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EDITORIAL PAGE
lu yesterday's issue ot this lea
ver 'here appeared au article taken
from "Jie Juneau Dispatch of Dec.
4, iu which the people of Skagway
sliouid be interested, and as it is
a matter of local import, the matter
should be given careful aud criti
cal consideration.
House Bill, No. 104, which was
approved April 2S, 1915, opens up
the milter for consideration, and
as Stag way is a First Class city
of the territory of Alaska, sec. 3
o£ this measure makes it applicable
to this town.
To quote from the bill:
Section 1. That all incorporated
towns iu the Territory of Alaska
shall hereafter be designated as
cities oJ the First Class and citits
of the Second Class.
Section. 2. That the commou coun
cils iu cities of ihe First Class, and
the board of 'rustees in cities of
the Secmd Class, shall, by ordinance
fix »'Jt- time of holding all munici
pal and school •- lections within the
boundaries of the municipal corpora
tiou.
Section 3. There snail be eiecie-i
iu evcrv incorporated city or the
first Class la 'he Territory or Al
aska al tlie next regular election
after tlie ratification of this sec
tion, .1 mayor and common council,
consisting of six couucilmen. The
term of office of the mayor shall
be oue your, and of the councilman
ttvu years; provided that immediat-j
ly after the council shall be as
sembled iu consequence of the first
election under this section, they
shall by lot or drawing be equally
divided into two classes. The seats
of councilmen of the first class
shall be \acated at the eud of oue
year, and when their successors are
elected and qualified; and the seats
of councilmeu of the Second Class
at the eud of two years, and when
their successors are elected and
qualified, so thai three members of
the couucil shall be elected anuual
iy thereafter for a term of two
years. A mayor shall also be elect
ed for a term of one year, and un
til his successor is elected and
qualified, at each auuual election
thereafter.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of
the mayor so elected to preside at
meetings of the common couucil, to
approve or disapprove of all or
dinances or resolutions passed by
the common council, to sign all
warrants drawn oa the city treasury
and to exercise a general supervi
sion i.ver the affairs of the city in
which he has been elected. The
mayor shall be the executive head
of the city. He shall have au
thority to veto any ordinance or
resolution paaeed by the common
council, and any ordinance or re
solution so ve'oed shall be re
turned to the common council at
the next regular meeting, together
with a statement from the mayor
giv>n§ the reason for his veto. Any
ordinance so vetoed by the mayor
may be passed by a majority of the
common council, in which case it
sh tU become effective without the
signature of the mayor. If the
mayor neither signs nor vetoes an
ordinance or resolution before the
ji«xt r egular meeting of the com
mon council after its passage, it
shall liprorne effective without his
signature.
Section 5. Sections three and
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOC AL M»! LIGATIONS, as they
disease. Ca
tarrh is a b! ml tir constitutional disease,
ami jn order t > cur» If you must take ln
•' ttarrh Cure is
taken internally. ar i acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh «* :r- is not a quack medicine. It
: |lM bent phy
sl ians in th s < untry for years and is
- lion. It Is composed of
the bt ion i;:iown, combined with the
best blood i riders, a tins: directly on the
mucous surfaces. Th« perfect combina
tion of the tw > : \f:s is what pro
duces such wc «;• i \>-suits in curing
catarrh. Send : >r timonials. free.
L-! 'Ps.. Toiedo. O.
So\4 by Druggist ». ; •! ?!>.
Tata Hall's Fatally Fills for constipation.
i iour ol this Act, uor any ol the
provisions of tiio 6ald sections shall
j be iu force or effect, or In any
way apply to any incorporated city
! ot the First Class until ratified by
a majority of the qualified elect
ors of such city voting upon, the
■ ratification of said Sections three
and four at aaiy regular or special
I election in 6aid city.
Seciton 6. There shall be elected
iu every incorporated 'city of the
J First Class in the Territory of Al
aska at the next regular election af
iter the ratification of this section,
one city clerk, one city treasurer
and one city attorney.
Section 7. The duties of the city
clerk, city treasurer and city at
torney shall be the same as the du
| ties Imposed upcn such officers fcy
j laws previously enacted, and such
additional duties as the common
council of tho city in which such
clerk, treasurer or attorney shaJl
have been elected, may from time
to time impose. The city clerk,
i city treasurer and city attorney
"*hall bo elected at each regular an
, iual election held for the election of
■ity officials after the ratification of
this section, and they ths.ll hold
office for one year and until their
successors are elected and qualified
unless sooner removed by the coun
cil for cause. The qualification of
tho officials provided for in Sec
| tions six and seven of this Act Bhall
j be the same as those now required
I for like positions in cities of the
First Class in the Territory of Alas
ka.
Section S. Sections six and seven
of this Act, nor any of the provi
sions of the said sections BhaU be
in force or effect, or in any way
apply to any incorporated city of
tho First Class until ratified by a
majority of the qualified electors of
such city voting upon the ratifica
tions of said Sections six and sev
en at any regular or special elec
tion in said city.
Section 9. All vacancies in the
office of mayor, city clerk, city
treasurer err city attorney shall be
deolartd and fil!e1 by the common
council in the same manner as va^
cancies in the common council ara
declared and filled under Chapter
4t>, Alaska Session Laws 1913, and
amendments therst<\
Section 10- Upon a petition of
fifty qualified electors in any city of
the First Class, the matter of
| ratification of S-*tions 3 and 4, or
the ratification of Sections 6 and 7
I of this Act shall be referred by the
j common council to a vote of the
people. At the same election there
shall be placed upon the official 'bal
lot at such city election the names
of such electors as may be candi
dates fcr the offices of mayor and
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
four druggist will refund money it
PAZO OINTMENT fa:ls to cure anj
;ase of Itching, Blind, Bleeding o:
Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. Th
"iplication gives Esse & Rest. 50c
EVERY OWNER OF
A DWELLING
Should Have
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
Reliable Companies are
Represented by
PHIL ABRAHAMS
Agent
4 th" Avenue
councilmon, city clerk, city treasurer
or city attorney. In case a majority
of the votes cast at such. election,
shall be iu favor of ratifying Sec
tions 6 and 7, then tlie candidates
receiving tlie highest number of
votes Cur tho office for which, each,
was a candidate shall be declared
and take office upon qualifying and
filing bond as required hy the coun
cil.
Section 11. All acts and parts of
acts, so far as they are in conflict
with this act, are hereby repealed.
Approved, April 28, 1915.
At last a mighty good use has
been found for the mail order
house catalogue. While it is true
ii was not intended for this .pur
pose, still notwithstanding the
fact that the newspapers through
out the territory of Alaska have
discouraged the mall order house
business, it is a pleasure to see
that one newspaper has tho
temerity of showing to all Just
what use it makes of the
"fine milliou page, beautifully
illustrated up-to-date, just
as good as any other, make
second choice :n case we are
out, wo pay the freight, find
it In the colored index, pay In
advance, wait four) months
for return."
silent solicitor for the mail order
house. The Iditarod Pioneer uses
the leaves of Montgomery-Ward's
catalogue for newspaper wrappers.
Some crust, brother, some crust,
but we llko your style and admire
your uerve.
RKVERSING THE ROLES?
la Europe so to be transformed
by the whitehot strife of war that
i* will surp;iss tho United States in
the essentials of civilization? Will
Europe make such gigantic strides,
will her energies be bo quickened
and her vision made bo lofty,
through the very suffering and tra
vail she is now undergoing that
she will have outdistanced Ameri
ca at the war's end? Some critics
and observers seem to think so,
and among them may be named
Syduey Brooks, 3uglish •writer pub
licist, now in this country. Inter
viewed by the New York Sun, Mr.
Brooks said, among other things:
"Alter the war one -will
speak of the new world of Eu
rope and the old world of Am
erica. For in Europe we shall
become incomparably moro
democratic than before, social
ly and politically, and in in
dustrial matters we shall neces
sari.'v build up again an a so
cialistic basis. You in Ameri
ca will go on as you are, as we
were, going on in the old-fa
shioned individualistic way."
If out of the frightful cataclysm
which has engulfed Europe there
shall actually arise a new Eu-rope,
in which social nnd political equali
ty and industrial prosperity shall
People Ask Us
What 13 the best laxative? Years of
experience in selling all kinds leads us
to always recommend
as the safest, surest and most satisfac
tory. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wm. Britt.
prevail, the people of the United
States would ba the last to be
grudge their ovenaeaa neighbors
this boon. This country, la truth,
welcomes such a rebirth for the Old
World.
But it should be said that Eu
rope has a long, long yray tq go ere
it will have reached the Industrial,
the political, the social equality
which America has already attained.
So deeply rooted were the political
inequalities of the majority of the
people of the Old World, an,d the
social inequalities, that it required,
evidently, some such catastrophe) as
the present to destroy them.
And let no one imagine that this
country will remain ignorant of
and indifferent to thQ progress
l which Europe is making in, whatevei
| realm of life. .We Bhall adapt that
| which is good to our own Institu
tions and reject that which is bad,
or else the whole, traditions of
our national career are falsely con
ceived.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
MRS. LA FRANCE IS
SUFFERING FROM BURN
Juneau, Dec. 2—Mrs. La France j
who conducts a store on WillouglK
by avenue was taken to the St. Ann
hospital last nigh Buffering from
bums from an explosion of creoBote
and her recovery. Is still uncertain.
It seems the tar for the roof waa
being warmed in the oven and when
ehe opened the dooT it flared out
and set her dress on fire. Her
two children were also burned.
Age is Not the Cause
of your hair falling out. It is the con
dition of your scalp.
^te^oSSL Hair Tonic
will destroy the germ which is the cause
of tliia trouble. 60 centa a bottle.
Wm. Brio.
V. A A. M.
W HI to Faaa Lod««
JT. * A. M. No. lis
meet* 2d anC 4 th
?rL Br'g3. of each
monUi. orou ore «.re w»*
come Hhll AbruhRiua, Secretary.
Elmer L. Whsel^r, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
BkOKwaj Lode«
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. me«t» oTery
TtiurBday er«nlB£
5 at 8:00 o'olock.
VlsitlBg broth
ers cordially wolcom®.
HOWARD ASHLBT, E. R.
F. J. YANDBWAJLi., Bacretary.
3B&
Fmternal Order
i .
9k«*w*y Aarta
No. 15, Fr*t*r
Eag'.us meets the flrftt and third
Wednesday night of each month «X
their ball om Filth avenue. Vtaitlag
| brothers cordially invited to attaad.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mo
[Aliat.r. Secretary.
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Camp Skacw»y No. 1
A. B. meets erery eeo
OL'l and fourth Tuee
4ay 0T6Bl«g at 8:00 p
m. stvirp Visiting brotter* cordial
ly welcotue A. J. Acheeom, Arctic
blot, \v R. Hlilerj, Arrtlo R»
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