Daily Alaskan ;
L M. JENSEN, PUBLISHER
JOHN W. TROY, EDITOR
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AN IMPORTANT BILL
One of the bills pending in congress
that is Important to Alaskans is that
introduced by Congressman Laey, of
Iowa, encouraging road building in
Alaska. The bill provides that out of
the hundred dollars now provided by
statute to be expended annually in as
sessment work on mining claims, tweu
ty-five dollars may le expended in ei
ther cash or in labor on highways
roads or trails in the district In whi<h
the claims are situated. The money
paid in cash to the district recorder, it
is provided, shall be under the direc
tion and control of the Alaska rot>d
commissioners and shall be ex [tended
in the district in opening and improv
ing highways, road a and trails.
It ia believed, should tho bill become
a law, it will not only have a benificial
effect upon Alaskan roads and trails,
but that it will have a tendency to
check the too commoa practice of false
certification as to the performance of
assessment work. Cnder existing con
ditions many people hold claims from
year to year without any more labor
than that required to prepare a certifi
cate certifying that the assessment
work had oeen performed and without
any expense save that necessary to
have that certificate recorded. This is
an evil from which the Nome people
sovght to escape when they proposed
that an annual cash payment of i'25 for
road purposes be required from each
claimant of placet' ground. If a ma:
were required to pay ?15 or show u cer
tificate from a duly authorized otfeer,
certifiying that he had performed or
caused to be performed work to that
amount on a public road, in addition to
the certificate ns to the performance
of assessment work, it would be more
difficult for the hatchet and lead pencil
prospector to hold innumerable cliim.
ia different parts of the district than it
U at the present time.
This is Jackson's Day. Ninety-on?
years a^o oq this very day, down at
New Orleans. "Gener'l Andy" Jackson
showed the flower of a victorious.
European army of what kind of stuf*
American pioneers and Injun fighters
were madr, and in so doing he turned
an undecisive war into one in which the
honors, except those attaching to the
peace treaty, were with the new re
public. In honor of the political
career of the hero of New Orleans,
made subsequent to the War of 1812.
therj will be many celebrations
throughout the country tonight, at
which members of the damocratic par
ty will tell anew of the virtues and
democracy of Jackson.
Clean your sidewalks, and doit today.
There are indications that cold weather
is coming, and the less ice peop!e have
to walk over the greater will be the
convenience to everybody and less the
risk of life, limb and damages.
Spcolal Coarse Ft r Miilctr Men
School of Mine.-. Uaiver-ity of Wash
ington. Begins January 9, lasts three
months. Lompl. te equipment. No
charges except f r m iterial used.
Address. Regis' rat-, University Staticn,
Seattle, Washing on.
Holly crepe paper table clothes.
Daylies and na;>kios at Har; isons,'
ilHome Made!
< I? ? ? ? m ?? ? i ?>
! > Mince Meat, |
! > Plum Pudding.
Apple Butter,
Orange Marmalade ! j
! ! Fruit Cakes.
! ! Chillie Sauce, |
Mexican Hot
and Jellies.
jj JUST RECEIVED \
! ' Sour Kraut, Canaicd Pi el-, Ap: le t
, i Cider, Hubbard Squash, D.'l's J
< 1 Pickles. New Nu's, Oliv s. I '.p. *
J [ corn, Cranberries and A; p: s <
< .Up-tc-date stitionen j st r?; eirc4 j
i: flortb End Grocery i
< ? TELEPHONE NO. 136
WIN CUP
Ch ? 1 leng-rs Get F? moos K^ro
Bowling Tropl.y
W. W. Ward, E. M. Melntyre and
Ed. Barry won the Kern bowline trophy
Saturday afternoon, winning two of the
four games played, thus giving them
their eigth victory at the end of the
13th game bowled. "In all but one of
the series of games played they proved
their prowess by coming out ahead.
J. E. Barragar, E. A. Murphy and W.
B. King who won the cup a year ago in
a tournament with four other teams
anil who successfully defended it against
a challenging team last month, made a
game fight. They really made more
pins than their opponents in the contest
but they were so distributed that the
games stood 8 to 5 against them.
It is understood that another team
will challenge the winners at once and
that another tournament will be on
within the week.
The record of the four games bowled
Saturday afternoon is as follows:
GAMES.
10 11 12 13
Barragar
Murphy
King
1208 171 156 179
137 136 163 132
172 191 154 173
Team totals 517 498 473 484
Ward 153 149 177 1M
Melntyre 155 137 170 145
Barrv 132 139 187 185
Team totals 440 425 534 494
Highest score? Barragar, 208; second,
King, 191.
Highest averages? Barragar, 179;
second. King, 173.
fRAW LOWE
OEIS HONOR
Frank Lowe, formerly of Skajway,
has been elected president of Dawson's
board of trade. His administration will
begin a campaign for lower freight
rates.
PIBIIC SCHOOL
IS REOPEIVED
The holiday recsss of the Skagway
public school came to an end this morn
ing. It opened this morning for the
second half of the year with an atten
dance that was good for a first day.
There were several new enrollments in
the different rooms.
Famous Wood Case Settled
The suit arising out of the shortage
? of wood delivered to the Yukon gov
ernment under contract let last sum
mer was settled in Dawson a few weeks
ago by Jeff Davison, who was sued for
the short delivery, putting in 70 cords
more. The case was then dismissed.
YOUR EVES
Sk >gwa)'s Pioneer Jeweler
Has Scientific Optician
E. E. Kirmse, a scietific optician,
gra luated bv one of the best schools in
America, is now connected with our
st ire and is preprared to examir.e and
tesi your eyes and fit them with glasses
ground for that purpose. We have the
very latest equipment and the largest
sto k of glasses ever brought to Skag
wav and are prepared for this line as
oo honse has ever been in Skagway
before.
Our immense stock of jewely, cut
glass, silverware, etc., etc , is still go
ing, and at the seryice of our patrons.
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler.
Danger of a Cold and How to Avoid
Them
More fatalities have their origin in
or result from a cold than from any
other cause. This fact alone should
make people more careful as there is no
dan^tr whatever from a cold when it is
properly treated in the beginning. For
man v years Chamberlain's Cough Re
i medy has been recognized as the most
prompt and efiectual medicine in use
for this disease. It acts on nature's
plan, loosens the cough, relieve the
lungs, opens the secietions and aid
nature in restoring the system to e
healthy condition. Sold byWm. Britt
Skagway Liuadry
For first-class work try Skagway
Laundry. Twenty-Uve v ears' experi
ence.. Telephone 89. tf
Print lpal Barb nbop Leadi
The Principal Barbershop and Baths
is tne leading tonsorial establishment
ix; Alaska. Everything in all the de
partments is strictly modern. The
baths are first class in all respects.
A Feminine Instinct I
[Original.]
During the late Russo-Japanese war
In my company was Peter Alexlavltch,
the youngest of the enlisted men. 1 e
ter had not yet a beard; he was light
complexloued and fair haired, with pink
cheeks. He had all the delicacy and
?eusltlveness of a girl. His comrades
called him Tolly. There was another
I thing about Peter that was different
ft >m his associates ? he was much bet
I tcr bred than they, lie seemed to me
I to be the son of some country gentle
man.
I felt sorry for little Peter from the
first and shielded him as far as possi
ble, excusing him from the most ardu
ous and dangerous duties. I hoped
that my leniency would not be noticed,
but It was. Some of the men who
would have liked to be coddled them
selves called him Captain's Baby and
said that, "though he was too fine for
picket duty, he would soon be lording
It over them as an officer." But the
best men In the company did not feel
In this way. They recognized tn Pe
ter something that had been created on
different lines from themselves and
?would often insist on relieving him
from certain severe duties from which
I could not well protect him.
The first time Peter was under fire I
watched him anxiously to see how he
would behave. I greatly feared that
after the fight was over his position In
the company would be far worse than
before. We were supporting the artil
lery, standing at rest while our guns
sent their compliments to the Japs.
Peter appeared to be interested In try
ing to see the shots that left the muz
zles of our guns as they sped toward ,
the enemy. There was In him all the
intensity of a child watching the work
ing of a new toy. Presently there came
a reply. It went far above us and
pleased Peter as much as our own
shots had pleased him. The enemy
gradually drew nearer our range until
their shots all struck within a few
yards of us. Having nothing to do, I
kept my eyes on Peter. I Judged it
had not occurred to him we were In
danger. I failed to see how he could
be unconscious of what was so ap
parent, but fancied his obtuseness
came from the gradual approach of
the projectiles. At any rate, Peter
seemed to be delighted at the sport
and was shouting and laughing like a
boy playing ball.
Another battery of ours was doing
greater damage to the Jap wojks,
who turned their guns from us to it,
without having done us any damage.
I was congratulating myself that the
fighting, so far as we were concerned,
was for the time being over and our
boy had not disgraced himself, but
at that moment a wounded man was
carried by, the blood streaming from
a cut in his scalp, and what should
Peter do but shudder and turn pale.
He cast a frightened glance above, as
though It had Just dawned upon him
that this wound had come from the
shells which had so delighted him,
then turned to run.
"Stand fast, you little fool! Don't
you see the danger is over?" thundered
the lieutenant.
Peter gathered his nerves and return
ed to his place. I wished I could send
him home to his mother, for he the
more impressed me as a boy not suf
ficiently developed to warrant his be
ing yet loosed from her apron strings.
At the first battle we were engaged
in the lieutenant was obliged to strike
Peter with the flat of his sword to keep
him In the ranks, but when the fight
was on little "Polly" was wild with
the excitement of battle. When it was
over he fell In a dead faint.
1 determined to make an effort to
procure Feter's discharge, and sent up
an api llcatlon to headquarters to that
effect, based, first, on the fact that he
was physically Incapable of perform
ing the duties of a soldier, and, second,
that he was mentally deficient In this?
he could not discriminate between the
presence and absence of danger. He
was Invariably undisturbed when his
life was at risk and in terror when the
risk had passed.
I did not hear from the application
for a long while, then I received an
order to report In person at the colo
nel's tent I found there a young man
whose resemblance to "Polly" startled
me. The colonel, taking up a paper,
said to me: "This Is your application
for the discharge of Private Alexla
vitch. Owing to the mental deficiency
stated, I referred the case to the med
ical director. This Is his indorsement:
"Th? Idiosyncrasy of being unconscious
of real danger and terrified when there Is
no dangror Is peculiar to women. I would
recommend that Private Alexlavitch be
examined to determine his or her sex.
"Having been constantly engaged of
late," the colonel went on, "with the
enemy, this application has been unat
tended to. Now this young man comes
with the story that Private Alexla
vitch Is his sister, who took his place
when he was conscripted. I desire
that you, if convinced of the truth of
the story, take him Into your company
and discharge his sister."
Returning to my camp with the
young man, I asked why his sister
took his place in the army. He said
that at the time of his conscription
their mother was at the point of death
and to lose him would have killed her.
His sister told her mother that she
had received an appointment to teach
at Moscow and must go at once or
lose the position. Instead, she donned
man's clothes and personated the con
script. His mother had recovered and
he wished to take his own place in the
ranks.
When Lisa and Peter Aleslavltch
met In my tent they were a happy
pair. Lisa went home and Peter be
came in time my first lieutenant.
SUMNER CHILDS.
fj .($*?-+
You are at Home
, 2^ fi . . ? is " {S H f| SH i i
When you stop at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
It is there where you find all
the Comforts and Conveniences
which have made this Hotel so
well and favorably known to the
Traveling Public and Tourists
from all parts ot the world.
j First?Class Rates Moderate
17YSOORES WHHRFCO, f
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route " r - ; .
All South Bound Steamere Arrive and Depart From This Dcek
REGULATIONS 1805 '
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 6 p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night , ?
| All freight shipments destined southbound must be acoompanled by a ? *
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the 0. S. customs 1
office) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re- ,
X ceived on wharf after this hour. :t 1 !i
J BAGGAGE? Tolls will be oollected on Checked Baggage Onlt. No 1 -
9 charge for bags and crips when unchecked. j
% The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer is nearing ji
dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E, WYNN- JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr f
Cor.. 5th & Broadway. 'PhoDe 90
Cigars Olid Tobacco
Stationery
and Fishing Tackle
?NEWS DEPOT*
New Books Just Rec'd
The Daily delivered to
any part of the city
for $1 per month
(MS!
7 1 have the largest and best se
J lected stock of
Is MEERSCHAUM
GOODS
In Skagway. Just the thing for.
Christmas presents
Also a large stock of Lewis and
Clark
SMOKERS' SOUVENIRS
^Tony Dortero
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Rea* Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUPLIC
524 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWAY
Special A'oMttra to Business From
Miagway, Haines and Vicinity
CREWS & HILLS,
ATTORNEYS
Will Practice In All the Courts
Juneau * Alaska
J. R. Winn Geo. C. Hkabu
! WINN & HEARD
attorneysat-law
Will oractice in Alaska Courts,
U. S, Supreme Court, and Land
and Mining business.
(looms 3, 4, and 5, Decker Building
JUNEAU, * - - ALASKA
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
GEORGE
earning U.S. Mall
For Haines, Berneis Bay, Juneau
Hoonah, Tenake> Sitka and VVayports
SAILS
at 8 a. m.
Jan 5, 1 L 17, 23, 29,
W. W. BOUGHTON, Ajfent
Broadway and Fift.h Ave. Phone 90
-GaribGu Hotel
Caribou Crossing
A Strictly
. 'l ? ..V| 11 ?'/ C i
Finely Furnished Roomi
Electric Lighted Throughout
THE IMPERIAL HOTEL
GEO. W. CURTIS, PROP.
AMERICAN PLAN
Front St. South P.O., Whltehorse.Y.T
Pacific Coast S.S. Co
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED. SAFETY. COMFOR1
Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Ports
CARRYING U. S. MAIL
Steamers of This Company Leave
Cottage Sitv - Jan. 15, 29
f ] - i
Via Vancouver and Sitka
ft. Above Schedule Bubjeot to ohange Without NoUoe.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
C. D, DUNAN'N, Gen- Pass. Agt
It) Market 8treet, San Francisco, Cal.
The Alaska Steamship Co. 1
Carrying U. 8. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express , rj
A
*. . ? .1 ?
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger 8teamer rr
JEFFERSON,
Jan. 7, Jan. 21, Feb. 4. ,
FARALLON - - Jan.
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Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice. >
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phene 66
! .
Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. J
STEAMER
AMUR - . Jan. n, 26 .J
Feb. 11, 26
Sailing at 6 p.m
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria I
Transferring to Seattle via rail or steamer withovi extra ehai ge
We give quick service
For Information Write or Apply to _ w
H. B/DUNN,
Agent, Skagway
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 13
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 3.?N. B > _ No. 2. S. Bound
2nd olass. 1st class. 1st class iai cits '
8 SO p. a. 8 30 a m.LV. 8KAGUAY AR. 4 30p m. AR. 4 I6a. a
10 30 " ' " WHITE PASS '? \ j}* ' " J 10 "
11 40 a. m. 11 45 " ?' LOG CABIN 2 10 ? ' 1 00 "
12 20 SSf*" ?" BENNETT ?' llfifp ? " 12 20 p.m
?45 " 110 " " CARIBOU " 11 50a.m "10 C "
40 ? ' 4 "30 - ?<? AR White Hoesk LV 9 30 " LV, " 7 t "
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspect ad arc
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
160 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tick'
and 75 pomnrwith each half fare ticket.
?C5 4, ay-:
While Pass! Won Route
?tJid.:.. v s. -I -.a*
Through Line From,
Through lino from Skagway tQ Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate Yukon River points. The new placer camps In the Aisek and Kluane
Mining Districts are reached only yia White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
... k \
During the winter season when navigation is closet), drflly. trains will continue running
between Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger aud Freight service
will be-malntainjd by a Thoroughly Equipped Stags line, between JWhite
Horse and Dawson. .? -1
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson
and intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulouslyjrich quartz
camp of the Windy Arm district, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to"
M. J. B. WHITE, G. F & P. A. A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr.
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skatruay, Alaska
R. D. PINNEO, Asst. G. F. & P. A.
Skaguay. Alaska