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EDITORIAL PAGE
WKKK Kl'LKS MAMl'lLATKl)?
That Pasttu aster General Burle
son is manipulating the civil ser
vile to oust republican postmasters
and give their jobs to democrats
has mauy tiuu's been charged, says
the Tacouia Daily News, and an
illuminating case has come to light
iu Idaho City, Ida.
The term of the past master expir
ed last spring. A civil service ex
amination was held April 26, and
three names were certitied to the
postmaster general. They were
Arthur A. Hall, democrat, »2.5i> per
cent; John 11. -Myer, republican yl
45 per cent., and Mrs. M. H. Wells,
democrat, S7.20 per cent.
Shortly after taking the examin
ation, .Mr. Hall was appoiuted dep
uty tax collector of Boise county at
a month. I'tider the law a pei
sou occupying a state or municipal
office cannot serve as postmaster
.Mrs. Wells, about the same time
moved away. June SO Myer was no
tified that he had been appointed
and was told to forward bond. He
sent his bond and expended consid
erable money equipping his store for
n postoffice. Then be waited. His
commission did not come, atid on
August 4, after waiting more than
a month, he wrote Congressman
Smith to have the commission for
warded. At the postoffice depart
ment Mr. Smith was told that the
appointment had been rescinded and
that Hall had been appointed. It
theu developed that Hall had a
friend in Representative Underwood
01" Alabama, and that he had been
appointed in violation of law, in
that he refused to relinquish his
office as deputy ta\ collector but
intended to turn over the postoffice
to a deputy, which also is contrary
to law.
Representative Smith proteste
to the civil service commission and
particularly did he protest attains
thw appointment of a man holding
and refusing to relinquish a state
office. Hi also protested to Post
master General Burleson. The com
mission helif that the department wa
within its power in withdrawing My
er's appointment and appointing
Hall, and ignored the disqualifica
tion of Hall, because he held a state
office. ^
Howt-viT. Representative Smith
was not content. He procured doc
umentary proof that Hall continue
lo hold his job as tax collector and
demanded the reappointment of My
>t. Before this letter could be act
ed upon. Hall, on Aug. 19. telegraph
ed his resignation to the postoffice
department, and three days after
the department wrote Representati*
Smith that it had notifiel Hall he
must either relinquish his job as
tax collector, or withdraw from the
postoffice. Mr. Smith then present
ed Myer's bond to the postmaster
general, and again, asked for his
appointment. Nothing was done un
til Sept. 6, when Mrs. M. S. Wells
was appointed postmistress. Mrs.
Wells will more back, now that she
is postmistress.
At the time the original appoint
ment was made the postoftice de
partment did not know that Myer
was a republican; it did not know
that Hall was holding a state or
county office. Myer was appoint
ed as making the secoud highest
rating. But before Myers commis
sion was forwarded him, Hall, thru
Representative Underwood, entered
protest against his appointment, be
cause he was a republican, and his
appointment was rescinded. When,
eventually, Hall had to give up the
office because of the publicity given
the case by Representative Smith !
the department refused again to ap-l
point Myer, notwithstanding his high
rating, above that of Mrs. Wells
The office pays $S98 a year.
Juneau, the capital city of Alaska
in addition to her other honors i
fast gaining a reputation for law
lessness. Petty thievery is an ev
eryday occurrence and several hold
ups have been recently reporte
lroiu that thriving town. Whil
Skagway can't compete with Jun
eau in the hold-up business she ca
give her cards and spades when - it
comes to lifting chickens on a moon
less night.
THE RESULTS.
The season is pretty near ended |
the season for swatting flies; our la |
bors have surely U»en splendid
and doubtless our motives were wise!
We swatted when drearily sober
we swatted when all lighted up, an j
now that it's nearly October. O, say I
is there joy in our cup? We killed
off the flies by the bushel, aye, mil
lions and millions we slew, an I
murmured, "The whole meaal |
push'll be slain in a season or two' I
Buoyed up by this hope of achiev
i«g, we switted and swatted an
swote, all over the furniture weav
ing, to capture some bluebottle'
goat. And now at the end of Sep
teruber our feet have grown weary
and cold; I try, but I cannot remem
ber when flies were so sassy and
bold. They buzz round our heads
by the million, and nothing thei
efforts can foil; they crawl on the
panes by the billion, so what have
we gained by our toil? They camp ou
our necks when we're working, aud
not all our thunders unloosed, and
not all our shaking and jerking wil
drive them away from their roost
They bite and they biff and they
burrow, they tickle and torture and
tease, they plow in your person a
furrow, they sting like a parcel of
bees. So what have we gained by
our swattin', by toiling until we
were blind? Each fly that is dead
and forgotten left ten million daugli
t*rs behind.
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'bee
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In
Skagway
At All
First
Class
Bars
GOOD BACKS FOR BAD
Alaskan Residents Are Learning
How To Exchange the Old Back For
A Stronger One.
Does your back ache, feel weak
and painul?
Do you suffer henhaches, languor
end depressloui?
Is the urine discolored, passages;
irregular?
The kidneys may be calling for
help.
Weak kidueys cannot do their
work
Give them the help they need.
To cure kidney backache you mus
cure the kidneys.
Use a tested and proven kidney
remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood
the test.
Convincing proo' of merit in the
following en'Vrsementr
Mrs. \V. F. Smith, 715 Grant St.,
Vancouver, Wash., says: "My back
bothered me for a long time and
mv kidneys ware disordered. Doan's
Kidney Pills restored me to good
health. Whenever I have a sign of
kidney trouble since, a few doses
of Doan's Kidney Pills have quickl.
rid me of the complaint. Others c
our family have usee' Doan's Kid
i.ey Pills with xho very best of re
FUltS."
. For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New Ycrk, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember tho name—Doans'
and take no other.
I
EAT AT NORTHERN CAFE
When in Haines. A clean place t
eat where you get quick service
Now under new management.
W. O. Watson, Proprietor.
Bonded WhisKevs—Gibson, Moun j
Virnou and Belmont. The best of,
peer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelaer audi
Pale Rinier, at the Mascot, Tele
phone <57 _
RAW FURS
—: WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
WRTTR FOR PRICE LIST
Perceys Fur House
Othkoih, - Wi»con»in
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 Champaigne
[Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel s Whitehorse, Y.T
SEATTLE'S
Leading Popular Priced Hotel
Hotel
Georgian
European Plan
All Outside Sunny
Kooms. Eleitantly
Furnished
Sample Kooms.
Commercial & Fam
ily trade solicited
RATES
Single Rooms Si up
Rooms with Ijatli ?1 50
Two persons 32..'iO up
C. S. STAFFORD.
Manager.
Take East LaKe car from Union
Depot to Fourth. FOURTH AVE
between Union & Pike.
Relieves CATARRH of
wm
CAPSuLES ^
AnoH.
the
BLADDER
and all
Discharges in
24HOURS
Pach rtpnole bean the
BMKty J—V
Rtvarto/ (MIDV)
tountrr/eiU. \ y
8-ihl h» all i!n»f
HAND LAUNDRY—The Jandoa
Hand Laundry on Third street next
to Golden North Hotel, does your
washing without shrinking the
clothes. Family work given care
ful attention. tf.
eastern oysters on the
HALF SHELL
Fresh Eastern Oysters on th
half shell are now to be had at th
Pack Train Restaurant.
The Daily Alaskan wants a lot o
clean cotton rags for wiping off ma
chinery and Is willing to pay 5 cent
per pound for them, delivered a
this office. They should not b
too small, the larger the better
During the present session of con
gress the tariff on cotton good
has undergone a revision and a re
duction, hence it is of no use fo
the housewife to hold her cotton rap
for a raiso in price. Bring then
along and get enough out of them t
buy the kid a nice Christmas presen
J. IKUTA
MANUFACTDRINO
JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS jj
Curios, Ivory Carvings \
Indian Baskets
CHINA AND CUT CLA&> |!
Official Watck Inspector for the |
W. P. & Y. Route I
Mail Orders given prompt care j|
SHIP YOUR
RAW FURS
TO THE
UllilBiWiO
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
W'.ile for r!iwninr irr
Alaska Furs a Specialty
Very Top Prices Paid.
Make - Trial - Shipment
Notice to
PROSPECTORS i
Parties intending [to go
prospecting or hunting in
the interior, will find it to -
their interest to write
CAM SMITH
Whitehorse, Y. T.
FOR INFORMATION
Mr. Smith has all kinds of
power boats from four horse
power to _ fifteen which he
will sell or rent at reason
able rates.
Automobile Stage
daily from White
horse to the Atlas
mine.
juneau Steamship Co.
U. 8. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp
sum, Tenakee, Killlsnoo and Sit
ka Sept. 1, 7, 13. 1U, 25.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
Skagway S3.pt. 5, 11, 17, 23, 29.
WILLIS E. NO WELL, Manager.
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Victoria,' Vancouver, Anacortcs, Bellingham
Everett, Olyrapia, Port Townjeiid, South
Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
H BRANDT, 3. a. P. D.
113 James St, Seattle
C. D. DUNANN. P. T. M.
112 Market St., San Franciscc
F'-«nt reserved to change 'J»i» Schedule
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
City of Seattle
OCTOBER - - 12 23
Spokane
OCTOBER 15 28
V A. PETERSON, Agent
Phone .r><) 2nd «fc Broadway, Skagway, Alanka
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
CaiTj'inir U. S. Mail and Wolls-Fareo Express
SAILING DATES from SKAGWAY to SEATTLE
S. S. JEFFERSON OCT. 12
S. S. ALAMEDA X\\ days to Seattle, OCT. IK
Stopping cnroiitc, only nt .1 till can :m<l Ketchikan.
SAILING DATES FROM SKAGU'AY TO CORDOVA
S. S. AliAMIODA OCT. 12
H. S. MAIJIl'OSA OCT. 22
These steamships are the finest arid larpest in Alaska service. Have large
observation and dining rooms, with excellent meals and service. Transfer to
Vancouver Victoria, Tacoma and Pugct Sound ports without additional charge.
Through tickets to San Francisco
TELEPHONE NO. f.O.
('HAS. T. LYONS, AflKNT
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
CANADIAN
"PACIFIC I
L RAILWAY A
THE FAMOUS MODERN STEAMSHIPS
Prin ::ess Sophia Princess May
SAILING FROM SKAGWAY
EVERY THURSDAY 8 P. M.
Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Nov. 6
Subject >o cbai^e *i;lnut N >tlrp
Vancouver, Victoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
Pnone 37 ?■ r W.' OWIE Ag*nt
THE HEY INDEPENDENT SIEMF OPEMIHt TO S. E. IUSU
WILL SAIL FROM SKACWAY
Sailing Date Subject to Change Without Notice
THK«l*(JH TICKKTS 1IONOKKD
Se.ittle Office:
71G Sucond Avenue.
li. M. Hartwlgsen, ~>th & Broadway.
Tickets nuU all Information.
a
Travel East
OVER THE
"MILWAUKEE"
The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Bitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
^ TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
"The Olympian" and "The Columbian"
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE, MILES CITY. SIOUX CITY.
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL. MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, iraifl sen-ice, reservations, etc.,
cal on or address
C. T. Lyons, Agent
Alaska Steamship Co., Skagway, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C.
Second Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle ,
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