No. I*. TWELFTH YEAK. SKAUWaY, ALASKA, SATURAY, AUGUST 14. 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
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About forty-five business men and
citizens of Skagway attended the
me?<lng of the Commercial Club la.st
night at the town hall, voted to adopt
the constitution and by-laws drawn
up by the committee consisting of
Messrs: llahn. Shaw, Britt. Draper
and Blanchard, and endorsed the plan
of future action proposed. Twenty
three men joined the organization
Lst night and today, a committee
consisting of P. K. Kern. C. C. Run
ner and F. F\ \V". Lowle secured about
twenty additional members.
"The object of the Skagway Com
mercial Club." according to the con
stitution, "Is to further the business
interests of the town, to aid in the
upbuilding and prosperity of Skagway
and to especially direct its efforts to
wards inducing tourists to travel to 1
Alaska, and particularly to Skagway."
The dues for business and profes
sional men are initiation fee and ,
$1 monthly duos. Salaried men are
| charged $2..">0 for initiation and SOj
: cents monthly dues.
The club should have at least fifty j
members and this will make available j
a sum sufficient to advertise Skagwny
as a tourist resort in a way that will j
bave material results. E. L. Miller, j
secretary of the dub, will secure froi j
traffic men in the oast lists of names j
of people who have inquired about
making the trip to Alaska. Descrip-I
live literature of Skagway and its
scenic advantages will be mailed to
these people. It is also probable that!
the club will place advertisements in
some of the eastern magazines next
y ear.
The regular meeting nights of the
club will be the second .Monday of i
tach month. II. II. Draper. .1. M. Kel
ler and \V. I'lanchard are the com
mittee on advertising. With Secy.
Miller they will immediately set to
??ork on getting out the advertising
literature.
Their boat tipped over by a snag. |
Follows and Benschandler, two pros
pectors. were thrown in the swift wa
ters of the Klaheena river last Satur
day night and would have certainly
been drowned had they not been i
swept on a sand bar in the middle j
of -he river.
All night the men. drenc hed and j
cold, stayed on the sand bar.
An Indian woman had seen the a<'
cidetit. however, and believing the
men had been drowned she carried
the news to the Porcupine camp.
Seotty Jennings mounted a horse I
and set out to search for the men*
Late at night lie found theiu and the j
next morning a loaded wagon was ;
driven hito the stream and the men
were carried ashore. The water was '
so swift that no man could wade or
swim against it.
Fellows and Henschandler lost their
entire outfit valued at several hund
red dollars.
They have left for Juneau where
they will prospect for quartz in the
Berner's Hay region. ? Haines Pion
eer Press.
LUCKY BALDWIN'S WIDOW WAS HERE
Mrs. E. J. Baldwin of California,
widow of "Lucky" Baldwin, the fam
jus tiirf man who left a for'une esti
mated at 130.000.000. is a passenger
on board the St. Croix. Mrs. Baldwin
is making the trip solely for pleasure.
After next Monday the H?-ks will
only make three trii>s a week be
tween Haines and Skairway, sailing
on Monday, Wednesday and FViday.
( apt. Madsen has received orders to
this effect from the Post Office de
partment. (Japt. Madsen will hold tlu
llegg ready at all times for special
trips, however.
I Q Ql Off on all
I OO3 SUMMER GOODS I
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| Sale to Continue for Another Week
j. During the past week our sales have been more than
T double what we could have reasonably expected, so
4* we have decided to give our patrons the benefit of the
? Thirty-Three and One-Third Per Cent Discount
If FOR ONE WEEK LONGER
X Remember we have no Shop Worn Goods to Dispose
of. If we had we would give a bigger discount
Every Article on sale was bought this spring or summer
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SKAGWAY EAGLES GREET !
WORTHY VICE PRESIDENT
Skagway Aerie No. 25 did herself
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proud yesterday In entertaining Frank
E. Heriug, worthy grand vice presi
dent of the order. Mr. Prank ller
ing left Skagway with the most
pleasant memories and incidentally
carried away several handsome me
mentos of his visit. When he board
ed the St. Croix last eveming he
found his state room literally filled j
with flowers and a big stuffed eagle
was reposing in the berth where the
"Big Kagle" slept.
Just as the boat blew her final)
whistle a "real live eagle," waked
from its craggy nest by the blast,
soared high over the boat, while Mr.
Morlng and the tourists gazed sky
ward at the bird. It almost seemed
as if the incident had been rehearsed.
After returning from Bennett yes
terday, Mr. Hering made a brief ad-'
i dress at Eagles' hall before a good
sized crowd. He told of the alms of
the Eagles and the work the order
was doing In the true fraternal spirit.
Mr. Her lug illustrated his remarks
with many local comparisons and lie
concluded with an eloquent tribute to
his mother which scarcely left a dry
eye in his audionce. Mr. Hering is
a speaker of tho highest order, being
both eloquent and impressive.
Following the meeting a luncheon
was served at the Pollen house. Be
sides Mr. Hering the guests of honor
were: Mrs. E. J. Baldwin, Prank Ben
nett, Mrs. Bennett, Miss Baldwin and
Mr. J. T. Smith, a prominent Eagle
of Missoula.
The parti' were then driven to the
wharf and left on the St. Croix. Six
teen members of the local aerie were
at the luncheon and attended Mr.
Hering to the wharf.
LIVING IS CHEAP AID
WAGES ARE VERY HIGH
T. H. Adams, who is connected
with the Department of Commerce
and Labor at Washington, 1). C., ar
rived in Skagway Thursday from
Haines and will go south Monday on
the Cottage City. For ton weeks Mr.
Adams has benn investigating the
economic conditions of Southeastern
Alaska with particular reference to
the rate of wages paid and the cost
o' living.
"I find," said Mr. Adams today,
"that it is undoubtedly true, wages
are relatively higher and the cost of
living lower in Southeastern Alaska
than anywhere else in the United
States. All kinds of labor is paid
well In this section of Alaska and the
cost of living does not increase in
anywhere near the same ratio."
The statistics and conclusions reach
cd by Mr. Adams will be issued in
lulletin form in the near future and
will also be incorporated in the an
nual report of the Department of Con*
merce ami Labor.
SKAGWAY Ml
MEETS DEATH
CORDOVA, Aug. 5? Andrew McGin
r.is, a bridge foreman on the Copper |
River railroad, was drowned hi the
Copper River at Miles Glacier last
eight. He was seen to walk off the
end of the ferry. The swift water
carried him under. His body was not
recovered. He was an old and trust
ed employee, and leaves a family liv
ing at 1907 Eighth avenue west, In |
Seattle.
Andrew McGhuiis is well known in
Skagway where he lived for some
lime with his wife and two sons wheal
he was employed by the White Pass ;
ond Yukon its bridge foreman.
soldIooze i
TO NATIVES
Michael Harvey and Charley 0. Ed
gar, a soldier, were brought to Skag
way yesterday by Deputy Marshal Me
Lean and lodged in the federal jail.
They have been bound over to the
grand jury by U. S. Commissioner
Odell of Haines on a charge of sel
ling liquor to Indians.
There are now nine prisoners in
the Skagway jail. Early next week
Deputy Marshal McLean will take
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. Aug. 14? Sixteen!
persons are dead and fifty prostrated
us a result of the heat today. At 2
o'clock this afternoon the thermome
ter registered 103 degrees. The hot
weather has continued for five days
and there is no relief in sight. The
nights are hot and humid.
CHICAGO, 111. Aug. 1 1? Following
a long period of hot weather, the
worst rain storm of years visited Chi
cago Lost night. The water ran down
the streets in torrents and backed
up at the sewer crossings. Many
basements of business houses are
flooded and great damage has resulted
STEAMER TO OPEN HIE OIVEO
DAWSON, July 13? The trip which |
the steamer La France now is under
taking up the White river is looked
upon as one of the most important j
ventures in Yukon steamer circles for,
years. She is on an expedition of ex
ploration into one of the most prom- !
ising fields in the north.
It is hoped that the boat will boj
able to get over the many shoals of|
the first few miles and to go a great
many miles up the main stream, and
also up the Donjack to Lake Kltiane. 1
I? this trip can be accomplished, a dia
trict heretofore unpenetrated and un
served by steamers will have been
demonstrated and opened, and much
activity may follow.
Robert Wiley, who is aboard the La
France, is taking a party of thirteen j
men with him. Mr. Wiley declares
that they will work on his copper j
properties throughout the summer an
also in the winter, and that when the j
get through he will be able to point
to something in the way of actual de
velopment work, something 'which j
should induce capital. He spent the
winter in Coast and Eastern cities,
and is 'sanguine over the outlook of
the White River country.
If the La France cannot land the
Wiley party near the second canyon,
Wiley will proceed with the aid of
small boats. He also takes his gaso
line launch.
Wiley has been in the upper White
Itiver country for severa" years. Last
season, after returning some predicted
that he never would come to Dawson
to outfit again, and that he would go
in via Whitehorse. However, he had
spoken before the committee of the
Yukon council a year ago in favor of
the Dawson and White river route,
and he has demonstrated his sincer
ity by coming past Whitehorse from
the outside and down to Dawson to
outfit again. Harry Morgan, who was
cast during the winter, also is on the
La France, returning to the copper
fields of the White river, and says
he has capital ready to take hold
there.
six of the men to Juneau, whore the
grand jury convenes Aug. IS. WarrtH
Craig, .Fames Stevens, Harvey and K<1
?ar are accused of selling liquor to
Indians, James Hatfield is said to
have threatened to kill his wife, and
S. Wenaka, a Japanese, is accused
assault with a dangerous weapon.
P. B. Wur/bacher and T. C. Sher
wood left for Caribou this morning
[or a fishing trip.
COTTAGE DUE MONDAY
The Cottage City will not arrive in
Skagway until Monday. She was
reported at Wrangell this morning
and lias CO round trip tourists and 40
tons of freight on board.
The freighter Henriette of the M<
Kenzie Brother's fleet is scheduled
to arrive 'it Skagway tomorrow with
freight for the interior.
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