Douglas Island news. [volume], October 06, 1909, Image 4

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We are proud to call the public
attention to the advantages of
fered by our store:
Our stock of men's and women's
furnishings, always the largest,
has been greatly increased,
changes in the store have given
us better facilities, and, though
our sales have been larger than
ever, our stock is still complete.
No matter what you want, we
have it. Our aim has always been
to deal in the best qualities, but
we are also strong in medium
priced goods.
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CITY OF SEATTLE
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- COTTAGE CITY
Northbound Aug. 14, 26 and September 7, 18 and 29
Southbound Aug.. 18, 30 and Ssptember 8, 19 and 30
For Information regarding passenger and freight rates, apply to
R. R. HUBBARD, Agent.
ALASKA FURNITURE AND UID11 CO.
LOUIS G. THOM \S, - - Manager.
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Special Articles of Furniture Made and Guaranteed.
...fllasRa flyers...
Between Seattle, Ketchikan, Doug*
las, Juneau and Skagway.
Due to arrive at Douglas :
Jefferson
September 4> 15 and 26
Octobcr 7, 18, 29
Dolphin
Sept. 10, 21, Oct. 2, 13, 23
Steamers und sailing; date* subject to
change without notice. This is the
only line of steamers calling regu
larly at Douglas both North and
South bound
Elmer E. Smith, Agent. Douglas, Alaska
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Woolens in Stock
F. WOLLAND
MERCHANT
TAILOR
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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WATCHES, DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY
JUNEAU : ALASKA
Last Friday afternoon, promptly at
2 o'clock, the door between the main
room of the (J. S. court house, at Ju
ueau, aud the quarters occupied by the
judge, opened and Judge (Jushman en
tered. Immediately followiug the
Judge was a slender, young-looking)
man, of a rather serious cast of coun
tenance. Following came Governor
W. B. Hoggatt. They proceeded to the
bench, where, without further parley,
Judge Cushman began to read the oath
which made Walter E. Clark governor
of Alaska. As he repeated the words
of the solemn obligation the young
governor held in his hand a small
bible with gilt edges, such as mothers
often give to their sons, with a farewell
kiss, as they start for Alaska iu the
uncertain quest of fortune.
At the conclusion of the obligation,
Judge Cushman grasped the band of
the new governor, expressing his con
gratulations. Governor Hoggatt like
wise offered congratulations, and then,
turning to the largo crowd of citizens
assembled to witness the solemn event,
he introduced to them their new gov
ernor, at the same time expressing the
hope that his administration might be
felicitous.
The new governor theo delivered his
inaugural address, as follows:
My Fellow Alaskans; I come to you
just at the close of what is, for Alaska
as a whole, the season of greatest activ
ity iu the chief industries of the terri
tory. Placer mining operations for the
season of 1909, except those which
are carried on under the ground j
in the winter months, have ceased; s
the principal fisheries have sus- j
pended for the year; certain other
industries have become either wholly
or in part inactive, and will continue
so until spriug. It is a good time to j
reckon our standing.
Of the decade between 1800 and 1908,
the tirst half may be described as a
period of exploitation and the latter
half as a period of more settled condi
tions atteuded by a development along
intelligent economic lines. In the year
1903 our gold out put was $8,683,600; the
product of the fisheries, as shown by
shipments to points outside the terri
tory, was ?0,182,642; the copper output
was $156,000; while the exchange of
merchandise shipments between Alas- ,
ka and the States, comprising all arti- j
cles except precious metals, was $19,
474,724. Iu every succeeding year un- 1
til two years ago there was an increase :
iu nearly every department of industry
and commerce, until the aggregate of
Alaska trade, including gold bullion,
exceeded $50,000,000 in twelve months.
In 1907 there was a slight general de
pression. Several causes contributed
to this moderate decline, chief among
them being low water in certain placer
districts, labor disputes in at least two
localities, and the financial depression
of 1907 iu the United States. Subse
quently the commercial and industrial
situation improved, aud the present
year, although somewhat disappoint
ing, has given us some reasons for en
couragement. The gold output this J
year has been large, despite adverse
conditious iu the northwestern part of
the torritory, aud there has been a sat
isfying improvemeut in other depart
ments of industry. Information from
careful observers iu several localities
leads us to believe that business is
about to experience a substantial j
growth of prosperity.
In announcing my appointment to I
the governorship, immediately follow- j
ing the regretted resignation of Gov- 1
ernor Hoggatt, President Taft publicly
stated in generous terms that the ap
pointment was made "on account of
the importance of giving special con- 1
sideratioa to Alaska with a view of
bringing together conflicting interests
and permitting the natural industrial
development of the country." I feel
the added burden of responsibility
which this expression of purpose and
of confidence has placed upon me. It
was in the mind of the president, as i
now it i9 lodged firmly in mine, that
the era of increased prosperity, whose j
approach we now see in the conditions
surrounding Territorial industry and
commerce, will surely be hastened by
a cessation of factional quarrels. In
dustrial progress is always disturbed
when political factions are at war.
The development of the stupendous
resources of Alaska is bound to pro
ceed in any event, but its march may
be impeded by various obstacles. I
appeal to every patriotic resident of
the Territory to withdraw, as far as he
is concerned, every obstacle which
factional rancor and .unprofitable po
litical quarrels would seek to place in
the way.
I do not meen, of course, that we
should cease a legitimate warfare
against evil doing or that we should
fail to expose those who violate the
law, however eminent the offenders or ,
however closely their unlawful opera
tions may be related to the purely ^
material development of the lerritory.
The regeneration of civic morula and
the reassertion of high standards of
business dealing which have been wit
nessed in the last few years were not
needed to carry conviction to every
honest mind that au equal opportunity
must be offorded, within the limit of
their respective abilities, to rich and
poor alike; and that to the one as to
the other a jnst punishment for wrong
doing must be administered.
Large bodies of capital, although
long withheld because of ignorance or
distrust of conditions in Alaska, have
recently been invested here and should ^
beeucouraged here. Within reasona
ble bounds, moreover, special means
should be provided for their encour
agement in proportion to the local
adverse factors which tend toward their
discouragement, or which, in the ab
sence of these special means, absolute
ly* forbid their embarkation fair
minded men acknowledge these truths.
But does any fair-minded man believe
that the administration of William
rraft will permit any grant or privilege ^
to incorporated capital to be abused,
if the administration is advised of the
abuse? If there are abuses at present,
it will be the business of the appointed
agents of the administration to find
them out aud to report them.
There are business operations in this
Territory which from their nature can
be carried on only by large outlay of
money, but there are countless others
which can be made profitable by the
expenditure of modest means in the
hands of mcu whos*j chief capital is
their intelligent capacity for hard works
So far as lies iu my limited power, I
shall see to it that the one class of
operators does not oppress or crowd
out the other and that it may not be
said truly that Alaska is uo longer "a
poor mau's country."
Although in a sense a uewcomer, I
am not a stranger to you or entirely
without information as to the condi
tions that surround you. There are
among us various opinions as to the
political future of this Territory, aud
several coutrary notions as to its gov
ernment. 1 am not yet committed to
either of the extreme views pertaining
to this problem, aud must withhold an
an expression of opinion until my pre
sent information shall have been
enlarged. The honest and unselfish
advocate of a fully organized Territor
ial form of government in the immedi
ate future will command my respectful
attention, and such an advocate will
not have cause for quarrel with me
unless he is of such intolerant temper
as to war With all those who for honest
and unselfish reaeons may be unable
to accept his view. It will likewise be
my duty and pleasure to listen atten
tively to those of our citizens who
favor a form of goveanmeut which falls
short of the fully organized Territorial
form, and even to those who oppose
any marked change at present in . the
existing form. While I hear the ex
pression of these views in all parts of
the Territory and while I pursue for
myself a conscientious examination of
conditions as they appear in the several
districts, I bespeak your patience and
at the same time invite your earnest
assistance. On this subject of the
form of government I am prepared to
make only one statement with confi
dence, in the present state of my
knowledgd, and that is that there is
urgent need for improvement in the
existing system of territorial oontroL
I am authorized by the president of
the United States to say that the prob
lem of Alaska government is engaging
his earnest attention and that at a
proper time not distant be will express
some views and reooommendaUous on ^
the subject.
Until our political condition is im
proved let us devote ourselves to civic
matters and to the earnest development
of our great natural resources. Until a
desired improvement in the form of
government is effected we may stili
hope for continued and perhaps in
creased federal appropriations for
roads, telegraphs, lighthouses, postal
communications and other internal
improvements, and for means to pro
tect our fisheries.
I shall continue the policy of leaving
the appointment of Federal officers
altogether in other handa, but of dis
charging to the fulL, in a spirit of ear
nest co-operation, the obligation placed
upon me by the federal statutes "to see
that the laws ... are enforced and to
require the faithful discharge o t their
duties by the officials appointed to ad
minister the same.11
To all these ends, and to others that
are worthy and that make for the up
building of Alaska, I invite the co
operation of every citizen.
Iron Beds, Springs and mattresses?
a large variety ? at Jensen's.