERNAL ORDERS *
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwav No. 1,
A. B. met-ts every sec
ond and foujith! Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. saaip. Visiting brothers ©o'rdiui
1/ m-.Vcane. w. L. Stevonsom, Are
tic Chief. W. 15. Burford, Arctic
Kect rder.
Fraternal Order
K-iglet*—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Lftgle# meets tliq first and third
Wednesday niglit at oaeh mouth, at
tuPii hall 011 Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cordially invite|d to
attend. Ij. E. Hudson, W. P.,
J. M. Greisbach, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meeta; 2d and 4th
Wtj'ire r»-P
montc. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all commanicationB to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday night
&t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
T. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meets in A. B. Hall first Monday in
ovriy month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
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