PRICE 10 CENTS
Greasers Must Either Salute Flag or fight
THE C.P. R. 15
GETTING READY
F. F. W. Lowle returned on the
last trip of the Princess May after
nearly two months spent on the
outside iu the interests of the
business of his company iu the
Alaska service, part of the time
however was put in under a special
ist la Vancouver B. C., an oper
ation having been found uecessary
•0 tho nose.
The first thing that strikes one
who visits the outside only once a
7e^r is the vast strides made by
the automobile and the consequent j
absence of horses on the streets, j
freight, street sprinklers, fire en
gines and even funeral hearses all
being autcs.
A Xairiy quiet year is icoiceu iur :
the coming s?ason by those who ,
are supposed to know, but, it will I
be a calm before the storm as j
H«t year everybody agrees will be
the biggest yet known on the whole !
Pacific Coast. An important meet- j
lug of transportation officials was
held in San Francisco receutly to
arrange rates for the fair, when it
id estimated over 1,000,000 people
will visit the Pacific Coast from the
East, and there are no ltss than
between 200 and 250 different con- I
vancious to be held in California
that year, delegates for w-hich I
will come from all parts of the !
world.
An added interest is also being '
taken in the Territories of Alaska i
and Yukon and as a result of the j
appropriation made by the U. S.
government for railroad building j
it is noticed people are beginning
to look into conditions in the!
territories and will visit the north j
and spend some time here for that
purpose. To properly take care of
this new business the C. P. R. will
augment their service to Skagway
by placing the new 19 knot steamer
oa the run, the Princess Alice,
leaving Skagway on her first
trip on June 18th next The Prin- j
ceas Alice is without doubt the I
finest appointed steamer on the |
whole Pacific Coast as the res- I
idents of Skagway will have an
opportunty to decide for themselves
next June. In 1915 the famous three I
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ICE IS GETTING
IN BMAPE
A special W. P. & Y. Route train
went out this moruiug at 10 o'clock
and on it went all th? interior
freight so far received in Skagway.
As the ice is getting very rotten
on the river between Whltehorse
~and Lake LeBarge, and freight
teams are breaking" through daily,
it is thought that the consignments
that are on the train today will be
the lat to go down to the foot of
th© lake over the ice this sc:u>on.
WISCONSIN TAX EXPERT
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Seattle, April 14—Professor T. S.
Adams of the Wisconsin tax com
mission, recognized as an authority
on questions of taxation all over the
Uniteed States, will read a pap<
at the taxation conference for tin'
state of Washington, to lie held
the University of Washing some
time in May, according to word re
ceived by Edwin A. Start, director
of the extension division of the
university, who has tlnj conference
in charge.
Professor Carl C. Plehn of the
University of California will also
make an address before the tax
experts and men of the state in
terested in the subject who will !>
assembled here at that time.
a lesson in Ai>vi:nnsi\<;
The following paragraph from
an article by Andrew Lang may
prove profitably suggestive to thos<
who have wares to sell and are
shy about advertising them. Says
Mr. Lang:
"When a s°ose lays an egg, she
just waddles off as if she was
ashamed of it—because she is a
goose. When a hen lays an egg—
ah, she calls heaven and earth to
witness it! The hen is a natual
bora advertiser. Hence the de
mand for hens' eggs exceeds the
demand for goose eggs, and the hen
has all_ the business . she can at
tend to."
JUST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather 5hoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasii.s
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear=-=Blanket Lin?d
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7Xpand 8x10-3ft. Wall 10oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE H1NER WITH THE EX=
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGV/AY
I
The Atlantic Fleet is Ordered
To Carry An Ultimatum
To The Commander
of Tampico
Washington, D. C.t April 15—Sealed orders were today sent
to the A mtic i:-et to proceed immediately to Tampico, and to send
a boat to that ci'y to demand that the Mexican commander salute the
American Hag, and if he refuses, to notify him that he will be given
24 hour>. and if ho dv>es not comply in that time, American marines
v ill be landed t > take cinrgc of the forts and barracks. If the federals
resiii the fleet is ordered to shell the city and to protect the marines
with its guns.
It i; biiieved that Hierta is ready for intervention.
W;<x.hf"('lu;i, I>. C., Arril 15—
ir.lrol.. I a bill pro. for Jin
AliC.:..
the i : < l.iw.i and iat«?r!.)r affairs
ticaal abett Sihr-11 !>o appointed,
shall lit? I i.leaU of AlrsUa. It
further provides for th»j appol.it
ruent ol au attorney gOivji tl for the
territory «itli a salary cl SU.OOU
per annum.
IDl'iLAU SKACiWAV XAT1V1C
A1' ST. AW'S llOsl'STAL
Jack I .ison. coinmoi 1- known at
Skcgway as '"CUilkoot Jack,'* anil
tlie most popular re ,■ V;ii:- of tlie
Lynn canal metropolis, is at St.
Ann's hospital, lie wa brought to
Juneau oa the HumboUlt by his
daughter, Cora lJenson. He is suf
fering fro>u the result of a stroke
c-f paralysis. Cera Jleusoti, who ac
companied her father to Juneau, is
a graduate of ti:<. Skagv.public
schools, and for years she has been
chief assistant of Mrs. Pttllcu in
the conduct of her popular Skagway
hotel.—Juneau Km pi re.
Geo. Hiachman, Haines merchant,
was a SkHgway visitor today.
Supt. Jack Hayes of t'Jts Alaska
Road Commission went 10 Haines
this aflerucon on the Peterson and
from there A. ill sto on to Juneau. He
expects to return here in two or
three weeks in company with Lieut,
l-'dgerton.
The business interests of Juneau
have come forward with t subscrip
Uon of $4,116.03, of which $3,297 -
50 has already been paid in as a
baseball fund for the season of
1914. At a meeting o$ >.ho board of
managers of Xhe Juneau baseball
team on the 9th. instant Perry K.
Jaikcon was chosen as manager and
given fairly free hand in the matter
of securing players, as it was de
cided that the Juneau team shall
be put in the field this year with
i he intention of winning.
Would it not be a good idea for
Skagway to follow the example of
Juneau, and organize a home base
ball-team for the coming gjimmer?
Heretofore this town has always en
joyed the distinction of having one
of the most efficient teams in the
whole of the north and there is no
good reason, so far as we can see,
why it should not have one this
year.
PROCEEDINGS
RECOMMENDED
Washington, D. C., April 15—
Rothermel, of the committee of the
house investigating the seal indus
try in Alaska, recommends that the
Attorney General start proceedings
at once against the North American
Commercial comuauy, its agents hav
iilfe been held responsible for the
I ruinous killing of seals 011 the
j Pribiloff islands. Charges have al
1 so been made that government
j agent were in ocllusion.
7. acze celebrated Canadian biscuits
Can now be Bought from Us At
40c per tin-2 lbs.
Will keep resh for months
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SIJ.\(J\VAY, ALASKA.
WILL WITHDRAW
FROM THE FIELD
The Annual Meeting of the Pres
bytery of S. E. Alaska ltcld in Ju
neau last week, endorsed the rec
ommendations of their General Mis
sionary that Skagway Presbyterian
Church withdraw from the field.
Part of the furnishings has been
turned over to the Methodist Churchy
• ho seats, and other furnishings
not needed here will be used in
.some other Presbyterian Church,
and the local property will be offer
ed for sale.
I
JOHN" msTGAItl) TO
KKTIHE JUNE 1st
John Rustgard, United States
district attorney for the First Jud
icial Division of Alaska, this morn
ing announced that he would retire
from the oifiee which he now holds
and begin the practice of law on
June 1. "Yes,"' lie said, "1 shall re
main in Juneau and open offices
here. I expect to leave for Seattle
immediately aft« ,• ilio Ketchikan
term of court for the purpose ot>
buying office furniture."
Ml*. Rustgard staled tha; under
no circumstances would he con
tinue in office after Juu? 1st.—Ju
neau Empire.
DOUGLAS MAX LOCATING
HOMESTEAD IX ALASKA
Douglas, April 15—K. K. Mark
strom, for many years a prospector
and miner in the Kiokuk country,
returned to Douglas recently, hav
ing been a resident of this city in
1SU7. In company with Mr. David
son he intends leaving within a
few days for Icy Straits where the
two will spend the next few months
in prospecting the country with the
intention of locating homestead
lands. Mr. Markstrom says that
near Icy Straits are rich valleys of
fertile lands upou which stock
would graze and thrive. On the hills
are large tracts of fine timber, and
lie intends to not only locate for
himself, but will induce others to
become permanent and thrifty til
lers of Alaska lands.
HAS GIVEN UP
HIS EXPEDITION
Christiana, April 15—Captain
Amundsen having failed to raise the
money necessary to out'it his pro
posed polar expedition haa abandon
ed the project for the time bein^.
THE WINGDAM
IS PROGRESSING
\
Work on the wingdam on lfth St.
which is being put in by the town
council to protect property within
the town limits from destruction by
freshets from the 'mountains, is
going ahead expeditiously and the
placing of the heavy timbers used
in its construction will have been
finished in a few days, after which
the rock filling, of which there is
a large amount to do, will be com
menced. The members of the town
council are to be commended for
their pushing forward of this nec
essary improvement.
A 9KAGWAY VISITOR
Among the passengers to this
port on the Seattle this morning,
was Mrs. W. C. Blanchard, of Skag
way, who in a guest at the Daly
residence. W. C. Blanchard, Mrs.
Blanchard's husband, is one of the
prominent official!, of the While
Pass & Yukon Route, with head
quarters at Skagway.—Ketchikan
Miner.
CAMPUS' BIGGEST TREE.
Seattle, April 16—Figures gather
ed by men in the Uniiversity of
Washington forestry school show
that from the big tree near the
varsity boathouse more than 9,000
feet of lumber might be cut This
would be a sufficient amount to
build a modern bungalow. The tree
is the iarget on the campus.
Needed repairs to the sidewalk,
on the east side of Broadway, in
front of Dortero & Son's store,
were made today.
COPtt»CMT0* ^
u.wrtwitfi,ca
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to fit;" others
/
just think they are.
But any man» of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We haye made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
Spring fiats and Shoes
- Now on Display .
WILL CLAYSON'—Clothier