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TKMRE OK TEACHERS
The time for the renewing of teachers' contracts will soon be at hand
In accord with the regulations under which the majority of schools work.
Some school boards resort to the antiquated method of requiring that
teachers now employed present a written application before they will con
sider a renewal of their contracts. Such a procedure harks back to the
days when teaching was not a profession and when the teacher "boarded
around."
A bank or grocery clerk would balk if requested to call around in No
vember of each year and file a wr.tten or verbal application for the contin
uance of his services with the establishment after January first. His solf
respect would induce him to seek another line of work where such a humil
iating experience would not be a regular annual occurrence.
Teachers when once employed in a school should he continued In serv
ice so long as they "deliver the goods" .ind display a spirit that is profes
sional. By this we do not mean that they should please all the children or
all the parents or all the residents of the community who are not parents.
In many Instances the teacher who manafs to please all is the least de
sirable in so far as the progress of the school Is concerned.
School boards should aim to make the iiools as efficient as possible. In
order that this may be accomplshed the annual teacher turn-over should
he small. Many corporations estimate that it costs them one hundred dol
lars to fit a new man into a strictly mechanical position which has been va
cated throuKh the loss of an employe, and that the cost is greater as thw
position which must he tilled takes on (!.•• requirement of qualities of in
itiatlve and leadership A school loses m efficiency when a thoroughly com
petent teacher leaves a teaching force and is succeeded by another teacher
of equal ability. School boards can afford to pay experienced, competent
teachers larger salaries than are t.. w being paid in order to induce them
to remain in their present positions.—Alaska School Bulletin.
TilK TEACHER
The teacher's is the noblest stunt a mortal can pursue; and yet today
»e see her hunt for something else to do. She loves her high, uplifting
trade, and quits it with a sigh, hut sl'.e can't live on what she's paid, and
can't afford to die. Kor years s'.,e indies night and day, to qualify to
teach; and we behold her on her way, and say she is a peach. We hand
her nosegays when t ey re cheap, at.d i-all her Buttercup, and say the bless
ed schoolmarms keep our bulwarks right s.de up. Without her this en
lightened age would si.dly be bereft; s e guards the priceless heritage our
well-known fathers left. We hand her taffy w.tli a spade, but when she
makes complaint about the measly wage she's paid we sweat some blood
and faint. We ma; onfess to spendthrift ways, hold miser greed a crime;
but wneu the schoolmarm asks a raise we're tightwads every time. And so
she's going from the school to seek some other trade, to carve her way
with some new- tool, a corkscrew or a spj.de. She cannot thrive on nose
Kays sweet, or Nourish on hot air, for she must have a pruti4 to eat, and de
cent clothes to wear.—Walt Mason.
Ol i; NKW .NAME
With this issue our weekly assumes its new name—"The Chilkat
Post." The ingenious ind vidua! who submitted the title winner, and thus
famed the six months' free subscription, is Pfc. Walter Cantrell, of Head
quarters company. The new name was selected by the committee only af
ter long deliberation, for no less than 75 good titles were handed in for
consideration. In the opinion of the committee the title is a most apt one.
It is short, easily remembered, the "Chilkat" part is descriptive of our im
mediate Alaskan surroundings (lor who. having once served at Ft. Seward,
will forget the Chilkat?'. and the "Post" is a clever twist of the common
newspaper title, e g. the "New York Post, the "St. l.ouis Post," to "post"
in the army sense, meaning a "fort or military station." The new name,
the committee believes, therefore fulfills the three necessary conditions set
forward at the beginning of the title contest—it is Alaskan, it Is military,
it is distinctive. We take pleasure in congratulating Pfc. Cantrell on his
success.—The Chilkat Post.
SlI'KEME rOl'RT
l/l'HOLDS .SECTION" *27 OF
JOXES MARINE A<T
Washington. Fet. 28.—The T'ni-j
ted States supreiue court handed
down a decision today uphold ns I
the constitutionality of section 27 of]
the Jones Marine
This decision puts an end to ship
ping American products to Vancou
ver. B. C . for transhipment to Al-i
aska in Canadian tottoms.
Hereafter ail caiguea u.dat It car-1
ried in American bottoms and all
Alaskan products shipped Tor deliv
ery to points in continental United
States also must be brought sjucIi
hereafter In American ships.
Justice M. C. Reynolds announ'iad
that the court upLeld the decision
of Judge R. \V\ Jennings in Juneau
last June in which Judge Jenning3
upheld the constitutionality of the
section in controversy.
Ask ma if she would like to have
you bring home some of those Fox's
Delicious Raw Oyster Cocktails that
iiave just been recoived by Kellers.
Few authors of Western
adventure stones have had
a better background for
their work than EDISON
MARSHALL, author of
The
Voice of the
Pack
With a long line of frontiers
men ancestry, he is himself a
resident of the Northwest
wherein the scene is laid.
He knows the mountains,
forests, streams and trails of
whifch he writes. He has
combined a charming ro
mance with an unusual
amount of nature lore, es
pecially that relating to the
forests and wild animals. He
introduces bad men of an
actual type, yet strangely
new to fiction. In picturing
encounters with savage
beasts he rivals the "Tar
zan" stories.
A Serial Feature
of Absorbing and Fat
cinating Interest
WATCH THIS PAPER
for the appearance of THE
VOICE OF THE PACK
The first Instalment of this grip
ping story will begin in this column
on Saturday, Marth 4th, and yon
will regret it if you miss a single
episode. Better phone in your or
der today so that :-our subscription
will begin with Saturday's issue
Phone 19 from 9 a. m. until G p. in.
After 6 o'clock phone 126.
FIFTEEN DAYS TO FILE
INCOME TAX HKTI KVS
I Taxpayers have fifteen days, not
Including Sundays, in which to tile
their iucome tax returns for the cal
endar year 1921. To avoid penalty,
j the return, accompanied by at least
, one quarter of the tax, must be in
I the hands of the collector of intern
I al revenue or a deputy collector on
| or before midnight of March 15. I
Returns may be stalled or filed in .
I person at the office of the collector, I
Tacoma. Washington, and the Col- ■
lowing branch offices. Seattle. Wash-1
I ington. and Spokane, Washington. |
! Payment may be made by check. I
: money order or in cash. If made |
' at a branch office, payment should
I be by money order or check, to'
' avoid danger of loss In transmis
' sion to the office of the collector. I
Where In exceptional cases such ;
, as Illness or absence, a taxpayer is
, unable to make a return within the'
j time prescribed, an extension of not ,
i to exceed thirty days may be oh
I taineil upon application to the col
lector. Such extensions will be
I granted only when In the Judgment j
of the collector, further time la ac- j
tually required for the making of
nn accurate return. Application J
for such an extension must be made;
prior to March 15.
Ab a condition of granting an »x
tenslon of time for filing a return,
the collector may require the sul>
| mission of a tentative return. Ten
1 tatlve returnst will not be accepted
I unless permission is obtained prev
! ions to filing. A copy of the au
thority for filing «.he tentative re-.
turn must be attached thereto when t
filed.
| Where a taxpayei files a tentative
'return and fails to tile a complete]
return within the period of the ex-1
tentlon requested ly him, the com-j
plete return when filed Is subject |
to penalties prostrlbed for delln-i
1 quency.
If before the end of a thirty-day i
extennion granted by the collector, I
an accurate return cannot be made, |
an appeal for a further extension,
j must be made to the commissioner <
of Internal revenne Washington, P.
C\, with a full recital of the causes
for the delay. Tbe commissioner
will not grant an iddltlonal exten
sion" without a clear showing that a
complete return cannot be made at
the end of the thirty-day period.
For failure to file a return on time,
the taxpayer becomes liable to a
penalty of not more than $1,000
and a further penal.y of 25 per cent,
of the amount of tax due. Unless
he later files a rettrn and it is sat
isfactorily Bhown tbat the delin
quency was due to a reasonable
cause and not to wilful neglect.
A dollar a month will bring the
Alaskan to your door.
KIKE ltHNS WELL KNOWN* BUSI
NESS CORNER AT EARLY
MORNING HOUR
In a bitter teinperatnre of 45 tv.- 50
below zero, and 011 the coldest nlgnt
of the winter, Are started at 3:11
o'clock this morning In the Empire
Block, at Qneen s'.roet and Second 1
avenue. Tie flames <vere confined'
to the block, but tliey spread rapid-,
ly ut first and tilt entire building I
burned like a furnace for two hours. 1
says the Dawson News of Feb. 7. |
The badly burned walls remain»
In place, but the roof has fallen in I
and the entire structure is practic-j
ally a charred shell.
The chief losers are: Dr. Alfred
Thompson, former member of par
liament, and Fred G. Crisp and the
estate of Gwillam, who owned the
building: Joseph D Gudoua, owner
of the B. & F. store, which occupied
the lower floor. In the corner loca
tion: and Dr. G. M. Faulkner and
Dr. A. J. Otitis, whise dental offices
and entire equipment were on the
upper floor, over the B. & F. store.
The building comprising the old
Empire Hotel and the building in i
which the B. & F store and dental j
offices were located, together form-1
ed the Empire Blo.k. Flames gut
ted and practically ruined both
buildings and contents. About the!
only stock or equipment saved was|
a small portion of that from the B. 1
& F. store. Possibly a thousand)
dollars will cover ihe value of all'
the stock carried out and which may!
be salvaged. Mr. Gadoua estimates j
that ho had eight to ten thousand |
dollars' worth of cigars, tobaccos,
candies stationery, novelties audi
equipment on the premises, all of
which was insured for four thous
and dollars.
No Insurance waj carried by thel
owners of the buildings or by others'
who lost by the flte. I
The sound of th<» siren called out 1
many people, but the majority of
the residents of the city did not.
hoar it, and were not at the fire. I
The department nude a quick re-1
spouse, and was oil the Job quickly
and laid live lines of lioso. two from I
tl.e Schlnk cortu.*. two from the
Scougale corner, and one from the1
Krause corner.
Fortunately there was a vacant
space between the Umpire Block and |
tlie next buildings r..i Second avenue,'
namely, tlie old Oik Hall Block, I
owned by Charles F. Qnrkhard. and
one old log buildii.X which former
ly had .stood at the west end of the
Ktnplre Block had >>eeu torn down
and removed. Had other buildings,
stood close against the Empire,
Block the flumes n !ght have spread I
over the entire block or swept much,
of the city.
Water from the. Klondike river
was turned Into the city power wells
at the pumping station, and there I
was ati abundance if water.
The fire was confined at'Hll times,
to the block, and by 5:30 o'clock I
the Rames were subdued, but the j
whistle Riving notice the last spark
of fire was out did not sound until
about 8 o'clock. Despite tlie bitter
ness of the night the fire force and ■
volunteers, including a number of I
the police and citizens, worked with-l
out cessation as long as required.
Pr. Faulkner left his fur coat and (
outer garments and escaped without'
even shoes He also left $100 behind
in the clothes. On making a search
today he found that the blan\ets of
the bed had b.'en thrown ovo,- the
clothing, including the trousers in
which the $100 was tucked away,
and that water froi.. the nozzles had I
made a coating over the coat and
other articles a'd had protected]
them, so he recavjred the cl-thesi
and money. This is the tl i:1 sei
ious fire l)r. F-iulkuer has me; with
in the last two or t!_ree years. Build
ings at his West Dawson ranch and
crops worth several thousand dol-1
lars were burned two winter* aco,'
Mid not long aftei that firo swept i
the block in which ^is office was lo
cated ou Queen street. |
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YOUR KIDNEYS
Skagway Residents Must Iveut-n the
Importance of Keeping Tlicni
Well
Perfect health means that every
organ of the body is performing its
functions properly.
Perfect health cannot be enjoyed
if the kidneys are weak and disor
dered.
Thousands testify that Doan's
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on weak kidneys.
What this remedy has done In so
many cases of this kind is the best
proof of its merit.
Read the following. It's testi
mony gratefully given by a resident
of this locality:
Mrs. J. Hug, Main St., Elgin, Ore.,
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i felt tired out and my work often
had to go undone. My kidneys did
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tacks and strengthen my back and
kidneys. 1 highly recommend Doan's
io anyone for kidney complaint."
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Department of the Interior
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Juneau, Alaska,
January 25, 1922.1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN t'.at
the Haines Packing Company, a cor
poration organized under and by
rirtue of the laws of the Territory
af Alaska, through its attorney in!
tact, H. L. Faulkner, Juneau, Al
aska, has filed application, serial
D4016 for a patei.l for lands em
braced In lot 2, section 19, T. 31
5., R. GO E., Copper River Merid
ian, containing an area of 23,75
jcres, under the provision of sec
Lion 10 of the act of May 14, 1S9S.
(30 Stat. 414).
Any and all pertans claiming ad
versely any of the above land,
should file their adverse claim with
the United States Land Office, at
Tuneau, Alaska, within the period of
publication or thl:ty days thereaf
:er. or they will be barred by the
provisions of the Statute.
FRANK A. BOYLE, j
Register.
Date of first publ'cation, Feb. 14.
Date of last publication, April 15.
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