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EDITORIAL I
»r\TKS RAILROAD
KKI'OKT
The official statement of Colonel
Frederick Mears as to progress on
the I'nited States railroad shows an
altogether satisfactory and encour
aging state of affairs, and deraon
trates that the great public enter
prise is destined to fulfill the func
tions for which it was created, and
in future will e\ert a tremendous in
fluence uj>i>n a vast empire of natural)
v.-alth. The report also shows that
Colonel Mears is performing his j
work with a degree of perfection!
(1 r.ipi.! that reflects great cred-.
it upon himself as well as his excel
lent staff of aids.
With the arrival of materials and
the transporting of supplies for sum
mer operation beyond the end of
steel. Colonel Mears will have more
time to devote to personal supervis
ion of operations and. while on the
ground, lend Ills mature personal ex
perience to that of his subordinates,
and thus secure the acme of speed
in:: up in completing the railroad.
Iiespite the heavy duties that have
fallen upon his shoulders as chair
man of the commission, which serv
ed to hold him tight in office. Col
Mears has improved every opportun
itv to give personal supervision to
instruction work, even though at
times i;e was compelled not to con
i::r< of hardships in so do
As such information as that given
in 1 "lonel Mears' statement comes to
lr^ht the public becomes more fully
impressed with the magnitude and
importance of the work being per
il nied. iml the rapidity with which
he is giving the nation a great enter
prise and Alaska a key to its treas
ure chests.
Colonel Mears is to be congratula
te! upon the excellent progress made
f<>r h«"has again justified the confi
dence reposed in him.—Ex.
WTIYK lit >K.\ POPCLATIOX
CAIMNG
The 1920 census returns would
not indicate that there is great cause
for alarm over the influx of immigra
tion to the United States. It disclos
es that the increase in foreign born
inhabitants in the United States be
tween ID 10 anil 1920 was only 35S.
4 1^ while the increase of the native
born inhabitants was 13,452,400.
The percentage of the foreign born
inhabitants in 1920 was 14.5. In
1910 it was i; per cent., a decrease
of 1.5 per cent.
There has been a change, also, in
the sources of the foreign born in
is compared with previ
ous censuses. The census of 1910
compared with that of 1900, showed
a decrease in the percentage of in
I >• whose birth
places v.-ere in the t'nited Kingdom.
tLc Scandinavian countries and Ger
many, but a marked increase of those
from Austria-Hungary and Russia.
The 1920 census, compared with the
1910, shows ihe only elements of our
foreign born population to increase
were those from Canada, Denmark,
Holland, France, Belgium, Ireland;
and Latin American countries.
The present percentage of foreign
born population in the United Stat
es is about the same as it was in
1880. The census of 1890 showed a
marked increase with a recession in
1900 and another gain in 1910.—Ex.
Washington
Patronage to
Be Distributed
Seattle, May 23.—There has been J
much complaint and general dlssatis
isfaction because of the disposition
of the administration to allow the
patronage of the state to remain
in the keeping of the present Demo
cratic officials. But it is believed
that there will be some action soon,
possibly this week. The probabilities
are that the following federal ap
pointments for western Washington
will be made: *
Postmaster at Seattle—Harry Gil
ham.
District Attorney—Thomas P. Re
ville. Seattle.
Marshal—Ed. Benn, Aberdeen.
Collector Intrnal Revenue—Mark
L. Davis, Tacoma.
Collector of Customs—Millard T.
Hartson. Seattle.
Commissioner of Immigration—
W. W. Conner. Seattle.
Prohibition Director—Thomas E.
Mitchell, Spokane.
The obstacle to an immediate con
summation of the plans In Rosooe M.
Drumheller, present Democratic col
lector of customs, who has given no
indication that he intends voluntari
ly to abdicate. The second appoint
ment of Mr. Drumheller was con
firmed by the senate on April 9.1920,
and should he be left to serve his
commission he would be In office
until April 1924, something not to be
countenanced by the victorious Re
publicans. Therefore it is regarded
in Seattle as entirely probable that
Mr. Drumheller may be asked by
Washington, D. C., to step aside.
Hartson's present visit tQ the nation
al capital may hasten the Invitation.
The Harding administration has let
the country know during last week
that senators and congressional dele
gations can get action on jobs if they I
agree and want it. Examples of the
rapidity in which action can be had
are furnished in the cases of collec
tors of customs of the ports of New
York and Baltimore. At both these
ports Secretary Andrew Mellon has
asked resignations. The New York
collector had two years to serve and
the Baltimore official five months.
Consequently it would be no surprise (
to Republican leaders or for that I
matter to Mr. Drumheller himself, i
should he be asked shortly to make
room for Mr. Hartson.
Collector Drumheller said yester
day that he had heard that his resig
nation would he called for but de
clares as yet he had no official in
formation to that effect and until he
had he would continue his duties.
Berlin.—German burglars face a j
new obstacle in a strongbox which a
Berlin inventor has just placed on
the market. The portable steel box
is equipped with an alarm which can
be set before the lid is closed.
When the box Is lifted or moved
ever so slightly the alarm sounds and
can be stopped only by unlocking the
box and adjusting the mechanism
which controls the buzzer.
Hotel guests are buying the Btrong
box and placing it against their j
doors at night, or getting It on lug-|
gage which they wish to protect. The
boxes are produced in various sizes
and with alarms varying In strength
from an ordinary buzzer to a fire
alarm gong.
Sydney, N. S.—The city's tax col
lector vas last night instructed by
the city council to proceed forthwith
against any person who may refuse
to pay their taxes on grounds that
the portion of the civic funds set
aside for the support of the so-called
separate schools is illegally appro
priated.
The resolution is aimed particular-,
ly at the Rev. John Pringle. famous
as the missionary of the Yukoc,
who recently notified the city coun
cil that he would go to jail before
he would pay another cent of taxes
to support the schools, which he be
lieved to be Illegal under the laws of
the province.
Cleveland. Ohio.—V i 1 h j a m u r
Stefansson. Arctic explorer, in an
address here today, declared "the
school geography is the most widely
read Action in the United States."
He said references to the "frozen
north" are largely myths.
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Survey Parties
to Enter Field
in Short Time
/
Four U. S. surveyors with crews
totaling approximately 40 men will
shortly renew surveys began last
summer in various sections of the
Territory, according to a statement
made this morning by J. P. Walker,
Assistant Supervisor of Surveys. A
fifth crew is already at work 3«b-di
viding two additions to the Ketchi
kan townsite which will be complet
ed some time in July.
One of the largest of the crews
will be in charge of Otis Ross and
will spend the entire summer iu the
Cold Bay oil field. Mr. Ross is at
this time In Seattle where he se
cured his outfit and has gathered
most of his crew, being men who
were in the field last summer and
spent the winter in Arizona. Mr.
Ross will have ten men and thirteen
controll lines of the regular rect
angular surveys and possibly do some
sectionalizing wherever the develop
ment justifies it.
Woodbury Abbey, with a crew al
most as large as that of Mr. Ross,
will spend all summer marking a
portion of the boundaries of Mt. Mc
Kinley National Park. He will have
ten men three of whom he will
bring in from the coast and at least
13 packhorses. Mr. Abbey is under
stood to have left Washington April
29. for Juneau and will get away to
the Interior on one of the first
through boats.
E. C. Gueriu. in charge of a third
party of eight men, will leave White
horse on the first througlrboat and
go to Fairbanks. He will pick up
the wprk of secttonizing the land
along the Richardson Highway south
from Fairbanks where it was left
off last fall. This will be in the
vicinity of the Piledrlver Roadhouse,
about 30 miles from Fairbanks. He
will go as far south along the high
way as is possible before the season
ends.
The fourth crew will be in charge
of Fred Dahlqulst and will consist
of nine men. Mr. Dalilqulst will go
to Kenai with his crew on one of the
first available vessels. He will start
his season's work near Kusiloff and
work as far north as possible along ,
the east shore of Cook Inlet.
E. D. Calvin, in charge of the work
now being done at Ketchikan, after
completing that work and looking
after a few isolated surveys in
Southern Alaska, will go to the
Yakataga oil field where he will run
rectangular control lines.
Mr. Ross, it was stated by Mr.
Walker, will probably sail from Se- |
attle on the Watson should that ves-1
sel sail this week for the Westward.
It is also reported here that Dr. Al
fred H. Brooks, head of the Alaska
Geological Survey work, has as
signed a party to work in the Cold
Bay oil field, and it is probable that
it will be ready to leave Seattle on
the first steamer for the woestward.
Dr. Brooks. It is stated, will not be
in the party but may come north
later in the summer.
With the purpose in view, it is j
claimed of salvaging some $200,000
in gold dust and nuggets from the
wreck of the steamer Islander,
Frank Walters, deep sea diver who
last year salvaged the safe of the
steamer Princess Sophia, arrived in
Juneau on his boat the Suemez from
Seattle.
Aboard the boat in complete div
ing equipment with which it is
claimed diving can be done at the
depth at which the vessel is sup
posed to be sunk in Stephens Passage
at the south end of Douglas Island
where she foundered on August 15,
1901.
Besides the diver there is a crew
of two men on the Suemez. The
trip was made from Seattle to Ju
neau in about ten days, side trips be
ing made. The vessel is a new one
on her first trip. She is about 50
feet over all and was originally built
for a seine boat. Headquarters for
the diving operations will be at Ju
neau.
Portland.—-In a talk last night
before the Mining Congress. Rickard,
editor of the San Francisco Mining
Journal declared that old time pros
pectors are getting scarce. Wireless
telegraph, the prohibition, the new
land acts, and railroad grants, have
all helped the sournough prospector
of.the world * * * stage, said Mr.
Rickard.
London.—The Canadian Pacific
Railway Company has purchased 4
German liners, including the Kais
erin, Agusta Victoria and the Prince
Frederick Wilhelm.
Paris, May 31.—France joined
•with America In the celebration of
Memorial day for two days.
Seattle's New
12-Story Hotel
Is Sure Thing
Seatt'9, May 23.—It now looks
as though with the advent of a new
year activities would be under way
for the construction of the new hotel
building that Seattle has been long
ing for during the past few years. It
,vill occupy a commanding position on
a block that adjoins the White,
Henry, Stuart and Cobb buildings.
Among the salient points In connec
tion with the new building are the
following:
Total cost placed at $3,200,000, of
which $1,500,000 has been pledged
leaving $1,700,000 to be raised by
Chamber of Commerce drive.
Building to be of reinforced con
crete construction, 12 stories high,
with great mezzanine floor.
Rooms to number 609, all outside
apartments, each with private bath
room.
Great Mezzanine floor to be^devot
ed entirely to dining rooms and ban
quet halls, plan calling for main din
ing room ISO feet long and 65 feet
wide.
Accomodation for public meetings,
civic gatherings, conventions and con
ferences of convention delegates to
equal those provided by any of the
great hotels of the west.
Beauty in design, strength In con
struction and the ultimate word in
comfort and luxury to feature hugh
new building and its equipment and
appointments, providing Seattle with
an attraction that will appeal to tour
ists, globe-trotters and others pass
ing through Elliott Bay gateway.
Structure to be build by new hotel
company, capitalized at $3,200,000,
to be formed under Chamber of Com
merce support by Metropolitan Build
ing Company and citizens of Seattle.
Block bounded by Fourth and Fifth
Avenues and I'niveraity and Seneca
streets selected as -site, property to
be subleased from Metropolitan com
pany by new hotel company; Metro
politan company, which leases the
site from the University of Wash
ington, will make no profit on sub
lease. Rental to hotel company for
itrst ten years will be only SiC.OOO a
vet r, roughly speaking.
Hotel will -nfold Metropolit t»the
atre in its wings and as an added fea
ture spacious corr'dors wi.. co.inetvt
hotel with theatre, a new feature in
1. test palac-s of Chicaij) and Los
Angeles.
Outdone by Buda
pest Money Sharks
London.—If you were offered j
$20 in bright American silver for
$15 in American paper money, no
matter how crumbled or soiled the
bills, would you take it?
And if you were making the offer
and could exchange $15 in American
paper money for just double Its face
value, would you covet the blank
note?
The answer i9 the solution of a get
rich-quick scheme now taking place
in Budapest which outrivals Ponzi
himself. It is bused upon freak
foreign exchange values.
To begin with, American paper
money is worth twice as much In
Budapest as American silver. The
reason is it, costs considerable to car
ry heavy silver from place to place.
On the other hand, thousands of dol
lars worth of American notes can be
condensed into a small package, and
the expense of transferring it from
place to place is slight.
Shrewd money dealers took the
situation in at a glance. Emigrants
trying to get to the United States are
constantly appearing in Budapest on
their way to American consulate to
have their passports vised. Usu
ally they have paper maney. The
money dealers maintain a keen look
out for the emigrants and offer them
$20 in silver for $15 in paper. This
is a $5 profit for the prospective
emigrant. The money lender then
takes the $15 worth of paper money
and converts it into double its fsce
value in Hungarian money for a net
profit of $10.
Who less? If anyone, it is the
American consulate. The official
must accept the silver brought to
them by the emigrants at par. They
are then compelled to send the actual
silver to Washington, which results
in diplomatic pouches coming to
London weighted down, with silver
instead of the usual official docu
ments. The loss of paying the added
cost of transferring the silver from
here to Washington falls on the Am
erican consulate, but everybody else
is making a profit.
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get all the news while It Is news.
Son Says
"To feel keen one must feel clean
—mentally, morally and physi
cally. And physical cleanliness in
fluences both the other forms."
A freshly shaven face each morn
ing, topped by an exhilarating
bath, seems to stimulate as no other
morning function can. That is why
Shaving Is Important
And the shaving materials and oth
er toilet accessories for men are no
less important than their actual use.
We can supply the particular men and young
men with soaps, shaving creams, massage
creams, ointments, talcum powder, dental
cream, etc. Brushes for all purposes are
here in a wide ranee of prices. Safety razor
blades, hones, strops and many other asso
ciated articles can be secured here at a gain
in convenience and often a saving in price.
tor | ,
Men's Toilet Needs
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
NO! MUCH GOES TO WASTE
Machlrea That Make for Economy Are
Now in General Use in Facto
ries In America.
Recovery of valuable portions of
materials formerly wasted is more
and more a feature of American in
dustrial economy. For many years
there has been In use In many of
the large engineering works a cen
trifugal separating machine which
removes the oil from Iron and steel
turnings or borings and thus permits
It to be used over again. This idea
which underlies this machine has
now been carried farther and applied
to the removal of the dust and dirt
which unavoidably collects in oil
used In the lubricating systems of
marine and other large engines. The
new machine Is very similar in form
and operates on the same principle as
the now well-known centrifugal
cream separator. The foul oil Is fed
continuously Into the machine,
through a strainer which catches any
gross particles, precisely as milk Is
fed Into the cream separator. The
purified oil escapes contiguously,
while the dust and dirt collect on the
Inner surface of the separating drum.
Provision Is made by which the at
tendant can Instantly tell when the
machine Is choked with the deposited
Ripening Fruit
High temperatures seem, very curi
ously, to retard the ripening of pears,
while hastening that of apples. In ex
periments described by Overholser
and Taylor in the Botanical Gazette,
the ripening of green first-crop Bart
lett pears raised from 70 degrees F.
or room temperature, to 85 degrees
was not affected, but at 87.7 degrees
it was delayed five days, and at 94 de
grees and 104 degrees the delay was
13 days. Second-crop Bartlett -pears,
In a temperature of 101 degrees, and
surrounded by a relative humidity of
below CO per cent, remained unripe
four weeks after similar - pears at
room temperature and humidity had
become fully ripened. The flavor of
pearg kept above 85 degrees was af
fected, sweetness and juiciness being
diminished. The ripening of Yellow
Newton apples on the other band, was
hastened at every appreciable rise In
temperature from 50 degrees up to
the point of destruction by burning.
It Is concluded that the picking of
pears may be delayed In very hot
weather, but that the picking of ap
ples and storage In a cool j^lace must
be hastened.
* Official figures show the cost of liv
ing has advanced 101 per cent In six
years. The man whose income has
not increased In proportion will have
to pinch himself to make sure he Is
still alive.
To Cure a Cola In One Dty
Take Grove's LAXITIVE BROMO
QUININE tablets. The genuine b«ar»
the signature of E. W. Grove. 80c.
SHE SNUBBED A PRINCE
Mrs. O. T. Alexander, wile of aa
army lieutenant and resident of Great
Falls, Mont., deliberately snubbed
Prince Carol of Rouraania when both
were passengers on the Japanese liner
Korea Mara. Mrs. Alexander sayt
that the heir apparent of the Rou
manian throne sent the ship's purser
to her with a message that the prlnca
would condescend to dance with Jrer.
Mrs. Alexander sent the purser back
with the message that she would not
condescend to dance with the prince.
sne neara tne two men crasniug
after her. That her short, swift leaps
could outdistance them for long If she
tried for the boulevard, she bad do
hope. But all about ner were giant
friends with outstretched arms, offer
ing her shelter. For one Instant she
paused,- then sprang Into the air,
caught the lower branch of a great
pine tree and like a squirrel scurried
up It. Almost at the top, Spanned over
by the blue sky, she crawled out te
the end of a big limb and clung to It.
IJenenth her the men paused and
shouted curses up at her. Tonnlbel
cared nothing for curses. She'd heard
them all her life, used them, too, when
she felt like It.'
"Eventually, why not nowT" doesn't
seem to Impress the Turk.
Anyway, the season for borrowing
lavvnmowers_js^iox^cliwedj^^^^^^
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 46
Tuesday and Frl.'lny
No 1, N. Bound
1st Clans.
8:30 a.m. Leaves
11:00 a. m. "
12:40 p. m. "
2:10 p. m. "
4:30 p.m. Arrive
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE
No. 2, S. Bound
Ist.ClaM
Arrives 3:46 p.m.
Leaves 2:10 p. m.
" 12:45 p. m.
" 10:55 a. m.
8:30 a. m.
Passengers must be at the depot in time to nave .Baggage ln
spected, and checked. Inspection ia stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full fara
ticket, and 75 pounds with #ach half fare ticket.