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n OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
u second class mill matter
July I, 1888, at the Postoffico
at Ska*wa y, Alaska.
L. ?. Keller, Publisher.
Subscription Rate*.
Oil month by mall 76
One month by carrier 1.00
Three Mouths by mall 2.20
BU months by mall 4-50
Oae year by mall 9.00
Subscriptions and advertisement
received by:
Bennett News Co. .. Whltehorse, Y. T
B. W. Gideon Carcross, Y. T.
E. L. Plllman Atlin, B. C.
B. A. Barnett Haine?, Alaska
FIGURES AND FACT.
The town of Seward is not asleep
to tlie probability of a great stam
pede this winter. "Seward, the
Gateway to the Iditarod," read the
headlines of the Seward Gateway,
the daily newspaper of that place.
The Gateway figures it out that
from Seward to the Iditarod the dis
tance is 400 miles; by way of Fair
banks it is 1,100 miles over the
winter trail. These figures will soon
be spread broadcast, and the pros
pective prospector will be permitted
to draw his own conclusion.
Now we should not grudge Sew
ard whatever prosperity may be
coming her way, and as we have
said before, she will ultimately be
the gateway to the entire western
part of Alaska; but it is a duty to
the newcomer as well as to our tem
porary advantage to correct the false
conclusion which might be deduced i
from figures. There are occasions
when 400 miles may be twice as
long as 1,100, and this is one of
them. It is not enough that Major
Richardson has spoken. The facts j
should be kept before the outside j
public by competitive advertising.
Fairbanks Times.
Skagway might well profit by the
advice which the Fairbanks Times
thus sets forth to the merchants and
business men of that town. We can
not get results without working for|
them.
ThsaUrs of Diff*r?nt Agst.
The difference between the play
home In which we see a drama of
Bronscn Howard's today and the play
house in which Sheridan's comedies
were originally acted is greater than
the difference between Sheridan's
Drury Lane and the house for which
Cougreve wrote and In which Better
ton acted. And that restoration play
house was very uulike the Elizabethan
theater for which Shakespeare wrote
?Dd in which Iturimge acted. Even
more apparent h the difference be
tween the thenter of Dionysius at
Athens and the Roman theater at
Orange. These theaters are sharply
distinguished from one another by
their sire, by their shape, by their
methods of illumination, by the ab
sence or presence of reul scenery and
by the arrangement of the seats for
th? spectators, and as we study these
successive changes we are confirmed
in the convictiou that these physical
conditions must have exerted a pow
erful influence upon the dramatists
who followed one another dowu the
centuries.? B Hinder Matthews In Cen
tary
Wisdom In Fabla.
Anton* the beet things that have
?ver been written are the Aesop's fa
bles. which date back to the sixth cen
tury B. C. They present human na
ture as it always has been. Is and
probably always will be. Take, for
example, the story of "The Fox With
out a Tall:"
"A fox was once caught in a trap
by his tall and in order to get free
was obliged to leave It behind. Re
knew that his fellows would make fun
of bla tailless condition, so be made
up his mind to Induce them all to part
with their talis. At the next assem
blage of foxes he made a speech on
the uselessuess of talis In general and
th* Inconvenience cf a fox's tall In
particular, declaring that never In his
whole life had he felt so comfortable
ma now In his tallleM freedom. When
be sat down a sty old fox rose and,
wiring his brush, said, with a sneer,
that If he had lost bis tall he would
be e?irtiw*d >?? the last speaker's ar
guments, but until such an accident
occurred he fully Intended to vote in
favor of tails."
Diamonds for all who admire them,
?and who doesn't? Perfectly cut
and exquisitely set in pins, rings,
brooches, single stones and clusters
and combined with other gems. No
trouble to show them at Kern's.
tubscrlbs for Ttie Alaskan.
BIRDS' NECKS.
It's the Number of Boner. In Them
That Make* Them Flexible.
The thunlnKo*'* were making their
afternoon toilets In the big fl.vlng cage
at the Bronx zoo the other afternoon,
says a writer In a .New York paper.
A crowd of children and grown people
were looking on and exclaiming with
admiring wonder at the way these
birds were twisting their long uecks
about Into all sorts of corkscrews nnd
curves when one or the ornithological
experts came along and stopped to
watch the |n>rforman< e
"It's the larger number of bones In a
bird's neck, not the length, that make
It so flexible," lie remarked. "There
are twenty-three bones In the ueck of
a swan, for example, ard a few more
In that of the tlnmiugo. It seetus that
the smaller the nulmal ? rgaulsm the
larger the number of neck hones. The
giraffe, fir Instance, has nly seven
bones In his long ueck. which has a
reach of nearly twentj feet from the
ground. That little while throated
sparrow over there Is only three Inch
es high, but he has fourteen bones In
his ncck and can almost scratch the
kick of Ills head with his hill. The I
swau has twenty-three neck bones j
and swlugs his head about with even I
greater freedom than a snake.'*
Stop at the Caribou hotel when 1'
Carcross. Flue fishing and huutln.
In the immediate vlcluity. Overlook
the beautiful shores of the lake. E
W. Gideon, prop.
Who engraves things for nothing?
Why Kirmse, of course.
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many May Sm But It Takes Onlui (?
Realise.
When James Watt itw tho steam
cau.sliiK the kettle 1I<1 to Jump up unc!
down lie said "There muat be power In
lh?t ateum that It can lift such k
weight."
There was.
Million? prior to him had scon tho
same phenomenon and regarded It ab
an unexplained mystery.
Recent sclentlflc research has put iti
flnK<"r 011 tho "causo" of Dandruff, Fall
Inn Hair, and consequent Baldness, and
hns unearthed a tiny germ which eats
the life from the roots of human hnlr
Newhro's Hcrplcldc destroys this
trrrni and consequently restores the
hair to Its natural state.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. In
stamps for sample to The Herplclde Co.,
Detroit. Mlcb.
One Dollar botUea guaranteed.
VVm. Brltt, Special afient, Skagway
Matrimony Made Easy.
"Can a follow tuarry comfortably ou
a salary of $.*>00 a year?" asked the
young man.
"Sure, be can," replied the wage of
Sageville? "tbat Is, provided he has
saved his last year's salary and can
get his employer to pay the next year's
In advance."? Chicago News.
Not Games of Chance.
The Vicar? Is It true, Samuel, that
your father allows games of chance
to be played at your house? The Boy
?There ain't no chance about It, zur?
they all cheats!? London Opinion.
Circumstantial Evidence.
"De Vlllers has quit scorching."
"Machine all In?"
"Nope; he's dead."
"Oh, that doesn't prove anything."?
Harper's Weekly.
Pullett Rouse
Pool of Sixth Hvenui
Most elegantly furnished house
in Alaska
Every modern convenience
Electric lights? Hot and cold
w ater? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by the d y, week
or month
Table supplied with cream and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
mrs. fi. $. Pullett
Proprietress
(EES!
(here's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
Iflf
COMPANY
Seattle
Wash
Only One "BROMO QUININE," that Is ^ y
l^ive B[?22 Qamine^?
Cores a Cold in One Day, Crip in 2 Days
MOORE'S WHHRF CO.
Tormlnu8 W. P. St Y. Route
All South Bound Steamnrs Arrlva and Deoart From Thla Dock j
REGULATIONS 1809
: Warehouse, open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
: All frsight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a ?
Shipper's Manifest (papers can bo obtained at the U. 8. customs [
office) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re )
ceived on wharf after this nour.
: BAGGAGE? Tolls win oe collected on Checked Baggage Onlt. No jf
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be clopjd to the public when ateamor is nearlng i
dock and will be opeu d only wh?n passengers have disembarked
Wharfage Tariff cao be had on application at offioe on dook.
P. O. Box 175. E. J. SHAW RESIDENT, MANAGER
HEATED AND LIGH1 ED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
(libit* Pass Ijwel
P. D McMillan, Manager
Hardest and best appointed Hotel in tbe Yukon
CHO.CE BAR STOCK UlbittbOW, V. C.
RATES MODERATE
J HEADQUARTERS FOR FIRST CLASS CAFE
ATLIN-CONRAD STAGE IN CONNECTION
CHOICE BAR STOCK
Caribou Hotel
E. w. GIDEON, Proprietor
Carcross, Y. T. |
?-M"! I I I 1 I I I I I I H
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
J. FURNACE HEATED
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 22.
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound No. 2. S. Bound
lBt class 1st class
8 30 a. m. Leaves SKAC UAY Arrives 3 20 p. m.
10 00 " " WHITE PASS " 1 45 -??
11 00 " " LOG ABIN " 12 42 "
U 30 " " BENNETT M 12 10 "
1 30 p. m. " CARIBOU " 10 25 a. m.
3 45 " Arrives WHITE HORSE Leaves 8 15 "
Passengers must be at depoj In time to have Baggage inspect
ed and checked. Inspection Is stopp d 30 minutes before leaving time of
train.
J 50 pounds of baggago will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
iimrnmmitTmtmntnnmmtxnmnm*,
The result of the obiervatlon taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Dec. 13,
1909, Is as follows'.
Temperature time observat'n 37 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours 14 above
Mia. " " " " ]9 above [
Mean " " " " ioj above
Barometer 29.96
Raining antl strong south wln<l
INTERIOR WEATHER.
Whltcborse 32 above j
Atllo 30 *' '
Lower Le barge 3 J "
Hcotallnqua 35 "
Big Salmon 30 "
Yukon Crossing 32 "
Selkirk 0 below
Coffee Creek 30 "
Stewart 18 "
Ogilvie a' * ' 1? "
Dawson 12 "
Forty Mile
KLOCK'S JERSEY BUTTER.
This 's without doubt ho best but
ter to bo obtained in any market.
A fresh consignment received every
ten days and we guarantee its purity.
All kinds of fresh and salt meats,
poultry, fish and game constantly on
hand.
Frye-Bruhn Co.
ROYAL A.GUNNISON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
P. O. BOX E. JUNEAU ALASKA
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S,
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Halues, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoonn, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayporta
S A I LS
Dec. 2 8 14 20 26
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NOW ELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOCGHTON, Agent
Broadwav and Fifth Ave. phone 90
U. S Mail Steamer
Carrying Passengers and Mall will
leave Skagway for Haines
Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M.
FARE ONEWAY $1.50: BOUND TRIP S2.50
BOAT CAN BE CHARTERED FOR
EXCURSIONS SUNDAYS AND
EVENINGS
Cable Code "Hegg" Phone 86
SKAGWAY
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Victoria, Vancouver, Anacortes. Bcllinjliam
Everett, Olympia, Port Towrwcnd, SouiS
Bcllu'.gham, Eurelca, Santa Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los Angeies, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS. G. A. P. D, C. D. DUNANN, G. P. A.
113 Jame? St., Seattle I !2 Market St., San Itanciico
Right reserved to chance tills Schodulo
NEXT SAILINGS WILL EE
S. S, COTTAGE CITY
November 14, 25 December 7, 19
FRANK H. STUART Agent, 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP I
9 COMPANY i
a'r/lr.fr U S Mali and A c P1 i i?re?
Soji bailing of the Fast P.-i**ene*r St.eaii>pr
S. S JEFFERSON
December 12-24
Company reserves rljfht to change sailing date without uotice]
Through Tickets to San Francieco
C. B. OUPTJLL, Agent. Phone 56
I W W IWMiH MHI
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
Winter Schedule of Sailings From Skagway
SSI PRINCESS MAY
December 17-31
| January 14-28 February 11-25
Subject io chaDfje nltjout notice
For Vancouver, Victoria. Seattle, via Prince Iiupert
pnon. 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agsnt
like Humboldt S. S. Co.
The S. S. Humboldt will resume her reg
ular sailings for South-Eastern Alaska
Ports on or about January 15, 19J0.
SEATTLE OFFICE W. W. BOUGHTON,
? 103 YESLER WAY phone 90 skagway agt^,
fP
Through Ivine Krom
Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, Big Salmon D.iwson and Iotermedia'o Yukon River Points.
The new placercamps in the Alseknnd Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skagway and Whito Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, loavo Whito Horse for Dawson ami
intermediate points.
For Conrad'Clty, located in the heart of the newly discovered anil fabulously rich quartz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For Information relative to passe age', freight and teleirnphic rates, tspplj
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. r,. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr F. B. WURZBACHER Gen Agen
Vancouver B. C. >?nd Skacuay, A.ln?ki? Skaguay, Alaska
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