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editorial page
Mrs Charlotte Hawes, a literary
woman of Boston, where literature
..-row a so excessive that it some
times takes on the quality of rauk
ness, has written a state soug for
Alaska, mention of which was made
some time ago iu the Dally Alas
kan.
Charlotte informs us that she has
lived iu California and Boston, and
has visited "Brooklyn, near Bos
tou." From that we infer she is
leculiarly well qualified to write a
s-ing of Alaska that will be a heart
throbker. We do not wish to be
unkind in our criticism, but Mrs.
Hawes, no matter what her liter
ary talents may be, is wholly in
capable of writing a song of Alas
ka that anyone will sing. In the
first place her song is untrue, for
tiie third line of it reads: "Ice
!* rgs All .tlong the Way."
Now if Mrs Hawes win crawl on
r Pegasus long enough to read
Hie weather reports in the Boston
l-apers, she will learn that (or two
'uousand miles along the Alaska
coast the coldest winter weather
averages twenty degrees warmer
than In Boston; outside of the Arc
tic regions, it does not freeze
enough to congeal an iceberg large
t tough to make a gin fizz for a
1'oston policeman.
The lady also states that "Wis
dom Reared Alaska's Head." If
?he refers to the wisdom that with
drew our Toil lands irons eutry,
that put our forests into a reserve,
that compel Is us to buy British Co
lombia coal, and refuses to let us
cut a stick of wood where billions
< t cords are rotting away; if she
means the wisdom that hampers
.nj retards our development, that
conserves everything that does not
heed conserving, and permits fish
traps and 3eines to rob the waters
o; the fish that need . conserving,
t:>eu that *isdom should bow Its
head in shame Instead of "rearing"
it.
Charlotte, your impulses are right,
bit you are mistaken. You. ( mean
i :g Boston) are wholly ignorant of
Alaska. It was not long ago that
'he writer subscribed for the larg
weekly paper published in Bos
ton, and when we received it there
was an extra stamp on it marked;
' foreign postage." Charlotte, you
think that the capital of Alaska is j
in Sitka, because that was the old :
Kussian capital. Ninety-nine per
itnt of the New England people do J
not kuow whether Dawson, the great
city of the Klondike, is in Alaska
?>i Canada.
.My dear woman, when you have
lived here for years and had to pa
triotically import coal from a for
eign country with millions of tons
a; your door, paying to Canada a ta
which vou Bostonians once refused
io pay on tea; when you have seen
carpet-baggcrs sent here from the
east to govern us; when you have
suffered the scorns and outrages of
i senseless congress which refuses
to grant us the right to make laws
f >r our own government; then you
will be able to write a song that
will be an epic.
The world Is gradually comign to
ti>e belief that military rule Is it
flat failure. For centuries the gov
ernments of the earth have been
dominated by the military class
and today in Mexico, Turkey, Greece
and the entire Balkan peninsula
men are killing off each other In a
serseleas struggle for something,
which will do them ^no good when
oiiee achieved, for whatever they
get, if the military spirit keeps up
will be taken from them on some
future trumpted up pretext.
Militarism has been weighed for
centuri es and is found sadly want
ing. Nations can't tote armaments
around without killing each other,
*
any more than individuals can tote
puns in their pockets without using
them for murder. Common experi
ence has taught! us to put away
our pocket pistols and gradually
we are coming into the knowledge
that in order to stop war we must
put away our national armaments.
The Toronto Star is seeing the
trend of things and speaks thus:
The fossils who believe that ln
te.'national war is one of the un
changing laws of the universe are
now assuming an air of owlish wis
dom. and declaring that they must
be right because Turkey and Monte
r.ogro and other nations in South
eastern Europe are at war. What
is really demonstrated in Europe to
day is not the failure of those who
nrc working for pouce but t.,1
ure of European militarism. Europe
is supposed to be dominated by the
"Great Powers," but in what does
this greatness or their power con
sist? They stand helpless while
the Southeastern part of the conti
nent is In a state of anarchy. They
have millions of men under arms,
these men are unable to do a little
i t of police work that is required
in the Balkans. The result of near
ly two thousand years of military
civilization is that a large part of
Europe is as destitute of law and
order as the most remote and law
l>ns mining camp that ever existed.
J he situation is the same as if our
b irglary and rioting were allowed
tn go unchecked in Toronto because
01 quarrels and jealousies in the
police force. Every "great pow
er" is afraid to move for fear of
starting a general conflagration.
Purely this is not an occasion for
jeering at the advocates of peace.
They are not responsible for the
condition of Europe, That condi
tion ts due to two thousand years
of the supremacy of military, feudal,
aristocratic ideas. The militarists
have had everything their own way,
an<| they have made a mess of it.
"Homesteads for Women" is the
new slogan in Western Canada. It
is the watchword in a new but
vigorous campaign, the evidence
of which is found in letters, peti
tions and resolutions which are
pouring into the office of the Min
ister of the Interior. The women
ask that they be given the same
homestead rights as the men have,
and in some cases their request is
backed up by boards of trade.
American School
Boys Are "Softened"
By Or. GEORGE KIRSCHENSTEINER. German Educator
HMERICAN PUPIL3. PARTICULARLY BOYS, ARE BEING SUB
JECTED TO HARMFUL "SOFTENING" PROCESSES.
Tbe cause lies partly in the employment of methods,
which tnake the pupils' tasks too easy and partly in the lack
of men teachers.
Boys in the four lower grades may well be left in the hands of
women teachers. The upper grades should unquestionably be
UNDER MEN who understand the nature of the boy better than
women do.
The boy should in many cases be much more FIRMLY ANT)
VIGOROUSLY HANDLED than- is possible for a woma a. It is
doubtless the overfilling of tbe schools with women teachers that is
EFFEMINIZINO the process of character building and weakening
the pupils' respects for authority.
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Hotel Accommodations. Fur
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Excellent (Tuntlng nod Fishing.
Motor Roating aui' Sailing.
Steamer Georgia from Juneau
makes semi-monthly visits. In
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iu the uso of coal that is bright and
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I'lione niiy Skagway Kipwiili
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> ou a dollar 'p worth of heat nnlta
for every dollar Invested ? thata
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Teralnua VC, P. & Y Route.
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KKM'LATIONS 191.1.
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a m. to 5 p. m
Perhhablea ONLY delivered on Sunday of at night.
All freight shlpmonts destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (patK..~s oan be obtained at the U. 8. cus
toms office) and must *>e delivered before 5 p m. No freight will be
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAGGAE? Tolls will bo collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE OWLT
No charge for bogs and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer la npwtng
dock and will be opened when pas tensers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be hud ou application at office on dock.
M. O. flo* I'V t J. SHAVV, General Manager
The White Hass dcYukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 30.
Mon<l:?}.s, Wc!nexl?\ s and Friday*.
\?. 1 N. Bonnd No. 2 8. Bound
1st class lbt clsaa
8:30 a. ui. Leaves SKA<it*AY Arrives 3:30 p. m.
11:05 " " WHITE PASfr Leaves 1:40 '*
1 1:40 " " LOO CABIN " 12:47 "*
12:35 p. nu " BENNETT " 11:50 a. m
2:00 " " CARIBOU " 10:25 "
4:15 " Arrives WH1TEHORSE Leaves 8:15 "
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stippe d 30 mlrutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 76 pounds with each ha It fare ticket
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STEAMERS rem
Seattle, T acoma
VWwfk, l?cmrm.
Pi* T %m0k
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San Francisco, Lot Angeles, 3an Diego
C. W. ANDREWS. G. A. P D C D. WNaNN. p. T. M.
M3J? Sc.%-W IUMHtak.l.F^
I" 4m i mn I to !?>?? t? M
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Spokane -- March 1 8
vV. A. PETKU-OV. Afr?Jt
Phoua 50 2nd A Br"<dw?y. Sk*jrw?y, Alaska
Alaska Steamship
Company
CAMRVINQ U. ?. MAIL ANO LL?r??GO l*?MM
Men MUlnc o( ?? tw
JEFFERSON
March 15
(Vmpany lh?> right f rh??t-.. ?*ilinc
TKI.KI'HoM- xo. nn It \. ? tRRoll.. *'?*?? ?i?t
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C COAST SERVICE)
Sailings
FROM SKAGWAY
PRINCESS MAY
Mnrch 12 - 22
April
May
2- 12-23
3- 14-24
5 ibj?et to 6h?nr* ?'"h -r N ?!<"?
Vancouver, Victoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
87 F. F. W OWLE Ag?nt
(Steamship Humboldt
THE ONIT INCEPFN3HT STEJUS^P VcRITM 19 S i IliSU
Will sail from Seattle far all Siutheastcra Alaikaa P*rfs
March 12
Aatllnn to rhunr* vitkn^t n?*i<+
through riCfftTt monioeo
4e?uie OfBw TVk<*? awl *TI llfnrwH*
Tia ?. B\RT*K*K1. Mh A Hr*4w*y.
Juneau SicamsM? Co
U. S. MAIL STEAM Kit
Georgia
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Iloonnh, Gyp
sum, Tenakoe, KlUlsnoo and Sit
ka Jan. 22, 28, Feb. 3, 9, 15, 21,
27, Mch. 5, 11, 17, 23, 29. Leaves
Juneau for Funter and Chatham,
8 a.m., Jan. 28, Feb. 21, Mch. 17.
Leaves Juneau for Tyeo, 8 a.m.,
Jan. 22, Feb. 21, Mar. 23.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor.
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
Skagway, 8 a.m., Jan. 20, 26,
Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, Mar. 3, 9.
15, 21, 27. Returning Lsavee
Skagway following day at 8 a.m.
WILLIS E. NOWELL, Manage?.
For 35c. you can get a whoisome,
home cooked moal at the New Home
Restaurant, 5th aveune, just off of
Broadway.
FRESH EASTERN OVSTEK8 II
Iu any quantity, on the hal: abell, I
first of the season, at the Tack E
Train Restaurant.
Winter Route
Stage Service
During the winter senaon of 1912-101S, a through Will, f rrlfh' *wtV*
bo maintained l>elween White Hon* aad Hawaon. affordta* ?H p-?<Me r^mtnrt fee i
by nioana of a i.H.iJ ll l .# ? . I.*i.
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automobile Line
Fop the winter ??<uon the Company'* comfortable trains will operate oa a trt- weekly
twcen Skofruny anil Whit* llorv, train* lea* ing aach termiaat oa Moadaya. W?lae??aya
Fridays.
Fur information reUUre to and freight rate* apply to
H. WHEKI-KIl, Supt.. Mail Hmlce Department. ....
O. L. DIOKKSOX, Prealdont,
We nuke (olographic transfer of fund* to or frara Van onvrar or flea* U a.
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