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EDITORIAL
Till' -l N < i)MKS ri»
i of another summer is
Northland. The
sun is ri-iur. r;:diant from his
;■> the Southland.
With it i-onifs t!:«• promise of the
lit-st jv.tr unrth of sixty since the
halt-yon i!.:; : en Klondike's gold
in i\ I tile older parts of!
s frrjy the nrst lure
■ su'i-Arctic to daring souls.
m;e and toiled reaped
Iltit not all the treas
ur>'. ev< :i ;; tithe of it. was se-j
curd liy the :!r#t onrush.
X m :.i her greater!
ti--.;<ure tor those vet to explore ]
l! •• I ■! S.lver. ;.i:d gold. and oil,
a:'1 ■ :• < have been bounti- j
ed upon the Northland
•!.i- Atlantic to the Pa-]
citic ; : J from the Art-tic seas to
where the frost belt borders the
•emp' rate zone.
' arassed older countries I
.v uiie and dissat
isfied nit Wages there are going |
down, ai'd the future is uncertain.
Ui d-Mooded men want to }i»-t away
from siutl conditions. They want
;i ei:ui;i'e u< launch out into fields I
wiiere there is a hope of wincing— |
whore they can start the race of life I
.•ve:i and have a fair, free run for
t: .' land affords. They can
the land affords. They find those I
iiinilirions in t!u» Yukon. for this
reason will th- re lie a rush to the ,
Northland this year. Yukon may as
well realize it. Not only individu
als. hut in initio companies. opera
- • ■ traffic people and men
of i..« en'' rprises also are coming.
A bright day is dawning in the I
Nor1. '. The sun comes up. Arise j
.. :■! ~:i-t —Dawson News.
A »hoe tminnfaeturer says
t!:it in 11>i- crNis religion can save
Anu'riean Industry. What good'li the
shoftnaher get "Ut of the saving of
souls? i
A I.i S'H'ii'ty woman psycho- I
analyst say« tlie patient must love the
doctor to uli'ain a complete cure. This
iH'ly is I la Me to get some fool doc
tor shot.
At this time of the year It Is well
to remember that Death valley Is no
•trier than the winter air in the aver
rice American limae. A good rule Is
to let In a little liumhllty.
How li will it lie before we heer
tbar Euro rem'ers have charted
efT the air in -r there anil come to a
cutiiplete ''ei - . ;'ling on each oth
er's splli "'•?
Sweden -• m; »o try the experi
ment of t-« hnieal experts for Its cab
inet. Tli" J'--!:;' r Is n noted sclen
tis. Sei,•!,!': *i> • fes will Indeed, be (
u novelty in government.
po;'-?:>r r •n!ji:--ment 1« finally at
hand, iii'i'ur ' a-» ti- n report made to
r... Cnlfi ' S .• • '' 1 :a'ier of Ccm
laen-e. \'r.< : i. • '..ay of saying
that prVe* ar.M cuia ag u_>wu. Oh.
Just of saju.^ IL _
Prospects Good
for Turists
Many People are Traveling North
west in Preference to tioing
Abroad.
Prospects for an I'nprecedented
tourist jntlux into Alaska and the
Pacific Northwest this year were
brightened when railway and steam
ship officials reported an avalanche
of inquiries from all sections of the
country relative to the scenic, eco
nomic and homeseeker possibilities
of this section.
Another factor that will give mo
mentum to this tourist activity is the
announcement of IV. II. Oliti. assist
ant general freight and passenger
agent of the I'nion I'acitlc system In
Seattle, that homeseekers' rates from
Council Bluffs. Ia.. Omaha, St. Joseph
and Kansas City to Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho would become ef
fective next month. These liberal
rates, to be effective until October,
will act as a big travef impetus to
this section, say passenger men.
Flow Northward
That a big share of the 1921 tour
ist movement through Seattle will
flow northward is indicated by the
statement of K. Grant Mc.Micketi.
passenger traffic manager of the Pa
cific Steamship Company, the Ad
miral Line.
"Americans are ueiermiuru >u
Alaska First' this year, judging from
inquiries which load the mails every
day from all parts of the country,"
announced Mc.Micken. "Although the
passenger season to Alaska does uot
normally begin until June, a host of
Easterners are already arranging
their northern itinerary. Last year
witnessed a tugh tourist movement
to Alaska, but we expect 1921 to
break all previous records."
Special homeseekers' tickets, an
nounced by the Cnion Pacific, will he
placed on sale the first and third
Tuesdays of each mouth from April
to October. These provide a round
trip limit of 21 days with stopover
privileges. The tickets apply to all
Oregon points east of Sherman, in
cluding Bend and other branch line
points: also to all Idaho points, ex
cept to points on the main line be
tween Seattle and Portland and the
Grays Harbor branch.
This means that these special rale
tickets cannot be purchased directly
to Seattle or Portland, but passenger
may come as far west as Yakima.
Washington, for StIO from any of the
points mentioned above. The closest
a passenger can get to Portland is
Sherman, on a ticket costing $62.50.
—Empire.
Need of Friendship.
Hi* that can <>iilv be useful on Croat
occasions may die without exercising
his abilities iiini - mil a helpless spec
tator of a thousand vexations which
fret away happiness ami which noth
ing is required to remove hut a little
dexterity of conduct and readiness of
expedients. Nu degree of knowledge
attainable h.v man is aide to set him
ahove the want of hourly assistance,
or to extinguish the desire of fond en
dearments and terete** ntlleiousness;
and, therefore, no • should think it
unnecessary t>> leave tlmse arts hy
which friendship is-jincd. Kindness is
preserved hy c<.aslant reciprocation of
henetits and interchange of pleasures;
hut such henetits can only he bestowed
as others are capable to receive, anil
such pleasure* Imparled as others are
qualified to enjoy.—l>r. Samuel John
son.
Vectis and Mona Islands.
Vectis is the Roman name of the
Isle of Wight, an island lu the Eng
lish channel, belongiug to liaiupshlte.
England, separated from the mainland
by the channels of Solent and Spit
head. It is reversed by a range of
chalk downs, and Is noted for pic
turesque scenery. Its area is 145
square miles. Mona is the Latin name
of Anglesea. Augelsey, or Anglesea, is
an Island and county of North Wales,
which lies northwest of the mainland
from which 1t is separated by Mcnal
strait. It was an ancient seat of the
Druids, was conquered by the Unmans
under Su«tonlus I'aulinus in CI A. l»„
and by Agricola In 7S. Later It be
came a Welsh stronghold.
Burden of Riches.
Those who envy tin' rich should
read what William Henry Vanderhilt
said, shortly before his death: "The
care of $200,000,000 is too great a
load for any brains or back to bear;
it Is enough to kill a man. There is
no pleasure to he got out of it as on
offset—no good of any kind. I have
no real gratification or enjoyment of
any sort more than my neighbor, who
is worth only half a million. So when
I lay down the heavy responsibility, I
want my sons to divide it and share
the worry which it will cost to keep
it."
This decision about moving your I
Itcker is a good deal like the famous
recipe for cooking a rabbit.
It Is a lean and haggard year In
•:en«atinn when some kind of a graft I
Investigation is not going on.
Largest Portrait in the World
Tin- |il!nt.'uT!i|>li shows the huge -jSoytrfilt of President Wilson, said to be
tin- largest imrti-jiit ptiintint; In thQ world, on exhibition In front of the United
*inu < iii Washington. The jjhititlng, which is done In oils, wax used
d'jriu--' the Victory loan campaign,
)».-><Ml Yearly on l^uli Kisli Trap
Anions Important Hems Included.
iH'iti.ic n:: mm v<; i.ikki.y
iniliMrii's Aliened I'lobaMj Will I5e
(Jive" Chance to Make Olijciliims.
Juneau, April 7.—A complete ten
tative tax list for Territorial reven
ues for iho present biennium. from
which i! is believed at lease $ -" i1.
000 income additional to the returns
of previous years lias been arrived
at. I»v the Territorial House Ways
and Means Committee.
May Hold Hearings •
!t is generally believed among
the members that the House In the
Committee of the Whole will hold
public hearings for the conisderation
of the measure and give the indus
tries affected an opportunity to
present their case if they have ob
jections to offer. It was emphasized
that the schedule fixed was tem
porary and would he used as a
basis for arriving at the final figures.
The final draft of the tentative
measure was not completed at yes
terday's session of the Committee
and it will hardly be presented be
fore some time next week. It is
hot believed that there will be any
changes made In Committee before
it is presented to the House.
Proposed Territorial Taxes (Yearly)'
Reindeer. per carcass $ .50
Hairy rows, per head 2.00
Fur buyers. non-resident 150.00
Ilitntin^ license, non-resident 50.00
Newspapers, daily a: <1 weekly 100.00
Newspapers. trl-weeklv 60.00
Newspapers, weekly and monthly (Including magazines of
general circulation) 25.00
Joli printing plants mot connected with newspapers) .... 25.00
Automobiles, privately owned, not for hire 10.00
Automobiles for hire rated by capacity $15.00 to 25.00
.Manufacturers nonalcoholic beverages 100.00
Hotels and lodging houses tincorpntains 25.00
Dealers in above, except soda fou orated towns) per bed... 1.00
Huad houses and lodging bouses (outside of incorporated
townsi per bod ( .25
l>anco balls and assembly halls (rented for any purpose . 25.00
Fish. fresh or frozen, per pound '. .001
Sawmills, lumber cut per M. feet TV M ". .10
Shingles, per M -05
Ores mined per ton graduated as to value. 1-10 mill to .... .15
(travel handled by dredges or hydraulic. 1-10 mill to .15
Iti-rriiig by-products (rcdtKi'd tax)
()il. per barrel .40
Meal, per ton .40
Marble. gypsum. building rock and duxes (exclusive of
roek dump' per ton .10
Coal dealers, per ton sold .05
Commercial Travelers, for each' house represented 50.00
Fisherman's License, non-resident 10.00
I'cddlers 100.00
Public bath houses, per tub 5.00
Fish traps, any kind 500.00
Found Out Vt<hy.
My most embarrassing moment whs
one Cliristmus 11 l'cxv years ago. I
had been nt :i friend's liome admiring
tier gifts. tuiiJ mi my way home I met
another frionil. 1 told her where I
had tieen anil mentioned some of the
gifts I hud seen, anions which was a
novelty vnnltv hag cntall'iig niiieh ar
duous hand w«irk, which I described
exactly, telling what 1 1 h>miirlit <>r the
laek of wisdom In spending so much
time mid effort on such n useless sift.
My listener agreed with mc rather
lamely, 1 thought. When I reached
home I could see why. because she was
on her way from having delivered for j
me a present which was identically
the same as the or.e I had ridiculed
to her.—Exchange.
Slept Thirty-Two Years.
Surely n subject for the speculative
psychologist is the record sleep in
dulged in hy Ciir iline Ohlson, a i
Swedish girl. In lSTo, when only a |
child of four!een years, she fell into n !
long trance in the Island of Okuko, In .
the Baltic, and remained unconscious
for ML' years. Food was administered
to her. although she seemed quite uit- j
concerned. Nor did she respond to
any inquiry during that long time.
Then suddenly she awoke, no longer
a girl, hut a middle-aged woman, and
the most careful examination could
not reveal the slightest weakness or
mental effect. After coning out of her
long trance Caroline enjoyed very good
health.
Fossilized Blood.
Elood is :iii o.Uremely perishable
substance, yi>t truces have been left
and have been recognized after lapses
of several thousand years. Traces of
blond six thousand years old have
been found in mummies, and blood
stains have been discovered upon
bandages used In the surgery of
ancient Egypt. In Siberia remains of
It were recognized in frozen mam
moths. whose flesh was fresh enough
to be eaten by dogs after about 175,
O'H) years of Icy entombment. R. L.
Moodie of the University of Illinois
has found in the bone of a dinosaur
snine bodies which looked remarkably
like Wood, but his Investigations have
now satisfied him that they were real- |
ty blood.
"According to Hoyle."
Edmund Hoyle (1672-17(59) was an
English writer no whist ami other card
games. He was the first man to sys
tematize tfie laws of whist, and for a
time lie supported himself by teach
ins the game. His famous "Short
Treatise 011 Whist" appeared in Lon
don in 1742. Rules for other games,
which included the "Short Treatise,"
has passed into many editions. His
name has become proverbial, and
."lloyle," in common speech, means a
hnok of rules and instructions for card
paiiies. especially the famous old book
edited by Hoyle himself. The common
expression, "according to Hoyle,"
means following the rules laid down
In Hoyle.
Mothe
/or L
"In home emergencies, first aid
means 'Motheraicl.' At such times
it is good to know that bandages
and remedies are handy."
A feeling of confidence, both in
Mother and in her fir. : d outfit, is
a feeling the whole fan 'Ay enjoys.
Promptness in agencies
comes first, but cleanliness and
quality must not be sacrificed.
Wc have a full supply of bandages, oint
ments, disinfectants, <1 cotton and
adhesive plaster in f:.; ily size packages.
Your hands will be the lir^t to touch these
carefully prepared matcri.;\ We can supply
hot water bottles, syringes f.•! other rubber
goods of the best manufacture. When
emergency finds yon lackiii'* any needed
article, a call will find us oi;vt to respond.
Home First
is. &li. J
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
In Denmark farmers are required to
number and lnitiul each ecu sent to
market. If one 01; two eggs are bad,
the farmer is fined; If three are bad,
he Is boycotted. At that rate, the av
erage bunch of eggs the American con
sumer gets would get the producer
hanged.
To Change Plumage of Canary.
One of the wonders that may be
wrought with the canary in captivity
Is the regulation of the color of his
plumage by feeding. That the color
of canaries may be deepened or in
tensified by certain color foods during
the "molt" Is well known and some
time ago the Department of Agricul
ture at Washington issued a pamphlet
on tills -subject. Tumeric, marigold
flowers, saffron, cochineal, annatto,
port wine, mustard seed and other
agents rich in color are often used
for this purpose, but Mr. Wetmore
says that these probably exert very
little Influence. He says that so far
as known all successful color foods
for canaries have red pepper as the
base.
Progress Never Ceases.
The tree of life from primordial cells
up to mammals shows Intelligence ever
widening up to man, declares a writer
In the Minneapolis Journal. The hu
man tribe and clun have foreglcums
of their organization in the social life
of bees and ants. All animals are
somewhere on the road to progress.
Some stop at one point and some al
another. But the higher animals ro
talning plastic power are but a little
behind the lowest type of man. The
separating line seems to be that man
in some stage of his career becomes
self-conscious and reaches abstract
conceptions. Many animals clearly
display elements of conscious life that
reach a more complete manifestation
In man.
Metternich's Egotism.
Instances of Metternich's self satis
faction are everywhere In his autobi
ography and his private letters; one
could almost be persuaded that the
great Austrian statesman and diplomat
was quite fond of himself. "I Judge of
the Revolution more truly than most
men who have been lu the midst of it,"
he writes. "I have to meet the Ger
man ministers, they expect me as a
Messiah." "Faln's memoirs of the
year 1813 are worth reading—they
contain my history as well as Napo
leon's." "The public Journals, which
do not usually pass me over, follow
me step by step." "As an Instance
of how right as such Is acknowledged
by the majority of people, I may men
tion the thorough confidence shown in
me by all parties." In a letter de
scribing his daughter Hermione lie
says, "She Is very like my mother; |
therefore, possesses some of my j
clianiN"—Kansas City Star.
World's Lsr.flitt C.ir Ferry.
The ik-..' -iil' ferry line, which
Is iK'illU phl< " ! tu I'1'"1 I I'tW.'I'll hng:
lmiil and Sweden, "ill I «• I lie lon«e»t
In the world. A tremendous ferry
hunt \\itli i fnn.ishlns about
IS.lKiO ln.i- ' '
helttcl'll the tv
Upon Us !'
fill's ill lei L'H . I
be provisions
[ from ill'.' lirM u
j eel her v itli ■ i iii
ami other
Jounii'y ni -
riving mi I;;
Once pre i ■■
Swedish : c:i ■
It Is ollVln ■
ins hotli in '
thus ni1'
•r i- to travel daily
• i "inirii's, hearing
!;- fri::.'li> iriiins 4S
- this (here will
•r taking travelers
tin- fninih rlass. to
rortlns. l't'1 H;|ell;l'll'S
-J c;li;ic I'etlHIlVS. Tins
e< :: s hum's. After ar
I i!:- freight train at
hi"iii tl.e Knglish or
:?■: till' 'as.; may lie.
.. a I ri'UH'leloils sav
► n :il'nr can he
Ncv F
"Very ii
tnnt." i- i !■«•
pre~^ '1 fiini
mlssii ii of | '
appears thai
kind are in in*
"I have m i
but I know i
Marco;:',
telegraph ■
what «'.'in l"1 '!
hj; wireless
terest to •
The two i !
covery <■ '
mission of l '1
and police
American.
Ill) h,
cs by R.-.dio.
i.inl wry iii'por
>;i| recently < x
•:'i!ii:_- the tians
i 't< I>y radio. It
• ! '.y-ii'iiiK »f this
• d "tit at present.
I hi; experiments,
•-niltinned
s wi ii' sent over
several years ago, and
:i.. !,y wire i*>i:i he done'
1 will I c great lu
ll tin- progress made,
us,■; to which the dis
i'!'e the 'liilek trnns
i - fur newspaper
j.i:t j ' ' s." — ScichtitiC
Rich Sulphur District.
At some rriu.t:.; tiino tlit-re musr
have Iii-i-ii ir.".irin!oiis volcanic activi
ty in tIj>- re- ii w'.t i-ll Is Imla.v the gulf
coast of I. T.xas: for in
those parts I'miud deposits of sul
phur vastly i itL' hi quantity any
known nl-owhere in the world. Tlicy
nro 1'i'Vi•; 1 < l>\ hundreds of feet
of later Sfilini«'ii;;ii*y material, and to
gi>t in the -tilplutr, deep welt* han to
lie gunk. : • In ted water is forced
il.iwn , - ii> melt the sulphur,
which ! 'it i" the surface by the
power of compressed air. (to coollns
it is re: i • iip.:.i'iir, Mni; 00 per
cent inrre.
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TIME TABLE No. Hi
^ • d
Tuesday and Fri.lry
No 1, Jf. Bound
1st Class.
8:30 a.m. Leaves
11:00 a. m. " '
12:40 p. m. "
2:10 p. m. "
4:30 p.m. Arrive
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CAIICROSS
WH1TEHORSE
So. 2, S. I}onr.;l
1st. Class
Arrives 3:45 p.m.
Leaves 2:1-0 p.m.
" 12:43 p.m.
" 10:55 a. m.
S: 30 a. m.
Passengers must be at tho depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket, and 76 pounds with each half fare ticket.