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EDITORIAL
HOW H5It l > !.IKHi
The question of prices and the de
clines and increases are of interest
to all. According to a bulletin pub
lished by the llureau of I-ibor Statis
tics the following facts are of inter
est :
Of the 327 commodities or price
quotations Included in the compari
son. and these include most of the
necessities 2 •" slio .'.i .1 il rease
and :!3 showed an increase, in the
months of January and February of
this year.
Of the comparison of prices at
present with tltat of 1l«14 tie follow
in? is of interest. In farm products
we are paying 129 instead of 10tt
this is the lowest item on t!.e list.
The two Items which weu: hishes'
are cloths and clotr and house
furnishings, they having gono over
the iuu mark. These two hold
hish places at present, fu-1 ! i\i:ig
edged in withiu the last few months.
The latter has been slower to rise
and with building material now
stands among the higrest. ut 21v
and 222 respectively, while hoi'se
furnishings stand 277 this is 'he t >p
notcher. These figures are for
wholesale prices on'v
In a comparison retail prices in
the I'nlted State- ti those of ot! > r
coun'riea . .• w^st of any of
t' e na'icns i- ;>aris>-n with pric
es ii; i3H. The Vnited State?
■i'n.vis 175 in 22 foodstuffs in 31
• •.lies. Australia's price Is !■>•>. Bel
glum 45H. Canada 2<>0. Paris 424.
(treat Ilritain 2S2. Italy .".7V Neth
erlands 2m>. and Sweden 294.
THE (iKIIM.W Mi:\.V< K
Charles Schwab recently declared
that Germany was getting bar* to
normal faster than any other coun
try. and he cited the fact that Her
man tools are being sold in Detroit.
A representative of the 1". S. De
partment of Commerce in Berlin re
ports that S.000.000 net tons of ship
ping arrived at and departed from
Herman ports during 1919. compar
ed with 2.700.000 the year before.
Twenty-eight ocean steamers of from
5.000 to 10.000 tons are being bui't
in the Hamburg yards, while G;!0.
000 bales of cotton were landed at
the port of Bremen during 1920. In
January last SO.000.000 pounds of
cotton were unloaded at that port,
fabricated in German mills, that
cotton will soon figure in the com
petition which the American cotton
manufacturer has to face at heme
and abroad, and it should riot emer
our domestic market unless it pays
a protective duty.
While our imports fnm Germany
during the calendar ye«r 1920 were
only about half what they were val
ued at before the witr. there is every
evidence that German to rs are
growing by leaps and In the
$s9,000,00i> v.-orth of ivports coin
ing in from Germany during the J
year may be mentioned 3,705.000
brushes, feather dusters, etc., 2?,
231,000 yards of handmade laces. 2,
463,1)00 square yards of jacquurds,
2,650.000 pairs of knit gloves, over
2.000,000 pairs of hosiery, 5,176.000
undressed fur skins, 3.300,000 pock
et kpives. 2,470,000 pairs of scis
sors and shears. 251,000,000 needles
42,000,000 pounds of print paper.
12.000.000 pouuds of seeds, quite a
Urge amount of siU inanufactures.
$4,200.000 worth of toys and a con
siderable quantity of wool goods.
REFEREE UPHELD IN LOI
11ER CASE BY THE COURT
In a decision handed down by j
Judge Robert \V. Jennings, which I
was taken under advisement some
time ago. the decision of the referee
was upheld in the case of the Craig
Lumber Company. The lumber mill
had been getting out aeroplane tim
ber for the war and was compelled
to quit business when the armistice
was signed. The JicDonald-AVest
Logging Company claimed a balance
due on logs from the lumber compa
ny amounting to J27.s71.50 and fil
ed a lien to be made a preferred
creditor. The referee decided that
all creditors must share pro rata in
the bankrupt sale of the lumber com
pany and this is concurred in by the
decision from Judge Jennings.
Portland. Ore.. May 19.—Alaska
was featured at a luncheon of the
members' forum of the Chamer of
Commerce. 0. E. Lewis, trapper,
prospector, trader ami capitalist,
who knows Alaska thoroughly, spoke
briefly of the empij? to the north
that awaits exploitation.
First of all. Mr. Lewis disclaimed
the title of "Sourdough." and then
proceeded to give a definition of the
term. He said when a prospector on
the trail who carried a sourdough
pot with him to make bread took
the doi;t,h out of the pot on a cold
morning and kneaded it with his car
ibou mittens on. the hairs from the
mittens stuck in the doagii and when
the bread was baked stuck to the
prospector's ribs like plaster to a
wall. Then and then onlv. he said,
had one any right to t!io title.
Mr. Lewis said the surface of Al
aska iias been scratched merely as
regards gold discoveries, and of its
mineral riches the half has not been
told, fie said Alaska supplies the fin
est furs known to the world's mar
kets. Alaska has a great ~?al herd,
with the United States brand on
every one. There are 2">0.000 rein
i deer in Alaska and the »orri*ory can
I rai-1' ">.1)00,000, he said. I! would
! not be a' all difficult, he said, witu
j in a few years to ship -'.">.000 reiu
I deer to the Portland market in any
I autumn.
Ilies. urccs Are DiscHwH.
The speaker told of many applica
I tions for homesteads filed in Uuska
land fur oil wells. He s.ild the coun
•ry being opened b> the government
railroad there is more easily farmed
and not so cold us Montana. He said
Alaska has great timber resources,
with seven valuable wocds. chief
among their, being spruce. H-2 made
a strong plea for tnoiv clos-j trade
relations between I'ort'. m.l and Al
! aska.— Ex.
Anthough gold mining nas benn in
:t-reasingly dilTicult to carry on pro
I fitably during tin- last few years,
work on the gold lodes in the Ju
I neau and Ketchikan districts of
southeastern Alaska has >>?en con
tinued. A report by J. I?. Mertie.
'jr. on the developments in this re
gion in IS!9 has just been publish
ed by the United States geological
|survey, department of the iuterior.
A deposit worked by the bP.lt
Thuck mine, in the Ketchikan dis
trict. is rather interesting because!
the ore was :>.t first considered a low |
grade copper ore but was afterward]
found to be more valuable for its |
content of platinum metals—chiefly j
palladium—than for its copper, so
that the mine is now regarded as a
palladium copper mine.
The report contains al.to some
notes on the gold deposits of Fun
ter Bay. on Admirality island, a
brief account of the geologic featur
es of the Salmon-1'nuk river regions
near Porland Canal, where some Sold
has been found; and a sunuatry of
the results of water-power investiga
tions in southeastern Alaska in
This report, which is entitled
"Mining developments and water
power investigations in southeastern
Alaska" is published as bulletin 714
R. of the I". S. Geological Survey,
Washington, D. C.
The man who always went to bed
early and lived to lie 99 years old
missed a lot ot' things people half
his ace have seen.—Detroit Free
Press.
Seeing that we'er again threaten
ed with immigration hordes, some
unemployed gentlemen might go to
work on that problem.—Washing
ton Post.
The "Case" Has .Proved I'oor
Man's I'nlver.xity to Many
Who Wandered Far.
Now that a printer and publisher
has been elected President of the
I'nited States, and another printer
and publisher was an aspiraut for
the same honor, the country has nat
urally been awakened to a keener
interest in the "art preservative,"
and has focused attention on u craft
which has provided big men for
every position in life, observes a
writer in the Christian Science Mon
itor.,
Where is the old-fashioned print
er? With his disappearance, the
world loses a type of worker who
from Ben Franklin 011 has furnished
the country with men who have
made their influence felt, not only
as master printers and master jour
nalists, but who. through the liberal
education and ideas acquired in their
training, have svelled the ranks of
the learned professions and become
actors, ministers, authors, humorists
and leaders in various lines.
The first and most important class
was composed of the elect: the well
bom and well-bred: the ambitious
young man who desired a higher ed
ucation. and who entered a printing
office with the intention of learning
the business thoroughly and fitting
himself for a position of importance.
The printing office was the poor
man's university, and highly esteem
ed as such.
A newspaper office was the natur
al forum and gathering place for all
the brightest thinkers and of men in
the public eye.
I "rimers aim u rnrr>.
To a now almost extinct class of
American printers belonged such
shining lights as Bayard Taylor, Bret
Harte. Artemus Ward. William Pean
Huwells, lion Shillabar, Opie Head,
Charles B. Lewis and a whole galaxy
of pood men and Rood printers. That
the system of becoming printers and
writers "through the fingers" was a
splendid one. ihe mere recital of
these few names among many, is evi
dence.
It was natural for men of this
stamp to seek to enlarge their knowl
edge by traveling about the country
while th<V worked at their chosen
calling, studying types, gathering lo
cal color and satisfying their desire
"strange places to se«."
Traveling in those days was not
as easy and universal as now. Print
ers traveled afoot when there was
anything to see. hear or learn there
by. They patronized the railroads
when that best served their turn.
They were respected and respecta
ble. they paid their way, and if they
were not wealthy—why, nobody else
was, either. When they had absorb
ed the atmosphere or sights of one
place they took the next in which
they were interested. They were in
no sense "tramp printers," as most
people understand the term. Wlion
ihe traveling printer of this first
class found his niche he settled down
and filled it.
Bayard Taj lot's Wanderings
It was in this manner that Bayard
Taysol. the famous author, traveler,
and diplomat, covered the United
States and Europe. A more polished
gentleman and a more graceful writ
er and poet it would be hard to find
in this day. and that his "Views
Afoot" were acquired •vhile continu
ing work as a printer added rather
than detracted from their value.
Most of the old-time printers were
writers as well. They gravitated nat
urally into the writing profession.
Not infreq uency, too, newspaper
men and the humorists who conduct
ed or contributed column.! of humor,
set muc'i of t'lis matter "r.'.jM < liter
neir >.t: d:' nt the cas?. It seemed
t.t one l. ;■ as though •?vcvy good
\mericui: i-Miiorist had I, «i> a trav
eling printer at one time or another
Ben fU'ilt liar's Mrs. I'p.rtiogton
and Ike made their debut in the col
umns of the Boston Post. Art^taus
Ward hiked all the way from Port
land. Me., to Boston and then •jy easy
stages to Cleveland. O. Ea Ko'tle Ue
studied human nature, gathered local
color, making the acquaintance of
theatrical and circus people of every
type, gradually visualizing in his own
imagination that showman through
whose mouth the later launched him
self into fame. The idea which he
acquired as a traveling printer came
to fruition while he was on the i'lain
1 caler of Cleveland
Speedy "Texas Jack."
"Texas Jac^:' was another aristo
ciat of print;td-i.n who ilected to
travel. After walking from Spring
field he entou.'d Into a Worcester
(Mass.) dally composing room and
asked to "sjo." He was tall and
Kawky, wore a sombrero, top boots
ard a lonp liron duster. He was
set to work, but his countrified ap
pearance and retiring manner
promptly started the compositors to
guying him. "Who Is Slug Threo?"
"Who's the Dutchman that S9t this
take?" "What blacksmith Rhop was
Slug Three raised in?" and similar
cutting remarks for "Texas Jack's"
edification were freely bandied
about.
The southerner, however, paid no
attention to these thrusts. He kept
right on sticking type. By and by
it became evident that the stranger
was far from being the countryman
he looked, for he "emptied in" with
amazing frequentcy, and his proof
showed no errors.
In the morning it developed that
"Texas Jack" had outstripped the old
guard. He had set a string of 11,000
ems, a record never touched, for the
tiffie consumed, except by the excep
tional "swift." Pocketing his big
earnings, the traveling printer gave
a farewell salute to the jeerers of
the night before. "Good-day, gentle
men," he said politely, with a court
ly bow and a graceful wave of the
sombrero, as he Bmillngly withdrew.
The second class of printers were
those who took up printing because
it was a good trade and regarded as
on a higher plane than some others.
Typical of this class of printers
was "Shortallze" Murray. Murray
may have been named after the
grammarian, but he was merely
"Shortallze" to us because he always
spoke of "shortalizing" words. The
first day he favored the office with
his services he broke the silence by
looking up from his case and sol
emnly inquiring: "How do you shor
talize secretary here?" He was told
the office style of abbreviating, but
ilie nickname "Shortallze" was his
from that day forth.
"Shortallze" had worked in nearly
every large printing office, except
some in the largest cities, in the
United States and Canada. He was
thrifty. When he reached our office
he usually liked to stay for some
time, partly because the editor had
a dog which helped "Shortalize" de
feat the high cost of living. It was
in the lean '70s, when prices after
the war were so high they almost
touched the sky—or present-day rec
ords. "Shortalize" used to board
himself. When he did his market
ing, old Rover, the editor's dog, used
to accompany him. "Shortalize,"
pointing to the animal, would ask
for "5 cents' worth of meat for the
dog.'
Rover was a large Newfoundland,
with a peculiarly hungry expression.
The dealer, after a glance at the ani
mal, and knowing that his owner was
a lone bachelor and boarded at the
sorry village "hotel," was usually
1 very generous. In those days a nick
el would buy enough to last several
meals, so "Shortalize" would live
high on next to nothing.
Scotsman Was a Sticker.
Alexander Cameron, a Scotsman,
was a most lovable, most Irritating
and most amusing specimen of this
type of traveling knight-errant.
Aleck had been working in a certain
office for some time, when he Incur
red the wrath of his employer be
cause of a breach of discipline.
Alexander came to work just as If
he had not received his discharge.
"No use, Aleck," said his exasper
ated boss. "You're discharged. You
can't stay another minute."
Alexander Cameron calmly contin
ued removing his coat and rolling up
his shirt sleeves.
"Did you hear what I said,
Aleck?" demanded his wrathy su
perior. "You may go. You're dis
charged."
"Why, Mr. Lenox," returned AlecK
in a shocked tone. "Do ye think I'll
be mean enough to leave ye now,
with all this work? No, no, Mr. Len
ox. Ye little know Alexander Cam
eron if ye think that. I'll never de
sert ye. Mr. Lenox, never! Just count
on Aleck every time." He stayed.
The third and lowest class of print
ers comprised those who simply
drifted into the business, or who
failed to make good at the trade.
From this class came the genuine
tramp printer. He is still with us.
The quality, never very good, has
been steadily deteriorating, and the
modern tramp printer is more
"tramp" and less printer than ever
before. The general public too often
has formed its opinions of printers
in general from this sorry class, l'he
old-time tramp printer was usually
"an amoosing cuss," as Artemus
ward would say.
Doerschlngs Buy Ransom Record.
The Ransom (Kans.) Record has
been sold by Sam H. Karnd to Wal
ter A. Dorschlag. the latter having
taken charge May 1st.
Mr. Doerschlag is a veteran of the
World War, having served as first
sergoant of Co. P. ^55rd Reg. 89th
Div.j and was overnwis several
nonths. Since his return from
France, he has been postmastor at
Baby
fooo
Baby Says
"I can't always ask for what I want
but I let you know when I get
what I want"
What baby wants most of all is the
loving care of Mother, especially
when Mother is aided by the baby
necessities that we can supply. Our
entire line or baby goods is made
up of the products of manufactur
ers who have long recognized that
Purity Is Essential
We have always used the utmost
care in handling goods in this de
partment. Careful mothers can do nothing
wiser than to come here for bsby foods, nurs
ing bottles, nipples, soaps, sponges, powders,
and those internal and external remedies
long associated with tho care of the baby.
Everything Baby Needs
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
Ilr.nsom, recently resigning from
t.'iat position. Ks will be assisted
In his work of publishing the Kccord
by his wife, Mrs. Caroline PoerscU
l?g, as associate editor. The me
chanical end of the business will be
very ably taken care of bv Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Phillips, who are well
known in newspape.- circles in Kan
sas and Oklahoma.
James Oliver Curwood.
Something over a dozen years ago
James Oliver Curwood deliberately
and with malice aforthought sepa
rated himself from the payroll of the
Detroit News-Tribune and declared
thenceforth that he was going to
write literature for the living. He
bundled up a kit and started for the
Canadian Northwest to gather ma
terial. That was seven years after
he had started working as a cub re
porter, and he had become a cub fol
lowing his graduation from the uni
versity of Michigan.
One year after Curwood quit news
papering his first book appeared. It
was "The Courage of Captain Plum."
Since then he has turned out an ev
erage of one novel a year, many
short stories ( and has been one of
the most prolific of ail the movie
scenario writers. He is the only cit
izen of the United States ever em
ployed by the Canadian government
as an exploratory and descriptive
writer, and is one of the foremost
authorities on matters pertaining to
the Great Lakes.
Curwood was born and reared at
Owosso, Mich., and has made that
place his home for a number of
years, but he makes annual trips to
the Far North. He has been live
times to Hudson Bay, several times
to the Arctic, four times to the Great
Barrens, and he has explored primi
tive reaches of British Columbia and
the Yukon. He has lived with Ind
ians and the Eskimos( for whole!
winters, and he has studied at close
quarters nearly all the wild animals
in the wild country with which he
has made himself so familiar.
Curwood is an authority on hus
kies, those dogs of wild wolf strain,
of the North. A few years ago he
wrote a novel, "Kansan," in which
one of these dogs was the hero. It
was put out In serial form by WNU.
It was an adventurous spirit which
caused this man to quit a compara
tively comfortable metropolitan liv
ing and go exploring in the most in
hospitable region one could select.
But results have justified the move.
Every line he writes finds publishers
clamoring for it. No one has writ
ten more charming tales and no one
knows the strange regions "north of
52" bettor than Curwood knows
them.—Ex.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
I Take Grove's LAXITIVE BROMO
! QUIXOTE tablets. The genuine bears
j the signature of E. W. Grove. 30c,
The
Shadow
of the
Sheltering
Pines
A new romance by
the author of "Tess
of the Storm Coun
try," "The Secret of
the Storm Country,"
"Judy of Rogue's
Harbor," etc.
(j race SMiller
White
has written some re
markable tales of the
squatter folk of Cay
uga lake and the
more aristocratic res
idents of Ithaca, N. Y.
They have been fea
tured on the stage
and in moving pic
tures. This one will
make the author a
host of new friends,
will make some
"star" famous, and
will make you love
Tony, its heroine.
Will soon start as a
serial in this publica
tion.
Watch for It!
It Is said Americans consumed SOS.
000,000 pounds more coffee during the
fiscal year ended June 30 than In the
preceding year. There was no thrill
In the coffee; but the consumers seem
to he full of kick.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 40
Tuesday anil Friday
No
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1st Class.
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SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE
Passengers must be at the depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
160 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full fare
' ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Arrive
No. 2, 8. Bound
1st.Class
Arrives 3:45 p.m.
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