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k OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
idalttifl u second clut null matter
July 8. 1S9S, at the Postotflce
at Skasway, Alaska.
L. ?. Keller, Publisher.
Subscription Rates.
Om month by mall 76
Oh month by carrier 1.00
TfcrM months by mall 2.2
Six months by mall 4.60
Om year by mall 9.00
Subscriptions and advertisement
received by:
Bennett News Co. .. Whltehorse, Y. T
E. W. Gideon Carcross, Y. T.
K. L. Pillman Atlln, B. C.
B. a. Barnet Haines, Alaska.
8?AL INDUSTRY IS A PROTECTED
GRAFT.
While, atrictly speaking. the Pribi
lot islands are not In Alaskan terri
tory and would. In any event, be un
der control of the federal government
the conduct of the sealing industry in
Alaskan waters Is a fair example of
the manner In which the commercial
resources of the north have been ruth
lessly exploited for private gain and
corporate greed.
Under a contract with the federal
government, the North American Coi>
mercial company is allowed to kill
15.000 seals each year. The corpor
ation pays the government 110.22 for
each seal skin, whereas fur buyers at
Sitka frequently pay as high as $25
for seal skins In big lots. In this
particular respect alone the govern
ment is not getting value received
for the privilege of seal killing.
But when It is considered that the
North American Commercial commer
cial company has an absolute mono
poly of seal killing In the Pribilof
Islands and farthermore that it costs
the federal government not less than
$280,000. probably far more, every
year to protect the seals from the
poachers, some idea of the mag
nitude of the "graft" of the N.
A. C. company can be obtained. The
government grants the company the
exclusive fiekl at a low rate per seal
and then spends more than twice the
amount received in protecting the N.
A. C. company in its monopoly.
This has been going on for years
and careful statisticians have estimat
ed that since 1890 the N. A. C. com
piny has taken seal skins amounting
In total value close to $25,000,000 and
that the government has received less
than $3,000,000.
It Is impossible to estimate what
It has cost the government during this
period in maintaining revenue cutters
and special agents to guard the Isl
ands and In prosecuting and caring
for the captured seal poachers. Cer
tainly the figure is far In excess of
what the N. A. C. company has paid
for its fat monopoly.
It would be interesting to know ex
actly why the N. A. C. company is
allowed to profit at the expense of
the government.
GAME LAWS ARE 8AD.
One reason for desiring a territorial
form of government for Alaska Is
that It will enable us to get some
form of legislation enacted as the
demand for it becomes apparent. At
present no matter how imperative may
be the requirements it takes years
to get it before congress where it
will be investigated to death or pig
eonholed until the generation that
asked for it is slumbering in the ca
pacious bosom of Abraham.
Just now we need some sensible
game laws. At the present rate of
slaughter v?e won't have a deer left
In the Northland at the expiration of
ten years. Alaska venison is cel
ebrated as the most delicately flavor
ed venison in the world. It Is an
Indigenous food supply that enables
prospectors to work for months in
the mountains and thereby uncover
great mineral deposites.
Today this meat is sold in markets,
smuggled out of the country, fed by
corporations the year around to men
In mining camps, and worst of all
the deer in countless numbers are
destroyed by wolves which ravage the
hlUs.
A territorial legislature would put
a bounty on wolves, stop the sale of
venison, close the season with the ex
ception of a month or two, limit the
number to two to or three during a
season, make all foreign hunters take
out a license and pay for it, and do
it ail in three weeks, whreeas it would
take congTess a lifetime to do any
one of these.
What Alaska nee'ls Is conservation
of our meat supply. A deer reserve
is worth a hundred forest reserves. ?
Ketchikan .Miner,
Which yet my soul seeketh, but
I find not: one man among a thous
and 1 found: but a woman among all
those have 1 not found. ? Ecclesiastes,
7?28.
The erstwhile editor of the Katalla
Herald may become a candidate for
delegate from Alaska. He should be
a Strong candidate.
Home rule for Alaska.
THE "SLEEPING BEAUTY" AWAKE
"O oji her lover's arm she leant,
And far across the hills they
In that new world which Is tho old.
Across the hills and far away
Beyond their utmost purple rim.
And deep Into the dying day
The happy princess followed him.
"I'd sleep another hundred years,
O love, for such another kiss:"
"Oh. wake forever, lovo!" she hears.
"O love, 'twas such as this and this!"
And o'er them many a sliding star
And many a merry wind was borne.
And. streamed through many a golden
bar.
The twilight melted Into morn.
"O eyes long laid in happy sleep!'"
"O happy sleep that lightly tied!"
"O happy kiss that woko thy sleep!"
'O lovo. thy kiss would wake the
dead!"
And o'er them many a (lowing range
Of vapor buoyed the crescent bark.
And. rapt through many a rosy change.
The twilight died Into the dark.
"A hundred summers! Can It be?
And whither goest thou? Tell mo
where."
"Oh. seek my father's court with me. ;
For there are greater wonders there." i
And o'er the hills and far away
Beyond their utmost purple rim.
Beyond the night, across the day.
Through all the world she followed j
?Tennyson's "Day Dream."
New Idea In Egg Boiling.
Porcelain eggs that are hollow and
unscrew make the Infest egg hollers.
They are of various slr.es, necordlug as
the break faster wants one. two or three
eggs. In their usage the cook o|iens
the real egg. drops Its contents into
tho egg of (Kircelaln. takes it ofT when
It Is soft, medium er hard, as required,
and serves it in the |?oreeInln .'hat
cooked it. set In a little silver stand.
The advantage of this novel egg l>oIler
is that no hiiii egirs, but only good
ones, need he boiled, and the service Is
achieved In a manner the least trouble
some and the most n j>i>etl::!ng.
His Specialty.
"Klpps makes mountains out of mole
hills!"
"Yes. He is the writer of advertis
ing circulars for a picturesque sum
mer resort."? Puck.
And around her waist she felt
It fold.
went
him.
Fun For the Boy.
"So you tried to convince your son
that he was not too old to be subjected
to corporal discipline ?'
"That's what I did," answered Farm
er Corntosxel. "I gave him a good
old fashioned dressln* down In the
woodshed Jes" the same as if he had
been teu years youuger."
"What did be do?"
"He Jes* laughed an" said it remind
ed him of the good times be had when
he was beln' initiated in bis collego
fraternity."? Washington Star. _
Where Courtesy Prevails.
"The South Americans are very po
lite." said the man who travels.
"Naturally." auswered Miss Cay
enne. "In some of those republics It
is not safe to slight tbe humblest citi
zen. There is no telling what momenc
be may become president."? Washing
ton Star.
Marriage.
"Marriage may be compared to a
tram car." said a conflrmed bachelor.
"Why?" asked bis fair partner.
"Because some people are just as
anxious to get out of It as others are
to enter!"? London Telegraph.
Foretiflht.
Little Willie? Say. pa, what Is fore
sight? Pa- Foresight, my son. Is th*
faculty of being around when there Is
a melon to be cut.-Chlcago News.
Circumstances are not In our power;
virtues are.? Karrar.
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
Don't Mistake the Cause of Your
Troubles.
Many people never suspect their
kidneys. If suffering from a lame,
weak or aching back they think thiit
it Is only muscular weakness; tfhen
urinary trouble sets In thwy think it
will soon correct itself. Aud so it
is with all the other symptoms
of kidney disorders. Tha* is
where the danger lies. You must
cure these troubles or they may lead
to diabetes or Brlght's disease. The
best remedy to use is Doan's Kidney
Pills. It cures all ills which are caus
ed by weak or diseased kidneys. Res
Idents of this vicinity are constantly
testifying to permanent cures.
H. R. McCarver, 268 Holllday St.,
Portland, Ore., says:
"Some years ago Doan's Kidney
Pills proved of great benefit to me
and I publicly recommend them.
Since that time I have advised many
of my fellow workmen to give them
a trial and the results of their use
have been satisfactory in every inst
ance. I believe kidney trouble and
backache in my cose was brought on
by a cold. I had always been skeptic
al regarding proprietary medicines
tu' somehow what I read about
Doan's Kidney Pills impressed me so
much that I began their use. Relief
soon followed and I have had no ser
ious return of kidney complaint
since."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name ? Doan's ? and
take no other.
HEATED AND LIGH iED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
ttlbiie Pass fiotel
P. D McMillan, Manager
Largest and best appointed fiotel ia tbe VttRon
CHOICE BAR STOCK 77|k{f AkAf<A V T
RATES MODERATE WUHVUVIIIj X* !??
. . ? ?VU W a.'tiiUUwi.H
X HEADQUARTERS FOR FIRST CLASS CAFE 3*
? ATLIN-CONRAD STAGE IN CONNECTION "**
CHOICE BAR STOCK
Caribou Hotel
E. w. GIDEON, Proprietor
Carcross, Y. T.
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
i. FURNACE HEATED
The White Pass AYukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 22.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound
1st class
8 30 a. m. Leaves
10 00 M
Arrives
11 00 "
11 30 "
1 30 p. m.
3 45 "
SKAC UAY
WHITE PASS
LOG ABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITE HORSE
Passengers must be at depos in time to have Baggage inspect
ed and chocked. Inspection Is stopp d 30 minutes before leaving time of
train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
tlrket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S. Bound
1st class
3 20 p. m.
1 45 "
12 42 "
12 10 "
10 25 a. m.
8 15 "
SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW
I
The result of the obaor\atloo talcon
?t Moore wharf At midnight, Nov. 14,
1909, Is aa follows
Temporaturo time obaorvat'n 27 *bove
Max. temp, preceding 24 hours 33 above
Mln. " . " " " 24 abovo
Mean " " " " 281 above
Barometer 30.12
. Snowing and calm.
V ?
INTERIOR WEATRER.
Whitehorae
Lower Lebarge.
Big Salmon
Yukon Crossing
Selkirk
Cd^Tfte Creek .
Stewart ........
Ogilvie
Dawson
Forty Mllo ......
. 3 below
. 10 above
. 10 below
. 10 "
15 above
15 ?'?
10 "
lb "
8
FOR SALE. ? A National Cash Reg
ister in good condition. Inquire at
this office. tf.
KLOCK'S JERSEY BUTTER.
This 's without doubt ho best but
ter to be obtained in any market.
A fresh consignment received every
ten days and-wo guarantee its purity.
All. kinds of fresh and salt meats,
poultry, fish and game constantly on
'land.
Frye-Bruhn Co.
ROYAL A.GUNNISON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
P. O. BOX E. JUNEAU ALASKA
JUNEAU 8. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIC El TED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mali
For Raines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Oounu, Troakee, Sitka and Wayporu
SAILS
Nov. 2 8 14 20 26 !
at 8:30 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr.,Junoau
W. W. BOUUHTON, A^ent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. - phone 00
U. S Mail Steamer
Carrying Passengers and Mail will
leave Skagway for Haines
Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M.
FARE ONEWAY SI.50: ROUND TRIP 52.50
BOAT CAN. BE CHARTERED FOR
EXCURSIONS SUNDAYS AND
EVENINGS
Cable Code "Hegg" Phone SG
SKAGWAY
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, 1
Victoria, Vancouver, Anicorlci, Qcllin^han<
Everett, Olympia, Port Town end, Soutli
Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los Angeles* ?asi Diego
C. W. ANDREWS. C. A. P. D. C. D. DUNANN, G. P. A.
1 13 Jamei St., Seattle I !2 Market St., San Francuco
Rlcht roaerved to chango this Schedulo
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
S. S. COTTAGE CITY
November 14, 25 December 7, 19
FRANK H. STUART Agent, 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Carrying U. S. M&U'aod AlMka Pacific Kxprogt
Neit Salllnp of the Fast Passentrer Steamer
S. S JEFFERSON
November 9, 20 December 1
Company reserves rlffht to change sallln? dat.e wi'hout notice"
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Aridtinr.ai <
Through Tickets to Sun Franclaco
C. B. GUPTJIiL, Agent Plione G6
urn i mmnwnin hi n
Canadian Pacific RyiM
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
Winter Schedule of Sailings From Skagway
S^AMSHIP.^ PRINCESS MAY
November 13-27 December 11 - 26 1
January 8-22 February 6-19
Subject lo change wit.iout notice
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
F. F. W. LOWLE. Agei
Phone 87
53S3SI
I L' '~j TITWfl
The Hamboldt S. S. Co.
Sailing Dates Subject to Change Without Noticc
S. S. HUMBOLDT
November 12 - 24 Dec. 5
SEATTLE OFFICE
S 103 YESLER WAY
W. W. BOUGHTON,
PHONE 90 SKAGWAY AGT
(F
Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Horso, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new. placer camps In the Alseknnd Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via Whito Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation iscloscd, daily trains will continue runniug between
Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service wi'! bo maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and pas4Bngers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
Intermediate points.
For Conrad'City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quaiti camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to passeage*, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
1 to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L. RERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACB KR Gen Agen
Vanconver B. C. and Skag-uay, Alack* Bkaguay, Alaska
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