F. & A. M.
Wliice Paaa Lodge
F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d aud 4th
# V ?■ * r ri. xuv 50.. w—
mcmta. Visiting brothers are w«l
loma. Pttil Abrahams, Secretary
W. R. Hillery, W. -il
Fntterual Ordw
£, KakIcs—
Skagway Aerie
, No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagres raw# the fir&C and thira
Wed -sday r'ght ot each month at
! ir hall oi* Fifth avenue. Visiting
broitu; ;>rd:al!y Invited to attend.
John Urashcl, w. P.; J. Al. Keller,
isocretr.rr.
B. r. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No 4 1, B. P. O.
B. meets* ever
Chursday night a
' S o'clock. Elk
club and readln
.om c \ . uy rrom 1 p. m. to
ill Visiting brothers cor
i ,.!> in.?.—W. C. Blanchard
M.igee, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1
A. B. meets every T:ies
Uay evening at S:0 p
s:- -to. Malting brotners cor ai
1 — L). J. Rich, Arctic C^l«
W. K iiilery, Arctic Recorder.
l;»i.intrj Lmlge, No. 1390.
' .. ORDER OF MOOSE.
!■ : i V i H. Sewartf, Huincs, Al&sk
Re i:.^s every Thursday
-:at . 7 Si" p. tu. All visiting bro
t'-.ers * L-r«lIly welcomed.
Any one desiring information
Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
THE SECRETARY.
■ i,-.s!0\AI. CARDS.
lVn;jts.
i>!;. L. s. kki.i.ki:
Dontlst
>-)t Modern Methods
Open Eveuinp?
{■• »•-«» !>-l2 a. m. 1-6 p. m
building - -Wroadway
SKAli W.-v y . ALASAK
Vi 1 ITTKKSON DENTAL
Sl'ITLV COMPANY
uental Supplies.
—Dealers In—
:: V T A Ii SUPPLIES
W .IktT ridg. Seattle, Wash
Order.- a- umli or cable will receive
ro- .'' jution Cataioeruo r>n re
quest.
HAXD LAUNDRY—The Jando
H-; l on Third street next
to G North Hotel, does youi
washu.; without shrinking th«
ilj; Family work given care
♦ill attention- tt.
ATAkRH OT'
the
BLADDER
and all
M Di^ciiargss in
,24HOURS:
V*©r* '.be i
C/ 1
MIDYl ■
y
f ' A
mi
aiag Room 1
4
Dedmaa and F-vwmn, 4
Propriel ors. *
Or.*n to Guests and G«Mieral
Public.
K. rj thing .New and First
i'.. >t:tar Prices.
V.. n il for Special Announce- 4
4
jne;its. i
4
V/hitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves A hitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
m >uth for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited. Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class. "
H. CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Whitehorse, Y. T
ESTABLISHED 1898 QUEST MIL? HEWSPiPER 1 HUSH
OFFICIAL CITY PAPEK -L. S. KKLLKIi, Publisher
Admitted a9 second class mall matter July 8, 1898, at the Skagway P.O
Copy for change of advertisements must be la by I o'clock p. m. to
insure insertion same day. Advertising rates on application.
Tuo Daily Alaskan charges for all publications not solicited, which
includes all notices, other than churches or charitable societies.
Subscription Kates:
e month by mail.. 75
mouth by carrier 1.00
Three mouths by mail .. ..2.25
Six months by mail ...4.50
One year by mall 9-00
i Subscriptions anil AdverC/sementa received by
Bennett \ews Co... \Vhitetaorie,V.T. IS. L. PUlman Atlin, II. C.
E. W. Gideon... ... C'arcross. Y. T.
EDITORIAL PAGE j!
l'KOVES TO liE A POPULAR
SUGGESTION.
The stand takeu Weduesday by
the Daily Alaskan in advocating mu
nicipal ownership of a water and
light plaut has been thoroughly dis
cussed and favorably commented up
on by a majority of the people of
the town, and the members of the
town council are practically unan
imous in their approval anu support
of the scheme.
To us it appears the right and on
ly solution of a problem that has at
intervals vexed the spirit and tried
the patience of the public ever
stuco the installation of service by
the Northwestern Light & Power
company in 1S98.
The remedy lies within the hands
of the taxpayers and if they again
fail to take advantage of the op
portunity offered to throw off the
yoke of a rapacious corporation that
not satisfied with the absorption
of 30 per cent of the tax revenues
of the town, seeks to add another
and heavier weight to their already
over-burdeued shoulders, they will
have only themselves to blame and
will be deserving of no sympathy
when the time comes, as it sure
ly will if they accede to the present
iemands of tho Home Pcwer Co.,
for a further increase of the rates
for water and in addition an advanc
to the price of lights.
IT IS BOl'XD TO COME.
With the passing of the old year
and the commencement of the new
every Indication points to the in
auguration of the long hoped for era
of progress and development in
Alaska, not alone through the med
ium of tf.e discovery and working of
its rich auriferous deposits and min
eral bearing ledges, although these
are mighty factors, but through or
ganized and systematic o'-ening up
of its o'her and perhaps more valu
able resources by the federal gov
| erument which, heretofore having |
evinced but little interest in its
welfare, is now awakening to a
knowledge that the imm.use domain
purchased in 1867 through the ad
vice of Wm. H. Seward, then secre
tary of state, and at the time look
ed upon as a "gold brick" thai
had been palmed off on the United
States by Russian fakers, is destin
ed to become one of its most im
portant possessions, not only as a
revenue producer but as a strateget
ical point in the government's future
J intercourse with the peoples of the
Orient.
This desired eud will not be
ichieved, however, without a bit
ter fight between the friends of
the movement for government own
ership and control of the public
utilities and the moneyed iaterest
that are opposed to suca a meas
ure and will hamper and obstruct it
In every possible way. But the han
writing is upon the wall ami far
more easily to be interpreted than
was that messag of the long ago
which threw such consternation into
the mind of Belshazzar, King of
Babylon.
While it is possible and even prob
able that the tremenduous influen
ces which will be brought to bear
upon the present congress for the
defeat of a measure that means so
much to the territory will prove
successful at the present session, in
spite of the friendly attitude of
President Wilson and hl^h officials
of the government, public senti
ment is becoming so thoroughly
aroused In its favor that its ultiin*
ate accomplishment is a foregone
conclusion.
IX OPEN" WINTER.
The y?ar of 1914 was ushered in
with perhaps the mildest winter wea
ther that has ever been experienc
ed in Skagway sine© its settlement
by the whites, and with an absence
of the cold north wind that is usual
at this time of the year. In truth, j
the weather up to the present j
If You Value
Your Child's Eyesight
You will provide him with a good oil lamp.
Scientists agree that an oil light is best for study
ing and reading.
The
Lamp
gives a soft mellow light An ideal light for the
home circle. Scientifically constructed. No
glare: no flicker. Easy to liirht and care for.
Ask to see it at your dealers.
Standard Oil Company
(California)
SEATTLE
has been an agreeable surprise to
everyone, even to those who have
lived hero longest, for the coldest
■nap we have had so far, which
lasted for about twenty four hours
only, showed a temperature of 28
above.
There has been more than the av
erage snowfall but it has not been
of sufficient depth at any time to
cause inconvenience to pedestrians
or to the usual traffic of the town,
..ud the prevailing warm south
winds have melted the greater part
of what did fall in tho valley with
in a few hours after it fell.
Taking it altogether it has been
such winter weather as c-ne would
expect to encounter in regions much
further *o the south than Skagway.
| All Alaska j
j Paragraphs i
Every possible kind of a scheme
: been tried with a view of mak
ing the automobile practical for
snow transportation in the interior
at Alaska.
William James, of Fairbanks,
thinks he has at last solved the
problem. He has had specially made
runners of li-tht steel, four and six
inches wide, to be fastened on the
front wheels.
The drivii g power is to be fur
nished by 'he roar wheels, the only
change being heavy chains fastened
to them. The forward runners are
easily fastened on or taken off, ac
cording to snow conditions. Should
Mr. James* plan prove successful
it wlil revolutionize transportation
.■Ion;; the main traveled routes of
the interior.
You should give "Luxor" toilet
articles a trial. See the "Week
End" sets for men and women, 35
cents. Enough for a thorough trial
Keller Bros. Agents. tt
Olympia Beer on draught at the
Board of Trade. This famous brew,
both on draft and In bottles is kept
constantly fresh. This is the Board
of Trade Bar where the celebrated
Rainier Beer Is also kept in bot
tles. - tf.
PROSPECTORS
L^{wmc nirf i ■■ iili iA UZ iff T«Ifrn»*M»fggBK
Parties Intending to go pros
pecting or hunting in the in
terior, will find it to their in
terest *.o write
CAM SMITH
Whiieliorse, Y. T.
f'or Information.
Mr. Smith has all kinds of
power boats from four horse
power to fifteen which he
will sell or rent at reasonable
rates.
Automobile Stage daily from
Whitehorse to the Atlas min
iii\f v«V> « jii a a B «'|» -i e o (i Oirfi
SEA J TLE'S
Loadiaa Popular Priced Hotel
Hotel
Georgian
European Plan
All Outside Sunny
Rooms. Elegantly
Furnished
Sample Rooms.
Commercla & Fam
ily trade solicited
RATE S
Sinirle Rooms ?l up
Koomswtlli batliSI 50
Two persons 32.50 up
C. S. ST FFORD
Manager.
lake East L.iKe car from Union
Depot to Four'h. FOURTH AVE
between Union & Plk«.
1Steamship £o.
U. S. MAIL STEAMER
ieergia
Juneau-Sitka Route
j Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, GyP
j 6um, Tenakee, Killlsnoo and Sit
a Nov. 30, Dec. 6, 12, 18, 24, 30
ran. 5, 11, 17, 23, 20. Feb. 4,
i 10, 1G, 22, 28. Mar. 6, 12, 18,
4, 30.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
"kagwny Nov. 28, Dec. 4, 19, 16,
2, 2S. Jan. 3, 9, 15, 21, 2J. Feb.
8, 14, 20 26. March 4, 10, 16,
'2, 28.
WILLIS E. NOWELL, Manager.
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Victoria, Vancouver, Anacortes, Bellingham
Everett, Olympia, Port Tov/nsend, South
Bellingham. Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
H BRANDT, A. p. o. C. D. DUNANN, P. T. M.
113 James St., Seattle 112 Market St, San Francisco
R:,«iht reserved to change thw. Schedule
NEXT. SAILINGS WILL BE
5. S. SPOKANE
Dec. 25 Jan. 5, 16, 27
V- A. PETERSON, Agent
Phone 50 %2nd <fc Broadway, Skagway, Alaska
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Carrying XJ. S. Mall and Wells-Faruo Express
SAILING DATES from SKAGWAY to SEATTLE
NORTHWESTERN JAN. 1
S. S. ALAMEDA JAN. 10
No stops made at Canneries.
Ten Days Service thereafter.
SAILING DATES FROM SIC A fiWAY TO CORDOVA
B. S. AI AMEDA JAN. 3
«>. S. NORTHWESTERX JAN. 14
Ten Days Scni-e tlierc-al'ter.
These sfeamships arc tl:c f.ncs! and largest in Alaska service. Have large
observation and dininc rooms, with excellent meais and service. Transfer to
Vancouver Victoria, I acoma :c! Pi. et Eoui.d ucrt; without additional charge.
Through tickets to San Francisco
TELEPHONE NO. Cfi. CHAS. T. LYONS, AGENT
■■■■II IIMIIIIfllllH III,! II iim 3ESST. z: —I
Canadian Pacific Sv.
i
(STEAMSHIP LINES)
SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
r, PRINCESS SOPHIA
Dec. 11, 25 Jan. 7, 21 Feb. 4
(Subject (c- Clianfje)
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria,Seattle,&c
Kail and Sleeper Tickols to all points.
?h«na 37 F. F. VV. LOWLE, Agent
Steamship Humboldt
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP OPERATING TO S. E. ALASKA
WILL;! SAiL FROM SKACWAY
December 11th
Sailing Date Subject to Change Without Notice
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
Seattle Office:
716 Second Avenue.
I "OLYMPIAN"'
Tlic Train of Luxury
TO
Butte, Miles City, Sioux City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
All Points East, via the
"MILWAUKEE"
Leaves Seattle Daily at 10.15 A.M.
"A TOUR DE LUXE" is an expression supremely fitting in con
nection with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel transconti
nental train. It combines the enjoyment of rare scenic beauties
with the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease anil comfort
No Extra Fare on This Train
For further informatics regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., cail on or address
Jm
I
C. T. Lyons, Aceot, Alaska Steamship Co.
SKAGWAY. ALASKA
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee Sc. Paul Railway. 443 Hasting St. WaA
VANCOUVER. B. C.
SECOND AVE. AND CHERRY ST.. SEATTLE
l$nM.