THE III
=KUKON
PASS S
ROUTE =
The
Gate-way
Route ot
4H&
Comfort
Service
Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
—Interior Alaska
During the winter season of 1916-17 our regular train service will
be maintained North and South Bound, .between Skaguay
and Whitehorse, trains leaving both terminals Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Oar Through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be oper
ated between Wnitehorse and Dawson, affording every possible
facility for constable winter travel by means of 'a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and_Atttomgbile__Line
For full'information apply to
C. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Dept.
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
A.1F-Z1PF
—OR— Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE Na 38.
Mordaj, Wednesday and Friday
No. I, N. Bound Ld_iaU I J* No. 2, 8. Bound
1st CImi ' , 1st Claaa
8:30 a. m. Leaves 8KAGWAY Arrives 8:50 p. m.
11:05 a. m. ** WHITS PASS Leave* 3:20 p. m.
11:45 a. in. " LOG CABIN M 1:80 p. m.
12:40 p. m. " BENXKTT » | 13:50 p. m.
2:20 p. in. " CARIBOU M 10:48 a. m.
4:50 p. m. Arrives WHITSHORSK » 8:00 a. m.
Paaaengers maxt be at depot la time to hare Baggage in
spected and checked. Inspection la atopped 80 arinwtf be/ore
leering time of tralna. ■
150 pooada of baggage will be checked free with each full
fare ticket and 75 pooada with each half fare ticket.
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THE
Puilen House
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each Boor
Famous for its Hon* Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own dai*v
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULL .EN, Prop,
Skagway. Alaska |
SYSTEM AND PRINTING
Don't put It oil, but order your
prlntis* now ''wjilcfii you will need
w'ueu you put la your new system.
The Dally 'Alaska* Job de&wtment
Is be'ter -equipped than 'ever to do
your -work. Prices 'rlgtt antf F°r*
I promptly executed. If,
SPRING
BARGAINS
IN
REAL
ESTATE
-IN A FEW DAYS
MIL. ABRAHAMS
ThP natives of Klowak are no
thing if not progressive. As a mat
ter cf lact they, have outdistanced
any tribe in the entire territory
of Alaska.
Pre feasor Hibbs of that place,
speaking to the Ketchikan, Miner
yas'erday said many examples were
brought out to show, that those
people have minds of their own
which they use with, good results.
it was the Klowakans who wore
fii-3t in organizing their community
into an incorporation, after the ter
ritorial legislature passed a law
authorizing such organization. it
was the same people who organized
and incorporated the first oo-opiera
tiva store in Alaska and made a suc
cess of it. So much so that de
spite tne odd season last year, a
dividend y>'&a declared of twelve
per cent recently. It was the same
people who, practically unaided by
the government built ooa$ of the
best school buildings in the terri
tory at their own expense. It is
only a few days ago. that the same
people organized what Is known as
the "Klowaok Brotherhood" an
organization designed to help every
member of that community. They
Wro'e their by-laws and had their
certificates of membership printed
with just as much elegance as a
multimillionaire organization.
if wa3 learned yesterday from
Prof. Hibba that the school boasts
of 92 pupils enrolled with an aver
age attendance of 80. One of the
pupils or that school won a gold
medal at the Metlakatla fair this
week, getting tha firs* prize.
For many years, their postoffioe
has boen kept across tha bay; from
their village at the North Pacific
Trading & Packing: Company's of
fice, now they have learned that
it is to be transferred to their vil
lage proper and postmaster will be
appoin'od, presumable one of the
natives will be appointed. Profes
sor Hibbs ably assisted by Mrs.
Hlbbs and their assistant, Miss
Forest, government teachers, super
vise things in general and are ap
parently happy in their work of
not only teaching the children of
the community, but taking care of
the sick besides the management of
the large co-operative store that
has thrived above all expectations, j
Located the Bodies.
As a means of locating the bodies
)f four United States soldiers who
tvere accidentally drowned In the Rio
Srande recently an nnusual experi
ment was tried and proved successful.
A hat was thrown into the water at
the point where the men had last been
seen and was followed downstream
until, after traveling about five miles
from the scene of the accident. It came
to an eddy where It moved about slow
ly for some lime. This rave the search
ers what they thought might be a clew,
and, following a practice frequently
used in searching for bodies, a charge
of dynamite was exploded at the point
where the progress of the hat had
ceased. Immediately tho bodies came
to the surface.
The explanation of the experiment
is that the Rio Graude In this region
is tortuous and has many eddies. The
searchers rightly assumed that the
bodies would be carried downstream
until they came to an eddy, which In
this instance was indicated by the re
tarded progress of the hat.—St. Louis
Republic.
Our First National Road.
The first of our great national roads
was the Cumberland road, which ran
from the Potomac to the Mississippi.
Starting from Cumberland, Md., It ran
west through Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiaaa au.,1 Illinois to its ter
minal point ut the Mississippi opposite
St. Louis, it was built by the United
States government under the supervi
sion of the war department. In order
to secure funds for the constant repairs
necessary congress passed a bill In 1822
ordering the establishment of turn
pikes, with gates and tolls, but Presi
dent Monroe vetoed the bill on the
ground that congress had no power to
pass such a sweeping measure of in
ternal Improvement. Two years later
he signed a somewhat similar bill, and
the road received the needed appropria
tion. The last appropriation was made
by congress in 1844. Parts of the old
road are still in use.
Europe's Longest Dam.
The largest dam In Europe Is In
Spain and is the result of American
engineering. It Is built across the
chasm through which the Noguera Pal
laresa river flowed and Is situated near
the old fortified town of Talarn. Abut
ting on almost perpendicular cliffs, the
dam Is constructed of concrete and
measures 330 feet In height and 700
feet In length. It forms an artificial
lake fifteen miles long and nearly four
miles wide. Its object Is twofold—pro
duction of electric power and for Irri
gating. The cement used In the con
struction of the dam was made on the
spot from limestone and marl found
within a short distance and transport
ed by a temporary railroad.
Seeing 8t«r« by Day.
Although It is an old belief that (be
stars can be seen In daylight from tbe
bottom of a deep mine, veil, chimney
or other shaft, the Rev. W. F. A. Elli
son maintains that it has no founda
tion in fact Writing in the Journal
of the British Astronomical Associa
tion, Mr. Ellison says that the inviBl
bllity of the stars in the daytime is
caused by tho glare of the atmosphere
illuminated by the rays of the sun and
that there is no reason why a chimney
or other shaft should sensibly dimin
ish the glare. Even with a telescope
the visibility of stars and planets in
the daytime depends greatly upon their
color. Red or yellow stars are much
more easily seen than white ones, and
the telescope must be very carefully
focused or even a bright star will be
invisible in the bright sky. The plan
ets Venus and Mercury, on the other
hand, can be seen better in daylight
I than'In the dark, but most of the plan
ets are less visible In daylight than the
■tars.
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Plainsmen of Argentina.
The gaucho, the Argentine plains
man, sprang from the Spaniard and
Indian. He was a nomad. His life
of frugality, activity and hazard fa
vored the fittest and fiercest He knew
no law save that of might He was
independent, daring, familiar with vio
lence and careless of life. Had he
through a Spanish parent some Moor
ish strain, he represented in the pam
pas his ancestors who had galloped
over the plains of Arabia. In Argen
tina's wars of Independence, 1810-16,
the gaucho played an Important part
under General San Martin and Gen
eral Bolgrano. In the civil wars that
followed he fought under captains of
more or less authority, and in the ty
rant Rosas, 1S30-52, he became tho
dictator over the lives and fortunes of
the higher classes of society. Both in
Argentine and Chilean history the ty
rant now belongs to a vanished past
National Geographic Magazine.
Mussel* on the Sea Bed.
The mussel's natural home is at the
bottom of the sea, never in very deep
water and yet deep enough to be near
ly always covered at any state of the
tide. For preference It likes a bed of
sand or smooth, fine gravel. To this
bed it attaches itself by the ligature
like growth on the shell known as the
byssus, and thus, standing on end with
Its point to the bottom of the Bea, it
forms Itself in a dense mass so close
ly packed together that not an inch
of the sea floor is visible. As new
ones come they do not extend the
ground space occupied, but range
themselves one on top of another in
la.re re, all firmly fixed together by a
living cord of connection. In this po
sition they are exposed to many dan
gers. A heavy storm may break the
mass to pieces and disperse Its con
stituents far and wide. Even if they
escape this it is certain that bottom
layers will be crushed out of exist
ence.
For Doctor and Lawyer.
Mr. Towne of the New York bar In
his testimony before the Thompson
committee investigating the circum
stances surrounding the granting of
New York subway contracts, In ex
planation of why he only received $10,
000 for his sen-ices, stated that he had
neglected for some time to present his
bill and had failed to follow the motto
engraved on the portal of the Univer
sity of Bologna (which has faculties in
medicine as well as law), which may
be translated as follows:
While abed the sick man's lylny,
While your client's case you're trying.
That's the time to get your fee.
For when the sick man has recovered,
And the lawsuit's won or smothered,
No one then will care for thee.
—Docket
Air In the Lungs.
In one minute in a state of rest the
average man takes into his lungs about
eight liters, or 48.8 cubic inches, of air.
In walking he needs sixteen liters, or
97.0 cubic inches; in climbing, twenty
three liters, or 140.3 cubic inches; in
riding at a trot, thirty-three liters, or
201.3 cubic inches, and in long distance
running fifty-seven liters, or 347.7 cu
bic inches.
Young, but Wise.
"But mamma thinks I am too young
to marry."
""Why should she think that? You're
much older than she was when she got
married, aren't you?"
"Yes, but father was drawing a much
larger salary at the time than you're
getting."—Chicago Herald.
A Friendly Tip.
Sapleigh—Would you—er—advise me
to—er—marry a beautiful girl or a sen
sible girl? Hammersley—I'm afraid
you'll never be able to marry either,
old man. Sapleigh—Why not? Ham
mersley—Well, a beautiful girl could
do better and a sensible girl would
know better.—Exchange.
And No Wonder.
"So the Jib ways separated?"
"Last week."
"What was the trouble?"
"Mr. Jibway's first wife wrote him a
long birthday letter every year, and I
think it finally got on the second Mrs.
Jibway's nerves."—Savannah Press.
Disillusioned.
"Did your husband used to write you
poetry before you were married?"
"No, but he used to write me what
we both thought was poetry."—Hous
ton Post.
Integrity without knowledge is weak
and useless, and knowledge without in
; tegrity Is dangerous and dreadful.—
[ Johnson.
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The Delmotiico of AInska
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PHOPRfETOES
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A Kctfined and Comfortable place for a Supper After the Show
or dance ■ Oenlee in Oozy Private Booths if Desired.
Publicity
T HAS BEEN Demonstrated
that when a man has some
thing to sell worth selling his
success is assured' by letting
the people know about it.
Many business enterprises that* should be
prosperous die of neglect because the
public attention and interest have not
been stimulated'and attracted to the wares
No matter what it may be if it is reason
ably priced and good in quality your
success is assured by intelligent adver
tising and;' plenty* of it
THINK IT OVER
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