The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-03

yesterday on the OoAphLh sl@TtSN out this morning with their blankets on their backs to hush over the summit of the White Pass into the interior.
 w. F. Frost, formerly of the auditors office of the w. P. < Y. R., left on the Dolphin yester- day for Seattle and will from there continue on to his home in Eng land, where he hopes to enlist and 30 to the front.
 The east side of the large lot On Sixth street, between State and Main, on which is located the P. II. Ganty home, has been Ieveled and covered with a layer of fine cinders and will be used henceforth during the season as a tennis court.
 B. D. Palmer, northern traveller for the J. w. Fales Paper Go. of Seattle, has notified the Daily AL askan by postal of recent date that he will be in skagway in a few days to look after the customers of his firm who are in business here
 At the regular meeting of the members of the Skagway Volunteer Fire department on Saturday night, John Bender was reelected chief; Guy Sipprelle, assistant chief, and Mark Phelps, secretary; John Cries bach, Fred Tanner and Chas. Walk CT were elected as trustees. The foremen have not yet been chosen.
 M. B. Clemepger and Ed. Fore man have been appointed by Judge R. W. Jennings of the district court of theFirst Division as census en- umerator for Skagway. and the 10th of the month has been designated as the time limit for the returns to be placed ill the hands of Com missioner Martin Conway.
 Dr. NJ. F. Hall, the Fairbanks physician who was convicted ot assault on a little school girl of that city a couple of weeks ago, end was on trial there last week on a more serious charge, was ac- quilted on the second indictment. He has not yet been sentenced on the charge of what he was convicted.
 Strangers of both sexes are ar irving in SkaEway almost daily to take up their residence here. This morning at Il o'clock there was a young lady came to the home Of Mir. and Mrs. Guy Sipprelle on Seventh street, near state, and will likely remain there permanently. All concerned are doing as well as could be expected, although Dad" appears to have a little more spring to his gait than usual.
 Capt. J. G. Roberts of the river steamer Cleaner, which plys be- tween Carcross an' Taku on the AtlIn run of the W. P. & Y. R., is stopping at the Golden North, having come up from Seattle on the Dolphin. The Captain has a broth CT living in Oakland, California, with whom he makes his home every winter, returning to the north early in the summer to lcok after the repairs on his boat and get ready for business as soon as the river opens.
 The first baseball game of the season was played yesterday after noon on the W. P. A. club grounds between teams from Ft. w. II. Sc ward and Skagway, the local team winning by a score of fl to IS. The weather was ideal for outdoor sport and there was fair sized crowd in attendance. A number of boys in blue" came up on the Peterson, which made 8 special trip for the occasion, to root for their con- fades while on the diamond. The game was first umpired by Mark Phelps, then by Eddy Barry and finally by one of the visitors from the post.
 A. Van Mavern, Alaska traveller for the West Coast Grocery Co.,, of Tacoma, with headquarters in Ju- neau, who has been in Skagway for several days locking after his GUS toners, left on his return to the capital city yesterday on the Dol phin. He was accompanied by J. P. Stevenson, also connected with the West Coast Grocery Co.,, who is in Alaska on his first visit