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r«.»yiiWj 1893 01«Urt D»3y ■ AU*h_
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GIVE THE PEOPLE THE GAME
Ill-timed legisation again has its
inuing to the detri*»ent of the de
velopment o f Yukon and of the
people fighting aganst the great
odds o* climate and elements in this
far northiand.
An international agreement has
been made to stop tee killing of cer
tain migratory fowl in the north
land until September 1. By that
time many of the fowl are gone.
A few brief weeks and Yukon will
have no chance to shoot wild fowl
at ai! until another years rolls
rouud. In the meantime the count
less pot-hunters and others of the
outside world will bo out snooting
that same game all winter.
Yuxon, with its handful of peo
ple, struggling next to the north
pole could not get enough game to
make a drop in the bucket com
pared to the total outside supply;
yet waat it could get here would
ue of vast advantao to this region.
Yukon is overrun with caribou
moose, mountain sheep and bear,
and has millions off wild geese,
ducks and .imilar fowl here
When the Allied nations are go
ing on next to famine schedule in
their heroic sacrifice to properly
feed 'he fighting men at the front,
why should Yukon refrain from us
ing this vast and almost untouched
meat supply of t^" North; w-hy
continue to draw <o the maximum
on th* limite! stocks of food of
the outside world, xwhy deprive
others and keep hoarding great
useless bands of wild game on *he
Yukon hills and iu Yukon lafces?
This article is not in contention
for privilege o' indiscriminate
slaughter of game, something which
the News always has fought, but for
the tight to kill game for legiti
mate use. Instances have been
recorded where tnoughtless or
consclenceles hunters shot down
many caiibou in fhe bed runs just
'or th» sordid pleasure of killing.
No on can defend such action. No
one can defend the privilege "Bought
by th» well-groomed hunter w-ith
his elaborate outfit who seeks to
come into the country and shoot
big game simply to get th<» horns
for trophies, or to photograph the
mass of flesh of the victims or
mark his record on his gunstock or
in his diary, and then let the meat
spoil. The law should require that
every bird or animal killed should
be cnosumed for food to the last
ounce. But when Yukon needs the
game 'or food it should have it.
That L« why nature put it here.
Again, why should the Deopte of j
the North be required to pay the
enormous prices which prevailed
here lor imported meats and not
have full access to the use of the
came that is here?
The several governments will be
doing more good to the people if
they will cease making over-reach
ing same lawa Tor distant terri"
V'-ITI—~
iiay jacks
U. S. Food Administration.
'Sides savin' fats en wheat, wo
got ter save sugar. Da bes' way
ter save sugar is ter use syrups en
honey.
A nice li'l pitcher Ml er *lassei
convoyed by a fleet er buckwheat
cakes is one er de bes' ways to
"set crost" wid de sugar projick,—
on It saves wheat flour too.
tories Just now, aud get down to
emptying the pockets of meat prof
iteers whose homes are lu the big
centers of Canada and the United
States and also round up gamblers
in stocks and gamblers of every
kind far and wide who make a
mockery of the noDle sacrifices of
th© blood of sons who are sent over ,
seas »o fight the nations' battles.
Yukon has hard enough time to
get along at any Deriod at the end
of the earth, where Prices average
in normal times thrice what they
do in the heart of the continent;
and now she has the added burden
of her gold buying only half what j
it does in peace times; and is call
ed on to give no Dart of her home
food supply, while there are other
pernicious agitators Roosevelt and
Uornaday and other big game head
hunters anxious to stop the north
erners for all time from using the
big game.
The thing to do for Yukon now
is to throw off ail game restric
tions rather than to put the lid on
tighter than ever before. The neces
sary game the present limited popu
lation of Yukon will use will not
be a handful, compared to the
quantity available. Even the wolves
consume far more than the people,
and y°t the laws call for more pri
vation and restriction to the north- !
erner.—Dawson News.
government should act
QUICKLY
The Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce, in a Bet of resolutions
which it nas passed, present Borne
very cogent reasons why the gov
ernment should extend a help
ing ha*.<T to aid the mining indus
try in the United States and its
possessions. Recent investigations
have revealed that the gold dollai
has decreased 60 per ceni tn pur
chasing power witnin hte past five
years, hence, it may be said that
the gold miners are now losing, as
compared to former times, thirty
cents on each dollar's worth of
gold that they extract. The value
of gold is maintained because of
its value as money. If it w*re not
so employed, it would be used
chiefly in the arts. While, in a
way, the value of gold is fixed, yet
It is at the whim or caprice ^of
its purchasing power, whicfc may
increase, or decrease, 4$ the case
may be. The purchasing power of
the dollar is now on the decline,
and 'he cost of mining is on the
increase. That's the situation that
confronts us.
We believe that the government
would be well within its province
to lend assistance to the gold min
ing industry. Otner minerals and
metals may be Profitably mined iu
these war t'rues for the reaon that
the respective prices have largely
increased, while, as we have said
befote, gold has decreased. Take
copper, for instance. It is now 26
c nts tne pound. The demand for
it increases its price, so that copper
mines Pre working full blast under
the aamo conditions that cause gold
to decline in value. Platinum, an
other orecious mineral, used to be
about the same price as gold. Now
it has jumped to over a hundred
dollars the ounce—all due to the
great demand for It. It is some
thing of a new situation, but a
little f tudy of the matter will re
veal the justice of the present agi
tation for government aid.
The local chamber takes the view
that the government should give a
bonus to encourage the development
of new prospects and to induce pros
pectors to make further discoveries
of sold. Without some such fin
ancial aid or some adequate assist
ance, It can readily be seen, In the
abnormal conditions that are Pre
vailing, tnat the mining industry is
certain to suffer. It will suffer for
the reason that it will not be profit
able, and no one these days can
afford to work at an unprofitable
thinff.
We have in mind a mining operat
or who had planned to install a
small mill on. his mine in this vi
cinity this season, In the hope of
being able to take out some gold.
He found it Impracticable to pro
ceed with the installation of the
..4 l ■ I I m tm m
Mis. G. G. Miller received word
on one of the last boats that her
Drother, Albert Hauxhurt had been
appointed first Lieutenant in the [
Naval Reserves and "was now act
ing c n one of the transports con
veying troops from some Atlantic j
port tflLSome French port.
AJDert Hauxhurst is well remem
bered here by old residents as he j
came to Skagway when a mere boy
and after attending school for sev
eral years, went to work in the I
White Pass and Yukon Route shops,
where he leanred the trade of ma
chinist After finishing under ]
master mechanic Van Cleave and
Howard Ashley, he went east ami
has worked for the past four years
in the Brooklyn navy yard.
Lieutenant Hauxhurst is married
and bis wife now wears six service I
starts as she already had five broth
ers <n the service.
It ^oes without saying that this ]
youn^ soldier will give a good ac
count of himself and Skagway may
well 'eel proud of his promot'on.
mill, necause the cost was pro
hibitive. He wished to mine, but he
could not afford the increased costs
incident to preparing to mine. They
were higher than his limited pocket j
book would permit. As a result,
he closed down and intends to |
"lie low" until the war is over, or j
the government extends some aid.
This man is acting in entire good j
faith, but conditions over which, he |
had no control compelled him to [
close down.—Anchorage Times.
INTERIOR STAGE DRIVER
WRITES OF CAMP LIFE
Emil Bryson, who enlisted from1
Chitina, and ig now a member of J
tlie military police, Tenth Com"
pany, 166th depot brigade, at I
Camp Lewis, Wash., writes the!
followine letter to the Daily Times:
"Through the widely-circulated
columns of your DUblicatlon I take
this meaus of letting my many
friends in the Copper river valley
hear 'rom me and just where I am
located at the present time.
"On leaving Chitina, June 13, we
came right througa to Seattle with
out mishap, went over to Camp
Lewis and enlisted. 1 was mustered
into service on July 1, and am aew
with the military police. Thia com
oany i» not filled out yet, but when
filled 'ts number will reach 300
men, 200 horses, 24 mules, some
;airty or forty motorcycles, and
ten or twelve police rigs—a fine
:omp # y in charge of Captain Car
terfi » very able officer, with First
Lieutenant Grimahaw. The companjj
is composed of large men, well drill'
ed. We are workin? hard getting
into shape for overseas service.
Drill, drill, you tarriers, drill!". We
don't have to break trail down
here the same as on the Chitina
Fairbanks trail. I would give quite
a little, though, for one of those
big meal-s we were used -to on the
trail.
"This camp is sure some city—
covers about 73,000 acres. It
houses about 65,000 troops and
some 40,000 horess and mules.
"Our duties in this company are
to police all the towns around camp,
including Tacoma and Olympia.
"1 have seen quite a number of
Waskans since coming down. Guy
Burch, Harry Martiu and Roy Ry
arson, all Btage drivers, are al
so in the polic® force. We expect
to police Berlin yet with the kaiser
in irons.
"Now each and every one of you
i> ire a few lines, as all letters
are esgerly sought here in camp.
RETI RXS FROM TRIP TO INSIDE !
Jerome L. Drumheller returned
yesterday on the launch J. J. from
a trip to the dredging property lo
cated on the Yetia, Nakochna and
Kichatna rivers in which he and
Spokane associates are interested.
Mr. Drumheller reports that the ■
work of assembling the big dredge, 1
which has been under way for the !
past two years, is still retarded I
qn account of delayed shipments and
that the operations can not possibly
start 'his season.
He expects to leave tomorrow for
the Willow creek district in com
pany *-ith Stuart Maxwell and will
spend several days investigating con
ditions of the camp. Mr. Drum
heller is also interested in quartz
property in the district andwill Vis
it the Martin and other operating
mines on this trip.. He is a guest j
at the Hotel Anchorage while in
town and will leave for his home.
oa the Admiral Schley. — Anchor
age Times. ___
prffllTT ii i.iirti
sAVa sat'SHAN'KA is
Not a dbAIV toAMP
"Notwithstanding the unfavorable
reports that apparently have eman
ated from the ^hushanna district,
to me the camp looks better th%n
It ever looked before, and I have
been In that country since the strike
in. 1913," declared Austin B. Trim, j
miner, prospector ami packer, who
recently arrived from the Shuahan- t
na" c
"Men have been hard to get, but ^
despite this fact, a great many) of
the cl8ims will be worked this sum- ^
mer. Many outfits have gone in
and several had started work b e*
fore 1 left.
"Nels Nelson had just started
operations on his pioperty when I
left. Dud McKinney has taken, an
outfit in and now has his ground
on Bonanza cleared to bedrock,
"John Green on No, .3 has struck
good pay and will work hia proper*
ty this year, and Andy Taylor wjll
a more virgin ground this sum
mer." . j
Mr. Trim will leave for Juneau on
the next southbound boat. He will
endeavor to secure a place in the
new engineering regiment in which
Alaska is allowed fotv officers.
BASEBALL •
STORIES:
Manager Bowl a ml still thinks his
team will repeat. J
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Fed Mollwltz has apparently recov
ered his baiting eyo. ]
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Al Wicklnjid is the Boston Braves'
lending outfielder and slugger.
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After hitting safely in eleven games
George Slsler went hltless before Carl 1
Mays.
* * *
General Crowder slipped a big pack
age of dynamite underneath organized
baseball.
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Sherwppd Mugee is the most pro
ficient man on the Cincinnati club in
the matter of driving In runs.
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Jack Warhop, the old Yankee pitch
er, is now playing shortstop with the
Toronto International lengue club.
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Catcher John Henry Is making an
excellent substitute for Hank Gowdy
behind the plate for the Boston Braves.
• • •
It begins to look as if not enough
men have been drafted from the Bos
ton Bed Sox for the good of the
league.
* • •
Jack Graney has taken his place In
the regular lineup of the Indians, and
Joe Wood is having a vacation from
the outfield.
« • •
Even though this Is the season when
they don't mean anything in particular,
the baseball percentages have a nice,
summery look.
Mayor Smith of Philadelphia, has re- 1
fused to allow service baseball teams t
to piny on Sunday In Shlbe park, the t
home of the Athletics. <]
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Manager Moran of the Phils declares £
that his club has lost more tough close ,
ball games this season than tiny other
team In the National league. ! *
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Pitcher Hugh Bedlent, of the Toledo 1
American association club, fornjer Bos- a
ton American, has been purchased by t
the New York American club. ' j
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Manager. Fielder Jones of the :
Browns is greatly disappointed In his
pitching staff. Gallia, Lowdermilk and
Davenport are all. being hit hard.
• * *
Grover Cleveland Alexander will
pitch for the baseball team of soldiers
at Omp Funston and has been de
tailed to take charge of camp athletics.
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Pay by day those M#ckmen are mak
ing the fans realize that Connie was
.right when he predicted that his team
would make a lot of trouble this sea
son. . - •
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If George Burns could play at Shlbe
Park for the whole season he would
probably finish with a batting aver
age of .450. He Is a demon In that
bailiwick.
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Jim Scott, fonner member of the
pitching staff of the White Sox, now
a captain In the army, Is umpiring
games between Pacific coast canton
ment teams.
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Dave Bancroft still plays his spright
ly game at shortstop. for the Phillies.
Time has not hppalred his speed or his
batting eye, Bancroft Is the real star
of Moran's club these days.
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Claude Davidson, former Brown uni
versity star, has ousted "Red" Shan
non from Connie Mack's Infleld. In
Addition to fielding well, .Davidson Is
displaying uncanny ability to hit ma
jor league hurling.
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Dick Rudolph, the Braves' star
pitcher, who has been holding out for
a certain salary, says that he Intends
to accept a position at a big shipbuild
ing yard in the East. Rudolph is
above the draft age limit, so that he
cannot be charged with avoiding mili
tary duty. .LvM. _ (
MAT ALASKA
HAS SUPPLIED
The yalue of goods shipped from
JasKa ia July was $4,612,431, acc
ording to the report of thQ cus
jmg office of the shipment of mer
tiandise from Alaska foi* the month
f Julv which has been completed
nd w»s released for publication, to
ay. The list of merchandise and
lie value follows:
lurioa $ 1,497
'ertilizers 12,630
'resh Fish 111,404
'ish, dried, smoked or
cured 32,863
►ippered herring 16,909
'ickled fish 185,506
banned, salmon 2,509,399
Jl other salmon 212,074
Hams 35,235
anned cod fish 3,984
Jl other fish products 2,287
•ura 101,380
vory ' 150
'ish oil 182,270
lopper ore 927,579
,ead ore 5,174
'ungsten ore 8,000
larble 17,680
^ oro ' 7,600
Ihrome ore 8,500
teindeer carcasses 8,872
jl other articles 1,101
4,393,094
irticles, of the growth
or manufacture of the
United States returned 154,259
'oreign merchandise
shipped to the U. S. 05,078
$4,612,431
lilt MAIL PILOTS SOLVING
MAW NAVIGATION PROBLEMS
Washington, Aug 21.—The air
lail oilot is solving the problem of
lyins: In all sorts of weather. Prior
o the establishment of the Air Mail
>ervic<» .'t was regarded as impractie
ble *o make flights with airplanes
urine severe storms.
Tho practice of thig daily serv
ce has shown that the mail can be
arried through the air in the tegth
if a storm.
On three or four occasions the
ir mail pilots have encountered se
ere taunder and lightening, wind,
tail and rain without being stop
ed in their flight. No flight at
empted in a storm has yet failed.
On Thursday Lieut Stephen Bon
al from Philadelphia to Washing
on ran into a violent thunderstorm
,t Laurel, Md., at an altitude of
',000 feet and proceeded on his
/ay to the landing field in Washing
on without interruption. It was
mpossible to distinguish, any land
narks in such torrents of rain.
Vhen he descended to a lower alti*
ud« for observation he was near
he wirleess towers at Radio, Va.
'o observers he appeared to drop
ut of the clouds from nowhere at
a angle of 45° to a height of
bout 300 feet when he leveled the
lane and made a, perfect landing
•otomac Park in the midst of a tor*
ent of rain. The plana arrived on
chedule time, not Deing delayed by
he storm. The propeller was
lightly damaged by the pelting
ain.
Ever Watchful
A Little Care May Save Many BkMT
way Headers Future Trouble* •
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See that they hare the amttejr hue
of health; »
The discharge not exceesive or ia*
frequent;
Contain no "brick-dust like" «edl
ment.
Doans' Kidney PIllp are especial
ly for weak kidneys.
Let a user tell you how tb'gf
work. I
Sidnev B. Hart, 825 W. Stufty
Ave., Spokane, Wash., sa.ys; "The
grip left my kidneys weak. Aty
kidneys got so they didn't act fine
ly and the mucsles of my back!
came stiff and achy. Many I
had dizzy spells and little bl*o*
spots floated before my eye#, blur
ring my sight. A sharp pain caught
me in my back whenever I beat
over. Loan's Kidney Pilla bad
always been, highly recommended n>
I thougnt I would give them a trial.
After I had used one box I wia cur
ed of that awful trouble, for my;
kidnevs were in good condltloa a*
gain."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy;—
get Loan's Kidney Pills—the
that Mr. Hart had. FosterMilBtita
Co., MfKrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Nolle* is hereby given, that ttta
undersigned has beeu appointed Ad*
ministrator of the estate of Miles
Creegan, deceased, by the Pro
bate court for the territory of Al
aska sitting in probata at Haine®,
Alaska, and any and ill persoSO
having claims against said est*te,
are required to present them to
! me, with the proper vouchers, at
my «ffice in the said town ©i'
I Haines, within six months from
' date of first publication of this
notice.
| Dated the 19th day of August,
1918.
J. G. Morrison, Administrator.
W. B. Stout, Attorney for Adminis
trator. j
First Publication, Aug 22, 1918.
Final Publication, Sept. 26, 1918.
NOTICE OF FlNiAL ACCOUNT
In the U. S. Commissioner's Court
for the Territory of Alaska at Skae*
way m probate in the matter o£
the estate fo S. H. Yeomana, exe
cutrix of the estate above stated
lias filed in the above entitled court
her final account of the estate of
the said deceased, and the hearing
of same hag bean fixed for Satur
day the 28th day; of September,
1918 at two o'clock in the after
noon of said day at the court room
in the federal court house at
way, and all persons having inv
est in said estate are notified then
and there to appear and file "rtaf
objections they may have to Said ac
count and to show cause, if any the
have, why said final account should
not be allowed.
Mrs. Ella Mary Yeomans,
Administratrix.
Dated at Skagwsy, Alaska, thin
27th day of July, 1918.
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