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PLAN'S FOR FOBTLAND
ALASKA STEAMSHIP UXE
Portland Telegram, Sept. 17:
Backed by shippers and other lead
in* business interests of the city a
new steamer line, it ts- rumored, is
about to be established between
Portland and points in Southeastern
Alaska. It is stated the plans are
Tor the inauguration of the service
during the latter part of the fall
or early winter. Latt>r the steam
ers may be sent as far north as
Cordova. Because of railroad build
ing business in that section of
Alaska is expected to be unusually
brisk ttie coming season.
The report has it that several
vessels have been purchased, or the
deals practically have been closed,
to be placed on the run between
here and Southeastern Alaska. One
or two of them, it is intimated, will
have passenger accommodations.
Throughout the year there is more
or less travel back ami forth to
that section, while Portland mer
chants are sending goods up there
at frequent intervals under the
present handicap of shipping via
Seattle. Even by this method it is
declared, they have been able to
compete successfully, in a measure,
■with the Sound merchants.
When given assurance which will
satisfy them of the permanency of
the line and of its being able to
provide a regular schedule, it ii
claimed that the Alaskans will give
it most liberal support. In fact,
it is through their efforts largely.
It is htld, that a decision to es
tablish the line was reached, sine*
some of the business men of the
north long have been dissatisfied
with the system which makes them
dependent almost wholly upon Seat
tie to furnish them what supplies
they ^e>d.
Just now many or me *"•
the north are stocking up for the
winter. Later heavy shipments will
sent to the numerous salmon
canneries, whose patronage alone,
it Is believed, would go a long way
toward keeping the line on a pay
ing basis. In order to give the
right sort of service it is contend
ed tha it will be necessary to place
at least three steamers on the
rout". As long as the run does not
extend further than southeastern
Alaska it is calculated that this
■number of vessels would fee capable
of giving a weekly service.
GIANT CABBAGE HEAD
COMES FROM SKAGWAY
battle Times, Sept. 20: The Al
aska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday received
a thirty pound cabbage grown
in Skaffwiy, which was firs*; prize
winner at the annual Skagway hor
ticultural fair, held on September
II. The cabbage was grown by C
O. Walker, who sent sui explanatory
note stating that he produced fifty
cabbages of practically this same
weight.
The exhibition at Skagway this
year was considered one of the
most successful fairs ever held
in the North, according to reports.
Cabbages weighing more than eigh
teen pounds, potatoes of two and
on< -half pounds in weight, eight
pound beets, raspberry vines eleven
feet high, rhubarb as thick as an
ordinary fence rail, and cucumbers
nearly as large as small water
melons, were among the wonderful
spcciracnts exhibited. H. I). Clark
exhibited twenty-seven different
varieties of vegetables grown in
his garden.
The flower exhibit this year was
more beautiful than ever, looms
of many varieties and shades were
shown. The fair was arranged by
the people of Skagway and is an
annual event.
"POWERFUL JOE." IS
AGAIN IN THE TOILS
Port Angeles, Wash., Sept. 30
Joe Houston, an Alaska mining man
and known in the north as "Power
ful Jo?," was sentenced here last
week to serve a term of from
one tj twenty years for forgery.
Houston has secured the service of
a prominent Seattle attorney and
has taken an appeal. He was re
leased on heavy bail.
Houston is reported to have he
come short of funds to swing his
mining deals and used the names
o» his associates 'n th« enterprises
to secure funds on stock in his
companies. He is sail to have been
In trouble for similar offenses be
fore coming to Port Angeles, where
he has been exploiting timber lands
in which several Alaskans are in
terested.
People Say To Us
"I cannot eat this or that food, it docs
not agree with me." Our advice to
all of them is to take a
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before and after each.meal. 25c a box.
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Don't go fishing without good
Mas. Trout are taking the fly
tbtse fine days, and you'll find the
greatest assortment of good files ii
t "vu at Keller Bros. Drug Co. A
few favorite ones we Bam#: Yel
low Jacket, Montreal, Governor
I red ;ip) Grey Hackle, Black
Hackle. Governor Black Hackle
ipeacock body). Black Gnat, Grey
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'Jrey Hackle (gre»n body) White
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THE GREEN:
MANIKIN
A Story With "Heart
Interest"
By AGNES G. BROGAN
When David Bronson heard an Amer
ican speaking voice In that Uttle far
away Parisian restaurant an emotion
that was surprising surged within him.
"So this was what had been the trou
ble of late, this the cause of his un
finished book—homesickness, pure old
fashioned homesickness."'
Long ago, as a lad, he had realized
this desperate feeling. Now the sound
of that familiar tougue brought back
a longing to be "among his own" which
was almost unbearable, back again in
[ "little old New York," for from her nc
ceut the speaker had also lived In that
[ vicinity. Brousou whirled about to
look at her. Demure and unaware of
admiring glances, she sat at a nearby
i table, "conspicuously simple" in her
close fitting black suit and turban,
j Bronson struggled against an uncon
trollable desire to hear again that soft
I voicing of his mother tougue. then with
a muttered, "May IV" sank into a seat
i at the opposite side of the table. The
: restaurant being unduly crowded, his
intrusion was calmly taken for grant
j ed. Happily absorbed, he gazed at the
lovely, downcast face of his companion,
J and she, glancing up at last, smiled. A
frank, engaging smile it was, like that
of a friendly child.
| "The salt?" Bronson asked politely,
, while the girl's smile deepened.
"So you, too, are American," she said.
All the penttip longings of the man's
home yearning soul broke forth at her
question.
"American—J'es, no answereu, unu
If you could but kuow tlie Joy It gives
me merely to be again lu the presence
of (in American! ! might have sought
out my countrymen here, I suppose,
but"—he laughed shortly—"I did not
recognize my need until I beard your
voice." *
The girl leaned impulsively forward.
"I know." she breathed. "Oh, I know!
For weeks I've been fighting off the
desire to go back. Sometimes It was
almost too strong for me. I've got to
stay here, you see. I must, until"—
"Until," he prompted gently. The
girl drew back, continuing her meal.
"Until I make good." she answered
quietly.
"Student?" the man questioned. She
nodded her head.
"There are so many of us." she said
ruefully, " 'would be' artists, musicians
—mostly failures!"
"And you?"
The girl's low laughter ended In n
wry smile. "I'm nn art failure," she
replied, with a shrug of the shoulders.
Bronson's quick glance was sympa
thetic.
"Perhaps not," ho encouraged. "Bet
ter stick It out a little longer and see."
She arose, drawing 011 her gloves, and
stood looking now on the gloves, now
on hiui.
"I Intend to," she answered brightly.
With visible regret the author also
arose.
"I'ardon the boldness of a fellow
American," he entreated, "but may I
uot hope to see you again?" *
"Why not?" the girl carelessly re
sponded. "1 dine here every day."
So it happened that the small table
beneath the window came quite natu
rally to be a place of meeting, a place
for the exchange of simple confidences,
for comforting recollections of home
beloved scenes and home happy times.
To the man this one hour was a sort of
panacea for all the trials of a troubled
day. About It his dreams centered as
a reward for nightly hours of writing.
And the girl's open pleasure In these
meetings was a constant growing joy.
"Do you know," she asked In her in
genuous way, "1 cannot get over the
idea that 1 have known your face be
fore? It was strangely familiar from
the first, anil yet"—
Tlieu Davia lironson know tuat Ills
hour of announcement hail coino. It
hud been a gratifying thing to hide
for n time from the paths of fame and
to feel that his unknown personality
had itowers of Its own to awaken In
terest and pleasure. With a sigh he
drew forth his card and placed It be
fore her.
"David B. Biouson," the girl read
aloud, while recollection widened In
her eyes.
"Not," she said In a tone of awe—
"not David Brouson, the author?"
He nodded abruptly.
"And you are writing a book over
here," she went on slowly, "a book
with a French setting perhaps and one
of your wonderful American heroines?"
"The heroine," he confessed, "proves
a disappointment. She is so exactly
what she seems to- be—commonplace,
no human heart Interest."
The girl turned wearily aside. His
admission of greatness seemed all at
once to put him far from her presump
tion of friendship.
"Look about you," she said. "You'll
find human heart stories among us
alL"
Bronson got hastily into his coat.
"Just this once," he begged, "allow me
to walk with you."
Heretofore this request had been re
fused. Now the girl deliberated.
"You mAy come." she agreed.
Down the sunlit narrow street they
went, crowds jostling her slim figure
against thp shelter of hio arm—on
through poorer districts and poorer un
til where tho limit of dingy shabblness
seemed to have been reached tho girl
paused.
"There"—she pointed nt the top of
the tenement—"Is my home."
"Homer* the man breathed con
temptuously; then, with wondering
pity he repeated the word, "Home!'*
"Goodby," said the girl and extended
her hand.
"Goodby until tomorrow," reminded
the man, his smile unchanged.
Smiling, too, she went up the narrow
stair, but when tomorrow came she was
absent from her place nt the restaurant
table. An atmosphere of unaccountable
cheerlessness pervaded the sunny niche
near the window. Bronson fretted
Impatiently at the girl's delay. He
had Intended to Inquire today ^more
particularly Into her manner of liv
ing. His night hud been troubled and
wakeful at the thought of her bright
presence, braxtyng the struggle for ex
istence. What sacrifice find deprivation
might she not be undergoing for . a
dream of art which might be no more
than a dreamt This, at least, his own
knowledge could decide for her if she
would come. But the opposite chair
remained vacant
"Mademoiselle comes not today," the
garrulous waiter remarked. "Made
moiselle, the green manikin,' is ab
l sent"
Bronson sat up with a start
"Mademoiselle who?" he asked rath
er sharply.
"She who dines with you," the
waiter lmperturbably replied, "made
moiselle who is what you call 'manikin'
or model for the great modiste. Surely
monsieur has heard of the green man.
ikln from Franquetta's."
Yes, Bronson had heard, remembered
having seen the model pictured in
Franquetta's window, a graceful figure
clad always in garments soft tinted as
the ocean's foam, and the model was
his frank faced student—she of the
tenement room. The two seemed lr
reconcilable.
Abruptly he left his untasted meal; a
satirical smile curled his Hps. So his
sympathy had all been wasted, Im
posed upon. The green model of Fran
quetta's was evidently in no need of
nity.
For n moment he hesitated before
the glittering letters of the modiste's
sign, then passed Into the miniature
theater. Before the parted eurtnln he
waited, watching tensely the girlish
figure framed in the gleaming lights.
Clnd in bright green from shoulder to
satin heel stood the girl whose appeal
ing presence had so deeply stirred his
henrt.
Mechnnically. automatically. like
some mnnlktn In a play, she moved
across the brilliant stage, displaying
to nn admiring audience the beauties |
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Whit® Paaa Lodge
F. k A. M. No. US
meet* 2d anC 4th
Fri. Br'ga. of each
mouth. VlslUafc brokers are wel
come Phil Abraham*, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wbneler, W. M.
u. p. o. ELKS
Blcagway Lodge
Va 431. B. P. 0.
E. meets first
and third Thure
' day evenings at
8:30 .o'clock. Vte
i.jup trotners cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
KmtenuU Order
Eatfes—
Skaffway Aerie
N'o. 26, Frater
■al Order of
vigies mseuj me nre: ana mira
Wednesday nlijht of oacb month at
t-heir hall on Fifth arenue. Visiting
brothers cordially iarited to attend.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alister, Secretary.
Arctic BmthertHiod.—
Camp Sfcagway No. 1
A, B. meets ©retry sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 p
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ly welcome. A. J. Achesoa, Arctic
Chief, W R. Hlllery. Arotlo Re
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