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EDITORIAL
FABLE OF THE KID OUT WEST
(L. It. in tie Spokane Chronicle.)
Not so very many; years before
Bryan first ran there jvaa a man by
the name of H. Greeley who said,
beat it—the old man's fam
ily is getting too large," Sq the
.kid gathered up his marbles and
traveled.
Now the old man proceeded to
grow eelf-centered and corpulent
ani forgot all about the kid who
had disappeared somewhere beyond
the Mississippi. One day the kid,
who had grown strong a ad brawny
emerged from his tar paper shack
out in the sage brush and says, "Pa
I can build jus* as big a sky scrap
er as you. can," and he did it. Pa
says, "Now dont get foolish."
Then the kid says, "Pa, I can
raise more grain to the acre than
you can," and he did it. Pa says,
"Now, don't get sarcastic."
Xest the kid says, "Pa, I can
raise better fruit than you ever
saw," and he did it. Then the old
mau says, "O you talk too much,"
and ue got jealous and proceeded to
teli the kid where to get off at. The
kid was full of ginger and he
what teed the old man, one over the
craaiium and says, "Pa, take a bite
out of my prohibition and see how
you like it."
T'-en he gave him another wnaca
on the pate aud says, "When you
have swallowed that try' some of
my woman suffrage and see how yo
like it." Then tlx© kid says, "Pa,
this hurts me worse than it does
you," and he gave his center of
culture a solaT plexus blow.
Xext he ran right through hid
prt literary field with his alkali
smeared boots on, then he took a
running jump at his chief financial
center, tin-canned the Taanmany pug
and proceeded to dictate to the old
man who should run the ranch for
»he next four years.
Then when the kid stopped to
get his wind, the old man faltering
and with tears in his eyes, says,
"Son you're a chip off the old block
—I am proud of you—you're a bet
ter man than ycur dad ever was,"
♦ • m * *
—and the son of thje "Kid," whose
mo'her was a 6uffragette grew
strong and wise, and looking for
green fields and pastures new, came
to Alaska, where there is much
good soil, and equal rights, and
prohibition, and he had his father's
i. the Kid's) knowledge of modem
rotthods, and in a few years he re
turned to the home of his childhood
and be double discounted his father
(the Kjd), for h© had vast acre® of
grain, and cattle, and gold mines,
and coal mines, and copper mines,
and pulp mills, and salmon can
neries, and huge ships and—well
history repeated itself, only on a
larger scale than it did for THE
Kia _. _____ i: rmi
lunk dealers are becoming rich
in selling old farm machnery to
the munition factories—turning the
ploughshares back into swords.
It cost Uncla Sam a $4,000,000
cruiser to begin to salvage a strand
ed submarine. And now just how
much would it- cost him to salvage
a submarine that isn't stranded?
Kindly words, sympathizing atten
tions, watchfulness apalnst wounding
men's sensitiveness—these cost very
little, but ttiey are priceless in their
value.
GOVERNMENT j
OWNERSHIP
! i
Government ownership and opera
tion. of coal mines as & remedy for
the high. cost of coal Is prdelcted by
Dr. George Otis Smith, direct or of
th« United Spates geological survey.
Speaking before the American
Mining Congress in Chicago, be said
that in tie whole field of productive
business it seemed to him that the
coal business Is the one that Is
moa< likely to come under govern
ment ownership.
In a striking manner Smith ex
plained that the coal mine owners
are ahle to collect from the coal
burning public, not for digging: the
coal, tjut simply for allowing the
mining company to dig it.
"One of the latest leases by a
large coal land owner," he says,
"provides for the payment of 27 per
cent of the selling price of the coal
at tie breaker. Thla percentage,
therefor. Is not only a royalty, but
also a commission on the miner's
wage,*' J
How th& reward for land Owner
ship worka out is illustrated by
Director Smith in the case of the
Glrard estate Pf Philadelphia.
"Figured on the output from the
Giraid lands," lie says, "whlchi Jfl
nearly three per cent of the total
production, thq gross return of the
estate from its coal lands is over
50 cents a tan."
The people of the United States,
says Smith, cannot &Cford to allow
private interests to obtain control
a' coal resources, because future
generations cannot afford to pay the
orice that would he necessary—Ex.
PTARMIGAN
ARE PLENTIFUL
The Cordova Times claims that
the missing ptarmigan have been
foun *. (tad in. substantiation of
tttis statement says:
Scientific sharps and experts of
bird lore have an op-portuntiy to
set forth their knowledge in re
gard to whie'her or not the above is
a statement or a ^misstatement of
fact. Here is the basis of the ar
gument:
From nearly every' part of the
territory reports w«re received this
year thai the ptarmigan had van
ished. A lew scattering birds were
seen, but the vast flocks sere not
*o be found,
Som* eat* that cold weather kill
ed them; others that they had mi
grated.
Messages have been received at
Valdez within the week from Dr.
French on Bristol bay that millions
and millions of ptarmigan have gath
"red on the Alaskan peninsula. Dr.
French wrote after crossing- the pen
insula en rout a home from a term of
court at Valdes. He said that neve
in the history of that seetion had
the birds been so thick.
The natives are taking advantage
of tb.e invasion and: are living high.
The contention is that these birds
migrated from other parts, but oth
<vs claim that the ptarmigan does
not migrate and *hat the reason he
is so plentiful out there is that con
ditions were favorable at hatching
time, while the reason for scarcity
elsewhere is auswened by the cold
weather of last summer.
The debate will be "The Ptarmi
gan on the Alaska Peninsula Mi
grated there" or "Thia Ptarmigan
There Are Newly Hatched Sons and
Daughters of the Local Tribe."
CHAPLIN" DOES SOME GOOI>
For the tired timber ■workmen,
looking back on a day's struggle
with 150-foot pines and firs, no
thing will eo weE restore boddlyN
vigor as a couple of reels of
Charlie Chaplin, a Bong bj Caruso
and a night's sleep on. a genuine
hair mattress;
This is the conclusion, of loggers
and timber contractors Of northern
Idaho, says the Spokane Chronicle,
and i* will not be many months be
fore every camp will hare its pictur
show, its cabinet pbpnograph, show
er baths and real beds.
The Northwest Loggers' club, hay
ing headquarters in Spokane, is tak
ing concerted action to make the
snow-bound, mountain logging camj|
s place of comfort and: rest. One
employer hag been malntaing a pic
ture show for several months and
reports that it has solved the Idle
hWrs problem, whan thQ bootlegger
«nd gambler ply their trades. -
Th# Lgrch In Labrador.
The soil and atmosphere are so cold
and dry iu Labrador that scarcely any
vegttatlon thrives ut all. The larch Is
a species of pine tree which Is found
In all northern countries, but Its
growth is so stunted In Labrador that
a specimen found ou the most southern
part of that dreary land was but nine
inches in height and the trunk was but
three-eighths of Inch In diameter. A
careful examination of the miniature
tree revealed its age to lie at least thir
ty-two years, for there were that num
ber of ring growths shown In its small
trunk. The very col l currents pouring
down from the north and the fact that
Labrador has less sunshine than Alas
ka, together with several Inland cli
matic conditions, make the summer
seasons shorter and colder than are
those of Alaska.—Exchange.
Durable.
"I want a slogan," said the manu
facturer of phonograph rec-ords, "some
thing that will convoy tho idea that
our records never wear out."
The advertising man lit a fresh ciga
rette and thought for eight seconds by
the clock.
"How will this do?" he asked. "One
of our dance records will outlast the
best hardwood dancing floors ever
built."—New York World.
One Exception at Lead,
"Ton seem to think I'm never right
about anything." "At ail events,
vou're risrht. ahont that."
Impedimenta.
Floorwalker.—Good morning. You
wish to do'some shopping, I presume.
Bride (with hubby)—Yes. Floorwalker
—Step np to the smoking room and the
boy there will give you a check for
your husband.—Exchange.
A grateful dog is better than an un
grateful man.—Saadi.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPBC
1 IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6th.
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
Firs* Judicial Division, pursuant
to an order for an election to
fill a vacancy in the office of mem
ber of the House of Repreoento
tives from-the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and Issued
ou the 31st day of Jamuary 1917,
by tli.e Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor c-f the Territory of Alaska,
under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him, by section 4,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice is hereby given that An
election will be held on Tuesday,
March 6, 1917, between the hours
of eight o'clock a. m. and seven
o'clock p. m. of said date.
The Common Council of Skag
way, Alaska, having heretofore by
resolution duly designated the vot
ing precinct of Bald town and the
polin- place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
said Town of Skagway, Alaska,
which are as follows:
Ail cf the platted townsite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will
vote at the Town Hall building
which is located on Lot Three (3)
Block Eigh* (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
des;gnated poling place in and for
the voting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, Feb
ruary 8 th, 19 IT
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town of Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(3eal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
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Plenty of Alaskan Rejadera Have
This Experience
You tax th,e kidneys — overwork
them—
They can't k^ep up the continual
strain.
The back may giv© out—It may
ache and pain;
Urinary ^roubles may get In.
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them.
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following evidence?
P. S. Kane, railroad engineer, 719
Seventh St., Sacramento, Cal, says:
"I Injured my hack and was af
terward subject to a dull, tlre>
some ache across my loins and In
my kidneys. The janring and jolt
ing from riding on the engine aggra
vated the trouble. It was hard for
mo to get up after pending over,
owing to the pain, and lameness in
my back. My feet and limbs swell
ed, which showed that my kidneys
were the cause of the trouble.
Doan's Kidney Pills gave me prompt
relief. A box or twoi now and then
keens me feeling all right."
Price 50c at all dealers. Don't
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get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
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* fraternal orders *
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Ska^wary No. 1.
A. B. meets every sec
ond and. fourth) Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. sD»rp. Visiting brotiiarB cordial
ly wt-'ocime. W. L. Stev&naou, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Heci rder.
©
Fraternal Order
Eaglets—
Skagway Aerie
No. 23, Frater.
nal Order of
\\ edocfifclay night of each month -at
LnrJc ball ou Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing bruthtere cotrdia]]}- iuviUil to
attfiiid. J. M. Qieisbacu, AV. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge [
V. & "A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Frl. KT'gs, of each
montru Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Harold Talbot, W. M.
Address all communications to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagw&y Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
(Thursday night
^Visiting, brotk-era
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. V-AWDEWALL, secretary.
Plpne^r erf Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
m««4* in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
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