The Speedy
Route of • fey§; Service,
Comfort, Safety.
Through Tickets to and from Dawson, Fairbanks, and all
Interior Alaska and Yukon River Points'i
Effective with the opening'of navigation our
Magnificent New Steamers
"Alaska" iuid "Yukon" will give a regular service to aud
from Fairbanks. These are the finest and most luxurious
iteamers ever operated on the Yuko River, an entirely uew
pl.iu havii.g beeu adopted in their construction. They arev
eq.ilpped with up-to-date Obseratiun aud Smokiug Rooms
and all the conveniences required fo the comfort of passengera.
Our Whitehorse - Dawson service will be regularly maintain
ed by t!i9 favorite steamers "Casca", "Dawson", "Whitehorse"
and "Selkirk".
Between Skaguay and Whitehorse our service has been im
proved by the addition of modern
Parlor Observation Cars
which afford travelers an opportunity to view the scenery ov
rr the laaious White Pass to the best advantage. These
cars are splendidly equipped with comfortable leather chairs,
writing desks, card tables, dressing rooms, etc.
Passeugtis traveling via The White Pass & Yukou Route will
have their baggage checked and bonded through to destin
ation thereby avoiding all possible trouble and delay.
<• For further information apply to
O. L. DICKESON, President J E. Dempsey, Traffic Manager,
SKAGWAY, ALASKA t512 Second Ave., Seattle Wash.
and Skagvvay, Alaska.
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIMK TABLE No. 31.
Iv.iily except Sundays.
No. J N. Bound
1st class
!>:30 a. ui,
12:00 "
12:45 **
1:40 p. ra
*:20 '
5:50 •'
I eaves
SKA<il'AY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITEHOKSK
Passengers must be at depots la time t* have Baggage inspected
aud checked Inspection is stopped :I0 miuutes before leaving time of
tralus.
150 pounds of baggage will be choekod fr^e with each full fare
ticket aad 75 pounds with each ha ' '.ire ticket.
Arrives
No. 2 S. Bound
lbt class
Arrives -1:50 p. in.
Leaves 3:20
" E::J0 "
1:50 •»
" 11: IS a. in.
Leaves 0:00 "
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Moore's Wharf LI Shaw, Manager |
Wharfingers and Warehousemen
All Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Wharf
—Regulations Juue 1. 1913—
Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
--Wharfage Tariff
General merchandise SI.00 per ton. Weight or measurement.
Horses, Mules and Cattle 75 c per head. Sheep and Hogs 25c per head.
Lumber $1.00 per Thousand feet. Board Measure.
All checked Baggage 25c per pice.
No Wharfage Cha ge on Baggage Unchecked.
COAL CAN BE HAD THROUGH THE WHAEF AS HERETOFORE j
Phones 11 or 123 P. O. Box 175 j
| The Skagway Pioneer Dairy § j
H. F. SKKMAX, Prop. 0
4 The Sanitary Milk Ranch" |j
g The largest and best conducted dairy in Alaska. — bi I
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Daily Shipments of Pare Milk and Cream
To all points on Wclte "as* & Yrfcnn Route.
B. M. BEHRENDS,Banker
Juneau, - Alaska
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THE CITY FATHERS MEET AM)
DISCUSS MOMENTOUS
AFFAIRS.
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registration by physicians, nurses
anil othere of ail marriages, births,
and deaths occurring here, but that
neither the law nor the crdtuauce
were enforced at present. He sug
gested a rigid enforcement and his
suggestion was approved by the
councils
In the matter of the town treas
urer's bond, Councilman Abrahams
stated that he had drawn up the
necessary papers and forwarded the
treasurer's application to the Unit
ed States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.,
at Baltiiuore^Further action was de
ferred until an answer could be re
ceived.
Councilman Tanner reported ad
versely on the extension of water
main on State street to hospital
building. Matter laid over for fur
ther investigation.
Annual report of town Treasurer
was read and accepted. The report
showed a cash balance 011 hand of
$8,240.68.
The following bills were presented
and ordered paid:
Alaska Transfer Co 4-80
Thos Herons 5.00
Home Power Co. . . . . 251.45
Daily Alaskan 75.25
D. Martin 16.50
J. M. Tanner 14.08
L. E. Hudson 8.50
John Johnsou 21.75
Councilman Abrahams presented a
bill for $75 which amount he claim
ed had been due him since 1903,
when he Instituted proceedings to
secure title to lots In the Moore
townsite. After considerable discus
sion, and a motion to table had been
lost, the bill was ordered to take th
usual course.
There being no further business
the council adjourned.
FAIRBANKS RO.\l>
HAS FIRST WRECK
Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 4—The
train of the Tanana valley railroad
which left Fairbanks yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock for Ciatanika,
was wrecked at 12:30 j>. m. at Mo
rino, two miles above Olness, when
the rails spread and the coach and
other cars toppled over on their
sides
Thirteen passengers were aboard,
of whom three were seriously in
jured—Victor Kleinschmidt, Ernest
Anderson and Frank Kamadina. All
three are badly cut about the face
and badly bruised about the body,
and it is feared that Victor Klein
schmidt sustained internal injuries.
The others escaped with a few
scratches and a severe shaking up.
..This is the fiest accident of any
kind whatever that has happened on
the railroad since it was built in
1905.
WELL KNOWN MINER MAKES
FIND AT YANKEE BASIN
A strike of high grade gold quartz
was made Monday at Yankee Basin
by Gudmund Jensen, the well known
prospector, according to a letter
written by the discoverer to friends
in this city.
The ore uncovered is known
among miners as "miss pickie" rock.
The ledge was encountered in a
tunnel which Mr. Jensen is driv
ing on his property. The exact
location is on the mountain two
miles north of Yankee Basin, where
the Heid-Early group of claims is lo
cated/ The formation is a continu
ation of the Juneau gald belt lode,
according to the geological survey.
The strike" was made at an eleva
tion of 1200 feet. It can be tapped
again at an elevation of 250 feet
above sea level according to Mr.
Jensen. 'A sample of the rock was
received at the Dispatch office this
morning. Mining men to whom the
sample was shown declar<\tlie sam
ple to be exceedingly rich in gold
and a local assayer says the val
ues would run very high.
There is no doubt but what Yan
kee Basin is to be heard from in
a mining way before long. The Jen
sen strike is believed to be only the
forerunner to a number of equally
important discoveries in that section
—Juneau Dispatch, Oct. 1.
Notice is hereby given that th
tax ro'l for the year 191" has beet
completed and is now in the hand
of the Town Clerk.
FRANK PAGE,
.■» Assesso
EASTERN OYSTERS ON THE
HALF SHELL
Fresh Eastern Oysters ou th
half shell are now to be had at th
Pack Train Restaurant.
A CRAZY CURRENCY
China Has a Monetary System
That Borders on the Chaotic.
UNIT OF VALUE IS THE TAEL
Yet the Tael Is Neither a Coin Nop an
Ingot, but Merely an Abstract Term,
and Signifies a Unit of Weight—Sil
ver Shoes and Cash on a String.
Of tlie many strange things In China
not the least strange Is Its currency.
To the foreigner ft seems a miracle
that any business can be transacted
successfully with such a medium of
exchange. It has been described as
chaotic. Nevertheless business and
trade flourish iu China, which speaks
volumes for the business acumen of
the Chinese. Perhaps the fact that
trade flourished in China long before
such a thing as currency was known
accounts for the fact that the Chinese,
with such a las system as they now
possess, still stand in the front rank
of commercial nations.
in China all forms of exchange from
barter up are in use. A very large
part of the country's business is done
against the actual delivery of weighed
silver. For convenience silver is melt
ed into rough ingots having the shape
of the Chinese shoe. These silver
shoes have stamped upon them their
fineness and weight The unit of
weight is the tael. which Is equal to a
quantity of silver weighing 580 grains
troy and is worth about GO cents In
our money
Tiie tael ts not an ingot nor a coin,
but simply an abstract term signifying
a unit of weight, such as a "pound" of
butter or an "ounce" of gold. Though
an abstract term. It is the measure of
wealth and the unit of value through
out the length and breadth of China.
A man buys a business for so many
taels of silver. His profits are com
puted in tnels. When he makes pay
ment lie weighs out the silver accord
this milt
The silier sliocs vary in weight from
one to seventy-five taels. All silver
shops and imnks have forges, where
the silver is melted in Iron ladles and
poured into molds. The smelters with
their ladles and molds remind one of
cooks. The.v stir the silver with a pair
of metal chopsticks. To one not aware
of what they were doing it would be
natural to suppose thnt they were en
gaged in concocting something good to
eat. In the process of recasting the
Ingots their fineness is often changed,
being either Improved or debased,
whichever best suits the Interests of
the shc;> Bankers and money chang
ers are able to determine the quality
of the silver by the sense of touch.
The sellers or depositors are always
at their mercy and must often submit
to the operation of having their silver
discounted on account of "bad touch."
in the Interior of China small pur
chases are made with copper coins
with square holes In the center. These
are called "cash" and are threaded on
striucs so that they may be carried
across one's shoulder or on a pole. A
string of 1.000 of these cash is worth
about 50 cents In our money. Some
times bits of silver are chipped from
j the silver shoes and used for small
purchases When traveling In the in
terior one must take with him a large
amount of silver shoes, exchanging
them for strings of cash at the various
i shops. The money changers have two
sets of scales, one to be used in the
purchase of silver and the other in the
selling of It
In an attempt some years ago to In
troduce a currency based on western
models the Chinese government pur
chased and put into circulation several
million Mexican dollars. The people
took to the new coins and called for
more. The provincial governments
then set up mints and began to coin
Chinese dollars of approximately the
same weight and fineness as the Mexi
can dollars They also coined an enor
mous amount of subsidiary items in
the shape of small silver coins and
| copper pennies.
I Soon It was discovered that the new
currency was as unstable as the old.
The value of the dollar In relation to
the subsidiary coinage varied from day
to day The cent was never worth the
hundredth part of a dollar. Some days
110 cents were required to make up
$1. and on other days It took 130cents
Similarly the value of the dollar as
compared with the tael was continual
ly fluctuating. Sometimes $100 would
bring 70 taels and nt other times only
65. It was sickening to the people,
but very profitable to the money
changers.—Harper's Weekly.
The Mozart Cycle.
The only works of Mozart designed
for the stage (there are nearly a score
of them* that have remained regular
"repertory operas." as the Germans
say. are "Don Giovanni," "Figaro" and
"The Magic Flute." Once in awhile,
however, a Mozart cycle is given In
one of the larger German cities, and
tills includes generally, besides the
throe operas named, "Idomeneo,"
"Die Rntfuhrting," "CosI Fan Tutti"
and "Clenienza dl Tito."—Argonaut
Knew His Man.
"Why did you tell that man yon
don't smoke when you do?"
"1 had a good reason."
"Perhaps he was going to give yon
a cigar."
"No; I know that chap. He was go
ing to ask me for one."—Detroit Free
Press.
Among all the fine arts one of the
finest is that of painting the cheek*
with health—Ruskin.
ANOTHER WONDER OF SCIENCE.
Biology baa Proved thnt Daiidrnff la ]
Caused by a Oerm.
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Science Is donig wonders these days In I
nedlcine as well as In mechanics. Since |
Adam lived, the human race has been
troubled with dandruff, for which no haJr
preparation has. heretofore projred a suc-<_
:essful cure until Newbro's Herplclde wis
put on the market. It Is a icientlCo'prep
aration that kills the germ that "makes
iandruff or scurf by discing into the
^calp to get "at the root of the fiatr,"where
It saps the vitality; causing itching acalp,
falling lialr, and finally baldness. With- ]
out dandruff, hali; must grow._,h£pjiriantly.
It Is the only destroyer of -dupdraff.-l
Sold by leading druggists. StoiMe.
in stamps for sample "to . The Harpl
clde Co.. Detroit, Mich.
One dollar fcottleg. guaranteed.'"
At All Drug Stores.
TO CUKE A COLD IS ONE DAY
Takt- LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. DruggiBta refund money If
It falls to cure. EL W. GROVE'S Big
signature Is on each box. 25c.
L
POND8 VANISHING CREAM
An ideal skin cream, containing!
not a trace of grease. Cooling, re-1
freshing and delightfully effective.
Free Samples at
KELLER BROS. DRUG CO
$100.00 REWARD 1100.00
.
The readers of thij paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreadful disease that actenc
haj bean able to cure In all its srtagee
and that is Catarrh. Hall's CataiTh
Cure la the only positive our* now
known to the medical fraternity. "Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cux« Is tak<jn Intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surtkee* of th» syfctam,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti
tution and anstattng nature in doing
its work. The proprietor* have to
much faith In its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for the Eat of tefltlmolnart.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. |
Sold by all Druggists, 75c. 0
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
CRAB MEAT COCK TAILS
at
Served a la carte.
The Pack Train Restaurant
FRANK SUFFACOOl, Pastor
COAL,
WOOD,
HAULING
Quick Service and Low Rates
Office in Railway Building
1 Phone 10 g
| LOCAL BRIEFS
8KAGWAY WEATHER REPORT
Results of the observation taken
at Moore's Wharf at midnight,
last night, la as follows:
Temp, time obsflrrwm ... 33 above
Max. preceding 24 hi* .. 60 abort
Mia- . " " M .. . 33 above
Mean. " " " ..48above
Cloudy and caJra. *oq : 62 wjeraojBg
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th '
Pri. Ev'gs. of each
Visiting brothers are wfel
Phll Abrahams, Secretary.
W. R. Jlillery, W. M.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the first and third
Wednesday p!ght of each month at
their ball on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially Invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P.; J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meetP every
Thursday night at
8 o'clock. Elks
club and reading
room opin daily from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting brothers cor
dially welcome.—W. C. Blanchard,
JEJx, R. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
* Arctic Brotherhood.—
^ Camp Skagway No. 1,
r A. B. meeta every Tues
• day evening at 8:00 p.
m. sharp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome.—Fred Fonzo, Arctic
Chief. W. R. Hillory, Arctic Rec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys
H. B. LE FEVRE _
Attorney-At-Law
CommisBloner For Yukon lorritory
to lake Affidavits
Skagway - - Alaska
, Dentist*.
DR. L. S. KELLER
Dentist f j
Most Modern Methods - «
Open Evenings
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - -Broadway
SKAGWAY - •• ALASAK
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DENTAL SUPPLIES "
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash.
Orders by mail or cable will receive
prompt attention. Catalogue oh re
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Wa are in business for your health
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
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