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1898, as* sntared as Second-class mail matter, as a tri-weekly August 26.
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GREKTIXCS VY>R 1022
The Alaskan wishes Its friends and patrons a most Prosperous and
&r.d Happy New Year.
All Indications point to a revival of pood times in Alaska and with con-1
■ erted action and the elimination of personal difference* and the strong de
termination to pull together there is no reason why Skagway should not (
come back.
The Alaskan is entering on Its twenty-fifth year of publication with its j
faith still strong In the future greatness and richness of Alaska
I: remain* for Alaskans to reap the reward
« ASH OR R<hiKKI KP1 \l>
When a customer pays cash for n artii-:. :t e mon« * is put in the tfll j
and the transaction ended. If it is ;. credit a . ount, time is spent writing .
that item down on a slip. At the end of the day, the bookkeeper takes that
slip and writes It In the day book At the end of the week or month these
are collected and transferred to the ledger and from this bills are made out
and sen: to the customer. Very few customers appreciate what an
amount of work Is required :n simply performing these transactions It's
safe to say that of three employes one man's time is largely taken up in
this way. This means that the salary of an additional man in a three to j
five man store Is required when it :s on a charge rather than a cash basis
t' s is an additional charge of about 1 •. l-« more to the Roods to mak*
the same return on the mont invested Few people realize what this
means, when added to the poor .kvoudis which are lost where none are
lost on a cash basis.
People wonder why mail order ouses >.in pay return postage on an
occasional unsatisfactory article It is f.mud In re \Voolworth of the fam
ed ten cent stores, gets spot cash for < \v-> art . e sold, that means that
he i an discount his orders by one • r l» £> or five per cer.l by sending casts '
*'th the order when he buys The . ustomer gets a benefit and the pro |
prietor if he saves nothing but the . .•*: of t: . bookkeeping and bad bills, |
which are Inevitable :n a business giving credit. piles up a big fortune !
There s nothing strange about it, except tl < working of a few examples1
u> arithmetic There is a n oral prit. ij>ie involved whirh we m ill speak of
in our next.
Politics is a great business, and fortunate is the communitv that has
the foresight tc profit thereby Ou- Canadian cousins have reduced the
facnltv of playing politics to further their own ::iterests. down to a fine
a ' For example, witness what h.,s app. :.ed it; Stewart while the polit
uai campaign. just closed was on I'ol Pe> k ., d Fred Stork were the can
didates Our Stewart friends wanted . weeki> « :iter mail service so the>
told the colonel about it. He burned the wires hack to Ottawa, and. lo and
behold the weekly service was forthcoming. The Bear riwr bridge had
S-eii taken out by flood and a new bridce was needed So the Stewart
folks told Stork about i: He hopped onto the gov. "nment in Victoria *uh
such an effort that orders to rebuild the the bridge wo-, given by m-,re Oo
you believe there would be such a to start either of thr^e ^oncess: >ns
it there had no: been a political bar., on? Neitl er do we—Hyder. Alas
ka. Miner.
H\KV\KH \WARPS \Ol M.
*1 \Sk.W HTGHK»T
H.-nrv W. Hirk of Kruhikan K\
ivIN in <rholarship ant! Athlctio
Henry W. Clark. brother of Mrs
(lien l' Rartiett of Jun.>au, has rr
■ •nlly been awavded the highest
honors to be bestowed upon an*
student of Harvard University. He
also has taken a prominent part in
athletics as a member of tbe foot -
ball Iran and in other sports
Mr Clark is about 22 years of age
age and was bom and raised at
Ketchikan. He is married and
while attending the school is tup
port lift himself and wife and child
The Associated Press dispatrn '
teJJins of his achi event en t* <s ('ated '
from Boston. Mass . and rcuds as j
follows
"Harvard University today avrard
ed to Henry W Clark of Ketchikan
Alaska, her highest scholarship
Clark holds a position unique in the
history of the institution in tnat he
Is getting higher honors in his stui
lew than any other man. who also!
took a prominent part in them. '
\ll\\ BANKRUPTCY REFKRKK
Announcement was made today j
by Judge T. M. Reed of the appoint--1
ment of Grover C Winn to be referee
in bankruptcy. Mr Winn's ap
pointment was effective yesterday —
Juneau Empire.
>HAi kl.H\>RT» LAW
OKMCES 1\ I OS AVGEI.KS
V'. rii oonn- from the South that
Lou:* r Shackleford. formerly of
Juneau, has opened law offices in
Ixis Angeles. where he will Rive spe
. al attention to raining and oil cas
es. His offices are located in the
Myoe Ltssner building. and it is said
that lie already has developed a
pood practice.
Mr Stiackleford was en gaped in
the practice of the law at this place
and Skngway for nearly 20 years,
and was rated as one of the leaders
of the Uaska bar —Juneau Empire
ONE C.\X!N!>\TE HW
A I. ASK A SEN ATE H AS
\i\r»E \nnoi n(e:mk.nt
Frank 71. Foster, attorney of Cor
dova. has come out with the an
noucemem that he will be a candi
date for the Territorial Senate from
the Third division on the Republic
an ticket at the primaries to be
held in April. Mr. Foster has a
wide acquaintance in the cokst
towns of the Third division and has
an extensive legal practice.
gfOTfTOK. a*
l-~v ftEBS-Ttt-WST^AK
™-CTl£IZXI> ^tHE \XLUZY* tM &A*73",1
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-rv;~ * co^Tf's«T ?•* ctt^ fc Kvwt
Mr. (ifhncT w*s now himself ©nor
more. He stmccled to his feet, an("
as he dirt. something Porst ten foe:
away and a Jlule (lofcy flood of smoke
olMvnred his rlstrni for a moment.
Then ho ntxVmood. MoOnffor had i
rapid Pre fun trained or the wnrl. and
the aa^aces. with frlc' 'fnl yells wer«
fleeins madly from the little shells
Half a down of thorn lay dead sr.
•wonnded close hy.
"Hooray." j-el'ed Mr. CJIhney. ari*
dashed a; The iw! which held Oapta'.r.
Sctkcc* prisoner He MnKi l! a pow
♦rfol hlow with his shoulder mtir
Scracc-s and the po«t rrasT>od to tl
froond. In an ln«rant Mr t»lhney v»>
on htf> kne^s tea*inc at ^-rnws' rot*
shackles w ;rh his t«v;)i K've irft,tit<^
later. Captain S.-tnC-,**' hands wer
■free Th«*i> Scracc >1 c » like servto*
for fiiltn^
(If n wetv hnrs:lnc around iVir
evt-rr second or two ;in< t »spemed a«
If they rrm«i he killed N-forv the>
ennld make their esmtv
As they ton- aJnnc t'rourh the
Jungle |m;t Mr Uihney's Ci*v! rich
eye (hi? left was obscuredl deteoie
— .1 —-«*:— -l—;—
Detected Two croucr'*? sf
hmd a Clump of Coco ra "t
two savnpe* "AUvtiiitgl behind e
of <Wn J!ms.
jelled Scratpv "1 ■ t '
pars up."
"Sure.*" responded the ■nw> *"e
"We'll need 'em for hectare* if '• • ~r
to pet thai black coral #'(' ltt. e;r.
over lo McGuffey."
"rd better ease up s niinu'e.
(aid ihp mtf to Mr Mcrtuffr
pun's peuli* fearful hot."
"Let h« melt." raved McOn?
"but keep her workin" for ft «l •'s
worth, m h«ve revenue for <;ib'»
death, or—sufTertn' mackerel'"
McOuffey onoe more sat d.™-n or
the cabin vwitti«ror. He pointed
dumbly to the beach. and there. pad
dims off to tbe Ma*p1e IX were two
naked cannibals and two naked wh:-p
men In a canoe. Five minutes later
they came aloncside. McGnffev met
them at the rail. and he smiled ar<d
licked his lower Up as the rretrl' tic
monarch and his prime minister n re
sponse to a severe application of Mr
Glbney's hands and feet, came f.-inc
i over the rail. Mr. Gihney and Oat n .r
I Scrapes followed.
"I'm much obliged to you. M.ic." said
Mr. Glhney, striving bravely to appear
Jaunty. "t'ne of your first shots oante
betweeii my lep« and cut the ropo that
held me. and burred me and the post
I was tied to all over the lot. A frar
lueti! «f tbe shell appears to haw
: taken away part of my ear. but I
i puess HI recover. We're pretty wel;
i shook up. Mac. old socks, and a lolt
| of whisky would be tn order af'er
i you've put the irons on the* two car
nlhals."
At 6 :30 o'clock of the morninc of
tbe day following the frlchrful experl
l ence of Commodore Glhney and Op
tain Scrapps with the cannihttH o'
Kandavn. the members of the Macpte
i IT syndicate faced each other nrrmt
i the break-fast table with apperi-es In
i no wise diminished by the ex -itlBj
i events of the preceding dav
I McCuffey surveyed his stipe- v o!B
rers. cursed them bitterly, and re
marked. with tears of Joy tn hi? hon
est eyes that both sW'nien had
gilded their just deserts wl«»n they
escajwd with their lives. "If i; hadn't
beer: for the mate." sa'd M^Juffey <e
verely, "I'd 'a' let you tw< boobies suf
fer ibe penalty for your foolishness.
Any man that poos to work and fVa
ternizes with a cannibal ain't c>t so
kick eom'n* If be'$ made up Into ohtcfr
pu curry with rice. The in I note 1 hear
old S.Taorsy ripplo" for Mp. aay* ! ta
myaeif, 1f! ibe ^cnn fl^ht their own
rty cm of the mf»' But the mare
oome* ■-runnftT np *t><1 aar* he> pretly J
sure he can come near pianttn a mea*
rtf ahe •< In t)*e cwiw tf The di«*tirt» '
h- ■>• ever. If can't w the *nn on
aoeoum of The MmcH' 'It's aiJ off wtrh
•he c»mm<-»dore and the jfclfw any
how.* a*» the mure. *a© we rolrtt Jnat
r« weli hare venerea noe on theJr mtjr
terers." So of conn*, when he pot ft
'iat m*a> 1 tfve my consent—"
At this Jnnctwre The mute. pa««1nf
iround Me<*ulTey on his wa> to The
ie< k. «1nta*d solemnly it Mr Gihoey.
«h*t hmtg hts *?rwom bend lr. a!m»
• d shame When the mite had »efr
'he mh«n the oomniodore ponn^wl
1 l?h f«»rfc on the cahtn table and
Ktinotmrwd * special niee*ln| of The
Macce 1? «vn«Jfc»re
"The hnslne**; be "one The mwt
••c ~ s?rd Mr. ftfhney, *"ls ro readlttat
he ownership in the svr>d1eat* Me
id SracjrsyV lad our h**a<H Tocerh»»r
\'ic, and we've a creed thu rim^t
ioi yonr war FitTf» a ftill one-third In
erest- ftistead of a Quarter j»j* here'O
rore. From now on Mac, von're in i
owner wHh me and £--recr«*
*nd now rha* that matter's *nM
i or e* 0!!?! rtpn'.r ft into o* or; The
■s^e <foes**or? and «tiirrest what's to h^
►T»e tn ?he ease of Tahv Taho and
)<:s e*ttr»il*a? kfnt That almost hired me
d the navlpttln* ofhoer to our de
• 1 have the villains in dk*nhle Iron*
-••si to ?he m* In mast. * nenJ<Ad
•*nnd a* i te«r«monh*l of my
rr* r '-j.St -or the Increased tnTere^ »n
e ' i .: : tthS'Ii yon a»*d ScT*cjB»
• ■ *. voted me 1 mill <«*heme u| h
ft? m* "form of venjreanee on Them two !
j-r *>?:' < Ro*wt. only an e\?ra«»r
sentence dan fit «uch an ex
• iry crime, so 1 m«s? have rime
1 • k ft ever These two hmSr^ l«* .
ne ro do what 1 pleaae artrh and HI
• f arr ^r^erfeTien««e a« nnnetchhorty
*r» RP«anht of a sMpmate."
'!» Tor tny p«r: ' <wv!t ask
fn; If yon can see your «nj
to i trf the klnc's sea It
•rt» V*C p.«- 'h T*Ii tW "
t U" added the commodore
if- Taho Tabu's shir hone for
Pendln" Mi-Goffer's re
"» > m nr. the hamperln' of crime It
v a. however. weT ntm wir »t
ten- v to prim* nhyt of the «•
We're had oor little fan and
» rf • tp w pM Ooni to hn»lne««s
v Sf w fij# at nine o'chvt »o
VTCXIv TiCTv 'hat roo ortler the
#ih (*t wnnwii <hit In the Mc
■ torerher with the dlrln' ftp
- and «-e'll ct> after pearl Or*
•cr* and Mi .Si i-nrnl. At for roc Mac
.-we roc take The other h«at and
IV T>fcti and the kin* *tv* b«'lp the
T!»"» ThVe a rirte sIadc with yc*.
nf -nake t'x^m Capri res d *•* for pear'
they're Mark to the
' w >rwi the stncle-Tn'e.led
V ' "■ ' **\V)1' f**f 'her posi * Sky
•- if .vmrw," continued the commo- j
"if a i;m shark ha;>pen« alone
trj picks the t.^cr,-r<- up. It ain't nop* '
of •» ,r hr«lne«* As for me and
Sot-: „-cm well s't or dc-k and smeke
Mj end * -tin and 1 ruc«s S.Tacr*T> !
:r !•- similar fir."
"Any*hit!" to be afceuM*." acqn<
e«-» 1 McfiofTey.
A "ter htvakfast Ovnmodore Glhney
ordered tt-.a; she prisoner* he hrrmcht
hef. -e him. The 'wik senred them
* t breakfast. and as the* are, the
cor indcre mnlrded them that It w*s
< v -hr 'U£h his personal effort* and
l - tf-.'tiral (Jtsinollnatior to return '
r.ir Mow that they wer* •! that
rpoirx-:; er.loytrc a sqnare meal in
stead - f swintfnc hi the rlKtfns.
"Ptt ro!n to plve yon t*f yepj* a
oh*- -» ■ r reform." concluded llr filh- t
rif-i a.i irossinf Tahn-Tahn. "Tf t«w
show n1- »here «"* can pet a o»tTro «f
coral and «-• -rk hard and fhlth
hclj •' cs tt> ft it ahmird. It m*v
h'-'T yon to cotnh a fe* fray hairs. Tm
t" •; Ve the irons off now. hot fe
me- '»ci At the first «1«n of the
do: — ws Toc>e hoth shark meat."
nlf of himself and the kmc 1
Tr'nTatm tvrom'jied to heha**. and
M« " y kicked there hoth Into the
• -it. The mate and two sea
'owed hi another boat. In which
the i --pntnp and dlvtnc art*rates
wa« ^ and Taho-Taho jvihvted
them to * patch of still «-»rer JuW h»
shie the reef. The water wa* «e clear
*1 : • >l,-'lT:ffey was enabled to make
ont msi marine pardens thickly
sprinkled with the predwis Mack
'vpt yon cn. yoo two smoker*
-tiki-- M.^nlTey njenaclnc the ca|>
w~. witi hts rifle. "Dire deep, my
l*eii"" ics and hrlnf op what yoo car
>!T' f a shark enmes alone «n<* j
take«. a n!p ont of v<«or Mnd >*$. 4en> I
«K<ec; no htCr from B. McOaffey j
r»CO'r»—vno won't p« aft •
for pearly two we*** tb* Maggie II j
lay m «r bor her <rr* tabor<v« ,
rtaf|v lr th c»n1«- « of tt* Vaat
qo*nrlt»e« nf pearl orator* wer*
hronrbt to th* •tt'faoe. and thew Mr
Glhney atewod personally l» ■ «T*at
Iron po* «r the h»i>ob The aboil w»«
atoned i«ti *r the ho" aid the r»a-'«
wmi" in'o * '•bainoU pon<-h wMot wm
frrr an Hrtmtif wa* out of th* t-oramo
dor*1* pn***««io»i. The ooaat at rtnit
point helnt now deoerted freqoont
»W(« aabore «rr» tnad* and th* rr»>w
on <'<Hinr plj rhlelaft. *»m«
tnd other deiicarto* i*v?*in <s"^"fn
r** almnai dc.'tnon* with )nf. W* •»
jounced thai he hid not been an happy
itnor Mr*. S.'rnev "allpped her r»Nf "
At lb* end of twp «rek« Mr filhtwy
lecirted thai tbe*<* »ap "loot" eoourh
labor* to rnmpW» th* achoonWa
■arv>» and ai a mooting of th* ayodl
»t«- held or>e IcvelT nwvmllftr: night
* deck h* announced hla plana te
Dapraitt Scragg* and McGttflVy
"Better Ihit the Island »lr«ne*
"ocnaeled M.iiufti "Them rlcpn
ma? h* a lax in' ther* leu il.c ixand
Bmnj wa't'r f<*r a hna;'* crew to
?otp* prowlln' op Into th* huah «0 tfcoy
aac nah em"
"TV* thought of that Mac." wild th*
• ,,irw • >-■ a trtfi» coldly, "and If I
mad* a WHiW of myaetf «*t It don't
«tand to rpaaon that I'm apt to jto It
again Rero*«nt**. Ma.-, a burnt child
iread* the fln* Tnawfra* Mralni.
ncht after break fa at. *»H torn the
fin* loo«e and pepper the bttah for a
mil* or two in every direction If
;her*'« a ntrtr* within nine* hell har*
hu*!t>eaa In tit* nert county and w*
won't h* disturbed none"
Mr tllhney'* program «■»« duly pnt
Ihrough and rh* rapltal of KandaMi
■ ■•ted of the trad* accumulation* of
year* And when the hatch** were
Anally battened do«u. the tank* r»
BUed With freah water, and ererythliy:
'n readlnc«» to leave Kandavv *or the
ran to H^tnoin'o M" «»lhii«T announced
tc the cytidlcatr that th* proflt* »f tb»
*\I>o1iTtor, would Bpnt* do** up to »
hnndroi! fhon«aind dollar*. Captatn
S.-racr* c*«"ec and fej 'Imply arnln«t
•he malnmaxi
'»lli m} dear N»*.~ he apnttered.
a-r von aitrr !• a'ti't all a dream an^
•Arv Vpi; Surr ft Ain't All a
tlkut *ikf a|> dnv *n<i find
thet ti"P*TT «?5H lu ?br r?"o*n p**» Tn4f;
hut tN Tl*H»r bfpn
nn*'^»*r * o*hh»ci» ?on' onwvmunfn' with
T'rtTifo hnr**"
irwMHn1. "Why, 1 «r^t * n m*trfc*w1
p«*rt« bor* ttiftt** ft? 'or n Ri£.
rwl. jv>nr-»hnp^l boy* r»iruJ*r W«ni
iiT h*®rr* Tt»er» ? rrm Tbon«aitfl «»cb
In them atao*."
"Wfll, ni—1*11 bFOW «AT71* fTOf."
fwpn*. t^prtln S«-mrrv unH •1op«rT#>d
farthmiTh to Th* cu'Vt F">p*n min
ors )***» b* Tfturw"! with ft k#ttl*
of hSi furnrft* m*p**nthr *nd »U ?hrfM»
k^rmtmn drunk To * »w*c voynr*
l-orof. At th* c«n<*!tt«tori "f tb* :o«*t
Mr «*t dt»«Ti hi*
^-ItmvI month «i*fi tho buck of M§
h«ln hand. *r»d *hn.« pdd*-*****^ the
(Continood Tnonday. i$22>
HAKSONE'S MEDITATIONS
Some lon6-f*ce Folks
PER-NOU*CE t>t\.S I>ONE
<?LMT I>£ DEBiU.wlN
rt truf is , rt deb11.
WU2 SO FaS' WE JES'
RUNNE5 OFF EN l_£F"
cw-r<
nrR sK^r.B at
Pioneer Dairy
H. P. SEKMAS. Prof
IHt SAKITMT lill RW£h
TV ln(nt and fcrt cm
dairy la ilart*. .
(tail) ahlpmewtB <rf f»i»
mfth «B'l fi'f f» all
paint* em WWt» T«« A
Vakna R«»mv
Bif Game Guide
S|»i Un»'ii who arr
la Me gatrv ta Ihr
Irfiwrr Vakoa crmmtrj at* fa
rH«M hi rail o» M. .1
Herd for man)' "«» la thf Al
ii* mmntr-}. (tad caa (cwari""-<
final Ins partlOi fin* a an lm«n
I h«ir a Rood (tnarrr t»«l
for lake (mating nit (Wilnc
Par laformalloB raT or a>f
di r m
Tom Williams
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