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Official City Paper
L. S. KELLKR, PUBLISHER
SUBSCRIPTION RATSS
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One week, dt-llvereo cy -arrler
One month, by mall
Three months, by mail
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One year, by mall
HENRY CLEWS DEFENDS WALL STREET
Id his latest weekly financial letter
Henry Clews is out ii a two column de
fense of Wall street.
"A great deal of shallow abuse is still
being showered on the Stock Kxchan^e
from all parts of the country," he says.
"This always follows a panic. It pleases
a certain class of Ignorant ana mis
guided people to hear Wall street de
nounced and maligned on every oppor
tunity. It matters little whether the
accu>itioos are rleht or wrong. So
pess'mistic is public opinion that the
worse the charges the more numerous
the believers. No one looks on the other
side; no one is told of the manifold ser
vices and advantages of Wall Street as
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a financial center. No oae is taugnt
that Wall Street is merely a central
market for capital, just as Chicago U
for wheat, Boston for wool, New Or
leans for cotton, etc. How maty ap
predate the fact that Wall Street it as
essential .0 the business life of the
country as is the legislature at Wash
iof^to -? to our polit cal life? ? * ?
Thither, also, these same grumblers
hasten in order to 'tret rich quickly.'
When they succeed, nothing is heard of
the 'wickedness' of Wall Street, and
they flatter themselves as to their own
superior shrewdness. But when," &c.
Iq all of which Mr. Clews is a bit
tiresome an l platitudinous. No one
con plains af Wall Street for any of its
legitimate uses, and he knows it. It is
the gambling, the cornering, the jug
gling, by which tha country is hurt and
not helped, that people complain about.
For those who go to Wall Street to
gamble and who et hurt at it no one
has any more pity thin for those who
go to the roulette table. But where
the "nerve osater of American business'
is taken possession of by a few, and all
the other nerves arc sat oa edge con
trary to their wish and without their
consent, it is then that the country
kicics for cause.
' ALASKA'S TELEGRAPH SERVICE-ITS
IMPORTANCE AND NEEDS
At a recent hearing before the house
committee on military affairs, Gen. Al
len, chief of the army signal corps, pre
sented the needs of t?e tervice in Alas
ka. The committee noticed that the
item for the cab'e system hi d been in
Teased by $10,000 ? $190, COO to *200,
000? and wantfd to know about it.
Gen Allen calltd attention to the
fact that since 1904, when the service
was put in operation, $G07,6C0 had been
turned into the U, S. tre> sury. To that
time the congress had appropriated to
the service 5309,000, leaving a balance
of 233,00*! to the credit of the system.
U was by right of this showing? that !?
this showing was part of the argument
? ihat he asked for 3200,000 more for
extensions.
Surely it was a {rood argument ana id
Hdo with all other arguments in behalf
of A'.aska? a country less understood
than most places on the inhabited sur
face of the earth.
The special plea for actual expeoses
of officers on duty in connection with
the telegraph system in lieu of per diem
is ons that should be heeded or, if not,
the per diem of H5O granted. It i* a
concession to peculiar conditions which, '
as stated, are little understood. The <
telegraph system in Its operation calls
for extraordinary service such as should
be paid for, not merely in view of the
fact that it is a money making proposi
tion but because of its vast importance
in the development of the country.
CORRECT THE FAULT
Such things as the acquittal of
Scbmitz cause some people to ecouire
whether this is really a government by
the people as they have been told it Is.
Of course it is. This failure of justice
is merely a point called to the attention
of the ruler ? the people ? which needs
his? the ruler's? attention. It cslls for
dr&s'.ic correc ion. The case should be
carried to the supreme court of the
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Unlet d States, as It will co doubt be. J
If it lb there found that the law is wrong
then it is the la v that should be mend
ed. If ills found that the courts a>e
wrontf and that they are clearly trying
to shield this arch criminal, theu -let
the courts be corrected? those judges
on the bench, let them be punished if
possible, even more severely than
Schmitz.
Stoessel either deserved it or he didn't 1
In finding him guilty? humiliating him
?and thee pardoning him, Russia has
simply revealed another evidence of <
that immaturity wbioh has surprised
and disgusted all creation. '
China will never be happy till she has
it out to a finish with Japan but she '
should have waited until she was ready
?if she is not ready. If she is ready
now why, then, let 'em go at it.
It Is rather credible to Evelyn's
nerves under the circumstances that
they have laid down, so to speak.
AGE
Blindness, and women sailing white
seas,
Seas where no placid sails have ever
been.
Dreams like wan demons on waste
marshes seen
Through dulling fevered eyes. The
aregs and lees
Of wine long spilt to desd divinities.
Grey, empty days when spring is
never green,
Can the heart answer what these '
riddles mean
Can the life hold such hopelessness as
these?
Love lying low in the long spring grass,
Youth with his eager face against
the sun.
They may not gue^s the hours when
these shall pass,
In what drear coin such lovely dreams
are paid,
At what grim cost their flowery days
are won,
When man is old and lonely and afraid.
? Helen Kay Whitney, "Gypsy Verses"
I THE WEATHER i
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INTERIOR AND LOCAL |
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Whltehorse, Mar. 11, 1908
Atlin? Snowing, northwlnd, 9 above.
Conter? Snowing, northwlnd 5, ?
jove.
Caribou? Clear, westwind, 5 abcve.
Tagisb ? Snowing:, northwlnd, 2
ibove.
Hoo'allcqua? Clear, nortbwlng, 17
jelow.
Big Salmon? lerr, calm, 30 below.
Yukon Crossing? Clear, high north
wind, 20 below.
Selkirk? Clear, oalm, 38 below,
ColTee Cyeek? Clear, calm, 28 below.
Stewart? Clear calm, 22 below.
Ogilvie? Clear, calm, 34 below.
Dawson? Clo*r, calm, 30 below.
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wbar{ at midnight, Mar. 8
1908, is as follows.
Temperature time observat'n.,32 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours. 40 above
Min " " " " ..31 above
Mean " " " " ..36 sbove
Barometer 29.78
Cloudy calm snow
DOMINION HOTEL REOPENED
AT WHITEHORSE
The Dominion hotel, once very popu
lar with the traveling public but which
has been closed for some time past, has
been reopened by Mrs. R. Kelsey, the
popular proprietress of the Commercial
Cafe, who has refurnished and renovat
ed it, so that now it it as clean and
comfortable as ever it was. There are
Qae stable accommodations.
Best meals in Whltehorse at Com
mercial Cafe.
The curling contests which have nrg
aged the attention of the VVhitohorse
people during the past two months, are
drawLg to a close. The Unsworth cup,
presented by the well known White
hone merchant, Is being plaved for by
rinks skipprd by D, Ro^s, formerly of
Atlin and Skat;way, a. G. Dickson
and A. E. Fisher, who have been tied
for first place, each having woa five
games and lost two.
Ia the contest for the handsome cup
prtsented by the Hudson's Bay Co.,
through tneir Vancouver agents, two
rinks were tied, namely: Messrs. W. S.
Watson of the B. Y. N. Co., and A. E
Fisher, each having to bis credit five
victorias and two defeats.
On Monday the series of finals began.
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Great interest is being taken in the re
sult as the skips are well known in curl
ing circles.
It will be noted that the rink skipped
by Fisher is in both the finals and thoy
seem very confident of the ultimate is
sue. Skip Watson on the other band
has played in many bonspiels and some
of the wise ones pick him as the winner
of the H. B. C. trophy.
In theUnsworth competition, after a
hard fought game, Mr. Ross reached
tile finals and is determined not to let
the silverware slip from his hands with
out a keen struggle. Dickson bas play
remarkably well during the contest and
the members of his rink say that they
have a' ready mental pictured of the cup
decorating the club sideboard with thsir
names engraved o \ it.
SUFFERING III THE GREAT CITIES
J. Boorman, proprietor of the Boor
man hotel, at South Dawson, was a pas
senger up on the Beatrice. Mr. Boor
man has been spending the winter in
England.. He says they are having
very hart) times in the great city; that
many thousands of people are practi
ca'ly on the verge of starvation, people
are crowded in small tenement
quarters and the lack of work has caused
them to be in arrears in rents so that
they are being evicted 3nd then further
crowded. Thousands and thousands are
out' of work. Ia Germany the condi
tions are even worse. The problem of
the unemployed, he says, is up for set
tlement in these thickly populated
countries 8nd there is likely to be seen
much trouble in its settlement. The
women suffragist question held the pub
lic attention just before he left England
to the sidetracking even of that of the
poor.
Mr. Boorman came over on the Lusi
tania. On the trip he says there were
three expert builders on board study
ing; the actiou of the great ship. There
had been too much vlbra Ln to suit
them and they were t hi . king out means
to overcome it. A steel piMur support
ing the upper dec'<cs h d been replaced
by a rubber pillar to eat the vibration
and it had been somewhat successful
but not enough to suit. Mr. Boo. man
went inside yesterday.
WOLVES OF FRANCE.
A Picture of Their Ferocity In the
Eighteenth Century.
"The ferocious wolf," sifid a nature
student, "is the most perfect expres
sion of carnivorous bloodthirst that
w^lks. His Jaw is the most terrible of
weapons. Its slashing bite can break
the leg of a buffalo, ant] the noise of It
when at Work in a sheepfold resembles
nothing so much as the incessant
cracking of a heavy whip."
He took down a book.
"Here is what the wolves of France
were like," he said. "This is a letter
from the famous Duchess of Orleans,
dated at Marly, Feb. 9, 1709:
" 'Packs of wolves commit fearful
ra vages. They have devoured the post
liian ot Aletieon and bis liorse. "Two
of the boasts attacked a tradesman
near Mons. one springing ut his throat
111 response to his shrieks two dra
goons who were walking by came to
his help. One drew his sword and ran
a wolf throng the body, on which It
turned and seized Its new ussailant by
the throat. Ills comrade came up and
beat the brute off, but not before It had
killed the man. Meanwhile the other
wolf hod seized the second dragoon
from behind and dragged him down.
Finally when effective help arrived
both the soldiers and one wolf were
found dead. The other had got away
As for the tradesman, his leg was so
plteously torn that It had to be ampu
tated above the knee.' " ? Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines lor Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir) $2.50
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mull
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoono, Tenakee, Sitka aDd Wayports
SAILS
MARCH 3, 9, 15,
21, 27
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 90
. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
aPEED. SAFETY, COMFORT
Seattle, and other Puget Sound Ports
CARRYING U.S. MAlI.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of Seattle
Cottage City March. 3 5 and 28
Connecting with the Company's Steam ars at Seattle for
San Francisco, Southern California, Eureka (Humboldt Bay) and
^Mexico
ts&~ Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUN ANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Market street, ban Franolaoo, Cal.
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Canadian Pacific Railwav
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Screw Steamshi"
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
MARCH 8, 18, and 28TH.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowSd
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of '.he world and all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agont
Alaska Steamship Co, -
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
Jefferson, Mar. 9, 20, 31.
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 60
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No- IS
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound
1st class.
8 30 a. m.
10 10 "
10 50 "
11 20 ?'
1 10 p. rn.
3 25
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE ;PAS8
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Horsi
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected and
oheoked. Inspection is stopped SO 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. \
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S. Bound
1st clais
3 20 p m.
1 45 "
12 45 "
12 05'
10 30a. m.
? 20 "
Through Line Prom
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer campa in the Alsek and Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, dally trains will continue running between
Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be malntaiced
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between 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 and fabulously rich quaitz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to passenget, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Compary, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska 8kaguay, Alaska
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