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EDITORIAL
J4OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
ALASKA'S VALUE
Alaska's value, of course, can
ned be computed. This fact is ap
preciated in the following editorial
comment by the Pacific Builder and
ICngineer:
• March 13th, 1917, marked the
Fftieth anniversary of the purchase
of Alaska. It now seems incredible
that public sentiment should have
been opposed to the purchase Qf
this great territory i"ot the sum of
17,200,000, yet history records that
such was the case, it would bank
rupt tt^j greatest treasury In the
world »o buy that territory today.
What a wonderful thing is the gift
of visloa and what a debt of grati
tude this country owes to the mem
ory of William H. Seward who epi
tomized the future so clearly when
he said: "The Pacific Ocean, ita
shores, its islands and the regions
beyond, will become the chief
theatre of tie world's great here
after. Since he practically made
the nation a gift of the terrritory
it has yielded up 5230,000,000 in
gold alone and those residing In
its v&£t spaces spend three times
its purchase yearly io: goods in
the United States. 1' ;s now so
firmly established in -lit regard
of the government th. I not a l>ro
tes*. is .heard when th „• ,'overiunent
proceeds to construct long rail
road fo pierce the vrey heart of the
empire, it is but rei'-erating well
kuowa history to enumerate the
resources of Alaska.. They exist In
great prodigaJity and eulighteued
j.olicies are beginning to succeed
those which have retarded its pro
per growth for so many years."
• HOOLIGAN" ARE RUNNING
The small boy was purchasing a
fishing line, la his eyes was the
Ugh* that comes only with the pros
Dec' ol a. day along some stream
where wary fish lie hidden in deep
pools, waiting for some angler to
come along and match cunning
with them.
Tho eheechako interrupted by
asking what he was going to fish
for. He should have known better
than that, for even a cheechako
should realize that buying fishing
tackle is not a job to be gone at
lgihtly but one to be approached de
voutly and with, complete single
mi ndedn ess.
Reluctantly the boy turned and
replied, "hooligan," and then again
set about the task of fitting him
self out with the devices men and
boys must use to outwit the fish
Now "hooligan," of course, was
about as enlightening as if the boy
had replied in Burmese. Fortun
ately someone volunteered the In
formation that it was a fish, the
Eulachon or candle fish, a wry suc
culent member of the smelt family.
But, whatever it is, it's runa'ng.
The boy Said fio and tie &dded that
you could get all you wamted by
going over to smuggler's Cere. It
flshjcjf lor "Hooligan," is really
liko what that boy's eyes Indicat
ed, the sport must be worth: while.
Here's hoping h« caught a lot of
tiiem. . ,
• GOP GIVE US MEN"
Qod rive us men, the time demands.
Strong minds, great hearts, true
faith and willing bands;
Men whcm the lust of office does
not kill; 1
Men whom the spoils of office can
not buy;
Men who possess opinions and a
will;
Men who have honor; men who
will not He;
Men who can stand before a d«ina
gtgue |
And damn his treacherous flat
teries without winking;
Tall men, ®ua-crowned, who live
above the fog
In public duty and In private
thinking, i
—J. O. Holland.
So Js a deposit of gold that
has beea discovered in the Malay
States • ba' particles of the precious
metal ooffic up witb the wots when
grasa is pulled.
HERE AND THERE
WITH ALASKANS
Sergeant L. McLangMin, for sev
eral yeara preceding last summer
secret service chief of the R. N. W.
M. P., at Dawson and now In po
lice barracka at Lethbr.dge, Al
berta, has written a letter to the
Dawson News in whioh he says that
his division may soon be ordered
to Egvpt.
Production at the Jumbo and
Bonanza. Mines of the Kennecott
Corporation ia between ?2,600,000
and S3,000,000 a month.
Arnold ajckson, who, prior to
'ha outbreak of the present Euro
pean war was engaged in mining at
Juneau, Alaska, haa been invested
with the Military Cross by the
Kii:g at Buckingham Palace, Lon
don, England. He is 22 years of
age, and is a son of Alderman Thos.
Jackson, of ChilllwAck, Fraser
Valley, B. C.
James Oliver of Yaldes Is one
of the new arrival# at the Alaska
Pioneers' home in Sitka.
One hundred four salmon can
neries, it is said, will be operated
this season along the Alaskan
coast from Ketchikan to the Nu
3hagak district.
George J. Love and Frank Kemp
fer of the Alaska Gold Hill mine
have returned to Valdez after spend
ing several weeks in the States on
business .
A. Law of Cordova, once a part
ner of Jack Dalton, is repotted to
t>« preparing to prospect this sum
mer in the Bristol bay country..
Rubv Igloo No. 5 Pioneers of
Alaska, is planning to mark the
50th anniversary of the raising of
the American flag In Alaska on
October 18 next, by erection of a
monument over the grave of M rs.
John Bean, the first white woman
to penetrate interior Alaska, the
first to bear a white chiW and the
firs* to die in that country..
Old Knik, the famous Indian vil
lage founded more than a hundred
years ago by Chief Nicholai on
what is now the line of the govern
ment railroad about 28 miles from
Anchorage, is said to have dwindl
ed from a once populous town to a
village of only a few survivors of a
once powerful tribe.
Dr. J. A. Silverman of Yaldez,
is said to have received) recently
a Kcdiak bear skin measuring 12%
feet, and magnificently furred.
National. Democratic Committee
man T. J. Donohoe, who has been
at Washington, is expected to ar
rive at his home in Valdez about
the first of May.
Mrs. Darling of Nome has received
a letter from J. J. Underwood of Se
attle, stating that Mary Roberts
Rhlnehart, the well known author
and Samuel G. Blythe, the famous
writer for the Saturday Jjfvening
Pos* will visit Alaska during the
coming summer.
On Boob creek in the drUts there
is a pungent odor which is attribut
ed to the age-old remains of the
mammoths found there. While act
ofiensive, like the odor o£ recently
decayed animals, th0 Smell is
said to be strong enough to per
meate the air for a considerable
Photo by American Press Association.
Brigadier General George P. Sorlven.
To Help Him Out.
"You nre lying so clumsily," said th«
observant Judge to a litigant who wai
making a dubious statement of hla
case, "that I would advise you to gel
a lawyer."—Browning's Magazine.
The Pessimist'# Notion.
"He's a pessimist."
"Yes. Nothing's as good as it might
be, and everything is worse than It
ought to be."—Detroit Free Press.
Observe your enemies, for they first
find out your faults.—Antisthenes.
Deafness Ci:ir.o'. Cured
by 'ot-al npj'Si-1'ili. :a. a** »".:*> cannot reach
th d»- i« r•?»•« of fht «»pp. Th»*ro le
jnly i-a- way la cum- dt*aUivs* and chat :s
by conslit'-tfrrnl renied!"* *)enfn«ss is
,-:u:s .. i> |i«l..:n>d Conditio!) •»! th' mu
cous l*i th* Etlitachl?t Tube. Wiieri
this lube is ii.tlumed you have u rumbling
sound vt Impcv'ect lietirliiK. • i«l when It \t
sntlrefy closed, Deafness is th** result. and
unhsa the inllummat ..>n i in be taken out
artel tills tube restored to t's normal condi
tion, loaring will be t!.»iioy»d forever; nlnu
case* out of ten are caur d by Catarrh.
*rhich Is nothing but an iiUlamod condition
of the mucous st:rf;tc*s.
We will »rl\ One Huudred D^lla-s for any
ease of Deafness icaused *»y catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
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Take Hall's Family rills for constipation
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White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
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are welcome.
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Skagway Lodge
No. 481, B. P. O.
E. meets every
. Thursday night
'a* 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothere
cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J. VAtfJDEWALi., Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday In
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