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OUR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
Election day is approaching when, the citiaens of Alaska will decide a?
to who shall represent them in Congress for the coming term of two years.
Our present delegate, Dan A.Sutherland. Is serving his first term, and is up
for reflection. If the element of experience counts for anything, he has
the advantage of having been in Washington, of having become acquainted
with the men in Congress, who are the leaders in that body and thereby
made a place for himself in the opinion of these men. And this counts for
much in Congress. It counts for more when the type of character of the
man we now have theie is taken into consideration. Our representative is
a man who makes and maintains a strong friendship. He has a quiet dig
nity which makes an easy approach to his colleagues, and a warm, sincere
manner, which carries weight with men who judge measures largely by the
nieu representing them.
His course in Congress will bear careful scrutiny. He has consistently
stood for the best things for the Territory and has secured from Congress a
larger amount of attention and consideration than probably any other man
iu the Territorj i-ould have secured on a first term service. Sutherland is in
t position to render a far greater service for Alaska during the next term of
Congress than he has rendered in this. Alaskans generally whatever .•>>•
be their political preferences can make no mistake in voting to send our*
present Delegate to Congress for another term.
OF NO IMPORTAXt'E!
Four persons die by violent death# in one night in the city of Seattle
and the cables mention in the news item, that they are personages of no im
portance. N'ot even of enough importance to make a newspaper headline.
No-account persons, so the news item reads. The natural inference is tha!
the event the circumstance of their taking away is a no-account event.
When two people are murdered and two people commit suicide, in one city
in one night, it is not a no-account event in the life of that city.
Its an indictment of that eity and it life. Its one of the most impor
tant indications in that cltv of which one could speak. Its an indication
that life is mighty cheap and that a no-account person in that city will have
to look out for himself. And who are the important people of a city, whose
murder would be of some account? Are the no-accounts the honest indus
trious faithful artizan or small shop keeper. wi:o never sees his name in th.»
dally paper? The one, who, when war is declared is urged to become IM
TORTANT—the humble mother or inconspicuous daughter, whose murder
lu a eity is of no moment? The :ragedy of the whole affair is that what
the news paper calls unimportant is apt to be considered unimportant in tho
tourt of law. and with the officials who are sworn to maintain the law. The
killing of a few unimportant Individuals is of no moment in a BIG city like
Seattle. The Irony of it all comes in the tendency for people to get to
thinking that the taking of any life is of no-importance. Seattle's record
is not becoming .enviable.
AN OLD PASSING LANDMARK
With the destruction of the old ramshackle building on the S.W. cor
ner of Broadway and Sixth avenue, one of the landmarks In Skagway Is be
ing taken away. Not that we have any tears to shed over the removal of
this » vtfsore to the generally excellent condition of all the other points of
that corner, but merely in reminiscence many willcall to mind the fact that
this corner and this old building has played a large part in the former life
c: Skagway. During the lively days in the new town, that corner was
known from New York to Nome, but as things grew more quiet the center
cf trade shifted to the lower suctions of Broadway and the old corner has
s been left high and dry for some time.
The committee for civic Improvement under the chg.im;:insMp of j'er-y
Hern, secured the consent of Tony Standish, the owner of the building and
the adjoining lots to have the group of buildings razed and tha ground
cleared. This will effect a much desired improvement on that corner and
will make the fine bank and other buildings stand ouc to much belter ad
vantage. The lumber In the building will, it is estimated, just about pay
for the tearing down and give a few days employment In Skagway. Every
eyesore removed makes possible and neurer the building up of something
worth while.
FORT SEWARD NEWS
The last Installment of the newsy paper, The Chilcat Post, from Fort
Seward is taken up almost exclusively-with news of the visiting buddies on
the I". S. transport Buford. and good byes to the boys who are leaving Se
ward for Camp Lewis. A good account of the late lire at Haines is includ
ed in the items of interest. Sympathy is expressed for Mr. Hansen, the
hardware merchant who lost practically all his stock and his building in the
conflagration.
GKKMW MAKK
AT LOW EBU
New York, Aug. 24.—The German
mark is quoted today as twenty
marks (or one cent. Tile mark be
fore the war was worth twenty-four
cents.
GKRMA.V MORATORIUM
INSTANTLY REJECTEP
Berlin, Aug. J4.—Germany sub
mitted plans for a five months mor
atorium of payments of the repara
tions today. Her proposals when pre
sented to France were instantly re
jected by that nation.
OIL AM) OAS IN THE MADILL
DEMSON AREA OF
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
Oil seepages near Madlll, Marshall
County. Oklahoma, 'ed to the discov
ery and development many yeara ago
of a small pool east of that town.
The oil is remarkable (or Its high
grade—about 47.6 Baume, much
lighter than the average crude oil
from the pools of Oklahoma—and It
is therefore more valuable. The dis
covery naturally stimulated the
search for oil in thut region, and oil
companies have therefore made great
expenditures in persistently prospec
ting parts of Marshall and Bryan'
counties, Okla., and Fannin and OrayI
sou counties. Tex. These expendi
tures liuve resulted In the discovery
of only one small gas pool, known
as the Knos field. In soutberu Mar
shall County, Okla.
KETCHIKAN FISHERMAN
DROWNS NEAR RUPERT
Olaf Christianson of the crew of
ihe fishing boat America, operating
out of Ketchikan and Prince Hupert
and well known at Juneau, was lost
last week when the America was off
Cape George, five hours from Prince
Ilupert. christianson and Fred Hal
strom were in a dory which was
swamped. Christianson went down
with the dory. Halstrom was pulled
out after being under the dory for
five minutes. Christianson's body
was recovered and the American
Consul at Prince Rupert took charge
of it.
A widow and "three children, all
living at Tacoma, survive the dead
fisherman.
GLACIERS AT HIE EQI'ATOR
We do not usually think of gla
ciers in oonnectlot. with "darkest
Africa" or any other part of that
continent, but according to the ITnit
l ed Slates Geological Survey. Depart
ment of the Interior, there are small
glaciers on three of the highest
mountains In Equatorial Africa—Mt.
Kilimanjaro. 19.321 feet high; Mt.
Rumenzori. 16,800 feet high; and
Mt. Kenya, about 17.007 feet high.
On Kebo Peak, which is a part of
Mount Kilimanjaro, there is an ice
cap 200 feet thick, which fills the
ravines forming glaciers, several of
which extend down to points 16,000
feet above sea level and. one to 13.
N00 feet. Both Mt. Kuwenzori and
Mt. Kenya are close to the equator,
but their lowest glaciers extend
down to points 12.700 and 14,460
feet, respectively, noove sea level. A
study of the moraines formed by
I these glaciers shows that during the
ilce Age. the glaciers were much larg
er than they are now.
THKKK IS HOl'E
] I'pton Sinclair Is now running for
Mhe senate, from California, as u So
cialist. if he should get there he
l will feel right at home, among the
| dozen or more senators of the same
stripe who are no'.f there and the
| other dozen or more who seem like
[ ly to be elected. We hope that
enough reformers and radicals und
{visionaries and schemer and pacifists
land hyphenates and busters a:id
blockers and kickers will be sent to
the senate and house next fall so
that they can absolutely control the
situation. Then we may look for
the millenium to be brought about
by legislation right off the bat. 'i he
constitution can then be amended
while you wait: the supreme .-ourt
and the senate be abolished: organ
ized. labor put In charge of all in
dustry; the two-hour day and three
day week be adopted: beer end wine
he made compulsory; luxurious
homes and autos provided for every
body at public expense, with free
gasoline: all taxes abolished, abun
dant money supplied to ill ooueis;
pleasant weather guaranteed for pic
nics and excursions, with plenty of
rain, at just the right time, for
I farmers: women male absolute
equals of men and relieved of hrr
] den of bearing and rearing rhildren;
nigh prices for everything people
sell and low prices for everything
people buy: all middlemen to be
] hung high as Hainan: wages ant*
conditions of labor to be laid down
by the works's; all cantelcpes to be
j required to be sweet; all roads to be
first class, with no mudholes or de
tours; fat men and women and all
old people to be abolished; free coin
age of pump'.-ins, l.ay. dirt, aoen s.
oil stock, ho: air. etc.; all w.ir debts
and all other debts to be wlotd out:
a bonus for everybody, to b» *)aid
by movie stars—and so on and so
on. While we are about It we might
as well make this old world perfect.
It would have been perfected long
ago if it bad not been for the old
fogies, who have always obstructed
progress and have insisted on that
silly old Idea, "Be sure you are right,
and then go ahead."—Pathfinder.
A dollar a month will brine th»
Alaskan to /our door.
FISHERMAN IS LOST
ON PRINCE OF WALES
ISLAND;, MAKE SEARCH
Ernest Olson, a fisherman, early
this week walked away from his boat
where it was anchored on Prince-of
Wales Island and has not been seen
since that time, according to tele
graphic advices received from Pet
ersfturg by U. S. Marshal George D.
Beaumont. A searching party wasj
authorized by U. S. Commlsslonf 1
Clifton, of Petersburg and headed
by Deputy Marshal McGregor, Is now
looking for the missing man.
Others who were aboard Olson's
boat have been searching for him
several days. The information re
ceived by Marshal Beaumont said tt
was feared that Olson is demented.
EARTH'S HOTTEST SPOT
IN THIS COUNTRY
Could you say off-hand where the
hottest spot on earth Is? "Death
Valley." That is right! There Is no
other place on the <lobe, outside of
active volcanoes etc., which Is able
to register over 100 degrees In the
shade year in and year out. But
Death Valley Is interesting outside
of being just a place In which to siz
zle. It supplies the world with bor
ax—that valuable friend of the j
housewife and aid to Industry.
Death Valley is a narrow, arid, j
sunken plain between the Panamlnt j
and Funeral mountains In Califor
nia. It is about 12 miles wide and
150 miles long. It Is faversed by
the Amargosa river, now a dry chan
nel, though probably once full of wa
ter. The level of the valley Is cov
ered with salt, supposed to have been
brought by torrents from the sur
rounding country and left on evapor
ation of the water. Death Vajley Is
not only considered to be the hotteit
place, but is also recognized as the
dry est. It was so named because a
party of immigrants lost their lives
there from heat and thirst in 1849.
A maximum temperature of 160
dog F. has been registered. In sum
mer 140 degrees is common and at
midnight the mercury hovers at 120.1
It is so hot in August that a piece of
rock will scorch the hand like a lirs
coal. Yet from this inhospitable re
gion men have wrested vast fortunea.
The two principal borax mines are
said to he capable of supplying the
world indefinitely. Until a railroad
bridged the arid wastes the hauling
had to he done by mules over 166
miles of the roughest country. That
is the reason why one of the great,
borax firms adopted for tta trade
mark: "20-mule-team borax." Da-:
posits of borax were discovered lu
the deserts of California and Nevada
as far back as 1866 but no move
was made todevelop Death Valley un
til 1S80.
»uier was 10 De naa trotn ( ur
nuce creek and the men habitually
slept in it. Pew of them stood the
heat more than a month or two; It
| either drove them crazy or brought
on nervous trouble. A writing desk
brought from the outside world is
known to have split and crumbled
I away. Meat killed at night and
cooked rigl?t away was spoiled by the
next morning. A handkerchief dip
ped in water and held up to the sun
dried In one and one-half seconds.
The anlninis, too, lasted but a short
itiine. The hortx was hauled by
j teams of 16 to 20 mules in the larg
est wagons ever made—costing ahout
$1000 each, a fabulous sum in those
days. Blinding white dust hurt the
men's eyes.
Tractors later displaced the mules.
When the steam vehicles flrBt made
their appearance the Piute Indians
called them "fire devils" and would
I not venture near. An eight-mile,
stretch of road had to be bu'lft over
a solid reach of salt. It is said that
the tractors could raise steam with
out lire, simply by heat ofJ the sun.
Now. however, the Death Valley rail
road—a British enterprise—put the
mines in rail communication with
the outside world. It stretcl.es 'or 20
miles and spans great openings with
trestle work. An old auto equipped
with flanged wheels mftkea r .daily
trips for mail. Occasionally the ma
chine is blown from th® rails by ter
rific gales of hot wind.
The Death Valley mines produce
about 3,000,000 pounds of borax a
year. Uses to which it is put contin
ually Increase. Besides being used
for ordinary kitchen and scrubbing
work, it is employed to make enamal
coatings for wire and steel ware. It
also finds application In the glass In
dustry, It is a convenient water soft
ener and is often found in starchsa
designed to give a high glosa.
foAL INVESTIGATION ?■"
BILL GOES TO SENATE
Washington, Aug. 24.—The legis
lation proposed by President Hard
ing for ant investigation of the coal
situation passed the House lajt night
and has been sent to the Senate to
day. President Harding has assent
ed to the postponement of legisla
tion to aid the American merchant
marine until the December sesaioa.
cm FOR HELP
Lots of It In Skogway but Daily
Growing Lesa.
The kidneys often cry for help.
Not another organ In the whale
body more delicately constructed.
Not one more Important to health.
The kidneys are the fllterB of the
tlood.
Whan they fall the blood becomes
foal and poisonous.
There can be no health where
there Is poisoned blood.
Backache is one of the frequent
Indications of kidney trouble.
It U often the kidneys' cry for
help. Heed it.
Read what Doan's Kidney Pills
bars done for overworked kidneys.
Proof of merit in the following
statement.
Z. H. Broot, Elgin, Ore., says: "I
had kidney complaint and suffered
from a dull backache and dhurp
pain* across my klineys. Mornings,
1 was lame and stiff and the action
of my kidneys was Irregular, being
at time* too free. I read of Doan's
Kidney* Pills and used them. They
rid me of the backaches and put my
kidneys In good order. Three boxbs
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Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ersrsharp leads for BTersharp
lead pencils la hard, soft and Indei
ilble at Keller*. 15# a bos.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby glrcn, that the
undersigned, has been appointed ad
ministrator, of the estate of John
Fairfteld and Louise Fairfield, de
ceased, by the probate court for tho
territory of Alaska, sitting In pro
bate at Haines, Alaska, and all per
sons hariag claims against said es
tates, are required to file same, with
my attorney, W. B. Stout, at his of
fice, In Halites, Alaska, with the pro
VOT voucher*, within six months from
the date of the first publication of
this notice.
J. B. Peterson,
Administrator.
First Publication, Aug. 8, 1922.
Pinal Publication, Sept. 5, 1922.
DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR
17. I. Land Office at
Jaaeaa, Alaska, July 27, 1922
NOTICE is hereby Blreu that Leon
P. Ballard, of Haines Alaska, who,
ob July 21, 1922, made HE, No.
• 6508, for Lots 1 and 2, NttNWtf,
Section 27, Township 30 S, Range 59
B, Copper River Meridian, has filed
notice of Intention to make final
three-year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
R. U. Odell, at Haines, Alaska, on
the 10th day of September, 1932.
Claimant names as witnesses:
N. Q. Hanson, of Haines, Alaska.
R. J. Shepard, of Haines, Alaska.
T. D. Page, of Haines, Alaska, Al
bert Meyer, of Haines, Alaska.
Frank A. Boyle,
Register.
First Publication, Aug. 8, 1922.
Final Publication, Sept. 6, 1922
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meets every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit*
Ing brothers cordltJly welcome.
I. M. Keller, L. S. Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
B. P. O. ELKS, Skag.
way Lodge, No. 431, B.
1'. O. Elks, meets everj
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
dially welcome.
DAN MCDONALD, E. R.
F. J. VA.NDEWALL, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Fass Lodge F. & A.
M. No. 113, meets 2nd all J
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock*
Visiting Brethren are uel
f come.
F. J. Van de Wail, W. M.
T. J. Standish, Secretary.
Fraternal Order of
Eagles
Skagway Aerie, No. 35,
Fraternal Ordir of
Eagles, meet the first
and Third Wednesday night of each
month at their liaU on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
M. A. CODING, Wi\
E. E. WALLACE, SECY.
Naomi Chapter No. 0
O. E. 8., meets in Ma
genie hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
Visiting members welcome.
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Fanny Speer, Secretary.
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ed In hunting big came in the
Lower Yukon coutr; are in
vited to call on toe. .1 have
lived for many yean In the At
I in country, and can guarantee
bunting parties tine suecimens.
I have a good power boat
for lake hunting and Ashing. .
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