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OUR FL\G
EDITORIAL
NFLUENZA hES
ULATIONS
IX ?tr'ct health regulations will
fceeii skagway from cas-^s of Span
ish iafiuenza. tue are-rtfcd epideinL
which ? leaving a broad path of
devastation throughout the I'nited
States, a id in fact the entire world,
will not be given a chance to gain
a footuold -'ere
Dr. G&oie, way's health of
'"icer, has beta vested1 with every
authori'j to prosecute a most Yi»*
orous quarantine again>t the di
sense, and he is using his utmost
-•'.uli protect the people of
• ugway, and thus protec th© peo
ple of Atlin, Whiteiiorse, Dawson
and the vast interior of Alaska and
the Yukon, by reason of Skagway
being :he gateway for travel.
Dr. Gab e ha8 instituted a most
risorous quarantine at the wharf.
;'iid the following cable fr«m Gov
ernor Rig^s which was rceieived last
ni^ht. !n part shows with what
authority he is acting:
IIO'HQ <JIIlcer, SMt^nay.
L'alcss given individual authority
bv you do not allow transient pass
engers or crewg of vessels to land
from shios for sightseeing or vis*
iting, aor are you to allow t'le peo
ple from your town to visit o.; boar
ships that are ®r mav arrive in
your port.
These instructions do not apply
to sick Persons whom you may have
to take to hospitals. All steam
ship companies have been notified
to follow these instructions. )Sign
edj. -If
THOS. RIGGS, Gov.
With this authority .three person?,
tw0 soldiers from Fort Seward and
l\ S. Marshal Tanner of Juneau, ar
riving in port on the Steamship Jef
erson last night, were t>laced- jn
quarantine, the two soldiers being
Isolated a» the hospital annex, and
Marshi! Tanner at hi? home in this
city.
Early this morning Dr. Gable
sent tho following cable to Capt.
Kinney, commanding officer at Port
SewardS
Commanding Officer,
Ft. Seward, Alaska.
Our health regulations relative to
Influea?.a are 6tringent and inflex
ible. No passengerg nor crews al
lowed uptown for sightseeing or
visitiay from ships entering this
port. " I « !1 •• I
Unless we get absolute assurance
from you that there ie no influenza
at Ft Seward and Haines before
your tv-fit reaches here, though the
individual is free from the disease,
the aoore regulations will be e^"
forced. j. ►
All passengers from any ship |
touchlne infected ports will be iso
Jated from 2 to 5 days If they wish
to get off here.
^Ve have isolated two Privets sol-j
diirs from Ft. Reward who cams on
Jeffrcson. If j'ou want them before
they ero freed w* shall put them
oa Pe'ersoa and send, them when
they «111 be sebject to your Health
requirements.
Health Officer.
In response to this cable the
following; was received:
Health Officer, Skagway.
Juit wired Captain Stidham of
Peterson to see you before allowing
soldier passengers or crew to de
bark. The °n!y cases of influenza
are from among a group of new
men who have been quarantined
since taeir arrival except that two
or thn.® of the hospital nurses have
it Am glad to know of your strin
gent measures and will not send
Peterson again until removal your
quarantine except in urgent neces
sity release two soldiers now in
quarantine send them In Peterson.
KINNEY.
When questioned at noon today
ag to there being any cases of in
fluenza in Skagway, Dr. Oabi« sajd
most pmphatically that there
was not a single case .and- at the
present time there were only sev
eral *a.ses of slight colds under nis
care, and thes© were all improving.
The previous cases are 100 percent
cured.
According to Dr. Gabie, Skagway
today has a perfectly clean bill of
health .and he says that with pro
per cooperation from the residents,
and the assistance of the authorities,
he believes that this condition cju
be maiutaine&
Sam McMelan, popular booiface
!♦ Mile 32 on the WUlow creek wag
on road, drifted into town yester
day afternoon and during his vis
it is stopping at the White House.
In addition to successfully managing
the Fssb Hook inn, located at the
very gateway of the famous quartz
camp, Mr. McMelan is sutistantially
interested in several producing
mines operating-in the district.
Iu his capacity as superintendent
0*. transportation Mr. McMelan is
fauiiliar with conditions as exist in
the Jistrict. He is of the decided
otinion tMt the camp is mer«iy in
its infanr.. and that the next few
years w\" see material development
of a si lly mod«rn nature through
on* tr>, entire district.
?ar. McMelan declares that the
mines operating this season were
,xi:aratively successful and the
operators generally are highly sat
isfied with the result. Considerable
work will be done this winter, ac
cording to Mr. McMelan, who fur
ther declare^ that the development
^ork this season was of a more
methodical and substantial nature
than previous seasons. He mention
ed several reliable companies whose
season's work fully justified the in"
stallation of machinery as contem
plated.
In regard to wagon roads Mr.
McMelan remarked that the govern
and the territory had his per
mission to spend' all the money a
vailable on the roads of the Willow
creok district, which are sadly in
need of repair. Speaking c>* politics'
he said that "It is all Wickeisham
and I would walk twenty miles
to vo'e for him, as I consider him
'tie best friend) Alaska over had." I
Mr. McMelan has known Judge
Wkkersham for a period of years j
au'' nag closely watched his fa-,
vorable uoliticai career an)l j
thouw a Pike county, Missouri, r
democrat, Mr. McMelan will not on
ly vote for, but will, inoveover, use j
his personal influence in behalf of (
Judge Wickersham, — Anchorage
T.mes.
WAR STOPS "GET RICH QUICK"
SCHEMES
"Get rich quick" gambling may|
b» the next form of popular a
musement to receive its death blow
a result of the war's demands.
Ib the Turtl^ Creek valley, near'
Pittsburgh, gambling devices have
enticed men away from work, and a
stroug campaign has been started to
put an end' to the operations of
the gamblers.
Ir a raid on a poolroom in East
Pittsburgh, the police found twen
ty youthg playing slot maohines to
the exclusion o.i their jobs. It is
said that many men liava been en
ticed into such places in the noon
hour and have remained there dur
ing the afternoon.
In view of the great need of
consistent effort in mining and in
the war industries, strongly urged'
bv Secretary WilsOn of the Depart
ment of Labor, the Pittsburgh au
thorities are strongly considering
prohibition of tumbling devices.
BOY OF 10 SECO.VD MATE
Georje Wesley Swob, aegd 19, >s
perhaps the youngest officer in the
United States merchant marine.
Swob, who is the son of J. George
Swob of Rumford, Me., entered a
n utical school after leaving high,
school in 1912, and began bis sea
service in 1916. He has cruised to
South America and1 various other
parts of the world during his ship
bear experience. t| y
When the war bej^n he tried sev
en! time to get into the navy, but
he was rejected. He decided, there
fore, to make himself as useful as
[possible in higx own line of work,
and therefore- prepared himself for
an officer's papers. He is now
'«* second mate and has ambitions
to gain a master's cretificate.
| DID VOl' KNOW THIS?
j Alaska's big inland waterway, the
| Ynaon River, is believed to be the
loaisest river on thg North Atneri"
ca;n continent, if not ou tbe Globe,
without a bridge.
The biff river is over 2.100 miles
lc.ng and from where it arises, back
of Whit© Horse, Y. T., to its mouth
near St. Michaels, Alaska, it is not
; spanned.
' Brid'ges are unnecessary along the
j Yukon during the winter, for the
I dog and wagon trails along the
' shore cross on the ice when cross
. invs ar© necessary. In the summer
' small boats are used. At Dawson
there is a hand propelled ferry. —
Cape Hatteras Clarion.
'TWAS FALSE
By VINCENT G. PERRY.
(Copyright, 1818. by the Mcciure newspa
per Syndicate.)
Arthur Thorne had argued untl^ be
was tired of arguing. There was no
use trying to talk sense into a man
who hadn't any, he thought at last, as
he gave up with one more effort.
"I tell you she Is young—just about
twenty-one," he said hotly. "Because
she is an actress you think she has to
be old. There are some young ac
tresses, aren't there?"
Mervln Kenton, his companion, was
quite willing to admit that there were
but this one, he claimed, was not "You
can't tell me," he argued. "Tills Dora*
Fralelgh will never see thirty-Sve
again. Her hair is false, I'm willing
to wager anything. Did you ever see
curls like hers that were real? Every
thing about her Is false."
Arthur knew if he stayed he would
become angry. Mervin was jealous—
that was what was the matter, he felt.
Without another word Arthur left
the bath-house where the conversation
had been held and mnde for the beach.
It was a glorious day and the guests of
the hotel were making the best of the
bathing weather. lie caught sight of
Dora almost Immediately. AppaPently
she was searching for something In the
water near the beach.
"What have you lost?" he asked, as
he waded toward her.
"Oh, nothing," she answered a trifle
confused. "Isn't the water fine?"
After completely immersing himself
and swimming aimlessly about for a
few seconds, Arthur agreed that It
was. "Let's go out on the raft," he
suggested, but Dora seemed 'unwilling
to leave the shallow place. This was
surprising, for she had always seemed
anxious to get all the fun possible,
i There was something troubling her.
She even seemed unwilling to go on
! the beach for a sun bath, but finally
agreea.
"There!" Arthur exclaimed, as he
stretched out on the sand. "I thought
I never would get away from that
shallow part. There were so many
children there I didn't have a chance
to talk with you."
1 "You usually have lots of opportuni
ties," Drrra smiled.
"What's this?" he asked, as he picked
up something his toes liad been rub
j hing against it! the sand. "WeJI, look
what's here! A false curl!" Bure
[ enough li was.
j Dora took it from him eagerly. "I
j lost it!" she exclaimed, as she Jumped
j to her feet. "I was searching for it
: out there. Wait until I go and tell
| auntie. She'll be delighted,"
| She was off before Arthur could stop
I hpr. He looked after Jier with an er
j clamation of dismay on his lips. To
' think that those beautiful curls of hers
j were false. No wonder she hadn't
talked much and had bean confused,
I So Mervin had been right!
) When Dora joined him again ho was
1 trying to smile, but found he cooUJ.q't
j "What makes you so quiet?" she asked
after they had sat In silence for near
ly five .minutes.
"Xotlrtag very much," he replied tc
her quesvlon. "I was thinking that ]
| was going home tomorrow."
| "Going horpe!" she echoed. "Whj
( you said last week that you would be
I here all summer.'*
j "I have changed my mind," he an
swered. but when he saw the pained
i lcok on Dora's face lie wished he Jjfld
' thought up an excuse.
| The next morning Arthur's resolve
I to go home, had not faltered. H<
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with;
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Use Ptoch jiiiter
xcyjas tightening of tiic, Amcilcaii belt that made ttttt
"Lit possible- TEc gaituz. is won xvn keep it up/
wasn't going to stay- mere -to oe uie
laughing 8tock of the whole hotel when
they found out about Dora's ace. He
was only twenty-one and most likely
ehe was thirty, anyway. Nine years
was too much difference. He felt so
uncomfortable over It he went to the
station half an hour before the train
was due to leave. His going away
would leave the field open for Mervin. '
That was too much. He left the train
In a hurry and left word with the bag
gage man to have his trunks sent back
to the hotel. He couldn't be happy
without Dora, even if she was eighty.
He found Dora In a secluded corner
of the veranda. Her eyes were red and
there were other traces of tears.
"You haven't gone yet," she cried
joyfully, as she caught sight of him.
"I heard that you had gone without
even saying good-by to me."
"I came pretty nearly doing it, dear,"
he said, "but I couldn't go away antl
leave you here. When I go I wai t to
take you with me. I want to marry
you."
"If you wanted to marry me, why
did you make me worry about your
leaving so unexpectedly?" she asked,
trying not to smile. "Last night was
the second night I have lost sleep by
worrying. The night before it was the
thought of having lost auntie's best
curl that—"
"Auntie's curl?" he Interrupted.
"Yes, the curl you found yesterday."
"Oh!" Arthur groaned. "I thought
that was your curl!"
"Mine!" she laughed. "And I was
only twenty a week ago!"
"Thank goodness for that," he cried.
"But why?" she asked, perplexed.
fSfye laughed for a long time after ho
told her. ''Put what difference would
It have made If I was thirty-five?" she
said.
"None; but I'm glad you're only
twenty," he replied.
Real Test.
"He loves the very ground she walks
on."
''Does he love It well enough to plant
» vegetable garden In it for her bene
fit?"
! THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
— t>
Of the old-time vegetable dyes Bra
zil possesses an almost endless variety.
_ •
In some parts of northern Arabia
the hills are so well stocked with bees
that no sooner are hives placed than
they are occupied.
i
Tungsten, which only In recent
years has come Into general use, was
discussed exhaustively by a Spanish
treatise written In 1781.
With the Hons, tigers pp4 other
members of the cat tribe, the night
finds them at their liveliest, and they
sleep most between the midduy meal
BPd supper time.
| i Because Qt the war Scotland has
been cutting dowa a great many trees
to supply Its own needs. Much of the
laud thus cleaned will eventually be
u*4 for agriculture.
Currants ffpm Greece are now
packed by pj&ehfrvery in a manner
which is far more cleanly and eco
nomical than the old "hapd methods."
The latter have always beep question
able.
A cablegram from the American
consul at Padang, Sumatra, received
April 22, states that the government
has prohibited the exportation of cin
chona bark, quinine, quinine salts, tin,
tin ore and kapok.
Uruguay has appointed a commis
sion to Investigate the feasibility of
a scheme to tarn the locust pest Into
a blessing by using t&esa Insects in the
manufacture of fertilizer, soap and lu
bricants and stock feed.
I —
The hell of Mahomet Is as full of
terror as his heaven is of delight .The
wicked will suffer alternately from
cold and heat; when thirsty, boiling
water will be given them, and they
will be shod with shoes of fire.
A brass band and football anti
cricket teams ar; found among stu
dents of the missionary college at
Lovedale, South Africa, the only Insti
tution In the Dark Continent that of
fers Africans a standard college edu
cation^
It's wanting the last word that keeps
most of the arguments going.
Selfishness Is the hardest obstacle
the cause of freedom has to meet
The biggest ambition any man can
have Is to be the good father of a
good son. - ^ - • .
Sin. llliig Mis
3f(eu Tell of Weak Kl<ln0jn». B*a
Following Statement Shows
You What to Do
The snarp twing© of pain In the
small of the hack that strikes you
after any sudden twist or awkward
motionk may tell of weak kidneys.
An* there are often disturbances
ot the urine—too frequent urination,
scalding or burning pain luring pas
sage, discolored urine and Bediment.
Doan's Kidney Pills are prepared
especially for weakened kidneys,
ki-iney Backache and Urinary dis
orders—have proven their merit la
thousands of cases, can Skag^ay
readers demand' more convincing
proof of merit than the following?
F. J. Sparks, grocer, WO 5% Q.
Streett, Sacramento, Calif., says: }'I
am always ready to pralse Doan's
Kidney Pills. Two years ago rheu
matic pains were causing a lot
•of suffering. At the time my- kid
neys were weak. A sharp pala
would catch me across the small of
my cack when I stooped and I waa
lfime all over. Doan's KKidney
Pills were recommended and they
soon ended that trouble. Ever
since then I have used' Doan's
when I have had any backache and
they have always straightened me
ui> quickly." *
Price 60c, at all dealers, Don't
simply ask for a kidney rem^dy-^
get Doan's Kidney Pills—th^ »ajne
that Mr. Sparks had'. Foster-Milburfl
Co., Alfgrs., Buffalo, N, y.
Kellej- Brothers received « cor.
sijnment of the Army and N»vy B1
Templo cigars today. Try them they
are the finest smoke aver.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice la hereby given that pur
suant to an Act of Congress, ap
proved May 7, 1906, entitled, "An
Ac£ providing for the piectiop ftf *
Delegate to the pousp of Hepr*'
bentatlves from the Territory Of Al
aska," and An Act of Congress, 9®
prOTed August 24, 1912, entitled,
"An Act to create a Legislative As
sembly in the Territory of Alaska,
fo confer Legislative powers
•on, and for other purposes," anfl ifl
conformity therewith, a Qpnor§l
Elcotir* jyin be held on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 191$
between the hours of 8 o'clock 4.
m. aud 7 o'clock p. m. Of fl51<J> d*y,
for ♦''e purpose pf electing ^hf fo^
lowing officers, to-wlt:
A Delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives from the Territory of
Alaska; ■
One member of the Senate of tk«
Territory of Alaska;
Four members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of
Alaska; ,
Onp Road Commissioner for Rp»d
District No. One.
The Common Councii of SkagwAf
havin" herotofore, by ordinance, du*
ly designated the voting precincts
o" sa'd Town and the polling place
In each thereof, the electors
hereby notified:
That all duly qualftled1 voters
resldice within the boundar'ea °f
said Town of Skagway, will vote at
the City Hall building^ loca^ op
Fifth, near State Street, In and UP
on lo* 3 of block 8, which If own
ed by the City of Skagway. the
same being the duly designated poll
ing p!ac* in and for the Town of
Skagway.
Dated this 2nd day of October,
1918
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THB
TOWN OF SKAGWAY.
By C. H. ROGERS, Clerk. .
Oct. 26—Nor. 2. j ,