TOWN COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING
A special meeting of the town
council was held last night at
which were present Mayor Kennedy
aud the entire board except Council
man Ueorge Magee.
One i !>ject of the meeting, as
i-ii'ed in the mayor, was to pass
res >1 . lou authorizing the draw-'
a warrant for the sum of |
i'O. i to reimburse Town Marshal
Frank Page for the expense he;
had iu;: v-d in sending K. Maher.
:i in :i:t•.st who h«is been a charge :
upon the town for several months,
in the home of his sou in Hopkin
A ; !'er matter for considera
t >n, V.- said, would be the appoint- j
•lit of a committee from the town
counc 1 to act in conjunction with
the loc :l civic aud fraternal organ
izations in raising funds aud pr*
paring a program for a proper cel
i bration of the approaching Fourth
of Jul;.-.
On motion the bill of Marshal.
Page—JS6.40 for a ticket and
*N • for Incidental expeuscs while 1
on the way—was allowed and a.
« irr.u ordered drawn iu payment.
On motion the mayor was cm-;
powered to appoint a committer of
three i u the celebration program >
which he did as follows: W. H.
Hillery. Howard Ashley and O
The fleeting then closed.
<.i:o\\ c u uflower hit
OF DOORS AI.Ii YEAR
Caul. lo-.ver that will grow out of
''oors'a'.l t :t> year and that matures
1 efore le I'/.rlstmas holiday season,
i.;;s i"1 grown by Professor John
\V Hotsou of the department of
: • T'niversity of Was'a
:';pr ' 'titinued experiments.
Ko • \ ,riotios of the species have
l'n-n found, all of them belonging
o the family of broccoli. The!
■< '1. i iich Professor Hotson got
trom E'»g; !, is planted out of
M.iy 1, is transplanted !
first time about Dec- '
• inber 2 a second date of ma
ne timt in January.
The .i.tag© in growing this
veget , according k to Professor
. is that the use of green
hot: - or h'.»tbed facilities is ob-'
v ' .11 i e growth talcing place
under outdoor conditions.
■
ves excellently in the Puget'
i .it c.
TGURIST LAUNCH
IS BADLY NEEDED
A launch for the accomodation of
tourists who desiro to make short
tri|>s to places of interest in the im
mediate vicinity of Skagway Is one
of the crying needs just now. Yes
terday there was a party of eight wh
hunted the water front over for
some moans of making the trip over
to Burro creek, but were unable 'o
find a craft of any description to
convey them across. We understood
several weeks ago that George Hlat '<
was going to engage in this bu^i
nesss and had already bought and
was fitting up n boat for the pur-I
pose, but for some reason the
scheme has not materialized.
If Mr. Black is going to take up
this work this season it appears to
us that it is time for him to be,
getting things in shape to handle it
properlv, otherwise, steps should be*
taken by the commercial club to
?et someone else to take the matter
up, and this should be looked after
immediately.
PRINT THEIR 01
BILLS OF FARE
Tlie C. P. R. boats running to ■
Skagwav have Inaugurated the s -
tem of printing their own hills of
fare daily cn board the ves?,,;r.
the same us all first class passen^ r
boats nor.- do on the outside. That .
of the Princess May on her hist t: •>
to tha north, is now before us an.l
Is a handsome sample of the print
er's art, being in variegated colo, -
with the crest of the company .it t'io
liead of the menu, the Union Jack
it one side of it and the P. R
flag on the other. Interwoven v. u
these desigrs are twigs and len\- 5
of maple, the national emblem
Canada.
\t the top of the front pope of.
the menu is a cut of the Princes-.
Charlotte and in the lower ri-'it
hand coraer of the saui© paj.<- an
other of the Princess Victoria. On
the back, or fourth, page is n u"
sign of the company's flag l'loatin.'
in a. hazy mist of clouds over a 1
peaceful ocean scene, the back
ground of which is a low lying j-.oitr
3f land upon which looms tlie sig
nal tower of a lighthouse, with i
resel off shore hurrying on at full
speed ■'o tts destination.
(jentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
fiats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
Suits Tlade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
E01II1S ON
fElJJf RIVER
51. P. Berrigan, who wintered near
Koss river, on the Pelly, last winter,
says the Dawson News, is In the
city, anil gives an interesting sketch
of conditions there. He say3:
"On Lappie river, which enters
I lie Pelly ten miles below Ross
river, coarse gold has been found
in considerable quantities, but
not enough to pay by shoveling in.
Men made $2 a day shoveling in on
the liars who found it first, just
after the Klondike was discover
ed. and who are still iu the country.
"At lloole canyon 23 miles above
the Ro.-s post, I have panned both
at the head and foot of the can
yon, and though the water was
high 1 got coarso gold in every pan
and never got a 'skunk.' That was
three years ago, when I was at the
head of the Pelly, the left branch
C'i which is called Woodside river
or Broad river among the natives,
Ithou^i it is practically the main
Pelly ns it is the longest branch.
"There is much iron In evidence.
Wo could pick it up In many places
and in some places there were
ledges cutting across the river a
couple of feet in thickness.
" 'Rig Devil* canvou is three
miles long and is 150 miles from
ilooie. Here we have to portage, as
» j have to do also at Hoole canyon.
though we lined our boat tnrougn u
empty. This is a great ruoose coun
try an! there are many licks which
pic visaed in summer. Soda springs
;ire plentiful near the head of the
river, and one does not need baking
powder la bake bannocks once he
;;ets to one ot these springs. There j
.;i "mai;y fine looking creeks where
here are no signs of auything
having been done In the way of.
| i ospei 1 ing, save for an occasional
pld Indiiiu ax mark. Here it is all
co < gray wash intermingled
ivith broken quartz and schist, but ,
the ground is thawed. The deepest I
1 got ot: one creek was seveu feet
'it- 'VIte, , oniing in. On many creek 1
■ ran see the rim cropping up
which soes to show that it would
<»t In. dilficult to prospect, there ]
bung a good fall, by running a
i tdrock ditch.
But one has to be there with his
put fit in summer timo for that
rind it is not much uso for two men
0 go there with less than a two
years' outfit, as it takes time to
pro- tee'., and there is some pretty
iff water besides the canyon6, the
forks where we stayed 50 miles
ithovo I/evil's canyon, each for lin
ing about £5 miles long. There aro
two good trading posts at Ross now
rtnd one can get things at reason
nblo prices. The Indians come
ever to trade from the MacKenzie
and Liard rivers. The Hudson's Bay
1 ninpany, at Fort Norman, charged
them 50 cents for a tea cupful of
sugar; the same for tea. A Yukon
stove is ?25; the same for an 8x10
tent. A black fox Is $200, the
best kind; and a silver gray $10;
while a marten, it matters not what
quality, is $5. The company has a
set price on everything that does
not change. I have this from the
Indians themselves, some of whom
came over this spring in March and
returned. Many are reported coming
WILL ORGANIZE
U
Judging from the discussion 1 card,1
a rousing Juneau camp of the Arc
tic Brotherhood will be organized at
the meeting called for this evening
In the Alaskan hotel parlors at 8
o'clock.
All the members of the Arctic
Brotherhood located in or near Ju-'
ueau are Invited to be present.
In nearly every city of Alaska
there are camps of this organization
which is more nearly representative
of life in the Northland than any 1
other organization.
The traditions and spirit of the j
Northland is breathed by the camps ,
of the Arctic Brotherhood, and j
aside from this fact, they have been
and will continue to be important
factors in the industrial development,
of Alaska.—Juneau Dispatch, Junei;
DBEAD1UGHT
IS LAUNCHED
Odessa, June 9—The third stage
In Russia's ambitious naval pro
gram for the Black Sea was con
cluded recently with tho suece sful
launching of'the Dreadnaught JCkus
terina II at the Xikolaicff navy
yard.
The two dreadnaughts already
launched, and soon to go into con
mission, are the Empress Maria and
the Alexander III. The fourth, the
Ivan-the Terrible, is to be laid
down on the ways vacated by the
Ekaeterina II. The six destroyoi
and the six sub-marines includ-1
ed in the new program, have al
ready been completed, and two
armored cruisers are build'tig. Th -re
is also being constructed one- 01 tii
largest floating docks in the world,
capable of carrying a vessel of -i".
000 tons. It will cost $2,000,00n.
Notwithstanding t his formidabl
force, n:ivai experts say that Turk''
would have a decided advantage o
the Black sea in the event of a
war between the two countries, as
the Russian dreadnaughts aro to bo
armed with only 12-inch guns, as
against guns of 13-inch and 1 r.-inch.
respectively on the two battle
cruisers recently acquired by the
Turkish government, onp from
Brazil and the other now compl- ine
iu England. The longer range of
the Turkish guns would, it is be
lieved more than counter balance
the greater aggregate tonnage and
arament of the new Russian craft.
over this year. At this time they
get beaver at the lioads of the
rivers and make skin boats and
float down to the post, usually
getting in by tho middle of June.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Robert Shelly yesterday
bought form Phil. Abrahams the
premises, consisting of a house and
lots 11 and 12 in block 59, located
at the corner of Ninth street and
Broadway.
Social Whir
This is the name of the latest
addition 10 our line of high
grade candy.
A combination of marslimallo
and caramel. Sold in bulk,
40c per pound
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGAVAY, ALASKA.
San Francisco, June 9—A 500
pound meteorite, composed of apatite,
which reci-i'Hy foil on his ranch in
Tuoliiiiii'o county is Ixiin^ carefully
guarded here by J. \V. Shores, a
retired rancher. While Shores was
plowing January C last, ho heard a
rush of air and then felt a hot
slilny obJe< t swish past him. It
plunged into a ii'urby gully, emilting
intense heat.
Shores says that several attempts
havo hi en mad© to steal the
meteorite and declares ho has been
offered 2,00u for it by a Stockton
jeweler who intended to put Jlic
substance through a process to
transform it into imitation opals.
R. company j. rtlc.ior, is a rfood
tout hurt'1 'il'nvi::. Ilia employment
renders fr juoiit tti »s necessary
from the r.'i'h, which is situated ■
i little over ;i mile north, to j
.viijs t:. vs a hanJ-t-w and comes
Anyone w 'to h.i ; ever single
'landod i>u'ii!»ed a hand-car for
. iTi u sd.ort di.s uko is aware of
i* let ->rlc entailed by
■•oi a E!• et " itier that Erov.-n
iiijr. Ir ' in ;' fb pet 'arm the task
i.ltuost . ;ly, ghuuli
-
other d..y ! ) r'- a sail on the hand-,
perform ihe work equally as well as
loading on several hundred pounds ;
nf stuff at lit- corner of Eleventh
street 1- hoistrd his sail nud
'
bellied • nt 1 e 1 and tie dry
■ iftly down the j
-
fatly o : a m ' . : telling the track I
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HOE'S BODY
IS RECOVERED
The '/Dawson News of recent date
say:; tilt body of Hankk Weide, who
was drowned while coming down the
White river in company with Nor
man Macualay last week, was found
about a mile below where the acci
dent occurred.
Mr. Johnson, a prospector from
Beaver creek, found the body on
May 23, and took it to Donjek,
where't was burled May 24.
Tile body was badly mutilated by
ice and snags.
Mr. Johnson is enroute to Dawson
by small boat, and is bringing per
sonal effects belonging to Weide.
Tiie men were coming down
stroam with a boat trailing a canoe.
The ice below Snag glaciered
over so that v/hen the river; thawed
it left shelves of ice on either side.
The boat was upset by the swift
water,'w and the men were spilled
so they got on the projecting ice.
Macualay remained there until res
cued, but Weide, it is understood,
undertook to recover the canoe, and
was lost in the attempt.
IDE DAMAGE
ATJELLGAIE
Steamboat men tvlio came down
on the last boats report that the
ic-e ruined the jetties and carried
out the filling and other improve
ments at the heads of the draws at
Hellgatc, and the river there is
spread as of old, over a wide stretch
with the water running through var
ious channels.
The Canadian sounded and found
a iittle over four feet of water in
the deepest place. At this rate, it
is claimed, Hellgate will be almost
dry in the low season, and probably
for much of the year the boats will
be hung up there.
The steamboat men say some
thing should be done to fill the
draws with a dredge or otherwise,
else Dawson may see all the old
steamboat troubles of the past this
season.—Dawson News.
The Home Power Co. is putting
in a four-foot dam across the out
let to Upper Lake Dewey in order
to conserve the water so that it
will furnish a supply to the lower
lake in time of low water and in
sure the town of a sufficient flow to
meet all needs for domestic uses
as well as for fire protection.
'Oi§r
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to fit;" others
just think they are.
But any man, of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We have made
special preparations _
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
Spring flats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAY SON—Clothier