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editorial
Frank K. Andrews, one of the
members of the Field Division of
the Land Department, 5vho has been
in Skagway tor the past several
days looking up parcels of land
which has been filed on was called
to Haines yesterday afternoon
to look after a fire which is report
ed tv> Dt raging in I he Klukwau dis
trict. » fet*
This brings up the question of
orest fires and Mr.. Anderson re
quested that the general public be
especially cautioned to ba careful
in regards to fire while out in the
woods. The season is now, and
has been for some time past, so very
«lry that a fire left turning in the
woods is quite likely to be fanned by
the wind into a destructive forest
tiro, and in the vicinity of Skag
it ay auother fire such as swept the
hill sides several years ago would
t>e a most costly one to th? resi
dents of this vicinity. Already the
«.ant of fuel has been felt, and
the scarcity of this commodity in
tiie immediate vicinity of skagway
has caused the price of fuel to take
a skyward course. Prior to the
:ire which swept th® timber on the
chores of Lake Dewey, and the
» : tire eastern side of the Skacwa'y
valley fuel could te secured for a
r> asonaole sum. but since the fire
the 'vood choppers have had to go
.. considerable distance for their
supply and this has added to the
cost of delivery.
If you kindle a tire In t\e woods
while out on a picnic or hike, see to
i: that it is entirely extinguished
uefore leaving the spot, and even
though vou are satisfied that not
ofce spark remains, it is a good
Plan ta scatter the larger unburned
pieces of wood around a bit so
that there will be no chance for
a blaze starting a forest fire.
It might also be well to bear in
mind the fart that it is a misde
meanor to start a forest fire, and
uDon oonviction the guilty party is
liable to arrest and fine.
Rememt>er that a fire does not
start from unnatural causes.A light
ed cigarette or cigar stump, a light
ed match, a camp fire left unattend
ed, and many other careless means
are sometimes the cause of the de- |
ruction of a large amount of timberj
and iroperty.
"Parties returning from the State*
say that Alaskans who went out
side at the beginning of the war.
seeking to better their conditions,
are already chafing to get back to
Valdez and the Northland. Which
is but a natural longing when one
understands the 6pirit of these
nardy song and daughters of the
Northland, who chafe under the
restraints Imposed by the unreal
conditions outside. like Lot's
wife, their spirit turns to their
old home, and they look back,
with longing to the iaud of their
first love. Those of us who have
trimmed ship and weathered the
storms of adversity Sweeping over
the Territory, have probably fared
as well as the Uitlaaders. .We have
had as much to eat, and as many
creature comforts, and as much
spare change as the average work
man ground between the corporation
lriillstonegj of the Dig bosses. Our j
BATTERY OF ITALIAN ROYAL MARINES ON PIAVE FRONT
This photograph shows the small-caliber auwa of Uie lulu.u Uuful murines under a remarkable camouflage on th«
Plave front.
winters may be long and cold, but
the true Alaskan, glories in the cold,
and Is proud of his hardihood. But
our summers are beyond compare.
The long, bright, sunny days, when
Nature works twenty-four hours a
d^y trying to repair the ravages of
Winter: these &re the days which
grip the soul with hooks of steel,
and send the old sourdough back to
toe land where the laborer ranks
with the millionaire. And they will
come back to us, these citizens who
forsook the old ship in its time of
stress. They may bo penitent and
ashamed of their lack of faith, but
they will come back, and we will be
here to give them tht glad hand of
good fellowship and help them
slough their eastern ways. For t^e
good book says that he that has
tasted of the joys of a summer in
the Northland cannot be denied from
the lsnd of his choice.''—Valdez
Miner.
ENGLAND'S GREAT WORK
Winnipeg Tribune. "England, in
spite of other tremendous war ex
penditures, is building three million
home® for her war workers," S. K.
Ratcliffe, special correspondent of
the London Daily News, said a few
days s»o at a "Hiusong Luncheon."
"England is ridding herself of tu
berculosis by housing her wrokers iu
garden cities, where the open air
and the sunshine and comfortable
homee not only let the sunshine in
to their homes, but into their lives
as well.
HOW TO SAYK FT EL
How to save coal aud burn the
slack to best advantage, is done bv
puttinc wet slack into the empty
paper bags received from the mer~
chants, and putting these on a fair
ly good fire, when the slack cakes
beautifully by the t'me the paper
bag consumed. This method of
handling is also more cleanly than
the present method.
BIG CHANGE THAT
TIMK HAS WROUGHT
Fourth avenue which to the
average cheechako spells the last
word *n Alaskan metropolitan high
way development was not ever
thus, according to F. T. Hone, prom
inent m'nir.£ man and well known
throughout the territory, who twen
ty-three years ago shot and killed
a big bull moose at a point on whi<tj
is now Fourth aveuue where it dips
and falls down over the bench at tfca
west end of the town.
Mr. Hope at the time of the
demise o* the said moose was in
transit betweeii the town of Hope
and the village of Knik when being
overtaken by the uangs of hunger ii
and his friends stopped upon the
then inhospitable shores of Ship
creel and as they gazed aloft saw
and welcomed the elongated physi
ognomy of the King of the Alas
kan jungles. No sooner was the
moose sighted than his soul went
speedily seeking the shades of the
Happy Hunting, Grounds. He was
shot mtanter and the dainty; and
delectable portions of his anatomy
soon became food for the Nimrod
and bis friends.
Buring the past several years
Mr. Hope has been in Seattle and
after ,a brief visit here with old
time friends and a short trip out
along the main line of the govern
ment railroad will return to his
home at Seattle. He arrived In An
chorage yesterday on the steamer
Alaska and registered at the Cres
cent hotel.
To Cure a Ookl In One D«j
Tale LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE Tablet#. Druggists f rafund
money If It fails to cure. E. W.
QROVE'S signature la on aach box.
30 c. Wed.
m M FISH
lEHIlt SOW
The Collector of Customs at Ju- j
neau has received instructions from j
Secretary of Commerce William C.
Redfield that the Department will
give favorable consideration to ap- j
plication for remission of penalties
.vhich may be incurred hereafter j
by foreign ships transporting fresh
fish between Alaska and the Unit- j
ed States.
The telegram to the Collector of :
Customs from the Secretary of
Commerce is as follows;
"Washington, D. C., July 2d.
"Collector Customs, Juueau, Aaa.: |
"Until further notice and to meet
special conditions Department Will
give favorable consideraton to ap
plication for remission i penalites
which may be incurred hereafter by j
'oreign ships transporting fish be
tween Alaska and United States
mainland ports. Please so advise
those concerned. Application for
remission penalty to be made in I
usual manner in each case and ship J
in no case to be delayed. Please
give copy this telegram to Gov.
Riggs.
"WILLIAM C. REDFIBLD,
"Secretary."
This action was taken at the re
quest of Gov. Thomas Riggs, jr.,
and Food Administrator P. R. Brad-I
ley. and is considered as a war mea
sure only to meet particular emer
gencies caused by the withdrawal
on account of accident of a num
>er of American ships plying in the |
Alaska trade.
in commenting on the actions of I
'.he Department Gov. Riggs stated [
that his action and that of Mr.
Bradley were taken in the interest [
of fishermen who might arrive n
Juneau or other Alaskan ports at a
ime when no American ships would |
be available for several days, as re
cently occurred here in Juneau, and
a possible loss of a needed food
product might result together with
a severe monetary loss to the fisher |
men.
ESTFBETH M AKES
QUICK RI X HOME
Caotain James Davis arrived in
Juneau about six o'clock last eve
fling with the Estebeth, 'Dr. Kas
er's new boat, built especially to
run from Juneau to Sitka and to
Skagway.
One hundred and three hours and
twenty minutes was the time re
quired to reach Juneau from Seattle
and this included two stopovers
when Captain Davis hove to in or
der to sleep, there being no other
pilot on board. Eight and one-half
knots is her average speed in all
kinds o" weather. She is 65 feet
long, IS feet beam, 9 feet 10 inches
deep, has sleeping accommodations
for eighteen passengers and a
permit for 35 passengers.
She is equipped with an 80 h. p.
Frisco Standard engine. Captain
Davis is particularly well pleased
with the fact that she only burned
W4 gallons of distillate on the trip
of over 1,000 miles. The boat Is
registered at 70 - gross tons and
landed in Juneau with 49 tons of
coke and supplies for the Alaska
Gastineau Mining company.
Captain Davis says that every
thing is sky high in Seattle. A
beefsteak, he says, costs $2.75, with
out much trimmings, and fish are
<30 cents per pound at the markets.
They are catching more king sal
mon at Ca-Pa Flattery than A they
can handle, but ho says they Bell for
18 cents on. the market, although,
the flahertnen get but 9 cents per
pound. He then went on to illus
trate the conditiop of the market
by stating the cost of a few little
contrivances on the boat that cost
about four time? what the price
of three years ago. "You do not
ask a merchant what the price is,
you psk him if ne can get it for
you, »nd you are lucky if you are
able to get your order filled at all."
Allen Shattuck bad hoped that
the Estebeth would be able to make
tne Skagway run tomorrow, but
Captain Davis considered that it
would take until Thursday to get
unloaded and ready to make the
Sitka run on time. The Hegg will
probably e secured to make the
Skagway mail run today.
The name 'Estebeth" is taken
from the names of Dr. and Mrs.
Kaser's two daugnters, Esther an«I
Elizabeth. —Dispatch.
The least we can do is'to give as
much as we can.
The trouble with the air program
has been too mjich air.
The American heart has been
stirred as never before.
To be good luck the luck must be
accompanied by good judgment.
The saddest words of tongue or pen
are often caused by a neighbor's hen.
Sauerkraut under any other name
will smell Just the same to the neigh
bors.
It matters not who he is, if he Is
pro-German he has ceased to be a
good neighbor.
Shoes may cost less. "May," mind
you. not "will." Take good care of
what you have.
Most horrors of war eventually will
disappear, but whut about those over
alls for women?
Does the hour-ahead rule also ap
ply to light and gas meters? Some
people are interested.
There are times when a bureau of
public information arouses more curl
asity than It satisfies.
"Keep chickens In your back yard,"
advises a government expert. Yes, but
keep them in your own.
"What are army worms?" asks a cor
respondent. They are the kind you
And In your war garden.
Don't be a knocker, unless you are
using your hammer to make some
thing your country needs.
One cannot see that even the hand
somest baseball player looks any less
lovely In an army uniform.
This thing of giving until It hurts
must have Its fine points, for who ever
heard of an unpatriotic mother?
There is every prospect that exports
will be under control by the time the
experts are In the same position.
Many a man knows the difference be
tween a linen and a cotton handker
chief whenever his wife tells him.
The training of the American sol
dier will not be complete without a
triumphant tour through Germany.
They that go down to the sea in
ships and man the merchant marine
are also nobly serving the great cause.
Reports that two sub crews have
gone Insane should please the kaiser,
as Imitation Is the sincerest form of
flattery.
Occasionally an enemy alien suspect
turns out to be merely one of those
people who talk too much without
thinking.
Sailors at Great Lnkes need trig
onometry textbooks. We knew there
was a catch somewhere in that glor
ious free life. •_
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Are Your Kidneys Well
Many Skagway People Know the In.-j
portanco of Healthy Kidneys.
The kidney* filter the blood.
They -work night and day.
Well kidneys remove Impurities.
Weak kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney 111 Bhould be neglected.
Tuera Is posslbla danger in delay.
tou have backache or urinary
troubles.
It yott are nervous, dizzy or worn
out.
Begin treating your kidneys at
[ once;
Use a proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed1 Wr* Doan's Kid
ney Pills.
Recommended by thousands.
Mrs. Qua Andreas, 243 W. Fofty
elghta St., Seattle, Wash., Bays:
"What caused my kidneys to get out
of order, I don't know. Across the
small my back and over my kid
neys, sharp pains caught me all the
time. Dizzy gpells annoyed me a
lot, too, and I always felt tired
out and languid. I used different
kidney remedies but wasn't helped
until I used Doan's Kidney Pills.
In a short time Doan's had removed
the trouble and I have felt fine
ever since."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. Andreas had. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
"A billion-dollar congress" was once
mentioned In terms of reproach. That
was before people realized how little
a billion dollars really is.
Uncle Sam Is. today the quartermas
ter of a hungry world. He Is playing
the game squurely aud counts on every
American to do the same.
There is less seditious talk since the
new law was passed, but we must keep
right on listening for those actions
that speak louder than words.
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The readers of t'Jla paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cu.e in til it3 stages and
that Is catarrh. Ca'arrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine lr. taken internally and
•CM thru the Blood «o the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thoriby destroying
the foundation of the diaeane. glvlpg the
patient strength by jbuild.nt,' up the con
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
worlt. The proprietors bave so much
faith In the curative powers of Hall's
Catarrh Medicine that they offer Ono
Hundred Dollars for any,cane that it fails
to cure. Send for Bst at testimonials.
Address F. 3. CHHNEY & CO.. Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Erutrclsi. 7!>c.
—Ad.Ti)i-tis«meiit.
©Arctic Brotherhood. -»
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meets every second «nd
fourth, Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Vtoit
'*• trotters cordially welcome.
Edward A, Bubhuod, Arctic Chlth
William B. Gray, Arctic fteoorder.
Fr*tern*L Orde*
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie,
No. 25, Fmter>
nsl Order of
K* flea meet the tint H tbM
\V< dnesday night of each month at
their hail an Fifth Avenaa Vlllt*
to* brothers cordially invited to
attend
John M. Keller, W. P.
J. M. dries bach, Secratipr.
F. & A. M.
Whlto Pagg Lodge
F. & A. M. No, 111
meets 2d and 4(h
Saturday EJranlflM
of each months. Vial Hog Brethren
ar« welcome.
^ HAROLD TALBOT, W. It.
XAMB3 'WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. KLKti
Skagwaj Lo4««
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meet® erery
Thursday 8 JO
S. m. VJiKlag
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brothers cordially welcome.
OSCAR SELMER, E. R
r. j. vawdhwall, aacinv).
l'loneer of Abuka Ik'oo, No. 121,
rueetfc lii A. B. Hull first Monday In
every liiontb at. 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brother* cordially wel
come.
W. J[. MULVIHILL, Pr<*.
J. C. PHELPS. Secy.
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