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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted u second class mail matter
July 8, 1898, at the Postofflce
at Skagway, Alaska.
L. S. Keller, Publisher.
Subscription Rates.
One month, by mall 75
One month by carrier 1.00
Three Months by mall 2.20
Six months by mail 4.50
One year by mall 9.00
Subscriptions and advertisement
received by:
Bennett News Co. . . Wbltehorse, Y.
E. W. Gideon Carcross, Y. T.
E. L. Pillman Atlin, B. C.
B. A. Barnett Haines, Alaska
AN ARMY OFFICER'S VIEW.
An army officer now connected with
the Twenty-second Infantry, who has
been in Alaska for two years and wh
has made the trip down the Yukon
to St. Michaels to Nome, stopping at
all points eu route, and who has had
ample opportunity to thoroughly sound
public opinion among Alaskans and
to become conversant with the exist
ing conditions in the territory, recent
ly told the editor of the Pioneer Pres
that he firmly believed Alaska was
entitled to home rule and that the
Beveridge bill was nothing short ol
an outrage.
"I suppose," said this officer; whos
name for obvious reasons we will not
mention, "that I, as an absolute out
sider. without property interests 01
a vote in Alaska, am better qualifier
to observe and to judge conditions
in the north than you are, or anj
other man who has interests here;
for such interests naturally tend tc
prejudice one's point of view.
ally tend to prejudice one's point o
view.
"I. on the other hand, have no pre
judices, or no interests to be affect
ed one way or the other. I look a
the whole matter from an abstrac
viewpoint. My good judgment is no
affected in any way.
Yes; 1 certainly believe that Alas
X'laska want1 home ruie. Everywher
1 have been I have found an ovei
whelming sentiment in favor of hom
rule; while, on the other hand, th
proposed Beveridge bill is being bti
-rly objected to. I recently talkei
to one of your residents concernini
the Beveridge bill.
" 'We'll fight, sir." he assured me
"before we will submit to that rneas
lire." And this man was voicing th<
sincere sentiments of himself and hi:
neighbors. When people are willinj
to fight a proposed system of govern
ment there must be something radic
ally wrong with that system. And i
have found this sentiment everywher
along the Yukon, at Nome, anc
ihrough Southeastern Alaska.
"In the second place the people ol
Alaska are entitled to self govern
ment. They have come up here undei
discouraging conditions and have de
veloped the country and revealed its
riches. Surely by every law of right,
they are entitled to a voice in its
future conduct; and I must say right
now in my opinion the people of Al
aska average better as to character
and intelligence than the people in
the States. The standard of citizen
ship is very high up here. It has
been a case of the survival of the fit
test and only the fittest have remain
td. Certainly the future of Alaska
would not suffer if it were entrusted
to the votes of your population; nor
would there be any danger of corpor
ate control.
"In the third place the proposed
Beveridge bill is absolutely un-Amer
ican. The American system of gov
ernment guarantees self government
and I think it would be a dan
gerous precedent to establish a purel
colonial form of government over such
a people as reside in Alaska. Why,
the Filippinos have a representative
government and the Filippinos can
not in any way compare with the peo
pie of Alaska.
"It has always heretofore been the
policy of the I'nited States to grant
native born Americans the right of
home rule just as soon as conditions
warranted such a step; and I firmly
believe that the conditions warrant
such a step in this case.
"Yes; I know all the arguments
against home rule. That your pop
ulation is too widely scattered and
the corporations would control your
elective legislature.
. "In answer to the first argument
1 would say this: It is perfectly true
that Alaska contains a \ast area of
laud. But how much of this area is
populated. All around the edge of
Alaska there is a district that is fair
ly well populated, while the interior
country is almost unexplored and
quite undeveloped. Out of the .">1)0,00
square miles of Alaska's total area I
will venture t j say that not more than
40,000 square miles are really popu
lated. And this 40,000 kiiyare miles
is fairly well populated with establish
ed means of communication.
"Ad to the second argument agains
granting home rule to Alaska 1 will
simply say that I have too high a
regard for the character and intelli
gence of the people of Alaska to
think for an instant that they would
bt controlled by the corporations
when It came to electing a local leg
islature.
"I have no personal interest in the
matter, whatsoever, but I say once
again that I firmly believe that A1
aska is entitled to home rule without
any reservations and I would like to
be called before Congress to testify
to the truth of what I have just told
you." ? Haines Pioneer Press.
A Seattle paper says that since L.
II. Gray & Co. relinquished the
agency for the steamship Humboldt,
.Mr. Gray has been looking over the
field to learn whether another boat
would prove remunerative. He declar
cd that the outlook is jsatisfactory,
in view of the increasing business to
Alaska points, and is desirous of be
ing early on the ground.
DRY RICK WOOD.
Call up phone no. 84, Martin Itejn,
:md have him deliver to you at once
i ick of that dry wood.
For 25c you can have the Skagway
Hack call at your home and convey
you to the dance, or other social func
lion. Telephone S4 for arrangements,
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? very good gloves which we sell at
? 50c and 75c a pair
?
j ? Don't forget we handle a full WILLIAM BRUT, ?
a line of flower seeds also Druggist Skagway
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X HEADQUARTERS FOR FIRST CLASS CAFE ^
-j. ATLIN CONRAD STAGE IN CONNECTION j
jj* CHOICE BAR STOCK j
Caribou Hotel I
? ? == = 4
, E. W. GIDEON, Proprietor
t 2
? N.CELY FURNISHED ROOMS ParornQC V T 7
X FURNACE HEATED UdlUrUoO, I . I > *
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MOORE'S WHARF CO.
Terminus W. P. A Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Deoert From This Dock
RreniATIONS 1909
Warehouse; open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5p.m
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
Ail freight s lipmenta destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (pipers can be obtained at the U. S. custom;
office) and must be delivered before 5 pm. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE ? Tolls win oa oollected on Checked Baggaqk Onl*. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be clorjd :-o the public when steamer Is nearlnfi
dock and will be opeu ?& only wh?n pas?engers have disembarked
Wharfage Tariff cao b? had op pplicn' ion at office on dock,
P. O. Box 175. K. J. SHAW RESIDENT, MANAGER
The White Pass d&Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 23
(Daily Except Sunday)
No. 1 N. Bound
1st class
9 00 a. m. Leav
11 15 "
12 10 p. m.
1 00 "
2 00 "
4 00 " Arriv
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
I.OG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
AVHITEHORSE
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Baggage inspected
and checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of
train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tick
et and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Leaves
No. 2 S. Bound
1st class
4 20 p. m.
2 45 "
1 45 "
1 10 "
11 25 a. m.
9 15 "
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MUGGY MO CALM
!!' , -himIII'IMIH.^
The result of the observation taken
at Moora wbmt at tuiduight, Aplli. 7,
1910, ts as follows.
Temperature time ohserv&t'n 37 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours 4(> above
Mln. " " " 37 above
Mean " " " " 4 1 i above
Barometer 2y 40
C o dy and calm
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whitehorse i2abov
Lower Le barge 30
Atlin
Hootaiinqua !
Big Salmon 30
Yukon Crossing --
Selkirk 20
Coffee Creek
Stewart 13
Otfilvie 1
Dawson v
GRAND REDUCTION OF STOCK
SALE
The Pack Train is now selling a
big lot of Good Goods ut reduced
prices as they are getting too olii
to hold and sell at a profit. Yours,
tf. Herman Griinu:
B. B. B. pipes need no dcscrrptioi
| and can only be had at TONY DOK
! TERO'S.
None better or purer than Gibsu;
[ Rye and Val Blatz Beer. Order
[ by Phone promptly delivered.
The Mascot.
French Briar Pipes, Meerschaui
Pipes, Cigar Cases and Tobacc
Pouches at TONY DORTERO'S.
U. S Mail Steamer
I Carrying Passengers and Mail wi
, leave Skagway for Haines
! Every
[ Monday, Wednesday and Frida
1 Returning leaves Haines for Sk.i;
way at 2 P. M.
r .
f FARE ONE WAY SI.50: ROUND TRIP S2-5
BOAT CAN BE CHARTERED FO
1 EVENINGS
. Cable Code "Hegg" Phone S
t SKAGWAY
fUNEAU S. S. GO'S
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Rerners Buy, June&i
tlo .na, Tcnuket:, Sitkii and W a) port
SA ILS?
EVERY TUESDAY
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUGtJTON, Afjcn'
> Broadwav and Fiftb Ave. phon*
STEAMERS FOR
. .coma
\ .ctor'.i, Vancouver, Anacortei, Bellin^licn'
Evrrett, Olympia, Port Town.<cnd, Soulh
Bc'lmglvnn, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San D?ego
G. \V. ANDRE". S. G A. P. D. C. D. DUNANN, G. I'. A.
113 im 1 12 Market St., San Franciaco
n" /co to chanee this Schedule
N "?'T St' I !NGS WELL BE
Cottage City April 7-18-29 May 28
City of Seattle April 10-21 May2-13
PR. NT. II S :j / 7 gent, 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
1 1
1 'r; r u a Mail and Alaska Pacilic Expreu
int of tbe Tf>st PftSBPtifer Steamer
j S. S. JEFFERSON April 13
S. S. DOLPHIN April 20
? ' u i line ^ate without notice*
C n. GUPTJLL, Agent. Phone 66
wtr .?? . -jsHEEfmatm
fe" Canadian Pacific RjrJR&
(i .C. CC AST SFR VICE)
llSSK PRINCESS MAY
Aprib S 28 May 8 18 28
i6 '?
ci; v v. itaoui notice
* 1! fi" i >r \ aitcoUVt r, ? ictorift, Seatt1*, via Prince Rupert
i
F. F. W LOWLE A g*nt
ffumboldt^
Will bail From
| SKAGWAY for SEATTLE and Way Ports
i
APRIL nth
t ??
Sailing date subject to change without notice.
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W. W. BOUGHTON,
- . PHONE90AGT,5t?4BROAD?VAY ^
Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Hor-e, Big Salmon. I) wson nd Ini rmedla'e Yukon River PoiDts.
The Dew placer camps in the Aisek .".mi K'uas ' fining ?cts are r-.s- bed only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, whennavigg is cloRr-ii, ? ns will continue running between
Skagway and White Horse. A thrcn< ; . Pa- 1 Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stags ???..? be ? 1 ?? 1 :iort - at d Pawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, e White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the ! ? ' ' . ? ' nd fabulously rich quattz camp
of the Windy Arm District., take out to C i! u
For information re!: live t.? ? ic rates, apply
to any r> rent of the Company. or to*
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
P. B. WURZP.ACHER Gen Agen
varc ? Alaska