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"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
GUARD ALASKA CX)AL!
'Vl&ska coal mines must soon be
ooe.ie<J ou a large ssale by th.o gov
ernment," says the Juneau Dispatch
commenting ou ite need for coal
tiiut tlie government will experi
ence as soon as Uio proposed Pa
cific flett is commissioned.
The Iorce cf this would seem to
bo keyoud question, it should mak
all the moru imperative immediate
iU'lioti by the govo:nment to pro
tec* Ai"Ska-u luvrbois so that this
suui'ly or coal may not be endanger
ed •»>' enemy attacks.
iho Dispatch editori-il fellows:
"Hull the thousand ships to be
bu;l' by the United States for the
mat chant marine service will be
built on tho Pacific coast and all of
them will require ooal immediately
after construction. Th© United
states government, before the war
was thought of, required some four
hundred thousand tons of coal in
the Pacific annually and its require
ments will be almost Infinitely
greater uow with all its new ves
sels. The officials have always been
o* tie belief that Alaska coal could
b-j mlbed and shipped to the Pacific
coast states cheaper than good
coal cat be shipped from the east.
Thore is no steaming coal in the
we.t&ra states, and Alaska coal
is equal to the best in the east.
"The fact suggested by all this
is that Alaska coal mines must soon
be ci-ened on a large soale by the
government, particularly now that
th<* iailroads of the country are
taxed to the utmost to meet the
calls made upon them. The gov
ernment railroad will Iki entirely
•complete this year to the Matanuska
coa'. fields and we may expect to
see Alaska coal shipped south by
the hundreds of thousands of tons."
HELP BUILD THE TRAILS
The suggestion was made some
time ago by tb« Daily Alaskan '-hat
a diy be aside this spring for
improving the trails that lead out
of Stag-way to the natural wonders
of the Skagway country, the gla
ciers and mountains that are ever
attracting more and more tourists
to Alaska.
The Alpine club has taken up the
project, it has appointed a com
mittee to arrange for a trailbuild
ing day and i3 asking the co-opera
tion o' Skagway citizens so that the
•work may be successfully accom
plished.
This co-operation undoubtedly
will be heartily given. But, to make
it effective, there should be care
ful organization of the volun
teer workers under men who are fa
miliar with the trails and the
country through which th«y lead.
The Alaskan would suggest this:
that ore man be placed in charge
of the trail work and be empower
ed to aa&e Ms assUtaats; whOi foriU
direct the separata Squads.
Before the day; ilxed aa Trailbuil^
ins day, fie should inspect the
routes proposed to ba followed bo
that he may to the best possible
advance, assign his assistants
their respective sections of the
work.
With the trailbuilders thus or
ganized, real results WiU be ac
complished. It will be up to each
assistant to see that his men are
out and on the job and the general
foreman, (o use a term descriptive
of hJs duties, w|U be responsible
for getting the best efforts pos
sible out of the entire force.
One important detail of the co
operation asked for by the Alpine
club is that the merchants close
their stores ou Trailbuildiag day.
The merchants, being interested in
what is for the welfare of Skagway,
will, of course, readily agree to
this. < ,
IVo members of tho Alpine club's
committer are women. They will
have t&e most important role of
all, for they will organize the
commissary department. It is said
that soldiers march on their stom
achs and it is equally sure that tbe
♦railbuilders will work in similar
fashion.
"PLANT, BROTHER, PLANT"
Do you remember the old rhyme
abou* the "blue slip ticket" and the
"two-ceut fare" and the warning to
the conductor to "punch with care?
Tht Seattle Post-In telllgeacer's
versifier thus parodies it to give
warning that "garden sasa" time
Is her«:
"Plant, brother, plant; plant with
care, , i
Plan* the garden in. the sun's bright
glare,
A k ng -straight row for the radish
Tare,
A fuzzy furrow for the lettuce there
Plart, brother, plant; plant your
share.
Plant your suff for the family
fare."
"With the young men donning
tcahki this spring, the outlook Is
for a shor' crop of June brides.
YUKOXER SAYS U. S. HAS
GEIIMAN-AMERICAN SUPPORT
"Theodore Kremmer, dredge mas
ter of the Yukon Gold company's
drredgo on Bear creek, who arrived
this week from the outside," says
the Dawson News, "spent much of
tbe winter touring the States, as
well as visiting his old homa in St.
Louis, Mo. Mr. Kremmer is a vet
ora.i in ihe Philippine war, where he
fought rith the Stars and Stripes
through 'he war under General Law.
ton's command as a member of one
•of the Minnesota regiments.
"In traveling 'hrough *be States
on my way here," he said, "I saw
members of the militia or nation
al guard everywhere on patrol
around large works and on rail
ways.
"I do not think there Is a*
much >o be feared from the Ger
man flemcut in the States as some
imagine. In St. Ix>uis, my home
town, there was a wonderfully unit
ed sentiment against Germany, and
the People of the city were giving
the president their warmest sup
port. Everywhere throughout the
country the president is being back
ed by tbe people. It means a good
deal *o say that St. Louis is up
holding the president, as a vast
percentage of the population is of
German origin."
* THIS MAY SHOW YOU *
+ WAY TO HANG FLAG *
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+ Many people are inquiring at *
* this time Just how it is proper +
+ to han? the flag when, not on, *
+ a flagpole. When flags aire +
+ used in groups for decorating, +
+ no set rule is fixed, but when 4
* a single flag is hung against *
+ a .'all, custom dictates that in *
+ cag0 the bars are horizontal, +
+ the anion shall be at the top +
* and at. the observer's left. If *
* the bars are perpendicular the +
* union should be at the top *
* and at the observer's right. *
* Observance of this rule will *
* give regularity to the appear- *
* ante of flags along a street. *
Deafness Cannot oe Cured
by local nppllcolions. as they cannot reach
tho diseased portion of the far. There is
only one way to euro deafness, and that la
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an in named condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tub** is inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
un!»ss the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi
tion, hiring will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is notMns but an inflamed condition
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jj What Others Say J
PEACE COMET 18 f>l'E IN JULY
Peace lb coming, and witih peace
comes a comet—one of the largest
on recoid—which is due to make Its
bo\> to this sphere during: th$ early
summer.
"The peace comet," as it is ap
propriately termed, is traveling at
the rate of 131 miles a second, or
moie than 1,13,000 miles a day,
au4 I his iB its first abearance for
60,000 years. A vivid imagination
would be needed to conjure up the
happenings of our world when an
other 60,000 years have passed and
when t»e 1917 comet plays a return
engagement.
A. German by name Prof. Wolf,
of Heidelberg, is responsible for the
1917 come*, and he first discovered
It cn April 27, 1916. Now the
American observatories haveJ sighted
th« spectacle and h&ve cabled the
news to Greenwich observatory.
V/e are told *hat the coming com
et will be one of the most astonish
ing and wonderful of all phenomena
It is exceptionally large, and the
meaiest point reached by it to eajth
will be 164,000,00. Yet in July
this year it will be visible to the
naked eye, though astronomers are
dubious whether it will outshine in
brilliancy the great comet of 1882,
which latter actually brushed the
sun's corona in passing round the
sun aii.' traveled at the rate of 300
miles a second.—From "London."
IS THIS YOUR CREED?
Whe'her right or wrong In its do
mestic or its foreign policy, judg
ed bv whatever standard, whether
of expediency or of principle, the
American citizen can recognize no
social duty intervening between liin>
sel? and his country. He may urge
refrain; but he has no right to de
stroy. Intrusted wiht the precious
Inheritance of liberty, endowed with
the gU' of participation In a popu
lar government, the constitution
makes Mm at one© the beneficiary
and ttie defender of interests and
institutions he cannot innocently
endanger; and when he becomes a
traitor to his country he commits
equal treason against mankind. —
John Albion Andrew.
GOD'S TEACHING IN THE WAR
I do nof. then, believe that this
European war indicates either that
there is no God or that He is an
inJJffer«nf and a feeble God.. It
indies'M that His faith in His
chi.dieu is so great and His love
for them is so strong that He
da-res to leave them at times to
learn in life's bitter struggle tke
real meaning and the real value of
IKe. And the lesson always has
been and always will be worth all
•hat it costs.—Lyman Abbot in the
Out'ook.
HOLV LAND SMALL AREA
Palestine, or the Holy Land, is
not in size or physical character
istics oroportionei to its moral and
historical position as the theater of
thf> most momentous events in the
world's history. It is less than 140
miles in length and barely forty
•miles in average breadth.
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Mrs. Mason gratefully acknowledged
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now confirmed—the proof more
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Mrs. David Mason, 2715 East C.
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aches and dizzy spells were common
The Kidney secretions passed too of
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On November 5, 1915, Mrs. Ma
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+ FRATEfcNAL ORDERS *
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwarv No. 1.
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth1 Tues
day evening at 8:30 P.
m. eDiup. Visiting brothers oOTdial
ly wtVcane. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Recc rder.
Fraternal Order
Koglefs—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Oivletr uf
tingus meets Uie] first and tlilrd
M eiinefiday night of oath montli at
taeh hall on Fifth Avemue. Vlslt
iitJC brothers cordially invitefcl to
attwiJ. J. M. Gielsbacii, W. 1'.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge'
^ F. & A. M. No. 113
meata 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
im. oacn monins. visiungp uretnren
are w.elcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
S. meets every
rhursday night
it 8:00 o'clock.
Plaiting- brothers
coraiaiiy welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 13,
meetfc in A. B. Hall first Monday in
■*very month at 8: SO p. m.
Visiting BrotI»erB cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
F. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
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