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EDITORIAL PAGE I
irH1"- I
CAN" IT BE BEAT?
Forty-one above ©a the 2d da
of January is such sweltering he;
'or this time of year in Alans
that mauy of the inhabitant
"■'kagway are really
The winter jo %/Z+r.
only one short ^ r9eord
the "'.^tfiabered, es
abov»\ I* ' , i»»
,t wta ,ou* ,t -» taken into con
"*ZHc. we have had but
'«/!" '** a0rtl1 *nd south
V. which usually whistle around
it> gables of the houses and sing
.rnong the telegraph and telephone
wires at this season, and from
whichever way they may come are
to be faced with impunity only by
the most hardy, unless properly
clothed for the contact.
As an evidence fl the exceeding
mildness of the weather on the
first of January, 1915, we refer
you to our friend W. J. Bledsoe,
who spent the grer.ter part of the
day on the mountainside just to
the north and east of the W. P. &
Y. R. shops in doi.ig a portion of
his assessment wo;k on a quartz
proposition which, he has had lo
cated for some little time. He
says that although there were oc
casional flurries of snow he was
.iot incommoded In his work there
by and ejjjoyed every minute
"i" the time he was out.
Can such weather be greatly itn
t>roved upon?
TYPOGRAPHICAL KRKOltS
While the interval of time be
tween the evening of December
-4th, 1914, and that of Dec. 2d,
I91.">t is only a matter of a lattle
over eleven moaths, it would doubt
l«-^s seem like a "long time be
tween drinks'* to an old toper and
would also be long »nough for au opi
r.'ph to be composed and inscribed
u;»on the headstone of any paper
not issuing between those dates
but through a typographical error
t'aat was -what was announced
would occur to the Daily Alaskan
in its columns Thursday afternoon.
'Hie mistake in print was so pal
pable, however, that no one
was deceived by the statement, and
our appearance today Is a furthei
indication that we are very much
alive and still doing business al
the old stand.
That similar errors are not o|
uncommon occurrence in other pub
licatlens is well known and an in
cident which happened in the
ministerial career of the Rev. L. H.
Peder^en of Skagw&y, as related tc
U3 by himself this morning, is f
case in point.
The theme of his discourse or
o,,e occasion was '"The Christiar
and His Deeds,"' a copy of which
was handed to the local papei
for publication. Th« composito'
put it in type as "The Christiar
and His Duds,'" and the error, es
cap In g the pencil cf the eagle-eye*!
'■roof-reader, went through withou
correction.
MKTI.AKATLA REINDEER HER1>
EVIDENTLY DESTROl Kr
Another reminde- of the necessity
of a bounty on wolves is brough'
close to home in a manner tha
leaves no doubt in anybody's mind
It is only a few weeks ago tha
the government brought a smal
t'ird of reindeer from the second di
vision to experiment on Annette Is
laud. The reindeer were brough
and turned loose to take care .o
themselves. It was not long be
fore they were scattered all ove
the island. One died a.few day:
later on the beach. Others re
mained away. I.ater, the suppose'
leader returned minus considerabl
of its hide and hair, showing evi
dene© of a desperate encounter.
A native of Metlakatla report
that the reindeer are all niiss
ing now and the presumption i
that they have all been killed b:
wolves, - ,
FRIGATE Biff*5 octCom- I
ru • a ..i-o ^ir'
y Their Arr rn«"<'r*;,f *cmarkahie (Ten
.t r,„. ""'r,1,lrd- ,s tlle soutlK>l'u
,,,-rc tr makes its nest on
(/«K"*v'.'Uiit*l.v coast or remote island. l'or
,?>!.< purpose It selects the (.'rozots. As
censiou or KergJeleu. along with
booby gantlets. "wide awake" teres,
the beautiful boatswain birds or the
queer kelp pigeon. It tears from the
trees as it tiles a few sticks and fabrl
rates a rude platform <>n top of some
bush or tree, or even upon a ledge of
rock and lays aud broods over a sin
gle egg- nil thai it needs to produce In
a situation so s;ii'c and so fiercely pro
tected.
The frigate bird is large. Its slender
but powerful wing* spreading at least [
■ four feet from lip to tip. while the
body is no less than forty In.-lies from
the hook of the great beak to the tip
[of the long forked tail. The color I
blackish, with purple and greeu gloss
lugs: the feet are black, the bill bluisli;
.and the pouch. wUicb is peculiar to the
uiale and is intlated ii: flight. is scarlet
as also Is a ring abool the eye The
pouch trull.-ates the close relationship
j of these birds to the |>ellcans. but their
habits are more like birds of prey, and
one good name for the race is map of .
j war hawks.
] On the wiug they show perfect com j
mnnd of the air Their llf.gbt is swift j
hold and full of grace. They are ap- I
panntly uutiri'ig. keeping away from
land for weeks nt a time, soaring to
enormous heights and descending with |
( amazing sj-ved. They can ride out a |
hurricane, scudding low and taking a .
j reef In their wings, so as to expose [
' only the largest quills to the gale
: They are abie to su|>t»ort themselves !
j for long hours without apparent mo j
J tlon. and it N a beautiful sight to watch j
' one of them floating overhead against |
J the deep blue sky. the long forked tail !
I alternately « eniug and shutting like a
p'\ir of scissors and the head swinging
slowly from side to side, as if search
In!; the horizon, i'rigate birds feed on
surface swimming fish, squids, crabs
| mid young turtles.
; TRAINED FOR THE GAME. ;
' He Played His Part Well and Won j
IWhen His Chance Came.
Senator Harry I.aue, who is also au
j M. U.. was once superintendent of the
i Oregon State insane asylum. C»ne
day lie was telling a group of his col
; leagues some of his experiences while
there. He said when he took the job
i he ordered tiie walls around the iustl
tution lorn down, arguing that if any
real lunatics escaped they would be
detected and returned, but that If any
escai>ed who could not be detected
they did not belong there anyway.
"A patient came along one day." lie
said, "and began a performance that
was new to nil of <is The inmates of
the asylum were turned out on the big
lawn each morning for exercise Well
the man I was talking about imuu-dl
ately began to run on a dog trot from
one end of the building to the other
The patients having specialties of tlieii
own didn't notice bint
"Hack and forth he wi nt. not onlj j
on the first m->ruiug. but on every
morning f-«r months and months lie I
wore a pa'ii along the sale of the asy
lum. We .ou'dn'r help but admire
his perseverui e ile certainly stuck
to his job lint one day .Mr. Man. the
moment lie was let out. wriggled away
from the crowd and started across the
fields. Guards followed in pursuit
Trained for months, and that bad been
1 his game all along, he rapidly made
monkeys of the guards Ile'd let them
■ get almost within reaching distance
, and then he would sprint So lie vau
isbed. and we never heard of him
again."—St l.ouis Post I>i<|uitcb
Rosemary.
The home of the rosemary was origi
oally in the south of Kurope. more
especially In Italy, where it grows to
the height of six or eight feet, eithet
being trained upward from the ground
or embedding its roots in an old wall
It grows In three varieties—gold, silvei
and green.- I.ondon Mail
It Got Them Out.
The "Kei#t street ejectment." com
mon In England In days gone by, eon
sisted In trkiiig off the front door Ii
was originated by landlords in the
Kent street (Snulli'waru, I^ondoni dis
triet. where many tenants were In ar
rears for rent.—London Mail
the Admiral Oik
S. Sv Admiral Evans
i .y.' * > v' ■* '
LE.U1XO {SEATTLE OX THE 5Ui, 15th AND UWi OF ,
EVERY MONTH AND ARRIVING IN SKAGWAl ON THE 9*i" I
J 9th AND 29 Ui.', \\yESTBOt'ND. I
RETURNING FROM THE WESTWARD, 8HOXi^ettS, Mb, I
SKAGWAY, SOUTHBOUND, APPROXIMATEDe "
10th., AND aba,. sc0
Seattle to San JT'^mir.vl farragut
S. S. ADMIRAL DEVVBYm . ^.zUliSY
8. 8. Ai££fe5£"ld Sunday f«r Sa« Fnadaoo
Leaving Seattle every Connatflon* at S*aFra»cI#co
. and southern c^^^^ON SMLUOBRfl
PAoufo 8., 8, HARVARD
s, s. San £>l0S° and Soutli*'n CaUiOmJa-fOlaJA
For i-°* * vAClFiO ALASKA NAVIGATION CO. ' : '
HUGH P. GALLAGHER, /igentSkar^ Al^fce.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
rake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
;ablets. Stop the Cough and Headache
»nd work off the Cold. Druggist! refund
noney if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's
iignaturt is on each box. 25 cents.
Hits the Spot
EVERY TIME
^aerSBIS^. I
Stop
that
Cough
NOW!
Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
KELLhK tiKOb.
Wanted salesmen to ec>1 cigars,
cigarettes, and tobacco to dealers.
Experience unnecessary. Weekly Sal
ary and ?5 a day travel1 ng expens
es. EASTERN TOBACCO CO., Boa
ton, Mass. .
Many Alaska Headers Have Beard
It and Profited Thereby.
'Ciooa uows travels rast," and
the bad back sufferers in this
vicinity are glad to learn where re
lief may be i'ociid. Many a laine,
weak and aching back is bad no
more, thanks tc Doan's Kidney
Pills. Thousands upon thousands
of people are telling the good news
of their ejqperiouce \vith this tested
remedy. Here is an example worth
•eading. • •
F. H. Wleiand, 1002 E. 41st St.,
I.03 Angeles, (,al., says: "For a
:ong time 1 suffered from pain In
the sniaii of my hack and I could
3ff.rcely get around. My kidneys
were disordered and the kidney se
cretions were highly colored and
irregular in parage. Doan's Kid
ney rills relieved the lameuesn
and weakness and removd all trouV
le with the kidneys. I have
had no return of the complaint."
Price 50e, a', an dealers. Don't
s'mply hsU f.or'n kidney remedy —
get Doan's Kidi.ey Pills—the same
that Mr. Wieland had. Foster-Mil
btirn Co., Props., Burfalo, N. Y. ,
V
FIVE <;OOr> ONES to JDKAW TO.
Pe'ibiefoid atul Gibson Rye. Bud"
weiser, Blue Ribbon and Paie Ralto
'er Beer at the Board of Trade.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money. If
It fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig
nature is on each bos. 25c.
rJoii'lo-d W'ti'SKoya—aibaon, Meua
Vtingn auJ .Belmont. The beet of
peor—Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and
fnie Ranicf, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67.
r. * X.M.
Whit* rut ho is*
p. 4 A.M. No. lit
meets 2d ud *tk j
rri BV'flL ot MCb
montn. VMUfts broU*r» |r»: Wr
come. Phil Abraham*," B*w***or.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fnt&eroal Octet
r 8fc»«w*7 A»rl«
k No. 15, fr»t»r
■il Ofd«r of
Eagles meets tae am Ma uur*
Wednesday might of wwis SMatb «t
'.heir hall ok FlfU aT»«ue. YMtttsg
brother* cordially Uri'^1 to atiemd.
Elmer Wheeler. W. P., I. M.-Kell«r,
secretary. *h
X B. P. O. ELKS
' SkMPr*7 LoCe
Ko.431, B P. O.
B. m««ta »ta.y .
Thursday
iag at. I o'clock.
VMUax broth- -
era cordially welwwoa. Urn Km
nedy, Ex. R. Goo. Ma cm Socxotary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1
4. B. me»U every Tuw
day evening at 8:06 P
m. snarp. flaltlmr brother* ocrdtal
ly welcome. A. J. Aokc&on, Aratla
Chief, w. H. Htllory, Arctie m
'(vd%r. .--r-vji
PR0FE88I OABD8.
la
DM. L. S. KELLER.
Detf*.
Mf«i Modern Maibod*.
Ope a Erealajjr
Of'ce Houra: 9-12 a. i». M j>.
Ajaskaa Uulldlag • Broadway
SKAGWAY
WILLIAM TALLI8TEB, M. D.
(Formerly of SnM«)
Specialist in the tree towel of
ulaeases and deformities of th« eye,
ear, nose and thro**.
Office: Ooldstelu Building, . Ju
neau, Alaaka.
Dr. E. 1L BEY1S
physician and Boi«goan
JUNfiAU , AUAJIKA
Office—Seceud Stroot; la offioea
formerly occupied by Dr. Simpson.
W. E. 8TOUT. >
\ f t •> r n e j A •»- Law.
Practice* la all court*
In Territory ol Alaska
H:' • j xAlMka.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month ,
for Kluane and way ,
points and also on the
seventeenth of every f
month for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H. CHAMBERS* Brop.'
office
Regina Hotel tt WUtekona, Y. T
Juncau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
S^eTTacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Leave Skacjumy
S.S. Gty of Seattle* Jan* 2, 12, 22
And ovary ten days following. Modern comfortable ship",
excellent service Connects at Seattle with through passen
ger steamers.
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
Sailing Tuesday, 10 a. m. and Friday, 5 p. n>.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELAS, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all points In
United States and Canada. For folders and full particulars,
address V. A. PETERSON, Agent
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50. SKAGWAY
808 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
WINTER SAILINGS
S. S.JEFFERSON
JANUARY 11-23
FEBRUARY 8-15-27.
MARCH 11 -23
APRIL 4
Passengers will be transferred to
Vancouver or Victoria without
extra charge.
TELEPHONE NO. 06.
E. J. SHAW, Agent, SKAGWAY.
1914 Winter Sailings from Skagway 1915
Alternate Wednesdays
Dec. 2-16-30
jan. io-6i
Feb. 10-24
(Subject to Change,)
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, ect
All Information " Rail or Sail," from
F. F.W. LOWLE, Gen'l Agt. Phone 87 and 141 SKAGWAY
Steamship Humboldt'
THE ONLY INOEPENOENT STEAMSHIP OPERATING TO S. E. ALASKA
Sailings from Skag way to Seattle.
December 8—-18
$50 Round Trip to Seattle and Return
Balling dates subject to change without sotlce.
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
Seattle Office: Robert Jirowning, 5<h & Broadway.
716 Second Arenue. Tickets and all Information.
We repjesenta Big Factory
in Africa for
Calabash
Pipes
Get them now while tliey
last
Only 75 cents
Tony Dortero's
ONLY ONE "'Bromo Quinine," that is
axative j^romo Quinine
Cm « Cold In One Day, Crip in 2 Days ,
1915 CALENDAR PADS
B*v«ral sizes and styles °£ ca'~
•aA-r oada Just recslyed at Keller
Srm ' . . 12"UJtf
Protect yourselves from loss
INSURE
YOUR
HOMES
Insurance on Dwellings
A Three Year Policy
for a
Two Year Premium
Cheap Rates
Pm Abrahams
Relieves C AT AR R H of
the*
BLADDER
and all
Discharges in
iP£H24HOURS
E*ch c*p«olc bear* lb«
BfUD«(£/>•
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covntqrfititu V V
So LI ^ til <Jry*ttat«. 1