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Every newspaper publisher and editor wants his newspaper to be the
best it is possible to issue. The difficulty is in the difference of opinion as
t-» what constitutes the best newspaper. According to Arthur H. Folwall. |
writing in I.esiie's an editor asked his readers how he could make his paper ^
ideal, with this result: |
"Cut out the crimes, the murders, the sensational divorce case re-,
ports." said the nice people.
"Cut out the accidents, the railway and steamship disasters," said the '
people who "could'nt bear" to read such things.
"Cut out the politics." said the old-fashioned woman, "I don't under-'
stand it and haven't time for it."
"Cut out the I.eague of Nations and all that heavy stuff." yawned the
flappers of both sexes. "What's it all about, anyway?"
"Cut out the so-called funny p ctures." said the careful mother, "Such
pictures aren't funny, and they're bad. very bad. for children." j
"Cut out the ponderous editorials," snapped the man who merely scans j
the headlines. "Nobody re.ids "em nowaday."
"Cut out the woman's pane." said the female with the stroug mind !
"It's mushy, trashy, trivial: an Insult to our sex."
"Cut out sports and theaters." said the Intellectual. "Roth are bad in- 1
Cuences. and both have received altogether too much notice."
"Cut out " began another and still another, hut the publisher
beat them to it.
"Stop, all of you." he cr>d "On second thought I have decided to cut
out myself. It is 110 use trying to publish an ideal uewspaper until I come
across the ideal reader."
Ol IS l.AKtiKST I NII OKMIH Oltt.AM/ATIOX
Not even excepting the army and navy combined. th*> Boy Scouts of j
America is the largest uniformed organization in \merica. Twelve years |
ago the Boy Scouts of America *;n only an idea. Today there are 403.102 j
scouts nationally registered as members. In add tion there are 35.671 I
scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters Besides these, there are more I
than 34.000 men serving voluntarily in ot:;er capacities—troop committee- j
men. members of local councils, commissioners, members of courts of hon-1
or. In addition to these there are lietwc. ii five and six hundred men giv- |
Ing full time professionally to the su pervisionand extenson of the move-1
r.ietit. And there are be I ween si\ arid -'ven hundred other men represent- '
ing all parts of t: e I'nited States, who serve the movement voluntarily as I
members of the National Council -a to'al of approximately 523,000 boys 1
and men. This is the organization t at celebrated its 2 2th anniversary j
this month. Nearly every community in the I'nited States is represented f
The Boy Scouts of An.erica was incorporated February Sth, 1910. The)
r.ame. Insignia and uniform of the movement are protected by a special '
charter of congress, granted June 15th, 1916. j
NKNANA WKUOMKS
FIRST COAST TRAIN'
The celebration of welcome staspd
by the people of N't nana on Sunday,
under the auspices of the Xenana
commercial Club, .n honor of the
arrival of the First Through Train
from the coast, on the government
railroad, was a sue- ess in every par
ticular and reflects much credit on
the various committees appointed to
arrange the variout details, and on
Xenana Igloo. Xo IT. Pioneers of
Alaska, which organization turned
out in a body and contributed in a
very large measure to the success
of the celebration.
The train was a tout half an hour
behind schedule time in reaching
Xenana and its distant approach was
heralded by a long blast .of the tire
whistle, which was the signal for
the populace to gather. And when
the big locomotive, with a string of
modern passenger coaches and the
combination diner and observation
car "Xenana." pulled into the sta
tion. about the biggest crowd that
ever gathered together in Xenana
was there to greet It. The turnout
was remarkable in view of the fact
that cold and disagreeable weather
prevailed at the tiwie. the tempera
ture being a dozen degrees below
zero at noon, with a fairly strong
breeze blowing.
The crowd -••9 both large and rep
resentative. There were present:
Mayor Tom Smith and members of
the city council; President J. K
Bowen and members of the Xenana
Vuwiutjrcud dub; President Joe
O'Connor and men.hers of Nenana
Igloo. No. 17, Pioneers of Alaska;
Superintendent and Mrs. A. B. Phil
lips and the children of Franklin
Iv. Lane school; Dictator Alf Eke
iand and members of Nenana Lodge
N'-. 1193. Loyal Order of Mouse.
Miss Wright and Uie members of
the teaching staff and the child.en |
ol .-t Mark's Mission, the ent.re j
population til the Indian village and 1
all ' e rest of the population of tli»
community.
The cold weathrr brought tit a .
liberal adornment of winter c'.ot!i-t
iit'i. includ.ng furs of all kinds. j
park:;s, mukluks and caps, and tiic '
>i:eirame was striking. J Na- j
di-ii. who is ? well known old timer <
ol tii« north, appeared as a pr vipec
lui. making camp ctter a long .nush
vver the trail. Fe wore t. i •
frii-.god with wolf fur. caTi >J a
pa> i: on his back, with axe. nr.ow
sh-ies. gold pan, frying pan «iiir
d'»iirb pot and about a dozen gt -i.no
ar.d ptarmigan attached to it. H>»
al«=o carried a rifle and a "'n p" of
son-dough make. Jacob Oli-i i, an
oiher oldtimer. and veterar o* tarn
wars, was attired in much th.x <ame
manner. He was on skils and car
ried i< rifle and fres..My killed rabbit.
I toil) of these feat ares were st.ced
to t-.'ve "color" to the pictures or
the celebration.
1 eter S'.eil. Alaska representative!
of '.he Pathe Newj, was stitt<>nei
on a platform near the foot of \
street, from which point of van'a^e
he filmed the proceedings, 1 icliid
ing the arrival of the mandog
loams.
Immediately after the train was I
brought to a halt *fl»r the foot of
A street, the railro-d officials. !>ead
td by F. A. Hansen, engineer main
tenance and constiuction. were es
torted to a place near the movie
riian's camera, where Mayor Smi'h,
acting for the city, and nr. Ruwen.
tor the Commercial club, under the
rispices of which organiiatioi- tne
:elebration was arranged, wel -tim
id them to the city. Immediate!)
afterward. M. J. Cjoney, clad as a
typical dog musliet. w-ith his crack
log team, and Miss Hazel Teeland
is passenger. drove up in front of
the big locomotive,' bringing tJ.e
sleigh to a halt smartly across the
lows of the ei.glne. where the
iroung lady, native daughter ol the
3olden North, alighted This feat
ire represented the passing of the
>ld and the coming of the new or
ler of things in Interior Alaska.
Miss Teeland, who represented
'Miss Nenana", was most becoming
y attired in a rich reindeer parka,
trimmed with beavtr and wolverine,
'ur seal mukluks with reindeer
ops. and moose hide miitens richly
rimmed.
The young lady walked to the
lead of the locomotive and shook
lands with Kngineir Pete Gallagher
knd then in turn with r. A. Han
len. Chief Master Mechanic F. C.
Ferrell. Roadmasrei Tom K. Blakey.
I"raveling Kngineer A. O. Adams.
IVire Chief W. C. Steinmetz. Master
Mechanic J. M. Selter. Assistant
rrainmaster Rose and the members
jf the train crew. Then at a given
signal from the cameraman, she
sroke a bottle of near champagne
in the front coupling of the engine
mid the cheers of the assembled
:rowd. The choice of Miss Teeland
for this ceremony vas a happy one
is she is a true daughter of the
north, having been born and rear
?d In Alaska. H«>r father. John
reelaud. is a soi:»dough of early
rintagn, and her nother. Mrs. Tee
land. was one of tl.e first white wo
men to hvave the hardships of ihe
Nirlv northern davj.
Following the christening cere
mony. Mayor Tom Smith, standing
jn the track in fro-_t of the locomo
live, in a br.ef and appropriate ad
iress. presented a key to Mr. Han
sen, who feelingly urkuowledged tin
Sift. The key. on one side, bore t' c
egend. "To unlock Interior Alaska's
l'reasure Chest." and on the ottici
side. "To F A. l.anseti. Knginee:
M. & C." and the date and place o:
presentation inscribed on Uie han
lie.
After this ceremony and the film
ing of the moving crowd and the
many dog teams. t.he railroad offi
cials were escorted to the banquet
lia.ll of the Central Cafe, where a
railroad dinner wat served in honor
af the occasion. T'le commiiti-e re
sponsible for this feature of thr en
tertainment was composed of J. H.
Flower, Charles E Bergman, Alex
fowler and nob Tms&aint.
Pr. J. R. Bowen acted as toisl
masler and Miss "Nenana" was the
utiaiiiiiious choice of the gathering
as guest of honor, which responai
bility she carried o.T very becoming
ly at the banquet.
Those present at :he dinner were:
F. A. Hansen, F. C. Ferrell. W. R
Manning. Tom K. Slakey. J. M.
Reiter. Assistant 1 rainmaster Rose.
A. O. Adams, Spec *1 Agent Scholt*.
W. C. Steinmetz, who were the
guests of the commercial club:
Mayor Tom Smith and Coancilmen
R. G. Southworth. M J Coonev,
William J Taylor. William A. Cog
hill. Frank Teufel and Charles E.
Bergman and city Clerk Boh Tous-I
saint, President J. R. Bowen. of the
Commercial club a:id Messrs. James
Cody. Joe Fischer. W. H. Gilcher.
Herman Anderson. Ixiuis Johnson.]
and J. H. Flower, members of the
club.
Covers also were laid for Col F. i
Mears, head of the Alaskan Engin
eering commission, and Frederick i
P. Browne, engineer in charge of j
the same organization, whose un-l
avoidahlp absence from the festival
was the occasion of general regret ]
Owir.p to the limited time at the
disposal of the railroad officials, ti e I
majority of whom were to leave on ;
the southbound tra n during the ear-?
ly afternoon, the toasts were brief
but the few remarks that were made
reflected a feeling of warmest re
card and a def re »o work unitedly
for the upbuilding of Alaska.
RASH D!SF GORED
CH LD'S_FACE
Also On Back and Chest.
Lost Rest. Ci't'cura Heals.
"My baby broke out with a rash
on hi* (act. hark and chest. At
firat they were tar.v pimples, "nd af
ter a few davs oecame drv and hard.
His skin was red and sort, and the
eruptions itcJ-.ed so that he scratched,
and his lace was diSfcpwd. His
clothng ac cravat-d the hr-ai-ing
out. sna a: n.~ht ne was cross ar.d
lost his rest.
*'1 began wsinj; Cuvru-a Soar and
Oin;ment. I covld see an improve
ment, and aft— us.ng two cakes of
Soap and one box of O.ntnrent he
was healed." tSl^ed) M:j> jessie
McCollum, 332 So. Sth St., Kaasas
City, Kansas.
Use Cuticura Soap. Ointment ar.d
Talcum for all toilet porjoses.
l*b
« viik" t mo
Jill the i$e hours
with pleasure!
Time never hangs heavy on votir h.imls when yon have a
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By our liberal
Installment Plan
you can now have any instrument we have in stock put
in your home at once and enjoy all the great mu
sical artists while you are paying for it.
Remember, all we ask is a small
payment down and the bal
ance to suit your
convenience
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How to act Id «n emergency is
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and this is particularly true of the
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If you suffer with kidney backache,
urinary disorders. or any font. of
kidney trouble, the advlc« contain
ed In the following .statement should
add a valuable asse; to your store
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Mrs. E. C. Siddoas, lOS-lTth St.
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Drpailineal of the Interior
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Juneau. Alaska.
January 25, 1912
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN t at
the Haines Tacking Company, a cor
poration organized under and br
virtue of the laws of the Territory
of Alaska, through it* attorney in
fact, H L. Faulkner, Juneau. Al
aska. has filed application, serial
04016 for a patet t for lands em
braced in lot 2. section 19, T 31
S., R 60 E. Copper River Merid
ian, containing an area of 23.75
acres, ur.der the (revision of sec
tion 10 of the act of May 14. 1S9S.
(30 Stal. 414),
Any and all jverons claiming ad
versely any of the above land,
should flic their adverse claim with
the United Stales Land Office, at
Juneau. Alaska, within the period of
publication or thlity days thereaf
ter. or they will be barred by the
provisions of the Statute.
FRANK A. BOY I.E.
Register
Pate of first pnM'cat on. Feb 14
Dale of last publication, April 15
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