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Official City Paper
L. S. KELLER, PUBLISHER
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MSBai MID lUSM
J tut what la the form of local self
foternment for Alaaka announced in
today'e diapatehea President Roosevelt
has recommended to Conjreea In bis
Annual it will not tw possible
to toll until the dooumsot Itself, in lis
entirety, U received. In feet even then
It ouy not be known, m very probably
oo detailed idea Is set oat tn the mess -
ife. More than likely the President
has become convinced that the present
system Is unfit and, in a general but In
complete way, formed a plan of ooe
that would be applicable, but which he
feat not yet put into tangible shape.
P?r tbe present tt la certain that no
Statehood movement will be productive
of tuccesa. Alaska cannot expect state
hood. A modified form of territorial
government would fit the needs of the
oounlry at the present time sad would
be most acceptable.
If Alaska could get such * govern
ment as would permit her to elect all
ber ovn officials, from Governor down;
to have a legislature composed of a
small number of elected members who
could pass laws to meet tbe requlre
aents of Alaska conditions and would
be allowed to take from the present
Code such good features as are con
tained therein to be used in the man
agement of the territory and to elimin
ate such as militate against Alaska,
much would be done in the way of plao'
ing the district where it by right of re
sources and the better right of Amer
ican heritage belongs.
To meet the claim that only Alaskans
should vote the elections might be held
4? th? winter time, and thoee wintering :
here aione could hare voice in the se
lection of the officers of the territory,
Naturally a government along; these
lines would be crude? it would not be
all thai Alaskan* want, but, it is high
ly probable! that It would lead to a
broader form and, onoe AUsaans hare
demonstrated to Congress that they can
take care of the store simple form of
administering their own affairs, a more
complicated one may be given them.
HELPING THE CHILDREN
There wu a child labor conference
held recently at Nashville, Tenn. It
was well attended and was notable be
cause it was thoroughly representative.
That is to say, it was not merely a gath
ering of philanthropist* In the common
Acceptance of the term. The partici
pants were philanthropists in fACt, but
the labor unions and the manufacturers
were present, people who do not make
any propaganda of phllanthrophy a
specialty And fAd.
There was dispassionate discussion
between these And the representAtives
of purely philanthropic effort, which
led tocertAin conclusions that will be
of some benefit to the working children
of Tennesse. The advance on the chil>
dren's behalf was not what the lovers
of children would like to tee, but it
was something to the purpose, and indi
cates wh%t may and probably will be
accomplished later on.
Georgia end North Carolina would
not join In the conference, but beyond
question the seed was sown At Nash
ville that will eventually bear fruit
throughout the South, as it should also
In manufacturing New England.
The essential results of this confer
ence, so far as the children are con
cerned, are comprised In the agreement
on the part of the mAnufacturers to
briog about within the next three years
a fifty-eight-hour working week, no
night work, compulsory education for
All children between 7 And 15, better
factory inspection by women, the class
ing as vagrants of men living In Idle
ness off the wages of children, and the
registration of births, whore It does
Dot now exist, as an aid Id the enforce
ment of the law with reaped to the
age at which children may be em
ployed.
Of course, these concessions are not
much. The very fast that they are to
b? commended should bring the blush
of shame to American civilization if it
oould be penonlfied. But the alto
gether desirable trend of thia Nash
ville conference la aoi to be ignored be
cause conditions are Dot a* we would
like to have them. Wheo manufactur
ers themselves are once engaged on a
humanitarian basis, to regard the wel
fare of the children who work for
them, a long stride has been taken In
the right direction. It finxlly lays in
the power of these men, if all over the
couotry they could come to a common
agreement, to do away with child labor
in the factories, at least under the pres
ent disgraceful and buraanlty-dwarting
conditions.
UJISiU KOI OUT OF REACH
1 Alaska'* enemies are hard pressed
Indeed when they bring forward the
1 argument that the northern country
should not be g ven a territorial form
' of government because the area in
volved is non contiguous That !ea
mere political scarecrow. There is
' nothing in the law or history of (he
country to sustain the contention. Such
argument is popular only with those
who wish to cheok the progress of the
nation.
Alaska, with a well-organized terri
torial government, will be less danger
ous to the peace of this country, than
Alaska is now. The nation i* not with
out experience in such matters. How
' ever much men may differ wiih re
spect to our Philippine venture, con
sidered as a permanent policy, it will
be freely admitted that liberal conces
| sijns mule tj the Islanders, under Sec
I retary Tali's wise recommendations
have done more to pioify the na Uvea
and to turn them into the ways of peace
industry and thrift, than all the sol
dlers and prowliug constabulary
thrown into the archipelago since the
beginning of Amerlo.tn occupation.
Hawaii is another example. Porto
Rico 1b still another.
Why la It that oertaln American citi
zens, aome of them of high official rook
are leas ltolined to treat Alaska than
they are to trust the Philippines or
Hawaii, or Porto Rico, or "the black
republic" of Santo Domingo? Why Is
it that they are willing to concede
,moretothe inhabitants of these islands
than to Alaskans? Co they realize
that they are dealing less justly with
Alaskans thin Nicholas of Russia is
with the provincial prolotariat, Itiss con
siderate eveu than Leopold in hln treat
ment of the Congoese? Out of what
kind of coarse and unseemly clay is the
Alaskan made that they should be thus
degraded?
I Reasonable grants have been made
to Hawaii, the Philippines and Porto
Rica Even now the federal govern
ment is actually administering tbe af
fairs of Cuba, and protecting the in
tegrity of the new republic against na
tive aud alien insurrectionists. It is
standing guard over the treasury of^
Santo Domingo. Its pledge is main
taining order in Panama and preserv
ing a republic of its own creation.
With this nation's fighting pledges
thus extended thousands of miles into
the sea, isn't it rank folly to speak of
the danger of extending territorial
autonlmy to Alaska merely because
Alaska is non-contiguous?
If any fundamental policy is '.involved
in the case of Alaska, It is the policy
which condemns the holding and ex
ploiting of subjugated provlnoes. Alas
kans are Americans, and Americans
can never be subjects. Subjects are
alien to American soil, alien to the
political beliefs and institutions of the
country. The faith and honor of the
American government are Involved In
the Alaskan issue, and the issue cannot
be met with the thin plea that Alaska
being non-contiguous Is out of reach.
The arm that reached the Philippines
is long enough to reach Alaska.? Post
Intelllgenccr.
THE VENDERS
The rich have brought us gifts in lav
ish measure
And gold by which all things on c?Hh
are bought,
And bid us give them for their smiling
pleasure
The sweetest songs our lonely dreams
have wrought.
We gave our sweetest songs and Jook
their payment,
Laughing tho while upon the foolish
throng,
Knowing a song is but a beggar's rai
ment
To all save those whose tears are in
the song.
[?Century.
WEAK KIDNEYS MAKE WEAK BODIES
Kidndy DImum Ctnie Half ths Com
mon Aoho* and Ills of
Alaftka Peoplo
As one weak link weakens a chain, so
weak kidneys weaken the whole body
and hasten the final breaking down.
OverworK. strains, colds and other
cause* injure the kidnev*, and when
their activity is lessened the whole
body suffers from excess of uric poison
circulated in the blood.
Aches and pains and languor and ur
inary ills com?, and there is an ever
increasing tendency towards diabets.
and fatal Brights' disease. Tnere is no
real help lor the sufferer except In kid
ney help.
Doan's Kidney Pills act directly on
the kidneys and cur* every Kidney ill.
F. A Tuttot), of II25 W ilker St., Sa
lem, Ore., says: "For ten or twelve
years rheumatism and kidney trouble
was a scourge of my life and two or
three times I was down on my back on
account of the pain being so severe. I
c?ulJ hardly move owning '0 the lame
ness and had to leave my farm and
come into the city to doctor fo- the tro
uble but nothing seemed to bring me
more than temporary relief I was in
bad shape just before I weut to a drug
store and p ocured Doan's K dney Pills
My limbs would scrrcely support me
and I could only get around at times
with the greatest difficulty, Doan's
Kidney Pills benefited me at once and
when I used three boxes I was absolute
ly free from every symptom of my old
trouble and mv health was better than
it has been for fourteen years. I can
conscientiously say that Doan's Kidney
Pills are the best remedy of the kind I
ever used or know of.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
ceots. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N,
V., sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name ? Doan's? and
take no other.
WANTED? A first class Gold or Gjld
and Copper Mining Proposition in Alas
ka. State full particulars when you
write. Address. L;wis Lusk, P. O. box
1072, Spokane, Washington. 219- lmo
SKAGUM WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Dec. 2,
1907, Is as follows
Temperature time observat'n .38 above
Max. temp, preceding 24 hours. .41 above
Mtn " " " " ..33 aboT*
Mean " " " " ..37 .bove
Barometer 29.29 '
Raining end calm.
WASHING WITHOUT WATER
(? UU Trying to Get Rid of Dandrwft
Wit boat Herplclde.
Did you ever see any one trying to
wash themselves without soap or
?vatcr?
If you did what would you say of
ilrr.?
It Is every bit as foolish to try to got
Id of Dandruff and to prevent Bald
? ieK8 by feeding tho germs which caus*
't. with Canthrarldes, Vaseline, Glycer
no and similar substances which form
che principal Ingredients of most so
called Hair Vigors.
Newbro's Herplcfije Is successful be
?ause it attacks and kills the parasitic
trrm which feeds on the hair roots.
It ii tho original and only genuine
ncalp germicide manufactured.
So!d by leadlnc druggists. Send 10c. In
Hnmps for sample to- The Herplclde Co.,
Oetrolt. Mich.
Two sizes ? 50 cents and 11.00.
Wm. Brltt, Special Agent
NOTICE JFJISSOLUTION "
The c '-partnership heretofore exist
ing between James A N8ttl<*s and Cor
tes Ford at Skagway and Hnines, Alas
ka, is this day dissolved bv rau ud con~
sent. Mr. James A. Nettles continues
the said bus'ncss. All accounts, notes
and mor gages owing to the ll'm of
Nettles & Ford are payable to James A.
Nettles and all bills and notes owing
by the firm will be paid by James A.
Nettles.
* J. A. NETTLES,
CORTES FOKD.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, November,
10, 1907.
WOOD THAT WILL BURN
All kinds of stovcwood delivered on
short notice. General biggage and ex
press business.
The Alaska Transfer Co., 'Phone
No. 10, 2sl-ts
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
Having put in a steam boiler and
other machinery we are better pre
pared thun ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
5 23-tf Skagway Laundry
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
. SAFETY.! COMFORT
Seattle, add other Puget Sound, Porta
CARRYING U. S. MALL
Steamers of This Company Leave
eiTY OF SEATTLE
December 4th - 18th January 3rd
HUMBOLDT
Deoember 8 th - 20th January 1st
Connecting with the Company'* Steamers nt Settle for
Sam Francisco, Southern Caufornia, Eorkka (Humboldt Bay) and
Mkxico
IV Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Actirtp Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
10 Market Street, San Pranelaoo, Cal.
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIMED TABLB No- 18.
(Dally Exoept Sunday .)
No. 1. N. Bound]
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8 XI ft. m.
10 10 ??
10 50 M
11 10 M
1 10 p. m.
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WHITE ;PAS3
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
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PuMnrera muit be at depots In time to hare Baggage Inspected and
ohecked. lnapootlon ia stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
180 pound* of bargage will be aheoked tree with each foil fare ticket
and 75 poonaa with aaohhalT fare tloket.
The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next S ailing of bhe Fast Passenger Steamer
JEfFERSON, Dec. 9 21
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Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Witlout Additional Charge
Through Ttckeu to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
Truth and
Quality
appeal to tho Well-informed in every
walk of life and arc essential to permanent
succcss and creditable standing. Accor
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine ?
manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
THE
Pack Train Restaurant
Will Serve Sunday
French Dinner
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 Mai! Steamer
Hegg
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 $150
Round trro $2.50
DR. F. C. NORMAN
Physician and Surgeon
(cniKr 8URGEON or W. P. & T. n.)
Corner Fifth and State Sts.
up STAIRS
SKAGWAY - ALASKA
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMEU
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mull
For Haines, Bernera Bay, Junoau,
Hoon Teoakec, Sitka and Wayports
S A I LS
DECEMBER 4, 10, 16,
22, 28
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOCGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 60
Pullcn Rouse
Foot of Sixth Avenue
Most elegantly furnished house
in Alaska
Every inodera convenience
Electric lights? Hot and cold
water ? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by thed;y week
' or month
Table supplied with creim and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
Itlrs. R. S. Pulkti
Proprietress
William Hoskins
?Boot and Shoe Maker ? -
Kepairing promptly done with the best
material in the market
Ladles' and Children's Shoes Mended
Broiidvny Betwoonl 3rd and 4th Aval
DON'T FROG
Unless You've Got 50 Cents
W. W. BOUGHTOfl
DEALER IN >
Cigars, Tobacco,
Smokers' Articles,
Stationery and Fish
ing Tackle
LARUE CIRCULATING LIBRARY
INCLUDING LATEST COPY
RIGHTED BOOKS
MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND
OTHER PERIODICALS.
REMODELED
THE -
Rainier-Grand Rotel
SEATTLE
New Management Popular Prtoe*
Central Location European Plan
Finest CAFE nnd BARIn tbo Cltv
Wilson & White Co.Prop.Chas PerrjMgr,
Through Line From ,
Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer camps in the Alseknnd 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
Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service 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 Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Ceribou.
For information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vanoouver, B. C. Vanoouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska Skaguay, Alaska