The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-22


 Dr. L. S. Keller, who has been visiting Whitehorsa and Carcross pr ,fessionally for several weeks, returned to skagway on today's train.
 The Northwestern will be In from Seattle at one o'clock tomorrow morning. There is 10 report of the number of passengers for Skag- way on board, but we understand there are quite a good number. She also has 126 tons of freight for port.
 The members of the local w. c. T. L., are proving themselves ex- ceedingly active and wide awake in the present municipal campaign against the liquor interests, and we understand they have already appointed challengers, who will re- leye each other every hour at the polling place on Monday, and ques- tion every doubtful voter.
 Mir. and Mrs. Caleb Evans and their five children, residents of Dawson since 1906, who have been stopping at the Portland House since coming out from the interior last Wednesday enrOute to Juneau, where they will make their future home, left on the Spokanee this morning for the Alaskan capital city.
 ! The government boat Peterson arrived from Ft. w. H. Seward this afternoon at 12:3O having on board
 apt, (Dr) Lambie, Lieut., and Ms. Ross, Lieut.. Peyton and Lieut.. Davis from the post. The gentle men in the party came over by in- vitation of the W. P. Tennis club and at 2:3O D. m. had a friendly contest on the court Of the local club. The boat will leave on it's return down the canal at 5 o'clock D. m.
 From the amount of interest be- ing manifested ill the benefit Barn Dance" to the White Pass hospital, wY:ch vii! take place tonight in the main warehouse of the w. P. & Y. R., at the new dock, we imagine that the funds of the in- { stitution will be materially increas- ed when the receipts arc counted un. Besides the people of Skagway, who will turn out en masse, there intermediate points, who came over vas quite a contingent arrived this , afternoon from Whiteh orse and especially for this annual event The Skagway brass band will furn- ish the music and the ladies of the town have contributed all manner of tOothsome things to eat. So come out and have q good time and help along q most benificent undertak- ing
 Gould Fickhardt, the little son Of Mr and Mrs. Fred Fickhardt, is in the way of becoming Q master of high finance. His uncle in Ari- 2ona sent him a Mexican burro. which arrived the other day, and has been a source of wonder and curiosity to all the little folk in town IU is a sleepy, docile ami nal and allows the children to climb On and off it's back at pleas ure, and to crawl between it's legs or beneath its belly without any manifestations of resentment what eyer. Gould, b advertise his treasure, at first permitted his f,iemds to take short rides free of charge, but today he Is making thcm pay 15 cents an hour before he will allow thecl tomount his new possession.
 Capt. w. A. Sprague, master of shc harbor boat Peterson, station ed at Ft Wm. H. Seward, Haines, who has held this position for five years and ten months, received notice of his transfer to the s. s. Torrance, a mine rlanter, with headquarters at Ft. Stevens, Ore gon artillery district, and will leave for his new post the latter part .of the present month. Capt.