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" OLD GLORV;
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
^ DON'T WASTE IT
PERSHING'S REPORT
General Pershing's cabled report
yesterday tha t there never lias
been » ••similar body of men to
lead a.» clean. lives" should be
gratifying to the people at home
and to the nation at large.
Our boys in France represent the
AxnerU.au nation, and their actions
ou foreign and friendly soil will, in a
large measure, determine the fu
ture impression of the poeple of
the United Statts. Our "Sammies"
are fighting for an ideal, one that
is high and noble, and one of which
an/ Christian nation can be proud.
It's impossible to imagine brutal
Germany fighting for a similar
ideal.
To live up to the high thoughts
of the American nation is a duty
of the United States iK>:dier. They
have two things to do, Driug Ger
many tj her knees, and represent
the highest ideals of the United
States at the same time. Pershing's
repor. of our boys shows they are
living up to the responsibility with
which they are intrusted.
I HE FRENCH RECEITION
A writer in the Everybody's, who
waa iu Paris when that city re
ceived its first glimpse of American
troops, says:
"I listened with, all my ears to
the comments that were made, and
as everybody was talking at the top
of bis voice to be heard above the
ifin, I caught a good many of them
amusing. A great many times they
said: 'Oh, iis sont famous'— they'ij
fine. X heard several times: "How
tall and thin they are!' Once or
twice, with a hearty emphasis, al
most or admiration: 'Heavens, how
ugly they ar,.\' (And this wag
T©ally true. I didn't realize until I
saw a mass of them together how
the Lincoln type of powerful, raw
boned sincere ugliness h.a« per
sisted ia many Americans.) And cj
course a thouand times 'Vive les
poilus d'Amerique! -
"One working woman walking: in
front of me, carryig a boy. kept
saying: 'It makes me want to
cry whe» I see their flag here,' and
an old man said: 'I hope there is
a German spy on evry streeet cor
ner.' One woman, jumping up and
down with, excitement, said: 'Oh, 1
am so glad I am going to see them;
I never sajv any Americans in my
life.' I gathered from her ac
cent that she expected them to
wear feathers and paint their faces
with war paint. I cannot begin to
tell you the atmosphere of friend
liness and evident good feeWng
Which permeated this enormous
crowd. I never felt anything like
It in mr life. But what pleased me
most of all was what a middle-aged,
middle-class woman on the Btreet
car going home said to me after
Rhe noticed John's uniform. She
■aid: 'Every time I see the Am
erican flag it makes me think: "No
the Germans were wrong. Ideals
»re realest things there are" "
James Sheakley, first governor of Alaska, former congressman, from
Pennsylvania, pioneer oil man, close friend of men prominent in na
tional life during tlie P'kst quarter of the 19th. century, leader of the fa
mous filibuster in the Hayes-Tilden fight in 1S75, died January 10,
at th*» age ot' 5>i) years, in his home in Greenville, Pa.
Tho above cut of Mr. She&kley
was received from .Mrs. Lillian. Mc
WiU.am, a tourist who visited Skag
way last year. The cut was sent
to Andrew Stevenson, who kindly
turned it over to The Alaskan.
The Advance Argus, of Greeue
ville. is high in the praise of .Mr.
Shekiey, ami gives a, legnthy his
tory of him. We public a few
clippings from the Argus.
in 1SS4 when congress passed the
act giving the then territory of Al
aski a civil government, to consist
o* a United States district court
and four lower courts, the judges
to be known as United States com
missioners, .Mr. Slieakley was one
of tU * commissioners appointed, and
J ylaced at Fort "W'r&ngelJ, Al-ska He
; was also appointed superintendent
of the government schools iu Alaska
ilis uniform kindly treatment ol
tho Aluets and oth.er Alaskan na
tive-- won for iiitn their undying
trieadship, which. persists to
this day. He was given the name
• Little Father" by his Indian
friends. Only last summer, at one
of the local theaters, an Alaskan
iudia.il, a musician, was one of the
performers. In some manner, he
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"Look at Siwash, what will
tie do when lie is 1'orced to the
i'ront to slaughter Germans?" (And
then a burst of laughter J. "I'll
bet you couldn't eee His heels from
the wake or dust tliat lie would
make in liis hasty retreat; as boon
a those fellows get a glimpse of
a German belrnet, good night."
The above is the remark of a well
known mail about tojvn who was
conversing the other day with a.
friend of his on a certain street
corner, ;uid the writer of this, who
tai>pened to be there, glanced at
the "Siwash," and what 1 saw was
a young man of 24 or 25 years of
age (.whose name I'll omit) who
seemed to me to be in the best of
physical condition.
As 1 vaj not personally acquainted
with the gentleman who made the
above remarks, 1 never said any
thing about it. But now I am just
going to let the public decide thru
the pages of our Daily Alaskan. Are
our native brothers fit to become
brothers in anus? Are they fit
to march fide by side with the pro
tectors. of our noble flag? Now
dear public pleage think this mat
ter over, are they fit? If they
are fit, why are they called Si
ivashes? Wh; t is a Siwash? Oli,
a Siwash is just au Indian; that
might >>e your thought, but, every
time you call au Indian a Siwash
in his prseonce, it cuts him like a
knife. The word Siwash is to a na
tive an insult so deep that it goes
tight to the heart.
Do ^ur Red brothers have a name
like that for the Whites? No, In
stead f insult .they respect their
white irothers. There might come
a time, dear readers, when we all,
natives and whites, will be called
to the front to fight side by side.
And ipfore that time comes can we
g£t all be on equal Btanding, be
cause my belief is that our In- J
dians tire as loyal to the stars
learnod that the "Little Father'
was living in Greenville. All else
was forgotten un'il lie could has
ten and pay homage to the mau wh
had been so good to his people.
Helped Nuiuiuatc Cleveland
At the Democratic national con
vention, in Chicago, in 1892, Mr,
Sheakley was one of the two dele
gate& from Alaska. He and his as
oeiate, A. K, Helnoey, by casting
tue'r ballot^ for Cleveland, gavt
e ui the necessary two third volt
necessary to win the nomination. As
a reward for this- service, CI eve
land, on his iiuluct'on into tht
off'ce of l'resident, in 1893, ap
pointed ifr. Sheakley as the first
governor of Alaska. He took of
fice in Sitka, Alaska, on August 2i
| of that * ear.
Hia record jvas such that Presi
dent Harrison 1 ©-appointed hin
! notwithstanding his opposite l>o
litical affiliations.
After serving his term of foui
years, making a. total of nine yean
that he bad spent in the far nortt
and being in his 58th year, be re
signed and relumed to his liotu<
here where he ha-s since lived 1
somi-retired life.
and stripes as we «re, and for thai
ono teason alcuie lot us respoci
tUom y.. they respect us.
Let us all be equals, no mattei
Wli;U positions we hold in thh
world, Will not somebdy else giv<
their opinion on this subject?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Go back to the simple life, bt
contented with simple food, simple
pleasures,, simple clothes. Wore
• :.ard, iiiay. hard, p'.ay hard. Work
eat, lecreate and t>ltej_>. Ho it all
j co-ura^eously.
I We have a victory to win.
—Hoover.
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Tested And Proven
There in a Jtteai> of Solace in ISoinfi
Able to Depend Upon a \\>ll
Karucd Reputation
For mouths Skagway readers
have seen the constaut exprea
siou of pra-iso for Doan's Kidnej
Pills, ami read uboait the goo<J
work, they havo doue, What otliei
remedy ever produced such con
vincing proof of merit?
Andrew Martin, 721 F Street, Sa
cramento, Calif., says: "Exposure
to dampness and bad jveatlier at
my work brought on kidney trouble
years ago. 4. steady ache iu the
small of my back caused me a great
deal of suffering. .My kidneys act
ed too often am' that broke up my
' rest at night. My back was so
weak and painful 1 could hardly;
sloop over to pick up anything and
it was just as hard to Btraighten
a?aiu. Doan's Kidney Pills gave
mo more help than i had ever re
ceived from any other medicine."
(Statement given Jan. 15, 1916.)
On April 10, 1917, Mr. Martin
added: "It has been a long time
since I have needed Doan's Kidney
Pills, but my faith in them hasn't
changed."
Prico 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ftsk for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—(lie same
tlint Mr. Martin had. Poster-MJl
burn Co., Mfgrs.. Ruffalo, Y.
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fraternal orders
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. l,j
meeto every second and
fourth Tuesday evening |
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit-f
ing brotLers cordially welcome.
Edward A. Kasinusoji, Arctia Chief.
Wllllaiu It. Gray, Arctic Kecorder.
Fraternal O. tier
Eagles—
Skiigway Aerie,
No. —"5, Frater
nal Oixler of
Kawes meet the flint and Uiinl
Wednesday Right of each mojiith at
their hall aa Fifth Avenue. V init
io* bi others cordially invited to
attend.
Johu M. Keller, W. 1*.
J. M. (jriesbach, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
Whit* Pas# Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday Ev«ulngg
V.** I lOiiim UlClUi tJU
ar» welcome.
HAROLD TALROT, W. M.
JAMB3 -WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 43J, B. P. O.
E. meets every
^ Thursday qt 8:30
p. m. Visiting
brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BAT80N, R. R.
F. J VA4JDEWAU,, Sect stary.
I I'lonrcr of Alaska Igloo, No. S3,
i meet* in A. It. Hall first Monday 1a
cwrjr uiontii at 8:80 p. m.
Vsiting Brothers coixllally wel
I coino.
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