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EDITORIAL
l.F.T HER CRUMBLE
No one outside the "House of
Hapsourg" will shed a tear when
the Austro-Hungarian throne crum
I'-f's and the emperor goes the
rout© of Nicholas Romanoff. It
is a nation built upon the sands of
.-•vera! nationalities bound together
oy a r.ng of iron and straw held in
I'lm-e t>y the notoriously dissolute
a 11J corrupt grand dukes of Haps
t'tirg—their hands and brains and
~.>uls guided by the House of Hohen
• <
l.et Autsria-Hungary crumble and
fall apart. Germa.:jr may try to
t:rat> some of the crumbs, but she
ivon't hold many ot them. German
Austrian is now Germany, just a3
much so as Prussia She could
not a'd the plans of the Teuton
junkers any more if she became a
part of the kaiser's emuire. The
r^st of the crumos are not Ger
man now and never can be made
• it rman. They will rise independen
states out of the wreckage of the
ii.^psburg ruins. These peoples sub*
't.ttted with ill concealed displeasure
to the German-controlled govern
ment of the duel monarchy. They
«Lli not long tolerate an all-Ger
S:;nti government of Potsdam
Austro-Hungary for years was
the powder house of Europe and
there never was a dearth of match*
••s about the place. Austro-Hun
gary divided scatters the powder
Emperor Karl can loin King Con
stantlne and Czar Nicholas in the
laud of "used-to-oe" without evok
ing any regrets. Let the House of
IUipsburg slide, the world has 6een
its best—and countless years of its
worst. The family of nations can
*et along quite well without Aus
tro-Hungary and will be hugely
benefited by the 'ormation of a
ttout) of free and independent
slates whose borders run along ra
cial lines and are not dictated by
HoUenzollern greed.—Juneau Dis- j
patch.
THE XELCH1XA DISTRICT
The Nelchina district is coming
into the limelight again. Some four
years ago there was a stampede to
that district, hundreds of pros
pectors going in—and coming out
a few months later. The camp got
a black eye as » result of this
vtampede, and it will take the heal
ing powers of time to eradicate the
prejudice against th* district that
those wno went in.—and came out
again—have for it. But there were
a few prospectors who refused to
come out, only when necessity com
pelled them to secure additional food
supplies. They- remained with the
camp, despite the knocks and curses
that were directed against it by the
disappointed. ,6tampeders. And it
now aopears from information, that
is gain*1'1 from reliable sources that
the pay3treat hag teen found on Al
AMERICAN MARINES DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES IN FRANCE
u
With treat satisfaction the American public has read nf the valorous conduct of the lulled States marines In
the fighting in France. A large detachment of the men of the corps is here shown ou Its wnj to the lighting front
bert creek—the little stream on
which gold was origlually found in |
the camp and that iaused the Btam- (
pede. In a comparatively bjrief,
space of time Getchell and his part- ,
ner Baker took ou* a substantial j
grubstake last fall, out of the pay j
streak which they had located. 01- ■
sou »nd Christopherson are report* :
ed to have located the same pa- j
streak nearer the bead of the creek.
Duacan McCormick, the original
discoverer of the district, and who
owns claims on Aloert tfreek, is
a resident of Anchorage, iu. the em
ploy of the commission. He has
never lost faith in the camp and is
firmly convinced that it Will be
developed into a good producer in
the course of time.
The building to the railroad to
the Matanuska coal fields is a big
aid to the Xelchina, as that district
lies just over a comparatively low
divide from the coal areas. — An
chorage Times.
It would geem incredible that af
ter so many warnings and after wit
nessing the irreparable damage done
oy forest fires that any one with th
least spark of decency would care
lessly do any thing that might start
one o" these fires. The dropping
of a lighted end ol a cigarette or
a cigar or the cleaning out of a
pipe *ot yet extinguished or throw
ing a match into the grass be
fore it is out can and does cause a
number o' these fires.
It has beoome known that a
couple o* secret service men have
oeen here looking into this matter
and we hope the evidence has been
obtained that will bring the guilty
ones to task. No sympathy Bhould
bp given if the guilt can be proved
"MR-AND-YOU" PLAN TO PASS
ALONG INSPIRING WORDS
Miss Etta V. Leighton, civic secre
tary o£ the National Securty League
has started a "Me and You," lip
to lip, American propaganda. In
this the plan is that tor every Hun
lie uttered there shall be spoken an
American truth. The truths are
embodied in slogans taken from
President Wilson's speeches, Gen.
Pershing's messages, and from lit
erature sent out by the Committee on
Public Information, the National Se-,
curity League, and ether organiza
tions.
Miss Leighton is also advising
club women, teachers, and other
groups to write the slogans on
slips o* paper and to inclose them in
all letters sent to France and Italy,
these sjogans to he written n the
language of the country- for which
they are intended, so that they can
handed to soldiers and civilians.
"We will smash the German line
in France if you smash the Hun
propaganda at home" is a quotation
from Gen. Pershing. "Francais!
Tenez bon! Nous venons et. 'nous
irons usjqu'au bout!" is suggested
as an incisure for any soldier's let
ter to France.
DR. MINT HORN" SENDS
SPLENDID SAMPLES
Dr. Miuthorn of Metlakatla Bent
some splendid samoles of rye, t>ar
1 y, corn, buckwheat, potatoes and
onions, from his garden. The sam
ples are attracting much attention
especially from strangers who won
der if the samples are real gowths
of Alaska soil or Imported. This
year promises great rivalry; between
the gardners.
The window of the Progressive-'
Miner office is, as usual, at the dis
posal of anyone desirous of display
ing wnat they can grow in the way
of garden trrck in this distrct.
While a display may not help the
gardners. very much, every little
helps—at home.—Ketchikan Pro* j
gressive Miner.
SEARSROEBVCK ACCUSED
Washington, D. C-—The Federal
Trade Commission has issued an or
d»r to iears Roebuck & Co., of Chi
cago, to cease the following prac
tices, held to be unfair methods of
com petition:
1. Circulating catalogues con
taining advertisements of 6Ugar for
sale, wherein it is falsely repre
sented that because of large pur
chasing power and quick-moving
stock the company Is able to sell su
gar at a lower price than its com
petitors.
2.Selling or offering to sell sugar
below cost, through catalogues cir"
culated through the country.
3. Circulating catalogues contain
ing advertisements representing
that its competitors do not deal fair
ly, honestly and justly with custom
ers.
4. Circulating catalogues contain
ing advertisements offering its teas
for sale in which it is falsely stat
ed the company sends a special rep
resentative to Jaoan who person
ally goes iito tea gardens of that
country and personally supervises
nicking of the tea.
5. Circulating catalogles contain
ing advertisements offering coffee
in which it is falsely stated the '
company purchases all of its cof- j
f e direct from the best plantations '
in the world.
It was admitted that during the |
latter half of 1915 Sears Roebuck j
& Co. sold sugar to such an e-\- I
tent that $780,000 was received for j
it, the sales being made at a loss
of $196,000, all the sales being
combination sales on which a profit
was made. It was admitted, also,
that advertisements were circulated
in wnich it was intimated that com
petitors were charging more than a
fair price for sugar.
The other practices forbidden by j
order of the commission were ad- j
mitted also.
Croquet Is reported to l:e the most
popular arcouc the French sol
diers on ti>« wit front. Its restful
qualities have at last been vindicated.
That ancient end-man joke about the
chicken may be answered by saying
that it crosses the road to get out of
the pathway of a whizzing automobile.
This war is the biggest thing ever
staged since Noah st?pped into the ark,
and any one shws a poor sense of
dramatic value who takes no share
iu it.
Now that every citizen is invited
to become a spy hunter, we may ex
pect un enormous demand for toy
pistols on the part of our juvenile
population.
The best way would be to Intern
those fellows who have been putting
eround glass and such things In food
that Is sold, and then feed them on
no other kind.
If the government coins 15-cent
pieces for movie patrons It should
make 30 and GO-cent pieces so the
ticket sellers at the ball parks could
speed up a bit, too.
It might not be a bad Idea to let a
few German spies take a good look at
the Great Lakes naval training sta
tion and the other training camps and
then tell the news to the kaiser.
To Care a Gold In One Daj
Tako LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE Tablets. Druggists [ refund
money If it fails to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature Is on each, [box.
80c. Wed.
By order-in-couneil of date of
June 3 the government of Canada
prohibits the export of gold, eith
er in coin, bullion or bars from th
Dominion. No reference is made in
the order-in-council to gold nuggets
or jewelry, but presumably the de
cree covers this form of gold ex
port also.
E. S. Ironside, collector of cus
toms at Dawson, on July 1st, re
ceived from John McDougal, com
missioner of customs at Ottawa, the
following memorandum under date
of June 6:1
"Under the terms of an order-in
council of 3rd June, l#t8,- which is
set forth below, the export of gold
coin, gold bullion and fine gold bars
is prohibited except under Jicense
from the minister of finance.
"Customs officers will govern
themselves accordingly, ajid are on
ly to permit export of these commo
dities on presentation of a license
issued by the minister of finance,
the deputy minister of finance, or
the acting: minister or acting
deputy minister."
Attached to the foregoing was
the following copy of the rder of
the jrivy council of Canada, dated
Monday, June 3, and signed by R.
Bourdeau, clerk of the council:
"Wherea, To assist in the conser
vation of the supply the minister
of finance is of the opinion that the
export of gold coin, gold bullion and
fine gold bars should be prohibited
except under license from the min
ister •* finance:
"Therefore, His Excellency, the
Governor General in Council, ^n ihe
recommendation of the minister of
finance, and under the provisions of
the War Measures Act, 1914, is
pleased to order that is hereby or
dered that the export of gold coin,
gold bullion and fine gold bars from
the Dominion of Canada shall be
and the same is hereby prohibit
ed, except in such cases as may be
deemed Jesirable 'ny the minister of
finance and under license to be
Issued by him."—Whitehorsa Star.
America Fills the Need.
For years It has been the custom for
American manufacturers to obtain
each season a large number of Paris
garments and readapt them to . the
needs of American women. Paris has
always taken the lead In suggesting
possible styles. But the war has
brought American designs to the fore,
although It has by no means served to
discourage Paris artists. Now many
garments wholly American are being
shown, and the fact has been clearly
proved this country need never In
future play second fiddle. The fact
that fabrics and trimmings are scarce
and that wool, especially, must be con
served has probably worked to the ad
vantage of American designers and
would-be designers. For simplicity
has been the rule.
Ineffectual Camouflage.
Pearl White, the movie star, said at
a tea:
"If a girl Is nice, you can easily tell
It, and if she Isn't nice, no matter
what camouflage she uses, you can
tell It still more easily.
"I met an actress the'other day who
claimed to be very nlcet Indeed—Yas
sar graduate, planter's (daughter, un
fortunate speculations, > and all that
sort of thing.
"Well, this girl and I got into a
taxleab to hurry to a rehearsal, and as
she settled back In her seat she absent
ly said:
" 'When you ride In a taxi, dear, if a
a good wrinkle to breathe on the win
dows If you doat want to be seeo.'"
Are Your Kidneys Well
Many Skagway people Know tho Im",
i
portance of Healthy. Kidneys.
The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day.
Well kidneys remove Impurities.
Weak kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney 111 should be neglected.
There la possible danger In delay.
If tou hare backache or urinary
troubles.
II you are nenrous, dizzy or worn
out,
Begin, treating your kidneys at
once;
Use a proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed lik« Doan's Kid
ney Pllla.
Recommended by thousands.
Mrx Qua Andreas, 243 W. Fofty
eighta St., Seattle, Wash., gays:
"What caused my kidneys to get out
or order, I don't know. Across the
small *■ my back and over my kid
neys, sharp pains caught me all the
time. Dizzy gpells annoyed me a
lot, too, and I always felt tired
out and languid. I used different
kidney remedies but wasn't helped
until I used Doan'g Kidney Pills.
In a short time Doan's had removed
the troubl© and I have felt fine
ever since."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. Andreas had. Foster*
Mllburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
"A billion-dollar congress" was once
mentioned in terms of reproach. That
was before people realized how little
a billion dollars really is.
Uncle Sam Is today the quartermas
ter of a hungry world. He is playing
the game squarely and counts on every
American to do the same.
There is less seditious talk since the
new law was passed, but we must keep
right on listening for those actions
that speak louder than words.
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The readers of tills paper will be
pleased to learn that fiere Is at least
one dreaded dlFoaxe that science haa
been able to cuiv in all its stages and
that Is catarrh. Catsrrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires conititut.onal treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood cli the Mucous Sur
faces of the Sysxm thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, glvlpg the
pailent strength by btlldlng up the con
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
-work. Th# proprietors have so much
faltn in the cjrativo powers of Hall's
Catarrh Medicine thnf they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails
to cure. Send for list o! tes'lraonials.
Addreas F. J. CKBNF.T A CO.. Toledo.
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at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
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