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* F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
*'ri. Ev'gs. of each
moutx Visiting brothers are w«
tome. Phil Abrahams, Secretary
\V. C. Wright, W. M.
FraUrual Order
£ Ki»sles—
Skagway Aerie
k No. 25, Frater
ual Order of
Eagles meet* :.b® nn&C and thira
Wet' osday r'ght ot each mouth at
clieir hall ou Fifth avenue. Visiting
brotcers cord tally luvited to attend.
Johr Grashcl, \V. P.; J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meetr ever
ChureCay aight a
S o'clock. Elk
club i.ad readlu
ivoa or- oai.y troia 1 p. m. 10
■ iu uC. VLsiting 'jrothers cor
welcome.—W. C Blanchard
Ex. R. Gt..». Magee, Secretary.
Jjttie Brotherhood.—
?anip Skagvray Xo. 1
V. B. meets every Tues
lay evening at 8:00 p
. s r.rp. Visiting brothers cordial
r ::o—D. .T Rich, Arctic Chi«
W. R. li tilery ( Arctic Recorder.
• Infantry Lr*]j;e, \o. 1390.
I-oVAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
\Vm. T. Sswanl, Haines, Ala.sk
R I-r Ic . gs every Thursday
nigh: p. m. All visiting bro
;i:ers c "di Uy welcomed.
Any or.e lesiring information
ubou,. I.0C ; v.-Ill confcr a favor
FIE SECRETARY.
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OR. I., s. KELLER
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EDITORIAL PAGE
(i OV Kit XME NT OWN ERSH1P.
Government ownership of the
great public service corporations,
notably the railroad, telegraph, tel
ephone and express lines through
out the United States has for the
past few years occupied a good
share of the attention of the public,
and the discussion that has been go
ing on lately over government own
ership of thi utilities in Alaska has
done much to advance the sentiment
in its favor.
There is now a movement on
foot in Washington, D. C., for the
organizing of an association which
has for its object the investigation
of methods used in foreign countries
in government ownership, and the
I advocacy of a nation wide adoption
I o£ similar systems here.
! The purpose of this organization
[ is investigation, and not agitation.
It will first learn the facts and then
i give them publicity. It believes the
j American pjople are entitled to
know the truth about both sides of
the great questions of public owner
ship of public utilities. Its scope
will not be limited to the railroads,
but it will include all public utilit
ies. In fact, the first and only act
ive ste^s its members have already
taken are for the investigation of
governnu at ownership of telegraph
and telephones. Municipal utilities
will receive immediate attention, an
the great question of government
ownershiD of the railroads in all its
phases will be divided and classified,
and assigned to different members
for investigation and report.
Tin* neei of an organization of j
this kind is apparent to every |
thoughtful person. Already private
ownership has many organizations |
that give great and constant pub
licity to the advantages of private
ownership. This information is ex
ceedingly partisan. It often omits
so much of the truth, or adopts a
construction so foreign to the real
facts, that is positively misleads or
deceives public thought. Immense j
sums of money are spent in dissem
inating this class of literature all
over thp United suites, and there |
is no organization anywhere to com
bat it or nresent the whole truth.
It has been said that the transpor
tatioa question has r.e\er been set
tled anywhere in the world except
by public ownership. It is likewise
said that it is a settled question in
every country of the world where
V y'.:iV-SKCOM) HALF YEARLY KKI'OKT OF
71.3 German Savings and
Loan Society
i.U I\CS (THE GERMAN* BANK) COMMERCIAL
526 CALIFORNIA STREET
SAX FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
December 31st, 1913
ASSETS
iiit•• i States, Municipal anil other Bonds
k v.lue §13,437.760), standing on books at $12,899,050.90
Lkhis ,.n Real Estate secured by first Mortgage -.38,561,517.26
i.:.is i-a Bonds ai:<l Stocks 906,836.99
i ai.k. Buildings and Lots, Main and Branch Offices
value §600,000,) standing on books at 1.00
IMier lte:il Estate (value $230,000.00) standing ou
Looks at . 1.00
I'.uipl»>ees* Pension Fund, ($166,570.12) standing on
looks it 1.00
CASH 4,456,192.41
Total $36,823,600.56
LIABILITIES
I>'.e Depositors $54,016,196.38
Ccp:cai Stock, actually pain in 1.000,000.00
"■serve a id Contingent Funds 1,807,404.18
Total $5(>,823,600.56
N. OHLANDT, GEORGE TOURNY,
President Manager,
^jbscribed and sworn to bofore me this 31st day of Dec., 1913.
(Seai) CHAS. F. BUISEXBERG, Notary Public.
For th* 6 mouths ending December 31st, 1913, a dividend
to depositors of 4 per cent, per annual was declared. Adv.
public ownership prevails. It is al
so true that public ownership does
prevail iu three fourths or the coun
tries of the world. England and
the United States are the only coun
tries of the first class not adopting
it. These facts, together with the
further fact that the railroads are
constantly demanding increased rate
In spite of the enormous increase
in business, have presented the ques
tion of government ownership to
the American people as a live issue
They are a careful and a cautious
people. They will not advance i"
the dark. Up to the present time,
they only have had glimpses of the
light.
Occasionally a great railroad nian
like D. F. Yoakum of the Frisco J
admits they would save 2<.»0 million
dollars per year upon the item of in I
terest alone. Then they say, if the
government credit is so much better
than the credit of private corpora
tions why not capitalize ail the
railroads on this good creJit and
save all the net earnings and r.ll i
the unearned increment vhic'i, ad l
ed to the interest saving, would 1
amount to more than 00 million |
dollars per year? Is private own-1
ersbip earning this heavy toll?
Having once r.ci opted the inter
rogation point *»» an eniulem, the
American people lie nev legi:.::'iis
to ask many questions. If privaii-!
ownership is tho only efficient iue li
od of handling transportation, \vl:>
is it necessary to organize inside j
parasite companies to transact the I
express business, the sleeping ear j
and the refrigerator car busiaess.
In the countries of government own |
ersliip, they are not needed. If |
rates have been lowered all o\erl
the world by government ownership. •
why would they not be lowered in
the United States? If government
ownership has improved the condi-1
tion of labor all over the world, I
why would it not. do the same in
our country? If government owner- j
ship has improved the condition of I
service all over the world, what i
would prevent it from doing the
same under our flag? If govern
ment ownership has accelerated the
development of every industry in all
the other countries why not here?
If government ownership hns in
creased the safety to life and limb
throughout all the world, why not in
this country? If government owner
ship has divorced the railroad bus
iness from politics in every country j
that has adopted it, why not in tin
United States.
These are some of the questions i
which this organization will under-1
take to answer. It will draw iis
information from every country in !
the world, and it will speak the
truth. It will mako mistakes, but
it will always stand ready to cor
rect them. It will decline to treat
this as a partisan political qutst
ion.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehor;w the
fourth of every mouth
for Kluane and way
points and also ou the |
seventeenth of every
month for Champagne
{Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
"and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Whitehorse, Y. T
Olympla Beer on draught at the
Board of Trade. This famous brew,
both on draft t»nd lu bottles is kept
constantly fresh. This Is the Board
of Trade Bar where the celebrated
Rainier Beer is also kept In bot
tler tf.
G •?
Notice to — S
PROSPECTORS i
saa^ro^ffiggrraaMi mi tr.iBscna— •;
5
Parties intending to go pros
pectiag or hunting lu the in- 2
terlor, will find it to their in- •?
teregt to write
CAM SMITH Jj
Wliitehorse, V. T.
for Information. %t
Mr. Smith has all kinds of *j
powor boats from four horse •)
power to fifteen which he
will sell or rent at reasonable 3
rates. W
Automobile Stage daily from •>
AVhitohorse to tlie Atlas mln J:
i * ioi IToVSTY« *» iiTrSVJ
SEATTLE'S
Leailiua Pou'ilar Priced Hotel
j Hotel
Georgian
J European Plan
| AH Outside Sunny
Ruoms. Elegantly
Furnished
Sample Rooms.
| Com nutria & Fam
ily trade Milioited
K A 'I F. S
Sin trie Rooms ?i ui>
Roomswllh hatliSI '.*)
Two persons up
C. S. ST AFFORD
Manager.
Take Last L;ikc car from Union
Depot lo Fourth. FOURTH AVE
between Union & Plk«.
3 v. j: S:;aBKW}t €o.
L. S. MAIL STEAMER
Juneau-Sifka Route
Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp
sum. Teuakee, Kllllsnoo and Sit
a Nov. 30, Dec. G, 12, 18, 24, 30
Jan. 5, XI, 17, 23, 29. Feb. 4,
10, III, 22, 2i>. Mar. C, 12, IS,
4, 30.
Juneau-Sl<a£way Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet, |
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
*k«S"*'ay Nov. 2S, Dec. 4, 1#. 16,
2, 2S. Jan. 3, 0, 15, 21, 27. Feb.
S, 14, 20 26. March 4, 10, 16,
•2, 23.
WILLIS E. NO WELL. Manager.
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Insures
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io For 14 Years We Have Served only ®*.
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nr-H to lay it ii the *sj
£ Most Popular Eating jl
* House in the North *j
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5. Broadway, between 3rd and 4th jj
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LantivB Bromo 0ninine
x- ."ss a Cc-ici sr. One Day, Crip in 2 Days
/f on
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Phone 50 2nrl & ISroadxvay, Skagway, Alaska
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CHISANA GOLD FIELDS
IS VIA CORDOVA
FROM McCarthy—so MILES
PASSING !£N ROUTE
10 ROAD HOUSES AND 2 CAMPS
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From / "Mariposa" - Jan. 21
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Mar. 4» 14. 25 April 4 v
(Subject- to Cbor.gc)
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IJail iuid Sleeper Tickets to all points.
Phone 87 F. F. V/. LOWLE. Agent
Steamship Humboldt
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP 0PESAT1N8 TO S. E. ALASKA
Sailing Dale From Skagway
to be Announced Shortly.
THROUGH TICKETS IJONORED
Seattle Office:
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I "OLYMPIAN"
Butte, Miles City, Sioux City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
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 and comfort.
No Extra Fare on This Train
For further informatics regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., call oa or address
C. T. Lyons. A rem, Alaska Strsmsblp Co.
SKAGWAY. ALASKA
City Ticket Offices. Chicago. Milwaukee «% St. Paul Railway, 443 Hasting* St. Wcii
VANCOUVER. B. C.
[\ SECOND AVE. AND_CHER*Y ST, SEATTLE
Tlie Train oi Luxury
TO
All Points East, via the
"MILWAUKEE''
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