MLKS CANAL
fa ft Speaks of Ditch a ml
Avoids Politics
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
ri OtWjC.s. Kans., .Inna 22? Secretary
Taft spoke at ths place yesterday on
the Panama canal. He declined an in
vitation from W. J. Bryan to discuss
politics. He says be discussed politics
a few moot! s aeo.
JIM WHCfLER
IHS CITY JOB
J. Nl. Wheeler, foruaerlj of Skagway,
writing to a friend to this oity, says he
has a gocd job with the Portland city!
administration. tie is doing well and is
happy.
Mr. Wheeler write* of other Ska#:- ;
wayans who are now in Portland and !
other Oregon points.
Torn Kay is a p'.alo Clothes detective
oo the Portland o.>lice force. Tom Luke
is head salesman in a large market, and
Krnest Lucav sh is working with him.
L. C. EJ <rtman has a private detective
agency that U said to rival the Pinker
tons' and Phial's in the extent of the!
business it doj? and in the effectiveness ,
of its wo;k. Tom Word is said to be j
slated for chief of police by Mayor'
Harry Line, whose candidacy for re
election be helped to manage. Her
man Johnson is v. Lents, Oregon, and
has a new wife. The ?ife he had at
Skagway also is at Len s where she;
runs the post-office.
WAS ORCHARD
AT JlAITAl] ?
Many turning men here believe that
Harry Orchard was in Juneau gunning
for Joseph Mac Donald three yjars ago.
His picture is so familiar that many re
call h ?? appt arance in tnese parts. It is
possible that he followed Fred Bradley
to Treadwell on one of his annual visits
with the intenJon of killing him. Many
recall the shot tired through the Mac
Donald house bathroom window in the
attempt to kid him.? Juneau Dispatch ^
iomtrMrT
TOR II. S. CABlfl
Sattle, June 1> In order to clear up
business ou the Nome and Fairbanks
;iue it is announced at the cable ottlce
h?*re that during the Summer months
the ocal office will remain open until
1 1 |>. in.
iKAUWA * WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wnarf at midnight, Jnne 21,
IW7, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n :'A above ^
Max. temp, preceding :!4 hours.. ti.1 above
Mlu " ? aoove
Mean " " " " ??'-"> above
Harometer ??<?
Cloudy, Southwiud.
Former Skagwaran Goaa To Oregon
A. J. McKlnney, formerly of Skag
way but a resident of Juneau for the
last several years, has sold his barber
shop at that place and goes to (.rant's
Pass, Oregon, to become manager of a
hotel.
BUY NOW
Select Your Souvenirs Be
fore Season Begins
Do vi-l want to send a souvenir o
Alaska bome to relatives or friends?
Buy now; before the begrinnlne of |the
tourist travel; buy when you have a
large and choice stock from which to
make your selections.
We have the best line in Alaskan
souvenirs and roveities ever present
ed to the Northern public.
Our stock of watches nugget, jewelry,
precious stone* and other articles was
never so complete or so worthy of your
patrona;e If you need anything: come
and see what we have .before you do
anything rash.
The repair department of our estab
lishment excels. Its mottoes are AS
UlX>D AS NEW aud SATISFAC
TION GUARANTEED.
We examine youreyea free of charge;
wc fit defectiv ryes with glasses that
will remedy the def- cis at prices that
are right.
J. Ikuta, Optician aud Jeweler
The Fifth Areoue hotel is the big
gest and best appoio-.ed hostelry in all
the north.
; The Cowboy Artist. :
?^NisSsj^
[Original.]
Mr. Beverly Parnhuui. a wealthy
New Yorker, d<>irlng to Inspect the
agricultural aud cattle growing regions
of the great far west, took bis (laugh
ter Emtl.v for a companion aud set
out on his trip This same Kmlly was
a beauty, nu artistic beauty, If the ei
presslou may be allowed, with Titian
hair aud dark eyes- lu other words, a
mingling of the Moud and brunette.
Mr. aud Miss I'arulimn were welcome
at the ranch bouses, with which the
country was dotted, aud spent their
time riding over the country from one
of them to another. Tile father looked
upon the reglou simply as oue in which
to raise food for the hungry millions In
the east. The daughter considered It
very picturesque.
Oue morning the visitors were riding
over the broad acres of a cattle raucb
when they met a cowboy. He was
long aud slender, and bis faco was
handsome, with a dreamy expression.
Instead of riding past them with u
blank stare the young man raised big
hat and bade them good morning, ills
eyes were riveted on Miss Kmlly, with
whose appearance he seemed very
much struck Wlieu be had passed out
of hearing, she remarked to her father:
"tsu't It strange, papa, that we have
to conie so far away from home to
learu tnauuers':"
"Manners" W'liat do you mean''"
"That young tuau \kmw goou mom*
lng politely. If we bail met a geutle
n
he Would not have be n so polite."
? H m: 1 don't see what business he
had to speak to us at all.
That evening lit the ranch house aft
er supper Mr Kirnluui was notifieil
that a mnu wished to see him at the
porch. The New Yorker went out to
tind the cowboy he had passed in the
morning sitting l;i his saddle, rolling a
cigarette on the pommel.
"I've called, sir." he said, "to ask
If you will allow ine to paint the
youug lady who was with you this
morning your daughter, 1 l*elieve.
' I'alut my daughter: Certainly not."
The reply was given so curtly that
almost I** fore It was out the cowboy
had put spurs to his horse and darted
away The dialogue had been short
Hud to the point.
Mr. l-'arnham iwl ed who his visitor
was aud was told that he was 1'- 1 lory
Ulmstead. commonly known as the
cowboy artist, sin.e he punched rattle
to know or care much about his ante
cedents, but some one had hoard that
had been a studeut In an art school,
his object In coming being health.
The next day when Mr. and Miss
Fi'.rnlmui were out for their usual ride
t!.?y met a u. asked man who halted
litem, calling upon the father to throw
Up his hands. The order was obeyed,
but upon the assuror.' e that he was
Hot armed the gen'leuiau was permit
ted to lower th' n: Then he took out
his pm ketbook. but was ordered to
put It l>a> k. Not far distant was a
dilapidated barn that had not been
used for years. To this the masked
man drove father and daughter, then
ordered them to dismount. W Ithln
was an easel i?n which rested a can
vas, while paints, palette and brushes
'
stool. Then. assi-:hig the young lady
from her hor ?. he posed her to suit
his fancy, ltivining his pur|>ose, she
set uied not :i!.. willing, but pleased
wuh the outcome of the adventure.
M* anwhlle he I d removed his mask
m 1 revealed lii'iis. If as the cowlioy
:i i ; ist. and as i h *u as the posing was
at . omplished Inj began to sketch.
liotir. and when it was (jm-*hed the art
ist assisted hi captives to mount.
"I am curious." said Emily Farnhatn.
?'to see how tW pii iiire will turn out."
? I have only caught an Inspiration
tor a fancy | ? ??'. ??? said Hie young
mau. "If you wis-h it to be yourself
you must give me other sittings."
l!ow rmily won over her father U
not k : a but the tiiut day the two
app*-." *d at the barn and came after
ward for :i number of sittings. The
'
Thvti Mr. I'.i' I ; i ; ?lto had been so
as to discover no beaut> In the paint
ing. at last, s- eing Ins dau . liter looking
at him from the canvas with an lu
portrali.
"U nr." he sa d to the artist. "How
mui'h would you sell it for?"
-Uoa.l a~"ii!s are not used to selling
their plunder to tho^e they plunder,'
was the reply.
"This case ma,1 be an exception, '
said the father.
"The picture is ij.it for sale, but If
your daughter v. .1 forgive me for
painting it from compulsory sittings I
shall !>e pleased to present it to you."
The young dy would have gladly
acceuetl Id ti :e lein: ?. i>n l uri Ifltuci
won 1*1 not pen t : :d left tin; country
without tile : ?
The next winter ttio painting was ex
hibited in Ne? York nutl attracted
ifreut attention. Tin? co w bur received
orders and remained wist just long
enough to persuade Miss Fiimham
that she could ji- ?< -' t along without
him. Her father w..s compelled to ac
cept the portrait he had coveted in lieu
of his daughter, who returned to
ranch land with the artist. There he
painted many pictures, which found a
ready sale both tn America and abroad.
His "Sunset on the Prairie," an Indian
<iri shading her eyes with her hand
to look over the broad landscape, was
hung in the Paris union and created a
sensation. The artist's wife was his
| Model. EUKRIKT B. LEE.
I She flew Too High, i
[Original.]
A link of a hundred miles had been
completed lu one of the great railroad
routes In the tar west, and news eatne
from the east that the sou of the rail
road Ulug who was chietly interested
as cowing to attend the opening fes
tivities. It leaked out that the boy,
Morris Morse, was a high roller, speut
money like water and win especially
the victim of any adventuress who
could get hold of hiui. Hut It did not
leak out that his father had directed
Jlie mail In charge at the ixiint where
the celebration was to bo held to keep
wntcli of his son. threatening that li'
any one got the better of Iiltn some
one's head would come off.
Now. It bappeued that Kate I'lnch.
the l>elle of all that region, heard the
fu?st part of the story and made up her
mind to snare the young heir to some
thing like a hundred millions of d<>l
lurs. Kate had been a waitress at hoi
mother's boarding house for railroad
workmen, but her ambition had car
rleU her far beyond so menial a pur
suit. She had joined a troupe of barn
stortners mid distinguished herself for
her aptitude lu playing the part, of a
highborn dame Where - lie picked ii]> j
the manners sli> bail never seen no one
knew. The fact was attributed to a j
marvelous histrionic genius, tier prof :
Its she turned Into raiment, aiul, rely i
lng on an exceptionally pretty face. ,v
tine figure, wits the shar)iest. all adorn j
ed by silks, satins and feathers, she |
resulted to conquer a fortune. Surely ]
the eomiug of young Morse was -her j
np[>ortunity.
When the Morse private car reached
the eastern eud of the newly liuished
link. Kate, arrayed In all her finery,
promenaded ui. the platform. It was
not long before she saw a .voting man
ni the wirnlow who. the moment he
bow her. smiled at her and In a few
minutes appeared In the vestibule,
smiled agalu and. receiving ample en
couragemeiit. went out and Joined the
hisciiuiting Catherine. Women In the
far west, the best of them, are by no
means so conventional as hi the east,
and the two soon became excellent
friends. Meanwhile an excursion train
was being made up. and b 'i'e it li t
ed the gentleman Invited Miss I'll, 'i
to go with the exeur-i< r is and In Ill
own private ear.
All of this was w itiie-:- ed by a ra '
road official wljo seemed . atly p
from the charmer and whispered some
thine In his ear. but evidently to no
ptiriHJse. The young man ordered chain
pagne and drank so niiuh of It that
his head soon fell over on Kate's shou!
der. It was about this time that an
other young man entered the ear and.
seeing the Inebriate, thundered:
"How did this fellow get hito my
car? Take him out."
-All rlk-ht. Mr. Morse: we ll get him ,
out as soon as possible." And. plcklit?
up the man Kate had supposed tu be
her game, he carried him away. Theu
Mr. Morse, noticing a pretty woman
left In an embarrassing position, start
ed in to soothe her milled feelings.
in the evening when the excursion
ti n la was returning to its starting
pt.lnt Mr. Morse, who had been de
voted to Kate Finch all the latter part
of the day. well loaded with the Juice
of the grape. ordered a trainman to
Olid out If there was a parson on the
train. One in a white cravat was soon
forthcoming, and the hilarious Mr
Morse ordered him to make him<el;
and Kate Klnch man and wife. The
ceremony was performed, wore wine
was opened, and conductor, trainmen
indeed, every ouo in Ihe private car
was in a state of immoderate eolebra
tion. When the train rolled into the
home station it might have been taken
for a load of bedlamites. There, it hav
lug been made known that there had
liet-u -a wedding on Ihe train, every
uian, woman and child who eon Id
stand i'ii iiis feet lined up beside t Ii? ?
piivate ear to see the bride and groom
alight. As they came out even Kn!>
would have Hushed had not her cheek ?
already beeu of a rosy rod from the
wine she had dr ink. The train had li
st oner reached the platform than a
dilressed him:
"Stranger, whoever y' be. y' be lucky,
tor a man who has been sent off In the
baggage car in irons to t hanged at
the end of the route for hoas stealiu'
H ud eouies back in the president's prl
\ ate coach loaded with clmmpagno
and a pretty woman for a wife is
lucky, sure euough. Y're pot yersolf
ufl' this time, but as chief of the vigi
lance committee o' this yore townshiii
I want y' to onderstaud that the next
time y're caught at yer ole tricks y'll
swing sure."
While the harangue was lieing deliv
ered even the wine the bride had
drunk did not keep the color in her
face. When the speaker had finished
she gasped:
"Wiw is ue anyway ;
'?Jist what I said, a lioss thief."
'J'hat evening a telegram was sent t'>
the president's confidential man la the
mn In office or tlie >:roat railroad ay*
tern:
Young Morse safe so far He tc - a
oromaii aboard at the slart. I'lit fortu
nately gut drunk before he could marry
her. I found a horsi- thiof In tin- Iritrraco
?.ir going to execution. Got chief of viRl
lante* to promise to let him off if ho
the girl. lie accepted, and they Were
married on the train. Morse sll!l drunk
In a stateroom In the private car.
The adventuress appealed to the
courts to annul her marriage, and her
nppeai was granted. But since the cpl
sode of her unfortunate union she lias
concluded not to fly so high, and re
port has it that she has 1 ? far recov
ered her prestige as to be en^aired to a
gambler. BBUTH.V C. KCKU2T.
DON'T FROG
Unless You've Cot .10 CENTS
W. W. BOUGHTON
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Commencing June 17. the
Steamer Mabel F will make
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Will also do towing and
handle excursions
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man working for wages in Alaska. You
I will need the money saved later on.
And if you wish to, you can have that
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All South Round Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Orck
REGULATIONS 1905
Warehouse: 'pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. S. customs
office) and must he delivered before, 5 p. in. No freight will be re
5 ceived on wharf afte this hour.
BACGAGE? ' Tolls will be collected on Checked BaqgaOE Oni.*. No
4 charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wiuirf gate will be closed to the public when steamer Is nearlng
4 dock and will oc opeucdonly when passengers have disembarked,
?n VVharfage Tarill can be had on application at office on dock.
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