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EDITORIAL PAGE
OFFICIAL CITY PAPEK
BFSY CHRISTMAS
FOR THK POSTOFFICE
With the CU-istmag season the
parcel pest system of this country
is to receive its severest trial. Be
fore the ch:ui£e in the laws, and
while the sue o! parcels to be car- |
ricU was sm.^l and the postal rate
high, the Christmas season saw
the mails flooded with parcels,
which taxed the facilities of the da
part ment to the utmost and made
the Christmas seasou one of unre
mitting toil for clerks and for car
riers
The present law went into effect
on January 1 last, after the holiday
rush was over. The Christmas rush
last year was a severe one, but It
had this advantage: It left the
postoft'ices of the country in a fair
condition to handle the new busi
ness created by the extension of
the parcel post
This year the maguitude of the
business to be haudled can only be
surmised The one sure thing is
that it will be out of all proportion
greater than has ever before been
known. The department is making
preparations in anticipation of an
extraordinary rush.. In some of the
larger offices it has already author
ized the employment' of twice the
number of extr.i men that were
needed to haudle the holiday bus
iness of last vear. The probabili-.
ties are that tht extra provision
will be found none too large.—Seat- ;
tie Post-Intelligencer.
Apropos of the Christmas season
bearing down upon us with unfal- j
tering speed, 5t will be weell for ;
those living in Alaska, who have;
each year remembered the "folks
at home" by sending presents from j
this far off land to take timely j
warning. Time should Ibe care
fully considered, and shoppers
should not put off their Christmas
buying too long The time is com
ing when the boat service to this
port will not be . as frequent as it
has been during the summer mouths
and the P-I article carries a warn
ing that the mails during the com
ing season will be congested. Get
your Christmas mail into the post-of
fice as early as possible. You will
probably avoid disappointing some
one by acting early.
THE SEAL HERD.
"The real vanishing race", says
the Brooklyn Standard Union, "is
not the American Indian, but the A1
aska fur seal." The Elliott-Galla
gher report moved that paper to
make this remark.
It is . true that the fur seal has
been the source of a very great
profit to a few persons. It is also
true that the herds have been un
wisely depleted to about 5 per cent
of their former greatness, i Never
theless, the st-l question is not as
important as wo have made It.
As a race we could exist comfort
ably and happi.y if there was not a
single sealskin coat left in all the
world. The fur seal, in other words^
is not a necessity, but the source of
a luxury in the perpetuity of which
the average man or woman has not
the slightest personal interest, pres
ent or future. i
Periodically we allow ourselves to
become heated over a herd of nomad
ic mammals atid even threaten our
selves with war because sealers of
foreign nations poach on our pre
serves. Why should we do this?
The seal is a beautiful, soft-ey
ed, intelligent and interesting crea
ture. It is a shame, a national
shame not uurcixed with sin, that
they have been so wantonly destroy
ed; but the tact remains that there
YOU A LOT OF LETTER-WRITING
Our Policy:- "To supply you with the latest artistic and scien
Ar? a iCitxurg
Exacting j»coplc in the states have
n<» better opportunity for securing
luxurious toilet accessories than A1
askans, for we have a complete line
of "Luxor" goods.
I/uxor FSu-e Cream.
Luxor Shaving Powder.
litixor Face Powder.
Luxor Toilet Waters.
Luxor Xail- Enamel. •
Luxor Liquid Olive. Shampoo.
For Sale by
KELLER BROS. DRUG CO
tilic products."
1 +
Skagway, Alaska
For
Sale
In
Skagway;
At All
First
- Class
Bars
are more impoitant things to con
serve, more vital matters to be
made subjects for international
' broils, than the future of the seal
herd. !
We might provide for the use of
idle water power and save our coal.
That would benefit people who nev- jj
er expcet to be in the market for ; j
a sealskin. We might make use of j
timber now rotting in forest reserves
and thus reducc the first cost of
home-building. That would reach
pocketbooks which will never be op
ened to purchase a.fur coat.
This does not mean that, the seals
should be left to the agents of des
truction. They are worth preserv
ing and should be saved from ex
tinction, but from a utilitarian stand
point they are not a national asset
nor a future necessity of such val
ue that three nations should peri
odically find them a threatened
source of disruption and a stumbling
block to continued amity !.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
P. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Fri. Ev'gs. of each
mouth. Visiting brothers are wfcl
come. Phil Abrahams, Secretary
W. R. Jlillery, W. H
Fraternal Order
Fagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
Order
Eagles meet* the first and third
Wednesday r'ght ot each month at
their hall ou Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers mrdlally invited to attend.
John Grasliel, W. P.; J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. me«-'tr every
Thursday night at
3 o'clock. Elks
club and reading j
room open daily from 1 p. m. to j j
12 midnight. Visiting brothers cor-1
dially welcome.—W. C. Blanchard
Ex. K. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1
A. B. meets every Tues
& day evening at 8:00 p
m. 6harp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome—D. J. Rich, Arctic Chie
W. R. Hillery, Arctic Recorder.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dcni^ta,
OK. L. S. KELLER
Dentist
f-'ost Modern Methods
Open Evening
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - -Hroadway
SKAGWAY - ALASAK
M. F. PATTERSON DENTAL
SUPPLY COMPANY
Dental Supplies.
—Dealers In—
DENTAL SUPPLIES
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash.
Orders by mail or cable will receive
prompt attention. Catalogue on re
quest.
Subscribe for the Dally Alaskan
Relieves CATARRH of
the
BLADDER
and all
Discharges in
I24HOURS
Each ctfuralc bear* the
uanwCCT
Harare of (MIDY)
counier/ettu V J
Said »11 ilrtici'i*
iRAW FURS I
& WE PAY
I HIGH - PRICES I
FOR FINE FURS 3
WRITE FOB PRICE LIST
Percey's Fur House:
Oihko«h,
Wucomin
tilTil •* • t »• ITS • • • •• • • • i'i»
SHIP YOUR
RAW FURS1
TO T1
llillf
MINNEAPOLIS,
W lie for Circalar.
MINN.
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Alaska Furs a Specialty $
Very Top Prices Paid.
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U IKUTAI
MANUFACTURING
j JEWELER §
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WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings £
Indian Baskets
| CHINA AND CUT CLASi I
■j Official Watck Inspector for the jj
y W. P. 6c Y. Route
Mail Orders given prompt care
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves vVhitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Chainpaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Whitehorse, Y.T
SEATTLE'S
Leadias. Pouular Priced Hotel
^ako Eaat Lalte
>epot to Fourth,
ictween Union &
Hotel
Georgian
European Plan
AH Outside Sunny
Rooms. Elegantly
Furnished
Sample liooms.
Commercial & Fam
ily trade solicited
RATES
Single Rooms $1 up
Roomswllh batlifl 50
Two persons 82.50 up
C. S. STAFFORD.
Manager,
car from Union
. FOURTH AVE
Pike.
>i
—Notice to=-= t
PROSPECTORS 1
■BOBaaanMBBBBsaa ••
sj
Parties intending to go •?
prospecting or hunting in »}
the interior, will find it to s
their interest to write •$
CAM SMITHt
Whitehorse, Y. T. J;'
FOR INFORMATION
Mr. Smith has all kinds of
power boats from four horse j!
power to fifteen which he
will sell or rent at reason
able rates. Jj
•<;
Automobile Stage 2
daily from White- %
horse to the Atlas £
mine. S
Juneau Steamship €o.
D. 8. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp- J
sum, Teuafeee, Killlsnoo and Sit- j
ka Sept. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station. Haines and
Skagway S3pt. 6, 11, 17, 23, 29.
WILLIS E. NOWELL, Manager.
STEAMERS FOR
Seaiils, Tacoma
Victoria, Vancouver, Anacortes, Bcllingham
Everett, Olvmpia, Port Townsend, South
Bcllingham. Eureka, Santa Barbara* Mexico
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
H. BRANDT. s. A. P. D. C. D. DUNANN, P. T. M.
113 James St., Seattle 112 Market Sl, San Frandscc
RWit reserved to change this Schedule
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
City of Seattle
NOVEMBER
Spokane
NOVEMBER
V. A. PETERSON, Agent
Phone 50 2ud & Broadway, Skagway, Alaska
I ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Carrying TJ. S. Mall and Wells-Farifo Express
SAILING DATES from SKAGWAY to SEATTLE
S. S. DOLPHIN NOV; 1
S. S. ALAMEDA . 3}i days to Seattle NOV. 0
Stopping enroute, only at Juneau and KKcliikan.
SAILING DATES FROM SKAGWAY TO CORDOVA
S. S. MARIPOSA NOV. 2
These steamships are the finest and largest in Alaska service. • Have large
observation and dining rooms, with excellent meals and service. Transfer to
Vancouver Victoria, Tacoma and Puget Sound ports without additional charge.
Through tickets to San Francisco
TELEPHONE NO. 00. CHAS. T. LYONS, AGENT
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
THE FAMOUS MODERN STEAMSHIPS
Prin :ess Sophia Princess May
SAILING FROM SKAGWAY
EVERY THURSDAY 8 P. M.
Oct. SO
Nov. 6, 13, 27 Dec. 11, 25
Subject to chance wi'h-uit N >tlce
Vancouver, Victoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
| Phon© 87 F. F. vV. LOWLE Agant
BMWBHLMULILJj—BggUJ 'l'Ltttf. *3
Steamship Humboldt
THE ilNLT INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP OPERATING 10 S. IAUSSKA
WILL SAIL FROM SKAGWAY
October 27th ■$
Sailing Date Subject to Change Without Notice ^
THROUGH TICKETS HONORED
Seattle Office: H. >1. Harlwigsen, 5th & Broadway.
716 Sucond Avenue. Tickets and all Information.
THE
"OLYMPIAN"
Tlie Train of Luxury
TO
Butte, Miles City, Sioux City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
All Points East, via the
"MILWAUKEE"
Leaves Seattle Daily at 10.15 A.M.
"A TOUR DE LUXE" is an expression supremely fitting in con
nection with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel transconti
nental train. It combines the enjoyment of rare scenic beauties
with the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease and comfort.
No Extra Fare on This Train
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., call on or address ♦
C. T. Lyons, Acent, Alaska Steamship Co.
SKACWAY. ALASKA
City Ticket Office#, Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway. 44J Hasting» St. We*
jv VANCOUVER. B. C.
SECOND AVE. AND CHERRY ST.. SEATTLE
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