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EDITORIAL PAGE
Following is the membership of
the new Alaska legislature which
meets next Monday In a sixty days'
session ; ' ii
Senators: hnl DlrWw ?
J. M. Tanner. 1
H. T. Tripp.
Heronri Division ?
Klwood Bruner. ['
Conrad Friedinjc I
Thlnl Division ?
L. V. Ray I
B. F. Millard. <
fourth Division?
Dan A. Sutherland.
Henry Roden. i
Representatives: Kiwt Division ? I
Wm. A Stubblns.
X. J. Svindseth
Chas. E. lngersoll.
A. G. Shoup.
S>imh| Division ?
Thos. Oaffnev.
Chas. D. Jones 1
J. C. Kennedy.
Frank A. Aldrich.
TTilnl Division ?
Mllo Kelly
R D Gray
II. B. Ingram
F. M Bovle
fourth Division ?
W. T. Burns.
J. J Mullaly.
Daniel Drlscoll.
E. B. Collins.
Senator Jones" Alaska bill, relat
ing to the coal lands, is intended to
cure an abuse of the Interior De
partment that one tribunal should
not act as prosecutor and Judge in
the same case ? with no right of ap
pe.il The contention is made, with
reason, that such a procedure Is un
fair aud un-American.
A tenet of the Constitution is
that no citlien can be deprived of
a vested right without due pro
cess of law.
Yet in the matter of the Alaska
coal claims there has been paid in
to the I nited States Treasury
$:I2O.O0O. and the men by whom it
was paid have not received either
the land waich they purchased un
der the law at $10 an acre, nor
have th v been given back their
money.
The Interior Department right
fully tak s the stand that when
money has been paid into the
Treasury, there is no method by
which it can be refunded except
through special act of Congress.
Senator Jones, in order to settle
once and for all the rights or
wrongs of the Alaskan coal land
situation, I'as Introduced a bill
which provides that these cases
shall be tried in a court of com
petent Jurisdiction; that is to say,
the Federal Court, on the law as it
19 written, and not on the law as it
Is construed by a recent decision of
the Interior Department.
There is need for such a meas
ure. On the face of the situation
the land claimants have a serious
grievance. They have paid their
money, but have nothing to show
for it except the Government's re
:etpt.
What if a real estate firm were
to sell 32,1*00 acres at $10 an acre,
receipt *or the money, and then
steadfastly refuse either tt deliver
the deeds or refund the purchase
price! What a protest would be
raised at such tactics ? with solemn
talk of grand juries, indictments
and terms in the penitentiary.
Yet that is what Uncle Sam is
doing in Alaska. The Jones bill Is
intended to give the claimants their
day In court ? so that the contro
versy can be settled on its merits.
---Cordova Alaskan.
When Woodrow Wilson this morn
ing refused to oecome a member
of the Chevy Chase club of Wash
ington, he made a hit with a lot of
American people. The very name
Chevy Chase haa a snobbish accent
that is effeminate, flat and Insipid.
We have no doubt that In England,
where it originated, and where it is
surrounded with English traditions,
it is pleasing to the ear and digni
fied to the comprehension, but
Chevy Chase means nothing to
Americans but borrowed snobbery.
It makes 'is think of the cartoon
of an English Juke or lud with a
monocle, a rane and a mouthful of
mush.
England has enriched American
literature with \ many beautiful
terms, but "Chevy Chase" and
"eyether" are not among the en
richments. They sound all right
among Englishmen, but there is
something incongruous in the snob
bish attempts of uncultured Yan
k<es trying to annex an English
accent.
William Howard Taft has been
almost a daily performer on the
gclf links of Chevy Chase when in
Washington. It is an open secrot
that many of his appointments came
through Chevy Chase influences
and when Woodrow Wilson declined
to perpetuate the program a sigh
of great relief went up from the
land. Our English brothers are
true gold and entitled to any name
they prefer, but this country has no
time for American snobs.
Marriage Is Without a Doubt
the Greatest of All Human
Institutions
By HALL CA1NE, Author
I LOOK UPON MARRIAGE A3 THE GREATEST Of ALL HUMAN
INSTITUTIONS. I THINK IT 18 AN IMMENSE 8UCCESS AND
THAT WOMAN, NOT MAN. HAS MADE IT SO. WITHOUT IT
THE human FAMILY WOULD FALL INTO SWIFT AND COM
PLETE DISINTEGRATION.
Whether marriage comes out of the family or the family out of
marriage is a metaphysical question that does not trouble me. What
I see in the world is a mighty force that holds the children of men to
gether as uothing else could.
n ? n
I think MARRIAGE HAS JUSTIF1KU. ITSELF, that the
majority of marriages are happy oues and that, taken together, they
constitute the mightiest factor in the welfare of humanity. My ex
perience has been that this ia TRUE ALL THE WORLD OVER
and among all sorts and conditions of people, from people like Mr.
Chevalier's "Old Dutch" to the people who wear coronets and the
people who sit on thrones.
Cut I also think that if marriage as an institution has been a
blessing to the human family it has not been by virtue of any legal
contracts or religious sacramtuts whatsoever, but solely by the opera
tion of that BEAUTIFUL NATURAL LAW which Jesus de
acribed when he spoke of a man leaving father and mother and cleav
ing to his wife,* and they, too, being one flesh whom God hath joined
together and therefore no man might put asunder.
Complete
Stock
Our stock of Drugs, Patent Medi
cines, Rubber Goods, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, Stationery, Candles, etc.,
Is complete and we aro able to sup
ply our customers with everything
usually found in a first class and
well stocked prescription pharmacy.
Our prescription work is subject to
the utmost accuracy. Mall orders
have our special attention and no
pain Is spared to fill them to satis
faction.
i
WILLIAM 11R ITT, Ph. (J.
Druggist.
Stores at Skagway and Juneau.
Take Notice!
We have four mounted
Bear Skin Rugs that we
are going to sell at ex
actly what it cost us to
put them up.
It will pay you to call
AND LOOK AT THEM
Draper & Co.
HOME (iKO W.V 8 r R I N (i
OH1CKE N
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The I'ack Train He>tauraiit
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium [sItkaI Alaska
'-arge. < loan, individual Hatha.
Abundance of vVater. Heat of
Hotel Accommodation*. Fur
Dished Cabin* for Rent. ....
Excellent Hunting and Fishing.
Motor Hotting and Sailing.
Steamor Georgia from Juneau
makes semi-monthly visits. In
formation and rate* upon request
Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop.
GOOD
COAL
There Is a great deal of satisfaction j
in the use of coal that is bright and
clean.
Moore's Wharf Co.
'Phone 10. Skagway, Alaska.
There is economy in coal that gives
you a dollar's worth of beat units j
for every dollar Invested ? thats
CLEAN
COAL
TVSOORErS* WHARR CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route.
A llSuuthbouijriJStejtn:ei>.Anive ai d Depart From Tbta Pock
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a ai. to 6 p. m.
Perithables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night
All freight shipments destined southbound must be fK'^oiiipanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (i*i>ors can be obtained at the U. S. cus
toms office) and must '-e delivered befure 5 p. m. No frolght will be
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAGGAE? Tolls will bo colVted on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLY
No charge for baps and grips wb >n unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when ateunw la Hearing
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on appUi atlon at office ou dock.
P. O. Bo* 178. E. J. SHAW, General Manacjpr
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIMK TAItLE NO. 80.
Mondays, \Vedne!-<laj? and Friday*.
No. 1 X. Bonnil
1st class
8:30 a. m. Leaves
11:03 "
11:40 " -
12:33 p. ni. "
2:00 "
4:15 " Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITK PASS
LOO CABIN
BENNKTT
CARIBOU
WBITRUORSK
No. 2 8. Hound
lbt clam
Arrives 3:30 p. m.
Loaves 1:40 **
12:47 ?'
" 11:50 a. tu.
" 10:25 "
Leaves 8:15 **
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket &ad 76 pounds with each half fare ticket
!
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Vktxfc, VWnm AtKim IMtirifh?
Ewn, Olf<Rp<*. Fni Tu?iw?wl ^
BrHiaffaia, Ewvfc*. $v*a BarWi, M?i*?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
& w. ANDRTWS. G. A. P. D C D. DUNANN, P. T. M.
1 13 Jumi St , 5-.nU 112 MkU V. im F?
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Curacao -- March 6
V. A. PETERSON. Ag?nt
Phone 50 2nd <fe Broadway, Skaffway, Alaska
Alaska Steamship "
Company
CARRYING U. ?. MAIL AND WtLL^TAROO EXPRKM
N'o*t ?mU1rvf of *>? tut jiiMMf *t?aiiwr
JEFFERSON
March - 4
I .
I Company rMrtTM the rijcht to th/uia ulllnff* wtllionl nrtflr#.
I TEXETHOXK XO. (Ml. It. A. (MRROLI,. \ctln >? tfMt
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C COAST SERVICE)
Sailings
FROM SKAGWAY
PRINCES5 MAY
I Feb. 13 - 27
I March 12 - 22
April 2-12-23
May 3- ?' 4- 24
Subject to eh?or* ?i'h ?? N
Vancouver, Victoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phon. 87 F. F. W LOWLt Aj.nt
Steamship Humboldt
THE ONLY. INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP DPEMTMS.WS. E. ALASKA
Will Mil from Seattle for all Southeastern Alaskaa Porta
About March 1st
Sailing date iubjart to chanjre ?otic*
THROUGH TICKKTS HONORED
Snattl? Offlc*
716 tV<**nd Af???
Tlrlrta ami all Informal**
B. RAirmiOSn, nth A Rrmtflw 'j.
Juneau Steamship Co
C. 8. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Juneau- Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp- j
Bum, Tenakee, Killlsnoo and Sit
ka Jan. 22. 28, Feb. 3, 9, 16, 21,
27, Mch. 6. 11, 17, 23, 29. Leaves
Juneau for Funter and Chatham,
8 am.. Jan. 28, Feb. 2HMch. 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,
16, 21, 27. Returning Leaves
Skagway following day at 8 a.m.
WILLIS E. XOWKIX, Manager.
For 35c. you can get a wholsome,
home cooked meal at the New Home
Restaurant, 6th' aveune, Just off of
Broadway.
FRESH EASTERN OYSTERS
In any quantity, on the half shell, !
first of the season, at the Pack I
Train Reetaursat. ?*fl i
E WHITE PASS SnOHRO
i#%\
Winter Route
Stage Service
During the ? in tor ?M^on of 1012-101.1, a through Mall, Pn?wnc"r, nn-l Frrlght Ni ill a will
Ik> maintained telween White Horse and Pawcon, aff??rrllng *11 poaalbto comfort tor trarel?r?
b> moans of n
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automc bile Line
For the winter son-son the tympany's comfortable trains will operate on i trl-weekly ?rMlnl?
tween Skagnay and White Horse, train* tearing each terminal on Monflaya, Walwoliiyf ?wl
Friday*.
For Information relative to paasenger ?n<1 freight rates apply to
H. WHEELER, 8npt., WW Horvlro Department,
O. L. DICKESON, FresWes .
T. T.
?Mtngw?T. AlMka.
We make lelograplilc transfer of fund* to or from Vwrootfr or Seattle.