OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted u second class mail matter
July I. 1893, at the Poatoftlee
at 8ka*way, Alaska.
L. S. Keller, Publisher.
Subscription Rates.
One mouth by mall 75
One moo Lb by carrier 1.00
Thrae Months by mall 2.20
Biz months by mall 4.60
One year by mall 9.00.
Subscriptions and advertisement
received by:
Bennett News Co. .. Whltehorse, Y.
E. W. Gideon Car cross, Y. T.
X. L. Plllman Atlln, B. C.
B. A. Barnett Haluee, Alaska
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE FORE
MOST AMERICAN.
Today the one hundred and first
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln, certainly the most loved and
probably the greatest all around pub
lic man that America has produced.
Washington and other presidents have
perhaps equalled Lincoln in states
manship and Intellect, but as a MAN
this loveable. many sided gaunt rail
splitter is shrined first in the hearts
of his countrymen.
The story of Lincoln's life is known
to every school child, the rise from
poverty to power, from obscurity to
* eminence. Other of our great m n
have forged their way to the front
in a somewhat similar manner, but
in so doing they have worn off the
rough edges of their Lumanlty and
left their ideals on the road. That is
the most of them. With Lincoln it
was different.
Though a politician, he eschewed
the "practical" policies that are now
so prevalent in public life; honored
and esteemed by all he never
thought himself above the associates
of his earlier years. He tempered
justice with mercy; yet never in the
trying times of the Civil War did he
vacillate or weaken.
His most single dominant quality
was that of spirituality. Always he
preserved a lofty cahu auiitl the trou
ble and turmoil that marked his term
in the White House. Always he saw
above the little petty cares and strife
and marked the larger, ultimate is
sue. As a mariner lays his course
by a distant beacon light, so did Ab
raham Lincoln shape his career and
hold undeviatingly to the higher
ideals that were his guides, unbaffled
by the storms that sought to draw
him astray.
Destiny gave him the task of hold
ing firm the helm of the ship of state
during the most critical period of the
life of the American republic. How
well he performed his task is test
ified to today by a united nation.
It is history.
The good men do lives after them.
Lincoln has left a priceless legacy to
the American people through the ex
ample of his lofty and blameless life.
Through the mist of years that even
now is hiding most of the figures of
his time he shines like a star of hope.
As years go by he will loom even
larger in perspective. His life's his
tory is a sermon: his name an inspir
ation.
Such was the man whom America
honors on this day.
THE CAVALRY.
NOW. look away, you doughboy men.
an' stick to them trenches tight.
Peek. If you wanter. over yer dirt
an' ?ee a purty tight.
Look to yer cinches, one an' all.
Here goes th' flghtln' crew.
Hoo-kl! Hang onter yer hat? th" caval
ry's cornln' through!
U'? rat-tlty*tat on th' dusty road!
Here's where the devil '11 git a load?
Hoo-kl, an' th' air Is blue
Wlvsn th* cavalry's comln' through!
There's some wot like th' doughboy lire.
some likes th' battery.
Horn* Is stuck on th' engineers? for mine
th" cavalry.
With yer legs a-straddle a good ole horse
?a horse wot s kind and true.
Then's It's hoo-kl! Hang onter yer hat?
th' cavalry's comln' through!
Clackety-clack. spit out th' dust,
Foller yer leader if you bust?
Wn-oW'Wov! There's a hullabaloo
When th' cavalry's comln' through.
This "light on fe?t" ain't Just my style:
feel safer on a horse.
When I feel him quiver beneath my knees
an' th' captain shows th' course.
Stag, gun In hand, an' a yell In iny teeth.
then I knows what ter do.
Hoo-yl! Hang onter yer hat? th' caval
ry's comln' through!
Ta-ta-ra th' bugle sings
Feels '? 'f you was on wings?
Yee-ow-ow! An' then wa-hoo
When th' cavalry's comln' through!
?Alfred Oamon Runyon.
Good cHeer and hospitality at all
timet prevail at tha Board of Trade.
Plant* That Mimic Stones.
In South Africa thorp Is found a
plant of the genus Mesembryauthe
mum, growing on stony ground, which
so closely resembles a pebble that it Is
Invariably taken by the stranger to be
a stone.
Another species of the same plant
growlug on the hills round the Karoo
produces two leaves about as large as
ducks' eggs, having a surface resem
bling weathered stone of brownish
grny color, tinged with green. These
plants look like stones, but for a short
time they put forth bright yellow flow
ers. Still another species of the same
plaut resembles the quartz pebbles
among which it grows ? New York
Tribune.
Nono better or purer than Gibson
Rye and Val Biatz Boer. Orders
by Phone promptly delivered.
Tho Mascot.
The Title He Wanted.
Two young men who hod been
chums at college went abroad togeth
er. One conscientiously wanted to vis
It every spot mentioned lu the guide
books; the other was equally conscien
tious about having a hilarious time.
This naturally led to disagreements.
In the course of one of theae the lover
of pleasure said tauntingly:
"Perhups you are doing theso places
so thoroughly because you are going
to write a book about your trip."
"I should," replied the other prompt
ly. "If Robert Louis Stevenson hadn't
preempted the title I want to use."
"What's that?"
"'Travels With a Donkey.'"? New
i'ork Tribune.
TOR SALE.? A National Caah Reg
ister In good condition. Inquire at
this office. tf.
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It's Important!
This matter of writing paper. ?
Don't experiment. Use the paper
that everybody knows is correct.
It Is "Made in Berkshire" by
EATON, CRANE <& PIKE
and we carry it la many styles.
WILLIAM BRIH, *
Druggist
Skagway
Established 1897 Telephone 112
Phil. Abrahams
Real Estate and
Fire Insurance
Agent for Dubuque Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Dubuque Iowa
^ Washington Fire Ins. Co., Seattle, Wash.
| NOTARY PUBLIC SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Don t Have Cold Feet! ?uy a xy.arm Pair ?'
Lined Moccasins to
wear while you are fixing the Fires the cold winter mornings
They will keep you comfy.
New Christmas Novelties / Jy/inOV f /-?
Kodaks and Supplies I UJJtZ I Ot UU.
LEATKD AND LIGH i ED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
UJbiic Pass fiotel
P. D McMillan, Manager
Eargest and best appointed fiotel in tbt Vuhon
OHO.CE BAR STOCK flHKUm, V. t
RATES MODERATE
4?
HEADQUARTERS FOR FIRST CLASS CAFE
ATLIN-CONRAD STAGE IN CONNECTION
CHOICE BAR STOCK
Caribou Hotel
E. w. GIDEON, Proprietor
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Por~r~oe V T T
FURNACE HEATED UdlUrU00| I . I ? V
MOORE'S WHRRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Deoart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1909
Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishable* ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight s lipmects destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. custom#
office) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE? Tolls win oe collected on Checked Baggage Only. No
charge for batrs and crips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will bo clo* -:d to the public when steamsr la nearing
dock and will be open jd only when passengers have disembarked
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. E. J. SHAW RESIDENT, MANAGER
*
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE N.5. 22.
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound
1st class
8 30 a. m. Leaves
10 00 "
11 00 "
11 30 "
1 30 p. m.
3 45 " Arrives
Arrives
SKAC UAY
WHITE PASS
LOG ABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITE HORSE
Passengers must be at dopo J In time to have Baggage Inspect
ed and checked. Inspection Is stopp d 30 minutes before leaving time of
train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket
Leaves
No. 2. S. Bound
1st class
3 20 p. m.
1 45 "
12 42 "
12 10 "
10 25 a. m.
8 15 "
nanainmxttta ,
CLEAR, CRISP, CALM
The result ot the observation taltoci
at Moore wharf at midnight, Feb. 11,
Lt?10, la as follows
Temperature time obaorvat'n 30 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours 38 above
Mill " " " " 30 above
Mean " " " " 43 above
Barometer 30 30
Cloudy ar.d Calm
INTERIOR WEATHER.
White hoi so 17 below
Lower Lebarge 10 ,,
Atlin 12 "
Hootalinqua 2 8 "
Big Salmon "
Yukon Crossing....'. 20 "
Selkirk 24 "
ColTee Creek '?
Stewart 20 ?'
Ogilvie 24 "
Duwsjn 17 "
Forty Mile
Our Christmas Poultry, Oysters,
etc., will arrivo on the Cot
tage City, and as usual, our stock of
Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Chickens and
Oysters will be the very choicest to
bo found in any markot in tho North.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
French Briar Pipes, Meerschaum
Pipes, Cigar Cases and Tobacco
Pouches at TONY DORTERO'S.
Come in or phone orders for Gibsoi
Rye and Val Blatz Beer; delivered to
your home by The Mascot.
B. B. B. pipes need no description
and can only be had at TONY DOR
TERO'S.
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
Carrying U. S. -Mtill
For Haines, Homers i:*y, Ji menu,
Hoonn, Ttnakec, Sitka Lid W"a>port8
3
February 6, 12, 18, 24
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. 1JOUULITON, Agent
3roaJwav anil Fifth Ave. ''hone 00
U. S Mail Steamer
H
Carrying Passengers and Mall will
leave Skagway fur Haines
Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M.
FARE ONE WAY $1.50: BOUND TRIP S2.50
BOAT CAN BE CHARTERED FOR
EXCURSION'S SUNDAYS AND
EVENINGS
Cable Code "Hegg" Phone 86
SKAGWAY
ELFCTUIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
STEAMERS FOR
'^Seattle, Tacoma
Victoria, Vancouver, Anicorto, Bdlir.j>heip |
Everett, Olympic, Port Townsend, South
BdLigham, Eurcia, Santi Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los AngeSes, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS. G. A. P. D. C. D. DUNANN, G. P. A.
1 13 Jamei St., Seattle I !2 Market St., San Francuco
Right reierved to changa t!i!? SchecJulo
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
S. S. COTTAGE CITY
February 6-19 March 3-15-27
FRANK H. STUART Agent, 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Vr/!cfr U S. Mull ard Alaska Psclfic Expreu
? ext sillri^ of tbo Fast Por.Ror.per Steamer
0 S. S JEFFERSON
February 11th -24th
l
: rany ri-B- P3 right to change gallinp date without notice1!
C. B. OUPTILL, Agent. Phone 66
!TJ6S55>r^Kt< "2T. ?'
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
_
Schedule of Sailings From Skagway
Ssch,p.w PRINCESS MAY
FEBRUARY 11-25
Subject to chunerc witjout notice
For Vancouver. Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Kupert
Phon? 87 F. F. W . L.OWLE. ^ger?t
Jt
1
HI SS. Humboldt
Will Sail From
SEATTLE for Southeastern ALASKA Ports
February 17, 1910
RETURNING WILL SAIL FROM SKAGWAY
February 21, 1910
u
Sailing date subject to change without notice.
SEATTLE OFFICE W. W. BOUGHTON,
103 YESLER WAY phone 90AGT. 5r-& Broadway ^
Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Ror?e, Big Salmon, Dtwson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placercnmps in the Alsek?nd Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the wintor season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skaev.-ay and White Horse. A through Mail, Pa-sengrt* and Freight Serviee will bo maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between Whito Horse and Dawsoti.
Regular stages, carrying mall, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quaitz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains, to Caribou.
Fi' information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to'
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B, C.
A L. ItKKDOE, Gen. Mngr. F, B. WURZPACHER Gen Agen
Vncconver B C. and Rkaguay, Alsskn Skaguay, Alaska