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EDITORIAL PAGE
TUE COST OF GOVERNMENT
Waen taxpayer protest against
the burdeus laid upon tliem by |
the tax-spenders aud point to the
enoritous increase la the cost ot'
goverorueut, espesially in cities, the
answer always is that the country
as a whole, and particularly the
cities, havo also grown very iast.
There is &n Instant appeal to the
general urcgress of th«j times as an
excuse.
It does not cover the ground.
There is too wide a difference be
tween the rate of increase in the
population and the rate of 'growth
in taxation.
A report just made public by
the census bureau shows tiiat in
ihq ten years Iiora l'J02 t-> li>12
the tost ot government in nearly
200 American cities, all of which
had more than 30,000 Inhabitants
at the later date, became i3 per
cent more than it was in 1902,
iu proportion to the number of
inhaUitanU. That is, the rate ot'
Increase in the cost of local gov
ernment vas one-third greater
than, the rate of growth of the
population.
Does anyone believe that in the
same ten years the average income
or a!j the people living in these
cities increased 33 per cent? They
all pay taxes, indirectly if rot di
rectly. They cannot escape paying
In re-.t, .i the cost of .groceries
and meat, in whatever they spend
money for, wherever and however
they live. If they board they p.u
in their board bills.
Tie truth is that one of the
chief factors in the high cost oi
living is tho high cost of govern
ment. The tax-spenders have Ion..;
' een doing much to make the bur
deus of heads of families in Amer
ican cities exceedingly hard to
bear.
Some day taxpayers and other
citizens who are not too dull to
realizo that they pay taxes in
directly even if they never see a
tax assessor, will arouse them
selves sufficiently to make exces
sive tax-eating a very unpopular
thing among candidates for pub
lic office, an-I men on the public
payrolls will be mad? to feel that
the cnly way to keep their plr.ees
is to guard their employers' inter
ests as they would their own. But
•'o one else can rrotect the people
under the weight of ever-mounting
"STARBOARD" AND "POliT"
Beyond question nobody but
sailer can reiliz* entirely the
foolh'tdiness of the order issued
lc Secretary Josephus Danie's, who
i; from th3 interior of North Caro
lina, abolishing in the navy the
nse of ilia terms "starboard'* and
"port" and substituting in the'r
place "right" and "left."
But erea a landsman can obtain
a fah'ly adequate idea of th? situ
ation ■when he takes into consider
ation the fact that "starboard"
and "po.-t" or "larboard" in pla?e
of 'per'." have been in use for
hundr> ds c? years. The steamboat
man may le able to accustom him
self +o "right" and "left/' but it is
doubtful that the sailor ever can
To the sabot the replacing of "stai
:>or.rr." witt "right" in pratcical'.y
the same thing that substituting
the word "nosebag" for "breakfast"
would be to the rest cf us.
The possible effects of this niel
liling is ludicved iu a dispatch
sent from London to the New York
llerald, which makes a specialty of
nautical news. The American bat
tleship Missouri was nosing her w iv
up tiio Thames river to Gravesend
through a crowded procession cf
craft of a'l description, under con
ditions v.-hich might easily have
caused disaster through any mis
underatand-ng between the pilot
and the man at the wheel. The
English pilot had never heard that
Secretary Daniels had altered a
maritime rule older tliau the Amer
ican nation, ami naturally called
out "starboard" ami "port" in giv
ing directions to the helmsman.
Or course, it \vaa high treason
for the helmsm-.:; to take cogni
zance of tho aboiisi..vl "starboard"
and "port," but he was an oid se-.i
dog ;uid did it unconsciously, ;m>i
they got ttrough without accident
The captain, being an old sea do-;
also, refra'ned from putting Lim in
chains, Probably both of them v -U
be ordered before a board o£ in
quiry as soon as they reach the
I'nittd 'Suites.—Cleveland Leader.
An Akron, O., preacher complains
that a tenuis match made so much
noiso his congregation could no
hear his t-ermon. Notice, ii was
the preacher who complained.
Th" £ German lieutenant who is
to play tho Australasian tennis
sharks at Pittsburg will be ti lib
erty to rejoin his colors immedi
ately thereafter.
At one cent an aero and a
tip to lluerta, tho Rot :"uilds
luO.i.^o acres of Mexico land
" ill Ce fairly expensive beioio ll
title is cleared.
With mutton playing a lone
•'and against tho rising pi ices of
:aeat, it would be just our luck
t the army worm ate up nil th•
11
The "pure patriotism" that
prompted tlio powiler trust to stop
.-ellii j; powder to Mexico might be
a goc.il kind to make nermuweat toy
Ob\ iously, if Helgiuu poiiCts dogs
;ire really able and willing to de
tect and capture criminals, they
would be a notable improvement.
Hut how could the coy-wpond
i nt who sent out the "law of
flight"' yarn from Vera Cruz have
rearhi d Belgrade so promptly.'
\\\« cannot help thinki.ig the
horrors of war would lose
some of iheir licrrors if nothing
were fired but random shots.
It seems a poor school system
that requires children to study so
. iiangeablj a thing as the polit
i. .il geography of Europe.
Secretary Bryan may be put to
the trouble of slightly revising the
introduction of his well-known lec
ture on universal if ace.
The New York officials *vho say
they will not let the young lady an
archist starve herself to death men
tion no reason.
The Irish crisis has giveu several
eminent British statesmen their
first chance to hear a king discuss
national affairs.
Government ownership of base
ball leagues would bo wolocnied
right now, if the Naps were all
republicans.
It may be just as well that the
navy is fully recruited, if enlisted
men are t<* bo allowed to back out
at will.
If you have a Vest Pocket Kodak
with you when you go fishing, you
are doubly sure of success. You
can get some lasting evidence of
he trip, and the cost of thu camera
and photos will Pa a trifling ex- (
pense when compared with ''be
pleasure. Get in Eastman at (
Keller's.
Bonded WhtSKeya—tilbson, Moun
Vtrnon and Belmont. The best of
Peer—Blue Ribbon, Budweiser and '
Pate Hauler, at tha Mascot, Tele
phone 67. f
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Dailj; Alaskan, Quartz or placer. :
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
"THE ADMIRAL LINE"
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WESTBOUND
S. S. ADMIRAL SAMPSON Aug. 9 j
LEAVING SEATTLE ON THE 5th, 15th AND 2.1(11 OF
EVERY MONTH AND AltKIVING IN SKAGWA1 ON THE !Hh,
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SKAGWAY, SOUTHBOUND, AFPRf XIMATELV ON THE l»tl».
lPth., AND 2!)tli.
Direct connection and through service, Seattio to San Fran
cisco, on tho Steamship Admiral Farragut and Adairal Watson,
sailing from Seattle on a five-day schedule.
Special attention to Tourist litis.ness, both wcttl and south- j
bound.
For information call at Ticket Office, or write.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co., Seattle, Wash.
rnoFEssio.v.'.*. cards.
Dentists.
DR. L. S. KELLER.
Dentist.
M;>st Modern Methods.
Opci Evenings.
ifl'lce Hours: y-12 a. n,. 1-G p. ni.
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—Dealers In—
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W. 11. STOL'T.
V i i n r u e y A I La \v.
Practices la all courts
la Territory of Alaska
EIp! j Alaska, i
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
>\% f P. &. A.M. No. 113
y '\ meets 2d and 4th
v/ •' |'ri. Kv'gs. ol each
jiontu. - Vlsiuug biotheri <xro wel
:ouio. Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fraternal Order
\V.t, Skagway Aerl«
^.45#^ No 25»Praler
*v uaj Order ol i
Eagles laeets the ilrst and third
\\"ednesdu>- alght of each month at
! fclr hail on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially lnvi'ed to attend.
Elmer H'heeler, W. P., J. M. Keller, '
Secretary,
B. P. O. ELKS
Jj Skagway Lodg |
No 431, B. P. O.
K. meets every
1st aud 3rd Thurs
itays at S o'clock.
. • ^ Visiting broth
ers cordially welcome. Jas Ken
nedy, Ex. It. Geo. Magee Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
i Camp Skagway No. 1
A. U. meets every Tues
day evening at 8:00 p ,
n. ssiary. /Isitiup broihers cordial
y wel'otne L). J. Rich, Arctic Chief j
•V R. lliller>, Arctic Recorder.
Will Infantry Lodge, iVo. 1300.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE. j
Fort Win. H. Seward, Haines, Alask
Regular Meetings every Thursday
dght at 7:30 p m. All visiting brO|
hers cordially -welcomed.
Any one deslrlDg information !
ibout the Lodge will confer a favor '
jy addressing
THE SECRETARY.
Olympla Beer on draugnt. at tae
3oard of Trade. This famous brew,
)oth on draft *nd in bottles Is kept
:onstantly fresh, l'his is the Board
)f Trade Oar where the celebrated
ilainier Beer ;s also kept in hot
Lies. U.
Hate of Onio, City of Toledo, )
. es.
Lucas County. }
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that i
ie Is senior partner of the firm of F.
' Cheney & Co., doing business In
he City of Toledo, County and State j
!foresaid, 3ml that said firm will pay!
he sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL-j
jARS for «*a'-h and every case of
'atarrh that cannot he cured by the!
.so of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY, j
3>vorn to before mo and subscrib-l
d in ir»y presence, this 6th day of1
>eceiuber, A. D. 1SS6.
A. W. OLE A SON, j
(Seal.) Notary Public, j
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laily, and a> ts directly on the blood
aid mucous surfaces of the system. |
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Restaurs
TONY STAN1CH. Prnprretor
For M Ycari Wc Have Served only
The Best in the Markets
ar'I lo'Uv it is the
Most Popular Eating
House in the North
New Location
Broadway, between 3rd and -4th
The Delmonico cf Alaska
MANAGEMENT
Stock Rumsey of M omc
Joe Rumseyof Dawscn
1 Seasonable I»aio
I ivory Con veil Itfii-c
140S FOURTH AVENUE
Seattle
Whitehorse
Kluane Stags
Line——:
The Royal Mail Stage j
leaves \Vliitfhorse the j
fourth ol' every month
for Kluane and way 5
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Chainpaigne .
Passengers and Freight sol- j
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H. CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Wliiteliorac, Y. T ?
"BEN" CULBERTSON
ExpressiDg_and Cartas
Plone 31, day 01 lur
quick service
Office: The P(>bl Iioom
Wood, Coal and Ice delivered 011
Short Notice.
Have you seen the "Ideal ' 40 j
>a>d, uicklo plated multiply lug fis'.i
M reels that Kellers' . re selling
:oi 75c? Hava a look. Taej'rt worth j
.he moLey.
Wanted Salesman to Sell Cigars.
Cigarettes, Tobacco to dealer1, $100
>er month, ?5.00 por day travelling
expenses. Experience not necessary.
Seattle, lacoma* Victoria |
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg
Wrangell and Ketchikan
LEAVE SKAGWAY
j S.S. SPOKANE, Aug. 5,17,29
? SEATTE, Aug. 11, 23
Auf 1 every (lays following. Motlwrn comfortable ,slii|»s, e\
-;ei \ice. (-uuiK!c:s i-.t Scattlo tlmmgli passen
| gcr bteaxnei*.
.. I'UKSiDEXT AM) QUEEN.
* Tuesday, i <> «. id. and Friday, 3 |>. m.
: • - AXGELKS, s\.\ DIEGO.
II cilOCkCil t<i all points in
1 C in;.(i:i. lulilci-i . and full particulars,
j adihv. A. l'IC'l KHSOX, Agent
n jr. :ji:AM»T, a. i\ i). riioiic ">o, skaowav
O'lK S • "i:J Ave., Seattle, Wash.
)*ies froi Skagway, Summer 1914
For Seattle
nr i i bi. days lo Seattle
- - - JUNE 23 JULY II, 29 AUG. 17
- - - JUNE 10, 29 JULY 17 AUG. 4, 23
JUNE 18, JULY 6, 24 AUG. 11, 30
ON, JUNE it 26 JULY 8, 20 AUG. I, 14, 26
;. 8, 20 JULY 2, 14,21 AUG. 8, 20
m nd Dolphin at Metlakahtla
v on and after June 26
' . .. a iclilional charge.
.v. ..-ard Points
• !July 4, 22. Aug. 10, 28
T \. . • 21. July 10, 28. Aug. 16
ie 1 1, 29, July 1 7, Aug. 4, 23
ige without notice
i. SHAW, Ajjent, SKAGWAV.
. Pacific Ry.
j.h'p Lines)
hursdays P. M.
;ess 50 phi a
C:7SS MAY or
^ S ALICE
13, 20, 27
3, 10, 17, 24
15, 22, 29
ile. Bellingham. Etc.
OCEAN TICKETS
- <.f the World
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Steamship Humboldt
"Si!' OP^ATiSG TO S. E. ALASKA
:a, my to Seattle.
'■ 18- 29, Aug. 8. 18, 29
o Seattle and Return
•C i • to change without notice.
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Tickets fiml all Ii./ornuvtion.
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TO
ity» Sioux City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
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Leaves Sea^lle Dallyat 10.15 A.M.
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