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| EDITORIAL 1
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For the pas* two weeks a mem
bership getting campaign has been
waged l>y the captains aa»d teama
composed of members of the
Skagway Alpine club, and altho>'
tnere has been much friendly ri
valry, »he result sought has been
attained, and w.hat started with a
membership of some dozen mem
bers, now sees the Skagwa$r Alpine
o.ub with a paid up membership
ot 235. i
Each member joining during the
content will be known as a charter
member, and he or she will al
so be an active member.
Eacn member joining paid into
the treasury of the olub one dol
lar. There are therefore $236 in
^he treasury.
Tais mcr.ey wiu be utilized kv
various purposes, principal],: for
lepairiu*- and building trails. it
is not the intention of the club to
uiid wagon roads, nor automobile
ruads nor boulevards, it will repair
a.iKl build foot trails. ia the eadt
•hey would be called paths.
The suggestion has ]>een made by
the club that Skagway w a3ide
one day and designate it "Trail
Building Day." This ^ ^ ^
We cannot hc^ to get assistance
from the Roid Commissioner for th
gilding 0f Tails -o places of scenic
interest. That is not ia the scope
o. the commission, its mission is
° buiJ<i post and military roads,
so we have „0 one upon whom to'
lwk for We must dp it our
selves, and here is the idea of the
akagway Alpine club.
It is suggested that the officers
ot the club secure the services of
men who are familiar with trail
building, and who are capable of
■directing the worfc of men. Assum
ing that work on the Dewey Lake
trail, the Black Lake trail, Smug
gler's Cove, and the trail to Soap£
3~l<h's sravo is to be tackled first
men will be sent out to thoroughly
examine the trail to ascertain about
what work is to be done, and haw
tuao men they will need to do it,
together with an idea of what tooli
will be required. They will then
be pu» in charge of the required
number of men, the tools furnished,
and at an early hour the party will
fare forth, intent on fixing that
trail or bust.
The Trail Boss will divide hie
men off into gangs or groups, and
«ach group will begin to do the
»ork laid out for it. Perhaps on
the trail to Black Lake there will
be five or more such groups of men
say of five men each. Think of
how much trail each group can take
care of,
New comes the question of the
day. It must be made a Skagway day,
It must be made a day at which
every man in Skagway may leave
his accustomed duty and get out
and do his share of the work. There
•must be no drones. In order that
'he seating aside of such a day may
work as little hardship as possible
on the merchants let the day be
chosen early in the season, before
the spring rush begins,
Skagway needs the trails, and
Skag*yay must build th« trails. Let
us then come to the front, and in
hearty co-operation assist the
Skagway Alpine club to make the
♦rails from Skagway leading to her
accessible places of scenic grand
eur second to none lq the north.
A man does not represent a fraction,
but a whoie number; be w complete In
toimself.—Sciiopoubauer.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
What about the suggestion we
made a abort time ago of elecllng
four women on the council this
year—the Mayor and throe on the
council?
Of late and since we made the
suggestion, several men have signi
fied their approval of the propoei
»i«n, Ther are all agreed that it
would be 'air. The men have had
a long shift at the wheel of the
municipal ship and have auoceoded
in steering it clear of ail dangerous
snags; now that the sailing is
smoc'h, let our women steer a
while. Really If we keep, at the
wheel, our women folks may think
we believe them mentally inferior.
It dots not take much braWn to
run the affains of a municipally
like ours. A little ooraanoo. Bemse
is all that which ts required. Sure
ly no man can sag that our wo
men folks are less intelligent than
he is. They may lack experience;
but if a woman can manage a home
economically she can, manage the
affairs of a municipality. It seems
to us as though the Idea should b6
encouraged.—Ketchikan) Progressive
Miner.
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I School Notes f
»nrmntrrmntmmt*
Latest information from the
civics class: IX a fine is given, he
(the accused person) may be
"baled" out or Bpemd a term in
Jail, '
The fourth room hare become
very i>acriotic. as you would no
tice if visiting the roam. Bed
white and blue bunting is draped
very artistically abo*£ the room.
Mr. McFarland gave a very in
teresting talk on ores that the
fourth room received from the Uni
versity of Washington just recent
ly. He touched on what mining
means a# an industry and discussed
tne diamond drill. He stated a
most interesting fact, that pretty
nearly gverything is in one way a
phase of mining.
On the ateruoon of February
14 each room had a valentine bos.
Many valentines were given and
received, most of which, were han
made. The fourth room had a
big red envelope in the shape of a
heart into which, the valntjnes were
dropped instead of into a box. In
the first room the little folks made
valentines for their families.
One of the sophomores last
Friday finished in, Manual Training
a stand for the encyclopedias and
dictionary, for the fouxth, room.
It is made out of pi£n§ and hag two
shelves, oiiq for the encyclopedias,
and the other far the dictionary and
other sundry books. It also has
a sloping *o lay the books on when
in use. In summing it all 11® this
stand is certainly a fine piece of
work.
QuestioH:Wbo 1—ikes sugar cook
ies?
Answer—Everybody; especially the
first loom.
This wae proved by the Eighth
grade Domestic Soiencja ciiass when
ihoy made sugar cookies and gave
'he little folks a treat last Friday.
The recipe they used was very
simple. It is:
1 cut shortening (butter and land)
l^cups sugar.
2 eggs
lteasjjocn salt.
3 cups flour
2\s leaspoont baking poyder
h cum a? milk
1 teaspoon tanilla
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Cream the butter and sugar; add
the beaten eggs and the milk. Sift
♦ogelher the flour and baking pow
der. sa.li and nutmeg and beat grad
ually into r.he first mixture. Add
tho vanilla. Roll thin. Cut With
a cockle cutter aad sprinkle the
too with sugar. Bake in a quick
Qve*.
A WEATHER CONTRAST
Today the &kj£ is clear and bftie;
last week it was dull and gray witiu
a. loot about it that foretold rain.
Today under the clear, blue
sky the air is sharp and exhilarat
ing, the mountains shine and glis
ten; then under thq dull, gray
sky the air was dense and heavy,
'he mountains looked as if wrap
ped in a visible yet invisible blank
et.
Not only were the mountains
wrapped in invisible blankets of
mist but the whole town seemed
ito be weary. Even thg children
going to and from school seemed to
lose their energy; today people are
walking along briskly, without the
least sign of weariness.
School children do not loiter on
the way home from echoQl when
lack Frost is about like a police
man spying, "Step oaomg lively."
ELLEN ROGERS,
k _ Ninth! Cfcrajde,' <
A CONTRAST
Slowly the clock strucfk eigM.
Billy listened anil then jumped out
of bed in a hurry, for tjiip wag
Thanksgiving Day. Down to
breakfast he hurried but could he
eat? Not when, hi& little pfcay
maie and father auid mother were
coming for dinner! He was too ex
cited to eat. Being forced to re
main at the table he fussed aroumd,
and the minute h.q was thru rushed
into the kitchen. Therei he saw
the *urkey awaiting to be roasted.
"Oh, cooky, oook give me a drum
stick. I want a drumstick. "Run
along and play. 1 don't want to
ba bother ex4 with you." Sulkily
he went* to one cornier and amused
himseLf by; pulling the last hair on
th, end of the cat's tail. Finding
the cat nof enoying himself as
much as he did, he fled for protec
tion. Presently be discovered his
sister rolling out pie crust. ".Will
you make me a little pie, all my
own, Doris?" "Oh, I'll see. No
I haven't enough crust; no you
can't eat any dough child. You'll
be sick before dinner as w«ll as
after." So passed tihe morning.
It was sis o'clock. The com
pany had come and gone. Billy,
much sudued, siuj in, big arm
chair befora the fire. "Mom," ha
said, "do you think Jimmy feels
the game way I do?" "Mom" laugl>
ed. Just then Doris appeared in
the door with mischief in her etyes.
"Billy, I did make a pi©, don't
you want it?" "No, go away and
leave me alone. I don't want any
more pie for a whole month.
"Goodness you're a fumny boy,
and I don't believe you. but
see.' And then Billy nooded off
to sleep.
RUTH PEDBRSEN,
Ninth grade.
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ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPEC
IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY. MARCH 6th,
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
First Judicial Division, pursuant
to an order for 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 Jamuary 1917,
by the Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor c-f the Territory of Alaska,
under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by section 4,,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice is hereby given that «m
election will be held on Tuesday,
MHrch 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
polin." place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
8?id Town of Skagway, Alaska,
which are as follows:
Ail cf the platted townsite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will
vote at the Town Hall building
which is located on Lot Three (3)
Block Eigh4- (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
des;gnated 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 of Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(Seal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
FAIR EXCHANGE
A Xew Back for an, OM One
The back aches at times with, a
dull, ndescribable feeding, making
you w»ary and restless; piercing
pains shiotot across the regioau of the
kidney8, and again the loins are so
lama that t*> stoop is agoiny. No
use *o rub or apply a plaster to the
back '' the kidneys are waek. You
canno* reach the cause. Alaskan
residents would do well to profit by
the following example.
Mrs. G. G. Fosdick, 6015 S. Law
rence St., Tacomt, Wash., gays: "My
back wag so sore and painful that if
I wanted to take up anything from
the floor, I had to get down on my
kn^es. There was a lump about
the size ^f a dollar over each of
my kidneys and thig made my
back so tender and sore that I
oould hardly bear to have my
clothes touch me. At night I could
scarcely turn in bed and mornings
was so lame and sore that I could
hardlv get around. These troubles
wiere brought on by a cold settling
in my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply asj£ for a kidney remedy —
gelt Do an'3 Kidney Pills— the same
that cured Mrs. Fosdick. Foster^
Stilburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. T.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. 8D»rp. Visiting brothers oordial
ly well-cine. W. L. Steven&oa, Arc
tio Chief. W. K. Burford, Arctic
Haocrder.
Fraternal Order
Eiiglcta—
Skagwny Aerie
No. 25, FYiiter
iml Order of
iiagjca meets tue) lirst and tniru
W educfiilay night of each month.' at
to Pit hail an Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers ccaxliiUly invitetil to
attmiJ. J. M. Giieisbttcu, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White) Pass Lodge
V. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d &nd 4th
Frl. EVgs, of each
moatc. visiting profilers are wel
come.
Harold Talbot, W. M.
Address all communications to
tie Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
8kagway Lodge
No. 4ai. B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
&t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting- brothers
cvruittiiy weicuiuc;.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VJWDEWALL. Secretary.
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meetfc In A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. U STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sac.
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