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I SlN<> \ A( A\T LOTS
In tunny towns au-l tities efforts
will be made this sjrrni^ to utilize
'or garden purposes at least a pari
> ; the vacant .ots which grow
■ thins; but neuis and tubbish, as
a ruie, a'ld a little sick'v grass. It
;s a wise and tiw *!> movement
1 >U-U might a.-.l be e: '.enraged an 1
guided efficiently 3 1 cssiblt in
sjkasway.
There is niucii land 1> mg abso
lutely unused 111 this town on which
with proper cultivation all the
.ardier varieties of vegetables cau
>e srt in perfoctiiiu a., to quali
»> and abundant in amount. It
v.> aid be exactly ..s eseful to its
v.. ::t:s it i-roduciui. fucd for tho
•y i : < it i> now, ..ad it might be
..;:\a; small txpci:«c by men
.1.11 boys who have iui taori profit
e:... io>snent for at le;<st a part
> ' '.'aeir time.
i':.-.- s-bjeit i.> no; tit v. in any
. !t ■: measure of
• .lilt welt be
;> by 1'a«- town au
!• . . i. <.re - - i!! be need 01
; .0., g autvetug to the
1 w o .1 it-r'.ake niltivation
■
t ..tor and t '.e
«X : 1 t . omul t'.e
I'riii.i.. > r:iiid br rfill to
:• .m•.. t»' .-1:<> 1 until «*U!t*tl, and
tto tonu• r, a< co: (U'.ig to Mr T lom.i#
Moil O.-bo, -.it-, ,-"i 4 r ing's i?'orill
.i.irJeii. Arguing u. favor of au
. : i..i.uite #Bite..i'p iuiiovatlon
; i New Yu.'h. he expre.-^od his bis
"It ridiculous- for a judge to
- -ad a man to prison and state be
turehan I how long iie must stay.
. >u:.i !just as foolish to send
man to a hospital ai.d tell him he
..mat sti.y there two weeks bo.-ause
he had tiie measle.-."
The parallel is net startling. The
• .ought hr.s been voiced frequently
!•> the ro!id upHfiers through
mit the country. But iteration
does :ioi lew en i:-e inanity of their
rout eat ion that crime is a disease
• iiieh requires nursing. Theirs is
■i fallacy tuat must be very soothing
:<< th» criminals, but s>houli! not be
by sound-minded persons
neither criniinals nori
syuipat uzi" s with crime.
The measles sophism is not with
i t its use : i illuminating the error
o' \V;.rdeu Osborne and liis kind
li meosu-s were as dangerous to the
l".!blii; welfare as crimes are, and if
i - - u -r»- contracted voluntarily
a-- crimes are committed, it would
i» carre't practice to send persous
Inviii- measles to prison as crim
1'iala are—or should be—sent.
.More ver. it wr uld be right to fix
■ Ik- term ia advance, making it long
" j. to • ve • convalescence from
►rd . rj i se and proportionate- j
" r if ti'»' ease '.cere agg>"a
ait. .. tl:.\v wish to have it i
i incurable, the seati-1
:.'.'!i»t> uho insist that crime is (
scar--.' should explain why.
pi.titais contract it so repeatedly.j
If i hev wou I; have it treated as si
• > ■ st. the.-. > ould discover some]
hod . :• :ul ilng when a euro I
effected. At present, re
crim«>- is not so self
is i, recovery from measles
ir often happens that a crim
niat :rely paroled :is cured
••• a;it- another crime at the earli
•■'i opportunity.
<.t \K(> THi: HKAI.rH
The following, taken from the
editorial columns of the Daw
son Daily News of March 23d, ap
plies to Skagway in a greater or
lese degree, and should serve as a
warning to the people of this town
I. s well as 10 those of the interior :
I *
I It is almost axiomatic that spring
| 'S the most dangerous time of the
year in Yukon. The hospitals then
[ nave the most patients, and the
| death list mounts highest. There
I are various causes, ana among
them the bringing in oi contagious
| diseases by the spring influx of
j travelers, the exposure tc which peo
j l'le submit themselves in new work,
j and the release by tho thaw of
i dangerous accumulations of filth o
I the like which find a way into
I water supplies. Other causes also
aiirht be cited, but those named
. cover in a general way, most of the
:scurce6, and it is well at this time
of the year for everyone to recall
' the dangers and to guard against
them. Some of the most aggravat
i ing epidemics which prevailed here
| have been traced to travelers from
! the outside coming In just ut this
period. Measles, scarlet fever,
whooping cough and smallpox have
been on the list, and they have
wrought their damage to the extent
or" causing schools to close and in
volving heavy government expendi
ture in wiping out the diseases,
even to the necessity or' costly
campaigns among the distant In
dian tribes.
In the light of the past, it is
but wise to prepare ag&inrt repeti
i lions of the adverse experiences in
| the past. The police and other of
ficers at the boundary and in the
south end can serve to advantage in
euarding the gateway to the terri
tory, and in Dawson and vicinity
the officials on whom the duties
are encumbent can be given valu
able assistance by the people them
selves.
If everyone will co-operate on pre
cautionary lines un'old sickness
may be diverted, and r.o one have
to face blame or regrets.
ANCIENT WRITING.
The Hiatory of Man Began When an
Alphabet Wat Devised.
Perhaps (lie m< st valuable inven
tion after the making of languages
was that of writing. says a writer lu
"Student's Investigations." Picture
writing was the tirst used by primi
tive men. such as was and still is used
by ibe Indian tribes of rhe new world.
The characters iu this system of writ
ing were pictures of objects very crude
ill art, as for Instance the picture of
the eye. to Indicate the organ of sight,
and theu again symbols for ideas were
drawn, such as a picture of an arc.
representing the sky and wavy lines
beneath, thus indicating rain. This
system of representing ideas and ob
jects. which is tlie most natural to
man. is kuown as ideographic, and the
signs are called ideograms.
When the picture writer used syin
linls to represent the sounds of the
human voice—that is. words and not
objects or ideas—he took u great step
in perfecting the system of writlnsr
When symbols are used to represent
words the ideogram becomes a phono- ]
gram, and the writing is called plio !
cetic or sound writing. The rtabyloni
ans and Assyrians used characters to
represent syllables instead of words,
thus reducing the umnber of signs
used In their writing to a few han
dled When characters or symliols ,
are used to represent syllables they
are called syllabic phonograms, and a !
collection of such signs Is called a sy!
labary.
But still this system was clumsy,
and a final step was taken in the mak
ing of an alphabet, the symbols being
used to represent elementary sounds
of the human voice instead of sylla
bles. The symliols then became true
letters, a collection of which is called
the alphabet, the writing alphabet
When and where the first alphabet
was made is not known, but several
Semitic tribes were In possession of
an alphabet as early as the ninth cen
tury It. C It may truthfully be said
that the history of man begins here,
for without an alphabet records, dates,
uames and events conld not have been
recorded and preserved for us.
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After reading the public etato-!
meiit of this fellow-sufferer given
below, you must come to this
conclusion: A remedy which prov
ed so beneficial years ago, with the
kidneys can naturally b'i expected to
perforin the same work in similar
cases. Read this:
Mrs. L. E. Erlckson, 21 Second
St., Astoria. Ore., says: "About
three years ago I begau to have
trouble with my kidneys. I went
from bad to worse nut! about three
months ago my back began to
trouble me. It ached awfully and
was vtry sore. My head ached con
stantly and I was right down sick.
I-knew I had to do something, and
rending that Doan'- Kidney Pills
ha-* helped others so much, I got
seme. Four box»s benefited me
wcivde.'iully."'
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't.
simply ask for a ki'iuey remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same;
that Mrs. Ericksou had. Foster-Mil
burn Co., Props., Buffalo. N. Y.
NOTICE OF EJECTION
A general municipal ejection will |
be held Tuesday, April 6, J.915, for
the purpose of electing seven eoun
cilnien and one member (director)
of the school board
The election will bo held at the
town hall and the hours for voting
will be from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Voters for councilmeu must be
citizens of the United States, or
these who have declared their in
tention to become euch; must be
twenty-one years of age or over, who
have resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of elec
tion in the territory of Alaska, and
for six mouths preceding the date
of election in the town of Skagway,
and who have been duly registered.
All adults, male find female, who
are citizens of the Unitet' States, or i
who have declared their intention to
become such, and who are bona j
fido resideuts of the town of Skag- j
way, are qualified to vote for the j
Diiector of the School Board.
D. McKAY,
3-8-td. Town Clerk. |
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Skagway Alaska.
Publisher, Louis S. Keller, Skag
way, Alaska.
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19X5.
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After exposure, w&en you feel a
cold coming on, take "PUROLA"
Honey and Tar Cough Syrup. Don't
wait until it hag devoloped into
bronchitis or pneumonia. Does not
contain opiates of any kind. Keep
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cles. Your druggiat will refund |
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White Paaa Ledge j
F. ft A. M. No. 113 |
meet# 2d and 4th
Fit BT'ga of eaoh
VialUnt brother* ere wel
Phil Abraham*, Setntary.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Bkagway Ledge ]
Va 431. B. P. O.
B. ffieeta erary
, Thursday rr*
tog at » o'clock.
ViBlUne fcrothera |
cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R. .
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
Keglae—
Skagway Aerie I
No. 25, Frater
nal Order _,Of
Eagles meets the first and third |
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting j
brothers cordially Inrited to attend.
JhoB C. Wood, W. P., J. W. Prit
chett. Secretary.
ire tic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagwey No. 1
A. B. meet* •rsry Tuea
day erealag at 8:00 p
m. sharp. Visiting broil:era cordial
ly welcome. A. J. Achasoa, Arctic
Chief, w. R. Hillery, Arctic Re
corder
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SKAGWAY ALASKA
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(Formerly of Seattle)
■ • ■ r t
Specialist in the treatment of
diseases and deformities of the eye.
ear, noee and throat,
Office: Goldsteia Buildiag, Ju
ueaa, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT.
Attoracy At L aw.
Practice u *11 courts
In T«iitonr "t Alaska.
Haines Alaska.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of ever/ 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 Service First Class.
hTcHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel k Whitehene, f T
TO
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skaguuay
S.S. Spokane, April 7-18-29
S. S♦ City of Seattle Apr* YL 22
And every ten days following. Modern comfortable ships,
excellent service Connects at Seattle with through passen
ger stonmen.
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR. PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
Sailing Tuoiilnj, 10 a. in. and Friday, 0 p. m.
FOR SAJS FRANCISCO, LOS AVGELIfc, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all points in
United Ht&tes and Canada. For folder* and full particulars,
address V. A PETERSON, Agsnt
H. BRANDT, G. A P. I). Phone 50. 8KAGWAV
608 Second Ave., Seattle. Wash.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
JEFFERSON April t
DOLPHIN April 8
WESTWARD
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MARIPOSA, April 3
ALAMEDA, April lo -
SOUTHBOUND
^ NORTHWESTERN April 3
MARIPOSA' April 10
ALAMEDA April 17
Passengers will be transferred to Vancover or Victoria
without e*tr?i charge.
TELEPHONE NO. 00.
E. J. 8BAW, Agent, 3KAGWAX.
Twin Screw S. S.
Princess Iftay
Will leave Skagway for
Prince Rapert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle
April 3-14-24
May .5-15-26 '
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To any part of the world
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