TO HELP
Association Formep to Aid
Aliskari Bajers
Not to te'.l the merchants of Alaska
what the; ought to buy, but to see that
they get what they pay for; not to in
struct them ia the ways of trade but to
help them to results commensurate
with their honest efforts. Such brief
ly, are the purposes of the Alaska Buy
ers' Association, newly incorporated
nder the laws of thestate of Waahing
in, by well known -vlaskans who have
* nt the winter season in the states.
The A laski Buyers' Association will
"'??;npt to divert the trade of the
o or from San Francisco, P"rt
'eattle, Tacoma or any other
_or wil> the association assume to
dictate or even to suggest where or
from whom the buyers of Alaska shall
make their purchases. What the asso
ciation promises to accomplish is this:
UDder reasonable guarantee of good
service, the agents of the association
will see to it that every order from an
Alaskan, of every nature, is filled
promptly a d in exact accord with the
instructions of the man who pays the
price; and further to see that every
pound of freight for Alaska is properly
packed anJ promptly shipped. Beyond
these points the work of the association
^ ill develop according to the needs and
v .esires of its members.
? he organization of the Alaska Buy
ers' Ass .ciation is the disinterested
work of prominent Alaskans for tie
ben- tit of the whole country. It Is the
outgrowth of an interchange of person
al experiences, and discussion of recog
nized; conditions, by men who have
been for years residents of the district,
and who are well and favorably known.
The officers of the association are;
Paul Buckley, of Seward, a resident of
the district since 1S96, president: for
mer Mayor John L. Steele, of Valdez,
vice president: James J. Gcdfrev, an
atb rney of Dawson, and afterward Uni
ted States court commiss oner at Xizi
na, attorney; James B Adams, of Seat- '
tie, a man of w de experience in mer- 1 .
cantile agencies, secretary and treas
urer.
Secretary Adams will visit Skagwav
and other Alaskan town within a few
weeks. Membership in the association I
will be open to ev^ry one in the north j
who has business dealings in southern
cities.
AMERICAN TAILORS
READY FOR SPRING
The American tailors have received '
a large stock of the very latest gO' ds |
for spring sui s, trousers and overcoats, j
They are also uking orders for tha j
famous Born suits. Orders for Easter;
suits will be <aken until March 15, and
deliver\ by Easter guaranteed.
Do not ?end orders for clothes out of
town- and run the risk of not being fit
ted. We guarantee a fit and satisfac
tion or your money baca.
tf American Tailors
YOUR EYES
Sktgwaj's Pioneer Jeweler
Has Scifutitic Op ieian
R. E. Kirms?, a siie'-.G j optician
graduated bv one of l1 e b v. schools in
America, is no* connected with our
store and is prenrared to w mi e and
test your eyes ar.d fit them with iila-ses
ground for that purpose. We bav<r the
very latest equipment aod the largest
stock of glas-es ever brought to Skag
wav and are prepared for this line as
no honse has ever been in Skagway
before.
Our immense stock of jewely, cut
glass, silverware, etc., etc , is still go
ing, and at the service of our patrons.
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler.
Plow 's Car.dy, th est made, for sale
at the Boss Bakery tf
If you are out of kindling see E MeC
Weste. t have it bv the sac.\ or cord
Phones 90 84. if
UNION
(\jf i'etween .Skagway an i
Haines
0 Leaves Skagwav #
Every Monday,
Wednesday
and Friday
9 a. m, Sharo
Arriving at Haiqes at 11:30 a. m
Leaves Haines at 1 p. m.
Single fare ?
ay ton and Germain
mm WEATHER
Weather conditions obtaining >t in
land points at 8 o'clock this morning',
according to telegraphic reports re
ceived at the offices of the W. P. & Y.
R, were a? follows:
Fortymile ? Cloudy, west wind 2
below.
Dawson? Clear, calm. 10 below.
Ogil vie? Clear, calm, 10 below.
Stewart? Foggy, calm, 6 below.
Coffee Creek? Foggy, calm, 2 below.
Selkirk? Clear, calm, 8 below. '
Yukon Crossing? Clear, calm, 6 be
low.
Big Salmon ? Clear, calm, 6 below.
Hootalinqun? Clear, calm, 12 above.
Lower Labarge ? Clear, calm, 2 above.
Whitehorse? Clear, calm, 6 below.
Tagish ? Clear, calm, 12 above.
Atlin ? Clear, calm, 4 above.
Conrad? Clear, calm, 15 above.
Caribou? Clear, calm, 23 above.
Bennett? Clear, calm, 6 below.
Log Cabin? Clear, north, wind 16
above.
Fiaser? Clear, north, wind 26 above.
White Pass? Clear, north wind, 11
above.
Glacier ? Clear, calm, 18 above.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagway, March 16, 1906. ^
Weather conditions for ihe 24 hours
preceding noon today were as follows:
Maximum .... .46 above zero
Minimum 30 "
Mean "38 " "
Temp, at noon today 44 '* "
Precipitation 00
H. D. Clark.
Volunteer U. S. Weather Observer.
SKAGWAY WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wdarf at midnight, Mar. 15,
1906, is as follows:
Temperature time observat'n. .36 above
Max. temp, preceding 24 hours..53 "
Min " " " " -24
Mean " " " " "38
Barometer, 30.32.
Clear, c?lm.
Salvation The Subject
Rev. H. M. Turney will preach on
the subject of salvation at the Peniol
mission tonight. His text will be from
the Acts of the Apostles, six: 2. "Have
ye received the Holy Ghost since ye
believed."
Do Not Nt-e\eo? * Kad Cold
Never allow a c?!d to take its course
Too often at thi? season of thi? year its
course is towurd oneumotna. Chamber
tain's Cou*h Remedy will prompt!) c ut
your cold ?nd counteract ^nv tendency
in this direction. There is nott i g
better for acute throat and Iuls
troubles t or sale by W m. Bi itt.
Notioi of Settlement of Fin >1
Account
In the Matter of the Estate of E. O.
Caswell, Deceased: ?
Notice is he reby given that the Ad
ministratis has tiled in the United States
Commissioner's Court, at Skagway
sitting in probate, her final account,
as administratrix of the above named
estate, and the court has by order fixei'
Wednesday, March 21, 1906, at 10 o'clock
a. m., as the time for hearing and set
tling said account.
All persons having therefore any
thing to say why said account should
not be settled and approved are hereby
notified to make their appearance itj
said court, on said dav, and make their
allegations in that behalf.
E. T. Caswell,
Administratrix.
Skagway, Alaska, February 10, 1906.
Notice of Settlement of Final
Aoo not
In the matter of the estate of Peter
J. Anderson, deceased.
Notice is hereby Kiven that the ad
admin ia*rator h <s filed in the United
States Commissioner's Court at Skag
way, sitting in probate, his final account
; as administrator of the a^ove named
| estate, and the court has by order fixed
Monday April 17, 1906, at 2 o'clock in
| he forenoon, as the time of hearing
| sod settling said account. All persons
i bavimr, th-refore. anythi g to say why
. siid account should not be settled and
Droved, are herefy notified to muke
I their appearance in the said court, on
said dav and date and hi>ur and make
I their allegations in th-<t behalf.
P. H. Ganty.
Administrator.
1 Ska? way, Alaska, November, 3, 1936.
3-3-3-7.
Order oi Citation
In the probate cou>tfor the District
of A a.-ka, Division No ? 1, at H .iues,
before Cor'es Ford, U. S. Commissioner
and p rebate Judge, in tlie matter of
the estate of James Ha- s r. decease :
It appearing to this court, by the
petition presented this day and filed by
Harry fray the almin'stra or, of the
estate of J?mcs Hanson, deceased, that
it is necessary to sell the whole cf the
real estate of decedent to pay the debts
of decedant, costs and expenses of ad
ministration, and distribution to the
heirs, *s previded by section 819 of the
Alaska code:
It is therefore ordered by this court
that all the persons interested in said
estate appear before the said probate
court on the 2nd day of April A. D.
1906, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, at the court
room of said court in the town
of Haines, and District of Alaska,
to show cause why an order should
cot be 'granted to sa'd administra
tor, to sell said real estate, and it
'8 further ordered, that a copy of this
orde- be published in the '"Daily Alas
kan," published a Skaeway, once a
week for fo r consecutive weeks.
Dated this 1st day of March, A. D.
1906,
Cortes Ford,
U. S Commissioner, and probate Judge.
HOW THE CHURCH
WAS BUILT
?
l Original.)
The people of Flreaway City were
emerging from barbarism. Some of
them were already getting ashamed of
the city's name, though this was by no
means outspoken. At any rate, the
frequent shootings which gave rine to
Hie appellation had somewhat fallen
off. Some of the older, more settled of
the population advocated a church.
They called a meeting of <ho cit isens,
sad Deacon Snell? -called deacon be
c iusc he was the only man In the place
\ ho had never had a "scrap" with any
c ne? made a speech annouuclni; that
the meeting had been called for the
I arpose of taking measures to build a
church. "A church," he said, "would
be useful In a number of ways. In the
first place. It would benefit our Im
mortal souls. In the second, it would
tend to the respectability of the place
by reducing the number of shooting
affairs."
The citizens were unanimous that
they wanted a church. There v as no
doubt about that A subscription was
about to be opened when a man called
Slippery Sam, from the fact that he
fcad managed to kill every tuo\ cment
for reform that had thus far taken
place, called the attention of the meet
lug to the fact that the raising of funds
for the church might be used to stop
the shooting that was still flourishing.
He proposed that the first man who
killed another be obliged to build the
church.
The proposition took the assembly
like a sudden change of wind. There
was uo opposition, but the idea was so
novel that It required thought. Pete
Hawkins, who bad many notches in his
gun, asked if the man who might lose
in the game would be allowed to put
up the money to build the church ot
must build It himself. The proposer of
the scheme said that he Intended that
the loser should do the work himself.
This would make the penalty all the
more effective. The building of a log
church big enough to hold, say, fifty
people was no easy task. Slipi>ery
Sam's proposition, with the amend
ment, was adopted, aud the meetiug
adjourned with a vote of thanks to the
author of the scheme, who had for once
appeared on the side of reform.
Fireaway City suddenly became a
highly Christian town. At least so It
appeared. The day after the meoiing
Dick Evans called Hank Williams a
cheat over a game of cards. Hauk go!
his gun out before Dick, whose holder
had got twisted, and was aliout to
shoot when he remembered the ihmxh
luilding. "Forgive me, brother," he
said. "I was wrong." Then, as the
fume proceeded, he remarked casual
ly: "I wish some galoot 'd git plugged.
Then a feller could do his shootin' with
out bein' interrupted."
During the next few weeks there
were fire cases of apology that, with
out the penalty, would have been shoot
ings and any number of small make
ups, the Issue of which would have
been uncertain. Then It began to be
remarked that Slippery Sam had killed
the church after all, for It was evident
that no one was going to shoot any one,
thus bringing on himself the penalty of ,
building it.
Slippery Sam began to grow unpopu
lar. It was not that he opposed reform,
but that he had proposed a scheme
which Mas found to be Irksome. At
the Alhambra saloon one morning the
matter of forcing the author of the an- 1
noying plan to end the embargo by
shooting some one himself was dis
cussed. The difficulty In the way was
that any one inducing him to shoot
must get shot. The party was ready
to do most anything to put an end to
th j situation, but no one was willing
to be the victim.
It was finally decided to draw lots as
to who should Insult Slippery Sam and
get killed for the benefit of the whole.
IYte Hawkins drew the red poker chip
that bad been put into a hat with a
dozen or more white ones. He asked
If it was optional with him to be killed
or to kill Sam and suffer the penalty
of building the church. A conference
followed, at the end of which he was
Informed that when the lots were
drawn it was understood that the loser
was to be shot It would not bo fair to
those whose lives had been risked Id
the drawing to now permit the loser to
save his life by building the church.
Hawkins turned a trifie pale at this
decision and bade farewell to them all,
taking each by the band. Then he
went out to find Slippery Sam. In ten
minutes a succession of pistol shots
were heard, and the citizens congre
gated about the bodies of Slippery San
and Pete Hawkins, who had killed
each other, thus leaving the communi
ty in the same fix as before, for neither
had been left to build the church.
A meeting was called to settle the
question whether the conditions still
held good. The resolution read that the
first person to kill a man must put up
the building. The first man to kill was
dead. Should it now be understood
that the next man to kill should build
the church. When the question was
put, there was a shout of "No!" from
those who had affairs to settle. The
peace party voted "Yes." Deacon Snell
arose and said:
"This yere penalty has got rid o* the
two men In Flreaway City that always
done the most damage, Slippery Sam,
who was agin reform, and Pete Haw
kins, who did the most klllin'. Now,
Tve a double proposition to make? that
we bang the nest man that shoots and
all take hold and build the church."
The proposition was received enthn
alastlcally by the peace men, and, as
"for the shooters, they were overawed.
They left Flreaway City for more con
genial grounds, and those who remain
ed built the church.
F. A. MITCHEL.
Store Open
t Evenings
Martin Conway
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R0LOEN NORTH HCTEL
A SIMPLE
l-CHAFER"
or a complete chafing dish outfit. ?
whichever you prefer, ? is easily se
lected from our line. They are made
by
MANNING, BOWMAN & CO.
and have the latest improvements
including their patent ivory enam
eled food pan and Perfection regu
lating lamp.
We aiso have their Meteor CofTe?
Perclators. if vou have n?ver used
jne you have lost the best flavo:
from vour coffee. Ask us to show nl
and explain its simple workings.
P. E. KERN,
Gold and Silversrait' |
Established 1897
Re&i Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUPLIC
V24 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWA^ |
?uijis
Restaurant and Bakery
MRS. E F. WOOERS, Prop
Tenakee, Alaska.
all of Fare; Keals at all hours.
Game and Fish. First. Class Servic
Reasonable PriCei.
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No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good tor you
Seattle, Wash.
THE COUUEN NORTH IS ^
SKAQVVAY'5 POPULAR HOTEL
MOPF.RN iMTROVEMEVrs
fair treatment, G(v>d Service and Fatfs That are I tout
Phone 19 for your job work
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Dew Water and Eight Rates
im
On and after the 1st of October. 1988. the folmwint ?tll v the
Mon hly rates for water and light serrice from the NorUxmt L f ht
& P owe, Company:
WATER
flint Faucet . f 1 00
E?ch " additional (except i ba?in?. fre.
B?th Tub* in Hotels or other Public Hooaes.
Water Close la " " " "
I'rina's " " " "
WH*h Kasins " " " "
Hole's per room additional ... ..
Hee' Pumps
Roslaurxnia
Sieam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, special per h 'rsepower, minimum rate
Hose C n >ection for Fire Protection.
Families carrying water i w
Individuals " " 1.09
Hauling water, per load 1 00
Lawn and S; reel spriok Hog F?e?
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
All Year Wlutff
Stores, Offices. Shops and Resiliences
Fach 16 cp lights f 1.00 1.50
Enclosed Arcs lO.CO 12.30
ALL SIGHT SERTICK
Each lficp light* 1 SO ! 00
Enclosed Arcs 15.00 17. JO
32 cp light* dooWe 16 cp
Meter Kates will be 10 cents per 1000 watt a.
EDWIN BROWNE. M ?n?Q-r.