THE WHITE PASSU
l-YUKOM ROUTE =
The
Route of
Comfort ,
Speedy
Service,
Safety.
Through Tickets to and from Dawson. Fairbanks, and all
Interior Alaska and Yukon River Points
Effective with the opening of navigation our
Magnificent New Steamers
"Alaska" ?'iid "Yukon" will glvo a regular servlco to and
flow Fairbanks. These uro tho finest and most luxurious
iteamers over operated ou tho Yuko River, an entirely now
pinu having been adopted in their construction. They are
equipped with up-to-date Obaeratlon aud Smoking Kooms
and all the conveniences required to tho comfort of passengers.
Our Whltehorso ? Dawson service will be regularly maintain
ed by taa favorite steamers "Casca", "Dawson", "Whltehorso"
ai>d "Selkirk".
tletween Skaguay and Whltehorso our servlco has beeu Im
proved by tho addition of modern ?
Parlor Observation Cars
which afford travelers au opportunity to view tho scenery ov
er the la'.nons White Pass to tho best advantage. These
cars a to splendidly eqtiipped with comfortable leather chairs,
writing desks, card tables, dressing rooms, otc.
Passengtis travellug via The White -Pass & Yukon Route will
have their baggago checked aud bouded through to destlu
utiou thereby avoiding all possiblo trouble aud delay.
For further Information apply to
O. L. DtCKESON, President J. E. Dompsey, Traffic Manager,
SKAOWAY, ALASKA 01- Second Ave., Seattle Wash.
and Skagway, Alaska.
The White Pass
TIMK TAItl.I
l/.iily cxrcpt
&Yukon Route
No. 31.
Sundays.
A ?i. 1 It* in nil
1st class
1* : it*.' x in. I caves
12:45 "
1 : 10 4>. tu.
:20
.":S0 " Arrives
SKACl'AY
WMTEiionsi;
,V>. _ IS. IIUIIIKI
lbt Clu88
Arrive* 1:30 p. m.
Leaves 3:20 "
?J:;?0 "
1:30 "
" I * : 18 a. m
i^mvt's i?;00 "
Passengers must be at depots In time t* have IlnKgaqo inspected
anil chocks). Inspection Is Btoppod 30 mluutea before leaving tluio of
train*.
ISO pounda of baggage will be checkod fre? with each full fur"
ticket and 76 poumlg with each halt fnru ticket.
Moore's Wharf E. J. Shaw, Manager
Wharfingers and Warehousemen
All Steamers Arrive arid Depart From This Wharf
?Regulations Juue 1. 1913?
Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 A. M. to . M.
-Wharfage .Tariff
General merchandise $1.00 per ton. Weight or measurement.
Horses, Mule s and Cattle 75 c per head. Sheep and Hogs 25c per head.
Lumber $1.00 per Thousand feet. Board Measure.
All checked Baggage 25c per pice.
No Wharfage Charge on Baggage Unchecked.
Phones 11 or 123 P. O. Box 175
I The Skagway Pioneer Dairy |
II. I*. SKIvMAX. rrwp.
"The Sanitary Milk Ranch"
? The largest and best conducted dairy in Alaska. ? ? ?
Daily Shipments of Pure Milk and Cream
To all pctn. ton White Pan* & Yi?Ut>n Route.
i B. M. BEHRENDS,B inker .1
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Juneau, ? Alaska *
? OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
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Respectfully Solicits The Accounts t
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5; of Skagway Firms And Individuate. ?
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RISE AMD FALL OF SAWBILL
The End C.imo W th a Rtiili Whin tho
Cold Veil Vanished.
Far from tlip raljrn :d uuil hiuim tluin
forty miles awn;- i'i >?? the nearest
white resilient, hlJden In the wilds of
one of the most picluri -que p:\rts of
the province of Uiitai-lo, Ca nadir, spec
ter like, -tan Is tin <i ? -cried vllinge of
Sawblll, once a bustling uiluiiiK camp
where several hundred nieu were em
ployed.
The end came suddenly. Too:? were
dropped wht;re w >rkmen were Install-*
lug a d.vnamo; dishes and furniture
and household goods were left us they
were when the word enme that the
mine had cloved, The I tooks cud on
July 31, 1U0I. The Ntore wast left with
It* stock of goodn on the shelves, tho
hotel closed Its doors, its contents In
tact. ami the potitottlctf ceased to be.
Only a watchman was left.
Sawblll grew cut of a cold strike.
The ledge, repotted fabulously rich,
quickly gave out u hen real mining was
attempted. A road was built through
the wilderness. 1 power house was
erected, a forty Mtamp mill went up
nlong with a hotel, store, postcillce and
many buildings for the employ, 'es. On
Aug. 1.'. 1S1HI, th; electric lights were
turned on. The telephone line was
opened. The water rushed through the
huge Hume across the lake, tho giant
turbine revolved, the dynamo hummed,
and the poxver fur o|K>ratlng tho mine's
machinery was a" hand.
Hut the $200 per ton output of the
little mill llrst installed proved to be
only a deceptive lure for all tho dol
lars that were poured Into tho enter
prise. When the big mill did run the
greatest amouut of gold obtained per i
ton was Mild never to have exceeded
$1.S7. The shaf.s were sunk deeper,
new lines were ([toned, but the wide
veins of ore which showed on or near
the surface narrowed to thin ribbons
or to nothing at all. The gold ob
tained could not begin to pay the oper
ating expenses.
The mill anil Its machinery, the pow- '
or plant and. lis equipment, stand as
, though waiting for tho wldstlo an
nouncing the beginning of a day's
j work, though the last evUTonees of the
half million spent at Sawblll nra <lls
ajfjiearing before inevitable decay and J
the encircling an j encroaching forest.? i
! Robert K. IMnkoiton In Ontario Globe.
A CITY IK A GORGE.
The Firit View ?f La Paz I* Startling
to tlio Touriit.
James IJryce In bin I took "South
America" gives a pleturesquo descrip
tion <>C I lie approach to La l'nz, ItoUvIii.
lie tells Low tlio traveler who nears [
I. a Pax has a surprise III Trout of him .
If lie Is comliiK from Lake Tltlcacn. I
tliu usual route from the coast. At a
point 13.000 feet above sea level the
railway from Guayaquil meets the rail
way from Antofu-axtn, -100 miles away
to the south. "Kroui this point, called
Vinchu. the route turns eastward to
ward the Cordillera, the Une climbing
slowly In wide sweeps over the dusty
and shruhli'ss plateau on whose tbln
grass sheep are browsing. There Is
not a house visible, mid the smooth
slope seems to ruL right up against
the mountain wall beyoud. Where can
La I'ar. be? askt. the traveler.
"Presently, however, ho perceives
strings of llamas and donkeys and
wayfarers on foot moving along the
slo;H( toward a |ioiut where they all
suddenly vanisl and are uo more seen.
Then a spot Is reached where tbo rail
way Itself seems to end between n few
sheds, lie gets out and walks a few
yards to the e.ist and then suddenly
pulls up, with a start, on the edge of a
yawning abyss.
"Right beneath him, 1.500 feet be
low. a gray, nsl roofed city fills tho
bottom of the gorge and climbs up Its
sides on both bulks of the torrent that
foams through It. Kvery street and
square, every yard and garden. Is laid
out under the eye as if on a map, and
one almost seems to hear tho rattle of
vehicles over stony pavements coining
| faintly up through the thin air."
Scotchman's Sod Lots.
"As the waiter laid down my flve
pence change," writes C. XI. in the ,
<
most coin was not ol' British currency. !
It was. In fact n I'rench penny, i at
tracted his attention, therefore, with a j
motion of my fore linger and Indicated
the pile of coins with a wave of my
hand, which was meant to *ay 'What
Is this you have clven me 5' The wait
er boot gracefully forward, scooped op
my chance wl h a practiced hand and
with a polite 'I thank you, sir.' moved
swiftly away. Next time I'll give the
language of slpns a miss."
Sympathetic.
"Don't you ever llnd It hard to be a
freak V" asked -lie stoutish. tightly laced
woman who had stopped to converse
with the fat h dy.
"So. not a jit," was the reply. "I
often feel sorry for some of yon people
who seem to lad It so hard not to be
freaks."? Chicago Itecord-Uerald.
Mixed Up.
A woman stated at a recent Inquest
that her husband's Christian names
were Jariies .louathnn or Jonathan
James, she did not know for sure
which. "You see." she explained, "he
was one of twins and they got mixed
up a hit."? London Standard.
A Trade Union.
Ella ispltefi.llvt? Their marriage was
nothing but a trade union. Sophie? A
trnde union? Kiln? Yes; she traded
her money ror his title.? London Tele
graph.
Worry, win lever may he Its source,
weakens, takes away courage and
shortens life. X
I live by tlio seashore. Indeed. I
? iiuve never lived anywhere else. There ,
? is n reef out nbout a uillo from the j
Uore, und during thy lifetime I have
. known several vessels to bo wrecked
| >11 It One of tbeso wrecks occurred
when I wns n young mnn, nnd It bnd
i marked effect on my life tlint will
i never lio undone.
i 1 wns at ? very Impressible age.
rweity. when there came up a fright
i fill storm, and 1 went down to the
i beach to see It? I lived nbout n mile
| inland? and stood on a duno looking tit
! it. There are sonic who lovo quiescent
?ieeiics, soft skies, tranquil waters,
irroceful trees, unmoved even b.v n
breeze To me tho most beautiful
1 scenes are tlio Oercest. Standing there
facing the storm sweeping over the
! ocean. I rejoiced lu tho lushing the
tempest was giving It Near by a
wavo would throw Itself against a
rock, to be hurled bnclc against the
next comber, the two standing a mo
ment as If locked in a death grip, then
both fa. ling as If each had taken the
strength out of the other. Another
wave would tremble, break. Its spray
shooting from Its crest, nud roll upon
the sand, scattering like a bursting
rocket
I!ut this is not my story. Tho wind
went down with the sun, nnd a full
moon rose. Its white disk looking
ilown'coldly. as if It cared for neither
storm nor serenity. Near midnight 1
was seized with n desire to go down
to the ocean and see tho quiet skies
above looking down on waters the
? torm had left still rolling. What
brought this desire, why I yielded to
It. I know not. for I must walk a ml'.e
fn the coast and a mile back. I had
wno perhaps half the distance nnd
could hear lliat Interminable murmur
ing of moaning waters when I saw
omlng. lighted by the moon that stood
almost directly overhead, a ligure
which by a slight flutter of Its gar
ments l knew to be a woman.
Surprised that one of her sex should
be out on the rond at that time of
night, I hastened toward her to ask
her It I could not attend her to where
-lie was going. As I approached her
I noticed an unsteadiness about her, a
rocking. 1 attributed It to the fact
(hat I had looked so long during tho
a.'ternoou on the waves that their mo
tion had affected my vision. Her hair
wns loose and seemed to me to be
blown like the spray I had seen. When
I came near her she seemed drawn
away from me. then driven townrd
me as If pulled anil pushed by the
waves Then within touching dis
tance of me she stood still, the whole
appearing to me like an object washed
ishore. Anally passing beyond the
reach of the waters.
Itut. oh. the pitiful look she gave me!
"What is It?" 1 asked, wondering.
"The- wreck."
"What wreck?"
"The Mary Barton. She has Just
roine ashore."
"Come ashore! Why, the storm was
over six hours ngo!"
"Yes. but It took the ship's rudder.
They lost control. She struck tho reef
and went to pieces. Their bodies are
scattered uloug the shore. Oh, It Is ,
dreadful!"
1 started on. "I must go." I srld.
"and see If I can help."
"Help! They are all past help.
Don't go. Don't desert me here on
this lonely road."
"1 will take you to your home; then
I will go "
"My home?" The melancholy with
whleii she said this wrung my heart
"Yes ' Surely you cannot live far
from here."
She buried her face In her hands and
sobbed Through sympathy I put my
Then I tried to take Uer hands away
froui her face. She would not at llrst
permit me. but at last yielded.
"Heavens, how cold you are!" 1 ex
claimed. "Tell me where yea live that
1 may take you home, where you may
warm yourself It's dangerous for yon
to bo out In trte tight with no
thick clothes. AmWhey nre wet
Where can you have been?"
She made no further reply to anything
I said to her? only trembled and wept
"1 must tako you to shelter." I said
"Then I will go to the shoro nnd try
to save some of those who have been
washed In from the wreck."
A SEA
WRAITH
By ARTHUR W. BREWSTER
"I will bo back with you," she said
suddenly.
"Hack with me! You go to see hucIi
<lgh:s, cold nnd wet as you are?"
"Well, then. I'll go on. Go to the
shore, but It Is too Into. All Imvc per
islied."
It seemed as If a wave carried her
away from me, then brought hot part
way back to, me. only to tako her away
again, this time to carry her farther
than before. I stood spellbound, un
decided what to do, till one of those
Invisible waves took her so far from
me that I saw her no more. I stood
still and covered my eyes with my
hands When I again saw what was
about mo there were merely the road,
the tlelds and hero nnd there a house,
all bathed In the moonlight. *
I ran all the way to the beach, where
I saw persons running back and forth
dragging corpses from the waves. A.
ship had been dashed to pieces out on
the reef, and not a soul was saved to
tell of the wreck? none but the girl r
had met In the road.
They say 1 have l)een daft ever since
this shipwreck. Nevertheless I saw
her with my eyes nnd clashed her told
body In my artus.
PERFORATED COINS.
Undo Sam Tried THam 0ev?ral Time*,
but Without Succets.
Perforated coins wore Dover In fn
vnr In the United Suites, though rati
on efforts were made to' popularlzo
llnlu. The II rut United States coin
with a perforated center was a gold
dollar Issued In is 10. which had a
4(|iiare hole In the mlddlo of the
plunc het It was the forerunner of tho
nold dollar toned l>.v the United .States
mint in 1S-10. The coin was engraved.
nnl struck froui dies.
The next United Slates coin with a
perforated center was issued from the
Philadelphia mint In ISTiO and was of
tiie denomination of 1 cent. It was
about the size of tho bronze cent now
In use. At that time the large, old
fashioned eopiier cent 'was In general
circulation, and the perforated coin re
ceived the name of "ring cent" The
!r l:;m-r reasoned that by means of
the perforation the cent could bo dls
tin ilshcd by touch from tho dime.
Another perforated cent Issued the
same year showed two rings In the
Held with the words, "('cut. One-tenth
Silver." 'i he reverse showed an olivo
wreath around the perforation and the
words. "United States of America."
Tho mint authorities undertook to
design a coin that would answer all
requirement*, and the pieces woro
stni k with both pierced and perfect
centers In silver, copper, nickel and
composition metal, six varieties In all.
without counting the various metaU.
lint nono of the designs was favored
by the government authorities, and
conquently they were never put in
general circulation.
The only gold half dollar ever pro
duced at the United States mint wns
tnuk In lS-lli It had a perforation
in l l:e center, and the obverso showed
a wavy circle around tho perforation,
wfch the inscription, "United States of
A merlca."^n round the border. The ro
ver ? was blank. The coin was ex
actly half the weight of the dollar.
Itegardlmts of the generally acccptod
Idea the gold fifty cent pieces with
which the public Is familiar wore not
an Issue of tho United States, but were
manufactured by California Jewelers.
There has not been unj?nttempt to In
ti luce the perforated coin In the
United States since 1SS-I. In that year
two pieces of the denominations of 1
and ' cents were Issued nt the Phila
delphia mint? Ilurpor's Weekly.
Turkish Namei.
On our visiting list aro Mrs. Ilya
clnili, Mrs Tulip. Mrs. Appletree and
Mr: Nightingale. I am also happy
enough to posx^s the acquaintance of
Mrs Sweetmeat. Mrs. Diamond, Mrs.
Air though some know her as Mother
live Mi i May-She-I-uugh and Master
He-Waited This last appellation
seemed to tuo so curious that I Inquir
ed Into It und learned that my young
gentleman walled lo be born. These
are not surnames, you understand,
for no Turk owns such a thing. To
tell die Mlstrc-s Hyacinth from anoth
er ymi add the name of her man. And
ill Ills case all you can do Is to tack on
his f:i i Iter's? you could hardly say
Christian? name II 0. Dwlght In At
Wild Schamas of Oinocratct.
The most reranrknole proposal ever
made about Mount Athos was that of
the architect Dluocrntes. Ills plan
w:'s |o cut It Into the shape of n gl
:i. tue of Alexander the Great,
ling :i tiie right hand a city, in tho
left a ' that was to receive all the
water- of the region. Alexander wns
much i tken with tiie scheme. Hut It
iv i eventually rejected on the ground
that the neighboring country was not
fertile enough t > feed the inhabitants
of I lie projected '!. Another of Dlnoc
ratcs' plans w.i i temple lo the wlfo
of Kin.- Ptolein: i ." Egypt. ?;ih a roof
of I : n<"" Hi would keep an Iron
. i; tillg in till' air.
. E.irth't Shadow.
The , ? I.:; 4 a shadow, but very
few i ? it. except In cellpses of
the ? i >r else few recogiiizo It
wli 'ii -i e It Nevertheless mnny
of iik Ii - noticed on line, cloudless
evonir l:i summer shortly before
sun y pink arc on the horizon
o| . -IteV ? still, with a bluish gray
-.'i aient in. ' r it. As Hie sun sinks
the ar rl until It attains the zenith
and even p -os IL This Is the shadow
of the earth
Pr;monition.
II.' was i -lit to Itellevue hospital
with H viif In; :ry to the skull, nud n siir
gt'oO. havli: ' (mined the wound, de
termined t<> keep the man In the ward
for ii day or two.
"Oh. doctor." cried the patleut, "do
you think that I'll loso my head?"?
Now York Times
Too Slow.
"Why has your daughter dropped l.er
hospital work so soon?"
"She found she'd have to nurse poor
patients for two years before they In
trusted her with any millionaires. So
she's going on the stage In n musical
comedy."? Kansas City Journal.
Utility.
"Of what use Is a fly. anywn.v?" asks
an exchange.
Well. If tnere Is only one out and It
happens to he n long one It will iieorv
a man from third.? Detroit Free Press.
Usual Result.
Slllletts? Do you believe that two |
can live as cheaply as one? Cynlcus? i
Well, after they get married I suppose
the; 'iierally And they liavo to.?
Philadelphia Record.
If a thing Is proper and possible to
man. deem It attainable by thee.? Mar
cus Aiircllus.
... \.^%mssam
| LOCAL BRIEFS
SKAGWAY WEATHCR REPORT
HcsulU of the observation taken
it Mooro'a Wharf at midnight,
last night, Is as follows:
Temp, timo obsarras-n .. . <5 above
Max. preceding 24 bra .. G2 above
Mln. " " " . 40 above
tfean " " " ,, , 54 ubovo
Cluu-, Calm.Daromot^r 2a. 'j0.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
* F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4 tli
Frl. Ev'gs. of each
month. Visiting brothers are wtl
como. Phil Abrahams, Socretary.
W. R. Hlllery, W. .\l.
Fraternal Order
Kaglos ?
Skagway Aerls
No. 25, Frater
ual Order of
Eagles meets tho fir*?. and tuira
Wednesday r'gLt ot each mouth at
tlielr hall on Fifth avenuo. Visiting
brothers cordially Invited to attend.
John Grashfcl, \V. P.; J. M. Kellor,
Secretary.
Skagway Lodgo
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meotr ovory
1st and 3rd
Thursday nihgtg
at 8:30. Elks
club aud reading
.-oorn open daily from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting brothers cor
dially welcomo. ? W. C. Blauchard,
Ex. It. Geo. Mageo, Secretary.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys
H. n. LE FEVRE
Attorney-At-Lavv
Commissioner For Yukou '. -rritory
to lake Affidavits
Skagway - - Alapica
Dcn:l>t?.
OR. L. 8. KELLER
Dentist
oat Modern Methods
Open Evenings
Office Hours: !)-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - -Broadway
SKAGWAY - ALASAK
M. F. PATTERSON DENTAL
SUPPLY COMPANY
Dental Supplies.
? Dealers In?
D E N T A L S U P P L I E S
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash.
Orders by mail or cable will receive
prompt attention. Catalogue on re
quest.
TEA AND COFFEE STORE well es
tablished, doing good business,
For Sale. Handling also Crockery,
and Glassware, with routes in all
parts of tho city. Good chance
.for active business man. Apply to
John Graham, Commercial Tea Co.
1103 Tacoma Ave., Tacoma, Wn?
Ct.
EASTERN OYSTERS ON THE
HALF SHELL
Fresh Eastern Oysters on th
half shell aro now to bo had at tha
Puck Train Restaurant.
;; FRANK 5UFFAC00L Piwri.1 or
k COAL,
WOOD,
HAULING |
jt Quick Service and Low Rates 7?
:: Office ill Railway Building
Phone 10
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f Pack T rain jj
| Restaurant jj
ij TONY STANICH. Proprietor t'
> For 14 Yeir? We Hire S?nrtd only ?'
;; The Best in the Markets 5
today it it the
? Most Popular Eating jj
* House in the North ?>
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)? New Location ?}
? Broadway, between 3rd and 4th J
t The Delraonico of Alaska +
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