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SEATTLE chamber works for
NAVIGATION" AIDS
Ih-'U the Alaska Bureau of the!
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and
r<3mmercial Club are on the job in
leiier^l and that J. L. McPherson,!
he manager, in particular, is made
•lestly manifest by the letters
hat will be found in another eol
iian and which emanated from tht|
>rsaniz23tion during this month.
It is only by constantly going
ift'T things desired in this world
hat they are gotten and big busi
es* organizations know that beat
>* al> Any civic organization pro
icr'y officered and conducted', acting
mh dignity and zeal can accom
>lish much for its locality an(i sen
•tor or representative in congress,
h6 secretary of the different depart
aents, yes, the president himself,
v»ll givi a proper consideration to
petition or request when sent by
. bod-v 0/ men or women who rep
esea» th« sentiment of the locaji
y and can show by proper argu
nent or evidence that they are
sking for something that is need
d and is their just due.
Already the effect of the letters
eat by the Seattle Chamber has
•orne fruit and there is no doubt
>ut aids to navigation will be sup
lied for the waters of Alaska.
Skagway should not lay down
•ut should be up and doing and
ow Is the time. The legislature wl
aeet soon and' bills that affect us v«
ally will be introduced and there
re public institutions to be located
ad the iuterests of Skagway should
» looked after. it is time to be
o and doing an(i« the opportunity
'ill be afforded soon to see how
iucv. interest the people of Skag
•a-; take In their own town and
ow far they will go to help boost
tr i*.
Seattle, February 7, 1919.
►ail" Alaskan,
aagway, Alaska.
We are today addressing each
jember of Congress as per enclos
d Ktter, and to. each have sent a
3IT' of map which graphically show^
ata relative to the great loss of
"ssels la Alaskan -waters.
To Senator Jones and' Delegate
Jickersham wa are forwarding at*
ts of maps on a large scale, show
lg the rositlon of one hundred es
jutlal aids to navigation that should
e Immediately Installed. These
av» been prepare by committees
jpresentin. the shipmasters' Assocla
on, Masters, Mates and Pilots Or
inization, and the Alaska Bureau
; the Seattle Chamber of Com
erc..
This is the beginning of a cam
lign we have launched to bring a
jut an enlarged program of con
ruction of these muih needed aids
I" Alaska. You miy be asgured we
will continue to follow It up until
th. desired end is attained.
With very beat wishes, we are
Very sincerely yours,
J. l. Mcpherson,
Manager
Seattle, February 6, 1919.
Hon. Thomas L. Blaaton,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
The loss of 331 lives in the
wreck o' the Princess Sophia, Oct.
25 1918, again emphasizes the de
olorible lack of aids to navigation
and coa«t surveys in Alaska waters
The great value of Alaska com
merce, which last year totaled $127,
000,000, carried by 4030 vessel
trlns, justifies the necessary ex
pense to make these waters safe to
naTi«*ation. Und<er a constructive
policy, which will make for the ra
tional development of Alaska, this
commerce will advance to figures of
which no approximation can be
ma-'e.
The loss of vessels and cargo, of
which we now have record, ex
ceeds in value $19,000,000. Un
der separate cover we are send-ing
you map we have prepared, which
"raphically shows the extent of
<hes° disasters.
Will you kindly give your valu
able support to the construction of
the necessary aids to navigation
and coas* surveys, and hasten this
ail-lmoortant work.
Respectfully yours ,
j. l. Mcpherson,
Manager.
MIGHT VS. RIGHT
T'-e final triumph of Judge Wick
e-sbam before the house of repre
sentatives Is but another vindica
tlQn of the fact that right ultimate
ly ttiumphs. Not In a day, per
haps, but ultimately, thla la always
true, and it is this truth which fix
es unalterably the destiny of hu
man government.
This controlling destiny in hu
man affairs operates not only in
the governments of men, but in
their individual activities aj Fell
and it h^s been attested by all the
gre-: philosophers in human history
It may, i» some instances, operate
ears after the -wrongful act, but
it Is an unchanging law which is
invariably enforced.
The opposite theory wap held by
'he German people or, in any event,
bv tjjp ruling cl^s among the Ger
man people. Worshipping the God
o* migrht, they waged war success
fully, and built up a aatioa power
lut 'row every material standpoint,
and t&en sought to enforce their
w'll upon the world. The experi
ence of Germany is, no doubt, the
most stupendous example of be
lief in the power of force, but af
ter all her experience is duplicated,
''ay after day, iu matters of
sl'gh*' and of serious oonsequence.
I» is not, however, the importance
of au undertaking that invokes this
principle, but its character.
To those who think othrewise,
there is no better argument than is
found in the famous assay of Emer
son on "Compensation." It does
not deal with Isolated instances, but
w'*>t the operation of an un*
changing law. The violation of
ih?t law is not punished in some
mythical future world, but in the
wo-*d of every day life. — Juneau
Dispatch.
Rooert J. Weire has just received
advices from William Gerig thaat
the tug Anna W. will be launched
from the ways at Anchorage and
placed in readiness to tow a baree
laden wi'h Matanuska, coal to Sewa! £.
Th supposition Is that the tug will
be launched before spring, the barge
loaded and arrive here before next
summer.. There are several bets
uy that if the tug is launched with
in the next few weeks It would not
arrive much before next summer
auyway.
In the meantime the Seward di
vision of the government railroal
is usin^ coal shipped from Seattle
in sacks on passenger steamships.
J-at us see: The government
has coal mines about seventy-five
miles north of Anchorage, the latter
city being 114 miles 'orm Seward,
ye* it ig more expeditious, safer
more economical and more certain
to have coal shipped to Seward for
the railroad, in sacks, by steamer
form Seattle than from the great
government coal mines.—Seward
Gateway.
Tb° people who have business in
terests in the district should see
th9- th*> will be th© gainers thru
better and larger work on the part
of the Commercial dub, and so
should be willing to give it the
support tha* it should have. One
of «h<» best ways in the world for
gett'ng together for the develop
ment of the Interior is to Join the
Commercial Club and put your
shoulder to the wheel and BOOST
!—Fairbanks Citizen.
THE LIGHT
IN THE BLEARING
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT
IRVING BACHELLERw
Autho* Of
E8EN HOLDEN. D'RI AND I. DARREl OF THE BLESSED 15LE*
KEEPING UP WITH UZZIE, ETC, ETC
eorruom wMnowivtwro* muw worn*
The tea slumped over on the stove.
Uncle I'eabody laughed louder and
Mr. Dunkelberg's face was purple.
Shep came running into the house
just as 1 run out of it. I had made
up my mind that I had done some
thing worse than tipping over a what
not. Thoroughly frightened I fled and
took refuge behind the ash-house,
where Sally found me. I knew of
one thing I would never do again. She
coaxed me into the grove where we
had another play spell.
I needed just that kind of thing,
and what a time It was for me! A
pleasant sadness comes when I think
of that day—it was so loug ago. As
the Dunkelbergs left us I stood look
ing down the road on which they
were disappearing. That evening my
ears caught a note of sadness in the
voice of the katydids, and memory
began to play its part with me. Best
of all I remembered the kisses and
the bright blue eyes and the soft curly
hair with the smell of roses in it.
CHAPTER II.
I Meet the Silent Woman and Sila»
Wright, Jr.
Amos Grimshaw was there In our
dooryard the day that the old ragged
woman came along and told our for
tunes—she was called Rovin' Kate,
and was said to have the gift of "sec
ond sight," whatever that may be. It
i was a bright autumn day and the
leaves lay deep In the edge of the
woodlands. She spoke never a word
but stood pointing at her palm and
then at Amos and at me.
Aunt Deel nodded and said:
"Ayes, Kate—tell their fortunes if
ye've anything to say—ayes!"
She brought two sheets of paper and
the old woman sat down upon the
grass and began to write with a lit
tle stub of a pencil. I have now those
fateful sheets of paper covered by
the scrawls of old Kate. 1 remember
how she shook her head and sighed
and sar beating her forehead with
the knuckles of her bony hands after
she had looked at the palm of Amos.
Swiftly the point of her pencil ran
over and up and down the sheet like
the movements of a frightened ser
pent. In the silence how loudly the
pencil seeiued to hiss in its swift lines
and loops.
My aunt exclaimed "Mercy!" as she
looked at the sheet; for while I knew
not, then, the strange device upon
the paper, I knew, by and by, that
It was a gibbet. Beneath it were the
words: "Money thirst shall burn like
a fire in him."
She rose and smiled as she looked
Into my face. I saw a kind, gentle
glow in her eyes that reassured me.
She clapped ner hands with joy. She
examined my palm and grew serious
and stood looking thoughtfully at the
setting sun.
I see, now, her dark figure stand
ing against the sunlight *as It stood
that day with Amos in Its shadow.
What a singular eloquence In her pose
and gestures and iu her silence! I
I remember how it bound our tongues
—that silence of hers!
The woman turned with a kindly
smile and sat down in the grass again
I and took the sheet of paper and
' resting it on a yellow-covered book be
gan to write these words:
"I see the longing of the helper.
One. two, three, four great perils
shall strike at him. He shall not
be afraid. God shRll fill his heart
with laughter. I hear guns. I hear
i many voices. His name Is in them.
He shall be strong. The powers of
darkness shall fear him, he shall be
a lawmaker and the friend of God and
of many people, and great men shall
bow to his judgment und he shall—"
I She began shaking her head
thoughtfully and did not finish the
sentence, and by and by the notion
came to me that some unpleasant vis
Ion must have halted her pencil.
Aunt Deel brought some luncheon
wrapped in paper and the old woman
took it und went away. My aunt fold
ed the sheets and put them in her
trunk and we thought no more of
them until—but we shall know soon
what reminded us of the prophet
woman.
The autumn passed swiftly. I went
to the village one Saturday with Un
cle Pea body in high hope of seeing
the Dunkelbergs, but at their door
we learned that they had gone up
the river on a picnic. What a blow
It was to me! Tears flowed down
my cheeks and I clung to my uncle's
1 hand and walked back to the main
| street of the village. A squad of small
boys Jeered and stuck out their
tongues at me. It was pity for my
■orrowa. no doubt, that led Uncle l'e*
body to take me to the tavern for
dinner, where they were assuaged by
cakes and jellies and chicken pie.
At Christmas I got a picture-book
and forty raisins and three sticks of
sftflsly. with .red jstrices an iheiu.aad &
I jew s-narp. 'mat was tne cnristmas
we went down to Aunt Liza's to
spend the day and I helped myself to
two pieces of cake when the plate
was passed and cried because they all
laughed at my greediness. It was tho
day when Aunt Liza's boy, Truman,
got a silver watch and chain and her
daughter Mary a gold ring, and when
all the relatives were invited to come
and be convinced, once and for ail,
o'f Uncle Roswell'a prosperity, and
be filled with envy and reconciled
with jelly and preserves and roast
turkey with sage dressing and mince
and chickeu pie. What an amount of
preparation we had made for the Jour
ney, and how long we had talked about
it!
In the spring my uncle hired a man
to work for us—a noisy, brawny,
sharp-featured fellow With keen gray
eyes, of the name of Dug Draper.
Aunt Deel hated him. I feared him
bnt regarded him with great hope
because he had a funny way of wink
ing at me with one eye across the
table and, further, because he could
sing and did sing while he worked—
songs that rattled from his lips In a
way that amused me greatly. Then,
too, he could rip out words that had
a new and wonderful sound In them.
I made up my mind that he was like
ly to become a valuable asset when I
heard Aunt Deel saw to my Uncle Pea
body :
"lou'll nnve 10 eeuu mui raiw
away, right now, ayes, I guoss you
will."
"Why?"
"Because this boy has learnt to
swear like a pirate—ayes—he has!"
Uncle Peabody didn't know it but
I myself had begun to suspect it, and
that hour the man was scut away,
and I remember that he left in anger
with a number of those new words
flying from his lips. A forced march
to the upper room followed that event.
Uncle Peabody explained that It was
wicked to swear—that boys who (lid
it had very bud luck, and mine came
I in a moment. I never had more of
j It come along in the same length of
time.
After I ceased to play with the
Wills boy Uncle Peabody used to
say, often, It was a pity that I hadn't
somebody of my own age for com
pany. Every day I felt sorry that the
Wills boy hud turned out so badly,
and I doubt not the cat and the shep
herd dog and the chickens aud Uncle
Peabody also regretted his failures,
especially the dog and Uncle Peabody,
who bore all sorts of Indignities for
my sake.
One day when Uncle Peabody went
for the mail he brought Amos Grlm
shaw to visit me. He was four years
older than I—a freckled, red-haired
boy with a large mouth and thin lips.
He wore a silver watch and chain,
which strongly recommended him in
my view and enabled me to endure
his air of condescension.
He let me feel it and look It all
over and I slyly touched the chain
with my tongue just to see If it had
nny taste to It, and Amos told me
that his father had given it to him and
that it always kept him "kind o'
9Calrt:" ... ....
■ >y nj i
"For fear I'll break er lose It an'
git licked," he answered.
He took a little yellow paper-eov
ered book from bis pocket and began
to read to himself.
"What's that?" I ventured to ask
by and by.
"A story," he answered. "I met a
ragged oP woman in tlie road t'other
day an' she give me a lot of 'em and
showed me the pictures an' I got to
readin' 'em. Don't you tell anybody
'cause my oP dad hates storleB an'
he'd lick me 'til I couldn't stan' If he
knew I was readin' 'em."
I begged him to read out loud and
he read from a tale of two robbers
named Thunderbolt and Llghtfoot who
lived in a cave in the mountains. They
were bold, free, swearing men who
rode beautiful horses at a wild gal
lop and carried guns and used them
freely and with unerring skill and
helped themselves to what they want
ed.
He stopped, by and by, and confided
to me the fact that he thought he
would run away and Join a band of
robbers.
"How do you run away?" I asked.
"Just take the turnpike and keep
goln' toward the mountains. When
ye meet a band o' robbers give 'em
the sign an' tell 'em you want to
join."
He went on with the book and read
how the robbers had hung a captive
who had persecuted them and inter
fered with their sport. The story ex
plained how they put the rope around
the neck of the captive and threw
the other end of it over the limb
of a tree and pulled the man into
the air.
He stopped suddenly and demanded i
"Is there n long rope here?"
I pointed to Uncle Peabc£; !: vj
rope hanging on a peg.
"Le's hnng a captive," he proposed.
At first I did not couapi iiion. hi.;
meaning. He got the rope and threw
Its end over the big beam. Our old
shepherd dog had been nosing Hip ,
mow near us for rats. Amos caught
the dog who, suspecting no harm, carat
passively to the rope's end. He tied
the rope nronnd the dog's neck.
"We'll draw him up on It—it won't
hurt him any," he proposed.
I laoired flt him III silence. My
be»"t smote me, but I hadn't courage
to take issue with the owner of a
sliver watch. When the dog began to
struggle I threw my arms about bim
and cried. Aunt Deel happened to
When the Dog Began to Struggle, I
Threw My Arms About Him and
Cried.
be rear. She earae and saw Amos
pulling at the rope and me trying to
save the dog.
"Come right down off'n that mow—
thla minute," said she.
When we had come down and the
dog had followed, pulling the rope
after him, Aunt Deel was pale with
nnser.
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TIME TABLE -NO. 42
Thursday nr.O Friday
No f. V. Round No. 2. 8. Bound
1st Glass
9:00 a. m. I.oaves
11:25 a. m. "
I t) 12:16 p. m. "
1:10 p. m. "
2:60 p. m. n
5:20 p. m. Arrives
SKA G WAV
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2:60 p. m.
2:00 p. m.
1:20 p. m.
11:18 a. m.
8:30 a. m.
I'assengers must oe at uep< i in tune in ilbvb in
spected and checked. Inspection Is stopped 80 Minute* before
leaving time of trains.
ISO pounds of baggage will bj checked free wltt> e*di MB
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