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HAWAII SETS ALASKA AN EXAM
PLE.
Ouce every week every newspaper
and periodical in the United States
aud in all Its territories receives a
letter froiu the press news bureau of
Uie Hawaii Promotion committee con
taiuiug news articles written in an
interesting way by tralued newspaper
uieu. These articles are furnished
free, and as they contain Instructing
and Hell writteu material, much of
which is "good news." hundreds of
such articles are published every day
by the press of this country.
As a result the people of the
United States are becoming acquaint
ed with Hawaii, are learning about
its climate and resources, are reading
its unique and fascinating history,
are finding out what manner of peo
ple live there. Residents and inves
tors are attracted to Hawaii in this
manner and the value of the work
done by the Hawaiian Promotion
N Committee caunot be estimated in
dollars and cents.
Alaska needs a Promotion com
mittee. Nine people of every ten in
the United States know more about
Hindustan and Persia than they do
about Alaska. They imagine this
country is a great ice covered waste,
that the normal temperature is about
fifty degrees below zero, that most
of our cities are somewhat akin to
Esquimaux villages, that our people
are uncouth pioneers. No. Alaskan
who has not travelled widely in the
states can conceive of the ignorance
concerning the simplest facts regard
ing this country.
We. who know so well Alaska's ad
vantages. should be willing and anx
ious' to impress them upon others.
A campaign of ?*ducation carried on
as the people of Hawaii are doing it
would prove of inestimable benefit to
Alaska and the cost would be trifling.
Such a campaign would bring us
more citizens, would secure new capi
tal for development, and eventually
would teach the people of the United
States that right at their doors it a
vast country, inhabited and developed
by Americans as intelligent as those
living in any state in the union: yet
who are denied the primitive right of
self-government. Once knowing this
influence sufficiently strong would be
brought by the public on congress to
give Alaska self- government and a
fair share of our rightful dues in the
matter of ? government appropriations.
If the men of affairs in Alaska cau
ftet together on this proposition the
results will b?* far reaching and will
come soon.
Think it over.
CONCERNING JUDGE SILAS RE ID.
The fact that charges have been
preferred against,. Judge Silas H.
Reid of the third judicial division
of Alaska is no surprise to those who
are conversant with conditions in his
district. There is but little doubt
that Judge Reid has become involved
in politics and neglected his proper
duties. The appointment of his
brotther-in-law as receiver of thhe Al
aska Central railroad at a fat salary
was another questionable act. If
Reid Is removed he has only himself
to blame.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
All legislative measures which will
benefit tthe people at large and work
a detriment to the special interests
meet witth strong and organized re
sistance lu congress. The Postal Sav
Ing Banks bill is no exception. It
probably will not pass at this session
of congress. Yet the measure is a
meritorious one. It provides an ab
lately safe and guaranteed deposi
tory for the savings of wage earn
ers. If given sufficient publicity and
referred to a referendum of the vot
ers of the country it' would be voted
In by an overwhelming majority.
Castro, the deposed president of
Venezuela, who took most of the
public treasury with him when he
left, says he. is going to stay in Ber
lin the rest of his life. But Berlin
isn't worrying. They have excellent
police protection there.
Did someone refer to Roosevelt
a "dead volcano" some months ago?
Judging by recent developments the
president is in old Vesuvius' class.
As long as Alaska's officials are
put in office by federal patronage
we may expect mis rule and inferior
men at the head of our affairs.
Carrie N'atlon says that the Devil is
rampant in Scotland. The Evil One
seems to follow Carrie where ever
she goes.
Professional Hockey.
John T. McXamara. for several years
mauager of the champion Portage Lake
hockey team of Houghton. Mich., Is
anxious for a revival of professional
hockey. lie would like very much to
set Duluth and St. Paul-Mlnncnpolls
Interested. which, he avers, would
spell success In large letters for such
an organization us it is proposed to
form. On several occasions there has
been discussed a league made up of St.
Panl or Minneapolis. Duluth. Hough
ton. Sault Sle. Marie. Detroit and
Cleveland. O. Such a circuit, it is felt,
would prove a formidable one and oue
that would insure hex-key becoming
one of the leading winter pastimes in
the Culled Stntes.
Longboat May Retire.
Kumor has it that Tom Longboat, the
Canadian Indian long distance ruuuer,
will soon retire from the game. It Is
said that his physician has advised
this course, as his many Marathon
runs have weakened his heart to a cer
tain extent, a1 d it might prove serious
If the Indian kept on running the ex
tra long distances. Reports say that
Longboat will run only two more Mar
athons. which are to be held In Can
ada. and that after this fall he will re
tire. not necessarily iroui the cinder
path, but from the long road runs. He
may continue to compete In three and
Ave mile races.
Gophers Lose Chestnut. '
Kd Chestnut. Minnesota's star foot
ball etui, has been declared Ineligible
by the Gopher faculty owing to bin
failure to pass a recent examination 1u
engineering. The loss of this speedy
little player Is a severe blow to Min
nesota. and the prospects of having a
winning team are now ever darker
than before. lie was depended upon
to make a great record on the gridiron
this season.
Allen Winter Sold For $50,000.
Just after making a show of his field
In the three heats of the West stake In
Lexington. Ky. recently Allen Winter,
winner of the Kcadvllle handicap and
other go?.<l races in the grand circuit,
was purchased by I. Sclileslnger of Vi
enna for $.V>.tNni. Allen Winter Is a
brown horse by Kd Winter, dam Miss
Que, and he will be raced in Austria
nest season.
Warner's New Wrinkle.
Conch Warner has a new wrinkle for
the Carlisle Indians. The entire back
field and the ends have brown, full
sized footballs woven into the chests
of their jerseys. This helps to keep
an opponent guessing who has the
ball, which, of course, is Warner's
reason for the nnique decoration of
his men.
Yost to Coach West Point.
The Information has leaked out that
Yost will assist in coaching the West
Point eleven In Its final week of prep
aration for the annual grill with the
navy. Mlchlgau's last game Is with
Syracuse on Nov. 21. This gives Yost a
week ?t the army school, for the clash
with the sailors does not como until
the Saturday following.
Griffith May Handle Reds.
It has been learned ou goc.l authority
that Clarke Griffith will manage th?
Cincinnati Nationals next season. The
story comes from very reliable sources.
Color is lent to the matter by the fact
that Griffith followed the reds all over
the circuit on the last trip of the sea
Hon.
Long Suffering Bill.
A correspondent sends the following
to a remote rural organ of the people:
"Our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr.
William M. Puckleton. has had several
new 'No Trespassing" sigus erected
on Ills place. We have had the pleas
ure of perusing the one facing the
Hedgevllle pike. It reads:
"Notls.? ' Trespasers will be persekuted
to- the full exten of 2 mean muivrrel dogs
wlch ain't never ben overly soshlbll with
strangers an 1 dubbel barl shotgun wlch
ain't loaded with no sofy plllers dam if 1
ain't K*tin tired of this helralslu on my
propertv. Yurs rcspecful.
"BILL, PUCKLETON."
?Current Literature.
| WEATHER MOOERATES j
The result of the observation taken
at .<Ioore wharf at midnight, Jan. 11 h
1 3d, Is as follows:
Temperature time observat'n. 25 above
Max. temp.precedlnfj 24 hours 27 above
VIId. " " " " 11 above
viean " " " " 19 above
Barometer 30.10.
Cloudy, North wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Wbitehotse, ... c above
r*?ish - ? - below
Atlin, .... 10 "
llootalinqua ... I4 "
Bix Salmon - - ? ? 15 "
Y ukon Crossing - - 0 "
Selkirk .... ~'{f ?
ColTee Creek, ... 30 "
Stewart, - - - - 15 Xl
pRilvie .... "
Dawson, .... :$0 "
? SEASONED CHARMER.
Hero's to tho maiden of thirty.
Skilled in tier urts ah u queen.
Ft lendlv and smiling and Dirty,
Charming as one of sixteen!
Age hus not wrought tier disaster.
Aro has but heightened her charms.
Now of herself she Is master.
Mere man 110 longer alarms.
Seasoned and strengthened and chas
tened. ?
[.earned In the part she must act.
Knowing that man can bo hastened.
Hut by a diplomat's tact
She with u twist of her linger
If In his range she ean got,
So that he pauses to linger,
Gathers man Into her net.
Gone are her heroes romantic,
Visions of heroes to full
Down at her feet and K'row frantic.
Man Is her victim; that's all.
Hut as ho fastens the halter
Man doesn't halt or decline
Or at her beckon lugs falter,
Seeing no plot or design.
Feeling the time Is approaching
When she must wed. If at all.
without Instructions or coaching
She with his heurt ean play ball.
All of her cliurms are redoubled.
What Is the chance of the lad
When at her terra he is troubled?
Think of the pructlce she's had!
By Proxy.
Prlscllla laudeth not her skill
In rare housewifery.
She smiles, but modestly Is still
Touching her industry.
Yet are her talents widely known
And how sho doth excel.
The explanation? 1 must own.
She makes each minute tell I
?Puck.
Accompanied by Terrible Itching
A Complicated and Most Distress
ing Case? Well-known Remedies
Failed to Cure-Doctor Thought
an Operation Necessary? Then
CUTICURA PROVED ITS
WONDERFUL EFFICACY
"I am now eighty years old and one
morning, three years ago, I was taken
with a hard pain in my right sido. In
two davs I had an attack of piles
(hemorrhoids), bleeding and protruding.
The doctor gave mo some medicine and
an ointment for them which helped mo
6ome but I had to keep using them all
the time. Then I changed to the P
remedy: but if I did not use it every
day, f would get worse. The doctor
6ai'd (he only help for me was to go to
a hospital and bo operated on. At
this time, about a year ago. I went to
using the S remedies. I tried them
for four or five months but did not get
much help for.- my piles. During tnis
time sore* would come on a fleshy part
of my body. They bothered mo all
the time. I would get one healed and
another would come. These soroa
changed to eczema, accompanied by
a terrible itching. It seemed as if I
could not keep my hands from tearing
my flesh. This and the pile trouble
brought 01* an inflamed condition.
Then I got the Cuticura Remedies. I
washed tho affected parts with Cuticura
Soap and warm water in tho morning,
at noon, and at night, then used Cuti
cura Ointment on the irritated sur
faces and injected a quantity of Cuti
cura Ointment with a Cuticura Sup
pository Syringe. I also took Cuti
cura Resolvent Pills three times a day.
It took a month of this treatment to
get mo in a fairly healthy state and
then I treated myself once a day for threo
months and, after that, once or twice a
week. It is fortunate that I used Cuti
cura. The treatments I had tried took a
lot of money that I would have saved by
using Cuticura Remedies sooner, but
I am wiser now. I am supplied with
a full set of the Cuticura Remedies and
4 would not feel safe without them.
J. H. Henderson, Hopkinton. S* Law
rence Co., X% Y., Apr. 20, 1007."
Complno Externa! nod Internal Treatment for
Every llumor of Infant*. Children. and Adulu con
?Ibm of Cuticura Soap (25c.) to t'lcarue the akin,
Ciitleum Ointment (50c.) to Ileal the Skin, ana
Cuticura TicnuvenMSOe.Mor tn the form of Chocolate
Cbat<-d 1*1 1 Is 25c. |H'r vial of CO) to Purify the lilood;
also tho Cuticura Suppository Syringe (35c.). Sold
throughout the world, I'otter Drug 4 Chem. Corp.,
Sole Props . Itoston, Man.
a#" Mailed Free. Cuticura Book on Skin Dlscaxs
Yes, we have the proper sizes of
calllug cards in the crash finish bris
tol. The proper type, too. The
Daily Alaskan Job Dept.
RELIABLE ALL THE TIME.
The Pack Train Restaurant will
serve wine with dinner orders, free
in place of tea or coffee. Come on
boys. ,
If YOU ONLY
KNEW
How much real satisfac
tion there is in a bottle of
Cucumber and Amond
Cream
You would never be without
it. It '3 not eticky, 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.
WM. BRITT
'/'he Druggist]
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER.
Having put In a steam boiler and
other machinery we aro bettor pre
pared than ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
SKAGWAY LAUNDRY.
AH whiskies and wines served at
the Pack Train Par is purchased by
Mr. Grim direct from the (nstillers
and wln.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 rew crisp readers
In The Alaskan, advertising your |
long stock, and get rid of it?
JUNEAU 8.8. CO'S.I
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Currylntf U. S. Mnll
For Haines, JSerners Bay, Juneau, i
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
December 6, 12, 18, 24, 30.
WILLIS tfOWELL, Mar., Juneau
W. W. BOUUHTON, Afect
Broadway arO Fifth Ave. l'hone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
Hlfi
Carrying Passengers and Mall ?vill
leave Skagway for Haines
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day at 9 A. M.
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M. same day.
Fare one way $1-50
Round tri-Q $2 50
Pacific toast S. S. Co.
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
i >< tic, aad other Puget Sound Porta
CARRYING U.S. MAU.
Steamers of This Company Leave
HUMBOLDT
COTTAGE* CITY
JANHRY 7
JINDARY 18 30
Connrctintr with t* e Comply* ^teum 'sat Se tie fo- San I-'uanciscO,
Southern' California, Kukkka (II mboidt Bay) ? d Mkxxco
jk?t adovo schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second nod Broadway, Skajjway
Seattle Ticket Ofpicje, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
11*2 M .rht l -.ro^ - 15 p't.cc - ?. G>
Canadian Pacific Railway
* i B, C, COAST/ SERVICE )
SCHEDULE OK SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
Subject o change without notice
'steamship' princess may
December 5-19 January 2=16=30
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of the world at d hll Information from
Phone 87 F. F. W LOWLE, ?g*nt
Next Sailing of the Fast. Passenerer Steamers
Jefferson Jan. 11, 23
Feb. 4, 16, 28
Company reserves right to change sailing date without uotict
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addiliou&l Charge
Through Tickets to San Frnncieco
R. A. CAKROLL, Ageni. r'boi..
Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alafka Pacific Express
The White Pass &Yukon Route
I lTHftt No. 18?
? n*!)y Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. ou.:d No. 2, S. Bauc
lt-t ol??. 1st clan
a 30a.m. Li-ave? SKAQDAY Arrives 3 2?p m
10 CO p. in. " W1IITE PASS " 1 45 "
11 00 " " LOGCAB^ " 12 42 "
113) " ' BENNETT \ " , 12 10 "
i 3) p. md. CARIBOU " 10 2W.tr..
3 45 Airives Whitk 'tloas* Leaves 8 15
Par,?eni'er must bu at depovs In time to have Bag?age Inspected and
oho red. inspection 1* stopped 30 minutes before leiwlne time of train.
160 pounds of ba gape will b. ohec : i frte with each full faro ticket
nound' with each half f*ra ticket
mm
J?L J!*..
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Through Line From
Skagw&y to Atiin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermedial Yukon River Po'nts.
Tne new placer camps 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, daily trains will continue running between
Ska^way and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintaioed
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between Whito Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
Kor 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 Information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply \
to any agent of the Company, or to1
TKAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C,
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent
V>t.couver. B. 0. and Rknguav, A'vVn Skapuav, Alaska
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