/ K. A A. M.
White P"ss Lodge
J* F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
ffrL Ev'gs. ot each
inou'-X Visiting brothers are »«■
loaie. Pliil Abrahams, Secretary
W. C. Wright, W. M.
Fraternal Order
Kegles—
Skagway Aerto
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagres mwt» the Qrt£ and third
We <sday r'gat ot each month at
their uall o«i Fifth avenue. Visiting
brotj' rs cordially Invited to attend.
Johr. Grcshel, w\ P.; J. AI. Keller,
Sccrai iry.
I">. p. O. ELKS
Skag'.vay LoUg
No. 431, B. P. O.
K. meet? ever
Chursilay nigbt a
^ 8 o'clock. Eli
e'ul> aac* reaain
room i>t en uai.y from 1 p. m. to
•2 iuuli 'i;ht. Visiting brothers cop
4..n" • eleon.?.—W. C. Blanchard
j:.\\ R. Geo. Magee, Secret-iry.
Aictic Brotherhood.—
C: uip Skagway Xo. 1
/ A. B. meets every Tues
uay evoniag at 8:0u p
r.\ s; arp. V: brothers cordial
ly lc. 3—p. J Rich, Arctic Chi*
W. I:. H.iierv, Arctic Recorder.
30:1 Infantry I.ixlge, So. 1390.
-.0\ \L ORDER OF MOOSE.
I'or Win. H Seward, Haines, Alask
R.-.-al-.- Mec;ings every Thursday
nigl4 it 7 . '-0 p. El. All visiting bro
tliers cordi:.' y welcomed.
A iy one desiring information
::bo:. e Lodge will confer a favor
by addroasin^
THE SECRETARY.
KOI > StOXAI. CARDS.
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MEDICAL AUTHORITIES
DISAGREE.
An emphatic different* of opin
ion between the highest disease au
thorities in two neighbor ng states.
Dr. L. M. Holm, state tasterologist
of Michigan and Pro/. Clyde Ross
Newell, bacterologist of the Universi
ty of Illinois, has bee a recently dis
closed. Dr. Holm scouts all the old
ideas and declares quarantine caus
es more deaths than it prevents by
the dread of unsavory publicity and
loss of work it spreads among tim
id people. Prof. Newell insists that
the disease must be confined and
well persons kept away from those
infected. The views of Dr. Holm
are the most radical yet expressed
by such an authority.
"Quarantine does more harm than
good-' he says. "In my laboratory
there are smallpox, scarlet fever,
diptheria and many other germs,
.v hy not quarantine the laboratory?
The germs are free to fly about and
spread disease if such a thing is
possible, and the laboratory is not
quarantined simply because science
knows that such a thing is not pos
sible. If precautions are taken
there is no reason why the members
of the family in which disease ap
pears should not go a.bout their
work. Instead of depriving them
of income ar.d making them depend
ent on the community, it would
be cheaper for the city to employ
nurses to care for patients and sup
erintend disease suppression. With
a competent person In the sick room
there is no re;tson why any other
person should contract the disease.
That quarantine does add to the
death toll of the supposedly con
tagious diseases I know from inves
tigation. Parents, whose children
are seized with disease, through
fear of being shut off from society
lesitate to call a physician, and
deaths occur before an anti-toxin ca
be administered. The anti-toxin
would do the work. In such states
as Massachusetts, where the state
board of health advocates the burn
ing of sulphur candles ard* other dis
Infectaats, the statu physicians in
their own minds are convinced it is
all a humbug, but permit the fumi
gations to satisfy te phublic mind."
"Precaution", says Dr. Holm, "wi
solve the problem. "It is personal
contact th;.* spreads disease. The
single 'ss from tho lips of a dip
theria patient or a tuberculosis pa- I
tieut can spread more disease and J
death than passing through a huu- :
dred rooms where persons are sick".
"It's all very well to talk about!
working in la'ooratories and passing
through sick rooms without fear of
contagion" replies Proi'. Newell—
"if one is well. It's the weaker per
sons whose systems have a vulner
able point, weakened and sluggish
by failure of the bodily functions
tuose are the ones who acquire dis
ease. And they will be suscept
ible whether by kissing the disi-a
ed person or by breathing the foul
air of the sick room. II ycu could
cork up all these germs then o^
course there'd be no danger. E"
you can't. The only sane thing to
do is to remove the healthy pe.v.oi
and leave the patients at home to
be treated or remove the sick per
sons and leave the rest 01 the frm-.
ily, flood the house with fresh air
and drive out the germs.
DIFFERENCES AKE SETTIjKD. |
The differences tha* liave exist-1
isted between the town council of
Skagway aud the Home Power Co.
since November 20th, of last year
as to the rate to be charged the !
town for the furnishing of water
was settled last night satisfactor
ily to all concerned, and a new !
five year contract entered into.
Both the people i/f the town and I
the Home Power Co. are to be con
gratulated on the amicable settle-1
ment of a question tiwt at one
time threatened to en* in an open
rupture .and the installation of a j
new plant by the town for the fur
nishing of both water and light.
The agreement between the town ,
council and the Home Power Co.
as to the terras of the new contract
was brought about by concessions on
the part of each, the members of |
the council recognizing that the j
Home Power company has expended
large sums of money ;n the install-1
ation of an adequate water supply i
for fire and domestic purposes for i
the town and is therefore entitled
to consideration for its enterprise so
leng as its demands ar»- anywhere ]
within reason.
The Daily Alaskan is pleased to i
note that the matter has been finalr |
ly settled in a manner that appears j
to be to the best interests or' all
concerned.
Human Conditions Better Than Ever
By JOHN BACH M'MASTER. Professor of American History a!
University of Pennsylvania
""pETERE is an increase in humanitarianisw made evidert by iivli;
legislation of all kinds in almost every state. The helpless class 1
is being lifted from out the rut, and with the improvement of
working conditions and the abolition of sweat shops and unsanitary <■<
ditions this class is steadily becoming a MORE POWERFUL FORCE j
not only in government, but in all phases of human activity.
GRAFT IS PART OF HUMAN NATURE. THOSE WHO POINT THE
FINGER OF SCORN AT PRESENT DAY CORRUPTION MUST CON
SIDER THAT GRAFT EXISTiD IN THE DAYS Or THEIR FCRCFA
THERS IN FORMS NO LESS DISASTROUS 'THAN TODAy, AND
PROBABLY EVEN MORE SO.
One of ihe greatest problems twenty or thirty years ago was the ques
tion of IMMIGRATION. How should immigration he dealt vith?
Should the immigrant be entirely excluded, or should only a certain few
be admitted? Today we are much less fearful of the consequences of im
migration. The foreigner rapidly becomes part <>f our GREAT AMER
ICAN SYSTEM, and the assimilation is made so easy bv social, legis
lati.e and educational action that the immigration question is rarely
mentioned.
Men Too Hysterical In Politics
By Mrs. HELEN RING ROBINSON, Only Woman Senator 'Jr.iicd
States
? j E no longer have a military government, but we have a soc.'al g>r
ernment. working for human and social ends, and this govern
ment needs the WOMAN'S POINT OF VlEW.
Put a man at one senate desk and a woman at the next one. The
■rom is not one plus one equals two. The blending of viewpoints and
ideas and ideas and capabilities makes far more than two.
I HAVE SEEN MEN ON THE CLOSING NIGHT OF THE SESSION
OF THE SENATE. THEIR MINDS ARE ALL RUMPLED UP. MEN
ARE REALLY TOO HYSTERICAL TO BE TRUSTED ALONE IN
POLITICS.
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CAM SMITH
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