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EDITORIAL
<>"; >>r»n mty
things that the
not permit
.■ is nothing in
it -.vill prevent
acquiring the
. bit of Kski
of the most val
oollections in
s.miau In
) liding for. and
.>• never again
• sent this collec
r a: .s of 'the Alaska
t>.. «here it should
The Governor has
. ;'.ir very much less
■ f.y other museum
But unless action
N' iiruan will he
.i;e call of more
It the mem
: i re were to care
collection there
l as to their ap
: L.t.nti that their
.k:i compels an early
CapitoH
\ki:s hit
!. l ive other mor>
-•"irs before he
PI iautre of the pop
faa make a record on
lie in ust translate
! into achieve
■ score success. But
■ ia fully warrant
- i --ml over t'.e man
i . Ivt rs have enter
i; d he is justi
. treat expectations
are men who have
'.eir individual ca
r : r.css with which
public service iudi
iie satisfied with no
;.3 t!ie servants of the
le —W ashlngton Poet
v a\i> deli:
t • v.tuiK t«k;kther
. ior the future of
i'.io Secretary of the
u;ht have frequent con
:v 'egate from the
liives evidence that
-:r:i!ion intends to
: .1 i:i t!:c development
•—.cut of Alaska,
i <; that the Secre
hand information.
i:eeps in close touch
elected represen
tee of his Xorth
; Borland has resided
of the Territory for
* I is qualified to
itce to the man
^ the President
' • ruV .. : t: e affairs
o:' u.e Territory. j
Fairbanks. March 30.—There is
considerable excitement in these dig
gins and a wihl stanipcdo to Jack
creek, which is belter known as Ko
Ikomo creek. After tive years of
prospecting it finally gave tip its gol
den treasure last week.
Prospectors 'ad been quitting
when bedrock w;vs reached and noth
ing found. But the Egan brothers
and Gordon decided not to quit at
bedrock. After going six inches in
to bedrock they struck pay. Every
windlass bucket raised two to five
dollars in gold.
The extent of the find hSls not been
determined but pay is lined up sev
enty five feet wide. Rilly Jameson
the claim below their association
claim reports pay of the samp class
now that he has gone below bedrock.
Ivokomo creek is three miles above
Fairbanks creek. Egan and Gritlin,
pioneer Fairbanks creek merchants
have most of the creek located.
One Good Word Is Said for |
Soapy Smith by One Editor!
I
I
jE. J. (Strolier) Wlu'.c
His Evperieme in
! Death of Skas; way's
A COINCIDENCE
I We wondered who wrote the
story of the death of "Soapy"
i Smith in the Skagway News in
I 1S9S when we reprinted it in the
I Chronicle two weeks ago. and
I whether, after the lapse of 23
I years, the writer might be in
I Alaska and chance to see his
work in print. The Question is
| answered here.
"Soapy" Smith was not all bad.
He had at least one good trait. That
was one which many men with
I much better characters sometimes
I lack.—the habit of being true to his
I friends and even friendly to his op
1 ponents.
! ' This was brought out in a letter
received today from E. J. (Strollert
White, chief of t!.e Alaska Terri
torial Hureau of Publicity at Juneau
together with the fact that Mr.
White himself wrote the story in
the Skagway News oi" July 9th. lSi>S.
Chronicle the 12th of this month.
Men who new Smith have said
that "Soapy" would often give away
much of the money he earned
through his shell-g3!:!e activities to
help out his friends and for this rea
son never accumulated any of the
wealth that passed through his
hands. An expert at robbing the
miner going •>:> and from the Klon
dike, a practice which others prac
ticed less openly, he yet had still
I a tender spot in his heart.
[ Mr. White's le'.ter rivals his story
(of "SoapyV deat'.i i:; interest. It
follows:
"Mr. E. n. Morrissey,
! "Ketchikan. Alaska.
"Pear L'd:
I "A ghost of the past confronted
me today when I r< 'd your issue of
Tells of
Keport itig
Had Mai).
[the 12th containing the account of
the duel and death of "Soapy"
| Smith and Frank Iteid at Skagway
! the night of July S, 1S9S.
"I was then editor, reporter and
i general boobah of the Skagway
| News and handled all the slorv per
| sonall.v at that time. If 1 remem
j her rightly we put out eight special
I editions the day following the shoot
| ing. Your only error is in the date
of the paper, the 8th, as it should
' he the 9th—that is unless in our
| haste we made an error of one day.
At least the first story of the af
l fair came out the morning of the
! 9th.
While it is rather amusing to
: look back on the "Soapy" episode
i now. there was nothing anntsing
! about it at the time of its occur
: a nee—far from it. as Smith's or
ganization comprised many who
I were not then known to be his as
sociates and who had,to be reck
I oned with in enforcing law and or
| der.
"Regardless of the fact that Jeff
1 ("Soapj") Smith had me pegged as
one who opi ulv denounced his ineth
' ods. he always was very friendly
. to me and two years after his death
; and w'len 1 was in Dawson I was
; informed by an o'dtime memher of
It is gang t! at he had issued orders
to his men in Skagway that 1 was
not io lie interterred with in any
manner but was to be assisted in my
new.-; ,; t>r wvrk in every way possi
ble. \V,',e i Jo fers jn Randolph
Smith liked a man. he was true to
him—and that is the only virtue
which l.e possessed so far as I knew
him.
"Fraternally,
12. J. WHITE"
Ku'her examination of the special
•■dilion of the "Skagway Xews" from
whic'i the story was taken verifies
tie date to have been July Sth,
ls!>'. Evidently in the rush to get
the paper on the street the com
positor neglected to change the dale
line.
Haines Notes
Haines. March 2!>.—Mike Kadin
aha. an aped Indian of Klukwan
came up from Jitniua on the Jeffer
son. and yesterday attempted to com
mit suicide liy tie revolver toute.
Ho shot himself three times, but
after all failed to accomplish his
purpose. Domestic trouble is said
to be the cause for the rash act. Ka
dinaha was one of the most noted
and respected Indians living at Kluk
wan. and has always lieen a very
ijiliet and inoffensive man.
Mrs. Tim. Vogel came up on the
Jefferson from Seattle, where she
has been spending the winter. She
brought with her. her brother's two
children, which were with her last
summer, she taking care of them
for her brot er. Kichard Kerwood.
Erik Oslund went to Juneafi on
the last trip of the Estabeth. re
turning home on the Jefferson.
E. D. Wood, who has been spend
ing the winter in the states of Idaho |
and Missouri, returned to his home I
here on the Jefferson.
Mr. Sheldner. a cousin of Prof.
Grays, came up from the states on \
the Jefferson, and is stopping in '
Haines for the present. Mr. Sheld- j
ner came from Spokane.
Mrs. Regan was a passenger out '
on the Jefferson for Juneau, where I
she is going into the Dawes Hospi
tal for the purpose of having an op- !
eration performed. Her many
friends in Haines hope to see her
back i>gain soon having entirely re
covered ter good health. I
Alaska Women
. May Have
Chance
Senator rof7;ns Introduced Kill
!o I'cmi'mi! l'rfvilefie of Jury
Dii.v to V/oir.cu; Other Hills
Offered.
Jur.eatt, Marc!: 24.—Senator Col
lins of Fairbanks today introduced
a bill giving the right of. and mak
ing it the duty of. women to serve
on juries.
Along the fiffir.e lines. Senator
Hess* introduced a bill denning the
qualifications of electors of Alaska,']
providing also that women citizens j
who marry foreigners hut do not re-j
nounce their citizenship may not lose
their right to vote. The bill also >
provides that all persons must re
side in the Territory for a year
before they can vote.
FIRST I'lIKS. <111 1H II
! I.KCTS OFFH'KIis)
The annual meeting of the Church
and Congregation of the Firs: Pres-j
byterian Church was held last nieht. j
Reports for the past year were read ;
by the Presidents and Treasurers of!
the various societies comi;en:l villi I
tlie church. The reports re
vealed the church in good condition .
and progress.>ig. The following odl-1
cers were elected: for-the Session, I
Mr. E. A. Rasmuson. and" Mr. C. W. |
Ask to succeed themselves, for the:
Board of Trustees. Messrs Harrison I
and Blanchard and Mrs. H. D. Clark, |
to succeed themselves.
tke
^Shadow
ofthe
Shelferiiv
„..Pii\es J
hy GRACE
MILLER
WHITE
A Now Romance of fho'lHorm Countrtj
CHAPTER XIV.
A Will U Changed.
The two years that had passed
since Tony Devon had entered the
Pendlehaven home, the greater pari
of which she had spent In school, hacj
brought about many changes. Paul
Pendlehaven had taken his place
among the world's workers, but this
does not say that he did not itlll long
for the child who had gone from his
life eighteen years before.
Mrs. Curtis was no nearer giving
Cousin John to Katlierlne as a father
than she ever had been, and Ithaca
had caught no sight of RegtnMd
Brown since he had fled from It with
the notion that he might follow Uriah
Devon behind the prison bars. Philip
had carried on his wonderful work,
living In the joyous letters he re
ceived from Tony and spending his
spare time In answering them.
One morning Tony came to Paul
Pendlehaven. smiling and blushlngly
girlish, and he motioned her to a lit
tle stool at his feet.
"Dwllng," he began In a moved
tone, "I sent for you because I've
come to perhaps the most Important
decision of my whole life."
Tony glanced up at him wonderlng
lv. He appeared solemnly sober and
looked as If he hadn't slept.
"If it affects me. Cousin Paul. It
can't be greater than the one you
made over two years ago when you
took poor little me into your home,"
she i.sserted.
Ills hand fell lovingly upon her
curly head as though In benediction.
They both lapsed Into a long
silence, the girl's dreamy eyes fixed
on space, and the man gazing at her
shining head.
"Tony," he ejaculated at length.
There was something In his voice as
he pronounced her r.ame that dis
pelled lier revery Instantly.
"Yes," she breathed. "Yes, what 19
It?"
Pendlehaven cleared his throat.
"I would never have believed that
anyone could have wormed her way
info my heart as you have," he told
her. "How would—how would you
like me for your father?"
Tony tried to speak, but, St Ping he
had something else to add, waited ex
pectantly.
"Once, as you know," went on tha
doctor, "I bad a little srlrl of my own,
but the years have been so long and
so many since she was taken away,
I foe! I shan't have her again In this
world."
Tony's dark head dropped against
his knee In silent sympathy.
"Could you think of itie as your fa
ther. dear?" he sr.ld after an emotion
al silence.
."I'm not fit for that." sighed Tony.
"So, no, not that. I come from peo
ple who are not your kind. Cousin
Paul. You know that! Everybody
does! Then I'm not so good as you
think I am. First of all I haven't al
ways told you the truth."
"So my brother told me," remarked
Doctor Paul. "Long ago he took me
into his confidence about the poison In
my medicine. I've wttched you for
two years, Tony, and It seems to me
that I know every secret of your soul.
Tm sure you love me, dear child. I'm
going to adopt you legally for my
daughter. After this I'm your father,
nnd I give warning to my Captain
XIncCauley that If he tries to take you
from me, he's going to have some flght
on his hands. From now on, I'm not
Cousin Paul. I am—what?"
"My father," gulped Tony. "It
seems as If I couldn't stand so much
happiness. And If you're my father,
that makes Cousin John—"
"Your uncle," laughed a voice from
the door. "So Paul has told you, has
he, little girl? Well, Tony, you
wouldn't have slept c wink one night,
if you'd henrd our argument about
you. We spent several hours wran
gling which of us should adopt you. I
said I should because I saw you first, |
and Paul—"
"Has the prior right because you
saved me, Tony," interrupted Paul.
"Now I think the family hcd better
know of our changed arrangements."
Paul Pendlehaven acted as spokes
man when Mrs. Curtis and her daugh
ter, Katherine, had been summoned to
the library. He told them very grave
ly that as his will now stood, his
brother, John, and his cousin, Sarah,
were the beneficiaries of It. Mrs. Cur
tis smiled at him and arranged the
lace ruffles around her neck.
"You've always been most gener
ous, Paul dear," she simpered.
"Rut note," went on the doctor, pay
ing no heed to the lady's remark, "our
household's going to have a mistress."
Katherine lifted her chin from the
palm of her hand, and Mrs. Curtis
straightened up. Were her ambitions
going to bp realized after all? Was
It Paul who was going to put her In
lier rightful place? The smile b.op
ened on her lips, and she san) t>*ek
with a htppy sigh." She had to ad
uiit Cousin Paul looked very hand
some, yes, eren handsomer than Cou
sin John. What a fool she hud beeii
not to haye caught him sooner.
"The woman you put at the head of
your home will be most fortunate and
happy, dear Paul," she murmured.
"I hope so," returned Pendlehhven.
and Doctor John pulled at the corners
of his mouth to keep back a malicious
grin.
"I'm going-to adopt Tony Devon—"
Doctor Paul had only time enough to
make this statement when Sirs. Cur
tis Jumped to her feet.
"You couldn't do that!" she cried.
"That would be wicked, Paul, abso
lutely wicked I Oh God, don't do
that!"
Without heeding In the slightest his
cousin's bitter ejaculation, Paul Pen
dlehhven picked up a bos that lay at
his elbow. With much ceremony he
opened It and took out an exquisite
pearl necklace.
"1 do not need to remind any of
you," he said, turning his eyes from
his brother to his two white-faced
cousins, "that these belonged to my
dear wife. I have always consider! 1
them the property of her dnmrhter
too. That is the reason, Katherlne.
why I've always refused your request
to wear them. But now I have n
daughter." He turned smiling eyes
upon Tonnibel. "I shall allow lu-r t"
wear them whenever she wishes, anil
If—If her lost sister Isn't found, then
they are hers—hers forever."
A long hissing breath broke from
Sarah Curtis, and a gasp came from
Katherine.
"I couldn't wear them," Tony got
out at length, "I simply couldn't."
"Not to please me, your father.
Tonnibel?" demanded Paul, almost
brusquely.
"And me, your new uncle?" lauirlied
Doctor John. "Why, honey, little -rirl "
he reached out and took Tontiibel's
hand, "don't look as if you'd lost your
last friend 1"
Then Paul Pendlehnven drew Ton
nibel Devon to his side, and, when he
had clasped the Jewels around her
neck, he lifted her face and kisse!
her.
"inere, nine aangineri 111s >o.ic
choked with emotion, but he con
quered his feelings and went 011,
"they're very lovely, very precious.
Tony, doubly so because you're wear
ing them."
"Oh," she exulted, "how happy 1
am! ... It isn't the pearls,
though they're simply great, but It's
that I have some real people." Sin
turned a flushed and radiant face to
each man. "Somebody that's my very
own. My mother's dead,-and my fa
ther—"
"Is In prison." snapped Mrs. Curtis,
vindictively. 'Tm wondering wh.'.l
he'll say to all this when he comes
home."
"His opinion won't make any differ
ence to us," Paul Pendlehaven stated
coolly. "He has forfeited every right
to any claim on Tony."
"Hideous 1" exclaimed Mrs. Curtis
and "Well, I never," dropped from
Katherlne.
"And," went on Doctor Paul, re
lentlessly, for he knew the barbs tii.-i:
were being thnfst Into the souls of his
two cousins. "I'm going to change my
will In favor of my new daughter
here—"
"And I mine In favor of our ymni?
Salvation Army captain who Is going
to marry my new niece," chuckled
Doctor John. "I guess t/Iat's all we
have to say, Paul."
In silence Katherlne and Mrs. Cu
tis faded from the room, carrying
with them bitter humiliation aud
nursing outraged feelings.
"It's nil your fault, mamma." >fold
ed Katherlne, bursting into tears when
they were In the seclusion of their own
apartments. "You've whined am' wept
yourself right out of Cousin .John's
life, that's what you've done. Cod,
bow I hated that girl when 1 saw Car
oline's pearls around her neck I"
"What are you doing now?" thrust
back her mother. "Aren't you cry In
as If your heart would break? 1 tell
you tears—"
White Fass &
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« Tuesday n:id I .: y
No 1, N. Bound
1st Class.
8:30 a. m. Leaves
11:00 a. m.
18:40 p.m. "
3:10 p. m. "
4:30 p.m. Arrive
SKAGYvAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCIICS3
WHITEHOUS :
,\o. isottru
1st. Class
Arrives 3:45 p.m.
Loave3 2:10 p. m.
12:45 p. m.
" 10:55 a. m.
* S:30 a. m.
Passengers must bo at the dopot :n o Bassage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is ... . i. inutes before
leaving time of trains.
160 pounds of Baggage will be checked frco^.vit'x es.ch full fare
tieket, and 75 pounds with each half f;. e t:..'/et.
vn f..< r " n • • <•. •:«» gcod <!0
tin.-}- doV" ciui-.t! sharply. "Uere we
nre without a 11 ..■ ■ \ without a Iiomel
'J'hat Interloper will sec we go the
moment Paul gets out those papers!
Oh, what shall we do'/"
,"I wish that man—her ' father, I
mean—was out of Jhil," mused Mrs.
Curtl.«. "1 milly believe he could do
somethi! ', K:ii;e. f'• rhaps, Keggie—"
Kathci'l'ie wiped her eyes with a
sudden ir.ovci. nt.
"Mamma, v.liy c!"n't you send for
Reggie?" si.'; <r vied. "Now, lis
ten to me. Ke;:;-i<; confided In me
before he It . Ire renlly was fond
of that crirl, . — Oh, nianjma, I've
thought o" a 1 rful thing. Send
for He • • e. the -rlrl under his
nose evi n . I.-i liim cut I'lilllp
out—"
"And ; .
that ih : i
"Tlmt iliiii
Tory Dcvo
and rlfhf-i
ty." K.iC.rri:
heiress h t 11
pngiMl to l-i
OWtlA
I think she's
world :i( Ui
brother, £l
Irn."
That n!;'!t
the frantic 1
fo lie f!n ild
home.
(CoatL
• l;ave my son marry
d i he mother curtly.
: j you please to cull
ne of the prettiest
men In this cnun
; ' "(T back. "She's
IMnivens, and en
•d to ii man who
n. Thins, eli? Well.
■ in r up in the
lit '!ian my hnlf
if y.n: want my. opln
;: nt fflt!!«a» from
t iraveled by wire
is, summoning him
! o.'i Saturday)
CD.-F
"ral counsel of
,\ng board.
'o if Days
or oy if PAZO
> c irc Itching,
,-uding Piles,
hit; Piles, and
. on after first
: aOTiCE
Iii . i Ordinance No.
1X2, : . £iven that the
registry ■ ill he open at
the oEco •> CClerk, in the
City hall, , except Sun
days, i;o.. 1 tu 9:00 P.M. for
two we- - 3 Marcli 21st,
1021, a: d • ; Saturday afternoon.
April L:u.. .11, froia 2 to 6 P.M.
for the it : icn of voters at
the - ~ n to he held
April 5l!i, ; Walter McBrien,
2-23-to-l--. City Clerk.
. ?3L ELECTION
Notice
provided
ice is i.c
Mnnicip.il
TuesJu",
iUecu .x
men, a C
and a SC
The c:t
as the I"
will bo c;
April ot'i,
t:-o cr;
ail ti e :'
They ; '
Slatca; T
over; V
ly c- o
oi elc
ka; S.'s it
date oi e!
the City (
duly regl.
2-26-to-4
'icipal Election, as
Inanco Xo. 124, not
.'.'ou that a general
a a will be lield on
" i-l,* 1021, for t'. e
., four Council
; or. City Clerk,
Director.
been designated
lace, and the polls
'.a, ; A.M. to 7 P.M.
pi.
ions of voters for
s are as follows;
iitrcas of the United
r-oae years of age or
■ vrcided continuous
; . cceeding the date
j Territory of Alas
re .t preceeding the
. vin the limits of
. and shall have
d. Walter McBrlen,
City Clerk.