Daily Alaskan
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JOHN W. TROY, EDITOR
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GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBIL
ITY
There can be no questioning the po
sition taken by Mr. Wildt, in a com
munication that appears in thU paper
today, that transportation companies
should be compelled to provide their
carriers with all the life-saving appli
ances science has disclosed to be neces
sary for the security of their passen
gers and employees. If. in the case of
the Valencia, fault is found to lie with
the officers and managers of the own
ing company, the law should be en
forced. If it shall be found that the
law Joes not provide for the mainten
ance of proper safeguards on the part
of the operating companies, the law
should be changed, and the penalties
for its violation should be such as will
insure its enforcement.
However, it has become an accepted
principle that life and property-saving
is a governmental duty. Communities
recognize that and provide fire depart
ments, health boards, emergency
hospitals, etc. Communities cannot
protect the sea, as that belongs to na
tions. The charting of the ocean the
marking of dangerous places, the main
tenance of fop signals and life sav
ing stations and the equipment of the
revenue marine hav-? been among the
important works of the United States
and all other maritime countries. That
being the case, the United States and
Canada cannot avoid the responsibility
for the terrible loss of life with the
Valencia. In fact, they are not trying
to avoid it.
Within a f-w days after the wrecking
of the Valencia tne United Statessenate
passed a bill, (providing for a life-sav
ing station at Neah Bay, near Cape
Flattery: the secretary of the treasury
telegraphed an order to the revenue
cutters and collectors of customs di
recting that it is the d ity of cutters on
Puget sou '.d or in Alaskan waters to
proceed, instanter and without further
order, to any vessel in distress or to
any place where life is In peril (the
order was in accordance with circulars
issued long agot never countermaoded,
but oftea disregarded), and Major
Glassford hastened to suggest that the
Burnside be equipped and used as a
l:fe -saving vessel, as well as for her
present duties. All these are emphat
ic admissions of governmental respon
sibility.
The Canadian government has been
>carcely less active in preparing to
meet its duty, should it be found nec
essary to perlorm it again.
That the United States and Canada
have not life-saying station* within
easy reach of the point where the Va
lencia was wrecked is the result of neg
ligence that reasonably can be desig
nated as criminal. That both couu.
tries had war vessels and revenue cut
ters, subsidized wreckers and other
craft within a few hours of the ill-fated
human souls, who had been caught
in one of the most awful traps provided
by the sea, and yet permitted them to
hang helpless'y in the fast-dissolving
rigging of their impinged vessel for
from 50 to 60 hours, only to drop, one
by oue, to unmarked graves in the mer
ciless ocean, is a crime that should
cause the blush of shs me to come to
every face i q North America.
The United States district attorney
out at Nome has begun proceedings to
destroy an alleged grocery trust. It is
contended that the grocers of the
northern camp organized shortly after
the close of navigation for the purpose
of changing ex ortionate and unreason
able prices for their goods.
The authoi of "silence is golden"
might have had in roind a Col. Mano,
of Town-Topics. He made much by
silence.
Dress goods, silks and trimmings
"the newest.'' at Harris m's.
Lams Buck
This ailment is usually oauscd by
rheumatism of the musies and rntny be
cured by applying Chamberlain s Pain
Balm two or three 'imes a day and
rubbing the part vigorously at each
appliea'ion. If this does not an?rd
relief, bind on a piece of flannel slightl>
dampened with Pain Balm, and quick
relief is almost sure to follow. For sale
by W m. Britt.
GOOD PRIZES
Chances For Firemen's Dance
Ticket Holders
There are some good chances for the
ticket holder {or the Firemen's dance
that will take place tomorrow night to
get several times the value of their
money back in prizes.
A. M.Laska, Skagway'sploneercigar
manufacturer and dealer in smokers
supplies, has offered three elegant door
prizes, to be drawn by those holding
tickets. The prizes consist of a bos of
fine cigars, a smoking set and a shaving
set. Every ticket holder will have a
chance in the drawing.
Tickets are being sold with appreci
able rapidity. Already a sufficient
number have been disposed of to insure
a grand success.
The dance will be at Elks' hall.
41 BERT MONK
IS IMPROVING
Albert Monk, who left Dawson last
June suffering: from paralysis as the
effects of falling down a shaft on Do
mir ion in the winter, was unable to sit
up in bed and had to make the trip
across the continent in a couch. He
now writes to Daw*on friends that he is
able to sit up in bed. and that he is
doing much better than ever, with
promises from the attendait physician
to get him in a chair before long. Mrs.
Monk is in better health than when
she left Dawson, and their daughter
Elizabeth is rugged and doing well in
her sohool.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
it Conataat Wearlnc of a Hot Propo
xate* Dandruff Germ*.
T *re are many men who wear their
.. practically all the time when awake,
"> are blessed with a heavy shock of
a ' yet if the scalps of these same men
became Infested With dandruff
"r ? s, the parasites would multiply all
t;ulcker for lack of air. Baldness
01 d ensue as the final result New
?ro 3 Herplclde kills these germs and
?tin- slates unhealthy hair to abundant
jrov.-th. Herplclde Is a pleasant hair
lrer'lnjr as well as a dandruff cure and
-?ontains not an atom of Injurious sub
tan Sold by leading druggists. Send
Oe. 'n stamps for sample to The Herpl
:ide Co.. Detroit. Mich.
Wm. Britt, Special Ayrent.
GUARD II
The Eye Sli<>nl 1 Receive
Every Consideration
The eye is the most sensitive organ
in the human anatomy, and sight the
most useful of the senses. To neglect
the eye is to eudure pain and misery
&od to court impaired vision and even
total blindness. Th 9 north winds, fill
ed with particles of drifting snow and
ice, and the reflections from sun-kissed
mountaies and wind-swept snow fields,
make a northern sinter a time when
every precaution should be taken to
guard the eye. Should nature,
through pain or otherwise, warn you
of approaching danger, by all means
heed the warning. We test the eye
free of charge and furnish glasses,
ground to the point of perfection, to fit
the need disclosed by science. Our
prices are reasonable.
Our stock of watches, clocks, glass
ware, silverware, souvenirs, novelties
aod jewelry is up-to-date in design, A 1
in quality and of a quantity and variety
to suit all tastes and uses.
Our repair department challenges
comparison.
J. IKUTA,
Jeweler and Optician.
Notios to PnMlo
The municipal taxes for 1905, due I
to the town of Skagway, Alaska, will j
become delinquent February 28, 1906, i
at the hour of 6 p. m. on said day. If !
not paid on or before that date, a pen
alty of 20 per cent will be added to the
amount due and interest ai the rate of
8 per cent per annum will be charged
on the whole amount due for taxes and
penalty from that date.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, February
3. 1906. H. H. Draper,
Municipal Treasurer, Town of Skag
way, Alaska.
Ion are at Home
When you stop at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
It is there where you find all
the Comforts and Conveniences
which have made this Hotel so
well and favorably known to the
Traveling Public and Tourists
from all parts of the world.
First?CIass Rates Moderate
MOORES WHARF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
Alt South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1905
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the D. B. customs
office) and must be delivered before 6 p.m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this hour.
BAGGAGE? Tolls will be collected on Checked Baggage Only. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to thv public when steamer Is nearlng
dock and will be opened only when p&Bsengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock,
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNSON. Genl Mgr
IE!
1 have the largest and best se- i
leaded stock of
MEERSCHAUM i
GOODS \
|\ ALASKA
Also a large slock of Lewis and *
Clark
SMOKERS' SOUVENIRS 5
Tony Dortero j
The Daily delivered to
any part of the city
for $1 per month
Special A' 'nation to Business From
Bksgway, Haines and Vicinity
CREWS & HILLS,
attorneys
Will Practice In All the Courts
Juneau - Alaska
J. R. Wiss SCO c. Hiard
WINN & HEARD
ATTORNEYSAT-LAW
Will or act ice in Alaska Courts,
U. S, Supreme Court, and Land
and MiniDg business.
Rooms 3, 4, and 5, Decker Building
JUNEAU, ? - - ALASKA
Cor. 5th & Broadway. 'Phone 90
Cigars Olid Tobacco
Stationery
and Fishing Tackle
?NEWS DEPOT*
New Books Just Rec'd
Billiard Parlor Beading and Writ!-* Room
SPACIC0 CLUB BOOM!
* The Board of Trade
LKE GUTHRIE Proprietor
Largest and Best Appointed Resort for Gentlemen
In the North
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S
ELECT1UC LIGHTED STE VM
HEATED STEAMER
GEORGH
Carrying U. 3 Moll
for Haines, Berneis Bay, Juneau
Soonah, Tenake Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
at 8 a. m.
Jan 5, 1 L 17, 23, 29,
W. W. BOUUHTON, A^eDt
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
-Gariboa Hotel
Caribou Crossing
A Strict'y
? Dining Room in Connection ?
Choicest Wines, Liquors & Cigars
R J. Britain, Mgr.
Finely Furnished Rooms
Eleotric Lighted Throughout,
THE IMPERIAL HOTEL
GEO. W. CURTIS, PROP.
AMERICAN PLAN
Front St. South P.O., Whitehorse.Y.T
Pacific Coast S.S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED, SAFETY, OOMFOR1
Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Porta
CARRYING U. I. KAU.
Steamers of This Company Leave
Cottage Sitv - Feb. 12, 26
Via Vancouver and Sitka
m. Above Schedule Subject to changes Without Notloe.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNANN, Gen- Pass. Agt
10 Market Street, San Pranolsoo, Cat.
m si i UirO *
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The Alaska Steamship Co. *
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON,
Feb. 19, March 4
Company reserves right to ahange sailing date without notice.
arer Without Additional Chargi
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
f . t
Canadian Pacific Ry- Co.
j STEAMER
AMUR . . Feb. n, 26
Sailing at 8 p.u
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring tc Seattle via rail or steamer without extra chaise
We give quick service
For information Write or Apply to
H. EMDUNN,
Agent, Skagway
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No- 13
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 2. S. Bound
1st class. 1st class 2nd cUaf
9 30 a.m. LV. SKAGUAY AR. 4 30p m. AR. 4 16 ?. o
lioo}" " WHIT1E PASS " 3 00 ' " 110 "
1145 '? " LOG CABIN 2 10 ? ? 1 00 "
12 15 [ p.m " BENNETT J
12 35|
p;,m " BENNETT J J p.m " 12 20 p.m
2 46 " 2 10 " " CARIBOU " 11 50a.m " 10 C "
6 40 " 4 30 '? AR White Horsb LV 9 30 " LV, " 7 t ??
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected arc
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tick*
and 75 pounds with each hali fare ticket.
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1>i tlx V "?Af ">Ar W V V V!V V V WpAr ^Ar '/^vjv
While Pass & Yukon Route
Through Line Prom,
Through line from Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawion and
intermediate Yukon River points. The new placer camps in theAlsekand Kluane
Mining Districts are reached only yia White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season when navigation is closed, d?ilv trains will continue running
between Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight service
will be maintained by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line, between JWhite
Horse and Dawsofc.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawion
and intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulouslyjrich quartz
camp of tho Windy Arm district, take our daily trains to Caribou,
For information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic ratea, apply
to any agent of the Company, or tor
J. H. ROGERS, Traffic Mngr. A. L. J3ERDOE, Gen. Mogr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and 8kaguay' Alaska Skaa-uav, Aim a