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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
L. S. Kellw, Publisher.
Subscription Rates.
On* month by mall..'. 75
Three months by mall 2.25
One year by mall 9.00
TOM JOHNSON'S SEARCH FOR
HAPPINESS.
It is a mighty fine thing to find
men in public life, capable men, that
one can believe? believe In ? believe
that when they say a thing they
mean exactly tbat. There are a num
ber of such uieu who are laboring
might and main for the public weal,
with high ideals and strong purpose.
Among thwse are Mr Roosevelt and
Mr Tuft Governor Hughes, Gover
nor Folk. Governor Johnson and
.Mayor Tom Johnson. There arc
many leaser lights but these are dis
tinguished for the proof they have
offered of a singleness of purpose,
high character and THINGS DONE
along this line. There are
differences of degree of merit in this
group named, of course, and It
pleases the Alaskan to place Mayor
Tom much higher up in the list than
he is placed in naming them over
here ? that arrangement being sug
gested by the relative rights of their
offiiv in any procession of dignitar
ies rather than of men. Mayor John
son has had on his hands one of the
largest, longest most bitter fights
that has been waged in this coun
try. directed against special privilege.
He has been coin batted by this priv
ilege, strongly entrenched, and which,
?>f course, has employed every means
known to such to win against him.
Johnson has gone his way as un
swervingly and as energetically as
' ? ? ? with his graft
prosecutions but with a vastly larger
purpose and without that vindictive
ness of spirit that mayhap is neces
sary to Heney's success.
A specific incident of the general
fight is that for three cent car fare
in Cleveland, a fight of a practical
freet railway man for what he knows
-or whar. out of successful exper
ience of many years he thinks he
knows? can be done for the benefit
of the people. The people have
stood with him in large measure but
they have been hindered in their af
fairs and inconvenienced in many
ways in the street car service by
strikes, etc., which the powers he
has been fighting have brought about
or aided in bringing about and the
recent referendum vote to test the
issue of Johnsonism or anti-Johnson
ism was won by the former by a
relatively small majority. For "the
public" ? the independent and rust
ling units, wrestling with the im
mediate problem of the rent and doc
tor's bill and the butcher's ? has not
much patience, and if in his
l.?bor iu their behalf he interferes
with their chance at a dollar is liable
to remodel .Mr. Vanderbilt's saying
into "the altruist be damned." But
th>- real thing in practical altruism
does not allow a little thing like In
gratitude to count. He discounts It
before he enters upon his fight.
But now comes the statement that
.Mavur Johnson, during *hese many
years estimated as a very rich man
? and charged of course by his ene
mies with making money out of his
street car campaign ? has lost his
fortune and is about to move from
his splendid Euclid avenue palace
into more modest quarters, selling
his automobiles and riding in the
troublesome street cars himself. But
it is vastly pleasing to his admirers
all over the country to note that
this fact does not alter Mayor John
son's attitude toward his work. It
would be silly to say his altered fi
nancial position will not hinder that
work ? money is a great aid to work
in most any direction. But also there
are compensations that may be more
than commensurate. It is to be
noted that he does not lay the blame
for his losses primarily upon his de
votion to the people. He disclaims
~"1 iwiTiTTTTi" ii
being a philanthropist. Ho has been
"seeking happiness," he says, doing
the thing that gave him pleasure. He
says he la not discouraged Snd frank
ly announces his candidacy for the
mayoralty next time, and declares he
has all kinds of right left In him?
that he Intends to win. And The Al
askan Is stUl betting that he will.
LITTLK TMINOS.
AOOODBY Um la a little thine.
With your hand on the door to go.
But It UkM the vuom out of tit* atiac
Of a thought! mi word or * cruel fling
That you made an hour ago.
AK1M of gree ting I* iw?t and rare
After Um toll of the day,
?ad It amootha the furrows plowed by
oar?,
Th? lines on tb? forehead you one* called
fair.
In the years that hare flown away.
?rplS a tittle thins to aay. "Tou are kind;
A I lev* you, my dear," each night.
But It eenda a thrill through tho heart, I
find?
Tor love la tender and love la blind?
?a wo climb ilfa'a ruggtd height.
Wfi atarvo oach oth?r for lore' a car u;
Wo taka. but w* do not site.
It aaoma ao ?aay soma aoul to Ueaa.
But wa dole the lore grudgingly, laaa and
1ms*
Till 'tis bitter and hard to lira.
-viidnw Lane.
t?nn?nnnn?nminii!nminiiniimtg
JUl ALiQIU IN ik LINE OR TWO
David Harris, an old-timer of
Ketchikan, was recently drowned
near that place.
? ? ?
The Ellamar mine recently shipped
150 tons of 8 per cent copper ore to
the Tacoxna smelter.
? ? ?
A mountain of quartz that assays
from $6 to >11 a ton has been dis
covered near Sinrock river.
? ? ?
The output of the Yentna and Val
dez districts this season will be close
to $400,000, according to estimates
of late arrivals in Seward from the
diggings.
? ? ?
The U. S. geological survey con
trauicis toe statement turn uac-fourth
of Alaska is made up of one vast
coal field. The estimate of the sur
vey is 12.000 square miles.
? ? ?
Captain Charles Brown, for thirty
seven years in the employ of the Al
aska Commercial Co., and located at
Kodiak for the most of that time, has
gone for a visit to the states.
? ? ?
The guns from the old Russian fort
at St. Michael, established more than
three quarters of a century ago, were
turned over to Agent Shepard for ex
hibition at the A.-Y.-P. fair.
? ? ?
The Fairbanks Times says that
Frank Manley has sold his store at
Hot Springs to the Northern Commer
cial Co., and his mining Interests in
the Rampart district to a California
syndicate.
? ? ?
Richard Nuckolls has a quartz
location at Thorne Arm, In the
Ketchikan district, from which he has
taken a thousand dollars in gold with
the aid of a common hand mortar
only. The property Is not for sale.
? ? ?
The Juneau Dally Dispatch says:
H. Sokoloff, a Russian employed at
the Occidental hotel, has perhaps the
first printed copies of the first Amer
ican and Russian newspaper ever
published in Alaska. The paper was
called the Alaska Appeal and Is
filled with news items of Wrangell
and Sitka. Mr. Sokoloffs father pre
CLOUDY UNO CALM
The result of the obaervatlon taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Nov. 20,
1908, la aa follows
Temperature time observat'n. 42 above
Max. temp, preoeding 24 hours. 45 above
Mln. " " ?? " .39 above
Mean " " ?? " .42 above
Barometer 29.96
Cloudy and s. wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whitehorse, - - - 26 above
Atllu , 28 ?
Tegi.h - - - - 10 "
Hootallnqua. ... 8 '?
Big Salmon ... 2
The line Is down north of this point.
served the copies and bound them In
book form. They date from 1876 to
1879.
Nugget chains, nugget pins, Eski
mo ivory ornaments und all the old
time decorations of Alaskans have
now been discarded by the people of
Seward peninsula in favor of the
blood red rubles which have recently
been discovered in large quantities
near Nome. ? Douglas News.
? ? *
Two women at Ketchikan went
aboard a steamer lying at the dock
and became so Intensely interested
talking to the captain, or the purser,
or one of the flunkies, that they did
not notice the flight of time and.
were carried away, and one of the
women had her husband's pocketbook
with her all the time. ? Douglas News.
BABY'S EYESIGHT
WAS THBEATENED
By Terrible Eczema? Head Became
a Mass of Itching Rash and Sores
?Would Scratch Till Blood Came
?Much Money Wasted in Fruitless
Treatments? Disease Was Soon
CURED AT SLIGHT COST
BY CUTiCURA REMEDIES
"Our little girl was two months old
. when she got a rash on her face and
within five days her facv and head were
all one sore. We used different reme
dies but it got worse instead of better
and we thought she would turn blind
and that her ears would fall off. She
suffered terribly, and would scratch
until the blood came. At night we
had to pin her hands down. This
went on until she was five months old,
then I had her under our family doc
tor's care, but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old I started to
use Cutlcura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Resolvent, and in three
weeks ? what a change! I kept using
the Cuticura Remedies for two months
and our baby was a different girl. You
could not see a sign of a sore and she
was as fair as a new-born babv, and all
for the small cost of a dollar and seventy
fire cents where we had spent ten
times the money for doctoring. She
is now two years old and has not had a
sign of the eczema since. Mrs. H. F.
Budke, R. F. D. 4, LeSueur, Minn.,
Apr. IS and May 2. 1907."
SLEEP KILLED
By an Itching Humor. Another
Cure by Cuticura Remedies.
"I broke out with a humor which
spread almost all over my body. The
Itching would get worse on retiring,
?o I could not sleep. I tried several
remedies but It grew worse until I got
some Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Pills
which began to relieve me at once. By
the time I had Osed one vial of the Pills,
the humor was entirely gone. I wish
every sufferer could skmre the Cuti
cura Remedies. Travis Bates, Hamburg.
Ark., April 26, 1907."
Complete External and Internal Treatment (or
Every Humor of Infauu. Cbildren. and Adults coo
uiu ol Cutlcur* Soap <2Sr.) to Cteanee the .^kln.
Cuticura Ointment (10c.) to Meal tbe Skin, and
tllmra Resolvent (50c). (or In thefurm of Chocolate
ited PIIIj, 75c. per vial of CO) to Purify the Illood.
d throuxhout tbe world. Potter Dru* Jk Cbem.
rp . Sole Prop*.. Boston. Max.
aff-M ailed free. Cuticura Book on Skin Dlaeuee.
B AW FUR
TRAPPERS AND COLLECTORS
are requested to correspond with us about this sea
son's catch of FURS. We want the early catch as
well as the late catch. We will pay full market
value at all times. Price list and tags can be had for
the asking at any time.
Herman Schmerl & Co.
28 West Thirty-First Street
NEW YORK CITY
U-ALWI6
Alter Dinner
Mints
are the right thing
after a hearty meal
11
1
Get a Box for Thanksgiving j
85 cents the box at 1'
WM. BRUT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. 8. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Currying U.S. Mail
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau, I
Hoonu, Tenakoe, Sitka ami Way ports
SAILS
November (5, 12, IS, 24, 30.
December G, 11, 17, -'3, 2!).
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUUUTON, Agent |
Broadway and Fifth Ave. ''hone 90 j
U. S Mail Steamer
Carrying Passengers and Mail will |
lonve Skagway for Haines
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur |
day at 9 A. M.
Returning leaves Haines for Skas- 1
way at 2 P. M. same day.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir> $2.50
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
COMPHNY
Seattle Wash
Pacific toast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LIN*
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
Settle, a! <1 other Puget Sound Ports
VgJ CARRYING D.8. MA II.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of SeattLe
Humboldt
Dec. ? - !2
Nov. - - 28
Cottage City Dec. - 24 JaN. ? 6
Connectlnp with the Company' Steamers at Sen' tie for San Francisco,
Southern California, Work if a (Ilimboldt Bay) and Mexico
I ST Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second, and Broadway, Skagway
Seattlk Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Market Utrooi vau fr*uc!t>oo, Ca
Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. C. COAST SERVICE )
SCHEDULE OP SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
. Subject to chaogc without notice
steamship' pri NCESS MAY
December 5=19 January 2=16=30
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Ticket- to any part of *.he world and all Information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Ezpreu
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamers
J efferson Dec. - 6 - 18 - 30
Dolphin November 18
Company reserves ri/ht to change sailing date without notice
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addllioual Charge
Through Ticket* to San Krauci co
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIMS No. 18.
(Divlij Exocpt Sunday.)
Mo. l.'N. Bound
1st class.
3 30 a. m.
. 10 CO p. m.
11 00 "
11 .10 " -
I 3) p, m,
3 45
Leavos
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BKNNBTI
CARIBOU
White Horsi
Passengers must be at a'pote In time to have Baggage Inspected and
ihooked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
160 pounds of baggage will be cheoked free with each full fare ticket
\nd 76 pounds with eaoh half fare tlckct
Arrives
Leavee
No. 2. 8. Bounc
1st elaii
3 20 p.
1 46 "
12 42 "
12 10 " ,
10 25 d. w
8 15 "
4^r
f $-?
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T h rou g li L i n e P ro m
Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, Big Salmon, Duvson and In termed iaie Yukon River "Points.
The new placer camps In the Alaek and I\ luann Mining Districts are reurhed only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line bciweoo White Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson] and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered aud fabulously rich quartz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For Information relative to passcngei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or tor
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L.BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. 0. and 8kaguay, Alaska iSkafruuy, Alptka
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