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J'ATIUUTI&M THAT COOTS
Joku Wanamaktr uaa annouuceu
that all his employ co wiUk J.i u mem
bers ui tiia .Nauouai Guard wui re
ceive lull pay and sailer no.embar
raooiiitu' in regard to promotion
w« ■ ■ e they axe in service. Tais
was the Waaamaker policy during
(ltd »pauis.h.-American war, ana
u_-e*iitss to say '» will be endorse*!
tVerywiiere as a policy wuicii. ought
to i .* adopted by every employer
w -o can pOsatubli afford it.
1' is just tug rignt kind of pa
triotism which. conducts to tue g^n
eval sharing oX tue sacriiice uects
sary when wa engage iu war. I'ne
sac rf ice oi those wu» uo the fight
iiv.- must oi necessity be greatest.,
i at it is loyalty 'n tue double senst
wuen tho&e lor whom taey wor&eu
iu peace continue the rewaxus 01
peace to the support oI the family
lett behind, or to care for tue
wounded when they shall return
irtjji the field. ,
Till* is a just uatxiotism, and the
merit of it will be the greater auu
turn mere honorable to the country
as .it is the more generally observ
ed. Tue Wanamaker example is
ainu ly cue eminent example anion
tnorsauds. .May the spirit of it
spread until employers the. country
over shall respond to it in gener
osity.
With the tourist Beason just in
its Infancy and with two more
mouths of ideal weather ahead,
iikagway will see a horde of sight
seers coming to and thru this city
before the season closes for the
win.er. Within the last three .days
five hundred globe trotte-ia have
passed thru »he Garden City. The
impressions 'hey have gained will
be spread broadcast over the Unit
ed States and Canada. Journalists
ar coming on every boat to get lo
cal colorings for contracted ur
t'cl^s for nevrsoaper, magazines and
booster pamphlets. With/ the Vol
uminous amount of advertising
which, we will receive this fall and
wiu'er, next summer should be a
banner touris* season for us.
There are sixty one inmates. in
the Pioneer Home at Sitka. Gov
ernor Strong, after making an in
vestigation o' the institution, re
ports that, it is being run on a
business basis and is an asset to the
Territory. If the Territory can
successfully maintain, a Home fa:
its pioneers there Is no logical rea
son why an institution far the care
o- the Alasa insane could not be
maintained within this territory,
Sk^sway would make an excellent
location.for such an institution. Oc
cupying a central position; and sur
rounded by the healthiest climate
that can be found within the Terri
tory, thi9 community has the Ideal
location to offer the government
for suchi an institution.
The Immediate construction of a
modern improved telephone system
ficin Haineg to the Porcupine and
the promise of the Road Commis
si. « to immediately commence worl
on the building of roads to the
1-oic'ipine district, speaks for the
prcgress of that section of the coun
tr< Strong has been the faith ol
th« settlera in that community toi
*hai part of the .country and it is
our wish that the district will forge
ahead and become a thiokly popula)
er region..
The first official! excursion -to
Lake LeBarge "was a huge suitress.
Doubtless the returning tourists will
spread the good word: J aibout
amongst their friends and acquftit.t
ances resulting in, wide spread I pub
licly for thai wonderful scenic trip
The tourists aire also beginning to
flock into the Atlln district. Skag- j
way Is the gateway to this magnifi- |
cent resort.. Everything that goes ,
toward the making of those sections
a more noted land for the tourist
dgos's our community ahead that1
much farther.
Tae early adjournment of the ;
British parliamea' will delay the j
Irish Home Rule Bill which/ was;
gaining so much favoritism oui. the j
lslaad and nrhich has carried iu- j
tersational sympathy along with it. 1
Great disappointment has been ex- J
pressed over the delay.. #
Hair-raising stories Trom . the
«»ry battlefields of Europe are con
siderably dwarfed by reports form
the Mexican border which) state
tha* members of Troop B are,grow
ing irus'aches far a fad.
That German, Officer who: surren
dered his 150 men *> .Germany
xnltr i' have them after the war
gave an instance of discretion as
the be'ter part oX valor.
SCIENCE-INDUSTRY,
Potash In Western Utah.
Potash In surprisingly large propor
tions Is present In the brines and muds
of the Salduro marsh, a sink In the
Salt Lake desert, about stxty miles
west of the southwest edge of Great
Salt hike. From the clays underlying
the salt body which covers the marsh
the Culted States geological survey col
lected samples at depths of eight to
twelve feet. In which the dissolved
salts were found to contain from 2 to
about 8H per cent of potash, and 2*4
per cent was found In the soluble salts
at a depth of aliout four feet. Of the
dissolved salts contained In the brines
occupying the sjuii'es between the salt
crystals In the crust overlying these
muds 3 to 4 per cent was found to tie
potash. While no exteuslve explore
torY work hits been done by the survey
to show the area of the dei>oslt. It Is
believed that the amount of potash
present In the region. If It can be ex
tracted with commercial success. Is suf
flclent to provide a valuable source of
supply to the country.
Tampering Cold Chiials.
Draw the chisel down to the thick
ness you want It. Then take an eight
Inch flat file and bring the point of
vocr chisel to a rather blunt but even
(>dge. Then give It a dark cherry reii
heat. and be sure your beat is even.
Then hold your chisel straight up and
;lraw down and dip It slowly Into cold
water three-eighths or one-half Inch
When that much of the chisel Is cool
take It otJt and watch your temper. Be
sure It runs even. After It starts to run
first comes the pigeon blue: when that
disappears you will see a very pale
straw color. When the straw color has
very nearly disappeared dip It quickly
In water to stop the temper from run
ning. Do not hold In water too long
Dip it again, keeping It out of water
long enough so that the ixJInt gets dry
each time you dip-it until cool.—Black
smith and Wheelwright.
Guard For Blacksmith's Rack.
Danger from contact with exposed
ends of Iron bars In blacksmith shops
Is overcome by the dovl-e shown In the
sketch, says Popular Mechanics. A
curtain was hung at each end of the
stock rack so that when there was
CCBTA1N WAKNB OF DAJiQEB.
danger of striking the exposed ends
the curtain gave Warning. This device
wag found to be of especial advantage
where the stock rack Is placed In a
dimly lighted portion of the shop. The
curtain may be drawn aside or ar
ranged to lift to the celling with a cord
when stock Is being removed.
Tool For DynamiU Cap*.
A tool which undoubtedly will prove
a great convenience to settlers and
others who use dynamite has been In
vented, but not patented, by Carl D.
Livingston of the College of Agricul
ture of the University of Wisconsin.
It Is a combination fuse cutter, cap
crimper and fuse slitter all in one. The
new tool. Which Is Bbaped like a pair of
pruning shears, has an adjustable
blade, which can be sharpened easily
when desired. Firm, smooth and tight
connections between fuse and cap are
obtained by means of a special crimp
lng device, which is placed directly un
der the axis. A special slitting device
on the end of the cutting blade Is a fea
'i tur« of the tool which makes It differ
«nt from any hitherto Introduced.
i A SLIGHT f
K MISlMEll
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|/An Episode of SAakedown^
I City |
* — * j i
3» / By F. A. MITCHEL * |
The wild and woolly west Is \now ■
thing of the past. If gun play, public
gambling and horse stealing are In
vogue In any part of the United^ States
we hear nothing of them. But the
probability Is that these things* have
died out before the (advance of civiliza
tion and the consequent netting! up of
the church and the scboolbouse.
Before the dawn of this newKondl
tlon, when all sorts of iiersons—good,
bad and Indifferent—were crowding
Into a country not yet alumdoued by
the Indian, when every man was ex
!>ected to look out for tils own Inter
eats, it Is remurkable, in some In
stances laughable, what >small things
men wouM tight about
In a settlement west offthe Missouri
river some forty years ago, where
there was but one woman to a dozen
men among the inhabitants* Cyrus At
kins was out beyond the borders of
the town looking for stray cattle when
up the road came a woman driving a
rattletrap buggy. Whether she was
fair to look upon Is not a matter of
certainty, for any woman not a fright
was beautiful in the eyes of men who
were constantly looking on their own
sex only. Certain it is that this person
driving toward the settlement was
beautiful In Cyrus Atkins' eyes.
"How do. tnu'am." he said, putting
bis hand to bis sombrero.
"Flow do." was the laconic reply.
"Air you from the settlement?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Any chance for anybody to make a
livln' there?"
"Reckon, but a good lookln' woman
like you don't need to make a llvlu".
All she bas to do Is to pick out a bus
band and let him do It for her."
"Supjwse the husband can't make a
livln' for himself?"
rneu, 1 recKou, iue *ue uu uu> c
to do it for both."
"J 1st so."
The woman, who had an Independent
uir about her. whipped up her horse
and left Mr. Atkins standing beside
the road gaping after her. He was
thinking that as soon as she got Into
the settlement, which was called
Shakedown City—all settlements ap
pended the word "city" to their name
in that country at that time—she
would be surrounded by half the men
; with offers of marriage. He hesitated
whether to go on searching for his cat
tle or go back at once and put In his
application. At that moment he spied
one of his lost animals in the distance.
This decided him. and he concluded to
lose an hour or so In putting in bis ap^
plication for the sake of getting hi?
cattle.
When the woman reached the bor
ders of Shakedown City she encounter
ed Enoch Dollttle.
"Ary tavern In the town?" she asked
him.
"Yes. ma'am." was the reply
" 'Taln't much of a place for a good
lookin' woman like you to stop at. see
in' there's nothin* but men around."
"Well. I reckon I got to stop there
-:eeln' 1 don't know nobody In the
Town."
"There's a few married women In
Shakedown. I know one of 'em that
I reckon'll take you in."
"Where does she live?"
•'I'll show you."
Mr. Dollttle walked along heslde the
buggy to a house where a frowsy worn
an was washing dishes, and the stran
ger said she would like accoinmoda
tlona. Since the reply was favorable,
the applicant decided to put up there
She said her stay would be short; but.
although she was asked the cause of
tier coming and other questions, she
proved close mouthed and gave no sat
isfactory answers An hour later Mr.
Dolittle was walking down a road
lending to some property he had pre
empted when he met Cyrus Atkins
driving his cattle home.
"Seen anything." asked Cyrus, "of a
good lookin' woman drlvln' luto town
In a buggy?"
"Yes."
"Where did she put up?"
"She was goin' to put up at the tav
ern, but I tnk her to Mrs. Green's."
"What hud you to do with where
she put up?"
"What's that to you?"
"A good deal. I'm the first man to
see her comin' »uto town, and If she's
golu' to settle yere I've got the fust
< laim on her."
"You don't reckon she'd have slch a
red headed, slab sided feller as you.
do you?"
"I don't propose to give way to a
freckled, bowlegged chap like you."
Both men put their hands to their
hips, but at the moment Antonio Thib
iidenux. who had come from I,ouis1ana.
passed by ami Inquired the canse of
the dispute. When duly informed that
n new and comely woman had come
to town :in<1 each of the men proposed
to claim her in marriage. Thibadeaux
said to them
"This iown ought to be above gun
play In the streets by this time. Yo'
no'the'n men are mighty uncivilized In
such affai's anyhow. If you two men
want to light about a lady, why don't
you do it in a fashion that would do
honor to her Instead o' mix In' her up
In a common shootln' match?"
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mi<an8 the "care oi the scalp." Ap
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Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
SKA G WAY ALASKA
DR. H. A. BL1TH
Dentist
Broadway
ISPtwecn Fifth and Sixth
bkaguay Alaska
WILLIAM PALLISXER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist in the treatment of
disease* and (leioraiities of the |
eye, ear, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building Ju
x au, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
<• '"<. t
Attorney At Law
Practice in all courts
in Territory of Alaaka
haluea Alaska
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Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. X,
A. B. me«aj every sec
ond and fourth Tins
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. tuarr. Visiting brutlieix tal
ly welcome. W. L. Stevenson, Aro
tic Chltl. W. E. Burrord, Arctic
Recorder.
Fraternal Order
ILagiatt—
bkivsw *■) Aurlfc
No. 26, Prater
a&) Urder oI
..:glea> inset# the Him aud t&lro
v gdneoday ulgnt ol each mouth ax
uolr ball ob FlfUi uTeiiue VUiltlut
>ttierb ourillalij izvltei to attand
II. E. HadBon, W. P., J. K. Mo
Alister. Secretary,
F. & A. M.
White Pasa Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
ineele 2d and 4 th
Fri. Ev'gs. of each
mjutb. Visiting brotliej® are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheal er, W. M.
Address ail coramunicationa to
t'ie Secietary.
a p. a el kb
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meet* every
1st and 3d Thurs
day at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting broth
erg cordially welcome.
HENEY FR1EDENTHAL, E. R.
F. i. VAtfDEWALA,, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
iiieetb in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sac.
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THE|
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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 di>""v.
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
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S. S. SPO&ANE June 25 July 7-19
S. S. City of Seattle July 1-13-25 Aug.6
Connects at Seat t ie with through passenger fctonmera.
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Sailing Monday 11 p. m. and Friday at 11 a. m.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO.
Tlirongh tickets sold and baggage checked to all points in
United States and Canada. For f'j'ders and full particulars,
»ddres» 11. G. WEIR, Agent.
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50. SKAGWAV.
008 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. i
SAILINGS FkOH SKAGWAY
Southbound via Sitka
DOLPHIN July 1-12-23 Aug 3-14
JEFFERSON June 24 July 7-16-29
Aug. 9-21
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MARIPOSA Jun.28 Jul. 18 Aug7-28
ALAMEDA July 8-28 Aug 18
Knik, Anchorage and Way Ports
ALAMEDA Jun. 29 Jul. 19 Aug 9-29
MARIPOSA July 9-29 Aug. 19
ALASKA June 24
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SFASON 1916
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C5H™/ Charlotte, Alice or Sophia
Every Thursday at 7 p.m.
From JUNE 15th to NOVEM8ER 9th Inclusive
Additional Sailings in July of JULY 10, 17, 24, 31
TO
VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE, ETC.
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on to give perfect satisfaction to
the user. It Is a soothing, healing
and vanishing cream, which dries
quickly and la never sticky or
greasy. You will be surprised at
the benefits your skin will de
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x
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of Juneau Alaska, *
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Dealers in *
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Tlie Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whiteborse the
fourth of every month
for Klnane and way
points and al*o on the
seventeenth of every
month for Chatnpaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class
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