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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
'America ror Americans
FL-UiS SIZES
The T":.!rct State* army redilations.
1014. declare tlic* garrison, post and
s'. : ::! to I ;i• .;i! flags. They
are to oe made of bunting, and the
uaU a of eah shall bo one-third the
area of the :1a,". "The garrison flag
viil have tliirty . . feet tly and twenty
fe«-t hoist;" thus to length Is propor
t.' nod tn the breadth :i- nine Is to five.
This t!iu' Is f:irt Micd only tn posts des
ignated in orders fn tn time to time
and U to be le-i-r il uu holidays and
important Occasions.
"The P' -t das will liave twenty feet
fly and ton five hoist." It is furnished
to ail garrison ; - for hoisting In
pleasant weather.
•■The sr rt.i tlag will have eight feet
fly arid four t'eot tv •• inches hoist." All
occupied posts fly It Us stormy weather
and it is also furnished to national
< emoterii s ;irtd r cruitlng stations.
The blue field holding the stars
sh. ul 1 cxt <1 to the botti m of the
fourth r»il stripe from the top.
\ KIM»I'I,.Y\ K 1)KLI YKKY
1 do not thiuk the aeroplane will
supplant the >:ea::.>>ii|> and railroad as
a mail carrier because it will I>e too
expensive. It would take a very large
number of flying machines, perhaps a
hundred, to carry as much mail as we
now get into a mail car. You can eas
ily figure how this would increase the
expense. It will have the same advan
tage In carrying malls as in carrying
passengers, and that is speed. This
statement also needs some i; un I in ca
tion. for when it comes to quick com
munication the aeroplane can never
supplant the telegraph and the tele
phone. B:it we shall probably have a
special rapid mail service by aeroplane,
for which «e shall pay a higher price
and buy a s; ial -tamp. The flying
machine will give a ten hour service
between New Y. rk and ('lilcago and a
two day survive from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.—Orville Wright in Har
per's Magazine.
Daily Hisiory Class—June 11.
12! H—Roger Bacon, scholar, alchemist
and liberal writer, died; born 1214.
Roger's '"Opus Majus" is said to sug
gest the spirit of Bacon's "Novum
Organum."
1776—Congress named committee to
draft Declaration of Independence.
1VT0—William (Jilinore Simms. Amer
ican author, died; horn 1S06.
101!)—Italian troops captured Oradls
ca, a railroad center, on the Isonzo.
1910—According to British tabulation,
German casualty reports, the killed
numbered 75.",412; wounded, 1,851,
6T.2; missing, 338,522; total, 2,924,
RjO.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Constellation Hercules crosses the
meridian late In the evening. Mercury
very bright. Saturn sets in the evening.
Russia's Timber Resources.
Russia, of all the nations of the
world has the greatest timber re
•oarce-3. It is said that the total num
ber of acres of forest owned by the
Russian government reaches almost a
billion.
A REAL EXPLORER
First Woman to Visit Parts of
Amazon Wilds.
SHE HAD AN EXTENSIVE TRIP.
Making Her Homa Among the Para
phernalia of a Scientific Journey, Mm.
Rice Accompanied Her Diatingulshed
Husband Through South America.
With a homemade wireless outfit in
the primeval forests of the interior of
South America, thousands of miles
from home, the party which accompa
nied Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
Kice on their recent exploration were
in constant touch with this country
and the news of the world as the
United States entered the war against
Germany. . J
The Kioe party returned recently
after an extended trip on the steam
yacht Alberta. "We carried a home
fhoto by American i'rcss Association.
MBS. ALES AMIES II. RICE.
made wireless apparatus." said Dr.
Rice, describing his adventures, "con
structed by a man who had been In
Brazil and knew the requirements.
And it was simply wonderful to bo
able to be in those primeval forests
thousands of miles away and receive
from the Arlington station the tickings
that spelled so much for science.
"After New Year's day we started
back from the first stage of the trip
which took lis 2.100 miles up the Ama
zon river to Iquitos, rem. which Is
1.100 miles farther than Commodore
Benedict took his yacht, the Oneida,
several years ago.
"We started back, stopping at Ma
naos, a thousand miles from the mouth
of the Amazon. leaving the Alberta
at Manaos. we went on our tour of ex
ploration up the Rio Negro in a forty
foot launch especially constructed for
that purpose.
"Mrs. Klee is the first white woman
who ever penetrated that almost inac
cessible region of the South American
continent. She bore the hardships and
dangers of the expedition most cour
ageously and was received with a re
spect bordering upon worship by tho
native women. They knew me from
my previous trips there during the fif
teen years of exploration which I have
spent in those regions and were un
tiring in their efforts to lend every as
sistance In their power.' 1 speak their
language. Tupi Unaninl, which is the
vernacular Indian means of communi
cation throughout Brazil from Para
guay to Venezuela.
"These Indians are a very hospitable
and intelligent people. They would not
accept money, but we brought them
many presents of knives, fishhooks,
Jewelry, machetes, looking glasses and
beads and left them a goodly store of
medicines, with instructions how to
use them.
"One of the purposes of our expedi
tion was to make a good hydrogrsphlc
and geological map of the Rio Negro,
to link up the work on which I have
been engaged so many years—the mak
ing of a map of the northwest Amazon
valley. Another purpose was to test
the practicability of determining the
difference of longitude by wireless te
legraphy. To accomplish this we em
ployed the Arlington station's signals,
using Washinston as the primary meri
dian. being thus enabled to check op
secondary and tertiary meridians."
Mrs. Rice was the widow of George
D. Widener, who perished on the Lusi
tania.
Summer Hats.
The larger brimmed hats will cer
tainly make their charming appearance
as the summer days approach and Old
Sol's rays threaten feminine complex
ions. And as the hats widen they will
assume a much flatter outline. Some
designers have shown the Watteau
shepherdess hat for summer, that hav
ing the very bewitching turned up
back.
Bath Togs.
Foulard in white spotted with huge
circles of black makes an effective
bathing suit and is worn with black
or violet cap. shoes and stockings.
Roman striped taffetas are also Id
the front rank for extreme novelties,
as are the sports silks with exotic
splashes of color in ail sizes of dots
and square? and ovals.
Mr. Cleveland'* "Backbone."
In the summer o f 1884 J a mo.s J. Hill
had been sizing up the political situa
tion in his part of tho country. Mr.
Cleveland's name was in the air. No
body knew very much about him. Mr.
Hill weut to New York and talked
with Mr. Tilden, whom he knew well.
They bad great esteim for each other.
"What about tills man Cleveland?"
was the question Mr. Hill had to ask.
"He Is all right," said Mr. Tilden.
"He is absolutely honest and is not
afraid of anything."
"But has h*» backbone?"
"Backbone! lie has so much that it
makes his stomach stick out In front"
—From "The Life of James J. Hill," in
World's Work.
Migratory Birds.
The sense of direction In migratory
birds is as marvelous as it is mysteri
ous. The familiar inhabitants of our
dooryard.iuartiu boxes return the next
year to these same boxes, though
meanwhile they have visited Brazil.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE OF
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That in pursuance of an order of
Edward A. Rasmuson, U. S. Com
mission or for the Territory of Al
aska 1 Division No. 1, sitting in
probats in Skagway Precinct, made
on the 23 day of May, A. D. 1917,
in the matter of the estate of John
P, Brawand, deceased, the under
signed aa administrator of the said
estate, will sell at puhiio vendue
<o the highest and best bidder, ft-ud
subject to the confirmation of the
said Probate Court, on Friday the
22nd day of June, A. D. 1917, at 2
o'clock iu tho afternoon on the
front Etepa of the U. S. Court House
in the Town and Precinct of Skag
way and Territory of Alaska, all
the right, title and interest and es
tate of «he said John P. Brawand at
the time of his death, and all the
right, title and interest that the sal
estate fcai, by operation of law or
otherwiae, in and to all those cer
tain tracts, lota or parcels of land,
situate, lying being in the Town and
and Recording District and Pre
cinct of Skagway and Territory of
Alaska, particularly bounded and
described as follows, to-wit:
Lots Three (3) and Four (4) In
Block Due Hundred and One (10L);
Lota Two (2), Three (3), Four (*),
Five (6), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight
(8), Nine (9), Ten (10) and Eleve
(11) in Block Ninety-five (95) of
the townslte of the Town of Skag
way iu th« Territory of Alaska, as
the saxoe is shojvn and designated
by a survey of the said townsite aii
by a Plat thereof made by Hill &
Wettrtck, surveyors, and approved
by the Trustee for said townaite
on ApTil 29, 1909, and duly filed
in the office of the District Record
er for the paid Skagway Recording
District.
The terms and conditions of said
sale are, alternatively, as said ad
minis' rator ahail Judge most bene
ficial for tho estate, as follows:
To one person lor all of the land
and lots herein described; To sev
eral perso«s, respectively, for ths
several parcels or lots herein above
described;
For cash.
For cash and on part credit to De
paid in time;
For part cash and on part credit
to he paid in Installments.
P. H. Ganty,
Administrator.
First publication May 24, 1917.
Last publication June 21, 1917.
6-24,31;6-7,14,21.
FAIR EXCHANGE
A New Back for ap Old On©
The back aches at times with a
dull, indescribable feeling,. making
you weary and restless; piercing
pains shoot across the region of the
kidneys, and again the loins are
sc lame that to stoop is agony.
No use to rub or apply a plaster
to the back if the kidneys axe
weak. You cannot reach: the cause.
Alaskan residents would do well to
p:ofi* by the following example.
Mrs. O. G. Fosdisk, 6015 S. Law
rf*nt6 St., Tacoma, Wash., says: My
back was so sore and painful that
if I wanted to tak© up anything
from the floor, I had to get down
on iv knees. There was a lump
aooui. tie size of a dollar over each
of my kidneys and this made my
back so tender and sore that I could
hardly bear to have my clothes
truch me. At night I could scarce
ly turn in bed and mornings was
& lame and sor© that I could bald
ly get around. These troubles were
brought on. by a cold settling in my
kidneys. Doon's Kidney Pills cur
ed me."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply asl; for a kidney remedy—
get Doan'ie Kidney Pills—the same
th» • cuned Mrs. Fosdick. Foster
MUburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
Arctic Brotluerfcood. —
Canrp Sfcagwaiy No. 1>
A. B. m«e*s every »<*
on4 «■"»< 1-Quath1 Tu«»
day eve&lng at 8:30 P
ra. sto*rp. Visiting brotneru ocrai^
ly -welcome. J. M. TVuuner, Arctic
•ChJif. W. B. Hargrraves, Arctic Be
ccrder.
Fraternal Order
ttkagway Aorlg
No. 26, Frater
nal Order at
tb«| Orst and third
W «daoMtof algkt ot Mcb month at
tnHi km «i BUtU A remits. Visit
In* brotttsw coadfeUf iaylUld to
att«id. i. M. ttratcbaoli, W. P.
J. V. Miller, S^wsjtaa?.
F. <£ A. M.
W&lte Fui Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
matte 2d bud 4th
Sal«r4ajr Bvgnlnjts
m each mftuths. visiting Brethren
are wo!coma.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAHB3 >TALLAOS, Secretitrj.
B. P. O. ELKS
8kagw*y Lod««
No. 431, B. P. O.
K. m«et8 every
1st and 3rd. Thurs
day- night at 8:00
o'clock. Visiting
brothers coraiaily welcome.
XT. B. BATOON, B. R.
T. J. V-ttTDEWAUL, Secretary.
Flpartr «f Abtaka Igloo, No. 12,
rotm* hi A. B. HaH first Monday In
0t*ry mwilh at 8:M p. m,
▼Ifrfltog Brotheri cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pre*.
F. H. Doree, Reo. Sec.
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at JneM Ahtka,
Dealers ia
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RUBBER, COPPKR, BRASS
I KAD, ZINC, SACKS, RAGS
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•tore.
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JEWELER
WATCHES&CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China siid Cut Glass
Official Watch Inspector for the
W. P. 8c Y. Route
l^aii Orders - iven prompt care
Catarrh Cannot 3s Cured
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the soat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood orVonsmutlonal disease,
and in ordei to cure it you must take In
ternal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is
taken Internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucdiis surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It
was prescttb-d by one oi "he best phy
sicians in this country fot years and Is
e regular prescription. It is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surface's. The perfect combina
tion of the two Ingredients is vrhat pro
daces such wondci."ul results in curing
jatarrh. S:nd for est'-lon'als, free.
F. J. CHENEY & c-t. . Props.. Toledo, Oi.
Sold by lmigdsts. prl'-o 75c.
Tak® HMl's Family Pills for constipation,
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for every ordinary household ail
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Tox Remedies to your medicine
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at Keller Broo., The San-Tor
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LEAVE SKAGWAY FOR CONNECTS at JUNEAU FOR
Haines, Juneau, Douglas, Pet- Yakutat,Katalla,Cordova,Valdez
ersburg, Wrangel, Katehlkan, Seward, Suldovia, Anchorage
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SKATTLS ana TACOMA. ,0B. Admiral Farra|ut
S. S. City of Seattle June 11—23 July 5
S. 5. Spokane June 5—17—29
CALIFORNIA ROUTE—Leave Seattle Monday's. Friday's.
Saturday's for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ticket Rm4« PACIFIC STIAMSH1P Co. You are Aaaured the very Beat
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Ear Fail Particulars, Address
H. G. WEIR, Agent SKAGWAY, Ala«ka
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY JUNE I9I7
FOR SEATTLE and PUGET SOUND PORTS
i *i'\3i'-i~ ' ■
8. S. JEFFERSON June 5, 16, 27. S. S. DOLPHIN June 10, 22
8, B. ALAMEDA June 14. 8 S. MARIPOSA june 29
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For Anchorage and Westward Ports
8, 9. ALAMEDA June 5, 28. S. S. MARIPOSA June 1 7
3. 8. ALASKA June II. S. 5. NORTHWESTERN June 23
Excursion Season opens with sailing of S. S. Dolphin from Seattle, June 18
and closes with sailing of same Steamer August 19. During
this period Sitka and Taku Glacier will be ports of call.
Phone 66 - E. J. SHAW, Agent Skagway
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
PALATIAL "PRINCESS" STEAMSHIPS
"CHARLOTTE" "ALICE" or "SOPHIA"
'**" WILL LEAVE SKAGWAY 7 p.m.
June 14, 21, 28. July 5, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
,4i"' ' August 2, 6, 9, 16,23,30
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Etc.
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FROM SKAGWAY
' S.S. PRINCE JOHN
-10 «. ®. SATURDAY—
June 16
—FOR—
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Passengers leave Skagway Saturday and arrive Vancouver Wednesday
pjn. The Prince John operates thru to Vancouver—NO CHANGE
Passengers for Eastern Canada or the Eastern States connect at Prince
Rupert with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
"THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE EAST^
Reservations, Tickets and Full Information cheerfuHy furnished by
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Pack Train Restaurant
The Delmonico of Alaska
CHARLEY JOHN'
KABAMAN & 9LEGAK
, proprietors
Where Too Can Get What You Deelre Cooked as It- Hbonld B
We ]<?«ke a Specialty of Banquets six* Private Dinner Parties
A I&ejfined ami Comfortable place for a Supper After the Bioi
or dance—Service ta Oooy Private Booths If Iteslrcd.
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