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EDITORIAL
AN KM'LANATIOX
+
While absent from. Skagwav
.y recent prolonged trip to
itie States 1 yvas surprised
-a:.J gieatly hurt to learn that
t!'e uersou left in charge of
"•e news columns of the Daily
Alaskan had deliberately ig
norcd the long standing and
v.e'.l known policy of this pa
i'<r insofar as to use seusa
1 and yellow journal tac
it :i>. writii.g up the press
, .lUlns and headings. In
I he very few cases in which
i headlines and sensa
tional desoriptipna of battles
ave . i'peareji they were al
wa.. i ueadeuly contrary to ex
i-.'e.-i and explicit orders. fThe
lament of any paper is
nart ur less at 'he mercy of
u the one at the editor's desk
1 every line cannot be
scrutinized and blua yene;lled
•'ltu the oud most interested
ii abieut. That the policy
!he piii>er was grossly vio
.'■( j can best be evideticel by
iait that the guilty per
i mection with the pa
i immediately severed.
I appreciate the aw fullness
i. the great war and sympa
t . 0 deeply with,' those who
..re furnishing the brave and
.i men who are giving their
life's blood lor the freedom
u:' tae jvhol^ world, and it is
» .■ furthers* tiling from our
m i:ds to cause one heart
; ang or show the slightest
.;:c:i or lack of sympathy, for
'at.ce who have V^en bereaved
:!; 'iiis terrible conflict.
i- has been the wr.ters priv
Me;a to take x»art in many pa
-rn ie entertainments and as
sis* in many ways in raising
.iioncj to l>e sent to the boys
v 40 gallantly enlisted from
Val.cn and British Columbia
as well as helping the gener
■>' inrU fgr the benefit ot the
v in le Allied army.
With these fixed feelings in
in*- heart it was a shock to me
to lecrn on my return that
i. l ii'g my absence an inipres
ffi >c tad gone forth that the
Layy Alaskan is pro-German
evinced by an editorial in
iLe Wiiitehorse Star of No
vember 3rd.
The Daily Alaskan iever
was, ia not now, nor will it
ever be pro-German.
DR. L. S. KELLER,
MOM.Y mi: THE tiOEHXHEXTV
i:oai>
I i'O Aluikau Engineering Commis
ei'.'u, through. tlie Department of
* e Interior, lir.9 asked for $10
7C. for continuing the construe
t"v*n rf the government railroad,
: r tiie fiscal year ending June 30,
11^. '\Vitli the expenditure of
>: is tidy sum, th^ railroad should
well on its -n-ay toward cornple
1 - , although. jf is understood that
tiio main line to Fairbanks will not
J>3 finished until 1919. Th.e de
lay tha? is anticipated is due to
*'>*) unexpectedly heavy -work ♦hat
lias been eacountered at the head
c' Turnagain Arm; and rock work
tiia* it was expected could be done
■durinsr the winter must be postpon
ed As a result, only alxtfut one
li-''lf of 'he number of men it was
though 1 pcssible to employ are at
wort this winter,
While the buildin® oi the rail
road will open to settlement aud
'udustrial purposes a great stretch
of country contiguous to the read,
and while the settlement is acUal
lv in progress, an insistent need is
wagon roads, which will be neces
sary to furnish tonnage for the rail
road when it id completed. This
fact .'a prominent, and it is to be
hoped that congress will appreciate
the wisdom of appropriating at
least half a million dollars lor thlis
ourpose for the next fiscal year. As
a master of fact, the appropriation
©* |500,000 a year for roads and
♦rails is but a drop( In, the ticket
in comparison with the needs of *he
Territoiy. Potentially rich) mining
resr'ons—placer and quartz—on the
cc^st and in the interior and on
Senary Peninsula, cannot now be
developed because of the lack of
means of transportation. Were
these furnished, the gold output
o<" *tv. Territory would be substan
tially Increased. The time has
pas ed when argument is necessar/
'n behalf of road( aopropriations.
The 'act has been thoroughly es
tablished that good roads are just
as essential to the development of
a country, new or old, as are rail
roads. In fa«t, a country cannot
be developed without these aids to
orogress. The time wben trails
woul«' suffice has gone by.
I »v'ng on forty cents a day may ]
be practicable, as the Chicago "diet
squad" is demonstrating; but, with
aj; th's "prosperity," why Bhould,
it be necessary?
Philadelphia Inquirer — It may
be some comfort t<y the man who
can't afford to pay $6.00 for a *>air
of shots to know that he won't be
any worse off when they go to $12
a pair.
Minnesota, with 410,970 ballots,
sives Hughes 12 votes in the elec
toral college. Texas, wtith! 2S6,
000 ballots, gives Wilson 20 elec
:oral votes. Alaska had 14,000
votes and no place in the elector
al college. How do you like it?
T&e ooor man's cabbage is the
latest of foods to be affected by the
F C. of L. And along with it the
orice of cauliflower has gone soar
<n". Cauliflower, you remem
ber. wa* described by Mark Twain
i as "cabbage with, a college educa
tion."
Manchester (N. H-) Union — CoL
Roosevelt h.aa offered! $25 reward
lcr information leading to the "dis
covery of the individual who maii
c'ou-iy and feloniously entered my
laud and w«:th. a crosscut sahv felled
a lar"e and valuable Bassafras
tree which, by its lall, partially de
stroyed an evem more valuable
beech tree." Note that all the
Coionel asks is information leading
to 'he discovery of the varlet. He'll
do rest.
SEWAItD MAN'S INVENTION
LOOKS LIKE A WINNER.
liif combination of bed and
sleeuh;g bag which, has beeu in
vented by S. Lundblad o£ Seward,
aud for which he is about to re
ceive a natent, is an ingniouse af
fair and an objett ol real Interest
to anyone who has been much out
in the wilderness. It would be
'mpossible almost to describe the
invention in a short space. The
supports o£ the affair are simply
contrived so that wlxeu one lies in
the cot there is a tension, from
too* to head and from side to side
i a', keeps the part of the b^d laid
upon verfectly level. There is
iiot a nail iu the whole structure.
This of vs aril inventor ought to mak
S°°d- t ... jj^
TO KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM.
la the Only Possible War of Havlas
An Kflcctlre Car*.
If yon see a woman or a man wltn lux
uriant glossy hair, you may be sure nei
ther has dandruff to amount to anything.
In nearly every case where women and
men have thin brittle hair, they owe it
to dandruff. There are hundreds of prep
arations that "claim" to enre dandruff,
but not one but Newbro's Herplclde tells
you that dandruff la the result of a germ
burrowing Into the scalp, and that per
manent cure of damlruff and Its conse
quent falling and baldness, can only be
had by killing the germ: and there Is no
other preparation that will destroy that
germ but Newbro's Herplclde. "Destroy
the cause, and you remove the effect."
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. In
•tamps for sample to The Herplclde Co.
Detroit.
Al all Drug Stores.
On-e Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
Tha latest creations in. American
perfumes and toilet waters, fancy
cut glass and frosted bottles pack
ed Li beautiful boxes suitable for
gifts at all times. See tbe advertis
ing In leading magailnfee and ask
Keller Bros. Drug: <Jo>. to abiow them
to y< u. . ; i ! i f i.
ANCHORAGE IS
BOOTEEtKiERS MECCA
Men coming' ovea* the trail from
Anchorago report that bjaotleggers
aud gamblers in the inlet metro
polis have the situation by the
horns and are reaping a harvset.
Officials charged, with the enforce
ment of tike law over there seem un
able to cope with the conditions,
and Anchorage, the largest "dry"
town iu Alaska, has become so
we* that it is headquarters fotr li
quor sellers in all the gurrouadXligi
camps.
Beforu tho freeze-up it was re
ported from reliable sources that
a consignment of fifteen barrels of
whiskey landed at Anchorage from
outside of Alaska 'was hjuatled
aboard a small boat and sent to
Katalla, south, q£ Cordova.
Ono of the most common meth
ods used by the bootleggers to
evade the law is to order liquor by
express, directing that the shipment
be gent to as many different names
as necessary to keep the packag
es below the size allowed by law.
Frcrn an official from the inlet,
well acquainted with) the situation,
it was learned recently, that liquor
purchased in Seward and taken to
Anchorage amount to a small part
of the to'al landed there during the
oast summer as to be harduy wiorth
consideration,
While a few large shipments
handled by known bootleggers were
seized during the summer, the most
extensive shipments oame con
signed to reputable merchants ot
were shipped subject to order and
bills of lading, with a draft at
tached sent through the banks, went
through without seizure. One Im
mense shipment, divided upi into
small parcels w'th a different name
on every package, went through
easy.
Over two months ago, engineer
ing officials then here, were mak
ing attempts to secure a b®tter en
forcement of the lay, but so far
have not been able to get Jesuits.
It is possible that the situation ex
isting In regard to liquor and gambl
ing had something to do withbrlng
'ns In the soldiers, but as to th;s
the Anchorage officials h^ve main
tained a discreet alence.—Seward
Post.
S-i"ve>iri3 Land.
The art of land surveying owes Its
origin to tho fact tlmt the Egyptians
were unable to keep perrSYinent monu
ments on land which was overflowed
every year by the Nile. Under such
circumstances It became necessary to
have some means of reideutitylng the
various pieces of land. The lnstru
ments and mathematical methods of
astronomy, wlt'i suitable modifications,
were used by the Egyptians for land
surveying.
Preliminaries.
"You ought !<» fiii'Th o your enemies."
"I may event ually." replied Senator
Sorghum. "I'.ut 1 should like to give
rheni a lesson beforehand, so that they
will know my forgiveness !■< generous
and strictly voluntary."— Washington
Star.
What's the Use?
He—Do you think 1 ought to see your
husband about my marrying your
daughter? Sim Pear me, uo! lie will
read all about it in the papers.—Puck.
Always Waiting.
Dashnv.T.y—Viu have splendid look
Ing clothes, ol.l nwn. Who is yonr
tailor? Cleverton -lie's the first man
you see as you go out.—Life.
Do not chase a rainbow unless you
have a neecs'tmy errand in that direc
tion.—Y outh's Com i •anl' >n.
THIS IS^ CERTAIN
The Pi oof T. at Alaskan, Refcdera
Cannot Deny
Wha* could furnish,1 stronger evi
dence of the efficiency of any rem
edy than tlie test o£ time. Thous
ands of peoj>!o testify that Doau's
Kidnev Pills have brought lasting
results.
Grateful endorsements should
prcv.i undonbtedly the merits of
'hi3 remedy. Years ago people
testified to ihe relief thoy had de
rived from tho use of Doan's Kid
ney Pills. They now confirm their
testimonials. They say that tiem
has completed tne test.
Joseph Wint, retired, blacksmith,
6C8 High St., Salem, Ore., says
"My back and kidneys bothered me.
My kidneys >vere> disordered and
my back seemed to lose strength.
Short use of Doan's Kidney Pills
soon put me in good condition."
(Statement given December 12 *12.)
On Apiil 11, 1916, Mr. Wint
said: "I haven't had any kidney
trouble now for several years and
I give Doan's Kidney Pills credit
tor bringing sach lasting results."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simoly ask for a kidney remedy—
set Doan's Kidney Pills—the Bame
that Mr. Wint has twice pnblically
recommended. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Prous., Buffalo, N. Y.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwa-v No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. Btwrp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wt'ocime. W. L. Stevemsom, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Hecc rder.
Fraternal Order.
JOngle^i—
Skngwiij' Aorio j
No. 25, I'Vatcr
lull Order of
luigieg moots the) rii-st and tnml
\Ve<Si)e»tlaj' niglit of each month sit
ttiPJi ball on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing bruthiers cordially invitefil to
attend. Ii. E. Hudsou, W. P.,
J. M. (Jrelsbach, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets. 2d and 4tli
Fri. Ks'gs, of each
montc. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wlieeler, W. M.
Address atl commanieationa to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Slcagway Lodga
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday niglit
&t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broinere
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDEN'THAL, E. R
T. J. VAWDEWA.LL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Moml/iy in
evtory month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. L. S. KELLER
Dentist
Must Modjera MeiUiods
Office Hours: 0-12 a. nt. 1-0 p. n>
Alaskan Building - - - - Bitoadwny
SKAGWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLfiBTER, M. I).
I
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist In the troa<in(|it of
disease mid deformities of tliC
eye, ear, nose and tlil*oat.
Office; Goldstein Building, .Tu
d(bh, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice In all courts
In Territory of AUWlca
HA1MCS ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
otf J an cab Alaska.
Dealers In
RCBBBR, COPPER, BRASS
LEAD, ZINC, SACKS, RAGS
ROPR, SCRAP IRON
Roar of 8plckett'« Poatoffice
•tore.
J. IKUTA
MA ,TJFACTURTNv*.
JEWELER
WATCHES& CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watch Inspector for the
\' ' Vt?. P. 6c Y. Route
Mail Order? iven prompt care
RAW FURS
—. WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FiNE FURS
WRITE FOR PRICE LIST
Percey's Fur House
Oshkoih, • Wisconsin
Pacific Steamship Co.
ADMIRAL LINE
OUR LARGE FLEET OF MAGNIFICENT STEAMERS
Offers Frequent and Perfect Service Between All Ports in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
LEAVE SKAGWAY FOR CONNECTS at JUNEAU FOR
Haines, Juneau, Douglas, Pet- Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova,
ersbu.g, Wrangel, Ketchikan, Valde/., Seward, Seldevia
Rupert, \ ancouver, Steamships Admiral Evans, Admiral Wat
SEAlTLEi and TACOMA. son, Admiral Farragat
S. S. CITY OF SEATTLE Leaves Skagway
December 20. 30 Jan. 10
CALIFORNIA ROUTE—Leave Seattle Monday's, Friday's,
Saturday's for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ticket Reads PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Co. You are Assured the very Beat
San Francisco to Los Angeles Daily cxcept Sunday
For Full Particulars, Address
H. G. WEIR, Agent SKAGWAY, Alaska
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FROfl SKAGWAY
SOUTHBOUNP
S. S. JEFFERSON
December 2, 13, 26
TEIjEPHON'}* NO. 68.
n. J. 8H.4W, Agen6, SKAOWAY.
SAILINGS ™SKAGWAY
iqi6
WINTER - IQI7
\|GANAQIAI
P5E''Ify s.S. Princess Sophia
Dec. 21 Jan. 4 = 18 Feb. 1 - 15
To
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle
REDUCED THROUGH RATES TO EAST
All Information From
L. H. JOHNSTON Agt. Phone 87 or 118 SKAGWAT
FIRE INSURANCE
ON DWELLINGS
AT LOWKST RATES KOR
THREE
YEAR
POLICY
IN GOOD STRONG COMPANIES
REGISTERED IN
ALASKA
AND RRPRESENTED BY
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
LICENSED AGENT AT SKAGWAY
You make a mistake il
vou dc not stoo at
THE
Pollen House
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on eacb floor
Famous for its Home Caokinij,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese aittl
Buttermilk from our own da"V.
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PF JLLEN. Prop,
Skagway. Alaska
QOINQ OUT PJpSUI SAVE TIME
THIS FALL? ijgfyi AND MONEY
" VIA GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC "
TWIN sCi'EW STEAMSHIP
PRSNCE RUPERT
LEAVES SKAGWAY
EVERY MONDAY at n:oo a. m.
For
Prince Rupert, Victoria, Vancouver Direct
All Two Berth Outside Rooms Through Service - - No Change
Hot and C old Running Water in Every Room
TRAVEL VIA
"THE SHORTEST ROUTB TO TPE EAST"
On The Finest, Surest, Swiftest Steamships on the North Pacific Coast
ON LUXURIOUS TBAINS OVER THE 15EST NEW RAILWAY EVER
CONSTRUCTED and SAVE TIME and MONEY
J. D. McAulev W- G. Powell
Trav Frt t Pass Apt Frt- & Pass" A*ent
Irav. *rt & rass. Agt. Pl)one4a, Broadway
Juueau, Alaska Skagwajr, Alaska