ESTABLISHED 1899 OlDESt DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA
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ALASKA COAL
Elsewhere iu today's paper we
publish an item from the Seward
Gateway of September 24, iu which
it is staled that the Admiral Kvans
is due to bring to that port out*
hundred tons of coal from the Her
bert mine at Seldovia, and further
more that this cousigumeut marks
the beginning of the history of
home consumption of that article,
which presumably is intended to re
fer to the whole of Alaska. So far,
well and good, and we rejoice in
the good fortuue of our neighbors
tc the westward, who are banking
high on a development of the
lm rut use coal fields iu the Matan
uska and Bering river districts at
a near future date that will cause
them to become of more importance
commercially and producers of great
er wealth than are even the
mineral deposits of both placer and
quartz.
W'e freely admit that the coal
fields of the Kenui Peninsula, and
the country in back of the Alaska
Peninsula, at the head of Cook in
let. are a great asset for that part
of the territory, and if properly de
veloped and the product placed on
the market at a reasonable price,
would be a blessing to the whole of
Alaska, but here the colored person,
who is supposed to lurk in every
commercial woodpile, sticks his head
Into view—it is purposed to put
tho coal on the marktt In Seward
at $11 per ton, which is certain
ly surprising news, as heretofore
the papers to the westward, if we
remember rightly, talked of $3.u0
coal as soon as the mines were
opened up sufficiently to commence
shipments for commercial purposes.
Wt. had always been unUor
the impression. that the coal lands
of Alasfca were conserved in a
great measure by the government
for the benefit of the i>eople of
the territory and that it would be
the policy of the administration to
adjust prices for the output so
that while the mine owners would
get a fair return upon their in
vestment they would be debarred
from forcing the consumers to pay
exorbitant prices, but it seems we
were In error.
We have never been iu tho S«
war.l and Seldovia country, but
from the map which we have of it
imagine that it is a water haul
of less than 150 miles between the
tw-r places, as Seldovia is inland
only a short distance from Cape
Elizabeth on the extreme point of
the K?i.a" Peninsula. The people
of Seward are therefor going to be
offered the inestimable boon of
$11 Der ton coal from this uear
bv mine, while we of Skagway get
probably just as good an article
from a thousand miles to the south
ward for $12.50 per ton.
Let all Alaskans rejoice.
LAND BOOMS IN CANADA
At t le moment Canada is en
gaged in cleaning up many things
t>; a nature tliat might have been
tolerated or overlooked if the pros
perity of three years ago had con
tinued unchecked. We have already
mentioned several of these matters
Another, the land-boom evil, has
just been brought to our notice
through the Toronto Globe by the |
announcement that the greater part
of 300 parcels of land, offered for
sal? by the county of Simcoe, con
sists of lots in the village of Port
McN'icoll. Port McNicoll, in the ad
vertisements of the immediate ante
bellum period, w;is to be a town, a
city, a metropolis, of wonderful pro
portions. It promised, so the boom
ers said, to rank as one of the
leading inland lake ports of the
Dominion. It was to be a large man
ufacturing aud railroad transporta
tion center. Now, the prospects
are, when the sale takes place trnd
the titles change hands, the area
that was subdivided into attractive
lots aud offered at unparalleled bar
gains to first comers will be put
back into farms.
This is only aa instance. The
l.ir.d boomer has left his mark clear
across the continent. H® has
PHIL ABRAHAMS
[KSTA RLISHED 1S97
ACCIDENT and FIPE
INSURANCE
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CONVEYANCER
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Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own d?'rv,
Fresh Eggs, etc'
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Piop.
Skagsvay. Alaska
Try to Look Like the Boss.
"Did .you ever notice in n big office
how employees try to look like their
boss?" inquired an observant man.
"it's not always true, of course, when
the boss is a grouch and unpopular
with the men under him, but where he
is popular aud sizes up as a pretty big
gun to the staff you'll Cud that ubout
half the men in the place wear their
mustaches or whiskers or both just
about the way the boss does. If he has
a stubby little business man's mus
tache you'll see several more of those
around."—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
■We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last !5 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
3ent free. Price i» cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Talis Hall's Family Flits for constipation.
dcvoled himself to Canada particular*
ly, however, only in. racer,t years.
The United States afforded him a
sufficient field up to the time Can
ada bogan to take on, phenomenal
growth, a decade or so ago. There
is no telling how far he might have
gone, how many thousands more he
might have deceived and disappoint
ed, had not a paus© como In the
rapid onward course of the Domin
ion.
In the cleaning-up process It will
be as well If all that remains now
In a material way to remind Cana
dians of the land boom and the
land boomer shall be wiped out. It
might be as well, however, ,to pre
serve a memory of them. Experi
ence that hag cost this generation
so much should be handed down to
tho generations to come. Canada
will take on a new activity and a
new growth presently, and it should
be divested of all artificiality and
fraud. There will be opportunities
and to spare for those who are
looking for legitimate investment of
labor or capital. The boomer and
the boom town, and the promise of
harvests where there has bean, no
sowing or planting, and of fortunes
that fall over "night with the dew,
should not be permitted to play
any part in tho revival that is
only awaiting the dawn of peace.
Canada at present cannot employ its
tim» to better advantago than by
cleaning up and clearing out the
lasi relics and vestiges of the
speculative era of her history.
NOTICE OF MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Skagway Horticultural association at
tho fire hall on Monday night, Oct.
11th, 1915, at S o'clock. Election
of officers for ensuing year and
ether matters of importanct to
be attended to. A full turn out of
the members is requested.
H. D. CLARK, President
Serial No. 02488.
APPLICATION TO MAKE HOME
STEAD ENTRY
U. s. Land. Office, Juneau, Alaska,
September 21, 19X5.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That Julia James Rath, whose post
office address is Haines, Alaska,
has applied to enter under section
2289 of tlie revised statutes of tlie
United States, and of the Act of
March 3, 1903, the following des
cribed tract of land as a homestead,
situated about one mile westerly
from Haines, Alaska; beiny U. 3
Survey 785, and beginning at Cor.
No. 1, from which U. S. L. M. iNo.
573 bears SS0°47E '70.30 chs., iden
tical with Cor. 4 Survey No. 205,
Cor. No. 1 U. a Ciay Reserve, and
Ccr. 4 Presbyterian Mission; thence
alotg the southerly lin9 of Survey
205, W. 20. chs. to Cor. No. 2,
thence £. 28.10 chs. to cor. No. 3,
thence E. 15.42 chs. to Cor. No. 4,
thanco N. 9°11'E. 28.43 chs. along
westerly line of Presbyterian Mis
sion to Cor. No. 1, the place Of bo
ginning, containing 49.75 acres.
Variation 29°21'E. Lat. 59°14'N.
Loug. 135°27'W.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scrlbeu tract, are required to file
with the Register and Receiver of
the U. S. Land Offir.s at Juneau,
their adverse claims thoreagainst
under oath, duriug the period of
publication of this notice, or within
thirty days thereafter, ot they will
be barrod by provision of the stat
ute.
JOHN JAMES RATH.
1* is hereby ordered that the fore
going notice be published for the
statutory period in the "Daily Alas
kan," a newspaper of general circu
lation printed at Skagway.
Date of first publication, Septem
ber 30, 1916.
Date of last publication, Decem
ber 1, 1915.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
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Fine?"
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low Jacket, Montreal, Governor
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WILLIAM PALUSTKR, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist in the treatment of
<aU(.a^es and deformities of the eye,
L'«r, u«*e und throat.
Office: Goldstein Bulldlag, JH
Moau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT.
1 t I o I >i r At Law.
PreusUca la all court*
la Territory of Alaaka
Halaes Alaska.
b\ * A. M.
WtUto Pajui Lod^e
F. * A. M. No. 113
meet« 2d anC 4th
Fri. Kr'ga. of each
moniii. viaiuflb orouere *re w»r
come Phil Abraham®, Secretary.
Elmer L. Whoeler, W. M.
Ik p. o. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
Va 431. B. P. o.
E. meets first
and third Thurs
-52? a ay eveuiuBa u,k
^^a7rrr& 8:30.o'clock. Vis
ion? trotnors cordially welcome.
' HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
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Wednesday night of each month at
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brothers cordially isTited to attend.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mo-j
AlisUr, Secretary,
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