FjtiklisIieJ 1893 <5l3eit OyTj-S* .'.fiTiiaT'
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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
DON'T WASTE IT
\VK WILL IJKSlt»M>
Send your binoi-ulars. spyglasses
auj tel^scvpes 'o Krauklin 1>. Roost
■v*li, assistant secretary of the na
vy.
This is an appeal that 1'itcle San
his sent out to all loyal Americans
ii» hoD* 'hat enough of these in
strutuents may be thus gathered t<
supoly eyes for the lookouts on tlx
shios which are crossing the Atlan
lie, maybe throush the subtuarini
zoee.
In our haste, and without givinf
the matter sufficient thousht. wt
rMnk this a small matter for tin
government to be asking us to siv<
uo our private property, and ever
though the department is Mkinj
evrv precaution to safeguard thi
'">ss of that prouerty, we know tha>
sorap will be. lost, and some will be
damaged.
But let us pause for a monieni
arH cive the matter most carefu
thought.
The government admits that then
fs a lai-k of these instruments, anc
s'a>es that they are ursently need
el. Yes. they are. Never be fori
iu the history of the world has the
need of m*rfec sight been more ir
demand than at the present time
Never before has piercing- sight beei
more needed than when a ship !o«kl
ed w'th our boys Urc "over there" i:
srermir.g rapidly through the wat
ers which are known to conceal the
ha?*d and dreaded submarine,
wb ch may rise out of *he water fat
& moment, and by means of the
fateful periscope, sight a torpedo
w 'h precision and hurl it e rash ins:
through the side of the transport
and send our boys to the bottom.
Do you value a pair of field glass',
ee, a binocular, or a telescope so
highly, that you would 'withhold its
use to a lookout on a ship who inighl
be the very one that would sight
'h» periscope? We think not. We
k«*w that there is not a person in
Skagway vtio ■would not willingly
giv« ut> his all. If he thouhgc that £>y
so doing he might be the means of
guiding in safety one of "OUR"
transports through the danger zon
I.et us suppose for a moment that
you had sent a fine binocular to
Mr. Roosevelt, one that you prized
very much. 3Ir. Roosevelt found
th«t it was a good instrument, and
lie •ent it to one of the loyal boys
■who would stand for hours with the
to his eyes, on the alert for
some sign of the enemy, and at last,
ha *av» the alarm, and the gunners
ob our transport "hit the enemy."
Our boys lives •were saved. Two
thousand of them. Maybe five
thousand. Then let us suppose that
war was ended, and Mr. Roose
Tflt returned to you the parr of
glasses with a letter telling you that
tbroueb their instrumentality this
sb'f witk iU vi ow brothers.
To the Minei Jjgit
To the Produce*
To the Ra i 1 roads
1 s-p*+d n v
IVoriioCoDiuiu^rv *
NATIVE WIDOWS j
NOT I'llOUECTED
AT fresest TIHK
The memorial passed, by the Alas
ka Native Brotherhood on Nov. 21.
1317 aud their resolution, for the
enforcement of the Territorial and
Federal laws, passed Dec. 27, 1917,
drifted in the Alaska Daily Empire
February 9, 19IS, baa bad a very
beneficial effect on the Natives liv
(ii£ at Juneau, says that paper iu
a recent issue.
The local ministers, -working for
th» uplift of the Native people,
mnde it their point tq endorse the
resolution of the A. N. B., using
it in their sermons at church ser
vices and prayer meetings, urgins
the Natives to comply- with the laws
Daring: the week tin to were sever
weddings solemnised in the Russiar
church and three in the Native 1'res
bytvtiia church. And there ar<
uicie to come iu the near future.
The wrongful distribution of pro
perty belonging to the deceased Iu.
d'ans, mentioaetl ia tbe resolution
n-^eds some explanation for the beni
'"i* u;' those who are not acquainted
with Iudiau triilbal custofms and wh<
do no' realize the extent of th<
harm done by such practice.
ranter A. 1*. Kashervaroff, who 1
at. authority cm Native customs ii
the North, when seen and asked fo
additional details, said;
"lc the marital life of the Indiai
the wife has. the custody of al
moneys earned by the husband o
herself. She is al«o the sole cus
tcdiau of their joint property. Yet
wtea the husband dies, she has n<
voic*> in tho distribution of the es
as the is not the heir to th
property. The husband's tribal rel;
tn*->s are the sole heirs. They divid
th° oroyerty among themselves, of
ten leaving the widow ia absolut
w.int and penury. As the wjdow i
uot a legal wife, according to th
laws of the country, she b«»s no re
di'ss, or perhaps she thinks 6h
has no legal right to her share
ani hence, hse is left destitute. Ii
tho former days this custom did no
br:ii°- c0 much harm, for tribal cus
torn mode it imperative on the par
o*" thr husband's trbie to supply he
with a protector, w ho was th'
nephew of the deceased, but at pres
ent f>e young people refuse to bi
ti"'i to rherr old aunts, and if pres
snro is brought upon thlem, they ap
piv to the Courts for protection.
"The Native Brotherhood of Alas
ka wishing: to legalize tire marriage
for tfe protection of the -widow:
and children are appealing to thi
government 'o enforce the law s<
that their mothers and sisters cat
liv» in peace.
1 "The churches and the bureau o
Education are heartily ia accorc
n"ifh this movement on the aprt o'
th° better class of Natives and wll
render ttiern all the support neces
sa y, also they will call tbio atten.
tJon of the Foderal government t<
most flagrant caess in this vicinitj
au-l at other places.''
1 \
Old Ti.ne .tccruiting
A letter OaieU iu J7U0 1'roiii Lieuten
auc Hail, tbe premier marine corps re
cruiting officer ix> tue tbeu uo.nxuand*n.C
of that corps. s-!ttiug iortU some of the
recruiting iueth of that time, reads:
"1 purpose this weolr to 05*11 rendez
vous iu diCerei (t i;arfci •<" the country
and make frolic- to x'.ta people to
gether, which 1 wiC. have a good
eacct. There are suGie iu jail whom
I cjuld get ot.t Ly pay.ng i2ie sum of
$12. Do you think J wmifcl be safe iu
udvaucing it?'*
Present day recruit "iis oC:c? "S require
declarations from a<jcept»l cieti that
th"v have li-.-vsr ln-en cuiivkated of any
crime.
Best V^ay to Gat It.
If you want sonettdns you staouK"
pray for it as if you lead no hope on
earth and •work for it as If you ex
pected no hefp fruni Iseavwu..—Elbert
Hnbbard.
soas and hubsands, and even Jted
Cress nurses, had bee.n saved. What
would you then value thee glasses
at. We are willing: to <wager our
bead that you wou3dn*t take all
uuuey iu the ^orli l'or them.
Meal Turnovers.
Chop the meat. It the quantity is
small, mix with it leftover potato or
rice. Season with salt, pepper, on
'cn, etc. Place filling on circular
pieces of biscuit dough, about the
size of a saucer. Folid over the
dcugh and crimp edges together.
Bake for about one half hour In, a
hot oven. i
A brown, sauce made from two
tablespoonfuls of flour browned
in two tablespoontuls of butter to
which • cupful of water or stock
'and a hair teaspoonful of salt Is
added, may be served with the turn
overs.
Dried Peach lie
Prepare almost enough corn
etarch custard to fill two pies, pour
into the crust, ten put in one layer
of tewed drised peache.s Can be
baked with or withhout a top crust.
Also the lower crust can bo baked
before the filling is p.ut in.
Itose Cake.
Cream together one and one-half
cups o" butter, add one-half cu^
of rnikl, two teaspoons of baking
powder, sifted in two cups of
flour; flavor with one teaspoon oi
extrac* of rose; add last the well
, whipped whites of six eggs; bake
in square pan 30 minutes in a
moderate oven.
The above is excellent if only the
i whole of three eggs beaten to a
froth 1? used instead of the whit<>a
of six eggs.
Plain B«kc*l Bean*.
• Thfse are much better than when
boiled in the ordinary jv&y on toji
i of the stove. Soak the beans ovei
> night, throw away the blemished
ones and wash and. put the others
• in an earthenware or granite bakinj
l dish; in the center put a piece ol
' bacon about four inches square, 01
larger, according to the amount o!
i beans; this should be slashed acroi
I the two. Cover all with, cold wat
• er and place in the oven not late:
■ than 9 o'clock—about 8:30 is best
. Cover the bakiug dish with a skille
> and keep an even, moderate fin
• until noon. About 11 o'clock sal
> to taste.
; PARADISE CF ARTISTS.
Story of a Curious Incident That Hap
ported In Japan.
s William M. Chase, the American ar
■ tlit, used to tell In the course of a lee
ture on Japan the following story oi
, an Incident lu which he figured In thai
t oriental paradise of artists:
: 1 was standing on a railway plat
form in Japan, uniting tor a tralu and
wbiling away my tiu-e by watching a
\ particularly beautiful sihisei.
Suddenly a freight train pulled in
' and. stopping In front of me. cut of!
- my view. Beiii;» a good A inert an and
! trained in a very proper respect foi
"business." I merely turned philosoph
ically away aud proceeded to look at
lomethiug else, lu a moment, however,
the station master appealed ut my
side and Inquired with the politest of
bows jf I had been enjoying the gun
set.
' I admitted that I had end ecilllngly
1 accepted his apology for the Intrusion
i of the train. Of course I recognized
that trains were the first consideration
• in stations, I said.
Imagine my uiprl.se, theu. when the
, little Japanese shook Lis Lead firmly.
"But no," he Kcld, bowing even more
deeplv than before: "the train must
' not be allowed to obstruct the honor
able arrlstlc traveler's honorable aes
i ihstlc enjoyment"—or words to thatef
• fe.-t. "I will cause It to withdraw."
And he actually did precisely that!—
Exchange.
Hay In Church.
A curious custom has been observed
from time Immemorial at Old WeBton,
Huntingdonshire, in England. The
church there is dedicated to St. Swlthln,
and on the Sunday most nearly ap
proaching St. SWithln'a day the ediilca
is strewn with new mown hay.
The tradition is that an old lady be
queathed a field for charitable pur
po»?s on condition that the ter.aut pro
vided the hay to lesseu the annoyance
■caused by the squeaking of the new
shoes worn by the villagers on Feast
Sunday. There are other explanations
—oue that it Is un offering of the first
fruits of the hay hurvest, and another
that it is a survival of the custom of
strewing the church (when the floor
was only beaten earth) with rushes.
Comical In His Ugliness.
Voltaire was the ugliest man of his
age. Emaciated to a skeleton, all the
features of bis countenance were ex
aggerated. His nose and chin nearly
met from the lack of teeth; his cheeks
were sunken and wrinkled; his eyes
set so far back in his head and so
obscured by shaggy. overhanging
brows as to be almost Invisible. He
usually wore a large wig. from the
midst of which bis attenuated features
peeped out with comical effect. For
years before be died bis weight did not
exceed ninety pounds.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
inoeta every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordially -welcome.
Edward A. Jlasiuuson, Arctic) Chief.
William It. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Froternal O. der
Kagles—
Sku^vay Aerie,
So. S3, Frofcer
iwi Order of
meet UL6 Ilrst ailc! IWJ-u
Wednesday njght of each month at
their It all on Filth Avenue. Visit
in* brothers coitliaily invited to
at'.euU.
Joint M. Koiter, W. 1*.
J. M. driesUatli, Secretary.
■J
F. & A. M.
Whit« Paa# Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet* 2d and 4th
Saturday Ev«nlues
| of ea^h months. Visiting Brethrea
: ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMB3 'WALLACE, Secretary,
B.> P. O. ELKB
Ska^w«7 Lod««
No. 431, B. r. 0.
E. evory
I Tkur»day ,*8:30
p. m. Visiting
brothers oordlally welcome.
W. B. BATSON. B. R.
F. J YAiiDBWALL, secretary.
i Plonker of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
' uie«t* in A. B. Hall first Monday In
' e*ery month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Brothnra cordially wel
i come.
J. C. WOOD, Pres.
F. H. LHjree. Ilea Hoc.
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18KAOWAY ALASKA
.
\V. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Priu-Uoe lit all courta
In Territory of Alaefca
I HAINES _ _ _ _ ALASKA
|
ONE WEAK SPOT
Many Skagway Pcojile Have a Weak
Part and Top Often It's tiie Back
Man/ people have a, weak spot.
Too often, it's a bad foaek.
Twinges follow every sudden
twist.
Dull itching keeps up, day and
night.
Backache is often, from weak
kidneys.
In such cases a kidney medicine is
needed.
Doan'a Kidney Pills are ifor weak
kidneys.
For backache and urinary Ills.
Good proof of merit in. the follow
ing statement.
(JUDDon, mgr. vicior tiowi
liig and Dye Works, 1203 Yesler
.Way, Seattle, Wash., says: "My
kidneys were in bad shape ajid every
time I bent over it seemed as ttio'
mv back would break. The kidney
Secretions were unnatural, being
scanty, painful and irregular in
passage. My work as a tailor kept
me beut over and that made me suf
fer all the more. I waa lame and
stif all over and could bardly
straighten up. It wasn't anj- time
before Doan's Kidney Pills bad
heloed me and I was cured of every
sign of the trouble."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan'c Kidney Pills—the Baiue
that Mr. Cubbon. bad. Foster-Mll
bu-rn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
—Advertisement.
Pile# Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money If PAZO
'OINTMENT fails to euro Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
First application gives relief. 60c.
I. Subscribe for ttoa Dally; Alaskan.
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For Seattle and Puget Sound Ports
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January 27. Feb. 8, 20. March 4
Passengera transferred to Victoria, Vancouver and Tacoma withou extra charge
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LEAVES SKAGWAY P. M.
Jan. 30. Feb. 13, 27. March 10, 20, 31
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Phones 87 or 118 Juneau
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Jan. 12th, 26th Feb. 9th, 23rd Mar. 9th, 23rd
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Full Information cheerfully furnished by
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The Totem Store
J. 1JCUTA Proprietor
Is temporarily closed, and dur
ing his absence from the city
the large
SAFETY DEPOSIT
VAULT
wiH be in Kirmse's Store.
For any information see Wm.
Wright, at Kirmae*
SAN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered o* sugar. Acts almost in
stantly. Th« prescription, of
an eminent physician. Keller
Bror The> flan-Tox Drug Store.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only on*.* way to cur#- catarrhal deafness,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness la caused by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. Wi.on this tube 1*
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tub*
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which la
an Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
ltceaL, "a*1'8 Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollar* for
any caae of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free. All DruKglats, 76c.
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§iMM "f "10 urinary tract.
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