Fresh Shipment Just in
The Quality is Very Fine
C. W. ASK & SONS
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The Houseof Rich
D. J. Rich, Proprietor.
WALL PAPER, BUILDING PAPER
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS AND
BUILDING MATERIAL
Mail Orders Promptly
Attended To Skaqway, Alaska j
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER.
Having put in a steam boiler aud
other machinery we are better pre- 1
pared than ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
SKAGWAY LAUNDRY.
QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90.
Baggage, coal and wood delivered
upon shortest notice day and night.
H. FREIDENTHAL,
General Expressing Bonded Car
rler.
HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING- MEN
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS flt/Ly
The TRAIL
" ' ! FRED PATTEN, Proprietor J^r0'
BROADUIAY AND FOURTH AVENUE
skagway, auaska
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WE CARRY \ COMPUTE STOCK
| Of RED & BLUE RIBBON Can G-oods |
| Best oil the Market Give Them a Tria 1 II
I If You Don't Believe us
GRANT'S GROCERY
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Permanent Oat Meal Ingrains
Steel Cut Dining Room Paper
Conventional- Dull Finished
Papers for Parlor- Library or
Hall. We invite inspection
Stores Or)en Evenings Phones 4 & 55 S
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ray Stockings
We have secured the Agency for the
Celebrated Fay Stocking
for Children. The kind that fasten
at the waist and require no garters.
We also have them in the regular
lengths for children, also for men
and women, prices 52c to r>()c pair.
For these Stockings we claim that
they will give you more satisfactory
wear than any other brand on the
market. Try a pair.
HANAN -
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Fine" needs emphasis when
describing the Hanan Shoe.
Other shoes have borrowed the
vord and abused it.
Let's say "satisfaction" in
iteu.l ? satisfaction based on fit,
joinibrt, style and service.
That's what you ger with
r.'crv r>air of Hanan Shoes.
R. & G. Corsets
We would be pleased to show you
The New
Spring Models
in the well known brand of corsets
Extra long with the new
Embroidered Top
Prices from $1.50 to $6-50 pair
B.M.Behren
COUNCIL HAD A QUIET SESSION
The common council of Skagway
in-Ill an uneventful session last night.
The meeting was called to order at
! s: 13 o'clock and all the councllmen
>\cre present.
I'pon the recommendation of John
Crashal. chairman of the water works
committee, a resolution was passed,
requesting the judiciary committee!
to amend Ordinance 100, Section l-.j
<.0 that all water consumers will be
compelled to pay for the boxing up
of the connection pipes between the
? town mains and the premises of the
I consumer.
After a rather stormy debate an
item of $13 for the repairing of a
broken axle on the now historic steam
| thawer was stricken from the bill pre j
sented by Mr. McLean. The axle
was broken in a runaway last winter
and it took the council some thirty j
| minutes to finally fix the rcsponslbil- 1
"'i-pon the motion of J. M. Tanner
?t motion was passed that no expense
were to be allowed by the council
Unless authorized by the proper com
mittees: This was aimed to knock
jout a bill presented by George How
ard for $11.50 for the thawing out of
! service pipes upon Mr. Howard's pre
mlses. The council took exception to
the fact that Mr. Howard had ord
ered the steam thawer without con
I suiting the proper officials.
TOWN BORROWS $2,500
The report of H. H. Draper, town
! treasurer, showed that on April 30th
'the town had $?2t>.:.0 in its strong
box. During April $0.90 was collect
lt. in water rents. Warrants aggre
gating $210.S3 were paid out and
there are warrants outstanding aggr< -
j gating $3,012.03. leaving a deficit of
S3.M3.C3. Mr. Blanchard of the ways
and means committee reported that
the town had negotiated a loan of
Si.500 to meet current expenses.
Clerk Doherty asked for permission
to purchase one loose leafed ledger
which lie said would cost $20 and
would "last as long as the town.'
Mr. Grashal asked "if the town
was to be short lived or if the book
was a big one?
No one could supply tho desired
information.
Street Commissioner Dillon rcporte^
that the "Municipal Cleaning Up Da}"1
had been a success and that he had
never seen the town In such fine con
dition. from an aesthetic standpoint.
The election of Chris Shea as chief
of the Fire Department was confirm
ed unanimously.
Mrs. Harriet S. Pullen presented a
petition asking that the town build
a side walk from Elks' hall to her
property and stating that the former
side walk had been torn down by
town officiate. The petltlott was re
f erred to the committee on public
works.
WANT PICTURE OF SKAGWAY
J. P. Mcllride, Alaskan commission
er for tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ox
position asked by letter that the coun
cil provide li i tn with a panoramic pho
tograph of Skagway from which an oi
painting might be made for exhibit
at the A.-Y.-P. exposition. No one
but a parliamentary expert could de
cide just wliat disposition was mad*
of tills letter.
Bills aggregating, $S7."> were allowed
and the council then adjourned.
SEWING MACHINE:? ?White" in
good order. See CI. 15. Wright.
MEN WANTED:? Within lite next
ten days, the Porcupine Hold Mining
Co. can use fifteen pick and shovel
men, at Porcupine. Inquire of Ira
11. King, at Haines. :!:!fi-10.
NOTICE TO TELEPHONE
USERS
The telephone company has lost
two subscribers recently who save up
their phones because so many of thei
friends ami neighbors used them that
it proved an unbearable nuisance.
The rules of the telephone company
forbid the use of private phones by
outsiders and the operators have b<ej
notified not to give numbers when
tney know that the phones nre thus
being used. All subscribers are re
quested to see that this rule is not
violated. 33C-3.
FULL QUART MEASURE
Old Famous Cedar Hrool: Bourbon
Bottled in Bond, well Aged in wood,
from the Renowned McBra.ver Dis
tillery. Full Quart $1.50, at the
Pack Train. tf
Another nice suite of rooms for
rent. Inquire of Mrs. A. L. Grant,
on 5th Avenue. 335-C.
WILL OPEN KINDERGARTEN
Miss M. A. Dohner has opened a
kindergarten class at her Studio at
the corner of Eighth and Alaska
streets and will teach children from
the ages of 3 to 7 years. The class
hours are from 0 o'clock until noon.
The class room has been tastefully
fitted up with all the requirements
necessary and all the rooms are large
and bright. There is a big yard ad
joining which makes it an ideal place
for a kindergarten. Further parti
culars may be had by applying at
the Studio.
FOR SALE CHEAP: ? MA. Diere'
6 room cottage and 5 lots ? also a
first class piano. Enquire of Mrs.
Hubert Hay ward.
FURNITURE FOR SALE: 1 Cook
stove, 2 Heaters (oal), 1 Chiffoniere, I
I Dining table, 1 Stand, 1 Kitchen j
table, 1 Rocker, 4 Chairs.
Above furniture "s new and has not ,
been used. It was brought to Alaska ;
at Government expense and will bei
gold at cost price in the states.
Apply at U. S. Cable Office.
LIVE POULTRY.
Wo have just received a shipment
of Live Chickens, and for the bal
ance of the season will receive
fresh consignment i>y every steamer.
Special orders will receive our prorop
attention.
FRYE-imUHN CO.
FURNISHED HOUSES:? See C. I).
Wright at the north end for comfort
nl>ly furnished houses and cottages.
Kent reasonable.
Home cooking at popular prices a
the Dominion Hotel, Whitehorse.
SERIAL No. 0432.
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OF
FICE, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
March 22. 1909. !
Xotico of Intention of Dennis Murphy
To Apply for Patent for Home
stead Claim. U. S. Survey No. j
20S.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Dennis Murphy, whose post office ad
dross is Ilaines, Alaska, having com
plied with all the requirements of
the Ac' of Congress of May J.4, 1SUS.
as amended by the Act of Congress
of March 3rd, 1902, has made appli- 1
cation to enter for patent from the
Covi rnnient of the United States of
his Homestead Claim containing 03.22 j
acres situated near Haines, Alaska,
and designated in the field notes and j
official plat thereof as U. S. Survey
| No. 20S, and described and bounded j
as follows:
| Beginning at corner No. I, a stone
1 20x1 Cxi ? inches set 14 inches in the
j ground, marked S. 20S, C. 1 on side ,
I facin- Homestead with X on top at
J point of intersection, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 573 bears S. 32 deg. 12 min.E.
| 20.20 chains.
Thence West 20.54 chains to corner
j No. 2, a stone 20x14x4 inches set 14
inches in ground marked S. 20S C 2.
Thence North 30.80 chains to cor
I ner No. 3, identical with corner No. 0
j survey No. 207, a stone in place show
ing5xlx3 feet above ground, marked
on side facing claim S. 208 C 3.
Thence East 20.52 chains to corner
No. 4, a stone 24x20x5 Inches set 18 ;
inches In ground marked S. 20S 4.
Thence South 30.S0 chains to place
cf beginning.
Magnetic variation at all corners
31 deg. 00 min. E.
Any and all pers>ip< claiming ad
versely the premises embraced in
said Survey No. 208, Vjovc described,
or any ju rtion thereof, are hereby no
ifiert that M.;ess th_-!: adverse claims
are duly filed as according to law and
the regulations prescribed thereunder,
within the time prescribed by law,
with the Register of the United SLite
Lanl Office at Juneau, Alaska, they
will be barred by virtue of the pro- i
visions of said Statute.
Dennis Murphy.
IT IS ORDERED that the above
and foregoing notice be published in
the "SKAGWAY DAILY ALASKAN"
a dally newspaper of general circu-|
dilation published at Skagway, Al
aska, and being the newspaper pub
lished nearest to said claim, for the
period prescribed by law.
John W. Dudley
REGISTER
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER'S
MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of The Engineer Mining
Company, of Alaska, at the office of
H. 11. LeFefre, in Skagway, on Sat
urday, June 12, 1.909, at 8 o'clock P.
m., to elect a board of directors and
transact such other business as shall
come before the meeting.
E. J. Liddicoat,
Vice President
First publication May 1009.
Last publication June 1909.
When in Whltehorse go to the Do
minion Hotel. Home cooking at pop
ular prices.
Why not put a few crisp readers
in Tiie Alaskan, advertising your
long stock, and get rid of It?
the Bay Uiew express
Martin Itjen, Prop.
Ilag'-rage transferred to and from the
wharf to all parts of the city.
Coal and Wood
Leave orders at the Pay View House
on Moore's wharf.
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Sannyside Ranch
and Greenhouses
H. D, CLAKK, Proprietor
HOT HOUSE LETTUCE, FRESH EGGS
Send orders in befor it a. m.
Telephone Orders Receive Im
mediate Attention
PHONe 131
Plumbing
Sheet Metal Work
and lining
FIFTH AVENUE
next to Frye-Bruhn.
PROMPT ATTENTION
GIVEN ALL ORDERS
PRICES REASONABLE
"tin JOHN" miNKOVE
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JOHN PUG H
taxidermist and fur Dresser
Estimates ou Special Work and Price List
on Application
Commissions Accepted to Fill Special Specimen Work
for Individuals and Museums
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