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"I am a New Yorker by birth," j
said Mrs. Thomas Rise**, Jr., "»ut |
dt.-ia* my several visits to the j
nor'.hlaml, 1 have srown to 'ove |
it more and more. I suppose it is
t'i.-st impressions that count," 6he
••lided with a reminiscent smile and I
<: : winkle in her fine blue eyes.
Alaska's seventh Governor, Thom
as Riggs. Jr.. and Mrs. Riggs. the
.•■w First Lady of the land, accom
.."ied by their two children, Llsette
t!' oldest—a quaint little daughter
of four, and Tommy Christmas, a
sm?.ll son of two. whose real title
Is Thomas Riggs, III, w<ho are
u-arges of a real Southern mammy *
'•ere passengers on board the Ala
meda today on their way to Juneau,
ftoaa Washington, D. C.
While the Governor was busy
settings things In shape to leave
the boat a few hours, the New First
i-aiy, told the reporter of her first
experience in the North. "It seems
n'her a coincidence, does it not,"
she said, "that the Governor should
l>* taking his oath of offi«e in your
city on Liberty Day. Our lives
have been full of coincdents. When
I - as a little girl I traveled with
my father to Paris. He was inter
national lawyer for the Bering Sea
arbitration, and that was my first
experience with things pertaining to
Alaska. Then too, you know the
purchase money of Alaska, was de
posited in the Riggs Bank at Wash
ington, D. C., in 1S67, so that Mr.
Rir;s' family have been interested'
in A'askaa af'airs fOj. a good many
soars. Things just Beemed to be
wording towards this climax, "I
snent my honeymoon in a "rag
house" on the boundary of Alas
ka and Canada when Mr. Riggs was
chip' of the boundary with a sur
vey party. That was my introduc
t'or. to Alaska life and ij wap rath
er rough at first 'o a New Yorker
I w nt home then and the next
tim° I came north was when Mr,
Riggs fca^ been appointed to the
Railroad Commission. I left witt
the two children, the baby, onlj
3 months old and* their nurse, and
my people thought I was crazy, thai
I suppose is the difference in th«
Koirt of view. We went direct tc
N'enana. and d'you know there wai
nothing there but an old. Indian
trading post and a pier half-finish
ed. Within two months, lights, telt
phones and water had been es
tablished and it is now quite a flou
ishing little city, which has be
come known all over for its great
Red Cross work."
Mrs. Riggs. who was Miss Rent
Courtert, of New York City, is not
v»rjr tall, with lovely wary black
hair. Irish blue eyes, and a Frenc!
smil». she has traveled all ovei
Europe and speaks French fluently
St"? perceived In a "coup d'oeuil'
sho declared that she was speakinf
to a country-woman tod-ay durin?
the conversation. Her children, are
ber world, together with her tall
good-looking husband. She is in
tensely interested in Red Cross worl
and- was extremely gratified to heaj
of the excellent work the First
City had done in both the Red Cros
and Liberty l,oan campaigns. She
hones to be able to do her Bhar^ir
the Patriotic work of the capital ,an
without a doubt, the busy work
ers of the north will find in, her, a
i'hp»rful helper, a tactful leader
and a delightful companion.— Pro
grcssive Miner.
PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE
All citizens of Skagway are here
bv notified 'o proceed at once to a
thorough clean-up of their yards
and alleyways and to remove all
ash piles, tin cans and other gar
bage completely from about theij
premises. Thia work should be
completed before May fifteenth foi
Oq that date the Health committee
shall begin a house to house inspec
tion of the entire city.
1 W. O. GABIE,
5-7-6t. Health Officer,
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
To yet the genuine, call for the
full nam® LAXATIVE BROMC
QUININE. Look for signature ol
B. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold Id
One Day. SOc. Thu
FOR SALE.—Skagway Seed Po
tatoes. Just the kind you are look
ing *or plant. Phone 138 or see
Henr> Seeman of the Pioneer Dairy.
Laige or small quantities delivered.
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Whitehorae, May 9. — F. E. Har
oottle, connected with the Taylor,
Drury, Pedlar & Go. established foe
the previous four years, on. April
30th severed his relations with the
firm and on May 1st began work
ing for the Arctic Trading Oo.
On the same day and date above
mentioned- C. Atherton, for the past
year with the Arctic Trading Co.,
transferred his services to -Taylor,
Drury, Pedlar & Co.
Miss Alice Paries, employed! foC
the past year as bookkeeper for
Taylor, Drury, Pedlar & Co., will
this summer act as cashier In the
ticket office of the W. P. & Y. R.
OLE SW ANSON WILL
HAVE TIME TO STUDY
0]e Swanson, who was found guil
ty of sed'ition in Commissioner'a
court appeared thip afternoon, for
sentence, and Attorney Winn ap
peared-in his behalf, asking- clem
ency of the court by reason of the
fact that the accused was ignorant
of the ways in America, bfeing a
.Vorweglam by birth. He Raid that
the defendant could' not read Eng
lish, and that he had associated
with people of his own nationality
almost exclusively B'nce coming: to
America. ,fl Wif
He promised through Mr. Winn
to at once take up a course in read*
ins, and that he would bsseciate
with Americans and citizens of the
United States to a greater extent
that he may become more familiar
with the ways of this country. With
tils in mind, after instructing the
Deputy U. S. Marshal and, assstant
to see 'hat the prisoner was furn
ishrd with proper llteratue, sentence
of ninety days in the federal jail
was imposed.
A largely attended and enthusias
tic meeting; of Seward's Republicans
was held in the office of L. L.
James, Jr., last night. The club, af
tsr a large number of new members
had signed the roll, proceeded to
elect the following"officers for the
ensuing -year: Judge ,J» LfauMey.
Green, President; lCd. Lr^hitemore
Vice-President; L. L.. James, Jr.,
Secretary and Harry Whittemoe,
Treasure.
Th» Pressure It Took to Break a Boam
1 ot Douglas Fir.
* A piece or 1 touglas. lir, lli feet long
and l(>xby S inches ■ in cuius section,
4 stood u pressure of b-VKio |k>uii(1s lie
fore breaking ut (lie tesi conducted iu
the engines! lug laboratory of the Uni
versity of Wnshiti'tiou l»v ('. W. Zim
mermaun of the United States forest
service.
The experiment was a demonstration
of the standard nseil l».v the forest serv
2 ice in testing bridge spans. The beam
was he!d l»,v :i fifteen foot support, aud
the load was concent rated at two
points live feet from each end of the
beam. As pressure was applied the
beam continued to bend until the point
of maximum deflection was reached.
Measurements were then taken, and It
was found that the beam bad Iteul ->5
indies under the pressure of 50,<>00
c pounds. This occurred two tninute.H
' after the res; s.'arted.
Eight minutes later, uf «t 3S,-fOO
poumis of additional weight had been
' added, the beam broke. During this
time there was no further deflection of
the piece. Mr. Zimuiernuinn explained
that tiie small fibers of the woo:) were
continually giving way under the pres
sure, and at the end of eight minutes
the beam, sufficiently weakened, snap
i>ed suddenly.
Aluminum Pots and Pans,
Scraping aluminum cooking utensils
must always be done with u wooden
spoon, since aluminum is soft and
scratches easily. Strong alkalis are nol
available because tiicy attack and dis
solve the metal. Only mild soaps must
be used. How. then, can that horrid
discoloration Ik' removed? It is very
simply done.
Take a piece of rhubarb, either fresh
or canned, cut it into small pieces uud
boil the pieccs in the discolored kettle
until it is clean. The acid of the rhu
barb will remove the discoloration
without in any way injuring the metal.
Of course the rhubarb used for the pur
pose must be thrown away afterward.
When a vessel has been cleaned in this
way it wilt need a little rubbing up tOj
secure a bright metallic surface.—Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Johri Milton's Cottage.
One of the best preserved historic
country houses In ail ICngland is Johu
Milton's cottage at Chalfout St. Giles,
to which the blind and agiug poet flea
when the great plague swooped dowa
on London. That was in July, 10G5.
and Milton had just linisbcd "Paradise
Lost" ami received a five pound note,
for It. witli a promise of three more
Ave pound notes if the poem sold four
editions of 1,300 copies each. The cot
rage stands at the top of the village,
and it Is In practically the sarnj condi
tion as when Milton left It. Here the
poet received his guests di;-{i g the lat
ter part of his life.
MR. W. B. CLOSE
WRITES LETTER
S... !
The following letter was received
In, Skagwajr on. one of the l«9t null
boats, And1 In aB much, as the'writer,
Mr. W. B. Close, 1a well-known here,
where he Is held In the greatest efi"
te«m and lored T>y all thosel who
know blm. A man, who'ha* always
bad* the Interest ot Skagway and Its
people at heart, he now writes with
feeling concerning the untimely
deaths of the men in .bis employ,
and although near the great, sacri
fices of human life that are re
sultant of the strife on ,the French
bat To fields, he finds time to ex
press his sorrow a,t our personal
loss. i '.1
7 Moorgate Street, Lonc^n,
April 8th, "1918.
It Is a long time since I bare
heard from you, and I fea^ a long
time since I have written you, but
I do not forget my friends ' at j
Skaguay, aud I fear ttoey hare gone i
through very bad times. I re* I
member in your letter in the ea^y'
summer that youi wrote cheerily ex
pecting good times, and we too were
hoping that 1917 would Bhowj some
rood results for ur Shareholders acj
Debenture-holders itt the White
Pass Railway. Ail ouy hopes in
'this respect and' yours, I fear, were
dashed to the pround by thei declar
ation of war by the United States
in Germany. I am quite sure that
all the liberal minded people would)
j-ot mind these sorts of hopes being
dashed 'o the ground a million
times ratner than that the world
should- be ruled by the Military Par
ty in Germany, and so we must all
nav«» that great consolation, for as
Russia has "defected" and left the
Western Powers with the whole
brunt of Germany's and Austria's
military forces to contend with, they
would- be alarmed for the future If
t! - still greater power and resourc
es of the United States of America
were not thrown, in on.the side of
liberty and democracy. . «.•
But apart from material losses in
the way of freight for the 'Railway
anr' Tourists to tiade in Skagilay,
it has been a very sad season, inas
much as such valuable lives have
bfen lost to the Railway fin the
deaths of the two Mackenzles and
just lately of Barry, and CSIlIson
our brakeman. I I remember right
it was Collison I was "chipping"
about looking like Napoleon," "cross
ins: th« Alps'" when I saw him on
the top of one of the freight cars
with his arms folded, and telling
him I was glad I was not as ele
vated as he, to which he replied' It
was nothing in the summer time,
bu. I ought to be there in winter
on the top of the car, to which I re
plied "I don't have to." And, poor
chap, he was not killed In doing hl«
o-v;i work, but by the Rotary upset
tin?-, as the cable Informs us. We
are all glad that our Mr. Hahn es
caped without practical injury. And
then there have been the deaths
from the terrible cold that you hav«
experienced, and poor Dawson; with"
Its Dlague of pneumona. Altogether
I ehould- think the winter of 1917*
18 will never be forgotten by tbJoSo
who went through it in those nor
thern parts.
Here we are of course all anxious
as to the result of the great and
sanguinary battle now being fought,
but quiet confidence pervades the
country with our wonderful men,
who»fought that never-to-be-forgot
ten retreat from Mons, who fought
at Tpres against twenty times tfielr
•number, who are fighting now
against sis times their number, will
equally pull through; but it is all
anxious and by the time you wi'l get
this letter you will probably know
the result, for it we can stand out
next month, I thlak tha result to
certain that we On stand out for
good, and that Is victory on; our
side, for this summer the American
Army must be increasing in number?
enormously, and it takes eome of
the weight off the hard-pressed Brit?
I9h and1 French forces. ti .
There is no chance yet of my iSonf
log out to visit you all, much as I
would love to do so. I should be
very pleased to hear any
news you can give me of Skaguayj
and my friends there. ^ .
Please remember me to them, all,
and to Dr. Keller,
And* believe me,
Very sincerely- yours,
W. B. CLOSE.
Miss Struthers, who has been in
charge of the Bennett Eating house
on the White Pa^a & Yukon Route,
came over to Skagway on Tueeday's
train and will Temain here for the
next several days. Through her
efforts, the Bennett eating, house
has become one of the most popular
places on the road, and it la deemed
no hardship to ha at that point oni'
the line at meal time.
We have engaged talent to take oyer all
orders pertaining to
Upholstering, Painting
And >11 branches of interior decorating
For limited time of six weeks from date
April 12 1918
Store closes 6 p. m. Saturday 8 p. m.
L. A. HARRISON Co.
TELEPHONE SS
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
| j j|_i, j Wednesday ami Thursday \ | | | j:l||
Metro Pictiuips Corporation pi^esenis Oinir Johnson in
SATAN SANDERSON
|(o«io by Violin, Piano and Drums. ' , | j
8^30 p-m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
Pack Train Restaurant
The Delmonica of Alaska
Charley Karanian, Jolm Clecak, Proprietors
Where You Can Get Hfliat Vou Desire Cooked as it Should Be
We Make a Spedajty of I Banquets and Private Dinner Parties.
A Refined and Comfortable I'Is ce for a Supper After ®he Show
or Dance—Service in Cozy 1'rivate 1 Sooths if Desred.
LOCAL P. 8. 8. AGENT
MAY BE TRANSFERRED
H. Q. Weir wife returned
h<)?ce Monday on. the steamship Spo
king aft«r an absence from Skag
Avay of almost four months.
Mr. Weir Ia local agent for the
Pacific Steamship company, and
svhile his Wife was in Seattle, Ta
coma and Spokane, be was in
charge of his company's office at
CordoTa, and when the agent return
ed> to his post oi duty) Mr. Weir
weut to Seattle where he visited for
ths past fire wekB.
Mr. Weir expects to be transferred
to the Seattle office, but until his
successor here has heen named, he
says "that he is not in a position to
stale definitely jUBt when the trans
fer will be made. The company; -will
maintain an open, office here.
RHXiH TAKES HOPE
FROM CONFERENCE
Governor RigSB returns from a
conference with Secretary; Redfield
and President Smith, of the Bureau
of Fisheries, confident that the Alas
ka fisheries situation will be to"
proved as a result of the Ketchikan
hearing, -i 1 i 1 WE
"The question of including a pro
oortlon of cod and red snapper in
fresh halibut shipments is to re-,
celve immediate attention," said
Governor Riggs to the Juneau Dis
patch on his return. "Both Secre
tary Redfield and Mr. Smith gave
an attentive ear to the suggestion'
as brought out at the meeting in j
I Elka* hall at Juneau, and also the I
| matter of assisting the Southeastern |
Game and Fish club hatchery is to ;
be taken up," continued* Governor ,
Riggs.
Governor Riggs said Ketchik^ti-',
presented strong arguments at the
hearing in favor of building ui> the j
American fisheries, and the canners i
shippers and fishermen wepe all giv*
«n an opportunity to present their'
views. '• i ' \ J
A new looming house was opened
In Seward yesterday by Herman
Grimm, formerl of Skagway. The
new hotel will he known as the
"Skagway" and is near the north
west corner of Broadway and Ad- i
amj. All j-ooma are heated anj the
furnishing# are new. '|
Haines, May 7. — At the Rialto
Th,ea',re last Saturday evening
there were four 4-minute talks
•for the benefit of the American Red
Cross; the speakers were Mrs.
Knight of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Wa ter
Alexander, \V. B. Stout and N. G.
Hanson. The result was that sev
erral persons pledged themselves
anew at tlie meeting to do a certain
amount of work in making surgical
supplies. ' . ■ , • I '
Mrs. Alexander, secretary of the
Haines branch, mad'e the following
report of the finance of the Haines
branch:
Money on hand Oct. 1. '17 175.11
Rec'd from all sources 711.20
Total 1886.31
Paid Out ' $751.33
Ballance on hand $134.98
Membership at present including:
the native auxiliaries, 292.
Mrs. J. W. Qombs Buffered a se
vere attack of heart trouble last
Friday, but is reported to b*, very
much better; unfortunately, Mr.
Combs was away from home at the
time .having gone up to Porcupine
to get a span of horses; which he
had purchased from the Confpany,
and there was no one home at the
time except the small children.
Mrs. Henry Venmeire has suffi
ciently recovered from, the effects
of the operation she recently und<er"
went at the hospital, to enable her
*o return to her home.
James Fay is in the hospital
where he underwent an operation.
Hp is reported to be getting along1
njoely, and will be out again in a
few days. It is Very gratifying to
his many friends *o know that he is
rapidly recovering'.
Ail credit is d<ue to Mrs. Alex
ander and Mrs. J. C. Paddock for
the fine work done among the na
tives for the American Red Cross at
Mai ues.
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