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2 dozen for 45 cents
Full line Spring Vegetables to
Arrive on City of Seattle—Nice
Fresh Goods for Your Sunday
Dinner.
ASK & SONS Grocers
Let your next suit be a
SCHIFFER & EHRMANN
Union Made
Dortero &. Son
"la tune with the Human Race
and {food Cioth;.- for Men"
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CALLED FOR KIMDAV VIGITB
I
The Citizens' Party of Skagway,j
Alaska, hereby announces that a j
convention for the purpose of aom-!
mating seven candidates for elec-1
tion as members of the town coun-1
cil and one candidate for election |
:.s director of the public school J
board, will be held in the Fourth j
avenue hose house of the Skagway |
Volunteer Fire department on Frida j
itisjht, March 26th, at ,':30 o'clock, j
By order of the
EXECUTIVE COMMITTER. !
Wajted salesmeu to sen cigars,
cigarettes, and tobacco to d®aters
Experience unnecet«ary. Weekly sal
ary and *5 a day travsl'aj expens
es. EASTERN TOBACCO CO., Bos
ton M:ia«
Dewey
Restaurant
Home Cooking
MILS. C. MAKKKL, Prop.
Corner Second Ave. and
Broadway, opposite depot.
Meals from S a. m. to 8 p.
m. Special JuOi'cements to
regular board*!*.
Homemade
Bread for Sale
The Best The Most Popular
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call oh me
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SCHOOL j
-NEWS
l.ast Monday afternoon Miss
Pr.terson continued her talk on tlie
subject of "First Aid to the Injur
ed.' She discussed what to do in
case of emergencies or accidents,
a iracture or broken bone; how
to remove things from the ear or
eye; also the state of the patient's
and the assistant's mind.
This morning Miss Moffatt's room
entertained the school in As
sembly. The program was as fol
iovs:
Piano solo.—Verne Miller.
Recitation—"The Throstle," Flor
is Clark.
The Story of Spring, '—Told by
Be.trice Olsen.
Song.—"Springtime is Coming."—•
Fifth and sixth grades
Miss Malouey's room has been
busy making novelties for Kaster.
Miss Sowerby's room has been
busy making rabbit booklets for
tht >r spelling.
Miss Moffatt's room has a very at
tractive border of tulips and but
ter.lies, painted and cu> by the pu
pils.
tit.iti l.ttu
OF BOATS IX SKAGWAY
Passenger boats of the different
transportation lines will arrive in
-k;.gway as follows.
Spoka.'e. Saturday, March 27.
N'orthwestern, Suuday, March 28.
WEATHER REPORT.
Skagway, clear, calm, 34 above.
Whitehorse, cloudy, s. w.. 28
above.
l.ower LeBarge, cloudy, calm, IS
abeve. —
Mootalinqua, cloud>. calm, 20
above
Big Salmon, clear, caln). 2tl above
C'armacks, clear, calm, 25 above.
Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm, 28
above.
Selkirk, cloudy, calm, 27 above.
Coffee Creek, cloudy, calm, 21
»bove.
Stewart River, clear, cairn, 24
above.
Ogilvie, clear, calm, 20 above.
Dawson, cloudy, calm, £0 above.
Olympla Be*>r on draught at tht>
Board of Trade This famous brew,
both on draft uid In bottles is kept
constantly fresh. This is the Boaru
of Trade Bar where the celebrated
Rainier Beer :■ also kept In bot
Launch "Argo" for sale. This
seaworthy boat will be sold for
spot cash at $350.00. In first class
sh:ipe, equipment complete.
3-8-2w. P. H. GANTY.
CRAB MEAT COCK 1AII.S
M
The Pack Train Restaurant
Service m U carte.
FIVE GOOD OXES TO DRAW TO.
Pehbleford and Gibson Rye. Bud
weiser. Blue Ribbon and Pale Rain
Beer at the Board of Trade.
LOCAL BR1EFE
Broadway Is undergoing a mucli
needed cleaning up this week,
which greatly Improves its appear
ance.
If the present warm weather con
tinues In the Interior an early
break-up of the rlveis and lakes
is looked for, as the Ice at no time
during the winter has been very
thick
Mrs. Tony Dortero received a
telegram from her husband, who is
at Sanitarium, near SRlia, this
morning, saying that the Sanitarium
building had been partly destroyed
by fire last night, and assuring her
of his safety.
George Ernest Fulton, a Yukon
pioneer of the vintage of '98, and
Miss Prances Lillian Miller, who
was born in Olympia, Wash., observ
ed St. Patrick's Day by getting mar
ried at the home of Commissioner
awl Mrs. George Black in Dawson.
* Robert Bell and Tcm N. Bland,
stockholders representatives, who
have been at work for the past
month in the auditor's office of the
W. P. & Y. R. company at. Skagway,
will leave for Vancouver on the
Spokane in the morning.
"Purola" Black, of Bleumeier &
Frank, "Preferred Stock" King, of
Allen & Lewis, and "Col." Stock
well of Marshall-Wells & Co., all
of Portland, Oregon, will leave on
the Spokane in the morning, after
having spent several days in Skag
way and Haines drumming up trade.
S. Stride, well known resident of
Haines, where he is extensively en
gaged in gardning and the raising
of strawberries, is in Skagway,
having come up to meet his nephew,
who arrived Wednesday on the
Princess Maquinna on his way into
Dawson, where he holds the position
«f wharfinger.
"In the Bishop's Carriage," the
four reel drama at the Nugget
movies last night, drew a fairly
good house, but not nearly as many
attended as the merits of the play
deserved. However, it is to be
presented again tonight and those
who failed to see it last evening
will do well to be there.
J-ate telegraphic advices from
leattlo state that government ag
ents have arrived there for the pur
pose of re-opening the famous Hum
boldt gold robbery case. It is said
that a woman, who was the consort
of one of the robbers, has made a
confession in Xew York, giving full
details of the affair.
George M.-Coombs, an old-time
placer miner of the interior, died
in Good Samaritan hospital at Daw
son on March 14th of meningitis.
He was 76 years of ase and pre
vious to his death had been en
gaged in cutting wood on Sulphur
creok. His illness was sudden, and
he remained unconscious for the
entire week between the time of his
seizure and his passing away.
The Skagway Brass band -received
on the last Dolphin from the E.
G Conn factory at Elkhart, Ind., a
silver E flat bass horn, of the value
of $135. This instrument is the
last word in bass horns, and in the
hands of W. B. Batson, who will
have the manipulation of it, will be
a valued addition to the instruments
already in use by members of the
above named organization.
>1. It. Shepard & Son of Juneau,
have accepted the agency in the
capital city for the Grand Trunk
Pacific railway, the management of
which is,' we understand, getting
ready to make a bid for the Alas
kp. travel Eastward by the installa
tion of fast through train service
between Prince Rupert, B. C., and
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
A petition, signed by 250 or more
of the Italians residing in and
around Juneau, of whom there are
a >otal of between five and six hun
dred, has been forwarded to Wash
ington, D. C., praying for the ap
pointment of a resident consul, and
Inst Tuesday a committee of Itali
ans called upon Gov. J. F. A. Strong
with a request that he recommend
to the department some 01 e fitted
for the Dositlon.
An Elks' Ladies minstrel show
is to be given in Juneau on April
9th, at Elks' hall. What's the
matter with the ladies of the lo
cal organization here following suit
a-id giving an entertainment at
some not distant date? Wo feel
assured that talent is not lacking
among the ladies of Skagway to
follow in the footsteps of tlieir
sisters at the territorial capital
city, or to even formulate ar.d carry
through some kind of public amuse
ment along entirely different lines.
How about it, ladies?
FOR SALE—Residence, 2 2d and
State streets. Furnished or unfurn
ished. Lee C. Gault.
CLAIMS WERE
FRAUDULENT
The Juneau land office gave out
x decision last Monday in tho gov
iriimrnt's case involving the so-call
sd "Christopher," "Letcher," and
'Slmrccns" groups of coal clalmB in
the Beiing river fields holding that
the ch: rges of fraudulent locations
of 47 claims involved in the appli
cation of three coal companies,
known as the Pittsburgh, Youngs
tcwn and Cleveland Coal companies,
\v<-re true. .
These are a part of the 75
claims located In 1904 by Cornelius
Christopher and George Simmons
of Seattle, and others.
Tho government charged that all
t..o above mentioned locations were
made in the interests of Simmons
mid Christopher and others not nam
lid, and that the locators failed to
&ren a coal mine on each claim as
required by law.
The decision just rendered in Ju
neau declares the locations were
act only made in the interest of
Christopher and Simmons, but for
the use and benefit of T. A. Barn»
flall, owner of the Pittsburgh Coal
company, who was the promoter of
tie Alaska Radlway & Terminal
company which projected a railroad
Into the Bering river district in
11'05 and 1906.
Simmons and Christopher are un
iler indictment, charged with con
nection with the location of the
claims which amount to 7,000 acres
There will be a regular communl
cntlon of White Pass Lodge, P. &
k. M., Friday, March 26th, at 8
p. m. Visiting Brothers cordially
invited,
3-25-2t. THE SECRETARY.
For chapped ekln use Almon
Toilet Lotion. See Keller Broe.
Drug Co's display adr. tor particu
lars. * 2-™-"
DEAL ENTHUSES
JUNEAUPEOPLE
Juneau Empire, March 23: News
c: New York capitalists' $4.000,000
subscription to stock In the Alaska
Jureau mine, linked with the state
ment of Col. Daniel C. Jacklln*, of
tho Gastiueau property, that the
Thane project will reach maturity by
midsummer, has combined in
presenting »o Juneau and Southeast
ern Alaska a picture that tells Its
own story in regard to the future of
this section.
In mining, business and engin
eering circles since The Empire first
published details of the plans of
'he twin mines, a spirit of optimism
which has been slowly creeping to
the surface has emerged and visions
•jf a long period of prosperity and
good times for the capital city are
today brighter than for many
months.
President Bradley's plans call for
tlsc Installation of ore-reducing
stamps and rolls to produce three
tiaies the millage of tho jreat
Treadwell plant across the chan
nel. The financial question hay
ins been solved, no further ob
stacles in launching thp com
mencement of work are expected. It
is believed the preliminary program
of development will go into effect at
oi <e, to be redoubled udoii the ar
rival of President Bradley from San
Frincisco.
riie rise oi freaeric w. xjrtuucy
to s. position of pre-eminence in the
miiing and financial world has
been steady. He received his hard
knocks at the mining game on the
Mother Lode in California. Today
lie is head of the famous Treadwell,
the Bunker Hill & Sullivai. property
is. Idaho and has other extensive
mining interests in California. He
succeeded to the presidency of
the Treadwell company upon the
ieath of H. H Taylor in San Fran
cisco, over two years ago He has
made many trips to Alaska since
ao became the governing spirit of
:he Treadwell.
BEAUTIFUL, BUT
AT WHAT A COST!
Cleveland, O., March 26—And no%
comes Dr. Martin Friedrich, chief of
:l.e bureau of communicable dis
jases, taking the Joy out of life.
Analyzing death statistics, Dr. Fried
•fcii declares the high death rate
:rom punemonia and influenza
imong young women is a result of
he wearing of low necked dresses
ind thin clothing. The physician
igrees that low necks are healthful
—in the proper climate—but CMrre
[aud's,weather is too changeable.
ROTAL KKUm
EHBROmSKT
PACKAGE
OUTFITS
This JjloUBe stamp
ed on Silken
finished Batiste,
ready for making,
la but ons of the
many beautiful
and serviceable ar
ticles obtainable in
Royal Society pack
agee.
L. A. Harrison Oo.
Phone 66. Store
closes 8 p. tn. ex
cept Saturday, 9
p. m.
Board of Trade Billiard Parlor
A Gentlemen's Resort
Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos
Arthur Boone, Proprietor
FOR SALE
Residence 22nd and State.
Furnished or Unfurnished
LEE C. GAULT
Popular Picture
Palace
Gto, Mowl, Proprietor.
Open Eyery Night
"The Sergeant's Boy."—A Bison
feature in two reels.—His first
lesson.
Wm. Shey and Ethel Grandon In
"The Fatal Verdict."—Tlie blind
girl: "I know you're not guilty,
and I mean to prove it."
"Thou Shalt Not Rubber."—Hil
arities by Hy Mayer.
School children free tonight.
COMING: "Lucille Love; the Girl
of MyBtery."—A aerlee.
THK ONLY SHOW IN ALASKA
WITH RAISED SEATS
Next Poetofflce on Fifth Ave.
MfcrJ ARE POWt.Hl.c6S
To FI*ht AmlBm Disease Holes* Tit}
Strike at tbe l/aderlylng Cacao,
To treat Dandruff, and Falling: Hair,
Tltlx' Irritants or oils on whk h a para
itic germ wl'l prosper. Is like scooping
.ater from the ocean to prevont th» tide
t'rom rising.
Yon cannot accomplish a satisfactory
cure wlihout having a right understand
ing of the fundamental causes of the
'.rouble.
You must kill the Dandruff Germ.
Newbro's Hcrplclde does this because It
3 specially made to do that very thing.
When the germ Is removed, the hair
has no choice but to resume healthy
growth and beauty.
"Destroy the cause, you remove th«
street."
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. It
-itamps for sample to The Herpiclde Co.
Onf-c-!'. Mich
One tfoTUr PtKCloa guaranteed.
At all flrag star**.
Six
Peters' Chocolates
for 25c
Tony Dortero
KING'S CAFE
WHITE HORSE
YUKON TERRITORY
BEST MEALS IN THE NORTH
Mrs. OrloH King
Proprietor
Domestic andDlmported
TOILET WATERS,
And
HANDKERCHIEF
PERFUMES
TOILET SOAPS
SHAVING SOAPS
BATH SOAPS
DRUGS
Your Prescriptions" Given Expert
Care and Most Prompt Attention
Keller Bros. Drag Co.
Talcum Powder,
Dental Cream and Powder
Bath Powders—Brushes'
All.the latest novelties iff
Toilet Accessories (of the
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