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SUBSCRIPTION'S AND ADVKRTlSlt IKN'TS RECEIVED BY:
tiaaeett Neva Oa . . Whitehorae, T. T. K. L Pillman . .
a A. Gtd?w* Oarvroaa, T- T. KeDer Drug Oo ..
.. AUin, B. C.
Haines, Alaska
WM<T IS * 8*NK DEPOSIT"
TV deposits in the bank* ai*> i<;
Nlftoa dollars
The money in the banks amounts
14 1 W billion dollars. the money
outetde the banks ; btl?o?t-^ ic hi .
?Kw of nwafT in. iho vMf country.
l^ar^k deposits, tltfn, are more than
? <* tines as la-pe as the banks raon
*y holdings they are nearly f> times
as Urjw? as the tot a; skv k of morse'
Ja the country. FVr even- dollar the
banks oif iV r depositor* they h*\ e
than a d; me in mon? . The sav
"n** htoks have less than on- com
ia money f.-v every dollar they owe
t ?Hsr depositors
Hank deposits are no? mottev
>Miav thcrN *s a bar.k deposit -
1>asT one Acs Jar in twraty of the
?ipiWitj Cv ba^k- receive every jjt
,tfcey ms about A MliJon a day> are
;a mone> All the rw*: are in the
orders or promises to pay
ajocfv
'? y*** S? ?> your bank and borro*
I '.?>? lie bar.k vredits you with J;
fcV oa its Nvvks Tt^ us a deposil
<?"*? a oJifok aeainst this
depnsu f>v i: to pay the moH
K*#v or. your home the aw a *bo
?<*ts your - he k put* ;t m his bank
TTua :s a depos :.
If ywu are a nionujai turer, yo* pot
^x?a a customer jC payment for
?<xx^ k? * rittea promise to pay
-TvH; tb* awMtst ;a ?.. da>> You pi't
this rv<e .a your baak. whiefc credits
* th tie amount. !.-ss interest.
This x a drposit, Or. yov jra? a~
* " i*er oa your cus*oiuer to pav v<k
the amouat ;a J"0 days he accepts
^e draft toc pat it it ^our bank
This is a deposit
la fueh *ays the great buik 0f
ba-.k deposits i_* .>? Vo:? ~a business
tuakos money of Vss and less
Importance a C c exchange of coods
be.weea prxwucers and ix>.is?nies
is c. a our bu^ir^s is ten
done * -th bar.k credit.
The farater * ho has wheat and !
**. ts to buy shoes ano meat reis
t-V currrnv^ with which to make
purchases br jre?u_r^ a bar.k de
P?:t a^aas- h* vheat. He pets,
vhw deposit by a K*a oa the wheat
45 *tvanty or by ?e<]ia; to the bar.k
the wTJttet; e\ iJenoes of payment to
be made K> tim for his wheat.
TV #rr>eat balk of hank depc^irs
represer.ts ir. fa> t, the ooiitinp of
property into <sirreacy A deposit is
a liability of the bank ? ;t is a sum
baik owe* the depositor. The
eh?ef reeocrvies of a bank are. in ad-i
ditjon to the secur; ties it has purch
**u f?v ia\?s 4E(tt, the Kvans it has
n*2e Vvi property (es^ ia::y p<v<is
B*?r5n* ^a the > haaneis of trade .
which are ?v?r. to V paid by the
borrower^
No bar.k is e\er in a p>?:ion to
pa* any lance r.uniber of its deno<-i
or? or. demand cash in full Riit
er*rr ?f*iad bank in a s?."?nnd bar.k
?-n* syvem has its re-^ti^es in su.h
form that ' caa ol ta r. (.-ash on short
notk>e to moet the n?s: ex j-*vdi nary
demands of its depositors
E^?s-y (rr*a; commerMa; natior.
witk the excepioa of the l aited
bas pro* ided a means where
by 90?N?d bar.ks caa a' ways eorv\-e-rt
P^ime asset- into correnc* ? Ranking
Rffnnn
ROOSEXKLT
(from fc.s n-'>ss?pe at the opening
Of (Vnrress ; a; mediately afte- the
paan of mr >
There mast be a revision of our
currency laws, because to leare them
?s they are means to iaear liability
?< b?i-i?? disaster ATI commercial
iaVrests sufTw during each crop
period 5Cxonss.ee rates for call mon
*y in Xew York attract money f-om
the interior bante iato the specuiat.
Ixe fie id This depletes the f?B.i
that would oJierwise be available for
commercial uses, and commercial bor
rowers Are forced to pay abnormal
rates, so that each fall a tax. in the
shape of increased interest charges,
is rlared on the whole commerce of
the country.
"It must never be forgotten that
Uiis question concerns business men
<enerally quite as much as bankers
(spfdallf is this true of stockmen. '
fanners and business men in the i
West, for at present at certain sea
sons of the year the difference in in
terest rates between the Kast and
?>he West is from 6 to 10 per cent
whereas in Canada the corresponding j
diflfercnop is but 2 per cent "
rxnKRWwn
t The Nanking Reform plank adopt
ed b> the Alabama lVmocratic State
Convention. with the. approval of Mr.
Inderwood. Chairman of the Ways ,
and Means Committee >
"tt> believe the honest farming. '|
business and working c tass,-s of the
country could be largely relie^r
(Ma panics and consequent unem
ployment by a democratic revision
and codification of our antiquant banV?
.tvj laws whsth would cneat* an elas
tic bar.V ng system and prwervo our
independent banks from any dominan
financial or political control
I
By Telephone
L=
Bt oscar cox
Miss lie en Sping'er calls up Miry
Arnold "Is that you. Moll? Tes?
F? .up w. this morning? I'm glad
to 1 sr it I re called you up to ask If
you think I'd better trim my new pink
<? k with lace or some other material.
Satin" Tii.nk that would look well?
Lighter or darker shade? Oh. a con
trasting color Maybe you're right.
Yes. 1 can call around and talk It over
with yon Four o'clock? 1 can't do
that. I'm engaged'?
IntorrcptKn in a man's voice:, "Drat
These rwriy wires' Girls, cant .Ton
settle the matter and have done with
! it? There s a man bore met witb an
accident and bleeding to death."
Miss Mary Arnold gets the wire:!
~I>id yen hear that horrid man who In
terrupf<"d you Just at the moment when
yon were telling roe -of your engage
mem? Robinson? What Robinson?
* >b ! Re's connected with Roldnson's
department store You haven't given
me the iiaroe of your fiance. Speak a
lit: ie louder Everything you say 1?
twisted in with everything else yon
say. an 1 1 cant bear any of It on ac
count of thst hornd Imzxing Louden?
Oh. his n*n>e's louden. is it T
lnformi?tion in a man's voice: "I-a
d'?"s pe-tift me to announce to yon
I that the man for n horn I wished to
call a d.? ; r is d -ad While you were
In In iT'>c in yonr stupid talk lie bled
to deathr
A voice: "Who's bled to death?"
Another voice: "1 wish It wore that
con founded I. ud?n those I wo gossip
ing girls were talking sbont."
Ml.t |rr?nM SOr^kS With fVW
7VTOO RE'S WHRRF CO
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All S-uthbouud St earner? Arrive and Depart FromTliis P<>cl<
REGULATIONS 1910.
. Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from S a m to p. m.
j PuTi* babies ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night
All freight shipment* destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIFTER'S MANIFEST (papers can be obtained at the U. S. cus
toms office) and must be delivered before 5 p. m. No freight will be
| received on the wharf after this hour.
| RAGGAE? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLY.
No cbarg? for bars and grips when unchecked.
The wfcarf pate will N? closed to the public when steamer is muring
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
i Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175, E. J. SHAW, General Manager.
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 28.
No. L, N. Round. 1st class Hon No J, S. Bound, 1st class. Mon
day. Wednesday and Friday day, Wednesday and Friday
S:S0 a. m. Leaves SKA fit" AY Arrives 3:20 p. m.
10:15 K m. " WHITE PASS Leaves 1:45 "
11:1# - * ? LOG CABIN " 12:47 -
12:06 " " BENNETT " 12:15 "
1:* " ? CARIBOU ? " 10: SS V IB: I
1. 45 ? Arrives WHTTEHORSE Leaves 8:15 * I
Passengers nest be at depots in time to have baggage inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped SO minutes before leaving time of train
ISO pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare Mci
et and 7T poinds wttk -exA half tar* ticket.
Sure and Instant Death
to Army Worm*, Flie*. Moth*. M;ller? Flea*, Roachrt, Brri P,ug?, Mo.'
qoitoem Caterpillar*. Ant*. Plant Licc and ell plant de?troyinjr insect*.
U?e California infect Powder freely and the?e ptili will be quickly
exterminated. For tale by
WILLIAM BRITT
THE DRUGGIST
KM** MMMMMM
thy Twinkle ?
"Ts that you. Poll? Yes? plainer
Can rou hear me now ? All right.
H?re rou heart of the dreadful trouble
that has come ui*n poor Helen Splnc
ler' No? It's potfeotly dreadful . lie
recently boon me enenved to a Mr
Txuiden or Loading or some roch
name. ??d they hn-ln't ^n en^ccJ
bnt a short time when he met with an
.evident Oxi! an artery or something
"?Ventral! Central! Central' Cantj
rou call off lh '"*e long *?"*?? WJTJ.
i'tn due to etch a train ?t 3 ocl-W
and must pet a cab ami reach the Ma
tlon all within twenty minutes.
Miss Porolhy Twinkle to Smile < ^d
rioh "Oh. Sadie: Have yon hoard ;
"bat ha* happened to KIM I/mden.
No-. He is dead? N? red d ?d I" ?
Yes; he bled to donth And Just a,. c.
his engagement to that .mlty He,en
Splngler l?n't It awful' y
one yonr brother Oeorce has l*-cn at
tentire to I sussed It would In* .
match I* O.eorge very much .nt 1 ; .
Hasn't heanl what -the engagement
or the accident? Well. I no or -
A cutoff
Oeorce Goodrich Is called hy his s.s
tor and comes to the phone "I 1?<?*
(rtve me W*? W-ros. ?>4 " ^ Twin
tie ts tii* name No. not ^ .
Twinkle. NMther Winkle nor Wrink.e.
but Twinkle Oh. never mind the,
name. Clve me the number j
"la that yon Mist Twinkle' ^
Sadie w'as talking with you nbo.it.
something dreadful th.it '""J1"??- '
when she was cut off ? ? j
mind telling ? >e the particulars Than
rou" I.W?w tar *on,e ,,n'? ,
??You say that louden bled to death
before n doctor oou'd reach l mi ^
brutal men monopolized the witv.
Wouldn't they give It up to s. o a
life* The monsters'. How does I u
Splngler take it? Inoonselaty l m; l.
I wouldn't trust her Shell have ..n
other fellow before the year a out
She's fickle as the wind "
Helen Spinier speak* to Ma y ??
nold "Mary, why didn't yon meet me
yesterday at Vinson's? 1 wa, there
promptly and waited an hour br the
glore counter Pldn t "1^1 ?e.
You mean you didn't hear the tun,
and place of the appointment .' ^
calamity? I.ouden? VS ho s he . .
iance Med to death? What are m
giving me'-" V lstens for some > ,.n
ntes Meniful goodness. Aod .U>
this crew out of my askinp jon t
s?k^ouder and that horrid man
bottins in! J,lst think of 't. A ^ orer
town? Po try to stop it By tht . ?
I've settled on the trimminp for my
dress I've decided on laee \> I ??
kind? Oh. some mother bronchi : iront
Brussels: Very expensive S..e t' ;^
it in when they used to pay t
spe< tors ^ and cet nil the tronk> pas
pd fm> troodby. lie sure to corrwt
that ridiculous story al?out my ensape
ment and the tv?t of it
"Of course I will What m.serable
thilips these party wires are! Just as
one settles -for a nice little morninc
chat with a friend some one who has
a tootharhe must telephone his dentist
Sometimes he cetsthe wine: sometimes
he doesn't Then another person w1
wildH call on his butcher for a dinner
that "has been dellrered nt the wronp
I * a nirfT of Waltitlp.
house and a party or ui<* ^
I now unreasonable people ar.
anv one else has the phone I nm per
?S tlr willing to wait till he pets
throuph Not she cet s t hrouph - ^
O^rpe Goodrich <al!s up Helen
fplnpler: "Helen? Yes. I'm George
Who j?erpetrated that crnfounded
story about your having been enpaced
to FHot linden': It * r.otlun- to ai
ni \ was scared out of my b-v*^
Shonldn't have believed It'' ^ fir not .
No fellow can tell when a cirl .? co
ing bark on him rhi* evening.
| What timr * Yes; I think 1 can
be around about s He
j rour things on XX'hlch do you pref- -
a pia> or a cooii< opera . Ml rlcht
PROFESS 'ON A L CAROa
Attorney*
GUNNISON & MARSHALL
Attorneys- At-Law
P O. Box E. Juneau. Alaska j
H. 8. LE FEV9F. *
ATTORNEY- A T LA W
Commissioner For Yuk'>n Territorj
to TJike Affidavits
Skajrway, ? Alaska |
STEVE RAGAN
Attorney at Law
HAINES ALASKA
.Dentlata.
OR. L. 8. KELLER
DENTIST
Most Modern Method*
Open Eveninga.
Cffle* Houra; 9-12 a. m l-? p. m.
.\iw?kan Building, ? Broadway
SKAGWAY, - ? - ALASKA.
Dental Suppii'-s
M. F. PATTERSON 4 COMPANY
? Dealer* In ?
DENTAL SUPPLIES
229 Walker Bld?.t Settle. Wash
Cider.'. Sy irajl or cable ? ill rr>
r? '\e prompt attention ( ataiottu*
M: nquest
Mi;*lc TescJ^e-a.
v ; e S M. G. H I NOSH A VV ~
Tmche.r of
PIANO PORT t;
Special Terms for a Lin It- 1
Number of B srlti ler*
eiGHTW AVE. AND MAIN ST.
J-NEAU S W COT-.
? LFCT R1C LIGHT!.; S K A M
HEAThD STF.AMF.K
mvii Itrtakpc S k# K--por\?
FROM 6KACWAY
MAY r, 8, W, CO and 26.
?" II :0C ?. in.
WILLIS NOW &LL, Vjr., Ju&ev
II. HARTWIGSEX, Agaat
Broadway and !Plfi1i Are. 'PI>on?>-0
GR AwO REDUCTION SALE
The Park Train Is now selllap a
Me lot of *k>od Gooda at reduced
prices as they, are getting too old to
hold and sell at a proflL Yours,
tf. Herman Grimm.
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Vrlwn, \'tnr<ram. Anworfri, D?i)in?h?m
Olympw. P<wt Totownd,
BeOingtam. Fjitrij. Saal* Bwtnrs, M?wco
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
C. W. ANDREWS. C. A P. D. C D. DUNANM. P. T. M.
1 13 J*m? S?, JWile H2 Marital Sr. s?i Vranritrr
R.#M rrwrrW t? rfcao** tfcii Stk?W?
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
City of Seattle May 7-19-31
June 12-24 , July 6-18-30
Spokane April 19 May 1 13 25 June 6
State of California July 12 24
FRANK II. POM). Agent, 2nd & Brovlway, Wksgway
i Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. ?. MAIL AND WELLi FARGO EXPRESS
.Wit Millnx o t V* fwrt pw?*?r ?t?Ai mm
? Jefferson, - - May 3, 15, 27
J Dolphin, - - May 9, 21
pftny rw?rv<? Ui?t r1*ht to chaur wiling wlUwwrt turtle*
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. B. QUPTILL, AGENT.
]
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B.C. COAST SERVICE)
Sailings From SKagway
Subject ?o eh?nir? ?1t j??*. n .k*
Screw
SS. PRINCESS MAY
May - 3 - 14 - 24
V ancouver, Victoria# Seattle via Prince Rupert
I Pion* 87 F. F W LOWLE. Ag-nt
"*ll ?H ?!??? JIM?
TStearnship Humboldt
Will Sail From
) SKAGWAY for SEATTLE and Way Ports
MAY 21
Sallln* data ?nbject to change without notice.
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
S?*ttJ? Offlra: H. D. KIRMSK. Ska?way A*ent
7i# tMrond krmxx.*. Cor. 5th and Broadway.
ML PISS 8 YUK
*iV\,ro\x<j\v Sawc, \.o
Wve 5w\emr
"D'wedCoTvuedvon
*SVvro\u&\v \XcKe\s
For Atlin, Whitehorse, Dawson
And all Lower River Points in
Alaska and Yukon Territory
Train Service Monday, Wednesday and Friday Hetween SKAGUAY ar.d WHITE
HORSE. Train Service Monday, Wednesday and Friday Retween WHITEHORSE and
SKAGUAY.
Carrying Passengers, Happatre, Mail and Express. Connecting With Finely Appointed
T^ake and River Steamers to all Points in Alaska and the Yukon.
Baggage bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada <fc U. S.
Write for Descriptive Literature and Summer Kxcnr?ion Kates.
TRAFFIC DEI'ARTfhEKT, -
Vancouver, B. C.
0. 1. C1CKESQH. PRESIOENT.
Vancouver, B. C., and Skaguay, Alaska.
C. W. CASH TOURIST AS T.
Skaguay, Alaska.