ALL SET
Pnblie Schools to Open Au
i*n9t 13
The Skagway public schools will re
open August 13, for the fall term,
only two of the old faculty. Mrs. Rosen
l>reg- aod Mrs. Draper have been re
tained by the school board. Miss
Laura Doeirier, of Seattle, has been
engaged to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Miss Edna Mo<>r
house. Miss Doerrier taught school
iu Seattle last year and comes here well
recommended.
The vacancy caused by the resig
nation of.'. T.Lee, as principal, will
l>o tilled by Fled Telford, of Normal,
111, Mr. Telford comes to Skagway
highly recommended. lie has had
several years experience as a grade
teacher and last year graduated from
the State Normal University of Illinois.
Mr. Telford stood at the head of a class
of tX?.
All teachers will be here early in
August to organise aud plan their
work for the coming fall and winter.
It will be the purpose of the school
board not only to maintain the highest
standard of the public school, but to
improve it whenever and wherever
possible and in this they ask the co
operation of the people.
A high grade will tie taught this
year again and those wishing to do so
can avail themselves of this opportu
nity.
TWO DDF
TOMORROW
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
paov's steamers Cottage City ami Hum
boklt are due to arrive in Skagway to
morrow.
APPEARING OLD
Art. ? a liar to I'rolUable Kmploy
Meat.
Tou cannot afford to ?tow ol?l.
iri these Java of strenuous competition
It is necessary to maintain, as Ion* as
possible ones youthful appearance.
It is impossible to do this without re
taining a luxurious growth of hair.
The presence of Dandruff indicates the
presence uf a burrowing germ which
lives and thrives on the roots of the
hair until it causes total baldness.
Newbro's H^rplcide is the only kn?*wn
dest rover of this p*st. and it is as effec
tive as it Is delightful to use
Herplclde makes an ejpsnnt hair dress
ing as we!! as Dandruff cure.
Accept r.y substitute? there is none.
Soltl by leading druggists. S*?nd 10c. In
stamps ifor sample to The Herplclde Co.,
Detroit. Mich.
Win. Britt? Special Agent.
Lost
Small black leather vestpocket diary,
on way to upper lake Dewey. Finder
will please return to this otlice and
receive reward. 3t
The best uieals and best service at
Skaffway can be secured at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. tf.
TO RAILROADS \ND ? ?THFU TRANS
Pi >R r.\Tlt?N < ? ?MP VMES. \ND PRO
nilFTcO oi ? I . \ l i.HTKICINO. MK AT- I
i \NNING. SALTING. PACKING. REND-1
ERING. ? i: SIMILAR EST % BUSH M EN Ts
Your attention i* Invited to tin- fact under I
? he terms of i he Meat Inspector Act* approved J
Juue $>. n?? person. tirru or <*orporatlon I
shall, on and after Octolier I. lytV. transport,
or offer for transportation, and no carrier of
interstate or foreign com men *e shall trails- 1
port, or receive for transportation fn?n? one I
State ?*r Territory, or tin- District of Columbia
to another Sta?e or Territory or the District [
of Columbia, or to any plaee under the juris
diction of the I'nited States, or to any foreign
country. an.\ carca?. or parts thereof, meat
or meat food products thereof. which have
not been inspected, examined and marked
"Inspected ami Passed." in ac?*ordance with
the terms of the law, and with the rules and
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Agriculture. An exemption may in* made by
the Secretary of Agriculture of retail hutch- 1
ers and retail dealers In meat ami meat food I
products, supplying their i-iM on iers through
the media uiof Interstate or foreign commeira
The at?'Ve provision of law mvessitateseithet
the establishment of inspect ion or a notice ol
exemption by the iVpartment of Agriculture!
ou or before Octolier I. li*^. for all itersons |
who expect to offer meat or meat food pn>
ducts for transportation in inter-state or
foreign commerce on and after that date. To
enable the iN-part tnent t . ? determine ui*m the
necessary number of insjiectors. and to either
establish Inspect Ion in* to grant exempUotuall
persons. tirm> and coriiorations who do not
now have iuNiri'tiim and wlm deal in meat or
meat f<*>d products. which an- transported
either in inter-state or foreign commenv. are
requested to send immediately to >he Secre
tary of Agriculture a full and?*omplcte state
ment of the amount of meat ??r meat food pro
ducts handled in interstate or foreign com
menv by the particular establishment, the
location and the character of the operations I
of the establishment and such other In for- I
mation as tiay l?e necessary to enable the
Secretary of Agriculture t?> determine
whether inspection or ?vctnption should be i
granted. JAMES WILSON. Secretary.
BEER
No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good for you
Seattle, Wash.
LITTLE DOING
? I There was only a small amounf ol
| business to come before the City Coun
cil at their semi-montly meeting last
' ni?ht,
i A tluancial roport was read from the
school board for the school year ending
June ".J. and ordered placed on tile.
The people on the west side of the
river requested that the city furnish
them with a couple of men for a couple
i of days to help repair the road at both
I ends of Sixteenth street bridge, and
that they would furnish the teams free
of charge. The chairman of j ublic
works and public property was given
authority to give them the help
ueeded to put the road in repairs.
A complaint was made by residents
on Ninth avenue as to the unsanitary
condition of a ditch running through
the town in that vicinity. The com
mittee 011 health and police was author
authorized to have the ditch cleaned
out from time to time and to have more
extensive improvements made as soon
as conditions would warrant it,
The committee on health and police
reported that Richard P. Sullivan, who
has been at Railroad hospital at the ex
pense of the city, had been discharged
and that the city was free of all hospital
patients.
Council Meets ami
Transacts Business
A communication was read from the
Alaska General Electric Company
accepting the franchise as tendered by
the city.
The resolution passed at a previous
meeting pertaining to the expense of
connection of water main* from the
I'urb to the main was discussed at con
siderable length, the whole nutter was
referred to the committee on judiciary
ind election to secure a legal opinion.
A report was read by the city clerk,
showing the receipts and expenditures
fur the tiscal year ending June 30, UKH>.
Both the report of the school clerk and
sity clerk will be published in tomor
row's paper.
A few bills against the city were
read ami ordered paid.
All the members of the Council were
present except W. B. King. M**or
Sh.iw presided.
Musical Entertuiumeut
uae of the first musicals in Skagway
for a long time was given at Mrs,
I'ullen's last Friday night, in which the
best talent of the city participated,
l'he program, which was impromptu,
was arranged as follows:
i'iano Solo Miss Maxoo.
Vocal Solo A. C. Blanchard
Accomp.; Mrs. VV. C. Blanchard.
Piano Solo Miss Cone.
Vocal Solo W. C. Blanchard
Accomp Mrs. W. O. Blanchard.
t'iano Solo Mrs. Kuud
Violio Solo Mr. Mclntyre.
Accomp Mrs. \V. C. Blanchard.
Vocal Quartette ? A. C, Blanchard,
E. F. Mclntyre,
W. C. Blanchard
G. \V. Ask.
Accomp .. . Mrs. W. C. Blanchard
t'ach number was heartily encored.
There were about 60 invited guests
prtseni. After the program was ren
dered Mrs. Pullen served a lunch.
The Fifth Avenue dining rocm is
Dpen to the public. It has been reno
eated and is the largest and handsomes
in the city, and the service is thebest.
Ordinance No. 73
AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance
No. i- the same beinp and Ordinauce
forbidding the Construction, Kreclion
or Maintenance of Nuisances in the
Town of Skagway, providing punish
ment therefor, and for other purposes.
Be i ordained by the Common Council
iif the Town of Skagway:
?Sec I. That Section No. 1 of Ordi
nance No. 42 I* and the same is hereby
amended by substituting the words
"no. more than one hundred dollars"
for the words "'not more than two hun
dred dollars," the same being the max
imum of fine as penalty for the viola
i hi of the misdemeanor provided in
saul Section.
Sec - That this Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
afier the date of its passage and ap
proval.
Passed by the Common Council this
13th day of June, 190t>.
E. J. Shaw,
Preside -it of Council.
W. S. McKeaN, Clerk.
Ordinance No. 74
ORDINANCE No. 74 providing /or the
division of the Town of Skagway into
voiing precincts, under the Act of
CongTess relating to election of Dele
gate to Congress from the Territory
of Alaska, approved May 7, 190t>.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway;
\VH EREAS, by an Act of Congress
entitled, "An Act providing for the
election of a Delegate to the House 0
Representatives Irom the Territory of
Alaska," approved May 7, 1906, it is
provided (Sec. 4,) "that each incor
porated town in the District of Alaska
shall constitute an election district, and
where the population of such town ex
ceeds 1000 inhabitants, the Common
Council may, in their discretion, divide
the districts into two or more voting
precincts, and define the boundaries of I
each precinct," and;
WHEREAS, it appears that the popu
lation of this Town exceeds 1000 f in
habitants, and that this Town should
? consist one voting precinct, now there
fore,
IT IS ORDAINED,
That the Town of Skagway be, and it ,
hereby is constituted one voting pre
cinct, said precinct to be known, de
signated and bounded, as follows.
PRECINCT No. I, of the Town of
Skagway, bounded and described, as
follows, to-wit:?
All of the Townsite of the Town of
Skagway as described in the official
survey of Frank H. Reid.
PASSED by the Common Counoil
this 2nd day of July, 1906.
W. S, McKean, Clerk,
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
190t>.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor,
Ordinance No. 75
ORDINANCE No. 75 appointing judge!
and clerks of election for the Town o|
Skagway, under Act of Congress ap
proved May liKKi. relating to elec
tion of Delegate to Congress from
Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway.
WHEKEAS, by Section 4, of the
Act of Congress entitled, "An Act pro
viding for the election of a Delegate to
the House of Representatives from the
Territory of Alaska," it is provided
that, "The said Common Council shall
appoint * * * three judges of elec
tion and two clerks, for each voting
precinct, all of whom shali.be qualified
voters of the precinct, and no more
than two judges and one clerk shall be
long to the same political party, and:
WHEREAS, said Town of Skagway
has by Ordinance No. 74 been desig
nated as one voting precinct, now there
fore:
IT IS ORDAINED:
That Howard Ashley, Edwin 15ro\vne
and P. H. Ganty, each being a qualified
voter of I'recinct No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, not more than two of whom
belong to the same political party, be,
and each of then is. hereby appointed
a judge of election for the l'.tOti general
election, in and for Precinct No. 1, of
the Town of Skagway:
That F. A. Callarman and A. H.
Towne, each being a qualified voter of
said Precinct No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, and each belonging to a dif
ferent political party, be, and each of
them hereby is, appointed a clerk of
election for the liKMi general election,
in and for Precinct No. 1, of the Town
of Skagwav.
PASSED by the Common Council,
this 2nd day of July, litOti.
w. s. Mckean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd dav of .lulv,
190?>.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 76
ORDINANCE No. 7t>, designating poll
ing places in aud for the Town of
Skagway, under the Act of Congress,
approved May 7, relating to the
election of a Delegate to Congress
from the Territory of Alaska.
BK IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Sksgwav:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4, of an Act ol
Congrrss entitled, "An Act providing
for the election of a Delegate to the
House of Representatives from tho Ter
ritory of Alaska," approved May 7,
llHX;, it is provided that, ''The Common
Council shall provide a suitable polling
place for each voting precinct," and,
WHEREAS, the said Town of Nk:ig
way, by Ordinance No. 74, has been
designated a single voting precinct.
NoW THEREFORE, it is ordained
that the iirst floor of the Town Hall
Building, located on Fifth avenue, in
and upon Lot Three, of Block Eight,
(as the same appears upon the official
map of said town), which said premises
are 0 ivned by the Town of Skagway,
and occupied by Town of Skagway,
be, and the same is hereby selected and
designated as the polling place in and
for voting Precinct No, 1, of said Town.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd day of July, 190t>.
W . S McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this -nil day of July,
1900.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 77
ORDINANCE No. T7 of the Town of
Skagway, directing the posting and
publishing of notices of election, etc.,
as provided by the Act of Congress,
approved May 190t>, relating to the
election of Delegate to Congress from
the Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4 of an Act of
Congress entitled, "An Act providing
for the election of a Delegate to the
House of Repiesentacives from the Ter
?itory of Alaska," it is provided that
'The Comrr.on Council shall at least
:hirty days before the date of election
t # * give due notice of the
,'lecticn by posting a written or printed
notice in three public places * * *
ind in case tbete are one or more news
papers of general circulation published
in the Town, then a copy of said notice
snail also be published in one of such
?ewspapeis at least once a week for two
consecutive weeks next prior to the
[late of the eleotion," and,
WHEBEAS, said Town of Skagway
by Ordinance No. 74 (has been desig
nated aa one voting precinct, a single
voting precinct):
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS OR
DAINED that the Clerk of this body
be, and he hereby is authorized and
directed to give due notice of the mat
ters and things pertaining to said elec
tion, as provided in Sec, 4 of said Act,
by posting at least two weeks prior to
the date of election, in at least three
conspicious places in each precinct of
this municipality, a copy of, the notice
this day spread upon the records of this
meeting and which is hereby adopted:
and by causing a copy of said notice to
be published in The Daily Alaskan, a
newspaper of general circulation, pub
lished in the Town of Skagway, at
least once each week for two consecu
tive weeks next prior to date of elec
tion.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd day of Julv, 1906.
W. S. McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
1906.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
< JUST ARRIVED.
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(Jp-to-Date Novelties
LADIES' SUITS,
Jackets, Coats
and Skirts
r THEY ARE THE MOST SWELL
READY-MADE GARMENT EVER
SEEN IN SEAGWAT
Martin Conway
n museum
Will toll you that we have the
largest stolik of curios in the north.
Our store is a veritable museum
of the courious and antique.
If our want a souvenir of the
the country to take with you or
send home, you can find here just
what yon want, from the merest
trifle to the most beautiful things
you ever saw.
You are cordially invited to come
in and look around whether you buy
or not, knowing that our stock will
make friends, out-shine rivals and
sell itself on its own merits.
Those
Know
P. E. KERN
Gold and Silversmith
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAM EH
GE0RGH
Carrying O. 9. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau
Hoonah, TenakeJ Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
Every Sunday 8 a- m
Every Tuesday- 12 m.
W. W. BOUGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
REMODELED
THE
Rainier-Grand hotel
SEATTL
New Management Popular Prices
Central Location European (Man
Finest CAFE and BAR In the Ci*v
Wilson & White Co. Prop. ChasJPerr>
Finely Furnished Rooms
Electric Lighted Throughout
THE IMPERIAL HO TEL
GEO. W. CURTIS, PROP.
AMERICAN PLAN
Front St. South P.O., Whitehorse,Y.T
J.S.Minkove & Co
Merchant Tailors
Haines, Alaska
suits to order at lowest
prices
Cleaning and Repairing
Samples of Imported and Domestic
Goods From
: Detmer Woolen Company
I Paris. London. New York. Chicago.
We are Headquarters for all kinds
fresh gaudies and Chocolates
CHOICE
Bananas Oranges
Apples Lemons
Nuts
PHUNNY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES
HftMvenue
GOLDEN NORTH HOTEL
1 ^ ^ COLiDEN NORTH ^
SKAGWAY'S POPULAR HOTEL
Modern Improvements
PAIR TREATMENT, GOOD SERVICE AND RATES THAT ARE KlGRT
Phone 19 for your job work
Hew mater and Cigbt Rates
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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 owe/Company:
WATER
First Faucet f 2 00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or ot her Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " ?' 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room additional 10
Beer P.imps 1.00
liestaurants 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 load 1.00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Sl.ores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NIOHT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs....
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
.$ 1.00
. 10.00
. 1.50
. 15.00
EDWIN BROWNE, Manoger.