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W. B. Sampson, Skagway's first post
DHttr, passed away In Tacoma on the
16th after a lingering illness of man}
ytars, No better example of giving up
one's life for duty need be sought.
Overwork in the local poatofflce at the
time of the big rush induced the dis
ease which kept Mr. Sampson a suffer
er for years and afterwards claimed his
life. With certain knowledge of the
fate in store before him many years,
he uncomplainingly endured his afflic
tion and was cheerful to the last. His
was, indeed, a sad case. In life he had
the sympathy of all the loaal towspeo
ple and in death it Is the hope of all of
us that it may go well with "Billy*
Sampson over there.
THEY MAY FORCE HIM
The rather remarkable action of the
Ohio League of Republican clubs for
mally Indorsing Senator Foraker both
for the senate and the presidency
would appear significant as a further
boost for the third term for Roosevelt.
While doubt is scarcely to be entertain
ed but what the president really
desires the nomination and election of
Secretary Taft, the secretary is having
a rockier road to travel than at first
seemed probable. New York state
leaders, it is announced, will shortly
Inform the president that the delega
tion of the Empire state cannot be de
livered to Taft. Now the action of the
Obio Republican clubs would indicate
that Foraker and not Taft will receive
the formal indorsement of the Buckeye
state, bis home state. With New York
and Obio both against him, Taft would
not likely receive the Domination if his!
name wai printed to tho convention
Before he would stand tot Forake^s
nomination, against whom the proil
dent has a strong antipathy, and iu
?lew of the intention of Tennessee and
other states ot Indorsing Roosevelt for
th? third term. It Is quite within tho
reason of probability that Roosevelt
will yield to the wldespred and pre
vailing sentiment of the party and ac
cept the nomination. Especially Is
this likely If It is strongly represented
to the president that the nomination
of Bryan or some other exceptionally
strong Democratic candidate is a real
menace to the success of the Republi
can party. The renominrtion of Rooe
velt would arouse the Republican party
to the highest pitch of enthusiasm and
would draw strength from Democratic
and other sources. It does sees it
may yet be Roosevelt.
INJURING SALMON
Some of the salmon fishermen are
putting up a howl about the wholesale
use of herring for the manufacture of
guano, and they have just cause for
complaint. At Killisnoo the herring
fishermen take as high as six hundred
barrels of these little Ush at one haul
of a seine. Just slop and think what
this will amount to if allowed to con
tinue. It means that with eash suc
ceeding year the favorite food of the
salmon become scarcer, and that with
in a comparatively short space of time
the salmon will have to choose another
habitat than the waters of Alaska, and
one of the greatest industries of the
territory will become an item of his
tory. Thousnnds of employes will thus
be thrown out of employment at the
canneries? an enormous sacrifice to the
greed of one or two small concerns.
Excellent fertilizer can be made from
seaweed, of which there is an exhaust
less supply; and if the management of
the various guano manufactories
would apply the rule of "live and let
live" and turn their attention to sea
weed for raw material, conditions would
be greatly Improved and the future
brighter. Otherwise, the department
of the federal government which has
charge of the fishing Industry should be
asked to act in the matter, and, if it
was any other country than Alaska, we
believe the department would havo act
ed already? Wraogell Sentinel.
AUTOMOBILES MAKING MEN
One of the happy results of the lm
meuse purchases of automobile? in this
country Is the respect and liking for
machinery taught men who, in their
ignorance, had looked upon it as some
thing necessary, but ugly but not clean
ly or interesting.
Today no wealthy man considers his
garage complete unless be has it
equipped wilt enough tools to run a
foundry. He i? mortified if his neigh
bors are given a chance to behold his
automobile io tow, on its way to the re
pair shop. Far rather would he do all
the overhauling upon his own proporty
and with a finger in the work himself.
At first, the owner keeps his hands
gingerly away from the greasy parts of
his motor, but often, as he grows more
famlliac with it he delights to prowl
among : be "innards," and if he is suc
cessful in putting back all he has taken
out he is as joyous and surprised as a
boy who has tinkered with a dollar
WAtch. A taste for mechanism devel
ops with knowledge. The man who
can find pleasure in making repairs to a
motor car can become enamored with
the problems of original construction,
anJ so, f?om step to step, his horizon
widens.
The hands showing the marks of iron
and rust and lubricating oil aro a
a.-urceof pride to the one who a few
months before wore his tills manicured
to the appearance of Italian enamel
and was given to rigid inspection of
them, in the way of the chorus' girl in
the street car. The leather jacket
which, a few years ago, was a' most an
exclusive uniform of tbe mule driver Is
m re to the motor owner than was the
broadcloth to his father's youth. Any
gloves null kirn %d they are Warm and
pllatsfc. Wo doe who dresses so grotes
quely as Ihe automoblllftt caa plume
himself Upon his garb. Dress ha?
ceased to command the place It once
did among men of comfortable means.
Altogether, the change has been a
democratic one. It is en evolution
which excites the Imagination when
one considers that the next generation
may have a general conception of me
chanics which, twenty years ago, was
the property of a few. Its good to
know that automobiles are making men
out of dandles.
A PETTY GRAFT
Alaskans are growing weary of being
fjreed to pay a petty graft i f twenty
five cent* on all freight shipments
which come through Seattle to Alaska.
While the amount is not large? per
haps does not materially affect any
person to the extent of making a per
sonal complaint worth while, neverthe
less, on account of the smallness of the
sum and the persistency with which it
is being cxacted, general complaint is
caused. The contention is made that
the charge Is paid to Customs Brokers
who manifest goods here. All ship
ments made to Alaska are, under the
present Customs provisions surrounded
by the same regulations which control
foreign shipping. The tax revenue,
it is claimed, is used to pay the expens
es of securing statistical data after
wards printed by the government. It
is very well for Alaskans to know what
they are shipping in but it is not pleas
ent to be eternally aware of the fact
that they are being "shaken down "
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A Seattle paper says that the girls
from Oahu Island, chapronra up here
by Edyth Tozier,have not the privilege
of caucus as to where they shall go or
what they shall do but must see Edyth
(she spells it with a > ) for instructions.
The delegates to the convention were
in about the same Ox, for they (i>st had
to obtain her brother Lsroy's ooosant
befot'e thoy could do anything. Ver!ly<
verily, the late republican convention
was Tozieiized, and with the assistance
of Dick Ryan we might almost s;iy
Towzerlzed for be barked all the time
he was here ? Juneau Record.
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WOOD THAT WILL BURN
All kinds of stovowood delivered on
short notice. General b?g?age and ex
press business.
The Alaska Transfer Co., 'Phone
No. 10. 25I-U
WEAK KIDNEYS MAKE WEAK BODIES
Kldndy Diamine* Cann? Half the Con.
mou Aoboi nod Ills of
Aliukn Pcoplo ?
As one weak link weakens a chain, so
weak kidneys weaken the whole body
nnd hasten the final breaking down.
Overworn, strains, colds and other
causes injure the kidneys, und when
1 heir activity is lessened the whole
bodv suffers from excess of uric poison
circulated in the blood.
Aches and pains und languor Hnd ur
inary ills come, and there is an ever
increasing tendency towards diabets.
and fatal Rrights' disease. Tnere is no
real help for the sufferer except in kid
ney help.
Doan's Kidney Pil^a act directly on
the kidneys and cuie every Kidney ill.
F. A Tutton, of 1 1 25 Walker St., Sa
lem, Ore., says: "For tea or twelve
years rheumatism and kidney trouble
was a scourge of my life and two 0
three times I was down on my back on
account of the pain being so severe. I
oul.l hardly move owning 'o the lame
ness and had to leave my farm and
eotne into the c'.ty to doctor fo~ the tro
uble but nothing seemed to bring me
inoro than temporary relief I was in
bad shape just before I went to a drug
store and p oeured Doan's K dney Pills
My ' limbs would scrrcely support me
and I cou'd only get around at times
with the greates-t difficulty, Doan's
Kidney rills i>enefi ed me at once and
when 1 used three boxes I was ab?olute
ly free from every symptom of my 0 d
trouble ami my health was better tban
it liaa been for fourteen years. I can
conscientiously say that Doan's Kidnet
Pills are tiie best remedy of the kind I
ever used or know of.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N,
Y., sole agents for the Uniied States.
Remember the name ? Djan's? and
rake no other.
WANTED? A first class Gold or Gjld
and Copper Mining Proposition in nlas
ka. State full particulars when you
write. Address. Lewis Lusk, P. O. box
1072, Spokane, Washington. 219- lmo
Skin of Whole Body Covered for a
Year? Awful Itching Kept Suf
ferer Awake Half the Night
Tried All Kinds of Remedies but
They Had No Effect.
CUTICURA REMEDIES
A PERFECT SUCCESS
"I wish to let you know that I have
used one set of Cuticura Remedies ?
ono cako of Cuticura Soap, on<' box of
Cuticura, but two vials of Cuticura
Resolvent Pills ? which cost mo a
dollar and twenty-five cents in all. For
n year I have liud what, they call eczema.
1 had an itching all ov<-r my body, and
when I would retire for the night it
would keep mo awako half the night,
and the more I would scratch, the moro
It would itch. I tried all kinds of rem
edies, but could get no relief. A friend
of mine told mo to try the Cuticura
Remedies which I did, and am very
glad I tried them, for I was completely
cured. If any of my friends should
bo troubled with the same disease, I
will cheerfully recommend the Cuticura
Remedies, and if I know any one who
wants to know how I cured myself, I
shall be glad to tell them. Walter W.
Paglusch, 207 N. Rol>ey St., Chicago,
HI., Oct. H and 10, 100G."
CUTICURA
The Great Skin Cure and Purest
and Sweetest of Emollients.
Cuticura Ointment is, beyond ques
tion, the most successful curative for
torturing, disfiguring humors of the skin ?
and scalp, including loss of hair, yet com
pounded, in proof of which a single
anointing with Cuticura Ointment, pre
ceded by a hot bath with Cuticura Si .op,
and followed in the severer cases by a dose
of Cuticura Resolvent ( Li(ptid or Pill*),
is often sufficient to afford immediate re
lief in the most distressing forms of itch
ing, burning, and scaly humors, eczemas,
rashes, and irritations, permit rest and
sleep, and point to a speedy cure when
most, if not all, other remedies and even
physicians fail.
Complete External and Intern; I Treatment for
Every Humor of infants, Children, and Adults con
ntsta of Cuticura Soap to Cleanse the .skin, Cutl
rura Ointment to Ileal the Skin, and Cuticura
Resolvent (or In the form of Chocolate Coated I'll!*,
In vtalsof sixty) to I'urlfy the blood. Sold through
out tho world. Totter Drug 4 (.'hem. Corp., Sols
Props., Hoston. Man.
?r- Mailed Free, Cuticura Bom on the Skin.
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
Havin? put in a steam uoiler a- d
other machinery we ?re better i>re
nared thun ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
5 23-tf Skagway Laundry
Pacific CoastS. S. to.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED. 9AFETY.I COMFORT
Seattle, ndd other Puget Sound, Ports
CARRTHVO U. 8. MAIL
Steamers of This Company Leave
eiTY OF SEATTLE
December 4th - 18th January 3rd
HUMBOLDT
December 8th - 20th January 1st
Connecting with the Company's Steamers nt Seattle for
San Francisco, Southkrn California, Eureka (Humboldt Bay) and
M&xico
10" Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Acting Agent
Secood and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUN ANN, General Passenger Agent,
10 Market 8tr?et, San Pranolsoo, Cal.
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME) TABLE No- 18
(Dally Exoept Sunday.)
No. L N. Bound]
lit 0lU6.
S 30 a. m.
10 10 "
10 50 M
11 20 "
1 10 p. m.
3 25
Leaves
II
II
l?
II
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE ;PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
Whiti Horsx
Arrives
II
II
? I
II
Leaves
wo. 2. a. Bound
lat clasa
3 20 p. m.
1145 "
12 45 "
12 05 "
10 30ft. m.
8 20 "
Passengers moat be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected and
checked. Inspection la stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
160 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare ticket
and 76 pounas with ?ach nalf fare ticket.
The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fiat Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON, Dec. 9 21
FARALLON ? - - ?
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 66
?yruptfffgs
c^OixirsfSenna
acts gentl^yet prompt
ly on the bowels, cleanses
me system effectually,
assists one in overcoming
habitual constipation
permanently. To get its
beneficial ejects buy
the genuine.
Manufactured. by the
CALIFORNIA
JIg Syrup Co.
SOLD BrLIADINC DRUCG)STS-504p~B0TTU
THE
Pack Train Restaurant
Will Serve Sunday
FrenchDinnerl
From 12 noon to 8 p. m.
EVERYTHING THE BEST
IN THE MARKET
Regular Dinner 50c.
TEA, COFFEE or WINE and
ICE CKEAM
U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines for Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trio $2.50
DR. F. C. NORMAN
Physician and Surgeon
(cuiicr nukgeon or w. p. & y. n.)
Corner Fifth and State Sts.
UP STAIRS
SKAGWAY - ALASKA
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.j
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Carrying U. ?. Mnil
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,!
Hoon Tenakec, Sitka and Waj ports |
SA I LS <
NOVEMBER 4, 10. 16,
22, 28
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90 ,
Pullen Rouse
Foot of Sixth Rvonua
Most, elegantly furnished house
in Alaska
Every modern convenience
Me :tric lights? Hot and cold
wafer ? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Hoard and room by the dry week
or month ?
Table supplied with cresm and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
mrs. R. $. Pullen
Proprietress
William Hoskins
?Boot and Shoe Maker ?
Repairing promptly done with the best
material in the market
Ladies' and Children's Shoes Mended
BrondwnyBetwenn! 3rd nnd 4th Avea
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DON'T FROG
Unless You've Got 50 CENTS
W. tf. BOUGHTOfl
DEALER IN
Cigars, Tobacco.
Smokers' Articles,
Stationery and Fish
ing Tackle
LARGE CIRCULATING LIBRARY
INCLUDING LATEST COPY
RIGHTED BOOK'S
MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND
OTHER PERIODICALS
REMODELED
THE
Rainier^ratid Hotel
SEATTLE
New Manngement Populur Prices
Central Location European Plan
Finest CAFE and BARIn thoCl'v
Wilson & White Co.Prop.Chas PerrjMBr,
Through Line Prom
Skagway to Atlin, Wbite Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
Tne new placer camps in the AJsek and Kiuane 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 Servicc will be maintained
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 quartz camp
of the Wipdy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B, WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. 0. and 8kaguay, Alaska Skaguay, Alaska