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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
America For Americans"
TO I'KOTECT MERCHANTS
The "Bulk Sales" bill and tie
Merchants' Protective association
just now bring to rniud some facts
con p.ecUd with, business in Alaska
which are of very great importance.
The people of the territory have,
probably, a hight.T standard of hon
esty than those of most places but
• r-Jia time to time practices crop
up which art} most unfair to the
men who carry on mercantile un
dertakings. Some men, but very
lew, have entered business without
the necessary experience or capKal
- id a*ter the inevitable failure have
sold out in a hurry to someone else
without meeting their obligations.
Tho result is that wholesalers get
s'ung and the credit of merchants i
'he territory suffers. The bill just
introduced ought to obviate this.
On the question of merchants' pr
te-.tive associations it may be said
tna* they are really necessary and
bf*er for tho consumers as well as
Itr the merchants themselves. They
ha-1 been started in almost every
*P*u in Alaska but are sometimes
misunderstood.
On> of the chief aims of such
asoociations is to separate those
wuose credit ought to be good from
taose who abuse credit. In every
t' wu there are some very few who
make it a practice to secure credit
everywhere and meet their bills
um here. Such people not only rob
tl business man but they make
tiai suspicious about ^good folks
wko never have any intention but
r0 meet their obligations.
For this reason alone merchants
should be encouraged to get to
sr.iiier and stay together. — Juneau
iiispatch.
.WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Progressive legislation oa behalf
ci the working man ig being taken
up in go many of th$ leading coun
tries these days tkat it is difficult
to keep pace with, all the enact
ing nta oa those lines. Legislative
bodies at one place or another are i
session practically all the time. Re
form measures on a certain subject
sweet rapidly through, different
countries oncg a movement is starts
ed. I'M-.
.Mrs* of the loading countries al
ready have some form of workmen's
compensation act. Practically all
the provinces of Canada, and most
o? the American, states a-r© in line
on *bis matter .
Yukon Territory started quite a
while ago to get up a workmen's
compensation act, and now all the
local party platforms Bupport the
movement . < . j' i' ,
•Maska has a compensation act,
and already is preparing to consider
some improvements. Yukon should
be thorough iu th« s'art, and la
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC ANNOUNCE
SPRING AND SUMMER SCHEDULE
This is the second year of opera
tion at the magnificent] steamships
I'rlnca George and Prince Kupert In
the Alaska service anil Northerners
will be glad to learn that these
large and fast through steamers
will he placed on the Alaska run
two months earlier than last year.
Tfce S. S. Priuce George will be
the first steamer to arrive at Skag
way on the new spring schedule, ar
riving at this port Monday, April
23rd, Mondays, May 7th and 21st,
after which date the steamers will
operate on a weekly schedule, arriv
ing every Monday a. m. and sail
ing south at 11 a. m. the same day.
elude in the law as many safeguards
as possible.
A share of protection is given the
employer as well as the employe in.
a fair compensation act. A proper
act will work to tha benefit of both.
Tho act Which has been, prepared
for introduction fey. the government
is based on the Ontario anil other
act® and no doubt have the advant
age of the best points of each. The
thing which now remains is to make
it law.—Dawson News.
HIS GOOSE COOKED
According to well informed demo
crats — presumably so; Surveyor
General Davidson's googe is cooked,
in otner words, his time in office
is limited. Proof of that is found
ia fact that &am$ of those well
iuformed democrats are already re
hearsing the chorus, "Down Went
iicGinty, etc." They say be car
ries too much republicanism in his
svstem. That they prefer a man
who would candidly admit his Pr«"
ference for the republican pa-rty
but deeply in love with a demo
cratic administration office to a.
man who tries to conceal both. They
claim they are "on tft him."
Heretofore he lias kept than all
guessing, and while they may be
exDerts at that ,they feel the re
publican party kept them guessing
too long to enjoy the passtime now
when they don't have to. So word
ia being passed round that the or
der, "NV'e beg to nform you that
your resignation is acceptable" will
soon roach the surveyor. Brigfly,
the word is expected to reach ilr.
[ Davidsca in the near future com
mending him to "vamose."—Ketchi
kan Progressive.
News from Juneau yesterday told
us that Snator Heckman had in
troduced a resolution whereby he
proposes to appropriate thirty
thousand dollars for trie rescue of
miners and fishermen. This action
may not mean much to some of of
us, but it means a great deal to
others. As a matter of fact, it
means more than any one can ex
press; besides, it proves that our
Senator's heart is in the right place
aud his mind s«>t upon helping the
needy.—Progressive Miner.
ISLAXD MEN' ARE
MISSING; TRAGEDY
FEARED BY FRIENDS
Douglas, March 23—Tom Ryan,
>vho arrived from Tenakee cm Wed
nesday of tUis week, brought with
him news that probably meajis an
other 'ragedy in Alaskan waters.
Ryan says that German. Froelich
ana Martin Justin left Tenakee
e^rly in January in. a motor boat
belonging to the former far Warm
Sprintrg Bay and 'hey have not since
been heard of.
Justin was employed last, summer
as cook on the tug Alice owned by
the James Sawmill Company and
when the tug was tied up in the
fall went to work in a logging camp
near Tenakee. Hq owned a small
boat which was at Warm Springs
Bay and engaged Froelich to take
his launch. Black Joe, and tow it to
Tenakee. It was while on this trip
that the two men disappeared.
Herman Froelich yas -well known
iu Douglag as a blacksmith and for
some time was employed bere fry
Jobn Feusi. Neither Justin nor Frot*
lich have families.
K. B. Anderson, better known to
his many friends in Skagway as
"Kuute." one of the oldest section
foremen on the White Pass route,
returned Sunday on the Jefferson
frcm an extended trip to the south.
Mr. Anderson visited In Seattle,
Spokane and Jtfukelteo, and says
that he had th© time of hi? young
life while on the "outside" but at
that he is gladg to get back to the
Great North again.
Choice chocolates and boa tons
at Keller Bros. Drug Store.
This service will remain, in effect
only until the summer service Is
Inaugurated on June 11th by the
sailing of the Prince George from
Seattle arriving Skagway 7 a. in.
Frii'ay June 15th and sailing south,
Saturday p. m. June 16th. Through
| out the months June, July, August
ami September thege steamers will
' operate on this weekly schedule,
' sailing south every Saturday p. m.
after spending thirty six hours in
Skagway. This jvlll allow all tour
ists ample time to see the wonders
'of Skagway and visit the many
places of interest in t.he vicinity.
REGISTRATION NOTICE
All eitizans, male and lomale, de
siring to yote for candidates for
the Common Council and Board of
Education of Skagway, Alaska, at
ti»e municipal election to he hold
on Tuesday April, 3rd, 1917, must
register.
T'ae registration books will be
opon at the Town Hall, from 7:38
to 9:30 o'clock every evening, from
Monday March 19th, until Satur
day, Ma-rch 31st, 1917.
D. McKAY,
Acting City Clerk.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
A general municipal election •will
be held Tuesday, Apr! 3rd, 1917,
for the purpose of electing three
Councilmen, one Mayor, a City
Clerk, a City Treasurer, and one
member-clerk of the School Board.
The Election will be held at
tne Town Hall, and the hours for
voting will be from 7 a. m. to 7
p. m.
Voters for Councilmen, Mayor
Cleik and Treasurer, must be citi
zens of the United States, or those
whi- have declared their intention
to become such; must be twenty
one years of age or over, who have
resided continuously one year next
preceding the date of election In tb
territory of Alaska, and for six
months next preceding the date of
election in the Town of Skagway,
and who have been duly registered.
All adults, male and female, who
are citisiens of the United ^tates,
or who have declared their in
tention to become such; and who
are bona fide rseidents of the
Town of Skagway, are qualified t«
vote for Clerk of the School Board.
D. McKAY,
Acting City Clerk.
GOOD BACKS
FOR BAD
Alaska Residents Are Learning How
To Exchange the Old Back
For a Stronger One.
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and painful?
Do vou suffer headach.es, languor
and depression?
Is the urine discolored, passages
irregular?
The kidneys may be calling for
help.
Weak kidneys caniut do their
work.
Give them, the help they need.
To cure kidney backache you
•must cure the kidneys.
Use a tested and proven kidney
remedy.
Do&n's Kidney Pills have stood
the test .
Convincing oroof of merit Jn the
following endorsement:
Mrs. C. E. Spink, 5524 Carleton.
Ave., Seattle, Wash., says: "I had
a lot of trouble with my back. It
ached day and night and I could
not rest. When I tried to straight
en up after stoopnng, sharp pains
darted through me. I was
nervous and had headaches and
terrible dizzy spells. The. kidney
secretions were unnatural. Doan's 1
Kidney Pills relieved me and I
haven" been bothered since."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
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Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
/our druggist will refund money i!
?AZO OINTMENT fa:ls to cure an;
:ase of Itching, Blind, Bleeding o:
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FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1«
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. gtidrp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly weK-cme. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Kecc rder.
Fraternal Order
Ea^lc^—
Skagwuy Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Jiagiev m«Dts tlie|, first and third
Wednesday night of oach month at
toMi hail, on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ins brothers cordially invited to
attend. J. M. Gfreisbncij, \V. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
oi eacn montns. visiting Brethren
are welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMEi3 WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431. B. P. O.
E. meets Sfery
Thursday- night
&t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
coraiany welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
T. 3. VAWDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* hi A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Vteltlng Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pree.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sec
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