Douglas Island news., 1920-06-11

Tho poan.e who wont on Che ex- .uu.ou hs. wcck to skagway and Whtoboree doubtless saw many
 rhu uov never saw before. but had mc taken Che Grip any umo from do1m to twenty yoau or more aro. they would have seen worry much more m Jie days when
 suny" Smith and tho Stroller woro operating m stagww n thc.r d.s- urc. and separate iincs Chat town was famed an over Che country for r topaHv for "soapy' met an strangers vl.h open arma In other words ,t0 wore strangers and he took tham Ina
 "urrE Rocky Mountain rea' vos a sign painted on a huge rock far un One moununs.dc which met Ono r1ac of tho stranger ln Skgway i'm One mrIy days. but tho advice was not uto w.om.y at ioast very few people drank Rocky Mountain Tn ot that umc AS thcrc were from 70 to loo "pan, storos' there chen. thc inhabitants didn't have Co drn. Rocky Mountain Tea. The im- mortal words r.putod to have beou spoken by Che governor Of North Carolina to ho governor of south Carolina were newer beard n tho iaw whom sEaevay was in flower for the reason lhat hcrc were mo period. vhu It vas GA long time between dembs" lt amy Of Che late ouaa p.rohauco. noticed Che
 mu.u. of thc old sign high up Che side ol the mountain. they cou take t from tuc Stroller chat it meant worry uur 10 One people of skagway I'm thc cuy dlgH "pruk Rocky Mountain Tne" WcI wcil
 AI.o. IT hc Into visitors Go skag- way had occasion to notice tho pres ont city IaI thcy probably did SO. uuc voting tha. tbc structure on which uoe were gazing was Q mighty factor in Hat towns carly history What .s.How tbo city loll WA. m.. known as che Union Church
 mm for ho reason that no less um ru denominations wouh.pcd huc e.uy Sunday making worship
 almost .mUuoua performance from urr morn ol Che first day of fde ve.l mu nte that night Dur me tho week Che Union Church wos he nrbH. school and town haI and ..ot mb. speaker that hit thc town w.u something ou his mind or wind ou his stomach would h.ro Che Union Church and obtain roIIoC Six
 ..u... O. which Che Stroller was me presided over tho deIu.cs of ha. much occupied structure and U. responsibilities ol thc position had much ,o do with driving tho stroll wuy from ssarvay and Into m. n.ror
 Five year. had been rolled up on t.r r.I ol Timc before Che Stroller again visited ssaeHay And what a change had boon wrought An up- .o.dn.e ho1I house waa there.
 church nr. ruuomol thc at- mnnnu. in W parts Of Che town bruum homes greeted Che eye on .H .dm and fbc town boas.ed @ metropolitan baseball team to ob- am H. individual names of which i. WI. necessary to look in a Seattle directory And wha. Of Che old Union Churohe
 lTue foregoing represents tears which he Stroller alods every tIme lo hnss or One depths Go which hat Union Church had sunk since no had boon one ol iH pillars only Ave years bcIorcl Being no longer needed as a tempe ol worship. school building or town bai that cdidce had dc.comtcd and degraded into che .uy HI The desk which had bo.u used as pulpit by no ioss than haIi a dosou ministers every Sunday five years before. by Che school .oa.au in daylight and various Ipon and udr cboirmcn of meet ue at nights was gone and in its uIaoe was hc padded ccil in which rolucnry ronosci Che leading lrmEmds of Che ,own lu Che front par. ol Che building was Che o1icc Of Che city magistrate where society evus in which Che fine and costs wcrc invariably mentioned. were pulled or
 The latter part or Che above son- tcuoe s m error There wore never mt mcs and costs In skagways municipal court .le morning after u. FomI of Juy skarwoy was @ patriotic American town and hor poe lice magistrates always recognized .... .l.....Hr. ...rHf which hnr gone