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EDITORIAL PAGE
All the continents, with the pos
sible exception of South America,
contain areas of dry land which
are below sea level. The lowest
point Is In Death Valley. California,
276 feef below sea level; but this
Is a slight depression compared to
the basin of the Dead Sea, In
Palestine, Asia, where the lowest
dry-land rolnt Is 1.290 feet below
sea level In Africa the lowest
point Is In the Desert of Sahara,
about 150 feet below sea level, but
the Sahara as a whole Is not below
sea level, although until recently
the greater part of it was supposed
to be In Europe the lowest point
at present known is on the shores
of the Caspian Sea, 86 feet below
sea level. In Australia the lowest
point Is at l-ake Torrens, about 25
Pfet below sea level.
Beginning with the murder of
Ciar Paul of Russia on March 24.
1801, a New York paper has made
a list of twenty-four assassinations
of rulers and high offUcals up to
the time of the killing of Premier
Canalejas of Spain. The result
?hows that six out of the number
have occurred In the United States,
three in Russia, two in Portugal,
two In Servta and one each in Eng
land. Montenegro, Turkey. France.
Persia, Austria, Italy and Japan.
The United States has suffered the
assassination of three presidents, a
governor, at. ex-governor and a ma
yor; Russia has lost two csars. and
a premier and Spain a marshal and
two premiers
There are too many special condi
tions surrounding the cases to make
specific comparisons reliable, but It
aeems to be a safe conclusion that
the holding of public office is no
safer in the most enlightened and
progressive of republics than in the
most reactionary lands. It is not
particularly pleasant that the politi
cal assassinations in the United
States have been as many as in Rus
sia and Spain combined, nor that
lands like Persia. Servla, Portugal
and Austria have records that shine
when put beside ours.
According to statistics published
by the Ministry of labor there wen?
during 1910, 1.S02 strikes In Prance,
Involving 281,425 workers. Of these
729 were for higher wages. Of the
latter 169 were successful. 264 fail
ed and 296 ended In compromises
The winning strikes raised the aver
age dally pay from $1 to $1.13. The
264 strikes which failed Involved 32,
791 strikers In a loss from Idleness
of $29 per man. Putting all the re
sults of the strikes together and
striking an average for the whole
729 strikes, successful, unsuccessful
and the compromised It was found
that the average loss per man per
day for the 93,326 strikers 300
days after the resumption of work
was over $6. It was only after the
403d day the losses and gains bal
anced and that the increased wages
< could be considered as profit* to the
striking mass.
What is the hlgheet mountain In
Colorado? "Pikes Peak," nineteen
persons out of twenty will answer,
and Incorrectly. The twentieth may
j know that the two highest moun
tains In the State are Mount Mas
sive and Mount Elbert, both In
Lake County, in the Leadvllle dis
trict. The altitude of each of
these mountains, according to the
United States Geological Survey, Is
14,402 feet above sea level. The
height of Pikes Peak Is 14.108 ft
Moreover, there are fifty or sixty
other peaks in Colorado approxi
mately as high ? over 14,000 feet
The lowest point In Colorado Is 3,
350 feet above sea level. Of all
the States Colorado has the highest
iverage altitude, estimated by the
Geological Survey at 6,800 feet
Although not the highest mountain.
Pikes PeJK is probably the best
known peak In the United States.
There was at one time a Weather
Bureau station on its summit, and
it now has a substantial railway sta
tion at the terminus of the highest
railway line in North America, it
can also be reached by an excellent
wagon road and trail which connect
the summit with Colorado Springs.
Our Babies Cry For
Protection From
Disease
By NATHAN STRAUS. Philanthropist, of New York
IT is well to teach mothers how to modify and pasteurize milk
at home when they are out of reach of a milk depot, but this
is feasible only for the better situated classes. Conditions in
tenements do not make it possible for mothers to do this work
properly.
THE babies CRY for PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE. THEIR
MOTHERS LIFT THEIR HANDS IN FRANTIC SUPPLICATION FOR
THEIR LITTLE ONES. DISEASE AND DEATH THROW THEIR SHADOW
OVER THE CRADLE AND ENGULF THE MOTHERS OF THE LAND
IN THK INEXTINGUISHABLE SORROW THAT WE CAN WARD AWAY.
IT IS A CALL TO BATTLE? A CALL TO ENERGETIC AND UNITED
ACTION.
It if not enough to educate the public and the health officers. \\ e
?Just strain all our resources to SAVE THK. BABIES THAT ARE
KOW LI VI NT*, and all those who will cotne into the world before
the tardy hand of official administration has l?een quickened and
Itrengthened to grapple with this menace to the home and to the land.
We need infant milk depots. We need doctors and nurses con
lecrated to the work of assuring to the little ones the food that they
need FREE FROM TnE TAINT OF DISEASE. The babies are
hnman beings, not subjects for study and exhibits for committees or
doctors. They are HUMAN BEINGS THREATENED WITH
DEATH, and it is our function to save them.
This is a work to stir the good red blood in every man and wo
man, a work that has greater possibilities of good than any other that
I have ever heard of, a work that will pay dividends in the satisfac
tion that can come only in helping the little ones, in making their
hands chubby and their faces rosy and GIVING TiLEM THE
FAIR START IN LIFE TO WHICH THEV ARE ENTITLED.
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?Phone 10. Skiflway, Alwka.
TOOORfcrS' WHARF CO
Terminus W. P. & Y. Rout?.
A1 lSuiithbouudSteanierpArrivp and Depart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouse? open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a m. to 6 p. m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at n'gbt
All frelKbt shipments destined acuthtumnd must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (papert can be obtained at the U. 8. ma
tome office) and must *e delivered before & p. m. No freight will be
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAOGAK? Toll# will be collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLT
No charge for ban and RTlps when unchcckeu.
The whnrf gate will be closed to the public when steamer is n.-wing
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on arpll< ation at office c-n dock.
P. O. Sox 17&. E. J. SHAW. General MlMtc
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 80.
Mondays, Wldn(?ds}s and WiUjv
>o. 1 .V Bound
lit class
8:30 a. ku Leaves
11:05 "
11:40 "
12:85 p. m.
8:00 "
4:15 " Arrives
BKAGUAT
WHITE PASf
1XK1 CABIN
UENNETT
cvnnior
WHITKHORSK
K'o. 2 8. I$??in<l
1 bt claM
ArrlT?i 3:2(i p. m.
Learprt |:40 *?
12:47 ?*
" J1 :50 m. m.
" 10:25 "
Leaven 8:15 "
Passengers must be at depot* In time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of
trains.
160 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket aad 76 pounds with each half fare ticket
Juneau Steamship Go.
U. 8. MAIL 8TEXMKK
Georgia
Juneau-Sitka Route j
Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp
sum, Tenakee, KilUsnoo and Sit
ka Jan. 22, 23, Feb 3, 9, 15, 21,
27, Mch. 6, 11, 17. 23, 29. Leaves
Juneau for Funter and Chatham,
8 a.m., Jan. 28, Feb. 21, Mch. 17.
Leaves Juneau for Tyee, 8 a.m.,
Jan. 22, Feb. 21, Mar. 23.
Juneau-Skagway 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,
Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, Mar. 3, 9,
15, 21, 27. Returning Leaves
Skagway following day at 8 a m. '
WILLIS E. NOWELL, Manager.
For 35c. you can get a wholsome,
home cooked meal at the New Horn*
Restaurant, 6th av*une, Just off of
Broadway.
Go to the "White Pass Cafe" I
for Ihe I est meals in Whltehorse. I
Now under the management of Mrs I
Orloff King. tf ,
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Vickjn*, AurmH
r. ' 'a / F.mrtt, Olfapt, Port TownMnd, SoaA
Eur*t?. SmM B?W^ Mnrt
San Francisco, Los Ange'es, San Diego
G. W. ANDRTW3, G. A. P. D. C D. DCNANN. P. T. M
1 13 Jom. S, Swllie 1 12 Mart* 3t, Sm F-nr
F imrnJ ?? (Inao All S?W?W
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Curacao- -Jan. 23, Feb . 3
C. D. GRANGE. Acting Agent
2nd & Hroidway, Skagway, Alaska
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. ?. MAIL AND WCLL? rARQO EXPRIM
Noxt aalliac at <h? CM* plMf
JEFFERSON
Jan. - 20
Company niriw Um rlfM to cfcuwr ?*llln* vrtttkowt ttrUcm
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. ?. OUPTILL, AOBNT.
1912
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C COAST SERVICE)
Winter Sailings
FROM SKAGWAY
PRINCESS MAY
II
Jan. 2 - 16 - 30
Feb. 13 - 27
< ii h)??H 'it ??????#- ? h If 1 ??
Vancouver, Victoria# Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phon# 87 F. F W OWLE Ag?nt
i
Steamship Humboldt
the out iuefbjeit sraisnip itfunu m :s. uiisu
Will uil from Skapray for Statti? and Wa? Porta
Jan. - 23
Stlllnjt dato ?ub)*ct to charur# without witfe*
THROUGH TICKKTg HONORED
OfDo?: TVt?? uml all tnformnlln*
Tl? Krmov. B. H \RTM fMli *
E WHITE PASS 3 HOH
Winter Route
Stage Service
Unrinjj the winter umimi of 1012-1013, a through Mail, Pnwnpr, ?ih1 Freight will
be maintained between While Home and P*wfwn, affording all p?ilbl6 for
by m?MI? Of A
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automobile Line
FW the winter aoaaon the Company'* cotrfortahle trains win operate on a trl-wi 4lf
tween Skaguay and White Home, train* tearing each terminal on Monday*, Wedi 1 ?? ? '
Friday*.
For information relative to pnwnp* an<l frelnht r*les "PP'T
H. WHEETiKR, Snpt.. M*ll Service Department.
O. L. DICKESOX, l*rertdent, ?
\Vt???ehnr?*. T. T.
Ak?<tut f,
We make telegraphic transfer of fund? to or from Vaneoarer or Settle.