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The
Route oi
Comfort,
Speed,
Service
Safety.
Darin? the winter season of 1914—15 our regular train ser
vice will be maintained North and South bound between
S!cagu*y and White Hors;, trains leaving both terminals
every Tuesday and Friday.
CUINTER STAGH SERVICE
Oar through Mail Passenger ane Freight Service will be
operated between White Horse and Dawson, affording al
possible comfort by means of a
Thoroughly Equipped Sttga and Automobile Line
For full information apply to
C. W. Cash,
Supt, Mail Service Dep't,
Whitehorse, Y. T.
A F. Zipf, Traffic Manager,
412 Second Avenue,
Seattle, Wash,
The White Pass&Y ukon Route
No. 1, N. Bound
1st class
8:30 a. m. Le»r*e
11:00 p. m. "
11:4o p. m. "
l2:Si p. m. "
-:0o p. tu. "
<:l!% p. di. Arrlvee
Tu—OtLf mad Vwtdmy.
bkaguat
warm pass
LOG CAHDl
BJ6S3TETT
CAIUBOU
WfflTEHORSE
Xo. 2, ». Bound
let clAea
Arrive* 8:20 p. ml
Imth 1:*5 p. m.
" 12:47 p. m.
" 12:15 p. m.
" 10:2S h m.
H 8:13 ». m.
Paaaeugera mast be at depot* Lb ume te Hate Baggage iaipecteo
md checked luspectloa la atnppe o 30 mlautee before leaving time of
ralsa.
150 poaada of bagzage will be checked free wltk each fall far*
ticket imd TS poaada with eack ha ' far* ticket.
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QUART
-BOTTLED IN BOND
Has Had no Peers for Fifty Years
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK
Juneau, Alaska
Capita], $30,000.00. So^plua, $20,000.00
B. \L BEHRENDS. R. WILLIS GUY MeNAUCHTON.
President Vk» PrM. CWiier
(Oommuiiteated)
W) THS DAILY ALASKAN
' The calamity howling editor who
tries to make political capital by
denouncing the government for its
"extravagance and waste" by ov
erpaying its employes, is like the
•' mosquito and smallpox microbe, he
has his uses. If the Dally Alaskan
would omit some of the putrid liy
procrisys emanating from the dis
torted mind of the editor of the
Cleveland Leader, such as, "All
Feel the Burden,'" and print in
stead some facts like the following,
they would serve their subscribers
better and show more respect for
their intelligence:
i
Caso of John W. Grice.
July 17. 1873, John \V. Grice :
was appointed a watchman in
the post office department at a
salary of J720 a year. On
the 14th of this month, forty
one years and five months
later, he was dismissed from
the government service, on ac
count of Incapacity due to his
advanced years. In all that
time he had never received one
psany of promotion, but on
the contrary had for some years
been subjected to a reduc
tion of pay. He had saved
no money, having been singu
larly thriftless in the manage
ment of his munificent stipend
of $80 a month, and now hp
is an object of public charity.
The case is not exceptional. |
There are many men in tho
government eervico today who
are getting just the same pay
that they got years ago, who
have beea giving their best
years and best energies to
their employment, and who are
utterly unable to save anything
out of thelT meager pay. They
have no prospect of promo
tion, no chance for outside oc
cupation and no hope of honor
nble retirement on a living In
come.
It la to be doubted whether
the average business institution
would retain a faithful worker
on its pay 'roll for over two
score years and then drop him
without thought for his future
care. Vet this Is what the
United States is doing right
along. Watchmau Grice, it is
explained officially, was treat
ed with consideration as ho
had been kopt on the 'rolls for
some time when he was of hut
little use. But thai consider
ation does not avail him now
that he has been turned out
to become a public charge.
Departmental retirement is
said to be unpopular back in
the congressional districts. It
may be questioned whether the
subject has ever been proper
ly stated outside of Washing
ton or the immediate circles of
government employment in oth
er cities. The American people
are not hard-hearted and they
surely cannot desire to see the
public service run on a
"Scrooge" basis. Where there
is no sympathy for the govern
mental retirement it is because
of a lack of understanding. The
case of Grice, if plainly stat
ed to the average American
voter, would probably make
him feel that the United
Slates is negligent in the mat
ter of making provisions for
its faithful veteran employes.
The heads of the govern
ment departments are from
timo to time urging action by
congress ou this subject. They
are ou record in this adminis
tration in pointing out the ur
gent need of some way to clear
the rolls of superannuated
workers without inflicting cruel
hardships. President Wilson
might well present this mat
ter to congress at this ses
sion wih a plan for an in
quiry by a competent commis
sion during the recess with a
view to legislation by the
next congress of a character to
frte the government service of
the buruen now carried and
putting the United States on
the proper plane of humanity
in consideration for its ser
vants.—Washington Star, Dec.
27, 1914.
The case of John G-rico is a fair
example o£ the opulence of thou
sands of our government employes
gained by; years of honest and
faithful service, caused I suppose
by that extravagance and waste
cited by the Cleveland Leader in
"All Peel the Burden." There are
now thousands of government
emoloyes working for the munificent
salary of ?480 to ?S40 per annum.
The change in costs and expenses
of living that justified, a few years
ago, the advance then made in the
compensation of the senators and
representatives for their services to
their country, of course could not
affect these employes.
Every item in the cost of living
has materially advanced in price
luring the past ten years, and yet
the congress of the United States
lias ignored its plain duty to ad
vance the pay of the clerks and
sther Doorly paid employes of the
departments. The same schedule
3f pay for clerks that -were in ex
istence when congress rightly and
properly increased the compensation
Df its own members, still maintain
In various departments of the gov
srnment. I doubt if public opin
ion throughout the United States
tvould favor economy that would de
prive either a member of the con
gress, or any humble employe of
full compensation for his services to
thb country, even though we are
3islied-up the howls of an Ohio
sditor to the contrary, in our local
paper away up here in Alaska.
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Dally chlpmenta of pur«
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Juneau-Sitka Route
Leares Juneau for Douglas, Fun
l Hoonah, Gypsum, Tanakee,
Klllisuoo, Chatham ud Sitka
EVERT WEDNESDAY AT 12:01
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Leav.-a Skagway lor Halaee, El
dred Rock, Comet, Jualln, Sentin
el Island, Eagle Rirer, Douglas
end Juneau.
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