?he &ia*hau
No. 20* FIFTEENTH YEAR
When George D^dtnan waa In
.'uneau the other day, he had the
opportunity to say something to a
newspaper man about the ajcrloul
tural resources of Skagwav, and he
aaid tt. The nemapape.- man print
tit the atory and sent the news to
ita great number of readers; we
are reprinting the atory and will
thereby carry the Joyful ttdinga to
tarioua parts of the world; others (
? ill take It up and pass along the
knowledge that Skagwav has every
natural opportunity for becoming
prosperous and contented This is
Mr. Mmn'i story as it appeared
in the Oailv Kmplre of the 2 1st:
Skagwav is a possible rival of
Petaluma. CM . the pioneer home of
the perfectod ?biddy" and her pro |
duct, on the Pacific Coast. The
lame of Pataluma an. I Its eggs has
w?ne abroad all over the land, but
.coording to tteorge R Oedman,
Skagwav hotel man and Alaska
boo*?er. hla town is the Ideal place (
in all the continent to raise yellow- I
logjred, fat. juicy chickens, and to
produce eggs
The reason is obvious, say* the
skagwav nooater It's the climate
that doe# it Climate* Yea. climate.
f*he hen la healthy; she is not
troubled with all the ilia that hen
meat is heir to in California and
leas salubrious climate? than that
of Alaska So she keeps doing bus
iness right along at the old stand,
;?nd only require* that she be given
food and drink in usual and regular
quantities And her progeny! One
needs but to watch them grow No
pip." no chicken pox or other In
fantile chicken ills Not any And
soon the toddler from the shell is
ready for the gridiron, or whatever
spring chicken is cooked on or In
Mr IVdman tells of a Skagwav
woman who garnered three cases of
eggs a week from her faithful bid
Idles. selling them at $16 a case ? to
say nothing of the broilers, for all
of which she found a ready market
at home and in the nearby towns,
and the Yukon interior.
"Skagw.iy is a favored spot,"i
continued the hotel man, rumin
ntively. "Say, you ought to see
cur celery, cabbages, rhubarb, cauli
flower, and other vegetables- -celery
a couple of feet high, white and
crisp, better than any grown in ef
fete Michigan, or our rhubarb,
stalks four feet high; keep all the
year round in a glass 1*r In winter,
and the lid on tight. Couldn't tell
It in winter from that picked ?or
plucked ? in summer.
"And our berries raspberries, cur
rants, huckleberries and blueberries
- -beat the world, and then some
Blueberries? We have scads of
them, mountains, whose sides are
covered with them; you couldn't
trawl through them in a day's
Journey! We could keep a cannery
running full time throughout the
season ?if we could get the can
nery, and the labor which would be
ie<iulred to pick the fruit. You can
fill a five-gallon can in no time, and
I've picked them In the latter part
of October, black, fat and de
licious?
"And panslea- greatest plac? In
the world for pansies ? they grow
to a great height and I've seen
them four inches in diameter ? beau
tiful and colored to perfection. And
on my travels when I tell these
truthful things about Skagway and
this part of Alaska. I see people
who do not know, shake their heads
They think I'm romancing. Not a
bit of it. Kvery word of what I've
said is the truth* Come and sec
for yourself, next summer."
BASKET BA1.I, GAMKS
ok vw big (novnw
An exhibiting (tame of basket ball
mas played between the Win a
Coals and the Blacks at W. P. A.
Club last Friday nifrht and resulted
in a score of ten to 0 In faror of
the former
Tbf Win a Goals team was Mrs ,
Fiokardt. Captain, and Mesdames
G G Miller. Walter McBrien.
I/orne McAlester and R J. Brlt
Uin, and the Blacks were Miss
Frances Arnold, Captain, and Misses
Martha Friedenthal, Delia Rapuui,
Mae Parker and Helen Mercer.
The game was full of snap and
manv close plays were made which
might have decided the game the
other way had the Blacks been a
hit more lucky.
There will be several good games
next Friday night and a large
crowd will undoubtedly be present
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IF YOU ARK PARTICULARLY
HARD TO PI.KASK \VK WILL BK
PARTICULARLY PLKASKD THK
DAY YOl* TRY ON G\K OF OI'R
NKW FALL AVD WINTER OYKR
<X>\TS AV1TH THK <X>\YKRTIBl.K
COLLARS.
rCRCH ASK IF YOU fixi> what
PLKASE8 YOU. YOU WILL FT NT)
IS Al WAYS GLAD TO SHOW
OCR OOODS WHKTHFR YOl BUY
OH NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH i
I
As a result of the accident*
which happened to Mrs Dortero
and daughter Rosa, and Mike Rosi
Saturday forenoon, a meeting of
the city council was called In the
afternoon at 4 o'clock, at which
councilmen Abrahams, Render, Fore
man, Friodenthal, Canty, Hrawand
and Mayor Tanner were present.
Clerk McKay being absent I)r. I..
S. Keller was requested and con
sented to act as clerk.
After calling the meeting to order
Mayor Tanner stated that the ob
ject of the special meeting was for
l he purpose of looking Into the
electrical wiring of the Home Power
company, is complaints had been
made that there was defective wir
ing In many places, and that It was
the business of the council to know
whet her or not the Home Power
company could be compelled to keep
their wires In a safe condition.
He also slated that the accident
happening In the morning, whereby
Mrs I>ortero, her daughter and
Mike Rosi were so severely burned,
could have been averted If the pow
er company had heeded the warn
ing given them by Marshal Page at
eight o'clock In the morning, as the
wires were at that time known to
be In unaafe condition at the corner
of Fifth and Broadway.
William Slmes, an electrician, war
called, and stated that while he had
no antagonism against the Home
Power company, It was his opinion
that the accident occurred from de
fective wiring, and stated that If
the fusing was properly done no
harm would have resulted. He
thought the transformer should be
fused and <*lso the secondary wires
Henry Rernhofer was called upon
and gave his opinion as the cause of
the accident. He stated that he
was the first to notice the wires
crossed at Fifth and Rroadway, and
notified Marshal Page, and waited
around the corner while the mar
shal went lo notify Mr. Harrison.
He had seen Mr. Harrison hunting
for the lineman. It was his opin
Ion that Iherp tu Improper fualng
or the accident could not have oc
curred.
Councilman Oanty told of having
been ahoeked while In hla atore the
day before, and he had notified the
power houae that aomethlng waa
wrong, hut no notice had been tak
en of hla complaint.
Mr Nye, manager of the Home
Power company, waa called upon
and atated that the wiring of the
Home Power company had been
done aa well aa It could be. but
that much trouble waa experienced
owing to the telephone poles having
Iron steps In them which often he
come engaged In the company'a wire*,
lie alao atated that the tranaform
era and the secondary wires were
properly fused, but that a great
deal of the trouble resulted from
defective wiring done by Inexper
ienced owners of bulldlnga where
the power company had no control.
He waa willing that the city em
ploy expert 'Hectrlclana to Investi
gate the system of the Home l*ower
company, and atated that he waa
anxious to hnve the wiring In per
fect condition and in accordance
with the underwrite!*' rulaa.
After considerable dlacuealon
Councilman Ahrahama moved, and
was seconded by Councilman Fore
man, that thi> council aelect aome
person or persona aa experla to In
spect the wires and wiring, and re
(M?rt to the city council. The mo
tion waa carried unanlmoualy.
It waa moved by Councilman
Hrawand, and aeconded by Council
man Abrahams that William Slmea
and Henry R>?rnhofer be employed
aa experta to do such inspecting,
and the council paaaed the motion
with no diaaentlng vote.
It waa then moved and aeconded
by Councilmeti Abrahams and Ganty,
respectively, that these experta
make their detailed report Jn writ
ing and present It at the next meet
ing of the council, which motion
waa carried unanimously, afterwarda
an adjournment waa taken
SKATTI.K HAS TOI CH OK
A KKAL KARTHQVAKK
Seattle. Nov. 25? Three very
pronounced earthquake shocks
were felt In Seattle last night.
Ther? is no damage reported, but
considerable alarm was felt as a re
sult of the shaking up.
GOMPKRS ACiAIN HK.ADS
FKDKHATIOX OF l.ABOR
Rochester, Nov. 25 ? Samuel j
Gompors was again elected presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor whith closed its session in
this city Saturday evening Seattle
was chosen as the place for the:
next meeting of the order.
EARTHQUAKE
IN SEATTLE
Spokane, Nov. 25 ? The Ameri
can Mining Congress opened lt? ses
sion today. Among the main Is
sues to be diwussed will be a more"
liberal administration of the mining
laws in the western States and Al
aska. They will resolute in favor
of the opening of the coal fields of
Alaska and will ask for the fram
ing of a workman's compensation
law for the United States
Subscribe for The Alaskan now.
Thanksgiving
Perishables
KXTRA FINK ASSORTMENT FOR
THIS OCCASION ON 8POKAXE
TODAY- IXCLVHISG HOT HOl'SK
LETTUCE, TOMATOES, n tl MB
Kits. CELERY, ETC.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
Qlrard, Not. IS The federal
grind Jnrjr which convened In thla
rltjr last week broHghc criminal In
dictment* agalnat Fred Warren, edi
tor of the Appeal to Reaaon, and
Kngi'ne V I>eb?, recent flnclallat
candidate for the prealdency The
Indictment chargee th-jm with tamp
ering with wltneaee*
Terra Haute. Npv 2.1 Kngene
V t>ebn, who haa been Indicted by
a Kanaaa grand Jnry for alleged
tampering with a Jnry, will arrlre
In thta rltf thin aftarnoon wh*ro fc*
will nkmlt to ?rr??,
Indlanapolla. Not Si -H?rt?rt
(forking. or?? of tl?? labor l?ad#r*
arraatad |n ronnwtlon vim tl??
ilynamitlnR rMN, tu plifrt In )?H
today and hla bonda ralaM from
im to l*?ntr thonaand dollar* Th?
action on th# part of tfco ronrt waa
raaaod h? ! ?alimony given agalnat
Working l?f wltnaaa#a connartlng Mm
wltk criminal r'n.ajrtraey It la ?>*
llarad thV lha honor of othani ?H1
V inCTWtl
orTHWK (MMph wrrAW.WHKn
m r ,ir<-th- hi??tmkhh<m ?n
Newa of the A B ?a derlalon to
'-nlarro It* membership by taking In
lodge* at Seattle and Vancouver.
wm brought to Skagway by the
iMt mull
Speaking In reapon*e to a toaat
to the Arctic Brotherhood at the
civic banquet to the order In North
Vancouver laot Thuraday evening.
Hurry J Ijindohl, Grand Chief
elect. announced that lb# delegatea
had <1 Prided to eatahllah campa In
Vancouver and Se*ttl? Thnae ell
(tibia for membemhlp In the*
branch*-* would be men who had
spent a rear north of fifty-four par
allel It had been recognliad by
the b ret hem aaaembted In conven
tion In North Vancouver that the
?rder had grown ao that It could I
establlah camp* on the outalde "It
will mean a stronger and grander
and a mot? united Arctic Brother
hood than we hare ever had," the
new head of the fellowahlp organl
ratlon prophcaled. "There will be
no split In tha order " After re
viewing the hlatory of the alma of
the aociety Mr l^andohl attended
the thaaka of the delegates to the
counclla of the North Shore and the
Hoard of Trade for the hoapltallty
of the people
The llat of offi<-era elected at the
Orand Camp la aa follow*
Paat Orand Arctic Chief, iamea
C. Oaffney, Nome; Orand Arctic
Chief. H J. Undoh', Dawaon; Vice
Orand Chief, Blahop P T Rowe.
Sitka; Orand Arctic Chaplain, 8
Hall Young, Idltarod; Orand Arctic
Camp Cook, R Bailey, Dawaon;
Orand Arctic Keeper of Nugget*. H
H l>raper. Grand Arrtle Recorder,
J M KHIer, 3bacw*f; fJrand Ait.
Mr Tmll Oalde, Mr Morrlaon, fown
rll; Grand Arflf Trail Rlaaer, W
P Oaqneen*. Ketrhlkan No 1 #;
Grand A ret lr Ko?p?r of Ik* liiit?r
loll Oil#, l>r O Rlrharda. ???af1;
Trmrteea. J W Kaplln Roberta, A
H Kenna. J I,. Johnaon, J J
Malady
The ronrentlon not! fMr will b*
'"??Id In RmIII*
CONGRESS 10
MEET MONDAY
Waal?ln?t?n, Nor. IS? Con*r*??
will open ne*t Monday. t
The city la beginning to hraah ?p
and take on a few frill* and thrllla.
herauae of the arrival of the van
guard of the American congreae
Quit* a numlfr of III* leadeta ar?
preaent and other* will ha?e arrlT
H h?f?rp ih# ?#?! rloa? ?
WllNM Kim riMlftfCN
OF AI?VA*CW? *T?TW
Philadelphia, Not J*? The Na
tional Wornana Saffrage convention
In awwlon hw, la overjoy** at the
rirtorlea achieved at the rerent
election They are aeadlng the
pralae* of the Stale* whleli hare
granted them the right to vole
Te Klrmne ,'aneral will be held at
Jnnean at two oflwl tomorrow
Thf Iii.nl ?l> Il?h p??<p4? }ro? know
? th<Mf> who hiy Ihf Iwt lhl?|? '?
wrar that th^j rnn fio?l ? p*>H*
who iliiR't rair ?lMI It f '?
pniplr dnn'l w?*r mmy Mtw 'Mh?
? nlta, iitmnM* than w'r*
frury tlay. mwlf for ?w by
Hltl SWIM 1 UU
WILL
CLA YSON