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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
L. S. Keller, Publisher.
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IVU'EK TROUSERS NEAT
It will not be long be'"Ore we will
see Mr. T. Businessman starting for
his office ia the morning with Wil
lie's arithmetic lesson figured out
on his coat tail.
They are coming — paper suits
and we can't quite figure out
whether it is a threat or a promise.
The issue is viewed with mingled
emotions, while the plan, though it
may have itss minor drawbacks, is.
i:i many respects, admirable.
The average man will be able to
sic down and make a whole suit of
clothes out of a Sunday paper a"d
have enough left over for a nair of
cants for his youngest son.
Barring rain and high wind
storms the paper clothing should be
satisfactory, light. airy( comfort
able and cheap. What would hap
pen to a man caught in a heavy
rainstorm in a paper suit is some
thing for the police to worry about.
CVentlement who are accustomed ic
. 'ving their trousers lacerated by
'fiouss bulldogs while prowling i
!•. neighborhood' of th© neightor's
...ken ranch or vegetable garden,
ill 'ind replacement much cheaper
than j: the old days.
The dd system of tying a string
round husband's finger to make
him remember to bring home a new
i"i'k stove or half pint of diamond
ear-rings Mil go out of style. It
was never satisfactory. Husband
never could remember what the
st ing was for after an hour or
t*o. Tie knew it meant something,
but couldn't think what, instead,
the fond wife will tuk© her lead
pencil and j°t down on th» breast
of husband's coat the list of things
desired. Then everybody he meets
d'urins: the day will re^'d the list
and- tell him to be sure an<j take
home the vegetable, oysters and
not forget to go to the dog doctor's
for some tooth paste tor IJewellyn,
tin- Airedale.
There will be a number of ways
in which the paper suit will be use
ful. The wif© can tear a piec§ off
her husband'^ coat any time to
wrap ud the cake to send to the
cliurea supper. There is always a
scarcity of wrapping paper about
th© house. When she wants to
write a communication for the daily
paper or. a letter to the domestic
science editor giving him a new re
cipe f°r war pudding without e?gs.
she can tear off one leg of hus
band's Sunday trousers and write
on it.
The new suits can be beautifully
figured. When one thinks what is
don© with wallpaper In the way of
decoration, the possibilities of the
new clothing are limitless. There
may even be camouflage suits.—San
Francisco Kxaailner.
HAIG CONGRATULATES VICTORIOUS CANADIANS
Western Newspaper LnlonJ**^
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg Is here seen congratulating the victorious Canadian troops on the western fronl
on thetr sptendld work In smashing through the German lines.
New Regulations
Relative Draft
Is Received
Skagway, Nov. 13, 1918.
Dr. L. S. Keller,
Publisher Daily Alaskan,
Skagway, Alaska.
Dear Sir:
I wish to advise that I.oeal Board
No. 7 of Skagway has receive# the
following: telegram from the War He
partment, to which was appended
the instruction^ that it be given
to the newspapers for the widest
public'ty possible:
"By order of the Provost Marshal
General, the following telegram is
wired to all local and district ex
emption boards:
"Tje Secretary of War hag today
N'ov. 11, issued' the following order:
You will at one© instruct state
headquarters and local and dis
trict boards immeditaely to discon
tinue all work connected with the
classification of men who on De
cember lt>, 1918 attain their 37th
birthday.
"You will further insstruct said
boards to complete as expeditiously
as possible the classification of all
registrantss who on Dec. 16th.
1918, have attained their 37th birtl
day.
"You will, finally, at the earliest
appropriate moment direct all lo
cal aad district boards to issue
questionnaires to all registrants
who, on Dec. 16, 191S, shall attain
their 18th birthday and shall have
attained their 19th birthday, and
to proceed with and complete as
early as possible the classification
f of such registrants."
The S'st of the thg above tele
gram is , that men coming between
the ages of 18 and 36 (both in
clusive), an<L' who are liable to reg
istration and military sservue un
der the Man-Power Act, will be
required to fill out questionnaires
and tie classified just as though
there was no cessation of hostilitits
between Germany and the Alli<^. A 1
Dersons liable for registration and
who hav© not already done so
should register at once. Question
naires will be sent out to men com
ing under the above ages at once
by. the Local Boards.
Yours truly,
E. J. SHAW,
Member of Local Boa d..
f \RCKOSS-.VI LIN BOATS
The steamer Tutshi of the White
Pass line operating between Carcro s
and Atlin, is on a sandoar about
twr miles down the lake from Car
cross, according to the Whitehorse
Star, where she will be allowed tc
remain until next spring. Capt. Jas
Roberts, master; Bert James, first
mate; Jas. Lauderdale, chief engi
neir. and John Topham, steward,
came dcwn to Whitehorse on Mon
day and will remain here until the
first southbound boat out of Skag
»av. Capt. I. Saudburn, pilot, left
for his home in Portland, Oregon,
wnil- Purser Lacey hag gone to Se.
at tie.
The steamer Tarahne, belonging
to th» same company, plying across
Atlin lake, has been laid uj> at Sco
tia bay Her crew, with the excep
tion of Engineer Vey, whose home
is in Whitehorse, haVe departed for
ths outside.
Got out that Flash Light and
have a new battery put in it at Kel
ler Bro'here.
HLESS THfcJM.
A real nice man
Is Robert Rye,
He never calls
i man a "guy."
—LvUce McLuke.
A splendid man
Is Jimmle Kuopp;
He never calls
A fiend "Old Top."
—Wilmington Journal-Repabli an.
A noble man
Is Harry Jlink;
He never calls
A guy a "gink."
—Detroit Free Pres's.
A fine old1 top's
That guy I)e Vere;
He never calls
A gink "Old Dear."
—Cleveland Pla'n De'iler.
A gentleman
Is Henry Huff;
Because lie never
Calls my bluff.
—Xeward Advo.at ?.
TROOP SUPPLIES
3 MONTHS AHEAD
Army Could Get Along for 90
Days If Not Another Pound
Went Over.
VAST STOCK IN RESERVE
Held in Miles of Warehouses Extend
ing From the Coast Inland to the
Fighting Line—Daily De
liveries Made.
Tours.—The American army in Eu
rope could be fed and clothed and al!
its creature eoiuforts louked after for
three months if not another pound of
supplies was secured. This was the
statement made here by officers of the
army quartermaster's department,
which directs this mammoth work of
supplies.
It gives an idea of the vast stock
of reserve resources stored in the
miles of warehouses stretching from
the coast inland to the fighting line,
and it is a comforting assurance, too,
that this hiiije reserve will be kept
up through the coming winter period,
so that the American soldier's warmth,
as well us his.food and clothing, will
be fully looked after.
Some Big Job.
It is a huge undertaking to feed a
million men even for a single day—a
million men scattered to a thousand
points, in trenches, on battlefields and
camps, along 300 miles of front and for
a depth of 500 miles. And when are
added housing and clothing and the
period is extended through the win
ter months of cold and frost, with the
prospect that another million or two
of men may be headed this way before
long—with these elements one gets
some idea of the magnitude of the
supply problem for a million or more
men.
Here at the eonter of the system,
where the receipts are regulated and
the distribution made, there was an
opj>ortunity of learning some of the
details of how the system operates.
In the food branch alone it take?
over -1,000,000 pounds of food every
dtiy to feed the army. This prodi
gious daily consumption of food em
braces 1.000 pounds of flour baked
Into a million pounds of bread every
day, 875.0(H) pounds of fresh beef
875,000 pounds of potatoes, 200,(MX
pounds of sugar and 125,000 pounds oi
tomatoes. The pepper and salt for e
single day Is 42,500 pounds.
Army coffee is roasted at the ratt
of 70,000 pounds a day, and It takes
20,000 pounds of solidified alcohol tc
cook this coffee through the month.
The beef Is the bulkiest producl
used each day, and occupies a daily
space of 45,000 cubic feet, or about
the dimensions of a business block, ol
solid meat. Flour £fiffi£5 xeOUir
j fhg "25,000"" cubic feet' of dally space,
and potatoes about the same.
A Few Daily Items.
These are only a few of the malD
! items. But the list runs all through
' the many requirements of the over
< sea army ration, with vast quantities
in each case. Here are some of the
other daily items: Bacon, 225, OOC
pounds; beans, 75,000 pounds; rice,
50,000 pounds; onions, 250,000 pounds;
evaporated fruit, 70,000 pounds; Jam,
70,(HK) pounds; milk, 62,500 pounds;
vinegar, 40,000 pounds; lard, 40,000
pounds; butter, 31,000 pounds; syrup.
40,000 pounds.
I These being included in the over
sea ration, every one of the million
men Is entitled to his full allowance,
and It must go forward to him wher
ever he is. So that besides the vast
dally stock there is the question ol
unfailing dally delivery, first by rail
ways and camion trains, and then to
the individual soldier.
Besides this 4,000,000 pounds of food
moving forward daily to the troops,
each innn carries with him two days'
emergency ration, 5 pounds to the man,
an additional 5,000,000 pounds of food
for an ar.ny of a million men. Of the
emergency ration, carried on the back,
there is outstanding every day 2,000,
000 pounds of corned beef and 2,000,
000 pounds of hardtack, 300,000 pounds
of sugar, 62,500 pounds of coffee, 20,
000 pounds c-f salt, and 500,000 pounds
of solidified alcohol for heating and
cooking while on march.
YANKEE BAPTIZED ON A RUN
Made Chaplain Hurry Because He
Wanted to Catch Up With
Hia Company.
With the American Army at the
Marne.—A long line of dust-covered
Yankees were pushing their way
through a shell-battered village near
Chateau-Thierry toward a ridge of
hills from which came the rumble of
artillery fire. At a crossroads they
came upon a chaplain, waiting beside
a broken-down sidecar. One of the
doughboys fell out of line and walked
rapidly up to the crossroads.
"Say, Chaplain, baptize me quick,
will you?" he urged. "We'll be in the
line to-night 1"
The chaplain walked away from the
sidecar.
"Do you believe" he began.
"Yes, sir; I believe everything!" in
terjected the boy; "but I've got to
catch juy company. Can't you make it
quick*'
In less than a minute the ceremony
over and he was runulng up the
road.
It Didn't Work.
A woe four-year-old was having
Thrift stamps explained to her by her
young uucle, an enthusiastic canvass
er. To illustrate his talk he ended
it by giving her two quarters. "Now
these will buy you two Thrift stamps,"
he said.
"Two Thrift stamps," she repeated,
smiling. 1
A few minutes later her grandmoth
er came into the room. The uncle,
eager to display the effect of his ora
tory, ordered: "Mary Ellen, show
grandma what you have."
Obediently Mary Ellen displayed her
two quarters. "Now, tell grandma
what you're going to buy with them,"
he smiled in anticipation of the
answer. $
But his smile didn't hold. In Mary
Ellen's sweetest tones came the in
formation: "Tandy and tookies."
Death Guided the Plane.
A remarkable instance occurred
somewhere in France, in which a faith
ful flyer brought his machine safely
home, although he himself had died
from the effects of a wound received
In an encounter with an enemy ma
chine in the air. Knowing that he was
about to die, he propped himself up
In such a way that the rudder bar and
control lever were kept In position,
carefully calculated the distance back
to camp and arranged the machine so
that It would volplane safely to the
ground after his soul had departed.
His plans were successful, and when
his horrified companions hastened to
him they found in his pocket a note
book in which was the information he
had been sent to obtain—"at all costs."
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WINNER OF GARDEN PRIZE
Mrs. Frank P. Drown of Cincinnati
is winner t>f National Capital Prize No.
1, offered to war gardeners by the
war garden commission. She took first
prizes amounting in nil to $100, which
she Invested in War Savings stamps.
On a plot 100 by 150 feet she raised
enough vegetables for her table all
summer, in addition to 125 cans of
vegetables she put up, and 25 bushels
of potatoes.
PIONEERS MEET AND
CELEBRATE IN CALIFORNIA
San Francisco, Nov. 14.—Eleven
men who came to California in 1849
acrosss the continent by prairie trail
Or by sailing- vessel around the
Horn met here recently and drank
a toast to "the days of gold." They
represented the forty-one remaining
memoers of the Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers, which at one
time comprised 3,000 lovers of
adventure. For years the pioneers
hav© held a reunion annually jn this
city, but year by year the attend
ance has dwindled..
Among those who made the last
pilgrimage from various parts of the
country were three members of the
vigilance committee which, in 1855
quelled a reign of terrorism and law
lesness in San Francisco by a num
oer of hangings.
MANY MASONS AMONG
CAMP CODY SOLDIERS
Camp Cody, N, M., Nov, 14, —
Masons from Camp Cody were
guests of the Deming lodge of Ma
sons recently at a Scottish. Rite
reunion. Fourteen states were
represented at the reunion and ban
quet which followed. A nnmber of
new candidates were in the Acoma
slags, including several Camp Cody
officers and enlisted men.
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Keller Brohters have received a
shipment of Flash Light Batteries.
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