'
NO ACTION
No Qnorum at Meeting of
Nod -Partisan MeetiDg
There was not a quorum at the meet
o? the Alaska territorial ccmmittee,
selected at the territorial convention
held last fall at Seattle, at this place
Saturday afternoon. Only the three
committeeman of Southeastern Alaska
were represented, Charles E, Davidson,
of Juneau, ?od John W. Troy, of Skag
way, in person, ami J. E. Lathrop, of
Ketchikan by proxy. Charles E. Her
ron, one of the oommitteemen from the
Second division filed his resignation
from the committee, saying that it was
his opinion that the best solution of the
delegate question is through the pclit
cal parties. He came to Skagway from
Juneau, but did not remain to the com
mittee met ting. H<s left for Seattle on
the Dolphin Saturday morning.
Hewever, the committee did not
finally close the question of a non-part
isan convention The matter was held
in abeyance for a few days until the
other members of the committ?e could
be communicated with.
Mr. Davidson returned to Juneau on
tile City of Seattle yesterday.
. HIGH WITER
' TROL'BLES KLONDIKE
Diwsoa, May 18. ? Heavy freshets did
several thousands dollars' worth of
damage in washing out sluice boxes on
Hunker. Bonanza and Eldorado. Part
of a dump on Forty-three below Bon
anza was washed away and Fields' open
cut on Sixty b?low. Bonanza, was part
ly filled. The Discovery dredge listed
heavily anu cannot be worked for three
weeki. More warm weather now may
cause indefinite harm by freshets}
COMMISSION TO
SPEND $200,000
Seattle, May 25.? Major Richardson,
of the Alaska road commission, says
that the government will spend $200,
000 in the next twelve -months on Alas
ka roads and trails, principally on the
trails from Valdez to Fairbanks and
from Fort Gibbon to Rampart.
Judge Winn ii Daddy
A letter reeeived here yesterday con
veyed the information that Mrs. John
R. Winn, who has been at Seattle for
the past three or four months.had given
birth to a twelve pound boy. ? Juneau
Record-Miner May 26.
APPEARING OLD
Act* a? a Bar to Profitable Employ
meat.
Tou cannot afford to prow old.
In these days of strenuous competition
It is necessary to maintain, as lony as
possible ones youthful appearance.
It Is Impossible to do this without re
taining a luxurious growth of hair.
The presence of Dandruff Indicates th?
presence of a burrowing germ which
lives and thrives on the roots of the
hair until It causes total baldness.
N'ewbro's Herplcide is the only kniwn
destroyer of this pest, and It Is as effec
tive as it Is delightful to use
Herpiclde makes an elegant hair dress
ing as well as Dandruff cure.
(Accept no substitute? there Is none.
So'd by leading druggists. Send 10c. In
(??amps for sample to The Herplcldo Co.,
Detroit. Mich.
Wm. Bri't, Special A?ent.
Pattie shells aiways on hand at the
Boss Bakery.
The Mascot saloon sells liquors
07 the bulic or case goods at wholesale
?? t. All thi old brands always on
Draft, saddle or pack borsesfor sale
Apply at, Alaska Transfer Co.
A larite quantity ot the latest maga
zines received at Muir's on the JefTer
900.
Macaroni- Vermicelli,
and many other
deHc^cies
Hanei for Sale
fine
Imported
Pastes,
f The Best Cigars
and lobaccoes
tony Dortero's
J R.W..NS Geo. C. Hiabd
WINN & HEARD
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW
Will pract ice in Alaska Courts,
U. S, Supreme Court, and Land
and Mining business.
Koooas 3, 4, and ?">, Dccker Building
JUNEAU, - * - ALASKA
PASS BILL
Agricultural Appropriation
Goes Through Senate
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, May 28. ? The seDate
Saturday passed the agricultural ap
propriation bill. It carries $7,800,00.
One of the provisions of the bill is that
all meats must be inspected before leav
ing this country.
TANANA RIVER
SIEAMER RAISED
Fairbanks, May 18.? The Northern
Commercial Company's steamer Rock
Island, which was sunk by ice last fall,
was raised today.
HUMBOLDT DUE
HERE TOMORROW
The Humboldt will we due in port to
morrow afternoon. She will have three
days' mail.
Will SfJl Cheap For C??h
Good mining property in Atlin.
Thoroughly prospected and working on
a paying basis.
Cause for selling ill health, full par
ticulars at Golden North. o-28-3t.
NOT ACENT
Yonr Eyes Examined Free
Of Charge
It will cost you NOT A CENT to ]
have your eyes examined. If there is j
anything wrong with them we will tell
you, and we will fit them with glasses
that will make them good again. We
charge for the glasses only, OUR
PRICES ARE RIGHT.
Our repair department is the best.
We make things AS GOOI> AS NEW.
We do work promptly and GUARAN
TEE SATISFACTION.
Best line of watches, c'ocks, jewelry
including nuggets and souvenir, glass
ware and chinaware in the city.
J. IKCTA.
Jeweler and Optician
W. W. Boughton has received aeon
signmentof Marguerite Havana Cigars.
If you want a good sweet smoke call
for them.
CITATION
In the probate court for the District of
Alaska. Division No. I, at Haines, be
fore Cortes For.l U. S. Cotumissionei,
and Probate Judge.
Notice is hereby given, that the final ;
account of Harry Fay, the administrator
of the estate of James Hansen deceased, ,
has been filed in said court for settle- [
ment, and that a petition for distri
bution of the estate has been filed with
said acco'mt, and that the 9th, day of
July A. D. 1906, at ten o'clock a. m. has |
been duly a< pointed by said court for
the settlement of said acount, and hear- 1
in? said petition, at which time any
person interested in said estate may I
appear and file his or her exceptions to
said account and contest the same. !
Dated this 7th, day o4 May, A, D.
1906,
Cortes Ford
U. S. Commissioner and probate Judge.
3-12-st
NoUoe Of Special Term Of Court
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:?
Iq the Matter of the Calling of the
Special May, 1906, Term of Court at
Skagway, Alaska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: ?
That, uursuant to an order of the
District Court for the District of Alas
ka, Division No 1. made and entered
the 25th day of April, 1906, that a
Special Term of the District Court for
the District of Alaska, Division No. 1.
will be held at the United State? Court
House, at Skagway, Alaska, beginning
May 26, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
and' that a Grand Jury will be in at
tendance at the said Special Term of
Court.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, April 25th
1906.
C. C. PAGE.
Clerk District Court for Division No.
1. Alaska.
Date of first publication April 26.
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Reaa. Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUBLIC
>2 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWAY
Ordinance No. 70
| An ordinance granting a franchise to
the Alaska General Electric Company, a
corporation, to construct, operate and
ma main an electric telephone system
in the Town of Skyway and to charge
for telephone, electric bell and signal
service furnished thereby.
Be it ordained bv the Common Coun
cil of the town of Skagway:
That there be and hereby is granted
to the Alaska General Electric Com
pany, a corporation, a franchise for the
term of fifty (50) years from ar.d after
May 1, ltfuti, to construct, operate and
maintain an electric telephone system
in the Town of Skagway f r the pur
pose of furnishing eleUiic telephone,
bell and signal service, and to that end
to enter in and upon the stree s, alleys
and public places of said town, to erect
poles at such p:ace or places as it ;may
see fit and run its wires along such
streets, alleys and public p aces as it
may see fit, subject always to the pre
sent or future regulations of the com
mon council of the said town concern- ,
ing poles and wires for the transmit- 1
sion of electric current: to lurnish the
inhab tants of said town or any person 1
who may desire the same with electric
telephone, bell oi signal servics and to
charge compensation therefore.
Said Company in consideration of
this franchise shall furnish space on top
of any ana all If poles and fixtures used
for the support of wires, for the instal
lation of an electric fire alarm system
the fixtures and materials whereof,
other than poles, are to be owned and
furnished by the Town of Skagway and
said company shall repair, keep in
order, maintain and operate said ,
system and all ita wires, boxes, h
str.'tients and batteries free of charge
and shall furnish telephones, or tele- '
phone, bell or signal service to the said i
town at the minimum of any rates that .
may be charged by the said compav
Passed in the Council April 10th, 1900.
Approved April ICth, 1906.
E. J. Shaw ?
Mayor & President of the Council. <
W. S. McKean
Clerk.
ordinance No. 71
An ordinance fixing the amoyntof com
pensation paid to certain officers ot the
Town of Skasrway.
Be itordaiced by ihe Common Coun- 1
cil of the Town of Skagway:
Section i.
That the compensation to bo paid to
the following named officers of the Town
of Skagway shall be and the game is
hereby fixed as follows:
Municipal Clerk and Registrar of
WaterWorks.. <000.00 p^ryear
Municipal Treasurer $480.00
per year
Municipal Magistrate #480.00
per year ?
Chief of Police an J Assessor. . $1200.
00 per year
Fire Warden, Street Commissioner
and Supervisor of Waterworks.. .<1200.
00 per year.
Section* II.
That said Camrensation shall be paid
in twelve monthly installments
Section III. I
That all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances conflicting herewith are hereby ,
repealed. I
Passeithe Common Council April 9,
1906. <
W. S. McKean
Clerk
E. J. Shaw
President of Council.
Ordinance Jlo. 72
An ordinance to amend sect 2. artie'e
3, of ordinance No 32. 1?E IT OK
DAINED by the Common Counc'l of
the Town of Skagway:
Section 1, That sect on two of Article
three of Ordinance thirty-two of the
Town of Skagway, Alpskn, be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows to wit:
Eveiy person who shall ride or drive
any bicycle or other vehicle except
hand carriages for children, on any side
walk of the Town of Skagway, except
as hereinafter provided, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be deemed guity of
a misdemeanor and shall be punis led
by a fine -f not more than fifty dollars
or im ijsonnent in the municipal j til
not moi e than thirty days or by both such
fine and mprisonment:? Provided that
it shall be lawful for any person to ride
t? bicycle on the sidewalks on Sta'e
street between 9th ave. and 23rd ave. at
a spe?d not exceeding- six miles per hour
and provided further that any persou
riding a bicycle upoa the said State
street between 9th ave. and 23rd ave.
shall dismotmt and remove his bicycle
from the sidewalk before approaching
within twenty (20) feet of any pede
strian upon such sidewalk and shall re
main dismounted and keep his bicycle
i removed from such sidewalk until he
shall have parted suoh pedestrian a dis
j tance of at least ten (10) feet; but any
j person who shall ride a bicycle on State
I street between 9th ~nd 23rd ave at a
! speed greater thar six miles an hour or
who shall, upon approaching a pede
! strian on the said street fail, neglect,
I or refuse to dismount and remove his
b'evele from the sidewalk before he
! has approached within twentv (20) feet
of said pedestrian and remain dismount
ed and keet) his bicvcle removed from
the sidewalk until he shall have parsed
said pedestrian a distance of at least if>
' feet shall, upon conviction thereof, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be
: punished by a fine of not more than
fifty ($50.00) dol'ars or bv imprisonment
in the muDicipal jail not more than
I thirty days or by both such fine and
imprisonment
FURTHBK, u,very peitun wuu suw
ride a bicycle, or drive any
horse, mule, or any other animal, or
anv locomotive* engine, or other
vehicle of whatever kind or dascrip
tion. thtoughany of the streets or alleys
of the Town of Skagway, at a speed
greater than six miles per hour, or
shall have any animal, 'or any loco
motive, engine or othpr vehicle of any
description to stand upon any cross 1
walk or sdewalk or so near thereto as
to prevent or interfere with traval
thereon shall upon conviction thereof,
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by a fine of not more
than fifty ($50.00) dollars, or by im
prisonment in the municipal jail, not
more than thirty days, or by t"Oth such
fine and imprisonment
Section 2. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from ana after
the date of its passage and approval
E. J. SHAW, Mayor.
Attest W. S. Mckean, Clerk.
Passed and approyed May 7, 1906,
JUST ARRIVED ?
Up-to-Date Novelties
.IN.
f LADIES' SUITS,
Jackets, Coats
and Skirts
THEY ARE THE MOST SWELL f
READY-MADE GARMENT EVER
SEEN IN SKAGWAY
1 Martin Conway
.y. ,y. ,y. 'M"fr
?*
Bright as
Spring Sunshine
Our new spring stock makes our
st re a fairyland of gold and silver
brilliancy, with art, style and nov
elty thrown in. DON'T FAIL to
see our wealth of newness in
Watches* clocks, jew
3lry, silverware cut
?]ass and hand painted
3hina
THE FINEST GOODS By
THE BEST MAKERS AT
THk LOWEST PRICES
FOR STANDARD QUAL
ITY.
P. E. KERN,
Gold and Silversmith
Notlos of Stookho dor's Meetin*
Office of the Englnneer Mining Company.
To the stockholders of tbc Engineer Wining
Company: . , ,
Take notice that the annual meeting or the
stockholders of The Engineer Mining Company
w ill be held at the othce of the company, in the
To <? n of Skugway, District of Alaska on Wed
nesiny the S3th day of April, at 10 o'clock a. m
for the purpose of electing a board of directors
and for the transaction of such other business
as mav properly come before the meeting. The
stock transfer book of the company will be
closed on Saturday the alst dav of April, 1906,
at&o iockp. m. and will remain closed until
Thursday the 26th day of April, 1906, at 10
o'clocK a. m.
By order ol the Board of Ditectora.
H. B Lk Fbvbx. Secretary,
Dated March 24, 1O06.
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for fine furs
Write For Price List l
Percey's Fur House
Oshkosh. Wisconsin
? REMODELED
THE
Rainier-Grand fioiel
SEATTLF
New Manngement 1 Popular Pici-s
Central Location European flan
Finest CAFE and BAR In the vi'v
Wilson & White Co.Prop. Chas Perr>
J.S.Minkove& Co
Merchant Tailors
Haines, Alaska
suits to order at lowest
prices
Cleaning and Repairing
Samples of Imported and Domestic
Goods From
Detmer Woolen Company
Paris, London, New Yorlr, Chicago,
San Francisco and Seattle
We are Headquarters for all kinds
fresh gaudies and Chocolate
CHOICE
Bananas Oranges
Apples Lemons
Nuts
PHUNNY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES
MUIR'S SEfe
GOLDEN NORTH HOTEL
^ T GOLiDEfi NORTH Tg ^
SKAQWAY'5 POPULAR HOTEL
Modern Improvements
FAIR TREATMENT, GOOD SERVICE AND KaTES THAT ARE RIGHT
Phone 19 for your job work
Dew Water and Eight Rates
W
u
Oq and after the 1st of October, 1905. the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wash basins, free)
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " " *'
Urinals " " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hote's, uer room additional
Beer P. mps "
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose Connection for Fire Protection
| Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per load
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
commercial service
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NI"3HT SEHVICE
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp '.ights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
f 2 00
25
. 50
. 50
50
. 25
10
. 1.00
. 5.00
. 750
. 5.00
. 5.00
. 1.00
. 1.50
. 1.00
. 1 00
. Free
All Year Winter
.$ 1.00
. 10.00
1.50
15.00
1.50
12.50
2.00
17.50
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.