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No. 17 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
CAN'T PROTECT
THEMSELVES
Lcs Angeles, Fob. 20—Women
should have a definite place in the
legal detriment of every city, ac
cording to Deputy City Prosecutor
Margaret Gardner, who devotea thre
days of each week to unraveling
legal tangles for perplexed women.
Miss Gardner believes. That wom
«n, in spite of their enfranchise
ment here, are unable to protect
themselves legally; that the aver
age woman has m abnormally de
veloped and often misplaced bump
of confidence in mankind; that af
ter ma-ay centuries of association
with women, man is usually unable
to ge her viewpoin; that the first
duty of a lawyer !s to keep a
client out of legal difficulties.
"Therefore", said Miss Gardner,
"women hereafter are conjially in
vited to keep out of trouble by com
ing to mo with contracts and other
legal matters before executing them.
I shall try to peddle prevention
from my office instead of attempting
impossible cures."
Paris, Feb. 20—' Horses with
docked tails may graze here for 10
tents a day; wKh long tails, 20
cents." Asked for an explanation
of this curious sign displayed at
the gateway of his meadow near
Dieppe, the owner replied: "It is
very simple. A docked horse, irri
tated by flies, is constantly inter
rupting lils grazing to drive them
off by swinging his head. Th«
long-tailed horse, however, having
full use of his tail for the purpose
for which it was designed, ia able
to graze continuously; bo he
eats about twice es much as the
other."
PRESIDENT HUERTA OBSERVES
HIS FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Mexico City, Feb. 20—President
Huerta observed a very simple cel
ebration of his first anniversary in
the prreiidency.
The Princess Maquinna sailed
.south last right at 12 o'clock with
17 first otr.ss passengers from here.
PROGRESSIVES
PLAN_ RAIDS
Casper, Wyo., Feb. 20—Plans for
a vigorous campaign all over Wyom
ing to capture not only state but
county offices were laid Monday at
a meeting: of all Progressives of the
state which was called ;o order here
by H. N. Gettlleb, sta<e chairman
of the party.v Every county in the
state was represented. One of the
principal matters discussed was the
establishment of a permanent pub
licity bureau.
FOfiGYWEATHER
WAS THE REASON
The reason for the Princess Ma
quinna being so Tar behind her
schedule time on her last north
ern voyage was on account of the
extremely foggy weather that has
been prevalent on the coast for
the past week or ten days. The
Princess Maquinna was detained
at Vancouver for 12 hours and lat
er, at Seymour Narrows, had to
lay to for 18 hours as the weather
was so thick that the Captain de
cided not to risk the danger of run
ning on to the rocks. The last voy
age of the Princese Maquinna was
the first time in the past fourteen
months that a C. P. R. boat has
not reached Skagway on schedule
time.
FIREMEN'SBALL
TOMORROW
Tomorrow night, at the Elks
hall, will come off the Skagway Vol
unteer Fire Department's grand an-'
nual ball, for which the. fire lad
dies have been making preparations
for several weeks, and which gives
promise of being one of the most
enjoyable events that has taken
place in Skagway for some time. Th
dancing will be >y program, a copy
of which, consisting of 21 numbers,
is now In the hands of the printer.
Excellent music will be furnished
and during the evening the ladie3
of Skagway will serve a nice lunch.
JDST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear—Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7x9 and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE HINER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
&The Up To Date Haberdasher J
and Ladies' Furnisher
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SKAGWAY
BILL NOT LIKELY 10 REACH
PRESIDENT BEFORE NEXT WEEK
Washington, D. C., Feb. 20—It
the senate does not concur iu the
house amendments to the Alaska
railroad bill today, a conference will
be asked. It is believed now that
the bill will not go to the President
before Wednesday or Thursday of
next week.
Chairman Houston says the pro
cedure now is routine, and the pass
age of the bill is only the begin
ning of important measures for the
opening up of Alaska. The next
bill will be Lane's leasing measure,
then a bill providing for an Alas
kan development board, a general
revision of the land laws and the
repeal of th© law taxing railroads
a hundred dollars por mile on its
roadbed.
The attempt yesterday by Sena
tors Smoot of Utah and Smith of
Georgia to take from the Mines^
committee the bill dealing with the
leasing of Alaska coal lands and
refer it to <"<«.- committee on public
lands started a lively debate.
aairman Walsh, for the Mines
committee, opposed the motion and
stated that the bill will be report
ed next week if the committee is
left alone.
Oil WAY 10
I
E. Mulhall and E. McKella, two
young moil who passed through here
last fall on their way outside to
spend the winter, rf.urned on the
Princess Maquiana yesterday and
stopped over night a* the Dewey
hotel. They left on this morning's
train for the interior, their destin
ation b';ing Mayo Landing on the
Stewart river, where R. H. Mul
hall, a brother of trie former, is en
gaged 'u extensive mining opera
tions.
Paris, Feb. 20—The provincial
paper, Le Cri De Toulouse, made the
following announcement recent
ly: "To our great regret, we are
compelled to dispense with the ser
vices of our society reporter, who
would insist on coming to the office
without a collar and in canvas
shoes. His uucleanliritss in dress
was giving our paper n very bad
name."
AMBASSADOR
ASJJHGUISI
Rome, Feb. 20—Ambassador Nel
son Page is in imminent peril of be
ing awarded a Carnegie bero med
al. At the recent meeting of the
Italian branch of the Carnegie
Foundation, Ambassador Page was
elected president. Although he had
been in Italy but two months, he
insisted on conducting the entire
business of the meeting in Italian
and got away with it so well that
at the close 's Italian conferers
unanimously decided that at the next
sitting they would present to him
his own name for an award.
WILL APPEAL
TO CONGRESS
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 20—The Ju
neeau Commercial cluh at an en
thusiastic meeting hold last night
passed strong resolutions appealing
to congress to make c. special ap
propriation for an Alaskan exhibit
i at the Panama Pacific exposition
in San Francisco in 1S15.
The club also endorsed the ef
forts of Gov. Strong and Alaska
1 Delegate James Wickersham to se
Isure the same.
A resolution was also adopted
asking the commercial clubs in all
the towns of Alaska to join with
i (he Juneau commcrcial club in
| its appeal to Congress.
BOTTLE OF WINE
j 226 YEARS OLD
Berlin, Feb. 20—A bottle of 226
year old wine which wae discovered
hidden away in a long forgotten cel
lar of a Naumburg vineyard was
solemnly uncorked in the presence
of the State horticulturist and the
leading citizens of Naumburg recent
ly.
The wine, which ✓had been laid
down in the year 1687, proved on
examination to have a marvellous
ly delicate bouquet and at the same
time to be of surprising vigor. A
very little was sufficient to impart
. to a glass of now Naumburg wine
the sama bouquet and character.
[ As only a small quantity was
found the wine is literally worth its
weight «u gold, and the testing of
I it partook something of the nature
. of a sacred religious rite.
The following passengers arrived
in Skagway on the Princess Ma
quinna yesterday: F. Maclennan, H.
Robinson, A. Birch, C. Lewis, Carl
Faulk, E. C. Nasem, M. T. Stev
ens, J. Birch, G. Runkle, R. Wil
son, Wm. Allen, C. McCutcheon, H.
Milvain, E. Mulhall, C. Miles, E.
McKclla, J. Ward, W. Arter, W.
Boultier, A. McLeod, A. Rider and
G. Braich.
NEW GARDEN SEEDS
We handle FERRY'S and MAN
DEVILLE & KING seeds; the seeds
that helped .make Skagway justly
famous for its flowers and vege
tables. For the convenience of
those wishing to plant indoors,
we will place these seeds on sale
beginning Friday morning Feb. 20th.
An extra ten cent package given
with every dollar purchase.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGAVA Y, ALASKA.
MUNICIPAL EX
PERTS MEET
Boulder, Colo., Feb. 20—Problems
of municipal government were dis
cussed Monday when the first an
nual Colorado Municipal conference
opened at the University of Colora
do. Mayors and other officials of
all the principal citie3 of the state
were in attendance. Clinton Rogers
Woodruff, executive secretary of
the National Muuicipal league, with
headquarters at Philadelphia, was
the principal speaker.
GUN. OFFICIAL
RETURNS NORTH
Fred Maclennan, collector of cus
toms at Whi.tehors°, arrived in
Skagway on the Princess Maquinna
yesterday afternoon and was a guest
at the Pullpn house last night. Mr.
Maclennan went out several weeks
ago on a visit to his family in Van
couver, P C., and nad a very enjoy
able time while there. He left on
this morning's train for his post of
duty at Whitehorse.
Dave Gudin arrived yesterday
on the Princess Maquinna on his
way to Dawson. , He brought with
him and shipped over on this morn
ings train, eight horses, 100 cas
es of eg^s, 20 crates of oranges
and 10 crates of lemons. From
Whitehorse he will do his own
freighting into the Yukon capital.
HORSES FOB
BOBEBT LOWE
A span of horses 1 etched here
yesterday on the Princess Maquinna
consigned to Robert Lowe of White
horse. They were shipped over 0:1
the train this -morning.
FAULK 10 BEGIN
111 RANCHING
Carl Faulk, the Carcross, Y. T.
' fox raiser, returned on the Prin
I cess Maquinna yesterday from a
1 visit to " Prince Edward Islands,
where he went several weeks ago
with a consignment of live foxes
for a Nova Scotian firm which is
engaged in the business of fox
farming there on an extensive scale.
Mr. Faulk was accompanied on
his way out by his wife-, who is now
in Tacoma and will not return north
until later in the secson.
Mr. Faulk says that the eastern
fox farmers are now turning their
attention to mink raising and that
from present indications this in
dustry promises to rival if not sur
pass inextent the business of fox
farming, the principal reason for
this being that these animals are
so much easier to propagate and are
of so much hardier nature than
foxes.
It is Mr. Faulk's intention to
take up mink raising in connection
with his fox raising business, and
we shall expect to hear some good
reports coming from Carcrosa short
in refereuce to this new industry.
NO TROUBLE TO
Columbus, 0., Feb. 19—You can
die in Ohio without having the
doctor attach a fancy medical name
to ypur death certificatoi, Dr. A.
C. Holland, of the State Bureau of
Vital Statistics, is authoriy for this
statement.
"He lived several years beyond
his natural life and then just pet
ered out" read a death certificate
from Washington county. Another
■said: "He just faded away."
' "Death came by the visitation
of God in a natural way" was a
Jefferson county contribution. A
Pike county man died from "A post
mortem hemorrhage." Cleveland
sent in a certificate which read:
"Stabbed on Sunday". Another
one went into details. It read:
Died suddenly In the basement.
His story and appearance, heart di
sease. Contributory cause, possib
ly sewer gas.
As the state spends thousands of
dollars a year classifying causes of
deaths, Dr. Holland today was busy
returning the certificates for a
more specific explanation.
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