V. & A. M.
White F^ss Lodge
* F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
i'ri. Ev'gs. of each
moutX \lslUag brothers are w«
come. Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fraternal Order
KAgles—
Skagway A9rie
Ko. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles rarctf th8 ur«£ and thiru
Wet' est'ay r'ght or each moatli at
theJr hull 00 Fifth avenue. Visiting
brotaers ord ally invited to attend.
Johi> Grashtl, W. J. M. Keller,
Secre;r.ry.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
So. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meet? ever
CUursday night a
' S o'clock. Elk
club and readiu
.• ool. otc. vuiiy from 1 p. m. to
•2 n.ii!-light. v'Lsitiag brothers cor
'iiaily -.velcoan.—W. C. Blanchard
Ex. K. Geo Magee, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Canip Skajpvay No. 1
A. B. meets every Tues
d.i> evening at 8:00 p
m. si:arp. Waiting brothers cordial
>—I). J. Rich, Arctic Chle
'' tl . '.'-.-y, Arctic Recorder.
Ury LiHlge, N-s. t390. J
... ORDER OK MOOSE.
Fun V 11. J. Seward, K.unts, A task :
Re- ul Meetings every Thursday!
night a; 7:oC> v. m. All visiting broi
the: - 're:; ,!v welcomed.
Any o:.e desiring information
about the Lodge v. ill confer a favor
by addressing
THF. SECRETARY".
r.O| VISIONAL CARDS.
t>rn:i>ta.
IMS. L. S. KELLER
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EDITORIAL PAGE
AN INSIDIOUS DANGER.
If the passage of the Alaska rail
road bill now before congress is de
feated it will be owing almost en
tirely to two causes, one the dense
ignorance of a majority of the mem
bers of that body who reside east of
the Missouri river, and nine-tenths
of whom could not on the spur of
th moment tell upon inquiry as to
whether the City of Dawson is lo
cated in the Yukon or Alaska ter
ritory; the other, by far the more
insidious and dangerous, disguises
bitter opposition behinu a pretense
of extreme friendliness, and comes
in the shape of a demand that gov
ernment control in Al&ska should
go far beyond the scope of the in
tent of the bill as originally draft
ed, and whose advocates are using
every effort to have amendments in
troduced into it, the far reaching ef
fects of which, if they succeed,
would only add to the opposition
that has already developed, and
be almost certain to defeat the
amended bill in its final passage.
Many members of congress are
doubtless opposed to the measure
through houest conviclon that gov
ernment ownership of any of the
public utilities is undesirable, while
the opposition of others can be di
rectly traced to an affilliation with
the great moneyed interests of the
couutry.
Open opposition can be overcome
iu part by the showing that the sit
uation in Alaska is peculiar and un
ique, having no relation to that in
other pans of the country; that the
action of the government itself has
driven capital out of investments
in transportation lines which were
once under way, and that it is but
fair to the people of Alaska for the
government itself to furnish them
with the transportation facilities
ivhich they would havs had had it!
not been for governmental action.
The attempts to add any social
istic conditions to the proposed law, :
if successful, will simply result in
the defeat of the hill by the action
cf those who pose as warm friends
of Alaska, eager to safeguard its in
terests.
ALASKA—A FUTURE EMPIRE".
"Alaska—A Future Kmpire" is
'.he title of an article by E. H.
Thomas, of Seattle, in the current
.i . . ->r.v OXl> HALF YEARLY REPORT OF
The German Savings and
Loan Society
(THE GERMAN BANK) COMMERCIAL
526 CALIFORNIA STREET
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA
December 31st, 1913
ASSETS
ilt - Muri^j.al ;w«I other Bonds
-1 . < • ' ,700 >, standing ou books at $1",899,050.90
i.u Real ).-iate E.cured by first Mortgage .. 3S,561,517.26
... tn Jlomls ai:.l Storks 906,836.99
Buildings and Lots, Main aud Branch Offices
(value standing on books at 1.00
«>'f»r Real Estate (value §230,000.00) standing on
•ook.i u;. 1.00
Employees' Pension Fund, ($166,570.12) standing on
books at 1.00
CASH 4,456,192.41
Total $56,823,600.56
LIABILITIES
Hue ne!HMitors $54,016,196.38
Cnpilal Stock, actualiy pain iu 1.000,000.00
5 serve an<l Contingent Funds . _ 1,807,404.18
To:ai $5(>,823,600.56
N. OHLANDT, GEORGE TOURNY,
President Manager.
Subscribed aud sworn to before me thi3 31st day of Dec., 1913.
(Srai) CHAS. F. BUISENBERG, Notary Public.
F.1: tn- 6 montiis ending December 31st, 1913 a dividend
to tleposi:ors of 4 per cent, per annual was declared. Adv.
number of the American Review of
Reviews. Mr. Thomas, who until
the first of the year was leader writ
er for the Post Intelligencer, and
who is now in the publicity business
points out iu a striking manner the
untouched resources of Alaska, show
ing the northern territory to be an
empire actually in the process ul
building, a country where nature ha
not yet even finished her work, and
where man has scarcely begun lo
explore and utilize the great natur
al wealth. The article points out.
the absurdity in the situation of a
huge territory with a vast :v on •
of fine fuel coal which is obliged,
to import every lump of coal burn
ed. In brief compass Mr. Thomas
makes a telling argument for the de
velopment of Alaska by proper leg
islation.—P. I.
Location Notices at Daily Alaskan.
Brazil's "White Coal."
Brazil is the richest country today in
"white coal" (water powen. The fall
of the Iguassn on the frontier of Ar
gentina is superior in extent, in height
and in volume to Niagara. The fall
of the Ifcuassu, or the Santa Mar:.:. >
fifty meters. That is seven meters
more than that of Niagara. Its power
has beeu measured at 14.000.000 hor-.
power. It is kuown that the fall of
Sete Quedas. on the frontier of Para
guay, has about 5.000,000 horsepower,
and the cataract of Paulo Alfonso, uu
the Sao Francisco river, composed of
several falls, has a total level differ
ence of eighty-one meters and 1.(kK).<XK1
horsepower.—l.e Bresil Economique.
Fantastic Beards.
It Is recorded that the reign of Henry
IV. of France was the golden age < f
beards, for at that time quite us tuui h
attention was paid to them as to the
dressing of the hair of both sexes.
Beards were clipped iu all umnuer of
fashions—round, square, pointed, fan
shaped and after the fashion of an
artichoke leaf. Unfortunately when the
craze for beards of all shapes and si." -s
was at its height Louis Mill., who v.as
then a >.hild. came to the throne, and
the beard had to go in honor of tr •
hairless chin of the new monarch.
Soon afterward the tuft, which is ; li
so fashionable in France, came into
vogue.
The Man In a Hurry.
The busy man chased a street car
for three squares because there would
not be another car along for one min
ute. A trolley wire was down, and the
conductor to'd the busy n :> it would
take three minutes to tix it so the tar
could start. The busy man bailed a
passing taxj and paid Sl.T.'i rather
than wait three minutes. Then he
dashed iuto a cafe to get a drink be
fore he went up to his office. One
hour and forty minutes later he was
still arguing politics with an absolute
stranger, who had remarked lo the
barkeep that Sniggs would ltviy de
feat Miggs for mayor.—Cine i. iti I'.n
auirer.
Whitehc rse
Kluane Stage
Line=-—
The Royal Mail Stage .
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluaue and way
points and also 011 the
seventeenth of every
month for Chainpaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H. CHAMBERS, Prop. ~~
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Whitehorse, Y. T
Relieves CATARRH cy
the
BLADDER
and all
Discharger in
HOURS
Olywpia, Beey on draught at the
| Board of Trade. This famous brow,
1 both on draft i»nd in bottles is kept
constantly fresh. This is tho Board
o" Trade Bi.r where the celebrated
ilaini u* Beer ;s also kept in bot
! ties. tt.
Parties intending to go pros
pecting or hunting in the In
terior, will find it to their in
terest '.o write
CAM SMITH
Whiteliorsc, Y. T.
roi Information.
Mr. Smith has all kinds of
power boats from four horso
power to fifteen which he
will sell or rent at reasonable
rates.
Autoniel'ilo Stage <la:ly from
Whitchorse to the Atlas miu
•SEAT HE'S
btjualim Pou'.lar Priced Hotel
Hotel
Georgian
I'llropr:iii ['Inn
ail Outnldo Snniiy
Rooms. Klwramly
I'urnlshi <1
'Sample R*a*nw.
C-imumtcia & Fam
ily iraiU' solicited
:b a t e s
f iu*lt lltc.tiis ?I m>
i> nim-.witli batliSI 3"
TWO PITMII1S ^.50 up
C. ?. ST 1'KOKD
.ManayiT.
lake East LnKo car from Union
Depot to Fourth. FOURTH AVE
tetwoen Union & Plka.
3E:(evBSK3MSW?C0.
U. S. MAIL STEAMER
4T? «•
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4^
Jiineau-Sitka Route
Leaves J uueau .'or Hoonah, Gyp
sum. Teuakee, Kiilisnoo and Sit
a Xjy. 3 j, Dec. 6, 12, IS, 24, SO
I .in.* 5, 11, 17, 23, 29. Feb. 4,
to, 1 (j, 22, 2S. liar. 6, 12, IS,
4, 30.
J aneau-Sltagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor.
t;:«le Iliver, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Seuiinei Light Station, Eldred
Rock Llg-it Station, Haines and
"ty Xov. 2S, Dec. 4, IS, 10,
2, 2S. Js;;i. 8, 9, l.i, 21, 27. Feb.
, II, 2 t 2G. March 4, 10, 16,
"2. 2S.
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ar-i today it is the
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THE SHORTEST TRAIL TO
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from McCarthy—so miles
PASSING £N ROUTE
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