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SKAGWAY ALASKA. SATURDAvf K KMBKR 28, 1912 PRICK 10 CENT
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No. ooi FIFTEENTH YEAR mvaitmai ^
SLATE FIXED FOR
THE DEMOCRATS
Seattle, Nov. 23 ? The Alaska
democrats are busy figuring out
iheir berths and arranging for a
icenneral and generous distribution
at the federal pie, which is coming
lo them after long year# of waiting
From the best reports that can be
obtained (he line up will be about
as follows
The governorship will (to to one
of three prominent Alaskans: Major
.? F A. Strong of Juneau, John
Troy of Seattle, formerly editor of
the Skagway Alaskan and at pres
ent editor of the Alaska- Yukon
magastne. and Falcon Joslin, ex
democratic committeeman, and
t?uiMer of interior railroads.
Robert Jennings unsuccessful
candidate for the deiegateship, Is
promised the Judgeship of the first
division, with Charles Cosgrove of
Ketchikan or Z R Cheney of Jun
'??, lined up for the district at
torneyship.
The marshalship appointment of
the First division lies between Har
ry Bishop or Hans Hanson.
In the Second division the new
judge to be appointed will be either
iSeorge Griggsby or C. D. Cochran;
with John Ostrander and A. C.
Frost making the race for appoint
ment In the Third
The collector of Customs job will
go either to Charles Suiter of Sui
ter or to Phil Abrahams of Skag
way It is not certain whether Sul
rer car** for the place, as he al
ready is drawing a better salary as
superintendent of the Suiter mine,
than the collectorshlp pays, but If
he wants it he can probably land
the plum through his brother Wm.
Suiter w ho has just been elected
governor of New York, and who is
at i<r*?ent chairman of the Foreign
Relations committee In congress. It
is believed that he will decline, and
if he does. Phil. Abrahams of Skag
way will get the place. Mr. Abra
hams is an old timer in Alaska and
has always been a strong demo
crat. He >s a person of ability and
will get a mighty backing for the
eollectorshlp.
Charles Davidson is being boom
ed for Surveyor IVencral.
V. o. IIO\ RKNTAUS ( I T
Ttl RKANON ABLK Kit. I RKS
Peg in uing with the first of the
year the poatoffic* box rents In
Skagway will be reduced consider
ably under the prices heretofore
charged. A letter has been receiv
ed by the Dally Alaskan, in re
sponse to a request for a readjust
ment of rates in accordance with
other office* in the district. In
which the First Assistant Postmast
er General informs us that he has
informed the postmaster in Skagwav
to make the following rates of 35
cents, 4 5 cents and 60 cents for the
three sited boxes in use here. In
stead of "5 cents, $1 and $1.60 as
heretofore
In connection with the rates for
postoffice boxes it may be said that
the charges are Ixed by the de
partment *nd the local postmaster
has nothing to do with It.
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
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(XH.LARS.
FCRCRASK IF YOl FIND WHAT
TI.KASKS YOl'. YOl WILL FIM>
I S AI.WAAS (,|.AD TO SHOW
OCR GOODS AVHKTHKR YOU RI*Y* I
OR \OT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH
I
Apotheosis of Skagway
llrinj! n reprint wf nn rilitminl In
(ho Junrati l*nilr Kmp4rp. tolling
MW?o ??f I ho Ihlnp which make fc*
nn?l in (Im*
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Skagway, the home of the faith-'
ful hen, the luscious respberry an*l
the strawberry, rhubarb and other
kinds of pie plant, celery that I*
the real product of the aoil, white
and crisp; cauliflower and its less
aristocratic relative cabbage and
other luscious products of Alaska
?oil ? all these come to the finest
maturity in Skagway we are told
Skagway the gateway to the Yu
kon but vesterday, comparatively
speaking, a camp on the last front
ier, filled with all kinds and con
ditions of men, bound on the great
est gold stampede of modern his
tory. Skagway, whose mud w-e weil
remember, and whose streets and
trails were once filled by the stran
gest, maddest crowd that ever
thirsted for the golden land thai
lay Just over yonder frowning hills
Skagway and Its early blood-stain
ed pages, when crime was rampant,
and no man had time to take
thought of his neighbor ? the gold
laden valleys beyond obscured the
xlslon of far too many otherwise
good and noble people.
The tired feet of tens of thous
ands of stampeders In that wild
rush toiled In and through the
street* and on toward the devious
Marsville Oh, apt and well-deserv
ed name. What tales one heard!
How the chechako shouldered his
pack and struggled manfully on
with each step hoping that he would
find an easier and smoother trail.
But he found none
Skagway, noUv, boisterous, r*w.
and crude! Rut day and night in
those now far away days pulsating
with human life and MM with
energy, sorrow, hope, anxiety, ambi
tion, disappointment and death!
But Skagway survived all these
ordeals and haa grown Into a town
of homes, peace and contentment
'ts people are prosperous and its
homes are happy
The garden smiles where once the
hemlock and the alder grew The
pansy blooms as It blooms nowhere
??Ise on earth; the placid hen lays
'he best eggs, ur harmed by the di
seases which affect her sisters of
more southern, but less healthful
climes; she furnishes the Yukon pio
neer wlih that product for which the
heart of the sourdough long* -fresh
eggs to go with his ham; the
spring chicken delights the palate
of the Alaska and the Yukon epl
The respberry and the red cur
rant, the cranl>erry -choicest of
fruit- grow in wanton abundance;
the hills and mountains that tower
above and around the town, can
furnish huckleberry and blueberry,
in season, in amacing quantities,
and the sweet flavor and delicacy
of the berry are better than the
K ra pea of Eschol
Skagway thon art transformed!
And when we hear that the tourist
snd the visitor acclaim with delight
the manifold charms presented by
town and country we are not unti
ed. The power and the majesty
and the beauty of nature, its rock
ribbed hills and mountains, the
streams and valleys, glaciers snd
cataracts, are all there. The cli
mate of the summer Is mild snd
Thanksgiving
Perishables
K\TW.\ I I M ASSORTMENT 1-T>R
THIS OCCASION ON SPOKAXK
today? incmimxg hot hoisk
LKTTIVK, TOMATO US, CTCTMB
KRS, CELEKY, ETC.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
healthful; the snowfall of wl.iter la
light; the aky cloudleaa and aerene
Why should not Skagway be
proaperoua, and Ita people he hap
py and content? May It expand
and Increaae and bud and bloaom,
and flourlsn like the green bay tree
Juneau I'ally Kmpire
KKTtWIKW IMPKU TKI.I*
OK KlltMKK' PK%TH
An of the death of H.I
|i. Klrmae la given In the following
taken from the Ketchikan Miner of
the 1 ?th
"The community wni shocked
laat night by the accidental death
of H l>. Klrmse the J?*eler Mr
Klrmae had gone down to the wharf
when the llumboldt waa coming In
to get a package the purser of
that veaael waa bringing him Ttie
tide waa pretty welt In at the time,
so that the main deck of the veaael
waa almoet on a level with the
dock. Just aa the boat'a headway
waa stopped. Mr Kirmae stepped
orer the guard rail of the dock on
to the plate on the outstito to
reach orer and get the package,
when hla feet slipped and he fell,
striking first on the reasel't roll,
and then neadlong to the guard
just above the waterline, striking
on hla head and crashing In hla
skull, killing him Instantly Aa
quickly aa possible a rope waa low
ered and the body hauled upon the
dock, and Doctors Myera and Miller
made a hurried examination to find
out what could be done, but found
that life waa extinct. The body
waa then taken to the morgue
where It Is being prepared for ship
ment to Juneau for Interment
TURKS SPAR
FOR TIME
Constantinople. Nor tS ? TW
Turkish government la plainly fl?h?
;ng for time. In tile hope of Waving
iff derisive l>e I Ilea 'intll the great
irmlea of Asiatic Tarfcey can he aa
?etnhled, when It I* l>e I ley ed that
pronounced rhangea will take place
In the conduct of tike war Tarfcey
haa an Immense army hut til* fight
ing strength la too far from the
acenw of MsflW for II to ?w)?
I'Hsh victories
The plenlpotentlarlea are Mill dla
cuaatng the term of p?a re. and lata
reports say that the ftervlana are
within two dars march of the A dra
stic It la said that the sea powers
are secretly helping the Ralhana In
the attempt to drive Turkey ont of
K a rope
ORTIK M M \ Nl?. Al. DOIIO
* HK1I' or TWTIfTIIII
Indlanapollc. Nov St ? McManl
gal In hla leatlmonr today aald that
McNamara wanted to hlow up the
rletertlvea who were on the trail
of the dynamiter*
TWKt.VK W'WIWKD r>KAI>
I* NRXN'A^ KMITHV1
Mexico City, Nov .?? Utl re
ports give the number of dead In
the city of Acamhy aa twelva hnn
dred. aa the retmlt of the ??rtfc
quake on th? Stat
Tt>r m<wt |>#nf??e yam know
? Ihw irhn buy thf Iwrt tM?p to
winr thnl Ihry nm fiwl? pw^f*
who don't m hot It nmt* W'ti
people ilin'l irmr an? Mt? rlo?h?*
?rail*, nrrrrrmta than w?'w ?Wllng
PI(T) iltf, ffW ?? t?jr
HART SCIUfFNER & MM
WILL
CLA YSON