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EDITORIAL
MILITARY TRAINING
When the news of the battle of
New Orleans reached France, Napol
ecm sent an expert to examine and
i>"trt what kind of guns the Am
ericans used in. the battle. He re
ported back that they were simply
the utd long barreled rifles. "Ah,"
ai'c Napoleon, " it was the men
behind the guns."
Admiral Dewey wanted a West
Pom* education. There was no
vacancy at the military academy, so
he elected to become an accomplish
ed sailor. He went under Farragut
ali'icst as soon as he was out of
school, and had a wonderful p06t
graduate course under that master.
Then for thirty-four years he fol
lowed, by sea ani' land, the routine
of his duties until the opportunity
came, and then in a short hour he
won immortality.
These two incidents ought ft>
supply good arguments to show that
the strength of a nation is its peo
ple, and hence that all its people
should be trained to be capable de
fenders.
The preliminary training should
be in the public schools; then a
more perfect training should be
in tiie high schools and universi
ties. Through that the needed
training would be obtained; thru
that thfc natural soldiers would)
be discovered; the needed men
found to train a vast army if the
ca.:l came for such an army. Thus
would tie whole nation in a few
years have the necessary prelimin
ary training for any emergency. The
knowledge of this world makes
the strongest foreign powers hesi
tar-> before engaging in war with
the United States.
It is difficult to understand why
any one should object to the edu
cation of a boy in. the preliminary
du'ies of a soldier. We suspect it
jg the same objection that causes
a mother to neglect to teach her
daughter cooking amd housekeeping;]
*he reasoning being that she is al
ways going to be a lady and such
training is unnecessary, and be
tides it is liable to coarsen her
bands.
The result, not infrequently, is
that the girl is liable to be taken
advantage of by ignorant aad mali
cious servants all her life, and
ber want of knowledge of a few
needed things cause her constant
heartaches.
No one ever regretted having
learned one useful accomplishment.
—Cordova Times.
I'KINT TAPER MEN"
BOW KNEE XO THE
U. S. GOVERNMENT
Washington, Feb. 23—It be
came known here today that the
prin' paper manufacturers have
yielded in their opposition to the
government's efforts to restore nor
mal prices and have agreed to
permit the Federal Trad© Commis
sion to determine a fair Bcale. They
only did this when, confronted with
the alternative of personal ac
tion by President Wilson and a
soeeial session of congress to pass
remedial legilation.
Our First Cotton Exports.
The earliest exports of cotton from
America were made In 37S5. in which
year one bag was sent from Charles
ton to Liverpool, while twelve were
sent from Puiiadelphiu and one from
New York.
With the first shipment of a big I
consignment of machinery for the'
War Easde group of copper claims
of the CnlUna-Kuskalina Copper Co^
in the great Cooper Kjver district
of Alaska, Angus McDoug-all, vice
president and general manager of
the corporation, is enrouta to. Cor
dova on the Alaska Steamship Com
>>an£'f liner Alaska, which was in
this port on Monday night, aocord
inr *o the Juneau Empire of the
20th.
In machinery and other Improve
ments that wlU make the White
Eat-le mine* producing factors in
the northern mining industry, the
company is expending more than
$50,000 this year.
Ins machinery and other equip
ment 'a he installed this season
includes a steam boiler with a 100
bcisepower steam engine, a lOxlfc
air compressor, a sixty-kilowatt dy
namo, a fifty-four horsepower mo
tor a sawmill with a daily capa
city of 12,000 feet of lumber for
£he mines, and a complete telephone
system.
Ihe company ciaim a are on. mo
KusSulana River, legs than. nine
miles northeast of Mile Post 154,
oa tii© Copper River & Northwest
era Railroad. The Telephone sys
tem will connect the mines with
Uist post.
"We are now nutting in a four
mi] a electric power line between the
Wir Eagle property and pur power
station oa the RusKukuia river,"
said Air. AicDougail. "The pow
er station is on the site where we
will establish our sawmill and. con
cm 'rating mill about three and a
half miles north of the Calcit tun
as: ci the Copper River & North
western. The tunael is ia thb War
Eagle property, All the machinery
now purchased will be installed
within seventy davg aad later in
the year we will put up our con
centrating plant. We plan to build
a plant with a capacity of 2,000
tons a day. It should be ready for
operation in eighteen, months.
"The coming season we shall be
ein development work by driving
a tunnel in the Calcit claim and an
other in the west end. of the War
Eagle claim, driving both on the
ore from th© start.
"During the period of develop
ment all high-grade orea encounter
ed will be sacked and shipped to
'he Tacoma smelter. This summer
will sea our d^but ag ore-produc
ers-"' i .J: ■ -
HIES NOTES
G. A. BaJdVin a resident of Ju
neau came up on tfte steamer
Scokane and went on up to Skag
way.
It is rumored that Jake Danner
line is out after the office of U.
S. Commissioner at Haines In case
Judge Kennedy, the present in
cumbent resigns.
Haines, Feb. 21—Charles Gold
stein of the Goldstein emporium in
Juneau came up on the steamer
'Spokane, and made the trie to
Klukwan, for the purpose of buy
ing furs, returning here yesterday.
T. D. LAhey hag been in Haines
for a few days, aj»d, reports that
everything is moving along smooth
ly at his homestead and' fox ranch
on .Salmon river, a tributary of the
Chilicat.
Rev. F. R. Falconer and family
are visiting ia Haines, and at pres
ent are the guests of Mrs. Walter
Alexander. The natives of Kluck
wan will •undoubtedly miss Rev.
Falconer and his family When they
leave there, but a minister's life
is somewhat like a soldiers, he
can net always choose the place of
his abode.
Disraeli and Gladstone.
Mr. Shaw Leslie, an Irish author,
tells the following:
"My grandfather witnessed an effect
ive piece of play in the house during a
duel between Disraeli and Gladstone.
During a heated flight of oratory Glad
stone upset some jtens on the table be
tween them. Dlsrneil rose and, calling
attention to tlie fact, slowly replaced
them one by one. The effect of Glad
stone's speech was lost by the time
Disraeli had finished."
Speaking of Dickens and Thackeray,
Mr. Leslie says:
"My grandfather recalled the ludi
crous Incident which brought them to
gether. As they both left the Athe
naeum, unknown to each other they
seized the same hat. The effect was
ludicrous enpugh to appeal even to pro
fessional humorists, and they shook
hands." _ -
Mother's Doll Story
The Sugar Doll
One winter day Jack Frost said to a
little sugar doll, "Coma oa out in tbe
garden, and I will play with you."
Now, the sugar doll was very lonely
because she rever had any Olio to p'.uy
with. All the chic.'i dolls ard the r:'.g
dolls and the kid dnl's p'ajvd to?ether,
you see.
So now the suvur doll wus d •llihte-1
with Jack Frist's klui! invitation
"Walt till I yet on my lubbers," she
called bach to hiia throuj.li a crack iu
the nursery window.
Soon as s'iQ reached the yard Jack
Frost beckoned her around behind (h
dog house, where the oMirr dolls In the
nursery could not see them. Then he
shouted, "Hun now, for I am going to
snowl"
Then beautiful little round damp
snowballs be»ui to fall on the augur
doll's coat. She held out her tiny
hands to eatch some, and then she
threw them right at Jack Frost's head
They had a lovely time snowballing
each other till-snap!—the snowballs
turned into raindrops. They beat upon
the sugar doll's head and her legs till
she just ran away iu a little puddle
that tasted just like sweetened water
Nest Building.
The tlrst birds to begin to nest arc
the bald eagle (Florida), tbe golden
eagle (In California 1, and the great
horned owL These birds begin to nest
as early as the first week in January,
and the Canada jay the last week in
February. So you see the little feath
ered folks are busy housekeeping dur
ing the first five months of the year,
as the last bird to sit upon the nest
Is the American goldfinch, laying its
eggs during the second week of June.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPEC
IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY. MARCH 6th,
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
Firs' Judicial Division, pursuant
to an order lor an election to
fill a vacancy in the office of mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives from the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and issued
on the 31st day of Jaaiuary 1917,
b.v the Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor of th« Territory of Alaska,
uuder and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by Bectioai 4,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 19-12 and in conformity there
with:
Notice is hereby given that «tn
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 said town and the
polic." place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
8J>id Town of Skagway, Alaska,
which are as follows:
All of 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
designated poling place in and for
the voting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, Feb
ruary 8th, 1917
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town ol Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(Seal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
FAIR EXCHANGE
A New Back for an O'd Ctae
The bads aches at. times with, a
dull, ndescritable feeling, making
you w»ary and. restless; piercing
pains shoot across the region of the
Sidneys, and again the loins are so
lame that t^ stoop is agony. No
use *o rub or apply a plaster to the
back '£ the kidneys are waek. You
cannof reach ther cause. Alaskan,
residents would do well to profit by
the following example.
Mrs. G. G. Fo6dick, 6015 S. Law
rence St., Tacomt, Wash., gays: "My
back was so sore and painful that If
I wanted to take up anything from
the floor, I had to get down, on my
knees. There wag a lump, about
the size c-f a dollar over each of
my kidneys and this made my
back so tender aaid sore that I
could hardly bear to have my
clothes touch me. At night I could
scarcely turn in bed anil mornings
was so lame and sore that I could
hardly get around. These troubles
were brought on, by a cold settling
in, my kidneys. Doam'p Kidney Pills
cured me."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy —
gelt l>oaa's Kidney Pills— the same
that cured Mrs. Fosdick. Fosrter
Milbura Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Ca»p Skagwav No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond aad fourth) Tues
day- evening at 8:30 p.
m. siwrp. Visiting brothers oo-rdial
ly wt-'ocme. w. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Hacc rder.
Fraternal Order
Jjaglc^j.—
Bkagway Aeria
No. 25, Pwt®.
nal Order of
.uagiitt meets Uiq first and tuini
W ednefildagr night of each month at
tDWe h»U an Filth Avenue. Visit
in* brothers canliflJly invitefcl to
attwid* J. M. Qieisbacu, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
month. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Harold Talbot, W. M.
Addresa all communications to
th® Secretary.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. US
meets 2d and 4th
Frl. EVgs, of each
B. P. O. ELKS
Stag way Lodg*
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday night
&t 8:00 o'clook.
Visiting brothers
curemuy welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary
Planner of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* is A. B. Hall first Monday In
ewry month at 8:80 p. m.
Vteittag Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. U STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
UK. L. 8. KELLER
Dentist
Moat Modern Methods
Office Boots: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building .... Biioadway
8KAUWAX ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLWTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
SpriaTlft in, the treafnitpt of
disease and deformities of th«|
eye, ear, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Prartloe in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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LEAD, ZTNO, SACKS, RAGS
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JEWELE R
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Curios, Ivor/ Carvings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watch Inspector for the
W. P. Sc Y. Route
Mail Order? iven prompt care
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WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
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Pacific Steamship Co.
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LEAVE SKAGWAT FOR
Haines, Juneem, Douglas, Pet
erabu.g, Wran gel, Ketchikan,
Priaoe Rupert, Vancouver,
SEATTLE an4 TACOMA.
CONNECTS at JUNEAU FOR
Yakutat, Katalla, Cor4*v%
Valdez, Seward, SeldotA
Steamships Admiral Evani, Adakd Wit
son. Admiral Farrant
S. S. CITY OF SEATTLE Feb. 22, Mar. 5 '
S. S. Spokane February 27
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