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PENITENTIARY NOT XIIK PLACE
Ouo of the remarkable human in
terest. stories is that of the Boise
man who stepped into the Portlaud.
Oregon, police station the other
day and told the officers tbat hav
ing broken the conditions of his par
ole he wanted to be sei.t buck to
the Idaho penitentiary t
It was a case of booie, one of
the kind that comes to public at
tention every now and then. It ap
pears that the parole was grante.l
vMi condition that drink should be
ii t severely alone. The paroled
wan got drunk, went to Portland,
and when his spree was over gave
1 unself up, saying as he did so,
that he would rather serve the rest
of his time than to be a fugitive,
and that he hoped tue additional
. cv.rs of confinement in the peni
tentiary would cure him of the booz
- abit, or words to that effect.
it appears that this man was or
iginally convicted and sentenced for
burglary- From the fact of parole,
and the chief condition prescribed
therein, we may believe that he
was a prisoner of good parts, and
that the drink habit tvas held res
ponsible for his criminal course.
His action subsequent to breaking
bis parole supports tht=e conclu
sions.
In this and similar c;>ses it is
demonstrated that the general po
licy of sending all men who co'.n
init a crime to the penitentiary is
at fault. By this we do not mean
to say that the criminal should be
treated with a leniency which would
•unouut to indifference toward the
offense he had committed: but if
we are to admit such a thing as a
social conscience we should con
sonsider the cause and be govern
ed accordingly.
If th's Idaho man's '•ase is diag
nosed aright, the penitentiary is
not the place for him. Unquestion
ably he should have t>ecn detained
until the cause of his criminality
was removed, but the proj>er place
tor such detention would be in an
institution for the treatment of in
ebriates. That is the only ration
al course to be pursued in such a
< ;ise.
The boo«e victim may be cured in
the penitentiary, but that is not
exactly the purpose for which peni
tentiaries are maintained, and the
ihances of contaminaUon are great.
It is held, and justly, that druuk
enness is no excuse for crime, but
where it is plain that drunkenness
was the cause of crime the state
would only perform a duty and dc
itself a benefit if it should take
cognizance of that fact, undertake t
remove the cause, and thereby ef
fect a permanent reform and save
to itself a good citizen
Well known is t'10 fact that
a considerable class of criminals be
?an their career of crima by travel
ing over the drink route—a con
siderable class that never
would have been criminals if they
first had not been drunkards. So-.
ciety ought to give those men a
chance outside the walls of a peni
tentiary—not by any moans by ig
noring their acts and letting them
«o at large, but by detaining them
in an institution where they would
receive scientific treatment. such
a course would be one of social
humanity, and the cost of it would
be a good investment
STIRRING IT STRIFK
In every community there are cer
tain individuals, says the Juneau
Dispatch, who endeavor to earn a
living by stirring up class hatred.
Like leaches, they attach themselves
to one class, and attack everything
which another class may do. They
pose as reformers. They are purpose
ly blind to the very faults which
they magnify and attack when ap
pearing in any class other than thei
own. These people are merely
wolves in sheep's clothing. They
are destructive They are keeping
back real progress. They are so
cial and industrial parasites—worse
than useless.
These very same people are al
ways preaching peace. They preach
u world's peace. Yet there would
be as much sense in them trying to
stir up Tace hatred among the na
tionalities o£ the United States, and
getting citizens to le^.r at each
other's throats, as there is in the
course they pursue toward so-call
ed classes.
These people garble aud misquote
and twist and make misstatements
in order to perpetuate themselves on
the class on which they l'ecd.
There are lots of w rongs in. this
world. There will be wrongs al
ways. Xo particular class has a
monopoly on these. The broadest
constructive good will come not
trom stirring up passions and class
hatred, but from telling the absol
ute truth and branding evil as evil
wherever found, regardless of class,
or of sets of individuals or an in
dividual. Only through -he co-oper
ation of all classes and all individ
uals striving faithfully to realize
ideals and secure harmonv, with a
wide degree of tolerr.i ce and hu
manitarian principles in their hearts
Instead of narrow prejudice, hatred,
malice and spite, will the greatest
good come to the greatest number
and destructive error le eliminat
ed _
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reputable physicians, as the daiu
j age they will do vs ten fold to the
good you can possiily derive from
i them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
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lge<; the genuine, it is taken in
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by F. J. Cheney & Ca. Testimonials
free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c P®r
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
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January 29 ✓
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Mxkiy an Alaskan Reader Will Feel
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LOST HER DINNER.
A Surprise For a Hunter and Another
For a Panther.
An old hunter tells of a curlmis ex
perience he had some years ago In the
Ozarks. He had been trumping nil
morning when he came upon a grove
of trees, and, feeing tired, he stretch
ed himself ill :i slunly spot and fell
asleep lie says:
"1 woke a little later to find myself
covered with leaves and small brush,
t was puzzled, sure enough, for 1
couldn't think wlwt could have cov
ered tne up. but I decided to tind out.
first 1 nut a dead log about six feet
long, laid It where 1 had slept and
covered ll with leaves and nrush. 1
looked to see whether my gun was
loaded, and then 1 hid in a cluuip of
bushes some twenty or twenty-live
yards away After about twenty min
utes I heard a noise 1 peered out of
the hushes and ?aw a large she pan
ther coming through the trees, follow
ed by u quarter crown cub She cir
cled round the mound of leaves a cou
ple of times, l'lie cub followed every
action of its mother. After the sec
ond round the old panther crouched as
if for a spring She crouched lower
and lowct and l;e;i drawing her feet
closer together. She kept her eyes
fastened 0:1 'lie iimiiik! o! leaves an
ibe time:: 11! *w:iyet! i;. r tail from side
ro side with :i slow regular motion.
"Winn "In' had gathered her feet as
closc together :is sin- i-iuilil flu* sprang
for ttie pili* ot leaves she landed in
the very middle oi (lie pile and gave
several long, wicked rakes with her
hind feet. Then she began to smell
•md scratch in I lie leaves. It didn't
take liet loi.g to find out that there
was nothing but au old log there, and
she stopped scratching and began to
look about. 1 thought that now was
the time to settle matters. I was u
little to ber left and behind tier. I
caught a sight just at tlie base of her
ear and tired. She gave one leap and
a shrill scream and then lay still.
"After making sure that she was
dead 1 looked for the cub. It was sil
ting near by on the side of u leaning
tree, spitting and snarling angrily. I
soon put an end to that with a rifle
ball. I never knew a man so well
hunted as 1 was without being hurt
She probably took me for dead and
covered me to keep other animals from
finding me while she went after her
cub."—Youth's Companion.
Know how to give without hesita
tion. how to lose without regret, how
l,> acquire without meanness
1915 CALENDAR TADS
Several elzeg and styles of cal
endar pads just received at Keller
Bros. 12-1
F. & A. M.
VVliita Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Frl. Ev'gs. of each.
month. Visiting brotaers axe wer
coma. Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Whooler, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431. B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday even
V ^ ins at 8 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome. Jas. Kennedy,
Ex R. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Jvagies meets the xivsi and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiiting
brothers cordially Invited to attend.
Jhon C. Wood, W. P., J. W. Prlt
chett, Secretary.
m. sharp. Visiting brotters cordial
ly welcome. A. J. Achesoa, Arctic
Chiof, \v\ R. Hillary, Arctic Re
corder
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Open Evenings.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
SKAGWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALL1STER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist in th<i treatment of
■■•senses and deformules of tlie eye,
ear, nose and tfiroat.
Office; Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
Dr. E. M. BEVIS
Physician and Surgeon
JUXEAU ALASKA
Office—Second Street; in offices
formerly occupied by Dr. Simpson.
Attorney At Law.
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska.
W. B. STOUT.
Haines
Alaska.
Wkitehorse
Klaane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorsfi 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.
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Seattle, Tacoma, Vict ria
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Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave SkacjLUay
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And every ten days following. Modern comfortable ships,
excellent service Connects at Seattle with through passen
ger steam era.
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Sailing Tuesday, 10 a. m. and Friday, 5 p. m.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELHb, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all points in
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address V. A. PETERSON, Agent
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50, SKAGWAY
608 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
WINTER SAILINGS
S. S.JEFFERSON
JANUARY 11-23
FEBRUARY 3-15-27
MARCH 11-23
APRIL 4
Passengers will be transferred to
Vancouver or Victoria without
extra charge.
TELEPHONE NO. Cfl.
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January 27
February 10 24
Marcli 10 24
April 3 14 24
May 5 J 5 26
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