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OUR RAG
EDITORIAL
er> •3lumniation, Jas. Wick
i. from ten minntes to
elt-Y»'. .'::t to five minute® to
review a Republieaa talk,
from . work while delegate
last 20 \ a'.aiost in the
candidate that hp was a
and sollcite ' • >it as d'pegate
The meeti.
lv a Iteoublic- uht was pure
trtuore introdu. k. L. Whlt"
wh~ mentioned Tames jr..
candidates upon t.-vs of all
ft iu the Third Di\ ,iran ticl
the:r qualifications. j gave
!»•"• Green's name w& t. I.jnd*
tnorc was applause fi .tloned
should up the earnest Wines
i-nnl'dare for the legisla ;>ie
i.oii- upon the draft board ..j
Mr Whittemore then iu
Mr Wii kersham who at one*
out the fact that tjje £reat qu
was aow to best assist the ad
tr-'-tion of Woodrow Wilson.
Wiekersham said, that the p
conflict was one of civilizatio
• > militarism: that we mui
■r; Wilson or the kaiser, and If
ti.r latter, hanging was none too
- M'l Mr. Wickersham then relaf
■ 1 'ho support Alaska had given the
Pnsident, In money, products and
Mr Wickersham briefly reviewed
titt delegate contest from the inci
d- tits at Juneau until the matter
w 'S carried to the election's cora
Hi'i'ee. He said r>elegate Sulzer
• urtd a "stolen certificate'' and
a.though the delegate knew now
that the contest had been decided
n-'ainst him, while the matter is not
to bj officially decided until De
r* labtr, remained as the representa
tive of the Territory.
Mr Wickresham paid his respects
to "Tommy'' Riggs, as he called
him; claimed that Zi. miles of the
2S miles of railroad built at Ne
nann had been abandoned because
Mr. Riggs knew little or nothing of
railroad building.
Mr. Wicker-sham said that he did j
not care to especially criticise the I
Governor but did so on account of
hi. alleged making of a partisan
campaign.
The speaker stated that De'egate
Sulzer had secured' the passage of
two measures, one the"bonding of
Seward for $30,000 to curb a gla
e-'er stream, -when the people knew
that $200,000 wouid perhaps not
r sufficient; and the other being
tti free survey of homesteads.
Mr. Wickersham, regarding the
government railroad, declared he
di * not d-esire to criticise anybody
connected with the Alaska^ Engi
neering Commission; that investiga
tions were not needed, but rather
appropriation; appropriations Buffi
cieat to carry on the work, complete
it and make a system to the
interior from Seward which wo<il
opes a great section and give cheap
er transportation to the interior.
Mr. Wickersham reviewed the
eight hour law. upho!ding the deci
sion of JuU-ge Bunneil; stated that
ho v/m glad t){ prohibltloh, that he
hail framed the measurfe following
the people's choice at an e'ection
for a dry territory ,and reviewed
the 26 bill* that he had succeeded
in having passed' when delegate to
Congress.
In concluding his remarks, Mr.
Wickersham decried the fact that
neoplg were leaving Seward and
other parts of the territory. He
said Alaska was Just coming into
her own and especially Seward for
navy docks were to be built here,
the suth of .000,000* having been
appropriated' to mine and transport
coal here for the commerce of the
world, and that never in the his
tory , of Alaska was there more
need ©C constructive legislation than
right now.
"The outlook for Alaska never
looked as bright as it does now,"
said the speaker. "You laboring
men. who go to Seattle will find
30,#00 men after the same job you
are going for. Slick to Alaska; you
are assured of good pfy and labor
is in demand here more than in
the states."
The above is the report in the
3eward Gateway of one of Judge
Wickersham's meetings which was
held recently in Seward. This ac
cour.d published by one of the Demo
cratic papers and a strong supporter
I of 3ulzer, is in direct contrast with
the usual account of the Wicker
isham meetings by the Democratic
press. The usual story printed. i»y
the radical Democratic paper is so
full o' invectvie, venom and ab
solutely untruthful statements that
hy very virtue of their laclc of v®r
aci y regarding Judge Wickersham
and what he has done for A'aska
make all of their arguments fall
to the ground.
They certainly do not change the
opinion of any former supporter
of Judge Wickersham nor does It
strengthen the support of any of
?u!zer's followers. The only ef
fect that might De seen Is the satis
faction it gives the spell binders
and office holders who are so ac*
tivcly engaged in trying to elect
3ulzer and thereby made their ten
ure of office more secure.
We congratulate the Seward
Gateway on its fairness.
RECOGNIZES VALUE OP NEWS
PAPER ADVERTISING
No greater tribute could be paid
to the value of newspaper advertis
ing than the news item in the tele
grahic dispatches from Washington
recently, which stated that those in
charge of the Fourth liberty loan
Ipropose to employ newspaper ad
vertising almost exclusively in float
^g this big loan among the pw
•ese of the nation. The men in
a a-go of this big undertaking know
it sup i.iip 0f newspaper advertising.
Vnow that if you have any
11 sell to the public, }\>u
an' the public know about it.
info^t waj. t0 convey this
°' t1, is through the medium
••ers ui newspaper, which en
commuL the homCfl in a given
Just a.
rmark m ■, Une, We recalll a
dent, who ls a ]ocai resi
the communi qUjte active in
ttrally e, stra' came here Prat*
affairs. He p.^ ^ a man ot
Th* Times. scan ^ a copy of
column® and ^.advertising
to the place where..wision M
buying. He just L,lld dQ his
out the concern that y picKed
'l'C.gest advertisement ^ the
and has been trading tt time
He »old us that had bev,in(;-'
torn .when he came to r>PUg_
new community. There is ^
thought in this suggestion. ^
ronti has expended in this par.v
loc?l store a great deal more
'ha concern has expended in a
♦ ising, and it so happens that
concern is a heavy advertiser,
—Anchorage Times.
IXUVUViage HUlfS.
The Cost of Life.
"To live is always to be hurt In
some way," said a young voice re
cently. It was the half-resentful, half
wondering voice of one still new to
the experiences of existence, and ques
tioning their Justice.
The statement is true, and the more
fully ulive one Is, the more keenly
are the hurts felt. Every Joy brings
with it Its possible price of suffering.
Every love opens a door to sorrow,
every gift brings its weight of responsi
bility; wider knowledge brings the
larger drain upon sympathy. The high
er one rises in the scale of being, the
greater becomes not only the capacity
for Joy, but also the twin capacity for
suffering, but who would choose to be
a clod to avoid feeling, a block of
marble to escape the pain of a living
soul ? ,
Freshly dressed Skagway ehlcke
Frye-Bruha.
UK SOifS j
Haines, Oct. 15.—Our U. S. Com- (
mjssJouer, J. J. Kennedy, coming,
down from Rainy Hollow met with
Quit* a painful accident .by shoot- 1
in off quite a portion of the flesh |
of the index finger on his left
hand. He had shot a grouse and
was looking for another; it being
rPinins, he had placed a paper over
the *un to protect it, and was hold
ing the paper over the muzz1© wit.h
hia hand, when a twig caught 011
th« trigger, which caused the load
ed gun to go off with result above
mentioned.
This is registration day, under
the new draft including men be
tween the ages of eighteen and«
fortv five, both inclusive, and as
some were leaving the jursidiction
of loc«l Board No. 2, have already
registered, and that was the proper
thin< to do, for the reason, that
thev .. t. v. going to the States,
where the registration is over, and
the" would' be counted slackers
there if they had no registration
cards.
The Fourth Liberty Loan drive is
now pretty well over, and Haines
has subscribed five thousand five
hundred dollars up to this date,
and ag some have sent their sub
scription to the Seattle banks,
where they do business, Haines does
not set credit for those amounts
which would raise the subscription
some over the amount Stated.
Christ Foss has taken the Win.
HoL.ate cottage and moved- his
family there for the winter, unless
he should be ordered to some train
ing the States. Mr. Foss
is one of the new recruits which
cama up from Ketchikan on one of
the last boats.
Mr. Thomag has rented the Bir*
JKinbine house for the winter and
moved his family there,
where they will stay( unless he
should be transferred to some other
place. He is now stationed at Ft
Seward.
MEDICAL RELIEF
FOIl THE NATIVES
. Bulletin Issued by
Supt. Chas. Hawko3worth
The attention of. teachers and na
tives in the District is ea'led to
the re-opening of the Juneau lios
oital under the superintejidency of
Miss Mabel Lp Roy with Dr. L. p.
Dawes .physician and surgeon in
charge. <.j
For the present rates will be the
same as last year; seventy-fiv^cts.
a day for subsistence, but those
who are destitute will be cared for
at the expense of the government.
Until further notice is given no
charge will b© mad«e for either med
l icine or hospital care.
Under arrangements made with
I the Woman's Board of Home Mis
sions of the Presbyterian church,
the Haines hospital has been made
into a tubercular sanitarium with
Miss Florence I. Garside as super
intendent. This institution will be
for tubercular patients only and
we desire, for the present, that
those patients, fog. whom there is
a chance for recovery ,undv>r mod
ern methods o' treatment, be sent
to the Haines sanitarium.
A charge of seventy-five cents a
day will b0 made for subsistence,
to all who can pay, while the des
titu« will be cared for and treated
at the expense of the Government.
] A TRIP THROl'(iH
t» THE GA8TIXKAI* MINK
k J. T. Jackson is the Superiii-1
6cl and General Director of
so iaeau Mining Company,
Thai* °a"e<5 th© Thane Mine,
Junea*ter his Predecessor. Eartl
Buicfc former place is the |
day laBl ll0r with him in his!
company1* 0'c'oclr a. m., Fri-J
towns. * were five in our1
the coznpanut|ng four different
warehouses * at Thane where
w©re taken' uJ**-J®111, wharf,
car >o the trai'!ral offices we
haj arranged in a tram
«waiting tor us. \ Mr.Jackson
an ore train each L*hich was
train eacj, way everpan>' rUns
accommodation of 11 another
freight, etc. a raUro.r°r the
ed tstween PerseyerI,loyes'
Thane. At the formr p?6rat
n>ine where the ore is and'
and it the latter la the miil the
■ - "
after bffftg ground to dust It ib
treated and the gold, silver antf
lead separated from it. The rail*
rbad ii about three miles and runs
fop the greater part through a tun
nel as the mine is on the other side
of the mountain. Even where there
is'no tunnel the road is housed in
to protect it from snow and other
slides. ( J
Arriving at our destination I
was certainly agreeably surprsed to
find what was a few years ago a
howling wilderness, inhabited by no*
thing except the Taku Wind and
visited occasionally by a stray
mountain goat or sheep, a boar, an
Ind'ian or the like, had by thi9^time,
the largest gold mining company in
America ,if not, as far as tonnage
goes, in th$ world, been~convert
ed to as modern a city, in piopor
tion to its size as any in the north.
We arrived at noon and, of course,
made a bee line for the dining 100m.
This room seats about 350 at b
time. Wa ate from the same bill
of fare as the men in the mine and
the food was certainly all that could
be wisned for, both as to quantity
and quality. We had soup, cod
fish with gravy _"as mother used to
make," roast beef, baked and mash
ed potatoes, coffee and tea, bread
as good- as any served nowaday; in
the best hotels in t^e States, be
sides (he usual dishes, as pickles,
greens ,etc.
Having finished our meal we
visited the place where It had
been prepared. There as well as
where the food was serve'd everj'
thing was immaculately clean. It
reminded me of the fellow who one
morning, as we were in a Pullman
dressing room said: "This Is just
liko home, only we here have
plenty of towels." So in this
kitchen, ther© wag plenty of every
thing, it was on a large scale. Just
one example, the egg beater and
cake mixer had a capacity of about
ten galloug yhlcfc was worked by
electricity and must have cost close
to a thousand dollars. Evideiyly
the company intended their men
to have cake or they would' not
have Invested so much money In a
macbice to prepare it. Like a good*
Ford It hag three speeds—to suit
thQ moves of the cook. The oven
was tie size of a small bedroom,
only hotter. The dishes were wash
ed' by live steam, and listen, ye,
who have to wipe dishes; here *s
the recipe—insist upon the use of
live sieam by the on© who washes
the dishes and you need not wipe
them. The pantry was so full of
good things that had I come there
before we visited the dining room
I would never have used the latter
place.
The living quarters for the men,
as fur as I saw them, were splendid.
In the cuilding we visited there
were two men in each room. The
company furnishes the bedding. The
sheets, pillows, blankets, etc.,
wer»» as clean as in a bitter class
hot.l. For the furnishing of bed
dius, laundry, janitor etc., an extra
charge of $1.50 per month is made
on those who avail themselves of it.
Adjoining the Bleeping quarters
w*Ta the dressing rooms. About
fifty men could wash here at one
time; thirteen could take shower
(KM 113 tuere ucmg U»i Uiau; ovpi*!
ate rooms for this purpose. Anoth
er ("ozpn could wash their clothes in
tub* furnished for that purpose. As
each man was. done he changed his
clotnes. The clothes taken off,
were placed on individual clothes
racks and pulled up to th0 celling
there to hang until needed. Tne
lock*d device bringing the clothes
n*j was then locked, the owner of
them keeping the key, thus pre
venting any possibility of some
one else using them while he was
asleep. There were several hundred
garments hanging from tile ceiling
when w« were there.
I» the Club room, the men have
various kinds o' amusements; mov
lue pictures, billiards, etc. The
reading room was well stocked with
current literature. In both rooms
everything was free to the men. At
the time of our visit a lively contest
wa« going on between the mill men
at Thane and the mining men at
Perseverance as to who wpuld buy
thr largest total of Liberty Bonds.
On our arrival Doth crews were
even but Mr. Jackson brought the
news that Thane, when we left
was almost $3000 ahead. The Per
severance men, good naturedly as
sured him that by evening they
w^uld be ut> to Thane. In this con
nection I might mention that when
we, 8 couple of hours later, return
ed to Thane, they had added an
other $1500 to their total.
To show the completeness of
this community, they have even a
school In the mountain with the
usual pretty teacher, the boys,
^tr's, books," etc. They are a'1
thera.'
I* the operation of the mine
and mill proper, everything ip on
fciich A lu-rge scale that it is al
most impossible to believe, just
a couple of items: th0 mill can
.crlnd between eight and nine tons
of ore every minute, or about g
twelve thousand tonB per day, yet
th* company; has sufficient ore on
han<? without mining to run tla
mill mare than a year. The ore
ia of low gr&clte and must be mined
chefply to be a business proposi- a
tion. This is certainly, done even I
though high wages are PaUJ to t
tht» men. Gravity and __ electricity. I
the latter produced by the com- i
panr from lta own water power is f
use J everywhere for, .motive power. %
Th» cars are loaded by gravity. A i
eate, Invented by Jfc^Jackson, and'
pronounced by experts to be the 1
most efficient for the purpose, 1
operated by only a light movement i
of a lever, opens for a quarter of i
a minute, and a car is loaded. i
The ore trains are hauled by elec (
trlclty. Arriving at the mi l 700 !
fee*, above sea level, four cars at
a »ime are pulled into a cylinder, !
ope» at the top. The cars lock in* f
to this. The cylinder,revolves, and i
being open at the top, when it has <
turned half way round' all the ore i
in the four cars is dumped. The i
circle ia completed, the empty cars i
are pulled out, four other cars i
follow, and are unloaded in the i
same manner. Each train consists
of forty cars and a train is run at
an average of one per hour. It .
Cv.ts the company two cents per
ton to load, haul, and unload the
ore or as was said', put a two
cenf stamp on a ton of ore, and
this brings It from tho mine to the
. . a--*i in.ii.-m
A; the mill the grinding, etc.,
ia done on the game large scale but
th® process is too technical for
anyone but an expert to describe
accurately. It took us about three
hours to follow the rock from where
it was token from the mine to the
assay room where the gold, silver
and lead wa» shown us as taken out,
One of the peculiarities in this Pro
cess I might mention—stones are
shipped from Norway to Alaska to
aid In tne grinding our our moun-^
tains. Harinfe more stones than
anything elRo it seems this should'
not be so but it is.
Freshly driessed Skagw-iy cbicke
Frye-Brubn.
Subscribe t»r Tile Dally Alaskau. j
I Have The Best Line
Of
Cigars and Tobacco
And I Also Have
Pipes
That Cannot Be Beaten
Anywhere
Tony Dortero
428 Broadway
I Mil
kiv wav People Should Xot Neglect
Tlieir Kidneys.
No kidney ailment is unimport
nt. Don't overlook the slightest
ackache or urinary irregularity. Na
ire may be warning you of *p
roaching dropsy, gravel or Brlght'i
isease. F .dney disease is seldom
itai if treated in time, but De
lect may pave the way. Don't ne
iett a lame or aching back another
d.v. Don't ignore dizzy spells,
.eudaches, weariness or depression,
f you feel you need kidney help be
in using the reliable, time^trled
emedy, Doan's Kidney Pills. For '
0 -Tears, Doan's have been found
i'fective. Endorsed by grateful
people.
1 B. Wright, 1052 Second St.,
i«»n\i Rosa, Calif., says; "It vu
pveral years ago that I suffered
rom backache and other symptotoa 1
i? kidney trouble. I had severe: •
iainr across my kidneys and- often I
ould hardly get up or down. The
iction of my kidneys was irregular,
:ausing me to get up several times- •
it night. A burning sensation at
ended the passages of the kid
le- secretions. Several boxes of
loan's Kidney Pills regulated' the
ictlon of my kidneys and removed
he backache."
Pr.ce 60c, at all dealers. Don't
ilmply ask for a kidney remedy—
Doan's Kidney Pills—the Bam«
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Daily ration: One ounce per P«r
JC»
A fresh shipment of Eastman N.
P Autographic and plain films for
a!' sized cameras received on the
last boat. Better take advantgae
of this fine weather and §et some
fall pictures. Keller Bros.
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign
o[*n< September 28th.
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stint!- The prescrlptlou of
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vou d' not stoo
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Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suitfc
Baths on each Boor
Famous for its Home Ccoking,
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Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
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r
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You can make more cups of
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