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EDITORIAL
THE ITI1UC AND ADVERTISING
The following editorial reprinted
from fiie Gainsville, (.Fla.) Sua, la
taken from the Douglas Island
News, and as it hag a good moral,
we taue the liberty of passing it on
te cur readers:—
Among the objections to advertis
ing entertained by certain merchant
»i:e following -was encountered the
other day. One man said her bad
uo question that advertising was
road. lie though.' tbat even if 'be
most attractive bargains are an
nounced by a borne merchant bis
own townspeople would not credit
it. Distant things looked 30 much
more attractive that they would bui
rv eff to some other city or send
long distances to a mail order
house, although they fared no bet
ter for their time and trouble.
This point of view struck us as
rather unusual, and indicated a
g.^od deal of pessimism ai>out bum t
nature. Are people quite So foolish
as that? ' I
It seems incredible, in these days
of hish prices, that people can for
any length of time be cajoled or
fouled into neglecting their real in
terests. If a home store really ha
the goods, at right prices, and
will tell the public about them. It
should get plenty of business. Peo
i:!e are not anxious to pay express
< harg^s or railroad fare and walk
le distances for nothing.
The trouble is that the local mer
chant too ot'ten thinks that the pub
lic knows all about what be has
without being told. But if people
get cut of that habi* of trading at
a certain place, they really know
very li"ie of what a merchant has.
lit? may Ik; a very good buyer,, be
may be an excellent judge of values,
able to land goods in his home
town end place them on bis count
ters at rates way below the big
city store which hag heavy oveT
h ad charges to pay. But the
public la from Missouri. It wants
to be "shown." if it is uoi
"shown," it goes to some quarter
where there is a disposition to
Set after business and give Infor
mation about stock — Gainesville
(Fla.) Sun.
However, we believe that the mer
»o a certain extent was right,
and it is sometime true that a
merhant's advertisement is not be
lieved by the buying public, but
thaf public should net tak§ puap
juuirmen* on the merchant, and if it
is "from Missouri," the public
should satisfy; itsel£ that fhe poods
are not as advertised by making a
personal inspection, comparing the
goods with the mail o.der catalogue
xooJs, and also compare the price.
If >'ae people would visit the stores
ci'ce in a while and inspect- the
good?, compare prices, and then
realize that yhen they get the goo<"J
heme which they bo't in their home
town, and find that they do not fit,
n«- r harmonize, they may at once
be returned for a perfect fit, or a.
color that yill harmonize, and there
5s 110 freight or express charges for
such an exchange.
11 REMAIN'S FOR ALASKA MIN
ER TO CONSERVE A SNOW
BANK
J!an/ obstacles are overcome by
the -olacer miners of Alaska in their
search for gold, but it remains for
"Barnev* SValsh, of Willow Oreek In
the Iditarod district to establish! a
"cold storage reservoir" on a moun
hus insuring' a,
oiner. To ac
. built several
mpound enow,
>uld be swept
/inds.
;imer iu the
- ou every camp
aiuo© tJiQ Klondike rush.
tuS lust arrived, here cm his
r outside for a look artound, wd
„a opportunity to apeiul some of
lila "Summit" gold, that being the
name of his claim, which. Is eo re
markable that it has been given
special mention in, the geological
survev report of the territory.
The discoverer of the claim <ie
euatred of working it because of the
altitude, it being on a bench high
abov© the creek and near the sum
mit of a ridge.
Walsh remembered the snow
fenaes In the Rocky mountain sec
tions. There the fences were built
to keep enow from drifting off the
mountains and into the railroad cut
Ha decided thai; something similar
couif be used' to keep the snow
from drifting away from a given
are* thus insuring a water supply
when it melted in summer. The
scheme worked, and each year ne
ha« rater for sixty days of sluicing
durin? June and July.
By a loan to the government of $10.
000.000 at 8 pev cent, secured on taxes,
the Bank of Eugland started operations
In 16M.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPEC
IAL ELECTION TO BE (HELD
ON" TUESDAY, MARCH 6th,
1917.
la the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
First Judicial Division, pursuant
to an order for an election to
fill a vacancy in tha office ol mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives from the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and issued
on the 31st day of Jaaiuary 1917,
by the Hon. J. F. A. strong, Gov
ernor c-f the Territory of Alaska,
under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by section 4,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice Is hereby given that «in
election will be held on Tuesday,
March 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
3?3d Town of Skagway, Alaska,
*-fc:ch are as follows;
Ail of the platted townsite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will
vote at the Town Hall building
xfcich is located on Lot Three (3)
Block Eight (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State ajid Main
streets the same being the duly
des.gnated 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. MdKAY, Acting Clerk.
THE PENALTY
OF OVERWORK
Many Alaska People Are Beginning
To Fell the Strain
Th© heavy tax of overwork — the
extra strain upon tie back so neces
sary Jo many trades and occupa
tions is hard o>n the kidneys. The
ki'ineya begain to fail in their work
and the poisonous matter collects in
the system. If your work seems
hard for you, if you seem tired and
listless, if you notice sediment in
the urine, unnatural color or irregu
lar passages and seem to be running
down without apparent cause, be
gin at once with Do an'a Kidney
Pills, the remedy that has proven
so beneficial to so many residents o
this vicinity. It has brought
strength to the backs of thousands
of working men and women.
Mrs. Margaret A. Nesary, 1513
Twenty-first Ave., S„ Seattle, Wash,
says: "I* I worked too harl I had
dull, sickening pains across my
loins and hiDs. My whole system
was affected and made me feel poor
iy in every way. Spells of dizzi
ness came on and I had a glimmering
before my eyes at times. My kid
neys were irregular in action and
*he passages were distressing.
Dcaa's Kidney Pills grectlyl benefited
me. In spite of my advanced age,
11 am active and do all my own
housework."
| Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simDly ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pilla—the saano
that Mr; Nemsary had, Foster-Mil
iburu c. Props., Buffalo, N, Y. .
COUNTING heads.
T)m First Census Was Taken by Most*
In the Wilderness. \
There Is a record of a census in China
as far back as the year 2042 B. 0. and
of one in Japan in the last century be
, fore Christ. Under the constitution of
Solon the citizens of Athens were di
vided and registered in four classes,
according to tlie amount of their tax
able property or Income. The Roman
census was burdened with more statis
tics than any of these, however. It had
its origin under Servius Tulilus, sixth
Xing of Rome, and was an affair of
much solemnity. Every citizen Had to
appear upon the Campus Martius and
declare upon oath fts name and dwell
ing and the value of his property under
the penalty of having his goods confls-,
cated.
The most ancient statistical record of
' a census is found In the Bible. The
census was taken by Moses iu the wil
derness, and, as shown by the first
chapter of Numbers, the enumeration
must have been very simple. "Take
ye," said this account* "the sum of all
the congregations of the children of
Israel, after their families, by, the
house of their fathers, with the num
ber of their names, every male by.
their polls; from twenty years old and
upward, all that are able to go forth to
war in Israel; thou and Aaron Bhall
number them by their armies." This
census was an affair that must have'
been soon over, lasting no longer than
a day, being merely a counting of the
heads of the fighting men. The women
and children and cripples and the old
men were not included; "neither were
the Levltes numbered among them."
Those who did stand up to be. num
bered totaled 003,500.
FIFTH AVENUE THE JOYOUS.
Sparkle and Vivacity of New York's
Famous ThoroOghfars.
Perhaps the chief impression which
the metropolis makes Is of the vivacity
of Its life. It is the conipletest expres
sion of our national Joio de vivre. And
It Is pleasant to record that for the
most characteristic moment of this
quality you would not cite Broadway
at night, but Fifth avenue by day. The
sparkle of this famous street Is per
haps largely due to the New York cli
mate.
Climates are never perfect but
among the world's great cities the
American metropolis Is singularly for
tunate. It is flooded with sunlight, and
on Its best days the air has a crisp and
t#nie quality. By a tacit understanding
ill dressed and sad people keep off
Fifth avenue. On a fright morning
there is no resisting the street's gay
intoxication. The most expensive shops
In the world are close at hand, the best
restaurants near by. Brave men lounge
at the wludows of exclusive clubs, and
fair women cut coupons at fashionable
banks. Life seems indeed worth liv
ing. The whole town is gay. Even
children and nursemaids In the park
seem more engagingly clean and Inno
cent and spirited than elsewhere, as if
they, too. felt the call of happiness.
It is worth while noting the clear
ness of much of New York's air, doing
Justice to the clean and simple liveli
ness of much of its enjoyment, be
cause its prominence as one of the
world's chief centers of dissipation and
pleasure seeking has done Its reputa
tion bad sen-ice with many people of
virtue and good taste.—Harper's Mag
azine.
Africa's Gold Coast.
The Gold Coast is a British colony
on the west coast of Africa. Its cli
mate Is notoriously unhealthy, the
heat and moisture being excessive. The
coast is lined with unhealthy swamps
and shallow lakes, while, the peculiar
rock of the country is said to give off,
under the influence of the air and
moisture, large quantities of hydrogen
gas. The native towns are crowded
and dirty. Intermittent fevers and Oth
er diseases being always present/
These are peculiarly fatal to Euro
peans, though the natives do not suf
fer so much. The whole region Is more,
or less a gold producing country,, but
at present the value of the territory is
chiefly due to the profusion of vegeta
ble products supplied by the rich soli.
•
Shrub Perfume.
The perfume of commerce known as
"cassle," manufactured for the moat
part in France, is found in abundance
In the Philippine Islands in the Acacia
farneslana. a shrub which grows on
hundreds of acres of laud near Manila
and throughout the dry parts of the en
tire islands. This shrub has small
spiny leaves and produces a short
black pod. The flower from which the
essence is obtained is golden yellow.
No Help Needed.
Johnny (a small brother)—Mother,
quick. Send for the doctor! Mother
(anxiously) — Why—why—what's the
matter? Who is 111? Johnny—Mr.
Algernon is going to die—he said he
would if sister would not marry him.
and sister says she won't.—London Tel
egraph.
Quick Change.
"Here, you! What do you mean by
telling that red nosed old bachelor
friend of yours that marriage Is all a
lottery?"
"I was just about to assure him,
m'dear, that I won a prize."—Douls
ville Courier-Journal.
Flowers In Tibet.
The highest point at which flower'i
plants have been found is in Tibet r
19,200 feet above the level of the rc.i.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic IirotJierliood. —
Camp Gkagway No. 1,
A. B. rnetrts every; sec
ond and foiirti.1 \ Tues
day evening at 8:3jO V
m. stmrp. Visiting brotbera cordial
lj- wf.'ccBae. W. L. stevemson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Kecirder.
Fraternal Order
Eagle)*—
Skagway Aedq
No. 23, Frater
nal Oilier of
ICaglQS meets tliej first and third
Wednesday night of each month nil
tni'ji ball on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brvthjera cuaxIUUlj- inviU^l to
attend. J. M. Gi"eisbacxi, \V". P.v ,
_ J. V. Miller, Secretary. ,
F. & A. M.
White Paea Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and
Prl. E-y'ga. of each
moatc. VlsitiD^ brothers are wel
come.
j . Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
t-tie Secretary
Skagway Lodg*
NO. 431, B. P. Q,
B. moeta everjf,
Thursday nigbt
ivt 8:00 o'clock'.
«UKrtOESi» Visiting brotk-ere
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEWALX., Secretary.
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* is A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. ni. $
Visiting Brotljers cordially wel
come.
W. L. 8TEVENSON, Free.
V. T. DORTERO. Roc. Sac.
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Dentist A
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Most Modlorn Mettliods
Office Hours: 0-12 a. m. 1-6 p. ni.
Alaskfln Building - • - - Brtjadtway,
SKAGWAV ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLFSTER, M. D. -
(Formerly of -Seattle)
Sprialist iu the t,realm (fit of
and deformities of thq
eye, ear, nose and throat.
Offire: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Aln.ska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alflnto* :a
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