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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans
GROWTH OF ENGLISH LAXGUAOH
A study of the relative growth of the
leading languages iu the last hundred
years shows (hat English has risen
from fifth t" tirst place. In 19<H> it was
spoken by about one-eighth of the In
habitants of the <-iviUzed world: today
It is the lausuage of atx'Ut one-third.
Besides this. English has taken the
pla o that French o-cupied much lesa
than 1<*> years aao as the interna
tional language. Irs speech is ever be
C' lii iijt wider. I' r the inhabitants of
all India are tiudiug it necessary; it Is
now a r.'ijulritl study in the high
schools of Japan, and those of China
an- tea • iiitm it to millions of students.
Would it be too rash to predict that
by the year Kiulish will be the
lan-'ia.-c ■ f a!: t!world and other
t"ii.ii<'s will have become merely local
tu their use? I'\ iutnge.
PATTERN COINS
ratterti r> ii . ; d trial pieces are
no '. ^:..inlcd wir't itic .ivatest < are by
the mint ai:th> "it • a:;<i t'le govern
meiit dues ti< t ; ermit t!:eixi to be own
ed by private p< -oas -rlmt Is, those
p..; • ras ; : ide s,,,,e the year 1SS7.
I'.c ;•>> t!:.it ti: ■ t'ie c <'■ < niiuent saue
t ::t* 1 the >.!..• <>f certain specimens,
but when it was discovered how many
of all the dilTt ivi.t \ arioties were In
ti:-.* r »u <>f > in collectors an at
tempt was made to confiscate them
wherever found, but this resulted In
failure.
A twenty dollar brass trial piece
stn. k from dies of a twenty dollar gold
piece at Denver mint was the tirst coin
of any denouii: *i->t« to be made there,
it was presented the State Histor
ical So icty of Colorado and at once
took it-- p.ace ami the many rare
trial pieces and pattern coins which
a.-,- nowadays highly prized by coin
Collectors. -.V ga/.iuc of American His
torv.
Daily History Class—June 16.
1M5—Napoleon defeated Bluecher's
Prussian army at Ligny, Belgium,
and Wellington's allied army repuls
ed Napoleon's left wing at Quatre
Bras, preparatory to Waterloo.
ISO)—Prussia set her armies in motion
and the war with Austria began.
1915—Supported by a fierce artillery
lK>mbardment French troops captur
ed German trenches north of Arras.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Twin stars. Castor and Pollux of
constellation Gemiul, seen approaching
the west-northwest horizon in the evoa
tng. Venus sets about dark.
Daily History Class—June 17.
1775—Battle between British soldiers
and patriol militia at Bunker Hill,
near Boston.
1SC0—The mammoth steamer Great
Eastern sailed from England on her
first trip to New Vork, where she
arrived June 2S.
1913—In a surface action the Italian
submarine Medusa was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine.
1916— Russians recaptured Czernowitz,
Bukowina. City reported in ruins
from cannon tire.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Constellation Gemini (the Twins)
seen northwest setting early In the
evening. Planet Mars ;{ degrees 23
minutes south u£ the uiovu.
MARINE CORPS WANTS
TO GO ARROAD FIRST
General Barnett Says He'll Have
No Trouble Raising
30,000 Men.
■Washington.—American marines will
Insist on their right to be the first
United States soldiers in the European
trenches. Brigadier General George
Barnett told the house navy committee,
explaining the reason for the proposed
increase from 17,400 to 80,000 in the
marine corps.
General Barnett, commandant of ma
rines, said the morale and spirit of the
men would bo seriously affected unless
they were "first men" as usual of the
United States expeditionary armed
forces. He said he would have no dif
ficulty in getting the 30,000 men.
"We are getting them as fast as we
can digest them now," he said.
Bear Admiral Palmer, chief of the
bureau of navigation, explained the
navy's needs for an increase from 87,
000 to 150.000 men.
"The navy will need 5,000 men for
aviation," he said.
"Twenty men are needed for each
submarine chaser. From twenty to
forty men will be needed on each
armed merchant ship. There must be
full crews for all auxiliary and reserve
ships.''
SAN MARINO ON THE MAPT
Flag of World's Oldest Republlo ta B«
Entwined With Ita Alliee.
New York.—The managers of the ho
tels and public buildings that are now
decorated with flags of the allies aro
very likely to be brought to task by
some stanch patriot if the flag of his
country, no matter how small or little
talked of. does not prominently figure
in the scheme.
An excitable strangor accosted H.
Douglass Brown, assistant manager of
a hotel here, and demanded volobiy to
know why a flag of San Marino was
not with the others in front of the ho
tel. For awhile the manager was over
whelmed, but finally made out that the
muu was one of the ten thousand odd
inhabitants of San Marino and that he
and his relatives, making up most of
the population, wanted it understood
that they and their army of 950 were
now allies of this "vera great countree.™
In some distress of mind Mr. Brown
went to the decorator's room, but no
San Marino flag could be found, so a
special order was given, and within a
few days the smallest republic—twenty
two square miles—and one of the
world's oldest, having existed a thon
saud years, will have its place beside
its greater allies.
MUST PAY $25 MONTHLY.
Embezzler Released on Parole to Make
Good on Installment Plan.
Little Rock, Ark.—On monthly pay
ments of It. Q. Anderson is under
parole from a six year term In the pen
itentiary to make good more than
obtained from the state through
forgery and embezzlement.
Within two hours after his plea of
guilty and sentence in the circuit court
Governor Brougli had issued the pa
role on the condition stipulated. On
the basis of settlement, Anderson will
be paying the monthly Installments for
about twenty-one years. He Is thirty
eight years old and has a wife and
three children.
Anderson was a clerk in the peniten
tiary. The forgery committed by him
was on a warrant for $o,(XX>, to which
he attached the uamo of J. T. Burkett,
a prison commissioner, and the embez
zlements were three in number, aggre
gating more than ?1.000.
Governor Brough did not base his
clemency altogether upon the repay
ment of the money wrongfully ob
tained. He explained that Anderson
had given valuable information upon
which important reforms in the prison
system were easily possible.
COLLEGE TO SEND OUT
MEN TO AID FARMERS
Each Agriculturist Taking Studant
Must Cultivata Extra Acres.
| Philadelphia. — The University of
Pennsylvania will be the first of Amer
ican colleges to tackle the food supply
problem, which has recently taken on
a serious aspect, according to plans an
nounced at the university by Dr. J.
Kussell Smith, professor of industry,
who has charge of the movement Stu
dents are to be sent out in squads of
from five to fifty to all sections of the
country to assist farmers In planting
and cultivating spring crops.
| Every student signing will be given
credit for his year's work and be sent
out immediately. Students will be
placed on farms at a minimum salary
of $20 a month. In each one of the
battalions there will be a captain, who
is to have charge of the men In his
community, referee all disputes be
tween employer and students and re
port each man's progress to the univer
sity. Each farmer upon accepting one
of the students as helper must promise
to cultivate twelve acres more of land
than he has heretofore. Dr. Smith
claims that at a conservative estimate
each man sent out will thus be respon
sible for 420 extra bushels In the corn
crop alone, which means that the first
fifty men who leave for western Vir
ginia will add some 21,000 bushels of
corn to this year's crop.
Half the people of Maryland live In
Baltimore. -- - _______
Athletes Lead as Students.
Figures compiled b.v Dean Louis Be
vier of Rutgers college. New Brans
wick, N. J.. Indicate that the general
scholastic average of all men engaged
In athletics was 73.8 as against 73 for
nonathletes. Among the athletes tho
gymnasium team stobil highest with
their books with an average of 70.0.
Baseball men showed that the national
game is a good brain developer, having
75.5. The football men. however, were
the taiienders, wtih 0S.0-, though they
had a good margin above the passing
grade of 00.
Clean Up Week.
Customer-Is there any gravy on the
bill of fare? Waiter—No, sir; there
was. but it was wiped off.—Exchange.
It never rains roses. When we want
more roses we must plant more bushes.
—George Eliot.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE OF
f SALE OP REAL ESTATE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GlVHN,
That in uursuance of an order of
Edward A. Rasmuson, U. S. Com
missioner Xor the Territory of Al
aska { Division No. 1, sitting In
probate in Skag-way Precinct, made
On tlie 23 day of May, A. D. 1917,
In the master of IIaq estate of John
P, Brawand, deceasod, the under
signed as administrator of the said
estate, will sell at public vendue
«o the highest ami best bidder, and
subject to the confirmation of the
said Probate Court, ooi Friday tho
22nd day of June, A. D. 1917, at 2
o'clock iu the afternoon on the
front Etepe of th)a U. S. Court House
in the Town and Precinct of Skag
way and Territory of Alaska, all
the right, title and interest and es
tate at *he said John P. Brawand at
the time of his death, and all the
right, title and interest that the sal
edtate hai, by operation of law or
otherwise, in and to all those cer
tain tracts, lots or parcels of land,
situate, lying being in the Towin and
and Recording District and Pre
cinct or Skagway and Territory of
Alaska, particularly bounded and
described as follows, to-wit:
Lots Three (3) and Four (4) In
Block Ont> Hundred and One (10U;
Lots Two (2), Three (3), Four (%),
Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight
(8), Nine (9), Ten (10) and Eleve
(11) in Block Ninety-five (95) of
the town site of the Town of Skag
way in the Territory of Alaska as
the same is shown and designated
by a survey of th« said towns!tg an
by a Plat thereof made by Hill &
Wettrick, surveyors, and approved
by the Trustee for Baid townalto
on April 29, 1909, and duly filed
iu the office of the District Record
er for tho said Skagway Recording
District.
The terms and conditions of ®td
sale are. alternatively, as said ad
miEis'rator shall judge most bene
ficial for the estate, aa follows:
To one person for all of the land
and lots herein described; To sev
eral persons, respectively, for th»
several parcels or lots herein above
described;
For cash.
For oash and on part credit to we
paid in time;
For part cash and on part credit
to be paid in installments.
P. H. Ganty,
Administrator.
First publioatioo May 24, 1917.
Last publication Juno 21, 1917.
6-24,SI; 6-7,14,21.
CRYING FOR HELP
Lots of It Alaska But I>ail> Grow
ing l»es3
T»e kidneys often cry for help.
Not another orgaji in the whole
body more delicately constructed.
Not one more important to health
The kidneys axe the filters of
the blood.
When they fail the Wood becomes
foul and poisonous.
There can be no health where
'here Is poisoned blood.
Backache is ana of the frequent
indications of kidney trouble.
It ifl often the kidney's cry for
help. Heed it.
Read what Dean's Kidney Pills
have dome for overworked kidneys.
Proof of merit in the followng
statement:
I C. C. White, barber, 1646 Mis
sion St., Salem, Gro., says: "I have
bean taking Doan'g Kidney Pills
off and on for a number of years
and they have never failed to do
good work. Standing In one posi
tion so much was hard on my back
a<nd Kidneys. At times I could
hardly stand up straight. After I
had <aken a box or two of Doan's
Kidae? Pills, my back felt as
s'roag aa ever."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
sinply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—tliq same
that Mr. White had. Foster-Mil
burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y,
fraternal orders
Arctic BrotlDerfcood. —
Camp akatw»r No. 1»
A. B. meat a every •<*
ood and fourth) Tues
day oTofllag at 8:30 P
m. snrtrp. Visiting broiaars ouiui»i
ly welcome. J. M. T&niner, Arotlo
ChJnf. W. B. Hargraves, Arctic Re
corder.
Fraternal Order
,K««lc*—
Skatj-vvujr Aerie
No. 28, FVaUav
nAl Oiilcr of
B«glcfe n*e»ts tJb«f first aiul third
WcOaecMbj iiigkc mt «*ch iueath at
tn»ir boM an EMU* Aroma. Visit
ln< brottkn MBdWI[ inritoU to
»UM)d. J. M. fe«lftba«j), W. P.
J. X. UtlKr, S«ga»tA<7,
P. & A. M.
White Pas# Lodge I
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet* 2d and 4th
Saturday Bv«nlngs
or each months. VisiUng Bret are a
ape welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
IAME3 WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skafwfty Lodg«
No. 481, B. P. O.
K. meets every
1st and 3rd. Thure
^ day alght at 8:00
o'clock. Visiting
Drotners cortuauy ureicome.
W. B. BATBON, B. R.
r. J. VAN&BWALL, gecr«tary
Plonryr of AlMka Igloo, Ho. 12,
meet* in A. a H»H first MtmcUy In
[e#rj month »t 8t60 p. m.
Visiting Brotberi cordJallj wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Free.
F. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CAKD8
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Dentist
Most Modern Methods
Office Routs: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Afe«k«n I?utWlHK - - - - Biwttway
SBAUWAV ALASKA
w. r. stout
Attorney At Law
Pmrtice In all court*
In Terrllory of Al*{#
RAINES _ _ „ _ ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
Ot Jametm AIMS km.
Dealer* la
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
I KAD. ZING, SACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP ntOW
Rear of Sftekstt's Pomotflee
Mor».
J. IKUTA
MANTIVAOTURIN'.''
JEWELER
WATCHES&CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China wd Cut Glass
Official Watcl ■ Inspector for the
W. P. & Y. Route
Mail Order* • iven prompt care
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAI- APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the oi' the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease,
and In ordei to cure II >ou must take In
ternal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is
taken internally, and acts directlj upon
the bloo'd arid mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It
was prescribed by on? or *he best phy
sicians in this country fm years and Is
a. regruUfr prescription. It Is composed of
the t>est tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two InpredleritS 's trhat pre
faces such won^e.rul results In curing
.uiarrb. fund fVr >sf*--ionl£ls, free.
P. J. CHENEY & <A. . Props., Toledo, Q.
Sold by ]>rugnl»:s. p-!co T5c.
Take HJli'g Family Pills tor oonetlpatloo.
—AdrertlBCmflnt.
THERE J8 A SAN-TOX REMEDY
for eveTy ortlinfijry houaelioKi ail
ment. Th©re (b room for 9*n
Tox Remedies fa your m#«TIchie
chest. Get a Sail-Tax Blus Book
at Keller Broo.. Tho San-Tox
Dru< Store.
Pacific Steamship Co.
ADMIRAL LINE
OUR LARGE FLEET OF MAGNIFICENT STEAMSHIPS
Offers Frequent and Perfect Service Between All Ports in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
LEAVE SKAGWAY FOR
fiaines, Juneau, Douglas, Pet
ersburg, W ran ((el, Katchlkan,
Vancouver,
SEATTLE and TACOMA.
CONNECTS at JUNEAU FOR
Yakutat.Katalla,Cordova, Valdez
Seward, Seldovia, Anchorage
Steamships Admiral Evans, Admiral Wat
son, Admiral Farrago!
S. S. City of Seattle June 11 —26 July i>
S. S. Spokane June 5—17—29
CALIFORNIA ROUTE—Leave Seattle Monday's, Friday 8,
Saturday's for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ticket Read* PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Co. You are Anureii the very Beit
Saa Ftiodtco to Los Aoiala Daily except Sunday
For Fsll Particulars, Address
H. G. WEIR, Agent SKAGWAY, Alaska
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. i
SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY JUNE I9I7
FOR SEATTLE and PUGET SOUND PORTS
8. S. JBFFBRSON June 5. 16, 27. S. S. DOLPHIN June 10, 22
8. 0. ALAMEDA June 14. SR. MARIPOSA June 29
For Anchorage and Westward Ports
8. 9. ALAMEDA June 5, 28. 3. S. MARIPOSA June 1 7
8 8. ALASKA June II. 3. 3. NORTHWESTERN June 23
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.
Phone 66 - E. J. SHAW, Agent Skagway
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
PALATIAL 44PRINCESS" STEAMSHIPS
"CHARLOTTE" "ALICE" or "SOPHIA"
WILL LEAVE SKAGWAY 7 p. m.
June 14, 21, 28. July 5, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
August 2, 6, 9, 16, 23, 30
-TO
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Etc.
Connections with Solid Daily Transcontinental Trains
CHICAGO - TORONTO - MONTREAL
Purchase Through and Save Money
L. H. JOHNSTON. Agt.
Skagway
Phones 87 or 118
SAILINGS
FROM SKAGWAY—
S.S. PRINCE JOHN
-10 a.m. SATURDAY
June 16
—FOR—
Prince Rupert Vancouver Victoria Seattle
Passengers leave Skagway Saturday and arrive Vancouver Wednesday
pjn. The Prince John operates thru to Vancouver—NO CHANGE
Passengers for Eastern Canada or the Eastern States connect at Prince
Rupert with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
"THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE EAST"
Reservation®, Tickets and Full Information cheerfully furnished by
W. G. POWELL SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Frt and Pass. Agent Telephone 43
Pack Train Restaurant
The Delmonico of Alaska
CHARLEY- - —JOHN
KARAMAN & CLEEAK
PROPRIETORS
B b(fe You Can Get What i'ou Desire Cooked as It Should B*
We rfake a Specialty of Banquets and Private Dinner Parties.
A Rtjflned aad Comfortable place for a Supper After the Show
qt dance—Service in Cozy Private Biniths If Desired.
ICE CREAM-FOUNTAIN DRINKS
....HOME MADE CANDIES....
...The Sweet Shop...