F. A. M.
White Pass Lodge -
^ F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th.
frl. Ev'ga. o£ each
month. Visiting brothers *ro wei
conic. Phil AbraliiUBs, swretary,
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fraternal Order
Kagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially Invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meet? ever
^huraday night a
i 8 o'clock. Elk
club and readln
room open dally from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting fcrohtere cor
dially welcome. W. C Blanchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood,.—
Camp Skagway No. 3
A B. meets every Tues
day evening at 8:00 P
m. sharp. Vlsitinc brothers cordial
ly v. elcome. D. J. Rich, Arctic Chief
W. R. Hillery, Arctic Recorder.
SOth Infantry Lodge, No. 1390.
LOYAL ORDER OP MOOSE.
Fort Wm. H. Seward, Haines, Alask
Regular Meetings every Thursday
night at 7:30 p. m. All visiting bro
thers cordially welcomed.
Any one desiring Information
about the Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
THE SECRETARY.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dentists.
DR. L. S. KELLER.
Denti.si.
Most Modern Methods.
Open Evenings.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
5KAGWAY ALASKA
THE l*ATTERSOX-O'URIEX CO.
—Dealers In—
dental supplies
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash.
Orders by mall or caHe will receive
prompt attention. Catalogue on re
quest.
HAND LAUNDRY— The Jandos
Hand Laundry on Third srteet next
to Golden North Hotel, does your
washing without shrinking the
clothes. Family work given careful
attention. tf.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves W hitehorse the
fourth of every month
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
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Pack Train
Restaurant
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For 14 Yeari We Hire Stt.ed only
The Best in the Markets
u>-4 today it is the
Most Popular Eating
House in the North
New Location
Broadway, between 3rd and 4th
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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
EDITORIAL PAGE
WHEN A FELLOW IS SATISFIED
The Ketchikan Morning Mail of
recent date says:
The Morning Mail has had little
to say editorially regarding James
Wickereham's speech on the rail
road bill. When a'fellow is satisfied
he usually has but little to say
and if that speech wouldn't satis
fy; anyone- who has the interest
of Alaska at heart he certainly
would be hard to please. Wicker
sham has a few enemies in Alaska,
principally because as representative
of the territory he places -her inter
ests above private or corporation in
terests. Added to this is the fact
that he possesses an intellect su
perior to most and equal to any of
the representatives in Congress, has |
the energy to familiarize himself
with all matters per'aining to the
territory and has the courage to
fight for her interests against all
comers. All Alaskans must ac
knowledge these facts and in so do
ing, no matter what their politics,
must admit that we cau ill af
ford to put another man in his
place. The conditions are too crit
ical.
ALASKA AM) MEAT SUPPLV.
The Washington correspondent of
the Pioneer Press reports that the
Department of Agriculture estim
ates that Alaska contains 100,000
square miles of land suitable for
grazing and farming. It would be
too much to expect that the terri
tory which has made such a not
able addition to the world's hoard
of gold, should ! become a produc
er of cattle and other live stock
on a scale big enough to offset the
decline in the American meat sup
ply. But there is no sound reas- |
on, except the cold winters, why
Alaska, with her 100,000 square |
miles of good grazing lands, should
not develop a cattle grazing in- j
dustry of large proportions.
The government railway, about to
be built, will stimulate this branch
of farming by bringinr the Ameri
REGISTRATION NOTICE
Citizens desiring to vote for can
didates for the Common Council of
Skageway, Alaska, * the Municipal
election to be held April 1, 1914,
must register.'
The Registration books will be_
open ut the Town Hall from 7:30
to 10:30 o'clock every evening from
Monday, March 16th until Saturday,
April 4ih, 1914.
3-2-14td. D. McKay,
Town Clerk.
LADIES OF SKAGWAY!
Don't forget that you cannot vote
unless you register. Look out for
the notice of the opening of the
registration books in the Daily Al
askan. 4t. Sat.
NOTICE OP ELECTIOX.
A general municipal election will
be held Tuesday, ADril 7th, 1914,
for the purpose of electing seven
councilmon and one member (clerk)
of the School Board.
The election will be held at the
Town Hall and the h®urs for voti»g
will be from 7 a. m. to 7 p. ™.
A voter for councilman must be
a citizen of the United States or
who has declared his intention to
become such, twenty one years or
over, nvho has resided continuously
one year next preceding the elec
tion in the Territory of Alaska and
for six months preceding the elec
tion in the Town o° Skagway, and
who has been duly registered.
All adults, male or female, who
are citizens of the United States or
who have declared their intention
to become such and who are bona
fide residents of the Town of Skag
way, are qualified to vote for the
School Clerk.
D. AV. McKay,
3-4-14. A £ Towu Cleark.
can market within reach. If it pays
to import beef from Argentina to
the United Staes, then it will sure
ly be ncssible *o transport meat
from Alaska to the Pacific coast
cities of this country at a profit,
and the money will go into the
pockets of American farmers in
that rich northern territory.
The United States Department of
Agriculture is performing a useful
work in pointing out the agricultu
ral possibilities of Alaska.
FILL DISCUSSION IWITEI).
As the time for the municipal
election is less than i month off,
and as 'he Daily Alaskan desires
to see the affairs of the town thor
oughly d'scussed b.v voters of eith
er sex who are enough interested
in local matters to take ah active
part, the columns of this paper are
thrown opeu to all these who de
sire to take advantage of the op
portunity to express their views
thereon. The Daily Alaskan, how
ever, wishes it distinctly under
stood that the publication of a sign
ed communication in its columns is
not an endorsement lv the man
agement of this paper of any of the
measures advocated; also, that no
articles >"ill bo inserted unless
accompanied by the name of the
writer as a guarantee of good faith.
TIME.
[Written the ni"<ht hefnre his exe
cution.]
E'en such is time, which takes
i>u trust
Our youth, our joys, our all
we have.
A lid pays us but with earth ami
dust
Which iu the dark and silent
gra ve.
When we have wandered all our
ways.
Shuts up the story of our days.
But froui this earth, this grave.
this dust.
My God shall raise me up. I
trust.
—Sir Walter Raleigh.
TWO WEIL KNOWN
ONFOPU MEN
The Soil Rofiber and tiie
Gomnliy Robber.
SOME FARMERS R03 LAND.
Which Is the Greater Robber, the
Farmer Who Robs His Soil or the
Man Who Robs the Community?—£
Glorious American Privilege — Time
to Pause and Consider.
[Copyrighted. !3W. by Thomas J. Sullivan ]
There are nmuy :ind various kimls of
rubbers loose today in this land of
plenty, but perhaps the two uiost un
popular of til em are the soil robber and
the community robber—the farmer
■who robs tils laud of its producing
strength and the consumer who robs
his community of Its dollars.
The nigh trade, successful farmer is
the one who increases rather than di
minishes the fertility of his laud. Ev
ery year lie changes his crop with that
one object in view, lie subscribes for
nud reads very carefully the agricul
tural reiKjrts. paying particular atten
tion to the reports on experiments made
by advanced and progressive fanners.
Why be doss this is plain He knows
very well that it would be useless to
plant good seed in wornout soil. It's
his wish and intentiiAi to make a profit
on lu's investment in seed and labor as
well as in soil, and this, of course,
could not be accomplished if the soil
were not fruitful.
Bleeding Home Communities.
Today there are hundreds of thou
sands of American citizens who are
"bleeding their home Communities by
taking out of the channels of local
trade the money needed to transact
business ttnd sending It to dealers who
do not nnd who cannot by any possi
ble means return It to do its proper
and necessary work in local business
circles.
The big city mail order bouses tbat
sell goods at retail through the medi
rum of catalogues to farmers and oth
ers all over the country buy nothing
from their customers. They invariably
exchange goods for money, never
money for goods. They employ no
labor in the communities where their
customers must earn their living; they
buy no farm products; they own no
real estate; they pay no taxes; they
have no money on deposit In the local
banks; they do not advertise in the
local newspapers: they do not give
credit; they do not even pay the freight
on goods they sell. Every cent taken
by them out of the community la per
manently lost to the business of that
community.
These are all plain and evident
truths, are they not?
We would ask this very same fanner,
who would be insulted were he charg
ed with neglecting to keep his soil en
riched to the highest possible degree,
to explain how he can deliberately
rob his community l^v buying his goods
from out of town concerns.
Farmer Planted In Community.
The farmer plants seed In the soil,
and in order to produce results he must
keep that soil fertilized. Being him
self planted in the community, he does
his trading in a foreign city and there
by assists his comfiiunity In becoming
poor.
Why should this farmer have great
er respect for the seed which he plants
tiiau he has for himself, his family or
bis neighbor?
There is a community in Minnesota
in the center of which Is a city em
bracing about 10.000 people, nnd it ia
conservatively estimated that some
thing more than $300,000 annually is
sent from there to mail order houses
for the purchase of goods which could
j just as well be secured at the home
stores.
This estimate is based on the figures
secured from reliable sources in the
aforementioned community — that Is,
from tiie banker, the express agent
and the postmaster.
This, perhaps, is the strongest evi
dence 'of "robbing" a community.
The answer to the above may be
that a man has a right to buy where
he pleases. It is bis money be ia spend
ing. and be has the right to send It
away if he wishes, particularly if he
| feels that he is to be the gainer
thereby.
A Glorious American Privilege.
Quite true. In this glorious America
of ours every citizen is privileged to
consult his own pleasure in spending
his money. He can spend it or hoard
it up. or he may contribute it for the
purpose of building monuments to the
memory of great men. No one can
lawfully dispute that right.
Likewise the soil robber has the
rijiht to use his land as be wishes and
without any consideration for its xfu
ture fertility. The land belongs to
him. and he can do as he pleases with
it. He is a free man. surrounded by
hundreds of laws enacted for the pro
tection of his rights.
Pause and Consider.
The parallel drawn between the two
cases has a tendeucy to give the com
munity robber a chance to pause and
consider.
He should give the matter very
serious attention and thought and en
deavor to figure out a method by
which he can increase its wealth, just
as the honest farmer increases the
richness and productiveness of his soil
In this way only can a large and sub
stantlal community be attained.
Bonded wnisKeys—Ulbson, Moun
Virnon and Belmont. The beet of
peer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and
pale Rauier, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67 "
WHERE IS KKISTIAX TITWESOX?
Kindly give information if he ie
alive or not, to his mother, Mrs.
Hanna Tuweson, Melloea, Sweden.
Kt.-5-14.
FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW T0
Pebbleford and Gibson Rye. Bud
weiser, ^lue Ribbon and Pate Rain
ier Bee at the Board ot Trade.
EASTERN OVSTERS ON THE
HALF SHELL
Fresh Eastern Oysters on th
Halt shell are now to be had at th
.11 Restaurant.
Olympla Beer on draught at the
Board of Trade. This famous brew,
both on draft and in bottles is kept
constantly fresh. This is the Board
of Trade Bar where the celebrated
Rainier Beer :s also kept in bot
tles. "•
You should give "Luxor" toilet
articles a trial. See the "Week
End" sets for men and women, 35
cents. Enough for a thorough trial
Keller Bros. Agents. tf.
CRAB MEAT COOK TAILS
at
Tho Pack Train Restaurant
Service a la carte.
EXTRA GOOD PROGRAM.
TOXIGHT AT THE
NUGGET THEATER.
Take "Purola" SODIUM PHOS
PHATE and give your liver a. shake.
For Sale by Keller Bros. Drug Co.
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