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EDITORIAL I
OLD: GLORY"
"America For Americans"
UKXERAL REVIEW OK CONDI
TIONS
Tc give a complete review of
jnditious prevailing jn Alaska and
t matters connected with the ad
iluistratiou t»£ this office, affect
ifi a Territory nearly 6i>t),000
luare miles iu extent, entails a
real deal o£ labor aud careful re
earch. Conditions vary in the dif
srent sections, so each reiiuires
pecial consideration, and there
j no haid and fast rule which cau
e applied to all portions of the
'erntory iu dealing with industrial
•ad otter matters affecting its wel
»re and progress.
In some sections during the past
ear there has been a slowing up of
levelopinent and production; in
>thers it has been accentuated. AVar
jonditious in all cases is the priu
•Ipal cause. In the first place,
.ae European war, while stiinulatin
:oppe" production to a marked de
jree ao well as the search for rar
er meiMs demanded by war con
ditions, had the effect of retard
lus gold-lode mining. The greatly
Jucreased cost of supplies, includ
ing provisions as well as those ma
terials necesary in the operation of
gold-lode mines, has bad the ef
fect of discouraging the develop
ment of mines of this character.
Added »c this was the great short
age of iaobr, affecting all kinds of
mining operations, both in coast
al and interior Alaska. This labor
shortage is steadily; becoming more
acute. Miners, prospectors, and
other worklngmea have been lured
fey the Mgher wages offered by the
sopper-mining camps in the copper
prc^uting States, w here wage scales
are *)uct higher than ever before
known la the history of copper min
ing.
The principal gold-lode mines of
Al**ia are located in the south
eastern section. The ores mined
are universally low grade, and the
operators claim that they are un
able to meet the wage scales paid
by the copper operators and many
of the gold-lode mine operators else
where la the United States. There is
probab'i truth, in the contention.
A similar condition exists in
•ome of the gold-placer areas, es
pecially in interior Alaska, where
the richer placers have been ex
hausted. Low-grade ground can
Hot bf mined at a profit under ex
Utlu* circumstances, it is claimed;
neither can a fuel supply be pro
cured at a price that will enable
mine operators to work their groun
at a profit and at the same time
say Increased wa£es, with, shorter
irorkln* hours. This has particular
reference to the placer mines of
the Tanana region, once noted for
their richness and prolific yield of •
•UUTlal gold. Little can be expect
ed in tb- way of an increase of
*h« gold product in that section un
til tbe problem of cheaper fuel has
beea solved. The timber that was
©ace cortiguous to the placer mines i
Jus lonp since disappeared and |
Woo4 ffre onl£ fuel available} must
JNITY IH NAVAL
coin IS
DEMANDED :
t
W'ashiugtou, Dec. 20.—"Do no' I
0!=» si«;bf. or Lloyd George's recorn- (
nen Nation for unity of command In ,
iiivui operation," says a statement \
sailed recently by the N*Ty League, i
"Unified naval command, pro- i
lierly constituted and with adequate 1
Authority lor the direction of all 1
naval operations, should ensure
tlse utmost initiative in the conduc
i)f tue war l>y the Allied sea forces.
It should guarantee that every ad
vantage is aggressively pressed.
"it is a constant duty of public
ouiuiou to seek increased initiative
iu miiitarjr and naval strategy thru
out the vsar; never to be content
with what has Ireea done as long
as it is humanly possible to do
morfc. Such an exacting attitude on
the part of the public will do
gcod not harm.
"But public opinion should never
seek to dictate or influence strate
gy. The formulation, of war plans
should be left to experts. The pro
per function of public opinion is
to seels the utmost accomplishment
from the Navy, by pressing for a
command properly constituted, of
the most able men available, and
with a centralized control exercised
by the ablest naval officers over
all the fi.chting functions of the
-Navy.
"There is no such centralized, ex
uer: command of the fighting func
tions of the American Navy today.
Th« British Navy is but just now
achieving that advantage after
months of agitation by the British
public. British naval opinion, as
weil as public opinion, is convinced
that tl>e Navy's fighting power is
v<ist>v increased thereby.
"Lloyd George hus appealed to
puolic opinion in every Entente
country to secure a better com
mand of the Allied armies. He
has tho'»n the importance of that,
it is quite, as important Jfir a
Xavf as for an Army.
"Unquestionably every American
warshio on active duty in the war
zone todav is doing splendid work.
The capacity for command of Vice
Admira; Sims could scarcely; be over
rattd. But much less than five per
cen* of our war ships are in the
war zone. Whether the entire na
val establishment is doing all that
is UumatUj possible to win this war,
whether it is being driven at top
speed with, utmost efficiency us a
fighting machine, is another ^ques
tion "
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPENED
BY RED CKOSS IX FRANCE
The following cablegram bas just
b'.eu received by the American Red
Cross Irom the Paris headquarters
c' the organization:
"A report from announces
the American Red Cross opened a
cuildren's dispensary Tuesday in a
garage which is now the American
Children's Hospital. The hospital
w.is opened 10 days earlier "with 70
beds an is already overcrowded
with diphtheria, measles, 6carltt
fever, and whooping cough cases.
Arrivals Number 250 Daily
"The American doctors twice
daily examine an average of 250
children arriving from behind the
German lines iuid send contagious
cases tc the America-n hospital.
Every contagious case thus stopped
may mean- an epidemic prevented
somewhere in France. An American
dentist h?s opened a dental dispen
sary in the old kitchen -with a dent
al chrir improvised from a wine
barrel.
"Amen? the first dispensary pa
tients was an underfed boy from
Lena. His family of seven had been
living two and a half yaers in the
ce'.Ur under their totally wrecked
house valued at 100,000 francs. The
fam!lj was evacuated last April to
Luxemburg and jived seven in
oue ror.m, sleeping on straw.
Ovei 2,400 tfiUdren Examined
"in the first week of the Am
ericpu dispensary over 2,400 chil
dren were examined, more than 1,
9CO being between the ages of 3
aud 13 years."
rot be brought long distances at
greatly advanced prices. <
The opening of the coal deposits i
an the N'enana River, it is ex
pected, will solve the fuel question, :
it least in part, if not wholly; but ]
intil cheaper fuel and cheaper pow- j
>r are available further substantial
ievMopment of placer and lode t
nines in the Tan&na Valley re- <
;ion can not be expected. — From 1
:h»> leport of Gov. Strong for the I
lisc'U year ending June 30, 1917« ^
The Three ;
Wise Men \
r\XE Christmas mystery remains
unsolved. Who were the wise men
of the east—the magi who fol
owed the star uf betiiieiiem from ut'iir
o do homage to the newboia Saviour?
It is fair to assume fiom t«;j fact
hat the visitors wcie r» vived :tt corrt
iy Kins Herod nnd thnt (hey carried
:ifts of value Mint they \\ <t«- !:i their
i«n country men <f ro,v;:!;y or e'js.*
o it. Herod evidently deemed it well
o treat them with deference, for dis
[uieted though he was li.v their news
if tiie cornet lii.it Was to lead theia to
he birthplace m the lUv'uvu^r lie di.s
leiuUlcd and told lUc:u ;.tai w'.i-ti they
lad found the tev. L_.ru he WMt'id re
uru to worship t\ Uli t'..ein.
Much of our 1.1.' n;ui!I:i:i about the
>arly days of the Chi-is' I:i:i era ei>!:».es
'rom the tin :.1<« of (lie foiirtii>!>tli cell
:ury, who dehed dee; i.v into liistoiical
sources since lost t<> the world. Iheii
Jtory of the three v. i«e 1..111 iois ri.civ
»d wide cr.'detue. .'..•lo d:;!'; to llusc
monks, the wise men were three great
dugs called Caspar, Melchior and Hal
Chasar. Caspar was the oldest and
from the uorth. At the time of the
birth of Christ lie was sixty years old.
and for mure than two-thirds of that
time he had ruled in Arabia. Maltha
sar was black, a native of Saba. fami
the east, and forty years old. The
youngest was Melchior, from the south,
whose country was Tarshish. lie was
twenty years old.
Impelled by some mysterious power,
they dropped all the cares of state and
followed a single star thirteen days
and nights, without eating or sleeping,
till it led them to Jerusalem.
Then the story follows that of the
Bible until they returned to their own
countries.
The story does not stop here. It tells
circumstautially the after life of the
three wise men. The good Apostle St.
Thomas Journeyed to their country and
baptized them, and all three went out
to preach thp doctrlue of the Christ.
They were slain by barbarous gen
tiles, and later the Kmpress Helena,
mother of Constautine, recovered their
sacred bones and took them to Con
stantinople. Thence they were carried
to Milan und dually found an ultimate
resting place in Co'ogne, where they
now pre—New York Post.
MISS ELSIE CALDER
Miss Elsie Calder. daughter of Sens
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chairman of the Brooklyn comforts
committee has superintended the sup
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and Long !sl3nd men in the military
service. Major General B*ll lias writ
ten her cor mending the work of her
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Camp Skagw&y No. 1»
A. B. meets erery sec
ond aafl fourth! Tues
day eTenlQg at 8:30 p.
m. Bti*rp. Visiting brothers oordial
ly. welcome. Edward A.. Rasmu.=on,
Arctic Chlel, W. R. Gray, Arctic
Recorder.
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l'!« brothers ewdl/vlly InviUtf to
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F. & A. M.
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meet* 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
OI each mouths. Visiting Brethren
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JA.MK3 WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Slca^way Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meet* every
Thursday at 8:30
• p. m. visiting
brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
r. J. VAWDEWALi,, Secretary
rion«vr of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
njetl4 la A. B. Hall first Monday In
cwrjr in'miih at 8:30 p. ni.
V to I ting Brothers cordially wel
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