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'EDITORIAL J
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LINCOLN- FEBRUARY 12
I" '-•■ 12th is coming to stand out
I :i x'..••» ( a!"ttdar of our country :v»
• w sreit days. It cj-ldbrat
t e birthday of cur gr-at PJ^g
1'y .ill the ordinary rulrf. of
■i:t ard U«ritacr, Lin
••>■'.1.1 !:avp tv>n one of the
. . !■ . no me.; and pti!»onagee
. i ;■ little hamlet, on the
: '.'Tin Illlncls. He was
•- Till;, gocdi*. in ot'portun
. ; • • r .duration, in ancestry and
*• t. in most of the things
: rid r K'rfC.ry to siic
■•?. Ot the otlif,T hand he was
i . ;m f-" ability t> apply him
in^ tpath,> wisdom,
>u;;l i>om- r of utilizing
io l.and. in a s^n- and mark
i.h lift*<1 him ftbOTe the
all?!«»* of the cc"®sion,
:I in an exceptionally
■:>'!ve judgtm-nt of
ri<-h <pa!id«« combined
'. r • • i. :'rtt.d rich and 'n
rt;"- it'by mad* him
: ; :-.l is mating him greater
! frv\ Hi; *"n$e or humou
k rr. l>ut what milv>s it ap
r.i d i- the marveloufc use he
'it. His lift' i* replete
■ of how a simi'l • ! um
"n< »•' • ha* clincM th" ar
• it ttirr.od the anger of the
:■ ir s-jTit a shaft of light la
-• r. .. .i-'.bject and made It
■ ar ;.s d 'j". Xo .vm«"rican since
l:b day po^Bese^d the
.• (■;' concise and clear
t o:" , 'ish ap did Line l i
j and his state pa
P r e> iuiomrarably the finest
■ :,iv. n. He could flafch with
i ,i- :i but it was ahvays un
n;rol. ITo could take tie
t':.!- of a cabinet member lie was
. ni.ush to t-- humble and wise
\ to use those who would con
t. to the good of the country
:urt:. r the gr> at cause of Un
There is more of r'al merit
i li-' and history for the
f thc coia:ng jener
: i c n V - found in any
. : : in American Histo
ry. I
THf { POWER COM
PANY'S REPLY
.Mr. Tj.\*>ay r:
V, a . . n f the re
II. i.: * Powr Co. to a re*
e-at article ia the *\?b. 3rd Alaa
i.ju. The Town Council is YOUR
rci,-.-c».u.'.U' c iu U.M uu stioa.
Hfs tha Countll made a fair offer I
to the Company? Tlio Company,
says, fvo: The council sayfe, }»es.'
]:.\imln6 the facts <*a pr«s°nted.
Notic* the Homo Power Oo. In
cludes the 10 big Broadway light?
of BOO AV. each when theBe Hghts
hare no connection with the mat
ter at Issue. They rePrd^nt-a con
tract b0twcen the mePchants and
th° Home po^*t>r Oo- in which a
fjrmer Council helPed out by !>*>>'
la^ $10 a month for light current
Thes'" w«r0 for dl^pliay Jighta only.
*L?-t ye-*' th<i Comcil p ll $135
for current for these lights- Sub
tr'aot from $1448 and you hav
$1313 paid last y*ar for 73—60 W
lamps. Homp Power Co. charge
agflnst this $045 for Int. and up
ke*® or $76S net or 5.8 Oent.< per
Kw. not 3:3-5 cent/! Per Kw. Rut
the Home Power Co. knows that
J20O0 Is an ^xorMtftnt charge for
line1 and pol<«s most of which is »1
s° used for houi,» lighting etc
$1000 is liberal- Its hooks will
al3o r he w that t'h« linem?n employ
ed by the Home P°wer <-1° nioro
th*i. make? his salary in repairs for
light useJTs- So that upkeep of lino
instead of costing Home Power Co
ABOOT $1.00 a day «ostj< not more
tn*n 40 cent? a day for upkeep o
$146.00 a year. plus $S0 interest
i? $226. Council offend for "3—60
W. lights $1020.00 a year. This
a'im icinup int. and upkeep ($226)
is net $794.00 or 5 cents per ICw.
jllot far from Council's 6 cent state
inert.
| Home Power Co says all light an
|P: v r companies give rates to "larg
consumers" of heat and power. 'Wh
does it Ieave out light? Is a 3 Kw.
i Ueat < ser a "Large Consumer" ? yet
[more than one getU a 2 ci^nt Kw
| rate Id Skagway. Certainly the
Town or a company using $1000.00
of lights would not be called a
small user in a toVn of this size
The town Is therefore, by the Home
Power Co.'s admifcions, entitled to
a sP*<*i3l rate
If Home Power Co. had the-e fig
ure* why did it never pr^'nt them
to the Council or Council's Commit
t«»?
Tt abo states that if the Town
is pnable to pay it would be Pleased
t,> eive lights "for several month*,
free. The Taxpayers r»]>r^;pnta
ttves ^re not asking the Company
fo • Cnarity; they are tnprely asking
! for " square deal on the light qiie-s"
! '.Ion.
I In another paragraph tlio Compan
| gays oil Fri Jay F*'b. 4th th« light
I QCes'ion WAS SETTLED ON" A
FAVORABLE} COMPROMISE. b
twt<?n the Company and on<> council
mati pnd th« Mayor, and the light .
weie turnejd on. Therfe is no ques
tion that Council SW^ct committe'
' acted exactly an it was instructed
;to ait by the unanimous vote n
the Council, after fall and care
ful consideration. The Comnritie
"had no oth^r alternative- It had
med and tried to g*-fc some settle
ment but could not. If £he Homo
Power Co. l^a<i a counter offer to
make, why <Jid it not put it in writ
ing and hand it to the Select Com
mittee, aa]dng that it be consid
ered at the coming Council me*t
[iug, and in the nieantime lights on
Ipjndiug a settlement? Jaetad <
j taking this, the businesslike courts;
it ignores the Committe0 and charg
es "Prejudice". In the inte^st, o
I £iiirness w« aak, "was not the Com
[ciny, even if unintentionally so; do
ing an injuptice?''
j Further, wag the Company justi
fied, wh«n the Council asked for a
(meter in the interest of economy,
to state to Council that the Compa
ny would so arrange it that Coun
cil woiiid hive to pa* as much by
meter as oa tho old flat rat''? Wajs
it fair to put a minimum of $50 Per!
month on the town when the Coon-. '
til was willing to pay the maximum I
rota of 10 cents a Kw,. metered |
and privata usei£ are onUi given a
udnlmum of $1.00 Per mouth?
No taxpayer, Councilman or towns
Diau, K^eks to take advantage of
the Company! in any particular. The
Council Is Justified in seoking t'
reduce expenses of the town, when
this can b° done without iujufc-tict
to another. The Home Power Co.
! admitted that a reduction was poss
ible; the figures appear to prove
that Council's offer was reasonable
•asd fair to all parties concerned.
,r.'is Home Powey Co. presented.
to Council an ottfjr in writing at'
iU iu«etlng Monday night. If tills
ctf<>r Is what it appoa^3 to b,j, tlio j
Company has made th6 Town a rea
sonable offer and, Council will prob
ably "accept on that basts and the
ll*Ut question will! be settled.
"FREE GRATIS"?
The Daily Alaskan was Interest
ed In th<" light question only as
other tax payers are lntereisted. It
did not s°ek to have the water ques
tion Drought In but In as much as
the Ilome 1'owr company seems to;
bo under the Impnd'slon that the
town is mnjclng money out of Its
water rentals and Insisted that the
paragraph relative to the Water be
"-Inted in Its reply the following
explanation Is made to show that
the H'>tne Power company is mistak
en in its contention.
r.ast fall; when the Kom0 Power
company made its new contract
wiih the town; the Co. thought it
saw a cbanco to get the revenue
p-.l<l fvtho town by the Alaskan for
water; which was $10.00 Pgr month
lo. , „ small Pelton motors ettl
*? directly by inerving the year
1* rate to the-city or by forcing
the Alaskan to use power from the |
company.
A.i.ji many conference with '
Hotr.e Power Company the town
council :igree(j t0 pay $25.00 Per
month additional for the five win
ter nunth.s or a total of $123.00 a(
year The council th<»n increased
fire r.'tr to the Alaskan $5.00 pe
month or $60.00 a year. T>'
pjtg the Alaskan's water sr>rvi<y j
at $1*0.00 Per v^ar; of which th*
Hc:n ■ I'oiwer company g^tp $125.00 I
Ic-ivng $55.00 per year for the |
town in pa«mf'nt for water power
Thl^ agreement wa^ arrived at nf-j
ter the cotincll had conferred with
lh,. Alaskan and learned that the I
Alnsknn was willing to pay an addi-l
tfona! $60.00 Per ye"r. Th° council
decided that th? r<fceipt of $56.00
net I'^r year frr.m the Alaskan was ,
a better Investment than compelling
it to tane elrctr)•. service from the
Home Power Co. from which no
r<-venup would acme to thn town.
The Alaskan pays ill addition to
fhL- •am $26.00 Per }>ar for wa
fr in lite Alaskan building for
oth"r I'tirpos'S.
Th. company In making its claim
fir the Increased water rate made
tli« sPerlous plf1a of a fear of wat
er shortage when It Is a posltiv*
fact t'li'f with the two small Pel
ton minors running on an aggregat?
mutt c£l 7 houty. Per d;iy six j
('.aya in th* went will consume Ic-s
tniier tban will the large Pclton
wheel at thg P°wor plant In one
twenty-four hour working dav. j
Xot™ ihstandin< the i''a '^at
there might be a ^hbrtago of wat
er1; It is al»so a well known fact
that when the town had " much
larg.r populntion than It now ha^
or for four or five y®a»£ past
there has been no nec&slty for go
ing on steam as there hag been at
all times an aniple water supply
fori all purples.
The- Home Po%vr company wish t
infer to the taxpayers that the town
i3 making a revenue fr.im its wat
<"-r system, and therefore inf"rent
ially that the Home Power company
should set more for turning the t
wat^r into the city> mains. By I
selecting its figures and leaving out
many essentials the company tries'
to make out a good cape; but do<\s I
it? Why did the H. P Co. not
u,3e the fiprurqa of the Past year??
Look at them and this puestion Li.
answered. ' '
K.vtrait from Town C'erU's !> oUs for
pnriod fremi ,liitiii-rv 1, 1920 to DcC'tu
ber 31, 102":
Labor, mains nml extensions $1,5^1.25
Oil. ga-olipp aril supplies 23135
New material, pipe, etc. 415.90
Salary of W ime (estimated) 1,200.00
Collection «:iter rentals to i>.c. 3CHI.(HI
Inter?st on K',0.000 at 8 p. c. 2,403.00
Home Powar Company 1.575.00
Total Expense 7.749.80
Koceij. s 2,997.93
COSTOFFIKE HVD15ANTS $4,751.87
This is certainly some showing
against the assertion made by the
Home Power company that the city
is getting fire protection for noth
ing.
Why was no mention made of the
fact that tbe city Ua3 more than
$30:000.00 Invested In its water j
TO HELP PROMOTE BIG FIGHT
William A. Brady, Theatrical Man,
Associated With Tex Rlekard and
Charles Cochrane.
William A. Brady, noted theatrical
producer and jiroiuoter, who, with Tex
Hlckard and CliaVles B. Cochrane, will
Jointly promote the half-million dollar
contest between Jack Dempsey,
world's heavyweight champion, and
Georges Carpentler, French champion
The match will take place between
William A. Brady.
'February 1 and July 1, 1921, and will
tie for ten or fifteen rounds. Under
the agreement Carfieutler will receive
J'J(H).OiKl. while Dempspy will drav
town SHOP.'OOO.
'maltvs 'IC did not fall to sea
the matter of Investment when
shaking of th® I-Iome Power compa
ny nor did It fall to |9®e the llttla
Item of t'i© Una man and his 'wag
es when it 'was figuring about 1&
own iroDeitJ'; and the Item of the
;lty'e investment of J30;000.00 at
8 percent Is $2; 400.00 Per year
with no sinking fund from reven
ue.
Why was no mention made of the
fact, which Is well known; that
Mr. Sinie'b tim6 is almost entirely
taken up; both summer and winter
in looking after the water system
or that one hundred dollars pe
month Is; as it sHoiuld be; debt'
against the water system; makinr
»n Hew of $1;200 per year; a!
he fails to mention the mat^r of
colli ction of water rental* at 10
Per etnt which would add another
$309.0C to the expense to tl>e mun
nclpal watpT1 sj-steta. )
Hut the Home Pow<*r company did
not see it; and tliinkfc tihat th$ tax
f>ay*r,s do not se® it and that th«
town 1p making mon^y and getting
fl'e Protection for nothing; or as
the Hom0 Tower Ob. puts it "free
Gratis"'.
Th" fact is that the Home Power
company is making money and hag
b-en payng a good dividend on itJ
capita] rtock; .'!0 p®r(eQt in '£16;
and fr m more recent figures from
a certain staciholder 20 per Cent.
This is probably a higher tfata
of . rofit than any other concern do
ing busine»s in Skagway is making.
If Skarway moves forward this com
Ing 'ummeir the Home Power com
pany stands to make a big increase
on its Past high percentage of In
come. Evun ae conditions now ex
ist in Skagway by a more ferogres
*'ve policy it could materially in
crease its revenue. The Ala<sJcaji
has fclveti conslderabla SPace to
t is matter of light and water in or
dT that the taxpayers might 6«e
It from all sldas and unless some
subsjrib0r wishes further light on
the Object the matter! will regt
t®re. . "j f lj*
True, the ancients {rot along rery
well without sugar, but then It Is hard
io be nu ancient nowadays.
The high cost of living may oppress
the hearts of men, but the shopping
districts- are as lively as ever.
The mighty has fallen. Zeebrusse
Is now a sho\V place 'which acrbof;
can -visit for so innch a Weaa.
"Horse sense" was well enough in
the old days, but what one needs now
for snfety is nutomobiie sense.
The price of brooms is coining down,
out you have to raise more dust to
get the maid to sweep'the room.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cur# Itch
ing, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles. Instantly relieves Item
ing Piles, and you oun get rest
ful sleep after first application.
60c. ' .
Ancestral Home in
English County of
"Hero of Two Worlds"
J In the village of Sulgrave, Eng., In
the heart of the Northamptonshire
lanes. Is still to be seen the manor
house in which, until 1006. there lived
•the family of Laurence Washington,
whose great-great-grandson, finding
his way to Virginia in 1657. was to
become the great-grandfather of
George Washington, the first President
of the United States. Carved in the
corner of the stone lintel of this manor
bouse is to be seen the Washington
Stars and Stripes.
It was this great descendant's stroke
for liberty that drew from the Eng
lish statesman, Chatham, the whole
hearted declaration: "If I were an
American as I am an Englishman,
while a foreign troop was landed In
rnj country, I never would lay down
my arms—never, never, never." Chat
ham did not stand alone; with him
being Pitt and Shelburne, all of whom
saw that the threatened liberties of
England could' be saved In Washing
ton's birthday.
Washington won for himself the ti
tle of "The Hero of Two Worlds,"
as a result of the victory of the Brit
Ish democrats who fought for more
liberty under the rule of the kiuj;,
made effective by Washington's suc
cesses. The title was bestowed upon
him by Thomas Carlyle, who also nick
named him "Sclpio Amcricanus" and
"Cromwell-Grandlson." the latter title
being given him because, like Crom
well, he fought to crush the pretense
of a king.
The house, in Northamptonshire,
England, was built before the domes
day survey, and caine Into the posses
sion of the Washington family ln.loO-l.
In 1014 the mansion, home of the an
cestors of George Washington was
bought by the British Peace Centenary
Main Entrance to Old Sulgrave Manor
House.
committee In celebration of the one
hundred years' peace between I'up
land and America. A committee of the
Sulgrave society met In Ma tidies: «*r to
raise an endowment fund f««r repairs
and furniture. Toward this the Sul
grave Institute of America contributed
$50,000; $25,000 was raised in London,
and Manchester furnished the balance
of $50,000. Amonp the subscription*
was $2,500 from the Stars and Stripes
Women's club in Manchester, collected
as a memorial to the American sol
diers who died in the city.—Detroit
News.
WASHINGTON.
Dust of the gTay years cannot dim thy
name.
Nor changes chill thy country's pride In
thee;
Thou art as aoine bright tire that
steadily
Burns high above the little crackling
flame
That lesser men may kindle, dreaming
fame
Is one with party's brief Idolatry.
On the low altars of humanity
Glory Is quenched by the first breath of
blame.
While the log's heart glowed with a liv
ing heat
I The fabled Meleager knew not death,
But when It cooled his own must cease
to beat
He to the envious gods must yield his
breath;
! But children's children keep alive for thee
The brand their aires' love kindled rever
ently.
—Frances Beers In New York Sun.*
Statu# of George Washington in Union j
Square, New York.
Had Dandruff and Pimples on
Hcsd, Cuticura Healed.
"I had a very !-ad case of dandruff
and there werr. punples on my head.
It would itch and burn at
night so I could hardly
6iccp. I.ly hair was dry
and lifeless and I could
comb it out by the handful.
"A f lend to'.J me about
So«p and Oint
rr.sr.t a id I dccidcd to give
tnem a tnr. . ana wnen i naa usea
three cake i 1 three boxes
of Ointment Z was healed.*' (Signed)
Albert Marshall, Do.x 373, Indianap
olis, Indiana.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal
cum are all yon need for all toilet
uses. Bathe with Soap, soothe with
Ointment, duL-t with Talcum.
. ' ' . "CotJrar»L*t)
v- - Soidovery
wli<*r-' So.-.. .ii • J,.i■ 'I;ilenm2Se.
flJ^^Culicurn cn; .. crt y;\ikoat mutt.
oka ►•way R^ady rt Are Learning
Tl;e Way
If* the Mttlo kidney lllj—
Tli" lame.weak or aching tack—
Tile unnoticed u:inary disorders—
TLa. may lend 10 dropsy and
Brlghts dispose
When the kidneys are weak,
Help th<-in with Doau's Kldncy
PUla,
A eraedy e-p?ci .lly for weak kid
uey a.
Doan's h.iro l> °j used in kidney
troubles for 50 yars.
Endorsed ny Suj-juo people—endor
sed by citizens of this locality.
llm S E Marsh 1720 Lincoln St
BelliLpbam, Wash, says: "I used to
bj subject to kidney disorders and
backache. _\t times I could hardly
st aightcn ui> when t got down my
•back waj to stiff end lazne. a few
of Doan's Kidney Tills soon stopped
that awful m:s°ry in my back and
put m> ki ir.cys in good working or
der. Of Uie years I have been fr«e
from this annoyance but Doan's
JCidney i'ilij would be my first con
si ler:i{ion :i I ever had occasion to
t)aL'o i kidney medicine agf-itf for I
know they lave no equal."
l'ric-> 60c; at : '1 dealers. Don't
simply ask l^r a i.iiney remedy—go
Uoan'H Kldn_.y rii s—;h0 san^ that
•>1rs Marsh bad. I" tter-Jlllbura Co.
Mfrs., Biftalo, N. V.
NOTICE TU CREDITORS.
IV TEE jlROCaTE COURT FOR
frill-, TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
A'VmOa No 1, AT SIvAGWA"*,
BEFORE: IIO.V JOSEPH J. F.
WARD; UNITED STATES CO.M
Ml-'olONER AND EX-OFFICIO
PROBATL JUD'JE.
i.\ THE il.'i i .EU OF THE ESTAT
_ OF
LIDA P11ET.PS, Debased,
Notlcn ij h "eby given by the un
•'ersigPed ndaiinhitratcr of the es
'ate of LId» i'helps Deceased, to th
creditors of; and all persons having
tl'ims against the e t.ite of said de
c<^sed, Pr'.-are th.ni with the nec
essary voucher , witliln the time re.
qnried by l?w, as.d to present them
to the undersigned at h.s residence
'u the Towa of Sfcaeway Alaska,
And you are further notified that
!?• any cl.um is not filed within
t!lo t4i)e Kjoregaid it shall be bar
rel. .A;ark Phelps
Administrator of the estate
of ..ida l'h'dps, Deceased.
First'Fublnation Jan. lS;h 1921
Final Publication Fob. 13th 1921
ORDINANCE NO. 133
water main extextions.
lie lt enacted !,; thG Town Council
of Skagway;
TUit from tke d te of the pas
sage of this ordinance no petition ci
r-UUoSt for an 0\twntion of the wat
er mains la tlie icwn of Skagway
ba favorably cou.ldorcd unless the
"s'lmated r.-st of such exteQtion be
lv>sa than one hundred dollars
(♦100 00) for ea-.:h and every bona
fida water user living on such ex
fntlcn.
Be It enacted further; •
■fhat shoi.ld one or mor0 Petition
er! exjire.ss ,i willingness to pay thg
cost in txcLts of one hundred dollar
(i 100 00) i er water user for an ex
bent'on of the water mains and
file with the town clerk a negoti
able cond or ot'uer negotiable secur
lty for such excess cost; The town
of S&agway agrcs to reray such pe
ticjocer on the basis of one hund
red dollars i?100.uO) for each bona
fida water usir v. ho shall later Pay
wter tax on eaid exteQtion until
the original petitioner is reimburse
for the principal withcut interest of
such uaym-.nt as he has advanced o
wot " snain extontion.
Passed oy tbQ Common Council
• liir 17th day of January 1921.
Approved: E. J. Shaw
JIayor of tho town o{
Skagway, Alaska
Attest: Walter JIcBrlen, Clerk.
First Pub. J"n. 18 1921.
Final Pub. Jan. £0 1921.
ORDINANCE NO. 133
TV ATI'It MAIN EXTEXTIONS.
l!« it <-'nactetl by tl'o Town Council
of SKagway;
Tbit from the d te of the P3*^
Jage of thiti ordinance no ?"tiiion ci
r-UUcdt for an 0xt.::ticn or the wat
er mains in tlie icwn of d.'cag-way
be favorably considered unless tho
»s'lma:ed cust of such extention be
1as8 than ono hundred dollars
(♦100 00) for each and every bona
fida water user living on such ex
fntlcn.
fie it enacted further; •
■fhat shoi.ld one or more Petitton
tri express ;i willingness to pay thg
cost In txc^s of one hundr(!d dollar
(■J 100 00) i-er wa'.er UEcr for an ex
&on»'on of the water mains and
f'le with the town clerk a negoti
able cend or other negotiable secur
lty for such excess cost; Tb© town
of S&agway agr'°s to reray such Pe
tiiiocer on the b"sts of on0 hund
red dollars i?100.u0) for each bona
fida water uscr vho shall later Pay
w»ter tax on saii e-xtenUon until
the original petitioner Is reimburse*
for tho principal witlicut interest of
such uayai-.nt as he has advanced o
wot 7 main extention.
Passed D7 the Common Council
..liIf 17tli day of January 1921.
ApProvc-d: E. J. Shaw
itayor of th0 town ot
Skagway, Alaska
Attest: Walter lIcBrlen, Clerk.
First Pub. Jan. 18 1921.
Final Pub. Jan. £0 1921.