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(Christmas 1921
There is a perennial freshness In the recurrence of this great day of j
the year. Thousands of people on this day lose their grouch Hnd forget to I
frown upon everyone they meet. The merely formal wish of a Merry
Christmas, the recollection of earlier days which has in them the tang of a j
great Joy, brings a smile to the face and warms the cockles of the heart, j
To some this Is all Christmas means. But to those who go beneath the sur-!
face, the day staEds out as the great high day of the year. It reaches down
and touches those deep and abiding things which time and circumstances
change cot. To such the day spells out the word JOY not In the satisfac
tion which comes from eating or even from giving a good Christmas din
ner. It involves the element which makes possible a view of life, that |
changes not with circumstance, physical fitnfss. business success or failure,
fidelity or Infidelity of friends or any outward conditions of life. Heal
Christmas JOY is something more than a sentiment, it is a view of life, an
outgrowth of inner conviction, a development of a philosophy of life which
is superior to that found in any but the Christian religion.
We are deluged with proposals and hopes and plans for world peace
but the surest road to world peace is by the trail which leads to and from
the individual man's heart. Here is the aim of the Christinas message and
it is from here that world peace must come if ever it does come. But come |
it will sometime, for the onward march of the world is certainly to that
divine event when Christmas Joy shall be everyman's possession thruout
the world.
t'HKISTMAS tiKKKTI\(.
Christmas will dawn again tomorrow and the Alaskan takes this op
portunity of wishing its friends and patrons the compliments of the season.
Tor the pasy fifteen years the Alaskan has been under the present
management and ownership and during this time there has been a steady
decrease in population in Skat;way as well as in Alaska, and to those who
are watching the signs of the times it appears that we are now at the very
lowest ebb of the tide.
Conditions inside as well as locally, all indicate a revival of good times
fur Alaska and especially in the mining districts of Carcross, Atlin and
vlayo, and with the development of these resources prosperity will again
perch on our standard.
The tourist traffic gains in volume every year, and 1922 bids fair to
outrival all previous years.
All of this is encouraging, but it does not mean that we should sit
still and wait for these things, but every one should be up and doing and
with their shoulders to the wheel help to get over the grade. The Alaskan
has faith in Alaska which has been shown for years in Its uphill work, but
we feel that with a little more co-ordination of purpose and endeavor
great results can be obtained.
With the advent of the new year all personal bickerings and differ
ences. so prevalent in small towns, should be forgotten and a solid front
united effort be put forward and success will lie assured.
Kor nearly one quarter of a century, or to be exact, for twenty-three
joyous Yuletide seasons, the Alaskan has greeted its readers, and during
ti.is long period of time it has been issued continuously In Skagway and
has chronicled the news, foreign and local, and at all times its publishers
and its statT have worked for the interests of Alaska in general and Skag
way in particular.
Thanking our friends for their loyalty and patronage, we wish every
one a most Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The following clipping taken from the Morton Mirror should not need ;
any explanation, but it shows how the outside world looks upon the things |
that are done in Alaska:
X. F. Gilkey, for many years in the employ of the H. H. Martin Lum-1
her company of Centralia, has been appointed postmaster at Treidwedl, Al-'
uska. Evidently President Harding does not care much for politics in such
matters, as Gilkey has been a life-long Democrat. His wife Is a sister of V.
H. Honeywell of Morton.—Morton Mirror.
Of course we know that the office of postmaster in Troadwell is a mere
Iv nominal one, but good party men believe that Republicans should gret
whatever offices are being handed out. There are several offices in Alaska
that are or should be vacant which are still being held by Democrats The
time has expired, but the appointing powers seem to let the present incum
bents hold over.
it was different when the Democrats went into power, for they clean
ed out the Republican office holders so fast that you could play checkers on
their coat tails as they fled from the offices.
The Smpty, %aggedy
Stockings
*Tuto! tr.««*P
TUi will hia| br th. ihamar oo Chrotm*« iv>,
With th«r siur* «pjw«W fraei lh« poof littlo
To tha dai aid Sont» u> ■««" UW«?
For A«t ih.™ of Hi» J~~» tfcor "i ~<J> • !>«<•.
"Jiuc « do^y to held as mr tm wf.il* I 4*tp.
A gtd. tin icn Efcjft mo# wiwo rou wuid it.
A '—■ cad dnia «K • »o«Hjr *!jim >h»«p.
rh«on!v '.iijhr in their dim. tUrk er.stence
Is thil wonderful dsy -hen old Ssnts will come
With h,s itnure tilled pack tint he bnnjs on hu beck
From Sis ts»ryUad. sr.owyUnd. coyUnd hom«.
Whet besutifu! dreams will com. to them sleeping
Under the coverlet stubby end wotn ;
But whst o! the empty, reggedy itocrjngs
Tliet wtlt hjng bv the chimney on Chr.stmss mom.
MRS H. C SEARCY, in the QiicgoTobune.
Why complain of a girl's elbow? If
they were plumb white they wouldn't
look natural, anyway.
This earnest Utile speech, which
came straight from the honest Mclittf
fey's heart, brought the tears to the
commodore's eyes. Under the Inspira
tion of Uciiuffey's unselfish words the
glasses were refilled and all three
pledged their friendship anew. As for
Captain Scraggs. he was naturally of
a cold and seltisli di»i>osltl<>u. and Mc
Ciu(ley's toast appealed more to his
brain than to his heart. Had he known
what was to happen to hlin In the
days to come and what that simple
little motto was to mean In his par
ticular case, it is doubtful If he would
have tossed olt Ills liquor as gaily us
he did.
"There's one thing more that we
mustn't neglect." warned Mr. Glbney
before the meeting broke up. "We've
got to run tills little vessel Into some
dog-hole where there's a nice beach
and smooth water, and change her
name, i notice that her old name
Kcina Maria Is screwed into her bows
and across her stern In raised gilt let
ters. contrary to law ami custom.
We'll snip 'em off, sandpaper every
spot where there's a letter, and re
paint It; after which we'll rig up a
stugln' over Iter bow and stern, and
cut her new name, 'Maggie II." right
Into her plankin". Nohody'll ever sus
pect her name's been changed. I no
tice that the orticlal letters and num
bers cut into tier main beam is i'-C-P
—Oil.". I'll change the K to K. and the
C to O. and the l" to R. A handy man
with a wood chisel can do lots of
things, lie can change those nines to
eights, the five to a six. and the seven
to a nine. I've seen it done before.
Then we'll rig a foretopmast and a
spinnaker boom on her. and bend a
fisherman's staysail. Nothing like It
when you're sailing u little off the
wind. Scraggs. you have the papers
of the old Maggie, and we ail have
our licenses regular enough. Pig up
the old papers. Scraggsy. and I'll doctor
em up to tit the Maggie II. As for
our armament, we'll dismount the
guns and stow 'em away in the hold
until we get down on the t'olonihlan
coast, and while we're lying In Pan
ama repairing the holes where my
shots went through her. and puttln'
new planks in her decks where the
old plankin' has been scored by shrap
nel. those |iaraqueet> will think we're
as poa'ffiil as chipmunks. Better loot?
over your supplies. MeGuflVv, and se •
If there's any paint aboard. I'd Jus:
as lief give the old girl u different
"Gentlemen and Brothers or tne syn
dicate," He Began.
dress tiefore we drop anchor In Pan- [
ama."
"Olb," said Captain ScrajKs, earnest
ly. "I'll keel-haul and shull-drag the
man thai says you ain't gut a peat
head."
"By the lord," supplemented McGuf
fey. "you have."
The commodore smiled and tnpped i
his frontal bone with his forefinger.
"Imagination, my lads, imagination,"
he said, and reached tor the last or the
punch.
Exactly three weeks from the date of 1
the naval battle which took place off
tlie Coronado Islands, and whereby -Mr.
Gibney became commodore and man
aging owner of the erstwhile Mexican
coast patrol schooner Itelrwi Maria, that
vessel sailed out of the harbor of l'an
ama completely rejuvenated. Not a
scar on her shapely lines gave evi
dence of the sanguinary engagement
through which she had passed.
Mr. Glbney had her painted a creamy
white with a dark blue waterilne. She
had had her • bottom cleaned and
scraped and the copper sheathing over
hauled and patched up. Her sails
bad been oyethauled, inspected, and
repaired wherever necessary, ana ra
order to be on tlie safe side, Mr. Glb
ney, upon motion duly made by him
and seconded by McUuffey (to whom
the seconding of the Gihney motions
had developed luto a habit), purchased
an extra suit of new sails. The en
gines were overhauled by the faith
ful McGuffey and a large store of dis- I
tillate stored In the hold. Captain i
S'-raggs. with his old-time aversion to ,
expense, made a motion (which was ,
seconded by McGuffey before he had
taken time to consider its Import) pro
viding for the abolition of the office |
of chief engineer while the Maggie II .
was under sail, at which time the !
chief ex-ofBclo was to hold himself 1
under the orders of the commodore and j
tie transferred to the deck department
If necessary. .Mr. Glbney approved the I
measure and It went Into efl'ect. Only
ou entering or leaving a port, or In
case of chase by an enemy, were the |
engines to lie used, and McGuffey was
warned to he extreu ely saving of his i
distillate.
Mr. Glbney made a splendid Job of 1
changing the vessel's name, and as J
*!ie chugged lazily out of 1'anama bay i
and lifted to the long ground-swell of
the l-addc. It Is doubtful If even her I
late Mexican commander would have
recognized her. She was Indeed a j
beautiful craft, and Commodore Gib
ney's heart swelled with pride as he I
stood aft. conning the man at the .
wheel, and looked her over. It seemed '
like a sacrilege now. when lie reflected j
how he had trained the gun of the old i
Maggie on her that day off the Coro- >
niidos. and It seemed to him now even ;
a greater sacrilege to have brazenly )
planned to enter her as n privateer In i
the struggles of the republic of Colom
bia. The past tense Is used advisedly,
for thin project was now entirely off,
much to the secret delight of Captain j
Scruggs, who. If the hero of one naval !
engagement, was not anxious to take '
part In another. In 1'anama the free- j
hooters of the Maggie II learned that
during Mr. Gihne.v's absence on Ills .
filibustering trip the Colombian revolu- (
tionlsts hail risen and struck their •
blow. After the fashion of a hot- I
headed and Impetuous people, they had I
entered the contest absolutely un- ,
trained. As a result, the war had last- t
ed Just two weeks, the leaders had I
been Incontinently shot, and the whlte
wlt.red dove of peace had once more J
spread Iter pinions along the borders j
of the Gold coast.
Commodore Glbney was disgusted be. !
yotid measure, and at a special meet- J
lng of the syndicate, called In the I
cabin of the Maggie II that same eve- |
nlng. it was finally decided that they |
should embark on an Indefinite trad- j
itig cruise in the South seas, or until ,
such time as It seemed their services I
must be required to free a downtrod- |
den people from a tyrant's yoke. ,
Captain Scraggs and McGuffey had ;
ne\er been In the South seas, but they f
had beard that a fair margin of profit .
was to be wrung from trade In copra, j
shell, coconuts, and kindred tropical
products. They so expressed them- '
selves. To tills suggestion, however. |
Commodore Glbney waved a deprecat- .
lng paw.
"i.egttimnte tra;iin\ boys, tie sam, 1
"Is a nice. sane, healthy business, but
die profits Is slow. What we want is
quick profits, and while It ain't set
do«n In black anil white, one of the
principal objects of this syndicate Is
to lead a life of wild adventure. In
tradin', there ain't no adventure to
speak of. We ought to do a little
black-blrdln', or raid some of those
Jap pearl fisheries off the northern
coast of Formosa."
"But we'll be chased by real gun
boats If we do that." objected Captain
Scrnggs. "Those Jap gunboats shoot
to kill. Can't you think of somethln'
el.^e, Gib?"
"Well," said .Mr. Glbney, "for a !
starter. I can. Suppose we Just head |
straight for Katiilavu Island In the Fl- >
Jls, and scheme around for a cargo of
black coral? It's only worth about fif
ty dollars a pound. Kandavu lays
somewhere In latitude 22 south, longi
tude 178 west, and when I was there
last It was fair reekln' with cannibal
savages. Rut there's tons of black
coral there, and nobody's ever been
able to sneak In and get away with
It. Kvery time a boot used to land at
Kumtavu, the native niggers would
have a white-man stew down on the
beach, and It's got so that skippers
give the Island a wide berth."
"Gib, my dear boy," chattered Cap
tain Scraggs. "I'm a man of peace
and I—I "
"Scvnggsy, old stick-ln-the-mnd,"
said Mr. Glbney, laying an affectionate (
hand on the skipper's shoulder, "you're (
nothin' of the sort. You're a fightln'
tarantula, and nobody knows It bet
ter'n Adelbert P Glbney. I've seen
you In action Scragg.sy. Remember
that It's all right for you to say
you're a man of peace and advise me
and MeGuflfey to keep out of tlie track
of trouble but we kupw that away t
down low you're goln' around looktn
for blood, and that once you're up agin
the eoemy. you never bat an eyelash. ,
Eh, McGuffev?"
McGufTey nodded; whereupon. Cap
tain Scrapes, making but a poor ef
fort to conceal the pleasure which Mr.
Glhney's rude compliment afforded
him, turned to the rail, glanced sea
ward. and started to walk away to at
tend to some trifling detail connected
with the boat fulls.
"All right. Gib. my lad," he said,
affecting to resign himself to the Inev
itable. "have It your own way. You're
a commodore and I'm only a plain
captain, but I'll follow wherever you
lead. I'll go as far as the next man
and we'll glom that black coral If we
huve to slaughter every man, woman
and child on the Island. Only, when
we're sizzlin' In a pot don't you up
and gay 1 never warned you, because
I did. How d'ye propose lntimldattn'
the natives. Gib?"
"Scraggsy, said tne commodore,
solemnly, "we've waged a private war
agin a friendly nation, licked 'em
and helped ourselves to their ship.
We've changed her name and rig and
her official number and letters and
we're sailin' under bogus papers. That
makes us pirates, and that old Maggie
burgee floutin' at the fore ain't notli
in' more uor less than the Jolly Roger.
Ail right 1 Let's be pirates. Who
caresV When we slip into M'galao
harbor we'll tnvite the king and Ills
head men aboard for dinner. We'll
get 'em drunk, clap 'em In double
Irons, and surrender 'em to their weep
In' subjects when they've filled the
bold of the Maggie II with black
coral. If they refuse to come aboard
we'll shell the bush with that long
gun and the Maxim rapid-fire guns
we've got below decks. That'll scare
'em so they'll leave us alone and we
can help ourselves to the coral."
Scraggs' cold blue eyes glistened.
"Lord. (Jib," he murmured, "you've
got u head."
"Like playln' post-office," was Mc
Uuffey'a comment.
The commodore smiled, "I thought
jou boys would see It that way. Now
tomorrow I'm going ashore to buy three
dlvlu' outfits and lay In a big stock
of provisions for the voyage. In the
meantime, while the carpenters are
gettin' the ship into shape, we'll leave
the first mate in charge while we go
ashore and have a good time. I've
seen worse places than Panama."
As a result of this conference Mr.
Glbney'a suggestions were acted up
on, and they contrived to make their
brief stay in Panama very agreeable.
They Inspected the work on the canal,
marveled at the stupendous engineer
ing lu the Culebra Cut, drank a little,
gambled a little. McGuffey whipped
a bartender. He was ordered arrested,
and six spiggoty little policemen, sent
to arrest him. were also thrashed. The
reserves were called out and a riot
ensued. Mr. Gibney, following the
motto of the syndicate, L e„
All for one and one for *11—
United we stand, divided we fall.
mixed In the conflict and presently
found himself In durance vile. Op
ium Scraggs, luckily, forgot the m >t
to and escaped, but Inasmuch as he
uus on hand next morning to pay a
tine of thirty pesos levied against each
of the culprits, be was Instautly for
given. Mr. Gibney vowed that if a
I'nlted States cruiser didn't happen
to be lying In the roadstead, he would
have shelled the town in retaliation.
But eventually the days passed, and
the Maggie II, well found and ready
for sea, shook out her sails to a fair
breeze and sailed away for Katidavu.
She kept well to the southwest until
she struck tbe southeast trades, when
she swung around on her course, head
ed straight for her destination. It
was a pleasant voyage, devoid of In
cident. and the health of all hands
was excellent. Mr. Gilmey took dally
observations, and was particular to
make dally entries in his log when
he, Scraggs, and McGufTey were not
playing cribbage. a game of which all
three were passionately fond.
On the afternoon of the twenty-ninth
day after leaving Panama ihe lookout
reported land. Through his glasses
Mr. Gibney made out a cluster >>f tall
palms at the southerly end of the Is
land. and as the schooner held lazily
on her course he could discern the
white breakers foaming over the reefs
that guurded the entrance to the har
bor.
"That's Kandavn, all right," an
nounced the commodore. "I was there
in '89 with Bill McOlnty In the schoon
er Dashln' Wave. There's the entrance
to the harbor, with the Esk reefs to
the north and the I'earl reefs to the
south. The channel's very narrow—
not more than three cables, if it's that,
hut there's plenty of water and a
pood muddy bottom that'll hold. Mc
GuflPey, lad, better run below and tune
up yonr engines. It's too dangerous
a passage on an ebb-tide for a sallln'
vessel, so we'll run In under the pow
er. Scraggsy, stand by and when 1
give the word have yonr crew shorten
sail."
Within a few minutes a long white
streak opened up In the wake of the
schooner, announcing that McGuffey's
engines were doing duty, and a nice
breeze sprlngine up two points aft
the beam, the Majjgle heeled over and
fairly flew through the wafer. Mr. Gib
ney smiled an ecstatic smile as he
took the wheel and guided the schoon
er through the channel. He rounded
her up In twelve fathoms, and within
five minutes every stitch of canvas
was clewed down hard and fast. The
sun was setting as they dropped an
:hor. and Mr. Gibney had lanterns
hung along the suil so that It woulfl
be Impossible for uuy craft to ap
proach the schooner and board her
will out being seen. Also the watch ,
on deck that night carried Mauser
rifles, six-shooters, and cutlasses. Mr.
Gibney was taking no chances.
(Continued on Tuesday)
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