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EDITORIAL
" OU) GLORY"
America For Americans
THK UOAKD OF TRADE
Next to an efficient civic admin
istration, a live, active board of
tr:i''e is the most valuable asset
*hat a community can have. Many
(Uiea and towng owe their com
mercial advancement and inviting
appearance directly to the activi
ties ot' such, organizations. That
♦he*- should receive the most loyal
and hearty support of the merchant
and the citizen surely must be very
orvieus to the man who takes the
least interest in the development
r' the district in ^hiclt lie lives.
It is a well established fact that
representations made by boards of
trade carry more weight with civic,
uroviucial and federal governments
-■ ;th railroads and corporations of
every Jiiiwl than any other single
commercial body ct aggregation of
citizens, and 'h6 history of civic
advancement is in no small degree
a record of the activities* of its
Board of Trade.—The Penticton
lierald. t,i *
Tiie above editorial is reprinted
from ►h.e Penticton Herald, not as a
matter of news, £>ut as a means
o' bricging the attention of the
merchants and residents of Skag
way to the tact that civic organiza
tions. no matter of what nature are
p necessity in every town, no mat
'er how small, if that town in
tends to forge ahead in. poalation
and wealth, and secure for itself a
share of 'he Territory's growth.
The Territorial legislature is
now in session. There will be
awarded to the various towns of
•he territory several federal
or territorial institutions. What
is Skagway doing to get its share
of these institutions.
In yesterday's impression of the
Alasfeau we published a petition
which the W. C. T. U., will get
sigued and then forward to the
legislature. Have we done any
thing to secure the location in
ikagway of the institute prayed for
in the petition? No, we have not.
We alight circulate a petition pray
ing that the Territorial Legislature
would be conferring a great fa
vor on Skagway by locating the
Old Ladies Home here, but that is
ail *e can do. AVe might also peti
Mou the same body that it select
Skagway as the home for the Ter
ritorial High School, or University
of Alaska. "We might petition the
law makers at Juneau to please re
member that there is such a place |
on this dear old earth, which is
the chcsen spot of the entire north
laud for an insane asylum. Now,
what are we going to do about it?
"What are YOU going to do about it
In the name of common sense let
us come forward and let Alaska
knew that we are here and that
we aro alive> even though -we may
be a little drojvfiy.
Come on, let us wipe 'he
sleepy-bugs from our oyes, let us
♦ftke * jlunge iu the cold waters
or tli© Skagway bay, and awaken
from our slumbers.
If we do not. rest assured tha*.
you will not have your peaceful
slumbers disturbed by members of
ihe Territorial Legislature throwing
recks at your window in an effort
to awaken, you. Neither will they
come <*o Skagway and sing sweet
Hawaiian songs under your case
ment in an effort to chase sleep
from your tired eyelids.
Get a Big Ben, set it to ring the
alarm now, and let us get so
awakened and active that we will
come in for a share of some of the
good things that are going to be
passed around on the silver platter
during this session of th« legisla
ture.
Call ud the secretary of the Com
mercial club and ask him how much
vou owe him for back dues, if you
ever belonged to the Commercial
club, and when you find out, write
a check and take It to him so
that he may know that the club is
not dead. Do this, and Phil Abra
bams, secretary of tho Commercial
Club will call the meeting that
will bring us all together. Now
don't turn over in your bed and
take another nap. Get up now,
and do it. J
SUWANEE RIVER CLOSED
NO LIQUID NOTES
The music critic of the Islnoura
Tight Wad says that the Suwanee
river is closed to navigation. Miss
Birdie McGinnia sang for the fair
at the caurch the other night, and
it w^s assumed from the Bound
that the top of the stream was
frost bitten. As the high notes
passed, the critic claimed to be able
*o hear tne ice crack.
Fraui X. McGtnnis was at the
Tight Wad office this morning ask
ing for the music critic. He had
just left for Canada to join the
forces cn their way to the Anglo
Freach front.—Ex.
WOMAN REFORMS COURT
CUSTOM OF FRANCE
Paris — Madame Louis J. Malvy,
.wife >>t tiie minister of the iaterior,
is credite-i with, reforming the court
custom, as old as republican-insti
tutions in France, of calling to
the bar a married -woman cited as
a wi'ness in court as "Woman Le
blanc" ~r "Woman Lebrun," as the
case might be, and an unmarried
woman as "Girl Lebrun," or "Girl
Leblanc."
Madame Malvy, summoned as a
witnes? in the case of a burglar wh<
broke into her apartment, being 111
was uaat>le to appear. The oourt
crier, according to usage, called out
her name three times, "Woman Mai
vy! Woman Malvy! Woman Mai
vy;!" Madama Malvy was shocked
at this lack of deference to the wife
of a '-ab'net minister and on her pro
tsstaMcn. the presiding Judge of the
supreme court has ordered that the
title "Dame" for a married woman
and "Demoiselle" for an unmarried
woman shall be substituted for the
less courteous title of "Woman"
and ""Iri." ,
FATE OF FRENCH
SHIRKERS OF WAR
Parir, — Tricks to avoid mili
tary duty have been varied rather
than numerous during the Jwu*. The
most recent gtrategem is that of
two shirkers, unkonwn to each
other, who hid in the woods to es
cape service. On© of them, a man
named Souleillon, 32 years old, re
mained concealed from the begin
ning hostilities in order to avoid
the mobilization order. His father
dyins, Soueillon came out of hiding
to lay claim to his parent's estate.
An alert gendarme at Cahors took
him iu'o custody, reminding him
that oefore being an heir he had
to be a soldier.
The second case -was that of Al
fred Rous, who took refuge in the
forest of Reynaldes. Here he built
himself a comfortable cabin with
stones, branches and tiles. Be
hind his lodging place he installed
an oven to bake bread. Possessing
a rifle, two pistols and much am
munition, Rous hunted and caught
fish. Recently a young shepherdess
seeking a strayed sheep, surprised
Rous, who was asleep. \ Gendarmes
were called, and aftr a short fight
the deserter was bound and arrest
ed.
ON THE BEACH AT HONOLULU
jamts C. Black, the popular re
presentative of Blaumear-Frank Drug
Company in Alaska, Writes to his.
trade in the North from Honolulu,
stating tha* he will be back in the
North about the First of April. ,t
TRAVELS AHEAD
SCHEDULE TIME
On a schedule apparently timed
as accurately as tliat of a mod
em exoress train, says the Juneau
Empire, Representative Nate H.
Coomb-- of Council, reached Ju
neau Yesterday juU 25 minutes be
fore the opening of the Third Legis
lative Assembly. Ho and "ocotty"
Allan came in on the Northwestern
from fhe westward, "Scot'y" em
barking at Cordova and Coombs at
Seward.
Representative Coombs made the
'rip across the so-called Long Creek
'rail, instead of going up the Yu
kon and Tanana rivers to Fair
banks and then across the overland
trail t< Chitina. He left Council
direct and traveled over the port
jga from Unalaklik to Kaltag and
jthen up. the Yukon to Ruby, out to
ILong Creek and then by way of
Poorman, Cripplel Ophir and Ta
cotna to Anchorage. A short rest
at the railroad town, and he hit
for Seward, where he caught the
Northwestern.
Representative Coombs expressed
satisfaction over the favorable ac
tion taken by the courts on the Leg
islative tax measures, particularly
•regarding the salmon fisheries.
"When we were i>assing the bill
the lobbyists for the fish packers
said " was all right and very
fine," he said. "As soon as it was
massed they hit the wires to Wash
ington to stop its going into effect.
We realize that they figured the
law would bo knocked out as un
constitutional. It is evident that
they were 1101 acting in good faith
and I am perfectly willing to add
a little to their taxes which are
so low now as to be almost nomin
al, considering the profits they
reap f,om Alaska's resources every
year."
AEROPLANE SLED
WAS ABANDONED
Juneau March 7—"Scotty" Al
lan, representative from the Sec
ond Division, seriously considered
making the trip over the winter
trail from Nome to the coast with
his aeroplane sled, and had there
been caches of gasoline at suit
able intervals along the trail, he
would have attempted it. Accordinj
to tho intrepid musher, and All-Al
aska. dweepstakeg hero, the sled
ia a success. The sled is light
and has a powerful GO horse pow
er motor. With a toboggan bottom
Instead of the usual runners, the
sled can travel over rough ground
and doesn't need the beateu trail
at all. It is at its best when going
Over 'he snow tundra.
According to the dog-uiusher, the
sled could even travel in water if
it did not stop, operating on the
same principle as the Hawaiian surl
boards, only deriving its power fron:
an engine carried upon it.
Representative Allan's trip to
Chit In a from Nome took 27 days,
considered a record although "Scot
ty" claims he didn't make unusual
haste on the trip. He managed to
break in seven pups to trail work
on. the trip. His leader was the
famous "Baldy."
DOGS WEAK OUT
MOCASSINS OX A
TIU1' OVER TRAIL
Seattle, Feb. 22—After mushing
more than 1,100 miles with a dog
team from Nome to Cordova in an
effort to catch the steamship Mari
posa for the "outside," Harry W.
Bloomfield arrived in Seattle at
2:30 o'clock tjiis morning, on his
way to California, says the Times.
Bloomfield, who worked with a
dredging company in Nome, has
been in Alaska twelve years. He is
a* the Frye Hotel.
•'Two dozen moccasins were worn
out by my dogs. The weather was
always from 40 to 60 degrees be
lowz zero and half of the time I
was fightin°- blizzzards. I started
out wi'h eleven dogs, but was
forced to kill three of them."
RUBY CHILD MOTHER OP BABY
■District Attorney R. F. Rcth re
ports 'ie receipt last night of a
telegram from Ruby containing in
telligence of the birth of an eight
pound baby girl to Lila Links, the
four'een-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Links. The little
girl mother and her child are re
ported 1/- be getting along nicely.
The birth took place on Feb. 13th,
at the Links home on Long creek,
in the Ruby district, according to
the wire.
The Links child is the under-age
girl who is alleged to liave been
victimized by Charles S. Knuteon,
who is now in jail at Ruby await
ing the action of the grand jury
under a charge of rape. The crime
Is alleged to have been committed
here early last summer while the
Links girl was living at the
Knuts^n home.—Fairbanks Citizen.
fraternal orders
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Bkagw'ay No. 1.1
A. B. met* 9 every sec
ond and 1'ourtb.' Tues- ■
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. snarp. Visiting brothers cordial'
ly wc-Vcine. W. L. St^vwieoo, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Keci rder.
IViiteiiMil Order
Eaglets—
Skagwny Aorta
No. 525, Fratcr
uat Older o t
luigle» meets Uiej lust ami tuuii
Wednesday night of ocu'h month at
tni'Ji hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers coaiiially invitoul to
attend. J. M. Qieisbach, W. 1'.
J. V. MiJler, Secretary.
of each months,
are welcome.
IIAROI
JAiLEo WALLAC
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4tlx
Saturday, Evenings
Visiting Brethren
,D TALBOT, W. M.
IE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodse
No. 431. B. P. O.
K. metts every
Thursday night
tit 8:00 o'clock.
-ifffiTa KJls S Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAI,, E. R
T. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary
Pionp«r of Alaska IrIoo, No. 12,
in ret* 111 A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:SO p. m.
Visiting Brotlvcrs cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec
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In Territory of Alaska
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