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| EDITORIAL
CAPITAL .NEEDED
Alaska is on the verge of emerg
ing ;i'jin its first stage or a pio
uuern:^ eaListauce. in th« firet
stage in.-« bold, hardy adventurer
bl-uts llie im.Uk aud pronounces to
the w.lid mat uui« possibilities la
fceyoud. Then conies the settler
wi'b >ii» family, 'be trader and in
dividual Diiiu.c<s man co» teuiiplai
iuj; me touiAdatious for succeeaful
careers. We liaye safely; Lw-sied
tiuu luese stages aud now await tue
mild s'age oi a aew country; tbat
ot cUcOUTagllig ln^ capital to iu
ves* and develop Sua r«>ources of
thi: country along lines tbat will
build iti au eaio.re of industry
wiinin the political boundary lines
oi ito coun'ry.
in luvitiii£ and soliciting this in
vestment ilie people ckl' Alaska
saould be extremely cautious to
solicit lUose ladu>tries wiikbj will
i u^li tbe country abend. Solicit
capital turn will become; eutnuscd
with >be same soirit tbat drove tue
aav<.nturer on and en over tii« snow
and ice iielO&; capital tliat will
S'eJc to devoioy this great terri
loiy aioiig ucrniauv'nt iinut, build
ing Uv jMy roils and boaiea in ever)
ci.uiuui.ily which, dots tbQ shores
auvi interior sections of tb«j country
Without this capital we can nevti
bopo to rise above our preseoit leveJ
aud t^tt-our place wiiii tUe leadiag
trade and commercial units whicu
form t'ie Union. Without -money
aa*l liuaiidal aosk,utave we are a*
a a mail row boat iu tbe mighty Pa
tiiic Tjiug la brother international
commerce. We have the oouut-ry,
the resources aud the Qossibilities.
Already some socesouB hare turuei
t .r put"nihilities iuto realrties and
are tbiiviug beoiiives. ot industry,
Others are lingeriv g on the fence
still taliciug abou' what happened
back iu '9S.. I» is well to cher
ish the fond menurlas of prehis
toric ages but tbe world would
never move if every man was mov
ed by past actions. We need root
ers. euthusias'a aud workers .
In allowing cajitu] to enter thk
field we believe that the* laws
should be as liberal as jxxslble —
but that they should no* be bo gen
erous as to allow the axploitatioi
of all of the natural resources un
der one or two heads. The more
u::its that get in*o operation in the
territory the quicker the smai:
towns will grow Inxo cities and tht
quicker the one shanty hamletfl wil
oxoand into progressive rural com
munities.
ALASKA'S GREAT TRADE
The figures wblcl* tig departmon
of commerce ba«- furnished la t
bulletin on tha commerce of • th«
I'uited States w'fl noncontiguous
territories show a large axpansior
in the trade wi'h Porte Rico aw]
Alaska and comiaTativety insignifi
cant ;ains in the trade witli'Hawai
and the Philippines. The Alask£
figures are important la volume am
are also of far more local Interest
They show that during May o]
this yeur'we shipppd to Alaska sub
stautia'ly double 'he value of good!
shi, ped -in May of last year, an<!
th;--1 Alaska's shlamtntsi to the Un
ited States were more tha«J foui
times as great as they were d^rin?
Way.'1915.
For the eleven-montty period th<
total shipments to Alaska'were val
ued at more than $24,000,000 a*
Couipaiod with J1S,000,000 durlnj
t_e same \perladi ot th« last! flsca}
vtxir, while shipments fi-oiu. AUvaka
to the United. States reached! the
extraordinary figures o£ $45,000,
000, an increase of morei'thani $20,.
0u0,i/00 over Uioco o£ lust year.
The total commerce ol' Alaska with
the United States for the fiscal year,
[ was about $80,000,000 In; value. ;
The trade of Alosita, with! its re- :
latively small auaihi-r of inhabitants
is greater, - both, pn the import and
the exoort side, *ha,a the trade of i
the Phllipqrines, ard it is e.\pandd;ig J
far farter..
The proe»perify: of Alaska, as
shown oy these figures,-is a factor
in the prosperity of *h1si state and
this citv of'tha largest Importance,
for her-i is the em report, of pirati
cally all of Alaska's trade, and. horc
also is where'much, cf it is1 handled
directly. | '
Anothor • feature is that this
enormous and expanding) commerce
is carried on by water, through, in
land passages in, great part which
are the poorest lighted'of any wat
ers on 'thel globo and h.ava fewer
aids to navigation than, can be
found elsewhere. The congression
al appropriations for aids-to naviga
tion in Alaska waters th.lg year are
le?s than theiy are for the coast of
Virginia, and no terpen than) were
made for small single ports.—P.-I.
Labor troubles tire cropping out
in every city and practically) every
livdustry which, shows any signs of
prosperity. In some instances pub
lic sentiment Is with the employ
ers au.1 in others with the strikers.
We believe 'that labor should be
recogn'ztd as one of the graetest
assets whichj the'country lias and
that jastiee should always be demit i
tl*e laboring classes. This does j
out mi an, however, that capital j
should be infringed upon in giving
labor Its just demande.
A strike on the part of ralway
employes would mofct seriously ef
fect Alaska, a thriving 'trade has
been built up wtf'b all trede centers
throughout the United States! by
merchants operating within 'he ter
ritory and the immediate cutting o,8
of these merchants from their base
of supplies would eventuate in the
working of a'hfti'dship on the peo
pk who are living in the territory.
Original "Annie Laurie."
"Annie Laurie." as written and sung
by William Douglas, differed greatly
from the version familiar today. It
had only two verses, and the second
ran:
She's backtt like the peacock.
8he's breiatlt like the swan,
She a Jlinp around the middle.
Her waist ye weel mlcht span.
Her waist ye weel niicht span.
An' she baa a rolling "e*.
And for bonnle Annie Laurie
I'd lay me doun anil dee.
It was Lady John Scott who wrongly
attributed the original to Allan Cun
nlngham. who made the rough smooth
in the existing verse, added a third and
wrote the familiar tune "Annie Lau
rie." by the wa.v. was a great favorite
!l with the English soldiers In the Cri
mea.
Buttons.
The Elizabethan era gave vogue to
the button and buttonhole two InveD
tlons which may fairly l>e regarded as
Important, since the,* Cat much to rev
olutloulze dres* The original button
was wholly u product of needlework,
which was soon improved by the use
1 of a wooden mold The brass button
Is said to Uuve been Introduced by a
Birmingham men-bant in 1060. It took
»00 years to improve on the method
of sewing the ciotb upon the covered
button Then tin Uixenlou* Dane till
upou the ide:i of making the button in
two parts and damping them together
with the cloth between
An Emerald Vate.
A vase cm from a single emerald has
been preserved In the cathedral In Gen
oa for 000 years. It Is the largest gem
of the kind In the world. Its dlnmeter
being twelve and a half inches and its
height Ave and three-quarter Inches
Every precaution Is taken to Insure
safe keeping. Several locks must be
opened to reach it. and the key of each
lock Is In the possession of a different
man
Dlllingsgau ana r-m.
Billingsgate is noted for more tban
Its picturesque language, for It is tb(
world's greatest middleman's fish mar
ket London devours over 1.500.0CH
pounds of flah every day In norma
times—250,000 tons a year that means
Eleven railroads bring about 650 tonr
_ a day. and the remainder comes by wa
1 ter. Before being offered for sale thi»
flsb at Billingsgate are Inspected by a
commission of the Worshipful Compa
ny of Fishmongers, which holds letters
, patent grunted it by King Edward I
at the beginning of the thirteenth cen
tury. This ancient society represents,
through the North Sea Protective asso
elation, more than fifty of the leading
fishing companies of Great Britain.
Mexican name*.
Mexican names that are euphonious
in Spanish are awkward when pro
nonnced as in English. The vowel
1 have the some sound as in German
J has the sound of a strongly asplrat
ed EL and the H is mute. The double
B la rolled, and the double L is follow
ed by the consonant sound'of T. The
accent is on the ultimate when the
word ends In a consonant, usually on
the penultimate when ending in a vow
el. Exceptions are Indicated by use of
I the accent mark.
HE MOVED HIS WELL ] \
lt)Wa»n't Pulled Up Nor Sawed Up, but
It Did Change Place.
There Is an old story about tbe man
who pulled up a well and took it te a j
more desirable location and another j
about the uian who took up a well, j
sawed It In sections and used one of '
the sections for n land roller. They j
were exaggerations,-but'the experience
of Ezra Tetlow proves) that a well can- !,
not always be classed i as a permanent j
fixture. Ezra had a well In front of his !
house. It hud never been a success as >
a welL Ezra wanted It filled up. One
way -would have been to baul-stones or
earth and use tbe material to fill It
But Ezra had no team.
80 he went at It with a shovel.
Working on the side of the well next-to
the road, he began to dig and to throw
the dirt into the welL He kept this up
until be had filled It. which was not a
difficult Job, ue the well was rather
shallow.
But when the task seemed finished
Ezra found that he had made a new
hole by the side of the one he had been
filling. There was but one thing to do
—he proceeded to fill it In the same
manner. Of course this resulted In still
another excavation, which In turn re
ceived similar treatment
As all of Ezra's digging bad been on
the side of the well nearest tbe road,
the result was that tbe bole In the
ground was finally moved out into the
highway.
Judson Tolliver was commenting on
the exploit one day dowu at the cor
ners. "Queer thing Ezra did," he re
marked "You know that old well that
stood In his front yard? Well, sir, he's
moved It thirty feet from where It was
—moved It clear out Into tbe road!"
"How'd he do It?" Inquired another
representative citizen.
"You'll have to ask Ezra," replied
Judson. "But he did It. sure enough.
X saw the well In tbe road yesterday,
and I saw the track he made movln' It
Tbe thing plowed a furrow four feet
wide all the way."—Youth's Companion
OUR GOLD CERTIFICATES.
Why These Note* Have Never Been
Made Legal Tender.
Answering the question, "Why are
gold certificates not legal tender?" the
New York Times says:
The first gold certificate act was
passed In 1S63, and at that time the Is
suance of these certificates was con
fined to certificates drawn to order, it
was not until later that bearer certifi
caies were put out
These certificates were Issued at the
request of New York banks which at
that time were handling large amounts
of gold and which sought the Issuance
of gold certificates by the government
as a matter of convenience, thus obvl
ating the constant handling and rehan
dllng of giud coin. These certificates
were regarded not so much as money
as warehouse certificates for money,
being exchangeable at all times upon
demand for the actual coin.
The question of making the certifi
cates legal tender was not to the
knowledge of the authority consulted,
discussed when this suggestion of the
New York banks was carried Into ef
fect by act of congress. The fact that
It was decided, to begin with, to limit
these certificates to certificates to order
would have been a barrier In tbe way
of making them legal tender had the
suggestion been advanced.
So much for the authorization of gold
ct rtlfleates and their not being made
le .'al tender then. Financial authorl
t ties point out that there has been In
tlie years since no practical need for
taicing this step. Gold certificates arc
In practice accepted as In every way as
good as the gold itself, and they are
t Immediately convertible Into legal ten
dor by surrender and exchange Into
gold.
Wit of Dieraell.
There Is a story about Disraeli that
Is much like him and will give an Idea
of what he was at this time (l£*T7)
As he was leaving a house be asked
some one to give him his aim down
Ticcadilly. The man. who must have
been a person of some wit, said, "At
such a time as this I should wish to
be met by my creditors." "No," said
l>tsraell, "It Is not at such times that
your creditors meet you. Your cred
itors meet you when you are carrying
a bundle."
There you have the literary quality
of the man.—E. S. Nadal in Outlook.
Queer Human Nature.
"Man's a funny proposition!"
"What now?"
"When he reads a medloal booh he
fancies be has every disease described,
but let him read the work of a moral
1st. and all the faults pointed out he
sees not In himself, but In his nelgb
bor."—Boston Transcript
Bound to Riae.
"He Is one of the most stupid bores
I ever met"
"And yet he seems to have accumu
lated money. Fortune appears to have
knocked at his door."
•I don't believe she merely knocked,
she must have broken tight In."—
Brooklyn Citizen.
No Cause For Complaint.
"Oh. my tooth aches .dreadfully! I
don't see why we can't be born with
out teeth."
"1 think, my dear, that if you will
look up some authority on that point
yoa will find that most of ns are."—
I.ondou Telegraph.
A Real Wonder
Aladdin was exhibiting bis-wonderful
lamp.
"It's an auto lamp." he explained,
"that won't go out just as a traffic cop
heaves In sight"—Pittsburgh Post
L
Still Out.
"Are you sure your mistress Is out?"
aaked the caller.
"Oh, yes, sir," replied the maid. "She
told me two hours ago she was out.
and she hasu't come In since."—St
Xouls Poet Dispatch.
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Dentist
s- Most Modei-« Methods.
Open Evening*.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway |
BKAGWAY ALASKA1
WILLIAM I'ALLISTER, M. D.
(Kormerl/ of Seattle)
Specialist In the treatment of
illsaaMes and detormities of the 1
eye, ear, nose an«l throat.
Office: Goldstein Building. Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice In all courts
in Territory of Alaska
Haines Alaska
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©Arctic tirolbcjhoud.—
CaiUp Skugway iNo. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
in. anarr. Visiting iwutuera c<Judia<
ly welcome. W. L. Stevenson, Azo
tic Chlkl, W. K Burford, Arctic
Recorder.
rlaieriutl Ordei
, k^iet-—
smttwaj Aorie
No. 2b, Fiuum
m&i order 01
uiael* I-I1J ri.u. aud UUTii
>v txluebUaj uigni ox Biu.c tuoaUi tn
uoir UJ.il ou fULn urouue. VlftUlu6
■ iuoitub cwui&lly mvlUaa lo utioiia
U K. Hudson, W. P., J. K. Mo
Aiisi#r. Secretary.
mouth. Visiting brothers ore wel
come.
Elmer L. Whealer, W. M.
Address all coinuiimicuiioiia to
t'ie Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d uud 4 th
Fri. Ev'gB. ol eaeh
B. P. O. ELKS
Skugway Lodg«
No. 481, B. P. O.
E. meets every
1st and 3d Tburt
1 day at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting broth
ers coraiaiiy welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VAiJ DEW ALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 13,
meet* In A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sac.
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THE
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Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da-'v.
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
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Skagway. Alaska
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skaguiay
S.S.SPOKANE July 31 Aug. 12
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Connects at Seattle with through passenger ttearners,
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT
! '• 8"fling Tuesday 11 p.nt and Friday at 11 p. m.
f? FOR BAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and hnji^age checked to all points in
United States and Canada. For f'j'ders and full partieulai-8,
address H. G. WEIR, Agent.
IL BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50. SKAGWAY.
C08 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash
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SAILINGS FkOH SKAGWAY
AUGUST i9i6
Southbound via Sitka
S.S. JEFFERSON Aug. 1-12-24
SEATTLE DIRECT
S.S. MARIPOSA Aug. 7-28
S.S. ALAMEDA July 28 Aug. 18
Knik, Anchorage and Way Ports
S.S. ALAMEDA Aug. 9-29
S.S. MARIPOSA July 30 Aug. 19
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August 10-1 7-24-31, September 7-14-21-28, October 5-12-19-26
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not aii experiment, for it has been
sold for years and can be relied up
un to give perfect satisfaction to
I he user. It is a soothing, healing
Find vanishing cream, which dries
[lulckly and la never sticky or
?reasy. You will be surprised at
the benefits your skin will de
rive from 1*8 constant use. Sold
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of Janefiu Alaska,
Dealers 1b
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
LEAD, ZINC, SACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Roar of 3plc-ett'» pomoffice
si ore.
I wj»h a money-iback guarantee If
' uo* satisfied. 25c In Ja-ns or tubes.
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Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehoree the
fourth of every mouth
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
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OFFICE
Rcgina Hotel :: Whitehorie, / T
3. b. 3.
Prince George Prince Rupert
(3875 Tons) I^Sis^ - (3875 Tons)
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For
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SEATTLE
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way for all Poinie in Eastern Canada and United States
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Via
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