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fcSTASLlSHEU 1893 _ OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER III ALASKA
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EDITORIAL-PAGE
THAT \\ .\<;E OISl'l TK
The strike 011 the government
railroad at Anchorage did not como
as a surprise in view of the con
tinued agitation regarding the wage
scale and recent activity toward
formicg labor organizations In, the
Cook Inlet town.
There Is always room for argu
ment when it comes to establishing
a wage scale.
Human ambition leads the workeri
to strive for more and ever more. !
The normal man is never satisfied
with his place among men and is
al-vays striving for advancement. ;
either lc wage or position.
The ambitious employer of labor
6triv^s to keep down his wage scale
thar he may take a goodly profit
from hit, labor unto himself, nud
happy fa that employer v.-ho can
maintain satisfaction among his
men ami at the same time secure»
for himself a satisfactory percent
age of irofit.
lu this instance, in the final an
alysis, the -whole people, through
congress, are employing a few to
build a railroad. The people's
agent is the Alaskan Engineering
commission.
The commission's problem is to
establish a wage scSle high enou-h
to yl-'.tse the few who are em- i
picyed. and at the sarue time not -o
high that the nation will accuse it
of wasting money.
It is plain that the present 9cale,
wit'i the limitation of eight hours
a day, is not satisfactory to the
employes.
Any wage which i> tot sufficient
for the worker to keep himself and
family of reasonable proportions is '
below the proper scale. The claim
in this Instance is that the wage
paid is not high enough in compari
son 'o the cost of living
Th<> situation at Anchorage is
encouraging because it is stated
that the conservative labor ele
ment is in control of the strike.
PORTRAIT MEN AM) AGENTS
$100.00 per week can be made
selling t-nlarged portraits and
frames. Write for wholesale cata
logue. E. II- Roberts, 1420 McGee
Kansas City, Mo., largest wholesale
portrait house in the United States.
2: 12-19-26.
Pac Train Restaruant
Th. * Delmonico of Alaska
C H A KI.JjJY — JOHN
KAKAMAN & Cleca*
['ROi'RIhTOKS
iuu Can C«t what V >'u Oe«lrt footed a« n Should LU
W# Wax* • 5P«ci»iij ot B»'q»eu aad Prlrata EHaaer Parties
A tad ot miortaola yUce for a inpp«r aft»r the abo*
Ot A*ae«— aerrlt* la coij p-irii, tyx>tti» It Joe roa.
The question Is one which can
uever be settled by violence.
Lieut. Mears, the commissioner iu
charge at Anchorage, is a force
ful aiau, but no more so than the
hardy Americana who have been
laying steel and hauling auppliee in I
below zefo weather. They ar« 'both
oC 'ho ivpe who »ro not afraid to
argue questions la dispute and they
will unodubtedly bo ablg to reach
an agreement without the lnterfre
eitce of outsiders.—Seward Post.
JANUARY DIVIDENDS
A FORERUNNER OF
l'ROSPERITV IN 101U
Tha» the year 1916 bids fair to |
be a profitable one for owners of i
American mir.es and works is evi- J
dcnced in the January dividend dis
bursements of 51 companies report
ed to the Mining and Engineering
World. These companies distribut
ed to shareholders during the monthl
? 10,201,776. Whilo the total is not
so large as was o<ild out in Janu
ary, 1912 and 1913, It Is more than
twici» as large as that of January
of last year. With such a begin
ning, and with the large demand
for metals at high prices continu
ing It is easily seen that 1916
will prove the banner year for Am
erican mines and works, enriching
s!.:.rthclders to more than a hun- |
dred million dollatB.
Participating in tha January,
liUti, disbursements mentioned
above were nine copper properties,
40 gold-Silver-lead-zinc producers
5100 Reward, $100
The readers of tills paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has bee 1
able to cur- in all Its stages, and tf.at Is
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fr .t- mity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires* a constitutional treat
ment Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken In
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
ail! mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying: the foundation of the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing Its work. The proprietors
have so much faith In its curative pow
er* that thev offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that It falls to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Ad<Jr»aa: F J C'llENET A TO.. Toledo. O.
Fold all DriiKKlttn. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Zinitft OH cleans, polishes, pre
vents rust and prescrrw. Zenith
Oil is an excellent fnroJture polish,
10c, 13c 23c bottles. Keller Bros.
Sole Skagway agwnts.
•We Want Alaska and Canadian Furs
Or ALL KINDS
\So are
Located in
America's
Greatest
Fur Market,
Where Furs
Always Bring
the MOST
MONEY
W. Wlr. Off.r.
on Special Lou
We Have a
Special
Demand the
Year Round
for Fine
Alaska and
Canadian
Furs
Correct
Valuation on
All Shipments
Black, Silver and Cross Foxes Specially Wanted
Be Sure You Get Our Prices Before Selling Your Furs
WRITE TODAY
> ®
Rogers Fur Company, Dept. a. c., st.Louii,Mo.,u.s.A.
add twd metallurgical coliipfuitce. _
The nine copper properties mado
a record for January dlabursomaata,
dividing among shareholders $6,
350.325, as compared with $1,223,
125 paid by two companies in, Jan
uary, 1914, and $5,309,089 paid toy
12 companies iu January, 1913, the
record year for copper producers.
Anaconda contributed over one-half
to last month's dividends—$3,496,
875.
The gold-ailvci'-ioad-ziuc produc
ers did not enjey as good a Jan
uary ag ia 1914 and 1015, owing
largely to the fact that mauy paid
dividends iu December last thut
were formerly paid In January.
Thiity-seven companiee, however,
classed as gold-ail ver-loal-zina pro
ducers, paid dividends during the
mouth totaling $1,992,438. This
compares with $2,436,042 in the
preceding January.,
Hut two metallurgical companies
paid dividonds in January, these
disbursing $838,023,' the U. S.
Smelting, Refiulng & Mining Co.
contributing .$692,892 of this.
Two securitiea-holding corpora
tions disbursed $13,339,712, all but
$630,000 of this coming from the
Guggenheim Exploration Co., whoifc
affairs are being taken oyer by I
the Kenneeott Corporation.
The ordinary Alaafcaa goes Into
the country and remalus there
aometimuB twenty yoars before com
ing out at all, but D. L>. Blank
field, a Fairbanks merchant, works
thj other system. Mr. Blankt'ield
has been in Alaska eighteen years
and is now at the Northern hotel
an his forty-third trip to the out
side iu that period of time, says
the Seattle P.-I. "1 believe in I
gettinv out occasionally even if I :
do have to travel during weather 1
that would nearly battle a polar
bear," he said. "I am just from
Fairbanks and on the stage trip I
of fire days from Fairbanks to
Chitiua the thermometer ranged j
from 60 below fcero to> 80 below •
zero. It was cold, but we got ]
through all right." Mr. Blankfield !
said 'hat United States Marshal L«.
T. Kryin, of Fairbanks, who left
for the North some time ago, was
laid up at Chitiua with pneumonia.
"I Erwin ay 1 yvus coining
out," lie said, "and he seemed to
*e a very sick man."
The Seward Gateway: Tho pas- I
senger rate on the government rail- j
road aa far as it has been built '
is about six cents a milo. This rate i
is only temporary, of course, but I
nhut a vista it opens to our eyes
through the territory of< Alaska.
Round trip to mile six, seventy |
cents. To mile fifty, three dol- |
lars instead of two or three days' !
hard work. To Anchorage, seven
or eight dollars. There was a day,
and it Is here yet, when a mush to
Fairbanks meant something as big I
as traveling to Europe. Soon you |
will walk to a ticket office in i
Seward and ask the price of a |
ticket to the Tanana metropolis.
"Twouty-seven dollars and forty
five cents." "When is she due
th *re?" "Tomorrow evening at 9
o'clock sharp." The tourist buys
a Gateway with, the small change, !
steps aboard, the train rattles off
and Mr. Tourist leans back and
smilop superiorly at the thought of
all the foolish things he read about,
the hardship of traveling in Al
aska.
The North Alaska Salmon com
pany has declared In addition to
the regular monthly dividend of 75
cents an extra dividend of $2.50
per share, both being paid Janu
ary 1. This is a total of 11.5 per
cent declared this year, amount
ing to $69,000 on tho $600,000
stock outstanding.
1897 1916
Established 18 Years
PH7l ABRAHAMS
INSURANCE
REALTY
COLLEC "IONS
G-EN'L .•* O-ENT
NOTARY Public
in office
4th Avenue. Skagway!
PHes Cur_d In 6 to M Days
tour druggist will refund money il
PAZO OINTMENT fa''s to cure auy
c»se of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The
fi—* application gives Ease & Rest. 50c.
Zenith Oil for clocks, watches
and typewriters. Thin in body it
quickly reaches the finest parts of
these delicate mechanisms, lubricat
ing tham correctly without gum
ming; cleaning those parts and
preventing rust. 10c, 25c 60c bot
tles. Keller Bros., Sole Skagway
Agents.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
. . L •*. KTLUKR.
DeMbl
Moot Modern DiihiMli.
Ope* EranUga.
Office Houre: 9-12 a m 1-6 P- ®
Wil.ljl AM I'M.I-1ST ICR, M. 0.
(formerly of Seattle)
Specially ir the treat mem •»«
diseases anil deform (tie* of U'e fyft
•«r, uiwf tiii(1 throat. >
Office Goldstein Building J"
iiea«. Alaala
W. B. STOUT
i I t <> ' * 1 f A I Law.
Prac-U>« ait tourU
1b Territory Alaska
LI7X contain more real »oap
ibaj five tlmee It* weight la ordi
nar> soaps or soap powder. Got It
?or 10c at Keller*'. tt
Alaskan Building
SKAGWAY
Broadway
ALASKA
flalaes
AlWUa
FRATERN'AJ*. orders
>■ t. tr A. M
Whito LfOdg*
F. 4 A. M. Nt>. 113
meeta 2d a&<- *<•'
3W. Bv'ga o
icriuili . lBiiiut, tirot^ere «re wt»i
( ail ABrtihams, Secretary.
«im-r L. Wb™i®r. w M
B. P. O. HHiKS
Skagiray Lodgo
NO. 431, B. P. O.
E. meat* every
Thursday «TOttt»g
at 8:00 o cl
Visiting broth-1
ere cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary
Fratern*] Ordoc
i Znglfw—
Skagway A«rM
•Jo 25, Fr?a»r
ual Ordar of
tCag'.eb meet* the fir»: and third
tVedncsday night of each month At |
heir hall on Fifth a-enue
brothers cordially isrlted to attend
Jj. 'E. Hudson, W. P., J. K. Mo-1
Alister. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood-—
Camp Skagway N«. 1,
g ® ® A. B. meets every soc
\ Jt! ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 P
m. saarr- Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. W. L. Stevenson, Arc- J
tic Chief, W. R. Hillery, Arctic
Rprorder.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorae the
fourth of evt-ry month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaigns
Passengers, and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Sen-ice First '"lass.
HXH AMBERS, PrJjT"
OFFICE
P.egina Hotel :: Whitehorie, { f
URINARY:
DISCHARGES:
RELIEVED IN i
24 HOURS:
Each Cip- /"""N 3
sule bears (mIDV)3
the namc-fl&T* j
Beware of counterfeit 1
ALL DRUGGISTS I
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Kctchikan
Leave Skagtuay
S. S. SPOKANE Feb. 26 Mar. 7. 18
Connect# M |«tu« wltti throntf) passen Mutn,
OONGRSM, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
SaMBg Tuesday and Friday it 11 k. k.
FOR BAA fRANCISCO, LOS ANilELHfe, BAN DIEGO.
Through UM<i told Mid Ueegege «becked to all polnta 1b
Cnlted Statea «td Ona<» For foh!«n and full particulars,
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B. BRANDT, V, A. P. D. Phone 60. BKAGWAI
608 Second Ave., Seattle, Wadb.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FROH SKAGWAY
SOUTHBOUND
S. 5. JEFFERSON
Feb. 13=22 Mar. 3=13
Passengers will be transferred to Vancover or Victoria
without extra charge.
TELEPHONE KO. 6fl. E J SHAW, Agent, SKAGWAY.
SAILINGS from SKAGWAY
k Winter Season
fpAcinc# S. S. Princess MAY
Feb. 9-23 Mar. 8-19-29
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VIA THE
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The New Short Line and the Alaskan's Favorite
All-Steel Trains and a Top-Notch Service where You'll
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