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GOOD-BYE, GOLD!
.Many facts about go!<l have been
learne«1 since the days o£ "Sixteen
to One'' iu IS96, says the Portland
Telegram, but the most remarkable
thine- of all is now being taught
the public through the Eastern fin
ancial journals. The lesson we
must learn <s that gold must be
witadrawn from circulation.
No more big double yellow eagles
to jingle iu the pocket and to
arouse envy by display. Gold, it is
announced, serves no purpose that
paper representing it cannot serve
as well, except as a medium for
settling balances in foreign trade.
Really, u is a relief to read that
gold h3£ still its old-time pre-emin
ence in foreign trade.
Srr George Paish made the
staUment last March that "the
United States is swimming in a
sea of idle gold and has more of
it thaa is actually needed," yet
•a this very fact the Wall street
Journal sees a cause ?or fear and
declares "ii would be wise to guard
our vast resources from dissipation
in fruitless ways."
W -th half the world at war, the
ftar is that aa unreasoning panic,
precioifated by any now unsuspect
ed crisis, might cause the public
to hoard its gold to such an extent
as seriously to deplete the cash re
servo of the tanks and thereby re
duce circulation, to the detriment
o' domestic trade.
Organization of the federal re
serve banks has provided a better
protection against panics, but the
emergency currency which they are
authorized to issue must be bought
ac the hoarding of gold would re
sult iu raising discount rates.
Panics teach lessons, but time
rapidly wipes them from the mem
ory of most people. Domestic trade
was paralyzed in 1907 by the hoard
ing of gold. Iu Oregon, the long
bank holiday made it imperati.e to
do business with paper money or
not at all, and saved the banks
from disaster.
Even more serious was the situ
ation in August, 1914, when the
banks of the United States were
forced to put into circulation over
$300,000,000 of emergency paper,
in addition to clearing house certifi
cates, to replace the gold and cur
rency hoarded by speculators and
frightened foreigners. Interest had
to be paid upon this emergency cur
rency, and the burden upon the
banks was heavy. Speculators who
hoarded gold made no profits, but
those who hoarded through fear
would do It again at the first scar«,
and even are doing it today.
Gold loses in weight by frequent
handling and the government's an
ual loss from this cause is heavy.
I' is, therefore, proposed to limit
the coinage of goli, sines bullion
stored in vaults would answer the
purpose just as well as a basis of
circulation.
These are the reasons advanced
for withdrawal of all gold from cir
culation and for the locking of it
u;> iu bank vaults or in the federal
treasury as a basis of credit. In
the Eastern States, in fact, gold
has long since disappeared from
circulation, but the people of the
Pacitfc Coast still havo a fondness
for seeing and handling the coin
that is good in every market of
the world. j
Tli° strongest argument that can J
be advanced ia favor of govern
ment centralization of the standard
of value is, that so centralized one
dollar in gold can be made the
basis of five dollars in commercial
credits. The Wall Street Journal
sums it up tersely when it Says:
"All the gold in the world would
uo» pay for this vear's crop on
this ccutlnent, but the gold in the
United States, used as a reservq on
which to base credits, would do so.
We cau do more business with two
billion dollars in gold in reserve
than with ten billion dollars in
actual circulation outside the banks,
that is more gold than is available
| in the world."
That Office Boy.
Don't bully the office boy. It's a
moan and cowardly thins to do, and be
sides that In twenty or thirty years he
may very well be an officer of the
company and your son, son-in-law,
grandson, nephew or other kin may be
lex "king to him for decent treatment
aud a square deal. Moreover, the office
boy did not overeat your breakfast.—
Collier's.
PHIL ABRAHAMS
ESTABLISHED 1897
ACCIDENT AND FIRE
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
CONVEYANCER
NOTARY PUBLIC
4th Avenue
You make a mistake if
you do not stop at
THE
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Electric Lights
Rocrr.s Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da"v.
Fresh Eggs, etc:
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. P.op.
Skagway. Alaska
Compensation.
Grubbs—Binks evidently thinks him
self some pumpkins. Stubbs—Yes, he
dees, but his acquaintances balance the
equation. They unite iu regarding him
as one cabbage.—Richmond Times-Dis
patch.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollar9
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
"We. the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney ;or I ho last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transaction^ ami financially able to carry
out any obUntltsa mode by his firm.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonial!
sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family puts for constipation.
A SCOUTS
ESCAPE
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1915. by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.
During the Indian troubles which
followed the close of tho civil war I
was attached to various western forts
and camps as scout and dispatch rider
and in that capacity hud my full share
of adventures. It was my fortune or
misfortune almost at the outset of my
career to strike the Sioux a blow
which made them forever after hungry
for my life.
It soon became known among the
Sioux what had happened, and every
branch of the tribe sworo to have my
life. A reward of ten ponies "was offer
ed to any one who would kill me and
twenty if I were taken alive I was
advised by every one to clear out of
that locality, but I refused to go till
the long expected war finally broke
out, and I was attached to a moving
column.
I was finally made a prisoner under
singular circumstances. I was return
ing from the (lying column to Fort
Wallace with dispatches. I had sot
out soon after dark and made a good
twenty-five uillcs when a heavy fog
settled on tho plains. It wouldn't have
bothered an Indian to keep the points
of the compass, but after I turned and
twisted among some dry ravines I had
to own tip that I was lost My horse
was Just as badly oft. When I gavo
him his head he came to a stop. Tho
only thins to do was to dismount and
wait for daylight. I was sitting on tho
ground, not feeling a bit sleepy, and
my horse was lying down when a band
of thirty-seven Indians, all mounted,
walked right on to mo through the fog.
I heard tho footsteps of their horses,
but could not locate them in the fog
until too late. When I leaped up It
was with the thought that I might
make a break for It on foot, but beforo
I could turu they wore all about me.
and in another minute I was ma Jo
prisoner.
The Indians were as much surprised
as I was, and It was broad daylight
beforo they Identified me. Up to that
time they had treated mo fairly welt.
When It was known I was the scout
whose life they had so long thirsted
after half a dozen bucks_ tried their
(Continued on Page 3)
Serial No. 024SS.
APPLICATION TO MAKE HOME
STEAD ENTRY
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
£t\ptember 21, 1915.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
Thai John Jamea Rath, whose po6t
office address Sa Haines, Alaska,
has applied to enter under sootlon
2289 el the revised statutes of the
United States, and of the Act of
March 3, 1903, the following des
cribed tract of land as a homestead,
situated about one mile westerly
from Haines, Alaska; foeiny U. 3<
Survey 7S5, and beginning at Cor.
No. 1, from which J. S. L M. Ss'o.
573 bears S80°47E '70.30 chs., iden
tical with Cor. 4 Survey No. 205,
Cor. No. 1 U. S. Ciay Roserve, and
Cor. 4 Presbyterian Mission; thence
alotg the southerly lino of Survey
205, W. 20. chs. to Cor. No. 2,
thence 3. 2S.10 chs. to cor. No. 3>
thence E. 15.42 chs. to Cor. No. 4,
thenco N. 9°11E. 28.43 chs. along
westerly line of Presbyterian Mis
sion to Cor. No. 1, the place of bo
ginning, containing 49.75 acres.
Variation 29°21'E. Lat. 59°14'N.
Loug 135°27'W.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion ol the above de
scribed tract, are required to file
with the Register and Receiver of
the U. S. Land Offios at Juneau,
their adverse claims thereagainst
under oath, duriug the period of
publication of this notice, or within
thirty days thereafter, or they will
be barred by provision of the stat
ute.
JOHN JAMES RATH.
I* is hereby ordered that the fore
going notice be published for the
statutory period In the "Daily Alas
kan," a newspaper of general circu
lation printed at Skagway.
Date of first publication, Septem
ber 30, 1915.
Date of last publication, Decem
ber 1, 1915.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
Some
Acrobat
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Don't go fishing without good
(lies. Trout are taking the fly
tbteo fine days, and you 11. find the
gr«-aieet assortment of good fllee i»
t- Ta at Keller Broa. Drug Co. A
few favorite onee we name: Yel
low Jacket, Montreal, Governor
(red tip) Grey Hackle, Black
Hackle, Governor Black Hackle
(peacock body). Black Gnat, Grey
Drake, English Admiral, Beth Green
Grey Hackle (groan body) White
Miller, Dusty Miller.
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(Fomicrlj of seaitje)
Specialist In U>e treatment of
diseases am! deformities of t'«e eye,
ear, noee and UmMt.
Office; Goldstein Bulidlsg, Ju
neau Alaska^
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at 8;3a o'clock.
Visiting broth
era cordially welcome.
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broth ere ocrrdlally Uvltei to atteacl.
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