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EDITORIAL
u* XO THK VOTER
.Mr. businessman, voter, homo
builder, laborer and general Alas
itaii, javb you ever \ei"y seriously
tc usuieXed tiitj tieiilcnuoini v° * c
wuicli nus beeu couicartel upon you
oy you >lia dnivesal Voting
'efcttZ il-Vd you l_<
tcuiiu«reU the duty: wuidt you owe
'o tiie cuimuunity in wuicn you live
and '.Ltf geuierui weli>»4e oi lae
uniUi Territory by casting yoai
b-Uo' ior the rnuu wUom iu your
estimation wouid Lie 'n*j oest iuteu
aud nicst representative ot mij
Sit.1.1 cO:nmouw oaim? it no', the!
i' is ;inie that you siiouid l^e seti
oa. i®- giving W® political iieid very
serious *iu>usiiu. Important utt
1 to us will be held this coming tali.
\ou w.ll h* called upon 'o cnoosc
a delegate to represent tu« Terri
tory *• Washington and to cuoost
a divisional senator and repreaen
'atJVSB.
it is essential that you take, a
l>art jud au active part in t-« elec
tion. It is a paramount duty
which you owe to Skagway. Tie
i'la orius oi the two leading pai tie
uave ot-ta brewed about and cer
tainly ty* this tiruq you should have
tiie fundamentals oi bo tit plaUorat<
iu miuii. You BiioulJ thoroughly
acquaint yourself with tne accom
plishments and. records oi" the two
men who are running icrr the con
gressh «al berth . Tne repreeseuta
tioji whkh these men will make to
the law "u*f-ers at Washington will
ci'Uaf iminRistly iu tha progress!
wiiicii we axe able it make alou^
development and expansion oi in
dustries which, have already sta.teO
within tile territory.
Locally the field should not be
overlooked. The Territorial law
makers nave weighty influence. Tht
laws wuch they pass govern us
wbcn uut la contradiction to the
laws passed by congress. Therefore
it betwovt« you if you be wide
awake tud sincere about your wish
lor an ea<ly and s©eedy develop
ment o* the Territory that you be
gin to Investigate tne polittical con
ditions which exist and the reme
diecs which. have been advocated
lor curing the ills ot Alaskan gov
ernment.
WKLCOMK N-fclWS
i» is certainly; joyful news to
Gardtu City people to learu of the
general wholesome spirit of pros
ptriiy waicU botins >o be sweeping
all o' We aire li^pp> to
iearu that A'llu and the interior
ia building a good oOiid foundation
lor bufinee^a and that mining
Js forcing to the front in that.lo
c.tiiiy. Every development for the in
tenor means development lor Skag
wiv. The two ruu huud in hand
ana Garden City, business interests
profit in more ways th«iu one by
iu tenor prosperity., conditions to
the westward seem to be top notco
Hardly a person passes through
'his city but what ^peajts of the
rapid pace that is being set by
1owna to the westward. Cordova,
Auchi rage, Seward and all of the
towns iu that section of the coun
try are making wonderful, pro
gressive stride® oi permanent activi
ty. This all helps Skagway. We
are united in a circle of commercial
unity. xf one town slacks up, it
has its direct bearing on all of the
Test of Alaska. So let's put our
phoulder to the) wheel and buckle
into the prosperity game and show
time: just where Skagway is.
ALA&KA MUST UK lWVKLOl'KD
sal's HUGHES
Tho address o£ Chas. K Hughes,
the K**publicau siandur4 btA'rtr lor
presidtnt, rings true. iu nis Set
tle speech. ho said;
"We have got to have a ne.w
spirit in oar business lire., l talk
,ed a m.nute ago o£ co-operation. 1
would uot have much, confidence iu
speiakiug oi a new spirit iu Atu
encau lue ii i did uot believe iu
tile integrity oi tug business ineu
ol America. 1 do Delude iu it.
I belly* that we can do things
right m tlits country and. develop
our resources* You have got au
empire here iu Alaskin. 1 want
to sec it dav doped right.
"1 tuiuk the time bus come when
we Late got to be sure ol our- j
selves. tuie ol our integrity, coufi-j
Ul-ui and equal to our emergencies.
"1 have had something to do in
ur life with correcting and pre
venting abuses in connection with
publi. matters, and. 1 tell you new,
my irlends, that whether 1 speak
ox Alaska or whether X 4>ea<k ol the
tar ill, no one is going to pull auy
tLing cut at the public expense if
i oau prevent it.
"We can do things right in this
country il we boliev.e in ourselves,
il we respect each other, il we have
integrity ol motive, good sense ami
some ability in dealing with lacts.
That is what we need throughout
tha length and breadth of this land.
We cannot afford to leave things
we lear undone. As 1 said a little
while ago, thia twentieth, century
does no' belong to a nation simply
because ol its resources; it does
not belong to a nation simply be
cause it is lul of generoust people,
with people of good intentions; vic
tories in trade and commerce of
the 20th century belong to the peo
ple who in times of peace have got
the organization and tha efficiency
aud the far sighted tjolicies to take
care of their own people aud face
the :*crld asking nothing b«t
justice and intent upou its just
rights."—Ex.
j DISASTERS RUN IN SERIES.
Long Period* of Security Lead to a
Relaxation of Vigilance.
The careful observer loug ago noted
that disasters run in series and thai
intervals of considerable length fre
quently occur betweeen the series
Thus three or four railway suiashups
happen within a few days, to be fol
lowed by several months in which not
a jar is recorded. Or several cities are
within a few days visited by big tires
after which there usually lapses a Ion;:
period in which only minor tires are re
•orded.
Why this peculiar condition should
ox 1st is puzzling only to those who do
aot seek the reasou In their own hab
its and experiences The individual
who will keep close wat<h on hlinsel!
will discover that he performs his du
ties accurately and well l'or loug pe
riods, followed by short seasons when
blunders are frequent and exasperat
ng This is due to a seuse of security
reatcd by the long i«nod of accuracy.
:eadlug to a relaxation of vigilance
The instant teusion is relaxed and duty
h performed automatically rather than
with concentrated intelligence blunders
multiply
So when raiiruad men go long pe
riods wuhout disasters there is some
where along the line a relaxation pro
ductive of trouble. Fires break out be
•muse vigilance lets down from a sense
>f security.
The lesson is. of course, almost too
■>bvlous to require statemeut. Don't
be lulled by long stretches of perfect
work or security into thinking you
never cau err, never can be plunged
by a mismove Into danger. — Detroit
Free I'ress.
THE MOUNTAIN SPOKE.
How an Old Yankes Woman Told of
tha Coming of a Storm.
I once knew an old woman who lived
under the shadow of the White moun
tains and whose Instinct for weathei
changes was almost uncanny. She dltl
uot h.ive barometrical bones either, as
many old people maintain they have
Her deductions were all based on ob
serration.
Once, I recall, she was taking In some
clothes from the line at 10 o'clock al
night—a still, starlit night without a
cloud. 1 saw her shadow bobbing about
huge and fantastic ou the barn wall
thrown from the lantern she carried In
her left hand, and went out to ask her
why she took the clothes in.
"There wa n't a cloud In the sky all
day," she said, "and tonight the moun
tain's talkin'."
I listened carefully, and, sure enough
in the silence 1 could hear, 3,<KX) feet
above us. the steady rush of wind
through the stunted spruce forest at
timber line. Up there the wind was
roaring then!
I thought of Slartlneau's words, that
the noisy hurricane rushes silently
through the upper spaces where there
is nothing to oppose it—that force by
itself Is silent. There seemed to me
something almost Celtic, too, in this
old Yankee's woman's imagery. And
her prediction proved correct The nest
day came a deluge.—Walter Prlcbard
Eaton in Harper's Magazine.
DARING WHALERS. * (
Rlske Thay Take Whin Thay Diva
With the Harpooned Animal.
Many of the Japanese whalemen are
most expert and during men. After a
whale has been cornered, harpooned
and Is slowly giving out from exhaus
tion the nimble expert of the whaling
crew must prove his mettle.
The skilled Jap, after jumping upon
the animal's bark and cutting two
gashes In the head, one on either side,
through which a rope must be run and
tied, cannot always perform his work
in one trial. Often the animal makes
a deep dive. But the little Jap must
bold fast to his quarry and dive also,
trusting to the fates that bis own air
supply in his lungs will last as long as
that of the whale's.
The Jap Is safer from being drowned
than from being crushed by the infu
riated animal's tall. If the little Jap
lets go it usually means bis death, so
he hangs on to the diving quarry. Fre
quently these whalemen lose their
Uvea from drowning, but the members
of their crew look upon this misfor
tune with something of a fatalistic re
gard.
But the main business In hand Is
the capture of the whale. As the flgbt
progresses and the maddened, fright
ened mammal grows weaker and final
ly is dying the boat crews row closer
to the body and pray for the ease of
his departing spirit. Members of the
crew will call out the words. "Joraku,
Joraku, Joraku!" and on the third day
after the mammal has been hauled
ashore a service is held and prayers
offered for the animal's future content
ment of spirit. j
As soon as the animal has been tow
ed to the shore line he Is cut up. the
Japs making huge excavations and
penetrating inside the animal's body,
as though entering a mine shaft or
gallery. It is u grewsome sight, but Is
looked upon purely as a matter of
course among the Jap whalemen.—
Exchange.
HOLD UP YOUR HEAD.
It Will Stimulate You Mentally as Well
as Physically.
In a letter to Uobert Grlmshaw of
the New York university William Mul
doon gives udvice that it would be well
for every niuu and woman. boy and
girl In America to take to heart Lie
says:
"I was taught In early manhood not
to throw my shoulders back, stick my
chest out. draw m.v stoma, h in or hold
my chin down like a goat preparing to
butt, but to always try and touch some
imaginary thing with the crown of my
head. If one tries to do that—first un
derstands how to try and then tries—
he doesn't have to pay any attention
to the rest of his physical being. That
effort to touch something above him
not with his forehead, but with the
crown of his head, will keep every par
ticle of his body in the position that
nature Intended it should be
And as a boy I was advised to fre
quently back up against the wall and
make the back of my head, my shoul
ders. hfps. heels all press against the
wall at the same time, and In that way
get an Idea of what was straight, or. in
other words, how crooked I ivas becom
lug by drooping."
Both to young and old Mr Muldoon's
"hold your head up" suggestion Is In
spiriting Try it The effect physical
ly and mentally Is immediate. When the
head goes higher the impulse is to deep
er breathing A man Unds more elas
Ucity in his limbs lie steps out vritb
more ease- There is more spring to bis
gait He Isn't a lumbering, shambling
creature, but a man alive With the
elevation of the crown of the head
there seems to come clearer tb^klug.
a more buoyaut feeling and a brighter
outlook.—Commerce anil 1'lnance.
1 Open the Eye» Under Wat«r.
Practice opening the eyes under wa
ter in swimming, for with favorable
conditions there Is much to be seen and
enjoyed In the queer, ghostly light be
low. The ability to see n beu below
the surface may some time prove of
priceless value It is oue of the attri
butes of swlmmiug, and It may be
readily mastered. But do not open the
eyes until well below. The closed lid
is an ample protection when one Is
plunging from any height and it should
remain closed until the first swift
downward rush is ended.—All Out
doors.
Size* of the Planet*
An ingenious way of comparing the
sizes of planets with the sun is sug
gested by a French scientific writer.
Let the earth, he says, be represented
by a twenty franc piece; then Venus is
15 francs. Mars 2. Mercury 7. Uranus
2S0, Neptune 31*0. Saturn 1.S40, Jupiter
6,800 and the sun 0,780,000.
Didn't Care For It.
"Ever try liquid soap?" asked the
barber
"No. and don't want to." replied the
man in the chair.
"Why not?"
"Oh. well, if I have to eat soap I'd
just as leave chew it as drink It"—
Vonkers Statesman.
Money by the Bushel.
She—What's this I hear about your
getting a large sum of money from
some woman? Lie-Some one's been
kidding you. Who wus the woman?
She (innocently*—Why. May Wbi-at.
they told me her name was.-^Boston
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Hopeless.
"He's no good at an argument. Is he?
Not at all convincing."
"Well, 1 should say not Why, that
man couldn't convince a woman that
she wag pretty."— i/oudon Stray Bto
kriea.
la reality th« "car# of the kalr"
mouiia the "car* ol the s«a]p." Ap
ply 'PUROLA" Hair Tone according
to directions furnished with each
bottle and you will aot only be
surprised, but plowed with the
wonderful results. A satisfactory
at lot t for hair health; sold on
its merits and satisfaction guaran
teed >r your money back.
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Arctic Urotiierbood.—
(Jajnp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
oi. snarj . Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. W. 1* Steveusou, Arc
tic CbUI. W. 1U. Burrord, Arctic
Rt-coruer.
r rauinuu wrutu
I
ak.aj,mi> Aerie
So. 2o, b'rttuic
Ma. older 01
uiagiua au-uik i.iie ll.K aua uuri.
tVeaueuaa.} ulgui ui eui.Il LDOuLIi a.
-uoir auil on i' uui ttrtuiue. Vuuuut
jroiiioiu ouiulally iirlunt co (titouu
U B. Hudson, W. P., J. K. Mo
Alisttr, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Liixlge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Fri. Ev'gs. of aich
monin. visiting Drouiei® are wel
come.
Elmer L. Whooler, W. M.
Address all communications to
t'ie Secretary.
irs cordially wel
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
NO. 431. B. P. O.
E. meets every
1st and 3d THui»
' d;iy at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting broth
tome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
r. 1. VAWDEWALlL, secretary
Ploneor of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A, B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting lit others cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sac.
Alaska Junk Co.
of Junes a Alas t a.
Dealers la
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
LEAD, ZINC, SACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Roar of Splckett'a P<*tofflce
store.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every mouth
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaign*
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H. CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: WhiteKorte, 1 T
You make a mistake if
vou dr not stoo al
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 di»'»v. I
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
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Skagway. Alaska
to I
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria ]
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan j
Leave Skagujay j
S.S.SPOKANE Aug. 26 Sept. 7-19
S. S. City of Seattle Sept. 20 3-25
Connects at Seattle with through passenger a tea mem.
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Sailing Monday lip. m. and Friday at 11 it m.
? FOR SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggi'gei checked to all point* In
United States and Canada. For folders and full particulars*,
address H. G. WEIR, Agent.
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Aug. 25 Sept. 8-20 Oct. 2
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S.S. MARIPOSA Aug. 28 Sept. 18
Por WESTWARD PORTS
S.S. ALASKA Sept. 5 TOwl7™ir
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