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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
THE COMMON CAUSE
Much talk is heard of what Am
ericans are doing for the allies.
Tbt !cans we are making them, the
focd stuffs we are sending them,
all these things figure much in
orint and discussions.
Uu* why not consider the shoe
on the other fool? What are the
aliJes doing for the United States?
Tbev are bearing the brunt of the
war which is now this country's war
as well as of England and France
and Russia and Italy. Their men
and boys are giving their lives on
the oattle fields that have scarred
Northern France.
Thev are fighting the war In
which the United States hag now for
a month had common cause with
them. The outcome is just as vital
*o i>'« country as it is to the allies.
True, the United States is raising
an army to send *o the front. But
it sill be months before this force
can mobilized and trained and
then transported. It will be late in
the fall at the earliest before the
Ametican flag can be effectively cai
ried acainit the German lines.
The great demand now and for
tb0 months that will end with this
soasoa's harvesr, is for production of
food. What has been done in
the way of supplying food must be
done in much greater measure from
now on. The patriotism of produc
ing must, for the present, be paxa.
mour.'. And, accompanying produc
♦ioi!, there mpst be self-denial
and economy.
Not only must the wants of tlie
Uul't'l States bo provided for but
the wants of the allies as well.
The situation is criUcal. To meet
it organized and intelligent effort,
eserted to the utmost, will be
required.
Note this summary on the wheat
suculy and warning contained in a
circular letter sent out by the Na
tional City Bank of New York:
"All of Europe—neutral as well
as warring countries— has been
plai°d upon food rations to eke out
supplies until the new crop is har
vested. This country entered the
presenf crop year, last July, with
164,000,000 bushels of wheat car
ried oyer from tho crop of 1915,
and a 1916 produced 482,000,000
bushels of winter wheat and 158,
000,000 bushels of spring wheat;
teal supply, 804,000,00 bushels.
This year there will b« practically
no wheat carried ever and the
government's estimate upon the
winter crop forecasts a yield of
only 430,000,000 bushels. On this
basis the sprine wheat crop must be
214,000,000 larger than last year
in order to give us a wheat supply
equal to what we will export and
consume in the crop year now clos
ing. This is an alarming out
lof*. The sprinjr wheat crop 1# no
toriously subject to weather con
ditions. More spring wheat should
be sown, but it is doubtful if the
War Enthusiasm
The Governor of Arizona proclaims
"Loyalty Sunday."
Khaki has replaced officers' blue and
gold lace at all army posts.
Baltimore arranges to utilize 1,000
acres of park lawns for truck gardens
Tortland, Ore.. Is raising $23,000 as a
bonus for Oregonlaus who Join the
navy.
Painted flags disappear from all
American ships. War gray Is the only
color.
The IJederkrans club, New York,
bars "Deutschland Ueber Alles" and
"Die Wacbt am Rhoin."
Cornell athletic teams call off their
spring trips so as to be ready for en
listment
Baltimore will erect a bronze tablet
to honor of the first 500 citizens to en
list to the navy.
Two little girls to Penn Tan, N. Y.,
have sent the president $1.20 as the
first public war contribution.
Mrs. Edith Vanderbllt offers Bllt
more, the Vanderbllt estate in North
Carolina, as a mobilization camp.
Marriod Through Window.
Ilion, N. Y.-Silveria Hopklnson was
man-led to Charles Monro^through
the window of a house. The window
opened from his room. He Is in bed
with scarlet fever. Quarantine of
ficers watched to see that the law was
strictly observed. The Bev. J. F.
Wilds of Herkimer substituted for the
bridegroom to placing the ring on the
bride's finger and also gave the kiss
at the close of the ceremony.
Alaskan Press
IF THEY'D ONLY HEED
Th© Juneau papers like the Fair
banks papers have reached a point
that they oannof. publish an issue
unless they "pick" at one another.
O' course, it is no skin off our
ncse; and for that reason this
advice is free. Nevertheless, *e
believe it would b much mora edify
ing were they to ignore one another
[instead of cultivating that nasty
(habit of nagging. What interest
can the general public have in their
personal differences, political or
otherwise? None, and if the pub
lic is interested at all, it can
onlv serve to create more factions.
—Ketchikan Miner.
ALASKA MAILS
Once more we will take up the
old, old cry of better mail service
for the Interior of Alaska and we
hope will s&e better results as an
answer to our repeated demand for
better treatment^ in) that respect.
"Go forth, pioneer, and make
new worlds in untrodden places,"
says Washington. And the men wl<|
heed that call are then left to
flounder as bast they can in the
mire, without roads for a genera
tion, and with so niggardly a postal
service that many men, impatient
a' the lonj lapses between lettor
and answer, have finally dropped
all communication, with, their frienda
in the States.
—Ruby Record Citizen.
ALL ALASKANS LOYAL
Thi Valdez publication, ever
ready to slur and belittle a neigh
N>rin<* town, says, concerning a
recput meeting af the coal terminal:
"Anchorage had a rousing pa
triot! i meeting at which 350 citi
zens signed cards agreeing to en
lis* if needed. Valdez held no meet,
ing hot several of her sons exempli
fied the difference between, talking
and action and took the boa* for
the Seattle recruiting office-" )
Now wo consider this slur quite
uncalled-for. We are perfectly
willing to admit »hat it is not ab
solutely necessary to have a pub
lic meeting to proclaim allegiance
our government, but at the
same time it is an entirely fitting
thing to do. All Americans are
presumed to be patriotic and most
of them are loyal to the nation. We
have confidence in the loyalty of th
citizenship of Alaska, and it will
take much more than a gratuitous
offering of the Valdez publication toi
make us believe otherwise.
—Anchorage Times.
wheat shortage can be made up. Oth
er foci crops must be grown to
meet the deficiency."
The allies, for the present, must
wield the sword. The duty of Am
ericans is to use the plowshare. In
stead of literally converitng jt
in'o a sword, they must do so fig
uratively. Just now it is the
great weapon. o£ this world's war. '
STARS AND STRIPES FLOAT
FROM WINDOWS IN LONDON
Steady Stream of Yankees at
Embassy Ask to Serve In
United States Army.
The Stars ami Stripes float from
scores of flagpoles In London and are
intertwined with the flairs of the allies
in some of thu most prominent clnbs,
hotels and business houses, .^ays the
New York World.
A great American muss meeting was
held in Queen's hall, at which resolu
tions were adopted to indicate to Pres
ident Wilson the undivided support of
ail Americans in that country. Ambas
sador Page was present
There was a continuous stream of
American soldiers In the British army
at the embassy to mrke known their
desire to Join any American expedi
tionary force which may be sent
Nearly 200 have registered already,
and their names have been forwarded
to Washington. About 8,000 Ameri
cans are in the Canadian contingent
and a large but as yet unknown num
ber in the British ranks.
The extent to which the Americans
there are co-operating with the allies
was indicated by the enormous contri
bution which Lady Arthur Paget (who
was Miss Mary Stevens of New York)
has raised for the allies during the
war. She said:
"I have been able to raise $1,200,000
during the war. The American women
will still continue to maintain their two
hospitals here. I have cabled to Presi
dent Wilson and Senator Root express
Ing my feelings about the entry of
America into the war. It was a mag
nificent decision."
RED CROSS FOR ANIMALS.
Society Organized to Care For Them
On Battlefield.
To do work for animals that tbe Ited
Cross does for human beings is the
aim of tbe American lied Star Animal
Relief, which has been organized under
tbe auspices of the American Humane
association by Mrs. Jnmes Speyer, Mrs.
Frederick \V. Vanderbiit, Mrs. Ormr
Wilson and other society women of
New York, in case of war the society
proposes to send ambulances and sur
geuns to the battlefields to care for
wounded horses and dogs in tbe serv
ice. It also plans civil relief where an
Imals are afferted by plagues, famines
or epidemics.
Money on the Brain.
New 1017 dime was used by Memphis
surgeous to |>utcL li j'o in skull of boj
kicked by a nude.
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Was Perfectly AVticn He Started
to t"*e Newliro'* Herplcide •
Frederick Manuel'. Maryland block,
Dutle, Montana, bought a bottle of New
bro's Herpicide. April 0, and began to
use It for entire baldness. The hair fol
licles In his scalp vore not de-id and In
20 days he had hair all over his head.
On July 2 he writes. 'and today my hair
Is as thick nr.! "ur-jriar.t a3 any one
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WOMEN'S WOES
Alaskan Women Are Pi ruling Relief
At Last
Ii does seem that women liave
mor® than a lair share of the
aches and pains that afflict hu
manity^- t&ey must "keep tip,"
mu-t attend to duties in spite of
constantly aching backs, or head
aches. dizzy spells, bearing-down
iiains; they must stoop over when
to stooi means torture. They mus
walk and bend and work with rack
ing pains and many aches from
Kidney ills. Keening the kidneys
well has spared thousands of yo
men much misery. Read what one
woman says,
Mrs. M. I. Davis, 296 Weidler
3*., Portland, Ore., says: "For
vear I had a great deal of trouble
with, my abek and kidneys. Sharpj
pains wculd catch mg and it seem
p* as '* my back was giving out
en m My kidneys acted too fre
quently, causing much, annoyance.
Dean's Kidney Pills rid me of the
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oad m*- kidneys became normal. I
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Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Bkagwar No
A. B. m©ats every sec
ond and. foujth.1 Tues
day everalng at 8:30 P
m. Slnvrp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wt'ccine. W. L. StQvensoa, Arc
Mo Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Reoc rder.
Fraternal Order
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No. 25, Frater
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nagieg m«et» the) first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
tnPlf hall an Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cwdiadly invitetd to
aUftnd. J. M. Qreiibacii, W. P.
J. V. MiUor, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
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F. & A. M. No. 113
meeta 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
or each months. Visiting Brethren
are welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
K. meets every
Thursday night
■- &t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meets In A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8.80 p. m.
Visiting Brother* cordially wel
come.
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P. H. Doree, Rec. See.
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