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I DO.VT ME AX TO SPREAD PKO
PAGAXDi BI T—
Among the ships which made this
port last Thursday was the gas
boat Gossid, which is probably one
of the most noted ships operating
in these northern waters. This lit
tle Bhij has been in every port in
Alaska, and in fact we are inform
ed by Captain Tellayarn that In all
thi) ports in which he has recently
called, the story is aoout the Bame,
" Alaska will be dull until after
the war, but when th* Hun is licked,
and tie boys come back from over
seas, then Alaska must hold tight,
for it will then be that she will
com© into her own'.'
"I noticed in a late copy of the
Juneau dispatch that 'Skagway hill
oe dull this winter,' and I cam up
her® to see for myself, but I do not
find the conditions any difference
here than all along the coast
Spekain : of Juneau, the last town
in which he called Defore mak
iug this port. Captain Spinayarn
hud- this to say: j
I fo not want to do any knock
ing but the last time I was in that
fort, a little more than a year ago
it was a booming city, out it is feel
ing the effects of »he war now. The
^rt at mills are unable to operate
owing to the low grade of ore min
ed and the high price of labor. Very
few men are employed, and Juneau
depended upon the men employed
iu these mines for »ts principal bud
port. Of course 'here are a few
tanneries in operation now, but
they are new and this means the
employment of a few men during the
salmon canning season, but the
reason is almost closed now, and
that method of support will toon be
over lor the year.
"I was informed that coincident
with ihe exodus of people from that
city th?t more than 350 electric me
ters have been taken out of stores
and dwelling by the Electric Light
company. When I there last
rents were very hiih, but this does
not maintain now. A little more
than \ year ago H was almost im
possible to get a store building or
a dwelling, but now the conditions
ure quite the reverse. There are
hundreds of vacan* Duildings and
plenty of vacant houses, and the
owners are quite willing to rent
at any price in order to get a ten
ant.
"Men a<"* today getting $1.25
per diem for layine board walks.
They need lots of board? walks }n
Juneau, for where k had been plan
ned to put in concrete sidewalks
when X was there last," continued
Captain Carryayarn, "there has been
such a slump in the price of real
estate since the bard times struck
there, that the property owners can
not afford at this time to go to (his
additional expense.
"Even the newspapers," cpntin-1
ued the master of the Gossip, "are
having quite a struggle. There is
only really need for one paper, now
that *he town has had Buch a set
back and I was informed on good
autnority that the two publica
tions would probably consolidate, or
one o' them go onto a weekly
basis." _
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Whai jrv you gtviog"
so that oklwn m*y
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J'JUAB. •
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"As I make my trip along the
coast i* makes ma feel sad to
think that those ftn« three and four
story buildings in Juneau may
sooq Decome the rookery for bats
and r^veus," continud the Cap
tain, "Dut this may occur if condl
tiqns not ri«ht themselves. The
town was greatly overdone during
the boom when it was expected that
there would oe three or four thous
and men employed at the mines;
too many storee were opened up,
and pvery line of business was
greativ overdone. The reaction has
set in and from what the numerous
traveling men representing the
various wholesale houses Bay, who
travel on my ship, their business
has fallen off to an alarming^ ex
tent since the war began to effect
that <r ty.
"What Alaska needs more than
anything else," said thl$ talkative
little navigator, in conclusion, "is
for the people of th» north to get
together, and not take every op
portun.ty to knock the other fel
low. Alaska needs a censor, a
-most »igid censor, onn -jrho will pre
vent Alaskans themselves from
spreading gossip that cannot pos*
siblv be beneficial to your coun
try."
MODIFICATION' OF DRAFT
RULES
By recent act of congress, certain
modifiations have been made In the
United States draft laws. Cltisens
of countries that are neutral in the
world war and who have talcen out
their first papeis for becoming citi
zens of the Unite! States, cannot
be called into the war service of
the nation, if they wish to claim
exemption on the ground that they
are citizens of another country. But
by claiming such exemption, on the
ground stated, thoy are forever
barred from becoming citizens of
this country.
This law, or regulation, as you :
wish '<• term it. is food as far as it j
goes rut it does not go far enough.
Sub>ects or citisens of a neutral
country, who have taken out their
initial papers for becoming citizens
of the United States, and wno re
fuse <o enter the armed service of
the nation in the hour of its need,
are not desirable or dependable citi
zens. Many such. In all parts of
the United States, claim such ex
emp»iou, especially among the
Scandinavian peoples They have
beem. weighed* iw the balance ajid
hey have been found wanting. They
should not only be refused citizen
ship, out they should be shipped
back to the country of their nativ
ity and the gates of this nation
should be forever closed against
them. We want no "fair 'weather"
citizens in this country. We want
a citizenship that will be for us
in times of trouble as in times of
peace. And if they fail us in times
of stress, they are of no value to!
us; indeed, they are a menace to j
us •
Th'<» great, big republic, hag t>een !
altogether too lenient with those
who coma to us from other lands, j
We *r® now finding out this fact
and we should govern ourselves ac
cordingly. Investigations have prov
ed that a majority of the members
of that notorious. government- ]
destroying organization misnamed
the Industria Workers of the World
are foreigners, many of whom can
scarcely speak our language, gome
of them no sooner cast off their
wooden shoes, upon arrival in the
United States, than they set about
"reforming" things in general,
a most preposterous assumpiton on
their part.
We do not oppose those from
other lands who come to our j
shores and who become good citi
zens of this country, taking with- j
out complaint and as a matter of
course the burdens and responsiblli- 1
ties that such citizenship imposes, j
We welcome them as highly deeir- |
able citizens. But we do oppose <
the l unch of illiterate, agitating |
class, such as the I. W. W.'s, who i
gather in this country, and im
mediately begin, to attack our theory
of government and our institutions
that have been founded after years
of hard, unremlting effort and
deep study. This Js a free eoua
SUGAR RATI
CARS II EFFECT
The Federal Food Administrator
for Alaska announces that begin
ning this morning the card or ra
tion system in regard to sugar la
to be in full force and effect.
No dealer will be permitted to
sell, and no on« will be permitted
to buy, sugar in any quantity what
soever without first, applying for
and obtaining either a ration card
or special permit. These cards
and Permits will »e issued by food
administrators in Alaska. Ration
cards will be issued to individuals
and beads of housenolds; special
permits to dealers, bakers, public
eating places, manufacturers «?f
candy, ice cream and soft d»rluks,
etc., and air others than the indiv
idual or household consumer. Saleft
by dealers to consumers must he
limited to two pounds per person
per month; and no sale in excess
of four pounds can be made at a.
time; tne dealer must indorse on
the ration card (.ho date of sale,
his name and the amount of sugar
sold; there Is to be no duplicating
or repeating, one card is to suffice
for a househo'd on which will be
showu the number in that house
holder of a ration card an amount
sugar determined accordingly; com
! plete records will be kept by ad
ministrators and any violations Will
be severely punished. No dealer
will t>e permitted to sell to the
holder of a raton card an amount
in excess of his monthly allowance;
the ratio is to be computed strict
ly on » monthly cousumption basis,
that ia sugar not consumed in one
month cannot be drawn upon in
the f-llowing or a subsequent
month.
i n© oince 01 me r cr\n?r«i
administration at Juneau is today
issuing cards and sending them out
to the various administrators, ac
companied by full instruction!} to
dealers, consumers and admniis
trators.
Su^ar supplies are 6hort, very
short at present, owing to subma
rine sinkings and factories in bat
tle areas, curtailment of shipping
and l'teness of croos in this coun
try, the imperative call for ships
■for the movement of troops and
their supplies, the call for sugar
from the Front is greater than an
ticipated and too we must supply
sugar to neutral nations.
The food administration reports
that sugar will t>e more plentiful
the latter part of October and
during November and by the first
of the year it is expected that the
.supply will be normal. -It ia at the
present time—for toe next sixty
days—that we must save sugar. It
ia imperative, hence the putting
into effect of the ration sugar card
plan.
try, tut these agitators must be
made to undertsand that freedom
must not be confounded with li
cense. They are two separate and
distinct words, not at all synony-;
mous. The Bolsheviki party in
Russia presents a fine example of
license running riot, but who will
say that the stricken country now
enjoys freedom!
What this great Ameiican gov
ernment should do, and what it
probably ia doing, is to mark well
the attitude of those of foreign
birth now in this country with re
spect to the world war. And if it
should be found, as it will be found,
that any such are not doing their
duty to the land o* their adoption
they should, without hesitation, af
ter tne war ends, be Bent from
whence they came.
What shall be done to those of
our own flesh and blood who will
ingly and knowingly failed to lend
aid and encouragement to their
own country in the hour of need?.
We taue it that they will be ade
quately punished in more ways than
one. We take it tha*. they will be
shunned and ignored by all patriotic
red-blooded citizens, for their.fail
ure *o do their part toward main
taining this great rePublic. The
path will not be easv for the slack
ers, even after the war is over.
RED CROSS GETS SI66.90 FROM
ALPINER8
In as much as the excursion
given by the Ska^way Alpine Club
was In the nature of a benefit, it
has been deemed advisable to print
the report of the committee.
Receipts
Ticket Sales $280.00
Dance receipts (bal.) 5.65
Total Receipts 285.65
Train Charter $108.00
Printing 3.25
Lunch supplies 7-50
Red Cross Fun4 166.90
Total expenditures $286.65
FORTS HOUSE MACHINE GUNS
How the Greatly Dreaded "Pill
Boxee," Flrat DevJsed by Ger
mans, Are Managed.
It used to be thought that the Bel
gian forts of armored steel and con
crete, almost completely burled In tjie(
ground, would hold out against any
artillery. But when, the Germuna
brought up their great howitzers and
hurled undreamed of Quantities of
high explosives on these forts, they
broke and: crumbled to pieces, writes
A. Russel Bond In St. Nicholas. Then,
it wrs predicted that-the day of the
fort was over. But the machine gun
has developed a new type of warfare.
Instead of great forts mounting huge
guns, we now have little machine-gun
forts, and they are far more trouble
some than the big fellows. To the Ger
mans belong the credit for this typo
of fort, which consists of a small con
crete structure, hidden from view as
far as possible, but commanding some
important, part, of the front. "P1U
boxes" the British call them, because
the first ones they ran across were
round In shape and something like a
pill box in appearance.
xnexe pin uoxes are jusi
enough to house a few men and a
couple of machine guns. Concealment
Is of the utmost Importance; their
safety depend* upon It. Airplanes are
particularly feared, because a machine
gun emplacement is recognleed to be;
so important that a whole battery of
artillery would be turned upon a sus
pected pill box. It is. claimed that
some pill boxes are built with turrets
that rise out of the ground. Normally,
they are completely buried and cov
ered with turf 80 that no one would'
expect their existence. During- the
bombardment preceding a charge they
would remain hidden and only 9
chance shot could put ..them; out ofi
business. When the charge took place
the elevating mechanism would be op
erated, und out of the ground would
rise the miniature fort, ready to halt
the advancing soldiers.
TOOK TIME TO GREET BABY
President Wilson' Not Too Busy to
Welcome -Youthful Caller at the
White House.
President Wilson laid aside grave
war problems for a brief half hour
the other day to shake hands and chat
with the youngest visitor ever received
by him at the White house, says the
Washington Times.
Usher Hoover announced to the
President in bis library that Mrs. Wil
son would like him to go down to the
I!!lie room to see a young man she was
greatly Interested In.
On reaching the parlor the president
was presented to little Gordon Gray
son, the ten-week-old son of Admiral
and Mrs. Gary Grayson.
"What a tine little fellow," said the
president as he reached for the tiny
hund and shook It heartily.
Baby Grayson, although only ten
weeks old, seemed to realize the honor
of being the youngest visitor of Presi
dent Wilson. He didn't cry oace. Just
smiled and cooed, which Is considered
very good form for a baby on. a first
visit. The baby had no official busi
ness with the president, Just wanted
to let him see how cute he looked In
his new dress, and how much he had
grown.
Wood Withstands Quake*.
The ability of wood construction to
resist severe shocks and strains again
■was demonstrated In the earthquake
that destroyed Hemet and San Jacinto,
Cal., u few days ago. Telegraphic re
ports from Hemet say that "the Vos
burg hotel, a frame structure, with
stood the shock, while Its brick neigh
bors fell flat."
Lumbermen point out that there Is
nothing peculiar In this. On account
i of the toughness of Its fiber and Its
resiliency, wood can stand many a
: twist and Jar before It breaks or loses
Its shape. A wooden building will
"give" without Injury to ltjjelf and then
i resume Its original shape. At the
worst. In case of nn unusually severe
earthquake shock, ft might be twisted
out of shape a little but would not
; crumble or collapse. Brick buildings,
an the other hand, have no elasticity.
[The brick and mortar of which they
are constructed are brittle, when com
pared with wood.
The reports from California, the lum
bermen declare, merely go to empha-:
size the advisability of building of
wood in districts subject to earthquake
shock. i . j
To France In Father's Kit Bag.
"Pack up your troubles in your old
kit bag," says the song, and Private
Henri, a French-Canadian soldier, did
It literally. He packed his ten-year
old son In his kit bag and took him to
France, according to the Montreal Star.
Henri's wife and son followed him
to England when he left Canada. The
mother died and when ordered to
France Henri could not bear to leave
son. So he packed him In his kit bag
and took him alqng. At Boulogne the
boy was discovered and promptly ship
ped back to Folkstone, where he be
came a pet of the police.
Uncle Sam's Best Seller.
The eagerness of women to do their
bU by canning hr shown by the enor
mous number of requests made to .the
government for Instruction in it. Tie
beat seller among the latest novels
cannot compete for popularity with
the Fanners' Bulletin No. 889 on cold
pack canning. Every housekeeper
should send for It. There Is no charge
for it. The cold-pack methods, when
directions are followed exactly, give
perfect results.—Woman's Home Com
panion. ' •
HHAMfctTL AND ITSPAl'RIOTIO
Many sugar permits have been
issued by the food administration
this month for canoning purposes.
A majority of the women when the
seriousness of the sugar situation
is explained-, cut down their antici
pated quantities and evince an un
mistakable spirit to aid the coun
try 1ft its efforts to supply sugar
to the men giving their lives in
the fraa- line trenches for demo
cracy; others vent" to remarks like
this: "OU my, it's such a nuisance
to come down town to get permits.'"
"Oh, 'well, I'll go and get a per
mit alleging the sugar is for can
ning, and then use what portion of
it I see fit for canning, and then
I'll have the remainder on hand and
will not be inconvenienced by the
shortage.'* What'?, the difference,
I will gq to a number of stores
and! buy from each five pounds,
then I'll have enough sugar on
hand,' etc.
~ In Heavens Name reflect upon
such unpatriotic expressions at
a time when the lives of our young
men *nd those of the Allies are
being sacrificed upon the gory bat
tlefields, and when a little patriot
ism &nd' economy <-n your part will
relieve the situation.
NOTICE OP FINAL ACCOUNT
.i. ——
In the U. S. Commissioner's Court
tot the Territory of Alaska at Skag
trajr ta probate In $be matter of
the estate fo B. K. Yeomans, exe
cutrix of the estate above stated
ihas filed In the ahove entitled court
hier final account of the estate of
the said deceased, and the hearing
ox same hag bean lixed for Satur
day the 28th day of September,
1918 at two o'clock in the after
noon of aald day at the court room
in the federal court house at Skag
,way, and all persons having inter
eft in Bald estate are notified then
and there to appear and file any
objections they may liave to said ac
count and to show cause, if any the
have, why said final account should
not be allowed.
Mrs. Ella Mary Yeomans,
: , Administratrix.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, this
B7th day of July, 1918.
FOR SALE—Partly furnished three
room cottage, $350. Apply Daily
Alaskan. tf.
LOST
Pain- silver rouxid headed shawl
pins connected with chain. Will ap
preciate their return if found.
Mrs. L. H. Pedersen.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Nolle* is hereby given, that the
undersigned has been appointed' Ad
ministrator of the estate of Mile*
Creegan, deceased, by the P&
bate court f<* the territory of Al
aska sitting in probate at Hali'e*,
Alaska, and any and all person*
having claims against Bald estate,
are required to present them to
me, with the proper voucher*, at
my /ffice in the said town of
Haines, within six months from
date of first puDllcation of this
notice. • •« '
Dated the 19th day of August,
1918. V- - -• *
J. G. Morrison, Administrator.
W. B. Stout, Attorney for Adminis
trator.
First Publication, Aug 22, 1918.
Final Publication, Sept. 26, 1918.
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