Daily Alaskan
I. M. JENSEN, PUBLISHER
JOHN W. TROY, KDITOR
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WHY THEY WANT IT
The Sitka Cablegram, one of the
brigntest and ablest papers in Alaska,
writing of the reason why the people
of this district want territorial govern
ment, truthfully, sountlly and eloquent
ly says:
''Alaska would be inhabited by a
strange people if they did not want
self-government, and want It earnestly
and strive for it zealously. If they did
not want it, then Alaska would not
make a good member of the Union.
They want self-government for that
territory which they are building up,
and in which their hop's are bound.
They want It as a reward for their con
quest of conditions, their searching of
the mountains and the seas acd disclos
ing the fabulous wealth hidden therein.
They want it for the protection of their
industries. As all their hopes, their
ambitions and their pride are bound up
in self-government, they insist that
they be its designer and its luilder
Whatever of glory may be in the final
conquest, whatever of happiness it may
bring to our people should by right be
long to them. For years Alaska has
asked for territorial governmeut, and
will continue to ask. She does not be
lieve that a just nation will exercise a
powtr to punish her for her temerity
in asking for her own."
The prospect for the early retire
ment of Gov. Brvdy causes the Daily
Dispatch, of Juneau, to express its par
donable pride in the fact that it has
been a consistent opponent of his in
competency for many years. It says:
"Our enemies may accuse us of every
thing else, but none will question our
right to say that we have been against
the Honorable John Green t Bread y
first, last and all the time/'
The longer the new British govern
ment remains in office the clearer it
becomes that it is Gladstonian to the
core. There is none of Roseberry
about it. Campbell- Bannerman was
more blunt about the course of his
procedure than was Gladstone, for hf
did not give Roseberry a place in his
cabinet at all.
Capt. Lucien Young, who was com
mander of the Bennington at the timf
ef the explosion at San Diego, was
found guilty of at gligence by the court
martial and/ he will be reprimanded.
One W?y to Pat It
Born. January 1, to Father Time, a
son Christians figure this is the nine
tee l hundred and sixth, and it is said
the old gentleman has more than twice
as many by previous marriages. ? Sittea
Cablegram.
Masonic Meeting
There will be a regular communica
tion of White Pass Lodge No. 113, F. &
A. M., Friday, January 12, at their
hall, No. 22o Fourth avenue.
Sojourning and visiting members are
cordially invited to meet with us.
By order of W. M.
H. W. Taylor, Secretary.
Dunlap aud Stetson hats for $5 a'
Clayson's. tf
For a perfect fitting corset get the
,-G. D. Justrite," at Harrisons'.
Special Course For Mininz Men
School of Mines, University of Wash
ington. Begins January 9, lasts three
months, Complete equipment. No
charges except for material used.
Address, Registrar, University Station,
Seattle, Washington.
Home Made!
? ? ? 1 1
Mince Meat, ?
Plum Pudding,
Apple Butter,
Grange Marmalade 4
Fruit Cakes.
Chillie Sauce,
Mexican Hot
and Jellies.
JUST RECEIVED \
Sour Kraut. Candied Ptel.*, Apple ?
Cider, Hubbard Squash, Dill's J
Pickles. New Nuts, Olives, Pop. ?
core, Cranberries and Applt s ?
Up-to-date stationery just received 5
florth End Grocery ?
TELEPHONE NO. 136
ARE FIGHTING
Tanana at Six?9 and Sevens
Over Wicbersham
The Taciana country Is at sixes and
sevens over the appointment of Judge
Wickersham. There are two sharply
defiued factions of the people there,
one taking one side and another taking
the other side. The Daily News is sup
porting Judge Wickersham and says
the great majority of the miners and
others are in his favor. The Sunday
Times opposes his confirmation and
*hows where miners' meetings have
declared against him.
The facts seem to be that at a miners
meeting at which 150 miners were pres
ent resolutions were offered indorsing
Judge Wickersham and opposing him.
A point was made against considering
the question at all and on'y six votes
could be obtained in favor of taking
the matter up at ill. At a subsequent
meeting, where 37 were present, by a
vote of 20 to 17 the judge was condemned.
Small meetings, of a half a dozen or so
each, on Cleary and Dome creeks passed
resolutions similar to those passed by
the 20 members of the regular miners
association.
The miners, generally, do not desire
to take the matter up at all in any of
the regular organizations, but the
large majority seem to favor, as indivi
duals, Judge Wickersham.
Both sides have made very extrava
gant claims in telegrams to the outside.
Binger Herman IiOit
Lale dispatches to a Juneau paper
say Binger Hermann, rtpresentive in
congress from Oregon, left for the
national capital, there to stand trial for
complicity in the land fraud cases,
December 26. He has not been heard
from since that time. Some uneasiness
was felt.
FOR THE EYE
Do Not Prrrait It To Trouble
Y.>u
- Sight is the most useful and necessary
of the senses. To lose It is to make
life a blank. We are in business for
the express purpose of saving the uses
and pleasures of this most important
of the live senses to our friends and
patrons. We can do it. We are doing
it every day. Don't take our word for
it. Ask chore who wear our glasses.
Our prices arv made with tha idea con
stantly in view of keeping soul and
body together while we live to serve
other suffers as we have served those
who have come to us. Do not permit
your eyes to trouble you. It is not
necessary. All examinations free.
We carry the largest and best stock
of jewelry in the north.
Our repair department isstill at work
making aid watches as good as new.
J. IKUTA,
Jeweler and Optician.
Harrisons carry the "Gem" ready
made shirt waists, in silk. and wool.
NOTI E OF MARSHAL'S SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given that by
virtue of a writ of execution, dated December
jist 190-5, issued out of the District Court, for
the listrict of Alaska. Division No. 1. thereof,
011 1 initffimiil. decree of foreclosure, an order
of sale of real and personal properly, rendered
and entered in said court on tha 15th day of
December. 1905, in favor of the Washington
National Lank, of Seattle, Washington, a cor
poration, the Scandinavian-American Bank, of
Seattle. Washington, a corporation, and Le
Roy M. Backus against the Alaska Fishiries
Union, a corporation, I have on this 5th day
of January, I916, levied upon the following de
scribed real aud personal property, situated at
or near Chiikat Inlet about four miles bolow the
old town of Chiikat in the District of Alaska,
to-wit:
That certain cannery building 80x220 feet, with
an "L" 60x110 feet 254 stories hight, shingle roof.
Mesa House 24x28 feet, i stories, shingle roof.
One Chinese house 30x70 feet, two stories,
shingle roof.
One superintendent's dwelling 22x29 feet/a
stories, with kitchen 14x18 feet, 1 story, shingle
roof.
One barn 12x20 feet, 1 story.
One fisherman's house 14x60 feet.
one story (5) log buildings.
Oot sawmill 30x^0 feet, 1 story*
Ont 30-H . P. boiler.
One C. & T. sawmill complet except 1 8" iron
pulley.
One log haul complete except cable.
Three saws.
One Carriage complete.
70' 10" rubber belting, 6-ply
Two 12" Snatch blocks.
Alt* the following, being situated on Hudson
bay. airectly across from Hoonah, in the Dis
trict of Alaska, to wit:
Oue web house.
Oct mess house and store.
On* Blacksmith shop.
Also the- following tis?h traps, situated in the
District of Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
One fish trap located on Chllcoot Inlet, be
tween Haines Mission and the cannery of the
Columbia Canning Co
One fish trap located at Seduction Point,
about three miles telow the Alaska Fisheries
cannery.
One fish trap located on the east side of Lynn
canal, almost opposite the south end of Sulli
van island.
Two tish traps located on the the east side of
Lynn canal near Seward City.
Twc tish traps located on Icy straits, nearly
oppos te Hoonah.
And that I will on the 13th day of February
1906, lc the hour of 10 o'clock. A, M., on said
day. a: the cannery building, on Chiikat and
know as the A. F. U., sell all the above de
scrib* i property, or so much tnereof as may be
necessary, to satisfy plaintiff's judgment, with
interest thereon and costs and attorney fees,
to the highest and best bidder for cash, law
ful mi ney of the United States
Dabd at skagway, Alaska, this 5:h day of
January 1906
JAMES M. SHOUP
Uni ed states Marshal for the District of
Alaska, Divison, No. 1. at Juneau.
By H. L, JOHNSON Deputy
A GREWSOME
THANKSGIVING
[Original.]
Tn the taproom of an Inn before a
blazing open tire Bat the landlord smok
ing his pipe and taking a pull occasion
ally from a black bottle that stood on
the table beside him. A cold wind
blew an equally cold rain against tho
window panes and roared in the chim
ney. There were sounds of some one
without knocking the mud from hl?
boots, and a man entered.
"A bad night. Bill," said the landlord.
"I don't see why the parsons dont
choose a better season for Thanksglv
in'. If they must thank the Lord for
what they don't git they might as well
do so when at least the weather's like
ly to be such as to be thankful for."
"Just such a night as this a year
ago. Remember?" BUI replied, lookiug
at the landlord with a singular expres
sion. The landlord made no reply.
"Say, Bill," he said presently, taking
his pipe from his mouth, "there's a gen
tleman come about an hour ago that
looks for all the world like the one we
done a year ago tonight He come be
twixt daylight and dark and kep' his
coat collar up and his hat down over
his eyes, so I couldn't see, but there
was somethln' about him that remind
ed me of the other."
"Well, the other left ns somethln' to
be thankful for. and perhaps this one
has been sent by the Lord to do the
same." And Bill, who had seated him
self on the other side of the table,
helped himself to a stiff glass of grog.
"I showed him the nor'east room,"
the landlord went on, "but be turned
and started Into the nor'west room Just
as If he'd been there before and know
ed all about it."
Bill looked up quickly at the land
lord. He didn't say anything. It was
not necessary. It was In the north
west room that the stranger had been
murdered. The two men sat, now and
?gain helping themselves to the con
tents of the bottle. Each knew the
thoughts of the other. Their funds
were low, and it was necessary to re
plenish them. But they didn't like the
only way for doing so that suggested
itself to them. Besides, the resem
blance of the man upstairs to the one
from whom they had secured a fine
haul a year agone and his passing so
familiarly Into his predecessor's room
made the work all the more obnoxious
to them. The rum they drank did not
make them drunk. They were below
par, and it gave them the necessary
stiffening.
"Singular," said Bill presently, "that
a year ago tonight there was only one
traveler In the house and only one to
night."
"It goes to show that the Lord takes
care of us. Some think only good peo
ple git any lnck. I reckon we've got
as much to be thankful for on this
Thanksgivin' night as if we had wings
growln' out of our shoulder?."
There was a pause, during which a
similar picture came up before the
memory of each? a picture of a happy
and Innocent group gathered around
the fireside after the Thanksgiving din
ner. There were the old father, proud
of his boys and girls; the mother solici
tous for her children's future, all con
stituting a loving united family. Sure
ly there had been great changes since
then. The landlord went to the fire
and sat, bent over It, peering at the
Hve coals to which It was now reduced.
Bill sat with his hat drawn down over
his eyes, apparently asleep.
Suddenly a wheezy clock struck the
hour of 11. Bill slowly raised himself.
""Well, what d'you think?" he asked.
"I ain't up to a Job tonight."
"Neither am I. But I've got to huve
money."
"We didn't git so much out of the Job
xe done a year ago."
"We got five hundred for the dla
aond."
The last reminder stiffened the reso
lution of the landlord, and they began
co make preparations for sending the
gentleman where he wouldn't need his
belongings. The landlord went out and
returned with his pistols, but Bill pro
tested that he didn't like noisy weap
oas.
"That's fright," snlil the landlord
"There Isn't a house within a mile."
"Yes, but suppooln' some un happen
ed to be walkln' by and heard a shot.
What would become of us In case the
stranger should he traced here? Bet
ter do him as we done the other."
BUI took off his boots? the landlord
was already In slippers? and, going to
the staircase, they silently crept up to
the floor above. The door to the trav
eler's bedroom was ajar, as If Inviting
them to enter. A kerosene lamp was
fixed In the hall, throwing some light
Into the room. BUI tiptoed to the open
ing and looked In. Then he returned to
his companion and Maid:
"He's awful still. I can usually hear
any man breathe when he's asleep, but
I can't hear him.''
"I'm sick of the business before It's
begun," replied the other.
"Oh, git some sand Into you. Come
on!"
Each, drawing a long knife, crept In
to the room. In passing through the
door they left It wide open, and there
was Ught enough to see the stranger
?tretched on the bed. Suddenly both
started back and looked Into each oth
er's blanched face.
"It's the same one!" each whispered,
aghast
There on the bed lay the stranger
they had murdered on Thanksgiving
night a year before, his heart exposed,
showing the wound that had killed
htm.
The next morning, when they had
mastered courage to enter the room by
daylight the stranger was sot there.
The bed gave no evidence of having
been slept in.
AARON D. WHITTLESEY.
You are at Home
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
/ j\ from all parts oi the world.
) First. Class Rates Moderate
7VTOORES WHHRF CO.
I I Terminus W. P. & Y. Route }
' All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThla Deck ,
0 REGULATIONS 1906 j
X Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p, m.
1 > Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night. ,
' ; All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a >
| ; Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. customs j
< > office) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re- 4
< > ceived on wharf after this hour. ?
' J BAGGAGE: ? Tolls will be oollected on Checked Baggage Onlt. No *,
1 > charge for bags and grips when unchecked. |
1 ' The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer is nearlng <
| | dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked,
< 1 Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr ?
I]
Cor. ,5th & Broadway. 'Phone 90
Cigars and 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
sinms
'P
S"
? I have the largest and best se
* lected stock of
| MEERSCHAUM
GOODS
S InSkagway. Just the thing for
Christmas presents
Also a large stock of Lewis and *
Clark
} SMOKERS' SOUVENIRS ]
# Tony Dortero j
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Rea* Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUPLIC
524 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWAY
Special A Inn to Business From
emagway, Haines and Vicinity
CREWS & HILLS,
ATTORNEYS
Will Practice In All the Courts
Juneau - Alaska
J. R. Winn Geo- C. Hiard
WINN & HEARD
attorneysat-law
Will practice 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
GE0RGM
Carrying D. 8. Mall
For Haines, Berneis Bay, Juneau
Etoonah, Tenake - Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
at 8 a. m
Jan 5, 11, 17, 23, 29,
W. W. BOUUHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
I -Garibeu Hotel- 1
I Caribou Crossing f
A Strictly
5 ? Dining Room in Connection? ?
a Choicest Wines, Liquors & Cigars @
R. J. Britain, Mgr.
Finely Furnished Rooms
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 Porte
CARRYING U. S. MAIL ?
Steamers of This Company Leave *
Cottage Gitv - Jan. 15, 29
Via Vancouver and Sitka
Mfe> Above Schedule Subject to change Without Nonce.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNAMN, Gen Pasa. Agt
10 Market Btreet, San Francisco, C#' .
The Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON,
Jan. 7, Jan. 21, Feb. 4.
FARALLON - - Jan.
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
\
Canadian Pacific Ry. Co.
STEAMER
AMUR . . Jan. if, 26
Feb. 11, 26
Sailing ai 6 p.m
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to Seattle via rail or steamer without extra chaige
We give quick service
For Information Write or Apply to
H. B.?DUNN,
Agent, Skagway
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME? TABLE No 13
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 3.N. B No.2.S. Bound
2nd class. 1st class. 1st class 2nd cU??!
8 30 p. m. 9 30 a m. LV. SKAGUAY AJR. 4 30p m, AR. 4 15 a. d
10 30 " n?)}" " WHITE PASS " ' "210
11 40 a. m. 11 45 " " LOG CABIN 2 10 ? ' 1 00 J
!2 2? 12 35 f P'?m " BENNETT " J ^ j p.m ?' 12 20 p.m
2 45 " 2 10 " ? CARIBOU " 11 50a.m " 10 C "
6 40 " 4 30 " AR White Horse LV 9 30 " LV, " 7 ( "
Passeneers must be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected <j
cheoked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tick*
and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
While Pass & Yukon Route
Through Line From,
Through line from Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate Yukon River points. The new placer camps in the A'sek and Kluane
Mining Districts are reached only yia White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running
between Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger aud Freight service
will be maintained by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line, between {White
Horse and Dawson.
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 fabulously|rich quartz
camp of the Windy Ariu 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. R. D. PINNEO, Asst. G. F. & P. A.
Vancouver, B. O. Vancouver, B. 0. and 8kaguay, Alaska Skaeuay. Alaska