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Historical Li
*n?l Miisouai.
No. 307. THIRTEENTH YEAR.
SKASWAY, ALASKA, THl'RSDAT, MAY 18, 1911 PttlCK. 10 TESTS
HIES LETTER
10 PRESIDENT
The following letter was written
to President Taft by John P. Hart
i :an. w ho is *>11 known in Skagway.
? hortlv after the Cordova episode:
May tO?h. 19U.
;Var Mr. President: ?
I take the liberty of writing you
aL.ain concerning conditions in Alas
t... although 1 appreciate that this
!? iter may never reach voitr eyes,
because of the multitude of ques
tions demanding your attention.
The reeeot "Coal Party" at Cor
dova accentuates the situation, and
impels me to write.
My reason for writing is that 1
k >w intimately the people of Al
ka. through personal contact on
; le ground, and business dealings
;h them commencing in IS?7. 1
tti- refore believe 1 atu qualified to
si oak of and for them.
t ha* ? been on the frontier since
1 was fourteen, and in different
at. - and territories. The men in
' laska. w ho have gone there blazing
'\h tniil of Saxon civilization are
Cse same n every particular as those
v no have made an empire of intelli
v . nee and worth out of Iowa, the
k N isk.t Kansas. Colorado.
:Mna Idxho. Oregon, and Wash
l ton. w;rh wl-i'h states and their
1 hav been. during the last
eirty -eight years more or less in
ttniaii. Had the people of these
*l? s i or territories before state
t < ??>?) i been mated as the people of
'.'aska have been treated. In denial
the ordinary Constitutional rights
i mtier settlements and territories.
.? rt solution. in my opinion, would
have ensued. When this common
wealth (Washington* had less than
thirty thousand people, she was
>. \en a territorial legislature, so
J'.at she might run her own internal
Alaska, without showing good cause
I beli> ve thi Reveridge Bill was
wrong, and fought it. It did not
h i cee-l and not because I was
a linst it. but because the plan was
nnameriian and smacked of Oriental
i<m. I did not fight the Hill because
> on uere in favor of it. for I have
>?rked as hard for your Canadian
k'< procity measure as you did in
WAR IS ENDED
III MEXICO
(By Alaska News Bureau.) .
JUAREZ, May IS? A five-day ar
mistice was signed yesterday througli
j jwt Mexico yesterday by the leaders
on both sides, stopping war every
where in the republic. The armistice
' w'?I be effec 've immediately upon bc
approved b> President l>iaz:
GAYS TRAVEL WILL
BE VERY LARGE
R. H. McDonald, formerly of Skag i
way, but now in the Tacoma office |
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com I
pany. stated to a reporter the other ,
day that this year promised to b?
flu best in the history of tourist !
trade to Alaska. Said Mr. McDon- !
aid: ?
"The beaut'es of the voyage are
teing more widely heralded every
v.-ar and since the A.-Y.-P. exposi
I Hon the tourist travel has steadily
i creased and transportation men
predict that within ten years it will
->e profitable to operate a line of
-.^earners to Alaska during the sum
mer just to take care of the exeur
j sionj business."
Rev. G. E. Renison, of Juneau, who
lias spent th*. past two days in
Skagway. will leave for his home
t'ttaer tonight on the Humboldt or
tomorrow on the City of Seattir
? trust that the Reciprocity Hill will
go through, for it will distinguish
yiu as one of the great presidents
of this great country.
I suppose we should all condemn
the act on the part of the Cordo\ a
c.Mzens in throwing foreign coal
cv rboard. If so. then likewise
should we condemn the "Host on Tea
Hi'' fired down the Rfe< n on Kinu
tleorge's soldiers: the men who at
Valley Pnrge. with bleeding feet
nchs, maintained a stubborn resis
tance against the power of Great
Britain: and likewise that stalwart
; band of Oarolians who. under the
Swamp Pox" (Gen Marion t con
tinued resistance to the British un
' ' even after the Surrender of York
tt.wn, Th?> world, I believe, unani
mously applauds and approves the
?icts of all these revolutionary heroes
{Continued on Papo 4. 1
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?jj 1 Ins is the 1 ime of Year when I houghts j
\ Summer Clothingl
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? We have now on display the *
i Biggest, Best & Newest f
? Line of piece goods ever shown in Skagway |
jjjj [ See our \X indow Display, 25c and 35c per yard ]
?
Also a great variety of shades in ?
it Susine Silks, Figured Silks , Silk ?
Poplins, Irish Poplins, Colored 5
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? India Head, Etc . ?
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4* A handsome line of White, Colored and Silk Shirtwaists and ?
Middy Blouses
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*jj A complete line of American Lady and American ?
+ Gentlemen Shoes for the Grown Ups.
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Jj! Security and Pla-Mate Shoes for the Little Ones
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_ Th? Up-To-Data Haberdash or and Ladlaa Furnisher. A
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H. J. LYNCH |
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(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. 0 May 18? A
committee composed of Representa
tives. T. \V. Hardwlok of Georgia.
K J. Garrett of Tennessee, Wm. Snl
..o ? of New York. Henry .Tacoway,
T. L. Raker. G Malby of New York.
(. \V. Fordn^y of Michigan. M. B.
Madden of Illinois and K. J. Hinds
was this morning appointed for the
purpose of probing the "Sugar
Trust."
Alii SHOT
Iff FEDERALS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SAN DIEGO. May is -Refugees ar
riving from Lower California toda>
t> port chaotic conditions all through
that country. They also state that
j t sterday the Federals shot an
American that was captured in bat
tle with the Insurrectos. The Ameri
in was thought to be a Norwegian.
BUSINESS MEN WANT
CHEAPER POSTAGE RATES
The Alaskan is In receipt of a
tominunication from the National j
ton's headquarters in Cleveland, O..
larpe eltles of the country pay as .
for first class postaitc. With a one
ent rat?- this expense would he rut
exactly in half. There is not a cor
hast year the postofflce depart
tn?*n* realized a profit of about ItSO.
dj.ss mail matter, most of which
consists of letters. At the existing [
late business houses are payins $1
a ton to the government for car
ters are carriod to the pound, which
et rrmous amount of first class mall
Ocularly large on this class
informal dance.
\n informal dance will be civen
tonight after lodge at the Elks in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blanch
ard who will soon leave for the
states. All Elks and their families
.T. llalton, .lr., a son of .Tack
ton. well known In Skacway. was a
Folphin arrival.
Elks lodg* meets tonight.
TO DETERMINE
THEIR LEGALITY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 18?
Pollowlng the announcement by Seo
Setsry Fisher that he would take
he Alaska Coal Cases In his own
I nnds, the Interior Department is
n&king an investigation to determine
vhcther or not any of the cases can
Vr- immediately cleared up. It is
h'ught that a definite statement re
garding the legality of the claims
will soon be forthcoming.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK, May 18? Professor
Herschel Parker, next Saturday, will
wed Evelyn Naegle. and will im
mediately start on a honeymoon trip
to California, from where they will
Have for Seward for the purpose of
climbing Mt. McKinley.
Prof Parker has made two tin
-uccessful a'tempts already to climb
f HILCOOT JACK RETURNS
TO FISH FOR EULACHON.
Afier spending the winter with his
?sun in Shakan. .Tack Benson aceotn
n.inied by his wife and grand-daught
?r. returned on the Dolphin yester
When .'ark left last fall, it was
ho belief that he would spend his
it the firesulc of his sr.n. but as
tin w inds of .-'ummer began to warm
>lie blood of the old guide, his
(thoughts retrrnod to the scenes of
lir earlier years, and he longed for
the murmur of the Ohllcat as It
madq its way to tha sea.
Hut this w:i8 not the reason that
made him return ? a friend told him
that the eluarnon were in season, and
t: at the natives were on the way to
t< r famous mla^hon grounds near
1 1 Industuekl? this .lark could not
forego, the culachon season was on.
a'td he has returned to take his
p'aco with his tribe, and tell the
younger one* how, in the days lone
1 <'f(.re the while man came to Al
aska. the eul.tchon were raueht and
fiiTe^l. |
Mr Hen son wfll leave soon for
Haines, from where he will go to
!1>? old oamp'njt grounds.
EAGLES HOLD SMOKER
TOMORROW NIGHT
Tomorrow night, Friday, the Kag
ies will give a Smoker. "For Only
Kagles" as the invitation reads, and
on elaborate entertainment has be?>n
iiTpared which will be followed by
a "Big Feed." All Kagles are urg
ed to be present and enjoy them
s>t Ives.
?H, + + + + + + 'F'f^ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
: EARLY ROSE :
+ +
I Seed Potatoes J
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+ This Kind is Generally Grown +
* Here with Success +
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^ We can supply you with any quantity, from .j.
* 50 lb. and upwards 3 l-2c per lb *
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Get out early in the morning, dig up that corner of the yard and
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enjov the beautiful spring weather in a practical way.
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* P. H. GANTY, Grocer t
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KNOX SENDS
OLIVE BRANCH
(By Alaska New* Btir??an.|
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 18
P'lilander C. Knox. Swretary of j
Ftotp, has submitted 'hp treaty of
international arbitration to Great
Biitain. Th?* instrument has already
befn siitwd b. Pranre.
GEN. OTIS TALKS
AGAINST UNIONISM.
(By Alaska News Bnreau.)
NBW YORK. May 18 -On Otis
proprietor of the l/os Ancles Times. ;
In a speech before the National As
sedation of Mannfactnrers. |Mt
night, toM f his fight in l?os An
Steles against I'nionism.
PRESIDENT SOON TO
PARDON BANKERS
(By Alaska News Rnreaa.)
WASHINGTON, D May 18
!? Is very likely that ITesideiit Tar
s.- 11 announce the pardon of Hankers
thirds cf the creditors hare been
BRIBERY CASE BEGINS.
(By Alaska New* Bureau.)
COLUJJB1 S, O. May 18 ? Th^ trial
of Representative Ny<\ speaker of
stternoon.
CLAIMS THAT MOUNTED
POLICE WERE POISONED.
That th* Mount<vl Poliop party,
whoso bodips were found npar For*
and party, did not dip of ?*posnre '
pnd hune??r, is th?> theory adv?nr?l j
wm poisoned and that Indian* in all
probability administered th* poison
EXCURSION WILL BE A SUCCESS
The nnirnlnn to Whit?fcor*o th'~
REPORT SEN!
TO THE SENATE
(By Alaska New* Butmh i
WASHINGTON, D. C May If
P 'Sldent T?fl thta motnin* sent
IB* Senat* th 1 fnfl re port of th* tsr
'ft board on th# wood pwlp industry.
It is ?>xp-wt?d that ronrr* will
a< t on th? wood pnlp ntt?-*ti. n at
?M* sj?**?on. and that th* fv war'
rn?>nt of th* Interior mar op*n th?
firsts of Alaska to th?- Industry
NELSON W. ALDRICH
13 VERV ILL.
(By Alaska N^ws Bureau ?
PROV!I>EN<'E. R I May I*
Kormer Senator N^laon W \ Mrirh
He Is ?ald to Ik1 aofferln* from ?
fi rin of pneumonia His condition
n> oonsid?r?d rery serious
PIAZ AND CORRALL
TO RESIGN JUNE 1ST.
(By Alaska N?ws Bureau ?
MEXICO (ITT. May ? ft has
wen authoritatlTely stated Presi
d?nl THa* and Tl?*-Pr?*?dent f'or
. * ' will resim before Jon* f1rsr
HEAT KILLS ONE.
(By Alaska N?ws Bureau ?
CHICAGO. May IS-TH* heal
<?ntlnues here and another victim
was rtafmed yestorday Hundreds ar*
prostrated.
WILL TIGHT JUNE J.
(By Alaska N?ws Bnr'an .
SIDNRT. N. 9 W War !<- t?rk
I>*st#>r and Bll' I-?n* h?T" *fm<>d
for another flrht^ to tak?
fi*h' Mng *a n^d *hn d?" " ?'*
1 .4 ?t<>r had broken * hoi- In h's
wrlat
NOME CAT WINS
Portland p*pT? show that at a
cat ?how h?*M In th?> Ro?? f It j wh?>
ifi kinds of f?Iln*s wa~a on thfhit.
a Nonw> rafs?>d rat won first pri*?*
Th* animal from thr far north was
<*< w1f? of a former po?'ma?'T in
N??m# Th?' animal was nam?i
. inks" an?1 was a w?lt known
b" of fur around th?> pn?toff>?
fh*r? R*
IJUST ARRIVED
A FINE LINE Ut
: LADIES'
: CHILDREN'S
\ and INFANTS'
: SHOES
m They A re New On Display
Come In And Look Them Over
j WILL CLA YSON- Hothier
The Home of The
i HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
? CLOTHING
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