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EDITORIAL PAGE
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
Iu view of th« greatly increased
tcvrist travel that is yearly com
ing to Skagway would it not be well
to inquire among ourselves as to
how we propose to look after these
straugers when they commence to
arrive in larger numbers than they
uid last summer, lor at times,
evea then, the capacity of the
town tor proper hotel accommoda
tions was overtaxed.
Aiauy of those people who were
here only for a few hours would
no doubt have come urepared to re
msiu longer than they did—in fact,
have taken up their abode here for
Ite greater part of the summer—
had they been assured previous to
leaving their homes oa the outside
that they could procure small, mod
ernly equipped, and completely fur
nished dwelling houses or bunga
lows, the rent for which would not
have been so much ot a considera
tion with them as the conveniences
offered, for those most likely to be
in search of such stopping places
would doubtless have been people
of wealth to whom the expenditure
cf a few dollars mere or less for
their own pleasure and comfort
would have been a matter of small
moment.
« -m«u v_r»i»5"Tnm t—su^-Q
Denver Glacier, Reid's Falls, Upper
aud L*>wer Lakes Dewey, Dyea, A.
U. mountain, aad the thousand and
out other scenic points were con
nected with Skagway by good trails,
and a company formed tor the con
struction of a lot of the above
described dwelling houses, Skag
way would within the next two
years, with the necessary amount
of publicity for the attractions of
hunting, fishing, boating and mag
nificent scenery we could offer theiq
have a permanent tourist popula
tion during the summer season that
wculd add materially to our social
life as well as to cur financial well
bilng.
In order to get these things to
running smoothly, however, we
shall have to each become a "boost
er," and work unceasingly. We
have the necleus of an organiza
t'cn already started—the Skagway
commercial cl^b—that will prove of
the utmast benefit along these lines,
and If we'll afll turn In and help it
to the utmo6t:.of our ability it will
0£ly be a msfcter of a short time
until we shaHjcommence to reap
substantial returns for our labor
and outlay. #
Jt
Douglas Islabd News, Sept. i5:
There has been much.,news during
the past week* news not fit to
prints- In most cases everybody
knows about it, because bad new;3
travels fast. Just the same, some
of the things which men and women
whisper to each-.other would :-not
look good in black ink on white pa
per. Newspapers as well as in
dividuals should. remember to keep
still if they have" nothing good to
tell. The papers follow this rule
generally better i: than do the in
dividuals. If newspapers published
every bit of scandal that comes to
the ear of the editors, the jails
would be full—of printers, serving
time for criminal'" libel. gditors
sooii learn that the most of the
things told them-are lies, and the
rest are almost as bad. The News
Is always ready to print the things
that 3re good and true, &nd that
in their telling will make people,
better and happier, and we invite
our friends to tell us the 1 (good
things that conie to their lives.
But those things that are rotten
aud nasty and tend only to drag
: folks into the dirt we have no use
for. Just clean, white paper looks
better.
r.REAKDOW'N AX MIXE
Whitehorse Star, Sept. 24: The
boiler at the Grafter mine "ten
dered its resignation" last Sunday
and the mine has closed down un
I til the necessary repairs can be
made, probably for two weeks. Wil
liam Bunting, a boiler maker from
Skagway, is here and the repairs
w ill be made at the shops at the
shipyards to which place the boil
er was removed from the miue yes
terday. Just the day previous to
the breakdown a large body of
rich ore was opeued up in the
Griuter aud, once work is resumed.
Manager George Armstrong and
Foreman Hansen ar<; satisfied they
will be able to put out not less
th u fifty tons of ore daily. Several
cf ihe boys employed at the mine
are taking advantage of their en
forced vacation to go on a hunting
trip to Robinson, prepared to bag
any and every class of game from
mouse and bears down to ducks
and grouse.
—— . Msauy AiaSKan
PHIL ABRAHAMS
jHSTA BLIS M ED 51897
ACCIDENT AND FIRE
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
CONVEYANCER
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4lh Avenue
• You make a mistake if
' you do nqt stop at
! THE
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Electric Lights
Rooms Single cr en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for. its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own d?>*v.
Fresh Eggs,'etc
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well JLighte1, Large Sample
Roorps for Traveling Men.
•H. S. PUI.LEN. Prop.
Skagway.' Alaska
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollar
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHiJNEr & CO., Toledo, O.
we. the undersized. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions at..! financially able to carry
out any oblle iti. made by Ills firm.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon t!"<5 blood and mu
cous surfaces of tlie sy>torn. Testimonials i
sent free. Price A ctniij per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. 4
Tits "Hall's Family Pllu for constipation. ,
Potash, Perlmutter
and Others
By MONTAGUE GLASS
X. THE GINHOU
LIAC HEIRLOOM.
[Copyright. The Frank A. Munsey Co.]
(Continued from last issue}
"You lost eet. you lost eet"
"Ginhoullael" Freddy whl&pered.
"lie's got 'em bad!"
"Ah, no. uo. no. no!" re-echoed
through the house.
"By George, he has Duse and Bern
hardt simply skinned to death!" Fred
dy chuckled.
"Give me the ring. Freddy," Oakley
said. "I think I'll go downstairs and
kick him out"
Mingled with Mary's soothing con
tralto and Glnhouliae's shrill hysteria
came an expcstulntory growl.
"Contou'id It. sir. you're behaving
like a fool!" It said.
"The governor:" Oakley exclaimed.
"When I was n kid he always said
•Confound it. sir.' Just before he whal
ed the life out of me. Exertion's bad
for him. too. 1 guess I'll go down."
He took the stairs four nt n Jump,
while Freddy went hack to the library
and closed the door behind bim. For
ten minutes the muBicd sound of voices
came in faint waves from the ground
floor, until n decisive bang of the front
door brought the conference to a close.
Freddy had been standing by the li
brary window, gazing idly Into the
street and he saw Glnhoullac leave the
house. For one brief moment the en
raged Italian stood muttering on the
curb. Between his thumb and finger
he beid the ring, which glittered and
flashed lu the afternoon sunlight; then,
raising his band above his head, he
flung it far Info the roadway.
As Freddy turned from the window
Oakley entered
"Sorry to have kept you waiting,"
he said, "but we've hail the dickens of
a row downstairs."
"Only a lovers' quarrel 1 hope 7"
Freddy suggested
"A very violent one," Oakley replied.
"The fact is, when Mary said she didn't
think his ring was valuable enough to
make all that fuss about. Glnhoullac
grew rabid and actually swore at her
Up apologized Immediately and said
he thought she was calling his price
less old heirloom n valueless gift. Aft
er that, of course. Mary refused to
have anything more to do with him.
and wbeu 1 gave her the ring she In
sisted on hi* taking the precious
thing."
"Was he glad to get It back?" Fred
dy asked.
-i "e governor says that when he
heard It was lost he acted like a man
seared out of his wits. Apparently he
valued It very highly."
"Nevertheless 1 don't think he did,"
Freddy rejoined.
"Ilow do you know?" said Oakley.
"Because I was standing by the win
dow as he went out, and I saw him
throw the ring Into the street."
"Impossible!" Oakley ejaculated.
A few minutes later the two young
men, aided by the servants and half
the small boys of the neighborhood,
were poking in the dust of West End
avenue for the discarded bauble. They
searched without avail, however, until
dusk.
"I guess It must have Rone down a
sewer opening," said Freddy.
"Or Into the pockets of ono of the
searchers," Oakley corrected. "In any
event It's gone."
"Amen!" Freddy murmured piously.
"I'm going home to clean up."
Oakley shook him warmly by the
hand.
"We're all very much obliged to you,"
ho sail. "I hope you'll come around
again this evening."
V.
Not only on that evening, but on
many succeeding evenings Freddy call
ed at the Oakley .residence, until, six
months later, Mary was ready to wear
another ring.
"No heirlooms for mine!" said Fred
dy ns he took the measure of her third
finger with a piece of string It shall
be the conventional solitaire and the
bluest whitest or the whitest bluest on
Maiden lane!"
Accordingly, bright and early the
next morning Freddy Jumped off a
Broadway car at the corner of Maiden
lane and caromed from a policeman to
a stunted newsboy, who was vigorous
ly shouting the latest afternoon edi
tion of an evening paper. lie steadied
himself by seizing the youngster's
shoulder.
"Easy there, my boy!" he cried, and
then he recognized the youth. "As I
Uve." he shouted, "It's Tagllatela!
Greetiugs. Taylor!"
The embarrassed Tagllatela wriggled
and struggled to free himself, but Fred
dy held him close. ' -
"Come on to the sidewalk," he said. '
"I'm not going to harm you."
He drew his reluctant captive to a
shop window and proceeded to inter
rogate him. »
"Do you ever go to the T&sso Settle
ment these days?"
"Naw!" Taylor replied. "It's blown
up since Glnlioullac beat It"
"Beat it?','
"Sure," Taylor continued. "He went
back to de old country."
"You don't say!" said Freddy. "Ton
must have been sorry to lose yonr old
friend."
"Old friend narten!" Taylor cried.
"He wuz a cheap skate."
"There's gratitude for yonl" Freddy
exclaimed. ."You smoke .Mr. jGinhou
Ike's clgnrs niid \fedf his lielrlooili
ruby ninl dininond ring, and yet you
call him a cheap skate!"
Taylor grinned broadly.
"Quit yer kidding." he said. "Dera
segars wuz de rankest kind of flor do
smeilerinos."
"But surely the ring"—
"A. lemon!" Taylor jeered. "I couldn't
get two bones on It When you hooked
It from me I wuz goin' to give It back
to Miss Oakley."
A great light broke over Freddy Fur
nlvaL
"You don't mean to say that that
ruby and those four flashing diamonds
were paste?" he cried.
"Dey wuz uarten but winder glass,"
"Dey wuz narten but winder glass,"
Taylor replied.
Taylor replied, "f got It str.ifgtit from
de fence, Mr. Furnival."
"And so you were going to give It
back when 1 took It from you?"
"I suttenly wuz." said Taylor. "I
ain't no petty larceny guy, you hot*tier
life!"
"Then, my young friend, 1 did you a
great Injustice," Freddy declared, with
mock seriousness, and tendered the lad
a quarter.
"Dat's all light," Taylor replied,
pocketing the salving coin. "De best
of us Is liable to make a mistake wunst
In awhile."
Freddy Furnlval acquiesced In the
sentiment with a solemn nod.
(Continued tomorrow)
\ Mofvniic
Wreck
ITS A GOODi
THING I've, j
got nothing'
TO DO.rJ
BtMUStP
(See next page.)
P. A A. M.
WW.to Pass Lodge
P. * A. M. No. 113
meets 2d anO 4th
FrL E7'gs. of each
mouth. vlJiiUflb brokers are wel
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
8kagway Lodge |
Vo. 431. B. P. 0.
E. meets first
and third Thurs
day evenings at
8:30 o'clock. Vis
iauf crotaers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of ;
eagles meets the first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially larltei to attend.
John C. Wood, w. P., J. K. Mc
AllsUr, Secretary.
©
Arctic Bn»M>erh«>od.—
Camp Skajjway No. 1
A. B. meets every sec
owl and fourth Tue?
day events? at 8:00 o
n. sharp. Visiting brotter* cordial
ly welcome. A, J. Achesoa, Arctic
Rhlef, w R. Hlllery, Amtlo ro
eorder ^
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skaguiay
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Sept. 27 Oct. 8. 19, 30
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WESTBOUND
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Passengers will be transferred to^. Van cover or Victoria
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