The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-15
HOLDS
 GOOD MEETING
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SugSeStlonS were OtleTeu. HIS udt7 ter was finally left to committee appointed by the chair with power to act, consisting of Jack Keller, L. Hal Johnston and Jas, Kennedy, to complete plans for a prize contest, whereby Q first prize of $15 and second prize of $10 was to be awarded to the persons submitting the best descriptions of Skagway and vicinity in articles not to exceed 1000 words, the merit of the articles to be judged by a com mittee who will be selected by the club.
 The club voted to use it's influ- ence in securing the locaton of the Old Ladies home in Skagway, if the Territorial Legislature should provide for the maintenance of such an institute within the Terri tory.
 Dr. L. s. Keller stated that in his last trip through the states he found that all civic organiZa- tions and business mems clubs got closer together and did more real work for improvements and the exc cutiCn of other important matters at "get-together lunches," than at any other time, and as a means of bringing the business men of Skagway closer together, he suggest, ed that the club have such lunches at some one of the restaurants or hotels as method of bringing them in closer relationship.
 The suggestion was adopted by a resolution and Dr. Keller, J. M. Tanner and Ed. Foreman were ap- pointed to arrange for a lunch within the coming week, and all members of the club were to be in- vited to attend.
 R. Browning, and one other mem- Der of the committee on trails, having removed from Skagway, Charles Nye and w. c. Ask were appointed by MT. Ashley to fill the vacancies on the committee.
 George D. Schofield was present at the meeting, and just before adjournment, he was called on for little talk.
 After complimenting the mem- bers of the clubon the enthus- iasm displayed, and the dispatch with which the business of the club was handled, MT. Schofield stated that he had been a resi- dent of the northland fer more than twenty years, that he had raised a family in Nome, and his children had passed through the high school there, and in order that they might receive a higher education than the Territory afforded he had sent them to the States. He said that he had visited every town, mining camp and cannery site in Alaska, but this was the first time that he had ever visited Skagway. He was surprised, and predicted that the time was not far distant when Skag way would be one of the largest cities i'll the north, with possibly a smciter, and other large industries located here. He stated that it was his opinion that the hills sur rounding Skagway contained paying ore, and he had even placed suffi- cient faith in this ore to become interested in some prospects in the Skagway valley.
 aIr. Schofield stated that if ore which can be picked up almost any where in the Skagway valley, some of which he had been shown, was to be displayed in Fairbanks or Nome or the cities to the west ward, there would be hundreds of prospectors out in the hills looking for Iodes to locate.
 Immediately following MT. Scho- fields remarks, vote of thanks by the club was extended to Secretary Phil Abrahams for the efficient man ner in which he had performed the duties Of his office for the past year.
 Adjournment was then taken until such a time as the chair saw fit to call another meeting.