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JSK.UiW AY AS A TOI'KIST C'KXTKK
Alaskans as a whole arc optimistic. confident that this country will
in time come mio licr rightful share of attention and secure the right
hind of people to develop her great resources.
People in Skau-way s! re this ucr.eral hope. They also look forward
to a larger town and increasing busine -s. There are no mines here like
those at Juaeau. no fisheries like those at Ketchikan, no prospective pulp
mills like these at Wrang« I. l>ui wo have one of the greatest prospects,
and o-ie which none o£ ti.e other S. K. Alaska towns have. The Tour
ist Jliiie. There is no mine in Alaska like it. and uone to compare with
haustible mine.
British Coluni a counts her tour trade worth twenty million. Lake
Louise and l»anii a: ,1 a',1 the moun in r >nrts are infested with mos
back, Skagwav r. ids :■>> m n-< » at . •:•<» of the summer season. Ju
neau and the other S. K AI ik. i> « as well as the Sound cities, have
a distressing amount of r. in in ::.er Skagwav has very little rain
at that season. Juneau < built on a mountain side with hardly enough
the rock, Skagway hi.s a e grounds .or golf, and tield sports, with a
Kauttn.l w aiding st rear a . f clear water, which might be made to add
Ski -way has the J'.::- t lo.attd townsi'e of any town in S. E. Alaska.
climate of any town on the coas- There are no dies here, you can live
Sd Ska?wav all summer and not i avi a mosquito annoy you. There is
ioatir., her<\ fishing here, v.u anta.n climbing here, glaciers here, carop
'
sutuid'-r at S .aIs t >re climate comparable with this for
' Any water better tiiun ours, any town that has
healthier children?
Kvery jurist who litis •• >vled far admits that we have the finest
■ enery to l>e !■> md ati;wh' re in the world. And we have the finest sum
::.er • mute or pla in tite world ISat we are not gettiug what
10 here than to any other town
it At; <i- t ,.ris:s "ho . >n-.e i*i on the boat and so out on the
•
,:id i >ssi!\:sit hi grave: are i • »t to boost very hard for Skagr
:-i -it r. Irc.id is certain to make some
! riv.-v Manj of them are eer»
: t t • • v.:! I - e Skagway but once and
■ 1 •. to the waiting train. Will
• III «or> off than now, unless some
e -.:::ie. if not some change will have
mliiiui's The way out is to induce peo
-
about the country lie.'t >;H make t is the all important port.
This ca this cannot be done wlth
:
impression than i> : .do olt the :: otning tourists.
should be r;;.' ! • >1 .p and made to present an attractive ap
pearat c- A a inti i- it . in.;a:gn of advertising carried on to reach
> d like to get jn.-i what this town has to offer. In time
All t s w.ll t.ik' :: on. v. rv.-ryi:ng does. If there is not the means
in I I re is no future for Skagwavi
The 1 •>. iv 1 .i h..s 1 i; -:::d Mayo has not produced any
r-suits. Ti • .re ,lit h 1 of ore is gt. g down river as might be expect
ed. The ; mi:' sr* trade is nbt : The railroad and steamship lines
rtunity, i i will mean
go so far as to s. • • r only hope of I) things for the future.
Beautiful Flower Is Choking
Waterways of Southern States
State Iif l.oiii-Kina >i«-hiK Hundred*
of Thousands to Wipe Out
Kiowvr That Annnj*
New Orleans. Sept. 6.—After
borious efforts, with only varying
3uccess. interested shipping interests
ami goverament experts now express
the belief that a method has been
found that 'will solve the problem of
the water hyacinth that is choking
practically every ba.vou in the state
with its green and laveudar floral
magnificence.
The new method, which was sup
Rested by Governor John M. Parker,
is the simple application of lire
steam. Preliminary reports from
experiments now tinder way. accord
ing to government agents, indicate
that the governor has at least point
ed a way to check, if not extermin
ate the plant that has proved such a
menace to Louisiana's waterways for
the last twenty years, and which, ac
cording to government observers, is
now threatening the fresh water por
tion of the Panama canal.
The water hyacinth appeared in
Louisiana immediately after the Cot
ton Centennial exposition here in
1SS4. The plant, which is a native
of So;: h America, was exhibited at
the fair and its beauty was greatly
admired. At the close of the fair a
niuah :■ of plants were taken to the
country districts for growth in gar
den pools. When they overcrowded
the pools they were thrown into
m . rl-y bayous, where tKev caused
he;ivy losses by choking the bayous
and streams to such an extent that
small vessels could not make tiieir
way through the tangled mass of
foilage and roots which at places ex
tend d for miles and miles with no
brpak of channel through them.
From a beauti.'ul curiosity in ISM
they became a decided m-er.acc in
1 S!)(J and had so clogged a Hinder
of streams tint an appeai was made
to cm r«s fi-r i^'ief a: i. in 1S9S
$£3,000 -v.i-; an-rojriaiej tcr the
purpose of extermination. Since
then hundred.: ef thousands of d.- 1
lars have been spent in the figM*.
Today taeiij is hardly a stream in
Louisiana that does cat bettu.e eg
clogged with the hyacinth that nav
igation is almost impossible in the
=u turner .non: a. j
The Mystery of
Hartley House
By
CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND
Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS
Copyright by George H. Doran Co.
The warden was affected by the
news of Mr. Sidney's death. He re
membered him as the pleasant man
who had called one day. It seemed to
me that our visit, so shortly after Mr.
Sidney's death, must appear as a thin?
strangely without purpose to the war
den. but Jed was so apparently right
In asking for silence at this time that
I yielded to his prudential course.
The right and wrong of the Dobson
affair was In the grave. Our depar
ture from the penitentiary was awk
ward. I thought. The warden did not
seem to find It so.
On the way hack .Ted presented, vi
ciously, the sharp edges of our trouble.
"You have that fellow Morgan to
deal with," he said. "If you are going
to be moralistic, you will ruin the lives
of two ladles who have trusted you.
Morgan has to be bought. You are not
doing anyone any hurt now. You are
not keeping nn Innocent man In the
penitentiary. You are not disturbing
Justice or defeating punishment. You
are taking the surest means to the
protection of the Innocent by bribing
this man to silence."
Of all the obvious things I might
have said to this man who for a Ion?
time hail terrorized the Sidney house
hold. none seemed pertinent. They
would have been imprecations and re
proaches. They would have dealt
with the past. He. as If he had a
clean slate, was dealing with the fu
ture. It did Mr«. Sidney and Isohel
no good to tell .Ted that he had been
a rascal and was unfit to advise.
"If you bo to Mrs. Sidney." said
Jed. "she will sacrifice herself and
everybody else. f!o to Miss Sidney
and tell her that the family must pay
Mr. Morgan KJO.OOO. He'll want ?.">0.
000. He'll take twenty. Give It to
him In five annual Installments. At
the end of five jears he'll be harm
less. You and Miss Sidney will have
established yourselves, and Morgan's
story will be a driedup walnut."
The proposal was so repulsive that
I did not answer Jed. He said a treat
deal more In a crvat deal of bitter
ness. chiefly against me and what he
conceived to he my moralistic Ideas.
When we had returned to Hartley
house. Jed said:
"Do at least one thing, ask Miss
Sidney what she prefers."
I had no right and no Inclination
to make a decision which concerned
the family and not me. I did tun want
to speak to Mrs. Sidney—Jed was
right, her conscience luigh' permit
only the answer which would expose
the family to consequences. I spoke
to Isobel.
We compromised with Morgan. Jed
■ rain was right. Morgan wanted $50,
000. He took $20.1100.
Isohel had been insistent. She had
been Impatient of any suggestion that
there could be anything immoral or
dangerous in such compromising. Fem
inine morals are selfishly protective
of things near and dear. A general
ized Immorality, an um-uihodli-d im
morality. Is to women unimportant, it
Is less than unimportant; It is Impos
sible; It does not exist. This Is n
part of the Instinct which nourishes
and protects the Infant.
"I don't understand you at all.
John," she said. "Is there any ques
tion in your mind that we ought to
protect my father's memory and my
mother's peace of mind? You admit
that even now this man Morgan can
wreck the things we hold dearest.
You admit that a small payment can
protect these things. You kno-v that
the one thing of which we have more
thun we need Is money, and y<>u ad
mit that we are not doing any person
any harm by using it to bribe this
man Morgan."
Of course. I had to give In.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Mr. Sidney was hurled by the pool
on a bitter afternoon when the snow
•?reaked underfoot, and the sun. In a
raid blue sky to ihe southwest above
the hills across the river, could hard
ly be regarded as a warm and sustain
ing star.
The servants were pall hearers—<nd
ones; and we hnd the chaplain from
the penitentiary to read the service
In the room Mr. Sidney hud used Th»
smi came in the southwestern win
dows, and the canaries snug. Algoi
was afraid of strangers and hid him
self. Otherwise It was Mr. Sidney's
room.
We carried the cofl'm the half-mile
In the bitter cold to the grave which
bad been dug by the pool with mat
tocks through the frozen earth. Mr?.
Sidney took my arm. but walked the
distance bravely. Isobel went as If
she were a clear-eyed Spartan girl ac
cepting 1' e without a quaver or whim
per. upon the terms offered. We left
the remains of our gracious gentleman
there.
So genial a man could uot die. lie
still pervaded the house. He had Im
pregnated It His death could not de
stroy his Influence. Even his room,
his death chamber, remained jovial:
but Algol attached himself to Isobel
and could not be parted from her. He
went to her room that night
Necessity and delicacy both sug
gested that I go away for a while the
following morning. It was necessary
for me to establish myself in the city, j
in material and uhyslcal facts o£Jp<jg-j
Ing, nnci so forth; and delicacy intimat
ed that I was an alien In the house
"hold upon h stranpely fictitious stand
ing
I went nway In the early mornlnc,
leaving word that I would return In a
(lay or two to say good-bye. I came
back the evening of the second day,
by automobile from the city. I had
been impelled to go back and had so
far resisted the compulsion thnt I had
missed train time. Then the Impulse
reasserted Itself so irresistibly that I
took an automobile for the 40-mile
ride.
Jed met me at the door. Ills cor
diality was unforced It was the din
ner hour. Jed succeed either some
hlscults and sherry in my mom or an
omelet with mushrooms. Mrs. Sidney,
he sjild, had been S|«artan. but wa> In
collapse. XIKs Sidney was somewhere
about—he did not know where.
I did not want anvthinc to eat and
went toward the library. Isobel was
sitting there by <he fin-.
I had often seen her thns before. It
was one of the familiar pietn-cs I
should remember. There wen- proba
bly a half down others—none better
than < this.
She looked up as I entered.
"I am glad you are hack, John." she
said.
I could think only of a common
place.
"1 did not Intend to dlsnirb you." I
said. "How Is your mother?"
"Utterly and happllj stupefied." stid
Isobel. "Her pain waits for her."
"And yourself?"
"I can't find a tragedy In It," she
said. "I feel a s«nse of terrible bat
Inevitable loss. I had reconciled my
self to It. I can't be a sentimental reb
el against life. Ills life was happy to
the end. He would hate us If we
were morose. Please sit down. John."
I did. in a comfortable chair. We
looked at the tire.
"I'll bo say In? jaxxl-liye tomorrow.
I said.
"What are you coins in do?"
"I have m.i'lo - 'tn« nrranpements.
•
po to n small town. I think that
would suit nn\ I haven"! the tempera
ment f«r a city. It Is chill."
"Yon have really sot yourself back
by coming hero." she stisrcestetl.
"possihlv." 1 admitted, "in pnrely
material ways; hui 1 have lived the
wuiii'. t time of my life here. The sac
riliee was cheap."
"Hm It was a sacrifice?"
"In a strictly pragmatic fashion,
yes."
"You think of It as a sacrifice?"
"I do not. I think of It as my real
life. The re«t of my existence will be
the sacrifice."
"You are a simple sort of a person,
John."
"I presume so. I have no reason to
think otherwise."
"Where did you pet your Ideas of
women. John?"
"I have no Ideas of women. 1 am
"You Presume That I Am Not in Lovt
With You."
not presumptuous or. In that fashion,
egotistic."
"Yes, you are." she said.
"I don't think yon are right In say
ing that."
"You are presumptuous about me."
"I am not!" I exclaimed in hurt
pride.
"You are." she said. "Ton presume
that 1 am not in love with you."
(THE END).
WATER TAXIS FOR THAMES
Goldolas. those fascinating water
taxis of Venice, ara to he used on
the Thames. England. A local Lon
don builder is manufacturing a fleet
from real Venetian models. All the
comfortable fittings will be provided.
—Whiteborse Star.
Seattle, Sept. 12.—Griffiths, the
new U. S. Marshal for the Third Di-(
vision returning from Washington,
to Nome, said that all his appoint
ments for his division would oc
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Monday niRht. which have just been
received by the local committee, in
dicate that the entertainment will be
of very hiRh quality and equal If in
fact not superior to the Chautauqua
held here in ttlie previous years, ac
cordinR to members of the committ
ee. Included in the proRTam are
three lectures, vocal and instrumen
tal music and occults and m&glcmn
and costumed entertainers.
Dr. Arthur Walwvn Evans, a rela
tive of Lloyd George. British Prem
ier, is hilled for two appearances in
lectures which are said to have won
him 11 wide following all over the
United States and Canada wherever
he has appeared. Other lecturers
are Captain Norman Alleen Itnrie.
for three years and eight months in
the Canadian overseas army who is
characterized as a thorough student,
a "machine Run" orator and a bril
liant wit; Miss Lethe Coleman, the
third lecturer, is also said to have
made a big name for herself on the
Chautauqua platform.
Among the other entertainers ap
pearing are Miss Patricia Eiler. not
ed violinist of Chicago; Horace
Smithey. opera singer and noted
baritone, of New York: de Jen, mu
sic and mapic: four "old-fashioned
Rirls with old time sonss and music
of the lonR apo Five programs will
be given.
Season tickets, amons menders oi
the committee are now on salr- It is
necessary for the local committee to
put up $900 with the advance agent
before the Chautauqua starts. Un
less this amount is secured from ad
vance sales of season tickets, it will
be necessary for the committee to
make pood any deficit—Ketchikan
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Ordinance Nun.ivr 1 St.'ion 7.
of the City Ord- •;.v.o of t!l«? •'■•a
nf Skagway. Ala-Ai. r. nl fol
llr.ws:
Kquiptnrni for Motor \ rhii icv and
All motor dri'et rehicles wr.i]«>
on the public street* ttifi; :>e
! equipped with .< proper norit or
some similar do let* f jr .tivii.- rc
tice of their jvsenoc. whi-h bom
or device sh.i! u<? ir. - •>•«] working
1 order, and »vft»i 1W3 lights at
tached to the front i-f s. -d vehicle,
which lights, as well as :•!! ct'irr
lights that may be pl.i --1 ">n the
front of said vehicle, shall be
dimmed when driven npon the
main streets of the said Toon if
Skagway; and with one red !;;.;':t
attached to the rear, exr-'r-' n.n
tor cycles and bicycles, which vill
require only one light attached
to the front, which lights shu!!
be kept bunting as above speci
fied during all hours front twi
light to day break in which said
vehicles are used in the streets of
said Town of Skagway.
Any person or persons violating
the above section is liable to fine
of Fifty dollars ($501 or impris
onment in the City Jail of Twenty
five Days (25).
WM. M. S1ME.
Town Marshal.
9-6-S-10
IX THE PROBATE COl'RT FOH
HAINES PRECINCT. FIRST JIV
DICIAL DIVISION. TERRITORY!
OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF Tlii: ESTATE
OF
S. J. WEITSMAX, deceased,
Xolice of Hearing on Final Ac
count
Notice is hereby given that .Tos.
H. Chisel, as administrator of the j
estat? of S. J. Weisman. deceased.]
did on the 5th day of September.!
Ib21, iile in the above entitled court
his final account and report of his t
administration of said estate, and
the hearing of the same has been!
set by said court for the 5th day of
November, 1921, at the hour of two
o'clock p. m. at the courtroom of
said court at Haines, Alaska, at
which time and place all persons
are required to file any objections
they may have to said account and
report, and to show cause if any
they have, why said account and re
port should not be allowed and set
tled.
Dated this 5th day of September.
1921.
JOS. H. CHISEL.
Administrator.
First insertion—Sept. S. 1921.
Final insertion—Nov. 10, 1921.
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairv
H. P. SEEM AN, I'rop.
IHt SINiTARY MILK RANCH
The lnrgi-Kl and hesl eon
ducted dairy in Alaska. .
Hailj shipment* of pure
milk and cream to all
points on White r«w A
Ynkon Route.
Big Game Guide
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I/owrr Yukon country Bif
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lin country, can ^warantpo
liununu parties tln<* succfnim*.
I Imvc a tro.nl power 1io.nl
for lake hnnting and fishing. .
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drcss
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were covered with pimples. The/
were very sore anu I couic
hardly stand the weight
of my clothes on my
shoulders. The itchmp
was so severe that I couic
not sleepai nieht. and m\
face was disfigured.
1 ne ticuoie iastea
about thrr* months. I becan using
Cut;cum Soap and C :imcr.t and
af:er using two caL*r<: of :tic:ra Soap
! wss completely healed." Signed)
Mrs. Tbeo. Danielson. Jackson.
Calif.. July 27, 1920.
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