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EDITORIAL PAGE
SWITZERLAND
The cositiou of Switzerland iu th€
present war, coinplttely surrounded
as she is by belligerents,
hag from the first, says
the Christian science Mon
itor, been one of extreme difficulty.
The policy ot the country, President
Motta declared at Beiliuzou.i recent
ly, can be no other than a frankly
expressed, and loyally adhered to,
policy of neutrality. On the out
break of war, Switzerland hastened
fo declare herself neutral, and,
with an energy and thoroughness
quite characteristic of a people
which has preserved its freedom
agaius* all comers for mere than
six centuries, set about obtaining
that neutrality by mobilizing her
army. Since then, as President
.Motta explained, at Beliinzona,
assurances of her neighbors ha\o
enabled her to reduce considerably
the forces on her frontiers, but
she still has left nothing unprovid
ed for. The sentinels on her fron
tier may be, as President Motta in
sists, a sign of ditrust of no one,
but they show clearly enough that
Switzerland is not inclined to take
any risks.
How uifficult is her position, was
well illustrated about two mouths
ago, when the allied powers, im
p n'ent of the large quantities of
supplies which were being passed
throu0h Switzerland to Germany,
took a definite stand on the matter.
They were prepared they said, to
permit imports to Switzerland of
the usual volume of Swiss trade.
They were not, however, prepared
to rend to Switzerland the commo
dities demnded. aud in a large
measure secured, from Switzerland
by Germany. The Swiss govern
ment was very much between Scyl
la and Charybdis. On the one hand
was the courteous, but none the
less firm, demand of the allies, and
ou th-? other, not only the equally
firm demands of Germany, but the
cry of t ie Swiss manufacturer, him
self •',! a great strait, threatened
with 'he cuttiusr off of certain nec
essaries from Germany if his gov
ernment me' the wishes of the
allies, and of certain other neces
saries from markets of the allies,
if it did not. The government at
Berne, however, set about the
task of finding a solution with vi
gor, with the satisfactory result
declared recently, namely, the for
mation cf a Swiss society to con
trol the importation of goods from
and fhrough territory of the allies.
Switzerland has, of course, done
much more than merely adhere to
her profession of neutrality. Her
whole policy since the war broke
out has been to place herself at
the service of the belligerents,'
ready to do anything and everything
in aar power to mitigate hardship,
wherever possible. The work of
tie postal authorities at Berne and
Geneva in acting as intermediaries
for people desiring to communicate
witl> fr.'ends in belligerent countries
abutting on the Swiss frontiers has
been an incalculable help and com
fort to many thousands. There can,
indetd, be little doubt that it was
just this practically expressed de
sire to help which enabled Switz
erland to surmount the difficulties
of recent complications and to se
cure the present peaceful settle
ment out of conditions which wero
' BELIEVES ALASKA WELL
! BE DRV BEFORE 1010.
Judge John Randolph Tucker of
Xome, 'refused to extend saloon - ■"
ceuses beyond May 1, 1916, because
he anticipates that at that time
prohibition will prevail in Alaska.
ALLEGED LOOTERS ARE
ACCUSED OF THEFT
Ju<eau Empire, Oct. 9: E. N
Hoffman, captain of the burned
' schooner P. J. Abler, filed suit
ibis afternoon against Richard Hof
1 stad charging hial "with larceny
! from the boat. After a hearing be
! fore U. S. Commissioner Marshall
Hofstad was bound to the grand
jury and released on $1,000 bail
furnished by H. J. Raymond and R.
E. Davis.
It is understood that several oth
er warrants will bt) Issued in the
same connection.
PHIL ABRAHAMS
IKSTABLISHED 1S97
ACCIDENT and FIRE
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
CONVEYANCER
NOTARY PUBL IC
4th Avenue
You make a mistake if
you do not stop at
THE
Pullen House
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from oiir own da»-v.
Fresh Egg-', etc'
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
No Criterion.
Once during the progress of a certain
case Sir Charles Darling remonstrated
with a barrister for the way In which
he was arguing a point.
"You will pardon me, my lord." said
the latter, "but perha|>s I may remind
you that you argued a case In a sim
ilar way yourself when you were at
the bar."
"Yes, I admit it," replied his lord
ship, with a quiet smile, "but that was
the fault of the judge who allowed it"
—London Tit-Bits.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
' Reward for any case of Catarrh
j that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
T. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
We. the unJersiKi'od. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorabie In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by lits Arm.
NATIONAL, BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo. O.
nail's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
acting directly rpon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
3ent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold
bv all DruRfrtsts.
Take Hall'■ Family Fill* for con»tlpatIoD.
extensive town planning.
Ia tl»! consideration of the
sufficiency of city or town plan
ning we tuny say that no commu
nity or group of communities Is
nn entity In Itself. The Increas
ed Interchange of business activ
ities, the development of the
broad lines of social and busi
ness intercourse made possible
by the telephone, the telegraph,
the automobile and the many
transit Hues which are penetrat
ing iuto the remotest sections
of our country. nre making nec
essary the development of a
broader community conscious
ness tlint should include not only
our cities and their environs,
but large units of territory
which may not even stop on the
boundary lines of the states.—
Town Development Magazine.
The Earliest Lamp*.
The most prtmitlvo lamps were prob
ably the skulls of animals. In which
fat was burned, while certain seashells
were also employed for this purpose,
says an exchange. When pottery and
metal began to be used the principle
of these natural lamps was for a long
time retained, as seen In ancient Egyp
tian, Greek and Roman lamps Rnd in
the stone cups and boxes of northern
nations.
Clean a» a Whlatle.
The origin of the saying "As clean
as a whistle" Is ascribed to the "whis
tle tankard" of olden times, in which
the whistle came into play when the
tankard was emptied or "cleared out"
to announce to the waiter that more
liquor was required.
Horticultural Note.
"I see Philip is going iu for intensive
gardening."
"You don't say!"
"Yep; raising a mustache."—Phila
delphia Ledger.
A Pessimist.
"Papa, what Is n pessimist7**
"A pessimist, my son. Is n man who
does not believe that his make of mo
torcar is better than anybody else's."—
Judge.
Troo Growth.
A young oak grows threo feet In
three years, lu the same time an elm
grows eight feet three inches.
Serial No. 02488.
APPLICATION TO MAKE HOME
STEAD ENTRY
U. a Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
September 21, 1315.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That John James Rath, whoso post
office address is Haines, Alaska,
has applied to enter under section
2289 of the revised statutes of the
United States, and of the Act of
March 3, 1903, the following des
cribed tract of land as a homestead,
situated about one milo westerly
from Haines, Alaska; belnjr U. 3.
Survey 785, and beginning at Cor.
No. l, from which U. S. L. M. No.
573 beara SS0°47E '70.30 chs., iden
tical with Cor. 4 Survey No. 205,
Cor. No. 1 U. S. Ciay Reserve, and
Cor. 4 Presbyterian Mission; thence
along the southerly line of Survey
205, W. 20. chs. to Cor. No. 2,
thence S. 2S.10 chs. to cor. No. 3,
thence E. 15.42 chs. to Cor No. 4,
thence N. 9°11'E. 28.43 chs. along
westerly line of Presbyterian Mis
sion to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 49.75 acres.
Variation 29°21'E. Lat. 59°14'N.
Long 135°27'W.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion oX the above de
scribed tract, are required to file
with the Register and Roceiyer of
tne U. S. Land Offics at Juneau,
their adverse claims thereagainst
under oath, duriug the period of
publication of this notice, or within
thirty days thereafter, or they •will
be barred by provision of the stat
ute.
JOHN JAMES RATH.
If is hereby ordered that the lore
going notice be published for the
statutory period in the "Daily Alas
kan," a newspaper of general circu
lation printed at Skagw-ay.
Pate of first publication, Septem
ber 30. 1915.
Date of last publication, Decem
ber 1, 1915.
C. B. WALKER, |
Register.
Tired of]
the Game
(See next page.)
SWAT THE Fl>y
Don't go fishing without good
fliee. Trout are taking the fly
tbtso fine days, and you'll find the
gn-atcet assortment of good fliee ii
t ■•vu at Keller Bros. Drug Co. A
few favorite one* we same: Tel
low Jacket, Montreal, Governor
(red tip) Grey Hackle, Black
Hackle, Governor Black Hackle
(peacock body), Black Gnat, Groy
Drake, English Admiral, Seth Green
! Grey Hackle (gre«n body) White
Miller. Dusty Miller.
PROFESSION Alt CARDS
OH. L. 8. K1XLER.
DeUM.
Mo«i Modern Method*.
Open ET«aI*g».
Office Houra: 9-12 a. m 1-6 p. m.
Alaska* Buildl»g - Broadway
SKAOWAY ALASKA
\V1 IXIAM l'ALLISTER, M. D.
(Foraierjj of Seattle)
Specialist la tb« treatment of
diseases and deformities of the eye,
car, nose und throat.
OHioe; Goldstein Bulldlag, Ju
neau. Alaaka.
W. B. STOUT.
i t I • V * • r Al Law.
Practice U *11 courU
la Territory of Alaaka.
Halaea ...... Alaaka.
¥. M, A. H.
Wbito Pom hodgo
P. ft A. M. No. 113
meets 2d &n0 4th
Frt. JflT'ga of each
monm. visiuflfc Dz-oviore iub wel
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wboeler, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
8 k way Lodge
Va 431. B. P. 0.
E. meeta first
and third Thurs
day evenings at
8:30 o'clock. Via
uine trotners cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
i Eagles—
Skajrwa? Aerie
No. 25, Prater
aal Order of
sagies rneetfl the first and tlurd
Wednesday night of each month at
their feaU on Vifth aren u o. Visiting
brothsrn cordially la-rited to attaad.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mc
AUaU-r, Secretary.
^•ctlc llr«Wicrh(>od.—
Camp Ska^jway No. 1
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day ereiilxg *t 3:00 p
m. »ti!irp- visiting broirers cortuai
ly welcome. A. J. Achesoa, Arctic
f'.hlof, \v R. Hillary, Arctic Re
corder .•"•'•'iffi
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PASSENGERS TICKETED, also BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH
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n THE ONLY INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP OPERATED TO 8. E. ALASKA j
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Snow Shoe Time Is Gone
But Kodak Time Has Come
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