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SStJBUSHEJ 1198. OUtST Mill HEW5P*PE? III ALASKA
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EDITORIAL PAGE
The first published account of
t. e Teslln Silver Creek sold strike
was printed in the Daily Alaskan
early last fall. Since that time
there has bevu considerable of a
stampede i:.to the country, and a
few days ago when Skookum Jim
went below, the interest in the new
discovery was perceptibly awaken
ed, until now the whole northwest
ic throbbing with interest over the
strike.
Many are coming this way and
others are going in by the Stikine
river to reach the grounds. To
those who intend to visit the gold
fields we believe that no route
offers so convenient a passage as
that of tlic White i*ass Railway. By
shipping to Skagway the railway
may be taken to Caribou w here win
tr stages end summer boats will
land both passengers and supplies
into Atlin, ;rom there it is a ques
tion of but a hundred miles to the
new discoveries.
Another route would be over the
White Pass railway to Whltehorse,
thence by boat to llootalinqua and
by boat up that river to lake Tes
lin, from which place the discovery
's but fifty miles.
Surely tbere is a growing senti
ment against the practice of making
v.-holesale arrests for whiskey sell
ing upon the complaints of Indians.
As the law now stands, says the
Fairbanks Times, the Indians of
this division take delight in having
their white brothers sent to Fair
banks on the charge of giving or
selling them liquor. They have
learned by experience that theplac
ing of such a charge against a
white man means a free trip to the
metropolis-, a le gthv stay in the
-;ay city a. id a considerable sum o(
money in wi.aess fees. In many,
if not a majority of the cases, the
Indians h e no intention of causing
the conviction of the men accused
' I selling them hootch, and when
the cases come to trial an early ac
quittal usually is the result. The
Indians. emphatic enough in their
charges at the timq of the arrests,
Otfplav an intelligent ignorance of
the circumstances when the cases
come to trial The "He sell 'em
hootch" of the preliminary hearing
is changed to the artful "No
Sabbe,' before the trial judge ami
jury, ami the eases are dismissed.
1 he redskins have had their trip to
Fairbanks; they have dipped their
grimy hands in the government
liurse, and they are satisfied.
With a ierm in the federal Jail
and a chance to work on the gov
ernment uuodpile as a reward for
their trickiry, the Indians soon will
learn to give the hootch peddler u
wide berth. With punishment, In
stead of a Kood time awaiting them
at the end of tneir journey, the red
skins will l.e less eager to lay false
charges against white men, and with
such a law on the statute books It
?is reasonable to believe that tliero
will be fewer real cases of drunken
ness among the tribesmen.
Judging lrorn the number of peo-|
pie who felt that the editorial in
yesterday's paper, under the cap
lion of "Vou Might As Well," was
intended ;u? an especial hit at them,
there are a great many guilty of
the habit of talking aloud at the
picture shows, and the gentle re
minder that the other patrons of
the house do not go there for the
purpose of being entertained by a
?free lecture" may have a salutory
effect, and it it does some fcood has
!>eeii accomplished.
Speaking of the "Movies" would
i.'t it be a good idea for the thea
tre owners of Alaska to notify the
film companies in the states to send
no more "gloom" films to this coun
try?
Whate\?r possesses these con
cerns to send all their deathbed
'ilms to Alaska passes our under
standing. The people go to the
p'.cture shows to be amused and en
tertained there is nothing amus
i "4 or ? nit rtaiuing in deaths or
killing. Time and again t>ie peo
,>l>- are treated to harrowing scenes
> sorrow, the only fitting accompa
niments of which are tears and lam
entations Alaskans arc not anxious
to pay money for a chance to weep
No matter how ridiculous or how
false in conception a funny film
i 'ay be, it is far ahead of a scene
of death or burial as a help or
entertainment to young and old.
! ? ordova Alaskan.
Cause of High Cost of
Living Goes Straight
Back to Soil
By Professor CYKIL G. HOPKINS, Chief of Agronomy and Chemistry
at University of Illinois
CHE CAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF LIVING GOES STRAIGHT
BACK TO THE SOIL. THE TARIFF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE,
NCR THE TRUSTS. NOR THE MIDDLEMAN. THESE ARE
MERE INCIDENTS. HIGH COST OF LIVING IS A POLITE
PHRASE FOR FAMINE. FAMINE SINCE THE DAYS BEFORE HIS
TORY BEGAN HAS HAD ITS ORIGIN IN THE LAND.
In 1M0 t' ?? United States had a population of seventeen million.
In 1910 it ha 1 grown to ninety-two million. This is an increase of
more than five hundred per cent. It has come upon us in seventy-two
years, the lifetime of one man. In the last ten years the increase in
our population was twenty-one per cent.
While our population has increased twenty-one per cent our pro
duction of tiie treat cereal staples has increased less than one per cent,
and a careful comparison shows the season of 1909 was slightly more
favorable for cr<>p yields as an average than the season of 1899.
During thi- -a me ten years we had an increase in improved farm
land aere;"?e of 1">.4 per cent. Comparing this with a less than one
per cent increji-e in the great farm products, we find the country has
actually 1 > n producing LESS PER ACRE OF THE GREAT
CEREALS Til AX IT PRODUCED IX TIIE TEX YEARS BE
FORE. The soil has been "PLAYIXG OUT." A soil that is totally
plaved out is a desert, and the desert is the dwelling place of eternal
FAMIXE.
Of course if there had not l>een something to offset this tremen
dous falling off in the productiveness of our si.il as compared with the
increase in filiation the hand of famine would now actually be upon
us. As it i?. we are suffering from a condition which we call "I33GH
COST OF L1VIXG."
A
Complete
Stock
Our stock of Drugs, Patent Medi
cines, Rubber Goods, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, Stationery, Candies, etc., '
is complete and we aro able to sup
ply our customers with everything
usually found In a first class anil
well stocked prescription pharmacy
Our prescription work Is subject to
the utmost accuracy. Mail order*
have our special attention and no1
pain is spared te fill them to satis
faction.
WILLIAM liBITT, Ph. ?.
Druggist.
Stores at Skagway and J u noun.
Take Notice!
We have four mounted
Bear Skin Rugs that we
are going to sell at ex
actly what it cost us to
put them up.
It will pay you to call
AND LOOK AT THEM
Draper & Co.
HOME UKO \VN 8 P R I N (<
C HICK E N
at
The Pack Train Restaurant
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium [sni?] Alaska
'-arer, Clean, Individual Baths.
Abundance of water. Best of
Hotel Accommodation*. Fur
nished Cabins for Kent . . .
Excellent Hunting and Fishlnp.
Motor Boating and Sa'llug.
Steamer Georgia from Joneau
makes semi-monthly visit*. In
formation and rat?? upon request
Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop.
Health Resort
ALASKA
GOOD
COAL
1 here is a gro.it deal of satisfaction 1
id the use of coal that la bright and
1 clean.
Moore's Wharf Co.
'Phone 10. ftkagway, Ata?kaJ
There ie economy in coal that gives
you a dollar's worth of beat units
for every dollar invested ? thaU
CLEAN
COAL!
MOORES' WHHR F CO.
Terminus W. P. & T. Route.
A HSuQthbouiidl<teamei>Arrivf and Depart Fronj This Dock
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a in. to f p. m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (papers o;in be obtained at. the U. S. cus- I
toms office) and must *>e delivered before 5 p. m. No freight w!Jl be j
received on the wharf after this hour.
BACKiAE? Tolls will be collerted oa CHECKED BAGCAOE ONLT j
No charge for baps and gripe when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer is neartug
dock and will be opened when jvasitengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dook.
H. O. So* 175 ?. J. SHAW. Gener.il Manaae'
TheWhitePass &Yukori Route
TIME TABLE SO. 30.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday*.
>o. 1 ft. Itonml
1st class
8:30 a. m?. Leavei
11:05 "
11:40 "
12:35 p. m. "
2:00 '*
4:15 " Arrives
SKAl.T'AY
WH1TK PAW
I.OG CABIN
ltKXNETT
CARIBOU
WHITKHOHSK
:S'o. i ? 8. Boiiml
lbt rl&M
A r riven 3:20 p. m.
Leaven 1:40 '
12:47 '?
" 1 1 :f%0 a. m.
10:25 "
Leaves 8:15 "
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stoppe d 30 minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each fall fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Juneau Steamship Co.
17. S. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Juneau- Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp
sum, Tenakee, Kililsnoo and Sit
ka Jan. 22, 23, Feb. 3, 9, 15, 21, {
27, Mch. 6, 11, 17. 23, 29. Leaves i
Juneau for Fucter and Chatham,
8 a.m., Jan. 23, Feb. 21, Mch. 17.
Leaves Juneau for Tyee, S a.m.,
Jan. 22, Feb. 21, Mar. 23. j
Juneau-Skagwav Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
Skagway, 8 a.m., Jan. 20, 26, i
Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, Mar. 3, 9.
15, 21, 27. Returning Leaves
Skagway following day at 8 a.m.
WILLIS E. NOYVELL, Manager. '
For 35c. you can get a wholsome, ;
home cooked meal at the New Home
Restaurant, 5th aveune, Just off of
Broadway.
FRESH EASTERN OYSTERS
In any quantity, on the half shell, j
first of the season, at the Pack
Train Restauraat.
STEAMERS FOR |
Seattle, Tacoma !
v-w, Amtmh, B I^i<? I
Errrm, Port TwwA SmK i
?in4a. .Wi BmW*. Mm r?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
G. W ANDREW'S, G. A. P. D. C D. tXTIANN. P. T M
1 13 J.?r. St. W* 112 Mart* 9u Sm Fwox
R>4* mmW t* <h??r? VM*
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Curacao -- March 6
V. A. PETERSON, Agent
Phone 50 '2nd <fc Brotdway, Skatrway, AU*k?
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYINQ U. L MAIL AND WKLL?rAROO tXPWCM
No it ML'lln< of ?? rut PUMW ?t MM
JEFFERSON
March 1 4
(Vmpiui) rwrtM lh^ right t*? rhM|i * ?illnp wlthnnt
TKLEPHDN'K TO. ?0. R. rtRROM,. *rt?n? t?i <mt
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C COAST SERVICE)
Sailings
FROM SKAGWAY
PRINCESS MAY
March 12 - 22
April
M?y
2- 12- 23
3- 14-24
Subject to eh?rr? ?1'h X ?W
Vancouver, Victoria^ Seattle via Prince Rupert
p*on.?7 F. F. W lOWLE
TSteamship Humboldt
THE ONLY IMOEPEWOEIIT STEAMSHIP flPcfUII16,I0!$ I IliSU
I Will sail from Seattle for ail Soathcaittri Aiaikaa Porta
About March 1st
Stlllnx <tatM irab|art to rhanr*
THROUGH TICKITt HONOfttO
SwttU OBW* : Ticket* iin 1 *11 I?r?>ni*Une
711 Ar?ou* R. n IRTA* HiSFV (Ml A
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ASS 8 111
Winter Route
}N
Stage S * i vice
During the winter txyuton of 1912-1013, a thi-ougto M?H P*??nig?r, and Freljrht H?nlc? win
be maintained Ixtmen While Home and I>aw?on, afford lx,^ all pnwlhle r?w*forl for U ai'ler*
by means of a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automobile Line
For the winter s>*.?on the Company'* comfortable trains will operate <*n a trl- weekly schedule be
tween Skajfiiar and White Horse, 'rains tearing each terminal on Monday*, WedMwIny* and
Fridays.
For Information relative to pa-wnuer and freight rate* apply to
H. WHEELER, Supt., Mail Service Department, ....
O. Ii. DIOKKJON, President,
Wo make leloijraphlc transfer of funds to or from Vancouver or ?ea<Ue.
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