TO FIX IT
City Lets Contract to Iui
prove the School Honse
The city council tft a contract last
ulght to imp ove . ne school house
There will be a uo* front put in
ami oilets and other convenienc
es. The oontrsct for the carpenter
work was let tu K. J. Lidddicoat forf4 5
and that of -the p'umbing to Nettles &
Kortl for 'Ihtse were the only
bids presented, xcept that Nettles &
Kurd bid upon during a cess-pool,
which was iucluded in the carpenter,
work bid upon ' v Mr. Liddicoat. There |
was some discusson over the matter!
before the co-i act was awarded as!
orne of the con: actors in the city had !
said that the puns and specifications!
were not suftl K-ntly plain to make j
intelligent es: mates (possible. The
council decided that the objections
were not well takeu.
All the members of the council were
present at the meeting except Mr.
McOra'h who is out of the city.
Mayor Conway presided.
After some iiscussion the oity conn- j
cil decided to rescind its action in
granting a permit to A. J. and E.
Baker to herd their cattle oo the
vacant lots of the city An ordinance
making it illegal was discovered and it
*ii decided that the council could give
uo lu^n a permit to violate an ordi
nance. Mayor Conway took the
position that the city should not
prem-.c the utilisation of the splendid
growth of grass upon the vacant
property in the city.
The committee on public works and
public property reported that ihe work
repairing the river bank at the Bishop
Row hospital bad been completed at a
cost of 43J.
The clerk was instructed to issue ?
warrant to the ;hief f police for *6 to j
pay me fare of a woman of the town
.'rvru Juneau back to her home.
Dr. Bra wand reported that the quar
ani.ne will be raised from the patient
who has the measles today.
The council discusajd the question of '
a ocation for a pest house bouse for
sometime, and referred the matter to
the committee oo health and police.
The council .passed upon the regular !
collection of bills, ordering those paid
that were approved by the various j
committees.
The street commissioner and the !
chief of police were instructed to notify j
people to get a permit from the mayor!
before teaung up the streets or the
sidewalks for the purpose of putting in j
water pipes or doing other repairs.
Twin* For C*rorou Merchant
John Scott, merchant awl hotel man i
ot Csrcross, received word a few days|
ago that twins, a boy and girl, had been j
added to his family. Mr#. Scott is in
Seattle but will join the proud father
as soon a* the babies can travel. The
births occurred May 31st. The boy
weighed but live pounds while the girl
weighed eight.? Whitehorse Star.
Famish* d Hoa?? for Ri-nt
For rent, completely lurnished house,
ali modern improvements. Koquire of
Kmil Koracb, Monogram Liimor House
6-17-1 f
Fraili M??t
The Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kinds j
of fresh meat constantly on hand.
CREAM
Purd Rt?:
America's finest production. Rich
and mellow. At the Seattle, the house
of old honest goods and reputation . !
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Select Vour Souvenirs Be
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Do you want to send a souvenir o
Alaska come to relatives or friends?
Buy now; before the beginning of the
tourist travel; buy when you have a
large and choice stock from which to
make your selections.
We have the beat line in Alaskan
souvenirs and novelties ever present
ed to the Northern public.
Our stock of watches nugget, jewelry,
precious stonea and other articlea wa<
never so complete or so worthy of your
patronage. If you need anything come
and sec what wa have .before you do
anything rash.
The rep tir department of our estab
lishment ex cols. Its mottoes are AS
(jOOD AS NEW and SATISFAC
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We examine your eyes free of charge:
weStdefectiv eyes with glasses that
will remedy the defects at prices that
are right.
J. Ikuta, Optician and Jeweler
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THE COWBOY.
6- ci
lOrlslnal.]
Jack Arnold was tils name. It was
supposed to be an assumed name, for
be was educated and not likely to use
bis own while a cowboy. It was not
known that be was a college bred man
and an athlete. for be never told them
so. He was not a graduate; bo bad
taken so much Interest In foils and
boxing n-iovos that be had uo time for
study. When he was sent away from
the university he didn't go home; he
went west and took the first Job offered
?punching cows.
He was sitting In the Alhambra sa
loon with a glass of whisky before
h:ui. A party of men were at the bar.
?uu>ng them Tn'i'hnirnu, the worst mau
| In the territory. A little Mexican girl
| came In with an empty beer bottle
! and asked for a quarter's worth of
"your most," meaning the most the
barkeeper would give for that sum
that Is. the poorest. She pushed
| against Trnpbasaa, who. looklni; down
and seeing a greaser girl, batted her
with the palm of his baud and seut her
I sprawling on the floor.
j Arnold was a fool to give way to
Impulse with a man like Traphagan.
II" should have either shot him or let
him ulone He gave him a blow under
the Jaw and sent him after the little
greaser. Trnphasan was quick to
draw, even though on the floor, but
one of the party cauebt his arm. and
the bullet went through the roof.
"Fists or nothing!" cried the crowd,
and Traphagan. accepting the Issue,
went at his adversary for a boxing
match. He was done up In two rounds.
He acknowledged his defeat and set up
a rouud of drinks for the crowd. In
chidin; Arnold, insisting that the vic
tor should drink. Arnold accepted,
keeping his eye oil Ihe man while
drinking.
One day later on Arnold was riding
after cattle. Traphagan was following
him at a distance with a rifle. Pres
ently the latter came upou the body
of a man v ith i hole in Its skull.
[ Evidently there had been a uiurder.
Traphagan locked at It and was
struck by an idea. Dismounting, he
Cook the itturdered man's belongings, u
few small articles." theu rode on,
Some hour-; later he found Arnold
snoozing on the veranda of a tavern
and slipped the dead man's property
Into his pockets Then he went In to
the bar and told those gathered there
that be had seen a murder and Arnold
was the murderer. They all went out,
awakened the sleeper, searched him aj
Traphagan's suggestion sad found the
articles.
The dead man was Identified, and
the articles found on Arnold were
proved to have belonged to him. This,
with Traphagan's evidence that he
had seen the murder, was sufficient,
in the undeveloped state of Justlco
In that reckm. to satisfy {be untutor
ed self constituted court, but those
who had seen the fracas between
the prisoner ami his accuser save atj
account of it and. showing a motire
threw discredit on Traphagan's test!
rnony The Judge was puzzled.
"I dislikes muchly." he said, "when
I've bearu one side of a case to hea
the other. It alius mixes me up."
While he was deliberating what to
do. who should appear but the little
greaser girl whom Arnold bad charn
pioned and said ?h? had seen the mur
der.
"Who done it?" asked the Judge.
She pointed to Traphaga>i.
The Judge, if he litd been puzzled
before, was i: >w thrown into absolute
confusion. "This case iS a bad un,"
he remarked, "and I see no way outen
it but to hang Vui both."
"Why not let us two who have been
accused of the niunler tight It out?*
said Arnold.
"That's a good idea, judge," one of
the men who had seen the fracas be
tween the two and louged to see an
other. "l.et 'em decide it with fists-"
"Make it guns." said Trapbagan, "and
I'll agree."
"No." said the Judge reflectively:
"I've hearn the witnesses tell that the
cowboy, who's a leetle feller, topped
you. a big fellej, without a gun, and I
think it's for the eddicatiou of this
yere community to have him show n*
how he doue It. My decision is that
the weepous be fists and the flghr
coniei off at ouct, the man that gets
licked to be hauged."
This satisfied all parties except Trap
hagau, who saw the tables turned
squarely against him. Nevertheless he
was obliged to submit. A ring of on
lookers was formed, and tho battle be
gan.
Arnold sav. the advantage of pleas
ing the court and played with his an
tagonist. Now and again be permitted
him to gain an advantage, but never to
get !n a blow, but after every advan
tage he gave his accuser puulshment
not enough to Unck him out. but to
show his own skill. It w is Inteiestlng
to men who knew uo weapon sava
powder and ball to see the big man
toyed with by his smaller antagonist.
Finally when Arnold saw that Trap
bagan was likely to fail to come up to
the scratch he landed a blow that sent
him half a dozen yards and down.
This euded the battle.
Arucld. now that he vas safe, was
iiuwilliug to see his enetny branded for
a crime <.f which there was such slight
priHif that lie was guilty. He took tht
greaser girl aside and asked her if she
had really seen Trapbagan commit the
murder.
"No. sir." she replied.
"Have you told this lie to save UK>
> or to punish him, or both?"
"Bali."
Arnold, whose skill In the ring had
Tvon him great favor with the judge,
?sed It to secure Traphagan's acquit
tal. EDWARD COMPTON.
Miss Baker's Choice.
i =, 6
[Original]
It was In the summer of 1800, as
uear us I can remember, that I was
engaged by a man nam?J Dobsou to
go with him from Jnlesburg to Denver
with a couple of wagons loaded with
groceries. Julesburg was at the time
the terminus of the Union Pacific rail
road. and there was no railroad be
tween Julesburg and Denver. Dobson
and I were to take the teams through
alone, he driving one, I the other. Just
as we were starting a young woman
came to Dobson and asked if be would
take her along. She was about twenty
three years old and comely. Dobson
granted her request willingly.
Womeu In those days In Colorado,
especially respectable women, were at
a premium. One saw only the rougher
visages of men, aud when the more
delicate features of u woman appeared
the contrast was far greater tbuu lu
the east, where the sexes are more
nearly divided. It was plain to me
from the first that Dobsou was bent on
monopolizing the girl, who called her
self Betsy Baker, and It was equally
plain that Miss Baker did not object to
being monopolized. We were several
days raaklug the Journey, and as we
camjted at night the two had plenty of
opportunity to eDjoy each other's com
pany. During the day Miss Baker
would sit by Dobson as he drove, and
in the evening after we bad fed our
selves aud the stock they would sit by
the eampflre (for the nights wereohlllyi
and do a lot of billing ai d cooing.
As for me, I couldn't quite make the
girl out She didn't make It plain why
she was there? didn't say what she
was going to Denver for or what she
was going to do when she got there. I
didn't doubt that she was perfectly re
spectable, but could see that she was
conceullug something. For this reason
[ felt perfectly satisfied that Dobsou
should monopolize her. I didn't wish to
get entangled with her myself.
The second ulght out, after Miss
Baker was ar<leep 111 one of the wag
ons, a man rode Into our camp. Ue
was a short, thl.-k set fellow with a
stubble beard, not very prepossessing,
but looked as If he wouldn't be a good
mau for un enemy to tackle. Fie und
Dobson talked together for awhile, the
man telllug Dobsou that he wus taking
a good deal of risk lu driving wagous
on the plains with but one man to
help bim. 1 didn't quite make out
whether It was Indians or road agents
that were to be feared, though Indians
were not numerous on the plains as
late as 1867. At any rate, Dobson en
gaged the man to go on with us. Even
a party of three was not numerous In
case of attack, but three were one
more than two.
The next morning Miss Baker was
rather late getting out of her sleeping
place In the wagon, and when she did
and came to where we were eating
breakfast I saw tbe stranger look at
her In an odd way.
"iou here;'" De saw.
Miss Baker didn't look especially
pleased to seo blm and made no reply.
"Do yon happen to know the lady?"
asked Dobson.
"t ought to know her, seeln' I'm en
gaged to her."
Singularly enough, be didn't say an
other word to her, uor did she speak to
blui during our breakfast c' bacon and
-orn bread, washed down with a cup of
coffee boiled over our campfire. When
breakfast was finished and we were
ready to move on, the stranger took
the lead, while Miss Baker got up, as
usual, on the seat with Dobson. Once
or twice the stranger turned and rode
back to say something to Dobson,
while the girl he claimed to be engag
ed to was sitting beside Dobson In an
evidently frieudl.v manner. Her fiance
didn't seem to object to her doing so
and after a few words of inquiry or
information rode on ahead again.
When we came within h dozen miles
of Denver, he caine back, and I heard
Ulin tell Dobson that be was going to
sheer off to the west Just before reach
ing our destination and go up through
Golden City to the 9tamp mills above
on Clear creek.
All this time the fellow paid no at
tention to Miss Baker, and Miss Baker
didn't favor him with a word. Neither
did she discourage Dobson's attentions
on account of the other's presence.
What passed between her and Dobson
on the subject of the stranger X never
knew. It occurred to me that the an
nouncement that the lutter was going
to break away from the party must be
very welcome to the girl. If he had
been a fine looking, attractive fellow,
I might have thought It a lovers'
quarrel, but that shabby, hairy crea
tu?>? It was Impossible.
A short distance out from Deuver we
stopped for a noon meal. I noticed for
the first time that Miss Baker looked
nervous. The stranger didn't notice
her any more than he had noticed her
before and the moment the uieal was
finished mounted and rode on.
Presently we came to a fork In the
read, one fork leading up to the can
yon. the other straight on t Denver, a
few miles ahead, though In the clear
atmosphere It looked only a few hun
dred vurds. The stranger stopped at
the fork and waited for us to come up.
Dobson when he reached him drew
rein.
"Betsy," said the stranger, "these
yere roads- forks right yere. 1" can
take this one with aie or t'other for
Denver. But whichever y' takes
there's uo go back."
trtrl sat still for & few minutes,
then got down from her seat. Dobson
handed her valise down to her, and the
last we saw of her as we drove away
she was on the stranger's horse, he
walking beside her, conveying her bag
gage. 8. HrVTEB HALSEY.
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