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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
DON'T WASTE IT
THE KAISKIt'S AUSOLI'TISM
The Kaiesr, in addressing Ger
man recruits at Potsdam, said:
Only cne is Master in the Em
lure, and I am that one; I will tol
erate no other.
I represent Motiatchy by the
«jrace of God.
You must all have one will, and
thai 13 My will; there is only one
law, and that is My law.
If I order you to shoot down
your relatives, brothers—yes, even
your parents—you must obey Me
without murmuring.
In his proclamation of Septem
ber 13, 1914, the Ka:esr declared:
The spirit of God has Ueeende<l
upon Me becaue I am German Em
Deror.
I am the instrument of the Most
High. I am His sword, His repre
sentative on earth .
Woe and death, to those who op
pose My will! Death to the in
fidel who denies My mission:
Let all the enemies of the Germa
Nation perish^ God demands their
destruction—God who by My mouth
summons you to carry out His de
cress. - i t
We could hardly believe that even
the Kaiser >ouId be guilty of such
utterances as the above if they
had not been widely quoted and
commended by the German pres.-.
"A DISGRACEFUL I'KACK WITH
(IKKMAM"
If the people of the United
States have not yet appreciated
fully tb.« serious conditions arising
■from continued industrial agitation
the following solemn warning recent
It uttered by members of the visit
ing industrial commission from Grea
Britain 6hould have immediate ef
fect. Says Sir Stephenson Kent,
Director-General of the British La
bor Supply Department;
"If Great Britain had had one
eighth of the number of labor trou- j
bles in the past two years that the
United States has had, my country
would have had to conclude a dis
graceful peace with Germany by thi
time. Since coming here two
months ago I have noted serious
strikes an^ threats of strikes in dif
ferent parts of the United States.
Not only does such a state of af
fairs Indicate serious trouble in
this country, hut it cannot fail to
effect seriously Great Britain and
the other Allies."
Says H. W*. Garrod, Deputy As
sistant of the British Labor Regula
tion Department:
"In every city that we have
.visited in the United States we
hare tried to put one fact of our
Experience before you—that no na
tion under modern conditions can
poesio'.y hope to carry through a
A DESGRIPfiON !
Of SKAGWAYi
|
(By E. A Rasniuson)
The frllovUng article on Skagway
was written by E. A. Rasmuson, U.
S. commissioner, for the New Year's
edition of The Daily Alaskan. It
is in no way an attempt to cover
Skagway in general, but merely
points out some of Skagway's most
attractive features.
"Young man go West" was the
advice given by one of the great
est men this Nation has produced.
Thousands of those who came west
heard the "Lure of the North.."
True some were of the type who
longed to live north of line 53
where it is said "The law of neither
God nor man extends." But as a
class th» comers had a purpose in
common, they yvere brave and true,
rea<!v to make sacrifices, to aid,
and to endure the hardships levied
by Nature upon those who come
here to wrestle the treasures from
her bosom which she in the North
land holds in trust for those who
do not "fall by the wayside," but
after each reversal with new deter
mination press toward their goal.
These are men among men, as true
and brave as to be £»und, who
measure square to all winds, whose
words are their bond, who in man
liness are surpased by none, and
who yieH only to either love or
death.
Alaska has many towns settled by
such men together jvith a class of
women (exceptions do exist here
as among the men) so good, so
fair so lovely, so fascinating be
yond measure they are more
like elves and fairies, for the win
ning of vthich man is is willing to
offer besides himself, his mine as
well, be this gold or coal. (Dur
ing a spell of weather as we have
had lately, coal is the better.)
Such a town is Skagw-ay. Here
were a<- one time 15,000 people.
This has dwindled to about 1000.
Perhaps the theory of the "eur
rival of the fittest" has been at
work. Skaway is only 8 hours
ride (.except when the north wind
blows) from the capital of Alaska.
U is th; gateway to the Interior.
Here tiie sails meet the rails. Ths
winters here are mild, hardly ever
below zero (exceptions again); the
•summers are delightful. The aver
age annual rainfall is less than
23 iuches. The townsite is conced
ed to be the best in S. E. Alaska.
Us stieets are broad, lined with sub
stantial sidewalks, and for miles
have no* sufficient elevation to be
noticed. Its city water Is the best
and ourest to be found anywhere.
It has a good police system, an ef
ficient fire department, and a
modern electric plant. That its
public school is up to date is evi
denced by the teaching of manual
training, domestic science, etc. Its
stores are well stocked with goods
of the best quality obtainable.
Among its quasi public institu
tions Bank of Alaska has one of
the most substantial and up to date
office buildings in the North. Here
is the headquarters of the institu
tion whose name the building bears
and from here the business of its
I branches located in other towns is
directed.
The federal government main
tains here a cable office, an immi
gration cffice, a custom office, a
deputy marshal, a commissioner
and a deDuty clerk of the district
court. SKagway is the recording
office f< r all land and mineral
claims north of the Juneau district.
It has the oldest daily newspaper in
Alaska. i
Skapway is religious and social.
The Catholics, Presbyterians, Episco
paiian. Methodists and Christian
ocienci have the most adherents
and each have large church build
ings. Th«- Elks, Masons, Arctic Bro
'herhood and Eagles have commodi
sreat war, such as the present, un
less U can maintain industrial peace
ai- home. 1 say that because since
we have been in this country, a
matter of about two months, there
have oceurerd a number of very
serious industrial disturbances. If
one-eightn of those troubles had
occurred in England during the
whole peiiod of the three years
that we have been at war we should I
have had to make, long ago, a dis- 1
graceful peace." . <
Are you ready to sue for "a dis
graceful peace with Germany?"
—American Indutrsy In War Time.
The action of Von Hindenburg in !
razing ISO villages back of the
Serman lines in the "Western front
shows unusual forethought for a i
Sun. The German army will now
3C able to retreat unimpeded by '
:owns, barns, houses, etc. '
>us largt1 buildings aid sbme of the
ither orders are also making use of
heir lodge rooms.
Skasrway has more families and
ihlldren la proportion to l's popu
ation thaa »uy town in Alaska. The
lomes are surrounded by lawns so
well keut, so profusely decorated
with flowers that they are not only
the orlde of their owners and the
ielight of the tourists, who come 1
here everv summer by the thousand,]
but are the subject of conversation, I
on account of their exquisite beauty,'
wherever world travelers meet.
In contrast to this Skagwayl has
co Dublic dance halls, no gambling j
dens, uq saloons, no retsricted dis
trict. One by one these breeding
places of vice have had to close,
thereby giving our children a more!
wholesome atmosphere to grow up j
in. Skagway has not a Person liv
ing on charity of the town.
Every other person of Us population I
h«a a bank acoount. Every fourth 1
one is a lioerty bond holder and
every two out of three are Red
Cross members ,
Skagway h«s spelndid1 transporta-.
tion faculties. Here the main.
office of the White Pass & Yukon
System with its approximately 4,
000 miles of rail and inland water
route is located and i's major busi
ness done. More than a dozen large
paiatUl and swift steamers, Ameri
can and Canadian, make Skagway
i's port of call. From here we can
make the journey in 6ix days to i
either Chicago or Minneapolis,; the j
places where many of us heard and
heeded the call "Young man goj
West.'
3 AND E
The \ elocily or sound increases with
(lie rise of temperature.
Flope for the best, prepare for the
worst and take what conies.
When pride turns a man's head he
Is sure to look the wrong way.
In point of geographical elevation
Madrid Is the highest city in Kurope.
Two-thirds of the hdmldtants of New
South Wales lielong to the Church of
England.
History spends half Its time re|>eiitlug
itself and the other half in getting it
self revised.
Mica is pi'odu (d commercially In
eight states. North Carolina leading lu
the industry.
Zinc will lie given a tine luster If pol
ished with one |mrt sulphuric acid to
twelve of water.
Notwithstanding its many high moun
tain ranges Asia lias fewer large wa
terfalls than any other continent.
A Swedish method of producing sleep
is to wring out a handkerchief in ice
water and lay it across the eyes.
Oysters can only live lu water that
contains at least thirty-seven parts of
salt to every !.o<x> parts of water.
lu many countries the belief is held
that batiks born at precisely 12 mid
night are endowed with occult lowers.
Mantelpieces are so called because
originally hunters returning from the
chase hung their mantles on thciu to
dry.
The tirst electric car in America was
run in Menlo Park by Thomas A. Ed
isou in ixsn. The tra> k was eighty
rods long.
Women are proverbially curious. In
fact, the most curious thing in the
world is a woman who isn't.—Philadel
phia Record.
The entire plant of the leek is edible
and the whole plant may lie boiled and
served as a vegetable and also used for
flavoring sou|is.
When a person faints plnce the per
son in a lying position, with bead lower
than the body, in this way conscious
ness returns quickly.
The average woman is at least two
years older than siie looks and at least
fifteen years older than she thinks she
looks.—Philadelphia Itecord.
Vinegar will sometimes revive colors j
—one tablespoouful of common vine
gar to a quart of rinsing water. Satu
rate well, wring tightly, dry quickly.
When a kuife becomes rusty let it
Hand in kerosene oil a few hours aud
heu thrust the blade into the ground
ieveral times and see the rust disap
pear.
Take a walk every morning after
treakfast. It is better for you than any
uedlcine a chemist can compound. Take
:our health walk aud you live in a new
vorld.
Wise men profit more by fools than
'ools by wise men, for wise men avoid
lie faults of fools, but fools will not
mitate the good examples of wise men.
-Cato.
Apricots, derived from praeeox, inean
ng "early ripe," were introduced from I
Vsia Minor. They were tirst planted
n England about 1540 by the gardener I
if Henry VIII. 1
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood.
Camp Skagwar No. li
A. B. meets eyery aec
oiid aad fourth Tues
day etenluz at 8:30 P
in. aliarp. Visiting brothers oordlal
welcome. Edward A. Raamuson,
Arctic Chief, W. R. Gray, Arctic
Recorder.
Fraternal Order
Si —
9 bkagwiij .Verio
p No. 30, Frater
nal Chtler uf
iuwui- uiej nrst and tiiiru
IV cdncwlaj- jilglit of each mouth at
Lurii hall 011 Fifth Avenue. Visit
Ir.* brothers conxllujly invlt«td to
J. M. Qreitbacii, \V. I*.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
Wh iWt Pass Lodge
P. & A. M. No. 113
mestfl 2d-and 4th
* Saturday- Evenings
ol each months. Visiting Brethren
arc welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMKi \V ALL A CIO, Secretary.
a P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 421, B. P. O.
E. meets every
1 Thursday J(t 8:30
j>. in. Visiting
oruviwrB coruiuiiy welcome.
W. B. BATSON, B. R.
r. J *VA^TDEWALXi, Seci ataxy
I'lonrer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
mm* in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
J. C. WOOD, Pres.
P. H. Doree, Bee. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. L. 8. KELLER
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SKA0WA1 ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At L « "
Practice In *11 courts
In Territory of Al«»k*
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RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
I HAD. ZINC, SACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
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•lor#
The Totem Store
J. IKUTA Proprietor
Is temporarily closed, and dur
ing his absence from the city
the large
SAFETY DEPOSIT
VAULT
will be in Kirmse's Store.
For any information see \Vm.
Wright, at Kirmses
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,
Lucas County, as.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the Arm of P. J.
Cheney & Co.. dbing business In the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 6th day of December.
A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken In
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the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
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