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PAGE TWO " AT rrill ULli 11 i>J (From the Literary Digest). f te: Human nature at its crookedest Sa and cussedost. as well as at its brav- up est. flourishes in such an out of the in way p!a?e as was Skagway, .Alaska, ft: a i the days when the gold rush becun. ri| Fred Lockley. pursuing his hobby of to turning up choice bits of history and yo hu: r at re o? The Oregon Jour- an nai. :< : a man who had known ha Sk tw.y in the days of its greatest sni! ilr.e glory and excitement. On he the ba-.s of this acquaintance. Mr. on LO' It ley doth a tale of such crooked- dr iie-s unfold that it would furnish "lo- pu cal color" for an\ number of "movie". (0 dramas. He writes and quotes: ' 0f O.eorge H. Dedman used to live at w< Oregon t'ity. but for twenty-one years fig past ho has lived at Skagway. He- Fr centlv we were talking of the prog- fie ress and development of Alaska and su its wonderful possibilities for young Tl men with -nthusiasm, energy and in- an telligenc ! th >or < ot :nose ciays some cnap win so con il? ng." said Mr. Dedman, "and cu will writ?- tho story of Skagway. Talk sti about your movies?the history of wl Skagway could be dramatized to dij make a movie thriller that would run of to crowded houses. Away back tnjdu 18 84 an old British sea-dog named ( Mc Captain William Moore took up the J co site of Skagway. Captain Moore, who coi had the government contract to take wl mail in to th? placer-miners on the cis bars of the Yukon, used to see the thi Stick Indians come out with consid- yei arable quantities of coarse g?ld lie cis figured that if there was much coarse cm gold in the Yukon basin, some day no there would be extensive mining do- M< velopment there, and that the site tei of the city of Skagway would lie the C:i logical place to build up a settlement fixon t!"- coast, lie took up a town site, tin si homestead, a mill site and a trad- eis. insr post These various rights gave my him about three hundred and twenty fot acres. His place was half a mile pa wide and about a mile long. He built rai a log cabin near the beach and made tw it his home. ,1 va "When th" discovery of gold in thej fall ot 18fM> on the Klondike was her- ( ., aided to the world, adventurers from ! f,M all parts Hocked to San Francisco and! m( Seattle on their way to the golden f01 Tlnrfli Thiv tdnniOA.I.. " *' 1 mui tu. i uc oiaiiiprur > >lil I l*Ml Qy from Seattle, for the si r,"icoi land reached Seattle in J...... ?o.',( with a large amount of gold-dust aboard. As soon as ships could he jn< secured and provisioned the arpo- j?, liauts started northward. The old w| Indian trail had been by way of W11 Dyea. and on over the rhilkoot pass. j,a thence to tin- headwaters of th?- Vu- jn kon. This wa< the same trail that str l.ieutt mint Frederick Schwatka, ot j,,, Salein. Ore., had taken in his oxplor- IMI ing expedition. cla "On August 7. IS'.1". Captain Moore, while on the beach near his oa cabin saw a steamei pull in from tin- go South. I' seemed about to pass on, of hut soon it swung around, lowered a let boat, and a part} came ashore. Tle y t ii< told Captain Moore they had seen the foi smoke irom his cabin and had come sti ashore to ask a few questions. They wanted to knnw if they w.-re on the sk road to the Klondike, and where was vvj the best place to go in from. 11c told f vs w . . , ... n? Chilkoot trail, hut it they were planning to go in with park-hors .< if wj would be hot tor to go in over the W'liito I'ass trail Tito spokesman of the party iiiformod hint tiny w>^? so planning; to go in with pack hots.lt) and askod who owned the land along the beach. He told them he had taken j,, it up thirteen years before, hut they un were welcome to unload their outfits ^n ( it the heaeh and he would do all In p|( ould to help them. Some of the goldst ekers canto ashore that night Next m, morning they began to unload the 0j, outfit. There were about two bun- ju, tired itt the party. The passengers \y held a meeting, the result of w hich 'on was that a committee came to Cap- fW tain Moore and said: "The fart that sn you have been living here for the past Wl thirteen years and that you say you ai] hn VA 1 t 1: <?n n n thiu t?tuon '? %?? "" ?" * ' ' *" p! (ill T?-3 Sr VUmc\*^ MSB WS&y4&%m\ iilfciiiidfflLJMBMlyLA ml 'irandmothcr snld. "That's (i, vi liy he's m.> pale anil pcevIsh snd restless in his k , lie B sleep." Olva him (J I B DR. THACHER'S * V WORM SYRUP ) a and it'll make a new child J H(. jP of I Irn. And (ir.inilinotlifr ?_ ? ?\ KNKW ?she'd used this jJ :is ?? good old remedy on HKfl 3 M children t let It at your ,T1 M drug store; for 35c. j') ir thacker Medicine co. f\ in W Chattanooga, Taen , U. t. A. / .\ i t ES AT SKA rest us. Boats from Seattle and and n Francisco will soon be coming each i here like a flock nf hirrf? ?>nfl wc I cVmn tend to take up this claim and make I few city here. You say you have prior ! say, 5hts. If so. go to it and bring suit; are i eject us. We ar*? going to Jumpithe i ur claim. We are from Missouri,} muri d if you can put us off you will goinj ve to show us." j hunt "Captain Moore, of course, wasi ^ w lpless. He had all the legal rights that his side, but here were two hun-l cam< ed men who had devided to take; w?t?l ssession of his claim, and. as they a^>' Id him. possession was nine points( '^oal the law, and if his legal rights re any satisfaction to him he could hear ht it out on that line in the courts.! inisu ank H. Heed, a former county of-! ial from the Puget Sound country, j temt rveyed the tow n site of Skaewav. i 'Soai ley divided it into blocks add lots 'n d parceled the lots out among'runn emselves. The town was surveyed i ^am< that Captain Moore's log cabin oc- snioc pied one of the newly laid out Siuit eets. They afforded him a lot on, 'Soaj lich to put his cabin, which he in-. '''our jtnantly refused. Eventually a force men took his cahin away and ,a('e. rnped it in the tide flats. Captain, ' jore took the matter up in thej?Pan urts. but decisions in the Alaska olinei urts in those days went to the ones' Par* 10 Vould pay the most for the de- exPe< ions. The case dragged its way hunel rough the courts, and after fouijexani irs Captain Moore secured a de-,0110 ( ion in his favor. Secretary Hitch- ,n k. of the Interior Department, j Seatt tided all trespassers on Captain ''"r tore's claim to vacate. The mat-! "II was finally settled in this way: stroei ptain Moore was to receive twenty- looki e per cent of the assessed valua- 'Soap n of all lots. For example, 1 paid deciil lit hundred dollars originally for made lot. and it was now assessed at hand if thousand dollars, so I had to grou] v one thousand dollars for a war- arnui ntv deed to Captain Moore, heing sop t entv-five per cent, of its assessed foit.' luation. jit see "During the boom days of Skagway One c ptain Moore would have made a look tune from his claim In fact, the'The >n who jumped his claim did mako''f,(l tunes. The jumpers who had laid nion t the town-site sold lots to the new-1 anil i iners at good prices. They laid out owne ree thousand and six hundred lots, have on these lots were all sold, llav- hund : no more lots to sell, the claim- disap mpers worked out a new plan rible lich they put into execution, which him. s to resell all lots whose owners him i d gone into the mines or were not he actual possession. This led to hehat enuous tines. A man would huy a frant . build a cahin. put his possessions ? 0 it. go over the pass to look for a id'a lint, and when he returned a few Hver; eks or months later he found his h tilt thrown out into the street, or final ne. and some one else in possession > 1,1 v his cahin. This chaotic condition your 1 to constant lighting Sometimes ' ' !< sit me lot would he sold three or douh ur times, each man having what he died pposed was :t perfectly valid title." They Crook rule eontinued to thrive in "" ' agwav. Ity the fall or 1K! 7. the tole of the district was split into ''"''lit o distinct factions, the skinners "A d the skinned. The skinners weto, way control, according to Mr De l'.uan xvas loin Mr. I.ockley quotes fui > - ''' "The skinners, however. had ? hoi- ,n'?l r organization ami stuck together, dolla those who were defrauded were J'kag abb to ohtnin redress. Attention publi is soon diverted from the claiminpers hy a new party organized bis der the leadership of Jefferson K '"I lit It. from Itenver. Col. Most peo- and p> know him by his nickname of late tiapy' Smith. Soapy Smith was a untie r?st genial and affable crook. lie of ?! taincd his nickname by a business The made of traveling throughout tho'crith est selling small hars of soap at ting e dollar. He would wrap a ten or * h, enty dollar bill around one of these 0(| j, tall cakes of soap, put an additional |n s on ii. i <i|i 11 ini") me pn?'. ernn i?l 1ft you pick it out. It was like pern ckinij out the rubber ball from un- Jn r the walnut-sholl. To your great. jus | rprise, you never were able to pick ,|riin t t*he cake of soap around which ,jin , is wrapped the twenty dollar bill. < inpy wanted to go on over the pass jjf,. I>avvson, but tho Northwest Mount- t;,fU Police politely but firmly refused fond emission. 'Skat "It was said that 'Soapy' Smith 'Son; vned the court, the post-office, and for r e church at Skagway. You couldn't cam* dp liking 'Soapy.' lie was the most! nam ntlemanly crook 'that ever scuttled out ! ship or cut a throat ' For e\ample, gold preacher came to htm for a sub- .sand liption to build a church. 'Soapy', coar iked him how much he needed. The dent inister told him. 'Soapy' said: the on't 'be a piker and go around ask-j'Son; K for small amounts. Come out that th me and we will raise the whole sand ing in a couple of hours.' 'Soapy' dust THE LANCASTER NEWS, LAN( G W AY j P the minister went to each saloon, ? gambling house and each mert and raised the money within a hours. 'Soapy1 would go in and 'We are building a church?you assessed one hundred dollars.' If saloon-keeper or merchant dered. 'Soapy' would say: 'Are you g to come through with that one ired dollars or not? If you don't, ill be apt to cost you t<m times amount in the long run." They i through, for they knew 'Soapy' Id make good his threat. Naturafter that the preacher was j py's' friend for life, and couldn't: ve that 'Soapy' wasn't a big-' ted Westerner who was greatly nderstood. Soapy's gang had a great court for the real estate crooks. [)> ' and his gang won their wealth gitimate ways, such as gambling, ing saloons and confidence, ?s. I doubt if there was ever a i rther bunko man than 'Soapy'! h. On the Fourth of July. lS'.'S.. )> ' was grand marshal of the I th of July program at Skagway. I ad fifty mounted men in the pa He offered President McKin-] lo furnish a company for the ish war, but this offer was sdeil. 'Soapy* and lis gang could smoothest met a man from hs money the most was a man win iitiously and painlessly of any a minister?a h of grafters I ever saw. 'For looking chap. pie. a man came over the trail fidence in any lay with a horse. He was going art and said h ke the boat that left next day for the gold mines le. He had a sign on his horse,'so much abou Sale?One Hundred Dollars.' there being n ' e walked up 'and down the wanted actual is of Skagway. leading the horse, who had been ng- for a purchaser. One of see Stewart's y's' jemi examined the horse and himself that tl ed to purchase it. The owner Stewart was vi out a bill of sale. The buyer care to show t ed him a one hundred bill. A "Finally so1 ;> of Soapy's men were standing preacher appe id. One of them said: 'Let me duced to Stews hat bill; I think It's a counter- a saloon and o He looked at it and said: 'No gratulated Ste tiled to be a good bill after all.', set up the driti if the other men said: "It doesn't men said, afte very good to me; let me see it.' | hospitality fro man who purchased the horse the gang: 'T ho horse away while the discus- going around was going on as to the merits any gold; tha lemerits of the bill. The former about it.' Ste1 r of the horse said. 'Well, 1 will offered to go o to be going. Where is my one his poke of du red bill?' No one knew. It had no faker. Onf peared. The man put up a ter- him. The bai holler, but every one laughed at hVoneht imck Finally they threatened to put Went into the I n jail for creating a disturbance it was passed | didn't go aboard the ship and within two m re himself. The man was nearly pearcd. Stew, ic. The crowd dispersed. The helped him try t of the horse hadn't the faintest pono beyond wh -h one of them had his bill. ,,iit. vowing v< r one he went to with bis story of u,,. other nan; in - - Lave him the horse laugh, minors were l <\ one of Soapy s pant; said: 'If i,ro:.d daylight >1! lo aboard your boat and unit papers will hollering 1 will take up a rol- <.js,. would eon ?t. for yon. though I greatly ..A roIumltl t your ever having the one hun- po|n?M, t(, dollar bill you claim you had. Stewart's gold took up a collection and raised . <> . ' got cold feet " AoWar* for him. which .8onpv. broilR; d the matter. Tie went away Rim |rom h|s ng grateful to them. | ,()W what hp II of the money secured in this |ciokotl him all went into a common pot and used as their b divided among the gang. One subsided meek e gang, who he'lped split the pot an,.r to obey c me they bad to pay Ave hundred ,.Tho rommj is a week to the owners of the gyl vost(l|..g w way paper to keep them from .Soil, v ,ba( tl isbint anything detrimental to ,-hier against 1 operation of 'Soapy' Smith and .Soapj.. ba(, bf ss<>< ,,it< s. ( word came to 'hen was considerable jealousy jr() (b,wn titer bad blood between the real es- bunch into in. grafters*and the confidence gang rifle and start* r 'Soapy' Smith It was a rase || Heed was 10 pot Tallinn the kettle black. , 'Soapy' lie rot: honest citizens were afraid to ^ started for lie either side for fear or get- caught the h n bad. t pushed it dow it the vidian invariably gets foil- The bullet wet 1 the last chapter, and so it was As Heed fell 1 ikaRway. However, before the revolver throt d Tallinn out of rogues which t'oanelius, whi lifted some honest men at least t^ here at I'c ft their dues, 'Soapy' Smith and men who perf gang Indulged in further "reel"..'Soapy' Smith, laties. As Mr. Hockley quotes "The dentil story: Smith started Soapy' Smith led an adventurous i * and came to a sudden and spec-- quickly . lUllousne.ss, j lar end. said Dedman. "The nPa<|a4.|lc?t between the two factions in Adv. :way the claim-Jumpers and * ? rant: been simtnerinR n| Soapy's JjMHHNHk robbing of d Stewart, who had <' "torn the Klondike with a poke of dust lie had about two thouand seven hundred dollars in W se gold He put U|> at the Occl-j titH ^kVirw al hotel. One of the clerks at! rjjjh^nOi Occidental was in the p:cy of py," and at once informed him this man had placed two thou- m,irol' i_ and seven hundred dol.ars in in the hotel safe. One of the FASTER S. C. Next Time?Buy t _7 RED TOP &k - * tires >' , . > para THE HANDSOMEST White side-wall?Rc For Sale by Deal nbers of 'SoapyV gang Everyone got a gun. The co ) looked very much like thirteen took charge of the s sort of solemn, sad- and twenty-seven men. were d who would Inspire con-| on a British boat. A gun wa one. lie came to Stew-, in the ribs of each of the twent e was on his way in t > men and he was asked if he w . but that he had heard ing of his own free will. All t its being a fake and ed. They were landed at Var 0 gold there that he B. ('. Before going aboard t ly to talk to some one ut Skagway they were told there. He wanted to they ever returned to Skagw gold, just to convince would join 'Soapy' Smith. Tha lie re was gold in there, the reign of terror at Skagw ery cautious and didn't law and ord t then-alter v. he gold. I forced." reral friends nt the . u(?, sK VOTES SIH.tMMl.noo I a red and were Intro- TKAININti MSAIiPKP VET ut They adjourned to NVash,nKton. jUl>- 17. -K ine atter the other con- ,nimon dollars for the voi wart on his luck, and, lru|niMK ()f injlIred soldiers, iks. h inal 1 > one ot the;and marines Is provided by an r Stewart had accepted| ment |(> ,he 8un(|ry ctvl, appro] m various members of tentatively adopted by thi here is an ugly rumor by yole of 120 t() uy Ah town that you lia\en t propr|atjon measure originally t you are just faking the houge and was vetoed by tl wart was indignant and iden, ,t ca| rled $6,000,000 I ver to the hotel and get purpose ' st to prove that he was 1 ot the men went with Itiib-My-Tism is a powerfi g of gold dust was septic; it kills tlie |x>isoii to the saloon. They from Infrcted ruts, cures old iack room to look at It tetter, etc. -Adv. front hand to hand and! ------ I nutcs it had disap _ arts ?0, -found friend PROFESSIONAL CAR to locate It. but it had recall. Stewart went |>it. J. KKKC'K rtNIHORlil nKPanee(| I!? went t?> Dentui Surgeon, i'an.l tout them llial if Huur,. <? ?:??* ? he would till the heat , to (i:00 I'. M. i trie outrage so no one . . , And l?y Appointment, le to their town. ? ... Office Rhone lt>0. ee of thirteen was ap- , .. , , Residence I'lTono 52. 'estimate the loss of One ot -Soapy V nan* 0fTW 0V(*r ^neaster I'hat and started for I>\en " ??? """""""""""" lit liiin back. pulled a thought of him. He ' eadquarteis The man a y ly and promised there- . *?< ,r,u,r-- The Highest Mo it tee of thirteen met on ^ (20 t*\ harf. Word came to a.* hey were planning mis- M&fly nttr&CtlV6 lim and his association \ of West* on (1 rink in Wlim i lie /\ _ ' r-i ? ^ > him he i win Averse Elevata e and chaae the whole IPSCireS llecJtbfCil I,ay.- 'Soapy took 1,1. ASHEVILLE-H EflDE " o,; 7?W BREVARP* BLACK f ,z, lake judaluska arret ol tile ride and KANUGA LAKE* BI n just as 'Sftapy' flred. TAT IT Tl it through Heed's Kroin Ifil E? Or Wll iV3f I I VHERfMB or,?a,i ib.. au.,.p,y o,.., EvetySuroroer Be?t6 1 or tiro,I r.n.l 'Soapy , GdXl HotelS Z a clean-up of SkaRway. -y. ? r relieves Constipation, ^ liOss of Appetite mid ? f A /? ATlAkt V no to Torplil l.lvcr.? VACATION _?? LANDf I THE RED BALL I SOUTHERN | TRADE. MARK /|jK ' ? "Modem" J lis 6 Ammunition | |j ^ting ||| p? FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1919. ' I to- I TIRES nfleage Fabric Tires with an extra ply a heavy tread?Big with mileage com* ble to that of Corda. 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