THE DAILY
ALASKAN
CITY QF=l=ICiraL? PHP ER
Nc VOL. IX. ?
3KAGWAY, 1LA.SK A, THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 1900
PRICE 10 CENTS
" L K Barrisoii Co. 1
Your Christmas ?"Needs" are easily dis- I
posed of when you visit this ,ctore and ?
see the array of gifts for everyone- from 8
the baby to Grandpa and Iriends and I
relajived abroad
Latest ??fiction" prettily bound. nothing more accept- I
I able for a Christmas gift.
Cooistou Winston Churchill
Buchanan's Wife ?
.Justus Mi'es Korman
Treasure of Heaven Marie Correlll
?lane Cable
George Barr McCiitcheoo
Moon Kace Jack I.onaon
Prisoners .Mary Cholmoudeley
The Fighting Chance.
.Robert W. Chambers
Jewel Weed. . . Alice Ames Winter
The Spoilers Hex K. Beach
Puc?c of Pooks H'.U
. . . .Kudvard Kipling
Whispering Smith
Prank H. Spearman
The Wheel of Life . Ellen Glasgow
The Clansman. Tnoiua* Dicksoti
The Call of the Blood.. Robt Hickeos
Rich Men's Children
Geraldine Bonner
The House of a Thousand Candles
Meredith Nicholson
Kene ms Desire Hushes Cornel
Trusia Davis Brinton
The Woman in theA'cove
Anna K. Green
Sophy of Kravonia .Anthony Hope
Ann Boyd Will N. Harbin
Tbe Tides of Bavnegat
F. Hopkinson Smith
A Motor Car Divorce
Louise Closser Hale
The Awakening of Helena Rit 'hie
M. Del and
The Call of the Wild. . . [ac< London
The S-cr<rt Passage. ..Fergus Hume
Purple and Fine Linen.. Kmiiy Post
For the White Christ
R. A. Bennett
For the Soul of Rafael .M.E.Ryan
The 11 )se of Croix
-David Tod Gilliam I
In Cure of Her Soul.. F J.Stim^on B
Anthony Overman I
Miriam Mickelson I
Hesits Souvenir Book of Alaskan
views *1
1q the Forest of Anlen. . . . ?
Hamilton W. Mabte
Hiawatha Illustrations by Harri-oo)
Fisher
Mi-s CHerrv B:o-?otu o( Toytto. . .
J. L [.on?
An Oiohani Princess ? ???
P.atph Henry Barbour
I Miss Caro int. of Courtland Street .
I Weyiuer P. Mills
"They'by Rudyard Kipiine, illustrat
ed by Towns end
'Kxtra Dry 'by author of Lag of the
Waterwagon
Joy and Strength Alice L Williams
Candle Li/htio Time
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
U'oodbine edition of the Poets gen
uine leather binding fl.50
Wright Mabies latest ehii
i!pv*ds b o'ss Songs every child
should know .
Heroes every child should koov
Fairy Ttles everv child should know
Myths every chil l should know
Legends every child should know
roem- every ch- d should know
L::t!e Mrn and Women Series
. ..Louisa M. Alcott's
The following1 "I'bunny" books:
Jimmy and His Scrapes
The Ariren'ures of Mr. Jack
The Tricks of the Katzeojamtrer
Kids
Buster Brown acd His Resolutions
Buster Brown's Antics
Tbe Travels of Happy Hoolieac
Buddy Tuckee and His Friends
Phone's 4 and 55 Stores open evenings
GOLDEN NORTH HOTEL
THE GOLiUtn NORTH ,g ^
SK AG WAY'S POPULAR HOTEL
Modern Improvements
PAIS TREATMENT, C-OOD SERVICE AND RATES THAT ARE RIGHT
u
n
Do not overlook us when in ceed of Hark- (0
ware. We now carry * full line of BCILD- ^
hardware, carpester tools, tar >
PAPER. TIN and GRaXITEWaRE >
DONT' FORGET
We are the onU Tien rs ace Plumbers that tare stayed by our City, and
would l !se vou to call and see us when in n?'td of anything in our lires.
N ETTLESS FORD
Kourth Avenue near Brosdwav
Siagway, Alaska
With the exception of Saturday evenings
our store will close at 6 p. m- from
Nov. 19 until December 15
Do not forget that we carry
the largest line of
Overcoats
Men's Suits
Cravenett Coats
Ulsters
Fur Coats
Furnishing
Goods, Caps
Hats, Gloves
Shoes, Rubbers
Call and examine our immense line
be ? re purchasing elsewhere
F. H CLAYSON & CO,
THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIER
0 AND FCRNIHING
aOOD6 HOUSE IN" ALL OF ALASKA
Largest clothing and fcrnihlno grOfldWay
Threatened By Meat famine
Local markets almost exhaust their stock of fresh
meat? Other towns as bad off? Haines entirely out
and Juneau, Douglas and Ketchikan short=-Plenty
of chickens.
|
Will Southeastern Alaskans have to
content themselves with a sourdough
diet of bacon and salt pork? Will they
have to eschew fresh meat? Both are
questious that must be answered in the
affirmative if the boats that are due
early next week do not relieve a meat
famine thai is becoming acute. In fact,
difficulty is being experienced now to
:
rf?et good fresh meat.
The Skagway meat raaVketa have
nearly exhausted their supply of fresh
meat. There is none at Haines at all,
and there is a short ag? at Juneau*
Douglas, Ketchikan and other points
down the passage.
Some local livestock was slaughtered
this afternoon by the Frye-Bruho com
panj. That will he'.p out the demand
for beef, and may tide over situation
until the arrival of the Dolphin.
There is still a good supply of
chickens in town nnd the stores are
well supplied with hams and bacon.
The shortage of meat at Skagway
and the other Alaskan points is due to
the failure of the supply at Seattle.
The flood there delayed cattle trains,
preventing the wholesalers from get
ting stock to the coast. |The last
orders sent to Seattle by the Skagway
meat markets were filled only in part
for that reason. There is no shortage
of cattle in the country, and the next
boats are expected to put ati end to the
scarcity in Alaska.
It is said several shops were closed In
Seattle because of an inability to get
meat.
BAD CASE
Tories Admit Couteuipt For
Alaskau People
That unbelief io the capacity of the
people of Alaska to govern themselves
is one of the principal objections Alas
ka tories bave to self-government for ,
this district was frankly admitted by
leaders of the opposition recently, talk
ing in Skagway. It was a'so admitted
that this "incapacity'' applied to Ju-;
ceau us well as other portions of the
district and the men who did the ad- '
mining are Juneauites who are heavily
interested in the town In fact Juneau
was held up by them as the ''frightful
example" of what the people might j
expect if territoral government wer? '
granted Alaska.
They contend that the wealthy cor
poratioDs would not be ab'e to control
Alaskan legislation if the people bad
the power to make the laws, asserting
that the "common herd" would insis'.
upon electing men of their number to
the legislature.
One of the facts cited by one of these
tories to prove that the people of Ju
neau are "unfit for self-government"
was that the city always voted for self
government whanever given an oppor
tunity, while the "best people" [the
tories] are opposed to it. He did not
like this independence on the part of
tbe masses.
It has also been pointed out that the
people of Juneau voted for a municipal
owned wharf, thus showing hostility to
the steamship corporations. This is
regarded as a symptom showing that
the people cannot be trusted to manage j
their own affairs.
That Governor Hoggatt is in thor- 1
ough svpathy with this position is!
freely admitted by his friends.
AN EXCUSE
_____
I Postoffice Authorities Have
Good Reason
I In justice to the United States post
ofEce authorities it should be said that
the reason offered for the failure to push
iis contention with reference to the
Humboldt as a mail boat or to consider
the question of entering iuto a further
contract to secure its services is due to
the fact that it was understood that she
was to be withdrawn from the Alaska
route November 1st. In the summer
time, theie were so many mail boats on
the Alaskan run that the lack of her
services was not greatly felt When
it was discovered that she was to con
tinue od the route during November
and December It was thought that this
was too short a lime to make it worth
while to force the differences toasettle
ment
It fact, this is the way the Juneau
chamber of commerce looked at the
matter when it took up the mail service
question with W. A. Graves, chief
clerk in the railway mail service some
time ago, and for that reason it made
no representations a* to the Humboldt.
It is true, in the summer time we had
the City of Seattle, the Cottage City,
the Spokane, the Jefferson, the Dolphin,
the Princess May and the Princess
Beatrice carrying mail, and the refusal
of the Humbaldt to do so did not annoy
the people as it ha9 since the retire
ment of the Spokane, City of Seattle,
the Jefferson and the Princess May,
Elk*' Mcatlnjt
There will be a regular meeting of
Skagway Lodge No. 431, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, at their
hall, Thursday, December 6, at 8 p. in.
All visiting Elks are invited to at
tend.
There will be initiation.
M. S. Whittier,
Secretary.
New Furs and Golf Gloves at Bfar
risons.
Those wno have
not yet received
their 1907 Calen
dars can do so
by calling at our
store.
Ganty& Frandson
NOT YET
Georgia Nut Exp-oteil Uutil
Next M ouday
The Georgia is not looked for now
uutil next Monday. It is believed that
the trip which should have brought the
vessel here last Tuesday evening has
been abandoned. She did not get back
j fuoin Sitka in time to corns here and
she is billed to start from Juneau for
Sitka again today. It is believed she
I will make this trip before returning to
1 Skagway again. She will be due to
! sail from Juneau next Monday morning
j and will be due here Monday evening
I and will sail for Juneau. Tuesday mora
I In Pnlm ol Chnmbnrlalu'a Cough
Rem- dv
There is no other medicine mauu-|
factured that has receivrd so much
praise and so tnanv expressions of grati
tude ?s Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, j
1 It is effective, ncd prompt relief follows i
[its use. Grateful parents everywhere
| do not he-itate to tes'ify to its merits
for tbe benefit of others. It is a certain
j cure for croup nd will prevent the at
I tack if given at the firs- appearance of
the di-ease. It is especially adapted to !
children as it is pleasant to take and j
cnniains nothin injurious. Mr. E. A.
Humphreys, a well Known resident and I
clerk in the store of \lr. E. Lock, of j
Alioe, Cape Colony, South Africa, $ays:
'T have used Chamberlain's Cough ,
Remedy to ward off crouo and colds in !
rev family. I found it to be very satis
factory and it giv-s me ni-as ire to re
eommeud it." For sale by SVm. Brut. '
WILL BLOW
Fire Whistle to He in Com
mission Tomorrow
The fite whistle will be blown at the
power house of the Northwest Light &
Power Company tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock. Tbe purpose is to test the
apparatus, therefore no one need get
excited when its shrill blast [shall be
heard-provided, of course, thai it be
heard at the hour mentioned.
The fire whistle ha? no', been blown
since last spring, wben the Northwest
Light & Power Company began using
water in stead of steam for power. It
will return to the use of steam tomor
row morning.
IS Tilt
ACCEPTED TIME
The American Tailors have just re
ceived one of tbe largest stocks of new
and up-to-date goods that everjoame to
Skagway.
They have new suitings and overcoat
patterns in the very best grades of
foreign and domestic goods. The pat
teres are the latest and most fashion
E 'orders will be taken for suits and
overcoats for delivery for Christmas
and New Year's. Satisfaction Is guar
anteed.
American Tailors,
Broadway, Skagway.
Gage street Hats at Harrison's.
"Christmas
If you stand ou a chair you can see Christmas
cornice now, and then just think of what a
lot of things you got to buy. tf you look around
in our store you will find it mighty easy to do
your buying of Christmas gifts, as we have a
b;autiful selection of the very latest? from a
pretty Christmas card to the fanciest Toilet sets
to select from.'.
Wm. BEIT? j
H THE DRUGGIST I
Did you ever
smoke the
El
Arabe
Cigar?
NO! Where
Can I Get
? Theini From
TONY DORTERO, Sole Agent for Alaska