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_E*itosWd 1898 Oldest D»3y ■ Alaska
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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
VL.VDU OSTOK
The pioposal of Japan that an
. ":-hI expeditionary force step in
and take charge of affairs at Vladi
vostck is one that meets with the
approval of common sense, at
'.east for the moment. The sequel
'o sucn intervention is Jione the
less uncertain and in its political
Aspect can be made dubious with
a little spectila'ion on possibilities.
Th ■ present facts are that there
are vast quantities of war and oth
er material at Vladivostok, and aloug
the transsiberian railway. This
matt rial was produced by thq al
lies and sold to the Russian £°v
ernment, has ceased to exist and
the material is in dange.r approxi
mate or remote, of falling into the
kaiser's hands. .
If this material is of any) value
to Germany, it io only a question of
•imp until she gets it. This setting
will, however, be no simple matter,
eve. with the consent of the Bol
vheviki, whose disposition in the
case one way or the other may as
well be discounted in advance. The
transsiherian railpjad has broken
down and it is not to be expect
ed 'hat it will spring into efficiency
it h» command of 'lie German war
lord. If Germany had a free hand
it would require herculean efforts
over a long period to get the Vladi
vostok supplies to her border.
The transsiberiau runs for S00
miles through .Manchuria, and re
cent dispatches, not since contra
dicted, told of the Chinese occu
pany of Harbin, effectively cut
tin" communication between Vladi
vostok and Russia. To avoid Har
bin shipments -would have to be
routed to Khabarovsk, across the
-Amur river to Blagoveschensk and
on to N'erchinsk, which would add
v thousand miles to the already
staggering length of the transsiber
ien.
r rom data at hand it would not
now appear that Germany is iti any
immediate danger of getting the ma
terial at Vladivostok. There still re
mains the danger of Bolsheviki de
struction to be considered, and
the comparatively small matter as
to who is to pay for it a-ti. Then
there is the effect the entrance of
au allied force into Russian ter
r'tory would have on the Russian
people, or on those whom circum
stances have made the exponents of
the pcpu^ir will. There is$ nothing
to indicate that the Russian peo
ple, barring the Bolsheviki, who
actually represent less thai^ 1 per
cent or the population, would
car1-. The central powers no doubt
would make much ado about it and
Japau's motives would be vociferous
ly impugned by German, propagand
ists. For this reason and for the
sake of appearances generally, aijy
such invasion should be carried on
by : ai'iuj i-roe. - Seattle P. I.
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pUZZLt.~HND THE SLACoEft j
A HIT OP FINANCIAL
HISTORY
The credit of the United States
was so high and unquestionable
that in 1900, two years after the
Spanish War, 2 per cent bonds
were offered at par and over-sub
scribed. This is a financial per
formance no other nation has ever,
equaled.
United States 4 per cent bonds
in 1SSS sold as high as 130 and la
1901 brought 139 7-S on the stock
market.
The United States has never de
faulted on any of its bonds. Not
one of its bond-holders has ever
lost a cent of principal or Interest
except those who voluntarily have
taken losses by selling their bonds
lit a period of temporary price de
pression. One hundred cents on
the dollar, principal and interest,
has the United States always paid.
R-Vk of the $250,000,000,000 to
$300,nno,0fl0,000 of our national re
sources stands the rugged honesty
of America. Liberty loan bonds
are the safest security in the world.
—Official Bulletin.
Is Skaeway business really worse
than last year? Everywhere we
hear the cry that business is poor.
Let us see. March 13, 1918 finds
it ocsits in the headquarters bank aC
.Stsagway, of the Bank of Alaska, 17
percent ereater than on this day
las' yePr. This in spite of the
war loans. Red Cross and other
government calls for money. Then
how can we say that business is
worse than last year? A bank
is always co<nsidered a barometer of
the cl'y's welfare.
CAMP LEWIS—AND ITS UNIQUE
BODY OP MEN*
It is situated, then, in the ex
treme upper left-hand corner of
the United States, where the fir
clad slopes of the Cascades sweep
down to the ragged shores of Pugel
Sound and where, in the limpid wat
ers of American Lake, is reflected
'he majestic bulk of Mount Rainier,
that mighty cone of ice and snow
which rears itself a thousand feet
higher than the Jungfrau.
As the mobilization poLnt for re
cruits from the eight westernmost
States and the Territory of Alaska, I
Camp Lewis is essentially the camp
of the frontier. Here are gathered
tbe men who have been summoned
from the orange-groves and oil
fit Id? of California, from the apple
orchards of Oregon, from the ium- |
ber-camps of Washington, from the!
c?.*tie-ranges of Montana, from the {
ranches of Wyoming, from the mines
of Utah and Nevada andi Idaho,
from ihe gold-fields of the Yukon—
the men, or the sons of the men,'
who have tamed the West.
Probably nowhere else in all the j
world are forgathered so many rep
resentatives of that picturesque hut
fast-disappearing breed, the Am- J
erican frontiersmen. Nightly, across
the pine tables in the mess-halls or
around the big stoves In the bunk
rooms, one can hear tales of wild
adventure which would provide seen*
ar'os for a hundred novels or mo
tic ii picture thrillers. Here can
be found men, who, in frail Indian
c?noes .have byaved the rapids of
Cataract Canyon, who have faced
death in Death Valley, who have
hur.ted big game on the banks of
tae Big Horn .and in the fastness of
th» Kawick Range have sought for
gold There is scarcely a horse
racch or cow outfit in all the West
th"t is not represented at Camp
Lewis. (When the troops are drill
In,- you can pick out the cow-punoh- ;
ers by their peculiar rolling gait,
Ikie that of sailors ashore.) When
experienced miners were needed for
the engineers there stepped! forward
men who had worked every lode
from Nome to Canan-ea. When the
Remount Depot held a military
tournament and rodeo, the entries
the bronco busting and, bulldog.
RE
The following statement is au
thorized by the Secretary of War:
The Browning: machine rifle, mod
el of 1918, air cooled, familiarly
tailed the "light Browning rifle," to
be issut.d to the United States Army
chiefly as au offensive weapon and
possessing remarkable 1 advantages
which have been fullj; demonstrated,
is now being manufactured 011 a
quantity basis by machine processes.
The Ordnance Department is ad
vised g' the completion of moro
than 100 of these guns and that
deliveries will continue regularly
and '".i increasing volume a^ shop
machines are multipled and manu
factuiinj, personnel developed. It'
Is estimated that peak production
will be reached in June, when sev
eral thousand guns of this typo will
be turned out each week for the
Army.
Ahead of Contract Pwxniiscs.
In this accomplishment the man
ufacturers are ahead of their con
tract promises to the Ordnance De
partment. This is gratifying as it
has Deen the experience of the Gov
ernment heretofore that machine
gun pioduction has rarely met pre
determined schedules, owing to the'
tendency tc make contract promises
upon the most favorable estimates
of the manufacturing situation,
which in the case of new macliine
igun production is particularly in
tricate. It is a matter of satisfaction
that there has been no delay in
bringing the quantity manufacture
of the Browning rifle to a point
which promises adequate supplies
for the trench warfare of the Ex
peditionary Force and ample op
portunity to give the necessary
trainins? in the use of these guns j
to the mobilized Army.
GIVES HER FATHER'S SWORD;,
.Marquise dp Oeqtil de Montfort de a
Courtlvron, wife of n member of the y
French war mission In Washington,
has presented to the state of Virginia
the sword worn by her distinguished
fiUher. the late prince of Polignae, *
who rose to the rank of general In the |
Confederate army. Mine, de Courtlv- ^
ron was Agnes de Polignae. Her pupu- j
larlty among those who have enter
tained the commission has been marked j
;i/sf-the-steer events included the |
lames of nearly every contestant of j
iote at the Pendleton Round-Up andj
Cheyenne Frontier Day—all In i
chaki now. i i | • | : ' I]
—From "Making the Makers of j n
fietory," by Major E. Alexander G
'owell, in March Scribner, t 3
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meeta ever; second and
Xou-rti, Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordially welcome.
Edward A. liasmuson, Arctic Chief.
William B. Gray, Arctic Bccorder.
Fmtenml Older
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie,
No. us, Frater
nal Order of
micv-c mo iirst ana uiira
rt'< dnesUuy night of oach month M
heir iMtll on Fifth Avenue. Visit
11 * brothers cordially invited to
ktteud.
John M. Keller, \V. P.
J. M. Cries bach, Secretory.
P. A. M.
Whita Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet* 2d and 4th
Saturday Even hi z»
>1 each months. Visiting Brethren
ir« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
[A1IB3 'WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagw«7 Lodg«
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
1 TMurwJay at 8:30
P. m. Visiting
irocaera cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
r J. VAWDEWALL, Secisuury
Plon'-cr of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
ueeit tn A. II. Hall first Monday in
-vcrj month at 8:30 p. m.
Ytaitlug Brothers itudlaUj wel
come.
J. C. WOOD, Pres.
P. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
OH. L. 8. KELLER
Dmtict
Moot Mutter a Method*
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41CAUWA1 ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At L » w
, Pnttilce In *11 oourtfl
In Territory of AU»k»
1AINE8 ALASKA
Housework Is
A Burden
Woman's lot is a weary one a.t
'es'. But with, backache and oth
r distressing kidney ills life in
eed becomes a burden. Down's Kid
iey Pills have m-me life brighter for
aanv women. Read what Mrs.
loll Cookston, of 1809 E. First
ive., Spokane, Wash., says: "The
rip nut my kidneys out of order
nd I suffered with, a heavy dull
ain lu the small of my baok which
ept getting more severe. Some
ays I could hardly do my work for
: was almost impossible to bend
ver. My kidneys were weak and
nnoyed me a great deal, too. 11 I
■u-s worried because my feet sweli
d and because of the puffiness un
er my eyes. One box of Doan's
ildnev Pills gave me relief and
fter I had used two boxes I was
?el D!j fine In everyway." | (State
ient given October 16, 1915.)
On June 8, 1917 Mrs. Cookston I
Ud: "I have had absolutely no
•outifi with my kidneys since
oan's Kidney | Pills cured me
nd I feel better than I have jin
ears."
Pri-e 60c, at all dealers. Don't
mplv ask for a kidney remedy—
?t Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
■>at Mrs. Cookston .had. Foster
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SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY SPRING 1918
For Seattle and Puget Sound Pcrt»
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March 20,31
Apr. 10, 21. May 1,12, 22. June 2
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Mar. 23rd
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or G. A. McNicHolI, Asst. Gen. Frt. & Pasgr. Anent, Prince Rupert, B.C.
The Totem Store
J. lKUrA Proprietor
Is temporarily closed, and dur
ing his absence from ihe city
the large
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VAULT
will be in Kirmse's Store.
For any information see Wm.
Wright, at Kirmsca
AN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered o» sugar. Acta almost in
stantly. Th« prescription. ot j
an eminent physician. Keller j
Broa Tha a&s-Tox Drug store.
Thera Is more Catarrh In this section
of the. country a—a all other diseases
put together. and for years It was sup
posed 10 be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to euro wish local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is a local disease,
(rreatly Influenced by constitutional con
ditions and therefore lequlres constitu
tional treatment. Iiall'3 Catarrh Medi
cine. manufactured by F J. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, 13 a constitutional
remedy. Is taken 'atomall/ and acta
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hunured .Dollars re
ward is offered for any case that Hall's
Catarrh Medicine falls to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Tclcdo, Ohio.
Sold by DrupgiFts. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
—Adrertiaenioiii.
A f iirlT f.r loNtlioL.
of ll\* Tiriu&rr truct.
Pai.Je«*a liCj'po^.uaui
And will not
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fici.F) civ nitroi iats.
Parcel Poal if ue*ireil — Piiuo *1, or a bottle* *.'.75.
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