Daily Alaskan
KlliCKWAN WATER WORKS
Our column* of yesterday contained
an account or the installation of a
water system in tbe Indian village of
Klucwan. Among white people such
an acquisition would be hailed with
delight, even whea sanitary conditions
previously had been of iht best. To
those who are acquainted with native
conditions and customs of Alaska, and
particularly with their unsanitary
life, it must appear that not only is the
introduction of a water system a
luxury, but an absolute necessity to tbe
maintenance of health and even life.
Missionary societies both at home and
abroad contend that true missionary
woric must be accompanied by the
improvement of physic*! conditions as
well. The condition of the Alask*
Indian Is a critical one, and since be
has left life in the open and taken [on
some of tbe customs of the white man,
a movement such as that In Klukwao
Is not only to be highly commended,
but to be regarded as a decided step
forward in the interest of humanity
and the complete civilization of the
natives.
L. S VfEI.t.EK, PCHMSHER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One month. far sail....
rhrtM months, by mail
Six moot to. by mail...
One year, by mall
One week, delivered cy -airier.
.fcJS
. .75
.2.25
. ? .?
. 9.00
ALASKA'S EXPANDING TRADE
The P -I. of July 3rd tjives the follow
ing editorial in reference to the expan
sion of Alaska'* trade:
"Industrial and developmental activi
ties in Alaska continue to press the ex
ceptional possibilities of the northern
country upon the attention of the nation.
Alaska is already justly] famed for its
natural wealth, and it is only a question
of time before the United States "Will
fully realize the tremendous value of
this territorial asset, and will shape
legislation alone lioes calculated to help
and hasten the development of its in
dustry and commerce.
"Advices from the national capital
show that during April of the current
year shipments to Alaska from the
states reached a total valuation of$2,
319,364, an amount representing an in
crease of 23 per cent, over shipments
in April, 1906. Shipments during the
ten mouths ending April 30 aggregated
in value, $14,413,431, against $11,032,957
for the same period in 1906 and a total
almost twice as large as the aggregate
value of shipments during the same
period in 1905. Shipments from Alaska
during the ten months ending April 30
amounted to $11,637,012 against $3,520,
S49 in 1906.
Shipments to Alaska increased $3,385,
494 during the period selected for com
parison, while shipments of goods from
the territory increased $2,867,163. The
showing thus made, taken ^in connecc
tioo with the sharp increase in April,
strengthens the suggestion that Alas
ka's trade during 1907 will show an in
crease of at least 20 per cent, over 190?;
The matter of keeping a register of
births and deaths within the town of
Skagway is something that has been
ueglected by the authorities here sir.ce
the town wbs incorporated. In all
towns in the Slates, a record is kept of
all nuch happenings by the town clerk,
and is of great value to the inhabitant^
and to outsiders who may b? looking
for particulars regarding the death of
a friend or relative in Alaska. Ar
rangements should be made for keeping
such n record, and a Sne (imposed ou
the physician or nurse who falls]to
report a birth or deatb within the
town to the proper authorities.
3KAGWAY WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, July 12,
1907, la as follows:
Temperature time observat'n 52 above
Mai. tamp. preceding 24 hours. .00 above
Mln. " " " " ..64 above
Mean " " " " -.52 ?bove
Barometer &>.00
Raining, calm.
The Fifth Avenue hotel is the big
gest and best appointed hostelry Id all
the north
Plion* City TnmTitr
or your coal, wood ?nd general haul
ing Phone 90, Boughton's cigar i
" HU.lmn
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THE UMFKILN CLUB
Brother Gardner's Remarks to
Members o.i Transmigration.
THE CASE OF SAMUEL SHIN.
Foarod That Ha Would Somo D?y Be
Blown Up and That Ho Would Come
Baok to Earth Again In tho Form of
? Mud Turtlo.
[Copyright. 19C7, by E. C. ParoelU.)
During the routine proceedings of the
Limekiln club at Its last session word
bad gone about Paradise ball tbat
Brother Gardner, president, would have
something t j say of a caustic nature,
and there was a flutter of excitement
a* be Dually arose and began:
"My fren's. I have a few remarks to
remark yere dls everiln'. I has knowti
for de last fo' weeks dat dls club whs j
"HE WAS A SHOKT, ONE STORY MAN."
beln' oasettled by a sartlu thing, but I
have kept quiet to see how far It would
go. 1 feel Oat de time has now come
when I orter say sunthln'.
few weeks ago ft cull'd Individual
named Skookeui arrove yere from de
stalt of Alabamy. He was a short,
one story man. He had a stjuiut to his
left eye. When you was lookin' at hN
feet. It was hard to tell which was de
heel and which was de foot. He had
a voice fo' times too big for his body,
and he kept dat voice gwiue nil de
time.
"Professor Skookeui, as he called his
self, called at my cabin and purceeded
to make hlsself at home. He wanted
my permlshuu to deliber a lecture be
fo"1 dls club on de subjlck of trausmt
grashun. He went on and repeated it
to me. and I declined to grant It, spe
cially us he proposed to sell, at de close
it de lecture, a compound warranted to
-.mjoth de kluks out of de ha'r at de
ijrice of $1 a bottle. To get even wld
=ue he hired an old Icehouse and has
iieeu glviu' his talks to all of you who
would drop in to hear him.
"I have been lookln' around for de
ast half hour to see how many kinks
uad been straightened out. 1 have
,?en told dat de professor has worked
,.tr ober fifty bottles on members of
.lis club. It don't seem to have done
my good. Dar'ni Just as many kinks
us befo". Hasn't pulled de wool of any
.f you out straight. If 1 have olier
i.ooked any one be will please stand
up."
No On# Stood Up.
No one had been overlooked. At
least no one stood up. There was a
shamefaced look on most every coun
tenance. and Elder Toots and Tarheel
Jones pretended to noil In sleep behind
the stove.
"Yes, de professor told you all about
transtulgrashun. He told you dat de
old idea 'bout heaven aud bell was ex
ploded and dat all hustlers had now
come to believe dat when a person
died he cum bsck to airtb In de form
of some animal or bird or some iuani
mate thing. Slch of you as don't know
de meanlu' of de word Inanimate kin
stop arter de meettn' adjourns, and I
will expialu It. If his heels hit de
cellln' while 1 am explalnln", he
mustn't blame me.
"For de last three weeks Watormlll
yon Jones has uot showed up at our
weekly meetln's. He has stayed home
to pnt dat compound on his kinky ha'r
and bekase he was afraid dat he might
git run ober by a street klar and come
back to alrth In de form of a yaller
dawg. When he thought of beln' a yal
lar dawg and bavin' tin cans tied to.
bis tall and beln' rushed up and down
de street be got slch a pain dat he
had to go to bed.
"Dar's de case of Samuel Shin. He
believes in transmlgrashun right up to
his ears, and for days and days he's
bin walkln' around on tiptoe for fear
dat a gas tank would blow tip and
knock him into a cocked hat and dat
he'd come back to alrth as a mud tur
tle. What he'd like to be Is a peacock,
but he's mortally afraid dat it will be
mud turtle Instead. He's thought it
over till he finds hlsself stlckln' his
head outer his shell to look around.
"Brudder Buckeye Johnson has also
got It bad. His wife was ober to my
cabin de odder night to borry a drnw
tn' of tea, and she said she'd left blm
home tv Id shivers runnln' up his back.
For two weeks he's expected the post
offlce to fiill down and bury him In de
ruins as he jvas passln'. He's like to
come back to alrth and be a rhinoceros
and knock folks endways and go snort
In' about, but he fears dat It will be as
a mewl. In dftt case he'll have to work
ebery day In de week, which is sun
thin' he has uebber done In all his life,
and he reckons on glttln' clubbed by
his owner at least twice a fey. He
wries'&jf oaf of fiff ?
klii almost hear blMelf brayln'.
Jackson and Transmigration.
"Pernlmuion Jackson went Into da
(raiisuilgrasluin blzness boknze ho
boiwd <t? 'calne back to: ?lrtH at a
guinea hen. He wauted to strut around
de yard and go cluck., cluck,. cluck, and
once In awhile to let ottt one o' deni
screams dat sours all de inllk in de
pantry. 1 met up wld htm on de street
de odder day^.and of all de woe begone.,
critters I ever saw "he was dfe worst 1
It bad suddenly occurred tp .him thai
he might couie back as u rabbit and
dat all do boys and all de foxes In do
state woahl git urter him and makt?
hlui keep on de "hump for twenty-#Otir
hours a day.
"Brudder Cicero White, slttln' ober
dar'm wld his ears workln', has also
got his sorror and can't be comforted.
Professor Skookeui told him at first
dat he'd try and arrange Ci> Iiave ilm
struck by Ughtnln' and come back to
alrth as a five logged boss that would
hav? nothtn' to flu l>ut poie In a dime
museum and eat de best of food, but '
when he refused to buy a bottle of de
kink sttalghtener bo was informed da:,
he'd be bit to death by a liog aadcoma
back as a bat. He's nigh sighted by
day, and de Idea of tlyln' around ou
dark eights and buttlu' Uls head ag'ln
telegraph poles keeps him so upsot dat
he can't lnjoy bam and eggs.
"Brudder Pardonable Black has also
got his dose. He Jlst rushed right Into
transmlgrashun like a bull gwtne for
a haystack. He allowed he wanted to
come back to alrth as a niillyonatre
arter dylu' softly and decently of ap
pendicitis and then go at It and spend
a hundred dollars a day for fried oys
ters and ice cream. He bought de kink
stralghtener and paid his dollar, but
when It didn't work h? complained to
de professor. In return he was told
dat ho would bo eaten up by wolves
and come back to alrth as a pear tree
and dat de boys would be clliubln' him
from Sunday mnwnin' till Saturday
night. He hain't drawed a breath of
comfort for three weeks, and dar am
seventeen mo' kinks In his ha'r dan
dey used to bo.
The Dude of the Club.
"One mo" ease ? dat of B rudder Go
along Suxbv. He's de dude of dls
club. When he heard about transml
grashun he made up his mind dat be
wanted to sweat htsself to death by
wearln' a $250 fur lined obercoat. Den
he wanted to come back to alrth as a
peacock. He was gwine to make sich
a spread ot tall feathers as had nebber
bin seen In dls world befo'. He prac
ticed on a stmt, so as to have It all
ready. He Jlst dwelt on how he would
mash eberythlng for ten miles around
and make all de gobblers and roosters
look tired. The thing might have gone
through, but de professor got Jealous
of him and told him dat he would die
of bilious colic ami come back to alrth
to be a brlndle bobtulled cat. Dnt's
why Goaloug Isn't wld us yore dls
evenln". He's slttln* home wld his
feet In a pan of hot water and p ravin'
de I.awd to spare blm.
"Jlst two or three words mo". Truns
migrashun stops right yere wld a sud
deu thud.
"Drap It or de Limekiln club drips
you.
"Befo' comln' to de meetln' tonight
I went ober to de Icehouse and hunted
up the professor. I caused hint to un
dergo Martin gyrashuns and moshuns
for about five minutes, and when 1
was frew wld him he was duatln'
back to'rds Alabumy so fast dat you
might have played checkers on bis
coat talis.
"Dat's all. We will now break de
meetln' in two and go home. Any one
of i"ou who comes back to de next
meetln' as a Jackass will hear aun
thln- drap." M. QUAD.
A Mean Man.
Sobbing Wife? Mamma, Jack's so? so
mean, he won't even give me pin? pin
money. Irate Mother-in-law? Are you
so penurious as that to my poor child?
Meek Husband? But it was a $500 dia
mond and pearl pin money she wanted.
?Baltimore American.
A Hole In the Skyi
A
Caddy (to Jones, who has lifted one
higher than us\;al)? Ah, sir. If there
was only a hole up there you'd ha'
holed out In one.? London Opinion.
The Graduate*.
Once more a world all tired and worn
With buffeting' of fate*
Is called upon to rlso and greet
The sweet young graduates.
They mean to elevate the world
And raise Its sordid bent.
But all too soon will they find out
They cannot raise the rent.
Undaunted by experience
For great reforms they ache;
They burn with flne religious seal
And also bum the steak.
So hall them as they proudly stand
In learned row on row;
They know each blessed thing on
earth
Except how much they know,
? RoLanilimrflh 'Wilson In New York lu*.
JtJlplAU S. S. GO'S.
ELEtTMC LIGHTED STEAM
heated s?aSeu
r v "li ,ji '# a.
eorgia
r - Carrying U.S. Mall
For^ Haines, Berners Bay; Juneau, I
'Ho&nab, TAakfe^ltM and Waj porta
A. M.
WILLIS NOWELL, MEr., Juneau .
W. W. BOUUHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone BO
U. S Mail .Steamer
Parrying passengers and mail |
Leaves Skagway eveiy
day except Sunday.
at 9 a- m. Leaves
Haines lor Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir> $2.50
STEAMER
"MABEL F."
Commencing June 17, the
Steamer Mabel F will make
round trips daily between
CARCROSS
Wynton and Conrad
Will also do towing and
handle excursions
Thos. H. Brown,
Master!
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JEER
No regrets next morn'
tog-good flavored and
good tor you
fill
Seal tie, Wash.
Pacifiefoast S.S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LIKE
SPEED, 9AF EX V". COMFORT
Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Porte
CARRYING 0. 8. HAIL S,
Steamers of This Company Leave %
City of Seattle - July i
Humboldt - July 6, i? ^
Cottage City - July 5, 19
Via Vancouver
t&~ Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
E. A. MURPHY Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNANN, Gen- Pass. Agt
10 Market Street, San PrancU'.o, Cul.
The Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON July 3 15
DOLPHIN July 10 21
DOLPHIN has been changed similar to
the JEFFERSON- State rooms have but
two berths. WE gire the FASTEST
SERVICE.
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addiiional Charge
K. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone <
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RY.
?COMPANY ?
STEAMER
PRINCESS MAY - July 17,31
PRINCESS ROYAL - July 24
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to Seattle via rail or steamer no extra cha:ge
Newest, Fastest Boats Runnisg to Skagway
APPLY "TO
Phone 87 AGENT, Skagway
The White Pa? & Yukon Route
(Dally Exoept Sunday.) No_ 2i s. Bound
No. 1. N. Eouni TwT*
l8t0laSS- leaves SKAGUAY "Arrives ? P',,
9 30 a.m. WHITE PASS 2) ?
LOG cabin
12 05 "
12 48 ?
1 201 a
1 40 f 1
3 20 p.
5 50
BENNETT ? j ?j p.m
" CARIBOU " 1140 a.m.
Arrives White Horse Leaves B 30 " .
Passengers must be at depots In time to bave Baggage inspected and
checked. Inspection is stopped 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.
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Through line from Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, Bit Saloon, Dawson and
Intermediate points. Connection rnnde at Dawson with Lower River steamboats for
F'HK'le, Circle Citv, Rampart, I'anana, Fairbanks, Chena, St. Mit-hael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Daily connection made at White Horse betweer trains and river steamers for all Yukt-n
River points, including1 Mendenhall Landing, the nearest steamboat ianding to
Alsek Gold Fields The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modern conveniences, iucluding steam heat
electric light and other features as afford not only safety but comfort lo passengers.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN BONANZA KING
DAWSON OASCA SELKIRK LaFRANCR
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE VICTORIAN
ThkOUGH TICKETS can be purchased at Skaguay fcr DAWSON, FAIR BAR'S, CHEN A
and all Lower River points.
Finely appointed trains daily, eicept Sunday, between Skagtiay and White Horse,
carrying passengers, baggage, mail and express.
Baggage bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, (Canada
and the United States.
For information relative to passengei, freight and lel-"r<ipbic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
J. H. ROGERS, Traffic Mngr. A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay1 Alaska Skaguay, Alas' a