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EDITORIAL
r\.M >T IUS4 ri<)\
SkaRWav I:.. • .;:.ts the peo
ple of ilii" to->> : are in ,:sed uv-r the
discrimination which b^ins more
and more evidenced .it the routin?
of the Alaska steamshiv* The North
western is but on? illustration others
have been and are apparent. The
first boats down tile river are to so
without the freight which should lie
aboard th"'i:i to replenish the al
ready depleted stores of the w£t-r
The government will be blind to
the fact that there is any w.iv to
the interior of Alaska e\, -pi t'.e
Seward-Amhorase route ti'! •:
Ski^wav . nd the people . f t ' is •
lioa and down the' river make it
manifest to the authorities that .*
will l.e foiiy and an inj isric-* t<> |
ev.rythin^ into th- d- •• ; v >
the one section and leave the o:': er—
equally as rich—wor?e Pit t: !•
has been for years.
I'nless the people of t"•:s s- ■ ? • • .ri.
and the river affected by t < d
t rimination. ri-e a:.d prote ■- i
Iv we uill be left hi-;i a; 1 dry. v.,
practically no service except t'. Can
adian lioats which ire ti.it allowed t"
carry freight. If we are in Am •
•
I'. IV II. boats supply n*
PP.KSIIH NT II \!5I>1\'(.'
Chauncey Depew. than «!io:n f«»<v
of passing judgment upon k .
in passing judgement tipon 1 :
in u recent speech lid this <>: IV -
ident Harding:
l( was one of the privileges of a
lifetime for me to be at t same
hotel at August in •. Flu id ',
where President Harding sp>t :
of his vacation. It was a rare o;t . -
tunity- to judge our Chief Kxeeut".
Mo worked hard in the : :
conferences with pary i<--■ -J -s !
prospective Cabinet officer*. He | ' •
••d golf in the afterno ■ ; v.m . • •
regular players on t'e > •!
captured all of them, lie was
cessible to everybody and his mi. >1
transparently open to suczesti,>-is,
i>ne of the leading southern Demo
crats of Florida said to n:e. "Ser.a
tor Harding. by his pood feilov.il,in.
camaraderie and cordiality with o:ir
people, has come mighty near break
ing up our party."
His first act in opening the gates
to the White House grounds and l
doors of the White HonsP i-» slut i .
cant,*as was the ancient method vita
the temple of Janus, only with a re
versal of the process; the gates of
the temple w.-re open during war
and close dt'o rpeace. Once in the
White Hdu- the President immedi
ately sumo : :i J the leaders of Con
gress. he called together the mem
bers of his Cabinet, he ir.vited the
Vice President to si* with th3'n. he
consulted *<•': 'he Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court. ,:o -:>vv men of
leading minds from every w iik i • J
life. Before he acts, he w.ti have ie
ceiveil hospitably every suggestion,
advice or information possiblo on the I
subject, but t 'o judgement lie forms ,
will bo his own. I believe that
judgment will be right, and that it |
will bo accepted as such by the Arn
ericau people. One of the leading I
Democratic papers in the South |
while 1 was there and after the Pres
ident had left Florida, said. "Wo
have yet to lind a puper which is
hostile to President Harding. The
whole field of journalism accepts
the tremendous verdict of the coun
try and wishes the President a sue
10 ul administration."
MV MOT 111:IJ'S ADVH K
1 have investigated by personal
spiritualism and its various forms |
of faith and practice. I have never
been . d tl.at we really could
gt t communication with the other
v. rid t'.ougii I have tried very hard.
Iv ;»fe that those we love |
» o are tlicr-. id who would be de
lighti .1 ; > roniuiunicato with us, have|
yet the power to d-> so. but 1 have
experienced two moot helpful aids.
Whenever ;reat misfortune or loss-|
es overtook ;:.e. as ihey have, my
i other. who was a Irm Calrlnist,
ha« said. " i i •• Lord has si-nt this to |
\ou as a discipline, it is for your
own good. IUveive H as such and I
do the best > ou can. with renewed J
euer > und hopefuluos*, and this ap
parent fortun. will prove a real!
•Icssivu ' In e«e:.- ease, this has
•••it as !ii> i!'Other predicted. 1
e . ~nl re fait!:, front repeated
tri.iK v( the efficacy of prayer. Whilei
the answer ltns not come by voice]
or let:- r > (i :eus'a ir >dinms, yet in
some w . • it 1 '< .'it direct and pos
itive. • pre .< >t aid is faith,
f:-ith in your crm:ch. at the same
tine v. 'i hn I ciarity for alii
. • -t . reeds; faith in
■ in. \.; n its founda
! i,'.;.i s have been dem
!. like ours as the best:
;;r follow man and wom
i may be often deceived.
.l:hI i ac: wi'h losses and
at. but i'ese are isolat
•" few compared with the
of frl ids and ncquaint
(> are de ' 'ndable atid valu
tv ■ faith In yourself and the
of iiod i«»r iropcr living.
• i. • md ambitions.
J !•
M.WK .1 SlMsHiV. \I .\'I1!I \ l\ll>
:i bar never a fad. I
• t :"»tl mint>.•
.• I';.ils of r■ Jinst. Whi-ii I
- :i <n. tiie country wont
ta« :i >'"!.■• f.'sil of the
\ . c i 1 ' llerites
i d-ty :■ ad the yoar. Th«
- of ;>:i; / • ntpltfS. SO
• . tiie next world
: :: 1 ?.»!{- v-ith a clOUl
J (.[ them hopins
riri v.'O'Mt! Mow
W> all rficm
Mii'. it was a
"o one'.'
d :
lid
t i>i j
■
so see Si: :sl
window thru
in", covered
r:ia or v ot'inii
for an earl.*
Win
i:: trie grass in j
1 of the eai -
;• '>»t when it was
; Iraost univer
o wains of fish
; " r, and the
1. skin troubles
. 1 recall with I
to.;.- of the man who
>is to Or. Oliver
. aiid said. "VY ill
; e how much fish
i day for the improve
;!v.d." The doctor ans
\ our case, I thins it
•i'-r.r if rotl take for
morning a whale on '
iMiv u! ( \i:\.\i;o
i' : d for Amor- i
■»vn>!i' the story of
hi* Hi wurles after was
■
■ . . I a u printed. His
.• His first pain-1
p*.:■ ■ • ■ v. i5it :s .011 be was six
ty. His story briefly ii this: At
- oft ,ns men of Yen- j
: • ..a . ivy. died of excesses.
ed tvere illness |
c i! i tor ; • • him upon
>ri ■! •< I!e felt s > well, that he |
iv.tr .! It amounted to about |
; 2 ouuees of selocieU food a day.
with a pint only of red wine. At
sixty, a Is co-temporaries were all
<1- ad At eijri.lv. hi; wrote another
vuiu ill d . i.litis the success of his |
experiment. At ninety, another,
when ! Iu:d r owed his fortune
hi. 1: ha.I hr? i loit by his grand
son. At one hundred, another paui
;:; it, • • n he was still as vigorous |
as ever and ins some," History
does :..>t record what killed him at |
one hundred and iiw; it was proba
bly over-indulgence. The greatest |
life-surer and health preserver is to j
he aMe to cut out whatever disagrees
le. and to limit the quanity of |
t-.-vcr asrc-es with you.
Cache Creek Is
Scene of Action
lack Coffey Reports Everything
Booming for Ilij^
Season.
Jack Coffey ia back from a trio on |
official busiuoss to Cache creek and j
reports things moving along rapidly
in the great placer camp. He reports
Anton Eide in the district oil a tour
of inspection of road worlyas far as
Peters creek, where men aro pulling
stumps and preparing for grading
work. Ten men have been busy all
w inter getting out bridge timbers ui:d
timber for corduroy roads and in
slashing right-of-way. A bridge is
already built across .Moose creek and
is a fine structure. The bridge across
C'roto creek is finished, the work be
ing under the foremanship of Carl
Johnson.
The grading crews will begin grad
ing in earnest as soon-as the frost is
out of the ground. Tho residents and
mine operators in the district aro
elated with .the work being done by
the Alaska road commission, rnc
commission will put a wireless sta
tion at Talkeetna and at Cache creek
and on the Kuskohwim.
Mr. Coffey says Jim Wilson-with
15 men and 30 head of horsos is
at work now and will soon complete
freighting in machinery and supplies
for the Cache Creek Dredging com
pany from Talkeetna to Cache creek,
where the ground is located The
company has constructed two catiips.
one at Mile 1out of Talkee'na. and
the other at IJIack creet. Mile 27 out
of Talkeetna.
The Cache ("reek Dredging compa
ny is preparing to install a hydro-el
ectric plant to furnish power fori
dredging instead of steam power as
heretofore. Workmen are overhaul
ing the dredge. A r.ev. line of buck
ets to increase the capacity of the
di .-di • will be put in and this will re
ducc the operating cos ts. The compa
ny lias twenty-five men now working
and as soon as the trosr is out of the
ground more men will be p.it on to
dig a ditch uit-1 sever il teams will be
employed on h's work. More titan
500 tons of e<]iii|)ine.i: for the dredge
have been shi: .led in during the pi.tt !
winter. a'id a number ot men are get-1
ting out timber to t«» use 1 in the con-1
struction of a power house and flume. |
The Alaska ro; d commission has j
constructed all bridges '.his winter '
which lias et.. !i cd the freighting in |
of a!l supplies l'or t nmancr wort:. A !
warehons • has bce.i constructed at'
the lauding on the river on the Cache i
ireek side and at Mo.ise creek, ten |
miles out; Croto creek, seventeen I
miles out; Peters tr-er twenty -one I
and a half miles on*. A fine brijge
is building across IV' is creek ar.'l a '
caterxillar live-ton truck !■» 1«in- I
used "« the road work.
ST. JAMFS IS FIRST
TOWN IN MISSOl'RI TO
i:i.i:<T WOMKX MAYOR
Si. Jumps. Mo.. May.— Mrs. K. W.
Ousley. mayor-elect of St. James and
t!:e first woman chosen to a mayoral
,y i:: Ml <ouri. announces she intends
to "clean and brighten up" tho city
aftt-r taking oflice tomorrow.
Speaking of her successful "plat
fort.i." Mrs. Ousle.v said. "I made aj
liL'iise to house canvass and told <
the voters we needed cleaner every
thing. i said that men always had
been in ofTice and women at least
would do no worse."
Mrs. Ousley is H4 years old. pretty !
and vivacious. She is a slender J
hlond. fastidious as to neat clothes. ;
and is prominent in civil and so- j
rial affairs. She and Dr. K. \V. J
Ousley. a dentist were married 10 1
years ago. They have no children, j
St. James is a town of 1,200 |
inhabitants. 90 miles southwest of
St. I.ouls. Running as a non-parti
san. Mrs. Ousley defeated Roger S.
Hall, hotel proprietor, by eight votes '
the count he in? 271 to 2Gfi. Mr. Hall
also ran on a non-part Lan ticket.
A limit of 200,000 cases of high
grade salmon lias been set on its
pack this year by the liooth Fisheries
company of Chicago, owner of the
Northwestern Fisheries company,
which operates out of Seattle. It
owns 17 salmon packing plants in
cluding 14 in Alaska. "To get back
to a normal condition." says the re
port. "we will pack nothing hut high
grade sal mon this summer and not
to exceed 200.000 casses. notwith-1
standing that we have a maximum
capacity of more than 1,000,000 cas
es. As all other salmon and sardine
packers are making severe curtail- j
ments and in some instances are not
operating at all." j
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Cable Briefs
Salem, Ore., May 1G.—President
(larding has written Governor 01
cott that ho will be unable to join
tho Governor should he visit Alaska
In July.
Taconiu, May 16.—Larson, tho
the former president of the Scandi
navian-American bank of this city,
was convicted on tho second count
[if having made unsecured loans to
himself.
Chicago, May 1G.—Charges
were made on the floor of the I. W.
VV. convention last night that the
reason Haywood fled to Russia was
because there was a shortage in-his
accounts in the Brotherhood funds
[>f thirty-five thousand dollars.
Lawton, Okla., May 1C.—Privates
Luther D. Gee, James W. Taley, Dav
id Mener and Royal Clark, of the
South ordinance report detachment
were killed yesterday afternoon
when they attempted to destroy &00
pounds of gunpowder which had
been condemned.
Washington, May 16.—Herbert
Hoover in an interview on the ques
tion of tho acceptance of the repar
ation terms by Germany, stated tnat
the United States woul(Tt)e tho larg
est benefactor by Germany's accept
ance of the reparations terms of the
Allies.
Washington, May 16.—Chief of
the Forest Service Greely, in his tes
timony before the House Committeo
on Territories last Saturday, testi
fied that there was necessity of pro
tecting the pulp wood, water power
resources of Alaska in order to pre
vent a reckless exploitation of tho
same at this time.
Washington, May 16.—The white
population in Alaska has decreased
two and three-quarters per cent, be
tween the years 1910 and 1920, ac
cording to a census bureau report.
This was the announcement made
today. The whites in the Territory
total 25.7Sr*. the Indians, 26,421;
negroes. 128; Chinese, 5G; Japane
ese, 312: Phiiipinos, Tlnwaiians and
Koreans, 99.
Dublin. May 17.—Thruout all Ire
land the Sinn Feiners are waging a
desperate warfare against the crown
forces. The Sinn Feiners '.his after
noon launched an organized attack
on the Cork prison. After hours of
fighting the attackers were repulsed
Machine guns fusilades were poured
into the attackers from the walls of
the prison.
Washington. May IT.—The Su
preme Court ruled yesterday after
noon on the question of the validity
of the 1Sth amendment to the Con
stitution on account of the time giv
en for the ratification of the meas
ure. This time is given as seven
years in which three fourths of the
states may vote for or against the
measure. The court held that t!io
requirement that the Prohibition
amendment be ratified within seven
years by three fourths of the states
does not invalidate the measure.
Paris, May 17.—There is a les
sening of the tension which has been
present since the trouble over Upper
Silesia. The lessening of the ten
sion is caused by the break between
France and ('.rent Britain over the
question of Upper Silesia.
Tacoma, May Id.—It was an
nounced a few days ago that Chil
berg, the former president of the
Scandinavian-American bank in this
city, was to be indicted in connection
with te failure of that bank. This
is emphatically denied. Chilberg is
in New York at the present time, and
may not return to the state of Wash
ington. Judge Askren refused a
motion to delay the second trial of
President Larson of the defunct con
cern. It is said that Jafet Linde
bet'g, an operator, who is now in
California, fighting extradition from
that state, would be brought back
for trial.
II Is n great life—if you don't go
broke.
Wonderful Is Human Skin.
Tlx* liuuiuti skin, which forms a
protective covering over the whole
of the body, consists Of two layers,
an outer one ami an inner one. The '
epidermis, yr outer skin, is so con- j
stmcted that no moisture from oufcj
side can penetrate It -so long as the |
skin itself is not t.irn or cut. At the j
same time the pores of the skin are
sit formed that the sweat .is freely I
discharged through tlie skin, thus ven
tilating the body and keeping it nt
an even temperature. If someone
could invent a materia! possessing
the properties of tlie human skin, n
material which wouM keep out all
moisture, however heavy the down
pour of rain, and yet allow the free
escape of the heat and moisture of
the body, his fortune would be made.
"Yourcare for your health prompts
you to seek the skilled advice and
expert medical attention of a rep
utable physician. You can afford
to be no less careful in selecting
your druggist."
The doctor prescribes. We follow
his formula, but both lie and his
patient must depend upon our
skill and knowledge if proper re
sults are to be obtained.
Quality Plus Accuracy
is our watchword. You can accept, on our
word of honor, the assurance that these two
important elements are included in every
prescription we fill. In addition nothing but
the purest drugs are used. If you value
these things and wish the added service of
promptness, bring your prescriptions to us.
js and Prescriptions
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
sam si;i:ks j,ic;iit
Mr. Gompers spent his honeymoon
in an open shop hotel. The meals
were cooked by non-union cooks and
the waiters were non-union. The
proprietor is a personal friend of Mr.
Gompers, but was one of the leaders
in the recent fight against the closed
shop. Ilis patronage of an open-shop
establishment indicates that the la
bor leader is seeing a new light and
is recognizing the inherent justice of
the open-shop principle.
ioi;i:k;n tkadf
Foreign trade figures for the month
of March show a general decrease of
about 50 per cent, in imports as com
pared with March 1920, and rather
more than that proportion in exports.
As against February of this year
there is shown an advance of about
15 per cent, in imports and a falling
off of about 15 per cent. In exports.
Meanwhile gold lias continued to
come into the I'nited States in large
quantities and has (ended to
strengthen the reserves of the Fed
eral reserve system in an important
degree. The net amount received
since the beginning of the year is es
timated at about $175,000,000. It
should be remembered that whereas
in 1913 it was estimated that we
owed to foreign countries some ?G.
000,000,000 in securities and proba
bly $1,000,000,000 on open account
we liave turned tlio scales and ns a
result of our war advances we are
today creditors to the extent of not
less than $12,000,000,000 or $14,
000,000,000 on funded and $ 1,000,
000,000 on open account—a shift of
at least $25,000,000,000 as compar
ed with the situation in 1913. All
this strongly emphasizes the necessi
ty of obtaining some genuine improv
ment in our method of financing for
eign trade. Action of Congress on
Wednesday in modifying the Edge
Act so'as to reduce the immediate
capital requirements for organization
under that law may help somewhat.
Interesting in this this connection is
the fact that recent careful surveys
of the volume of acceptances Issued
by member banks of the Federal re
serve system appear to show a de
cline of some 50 per cent, from a
year ago. This must bo attributed in
large measure to the declining vol
ume of our export business.—Henry
Clews.
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General J.aml Oll'ice
Juneau, Alaska, April 11, 1921
Notice is hereby given that tuc
Arctic BroUicrnood Cemetery Asso
ciation, a Corpoiutioti, by \V. B.
Stout, It. M. Udell and II. U. Bauta,
| its trustees, !i..j filed notice of its
inieniiou 10 submit t'iual proof in
support oi us application, serial
i04i93, for patent under the provis
ions oi tne Act ot March 1, 1907,
lo-l Stat, it. ior lauds embraced
witliiu 1'. i>. survey No. 1255, sit
uated on ti.e lull bauk oi the Chil
kat llivur, one inilu west of Haines,
Alaska, iu E.titudo i'j degrees 1-1
minutes North and Longitude 135
degrees minutes West, and more
particularly described as follows:
Commencing at Corner 1,
whence U. si. E. M. No. 573 bears
•North fc9 degrees U l minutes East
69.lu c.iains distance; thence
•South lj.Jb chaius to Corner No.
theuce' West 16.29 chains to
Corner No. 3; thence North S.SO
chains lo Corner No. 4, meander
corner ou line or ordinary high
tide oi Cliilket Kiver; thence me
andering the said river (1)
North 57 degrees 17 minutes East
12.20 chains to Corner No. 5 M.
C.; thence East 5.95 chains to
Corner No. 1, the place of begin
ning, containing an area of 21.tit>
acres. Variation 31 degrees 30
minutes East.
l'roof iu support of the applica
tion will be submitted by the appli
cant ai d two of the following wit
nesses: Carl Bjornstad, Erik Os
lund, 11. A. Burnett and C. H. Liud
liolm, all of llaines, Alaska, before
G. \\. lliiichmau, U. S. Commission
er at Haines, Alas.' a, on June 1,
1921.
FRANK A. i.'jYLK,
Keglster.
First Publication April 14, 1921.
Final Publication May 14, 1921.
IIOl'SE FOR SALE
Four-room, substantial cottage, ad
joining my home. Best offer takes
it", llouso must bo moved front
present location. Cash or terms.
Apply W. C. Blanchard.
White Fass & Yukon Route
J .-.VE 3 TIME TA11LE Xo. 40
Tursilay ami Friilny
Xo 1, X. Bound
J st Class.
S: 30 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
12:40 p. m.
2:10 p. m.
4:30 p. m.
Leaves
Arrive
SKACWAY
WHITE PASS
DENNETT
CARCR0S3
WHITEHORSE
\o. 2, S. Bound
1st. CI ass
Arrives
Leaves
3:45 p. m.
2:10 p. m.
12:45 p. m.
10:55 a. m.
8:30 a. m.
Passengers ninst be at tho depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is 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 each half fare ticket.