OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted as ?econd class mall matter
July 8, 1895, at the Postofflce
at Skarway, Alaska.
r L. #. Keller, Publisher.
Subscription Rates.
One month by mall 75
One aoaU by carrier 1.00
Tkre* Months by mall 120
Biz months by mall 4.60
Oae year by mall 9.00
Subscriptions and advertisement
received by:
Bennett Neva Co. . . Whltehorse, Y.
S. W. Gideon Car cross, Y. T.
K. I* Plllman Atlin, B. C.
B. A. Barnett Ualnee, Alaska
cable charges too high.
Alaskans are deeply 'nterested in
the report of the chief officer of the
Cnited States signal corps in Alaska,
says an Alaskan exchange. Epitom
ized these figures show that the gov
ernment telegraphic system In Alas
ka during the lust five years lias not
only paid back to the treasury depart
ment every dollar Invested, but a pro
fit of $530,190.37 has been added to
the government coffers. The figures
telegraphed from Washington are as
follows:
Cash business transacted
from 1904 to 1909 $ 914.507 09
Oovexnm't business tran
sacted. 1904 to 1909 702.263.28
Total $1,612,777.07
Appropriations for same
period $1. OSS, 080.00
tt-ofit $ 530,190.37
Since the profit of half a million
dollars, over and above the cost of
construction and upkeep, has been
made. It is probable that a concerted
movement will be made for a substan
tial reduction in the telegraphic rates
between Seattle and Alaskan points.
Alaskans contend that their tele
graphic rate is more than 200 per
cent, higher than the rates charged
by the Western I'nion and Postal tel
egraph companies. The rate charged
by the government from Seattle to
Nome, a distance of 2.640 miles, is
$3.80 for ten words, while a telegram
of the same length can be sent from
Seattle to New York, a distance of
2,803 miles, for $1.00. The rate over
the government lines from Seattle
to Fairbanks, a distance of 1880 miles,
is $3.30. while the cost of seuding a
message over the lines operated by
private enterprise from Seattle to Chi
cago. a distance of 1840 miles is only
75 cents.
PERMANENCE
One of the stock arguments against
home rule for Alaska is the state
u?ent that the population of this
Northern territory lacks permanence.
In other words the people of the
North are denied the right to make
their own laws because they don't
stay in one place. Is this right or
Is it not? Are the people of Alaska
less settled than the settlers who
have gone forth to other new lands?
Who is It In Alaska that is not con
sidered permanent?
It is generally agreed that the life
of a placer camp is limited. Alaska
has placer camps that have waxed
great in productiveness and popula
tion. and have begun to wane as the
deposits of precious metals are ex
hausted. In fact, the very sections
that have been devoted to placer
mining promise soon to develop
quartz mines ? a more permanent in
dustry at least.
Another cJass which is perhaps in
cluded among the fleeting population
of Alaska is the employe* of canner
ies and fishing companies who are
hired annually in Seattle and San
an cisco and are brought to Alaska
for a short season in the summer.
Many of them are Chinese and Japan
ese, and such are no more citizens of
Alaska than of the United States
cities that supply them.
Outside of the classes mentioned
where does the lack of permanence
come in? In every new country ther
are those who come and, overcome b>
the longing for the home land, go.
The people who come to Alaska are
not exceptional In this respect. In
some new countries the early settlers
stay for the reason that they never
get enough money to get out. Here
in the North tho repeated trips to
the States may be attributed to the
fact that money is more plentiful tha
it Is in most new countries. But it
has become proverbial that those who
leave Alaska always come back.
But what is necessary that a resi
dent of Alaska may be considered
"permanent," that is permanent !
enough that he may be considered
a good citizen, one qualified to have
a voice in making the laws which he
must obey and which will affect con
ditions under which he and his child
ren must live? Must he have lived
here five years? Many thousands
have done that. Must he have suf
fered the Inconveniences of this mis
governed land for ten years? Thou
I ?
.sands thero will bo found in this class
Must the period of his stay have
been fifteen or twenty years? Still
wo have many of them, and more
than that there are those who have
lived in this land of gold for a quar
ter of a century and eveu more ? who
have seen their children's children
grow to manhood and womanhood,
marry; and little children of white
parents themselves born in Alaska
are climbing on grandpa's lap and
wondering whether they belong to
the class which stands between Alas
ka and her rights. And then an offi
cial in high rank, without such a
thing as a visit to the Southeastern
section of the district makes the as
sertion that Includes them all. the
people of Alaska, are not permanent.
? Douglas Island News.
It's Important!
This matter of writing paper.
Don't experiment. Use the paper
that everybody knows Is correct.
It Is "Made in Berkshire" by
EATON, CRANE & PIKE
and we carry it in many styles.
WILLIAM BRUT,
Druggist Skagway
Established 1897 Telephone 112
Phil. Abrahams
Real Estate and
Fire Insurance
Agent for Dubuque Fire & Marine Ins. 'Co., Dubuque Iowa it
Washington Fire Ins. Co., Seattle, Wash.
NOTARY PUBLIC SKAGWAY, ALASKA jj
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Don t Have Cold Feet! ?uy " xy?rm Pairo(
Lined Moccasins to
wear while you are fixing the Fires the cold winter mornings
They will keep you comfy.
New Christmas Novelties f
Kodaks and Supplies
SEATED AND UGH i ED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
ttlhitc Pass fiotcl
P. D McMillan, Manager
Earnest and best appointed fiotel in the Yukon
RATES MODERATE
(Ubitebom, V.C.
X HEADQUARTERS FOR
ATLIN-CONRAD STAGE
CHOICE BAR STOCK
FIRST CLASS CAFE
IN CONNECTION
Caribou Hotel
E. W. GIDEON, Proprietor
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
FURNACE HEATED
Carcross, Y, T.
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MOORE'S WHRRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive end Deoart FromThla Dock
REGULATIONS 1909
Warehouse! open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Porishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. custo:oi
office) and must be delivered l>eforn 5 p.m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE? Tolls win oe collccted on Checked Baggage Onl*. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be clo' jd to the public when steamar Is nearlng
dock and will be open jd only when passengers have disembarked
Wharfage TarifiT can be had on application at office on dock,
P. O. Box 175. E. J. SHAW RESIDENT, MANAGER
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 22.
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No
1. N. Bound
1st class
8 30 a. m. Leaves
10 00 "
11 00 "
11 30 "
1 30 p. m.
3 45 "
Arrives
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S. Bound
1st class
3 20 p. m.
1 45 "
12 42 "
12 10 "
10 25 a. m.
8 15 "
SKAC UAY
WHITE PASS
LOG ABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITE HORSE
Passengers must be at depoj In time to have Baggage inspect
td and checked. Inspection Is stopp d 30 minutes before leaving time of
train.
150 pounds of baggago will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each half tare ticket
ummttnnnBmimtntnmtmntmtrifflu
The result of the observation taken ;
at Moore wharf at midnight, Feb. 10,
1 1910, Ib ait follows:
Temperature tlmeobaervat'n 153 above
Max.terop.preceding 24 hours 42 above
j Mia. " " " " 30 above i
Mean " " " " 4(! above
Barometer 30. 1 2
Clea- iind South Wind
INTERIOR WEATHER.
Wliiteborse 12 above j
Lower Lebarge 4 ,,
Atlin 11 "
Hootalinqua 12 below
Big Salmon "
Yukon Crossing 10 "
Selkirk 20 "
Coffee Creek "
Stewart 8 "
Ojf il vie 7 "
Dawson 7 "
; Forty Mile
Our Christmas Poultry, Oysters,
ctc., will arrive on the Cot
tage City, and as usual, our stock of
Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Chickens and
Oysters will be the very choicest to
be found in any market in tho North.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
French Briar Pipes, Meerschaum
Pipes, Cigar Cases and Tobacco
Pouches at TONY DORTERO'S.
Come in or phone orders for Gibsot
Rye and Val Blatz Beer; delivered to
your homo by The Mascot.
B. B. B. pipes need no description
and can only be had at TONY DOR
TERO'S.
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S,
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Carrying U. S. Mull
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoonn, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
february 6, !2, 18, 24
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUGHTON, Agent
Broadwav and Fifth Avo. ^hone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
He
Carrying Passengers and Mail will
leave Skagway for Haines
Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M.
FARE ONE WHY S1.50: ROUND TRIP S2.50
BOAT CAN BE CHARTERED FOR
EXCURSIONS SUNDAYS AND
EVENINGS
Cable Code "Hegg" Phone S6
SKAGWAY
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma.
Victoria, Vancouver, Anacoricc, Be!ling!>?m
Everett, Olympia, Port Towntcnd, Sou.'i
Bellinj'liam, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los ArsgeSes, Sasi Diego
G. W. ANDREWS. G. A. P. D. C. D. DUNANN, G. P. A.
1 13 Jamc? Si.. Seattle I !2 Market St., San f iancitco
Right rci0?V0tl to chonzo this Scliadule
NEXT SAILINGS
LL BE
S. S. COTTAGE CITY
February 6-19 March 3-15-27
FRANK H. STUART Agent, 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
U S. M All ard Alaska Pacific Rxpreit
'x\ SMHni' of the Fast Pagseneer Steamer
S. S JEFFERSON
February 1 1 th - 24th
Company resorv ; rtpht to change Bailing date without notice^
C. B. GUPTILL, Agent. Phone ?J6
gggraaaa wwff
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
Schedule of Sailings From Skagway
STCAMSHIP.^ PRINCESS MAY
FEBRUARY 11-25
Subject to churijrc wit, lout, notice
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
F. F. W. LOWLE. Agent
Phone 87
SS. Humboldt
Will Sail From
SEATTLE for Southeastern ALASKA Ports
February 17, 1910
RETURNING WILL SAIL FROM SKAGWAY
February 21, 1910
Sailing date ubject to oliango without notice.
SEATTLE OFFICE W# W> BOUGHTON,
1 0 3 Y E SLE R W A Y phone 90 agt. 5th & Broadway
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Through Line Prom
Skagway to Atiin, White Horse, Bi>: Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer camps in tho Alsek ?nd Kluane Mining Districts arc reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skafiway and Whito Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be raalntaioed
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson.
ReRUlar stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, locaied in the heart of the nowly discovered and fabulously rich quai tz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our dally trains to Caribou.
for Information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any a?entof the Company, or to:
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Vancouver, B. C.
, A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZPACHER Gen Agco
Vancouver B C. and Skaguay, Alaska ^icaguay, Alaska