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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted as secoud clans mail matter
July S. 1W?. at the Postofflce
at Skmjway, Alaska.
L. S. Keller, Publisher.
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On? year by mail
THE JUDICIARY ANO THE PEO
PLE.
.VI. J. Cordon, formerly a u pre me
judge of the state of Washington,
was arrested yesterday charted with
embezzling $9,000. Mil" Hoot, also
a supreme judge Of the HHUie .state,
was censured by tliv bar assocla
lion lor accepting railroad ticket*
and campaign expenses from the
Or eat Northern railroad, the pn-suinp
tion being that be favored the rail
road in deciding litigation. Charges
of unwarranted i>olitical activity, neg
lect of duty', and of showing favorite
ism. have been filed against Judge
Held ol the Tmrd Alaska division,
lie Is even now being investigated by
the department of justice.
Wben suspicion poiuLs towards
many of the men who conduct our
courts is it surprising that often the
courts themselves are looked upon
witb contempt and legal justice is
luade a sarcastic by- word? Our
judges should be jbove suspicion,
Ke-ir honesty should be unquestioned.
Such a judge is Koval A. Cuiiniaun
of the First Alaska judicial division.
Yet today a ile.egatlou from Juneau,
representing a cabal of petty politic
ians, is in Washington lighting his
re-appointment. Judge Gunnison may
be dilatory sometimes, and it is cer
tain that lie devotes more attention
to his duties than to making political
alliances. The-e are hut offences.
But his honesty is unquestioned and
his legal ability has been proved.
If through the machinations of Gov
ernor Hoggatt and his clique we lose
Judge Gunnison we may be a long
time iu finding his equal.
LET US ALL WRITE KINDLINESS
ON OUR FACES.
1.00
.75
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4.50
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"As a man thinks, so is he."
preached the pastor of one of our
largest Washington churches. "At
'he age of 40 or 30 years a man has
his thoughts chiseled upon his face."
Do your friends think of you as
one who smiles easily and often, as
one whose sympathies are so dearly
written about your eyes and mouth
that they turn to you instinctively?
New Year's resolution;: do not usu
ally amount to much. No man has
ever made himself over in a day.
Some of us have conceived new pur
poses suddenly and have written
them so resolutely on our hearts that
they have changed our lives. But
the strength was there before.
But there is a resolution which we
might all take for the New Year. It
Is this:
"That 1 will smile as a habit."
We may not succeed altogether at
first. But a failure today will not
mean one tomorrow. No matter how
many days we fail, we shall yet be
the richer for every day we succeed.
And the oftener we smile the easier
it will become. ? Cleveland Leader.
UNEASY LIES THE HEAD THAT
WEARS THE CROWN.
Dispatches from Constantinople tell
of a recently discovered plot to as
sassinate the Sultan of Turkey. In
today's Alaskan there is a dispatch
from Spain relating a recent attempt
made to murder Queen Victoria.
There is a jingle which runs: "The
world is so full of such beautiful
things that should all be as happy
as kings." But are kings happy? If
the staudard of human happiness
reached its superlative in our mon
archs this old sphere would indeed be
a "valw of tears."
Thrust willy-nilly Into positions thaC,
about three-fourth* of them are unfit ;
to occupy, bound by convention and J
tradition, with a pretense of real
power yet more or lean hampered by i
constitutional lawn, with no real pri
vacy, and always threatened by the
spectre of assassination, probably I
klugs and queens are the most miser
able of beings.
Theirs Is the shadow of life without|
Its substance. Oentle Will spoke tru
ly when he said, "Uneasy lies tho |
head that wears the crown."
The committee on military af
fairs in the House of Representa
tives recommended yesterday that the
Alaska Road commission be given an
appropriation of $350,000 for road
construction this year. This waji
the sum asked for. The Itoad com
mission's work is of the utmost im
portance to Alaska ami it Is gratify
ing to see no curtailment of tholr ap
propriation.
The wholesale perjury revealed in
the trials of the Tennessee "Night
Riders" may be partially explained by
the fact that the trial took place In
a community of fishermen So much
for habit.
Burglars In Missouri stole a com
plete set of Roosevelt's books How
would the president style this sort of
a malefactor?
Krnnia Goldman's board bills must
be light. She is a guest of the jails
in most of the cities she visits.
Have your pipes frozen yet?
Lams uo the l'?e of Water.
The manual on the national and state
laws regarding the use of water
which the conservation commission Is
compiling must prove to Ik- a timely
volume. Water, like air. has been I
usually looked upon as free for all,
except In certain special and well de
fined cases. The fact that there Is a
very wide difference of opinion
throughout the country as to where ;
the right to use begins and euds Is
proved by the variety of laws on the
subject uoi\ in force.
l.eg:ii .-on tile IS orer water rights j
have been numerous In this country,
and the number N likely to Increase
with the growing Interest In long dis
tance waterways, irrlystlon and water
power.
It Is promised that the mauual,
which will l<e widelj distributed, will
be a ready reference handbook and
staff brletly the principles underlying
tbe various laws elted and the present
tendencies of lawmaking and decisions
on this Important subject. Oppressive
monopoly of water ennnot be allowed.
If the laws seem on a narrow but
tenable Interpretation to Justify It the
public cannot l>e apprised too soon.
There Is some water left ? hlcb Is not
controlled by monopoly, and It never
can be controlled If the people are as
alert as the would be monopolists.
Our Population Limit.
It I* often predicted that this coun
try will Iihvo a population of ut least
2iV?.0O<>,0"0, perhaps l??f<>re the end of
this century. The basis for t his as
sumption If. of course the remarkable
growth of the last tlfty years. But in
order to double the present figures the
country would have to look to some
thing else than native fertility.
Immigration has peopled the I'nited
States to a great extent. But Immi
gration. as pointed out by Mr. W. S.
Rosslter of the census bureau, cannot
be relied u|H>u to keep up the rate of
Ini-rease for a long period in the fu
ture. The limit fixed by this authori
ty Is 130.0u0.000, and after 10.10 lie
thinks the population will remain sta
tionary. Our gains from Immigration
have always been fluctuating, not
steady. Foreigners come here to bet
ter themselves. Whenever the pros
pect has changed thej have ceased to
come, and Mils will doubtless be the
rule In the future.
We may look for "How to Live on a
Factory Hand's Five Dollars a Week."
by Theodore. Jr., lu the first Issue of
Roosevelt's Magazine.
We may also be thankful that the
brilliant stars and planets now smiling
on us are not looking for votes or
Christmas presents.
Very natural for the Swiss to win
out In that international balloon race.
They are born and bred to go lu high
altitudes.
The brisk demand for typewriters
In Turkey probably means more words
than deeds out of the Young Turks.
C'hauncey Depew's ''three uew cam
l*algu joke*" turned out to Imj ol<J ones
with new pure food labels
The result of the observation tanei. :
ftt Moore wnarl at mldnk'bt, Jun. 21ih I
I90i?, l> M follows
Temperature time observat'n. 1 below
Max. temp, proeedlnp 24 hours 0 below
Mtn. " " " " ? below
Mean " " " " "* .1 below
Barometer 29 66.
Clear, North wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whitehotse, 46 below
Taglsh ? ? ? - 44 "
Attiu, ....
Hootallnqua ... (10 "
Big Salmon ? ? ? - ($2 "
Yukon Crossing - - . 08 "
Selkirk ....
Coffee Creek, ... 60 "
Stewart, ? - - ? fi8 "
Ogllvle .... ttrt V
Dawson, ? ? ? ? W "
ITCHING HUMOR
01 LITTLE BOY
His Hands were a Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over His Body
?In Four Days the Child was
Entirely Cured? Mother Strongly
RECOMMENDS CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
"One day wo noticed that our little
boy was ull broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed it on his little
hands. His hands wen- not as bad
th<>n. and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard of the Cuticura Kemedies l>eing
do good for itching sores, etc., that 1
thought I would get them. By this
time the disease had spread all awr his
body, and hU hands were nothing but
a so'lid mass of this itching disease. 1
went to the drug store and purchased
a box of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Cuticura Ointment, and that night I
stripped my little boy and took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water and
wnshi>d him well. Then I dried him
with a soft hath tbwel, and took the
Cuticura Ointment and rubbed him
thoroughly with it. I did this every
evening before I put him to bed and in
three or four nights ho was entirely
cured. You have iny permission ti>
publish this because anybody who suf
f-red as my baby did ought to know of
the Cuticura Remedies. I will surely
and gladly recommend the Cuticura
Remedies, for they an' a godsend to all
suffering with skin diseases. Mrs. Frank
Donahue. "JOS Fremont St., Kokomo,
I Ind.. Sept. 16. t!>07."
PIMPLES
And Blackheads Prevented and
Cured by Cuticura.
Gently smear the face with Cuticura
Ointrrcnt. th*> great Skin Cure, but do
not rub. Wash off the Ointment in Ave
minute with Cuticura Soap and hot
water and continue to bathe the face
freelvfor some minutes. Repeat morn
ing and evening. At other times use
hot water anil Cuticura Soap for bath
ing the face as often as agreeable.
Oorupirt* Kxtrml and Internal Treatment for
Kverv Humor Of Infant*. Children, and Adult*
ron?Nfa of Cuticura Soap (?5c > to Cleanae the Slitn,
Cuticura Ointment (AOe ) to Heal the Skin, ami
Cuticura Resolvent (50c.). (or In the form of Chocolate
Outrd Fill* 24c. per vial of 00) to Purify the Blood
Sold throughout the world. Potter Dm* A Chem.
Corp. Sole Prop* Boston. Mia.
aT'MaHcd Kree. Cuticura Book on 8kln Dl*ea?c?
BRING YOUR OWN JUG.
Mount Vernon Rye and Belmont
Bourbon direct from bond at whole
sale price by the gallon. The Mas
cot, phone 67. Delivery free.
If you want to buy anything adver
tlse for It In The Alaskan.
Why not be cheerful? Poor Lit
tie Herman has just received a con
signment of that famous Cream Rye
A smile guaranteed with every drink
In the Court of the Commissioner
for the District of Alaska, Division
No. 1, Sitting in Probate at Skag
way Precinct, Before H. B. Le
Fevre, Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge.
ht the Matter of the Estate of S.
Luca, Deceased.
Notice of Hearing Final Account.
The administrator of the above-en
titled estate having filed his first
semi-annual account in tho above
entitled Court on tho ICth day of Jan
uary, 1903, and therein praying that
the said account bo deemed a final
account, and it being so ordered. II
is hereby ordered that at the Court
House in the Precinct of Skagway.
District of Alasku, on the 20th day of
Starch, 1009, at the hour of 2 o'clock
In the afternoon, be the date, time
and place set for the hearing of the
said final account.
Gjven under my hand this 16th day
of January, 1909.
H. B. LE FEVRE.
Commissioner and e^ officio
Probate Judge.
Date of first publication Jan. 19.
Data of last publication F?b. 9.
If YOU ONLY
I m
How much real satislac
tion there is in n lx>ttle of
Cucumber and Almond
Cream
You would never be without
it. It is not sticky, contains
no grease, never soiles the
moat dainty fabric, and is
the most soothing, healing
balm for chaps, cracks and J
wind roughened skin, we J
know of. Try a bottle of it.
We garantce satisfaction
WM. BRITT
The Druggist j
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER.I
Having put In a Btoam boiler and |
other machinery wo are better pre
pared than ever to do first-class work |
on short notlcc.
SKAGWAY LAUNDRY
All whiskies nn?l wines served at
the Pack Train Bar Is purchased by
Mr. Grim ^Ilrect from the o.stlllers
and win leu. tf
If you have something you don't
need, why not advertise It for sale |
or exchange In The Alaskan?
Why not put a few crisp readAn
In The Alaskan, advertising your |
long stock, and get rid of It?
JUNEAU 8.6. CO'S.
RLECTRIO LTCHTEIl STRAM
HKATFD STEAM FU
Georgia j
?
Carrying V. S Mull
PQr Haines, Mernrr* Hay, Juneau,;
Hoon?i Teoakcu, Sitka and Wa\ ports;
S^lLS -I
January 12, 19, 2?*>.
February 2, 9, Ifi, 2.1
WILLIS NOWKLl., Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BO0UHT0N, AfODt
8roadwav and Fifth Ave. ''hone 90
U. S Mail Steamer
Carrying Passengers and Mail *ill
leave Skagwav for Haines
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-i
day at 9 A. M.
Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M. same day.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir) $2.50
Pacific CoastS. b. to.
& SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
S? ?.U?, ?l<d Other I'Utfl t 9 >UI I i'vdl
CARRY IMO O.t. M All .
Steamer* of Thli Company Lcare
Um/iGf CITY ? M 30 ffB.I! - 23
Conneotloir with the Company '? Hirun'ri at Seattle for Saw Fa aNCMco,
Southern California, F,a*RKA (II <mboldt Ray) a*d
pgr A hove Schedule Subject to Chanpe Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Swrnd and Broadway, Skafway
Sf.attt.k Tickkt O mc*. 119 St.
C. P. DITNANN, General I'aaaensrer Agent,
112 Mtrk'l s?r??\ 'a- f-r*co!?co, Ca'
Canadian Pacific
RAILWAY
( n. r. (;OA <T SERVICE
RCHRDULR OF 9AII.INO* FROM PKAOWAY
Subject 10 change without notice*
TWIN SCREW
STEAMSHIP
PRINCESS MAY
January 16-30 February 13-27
For Vancouver. Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation nud Smoking Room*
Ticket* to an; part of ".he world and all Information from
Phone 87 F. F. W LOWLE, Agent
j Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. B. Mall and Alaska Pacific Ri pines
Noit Sailing of the Fast Paaseneer Rt*am?r?
Jefferson Jan. 11, 23
Feb. 4. 16, 28
Company rwiorvea right to change tailing date wuno'rt notice
Transfers to Vlotorla and Van?ourrr Without A4 ? ?? . arge
Through Ticket* lo San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone M
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIM EC TABLE No- 18
(Dally Rroept Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound
1st aiass.
s 30 a. ro.
10 CO p. m.
11 00 "
11 31 "
1 31 p. m.
3 4.1
Leave*
Airlrcs
3KAQUAY
WRIT* PASS
LOO CABIN ^
BBNNRTT
CARIBOU
Wnrrit Hojwi
Arrive*
Leaves
Ko. I, 8. Bonn'
1st slaw
2 21 p m
1 45 ?
1* 42 ?'
11 10 "
10 2*) *. a.
A 15 "
Passengers must bo at depots In time to hare Baggage Inspected ao<3
ohcokod. Inspection Is stoppod SO minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pound* of baggage will be cbeoked free with oach fall far* ticket
ftnd 7f. pound'* with each half fare tloknt
*?;r
to
Through Line From
Skapway 10 Atiin, While Horse, Big Salmon, I>*wton and Intermedial Yukon River Po'nte.
Tne new placer camps In the Aluek and Kluane Mining Dl?trlcu Are reached onlr via White florae
Winter Route Stage Service
During the win'er season, when navigation iaclo?rd, dally train* will continue running between
Pkarw.iv and White Flors*. A through Mall. Pa??enger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stags Line be'weer Whlto Hotm- and Dawaoe.
s
Regular states, carrying mall, expreaa and pas-engera, leave White R.^rae for Oaweon and
intermediate pointa.
Kor Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabuloutly rich quail* eamp
of the Wlndv Arm PUtrict, take our dally train* Ui Caribou.
For Information rtlatlvo t<vpaMon|fC', frelf(bl and telegraphic ratea. i?p; >
to any agent of the Company, or to
TRAFFIC OFPARTMF.NT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. LuBSRHOK, Gen. Mngr. P. B. WURZHACRKROen. Agent
Varootiver, R. 0. and "kagnav, A task* *krf. ?