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EDITORIAL
GOLD AID FOR YUKON
Action taken last evening by a
nunioer of the representative gold
ruialp#: operators and others heavily
interested in Yukon affairs in recorn1
mctidiug that the Dominion govern
ment grant some soeedy and BPe"
cific form of relief to the gold min
ii.g Industry of Canada tim©'T
The recommendation is not applic
able to Yukon alone. Every hard
rock and placer gold producing eu_
torurise ia the Deminiou is threat
ened with suspension. The coun
try is not facing a theory, but a
condition. The same conditions ao
p!v in the United States as here
When costs of production exceed
the yield, vroduction stops. The
government financiers see this, and
have agreed something must be
done to assure continued produc*
tlon. The only adequate relief
seems to be a bonus on the p in
duction.
it must not oe cunsiaerea urro
that this view is merely local, or
that the remedy which is needed
must be for loca' purposes. It is
needed throughout. America and
Canada, and, in fact throughout the
Allied world. Recommendations are
bein,j submitted to the federal gov
eiumeuts of the Allied nations from
practically every producing center.
I-ritighera in London, heavily inter
ested in gold mining drew the im
Dt rial government's attention to the
situation several months ago. Since
ther men interested in gold' mining
♦h» world over have taken up the
matter. The Ameiican secretary of
the treasury has gone so far as to
endorse the moveent for relief for
the Industry, and the American
priorities board has declared "gold
mining an essential war industry,"
and has adopted resolutions say
ing: "The Powers of the board
will te so exercised as to accord to
suea Industry t> preferential treat
ment in the supply not only of
'ools, equipment and machinery, but
aiso in transportations ervice, fuel
suoply and labor supply."
Legislative relief also is expected
to 1m extended soon by the Ameri
can congress. Deferred classification
is being extendcdi by the American
government to men engaged in es
sential war industries, including
mining, snd such men of draft age.
oa proper representation to their
government, are being allowed to
continue mining.
The- Canadian government and th
American government are acting
along similar lines on many matters
such as these, and likley will come
to somewhat similar conclusions
scon regarding relief tq the Kold
mi Ling industry.
Yukon in going on record In the
matter haS takea the only wise
course, and' Gold Commissioner
George P. Mackenzie, in going t o
OtUwa, w ill now have specific sup
port in presenting this phase of
YuKon affairs to the government.
Yukon's member also will have the
same resolution to cite when deal
ing with the matter in oarliament,
and thus have specific evidence
thit Yukon agrees with the rest of
the gold miners of Canada in Beek
;y> r ii in ■■ wit t.^nnuTT—T»it>T7wa«
Inst much, a#ed«d relief. <— t)*wittii
News, | j
DUMMHEIT
You «wy "dummheit" by making
a harsh noise down in your throat.
It sounds like a human being try
ing to make a noiso 11kg a very
frlgntful beast that has made up
his mind to scare the d*yli£ht out ot
everything on eajth.
Still dummheit is not really a
*nreat to raise hell—but it is rail
ing helL *
Dummheit sank the LusUania.
Dummheit bombe London babies.
Dummheit shoots the long range
run tnat destroys churches in Par
is oh. holy days.
Dummheit assassinated Belgium
ooliterated Montenegro; wre<*edi Set
bla; crucified Rumania; Beduced
Russia; made Turkey eyen worse
tbaa Turkey normally is; and
t-ied to induce Mexico and Japan
to commit suicide.
Dummheit is German for stupid
ity, woodenheadedness—and from
it kultur was born.
Dummheit is the dumbest sort of
plain blockheadedness that ever
inflicted itself upon this world —
and the only way to get it out of
the Prussian head seems to be to
shoot it out!
Thanks to Johnny Bull, Les Poi
1U3, the Yankees, Signor Italia and
the test of civilization the shooting
is coins on systematically.—St. Paul
Daily -News.
THE CASUALTY LISTS
Row do you read the casualty
lists?
Do you begin at the top, turn to
♦h® ri<ht hand column and scan, the
heroes by home towns? Or do you
look at the names, and, meeting a
familiar one, look tp the address to
see if it is the boy you knpw; and,
If it is, then readtha subhead to
se& his fate?
Perhaps you start with the slight
ly- wounded and read up to the
deeper tragedies where you glance
ginperly as on dangerous ground
hopine and full of faith that none
of the names there will bring you
face to face with a supreme sacri
fice made by one close and dear
to yoa.
When the list has been read with
out any start of recognition you
'eel happy—but only for a second
necause you know that every nan e
reoresents a splendid American who
ha8 given his blood for you here at
home. You share the grief and the
ptida of the folks who know those
names with heavy hearts.
Are you worthy of their sacri
fice?
You are not worthy if you do not
give the best that is in you in back
ing tnem up. Those boys were asked
to stop the German dTive on Paris.
They did It and in addition drove
»he Huns beyond their starting
point toward the Rhine. Yqu are
asked to more than double your
last IiLertyLoan investment because
♦ha government needs at least six
billion dollars. Think of that daily
casualty list and then dare to put
down one cent less than you can
afior" »o invest when the campaign
begins September 28. Why not
make your investment on the first
day. Go over the top with the first
ware—not the last.
BITS OF ALASK A FOLKLORE
"Adventures of Ki-ya-yuk-tua
look," a table of the wanderings of
a character in Eskimo lore, was
the only aritcle puolished in a re
cent issue of the Eskimo, a native
school magazine published in Nome
Alassa. The story, written by a
native, is believed to De as vivid to
t»>e natives of this country as the
stories of Ulysses were to the
Greeks and) the Sagas to the
Norsemen. Joes Sekonik, an Eski
mo, the author, is said to have pass
ed much time gathering his ma
teria] from the old folk of the
Kavaliua section near here, who
h°ari! it from their fathers. Ac
cording to the tale, "Ki-ya-yuk-tua
look," the hero, was the father of
th« Kavalina tribe. The hero wan
d-~rM into ma-ny inrts of Northwest
ern Alaska meeting strange ad
ventures, fightin* hostile natives
and finally killing a giant. The tale
tells of life of the early Eskimos,
of their beliefs in. magic &nd their
harsh treatment of strangers. —
Rock/ Mountain News.
"HEINE" SAYS THE
YANKS ABE TERRIBLE
London, — Hope of winning the
j war is fading fast in the German
treitchefi, if letters taken from some
German prisoners accurately reveal
the moral© of some of th© German
troops. , ■ - } I I
'•The Americans are in front of
ua aDd they are terrible men," reads
"SAILOR" MEEHAN IS
POPULAR ASA BOXER
"Sailor" Willie Meehan, the Pacific
coast heavyweight champion, is one
of the most popular boxers who ever
stepped over the ropes In a San Fran
cisco ring. He Is now stationed at
the San Pedro naval training station,
where he is acting as boxing instruc
tor.
TIGERS, WHITE AND RED SOX
Three Teams Will Settle Race for Flag
In American League, Says Man
ager Jennings.
Hughle Jennings Is convinced this
year's American race will be between
three teams.
lie cannot see Cleveland, St. Louis,
Washington, New York or Philadel
phia.
That leaves the flag between Boston,
Chicago and Detroit.
"The Boston club has not lost much
strength through the enlistment of a
dozen players," declared Hughle.
"In the trade with Mack It secured
some capable performers and players
who would fit in nicely on any team.
"Chicago has not lost strength.
"Detroit, if it i.leks up a pitcher or
.wo, will be in 11; ; fight all the time.
My team always has been n heavy hit
ting club and all it needed for three
seasons was pitching strength to hold
It up.
"With Donovan developing the men,
it looks like we are going to have it
this season."
j OFFER PRIZES FOR PLAYERS
St. Louis Millionaire Will Give Money
for Excellence in Certain Brand*
of Performance.
Russell Gardner, St. Louis millionaire
and chief backer of the Memphis South
ern league club, has offered three prizes
for Memphis players. One is of $500
for the most valuable player on the
team. Other prizes are $200 nnd $50
for excellence in certain brands of per
formance. Whether such prizes come
under the ban, as laid down by the
National commission In the Lajole case,
is an open question.
Foster Quits Baseball.
George Foster, former Red Sox
pitcher, declares he is out of baseball
for good. He refused a Cincinnati con
tract for $4,200 and a bonus of 51,000
for winning -0 games.
i one letter taken from a German
I prisoner. "We no longer hav© any
1 hope," he continued. "My company
of 130 is down to 30."
"We should stop before we are
| utterly demolished,*' wrote another
1 German soldier. "I am always hop"
i Ins the French may succeed- in rop-,
ing us in. We should then at any
rate be relieved.' from the moral
anguish we are continually suffer*
• insr. Our strength is becoming more
and more sapped and if some of us
! da ge>. home, we shall be broken
' men."
Work has begun on the construc
tion of the agricultural college and
school of mines at Fairbanks.
W. G. Weigle, of the Alaska For
estry 5ervice, has been elected
scout-master and Assistant United
I States District Attorney Steve Ra~
gun and Norman Pike, assistant
scoutmasters, for the Ketchikan Boy
Scouts.
Dr. W. J. Pigg of Petersburg has
received official notification of
j hi» having been commissioned a
First Lieutenant of the Medical Re
serve Corps. He expects to be
| called for active service soon.
r.AN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered sugar. Acta almost in
stantly. The prescription) of
an eminent physician. Keller
Bro« Tie Ban-To* Drug Stortk
TREAT WOUNDED
M FACEOF FOE
Red Cross Workers Refuse to
Retreat While There Is
Work To Do.
AMERICANS IN HERO ROLE
Incident of Early Spring Offensive of
Hun# on the Somme That 8hould
Make Americana Proud of
Their Men.
■Washington.—The story of the part
America auil Americans pluyed In aid
log the British and ftie French during
the early spring offensive of the Ger
mans on the Sornme can never be ade
quately told. The .whole picture is too
big to paint on one canvas. It Is only
by describing the work of individuals
and particular groups of workers that
some idea of• the American effort and
its effectiveness in this historic battle
can be brought home to the people
buck home—and then only In a small
way.
While It Is perhaps only a very
small incident in the history of that
great affair, the story of how a small
band of American Red Cross porkers
"carried on" at one of the evacuation
hospitals back of the British front
should make Amcricuns proud. When
all but a few of the hospital staff had
left with the two hundred or more
patients und the Germans were ad
vancing only a few miles away, four
American army surgeons, assigned to
the American Red Cross for work at
this particular hospital, (Jeclared their
intention of "sticking till h— froze
over." And six Red Cross ambulance
and truck drivers, as well as several
American Red Cross nurses and aides
"stuck" with them.
The Americans made their decision
not because of sheer bravado, but be
cause the hospital had the opportu
nity of serving a few wounded sol
diers from day to day—and could save
their lives. And at this writing these
Americans are still there, giving much
needed medical attention to French
and British soldiers who are brought
back to this hospital because it is
the nearest one back of that point of
the line.
Stay on the Job.
The big guns of tlie British and
French have been planted In the rear
of It—and then moved farther back.
The Boehe airmen come over at night
The little group of Americans have
seen the troops, guns and transports
go by In streams to points In the rear,
but as long as the wounded are
brought there, these Americans will
stay.
A few hours aftor American Red
Cross headquarters in Paris learned
of the big German offensive, It dis
patched eight trucks and motor cars
to this hospital to aid in the evacua
tion of the patients. Night and day
the Bed Cross drivers worked bring
ing the wounded from the hospital to
Paris.
When this had been accomplished
the Red Cross cars went out Into the
surrounding country to pick up the
wounded, who were attempting tc
walk to a hospital, and to aid the
refugees struggling along the r->ad.
Besides transporting these two hun
dred or more wounded men to places
of safety, the Bed Cross cars aided
130 refugees to the rallheuds in three
(lays.
But their work had only begun.
Despite the evacuation of the hospital
and the consequent order for more ol
the staff to accompany the patients to
points of safety, the wounded -kept
coming in. Ninety per cent of them
were serious cases. Practically all
demanded immediate operations. Not
simple operations, but major ones,
where a steady nerve, delicate touch
and sure hand were necessary to give
the wounded the beat chance for life.
Work Night and Day.
Night and day the American sur
geons worked. There w,ere a few
nurses to assist, but all Mere tired—
completely fagged, mentally and
physically. Every one needed rest
But there were the men coming In
every few hours, their bodies pitifully
torn, and suffering untold agoaies. So
no one thought of stopping, and even
when one did get a ffejv hours off duty
there were the big guns only a few
hundred feet from the hospital. They
belched and roared all night.
Of course, some of the cases were
hopeless and no anount of surgical
skill or medical attention could save
them. Here again the Americah Red
Cross men came In for more work.
They had to dig the graves and act as
pallbearers.
One night was especially hard. The
doctors were kept busy in the oper
ating room until three o'clock In the
morning. The nurses had to have a
bit of rest. One nurse only was avail
able. So again the Red Cross drivers
were called upon. One became an aid
to the operating surgeon, remaining
in service until the last wounded man
was rolled finally Into bis bed.
Prevents Sugsr Famine.
Pullman, Wash.—Boys and girls be
longing to Washington's juvenile
clubs are to be enlisted In the patrlJ
otic movement to raise sugar beets
this year, to be stored and set out in
the spring of 1919, to produce beet
seed for the spring of 1920. It Is
expected In this way that the threat
ened sugar famine may be averted,
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Notic« Is hereby given, that the
undersigned has been appointed Ad
ministrator ol the estate of Mile?
Creegan, deceased, by the Pro
bate court lor th® territory of Al
aska sitting in probate at Haines,
Alaska, and any aud all persons
having claims against Baid estate,
are required to present them to
me, with the proper vouchers, at
my office in the said town of
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. 3tout, Attorney for Adminis
trator.
First Publication, Aug 22, 1918.
Pinal Publication, Sept. 26, 1918.
NOTICE OP PINAL ACCOUNT
In the U. S. Commissioner's Court
for the Territory of Alaska at Skag
way tn probate In th© matter of
the estate fo S. H. Yeomans, exe
cutrix of the estate above stated
baa filed in the above entitled court
her final account of the estate of
'the said deceased, and the hearing
of same hag bean llxed 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 Skag
way, and all persons having inter
est in Baid estate are notified then
and there to appear and file auy
objections they may have to said ac
count and to show cause, if any the
have, why Bald final account should
not be allowed.
Mra. Ella Mary Yeomans,
Administratrix.
Dated at Skagwsy, Alaska, this
27th day of July, 1918.
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