F. & A. 11.
White Pass Lodge
P F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
fri. Ev'ga. of each
month. Ylsltlug brotaera at® w«»
com«. ptil Abrahams, Secretary.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fraternal Order
Kaglea—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the first and unra
Y/eUuesday night o£ each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
Jo^a Grashel, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meet* over
Thursday night a
8 o'clock. Elk
club and readin
room open daily from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting brohters cor
dially welcome. W. C Blanchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee Secretary.
m. sharp. Visiting brotUers cordial
ly welcome. D. J. Rich, Arctic Chief
W. R. Hillery, Arctic Recorder.
30th Infantry Lodge, No. 1390.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Fort Win. H. Seward, Haines, Alu&k
Regular Meetings every Thursday
night at 7:30 p. m. All visiting bro
there cordially welcomed.
Any one desiring information
about the Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
THE SECRETARY.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dentists.
DR. L. S. KELLER.
Dentist.
^ Most Modern Methods.
Open Evenings.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
SKAGWAY ALASKA
THE PATTERSON-O'URIEN CO.
—Dealers In—
DENTAL SUPPLIES
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash.
Orders by mail 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
attentioa. tf.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1
A B. meets every Tues
day evening at 8:00 p
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
month for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
~H. CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Reg ma Hotel u Whitehorse, Y. T
'UW MtiUiMUlttUUMS
Pack Train |
Restaurant f
TONY STANICH. Proprietor Jf
F»r 14 Yci/i We Hate Serred wily Jj
The Best in the Markets t
wi t<xiaj it is the •»'
Most Popular Elating *j
House in the North 3
•: New Location 5
Broadway, between 3rd and 4th
The Delmonico of Alaska t
Relieves CATARRH of
the
BLADDER
and all
Discitarges in
24HOURS
Each eap«nl« bear* th«
B*e<treof
counterfeit* \ /
Sold Hy all Jmcrisu.
ffi)*
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EDITORIAL PAGE
THE ALASKA BILL.
The news conveyed in* the tele
gram received late yesterday after
noon by the Daily Alaskan of the
passage bv the lower house of Con
gress of the Alaska railroad meas
ure, providing for the expenditure
of $35,000,000 for the construction
and equipment of not to exceed
1,000 miles of government own
ed railway line in the territory of
Alaska, while not unexpected, shoul
be a cause of general rejoicing
throughout not Alaska alone, but
the whole of the Pacific coast, for
that it will have an immense Influ
ence in the revival of business con
ditions in the northwest there can
be no doubt.
There is much speculation regard
ing the exact location of the new
line, especially <ts coast terminal,
| and the route by which it will reach
Fairbanks and the Yukon river.
The location is left by the terms
of the bill passed by the senate to
the president, advised by a com- i
mission of engineers.
But the general Inlent of the'
bill, says the San Francisco Chron
icle, is that the road shall connect
one of the open harbors on the
southern coast with navigable wat
er on the Tanana and Yukon riv
ers, Fairbanks being the objective
point in the route northward from
the coast, with the l roposal that
an extension shall be constructed
from Fairbanks, on the Tanana, to
the valley of the Yukon, presumably
to a point a little weat of Rampart.
The selection of he harbor for
the southern terminal is the chief
point to be determined by the loca
tors.
In the senate, a preference was
expressed for the Seward terminal,
and the intimation was advanced
that it would not be good politics
for the administration to deal with
the "trust", even to the extent of
buying a "busted" railroad that
pointed to the coal and copper.
From Seward there Is also a short
railroad line in existence, although
its financial history has not been or,a
of success. This is the Alaska
Northern railroad, running for 71-6
miles northward to Kern creek on
an arm of Cook inlet. Its grades
and curvature are higher than those
of the Copper rifer road. The pro
posed extension of ti'is line would
lead through the length of the
Susitna valley, and by Broad pass to
the headwaters of the Nenana,
which flows into tho Tanana just
west of Fairbanks.
PROFIT SHARING.
The question is. Can we go on
still further with the wage sys
tem anil democracy? I think
not. We have seen for twenty
years the growing hostility be
tween tiiese two camps—labor
ami capital. ruder the wage
system li was Inevitable that
there should be two forces. We
have tried various devices to end
this strife—arbitration of vari
ous kinus and the Canadian sys
tem. An industrial method
which gives the workman cr op
erative the same motive and in
terest which the owner feels is
the thin that is desirable—that
is. the mad to efficiency— to in
crease not only a single trade
like yours, but the efficiency and
happiness of tue whole people.
How do it? Perhaps you'll think
I'm noi sticking to my subject.
But I aui, for I firmly believe
the only road to efficiency is
profit sharing.—Dr. Charles W.
Eliot.
BEFORE I SLEEP.
Just before I go to sleep,"
Like a flame across the sword.
Silently the fancies creep,
Goldeu fancies, gem bestarr'd—
Just before I go to sleep.
Just before I go to sleep
All the brightest flowers bloom,
And the heart itself must weep—
Such the music fills the room
Just before I go to sleep.
Just before I go to sleep
Comes a fear these shining
things
Into nothingness may leap
Ere a dream can spread its
wings
Just before I go to sleep.
—Antoinette de Coursey Patter
son.
GERMAN PROVERBS.
The la/.y become industrious
in the evening.
Nobility and nobleness are two
different things.
Every beginning Is difficult, as
said the thief on stealing an an
vil to commence with.
Better go to bed without sup
per than rise with debts.
The parsons labor in God's
vineyard and the doctors in his
churchyard.
He who does not become hand
some before twenty years of age,
strong before thirty, wise before
forty, rich before fifty—on such
a man hops and malt are lost.
NO REASON" FOIl IT.
You Are Shown A Way Out,
There can be no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
tures of an aching back, the an
noyance of urinary disorders, the
pains and dangers of kidney" ills
will fail to heed the word of a res
ident of this locality who has found
relief. The following is convincing
proof:
Mrs. ida Zimmerman, 813 E St.,
Sacramento, Cal., says: "The pain
in my back was so bad at times
that 1 could hardly endure it. Sharp
twinges seized me when I was walk
ing and for a few moments I
j could hardly move. I had dull,
bearing down pains acros3 my loins
and I felt tired and miserable. My
kidneys were disordered and I was
feeling very poorly indeed when I
got Doan's. Kidney Pills. They
drove away the pains and gave me
strength and energy. The trouble
with mv kidneys was removed, too.
JI am glad to confirm the public 6n
dorsemen I gave Deans' Kidney
Pills a few years- ago. I always
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
j when I have an opportunity."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name—Doan's—
and take no other.
FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW
Pebble'ord and Gibson Rye. Bud
welser, ^lue Ribbon and Pale F^ain
ler Bee a.t the Board ot Trade.
CRAB MEAT COCK TAILS
at
The Pack Truin Restaurant
Service a In carte.
muitututtumutuis
§ — Notice to =*■ :
1 PROSPECTORS§
g Parties intending to go pros- »
•J pecting or hunting in the In- Jj!
terior, will find it to their in- J
£ tferest to write
£ CAM SMITH h
Whitehorse, Y. T. "*■
ti\>r Information.
jj Mr. Smith has all kinds of
> power boats from four horse ~
« power to fifteen which he
2 will sell or rent at reasonable
5 rates.
j* Automobile Stage daily from
jj AVftitehorse to the Atlas min »;
SEND THE "ALASKAN" HOME TO THE STATES. IT WILL SAV
^ VOU A LOT OF LETTER-WRITING I
! Incipient Colds May- Seem I&aooaOt
In Themselves, but. 11 Neg
lected May Result' in Var
ious Incurable Mal
adies.
"PUROLA" REMEDIES WELL
HELP YOU.
"Purola" Laxative Honey and Tar
Cough Syrup.
An agreeable combination, con
taining no opiate or harmful drugs,
and is therefore recommended for
children. The great advantage of
this preparation over other cough
mixturse lies in th efact of its lax
ative tendencies. By its gentle
action on the liver and bowls, It
eliminates the waste from the Bys
tem, and adjusts the stomach for a
better assimilation of the healing
qualities of curative ingredients con
tained in the syrup. This, togethet
with the soothing effects of the
other remedial agents contalaed in
combination, stamps it a very valu
able remedy for coughs, colds, bron
chitis, croup, hoarseness, sore throat
and all diseases of the throat and
lungs. Prices 25c and 60c.
"Purola" Laxative Cold Tablets.
The speedy relief for colds,
coughs, bronchitis, headache and
neuralgia. "Purola" Laxative Cold
Tablets have no peer in reducing
the fever and allaying the pains ac
companying and following La Gripp<
They move the bowels gently with
out griping and do not produce ring
ing in the head. Price 25e.
'Purola" Mentholated Catarrh
Balm.
A conunuea and long Bianaing
cold aften leads to catarrh In its
various forms. "Purola" Menthol
ated Catarrh Balm relieved catarrh,
hay fever, cold in ths head, cat
arrhal deafness, and all complica
tions arising from chronic nasal ca
tarrh. Price 25c.
"Purola" Euca-Menst (n Oough
Drop).
For that tickle In your throat;
checks spasmodic coughing; agree
able to the taste. Price 6c.
For Sale By
Keller Bros. Drag Co.
Sole Skagway Agent®.
THE ( RAFTERS GOOD THINGS.
The Crafters are a group of art
ists, printers, designers, writers, wh
make Greeting Cards for every pur
pose. Their style is unique, inspir
ing, earnest; the sentiments on
their cards are written for cultured
people who prefer to give a well
chosen beautiful card to a gaudy,
expensive gift.
The Crafters have been making
their cards for six years and have
friends nil over the U. S. A., in
Canada, in England, and in Europe.
Those who buy the Crafters' Publi
cations are delighted to send them
on to their friends.
Until this year he Crafters have
delivered their wares solely from
their own house in Kansas City
but their business has . grown so
they conceived the idea of distribut
ing their wares through Agents
throughout the country.
Crafters' Valentines and Easter
Cards on Sale at Keller Bros. Drug
Co.
Bonded WhisKeys—Gibson, Moun
Vunon and Belmont. The best of
Oeer—Blue Ribbon, Budweiser and
Pale Rinier, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67 n
What's a Skagway Omelet-?-You'll
never find out until you visit the
New Idea Bakery and DelieateSBen.
Take '-Purola" SODIUM PHOS
PHATE and give your liver a shake.
For Sale by Keller Bros. Drug Co.
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