ODD NAMES
OF MIS
Many of th? Early Prospector* 9et?ot- 1
ed th* Name* of Wiv>s or Sweet- !
heart*. Which Stand Now a* Remind
er* of Romanoe* of 8ygone Day*.
Behind the names of tiian.v of tlie ]
mining claims anil mines of every min
ing district lu the west there lies a
wealth of romance aud history, both
pathetic and ludicrous. The Black
Hills furnish as many ;>nd as Rood ex
amples of the peculiar circumstances
under which many claims are uauied
as any locality In the country.
Oue of the best known mines lu the
southern hills is the Holy Terror. Back
la the early days this claim wus lo
cated by an old mluer who had work
ed some years without success. The
claim was a hard one to work. When
the man went home In the evening
after locating his claim his wife asked
him what he uamed It. He smiled aud
told her, "For you. my dear." aud her
further Inquiry drew forth the fact
that he had called It Holy Terror. An
other man once named his claim Gen
tle Annie lor his wife, while still a
third perpetuated the memory of his
wife, who was a noted clubwoman, by
i ming his claim Silent Julia.
'1 11*? tuns are uoueu \vuu uw luum
of claims recalling romances of bygone
days. Many a young. ambitious man
came here when the uiiuiug boom of
the eighties was at its height, lure J
with hope of a fortune, and all that re
mains to tell the t.ile is the name of
Katie \V. or MaU'l !*. or l.ulu J. Many
h s\v?H-t heart or wife In the faraway
east was honored in the miming of a
claim that its ??wuer hoped would prove
a bonanza Some few made good. Wit
ness the Annie Fraction and the Jo?Ie.
I Kith of which #ere mimed for the
? 'j iesn v. Ives of their owners. They
u ?? i:i t!ie I'a.'d mountain district and
h..ve produced thousands of dollars for
t'i.? locators.
i i t!ie Caleua district thetv is a
st : 'i abamlom-d claim known us the
W: >w. v. ith which there g<>es a story.
Ye ?- :r > a yo -'h na::i:-il Mauley ap
|?.m v I i -??' >::iew here with a few
thousand and with zeal commenced to
siuk his mouey In n hole in the ground
in the hope of n vast fortune. Back
in the old home u little widow waite.l
iu valii for the golden wealth he said
was sur* to come and the wedding
day that would celebrate it. It took
bet a short time for the youth's small
sarins to dxlndle away with his In
elperieaw. and. chagrined and dis
heartened. he put a bullet through his
brain on the site of his blasted hopes. ,
One prospector who worked diligent
ly on a claim which was staked by an
outsider aud had difficulty in even get
ting his living expenses secured his re
venge by naming his claim Old Per
simmon.
Men of patriotic turn of mind have
chosen names of those famous in his
tory. as Washington. Lincoln, etc.
Each of the presidents has beeu re
membered. famous generals, all of the
states, seafaring heroes and heroes of
the Philippines, as Dewey aud Fun
stou. Indian names by the score are
found, as tliawatiia. Minnekahta and
Nauoma. Those <>f sporting procllvi
ties chose race horses, as Nancy Hanks,
Snlvator. Maud S.. Red Wilkes, Joe
Patchen. Favorite authors have been 1
remembered, as Longfellow, Burns and !
Dickens. One student named his
group Mlltlades, Mark Anthony, Attlla
and Cleopatra.
UDt? uiaTJ vi a |jv?mui?iiv h'iu (.uwi
Whai's Loft ?ikI Some Left. The aver
age business man In miming claims
will choose a simple name ami use a
series of numbers, as. for instance.
Thomas No. 1. Thomas No. 2. etc. One
man favored his wife by calling his
claim lied Headed Woman. Two ad
joining claims are known as On Time
and I.ate.
An odd case was kuown lu the name
of the iloodtebug claim, which was lo
cated by a German and au Irishman
and intended by the former to be calleu
Heidelberg. When the Irishman reach !
ed town to record the location he had j
forgotten his partner's selection of a !
uatue and said It was something like
Hoodlebug, which, for convenience,
was the name recorded.
The Prodigal Son lived up to Its
name by bankrupting its lo< ttor. who
returned to Iowa at the liehest of tlie
father who had put up the funds for
the venture. Among the mines that
doubtless conceal stories never known
are Old Whiskers. She Devil, Crack
Brain and ('rank.
Some <>f the gulches have names >
that refer to Incidents. Two RIt was j
named 1h><':v:*o a phcer iniuer de
Headquarters for J fining au>l Commercial Jlen
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Pack train Saloon
2 ; SHEA * PATTEN, PROPS. ?
Broadway and btn Avenue, Skayway, Alaska
7VT<. 'ORE'S WHRRFCG,
Terminm VV. P. & Y. Route
All Soul^ ,nd Steamers Arrive and Deoert From Th'j Dcc*
RJEaOLATIONf- 1805
Warehouse pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to ft n. ra.
Perishable** ?NLV lelivered on Sum! iv oral u-ght.
Ail frete-it -t lipments destined southbound must bo accoraoac :d by a
J<hippk.?'s Manifest (pipers can be obtained at the U. S. customs
office) f ci must be delivered before 5 pm. No freight will bo re
ceived on wharf ?'? - w- nour.
BAGGAGE ? xol.s win oe collected on Checkkd Baggage Only. No
charge for bags and grips when unchevked.
The wharf gate will be clo*jd to the public when steamer is n>arlng
dock and will be opeo donly when passengers have disembark ;d,
Wharfage Tariff can be aad on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNSON, Gor'l Mgr
HEATED AND LIOH ? ED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
(U bile Pass Rotel
P. D McMillan, Manager
Largest and best appointed Hotel in tbe Virkon
Uibiteborse, V. C.
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RATES MODERATE
i mple
Banking
It is very simple to
have a Bank Account
even if you do live in
Alaska.
We have hundreds of customers living iu Alaska
who send all of their deposits to us by mail. If
you would like to keep your money in the
Oldest Bank in Washington, write us about it.
Dexter Horton & Co., Bankers,
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Capital and Surplus, $1,000. 000.00
SI SHE 3
l'Le family physic! ui'puffed medita
tively at his cigar for a few mfnutw
before coming down to business.
"I huve been to nw your wife, as you
requested." be said at Inst, "and I
asked you to come In so that 1 could
tell you what should be done. She's
!n a pretty bad way."
"Iudeed.?"
"Yes. No regular sickness, you know,
but generally run down and In bad
shnpe. With rest and care she'll corne
out all rlsht. but you'll have to lo->i;
after her pretty closely."
"I beg your pardon."
"1 say you'll have to look after her
pretty closely. You'll have to appoint
yourself sort of general overseer or su
pervi>or of everything pertaining to
her welfare fey a time and be very
strict with her too. In the first place,
tell her she must"?
"uocior, arc .vmi ueiiuiium-u ?nu iuj
wife?" Interrupted the husband.
"Not Intimately nt all." replied the
a?' tou is lied pb.\ ? ielau. "I've beeu cull
ed upon to treat Uer ouce or twice, h*
you know, but that Is ull."
"Possibly tliat may be urged as an
excuse," said the buslmnd. "but lt*?J
uot a parti cularly good one. There lire
women with whom you are quite wei!
acquainted, are there, uotV"
"Certainly."
"Married women V"
"Many of them."
"And si III you advise me to tell my
wife that she must do something o:
other':"
The physician looked at the husband,
and the husband looked at the physi
cian.
"My dear sir," said the physician at
last, "it flatters some men to talk to
them that way. but I see you are a
man of Jtidgmeut and sense who pre
fers the truth to all else. Of course
what I mean Is that you ought to sug
gest to your wife that if It is in ac
cord with iter Judgment possibly it
might be a good thing to follow the
advice that I will now give you. Nat
urally. I>e Fug married. I know as we'l
as you that 'must' is a word that ought
to be eliminated from the Kngllsb lan
guage or at the most coulincd to the
Intercourse of parent* with children."
?Exchange.
Puikit Rouse
Foot ol S xth ft.v:nuc
Most cle^Hntly funu-hrd house
in Alaska
12* pry raoderr conven'cncc
Electric lijjhts? Hot aud cold
w a' er? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board .nd room by the d. y, w?ek
or mocth
Table supplied with cream and
buiter from our own Jersey
Dairy
iHrs. R. $. PilllCtl
Proprietress
Established 1897
Piii! Abrahams
Real Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUBLIC S
>2 FOOK HAVE., SKAGWAY
We have a large stock j
homney's Gandy
Peter's Chocolates J
Also every kind of
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428,Brdw'y j
Tony Dortero's [
L
Havintr completed re'.table arrange
ments for ao adequate supply of tba
bo?t
British Columbia Coal
for the cimio? winter we offer for
Ska?\vuy Coal Consum-rs, Coals at
following p'loes; ?
Wellington ( Dep?rture Bay)
Run of Mine fl2_per tou
Wellington (LiJjHfuit't)
SeWoted Lumps $13 per ton
Anthracite (Kanff B. C.)
Chestnut tsize 820 per ton
Prices nbovd an on wharf and- in bulk
or sucked ;;nd for cash. Delivery $1 00
per ton extra.
SHAW & JOHNSON *
Phones 11 or 1W fcH^ajjway, Aia?kn
The Harvfc?rt Victim.
Tty tl: i ' i ? Soplemboi
l^over \vlr.b
stuck. i' > . . 1 a . in ?; all of them
wheu thatched will be erowued with a
?vlep of straw tk'd on to a stick or a
pitchfork r.n' . klu; at a dlotnnc?
about a ? ucj Hk ;i ifcd as a scare
.-row look- 1! n it' ui. Tbis almost
universal nud apparently meiudngless
custom Is a relic of the pagan times
before i !.?? : ? i.-.n cou(]ueRt. when th?
tillers ot i be . -11 killed n btiinau victim
to propKi::!.- the s.| !:it of the coru aud
burled lilm or part of liim in the stack.
Our wis; r straw represent the elll
ijy which in Inter days was substituted
for the victim. Traces of this super
stition are fouud all over the world
aud in alr:i >st every century, survivors
of the dim ages when man looked
upon he j,-ifts of mi til re as a boon to
lie no' ;;!it v. i i a price of blood.?
Westiuin tcr <!.: :elto
PROM THE NORTHERN LIGHT"
DEADLOCK BROKEN
Viola Powell whs elected president
of the clii-s -. f lflOS yesterday on the
ninth billot tho voiu slat ding:
VI la P>well, C; Lewis Stine
bi.ui h, ('larence Aohiuon, 1.
The seven' h ballot, taken at noon, ?nd
iho ?i{ih h. taken nt, 1:15, each resulted
in a tie, tho leading Candida es receiv
ing -ix vo'ex eich. The brn-k * hich,
had lonir been cxp cted, n nir on the
following billot. The election of th?
oilier < ftieeis -vie -prPH dt-n\ secretary
and treasurer ? will occur Thursd<y, In
all likelihood.
Mr. T (inner will soon jt?rt to move
ube oth< r'hitlf of the building ho is en
laced in rn'ninor. Let us nil hope that
tie electric wires will be interfered
with at a less criiicul time when the
vicini'v of Ft urth avenue is reached.
Tuesday i veninp the Ladies of the
M acc.\J>t es held a banquet in their hall.
The Northern Liirbt. in yesterday's
NEW GOODS JOST IN
Let us show you how easy it Is to do
volop and print by the Kodnk sysU'm
No Fi^s ? No Bother
We l-'rume Pictures
DRAPEiRSGO.
Skagwa/, Alaska
PHONE 83 P O BOX 235
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
C3MPANY
Battle, Wash.
Drink it at
The
Pack
Train
Saloon
? ' SHEA & PATTEN
;.j ProprloUirs
CONTINENTAL
DISTRIBUTING CO.
Distributors
SEATTLE
s up, asked for 9 redaction by the
L) i ) . l.'Bkmiof a|! he io> an
ltd ? I u?. As tin Aii<tskai> tins f. ili d
to matte eucn retraction, we prooead to
male* good our word by cb? tallowing1
poem.
MOOP'LA..
Contributed by X. Y. Z.
Our Northern Light shlnrs clear and
bright,
Its scintillating rays;
Strike many a -j n kin seeming dark,
Belligerent highways.
Our rival bold now delgna to hold.
His straniiulatirjf breath.
Our press broke down, Th's apish
clown
Thought f.bat wou'd be our death.
He little knew the pood and true
Succeed in each endeavor;
A. noble thought in pa1 ienoe wrought,
Lives on and on forever.
He said we stole; but as the whole,
There nothing wns to steal;
It takes a thief to oa-ch a tMef,
Ah! why then should HE squeal?
tt makes s la'igh to ?ee the chaff.
His telegrams are se.idlng;
War, murder, shnme, a boodle fame,
And strikes that are never ending.
Rio Janeiro's naval hproes,
He threw into a panic;
The harmless laps, when bis wire taps.
Are mad? to seem Satanic.
From far off Nome to pagan Rome,
Come ta'es of dire outrages;
The youthful mind grows unrefined,
That roads its torrid pages.
That fl msy rag from his scrap-bag,
H?s naught of science in it;
Sun, m <on and stars, the planet Mara,
Are Quite beyond bis limit.
He scans our page with jealous rage,
In occult depth* to flounder;
Then whets his claws to scra'ch for
flaws ?
Oh, say, boys. He's a bounderl
? ?????
BaSKET-BALL,.
At the morning recess yesterday the
boys of the C'?M) of 10' 8 dcfp#t<d thfl
0 h r bo? o Mr? i'e lot ?'? o> m h> tl.e
score of 6 io no* hinjj 'Ibis ?ei m t?l s
fair to defeat all comers. At the after*
qc?q reo?u cnt defsated w&lL of the
saoraicg obeyed up after b?ilcg a
picked team from Mrs. Draper's room?
8 to 1. Afitr school two teams chosm
from the two rooms played for half i n
hour; but as there were manv changes
made lo toe line-up, oo record of the
score was kept.
At the morning reccss today the
larger boys from Mrs. Draper's room
will play the smaller boys. At the af
ternoon recess the class of 1908 will
play Ate m chosen from the rest of the
schsol by Edwin Dillon.
The team composed of the larger
boys of Mrs. Draper's room wish to ex
plain that their defeats Lave been due
to the lack of practice? four of the
1 players being new to the game? and to
the absence of the fifth player, Louie
Rapuzzi. They warn all players to
look out for them in the future.
LIBRARY BOOKS RKCEIVED.
Four of ihe books ordered from the
proceeds of the play given before
Christmas arrived on the City of Seat
tle. The arrival of these books before
the others was due to the fact that they
were ordered from scattered publ'shing
bouses, aod so came by mail. The
books received will Dot be rea<!y for cii
culation for a few days, as they flrft
have to be labeled, catalogued, etc.
Those received are as follows:
"The Schoolhouse in the Woods" ?
Plympton.
"The Oak Tree Fair Book"? John
son.
"Concise Etymological Dictionary of
the Enxlish Language" ? Skeat.
"Snowland Folk. The Eskimos, tho
bears, the dogs, the musk oxen and
other dwellers in the frozen North'1?
Peary.
Only One "BROMO QUININE," that is -
Laxative Rromo Ouuune 1R on evtry
CurSTcSTta On~ J&2 Day, 10 25c
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THE MONOGRAM
BLOOM & EORACH. Proprietor*
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
We curry a Fall line of Bar Supplies Direct Importers
Depot (or A. B. C. Bohemian St. Louis and Seattle Bottle Beer
OENT RALLY LOCATED
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
New Home Restaurant
:MKS. MART BERNHOFFER,:Man?K?r
Best 25 Cent Meals in the City
k FIFTH AVENUE, NEAR BROADWAY
Good Clean Beds From 25 Cents Up
BATHS IN CONNECTION
ELECTRIC
LI QHTS
Our Service is Always The Best
Our Rates as Low as the Lowest
^ C4LL ON IS fOR PRICES _
V. I. HAHN, Supt.
Railway Building Skaguay
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