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Official City Paper
L. S KELLER, PUBLISHES
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
One woek. dellrcrto ty jarrtw
One month, by mall
f hrt-o months, bj ma'l
Six month*, by mall
One year, by mall
Tin
IN FLDCK
BUNCHING OF THE STEAMERS DE
PRIVES DAWSON OF 6000
SERVICE
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. 9.00
STAGES MOVE WELL
The complaint of far away Dawson as
to the miserable mail service for which
a'one tbe steame-a between Skagway
and the south are responsible comes
under headlines as above in the Dawson
News in the latter part of January.
Says the News:
"Owing to the gregarious tendencies
of the steamboats on the Skagway run,
Dawson will be a week without the re
ceipt of mall, and nine days without the
arrival of a Canadian mail. The last
Canadian mail arrived here Thursday,
January 9. The next is not expected
until Saturday, and should it miss the
train crossing from Skagway, the day
scheduled to reach Skagway, it may be
two or three days longer getting here.
"The beautiful bunching of the coast
steamers has spoiled what otherwise
would be a flrst-ola?s mall service from
the outside. The White Pass has arrang
ed for the carrying of three mails eaoh
way weekly, but since there often la do
steamar arriving on tbe coast with mail
from the southern end, and that which
is rushed out from Dawson often has to
lie at Skagway awaiting a steamer
down thV eoabt. The mail which ar
rived l?*t evening comprised a few lat
ters from the American side."
In other words, trains and stages and
every other condition is perfect for a
first ciasa mail aod passenger service in
the north, but tbe far Interior, as with
lha coast, is barred from the benefits for
which they have arranged because of
the faulty link in the service here. It
is an outrage.
The people of Skagway, the gate*
way to this Interior, are to meet to
morrow evening to remonstrate against
the abuses which the ste-tmsbip com
panies have practiced against the
northern country.
IN VIRGINIA
By A. Virginia R.
The roases no where bloom so white.
As in Virginia.
The sunshine oo where shines so bright,
As in Virginia.
The birds sing nowhere quite so sweet,
And nowbere hearts so lightly beat
For heaven and earth both seem to meet
Down in Virginia.
The daya are never quite so long,
As in Virginia.
Nor Ifhlte so filled witn happy song,
As in Virginia.
And when my time has come to die,
Just take me back and let me lie,
Close where ihe James goes rolling by,
Down in Virginia.
There nowhere is a land so fair,
As in Virginia.
So full of song, so free from care,
As in Virginia.
And 1 believe that Happy Land.
The Lord prepared for mortal man,
Is built exactly on the plan
| Of old Virginia.
CIRCUMSTANCE MORE PITILESS THAN
THE COLD.
A little whllo ago the regular storm
and flood story that comes up from the
south with such frequency, to make ua
of Alaska shudder and feel sorry, con
tained the statement that six deaths
had occurred la one day In Pittsburg?
Pittsburg being singled lout on that
occasion by the news sender. A little
while after that the deaths wero re
corded in New York. Yesterday, with
Des Moints and all the middle west
suffering a severe blizzard we are told
that six deaths occurred in Chicago in
one day. Ws are left by this stateraant
to make eur own estimate of the nunr
ber of deaths that was occasioned
throughout tho blizzard area.
Such a death rate from cold In all tho
far north or the arctic regions is un
heard of, and if a s'.ory of six deaths on
the trail from cold were sent out of this
country the people of the south who
happen to be warm and well fed would
either stand aghast at the hardships we
endure or shrug their shoulders at us
.'or being such fools as to come to such
a country.
But there is a difference that should
perhaps be pointed out, and this differ?
erence Is one that gives us the right to
shrug our shoulders at tho poor fools
who remain in the orowded cities of the
eouth to starve and fraeze. For it is
poverty, the lack of m;ans to buy food
and fire that introduces death in
Chlcagr, New York and Pittsburg,
rather than the cold. When a man is
frozen in the north it is the cold that
does It, combined with some accident
or foolhardy attempt to go too far or do
too much, that leaves him helpless
against the weather. In the big cities
of the south it is the crush of circum
stance against which no effort or pre
caution of the individual can save him;
against which be is as helpless as one
caught in the implacable impact of an
iceberg.
To be sure we cannot feel scorn for
the poor devi's who submit to euch con
ditions while there is here a real land
of the free, for how may they who c in
Dot pay for & fire oo a cold night bribe
the railroad* and steamships to bring
them here or maintain their wives and
children while the; come? Thev are in
the grip of clrcumntaDce as uncanny
aod implacable as the gt-ir.dlng iceberg.
Wo can but feel sorry for them.
| THE WEATHER
INTERIOR AND LOCAL
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Whitehorse? Cloudy, southwind, 30
above.
Atlln? Clear? Clear, southwind, 34
above.
Center? Part cloudy, southwicd, 28
above.
Tagish? Clear, southwind, 35 above
Hootalinqua? Clear, calm, 22 above.
Big Salmon? Clear, calm, 12 above.
Yukon Crostiiog ? Clear, calm. 18
above.
The wires are down north of Yukon
Crossing.
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Feb. 20,
1908, is as follows:
Temperature tinle observat'n. 41 above
Max. temp, preceding 24 hours. 44 atove
Mln " " " " ..3G above
Mean " " " " ..40 ?bove
Barometer 29.66
Rsiniog, s rung south wind.
For \^inter U?e.
A huly farmer planted a garden. She
was very proiul of her prospective
peas, but when her husband nuked if
they were ripe she said, "Oh, they
haven't come up yet!"
"Haven't come up yet? Why. the
season's nearly over!"
"Yes," she said, "but I planted can
ned puau. I think they come up a lit
f?? loto ? York Times.
IT PAm ONE
TO LISTEN
The reason why listening plays a
part of such paramount value on the
stage Is that If an actor Is not deeply
Interested in what Is going on in tho
mimic world In which he has been cast
ho cannot look for any real Interest on
the part of his audience, and Lh? only
way in which he can denote that Inter
est Is by tho Intensity with which he
listens to everything that has any bear
ing whatever on his life and actions
and tho skill with which he expresses
the feelings bred of what he hears.
Listening Is aiuart that Is not prop
orly taught In uie schools In which
modern actors are trained, for while
voice culture has the place of high
honor that It deserves In the curricu
lum of every academy en Broa'dway,
If you ask either teacher or pupil about
the utill more Important business of
listening the'chances are that you will
recelvo no reply save a wondering
shako of the head.
So much has been said about "tem
perament," "mentality," "facial ex
pression" and "personality" that It Is a
very easy matter for a schoolgirl to
persuade herself that she has In her
the makings of a great actress. All
she needs is what she calls a "few Ies
I sons."
One young woman. Indeed, told mo
that she had been studying the art of
expressing various emotions by means
of a series of contortions of visage, all
more or less hideous to behold, but that
she had not been taught anything
about listening. In short, although qhe
had learned how to make her various
emotional grimaces It had never oc
curred to her that unless ohe could
show cause for these curious expres
sions of Joy or grief or rage or what
ever they were called In her "Complete
Handbook of Acting" her audience
would not understand what she was
driving at. But if she had been taught
to listen With a natural interest and
attention the emotions called forth by
what she heard would be certain to be
tray themselves convincingly on her
face. Like many another unfortunate,
this deluded young woman had begun
to learn at the wrong end and had been
taught the effect, not the cause, of emo
tion.? Seribnor's Mai<mzlne.
LOOK FOR_THE_BACK DOOR
The reopening of the Board of Trade
od the 17th will be an event of do small
momeot in the life of Skagway. Things
have been pretty dull since It closed?
everybody knows that. Entrance from
Broadwav to the rear, 317-tf
BEnER PSEPHHED THIN EVER
Having put in a steam boiler ?nd
other macuinery jre ?re better pre
pared thun ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
6>23-tf Skagway Laundry
HIVE roil SEEK
our? F. Canadius Fclenius, if not drop
In at Daylight and look at it? it is the
prettiest now It ever was. Respectfully
yours Herman Grimm.
ONLY ONE BROMO QUININE'
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE. Lo^kJor the sl~natureof E. W.
GHOVE. Used the Woi Id over to Cure
cold in One Day. 25c F
Seven room furnished house to rent
on Third Avenue. Enquire of G. E.
Howard. 264-tf
Phone City Transfer
For your coal, wood and general haul
ing. Phone 90, Boughton's cigar
8tore. 10-4-lm
Frrnh Meat
The Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kind
of fresh meat constantly on hard.
A Wondnrfnl Inntrnnr ^nt
You should drop into the Mascot and
bear the music. The ekctric piano
tins a Mandolin attachment equal to a
whole octette of Mandolin attachments
with a string of new airs.
WANTED? A first class Gold or Gold
and Copper Mining Proposition in Alas
ka. State full particulars when yon
write. A ddr*ss. Lewis Lusk, P. O. box
1072, Spokane, Washington. 219- lmo
Eight Mandolins In One
At the Mascot there is the most wont
derful musical instrument ever brought
to Skagway. It has a quality of eigh
Man<*olirs In one with a Piano accom
paniment. There is a string of eight
new airs. It makes a full evening's
entertainment.
I. S. Co.
PIONEER AT. A SKA LINE.
bPEED. 9AFETY. COMFORT
Seattle, and other Puget Sound Porta
CARRYING n. 8. MAU.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of Seattle
Cottage City reb.37,Mar. 2
Connecting with the Comotay'i 3team us at Se iftle fo
San Francisco, Southern Cacikornia, Ecrkka (Humboldt Bay) and'
Mkxico I
10" Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notlcw.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Secood and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Market street. s*n Pranolsoo, Cal.
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Canadian Pacific Railwav
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Screw Steamshi"
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
February 26th, March 8th, and 18th.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of '.he world and all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express ^
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON, Feb. 15, 27
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tlokets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL. Agent. Phone 66
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JUNEAU .8. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. MM1
For Haines, Bemers Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayporta I
-SAILS
JANUARY 3, 9, 15, |
21, 27
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m. Leaves
Haines for Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $150
Round trro $2.50
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SEATTLE
New Management
Central Location
Popular Prioea
European Plan
Finest CAFE and BAR In thoC ty
Wilson & White Co.Prop.Cha* Perry Mjjr
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
Higd Prices for fine furs
Write For Price List '
'Percy's Fur House
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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Steam Laundry j
All Work Guaranteed. Short <
Orders Promptly
Done
Messenger will call andftdellver
Phone <^9
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TABLE No- 18
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Eound
1st olas8.
S 30 a. m.
10 10 "
10 50 ??
11 20 "
1 10 p. m.
3 25
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE ;PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Horse
Passengers must be at depots In time to\ave Baggage Inspected and
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free irith each full fare ticket
And 75 pounds with each half faro tioket.
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2, S. Bound
1st cla a
3 20 p m.
1 45 "
12 45 "
12 05- "
10 30a m.
8 20 "
MB I II II
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Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
Tpe new placer camps in the Alsekend Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skasjway and WhitQ Horse. A through Mail,- Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by * Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, expresii and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located Jajtbe heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quartz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For Information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to'
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaplrn Skaguay, Alaska
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