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No. 823 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAUWAY, ALASKA 'I
PRICE 10 CENTS
REPORTED GRAND EXODUS OF
GERMANS WITH MEAN!
Copenhagen, Feb. 18—Owlnf to
the necoaity for a strict curtall
ment of food consumption In the
German empire, caused by the pres
ent European war and tha close
blockade the alitea ara keeping on
nil porta whera foadatuff* aaa ba
snipped to. It U reported mac 1.^1
German gofflnilBtiil has signified a
Intention of ordering ftro military
of Germans of Independent Income*
bat who «N Ineligible far millUrj
•nrrlc*. to le»T* Germany «nd t*k<
up th#r mrtflww la nratnd conn
trU*L ,;. j.
KAISER GOING
10 HELIGOLAND
Hamburg, Feb. 18—It I* -aader
.*■'"<1(1 hiTe that the Kaiser itttandi
t<« go to Heligoland soon to per
s iuUIj direct the operations at tht
• ■. miau submarines la the coototu
] ited blockade of the British Isla»
Y» ILL h'KECT .NEW BUILDINGS
AT MOUTH OF TSXASA
Information has been received
i'om the interior to the effect thai
i-d officials of the Atuericaa-Yukoi
Navigation company, a subsidiary
branch of the W. P. &. Y. B., art
contemplating the construction o
a complete new set of buildings a<
Tunana, the towu at the mouth ol
the Taaaaa river. It is expected that
the construction .work will start In
the early spring, should the com
pany definitely decide that such ac
tion shall be taken.
When the American-Yukon Navi
gation cuuipauy took over uie hold
tugs of the Northern Navigation
company la interior Alaska, it was
Bees that the offices and other build
iogs at Taaana were entirely la
adequate for the amouat of business
done at that point. Officials c4
ihe company, passing up and down
the river last summer, were quick t<
see that such was the c&&% with
the resUit that they recommended
the construcioa of new buildings.
it is understood that plans fo:
the buildingB are now under prepar
ation. Iu place of the little loj
building which serves, a conxmodiou
<>Ctlce building will be constructed
.is well as a good-eized warehousf
and docks, for the accomodation ol
the shippers of Tan ana. It Is «!■
peoted that the new buildings will
be placed on or near the site o:
the present offices.
WILL ADDRESS
I WAR VETERANS
'
Settle, Fab. IS—John Palmer
i commander-in-chief of the Grand
i Army of the Republic, arrived in
i the city today and tonight will ad
drew the Washington and Alaska
grand army veterans who «ra now
,llvlag h»r».
IS XBABEfO THE SUMMIT
OP THE ORBAT DIVIDE
' Jack Benson, a native Alaskan,
who has made his home in the vil
lage at the toot of the bluff be
tween the business part of Skag
' way and the docks for a great many
years, t# lying very low with fcome
diaeose with which he has been af
flicted and bed-ridden for several
months, part of which time was
paised by the sufferer in a hospital
at Juneau, but with apparently no
! beneficial results.
RAnaAn's J"—•*"'"* *
young woman who was raised here
and attended the public school
when a girl, la in the hospital at
" Haines undergoing treatment for
some nervous disorder.
GOOD PAT IS STRUCK
OX THB TEJfMELE GROCXD
Dawson News: A. Gammon has
bees In the city the last few days
from the Teom'le,where he struck
good pay, going a? high as 38 cents
to the pan, with a width of 60 feet
i and gravel three to eight feet deep.
He will continue to work this wln
i ter. Several others a,re working
1 along the creek, and a number of
dumps will be ready to wash when
the thaw com«* Tenmlle empties
' ir»t0 the Sixtymiie, ten mile from
the Yuken.. .
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400 Spring Samples
to choose from. We guarantee
the fit. Suits delivered in 30 days
from time of leaving order. If not
right in every way we will not allow
you to pay for them. You take no
chances when ordering from us.
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Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
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6H0DBECK DIES
> A! FAIR6AMS
»! August Brodbeck, an old tinu
i Skagwayan, who started the Pion
> eer dairy here, and afterward sold
i out to H. F. Seaman, the present
' owner, died at the hospital in Fair
1 banks on the night of January 25th.
' In speaking of his death the Daily
News-Miner of Jan. 26th, says:
"Augttst Brodbeck, the well know!
Swiss gariiner of Garden Island,
after a very short period in St.
Joaaph's hospital, passed into tho
great beyond a little after three
o'clock this morning. He was tiu
fcclous up until the last few minutes
i of his passing and talked quite free
| ly to those around him. Through
j life he was possessed of one of the
j sunniest dispositions Imaginable c.13
i ing the warmth of his geed nature
| upon all around him, and his ciieor
fulness remained with him tin i! tho
| last.
"He felt badly about goi.ig to the
hospital, telling the sister superior
that he had not yet been able to
pay his last hospital bill, but their
charity and works wait upon no
man's purse and everything that
could be done for his relief was
done. His trouble was intestinal
of long standing.
"Before his death he made a will
I taking care of what little property
he had, and naming Mrs. Brant as
the executrix. She owned the pro
| perty upon which he has been gar
| dening ior the past few years, oppo
Islte Fairbanks. It consisted mostly
| of unsold garden products, accounts
| payable to him and pome personal
I effects.
j "August Brodbeck was a native of
| Switzerland, who came to America
| J 897 and is well remembered by old
timers to whom ho reddled milk for
{a local dairy. As he went about
| tie town he was always singing and
! his perpetual good nature was per
haps his strongest characteristic.
Later he went to Dawson and was
there many years, gardening and
selling milk. Years ago he se'tled
upon a piece of land near Chena
and farmed it until he removed to
Fairbanks and entered into a lease
for the present Garden Island gar
1 dens.
INDIAN GUIDE IS HURT
WHILE OX THE TRAIL
Dawson News: Jolvu Martin, aa
Indian guide, who was with the
mounted police latro? which recentlj
left for McPhereon, wis hurt while
the party was eni-on>i.ed one night
on the Big Wind, 150 miles from
Dawson. One of the men cut a
tree, which fell on John and ren
dered him unconscious. The others
did not know the guhlo had be211
■truck, and it waa scire time be
fore he waa missed, and found af
ter some searching. He was
giTem proper attention, and the next
day was taken back by tho patrol
to an Indian camp which had been
passed on the trip. John remained
there, and the patrol proceeded un
der guidance of the two Indians wh(
had left here with the party, the
J former having beei. p'cked up neat
* the Rockies for assistant guide as
t he was much more familiar with tin
FALCON JOSLIN
AFTER GONTRftGT
Washington, D. C., Feb. 18—Fal
con Joslin, president of the Tan
r.nn Valley railroad, and Clyde L.
Morris of Seattle, president of the
C. L. Morris Co., incorporated, gen
eral contractors for railroad, ditch
and road construction, are in this
city seeking construction contracts
i on the proposed government own
^ ed railroad in Alaska
route than the other Indians.
Some of the dogs which the par
ly took from Dawson proved weak,
and were exchanged on the trail for
fresh dogs, secured from the In
dians. The weak olos were sent
back to Dawson in care of an In
dian who happened to be coming
this way.
| News of the rccineni to John
, was brought in by his brother, Rich
| ard Martin, who arrived here after a
speedy trip from noa.- the Black
stone, and is staying at Moosehide
for a time.
| The accident occurred just at the
close or a day's musX when the po
lice were making camp The party
had mushed for some time after
dark, looking for a suitable camping
place and the axman who felled the
tree did not know John was on the
other side. Fortunately, it was not
extremely cold, and the victim, af
ter being dragged out of the snow,
and warmed up. suffered no ill-ef
fects from having laid in the snow,
but was quite sere from the effects
of the blow.
OI D TIMER IS REPORTED
INSANE AT POINT BARROW
bLt'TUT »uo .vob icyuncu
in advices received by mail several
days ago to have gone insane at
Point Barrow, is a veil known old
time Arctic coast whaler and trader.
It is believed that the unfortunate
man must be in charge of the na
tives or the little band of about a
dozen whites who usually winter at
or "near Point Darrow.
For years he has lived along the
Arctic coast, and used to help the
police handle their supplies between
McPherson and Herschel. He is
married and has a family and chil
dren there.
The man probably will be watch
ed by friends until after the Arctic
.opens next season, when he will be
sent out by whaler or revenue cut
ter to some point where he can »re
ceive treatment. To become insane
in such a remote district makes the
;;r rdship doubly severe on the one
afflicted as well as on those called
| on to attend him.
CAXADIAX SURVEY WORK
XOT YET DECIDED
Dr. C. C. Calrnes, Dominion geo
logist, who has worked extensively
in the Yukon for years, writes from
Ottawa to a friend in Dawson that
it has not been decided just where
he is to work this cummer, He had
intended recommending one party at
least for the Stewart river district
but the ^rar has made the outlooli
i somewhat unceertain. The doctor':
reports on last year's work are nol
yet printed, but are expeoted to be
made public before long. He Is
> spending the winter in Ottawa.
Special Sale Coffee
You can secure G-olden G-ate Coffee
at Special Sale Price from us during
period beginning Feb. 15th until 20th
inclusive
1 lb. tins ... .35
22 lb. tms ... .75
5 lb. tins ... $1.50
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
QUESTION OF FOREIGN BOTTOMS
IS ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY
I
FAIRBANKS AN 8 INVENT
A NEW SCRAPEfl
August and Alex Hanot, of Fair
banks, are working on a new Inven
tion in scrapers that is commanding
the closest attention of mechanics
and mining operators in the Tanana
j valley. The invention of the two
| brothers gives every indication of be
j coming of great importance to the
northern mining industry as in fac
it does to all kinds of mining whert
scraping Is an essential operation,
j This new invention is a labor,
fuel and cable eaver over the old
slip style or the later improved Bag
ley, and it Is believed will reduce
j the cost of operation lu open-cut
' work perhaps as much as one-third.
It can be operated by one man
1 where two and three are now nec
essary, allowing the saved labor to
be used elsewhere around the
I ground on other work. Instead of
the cable wearing out fn one sea
son, it will last at least three, and
the reduced friction Is so great that
the fuel economy under the boilers
will be the greatest saving of all.
.The mothers' meeting will be held
afternoon v.— '—
gram to be giver.: -
Miss Patterson, nurse la charge
at the White Pass- hospi.al, will
give a talk on "The Scientific Care
of an Infant from Birth to Two
Yeare." ' . . .
Solo by Mrs. W. Warren.
Short talk by Mrs. Pedersen about
children from the age of two years
to twelve years.
Discussion of the subjects.
All members requested to respond
to roll call with" a quotation about
"motherhood." . '
All women interested are invited
to attend. • ' \ "
NOTICE
There will be a regular meeting
tonigh: of Skagway 'Lw'ge No.
431, Bei.evolent and Protective Or
der of Elks.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 18—In
the debate today on the provisions o:
the ship purchase bill, Representa
tive Albert Johnson of Washington
state asked if under the amendment
adopted by the recent democratic cat
eus foreign bottoms, bought under
the bill could trade direct with Al
aska irom the Atlantic coast. The
answer was in the affirmative.
Representative R. B. Stevens of
New Hampshire, who subsequently
bolted from the caucus, was the one
who induced the members of the
caucus to write the word "Alas
ka" in the amendment.
I
We desire to again call the at
tention of our readers to the Wash
ington's birthday ball to be given
by the Skagway Volunteer Fire de
partment Jn Elks' hall on the night
of Feb. 22d, and to remind them
that in giving encouragement . to
this department of, the municipal
government, they are only repaying
in a slight degree the unceasing vig
ilance that has been' exercised ' by
every member of the fire company
the past twelve months in
I If III jntr_ t lio) K maforio! ■ Inlapjaafu
The ball is to be an up-to-date
affair and the printers in . the
Daily Alaskan job rooms are now
engaged in turning out an artistic
two-color, four-page program with
the names of the officers of the
department appearing on the front
page, the list of dances on the se
cond and third pages and the
names of the different committee
men on the fourth page.
Not the least among the prepar
ations being made by the fire lad
dies for the entertainment of their
guests is a bountiful lunch and vari
ous kinds of temperance refresh
ments.
Music will be furnished by Sel
nier's orchestra, with the exception
of several numbers, which, will be
rendered by the Skagway Brass
band. Dancing will be started at
9 o'clock sharp. ' t ~
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