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B««a»t4 News Oo^'Wh^ahoree, T. T
E. W, Gideon — Carer ora, 'Y. T.
E. L. Plllmas — AtUn, B. C.
EDITORIAL
WHAT INDEMNITY FOR NO
MAN'S LAND?
Whatever the peace terms—do
matter when they are made—who
can estimate a just indemnity for
No Mac's Land?
That narrow stria which twists
ani turns between the trenches of
Europe's opposing- armies has a
va;ue different from any other
stretch of land on earth.
Over 5,000,000 men have been
killed siuce the war began, ac
cording to figures computed by the
War Study society of Copenhagen
Hrw many hundreds of thousands*
have died in No Man's Land will no
be known until the army records
<V all the nations have become a
par' of history.
It is net its width and length
that th« price of the uneven lane
between the barbed wire entangle
ments can be reckoned; the number
of Us dead, the bloocd which the
ground has soaked up, the agony of
wounded men who lived hours or
days t»cyond help of a friend. of
mercy or an enemy, the thwarted
I>urDoses of youth must be added to
the estimate.
Wi*h the last breath of every sol
di*- dying so, there went out from
th- world a spark of heroism — an
Who can set a price on hroees?
Every man dying there left be
hind some unfulfilled ambition,
sfii>e du'y unaccomplished, some
plan of living uncompleted, some
*vc.k of love undone— just as dear
t<% him, and just as lkely to be
made true by him, had he lived, as
any great project or hope of men
living in the safe places of the
we'd today.—Seattle Star.
Gocd Manners Help.
A merchant who returned from Eng
land just before the war broke out has
beeu voluble ever since on the manners
of the children he happened to meet
abroad. Apparently American parents
and schools do not lay on good manners
th>> emphasis that they receive abroad.
Yet good manners, like the gold at the
foundation of all money, are current
the world over. Emerson noted this:
- "Give a boy dress and accomplish
ments and you give him the mastery
of palaces and fortunes wfierever he
goes. He hr.s not the trouble to earn
or own them; they solicit him to enter
and jiossess."
"All your Greek." Chesterfield wrote
to his son, "can never advance you from
secretary to envoy or from envoy to
ambassador, but your address, your air,
your manner, !f good, may."
"The difference between a well bred
and ill bred man is this," Samuel John
son said: "Oae immediately attracts
your attention, the other your aver
sion. You love one until you find rea
son to hate him; you hate the other
until yon find reason to love him."
Civility, polished manners, mean
much to a youth in his first position.—
Kansas City Star.
CUR CROSSES.
The crosses which we make for
ourselves in this life by a restless
anxiety as to the future are not
crosses which come from God.
We show went of faith in him by
our false wisdom, wishing to fore
stall his arrangements and strug
gling to supplement his provi
dence by our owu providence.—
Fenelon.
HIES NOTES
Balnea, Feb. 14—<5, C. DeHav
ea is confined to ixla bouse by sick
ness, but bis many frignds hope to
889 him out again, soon.
A. J, Dannerline, th® newly ap
pointed post master, is fitting up
the old post office building on Main
street, belonging to Mra. Harry Fay,
oreparatory to moving in. tbere
when be takes tb$ post office over.
icja Voelkl oame down from bis
homestead at the Eighteen-mile
post and sroenX a few days in town,
returning- yesterday. Ha reports
everything moving along serenely in
bis neighborhood ,
The weather has moderated, and
the gnow is melting with a light
drizzling rain,
Fred Perkins, who been in
Juneau for some time attending the
district court aa a grand juror, re
turned to his home in this city on
one of thQ last boats.
WOULD ABOLISH LAW. PRO
TECTING BKOWN BEAR
Alter mating a tour of the Al
askan peninsula in tie interest of
the Ohio State university for which
h» h&i rnada an extended trie tiiru
Alaska for scientifc research, J.
ilcQracken has written, the follow
ing i^ter concerning the game laws
of the territory:.
"Laws are generally made to
if cod lai'h tif not for good money)
intended for gme vital benefit to a
land and its people. Sometimes
'or tha many; ofttime# for a few.
Our Alaskan game law is no excep
tion
"The purport of tjtxig law is, pri
marily, the protection Of and con
servation of wild life. Well enough
B'Jt porcupines do not mak§ a
rood sleeping bag! That is *o
s^T that because some animals are
v~rtb7 of protection, is no warrant
toc'iom is given, some of the £iQe
ail are suck, Insufficient pro
aoimaJs found in Alaska, and known
depredations to them are allowed
to oiisl. For instance, the killing
of caribou, moose and sheep for the
market, in the interior; certain
atrocities to the caribou by the
EakimPs of the Alaskan pneinsula,
ef\ But the glaring defect is th«
unjustifiable protection of the Al
askan brown bear,
"To be sura be affords a. bit of
sport for the few hunter-sportsmen
who come periodically to Alaska, as
weli as giving a few: guides a little
extra to do. But are the game
laws made solely for the small
number of periodical "sports," or
fcr the making of a few dollras
each year?
"A settler comes to tbe Alaskan
peninsula, an ideal country for the
raising of cattle. Tbe range is
lar.^e free and covered with the
be** of feed in most places and be
decides to go into this business.
"First, he must consider tbe
b«»ar Question. This is bis only na
tural obstacle. If be goes to work
to rid bis district of these maraud
er*, be is liable of being prosecut
ed 'or breaking tbe law of tbe land.
Bears last year killed the sheep of
tha U, S. Agricultural Experimental
station at Kodiafc and these beasts
actually make it impossible to raise
stock on the ranges that are most
adaptable.
"To carry this matter further,
what good, tp tbe residing people,
are the brown bear, Their skins
arc practically worthless and they
ire a menace to human life, a® well
w *o what might become one of
tbe large occupations of the terri
tory. .
"This may geem a somewhat in
significant matter tp those interest ef
• n th* pursuit it affects. If any
sue can show; us a, good reason for
tbe protection pi the brown bear
ve will Test contgnt; if not we
no*t earnestly say—'Let the protec
:Ion now given him be abolished.'"
Raw Pood Must Ce Washed.
"Gritting of sand between the teeth
while eating vegetables raw is a cer
tain sign that they have been cleaned
mproperly, if at all/* says the New
fork Medical Journal and adds that
because of improper washing it Is of
:en not safe to eat raw vegetables, sal
ids or fruits.
Never Again.
"Does your wife ever make you ex
change goods she buys and doesn't
ike?"
"She tried that omce, and only once.
exchanged a silk dress for a meer
ichaum pf&e." — Louisville Courier
rournaL
Scared Him Into It.
Young Widow—Did. you have any
rouble getting Jack to propose? Girl
'"riend—No, dear; I told him you ^rere
fter him.—Bostoj •. Transcript.
— a® -«•*.
BUILDING A BOOK.
Caaes Whore the Ending Waa Written
Before the Beginning.
There has been more than one in
stance in the history of literature of a
book being written upside down—that
is, its end becoming its beginning or
its beginning becoming its end.
Probably the most outstanding in
stance of the toysy turvydom is "The
Idylls of the King." Tennyson's great
masterpiece. As every poetry lover
knows, tliiu great series of poems ends
with "The Passing of Arthur," and
there can be no Conbt that this is the
proper and inevitable close of the won
derful pageant of the Icing's life. But
Tennyson frrote that closing passage
when he was a youth of twenty, and
it was not until, forty years later, the
whole series was finished and pub
lished in one book that the old poem
of his boyhood was found to fit into Its
place as naturally as the broken arm
or foot of a classical statue fits the
place from which it has been removed.
Thus the first became last.
A case of double change is presented
by the novel "David Hurum." The
first part of that book to be written by
the author constitutes now chapters 19
to 24—that is, almost the last chapters
In the book. Then, when the author
had practically finished his book, he
found that two of his main characters
were not Introduced to the reader at
all until he was halfway through the
work. He therefore wrote last of all
the two opening chapters for the ex
press purpose of Introducing these two
essential personages to the reader. This
is probably a record case of topsy turvy
( authorship.—Pearson's Weekly.
Poet—I wish I had some real occu
pation that I knew was going to take
up a large part of my time for the
rest of my life.
Friend—Why don't you start a law
suit?—Philadelphia Ledger.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SFJCU
IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6th,
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
Firs' Judicial Division, pursuant
to an • order for an election to
fill a vacancy in the office of mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives from the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and issued
on the 31st day of Jamuary 1917,
by tb.e Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor c-f the Territory of Alaska,
uuder and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by Bection 4,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice Is hereby given that <tn
election will be held on Tuesday,
Mirch 6, 1917, between the hours
of eight o'clock a. m. and seven
o'clock p. m. of said date.
The Common Council of Skag
way, Alaska, having heretofore by
resolution duly designated the vot
ing precinct of said town and the
polic" place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
sfid Tcwn of Skagway, Alaska,
which are as follows:
Ail of the platted townsite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will
vote at the Town Hall building
which is located on. Lot Three (3)
Biock Eigh4 (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
designated poling place in and for
the voting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, Feb
ruary 8th, 1917
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town of Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(Seal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
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A. B. meets every sec
ond and. fourth1 Tues
* day evening at 8:30 p.
m. siwrp. Visiting brothers coTdi^l
ly we'crane. w. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Aiotic
Kecc rder.
Fraternal Order
Kaglefs—
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No. 35, Frater
nal Order of
Wednesday night of oaeh month at
tni'Jt hall cm fifth Avenue. Visit
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J. V. Miller, Secretary.
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ai o.uu u
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