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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
L. S. Keller, Publisher.
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THE BEST PREELECTION INDI
CATION.
The campaign is drawing rapidly
to a close. One week from today it
will be over and nothing remain but
the rendering of judgment. It Is
very diffimlt at this distance to draw
conclusions. What we get of the
campaign b> wire ? that .Mr. Brvati is
traveling hard and speaking fast to
large crowds: that Mr. Taft is be
ing met here and there wherever he
goes, with torch light processions
that affect his throat, that he rested
on Sunday and was better on Mon
day. not uiuch to t li?- i?oint Nor
do the exchanges, even though they
come from the front of the battle,
throw much more light. We expect
republican newspapers to speak well
of Mr. Taft's chances and democratic
papers of those of Mr. Bryan. There
fore what they say we credit largely
to the wish that is father to
th?* thought.
What is necessary to know in this
regard is the temper of the people
This may be gained aside from the
discussion of politics. Let the peo
ple be hopeful, contented and pros
perous and there is not likely to be
a change of administration whatever
that administration may be called.
This doctrine was advanced early in
the campaign as the most iikel>
thing upon which to hang the proph
esy of Mr. Bryan's success. There
had been a panic ? sometimes called
a flurry. .Many men were out of
work and times were hard. But the
recuperative power ? which in itself
will go for sjmethlng ? of the busi
ness life of the land was such that
this condition no longer exists. And
this therefore ? the rule working both
ways ? is the best indication we have
pointing toward republican success.
The Chicago Tribune in an issue
of a month ago and in an editorial
that had in mind not politics but
business, dwells on an influx of
buyers in that city making their fall
purchases. The number was said to
be unusually large and the buying
heavy.
"The interesting thing about the
visits of these buyers is the message
they bring." it says. "They know
the situation in their home commun
ity. They know how the people feel
regarding the future. The aggregate
of their orders is largely dependent
upon such a study antecedent to their
departure for the market place.
"There is occasion for gratification,
therefore, because of the optimistic
spirit the merchants show. They are
laying in large stocks of goods.
Whether from the south, the north or
the west, they seem to believe that
there Is nothing but prosperity ahead.
Their hopeful reports lend added
strength to the growing conviction
that the situation is improving all
along the line."
From other sources the evidence is
strong that the people are content
with things as they are.
PLENTY OF WORK ON THE FARM
The productiveness of the United
State* along agricultural lines is not
keeping pace with the growth of our
population, says Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson. Meat? are dear because
meat-bearing animals are falling be
hind the population in relative num
bers. Labor is scarce on the farm, and
labor Is dear on the farm because the
factory, the forest, the mine and the
railroad are taking: away the farmer's
workers through wages fixed at
rates which tbe farmer cannot afford
to pay.
The population of the United States
is growing both by reason of the natural
increase of the families domiciled in
America and by accretions through
immigration from abroad. But the
immigrants do not reach to the farm.
The farmers who do come to us from
foreign countries do not find their way
to the farm* of thin coun'ry mid tin
immigration laws prevent American
farmers from going to foreign count
ries end selecting there tho prospei t
ive immigrants whose services could
aid them.
At no period of our hi9tory has the
American farmer needed help so much
as he needs it this year. There are
said to be hundreds of thousands uf Idle
men in the United States. All of them
could securo employment on the farms
? employment affording food shelter
and living wages.
CHICAGO MERCHANTS TOUR
THE ORIENT.
Two hundred members of the Illi
nois Manufacturers' Association have
secured a special steamer to tour
Japan. China. Corea and the Philip
pines. The trip is in no sense a
pleasure trip, but is none into by the
big merchants solely to acquaint
them with the business methods and
demands of the Orient. They ex
pect to return home in several
months with first hand knowledge
and experience concerning the far
east, and to lay successful plans for
doing a bigger and more profitable
business with the Asiatic countries.
It is such undertakings as these
that are more and more enabling
Chicago to make good on its claim
to the title of "the great central mar
ket." First the Chicago merchants
took numerous trips throughout the
United States to educate their coun
trymen about Chicago, and now they
are going to foreign lands to educate
themselves for new conquests.
Once American merchants really :o
after foreign trade it is more than
likely they'll get it.
A picture of Ezra Meeker and his
ox team and equipment, who recently
crossed the continent twice in true
pioneer style, retracing the trail over
which he migrated in IX*?J. appears In
the November Popular Mechanics. Mr.
Meeker is 78 years old and of venera
ble appearance.
He was in the great 180$ stampede
to the Klondike and did successful
merchandizing for two years in Daw
son. He came out in the late spring
of 1901 when it took courage to
travel on the rotten ice. It is since
then that he made his famous jour
ney across the continent and return
with ox team.
The wonder is not that the czar
ina Is now getting nutty but that she
has been so long getting there.
THE CLO>. =R.
Sow: sii ? --f t.'ic ! v and daisy imJ
Ami the pansles ami pinks that tlu
suit met" time thru A ?
III t.le *?'?*???.. Jil'tiSV l..pof I'le tiled
?h*r that iu> -
Blink i*r j ' tli* sni' ? thrv git the sun
an: n y days.
Bur what Is Inn lily itml .ill of (lie rest
Of the t? to a man with a h>-art in
Ills i-reum
That u - 0i| ?M brlmmih' full of tlic
hnnpy ami <1* w
Of the tnvi't cluwr blossoms his baby
hood knew?
X never set eye on m clover fleld now
lir foot rou:i<l a stable er climb In the
mow
But niy childhood com--s back Just as
clear and us plain
As the sm?|i of tn>* clover I'm snlflln'
again.
And I .'.under away in a barefooted dream
Whcr*- I tailzie my toes in the blossom?
that gleam
With the dew of the dawn of the morninp
of love
Ere It wept o'er the graves that I'm
weeping above.
And so I love clover? It seems like a part
Of the sacredest sorrows and Joys of my
heart.
And wherever it blossoms, oh, there let
me bow
Ami thank the good God as I'm thanking
liiin now.
Ami I pray to him still for the strength
when I die
To B'j out In the clover and toll It good
bv .
Ar.l lovingly nestle my face In Its bloom
While my soul slips away on a breath of
perfume.
? J<\mes Wliiteomb Rile*
POPULAR MECHANICS FOR NOVEMBER
Among the more Important of the
180 illustrations In the November
number of Popular Mechanics are
those of the Wright Bros.' aeropUne
in the recent tests at Fort Myer and of
the accident which befell Orville
Wright anil Lteut. Sel fridge. The
Shop Notes department contain 55
articles and 4,'J illustrations, every
article written so any one can under
stand It. The Amateur Mechanics de
partment for November is exception
ally intertsting, describing among other
things, the construction of a thermo
electric battery, a mission library table
and a bicycle catamaran.
I
BRIGHT.. CLEAR OA*
The result of the observation taken j
at Moore wharf at midnight, Oct.
1908, is as follows
Temperaturo time observat'n. U9 atxnv ,
Max.temp.precedinR 24hour?.43 above j
Mln. " " " " .-!? above
Mean " " " " ??"'5 above
Barometer 30.32
Clear anil north wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Hootallnqua, 4 above; Yukon Cros- j
inp, zero: Selkirk, 2 below: ColYee j
creek, 12 below; Stewart, 1"> below;
ORllvie, IS below: Dawson, 17 below.
River closed at Dawson and ico
running thick at all points reported.
ON A PAfJY LiNS.
Gossip of the Neighborhood a' th?
Dispocci of All.
*H ?li. Stiui. Johnny Sunt ti Is threat
?tied wit Ii the measles, uiid the Jouesc
?ook U leaving l>e<uu-c .Mi*. Jouc.i
ioesn'l give her enough lo cut. an. I
lllnilv Krown Is engaged to yolil;:
Wheeler, although she has don led It up
uul down."
Johnson paused In the ait of remov
ing his mackintosh, with one arm in
itml one out. lie held his dripping um
brella over the new hall rnc. whence
It poured rivulets unheeded.
"What In the name of"?
"And." continued Mrs. Johnson
breathlessly . "the Hifehcocks have
mortgaged ilieir house- I knew they
'ouldn't afford the automobile and
Mr. Perkins i> going to sue the White
for building their bay window out over
his property
"You don't mean to say you have
been out in this wea.her gathering : II
that gossip!" e.vluimcd Jolueon as he
livesied idinself of his niial l:ui 11
>\ eisUocs.
"No."
"Has auy one ealVd':"
Mrs. Juhusun shvok her head, and
the siream of neighborhood h;t; ; wu
Iiiks which suburbanites love to d'.s
cuss in the bosoms of their fa.ililics
continr.ed lo pour forth from her ea-er
lips. Cm still sin- did not reveal the
source of her Information, and the
news kepi leaking out at ii. tonal
throng!: >ui ili
"I know." said Johnson at last. "Yon
have had that by the day seamstress."
"No, but the ii. an came today uiid in
stalled t'ie ?eiephone."
"Well, but" ?
"And It*:: party wire, you kti \v. o
rtlf I l"tve to ?' . when I'm ' ?i>-l Is to
go and pick up the receiver. 1 can
:? ' \v:r. < hear somein d.i ? r other uu
I mi' i :ii!ir h"r-"lf 'i h t r ."!| pi'tlitl
?
the line, you know*."- N'ev. York Press
Un1 !:'.i .'nd Net P-lj F;-.
* tidy V '
weel." mi lie went 10 the doctor and
~t;ite.I hi- coaip: .:'>s.
' do y.v.i !:iUV di. intiJe.1 the
medico
"W iillsky."
"Hi. v ! ;i:c'iV"
yl ., !mij?i,? n day."
") lo yon sviokoV"
-Yes,"
"H..W in.' 'i: V*
"Tv ? oi- -es a day."
"Well, you trlve up whisky and to
bacco alii'^etlu r."
'
steps rcnelie I the door.
"Andy." called the doctor, "yon have
not paid for my advice." ?
as he shut the ?' >nr I ehimi hlin.? Cal
gary (Canada i 1. raid.
Explained.
"But she sings mure tliuu kIio plays.
Why do you speak of her music ns 'In
strumental?' "
"Well, it's instrumental hi making
the ik-tfehbors move out." Phllndel
pi i la Press.
Quito So.
"The man who tolls will not suitor
from loneliness."
"True. There are always plenty of
people willing to stand around and
supervise."? Washington Herald.
Campaign Expenses.
Successful Candidate? Well, Jerry,
what did you spend during the cam
palgn?
Jerry? I'll leave that to yer own Judg
ment, yer honor.? New York Life.
Your Address, Madam, Please?
He? Has your fortune ever been told?
She No, but I dare say papa will tell
you If you really have serious Inten
tions.? Boston Transcript.
'JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
II
They are warranted. Let us show |
you our
| We also carry a full line of writing
material, such as pens, pencils, j
paper and tablets.
WM. BRUT
The Dntffffist
Currying U.S. Mnll
For Haines, Berners Hay, Juneau,]
lloonn, Tenakec, Sitka and Wa\ ports
SAILS
Thursdays _at 8 a.m.
WILLIS NOW ELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. HOUGHTON, Agent]
Broadway and Kifth Ave. phone 90 1
(J. S- Mail Steamer
H
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
j Will leave Skagway Daily]
at a. m. for Haines
Returning, Leaves J lain es for)
Skagway at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $150
Round trit) $2.50
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every; drop
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campHNY
Seattle Wash
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PIONEER ALASKA LINK
SFEE?, SAFETY COMFORT,
S tlt'i and oilier Hup^t .Sound M'-t b
CARRYING U. H. MAH .
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of SeattLe Oct. 30 &'ov.!0-22 Dec. 3
Humiio'dt NOV. - 4 - 15 - 27
Conm ctinp with t e ('onipauy's Steacoors at Se k'tle for Pan I-'rancisco,
South kkn C w.ji'ornia, Kuricka (Humboldt Bay) and MEXICO
J 0r Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skapway
Seattle Ticket Ok kick, 113 James St.
C. D. DUN'ANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Market tftreot, Sau t-r&nouco, Cal
( B. C. COAST SERVICE )
KAI.r. SCHEDULE OF SA I LINGS FROM SKAG WAY
Subjcct 10 change without notice
BEATRICE OClOlfi" 14, 26
PRINCESS
riAY
0(1.21,31 fill?, ti lit. 5
For Vancouver. Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Kooms
Tickets to any part of '.he world ard all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
r--J r-^r j-rr.1 E?SE3E233SflUUa K&i
Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Expres?
Next Sailing of tho Fast. Passencrcr Steamers
J efferson Oct. 10, 21 N ov. 1
Dolphin Oct. 5, 16, 26
C'oini rviy r?:.s ? right to chac.e sailing date without notice
Transfer* -a Victoria and Tuoonnr Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to Sun Francleco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 06
I he White Pass &Yukon Route
TIM? '!*? A. LC No. 18
I Daily Except S oday.)
No. 1, N. Bound
1st class.
8 30 a. m. .
10 CO p. m.
11 00 "
11 :io "
1 3D p, m."
3 45
Leaves
A i rives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Hons*
Arrives
T caves
No. 2. S. Bouci
1st clais
3 29 p. m'
1 45 "
12 42 "
12 10 "
10 25 A, m.
8 15 "
Passcnrers must be at depots in time to have baggage Inspected acd
checked, lnspcctim Is stopped 30 minutes beforo leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be ch ;ckcd frct> with caoh full fare ticket
jsnd 75 youuds with each ba ' fare ticket
Through Line Prom
Skagway to Atiin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermedial Yukon River Points.
The new placer camp-i in the Alsek and Iviuane Mining Districts are reached only via White Elorse
Winter Routs Stage Service
During the winter season, whenina\ nation is closcd, daily trains will continue running betweon
Skajway and White Horse. A thriugh Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by u Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Korec 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 t.nd fabulously rich qnattz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Cm ibou.
For information relative to passenget, freight and telegraphic rates, applj
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DFPARTMKNT
Vancouver, B..C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACBER Gen, Agent
Vancouver, B. l^. and Skaguay, Alaska Skajruay, Alntka
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