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No. ,H FIFTEENTH rail SKAGWAY ALA8KA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 0. ?? ?CE .? CENT
LONE BANDIT
BOBS BT. COACH
Vancouver, IVt. 9 ? A Ion* ban
dit boarded a Pullman car tn the
city last eve. ting and rode out to
the city limits, where he pulled an
automatic revolver from hia belt
and coolv held up everyone In the
car. He fired a couple shots
through the rcof of the car to
w.ike up and frighten the passen
gers, then he made them turn their
pockets in; ide out and give him the
contents.
When the train slacked up at a
surburhan station he jumped off
and disappeared in the darkness
No clue has been uiscovered regard
ing the nervy bandit.
SKWARD TRAIL KASY
SAY THK MlSHKRS
Seward, IVc. 9 ? A number of
mushers are arriving dally from
the Idltarod. They report that the
trail is In good condition and that
no heavy fall of snow has occurred
so far this winter.
PROGRESSIVES OATH?
A THOl'SAND STRONG
Chicago, Dec. 9 ? Theo. Roose
velt, along with a thousand prom
inent Progressives, are meeting in
the city today for the purpose of
discussing plans for the perpetua
tion of the I Progressive party. Mr.
Roosevelt will address them tomor
row.
CATHOLICS AUK PRAYING
f>?R PEACK IN MEXICO
Mexico City. Dec. 9? Today has
been set :ipart by the Catholic
churches of Mexico to pray for
peace
SS. Humboldt arrived yesterday
at 3 p. ru., sailing two hours later.
Mrs Summers returned on the
Humboldt to her home in Juneau af
ter visiting a few days with Miss
Munson at the White Pass hospital.
Postal Inspector Wetiler Informs
us that *he Georgia will take mail;
for the south In the morning at 8 j
o'clock, transferring It to the
Mariposa at Juneau for the Sound.
Skagway Alaskan 's Daily Photograph
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(ianlrn on Ihp Yukon.
Here is h picture of a garden growing In a suburb of the city of Tnnana, near the junction of the
Yukon and the Tanana rivers, more than four hundred miles north and about the same distance west
of Skagway All along the Yukon river are gardens and hay lands, dostined to produce agriculture and
stock enough to feed millions of people. The wild flowers along the Yukon transform the summers In
to a paradise of loveliness. The climate is similar to Minnesota and other northern States, with the ex
ception that the days of summer are nearly twenty-four hours long, and this continuous sunshine ac
i. units for the rapid growth of vegetation.
IKS THEY
DO AT SCHOOL
(By Kdwiti Frinlratlul.)
Edward Llddicoat and Delia Ra
puzil debated on "Resolved, That
Capital Punishment Should be Abol
ished," Edward taking the affirma
tive and Delia the negative. The
judges were Lester Moyer, Helen
Mercer and George Dillon. The de
cision was in favor of the affirma
tive two to one
The Eighth Orade is studying
Partial Payments in arithmetic.1
This takes lots of time and accurate
work.
Mid-year examinations will take
place the following week. Those
pupils having a class average of 85
per cent, scholarship average of
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IP YOU ARE PARTICULARLY
HARD TO PLEASE WE WIT. I, BE
, PARTICULARLY PLEASED THE
DAY YOU TRY ON ONE OK OUR
NEW PALL AND WINTER OVER
COATS WITH THE CONVERTIBLE
COLLARS.
PURCHASE IP YOU FIND 'WHAT
PLEASES YOU. YOU WILL FIND
US ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW |
OUR POOPS WHETHER YOU BUY I
OR NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH.
S7.6 per cent and an average of 9S
l>er cent In deportment will be ex
cused from writing on these exam
inations.
The monthly examinations were
held last week and report cards will
be given out Monday.
Duly two weeks more- of work
and then our vacation.
pupils having first and second
rank in the different grades:
Ninth
Roy Mulvihlll Rank 1 j
May Parker Rank 2 1
Highlit
I?e?ter Mo.ver Rank 1
Kdward Llddicoat Rank 2
Sixth tirade.
Karl Hahi Rank 1
Kmereon Rogers Rank 2
Fifth (irwlr.
Harold Mulvihlll Rank 1
Florence Mercer ..Rank 2
I '? >n rili (inulc.
Beatrice Olsen Rank 1
Fred Rlanchard Rank 2
Thlnl tiraile.
Bessie Conway Rank 1
Ksther Friedenthal Rank 2
Second (irwlr.
Katharine Hahn Rank 1
Ruth Achlson Rank 2
First firnik'.
Jack Conway Rank 1
Clarence Cartwright .. ..Rank 1
Mary McCann Rank 1
Nancy Lynth Rank 2
Pupils neither absent nor tardy
for the month ending December 6,
1912:
Ninth tirade ?
Roy Mulvihlll.
Eighth tirade ?
Edward Llddicoat.
Delia Rapuzzl.
Lester Moyer.
Kdwin Frledenthal.
Sixth (JriMle?
Harry Achison.
Sarah Friedenthal.
Karl Hahn.
Gertrude I-lddlcoat,
Kmerson Rogers. ?
~ Klftli (inulr ?
Harold Mulvitilll.
Albert Parker.
Ellen Rojters.
Donald Mllnes.
l ourth (irwlp?
Heat rice Olson.
George Rapuisi.
Kdward McKay.
Verne Miller.
Vivian Talbot.
Third tirade ?
John Matthews.
Vincent Mulylhlll.
Ksther Frledenthal.
Jesse Pratt.
Hessie Conway.
Srroml (iiwlp?
Frank Rrawand.
Ruth Achlson.
Katharine Hahn
Kllsabeth Dillon.
Leslie Parker.
Grace Adams
Kir*t (imilo ?
Nancy Lynch.
Prosper Ganty.
Jack Conway. *
Mary McCann.
Gertrude McKay.
Paulino McCann.
Frances Kennedy.
Chester Cartwrlght.
Albert Matthews.
Harold Mulvlhlll was the only
pupil in the Intermediate Grades
who had perfect In Spelling for the
month.
Pop
Corn
FURNISHES ENJOYMENT THESE
?X>LD DAYS. A 10c PACKAGE OF
THE KIND AVE SELL WILL AL
MOST FILL A GUNNY SACK AF
TKU IT IS POPPED. WE GUAR
ANTEE AGAINST FAILURE.
J P. H. GANTY, Grocer
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+ ? + * + + + + + + ? + + + + * + + + + + + ?? +
Seward. Pee. 9 8lMm?r Dora npon the bearh. An Invalidation
la on the boach. During the heavy ahowa that ahe waa undamaged and
atorm of jrwtMdijr the little ateam- It la believed that ahe ran be palt
er broke her llnea and waa piled ed off at high tide
FOXY Tt'HKN I'LAVINfi
A WAITIJIO OAMK
l-ondon, Dec 9 The failure of
the Turk* 10 name their peace com
missioners, Is looked upon with con-,
slderable ?pprehenslon by the lov
ers of peace, and It la feared that
the hoochle-koochle empire la stall
ing to gain time In the hope that
the Balkan alllea will get to fight
ing among themselves and thna
break up the union against them
Then again It l.i aald that the Turk"
are mobllidng a vast army at Con
auntlnople which will enable them
to put up a bigger fight when they
get in readiness for a wholesale
killing
DOX'T l/OVK FLAG MORK
lll'T HOCIAMHTS I.KNB
Host 011, l>oc 9 Old Boston town
is getting back some of her early
patriotism, and a movement has
been started among the liberty lov
ing and flag revering citltens, to
have a bill introduced in the legis
lature forbidding the carrying of
any flag In public parades except
ing Old Glory.
It is said by the enemies of the
movement, that the patriots are not
actuated so much through love of
the Flag as hatred of Socialism,
and they are trying to get the
measure passed so that the Social
ists will n >t be permitted to carry
their colors, which are so promin
ent in the lines of the social
brotherhood
The latest maps of the various
districts of Alaska, just Issued by
the Alaska Railroad commission,
have been received by Commissioner
Martin Conway They show all the
recently constructed roads, trails,
railroads, telegraphs, etc , and iflve
ihe sites of new camps and geo
graphical districts. Copies of the
maps may be secured through the
railroad commission upon the Pay
ment of the cost of production,
which Is figured at two dollars
each
BURNING finRN
CALLS flili
A barn belonging to Judge Mar
tin Conway w?a partly ronaumed by
fire Saturday evening about eight
o'clock When the fire bell aonnd
ed. m*n; of the cltlaena thought It
wan the railing together of the fire
men for their regular meeting, and
*o thought Mr. Conway until nome
one Informed him that hla houae
vaa afire and there waa aome hur
rying hotnrt on hla p?rt.
The firemen were there when he
arrived ?nd rery aoon etMngalahed
the flame* with a loea of a hundred
dollar* or ao
Karller In the evening Mr. Con
way had gor.e to the barn with hla
xon for th*? purpoae of huatllng In
the evenlni/a aupply of firewood;
Maater Con* ay lit a match for the
purpose of guiding hla parent, and
when it burned down too cioae to
hia finger* for comfort he dropped
it, and it ia preanmed that from
? he plere that dropped the fire waa
started An hour or ?o afterward
fire waa diacovered and the alarm
turned in.
The barn la aituated alongatd*
the houae and had the fire com
pany been leaa efficient there
might have been a dlaaatrona fire
with the loaa of the r?wldence
There waa no Inauranre carried on
the barn and the loaa. thowgh
amall, wilt be total
The SS Georgia will arrive
about midnight, aalllng at eight
o'clock in the morning.
The Houae Committee of the
Klka have laaued the annoanc*.
ment that they will give another of
their enjoyable aocial dance* neat
Wedneeday evening. I>ec. llth. The
public ia Invited There will be the
ruatomary flrat claaa muelc and
the ruatomary good time
SUGGESTIONS
FOR
Christmas Gifts
We h
e a large assortment o / Holi
day Novelties such as
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TRAVKLVKTO r.*SKH
SILK HAM>KKKIHIKFW
MIKPI.KKH
Km ULOVKH
HATH ItonRH
SII.K HCTH
WOOL OLOVKH
MCrKWRAR
SWKATKH COAT*
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wikii, Ruxiirri
?'?XT SMPPKRM for
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i HII.DRK\
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HHOKM of nil hln.l. for
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WILL CLA YSON ?
JShe Home of ?
HART SCHAFFNER MARX