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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted as secoud class mall matter
July 8, 1SS8, at the Postofftce
at dkagway. Alaska.
L. 8. Keller, Publisher.
Subserlptlon Rate*.
One mouth by carrier l.Ot)
One month by mail 75
Three months by mail 2.2
Six months by mall 4.50
One year by mail 9.00
DO PEOPLE DIE OF BROKEN
HEARTS?
There was a news dispatch iu The
Alaskan yesterday relating that
Dwight Griswold, stroke of last year's
Vale crew, had died at San Francisco
of heart failure, caused by over exer
tion at the annual rowing race last
June between Yale and Harvard,
coupled with regret over the defeat
of his crew.
Seven short months aso young Oris
wold was a youth of splendid
strength. He was picked of all his
college to set the pace for his fellow
oarsmen which would carry them to
victory in their great contest with
their rivals. For months Griswold,
with the other oarsmen, had been
undergoing a course of training that
consisted of ten mile runs before
breakfast and long rows in the after
noon. He had been carefully dieted
and was supposed to be in perfect
condition.
The day of the race came. Thou
sands upon thousands of spectators
lined the banks of the Thames. At
the starting line the two graceful
shells, each bearing eight bronzed
and half-naked oarsmen, seemed like
greyhounds held in leash. The pistol
sounded and before the smoke had
drifted away the college youths
caught the water with their oars and
were speeding down the course for
the finish four miles away.
A rowing race Is a killing contest.
Many times the men take as high as
forty-two strokes a minute. Harvard
had the better and stronger crew.
As their long powerful stroke grad
ually opened water between the
shells Griswold. at stroke, quickened
his pace and the men behind him re
sponded cam^ly. For a while Yale
held he- own. Again Harvard edged
awav and again Yale caught her by a
burst of speed Thousands on the
shores cheered their crews and the
gritty college youths, exhausted after
the first two miles, rowed "on their
nerve" like machines, heedless of acb
ing muscles or gaspinu lungs.
At the three-mile mark Harvard
was again ahead. (Sriswold called for
a spurt. His crew responded. Their
shell forged ah "ad. Then Griswold
fell fainting over his oar. The boat
lost headway. The coxswain dashed
water iu Griswold's face. He revived
took a few more feeble strokes and
fainted again. This time he could
not be revived. The seven remain
ing men in the boat paddled over the
line far behind Harvard.
The hopes of a whole college were
centered on the race. Griswold.,
though he had proved himself a hero
and worked beyond the limit of hu
man endurance, felt he was responsi
ble for Yale's defeat. He brooded
over the race and his ruined constitu
tion was unabl>? to rally. His family
took him to Europe, but still he
could only think of the race. He
came back to California and now he
is dead.
Physicians will say his death was
caused by cardial rupture, perhaps.
True, he had taxed his system too
greatly. Hut shall we not take Into
account the constant attrition of wor
ry acting on a broken constitution?
The desire for life had passed away
and it is probably not too much to
say that young Griswold died of a
broken heart.
Reading of the death of Griswold
and knowing that many other young
men in the prime of their life are
ruined by athletic exertion some peo
ple wonder If the game is worth the
caudle. We think it is and in a fu
ture article will give reasons for our
belief.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR ALASKA
George Welsh' knows how people in
the eastern states think that Minne
sota is a wilderness of rocks and Ice*
b*rs*. lie knows that reaU> it is
fourth in the value of iu agricultural
products, produces two- thirds of the
iron ore of the country; that it lias
10,000 lakes of all sizes, with ideal
surroundings fur a summer outing,
and he is telling the people of the
Uulted States about it, says Printers'
Ink. It's his business to do this be
cause he is Immigration commissioner
for .Minnesota, an office created by
the last legislature, and one which
has been in operation only since Au
gust. He has but Jl-'.Oou a year with
which to do his work.
Last winter the department began
using half pages in country weeklies
and farm papers. This large space
consumed money too fast and the
commissioner was forced to cut the
space to a two-inch single column ad.
which he is now using in a list of
'ioO papers. Copy is x-hanged once in
two weeks. The list includes week
lies and dairy and farm and -trade pa
pers in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois,
Ohio. Pennsylvania, Vermont and
New Hampshire.
It is the aim of the .Hoard of Immi
gration to increase the population of
the state by revealing the vast un
touched resources oi the state along
all lines of human activity. The ad
vertising is viaced in i?a tiers iu the
surrounding states and iu those
states on the satne parallel to the
east.
With three months' trial it is early
to speak of results, but they are
showing. A real estate nan iu a
northern country says that he has
been helped to sell four farms
through literature lasued by the state
office. . The state land agents 111 the
northern part of the state have also
seen the results of the advertising.
We showed in this column two
days ago how Hawaii was being bene
fitted by systeinized advertising
through a promotion bureau. .Minne
sota, though a long and thickly set
tled state is using similar methods
to increase its prosperity.
Alaska needs judicious advertising
more than any other one tiling. Diis
advertising can lie obtained i y a com
parltlvely slight expenditure of monej
If Alaska men of affairs can get to
gether on this proposition it will mea
much to the country.
"THE CUP THAT CLEARS."
Col. Robert CI. Ingeraoll was an in
tellectual giant. He was fearless In
all he said and did. Ills private lite
was above cavail and win n history
reaches a proper perspective he will
staud out as one of America's great
est men. At heart he was a poet.
Pages of his writings are purest
poetry. The most commonplace
theme were touched to glowing colors
by his pen. The above letter written
by him has recently been discovered.
It's a delicate bit of writing well
worth reproduction ? though in all
candor it must be admitted there is
an obverse side to the picture lie
failed to print. The letter is as fol
lows:
" Dear Jim: ? I send you some of
the most wonderful whiskey that ever
chased a skeleton from a feast or
painted landscapes on the brain of
man. It is mingled souls of wheat
and corn. In it you will see the sun
beams chasing each other over the
billowy fields, the dews of night, tin
wealth of summer and autumn's rich
content, all gilded and Imprisoned
light.
"Drink it and you will hear the
songs of men and maidens fair, min
gled with the laughter of children as
they sing the 'Harvest Home." Drink
it, and through your veins you will
feel the star-lit dawn, the dreamy,
tawny dusks of many perfect days.
"For forty years this liquid joy ha
been imprisoned within its happy
staves of oak, awaiting .in opportunity;
to touch the lips of man.
"Yours truly, ~
"ROBERT G. IXCiKRSOLL."
Yuan Shi Kai. viceroy of China,
was dismissed from office becaus'
he had rheumatism in his leg. It Is
widely avspactwd that acme of our
The result of the obicrvauon ukud
at Moore wtaatf at mi,dnl^ht, J ho. 1"> h
191 i>, la as follows:
Temperature time observat'o. 3 below ,
Max. temp, preceding 24 hour* 1 ?bove
Min. " " " "" 4 below j
Mean " " " " H below ;
Barometer 2'J 91.
Clear Strong North wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
; Whitehotse,
j Tagish ?
! Atllu, ....
Hootallnciua
Hlx Salmon ?
Yukon Cro-sinir ?
Selkirk ....
Coffee Cre*k, ?
Stewart, -
OsUvie ....
Djtvson,
30 helow |
20 "
01 "
00 "
<10 "
06 "
02 "
f>S "
01 "
05 "
national legislators are
from senile dementia. ? but
dismiss them.
suffering
we can't
The police commissioner of New
York says lawyers foster crime. Is
it possible that Skngway's freedom
from crime is due the fact we have
few attorneys?
Two Washington poker players
were sent to the penitentiary for
gambling. The only safe place to
gamble is in a stock exchange.
The populace of Glasgow, Scotland,
hooted- Carrie Nation while she was]
lecturing theni on the evils of drink.
It was a ease of "hoot man."
Just to prove he wasn't crushed by
Tillman's roast President Roosevelt
took a 08 mile horse back ride across
country.
The senate has decided to take |
Tillman's word for it and will not in
vestigate Roosevelt's charges of graft.
Eczema Began When a Tin)' Baby
and Lasted 7 Years? Tore'Crusts
from Face Till It was All Raw
Screamed with Pain and Could not
Sleep? Though Specialists Failed
CUTICURA EFFECTED
A WONDERFUL CURE
"When my little boy was six weeks
old an eruption broke out on hio face.
I took him to a doc
tor and (jot ointments
and medicines but his
face kept on getting
worse until it got so
bad that no one could
i look at him. His
whole face was one
crust and must have
been very painful.
He scratched day and
night until his faeo
sometimes looked like
a raw piece of meat.
I was nearly insane
. . with his scratching
d ly and night. Then I took him to
all the best .specialists in skin diseases
but they could not do much for him.
II" sometimes screamed with pain
when 1 put on the salve they gave me.
"When he was two years old the
eczema got on his arms and legs so
thru I had to keep them bandaged up
an. I I made gloves for his hands so tho
?nails could not poison him worse. We
OOUld not get a night's sleep in months
and mv husband and I were all broken
up. Then my mother asked ' why I
did not give up tho doctors and try
Cu'ieura. So I got a set and he felt
relieved the first timo 1 used them,
the Cuticura Ointment felt so cool,
lie used to wake up and ask for Cuti
c.ira to bo put on when he itched so
badly that he could "not sleep, and he
wo'ifd say. 'Oh! Mama, that makes
my sores' feel so good!' I gnve the
Cuticura Remedies a good trial and
gradually the eczema healed all up
and now he is as well as any other chil
dren. He is now seven years old and
t;-." < nr?> lias lasted two months, so I
tliink it will never return. I can't
Ml you how glad I am that Cuticura
did such wonderful work in our case
i".<l 1 -hall recommend it everywhere.
V . John O. Klumpp, SO Niagara St..
Newark, N*. J., Oct. 17 and 22, 1907."
A situjlr ? t of Cuticura Itenifillcs, connlminu of
Ciuicc I Soap i.'Jo.). Ointment >. nnd ItrnoW
V' hi I' lr.i. or Plll? <2.V per vial o[ 60). Is often
? iu cure, sold throughout theworM. Totter
lira; A- chrm. Corp., Sole Props . Boitnn. Mu,
5- >:_illeO Free. Cuticura Hook on Skin Dlaraae*.
BRING YOUR OWN JUG.
Mount Vernon Rye and Belmont
Bourbon direct from bond at whole- 1
sale price by tho gallon. The Mas
cot, phone 67. Delivery free.
RELIABLE ALL THE TIME.
Tho Pack Train Restaurant will
serve wine with dinner orders, free
in place of tea or coffee. Come on
boys. '
If YOU ONLY
mm
How much real satisfac
tion there is in a bottle of
Cucumber and A monJ
Cream
You would never be without
it. It is not eticky, contains
no grease, never soiles the
most dainty fabric, and is
the most soothing, healing
balm for chaps, cracks and:
wind roughened skin, we]
know of. Try a bottle of it.
We garantee satisfaction.
WM. BRiTT
The Druggistj
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER.]
Having put lu a steam boiler ami j
other machinery wo are better pre
pared than ever to do first-class work j
on short notice.
SKAOWAY LAUNDRY.
All whiskies and wines served at|
t'? Pack Train Car is purchased by
Mr. firlm dlroct from the OiStlllera j
and win.'les. tf
If you have something you don't I
need, why not advortise it for sale]
or exchange in The Alaskan?
Why not put a row crisp readers
In Tho Alaskan, advertising your)
long stock, and get rid of It?
JUNEAU 8. 8. GO'S.!
ELECTRIC LiPHTEO STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berr.ers l>;iy, Juneau, |
Slocnn, Ttnaket, Sitka and Wa\ ports j
SAILS?
January 5, 12, 19, 26.
February 2, 9, 16, 23.
WILLIS NOU'ELI., Mgr.,JuoeHU
VT. W. HOUGHTON, Afont
Broadwav and Fifth Avo. phont) W
U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrylnp Passengers and Mall will
leave Skagway for Haines
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day at 9 A. M.
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M. same day.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir> $2.50
Pacific Coast S.S. Co.
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
Somtli', ami other Pufjet Sjund Porta
CAHKYING U.S. MAll.
Steamers of This Company Leave
HUMBOLDT
COTTAGE CITY
JANUARY 7
JAINUARV 18 30
I
Conarottnc with tho Company'* ?team rs at Settle (or San Francisco,
Southern California, Eureka (il mboldt nay) ? d Mkxico
S& A txjvo tocbeuule Subject. u> Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Sccoud and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 M. Kit . i r.uU(iMi.Oi
*
rlway, Skagway I
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Canadian Pacific
RAILWAY
I B. C. COAST J ERVICE )
SCHEDULE OP SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
Subject to change without notice
ZSpw princess may
January 16=30 February 13=27
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tick* - to \ny part of ;ho world aLd all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W lOWLE, Ag*nt
:eamship Co,
Carry!:, i . S, Mail and Alaska Pacilic Kxprew
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Stiamers
f Jefferson Jan. 11, 23
Feb. 4, 16, 28
Company reserves right to change sailing date without uotico
Traa&.'er to Vi ctoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
K. A. CAKliOLL, Agent. Phono M>
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TT>VJSIL.E5 No. 18
(Daily Exoept Sunday,).
No. 1. N. Pound
1st olats.
3 3c a. m.
10 CO p. m.
11 00 "
11 3) "
131 p. no.
3 45
Leave?
Arrives
SK MIUaV
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN
3ENNBT1
CAKfBOU
Whitk ? Horsk
Arrives
Leaves
N9. 2. S. Bound
let clais
3 2 > p m
1 45 "
12 42 "
12 10 "
10 25 a. ro.
8 15 "
Pa5>eRgera must be at aepow In time to have Baggage Inspected acd
oheo.Ued. ; nspection is stopp d 30 m nutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of bai?ga /.; ?? b" chr.nkot: free with each full fare ticket
v with naoh hulf f-irn t'ekot
Through Line Prom
Ska^. way to At'in, White Hor.-e, Big Salmon, Drfwson unci IntcrmedU'e Yukon River Po'nts.
The new placer c.?m pa in the Alsek ?nd Kluace Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
D :ring tho winter s .ison, win n navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Ska; wis and White Hors-. A through Mail, Pa >etiffer and Freight Servico will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Lino beiween White Hor^ and Dawsoo.
Regular staecs, carrylnp mail, express and passengi'- - s, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
Kor Conrad City, locau-d in tlie heart of the newly discovered and f. bulously rich quarts camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Cnribou.
For information relative to paH-enjfei, freight and tele^rnphie rate" apply
to any agent ot the Company, or to
TRAFFIC DF.PA RTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Map. F. B. WURZDACB BR Gen. A?ent
Vn >*<n?ycr, B. 0, v^o A'A'lrn. fVartit! y, / rtk'i
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