The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-27


 Mike Define, who is not an Irish man, and a native of Sweden nam ed Ericson, left for Glacier sta tion on the w. P. & Y. R., this morning to engage in the cutting of ;ordwood for the home market.
 The regular meeting of Camp Skagway No. l, Arctic Brotherhood will take place tonight at s o'clock. As there is business of much i'm portance to be transacted a full at tendance is requested.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. N. Clark of Seattle, father and mother of the assistant general passenger and freight agent of the Alaska Steam ship Co.,, in that city, are round trippers on the Jefferson.
 The city council of Fairbanks, Alaska, has abolished the night po' lice force of that place in the in- terests of economy, and henceforth the members of the fire department will be required to perform the work of safeguarding tie city dur ing the stilly hours of night.
 A heat wave struck Detroit, Mich, on Sunday, from the effects of which two people died and seY- eral more were prostrated. They shculd have lived in Skagway where the south breeze that has been blowing for the past two weeks could not be warmed up by a blast furnace.
 George Jennings, well known in Skagway, Northern British Colum- bia and Southern Yukon territory, will be over from the Story mine today to celebrate his birthday. We don't know the number of the an- niverSary, but we are sure he will get all that's coming to him when the boys" hear of his arrival.
 Owing to some repairs that have 10 be made at the Popular Picture Palace the management desires us 10 announce there will be no eX- Eibition tonight Tomorrow night, however, the second two reel cpl sode of Lucille Lcve, the Girl of Mystery" will be the headliner, and in addition there will be three oth- CT very interesting reels.
 Immigration Inspector A. Il. Joy of Skagway is still in Juneau, where ne went a few days ago to investi- gate the case of Harry Stack, a United States coast artilIeryman wh desterted and went to Canada, but who returned a few days ago and was arrested at the capital city. The question to be decided is as to whether or not stack shall De deported as an alien.
 We see by the dispatches that locol baseball teams Of Urbana and Purdue, Illinois, will meet at the former place today to settle q rivalry of long standing. Urbaua is the town where Postmaster A. E. Kindell of Skagway. was born, rear ed and "squasheG' mud up through the toes of his bare feet in the good old summer time on his way to school in the years so long ago that we daren't name the date.
 Lee C. Gault, the local ticket agent for the w. P. & Y. R., 8 short time ago purchased d two- story residence on the north side of Sixth street, between Main and Alaska, from the owner, Phil Shy der, and last week removed with his family from the Eighteenth street and Broadway home place, which they have occupied for years, 10 their new possession. It is -Mr Gault's intention to make many Improvements during the coming summer in the property he has jus, bought. As the house now stands it has a two-story four-room- ed front, a one-Story addition of logs joining onto the main building ill the rear, and joining onto the rear of tha; a one-stOry frame struc-