F. & A. M.
"V White Pass Lodge
*< /■;?■ W F. & A.M. No. 113
' meets 2d and 4th
' \y \ /*rl. Ev'gs. o£ each
B\»uth. VLaiiiafi krotii«rs w*1"
c»ae. Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
^ Fraternal Order
<"*>£' Fugles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
naj Order ol
Eagles meets the first and third
-Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially Invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meet* ever
Qhursday night a
8 o'clock. Elk
club and readin
room open daily from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting fcrohters cor
dially welcome. W. C Bianchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway N9. 1
A B. meets every Tues
day evening at 8:00 p
m. sharp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. D. J. Rich, Arctic Chief
W. R. Hillery, Arctic Recorder.
3©tl» Infantry Lodge, No. 1390.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Fort Wm. H. Seward, Haines, Alask
Regular Meetings every Thursday
night at 7:30 p. m. All visiting bro
thera cordially welcomed.
Any one desiring information
about the Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
THE SECRETARY.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dentists.
DR. L. S. KELLER.
Dentist.
Most Modem Methods.
Open Evenings.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
SKAGWAY ALASKA
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Hand Laundry on Third srteet next
to Golden North Hotel, does your
washing without shrinking the
clothes. Family work given careful
attention. tf.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
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The Royal Mail Stage
leaves VV'hitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
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P assengers and F reight sol
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and the Service First Class.
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EDITORIAL PAGE
IS fr A HOAX?
Having spent the better part of
the last sixteen years in Alaska and
the Yukon we have heretofore con
sidered ourself fairly conversant with
the conditions that are usually to
be met with in the north, and have
upon occasion even imparted a por
tion of the knowledge of which we
are possessed to inquiring friends
and oftentimes to entire strangers.
However, since reading the Douglas
Island News of a recent date, in
whioa the following appeared, we
have changed our mind and are free
to admit that what knowledge we
have gained in our long residence
here has been of the most super
ficial and unreliable character, if
there is any reliance to be placed
upon what the lady from Yorkshire
says;
"Mrs. Harriet Labadie, an Eng
lishwoman, having just returned
from making a study of life in Al
aska, writes the following for the
Yorkshire Telegraph: "Even the
men up there haven't any rights",
"I don't know who would dream of
women's rights. The only woman 1
met up there who was interested in
anything but bridge parties and the
first boat back to Seattle was the
wife of the Congregational minister,
Mr. Edwards. Mrs. Edwards was '
from Boston, too, and that account
ed, of course, for her desire to do
something besides bridge. So she
formed a little art club of 20 wom
en in the town of 700 people. It
lasted pretty well, too, all through
the long terrible winter. Those wo
men met and studied art pHuts sent
out from Boston to them. In tlie
spring they decided *o give a little
exhibition and with the proceeds,
buy some pictures for the school
house. They gave a little supper,
too and charged Is admission. Wei'
the people canie of course- anything
is an eveut in Douglas—but no soon
er had the supper begun than in
eame the sheriff and demanded a
£10 license fee. Of course the wo
men couldn't pay that, so they had
to close their little exhibit. That's
how much public spiri' there is In
Alaska. The cost of living is ter
rible in all the Alaskan towns. 1
paid lOd for an orange, 2s for an
egg, XI for a little steak for 2 and
Is for a "baked potato. All the
food has to be shipped there in
summer, while the waterways are
open. Of course, tne dog sleds
would carry it In ui.tter, but it
would freeze. Everything is refrig
erated and canned. There is not a
cow in Alaska, and only a few
hens each summer, which die as
soon as winter comes. They can
not live even in heated houses in
the winter."
Taking the above ordinarily we
would say that it is a hoax pure
and simple, gotten up to get a "rise'
out of the Alaska newspaper frat
ernity, but since Emerson Hough's
visit to the Yukon and his subse
quent description of the trip, we
are willing to believe that people
are capable of spreading the most
ridiculous and absurd yarns of the
north if by so doing they are en
abled to acquire notoriety of even
the most evaucscent and unsavory
kind.
I
Landscape Architecture Attracting
Young Men
By Dr. CHARLES \V. ELIOT, President Emeritus of Harvard University
LANDSCAPE architecture is proving one of the most attractive pro
fessions to young men graduating from the colleges.
That department of this univtrsit/ lias made notable .trains in
the last few vears, and this vcar is the best one it lias ever had. The
BEST CLASS OE STUDENTS ARE RESORTING TO THAT DE
PARTMENT AND INCREASING IN NUMBERS. Why? Because
young men have discovered that in that profession they may not only
cultivate to a high degree the artistic faculty, but they may also con
tribute in high degree to the social progress of the community, of the
country.
We used to think that literature and philosophy were the only hu
manities, and much of it lingers still, but we have learned, particularly
during the last fifty.years, that the inspiration of all the professions in
these modern days is very much the same.
WE HEAR IN THESE DAYS WAGE EARNERS SOMETIMES CALLED
SLAVES. NOTHING COULD BE MORE ABSURD. THERE IS A GREAT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAGE EARNER AND THE SLAVE,
WHO HAS NO PROPERTY, NO RIGHT TO HIS WIFE AND CHIL
DREN, NO SAFETY FOR HIMSELF. THE .WAGE SYSTEM IS AN IN
FINITE IMPROVEMENT ON THE SLAVERY SYSTEM, But IT DOES
NOT PRESENT TO THE MASSES OF MANKIND THE MOTIVES
WHICH MAKE FOR DEVOTED WORK, FOR LOVE OF WORK, FOR
LOYALTY IN WORK.
Moneu Mad. Our Struggle For
Wealth May Result In
National Disaster
By POULTNEY BIGELOW, Traveler and Writer
THIS country is due for a lot of trouble in the nest fifty years. I
don't know whether it will come from the inside or the outside, but
it will come.
YOU WILL SEE IF YOU STUDY HISTORY THAT ALL REVOLU
TIONS HAVE STARTED WITH THE ABUSE AND UNDERPAYMENT
OF THE LITTLE MAN. THE ENGLISH HAVE FOUND IN THEIR
COLONIES THAT ONE SURE WAY TO PRESERVE PEACE 13 TO
GIVE THE PEOPLE WORK AND PAY THEM FOR IT.
We are money mad here. Men are exploited nowhere else as tliey are
exploited io^this country. For what reason? God knows. We don't
know what to do with our piles of monev once we have acquired it.
PKUSSIA WAS SIMILARLY RICH, IN SOLE XT, LCXUL'Y LOV
ING, NEGLIGENT AND OVERCONFIDENT l'XTIL IT WAS
OVERWHELMED IN WAR AND SWEPT CLEAN.
What we need most bitterly in this country if the country is to en
dure is something of the SPIRITUAL, MENTAL AND PATE I OTIC
STIMULUS that seems to have vanished with our poverty.
SEND THE "ALASKAN" HOME TO THE STATES. IT WILL SAV
YOU A LOT OP LETTER-WRITING
(Oil M! CMS!
Incipient Colds May Seem Innocent
In Themselves, but. If Keg- I
letted May Result in Var
ious Incurable Mal
- adies.
"PUROLA" REM ED IKS WILL
HELP YOU.
"Purola" Laxative Honey and Tar
Cough Syrup.
An agreeable combination, con
taining uo opiate or harmful drugs,
and is therefore recommended for
children. The great advantage of
this preparation over other cough
mixturse lies in th efact of its lax
ative tendencies. By its gentle
action on the liver and bowls, it
eliminates the waste from the sys
tem, and adjusts the stomach for a
better assimilation of the healing
qualities of curative ingredients con
tained In the syrup. This, together
with the soothing effects ' of the
other remedial agents contained in
combination, stamps it a very valu
able remedy for coughs, colds, bron
chitis, croup, hoarseness, sore throat
and all diseases of the throat and
lungs. Prices 25c and 50c.
Laxative Cold Tablets.
The speedy relief for colds,
coughs, bronchitis, headache and
neuralgia. "Purola" Laxative Cold
Tablets have no peer in reducing
the fever and allaying the pains ac
companying and following La Grippe
They move the bowels gently with
out griping and do not produce ring
ing In the head. Price 25c. •
'Purola'' Mentholated Catarrh
lialin.
A continued and long standing
cold aften leads to catarrh In ✓its
various forms. "Purola" Menthol
ited Catarrh Calm relieves catarrh,
hay fever, cold in tha head, cat
arrhal deafness, and all complica
tions arising from chronic nasal ca
tarrh. Price 25c.
"Purola" Euca-Menst (a Cough
Drop).
For that tickle in your throat;
checks spasmodic coughing; agree
able to t lie taste. Prite 5c.
For Sale By
Ksller Bros. Drug Co.
Sole Skagway Agents.
THE ( RAFTERS GOOD THINGS.
The Crafters are'a group of art
ists, printers, designers, writers, wh
make Greeting Cards for every pur
pose. Their style is unique, inspir
ing, earnest; the sentiments on
their cards are written for cultured
people who prefer to give a well
chosen beautiful card to a gaudy,
expensive gift.
The Crafters have been making
their cards for six years and have
friends all over the II. S. A., In
Canada, in England, and In Europe.
Those who buy the Crafters' Publi
cations are delighted to send them
on to their friends.
Until this year he Crafters have
delivered their wares solely from
their own house in £ansas City
but their business has grown so
they coin eived the idea of distribut
ing their wares through Agents
throughout the country.
Crafters' Valentines and Easter
Cards on Sale at Keller Bros. Drug
Co. x
Bonded WhisKeys—Gibson, Moun
V\mon and Belmont. The best of
Deer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and
Pale Rauier, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67 ft
What's a Skagway Omelet? You'll
never find out until you visit the
New Idea Bakery and Delicatessen.
Take "Purola" SODIUM PHOS
PHATE and give your liver a shake.
For Sale by Keller Bros. Drug Co.
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