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Official City Paper
L. S. KELL.KR, PUBLISHER
SUBJCRIPriON RATES
Otis wocW. dellverea by carrier
On?> month, by mall
f hr?e months, by mail
Six months, by mail
One year, by mall
THE CERTAIN BENEFITS OF THE AUTO*
MOBILE RACE
The New-York-to-Paris automobile
race has the whole world gueaalng what
it is all about, It seems impossible for
anybody to believe that all this strug
(fie, (hi* fl?htlng the elements, this
wallowing through the mud of the or
dinary down-east country road, this
facing the blizzards of that country and
finally the attempt to cross with auto
biles a vast wilderne-s where reads are
no: supposed iw esist at all is really
done in the name or sport. It is hard
to believe it. A citizen of Skagwsy has
made a guess that the struggle Is being
undertaken by way of demonstrating
the feasibility of the route through the
wilderness for a railroad. This would
give it some excuse in reason.
That it has uses, however, designed
or not, is being made clear as It goes
along. It is calling attention to the
need of roads across the great Ameri
can continent, across the states, each
an<.l every one, and it is Crushing up the
memory of grown people as to the geo
graphy of the country and adding inter
est tJ that study for the children.
.103
. .T5
. 4.50
. 9.00
The people of the United States are
being made ashamed, in the presence
of these foreign autois-s, of the condi
tion of the roads which are offered them
In their attempt to ride accross our
country The food roads proposition
has had a hard road to travel, but a few
men, alive to the necessity, have kept at
it persistently these many years. This
widely advertised adventure, followed
every step by ne vspaper reporters, tell
ing of how the machines are most ot
the time lost in bog hole, will be pretty
sure to aid thes; persistent workers
more than anything that has happened
for very lone.
It is on the other end of the proposition
that Alaska is to receive benefit ? this
study of geography. People will have
become greatly interested no doubt in
the a Iventurebv the lime the machines
have struggled through the mire of the
states acd started from the shore line
in Alaska to cross this great wilderness.
The wuole country, children and grown
ups, alike, will get out their maps of
Alaska and study the route. And if it
should happen, as It is likely to. that
they will have less trouble in passing
across the great peninsula, than they
did over t^e old highwavs of the states
it wi 1 b so much more to our credit,
and if it should nappeo otherwise, then
^uthiog more was to have been expect
ed. See?? we win either way.
The suggestion that the route will be
chac^ed, briogto* the automobiles this
w.*v is not likely to be carried out, but,
if so, we of Skagway will come in for
some of the direct benefits of the adver
tising. Whatever it means we will be
entertained and benefitted. So here's
to the great race.
MELODRAMA AND ITS PENALTY
There w?s a fear lest that "pure
me odrama" which was advertised as
composing tLe real and true story of
Horace Greeley McKinley from the
time he ran away from Portland to es
cape criminal prosecution for complic
ity in the land frauds that have brought
so much disgrace u|>oo that common
wealth, to the time he was returned
there and began to plead a promised
immunity was to be lost to us.
But this fear is dispelled
by Mr. McKinley himself. He Is to
write the melodrama, and it is reason
ably certain, in that case, nothing will
be overlooked that would serve to en
tertain, He will give us a lively de
scription, no doubt, of that Little Egypt
wbo was his traveling companion. Per
haps he will ev. n tell us where and why
she left him; ana of the resort to the
thugs of China for ass's.ance, when he
found the thief catchers after him; of
how he came to be upon such intimate
terms with the "most desperate set of
criminals in China." and why they
should have risked their own necks to
save bis. These are the essentials to
fill in between the rescue- from-prison
;'nj^n: the stowing away in a
Chinese coffin to make effective the
plan of escape. Certainly It would
m-?ke Interesting If not instructive
reading, and should have been printed
before sentence day, that the judte
might act with knowledge and discre
tion.
The little M usher, published at Fort
Seward or Haines, In its last issue bids
its readers the long farewell. With its
motto: ''Live, Lau ;h and Love?
There'll come a time when you can't"
the little Musher has Impressed Itself
pleasartly on newspaperdom In Alaska
and It is too bad that the time has come
for it wh?n It can't. It has served s
very gcod purpose ana It is to be re
gretted that it quits the field. The
publisher says he has found the world
kindly to him In every way but that his
other doties as a soldier compel! him to
drop away. Farewell, then, little
Musher.
After an Immense amount of guessing
and more doubt It at last appears that
that there was method In the sending of
the i rest fleet around the horn. It is
expected to frown on some chicaner?
over across the Paoific and thereby keep
the peace. Blessed be the peacemakers
for they sha'l be called the children of
God.
It would seem that China h?s a case
at last where she will have the support
of the world against Japtn. Russia will
be ? very friendly onlooker (?) in ?ny
such struggle as is promised. The sit
uation is not without interes* to Amer
icans.
The American soldier comes in for a
little tardy attention at the hands of
congress. Every little helps, say they.
THE PARADOX
There grows a weed, so gossips tell,
To wound the tund that lightly plucks;
But bind it with a proper spell,
And poison from the vein it sucks.
'Twas Cupid's self who threw the dart,
Gave me the simple for my smart.
When storms are high, so seamen tell,
And billows crnmble all the main,
But dive beneath the angry swell,
And tbou wilt And it calm again.
Since Love, thou art a troubled sea,
My only refuge is in thee.
A chapman, Holy Writ doth tell,
Pound treasure in the earth concealed;
But all he had be needs must sell
Ere he might have the precious field.
Since tbou has cost me all I own
O Love, what richts have I known!
?Century. J
Don't be bashful. Get the Bull Dog
cigar at Tony Dotero's. lm
Ranch Eggs 35c the dozen* Presh
Cauliflower and lettuce: Independent
Grocery. tf
i!miiiiiilittuiuniJlii)iiil?imiliaUiiUu
| THE WEATHER
| INTERIOR UNO LOCAL Jj
Whltehoroe, Mar,, 7, 1908.
Atlin? cloudy, oast wind, 18 above
Center? cloudy, calm, 15 above
l'agish? clear, calm, 8 above
Hootalinque? cloudy, calm. 15 above
Big: Salmon? " " 12 "
Yukon Crossing? cloudy, snow, 18 above
Selkirk ? cloudy, calm, 12 above
Coffee creek? snowing, calm 14 above
Stewart? snow w wind, 15 above
Ogilvle? snowing, light n wind, 8 above
Whitehorse? cloudy, calm, 5 aboye
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Mar. 5
1908, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n. 33 above
Max. temp. preceding: 24 hours. 03 above
Min " " ?? " ..31 above
Mean " " " " ..47 ?bove
Barometer 30.22
Cloud, calm.
CATHOLIC.
Mass and Sermon at 10 a. m.
Sunday school at 11:00 a. m.
Evening service, instruction and ben
ediction at 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are
Ember days.
Friday, Lenten devotions at 7:30 p. ra.
Holv mass, week days at 7:30 a. m.
Saturday, Catecbeticol intrusions at
11 a. m.
Sunday. Holy communion at 8 a. m.
Rev. P. C. Bougis, S. J.
LIMERICK COMPETITION
The Board of Trade is a fine resort
Where the best of liquors cpn be bought
Acd th finest school
For billiards sad pool
Is np the Alley for which they fought.
The Bo?rd of Trade and Tuck went
down
But soon commenced to rally
The entrance that once was in the town
Is now upon the Alley.
The Board of Trade is offering a
prize, consisting of a box of cigars or a
bottle of wine for the best Limerick
advertising their new alley entrance
The conditions of this contest are that
each Limcrick shall contain the name
"Board of Trade" and use the term
"Alley."
Best meals in Whitehorse at Com
mercial Cafe. tf
All the delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train Restaurant.
STEREOPTICON AND MOVING
PICTURE ENTERTAINMENT
White Pass Athletic Glub
MONDAY, MARCH, 9, 1908,-8:30 P. M,
PROGRAM
Alaskan Film:
Train approaching depot at Skagway
Climbing the "Hill" .... Panorma
Mile? Canyon and White Horse Rapids
Steamer on Yukon above Dawson
Mining Scene
Pack train leaving Valdez
Illustrated Song, "Fare Thee Well, Molly Darling"
Sung by Mr. G. W. Ask
Edison's famous "Great Train Robbery"
Stereopticon Views
"A 7000 mile journey through "The Lancf'of the Midnight Sun"
Illustrated Song "In Far Away Alaska"
Sung by Mr. M. A. Snow
Comic Films
A Bad case of D Ts (very funny)
Carrie Nation Smashing a Saloon
Quick Portrait Studio
Sewing Bee
A Bad Coon with a Razor
A Rupture in the Newsboys' Union
A Fisherman's Luck
Making Love to the Kitchen Maid
May Irwin's Famous Kissing scene
A Wild Goose Chase
The Whole D Family learning to ride Bicycle
A Good Pipe
A Friend in need is a Friend indeed
Weary Willie in a Motor Car
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U. S- Mail Steamer
He
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 trir) $2.50
JTJNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAM EK
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakce, Sitka and Was porta
SAILS
MARCH 3, 9, 15,
21, 27
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 90
Pacl iC Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED. SAFETY. COMFORT
Seattle, mid other Puget Sound Porta
CARRYING U.S. IHA11.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of Seattle
Cottage Pity March. 16
Connecting with t, i Oompiny's Steam'rs at SeVtle for
San Francisco, South ::i:n' Ca; ieorxia, Eureka (Ujmboldt Bay) and
Mexico
#?r Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 .VUrKO*. treui, si?u Pranoisco, CbI.
i
Canadian facific Railwav
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Gcrsw Steamship
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
MlRCil 8 si, 13th and 28Tfi.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of the world and all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. lOWLE, Agent
The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailttig of the Fast Passenger Steamer
r. 9. 20, 31.
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Trann'erfi to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francii-co
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone i
TheWhitePess &Yukon Route
TIME TABIvE No- 18
(Dftlij Ezoept Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Found
1st ol&as.
8 30 a. m.
JO 10 "
10 50 ?'
11 20 "
1 10 p. of
3 25
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE -PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOO .
White Horsk
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S. Bound
1st elate
3 20 p m.
1 45 "
12 45 "
12 05
10 30a m.
8 20 "
Pmseneer. . ? r r.* iepots in time to have Bapgape inspected and
ohecked. Inspect i( n JK Stopped 30 minutes before leavinp time of train.
150 pounds i f ba "r . rc t rtll be chocked free with Ofcch full fare ticket
?\nd 75 uound? with ach h?v!f far*3t ticket.
Wlir MP nor! m\m\ nnijT
Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Lhwgon and Intermedin o Yukon River Po'nts.
The new placer camps in the Alsek and K'.uane Mining Districts are rea* hed only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, whoa navigation is clofed, daily train- will continue running between
Ska.'wav and WhTte^ Horse. A tbrou.h Mail, Pa senger ar.d Freight Service will be mHintaiDed
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Llns b: vee.i White Horoe and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengcis, leavt White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located injihe heart < f t he newly dincovere d ::nd fabulously rich quai tz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our d^ily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to p si engei, frek' t , i telegraphic rates, apply ? I
toanyanentof the Comp .-y, or to- ?
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHKR Gen. Agent k
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skagnf.}, Alaslrn Sltaguay, Alaska t