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"No. 136 NINETEENTH YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY,
TOURIST ARMY INVADES POPULAR GARDEN CITY
WDNDEfifULTRIP
10 LEBARGt
1* Sam Magee could have had.the
gr».a privilege oC ^euig a member
of «u«: first Lake LaUar^e incurs.on
which ltxt this city yesterday maui
iug a' uiue o'clock aud w.tutva- a
til«» wonderful sigi.ts ou *hai la- |
nous lake lit? certainly would havej
r-tiucsted Robert Service to i>eu,Uisj
imuicual balads witbl a difienut |
se.uinHut.
'luc commodious steamer White |
Hon-* $ot away from Wuiteho.se j
ten minutes alter the l)i» e.veursii u
train pulled i»to thai city ou tae
banks 01 ih-e mighty Yukcu. The
touring party was eouipri.-ed ot"
l*<.'Uty seveu sightseers .who thor
oughly enjoyed tho palatial ule.uu- .
ar and excelleu' service rcudtred by I
»ue B. Y. N. Co.
lLe returning sie-uiit-r arnvou ai
Wuitehirse at 7 a. in.. tais morn
ing and the inbound special left
there at &:30. arriving.iu the Uar
ueu City this afternoon. Every one
has a word of pra^e.for the ser
vice and courteous treatnunt twi
Uered c-n beiiaLC u£ liie transporta
tion company. TL© ti ip wm per
fect and has been endorsed by all •
as *ao most wunueriul oi any that
has botu their privihge to take.
CO\ KUNOIl STKO.NU KKTl'li.VS
JUNEAU. July 13 — Governor
Streu » has returned to this city al
ter visiting in Sitka anil making an
iivsptuion ef the Pioneer Home,
lie reports that th. institui 11 is in
eTcell^i shape and 'hat ~e is satis-j
fu-d with the running oi t^e home. !
rtt present thore are til inmallis
in tL> home and all s-ern to be con
teut^d with the tra-itment which
tfc- v are receiving.
DANCKKS GKT KKAL TIJKAT
The Tourist Dam e hi Id at A. H.
Hill last night was a.trent to the
cl'Uens o* Skagway as well as the
many tourists who were in town
an1' took advantage of .t'*e
mitsii. and floor. The orchestra
frvai the Charlotterendered tha m>•
sic for the dancers o^d all joined
It. evni accord that the occasion
was certainly a jolly happening.
I
GARRIZAL HO
LAID 10 REST
WASHINGTON, July 13 — With 1
full military honors, the funeral of
Capt. Charles T. Boyd, one of the
victims of the 'Jarrizal fight recent
ly iii -Mexico, has bei u held here,
liurial »ook place at the Arlington
c ukUtv. Secretary of War Baker
and other high officials of the s°v~
oruuui attended the funeral.
Capt.. Boyd was iu command of
the American trooj>s when they
**ere ambushed by Gen. Gomez and
a iVne eight times their sizes. Iu
Che battle that followed Capt. Boyd,
r.iid his lieutenant, Charles Adair,
wv:e two of the men who were sho
and killed.
Hits OPUISEB
IS
FAIRBANKS, July 13—Ralph H.
tl. OUIiUuU, a timber cruiser em- j
?lovt<j by tha general laud office,
eft U-rt Saturday for the Nenana
a a r<nv bi>ut. Sunday the boat
iv.is round drifting by the ere*- of |
:he sieitmi-T Tanana..Gililannd was j
aiding and searching parties fail- d
:o lir.d any trace of hm. There Is |
ic do.ibt but that he wasdrowned ,
iccordiug to reports here today..
SAN ANTONIO, July 13—No Villa
lands have been reuortcd along
• Texas bonier,.according to an!
>frir:;'.l M.atem«nt. issued by Major j
Senvri'l Funston. The bojder pa- j
:rol.- j:r--* anned and ready for any
■:n r;:»"i.'oy, accoiding: to adilcea ro»
h -re late this afternoon.
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COUNT DOHNA-SCHLODIEN.
Commander of Qe»*man Raider
|J Moewe It Idol of Paupife
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Photo by American k'rest- Association
KIUN S RONS
DKTUOIT, July 13—Peace was
he uomiua'ing feature of. the ad
lro33 delivered by President' Wood
•<;« Wilson to the World's Sales
oai.sliii; congress in 'his city. That
.h > President .will use hia influence
'or urms of peace.at the tud of
he European war tliat will count
'or the permanent peace of the
*o:ld, and that h-e strongly hopes
'or a settlement of tho Mexican
)rab:?m without war were plainly
ndicated.
I'lOXEKK ALASKAN
SLASHES THKOAT
Juneau, July 13—John Godell.
)ioucir Alaskan, and former d. pu'y
narsha] at Sitka, committed suicide
ast Friday by cutting his throat
vlth a razor. Judge Godell had
>oeu an Inmate of tho Pioneers
Inir.e Bince last May and it Is
bought that hia pysicalj condition
:ouj.lwl with 111 health was the mo
ive force compelling him to com
11 It the deed.
Before cutting hia throat.he ar
ranged all of his business affairs. |
ie is survived by a son, .Lawrence I
Jodcll and a sister in Oregon..The |
"Jt of the Tasor was from ear to '
-'ar- I
II. P. M. Birkinblne of Haines, |
v;is a. Garden City visitor yester
lay. M-. Birkinbine came over on
he Peterson. I
WILLRUSHWORK
ON PHONE LIES
A telephone line covering the
ills'Huce of thirty eight miles from
lU'.r.es to Porcupine will be . im
mediately installed by Col. W. L.
Stevenson. N. O. Hardy, former
ly with the Home Power Company
Ft this ci'y and Louis .tinder, chief
line man for the same company,
wjll supervise the work.
'I he system will be the mode, n
Improved ground system. Native'
imLer will be used for poles, which
will be placed one hundred feet
iparf, taking approximaieiy 20U0
to cover the distance. Prac
tically all of the material to be
JSed in the system has1 been either
(rdored and on the way, or Is ai
'eady awaiting the immediate in
italliitiom by the workers.
Connection will be made .at
tfaiurS -with the local system in
hat city. if the district develops
ike i* should, and there is every
■eason to believe that it will, the
iue will be ex'ended to Skagway.
>cl.. Stevenson reports that the
ine should be up and working wit'*
u twc months.
TAKE
I'ETROGRAD, July 13—The war
'Kite announced today that .so
ur this month .in various opera
iotif to the fronts, the Russians
iave taken 5630 officers and.266,
OOmt'n.
liioff
FOR ScAffLE
When the Charlot'e toots its de
-aiture whistle tonight it will also
anv the loud adieu> of .an old
ourdough In, these parts, W. J.
trobtrg, the able assistant of K
. in the Alaska Steamship
ffices, will leave tonight for Seat
le, where be will enter the offices
<t John H. Bunch, with the same
ompapy. {
llr. Broberg came north in the
arlv boom days and there,is very
ittle connected with th© history of
he Garden City but what our.sour
dough friend can recall. He .was
onnntcted with the White Pass In I
lie early days and has friends and
.equiiintances from this city to the
louih of thee.mighty Yukon..
Quality Coffee
•j We have secured the sole <tgency for the
I "ALTA"
t VACUUM PACKED COFFEE
t Packed in one pound tins at 45c and two
* pound tins at 85c. Also in quart fruit jars con
l taining one and one-quarter pounds at 55c a jar. If
t you are dissatisfied in any way with the
cofiee you are now using, give ihis a trial.
You will be more than pleased.
I P. H. GANTY
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SEATTLE, July 13—Joe Stitt,
bai lender and a well knowa gam
bler lu tile early A':l6ka days, es
I)»»cially at Dawson, Fairbanks an<l
Nome, dropped dead' in, this city
while dealing a poker hand in a
friendly game. ,A note found in
*he pocket of his coat stated that
hg ftared death).from heart trouble
anu in case of death) asked that
the Eagles attend .to the last rites
ana especially asking that his body
be cremated. ' I
IRISH HOME RULE
IS DELAYED
LONDON, July 13—The British
parliament will taie a recess until
next October just as soon asr the de
liberations have been concluded: on
the vresent bills and maitterel undei
consideration. Th.is will prevent
L'ie establishment. of tha proposed
n*w Irish Parliament and there Is
jrpa* disappointment expressed in
all circles over the delay.
JUNEAU, July 13—Steve Ragan,
J1" llutnes hae been appointed Un
te<l States Commissioner at Haines
;o relieve J. J. Kennedy, who Will
eave on a thirty-day vacation trip.
Max Swayne, knight of the grip,
known,throughout the Interior as
.he sure winner for the prize In
.he heavy .mans race. Is returning
o headquarters In Vancouver after
paving covered the interior for .his
'irm.
GLOBE TROTTERS
FLOCK INTO
SKMY
Skagway, the Garden fity.of all
Alaska, la lastly becoming tlie most
popular tourist resort in the north
■ land. Never before in^the history
of water trannsportatioa has* there
j beeu tuch demand .for conveyance
'o one place. Boats are leaving
Puge1 Sound cities every day car
rying from one hundred to two hun
dred passengers, whose final des
tination is Skagway.j
Wlihin the last three days over
five hundred tourists have landed
on Skagway soil. Transportation
companies report that reservations
are made for every trip of their
boats until late in the fall. The
publicity andj advertisJng that. Al
aska and Skagway in, particular,
will derive from the tumultuous
throne which, hag and .will invade
our city, will be most momentous
in .''h effects.
We have much to offer the tour
is* and it is logical that .this
should be the greatest tourist city
lun the Pann Handle. Forming, as
we do, the natural gate way to the
interior and offering an ideal cli
mate with the best townsite in Al
aska, Skagrway cannot help but
continue trt hold the attraction of
»he globe trotter..
The curio stores in this .city
carr; a choice and unique stock
of tue richest curios obtained from
the natives. Its hotel facilities are
os' % par if nnt above those of
any c!t> in this territory. It has
th finest supply of pure water
th8t can be found in any 6pot on
earth and nothing can .hold it
back from taking the lead, amongst
all if the cities of Alaska .as be
ing the headquarters for the tour
ist.
BELIEVES IN GOOD ROADS
WASHINGTON, July 11—Delayed
—Wilson has signed a biU which
appropriate eighty .five million
dollars for good, roads throughout
th.- United Spates.
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