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Another Shag way has been di?
WTKrd. It is situated nboi't ft?o
milin east ?> Victor, Colorado The
ur? ramp launched into life
through the o9?ratlooa of the Col
orado Klectrk- company which a as
mii electric generating plant there
pmdirlni 1,3 00 k?. of electricity
(rum Heaver creek, a stream rising
mi IMkea l*eak It is said that the
ne? Shag* ay is nearly as plctur
emjue aa the original one. The
i.ame must h.n o been carried from
Here to the Colorado fields by so:ne
former residents
I lie city of Fargo. North Itakot 1.
ii.ia la-en taiketl about more within
1 ne pa.Ht (e? weeks than it has dur
ing all the previous years of its
III'- I be advertising it has gained
would have iiwt a million dollars at
the usual rates The Ksrgo city
? 011 in 11 did a remarkable thing it
ha?l more money in the cltjr tr*a?
ury I has it could use, so instead
of ?<|uan U ring it foolishly, the
council ordered ten thousand dol
lar* paid back to the tax payers,
? ated justly in accordance with the
amount that had been issessvl
against them
Moii. y hnanli'd lip In a riljr, o*
:iny other treasury, is no food to
IHTOIH- || should he put to work,
or (inn hark to the rightful own
rr* It I* a wonder that no one
? ??*r thouitht of such a thins beforw
I h?? usual distort has bfrn to uv
l*u hlic funds for he purpose of pay
ii>K off political debts hv grant inn
paving or other contracts at three
' i nin t hfir actunl rout.
If there la inr money In a M*t
treasury that la not i>eing us?-d, or
that ia not liable to )>r u?d, It
would !?? a goo<1 thing to follow the
example of Fargo, an>1 give It hack
to the tax payer*; but better Mill,
it might be use<l for planting tree*,
building boulevards or parking dis
trict* and adding heauty to the city.
t?ne of the very heat assets any ritjr
or it had is beauty Cities all over
the world are spending millions in
r renting parks and growing shrubs
and trees As a general thin^
moat cities may easily find means
of JuMly spending its revenu'*.
There are many municipal affairs
that require capital It is becom
ing yearly more generally reognU
?-?l that to municipalities rightfully
belong the public utilities; that
I hone t hints *M< k are Jsed in com
nion shall be owned in common,
such as street railways, water works
rowds and docks. If public money
ia saved for the purpose of acquir
ing such things, it ia well, but to
hoard It up for politicians to steal
ami for contractors to corrupt, then
it Is not well, and the Fargo sys
tem should at once be adopted
Ill 1911. according to the I'nlted
SUtfs iifolo(lnl Sur\ ey.
? nine.-* of pslladiiim were produced.
300 ounces from crude foreign and
domestic Mnds and the rest from
the refining of copper ores and
copper bul'lon.
Palladium find* a fairly large
nar in technology. Circles of as
tronomical instruments are made of
It, and It Is also employed in watch
making. Its most extensive use is
probably for certain alloys in den
th| work It Is also employed for
soldering platinum metal* As It Is
?tot altered or discolored by ex
posure to air It is often used lor
this metal Is greater than the
supply
According to the Huresu of Sta
tistics, 1.318 troy ounce* of palla
dium were imported into the Unit.Ml
States In 1911, the value assigned
being 151.307, or 14* 33 an ounce.
A map showing the mineral re
sources of Alaska has just bt-en U
? ? - V ~
I sued by the raited State* Ueolog
ical Survey and has been placed on
sale at 10 cents a copy, or >6 a
hundred copies. The map la 17
by 24 inches and by the use of a
number of colors graphically por
trays the known Information re
garding areas which are underlain
l?y anthracite and high-grade bitu
minous coal; those which may con
; lain such coal; those known to con
tain low-grade bituminous coal and
those which may contain such coal;
those known to contain lignite and
those which may contain lignite.
All these different classes of coal
lands are shown by separate colors
for their respective areas, and areas
of gold and silver quarts, gold plac
ers. copper lodes, tin deposits, pe
I troieum areas, and gypsum mines
1 are indicated by various symbols in
shown. The map thus shows at a
glance, in a general way, what is
known of the mineral resources of
our farthest north territory The
map was compiled under the direc
tion of Alfred H. Brooks, geologist
in charge of the division of Alas
kan mineral resources in the survey.
Lav Tslspheoe Number* In New YerV.
"Duck a small thing as a telephone
nmntier has some ntgnlfleance In the
standing of a flrui." remarked a man
who had little else to do but talk and
sbser* e
"How suV asked the other.
"Take I lie low numbers? 'Broad I.
for lustam e? and, as a rule. It will lie
the number belonging to an old entail
llshed firm, provided, of course, that
Arm ha? remained In one location The
Arm now t<earlug the above onmlier
was In etlsteo?e before telephones
were In use at all, and In like manner
It Is possible to ascertain the old e?
tsbll?lied business bouses If a drill
moves, but remains In the sain* ox
change. It has the privilege of rctalu
Ing Its original telephone nnmlier
Amerlmta don't care much for age
and long e*tahllabed anything, a* a
class, but there are many flrma In thl?
city that are proud ?f their telephone
numbers In a system where the ntitu
bers run high up In the thousands."?
New York Ires*.
R?v?r??d Hi* Decision.
"We onre bad ? customer." Mid no
undertaker, "wbo bad lost bis wife
and wbo came to na to bury her. which
we did After the funeral be came
hack to na He had aelected the cm
ket In which hla wife was burled, and
now be bought o?e luat like It for him
aeif. He wai a man In health, with uo
prospect of death, ao far a* that was
concerned, but he was greatly grieved
and cast down over the death of his
wife, and when be abould die he want
ed to be burled In a casket Just like
that In which we bad hurled her. So
be bought tlila casket, and we held It
for him.
"Something more than a year after
he met another woman with whom he
fell In lore and whom be married,
and after that we got a letter from
him taring:
?? 'Sell my casket. I've no use for It
now ' N?-w York Sun.
The grand opera stars
have gone abroad,
but?
you can still hear them sin*;
their greatest triumphs on the
Victor.
Though they are thousands oi
miles away, Caruso, Mclba. Trt
razzini. and all the other famov*
artists ?ho make records ex
clusively lor the Victor, sing for
v?mi whenever and as often as you
wish.
Come in ind heir them, and ?ee ihf
different o< th* Victor lllOtoJ'.OOi
and Victor* Victrola (115 to KW>. Kaay
lcr.n? if dcaired.
WILLIAM PRITT
THE CFL'C CIST
On Slandar Bai??.
8lr Herbert 1'iw. the amount of
whose correspondent-* n doubtless
overwhelming. ha* been the recipient.
It la said, of some extraordinary let
ters. From them three samples are
aelected for quotation. each from a
member of the fnlr sex. The first
runs: "Pear Sir Herliert - 1 don't know
you, but I htive four girl* from Swit
zerland home for the holidays. It
would be a great treat If they could see
your play Bill that would be rather
expensive Will yon please send us five
stalls? I hope you won't think this Is
very bare faced " The second lady
wrote. "Although I am a stranger to
yon. It would be so helpful If you
would tend me O 12* fid " The thirl
lady asked for a couple of stalls and
on being invited to say why she made
the claim sent what she evidently
thought to l>e an all sufficient reason.
"My father," she wrote, "knew
Charles Dickens!"
Ancient Tricks.
The art* of Jugglery were, aa has
been proved by learned writers, of bleb
antiquity. The Illrplul. who lived nenr
Home, Jumped through burning coals;
; women In early time* were accustomed
' to wnlk over burning <-onls In Cuppa
docla, anil the exhibition of balls and
cups la often mentioned In the works
of the ancients It was ns far back aa
the third century that one Fermus. or
Firm I us. who endeenvored to make
himself einperor In Rgypt. suffrred a
smith to forge iron on an anvil placed
on his breast, and rope dancers with
balancing poles nre mentioned by IV
tronlus and others, while the various
* feata of horsemanship exhibited in our
, circuses passed In the nineteenth ceo
i ttiry. from F.g/pt to the Kyzantlne
j court and thence over all Kuro|>e.
"Journal" and "Journey."
Strictly speaking a "Journal" should
be a dally publication, although the
, word no longer has that limited use
| The case of "Journey" Is exactly com
parable. Even to Chaucer It still
I meant a day'a progress, and In the
fourteenth century It was possible to
speak of one country as being "fifty
two Journeyes" distant from another.
I n "Journey" being reckoned usually as
ilwenty miles. But "Journey" calls up
j no suggestion whatever of a day now.
Conclusive.
I Insurance Solicitor? Well, doctor,
hive you examined this new claimant?
I 'octor? No. I haven't thought It nec
essary. You sec. I've been treating him
for the last seven years Insurance So
llcitor? That's enough If he has sur
vived that he must be a person of won
^ drotm vitality.
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MOORES' WHBRF O X
Terminus W. P. k Y. Route
AllS,uthl>ouudSt?amerf?Arrive audlVpait Krom Thin Dock
REGULATIONS 1910.
Wiri>bo<itM open for delivery of m<rcliainlls.e from 8 i m. to 5 p. m.
Perishable* ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (popors tin be obtained at the U. S. cu?
to.ns office) and must be deHverc I before 5 p m. No freight will be
received on the wharf after this he ir.
BAGGAE? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAOGAGE ONLY
No charge for bags and grips wh n unchecked.
The wharf gate will be cios?d to the public when steamer is ne&ring
dock and will be opened when passenger* hare disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff con be had on application at office on dork.
o O. Box 171. C. J. SHAW, General Manager.
TheWhitePass AYukon Route
TIMK TABLE NO. 2?.
(Dally Except Sunday )
No. 1 N Hound
lat rlaaa
? .to a. in. Imtm
1 2 <?.i p. m.
??:*? "
1 :40 ? M
S20 - -
R:RO " Arrives
No,
SKA4.1T AY Arrlvea
WHITK PAHH I^eavea
LOO C.1BIN
BENNETT "
cAiimoi
WHITE HORSE Leave*
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of|
trains.
ISO pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 71 pounds with sack half fare ticket. -
2 S. Hound
1st class
4:35 p. ni. I
3:05 ??
2:20 "
,1:45 "
11:40 a. tn.
0:30 "
itssx^torctrit ; ?
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium ["$?] Alaska
'?arjre Clean, Individual Baths.
Abundance of v7ater. Best of
Hotel Accommodations. Fur
nished Cabins for Rent. ....
Excellent Hunting and Fishing.
Motor Boating and Sailing.
Steamer Georgia from Juneau
makes semi-monthly visits. In
formation and rates upon request
Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop.
Health Resort
of
ALASKA
C. E. Bogardus
Assayer
?
Gold * 8lhr?r 91 00
Gold , HH v?r A Copper .. >60
Cyanide and Milling Testa.
9
90 ColumbiafSt. Seattle
COAL
Wellington Lump Coal
from Shaft No. 6, Oyater Hay .Win#* !
at Ladysmlth, the highest grade
Household coal of all the B. C. fl?lda
58.28 FIXED CAR80N
Perfect Combustion. Uniform Heat
Light Ash
On and after July 1st, 11)10, we
*hall offer this coal, selected and
graded as follows: ?
l*>uble Screened and sacked.. $13 ton
Screenings (sacked) 8 ton
Screenings (bulk) 7 ton
Above prices Include delivery
Moore's Wharf Co.
Alaska Transfer Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS.
'Phone 10. Skagway, Alaska.
JUNEAU 8 H CO'8
ELECTRIC LIGHTED HTFAM
HKATKD STEAM Ell
Georgia
Carrying U 9 Mall
For Haines, Berners Hay, Juneau,
Hoonah, Tenekee and Way Ports
SAILS
FROM 8KAGWAY
AUO. ?, 11, 17, 2.1, 20.
SKIT. 4, 10. Ifl, 22, 2K.
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr , JUNEAU
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Victoria. Vancoarer. Anacortei, Beflingham
Everett. Otympia, Port Towrwend, SoutH
Belbiyham, Eur*ka, Santa Bart*?!, Mexico
San Francisco* Los Angeles, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS. C. A. P. D. C D. DUNANN. P. T. M.
1 13 jamei St., Seattle 1 12 Market St., Saa Fraararr
referred to rhaaca ih>?*5?-h?duU
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
City of Seattle Sept. 16,28
Spokane Sept . 10, 22 Oct. 4 , 16, 28
FRANK II. POLL), Agent, 2 ad As Krovlway, Skagway
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. 8. MAIL AND WELLS FARGO EXPRESS
Next wiling o ( ?v? tut paMMgor *'>*Dwr
JEFFERSON
Aug. 31. Sept. 12-24.
Oct. 6-18-30. Nov. 10
DOLPHIN
Sept. 6-18-30
Oct. 1 2- 24. Nov. 5 21
I Company reserves the ri*ht to <?mag< Na'.ltnjc <Ut?? without notlc# I
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. B. OUPTILL, AGENT. I
Mf Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B.-C COAST SERVICE)
Fall 1912 Sailings
From SKAGWAY 7 p. m. THURSDAYS
Princess Sophia ""v"
Oct. 3-17-31
Princess May
Oct. 10-24. Nov. 7-21
IHabjeot to ehanjre wiih >ai N r. 1c?
Vancouver, Vidoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert j
Phon* 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent J
^ , i |
Steamship Humboldt
THE MIT IH3EPENDEHT STEXHSKfP OPEMMS TO S. I IIISU
Will sail from Skajjway for Seattle and Way Ports
Sep. 5th, 18th, 29th. Oct. 12th
Sailing data subject to chan/* wlthoat no tic*.
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED ;
Seattle Office: Ticket* nn?l all Information
71* far,o?l Arenii?. n. HARTWIOSEH. 5th A Bwdw'y.
mm
1 HIE PASS 8 1
TT^
HE (y|MP?KTRlBLE [^?OTE
Through iclels To and From
Atlin, Daw3on, Fairbanks, and all Interior
5V Alaska and Yukon River Points
- w HA XDSOMKIj Y 4PPOICTED PARLOR OB8KRWTIO* CARS
ar now in in regular service between Skagnay and White Horse. The ears are
designed especially with a view to comfort, affording an opportunity to view the
scenery over the famous White Pass to the best advantage, and are equipped
with spacious individual leather chairs, writing desks, car'l tables and dressing
rooms.
Regular Sailings between White Horse and Dawson on Commodjow Steamers
Constant Improvement in Service it Our Aim. s Stitfjjratione Invited
For Further Information, Apply to
0. L. DICKESON, President, Skaguay, Alaska and Vancouver, B/C.