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"OLD GLORY"
".America For Americans
ALASKAN COLUMNS OPEN
TO ALL
Th<j attention of our readers Is
catled to the fact that the columns
of Tlie Daily Alaskan are open, to
anyone, and communications are
gladly received. Tell its if you
find mistakes in the paper, we are
vuljr human, and also tell us if you
Uk» the Alaskan. Suggestions for
ainprovemeut will be gladly received
There is found to be quite a bit
of opposition to the holding of base
ball giunes during the week days
because certain good players say
they caa not leave their work to
play bail. The Daily Alaskan would
be more than glad to run opinions
on this subject, both for aud
against.
The name of the writer must ac
company each article but it will
not be published if the authpr does
not desire it. .,
Cast youT weather eye cautiously
about and you will observe that tbe
inati iu. this community who is steacj
lastly paying strict attention to hia
business, who is not grouching and
bellyaching around ubout the pres
ent aspect and future outlook, who
is not wearing his chia away down,
in his vest or a face that looks like
the t'ron* ranks of a funeral proces
sion, is busy and making money. Fol
low his example and you will wear
diamonds.—Douglas Island News.
It is proposed to make Alaska
so absolutely dry after th« first of
January nest that a man won't be
able to get a drink even iu Juneau,
ir will certainly be a dry territory
if chejr can do that.—Progressive
Miner.
Prospects for some good baseball
games are fine, and It looks as if
the boys will have to look to their
laurels before they; begin to count
the money. '
Daily History Class—Aug. 3.
3492—Columbus sailed on his first voy
age of discovery.
1S94—George Inness, noted American ]
landscape painter, died: bora 1S25.
1914—Germans invaded Hussion Po
land and France.
1916—Sir Roger Casement hanged by
the British for connection with the
Sinn Fein revolt.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
First magnitude star Antares of con
stellation Scorpio (the Scurplon) con
spicuous in the early evening. Saturn
close to the sun aud dim.
DRAFTED MEN'S
PAY FIXED
The War Department ha# author
ized the following:
As ft convenient reference and. Hi.
reply to numerous queries as to
the pa>- of enlisted men and non
commissioned officers now in forcq
tli a forthcoming statement might
be of use. These figures are
bised on the United States Army
bill approved by the President May
IS and which went intg effect in
June.
Briefly, it provides that men of
'he Anny whose base pay; does not
oxceed £21 a month shall receive an
increase of $15 per montji; not
exceeding $24 a month an increase
of $12 a month; receiving ?30, 136
or $40 a month, an increase of £S;
iiliQ f i9 or IliUlU iuwi Qowv v* ▼ *»- |
The new scale means that pri
va'e* of artillery, cavalry, ijofan
try, signal corps, or quartermaster
coros receiving j;i& a, month accord
ing to the old scale will now. re
ceive $30 a month, First-clas^ pri
vates of engineers, ordinance, signal
corps, and quartermaster corpa re
ceiving $18 will get $32. Second
clasy privates at engineers Rn<i ord
nance receiving J15 will get £30.
Ccrporalg of engineers, ordnance,
signal corp« and quartermasters
carps who formerly received $45 wi
get $51, First sergeants of artil
lery, cavalry, infantry^ and engi
neers who were paid on the same
1 l*as& will get a similar increase.
sergeants of engineers, ordnance,
signal corps, and quartermaster
corps paid .$.36, according to the
old scale, will now get $44.
Sergeants of artillery cavalry,
and infanfry paid 130 will get $38.
The general term "sergeant" in
cludes supply, meats, and duty ser
geants.
Bandsmen wer© formerly paid as
iollpws: Sergeants, $36; corporals,
$30 and privates $24. They will
[now receive $44, $38 and $36, re
spectively.
Hospital corps members received
$50 for sergeants, first class; $30
sergeants; $24, corporals; $18 pri
vatet first class; and $16, privates
second class. The new scale makes
the Pay for sergeant, first class,
£56; $3S for sergeants; $36 for
corporals; $33 for privates, firtt
class; and $31 for privates second
class.
LEAK IN UQl'OR
WAREHOUSE OX INLET
BOOZE BECOMES WATER
.Many complaints have been re
ceived bj- the steamship companies
this year concerning shipments of
liquor which turned to water,
bricks, or some other substance, en
route from the Outside, but the
most extensive "transformation"
yet noted has jubt been, reported I?
'he marshal's offcie at Anchorage.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Mossman
shipped eighteen cases of whiskey
and two barrels of beer from An
chorage to Sau Francisco to bo used
as evidence in a case where "false
labeling" and "false manifest" was
charged against the consignor.
Some time between the seizure
of these packages at) Anchorage and
the time they arrived at Seattle af
ter being 'stored for a time at An
chorage, transferred to the dock
and shipped aboard the Mariposa,
the liquor was removed and other
ar'icles substituted.
That all va« not right with the
sh'pment was discovered when the
shipment was transferred from the
Mariposa at Seattle and the follow
in c report was made by C. M. Blafti,
freight Clerk of the Mariposa.
Shipped to Mossman, Baa Fran
cisco. Eighteen cases said to con
tain whiskey and two barrels said
to contain beer. These cases Were
examined by J. C. Harris, T. A. Lov
C. M. Blain and C. L. Winter, With
the driver of the transfer company
an'i found to contain the following:
One case—8 bottles whiskey.
One case—1 sack cement.
One case—Rope and sack gravel.
One case—Sawdust and six bot
tles empty.
| One case—Sawdust and three
bottles empty.
One catee—Sawdust and two
cans Carnation milk and four M. T.
bottles.
On? case—Two pulley blocks and
rings and ladies' clothes.
Mine cases—Each one keg said to
contain whiskey but held Water.
One case—Eight bottles whiskey
and sawdust. i
One case—Nineteen bottles of
whiskey and 1 broken and filled
with Anchorage newspapers.
^ Two barrels beer contained 17
and 20 quarts beer and excelsior an
straw.
k Fr.d TWcey, agent for the Alaska
&hap£~ of the Hand,
Ths Reason Our Fingers Are Not Ail
of the Soma Length.
There Is m> known reason why our
lingers should be of different lengths
today. In fact it is thought by some
people that the hand would be stronger
if the Aligns were all of the same
length, says the Book of Wonders.
Certainly, ho'.ve\ or, the liuucL, weald
not then be so beautiful and might not
be so useful.
The human hand today Ib perhaps the
most versatile tiling in ,the world. A'ou
can do more things with the hand than
with any other thing in the world. The
probability is that the shape of the
hand today aud the length oi the
fingers are the result of the different
things the huinau J-eli.g has called upon
the hand to do during man's dcvelo;>
ment up to the present time.
We must go back to the time, how
ever, when man walked on fours, for
that is probably the real explanation.
Originally man's ttnKers were of dif
ferent ieugths because all four footed
animals had the same peculiarities. The
shape and length' of the toes aud their
arrangement were the ideal arrange
ment for giving the proper balance and
support to the body and In moving
about and in climbing produced the
best toe hold.
| WHERE THE MULE FAILS.
He Doesn't Relish a Battle When the
Artillery Gets Active.
More nearly Impervious to heat than
any of the other domestic animals, in
cluding his own uncostly, the mule has
played a prominent part in the de
velopment oi' our southern states. On
the sugar plantations and in the cot
ton fields he is without a peer.
His traditional eudurauce renders
him almost Invaluable to the quarter
master's department of armies in the
field, but the exi>erienced artillery offi
cer usee horses Instead for handling
artillery in action.
A mule doesn't enjoy a battle. He
doesn't relish its excitement and its
terror, that metamorphosis that changes
men alternately into poltroons and
demigods.
Under a sustained artillery fire a
horse becomes unusually docile. He
turns instinctively to his master as to a
creature of higher power, and his very
terror renders him gentle.
But the mule displays no such faith
in humankind. In the turmoil of bat
tle he suddenly becoiaaj arbiter of his
own acts, and he either bolts or balks.
A mule disapproves all that he does not
understand, and tt is traditional that
he Is not amenable to reason.—Los An
geles Times.
SAN-TOX VIOLET TALCUM Should
on Your Dressing Table —
le-f Get It a' Keller Bros.,
Smooth as Satin, Fragrant aa Vioi
the S&n-Tox Drug Store.
A UNIQUE RECORD
Very Few Like It In Our BrowJ
Republic
Grateful testimony for Doan's
Kidney Pills, published everywhere
is o' itself convincing of merit.
Confirmed testimony forms still
stronger evidence. Years ago Mrs.
Mason gratefully acknowledged the
benefit derived from Down's Kidney
Pills. The statement is now con
firmed—the proof more convincing.
Ca~es of this kind are plentiful in
tho work of Doans' Kidney Pills—
•he record is unique.
Mrs. David Mason, 2715 East C
St., Tacoma, Wash., says: "I had
a dull, heavy ache in, my back and
*t waa lame and weak, severe head
aches and dizzy spells were com
mon. The kidney secretions passed
too often and I always felt tired
and worrnou'. Doau'a Kidney; Pills
rid me of the trouble." (Statement
given September 19, 1913.)
On November 5, 1915 Mrs. Mason
said: "I have used Doan's Kidney
Pills Binco last recommending] them
and have found them just as effec
tive as in the past."
Price 60c, at ail dealers. Don't
simply abk for a kidney remedy —
get Doan'g Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. Mason hag twice public
lv recommended. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
—Advertisement.
S. 3. company at Anchorage, has
istued a statement in which he says
ae is positive that the substitution
occurred before the packag-e^ were;
delivered to the company for ship
ment. i
While it is known that some ship
ments have been tampered with,
the way north, it is charged that
the biggest "leak" oocuife after the
gocda are seized at Anchorage. It
has been reported here on good au
thority that cases of the liquor
seized from the schooner Lucy a
few. weeks ago have already been
sold in Anchorage, finding a way
through some mysterious channel
from the warehouse where stored
by the deputy marshal into the
^ancb el purchasers ,
* FRATERNAL orders
Arctic Brotfueriiood. —
Camp Skagwary No. 1>
A, B. m««ts erery »eo
ond aafl fount h.1 Tues
day ereiilng at 8:30 P.
in. gn«rp. Visiting brothera cordial
ly welcome. J. M. Taniner, Arctlo
ChJof. W. B. Margraves, Arctic Re
corder.
Fraternal OnV r
W Aeria
gfc No. 35, Frater
nal Order at
a«Kin*i moew tn«| rim and taim
WeihiesJij of gad) uionthj at
to«Jr ball on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cocnllftUj lnviUnl to
*U«nJ. 1. M. (ireisbacb, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
Wiiit^ Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meetg 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
v* muutuH, visiting uremren
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMB3 WALLACE, Secretary.
B> iP. O. ELKS
Sk&jway Lodg*
No. 481, B. P. O.
E. meets every
, 16t and 3rd. Tim re
* jlaj; night at 8:30
o'clock. Visiting
Drotaera cordially welooiae.
W. B. BATSON, B. R.
T. J. V DEW ALA,, secretary.
Plonc.er of AlMlut Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A B. H*U first Monday in
every month At 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers oo nil ally wel
come.
W. L STEVENSON, Pre®.
P. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
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ireaded disease that s> teticu has ''W
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Takft Hall's Family Pills for constipation
—Advertisement.
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FOR SEATTLE and PUGET SOUND PORTS
S. B. JEFFERSON Aug. 24°
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8. S. ALAMEDA July 30°, Aug. 22°
S. 8, MARIPOSA Aug. I 3°
For Anchorage and Westward Ports
3. 8. ALASKA July 27°, Aug. 19°
8 9. MARIPOSA Aug. 4°, 25°
3. 8. NORTHWESTERN Aug. 8°
S, S. ALAMEDA Aug. 13°
Excursion Season opens with sailing of S. S. Dolphin from Seattle, June 18
and closes with sailing of same Steamer August 19. During
this period Sitka and Taku Glacier will be ports of call.
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