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EDITORIAL PAGE
Sino th* l>ailr Alaskan b***n
.^lltnj: of the htsh quaiiti** of tb*
P??? a ??>??>? rained bor*. a number of
i>??l?l<? h?rr hrowfbt In Minplfi un
til ??? arr now dnHt furnish ?v1
?ith x viHlfr'i supply VT? ??lv
i *?***! about ?nothcr welt, when w*
?l?all take up the qurwt k>n of cblek
??ii*. and ask for samples to ?*- J
hibit Tben will follow, ock*. <"*b
h**i? ant] tb? Tartoua brands of (t?f
?let) truck whirb srowji so abttndant
ly in Skajrwav
There is a *rav?> and awful fear
in t he rn in lis of nuni of us that the
???? Alaska legislature will in some
?-?> increase the taxes of the prop
em o*?m Property is tbe most
cowardly thine In the world. Men
* ill submit to half the moral j
wrongs in the catalogue of miscon- '
?iu.-t without mm-h of a protest; but
e attempt to attach one-half of
??!?? j>er rent tax on their property.
ior an* purpose w batsoever. and
t im ends immediately up to the
high kr* vrai a wail that awakens:
( he (vii?
To t?*iu with, there is no ueed of
t>U< ii. n a tax on anything for the
{>ur !>?*?*- of maintaining the new leg
islature a?d if a tax was needed it
? oui.l not be usseeised for more than
oi.v i*r cent Now if the taxation
alluwed by the new legislature were
to the limit, the total w-oul
l?e considerably under that of liBy
i>( b?*r state in the I'nion. so avsr
i hat we are going to be taxed
to .ieath are groundless
1 K> ion remerfiber the old days'
iia<k e.ist ? hen the Harvest Home
:e?t n als bronght together all the
iwople of the neighborhood* to ox
i hanee ideas on raising farm pro
iiu?ts* They are doing it back
there now and they are reaping a
t?efiefit in a social way, as well as
warning many things that are of
lasting value which results from the
exchange of experiences.
Sk.tgway is going to duplicate
that Harvest Home day of rejoicing
iext Saturday by holding a festival
dedicated to fertility. A committee
started out this morning for the
purpose of setting the citiseoft inter
??st.-d The movement had Its or
lkin in th" display of vegetables in
tl:e window of the I?aily Alaskan
placed there by Judge Conway and
Mrs Keenan. That started many
of us thinking thai this community
ra i<*-s as fine garden products as
an? district in the United States
W e have potatoes, celery, cabbage,
beets, tomatoes, and all manner of
roots and berries Then there are
chickens, turkeys and ducks.
Ther* are jams, jellies, butter snd
?*g? a?d everything that all other
Harvest Festivals have to bring the
I eople together and thereby stim
ulate rivalry in producing better
things for the common good
Our flowers alone, which art now
in their lovl?est bloom, will be worth
going miles to enjoy H ts the In
tention of tbe committee to offer
prises which will be given exhibitors
and the day will win4 up with a big
dance, the revenue from which will
start s fund for the annual display
of Skagway grown products
Th- Mining WoHd has been dig
ging back Into ancient history to
find out what nation it was that
first began to use gold mi a prec
ious metal, and finds that tbe de
fir* for gold is. as far as we know,
about as oM as the human race
Gold placed an important part ia
ancient civilisations. and It la know?|
that some ancient savage rare* pris-l
ed It for making Jewelry for decor
?llng their persons.
In ancient Kgypt, whose ruin*
and tombs have been oar greatest
source of information concerning
the condition and activities of the
human race thousands of years B.
C . gold was widely used, not only
for jewelry, trot for other decorative
purposes As far back as 3S0O
years B. C. gold mines were work
ed In Kftypt Those between the
Nile and the Red sea, being the
oldest known Plans of these an
cient mine workings are stated to
have been found at Thebes.
Knowledge of the methods used
in operating these mines Is scanty,
but there are evidences that Iron
hammers were used to crush the
or* after the rock had been broken
down by the use of fire and water.
The miners were slave* or pris
oners, both male and female, and
were brutally treated. The ancient
gold mines referred to are estimated
to have yielded about IJO.OOO.OOO,
mainly for the enrichment of the
?arty Kgyptian kings
The smooth writing qualities pos
sessed by goid fountain i>eu* may
be attributed to the tiny bit of whit
metal ? iridium ? fastened to the tip'
of the pen Iridium ia an exceed
ingly rare metal, according to the
tailed States Geological Survey, not
more than 5,0?t) ounces being pro- i
duced each year of which, perhaps,
about Suo ounces are recovered in
toe I'nited States, mostly from im
ported platinum sand and from cop
per ores and bullion. The price de
mended for iridium has been in
creasing rapidly, and in 1911 it
ranged from $60 to )(4 an ounce
pure metal.
By the terms of the postoffice ap
propriation bill it is stipulated that
all first and second class poetoffices
are to be closed on Sundays. Here
tofore where local sentiment deman- 1
ed. local postmasters hare been per
mitted to keep general delivery win- i
dows open during certain hours, but !
under the new law this will not be
permitted The only way in which
to get letters to their destination
hereafter on Sunday will be to
put a special delivery stamp on
them, as it is provided that special
delivery letters shall be delivered
on Sunday. Mail will be distribut
ed in postoffice boxes up to mid
night of each Saturday and access
to boxes will be allowed. This will
give the greater portion of the post
office employees an entire day off,
only a sufficient force being kept on
to handle mail in transit at Junction
I points, hotel mail to be considered
in this class and distributed in box
es in poetoffices
The Nahltn returned from the
Stiklne Monday after a successful
trip to (lienor*. Several passengers
were brought dows from Telegraph
including two Chinamen who have
been in the interior over thirty
veers and are now being taken to
Victoria by the Canadian Govern
ment. Two prospectors from the
far inland country were passengers
to Wrangvll. They had recently
returned to Telegraph Creek after
an absence of fifteen months, the
last fifty-two day* existing entirely
on porcupine meat ? Wrangell Sen
tinel
Manuel Wax. of Ketchikan, he*
several small nugget* of gold that
were found in the front yard of bl?
home, rrom time to time. ths?e
nuggets, large enough to attract the
eye. have been picked up by mem
bers of the Dias household, and Mr.
Diat *ay* that when he raised ducks
ie this eneloeetire, he invariably
found "colors" on dressing the fowls
The grand opera stare
have gone abroad,
but ?
yon can still hear them sh.r I
their greatest triumphs on tlv
Victor.
Though they ?r* thousand ??><
miles awijr, Caniso. Melba. 1t>
rarxirii. and *11 the other famous
artist? who make rec? rds i \
clusively for the Victor. *trs?
vou whenever and a* often a* >ut< ;
wish.
Gnm m a-ml hear them, and w ll <?
difemit \\*>*% oi the Victor (S10 tof:0P)
and Victor- Vftrtrolt tH3 to l?), Kny
term# if 4?flrc4.
WILLIAM PR1TT
THE DRUGGIST
FINDING A PAWN TICKET.
Sometime* It May Be Just Walking
Into a Trap.
"While walking through one of the
prominent streets I be olher day." aald
an Innocent looking Individual. "I es
pled an important looking piece of pa
per on the sidewalk and. picking It up.
found It to be a pawn ticket for a dia
mond acarfpln which some careless
person bad apparently dropped
"According to the ticket, the pin had
been pledged seven! weeks before for
115. 'Flow am I to find the owner?"
thought I. 'Shall I take It to the pawn
broker? Perhaps If 1 do the owner will
new see It anyway. The pin must
surely be a good one and doubtless
worth three tiroes the atrount for which
It was pledged. Why not appropriate
It to my own use?"
"The name on the ticket was Brown,
and my conscience was relieved when
I found Severn 1 hundred of that name
in the directory. I soon made up my
mind and started for the broker's of
fice. I asked to see the pin before re
deeming It. stating that I had bought
the ticket and upon the payment of 25
cents was allowed to examine It
"It looked all right to me. although I
am not a qualified Judge of diamonds,
so I paid the principal of $15 and the
Interest of $1.89 and the pin became
mine
"The next day I showed It to an ex
pert who declared It to be worth far
less than the amount I had paid for it
"It Is a trick of some people.' he
said. to defraud unwary persons like
yourself. The scheme consists of Issu
ing tickets for spurious pieces of Jew
elry for amounts many times in excess
of their value and dropping them on
the sidewalk In different parts of town
where nmuspectlng persons might find
them and redeem them, ns yon did.
thus yielding a handsome profit to the
perpetrators.' "?Philadelphia Record
* AN HOUR'S WALK.
Vau Would Hardly Think It Meant '
Traveling 85.553 Miles.
Have you ever thought of the dis
tance yon travel when you are out
on an hour's stroll? Possibly you
walk three miles within the hour, but
that does not by any means represent
the distance you travel. The earth
turns on Its axis every twenty-four
hours. For the sake of round figures,
we will call the earth's circumference
24,000 miles, and so you must have
traveled during the hour's stroll 1.000
miles In the ax al turn of the earth.
But this Is not alL The earth makes
? Jonrney around the sun every year.
?nd a long but rapid trip it is. The
distance of our planet from the sun
we will put at 92.000.000 miles. This
Is the radius of the earth's orbit? half
the diameter of the circle, as we call
It The whole diameter Is therefore
1S4.000.000 miles, and the circumfer
ence. being the diameter multiplied by
S.1416, is about R7S.000.000
This amarlng distance the earth trav
els in its yearly Journey, and dividing
It by we find the dally speed about
1 .598.000. Then we get the distance
you rode around the sun during your
hour's walk, divide again by twenty
foor, and the result Is about Gfi.000
miles. But this Is not the end of your
hour's trip The sun. with Its entire
brood of planets. Is moving in space
fit the rate of lon.ooo.nno miles In a
year. That Is at the rate of a little
more than 4.18.000 miles a day. or 18.
250 miles an boor
So. adding jronr three miles of leg
travel to the hour's axis! movement of
the etrth. this to the earth's orbital
Journey and that again to the earth's
excursion with the sun. and yon find
yon have traveled in the hour 8R.28S
attoa.
Owing to Its derivation the worn
"green" was originally applied t? lb*
color of vegetation, but Mt to the color
of the sea No application of ~gre?*n"
to th# color of the wa la qnotcd before
Chancer, but as early as the vear "00
It was nsed for vecetntlon The word
is akin to "grn*s" and "grow " which
verb originally belonged to the veteta
ble world alone Vegetable* "grew
bot animate "waxfd"' ?tirven" comes
from an Aryan root. 'Aafir. ' meaning
to be green of yellow, ami "> elmw
"gold" and "yolk" come from umi
same root.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
AU'irnp)*
(ifXMSON A MARSHALL
Alt<?ii(7?-V.Uw
P. O. Box hi - Juneau, Alaska ?
H. B. Lit IFEVRE
Attorney-. At- Law
Commissioner For Vukon Territory
to Take Affidavits
Skagway - - Alaska ;
8TKVK RAO AN
Attonef-/U-I,?n
HAINES - - ALASKA
OR. L. 8. KFLLKlt
Deattttt
Most Modern Methods
Open Rvenlngs
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-fi p m. '
Alaskan Building - -Broadway |
SKAGWAY - - ALASAK
IVMital Siipplw
M. F. PATTI.RSOX A COM PA XT
? Dealers In ?
!> F X TAl S r P P MKS
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle. Wash j
Orders by mail or cable will receive j
prompt attention. Catalogue on re
quest.
For 35c. you can get n who) sonic,
home cooked dimI nt the N'cw Home
Restaurant. 5th areune. just off of
Broadway.
Food cooked ax ?t should be at
the "White Puss <5*fe." Only the
bvst In the market Mrs. Orloff
Kin*, proprieties*. tf
COAL
Wellington Lump Coal
from Shaft No. 6, Oyster Hay Mine*
at Ladysniith, tbo highest grade
B Misehold coal of all the B. C. field*
58.28 FIXED CARBON
Perfect Combustion. Uniform Heat
Light Ash
On and after Juljr 1st, 1910, we
shall offer this coa.1, selected tnd
graded as follows : ?
Hwble Screened and sacked.. 113 tea
Screenings (sacked) 8 (on
Screenings (bulk) 7 ton
Above prices Include delivery
Moore's Wharf Co.
Alaska Transfer Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS.
'Phone 10. Skagway, Alaska.
JUNEAU 8 8. CO'8
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Curryln* U. S M?li
For Haines, Bernc-rs Bay, Jnneau.
Hoonah. Tenekee and Way Ports.
SAILS
FROM SKAGWAY
AUG. II, 17, 2.1, 2?.
SKPT. 4, 10. 10, 22, 2*.
at 8:0(1 a. m.
WILLIS NOWKLL, Mgr., JUNEAU
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
VrtnfU. Vtneowr.
Ew?, OJympi*. Port Townwnd, SomS
IXVioeham. Eur*k?. S*nt* Fi*rnmr?, M?nro
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego j
G. W. ANDREWS. G. A. P. D. C O. DUKANM P. T. M.
i 13 J?n?r? St., S?nlll* 1 12 Markrt St, Sn Fmrior f
P rwn?J fa rkntc* Ihit ScMtl*
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
City of Seattle Sept. 16,28
Spokane Sept. 10, 22 Oct. 4 , 16,28
FRANK If. FOLD, Agent, 2nd ?fe Bmvlway, Mkagway
Alaska Steamship
Company
CAR RYINQ U. 8. MAIL AND WELL# FARGO EXPRESS
Next nllin* of 4h? fturt ?UM?|?r steam er
JEFFERSON
Aug. 31. Sepl. 12 >24.
Oct. 6-18-30. Nov. 10
DOLPHIN
Sept. 6 - 1 8 - 30
Oct 1 2- 24. Nov. 5 21
Companr fit* i m th? r'eht to ckur sailing ?Ut m wlthool node*
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. B. QUPTILL, AOENT.
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B.C COAST SERVICE)
Fall 1912 Sailings
From SKAGWAY 7 p. m. THURSDAYS
Princess Sophia ,NEW|
Oct. 3-17-31
Princess May
Oct. 10-24. Nov. 7-21
Subject Jo eh?o<re w!i li >ai N *!<?*
Vancouver, Victoria# Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phon. 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
? ?
Steamship Humboldt
TIE OKLt IWEEMiW STEMSHIP ??a?W9 10 S. E. IUSM
Will sail from Skajway for Seattle and Way Ports
Sep. 5th, 18th, 30th. Oct. 12th j
Sailing date snb)e?* tn change without notice
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
SmtUe Offlc: Ticket* ami all Information
Til t!?eaa<l Araiie. H. HARTWKJSE.V. 5?h * Broml *'jr.
1IIE PASS 8 M
EK81
@MF?MTmELE jj^gOTE
Through Tickets To and From
Atlin, Dawson Fairbanks, and all Interior I
Alaska and Yukon River Points
n WDHOMHI.Y mWNTEn IMUMMl OBSKUV tTIO\ TARS
are now in in regular service between Hkagnay and Wl?it#? How, The cam an?
designed e?|>eeially with a view to comfort, affording an opportunity to view th#?
scenery over the famous White Pass to thf? be??t advantage, and are equipped
with spacious individual leather chairs, writing desks, ctrd tables and rlrcwiog
rooms.
Regular Sailing* between White Horse and Dawson on Commodious Steamers
ConMant Improvement in Service U Our Aim. s Sargertinn* Invited
Tor Further Information. Apply to
O. L. DICKESON, Preiident, Skaguay, Alaska and Vancouver, B. C .