F. & A, II.
Whit© Pass Lodge
F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
ffrl. Ev'gs. of each
month. Visiting brothers are w~
come. Ptiil Abrahams. Secretary.
"W. C. Wright, W. M.
bYatornal Order
Kjiyles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meet* ever
(hursday night a
S o'clock. Elk
club and readin
room open daily from l p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting brohters cor
dially welcome. W. C Blanchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1
B. meets every Tuas
day evening at 8:00 p
m. sharp. Vlsitlnp brotUers cordial
ly welcome. D. J. Rich, Arctic Chief
V R. Hillery, Arctic Recorder.
30th Infantry Lodge, Xo. 1390.
LOYAL ORDER OP MOOSE.
Fort IVin. H. Seward, Haines, Alask
Regular Meetings every Thursday
night at 7:30 p. m. All visiting bro
thers cordially welcomed.
Any one desiring Information
about the Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
THE SECRETARY.
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EDITORIAL PAGE
11
WIN A NOTABLE VICTORY
The feminine sex recently won
a notable victory at Noshing ton,
D. C. President WilsOT? and the
House have turned woman suffrage
down—but the Interstate Commerce
Commission has just determined to
employ women clerks
The Commission has been mere
man's last stronghold. For years it
has beea the one branch of the
government service where only men
were employed. Even If a female
stenographer passed 100 per cent
she couldn't get on the rolls at
the big building on F street where
the Commission holds forth.
The old prejudice against women
as workers held full sway. The of
ficial excuse against their employ
ment was that It w^e necessary at
all times to maintain a force avail
able for "field service' and women
could not be expected to hold
themselves in readiuess for trans
fer to any old place in the country.
The official reason for the change
in policy was that the C-ommmission
had now grown to such an extent
that a cermanent office force could
be maintained there, and women
would be available.
But back of the decision to em
ploy women as clerks lies an inter
esting stcry. It is that Uncle Sam
can't find competent male stenog
raphers and clerks. There are a
dozen women who take the civil
service examinations to every man.
Government jobs may have a lusc
ious sound to the average man, but
most of them are becoming wise to
the fact that while the jobs may be
"easy" the opportunities for pro
motion to Class A jobs are not.
Also there is a suspicion grow
ing among clerks who eutered the
service to find a "soft snap" that
maybe their jobs are not as soft
as they anticipated. Of course the
hours are easy and tiie work noth
ing like as heavy as in private
employ—but efficiency ratings are
now in force in nearly every de
partment, and the clerks must
stick tight on their jobs.
Women play an important part in
the government work There are
thousands employed ia the Treas
ury Department alone. Women are
far above men iu such work as
counting banknotes, assisting plate
printers, and examining engravod
notes for possible defects. Their
natural intuition is suporior to
that of men and they are peculiarly
fitted for such work. There are
perhaps fewer women in the War
and Navy Departments than any
where else, but in the Interior, Ag
ricultural, Postoffice, Commerce of
Labor, Justice and State Depart
ments they come near equalling the
number or men.
A wornun now heads an important
government bureau—Miss Julia La
throp, chief of the Children's Bu
reau. Another is on the industri
al Relations Board—Mrs. Borden
Harriman. The Treasui/ Department
has one woman whose- place could
not be filled—special examiner of
money sent in for redemption. The
Department of Agriculture recog
nizes that despite chefs and other
mule talent, womau still reigns su
preme in* the kitchen by having
Miss Hannah Wessling on its rolls
as official bread maker and exper
imenter in bakery. The same gov
ernment branch is now employing
women to aid in the farm extension
work—to attend county fairs and
show farmers' wives the best way
to put up preserves, pickles, and
the like. Miss Nell Price is in charge
of the work. The Department of
Agriculture likewise numbers among
i its employes Dr. Alberta Reed, a
woman authority on teas and in
ventor of the Reed test for tea
! adulterat'on, and Miss Alice Hink
el, one of thee world's authorities
j on medicinal roots. Miss Hinkel has
| written six books o;i the subject
j which have been In such demand
! from pharmacists all over the world
! that the.' are known as "Miss Hink
[ el's six best sellers". She has also
been recognized by foreign gov
ernments. And so it happens that
from a nosition of mere tolerance
and suspicion, the government is
gradually coming to recognize wo
men as employes with consider
able favor.
CiEOLOOIC EXPLORATIONS IN*
ALASKA.
The couclusi-113 reached as a re
sult of six years' explorations in the
Yukon Tauana region, Alaska, by
L. M. Prindie, have been published
by the United States Geological
Survey In Bulletin 525. At first
glancc the reader might be led to
believe that the results are not
commensurate with the time spent
in the survey, but it should be un
derstood that the area explored is
nearly 3,000 square miles and that
the number of dayB spent on the
work was less than 250. Consider
able time was speut in investigat
ing the region adjacent to Fair
banks, as the extensive mining op
erations in that vicinity yield much
information concerning the distri
bution cf the allaviaal gold.
It has been found thai the plac
er gold reserves of the Fairbanks
district, even if only those deposits
that can be mined by methods now
in use are considered, are still very
large. Tnere are, however, still lar
ger deposits of auriferous gravels
whose content of gold is so small
that they can be profitably handled
only by improved methods of min
ing. Thf.se facts and the existenec
within the district of extensive allu
vial deposits, which have not been
thoroughly prospected make the
outlook for placer mining In the re
gion exceedingly hopeful. It is
therefore by no means certain that
the placer mining industry will con
tinue to decline as it has declin
ed in the last two years. A large
expansion of the industry in this
field can be brought about only by
lessening the operating costs thru
improved means of communication.
As compared with alluvial mining,
the loda mining operations have
been insignificant and have yielded
no great body of facte upon which
to base conclusions as to the per
sistence of the lodes. The facts
presented In the report, however,
show that the geologic conditions
on the whole appear to be favorable
to the occurrence of lode deposits
and that these are not limited to
the localities near Fairbanks which
have been prospected.
The report contains a detailed de
scription of the Fairbanks district
by L. M. Prindle and F. J. Katz
and an account of lode mining near
Fairbanks by Philip S. Smith.
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proof:
Mrs. ida Zimmerman, S13 E St.,
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that I could hardly endure it. Sharp
twinges seiztd me when 1 was walk
ing and for a few moments I
could hardly move. I had dull,
bearing down pains across my loins
and I felt tired and miserable. My
kidneys were disordered and I was
feeling very poorly indeed when I
got Doan's Kidney Pills. They
drove away the pains and gave me
strength and energy. The trouble
with mv kidneys was removed, too.
I am glad to confirm the public en
dorsemen I gave Deans' Kidney
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recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
when I have an opportunity."
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SERIAL NO. 01042.
DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
HOMESTEAD APPJL1C AT ION.
Jaiieau, Alaska, Feb. 10, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, H. D. Clark whose
post-office address is Skagway, Al
aska, has filed his homestead appli
cation and proof in support there
of for the land embraced in U. S.
Survey No. 994, more particu
larly doscribed as follows
Beginning at Corner No. 1, M. C.
situated on the west bank of Skag
way River and about one mile from
Skagway, Alaska, whence U. S. L.
M. No. S bears S. 48°1£' W. 123.01
clis., witness Cor bears N. 4 7°12'
W. 50 links, thence meandering
along the shore line of Skagway
river (1) N. 71°07'E. 1.60 chs.,
(2) N. 22°02'E. 6.75 chs., (3) N.
27°59'E. 4.91 chs. to Cor. No. 2
M. C whence witness corner bears
N. 14 ° 19' W. 50 links, theuce N.
14°19'W. 3.35 chs. to Cor. No. 3,
thence N. 44°25' E. 20.38 Chs. to
Cor. No. 4, thence N. 31°0S'W. 3.93
chs. to Cor. No. 5, thence N. 8°
40' E. 1.41 Chs. to Cor. No. 6,
identical with Cor. No. 1 M. J.
Heney homestead, thence N. 46°
31'W. 6.52 chs. to Cor. No. 7,
identical with Cor. No. 6 U. S. Mil
itary Reserve, thence 5. 43°52' W.
36.10 Clis. to Cor. No. 8, identical
with Cor. No. 7, U. S. Military Re
serve, thence S. 47°12' E. 16.68
chs. to Cor. No. 1 the place of be
ginning, containing an area of 44
.78 acres. Magnetic variation 33°
05' E.
Any and all persons claiming
said land or any portion thereof
are hereby notified to file their
adverse claims In the United States
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
within the period allowed by law.
Publication of this notice is here
by ordered in the Skagway Daily
Alaskan,' a newspaper of General
circulation published at Skagway, A1
aska, and nearest th* land appli
ed for.
C. R. Walker, Register.
First Publication Feb. 19, 1914.
Last Publication May 1, 1914.
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