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QHEiNZ VARIETIES
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at. Whitehorse today.
The season for iiirge boats going ^
Hot Springs has closed.
The tramp >te?mer Haivirv! arrived
this morning with a lull cart''1
Robert i IVarhe has sold lot No. I.
Mock 42. Sl<agway. to Thos. J Kyau
George Blan 'hard ai d family re
turned on the Dolphin from Hot
Spring*.
Mr? I'atiick Murray, a former resi
dent of Skaguay is serious > it her
home in Wh.tehors*.
Col J. S. Williams, a prominent
Stewsrl ruer m nine promoter, arrivi
oa the Dolphin today
J. Sedman was a pas-euger on tht*
OoipL u ic charge of the c?tt e for the
VaciSc Co'd St?.i age Company.
Mrs. t .eorge right was a l.eorgia
passenger from Juneau. Mrs. Wright
returns much itnproT'd in hea.ih.
Mrs. A. P. Mead, who has been sjv d
ug several weeks at Tenakee hot
spring*. returned home ytsterday.
Krauk W : -son. of the City Transfer
Company has returned from a * ication
at Warm Springs bay. near S.lka.
J. W Shearer and far. ?!%. who hive
Seen letting Ic Washington, will re
turn on the i. fTersoa.
Oak Oieson, the suiting traveling
talesman, arrived in town today ami
will spend a few days bere, visiting
merchants.
Uarrv Ma one, the rommercia' trav
eler from Juut-au, who ba* b. i n in lie
city for the pjst wet U ? eturn?-d \ ester
day on the C>eor.*M.
Mrs W. W. Houghton, who has leen
ipendtug a month'* vacati n at the
springs near Sitka, arrived home yes
terday on the Georg'a.
iwo bright toting mm. after spending
a month in Skagwav. returned to her
Juneau hi. me yrsterdav.
Hon. Edgar Wilson and wife, *>f
Idaho, were passengers on the las' Spo
kane, and * h'de in Sitka Mr and Mrs.
Wilson were the guests of Dr. L. S.
Seller.
Ceo. Y i ler and wife returned to their
home at th* summit this morning.
Thev were in attendance at ihe fare
well party given to Mr and Mrs. W. B.
King Saturday.
M. Cundy. repre- nting the Heinz
Pickle Company, reached Skagw.iy
from interior points last Saturday anil
was a gues*. over Sund^v. He will
leave on the Dolphin.
James Kennedy and family arrived on
th? Dolphin from Juneau today. Mr
Kennedy is a son-in-law of Chas. Jones
and was in the grocery business at Ju- ;
neau, and has dispo-ed of hi- interests
in Juneau to locate in Skagway.
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Juneau Dispatch: Miss Crystal Snow
has been engaged by the school board
as one of the public school teachers for
the current year. Miss Snow is an j
Alaskan girl. having graduated from |
the Juneau public schools. She spent |
the past two years studying and teach- ?
ing in California,
Sill :i A'ask n: Next Weduesdav at
* ISO |>. in a iviwrrt *111 he rendered
at the t'o'.tage hall. It purports to l>e
a vot v enjoyable atTaii, a* nearly ?
the mimical ta'ent in the town will
take pal i. I>r. L. S Keller. Sitka'- gen
uine friend, in vtao promoter which fact
l?, in i i ? el f. a voucher (or the saoeeaa
of the entertainment.
Oelow is given a part of ?q interview j
bv a prominent Oenvei mining man.
?foseph M Grady, and shows bow well
',ur deserted shacks advertise Skag
way abrooii
"I viv ed the spot whore Soapy' fell
-hot in the heart by ? superb fellow *ho
,a> "tanaiodg guard outside a bul'ding
io *h;ch outraged citizens were hold
ing a mooting to decide on the best way
of ri 'ding the community of 'So?py'en<:
hi. gang
Soa>\ made the erfjp of filling up
on bad ?h - ?yandof attempting? Win
Ju\-ter in hand? to break up the meet
ing. 1 e *poi where he fell is marked
hv a rune cress formed by nails driven
nto the plauks on ihe Jock. His grave
na> be seen on a hillside some distance
a?av,
"A handsome monument marks the
crave of the roan that ki'led him. for
:"fortuuately, Soapy* fired first and
is aim was good. Hut that was the
i nish of the gang that worked the
miners both ways ? going ?nd coming-- ,
and terrorized law-abiding citilei . ?
while it lasted.
"After 'Soapy V death the rest of th,
gang took to the hills, but as reuivo
ing there meant starva ion, they re
turned ^.ave themselves up and wen
'sentenced > from one to three yeirs'
| imprisonment.
Skagw is a desolate looking place
1 ^ut-balf the houses in the town are j
empty old sharks, dangerous as a tire
initer. Its gre-tuess and its fame have
vanished. Ii is he only place at whieh 1
>e stopped that was not ueat. trim,
clean and busy.
"Sitka is a charming little p'ace wi li !
its tu i x 6,1 population of Russians, In
Jtai s and Aiueric >ns. A discharge.:
mat ie whom I met on the boat lol.l
me that Si:ka had its '-kiO.'
A'e Visited Juneau, the capital of Al
j aska: Fort Douglas, Haines, the Tread- j
| well goi.i mints, Ketchikan, etc., both
going and on the return trip? all in
tensely interesting and each ditWing
from ali the others.
"But it is of the scenery a'ong the)
iine of rout th it I would tel! you w.re I
competent to do so. I confess it is all
bejoud my poor descriptive power K r
e?ts, vas- and primeval, line ihe shore
ol the mainland on the east and cover i
:he islands on the west. Snow-capped I
[leaks r siog from the water s ed^e to a i
he. ght of ',000 anil t?,000 feet and cover
ed with verdure from base to snow line,
beautiful valleys, sheltering coves and
shore lines so clear that it is difficult to
believe that they were not fashioned by
human bands.
A vast solitude, the silence of which
is broken oaly by spouting whales, gam
boling porpoises and the cry of wild
fowl.
"A never-ending but ever-varping
scene of sublime ami pristine splendor,
in the midst of which one is forcibly re
minded of how small an atom in the
schtme of n?ture is man. And yet here
k3a?k?b?.u? ? Baasagray
SALE SALE SALE
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sa'le sale sale
Its Coming Sure! What's Coming?
Well don't you know that the B M BEHRENDS
MERCANTILE CO. are going to to have their
Summer Clearance Sale ofLadies' Shirt Waists?
Yes, and you dont want to miss it We certainly
have some plums to ofier- II you are not on time
it will be no fault of ours
Ladies' Undressed Kid Gloves, 20 inch, $3 50
The wile still continues in our Ladies' Skirl and Jacket Dept. Tliis* will he the
last chance of the season to secure suieli extraordinary values.
Sale Begins Monday
B. M. Behrends Mercantile Company
Geo. Blanchard, Manaocr
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wo were viewing gl?cier> ami f opting
Icebergs, projecting rockj and other
dangers from a floating palace in which
was to be found 'all Co IE tort* of homo
An ofchetlra d ?couiM>d -?ert music
ami ragtime) as we -teamed |>ast finer
aid iaiauds on oiu - de ami ibe short-'
of a great continen on the other. t
"At Ketchikan I have s?en in the
hend of a small stream wh%t I and olh
or- conservatively estimated at ? ,
salmon, obedient tothe Miipellirg forces
of their nature, striving to ascend a
miniature WHterfall to the headwaur
of the streams to deposit their spawn
ar.d die. 1 caught several fi*h with my i
naked hand* and threw them baCK inu
the stream again. Think of that ve
liaherunti of Plate cauon who patiantlv
wade the raging 1'lat <r" and fish for
incht * long"'
LATE NEWS
OF THE BOATS
Vhit< horse, Aug. ill I"(i stream
The Car. idian arrived at 11 p. in The
Bonanza King arrive! at S a. in. 1 he
Casca v a- at Tantalu> ai '.10 p.m.
The Selkirk left Dawson at 1 p. in.
Down stream ? Tap Dawson w?s at
l>ig Salmon a 1 a. m. The Whitehorse
was at ^ ukon Crossing at 1 o. m. The
Amanita King loft at 7 u. in.
Next ailing The Canadian tod^v.
l asca t) .morrow.
Skag? ?> 'siais The Princess Maj
will an ve tomorrow afternoon, She
trippers 'I'he Humboldt is due to
morrow.
LECTURE TONIGHT ?
I lev, Pringle. of Pitton, will speak
tonight at the Presbyterian church.
Kev. Priugle ia an old timer in Alaska,
having c>me here ten yrars ago, and
his talk tonight, the subject of which is
"The Teslin Trail,'' will undoubtedly
be well hsudled by him. ThoaiWris*
will begin at 0 o'clock, and the put? ic
a-e invited to attend.
YESTERDAY'S GAME
In the game yesterday the Mule Skin,
ners won by a score of 17 to y. A good j
S'zed crowd was out to see the game,
which was ump red by Ed Devlin. At
several times in the game bard drives j
were made by Chief of Po'ice hart,
who plaved with the Mule Skinners
and it is whispered that ha used a billy j
instead of s-basehall bat.
Ltstsn To It
Recitals on the Duplex day and night !
at the Seattle Its the sweetest music
ths city.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel is thp biggest
and beat appointed hostclrv in all thp
north
CALL FOR BIDS
the cily li?vinc *1! he. n rt jorirtl. new
bids ?? il! be received by thr umler
Kilned s chairman of t lie 1 'while Work'
iichtii: of thecMv f. r one year from
at the Oil y Hall Ik . 'on* Monday, A uir
1> ? eons lorn).
Sksc i> , Au>: '.'4.
Llkten Tfi Ic
In Seattle. lis t - >weete?.t music
Established 189?
Phil Mams
Real i stat 1
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Raw Furs....
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High Prices for fine Furs
Write|For l'r.ee List.
Percy's Fur House
Dr. FRANKLIN C. NORMAN
Ki--.ltl.-i:. < Fiithi A i . . l:r,?ail?ay
Oftlce Phone No. fi . lies. 1 'honeNo. 69
J. IKUTA
Kxpert Watch Maker
Jeweler and Engraver
Watches
Diamonds
Native Jewelry
Souvenirs
SKAGWAY. ALASKA
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Lfadmg Gentlemen's Retort
Board of trade
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Open Day and Night SVaguuay. Hlaaka
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III \TKI> ANP LIGHTED FINE SAMPLE ROOM I
I V ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRC M M ERS 1
White Pa$$ Rotcl j
P. D McMillan, Manager
Driest and best appointed Hotel in the Yukon j
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Headquarter.* tor
Swastika jewelry
The (iood l-uck Charm
H. D. kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler
Skagway, - - Alaska
William floskins
?Boot and Shoe .Maker ? .
Repairing promptly done with the he*t
materia! Id the market
l,adies' ami Children's Sho?s Mend*?
Biuduiij 3rd ? nd 4'h At*i
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OTHER PERIODICALS
We have a large stock
bouiney's Candy
Peter's Chocolates
A'so a every kind ot
Fresh Nuts
Pont' Forest the Number 42S Brilt'j
Tony Dortero's
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