I The
Route of
; Comfort,
Speedy
Service
Safety,
During he winter season of 1913-14 our regular train service
will i : .iiataiued North and South boi.t-d betweeB Skaguay
aud WUi'e Hor^e, every T«iosday and Friday.
Winter Stage Service
betv :i White Horse aii ' !>nvsou will r>e »n regular operation
aifor.!'.:g our patrons maximum of Comfort aud Safety.
The V.'hittt 1'iss &. Yukon Kuute will maintain an efficient
freijia and passenger stag« service from White Horse, Yukou
Territory, via Lake Kluane to the _ . ,;_j]
Chisana Gold Fields
This U the only safe and-saue route to H.e new diggings, and
we wi 1 gladly answer all inquiries. —We v»ill also operate a
frei<>jt service up the White Kiver and curry a full line of
g oceriet ai.d feed at mou th of White River. These supplies
can be obtained by prosp ectors at reasoiifible prices.
for full information api'ly to
il. Wheeler, J. E. L/einpsey,
Supt. Mail Service Dept., Traffic Manager,
White Horse, Y. T. 613 Second Ave., Seattle.
8 White Pass &YukonRou*e
'1'Ulii IALii.K No. Uli.
Tues luj anil Friday.
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8: :-i! a. m. I eaves
11:00 "
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p. nu
4:15 "
WHITfc, JMSf
LOG CABLN
BENXETT
CARIBOU
W H1TEHO liS K
No. S? S. I? "«;kJ
lbt class
Arrives 3:110 j>. in.
Leaves 1:15 "
" 12: IT "
" 12:13 "
" 10:25 a. Hi.
weaves 8:15 "
xust t" .it depots In Hue t* have Baggage inspector
a i .-.3; .:: c j stoppod 3u raini:to3 before loaviDg tluic of
• ' \
:o <c :3 of La^:."ge will be chocked free with each fall tar*
tlcie -.ad > pounds with ench ha'.l far^ ticket.
IV'core's Wharf
WHARFINGERS AND
" WAREHOUSEMEN
Phones 11 or L23
s Arrive and Depart From fhk Wharf
v.Jisc $1.00 per ton. Weight or measurement
>r k ; ana Cattle 75 c per head. Sheep and Hogs 25c per head.
,. i ' I p-'r Thousand feet. Board Measure.
AH Ba per pice.
No V. •. ta^e Cha ce on Baggage Unchecked.
NUT C. \L REDUCED TO $9.00 BULK-$10.00 SACKED.
War-.
epca
-Regulations June 1. 1913—
for delivery of merchandise from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
—Wharfage Tasjff—
jUHU BiE^ING i MA1J1K0 tD • 1
lUTTU.WUN.
v T
For
Sale
In
Sks^ w ay
At AM
First
Class
Bars
B M. BEHRENDS,Banker
Juneau, • Alaska
C LT3LST BANK IN ALASKA
Respectfully Solicits The Accounts ^
of Skagway Firms Aud Iudiyidaals.
THE ONLY
ONE LEFT
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1313, by Associated Lit
erary Press.
I was only fourteen years old when
I made tlie voyage from London to
Klo* ou board tlie Duchess, having a
crew of fourteen, all told. At Wo we
loaded green coffee for Australia. We
got away with a fair wind and every
body in perfect health, and our run to
the east, until we had sighted Inac
cessible Maud and left it a hundred
utiles- astern, was something to boast
of. Then came a dead tlat calm, which
lasted for eleven days. Ou the fifth
day of the calm two men were sud
denly stricken with a strange ailment
They were reported slob at S o'clock
in the morning: by 2 p. 111. both wero
dead: at ti o'clock a third man was
taU'ju down and lived only two hours.
Uiitu euil'ee will sometimes breed
fever on a long, hot voyage, but the
syit.'ilfins ltf these ineu were so
si;v.i,'-e that some other explanation
luid to be lookiyl for. No one was at
tack .1 Vi the sixth day. but ou the
seventh lite captain, sertitid mate and
a common sailor all came down at
oner The lirst complaint was dryness
of tlie tongue. That was followed in
half an hour by loss of sight and other
senses ami before noon all were dead.
Uu the night of the seventh day a
sailor wlii/ had lain down on the deck
in perfect health and soundly slum
bered for three hours awoke with a
pa. In'd tongue, lie ilid not wait to
die as others hail done, but groped his
wa\ Mie ship's side and dropped
from the rail into the sea. He was
the s ,.ih wl ■ Ita I died, and the living
wore | uiie stricken.
We hrd now lost nearly hair out
crew, iinil the ship lay heaving oq the
gl»f.s.\ sea vuilioiit sign that the calm
was c.'er to oe broken. On the moru
ing of the eighth ilay there was a bet
ter fee 1 utr. h iwever. At noon every
man aio a hearty dinner. An boui
later four wen were taken down at
almost the same moment, and the
symptoms were uiore violent than in
any of the preceding cases. There
v s no I i.il of the bodies: they wen
-imply thrown overboard as soon s>s
life li.i l deparied. When this had been
flivomiilislKtl. the mate called the liv
ing around iiiui and said there war1
no louser any hope that any man
would be spared. The captain's gi^
itMtld be got at handily, and in cast
we wanted to take it and pull awn J
from tlie ship he would help to get bet
in the water. The two jailors weti
eager to get olt. but my tnind was
ijuieUly made up to remain with Mr
'Merwin.
When the mate and I were left
hlone ho wrote up his log book ano
also prepared two statements, which
he sealed up and east overboard. That
night when 1 went to sleep the bark
. w.,s heaving about on the ground swell
in the - line monotonous way, and Mr
Merwin sat at the table In the cabin
reading a book. 1 slept the night
through without a break, and it was
sunrise when 1 turned out. I looked
into the mate's stateroom, but saw
that he had not been to bed.^ I ran on
dee!;, but he was nowhere to be seen
1 called him and begun a search, and j
it was a full hour before 1 gave up j
and realized that he was not in the
ship. What had happened during the
night i could only surmise. He bai>
u-'t wakened me nor left a message.
When 1 fully realized that I wan'
uloin* aboard of the ship J was so ter- j
ritied that 1 hid away it) the cabin for]
several hours.
Things were not at ail clear to me
until t • morning of the eleventh day
or the calm. Then 1 awoke to find my
self tee.iitg" ns well as ever in my life
and ran on deck to lind signs of change
in the weather. 1 knew how to make
a suual of distress of the Luglish llag.
aud. although there was no wiud. I ran
the bunting aloft
il was :: o'clock in the afternoon be
fore the tirst catspaws began playing
over the glassy surface of the sea. but
in the eiunse of half an hour a steady
breeze set in from the north, and the
bark went drifting away before it.
During the next live days and nights
the breeze blew from every point of
tin' compass except the east, but did
not rise to a gale nor create a heavy
sea. I had little to do except to cook
nv meals and go a loft to look for sails,
but 1 made as much work for myself
as I could and did not permit my mind
ii : ,ee.i on the present or future. Ou
lit" seventh or eighth day of my lone
line s at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and
while the bark was drifting to the cast
un-'.er a light breeze 1 went aloft and
made out a sail to the north, a second
to the south and a third to the west
The first two were too far away to
hope for assistance. The third was
coaiing up aud must pass me close.
Stic was but a speck ou the horizon
when i made her out. but two hours
inter 1 had her in plain sight, and at 5
o'clock she was up with me. She prov
ed to be the ship Amazon of Liverpool,
bovud for the Cape with poldiers and
e dgranfa. aud a crew was put aboard
of the derelict, aud she beaded for
t:i t port in eotupany. Ship and cargo
\vi re worth a big sum of money, but i
was not entitled to a dollar of salvage.
There were those who even said I
ought to be thankful ovec my escape
from the epidemic, let alone the ques
tion of a reward. I "had to tell the
story over and over again, make affi
davits. go into court and sign papers,
and I may tell you that before I got
through playing the hero I was dis
gusted with the whole business and
hoping nothing of the sort would ever
occur again.
WATCHES THE CLOUDS.
One Now Yorker's Easy and Well
Paid, but Important, Job.
There is one mini In New York who
would seem to hold an easy and unique
Job From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 he puts In
his whole time watching for clouds
from Hie top of one of the tallest sky
serapers. fie does nothing el.se. Is well
paid If he performs his duty vigilantly
and has no one to l>oss or hustle hiui
nfounU— except the clouds. For tools
be works with a telescope, and he can
smoke read poetry or do what hb
pleases, provided he keeps his weather
eye keenly peeled for the first sigr. of
a storm clouil sweeping down the Hud
son. On that rests his whole job, for
should a thunderstorm catch hiui nap
ping it would mean a serious strain on
the leading electric light and power
company.
In no other city but New York do
conditions make for such a contingen
cy Owing to the compact construction
of the huge blocks of downtown sky
scrapers an enormous amount of elec
tric light Is suddenly demauded when
ever the sky becomes darkened. Thou
sands of bulbs are simultaneously
switched on. At nightfall this need
for light is easily calculated, but no
certain provision can be made against
the sudden overshadow of a storm
cloud other than by stationing a look
out man on the top of a skyscraper.
Consequently when he sees a cloud
sweeping down the Hudson or advanc
ing from any other direction It Is his
business to watch its approach care
fully.
Therein he must use a bit of Judg
ment If it is liki'ly to sweep clear of
the city he need not bother about it
Hut should he reckon it will pass over
Manhattan It is his business to tele
phone the chief power station a warn
ing that a storm cloud is coming. At
once a red light glows in the engine
room, and the stokers hustle to shovel
coal into the furnaces. Presently the
huge generators revolve at greater
speed to supply the emergency demand
for electricity. Thus when the thou
sands of lights are switched on down
town few are likely to guess how the
sudden Qpll for light has been met
Meanwhile the cloud watcher is In
no fear that a mechanical device will
deprive him of his Job, for the weather
instrument that can record just the di
rection a cloud will take in sweeping
on toward Manhattan is yet in the dim
future of invention.—New York Trib
une. v
Course of tho Panama Canal.
There is n somewhat popular delu
sion about the I'anamu canal—to wit,
that the course from Colon, ou the
Caribbean or Atlantic side of the isth
mus, to Panama, ou the Pacific side, is
from east to west Of course the At
lantic Is at the east and the Pacific is
at the west, but the isthmus is very
crooked and at this point tends from a
little south of west *o uorth of east,
and Colon Is actually farther west
than Panama. As a result the canal
runs from north-northwest to south
southeast. -ud on reaching the Pacific
one finds himself farther east than he
was when he left the Atlantic. Queer,
isn't it. to go westward by going east
ward? But it's a geographical fact, ail
the same, which few realize Until they
study the map.—New York Tribune.
Canine Etiquette.
In their relations one with another
dogs have u keen sense of etiquette.
I'tiless they arc on very intimate terms
they take great pains never to brush
against or even touch one another.
For one dog to step over another Is a
dangerous breach of etiquette unjess
they are specialfrieuds. It is no un
common thing for two dogs to belong
to the same person aud live in the
same house and yet never take the
slightest notice of each other. We
have a spaniel so dignified that he will
never permit another member of the
dog family to pillow his head upon
him. but with the egotism of a true
aristocrat he does not hesitate to make
use of the other dogs for that purpose.
—Ilenry C. Merwiu in Atlantic.
extra good program at thi;
MOVIES TOXIGHT.
Olympia Beer on draught at t'ne
Board of Trade. This famous brew,
both on draft tnd in bottles, is kept
constantly fresh. This is the Board
of Trade Bar where the celebrated
Rainier Beer is also kept in bot
tles. tf.
nuc*; or coal reduced.
Moores. wharf is now selling nut
coal for only $9.00 per ton bulk,
($10.00 sacked) excellent range
coal. fit.
—Notice to —
PROSPECTORS
Parties iatending to go pros
pecting or hunting in the in
terior, will find it to their in
terest to write
CAM SMITH
Whltehorse, 1*. T.
For Information.
Mr. Smith has all kinds of
power boats from four horse
power to fifteen which he
will sell or rent at reasonable
rates.
Automobile Stage daily from
Whitehorse to the Atlas min
Start the
New Year
With A
Wlien you see a choice lot of
photographs which have been col
lected by some friend, does it
not create a desire on your part to
do likewise?
You can take all the pictures you
want with a "kodak", and the "Ko
dak" way is the only way.
Whether it l>e school boy or
school girl or the most sedate of
"grown-ups" there's always a fas
cination in picture taking and it's so
simple by the Kodak system that
anybody can take good pictures from
the start.
KODAKS, $6.00 and Up.
BROWNIE j M^"'n «he ) $1-00 to
CAMERAS j Factories
j $12.00
*
Keller Bros. Sksgway Agents
Fvirs. Qrlott King :: Proprietor
..RAW FURS..
Ship all your Raw Purs. Whalebone, Ivory, Ginseng.
Golden Seal Root, etc. to the
Moose Bay Fur & Trading Co.
TACOMA, WASH.
And receive the highest prices paid. Special personal attention
is givea to our sales and thorough satisfaction- is guaranteed.
Writs us for price list and any further . information.
References Fidelity Trust Co, Bankers.
RAW FURS
WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
WRITE FOR PRICE LIST
Percey's Fur Ifcse
Oshko.'h, - Witcontiu
SHIP YOUR
MINNEAPOLIS, - MINN.
W he ior Circular —
Alaska Furs a Specialty
Very Top Prices Paid.
Make - Trial - Shipment
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. P. SEEMAX, Prop.
'THE SANITARY MILK RfiNCH"
The largest and best con
ducted dairy in Alaska.
Daily shipments of pure
milk and cream to all points
on White Pass & Yukon
Route.
You make a mistake if
you do not stop at
THE
Pullen House
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Femcus for its Home Cooking,
Viilk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da>rv,
Fresh Eggs, etc5
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN, Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
3imm steams&ip va
U. S. MAIL STEAMER
Juneau-Sitka Route
Lea?es Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp
sun, Teuakee, Killisnoo and Sit
a Nov. CO, Dec. G, 12, IS, 24, 30
lan. 5, 11, 17, 23, 29. Feb. 4,
L0, 16, 22, 28. Mar. 6, 12, 18,
4, 30.
Ju neau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juueau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
"kagway Nov. 28, Dec. 4, 1®, 16,
2, 28. Jan. 3, 9, 15, 21, 27. Feb.
8,~14, 20 26. March 4, 10, 16,
'2. 28.
WILLIS E. NO WELL. Manager.