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The statesmanlike abilities and
peculiar fitness of Fred T. DuBois
of Idaho, are bringing his name to
the front as a probable member of
the new Wilson cabinet. It is as
Secretary of the Interior that Mr.
DuBois would best serve the gov
ernment, because so many of the
Western questions come under that
department for treatment. The
great questions of reclamation of
desert lands, irrigation projects,
public lands and surveys, bureau of
mines, national parks, distribution it
appropriations for agricultural and
mechanical colleges, and questions
of the powers and duties of the
Territories, the land office, Indian
office, geological survey and bureau
of mines, all come under the super
vision of the Secretary of the Inter
ior, and Fred T LuBois is familiar
with each and every one of them.
Mr. lVBois went to Idaho in 1882
was active in the anti-Mormon agi
tations and ?as twice a delegate to
congress from the then territory.
He was instrumental in securing the
admission of Idaho into statehood
He was oue of the great number of
Westerners who withdrew from the
Kepublicau party in l^S after the
adoption of the gold standard plat
form He was twice elected to con
gress as a Silver Republican and
then becoming convinced that the
Democratic party offered the only
means of obtaining a complete rule'
by the people, he joined that party
and became an active worker for
the democracy.
Mr OuBois is not only a states
man and a deep student of national
affairs, but he has been active and
has had experience in all questions
that come under the Interior de
partment He is a specialist on re
clamation, irrigation, Indian affairs,
and the many important questions
of the west He has helped his ter
ritory grow into a state; he has
mined and knows the needs of min
ing. He is familiar with geology;
in fact he seems especially fitted
for the Secretaryship of the Inter
ior He is one man that the west
ern States could easily settle on as
best qualified for the place
The war spirit dies bard, but it 1
is surelv dving. Uraduallv the
world is realizing the absurdity of
killing people for a difference of
opinion Kill all the people of the
world and it would not change a
single principle of right
In Mexico the dilator} and ridi
culous internecine war is serving
the good purpose of disgusting the
more civilized people with the ab
surdity of attempting to settle aj
moral Question by physical means
It is as ridiculous to fight over a
political question as it would be to
fight over a law of mathematics or
the forces of gravity or light.
There is only one right ? just one ?
on any question, and killing some
one does not change it. never has
changed it. and never will change
fc.
It is true that greed and selfish
ness have at times stood in the way
and delayed the perfect operation
of justice, and in the development
of civilisation it may have been nec
essary to exert force in the ac
complishment of right, especially
when the ultimate truth was some
what indistinct, but the use of
force today is unnecessary, barbaric
and ridiculous, and looking back
over the history of the ages we
find it doubtful if it wa? ever nec- ,
AN ALABASTER SPHINX.
Kin?ty Ton Statu* Un*arth*d on th*
Plain* of Memphis.
Another sphinx, weighing ninety tons
and carved from * single rook of ala
baster, has l>.?e? unearthed at a point
between the world famed colossi on
the waterlogged plains of Memphis, In
Egypt. For hundred* of years it has
laid in a recumbent position, burled
beneath the sands on the road to Sak
kareh. Today it ia half exjxwed to
?low, and next year It ia to he raised to
I vertical position above the water line.
This newly found sphinx was be
tn^ed 'n its hiding place by Its tall,
which Mr. Mackay, one of the students
of the British school in Egypt, discov
ered about a year ago. This year when
the water on the plain subsided the
complete figure was excavated aud was
found to measure some fourteen feet
high and twenty-six feet In length.
Alabaster being a rock foreign to the
neigh liorhood. says the London Stand
ard. ibe new sphinx ranks as the lar
(test that has ever I wen transported
The figure (tears no inscription, but Is
considered by Professor Flinders Pe
trle, the director of the British school
In Egypt, to have been carved about
1900 B. C.
Mauy other remarkable discoveries,
taking the mind back as far as 5500
B O. and lifting the veil of centuries
from Egypt's romantic story, have also
been made by the same school and with
the exception of a red granite group of
Rameses II. and the god Ptah. which
will be sent directly to the Oarlsberg
museum at Copenhagen, and a few
other details are now on exhibition at
University college, (lower street. They
Include many objects quite new to
Egyptologists
Among these arc coffins made of has
ketwork, reeds or withes, sandal trays,
an ax handle In which the grip is com
posed of delicately knotted string, a
pot of unburned Incense for a Are of
fering of ?4000 B. C. and numerous
pieces of timlier showing by their for
mation the principles of building con
struction that v ere in vogue nearly
6,000 years R C
THE NEW PARIS.
It Irritates Sculptor Rodin, Who Roast*
tht Architects.
TV Paris of other ilays is pw.
Our contemporaries are enemies of the
old stones. Frightful and colosaal
buildings are everywhere replacing
the lovely houses of the older time.
There are only two or three Parisians
who rememlter and regret Rodin, the
ncnlptor. In his Hotel Rlron crumbles
without ceasing at modern architects.
He puts them In the same elaaa with
surgeons and gardener*. He formu
lates upon these three kinds of people
this Judgmeut:
"Put a gardener before a beautiful,
natural trve and he fella It to the
ground, a surceon liefore a beautiful
young woman and he will cut Into her
and kill her: an architect before a
marvelous old building and be will
rare It to the earth."
Anatole France also deplores the dis
appearance of Parla of the jiaat centu
ries. "AH the modern houses," he
says. "however costly they may be,
appear poor because they are too high.
A great height given to the houses is a
sign that they are economizing ground j
space. This Idea of economy darkens
the beauty of construction. Beautiful
architecture has always been more ex
tended than elevated. Tbe lower houses
of old Paris had an air of freedom;
those of today express a kind of rapac
ity."? Ori de Parts.
An Unoaay Volcano.
Toward the end of July the crater
of Etna showed slims of renewed ac- 1
tlvlty. On July 30, says Nature, a
column of vaj>or, with ashes and la
pllli. n>se from the new mouth formed
on the northeast aide of the central
crater on May 28, 1911. This was fol- i
lowed by another outburst on Aug. 3
at 6 p. m and by a still more pro
nounced erupt Ion on the following day. |
At lfl:4?5 a ni. on Aug. 4 a great col
umn of va|*?r n>se from the same vent
to a height of ten kilometers and then
drifted off to the southeast, covering
the southeast flank of the volcano with
ashes as far as Oantsxara. Shortly
before this, from July 28 to 31, In
creased activity also prevailed la
Strom boll, where there were strong
shocks, load rumbling noises and con- j
siderable eruptions of vapor and tn
candescenf material.
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE
LAXATTYK BROMG Quitting tt>? world
Cold and Grip remedy remove*
c*OMk C*3 for fall Buna. Look for
iign*tor? E. W. GROVE, *5a
New StocK of
STATIONERY!
The latest ana uiost up-to-date
stock of Tablets, Box Paper.
Correspondence Paper in Bulk.
Score Cards, Place Cards, Etc.
Also School Supplies of Tablets.
Composition Books. Dictionaries
Crayons, Pencils now on disla.v
William Britt
THE DRUGGIST
The best meals In Whltehorse at
the "White Pass Cafe," only white
help employed. Mrs. Orloff King
proprietress. tf
None better and purer than Gib
Rye, Rainier and Olympla 13eer
Orders by 'phone promptly delivered
The Mascot
IIOMK ORO WN S P RING
CHICKK N
at
The Pack Train Ile>tnurant
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium ["""] Alaska
' arge, I lean, Individual Hatha.
Abundance of iVater. Beat of
Hotel A ooom modal, tons. Fur
nished C?bln? for Rent
Kxcellent Hunting and Fishing.
Motor Boating and Sailing.
Steamer Georgia flora Joneau
makes semi-monthly vialta. In
format ion and rates upon request
Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop.
Health Resort:
A L AS
COAL
Wellington Lump Coal
from Shaft No. 6, 0>si<er 11*7 Mine*
it LadysmiUi, the lilgbest gra>ie
?ouspholU coal of all the 11. C. field*
58.28 FIXED CARBON
Perfect Combustion. Uniform HeaL
Light Ash
On and after July 1st, 1910, we
fhall offer this coal, solerted and
traded as follows: ?
IKKi bio Screened and sacked.. f 13 too
Screenings (sacked) 8 ton
Screenings (bulk) 7 too
Abo re prices Include delivery
Moore's Wharf Co.
Alaska Transfer Co.
SOLE SELLING AGENTS.
Phone 10. Sksjwsy, Alaska.
MOORES' WHRRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route.
All SuuthbouiidSteanitfi> Arrive aim Depart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a m. to 5 p . tn.
IVr i* babies 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. cos- ,
toms office) and must *e delivered before 5 p. m. No freight wtll be j
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAGGAE? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLY
No charge for baps and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer Is ne^rtng
dock and will be opened when passengers bate disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can b? had on application at office on dock.
P. O. 6 ox 175. E. J. SHAW. Gensral Miniotr
The White Pass AYukon Route
TIMK TARLK NO. 30.
MihiiUji, \\ eilnoxla)!! ami Ki i li?\ *.
v - * v* " * v?. 2 H lloiinil
1 ?!. DW II" 1
1st class
8:. tO ?. ni. Leaves
11:05 "
11:40 "
12:35 p. m.
2:00 "
4:15 " Arrives
SKAGCAY
VHR1 PAW
UHJ CABIN
BEVNKTT
CABIBOl*
WHITKI10R8E
lat dan
Arrives S:2J p. m.
Loaves 1:4 J '*
12:4? "
" 11: SO ft. in
10:98 "
leaves 8:15 "
Passengers must be at depou In time to Have Baggage mspectea
and checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaTlng time of
trains.
ISO pounds of baggage will be checked free with each fall fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each hall fare ticket.
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, 7 acoma
Victoria, Vwcm. Aunxv^ B'llntiw
Ewn?, Otympi*. Put Tim S?dt
E?4t, SaaM B?W% M titra
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
G. W. ANDRTWS, C,. A. P. D. C D. DUNANN. P. T. M.
i 13 Jane* St, Saaltla 1 1 2 Mart* Si, Saa Ftwmrmrr
I *1 inm?j ta rkeeee dkii M i lali
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Spokane- Nov. 9y 22 . Dec. 4 , 16, 28
C. D. ORANUK, Acting Agent
2u<1 <fc Broadway, Skagway, Alaska
i 1 , v
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. ft. MAIL ANO WELL? FARGO EXRREM
Next tailing of fMt p*M?n??r *to*m-r
DOLPHIN
Nov. 17 - 28. Dec. 9 - 21
Jan. - 2
Company imtiw th? rtickt to cfc*a?* ?tlltnx wlUwwt
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. ?. GUPTILL, AGENT.
V ii ? 7
BCanadian Pacific Ry.1
(B. C COAST SERVICE)
Winter Sailings
1912 FROM SKAGWAY 1913
PRINCESS MAY
I Nov. 7-21
I Dec. 5-19
Jan. 2 - 16 - 30
Feb. 13 - 27
Subject to ahtnr* *l*h mt S ni~*
Vancouver, Victoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phon. 87 F. F W. LOWLE, Ag?nt
Steamship Humboldt
THE MIT WM3E1T STEI15HI? OPER1TMG TO S. i IUSU
Will tail from Skagway for Seattle and Wat Ports
Nov. 27. Dec. 9-21.
R*llln? date robject to rhaax* without n*t!r?.
J THROUGH TICKtTt HONORCO
gMttW OfOoe TlrkH* *n<1 *11 In format
71? ^?nd Areou*?. H. H .\ RTH10BK5, fttfi * Ri-mmIw 'j.
C. E. Bogardus
Assayer
?
Gold A SUrer $1 00
Gold, Silver tt Copp?r .. I M
Cyanide ud Milling Te?u
16
90 ColumbiaTSt. Seattle
JUNEAU 8 S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED ^TFAM
HEATED STEAM EK
Georgia
Carrying U. S Mull
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoonah, Tenekee and Way Porta
II
FROM SKAGWAY
Xov. 4, to, 16, 22, 28.
at 8:00 k m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr . JUNEAU
IBMNBBH
HE PASS II
ME
Through 7 kkris 7 o and From
Atlin, Dawson Fairbanks, and all Interior
Alaska and Yukon River Points
H WDSOMKLT APrOfXTKP r ARK OR OIWKRVATlO* CARH
are now in regular service between Skaguay and White Horse. The earn are
esigned especially with a view to comfort, affording an opportunity t0 view the
scenery over the famous White Pass to the best advantage, a ad are eqnipfted
with spacious individual leather chairs, writing desks, card tables and dressing
r oms.
RcguUrSailings bctwccn White Horscand Dawson on Commodious Seamen
Constant Improvement in Service it Our Aim. " S<ijnrr??KH?? Invited
For Further Information. Apply to
O. L. DICKESON, President, Skaguay, Alaska and Vancouver, B. C.