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NORTHLAND EDUCATION
Dawson News: The time is com
ing when the vast regiou of Yu
kon and Alaska will be tlie center
cf a large population, and there
will be demand for a university
right in the heart of the North
land empire. Finished education
will be needed along liut-s where
the bent will be more iu conformity
with local demands. Already those
seeking the master degrees and tae
finer snades of finished education,
particularly thoroughness iu min
iug, find only a few universities
equipped *o supply such a demand.
Although a young city, Dawson
1 as sent out a number of boys to
be educated as mining engineers.
Other northern cities have sent sev
eral. And already it is being found
that callings iu the North outside
cf mining are bockoniug the young
men of higher education.
The Fairbanks Citizen statis that
seven young men from Fairbanks
will be attending the Oregon Agri
cultural college this winter. They
plan to return North. The fact
that young meu of the North seek
< ducation along practical lines in
distant colleges should be an en
couragement for every government
to look closely to the assistance of
the people of the Northland in
getting practical educations. The
Northland is drained of its money
largely because nearly all wealth
produced goes out for purchaso of
supplies.
The Yukon and Alaska suffer
similarly in this respect. Yukon
has produced $1$5,000,000 in gold,
and the bulk of this sum has gone
in the purchase of food and other
material. A vast percentage of the
money could be kept in the North
land if the people would learn to
produce more of what they pur
chase. Gradually it is being proved
that this region can grow vege
tables, hay and other foodstuffs.
Every dollars worth of home-grown
produce consumed here mea^s just
so much saved.
Not only should the young
mtu of the North have every en
couragement from the government
in getting education on agricultural
lines, but likewise in respect to
mining and geology. The govern
ment well can aft'oid to jut some
earnest money in these matters. A
school of mines would encourage
the fundamental industry of the
Northland.
Eventually northern schools in
\»hich agriculture, dairying, graz
ing and other practical subjects
could be taught should be estab
lished right In the heart of the
North. They should be of great
piofit *o all concerned. Young men
going outside seeking education now
go at great cost. In time they
should have advantages of practical
education on lines requiring special
local study. Then will better re
sults be realized touching the nor
thern zone, and costs to the indi
vidual will be lessened, and the
country, receive far more benefit.
The federal government well
could afford to support steps > in
feuch direction, as it will mean even
tually reclaiming this vast northern
belt for home-building. Certain
things, for this region always will
be purchased outside, so the older
parts of the continent always will
share in the development of this
region, The policy of expansion
aud the development of new ter
ritory is one that ©very wise gov
eianient will pursue, and outlying!
districts, although they seldom pay
their way in the beginning ev
entually will profit the nation I
handsomely. Every child must
creeo beforo'it can walk, and so Yu
kon and Alaska, now barely creel)- j
ing, lu time will be stalwart and
move forward with mighty stridees,
earning their own way aud returu-1
ing an immense profit to the older
teg if us.
HOMES FOR OFFICIALS TO
llli Bl'ILT OX GOV'T. TRACT.
Seward Gateway; Work will com
mence Monday on the construction
of the residences for the engineer
ing commission officials on the gov-1
eminent tract. C. W. Winstedt
drew up the plans for the resi
dences and will supervise the work.
There will bo built four residences
of five rooms each and two stories
high. They should be completed
ready for their occupants by Octo
ber first.
Some of the lumber and material
for the consrucitton of these build
ings has been obtained by coutract
from merchants aud business men
of this city. Other necessary mater
ial will arrive on the Northwestern
tomorrow.
For all fine fabrics use LUX.
10c box at Kellers. tf.
PHIL ABRAHAMS
ESTABLISHED 1^7
ACCIDENT AND FIRE
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
CONVEYANCER
NOTARY PUBLIC
4th Avenue
How's This?
We oSer O:.o Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot l>e cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We. the underrlgned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the !:ist 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and tinan illy able to carry
out any obligations iiiinle by Ills firm.
NATIONAL, BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cur' : • taken Internally,
acting directly upon 1 • blood and rau
cous surfaces of the !" ^om, Testimonials
3ent free. Price '<5 c- at* per bottle. Sold
bv all Druggists.
Take Hall's Fumily Pills for constipation.
You make a mistake if
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THE
Pull].] House
Electric Light?
Rcorr.s ii igle or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own dairv
Fresh Egg3. et«
Rates $2.30 Per Day and Up
Well Ligl Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLF.N. T.op.
Skagway. Alaska
OTHERS
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PfONTAGUE GLASS
VI.-JAKIE
[Copyrlsht. The. Frank A. Munsey Co.]
(Contlnuod from last issue)
"■'Here, what's oil thls~ubout?" sold
a voice ut his elbow. It was Mr. Brans
comb himself who spoke. : > utii
Jakie turned quickly. "Here's yer
seegars, Mr. Branscomb," he said, "on'
cint big stuff dere Is tryln' ter hold out
t'irty-tlve cents on yer."
"They're the usual kind," the soleo
man protested, "and there Isn't any
change."
"Why, of course not," Mr. Brans
comb replied. "And say, young man.
what ore you doing around my office
anyway?"
Jakie stared at his new employer In
grieved astonishment "Why," ho gasp
ed, "I'm woikln' for youse, Mr. Brans
comb, ain't 1?"
"Are you?" Mr. Branscomb com
mented dryly. "And pray who hired
you?"
This was too much for Jakie, who
saw his new Job melting into thin air,
and ho gulped once or twice In an ef
fort to stem the gathering tears.
Mr. Branscomb placed his arm
around the lad's shoulders. "Let's go
upstairs," he said, "and talk It over."
They entered the elevator and repair
ed once more to the executive offices
of the National Chocolate and Cocoa
company. Miss l>oty aud the legiti
mate incumbent both disclaimed
knowledge as to the time or manner
of Jakle's advent, and after a rigid ex
aniliiutluu into his antecedents he
found himself employed as assistant
office boy at the generous stipend of
S4 a week.
When Jakie returned to his delicates
sen home that evening his face was
wreathed in so wide a smile that the
elder Felnberg stopped midway In the
slicing of a smoked tongue. "Might
you got a Job?" his father and mother
Inquired with one voice. Jakie nodded
ecstatically.
"Mominer," cried the elder Felnbergr
seizing link by link a chain of frank
furters, "you should fry sahm wuret
for de boy's suppalre." And he cut off
the last two sausages with a blow of
his knife that blended pride and gen
erosity in one eloquent sweep.
Undoubtedly -Miss uoty consuiuteu
tier own Ideal of a well dressed wom
an. Everything about her person be
tokened a superlative taete, from the
broad bows on her shoes to the last
undulation of her pompadour, which
was a wonder of size and construction.
Moreover, she demanded and received
from every adjacent masculine eye the
attention that a Judicious use of the
rouge pot and powder puff will attract.
Now, there was Just enough Irish to
James Walsh, the legitimate tocum
bent—lils mother was Wicklow and his
father Hed Kerry—to give him a cer
tain way with the ladies, and he made
•5 cents' worth of milk chocolate go
the length of a pound of candy with
Miss Uoty. Besides, Jlmmie was old
for his age, and his age was old for
his Job.
But Jakle represented a long line of
ancestry whose interest In womankind
was purely ucademlc, and In form a
disposition to discuss In the abstract
the Talmudlcal and Mosaic laws of
marriage and divorce. If he specu
lated at all on her raiment it was as
to its cost, not its beauty, and her
pompadour passed him by unnoticed.
As for millc chocolate, his weekly al
lowance of 15 cents forbade such ex
travagance even had the thought of
them occurred to him.
This at least was the situation duly
in? the first few weeks of Jakle's em
ployment. His duties were neither ar
duous nor exacting, and he performed
them all and most of James Walsh's
cheerfully and promptly. In fact, aft
er Jakle's advent there was little for
the office boy In chief to do but flirt
with Miss Doty and sleep, for which
he had an Insatiable appetite.
One afternoon Jakle returned from
his lunch to And Miss Doty to the
arms of the sixteen-year-old James
Walsh. There was but one construc
tion to be placed on the mattef. and
Jakie saw his duty clear. He walked
boldly up to the abashed couple.
"I rongradulate youse bote." he said
gravely and proffered his hand to Miss
Doty. Marrying and giving in mar
riage Is so common an occurrence on
the east side that the proper phrase
rose blithely to Jukie's lips. Besides,
ho knew the symptoms, for on sum
mer nights the tenement stoops of
Mangln street are crowded with Just
such scenes, ever greeted with, "I con
gradulate youse bote," and concluding
with a large wedding In a public hall.
The conventional reply of the engag
ed couple is a blushing thanks, pro
nounced "t'enks," but in this case,
while Miss Doty supplied the blush,
James Walsh emitted the reply, and
it was far from conventional.
"Yer dirty, sneakln' kike," he growl
ed, "come outside and I'll knock yer
block awff!"
He was a good twenty pounds
heavier than Jakie and head and shoul
ders taller, but as he grabbed Jakie
by__the__shoulders and violently pro
pellea Txlm TSto'Tlie^hall Tiothlng re
m«inai to the latter but to defend him
self. Then It was that hla training at
the Neighborhood club on Wlllett street
stood him la good stead.
No doubt It was Jamee Walsh's In
tention to end the matter In one ter
rific onslaught, for the blows he aimed
at Jakle to force end number were
sufficient to have reduced him to the
Jakle Brought the Conflict to an Ab
rupt Clow.
consistency of beef extract But Jakle
avoided them all Be sidestepped and
cttnohed like a veteran and In the
breakaway managed to plant one or
two short arm Jabe where they would
do the most good. Just aa Mr. Brans
(Continued Monday)
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ilUtaica and.deformities of the eye,
«r, u(i*c .vnd tbro*t.
Office; Goldstela Building, Ju
<ioa>t, Alaska.
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A I I t (t M At rL ft w.
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. la. r«rrltory nt. AJaaka
H&lues Alaaka.
F. A A. M.
Wblta Paw Lodge
F. ft A. M. No. 113
meetg 2d anU 4th
FrL Br'gs. of each
momn. vniuag oroLi'crs «ue *»■
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wbaeler, W. M.
IL r. O. ELKS
8kagway Lodge
Vo. 431. B. P. O.
E. meets Urst
ard third Thurs
day evenings at
8:30 o'clock. Vte
iuu? brothers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
Skttgrwaj Aerie
No. 25, Frater
mal Order of
Eagles meet* the flnat and third
Wednesday night ot each month at
their hall ok Fifth avenue. Vlaltlag
brothers cordial]/ imvlted to attend.
John C. Wood, W. P., J, K. Mo |
Allster, Secretary.
Axctlo Brotherhood.—
_ Camp Skagway No. 1
i 'vS A. B. meets every sec
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ly welcome. A. J,, Achosoa, Arctic
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