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A IIOMK-BKKW nation
This home loving nation has also become a home brewing and home
ti stilling nation. Some are changing their U tchens into distilleries. Mali}'
that began with home brewing are changing the brewing into distilling, be
cause distilling is easy, requires less attention, the result is more easily hid
den and transported, and it produces a more violent effect.
Here are a few facts that may interest you, as you sit waiting for the
brew to bubble, or for the little coiled pipe packed In Ice to begiu pouriug
out its condensed, highly reliable alcoholic poison.
Formerly beer tit to drink could not be made in less than one year. |
Then scientists showed that, with greatest care, with machinery costing
hundreds of thousands, with careful filtering, settling and refrigeration. It'
was possible to scientifically make beer in three months free from danger
ous ferments, etc.
But it can't he done in less than three months.
And this highly intelligent nation, or at least a part of It. Is blandly
drinking beer very badly made, about one week old
It looks like beer. i. doubted'v tastes something like beer, but you hnve
no idea what it does to >o.u body, "fearfully and wonderfully made." whan
it gets inside of you.
Doctors that know will f»'l you that beer of that kind can be safely
guaranteed to give > >u ('.right's lilsease within live years, and Bright's Dis
ease is warranted to save you the trouble of any further home brewing, at- i
ter about live years more.
The home brewer is advised in the friendly way to insure his life for
the benefit of his family before he starts his career. A little while after he
starts the companies will not insure iilm.—Ketchikan Chronicle.
thk m:\\ popk
With "Habemns Pontlticem!" ringing through the Vatican the world ,
awaiis to be tally informed of the character ai d views of the new Pope !
From the first the name of Cardinal Katti. Archbishop of Milan, has been
prominent among those mentioned for the pontifical throne and from the]
first, also it has been beliesh<1 that e ther the pence party or moderate par- j
tv would prevail Cardinal Ratti appointed b> the liberal Benedict XV only ■
last >ear. and one of the younger cardinals, has been grouped with the i
peace party, which believe- in a rapprochement with the Quirinal It may |
be found that his position is less adv anced than that of the leader of this I
party, tjasparri. a;;d is rather with the moderate*. But the group describ
ed as holding intransigent!! view*. headed by Merry Je Val. has undoubted- I
ly received a check. The policy of Benedict XV, which has strengthened \
the church in a time when most institutions were being weakened and has '
added enormously to its prestige in Italy. «ill be continued
The record or the new Pope is one to inspire expectation that he may |
show as great a grasp of international questions as Benedict XV. aided by I
the advice of Gasparri, exhibited As Papal Xuncii to Poland when thai |
country was a center i«f post-war turmoil, he should have gained a practical I
insight Into European affairs that few otiier cardinals possess. Milan is a I
|IWt industrial center, and as archbishop there he has been directly con
fronted with social, labor and political Questions.—New York Post.
11H) LATE FOR THURSDAY
London. April <i.—The London |
Times this morning announced the
death of Frederick Villiers. the fam
ous war artist ant newspaper cor
respondent.
Tacoma, April 6.—Henry Clay
Agnew. the Seattle attorney who
was tried here, charged with at
tempting to assist » prisoner to es
cape from jail, was acquitted by tiie;
jury last night.
Newark. N. J., 6.—The postal au- |
thorities today issued an order to j
stop all mail addressed to the Amer-1
ican Deep Sea Trading company. |
This action was taken on the re-,
ceipt of a letter ani.ouncing the plau |
of forming a company with a cap-1
ital of J400.000 to transport whis
key from Liverpool to the thro© mlie
limit off the arid coast of eastern
United States.
New York. April 5.—An aeroplane'
patrol which will ply between New j
York to checkmate the bootleggers!
who use speedy motor cars, will bej
the government's next move aga nst'
the rum runners.
This announcement was made by I
the federal prohibition officers to-j
day. I
New York. April 6.—Week end
sessions of the anthracite miners
and the operators' subcommittee on
•he wage contract negotiations are
agreed on by both parties today.
This is in line with an earnest en
deavor to settle the hard coal strike.
Baltimore, April S.—Harry Bluch
er. a watchman at Gwynnbrook dis
tilierv. was killed last night by am
unidentified assailant.
The uiau drove up In front of the,
distillery and pretended he was a
revenue officer, and, calling Bluch
er to the door, shot him.
The murderer made his escape and
a sheriff's posse is out looking for
him. |
Washington, Apr«l 6.—A new all!
American owned cable service con
necting the Pacific coast with the'
far east over a rou-e only one third!
of the distance of Oie existing lines
is under consideretion by a com
munity of interests in competition
with companies operating across the
i'acitic at present.
The proposed rente in a general |
way appears to contemplate a vir
tual extension of tl.e present Alaska
cable line along the Aleutian islands
across to Kamchatka and on to the
Philippines.
The necessary capital, it is said,
has already bee subscribed and work
will commence Ibid year.
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Copyright, ISM. UtU«, Brown * Omp.mjl
Dan's next though, was to follow
SHSr
that Hlldreth had fallen^ln tto «•
rssjrr»~,s«5
p,s Perhaps Cranston had dragged
Sthllltv that Whlsperfoo,. coming In
the night, had tugged It l^ ^ thl -
e,» for dreadful purposes of hl« own.
I lkelT the shot was fired wl.en Hll
dreth was in an o,>en place on the
trail" and Pan searched for the am
bush with this conclusion In »'"J J1"
walked hack, looking for a thlck^
froro which suchspot ;o^
Ihle. Something over lirt. .
hp found It: and he knew It h> the
emptv brass rifle cartridge that lay
half buried In the we, leaves.
The Shell was of the same cnllher
as Grans,on's rifle. Pan's hand shook
he put It In his pocket.
Encouraged hy this amar.lm: «nrt.
he turned up the «j» £
r^;nth«» Hlldreth had left
^,me of hl« testimony—perhaps su-h
nXu Vntwled letters as rnns.on
had written hlm-ln some forgotten
drawer m his h,«. It «»« a short
talk for Pan's hardened legs, and he
mude l, before mldafternoon.
The search U-e.f was wholly with
out r^ult. P«t because he had time
° Ihtnk as he climbed the rldL-e be
eause as he strode along beneath that
wlntrT „kv he had a chance to c*>n
Sir every detail of the case, he « s
able to start out on a new ta.k wh*^
Li before »«nset. he returned to the
Stxs.'srtfss
LrrJSr:
had to enlarge his search for stub
documents as Hlldreth ha^rW
Include all the territory be,ween
trail and the location of the hodv.
It was possibly a distance of foriy
feet and setting down on his hand>
and knees. Pan looked for any break
" Z «•' -™;
wen rewarded, as far as clearing ui>
regain details of ,he crime. Hl>
fences had been trained and sharp
ened by his months In the w1M*"u
and he was able to back-track
wounded man from the skeleton clear
,o the clearing on the trail where
had flrs, fallen. But as no clues pre
rented themselves, he started to tun,
home. _ .
He walked twelve feet, then turned
nai ls Out of the corner of his eye It
seemed to him thai he had canghl a
Hash of white, near the end of a gn a ^
dead log beside the path that the
wounded Hlldreth had taken. For«
moment he searched In vain. E
iy 8 yellow leaf had deceived h»in.
Once more he retraced bis steps. to
,DK to find the position from which hi-,
eye had cauehl the glimpse of «h te
Then he dived straight for the rotten
end of the log.
Into a little nonow tn tne narK. on
the underside of the lug. Home hand
hud thrust a smnll roll of papers.
Tliey were mln-soaked now. and the
Ink had dimmed a:'d Wotted: hm Dan
realized their significance. The? were
the complete evidence that Hlldreth
had accumulated against the ar«on
rlne—letters that had passed hack and
forth between himself and Cranston
a threat of murder from the fornx r If
Hlldreth turned state's evidence. ;md
a signed statement of the arson activ
ities of the ring by Hlldreth himself.
They were not only enough to break
up the rlne and send Its members to
prlsou: with the aid of the empty *liell
and other circumstantial evidence,
they could In all probability convict
Bert Cranston of murder.
For a loug time he stood with the
shadows of the pines lengthening
about him. his gray eyes In curiou*
shadow. For the moment a glimpse
was given him Into the deep wells of
the human soul: and understanding
came to him. Was there no balm for
hatred even In the moment of death?
Were men unable to forget the themes
and motives of their lives, even when
the shadows closed down U|*in them?
Hlldreth had known what hand hud
struck him down. And even on the
frontier of dejith. his first thought was
to hide his evidence where Cranston
could not find It when he searched the
bo<ly, but where later It might be
fouud hj the detectives that were sure
to come. It was the old creed of a
life for a life He wanted his evidence
to be preserved—not that right should
be wronged, but so that Cranston
would be prosecuted and convicted
and made to suffer. His hatred of
Cruusiuu ^iiat lu/jj ui^d^ Uim wu
Some Hand Had Thrust a Small Roll |
of Paper.
suite s evidence tn nir nrsi pwre nan
been carried with him down Inio
deaih.
I As ['nil stood wondering, he thmight
he lieu I'd a iwlg cruet on the tn il he
hind him. and lie wondered what for ,
est creature was sslll lingering on the |
ridges at the eve of the snows.
Tht» snow began 10 full tti earnest at j
midnight—great. white flakes that al- |
most In i.n Instant covered the leaves.
It was the real beginning of winter,
am! all living creatures knew It. The
wolf pack sung to it from the ridge—
h wilil mnl plaintive souk that made
Bert Cranston, sleeping In a lean-to :
on rhe 1?iii|m|Uii side of the Divide,
swear and mutter in Ills sleep But he
didn't really waken until Jitu Glbbs, I
one of his gang, returned from his i
secret mission.
I They wasted no words. Bert flung j
faside the blankets, lighted a candle j
' ami placed It out of the reach of the I
night wind. His face looked swarthy 1
anil deep-lined in Its light.
"Well?" he demanded. "What did |
you tlnd?" .
"Nothiny Jim Glbbs answered gut
turally. "If you ask me what I found
| out. I might have suiucthiu' to an
j swer."
j "Then—" and Bert, after the man- '
I tier of his kind, breathed an oath—
j "What did you tlnd out?"
I His tone, except for an added r.ote |
of savagery, remained the same. Yet
j bis heart was thumping a great deal
louder than he liked to have It. Ileal1*- 1
i lug that the snows were at hand, he |
) had sent Gibhs for a last search of •
the body, to tlnd and recover the evl- |
' dence that H1 Id ret b had against him
anil which had not Keen revealed either
' on tlililreih's person or in Ills cabin. I
lie had become Increasingly appre- |
hensive aboilr those letters lie had ;
written Hildreth, Mid certain other ,
docuiiients that hn<; been In his p>>s- I
session. lie didn't understand why |
Ihey bndn't turned up. Am! now tie I
snows had started, and Jim Gibhs had
returned empty handed, but evidently
not empty-minded.
"I've found that the body's been nn- j
covered—and men are already search
! in' for clues. And moreover—1 think j
j they've found them." He paus.-d. ,
1 weighing the elTeit of Ids words. His
eyes glittered with cunning. Rat that .
lie was.-he was wondering whether the
| time hud arrived to leave the ship. He
' had uo Intention of continuing to give |
1 bis services to a man with a ro#e- f
noose closing about him. And Crans- |
ton. knowing this fact, hated Mm «8 1
he hated the buzzard that would claim
him in the end. and tried to hide his '
apprehension
-Go on. Blat It out," Cranston nr- :
dered. "Or else go away and let me
I sleep."
j It was a hlnlT: hut It worked. If
I Glbbs had gone without speaking,
i Cranston would have known no sleep
I that night. But the man became more
fawning.
"I'm telMn' yon, rnst as i can. ne
! went on. utnn»st whining. "1 went to
I [lie cabin Just as you said. But I
didn't pet a r tin no to search It—"
! "Why not?' Cranston thundered,
j His voice re-eohoed among the snow
I wet pines.
"I'll tell you why! Because some
I one else—evidently n cojv—was al
i ready sonrohin It. Both of us know
there's noilun tliere. anyway. We're
gone over It too many times. After 1
! a while he went away—hut 1 didn't
! turn hack yet. Thnt wouldn't he Jim
I Gll'bs. I shadowed hhn. just as you'd
nant me to. And he went straight
hack to tl.e body." .
"Yes?" Cranston had hard work
curbing his Impatience. AguiD Qibbs' ,
eyes wore full oi* ominous specula
tions.
"He stopjied at the body, and It was
plain he'd bei'n tLere before. He went 1
! crawling through the thickets, lookln'
j for clues. He done what you and me ;
l never thought to do—lookin' all the
j whv berween the trail and the body. J
: He'd already found the brass shell yon
' told nie to pet. At least. It wasn't '
1 there when I looked, after he'd gone. '
1 You siiould've thought of It before.
: But he found soineihin' else a whole
1 lot more Important—a roll of papers
that Hildreth had chucked Into an old
pine stump when he was dyin'. It was
your fault. Cranston, for not gertln' '
them that night. This detective stood |
and rend 'em on the trail. And yon
| tttyw—-just u »cil u 1 do—wh*t
tnp.v were."
"D—n yon. T went hack the next
morning. as soon as I could rw. Aifrf
the iiionntnln Hon had already h<*n
there. 1 went buck lops of times since.
And.thnf shell ain't dotfiing—fiat all
the time I supposed J put It In my
pocket. You know how It Is—n fellow
throws his empty shell out by habit."
Glblis' eyes grew mon> Intent. What
was this thing? Cranston's tone. In
stead of commanding. was almost
plendlne. But the leader caught him
self at once.
"I don't see why I need to expla'p
any of thai to you. What I Want to
know is this: why you dldnlt shoot
and net those papers away from him?"
For an Instant their eyes battle*).
But Glt>|)s had never the strvngfh'of
his leader. If he' had.' It would have
been asserted long Since. He sutflMl
In his breath, and his Raze fell away.
It rested on Cranston's rifle, that In
some manner had been pulled tip
across his knees. And at once he was
cowed. He was never so fast with a
gun as Cranston.
"Blood on my hands, eh—same aa
on yours?" he mumbled, looking down.
"What do you think I want, a rope
around my neck? These hills are big.
but the arm of the law has reached up
before, and It might again. You might
as well know first as last I'm not goln'
to do any klllin's to covef up your
murders."
"Thai comes of not going myself.
You fool—If he gets that evidence
down to the courts you're broken the
same as me."
"But 1 wouldn't get more'n a ye,.r j
or so, at most—and that's a heap dif
"You Just Lacked the Guts to Pull th«
T rigger."
ferenl from the gallows. I did aim at j
him—"
"Bui you Just lacked the puts to pull
the trie?er!"
"1 did. and 1 ain't ashamed of It.
But Oroide*—-the snows are here now,
and he won't be ahle to even get word
to the valleys for six months. If yon
nant him killed so had. do It your
self"
This was a thought Indeed. On the
other hand, another mnrrter might not
he necessary. Months would pass be
fore the road would he opened, and In
the meantime Cranston would have a
thousand chances to steal hack >he
accusing letters. Re didn't h*'l!e*e for
an Insiiuit that the man Glhhs had
seen was a detective. He had kep'
too close watch over the roads fo>
that.
"A tall chap. In outing clothe*—
dark-halted and clean-shaven7"
"Trti?
(C'ontlnufwl on Tuesday)
SKAGWAY
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Camp Skajrvay Xo. 1
meet* every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:80 o'clock. Visit
Ing brother* cordliJly welcome.
J. M. Keller, L. S. Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
B. P. O. ELKS, Ska*
way Lodge, No. 431, B.
P. O. Elks, meets evcrj
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
di!lTIJ'"Wcloome,
DAN MCDONALD, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. «R A.
M. No. 113, meets 2nd and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
F. J. Van dc Wall, W. XL
T. J. Stan<lish, Secretary.
<5K<y
Fraternal Order of
Gables
Skagway Aerie, So. 23,
Fraternal Order of
Eagles, meet the first
and fhfrd Wednesday ni«ht of each
month at their haU on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M. dries bach, Sec'y.
Naomi Chap(er No. 9
O. E. '6,, niwu in Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
ViMilng memtx>rs wcloome.
POLLY WEBSTER
Worthy Matron
Fanny Spoor, Roc rotary.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. B. STOUT
Attorney at Law
Practice In all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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Dan Sutherland
For
Delegate to Congress
A«ks the voter* of Alaska to mdor* hip record of the
past year In Congress. by voting for hi* re-nomina
tion at the Republic* primary on April 25, 1022.
Delegate Sutherland h«« dflltrrntlT and r*r*l«t
ontly sought to secure enactment of legislation that
would he for the benefit of all the people of Ala*ka
and aid in the development of the Territory.
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