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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
America For Americans
ASK> HONOR FOR ALASKA
Ti.c "I'l'iopriateress of naming
0:1c of the new b-utleships Alaska,
alter *ne country's last great
irou'itr. is to be urged upon the
navy department by the Alaska
bureau of the SeittleChamber of
Commerce- This was decided upon
a: a mettiug of the members of
'he bureau, held recently in the
Arctic club. A resolution declar
ing *iiur Alaska is a land fit rich
and unlimited resources and that
i:> jjreat fields contain the only
coal i i the Pacific coast situable
• ar u~v.il i>urposes, was adopted by
the members of the bureau and
ordered sent to Secretary of the
Navy Daniels—Seattle P.-I.
V LAS KAN DISCOVERIES
The story about Erik Lindblom,
one of ihe discoverers of Nome,
iu yesterday's gaper recalls to mind
'he remarkable stories of discover
ies iu Alaska. it recalls how
l.iuderberg and Lindblom -went
along the coast from what is now
t'ou . il ;.nd struck fabulous wealth
abou» four miles from the sea coast,
ii recalls the late Fritz Miller
a:id his uartner who found Pine
creek with the gold lying in places
only a foot or two from the sur
face. The story also reminds us
o:" the Jap whom the crowd tried
to Ivach for saying 'here was gold
in the Tanana valley. It Toealls
'he discovery of Pedro, of the dis
covery by Fornander and Johnson
ct" Long creek on a spot where for
mer urcspectors had their tent
pitched.
What a wonderful story can be
told i " all these discoveries that;
Mit Alaska on the map when all the1
details have been eecuTed.
FAIIUUNKS WANTS MONEY
FOR ITS SCHOOL OF MINES
With the liox>o of inducing the
legislature of tho territory to ap
propriate sufficient money to
build a new agricutlural college
aud scnool of mines at the site se
lected several years ago and with
a %iew cf pointing out to the legis
lators of Alaska why Buch an in
stitution should be established in
interior Alaska, the Fairbanks
Commercial Club has addressed a
lengthy individual appeal to each
senator and representative. The
fereral government provides .$50,
OoO ocr year for all such institu
tions when they are established, and
if the legislature sees fit to ap
propriate the amount of money re>
<;uired this federal assistance will
be sufficient to keep it going until
other means of obtaining funds
are oCtained.
BAD FIT
HI A1LII
Atiln, March 6 — Special cor
respondence — Th,e fight which
occurred oa Spruce creek last night,
in which three men were badly cut
up wit'i knives, almost resulted in
a do u Lie murder.
It would appear t&at there was
bad feeling between the men over a
dispute which grew out of the op
erating of a claim which the men
were mining as co-partners.
Net being able to agree on how
the wors was to have been done,
Mateo, sold his interest in hte
claim and went tQ the coast. He
returned on the la^st stage and
went put to Spruce creek to see
some cf his friends, who were liv
ing pa the claim.
While Mateo wag going out to
the cretk, Marcus Pne, one fit the
meu w ho had bought out Mateo, was
ou his way to this town, where he
proceeded to load up with fire
water. Having accomplished this
he returned to the creek, where
he founl Mateo with some other
Italians in his cabin.
Not wishing to fight in the cab
in, he called Mateo to come out,
suing vile epithets in his invitation.
Mateo accepted the challenge, and
immediately the two men began to
ttiIt it. Mateo was being worsted,
and called to his partner Joe to
come v» his assistance, but to be
careful, as Pne had a knife. When
Pne saw Joe coming tg the assist
ance of Mateo, he turned on him
and attacked him with the knife, in
flicting several ugly gashes in the
man's body and arms. Joe slipped
and Pne threw himself on top of
the fallen man. Regaining his feet,
Joe grabbed up a shovel and be
gan striking Pne over the head with
it, at last knocking him senseless,
havine knocked the knife out of
Pne's lvnds, and in the fearful
beating which followed, one of
Pne's anns was broken.
Joe then went to look after his
partner Mateo, whom he found al
most unconscious from loss of blood
Pne h»d inflicted several deep cuts
ou Mateo's body and arms, and
had inliicted a gash in Mateo's
right lung five inches deep. There
were also two large stab® on the
left breast.
The two partners then crawled to
the nearest cabin where they gave
the alarm, and the constable went
from this palce and placed the
tnree men under arrest. They are
all in the hospital, and it is re
oorted that Mateo is not yet out
of danger.
DESERTERS 10
loose moms
Paris — The property of all de
serters from the French army will
be confiscated by the state if
the chamber of deputies concurs in
legislation that has just passed the
senate. The chamber passed a law
authorizing confiscation of the pro.
perty of childless deserters only,
holding that integral confiscation
would be an unmerited hardship
upon a deserter's offspring. It de
cided to deprive the deserter of
the use of his property, but not
to wit at id it from his childTen. The
senate lefuses to taice this view,
considering that punishment in
that ^rm would not be adequate
to tho crime. The chamber is ex
pected to accept the senate amend
ment.
700,000 FRENCH
FORCED 10 LABOR
Paris, Maxell 8 — Seven hundred
thousand inhabitants of the in
vaded regions in ♦he north of
France are engaged in forced la
bor for the Germans, according to
M. Dibudeville, mayor of the town
of Corcny, who has just arrived
from the occupied region at Evian.
The mayor's estimate, he says,
is baael upon careful, serious cal
culation taking as a basis the num
bers of inhabitants personally know
by him as having been taken from
the communes in his region.
No distinctions are made as to
age or sex in the choice of the
forcioK enrolled laborers, M.
Dibudeville says. - - . t ,
CONGRESS HAS
GDI CONTROL
The coutrol of the game of Al
aska i> vested in congress and not
in, the territorial legislature, al
though, unsuccessful attempts have
been, made to transfer such control
to tho legislature. Three distinct
departments exercise control over
the game, fish and fur bearng ani
mals. These include the depart
ment c " agriculture, the department
of commerce and the governor's of
fioe. The department of commerce,
through the bureau of fisheries, ex->
ercises complete conrtol over the
ifish and marine fur bearing ani
mals, tne department of agriculture
ovar fie terrestrial fur bearing ani
mals, while the latter department
and tbe governor of Alaska share
In the operation of the game laws.
This d:vided responsibility does net
work Xcr efficiency in the enforce
ment of the game laws and regula
tions, T.or does it increase respect
tor tt»» law- on the part of the peo
ple. This is the opinion of the sec
retary i f the interior in his annual
report for 1916. In the enforce
ment of the game laws and regula
tions nine wardens ar^ employed,
and besides the employes for the
suppression of the liquor traffic
among the Indians are ex-officio
game wardens without pay. Special
game wardens are employed from
time tr- time or whenever the funds
at the disposal of the governor's of
fice will permit.
In Ji'tie last tho territorial coun
cil of Yukon Territory, Canada,
passed a resolution recommending
that gfme plan of action be mutu
ally ULdertaken by the governments
of Canada, the United States and
the province of British Columbia for
the protection of game animals,
game birds and fur Rearing animals.
—Alajl-a Railroad Record.
CORDOVA MS 75
PUPILS 01 ROLL
The report of the Cordova public
schools for the months of Febru
ary shows an enrolled membership
of 75 pupils—48 boys and 27 girls,
with a 94 per cent attendance. The
followiii®' pupils were neither absent
nor *ardy during the month:
Freshman Class — Edna Thawley
John Rosswog.
Grammar Grades — Samuel Hedg
es, Elwell, Thawlev, Charles Roy
al, Geo. Wilson, Dorothy Dooley,
Emil Christiansen, Brook Lamprey,
Harry O'Neill and Ernest Tarpen
ning.
Intermediate Grades — Helen
Downing. Billy Fields, Stanley Mc
Val, Janice Royal and Alice Tar
penning.
Primary Grades — Alice O'Neill,
Mildred West, Burg on Maubert, Eu
gene Handy Donald MaoCormac,
Verla Greening and Phyllis Downing
—Cordova Times.
HEIRS BACK
II SEWARD
Captain Frederick Mears, of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
arrived in Seward on Feb. 24, af
ter an extended business trip to
Washington, where he hag been in
conference with, Chairma.n Edes and
Sec. Lane on commission plans for
the ciming season, says the Gate
way.
Captain Mears declined tot speak
for puDlication in regard to pro
posed activities, but as general
progress is beii'g made on all sec
tions »• r the coal mid between here
and M&tanuska and oai the main
itne tnward Fairbanks, it is pre
sumed tnat the commission will car
ry out its plans for 1917-18 on
the basis of an expenditure of ?10,
500,000, as proposed when Chair
man FTes left for the East last fall.
An evidence of the fact that this
will be a most busy season on the
railroad is seen in the arrival of
136 persons on the Alaska.
FOUND—Watch charm or locket.
Owner may have same by proving
property and paying for this ad.
Enquire Daily Alaskan business of
fice.
Choice chocolates and bon bons
at Keller Bros. Drug Store.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Aretic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwivy No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond ami fourth! Tues
day evening a* 8:30 p.
m. stuup. Visiting brothera cordial
ly wi-Vcim®. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
HaC( rder.
Fraternal Ortl' r
Eagle^—
Skflgwrny Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
l'.agles meets the) first and third
Wednesday night of cach month at
ttii'ii hall on Fifth Avenue, Visit
ing brothers cimlially invite*! to
attend. J. M. flieisbacti, W. 1*.
J. V. Miller, Secretaiy.
of each months. Visiting) Brethren
are w.olcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMES WALLACE, Secret;iry.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A M. No. 113
meets 2(1 and 4 th
Saturday Evenings
15. 1'. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
NO. 431. B. P. O.
E. mats every
.Thursday night
' ut 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R
F. J. VAtfDEWALL, Secretary
I'lonocr of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* In A. B. Hall first Monday in
cvcrj- month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Brotl«?rs cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dl{. L. S. KELLER
Dentist
Most Modiera Mettliods
Office Boors: 0-12 a. m. 1-0 p. in.
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SKAUWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLISTEK, M. I).
(Formerly of Seattle)
SprtaUfct In the treatment of
disease and deformities of the;
eye, e>«r, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Jti
netau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
BA1XKS .. .. ... .. ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
of Joccab Alaska,
Dealers 1a
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
LEAD, ZINC, SACKS, RAOS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Rear of Bjlckett't Postoffice
More.
MA ;T?FV TURING
JEWELER
WATCHES&CLOCKS
Curios, Ivor/ Ca-vings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official WatcF Inspector for the
VC^P.J^Y. Route
Mail Order' iven prompt carc
RAW FURS
—. WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FUKS
WRITE FOB PRI-./E iMaT i
Percey's Fur House
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Pacific Steamship Co.
ADMIRAL LINE
OUR LARGE FLEET OF MAGNIFICENT STEAMSHIPS
Offers Frequent and Perfect Service Between All Ports in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
LEAVE SKAGWAY FOR CONNECTS a; JUNEAU FOR
Haines, Juneau, Douglas, Pet- Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, : I
ersburg, Wrangel, Ketchikan, Valdez, Seward, Seldovi» j |
^ ^dbuiwt r> , _ , Steamships Admiral Evani, Admiral W«t
SEATTLE and TACOMA. sod. Admiral Farragot
S. S. CITY OF SEATTLE Mar. 5, 16, 27
S. S. Spokane March 10, 21
CALIFORNIA ROUTE—Leave Seattle Monday's, Friday's,
Saturday's for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ticket Reads PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Co. You are Assured the very EU»t
San Francisco to Los Angeles Daily except Sunday . |
For Full Particulars, Address
H. G. WEIR, Agent SKAGWAY, Alaska |
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.>
SAILINGS FROfl SKAQWAY
SOUTHBOUNP
S.S. Dolphin, March 19-21
S. S. Jefferson, March 25
WESTBOUND
Knik, Anchorage and Way Ports . „
S.S. Northwestern May 8
Phone 66 - E. J. SHAW, Agent Skagway
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY j
-AND
STEAMSHIP LINES '
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FROM SKAGWAY I
March 17-28 April 7-18-28
May 9-19
TO ALL SOUND POINTS Via PRINCE RUPERT
Reduced Rates to The East
L. H. JOHNSTON Agt. Phone 87 or 118 SKAGWAY
S AILINGS
' B'ROM SKAG-WAY
5.S. PRINCE JOHN
10 a.m. Every Alternate Saturday
MARCH 10th, 24th
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Reservations, Tickets and Full Information cheerfully furnished by
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