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i EDITORIAL 1
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At first thougnt, it seems to
many of us that the berries around
here are scarcely worth bothering a
bout. We pick a few raspberries
or gatcer a little oail full of cur
rents or blue berries with no furthe
thought than eating them at once.
Hut, *is a matter of fact, we have
oerrie* in plenty right around us. to
fill completely our jtlly glasses and
jaiu pots. One housewife last year,
1'iit uj 115 glasses of jelly and 64
of jam all entirely of native ber*
ri'-s. Every thing was mixed with
1-4 apple juice and ti;e results were
delicious. The blue berries picked
-rt t a or when they are just Delow a
dead ripeness make a jelly of de
lightful flavor or may be can-ued by
just being heated through well and
aled. Many have failed in putting
these ui because *ns fruit has been
cooked too long and has turned out
mostly juice with a few shriveled
berries. They are very welcome
tlieu gelatine dasserts, pies and
i>lue-berry bettys. Then there is
the often despised high bush cran
berry that grows in almost every
swampy spot around here. Dyea,
It lack Lake and Icy Lake produces
th'-se iu quantities. When picked
'» t»re they are ripe and mixed with
apple juke these berries make as
good a meat jelly as currants or
goose berries. Salmon berries the
yellow or the red also make a de
licious jelly. Then there is a, wild
iU>ose berry, sometimes called wild
i-urrant. very dark, with little
spinea on it that. also, is good. Al
aska is famous for ber wild straw
berries, and fortunate indeed is the
woman who can get some of them t<
5>ut up They are small out wonaer
fully sweet.
Some of us have departed from
the ways of our mothers and grand
mothers, who used to take a wond-er
ful and pardonable pride in their
«ell stocked shelves of "preserves."
Hu» these times ur^e us to "put up"
a> we never have before. Tin for
vans is scarce, and will no doubt
be scarcer. So housewives, must
st.'p ,'n. This is their province ex
clusively and this summer they must
'•an a they have never canned be
fore. Can for their own sakes as
well as for their families, can to
save factory outputs for our men
"over there" and can so that our
Allies, too, may have enough to
nearten them for the struggle which
those wo Jcnow best, say will not be
soon over.
Then there is the open kettle
method known to our mothers and
grandmothers which needs no furth
er word. The newer cpld. pack
method is used almost altogether
b- some. And truly the results are
not only very gratifying to the pal
ate but pleasing to the eye. Fruits
and Tagetables hold their shape ab
solutely and if the jars are kept la
a dark pdace, or wrapped in papere
tha natural color remains as well.
You don't need expensive apparatus.
Tour wash boiler with false bottom
of wcveu wire or wooden slats is
three generations of Walter camps
SHOWN IN MOST UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPH
This unusual photo shows three generations of the family of Walter Camp,
noted for his pre-eminent position In the athletic world. Seated on the edge
of the chair Is Walter Camp, Sr., In his uniform as commissioner of uthletlcs of
the Unltet'. States navy. In the chair is Cupt. Walter Camp, Jr., with little
Walter Camp HI in his arms.
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sufficient. Place the jars so they
do not touch each, other and have
the water cover the tops of the jars
one inch at least.. The time of
cooking should b^ counted from the
minute the water BEGINS TO BOIL
and CONTINUES TO BOIL. This
method has a great advantage over
the otaers ia that the fruit and veg
etables may be packed away from
the heat of the stove. Explicit di
rections fo^ proceedings b£ the cold
pack method may be found just now
ill almost any of the bouse or
woman's magazines with time
tables for the cold pack method.
REOOSNTKl'trnOX OX A HUGE
SCALE
Novelists and social reformers in
Great Brituiu before the war agreed
in declaring the British people and
their Parliament bankrupt of pro
gressive ideas and of the will to dis
cover them.
The nation was flabby and inert
In all Drauches of its activities, was
the cry.
Since then the people of Great
Britain have carried on history's
most astonishing conflict. have
been the mainstay of a world coali
tion, and, by land and sea and air,
have proven their old-time valor
and alility to endure hardness.
All this is now everywhere ad
mitted. But what Is not so general
ly understood is that the same peo
ple who have doue such wonders in
war have don© no smaller wonders
in the progressive forms of peace.
An English newspaper has sum
marized the "Reconstruction Plans"
of the British government—and Pai"
liameot—plans that are devised to
meet the new conditions arising
fiorn the war.
No fewer than 87 committees, pri
vate and governmental, have been
j dealing with these plans. Upon these
committees are the best brains in
; the country. They embrace legis
' lative and legal reforms, educational
j reforms, the conduct of scientific
i and industrial research, the ultiliza
i tion of water-powers so as to econ- !
omize coal, the demoDiuzauon 01 tne
arm^ and navy, the reform of the
House of Lords, the democratization
of the franchise, reform of the For
; eign, Office, control of raw materials
j within th(j Empire, trade develop
, meat, collection of commercial in-.
I telligence, reform rf labor exchange,
•formation of industrial councils for1
I the regulation of sM industries, ex- J
' pansion of the mercantile marine, I
improvement of agricultural and re
afforestation, enlargement of hous- j
| iug facilities for the poor classes, •
reform of the poor laws and a host o{
! other matters. i
A irogram of this kind, before
, th« war would have thrown a, British
' Cabinet into a state of paralyzed as
j tonistimeni. Those were the days j
j when "Wait and See" was a principle
impious to question. But the war
has cnanged everything. Britain to
day >s effecting more genuine so
cial, commercial, economic and S°v"
ernmental reform than ever before
in her history.
Tne land is awaice.—Vancouver
World.
To Care a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE lableta. Druggists | refund
money If It falls to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature Im on each box.
SOc. Wod,
WHAT THE WAlt MEANS IN
EUROPE TODAY
Miss .Marie Lopez, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., is one of the first group of
women to go to France with the
Women's Oversea Hospitals. Trained
as a nurse and an amoulance driver,
she started out with the motor corps
expectitig to be most urgently need
el iu that capacity. The exigencies
of war, however, placed h-er in a
post-operative ward of an evacuatio
Hospital, and she i; uow working
night aiul day caring for wounded
poilus.
"During the first day I work
ed with others in the ward where
wouuded men were undressed and
washed as they camo in from the
field," writes Miss Lopez. "Now
I am iu the post-operative ward.
Tonigut Mary Brown and I are ait- j
ting up. Our hours are from 8
p. m. until 5 a. m.
"Picture us in the great long bar
racks with two tiny dim lights,, one
at each end of the room. There are
two rows of beds, all of which are
occupied except for the three made
vacant by deaths in the last 24
hours. They lie in crude little iron
beds, and they get along with on!
so little. Kach man has his tin
cup at his bedside and one of his
favorite exclamations is 'A boire.''
We nave water, or col<l tea, or a
weak lemonade sweeteucd with
something that is not sugar to give
them: Occasionally some asks for
a match to light his pipe. He is
not at>le to sleep. Another may
cal] us to turn him 'a gauche" or
'a driot.' The orderly sleeps in,
the same room. The other night
we needed him badly po we went to
his bed to waken him. Half asleep
we took off his gauze protector,
which he puts over his lovely, long
mustacne to keep !t in place.
"These soldiers pre like children
Smile and they smile with yoij. At
midnight wnen the stillness is bro
ken oy some absurd request one
laughs, and the laugh, echoes the
full length of the room. Then silence
reigns agaiu."
ISK MOItE MILK IN
SUMMER
The United States Food Adminis
tration has asked tjie assistance of
the woman's committee, Council of
National Defense, in the campaign
for the increased use of milk.
"Milk is a food for which there
is no substitute," says Miss Tarbell
in a message to the State chairman
of the Food Administration depart
ment of the woman's committee, of
which she is head'. "It is of special
value in the sick room and for the
proper nourishment of small children
it is indispensable. Owing to the
rapid rise in the cost of food and
labor last winter milk ros© several
cents a quart and consequently manjj
poorer families gave up its use
tor their children. No saving of
foodstuff that damages the health
of a nation is real conservation. In
Germany, in spite if the milk short"
age, the milk ration for the chlldrea
and the hospitals has been maintain
ed at all hazards. In 'safety-first'
health campaign, it must be remem
bered that it should b$ 'children
first.' "
1918 A. Q. Spaulding & Bros.
Championship Tennis balls now In
stock at Keller Bros. Adv. tf.
MfStl
Washington. — A ciroular letter
Issued by The Adujtant General of
th« Army says:
"The large number of applica
tions received from parents and
guardians for the discharge of min
ors under 18 years fo a&e, inclosing
satisfactory evidence that the sol
dier is under this age, indicates
the necessity of more care on the
part of recruiting officers in order
to avoid unnecessary expense to
the Government and annoyance to
troops 'n the field in the subsequent
discharge of such men, and to avoid
placing a blot for life on. the record
ot a Doy whose offense of misstate
ment of his age arises usually from
a patriotic desire to serve his coun
try. -
"Hereafter no applicant under i'.he
registration age will be accepted or
enlisted untij he has proven to the
oomplete satisfaction of the -e
cruiting officer that he has reached
tlie age of 18 years. The proof will
be (a) birth certificate, baptismal
record, or school certificate, or in
case (a) is not available, (b) affi
davit of parent or of guardian "i'ith
legal evidence of guardianship."
STOPED BASEBALL GAME
. TO SALUTE FRENCH HYMN
National war work council, Y. M.
C. A.t authorized tne following:
The negro stevedores were play
ing baseball—playing it tooth and
nail, without a thought for any
thing else in the world. They hadn't
boen so wrapped up in anything
since they landed til France.
Suddenly, on the fringe of the
thick, noisy, black line of rooters
across the outfield, men began to
turn their backs on the game, stiff
ly standing at attention. Over their
heads, from the direction, of the
band, came faint but thrilling music,
to which they automatically fitted
words:
"To arms, ye brave, to arms!
"We'll form battalions Btroug,
"March on ."
"Attention!" shouted the big col
ored soldier who, bu» a moment be
fore, had been rattling the pitcher.
More men, and down the rooters'
lino yet more men, were straighten
ing, stiffly erect. The runner, 10
feet off second, spun half a turn
on his heel. T he pitcher dropped
his ball and the batter his etfck.
Even the "ump" was called to sil
ence. Away back, the Y. M. C. A.
man saw a lazy catcher stand, el
bow crooked, ajid with his black
hand to the forehead of his wire
mask.
Tue Marseillaise had hushed the
great American game!
ASST. DIRECTOR GENERAL
HEADS WAR BADGE BOARD
Charles T. Clayton, of Maryland,
formerly Assistant Director General
of the United States Employment
Service, has been appointed by
Secretary of Labor Wilson. Director
of the New Civilian Insignia Serv
ice of the Department of Labor.
In. his new capacity Mr. Clayton
will oe in direct charge of the Is*
su&nce of the war badges which
will be awarded as an insignia of
merit 'o industrial workers engag
ed in war prvHluctioa.
By virtue of his office Mr. Clay
ton will be chairman of the United
States War Badge Board, the com
position of which will be determined
by the War Labor Policies Board.
This badge board will have gen
eral Jurisdiction In the distribution,
of insignia for industrial war serv
ice.
MT. was ui ,
Employment Service during its tem
porary reorganization period last
summer and fall and built the foun
dation for the permanent reorganiza
tlon effected last .January.
BRITISH ARMY OFFICER
SEES FUTURE FOR ALASKA
Major Norman Reed who left for
the States yesterday on the North
western is of the opinion that Alask
will enjoy an unprcedented influx
of capital and new citizens imme
diately after the close bf the war.
■Major Reed'g opinion, is worthy
of consideration and is based - on
the fact that the wonderful resourc
es and opportunities are rapidly be
coming a matter of nation wide
publicity, v He says this is due to
many causes and and quotes his
personal observation from facts h»
learned from the Alaska boys who
are now serving the country in
Prance. Major Reed recently return
ed from Francs after g £«nr'g aery-1
vft in the British avia tion depart -
merit. He will spend some time in
recuperating' from wounds received
la action and was very much im
pressed with the wonders of Alas
ka and especially tje county con
tiguous to Anchorage. Major Reed
said that ho knew personally of a
number of young men who w.ere In
terested in this country and would
make material investments later on
He expects to return to Ancnorage
at the close of the w ar.
OFIOIALS WOULD
CO OPERATE WITH
CANADA OX PRICES
Juneau, Aug. 1,—Gov. Thomas |
RigfcB, Jr., and Food Administrator P
R. Bradley, are seeking to co-op
erate with the Canadian
food administration in con
nection with the prices of fish and
other foodatuffa and other regula
tions connected with the food con
servation and regulation.
It has heen reported that the
prices paid for fish are higher in
Canadian ports than Alaskan. The
report has oome to Juneau that cer
tain salmon, prices at Prince Ru
pert are 57 cents as against 32
cents in Alaskan waters, and that
the fish are going to Canada.
HOW TO BALANCE THE SIM
MER DIET
In plving advice about the fam
ily purse and its relation to chil
dren's food, Mrs. Max West, of the
Children's Bureau, United States
Department of Labor, says:
"It is a good plan to divide the
money that may oe spent for food
in some such way a? the following:
"(a) Spend from one-quarter to
one-third of the total food money
for bread, cereals, macaroni, and
rice.
"(b) Buy at least from one-third
to one-half a quart of milk a day
for each member of the family.
"(c) Spend as much for fruit and
vegetables together as for milk.
"(d) Spend not more for meat
and eggs together than for veg
etables and fruit. The amount spen
for meat may be decreased as the
amount spent for milk increases.
"It has been found that many
families spend an entirely undue
amount of their food allowance for
meat, which is the most expenlsve
article of food on the market. Es
pecially in summer the proportion of
meat ia the diet of young children
may be reduced by using milk and
milk products, eggs and vegetables
in its place. Fish and chicken are
excellent food for children."
NOTICE OP PIN AL ACCOUNT
la the U. S. Commissioner's Court
for the Territory of Alaska at Stoas*
way in probate la the matter ot
the estate fq S. H. Yeomans, exe
cutrix of the estate above «t*ted
has filed in the above entitled, court
her final account of the estate of
the said deceased, and the hearing
of same hag been Ilifid for Satur
day the 28th . day of September,
1918 at two o'clock la the after
noon of eald day at the court room
in the federal court house at Skag
way, and all persona having Inter
est In said estate are notified then
and there to appear and file any
objections they may have to aald ac
count and to show; cause, if any' the
have, why said final account should
not be allowed.
Mrs. Ella Mary Yeoman*.
Administratrix.
Dated at Skagwey, Alaska,... tklii
27th day of July. 1918.
Hidden Dangers
Nature Give*, Timely Warning Tha»
No Bkagway Oitizem. Can Af
ford To Ignore.
DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 come#
from the kidney secretions. They
will warn you when, the kidneys are
weak. Well kidneys execrete . a
clear, amber fluid. Weak kidneys
send, out a thin, pale and loamy,, -or
a thick,red, ill-smelling urine, full
o£ sediment and Irregular of pa**"
age.
DANGER SIGNAL NO 2 comes
from the back. Back pains, dull
and. heavy, or sharp ajid acute, sug
gest weak kidneys and warn you of
the danger of dropsy, gravel and
Bright's diseaese. In that case Doau'a
Kidney Pills have been endorsed by
thousand. Here is a statement by
one who has used them.
H. M. Parker, prop, barber shop,
145 F. Street, San Diego, Calif.,
says: "Doan'a Kidney Pills are
fine and there Is no doubt about
it. I believe that too much stand
ing, together with little exerdsa
made my kidneys give out on me.
Every muscle in my beck ached And
when I lifted my hand above »y
shoulders, a sharp, cutting pain
always took me in my back. My
kidneys were awfully weak, too.
Doan'a Kidney Pills cured me and
f'xed me up in fine shape."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's K'dney Pills—the same
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