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EDITORIAL
"OLD GX.ORY"
"America For Americans"-x
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Chr'stmaa h<^ come one more
['tis fttsuvai properly begins witl
ae aveumg of the 24th day of i)e
*mber, called Christmas eve, anc
:ontinues until the 6th day or J-ln
i^ry, the whole period being call
;d Christmas-tide. Christmas day
x»c, 25th, id generally observe*
hroiuocut Christendom by reli
;loua services, by public und so
•ia; festivities, by 'he iuter-changi
>f ii'ts between relatives am
blends, and by the distributing o
'ood as* clothing among the poor.
The Daily Alaskan wishes a mos
Merry Christmas to every persoi
a Slug way, and wishes this £es
:ive time will be filled with happi
iess for all. We h«pe that all yule
ogs will be burning bright and tlia
;h<j families may be gathere<
uound the hearth fires.
N'EW&L'ATEltS A.\i> HH.U CVSTs
A ifreat many country newspa
>*rs fave b«a forced to raist
^heir advertising rates in order t<
jUy ia business. Many other
a*ve raised their subscripts
?rice from a dollar and a half t<
• wo dollars a year. It looks now
v* though all country weeklies
■vould a^Te to come to the two-dol
.ar rate aooner or later—or els<
ock t'Ja front door and give tht
therrif the key.—Winnebago City
(Minn.j Enterprise.
Commenting on thi$ statement
:he Duluth I Minn.) Herald says:
"An} body who thinks the newspa
^ers, country and city, haven't «
iee>n cersonal interest in the prob
em of the high cost of living, i:
aadly mistaken. Newspapers ir
:ountrr and city are wrestling wit!
Ji« toughest problem in the histoi;
>f newspaper making. Man.v 01
:hem ar* giving ap in despair unc
:losin< up( shop. More will be
forced to that bitter solution be
fore the war is over.
"The counry weekly cau and
ihouid increase its Bubscriptlor
.•lice, which has always been toe
imall when it is anywhere below tw
ioliara. The one-cent dailies car
ucreaae to two cents, and virtual 1)
jr«ry one of them has done so. Th«
>ae-cent newspaper is virtually ex
.lact 1* thi3 country, probably foj
ill time. The two-cent newspaper
lowever, can. hardly increase its
jrlce to three or five cents without
{really curtailing its subscription
Uta, which would be bad for the
wwspapers, bad for the advertisers,
»ad bad for the country, which de
.isads bo much on the newspapers
:o carry its messages home to the
>eople.
"The increase in the newspaper
roat of living runs to every item
n its expense list, and presently
h«re will be, besides the war tax
* which all industries and enter
prises must pay, a sharp increase
a newspaper postage; but the big
tem, the menacing item, is print
\*D*- Whether legitimately or
iOtA tie trice Pi print ya^r has
"V
North Pole, Dec. 24.—(Headquarters Sauta Claus)—Dear Boys and Uirls ol' Skagway, Santa, Claus
loft here this morning at 6 o'clock auu word just received' from him say? ue reached TVhite Pftss about
five' o'clock this afternoon. He will stop a short time for supper before reaching Skagway, but if you
are good and have a stocking hanging up by the fire, lie will come down your chimney tonight and leave
you a present. Doa't sit up and watth, though, for be will not come until you are asleep.
Yours very truly,
f Mrs. Santa Claus. ■
BIG INTEREST IN MUSIC.
Educators Now Rocogniz* Its Farreach
ing Cultural Valua.
Au intelligent interest iu music of the
higher order Is everywhere increasing.
Well rouuiled educators have long since
recognized the farreacUuz cultural
value of musical art. There is no com
plete education without music. That la
au outstanding fact lu the most en
lightened countries of Europe. Music
is now coming to l>e appreciated liy all
individuals identified with school or col
lege wor!; In Amciica.
l.ike all spiritual things, harmony has
its psychology. More, it has its gram
mar and its rules of analysis and con
struction. Melody that stirs the emo
tions Is the unadorned language of the
soul. Harmony is intellectual to the
last degree, but melody aud harmony
united contribute to the true and the
beautiful as no other educational force
does.
Hence it is that all institutions of
learning are living so much attention
to the serious study of music, especially
theory ami composition. Some of the
choicest literature published in recent
years has been ou musical topics. The
universities are malting a feature of lec
tures ou music more thau ever.—Bir
mingham Age Herald.
An Oriental Ruse.
It was on Aug. 21. 1103. that Abdul
numeu Ibu Ali was elected sultan of
eastern Africa by the following strata
gem: Having rraiued a parrot ami a
lion, he assembled the chiefs in his tent
and urged upon them the naming of a
ruler of their growing empire. In the
' midst of their deliberations the parrot
• perched himself upon one of the jioles
, of the tent and pronounced distinctly,
1 "Victory and power to the lot of the
Khalif Abdulnunien. commander of
the faithful." The liou then made his
way through the terrified assembly,
licked Abdul's ha mi aud lay down at
1 bis feet. Deeply impressed with this
■ wonder and 'he manifest interference
of heaven, the natives unanimously pro
claimed him sultan.
S. H. YOEMANS
3. H. lYoemane, a pioneer of
Skagway, passed away Saturday a
2 t>. m. following an. illness of about
eight d£ys duration. The illness
which caused his death dates back,
for 20 years when he Buffered for
. inori> than a year with tuberculous
peritonitis.
1 His final illness followed upon
' hard w ork and a strain during the
ccld weather. He failed tremen
dously in the few short days he was
ill. Everything \vas done to corn
1 bit the serious disease. He suffer
ed no pain whatever. An operation,
was deemed advisable, but he Just
3<it JieJ to sink, and his low vitality
1 stood cut against it. A consulta
t'on was called with Dr. Craig, but
nothing further could be done, as his
weak physical condition could not
. stand even his removal to the hos
pital. [
The immediate cause of his death
was acute tuberculous Deritonitis,
, causing paralysis of the bowels, and
septic poisoning of the heart mus
1 cl-s, which ended in heart failure
•and sudden death.
Mr. Yoemana is one of Skagway's
most lfsrected and hest loved citi
zens. He came here in the early
days o£ the city, and was one of
ifs pioneer citizens. For a time
he w«3 in Atlin, and there was
known and loved by all who came
in contact with Slim.
Mr. Yoemails was a vestryman in
th-j Episcopal church, and up to
tho time of his death, was active
in church work.
The Dally Alaskan and the peo
ple of Skagway extend to Mrs. Yoe
mans ar.d relatives their most heart
felt sjmpathy in her hour of sor
row.
Skagway leads, other follow.
Skagw®? organized the first Parent
TeacV-" association in Alaska. Now
there are many of them. Skagway
built t>» first municipal ice skating
rink :* Alaska. Now Seward is go
ing »o build one. 1
(been raised and raised again, until
j thf paper on. which newspapers are
printed has become about as pre
J clous, judged by its price, us silk
And linen." i - ? -4.1
Weather Report
Whiteh.orse, fog, fcaim, 62 below.
Lower LeBs-rge, fog, calm, 65 be
low.
Hootalinqua, clear, calm, 70 be
low.
lUg Salmon, clear, calm.
CarmackB, fog, calm,
Yukon Crossing, fog, calm, 72
below. I |
Selkirk, fog, calm, 80 below.
. Isaac Creek, fog, oalm, 65 below.
Stewart River, fog, calm, 62 be
low,
Dawson, fog, calm, 64 below.
Felly Road House, 86 below.
The Greatest Evil.
The Persian author Saadi tells a sto
ry of three sages—a Greek, an Indian
and a Persian—who In the preset ee of
the Persian monarch debated this ques
tion: Of all evils Incident to humanity
which is the greatest? The Grecian
declared, "Old age oppressed with pov
erty;" tiie Indian answered. "Pain with
Impatience," while the Persian, bow
ing low, made answer, "The greatest
evil, O king, that I can conceive is the
couch of death without one good deed
of life to li^ht the darksome way."
The Bow and Arrow.
The first mention of the bow aud ar
row is found in the l« ok of Genesis,
where it is written that Jshruael, the
son of Abraham, "dwelt in the wilder
ness and became an archer." "A bow
shot," too, Is mentioned as a measure
of distance. In the sculptured slates
found at Khorsakad and Nineveh rep
resentations of archers frequently oc
cur, and the bow seeius to have been
a weapuu in the Assyrian and Persian
armies.
Rule? For Fr/i ig.
First, everything nu: :t be as dry as
possible before frying: s • ond. ilie fat
must be snsokiug hot: third, drain ev
erything on paper to absorb tbe fat;
fourth, fry everything evenly a golden
color; liftb. take up t|tii.Uy ami light
ly; otherwise thing* will lose their
erispness.—New- Vork Mull.
Dutiful.
Our idea of a ii.:ii.'itl daughter crys
tallized into deiinite form yesterday
when we saw n blooming voting matron
of this neighborhood stand by with an
air of quiet resijrument and exemplary
patience while her mother did undoubt
edly kindly intended things to the
baby.—Coluuibus Journal.
Holping Ya Editor.
He—Oh, yes, I write verses occasion
ally, but 1 always tear them up. She
Ah! 1 Uiipv you were clever.—Rostoi;
Trau script
A Bit Of Advice
First—Don't Delay. Second—Don't
Experiment.
IX you suffer from backache;
headadies or dizzy spells; if you
rest poorly and are languid in
tfr* morning; if the kidney secre
tions are irregular and unnatural
iu appearance, do not delay. In
sue* cases the kidneys often need
help.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especial
ly piepared for kidney trouble ■—
they are recommended by thous
ands. Read the following interest
ing statement;
Mr.. M. E.. Gagen, 1013-A Florid
3*., Sau Francisco, Cal., says:
"i had dropsy and other kidney
trouble and was miserable. >Iy
back couldn't have given me any
mere misery if I had broken it.
My kidneys were weak and my feet
ankles and ha.nds became swollen,
as a result. I felt so miserable,
run down and depressed I was
discouraged. X could h.arly bend
OTer because my back hurt me so
much. Doan's soon strengthened and
regulated my kidneys. The swell
ing went away and I was again well
and had all my'former strength."
Frlce 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
sat Doans' Kidney Pills— the sam
tba» Mrs. Gagen had. Foster-MH
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
—Adverti s$m ant.
fraternal orders
Arctic Brotherhood. — \
Camp Skagwary No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and. foartk Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. snarp. Visiting brottiarB ooraiai
welcome. Edward A.. Rasmttson,
[Arctic Chief, W. R. Gray, Arctic
Recorder.
Fraternal Order
—
Kkagwnjr Aerie
Ko. 25, Frater
nal Order of
moots the first «ul third
\\ ednceUay night of each month, at
tn*li hali on Fifth Avenue. Vlsit
lin« brothers cojxIUvUjr Invited to
■ J. M. Gitslgbach, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
Wblt« Pasg Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday Even In eg
or each mouths. Visiting Brethren
ar# welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JA.MKo \V ALLACE, Secr©tftry,
a P. O. ELKS
Slcagway Lodg*
No. 431. B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday qt 8:30
P. m. Visiting
I brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J VA^'DEWALL, Sectary.
I'lomv-r of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
au-et* lu A. B. Hall first Monday In
cvciy month at 8:30 p. m.
Vtalting UrotJieni coitliallj wel
come.
J. C. WOOD, Pres.
P. H. I>oree, Bee. Sec.
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SKAUW.U ALASKA j
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice in all oourta
In Territory of AI«wk*
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December 20, January 3
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SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY FALL 1917
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BAILINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Phono 66 E. J. SHAW, Agent Skagway
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
(STEAMSHIP LINES)
S-^ PRINCESS SOPHIA
LEAVES SKAGWAY r. M.
Dec. 19, Jan. 2, 16, 30, Feb. 13, 27
—FOR—
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Etc.
ALSO TICKETS ISSUED TO ALT- CALIFORNIA POINTS
VIA ANY DESIRED ROUTE
WHATEVER YOUR DESTINATION ALWAYS BUY TICKETS AND
CHECK RAUOAGK THROUOH SAVING MONEY AND TROUBLE
ALL INFORMATION FROM
L H. JOHNSTON, Agt. F. F. W. LOWLE
Skagway Gen. Agt.
Phones 87 or 118 Juneau
S. S. PRINCE JOHN
LEAVES SKAGWAY
SATURDAY A.M.
December 15th, 29th
Jan. 12th, 26th Feb. 9th, 23rd Mar. 9th, 23rd
The "Prince John" operates to Prince Rupert only making a direct
* connection at that point with the Largest, Finest and Swiftest Steam
ships regularly scheduled on the North Pacific, the S. S. "Prince
George" or "Prince Rupert". These steamers operate through to
Seattle, Alaska pasengers arrive Vancouver Tuesday, Victoria
Wednesday morning and Seattle at 3 P.M...Wednesday.
Direct connexions made at Prince RuDert with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway tqr
all points In United States and Canada. Buy a through ticket via "The Shortest
tone to the East ' ami save money.
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