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Official City Paper
L. S. iBLLER, publisher
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Oaa wa?k. delivered by carrier WJ2>
One month, by mall TJ
fhree months, by mail........ 2.2S>
?lx months, by mall * JO
One year, by mall J.00
SPOKING ABOUT BOBBING THE CUV
(Continued from Page i.]
In? so much as mentioned a second
carbon copy, and EVERY ONE declar
ed tho bill was unauthorized. How
ever there they were? the two books?
and there had been no sum agreed
upon. Represents;; the matter an a
plain hold up and fraud, the council,
after the matter had been referred to
a committee and the committee repoit
ing in disgust that they wero "up
against it,"' the bill was ordered to
be paid. It was paid? two hundred
and fifty good dollars. And then what'/
THE SEVEN PUZZLES
The book has never served its pur
pose at all? for a single day. It soon
came to be referred to in terms of eon
tempt by members of the city council
as The Book of the Seven Puzzles.
Two hundred and fifty dollars thrown
away by the council simply for lack
of precaution as to the RESPONSI
BILITY of the person employed. No
business man would be guilty of a
transaction like that In his own busi
ness?to pay for a piece of work that
was not only worthless but had not
been ordered and which left him, and.
If not corrected, all his successors, In
worse plight than before.
It now became necessary to emplov
a lawyer to correct this biuuder. The
lawyer, so it was auDOunced in the
council, agreed to do the work for $300.
In this case aga'n no contract was en
tered into or bids called for and when
completed the lawyer presented a bid
for ?300 and because he came up to
Skagway from Juneau to advise with
the council, beforo the work was ap
proved and adopted vacd because the
council had not stipulated that he do
this) they voted hitu 540 more for cor
recting the blundering and imperfect
work of the editor of the Juneau Rec
ord ? for which blundering and incom
petent work, it cannjt be too often re-i
poated, he was paid The Alaskan I
is not here taking exception to the law
yer's bill, micd you. for he probably
found when he went into it, a more
tangled mess thau he had imagined,
and lawyers are nut, apt to work at cut
prices. What is desired to be here
made very plain is that the printing of
SKagwav's city code is now in charge
of the Juneau Record, the head of
which is responsible for the necessity
of printing that code, and which
is now making such a fuss
about having SAVED the city of Skag
way such avast sum? Jlt'0. 50, the dif
ference between the bid of the Alaskan
and its own bid, *s offered through its
agent in this city.
MINUTE DETAILS
Now there is another thing to be noted.
The specifications for this work were
prepared by ? committee of the coun
cil, Messrs. Ashley, Shaw and Snyder.
The specifications were minute, requir
ing a certain size and Leo of type, a
certain make o( paper, a certain sort of
binding, etc. Neither of these gentle
men have any technical knowledge
whatever concerning these matters. It
was a full week from the time they
were instructed by the council to secure
bids before they asked the Alaskan to
bid and then these specifications, min
ute in tbeir technical detail, were com
plete and type written. Now there are
a dozen makes of book paper that are
EQUALLY suitable for such a
job, but the specifications named
ONE CERTAN MAKK. Tho gentle
men were asked why they limited the
Raw Furs....
WE PAY.
High Prices for fine furs
Write For Price U?l
Percy's Fur House
Ofthkosh, Wisconsin
bids to those curtain detai's ? any tnorr
than Id the purchase of hose they
Should Dime a certain branc? and the
answer of Mr. Shaw, of the committee,
was that they had sought information
In the matter from various sources.
Now in the priming trade there are but
two sources of tcchuicai information in
Skagway and only one print-shop
equipped to do such work. That one
is the Daily Alaskan that has. since the
town's beginning, labored every day
for the best interests of Skagway, is
one of the large tax payer* of the city,
the institution employing more men
than an/ other private concern in the
city, paying out more money each
week than any other and having a
larger fixed investment and yet these
gentlemen Uid cot consult with the
Alaskan on the subject. There cut)
be anil is but one conclusion: that
the technical Information was gainetl
from aud the specifications framed 10
suit tbe convenience of the stock of the
Juneau Record.
ONE DETAIL OVERLOOKED
Were It otherwise a committee so
thorough in the matter of DETAIL
would of course not have overlooked
the one particular detail to recommend
itself at once to a council having a spirit
of local pride or the interests of the city
in any wise at heart? a specification re
quiring that the WORK BE DONE
IN SKAGWAY.
This is rather a long story but Tho
Alaskan believes that it is so far a mat
ter of vital principle that it will be ol
interest to every taxpayer and it wishes
to make the matter very plain. No
responsible bidder can do this work ac
cording to specifications for the price
at which it was contracted. The Al
askan would not undertake it at a loss.
But on behalf of the people of Skagivay
it proposes to see to it that THIS TIME
tbe city is not buopoed.
I CLOUD*. AND CALHI
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1 YUKON RIVER SAILINGS
The result of tho observation taken
?t Moore wharf at midnight, Oct. 4 1
1908, is as follows:
Temperature timeobservat'n.45 above1
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours.">;> above,
Min. " " " " .45 above
Mean " " " " -41) above
Barometer &)04
Cloudy and calm
YUKON RIVER FLEET
Whitehorse, Oct. 5? Following
the record of the river licet as reported j
today:
Up stream:? Selkirk passed liig Sal
mon 8 a. m. with 200 passengers: Cns a !
passed Yukon Crossing at 8 p. m; Daw
son passed Selkirk 7 a. m.
Down stream, Victorian passed Yukon
Crossing 7 a. m. White Horse passed |
Coffee creek 5 a. m.
Next sailing Selkirk tomorrow morn- 1
Ing on her last trip, Dawson Wednes
day evening on her last trip and thu
last sailing of the season.
THE FLEE! IN
A
(By United Press.)
Manila, Oct. 5.? A typhoon has neon j
raging over the Philippines for twelve I
hours. Creat havoo has been wrought
ashore. The American naval fleet,
anchored in the bay, rode out the storm
in good form and without damage. The
wind blew at the rate of a hundred
miles an hour for nearly the entire
period of the storm.
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DECLARED OFF
(By Unltso Pre?' \
Winnipeg, Oct 5.?' Tho strike has;
been officially declared off? tho eele
bration of which took place several |
days ago.
KEEPER OF
(By United Pre??.)
Astoria, Oct. 5.? Fred Larsn, assist
ant koeper of tho Scotch Cap light
house at Unalaska, is reportod by ships
just arrivco here to have committed |
suicide. Tho cause is not keown.
IN SEATTLE
(By United Pres*.)
Seittle, Oct. 5 --Sonaior Beverltlee of
IndiaDa, opens the republican cam
paign In this oltv tonight. IVans are i
being made t>y the local comtrit'ee for
a big reception with bands ?n<! torchiv ;
Howard Turner, local inariajer of tho ^
X. C. company came out Saturday and
is at the Pullon houso, aril with him !
11. J. Korte.
CAN'T BE SEPARATED
Some Alu?k,i Pr?j?t* Hxvo Laiimcd
H< w to Got Aid <>i Both
li ckache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you can't pet rid of the backacho
until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are well and strong,
?he rest of the system is pretty suro to
be in vigorous health.
noun's Kidney Pil's make strong,
henlthy kidneys.
1). E. Duoctui. who resides at the cor
ner of Dunne and Ninth St., Astoreia
Ore , says: "I hail been troubled with
a weakness of the hack and kidneys for
a number of years. There was con
stant dull aching in the loins and a
I numbness of the back, often extending
I through the whole macular system as
f >r up as the shoulders. Noto'iv did
ray hack ache but there was a wenkness
from the kidney secretions wh'ch was
very annoying and disturbed my rest.
I heard about Doati's Kidnev Pills and
used them. I found them to be a great
becelit. After the first few doses I felt
better. 1 know of others who have used
them with the same good results."
Kor sale by all dealers, i'rice So
'?cuts- Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N,
V'., sole agents for the United States.
Kemember the name ? Doan's ? and
take no other.
IT'S THO POINTS WORTH KNOWING
WATSONVILLE-andPAJARO VALLEY
would vou accept a steady annual
income of $">,000 to f 10,000. You can
have it with less effort in the 1'njaro
Valley than any ofther place on
Kartlt. This section of California
produces apoles that pet 8100 to ?300
an acre: strawberries will bring
*500. The Valley crows apricots,
ch?rries, Loganberries, sugar beets,
enormous crop of hay, etc. There's
plenty of land for every body and you
can always sell all you grow.
Send for booklet.
Full Information write
Chamber Of Commerce
WATSONVILLE. CAL.
CHOI BUI OF C1MEHCE
Paid Up Capital : : : $10,000,000.00
Kest :::::::: 5,000,000.00
BANKING BY MAIL
Gold Dust Bought
DRAFTS ISSUED PAYABLE IN'jALL COUNTRIES IN TIIE WORLD
SKAGWAY BRANCH W. T. WHITE. Mgr.
I.I .
These Winds
Chubo Chapptd Hands and Faces
THY OUlt
BfNZO WITCH HAZfl.
OR ' W
ALMOND and CUCUMBER!
O F? E A M @j
OUK
UASKA COLD CRf AM
BEST FOR COMPLEXTION
\\V have a full line of tollot waters and *>aps
WM. BRUT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER .
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berncrs Bay, Juneau,
Hoonu, Trnakeo, Sitka anil Wayports
SA I LS
Thursdays at 8 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. VV. BOL'UUTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. phone 90
U. S Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
Will leave Skagway Daily
at 9 a. m. for Haines
Returning, Leaves Haines for
Skagway at 2 p. m.
f are one way $1-50
Round trio $2.50
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
campHNY
Seattle Wash
l*T*f n'.'BV j VI ^ 1 TBI 1 1 ''I* 1 ."VP, 1 ."1 IWl* C '} B II f
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA L" ' *
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
$? utile, nod other Huvjet Sounu "orp
CARRYING O. B. MAI),
Steamers of Thin Company Leave
CITY Of SEAfTLF, Oct. 7
tOIFAfiCCITV, Oct. 13
18 - 29
24 Nov 4
Conmctintr with t'e Compatjy'o Steamers at Se?'tle for San I'rancisco,
Southern California, Kurp.ka (Humboldt Bay) and Mkxico
jfcgr Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and H road way, Ska^way
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 Jamks St.
C. D. DUN ANN, Goueral Passenger A Rent,
112 Market Rtra?i. Prauclsoo, Cul
Canadian Pacific Railway I
( B. C. COAST SERVICE ) ?
FALL SCHEDULE OF .SAILINGS FROM SKAG WAV
Subject 10 change without notice
BEATRICE W.B1WB.8
Tuy m
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Kooms
Tickets to any part of the world a: d all inforinutioc from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, ?gcnt
Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Bxpreas
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamers
J efferson Oct. 10, 2 1 No v. 1
Dolphin Oct. 5, 16, -26
Company reserves right to change sailing date without liotico
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addilioual Charge
Through Tickets to San Frtincinco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone i
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No.
(Dally Exoept Sunday.)
18.
No. 1. N. Hound
let clans.
1 30 a. m.
12 05 p. in.
12 48 "
1 40 "
.1 20 p, rn.
5 50
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
OARIROU
Whits Horse
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected and
oheeked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full faro ticket
?\nd 75 nound3 with each half fare ticket.
Arrives
Loaves
No. 2, S. Bourn
1st cl&is
4 30 p. m'
3.05 ?'
2 20 "
1 45
11 40 A. ID,
1) 30 "
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Mr\ I
W!
Through line from Skagway to Atlln, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate points. Connection made at Duw$oa with Lower Kiver steamboats for
Eagle, Circle Citv, Rsmpart, Punana, Fairbanks, Chena, St. Michael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Frequent connection made at White Horse betweer trains and river steamers for all Yu
kon River points, including Mendenhall Ltndiup. the nearest steamboat landing to the
Aisek Gold Fields. The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modern conveniences, iucluditig steam heat
electric light and othor features is ?fford not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN
DAWSON CASCA SELKIRK
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE
BONANZA KING
LaFRANGE
VICTORIAN
Tiikouch tickets can be purchased at Sicnguay for DAWSON, FAIRBANKS, CIIENA
and all Lower River potuts.
Finely appointed trains dail" o>.cept Sunday, between Skaguny and White Horse,
carrying passengers, baggage, mail and express.
Baggage bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada
and the United states.
For Information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC- DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B..C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr.
Vancouver, B. C. and 8kagu8>, Mask*
F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent
"-kagupy,. Alaska
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