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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. "
Admitted as second class mail matter
July 8, 1394, at the Postofflce
at Skagway, Alaska.
L. S. Kollar, Publisher.
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LAWYERS WHO THINK
BACKWARD
President Taft is a lawyer. Of his
cabinet seven out of nine are lawyers
The legal profession numbers about
130,000, or only .00013 per cent of the
ti tal population.
In uo other country of the world
cf courts possess and exercise the
powers which the courts do In the
United States. They set aside stat
utes enacted by congress and the
state legislatures. They enjoin exe
cutive action. The writ of injunction j
and proceedings for contempt have:
been so enlarged that few, if auy,;
phases of government are exempt
f:om their enormous reach.
The courts may not only take away
the property, but also the liberty of
tlie citizen if his acts, although in
strict accord with statutes duly enact
ed. are in couflict with the decree of
the court. And in practice the opin
ion of one judge may be more effect
n e than the combiued wisdom of con
gi ess and the president , or of the
legislature and governor. Witness
tue (ederal income lax law, the Penn
sylvania --cent-fare law and labor
laws innumerable.
Ami in congress and state legis
latures the proportion of lawyers is
very great. Take any legislative bod
witli which you are familiar and coun
(or yourself.
Thus we find the lawyer possessing
the reins of government in every di
rection. Does this situation make for
progress? Is the lawyer better fitlet.
than all others in the community to
make laws and administer them'.' W
think not.
The lawyer's vision is backward?
not forward. His education and pro
frssional life have dealt chiefly in pro
cedents. His criterion is not. Whai
is right'.' but, What is established?
While ail other departments of lift
haw made enormous progress, the au
ministration of the law lags far be
hind. Contrast the advances in chen.
istry, engineering .surgery and the prat
lice of medicine and deutistry, tin
methods of news gathering, printing,
and publishing, transportation by iau.1
aud water, witu me law's delays anil
the consequent expense and injustice
visited upon every commuuity. \V\
.have purposely umitted those things
bv whicn time and space have bee.,
chiefly annihilated, the telegraph uuu
telephone.
If in his chosen field the lawyei
iias made such a miserable botch 01
it, is it wise to turn over to him th<
whole business of government? Le^
tho lawyers first put their own hous.
in order. Let them show that justict
und not precedent are their chief con
ceru. Let them develope a higli.i
standard of ethics, until duty to th?
state is paramount to duty to client,
aud they cease under the pretensv
of serving clients to become traitor,
to ihe commonwealth.
When these things have been don .
then lawyers may fairly ask for lar_;
er opportunities of usefulness.
Jn our judgement the failure of thi
government in this country to be pro
gressive, its failure to meet the reas
onable expectations of the common
people, and the undesirable fact that
it has been the handmaid of vested
wrong, are due to the undue Influenc
of lawyers in government. And we
think President Taft has been unfor
tunate In that he has ignored our
leaders in the other learned prof Vi
sions. in business and labor, and has
given such undue prominence to the
law? the least progressive of the pro
fessions. ? Seattle Star.
An English array officer who has'
resided in Africa, says that he notices j
that the fewer clothes people wear
the more moral they are. According
to this thoory the people who livo in
northern climes, where the rigoro is
winters enforce heavy clothing, can
never hope to attain the high moral
standards of the peoples of southern
clirues.
A POISONER AT WORK.
Some undetected miscreant scat
tered strychnine about the streets of
Skagway yesterday and as a result
three dogs have been poisoned and
killed aud several other canines made
seriously ill.
Any man who will deliberately
scatter poison about on the streets is
a lower order of being than tile dogs
he kills. Such a person is a coward,
a fool and a knave. Not only does
he kill dogs against whom lie can
bear no auimosity; but there is th>
possibility, however remote, that hu
man beings may in some manner b<
poisoned instead of dogs. Any man
who has ever owned a dog to which
he has become attached will sympa
thize with those who lost dogs yes
day.
It is to be hoped that the culprit
is discovered. A punishment could
be made to fit the crime which would
be a lesson and a warning.
In an editorial fairly breathing the
spirit of penitence, "Clooniy tiu.s " o
Brien of the Juneau ltecoril writes
'that knocking one's neighbors is an
overworked pastime." Can it be t.i.it
"Gloomy fJus" has seen the error of
his ways?
President Taft's tariff message con
tained less than 2,000 words. Itooso
velt would have taken about L'O.omi
words to convey tin- s;. me lufonua
tlon.
Dr. Lyman Abbott says that tin
Ideal woman should have big i' t.
Then according to popular beli> ; I'iii
cago is a city of Ideal women.
"For every tree is known by it
fruit. For of thorns men do not a'h
er figs, nor of a bramble bush gather
they grapv's."
So far there has been no uns-- mly
scramble of candidates tor the muni
clpal election.
Home rule for Alaska.
Register today.
The Base Ball Benefit Hall of tiie
W. P. A. Club, will be the event ot
the year. Wednesday evening March
31st. Gv-t out and root.
The. reauit of Uiu observation taken
?t Moore wbart at midnight, Marcl), 2.">
lyC'.i, is as follows
Temperature timeobservat'n. .'19 *bovp
Max. temp, preceding 24 hours 4 i above
Min. " " " " 30 above
Mean " " " " 30$ atwve
Barometer 29.44.
Raining and strong south wind
inieSweather
Whitehwse,
Atlin,
Tagish
Hootalinqua
Big Salmon -
Yukon Crossing
Selkirk
ColTee Creek,
Stewart,
Ogiivie
Dawson,
:!2 above
30 ??
.10 "
34 "
30 '?
34 "
30 ??
25 "
2ti "
QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90.
Baggage, coal and wood delivered
upon shortest notice day and night.
H. FREIDEMT1IAL,
General Expressing Bonded Car
rler.
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
That is L.VXAT1VE BROMO QUI
Ni.s'E. Look for the signature of E.
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Every modern convenience
Klectric lights? Hot and cold
wafer ? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Hoard nnd room by the d y, w ek
or month
Table supplied with crcm and
hutter from our own Jersey
Dairy
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Raw Furs....
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High Prices tor Tine furs
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E. W. GIDEON, iKOl'KIKTOR
NICELY-FURNISHED ROOMS
FURNACE HEATED
Carcross, Y.T. f
vW"HH*v
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME "T A BI>E No. 1S-I
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound
1st class
<J 30 a. m.
10 CO p. m.
11 00 "
1130
1 30 p. a."
3 45
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
Whitk -Horse
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S. Boon?
1st elate
3 20 p . m
1 45 "
12 42 ''
12 10 "
10 2i a, rr.
8 15 "
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected anc
checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leavlnp time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked froe with cach full faro ticket
and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
III! Bill
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To enable you to withstand
the bad weather of winter,
your health must be in good
vigorous condition
CELERY liERVE AND BLOOD TONIC
is an extremely valua ap
petite ? arousing, strength ?
building, nerve and brain
nourishing, system invigorat
ing tonic for putting you in
splendid condition to defy
the winter. This preparation
is also a delightful Cordial,
pleasant to the taste and ac
ceptable to even the weakest
stomach.
75c per bottle
WM. BRITT
The Druggist
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| ROYAL ?
x Stea^ Laundry :
?> All Work Giiarante^d. Short T
i Orders Promptly
K
Done
Mesv.-ocvr will c&J and deliver
l'teuux 79 ^
ooo>x*oc ox?r foe o?aaoooc .
JUNEATj 8. jS. GO'S,
ELECTRIC LIGHTEU STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Curry 1 n? U. S. Mai)
For Haines, herner* Bay, Jun-au,
Hoodii, Tenakei . S;lka aid Wm| c:>
March 6, 12, 18, 24, 30.
April 5, 11, 17, 23, 29.
WILLIS NOW ELL, Mgr . June* ;
\ W. W BOOGHTON, Atrert
Broad wav and Fifth Ave. l'bono tH
U. S Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying Passciiir-rs a- i! Mali will
leave Skagw.iy for Haiti' <
Every Tuesday. Thursday a \ Satur
day at 9 A. M.
Returning leaves Hair < f"r Ska,:
way at 2 J'. M. sauie day.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir) $2.50
Pacific Coast S. S. to.
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT.
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APRIL 1-13-24
APiW 8-19-30
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FRANK H. STUART. Agent
! i .?1 tro?l?Af. ! k a.' " aj
Sf.attt.f Tickkt OrriCK, 113 Jaws St
C. I). DCKANN. (ionrral IVm nper At> nt,
112 M-. - . ,nc. * ?-->? x!? j*
Canadian Pacific
R 7* I L W A V
B. C. fOA'T SCRVICK
SCHEDVMt r?K ?AIMW^ ? W>M SKAfiWAT
Su'ijwi to chtore without ootlc*
T3THAM(smp' PRINCESS MAY
Harch 12 - 22 April -1 - !2 - 22
May - 2 - 12 - 22 June - I
For Vancouver, Victoria. Seattle, via Prince Ku|>ert
Sj?acious Observation and Smoking Room*
Tickets to *n? part of '.be world and all inform?tlor. frctn
p?ore 87 F. F. W LOWLE. Agent
Alaska Steamship Co.
< *rr fX . M%I1 \rd A um f'ae'.Sc KsprM*
its? c Kiut rM*ne?r St**m?r?
JeJ ? ^son April 5-16-24
i v v r ?ht to chw.ir? ?* r.p d*t* w.rhout none*
' u Md Vftocourer Wltho".; A <5! mul O.irfe
R. A CARUOLL. Affcni Chooe 9*
^ilte flumboldt S. S. Co.V
,\N?? i XVKf
Fast and Commodious
S. S. HUMBOLDT
Sails Monday March 29
For Seattle and intermediate Point*
Saiiln? to('h?ncc Without Not-e
Seattle office w> w BOUGHTON.
103 YIISLER WAY phoncvo skagway aqt.
* ?> ? jqiKaconrev: - (srr i
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Thro u g li Line Pro m
Skapway to Atiin, Whi;c nori-t>, Pi^r Salmoo, Dowiton six! Intermediate Yukon Hirer "Points.
Tnc new placercamp* in the Alsek and K'.uane Minim; 0 -tricta are reached onlr via White. Hone
Winter Route Stage Service
Durirtr the winter srason, when navigation !? clt? ? d, daily tr? n* * ill continue running between
Skagwav auil White Hot ? A throneh .Mail, Pa?-enjjer and Freight Service will be malnUlted
by ? Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line b*:i*e?n White Hor*'' ami Dawaor.
Regular stupes, carrying mail, exprea* and pfi**ent;c*s. leave White Horae for ria^wti' and
intermediate poiots.
For Conrad City, loeated in ti e heart r' thene* y ? "covered and fabulously rich quart* camp
of the Windv Arm District, take our daily tra : * to C <rlbou.
For Information r? lative to p?i*ieneei, freight and telegraphic ratea, apply
to anv lh<> ComjinnT. or to
TUAFFIC DEPA HTM ENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A L. nF.HOOR, Gen. Mnpr. F. R WUHZHACD KR Gets. A*eo?
Vanoou'rer, B. 0. mH Pkae-w, AlwVa Skwuay, Alaska
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