U S. KELLER Publisher
Oldest Dally is Alaska
ESTABLISHED 1898
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1920, according to the postal requirements.
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IDLERS ASK WORK \s WoRKI'Rs l'Al.K STRIKK
at
There Is unusualness in the present industrial situation, for some phas
es it presents have not been found in earlier periods of business read
justment. One peculiar feature is contained in the fact that an army of
ablehodied men Is seeking eagerly fur some r 'is of making a livelihood
by its labor, while another army of considerable size is seriously consider
ing giving up steady employment because v-. tul work conditions are
nut up to the abnormal standard of war times.
It is easy to believe that the meu now idle will gradually find positions,
even with no decrease In other employment classes, .lust how much more
■ lutckly the job hunters can have their qu- --i mi ■ -:ull> ended if a wide
spread strike shall occur in any important field of industry can only lie
«stimated in a general way. It is certain that, with many willing and rea
sonably capable men desiring employment, there will be found In their
ranks a considerable number who ran till the vacancies caused by an in
dustrial walkout. The work of particular!} skilled labor cannot be done
by novices, bat there is a condition existing now \v' i< h makes available for
almost any vocation a large number of idle men who are able to discharge
a great variety of duties.
Never before has there l>een serious thought l \ employed men of a
strike in a time when unemployment » is so general as to cause disquiet
The disputes between wage giver and wage earner have been reserved for
those longer periods in which there more demand for workers than
could be met. In such times the striV r frequently won his point It re
mains to be seen whether, in the event o: il.v <lin-- to leave his position,
the worker of today can make his course - rve his ends in the face of
conditions which provide a dozen idle v,•.■■■■ i.i! the place he vacates —
St. Louis Times.
RR1TISH I. \1M»K I MVKII \< K
I would have little enthusiasm." s.'.d t'i Harding in opening
the unemployment conference, "for any pn-i ■ ! ivhef which seeks either
palliation or tonic from the public u isnr> "1 tie excess of stimulation
Irom that source is to be reckoned a ■an • m tr .!•!«• rather than a source
of cure. We should achieve but little in a re. .1 way if we continued to
excite a contributing cause " In n ki:i- t rl< President Harding
evidently bad in mind the experience of tl i the past few years
CHer there there is a system of doles in o| l>: which hundreds of
millions of dollars have been handed out to • nt mployed as a gratuity,
hut ibe unemployment problem in 17i H is :io nearer a solution
now than it was before the distrihutioi "i • doles was inaugurated,
still another plan which the lirit - . • i. i . lerins: i- the starting of
public buildinc proje. ts to provide woi . t. r: .lie t\e wages to he paid
irum the public treasury
ISoth of those plans .irp a form of thaii' to fie jobless, and for that
reason they both tend to disinur.u- individ i I iniitative. competition, and
the sense of obligation r. the v. orker to | t<>r those dependent up
because they can only be maintait- d so 1 i. a the treasury funds hold
out. 51r. Harding urges the m»--i ' ■ : of t employment conference to
avoid all forms of Federal charlt' 'nl seek .i Nuluri<»n of (he labor proh
Had a Busy
'Season in
I
Mayo Office
William Sime. ussayr for the Yu
kon Territory, who hus Iwn in
• liarge of the government ass:iv of
hit- at Miuto Bridge, in the Mayi
district, during the summer, and
who is in Dawson, en route back to
\'. hitehorse. states that during i!:
two and a half months he was at
Minto Bridge he made a total of 6 7^
assays. Mr. Situe also had fifty
samples of ore from various places
in the Mayo district on hand await
ing assay when he was ready to
leave Minto Bridge several days apo
These he brought with him. and will
assay at Whitehorse on his return
there. Mr. Sime was so busy thru
out the season at Miuto Bridge that
he was unable to visit Keno Hill or
any other mining centers in the dis
trict. He states that he was great
iii make the trip to the
erea'er number of assays
m id- t Mil to Itridse liy Mr. Sime
were ir hvr hearing ores sent in
fi'i-:: !<• !i<1 11.11 other surround
' lulling Rambler, Stand
'!•• I it. Catena, Sourdough.
I*rn?ii'•.«i. : mil some other not so
own Dies shown in the as
■ r'lierly silver, lead. gold.
at;d antimony. The highest
' silver ore assayed during
ran ounces In sil
iii i-r samples of tetrahadrite
were assayed, ranging at various
tower values.
.Mr. Sine- arrived here a Tew days
;i-:o in a - ii boat from Mavo, and
is wa -iit: lu re to meet Gold Com
mts-. >n-r tleorge P. Mackenzie, who
- en route iroin Whitehorse on the
("US' Mr. Sime expected to pro
• I i i \\ iiiiehorso immediately on
arri .1 h- ■ . hut found on getting
here hat the gold commissioner
wished t" see him. and therefore
had in ■ it the return of the gold
com :> -sioner from Whitehorse. —
Dawson News.
I
MltS. REKATfc, SOI KDOltill VI -
KO.N" WOMAN, EXHI1UTS
KLONDIKE I'KODl'CTS
THOUSANDS SEE THEM
,\S KKSI.I T TEAI'IIEUS 1\ I'Olt l -
LAXI> SCHOOLS tilVE -
'I'l'RES OX YIKON
One of (lie host individual nfl'mis
ever made outside to advertise
Yukon is tliul undertaken Iliis -
soil by .Mrs. Clara Itekaie. pi011>r
Klondike woman. Mrs. Iti>ki!le livi ■!
here in early days and was a .suc
cessful mining opetntor on Bonn,
creek. She left there in ISM) 4 lor t
coast, and during the last summe r
returned and visited Dawson and
.Mayor She gathered many speci
mens of quartz, vegetables and li
>-rs here, and took them with lie to
the coast. She was. here until a •
the celebration of Discovery Da.,
and had the advantage of ge'iii
splendid collection «f native pi.m
UCts. These she took to t'orlt.unl
and there displayed the large .
lection in the big windows of ><
Meier it Frank department slore. in
the center of the Oregon nietrop<
Thousands saw the exhibit, and .Mr
Kekute writes that such lnie;e-i
was created in Yukon and pn - 1
ities of production of cereals, v.
tables, flowers and minerals in •
region that teachc.'s in lite l'uii
laud public schools gave lectures • a
her exhibit and the country n ■
which it came. Writing from r > t
laud. Mrs. Kekute says. In par
"The Yukon exhibits have been
in Meier «t Frank s window
days. They surely are a eurio-il>
to these people, few of whom
believe that vegetables will
there at all.
exhibit. Tlio articles were grac.-: i
ly laid around in the silk dressgi i
window, and made u pretty b.n-u
Kroniiti for the wheat, barley. i>a'
and the like. .
"I liad. anions other thi 111:^. sev
eral jars of wild berries and j<_ iI •
and uncooked cranberries.
"The vegetables arrived in •
did condition. 1 put them in liie
cooler on the boats. Ill Vancouver
and Seattle 1 took them up town and
found coolers for them. The Utile
trouble was worth the joy.
"I also wrote a column article on
the Yukon, telling of the s-ii^ • r ■ i
the other products, and the Dally
Oregoniau published it in in!
"1 was telephoned to this morn
ing and told that several Ii-icIm
had given a talk on the Yukon on
the strength of the produce d.-pl >y
In the Meier & Frank window.
"Today is the eighth that they
have been on exhibition One lead
er had read a synopsis of the Ore
gonian article telling the pupils ho
wonderful things grew in the North
Yesterday I was told of a teacher,
in giving a talk on the same sub
ject. spoke of the caribou moss. I
brought quite a bunch of il and it
looks beautiful on display. 1 have
a card attached to it explaining its
usefulness, which 3 figured might
be interesting to children. I am
glad they consider the exhibit . nl i
mentioning in the schools, as so few
people can realize that anything
worth while will grow in Hip uitrlh."
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COBB AGAINST LIVELY BALL
Manager of Detroit Tigers Favors
Elimination of All Kinds of Freaks
In Ba&eball.
Even Ty Cobb, the slugger. Is
agtiliiBt the freiik bull that Is being
Ty Cobb.
«■: i > ' \iiii bases around
fitnir "i ollmlimlIns the
' • ->'!l ball anil all freak
llitai:- In liaxflmll," auys Ty.
.• ilkes hitting, hut too
Hilt'tl "I' illl-' ti'i> lllUcll."
|M">pk- ure think
II K til . 'Ill- tIIIl SIS Ty.
Grid Stars Now Coach.
i\ I :ii\» r i' v f on! ball
li.M-iiiiif It'ilcll
\iil li.ilil down
■n -lie gridiron
-tars i>r either
i In.' ki 11K a sue
-s of college
. 'I'll a s'h<*il fur
lias turned out
who star us
reaeTiers. But
'ii I I silrtWI.
Leave With
Mail for the
Lower Yukon
i. with 100 sacks of |
li .Mr. and .Mrs. C. G. |
Mm :■ s passi ncers left at !l|
illuming for tlio lower
ii Williams, expert gas
. :nl experienced nan
r .iiiii motor boats, i3 in
Ii- expects to ;o at least
t Vukoii. and if the
l :. oralile ho or »ome
connecting launch will
;li the llats with aid
I proceed to the nioutn
i a or farther. The Por
« . ■ i enters the Yu
I-. Vukoii, usually is the
I lie Yukon tributaries to
'••• each fall. Mr. n:id Mrs.
■ iv :oins to Hot Springs,
laiiaiia. TO miles above the
nf the Tanana, where they
Mr Anderson formerly
ie r. S. army forces at
He went outside some
'i in! was married, anti ar
• >vith his bride several
I'll is is the last lap of
uneymooii voyage.
Hi" launch could not handle
ail i1 " mail ready to go today, a
tnd to the side of the
Hi pan of the shipment.—
I'awson News.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
HAINES PRECINCT, FIRST JU
DICIAL DIVISION, TERRITORY
OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
S. J. WEITZMAN, deceased,
Notice of Hearing on h'inul Ac
count
Notice Is hereby Riven that Joa.
H. Chisel, as administrator of the
estate of S. .1. Wellstman, deceased,
did on the 5th day of September,
1921, tile In the above entitled court
his final account and report of his
administration of said estate, and
the hearing of the same has been
set by said court for the 5th day of
November, 1921, at the hour of two
o'clock p. m. at the courtroom of
said court at Ilaines, Alaska, at
which time and place all persons
are required to file any objections
they may have to said account and
report, and to show cause if any
they have, why said lecouut and re
port should not be allowed and set
tled.
Dated this nth day of September,
1921.
JOS. II. CIIISRL,
Administrator.
First Insertion—Sept. S. 1921.
Final Insertion—Nov 10. 192i.
Catarrh Cnrtp o
witlj LOCAL
cannot r ;
Catarrh ia a lo< al .
llucnctM*. by consiiiutlo.
in or-i'-r
internal «•
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th«» . •
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prcsf .-i d I
tnlltii'. i
pose ! •»»
combi v ' %
purifier
the ingr>£ .
cine i: w 1
results in <*.at i
testirn-mnl*.
F. J CHI
Al! Dru
Uall'a l until
Cured
NS. as they
i I'm- disease.
tn ally in
ilions, and
.. > ake an
o.arrh Medl
- of tin?
l/uysiciar>rf
it i.s (,'uni
1 :? known.
• blood
• ,'tion of
Medi
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. ^end for
1 I rdO. O.
MISS PHOEBE FAIRGRAVE
Miss Phoebe Fairgrave, eight en
years old. of St. Paul, M.nn . hrcke the j
world's mark in a 15.200 feet para
Shute drop.
Tractor Hauls Gun Over Water.
In llni' wilti -imiljr r,:<ri,« In
Frame ami Kiiirhind. a sitl in i im- trae.
tor lias I develop. d -■ .nuitry
whioli Is rnpniil • of travel . ilirmmh
water to it depth of ten or ' -ho feet.
Ity tin" simple «*X! ' lit- M ■ : •••i'iti>i»liiir
the carburetor w:tli :i pe •. air is
insured for the i;asolb i ture. i'lie ■
seut of the driver is lii.'li e so
thiit ordinarily there - no ; irtirtihir
dancer of his Inking m ■ivoiuufan
hath, rrovisioii is made for the
tnountliu: of n siniiil lleldp . on top.
The vehicle i- shown 1 .1 '.ill pitce
illustration ill tile l'o;>II,:.r .Me
I'hanles Magazine.
Not a Spark of Sentiment.
"Let's sit ln-re on the -.liore anil
listen to what the sad sea waves are
saying." pleaded the rotnaiitle you* X
num.
"No, thanks." replied ili« lieaeh j
beHUty. "If that's the ext' it of v«»nr
conversational pmv. • hreeZ"
bIoiib to the hote l." -IUiiu iichiitu Age
Herald.
A Commandmrnt.
Wlfey (Sternly)—Where have yolt |
lieen?
Ilillihy (Meekly) Out in Hie sun.
Wlfey—I niu your >»n: you <)uiil •
have no other *un- n»!
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAN, Prop.
THt SANITARY MILK RANCH
The largest and best con
ducted dairy In Alaska. .
Daily shipments of pure
milk and cream to all
paints on White Pass A.
Yukon Route.
Big Game Guide
Sportsmen who arc Interest
ed in liunliiiK big game in lliu
Lower Yukon country arc in
vited to rail on me. .1 have |
lived for many years in (lie At
tin country, and can Kuarniitce i
hunting parties line sueciinciis.
I have a good power lioal
for lake liunlinu; anil fishing. .
For iiiformntioii call or ad
dress f
Tom Williams
AT1JX
ITCHING ECZEMA
FOR 4_YEARS
OnLimbsinPimples.Burnei]
and Could Not Rest.
Cuticura Healed.
" I suffered for about four years with
eczema on my limbs, from my knees
down. At first they were very sniuU
pimples, and alter a while the skin
would begin to swell and get thick
and crack open. My clothing rubbed
the eruption, causing awful itching
and burning, and I could not rest
at all.
" I began to use Cuticura and got
relief, and when I had used two cakes
of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Cuticura Ointment I was healed "
(Signed) Nelson Smith, Cache, 111.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal
cum promote and maintain skin pur
ity, skin comfort and skin health
often when all else fails.
&urh Frreb? Mali A<ldrr«i' "CotkaraLati
ornorle*. D«pt H, M&lden 4 3. Mans " -.l«i .-vrr» I
when* up2&c. OinUnent25aniiU/t Iftbnm&c
2)B^"*Ctiticura Soap ehavrs without mut.
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London, Sept. 30.— Devalera h.is
accepted ttie invitation of IJuyd
(Jeorpte for a conference on Irish af
fairs.
The
Clancy,
Kids
What Sort of a Shell
Game Is This?
By
PERCY L. CROSBY
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