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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
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July s, 13!^ at Postoffi< <
at Skftgway, Alaska.
L. S. Keller. Publisher.
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WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
OUR COURTS.
When in the fall of i'J07 Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Landls of the Mi
tral court of the district of Illinois
Imposed a fiue of 011 the
Standard Oil company for accepting
rebates from the Chicago Ai Alton
railroad, it caused a thrill of satisfac
tion among the plain people of the
l uited States. At last justice had
been done ? a punishment had been
tuade to fit the crime.
But not so fast. The Standard Oil
company promptly appealed the case
and after diplomatically waiting until
public approbation should somewhat
subside, the federai appellate court
set aside the fine.
WHY?
No one has ever given a satisfac
tory reason and no one but the mem
bers of the appellate court even try.
The Standard Oil "company admitted
rebating and it was proved tney hau
issued falsi way bills to prevent com
petitors from getting wind of their
snap. There was not one valid
reason for reversing Judge LaiulLs'
sentence. True. the fine was stupen
duous; but what about the rebates,
continued for years, which resulted
in untold ruin to hundreds of inde
pendent oil shippers* What about
the studied evasion of the laws on
the statute books?
The reversal created disgust and
consternation In this country which
will be Increased by the refusal of
the supreme court yesterday to grant
a rehearing in the case.
Attorney General Bonaparte an
nounces that the government will re
try the case. The whole wearvy busi
ness must be threshed out again with
the liklihood of the same result.
Why is it that rich malefactors can
seldom be convicted in this country?
Why is it that our highest courts
have usually acted as a bulwark for
corporations and a check on progres
sive legislation?
The Standard Oil company was
"caught with the goods" ? yet they
are today unpunished. Ruef and
Schmite, th?? San Francisco grafters,
were released because the indictment
failed to specify their exact vocations
The higher courts of the United
States are looked upon with suspicion
by the people ? rightfully solt would
Mem. We need more justice and
fewer technicalities in our tribunals.
The Standard Oil decision would be
farcial were it not tragic.
DISSENSION HURTS ALASKA'S
CAUSE.
Dispatches from Washington, D.
C.. raak^it plain thai Representative
Cale and Governor Hoggatt are at
logger-heads over the appointments
and legislation needed 'or Alaska.
As long as this state of affairs con
tinues Alaskans u*ed not Iw surpris
ed if we are slighted" by congress. A
house divided against itself can never
accomplish anything
Thomas Cale was elected by the
popular vou? oi the people of Alaska
to r^preseiit them. Hoggatt is a po
litical appointee. Who has the bet
ter right to the ear of congress and
who la more apt to Berwe the inter
ests of the people?
If iiojtitau. cjlu do no better .than
Ot continuously block every step
taken by Cale .he will benefit Alaska
more at home than at Washington.
HENEY AFTER THE "HIGHER
After nearly two years of continu
senteuced. Now lie is going after
Uu> "Higher Up?."
Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads, Is the first on He
neyyllst. In Shu FVnnclsao the peo
ple have uo doubt as to Calhoun's
xuilL. Uvea hi* friends abxu* their
shoulders and smile when asked con
cerning it. But they say he never
,, iiiji ,1 I
can be convicted. Heney proposes
to see. , |
Huef at his worst was but an ac-j
ous fighting Francis J. Heney has;
succeeded in having Abe Ruef, the [
San Francisco boss, convicted and 1
ceptor of bribtv. How about the man
who gives bribes? The man who
makes men like Kuef possible? If;
Heney succeeds in convicting Calhoun1
he will have goue a long way towards'
making bribery rare in public life.
Here is hopiug him success.
As usual President Roosevelt had j
the last word in his row with eon
gress concerning the secret service :
appropriations. You can't heat a man
like the president. He is always
coming.
An earthquake in Alaska rtiight not
be a bad thing. Congress might give
us an appropriation then. Italy not
JSOO.OOO on the strength of its trem- j
ors. Almost what you niiKht call a !
shakedown. Eh?
In Haiti they toll a bell when
criminals are being executed. Hear
the merry slay bells!
The Boxers of China are on their
annual rampage. "China (or the Chi
nese," seems to be their slogan.
The manager of the Pullman Car
company says that tipping the porter
is a voluntary act. Did he ever try
not doing it?
ALL ALASKA ?'?
H. E. Develin, a former employee
of The Alaskan, and who has lived ill
Ketchikan of late, has left for Vic
toria.
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A number oj Alaskan mushers may
be entered in the -t! mile Marathon
ruuniug race which is to be held at
Seattle during the A.-Y.-P. exposition.
Old time Alaskans will not believe
that Doraudo. Longboat or Hayes can
travel faster than spine .of the men
in these parts.
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A dog team race from Nome to
Fairbanks, open to all. for a purse of
$20,000 to be suscribed by residents
of Nome and Fairbanks, has been
suggested by Albert Fink, president
of the Nome Kennel club. The pro
posal has been met with enthusiasm
by the people of the two cities.
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The Valdez city council has passed
an ordinance to remedy the evil of
illegal voting. All voters must reg
ister their names with the city clerk
thirty days prior to the election and
shall make affidavit that they are of
legal age. citizens of the United
States, and have resided in Valdez
and Alaska for a year previous to
the election.
Looked That W?y.
"S-s*s-su*-sn.v. ma." stammered Bob
by through the suds as his mother
scrubbed ami scrubbed him, "I guess
you want to get rid o' me, don't you?"
"Why, uo, Itobbv. dear," replied his
mother. "What ever put such au Idea
as that Into your mind?"
"Oh. notbluT said Hobby. "Only It
seems to me you're tryln' to" rub me
out."? Harper's Weekly.
Good Advice.
A man advertised recently lb a Lon
don paper to forward on receipt of
pontage stamps *'souud practical ad
vice that would bo applicable at any
time and to all persons and conditions
of life."
Ou receipt'of the stamps he sent his
numerous \Ictlms the following:
"Never give a boy a penny to hold
your shadow while you climb a tree to
look into the middle of next week."
The High Air.
Meteors jjrore that the air Is still
dense enough to make those little
boilies Incandescent through friction at
a height of a hundred miles, but up to
the present man has succeeded fa ex
p!otJ>i^' the atmosphere to a height of
only sixteen miles. The greatest au
thentic height attained by a human be
. iug,i3 3o,3Q0 feet. Kites have flown to
a. "height of 21,100 feet, and an un
manned balloon, carrying recording In
struments, has reached So.OOO feet? a
little more than sixteen miles.? *
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| COLDER UNO WINDY
lmnnnn:wn?fcliiiiiii.M.immTB?w|
1 he result of .the observation taken !
at Moore wharf at midnight, Jan. 5i'j
1908, Is as follows:
Temperature time observat'n. C above
Ma*, temp, preceding 24 hours 14 above
Mln. " " " " 2 above
Mean " " " " 8 above
Barometer 30.67.
Clear, stroag north wind
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whitehotse, ... 50 to low 1
Ta>jish ....
AtliD, .... 34 'v
Hootalinqud ... 55 "
Blx Salmon - -* ? 54 "
Yukon Crowing - - . W "
Selkirk - 00 "
Coffee Creek, ... "
Stowart, - - - 08 "
OgllVle .... 52 '
Dawson, r - - - 57 4
FISHERIES WILL .
BE INCREASED
Juneau. It Is expected that next
season will see increased activity in
the fishing Industry in these waters.
A number of new concerns intend
making their headquarters here, while
a cold storage plant will bo erected
by the sanie concern at Kake.
Capt. Gallagher, formerly with the
George T. Myers company, has plans
well under way for the erection of a
new cannery to handle the fish taken
from a number of traps he has had
driven last fall. Capt. W. H. Robin
son is putting up a cannery at
Hawkes inlet, where he already has
a number of fish traps, and will com
mence active operations at the open
ing of tiie season.
Absurd Stage Duiinets.
Theatrical -production Is full of ab
surdities in business. A situation is
required, a situation Is thrown in. It
makes not the slightest difference If it
be a trolley ear crew of song ami dance
brothers mauning a yacht In the desert
of Sahara. You have the trolley crew
and t lie yacht, and If the scene hap
pens to be a section of the arid west
where typhoons take the place of wa
terspouts well, so much the worse for
the scene. And if the conductors col
lect fares from the sailors to carry out
the business of the soug, "We Are Jol
ly, Jolly Street Car Men," the audience
must lie prepared to submit calmly to
a sandstorm immediately following,
which Is necessary to bring on the
wind machine and stereopticou. When
a comic opera (heaven save the mark!)
opened at Madison Square roof with
Japanese costumes, Broadway dialogue,
a Martian setting and Irish comedy
there were absurdities enough to de
light a dozen stage directors.? Henry
E. Warner In Bohemian Magazine.
He Couldn't See the Joke.
"The mother-in-law joke Isu't half
"as funny to me as It was when I was
a bachelor, "-said a young New Yorker
to Viis old chum. "I've got .a pretty
good motlier-in-law myself, and she's
visiting us now. That's all right too.
But here's my grouch:
"Whenever we go out In a bunch, as
we generally do. ma grabs the baby
every time we sit down? subway, ele
vated, bridge, surface or ferryboat.
Just grabs the kid, you know, as if It
was her private property; exhibits It
in a way to everybody near by, tells
the woman next to her all about how
to raise children and what she's doing
for this particular one; attracts gen
eral attention, you see, with my baby
as a star performer and my wife and I
sitting there without a chance to say a
word and looking .as If we wanted to
apologize for being on earth."
"Don't think that's funny, eh?" said
his friend. "IIow your sense of humor
has shrunk!"? New York Globe.
Running For the Car.
If you feel like emulating Sherlock
Holmes try your luck occasionally
when you see some one run for a street
car. it's a good, easy way to deter
mine the previous training and the
present occupation of the subject.
You will see one fellow dash easily
toward the car with a long, swinging
stride that usually means athletics, but
no special training In the sprint Tho
old time college runner can be picked
out by the way he throws his knees In
front, like a high bred trotter.
Some waddle, and you must relegate
them to the general category of "busy
business men" whose duty to the desk
has robbed them of wind aad waist.
Others are getting more than their
share of avoirdupois, but In spite of
that manage to show you that they are
not out of It by any means. To that
typo It Is a veritable trlnmph to over
haul a moving car and to swing on
without the assistance of the conduct
or.? Louisville Courier- Journal.
If YOU ONLY
KNEW
How mucli real satisfac
tion there is in a bottle of
Cucumber and A'mond
Cream
You would never be without
it. It is-not sticky, contains
no grease, never soiles the
most dainty fabric, and is
the most soothing, healing',
balm for chaps, cracks and;
wind roughened .skin, wej
know of. Try a bottle of it. j
We garantee satisfaction. ' j
WM. BRUT
- The Druggistj
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER.'
Having put in a steam boiler and
other machinery we are better pre
pares than ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
SKAGWAY LAUNDRY.
All whiskies and wines served at
the Pack Train Bar is purchased by
Mr. Grim direct from the c.stillers
and win.rles. tf
If you have something you don't
need, why not advertise it for sale
or exchange In The Alaskan?
Why not put a lew crisp readers
In Tho Alaskan, advertising your
long stock, and get rid of It?
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mull
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Ttnukee, Sltku and Way ports
SP ILS ?
December C, 12, 18, 24, 30.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGUTON, Agont
Broadwav and Fifth Ave. nhone 60
Ui S Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying Passengers and Mall ?vlll
leave Skagway for Haines
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day at 9 A. M.
Returnlug leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M. same day.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir) $2.50
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINK
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
Se*nlt , at d other Pujjet Sound Porta
v'Ait.tYIKO U.S. HAII.
Stoauiera of This Company Leave
MJMBOLDT
tOTIAGE CITY
JANUARY 7
JANUARY 18 30
Connrot'np with ?.v g Company'" Steamers at So vtle for San Francisco,
South i:ux California, iSurbka (II mboldt Bay) a d Mexico
I er Above schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Sk&jjway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
11U M?xK(.t >.reo? -a rri.ooinoo, C*
Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. C. COAST SERVICE )
SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
Subject to change without ootice
Steamship' PRINCESS MAY
December 5=19 January 2=16=30
Fur Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to auy part of ihe world and all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and" Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passeneer Steamers
Jefferson Jan. 11, 23
Feb. 4, 16, 28
Company reserve* right to change sailing date without notice
Transfers to Victoria ana Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Ticket to San Francisco
K. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 68
The White Pass &Yukon Route
T^IXltD TABL.J5 No. 18* ,
I Dally Frcept Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bourd No. 2. S. BounC
1st olairu. 1st elate
S30a.ro. Leaver SKAQUAY Arrives 3 21 p. m'
10 CO p. m. " WHITE PASb " 1 45 "
IT 00 " ? LOG CABIN " )2 42 ?'
BFN'NKl'i " 12 10 "
1 3 p. m. " CARIBOU " 10 2i a. dd.
3 45 Airives Wuitk Hoitst Leaves 8 15 "
#
Pr.io oncers must be at dep- - !c 'J roe to have Sagjage loopcctcd and
chocked. I nspection Is stopped 30 ni'nutea K-foro leaving time of train.
150 i/ounilb of boijga^e will l- cbeoVed 'roe vritL each full fare ticket
ftnd 75 noundn with cijioh half fare ticket.
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Through Line From
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Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, BigSalmoD, Dawson and Intermedia' e YuHon River Po'nts.
Ttie new placer camps in the AJsekand Kluane Mining Distriets are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skajway and White Hoi su. A through Mail, Pa^enger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Home and DawsoD.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson^ anc;
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 daily trains to Caribou.
For Information relative to passenger, freight and tele^nphic rate?, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver , F. C.
,A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHKR Gen. Agent
v^r-cwer. P. C. gT'd Sk-ir^r, / 'nrVe RVntru'>', A'pifka
i'At x;r7*r fe? iAt W W W V W V WrAr T?t tA
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