OFFIC'AL CITY PAPER.
Admitted m aeoond dam mail matter
July II, IMS. at Ui? Poatofflce
at Ska?rw%y. Alaska.
L. S. KELLER, Publlahar.
Subscription Katea:
Oa?> month by mail ~5
One month by carrier 1-00
Tfcraa mouth* by mail 2- *5
Six BkXith* by maU 4-5?
Om y?ar by mall 9.00
tobacHptiona and advartisamanta r?
caivad by:
Pwo&ett Newa Co. .. Wkitehorae, V. 1
K. W. Gideon Carcroaa, Y. T
t u mil man \tlin. B. C.
B- A. Barnett Haines. Alaska
MAY FIRST.
Son' of ? people of Skagway
listened last nicht to the words writ
ten about the month of May by one
of the most brilliant essayists in the
The famoa-i - hurchman said that
May is the real opening of summer
? the time when nature takes new
l:fe He reminds his readers that
:to :: r v ?. r Kii weather eonvi
forth promise of summer and guar
antees. as it wt>re. warm skies in
Particularly is May pleasant to Al
askans after the kins winter. Just
-
lards, ape blooms after the disappear
tire were fully aware of the short
rortunlUes and l;\es her time tn
Na' ire ]: is certainly truer in
COMMENTS ON ALASKA
; is an excerpt from
'ht Minneapolis Journal's "day's jes
hemmed in on the north by the polar
scandal, on the east by the north
Tbx gov. rnment is administered by
of X. w York The * rritory is in
hiHted by federal judges. Eskimos,
po'agit sealers, faro dealers, anti-eon
setvationists. \thabasca Indians and
the United S'ates signal corps. Al
aska produce coal, g\>ld furs, totem
?.? agression*! in\ esiieatkms. It. also
t otahed th pretext "or the Seattle
exposition f 15?09. The Pribyloff
islands in E ring s? a form the great
.->? s< .il fish 7 in the world, a nvat
ttr of inUttKe gratification to
.V sing is carried on in the territory
b> the latest approved rod-tape meth
ods. The cJimato compares icily with
Riren and i ah. Alaska was pur
chsj-. from a l l*t>7 by Sec
retary S' *ar i for the sum of $7,200,
i' At-th. time the secretary was
thought to ha\> bought a Muscovite
go'i brick; but time has shown it to
parallel the acquiring of Manhat
tan island to: 5-4. Alaska is the only
r on ... . nil. i States that can
bvfst of a decline in the cost of liv
ir.j,. In th? arly Klondike days,
be. f steak . ro..4ht $ 1 '.'0 a pound and
whiskey $2.50 a drink, but the ter
ritory is now v : . jo> . og these bless
ings at a sightly higher price thai;
i" paid by the ultimate consumers of
the mainland. Fairbanks, one of
the principal towns, is named after
the discoverer of the buttermilk cock
tail. Mount McKinley, near Fair
Airerica. and the repository of th>'
lost copper cylinders of Dr. Frederick
A. Coot.
One-Line Alaskagraphs.
' Conserv e tLe territory " ? G. Pin
>c.KL
"Syndi. ate it." ? S. Guggenheim.
'Copyright it.' ? Hex E. Beach.
"Investigate it." ? L. R. Glavis.
' Forget it." ? R. A. Ballinger.
A Five-Foot Alaskan Bookshelf.
"Me and Mahomet ? How We Went
to the Mountain." ? Dr. Cook.
? Letters of a Japa-neso Seal Boy."
? Hashimura Togo.
' The Art o' Successful Real Es
tate Dealing' ?Seward.
? The Bawl of the Ice."? Jack I^on
<kn.
"The Discreet Angler? A Guide to
Correct Poaching The Mikado
HOWE RULE FOR ALASKA.
In every country that wishes to
gowrn its own affairs you have some
\ CANDY p'Jft
t r r e s he st
| and Sweetest in the Candy Line
| Just Received at BRITT'S
p? opli> who are opposed to the ful
utment of the desires of the ma
jority. There are Poles who prefer
the Russian or German or Austrian
government; some Egyptians are
sii'sfled witlv British government:
TMs country had its Tories, Cuba
had its Royalists. Ireland has Its
unkntets, Finland has Its conserva
tive?. t
Aiaska has its own residents who
tvj'eve it better to have Paternal
Washington run our affairs.
F&ch and all of such minorities
f>x>m time Immemorial have put for
ward the stock argument that the
majority of us were not fit for self
{?.ivernment. Such minorities have
Invariably believed themselves to
i 've been blessed by providence
?>vith an overwhelming preponderance
of the country's brains. Indeed they
sum to consider themselves as hav
ing been placed in their respective
Unds by a tkni who created them
cspicially to b> his allies in curbing
the ambitions of what they are pleas
ed to call the mob. They assume
a<rs of superiority when dealing with :
I'i'blic questions and with smug and j
p:ous faces refute the arguments of
i4? representatives of the people
v-hcm they dub demagogues. In
vain the representative of the coun
Uy tries to prove the benefits com
:ns from self government; in vain he
tries that the people vant to ad
judicate on questions relating to the
oi-'.elopment of their tetritory and
u? the general government of their
o?i? affairs.
He spends long hours, long days.
h ' . nights, long months, aye. long
yerrs studying the subject, investi
gating every detail, but after it all
Utre arises the piping voice of some
ptuerile pet who knows nothing ex
cept toadyism.
And the piping voice rise? to the
Ftderal High Olympus, while the
vcice of the people's representative
is as the voice of one crying in the
w'-Merness.
That tho road from Porcupine to
1 Yr.sane Camp will be finished 1m
d lately is the statement made by
.ti ck Hayes o' the road commission
before he left Skagway for Juneau :
some days ago
He brought a team of horses to
Haines before coming to Skagway
and will use them In tho work.? :
Hajnes Pioneer Press.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Having been appointed administra
tor of the estate of Anna Cassidy.
deceased, by the Hon. Martin Con
W8v, Commissioner, and ex-officio i
Probate Judg". for Skagway, Precinct
Pistrict of Alaska, this the 18th day ;
of '.pril. 1911, Notice is hereby given
that all persons having claims against
'he estate of the said decedent are
required to present them with the
proper vouchers within six months
l'mm date, at my office in the Ex
press Co. building, in the Town of
Skagway, Alaska.
H. P. TAYLOR. |
\dministrator of the Kstato of Anna
Ca>sidy. deceased.
i ROYAL !
I Steam Laandry j
J All Work Guaranteed. Short {
Orders Promptly
J Messenger will call and deliver. J
PHONE 79.
Relieves CATARRH of
the
BLADDER
and all
Discharges in
I24HOURS
F%rVi tfce
ftmrt (N!2V)
ctmntrtf e\Uu y y
SaM >*t ?n
Telephone 1 1 2
Phil. Abrahams
| General Agent Fire Insurance
Houses For Sale
NOTARY PUBLIC SKAGWAY, ALASKA ;
3 HEATED AND LIGHTED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
| BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
Ulbitc Pass Hotel
P. D McM'lian, Manager
CargKtatid b?r apf'inied fioicl in .be Vt'kon
rates moderate Ulhittbom, V. C.
MOORE'S WHHRF CO.
Tenpinus W. P. & Y. Route.
A 11 Southbound Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses opes for delivery of meichandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m_
Perishable# ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night
AH freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER S MANIFEST (papers can be obtained at the U. S. ous
tome office) and must be delivered before 5 p. m. No freight will
b? received on wharf after this hour.
BAGGAGE ? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLY
No charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to th> public when steamer is nearlng dock
and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175, E. J. SHAW, General Manager.
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 25.
No. 1 S. Bound
let clam
Arrive* 4 20 p. m.
2 45 -
1 42 -
1 10 "
11 25 a. m.
I-*av<* 9 15 ?
Pweengem mutt be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection 1* stopped 80 minutes before leaving time of
train.
150 oounds of baggage will bo checked tree with each full fare tick
?t tad 75 pounds with each half fare ttetot tafiUH
No. 1 N. Bound
1st class
9 30 a m.
12 10 p. m.
1 00 "
2 30 "
4 45 "
(Dally Except Sunday)
Leaves SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
- BENNETT
CARIBOU
Arrive* WHITEHORSR
?+???++??+????*
? SMGWAY WEATHER REPORT *
? ?
Results of the observation taken
a' Moore's Wharf at midnight.
April 30. IUU, Ik as follow*
Temperature time observat'o 40 *rv.v?
Max. temp. preceding 24 hour* <53 abov?
above j
Mean " *? " ^ *l.?ve '
Barn me to 1 20 7*5 (''on \ Calm
Weather observation at Clark's
Ranch (2 mite* north of Moore's
wharf.)
Maximum i^mp. past 'J4 l>r- flfi sbovf j
Minimum " " " " ,Tfi above
Mean
INTERIOR WEATHER REPORT
TEMPF.RATIRK
stations Altove Below
Glacier 4?
White Pais .V>
Eraser 30
hog Cabin 32
Pennington 34
Caribou 4"
White Horse 42
Lower Lebar^e 40
Hootalin<|ua 50
Bip Salmon .>'?
Yukon Crossing
-
Coffee Creek
Stewart River
Dawson 42
COAL
Wellington Lump Coal
Crom Shaft No. 6, oyster nay Mln<?
at Ladysrollh, trie nig heat era-!*
household coal of all the B. C. fields
58.28 FIXED CARBON
Orfect Combustion Uniform Heat
IJsrht Aah
On and after July lat, 1910, w>
shall offer this coal, selected a':
<raded as follows: ?
Double Screwed and sacked $13, tin
??cre??lngs (sacked^ 8. "
Screenings (bulk.) 7. "
Above prices Include delivery
Moore's Wharf Co.
Alaska Transfer Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS.
ahona 10. Skagway, Alaska
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
For Haines, Beraers Bay, Juneau,
Hoons, Tenakee, S ka and Wayports
FROM 8KAGWAY
April 2, 8. 14. 20. 26.
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mfr . Juneau
W. W. BOUGHTON. Ajrent
Broadwav and Fifth Ave. ^booe 90
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacorm*
V*t sKM. A*4Fnfk?w
Otjvftf**, Ptyrl
fViim^NWH. E*yo4r? Swi R*rk*#* Me**'*
San Francisco, Los Angeles. San Diego
r. W. ANDRF.WS. G A P. D. C D DIMW
1 1 1 j?m? 3h . 9Mb i 1 1 v?-v?? s? f ?/
W(M rM*nrH I* tkm?> tM?
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
State of California April 22, May 3-14-25
City of Seattle April 27, May 9-20-31
FRANK H. BOLD Afe?f, 2nd and Brawny, SKAGWAT
ALASKA STEAMSHIP|
m WF COMPANY
Oarrytnic U. 3. Mafl and Al*.?lrt Erprvm
Next : o' th# F*?' Pa*???c?r
JEFFERSON DOLPHIN
APRIL - - 7, 18, 29 APRIL - - - 13. 25
MAY - - - 10. 21 MAY - ? 5, 16. 27
Co: pS'T ro orv^ rleht U, eh*rf* ?*li1 n* without
C R OLPTTLL. A?wvt P?tot>? M
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B.-C COAST SERVICE)
PRINCESS MAY
Will Sail From Skajjway
April 8-19-29 May 10-20-31
Subject to chftore wli.iowt o(*lco
For Yaneonver. Victoria. S^attla. via Princ* Rnp*rt
Phone 87 F. F W. LOWLE, Ao#nt
HiifSS. Humboldt
Will Hail From
SKAGWAY for SEATTLE and Way Ports
MAY 7th, 18th and 29th
SaWn* d*t? ?nbj?et Id dk?o*?
608 FTR8T AV?
Pi-Attle Offlc*
W. W. BOUQHTOW
Phwr?? U ?* arid r<fw>.
:? MSK^BSEBScasBiasMStBmai wwww^ <m
Through Line From
Skagway to Atlln, White Hor?e. Big Salmon, D?waon mod Tntermedla'e Yukoo Rirer PolnU.
The new placercamp? in the Altek and Kluane Mining DUtrleta are reatbed only *la Whit* Ho rae
Winter Route Stage Service
Durlop the winter seMon, when nutation i* clo*ed. dally tra!n? will continue njnnlOf^b*tw*en
Ska^way and White Horao. A throngh Vail. Pa?a*nger ami Freight Service will I* maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Una between White Hor*e and Dawwu.
Regular stage*, carrying mall, expreaa and pawerfam, leave White Bora* ft>r fH^wm aeo
Intermediate point*.
FV>r Conrad City, located In the heart of the newly dlwered and r?hotonaly rtelt mart* eamp
of the Wlndv Arm Dlotrict, take our dally train* to Caribou.
For Information relative topavapnffer, freight and ttievraphlo rate*, apply
to an* aeent of the Company, ?t to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, JR. C,
A. L. nFUnoR, Gen. Mnjrr. F. B. WCTIZPACBKR Ge?. Ar't
Vanconrrr B. C and SVa*uay,AIa?ka Rkafuay, A ?*ka