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j OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
I
t toUt nl u second clui mall matter
July I. 1*9*. at the Poatoffice
at Skagway, Alaska.
L. S. K altar, Publisher.
Subscription Rates.
One month by mall 76
One month by carrier 1.00
l^ree Months by mall 2.20
Bfat montha by audi 4 60
One year by mail 9-00
Subscriptions and advertisement
received by:
Bennett Newa Co. .. Whltehorse, Y.
I. W. Qldeon Carcroea, Y. T.
X. L. Plllman Atlln, B. C.
B. A. Baraett Haln?. Alaska
departure is dangerous
It would be unfair to hold Presi
dent Taft responsible as yet for the
plan for a new government in Alaska
which is now being outlined in the
newspapers, since he has not official
ly recommeuded it. Yet there are
marks which indicate his interest in
i\ The government foreshadowed is
based on the Philippine commission,
for there are to be nine councilmen
or commissioners of whom a minority,
fouT, are to be elected, Mr. Taft's
plan being, according to report, a
"strongly centralized government, ad
ministered by comparatively few
men. " Without discussing today
whether this Is really the only altern
ative Ief in dealing with Alaska ?
this abandonment of the democratic
theory of government and even the
historic form for the administration
of a Territory later to become a Stat
? we must point out the danger that
comes from our departure from re
publican forms in the Philippines. We
heard much when we f 'st took our
rash plunge into Imperialism about
the way governing others for their
unadulterated good was to benefit
our own political life. But here is
about the first case we can record
in which the Philippine experiment is
affecting home conditions, and it is
in quite the wrong direction. People
scoffed the idea that ruling by gen
erals or by commissions in Cuba
Porto Rico, in Panama and the Phil
ippines. could re-act on our own po
litical ideas, but now we see that it
may. Congress will, we trust, be
careful not to adop any plan for auto
cratic government Id Alaska without
the most careful consideration of what
this means and whither it leads. ?
New York Poqt.
TO WALT
They're playing checkers every
where, an earnest clever game. The
world might Jump the track aud
they'd keep playing just the same.
f\>r if that great event took place
perhaps you'd chance to ride, where
the outside's dark and gloomy, but
blazing hot inside, where they keep
the inmates roasting and look after
poor lost souls, you would find some
damned good checker men a sitting
on the coals, with a red hot cast
Iron checker board and men that
weigh a ton, but tbed'd keep on play
ing checkers till the game was lost
or won, or if within the pearly gates
by chance they let you squeeze, you'll
find some Godly checker men with
board upon their knees, with a crown
upon their foreheads and their wings
a perfect fit, but they'd neither sing
anl anthem till they'd made the other
<jnlt. But to come to earth and mor
tals and the men well known to fame
there are more than half the number
that can play the checker game: while
the men of brawn and muscle, regard
le~* of their age. if you ever see
them mentioned its upon the sporting
page. While Jeff came back across
the sea to slay that Johnson Gent,
to roll him up into a wad and make
hi him a dent, perhaps the Smoke will
guess again and make the good sports
?ore by giving Jeff a solar one and
roll him on the floor, or when J Jeff
slips over one to put the coon to bed.
J. J. May sidestep Just a few and
"coon" J. Jeff instead, and all good
sports will how] and sing and this
will Ike their strain, "I wish I'd had a
little sense and learned the checker
AN OPPORTUNITY *
To buy Cheaper* |0ng as t^0y ia#^ we Win Seii
than at all Hair Brushes, Mirrors and
^,1 . ? . Combs we have loft from our Christ
Chicago Department ?8
Store prices
WILUAM BRITT, Druggist
game,"of all the men who run and
Jump or In the air do soar, play ball or
race, hunt, shoot or fish and half a
hundred more, who box or swim .who
fence or bowl, or fight within the
ring ? were they playing "Draughts" :
with Yeomans ? Say! they wouldn't
get a King. ? A. S. Smith, 1-13-10.
CONGRATULATIONS
President Taft has found a way to
relieve the makers of imitation whis
key from the operation of the pure
food law.
lu so doing he has reversed three
federal court decisions, the former at
torney general, the secretary of agri
culture. the chief chemist, the Hens
sen board, the internal revenue bur
eau, the trade mark section of tin
patent office, and Theodore Koos<
velt.
Joe Choate, who appeared as spe
cial attorney for Canadian Club; War
wick M. Hough, who has lobbied for
17 years to defeat pure food legis
lation land whose position the Presi
dent exactly sustains); the National
Association of Rectifiers, whom Hough
represents; and the gentlemen who
contributed $260,000 to the Taft cam
paign fund are to be congratulated.
? Seattle Star.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed
to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles In 6 to
14 days or money refunded. 50c.
A Hector Outhectored.
A publisher's render nt n literary
club hectored a group of novelists.
"You chaps," he sneered, "must al
ways Ik? coining new words. Good
English Isn't good enough for you. Iu
the last half dozen manuscript novels
I turned down there were such horri
ble neologisms ns 'he hoarsed,' 'she
parroted,' 'they shrilled,' 'he glimpsed
her,' 'It suprcmed,' and so forth.
Faugh!"
"Let me Inform you," cried a novel
ist defiantly, "that your remark shows
a pitiful Ignorance on your part of our
mother tongue. As for 'shrilling,' Ten
nyson writes:
"'With |>etnlant thumb and finger
shrilling "Hence!" '
"Chapman, the great Chapman, Ls an
authority for 'parroting.' 'Glimpsing'
has been used by llowells and Lowell,
and 'supreme' as a verb may be found
iu Shelley's letters." ? Washington
Post.
The Chinese Burglar.
"The Chinese burglar ls the most
difficult to nab," declared Lecoq, the
detective. "I might say he ls Impossi
ble to nab. When this yellow scoun
drel goes burgling he goes naked and
covered with oil, and thus he is as
slippery as an eel. Rut, you say, why
not nab him by the pigtail, hey? The
answer to that Is that his pigtail Is
done up In a knot on top of his head
and stuck fnll of needles and hatpins
with the points turned outward. You
often see a Chinaman in I'ekin or
Shanghai with his clothes stained with j
oil and with tiny red pricks all over
hin>. He's been having trouble with
| a burglar."
WORDS ARE LIKE LEAVES.
ITTORD9 are like leaves, and whoro thejr
most abound
, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely
found..
?Alexander Popo.
Come in or phone orders for Gibsoi
Rye and Val Blatz Beer; delivered to!
i your home by The Mascot.
Only One "BROMO QUININE," that is ^ j*
La^Sve Bromo Quinine ? Plf Jr ^
Cures a Cold in One Day, Crip in 2 Days C!/ 25c
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MOORE'S WHHRF CO.
Terminus W. P. <fc Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1909
Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 6 p, m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All fratght s lipmenta destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtainod at the U. 8. customs
office) and must be delivered before 6 p.m. No freight will be ro
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE? rolls win oe collected on Checked Baggage Onlx. No
oharge for baps and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be cloejd to the public when steamer is nearing
dock and will be opecudonly when passengers have disembarked
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock,
P. O. Box 175. E. J. SHAW RESIDENT, MANAGER
SEATED AND LIGHiED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS |
Ofbite pass fiotel
P. O McMillan, Manager
Largest and best appointed Hotel in (be Yukon
RATES MODERATE
Ulbiteborse, S. C.
3. HEADQUARTERS FOR FIRST CLA8S CAFE $
4? ATLIN-CONRAD STAGE ? IN CONNECTION **?
CHOICE BAR STOCK
Caribou Hotel
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
i. FURNACE HEATED
E. w. GIDEON, Proprietor
Caroross, Y. T. I
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NJ. 22.
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound No. 2. S. Bound
1st class 1st class
8 30 a. m. Leaves SKAC UAY Arrives 3 20 p. m.
10 00 " " WHITE PASS " 1 45 "
U 00 " ?? LOG ABIN " 12 42 "
11 30 " " BENNETT " 12 10 "
1 30 p. m. " CARIBOU " 10 25 a. m.
3 45 " Arrives WHITE HORSE Leaves 8 15 "
Passengers must be at depot in time to have Baggage Inspect
ed and checked. Inspection Is stopp d 30 minutes before leaving time of
train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket
The result of the observation takot
?t Moore wharf at midnight, Jno. 14,
11 10, in as follows:
Temperature timeohserval'n 7 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours 13 above
Mia. " " " " c above
Mean " " " " 9 above
Barometer 30.10
C'oar 1 nil calm
INTERIOR WEATHER.
Whitehorse 12oilow
Atlln "
Lower Le barge 18 "
Hootalinqua 22 "
Big Salmon 28 ?'
Yukon Crossing 32 "
Selkirk 37 <?
Coffee Crerk 35 "
Stewart 25 "
Og'lvie 27 "
Dawson 30 "
Forty Mile
Our Christmas Poultry, Oysters,
etc., will arrlvo on the Cot
tage City, and as usual, our stock of
Turkoys, Geese, Ducks, Chickens and
Oystors will be tho very choicest to
be found In any market in tho North.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
Well established Trading Post, Ho
tel and Stables at Wells, Alaska.. Ev
erything ready for immediate occu
pancy. S. J. Weitzman, Haines.
B. B. B. pipes need no description
and can only bo had at TONY DOR
TERO'S.
iUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
ticoraia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Hernera Bay, Juueau,
Hoonn, Tenakee, Sitka and Wa) ports
1 SAILS
Jan. 13 !9 25 31
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUGUTON, Agent
Broadwav and Fifth Ave. phone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
He
Carrying Passengers and Mall will
leave Skagway for Haines
Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M.
FARE ONEWAY S1.50.- ROUND TRIP S2.50
BOAT CAN BE CHARTERED FOR
EXCURSIONS SUNDAYS AND
EVENINGS
Cable Code "Hegg" Phone 86
SKAGWAY
,4
STEAMERS FOR
Tacoma
Victoria, Vancouver, Anacortei, Bellingliam
Everett, Olyrnpia, Port To'.vrucnd, South
Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los AngeSes, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS, G. A. P. D. C. D. DUNANN. G. P. A.
1 13 Jnmci St., Seattle I !2 Market St., San Francisco
Right rcaorved to chongo tlila Schaclulg
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
S. S. COTTAGE CITY
January 1 13 25 February 6-19
FRANK H. STUART Agent, 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Carrying U S. Mallfand AJaska^Paclfc Eipre?a
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
S. S JEFFERSON
January 18-30
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice"
C. B. GUrTILL, Agent. Phone 56
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
Winter Schedule of Sailings From Skagway
STEAMSHIP.^. PRINCESS MAY
January 14-28 February 11-25
Subject to chance wltjcut notice
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Pnone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agsnt
.
ihe Humboldt S. S. Co.V
The S. S. Humboldt will resume her reg
ular sailings for South-Eastern Alaska
Ports on or about January 15, 1930.
SEATTLE OFFICE W. W. BOUGHTON,
_ 03 YESLER WAY phone 90 skagway agt
i\ . -.v. ?? -r-r. ???!!! IMIIIIIBI I II IWlT*
Through Line Prom
Skagway to Atlln, White Horre, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer camps In the Alsekand Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via Whito Horse
Winter Route Stage Service (
During the winter season, rhen navigation is closed, dally trains will continue runniug between
Skajway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mall, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quartz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our dally trains to Caribou.
For infornntlon relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any aeent of the Cornpnnv. or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngp. F. B. WURZPACHER Gen Ageo
Vancouver, B. C. VnDCOover B C. and Skaguay, Alapkn Skaguay, Alaska