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ESNRISK" 1831 OtOtST QAILT KEWSPVER 11 IlISM
* * = " 1 -J" ?i- I
OFUCliL CITY PAPER L. ?. KELLER. PubHuhw.
Admitted t! second clMM mall matter Jaly 8. 1S?S. at ttf Skayw?r P.O
Oop* for i-hM(r ?t iMtwrttemctti mint b? la by 1 o'cfcwk p. m. to
ta?ar> insertion **?m? <la> . VlrrrtUinf rates on *p{?Uratton.
The DaH? Alaskan charges for all j>ubllaaUoua not solicited, which
Include# all notice*, other than churches or charitable societies
Run:
On# <xU h by mail "5
On# moatti by f*rrlw
Thnt* months by mail .. ..126
St* month* by mail 4 60
On# y*ar by mall . , ? ? ? ? 9 00
SiihN< riptiot** *n<l \>>T?rt liwwiU r?c?lT?d by
New* ?T,
ft. W. i^rrtw, Y. T.
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K. L IHInMut . . . . AUin, B. C.
KHIer 1H*# Hatix-v Aliiwk*
EDITORIAL PAGE
H i
While some of the r#c*!illy elect
ed member* of the Alaska terri
torial legislature are running
around the country trying to land
political jobs for themselves, it is
a pleasure to learn that at least
man oi t hat honorable borty is
giving attention to the dutieo that
tho people elected him to perform,
and that is Senator Roden of the
Fourth division He has asked the
people to come forward through the
newspapers and give him all the in
formation and advice they can, that
he may use it in the formation of
j?i?* lavs for Alaska. He is mak
ing a study of conditions and needs
He is doin$ what the Alaskans
elected hiai to do In a Fairbanks
paper of Feb S5 he says:
"Am a member of the Alaskan
legislature, I, for one, should de
sir* to get an expression of opinion
concerning some of the matters that
will unquestionably come up for
consideration and action by the log
MMirt. Many of the questions
that will present themselves are
new and there are no precedents by
which to be guided As far I
hare b?cn able to ascertain. ??
other territory within the boundar
ies of the United States has ever
(Men in a position simiUr to the
one in which Alaska now is They
all have had some sort of county
administration, which we la t. and
many powers were delegated to ih>
?moors of the county.
? probably the first question for
consideration will be the raising
of revenue Some money must be
raised, if for no other purpose
than to take care of those unfor
tunate indigents who are now ar
rested and convicted as vagrants
when they should be taken care o.
In a hospital Where shall we place
the taxes? At present the bus*
ness man pays a federal licence
sod. ia incorporated towns, a mttni
clpal tax Shall we. addition
thereto, impose a te.xitorial tax.
when he *s already paying more
than he can afford? Sh#B we place
the tax upon the miner's output, a*
has been suggested by some. Per
sonally 1 am opposed to such a
course My present idea is to sug
g?wt the levying of a tax against all
foreign corporations, that is. cor
poratuu.s which are not organ iied
under the laws of Alaska and are
doing business in Alaska I have
not determined to my own satis
faction on what basis such a tax
should be levied, that is, whether
on their capital stock or on their
property valuation Terhaps the
imposition of an annual franchise
computed npon the basis of the
amount o* capital employed in the
territory wonld be fair and would
b? paid by those who exploit the
Territory and le>avc nothing behind
except that which they cannot car
ry off
"Another matter of importance is
legislation that may affect the min
ing Industry Personally 1 hare a
!>w faults to find with the recently
enacted mining laws. I think they
cause tnach confusion, some ex
pense and open the door wide to
fraud asd perjury
Under t' e present law the re
cording of a location notice Is un
net nary and a locator will not
lose his clvm for failure to re
cord The question: "Where shall
we take off the fraction*' has
been and still is the source of
mueh troaMe and always will be
uattl settled by legislative act. Un
der the new lav the written power
of attorney must be executed with
great legal precision and formal
ities, it must be acknowledged be
fare a notary public and may be
recorded ?n any re.^ording office In
the divuloc In other word*, your
partner may locate a rial n for you
In the Tenderfoot country and re
cord his power of attorney at Ta
kotna or Georgetown, in the Kuako
kwiui valley ; or he may stake you
a da.ra in the Aniak chantry and
record tW power of attorney at.
Caro la the Chandlar. Will not
that make much business for the
lawyers? There are a number of
otter impracticable propositions la
the new law. one of which Is the'
doing of one hundred dollars' worth
o* labor during the year of loca
tion Suppose you stake a claim
od the last day of the year, what
then? Perhaps you will say that
you may continue the doing of the
work into the next year. But the
new law says: 'during the year In
which the location ia made.'
"These are two vital questions
that will be up for consideration
and now stems to me to be the
time for thoae who are Interested
in them to express their views so
that the legislature may have the
benefit of them."
Fairbanks Camp Arctic Brother
hood at a recent meeting, passed a
resolution of thanks to ihe grand
arctic chief a.id the grand arctic re
corder for their actions in refusing
to grant the establishment of camps
without the precincts of the sacred
fifty-four twenty. Another very
commendable thing which they did
was to resolve to lay the squabble
en the table and not embroil the
Brotherhood In baby squsbbles.
which must ultimately be Its rtiln
i' persisted In.
Terhapa there was a mistake
made in attempting to establish the
i>rder outside of the original Jurls
.ltclion. but a greater mistake will
oe made If the matter continues to
b threshed out and fought over,
long after the causes which led to
the break have been settled. The
Pali banks (.'amp has shown wis
dom tn tabling the whole thing, af
ter they got what was wanted.
At. the next meeting of the grand
i-amp It will only be necessary to
i i>ass a law forbidding that locals
shall ever be established below
fifty-four twenty, and that future
?ntnd ramps be held In Alaska. In
the meantime keep the secrets of
the lodge secret. That Is the way
it appears to one who is not a
j member of the organisation.
The following report of the Fair
banks Camp seesion Is taken from
the l>aily Times:
At the meeting of the Fairbanks
camp of the Arctic Brotherhood,
which was held last evening at
Kagle hall, resolutions were adopt- 1
ed commending the action of the
Srrand camp officials In refusing to
grant charters to camps for Seat
tle and Vancouver. There was con- I
sidcrable discussion In the matter, I
? ith some favoring secession, but
ifter the telegrams from the grand
Arctic chief and grand Arctic re
corder. stitlng that no charters;
would be granted, were read, there,
was a disposition manifested to let ?
the matter ride until the next ses
sion of th? grand camp It was the
opinion of the members, however,
that the next grand camp session
should be secured for Alaska, as
?eU as all the following ones, as
ihe territory north of the original
jurisdiction 1s the logical place for
grand camp sessions.
I
I Pari* Polio* Report*
At the protector* of police In Paris
J are piwrvfd the moot chararteriatie
report* <1r*wn np by policemen during
the l?*t thirty years. Thtrn. one guard
ian of the law announce* hts disco re ry
of "tfcr .vL. Heron of a bead whose own
er I war unable t? And " Another,
n Itb a lore for brevity, wrote. "This
j avntleman r*ve me bit card of meni
?H>r?hlp of the Society of Animals."
J Vet another solemnly deposes that
! the Injured man waa nnable to write,
' seeing that both of hfe feet were
ertuhed*" "TW doctor we sent tor
, stated that the tnjnrsd man bad bta
whol* body covered with ronfnslaos,"
' *** found in another report.
Firemen's dance Saturday night
at Elka hall
BOOKS.
A EltW library, growing larger
c\?y vrwr, h an honorable part d
a man ? bntocy It a> a bmt ? duty
to have boob. A library a not a
limnrv. Hot owe ol the neoetsarie* ol
hie. Poob are not made (or fur
niture. but there a nothing else that
sobeawt luHv funwhea a house * * *
Give u? a house famished with
books rsthrt than himiture. ? Henry
Ward Eeechet.
A
Complete
Stock
Our stock of Drugs, Patent Medi
cines, Kubber Goo ilfl. Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, sJTntlonery, Candle*, etc ,
U complete and we are able to tup- ,
ply our customer* with everything
usually found In a first clans 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
WILLIAM MUTT, Ph. G.
Druggist
tftorm Nt ttcaffwa) iuxI 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.
ROME cno WN 8 P R 1 N ?
CHICKE N
The rack fratn Keslaurant
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS I
Sanitarium Alaska gj
'?artre, C>?n, Individual Baths
Abundance of T7?,ter. Best of
Hotel Accommodations. Fur
nithed Cabin* for Rent. . . .
Rxoellent Hunting and Fishing.
Motor Boating and Sailing.
Steamer Georgia from Jnneau
makes aeml-monUdy viilta. In
formation and rat?e upon requeat
Dr. F. L. Goddard, F rop.
Health Resort
ALASKA!
GOOD
COAL
1 here la a great deal of utlafactlon
in the us# of coal that ia bright and i
clean.
Moore's V/harf Co.
'Phon# 10. Skagway, Alaaka.
There 1a economy in coal that glvea
you a dollar's worth of beat unlta
for every dollar lnveated ? that*
CLEAN
COAL
TOOORBS' WHRRF CO.
Terminus W. P. A T. Route.
A HScuthbouudSteaniert-Airive and Depart From This D(xk
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a sn. to 6 p. m.
fNorUhaMee ONLT delivered on Sunday or at night
All freight shipment* destined southbound mutt be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (papera oan be obtained at die U. S. cus
toms office) and must he delivered befece 5 p. m. No freight will be
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAGOAJ8? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAQOAOE ONLT
No charge for bags and gripe when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer la rearing
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
I P. O. Bex 17*. E. J. SHAW, General Manager j
The White Pass &Yukon Route
T1MK TARLK NO. SO.
Mondays, WerinfMlaya and FHIajt.
'?1. I IMH11M1
1st cUm
8:30 t. m. I .eaves
| 11:05 "
11:40 "
19:38 p. m. "
2:00 " -
4: 18 ** Arrives
NKAiU'AV
WHITK PASJ*
IK HI CABIN
BENNKTT
CARIBOU
WHITKHORSK
.><>. - n. iHiumi
lbt class
Arrives 8:S!0 p. m.
Leaves 1:40 '
" 12:4? '?
" 11:00 ?. m.
10:2.% "
leaves 8: 15 **
Passengers must be at depot* tn time to hare Uncftnpe Inspected
and checked. Inspection U stopped 30 minutes bo for* leaving time of
trains.
160 pounds of baggage will be checked Tree wltli each full far*
ticket aad 76 pounds with each half fare ticket
;1nncau Steamship Co.
U. S. MAIL 8TKAMKR
Georgia
Juneau-Sitka Route
Loaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp
sum, Tenakee, KlUtsnoo and Sit
ka Jan. 22. 28. Fob I, 9. 15. 21.
27, Mch 5. 11. 17, 22, 29. Leaves
Juneau for Punter and Chatham,
8 a.m., Jan. 28, Fob. II, Mch. 17.
Leaves Juneau for Ty?*. I a m.,
Jan. 22, Feb. 21. Mar. 12
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Statics, Kldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
Skagway, 8 a.m., /an. >0, 29,
Feb. 1, 7, 12. 1>. 25, M*r I, 9.
15, 21, 27. Returning Leaves I
Skagway following day at I a.m.
WILLIS K. JfOWELL, Manager.
For 3 5c. you can get a wholaome,
home cooked meal at the New Home
Restaurant, 5th areuno, Just off of
Broadway.
FRK8H EA8TKRW OY8TKR8
In any quantity, on the half shell,
first of the season, at the Pack
Train Restaurant.
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Victoria, Vfiinrn. A?*r<wv*. BvflinftiM
Enrtt, CMjrmpw. Put Tu"wJ. S?*k
Bclkr^.a, E?*U !W? BmWi, Meat*
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
C W. ANDREWS. G. A. P. D. C D. f)L'NANN. P. TJ *
V <*t ,?.r*m4 t. <-?>?**? S<**l-k
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Curacao -- Feb . 20
V. A. PETERSON, Agent
2nd <fc Broadway. Skagway, Alaska
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. ft. MAIL AND W?LL?PARGO EXRRCM
Nett aalltnc at ttwa M p ?? ?n<H
JEFFERSON
Feb. - 22
Company rtmmrrm Um rlgM I* <*WNT ?*JUnx <tat?a wlOww*
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. ?. OUPTILL, AOINT.
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C COAST SERVICE)
Sailings
FROM SKAGWAY
PRINCESS MAY
I Feb. 13 - 27
I March 12 - 22
April 2-12-23
May 3-14-24
Sabjwst to oh?o*? ?|ih ?? N
Vancouver, Vidoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
Pho*. 87 F. F. W. LOWLE Ag?nt
Steamship Humboldt
IDE Mir UHEPEWOl SIEM5HIP OfEMfUS ITU'S, f. IIISU
Will tail from Seattle for all Soofheaatrra Alaakaa Porta
About March 1st
flailing date *ub^t to rhan*? without sottc*
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
?Mkttl* Olflofl Tlckrta ?n?1 *11 Infor
Tl? KW. n HARTMIOSKI*. Mh * Brmtw'T.
WHITE PASS S YUKON ROUTE
Winter Route
Stage Se rvice
During, the winter aeaaon of H?f2-i?18, n through Mull, Pmwwkbi . and Freight Beriite will
he maintained between White Home ami I>?w*on, affording all pnwlhle mm fort for tr?rH?m
b>- mean* of a
Thoroughly Equipped'Stage
and Automobile Line
For the winter *oa*on the Company'* fomfortahte train* will operate on a trt-irfHI/ arh niaU b?
twecn Skagimy and White Heine, train* leering each terminal on Monday*. WMne?i?f? and
Fridajn.
For Information relative to pmwflpr wmI freight r*l? "PT'j ??
H. WHKKliCIR, Rapt, Mail Serrlre I>epartment, ? ? ? ?
O. L. DIOKISHON, PrmMent,
We make telegraphic transfer of fund* to or frran Vanmnrer or Real tie.
WhltaHon*. T. T.
Skagmar. Ali