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EDITORIAL PAGE
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While Skagvajr would appear to
have Jast cause for complaint re
garding the mail service from the
mates on account of bunching the
salliug of steamers leaving Seat
1 tie for the north, what would we
do if we had the service that is
given Iditarod, and for which ser
vice the residents of that town are
truly thaokful. Today, laying open
on the scissor weilder'a desk is
the "Iditarod Pioneer" lor Saturday
Oct. 9.
In all things we should be hope
ful and optimistic, and we are try
ing to show our optimism by com
r^ing the Skagway mail service
Ulth that of the Iditarod. What is
• ten days between boats to Skagway
as compared to almost sixty days
between mails a* Iditarod? Let us
be thanffui that Skagway harbor
does not freeze up like Anchorage,
thus cutting us off from all freight
uu'.il Bcrea3 beats it to the Nortn
Pole to pack ice for future use.
Nome knows nothing of the outside
world as far as boats are con
cerned f.-orn the middle of Novem
ber until the "break up" in tho
spring. Skagway has boats every
ten days or so. If we wish to
consider ourselves extremely fortu
nate, compare our 10-day service
with Uerschel island. Gee, if
Skagway kicks just because we only
£et a boat now and then, what
wculd happen if some of the pessi
mistic ones were deported to Her
8cUel .'sla^d? Quit your knocking.
I IS AXD NKCESSITY
There are a great many people
who still take it for granted that
the game lavs are merely to save the
lives of birds, s; that hunters 'will
havo mere of them, or some of
them, to shoot in the future. To
these, statistical statements such
as those made by Colonel G. C.
Shields, president of the League of
American Sportsmen, before the
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution in Chicago,
should be a revelation.
Colonel Shields states that the
destruction of game birds 'n tho
United States is estimated to cost
the country $1,*100,000,000 a year
This is twice the amount of the
origluai loan negotiated by the
Anglo-French financial commission
in the United States. Such tremen
dous economic loss is wrought by
ccoo veimln which axe the natural
food of prairie chickens, quails,
meadow larks and other birds. The
Hesian fly costs the wheat growers
$100,000,000 a year. As many as
2,000 if these insects have been
found la the craw of a single quail.
Potato growers pay $17,000,000
for Paris green to kill potato bugs.
As many as 12" of these have been
found in the craw of one feathered
creature.
The wild bird, and particularly
the game bird, is the natural agency
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the t • .■' tiie disease. Ca
tarrh U a blood or coustitutional disease,
and in ord er i > cure you most take In
ternal remedies. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is
taken Internally, end &-ts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It
■was prescribed by one of the best phy
sicians in this country t'or years and Is
a regular prescription. It Is composed of
the best tonics kr.owu. combined with the
best blood puritlers. a ting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combina
tion of the two lnr: ' nrs is what pro
duces such wwderrul results in curing
catarrh. Send t^r i. stimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY" & 0\. Props.. Toledo. O.
So.'d by Drufglsti. r> ; 75c.
Take Hall's Family i'llla lor coajtipatlco.
to prevent the overwhelming mul
tiplication of these foes ol muji. In
other words, thece wild creatures
are our allies upon which we de
pend in large »art for outr food
supply. Thsrg is fun in shooting
a bird—for those who enjoy it
There is fun in saving a bird to
shoot another day. But there is
downright necessity in saving birds
to protect the food supply of man
kind.—Pioneer Press.
MAKES FIRST SHIPMENT
OF ALASKA SHRIMP
The first shipment of shrimp to
be made frewn WrangelJ, wad mad-i
oa Saturday, Not. 27. The ship
ment contained about two hundred
pounds of fins large shrimp.
Wraugellitea were given a chance
t3 try them, as about a hundred
uouuds were placed ou the market
and sold here.
EVERY OWNER OF
A DWELLING
Should Have
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
- Reliable Companies are
Represented by
| PHIL ABRAHAMS
Agent
4th'Avenue
I
The shrimp were caught at the
entrance to Wrangell Narrows by
Victor Noberg, Chas. Chase and
Arthur Thobo.—Wrangell Sentinel.
WAR HAS ITS INFLUENCE
ON MINING SHORT COURSE
How many practical miners would
recognizs minerals In which tin,
antimony, tungsten, zinc, uotash,
molybdomenlte and molybdenum are
found? This question is put di
rectly to prospectors by the faculty
of the college of mines at the
Washington state university, be
cause of the present soorcity of
those metals, and their high price,
due to the shutting off of of the
suipoly from Europe since the war
began. Methods of identifying these
mluerals are <o be taught to those
who attend the short course opening
January 3 and continuing three
months.
"We want to teach those things
which miners most need to know,"
said Dfien Milnor Rol>erte, In dis
cussing the special instruction which
is to be given. "All mining men axe
recognizing their need of special
training at this time, and wo have
equipped ourselves here at the
university to m°et this situation."
He Couldn't Gat Ev«n.
"Ilere, here, little boy," said the be
nevolent person, "what makes you cry
that way?"
"A feller poisoned my dog," was the
reply.
"There, there," said the benevolent
person, "don't take it so badly."
"But," responded the boy, "the feller
that polsoued my dog has only got a
cat."—Indianapolis Star.
ONLY ONE "Bromo Quinine," that fc
LaxaHve ftromo Quinine
Cores a Cold in One Day, Grtpfn 2 Day*
P.' i A. M.
WtUUa Paw Lod*e
r. ft A. M. Na lit
meetc 2d anO 4th
Tfl. Bt'k» of each
monU>. Vt»ainh brot^ra uro w«
come Hhll Abraham*, 8ecratarj\
Elmer L,. WboelT, W. M
WEEBf
B. P. O. KLK8
Bkagwajr Ixxlg®
NO. 431, B. P. O.
B. me«U erory
Thursday evoalns
) Rt 8:00 o'olock.
Visittag broth
era cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
Sk**w aj <A«rl»
No. ,26, FraUr
■al Order of
Kaeles m-:*ete the first and third
Wednesday night of each swath aX
their hall OB Fifth »Y»nu«. Visiting
brothers cordially larltod to attend.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mo.
Allst;r. Secretary.
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ArcUc BrcMiwlaood.—
Camp gkaffway No. 1
A. B. meets rrery eeo
oiid aud fourth Tue§
4ay eToal*g at 8:00 9
m. ttmrv Vial ting hrotrer* oordlAl
ly wolcojno. A. J. AchwoB, Arctlo
Chief, \Y R. Hlllery, Arrtlo ft*
cord or
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