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editorial p a g l
Today Is the Daily Alaskan's
birthday.
Eighteen yearn ago today, amid
the hurry and bustlo and rush
of the human tide which was surg
ing through this valley to tha
gold llelds of the Klondike, tha
first issue of this pioneer news
paper wag published, and it was
then, as it has beeu ever since, a
banner ot progress for the peo
ple of 'he northland t6 rally around,
and a recorder of the historic
events in the development of this
great new territory.
Every working day for eighteen
years, uesrly half that time, under
its Dresent management, the Daily
Alaskau has appeared and kept its
readers in touch with world events,
and played its proper part in
watching and working for the best
interests of the people of Skag
way.
We have urged ana <wueu
movemeu* for the upbuilding of
this city and for the growth of
th« Industries of Alaska.
It 5s the spirit of this newspa
per to look forward and not back,
but looking backward for a few
moments ou this, our natal day,
nno thine s-tands out above all
the Ioval and generous, sometimes
even lavish support and patronage
which has been accorded this news
paper by cur many friends, includ
ing almost the entire populace of
Skagway, and particularly; the rfr
liable business men of the com
munity who have stood with us
year after year in all that we have
tried to do to uiako Skagway a
larger and better town. We extend
to everv patron of the past years
our olacerest thanks for their
help and encouragement.
And now, looking forward again,
we ask and invite all to join us |
In another year of progress—an
other j ear of boosting for Skag
way and 'Alaska and the Yukon—
another year of earnest and cheer
ful service to the best interests of
all the people of this vast r<s
gion of gold and golden opportuni
ties. Let all Skagway keep in
itep and co-operato ia harmony to
maice this opening year one o£ the
most prosperous that our town has
ever seen.
To _ our many friends and to all
who axe working for a better and
greater Alaska we wish to say:
The Dally Alaskan is always with
you aud for you.
The following letter, received
In 190S, by Dr. Keller au
thoritatively fixes the Daily Al
askans' birthday. For a time it
was unknown to the present pro
prietors, owing fro tha fact that the
files of the first two or J three
yeara had been lost or destroyed.
Seattle, May 1, 1908
Dr. L. 3, Keller,
Skagway, Alaska.
Dear Doctor: I ncto that the
Daily .Alaskan has claimed spine
date In April as its birthday. If
you will consult the old files or
your paner you will discover that it
waa the custom to change its vol
ume and number February 1st. Wo
had quite a discussion over that
matter in January 1901, when the
Dally Alaskan announced that the
installation in. its office of the
first linotype machine to be operat
ed In Alaska, on tho 18 th of Jan
uary of that year, occurred on its
3rd birthday anniversary. That ]
was the dat« tlie Do SUCC&'» bad
been keeping for a birthday. Os
car Duubar's Dally Guide called us
dawn. The matter l was Battled by
securiag a copy of VoL 1, No. 2.
dated February 2, 1898, thus justi
fying Mr. Dunbar'« recollection, tbat
he established the Dally Alaskan
and produced Its first iasue Feb
ruary 1st, 1S98. C. L. (Andrew's
owned the copy of the paper that
determined the question. These
dates are " jclearly fixed In my
mind, as 1 recall th« discussion
very well. This makes the Daily
Alaskan the oldest dally newspaper
now being published,In Alaska. The
Juneau Dispatch <&i not appear for
6omertlme after that date, and the
dallies that had been published be
fore that time haTe ail passed
away.
Always with best -wishes,
JOHN W. TROY.
ALASKA'S RECORD
As an evidence of the "value to
the nation of its greatest unde
veloDed territory, the statement of
Alaska's resource* and growing
commerce made by the Alasjta bu
reau of the Seattle chamber ol
Commerce should be amply suffi
cient to warrant liberal treatment
in the way of congressional appro
priations for future development.
A district, still in lta wild state,
Cif J
claim to.liberal treatment A papu
lation of less than 40,000 people
thut produced a *53,675,000 com
nierce in 1914 and a $73,000,000
commerce In 1915 cannot be ignore*
in their claims for national sup
port in further development. A
territory that haa enriched the Un
ited States in excess of $500,000,
000 over and above all cost to our
government should not be required
to beg for encouragement to furth
er oregress that only the federal
government may give.
The present needs of Alaska to
tal approximately $10,500,000. The
government railway construction
requirements will consume more
than $8,000,000 of this total, while
roads, fisheries, mineral surveys
and public land surveys make up
the remainder. It is a small sum
w hen the possibilities of the great
territory are considered, and it is
an investment that will return its
value many fold to the people of
the United States.
Seattle is doing its best to ac
quaint the country with Alaska
ueeds, feeling that a statement of
the urgency of the situation, the
material facts, Bhould be sufficient
to bring the relief desired. Ap
peals are going forward to con
gressmen and Seattle merchants
are writing to their business con
nections in the East, urgthg sup
Iport I ...!,! n |
The Alaska bureau of the Cham
ber of Commerce has asked that
citizens generally appeal for sup
port to Influential friends la the
East. If these duties are ade
quately met, and Seattle's spirit
will surely see to this, there should
be no doubt of final success and
of the beginning of a new era in
Alaska's greatest development. —
Seattle P.-L
$100 Reward, $i00
The readers i: 1 li s (idf»cr will be
pleased to learn that there in at least one
ireaded disease that scieuco has
able to cure in all Its
Catarrh. Hall's <.'21 :
oosiilve cure liovr Kn
fraternity. Catarrh In
lisease. requires il i
ment. Hall's Cat
ernally, act in c ...
ir.il mucous su: fa
•V destroying th
■ s<\ and giving t
bullions up ih.>
nature in doin;: ;rs v Tl
have 30 much faith ii its >
•rs that they «ii-r One Ii':
for any cas-? tl.at it falls t
tor l!*t ot testimonial'.
AddrcM: V. •' «'11!.N " V <* CO.. Toledo. O
rv nil iJ-HCRlut* '.sc
Take 'tali's S'Biiii y i'i. - for constipating
and "..at Is
Cure 13 the only
i to the meUieal
a constitutional
tituiional treut
ito Is tiikcn In
iipi.n the blood
■■ system. tisere
1 . of the clis
•r.t strength hv
oti mid arsistlr.K
Tl:« r-'nrlitms
its Oii.i'.'ive pow
;red Dollars
cure. Send
Tap main question in society cir
;lc-s is: Have you started getting
rour costume ready for th© Eagles
nasquerade, Fel>. 5.
A ball Ix'u>• ^
a single » 1 c;"v
tcr fall:!.; f: •> ■ 1 ' ' •
Moth*1* Romomb«r»
11. tlk'ti'-'t ». ^ * 'I
.1 rfult case,
slund, t>iaS
, loneliness
ami—
A jKWt card i'. !» .m*,.. .•!
Your bh'l. : . lit Almost for
got.
Funny Hwt mother 'n't forget.
No-o, sli • i';' i t. It Hn't a
mother'sv.
What, wet';1)• ? t. 'cm come, boy
Tears njnre i-viu. ti or shed.
Save the curd. it s stored. Twenty
years fr ti v m . ,p over II
dfrain rm! tb:u ! : r the cbinec.
Sa.v a I't'flTei f • i ?nder, the best
mother a fell v n r I.,id.
And then sit down . d write—well,
write J"*r tlio kiud < letter she's been
waiting to receive f' >m her boy.—
Cleveland Press.
Napo!con'« Ocean Prison.
Tbe Iron duke was responsible for
Napoleon's exile to St Helena. Return
ing from India lu 180C, Wellington's
ship touched at St. Helena, and the
soldier was beard to remark upon the
utter b&rreunoss and desolation of tbe
place. Upon fretting into tbe ship's gig
afte^ taking leave of the civil and mil
itary authorities of the island Welling
ton said to tbe governor, "If I bad an
enemy whom I wished to bury nllve I'<1
send htm to this island." The over
throw of Napoleon gave him the "ene
my" and the wish, uud be did not for
get the place.
Would Waste Nothing.
A woman was en;"iiclng a cook, nnd,
having almost broi:"l;t tbe interview
to a successful termli tlou, said:
"There Is one thin sr. Mary; I do hope
you are not wasteful."
"Wasteful, mum! Why, Lor' bless
you. I'd eat till I bu ted rather than
waste anythlnk."—London Tlt-Blts.
Franoe.
The name of France Is derived from
tie Francl. or Franks, a people of Ger
many who seized that part of the coun
try nearest tbe Rhine and settled there.
I>ater on tney subdued Paris and made
that the royal seat of tlielr increaslnj
empire. _______
Piles; Cured i
\"our druggist "•
PAZO OlNrMI- N
protruding 1'les i:i
«T>plication
i Days
' > ..J money 5'
» is 'o cure an;
-•eding o.
■ - is days. Tlit
Rest. 50c
189? 191e
; Established 8 Years
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£ SAL'
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in office
4th Avenue, Skagway
What's It
All About?
(See nest page.)
Zeniiu Oil for clocks, \vatche3
and typewriters. Thin in body it
quickly reaches the liaest parts of
these delicate mechanisms, lubricat
ing thpan correctly v.ithout gum
ming; cleaning these parts and
preventing rust. 10c, 25c 50c bot
tles. Keller Bros., sole Skagway
Agents.
1
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LUX contains more real soap
tha., fiv? times its weight in ordi
u&r> soaps or soap powder. Get It
for 10c at Kellers'. ti.
two huLdrod preap actor bo ilea* In j
'he camo, and mora are going in
all the time. Tlio miners are busy
prospecting their ground -"-"d a
number of new strikes have been
made.
Domlulc VenettJ, who Is develop
ing a gold quartz property, at til a i
lagoon, about oae-hali mily dis
tant from the Granite mitie> re
turned to the property this morn
ing after buying a big outfit In
Valdez. He la reported to bave
a very promising prospect and be- 1
lieves that it will speedily de- j
velop into a mine of merit.—Val- i
dez Prospector, -
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Mom Modern Method*.
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Offlc* Hours: 9-12 a. m 1-6 p. m
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SKAGWAY ALASKA
U iLlil.VM I'ALLISTKR, M. U.
(Formerly of 8e»t*le)
Specialist In the treatment ol
ilm.-a.scb and deformities of the cj<
'■»r, u<*te and thn»K
Otricr Qolilsteu ilulldin^
aeaa, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Atiorasy A* Law.
PrMfUra U *11 COUrU » j
la Territory nt Alaaka
j aal«ek '1 : - - Aliuua
PIANO TUNER
Geo. Anderson, piano export and
factory representative for higb
grade pianos will bo la Skagwayin
-.he near future. Pianos for sale
md rent. Home address, Box
J91, Juneau, Alaska. Pullen
House, Skagway. *2-17.
. . * * * «. .r. j. ± X J* 4i
fraternal orders
V. A A. 64.
Whlto Pass l^odg*
F. A A. M. No. 113
>a«eta 2d &>"• Hi
PrL tir ga or eat.
Vi»»iioh brokers axe w«>
Khll Abrahams, Secretary.
Klm*r L. Wb«el°r. W M
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
NO. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets eyery
Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broth
! ers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J VANDEW ALL, Secretary.
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Fraternal Order
w*—
Skagwaj Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
eagles tnsete the firs: and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth arenue Vl»Vtlu|j
; brothers cordially Invited to attend
jl*. IE. Hndson, W. P., J. K. Mc
I Allster, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 P
in. sharr. Visiting brothers cordlal
j ly w oleoma. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
tic Chief, W. R. Hillery, Arctic]
; Recorder.
White horse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaven v\ hitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
" H.CHAMBERS,Prop.
OFFICE
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wABOESj
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Juneau, Potarnbufg, WrangeH, and KttckjJcan
Leave Skaguiay
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
S. 3. SPOKANE,, Jun. 23 Feb. 3
Ootinacta at Sittla wM tbtoiiet lessen ger «1f WW.
OONGEBM, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QIJEKN.
Sftrtteg Tuesday and Friday at 11 k m.
FOB 8AS SRANCIHOO, LOS A VjEl/tti, 8AM DIEGO.
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Through ■ sold and uag**go necked to all potato ta
Cntted gtttei (ad Canada. For rolikn aaa full partlealan.
addrcwa V. A. A'fc.vrKR80N, Agvmt
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TOXICA STEAMSHIP CO.
All Sailings Out
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SAILINGS FROH SKAGWAY
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"SSft- 23 - Feb.:3"
Passengers will be translened to Vancover or Victoria
without extra charge.
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