"Tills yen? court having been opened
In due and anclvut form," salil Jml^e
Hoke of Sauily Bend as be laid doivn
his pl|H' an. I Assumed ait air of ditf
uity, "I waut to present to this larp?
nud intelligent nui!leuce a moving pic
ture. In the prinoacra*. Ik>x over thar
vou behold i:-?cky Mountain Jim and
Ku vr Valley Sam. The; are nestled
up to each other like n couple of lambs,
and they ' wk so humble and lnnoccnt
thut your hearts sorter go out to them.
"It was m week ago that they struck
this toxu of Sandy, Bend the same
day, one coming from the east and the
imk a xrsTTK jiu kkaculs oi't his
HAND TO 8AM.
other from the west. Each came lu
with a whoop and a yell. Encli an
nounced himself a holy terror. They
had guns and scalping knives. They
had a thirst for gore. They had
notches cat In the butts of their guns
to show that they had killed twenty
?even critters ai>tec?.
_"When this yere court la not a court
ho U-i nniu..ig . .ie LeJ UOg KATOStl, ~a"&
Is known to you all. He knows a man
when he sees one. He knows a holy
terror from a tenderfoot No one can
say that he has ever seen lilm take
water for any living thing. When he
sizes up a new arrival what he say*
goes.
"When them two holy terrors ar
rived In town that day there was a
| commotion. We hadn't seen one for a
year. I was ca>led npon to size 'em
up. and I went forth. I overhauled
Rooky Mountain Jim and asked htm
to drink and counted the notches In '
his gun butts. I listened to his roar
and saw him foam at the mouth, and
I says to some of you, says I :
The Real Thing
" There's no discount on him. He's
the real thing and no mistake. He's
a cyclone ou wheels and must be pat
ted on the back or there'll be trouble.'
"Then I hunted up Ivaw Valley Sam.
I found him eating the raw meat of a
steer Just killed and trying to buy two
acres of ground for a private grave
yard. I listened to his growls and
roars. I witnessed his handlness at
drawing. I looked Into his bloodshot
eyes. Then I comes away and says
to some of you fellers, says I:
I " 'it's the slmon pure thing. It hasn't
been whitewashed or gilded over. Look
out for It. It's a real old fashioned
holy terror of the brand of fifteen
years ago. If It turns loose, the town
will swim In blood.'
"And the rest of you took my size
up as O. K., and the town of Sandy
Bend proceeded to tremble In Its boots. I
We've been a purty tuff crowd yere,
but we've been lowing our hold for the .
past five years. For three days them
terrors held the town. They divided It
between 'em and didn't meet. They
told what they would do to each other
In case they did meet, and their lan
guage made us shiver. We was will
ing to put up with sun spots and earth- 1
quakes nud volcanoes all summer, but
we prayed that them two terrors might
not meet.
! "On the fourth day some of us be
' can to wonder why one of 'em didn't
seek out the other and have the slaugh
ter over with. Then we further won
dered If one was afraid and the other
dasn't. They continued to promenade
around and whoop and yell and chank
their teeth, but we went right ahead
and put up a Job to bring them to
gether. This yere court, not as a
court, but as an Individual, was se
lected fo~work " tbo ;racfcef. I hunted
up Sam ntul patted him on the back
and nibbed bis bristles down and In
vited him to tako a walk. I walked
him along to the Blue Moon saloon
and Into Jt, and there he came face to
face with Jim.
Wh?l? Cquntry Held Its Brwtth.
'Tor one long mlolt the ooffUff? for
forty miles around held Its breath.
"For sixty seconds the mountains got
reedy to tremble and the rivers to run
np bill.
| "As them two holy terrors gazed Into
each other's faces we thought of hills
composed of skeletons and lakes brim
ming over with blood. We breathed In
'gasps and stood on our tiptoes.
"Theu what happened? If I ask the
question with a quaver In my votcMUid
tears In my eyes, don't blnuie me
Right then and there the reputation of
old Wyoming was at stake for a hun
dred years to come. She was cither to
take a squat anil declare the game off
or stand up to her past record and win
new medals of greatness.
"Did Rocky Mountain Jim and Knw
Valley Sam draw their guns and fiegln
shooting?
"Did they stagger and fall and fin
ish the rest of the tight with their
knives? As they lay there dying of J
twenty wounds <*Id they utter expres- 1
slons to l>e recorded on the tablets of |
history?
"Not a dying! Not an utter! Not a
tablet! Notva history! Not a durn
thing!
"After a tninnte Jim reaches out his
band to Sam. and Sam accepts It and
shakes.
" 'I hain't mad," says Jim.
"'Nor I,' says Sam.
" 'Have one on me?'
" 'I don't care If I do.'
"And then they took whisky together
and never asked any other critter in
that place if he had a mouth on him!
Yes. sir? nestled right up together like
two loving doves aud patted each other
on the back and told what awful fight
ers they was, aud we stood there and
looked on and realized what a blow
had been struck at the reputation of
Wyoming :hat would be known In the
farthest recesses of Africa before an
other day had passed away. There
was tears iu my own eyes, and I saw
them in others.
"Then we tiptoed out and held a lit
tle meeting In the Red Dog saloon.
There were but few of us present, but
we Jcuew what anght to be done_aml
what must bo done to prevent n slump
tn reril estr.te and provont this com
munity from becoming the laughing
stock of t!ie world. We marched out
In a solltl body. We hunted up those
holy terrors. We took tbelr guns and
knives away aad trut> 'em Into the lock
up. Some of the boys was willing and
re&dy to shed their blood in doing It,
but there was no call. Rocky Moun
tain Jim laid down like a calf that
has lost Its mother, and Kaw Valley
I Sam wept and bogged that he might
have the privilege of getting out of
town.
Bluffed by Two Men.
"There they are over there. Take a
good look at them, and if they don't
hide their heads in shame,- which they
don't, then we orter. Tl>e town of
Snndy Bend has been bluffed by two
men who hain't got the sand to face a
coyote together:
"Tho town of Saudy Bend, which has
scon fourteen dead men lying along its
principal street as the sun came up In
| the morning, trembling In Its boots be
fore two yearling lambs!
"Tho town of Sandy Bend, which
once declared that the whale really did
swallow Joner and shot thirty men to
prove It, going down Into Its boots be
j fore two critters who could have been
stampeded at night by a bull calf!
"I have hunted up the law In the
case, and I lutve found that there
hain't no law about It. It was a big
game of bluff, and the law Is silent
iibout blnlllng. I shall therefore make
a law. I declare them guilty of the
crime of fooling with the feelings of a
community that has alius stood ready
to back up Its opinions with Its guns,
and each owe Is lined $2C and costs.
Their guns and knives will be taken
away and sold for the beueflt of the
orphans, and any one who want* to
expedite their leaving tho town needn't
stop to ask permission. I may be
found In the crowd of expediters my
self. If not. It will be pecanse busi
ness at the Red Dog demands my pres
ence and I feel that the caso can safely
be left In the hands of the patriots
who have never failed their country
when the test of true manhood came."
M. QUAD.
Hawthorne'* Birthplace.
A two story wooden house at 21 Un
ion street, Salem, the birthplace of
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Is now used aa
a tenement house. It was built more
than a century ago.
SMYSKIiiS ;.f, Hi
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iryuvn tilid I'UiktieL' (a ua.'jU Lu Of CI'.
250 Mrt. P. W Snyder.
Silr Itfaffien at Qaysoo'i
Pur o*ps at Clftyson s.
Sbe certainly would eDjoy a Wool
tex Coat from 'BehrcDds."
r:?su>f
,il, wrcvl ocd ;-preral haul*
IV ? WuughlO-'b cl?f?r
Strec rcoca furalehed house to rent
or. Thirl .-.Tettae. ?ac??lr9 at Q E.
"Kcward. s&r'.i
FOR RENT? Nicely furnished three
room houae lo heart of city Majeitlo
rAotre etc. 810 per month enquire at
ihts office. tf
DON'T FROG
Unless You've Got 50 Cents
W. W. BOUGflTOfl
DEALER IN
Cigars, Tobacco,
Smokers' Articles,
Stationery and Fish
ing Tackle
LARGE CIRCULATING LIBRARY
INCLUDING LATEST COPY
RIGHTED BOOKS
MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND
OTHER PERIODICALS .
REMODELED
THE
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SEATTLE
New Mamizement
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Popular Price*
European Plan
Plnsst CAPE find ISAM In thevf
Wilton & White Co.Prop.Chas PeroMgr,
William lloskins
.Boot and Zl:oe Maker _
Kopairing'prom) ?'v done with thebest
material id the market
Ladies' and Children's Shoes' Mended
Broadway Botwoon 3rd and 4lh Avai
RFCfRTJflfD SOLDIER'S
This Scrip takes immediate title
to either surveysd or unsurveyed
land in Alaska, and is approved
by the Government. Price $30- 00
per acre in 40, 80 and 120 acre
pieces, or $50- 00 per acre in pieces
of from 1 to 20 acres
R. H. PEALE & CO.,
OAKLAND. CAL. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
1603 BRUSH ST. MERCANTILE ANNEX
Headquarters for ^Mining and Commercial Men
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS $i(ik
Pack train Saloon
SHEA & PATTEN. PROPS.
Broadway and bin Avenue, Skagway , Alaska
MOORE'S WHHRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamer* Arrive end Depart FromThle Dock
REGULATION* 1906
Warehouse* open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sun-^j- or ai night.
All freie^t shipments destined southbound must be accompaoled by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the D. 8. customs
office) au i must be delivered before 6 p m. No freight will be re
oeived on wharf a* * -V. nour.
BAGGAGE? I'olw w:u o t-oWscted on Checked Raggage Only. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf jcate will be clopjd to tho public when steamer is nearing
dock and will be opeo idonly when paraengers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNbON, Genl Mgr
-^'?ee?Mei??i?eem??iM<m????nnMt?<
i ? ? ?naif ?? guiT
SKATED AND LIGH.ED
BY ITS OWN PLANT
FINE SAMPLE ROOM $
FOR DRUMMERS g
(Ubitc Pass hotel
P. D McMillan, Manager
Drgestand best appointed fiotel in tbe Yukon
CHOICE BAR STOCK . {0^,^ ? L
RATES MODERATE
It is very simple to
B have a Hink Account
U /?% Ix I ^ /"V even ^ Jon do *ive in
oanKing A^a.
We have hundreds of customers living iu Alaska
who send all of their deposits to us by mail. If
you would like to keep your money in the
Oldest Bank in Washington, write us about it.
Dexter Horton & Co,, Bankers,
S EATTL E
Capital and Surplus. $1,000,000.00
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Simpl
Pullcti Rouse
Foot of Sixth Hv:nu?
Most elegantly furnished house
In Alaska
E ery modern convenience
Electric lights? Hot and cold
water? Telephones
Porcelain .baths on wery floor
Board and room by the dsy, week
or month
Table supplied with cream and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
mrs. f). $. Pullcn
Proprietress
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Real Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUBLIC
12 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWAY
We have a large stock
tourney's Gaudy
Peter's Gboeolates
Also every kind of
Fresh Nuts
Dodt' Forget the Number. 428iBrdw'y
Tony Dortero's
Having completed reliable arrange
ments for an adequate supply of the
best
British Colombia Coal
for the coming winter we offer for
Skagway Coal Consumers, Coals at
following prices;?
Wellington (Dop ?rture Bay)
Run of Mine $12]per ton
Wellington (Lv>y3<nlth)
Selected Lumps $13 per ton
Anthracite (Banff B. C.)
Chestnut Size $20 per ton
Prices nbovd arc on wharf and In bulk
or sacked and for cash. Delivery 81.00
per ton extra. y
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Phones 11 or 109 Skagway, Alaska
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ALASKA VIEWS
Beclnntnc Monday, Novemtjor
JSth. and endlnir January 1st,
IPOS we will soli 8x10 views at
CT>c each aiid 5.\7 at 15c. ?1.50 per
dozen. 14x17 Views 81.00 each.
Velox Tost Car<ls five for 25c.
This beautiful set of pictures
consist of Towns, Water Falls,
Glaciers, "W. 1\ & Y. R. Views,
Steamers, and Old 1808 Trail
and Pioneer Scenes of early
days. It will do you trood to
look them ovor.
We solicit your patronage
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phone 83 p. o- box 23s
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Strength
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We carry a Full line of Bar Supplies Direct Importers
Depot for A. 1!. C. Bohemian St. Louis and Seattle Bottle Beer
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Best 25 Cent Meals in the City
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Good Clean Beds From 25 Cents Up
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