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EDITORIAL PAGE
Alaskans at* getting mighty tired
of this "far north" talk indulged in
by newspaper* of the States. If a
cog slips anywhere in Alaska, it is i
Immediately referred to as a terri
ble calamity in the "far north."
Skagw.ir Is f.bout a thousand miles
northwest of Seattle; Ketchikan is
about six hundred miles from the
Spirit City, but an event happening
six hundred miles south of Seattle
is not referred to as the "far south,"')
nor is Montana referred to as the
"far easi." yet the reference would
be as ridiculous in one instance as
the other,
Alaska does not so much object
to the term in Itself, but the "far
north" is so everlastingly associated
with cold and icebergs, polar boars
and Esquimaux, in the minds of the
writer*, that tt gives us a shiver
every time we hear It.
England and Scotland are in the
same degree of latitude with south
ern Alaska, but nobody hears of
lx>ndon or Edinburgh being called
the "far north." The Scandinavian
peninsula is the European proto
type of central Alaska, yet Stock
holm and Copenhagen flourish in
agriculture and beautiful homes,
with a climate even more severe
than that of Alaska, and they are
never designated as the land of
dog teams, liquid air and ice cream
fi eexers.
The islands of the Aleutian pen
iusula of Alaska extend southward
until they are directly west of Van
couver Island, and the Sound news
papers will admit that Vancouver
Island is not in the "far north."
The Power of LucK
By Benjamin BerKhalter
"Can you direct me to the works of
the Loon Gulch Gold Mining com
pany T' I asked of a ragged man. at
th? tame time drawing rein to receive
his reply.
"Right around the speer of the
mountain; take the right hand road
after croasln' the creek. You can't
mitt It It's the only lot o' bulidln's
there la around there. Kine property,
?tr."
"So I have been told. I hare also
beard that It was built up on a Strik
ing piece of luck."
?Ton het; the gold -.modest inck that
aver happened to a prospector."
"What was It?"
"Why Ilawley, he come out yere a
matter of fifteen year ago. fur to see
tf he couldn't make a fortun' by a
ahort road. I been tryln" to do that
myself ever since I was twenty-five
year old. and Jnst iook at me? my
elothes In tatters and nothin' In my
Momlclt Where one man strikes
payln' dirt thousands spend their lives
workin' fur nothin'. Ten year ago if
you'd 'a' seen Ilawley you'd 'n' seen a
man Jlst nlmnt like me. He was win
dertn' about yere with a pick and
?hovel on his shoulder, raceed, nothin"
tn his stomlck and nothin' in his
pocket
Tm wr?ng there; he had ten pounds
tf blastin' powder. and that was all
the property he had In the world ex
cept his pick and shovel. He had a
pair o' shoes on his feet, but there
want no soles on 'em. I'm wrong
ag'ln abont his property. He had one
thing more, and that was a magnl
fyln' glass he used to examine quart*
with to see if there was any gold In It
"One day he was wnlkln' around over
there where he could see up the pilch.
He'd been to Antelope, where the post
office was then, and had got a letter
from his wife In the ea?t sayin' she'd
been turned out o' the house she'd been
Hvin' in. the children was sick for want
o' proper food and tlie bottom had
dropped out o' everything. Ilawley was
clean discouraged He thought he'd
find a place so hidden that he'd never
be foand and would kill himself. He
hadn't nothin' to kill himself with ex
cept the blastln' powder, and he hadn't
the gtv>d luck to have any matches with
htm or any other means o' settln' it off.
"He waited up the gulch a ways, or
rather staggered up it. for he was weak
from want o' food and discouragement
He left the road by a path and. comin'
to the end of the path, walked on no
where. Comin' to a lonely place among
aonve trees and bushes, he sat down
and tried to think of a way to set otf
hit blastln' powder Purty soon he
?track an idea. He hung his magnify
In' glass on a twig and put the powder
on the ground so that the focus of the
run's rays would strike it
"But he didn't want to know Jist
when he was agoin' to be blown to
atoms, so he moved the powder a few
Inches, keepln' It In the course the fo
cused ?un spot would take, so's It
woald pass over the powder after
awhile. This would leastways give him
time to say his pra'rs.
"When he'd got it fixed so's the san
?pot was sure to strike It he lay down a
few yards away with his back to the
powder and waited It warn't a cheer
ful condition, waa it?"
T should think not" I replied.
"1 dunno how long Hawley waited.
I never heam But bimaby there was
a big explosion. Hawley didn't know
for awhile whether he had been killed
or not be was so stunned. But be I
wasn't even hurted. The fore* o' the
explosion was all upwards.
"I duntto If be was disappointed or
not I never heered that nuther. Bui
he rolled over and looked Into a bole In
the ground made by the explosion. It
was jest like a prospector to look to
see what was tn the bole instead o'
thlnkln' where he might 'a' been If his
trytn' to kill hlsself hadn't failed. Then
he looked for his magnlfyln' glass.
He remembered hearln' someptn drop
list after the explosion and. glttln' up.
went where he'd heered the sound
The glass was layln" near by on the
ground. Re tuk It up and. glttln' down
on his storalck. looked through It Into
the hole. Then he picked up a piece o'
quartz and examined that Then he
got up and danced all around by hls
self like a crazy man.
"IMggln' out some pieces o' quarts
from the hole, be tuk 'em to Antelop?.
where there was an aasayer, and bad
'em assayed They showed gold
enough to make ten millionaires,
pervldln' the stufT was a reg'lar vein.
Then he stole away to his hole hy his
self and dug till he was satisfied that It
was a vein, then entered his claim and
went to men who bad money and
formed a company, Uawley glttln'
three-quarters o' the stock.
"That's the origin o' the Loon Gulch
mine, one o' the biggest In the world."
I paid the man liberally for hla story
and. mnch Impressed with the fore# of
luck In our worldly affairs, drove on to
the mine. I found Mr. Hawley In the
office, and If ever there was a prosper
ous looking man It was the president
of the 1-oon Gulch Gold Mining com
pany. 1 dined with htm In hla hand
some dwelling, near by the mine, and
found his wife and children equally
comfortable and happy.
Before leaving him I gave him an
ontllne of the story I had listened to
and asked blm If U was true. He ad
mltted that It was.
I spent several pleasant days with
him and hla family, and when I left
them It was with reluctance Their
luck was well deserved
An Old Time Sweet Perfume.
An ancient recipe for making a sweet
perfume for the ladles runs as follows:
Take storax. calamlte and benjamin,
of each balf an ounce, laudanum one
ounce, musk two groins, and put them
together In a fair brass mortar, which
you must first warm so hot In the Are
that with the beat thereof and beating
with a little pestle It may work like
wax, which, being thoroughly wrought,
you may make It In little cakes or balls
and so lay It up.
His Natural Death.
A clerk who acted as accountant to a
London firm waa charged by the head
of the Arm with embezzlement He
admitted his guilt and went bom* and
cut his throat The wound was not Im
mediately fatal, but caused an ab
scess. from which he died afterward tn
hospital. The jury summoned to the
Inquest returned the a mating verdict
of "death from natural caiaea"? Lon
don MaiL
Saw the Finish.
Little Elmer? Mamma, I saw a man
down at the blacksmith's shop making
a horse. Mamma? Too muat be mla
taken, Elmer Little Elmer? No, I'm
not mamma. He had the home near
ty finished when I came by. He was
jnst nailing on the feet? Chicago
News.
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THE DRUGGIST
The beat meals In Whltehorse at
the "White Paaa Cafe," only white
help employed. Mrs. Orloff King
proprietress. tf
None better and purer than Gib
Rye, Halnler and Olympla Beer
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Abundance of >7nter. Beat of
Hotel Aooommoiations. Fur
nished Cabin* for Rent
Excellent Hunting and Fishing
Motor Boating and Sailing.
Steamer Georgia from Juneau
makes semi-monthly visits. In
formation and rates upon request
Dr. F. L. Godriard, Prop.
I Health Resort
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COAL
Wellington Lump Coal
f .' i Shaft No 6. OvbW ! lay Mines
at Ladysunith, the highest srads
li^plioid ,,'U Of all Die B. C. fields
58.28 FIXED CARBON
Perfect On:Mistk>n Uniform Heat
Light Alii
Ou and after July 1st, 1110, ws
-tball offer this coal, selected and
graded as follows: ?
IVxible Screened and sacked.. $1S ton
-'creenlngB (sacked) 8 ton
Screenings (bulk) 7 ton
Above prices lnclud* delivery
Moore's Wharf Co. I
Alaska Transfer Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS.
I "Phone 10. 9kSQway, Alaska, j
MOORES' WHARF CO.
Terminus W. P. & T. Route.
AllSuathbouudSteamwrt?Arrive and Depart From This Dock
J r REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open tor delivery of merchandise from 8 a m. to 5 p. m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (papers oan be obtained at the U. S. cus
toms office) and must delivered before 5 p. m. No freight will be
received on Uie wharf after this hour.
BAOOAE? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAQOAQJC ONLT
No charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer is neartng
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on appll< ation at office on dock.
P. O. Box 176. C. J. SHAW, General Manager.
The White Pass AYukon Route
TIME TAHI.K NO. 30.
Monday*, Wednesdays and Friday*.
No. 1 N. Ilonnd
1st clasa
8:30 ?. in. Loavt*
11:0ft "
11:40 "
12:33 p. m. "
2:00 "
4:1ft " Arrives
hkaguay
WH1TK I'ANH
I.tHl CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITEHORSE
r?o. ii n. iMiiimi
X?t cUm
Arrive# .1:20 p. m.
Leaves 1:40
12:47 ?*
1 1 :ftO ?. m.
10:2.% "
I/eaves 8: IS "
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection t? stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each fall far*
ticket aad 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
C. E. Bogardus
Assayer
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Gold ft SUt?t |1 00
Gold, Silver ft Copper .. I W
Cyanide Mid Mlllln* TeeU.
<?>
90 Colombia St. Seattle
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JUNEAU 8 S. CO^
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAV
HEATED STEAM EK
Georgia
Carrying U. 9. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau
Hoonah, Tenekee and Way Ports.
SAILS
FROM SKAGWAY
Xot. 4, 10, 16, 22, 28.
at 8:00 m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr , JUNEAU
steamers for
Seattle, Tacoma
\Vtnri*, Vmwuw. f'.il aff ? il
f.?irin. Otfapo, P<m Tomwwi, 5ee*
FWIIm?K?i?, Eafh, Sam M"*? ?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
C W. ANDRE* S. G. A. P. D. CD. IX;NAVN, P. T. M.
1 1) Jmm. St, S^rlc 112 Vfcrtrt 9k, im Ttm?r
NEXT SaTlINGS WILL BE
Spokane- Nov. 9, 22. Dec. 4 , 16, 28
C. I). UK A NO K. A. ting Agent
l2nH ?fe Brtndwaj, Nkagway, Alaska
? 1 v
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. ?. MAIL AND WELL?FAROO EXPRCM
Next Millnjr nt mm fa*t p un*|?
DOLPHIN
Nov. 17 - 28. Dec. 9 - 21
Jan. - 2
Company rtmtrrm th? rlgfct to cIuumt ?* ?: v'thow* mM?i
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. ?. QUPTILL, AOCR.'.
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C COAST SERVICE)
Winter Sailings
1912 FROM SKAGWAY 1913
PRINCESS MAY
Dec. 5-19
Jan. 2 - 16 - 30
Feb. 13 - 27
RobJ?c? to ehon n ?l-h >ai Snh?
Vancouver, Vidoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phen* 87 F. F W. LOWLE. Ag?nt
Steamship Humboldt
THE OKI* IMPENDENT STUIHIP OPEMTIM TO S. E IllSII
Will Mil from Skagway for Seattle and War Port*
Nov. 27. Dec. 9-21.
Sailing data mibj?rt to rh?njr? without nntw
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
jlMttlt OBk? TlflHt ami All lnfnrm?lkm
71i Hocond Ar?Oi<?. M. H \ RTWHWK*. nth A Rm-rfw'f.
[ WHITE PASS 9 YUKON
Winter Route
Stage Service
9
During the winter Reason of 1012-1013, a through Mail, P.??" nger. rml Freight Service will
he maintained hetwom White Hurw and D*ww>n, affording nil comfort for Irtifhn
by mmns of ii
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automobile Line
For the winter season the Company's comfortable trains will otwrate on a tri-wHilf schedule be
tween Skaguny and White Horse, trains leaving each tertnlnu on M.odays, \\ <-<lne*1a) ? and
For Information relative to passenger and freight rates arp'y
H. WHEKI.ER, Nupt, Mail Herrlee Department,
O. I.. DICKKSOX, ITtwWent,
TVhltehorse. T. T.
Sltagnay, Alaska.