LASI DAY
Fourth of .Inly Exercise!
Terminate at Klk's Hall
The litery program at Elk's hal
yesterday morning, though short, wai
very good and thoroughly enjoyed bi
about a half hundred people, mostli
ladies and children. The small audi
ence is accounted for bv the fact that s<
many oeople were out of towu. In ad
dition to the excursions to Douglas anc
Haines many small parties were camp
ing in the hills for the day.
The program was opened by th?
singing of America by the school
children, after which prayer wasolTeret!
by ttev. N. B. Harrison.
A. F. Wildt read the Declaration ol
independence in place of Judge Le
Kevre, who was out ot town.
Miss Lulu DeWitt recited and was as
usual well received.
Mrs. D. M. Westcott rendered a
vocal solo, fitting to the day. which was
highly appreciated by the audience,
she was enthusiastically encored.
Mrs. S. \V. Ormsby recited and was
enthusiastically received, she responded
to an encore by a short and humorous
recitation. At the clcse of the exer
cises Uev. J. W. Glenk offered Bene
diction.
CAMP ENDEAVOR
NEWS ITEMS
(Special Correspondent.)
The 1-ourth was delightfully spent
in the camp. One party ascended the
mountain to I'pper Lake Dewey.
Others entertained a number of visitors
from town. The day ended with sky
rockets and a baloon ascension.
Trout fishing before breakfasi yields
a splendid meal for the campers.
A list of ''grubstake wants'" will be
found at Case & Draper's which may
be consulted for suggestions, when
starting for camp.
Tonight the mid-week prayer service
will be held at Camp Endeavor. The
hour rill be S:30. When the lake is
reached call for the ftrryman.
PRINCESS BEATRICE
DIE TOIMItitlT
| l'1'he Canadian I'.icitic Railway's
steamer Princess Beatrice, with 4*.0
tons of freight and :U? pa-^engers, > due
to arrive in port between " and 8
o'clcck this evenin g. She will sail
south tomorrow night.
BUY HERE
G-ct Souvenirs at Big
Curio Store
Get your Alaska souvenirs at the
PIG tUHIO STORE OF ALASKA.
It has the largest stock ever displayed
in the north and the best selected of
Indian baskets, Alaskan totems, moc
casins, Indian carved mammoth and
walrus ivory in all designs, gold mi?
getts, nugget jewelry, combination
nugget and ivory jewelry, snow shoes,
art novelties, souvenirs of all kinds,
and other things tco numerous to men
tion.
Jewelry of all kinds, watches, clocks,
etc . glassware, Chinaware and every
thing carried by a tirst-class jewelry
store.
Repair work done neatly, quickly
acd in such a manner that one trial
makes one a regular patron.
We have a graduated optician who is
excelled by no one on the coast, in the
store, lie will examine your eyes free.
H. P. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler, Optician and Offi
cial Time Keeper for the W.P. ,!c Y. R.
The White Pass Hotel. Whitehorse
has unlimited accommodations. Every
thing strictly first-class.
The best meals and best service in
Ska? way can be secured at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. tf.
Oyster Cocktail* and Weinerwor*:
Presh oyster cocktails and hot weic
e-wiirst o<) tai> at the Mascot Saloot
Third avenue and Broadway.
Now Ooen
The Railroad restaurant is now opet
for business. Meals for 2j cents andup
from 0 a. m. to 8 p. m.
John Williams, Proprietor
Broadway, near L)epo'
Dtfl.ienoy Warrant* Called In
The following deficiency warrant:
are called in for payment: Nos. 1310
1312, 1313, 1314. 1315, 163:, 1668, arid al
unpaid warrants of the Town of Skag
wav will be paid on presentation at th<
office of W. W. Bocghton,
Municipal Treasurer
fOLR IN
.
3 1 Cottage City, Jtffersoii,
I Faralloii and City of Seattle
1 '< The Cottage City arrived yesterday
s forenoon with 40 through and 8 rounc
trip passengers, 100 tons of freight ant
37 head of horses for Skagway and th<
interior. She sailed at i>:30 o'clock lasl
night, via Sitka.
The JfTerson arrived in port yester
day at 4:30 p.m., with SH> passengers
I and 100 tons of freight for Skagway
She also carried a large number ol
round trip passengers. The Jefferson
sailed at midnight via Sitka.
The Farrallon arrived in port yester
day with a cargo of t>oo tons of general
merchandise. She will sail this even
ing at 5 o'clock.
The City of Seattle arrived this
morning at 9:30 o'clock with 5t> passen
| gers and ISO tons of freight for Skag
! way and the interior. She will sail at
0 o'clock for Juneau, Vancouver and
I Seattle direct.
GOOD IJMC
Haines Appropriately Cele
brates thu Fonrth
The people of Haines approptiately
| celebrated Independence day yesterday.
| Through the hospitality of Col. VYood
[ bury a large number of Skagway
people were permitted to participate in
j the celebration. The Peterson left
here in the morning at 8 o'clock with
about ?5 people and returned at
; la-it nigh'. Pete Madsen's mail boat
, aUo carried a number of people. Be
?) des thevisitors from Skagway, many
j people were there from the
; canneries, Porcupine, Fort Seward
and elsewhere joined in the
! festivities and in competing for
| the different prizes. It is estimated
| that at lejst a thousand people look
1 part in the celebration.
j j hose who went down from Skagway
all enjoyed the day thoroughly and are
enthusiastic in the praises they bestow
upon the people of Haines for their
generou- hospitality and cordiality.
Th~mls Silli South
The Canadian 1'acific Iiy. Co's., big
freighter Them s sailed for Vancouver
this morning at 1 1 :30 o'clock, and is ex
| peced to return in about two weeks
I with another large ctrgo.
NATURE TELLS VOL
Ai Many Reader Know* Too Well
j When the kidneys are sick.
Nature tells you all about it.
The urine is nature's calendar,
lufrequent or too frequent acticn:
Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney l'ills cure all kidney
ills.
J. W. Strong, a retired veteran of 506
Ohio Street Bellingham, Wash,, says:
"Up to three years ago 1 had never
I suffered anv form of kidoev complaint.
After that time I moved up the Colum
j bia river to Whatcom Lake, and three
months after locating there I began to
! notice symptons ol kidney trouble. The
| first was a dull schiog piin across the
back, and which finally got so baa that
I I was unable to get oui of the house at
j ?11. C'hai ges of position were accom
panied with severe twinges of piin ai>d
jihe kidnev secretions were dark in
! co or and contained a heavy sediment,
and pacing was accompanied with
I pain. I think all this trouble wa<
b ought on by drinkin impure water
while at Whatcom lake. However true
I that may be, I procured a box of Doan's
Kidney Pills took them according to
directioos, and was completley cured of
hit troubles. About a month ago I had
| a severe attack of the grip and was
! afr&id this would bring on kidney
trouble but there has been no
sympti in of a recurrence. I am satisfi
ed iha: the cure is permanent."
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Seattle, Wash.
A Four-story Story
[Copyright, 1S0G. by Homer Hpraguc.)
"Pa Perkins, have you gone anil got
> a sunstroke or hit your foot a whack
with the hoo7'
"N'-no. I've got au Idea!"
"Shoo! Now. Pa Perkins, dont you
$3 to roolln' with them squashes and
tryiu' to make citrons or pumpkins out
of them. When people want squashes
' they don't want nnything else."
I "Squashes be hanged!" he iudignant
, ly shouted. "I tell you I've got au idea
that will make us rich as John Jacob
' Astor within two years! It's goin' to
upset the bull world!"
"La mel Sit down on the steps and ,
tell me about It while 1 tlnisi this pie i
1 and get It Into the oveu. If you've got
an idea It's something new, and I hope
> It won't strike In and make you sick.
Now, then, what Is It?"
1 "You've seen a beehive, of course?"
"I wasn't born blind."
"Vou know that a swarm of bees
swarms every year?"
"Of course."
"But why do they swarm?"
"Why does a bull go around pawin'
the earth and bellerin'? He does It be
cause It's his nature. It's the nature of
bees to swurm every spring, and what
are you goin' to do about It?"
"That's it? that's the idea? that's Just
what I wanted you to say!" exclaimed
Pa Perkins as he rolled off the door
steps in his excitement.
"Well, I've said It, and now what
?.f It?"
"A swarm of bees swarms because
die swarm gets so largo that there
ain't room for all In the hive. If there
was room there'd be uo swurmiu'.
Can't you understand that?"
"Y-e-s, you may be right"
"For two weeks before the swaruiin'
takes place they are all upsut and
ioatiu' around. The same Is the < as? |
for two weeks afterward. There's a :
workla' uiotuh lost. S'poae that. could
be saved? Wouldn't they produce a
heap more money? Wouldn't the own
er of the hives be saved a heap of
bother and trouble?"
"It looks that way, pa, but"?
"Now don't go to throwiu' any cold
water until you hear It all. S'posin' I '
had a four story beehive. That would j
give two swarms twice the room they [
have now. Havin' twice the room, f
they wouldn't swarm only ouce in two |
years instead of every year. J'o you
see the p'int?"
"I seem to, but letnme see how that
pie Is comin" on. Now go ahead ag'in.
Why not make an eight story hive, and
then they wouldn't swarm b\lt once in I
four years?"
"It would have to be as big as a \
house for that," answered the man j
with an Idea. "I'll start with a four
story and see how that works."
"What! Are you goin' Into bees?"
"I am, llanuer. I'll set to work this
very day on a four story hive and be
fore sundowu tomorrer I'll have two |
swarms of bees into it. By thunder,
but I've hit it!"
"Now ,,a!"
"I ain't swearin'; I'm Jest a leetle ex
cited. How on earth Christopher Co
lumbus, George Washington and Napo
leon Bonaparte passed over the Idea I
can't understand. It's the biggest thing
mortal man ever thunk out, auil I'll
see about havln' It patented next week.
Meauwhile don't you lisp n word. On
your life, don't mention it to a single
person. If they ask what the four sto
ry beehive Is, tell 'em it's a henhouse."
The wife promised, and the husband ^
went to the barn and began his work
at once. It was two days before he had i
the hive in place. Each swarm had
two full floors to itself, and when they i
got too large the first could move up j
into the second and the third Into the i
fourth. Each swarm bad Its own front j
and back doors, and if they didn't get i
along in a nelghltorly way It was not
the builder's fault. A farmer six miles
away had swarms to sell, and when
the big hive was ready Mr. Perkins
got a horse and wagon and went after
inmates. The farmer wanted to talk
about bees, their habits, their little idi
oms, and to give his customer soma
pointers, but Mr. I'erklns was on his
guard. Not a word did he suy to
give his secret away. He brought the
bees home at night and arranged the
hives so that they must leave them in
the morning for the larger affair, and
when he went to bed he rubbed his
hands and said to his wife:
"Hanner. 1 can't comprehend how I
ever got that Idea, but it's goin" to
bring uir in bar'ls and bar'ls of money.
When you are rollin' in diamonds you'll
know who to be thankful to."
The sun came up hot and red next
morning, and as soon as it burned up
the mist the bees were heard from.
Each swarm was willing to occupy the
new hive, bot each wanted It nil for
itself. It didn't take long to start a
scrap and three minutes after it start
ed it took In all the insects. After a
Jeautlful old row they suddenly made
op their minds that "the man higher
up" was responsible for the whole
thlnf: and they went after him. In
cidentally they Jabbed Auut Hanner
about a dozen times. Incidentally also
they went for the neighbors on either
side and then continued on into town
and the number of victims finally tal
lied up about 150. There was mourn
ing and lamentation galore and when
the mob finally reached the Perkins'
louse to wreak its vengeance they
found the hens trying to take posses
sion of the big hive and Pa Perkins
so swathed in bandages that they could
not even see an eyelash as be feebly
explained :
"Them bees ought to have gone In
there and behaved themselves, but they 1
wouldn't do it and here I've lost as
good as three days and them squashei
won't amount to shucks."
M. QUAD.
JUST ARRIVED ?
lp-to-Date Novelties
IN
LADIES' SUITS, I
Jackets, Coats
and Skirts
THEY ARE THE MOST SWELL
READY-MADE GARMENT EVER
SEEN IN SKAGWAY
Martin Conway '
THERE ARE
Always
Occasions Cominjr Up
when the family supph
of table ware is insuffi
cient
Th? Cheorfnl Effect
of a sparkling array of
silverware cannot be
overestimated. Is your
stiver chest complete as
you would like it.
Let us show you some
of our sterling sets and
oiid pieces.
P. E. KERX,
Gold and Silversmith
Notice of Stookho dor's Meeting
Office of the Enginneer Mining Company.
To the stockholders of the Engineer .Mining
Company:
Tnke notice that the annual meeting of the
stockholder* of The Englnejr Mining Company
ivlll be held at theolileeof the company, in the
lo ?n of Skagway, District of Alaska on Wed
nesday the i".th dav of April, at lo o'clock a.m.
tor the purpose of electing a board of directors
iind for the trausaetion ot such other business
is may properly come before the meeting. 1 be
stock transfer book of the company will lie
closed on Saturday Ihe =lst day of April, 190ti,
at ft o lock p. ni. and will remain closed until
Thursday the 2Cth day of April, 1906, at 10
D'ClOCK a. 111.
Bv order ot the Hoard of Dltectors.
H. U l.K Eevhk, Secretary.
Hated March 24, WOO.
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Mr and Eight Rates
n fl
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On and after the 1st ot October, 1905. the following will be the
Mon'hly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet 2 00
Each " additional (except was i basins, free) 25
Bath TnbsMn Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " *' 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room additional 10
Beer Pjmps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries 7 50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per lond 1 00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE _
All Year Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights. $ 1.00
Enclosed Arcs 10.00
ALL N1QHT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 15.00
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Hates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager
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