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EDITORIAL
I'.VKTV PLATFORM
Few divisional political plat
forms have bweoi befwe tiie Alaskan
voter which are so broad aind swet;,'
in* as id tlie Ropubiicai^ platform
adopted by the Divisional Republi
cs Convention at Juneau. The
pledges ox the party for this divi
sion are sure to meet with, tile a<p
ptovai of the voters unless tlie>
ar« so tide bound by. party politics
that they become blinded by a
o;ir,jr xame.
The platform touches the essen
tials of good government. it goe^
righ» to th« root of political con
ditions and offers a speedy and aile
quute remedy for the evils which
now seem to exist iu tuu laws ot
tue Territory. Notniiijj of import
ance is left out of the platform. it
does not iiide itself in a paroexity
of verbal iiuguisin, but boidly
stands out striking at tlie root of
tuo Territorial ills.
i'Lfe pla>.form stands for and ad
vocate* a merchant marine.. is
iu favor of i>repare<me*8s, not oiili
iu the btates but the important
points iu Alaska, as weiL it be
lieves iu a, coiLJii vatioui, policj
which will benefit Alaska and those
who have choseu, to their
homes withiu the political confines
of this Territory. Kxutriimeoit sta
tions 'o aid an*l develop mining,
agriculture and fishing arq urge
aud advocated. Scuools art
amply provided for iu tlkj political
premises and feature* ot the plat
form. Correct regulation of fish
enes, protec'iou to miners, furth
er extension and development oi
th« mail system, liberal laud laws,
rcstrictioa and regulation; uf ateiain
s>h:p rales, pioneers peusiious and
e»,uitab« taxation are ail embodied
iu ho platform.
All in all it seems to fit right
lntr the life of the Territory. While
a I'Vie early to predict the genera]
cousensus of opinion, yeti those
who have compar©i the two plat
forms stem to believe that fhe Re
publican platform 13 the best suited
for the governing of the people of
this Territory, and that the average
voter will give a hearty eadorsemeut
of the olatform by casting his bal
lot for the Republican, .Divisional
J"41*** . I _i •
POSSIBILITIES
Few flmeain the Iiletory o£ Skag
way &&g the pointing baud of pros
perity swung airound to Buch. a
rosy future. This coming pros
perity 1* apparent not only in this
city but the interior as well. The
success ol Skagway depends in the
main on the development of ths
interior. Th-e recent mins develop
ments in the interior are most
promising. .Mints which, have been
lying Jiile for years a;re now begin
ning to skip ore. New properties
are being continually made. All
cf this sounds most promising to
the Skas;way business man far any
Increased activity jvliioh: goes on in
.the interior will be beneficial to
this city as this is the natural
gateway to reach.- that section of
the country.. Hence we are
doubly happy wheal any developmef
work brings to light possibilities
inside.. i ' ' I-1 Ui'Mjl
Etch the Civil Service Commis
sion which was formerly a moo-par
tisan bianch of the government, hae
acquiesced in the Wilsonian policy
p' »ecricy. It u^ed to be possible
to set facts from tUe records of
the Civil Sorvkei Commission, re
garding appointments iniue gov
ernment so met'. , Two organiza
responalblg people ba<ve recently a-©
re; poos. Lie popl, .have recently xe
uutsid prmiteion, ro lntspei t tile
records, and liuft'D been denied the
privilege. Kvon when oxienng to
btar the expense o£ tu« infection,
so that the government shkauid .'not
be caused any inconvenience, the
request wua refuad. in, view of
the manner in wliicbi tbe Civil
Service basi been) raided fry the Wil
son administration, it is not sur
prising that 1'resiuent Wilson, bim
selt should want the reooida kept
secret, out it Is quite a (shock to
the coimrjr to learn that the Civil
Service Commission bas let itself be
made a party to sMclu a policy.
Secretary of Commerce) Redfield
denied tnat E. Dana Durund vwis
forec j "o Teeign u Director of tlie
Census, lu view oX thy fact that
it. took three months, 05 Btreuuou.4
effort <0 get Durand out iu order
to g've Cbta posdiion toi tb$ •jhalr
rna-a of the Democratic State Ceu
'ral committee ot Georga, the peo
ple c' the country will not be long
in making up tb^ir minds as to wbo
is teiling the trutb. in the matter.
Nor will tbea-e be much doubt tbat
Kedfield's reliability in thin particu
lar Is auout on a par witbl most
of bis ether statements. People
who bave read bia statement tbat
tbis la not a war-border prosperity,
will, tujee all bia assertions with
several grains of allowanca
RUMANIA SHOWS HAND
The action of the Rumanian gov
ernment in declaring wajr upoa Aus
tria and thua siding witbi the Allies
iu the continental w»r will end a
cer'aiu amount of guess work on
the fart of war followers. Rumania
has been under thQ eye of the mili
tary critics for the last! year. It
seemed to hajig in the balance of
fate, ready at any moment, to top
ple over and defttare Itself for
el'her the Allies or ,tha Central
Powers. England, has good grounds
£or being happy. over the winning
of Rumania to her side.
Secretary of State Lansing has
just finished another vacation of a
month. He went oa hiis first va
cation just after getting the note
from Carraaaa, pointing out his
failure to comprehend th-g plain
language of a previous note flrom
tie Fnst Chief. So far as buc
cess in Americaa diplomacy is con
cerned, it would seem that the
wiioie force of the Department of
Statu might so on a vacation, the
firs* of every month, without any
impairment of efficiency asi illus
trated .u this administration.
How Margarine la Made.
Oleomargarine when first Introduced
In England was called "bosh." As this
name repelled business. It was changed
to "margarine." a word derived from
the freak word for a pearl, because of
the pearly appearance of margaric
acid.
There has been a great Improvement
In Its manufacture In recent years, so
great that the London Lancet says "the
product of the present day Is a triumph
of the art of the refined blending of
various fats, vegetable and animal,
with milk." It was originally made
from the fiuld part of beef fat with a
trifling proportion of vegetable oil
Today some of its forms contain noth
ing but uut oils blended with pasteur
ized sklmmllk. These are perfectlj
wholesome.
Varied Duties.
"Yon advertised as a chnufferette
maid."
"Yes. madam."
"What were your duties at your last
place?"
"1 drove and cleaned the cars single
handed."
"And as maid?"
"1 took down my lady at night and
assembled her tn the morning, miidam."
-London Punch.
A Double Barreled Grievance.
"What is Smith's grievance against
'he railway company?"
"He has two grievance*. One of
•hem is that some of the trains don't
<top at his station and the other that
after he gets In the trains they lost
time by stopping at other stutlons!"
Loudou Telegraph
Approximately.
"They saj you can't square the clr
cle."
"Well, you can d» It after a fash
•on." said the mathematician. "Just a
when you go out for a walk you clrcli
the square" - Louisville Courier-Jour
nal
Varied the Program.
Her Father—Can yon support m.>
(laughter In the style to which she ha
been accustomed? I.over—N'o-o. sir
Her Father - Then take her. youns
man. I was afraid you thought yoi
could.—Puck.
The Drawback.
"Why did you discharge your chauf
feur? Wasn't he a good one?"
"Flue. But he took too much' ttrin
off to go to JalL"—Baltimore American
Faces are made beautiful by kind
sesa. It la a divine sculptor.
CORAL REEFS.
Nature'a Mothods In Building These
Sesehell Monuments.
Corel reefs surround ninny of the Is
lands In tlio Pacific. Tliey protect tho
lowlands from the washing of ttie
waves, and the still waters inclosed by
them are the onl.v harbors of reluge for
ships. The reefs themselves furnish
the greatest peril to navlgatlou, and If
there were no Inlet through which a
vessel could enter their protected cir
cle they would be a danger and nothing
else.
But almost every reef has such au
Inlet. It Is a necessary result of the
laws under which the forces of nature
work. To understand this we must see
how these reefs nre formed.
Chemically the reef corals are almost
pure carbonate of lime, the substance
of ordinary limestone and marble. The
reef/grows as the shell of the oyster or
any otbec shellfish grows. It Is Itself
the common and undivided shell of in
numerable polypi, or minute Insects,
which are being produced and are
aylng Id successive generations.
These tlriy beings get all their living
from the waters of the sea. It Is from
this source also that they derive the
salts of lime from which they secrete
the bony structure that remains after
the animal Is dead.
The coral polypi cannot live In fresh
water. Their food supply Is brought to
them by the waves and currents of the
sea. As a result It Is found that direct
ly opposite the mouth of the stream
from the Island the reef does not grow
There will be the Inlet to the Inclosed
waters.—Los Angeles Times.
BOONE'S PLACE IN HISTORY.
A Figur* That Stand* For All Th»t I*
Typical of Pioneer Days.
Kentucky's rich country had original
ly been a neutral zone, threaded with
Indian trails, a territory where none
might dwell, but through which all
were at liberty to move iu huut or war
The shade of its forests was so dense,
the story of Its white settlement so
full of tragedy, that it was known as
the "dark and bloody crouud."
The great character of Its pioneer
period had been Daniel liooue. whose
picturesque, half legendary figure
stands for all that Is t\ pical In that
vanished phase of our national life.
Born In Pennsylvania, he had grown
to manhood on the hanks of the Yadkin
In North Carolina, had built his hut
and married early, after the fashion of
the locality. But he found tilling the
ground dull work when the forest
called. Expeditions Into it to hunt game
or to make salt at the salt licks, where
animals and men alike went to satisfy
their cravings, only fastened its do
minion more firmly upon him. and
when a wandering Indian trader stray
ed across his patliway and told hitn of
the rich country to the west called
Kentucky, which. In the langunge of
the red men. meant "at the head of the
river." or "Long river." he cave him
self up to it with a fervor that was lit
tle short of fatalism, believing himself
"ordained of Ood to settle the wilder
□es«."~ Helen Nlcoluy, in Century Mag
atlne.
When Nature Was Timekeeper.
In the British museum Is n large
stone composed of carbonate of lime,
which would serve perfectly us 11 day la
borer's caleudar. inasmuch as it would
indicate to trftn every Sunday and holi
day of the year, though uot the day of
the month. Moreover, the stone is an
actual time record of the work done
for a long period in an English coal
mine.
The "Sunday stone," as It Is called,
was removed from a colliery drain
Wkeu the miners were at work the
water running through the drain left a
deposit colored black by the coal dust,
but when no work was being done
the water ran down clear and left a
white deposit These deposits In the
course of time built up the stone
Each day of work left a black streak,
immediately followed by a white streak
made during the ulgbL Wide white
streaks Indicate the holidays aud Sun
day*.
Unanimous Consent.
There 'was a wedding in a certain
ehtirch the other day. and. as usual, the
minister In the course of the ceremony
said: "If any one has aught to say why
this couple should not be Jolued In the
holy bonds of wedlock let liiin now
*I>eak or forever hold his pence." Dur
Ing the silence that followed a man
who was accustomed to serving as a
chairman of meetings arose aud, rap
ping the top of the pew sharply with
his bnockles. said. "There being no ob
jection, the motiou Is carried."—New
Orleans States.
Modern Life.
"Was your courtship romantic?"
"A little bit I met my wife on the
seventy-eighth floor of an office build
Ing We took the elevator together At
the flfty-seventh floor we l>ecame en
gaged. At the forty ninth floor a min
later got on We enlisted hiin. event
ually reached the ground floor, sent for
a license and were married "—Kansas
City Journal.
Small Thing*.
We are too fond of onr own will
We want to be doing what we fancy
mighty things, but the great point is to
lo small things when called to them
in a right .spirit
Cvil In Covatousneaa.
Covetousness by a greediness or get
ting more, deprives Itself of the true
end of getting Ir It loses the enjoy
ment of what It has got.— 8prat
Giving Him a Tip.
Passenger—Steward, are we nearlng
port? Boat Steward—Yes, suh; cer
tlnly. suh! It am only about three tips
.away now.—Life.
Ik reality the "ears of the kalr"
moans the "care ol th# eealp." Ap
plr "PUBOLA" Hair Tone according
to direction* furnished with each
bottle and you will aot only be
surprised, but pleused with the
wonderful result* A satisfactory
at lot i for hair health; sold on
its merits and satisfaction guaran
teed >r your money back.
♦ MtAXEKM JUL OKDKKS •»
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Arctic l.rothei'hooU.—
Camp Bkagway Mo. 1,
A. B. every aec
oud and lourtU Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. »Ui>rr. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. W. JL Steveusou, Aro
tic CWtt. W. E. Burford, Arctlo
Itfcorder.
fraternal order
t
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► Zt>, Kraier
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■ a. guru rnveu. i.ue ll/a; aud uuru
.VctUutwa.i} ulfctii 01 tiucli Uiuulli a
■UUir null o» ft'uUi aronue VlSltlu^
jroL&oru curUiali; lariuaa to aUuuo
U E. Hudson, W. P., J. K. Mo
llis t*r. Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White PfeiB Lixlgu
F. & A. Ji. No. 113
ruoete 2d and 4tb
FrJ. Ev'gs. of ftLCh
..'ome.
Elmer L. Wh<oler, W. M.
Address all coimnuuiciiiicns to
fie Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meet* every
l6t and 3d Thui»
day at 8:30 p. m.
Viaitlng broth
Iirs coruituiy welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R
1 F. J. VA^JDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
ineeu* in A. B. Hall first Monday in.
every month at 8:550 p. m.
Vteiting Bi others cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
Alaska Junk Co.
of Janc*n Alaska,
Dealers 1»
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
IKAB, ZINC, BACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Rnar of Splckett't Po« toff ice
store.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves vVbitehorw the
fourth of every month
for Kluane aud way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Cbauipaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
~ H. CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Whitehorse. f f
You make a mistake il
vou d' not stoo at
THE
Pullen House
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da'n/.
Fresh Eggs, etc >
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Samp'e
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PI IU£N. Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
TO |
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria j
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan |
Leave Skaguiay j
S.S.SPOKANE Aug. 26 Sept. 7-19 j
S. S. City of Seattle Sept. 2-13-25
Connects at Sent tie with through iwLssenjjpr tteamers.
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN
Sailing Monday lip. m. and Friday at 11 a. m.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIE(;0.
Through tickets sold and baggrge checked to all point* tn
United States and Canada. For folders and full particulars,
address v H. G. WEIR, Agent.
H. RRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50. SKAGWAY.
608 Second Ave)., Seattle, Wash.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FROH SKAGWAY
SOUTHBOUND
S.S. JEFFERSON
Aug. 25 Sept. 8-20 Oct. 2
(Sailing of Aug. 2.3, Via Sitka)
S.S. ALAMEDA Sept. 7-25
S.S. MARIPOSA Aug. 28 Sept. 18
For WESTWARD PORTS
S.S. ALASKA Sept. 5 Tl^PAZrd
S.S. ALAMEDA Aug. 30 Sept. 17
S.S. MARIPOSA Sept. 11-29
Aiuneda and Marijiosa to Am hornge and Way Porte.
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