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EDITORIAL PAGE
WHKKK POKKR Is M<">T
X'evada. wearying of dolee far]
and seeking exit through
retroaction. hut by act of leg
islature resurrected her quick
divorce Industry, lflted the ban
from i'dze fighting and reinstated
r.iee truck gambling in the good
maces r-t the statutes. And now
Nevada notifies the world thai she
ha; caused the light of her judica
tory approval to beam once more
imon poker, both draw and stud,
together with whist, solo and other
in lisenous forms of play, exclusive
i>' faro, roulette and such pastimes
k involve a percentage in favor of
i"'i. house.
i'leaslng as the prospect of free
t:vde In poker chips may seem to
s'Mne, it is by no means clear that
pilgrims will bo attracted thereby
u Nevada's free soil In prodigious
•ii allying numbers. It appears
tsirelv possible that, in exercising;
t'•• statutory curse, the insouciant
commonwealth has but deprived
po'r.er oi one of its rarest chaini-t—
t'tat zestful flavor of outlawry
•■••hich attends its practice outside
i;ie pale. It might even be doubted
*'ether Doker will flourish in its
a -w found legitimacy in the hotels
•u ■ ! itonkuionks of Reno. Carson.
Kureka and i'aradlse Valley ;ls pic
;•!»>•!> as before, or ..s pervasively
s e I sew here.
For there seems to be that in the
inner consciousness ol' the regular
l'u;ted States citizen which con
• .uces him it Is his inalienable right
:• investigate what a three-card
inay bring forth, to recon
:ioiter the outskirts of his fellow
i;:n'» inquisitive faculty, to see
■v» ether there is in very truth a
-•Tiide on top, to stock his mind
* ith additional impressions of the
.1 fficii'ty of filling a belly straight.
■ 'owing our fair land as we know |
together with the freeborn in
labit.ints thereof, we cannot doubt
1 "lat at this very hour, in many a
?.>wu and hamlet of the forty-seven
..cser-TTOhibitlng states, thousands
> American youths and men and
[ triarchs are feloniously and with
.TMliie aforethought passing open
••:s. holding kickers, calling bluffs
aiul t>idiiik the backward be not
s( shy
Deplore this lawlsesness as right
i ^i'tdeti people must, may there
.,ot still be a certain ethical value
•u the Nevada experiment? Many
legislature has solemnly enacted
that the impossible shall come to
pass, but where before has one
legislated that what will be any
how might as well be legally?
S1N<SS OF BKTTi:U TIMKS
Beyond doubt the times are
getting better in Cleveland, says
the Leader. The evidrcce is easily
found. It comes from many sources
.Most important of r< 11 is the im
provement in the lt.bor market.
Men are not seeking work in such
numbers or under the spur of such
desperate need as the/ did in the
winter. The public employment
bureaus show a great increase in
the demand for workinginen and
a corresponding ducreas • in the ap
plications for jobs. There is also
a tendency toward higher wages
for laborers.
Another sure sign of better times
is the increase in the earnings of
thw street railroad system. Its re
ceipts fell with the great decrease
in industrial and commercial ac
tivity. They are rising with the
improvement in business and the
more general employniert of wage
earners.
Bank clearings, likewise, are
making steady gains over the corre
sponding weeks of last year.
Through the winter l<sses, by com
parison with 1914, were almost
constant. The exchanges of the
banks are affected by all kinds of
business. When the times are get
ting better the bank clearings show
the change.
Building, of course, is much
more active than it was in the cold
er months of the year. The sea
son is enough to account for that
but it is a gain which has a great
effect upon the condition of thou
sands of families. Ai:d building
compares well, so far this year,
with the record for 11*14, which
easily surpassed all earlier figures
in Cleveland.
All of these facts demonstrate
decide! improvement in the gen
eral condition of business. It is
clear th.it trade and industry are
expanding and labor finds work
easier to obtain and better paid.
The spring promises more and
greater gains for Cleveland.
.Capital Punishment Does Not Have the
Effe& of Reducing Crime
By GEORGE FOSTER PEA BODY, President Anti-Capital Punish
ment Society
""P HE argument that humanity is ever endeavoring
to climb from the lower and brutal plane to
higher ami more divine atmosphere seems to tho
most of those who have given thought to the ques
tion to he unanswerable. It is an argument in favor
of the abolition of the death penalty. The lack of
any moral right bv even the state itself to take life
I- the fundamental basis for such an organization
as the Anti-capital Punishment society. The taking
of human life bv either individual or collective ac
tion is, in inv "•pinion, abhorrent and a great drag
' .. . • 6 G. F. PEABODY.
ti;>n the prolines ol nuinanitv.
KoR t'KNTl"RIES I)HATH WAS THE PENALTY FOR CRIMES
IT EVERY I •INSCRIPTION. TJIE RESULT WAS FAILURE,
AND NOW IN ALMOST EVERY CIVILIZED COUNTRY THE
ONLY CRIME ITNISHABl.E BY LAW WITH DEATH IS MUR
DER. THE EXTREME PUNISHMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE
Kl i ECT OF REDUCING CRIME.
In thi« country last year there were about eight thousand homicides,
followed f»v seventy-four executions. The proportion makes its own ar
gument.
LAST YEAR WE HAD IN THE UNITED STATES FORTY-SEVEN
LYNCHINGS. NOT ONE LYNCHING OCCURRED IN ANY OF THE
STATES WHICH HAVE ABOLISHED THE DEATH PENALTY.
The Anti-capita! Punishment society is working deliberately, and it
hopes to bring an increasing force to bear upon the legislature and the
executive to realize the great strength of the moral sentiment which is
opposed to the taking of hutr*n He, either privately or legally, by exe
cution.
If You Are Nervous
and are losing weight, we recommend
that you take
$exa&!L
Emulsion
containing Hupophosphitei t
for a short time. A prescription which
we gladly endorse.
Wm. Britt.
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
Alaska Has to ll»w to the Inevit
able—Stores of Endorsements
l'rove It.
Aftor reading the public state
rnent of this fellow-sufferer given
below, you must conic to this
conclusion: A remedy which prov
ed so beneficial years ago, with the
kidneys can naturally !>•> expected to
perform the same work in similar
cases. Head this:
Mrs. L. E. Erickson, 21 Second
St., Astoria, Ore., sajs: "About
three years ago 1 began to have
trouble with my kidneys. 1 went
from bad to worse am! about three
months ago my back began to
trouble me. It ached awfully and
was v«ry sore. My head ached con
stantly and 1 was right down sick.
I knew 1 had to do something, and
reading that Donn'j Kidney Pills
ha-' helped others so much, I got
seme. Four box's benefited aie
wendea ully."'
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney rills—the same
that Mrs. Erickson had. Fostcr-Mil
burn Co., Props., Buffalo. X. V.
Nat Seen Dead.
Mrs. Styles-ThH paper says ingles
and parrots are among the longest
lived of the bird". Mr. Styles—Come
to think of it. 1 f-'tiess that's correct
I never see 'em on women's bats."—
Yonkers Statesman
H,s Clinchcr.
At n town meeting a largo taxpayer
rose up to protest against building a
new schoolhouse hi a certain part ol
tlie town. "W'bat'tf the good of it?
They are an ignorant si t down there
snywaj Arynaut
Bandying Secrets.
Alice—When i told you of my en
gagement 1 »:iill ii was a secret, find
yon tohl Kilty about ii.
Ella—V. hy. no, 1 didn't. 1 merely
asked her it she knew about it.—I'.os
ton Transcript
Dodging an Argument.
Craw foul -- I low tlo yon pet your
wife to believe what yon say when
you eoine hoi.ie late'.'
Crabshaw—1 lirst listen to what she
accuses me of doiug, and then 1 own
up to it.—Judge.
Distinction of Terms.
"1 suppose you regard that picture
you've painted a» a masterpiece."
"No," replied the practical artist.
"I'd rathei rake a small cash price and
call it a p.n boiler." - Washington
Star.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
rtif CoUHl.Tt Mrrrlnsr of n lint l'ropo
Dnudru.T Gcruia.
T'.ior" .ire many men who wear theli
iat! jjrrv . .!•;> •.•ii the time when awake,
•nd nr.- lilessed with a heavy sl.uck ol
a:r: >•: if Use scalps of these same men
uco t.-cam'! infested •with dandruff
:crr.-.s, t!t? parasites would multiply all
he qu!-:;er for lack of air. Baldness
vould ensue as the final result. Xew
iro'a Ilerpiclde kills these perms and
timulateg unhealthy hair to abundant
jrowtii. ITerpiclde i pleasant hair
dressing ns well cs a ilainl: *iflf eiir« anil
contains not an atom •' Injurious sub
stance. Sold 1 ; 1, > 'Insists. S^nd
V In stiri.n* for simp - to "he Korpl
:ide Co.. l.Vtroit. Mi'h.
One »foUar numes sranrsmteed
At all a rug stor*
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EVERY TIME •
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and mucous surfaces of the system,.there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
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building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing Its work. The proprietors
have so much faith In its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollar;
for any case that it falls to cure. Send
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Address: F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold hv nil Druftglata. 7Sc.
Take Hall's Family Pills for conitlpatloq.
EXPOSEDI
After exposure, w&en you leel a
cold coming on, take "PUROLA"
Honey and Tar Cough Syrup. Doa't
wait until it ka« developed into
.ironcUitla or pneumonia. Dot* not
contain opiates of any Vlnd. Keep
botLle In the house for emergen
cies. Your druggist will refund
your money If *ot sataf led. Price
25c and 60c Specify "PUROLA"
Sold by Keller Bros. Drug Co.
ONLY ONE "Brorao Quinine," that u
g axative Jerome Quinine
Cures a Cold in One Dsy. Gripln 2 Dayl
F. A A. M.
White Pass Leigs
F. t A. M. No. 113
meets 3d and
FrL Br'ga of «««ii
moinh. Vl8lUng brotiere are wel
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
1L P. O. ELKS
Bksgway Ledge
Ha 431, 1. P. O
E. sheets ititj
Taursday erea
ing at I o'sleek.
Visiting kreUers
lOrtliaiiy welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, H. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fnkteretl OrUoi
Skafway A«rl«
No. 35, Fmtor
* nal Ordar ol
| Eagles meets the first and taird
j Wednesday night of «acb month at
' their hall on Fifth arsons. VlsfeUng
brothers cordially Inyited to atteod.
Jhon C. Wood, W. P., J. W. Frit
ehett, Secretary.
• Arctic Brotherhood.-—
UM Camp Skagway No. 1
*" B" meet* ®TW7 Tu**
* 'S- day ereulag at 8:0® P
ra. sharp. Visiting brottors cordial
ly welcome. A. J. Achesoa, Arctic
Chief, \v. R. HiHery, Arctlo Re
corder
FROFESSIOXAL CARDS
OB- L. 9. KELLER.
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Opea BTmlaao.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
SKAGWAY ALAflKA
WILLIAM l'ALLIHTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist In the ttentmaot of
liistascs aud deformltlf* of tho OfCi
'■at', nose and throng
Office; Goldstein Buiidlag, Ju
iean, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT.
Attorney A • Law.
Practice La all ooarfis
In Territory of Alaska
Haines Alaska.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehoree the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Chainpaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Servile First Class.
HXHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Reginn Hotel Whitahor—, Y T
TO
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skagouay
S.S. Spokane, April 7-18-29
S. S. City of Seattle Apr. 12, 22
And ever/ ten days rol lowing. Modern comfortable shipn,
excellent service Connects at Seattle with through passen
ger steamers.
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR. PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
Sailing Tuesday, 10 a. ni. and Friday, 8 p. m.
FOR SAf» FRANCISCO, LOS AVGELHfe, BAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold un<l baggage checked to all points in
United States and C&nndn. For folders and full particulars,
address V. A. PETERSON, Agent
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. O. Phone BO, 8KAGWAV
808 Second Ave., Seattle. Wash.
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mm,
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
JEFFERSON April 14
DOLPHIN April 8
WESTWARD
NORTHWESTERN, April 16
MARIPOSA, April 3
ALAMEDA, April lo
SOUTHBOUND
NORTHWESTERN April 3
MARIPOSA April 10
ALAMEDA April 17
Passengers will be transferred to Vaacover or Victoria %
without extra charge.
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TELEPHONE NO. 08. E. J. 8BAW, Agent, 3KAGWAY. ^
Twin Screw S. S.
rincm May
Will leave Skagway for
Prince Rnpert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle
April 3-14-24
May 5-15-26
Subject to Change
All infor.nation, Rail, Sleeper, or Ocean Tickets
To any part ot the world
F. F. W. LOWLE, Gen'l Agt. Phone 87 or 141 SKAGWAY
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