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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans
DlKECriNG OIDKTS
The i'rtjideul has coined a
phras© w Inch. will meet With, uni
versal .aoproval. "To direct, not
to cacck"' exports will bg t±LQ pur
pose o? the new boaxd whith lie
&as appointed under the provision*;
or the espionage bill. This meatus
thi" such food products as go from
this country to Europe will ,be
guided into channels which will en
sure that they reach, our friends
and allies and not our enemies; thai
all the world will thus receive a
striklnt: demonstration of the vital
oosit'oa which tbe United States
holds 'n a war crisis like the pres
ent; and that this position will be
strengthened as against the da?
when war shall be over. This
course has been adopted without
reference to tho food-control bill.
"ijilck to it! Stick to it until ih«
is completed:" commands Col.
Roosevelt in discusfcing the war.
•Mi^ht scatter words of further en
couragement by changing the pa
triotic song to make it run, "Three
cheers for the red, ■white and
glue!"—Tacoma News.
The man without employment, in
these busy days, has evidently not
Dee a looking in the right direction,
if he is Teally; looking for work, he
should be told that there are sev
eral thousand jobs waiting lor
him jutit around the corner." If he
can handle a saw and a hammer,
there are, perhaps 2,000 jobs as a
ship carpenter ready, and there
are any number of openings at good,
wages, on the farms of the United
States and Canada. "Work is slack
only for the slackers. — Christian,
Science Monitor.
Knowledge
It Is the plorious prerogative of the
empire of knowledge that what It
gains It never loses. On the contrary.
It increases b.v the multitude of Its
own power. All Its ends become
means; all Its attainments help to new
conquests.- -I>anlel Webster.
Daily History Class—Aug. 10.
1672—John aud Cornelius do Witt,
Dutch statesmen, murdered by a
mob at The Ila^ue.
1810—Camillo Benso di Cavour, Italian
statesman, born: diod 1S61.
18S5—James TV. Marshall, discoverer
of gold In California, died; aged
seventy-three.
191-t—France declared war on Austria.
1913—United Stutes declined to put an
embargo on munitions to belliger
ents.
1916—Germany had captured ^Co3,2S3
prisoners. 1,556,132 rifles, 11,036
cannon and 3,450 machine guns.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
The bright star Altalr seen in me
ridian due south aud high up an hour
before midnight. Meie«>rs iu the even
ing
CROOK HARMFUL TO
LNTE11KSTS OP ALASKA
The nations of ail tho world | are J
clamoring tor additional merchant'
sliij^a tu transport their commodities,
The U nited iitateg government is i
olaknlug a tremendous shipbuilding
nrogram to meet a tremenaou* de- I
mand. Tounagy is at the greatest )
premium in the world's history, |
Ships are paying for themselves lit
one 01 two voyages &c.cogg the At
lantic.
JJesuile thOoii conditions there Is
one corner of the earth where ships
come und go without their tcargo
spate being completely filled. And
that country is Alaska.
The established lines have con
tinued to operate ou regular sched
ule despite alluring inducements to
enter more lucrative fielas with,at
{least some of the vessels they now
cprea'e to Alalia. And there
would be nit dagner of ^any change
in their schedule now were it not
tor a singular handicap that k has
been imposed upon) them.
At the very moment that _the
JJuitou Staes government is jtraia
'ng every resource to obtain trans
tor is to carry ^troups and supplies
to Kuroue, it is permitting the trans
ocrt Crook to operate, bet ween An
chorage and Seattle, presumably he
cause it is needed tu transport gov
ernment railway supplies. But,
the truth is there is more than,
enough space on the ships of the
regular lines to transport all. the
supplies that the government can.
use. Because the Crook is carrying
all 'he government supplies, the
Ships of the established ljnet, are
coming to Alaska with only partly
filled holds, * i I
II 4 L
As a result WierQ is » grave pos-j
jibiiiiy that the companies uiajr re-|
dues their daiings to Alaska. ( The
Crook ia operating to Anchorage
ouly i<*inpurarily and wiU I*e re-j
moved Ai soon as Uiu railroad
built, »f not before. Ou the (Othej;
uaud the siuanis.hip companies have
uermanentljr ebUi.blish.ed connec-j
Uous with Alaskan ports.
Once, the companies remove any(
vesaei» Xrom the Alaska service, it
win be years before Uxey are re
turned because of the big earnings
offered elsewhere. Xu viewt of th
tact that the temporary; operations
of the Croon will cause a reduc
'iou iu the sailing schedules of
<-he regular lines, it will be to
the best interest of Alaskans if,
'he Crook is removed.
Ketcaikan, Juueau, Skagwav, Cor
dcva, Vaidez and Seward are just
as interested ju seeing present
schedules maintained as is Anchor
age, foi they ail would be equalljr
affected. Doubtless if the facts!
<*re presented to th,e government at
Washington the situation .will be
quickly a remedied, but the people of
Alaska should not delay in making
tiie facts known.]
KK.N.NfcCOlT NOW IS
WOKK1NG A1SOLX 400 MiiX
M. J. Sullivan returned on yester
day afternoon's train from a trijj to
tjig interior, where he reports con
sider^ o!e mining actvty, and pre
dicts a bright future for those op
era'mgiu that mineral belt.
The Mother Lode Wines Company
is at present employing about 130
men and ia pushing the construction,
work on a new plant at Shushanna.
function, which will furnish, the
aower aud light for their copper
property. A telephony line from M
Qartny to the mines is also being
i> stalled. An excellent auto truck
road, tor u distance of fourteen,
miles, over which, will be trans
ported the ore to. the Copper Riv
er railway, is being built and, >*iH
be finished about August 25. Presi
des James Godfrey, who recently
arrived from New York, expresses
himuelf.as much pleased with the
improvemerts now under way, and
will greatly facilitate the develop
men* of this rich mine when com
pleted.
in^doing development work on th£
ixennetOU-Tjosevig property, a large
body of high grade copper ore was
struck at the face of the tunnel,
yjid this mine will also b^ a good
producer.
Captaju Hulbreoht found a good
'body of galena pre at the bead of
'ha Chi Una river.
Attthe Bonanza and Jumbo mines
close to four hundred men are
now at work.; The Kennecott Cop
per Corporation is again turning
out its usual amount of ;ore and
everything is running smoothly uu
der the direction of Mr. Stannard.
On yesterday's [train twentj^twe
cars of ore were brought from Ken
necott to Cordova, and will [toe
transported to the smelter oa the
next steamer.—Cordova Times,
SAN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered on sugar. Acta almost in
stantly. The prescription of
aa eminent physician. Keller
Bros The 9»n-ToK Drug StQrS. J
AJL-USIvA NfeWB
Geo. Shields who haa been con
ducting a commission business at
Fort una Led go proposes, opening: a
general j merchandise store to handle
groceries and miners clothing and
supplies. •
Bmer Toiuetli has purchased the
retail grocery business of J. Ai
Healy of [Fairbanks,
Reports of the Alaska run of
salmon indicate a light run'in Bris
tol Bay aL.d along the Alaska penin
sula, and an |exceptionally heavy
run in Cnatham and Icy straits, S.
i£. Alaska. [
L. H. Wakefield has purchased
the holdings of the Dodd-Cann) Co.,
ou^Lisianski Straits. A new. com
pany i* beng formed for the pur
pose of [constructing a large her
ring curing plant, where Scotch cur
ed herring will [be packed. The
plant will also include a. laage freez
er for freuh fish and bait, oil
and fertilizer plant and a | two
line salmon cannery.
The Kachemach Fish [Company
plans to erect a salmon, cannery this
fall at Halibut COve, Kacthamach
Bay, took [Inlet. This company al
so Dlans to put up fish by new
methods successfully adopted, by
the Norwegians. ,
The Glacier Fish .Company has
opened a buying agency at Junea
with Oliver Drang of the Ju»«ai>
Cpld Storage Co. a» local agent.
The Glacier Fish Company is con
structing a large fish plant at Scow
Bay near Petersburg. The plant
will [Include dock, mess and bunk
houses, warehouse &nd cold storage
building with a freezing capacity
of 20 tons of ice per day. [
J. H. Long and other Juneau, men
have formed a company to establish
a clam and salmon cannery, near
Sitka. [
The Treadwell Company has re
cently taken a bond jon mining
claims in the vicnty of Auk Bay and
is preparing for extensive [develop
ment work. This is the second
property taken over in th^ vicinity
of Juneau, jfor development by the
TreadweU Company.
The First Bank of Cordova j con-1
templates '.he early construction of
u. reinforced oonoreLo building. A
number of residences and an
apartment house are under .con
struction.
A* Neuana fifteen building per
mits were Issued durag the month,
of June, seven of jvhich, were for
permanent buildings, estimated to
cost.aDout $23,000. A circulating*
water system and sewer system are
to be (Installed as soon as the nec
essary materials are received. Fire
fighting equipment and hose have
been purchased.
ARE YOUR
KIDNEYS WELL
Many Alaska I'eojiJe Know tho Im
portance of Healthy KWiwys.
The kidneys filter the blood.
They; work night and day.
j Well kidneys remove impurities.
Weak kidneys alloy impurities to
multiply.
No kidney 111 should be neglect
ed.
There id possible dagger in delay.
It you have backache or uriaaiy
troubles.
If you are nervous, dizzy of worn
out,
Begin treating your kidneys at
once; | j; ,
Use a proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed like Doan's Kidney
Fills.
Recommended by thousand!
Itead thQ followi/ig statement.
W. V. Condon, 382 H St., San Ber
nardino, Cal., says: "I think the
Jarring and jolting of the wagon I
ride is what weakened my kidneys
and caused backache. I could
hardly get on or off the wagon be
cause of sharp pains in the small
of my. bock. The kidney secretions
wore too frequent (n passage, caus
ing me to arise several times at
night. I had dizzy spells, also.
Doau'a Kidney Pills cured the back
ache and regulated the actipn of
my kidneys."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Dont
simply ask for a kidney remedy —
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mr. Condon had. Foeter-MU
burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. ,Y.
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Tbe readers of this paper wtll be
pleased to learn that there Is at least 0:10
dreaded disease that science has
able to cure In all its stages, and ''-at Is
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only
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disease, requires a constitutional treat
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and mucous surface# of the system, tttore
by destroying the foundation of the dis
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building- up the constitution and assisting
nature In dolnff Its tvorlt. The proprietors
have so much faith »ti It* cunitrve cow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that It falls to cure. Sebd
for list of testimonials.
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CONNECTS at JUNEAU FOR
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Saturday's for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ticket Read* PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Co. You are Asiured the very Beit
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SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY JUNE I9I7
FOR SEATTLE and PUGET SOUND PORTS
fl. 8. JEFFERSON Aug. 24°
& a DOLPHIN Aug. !°, 1 1°. 23°
B. S. ALAMEDA JJy 30®, Aug. 22°
S. a MARIPOSA Aug. I 3°
For Anchorage and Westward Ports
a 8. ALASKA July 27°, Aug. 19°
8 Q. MARIPOSA Aug. 4°. 25°
3. 3. NORTHWESTERN Aug. 8°
a a ALAMEDA Aug. I 3°
Excursion Season opens with sailing of S. S. Dolphin from Seattle, June 18
and closes with sailing of same Steamer August 19. During
this period Sitka and Taku Glacier will be ports of call.
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