Stye jPaiig
- 8. KELLER Publisher - ESTABUSHED 1898 I
Udest Daily in Alaska ..... official City Payer j
Admitted a* Second-class mail matter as a lU.iy newspaper July 3,1
.898. and entered as Second-class mail matter, as a trt-weekly August 26, j
• 920. according to the poual requirements
The Dally Alaskan marges for all publication* not solicited, which
niitidea all notices 3u.«r than churches, or charitable societies.
SUBSCRIPTION KATKS
n< n..>nfb by mall. ...
to* month by carrier.
.* .75
1.00
months by mall
I'hra
-I* months by mall.
•n» year by malt..
4.60
9.00
(iutwrripiluu and Adverlbuirnia Itrieived by
jennett News Company Whltehorse, Y.T
a W. Olaeon..... CarcrOM. Y.T.
I. Pim.an Atlln. B.C.
HOWARD ASHI.KY, LMS1SLAT1VK CANDIDATE
Skagway has the honor this year of having one of its citizens a candi
date for the legislature.
Howard Ashley, at the urgent request of many of his fellow citizens,
and also of citizens in other places in the division, tiled for the nomination j
and has been making a quiet but effective campaign. The Republicans of
Skagway could not put up a better man and Howard Ashley should get the
unanimous vote of his party here. For almost twenty years Mr. Ashley has
been a prominent figure iu the affairs of Skagway. He has served in the
r.ry council continuously for about seventeen years: has moon mayor lnum-I
eral.le times and spent his time attending to the affairs ot the city with I
faith'ul ieal and intelligent at d conservative business acr.oon.
Mr. As!.ley will be a safe man to send to the Alaska i^i.O.ifur? and 1.9 j
may be depended on to favor only those measures that are sane nd prac
ti it He cab *lso bt depended on to vote against freak l°?is!viun and if
he does not get any hi Is passed he will be a bloc that .VII nein to obstruct
the many freak I ill: t a; have been introduced and often passed iu former
sessions of the legistaivre.
'i I;ere are seven names on the offieiel ballot and the voter votes for four
ouly. Some of the other candidates are known and some are not in this
section, but Howard Ashley is known and can he trusted to represent us
with dignity and clearsightedness and Skagway should see to it that he re
ceives a solid vote.
l'ISIl
Opportunity (or forty years lias. been knocking at the doors of all sal
mon tanneries without being admitted. Throughout the country, canners
in the fruit lines, in the vegetable lines, sardine canners. all sorts of can
l>ers have been putting up small, choice packages, but the salmon cauner
cannot see anything less than a half pound, and few of the smaller size.
If they would note .eir European competitors not only in salmon but
in all kinds of fish products, they would see hundreds of tasty, appetizing
appearing, little packages of tish.
In America there is ever an increasing demand for smaller packages. I
The midnight lunch has become a fixed institution throughout the coun- |
try. Millions of homes enjoy it. And the h g <i lies'ion always Is, "'What I
shall we have?" These lunches are for parties of all sizes, ranging from |
two to twenty, usually of the smaller number. For such occasions the host i
or hostess is not going to bring forth a big can of salmon, nor even open I
one to use part of it. There are millions of homes of two or three persons I
where they refuse to waste food and where they caunot eat a pound or half I
pound can of salmon at a meal ai.d they therefore do not buy it, but if j
there were smaller packages tl ey would always be in the home.
The exper.ence of any grocer proves the necessity of someone engaging j
In the small package production. Every grocer is being asked, day after
day. for smaller packages of this, that and the other thing, and so it is lit {
the states with the demand for the salmon. The packers have been fol- j
lowing the false conclusion that if the consumer cannot get a small pack
age. he will take the larger one. That is not true. The fact of the matter |
i? that if the consumer cannot get the smaller package he w.ll take some
thing else.
The tirst canner of salmon in Ala-ka that puts out a quarter pound tin
is going to have such a de::.a::d for it that he will sell his product before i
his competitors know what is going on. Let the good work start in Ketch
ikan.—Ketchikau Chronicle.
Prevent Forest Fires—It Pays.
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
To the electors of the Town of
Skagway, D.vision No. Uue. l'erri
tory of Alaska:
Notice is hereby given that pur
suant to Chapter c#, Session Laws
of Alaska, 1319. approved .May 3.1
1919, a Primary Electiou will be I
held on Tuesday. Ipril Z >. 19:.'2,
between the hours of S a. in. a::cj|
7 o'clock p. m. of said day. for the'
purpose of nouilnat'ng candidates of
the various politic-*! parties of Al
aska for the folic ring offices, tc
wit: One (1) Delegate from Alaska
to Congress; one (1) Territorial
Senator; four (4) Representatives
to the Legislature; two (2) Divi
sional Road Comm.Bsiouers.
The Common Council of Skagway
having hitherto, by Ordinance, duly
designed the voting precincts of said
town and the polliug place in each
thereof, the Elector;, are here*;- no*
ifled:
That all duly qualified voters re
siding within the boundaries of vot
ing precinct of said town of Skag
way will vote at Cl.y Hall Building,
Located on Fifth Street, in and up
on lot 3 of block S, which is own
ed by City of Skagway. the same be
ing the duly designed polling place
in and for the Town of Skagway.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1922
(Signed) THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF SKAGWAY
By Clara Carson. Clerk.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
I'. S LANE OFFICE
hi Juneau, Alaska
April. 13, 1922
NOTICE Is hereby given that Mi
chael J. O'Connor, of Haines, Alas
ka. who, on April 13. 1922, made
HE, No. 04908, for lots 1 and 2.
Section 14: and lot 1, Section 23
Township 30 S . Rvnge 5S E., Cop
per River Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make three-year
Proof, to establish claim to the
lai.d above described, before R. M
Odel, at Ha.ues, Alaska, on the 27th
day of May, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses: N.
G. Hanson, of Haines, Alaska; Clias.
Anway. of Haines. Alaska; Leon
Uallard. of Haines. Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Grove's LAXATIVE BROMO j
Ql'ININE tablets. The genuine bears]
the signature of E. W. Grove. 30c. |
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Copjright, 1WQ, Little, Brown 6 Oomp»njr)
CHAPTER III.
-
Dan Falling was never more thank- |
ful for his unerring sense of direction. ;
He struck off at a forty-five-degree
angle between their late course and a i
direct road to the river, and he kept
It ns If by a surveyor's line. All the j
old devices of the wilderness—the j
ridge on ridge that looked Just alike.
Inclines that to the casual eye looked
like downward slopes, streams thai
vanished beneath the snow, and the
snow-mist blowing across the face of
the landmarks—could not avail .
against him.
A half dozen of the wolves followed !
him at first. But perhaps their fierce |
eyes marked Ills long stride and bis .
powerful body, and decided that their I
better chance was with the helpless j
man and the girl beside the flickering J
fire. They turned back, one by one.
Dan kept si might on anil In two hours
crossed Cranston's trail. He didn't I
doubt hut that he would find Cran
ston In his camp. If he found the cauip
nt all. The man had certainly re- !
turned to it Immediately after setting 1
fire to the buildings. If for no other
reason than for food. It Isn't well J
to he abroad on the wintry mountains
without a supply of food; and ('ran- j
ston would certainly know this fuct.
Pan didn't know when a rifle bullet I
from some camp In the thickets would
put an abrupt end to his advance. Tile
brush grew high by the river, the ele
vatlon was considerably lower, and ■
there might he oue hundred camps out
of the sight of the casual wayfarer |
If Cranston should see iiiin, mushing '
across the moonlit snow. It would give
him the most savage Joy to open fire j
upon hiru with his rille.
I>an's kepn eyes si-aroneci tne niu-i;
cts. and particularly thej watched rli
sky line for n falut Blare that might I
mean a camp lire. He lo walk i
silently. It wasn't an easy tiling in j
ilo with awkward snowshoes: lint the |
river frowned the little noise that lie |
made. He tried to take advantage of '
the shelter of the thickets and the j
trees. Then, at the hasp of n Utile i
ri''L'e. hp came to a sudden halt.
He had estimated Just right. Not |
two hundred yards distant, a camp I
fire flickered and glowed in the shel j
tJr of a (Treat log. He saw It. by the ;
most astounding good fortune, through
s little rift In the trees. Ten feet on .
e ther side, and It was obscured.
He lost no time. He did not know j
when the wolves about Snowbird's !
camp would lose the Inst of their I
cowardice. Vet he knew he must keep
a tlghl grip on his self-control ami !
col let the necessity of haste cost him
bis victory, lie crept forward, step
b» step, placing his snowsnoes wun i
consummate rare. When he was one
hundred varils distant he saw that
Cranston's camp was situated hostile i
a Utile stream that flowed Into thr j
river and that—like the mountaineer |
b • xvas—he had built a large lean-to |
reinforced with snowbanks. The fire j
burned at Its opening* Cranston was ,
not In sight; either he was ahsetir
from camp or asleep In his lean-to.
The latter seemed the more likely.
Pan made a wide detour, coming In
about thirty yards behind the construc
tion. Still he moved with incredible
caution. Never In his life had he pos
sessed a greater mastery over his own
nerves. His heart leaped somewhat
fust In his own breast; but this was
the only wasted motion. It Isn't easy
to advance through such thickets with
out ever a misstep, without the rustle
of a branch or the crack of a twig.
Certain of the wild creatures find It 1
ei»sy; hut men have forgotten how In |
too many centuries of cities and farms. .
It Is hardly a human quality, and a
snectator would have found a rather I
ghastly fascination In watching the
lithe motions, the passionless face, the
hands that didn't shake at all. (tut
there were no spectators—unless the
little band of wolves, stracglers from
the pack that had gathered on the hills
behind—watched with lighted eyes.
Dan went down at full length upon
the snow and softly removed his snow
shoes. They would be only an Impedi
ment In the close work that was sure
to follow, fie slid along the snow
crust, clear to the mouth of the lean-to.
The moonlight poured through and
showed the Interior with rather re
markable plainness. Cranston was
sprawled, half-sitting, half-lying on a
free-hough pullet near the rear wall.
There was not the slightest doubt of
the man's wakefulness. Dan heard
nlro stir, and once—as If at the raem
orv of his deed of the day before—he
etirsed In a savage whisper. Although
he was facing the opening of the lean
to. he was wholly unaware of Dan's
presence. The latter had thrust his
nead at the side of the opening, and
it was In shadow. Cranston seemed
to he watching the great, white snow 1
fields that lay in frout. and for a mo
ment Dan wns at loss to explain this
seeiolng vigil. Then he understood
The white field before him was part
of tiic luu£ ridge Uiat liie three 01
tfiom wnnM pns? on tVefr way fo th»
vailev9. Cnni- mi linil evidently an
ticipated tluu the pirl and the mail
would attempt to march out—oven If
lie hadn't guessed they would try to
take ilu- helpless Lennox with them—
and he wished to he prepared for
emergencies. There might he s|»irt to
hiive with Him, uu»rined a* he was.
And his eyes wore full of strange con
jectures In regard to Snowbird. Both
would he exhausted now and helpless—
Dan's eyes encompassed the room:
the piles of provisions heaped against
the wall, the snow shoes beside the
pullet, but most of all he wished to
locate Cranston's rifle. Success or
failure hunt; on that. He couldn't
tlud it at lirst Then he saw the glit
ter of Its barrel In the moonlight—
leaning against n grub box possibly
six feet from Cranston and 10 from
himself.
Ills heart leaped. The best he had
hoped for—for the sake of Snowbird,
not himself—'was that he would be
nearer tn the gun than Cranston and
would he able to seize it tirat. But
conditions could be greatly worse than
they were. If Cranston had actually
had the weapon In his hands, the odds
of battle would have been frightfully
against Dun. It takes a certain length
of time to seize, swing, and aim a ri
fle; and Dan felt that while lie would
be unable to reach It himself, Cran
ston could not procure It either, with
out giving Dan an opportunity to leap
upon him. n> all Ills dreams, through
the months Of preparation, he had pic
tured it thus. It was the test at last.
The gun might be loaded, and still—
In these days of safety devices—un
ready to lire; and the loss of a frac
tion' of a second might enable Cran
ston to reach Ids knife. Tiius Dan
'felt justified in ignoring the gun alto
gether ami trusting—us he had most
desired—to a battle of hands. And be
wanted both hands free when he made
his attack.
if Dan bad been erect upon bis feet,
his course would have been an Imme
diate leap on the shoulders of his ad
versary. running the risk of Cranston
reaching his hunting knife in time.
But the second that he would require
to get to Ids feet would entirely otTset
this advuntage. Cranston could spring
"Good Evening, Cranston."
up. too. So he (lid the next most dis
arming thing.
He sprung up and strode Into the
leun-to.
"Good eveuing. Cranston," he said
pleasantly.
Cranston was also upon his feet the
same Instant. Ills Instincts were en
tirely true. He knew if he leaped for
Ills rifle. Pan would he upon his hack
In an instant, and he would have no
chance to use It. The rltle was now
oui of the running, as they were at
about equal distances from It. and
neither would have time to swing or
aim it.
Dan's sudden appearance had been
so utterly unlooked for. that for a mo
ment Cranston could find no answer.
His eyes moved to the rltle. then to
his belt where hung his hunting knife,
that still lay on the pallet. "Good
evening. Failing," he replied, trying
his hardest to fall Into that strange
spirit of nonchalance with which
brave men have so often met their ad
versaries. and which Dan had now.
"I'm surprised to see you here. What
do you want?"
Pun's voice when re replied was no
more warm than the snow banks that
reinforced the lean to. "1 want your
rltle—also your snow shoes and your
supplies of food. And I think I'll take
your blankets, too."
"And I suppose you mean to fight
for them?" Cranston asked. His lips
drew op in a smile, but there was no
smile In the tone of his words.
"You're right." Dan told him, and
he stepped nearer. "Not only for
that, Cratjston. We're face to face at
last—hands to hands. I've got a knife
In my pocket, but I'm not even going
to bring It out. It's hands to bands—
you and I—until everything's square
between us."
"Perhaps you've forgotten that day
on the ridge?" Cracston asked. "You
haven't any wouiau to save you tills
time."
"I remember the day, and that's part
of the debt. 'Die tl Ing you did yester
day Is part of It. too It's all to be set
tled at last, Cranston, and I don't be
lieve I could spare you If yon went to
vour kntes beiure me. 1'ou ve got a
clearing out by the Are—big a* s pnr.«
ring. We'll go out there—stile by side
Arid hands to hnnds we'll settle all
these debts we have between us—witn
no rales of fighting and no uiercy In
the end I"
They measured pa oh other with their
eyes. Once more Cranstou's gaze stole
to his rltle, hut lunging out, Dan
kicked It three feet farther Into the
shadow? of the lean-to. Dan saw the
(lurk face drawn with passion, the
htinds clenching, the shoulder inuselfrs
growing Into hard knots. And Cran
ston looked and knew that merciless
Vengeance—that age old sin and
Chrlstless creed by which he lived—
lu.d followed him down and was
clinching bltn at last.
He saw It Id the position of the stal
wart form before him, the clear level
eyes that the moon light made bright
an steel, the hard lines, the slim, pow
erful hands. He could read It In the
toues of the voice—tones that he him
self could not Imitate or pretend. The
hour had come for the setting of old
debts.
He tried to curse his adversary as a
weakling and a degenerate, but the ob
scene words he sought for would not
come to his lips. Here was his fate,
atul because the darkness always fades
before the light, and the courage of
wickedness always Dreaks before the
courage of righteousness, Cranston was
afraid to look It in the face. The fear
of defeat, of death, of heaven knows
what reinorselessness with which this
grave giant would administer Justice
was upon him, and his heart seemed
to freeze In his breast. Cravenly he
leaped for his knife on the blankets
below him.
Dan was upon him before he ever
reached It He sprang as a cougar
splngs. Incredibly fast and with shat
tering power. Both went down, and
for a long time they writhed and strug
gled In each other's arms. The pine
boughs rustled strangely.
The dark, gaunt hand reached In
vain for the knife. Some resistless
power seemed to be holding his wrist
and was bending Its hone as an Indian
bends a bow. Pain lashed through him.
And then this dark hearted man. who
had never known the meaning of mer
cy opened his lips lo scream that this
terrible enemy be merciful to him.
Rut the words wouldn't come. A
ghastly weight had come at his throat,
and his tortured lungs sobbed for
breath. Then, for a long time, there
was a curious pouuaing, lashing sound
in the evergreen boughs. It seemed
merciless and endless.
But Dan got up at last In a strange,
heavy silence, and swiftly went to
work. He took the rifle and filled It
with cartridges from Cranston's belt
Then he put the remaining two boxes
of shells Into his shirt pocket. The
supplies of food—the sack of nutri
tious Jerked venison like dried bark,
the little package of cheese, the boxes
of hard tack and one of the small
sacks of prepared flour—he tied, with
a single kettle. Into his heavy blan
kets and Untie them with the rifle upon
his hack. Finally he took the pair of
suow shoes from the floor. He worked
coldly, swiftly, all the time munching
at a piece of Jerked venlsou. When he
had finished he walked to the door of
the lean-to.
It seemed to Dan that Cranston whis
pered faintly, from his unconscious
ness. as he passed; but the victor did
not turn to look. The snow shoes
crunched away Into the darkness. On
the hill behind a half dozen wolves—
stragglers from the pack—frisked and
leaped about In a curious way. A
strange smell had reached them on the
wind, and when the loud, fearful steps
were out of hearing. It might pay them
to creep down, one by one. and Investi
gate Its cause.
• •••**«•
(Continued on Tnesaay)
Art fcirmarKS.
Snub—They say Smith always
dresses In the height of fashion.
Dub—I guess he does. He always
I.m.i-v -iv-v .f, rt;'Me enough
• 8KAGWAT •
• PRATKRNAI, ORDERS •
• ••••••••••
Camp Skojfway No. I
if |'l meet* every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:80 o'clock. V1»K
lng brothers cordiaJly welcome.
J. M. Keller, L. a Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
( B. P. O. ELKS,
way Lodge, No. 431, B.
P. 0. Elks meets everj
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
dlally welcome.
dan Mcdonald, e. r.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
F.tilL
White Paw Lodge F. * A.
M. No. 113, meets 2nd and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
P. J. Van de Wall, W. JL
T. J. Standish, Secretary.
Fraternal Order of
n Eagles
' Skapway Aerie, No. 23,
Fraternal Order of
Eagles, meet the first
and third Wednesday night of each
month at their haU on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brother* cordially in
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M. Grlesbach, Sec'y.
Naomi Chapter No. 0
O. E. 6., meets in Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
»ismng memoirs welcome.
POLLV WEBSTER
Worthy Matron
Fanny Speer, Secretary.
• PROFESSION AL CARDS •
W. B. STOUT
Attorney at Law
Practice In all courts
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES ALASKA
DR. L. a KELLER
Dentist
Most Modern Methods
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m.—1-fl p. m_
Fifth Avenue — Next
Door to Dally Alaskan
SKAGWAY ALASKA
NOTICE
When you want anything moved
Trunks, Baggage or anything else.
Call up the John Williams, U. 8.
Tramfer Co. Also wood. 18 lncn,
delivered. 14.50. and co&l, per ton,
delivered, $16.60. Phone 66.
Dan Sutherland
For
Delegate to Congress
Asks the voters of Alaska to endorse hi* record of the
past year Is Congress, by voting for his re-nomina
tion at the Rcpublira primary on April 25, 1023.
Delegate Sutherland has diligently and persist
ently sought to secure enactment of legislation that
would be for the benefit of all the people of Alaska
and aid in the development of the Territory.
—Paid Advertisement.