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IJ^IAL
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IX) LI
Never iu the histor.
have meu been braver \0r; j
today. Never has the I> ,trs
tie stalked' in a more .it_
nioi * terrifying form. 1r
thousands have hraved thv
o* the sea—the dread typl
rlie obscuring fog—the iceb
hidden reef. They hav<
: ship to "ship, wt
Dei: tied into gun and sharp
never before have they faced thil
unseen terror that sueaks througt
the dark t>lu© depths o£ the ocean
and launches its deadly bolt witl)
i inuparat'Ve safety to its own hull
ai.d crew. }
The very thought of falling from
a height is terrifying to the averagt
m»n. and- vet our boys eagerly gc
up alJtt until they are mere specks
u,>on the sky, and there in cockie
st^"? of cloth and spruce, the}
ligl t like eagles for the mastery ol
t»- air.
Men have gone down#in mines tc
rescue comrades from the poisoned
damp, but never before has t6« aii
we must breathe been poisoned ovei
ar*as mounded by miles, when the
eves smart with acid tears and
fvt-ry breath is an agony ending in
a hideous death.
-Men in the cast have faced spear!
clubs and slings, arrows and
"wort's, bullets and cannon balls
Hit the machine gun and the higt
explosive shell" are beyond ai:
(■revious experience and' they shat
le" nerves when they fail to break
hones.
|t!M
Death holds high carnival on the
poopy f'elds of France, yet °u'
boy eo "over there" with a smil<
a >.1 a jest, singing their battlf
r»ymns. ' ' I
Tbtrp are many brave hearts wh(
are condemned to stay at home, bul
since that must be. do not hu
miliate your spirit by nursing timic
dollars. Do not compel your goveri
Kent lo bomb your ■tfealth out o]
the dugouts and cellars jn whict
you have hidden U and take it a
"•ay at the point of the bayvjnet
Marsha! your money and put it or
the firing line with your boys. In^
•Tes* In Victory—Liberty is wortl
t". • ori.ee. _ *
.AMERICAN WOMEN' SPEAK
Most inspiring Is this messagi
sent yesterday to the commander
in-chief of the »rmy and navy o
the United' States:'
Millions of war mothers of
America, represented In war
council at Evansville, Ind
stand loyally behind you in
yonr desire to make no peace
until Germany and ber allies
surrender unconditionally.
' The-: Prussian war lords may snee
at message and call it a bUrS
of feminino emotion, but they do
not know the American War Moth.
We do. The one interpretation «f
'he message ig that the American
mohter is willing: and ready to par
♦hp full price for world freedom.
It was the first rational conven
tion of American Wir Mothers, and
their message voices the determina
tion of all American \tpmen, for the
minions who have no sons to send
will stand loyaljr with the War
Mothers.
"Unconditional surrender!" These
supremely brave American War
Mothers have sounded the slogan
for their sons in France. It will be
the slogan of the French, the Brit
ish, the Italians, the Serbians and
tli* indomitable Belgians. Whatever
the cost in lives of American boys,
the mothers will pay, but in return
♦hev demand unconditional sui
render.
With this ringing message, A
merlcan War Mothers will put new
strength for further sacrifice and
new hope into the hearts - of the
Wa» Mothers of every nation at
w*r with the Hun.—Portland Tele
gram. •"'-l
A membership in the White Pass
Athiet'c Club entitles you and all
your family to r>athing privileges.
This in itself is worth the monthly
dues as it will save that much -fuel
*ndi laundry at the same time re
lievin< you of the work necessary
to *e*p up a bath room. Get the
habit.
Au item states that "forty states
maintain state geologists." Idaho
Is a little conservative on, main
Mnlntr excess officials, though in
the matter of analyiiag the hard
surfaces of the state it "maintains"
» 'ew former oficlals at Boise who
haw been doing geological wor
wi.fc a hammer at the penitentiary
for some time past. Also seem to
l-'ve some others wlvo developed
marked ability in locating certain
yay s'reaks in the state house for"
matiou.—Pocatelio Tribune,
From all indications and war re"
ports the business men's excursion:
to Whitehoree is about due. No?
I Yet?
\ SK8SION OP TERRITORIAL
tK i COURT
en
jhoot * r . ,,
J USllUe iii^uttuiay MTiVeu
> on Saturday, says the Whltj,
^tar. and held> a session of
'itoriai court here, the only
d'iiK before him being that
^ !.uffe against the Cana
L#d! Mines corporation and
apeet"3tr,ct Gold Mining Co.,
a£tloaat°rs and owners re"
en>' Uihe Veuus mlue- The
for under the Mln
mfne ra8iee- the claim oeing
die no' dhfue| suPP»e* the
men* was e The defendants
c'aimed. Mxlalm and Juds'
ed for the p1r the amoun'
The court t^heIps *PPear"
011 Monday wht
btrt Skelly and t0 Carcross
gainst the same.d*0*
es due were dlspo&et
co defense to these c/or wag~
ment was given in°rp was
plaintiffs for the amt
some JS.000. Mr. w! the
wa.o appointed receiver
and *he Venus property ps>,
e•* so!d after 90 days, irt
judgments are paid in the n
Mr. T. F. Congdon, K. C., a
fcr plaintiffs and Mr. W. L.
Xor defendants.
Mr. Phelpg is shipping »c
tons of concentrates from th
min*% *he proceeds to be appiiea *
liquidating the liens, and *t 1® e*r
peetcd that the balance, if anT'
■which will be required- to ^ay the
Judgments "will be soon forthcom
ing, and the property remain intact
t for future operations. <•
WISE PROM EXFKBIBNCK
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A certain party asked George
Armstrong the other day if he
could explain the reason why *he
goohers are putting so much ma
terial in their nests this fall, in
an apparent effort to make them
warmer and1 more comfortable, and
'■•"the fact of their doing so was an
1 indication of another severe Winter.
•> Mr. Armstrong replied that he
was not an authority on the- hab
its of gophers, but that In all proba
bility their actions were in line with
tbosp of the people of the town
who. made wise by last winter's ex
perience of lack of fuel, had taken
t'rae bv the forelock and rwere now
well-supplied with immense stacks
of wood, cut and J>iled ready; for
rt whatever may occur in the way of a
; coll wave.—Whitehorse Star.
ALASKA NEWS
Jerome L. Drumheller, Spokane
capitalist, has bought a half inter
est in the Fern-Goodeli property on
Archangel creek, near Willow creek.
—Anchorage Times.
Dr. Andrew Smith of Portland
has been awarded the contract for
c&rryin* mail from Kodiak to Un
alaska.—Juneau Empire.
P. r. Johnson of the Alaska Fish
Co., states thai the report th*t the
cannery at Waterfall wag destroyed
by fire is untrue and that damages
amoun'ed only to about ?25.
A cooperage slant for manufactui*
ing- oarrels is being installed by
Harry Cribb at Anchorage, with a
capacity of 3000 barrels per month.
The Coluinola Red Metal Mining
Co. is installing a sawmill near Val
dez. A monorail will be built from
the oeach to the mine.
"*
The Red Cross Packing Co. has
been organized at Juneau to can
clams.
J. L. Lon;r is starting another
cannery at Douglas in connection
wifh the fresh fish industry operat
ed oy the Alaska Coast Fish Co.
The Taku Canning Co. will em
ploy "i crew all winter to construct
a new cannery building and dock
Xrom lumber cut by the Juneau
Lumber Co., »his fall.
Franit Cavanaugh and Chas. Swit
zer expect to open a new cannery
In Juieau.
Fatner Rivet wag a passenger on
the train this morning on his way
to Whitehorse.
Dr. W. T. Turnbuli left this morn
in. 'or home after a couple of days
visit in the Garten City.
Mr. and Mrs. I.orne MCAlister re
turned to their home at the Sum
in t this morning.
Give Your Child His Own Room.
In Farm and Fireside, a woman
writing about children says:
"The craving for companionship Is
a powerful factor in the life of every
boy or girl, but a certain amount of
privacy and wholesome quiet Is Just
as necessary to the child's develop
ment and happiness. I have known
families where life was made mis
erable for everyone because of the
constant bickering and quarreling
among the children. When the house
was enlarged so that each one could
■•have his own room, they suddenly lost
their fretful ways, and Improved rap
Idly in disposition.
"It means a great deal to a boy or
girl to know that his small possessions
are sacred from the unsympathetic
eyes and hands of the grown folks. I
have always trained my chililren to
respect each other's rights. Even if
he hasn't a room to himself, each child
has certain shelves, drawers and nooks
sacred to his own use."
Sensible Table Discourse.
Speaking of autobiographic recipes
for domestic use, there's nothing bet
ter than Benjamin Franklin's descrip
tion of how the table was managed by
| his father when he was a boy. "At
this table he took care to have some
I sensible friend to converse with and
I he always started a useful topic of
discourse which mljrht Improve the
minds of his children. By this means
heVturned our attention to the proper
conduct of life and no critical notice
was «ver taken of the victuals on the j
table—whether they were cooked well
I or III. whether they were in season or
out fit season. Thus I was brought tip
' to be quite IndlfTerent as to the; kind j
food that was set before me and to !
Ms day Jf I aw asked after dinner to
me'* what I have dinrd upon I am
a Veicp t0 tell."
lard* Gave Name to Cigar.
■vor strange It may -appear, It
'•established fact that the word
•derived, though in a round
from the etcnde—that Is.
■Boanish "cigarral," the place
tfflcade (In Spanish "cigara")
en. The name cigarral |
the implied to a kind of pleas
ln pail summer house (as In
miner}. Toledo), and in Cuba
new i»oi i, tobacco garden on
tobacco llij. discovery of the
the plant atar(j9 who planted
to «ajK "E»wns wi,en offering
as we woulttends ere wont j
jardea." The tfe ra, C|garral,"
If the wmrVrirerjfrom onr
IS going down, 11U
allfed ships are. ne lnsurnnce
'hat fewer
There seems to t
of opinion, however,
stitutes one's best >lversity
. v con
Burbank has evolved
and there will be Just th.
to refrain from using.
The production of foodte
asserts Itself as an even hit
than thelr conservation®®!!^ "
.. rr
One swallow does not mak<
mer—but in these war times t
lows of ten make a meaL
OUR 1 FIGHTERS
PLAY A FAIR GAME
AVIATOR F. P. MAGOUN RELATES
AN INSTANCE OF THEIR REAL
SPORTSMANSHIP. <
ONE FLYER'S LUCKY ESCAPE
American Infantryman Ha* Advantage
Over the German In Hi* Ammunition
Equipment—Finger Print* of Ger
man Alien Female* to Be Taken.
(From Committee on Public In'ormatlon.)
Washington.—A committee on public
Information representative- In London
says: . o (.
There are no better sportsmen in the
world than .the ulUed airmen,...and
American aviators now fighting In Eu
rope always play a fair game, as they
learn It from the allies. F. P. Ma
goun, a former Harvard student, 90w
a member of the Royal air force, re
cently wounded, tells hew the Uvea of
German observers escaping from bal
loons have been spared. »
"We caught three Hun balloons
above the allied grounds la a mist,
which prevented their gunners seeing
us," said-he. "It was a cinch. You
should have seen them hustle out their
parachutes and abandon the balloons.
As they came falling down through
the air we circled about closely butj of
course, didn't open Are, as that's
against the rules of the game. As
soon as the.v touched ground they took
cover like rabbits."
Magoun Is the only American in mo
squadron, having joined in February of
last year. He lias bagged five German
plane* While carrying bomb* for low
attack In the recent offensive he re
ceived a bullet through his left arm,
but managed to return to his own
lines. Mugoun tells of a companion
In his squadron who had one of the
luckiest escapes during the war. He
was put out of action 1,000 feet in the
air when a bullet perforated his gaso
line tank. He was rendered uncon
scious by the fumes and his machine
took a nose dive to earth, but he-es
caped without a scratch • . .
A section of the Royal air force op
erating in the Ypres salient has lost
Its only American member, who had
been with the squadron only ten days
when he went on a bombing raid at
low elevation. He was hit by a ma
chine-gun bullet and his plane fell In
flames. He wus taken prisoner.
The efforts of newspapers to pry
mote good feeling between the people
of England and the thousands-of Amer
icans received official bucking when
Sir Kamlolf Baker, member of parlia
ment. offered to take charge of the
American troops welfare department
of the British government. His plans
contemplate a continuous program of
healthful recrention in every Ameri
can rest camp and training camp in
England. Special London . theatrical
companies n-111 be sent out. An or
ganization known as "Sammy's Blighty
league" is being formed.''1 ■'
The American Infantryman in the
expeditionary forces carries 200 rounds
of ammunition in ..the pockets of his
light canvas webb belt and his bando
leers. The German soldier has only
120 rounds, and 30 of these are in his
knapsack. To secure them at a critical
moment he must lose valuable time.
The American webb belts, according
to the war. department,. are far. su
perior to the German leather bando
leers. They are not affected by pro
longed rains nor torrid weather. The
manufacture of these belts is one at
the. most intricate of the operations in
the textile fields United States army
belts are made almost entirely of .cot
ton:
The exact weight of the 220 rounds
carried by the American soldier In
France is 12 pounds. With the Spring
field rifle 23 aimed shots can be ared
each minute. Firing from the iilp.40
shots can be tired a minute. . Xhe-flew
United States model 1917 (modified
Enfield) does even better.
The registration of German alien
females, to begin Monday, June 17,
and end Wednesday, June 26,. will be
conducted in glties or municipalities
having 5,000 population or over by'the
police officials. In communities1 hav
ing a population of less than 5,000 the
registration will be handled by •post
masters.
In general the plan of registration
is the same as that followed in the
registration iin -February of German
alien males. Each person who must
register will be required to register
her finger prints. TWs method of
identification is also used in the mili
tary and naval services of the United
States. „
Boy scout organizations are active
in locating black walnni trees. Black
walnut lumber Is needed by the war
department for use in making alp
plane propellers and gunstocks.
Enough heavy Browning machine
gun* for instruction purposes have
been shipped to every National Guard
training camp and ^National army
cantonment in the country where
troops are in training. Heavy Brown
ings for overseas training have been
i shipped.
Light Browning rifles sufficient in
•Sumber to equip - the machine-gun
roMts of more than four arm* divisions
been manufactured, *nd over
shipment of one half has begun,
ather half of the output -goes t»
I CHARACTER"MUST BE BUILT
i
I Man's Best Qualities Seemingly Can
Only B« Brought Out by the Pro©.
,<>, ■ tu of Hammering.
The word "character" Is true to Its
derivation. It Is a Greek word, which |
" ire' pronounce harass, which they pro- j
naunce charsss, but which had the |
tame meaning then as now. They |
spoke then, of a coin in the mint, which !
was hammered and tortured by the j
sharp edges of the die, as being |
stamped upon, indeed, as a poor chur- j
assed thing—as bearing a character. J
Its -character came to it because It
was beaten, pounded by this tremend
ous hammer. The more It was beaten
the mote distinct character It hird. I
believe all onr words of similar import
have a similar derivation. Thus, when
we say that a man is of this "type" of
manhood, or that "type" of manhood,
the original meaning Is that he has
been beaten Into that shape by the
blows of experience that have passed
ov«r him.
Burns Bays "the rank is but the
guinea stamp." This means, nt bottom,
that a '"pound" is metal which has
been pounded. And there are metals
which Improve in quality all the time
you stamp and hammer them. Just
the: same Is true of a man, If he have
the true heart, the true life and makes
himself master of the circumstances
instead of the slave. . . . And the
hammering is no unimportant part of
the process.—Edward Everett Hule.
Facts About New Plant World.
X new plant world, though one of
few forms, Is opened up by Dr. Pierce
See's botanical Investigation of libra
ries. The spots appearing on the pa
per of old volumes, or those kept in
damp places, are found to be due to
various fungi and to represent a cer
tain number of species in different
stages of growth, colors and condi
tions. The microscope shows the ordi
nary spot to be made up of a dark cen
tral nucleus, which is the mycelium
or vegetative portion of the plant, sur
rounded by a lighter zone colored by
the secretions of the organism. Plants
still living have been transplanted to
gelatine, licorice, potatoes or other
suitable soil, and from the growths so
obtained in three to six weeks the va
rious kinds have been Identified. As
reported to the Paris Academy of Sci
ences, about 20 different species have
been so far Isolated. The molds are
not all Introduced Into the books or
paper, but in some cases their germs
appear to have been present In the pa
per materials, even In the raw fiber
Itself.
Petulance and Earnestness.
To look- mad and growl Is almost as
bad as swearing. In fact, if one ana
lyzes the two, he will not find any dif
ference between them. Profanity is
only an expression of the state of
mind. Of course, there is some dif
ference in the character and form of
the expression; but they all mean frhe
same thing. We speak of this because
the world-notes the mental attitude
and regards it' the same as profanity,
and Imputes this fault to the man who
wears, a growl, remarks Ohio State
Journal. And so a religious man who
looks mad and growls depreciates his
relation as a member of a church and
reflects "upon the church, too. There Is
unhappily.a; good deal of this going on
and it is «1I In violation of Scriptural
tenchlng. We must learn the differ
ence between earnestness and petu
lance and observe the difference in
conduct or we Injure the cause we are
engaged in. There Is no room for 111
' temper in a noble enterprise even if
that lll-'emper does not break out in
epithet endy wicked language.
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Fourth Liberty Loan Ompaign
o{*a* September 28th.
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How Woman'* Shrewdneta Served to
Save Her Life and Incidentally
Enrich Literature.
No one I knows who wrote "The
Arabian Nights," but It Is related that
"The Thousand and One Nigbt*" a*
they are often called, originated to
this manner : Schariar was sultan of
Persia and having no faith In women,
and having carte blanche to
many wives as he chose, he had each
bride killed the day after he married
her. The vizier who did the executive
work on this program was filled With -
horror at the atrocities he was obliged
to perform, the more so as he had a
beautiful daughter of his own and
was in constant terror lest she find
favor in the eyes of the sultan, Ob®
day his fears were realized and the
beautiful Scheherazade was a chosen
victim. Site did not share her father's
apprehension, however; having a
scheme of her own for thwarting the
sultan's designs. The morning after
her marriage she began telling- h*r
husband a story, and Just as he ffM
about to leave her for his affairs' oJt
state, .she brought the tale- to that
fnscinating point where we generally
find that it is "to be continued." The
sultan decided to have her saved UU
night that he might hear the end <rf •
the story. This proceeding was re- •
pented for a thousand and one night*.
By that time, Scheherazade had- borne
him children and the sultan had de
cided to abandon the cruel practice
of killing his wives. "The Thousand
and One Nights," translated lnte
French In 1704 by Antolne Gailard,
was compiled from these fascinating
stories.
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way
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pain in the hack, headaches, di zir
spells or a tired, worn-out' feeltajf;
or if the kidney secretions are Ot"
feiisive, irregular and attended wftU
pain, procure a good kidney remedy
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