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EDITORIAL
'OTTO GLORY
"America ror Americans
MEANING OF HOME GUARD
Ska^way may be said, in its
demonstration of patriotism Mon
day night at Elk's hall, to reflect
the war sentiment that is prevail
ing throughout tha United; States.
This disposition to "see it thru'*
means that the country is united,
♦hat young and old, men and wo
men axe determined to do their
parts to prevent any jot or tittle
of "he American principle of free
dom fiorn being destroyed.
But thi3 spirit does not indi
nation, welling
up to meet the needs of democracy
which is threatened by the blight
of autocratic rule.
Standing out clearly Is this fact.—
citizens of Skagw-ay are awake to
patriotism may be as genuinely
their duties. They realize that
shown by those who help at home
as by those who don the country's
uniform and go to the battlefields.
This is the spirit in which the
home guard has been organized,
•should any emergency arise, requir
ing the defense of the city against
i', that defense would have to be
provided at home. The govern
ment's troops will be required else
where.
T'io guard haa been formed to
met thi» possible need. No occa
sion for its services may occur, but,
a* Mayor Ashley said, such services,
if *bey should be demanded, "will
be better performed if we are or
ganized."
Seventy-four signed the rolls
Monday night and nineteen have
since Joined. That is a showing t
which Skagway may be duly proud
Otficers were elec'ed last night and
the organization Fill be competed
tonight.
Certain sacrifices will have to be
made by the guards. Such duties
as drills will make demands on
taeir time. They have vounteered
to make these sacrifices for home
anJ country and should, therefore
receive the loyal support of the en- j
tire citizenry.
OBEY THE SENTRY'S "HALT"
OR HE MUST SHOOT YOU.
Within the past few days sev
eral Instances have occurred,
some of them fatal, of shooting ■
of civilians by national guards
men. In every instance the
shooting resulted from the fail
ure of a civilian to obey a sen
try's command to halt
In order to prevent if possible
recurrences of these unfortunate
tragedies all are advised to re
member that a guardsman on
duty has full authority to en
force his commands and has no
choice but to shoot when they
are not obeyed.
Crossing railroad bridges, via
ducts or culverts or approaching
tunnels and other public works
of military importance autoista >
and pedestrians are likely to be j
halted these days by militiamen, j
The command to stop should be -
Instantly obeyed. *
Alaskan Press
BATTUE CRY OF FREEDOM
President Wilson's appeal to
sneak. act and servo together that
tliti nation may meet the supreme
test is that of a Genreai to an army
on tlie eve of a great and decisive
conflict. Only It is vastly more
significant tfcan any of 'ho historic
appeals of Generals or Admrials
jus*, before the battle. It is ad
dressed to the biggest army the
world has ever known—to a great
civil army of 100,000,000 Americana.
And to each soldier in this great
civil army the Presidnt's appal car
rts th aw battl cry of freedom. It
remind# him that there is work for
everrj; one of ua in ti^lsrf of
democracy against autocracy and
the forces that keep men unfree.
—Juneau Empire.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Le* 123 no longer overlook the
fact that the most profitable mines
for Alaskans at the present time
are to bfi found in tjie 8e% More
over, these inexhaustible mines
are open roads to wealth, to every
man with eyes to see andears to
hear aud Imagination to. believe
and courage to venture.
Men caju doj without gold, and
most of us do, but we cannot do
without food; and as food, Alas
kan fist* will constantly grow In
popularity, not only because of its
Intrinsic merit, but zecause It's
cheao In price, and an ever increas
ing proportion of the American peo
ole must of necessity turn to. cheap
foods under existing economic con
ditions.
—Seward Gateway,
HOW AMERICAN 6UN GREW
OVERLOOKED FIRST CHANCE
Dirty Little Ship Was Planting
Barrels of "Fish" In Course
Of United States Liner.
Just a§ the American liner 8t Louis
was entering the last day's journey
and beginning again her bursts of
speed through the zone off Nantucket
on the return voyage^/
stokers dropped out entirely. He tried
to stand the pace and protested against
giving up, but they pulled liim away
from the furnaces, and a few hours
later ho died. And a few hours after
that, at Easter Sunday neon, there
were a few mumbled wordj over a
black box and an American flag, and
then a splash in the sea.
"We have threaded the twisted paths
of death, and here we are," said Cap
tain Hartley in telling of the trip.
Then he told of the dlsapiiointment of
tbe naval gun crews in not having a
chance to try American guns on Ger
mau steel.
"Three hours In the submarine zone
and no frltzles yet," said oue blue
Jacket disgustedly as the ship neared
the Irish coast.
The gunner missed n chance at tbe
tlnest target of the eighteen day Toy
age the following morning -when a
dirty little iron steamer, with rust ali
over her disreputable sides and a tat
tered and soiled Norwegian fla^ at her
taffrail, a picture of commercial inno
cence, sailed diagonally across tbe
course of the St. Louis as the armed
American liner moved up to the en
trance of the Mersey.
Inside this innocent little smack and
on her greasy decks were barrels of
"fish" that tbe captain said were to be
taken to Cardiff. But the captain was
planting his "fish" In the muddy wa
ters of the Mersey, where no trawlers
or mine sweepers or cargo ships could
see them. Half an hour after tbe St
Louis had passed up the channel a
trawler was blowu up by one of 100
mines strewn In the four square miles
by the rusty tramp, and half an hour
after that a 3.000 ton cargo boat the
Kelvlnhead, struck another one of tbe
Norwegian "fish" and went down.
When the St. Louis reached the bar
of the Mersey she found that her pilot
had failed to appear to take the slilp
Into the river, and the liner bad to
steam up and down In this mined re
gion for seven hours while waiting for
the tide to rise so that she could get
over the bar. A few hours later Brit
ish trawlers and mine sweepers picked
up eighty-two mines in the waters
where she had been taking her morn
lng cruise
GETS LETTER MAILED
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO
Salem, Ore.—SLiteen years on
Its way a letter has Just reached
E. M. Crolson of Salem, Ore.,
from J. Sutton Burns of Boone
vllle. Mo. Mr. Burns had crossed
the plains In 1840 with Mr. Crol
son's parents, and the son wrote
the pioneer in 1910. He had giv
en him up for dead until the let
ter came. 11 had apparently been
lying somewhere in the hands of
the postoffice department.
Ia the U. S. Oonlmisaioiior'a fcoiirt
lot the Territory of Alaska, Skag- j
way Precinct at Skagway, Alaska.
In Probate.
In tlio Matter of the Estate of
Erel Miller, deceased..
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That A. J. AchJson, administrator of
tae estate of Fred Miller, deceased,
has filed in the above entitled court
his final report of the estate of
the bald deceased and the hearing
of the same has bc:n fixed by said
court for the 25th day of June,
1917, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
of sa*d day, at the federal court
house in Skagway, Alaska, at the
court room thereof, and all persons
Interested in said estate are notified
to then, and there appear and file
any objections they may have to
sa'd account and to show cause, if
any they have, wy said final ac
count shouid not he allowed.
A.. J. ACHJSON,
Administrator.
First publication, May 3, 1917.
Final Publication, May 31, 1917.
5. 3-10-17-24-31.
la th« Commissioner's Court fpr the
Territory of Alaska, Skagway
Precinct, at Skagway, Alaska.
In Probate,
Iu the Matter of the Estate of K.
W. A Achison, deceased.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That tiio undersigned has been, by
Edward A Rasmuson, the Unit
ed States Commissioner and Probate
Judge of the above entitled Court,
by order duly made and entered; ap
pointed administratrix of the es
tate of E W. S. Achison, deceased;
all persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to
present them with proper vouchers
iu legal form within six (6)
mon*ns from the data of this no
tice to the undersigned at her
residence In the Town of Skagway,
Alaska.
Dated this 2nd day of May, 1917.
SARAH ACHISON,
Administratrix.
IFirs* publication Al&y 3, 1917.
Final publication May 31, 1917.
HAIR TELLS CHARACTER.
Color of Hair Said to luiUccle ■ Per
noil's Temperament.
Many peoplo believe that blonde, oi
light hair denotes affection and dark
hair constancy. A person without hall
is not devoid of character; far from it
The disposition cf ;hu averege bald
headed man Is to show sucli solicitude
for th«» " .~r.—°
. .milieu, a rrrrm cause* baldness
1'rof. b ibour.iu.1. .ji* Paris, France, in
noccul.ited a rabbit with Pnndruff germs
causing It to becnni#* totally bald In five
weeks time. To rid the scalp of thes»
dangerous ffrms It is jecesrary to ap;>l>
^ewbro'a ITerpicld ■.
'Destroy the cause—you r?move thf
effect."
Sold by !en.:!nr drtinr'sfs. Per.3 10c li
•tamps for sample to The Herplcide Co
Detroit. M!cfc.
One Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
Ai all Drug Stores. ,
—Advertisement.
Deafness C^iimt ve Cured
by l(»nl ns t»»ry ^annot rrnch
th uis<-as« tl pori.on oi ill. cf.r. Th*ru is
only on* way to -mi- • nrid Mi.it ia
by constitutional r«mnliep. t.>e*fn-sa is
caught :y at. inlla:»'"d «»f the mu
coua Ur.nir of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube .s iu: . » d you Vi. a tumbling
aouiu'. or Impfi'wt hoarln*. and when It
entirely cluaed. l>eafn«>as is lUe result. and
unUss the Inflammation eaw l»e taken out
and thia tube r»atored to It* normal condi
tio!*. h«..irint: will he u.airo.v-d :\.rever; nine
caa:-a our of t*n ar«» cno** d bv Catarrh.
*rhlch is not*. In- rut an « *::•«. d condition
of the mucous surf/ire*.
We will glv? One Hundred Polla-a for any
eaac of l>eafnera (catwd : y catarrh) that
cannot b«- cur d by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
P. J. CHENEY & CO., To? do. Ohio.
Sold bv Druggists. Tf.c
Take Hall's I"a:nll> k ills for r jurtlpatlon
—Advertisement.
WOMEN'S WOES
Alaskiui Women Are Finding Relief
At Last
Ii does seem that women, have
more than a fair share of the
aches and pains that afflict hu
manity,; they must "keep up,"
mu •* attend to duties in spite of
constantly aching hacks, or head
aches, dizzy spells, bearing-down
Mlns; they; must stoop; over when
to stoon means torture. They mus
walk and bend and work with rack
ing pains and many aches from
Kidney ills. Keening the kidneys
W6ll has spared thousands of wo
men much misery. Read what one
woman says.
Mrs. M. I. Davis, 296 Weddler
3*., Portland, Ore., says; "For
veais I had a great deal of trouble
with my abck and kidneys. Sharpj
pains would catch mo and it seem
p* as '* my back was giving out
od m My kidneys acted too fre
aupntlv, causing much annoyance.
Dean's Kidney Pills rid. me of the
p=ms. My back got strong and well
and mr kidneys became normal. I
hav? had no severe attacks of that
kind since."
Pi ice 50c, at all defers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy —
rp+ Dean's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. Davis had. Foster-Mllburn
Co., Props., Buffado, N. Y.
—Advert! srtment.
+ fraternal orders +
® Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Bkafiway No. 1,
A. B. m&ots every sec
ond and fourth1 Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. sHAtp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wc-'ocane. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
Uo Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Kecc rdor.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
SkagHiaj- Aerie
No. 25, Pruter
irnl Older of
meets tne| ai-st and uuru
VI edueMlay night of oach mouth at
tacit hall ua Fiftti Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cotxltojly lnvltenl to
J. M. Qielabacii, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
, P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
" F. & A. M. No. 113
j' meeta 2d and 4th
v* '" Saturday Evenings
of each months. Visiting' Brethren
are welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
lAMES^WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 421. B. P. O.
1£. nnxtfl every
Thursday night
fct 8:00 o'clock.
Visitlncr brothers
cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, B. It.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary
Ph>n«u*r of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* In A E HaU first Monday in
fmry month at 8:80 p. in.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STWVENSON, Prea.
P. H. Doreo, Rcc. Sec.
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Take LAXATIVE BRGMO QUININE
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end work off the Cold. Druggists refund
money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's
signature *s on each box. 25 cents.
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