GO IT ALONE
That is What Alaskan
Miner Says
M. W. Sinclair, a Rampart miner
* writing for the Rampart Forum, pro
poses to make the watchword io Alas
ka, "Alaska for the Miners," and he
proposes to accomplish the desired re
sult in the only way it can be accom
plished, through self-government.
Among other things Mr. Sinclair
writes:
"At present we are governed by a
body of men 7,000 miles away. We can
expect nothing but neglect and abuse.
To read some of the emanations of the
So Ions in congress, one would Imagine
us the lowest type of beings, unfit to
be entrusted with self-government of
most rudimentary type. We had gov
ernment in Alaska? and good govern
ment at that? long before these Solons
knew we were here, and I venture the
assertion that there was less crime in
proportiou than there is now, and fur
thermore, the punishtneut of the evil
doer did not cost Uncle Sam one red
cent. The people of Alaska, notwith
standing what some of these moss-back
legislators from New England may
chink, will average far higher in intel
' ligence, education, ability and general
, get-there-ativeness, than any commun
ity of similiar numbers in the world.
"We are proud of ourselves and of our
progress. All we ask is a chance to
govern ourselves, and that we ahall
surely have. Let our miners' associa
tions be the pioneers in agitating a
combined movement for self-govern
ment through a territorial legislature
elected by ourselves. Then we can
make miniug laws, or modify existing
ones, to fit the peculiar conditions of
ALasKa._ A mining law made to apply
in Oregon, Montana or some other part
of the Union will not always work well
in Alaska. In fact, what we want more
than anything else under present status,
is to be 1st alone. Don't coddle us.for
we are men grown; don't abuse us, for
we will resent it in no uncertain terms.
Let us govern ourselves, and we will
show to the rrst of the Union a state
made up of the hardiest and best of the
many that comprise this nation, and
one that any country would be proud to
own."
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Dandruff U Eradicated.
Sealskin Is admired the world over for
Its softness and glossiness: and yet the
human hair Is equally as soft and glossy
when healthy: and the radical cause of all
hair trouble is dandruff, which Is caused
by a pestiferous parasite that saps the
vitality of the hair at its root. Newbro's
Herplclde is the only preparation that Is
fatal to the dandruff genu. Without dan
druff there is no falling hair, but a lux
uriant growth of glossy, soft hair Is cer
tain. Scouring the scalp won't cure dan
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ands of women owe their beautiful nits
of hair to Newbro's Herplclde. Sold by
leading druggists. Send 10c. In stamp9
to The Herplclde Co.. Detroit, Mich.
Wm. Britt, Special Agent.
CITATION
In the probate court for the District of
Alaska, Division No. 1, at Haines, be
fore Cortes Ford U. S. Commissioner,
and Probate Judge.
? Notice is hereby given, that the final
account of Hart y Fay, the administrator
"*? of the estate of James Hansen deceased,
has been filed in said court for settle
ment, and that a petition for distri
bution of th- estate has been filed with
said acco -nt, and that the 9th, day of
Jnly A. D. 1906, at ten o'clock a. m. has
been duly ?- pointed by said court for
the settlement of saidacount, and hear
ing said petition, at which time any
pereon interested in said estate may
appear and file his or her exceptions to
said account and contest the same.
D?led this 7th, day of May, A. D.
1906,
Cortes Ford
U. S. Commissioner and probate Judge.
3-12-st
Notios Of Special Term Of Court
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:?
In the Matter of the Calling of the
Special May. 1906, Term of Court at
Sfcmjrway, Alaska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:?
That, Dursuant to an order of the
District Court for the District of Alas
ka, DivUion No. 1. made and entered
the 25th day of April, 1906, that a
Special Term of the District Court for
the District of Alaska. Division No. 1.
will be held at the United States Court
House, at Skagway, Alaska, beginning
May 26, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
and that a Grand Jury will be in at
tendance at the said Special Term ol
Court.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, April 25th
k 1906.
C. C. PAGE.
Clerk District Court for DivisionJNo.
1. Alaska.
Date of first publication April 26,
J. R. Geo. C. Hum
WINN &THEARD
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW
Will practice in Alaska Courts,
U. S, Supreme Court, and Land
and Mining- business.
[looms 3, 4, and 5, Decker Building
JUNEAU, - - - ALASKA
1 [Original.]
When the Yankees took the forts
that lined Port Royal harbor we on
our plantation, ten miles from Beau
fort did not know that they had uteam
ed up to the town and the Inhabitants
had fled. Our mother, looking out
of the window of au upper story, saw
them coming, and, running down
Rtairs shouting "The Yankees!" we all
rushed pellmell from the house. No
one stopped to take up a single piece
of jewelry or silverware.
At nightfall we reached Colonel Wig
gins' plantation and were so tired that
we could go no farther. The colonel
kindly took us in and sent several of
his colored men, on whom he could de
? pend, back to watch the roads and give
us warning if the Yankees were com
ing. As soon as we got settled we call
ed the roll and found all were present
except Kathleen O'Rourke. Kathleen
was mother's maid. How she had
drifted from Ireland to South Carolina
no one knew. Mother picked her up In
Charleston and, taking a fancy to her,
put her quadroon maid into the kitchen
and installed Kathleen in her place.
We stayed at Colonel Wiggins' a
?week, and since the Yankees did not
follow us our fright gradually left us
and we began to think that we had
acted unwisely in not staying on the
plantation and trying to protect our
property. I proposed to return and see
how things were going, but mother
?would not hear of it. She said that no
daughter of hers should place herself
in a position to be insulted by north
ern vandals. However, I determined
to go and one morning stole away on
my little mare.
When I reached the house I saw offi
cers coming and going, while a sentinel
paced before the front door. In the
cotton field across the road were hun
dreds of white tents. I was going in
to our own home, mind you? when the
detestable sentinel blocked the way. 1
asked to see the officer in command,
and he called. "Orderly!" A soldier ap
peared and said the staff were at din
ner. Walking into the hall through an
open door, I saw half a dozen officers
seated around a table, and to my as
tonishment who should be at one end
but Kathleen. She saw me and in an- ,
other moment joined me.
"Oh, Miss Camilla." she said, falling !
on my neck in order that she might i
whisper in my ear. "what'll Oi do?
Oi've been tellin' 'em that Oi'm the
daughter o* the house ? that Oi'm you! i
Oi've held on to all the Jewelry and all '
the silver and"?
The officers, having finished their j
meal, rose from the table and came i
Into the hall.
"General." said Kathleen, "this is me j
maid that has come back to be with
me again."
Did you ever hear of such impu
dence? My ancestors have lived so
long In the south that my skin Is, I
admit, dark enough for an octoroon,
but for this fair skinned Irish girl to j
introduce me as her maid? I thought I j
should faint However, what she had >
told m? about the jewels and the silver j
restrained me, and I fell In with her ]
plan. The officers on seeing me were j
about to greet me deferentially, but !
on hearing Kathleen's story they pass- 1
ed on without a word.
Well, It dawned upon me that Kath
leen was a very bright girl and had
acted very bravely. She had told the j
officers that she had been educated
abroad. In order to account for her
accent. She was wearing my best
clothes and I confess looked very pret
ty and stylish as well. I remained In j
the house as her maid and was greatly !
amused by the way she bad got half a
dozen men by the ears. The general
was in love with her, and, since his
authority was supreme, at least in this
locality, everything in the house was
perfectly safe.
But while a servant had a general
for her slave I had only a captain, j
^xiuis Whitten, an aid-de-camp, wa9
attracted to me from the moment he
saw me. Supposing me to have negro
blood l? my veins, he sought me only
clandestinely. I confess that the hap
piest moments in my life were In
watching him suffer, thinking he loved
one whom he must not marry. I told
him to go and make love to my mis
tress, but it was I he wanted, and the
gulf between us bid fair to drive him
crazy. At first I augmented his torture,
but at last, becoming myself as deeply
in love with him as he was with me,
I was pained to see him suffer.
| For months we were obliged to keep
I up a deception which Kathleen had
| commenced. We were afraid that if we
! confessed the protection afforded by
j the good will of the general would be
! withdrawn and the property given over
to be plundered. When the Federal
troops went up to fight at Pocotaligo
those in our neighborhood went with
them. The evening before they march
, j ed I told Kathleen that I would maka
| my true self known to Captain Whlt
I ten. Kathleen made the confession
1 herself. The look of relief on his face
when I saw him again was replaced by
one of anxiety to know his fate. I
' atoned for the torture I had inflicted
upon him by giving him what he called
the one great happiness of his life.
As soon as the troops 'were gone
>' Kathleen and I took everything of val
i ce that could be moved to Colonel
Wiggins, but it was not necessary, for
the Federal troops never returned to
that locality. I did not see Captain
Whitten again till the war had ended,
when Ue came to claim me.
Kathleen had the good sense to G?
sline * proposal from the general an<
ifterrsrd married a sergeant In the
Confederate army.
EUNICE WIN SO R. j
Ordinance No. 70
Ati ordinance granting a franchise to
the Alaska General Electric Company, a
corporation, to construct, operate and
ma ntain an electric telephone system
in the Town of Skagway and to charge
for telephone, electric bell and signal
service furnished thereby.
Be it ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the town of Skagway:
That there be and hereby is granted
to the Alaska General Electric Com
pany, a corporation, a franchise for the
term of fifty (50) years from and after
May 1, 1906, to construct, operate and
maintain an electric telephone system
in the Town of Skagway for the pur
pose of furnishing electric telephone,
bell and signal service, and to that end
Co enter in and upon the stree s, alleys
and public places of said town, to erect
poles at such p ace or places as it may
see fit and run its wires along such
streets, alleys and public p aces as it
may see fit, subject always to the pre
sent or future regulations of the com
mon council of the said town concern
ing poles and wires for the transmis
sion of electric current: to furnish the
inhabitants of said town or any person ?
who may desire the same with electric
telephone, bell oi signal semes and-to ?
charge compensation therefore.
Said Company in consideration of
this franchise shall furnish space on top
of any and all it? poles aud fixtures used
for the support of wires, for the instal
lation of an electric fire alarm system
the fixtures and materials whereof,
other than poles, are to be owned and
furnished by the Town of Skagway and
said company shall repair, keep in ?
order, maintaiu and operate said
system and all its wires, boxes, in
struments and batteries free of charge
and shall furnish telephones, or tele
phone. bell or signal service to the said
town at the minimum of any rates that
may be charged by the said eompay
Passed in the Council April 16th, 1906.
Approved April t6th, 1906.
E. J. Shaw
Mayors Preside Jt of the Council.
W. S. McKean
Clerk. . *
ordinance No. 71
An ordinance fixing the amount of com
pensation paid to certain officers of the
Town of Skagway.
Be itordaiced by the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Skagway:
Section i.
That the compensation to be paid to
tbe following named officers of the Town
of Skagway shall be and the same is
hereby fixed as follows:
Municipal Clerk and Registrar of
Water Works $600.00 p^r year
Municipal Treasurer $480.00
per year
Municipal Magistrate (480.00
per year
Chief of Police and Assessor. . $1200.
00 per year
Fire Warden, Street Commissioner
and Supervisor of Waterworks.. .$1200.
00 per year.
Section II.
That said Campensation shall be paid
in twelve monthly installments.
Sect.on III.
That all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances conflicting herewith are hereby
repealed.
Passea the Common Council April 9,
1906.
W. S. McKean
Clerk
E. J. SHAW
President of Council.
Ordinance No. 72 1
An ordinance to amend sect. 2. artic'e r
3, of ordinance No. 32. BE IT Ol!
DAINED by the Common Counc'l of
the Town of Skagway:
Section 1, That section two of Article
three of Ordinance thirty-two of the ,
Town of Skagway, Alaska, be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows to wit:
Every person who shall ride or drive
any bicycle or other vehicle except c
hand carriages for children, on any side
walk of the Town of Skagway, except J
as hereinafter provided, shall, upon i
conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of "
a misdemeanor and shall be punis led J
by a fine of not more than fifty dollars a
or inu risonment in the municipal j-tll >
not more than thirty days or by both such ?
fine and imprisonment:? Provided that i
it shall be lawful for any person to ride ?
a bicycle on the sidewalks on State
street between 9th ave. and 23rd ave. at i
a spet d not exceeding six miles per hour
and provided further that any person "
riding a bicycle upon the said State
street between 9th ave. and 23rd ave.
i shall dismoant and remove his bicycle
from the sidewalk before approaching
within twenty (20) feet of any pede
strian upon such sidewalk and shall re
main dismounted anil keep his bicycle i
removed from such sidewalk until he |
shall have passed snch pedestrian a dis
1 tance of at least ten (10) feet; but any
person who shall ride a bicycle on State
street between 9th ?nd 23rd ave at a
speed greater thar six miles an hour or
i who shall, upon approaching a pede
| strian on the said street fail, neglect.
I or refuse to dismount and remove his -
i bicycle from the sidewalk before he ?
| has approached within twenty (20) feet
j of said pedestrian and remain di>mount
[ ed and Keep his bicycle removed from
the sidewalk until he shall have passed
said pedestrian a distance of at least jo
feet shall, upon conviction thereof, be
| deemed guilty of a misdemeanor anil be
punished by a fine of not more than
fifty ($50.00) dollars or bv imprisonment
in the municipal jail not more than
thirty days or by both such fine and
imprisonment*
FURTHER, Every person who shall
ride a bicycle, or drive any
horse, mule, or any other animal, or ?
any locomotive, engine, or other
| vehicle of whatever kind or descrip
tion. through any of the streets or alleys
! of the Town of Skagway, at a speed
i greater than six miles per hour, or
| shall have any animal, or any loco
motive, engine or other vehicle of any I
description to stand upon any crops
walk or sidewalk or so near thereto as
to prevent or interfere with traval
thereon, shall upon conviction thereof,
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and |
shall be punished by a fine of not more
than fifty ($50.00) dollars, or by im
prisonment in the municipal jail, not
more than thirty days, or oy both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from ana after 1
the date of its passage and approval
E. J. SHAW, Mayor.
Attest W. S. Mckean, Clerk.
Passed and approyed May 7, 1906, '
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| THEY ARB THE MOST SWELL
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SEEN IN SKAGWAY
|ft r"'
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The
Ways
of a
Wateh
THE WAYS OF
A WATCH ARE
PAST FINDING
OUT. Don't, Try
If your watch is lazy and won't run,
et u? repair it. We'll make.it keep
itne to a dot.
Ten to one you've neglected it; let
t get dirty or rusry from lack of oil;
nay be given it to the baby to play with
Whatever the reason, i DON'T delay,
)elay cost money and spoils the watch.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
P. E. KERN,
Gold and Silversmith
Notice of Stookho der'i MeetinS
Office of the F.nginneer Mining Company.
To the stockholders of the Engineer Mining
orapany: , ,
Take notice that the annual meeting of the
tock holders of The Engineer Mining Company
? ill be held at the office of the company, in the
o v ? of Skugway, District of Alaska on Wed
esday the 35th day of April, at 10 o'clock a.m
nr the purpose of electing a board of directors
ad for the transaction of such other business
s mav properly come belore the meeting. The
tock transfer book of the company will be
lo-cd on Saturday the ilst day of April, 1906,
1 5 o lock p. m. and will remain closed until
'hursday the "Jfith day of April, 1906, at 10
cIock a. m.
By order of the Board of Dltectors.
H. B. LB KEVKE, Secretary,
>uted March 24, 1906.
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new mater ana Eight Rates
? OF THE
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On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet f 2 00
Each " additional (except wasti basins, free) 25
Bath Tnb9 in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room additional 10
Beer Pumps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries 7 50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1,00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per lond 1 00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE _
All Yea i Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ l.f JO
Enolosed Arcs 10.' JO
ALL NIGHT SERVICE >
Each 16 cp lights. 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 15,00
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
EDWIN BROWNE. Manager.