F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
p. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
fri. Ev'gs. of each
month. Visiting brothers are wel
come. Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fraternal Order
i ICagles-—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the first r«nd third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meetp ever
4 Thursday night a
^ ^ r 8 o'clock. Elk
vcr- club and readin
room open daily from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting brohters cor
dially welcome. W. C Blanchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee Secretory.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1
A.. B. meets every Tues
day eveniag at 8:00 p
m. sharp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. D. J. Rich, Arctic Chief
W. R. Hillery, Arctic Recorder.
30th Infantry Lodge, No. 1300.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Fort Wm. H. Seward, Haines, Alask
Regular Meetings every Thursday
night at 7:30 p. m. All visiting bro
thers cordially welcomed.
Any one desiring Information
about the Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
THE SECRETARY.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dentists.
DR. L. S. KELLER.
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Open Evenings.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. ni. 1-6 p. m.
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to Golden North Hotel, does youi
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fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
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mouth for Chainpaigne
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.EDITORIAL PAGE j
JLM WICKKRSHAM.
After years o.' ceaseless and
strenuous labor, during the contin
uance of which he must have at
times almost despaired c of ultim
ate success, the Hon. james Wick
ersham, delegate to congress from
th© territory of Alaska, has lived
to see h's efforts for the recogni
tion of the importnnce of the laud
of his adoption commence to bear
fruit, with a promise of surpassing
in future extent the most optim
istic and visionarv of his dreams.
His long fight against almost
overwhelming odds, in the earlier
stages of which he stood practic
ally alone, has compelled the ad
miration and respect ot many of
those who were most bitterly oppos
ed to the measures for which he
stood. • This feeling is not confin
ed to Alaska aloue, but finds ex
pression through the columns of
the press across the liue, in Can
addian territory, as witness the
followiug from the Wliitehorse Star
of yesterday:
"It has taken the i aistrict of Al
aska a long time to even make a
start toward comiug Into her own
but she is headed in that direction
at last, the passage of the railroad
bill being the first act in opening
the way for her future growth and
development and prosperity.
"While many Alaskans liave
worked ceaselessly for her inter
ests for a dozen vears or more, the
men who has dons most to present
her claims lo the powers that be
is her delegate *o congress, James
W'ckersham. True, owing to his
office, lis has had better and more
opportunity to "preach" Alaska than
have his conferers, but he has im
proved his opportunities with the
result that he has preached and
pounded away 011 Alaska, until, one
bv one. statesmen and congressmen
began to listen, become interested
and investigated and the result was
the passage of the Li!l appropriat
ing thirty-five millions, of dollars
for tne aurpose of building railroads
in the district. The appropriation
may seem a big one, but it is a
mere pittance compared with land
grants made to some of the trans
continental roads in bclh the States
and Canada. But 'he area, the
country served is almost equal to
that benefitted by»the latter.
"The address of Delegate Wick
ersliam 011 the Alaska • railroad
bill In Washington on the 14th of
January showed such masterly pre
paration, such thorough knowledge
o® the subject, such clear and con
cise elucidation as is seldom the
privilege of legislative bodies to
enjoy. Jim had the goods and he
delivered them."
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
A general municipal election will
be held Tuesday, ADril 7th, 1U14,
for the purpose ol electing seven
councilmon and one member (clerk)
of the School Board.
The election will be held at the
Town Hall and the hours for votiDg
will be from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
A voter for councilman must be
a citizen of the United States or
who has declared his intention to
become such, twenty one years or
over, who has resiled continuously
one. year next preceding the elec
tion in the Territory of Alaska and
for six months preceding the elec
tion in tiie Town o* Skagway, and^
who has been duly registered.
All adults, male or female, who
are citizens of the United States or
who have declared their intention
to become such and who are bona
fide residents of the Town of Skag
way, are qualified to vote for the
School Clerk.
D. \V. McKay,
3-4-14 Town Cleark.
registration notice
Citizenr, desiring to vote for can
didates for the Common Council of
Skageway, Alaska, *■ tbe Municipal
election to be lield April 7, 1914,
must register.
The Registration books will be
open at the Town Hall from 7:30
to 10:30 o'clock every evening from
Monday, March 16th until Saturday,
April 4ih. 1914.
3-2-14td. D. McKay,
Town Clerk.
LADIES OF SKAGWAY!
Don't forget that you cannot vote
unless you register. Look out for
the notice of the opening of the
registration books in the Daily Al
askan. ' 4t. Sat.
CRAB MEAT COCK TAILS
at
The Pack Train I5estaurant
Service a la carte.
An Evenrude Girl
A fair example of the joys of boating on Skagway Bay
when your craft is propelled by an
Evenrude Motor
Full Particulars May Be Had by Calling on
P. H. GANTY, Skagway Agent
CRITICISING A CRITIC. ,
Points For the Purist Who Found
Flaws In Gray's "Elegy." -•
To look for and find In masterpieces
Uttle flaws, renl or Imagined, Is an oc
cupation that must have It* mysterious
Joys, otherwise, ns It briDgs tio profit,
the tusk would not command all the
time nnd labor that are devoted to It
nor would every sucb discovery be so
sxultingly proclaimed. This condition
is based, or, ratber, Its repetition, by
the letter in which a correspondent
confessed that, having heard verbal
perfection ascribed to Gray's "Elegy,"
he was moved carefully to examine the
verses on the chance of proving this
praise undeserved. And he did, he
thinks, having found no less than two
errors in the lines:
Their name, their years, spelt by the uiP
lettered muse
The place of fame nnd elegy supply,
And many a holy text around she strews
To teach the rustic moralist to die.
"Name" should be "names," this au
thority declares, for the reason that
the stones bore not one but several
names, and "many a holy text," being
singular, demands "teaches" Instead of
"teach!"
Now, Just why Gray put the word
"name" In the singular and not In the
plural might be made the subject of In
genious inquiry, with any oue of half a
ilosceu sufficient explanations as recom
pense and all inconclusive, but to see
force In the diversity of village patro
nymics—that requires more than inge
nuity; It demands perversity. As for
"many a holy text," that does indeed,
the grammarians say, insist that a
verb in immediate sequence be slngu
lar. Even the grammarians admit,
however, with innumerable writers of
both verse and prose, that if the verb
be iu a later clause tbe plural idea in
volved in "many" can properly be al
lowed to govern. Would our eorre
spondent Insist that when tbe estima
ble W. Scott, quoted by Goold Brown
in debating this very question, wrote
In Hawick twinkled many a light.
Behind him soon they set In night—
tbe "they" should have been turned to
•'it';" The change would at least be
amusing. That much can be said.
Critics of this sort never will learn
that rules for linguistic usage are not
applied to but are deduced from writ
ers like (Jray and Scott, that what
such men do Is right because they do
it and that no further justification Is
needed.- New York Times.
Self Pity.
Self pity, morally, meutally and phys
ically, tends to depress and weaken
the victim, to render him Ineffective
aid impractical. The person who Is
chronically sorry for himself becomes
a nuisance. H* thinks tbe world owes
him something, and his one ambition
in life Is to collect the deflt—Woman's
World.
Family Repartee.
"No mat) is good enough for a good
woman."
"You're right, ray dear. It's abso
lutely Impossible to please one."—De
troit Free Press.
Last Resource.
James (who Is baike)—I hare one
faithful friend left. Tlulks (also broke)
-Who Is it? Jumps—My pipe. I can
still draw on that.-Stray Stories.
A straight line is the shortest in
morals us in mathematics.— Edgeworth.
SERIAL NO. 01642.
DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
HOMESTEAD APPLICATION.
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 10, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, H. D. Clark whose
post-office* address is Skagway, Al
aska, has filed his homestead appli
cation and proof In support there
of for the land embraced In U. S.
Survey No. 994, more particu
larly described as follower
Beginning at Corner No. 1, M. C.
situated on the west bank of Skag
way River and about one mile from
Skagway, Alaska, whence U. S. L.
M. No. S bears S. 48°ia' W. 123.01
chs., witness Cor bears N. 47°12'
W. 50 links, thence meandering
along the shore line of Skagway
river (1) N. 71°07'E. 1.60 chs.,
(2) N. 22°02'E. 5.75 chs., (3) N.
27°59'E. 4.91 chs. to Cor. No. 2
M. C whence witness corner bears
N. 14°19'W. 50 links, thence N.
14°19'W. 3.35 chs. to Cor. No. 3,
thence N. 4 4 "2 5' E. 20.38 Chs. to
Cor. No. 4, thence N. 31°08'W. 3.93
chs. to Cor. No. 5, thence N. 8°
40' E. 1.41 Chs. to Cor. No. 6,
identical with Cor. No. 1 M. J.
Heney homestead, thence N. 46°
31' W. 6.52 chs. to Cor. No. 7,
identical with Cor. No. 6 U. S. Mil
itary Reserve, thence <3. 43°52' W.
36.10 Chs. to Cor. No. 8, identical
with Cor. No. 7, U. S Military Re
serve, thence S. 47°12' E. 16.68
chs. to Cor. No. 1 the place of be
ginning, containing an area of 44
.78 acres. Magnetic variation 33s
05' E.
Any and all persons claiming
said land or any portion thereof
are hereby notified to file their
adverse claims In the United States
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
within the period allowed by law.
Publication of this notice is here
by ordered in the Skagway Daily
Alaskan, a newspaper of General
circulation published at Skagway, A1
aska, and nearest th* land appli
ed foi,
C. B. Walker, Register.
First Publication Feb. 19, 1914.
Last Publication Mfty 1 1914.
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