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EDITORIAL :
THAT NITRATE SUPPLY
Prof. Arthur A. Noyes, of the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, one of the chemists named
by the National Academy of Science
to study the preparedness needs of
the country, has been giving; his at
tention to tha question of the sup
ply of nitrates, th§ bases for all
modern explosives, an. adequate
supply of which is among the fore
most of all preparedness needs.
Congress, in advance of all in
quiry into the subject and with
preparedness more as the excuse
thau as the real purpcse in view,
with this subject. it announced
had already and precipitately -deaJt
with this subject, it announced
the conclusion, which yet lacks au
thoritative scientific indorsement,
that the only way to secure an
adequate supply of nitrates was
through a plant extract nitrogen
from the air, and forthwith appro
priated some fifteen million dollar
for the construction of a govern
ment plant for that purpose, thru
the harnessing of the water pow
er of some uuuamed river.
There was not at the time and
thpre never has been any doubt
since that the main purpose of this
approbation was to secure the
improvement of Muscle shoals, in
the Tennessee river in Alabama, a
project which has been before con
gress for many years. The pre
paredness move gave tha advocates
of tha project their opportunity,
which they promptly seized.
New Prof. Noyes, after careful
study of the whole subject, announw
ed that the very best manner of
meeting the situation ju through
the appropriation of $15,000,000
for the immediate purchase of 3,
000,000 tons of Chilean saltpeter,
to be stored against war emergency.
Tt.io has the.obvious advantage of
getting at once the needed supply
for any war emergency, whil® the
government plant project defers the
getting of any nitrates for many
years it. the future. It being the
simply obvious and common-sense
me'hcd of meeting the situation and
having no pork latent in it, it is
ut* likely to receive attention from
countess.—Seattle P.-I.
CHURCH FAIRS
"The human energy that goes in
*o fai»t and sales lor churches, char
tipg and societies through the win
ter l-» an amazing amount," says the
Everett Tribune. "The philcsophers
of course, would have people take
it directly out of their pockets and
save time, worry and money. It is
so simple that it can't be done.
"You may make tip a sofa pilow
with, material costing $1, put $1
.worth o? labor into some tasteful
design, and then see it carried off
for 75 cents by the bargain-hunting
vultures that haunt these sales.
"But human nature is as it Is.
The fa'r sizes up the popular mimd
fairly correctly and accept its lim
itations. The 3ales are uneconomic,
but thev get the money you oouldnt
get bv any philosophical and econ
omical plan. People wcailt contri
bute unless some one pushes a sub
criptlon paper at 'hem.
"But go ng around wi'b a paper
is the most forlorn employment
kncwa *o man. Wherever you enter,
the smile of welcome turns to an
embarrassed frown. If your errand
wag known, you understand well
tha* the victim would hay® evasively
slipped out the Jjaei] door. Solicit*
ors could not be found to begin to
canvass thQ crowd of people that
will turn up" at a fair and buy lib
erally. So appanenltjr people have
to keep on. swapping a dollar for 75
cents, and think they are making
something."
The Japanese Empire.
The Japanese empire proper 13 made
ap of four large islands. Nippon. Shl
koku. Klushu and Yeddo, and about
3,800 small ones, many of them too
small and rocky for habitation. In area
the empire is very nearly the same as
the state of California, about 150,000
square miles. It has a population of
between 45,000,000 and 50,000,000, the
larger part of it being engaged In agri
culture and fishing. The arable land
of the whole empire, not Including For
mosa or Korea, is about 9,000.000
acres, or Just about that of the state of
New York.—New York American.
Shaksspeara In France.
I once stumbled upon a choice bit of
French quotation from Shakespeare.
It was a tale by Uchard.
The distinguished author of this tale
rendered "Frailty, thy name Is wo
man." fcy "Fraglllte. c'est le nom d'une
femme" ("Fragility, that Is the namo
of a woman").—Strauss.
Libaral.
Trolley Official (who happened to bo
on a car that has struck a woman and
carried her for a block on the fender)—
We will charge you nothing for the
ride, ma'am, aialAvill also give you a
transfer—this corporation has a soul.
Blrmingham Age-Herald.
THINKS SEATTLE WILL
BE SECOND NEW YORK,
J. L. Mackeeverr, proprietor of a
string of grocery stores in New Yor
|Cjtjr and vicinity, ia in Seattlg om a
tour of the Western marginal states
oX the Union, aad will lively in
clude & visit to th@ Hawaiian Is
lands in his itinerary prior to hi3
return to New York, At the Butler
hotel he declared himself very much
impressed with the industrial activi
ty of Seattle, and added that it was
his impression, judging front what
he had seen of the city, that Seattle
waa -.ruly destined to l>ecome the
New Yrrk of the Pacific. He loft
for San Francisco on the Shasta
limited.
NORTHWESTERN
IN QUARANTINE
Kettnikan — The stealer North
western, northbound, arrived here
this morning. It developed that
rh§re is a case of smallpox on board
the shio and she was at once order
ed into quarantine.
The Northwestern, left Seattle on
Thursday morning and has about
twelve hours mail on board and IS
passengers for Juneau, including
Royal A. Gunnison, H. P. Crowth
ar and Mrs. Greenbaum.
The above dispatch was taken
from "he Juneau Empire of Feb. 3.
THE PENALTY
OF OVERWORK
Many Alaska People Are Beginning
To Fell the Strain,
The heavy tax of overwork — the
extra strain, upon the back so neces
sary to many trades an-d occupa
tions is hard on the kidneys. The
k>dneya begain to fail in their work
and the poisonous matter collects in
the system. If your work seems
hard for you, if you seem tired and
listless, if you notice sediment iu
the urine, unnatural color or irregu
lar passages and seem to be running
down, without apparent cause, be
gin at once with I>oan's Kidney
Pills, the remedy that has proven
so beneficial to so mamy residents o
*bis vicinity. It bas brought
Strength to the backs ol thousands
of working men and women,.
Mrs. Margaret A. Nesary, 1513
Twenty-first Ave., S., Seattle, Wash,
says: "I* I worked too harl I had
dull, sickening pains across my
loins and hies. My whole system
was affected and made me feel poor
ly in every way. Spells of dizzi
ness came on and I had a glimmering
before my eyes at times. My kid
neys were irregular in action and
♦he passages were distressing.
Doaa's Kidney Pills greetlyi benefited
me. In spite of my advanced age,
I am active and do all my own
housework."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simDly ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the saline
that Mr* Nemsary had. Foster-Mil
jt>uru *■'. Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
| GETTING A HOMES ,
| How Government Land Open to Set
tlers May Be Acquired.
| Prospective homesteaders are com
pelled by the federal government to
take oath that tliey have Informed
themselves of the character and quali
ty of the lands they desire to enter.
Ordinarily the law limits homestead
entries to 100 acres, but this may be
slightly exceeded under some circum
stances. Settlement Is Initiated through
the personal act of the settler in plac
lng Improvements upon the land or es
tablishing residence thereon.
Those prohibited from homestead en
tries are persons who have already
made entries, except under special con
ditions—foreign born who have not de
clared their intentions to become nat
uralized; those owning more than 100
acres in the United States and, in gen
eral, persons under twenty-one who are
not heads of families. A person serv
ing in the army or the navy may make
a homestead entry if some other mem
ber of his family is residing on the
land applied for.
Homestead entries are made by pre
senting to the land otlice of tho district
in which the lands are situated an ap
plication properly prepared on the pre
scribed blank forms, which must be ex
ecuted not more than ten days before its
flllng. Residence must be established
upon the tract within six months after
the date of entry, unless an extension
of time is allowed, and must be main
tained for three years, although ab
sence for a portion or portions of each
year is allowable for not more than
two periods, aggregating as much as
Ave months, upon proper notice to the
land office of departure and return.
Cultivation of the land is required
for threo years. During the second
year not less than one-sixteenth of the
area must be actually cultivated,
which increases afterward until final
proof to one-eighth.
There are at present more than 254,
000,000 acres of unappropriated and
unreserved lands in the United States
subject to entry, exclusive of the terri
tory of Alaska, which has 15,000,000
acres.—Thomas F. I.ogan In Leslie's.
MAKE QUICK DECISIONS.
Wrong to Waste Valuable Time Over
Trifling Problems.
There are some folks In thia world
who never appear to be able to come
to a decision on any issue, either big or
littla They are constantly harassed
by doubt and the fear that they will
make the mistake of picking up some
thing by the wrong handle. They
spend their lives sitting astride the
fence because they lack the courage to
get down on either side of It They
strive to propitiate everybody and
please nobody.
What more pathetic spectacle tiian to
see a strapping big man chasing back
and forth between the hat counter and
the mirror on the wall In the agony of
doubt and despair over the momentous
question as to whether he ought to
purchase a straw lid with a red band
on it or blue!
Sympathy goes out to the woman
who for weeks perplexes her pretty
head over the problems as to whether
she will hare her new gown cut ob
liquely or on the bias. In tho end she
has it cut scalloped, and every time she
wears it her regret is that she didn't
have it made severely plain.
If your processes of decision are go
ing to halt and buck and stall over the
color of a hatband or the cut of a
gown how can you hope to decide the
really serious problems of life? Bless
ed is he who can marshal his wits in
calm Judgment, then decide whether he
will stay on this side or cross over and
burn the bridge behind him.
Bather than dilly-dally and shilly
shally through life, you had better, in
the interests of strengthening your
moral fiber, make a mistake by a quick
decision now and then. Focus the best
judgment of which you nre capable on
the question at issue, then take yonr
stand and hold your ground.—Boston
Post
Odd Coronation Ceremony.
In the old time ceremony o^ corona
tion in Abyssinia there was one most
picturesque incident. Noble maids held
a crimson cord in front of the church
door, and the king, approaching on
horseback, cried successively: "I am
your king, the king of Ethiopia!" "I
am your king, tiie king of Israel!" But
the giris repudiated him. Then he
cried. "I am your king, the king of
Zion!" and cut the string with his
sword, while the damsels cried, "It Is
a truth; you are our king!" and ac
claimed him with hallelujahs.—London
Chronicle.
Such People!
"The Jib ways want to borrow our
car tonight.'"
"I adrnjre their nerve."
"You haven't ticard the worst"
"Well?"
"They also want to know if we'd
object to their pa sting a label over our
monogram."—Biraiingham Age-Herald.
Busy Enough.
First Playwright—If that manager
had only had more time he would have
shown me all the rare objects in his
studio. Second Playwright—Was he
very busy? First Playwright—Just
had time to show me the door and
nothing else.—Puck.
His Selfish State.
"I live in a state where there are
absolutely no divorces."
"Indeed! What state is that?"
"The state of single blessedness."—
Boston Transcript.
fraternal orders
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skogwav No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day evening- at 8:30 p.
m. suarp. Visiting brothers oordial
ly weK-ctme. w. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. \V. E. Burford, Arctic
Keccrder.
Fraternal Order
Eagle^—
Skagway' Aeriei
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
liagiey meets ui£| ru-st ana uiun
Wednesday night of ouch month at
uipJi hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers coaxliaily iuviUil to
attend. J. M. Cjieisbacii, \V- 1'.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
Whits Pass Lodge
F. & 'A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Fri. Ev'gs, of each
month. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
the 3ecretaa*y.
B. P. O. ELKS
8kagway Lodge
No. 421, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
f\ _
(STj-" o-uu o ciock.
sxFsti Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
T. J. V-AdlDEWALX,, secretary.
Pipneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* hi A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Free.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DII. L. 8. KELLER
EH5n,tJj5t
Mofet Modern MeHhods
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. ni.
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SKAUWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLKTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
*
SpuriaUst In the trw»|tme>it of
disease and deformities of thq
eye, ertr, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At L ft ff
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co
at Jone*a Alaska,
Dealers la
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
LEAD, ZINC,' SACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Rear or Syickett'i Pomoffice
•tore.
J. IKUTA
MANUFACTURING
JEWELER
WATCHBS&CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watch Inspector for the
j W. P. & Y. Route
Mail Orders iven prompt care
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LEAVE SKAGWAY FOR
Haines, Juneau, Douglas, Pet
ersbu.g, Wrangel, Ketchikan,
Prince Rupert, Vancouver,
SEATTLE and TACOMA.
CONNECTS at JUNEAU FOR
Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova,
Valdez, Seward, Seldovia
Steamihipi Admiral Evani, Admiral Wat
ion, Admiral Farrasat
S. S. CITY OF SEATTLE Feb. 22, Mar. 5
S. S. Spokane February 5, 16, 27
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Saturday*8 for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ticket Raids PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Co. You are Assured the very Best
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