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EDITORIAL
A celling to the Gr feoriaii; calen
dar today at noou was marked the
period :>etween the equinoxes; that
is the exac*- timn between the twen
sun .1 Jay of September and the
t'- ent.v first day of March, which
sius to the northern hemisphere
'\.-j longest period of d^irkness and
a:!d th* shortest period of daylight
of ilia year.
Frc m today forward the people
of :he north rnav look for a length
v•: .g of the dayljght, and if a lit—
tie car ul observation is made the
i.i daylight from day to day
is tasily noticeable.
ski'-gwayans never had a more
i'orfect winter day than this day
has been, clear and just crisp,
v.'Cugh to give a tingle to the
exposed cheek. B»tjree« 12:21
o clock i>. m. and 12:45 o'clock p.
w., i>coi>le standing at tio corner
o-' fix'li Avenue and Broadway
may have se:n the sun, had they
lo<.k*-cl i lrough smoked glass 6, but
!<j u r. for Old Sol only showed
If for that length, of time, "as
te eamf from behind the range of
!.:oi::;:a. s on the east Tit bank of
l.ynti c:ii:al, and quickly described
an arc just above the horizon, to
ile luliiud the high peak on the
./jstcra side of the canal.
Take hope, however, for from thi
dar forward the gladsome eunlight
will be more nlentiful and it 'Kill
.".o^ u,. long until the sun shall be
- ught in the northern sky instead
o'" s -eking Ulm in the south.
I.KT'S <JO THE WHOLE HOG
Ancrorage has coveteil everything
V:iIdfZ now has with the exception
o' * e Valdez-Fairbanks trail It is
with fear jind trembling that we
\ ait tho statem nt- from that birrg
to the cffect tha our delegate has
a movement underway to move that
w !-• ravel- d thoroughfare to the
railroad town . It is true that its
370 miles of length would wrap
around the lit'Ie city half a hundre
'i'res or more, and part of it might
ore], ct liito the Arm for a govern
ment d cV but 'hat would not both
cr tin spirit of progressiveness and
covetousness possessing our neigh
b'>". Oiic may saw the trail up in
to secticns and pave her streets
with them, or p ddle a few miles
to Seward for a boulevard; or bet
ter yet, stand it on end as a monu
ment to Jh.e eutorprise and thrift of,
"s citizens in gobbling up jvhat in
dustries Seward overlooks. We be
li- e a logging donkey could snake
out a long stretch of th« road at
a tiaie and as it is watertight ajid
well ballasted, it might be towed
over by oue of the government da°n
sea tugs. That would leave Val
dtv with but oue real industry on
her hands—the glacier, an£ if An
chorage had 110 use for that she
might rent it to us to place the
town la cold storage until such
•ime as she could use the balance
or it.
In view of the fact that Bhe is
really honing for the post, the fed
eral court, the jail tho road com
mission. the signal corps and a few
other visible assets, ye might as
well go the -svholo hog and give her
the trail and the glacier for good
measure. Jhere is no reason for
a yourg lown to be modest in its
demands.—Valdez Prospector.
Another Difference.
"I don't see any difference between
you and a trained nurse except the uni
form," said iier sick hnsbniuL
"And the siMMry." thorrght
folly.
SCOTTY ALLEN QUITS MUTES
TO OPERATE AUTC-SLEO IK FUTURE
A. A. Allen, better known as
"Scotty," canine expert par excel- ]
lenc*', who has been elected a mem
bf>r of Alaska's territorial] l?§rfs
lature, which will meet at Juneau
uexf March, instead of crossing'the
1,500 miles of ice and snow betwee
Nome and the territorial capital by
dcg team, will use a new; mechanical
contrivance, known, as an auto-sled.
lf Is a combination of the aero
plane, automobile and thj) Yukon
bobslelpo.
Northern seers, gifted with pro
pnecy -'precast the passing of the
time honored malamut» dcg team,
and nredict that drumere who have
*o mak" winter trips in thie north in
a few years will be traveling in de
luxe airsleds, much the same as the
residents of outside cities travel in
automobiles.
Allen bred and rac:d dogs far
mere than twenty years. Since
des; racing became a 'fad in Alas
ka, Allen, driving his own, team, or
those owned by Mrs. E. C. 'Dairling
aul himself, has nevar competed un
successfully. Three times he car
ried off the great prize, "the All- i
Alaska Sweepstakes, the dog team
classic of the north.
Livi s in the north for mauy
years, Allen tenaciously held to the
theory that tl*? dog team forever
would play an important part in the
development of NorthJwe£.tern Alas
ka, A trip to Francei, however,
changcd his opinion."
Allen sold 430 malamute dogs to
the French government and spent
several days in the Vosges moun
tains teaching tlv? French chaus
sours how to drive them. He'rod-e
from the coast to> tlii3 fighting
fron* in au automobile, and wjliil© on
the way observed a squadron of air
planes eugaged in, making observa
tions. Why not the automobile, the
af'-plane and the Yukonf bobsled be
combined into au efficient machine?
He decided to try it, audi spent last
win'er in B -ikley, Cal., in experi
mental work. The machine which.
H- built jvas taken to Nome 'last
summer, and this winter Allen and
Nate Coombs, also a representative
in 'he territorial legislature and
somewhat of a dog-puncher him
self, will endeavor to drive the con
trao'ien to Juneau.
The machine was tried at Nome
this fall and crvatedi considerable
amazement among the sourdoughs.
It is said that one of them who
v as coming to town to cast his vote
at the election, after seeing the
device skittering through, the at
mosphere, changed his mind and
his vote for prohibition.
The oae disadvantage that Alas
kans can see about the machine for
♦-avel in inaccessible places Is the
vast amount of gasoline that It
c nsumes. Th(;(y contend that whan
the fnel supply for a dog team runs
short tney cantake a rifle and re
plenish the supply from the cari
bou herds or what other game ani
mals happen to be around. But
gasoline stations are extremely
scarce in tlie remoto places, and
therefore, for the present, the air
sled will he usrd only for trans
portation along well traversed
Toutes.
HEW CLEW IK
MURDER CASE
juueau, Dec. 19—A mysterious
strairger terribly cxcited, with. a
parcel sacking out of his overcoat
uocket resembling a hammer.
This is the clue now leading the
Sleuth hounds of the government a
wilt chase in the "Babe" Brown
murder mystery.
A1 Lundgren, owner of a stare
<nowu as this Juneau Ferry & Navi
gation Co.. waiting room, reports to
the officials on last Tuesday night
a stranger, evidently) walitng- for
the 11 *>• ni. ferry to the Island,
walk-.d up and down tthe waiting
room for several ininutes'ln evident
excltemen' or ang.T. In fact, the
stranger acted so strangely that
Lundgren questioned his sanity at
the time, and tail he. returned af
ter lea\ing the waiting room in
Leuntd to call tlie officers.
No trace of the man has been
£f.und, and it is possibly h© may
have, been going to Douglas to
wreck vengeance for some fancied
wrong. This was the night before
the murder.
It. is understood a barber working
in the Frank Brown barber, shop,
will testify he 6lept with Againsky
last Tuesday night, and as Againsky
did not leave 'he room it would
have been impossoble for the hus
band of ' Babe" Brown to leave his
room u j to the time the barber
went to breakfast. The room was
in the Case rooming house, over
the McMillan grocery atom
Againsky remains in close confine
ment at the federal jail, and it is
probable he will bj arraigned on
a murder trial late this week.
Agr.iusky says nothing and has
made no comment to the guards. HQ
is nervous and) inclined to be sus
*>io ous of those around him.
An Italian crib woman informed
'he officers she saw a man coming
from the crib of the Brown woman
about 4 o'clock on the morning of
the murder. Thij description1 ans
wers both that of the husband and
the mysterious stranger who'was in
the feiry waiting room.
Both the Douglas" and Juinaau
peace officers have been solicited
tc assist in tracing; the mysterious
lulling of the Blown woman, and
botn towns are b?lng| combed for
clues. The officers are still dis
satisfied with! the evidence of a
cer'alr. woman of the Douglas ten
derloiu and her male companion,
and a serious charge may be placed
against the pair before the week is
out. There is a siVant tipt out tliat
certain parties residing'near the
crib of the murdered! woman may
be seriously implicated) before the
investigation closes —Dispatch.'
AutograpMo, Speed1 and Regular
Kodafc Films in all sizes 'Just- re
ceived. Our stock is 'mow com
yie** — not one size missing. Re
member to -ask for Eastman N-C
^Kcd»k Films- Kellers', j tf.
The crowd at the opening of the
moving picture show recently at the
♦own of Candle, in the Nome coun
try wap so great that a second sho*
had to t>c EiVen to accommodate all
the patrons. This is the farthest
north moving pciture house on, the
American con'inent.—Ex.
Magnus Nelson, a homesteader on
the Fox trail, abou* five miles from
Fairbanks, has made final proof in
the land office, and it is e)cpected
a Datent to the tract will soon be
issued. Jlr. Nelson has imported
a flour mill and will gTind flour
from the wheat h? raises.—Cordova
Times.
COLDS AFFECT
THE KIDNEYS
Mai y Alaskan People Hajvo KVftmd
This to be True
Are you wretched in bad weath
er?
Dees every cold settle oui your
kidneys?
Bees vour back ache and be
come weak?
Are urinary passages, irregular
a.ij distressing?
These symptoms are cause to
susjec* lcidney weakness.
Weakened kidneys need quick
help.
Dcau's Kidney Pills are especial
ly prepared for weakened kidneys.
Gratefu. people recommend them.
William C. Russell, retired1 far
mer, 966 Valencia, St., San Fran
cisco, Cal., says: "Many colds
jaii.i days of long hours and strain
ing work caused my kidneys 'to
give me a lot of trouble. Paine
seemed to settle iu'the small of'my
hnefc and the suffering I endured
was terrible. Every bit of strength,
left me and my kidneys acted too
of\n, annoying me at night. Doan's
Kiduey Pills acted as a tonic to'my
V'nfdys and proved of great bene
fit "
Fiicc 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply p.sk_ for a kidney remedy—
ge' Dean's kidney Pills—the Barne
thai Mr . Russell bad. Foster
Mllburn Co., Props., 'Buffalo, N. Y.
NATL'SS GLARES
The Stricken Race Prom Grief.
What a fortunate provision of na'.ur.
,lt is. that deprives the rose of ineuta
suffering; for how poignant would bo it:
grief to discover, in the height of it:
blooming glory, that a canker fed at iti
heart- and that its beauty and fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature always
spares the suffering; she is a veritable
store-house -of pleasing rewards, foi
those who seek her aid. In the year
gone by falling hair and grayness have
cast a gloom over the lives of thousand
of young women, but thanks to the in
vestigations of scientists the true caure
of hair destruction is now known to b<
a germ or parasite that burrows into
the hair follicles. Newbro's Herpicldr
absolutely destroys this germ, thur
permitting the hair to grow as na.
ture Intended. Sold by leading drug
gists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample
to The Herpiclde Co.. Detroit, Mich.
A1 all Drug Stores.
One Dollar "bottle, guaranteed.
fraternal orders
Arctic BrotiucrLwxxI. —
Camp Skagwav No. 1,
A. B. mee<s every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. suurp. Visiting brothers ooratai
ly wt'vcine. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Kec< rder.
Fraternal Order
Eaglets—
Kkagwmy* Aoiia
No. 25, Frater
nal Oiilor of
ICflgles meets the) first and third
Wednesday night of each monthj at
thPli h»ll on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers coatlinJly invitcjil to
nttvntl. L. E. Hudson, W. P.,
J. M. Greisbach, Secretary.
F. & A. ML
Whitq Pass Lodge
* F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4 th
Fri. Kv'gs, of each
montc. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
the Secretary.
y B. P. O. ELKS
Bkagway Lodge
No. 481, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday night
at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FR1EDENTHAL, 0. R.
F. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* to A. B. Hall first Monday to
e*ery month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
morass ION AI. CARDS *
OR. L. S. KELLER
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Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-0 p. ni.
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8KAGWAV AX ASK A
WILLIAM PALL1STER, M. O.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Sp^clalJtt in flte treaitmept of
disease and deformities of thef
eye, ear, nose and tliront.
Offirei Goldstein Building, Ju
ncuu, AInska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Prn<tico in all courts
In Territory of AlA«lca
HA1XES ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
of Jubcag Alaska,
Dealers la
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HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
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December 23, Jan. 3
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Saturday's for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ticket Reads PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Co. You are Assured the very Beat
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