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I EDITORIAL
ALASKA'S NEW SXAMl'EDE
Considering the amount of money
♦he Uni*»\l Slates hag invested In,
AlHsfc.i the returns made by that,
Ttiuit-uy ar almost phenomenal.
Until rectyearB Alaska was trea*->;
ed as a step-daughter, and no en
couragement y as given to private
.interests to aid in. the development,
o' »he lerritory. Denying capital-,
ists thp rieht to benefit Alaska as
well as themselves, the government
als > refrained from giving first aid.
Alaska, however, has been work-!
ius cut her own destiny, and thg
government railroad has had a help
ful effect. Although there have
been res'rictions uuon investments
in Alaska and anything that teem
ed to resemble a combination of
capital has been banned, neverthe
less sales made by Alaska to the
United States iu 'he fiscal year 191
•wgrtga'cd $50,000,000. This in
volves an addition to the prosperity
of I he I'nited States for oue year,
which iu all probability will exceed
the local government expenditure
Xcr tho new raih-oad.
No longer do salm u and gold
occupy -he first place asnong Alas
ka s export staples. The/ have giv
en way to the export of copper,
which in the or«sent fiscal year had
a total value of more than $25,000,
000, compared with $5,000,000 In
1 y 15, and less than $4,000,000
In 1014.
The total imports from Alaska, |
acccrdi:^ to the Department of
Commerce, are more than double
i:i value the annual average since
1912. The receipts of copper in ore
matte and regulus from Al»iska ag-,
grega'ec! 117,000,000 pounds in
1U15-16, and this was four times
the average for the preceding years.
It also exceeds the combined imports
of that class from Chile, Cuba,
Canada and Mexico, the leading for
eign sources of this form of cop-per.
If Alaska can do so well under a
jx'licy of slightly increased liberalit.
what would she not do if private
capital were encourages! there, as
it wa3 in connection with the de
velopment of the western part of
the United States? It is doubtful
whe'her many persons realize the
«xtent of the resources of Alaska.
It is one of the richest sections of
the Uni'ed States, and every efforf
should be made to encourage its de
velopment.—Washington Post.
City Is Self Conseloue.
The city life is consclcras of itself,
the small town life is not, asserts
Seymour Deeming in the Atlantic. An
ariny of fairly com;>etent minds is busy
interpreting the life of the city to it
self, and this so thoroughly that not a
teamster or ribbon counter clerk of the
urban lot but has his spokesman in the
public prints and partakes somewhere
of the typical. And the sales person
who has once seen sales people elevat
ed to the rank of printed or acted com
edy or tragedy is conscious of a new
sense of personal consequence which
years of obscurity are powerless wholly
to erase. To have had one's social set
ting touched by the wand of art is to
have shaken hands with a celebrity;
life Is never afterward quite the same
drab commonplace.
Secret of the Game.
In Owen Johnson's "Making Money"
one of the characters, a stock manip
ulator, explains his secret to his pro
tege Bojo in few words, "The secret
of the game, any game, Is to think the
way the other man thinks and then
think two jumps ahead of him." His
golden rule in finance found expres
sion in the precept. "If you waut a se
cret kept, kctp it yoursilf."
WANTS ROADS
III ALASKA
"Washington, Jan. 18—The real
need of Alaska is roads, is the de
claration or Col. W. P, Richard
son, of the United States a-rmy and
oresiden* of the Alaska road com
mission. before the house committee
on military affairs, today. Withou
roads there can be no adequate de
velopment of this great, rich Am
erican territory and development Is
badly needed. Every one knows
of Alaska's riches, CoL Richardson
said, but to ge* at these riches for
the benefit of the peoole of the Un
i*e<l States roadjj must be built to
tbun.
"They have unloaded this job of
roa^ building on me," said the Col
onel, referring to his presidency of
the Alaska road commission, "and I
can't do it without money." He
therefore, askod the military affajfe
committee to report an appropria
tion of $500,000 for good roads in
Alaska. That wag the, amount ap
propriated by congress last year.
Colonel Richardson urged the nec
essity of knowing on what he can
depend each year 90 that his com
mission can go ahead on a compre
hensive plan of toad building in
stead of having to do jt piece meal
aq had to be done before. Not
withstanding that fact, he) pointed
ou* th6 410 miles of the Valdez
ffairbanks road, the longest road in
Alaska, which, he 9ai<J, automobiles
can traverse the entire distance In
the summer time.
Col. Richardson spoke of a light
a&ow,
"\Vha» do ypu caJl a light snow
up there," askad Representative Mc
Upllar, of Tennessee.
"Oh, about seven feet," replied
the auO-poiuul colonel, wk» spemlsi
most ol Ins time in. the frozen ter
ritory.
"Then jv.hfl-t would you call a
real heavy snow," asked Mr. McsKel
lai as the committee laughed.
"Well, in the Interior, we some
times have from 15 to 20 feet and
ou the coast sometimes as high as
70 feet deep."
"The roads now under construct
| tion lead to the mining district,"
ea?-i Col. Richardson. "The most
important thing to do is to build
uiTe wa?on roads and trails. Every
man in Alaska will tell the commit
tee the same thing. We have over
40 COO white people up there. We
are oaying day laborers from $2.50
to $5,00 a daj and we are making
grea* improvements, if congress will
only permit us to go ahead as we
did last year. Without good road3
♦he $35,000,000 which congress ap
prooria'ed for a railroad in Alas
ka would not develop anything."
Colon"! "Richardson also asked th
commit'ee for $300,000 for the
mammoth bridge over the Gastineau
channel, connecting Juneau with
Douglas island, wi'h $100,000 im
mediately available and authority to
proceed with the work, and the re
maining $200,000 at the next se9«
SiQU.
LAME EVERY
MORNING
A Bad Back is Gsjneraljy Wonw in
The Morning. Alaska People
Should Be Finding
Belief
A back that aches all day and
causes discomfort at night is usual
ly worsp Jn. the morning. Makes you
feel as if you hadn't slept at .all.
You can't get rid of kidney back
ache, until you reach; the cause—
the kidneys.
Doan'e Kidney Pills are especial
Iv prepaid tor weakened or disor
dered kidneys—been gratefully re
commended. by thousands.
The following statement proves
the merit of Doan's.
Mrs. J. Conneen, 445 Second Ave.
Sao Francisco, fial., says: "The
first symptom of kidney complaint
in my case was backache. I had a
constant lame back and mornings I
could hardly stoop over, I felt
tlrtd all the time and: never seem
ed to have much ambitloti. I didn't
lei mvBelf get to. bad shape be
cause I used Doan's Kidney Pills
and they cured me. The backache
disappeared and 1 felt better all
are-und/*
Price 50c, at all dehors. Don't
simply ask fox a kidney remedy •—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. Conneen had. Foster-Mil
buni Co.. Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
THE 3ANTOX STORE 'IS THE
SAFE STORE IN WHICH TO
TRADE. If it w«r* abt, it could
not ret the -San-Tos exclusive
agoncy. Keller Bros. Drug Store
FIRST ADVERTISING
It Was Done In Egypt, on Papy
rus, Thirty Centuries Ago.
ANCIENT PUBLICITY DEVICES.
The Greeks Used Town Criers and Mu
sic, and Then Came Symbols arid
Signboards—The Revolution That
Accompanied the Art of Printing.
The Egyptian gentleman who sought
a runaway slave 8.0C0 years ago and
advertised on a bit of papyrus (or his
recovery turned out the first piece of
advertising copy.
Whoever he was, ho was a genius in
more than a small way. His copy still
lives, preserved in the British museum
as an exhibit of considerable archaeo
logical Importance and as an example
of what our advertising experts of to
day would do if they, like the Egyp
tian, did not have the benefit of up to
date information.
The Egyptians knew nothing about
the topography of advertising nor the
effect of different colors. He didn't
know, for instance, that red is the
most effective eye catching color and
that green is second and black third.
Of these and a thousand other things
that influence the character ot present
day advertisements he was totally In
ignorance. But he gets full credit for
making the first attempt at a written
advertisement
The Greeks, with a fine regard for
art, usually made music a part of the
advertising program. They gave us
the idea of employing bands to attract
attention, undoubtedly one of the most
successful methods of drawing a crowd
at any place and time.
At nroi u luwu crier, hivuuiioiucu
by a musician playing a lyre or a
harp, mingled among the Greek peo
ples and used only the best and choic
est Greek In his extravagant praises
of the product he was exploiting. Lat
er, however, private advertisements-in
writing began to be introduced, par
ticularly on the whitened walls of the
homes, giving some information re
garding the social standing and the
age of the residents, their financial rat
ing and the family lineage.
The Romans advertised in many
ways. They named their streets, ad
vertised shows, exhibitions and sales
on the terra cotta walls of public
baths, acquainted the public with sales
of estates and absconded debtors and
began the practice of notifying the
Romans of articles lost and found and
houses for sale or rent.
The Romans are commonly credited
with the origin of the sign board. To
day we have the bulletin board, which
corresponds to the ROmim tabella
found In the ruins of Pompeii and
Hervulaneuni, where public announce
ments Were made.
Advertising met the same fate as the
Romans did when the Huns came
sweeping down from the north. Until
the middle .ages very little of it is
seen. But "with the appearance again
of the town crier, supplied with the
customary long winded declarations
and a choice supply i>f adjectives, ad
vertising began to make Itself felt in
the conduct of business affairs. The
public criers began to organize them
selves both in France and In England,
and they were persons with consider
able prestige.
From crying out the superior quali
ties of merchandise and all kinds Of
goods and wares the crier soon began
to make announcement of things loet
and found, of sales, weddings, chris
tenings and other interesting events.
Gradually as time went on Inns be
gan to use distinctive signs and sym
bols to mark their hostelries, just as
Individuals had employed coats of
arms. All kinds of devices were used
and are still used by Inns to the pres
ent day. All such signs as the blue
anchor, the black dragon, the three
tuns, the boar's head, the red lion, and
so on, made definite representations
and implications.
Of course with the development of
the printing press advertising tobk a
great spurt The use 6f posters cable
into vogue, and all kinds of pamphlets
were printed and distributed. Printing
gradually began to supersede the hand
written manuscript. William Cox ton
set up his press in Westminster abbey
in 1471, and two centuries later, In
1(522, a newspaper, believed to be the
first real newspaper, was printed. It
was called the Weekly News and pur
ported to contain news of doings In
Germany, Prance, Hungary and Bohe
mia.
Prom then on newspapers, mostly
weekly publications, began to appear;
from time to time In increasing num
bers. Advertisements of medicines be
gan to be inserted in the newspapers
at an early date. The insertion of the
first real newspaper advertisements,
however, is credited to Nathaniel But
ter, who advertised books.
The first two fnagazines to carry ad
vertisements were GWey's Lady Book
and Peterson's, but it was not until
1SG4 that magazine advertising really
began, and it was not until 1S80 that a
general use was ma^le of magazines
for advertising purposes. — Philadel
phia Press.
Literal Promise.
"Uncle Bill promises me a rousing
time on his farm."
"He'll give you a rousing time, don't
fear. It will be somewhere about 5 in
the morning."—Baltimore American.
i'ame can never make us He down
contentedly on a deathbed.—Popa,
+ fraternal orders *
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Sbagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond auii foujrth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. 8U«irp. Visiting brothera cardial
]r wt.'ccane. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
fcie Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Hectxder. \
Fraternal Oilier
jjp> Eaglets—
P Skagwaj" Aeriq
J* Ko. 25, Frater
nal Oixler of
urv^-us uicj mail »uu i>"" »•*
WttiiieSUay night of oaeh month at
tnrti hftll on Fifth Aveaiue. Visit
ing brothlere cordially invitejd to
attend. L. E. Hudson, W.- P.,
J. M. G-reisbacli, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
Whitei Pass Lodge]
F. & 'A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Frl. EVgst of each.
monic. \Lsmog ororners are wel
come. *
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
ttve Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 421, B. P. 0.
K. meets every
Thursday night
? &t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
T. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 13,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday in
ovprj- month at 8:80 p. m.
Vielting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
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WILLIAM PALLfSTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Sp«vlali6t In the treatment of
disease and deformities of tliq
eg-e, ear, noso and throat.
Offire: Goldstein Building, Ju
neuu, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Low
Practice In all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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