F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
f F. & A.M. No. 113
meet3 2d and 4th.
fri. Ev'gs. ot each
month. Visitiiig orouien» aro n —
come. Pb.il Abrahams, secretary.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fraternal Order
\ FAKle®—
Ssag-way Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meet* ever
fhursday night a
8 o'clock. Elk
club and readln
room. open daily from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting brohters cor
dially welcome. W. C Blanchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee Secretary.
~ Arctic Brotherhoods
Camp Skagway No. 1
A.. B. meets every Tues
day evening at 8:00 p
m. sharp. Vlsitinf brothers cordial-j
iy welcome. D. J. Rich, Arctic Chief,
K. Hillery, Arctic Recorder.
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30th Iui'autry Lodge, No. 1390.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Fort Wm. H. Seward, Haines, Aliusk
Regular Meetings every Thursday
tight at 7:30 p. m. All visiting bro
t tiers cordially welcomed.
\ny one desiring information
about the Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
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EDITORIAL PAGE
JAMES WICKERSHAM.
The Washington Evening Times,
published at the capital city of the
United States, in a recent issue has
the following words ol felicitation
to James Wickersham, delegate to
Congress from Alaska, and to Alas
ka, on its good fortune in having
such a delegate:
Air. 'Wickers ham's career has
teen one of fightiug, now a dozen
years or more, for Alaska. He be
gan as a Federal judge there, ap
pointed ' v McKinley. He cleaned
up the ruck of corruption at Nome
and his 'jerformanca ended with a
£roup o* eminent citizens in jail.
Becausee of this straightforward, un
yielding insistence on obedience to
the law, he accumulated a power
ful force of political antagonism.
The lookers assailed him in Con
gress, auJ when ihe time came
refused to confirm him. Time and
again. Congress adjourning without
action oa his nomination, Roosevelt
gave him recess appointments. In
fact, he served about six years on
such tenure, without ever being
confirmed.
Then he became a candidate for
Delegate in Congress, and the real
people of Alaska git a chance to
pass their verdio* on his conduct.
The man -*ho had beeu vilified and
denounced in Washington, by the
Alaska lobby; who cou«d not be con
firmed as a judge; who had been
made to suffer the Binart of false
charges without thi chance to dis
prove th>-m was elected Delegate
by the 'people who kne.w him and
his work, with an overwhelming ma
jority. It was a splendid vindica
tion; but 1?. was only the first of
a long series the', have come to him.
When the Tail Administration
came in'o office Wickersham came
in with it, and instantly he *as in
a feud with the Administration. The
Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Bal
linger, w:is his enemy,and the doors
of the White House were locked
against h'in.
A weaker man would have given
up in disgust his fight for Alaska.
Wickersham only fought the hard
er. He went to work with Cougress
and with people on tho outside.
won the people, ant? ut length con
vinced Congress. Times and Ad
ministratluns changed, and Wicker
sham is now become one of the lit
tle group of men in Congress, who
are accepted as conclusive authority
on their special subjects. Wicker
sham's specialty is Alaska.
When the idea of Government
railroads for the Territory was first
broached, Wickersham like almost
everybody else, opposed. But it be
came apparent that there must be
Government ownership, or else pri
vate monopoly of the vast resources
of the Territory, lie those to sup
port Government ownership, and for
that end has labored ever "ir.ce.
Judge Wickersham's recent speech
in the House was a model of its
kiud. He demonstrated an encyclo
pedic knowledge of Alaska in every
phase; its history, its lesources, its
people, its laws, its needs. The
House gave him solcndid attention,
and seldom has one man's exposi
tion of a big subject, in a single
speech, been so convincing jnd con
clusive with either house of Con
gress.
A year from now, the Govern
ment will be building railroads in
Alaska. It is just ascertain as any
thing of the future can be, that the
inauguration of that work will make
a new boom for the Territory, an
era of development such as it has
never dreamed before. Some day
they will set up a monument to
James Wickersham in the public
square or the town hall of every
Alaskan city. Meanwhile, it is to
be hoped that tho reople of Alaska
will continue to demonstrate their
good sense and appreciation by keep
ing him in Congress.
It is not a question whether
Wickersnam wants to stay in Con
gress. There have been intimations
that he thinks his work finished
with the passage of the Federal
railroad bill, and will seek to re
tire. He shouldn't be permitted to
do so. Alaska needs him. Con
gress needs him, the -country needs
him. It is not beyond the possibil
ities that he may one day become
a Senator from Alaska.
REGISTRATION NOTICE
Citizens desiring to vote for can
didates for the Common Council of
Skageway, Alaska, * the Municipal
election to be held April 7, 1914.
must register.
The Registration books will be
open at the Town Hall from 7:30
to 10:30 o'clock every evening from
Monday, March 16th until Saturday,
April 4th. 1914.
3-2-14td. D. McKay,
Town Clerk.
LADIES OF SKAGWAY!
Don't forget that you cannot vote
unless you register. Look out for
the notice of the opening of the
registration books in the Daily Al
askan. 4t. Sat.
XOriCE OF ELECTION.
A 9eneral municipal election will
be held Tuesday, Anril 7th, 1914,
for the purpose' of electing seven
councilmcn and one member (clerk)
of the School Board.
The election will be held at the
Town Hall and the hours for voting
will be from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
A voter for councilman must be
a citizen of the United- States or
who has declared hia intention to
become such, twenty one years or
over, who has resided continuously
one year next preceding the' elec
tion in the Territory of* Alaska and |
for six months preceding" the elec
tion in the Town o' Skagway, and
who has been duly registered.
All adults, male or female, who
are citizens of the United States or
who have declared their intention
to become such and who are bona j
fide residents of tbe Town of Skag
way, are qualified to vote for the
School Clerk.
D. W. McKay,
3-4-14. j Town Cleark
THE HUM OF
THE HUMBUGS
Catalogue House System Off
' spring ot HumSuggery.
CHEAP AND FLIMSY SECONDS
\
It Is Supposed That Satan Was the
Original Humbug—The Retail Cata
logue House People Have Developed,
, the Art Until It Has Become a Dis
«ase With Them.
[Copyrighted. 1911. by Thomas J. Sullivan.]
On a certain occasion some boys
thought they would play a trick on
the great naturalist, Darwin.
They caught a beetle, glued various
iwrts of other Insects upon its head
and body, placed it iu a little bos and
humbly knocked at Darwin's door,
seeking to know what the great scien
tist would call this wonderful bug they
.had assembled.
Mr. Darwin looked it over very crit
ically and asked the boys very serious
ly, "DSd this bug hum wheu you
caught it?" "Yes. »ir: it hummed a
great deal." replied the boys, with sly
•winks at each other.
"Then tills must be a humbug," said
Darwin.
it is supposed that Satan was the
feriginal humbug, but since the mail or
der houses have been established he
has had to take "a back seat, and
among so uiany modern improvements
he must feel dreadfully useless and
antiquated.
Love to Be Humbugged.
That the American people love to be
humbugged long since has passed into
a proverb. Trickery may be called
our national vice, our besetting sin. i
Like liberty, it appears" to be lh tho
very air we breathe. We take to it as
naturally as we do to politick Ouf
entire social system has becoaie satu
rated with it. Even at tlmps it mas
querades under the mantle of charity,
which, like a well filled purse, covers a
multitude of sins.
There are various kinds and classed
of fakers and tricksters, but the
princes of them all. the incarnations
of fraud, are the advertising humbugs,
who, when stripped of the sugar coat
ing by which they impose upon the
public, are simply professors of false
hood.
Would Strike Liars Daad.' . '
The ancient scribes tell us that the
Lord once attempted to check the
humbug habit by striking the liars
dead, but when be looked Into the
future and saw the huge catalogue
houses looming in the distance be
reluctantly relinquished the Idea, as he
saw that such a plan in the congested
centers would prove more fatal than h
seeoud flood.
The m.tfl order bouses word their ad
vertising so as to appeal to the credu
lity and weakness of human nature,
as it is generally known that every
son of Adam and daughter of Eve pos
sesses a disposition to resort to games
of chance, an inclination to get some
tiling for nothing.
Possess the Gambling Instinct.
A noted gambler once said: "Life
consists in taking chances. Providence
has instilled into the brains and hearts
of men the betting instinct" So when
tht» mail order bouses came into exist
ence tbe.v at once opened up an avenue
:for the development of humanity's
■well known weakness—a desire for
.gambling.
As mo catalogue nouses pusseu uvu
the elementary and experimental stages
to that of a permanent and pronounced
reality the gambling instinct of the
cousunier kept pace with the humbug's
progress.
The consumers read the bewitching
circulars describing the many wonder
ful bargains; they fumbled the. pages
of the huge catalogue in bewildering
it mazeinent. The angel of doubt hover
ing near whispered warnings to the
fascinated buyer, but the god of chance
was beckoning from the distance, and
the order was sent forward.
Cheap, Flimsy "Seconds."
The advertising humbug's advertise
ments and catalogues depict his goods
as something marvelous. Bedsteads,
chairs, tables, couches, picture frames,
heaters, etc., which appear to be mas
sive. handsomely carved pieces of
work, are nothing but cheap, flimsy
"seconds" when delivered, and the buy
er Is often ashamed to cart them home
in the daytime, but waits for the dark
ness of night to cast Its mnntle over
their defects.
Sometimes the gambling instinct Is
so deeply set iu the natures of some
consumers that one evidence of the
trickery of the advertising humbug la
Insufficient, and they again Indulge
their passion for gambling by taking a
"chance" with another order and again
getting imposed upon, and so on ad
infinitum.
Paraguay's Sweet Plant.
A herb called by the natives caa
ehe. but hotanleally Eupatorlum re
baudlannin, grows wild in Paraguay.
It is remarkable for its sweetness. In
deed. the native uaine means the
"sugar plant." It grows along the bor
ders of the river Amambahi and at
tains a height of ouly about live inch
es. The smallest bit of this plant
when placed upon the tongue produces
a surprisingly sweet flavor, which, it
Is said, lasts for hours. The saccharine
power is much greater than that ol"
sugar.
Bonded WhisKeyB—UlbBon, Moun
Vanon and Belmont. The beet of
Beer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelaer and
p.ue Rimer, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67. ' 'w ft
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WHERE IS KRISTIAN TUWESON?
Kindly give information if he 18
alive or not, to his mother, Mrs.
Hanna Tuweson, Mellosa, Sweden.
Kjt.-5-14.
FIVE GOOD ONE* TO DRAW TO,
Pebble'ord and Gibson Rye. Bud
weiser, r>lae Ribbon and Pale Rain
ier Bee at the Board ot Trade.
EASTERN OYSTERS ON THE
HALF SHELL
Fresh Eastern Oysters on th
halt shell are now to be had at tn
j'-hui Restaurant.
Olympia Beer on draught at, the
Board of Trade. This famous brew,
both on draft unci in bottles Is kept
constantly fresh. This ir the Board
of Trade Bar where the celebrated
Rainier Beer :s also kept In bot
ties. tf.
You should give "Luxor" toilet
articles a trial. See the "Week
End" sets for men and women, 35
cents. Enough for a thorough trial
Keller Bros. Agents. tf.
CRAB MEAT COCK TAILS
at
The Pack Train Restaurant
Service a la carte.
EXTRA GOOD PROGRAM.
TONIGHT AT THE
NUGGET THEATER.
Take "Purola" SODIUM PHOS
PHATE and give your liver a shake.
For Sale by Keller Bros. Drug Co.
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