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THE ROW IN THE NAVY
So fa<* as cio be gained from a mass
of scattering reports the friction be
tween the various heads of the navy de
partment, which has resulted in the
resignation of Bear Admiral Brownson
from the head of the bureau of navig
nation and which friotioa hai been fret
ting the parties to it for* looi, was
brought to a head by the sailing of the
great fleet.
The great voyage i# being undertak
en without a hospital ship. Seeing
what a very important factor the hos
pital ship is in all the real business of
the nary, and seeing that this voyage Is
undertaken largely as a matter of train
ing for the entire fleet, this would ap
pear to the layman as an oversight.
Surgeon-General Rixey says a hospital
ship should be with the fleet, and that
If the bureau of medicine had had any
voice in the matter there would have
been one.
Then comes Secretary Metcalf with
his appointment of a surgeon to the
command of the hospital ship Relief,
contrary to all precedent, and Brown
son resign-". His contention Is that
medical officers know nothing about
commanding a sMp. Rixey says a
naval officer knows nothing about hos
pitals?and that these ships are nothing
Out floating hospitals? and that good,
live naval officers ought not to want to
command them.
But Brownson says the department of
navigation is his ? or w?s his ? and to
overrule him is a death blow to dUol
pllne. Mr Hale, chairman of the ten
ate committee on naval affairs, says
Browtuoo showed dignity and courage
in so promptly resigning bis important
pott, great sacrifice as It was, and Pres
ident Roosevelt says It was unseemly
and childish. And there" you are.
It Is said the Northern Navigation
company, having put the matter to the
test last year, is about to Introduoe oil
as a fuel on their fleet of larger boats
on the Yukon. There Is no doubt that
the introduction of the oil burner has
much to recommend it to the traveling
public as well as the residents of Alas
ka. It will shorten the time consumed
In travel very mat? rially? those long
tie-up) at the woodyards. It should en
able the steamers to oarry more freight
in relieving them of the weight and
space consumed by the bulky cords. It
Li said to greatly reduce the cost of car
riage, and, therefore, It, should reduce
the freight rate for the merchant as
well aj reduce the time lo gettiag hia
freight to him. But it will also cut out
the means of livelihood for that little
army of h?rdy woodchoppera that
string along the banks of the rlveri in
the winter time.
It is said they are about to make a vice
admiral out of Rear Admiral Evans,
and that before he arrives at his next
stop, Rio Janeiro, so that he may aail
into that port with a flag flying such as
will relieve him of the necessity of
making any obeisance to the little ad
mirals he may find ther#. The bill, if
it is passed, will create the office under
conditions that will terminate it with
the life of flgbtlng Bob.
Luok, also, is a m titer of point of
view. There la the case of Mra. Wil
liam Luck, at Roanoke, Va. She pre
sented her husband with four children
at a birth on Christmas eve ? two boys
and two girls, Ihey were all doinz
well at last accounts. Tbls Is luck In
even numbers, you see. Two boys and
two girls, too? evenly divided. How
ever, we have no report as to Mr.
Luok's view of it.
CHARLES THE BOLD
Be may be properly denominated
Charles the Bold who brought out that
story of two hundred dollar pans on the
Koyukuk. Tha the got past Fairbanks
without our hearing from him cansos
one to think of him as ratner a sly
Charles. It is not our business to cast
reflections on anything in the nature of
an Alaskan yosslbility, nor to bint that
such a good thing might not oome out
of the dear old Koyukuk, which has
called ho many into that far wilderness
to their sorrow. Here's hoping that it
Is true? that the Koyukuk has at last
made good? and heaven help us.
P. S. But we shall wait for corrob
orative evldonoe before we pull up
stakes. The Koyukuk is a long way
off.
THE ONE GRAY HAIR
Walter Savage Landor.
The wisest of the wise
LMten to pretty lies,
And love to hear them told;
Doubt not that Solomon
Listened to many a one ?
Some In his youth and more when he
grew old.
I never sat among
The choir of wisdom's song,
But pretty lies loveil I
As much as any King, ?
When youth was on the wtog
And (must it theu be told ?) when
youth had quit* gone by.
Alasl and I have not
The pleasant hour forgot,
When one pert lady said:
"O Landor! I am quite
Bewildered with affright;
I see (sit quiet now) a white hair on
your head!"
Another, more benign,
Drew out that hair of mloe,
And in her own dark hair
Pretended she bad found
That one, and twirled it round.
Fair as she was, she was uever so fair.
It Is a story of wonderful growth tho
statistics tell of the salmon packing
builne&s on the Pacific coast. The first
salmon canneries were established on
the Columbia river, near ABtorla, In
1800. Suoh record* as are In existence
today show the pack to havo been for
that > oar approximately 4000 cases.
Today the canneries on the Pacific
coast, located In the water* of Puget
sound and Alaska, h?ve a capacity of
upwards of 5,000, 0C0 cases * year.
SWAY'S STAR TACKLE
Robert W. Forbes, who was appoint
ed as coach of the army eleven, the
firs', to rccoive such appointment out
side the graduates of West Point in
years, Is a graduate of Yale and just a
few weeks ago arrived in Seattle to en
gage in business. He goes to Seattle
because he thinks it is, he says, ''the
young man's country." It was ho who, i
so to speak, nominated the Skagway '
man, Dan Pullen, for (he captaincy of
the army eleveni n^his senior year. He
has a very high opinion of Pullen. In
an Interview published in the P.-I.,
Forbes bas this to say:
"He is one of the best tackles in the
country today," be said: "He could go
to Yale or to any other of the foremost
universities of the country and take a
position on the team as tackle.
"He Is one of the best tackles I hive
ever seen plav the game. He has the
weight, a cool head, and all the skill
which go to mako a really good football
player. Goes into the game for all
that's in tbe game and plays like a
whirlwind.
"Ho certainly is one of the best play
ers on the army eleven and I believe
will in ail piobability captain the a my
eleven a year from this next season,
when he will be in bis last year at the
academy."
Then the P.-I. comments us follows:
Pullen is well hnown in tbls city,
where he spent four vears as a student
at the Stale University. Tbaro be w.i$
only a star football player, hut added to
that accomfjl shment the rather unusual
combination of being also a star stu
dent. He came here from Skajrway,
Alaska, where bis mo'her is proprie
tress of the Pullen house. His broth
er, Royal, is following his ixample by
playing tackle on the eleveD of the
Washington high school.
Pullen was the first cadet appolhted
to the Wtst Point ncademy from Alas
ka. He made the eleven in the first
year he was at West Point? an unusual
achieviment. Both in the season of a
year ago nnd the last his name has been
among the foremost in tne reports of
the army jiames.
THE WEATHER
INTERIOR AND LOCAL
Atlin? Clear, eastwind, 28 above.
Center? Clear, calm, IS abave.
Taijish? Clear, calm, 2 below.
Hotalloqua-- Clear, ca'm, 5 above.
Bljj Salmon? Clear, calm, 4 below.
Yukon Crossing ? Cloudy, south wind,
zero
"Selkirk? Clear, culm, 12 below.
Coffee Creek? C.tar, uastwind. 5 be
tow.
Ogilvie? Clear, calm, 22 below.
Dawaon? Clear, calm, 4 below.
Stewart -Clear, calm, 14 ^be'ow.
Whitehorne ? Clear, calm, 0 below.
The rosult of the observation taken
at Moore wbarf at midnight, Jan. 6,
1908, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n .37 above
Max. temp. preceding 24hour9..40 above
Min " " " " ..34 above
Mean " " " " ..37 above
Barometer ' 9.82
Cloud' , southWind.
THE MUSICAL WONDER OF THE AGE
Tho Victor Vlctrola, the world's
greatest entertainer, excels all other
mualoal inatrurrents. The world's
greatest (talent) voice?, bands, orcoes
tra. every entertainment known repro
duced absolutely perfect on the Victro
la. Factory and Skagway prices the
aarae. Demand so great that factory Is
125,000 behind on foreign orders alone
Price, J200.00. The easy payment way;
small amount down and a little each
month delivers one to yoar home or
p ace of bunines-t. See T. R. Sewell at
Britt's Drug Store.
Headaches and Neuralgia fromColds
LAXATIVE BROMQ Quinine, the
wcrld wide Cold and Grip remedy
r^movps cause. Call foi full name
Look for signature E. W. GROVE 2 5
W
The Pack Train rlestaurant will serve
wine with dinner orders, free in placs
of tea or coffee. Come on ooys.
FOUND? Purse containing small
sum'of money. Owner may recover
same at this office.
Fresh Meat
The Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kind
of fresn meat constantly on hand.
FOUND
At A. B. hall, Xmas n'ght, 1 double
horsehoe broacn aid 1 child's glove.
Owners can have same by calling at
Postoffie. 282
HAVE YOU SEEN
our ? F. Canxclus Fejenlus, if not drop
iri at Daylight and look at It ? it is the
prettiest now it ever was. Respec' fully
yours Herman Grimm.
PIANO FOR RENT? Inquire at the
Principal Barber Shop,
WOOD THAT WILL BURN
All kinds of ntovowood delivered on
short notice. General baggage and ex
press business.
The Alaska Transfer Co., 'Phone
No. 10. 25I-U
WANTED? A first class Gold or Gold
and Copper Mining Proposition In nlas
ka. State full particulars wiien you
write. Address. Lewis Lusk, P. O. box
107 2, Spokane, Washington. 219- lmo
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
BPEED. 9AFETY. COMFORT
Seattle, and other Puget Sound Porto
CARRYING U. 8. If All.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of Seattle January 5th
Cottage City
C nnectm* with tie ?# "lptny's Steamers at Seattle for
San Fraxcisco, Socthbr r Csijfornia, Eureka (Humboldt Bay) and'
Mexico
j&T Above Schedule Subjeot to Change Without Notioe.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
10 Market street, aan Prancisoo, Cal.
Canadian Pacific Railway
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Screw Steamship
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
Dec. 14th, 30th. Jany. 13th, 29th.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms .
Tickets to any part of *.he world and all Information from
Phono 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JErrCRSON, Jan. 14, 25
FARALLON ....
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vanoouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 00
You know the Advantage of
ap-to-date toilet preparations
They are aa indespensablo to health
beauty and happiness as food and it Is
only bv careful study a druggist be
comes a factor in tbe struggle for them.
We recommend our
BENZO WITCH HAZRL CREAM our
ALMOND and CUCOMB'-R CREAM
our great assortment of BEST SOAPS
For a
SMOOTH AND SOFT SKIN
Our . *
Resoasin Hair Tonie
and Tar Shampoo for the HAIR and
SCALP.
Our
TOILET WATERS, PERFUMES and
TALCUMPOWDE^^
by all who oare for a olean. hea'tby and
iippcar^nc.
WM. BRITT
THE DRUGGIST
*
U. S- Mai' Steamer
Hegg
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays, |
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m. Leaves
Haines for Skagway j
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round tri-o $2.50
DR. F. C. NORMAN
Physician and Surgeon
(cnicr tStTROEON or w. p. i* y. n.)
Cornkr Fifth and State Sts.
up STAIRS
SKAGWAY - ALASKA
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMEK
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mull
For Halnos, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
JANUARY 3, 9, 15,
21, 27
WILLIS NOW ELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOUHTON, Atfent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone BO
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for fine Furs
Write For Price List
Percy's Fur House
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
ROYAL
Steam Lcanndry
All Work Guaranteed. Short
Oruors Promptly
Done
Messenger will call and deliver
Phone 79
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIIwIH> TABLE No- IB
(Daily KxoeptSandaj.)
No. 1. N. Bound
' 1st class.
S 30 a. m.
10 10 "
10 50 "
11 20 "
1 10 p. m.
3 25
Leaves
(I
II
II
II
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PAS3
LOO CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Hors*
Arrives
CI
(I
u
??
II
Leaves
wo. z. a._tsounu
1st class
3 20 p. m.
1245 "
12 45 ??
12 05 "
10 30a. m.
8 20 "
Passoncers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected acd
ohecked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tloket
f\nd 75 pounds with each half fare'ticket.
IB
Through Line Prom
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Diwson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
Tne new placer camps in the Alsek and Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, dally trains will continue running between
Skagway and White Horso. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horae and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for JDawson and
intermediate points. *
For Conrad City, located in'tbe heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quaitz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to pascengei, freight and teletjraphio rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr.
Vancouver, B. 0. and Skajjuay, Alaaki
F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent
Slcaguay, Alaska