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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
JlNKAl l'.VlD HALF THE PUR
CHASE t'ltll'E LAST V EAR
One ol the wonders o£ the world
nowadays is the price paid to Rus
sia lor Aiaska. We liaye all com©
> o loeli at th^t seven millions as a
sort of a joke like the old joke of
a uian. pay ing the recording fees
ir>r some claim th>it produced mil
lions. In the last fiscal year the
amount ui" merchandise shipped To
Junt.au irom tiie Slates was just
wur;h liaii the total amount paid
ior the whole territory. The
amount of hard cash, paid the Unit
ed States government iu revenues
alone since the territory was bought
was two and a halt times as much
«w the price ox" the territory. These
littl * items have just come to be
known by recent reports md they
axe useful as show ing the real
heish* oi "Seward's Folly." — Ju~
ueau Dispatch.
ALASKA FAKMlNCJ
Farmers who are pioneering Al
as'. agriculture aiong the govern
ment railroad right-of-way and
discovering what crops may be beat
i>ro luced then; aro preparing to
she-v thg world what the soil of
the Territory; is capable of raising,
this coming season. To this end
commercial bodies, land owners and
agriculturists ;ue co-operating to
get the idle land in us*.
There is not only need for ad
vertising Alaska's possibilities by
concrete evidence of \vhat may be
piciduced, but there is a large home
demand for the products. In the
Matanuska d'strict the soil is par
ticularly adapted to the growing of
potatoes, clover and timothy, and
tardea vegetables yield abundantly.
Thousands of men are working on
railroad construction, and their
commissary demands are very
heavy. Local merchants have agreed
to buy all the potatoes that can
De produced, while hay is in con
tinuous demand and garden, veget
ables fiud a ready market. All th§
available cleared lud is to be de
voted to soma form o£ agricultural
production.
Th-d district is to be made a
great outdoor exhibit of Alaska
agricultural possibilities, and. the
resulting publicity jvill mean much
to the Territory. Alaska as a
farming country is a new idea to
most Americans. The Eastern
farmer who views the territorial
crop will be in no doubt as to
wh-tf be may accomplish as a set
tler o«n government land. — Seattle
l'ost-Iutelligencer.
A Russian inventor's swimming suit
has compartments for food, a weighted
keel to keep the wearer upright in
water aa«i bus vu the legs to help him
swim.
BIG ORE BODIES
ARE LOCATED
Within the past few days a body
of or© 37 feet in width bag been
located on the 500 loot level of the
Pueblo mine, says th« Whiteborse
S:ar, and ae is natural Manager W.
D. Qreenough is jubilant over the
outlook for the future of the mine.
The grade of the ore is about the
same as that encountered on the
uooer levels.
A large body of high grade ore
has also been located on the 150
foot level of the Grafter, The min
ers on the Grafter have been work
ing for miauy months on the low
er levels in rick deposits of cop
pfr, but the strike on the 150 lev
el came somewhat as a surprise not
ouly for its richness but on ac
count cf its extent.
Manager J. P, Whitney of the
Qrafter had information before he
left Vancouver on bia recent visit
to that city that A. B. Palmer,
principal owner in tie Valerie mine
in the Whitehoree copper belt,
would be in early in March1 pre
uared to put on a full force for de
velcDment work on that property,
wb'cjx is believed to be one of the
meat valuable in Uw district.
1WO VALENTINES
1817.
Ha
Dear Lady, I am sending you
A ruby heart—accept it, do,
As symbol of this heart of miue,
Whoee er"ry throb aad pulse &re
thine.
So daring, fearing much, I buq
£"or heaven's beat gift, for you,
for you!
Oa, grant, I pray, gome little sign
That you accept my. valentine!
She:
In its white case like flame on,
snow.
Your ruby heart, lies all aglow;
I fear ma much 'tis not discreet
To own I find it passing sweet.
Ah, when the lights are all so
low,
I'll place your heart 'gainst mine,
that so
'Tvill hear mine gladly, proudly
beat—
'Tia thus your valentine I greet.
1917.
He.
Say girlie, as St. V. is du«|
I uarcel post sills socks to you,
I ho»e they fit; the size is nine.
The clocks upon them beat my
time!
I sorter wanted (catch the clew'?)
To show that 1 could stand for
you.
You always were a pal of mine—
You'd better cop your valentine.
She:
They came; those clocks are not
so slow.
And when I dance they'll surely
••go."
The sentiment was awful sweet,
I never knew that you, could bleat
Sof* things like ihat, and1 verses
throw,
And though I hate to tell you bo,
You surely have all others beat—
We'll talk it over when ige meet
—O. C. A. Child in Judge.
The bard o£ the New York Tri
bune'® "Conning Tower" versifiel
thusly on tha High Co»t of Living:
UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH
| When Omar smote his blooming'
lyre
About bis quadruple desire.
There was no daily growing yell
About the rising c. of 1.
A Loaf of Bread is costly now;
A Juc of Wine ia high — and
Thou!
Ob girl! the never ending payment
For all thy provender and raiment!
Pity tho bard who pays the bill
For Bread and Wine and Lady Jill.
For stationary stays—ah, cursea!—
The royalty on a Boole oT Verses.
—The IVangurad.
TEUTONS ACT AS
TROUBLE MONGERS
New York, Feb. 23—The New
Yorfc Sun today com eg out 1a an
article which, asserts that the Teu
tonic powers are responsible for
the riots which have been incited
by U*« women throughout this
country during the past few days.
1* is claimed that $200,000 has
been paid to the instigators of
th« plots which cause the women to
riot and create other disturbances
having a tendency to? discredit the
present administration in its stand
which has been, takgii againgt Ger-1
many, , !
FE1IXLE HAD HARD RUN
Dawson News, Feb. 8: Simmie
Feidle, who brought in. tho last
gtog'v from Whitehorse, made the
entire run over the route from
Wai*anorse to Dawson in the cold
es' stre'ch of the wiu'er. Oue day
he covered 70 miles, from No>r
denskieid to Carmacks. That day
If was 70 to 75 below, he says,
alonf tna» part o£ the route, and
a little head wind was blowing. He
had smarted under orders to go
three posts a day, and through
that Vt^ng" temperature reeled' off
the proscribed distance.
R*l."v, of horses were used that
dav, but Simmit stayed with the
be* and drew on the frosty rib
bons from 6 in tho morning until
12 o'clock at night. A warm meal
at each place, and he was ready
to hit the trail again. From
Carmatks to Dawson he came thru
under slower ordeis, making only
two posts a day, but iu tempera
ture o£ 60 to 70 below, which, he
states, with the little wind, was
fierce on the face.
Simmie says that this trip was
tha worst ho has encountered in
tha y«ars he has driven on the
route. For the first time his nose
and cheeks were frozen, and
niDped over largo portion. He came
in wi*h large blister patches on all
Darts of his face.—Whltehorse Star.
The s'eamer Admiral Farragut
arrived from the south last Tues
day, shortly before three o'clock,
aad according to the Juneau Em<
| oire, Purser George Banbury, form
erly of the 6teamer Humbold\ was
iu charge oX the office on the
steamer.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPEC
IAL, ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY. MARCH 6th,
1917.
In the Towu of Skagway, Alaska,
Firs' Judicial Division, pursuant
to an order for an election to
fill a vacancy in the office of mem
ber of the House of Representa^
tlves from the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and issued
ou the 31st day of January 1917,
by the Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor of the Territory of Alaska,
under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by section 4,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice is hereby given that «m
election will be held on Tuesday,
March 6, 1917, between the hours
of eight o'clock a. m. and seven
o'clock p. m. of said date.
The Common Council of Skag
way, Alaska, having heretofore by
resolution duly designated the vot
ing precinct of said town and the
pollc place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
s?id Town of Skagway, Alaska,
which are as follows:
All cf the platted townsite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will
vote at the Town Hall building
which is located on Lot Three (3)
Block Eigh*- (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
des;gnated poling place in and for
the voting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, Feb
ruary 8th, 1917
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town of Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(3eal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
FAiR EXCHANGE
A Xew Back for an, O'd Owe
Tlie back ach.es at times with.' a
dull, ndescribable feeling, making
you w°ary and restless; piercing
pains shoot across the regioai of the
kidneys, and again the loins are so
lama that t*> stoop is agony. No
use *o rub or apply a plaster to the
back V the Kidneys are waek. You
canno* reach, the cause. Alaskan
residents would do well to profit by
the following example.
Mrs. G. G. Foe dick, 6015 S. Law
rence St., Tacomt, Wash., gays: "My
back wag so sore and painful that If
I wanted to take up anything from
the floor, I bad to get down, on my
knees. There was a lump about
the size <*f a dollar over each of
my kidneys and this made my
back so tei:dor and sore that I
could hardly bear to bave my
■clothea touch me. At night J could
scarcely turr iu bed and mornings
was so Ittiiif. and sore that I could
hardly get around. These troubles
were brought on by a cold settling
in my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply asic for a kidney remedy —
get Doan'a Kidney Pills— the same
that cured Mrs. Fosdick. Foster
'Jlilburu Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
fraternal orders
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Bkagway No. 1»
A. B. meets every sec
ond a ad fouirth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. sti^rp Visiting brotlieo-a cordial
ly wt-U-cime. W. L. steveaisou, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Hecc rder.
Fraternal Order
Englefj—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Kagies meets the; first and third
U edrie&niaj' night of each month at
tDi*Jt hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothkins cordially inviteid to
attpind. J. M. Qieisbncu, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Paae Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Fri. EVgs, of each
month. Visit'og brothers are wel
come.
Harold Talbot, W. M.
Address all communications to
the Secretajy.
B. P. O. ELKS
Stag way Lodge
No. 4X1. B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
at 8:00 o'clock.
>£isvTi"? Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
r. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary.
Plpnfter of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
nieetft in A. B. Hall first Monday lit
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sec.
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Spriallgt In the treatment of
disea*« and deformities of the(
eye, ear, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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