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GOOD OJ'INJOX MI ST UK EAHXEl)
("Uncommon Sense" by John Blake in Seattle P.-I.)
Etiquette la really agreeable behavior.
It U the menu men have found of showing their respect for the ideas
and even the prejudices, of others. I
It Is necessary in order to earn good opinion—and good opinion is ne
cessary in order to make one's way In the world.
Tactful people usually observe etiquette naturally.
They refrain from attacks on religion or race. They naturally do not
allude to any personal peculiarities those with whom they are talking pos
sess.
It is quite possible, howeyer, for perfectly kind people, with perfectly
good intentions, to commit breaches of etiquette which make
them appa:\r ignorant or ridiculous in the eyes of others.
These are people who aru really making progress, who are advancing
from one station in life to another.
They are continually uneasy lest they do something that is not "done,"
and their embarrassment usually gives rise to paiuful mistakes.
The young man who takes the trouble to inform himself as to polite
ness—to cultivate good manners, to behave so thai people will find him
agrteable—has a far better chance of getting along than the youth who
thinks that anyway he chooses to behave is the right way.
Incidentally, he will be far happier, tor. say what we please abou. in
dependence, our lives are always influenced by the opinions of those about
us.
The laws of society have not bee 1 pr.ssed by any legislature or parlia
ment; they are the outgrowth of centuries of behavior. But the penalties
visited on their violators are extremely unpleasant, just the same.
To know how to act naturally on all occasions—at the table, in com
pany. in the cfllco or the ship—:is w rth all the trouble that it costs.
The well-mannered man is" always well-esteemed, and it is in the es
teem of the world that reputations are written be they good or bad.
CHARITY
Since "Stumpy" Malone, with no
".egs. begging for a living, was found
to have a dress suit, automobile and
chauffeur, the begging business has
fallen off badly. There la hardly a
living in It any more, say the experts
Do not, however let Legless Ma
lone check your charity. \Vhai you
give may not always help a deserving
case, but It always helps'you. Char
ily of all kinds is at best a normal
gymnasium In which those that prac
tice benefit themselves.
As regards the world at large,
philantrophy does little. Only good
government, plus laws and education
that diminish human selfishness, do
any real good.:—Arthur Brisbane.
LLOYD GEORGE MAY GET HALF
MILLION FOK HIS MEMOIRS
London, Oct. 13.—English writ
ers are still speculating on the
amount Premier David Lloyd George
Is l.kely to reailxe on his projected,
book of memoirs. There is still con
siderable mystery as to what finan
cial arrangements the publishers
have made with the British prime
minister for the book and serial
rights at home and abroad. One
London publishing firm gives the fol
lowing figures:
American serial Tights. $200,000
American book rights.. 100,000
English book rights... 75,000
English serial rights. . . 45,000
Other payments 45.000
Total $495,000
A digger into historical record
says the sum offered Lloyd George
constitutes a record. He finds that
Milton received $75 for "Paradise
Lost." and Goldsmith $300 for "The
Vicar of Wakefield " Samuel John:
son made about $500 out of "Rasse
las." which he wrote in order to ob
tain enough money to give decent
burial to his mother and pay off her
few debts.
Jane Austen sold the manuscript
of Sense and Sensibility" for $750
which she described at the time as
a prodigious recompense."'
WORKER AMONG ALASKA
NATIVES DIES OUTSIDE
Ketchikan, Oct. 18.—Dr. H. J.
Miiuhorn, who died.In Portland, on
Wednesday last, was well known In
this vicinity for hl9 work among the
natives. He also was the father of
Mrs. W. G. Suench of K*;ghlkaa.
who recently went to the states tu
be with her father in his illness. It
was only a few months ago that he
left here after having worked ul
Metlakatla for about a year. Previ
ously he had beeu there for years but
had been in the states for some
mouths before his last return to the
territory.
Dr. Minthorn was the uncle and
foster-father of Herbert Hoover. Sec
retary of Commerce. When the lut
ter's parents died the Dr. took young
ter's parents died the Wr. took young
Herbert Into his home and later sent
him to Stanford University.
DELEGATE VISITS
ALASKA COLLEGE
Delegate to Congress Dan Suther
lane was a visitoi to the Alaska
Agricultural College and School of
Mines this afteruoui. The delegate
spent two hours ut the institution,
inspecting it thoroughly, and is said
4o have come away highly pleased
.with what he had witnessed.
During the couise of his visit
Delegate Sutherland addressed the
faculty and students along educa
tional lines.
FORMER 8KAGWAY WOMAN
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
From the El Cajon Valley News,
which cumes to the desk of the Alas
kan. with the compliments ot the W.
C. T. U., of La Mesa, Cal., an article
entitled, "Wanted—A Name," by
Mrs. Margaret Keenan Harrais, i.s
marked (or attention.
Mrs. Harrais is director ot pub
licity for the La Mosa W. C. T. U.,
and her article, which occupies two
columns ot the News, begins with
the query, "When a saloon is not a
saloon, what is it? Will some of the
experts of camouflage tell us."
It will be remembered that Mrs.
Harrais, was for some few years
principal of the public school here,
but it was as Mrs. Keenan that she
was known by her many friends.
•SIMS PLACED OX RETIRED LIST
Newport. R. I.. Oct 16.—Rear
Admiral Sims was 64 years old to
day. He was placed on the retired
list of Navy officers. Admiral Sims
has been a very efficient officer and
won for himself a high place in the
estimation of officers not only of our
own but other navies.
Jacob Britt Made
, President Juneau
Stadent Body
Jacob Britt was elected president
of the senior high school Associated
Students for the present school
year, at a meeting uf the body Mon
day last In the high school audi
torium. Daisy Oja was elected sec
retary and treasurer. Leonard Holm
quist and John Jantksela received
the same number of votes each for
vice president, after two ballots, and
the election of an officer for this
office was postponed until the next
regular meeting of the body. Mrs. J.
E. Lantz was unculmously elected
faculty advisor.
Jacob Britt. was born in Skagway
and lived here for a number of years
when his father owned the Britt
Pharmacy on Broadway and Fifth
avenue.
WHEAT
The first mention of wheat Is found
In Uenesls 30:14.
Wheat has been man's faithful serv
ant for more than 6,000 years.
A British quarter of wheat Is eight
Imperial bushels of 63 pounds each.
A rat will consume 50 pounds of
wheat In a year and damage a n.uch
larger Quantity.
Wheat bread Is the principal dally
Item of food of one-third of the popu
lation of the world.
Chlng No-tug, who lived In the pe>
riod about 2,000 years B. C., Is reput
ed to have been the first to make
bread from wheat.
In normal seasons, prior to the great
war. the world's annual production ot
wheat was 3,667.494.000 bushels, oi
which amount the United States pro
duced 605,443,000 bushels.
In recent years the average yield of
wheat In the United States has been
nearly fifteen bushels to the acre, al
though yields In excess of twenty
bushels to the acre are not uncommon
Wheat Is believed to have originat
ed In Central Asia. Biblical, Egyp
tian and Chinese literature supports
the claim that It was in cultivation
prior to the historical era.
STATISTICAL NOTES
' Berlin is the third lurgeat city lu
j Europe.
I Iiallroads consumed 150,000,000 ton!
j of c^l iu 1017.
California has more than 40,000
acres planted In olives.
A team of elephants will drag logs
averaging us much as 2,500 board
feet.
The Interest on Great Britain'* war
debt to the United States amount* to
$130,000,000 a year.
The civilized nations of the world,
I It has Just been computed, use about
3,1!00,000 [Latches every minute of the
24 hours.
The largest organ In the world Is to
be Installed In the cathedral now Hear
ing completion In Liverpool. It will
have no fewer than 10,567 pl|<es and
215 stops.
Our total annual consumption of
tin Is something like 93.000 tons. Un
fortunately. we are obliged to Import
nearly all of Ij: for the United States
has hardly any tin deposits worth
mentioning.
I
CHINESE PECULIARITIES
Tlie Chinese are the only people on
enrtli who eat no cheese.
Chinese wotuen prefer death In child
birth to defeated motherhood.
The highest ambition of a Chinaman
is to hate u tine coffin and a Que fu
neral.
Chinese wear their finger nails very
long and sometimes tip them with
sliver.
The Chinese as a race are declared
to he the most honest people In the
worl d.
Chinese children present their par
ents with a onifln when they arrive at
the age of flfty-flve.
The Chinaman Is a passionate gam
bler. tie will gamble as long as he
has any money or any garment wfth
"which to obtain It.
The Ohlnmnnn on Christmas days
pays all his debts and on New Year's
days makes presents to his mother and
sees that all her wants are attended to.
100 reprints of latest copyright flc
1 tion at Keller Bros. $1.00 each.
Zane Grey. Curwood. Burroughs, Mc
Collough and others. ,
WILLIE JACKSON
IS INDICTED ON
MURDER CHARGE
An indictment charging murder in
the first degree was returned today
by the federal grand Jury against
Willie Jackson, an Indian, in which
he is accused of killing Peter Lott,
better known as Capt. Harry C. Lott.
well known old-tiiner who was killed
last sumpier near Tbane. The in
dictment charges that "the said
Willie Jackson, at or near Thane
• • • on July 25, 1922, did. then
and there wilfully, unlawfully, fel
oniously, purposely and of deliberate
and premeditated malice kill Peter
Lott, known as Ha.'ry C. Lott, by
Btriklng him with a club."
Jackson was arrested for the crime
on August 8. On the day following
he was bound over to the grand jury
following a preliminary examination
before Judge V. A. Paine. He has
boon confined in the local Federal
jail since that time.
Crime Was Brutal ....
The killing of Captain Lott was
generally regarded as one of the
most brutal In lo'al records. He
had apparently been summoned from
his house and struck from behind
with a heavy weapon, the blows vir
tually crushing lh<\ back and side
portions of the head into a pulp. T.:e
body of the ranchor was found on
July 26 by two men from Tbane who
were searching boats along the beach
for a pair of missing oars. An ex
amination of the body after it was
brought to town revealed the won id
in the head and a search was immed
iately started for the murderer.
Arrest Jackson August 1
The condition of the body at the
time it was found lead officials to
believe that the man had been dead
probably 24 hours. Inquiries reveal
ed that a boat load of Indians had
visited Lott's ranch on or about July
25 and the names of those in the
party secured. Later several of them
were arrested. A;i were released
except Jackson, who was at tirst
charged with violation of the pro
hibition laws, and a lad named Sam
Yarquan. A few days later a third
Indian, Willie Hansen, was arrested
and after lengthy questioning by
Federal officials, made a full state
ment in which it was declared that
Hanson and Jackson went to Lott's
cabin on the evening of August 2 4
and that Jackson killed Lett's be
cause the latter would not sell him
some homebrew beer.
Jackson i.s Silent.
Hanson and Yarquan were the
principal witnesses at the time of
the preliminary examination. At that
time Hanson did not take the stand
and has remained silent since Jhat
time.
Jackson's trial will probably come
up in the District Court within a
short time.
FORMER ALASKA STEAMER
NOW ON FLORIDA COAST
Many Alaskans who remember the
steamer City of Seattle, which took
a part in the early rush to Dawson
by carrying passengers between Se
attle and Skagway, and which was
for years after oni of the regular
liners on the Southeastern Alaska
route, Is now doing duty in the far
E. M. Polley
From SITKA, ALASKA
Candidate for The
House of
Representative
On The
Republican
Ticket
I believe in the Co.
ordination and Pro
gressive Program of
the Present Adminis
tration.
Your Support
is Earnestly
Desired
south. She was sold by the Admiral
Line in November list to th« Miami
Steamship Company and last month
went on the run between Jackson
ville, Florida, and Miami. Writing
from the latter lotaticro a former
'Alaskun says:
"As I made a vryage on the S.8.
City of Seattle many moons ago
when she plied between Seattle and
Alaska ports, it was like meeting
an old friend to see her come steam
ing into Miami H»rbpr. Tlje City of
Seattle is a long w«y from home,
but she is still trfill-breakiQg,. (is she
is one of the largest vessel* ip regu
lar service from thl« port. 8h* is
owned by the Miami Steamship Com
pany, which operates a line of ves
sels from here to Jacksonville."
LITTLE WANT ADS GET THIS BIZ
DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR
U. 8. Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, Sept. 28, 1921.
NOTICE la hereby given that
Charles B. McRae, ef Haines, Alas
ka, who, on 28th September, 1922,
made Homestead Kntry, No 05467,
for Lota 2 & 3, S^NWVi, NW%
NWW, sec. 32, Lot 10, sec. 30, Lot
9, Section 29, Township 31 South,
Range 00 East, Copper River Meri
dian, has filed notice of intention to
make final five year proof to estab
lish claim to the laid above describ
ed, before R. M. Gdell, notary pub
lic, at Haines, Alaska, on the lltb
day of November, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John James Rath, of Halnea, Alaska
Martin Madsen, of Halnea, Alaska.
N. G. Hansen, of Halnea, Alaska.
G. W. Hinchman, of Haines, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLB,
Register.
First Publication, Oct. 3, 1922.
Final Publication, Nov. 4, 1922.
NOTICE TO CREDITOR*
In the Commissioner's Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Division No.
One (1) Before Sol. Rlplnsky, Com
missioner and Probate Judge Ex-Of
flcio; Halnea Precinct.
In the matter of the, Estate of
Mary A. McElravy, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been duly appoint
ed administrator of the above enti
tled estate. All persons having
claims against said estate, are here
by requested to present same with
proper vouchers attached to the un
dersigned at Haines, Alaska, wlthjq
six months from the date of this
notice.
Dated at Halnea, Alaska, Septem
ber 11th, 1922.
A. F. McLEAN,
Administrator.
First Publication, Sept 16, 1923.
Final Publication, Oct. 17, 1922>
I
j DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
V. 8. Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, Sept. It, 1922.
NOTICE ia hereby given that John
William Combs, of Haines, Alaska,
who, on Sept. 18, 1922, ma<t4>home
stead entry. No 05302, for lot 4, sec
tion 26 and lOt 5, Section 27. Town
ship 30 S., Range 5 J E., Copper Riv
er Meridian, has flied- notice of In
tention to make tAree. year final
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before, John J.
Schlitz, Notary public at Delano, Cal
ifornia; and testimony of witnesses
before R. M. Odell, at Halnei, Alas
ka, on the 4th day of November,
1922.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Carl Bjornstad, of Haines, Alaska.
H. 0. Banta, of Haines, Alaska.
E. D. Wood, of Haines, Alaska.
Erik Oslund, of Haines, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
I First Publication, Sept. 21, 1922.
[Final Publication, Nov. 18, 1922,
I . . .
J DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR
U. 8. Land. Ofljce at,'
Juneau, Alaska, Sept. IK, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby glveo that. Mae,
Ragan, widow of Stephen Ragan, de
ceased, of Haines, Alaska, who, on
September. 18, 1922, made home
stead entry, No. 05505, for NW-Vi
NW>,4 and lot 1 section 28; NB.*
NE% and lot 6, Section 29, Town.
ship 30 S, Range 59 E, Copper Riv
er Meridian, has filed notice of In
tention to make tjree year, final
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before R. M. Odell,
at Haines, Alaska, on the 4th day of
November, 1922.
I Claimant names %s Witnessed;
Ida Mae Vogel, of IIalaaar Alaska.
Elizabeth Barnette, of Haines, Alas
ka.
J. J. Rath, of Haines, Alaska.
N. G. Hanson, of Haines, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE
Register.
First Publication, Sept. 21, 1922.
Final Publication, Not. 18, 1922.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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Attorney at Law
Practice In all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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meet* every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
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t B. P. O. ELKS, Slug
way Lodge, No. 431, B.
P. O. Elkjb, meets everj
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
dUUly welcome.
DAN MCDONALD, E. R.
F. J. VAN DEW ALL, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & A.
M. No. 118, meets 2nd and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wcU
come.
P. 3. Van de Wall, W. M.
T. J. Btandlah, Secretary.
Fraternal Order ot
Eagles
Skagway Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Ordi* of
Eogles, meet the flrut
and tnlrd Wednesday night of each
tuoath at their hall on Fifth Art*
Hue. Visiting brothers cordially la
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