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Editorial
TIIK I I.TIM ATI M \< (.KITEl)
The world generally commend Dr.
V'irth and the Reichstag of Germany
in accept ins t lie inevitable. Thai
she is taking on a heavy burden
noise question, that it is as heavy as
it should be many will question.
Some would be (or putting her to
perpetual slavery, but wisdom dic
tates such a course to be suicide.
The best informed observers of the
war recognize the fact that
while to a certain extend I he
popul ne of Germany is guilty, they
also know t; it the populace hated
tl.e war as much as did the popu
late of ti other nation* tier rul
ers held the whip hand and the peo
ple could do little other than they
did. Xow. however, the time for
amnesty is co::-e V.'ith the settle
ment of this question of indemnity,
there will come a r>.rival of trade in
ail the narions and it will probably
be a duplication of the work of
France in the Seventies. Germany
will l*>:td to the load and remove it
in one half the time which is now
predicted. She is unquestionable
the mo.-' virile and sironii-st people
in Kurope. fcveryrhins considered.
With the tliminaiion of the cost of
her martial < latter in Army and Na
vy. and with the transfer of the • :i
lion or two of able men whom s;.e
used to hold under arms, to repro
ductive industry, with her equipment
<>t" labor and manufacture untouched,
with the certainty of protection from
invasion looked after by the erst
while enemies—thev fearful of los
ing the indemnity payments—she
will lie free ta plunge into industry
and commerce in an unprecedented
way. and with the people of the
world sorely in need of all she can
-apply, and the Allies tied hand and
foot with strikes and insured ions,
what can possibly hinder the erst
while humbled and defeated nation
from forging to the commercial and
industrial front in the course of the
next decade and clean up the enor
mous debt and be stronger than siie
has ever been?
France has Alaace-Loraine. she al
so has her enemy humbled and de
feated. but she has not the virility,
the ability to work and labor she
has not the push and energy of her
arch foe. she has now more to fear
from herself and within herself than
she has to fear from Germany. She
will be feeding on her hate of Ger
many while Germany is forging to
the front as the rival of the strong
est industrial and commercial nation
of the world. And commerce will
win in the end. as it has in the past.
History in the next ten years promis
es to be mad-' in Germany and Rus
sia the lai'er of which is the great
est market in the world.
In the n-port of f. C\ Gcorgeson.
agricultural -o: ist in charge of
Alaskan experi:«;vr.tl s'ations. one
Would lie led *o beiu-v? ;h:it his .le
partuieut was creatcd sols!}' for the
benefit of the Tar,ana valley uad haa
nothing to do wWU o'.her sections of
Alaska. As a report of agriculture in
dustry in the Tanana it is an excel
lent work; as a document destined
to servo the remainder of Alaska it
might be termed useless.
After devoting the major portion
of ninety pages of descriptions and
illustrations of the farming region
near Fairbanks he allots a brief
sketch to Matanuska experimental
I station, suns Illustrations sans any
thing save that there is an experi
mental station at that point. He did
not tell the prospective settler that
Matanuska farmers were supplying
Anchorage with fresh pork, chick
ens and eggs: that there was grow
ing up around the experimental farm
prosperous and productive farms on
one of which, at least, some $7,000
worth of power machinery was op
erating. His illustrations were con
fined to tractors at work in the Tan
ana. but did not avail himself of the
many fine illustrations showing hin
ders. seeders and other machinery
at work at Matanuska. These illus
trations might have been obtained
from the Alaska Engineering Com
mission for the asking.
It would appear that nr. uoorge
j sou lias some special reason for re
| fusing to give Matauuska its share
in his annual reports because lio
. slighted it last year, lie certainly
I cannot plead lack of material, for it
j is there in abundance. Only reeent
I ly Colonel Frederick Mears showed
I motion picture reels of agriculture
[activities in this district, yet Mr.
Georgeson seems to have been una
ware of the fact.
As a book of information on all
Alaska the report falls far short
of what one might expect and mai
j tors of a partisan piece of press agent
I work.—Anchorage Times.
Doctor Smith is frank in his ad
mission of failure of the present
| Federal policy in Alaska, as most of
I those who have testified are, like
J many of the others ho wants the
i good old way of failure to go mer
! ril.v on. The Curry liill may not be
j all Alaskans want it to l>o. but they
are in that frame of mind where
I they are willing to try almost any
! thing if only an honest effort is made
to work out some good for the Ter
I ritory. The sound .s better if there
is nothing but sou:-«1 in the phrase.
IA centralized Hoard sitting at Jtt
| neatt looking after the interests of
! ;he Territory, rather than sixteen bu
reaus sitting any wiiere from Nome
| to Washington trying to outvie each
; in doing nothing and accomplishing
! it.
Danglerty said something when
!;•- talked about lamb chops. Ret tor
riot follow that line of reasoning and
, in vest is.: •••: Mr Attorney General
• <u you will run right into the n(gger
! in the feme.
| Jury Serv.ro will take on a ire.v
j aspect if the fair sex are the ctil
I prits to l»> passed on by the Jurv,
. and among them there shall be
j many Madge's.
.
j X'rd :• the stin uius if the Won
: all's clti') v. >rk !::.s been started and
I is pto-i" i:ig on the Dewey Lake
{Trail. The Hoy Scouts have spent
: t<».i ••veniugs on I he trail and will
! be tiic:-e tonight. They have put
' ir. some stone steps in the steeper
places leading to Cro 'Ulyn Heights
: «i.ich !i:ak. - the ci.' I> to that lunch
I ins place easier ,".!r. Coding and
j Mr. \Vinl"rlierser have built a stove
I for use liy camp*' ^ .and l!ie Woman's
J ■ lull H plnnni: .. to ~rt tables and
I i><>:>c»ics and a .-v.all shelter for this
( place. All t'le labor is donated and
| al! will want to help in this work.
• Some lumber for the benches and the
[shelter nil tables will be needed and
I volunteer help is desired. If you can
give an hour or two if you can do
nate some lumber, will you please
[communicate with the committee
l and let them know how much yon
I can cive. Most of our people lunch
■ up on tTie fir.-t bench many times dur
11lie year. To have tiie.se conveniea
I ces will add very much to the pleas
J lire of all who go.
I It is expected that all will use
with care the things provided and
seek to prevent the r misuse By anv
who may become thollers and tints
destroy what is for the Rood of all
j The members of the committed are
[ Mrs. Vandewall. Mrs. Coding and
| Mrs. Ward.
The people of Sitka recently unit
ed in paving their last respects to
01.e of the oh'est of their citizens.
George (!ee. a Chinaman. Since com
ing to Sitka some 20 years ago Mr.
Gee has spent much of his time
working for himself running a small
restaurant. His kindness of heart
was a marked characteristic. Gee
was one of the few survivors of the
Custer massacre. he and another
servant, at the general's command
leaving about two hours before the
battle and hiding under a blu£f until
they could make good their escape.
The American Legion took charge
of the funeral, some of its members
acting as pallbearers.—Ex.
Arrives in Daw
son From Keno
Hill Camp
A. K. Schellliiger .Readies Daw
son—Development Work
Coot bines.
MAILING OVER FOR SEASON
Jack Stewart O. K. After UN
Dizzy I'lnnjje—"Schelly"
Was Witness.
A. K. Schellinger, Yukon Gold's
mining engineer ami assayer. arriv
ed yesterday from Keno-Hill, where
he spent the winter at the company's
silver mines. Ha came down with
a team of three dogs, and was four
and a half days making the trip
from Minto Bridge.
Mr. Schellinger reports that the
hauling ot ore from Keno Hill shut
down for the winter about the first
week of the mouth, when the snow
was so thin as to make satisfac
tory hauling impossible. A total of
2.300 tons of ore had been delivered
at Mayo Landing, and about 30 more
was to be taken there from points
along the trail. The company liu**
quit taking out ore for shipment
and has about 15 men remaining on
Keno Hill, engaged in development
work. The prospecting of various
claims will continue this season.
Mr. Schellinger has a deep rich
bronze tint and is as hard as an
athlete, due to his outdoor exper
iences. The bronzed elTect was per
fected in the long mush over the
snow of the trail. He reports the
Twentv-mile in good condition when
passing then*. Isaac Lnsk and K.
II. Sliori were met thero.
(>n the way from Keno. Mr. Schel
linger visited Mayo City, lie reports
that the many popular teamsters of
the silver trull were preparing when
he left to give the "Skinners First
(Jrand Annual flail" at Oscar's hall.
! >layo City, on May Day. The hall
I will he decorated wltli horse collars
bales of hay. neckyokes, double
trees. halters, wagon wheels, and
water buckets. A fine display also
will be made on the notable occa
sion of the new ore discovered by
the ■ Skinners' Millionaire Club." at
t'le "llotTn an House." half-way up
Duncan. The ore is known as
hydrn-diderites. and has created
great excitement among all mining
experts and promoters who have
gone up and down the trail to get
their ground lloor groups this wln
; ter. (Jeorge Wright is president of
the club. The honorary members are
Ceorge's best friend, "Maggie" Mc
Permi3. "Scotty" Mo watt. "Tommy"
Buchanan. the eleven-times-million
nire. and other knights of the rib
bons and lash.
Mr. Schellinger was on Keno Hill
the day that Jaek Stewart the fore
man. made the spectacular plunge
off the high brow of the north slope
of the hill and sustained the fracture
! of three ribs, and witnessed the re
markable feat. Mr. Stewart has en
tirely recovered, and is as rugged
as ever.
"Tliat plunge." says !\lr. Schellin
ger. "surely v as an amazing and
hair-raising experience. T!iO wind
was blowing a gale, and Mr. Stewart
and Paddy Mdver were riding up
on the aerial tram, when suddenly
the conveyance was tripped, and
they were spilled on the beetling
; s'o;ie 1.000 feet high. I'addy skidded
J 150 feet down the first incline, try
ing in vain to dig in with his finger
hails. Luckily he struck a little
rough rock reef, and lodged there
with a toe-hold. .Jack whizzed on
like an irressistable terrestrial body.
The boys wanted to know from
Paddy what Jack said as he scooted
past, but l'addv could not translate
it. Fortunately. Jack had a faculty
of keeping right side up with care.
He made the initial scoot sitting
upright, and then took the hop off
with feet straight out He evidently
| did the nose dive, the tail spin and
looped the loop several times imme
diately after the take off, but he
righted himself again, and struck a
second inclined slope 7r> feet farther
down. Tiiis slope shot him into a
reef of soft snow, with S00 feet of
space beneath. Luckily, the snow
held him. and the boys went down
and got him out. none the worse
except l'o rthrec broken ribs. Had
Jack not been as muscular as a
wildcat he would have been killed
as it was. No ordinary mortal ever
would have survived that leap. It
was a mighty close call to the last
post for Jack, but h's up and about
today. He shows no signs of the
wild leap for life, but is careful ou
the hillside now not to let liis foot
slip."
The "Ancient Writers.
The excellence-.®! tlie uucient writ
ers does not consist In a trick that
can he learned, but In a perfect adap
tation of means to ends. The secret
of the style of the great Greek and
Roman authors Is that It Is the per
fection of good sense. .In the "flrst
place, they never use a word without
a meaning, or a word which adds
nothing to the meaning; they knew
what they wanted to say, and their
whole purpose was to say It with the
highest degree of exactness and com
pleteness, and bring It home to the
mind with the greatest possible clear
ness and vividness . . . The ancients
were concise because of the extreme
pains they took with their epithets:
almost all moderns are prolix because
they do not. The great ancients could
express a thought so perfectly In a
few words or sentences, that they did
not need to add any more.—John
Stuart Mill.
Evil in Deception.
Lying, a term in which we Include
deception of every kind, Is the root
of more evil In the world than the
love of money ever was, though the
latter is responsible for enough, In all
conscience, and the two evils work
handily together. If frank honesty
were the rule of the world, boys,
grown into men, would sin occasion
ally, but not frequently or continu
ously. as many of us do now. Decep
tion is the great protector of crime,
the (treat shield of vice. Eliminate it
absolutely and you sever the tap roots
of profiteering, defrauding of the em
, plover, impurity, hypocrisy In the
church, political corruption and wars
of aggression.—Exchange.
Thermometer Scales.
| There are several different systems
| of dividing (lie thermometer scale. The
I ..ne in common use in all Eugiish
' speaking countries Is the Fahrenheit.
In this the boiling point Is 212 de
crees. and the freezing point 32 de
crees above zero. In the Centigrade
thermometer, the freezing point is tak
en as the zero, and the boiling point
[ is reckoned at 100 degrees. It will
i thus be seen that the 100 degrees on
| die Centigrade scale and the 180 de
I grees (212 minus 32) on the Fahren
heit scale r.I resent the same differ
ence. in temperature namely that be
| iwten boiling point and freezing point
British Warship Badges.
j The British admiralty has decided
; to provide every British warship in
| future with Its own distinctive badge.
I Tiie-e are being designed by MaJ.
I Charles Foulkes, heraldic adviser to
j the admiralty, who lias already lu
j vented 150 badges. Considerable In
i genuity lias been exercised, as the
1 following examples will show: Ven
' tuimis two dice; Sportive, a butting
| £i>at: Tactician, a chess knight; In
[ constant, a butterfly; Sesame, a key;
I Sierlitn:, £; Watchful, an eye; Viva
cious, head of Mr. Lloyd George; Ter
magant, a fury; Nile, head of Nelson;
Truculent, Britisher smashing a Ilun.
i Each badge will be carved in wood
l and then cast In brass, colored, and
tilted on tlie quarterdeck, ns well as
i mi either bow of the boat. Two plaques
I are to he used, the smaller one
fur the boats -being uhout eight
! inches square, and the one for the
, quarterdeck about IS inches square.
. Each badge is designed in some way
' to represent the name of the boat plc
I toriaily, or when that is Impossible,
i embodying some device connected
' with its history. The designs will be
| used also on note paper, and probably
j on the brass muzzle-caps of guns,
which are privately bought by officers
| of battleships. «
Flat Feet Treatment Successful.
War experiences have changed our
I views about Hat feet. It was at one
j time assumed that individuals so af
flicted were destined to lead sedentary
| lives, and that they were disqualified
| from partaking iti vocations requiring
the constant use of the feet, such as
' military service. This erroneous idea
is still universal in Europe and to a
| large extent in America. It is In
weak feet that the bones of the arch
drop to the ground, the muscles and
J ligaments being so weak and "flabby
I that they cannot hold up the arch
. bones. After a series of treatments
I in the most chronic cases, the pro
I lapsed bones will gradually rise until
j they reach their normal height.
"Flivver" Airplanes.
From lime to time a photograph ap
I pears, depicting a new airplane of com
pact dimensions and equipped with a
I low-power engine. Such airplanes are
| generally hailed as "everybody's" alr
i pluue and the coming "flivvers" of the
I air. Vet an examination of these ma
I chines soon discloses the fact that
j they are of little practical value. They
are too small to he steady in flight,
too low-powered to fly under moder
ately adverse conditions, too flimsy to
last long and, taking It all In all, ab
solutely worthless for serious work of
any kind. They should generally be
treated as novelties, except In rare
instances.—Scientific American.
An' English novelist says tnat ft
would he unwise to standardize worn
j en's dress by legislation. Unwise is a
« feeble word—It would be Impossible.
j An expert on economics declares
j prices will keep falling. Meanwhile,
the consumer is walking about in the
hope that they will finally hit hira.
There is much discussion as to
whether prevailing styles are Immod
est; but there seems to be unanimous
. masculine agreement that they are
L'iueiisive.
Sonny Says
"A drug store that cnn give me
just what I want in tablets, pencils,
pens and other school things is
the store that will get my trade."
But that is just one part of the
modern service of our store. Not
only all sorts of school supplies but
the many home needs of the
school boy will be satisfactorily
answered here.
Handy for Stationery
Buy it by the box, by the pound or
in tablets. The very best grade
that you can secure for the price
you wish to invest can be purchased
here at a saving in time and trouble.
We can show an array of tints and tex
tures large enough to include your favorite.
lor I 1
Tablets-Pens-Pencils £1?
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
CHURCH NOTES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday service will be held at
11:00 a. ni. in the morning in the
church Edifice of Christian Science
Society of Skagway, corner of Main
street and Fourth avenue.
Christian Science Subject:
MORTALS AND IMMORTALS.
Sunday School at 12:15.
The Public is cordially invited.
MR.ST PRESBYTERIAN CHIRCH
11:00 Morning worship with ser
mon by the Minister.
12:15 Sunday School.
S:00 Special "Mothers' Day Serv
ice Mr. \V. C. Blanchard and Miss
Lena Lunsford will sing at this serv
ice. The Sermon Topic: A Mother's
Joy and Crown of Rejoicing." "The
moment one begins to shut his heart
up to his mother that moment he
puts the pilot off the boat." No one
will ever love us like our mothers.
8:00 Wednesday, Prayer and
Praise service. All invited.
Reverend E. L. 'Winterbergcr,
B. D. Pastor.
ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CIII'RCH
10:30 Mass and Sermon.
Sunday School Immediately after
Mass.
Father Gallant,
Pastor.
PULL (JOSPEL MISSION
Sixth Avenue East of Broitdwaj
Bible Study Class
We believe in the Bible doctrine
of experimental salvation, as tauglit
by the leading men of all Protes
tant churches, and that the blood
^of Jesus cleanses from all sin.
Welcome to any of the services.
Sunday morning, 11 o'clock.
Sunday School, 2:30.
Sunday evening, 7:30.
Thursday evening, 7:30.
Reverend W. H. Shoemaker,
and wife, in charge.
Oil leasing and prospecting per
| mits were recently Issued in the Ka
talla field to T. A. Eberly of Seat
tle, 2,560 acres; and Otto Strand, of
Katalla, 2..r>60"~acres. Permits for
the same avreage were also issued
to E. J. Brown and E. J. Brown, Jr.,
both of Seattle, in the Cold Bay dis
trict.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Grove's LAX1TIV13 11KOMO
QUIXIXE tablets. The genuine bears
the signature qI E. W. Grove. 30c.
DLi'.UiT.UIiXX Oi' illli iXTEHlOIl
General Land Ol'fkc
Juueau, Alaska, April 11, 19J1
•\otice is iie.eby given that tat
Arctic uuU Cemetery Asso
ciation, a Corporation, by \V. li.
Stout, It. -M. Ouv.ii anil 11. u. iianta.
Us trustees, lias tiled notice o£ its
intention to tuuniii final proof la
support i't i.o application, serial
Ui.j:,, lor patent u.idcr '.1.0 provis
ions ot the AcL oi ..larck 1, l&tlT,
1 ■« i>lai. It ) for lauds embraced
wu.iiii i.. i>. Purvey Au. 1255, sit
uai<.u on ti.c uit bank of the Cliil
kal llhcr, o:io u.ile u eat of Haines,
Alaska, in Latitude degrees 14
minutes NvrtU and Longitude 1«5
degreio -o minutes West, and more
pa; lie...... 1>" Uv • i .utd as follows:
C'u:iuuujc!ua at Corner i,
Wi.oucu L. d. L. Jl. No. 573 bears
North bJ degrees u4 minutes East
sj.lu cuaius distance; thence
Soulu lo.ii c.iUiiis to Corner Mo.
2; thence West 16.29 chains to
Corner -No. 3; theuco North 8.8U
ciiuiutt to Corner No. 4, meander
coruer on line or ordinary high
tide o£ Cliilket River; thence me
andering tho said river (1)
North 07 degrees 17 minutes East
12.20 chains to Corner No. 5 M.
C.; thence East S.'Jo chains to
Corner No. 1, the place of begin
ning, containing an area of 21.OS
acres. Variation 31 degrees 30
minutes East.
Proof in support o£ tho applica
tion will Le submitted by the appli
cant aiid two of the following wit
nesses: Carl lijornstad, Erik Os
lund, Li. A. Harnett and C. H. Lind
holm, all of Haines, Alaska, before
(J. W. Iiiuchman, L. S. Commission
er at Haiivs, Alas;:a, on June 1,
1021.
FRANK A. iiOYLE,
Register.
First 1'ublicatlon April 14, 1921.
Final Publication May 14, 1021.
HOUSE FOR SALE
Four-room, substantial cottage, ad
joining my home. Best offer takes
it. House must bo moved fro.u
present location. Cash or terms.
Apply W. C. Blancliard.
White Fass & Yukon Route
jj TIME TABLE No, JG
Tuesday anil Fi i l.-.y
No 1, N. Bountl
•1st Class.
S: 30 a. m. Leaves
11:00 a. m. "
12:40 p. m. "
2:10 p. m. "
4:30 p.m. Arrive
SK AG WAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
.CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE
,\"o. 2, S. 15our;l
1st. Class
Arrives 3:45 p.m.
Leaves 2:10 p.m.
" 12:45 p. m.
" 10:55 a. m.
S:30 a. m.
Passengers must be at the depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.