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EDITORIAL
KKORG.WIZE SK AG WAV'S HOME
GUARD
The Alaska Home Guards.. This
thought brings to our minds the
"Skagway Home Guards." Where,
oh, where are they?
It is true that our little city is
quiet ?nd htere is no need tor an
armed force at the present moment,
out what of the future. Can it l>e
said 'hat Skagway does not believe
in preparedness. Can it be said
that 'here might not De need for a
quick response to arms when the
press dispatches of today give an
account of the war having been
brought to our very door by the
massing of sentinels at one of the
important coast guard stations of
the nation?
Then again the question comes
up; wny is Skagway oehind all the
other progressive cities and towns
in the Territory?
The movement was well under
way. and had the aporoval of all
best men in Skagway. Tne
training was gc\>d, and each and
••very member of the infant organ
ization gained some insight into
military drill. The training was in
self of value to the members of
th«< original organization. They
underwent training in the drill exer-,
ci<es which was of Aalue to them
uysitally. and was of value to them
is patriots, for it gave to each one
of them ? slight idea of what mili
tary training is. aud as the reports
come from "over there" is your
..tui entirely at rest as to the pos
-iniHty that this frightful war will
scon be over, and that you may
never be called upon to "join the
colors"?
Let us reorganize the Skagway
Home Guard!
FORCE
V* are out to whip the Hun and
no weapon must he neglected.
Force without stint or limit"
means economic force as well as
military.
Every day the economic plight
v>t' Germany grows more desperate.
Hunger stalks through the land.
Her statesmen and bankers stand
appalled before a debt whose inter
est charge now almost equals the
nation's savings. The moral world
is against her.
Henceforth "made in Germany"
will be an argument not to buy, but
to shun. Ruthlessly should the
economic screws "ce tightened. Sen
ator Owen proposes that the Al
lied snd the neutral world isolate
Germany until she learn* she fan
not re*) by military force.
L>et no ship, after the 'war, be
cleared for an- German port;
let no ship flying her flag or doing
business with Germany euter our
ports; let all trade with her be
abolished and let all telegraphic or
e.xpress communication with her oe
0. 8. rood AilmlalitnUos.
De ol* son* aez "Dar's Sugar In
de Gourd," but Br"er "Tater 'lows
dat de only sugar he's studyln'
•bout now-a-days is what's la do
sugar bowl en hit's gwlne ter stay
dar.
De folks wots doin' de ftghtin"
mus' have sugar fust.
But ef dars enny sweet'nin' in
de gourd now'days, he sho' gwlne
ter git tapped, 'cause dey'* looltin*
fer syrups en 'lasses en honey to
••substitute."
cut off. So much for punishment.
By «r overwhelming majority the
Chamber of Commerce of th® Unit
ed. States voted to unite in dis
crimination against German goods
after the war if tha menace of Ger
many's military sntocracy was not
removed. If Germany refuses to
accent the peace terms laid down
by President Wilson within a fixed
time, then for every week the wur
is prolonged. Lord Sydenham pro
poses that no German vessel be
allowed to enter or leave any A
meric«n port, including the Panama
Canal, for one year.
"Whatever course the war may
take," says Lord Sydenham, "let
this '"e fixed and irrevocable.'" In
■is address of last December Presi
dent Wilson said that, if the Ger
many of intrigue and force be not
utterly brought to an end, it should
e "shut out from the- friendly in
tercourse of nations."
Speed up every war preparation.
Fight to a finish freedom's cause
a land and sea. But put on the
•onomic screws. Tighten them
to the limit. Organize the world
;ainst Germany—the world's out
law.
Make tha German people see the
bitterness of defeat that awaits
them. And for "God's sake hurry
up!"—Leslie's Weekly.
N'F.WS AM> NOOSE
A contributor}- cause to Rouman
ia's humiliation is now revealed to
have been a letter which the Kais
er—King Charles o' Vienna wrote
to Ferdinand of Bucharest in
which he warned his royal cousin
that "kings must stick together."
It sort o£ recalls that old jest of
Ben Franklin in the days of the
Revolution who counselled his as
sociates that if they- did not hang
together they would surely all hang
separately.
Several German newspapers who
still belittle the American army
declare that it s not equipped
with rifles nor with artillery. For
Heaven sake! what are those
boys doing? Licking the Huns
with their bare fists?
VOLXEY RICHMOND
OX '1 HE OUTLOOK
Voluey Richmond, superintendent
of the N. C. posts the North, who
left < n the last boat for the lower
river, expects to visit here again
oefore the close of the season.
While* here he said to a representa
tive o' the Dawson News:
"The North no ('oubt will exper
ience quite a boom again after the
war. People who have been North
want to come again, and many now
>"oing South temporarily will seize
the f'rst opportunity to get back. A
man outside lives up to his reven
ue and he is tied down, to a rou
tine. .Up this way he has the
chance of launching fBto the hills
and doinp-something frr himself, and
no doubt many of the lads will come
back cfter the war to open up the
great resources of the land.
"Our posts will bo well stocked
for the coming year, but, of course,
there 's a general advance in
prices throughout the North, as
well as outsid«. I presume that
the advance here for the year will
average something near 10 per cent
over the prices of last year, but it
wUl average quite * little higher in
Alaska. That is *or the reason
the Alaskan posts had been stocked
farther ahead and war conditions d:|
not affect that country so early as
it did this. Some goods have
doubled in price the last year, es
pecially woolens, cottons and J»aih-'
er goods.
"In - recent letter from the out
side I heard that Tom McGowan,
legal adviser of the company, is
not coming North this ye&r, but
win remain at his home in San
Francisco. Tom is not quite as vig
orous as be has been, but is await
ing anxiously the time when he will
t>e able to visit the good old North
»gain.''
APPEAL iOE
July 8th, 1918.
The Editor, 'Alasfcan,'
Sk&rway, Alaska.
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing two letters—one
from Lord Beresford containing a
request that you will be good
enough to insert the second lettef
which is on® of apoeal from the
Dowager Lady Dimsdale, President
of the Ladies' Guild of the British
and Foreign. Sailors' Society.
As you will see it is to Invite A
merican women to join with us in.
raisinf funds to build thia large
I and much needed Home for our
Seamen in the Port of London.
It la an urgent and a pressing
need as enclosed leaflet will show
and we should greatly appreciate
the enormous help you can give the
scheme by giving it puMicity in
your journal.
I Yours faithfully,
AGNES M. GIBBONS.
Organizing Secretary.
Wakefield House,
32 Cheapside, London, E. C. 2.
July 1918
Dear Madam:
We are making an appeal to
women who owe so much to the
protection afforded by our splen
did bailors to unite in an effort to
raise a Fund for the building of
a great Sailors' Homo and Boys'
Hostel in the Port of London, as
an expression of gratitude to those
splendid men of t>oth Sea Services
who nave lost their lives in the
service of their country and to
those who are still facing the per
ils ot mines and submarines.
It piopoesd that eaon Coun
try tubscriDing should b© repre
sented i- the building by having its
own section, so that it will be
Winitely recorded that the Home
is provided by Women from all parts
of the world.
The Women of Great Britain and
her Overseas Dominions invite their
sisters in America to co-operate
with them in this scheme, for it
has been the privilege of the Brit
ish & Forelign 3ailors' Society to
extend a helping hand to their
sons and brothers in our Institutes
during th© war. In the case of
the "Tusoania" we received, thru
the American Ambassador in London,
the warmest thanks of the Govern
ment and Army of the United
States, for the help rendered.
The need for tola Home is great
now, out will be infinitely greater in
the days to come. Our Sailors come
from all parts of the world, at all
hours of the day and night, often
findin/ the only places available
for tneir accommodation very un
deeiraWe ones, where temptations
assaii them at every poknt, and yet
they are the wen who have stood
between us and the fate of Belgium
and France, and other nations.
It will indeed oe a proud privilege
for Women to feel that they have
been able to erect this Horn© to
stand as a lasting memorial of
their gratitude to these gallant
men, who for the 6ake of the Wo
men, the homes and liberty of the
world, have never counted the
cost, but have one and all proved
themselves more than worthy of
the proud traditions of the past.
A large sum of money will be
required, and the more we are able
to collect, the more adequate the
Home will be for the needs of the
men and boys.
Yours faithfully,
BEATRICE) DIMSDALE,
President of the Ladies' Guild, Brit
ish 'and Foreign Bailors' 3ocy.
Suoscriptions and all communi
cations should be sent to me at
the above address.
GREAT CROP OF
SKKKTKRS AT CIRCLE
Charley L. Hearing and Clarence
Berry, who arrived this Week from
Circle, report a record breaking ran
o' mosquitoes there this season. A11
the way from_ Circle City to Masto
don creek and return the two wor
thies were swathed In mosquito net
ting, and for a time that gear
was penetrated to such an extent
and. their clohtes perforated in so
many spots that they wished for
armor plate and baseball masks.
"The mosquitoes," said Charley
to a representative of the Dawson
News, "attacked me in every quar
ter. I must have oeen a sweet and
tender morsel. I never knew before
how good I was. The mosquitoes
simply swarmed over us; they came
in clouds. They did not! tackle Clar
ence so fiercely; and devotedly a^
they did me. He must have smoked
jopa other brand.' I
Kutmbl To BE CHOKED
WITH THE REINDEER
j St. Jihns, N. P., Ang. 12. —Af
ter 12 years of exoerimenting in
the raising of Lapland reindeer in
northern Newfoundland, •Dr. Wil
fred T. Grenfell, the Labrador medi
cal missionary, has decided to trans
fer hla herd to Canadian Labrador.
An effort will1 be made there to in
troduce a strain of native caribou
blood Into the herd whicn has de
teriorated through years of in
breeding. Territory west of Belle
Isle Strait In Canadian Labrador
has been selected for the new enter
prise.
Dr. Grenfell has long held the
theory that caribou might be in
twed with reindeer to produce a
highly efficient draft animal, suit
able for use along the North coast
He was unable to give this theory
a thorough test in Newfoundland.
The country selected aa the new
home of the reindeer is remote from
settled areas and considered well
suited for the purpose. Bj. agree
ment with the government of the
province of Quebec increases in tha
herd may be shipoed back to New
Foundiand if the owner desires.
The Grenfell herd consists of 30(>
animals, virtually the same num
ber landed by the missionary] twelva
years ago at St. Anthony when ha
introduced reindeer to this prov
ince At one time the herd num
bered 1200 but It decreased as it
deteriorated from lack of new bloody
Dr. Grenfeil, who is now in the
North country on missionary work,
expects that a government steamer
will transport the deer to their new
feeding grounds this summer.
"SCALl'KR" OF LIBERTY
BONDS UNDER ARREST!
San Francisco, Aug 12. — An
alleged "scalper" of Liberty Bonds
lias just been indicted by the Fed
eral grand jury in Cleveland. The
defendant is an Akron, Ohio, resi
dent and the four counts in the
Indictment accuse him of vioiatina
the espioEage and sedition laws by;
representing that Lifcerty Bonds are
likely to become worthless. The
purpose of his propaganda was to
induce holders to these bonds to
sell them to him at prices far be
low their value.
To the bond holders he is al
leged to have said: "The way the
war is going the bonds won't be
north anything a year from now.".
He bought $100 bonds for $85 and
is said to have made as high as
$500 r week by his operations.
A few days H6o Governor James
K. Lynch of the Federal Reserve
Bank addressed a letter to all Lib
erty Loan chairmen in this district
making a full report of all com
panies t»nat were offering to e*'
:hange stock for Liberty Bonds.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE
The schedule of Bteamskip ar
rivals from the south during
August, according to the varl
month of July, according to the v&ri
ous steamship company'* schedule
aa published elsewhere la this pa
per, it as follows:
ARRIVE, LEAVE
2 Rupert I j 3
6 Alaska 5
b Alaska 5
7 Spokane . 7
8 Jefferson 8
8 Sophia 9
9 George *•>
12 Northwestern 12
14 Alice 16
16 Seattle 16
16 Rupert 17
20 Alameda 20
30 Jefferson 20
20 Spokane V20
21 Sophia '*'[ \ 22
23 GeOrge < 24
28 Seattle 28
28 Alaska 28
CO Rupert M* ' * 81 j
31 Jeffereon 31 j
31 Sophia 31 d
NOTICE OP FINAL ACCOUNT '
In the U. S. Commissioner's Court
for the Territory of Alaska at Skag
waj >n probate In the matter of
the estate fo S. H. Yeomans, exe
cutrix of the estate above stated
has filed in the above entitled court,
her final account of the estate of
the said deceased, and the hearing
of same has bean Used for Satur-i
day the 28th day of September,
1918 at two o'clock in the after
noon of said day at the court room
In the federal court house at Skag
way, and all persons having Inter
est in said estate are notified then
and there to appear iand file any
objections they may have to satd ac
count and to show mum, if any the
have, why said final account should
not be allowed.
Mrs. Ella Mary Yeomans,
Administratrix.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, this
, 27tb day of Juljr, 1918, ,
RAISE A PIG!
THIS MOTHER
IS RAISING
fck POUR.
ANTI-MACHINE SENTIMENT
t
(Nenana Nevs)
The fact that a committee of con
gressmen, largely Democratic, liavo
decided that the election of Mr.
Sulzor was not regular, will cause
the shifting of many votes to Wick'
ersham, and the influence of the
powerful Democratic machine will
bo taxed to the utmost to prevent
a landslide. The voters of Alaska
like a square deal, and many of
them now feel, as the result of
the decision of »he congre«ional
committee, that Mr. Wickersham
was not treated with fairness by
Judge Jennings and the other pow
erful Democratic supporters of Mr.
Sulzer.
Mr. Sul2er will find, upon his re
turn *, Alaska to cor duct his cam
paign, that sentiment is not so
much against him against the
men ^'ho were responsible for the
decision which enabled him to go
to Washington. And this anti-ma
chine sentiment, of which we doubt
less will hear a lot during the cam
paign, will make it hard sledding
for the candidate of the Democratic
party. » • » probably, next to
Judge Wickersham, the men who
will *'nd greatest satisfact'on in
the decision of tae congressional
committee are ex-Governor Strong
and Surveyor General Davidson,
both of whom were accused, as mem
oers of the territorial canvass'ng
board, of favoring Wickersham and
betraying ther own party. • • •
IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN
IT ISN'T A KODAK
Keller Bros. theSkagway agents
for the Eastman Kodak company,
have received a large shipment of
all sizes of N. C. and Autographic
Kodak film, and printing out pa
pers both Azo and Velox. tf.
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