The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-17

There will be 0 regular meeting Of the skagway council tonight at o'clock at the town lall.
 Travelling Auditor Wilson of the wells-Fargo Co.,, left for the west ward on the Alameda yesterday
 J. H. Nichoalds, commercial traveller, is here after a trip to the westward.
 R. L. Vining, the interior theatri- cal man, arrived in Skagway from Seattle on the Alameda yesterday on his way down to Fairbanks,
 B. F. Boyker of Kent, Wash and F. B. Carter of Chicago, ar rived in Skagway on the Alameda yesterday.
 J. V. Miller of Seattle came up on the Alameda yesterday and is now one of the clerical force In tn, auditing department Of the W. P. & Y. R. at Skagway.
 The Yukon river report for Sat urday, May 18th, Is water at White horse, IF inches; Nasutlin and Washburn at Carmacks. Water at Caribou, inches.
 Fred Tanner came down from Lake Dewey yesterday about 2 o'clock D. m. with a fishing basket half full of the finest brook trout We have seen in many a day.
 The Mariposa will be in from the westward at II o'clock tOmor- rev night, according to information received by Agent E. J. Shaw at an early hour this afternoon.
 Mrs. Lula Thompson of Juneau, vice-president-at-large of the ter ritorial ". c. T. U., delivered q very interesting temperance address at the NJ. E. church yesterday morn inP at II o'clock.
 The freighter Seward of the AL aska Steamship Co.,, is due in Skagway in a couple of days with 15OO tons of coal for the W. P. & Y. R., and 125,OOO feet of lumber for the town,
 P. II. Ganty threw off the cares of business today and armed with fishing pole and accessories and can of preserved salmon eggs, is industriously trying to lure the willy trout in Lake Dewey into swallowing the tempting morsel to their own undoiug.
 The Alameda got in yesterday morning at 11:25 with ten passen- gers to Skagway from Seattle, quite number from Juneau, whose names had not been listed, and a small freight cargo for this port. She sailed for the westward at 1 1 D. m, with Albert Lax. Gus Trans and a man named Ernst, as pas sengerB from here.
 Mrs. Wickersham, wlIe of Alas ka's delegate to congress, arrived on the Georgia last night from Ju- neau and is stopping at the Pull len House for short time. She will remain here until Lake Le- Barge opens, and then start for her home in Fairbanks over the Whitehorse-Dawson route. For some time prior to coming to Skag- way Mrs. Wickersham was a guest of Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Goddard at ! Sanitarium, Alaska.
 Rev. and Mrs. L. II. Pedersen have been pioneer temperance work srs in Alaska, and the gift pre- scented to them Saturday evening, on the occasion of their silver we'd ding anniversary, was significant of the esteem in which they are held by the officers of the National w. c. T. U. Miss Anna Gordon, Ma tiOnal president, sent to these far away friends, silver spoon which
 .-. d gift to Frances Willard on her fiftieth birthday, and bears the cate and Miss Willard's initials. It is more precious than much fine gold." because of its associations, is greatly prizeG by Rev. and Mrs Pedersen.
 It ray be of interest to know that there is strong effort being made to reopen the Baptist church in Skagway. The matter is largely ill the hands of Mrs. Edward l. Wade ot this place, who has been clos " in touch with agencies for church extension in the East and