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BLUEBERRIES
As the days begin to show gig113
of shrinking and the nights notice
ably to lengthen, and light hills and
coal bill« begin to loom ud in the
distance, the mind gets busy on the
thought of how one is to continue
♦o do his bit towards adding to the
Red Cross funds.
A well known gentleman of this
city, who ever and anon almost
shows signs of humau intelligence,
suggests the following:
"Why uot make a drive on the
countless berry patches contiguous
to this city aud sh'p the result of
th day's pick to Seattle."
This 19 a clever idea, and one
»h»t could be worked out to a good
ly ad-vantage for tht benefit of the
local chapter of the Red Cross.
A night letter could be sent to
tome one of the large retail gro*
c - s'or*>« in Seattle asking what
quantity ofAlaska Blueberries could
be used, what price would be paid,
together with th© information that
these could be shipped from this
port 01* a certain date.
Cpcr receipt of a satisfactory ans
wer, the berry pickers could be
started, and great quantities of the
berries harvested. While thig was
bein* (k>ne away up here in Skag
*ay, th° Seattle merchant could get
ousy with the daily papers in his
ci+y and begin his campaign of ad
vertlslug.
The prcoability is that Bome one
of tha steamship companies could I
he induced to give a special freight '
rate on the berries, and when it Is
rememoered how eagerly Seattle
ltes gooble up produce which has
been shipped from tha north, aud'
th<* 'act made known that the funds
from tji» sale of the berries are to .
go to the Red Cross, it is believed
that ev»n the stains on the packing '
boxes would bring a price.
IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN
IT ISN'T A R.ODAK
Keller Bros. theSkagway agents
for the Eastman Kodak oompany,
have received a large shipment of
.ill sizes of N. C. and Autographic
Kodak film, and printing out. pa
pers both Azo and Velox. tf
Keller Bros, pure Ice creum la
the most dellcloua dessert you can
«err« tor your Sunday dinner. Phon
for a quart brick for delivry to
-morrow. It
sniff HE!
OFF TO SCHOOL
Parents of children to begin
school this year, please take notice:
Children, who are six years of
age, ox. who will be six bebfore
June of 1919 are eligible for en
trance to public school. parents
who wish to start their children
this year are kindly asked to do so
af once as it is unjust to a child
to hare him enter after the class
h^a been started, and unjust to
other children to ask th© teachers
to take |he time from regular class
work, necessary to bring ud to
grade the child who enter? late.
Generally speaking, It is un
wise 'o idmit children into school
under the legal school age. Ex
ceptions, however, are made but it
is always well for parents to con
sult the teachers and allow the
primary teacher to decide as to
whether or not a child Bhould* t>e
admitted. Some children are ma
ture enough to enter school at five
years of age; others are too im
mature fo- school work at eight
years of age. Therefor© we would
suggest that in all doubtful cases
the judgment of a good primary
teacher should stand.
Domestic Science will be und<er
the guidance of Miss Montgomery.
A Manual Training teacher ha^ not
as yet been secured to take the
plac« made vacant by the resignation
of Mr. Petersen, but it is the in
tention of the school authorities to
have the classes in Mauual Train
in? as s^on as a teacher can be
found.
Coiis'dering the long winter a*
head, it has been deemed wise to
not organize the Friday Classes dur
ine the fine weather, but to leave
tnem out for a few weeks so as
to have a new interest when the
snow begins to fly. Later the Red
Cross wll> be organized and work
earned on on about the same plan
as that followed last year.
The School Society will also be
organized and' the programs furn
ished every other Thursday as
usual. The public has always been
invited to attend these meetings
and the same invitation is extend
ed for the coming year. . Tne first
meeting will be announced later.
SAN'-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered o« sugar. Acts almoet in
stantly. The prescription of
an eminent physician. Keller
Broa The ean-Tox Drug Store.
Whits Pass & Yukon Route
ITMK TABLE No. 41
D*llr Except Sunday
.Vo t. N. Bound No. 2, 8. Bound
'*' 1st Class
9:80 *. m. I.eaves
12:05 p m. **
I»:45 p. nu "
1^40 p. m. "
8:20 p. m. "
8:50 p. m. Arrive*
8KAGWAY
WHJTE PASS
LOG CABIN
BEXXETT
CARCBOS8
WHITSEH ORSE
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4:50 p. m.
3:20 p. m.
2:30 p. rx
1:50 p. m.
11:48 ft. mb
0:90 ft. m.
V Passengers must be at depot to time to have Baggage in
ipectcd and checked. Inspection la (topped 30 mimites before
tearing time of trains.
1150 pounds of baggage wiQ be checked free with e*cb full
tftra ticket and 75 pounds wltA each half far* ticket.
If It Isn't An Eastman
7 It Isn't A Kodak
Brownies At $1.00 Up
KodaksJAt $6.00 Up
Print Papers
Photo Supplies
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
DfSCEIFHI Of Fill M.
NOW IH U IS M FT. SEWN
Th6 following article Is of inter
est to many people la Skagway, as
the subject of the sketch will be
remembered here as the messenger
on the Harbor Boat Peterson, Mr
Wilson having been <!etaile<l to duty
on th» ship while serving in the
United States army as a member of
the Fourteenth Infantry Btationed
at Ft. W. H. Seward.
Heroert Allen Wilson of Butte,
whose mother, Mrs. Clara Allen Wll"
son is c direct descendant of Ethan
Allen o*. revolutionary fame, is now
with the British expeditionary forc
es in France, and his wif® ia a
Red Cross nurse over there. Mrs.
Allen jr., wag recently wounded by
flyinj* shrapnel.
When Ethan Allen from Vermont
led1 his force of Yankee boys a
gainst the Britfsh forts at Ticon
deroga and Crown Point, back in
the first days of the revolution in
1775, it is certain that he never ex
pected one of his descendants to be
fighting in the army of hip hated
eziemy. He could not have foreseen
that the old wound* woulfl heal
when American independence from
England was gained. But just 143
years after Ethan Allen'a historic
victories against the British his lin
eal descendant is fighting with the
British forces against another men
ace to American independence.
Mrs. Clara Allen Wilson is weal
thy la tho host of historic associa
tions which surround her name. Her
father Cspt. Nathaniel Allen, who
♦ough' on the side of the North in
the civil war, and who died in the
town of his birth, Terre Haute, Ind.,
on Fe". 1912, at the age of 90
years. He celebrated his ninetieth
birtnday on Feb. 3, three days be
fore his death.
Cap*. Nathaniel Allen was tne sun
of Capt. Ira Allen, who was given
custody of all the British officers
captured by George Wasnlngtoa uj.'
on the surrender of Cornwallis at
Vorktown. Capt. Ira Allen was the
son of Col. Ethan Allen.
Not content with th© glory that
airead. surrounds the nam© of Al
len, Mrs. Wilson has added to tne
tame of her family name by the gift
of her son to the cause of the
allies.
"I am nroud' of the n«me of Al
len," Mrs. Wilson saya, "and of
the achievements of the men of my
family, nut I am most Proud of my
son. He was born on March 2, 1880
at Bozeman, two years after I
came to Montana. When, he was
four week* old I Bet out for Fort
Logan, near Townsend, to Join my
boy's father. It was an all-day
stage ride from Townsend to Fort
| Logan, and I can still remember
j how rough that ride was. When I
arrived at the abandoned army post
I found an old* cannon 'nail and a
hayonet, which I had made into a
stove hooka."
Mrs. Wilson still has these two
relics of army life in Montana in
th- days of the Indian massacres,
and she cherishes them as her most
valued possessions.
' I ha»g left instructions," Bdie
says, "that these relics are to go to
Washington when I die, a« mo
mei.toes of early days in Montana.
For* Logan had been abandoned for
years before my discovery of the rel"
Ics, so the historical value of them
•a no» email.
"In those days when I Jived at
Forf Logan, everything had to be
freignte^ from. Townsend or White
Sulphur Springs. This made every
commodiy very high in price. I
paid $3 for a broom on one occa*
eion and ,?.2 a pound for butter. The
amou.it of sugar you would get for
50 conta wouldn't I'll the sugar
bowl."
Mrs. Wilson's son joined the
British forces in Alaaka last year.
'eft England on May 15 for
Fracce, aud a letter which arrived
h'-f* lag', week announced his ar
rival in France. He served in the
regular United States army for thre
> ears in the Philippines and'for five
years ii> the navy. His wife, eager
to oe near him on the battlefield,
went over as a Red Cross nurse. In
a recent letter he advises his moth
er that he had Been his Wife only
twice, and that recently she was
wounded by a flying bit of shrap
oei
.Pride in the family name has
iud-nced all of the living members
of Capt. Nathaniel Allen's family
to use "Allen" as their middle
name.
TREE-ROOF PERCHERS
AID NEW BASEBALL TAX
Persons who sell seats on any
roof or structure overlooking a
baseball park will be obliged
to pay n war tax to the govern
ment, according to the bureau of
internal revenue. The tax must
be collected and paid by the en
terprising owner or occupant of
the building who receives pay
ment for the seat occupied by
"perchers."
The announcement says that
in one city a woman whose yard
adjoins the ball park has been
selling seats In a tree, the price
being five and ten cents, depend
ing on how high the patrons
have to climb. Recently the
price has advanced to six and
eleven cents, the extra cent be
ing added to the war revenues.
STUFFY M'INNIS IS
PLAYING GOOD BALL
With Richard Hoblitzel, first base
man of the Boston American baseball
team, nominated as a first lieutenant
In the array dental corps, John
("Stuffy") Mclnpls, formerly first sack
er with the Philadelphia Athletics, is
slated to play at the initial corner for
the Red Sox.
Mclnnls, who was obtained by Bos
ton last winter, has been playing third
base this season. Thomas, last year
with Providence, is expected to fill
Mclnnls' place at third.
GOOD PLACE FOR YOUNGSTER
Kid Pitcher Who Worked Out So Well
In Morning Practice Saved for
Decoration Day.
Many years ago, when Connie Mack
was the Milwaukee catcher, the club
opened the season with several sore
arm veteran pitchers. There was one
youngster with the club who did not
complain of this trouble, so they sent
him to the slab. Milwaukee was beat
en something liko 1C to 4. The kid
pitcher was downcast. "The umpire
didn't give me any the best of it," he
said by way of an alibi.
"No," replied Joe Cantlllon, who had
overheard the remark; "neither did the
opposing batters give you any the best
of it."
„ The kid walked off In a huff. Connie
Mack turned to Cantlllon. "I'll say this
for the boy," he said. "I've worked
out with him every morning for the
last two weeks, and he looked mighty
good."
Cantlllon pulled a schedule out of
his pocket and glanced over it rapidly.
"The next morning game Is on Decora
tion day, Connie," he remarked. "Save
the kid pitcher for then." ^
■ BOY#S
SCOUTS
Conducted by 'National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America.) 1
SCOUTS LED, NOT DRIVEN
To do all the undone things, to com
pete all the war tanks of the back-at
lorae battleground, to give help unpaid
vherever other organizations need
lelping, Is the gladly volunteered serv
ce offered to the government by 353,
)48 of America's young ch ips that
:an't get Into the army or mvy any
iow. # I
Raising gardens, "selling bonds, dls
rlbutlng official Information, coaxing
luartera for War Stamps, saving food
uid fuel—and urging everybody ^lse
:o do these things—tire among the du
ties of patriots as exemplified by the
organization of the Boy Scouts of
America.
No one makes the boys 3o these
things. They are not paid—thus there
Is no compulsion. No one over them
has authority to say, "You must do
this." They just follow the compul
sion to duty as expressed in the scout
oath and brought Into action by the
leadership of men acting as scoutmas
ters and as troop committeemen and
as members of local councils.
Among all these thousands of men
leaders there are less than 300 paid
workers—and these for the most part
are scout executives directly hired to
look after the scouts by councils of
business men In cities where there are
quite a few troops.
The tremendous task of rousing
these voluntary workers to an ener
getic answer to the many calls of the
government falls upon one man—the
thief scout executive at the national
headquarters In New York city, Mr.
James E. West
SCOUTS ARE QOOD SOLDIERS.
As an organization the scout move
ment Is not military In thought, form
or spirit, although it does instill in
boys the military \irtues, such as hon
or, loyalty, obedience and patriotism.
The uniform, the patrol, the troop,
and the drill are not for military tac
tics; they are for the unity, the har
mony and the rhythm of spirit that
boys learn in scouting. It is in the
wearing of the uniform and doing of
things together as scouts that they ab
sorb the force and truth of the scout
law, which states: "A scout is a friend
of all, and a brother to every other
scout."
While the spirit of scouting is not
militaristic, the experiences of the last
year have completely demonstrated
that outdoor scout training with Its
cooking, camping, hiking, signaling,
map reading, wireless, electricity,
knowledge of woodcraft and ability to
care for oneself In the open helps Im
measurably In fitting a man for the
duties of a soldier.
While scouting as a teen-age boy
program very properly is not militar
istic from a technical standpoint. It la,
however, patriotic, as proven by last
year's wonderful record of scout na
tlon-wlde, civic war service for the
navy department, in the two Liberty
bond campaigns, In the gardening
propaganda, In selling War Savings
stamps. In distributing more than
5,000,000 patriotic documents for the
committee on public information, In
co-operating with fhe Red Cross, war
camp community recreation fund,
Y. M. C. A., Knights of Columbus and
other war relief agencies.
SCOUT GAME, NOT 8PY PLOT.
Mysterious notes found In biding
places on the street In Indianapolis
recently caused much consternation In
the neighborhood and resulted In a
call for the police. Visions of some
mysterious spy plot filled the minds of
those who read the notes.
A boy found a folded letter on a
street corner, which directed him to go
to the bread box outside the corner
grocery, where further directions
would be found. Although the night
was dark the boy followed up the di
rections.
On the bread box he found another
note even more mysterious, which di
rected him to go to the first Btreet,
then north, and then to the nearest
lamp post The alarm was given and
the police took up the trail.
Rev. Hugh S. Clutton of the Tux
edo Baptist church, 29 Garfield avenue,
admitted he was the arch-plotter, and
had Innocently caused all the trouble.
The explanation was very simple. Mr,
Clutton, with the boy scouts of his
church, were out playing one of theli
tracking games.
He went ahead in an automobile,
and he placed tracking directions, and
it was up to the boys to follow the
notes and find him and the automo
bile.
EGGS THAT 8COUT8 GATHER.
There Is a new kind of communltj
service taken tip by the scouts. Witt
their sharp eyes and trained powerf
of observation the boy scouts can dc
a great service to any city by remov
ing the egg masses on the trunks oi
trees that will soon hatch out Into a
caterpillar pest.
These little masses of white eggf
covered over with a slight gauze cov
ering can be detected easily by shan
eyes and can ba removed on the enc
i of a stick or with the fingers.
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DiOQ TAXES
Dot taxes are dua the first &*f
of September. Owners or ke«®«*
of dogs are required to pay * li
cense of <2.00 per dog each year
or fraction thereof. People who
have doga should pay_ the town
treasurer immediately.
(Signed) Frank Page,
City Marshal;
LOST
Palri- silver round headed shawl
plus connected with chain. Will ap*
precla'e their return if found.
Mrs. L. H. Pederten.
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1.
meeta every second and
fourth Tuesday ©renin*
at 8:30 o'clock. Vialt
|i| braiLcca cordially -welcome.
BdwanS A, BMnxoson, Arctic Chief.
William R. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Fraternal Orde*
Eagles—
Skagway Aarto]
No. 23, FwUtf
nal Order of
fcu jjes meet Uie first ana uimi
W< dncsday night of each month at
their ball «n Fifth Avenue. Vlglt
In* brothers cordially Invited to
attend
John M. Keller, W. P.
J. M. Qrleeboch, Secretary.
P. A A. M.
Whlta Pa«« Lodf«
F. A A. M. No. US
meet* 2d and 4th
Saturday Ev«nlo*»
of each months. Visiting Brethren
aw welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT,, W. M.
JAMBS -WALLAC®, Secretary.
B. P. O. KttKH
Bkacwtf Lodl*
No. 431, II. P, a
E. meet® wrery
J Thurmdaj- ^ 8:10
p. m. VlRlUn#
brothers cordially welcome.
OSCAR SELMEH, B. R
W. I. VAWDEWA.UL, 89<>r«tary.
Pioneer of AlMka Igloo, Ho. IS,
meet* lu A. B. Hall first Monday 1»
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wd
come. I
W. J. MULVIHILL, Pre«.
J. G. PHELPS, Secy.
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SKAUWAY ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
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Practice in all ooart«
In Territory of AiaeM
BAHVES _ — — — AT.ASKA
Yoa are invited? to visit Keller
Bros ice cream kltclwn at any time,
it la always In a strictly BanlWry
and orderly condition. Thoo* who
|» aut the best Ice cram know tlut
K. B 'a have It
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With LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as tbsT
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh la a local disease, gTeally In
fluenced by constitutional conditions, M4
In order to cure It you must take sa
internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine Is taken Internally and acta thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces or the
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
In this country for years. It is com
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the Ingredients In Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine Is what produces such wonderful
results In catarrhal condition*. Send for
testimonials, free. _ . _
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All Druggists, 76c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
TO KILL THE DANDRUFF QERM.
(• the Oily Possible Way of Harlaf
An Effective Cure.
If you see a woman or a man wltn lux
uriant glossy hair, you may be sure nei
ther has dandruff to amount to anything.
In nearly every case where women and
men have thin brittle hair, they owe It
to dandruff. There are hundreds of prep
arations that "claim" to cure dandruff,
but not one but Newbro's Herplclde tells
you that dandruff Is the result of a germ
burrowing into the scalp, and that per
manent cure of dandruff and its conse
quent falling and baldness, can only be
had by killing the germ; and there Is no
other preparation that will destroy that
germ but Newbro's Herplclde. "Destroy
the rat'se, and you remove the effect."
Bold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
stamps for sample to The Herplclde Ca-,
Detroit. MloH,
On© Dollar'Dottle, gaammt«e<l.
At all Drug StorM. A4t.
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PRICE SI-20 ^By DrstggUU
fpiLtm witi bottle ormiW on nqoat
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