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THK MIMCIRAJL. MICTION
With the municipal election ami j
The choosing of a acbool director'
c:ily IS days off, is it not time that
some movement l>e made by the Citi
zens of the town, if the> are satis
lied with the administiailon of af
iairs l'or the past year, to show
"heir appreciation of the same by
holding a public meeting and tender
ing the retiring members of the
town council, and the retiriug di
rector of me school board, their
rhanks for the jtood work done
an I urge upon thoso faithful pub
lic servants the need for their con
sent to re-noniinntior, which would
he equivalent to re-election, for
the ensuing year.
While it is out of the question
;or auy body of ireu either large or |
st.i 'll in number, to jlease everyone |
•u the conduct of public affairs, so!
fa. as we have heard, and we ,
have talked with u:r.ny of the J
pie of .Skas\..iy, the men who j
are filling the offices above named, j
iir.ve met the requirements of the)
la/nicipality as ful!j ae It is possibl |
for them to do w'-th the limited
fi'udt. and facili'i*-; at their com
tl
That the preseiit ' : s beeu a busi
.fss men's administration of civic
iffairs; that although several iin
pottuiit improvements have been
i-arried through that demanded quit
l.-rse outlays of the town's funds,
no toiniey has been exj ended waste
'ul'v or without cartful consider
ation. and that upon every meet
ing uisht each meaber ias been
promptly on hand, unlosj sick or
t of town, we do not believe can
!>e truthiull denied. The school
director has beeu equally at
tentive to his duties.
As far as the town council is
concerned the Daily Alaskan is in
>'• vor of continuing cm the board
t >e six members who are still resi
dents of the town, viz.: James Ken
nedy, Howard Ashley, W. B. Bat
\V. R. Hillery. O. Selrner and
A C. Blanchard, au<*. the choosing
« f some equally pood man to fill
the place made vacant by the re
moval to Seattle of Geo. D. Magee.
For school dirictor, we favor the
return of the present member of the
school board—Martin Conway.
If there are people in the town
•••ho prefer to be represented by
•Jt!.ei than the men above named,
let them come out and make
known their choice, ar-d leave the
matter to be decided by the voters
on the 6th of next month.
C.CLF IXTERC0AS1A1. rAXAL
If arguments were lucking in sup
uort of the proposition thai the in
ternal waterway problem can never
li»* rightly solved until it shall be
i >.moved from local considerations
and Influences- and mated cs n na
tional question, another, and an elo
■luent and convincing one might
lie found in a discussion now going
on in Louisiana and T«xns over
the gulf intercoastal canal.- The
complete project, as one Texas con
temporary puts it, effpvts the wel
fare of people residing along 700
mile« of the gulf coast. The plan
contemplates tapping the -waters of
the Mississippi, affordin:- navigation
from the interior of tl»e country,
from Pittsburgh and other cities of
the Ohio valley, and from the Mis
souri and upper Mississippi valleys.
Say? the Houston Postc "It embrac
es a grand scheme of river naviga
tion for the great central valleys of
tre country, reaching i-om the Rock
ies to the Appalachian uplift. The
comparatively trivial sun necessary
to connect this vast system with
'• 00 miles of coastal chanpel along
the western littoral of the gulf is
almost an essential part of the pro
gram.'
A Louisiana senator an>1 a rep
resentative in congress from t'oat
state, according to the San Antonio
Express, are said to have given as a
reason for not insisting on the in
clusion iu the river and harbor bill
of the item for the intereoastal
ranal "that they will thereby preju
dice the claims of tho .Mississippi
river improvement." - The Lake
Charles (La.) Arnericau-Pre3S,
speaking for the western part of its
state, calls attention to the fact
that a large section of the canal is
nearing completion. Within a year,
it says, the rice, sulphur aud lum
ber exports from Calcabieu and ad
jacent parishes will be going by self
propelled barges to tho ship's side
at Port Arthur or Sabine, and the
barges "Will be coming back loaded
with coal and heavy freight, shipped
through these ports. Within, two
years, it asserts, the intereoastal
route to the Texas ports will be
open over half way to New Or
leans, and the traffic that New Or
leans might have obtained will be
iost to it forever.
The Beaumont (Tex.) Journal, J
commenting on the discussion, af- j
ip insisting that an appropriation
/or the. intereoastal canal should be
granted on its merits us a great put I
lie improvement, holds that, in a
Darrow sense, local ii.terests will
be best served if tho waterway shall
not he carried through. Iu other
words, the lack of connection with
New Orleans will be beneficial to
Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange and
Sabine. "Southeast Texas," it
adds, " wants the canal completed
as soon as possible, but it will not
suffer greatly if no more work is
ever done than the completion of
the link connecting the Calcasieu
river with the Sabine which will
open a fine trade tamtory to the j
ports behind Sabine Pars."
A local view is literally forced up
on these newspapers »>y reason of
the "pork-barrel" sysiQ.ii of making
waterway appropriations. The ex
change of support among partisans
of various plans not only presses
unworthy projects to ti e front, but
it as frequently pushes worthy en
terprises to the rear.
BORROWING MONEY.
Be Sura Deferred Charges Can Be Met
Before Incurring Them.
One reason why corporations have
not beeu looked upon with friendly
eyes is the fact that they have adopt
ed financing metliods of which we
don't approve
You and I have been taught to be
lieve that we'd better do without a
thing unless we have the money to pay
for it To us that seems to lie safe
and sane thrift doctrine.
But when corporations became nu
merous they adopted- another plan.
They decided not to wait until they
could pay for what they wanted if
they could borrow r.->ney with which
to make the purchase. They began
to load upon themselves "deferred
charges."
Certain charges of this kind, of
course, are justiiied; when it can be
proved without the shadow of a doubt
that what will be eariud by borrowed
money is more than the cost of the
loan, borrowing Is justified. But not
otherwise.
So intelligent thrift practice in tin
home ami the family can be measured
by the same test. If you're going into
debt to buy a home you should be able
to demonstrate matheuiati'-ully by bor
rowing money to buy a home you will
In the end save more in rent than the
cost of the land and house, repairs and
taxes and insurance.
You have no business to place any
"deferred charge" upon your individ
ual resources or those of your family
that those who come after you will not
cheerfully pay because they recognize
that it is a just charge. The test ought
to be:
"If 1 should die tomorrow would
my heirs prefer to go on meeting these
charges rather than allow them to
be defaulted';" It Is when the answer
of either the individual or a new board
of corporation directors Is In the nega
tlve that we see the unwisdom of
much borrowing in anticipation of ben
efits or earnings.
If you're honest, "deferred charges"
have to be met, and if you have had
much experience you will know that It
Isn't often that the future develops as
well as you think It will.—John M. 09-,
tison In Chicago News.
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NOTICE OF ELEC TION
A general municipal election will
be held Tuesday, April 6, 11)15, for
the purpose of electing seven coun
cilmeu and one member (director)
of the school board
The election will be held at the
town hall aud the hours for voting
wi'l bo from 7 a. >n. to 7 p. m.
Voters for councilman must be
citizens of the United States, or
."hi se who have declared their iu
tention to become gucIi; rausl be
twenty-one years of age or over, who
have resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of elec
tion in the territory of Alaska, and
for six months preceding the date
of election in the town cf Skagway,
and who have been duly registered.
All adults, male end female, who
are citizens of the Unittil States, or
who have declared their intention to
become such, aud who are bona
fido residents of the town of Skag
way, are qualified to vote for the
Diieetor of the School Board.
D. McKAY,
3-8-td. Town Clerk.
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F. A A. M.
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meets 2d and 4th
FrL Ev*ga of each
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Skagway Lodge
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8 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome. J as. Kennedy,
Ex R. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
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Skagway Aerie
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