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EDITORIAL
"OLI> GLORY"
".America For Americans
EAT A BANANA ASD SAVE
BREAD
The .best way to save flour is
'o siop tiio eating of bread. But
siu ii advice is worthless unless we
know -what to eat instead of bread.
During these summer months our
gardens and the cheap vegetables
that flood the markets furnish the
answer. But all the year around
the banana, a tropical fruit, can be
depended upon very; largely to furn
ish starch and sugar and. a good sup
ply of mineral salts at a price
which under ordinary conditous is
uo greater than, wheat flour.
Bananas are brought to our mar
ket while they are still green, in
specially fitted boats J whichj touch
the ports in the West lndieu and
Central and South America. Our
ab;lity to get bananas at ten to
twenty-five cents a dozen, depending
upon their size and condition, is
regulated by the carryng capacity
of the banana fleet. Any readjust
ment of our shipping to meet the
need of freighters for carrying
munitions and supplies across the
Atlantic which wthdrawa these ban
ana boats from service cuts off a
very important food supply.
It is foolish to urg0 people to
save wheat by consuming less bread
if at the same time we make it
Impossible for them to get tho
cheap food from the tropics.—Even
ing Mail.!
TOKENS OF CIVILIZATION*
A traveler who had wandered
around in the woods of Alaska, for
several days lost, discovered a thin.
wf_p of smoke above th©_tree tops.
Fearing svaages he stole carefully
up and just as he wad about ^o
flee for fhe tall uncut heard a
voice say:
"Why ia H—1 did you draw that
card." 1 , ' j-jf !i|
Dropping to his knees the fam
ished man. exclaimed: "Thank God
they are Christians." — jValdez
Prospector.
Daily History Class—Aug. 8.
1503 — Pope Alexander VI. (Itoderigo
Borgia i died of poison prepared for
some cardinals, but given to him
by mistake; born 1431; elected 1492.
1819—Charles Anderson Dana, Ameri
can scholar and editor, born; died
isyr.
1914—French occupied Muelbausen, Al
sace
1916—After a series of battles around
Mush Turks captured the position
from Russians.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Planet Saturn rises au hour before
■unrise and is dim. Sun on the me
ridian of Washht^ton ut 5 minutes 30
seconds after 1- o'clock. J
THE BEER-KEG MEGAPHONE
Washington Appeals to the Country ,
(With soaui impertinent; "Asides") |
A crisis impends; a vast shortage
ot food, |
(Except what la needed Tor beer)
And grim-visaged Want majr | hia
specteij intrude,
(Though not in the fortress of
toeer). [
Wo beg all to find every channel
of waste,
(Except the one flowing with,
be^r),
And ■ dam it, with frugal and reso
lute haste;
(But don't ;Check '.ha river of
beer). .
You housewives, be saving in kitch
en and store,
(You've nothing to dojwith the
beer);
Make every spare morsel do duty
once more;
(You'll need it, because of [ the
beer).
We'll send. If you wish, a compact
little book,
(With never a word about bear);
It 'ells forty plans of the food-say
ing cook, '
(But none interfering with beer).
You farmers must work out a more
grain-growing plan;
(So much grain i# needed for
Deer);
Ana mujtQ jruur wiv^s
gardens they can,
(Releasing more foodstuffs for
beer).
Thy j war will be won oa American
•fields,
(Unless it is lost through the
beer);
So turn to, you hired men, produce
record yields,
(What's freedom, divorced .from
all beer??)
You preachers] must preach oa
"Economy first,"
(Of course, not a word|about
beer);
You may aay, if you wish to, that
booze accurst,
(But "booze" aoa; means whisky,
not beer). J
Buy Liberty Bonds, support well
the Red Cross, j
(If you caa, without cutting dowi
beer);
Be brave,to eudure all war's ter
rible logs,
(Kxcept being (robbed of your
beer). |
We are patriots leagued to end
Liberty's woes,
(Not including makers of beer);
We must stand like a rock against
ail her foes,
(Kxcept those .aatrenchedj behind
beer).
His country's stera voice calls each
patrio'jto save—
(His master's voice, flavored
with beer); j
Lest hunger grip all, from birth to
the grave;
(From thirst we're delivered, by
be«r).
Our soldiers in France need each
ciumb we can send,
(Net counting what's needed for
beer);
Brave Belgium, starving, on us
must depend; j
(But, first, let's provide for our
beer). j,
And when we have triumphed by
sea aad by land,
(So far as permitted by beer).
There'll be glory enough to go
'round, understand;
(But no thanks whatever to beer).
Then rally, ye tpeople, at Uacle
Sam's cry,
(And especially, rally to,beer),
He'd gladly make an this fair
nation bone dry,
(But he dare not abolish the
beer!) <J
SEWARD WILL SOON
MANUFACTURE BRICKS
Men working under John Nelson
are buijy erecting the necessary
structures for the Sewa-nljBricJc and
lile iactory in the Laubner addi
tion, and the making of brick will
be started in a Jew days.
Clay from, the deposit in the [la
goon will be hauled to the site by
water-power on a short narrow
gauge track to a raised platform
from which it can be dumped into
the mixer. ,
A, drying room is being built and
the kiln will be erected next [to
<t. Later the drying room will be
bricked in so that brick m^yi be
made and dried in winter. The
firat kiln will be burned with [ a
wood fire but Nelson plans to use
line is completed, making It av&il
Matariuska coal as soon, as [ the
able. — Seward Gateway.
The territorial treasurer is car
rying a balance of over $850,000
on his books, according to a state
ment from Treasurer Smith.
Pershings' mea are warned that
when Tommy Atkina speaks of Gen.
"Aig he doesn't mean the second
ingredient of "ham and." —i Seattlqj
** ■ • ■■ ■-■ I ...i, L
" THE TO&PEbO "SPEAkSi"
Tails Its Own Stor/ of Its Doing! l/l
War and Puaca.
Well, well, well! I am surprised!
With all the notoriety that I have
gained and the destruction that I have
caused that nobody would tell you
what I am made of and what I am
capable of doing!
I am twenty-one feet In length and
twenty-one inches in diameter, and or
dinarily I am assembled in three parts
known as the tail and afterbody, tiie
flask and the head. My tail contains
the machinery which turns the propel
lers that force me through the water:
the flask carries my fuel in tbo form of
compressed air that sends me on my
mission of destruction—and when I
start, woe unto them who may be in
my path, for I am ^he most dreaded
weapon that ever sailed the seven seas.
I cost $9,000 and can run for 10.00Q
yards before my energy is used up,
traveling thnt distance at tlje rate of
about flfty feet jht second. I am a
monster made of forged nickel steel 1
and weigh 2,000 pounds and have tur
bine engines, which ere capable of mak
ing 1,760 revolutions per minute. In
my head I carry a high explosive call
ed guncottou, which explodes upon con
tact.
In times of peace, when I am prac
ticed with, the guucotton is taken out of
my head and water is substituted to
compensate for Us weight. When I
have been fired in practice and have
made my ruu and expended all my
energy I have lost suflicieut weight to
float to the surface until I am picked
up, recharged ami reilred.—A. Freed,
Gunner's Mate, U. S. N., in Washing
ton Star.
Children With Normal
Throats Less Subject
to Infantile Paralysis
By Dr. HAVEN EMERSON, Commiv
sioner of Health, New York Citjr
I FEEL certain today that there
will be 110 epidemic of infantile
paralysis tlus year. Our igno
rance a year ago as to the control
of the disease was complete. We
obtained the advice we could and
gave wide publicity to it. We stat
ed to the public that there was a
new and serious disease among us
and that we knew no way in which
to control it. ALL DOCTORS
WERE URGED TO STUDY THE
DISEASE.
We as a department have learned
that there is no evidence that en
vironment plays a part in the spread
of the disease. Everything tends to
confirm the theory that poliomyeli
tis spreads by personal contact like
other diseases which are personal
in their communication. Nothing
was learned to indicate that unclean
surroundings, dirt or bad air had
anything to do with the communica
tion of the disease.
IT IS APPARENT THAT CHIL
DREN WITH NORMAL THROATS
ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE
DISEASE THAN THOSE WITH AB
NORMAL THROATS OR THOSE
WHO HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH
ADENOIDS OR TONSILS.
ARE YOUR
KIDNEYS WELL
Many Alaska People Know the Im
portance of Healthy Kidneys.
The kidneys filter the blood.
They; work night and day.
Well kidneys remove impurities.
Weak kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney ill should be negloct
ed.
There is| possible danger In delay.
I£ you have backache or urln#ry
troubles,
If you aTe nervous, dizzy or worn
out, '
Begin treating your kidneys at
once; I
Use a proven kidney; remedy.
None endorsed like Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Recommended by thousanda
Head the following; statement.
W. V. Condon, 382 H St.. San Ber
nardino, Cal., says: "I think the
jarring and jolting of the wagon I
jride 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 back. The kidney secretions
were top frequent In passage, caus
ing me to arise several times at
night. I had dizzy spells, also.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured the back
ache and regulated the action of
my kidneys."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy —
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the game
that Mr. Condon had. Foater-MH
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FItATERN'AL ORDEK8
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Bkagway NO. 1#
A. B. meet® every sec
ond cuttl fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. aii*rp. Visitin®? brotham oordiw
ly welcome. J. M. Twun«r, Arctic
CUlif. W. B. Hargravee, Arctic Re
corder.
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Blcagwa/ Aoria
No. 26, Frater
nal Ortter of
howls iu^ rirsl ana tniru
Wcdnadtgr nigbt of Mb month at
Ui«Jt bail on Mtti* Avenue. visit
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J, V. BClUer, Secretary.
F, & A. M.
Whit* Pag# Lodge
P. & A. M. No. 113
meete 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
oi eacn months. VlsltiBg Brethren
are welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMBS WALLACE, Secretary.
^TiM'wter
B.P. G. ELKS
Skagwar Lodg®
No. 481. B. P. O.
E. meeta every
16t arid 3rd. ThurB
1 day night at 8:30
o'clock. Visiting
brothers oordU&lly wtteome.
W. B. BAUSON, B. R.
r. 2. VAMDBWXLfc, Secretary.
Pioneer of Atoka Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. H»U tint Monday In
owory month at 8:80 p. m.
Vhittig Broth era cordially wel
come.
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The readers or this paper will be
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treaded disease that science has beta
able to euro In all Its ntafi<s. and «l.at Is
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fratcrntty.. Catarrh belnu- a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken In
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And mucous surfaces of tlio system, ttiere
br destroying the foundation of the dis
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building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing Its work. Tbe proprietors
have so much faith In Its curatfve pow
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for any case that It falls to cufe. Seed
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