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OUR FLAG
EDITORIAL
THEY WANT TO Ct>ME BAC K
Judging from letters received on
every mail from those who went
out to tue states from Anchorage,
tilings iu the States are not as rosy
?s they had expected to find them.
-Mmy of them express an ardent de
sire to return and frankly expre.--s
t!i>» opinion that they erred in seek
iiijj a change, in au offort to better
ta-ir condition. They have not
lion 3 so. As The Times has had
occ-sion to »ay in these columns
cjuita frequently, if a person hag a
frtjrlv gcod position in Anchorage.
h«- will not better himself by leaving
it and going outside. In a few
i uses it is possible that sonie skiil
ei nvechauics, oi specialists in
son>e particular lines, have bet*
'."'.H-d themselves by a change. But
these cases are rare; and they are
tt:e exception, rather than the rule..
Living is high in the centers of
lobulation in these bustling war
.".k. To go to Seattle, for in*
■ .ince, in these times, Js like go
c- to a mammoth exposition, with
city overrun with visitors. Ev-*
is high. All things con
rtd, rents, fuel, etc., a family
• .. li\ e cheaoer and bettr right
»tc ia A:. .1 orage than in Seattle.
This is i ,jt ij;e talk, it is the fact.
W'e thiui tUings here are rather
and t are comparing them
with pre-war days. But things are
iii-U oa the outside, too. Rents, es
pecially, are excessive, while here
v«.-y comi'ortabl uuartrs may- be
oltained for a minimum figure.
Tha spring will Bee many former
Anchorageites returning. They will
return, satisfied to romain. " The
greeh hills are always far away.
When vsu eventually there,
taiuss are not as you expected to
tiiiti them.—Anchorage Times.
LIEUT-COL. PEAK.KES
Victoria Colonist, Sept. 2. — That
Lieut--Col. G. R. Pearke8, v. C-,
is TX>re seri°usly injured than Fri
day's message led her to suppose,
is the unwelcome intelligence receiv
by Mrs. Pearkes, his mother, in
a later telegram from Ottawa. Col.
i'earkes, it is now learned, is dan
gerously wounded. "Gun--shot
wvjund, arm and site, penetrating."
is the wording of the message whiih
came to her yesterday.
Although the news is disquieting,
hopfi is born© UC on the knowledge
ot" the amazing vitality of the sol
dier who has fought s>o magnificent
ly and on many occasion^ in the
i'ace of almost overwhelming odd's,
and his numerous friends here hope '
tha* Jia will rapidly recover. Col, I
Pearkes' record as a fighter of'
braye and gallant mettle has gained
him ad-mirers even outside the pa'e
of his acquaintances. He left Vic
toria as a corporal with the 2nd
Canadian Mounted Rifles. He vas
promoted rank by rank to his ma
jority and nearly two years ago he
won the Military Ciors followed a
twelvemonth after by the coveted
WORKERS' DORMITORIES ON WASHINGTON'S PLAZA -
Wartime necessities In Washington have halted the pla::a development by which the space between the Union sta
tion and the capltol was to have been converted into a beautiful park. Dormitories for government workers are being
built on the entire space. It is one of many housing projects under way to relieve an almost unbelievable congestion.
distinction of the Victoria Cross,
j Thp London Gazette of May 23 con
tained the announcement of his
promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel
with command of the 116th Batta
lion, of which he had* been in norn
ioal command since the Beginning
of tbg year.
Mrs. Pearkes, his mother, lives
at M°unt Tolmie. The gallant of -
ficer wag born in England, »nd was
seven years at Berkh&msted public
school, the headmaster at that time
being Dr. Fry, now Dean of Liu
co!n Cathedral. He came out to
this country some time ago and be"
f*-'rt the war was in the Royal
Mounted K>lice stationed at White
horse, coming d°wn from there to
join the 2nd C. M. R. The unit
haj not oeen long at the front be-"
j f^'re hg was chosen instructor in
thg 1st Army Grenade Section,
and from that time forward he seem
ed singled out for special distincti. r>,
ei'iur by pr°motion or decoration.
(During the fighting at Passchen
|dae'e be wag wounded.
; YLASKA TOWN <iOES OVEK
AFTKK STRENUOUS AKFAlK
Many difficult tasks have been ut
d>ertaKen since the beginning of this
»'ar and not the 'east of thes© was
the organizing of an Auxiliary to
the Red Cross In Haycock, Alaska
In this little mining town of
about 150 inhabitants there are on
ly five white women, three of which
are Swiss. Haycock is 180 miles
inland from Nome and Is entirely
shut ofX from th* world >n winter
except for the use of dog teams
which bring the mail about once a
month. Receiving the Bulletin thru
one of these mails and bearing of
"he need of the Red Cross th9 wo
men called a meeting to which four
white women and five native women
responded'.
The gave a dance as a means of
raising funds, making $90, but it
i rather a strenuous affair. as
tvere were only five women to sixty
men . They therefore decided to
make It a regular Red Cross drive
for memberships by appointing a
committee of three men .the chair
man of which was a German by
birth, who gave $50 as a starter
Every one subscribed to the Red
Cross Magazine and tcok member
ships, many of them making dona.
lions, thereby raising the fund to
'600, which tfcey sent to Nome.
The Red Cross Chapter at Nome
sent them needles an# at every j
spare moment the native women mrj[
be seen industriously knitting. This
little village in the land of ice and
iow is 100 per cent Red Cross,
every one is wearing a Red Cross
utton and mighty proud of it. —
Red Cross Bulletin.
The w-olverine is reported to be
the strongest animal of its 6iZe in
existence. Cases have been recorded
where a full grown wolverine bas
carried off a sack of hams in the
snow without leaving a trace of
the meat. To do this it is ne<es
sary for the animal to walk on his
nind> feet and carry the sack over
shoulder. Other cases hav6 b?en
known where a wolverine carried a
quarter of moose in its arms for
nearly a mile over a rough country,
never putting the meat down until
Only One "BROMO QUIN'IXE"
To yet 'tU9 genuine, call for the
full nam, LAXATIVE BROMO
QUnflNE. Look for signature of
E. W. GROVE. Cure* ft Cold In
One Day. 30e. Tliu
Charles D.. Garfield, Special De"
puty Collector of Customs has re*
ceiveu word of his designation as
Actinjr Collector of Customs for the
District of Alaska, to serve until a
Collector is appointed to succeed
tho ]a*e John F. Push. The ap
p°ietment. carries with it authoriza
tion to act as disbursing agent.
Mr. Garfield has been in the A'*
aska Customs service tor fifteen
years, and for the last eignt years,
during the administrations of Col
lector John R. Willis :>nd Collector
John F. Pugh, he has served as
Special Deputy Colleitor, the posi
tion in the service next to that
o>' the Collect°r.
STAItTUXt; KIT TRIE
It '3 now more than a full year
since the rails of the government
line reached the .Mat^nuska coal
fields ir Alaska front ic'«water
Anchorage. In glancinc over the
fiscal jear ended June 30, 191S, it
is seen that 53,751 tons or United
States coal, valued at $406,911, we «
shipped to Alaska fiom Seattle. In
addition to tile domestic coal some
50,000 tons were shipped to Al
aska iroxn British Columbia of a
slightly greater total valuation.
Here • e have a grand total in ex
cess of $$00,000, representing for
eign and domestic coal shipped t0
Alaska during the first fiscal year
which also witnessed' for the full pe
riod a completeion of the coal
branch to Matanuska fields. This
is a showing based upon official re-*
ports from Washington bureaus, and
therefore cannot be successfully at
tacked by any bureau nor charged
a« any distortion of fact. It is up
to the department of the interior
to make a thorough investigation
and explain to the public why, af
ter more than a full year of opera
tion of the coal branch from tide
water 'c mines, 100,000 tons of coal
from the Outside were sent into
thg terriaory.—Railway and Ma.ine
Xews.
FORCE OP HABIT
Waiter—How will you have your
steak, sir?
Minister (absent-minded) — Well
done ,pood and faithful servant.
Dr. George E.. Chamberlain, jr-, i
charge of the government hospital
work • t the Chickaloon ceal mines,
is in 'own on business and' is stop
ping at the Hotel Anchorage. Dr
Chamnerlajn reports that the camp
is practically free from sickntss and
hag experienced no serious accidents
since connection with the mines.
Dr. Chamberlain is the son of Alas
ka's friend. Senator Chamberlain,
of Oregon, and been connected
with the government railroad pro
position in Anchorage since its In
ception.—Times.
The mateiials which w*nt out
with the dock in Controller bay
last year has all been recovered,
the rails and flat ears having been
fished up b.v Finch and son.
Keller Brothers received a con
signment of the Army and Navy El
rempio cigars today. Try them they
ire the finest smoke ev«r.
; FLASH LIGHTS IN UNISON
Fireflies Seem to Have an Understand
1 no as to When to Begin
an Illumination.
Various observers testify to the fact
that myriads of glow worms very oc
casionally Indulge In synchronous flash
iug with very beautiful effect. It Is
thought by some that this phenom
enon Is accidental, although In this
light some cases would seem Incred
ible.
John V. Purcell of Washington,
D. C., records that In the town of Co
tabato, Island of Mindanao, P. I., a few
years ago there were two trees about
the size of apple trees and perhaps a
hundred yards apart, and every eve
ning these were filled with fireflies
which flashed In unison, first one tree
lighting up and then the other. There
must have been several thousand In
sects In each tree, yet the synchronism
was so perfect that rarely or never
did a single firefly flash at the wrong
time.
"To the best of m.v recollection the
Illumfaation period lasted about two
or three seconds and the dark periods
perhaps twice that long. I can posi
tively vouch for the accuracy of the
foregoing, for It seemed so strange and
produced so beautiful an effect that I
thought it one of the most remarkable
things iu the Philippines, and it made
a deep Impression on me."
War Brings Peace to New York.
All is pence In New York's toughest
district sinc,e the war. A year or so
ago any person who wandered through
the "Gas House" district, on First ave
nue from Seventeenth to Twenty-sec
ond street, at night usually came away
minus his watch and roll and with a
battered countenance. Many were the
actual and alleged breaches of the
peace laid to the young manhood of
this section of the city. It rnn the
gamut of everything from riot to mur
der. Today all this Is changed. Since
the "Gas House" gang has donned the
khaki there Is an air of refinement and
culture in the district. Men neigh
bors meet on friendly terms and
clothes-line fights and feuds between
the women are only memories, Gone
Is the old order of things material, j
Fights have given way to celebrations i
in honor of the lads from the district j
now fighting In France. There are
171 of them from this section and
the other night a service flag was un
furled. It showed five gold stars.
Two thousand men, women and chil
dren, many of them mothers and fa
thers, lifted their voices In a pean of
consecration.
Twice Cited for Bravery.
To have been cited by the French
for bravery twice since his arrival In
France in January Is the record of
Professor Stephen H. Bush of the
University of Iowa. In the wake of
the first official announcement came a
lengthy cablegram with the details of
his second citation. "Courage and ten
acity in bringing In wounded over ex
posed places" were conspicuous on the
part of Professor Bush, who Is work
ing for the Y. M. C. A. with the Mo
roccan divisions.
The cablegram further declares that
the "French are devoted to Professor
Bush and the other Y. M. C. A. work
ers in his division and are gaining a
high opinion of Americans through con
tact with them." Professor Bush Is
head of the department of romance
languages at the university.—Iowa
University News Letter.
Marked Oats.
The appearance of the letter B on
oats coming np this season, which Is
astonishing people In the rural regions
of Wisconsin, Is less mysterious than
what Is said to have happened at Zan
zibar, where, so report avers, a fish
was caught with two Inscriptions in
Arabic characters otv Its tali. These,
as deciphered by scholars, were re
spectively "The work of God" and
"God alone." However, the Zanzibar
narrative Is a fish story.—Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin.
Keller Brohters bave received a
shipment of Light Batteries.
IN THE COLUMNS OF
The Daily Alaskan
You will find advertising that bring results
Ask Skagway Merchants
Putj your offerings before the public in a
way that will bring 100 per cent, re
turns.
vertise in The Daily Alaskan
Printing of Quality
Carl Larson, a placer operat
or on Poorman creek, cache creek
creek district, left for the states re
cently. He reports a very successful
season and will return early next
spring to resume operations on his
mining property.
(Official Publication)
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION
OF
The BANK OF ALASKA, located
at Skagway, Territory of Alaska,
a* the close of business on the
13th day-of November, 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $123,713.41
Overdrafts 5,135-85
Bonds, Warrants and oth
er eecur'ties 3,524.58
B?nking house, furniture
antf fixtures 46,194.18
Other real estate owned 250.00
Due from Banks 29,443.38
Checks on other banks
and other cash items . 225.25
Cash on hand 5,458.10
Expenses In excess of
earnings 12,589.00
Segrated to Branches 75,000.00
Total $301,533.75
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in 170,000.00
Surplus fund 18,500.00
Due *o banks—deposits 30,954.54
Deposits 36,412.68
Certified checks 63.98
Cashier's checks 102.55
Notes and bills rediscount
ed 45,500.00
Total
$301,533.75
UNITED STA'ITSS OF AMJflKIUA :
TERRITORY OF ALASKA VS-S.J
1ST JUDICIAL DIVISION j
I, G. K. Betts, Acting Cashier of
the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing
statement Is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
(Signed) G. K. Betts,
Acting Cashier
Correct Attest:
(Signed) E. A. Rasmuson.
(Signed) P. H. Ganty.
Directors.
(SEAL)
Subscribed aaid sworn to be
fore me this 19th day of November,
1918.
Martin Conway,
Notary Public in and for the Terri
tory of Alaska. My commision
expires February 2, 1920.
NOTICE OP SALE OF REAL ES;
TATE
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOH
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
DIVISION NO. I, AT SKAG
WAY, BEFORE HON. E. A. RAS
MUSON, U. S. COMMISSIONER
AND EXOFFICIO PROBATE
JUDGE.
In tfc® matter of thp estate of
T^iomas A. McDanjald, deceased.
Notice 1» horeby givea that in
pursuance of an order of aale,
daily made and entered the pr°
bate (ourt for the Territory of Ai
asska. Bitting }n probate at SJcag
way precinct, on the 13th day of
November, A. D. 1918, in the mat
ter of the estate of Thomas A. Mc
Donald, deceased; the undeis'gned
! executor of said- estate, will sell «
public auction, subject to conflrma.
| tion of sale by sai^ court, tba fol
lowing described real estate belong
ing to said estate; To-wit; Lots
One (1), two (2) and three (3) la
Block sixty-five, and Lot twelve
| (12) jn B'ock One hundred and
twenty (120) of the City of Bkag
{ way, • a shown by the official plat
thereof:
Said sale will be made oa the
13th day of Decembur, 1918, .at
the hour of 2 o'clock in tho aftar*
; uoon o' said day at th$ front door
| of the court house in the saift City
; of Skagway; terms of sale as follow
for cash. .
Dated this 13th day of November,
1918.
L. E. KELLER , "
Executor of the estate of Thomas A.
McDonald, deceased.
I 11-15 22 29—12-6 13.
Hundreds of Ska^iay R«uki* Find
Daily Toil a Burtjen.
The hustle and worry of business
men.
The hard work and stooping of
workmen. : . ^
The woman's household, cerea,
Ofton weaken the kidneys.
Backache, headache, dizziness,
Kidney troubles .urinary trou
bles— frequently follow.
Read til© following and learn the
way to find relief.
Mrs. J. C. Brown, 108 E. Thirty
fourth St., Tacoma, Wash., says:
"My health had' always been fine
until my kidneys went back on me
tome ten years ago. At first I didn't
pay irwich attention to the trouble
and finally- i was «so bad off I
could hardly go. Half of the
time I was in Ded unabl^ to do my
housework. Everything I did to
relieve myself failed and I wa*
just miserable and discouraged. I
wag advised to try Doan'g Kidney
Pills but had got whre© I tho't
there wajj no help for me. Doan'a
helped me from the start and two
boxes removed the trouble. My go»i
heajtp camg back and I felt nn®
ever s'nce Doan's cured me "
Price 60c( at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan'g Kidney Pills—th$ same
that Mrg.. Brown had. Foster-Mil
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N.. Y.
MtS A remady fat i nfectiom
Ml of ths urinary trwt.
UfVM ■ Painless, coa-poiwaoia
HSfllv I^T ">* "i"10'ltristan
^?s£a Beli«vesin 1 to 5 dajra.
PRICE $1.20 Sold By DroKUtt
Treatise with each bottle or mailed ou reqtuil.
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