PREPARING TO
PUTTHE HOOKS
TO IOHN TROY
-it'll Cliarjini Will Hurry the
\ piM.int luent; Aeeoraottat tag
Alaskans Are Busy
I1S1I ■ 1 i: VIIIN(a HAS OPEXKU
Alaska l"uhll>liiT S»iii Xot lt> Hank
n lor .lull Chasing the Bootleg
g.-rs in Alaska—1'wo Juneau Men
t li»r tlie I'lilrrul I'luiu.
M. liritl*' «o be Named
Pispatch was advia
,,! ny wire today tiiut J. C.
..illriil. . republican na
tional committeeman. has
lioeu slated tor collector
. customs for Alaska, ami
Iks appoint meet will prob
,i / 1.. mailt' before N»>
r-r 1". so tiiat li'.s ap
; >ti : ifitt can be eoutirm
f.l before congress ad
j s on thai date.
• have keen filed against
,11 U. Troy, solicitor of customs
.-...i. anil his resignation will
•1 i r. There is hun.i.r to the
. u( i n-v.es against the .ollcc
r. and in most part these charges
r tin ,■ ti pose of sonily iitiing
dt'tiuHTutic ollice holder from
• mil ..) make room tor John
■ iido. republican nuloiia!
• i ■» fur Alaska who n»'eds
i \t" - to -et on the ofttcUil
1imm.tteemaa Motfrlde
I c» the chairuiaa of Hie
.
M-y of tie treasury «a.s
in the matter of his
The secretary of t!ie
out the information
i- is policy to change otfi
• • r term of office had
. > . horses were filed. The
w words aroused an inspira
. .!: il i irges were forthcoming
a: diait ly. if not sooner. It is
t e st thing In the world to rile
l• *.>t an Alaskan official.
N'O FOODS ARE
PLENTIFUL IN
SOVIET RUSSIA
■ fl rra t Nation Trying to Live mil
IViiiuit Staml llasis, Says
< orresponcleiit
| Moscow. Oct. 5.— (By a staff cor
respondent of the Associated I'ress) I
I—liussiu gives a foreigner the im-j
| pression of being a great nation
I which is trying to live ou a peanut
stand bas.s.
There is magnitude to nothing but
the population; 120.000,000 persons
are dependent upon the supplies af
| forded by pushcart dealers.
In .Moscow, I'etrograd, Samara
and other cities, trade conditions are
i the same, liasket peddlers, street
corner stands and small woe-begone 1
shops with empty cartons and fmii
scattered over tneir shelves to maKe
(hem seem lull, provide ail the food
that is available.
' Itread. Potatoes, onions, meat, su
gar. sunflower seed, red pop are of
fered by these dealers who have
|come into existence since the em
bargo was raised on trade in foods
One sees few full loaves of bread
and now it is expected the Ilou. J.
C. McBr.de will shortly start to Ju
neau with his plum in hand.
In the meantime word comes front
Washington that Charles E. Herroii
is no longer in the running for pro
hibition enforcement officer. Whet I,
er .Mr. Herron eliminated himself or
some kind friend did it is not
known. Some iitnt> ago Mr. Herron
said if a certain South American
deal went thru he did not want im
position. Ilecent iidvios indicate
the deal is going through.
It is oel.eved the appointment now
lies between L. L. Harding and John
\V. Marshal of Juueau. llolh claim
to have lite support of Governor
Bone.
Harry J Fisher, who was in Se
attle during the week, was at one
time an applicant for this position.
He was informed from administra
tion anthnrii ies two members of the
same family could not be appointed,
meaning Mcliride as collector and
Fisher for enforcement officer. He
immediately wired to Juneau, and
Harding tiled. In the meantime the
Wickersham forces had John B.
Marshal tile. Both are former edi
torial writers on the Alaska Dis
patch.
h. L. HARDING NAMED
PRIVATE SECRETARY
L. L. Harding, former city editor
of the Alaska Difpatch, has been
named private secietary to Gover
Bone, and lias assumed his duties. I
lu commenting upou the appoint-j
ment. the governor said: "Mr. Hard
ing has been connected with the of
fice for some months and Is thor
oughly familiar with its work. 1 re
gard him as especially qualified for
the position and feel fortunate in
finding his services available."—
Exchange.
ill these shops. The bread Is sold
by the pound and most customers
cannot alTord an entire loa(.
Occasionally a tin or American sal
mon or American condensed milk is
seen in a shop window or on a mar
ket wagon. But Fuch luxuries are
speedily gobbled up by customers
who happen (o he lublo millionaires
Comb honey appears spasmodical!*
in the larger shops. It is 35.(100
rubles for h-ss than a pound, and
disappears rapidly.
Kusty tins of Argentine and Au.*
tralian corned l>et.t' also come ti>
light in unexpected places and a few
tins of American army hardtack find
their way into the markets. N'o deal
er ever seems to have more than one
:in of these and the source of the
supply is mysterious.
A member of tae foreign tradej
council who was asked where sup
piles of this sort came from replied
that the> were ptohably supplier
which t:.e Bolshevist government j
had bought abroad and which had
slipped into private hands.
.Most of the merchants are per
sons who have beej forced to open
stands as a means of livelihood i
.lalf of them aie women Kreiiueni |
1} everything from diamond brace
lets to potatoes is offered for sale
on the sa:ne stand. Nearly all deal
ers buy and sell all sorts of com
modities.
Medurval village methods of bar
ter and sale are tiansferred to the
big cities. The fair of past centur
ies has beeu revived in the stree:<
while the great shops on the main
streets stand empty. Their staple
goods were all requisitioned long
ago by t.:e government and no new
suppl es are coming in.
Shoemakers and watchmakers are
again opening little shops and liv
ing on repair work, llurber shops j
lire reopening. Beauty shops, mil
linery shops and corset shops were:
never all closed.—Kxchange.
A dollar a month will bring the
Alaskan to your door.
Home, an easy chair,
and the Victrola!
What a combination for comfort and enjoyment after
the day's work's done!
You can sit enraptured with the singing of the noblest
masterpieces played by the world's greatest artists; you can
feel the thrill of soul-stirring music by the finest bands and
orchestras; or you can forget your worries in side-splitting
laughter at the merriment of leading entertainers—all in
your own home on the
Victrola
Victors and Victrolas $10 to $400.
Come in and let us demonstrate the Victrola. and arrange caay terms of
payment, if you desire
KELLER BROS. DRUG CO.
i
ENGLISH WIDE
LY USED BY
THE RUSSIANS
"Amerlranlsed" English Is Now
tlif I'n-doniinating Kort'lgn
l.iiiiguiigi* of Soviet!)
Moscow, Nov. 3.— (By a staff cor
respondent of the Associated Press)
—English, or ratlier American, has
become the prodomlnatlng foreign
language in the Bolshevist foreign
otlice. and in all government depart
ments and in Moscow generally.
Fourteen thousat.d Russians, or
naturalized Americans of Hussian
origin, came to Russia when the rev
olution opened up the doors for
them. They streamed across Siber
ia for months and found their way
to their homes in the land of revolu
The number of English-speaking
persons lias been swelled by depor
tations from America and by emi
grants from England and its colo
nies who were interested in the ex
periments which the Soviets were
working out.
Through their training abroad,
most of these English-speaking per
sons were better equipped for gov
ernment wort t hau native Russians
and have made their way into im
portant places with the government
in both Asiatic and European Rus
sia.
Throe years ago most of the Rus
sians returned from America were
exuon.elj liilter in their denuncia
tion of the 1'luted States. But they
have modified. Their experience in
helping them to run a government
lias taught them it is not as easy
us it looks. They have changed as
t:ie entire Soviet government has
changed. and it is not unusual to
near them speak with affection of
America. They look toward Amer
ica for help. Most of them insist
that America is t^c only country
which is liroad enough in gauge to
develop a country tl.e size of llus
AI most without exception, the
Russians who have been in America
believe the American child-feeding
is an initial step toward recog
nition. They have ceased denounc
ing America as an 'exploited" land
The floods of abuse are now poured
nut on France. Poland and Ruman
ia. After the United States. Eng
land seems to be most in favor, with
Liermany n close third.
Language schools in Moscow
iave great demand for English les
uns and second-hand hook stalls in
he markets find a ready sale for
nglisii books.—Ex.
vVORK CF AfJCiENT B'JILDLRS
N:et"cds of Thousands of Years Ago
S.cm Crude Today, but They
Were Effective.
Pr. C. S. Klsher of tho I'nlverslty
• i I • ;iiix.vlvnnla has recently spent six
f> . - sit tin- head uf archeologlcal ex
- Ui Egypt. and among his ills
ow i irs were smile wblcb help to
iii.iac ilie methods of ibf ancient hulld
■rs less mysterious. Three thousand
years before Chris! they were work
ing an alabaster quairy at El Aniar
nu. 11 miles frotu the Nile and 1200
miles above Memphis. From this quar
ry they transported block* of alabas
er. each many tons In weight, to Metn
I'liis in the following mannet: They
I nil n road, much as we should build
:t n..w, fiom the quarry to the river
hank alth a smooth surface of
pounded stone.
The blin ks were quarried by means
uf wooden wedges driven iu at in
tervals alone the cleavage line. When
soaked with water, the wedges ex
panded and split off the stone, which
was then shaped and dressed with
"hlsels nnd drills of very hard hronie.
The blocks were mounted on sleds
nnd dragged by gangs of slaves the
II miles to the river, the road being
watered, possibly oiled, to make it
slippery under the sled runners (they
luid no wheels). Down the river the
blocks were floated on rafts, to be
dragged dually to the building sites
Bulgarians Reduce Alphabet.
Simplification of the Bulgarian or
thography by eliminating three letters
of the alphabet, recently ordered by
the cabinet council, has Just been put
Into effect. The censorship, still exist
ing here, will enforce the new spelling
in all publications.
These three letters are remnants of
the old Slav tongue. They do not ex
ist Iu the Serbian language and they
recently were ordered stricken from
the Russian alphabet by the soviet
ministry of public Instruction. Their
principal spelling Is taken In some
manors to be an effort toward closer
relations with the Serbs.
Killed Two Birds.
Mrs. (loss—1 Hd you find Mrs. Speed
ley in when you called?
Mrs. Sipp—Yes. Unexpectedly!
That Is. how 1 found her out.—An
swers.
BIRCH TIMBER BEING
snirrED from ai.aska
Birch timber exportation from Al
aska to the states has been started
from Cook Inlet, according to Mlio
Kelly, prominent Willow Creek min
ing operator, who, with Leoplod Da
vid of Anchorage, holds the first, per
mit Issued by the Department of In
terior for cutting birch timber in the
territory for export. Mr. Kelly said
that approximately 100,000 feet otj
birch would be shipped out this fall
and 2,000,000 feet cut during the
winter for shipment next season.
The permit issued Mr. Kelly and
his associated has been turned over
to an operating company which js
getting out the timber. This com
pany is shipping the logs direct to
Seattle, no mill baring been put In
on Cook Inlet to handle the product
It is expected that a mill will be in- j
stalled next season and the logs
manufactured Into lumber ready lor
veneer before shipment.
According to Mr. Kelly, Tlrtnally
all of the timber under permit is
situated on land contiguous to Cook
Inlet and can be handled without
heavy cost. The trees are cut and
logs rafted in the Inlet and towed
across by scows to convenient load
ing places. The trst shipment of
logs will probably go south on (be
Valdei within a few days.—Ex.
A GIFT THAT CAME BACK
A country merchant visited the
nearest city to purchase goods. Hp
bought a cheap but showy cake plate
for which he paid a dollar. On
reaching home he put on it a label
markt-d "$5" and made a present of
it to a Methodist preacher, whos.'
church his family attended.
The minister took the packag'
home, after thanking the donor; but
the next day he bi-ought tbe plate,
with tbe label attached, back to tin
merchant, and said to him: "I am
too poor in this world's goods to af
ford to display so valuable a platv
on my table, and if you have no ob
jection I should like to return it.
and take $5 worth of groceries in
stead."
The merchant could do nnth - c
but assent to so reasonable a prop
osition
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How's This?
We offer O-* Hundred P»Ilari R^trard
.'or any case >f Catarrh tr.-.t oannot be
rured b- Htll'i Cittnt Ke&etiMi
Hall's Catarrh Medicine ha? been taken
by catarrh ysifTorer? for the paet thirty
5.ve year* and has become know a.« tb*
most nliftMi remedy tor Catarrh Hair*
! Catarrh Med ne arts tb.-u th.1 Blood on
the Mucous Furfacea. #>xp*l!lre the Pol
•on from the Blood and healing the die
eased portions.
Afier vou hare taJ:*n HnlV* Catarrh *
Hcdlpta t tin ■» i' tee a j
crent Improvemevt i~ * crner-J
health. Starf :akine Hall e C.? r— Modi- j
cine at on re and fc t d * rrh Send j
for testltiv ■ • fr**
F. J. CHr!> • kit do. Ofeftfc
Sold by ail 7ac
„ ,
qu £ly relieve y -pjj.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. R 8TOCT
A 11 • r n • j at Law
Practice In all conrta
In Territory of Alaska
HAIXES Al^ASh *
DR.L.S. KELLER
Dndit
Most Modern Mrthoda
Office Honra: R-12 a. m.—1 -C f. <i
Ala«kan Building Broadwe
SKAtiWAT ALAHK
SKAGWATH
numurju. orders
Camp fi'kagway lift. 1
m*rU rnrmf •«*>n<) 1
fonrth Tiemlor *r«*tifnt
at 8:80 o'clock, \tmu
trig brMtiw* cord 1*117 wplrom*.
J. M. Kellpr, U 8- Kellw.
Arctle Recorder, Arctic Chwfc
B. P. a ELiTS, Skuf
w*j I/olcS X#. Ml. R
P. O. EIk», mwt* crery
ThnrmJay at f p. "»•
V1*1 tins brother* cor
<11*11)° welronM*.
J. C. WOOD, b. 1
F. J. VAXTOEWALIi, 3®cr**tT
F. * A. M.
Whitt Pan Ixvl^r F. K A
A. M. 5*. 118, nwi# 2oo
and 4til Ratordny «<reniii|t#
of each month at fi o'clock.
Visiting Ilr«hrfa ar* wol
J com©.
JOHS X. HANSEN, W. M.
T. J. SijuidUh. Secretary
rrarernal Order of
Englta
."»k Aerie, Vo.
1 nifrtnl Order «»t
Farto*. meet »b« firm
and third c*ln.*<*l;iy Bight of oach
month at thel? hatl on Fifth Are
nne. Visiting brother* cordially In
vited (o attend.
c. h. rck;eks, w. r
J. M. Griembach, Seo*y.
Pioneer* «*r M*vka. Igloo No. 12.
n>ooi in A. R. Hall firm Monday in
wry month at 8:310 p. m.
Visiting brother* cordially wel
come. j. c. ruKi.rs,
Naomi Chapter No. 0
O. R. 8, nwta In Ms
iuini( hall, (lr*t and
third Friday, of Mffc
month, at 8 o'clock. Vl»
111n^ iin-mhrni welconw.
Oh»rrte M*rte Spark*.
Worthy Matron
\ irclnia Suffofool, Pwretarj.
NOTICE
\\ . en you want anjtbinj: mored
fmnka. Baggage or anything «1*».
ill tip the John Wjniami, C. S
Transfer Co. Also wood. IS Inch.
!• lerrd, 5 4 50. ard coal, per ton.
delivered. 118.
..Rochester Hotel..
A. Rystogi, Prop]
All Modern Conveniences
Corner King Street and Second Ave., D AWSON. Y.T
Seven-Passenger McLaughlin-Buick Car Service
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE XO. 48.
Tuesdays and Fridays
Xo. 1, X. Bound
1st Class.
S:30 a. m. Leaves
10:45 a. m. "
12:30 p. m. "
2:00 p. m. "
4:25 p.m. Arrives
SRAGWAY
WHITE TASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WHITEHGRSE
No. 2, S. Bonni
lot Clam.
Arrive* 3:35 p. a
leaves 1:05 p. tn
" 15:45 p. it
10:65 a. m
8:10 a. m
Passengers mast be at the depot In time to Tiara Baggage In
spected. and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty mlnntas befo.e
leaving time of train*. »■■■»' * t •
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free witi each fall fart
ticket, and T5 pounds with each half fare ticket.