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EDITORIAL PAGE
I
Secretary Redfield proudly an
nounces that aluminum leaf, form
erly made in Germany, ia no?r be
laj; made in this country. Ha ne
glected to add that aluminum leaf
was aide in this country up to the
time when the democratic tarift
law parsed, which promptly put the
new industry out of business. It
is resuming now because the war
gives it the protection which a
democratic congress withdrew.—
K. I.
The situation at Washington, su
teriaduced by the continued sinking
of Bteamere carrying American pas
sengers, remaius critical. Seems to
us J ht» word •'critical" has been
gr>'-v. ly overworked at Washington.
th« >%ast Tew months.—WhiteUorso
Star
THEV NEED THE MONEY
Secretary McAdoo'a customs
sleuths ut New York were decided
ly ud In the air recently, both fig
uTS^'rely and literally. The trouble
started when an attorney came into
the office of the New York collect
or and .announced that he wished
to make aa "aeroplane" entry and
declaration on behalf of his clieut.
V. Carlbtron, who had landed on
tha meadcv.s of Ridgefleld, N. J.»
after a H'ght from Toronto, Can
aaa.
Collector Malone called his
customs experts into conference on
the matter and there was a great
pow-wow. Inasmuch us the aviator
c<vme o\e,- in a Curtice bi-Plane,
manufactured in the United States,
It was decided that duty could not
be ussetsed on the plane, and, be
sides, there was a court decision to
the effect that a ship arriving un
der ;ts own power is not merchan
dise and could not therefore be
dutiable as such.
Chzgrintd at the thought of al
lowing the blrd-oa.i to escape with
out contributing something to les
sen thq treasury deficit, one ex
pert suggested the levying of a 30
Per ceut ad valorem duty under
paragraph 227 of the Underwood
tariff la.tr, as a game-bird, dressed.
After caretully pondering that sug
gestion, Collector Malone decided
that while paragraph 227 might be
applicable to a- man brrd, even a
McAdcovian imagination, spurred to
frenzy by a bankruot treasury }voult|
balk a* applying it to a bird-man.
At length a deputy was sent to
look over the aeroplane. The
broker had to put up a bond of
113,0C0 for "outside examination,"
and ano"u-r of J 6,000 pending
proof of outward shipment of the
bl-plaae. This helped tho revenues
ou» to the extent of $2.00 paid
for iutvrnal revenuo stamps under
the emergency, or horse-fly, revenue
la'w. Mileage for the deputy came
to $3 00. The aviator then had
How's This?
W« offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHEN E Y & CO.. Toledo. O.
Ws. the undersign m1. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
oat any obligations made bv his firm.
NATIONAL BANK Ol COMMERCE.
— Toledo. O.
Wh Calmrrh Cure to taken internally.
•Cttnc directly upon the Mood and mu
oocs surfaces of th«» system. Testimonials
••at tree. Price \5 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Dragffiri
Tiki Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Iio matce oui a p^wuso. s>
declaration, and probably satis
! lied the deputy that ha was not
] smuggling ia Chinece. [ As all his
possessions were not in excess of
$100 they could not get duty from :
him on that score. Then they tried
tc s'ick him for violation of the
law because of failure to get clear
ance tapen,, but it was decided that
di-' L'ot apply to airships.
Finally they lot him go with au
admonition for which he has us yet
received no bill, but the incideut
suggested to the fertile mind of
Collector Malone that here was a
chanc# to add to the present Fed
eral bureaucracy by the appoint
ment of a few "deserving demo
ciats" as aeroplane inspectors and
examiners, and Secretary McAdoo
will be oalled upon to fill the va
cancies.
RELOCATION OF THE KUSKOK
WIM KIVER
Oa ihe eastern shore of Bering
i Sea Irom Nunivafc Island, to Nush
, a?a* stretches what Is perhaps Al
| aska's mos» unfrequented river. For
| the past live seasons a steazuer of
] the I. nited States Coast uud Geo
detic survey, of the department of
' commerce, has been engaged on the '
field work connected with the chart
ing of the approach and eutrance to
the Xuskckwim river, a work just
complete*! during the past season bv
the 6-eamer Yukon.
As a supplement to tho coast
work a reconnoissance curvey was
made (nland from L'ethel, the head
cI d~eo-«ea navigation. This was
carried for 550 miles to McGrath,
the iu:.in settlement on the upper
river, from where, on a clear day,
Mount McKinley can be seen 150
m les to the eastward. A river
steamer cox ascend beyond here for
2vj miles, while the river with its
tributaries offera 1,200 miles of
navigable waters.;
Tue Quickstep is the only steam
er nu the river; she draws 4%
feet arH can push a 100-ton barsre
upstrei tr She averages two trips
from Bethel to McGiatu during the
oi>*n season, which extends from
abo<> the middle o' Slay to the
middle o.C October. This steamer
afford"-* the first means of taking
good astronomical instruments up
the river and the usual fair weath
er afforded opportunity for the first
ONI Y ONE "Bromo Quinine," that ;i
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Cures a Cold In One Day, Crip in 2 Day
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1897 1916
Established 18 Years
PHIL ABRAHAMS
INSURANCE
REALTY
COLLECTIONS
G-EN'L AGENT
NOTARY Public
in office
4th Avenue, Skagway
1
£•••.. 1 determination of positions
alon,j the river's course. As some
previous positions were found as
much as 50 miles iu error, a new
man of the river will fill an urgent
nep^ in future developments in this
region.
For the first 100 mileo the river
w'n- s through the low lake country
pecuhai to the territory east of Ber
ing Sea; for the next 200 miles it
cuts through mountains where the
rapu's have a 6 to 8 mile current
and the banks. In places, rise over
1,000 leoi directly from the water.
Tiie upper river flows through an
'.mmense basin, over which are
scattered solitary peaku and the
horikon ol which is a ring o' dis
tant mountains.
Second only to the Yukon In size,
tho Knskokwim is visited yearly bj
two cr three small steamers, which
asctnd as far as Bethel; but the
recent publication of charts has
mad it possible safely and confi
dently to navigate the channel
through the vast aiea of mud flats
which lie rff the river's mouth, a
feat formerly exeremely hazardous
and ;equiriug sometimcu weeks to
accoi>plis'u. The comparison of
V'.stin Willi previous freight rates
tells trie stcry of putting the Kus
kokwim ou the commercial map.
For the present the river is still
given mostly to the Indian and the
son aw man, and the riflp, the trap,
and the fis'-i wheel still furnish the
main necessaries of life. But the
PTOSDtctor and tho homesteader hav«
Already vis'ted tho valley and
will rere, perhaps, repoat the story
of tie Vukon and the Tanana.
Turee crec-ks, Candle, Bear, and
Canon, give promise of long and
profitable hydraulic development,
rich cit uabar claims have been
staked upon the very banks of the
river, vast ranging areas for rein
dt*i are available, and the native
Irish potatj is the equal of any
gr« \mi. The time is no doubt com
ing v.hen a steamer ou the river
w;ll be no unusual sight, when set
t'emcuts wi'I spot the river's course,
and the country will be a home for
♦he white man.
WHAT I.S THE MATTER
WITH THE KAISER
According to the Progressive
Miter hi Ketchikan, Street Com
mit om.r Shark of that place,
would like to know what is
troubling t!ic Kaiser, so hao kept
his eyes on all telegraphic news
items for the purpose of discover
it * the trouble. Tho other day
te came across a telegram i>urport
ing 10 have beeu received iu Lou
don, which gives Mr. Shark a clew,
hut cannot understand tho mean
ing of tha word and he should like
some one 'o tell him. The dis
patch follows:
London, I>ec. 22—An official
message received here today from
Berlin describes Emperor William's
illness as zellewebentzuendung
(more frequently given as bindewe
beutzuenduug.)
Strength o' P.ut IMi.'.aket.
Because our ancestors lived In hud
dled cities we gr> on building upon nar
row nut! tortuous streets, sinking our
capital In mistakes which age makes It
more and more difficult to retrieve.
The original cowpaths of Boston have
become picturesque slums which sui>
port innocent ladies nnd stifle the
health and the happiness of other peo
pie's chihlren. Atl;; I; these slums,
and you at:.i !■: helplc- mu ss itself. Try
to widen and ventilate, an I you will
find that you have struck at the secu
rity of the innocent. This Is the real
strength "f the past nn.l the over
Whelming grip It has upon our lives
It lives ..it. not because intelligence can
defend 1:. but bemuse it has become so
intimate a part of us that to cut It out
seems a little too cruel.—New Republic.
Angleworms and Rain.
Just why the angleworm comes out
of the ground alter a soaking ruin
when lis uatural leudeucy Is to seek
the deep, moist part of the earth In
times of drought wan l>ng a puzzle to
the nat.;;:.lists. The enthusiastic fish
erman will tell you that the only way
to tlnd an;. Ashing worms when the
soil Is very •'ry Is by ditrglng down to
where it is damp or by sprinkling the
ground thoroughly the night before
you intend to dig. It Is evident that
the Lumbricidae like water. The oth
er recently discovered fact about them
is that they also like air nnd cannot
live without it. When It has rained
until the eartii is thoroughly saturated
Mr. Angleworm has to crawl out of the
ground in order to keep from drown
ing.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat
World's Finest Ecuestrian Group.
London's statues are generally the
laughing stock of foreign visitors.
They are called "jokes in stone" and
other rude names. It Is all the more
gratifying to find one at least of these
generally despised objects gaining the
applause of qualified Judges. A party
of Belgian sculptors and artists on a
recctit visit were moved to proclaim
their conviction that the quadriga of
"Victory" ou the arch at the top of
Constitution hill was not only the finest
equestrian group In England, but in
the whole world! The sculptor. Cap
tain Adrian Jones, once told the_wrlter
CROWN PRINCE OF ITALY.'
Humbert, Heir Apparent,
Is Eleven Years Old.
Photo by American Press Association.
that It was" twenty years after the first
sketch was made that the gronp was
Anally put In position.—London Stand
ard.
The Hot Air Furnace.
There was a young publisher who
made a sudden fortune by appealing
to that largely neglected class which
we call society. Gaining riches, the
young publisher retired and was seen
less and less In his old haunts.
"Where's Lawrence?" some one ask
ed of "Mr. Dooley."
Dooley answered. "Oh. he's uptown
now, warming his hands at the social
register."
Love of Money.
The love of money can hardly be the
root of all evil, for it Is only one per
verse passion out of many. But there
is a kind of decorum about money
which makes the love of It peculiarly
dangerous, since It conceals from the
lover the nature and effects of his pas
sion. If a man wants too much food,
he Is evidently greedy. If a woman
wants too many clothes, she is evident
ly vain. But money Is not a thing, like
clothes or food, that can be enjoyed by
itself. It Is only a means of getting
things that can be enjoyed, and bo
greed for money Is not a direct greed,
but Indirect. It Is a civilized means of
conducting the straggle for life, which
to a great extent conceals from those
who use it the ugliness and the animal
nature of that struggle. It Is, In fact,
a kind of diplomacy, politely conduct
ed, behind which there Is war. But the
diplomats often do not see the war.—
London Times.
Not Telling About His Defeat.
"Pa, I had n Ught with Hilly Brown
today."
"That so! Did you whip him?"
"Sure! You don't suppose I'd be tell
ing you about It If I didn't, do yon?"—
Detroit Free Press.
Its Origin.
ghe_Who started the habit of calling
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man that tried to steer one.
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