THE WHITE PASS 8
-Ml ROUTE =
The
Gate-way
Route ot
Comfort
Service
Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
"—Interior Alaska — —
During the winter season of 1916-1 7 our regular train service will
be maintained North and South Bound between Skaguay
and Whitehorse, trains leaving both terminals Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays.
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our Through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be oper
ated between Whitehorse and Dawson, affording every possible
facility for comfortable winter travel by means of a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and Automobile Line
For full information apply to
C. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Dept.
WHITEHORSE. V. T.
A. F. Z1PF
—OR— Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE Na 38.
Morriaj, Wednesday and Friday
No. 1, N. Bound
1st CltM
8:30 a. ni. Leave*
11:03 ». m. **
11:4o a. ni. **
12:40 p. m. "
2:20 p. m. "
4:o0 p. in. Arrives
LiL ud I .1
BKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN"
REXNKTT
CARIBOU
WHITSHOKSE
No. a, 8. Bound
1st Cla«s
AiTives 3:50 p. 111.
Leave# 2:20 p. m.
" 1:30 p. in.
" 13:50 p. m.
" 10:48 a. m.
M 8:00 a. ni.
Paeeengcts most be U depot i« time to have Baggagt iiv
•parted «cd checked. Inspection is stopped SO ilnutea before
tearing time of tralne. f ■ ■ - —
1M pounds of baggage will be checked free with each fall
tare ticket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
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ALASKA
AND REPRESENTED BY
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
LICENSED AGENT AT SKAGWAY
PROHIBITION
HOT DECIDED
Whether the Alaska Territorial
Legislature has power to make op
erative a "dry law" la accordance
with the wishes of the voters (ex
pressed at the last general elec
tion, and wither there Will be;
available some $500,000 awarded
territory from licence taxes by a
decision df the Federal Court la Al
aska and concurred) in by the cir
cuit court of appeals at San Fran
cisco ,are two subjects of vital in
terest to Alaskans Just now, saya
the Seattle Times of January 9.
Beth cf those have to do with the
support and maintenauce of the
! schools ia the Territory.
George B. Grigsby, newly elect
ed attorney general of Alaska, who
is new iu Seattle on his way north,
declined today to give aa expres
sion, but said, however .that the
tax case® are now before the United
States Supreme Court on application
for writs of certiorari.
The Alaska Legislature will con
vene March 5. At present all the
money from the saloon licenses la
incorporated towns goes to the sup
port oX the Bcholg therein. Some
Alaskans assert that the Legislature
has the power to ratify the vote of
the people and eaact a dry law,
while others declare that the Leg
islature has no power over liquor
licenses and that it will be neces
sary to obtain, an act of congress
before Alaska can be madfc dry on
January 1, 1918.
No matter by which) process
Alaska ia made dry, however, the
uroL'lem of raising money from oth
er sources for the support of the
echcols in the incorporated towns,
it is said, will remain. Under the
present, system schools outside of in
corporated tewns are maintained by
federal government, 30 per cent
of the federal occupation tax going
inlo the Alaska schlool fund for that
ruroose. Last year the Territorial
Legislature passed a "uniform schoo
law," which was declared void by
the United States attorney general
as ia conflict with, the federal
school law, outside of incorporated
towna. ;
The Legislature also passed a
revenue law levying occupation fax
es against all canneries and mines
and other Industries, which Judge
Jennings, of Juneau, in the federal
division, declared valid, and it is
♦his act, which is now up before the
linked States supreme court, and
which, if upheld, will give the Ter
ritory more than $500,000 tor the
supaoit of schools, the building of
roads, and other purposes.
Mr. Grigsby said be did not be
lieve there would be muck mining'
legislation this coming session. The
March term will bg the first time
there has been an attorney general
to work with and advise the Legis
lature.
The United Statse Supreme Qourt
will uphold the law passed by the
Alaskan Legislature assessing a li
cense tax on industries for Territor
ial revenue In the belief ot George
B. Griesby, newly elected attorney
general of the Territory. Mr. Grig-s
hy, who has been spending the holi
days in San Francisco, is at the
Seattle Hotel, on his way to Ju
neau, says the Seattle Poet Intelli-i
gencer of January 9th.
When "he Alaskan legislature be
gan looking around for means of
raisins? revenue it found that equit
able assessment of the vast lands
would be virtually impossible, and
decided *o tax industry, a# did the
United States government for fed
eral revenue. Certain interests,
however, attacked the measure and
carried it to> the supreme court. If
this method is decided illegal Al
aska will have to levy on her real
and personal property. 1
The Alaskan canvassing board
will meet to determine definitely
whether Charles A. Sulzer, Demo
crat, has been elected over James
Wickersham between January 16
and January 20, according! to Mr.
Grigsby. At last reports Mr. Sulzer
was leading by a *ew votes, with
several precincts yet to come in. —
Juueau Empire.
OFFICE, DESK AND
LIBRARY requisites
Probably the moat complete as
sortment of office, desk and littrary
necessities every in Bkagway fraa
placed on display yesterday 1ft Kel
ler Broe. Drug Co., windiov. Inks
of all colors, and in all sized! bot
tles, library past© and mucilage,
ia tubes, Jarp and oones, pen* and
pencils, paper Jajtfeners, blotters,
ink wells, ink eradio&tore, erasers
and rulers, and *11 kind* ot sta
tionery and other office gaper.
Prices are right. tf.
AVERTED A TRAGEDY.
A Perilous Situation and the Way It
Waa Maatarvd.
There is a striking Illustration In
Das Bucb fur AUe of the fact that It
Is not necessary to roam over the world
to find adventure. The German mer
chant of the story found It In his own
peaceful house In the quiet town of
his birth. It happened on his daugh
ter's wedding day, about sixty years
ago. The happy father was alternate
ly welcoming the guests and bustling
about attending to final details.
In one of the balls he met a maid
carelessly carrying a lighted candle
without its holder. He did not rebuke
her, as sho was not one of the regular
servants, but had only been brought in
to help for the occasion. In a short
time she returned from the cellar, her
arms full of bottles, but with no can
dle. Tbo absence of the light sent a
sickening thought sweeping ^ver the
merchant Only the day before several
barrels of gunpowder had been stored
In the cellar, and one of them bad been
opened In order to get a sample for a
customer.
"Where is that candle?" he asked
her quickly, with his heart in his
mouth.
"I had my bagds full and couldn't
bring it up," the maid answered.
"Where did you leave it?"
"I stuck it in the black sand in the
open barrel," she explained.
But the merchant had not waited to
hear her out Into the hall and down
tho cellar steps be stumbled. His
knees were shaking, his breath caught
tn his throat; death already seemed to
have its grip upon him.
Just beneath the room in which the
guests were assembled stood the fatal
barrel, the burning tallow candle up
right in the powder. To his horror he
saw a long piece of burned out wick
sagging in the reddish flame. If that
spark should fall! He made a des
perate move toward the candle—and
stopped. The slightest touch or breath
might shake that glowing bit of wick
tnto the powder. He heard the sound
of 'laughter from above, and he trem
bled. He stared at the light power
less to move.
Suddenly the end of the wick nodded,
and with its movement the merchant
recovered from his momentary paraly
sis. Cautiously he thrust botli hands
toward the candle; then, with a sud
den squeeze, he smothered the wick
and flame In his grasp. Never relax
ing his hold, he carried the candle the
length of the cellar; then he fainted.
WASTED TIME IN COURT.
How It Might Be 8aved by Following
the English 8yctem.
Professor Hlogins tells how waste of
time Is avoided In English courts and
suggests that the same practice ought
to be adopted in American courts. It
is done by "leading QHestions," of
which the following is an example In
an action for personal Injuries, where
the fact of the Injury is admitted, but
the negligent act denied:
"Tour name Is John Doe, living at
so and so. You are a painter by trade,
and on May 1, 1914, you were on the
Strand opposite the law courts and
saw the accident when the plaintiff
was run over by the defendant's bus,
and you helped to pick the plaintiff up
and carry him from the roadway?"
To which the witness answers "Yes."
Now, in an American court the testi
mony in that one question and answer
would have been the subject of at
least eight disttect questions and eight
distinct answers, and In the hands of
some lawyers this information would
not have been elicited abort of twenty
questions, as: "State your name to tve
Jury." "Where do you reside?" "What
is your business?" "Where were you
on May 1, 1914, at the hour of so and
So?" "State what accident you saw
there, If any?" "What did you do
then?" And so on, and so on.
American courts are run in as lei
surely manner as If there was nothing
else on hand except the trial of the
particular case at bar, whereas usual
ly the court is weeks, often months,
and sometimes a year behind in its
docket—Kansas City Star.
Ancient Abyssinia.
The Abyssinlans are a race renown
ed for their courage and good looks.
Of a deep brown In color, they are well
formed and handsome, intelligent and
fond of gayety, too, but their needs are
very simple, and they live In primitive
fashion In rough circular stone huts
thatched with grass. The history of
Abyssinia dates very far back. Before
Christ thte country formed part of the
ancient country of Ethiopia. The
queen of Sheba was an Abyssinian
queen, and the kings of Abyssinia
claim descent from her.—London Spec
tator.
Sick Herrings.
"Why," said a youngster to hla elder
brother, "d» herrings have bo many
more Illnesses than other flsb?"
"Who nayB they do?" asked the youth
addressed.
"Why, this book says that thousands
upon thousands of them are cured ev
ery year."
Not to Be Deceived.
"HaTe you studied the plays of Soph
ocles?" asked the serious young wo
man.
"Quit Jokin'," replied Mr. Lowbrow.
"I know everybody In both leagues.
There ain't any such player."—Wash
ington 8tar.
Mathematical Item.
Teacher—What Is an unknown quan
tity? Bright Boy-What you get when
you buy a ton of coal.—Boston Tnni
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