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EDITORIAL PAGEi'
THE MEXICAN MENACE
Mexico is weuk, as all the
world knows, and Mexican
wars are life® petty skirmishes and
disorder, when measured against
the vast conflct in Europe and
Asia. comparisons aTe absurd.
Yet Mexico is much, more dangerous
to the peace of the Uaited States
than tte tremendous world war is
now or is likely to become.
This is not merely a matter of
location. in part it Is due to the
difference between European Pru
dence and Mexican irresponsibility.
Jt is a condition resulting from
European competence and Mexican
disorderliness.
The great powers at war in Eu
rope aud Asia understand what it
would mean to have the United
States added to their enemies.
They know how serious such a
change in the naval and military
situation -vould be. They would
all sacrifice much to avoid any
such disaster to their cause.
But Mexico is reckless, as ex
treme ignorance or intoxication
can be devoid of prudence. Mex
ico is too disorderly to keep on the
safe path even when there is an
earnest desire to avoid war with so
powerful a neighbor as this re
public Mexican conditions may
•jJ>j 7nii» ft difficult to avoid
Blundering and sVimWtg fxjf/j 3'it
rages which no government ot any
srreat nation could overlook or for
give.
Tho best insurance policy
against war which the United
States could have would be an
orderly, united and contented
Mexico in which ballots would
count more than bullets and states
men might outweigh generals of
the army and bandit3 0f the hills.
RELIEF FOIC HFI.GII'M
Nearly 7,000,000 people in
Belgium are facing famine—
helpless women and littla children,
robbed by war of husbands, fathers
and homes, are suffering for food.
After every battle hundreds of
wounded soldiers lie on the field,
dyinx, because there are not
enough Red Cross nurses and sur
geons to care for them. On a
number of occasions it has been
nearly a week before help reached
some of them.
Prosperous, contented America,
spared from Kurope's harvest of
the sword, has not done what it
should do to relieve this suffering
and fend off this needless, tortur
ing death, possibly because their
extent has been so great as to
make realization of the truth diffi
cult. But still America is doing
something. And it is a good sigu
that some of its wealthiest people
are in the forefront of the effort.
Already the trustees of the im
mense Rockefeller Foundation
have gone to the rescue of the
starving Belgians. They have set
aside $275,000 for that purpose
and sent a ship loaded with food '
across the Atlantic. Undoubtedly I
they will do more than this, in the |
present emergency, to demonstrateJ
beyond all caviling that the foun
dation is really what it purports
to be, an endowment for humau
itarir.n purposes of all kinds.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, one
of the Vanderbilta. has gone to
Kurope with a staff of surgeons
;md trained nurses, a large quan
tity of medical supplies and ten
motor ambulances and will estab
lish a hospital for wounded sol
diers as close to the battle lines
in northern France as possible
Her sister, the Countess szechenyi,
is devoting her personal efforts
and her fortune to the wounded in
Austria. The members of the
nr'lUocaire American colony in
Paris, under the leadership of Am
bassador Herrick, are devoting
their time and money to a group
of hospitals and a large ambulance
corps they have established in
France for tho rescue of all
wounded combatants they can
carj for, regardless of nationality..
Philadelphia is loading a ship
with provisions to send to Belgium.
Other seabord cities are sure to
follow its example. The least
that can be done in Pity for the
war-torn victims of Europe is to
give, and give liberally.
We take it from Mr. Bryan that
everybody -who is not a democrat
is an aristocrat and plutocrat. And
how many there are of us;
Anyway, Uncle Joe Cannon is
going to be useful in the next
congress for saluting the demo
crats.
And now the democrats are try
ing to make themselves believe
that their majority of 146 in the
lower house of congress has been
too much of a good thing.
With the Einden it was a case
of the pitcher going to the well
once too often.
Digging mud in the Culebra cut
is going to be a, more pleasant
occupation this winter than dig
ging mud in the trenches in
Eurute.
UNCLE SAM IS MAKING
gifts for Christmas
Denver, Nov. IS—Unci© Sam Is
busy ia Denver turning out the larg
est order of Christmas presents man
ufactured in the nation. No factory
in the United States will manufacture
Christmas produce of greavt-r value
than will the government in Den
ver this fall.
So great is the rush for Uncle
Sam's Christmas gifts that he has
been at work for some time prepar
ing them and will continue to work
until tho holidays.
The particular gift to which he
is turning his energies is money.
Always before Christmas there is a
demand from all parts of the nation
for gold coins for presents, j,nd the
Denver mint has been selected to
supply the entire output of the mid
dle west, east and south.
One million dollars worth of two
and-one-half-dollar gold pieces are
now being coined at the mint.
These are distinctly Christmas coins.
Always before the holiday there is
a heavy demand for them. And after
Christmas they drift back to the
banks and sub-treasuries and only
a few remain in circulation.
The order is the second in that
denomination whieh the Denver
mint has filled and the local mint
will be the only one this year
to coin gold in this denomination.
The coins are most difficult to
handle of all those turned out by
the government. They are smaller
than pennies, yet their value is so
high that great pains must be tak
en with them.
After the 400,000 pieces in the
order hav9 been coined they will be
sold to banks and individuals and
shipped to sub-treasuries to supply
fie Christmas demand.
The mint will also coin 5, 10 and
';0-dollar gold pieces before the
.loliday.
Whenever you reel a cold coming
eg, think of the full name, Laxa
tive Bromo Quinine. Look for sig
nature of E. W. Grov« on box 25c.
Hand Laundry and all kinds of
wo-ic done on Bbort notice. Apply
it Ninth and Main. 7-29-tf.
Bon dad "WTnsKeyo—Gibson, Moun
?<=rnon and Belmont. The best of
Beer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and
Pale Ranl*r, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67. ft
CIk Admiral Cine
WESTBO CJN D
S. S. Admiral Evans
Nov. 19
LEAVING SEATTLE ON THE 5th, ISth AND 25tli OF
EVERY MONTH AND ARRIVING IN SKAOWA1 ON THE OUi,
10th AND 20th., WESTBOUND.
RETURNING FROM THE WESTWARD, SHOULD LEAVE
SKAGWAY, SOUTHBOUND, APPROXIMATELY ON THE Oth,
10th., AND 20tb.
Seattle to Sail Francisco
S. S. ADMIRAL DEWBY S. S. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
S. S. ADMIRAL SCHLEY
Leaving Seattle every Wednesday and Sunday for San Francisco
and Southern California porta, connexion* at San Francisco
PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO STEAMERS
> 8. 8. YALE 8. 8. HARVARD
For Loa Angeles, San Dlogo and 8outliBrn California points.
PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION CO.
HUGH P. GALLAGHER, Agent. Skagway, Alaska.
$100 REWARD, $100
, The readers o£ this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded diseasQ that
science has beon able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is the onlv
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is takan internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, ani giving the pa
tient strength Ly biildlng up the
constitution and assisting nature iu
doing its work. The proprietors
Slave so much faith in its curative
power that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address; p. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
Don't bother with developing and
finishing your Kodak tllms. Take
them to Keller's. They 1] do them
25c.'
FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW TO.
Pebblerord and Gibson Rye. Bud
weiser. Blue Ribbon and Palo Rain
ier Beer at the Board of Trade.
Only One "XiROMO QUININE."
To get the genuine, call for full
name, LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE. Look for signature of E. W.
Grove. Cures a Cold in One day.
Jlave you seen the Skagway
Booster Pennants at Keller Bros.
ri.ey are classy glassy, sassy pen
ants. G«st oue for your home.
We rent rods and reels, and have
the finest line of English flies ©ver
sold In Skagway. A fin® line of
fishing tackle. Keller Bros. Drug
Co. tf.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
The assessment books of taxable
property ia tbe Towa of Skagway,
(both real and personal) for tbe
year 1914, is now in my hands, and
taxes levied upon earns are now
due and payable.
Taxes will be received at the
office of tbe Town Treasurer be
tween the hours of 9 a. in. and 5
p. m.
Ail unpaid taxes upon real pro
perty, as shown by the revised as
sessment book, will be delinquent
at 6 o'clock p. m. on the last day
of Februaray next preceding, an
unless such taxes are paid prior
thereto they will become delinquent,
and twenty per cent of the amount
thereof will be added thereto, as
penalty, and interest charged
at the rate of eight per cent per
annum from date of delinquency un
til paid.
All unpaid taxes upon personal
property, as shown by the revised
assessment book, will become de
linquent on the last day of No
vember 1914, and unless such
taxes are paid prior thereto, a pen
alty of twenty per cent will be
added thereto, and Interest charg
ed at the rate of eight per cont
per annum, from date of deliuquenc
iMtll paid:
And that thereafter if said de
linquent personal property taxes, to
gether with the penalty and inter
est, are not paid on demand from
the Chief of Police, sufficient of
the personal property belonging to
the person whom the property was
assessed, will be Immediately seiz
ed and sold to satisfy said taxes,
penalty and Interest, as provided by
Sec. 13. Ordinance No. 69.
MARTIN! CONWAY
Town Treasurer of
I r ' Ibe Towa of Skagway,
Alaska. ^ ll-5-d2w.
FESTIVE HALL ALMOST
READY FOB THE OPENING
San Francisco, Nov. 18—Within a
week. Festival Hall, the lost of the
beautiful palaces of the Panama
Pacific International exposition will
he ready for the opening: of the
gates, February 20, 1915. With
the finishing of the building, work
will begin on the installation of the
mammoth pipe organ, and the echo
organ, the latter to be placed at
the top of the great dome.
Festival Hall will be an opera
house and convention hajl, and will
be the meeting jilace or many
o the national and ii ternatlon con
ventions which wi'l meet in San
Francisco in 1915. It is of French
renaissance architecture, of the
style of the seventeenth century, in
harmony with the Palace of Horti
culture, the Press building and
other structures in the South Gar
den area. It was modeled after
tha Teatre© des Beaux Arts of
Paris, while its details were studied
from Le Grand Trianon. The dome
which is one of the largest in Ameri
ca, is 221 feet high and 192 feet in
diameter, exceeding that of the Pal
ace of Horticulture by 40 feet in
width and 36 feet in height
HAND LAUNDRY— The Jandos
Hand Laundry on Third urteet nest
to Golden Xorth Hot^l, does your
cashing without shrinking the
clothes. Family work given careful
ittentioa. 11.
GOOD NEWS
Many Alaska Headers Have Heard
It and Profited Thereby.
'Good news travels fast," and
the bad back sufferers in this
vicinity are glad to learn where re
lief may be found. Many a lame,
weak and aching back is bad no
more; thanks to Doan's Kidney
Pills, Thousands upon thousands
of people are telling the good news
of their experience with this tastod
remedy. Here te an example worth
reading.
F. H. Wieiand, 1002 E. 41st St.,
Log Angeles, fjal., says: "For a
long time I suffered from pain in
the small of my back and I could
scarcely get around. My kidneys
were disordered and the kidney se
cretions were highly colored and
irregular in passage. Doan's Kid
ney Pills relieved the lameness
and weakness aud removd all troub
le with the kidneys. I have
had no return of the complaint."
Price 60c, at an dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mr. Wieiand had. Foster-Mll
burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching,
blind, bleeding or protruding piles.
First application gives relief, 50c.
hire Air . Pare Food'. PureJQra^*
Seattle, Tacoma, Vidor'a
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skacjuuay
□ S.S♦ City of Seattle, Nov* 11, 22
And every eleven days following. Modern comfortable ships,
' excellent service. Connects at Seattle with through passen
ger steamers. _
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
Sailing Tuesday, 10 a. in. and Friday, S p. m.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, I,OS ANGELHb, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold anil baggage checked to all point* in
United States and Canada. For folders and full particulars,
address V. A. PETERSON, Agent
H. BRANDT, G. A, P. D. Phone 50, SKAGWAY
608 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Jefferson November 14-24 December 5
TELEPHONE XO. 66.
E. j. SHAW, Agent, SKAGWAY.
Twin Sci ew S. S.
1914 Winter Sailings from Skagway 1915
Alternate Wednesdays
Nov. 4-18 Jan. 13-27
Dec. 2-16-30 Feb. 10-24
1—_i CT-l (Subject to Change)
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, ect.
All Information " Rail or Sail," from
F. F.W. LOWLE, Gen'l Agt. Phone 87 and 141 SKAGWAY
Steamship Humboldt'
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP OPERATING TO S. E. ALASKA
Sailings from Skagtvay to Seattle.
November 27 Dec. 5
$50 Round Trip to Seattle and Return
bailing dates subject to change without notice.
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
Seattle Offloe: Robert Browning, 5th & Broadway.
716 SicouJ Areuue. Tickets aud all li./orniation.
1 i
THE
'OLYMPIAN'
The Train of Luxury
TO
. 1 BUTTE, MILES CITY, SIOUX Cll y, MINNEAPOLIS.
AND ST. PAUL, MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO
AIL POINTS EAST, via the
"MILWAUKEE"
LEAVES SEATTLE DAILY" AT 10:15 A. M.
"A TOUR DE LUXE" is an e.tpr^ssion supremely fitting In con
nection with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel
transcontinental train. It combines the enjoyment of rare scenic
beauties with the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease and
comfort.
VO EXTRA FARE ON THIS TRAIN
For further information regarding fares, train service, res
ervations, etc, call on or address
E. J. SHAW
Agent, Alaska Steamship Co.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
City Ticket Office, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
443 Hastings St. West, VANCOUVER, B. C.
SECOND AVE. AND CHERRY ST. SEATTLE.