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1893 OMgt D»;1r » Alula
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S. U PlUmaa AtlH4 B. C.
EDITORIAL |
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1 Will
CREELING INTO PEACE
Hoorer and the food administrat
ors of Great Britain and France In"
sisted that food? would win the war;
England urged that drastic blockade
of Germany would win the war; Li
berty Loan advocates were of the
opinion that dollars would snatch
victory in the great struggle, and ad
vised ♦ • give until it hurt; the ship
ping f.oard equally was sure that
ships were the great requisite, while
inuni'ion manufacturers and air*
craft ilan» managers each were as
certain that their product would be
the ^reat victorJ"gaining element.
While these, and' other activities,
admittedly contributed largely to
the success of America and the al
lies. and formed a firm basis of
support for the war program. Mar
shal Foch, with his forces from the
allied countries and America, and
the Italians. Serbians and Arab®,
directly, with manpower, won the
war. Credit is due to all who
aided in any of the contributing
fcra aches that strengthened the forc
es and the possibility of accomplish
ment ! r Koch and his armies.
But row comes a new claimant
for honors in defea'ing the Huns
and putting the Hohenzollerns for
ever "on the blink." It Is no
less a personage than Goerge Creel,
chairman of the United States bu
reau of information, or "misinforma
tion.'' as it has been termed in
congressional circles. Creel himself
enjoys the distinction of being re"
ferred to on the floor of the sen
ate of the United States by on© of
the members of that body as "the on
ly official liar in America." His
career as head of the bureau has
n, ftr the duration of war> full
of optimistic self-a&vertlsement of
his own endeavor and the Demo
cratic administration's greatness,
and constantly the target for charg
es and criticisms, none of which he
ever refuted' successfully, and all
of which he seemed to have a knack
i nsidestepping.
Ia e recent article he virtually
makes claim to the major credit for
winning the war, ja that his art
icles were distributed from airplanes
to the German armies, and broke
down the morale of the Huns. He
modestly writes that—
Getting the truth into Ger
man/ and* Austria-Hungary was
a? bard a battle as any Sought
la France.
According to Creel's critcis, the
most difficult thing about that
troth would seemingly be in evolv
ing it at the Creel end. And the
Americans will be par
doned ?f they Btill incline to the be
lief that Creel's efforts »t pro
Bagand'a with the German armiee
bad as much to do with winning the
victory- for the allies as did Henry
Ford's peace mission.
HANDICAPPED
There is a considerable shortage
of supplies at Skagway owing to the
fact fnaf aboui. he only steamer that
ever calls there is the Priocess Mary
and there are two weeks! between
her trips. This i# on© of the evils
of the cancelling or the Alaskan
mail contracts.. Under the mail con
tract system steamers carrying mail
were compelled to land at Skagway,
as it was the terminus of their
route, the contract reading "Seat
tle-Skkcrway, including- wa.y points."
The surest way to handicap a new
countrr or, in fact, any country, is
to restrict transportation facilities.
Well, anyway, Alaska should be
proud of one thing, and that is
that she is so far ahead of the rest
of the country that they have to
handicap her to keen her from out
classing the the rest of the country.
Even with all the handicaps placed
upon her by meddling experimenters
the Territory will win out in the
home stretch aud fl^h under the
wire a winner. All we have to do
is to sit tight in the saddle and
us® the -whip a little when we get
in a tight place.—Douglas IsVanc
News.
AIDS FOR YUKON
While the Yukon Development
Leagu© plans it? major drive on Ot
tawa for a railway and various
f^rms of local assistance, no doubt
there are several item3 which will
be of great aid and which will
not mean a great outlay.
By all means the railway project
should be laid before parliament
srith full data before parliament
with full data and staunch support.
This i? something wliich will mean
the adODtion of a large policy and
0 nwhich legislators Fill want much
information from experts. Engi
neers will be required to investi
gate the field. The first thing is to
get parliament educated to the ad
visability of a survey to this re
gion, and the way to educate par
liament is by informing the com
mercial centers which have influeac
with 'ne members of parliament. Ex
tenaivft data mast be presented in
compact form.
Other items which Yukon wants
include special sums for mining de
vel'ooment, mining engineers, geolo
gists, custom^ mills, radio communi
cation, airplane service and' more
extensive roads to the producing
mines and for auto routes. Other
items mgiht be suggester, but those
mention seem the most pressign.
Ample data should be gathered to
support the need of each.
Yukoners understand well the
| practicability and the need of such
matters in this region. Distant
memoers and the Ottawa ministry
probably have & faint Idea of the
fitness of such services here. Some
body must educate those ia the
position to control the grant.
Let the Rood work of assmebllng
t.ha facts not lag. The information
cannot be gotten together and sent
out too soon. Jfw is the dull pe
riod of thQ year in Dawsn. Let
the work go ahead right now. Ev
eryone in the North will share the
benefits—now, all togethei—one
for all and all for one. — Dawson
News. ^ *.jj
The Editor likes to read the" Al
aska Railroad Record, the weekly
pa^er issued toy the Alaska Engi
neering Commission at Anchorage,
This Record is supposed to be the
1 offficlaj report ot what Is doine on
the railroad for it says so in black
type right cm the title page. An
chorage appears to be the whole
ishootine match, however for there
Is seldom any mention of Seward',
Nenana, etc., so the editor has torn
up all of his maps, for tiiey are all
wnon'. for the Anchorage govern
ment railroad in Alaska s tarts at
Anchorage, runs to Anchorage, taps
the Anchorage country, is financed
by Anchorage, to Hades with, the re
mainder of the United States; on
ly Anchorage men and women work
upon »he railroad, extra tracks are
bein^; txtended< from Anchorage to
wards little Anchorages, etc., and
then a couple of etcs. Some Record,
that should De made a booster for
the eutire country through, which
the Anchorage People's Railroad is
supposed to traverse, in some sweet
day, some years hence, perhaps,
maybe, if the United' States Trea
sury does not go busted.—Seward
Gateway.
For the benefit of these of a so- I
cialistic turn of mind, it would be1
well to point out at this time the
false economics involved under gov
eriimen' financing of industries. Be
fore rongress there is pending a
bill to extend the guarantee of $2.10
per Dushel on wheat. Thig price
was necessitated', apparently, by
war conditions a few months ago.
It is now feared that the govern
ment must take over the entire
1919 wheat crop in order to live
up to its word. The actual value
of that wheat crop on the mariret
ia likely to be fl-60. It, therefore,
follows that the taxpayer pays twice
thg difference between $1.50 and
$2.10. He pays, first as a taxpayer
this 60 cents in the form of taxes;
then he pav§ the 60 cents again be
cause tne government having
fought thg wheat must sell it back
to him in the form of flour for his
bread'.—South Bend Tribune."
\ID TO I5KTURXED MEN
Ottawa Citizen: The men from
overseas are to be discharged from
the army on the day thfey arrive at
Che dispersal station of their home I
district. Th© last official act of
the department of militia, before
the men disperse to their homes,
released by their discharge certifi
cates fr.om any further milit&y Ben
Ice, will be to hand each man a
substantial cheque. Deferred pay
is due to the single men, post dis
charge pay to all men with one
year's servic© or more, and civilian
clothing allowances to ev»ry man.
The cheques issued to the men > by
the paymaster at the dispersal pta*
tion, are hardly likely in any in
stance to be less than one hundred'
dollars; in many instances they ex
ceed '■*< thousand dollP-rs.
The iummer's in her ark, and this
sunny pinioned <i«y
Is commissioned to remark whether
Winter holds his sway;
Go back, thou dove of peace, with
myrtle on thy wing.
Say that floods and tempests cease,
and the world is ripe f°r
Spring.
—Horace Smith.
STAKING THE MAIL TRAIL
ALONG THE \TKOV RTVEki
One of Alaska's worst trails, that
between Kaltag, a lower Yukon riv*
er town, and Uuaiakleet, a north
ern sound coast point between &L
Michael and' Nome, is being given
winter stake markings. Stakes a
long the trail, it is believed, will
\help *he mail carrier and their
dogs ^ams during the ■winter.
Mails for Nome, St. Michael and
Seward peninsula points is carried
over vhe Kaltag-Unalakleet traU dur
itig the winter. In summer it runs
thfougn a wilderness and Is used by
only th.e most daring "mushers."
who 1 v taking the seventy-five mile
trail, can save a 250-mile trip thru
the Yukon d"elta and across a strip
of the Bering sea to St. Michael. In
the winter the trail is packed by
snow, but in the summer it is bog*
gy and climbs over or goes around
thousands of "nigger-heads."
Jag. Curfman, or 'Skagway Jim',
who for several years was located
on Ester is n°w at Hot Sprin<g3
and according to report is on the
pavstreaJt. Curfman became some
what down on his luck at Ester and
finally went to Hot Springs "Where
he was tipped' to some rich ground
which lie hag had several good of
ferg lor hut hag turned down.
, -33
(Wants Daughter
To Become A
Nurse
Haying received his preliminary
education at the Sheldon. Jackson
school at Sitka after which a course
In higher classes was reveived at
Carlisle, Henry Phillips, Native
Chilkit, appreciating th« benefit
that his education hag meant^ to
him, has decid-ed to send his little
daughter Edna, who is 9 yearB
old- to the Chemawa government
school at Portland, which is con
sidered second to the great Carlisle
in point of educational facilities.
The decision of Mr. Phillips to
send his child to the government In
stitution was probably brought «•"
bout oy the sudden passing out of
Mrs. Phillips which leave? the little
Native maiden motherless, and iu'
the pres.ent status of the race re*
lationship in Alaska, the pathway
which lay before the child was not
strewn with roses.. Mr. Phillips be
lieves that he can perform the great
est service to his people t>y placing
his daughter in a position to re
ceive a training which he ultimate
ly hopes will fit her to study to
become a trained nurse, and th^n
to have her come back and devote
her li'<> to the car« of the Alaskan
native.
Henry Phillips received1 the tech
nical training of a printer, and
such 1 as followed the printing trade
almost exclusively for more than
twenty years. He is a thorough
mecnanic in his line and is a liv
ing proof of the mooted question
as to whether or not the Alaska Na
tive shoulde be taught in the ways of
his whWe brother.
fT e experiment of educating lit
tle Edna will demonstrate what two
generations of education will do in
an attempt towards bringing the Al
aska Native u® to a higher state of
civilization. Miss Lois Butt has kind
Iy offered to escort th ellttle g'rl
to Chewawa.
ORDER l.OOO OASES
OF CATSUP DESTROYED
Duluth, Minn., Feb. 13. — One
thousand cases of tomato catsup,
each case containing six gallon cans,
were ordered destroyed' by Federal
Judge Page Morris here today. Ex
perts for the government gave testi
mony that the product was '"adul
terated." t
Th0 catsup was shipped here
from Woods Cross, Utah, and was
seized ov government officials while
in storage. Investigation, proved, ac
cording to testimony, that the cat
sup was made of tomatoes that
were 20 per cent spoiled.
A HATER OF PUBLICITY
Some people hat^ publicity like
the Detroit man. lie vaj dressad
in a tight-fitting suit of the lat
est cut, and his whole costume was
a dream of sartorial refinement. And
he was plainly embarrassed as he
entered the editor's office. "I was
intensely shocked to read a notice
in your paper of my engagement,"
he began. "I cannot tell you how
shocked I was.- I was positively
chagriued. My fiancee was c&a
grinec; we were ail chagrined.
How much for fifty copies of the
paper?—E*.
THE 8KAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
\
H. F. HKKMAN, Prop.
Se SM MILK RMI6H
j.
The largest aad bail con
ducted dairy U Alaska.
Dally afclpmeiat* of par*
milk and eream to all B«iat
oa WUlt» Paa» A fukoa
Route,
TRAPPERS!
A trial •hipmeo: v/111 convince you
that wc pay the Hifbwt prf<*3. \V«
kf®w»
rOV TO- THE MINUTE TRAP
PERS GUIDE, Na Catalog of
Trappers' Supplies aud Pricc Lirt.
Northwestern Hid# & Fur Co.
em. im ibi .
Mj|1|_#|, UU
lEfflSfELL OF
ALASKA NElDu
Got. Thos. Rlggs, jr., and former
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer were en- j
tertalued at tne Arctic Club yester
day By the executive committee of
the Alaska bureau, Seattle Chamber |
of Commerce and Commercial Club. |
Vice Chiarmun William Calvert, jr.,
oreslded.
Gov. Biggs, who is here on his
way oack to Alaska from Washing
ton, D. C., where he has been for
more than a month in the furtheranc
of Alaska's needs said, In addressing
th-e members of the executive com
mittee of the Alaska bureau:
"The real cause for the lack of
development in Alaska is due to un
certainty. Under present conditions
Alaska is a country of regulations,
many of a conflicting nature, which
hayo a tendency to discourage pion
eer settlement.
1 hare been fortunate in obtain
ing the enthusiiastic support of Sec
retaries Lane an<i Houston and havo
asked for an appropriation suffi
cient *o introduce the musk-ox in
Alaska. They would1 range theore
tic portion of the territory, which
is unsuited for agriculture and other
develomnent atid should in time be
come a most valuable source of mea
supply.
"The principle requisite to the pro
gress of Alaska is the development
of th<j territory's rich mineral de
posits and' the inexhaustiole store of
raw products which furnish the mar
ket essentially to agriculture devel
opment.
"We secure practically all of our
supplier: from Seattle, the gateway
of the north,' said Gov. Riggs in
closing, "and we rely on Seattle to
aid us in the solution of Problems
'hat. will lead to the development
of our rich resources and. make for
a stable and prosperous population."
Former Delegate Chas. A. sulzer
gaid:
"Many millions of american capi
tal have beep invested in the paper
pulp industry in British Columbia,
and the papers of our Western states
and Alaska are getting their supply
»
o' paper from plants in British Col
umbia, while the forests of Alaska
whore conditions are more suitable,
if anything, to the establishment of
pulp mills, aro unused.
"I would urge that you give *11
the effort of which you are capaole
to the work of right advertising, for
it is only through such means that
we can hope to obtain necessary leg
islation which will result in the <Je*
velopmont of our rich resources so
as to build up a permanent and
prosperous population."
■MISS BUTT TO REMAIN
TEN DAYS I/ONGER
Miss Lois Butt, teacher of the
primary grade in the Skagway Pub
lic scnool will remain here untH
the arrival of the steamship Jeffer
son ins'ead of laying tonight on
the Princess Mary as previously an
nounced. The reason for this Is
that tne teacher who wa9 to have
arrived on th© Princess Mary to
night, according to advice receiv
ed by the school board yesterday
wag unavoidably delayed1 in leav
ing the states, and would sail for
fikagway on the next boat leavi
Seattle. Rather than leav^ the pri
mary class without an instructor,
Miss Butt has consented to remain
until the arrival of the teacher w-ho
has been engaged to fill th<» posi
tion wnich is made vacan* by her
resignation.
When questioned as to the name
of the new teacher Chairm&a Hahn
of the school board stated that ihis
information wa$ not at hand, e.s
had' arragned with a person in Se
attle while in that city recently,
to secure a suitable teacher to fill
the position, anr the board had re*
c'-ived a cable stating that a teach
er was leaving there to fill the
| vacant position.
Alber* Christofferson and partners
' have taken a five-year leasg on tha
•McCormick-Palmer holdings on Al
ibert creek, in the Nelchina district,
and expect to do extensive develop
ment i 11 »he mining claims thia sea
son. Four of the lessees departed
the other day, taking a big lot of
supplies from Anchorage to the
diggings. Mccormick and Palmer,
as partners, and' Getchell and Ol
son \vre the original discoverers
of the Nelchina diggings, finding
pay placers on Albert creek.
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White Pass &. Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 42
Thursday ami Friday
So. t. N. Bound No. 2, 8. Bound
1st CUss lwt Class
»: 00 a. m. Leaves
11:25 a. m. M
12:15 p. m. "
1:10 p. m. "
2:50 p. m. "
6:20 p. m. Arrive*
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
qAROROSS
\V HIXEHORSE
Arrive*
L<-ave«
*; cv if. la. i
2:60 p. m. |
2:00 p. m. i
1:20 p. m, !
11:18 a. m. [
8:30 a. m. |
Passengers must be at dep< t In time U> Ilbvo Baggage la*
•pected And checked. Inspection 1a stopped 80 Minutes beforS
leaving time of trains.
ISO pounds of baggage Kill hi chocked free with eacfa foil
■y fare ticket and 75 pounds wltft each half fare ticket
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