Official City Paper
L. S. KULKR, PUBLISHER
SUBSCRIPTION BATK9
One woek. dellverco by >?rrter W^5>
Ono month, by mail 75
Three months, by mail 2.S&
Six months, by mail ?-50
Oue year. by mail 9.00
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A "It's not the position but the (lis- $
$ position that makes the man $
$ happy." d
OUR MISERABLE STEAMER SERVICE
In the Alaskan vwserdij was printed
the statement of a Skagway merchant,
setting forth tne effect upon bis busi
ness of the arbiiiry action of one of the
steamship companies upon which the
merchant depends in the conduct of bis
business.
The steamship company solicits his
business and off-rs him the Inducement
of better rates if he will agree to ship
ALL his purchases below by this one
line The merchant enters in the agree
ment, the terms of which, so far as the
steamship company it concerned, are
implied In the conduct of that com
pany's business in the past. The com
pany obligates the merchant to ship
ALL his stuff by the one line and to
make a shipment by some other line
renders the merchant liable to forfeit
ure of all the benefits stipulated, and
places him at a disadvantage with bis
competitors. The steamship company,
being a VERY LARGE affair, Is sup
posed to be responsible and does not
have to stipulate how many boats it will
rua or how many trips it will make,
the presumption? so far a? the written
contract Is concerned? is, that It will do
Its part as well this year as, under the
same contract, It did last year. The
merchmt in this confidence commits
the success of bis enterprise to the big
concern and the big concern at the cri
tical moment leaves him high and dry
without so much as an explanation.
Not yet has the company vouchsafed an
explanation as to wby, after placing the j
Dolphin on the run and advertising the
fact that she was to remain on the run, |
they withdrew her and are to keep her
withdrawn for more than another
month.
It is this sort of arrogant disregard j
for the common rights of the people
with whom they do business here that |
brought about the mass meeting of last j
winter tojprotest against the abomiuab'.e |
mail service which worked continually
to the hindrance and embarrassment of j
business here in the north and fir which |
service there was no conceivable excuse
except the utter indiffeience of the
companies. It is an intolerable con
dition.
It is singular but true that a business
depression is a real benefit to gold mln
lug. Industrial depression resulting in
a reduction of wages and in tbe cost of
supplies enables the gold miner to hire
his labor at a lower wage rate and buy
his supplies at lower prices than In
times of piosperity and every ounce of
gold m ned will therefore actually cost
less than In prosperous times wheu
wages and materials are high, and as
the value of gold always remains the
same, $20.07l?> per tine ounce, tbe mine i
owner tinds mining more profitable
when business generally Is depressed. ?
Douglas Island News.
Mr. Cale has certainly stated the
case franklv and left the gates wide
open to his opponents, when he says he
hopes they leave him out of It. Mr.
Cale has done good worK ? accomplished
as much as any one aquaint d with the
job he has in hand, could have expected
him to.do, and the Alaskan is of the belief
that nothing better could be done in this
regard than to returD him? although it
seems to us regretable that he should
assume the altitude of expressly desir
ing bit own defeat, while remaining a
candidate
Let us cheer up. Both Cale and Hog
gatt have agreed upon the same name
In one of the recommendations for the
job left vacant by former District At?" i
torney Harlaj.
Charley Moriarty will not return to
Fairbanks where he baa served for
years as general keeper-in-order of the
Tanana Mines railway. After acoom
panyiog the remain* of hit wife, who <
recently died at Fairbanks, to Rose
burg, Ore., for Interment, ho returned
aa far north as Seattle where, as one
paptr puts it, he was "snared by Mike
Heney" for the Guggenheim railroad
ouslnets? which has had the country
guessing so Ion g.~
The price of news, common printing
paper, has advanced a quarter of a cent
per pou?d ciuce the first of the year,
the price being now 4} cents per pound
more than double what It wait only a
few years ago. All .other printing
material has advanced In the same pro
portion and far beyond the advance
made in prices for printing,
The reports received from Nome by
wire some time ajo as to the split in
the republican delegation seem* to con
flict with later ieports through north
em newspapers from that quarter.
These say that the delegation of twenty
five are instructed for Cale.
It is a pretty hungry thief that will
rob a pest house,
THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE
"Tears, idle tears. I know not what
they mean.
Tesrs from the depth of some divine de
spair
Ris? In the heart, and gath.-r to the
eyes,
In looking on the happy Auiumn-flelds,
And thinking of the days that are no
more.
"Fresh as the first be.im glittering on
a sail,
That brings our friends up from the
under-world,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the
verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no
more.
"Ah, sad and strange as in d rk sum
mer dawns
The earliest pipe of balf-awaker.'d birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casement slowly grows iv glimmer
ing square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no
more.
"Dear as remember' rt kisses after
death.
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy
feign 'd
On lips that are for others; dejp as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all re
gret:
O death in Life, the day- that are no
more."
?Alfred Tennyson.
Don't bo bashful. Get the Bull Dog
cigar at Tony Dotero's. . lm
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case of itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14
days or money refunded. 50c
A. Wonderful Instraroexit
You should drop into the Mascot and
hear the music. The electric piano
has a Mandolin attachment equal to a
whole octette of Mandolin attachments
with a string of rew airs.
ANOTHER WONDER OF SCIENCE. |
Biology him Proved Mint Dandruff b '
Canned by at Germ.
Science Is donUr wonders those days In
medicine as well us In mechanics. Slnco
Adam lived, tho human race has boon
troubled with dandruff, for which no hair
preparation hat. herotoforo proved a sue
'0:'sful cure until Newbro's Herplcldo was
l>ut on tho mafkot. It Is a scientific prop
lr.ilion that kills the serm that makes
hmdruff or scurf by dlKRlnp Into tho
';calp to KOt at tho root of tho hnlr. whoro
it saps tho vitality: causing Itching scalp,
falling hair, and flnnlly baldness. Wlth
sut dandruff hair must (trow luxuriantly.
It Is tho only destroyer of dandruff.
Sold by leadlnR druprfflsts. Send 10c.
In stamps for samplo to The Herpl
cldo Co.. Detroit. Mich.
Two sizes ? SO cents and 11.00.
Wm. Britt, Special ageot, Skagway
I CLOUDY AND CALM
LOCAL AND INTERIOR WEATHER ;
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, April 15
1908, la as follows
Temperature time observat'n..37 above
Max. temp, preceding 24 houra, 50 above
Mln " " " " ..34 above
Mean " " " " ..42 sbove
Barometer 29.50
Cloudy, calm.
Atlin? cloudy, s wind 35 above
Center? cloudy, calm, 30 above
LaBarge? clear, s wind 30 above
Hootalioqua? " 35 above
Big Salmon? cloudy, s wind 40 above
Yukon CrosjlDg? cl'Jy, 8 wind 37 above
Selkirk? cloudy, e wind 34 above.
Coffee Creek? cloudy, calm 32 above
S'ewart? cloudy, calm 32 above.
Ogllvle? cloudy, calm 30 "
Truth and
Qualiiy
appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success 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 tho 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.
j It act* 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 the California Fig Syrup
: Co., only, and for Bale by all leading drug
gists.
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for fine furs
Write For Price List
Percy's Fur House
Oahkosh. Wisconsin
ciMbmof commerce
Paid Up Capital : : : $10,000,000.00
Rest :::::::: 5,000,000.00
BANKING! BY MAIL
Gold Dust Bought
DRAFTS ISSUED ON ANY PLACE IN THE >VORLD
SKAGW AY BRANCH W. T. WHITE. Mflr.
| H. D. KIRMSE
Cor. Fifth Ave. & Broadway
easier Post
Cards
In Leather and Skagway
Souvenir Cards of
all kinds
NATIVE ALASKA SOUVENIRS
IOfTicial Watch Inspector for
W. P. & Y. Ry.
Ik
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Do You Know
what constitutes good
writing paper? First
of all, good linen cloth
for the pulp; second.!
pure water, that thel_
color may be clear and i
unsullied; third, intel
ligent workmen, but
most of all good taste.
The beautiful and
unusual finishes of the
Eaton papers are the
product of designers
noted for ability.
Let us show you
Eaton's
Hot-Pressed
Vellum
II. Mill. PI. 6.
DRUGGIST
U. S- Mail 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 $1-50
Round trir> $2.50
JTJNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAM EK
Georgia
i
Carrying U.S. Mnll
For Haines, Bernerg Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports
S A I LS
APRIL 2, 8, 14,
20, 26
WILLIS NOVVELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGHTON, A^ont c
Broadway and Fifth Av?. Pbone AO
Pacific toastS. S. Co.
K PIONEER ALASKA LINK
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
Seattle, and other Puget Sound Porta
,c, -CARRYING TT.S. MAII.
Steamers of This Company Leavo
HIJMB0L01 - - April 7, 17 and 27
COTTAOf CITY - April 10 and 23
Connecting with the Company's Steamers at Seattle fof San Francisco,
Southern California, Eoreka (II imboldt Bay) and Mkxico
J?" Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
SecoDd and Broadway,, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUN ANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Market Htreet, San franotsoo, Cal.
Canadian Pacific Railwav
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Screw Steamship
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
4PRII. 18, and 28. MAY 8, 18, 28.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of ihe world and all information from
Phono 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
. Mil 1 13, U
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addiiional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francleco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
Fhe White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 18
(Daily Ezoept Sunday.)
*o. 1. N. Bound.
l8t 01088.
8 30 a. m.
io;io "
10 50 "
11 20 "
1 10 p. m.
3 25
Leaves
ii
ii
ii
ii
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE ;PAS3
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Horsk
Arrives
II
II
II
Leaves
NO. 2. S. Bound
lit clats
3 20 p m.
1 45 "
12 45 "
12 05
10 30a. m.
a 20 "
Pasaencers must be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected and
heclced. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare ticket
,nd 76 pounds with each half faro ticket.
?nn'/i ji'jt jt r./BA.nav/ar.'.nrwivwvmwign
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Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer camps in the Alsekand Kiuane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, whenlnavigation is closed, dally trains will continue running between
Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintaioed
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Lino between White Horse and Dawsoo.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, locatcd injthe heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quattz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to passengei, freight anij telegraphic rates, apply
to anv agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B, C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr.
Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska
JHUBULIUBUMLMUW
F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent gS
8kajruay, Alaska CTS