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^EDITORIAL
ALASKA KOAD PROGRESS
With the practical completion* ot
consituction ou the AUtoiiiL>ka
Wautii oi th$ government railroad
iu Alaska, and tils* pjobacie con
nection oi the cool lipids with tide
some time during tiie pres
ent month, tug government forces
at the southern tarinujals are tq
transfer their energies to toe early
completion oi ll>« rail iiu.es between
Sow ard and Anchorage and push
cou^truaiiAU north of MaLanuska
Junction.
Coalman Edes, oi tie commis
sion, nas ooia^'iet^U the orgonuo
Uou of construction forces at
the Fairbanks end oi the line and
v, i>ri B now proceeding between
tha» terminal and the Nenana ooai
fields, & link that will require mor«
thou luO miles of rails. Mr. iidet>
is now at Neuana, where a town
site is to be surveyed and lots
are to t>e sold at public aution, as
at Anchorage. iu all, steel and
material ior 100 miles of railroad
has been forwarded to Alut&a this
reason or is now in transit.
Meanwhile the Moose creels coal
field, on the Aiatanuska line has
been opened to rail communication
and the first shipment, a full car
load, reached Anchorage oa Aug.
15. The government hag contract
ed for 3,000 tons from this mine
lor immediate ckelirery.
Trackage fox 100 mites out of
the north and south terminals will
be in operation, long before the
cental link of the government rail
road is completed.
L'pou the whole, the present sea
son has shown marked prgaret® in
construction. The preliminary wor
has been an enormous task, and
government forces have been main
ly engaged in preparing the ground
and in cleeariag obstacles to
more rapid progiesa lattr on.—P.-I.
\\ OY >'OT A SMALL PAPER
Mil.]/.*
*. ,\e present high, cost ol print
print paper, with, every Indication
that it will further Increase In
price. i» leading manufacturers and
others concerned directly or Indi
rectly ia thia Industry to look abou
for timber available for making
•wood pulp, the product used very
largely in the manufacture of pa
per. It is known that the cot'on
wocd, which is native to the Cook
Iulet country, is adapted to the
making of wood pulp. indeed, it'
is considered one of the very be?t
materials that can be tound for
this purpose.
Cottonwood being native to this
region and being adapted to the
making of wood pulp, it would aeet
that the establishment of a paper
mill In the Cook Inlet country is
one of industries that may be
looked forward to with some degree
<jf hope. It Is hardly likely that
taere is a sufficient Cottonwood
lorest to justify a large paper mill
In this region, but a mill with, a
eomf-what limited capacity could
probably find ample timber for its
requirements for years to comee.—
Anchorage Time*.
j WICKERSHAM'S SUCCESS AT
THE POLLS
For 'he benefit of the more re
cent at rivals In Alaska, who will
have a vote at the comlug election,
the record of Delegate Wicker
^ham, the n^ver-d^'pat^ candidate
—
will be of inUreet. la thq year
190S, O. D. Murane was tho "regu
lar" Republican nominee for dele
gate *o congress. Ha was opposed
by Judge Wlclpwshain, who ran In
dependent, and wbo achieved a de
cisive victory at the polls. In
190S, (be delegate was opposed by
Jobn Corson, lately deceased, wbo
ran also a "regular" Republican
party aominee, and John, Ronau,
Uemoc.-a.tla candidate, now running
for senator on, the Democratic tick-'
et in tola division. The delegate
wan in a walkover. In 1912, the
delegate defeated W. A. Gilmore,
Republican, and R. W. Jennings,
Democratic candidates. In 1914
Wicke.shaia gained an. easy victory
-over Judge Bunnell, now of the
fourth division.
Tide of Immigration
to America Will
Be Strong After the
War
By FREDERIC C HOWE Immigra
tion Commissioner at New Yotk
IMMIGRATION after the war will
depend on a variety of influ
ences. The central powers and
Russia are likely to forbid emigra
tion entirely.
There are, however, forces mak
ing far heavy
immigration
from all coun
tries. Three
hundred and fif
ty million peo
ple have been
upset by the
war, families
have l«en bro
ken up, farms
destroyed, btffli- c by American Preai
n esses mined. Association.
Manv will want p ^ HOWE
to escape mili
tarism and the burdens of war.
MANY WILL BE INCLINED TO
SEEK THE SHORES OF A
COUNTRY FREE FROM WAR
AND NOT GOVERNED BY THE
ARISTOCRATIC CLASSES.
All of this is, of course, somewhat
conjectural. II Europe turns to re
construction and bends her energies
and makes sacrifices to put her peo
ple to work and to make life attrac
tive immigration to this eountrv
raav be pnrtiallv checked.
BUT. WHATEVER HAPPENS IN
EUROPE. THE FIRST YEAR AFTER
THE WAR WILL, I BELIEVE, SEE
\ GREATER IMMIGRATION TO
THIS COUNTRY THAN WE HAVE
iVER KNOWN IN OUR HISTORY
Widow*' Dolls In Servla.
Talking of Serrta's furious luarriagt
L-uatoms, Mm. tiurduti In Uer book. "A
IVUmian In tbe Ualkons." *!><-« ks of a
Ulcer looking (kil site sometime* Ban
laiiglng up-tn cottage windows:
"To my astonishment and amuse
dieul 1 was Inrocmod that the doll wa>
the coy evidence a widow shown wheu
ihe desires Co enter (he bonds of mtt
rtmony a^u !u. Home of tliem were
hideous, others of irs pret t.v a kind as
the circumstances or tustu of the 'lone
widow' -would permtt. and It was by
this mute appeal Intending suitors
were made aware of her Intentions
and lavtted to Inquire within.'
Wreaths of corn marked the houses of
a marriageable girl."
The Servians are a singing people,
and the woman, who are very poetical
sing as they spin during the long even
togs. They sometimes compose music
to the old ballads as they sing them.
The country Is called "the poor man's
paradise," and Mra. Gordon thinks tbe
title anproprlate. "for one rarely sees
tbe poor or tbe beggar, and. though
there may be smells, there are do
slums and no unemployed."
Audubon and Hh Hair.
Audubon, the great naturalist, early
to bis career wore hts bitlr very long.
He wrote to his diary one day: "I wear
my hair aa long -as usual. I believe
It does as much for me as my paint
ings." However, to 1827 bis friends
succeeded in persuading him to get his
hair cut according to the prevailing
fashion. On March 19 of that year
be wrote to bla diary: "This day my
hair sacrificed and tbe will of Qod
usurped by tbe wishes of man. As tbe
barber clipped my locks rapidly It re
minded meof the horrible times of tbe
French revolution when tbe same op
eration was performed upon all the
victims murdered by -the guillotine.
My heart sank low." 'Purtherto express
his grief, the margin of the page on
which this entry was made he painted
black about three-quarter* of an Inch
deep all around.
ftaally Careful.
Natalie, aged five years, for the firet
time planted some pansy seeds to small
boxes. One evening she rushed to wa
ter them, and on herreturn-her mother
■aid, "You knov? after a raln you dont
have to water them."
Natalie's reply was startling:
"Ob, I take them to when It rains I"—
New York Times.
Was It an
Anniversary Ghost?
By W1LLARD BLAKEMAN
One night—It wan 12 o'clock—a cab
man -was Jogging along through Wall
street. New York, half asleep on lils
box, -when he was accosted from the
slilewalk by a man whose apparel
made coachy blink his eyes to assure |
himself that he sow aright. To begin
at the top of his head, be wore a
beaver hat with a large bell crown and
a rim curled at the sides. His coal *
was very high la the collar, his neck
tie was voluminous lace, the; buttons
on his clothes were brass, bis breeches
were what we call knickerbockers.
Coachy drove to the sidewalk, and
the gentleman, without asking permis
sion, opened the door aud stepped In
side.
"To Greenwich," he called as he
closed the door behind htm.
"Up Greenwich street, sir?'
"Yes."
That part of New York which was
originally Greenwich Village Is several
miles from where the stranger entered
the coach, and the cabman would rath
er have declined to make a fare so
late In the evening. But there was
something about the stranger that was
compelling. When the cab reached
Greenwich and cabby asked for fur
ther Instructions the man Inside only
said, "Drive on." Cabby seemed awed
by the tone tn which the words were
spoken and dared not ask another ques
tion, so he drove on In the direction
he was going, northward, till he reach
ed the river bank. The man Inside
stepped from the cab without calling
on coachy to stop, and when he touch
ed the ground there seemed not to be
the slightest shock. As he walked
away he flxed his eyes on the cabman
with a look that made blra forget all
about the omission to pay the fare
Indeed, a cold chill ran down the
man's back. Going to the margin of
the river, his figure seemed to float
along, growing more and more Indis
tinct till It was lost, as cabby thought,
in the water. But this could not be.
for there came from where he had dis
appeared a sound of oars. The sound
passed up the river, gradually dying
away in the distance.
Now, although the stranger had giv
en no orders to the cabman to await
his return, the latter felt no power to
do otherwise. He did not think that
by going away he would lose the mon
ey he had already earned: he remained
fixed where he was by the look his
fare had given him when he walked
•way with that unearthly trend.
It was the season when the days are
long and dawn begins about 3 o'clock.
Coachy sat for perhaps an hour, per
haps two—he could never recall how
long It was—waiting there on the river
bank, with no human being near, for
he says that he was uot conscious of
the surrounding traffic of the present
day. He saw about him only the
green bank of the river, behind him
the village, in which all were wrapped
In slumber. But he is not sure that
he was awake, not sure but that he
was dreaming. At any rate, he was
oblivious to the stranger's return, for
the first he knew of it be heard a voice
ordering him to drive home. Housing
himself and looking down from the
box, he saw his fare's face thrust
without the window, looklre up at
him. The cabman will never forget
that face. It was singularly hand
some. though so pale as to be rather
of the dead than of the living. The
expression was that of one who bad
committed some dreadful crime, one
who had killed some one. But In It
there was no remorse It was rather
triumph.
"Home!" said the stranger.
The cabman did not know and did
not dare ask where home was. He
knew that he hud taken up his fare on
Wall street, and for that location he
beaded
In the twilight the city seemed
changed. All the landmarks of a me
tropolis were missing.
Turning out of Broadway at Wall
street he drove down till he reached
the point where Brnnd Joins It This
was where be had taken up his fare.
Here, too. was not the office of the
great banking house which Is there,
but a small brick dwelling. The
stranger called on him to stop, and he
drove up to the curb.
Coachy says that when tills singular
being alighted he cast his eye at a
dwelling on the opposite side of Wall
street a short distance down toward
the East river and looked for a mo
ment at It with malignant triumph:
then, turning, without mentioning the
money he owed for his ride, he mount
ed the steps of a dwelling before him
and seemed to pass through the door
without opening It
Coachy was found that morning In a
stupor on his box and about to fall.
He was removed to a hospital, whence
he did not emerge for several weeks.
When he did so he narrated the adven
ture of that memorable night to a
gentleman who happened to be a
scholar. All the Information he re
ceived was this:
The house the strange man entered
was once occupied by Aaron Burr.
Alexander Hamilton lived on the oppo
site side of Wall street a little way
farther down toward the East river
The night of the adventure was the
hundredth anniversary of the duel
fought between Hamilton and Burr
In which Hamilton was killed.
Perhaps the vision came to the cab
man as he was entering a severe Ill
ness rather than being the cause of It
The singular feature Is that It should
have come to an Illiterate man.
la reality the "ear* ot the kalr"
"tneasi the "care ol the eealp." Ap
ply •PUROLA" Hair Tone accord lag
to direction* furaished with each
bottle, and you will aot only be
surprised, but pleaaed with the
wonderful reeulUt. A satisfactory
ailDti for hair health; sold on
Its merit* aud aatiafaction gaaran
teed >r your money back.
KKATKKNAL OKUKJW
Arclic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evenlug at 8:30 p.
m. snarr. Vlsltiug brothere cordial
ly welcome. W. U Stevenson, Arc
tic CliUI.* W. & Burford, ArcUc
braUTiLal Order
w*—
my Aerie
No 26, Fratar- j
•&> urder oi
cJagleu aieeUi Uie a lid Uilru
vVednewlaj uljsm ol eacto iijohUi &
Ltieir nail on *'lfUi areii ue Vi*Rtiifc
uroili»i-b cordially iarlLefl to a.iUtaQ
U K. Hndsoa, W. P.. J. K. Mo
Alls t«r. Secretary.
F. & A. >1.
WUlte Pass
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4 th
Fri. Ev'bb. of eaxsh
month. Visiting brother* are wel
come.
Elmer L. Winder, W. M.
Address all communications to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
8 Wag way Lodge
No. 431. B. P. O.
E. meets every
1st &nd 3d Tbui»
day at 8:30 p. m.
25J> Visiting broth
era cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R
T. J. VAtfDEWALL, Secretary
llonecr of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* 111 A. B. Hall first Monday la
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Urother* cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sac.
Alaska Junk Co.
of Juncaa Alaska,
Dealer* la
KCBRER, COPPER, BRASS
IKAD, ZING, BACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
R°*r of Splckatt'a Poatoffice
•lore.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
Tbt1 Royal Mail Stage
leaven Whitehorne the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also ou the
seventeenth of every
n onth for Champaign*)
Passengers, and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
" H.CHAMBERS,Prop.
OFFICE
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You make a mistake il
vou dr not stoo al
THE
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Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da^v
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PI !LL£N. Prop.
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ro
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangeil, and Ketchikan
Leave Skaguiay
S. S. SPOKANE Sept. 9-21 Oct. 3
S. S. City of Seattle Sept. 3-35-27
Connects at Seattle with through passenger
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Sailing Monday 11 p. m. and Friday at 11 a. m.
FOE SAN FRANCISCO, I/JS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggvge checked to all point* in
United States and Canada, lot folders and full particulars,
address H. G. WEIR, Agent.
H. RRANDT, G. A. P. D. 1'hone BO. SKAGWAY.
608 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FWOfl SKAQWAY
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Aug. 25 Sept. 8-20 Oct. 2
(Sailing of Aug. 23, Via Sitka)
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S.S. MARIPOSA Aug. 28 Sept. 18
l-or WESTWARD PORTS
S.S. ALASKA Sept. 5
S.S. ALAMEDA Aug. 30 Sept. 17
S.S. MARIPOSA Sept. 11-29
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B & REDUCED THROUGH FAKES TO EASTERN POINTS
Close Connections with Daily Through Trains To
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