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C. W. AsK & Sons
BANK of ALASKA
SKAQWAY, ALASKA
ANCHORAGE COKOOVA WHA.VQKLL
ALASKA'S BRANCH BANK1S0
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
It you want to buy a home or buy
any property that I have for sale
that suits you I can offer you
I Some Bargains
i
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j DON'T FORGET that I sell
i Fire insurance
KSTA RLISHKD 1S97
NORTH m
REM 10 SHIP
O J. Bene. general manager ol
Uie North Midas Copper Company
>k Inch is opening up some good' uro
ui;rty near Strelna, is spending a
ww days in town, and ho reports
tha> lorty tons of sorted gold
quartz, which should average $15(
ic the ton, is now being loaded or
>u:s, and will shortly be transporte<
to cordova.
A ledge has been uncovered or
the Gold Klondike claim to a d«eptt
of 3i/O feet .which is three feel
v.ide and 300 feet lengthwise, witt
i re cm both side£.
Six hundred feet of tunneling
!.a*e been driven this winter, aflst
» IOC-foot shaft and? two raises, al"
.so a 100-foot shaft and two raise:
to the surface. There is in al
.">.000 feet of tunneling on the tjrO'
I'erty, and the quartz averages $7(
to the ton.
A complete cyanid« plant, wit!
a capacity of fifteen to twenty ton<
day, has been ordered from th<
States, and' is expected to leav<
Seat'le on one of the next boats.
There are at present twenty met
employed on the gold claim
■xud while there ip a large body o;
low-grade copper ore on ijart of th<
property, it is not being worked a
present —Cord-ova Times.
FOR SALE.—Skagway Seed po
tatoes. Just the kind you are look'
ing "or *o plant. Phone 138 or se<
Heorj Seeman of the Pioneer Dairy
Latge or sma'l quantities delivered.
5--6-6t.
FAREWELL FOB
DRAFT MEN
Juneau, May 10.—The farewell to
I the first selective draft men of Gas
tiaeau channel win be held at the
r«!ace th«atre this afternoon start
ing at 4:30 p. m. Every place of
basinets in Juneau will close at 4
D. m. until after the meeting at the
Palace theatre.
At 3 p. m. the members of the
| National Council of Defense for
j Uastineau channel will convene at
1 the city hall with the draft men.
j where exercises of a secret nature
will be held, as per instruction from
! the National Defense Council.
| At vis p. m. the G&stlneau chan
I nel band and Home Guards will
i march to the city haW and escort
j the Council of National Defense and
dra't men to the Palace theatre.
At the Palate theatre the draft
I men, Council of National Defense,
I Home Guards and band'jrttt occupy
I the balcony, which will be reserved.
The entire lower floor of the theatte
will l e open to the general public.
Ju''.eo L«fever will preside at the
meeting. The oration will be de
| livered by Jud;e Rustgard, vice*
! chairman of the Council of Nation
I al De'cnse. If present, a response
j will be made by Captain Jones, U.
|' S. A., commanding officer at Fort
oewarti, where the Alaska draft men
! so for 'raining.
I On Wednesday night the island
people tendered the draft men a
farewell reception and dance at
the Oouglas natatorium, at which
I the Deople of Gastlnea.u channel
,' w.-re in attendance.
I CAMP FIRE GLRLg
PLAY TO BIO HOl'SE
Ketchikan, May 6. — Rod Men
Hall, this city, yas filled to near
ly capacity on Saturday evening;
when the program of the Nirvana
Camp Fire Girls was presented, un
der the direction of Mrs. N. C. Pike,
Guardian. i , } )•■ ■- jj
The progT&in constated of chor
uses, dialogue#, "strength stunts"
and an entertaining little one-act
far* e calked "Our Aunt from Cali
fornia" really well acted' for Buch
young players. About ten girla
took oart in the program, each num«
b«r being heartily received by the
audience.
Rev. Van Marter, chairman of the
loc.i! 4-minute men, gave an ex
ceptionally enthusiastic and pa
triotic talk on the war and "liberty
bonds." Mrs. James Burgun, well
known soprano also contributed' a
numebr, singing Carrie Jacob-Bond's
well known "Just a-Wearin" for
You," in her very inimitable way.
Miss Jessie Cannon accompanied1 the
choruses, and Mr». Osborne Williams!
acted as accompanist for Sirs. Bur
gun's solo.
Subscribe for TBe Dally Alaskan.
WOULD SAVE RACE
FROM DRUG HABIT
Mrs. Gertrude Bonnin, or Zlt-Kala
Sa. as she Is known to lier people, !«
In Washington trying to secure legisla
tion forbidding the u<e of the poyot*
amongst the Indians. Mrs. Bonnlu,
who is a well-educated Sioux itud •
relative of the great Sitting'BuIl, savi
her race is rapidly becoming drug ad
dicts. The poyote Is a species of cac
tus and those who use It are afflicted
with the wildest hallucinations and ltt
use always results In physical and
mental degeneracy. Mrs. Bonnlu,
whose husband Is Lieut. Raymond T.
Bonnin, I*. S. A., Is a graduate of Car
lisle and has spent most of her life In
social work among her people. Lieu
tenant Bonnlu Is uiso a full-blooded
Indiun.
Literary Critic.
Little six-year-old Allan, scion of a
bookish family, had mastered reading
so efficiently that his tlrst glimpses
of storylnnd were growing hazy In his
memory. One afternoon he confided to
Ills mother: "Mildred was showing
me her new book today, and it's th«
queerest thing von ever saw! Why.
It Just says: 'Is It a cat? It Is n
cat. Can the rat run?' and a lot of
stnff like that! 'Course I was too po
lite to say so. but It didn't seem to
me the style was a bit Juicy?"—
Rochester Post Fxnress.
SOU PfliB OEM
JUST BELOW
THANE -
Juneau, May 7.—James Collin!
la 19-year-old boy born in, Tennesse<
weil reared and industrious, is dead
at Tnane and his hunting partner
named Kutch berch, is being1 search'
ed for by the officials. The bod}
,o' Collins was found last evening' b;
two natives secreted under a, pil(
J of 1 rush back ot" the Treadwell pow
er nlai'.t, just below Thant, with e
30-3° rifle carefully , depositee1
across his breast. The position
of the body and rifle absolutely pre
clu>ie3 any suggesteion that the boj
suiuded, as the bullet wound enter
ed from the rear of the head.
.The last seen o' the (Jo'I'ds boy
was last Friday evening when h<
left the Thane messhouse in com
pany with a man named Kutchbercl
for suoposedly a hunt below Thane
The boy carried the R0-30 rifleJ
If the boy did not accidently rue
acros? a liquor cache aaid was kill'
ed' the only other theory is thai
Kutchbereh either murdered the
boy, or accidently) shot him and ran
aw?y in a panic.
Kutchberch was seen to take the
10 o'clock ferry from Thana on
Friday night. Since that date h«
has not been seen, but it is rumor
ed' he is at Hoonah.
Steward Teainy speaks highly ol
the Collins boy, who was employed
et the messhouse. He informal the
Dispatch the boy was a willing and
congenial worker and evidently had
good' rearing.
People knowingg Kutchberchj a<
Thane do not speak highly of him,
He was evidently of a morose dis
no3itior aaid was not popular with
tho other employes. He was il'
literate. I
Commissoner Bujfon, left foi
Thane at noon to hold an inquest
at 2 p. m. In the meantime an
effort is being made to locate Kutcl
berch, who will be booked' on an
open charge pending b, comple in
vestigation.
Mail Box
HEADER WOULD PREFER
MORE DIGNIFIED CAPTION
ON KBENAN DOPE
Editor, Daily Alaskan,
Dear Sir:
I have read "with muclv surprise
the article in Wednesday's Issue of
the ALASKAN entitled "School
Marm Forced to Blow Back
Club Funds." That the ALAS*
KAN should. publish such a one
sided Btory andi give it a title «o
uncalled for, Is beyond my trader*
s'anding. I was peroona.lly in
formed by the Territorial Commis
sioner of Education a short time
since, that Miss Keenea was doing
splendid work In the Fairbanks'
school. I hare alBo hea?d, through
other sources that, on account of
hT work against Immoral influences
she had' made many enetes in Fair
banks who would, stcop at nothing
to injure her. Miss Keenan had
charge of the Skagway School for
two year.s and resigned at the end)
of that time only by her own wish.
The School Board at that time was
composed of some of our moat in
telligent and respected citizens. In
xeta-nine her in the school they
were supported' by a majority of the
psople of hte town, as at the two
consecutive elections held while Hhe
was teaching, a member of the
School Board was chosen known to
be favorable to her re-election.
Miss Keenan has ma»y frienda In
Skagwa* and in, the name of these
friends, I ask you to give this pro
test S3 conspicuous a place In your
paper as you gave the attack
against her. •' j f. ft
, Respectfully,
MARION G. CLARK. |
REPUBLICANS OF
SKAGWAV TO
MEET
, -•
"-s In order to re-org^nize th^ Re*
publican party in. Skagway, a meet
ing will be held1 at Room 1, Alaskan
building, tonight at which, all Re
publicans are earnestly and urgent
ly requested to be present.
Throughout the entire territory
meetings arg being held bo as to get
tho Republicans lined up in, shape
to form a strong organization to pre
pare fur the election to be held'
throughout Alaska this coming No
vember, and that an agreement may
be reached that Will bring harmony
in the ranks of Republicanism plans
are under way for holding a ' diTi-1'
sioual convention at soma central
joint at which time a new plat*
, form wMl be drafted acd' adopted,
i and nominations made to fill • va
| canclcs on the legislative ticket for
: the fall ejection. The meeting will
I be at 8 o'clock.
I John Pugh, collector of customs
ifor Alaska returned to JuneauJ oa*
I the Humbold* after spending a few
days in Skagway looking after bu*i"
I nesa pertaining to Jits official dutitf.
'I I
(3ubscr!b» for the Daily Alaak®n)
PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE
All citizens of skagway are here
>bv notified) to proceed at once to *
thorough clean-up of their yards,
and alleyways and to remove all
aab' piles, tin cans and other gsr*
j ^ago completely from about their
[premises. This work should be
j completed before May fifteenth for
I on that date the Health, committee
, shall begin a house to ihouse Inspec
! tion of the entire city.
I W. G. GABIE,
5-7-6t. Health Officer.
Pearl* to Children'* Fund.
The Londbu Dally Express staten
that a niagnlflcant collar, composed of
fifteen rows of famous Vanderbilt
pearls, connected by large diamonds
and set in plaques, worth in all about
$25,000, Is the Duchess of Marlbor
ough's gift to the children's Jewel fund.
Three diamond tiarras already have
been sent to the duchess for the fund,
of which she is the treasurer.' Every
woman Is asked to contribute one piece
of Jewelry to help establish child wel
fare and maternity centers, of which
5,COO more afe weeded Iff- the United
Kingdom. ......
Great ExpooUtlon*.
Timid Daughter—I thought I heard'
a scuttle in the cellar Just now!
Rest of the Family (Jumping up)—
A scuttle of coal? _ -
We have engaged talent to take oyer all
orders pertaining to
Upholstering, Painting
And all branches of interior decorating
For limited time of six weeks from date
April 12 1918
Store closes 6 p. m. Saturday 8 p. m.
L.A. HARRISON Co.
TELEPHONE 55
"A v ''
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Kattufcljay juxl Sifliflay
Wangle Film; poi*ioration promts Kiiney Wootfiurr ait>l Trtipu
* Aokl in ,
The Beckoning Flame
MUTUAL WF.KlvIiV
Mnato bjr Violin, Piano and Drums.
8^30 p;m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
■ ■ * * ■
■Pack Train Restaurant
4*
■ The Delmonica of Alaska
*!• Charley Karaman, John Clecak, Proprietors
*** Whore You Can Get \\liAt Vou Desire Cooked as it Should Be
■ Wo Make A Specialty of Banquets and Private Dinner Parties.
«|* A Refined and Comfortable Place for a Supper Afteii '■ho Show
U or Dance—Sea-vice in Cozy Private Booths if Dcsred.
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Boreas Hurls Shock Forces At
W. P. Lines And Stops Advance
The aortbj bound train was forced |
to return to Skagway this mornin,"
frojtn about mile fitteen when, it was I
fou^d that a slide, about two hun
dred feet long and' la places, thirty,
feet de*p hrt covered thq track,
The slide which, occurred at mile'
fifteen brought down with it great
masses of pock, and' the rotary snow
plow, grinding into it, was bo badly J
crippled it was necessary to return
it to the ghop$ for repairs before j
it lould be used to cut through tko
great heaps of snow and d'obj-ie. j
When a sQiile of this kind1 occurs, i
men ar» sent out to prospect for
rocks to prevent injury to the big
wheel which, cuts through the snow,
buf. as this; was so very deep the
rocks were not found, and the re
sult was that when the immense ma
chine was hurled at the obstructing
mass, it caime up with a solid' wall
r>f rock and some of the flanges of
the wheel were torn off and; others
badly bent thus rendering it unfit
to cut its way through.
It is thought that the plow can
be sufficiently repaired' today) to
pel mil it being: sent cut tomorrow,
when another try at the slide will be
made, and if successful a train will
i>e run. '
Seattle, May 10. — The steam
ship Northwestern of the Alaska
Steamship company sailed fiom this
port yesterday; afternoon a t one
o'clock for Anchorage and' Westward
Alaska points, and way ports of call,
and will call at Skagway for the
first time this season.
From- this time until the fall
schedule goes into effect the steam
#WPB Northwestern, Alameda and j
Alaska will call at Skagway north
bound-.
Passengers sailing on the North- |
western yesterday for Skagway are: I
Mrs. W. Waechter, M. M. Stepovich.
and wife. J. T. Bradley, John Glenn,
W. A. Gilbert, A. W. Swanson, H.
B. Parkin, O. J. Munson, James
Pearson. G. L. Larson, H. Long
land, S. J. Fowler, H. D. Paulson.
Hans Skol, A. E. Munson and eight:
Orientals,
The boat has a large crowd on '
boar>' whichj includes sixteen men i
for the Adr«*fslcy cannery.
3ubM(ib« tor The Daily Alaskan,
NORTH DAKOTA MAN TO
SI MMER IX IDITAROP
Jerrv Ford and John Nixon, Idita
rod p'.acer miners, were arrrivals ia
Skagwsy on the Humbold't, etiroute
to Iditarodl .They were accom
panied by Earl Ford, a nepievvl of
tile elder Ford ,and' wJios© home is
in North Dakota, where his father
owns a large wheat farm near the
famous Grandin and' Dalrymple
farms that were the largest farms
in the II. S. in the early eighties.
Mr. Ford says these farms have
been cut up into smaller tracts, the
largest one not being more than
three sections, or about ninteen
hundred' acres.
Earl Ford will spend the summer
with his uncle and then return in
Lime tc allow his two brothers to
foiu up and. go "over there'' and
help lick the kaiser.
Urover Winn, who has been in
Skagway on legal matters for the
sast ff-w days, returned to hig home
n Juneau on the Humboldt yester"
lay. i'J
Assistant District Attorney Sterve
Ragan was a passenger for Jumeau'
)u the Humboldt yesterday where
le will remain for a few days be
'ore continuing on to his office in
Ketchikan. ' ■ f