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EDITORIAL PAGE
Someone who signs himself "Eco
nomist" writes to the *Xew York
Timeg to suggest that we use pa
per for clothing in the Japanese fa
shion. It is a strange suggestiou
to find in the Times' columns iu
th« micist of all this tremendous
"prosperity" which it bo'asis of.
Bu» the underlying reflection is
•uggebtive. Paper clothiug, in tUe
Japanc&e fashion, is, after all, a
natural Tesult of a democrati tar
iff law which puts Americans into
direct and fatal competition with J
the Japanese.—Ne.vs-llintr.
"1UE PERSON AL ll'.U MPH
' It I can I will como back some
one to be proud of," wrote Private
Harry Dale to his mother just be
fore be left i he English trenches
to w forward on the dangerous
mission of bomb-throwing. Harry
Dale never came back, lie had,
however, made himself "some one
to be proud of" long before he left
London to fight for his country. He
had been a cripple, had spent
nine months on his back, a victim
of hit> disease. He had contracted
tuberculosis and had lived six
months in a sanitarium. He had
broken dowu under asthma, but he
did ir t give up tas good fight for
independence. Harry Dale sue
ceeded in enlisting oulv afttr sev
en attempts, Then he was killed
aftCT tleveu weeks of* service, at
the agr- of 22 years. He » ■ was
broi'pht up under the most wretch-'
ed conditions. Charity—the Ragged
achocl Union—helped h.iu out of
his crippled condition. * He had al
most no education. He belonged to
the class in which failure is ex
plaititd by wretched environment
and lack of opportunity. According
to a>l theories, Ue should have be
come a pauper, an inmate of some
public institution, and a charge up
on taxpayers and philanthropists. :
But Harry Dale it-fused to accept
any excuse for his own failure. I
From one of the units he became,
by i. is own persistent efforts, j
"some one to be proud cf." He I
was unlj "baffle4 to fight better."
Honor is due to him for his i
herotc death, but more honor "for;
his heroic battle and his heroic !
personal triumph over the hardest j
conditions of living.—Ex.
. STROJAERS FAREWELL
IN WHITEHOKSE STAR
Ku la waca, hie a wa-wa
Ic *e mi ec kic a kow-kow
Ah, heg pahdon! The Stroller j
lias u^sociated with native sous and
daughters to such an extent that
he sometimes forgets and uses their
language unintentionally. What he
mount to say Is this:
1 am going, oil my people!
To a fax and distant country.
iveclir# that his mi&eion in Yu
kon has been fulfilled after going
in ;iiid coming out (it was coming
out thui he was always seen) be
iorts the people for sixteen and a
half years, nearly twelve of
which were passed In WhiWhoree,
the Stroller has reluctantly con
cluded to move on, to new fields,
and this is probably the finis of
the droller as far as this paper is
concerned.
While the Stroller verges on
tears every time he thinks of fcis
intended move, he has the assur
ance that his labors in Yukon have
net been in vain. When the Strol
ler lirst came to Yukon it was a
wild, unfettered country. Then the
Urand March, was led by some par
ka-moccasin clad mucker from Skoo
kuni Gulch and the lady called Lou.
Now the chief dignitary with a
lady of his rank head thq proces
sion arrayed a la Solomon, who
took a back seat ouly for the lilies
Oi tlie field.
Tlie statement, "Yukon Is the
hbitMest place for children on
tarth,'' is all bunk Yukon has
the healthiest children on earth,
bur that fact Is due to the Strol
ler's Heart to He<ir' Talks with
Mothers, which he has conducted—
mere or less on the sly—ever since
he h\s beea in the country. (And
righ' here the mothers are warned
that any one attempting to take up
this work where the Stroller is
leaving off, will very likely be an
inipeiter. Be careful how you ex
tend the glad hand fo a stranger.)
When the Stroller first came
iwoLg the people of Whitehorse
and vicinity the/ danced only
waltxts, with an occasional qua
drille that always sounded like pay
night in a cow town Now they
dance ali the la'pst. New York
steps and an occasional marathon
l i . - «'four.'V. •
•_ ni.iS»s o-itli that he la
• - ■ t: o" F. i. Cheney
- ' " i -i -ic t>u:«lnes< in tiie City of To
-".:y a:>: atai<- afjrescld. a:id
1 flcin will r-n" the cum of ONE
.sr>RED DOLLAl S lor each and cv
of Ca'Hirli ! cannot be cured
; use of H.U.r/S CATARRH CURB.
Fit \- K J. CIIENET.
- ) to before me and subscribed In
rr rrc-encc, this 6th day of December,
A. I>. IS3S.
(?efU: A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally
r.nd acts directly upon the blood and ma
cons surfares of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F J. CHENEY ft CO . Toledo, a
SnM ' y all Druggists. Toe.
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CHAKr.EY JOHX
ivA RAMAN & CLECAK
PUOVRIBTORS
WrkiKB J oo Lta f'iial Y Ou Dc«ire Coot-sil m 11 Si>«uiu B*
KiSe a iyeciauj of ud Prirat* Dlmaer Parties
X t+J. 060 ud vx-airortau;® yUce for t sapper «Jt®r the «tLOw
or iAaee—ja coaj . &ootlu 11 Je«lroa
«We Want Alaska and Canadian Furs
\5s are
Located in
America's
Greatest
Fur Market,
Where Furs
Alv/ay* Bring
the MOST
MONEY
W# Wire Offer#
on Special Lot*
OF ALL KINDS
We Have a
Special
Demand the
Year Round
for Fine
Alaska and
Canadian
Fur*
Correct
Valuation on
All Shipments
Black, Silver and Cross Foxes Specially Wanted
Be Sure You Get Our Prices Before Selling Your Furs
WRITS: TODAY
*
i Rogers Fur Company, Dept.a. c., St. Louis, Mo., u. s. a.
that lasts far Into morning. Rag
*ing was unknown v. hen the Strol
ler first began holding services
here, l^ook at it now!
It was the Stroller who discov
ered Kowakadada, now In his
140th year, and it was the Strol
ler who Jlrst opened to thq -world
| at large the pages ol the Boss
Family Book, with its wealth or
i weather and tribal lore.
liut lor the Stroller ice worms
and jJua snow would never ha.Ve
tile places which they now occupy
iu Yukon history. The Sourest of
Uoughs. but for tha Stroller,
would have remained unhonored and
unsung (And th*t reminds the
Stroller that tbe Beason of the year
is aopreaching when he always con
tributes for the purthasa of green
paint for use on the grave of
Limpin' Grouse, her husband ha\
ing promised her while she lay on
a pall'.i o.f willow boughs that con
stituted her deathbed that he
would *«ep her grave green at all
times when it is not covered with
snow; and to make good his prom
<8c, lie paints the grave during the
periods between snow and grass in
the soring and grass and snow in
the faJ The Stroller has provid
ed the fund for green paint for the
past fourteen years and will con
tinue to do 60.)
Ft;- several years after the Strol
ler came to Whitehorse native
daughters were content to wear
any old thing they could pick up
around garbage heaps. They walked
pigeon-toed and usually there was a
brown vacuum of an inch or more
between their waists and Bk>rt
bands. Since than they have held
up their heads, turned out their
toes, Quit drinking—when they can t
get it—and are striving to be some
body. Ouly Monday of this week
tho Stroller saw a native daughter
cash a check at the bank and walk
ou* with fifty dollwre. The Strol
ler did not notice the name of the
giver of the check, and would say
nothing if he had.
Considering all the above, the
Stroller feels that his mission in
Yukon has not been in vain. Be
fore coming north the Stroller re
generated the undone and sodden
South, the number of dogs which
slept under beds there having de
creased from 30,000 to 26,784 in
the Stroller's county during t'ae
oeven years he was there. No*
ho will go to a new field, but his
work of rescuing humanity from the
skunk cabbage-lined sloughs of
despond and despair will cot cease.
He will be on the job, no matter
where his lot may b<> cast—that is,
! us soon as possible after he can es
tablish a line of credit at a grocer}"
store and butcher shop.
To those who have followed the
Stroller in this paper for the past
dozen years, he bids a lingering
farewell. »»»»«. Those charact
ers represent tears. They are
but a ferw of a pint or more which
he has wept since be began this,
his last epistle to readers of this
paper.
P. S.—The Stroller will not leave
Whitehorse before the 17th, and in
the meantime he will arrange a
schedule for private farewells at
which anyone desiring one long
last weep on his shoulder will be
allotted from ten seconds to three
or fcur hours—as the appearance,
ago and build of the weepee may
Justify.
S'long!
1897
1916
Established 18 years. Assist
ed in laying ofl the Townsite.
PHIL ABRAHAMS
I maintain a respectable office
for the reception of my cus
tomers where the business is
done in a fair and business
like manner. And I do not car
ry my office under my hat to
do
insurance
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