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\ an. rwKLrru ykau. skagway. alaska, Wednesday, may 11, mo price, 10 cents
CUMMINS AND DDLLIVER DECLARE
ALORICH A GUGGENHEIM AGENI
(By At*** N?w?? Burwu
UKS MQlNKtf > 1 1 -JUL ? UrKt
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-"?' S ruM UuittxY .katxifcol
a#** 4 fur Uu? Uu^ :?*?iht-uu? in th*ir
Mori* U> kU:i citfktrvK of Vkfcik*
JEFFERSON NARROWLY ESCAPES
DESTRUCTION BY BURNING
( B j AlMka N?m Butmu.)
SK\rrt.t. M*} II - Tut k
?. ?rv?ki b) I !?- i.n lutu murfUtt, ul
RAILROAD BILL PASSES DOUSE
(8/ Aluitl Nm lurMu.J
MINNESOTA TOWN SURROUNDED
BT FOREST FIRES; NO TRAINS
(By AlMka Ne*? Bur*Au.,
JWJ MORE IMS IHH
W1H PKfS FOR SHOT
I By A uki Sc?? Bur?*u->
(By AUsk* *>>?>.<?? Bureau)
Spring-Summer ?
m
i?ur hm Spring ami
Summer line of Msu's ?
Y??un# Men'*, B<>yn ami ?
Children'* are a little the _
nicest line ever ahovu in ?
ft
thia town.
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We invite you to ?
iue them? Both for qual- ?
it) ami price ? l>efore
making your |>orchase n
?
Our iiue of Oxfords in ?
Tiun, Ox Bloods, Patent *
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and Uuu Metal are ad m
tfne as oae l?e found in ?
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the glattv ?
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All the latest novelties ?
in Hate, Neck Wear, eto. *
H. J. LYNCH
The Up-To-D*te H*berda*hers and L*dic? Furnishers
The IVHjfck'U are finished. The man
uer u f distribution has been thvided
upon. and now Skagway is going aftie
the tut?D?MH hi real ?trueet. That
^ * hat a wt-U attended meeting of
Ui? Skagway, Commercial Club itxtli
lUtfU ktat uigtU.
The meeting was calkJ to order
at S:30 p. m by PmUileot Ashley
Vh?*e were betweeu 35 and 3tt ioetn
Uera prevent, iwwt of (beat being rep
t <*>< niauvq business men of the tow a.
Kfport of Secretary showed 1*72.70
<oailaUle fuiuts, ami bills In Ike
.1 mount o t I7M.9S. or a of
$v> .3# after nU the t??uidets ami the
cuts have bosn paid fur hi full. How
tjver. ha stated there were several
rtrtUi iu the town thai he believed
> i?U4 atitl Ui tho list ui donations
*} that th*j |J? 38 would be easily
i>>?re*l in this uvanuer aud by tuontl
ly dui*?. Tlit) C-lub uow has a ui?ni
.urahip of tiiirt>-*)v?*[i. The faUow
i fvk Sunns have already made- dona
aioiK. : Moore's Wharf Co., H. D.
Klrtnse, J. lkuta, P. K. Kern, Board
of Trade 'Saloon , Canadian Bank of
Commerce, Ttie Daily Alaskan, L. A.
Har*?&ou. H. H. Draper, Dr. Gable.
VVu?. Britt. Wye-brune Co., C. W. Ask.
W W. Houghton, Will Clay-sou, Gotd
<?11 North Hotel. Mil Hugh. Albert
Reinart, W. L. Speer, Tuny Durtero,
v btuk a Trauofer Company. White I'a&a
aist Yukoqj Route.
A great pile of communications on
mvwUd's Josk gave evidence of the
the fact that the Commercial
Club was AliM ou the job, and
hat other people were interested hi
what *xs being dotve A number of
ihme couuuuufcauona were from dif
ferent people tu the State* asking
fur copies of the new boots., and
general Information regarding the
..ouutry. E. S. Harrison, editor of
the Alaska Yukon Magazine, In a
>?tfi#thy letter plated that he had es
:abla>hed an ruformatiou, and immi
K ration bureau at Seattle, and bad
irraugud for publfcjRy through 10?H?
uowaiKiyers. He asked the co-opera.
Lion of the Cunmwrcial Club, aud
ut.ii that be would distribute all its
n I vertistag matter free of charge, aud
auwww all letters of inquiry 'f the
Club so desired. This matter was r?
forml to the Printing aud Advor
iiMUK Committee for action.
Mr. Berdoe. Ueueral Manager of
?he White Pass and Yukon Ro?us,
trulr the Club donating $ 100 to be
applied toward the purchase of the
lu a4dltiou to the foregoing there
were a great number of commuuica
lions of importance which cannot
l? cuwutenUil ou here for want of
Albert Reinart and P. A. Callarutan
w?-rv admitted to membership in the
Club. Mr. Draper authorised the pub
lishing of certain copyrighted photo
yraphn la the booklet. A Resolution
tt-us passed authorising P. F. W.
Lowlo to transact business between
.hv Club and the Canadian Dan& of
Commerce, as treasurer.
After a long tikft-uBskm. In which
?early ever nuunber prajetu partici
;??***!. tNe matter ot the Jbrfrkbuiiou
?>( tiwef books was Mt to the <lis
1 1 retiou of the l*riitang and Advwtto
.u?; Committee, ami che Secretary.
: lowevtr, a rtwiriction wan put ou
' thorn in thin oiannor ? where books
ov sold by them the price to be fa
Jul j lvuOs each.
| Secretary stated rj?j he would
xuail a copy ot (he booklet to each
uW&ztue in the country, with a per
?vonuU letter aceompji. lying th*> sauie,
m the' hope* that *nue of tht?n will
ooiitmcnt upon it editorially. or ask
to repratace sound of the photo
graphs), thereby giving more advertis
ing to Skagway. He referred to the
reeeut isaue of the Technical World.
i|ji)Jtaialug a long articje written by
Ikyvernor Clark. The cover page of
lh& inagtuan<* shows a supposed Al
aska scene. There are a couple of
lonely looking huts, a few mountains
in the background oovereti with snow
and kv, and two large, highly colored
totem poles in the foreground. That
in .Vkiidta, according to the Techni
cal World's cover. By sending these
uwgaalne oubtohers copies of the
booklets, an well as a personal letter
ft in hoped that this sort of adverth?
tng will be done away with.
Every member of the club who has
seetn che booklets, as well an a great
many others who are not members, ex
prtVBed a feeling of great satfcif action
and pride that the town should be tha
object of auuh an enterprising atul in
telligent advertising campaign. And
as a number of citizens have remark
ed. this iw the first time in the hte
cory of Skagway that an organization
?it ihm kind has put forth a com
bined effort for the t>ewt interests of
jth?* flown, and carried it through to
the etui. Greater tnterw* than ever
before is being awakeued in the Ska
way Commercial club, and no doubt '
that by the expiration of another year
etHtti the moat skeptical will be com
pelled to cauhw that organised ef
fects, 1 iKeihgently directed, is t*snen
lal to welfare of - \ ? -rv commuiii |
I
WILL WORK RICH CUIUS
STMEO IN IKE MOD
Olven Andenson. who has been
wharflugwr for the past two years at
liuuglas. arrived ou the Dolphin and
left yeptantay morning to jUn his
brother-in-law at Lower LeBarge.
ilhey. will leave for the Iditanxl as
soon as navigation opeun.
1 1 ) 1 1 H"1 ?? M-l-I-i-H >1 ?i-M-l-l-I-I-I-M-l-H-H-H-l-hf
LEE'5
...LICE KILLER....!
Cot your Chicken Coojw and Yards Free From Lice J
before your Little Chicks Coine Out
Pint Bottles 25c Half Gallon Bottles 65c
Quart 44 35c One Gallon Cans $1.25 jjj
GANTY & FRANDSON
I i I I I I M-I 1 I I -I- l-I-I l t -I .|. i . ?? i i i.|..|..n.
(By Alaska Niwt Buraa.u)
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 10? The'
comnutuv on territories of ttve House
of Rwprwsentaiivw*, reported favorably
on Delegate Wickefstkaai'a bill provid
ing tor the a^protH-Uktioa at $123(M>.00
(or tht> ereetioa of intention gov*ro
loeot sOlQoqs oa the trails between
fayrbaats an?l Nome.
jam mts mimic
mm m m
(By Alaska N?wm Bureau.)
SEATTLE. May 10 ? Kalcoa Jctslin
returned from Washington today. Mr
Jottku aays that Che t-iteasioa at ibe j
>uter-!?Uite tummofw laws to Alaska 1
*4* tw a fc*taJ blow to tlk* iiev?Jop
luqut of live terrfcury auii chJi ootn
bito?*i with ib? AppUofcuoa o t Ko
t-hoC'a cow^nr&uoe potecy will <r**at
ly ivlard its growth
ILL THIS
NEVER END?
(By Alaska Nawa Buratu.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 11? The,'
BalMngar Investigation bearing ttas
been postponed until Thursday.
FOREST FIRES I
FIERCE FLAMES!
(By A'aaka Navwa Buraau.)
MILWAUKEE. May 11? The whole
ai>riheni vart of the state ot Wiscon
sin it> being swept with raging forest
tfrws and iuimtiasB damage ?? being
done) to the timber and uiany towns
ajvt threatened with destruction.
The Whitti Pass aud Yukon sent
iu* 47 m?n. yvscerday and today to
work on the main Une and spur.
Ell Perovieh, who has been visiting
trieuds fur a couple of days returned
Co his home In Whitehorse today.
COIII SAILS
FOR BERING SEA
(By Alaska N?w* Bureau)
SEATTLE. May 11? The Ourwia
aailed last nigbt for Name. wsth a
good cargo and full passenger is*.
10 REPRESENT
UNITED STATES
(8y Alaska N?wna Bureau)
WASHINGTON, May 11? Prudent
Tait cabled rkeodore Roosevelt ask
big him Co act as the rvi?r*s*<iKaUYe
of the I'aiied Staiew at che funeral of
the tale King Edward and had re
ceived a reply ia which RocweveJt ac
cepts Che Apyointa?ecc
N. Pe^tu. one of tho oldest r^sid
diiu of Whitt&arso arrfveid on tho
train Saturday on his way to his old
hoiue iuMoutreal. Mr. Pepin will bo
goue about three mouths.
Copyright 1905 by
Rare Schaifiocr M?rx
We Welcome
Comparison
At all times and timi
that we always gain a
customer when our
merchandise and val
ues are Critically Com
pared with the offers
of our Competitors.
We have just received
a fine line of
The
Trafalgar
Wool Hats
Direct from England
A Fine Line of
Oxford Shoes
For Summer
Ill M tiffin i