P«>»KE«Wd 1898 OMwt D»0t hi AU*!n
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
L. B. Keller, Fnhlifiber.
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SiiberrlptJona And AdTertlsements
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l<enaett New* Co., Wbitehorse, Y. 1
HL 19. Qldeoa Carcroas, Y. T
K. L. Pttimao Atlln. B. C
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EDITORIAL
CAN" HAPPEN
The old' saying that "it Is a poor;
rule that does not work both ways"
might be applied to the ruling made
bv rhe Postoffice department rela
tive to the pursers or clerks on
board ships employed in the Alas
ka run taking letters and other maj;
su-in-ci from this port to ports of
call and Seattle.
The following letter, just received
by several merchants in Skagway
friia the Schwabacher Hardware Co.
Seattle, one of the Spirit City's
largest wholesale houses should b«
accepted as absolutely reliable.
Jan. 16, 1919..
Pear Sir:
Our custom<*rs have experienced
:onsiuerable trouble and aaiioyance
m account of delays in receiving
heir invoices and bills of lading,
ihich was due to a regulation of th
'loveroment, prohibiting the steam
rs from receiving mail except thru
he post office.
V.'e are pleased to report that,
fter taking this matter up with
ie ooat ot'fice department, they
rite us as follows:
"I have your letter of Jan. 6th,
with reference to letters for At"
aska not being accepted by the
clerks on the boats. I desire
'o say that this office fcfl-s in
formed the steamship campanie
that there is no objection to th
purser of the boat receiving let
ters in government stamoed en
velopes and deposising them
in the post office or address or
at the point at -which the trans
shipment is made. This would
occasion them reaching the
hands of your customers almost
immediate!/ after the arlva] of
thp boat.1'
•^rom now on all mail for ^laska
I be delivered to the boats the
-ning of sailing so that you will
experience any further annoy
3 In reference to receipt of in
•ea. 1
'vex ready to serve you, we are
Respectfully,
:HWABCH£R HARDWARE CO.
nis will be a great convenience!
t»e business men and generaf
ic, as the postmaster of Skagwaj
I Jt necessary to close teh© mails
t one hour prior to the sched
Bled sailing of a ship in, order that
' Broker Dills of lading and other
. necessary freight documents may
bt made out, and the freight (mail)
hauled to the ship.
lu many Instances business*men
1 an 3 others have received communi
cation* which demand an Immediate
. ■ Mirer, and in as much as ships re
■ main ia this port only a very brief
1 period' at this season of the year, it
1 often happens that the outgoing mail
Is closed by the time the incoming
mail is distributed, or shortly there
after. By this new ruling, one can
therefore receive their mail, an^ if
urgency requires it, dash off a let
ter, gallop It down to the ship be
fore it ties loose from the dock,
and hand it to th^ purser, and* it
will fce accepted. Of course ali this
takes time and means a source of
worry, but Alaskans are becoming
accustomed to heing kicked aout
and a trip to the wharf through rai
or cold may mean that some im
pending loss may be averted1, or
som« prospective customer made
haopy.
ALASKA'S RECORD
There would appear to be a di"
reef, relation between patriotism, and
the spirit of the American pioneer.
This is called to mintf by the re
cord of Alaska In the "war, as set
for'h lu the report of the Secretary
of the Interior. To appreciate this
fully, on© must understand the ad
verse conditions of transportation,
mai] and telegmph service, climate,
and fne immense distances In, that
frontier. Many, registrants were SX
work 500 and 100 milee from the
1 neares; local Board! and voluntarily
traveled these distances for the pur
poses of examination and induction
Into service.
Yet the con of the first regis
tration of 11,071 individuals was
S3S0, or 3.2 cents per registrant.
This Is mc*H impressiev when com
pared with the national average of
54 cents in 1917. There was an tin
usually large proportion of regis
trants giving the>lr permanent ad
dresses in other states, to which
tney were transferred. Xet regis
tration was 6575, of whom the num
ber finaiJjr placed in class 1 was
3iy$, or 53.2 per cent. On October
1 1918. 2200 registrars had been
mducted., and in addition many
hundrcdte, impatient for fcction, had
enluied in tbe British or Canadian
torees. The territory thus is shown
to h^ve furnished approximately 12
per cent of its total white popula
tion to the colors. The total cost
of induction was $5.45 per man In
ducted, by sotmparison with $4.93,
th*» Natiji^ai average, which is an
amazing shewing when physical dif
ficulties. are considered.
It is '41 so seen that there h^s
been as rather definite previous pro
cess a£ selection in determining the
kind, qf men who voluntarily seek
life ins the new places. Only 10
pep ce nt of the registrants examin
ed were rejected by local boards.
To - National average for 1917 was
29 Tier cent. Of those accepted: by
local boards, only 2.6 per cent
*f;re 'ejected? at mobilization camps.
Th* National average here was 5.8
fter cent. From this it would seem
that the territory is well supplied
witU conscientious physicians who
know their business.
Alaska, haj reason for pride in
lt» record. A less striking achieve
mare would have been excused read
ily escugh. But to the men who ar
pushing the frontier back obstacles
were; made only to be triumphed
over—Portland,. Oregonian.
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
V-e have heard" for several years,
efpecially Bince the Germans start
ed the war, the expression "Free
dom of the Seas." We are hearing
a sood' deal about Jt now.
Wo have assiduously endeavored
to ascertain the meaning of that ex
pression. W® have inquired vain
1 v of manjr persons. .Nobody) could,
or would, explain.
Before the war, ship# of iany flag
■used' to sail the seas, wherever they
would, without hiady# nee. We
j thought therefore that -the seas
Siserin iliii
US CIWER OF COMMERCE
Here were no "bricks thrown, nor
any violence used, but several, in
fact.all, at the meeting called last
night to rejuvenate the Seward
Chamber of commerce, got things
off their chests in rip roaring fa
st ion. Several misunderstandings
wer* explained, cliqueism was de
nounced, publicity wag endorsed
and things are now on the way to
wards fair sailing for a boosting
commercial organization.
The meeting was called in Dr.
Roniigs" office on Broadway lor
.7:30 o'clock last night. Those in at
tendance- were Dr. Romig, Hugh
Dougherty, H. V. Hoben, E. L.
WhUiemore, John Noon, Cal Brosius
R. i. Weir, J. H. Lavame, H. S
Bal Jars' on, E. A. Friend.
The nurpojse of the meeting was
to discuss reorganization and final
ly tois was the outcome. Every
body in attendance had something
to &ay, and when the publicity mat
ter was brought up, the Editor
plainly told those at the meeting,
'hat aside from about half a dozen
men in Seward, tho citizens were
♦he tightest kinds of tight wads
wlien it came to giving up news of
am kind, either general news or
news of a boosting character. #Then
It started, H. S. Balderston taking a
flinp at members of former Chajnbet
of Commerce not paying their dues
were free. We could not under
st?ud Germany's complaint. We
cannot, understand present refer
ences to this abstraction. — Engi
neering and Mining Journal.
AN INTERNATIONAL COIRT
Soringfield Republican: A trial of
Her Hotienzollern before &n interna
tionai court of justice would have
the excellent effect of demonstrating
tha« such a court could be estab
lished and made to work. It would
'be »n object lesson in the possibili
ties of international jurisprudence
whk'i very many are not disposed to
admi* in connection with a league
of nations. There is tod^y no such
thiiijr as an international court of
justice capable of hearing criminal
I charges against individuals or rul
ers of states. The arbitration
|trihuiial3 of the past have been
mucv- narrower la scope and signi
ficance.
HEAR! HEAKt
T*ie Valdez Miner s^ys: When
ft newspaper publisher gets a bill
printed on stationery from Seattle
in an envlope printed hy the gov*
ernment, his. efforts to "keep the
h>> e fires burning" are n€«essarily
very weak, until he recovers from,
the shock.
r but reaping results; also diving in*
io other subjects; th© oil «|uestiou.
>**3 brougnt up oy Jciugb, iJougberty;
Joun i\ouu advocated tue exploiting
of dewardf a§ the center of the
fish'ug industry; Dr. Romig spoKe
uprx general thinggs for tug good
of the city; i). L. Whittemore said
tout lie did not want to put in any
more money tor dues, etc; unless
the < own a$ a whole wa# going to be
benefitted; and J. H. Lar*me epake
' about the success (?) he had. en
! countered" towards his mew plant to
j be constructed on Resurrection) Bay.
uugu Dougherty, stated that now
i was the time to bring up mattere
bet ore congress relative to certain
things Alaska needed. Mr. JJoughtcr
tv 0aid that the money to be de
rivof' from the memberships should
! go toward^ the paying of urgent
j c&olffVDama and for publicity.
I E\ erybody took a.hand in the ar*
gument. and finally, through the cl*
i g.ir-iaden atmosphere it wa$ decided
I tha^ the Chamber Bhould be "born
1 ag'iin."
I The method' for the rejuvenation
ig to .have a membership of 20
! hustlers. These hustlers are to pub
scrieo $5 a month for the next three
months.
1 XUOSO auug^ri^iivuo —1V> «v >•«
, use<*. to spread Seward' upon the Ai"
1 usfca map and to show capital and
lis bo- o£ the states where Invest
I inputs caa be made in Ibis section,
! and work secured.
' As mentioned' in the Gateway last
' Saturday, this coming ye^r will see
[ a grent "over the top" drive to
Alaska, Returning soldiers, labor
ers, aud investors are coming north.
Tha town offering the best advan
tage* and the section with, the most
promising inducements will reap the
benefit and any section not taking
a hunch for itself now, might as
well kiss itself "goodbye "
Tha twenty members to form the
new Sewa-rtfj Chamber of Commerce
will shortly elect officers and them
boll weekly meetings where busi
ness can be thoroughly discussed,
logical points made and carried out.
—Seward Gateway.
Keller Bros, pare. ice cream W
l the most delicious dessert r50 ca«J
| serve for your Sunday dinner. Phon
| ior a quart brick for dellvry to*
emorrow.
$100 Reward, $100
Tho readers of thia paper wlU be,
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science ha#.
; been able to cure In all ita atagas and
! that Ib catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
I Influenced by constitutional conditions
I requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
I Catarrh Medicine Is taken Internally and
ac*s th;u the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
the i -lundation of the disease, giving the
patkM strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature In doing ita
work, Tlie proprietor*- have so much
faith In the curative powers of Hall's
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that It fall#
to cure. Send for llHt of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, 75c.
—jLdTerttaemomt.
I WHAT CAXDV IS
("CANDY as a FOOD has won— ; .
The Government buys it by the ton."
I C^ndy is good food, pure find wholesome It is the universal food;
i* 8'-°aKs all languages; it dries the te"irs in the eyes of little chil
! dren; and wreathes the faces of old ia smiles. It is the unspok
!en message from the lover to his sweetheart; one of the first tok
I ens sent to the absent cne; it brings joy to the home; it is th© ad!"
I vancy a^ent of happiness in every clime. It makes regular visits to
thu home, the church, the hospital, the prison, tha battlefield audi trench.
Its constant associates are love, joy, n«-ace, happiness, smiles and
laughter. Can as much be said of any other food?
IN THE UNITED STATES, THE S UGAJt CONSUMPTION PER CAPI
TA PER ANNUM IS 84 LBS.
Candy Manufacturers use 8 Der cent or
Other Manufacturers usa 17 -oTcent or
Tab'e Usage 75 percent or 1
• 100 percent
6.72 lbs, per capita per annum— .29 oz. per- capita per day..
14.28 los. ner capita per ajinum— .63 oz, per capita per day.
63.00 lbs, per capita per annum—2.70 oz. ner capita per day .
84 IDs per capita per annum—3.68 cz. oer capita, per day. „
•20 per cent restriction In use of Bu»ar oy Confectioners is-20 porc9.1t
of .29 oz. .058 oz.
The saving accomplished by this measure p«« capita oer day is repre
sented by about 1-17 oz.
As 1 oz. of sugar is about three teaspoonsful, th esaving per capita
per day c&n also be measured at about. 1-G of a tepasoonful.
Another way of putting it:'
6.72 lbs. at 7% cents (average price)—25c oer annum, or lc par week;
1. e.. the public, by paving 1 c worth of eug&r per capita per Wtiek
can keen every candy factory running, furnishing employment to at
leas* one hundred thousand people ^ ^ _j '
6.72 ibe
14.28 lbs.
63.00 lbs.
84.00 lb&.
IN THE COLUMNS OF
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