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Official City Paper
L. 8. KELLER, PUBLISHER
SUBSOBIPriON RATES
On* week. dellrcroo by ?arrlor
On? month, by mall
fhr?? months, by naa*l
91x months, by mail
One year. by mall
WE ASK FOR A MAIL SERVICE AND GET
IN EXPLANATION INSTEAD
When the report ot the protest of the
people here touching the mall service
was sect to the Post- Intelligence that
paper sent an interviewer to the steam
ship companies. The "explanation"
which the steamship companies have
always had ready to prefect in place of
the mail service, was of course tender
ed?that they were "living up *o their
contract." This of course, everybody
up here, made familiar with the matter
through years of irritation and busi
busiuess embarrasment, was aware
of. They knew that the loose wording
of the contract permitted the Companies
a great deal of leeway ? choice in the
arrangement of their nallng dates? and
they knew that not merely for one
month or one winter but for two
winters they have consulted only their
own interests and wholly disregarded
those of the people they are supposed
to serve. It was a realization by the
people that they would be neglected to
the uttermost that the letter of the law
would permit and as long as it would
permit that at last resulted in the
mass meeting of the people to ask that
the contract oe amended so that It stip
ulate the intervals of the sailings that
are to bring us mail.
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The Pcst-Intelllgencer has tnis to
say editorially touching the matter:
ALASKA'S MAIL SERVICE
"The demand of eltizeos of Skagway
acd other points In Southeastern Alas
ka for better mall service between
those points and Seattle, Tacoma, Port
land and San Francisco, ought to be
heeded. If the companies engaged at
present in transporting the mails are
living up to the requirements of their
contracts, as they assert, steps should
be taKen to contract for a service more
satisfactory to the people of South
eastern Alaska.
"Prompt and efficient mail service is
a modero business essential. It ought
not to cost a great deal to give the Alas
kanothe kind of service they demana
a d need.
"If the companies now holding the
contracts are doing the best they can
withio the terms of the present agree
ments, the government should seek to
remedy the situation by concluding con
tracts which will make it possible for
the>e companies to give the kind of
service needed.
"The mail service between Alaska
and points in the states is not what It
ought to be. Last year Christmas was
celebrated in July in portions of Alaska
because of mail delays. Certainly it Is
possible to work out a more satisfac
tory plan in this behalf, The govern
ment should consider the demands of
Stfagway and all other communities in'
yolved in this Issue."
The good iatent of this editorial is
evident but where it a*ks that con
tracts be made that ?'will make It pos
sible for these companies to give the
kinl of servici needrd," It becomes
amusing. It is entirely POSSIBLE
under the present contracts, and tbe
intent of the contracts wis to give as a
good service. What Is necessary now
is that a contract be framed to make It
OBLIGATORY that we be given a
four day service.
6REETING TO SEATTLE
It was the Alaskan spirit that hit
Seattle yesterday? if anybody Is so cur
ious as to ask you. John P. Miller was
elected by a majority that just about
represents the number of Alaskans in
Seattle anJ these leavened the whole
lump so that victory was ea*y. John
F. Miller is as well known !n the north
as he is in Seattle. Accordingly.cn this
day after the election, Alaska sends
greeting. The city of the next big fair
has played an ace of trump. No one
can say but that Alaska has been very
gc od to Seattle in every way.
The Portland, Ore., Telegram, print
ing a report of tbe associated charities
of that city points out that 35 cents of
I
?very dollar used by the organization
goes to pay salaries and expenses? the
balance, 15 per cent., goes to the pur
pose to which It Was contributed. The
association works on tho theory that
charity begins at hose.
Score another for Alaska. Katalla
coal has made good ail that was claimed
for it. Id a test made recently, at the
Puget sound navy yard, at Bremerton,
it proved superior to any Pacific ccst
coal by from ten to twelve per cent.
THE QUARREL OF FRIENDS
Alas! they had been friends in youth:
Bui whispering tongues can poison
truth;
And constancy lives lo realms above;
And life is tborny; and youth is vain;
And to be wroth witb one we lovel
Doth work like madness in the brain.
Acd thus it chanced, as I divine,
With Roland and Sir Leollnc!
Kacb spoke words of high disdain
And insult to his heart's best brother;
They parted ne'er to meet again!
But never either found another
To free the hollow heart from panning.
Tbey stood aloot, the scars remaining,
Like cliffs which had been rent
asunder;
A dreary sea now flows between,
But neither beat nor frost, nor thunder
Shall wholly do away, I ween,
The marks of that which once hath
been.
? S. T. Coleridge.
1 THE WEATHER 1
INTERIOR UNO LOCAL
Whitehorse? Clear, calm, zero.
Atllo? Clear, calm, 8 below.
Center? Clear, calm, 10 below.
Tagish? Clear, calm. 6 below.
Hootallnqua? Clear, calm, 7 below.
Big Salmon? Clear, calm, 10 below.
Selkirk? Cloudy, calm, 10 below.
Coffee Creek? Part cloudy, east wind,
2 below.
Stewart? Cloudy, light wind, 4 above
Ogllvie? Cloudy, southwind, 4 below.
Dawson? Cloudy, southwind, 2 below.
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Mar. 3
1908, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n. 26 above
Max.temp.preceding 24 hours. 40 above
Mia " " " " ..14 above
Mean " '* " " ..27 above
Barometer 30.24
Clear, calm.
Seven room furnished house to rent
on Thfid Avenue. Enquire of G. E
Howard. 264-tf
Ranch Eggs 35c the dozen- Fresh
Cauliflower and lettuce: Independent
Grocery. tf
Best meals in Whitehorse at Com
mercial Cafe. tf
Too Tall For tho Navy.
Malachi O'Rourke. claiming to be a
direct descendant of the last of the
Irish kings, was recently denied ad
mission to the ranks of the United
States navy. He applied at the re
cruiting station In Minneapolis. Lieu
tenant J. B. Gay told him that he
would find himself too big for the At
tings of the training ships of the
American navy. Malachi O'Rourke Is
a naturalized citizen of New York.
He is twenty-eight years old. six feet
four Inches tall and has a chest meas
urement of forty-two Inches. Lieu
tenant Gay told him that he would be
In constant danger of striking his head
?gainst the beams In the hold of tho
training ship and might have trouble
getting a bnnk big enough for (
SACRIFICED ^tHEIft HANDS.
Iron Hearted Ironworker* Save Com
rades From Death.
Two New York Ironworkers each
sacrificed a hand to save a gang of
their -fellow workmen from being
crushed to death beneath an Immense
Iron plate which threatened to slip
from lts moorings on the river front
tower of the new Blackwell'a Island
bridge In the Ravenswood section of
Long Island City.
Olfrer Jade, thirty years otd, of 152
East Sixtieth street, Manhattan, had
his right hand cut off at the wWst,
while his fellow workman, John J.
McGlynu, thirty-eight years old, of
1200 Van Alst avenae, Long Island
City, had his left hand mashed to a
pulp so that it was immediately ampu
tated when the two men finally reach
ed St. John's hospital In Jackson ave
nue, Long Island City.
The slipping of an immenso Iron
plate used as a sort of socket In which
the upright beams aro stood and rivet
ed occasioned the accident. Jude and
McGlynu were managing the plate,
which had been deposited in Its posi
tion by the crane.
Before it was securely fastened it
began slipping, and despite their exer
tions Jude and McGlynn were unable
to check its progress toward the ed?t
WITH ALMOST SUI'EUnfMAK BTKKNOTH
THEY HUCi'??DU> IN UEI'IiKCTINU IT.
of the open work, where if it fell if
would crush half a dozeu men at work
directly beneath.
Shouting to the men below, both
'J ude and McGlyun, taking n tirin hold
of an overhead iru:i beam, caught tho
sliding plate together and with almost
superhuman strength succeeded in de
flecting it slightly out of its original
course and Just enough to make It
catch In the projecting arm of an iron
beam which was firmly riveted in
place.
But the success of their plan brought
disaster to themselves. Unable to let
go of the moving plate quick enough,
their hands were caught between the
iron plate and the beam. Judge's right
hand was cut off at the wrist. ?Jc
Glynn's left hand, mashed to a pulp,
was pinioned agalust the iron beam.
Despite their terrible predicament
they clung to their hazardous perches
until their comrades rigged up tncklo
and hauled the iron plate back Into its
position.
Colli* Whip* a Mad Boar.
Attacked by a 200 pound boar which
he was driving from the cornfield,
Charles Eddy of Flint, Mich., might
have received serious injury had it not
been for the prompt action of his p?t
collie, Lady, who jumped unbidden to
her master's rescue. The canine emerg
ed from the fray with a severe gnsh
on the breast, which required the serv
ices of a veterinarian to close, and the
porker was all but kiVed.
All the delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train Restaurant,.
200 colored stereoptlcan views at W
P. A. C- Club,
Comic moving pictures? W, P. A.
Club Monday 7.30 p. in.
You can enjoy the most elegant bil
of fare in Alaska just as well as ii
the greatest metropolis.
Preferred Stock
Canned Goods
Fackrt Wlunvu Um JUit in Qrova
bring to your table the most delicatc
vegetables, fruits, etc., from Maine,
New Jersey, California, Oregon, etc. /<
Each is gathered at its best, wherever ^
it is known to grow best, and is
packed right there, only those of firm,
best quality, in fish, meats and vege- J
tables being accepted for the Pre- A
ferrcd Stock labeL Same way with
fruits gathered ~
with the dew ? ?
on and packcd ? ?
to quietly and carefully that the garden flavor is pre
served. As an example of elegant dishes, as easy to
serve in Alaska as New York, try this?
MCAirofED eiraniF.
Make a tomato nure; pic*; i can of Preferred Srock Shrimp?,
heat In the uuce and .u'd a elan uf sherry (or a ?i**> of tbc juice from
a can of Preferred Stock raspberries ) Turn Into a i hallow baking dish,
cvtrer with buttcicd crurubj aud U*ke uAtll cruuibt are brawn. Caiuuh
with paraley an J ?cr*c UoL
Utt Prtjerrtd Stofi ? quality piarantttJ~from jour Grcctr.
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U. S Mail Steamer*
Carrying passengers and [mail |
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m. Leaves |
Haines for Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trro $2.50
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC .LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mnll
For Haines, Bernere Bay, Juneau, I
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports]
-SAILS
JANUARY 3, 9, 15,
21.27
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGHTON, Agent |
Broadway and Fifth Ave. PhoDe 90 |
ic Coast S. S. Co,
PIONEER ALASKA LINE. "
bPEED, SAFETY. COMFORT
Seattle, ftud other Puget Sound Porta
CARRYING U.S. MAIL.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of Seattle
Cottage City ?eb, 17, Mar. 2
Cono?cUnir with t ie Company's Steamers at Seattle for
San Francisco, Southern -California, Eurkka (Iiamboldt Bay) atd
Mexico
tGT Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Market nira i, -sivu Pranotsco, Cal.
SOB
Canadian Pacific Railwav
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Screw Steamshi"
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
MlRCIl Sih, 18th and 28TH.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of the world acd all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
The Alaska Steamship Co, j
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
\
Jefferson, Mar. 9, 20, 31.
Company reserves rl;rht to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addiiional Charge -
Through Tickets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIMS TABLE No. 18
? (Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Eound
1st OlftSS.
8 30 a. m. Leaves
10 10 " "
10 50 " "
11 20 " "
1 10 p. m.1 n
3 25 Arrives
SKAGUAY ..
WHITE -PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Horse
Arrives
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Leaves
No. 2. 3. Bound
1st dais
3 20 p m.
1 45 "
12 45
12 05
10 30a m.
8 20 "
Piwsemrers must be at depots In time to have Bapgape Inspected atd
oheoked. Inspect Irn 1b stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds <f basr ripe 11 ill bo checked free with each full fare ticket
and 715 pounds with oaoh half fare tlcknt.
Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer camps in the Alsekand Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skajjway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horae and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located injthe heart of rhe newly discovered And fabulously rich quaitz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Crribou.
For information relative to passen^ej, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
> to any agent of tho Company, or tor
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska Skagruay, Alaska