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| EDITORIAL j
"OLD. GLORY"
"America For Americans
| FOOD WINS THE WAR j
1 DON'T WASTE IT j
IHL GERMAN MIND
Americans enjoy thinking of the
GfMmaji mind as curiously rigid,
curiously incapable of readjustment.
It is do such tbius. Balked one
wav, it takes a new start and a new
dirictjou. It is as agile as it is de
termined. And its determintioan has
beea now here more clearly demon
strated than ia this latest of ini
per.al dreams. Defeats, losses, pri
vation. hunger, even petileuce have
not humbled it. We shall h^ve our
hands full beating the Germans.
The sooner ye get that through our
h»ads the bettor for us.—Chicago
Tr'june.
HOW lO SAV CAXTON>1E\T
Hr>w do you pronounce "can
toument"? Do you know how it
Is pronounced by President Wilson
and by Secretary of War Baker,
and tnal they are among the very
few who pronounce it correstlv?
ilcce the word recently came into
comD on use one has beeu accus
tomed to hearing from officers and
yrivates in the army and from
perscai of education in other walks
of lifo, the pronunciation "can
lone-meut," with the accent on
♦ he second syllable, and the "o"
as in the word go. That version
•a not supported by a single au
thority in the English language,
and is not recorded by a single
lexicographer.
At the "White House it is said
too erroneous form is sometimes
beard from visiting government men
but that the pronunciation recorded
as '"preferred" by the latest edition
of a standard dictionary—"can.
tooa-ment"—accent on tiie second
syliable, is more frequently heard.
President Wilson and Secretary
Baker pronounce the word alike,
and their pronunciation of it is re
corded as "preferred" by tne Cen
tury, WeDster's, Worcester's and
Fernalds 1917 revision of the Com
prehensive Standard Dictionary, and
as "alternative" by the New Stand
ar5. They plcae the accent on the
first syllable and slight the "o" in
the second and the "e" in the last
syllable, thus: "Can-t'n-m'nt."
GOLD AND SILVER WANTED
The Frankfurter Zeitung (Oct.
9), after observing that the good
asked lor from private individuals
In »he shape of persona] ornaments,
et«., has not come in in sufficient
quantities, osberves that even if it
did .(and it is hoped that, people
■will irake up and respond practical
ly to this call of The Fatherland)
all the gold so contributed would
8*111 represent but a tithe of the
precious metal needed, as it
oalr exists in the posses
sion of a small class of the well
to do.
"It is, however, quite another
matter in the case of silver.
People of all classes' pos
sess silver ornaments, tea
serviced, and other objects, and
these can b© converted into silver
coinage which at the present time
wou.d prove eminently useful for
payments abroad. For the purpose
of keening ui> and strengthening our
foreign exchange in neutral coun
tries, the imperial Bank has been
comoelled of late to send consider
able quantities of gold abroad. A
<o-d influx of silver would repair
this deficit at least in part Snd pre
veut the necessity of drawing furth
er u;>on our gold resserve, the
kof ing up of which has become
the measure of our economic
strtn^th and capacity to hold
out financially till the end of tie
war. Even though silver has not
the same value as gold as a means
of international payment, yet the
fac» of its going up at the gres-j
out moment so considerably in price
that today it is worth mor« than at
anv time during the last 25 years,
proves the SO?at demand It now en
joys."
DAWSON NEWS
Ou the morning of Dec. 22 a
fir=» broke out in Dawson in the
barn belonging to Pete Peterson.
Before the fire was gotten, under
control the barn was practically de
stroyed and a horse inside had
burned.
Among the recent deaths in
Dawson from pneumonia is Arthur
Roy old timer, 52 years of age,
and John or "Caribou" Cameron,
a miner of the Dawson country who
we it there in the days of '98.
Mayor Ott, of Eagle, recently
quarantined Dawson pending furth
er information. Dr. Culbertson, of
Dawson, wired back there was an
out break of whooping cough among
the cnildren of Dawson and an epi
demic of pneumonia among the
adults, especially the aged and those
adicted to alcoholism.
For the first time since the
Xews newspaper has been in Daw
son it did not get out is extra big
Christmas edition. The epedemic
of pneumonia hit the newspaper
staff, and for some time they have
b^tii working short handed.
Robert's roadhouse and post of
fice ;:i the Fortymile district burn
ed down and was totally deestroyed
on Dec. 17. The fire originated in
a bed room from an overheated
stove.
On the morning of Dec. 29, fire
"utted the home of Fred Day in
Dnwson, seriously; burning' Joe
Day, The other five children
were slightly injured. The fire
brc.t"e out downstairs, and before
th« family, which was sleeping up
stairs, could get out flames barred
th« stairway and exit had to be
maJe by windows.
-\fter an illness of eight days,
Picrrr. Vrochu of Dawson, passed
away. He was 4 8 years of age and
cume to Dawson in 1900, working
since then as a miner and wood
cutter.
Jjmes Cassidv passed away in St.
Mary's hospital in Dawson on the
evening of Dec. 20. Mr. Cassidy
wi; a well known insurance agent
and broker. He came to Dawson in
the early days from Paris, Ontario.
For several years he engaged in
mining and ran a wood saw for his
brother" Arthur who is now at the
front. J
,
IF SHASTA IS LATE
TOURISTS WILL (iET
PART OF FARE BACK
Effective January l, passengers
traveling on the Southern Pacific's
Sha f: limited trains between Port
land a^d San Francisco w.ho pay
excess fare of $3 for de lux accom
moda'ions will be granted refunds
whenever the limited trains are
la;-. According to the new orders
just issued, conductors will is
sue orders for refunds on extra fare
ticket? when trains are behind
schedule, amounting to $1 if the
delay is more than one hour and
less than two hours; $2 when de
lays ar'-i more than two hours and
less than three hours, and $2.50
whin tfcese trains are more than
fh-»e hours late.
3ird With Snowshoes.
If you should catch a ruffed prouse
or partridge iu the summer season you
would find that it lias delicate, slender
feet, but in the winter, when the
bird has to walk on the snow, nature
provides it a row of horny bristles
around the sole and along the sides of j
each toe, which serve to hold it up j
even on the lightest and fluffiest snow- 4
drifts. . _ .. *
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Uuou the request of the Secre
tary of the Interior, dated January
h, 191S and in accordance with, the
a^i.iioritv conferred upon me by
section 3, chapter 55, Session Laws
ol Alaka, 1917. "An Act to regu
'ate and limit the houra of employ
raeu; for all wage and salary earn
ers iu the Territory of Alaska, to
declare the violation thereof a mis
demeanor and to prescribe liunish
me*t therefor," approved May 3,
1917, the restrictions of Baid chap
ter 55, Session Laws of Alaska,
1917, are hereby suspended so far
as they may apply to the regulation
of the hours of emoloyment of all
wj>ge «nd salary earners in Al
aska employed iu the taking, pre
naiiL/" and canning of clams and
other shell-fish; such Buspenion to
'•ave force and effect beginning
January 7, 191S, and to continue
for a period of one year and not
lQnver, unless tlte present war
shall not have been terminated with
in t^at time.
GIVEN under my hand
and Seal of the Territory
of Alaska, in Juneau, the
capital, this seventh day
of January, in the yeai
iSKAL) of our Lord, one thous
and nine hundred and
eighteen, and of the In
dependence of the United
States the one hundred
and forty-second.
(Signed) J. F. A. STRONG,
Governor.
By the Governor:
(Sifned) CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
Ex-Officio Secretary of Alaska.
HUGH FRAYNE
Hugh Fiayne is the labor represent
ative of the war industries board ol
the council of national defense. Ir
peace times he is chief organizer of the
American Federation of Labor in New
York, the official representative ol
Samuel Gompers in that city. He ii
a sheet metal worker by trade.
A Thorough Test
One To Convince the Most Skeptical
Skagway Header.
The test oi time is the test that
counts.
Dope's Kidney Pills have made
their reputation by effective action.
T e following' case is typical.
Iksgway residents should be con
vinced.
The testimony is confirmed—the
provf complete.
Testimony like this cannot he
ignored.
Airs. Ellen Watson, 405 E. Thir
tieth St., Tacoma, Wash., says:
"Attxr an operation nnd being in
thf hospital three months my kid
nevs were weak. My back was
lame and there was a heavy dull
ache across my loins. My kidneys
sometimes acted too frequeaitly and
some'Jmes not often enough and
bladder trouble caused me a great
derl of distress. Doan'p Kidney
Pill relieved me of all that trouble."
(otatement given November 4,
19X5.)
On May 23, 1917 Mrs. Watson
said: "I can never say enough in
praisf. of Doan1 Kidney Pills. They
cured me of kidney complaint and
the cure has lasted."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney iPlls—the same
that Mrs. Watson had. ' Foster
s'ilburii Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
—Advertisement.
FRATERNAL 0RDEK8
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Ska^way No. 1,
meets every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brotLers cordially welcome.
Kdwflrd A. Rasmusop, Arctic) Chief.
William It. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Internal O.dor
Kuril's
Skuj^way Aerie,
No. 23, Flitter
^ u«i uimT or
I Ksvles meet tlie first and tilled
j Wi llliesiluy night of each niUjUth at
II heir <:all un Fifth Avenue. Vlsit
i in* brothers conliaily invited to
' atteiid.
John M. Keller, W. I'.
J. M. CJriesbaeli, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
Whit4 Pass Lodge
P. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenines
ol each months. Visiting Brethren
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMH3 WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. EL KB
Skagway Lodff*
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. moots every
Tiuriday at 8:30
tuKivi nmj ■» y. m, viaiuug
brothers cordially -welcome.
W. B. BATSON, B. E.
F. J. VAtfDEWALL, 3eoi«*ry
' PloiW-er of AIa«k* Igloo, No. 12,
meet* In A. B. Hall first Monday In
J every month at 8:80 p. m.
V totting Brothers cordially wol
I come.
J. C. WOOD, Pros
P. H. Dcrree, Rec, 80c.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Dentist
Mofci Modern MeWiods
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I Office Hours: 0-12 ». m. 1-0 p. B1
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SKAUWAY ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At L • «
Priwllee In *11 courts
La Territory of Ala«k»
HAnV'ES _ _ ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
of June** AJaeka,
Dealers la
KI TIBER, OOI'PKR, BRASS i
1RAD, ZINC, RACKS, RAGS j
Rons, SCRAP IRON 4
Rear of Sylckart'c Po»toffl«« j
store. 1
The Totem Store
J. IKUTA Proprietor _
Is temporarily closed, and dur
ing his absence from the city
the large
SAFETY DEPOSIT
VAULT
will be in Kirmse's Store.
For any information see Wm.
Wright, at Kirmses
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of P. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business In the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said Arm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo
cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1S86. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seat) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
P. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
—Adrerti8«me*t.
c . /-» /OO A remedy far Infection!
1 ~ r ( f\l <>f the urfniiT tract.
<1 1/ f\l I Painleae, nun-puitonoui
D I 1119? \ IT? ""J not •trietaw.
\i>Jj Believe, in 1 to S dajl.
SOLI> UY DBl'BOISTS.
Parcel Post if desired —Price *1, or 3 bottlei 12.76.
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ALASKA, WASHEKTOR. CALIFORNIA
OFFICE—SECOND AND BROADWAY—PHONE 50
SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
— FOR— (/)
SEATTLE, TACOMA, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA S
—— — o
S. S. CITY OF SEATTLE 1
January 20 *
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Connecting at Juneau for Cordova. Valde* and Seward
LO\y RATES TO CALIFORNIA POINTS
Saililfl lltry Maadar, TkarWa;, Satardir From SeallU for Sao Frnociieo. Loi Aoi<l<>, Sar
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Alaska Steamship Co.
SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY FALL 1917
For Seattle and Puget Sound Ports
S. S. JEFFERSON,
January 16th, 28th .
Putenger* transferred to Victoria, Vancouver and Tacoma whhou extra charge
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Phone 66 E. J. SHAW, Agent Skagway
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
(STEAMSHIP LINES)
^ PRINCESS SOPHIA
LEAVES SKAGWAY P. M.
Jan. 2, 16, 30. Feb. 13, 27
—FOR—
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Etrf.
ALSO TICKETS ISSUED TO ALL CALIFORNIA POINTS
VIA ANY DESIRED ROUTE
WHATEVER YOUR DESTINATION ALWAYS BUY TICKETS AND
CHECK BAUOAUK THROUGH SAVING MONEY AND TROUBLE
ALL INFORMATION FROM
L H. JOHNSTON, Agt. F. F. W. LOWLE
Skagway Gen. Agt.
Phones 87 or 118 Juneau
S. S. PRINCE JOHN
LEAVES SKAGWAY
SATURDAY A.M.
Jan. 12th, 26th Feb. 9th, 2$rd Mar. 9th, 23rd
The "Prince John" operates to Prince Rupert only making a direct
connection at that point with the Largest, Finest and Swiftest Steam
ships regularly scheduled on the North Pacific, the S. S. "Prince
George" or "Prince Rupert". These steamers operate through to
Seattle, Alaska pasengers arrive Vancouver Tuesday, -Victoria
Wednesday morning and Seattle at 3 P.M. Wednesday
Direct connections made at Prince Rupert with the Crand Trunk Pacific Railway for
aU Points tn United States and Canada. Buy a th • mli ticket via -The Shortest
Line to Ibe East' acd save mouey.
Tickets, Reservations and Full Information from
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Frt. and Pais. Agent
Now is the Time to Order Job Printin
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*
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century has been rewarded by steady and substan
tial growth until this Bank has now over
4* one and one-half million dollars re
4* sources and depositors in
.j, every part of the
Territory •-»
Juneau, Alaska
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