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The New Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, lias for the Dast several
years maintained a special bureau
which is known the Alaska Bu
reau, auil to this bvauch of the big
chic- organization all things Alas
k in are referred .
Ou January 7, the new executive
committee was organized, and the
names of rne-n who are closely con
net ted with, matters pertaining to
tl>e Ureat Northland and thoroughly
eenversant with its conditions and
needs are to be found in the bu
reau's person el.
Three years ago this body was in
strumental in bringing to the north,
iu< n.be-rs t>£ the Ctuiml-er of Com
urte of several of the Pacific Coast,
ut.d "o this educational excursion
is due much of the needed legisla
tion which has been enacted lor
the betterment of conditions of the
norrh.
SKajjway suouiu twiuiiuc * ~
commercial club, ;uid the calls re
cta'iy made by its secretary should
Le responded to. Once tK^h year
for several years past the business
me:', ci Skagway have euthusiastical
ly met and •"re-organized" and
that is t'ue last vt it. At the re
rr^auizaticn a president and &ec
retary are elected, and from that
time on t'.ie secretary is left to do
1 ; • \\i_rk. and he is even expect
ed to foct the bills. Xovv this is
neitherbusiness like i or is it pulling
'■•St'iier. While it would appear
t!-.at we would be ui mew hat haitdi
i ci • d by lark cf numbers, still if
iiio majority of the business men
c c". s-:y associatt d, and firmly
orjiat.izeci, the e.s.-istauce of the
New Sea'tie Chamber's Alaska Bu
reau ju'.d !• nd us i s assistance in
all natters where it might be of
beneiit, whenever it was called up
en to do so.
Lach town in Alaska that has
. :• ,'ressed, owes its advancement to
L-'ior's set forth by an organized as
sociation of its business men, and
ffiiica of the late improvement work
that has been and will continue to
be of benefit to Juneau, Valdez,
Cc-rJjva, Fairbanks tuid other pro
gressive Alaskan cities, is due to
t::e effort put forth by the respect
ive civic organizations.
There is much to be said in fav
or of the work done by the Skag
v y Commercial club, and not one
word against it. Let us then for
goodness sake, get together and
form an alliance with each otheT as
bus-'ness men, ar.d then combine
with the Seattle Alaska Bureau for
'h'j purpose of strengthening our
resources in the north. It i only
by this method that we can hope
to «ecuxe for us here in Skagway as
sistmce from the Federal govern
ment and the expenditure of a por
•an of the funds which have been
apprtpriated fcr use in Alaska.
REAL WAll Sl'PLIES
A great deal depends on defini
tions. Secretary of Commerce Red
field doc-a not classify nails and
ht.rseshoes as war supplies. He for
<£,ets the story he learned la his
youth, which, ended, by informing
'as that "for the want of a nail the
shoe was lost, for the want of a
shoe the horse jvas lost, for the
want of a horse, the rider was
lost end for the want of a rider the
bat'le was lost." Mr. Redfield
would minimize the effect of war
orders upon our present industrial
activity by excluding such things as
nails, horseshoes and a lot of sim
ilar commodities from the list of
things for w hich the war has exeat
ed an abnormal demand, Bui Iro
canno' change the records of his
own Department which. Bjioy that in
a nine-monthe ijeriod before the
war we exported only $168,000
worth. or horseshoes and $1,573,
000 worth of maila, spikes ,etc.,
while during the first nine months
of the year ,1916 we exported thiese
commodities to the extent of $925,
000 and $10,274,000, respectively, j
ALASKA BUREAU NAMES
EXECUTIVE COMOU1TEEE
The executive committee of the
Alaska Bureau of the New Seattle
Chamber of Commerce baa bega or
ganized for the j;ear 1917, as fol
lows:
William Pigott, chairman; J. C.
Lan:r. vice-chairman; J. L. Mc
Pherson, secrg'ary and manager; E.
G. Anderson, Geo, Albers, H. F. Al
exander, Scott C, Bone, Thomaa
Burk**. E. B. Burwell,.R. M. Calkins,
Wm. Calvert, Jr., J. E. ChJldbsrg,
Edward Cunningham, G«x, J. Danz,
J. H. Edwards, F. T. Fischer, O. D.
Pisher, J. C. Ford, T. J. Gorman,
James A. Haight, John, P. JJartman,
S H. Heldges, JL T, Heffernan, E.
C. Hughes, Falcon Joslin M. D.
Leehey, A. W. Leonard, Frank Mc
Derinott, W. H. Parsons, L. B. Pee
ples, J. W. Spangler, A. H. Soel
Kerg E. A. Stuart, J. A. Swalwell,
E, L. "Webster and C. !W. "Wiley.
The work of this committee has
be^n subdivided as follows:
Finance—S. H. Hedges, chairman;
J. H. Edwards, O. D. Fisher, A. W.
Leonard, J. W. Spangler and J. A.
Swalwell.
National Affaire — E. C. Hughes,
chairman; Scot*; C. Bone, Thomas
Burke, Jas. A. Haight and Falcon
loslin.
Fisheries — John P. Hartman,
chairman; Wm. Calvert, Jr., Edw.
Cunningham, T. J. Gorman and W.
H. Parsons.
Transportaion — J. C. Ford,
chairman; H. F. Alexander, R. M.
Calkins, J. T. Heffernan and C. W.
Wiley.
Mercantile — E. G. Anderson,
chairman; Geo. Albers, E. B. Bur
well, F. T. Fischer, Frank McDer
mott. L. B. Peeples and E. A. Stu
ar'.
Alining — M. D. Leehey, J. E.
Childbetrg, Geo. J. Danz, Falcon Jos
lin, A. H. Soelberg and E. L. Web
ster. — Seattle Times, Jan. 7.
AL \SKA QUAKE OF YEARS
AGO WAS HISTORIC
Washington,— The annual geo
logical survey report terms the Ya
kutat Bay earthquake disturbance
in September, 1899, as one of the
ten greatest disturbances of his
toric times .
The disturbance referred to above
will be distinctly remembered by
the old timers, especially in this sec
t'on of Southeastern, Alaska. For
three weeks the earthi quaks econ
tirrM and the people were kept in
a nar'ial state- of terror. Many of
t.hie shocks were of such nature that
if the cities had possessed large
build'ngs, these would have been
demolished. As it was many two
story structures were damaged by
the frounds' frequent and severe
vibrations. The native^ for, days
were panic stricken. The chocks
ceased as suddenly as they began.
Var'ous disturbances were report
ed ?t that time along the coast,
islands to the westward disappear
ing and tidal waves being Teported.
YUKON" WOLVERINE
A curious accident recently hap
pened on the Little Twelve-mile, on
the Klondike river, four miles above
the hay ranch, says the Dawson,
News. The story will surprise many
a trapper and hunter. It is i*hat
of the action of a wolverine. It
aDDears a wood chopper who is well
known was over his trap line when
a wolverine appeared at the cabin*
and, finding no one around, started
to hunt around. The first thing
& loumJ w'8 a Back and a in If ot
flour. This not being up to his
taste he threw it all over the place.
Then he found a few dishes, and
thrttw them into the fiov Not,
being satisfied with that he took
down a rifle which was loaded and
pu* i* into the fire, stock first, and
left it till it was r Id hot and thien
it exploded. Ah, this was the fatal
act, it killed the foolish Mr. Wolv
erine. When the wood-chopper ap
pealed he found everything, even
the bunk, covered with flour, sour
dough and pea soup. In fact, it
was a frightfoi state andi everything
was ruined, even this heels of the
socks. The man of the oabin, on
investigation returned: a verdict tha
the animal met his death T?T putting
the rifle into the fire and staying
in front of it till it exploded.)
Wh-en skinned the wolverine was
found to be shot through; th'ef hear
T\e skin measured 4 feet 7 3-4 In.
VETO OF ITEMS IN
APPROPRIATIONS
Under Constiiuilon President
Gennoi Do It.
AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY
Desire Has Often Been Expressed to
Permit President to Cut Items From
Appropriation Dills as Step in Econ
omy—Former War Secretary Dickin
son For Universal Training.
By ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Washington, Dec. 22.—[Special.]—
From the time men began to talk
about extravagance in government ex
penditures there has been discussion
of the proposition to allow the presi
dent to veto items iu appropriation
bills. Without regard to the fact that
tho only way this can be accomplish
ed is by a constitutional amendment,
its advocates go boldly and gayly for
ward, as if all that was necessary was
to get a sufficient number of indorse
ments from various organizations and
the end would be accomplished.
In the first place, the proposed
amendment vould have to go through
each house of congress by a two
thirds vote, and such a proposition
could not get a corporal's guard in ei
ther body. The "items" in appropria
tion bills are the dearest things to con
gressmen In their careers. It is by
such "items," relating to their own lo
cal communities, that they accomplish
what their people want. They would
not sacrifice their right to secure such
"Items," for it is the only way they
can get what they want.
Other Economy Suggestions.
Another suggestion along this same
line Is the budget system. Into which
there will be a general lumping of all
appropriations. Nearly forty years ago
tor political purposes the budget sys
tem was destroyed by distributing the
appropriation bills among various com
mittees. That can't be changed. The
tendency Is to spread rather than cur
tall the control of these appropriation
bills.
Lumping a lot of tilings together 1b
another method of congressmen to get
what they want. That is what they
do with river niul harbor appropria
tions, public building bills and claim
bills. The good is made to carry the
bad. Good bills could not pass alone,
for the logrolling methods have been
found profitable for the fellow with
small Items, which would never get a
hearing unless they were put in om
nibus bills.
Do Not Want Economy.
The people do not want economy.
The Democratic party came into pow
er after the denunciation of the Ite
publicans for extravagance, and the
six years of Democratic control of the
house, with a strenuous economist at
the head of the appropriations com
mittee, have Peon the greatest extrav
agance ever known. Said the econo
mist chairman, Fitzgerald, recently:
"The people do not want economy.
Whitman's administration has been
the most extravagant ever known, and
he was re-elected in New York by 130.
000 majority. If I were in the opposi
tion in this house I could make the
greatest speech ever heard on waste
fulness and extravagance."
War Secretaries' Opinions.
Most of the former secretaries of
war who have expressed opinions are
for universal military training. One of
the latest to take this position is Jacob
M. Dickinson, a Democrat, who was In
Taft's cabinet. "We must have militia
universal training," he said recently,
"unless we confess ourselves at the
mercy of other nations."
Gallinger's Warning.
During the discussion of the immi
gration bill in the senate there were
many "and often prolonged references
to Japan and her people. Once the
senate doors were elo-ed because the
discussion was trending on grounds
which might be offensive. At one time
Senator Gallinger warned the senate
against this kind of talk. "Japan has
control of the Pacific ocean," he said.
"By our own foolish legislation we
have given her that control. She has
a powerful navy and can keep control
In war as she now has In commerce.
We are on friendly terms with Japan
and ought to continue them, and it Is
not well to be constantly discussing
these questions and raising suspicions."
Not a Lone Orphan.
The Alaska Cilleries bill cauie up in
the house, and it was shown that the
great territory of the far northwest is
not a lone orphan. Most of the lead
ers in the house took a hand in the
discussion. Chairman Alexander of
Missouri and Delegate Wickersham
were of course prominent, as well as
the meu from the Pacific coast states.
But, In addition, there were Beunet of
New York, Moore of Pennsylvania,
Saunders and Montague of Virginia,
Cooper of Wisconsin, Ilanly of Texas,
Fess of Ohio, Sisson of Mississippi,
Liuthicum of Maryland ami, of course,
Maun of Illinois.
Murray's Cfi'er.
While discussing clerks' salaries and
the possibility that they could not be
obtained for $123 per month, Murray
of Oklahoma interrupted to remark:
"I can furnish any member a good
secretary after the 4th of March."
The house laughed, for "Alfalfa Bill"
Is among the defeated.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
Arctic B»"Otlw3i'hood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meats every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day ev&niag at 8:30 p.
m. stwrp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wt-'ccim®. W. L. Stevemson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Hect rder.
Fraternal Order
Kaglefs—
Skflgwuyi Aoria
No. 35, Frater
nal Oilier of
Eagles maetfl thej first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
torii hall on Filth Avenue. Visit
ing bruthlera cordially invitejd to
nttcnd. L. £. Hudson, W. P.,
J. M. Greisbach, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Paae Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet a 2d and 4th
Fri. Er'gs. of &ach
montc. VLsitiug brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, "W. M.
A'ddregg all communications to
the deereaarjr.
B. P. O. ELKS
8kag"way Lodge
No. 421, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday night
&t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
curuiuiiy welcome.
HENRY FRIBDENTHAL, B. R
F. J. V-A^'DBWAUL, secretary
Pipnr.ir of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* fai A. B. Hall first Monday In
em-y month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
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disease and deformities of thq
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Office: Goldstein Building, Jii
newu, Aln«ka.
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PraHioe in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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January 14—25
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