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tensatt Newt C«., Whitehorse, Y. T
B. «. Uideoa Carcroaa, Y. T.
B. U Pill man AUlsC B. C.
OUR FLAG
EDITORIAL
SECY. BAKER URGES
LETTERS WITH "HOME
TOUCH" tX>R THE BOYS
My dear Mr. FosdieJf;
Tbe eyes of the world are upon j
our soldiers overseas tod*y net mor j
for what they have dale than forj
wuat they are now called upon to
tia. Before them lie the t^sks of
nelping to rehabiltate the devastat
ed lands of Franc© and'Belgium and
cf making sure that the victory in
whicn they have so gloriously shar
ed shall be a permanent one.
This means that w« may not
expect soon to bave them an with
u- here and to greet them face to
face. The postponement of their
homecoming will be often uppermos 1
us well la their minds as iu ours.
T nev will yet meet and must over
come many difficulties without eitn
er thj incentive or the excitement
lent in the past by the activities
of war. They need our help and
encouragement now perhaps more
th;1n at any other time since they
left homQ in order that they may
be inspired and strengthened to
ma&tair that fineness to character,
manner °nd conduct which hag
earned for them such universal re
spect. j'|
1 lel-eve that among am the in
fluences which may be focused upon
this object, the strongest and most
far-reaching is that which emanates
from home letters, and I therefore
urge the mothers, fathers, wiYea
a.id sisters of our soldiers overseas
to express tnemselves earnestly in
their eltttrs ag their tshare in see
ing that the high standards which
America represents botb here and
aoroad shall be contantly upheld.
Cordially yours,
NE\VTOX D. BAKER,
Secretary of War.
Mr. Raymond B. Fosdick,
Chairman, Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities.
bugxestion fop Dad's Letter.
Dear Boy: i * I
I'va just been watching your
mover's fact as she was writing to
you. I don't know what she said,
hut I'll bank on it that she was tell
ing you some things y°u ought to
kuow. because she's been at work
fi r nearly two hours, and she's
worn all the paint off the end °t
tne penholder. '
she's spent days going over all
your civilian c'othes, and the house
smelly so of camphor baJig that I
hay, to smoke that extra cigar ev
ery evening in self defense. Your
room's all ready for you—sheets on
the b»d and everything.
1 have an idea you'd better rea4
that letter of hers over two or three
times. Shtf believeg la yv>u, but
there never wa$ a mother who dldn'
have somewhere down deep ia her
soul just enough fear of human
nature to make her worry about
her eon. They know mem better
than most men krx>w themselves, so
it she's given you any advice take
it. 1 know t&at all she's asked °'
you la & square deal, aind 1 know
you well enough to bfc, sure you'll
glTa her that, and then some.
I'm net expecting yjou. to drop In
on u< before next Sunday anyway-,
tut when you do 1 thiuk I can
scraps up tbe interest on a, Lbierty
Eon 1 or so to buy a new suit and
a pair of regular ehoeg for you.
Your mother and; I are both going t
Ded * little earlier than usual to
make the time pa«te quicker. And
wove bought a new flag to wave
8t you. So don't wait any longer
tnan you hav\j to, and while you're
waiting don't forget that square
de^l. 1* means u lot to her. Hastily
PAD.
I'ROSPECTIXU TIME HERE
With th# first cold weather freez
ing the small creeks and river
crossings, thg tim^ that the sour
dough prospector appreciates most
is at hiuid. The frozen, streams
and Nature's bountiful mantle of
*>now on all hills and valleya make
It DO8ui0i» for him to travel every
where -with hia dog team, and: with
the le<»st of effort. The ground
uof oeglns to freez® down rapidly,
and eocr will be solid to bedrock,
so that there Will thQ minimum
of trouol© from seepage.
Thy is th© favored time of the
yeaj for th^ real prospector and
viacer miner who operates on the
individual elan. Those who have
earned wages through the summer
with large company now have no
difficulty in raising their grutr
tt«k&
Yukon is broad and lonn, and
the distribution of gold' in this
region is a marvel. No other terri
tory under the sun can show a more
general distribution of the precious
metal.
lha cessation of war relieves
millions from that oosession, and
tney will be turning to new. fields
of inaostry. Gold will be more
in demand than ever, and with the
return to normal prices, and per
il a"» even to sub-normal beiore
Ion*,, gold is Dound to be the most
coveted of ajl products.
No nlacer miner will lose the op
portunity now to get into the hills.
It Is waste of the best days for
man who is a professional min
er to be sitting about th® fireside
in mid-winter and consuming his
saviugs. It will cost no more to
oe sinking holes and- muitipiying his
chances of making a grubstake. No
dou.- t many rich mining proposition
wii' discovered in Yukon before
tt« iast page of this country's his
tory is written, Dut it will not he
written to the credit of men who
warm chairs and Stick by card
0ames until spring. It will be writ
ten bv the men of pnsk who set
oehind the pick. To these men
the Yukon owes lvti endless debt of
gratitude.
A number already hav© scattered
to the hills thig winter. All credit
to them. They also are out of range
of all uossibl^ epidemics, and will
be eur- to com^ oack in the sparing
^♦Kh health and perhatxs fortune.
They 6i3nd a thousand-fold the
chance to do so as compared to
tV® man who idles awaj- his time in
town.—Dawson News.
THE SOLDIER'S WIFE
Who Days the heaviest Price of
war *r heartache, anxiety and sor
row. Surely tie soldier's wife. Who
i# tba greatest sufferer from the
ever-iucreasing cost of living? A
6ain the s^dier'a wife. There is
uo saagio twelve' and a halt per
cent lor her, no new bonuses, no
five pounds a week minimum, no
oasy and successful strike. One
of th* reasons why the soldier's
wi'e has to pya inflated Prices is
wife has to pay iaflted prices ias
A'hat ^ag happened. First the
munition workers "were allowed to
earn excessive pay. Then everybody
hlse demanded to bo paid on the
same scale. When the food »ro
f'tfcers receive more wages the sol
dier's wife payg more for ^€r foo<S.
When the railwayman get more,
transport coetg more, and ut> Boes
tha price of ajmoat every commo
dity that the soldier^ wife must
buy.—London Daily Express.
The Cardinals are now b^ng cfllleS
the "knotholeru" hi the Mound City,
meaning no doubt they might as well
be outside looking through a knothole
as on the playing field.
• » •
Catcher John Peters, secured 'by
Cleveland from New Orleans, succeeds
Josh Billings, who enlisted in the na
| val reserves after learning that he
would be called In the draft
• • •
Few catchers In major league baee>
tall can boast of the unique record of
John Henry of the Braves. He Is en
tering his ninth year in the big show
and has yet to have a finger broken.
3ubscrlbe far Tfte Dally Alaskan.
ST.SERNARDDOGS
ECONOMY VICTIMS
All but Six at Famous Monastery
Killed to Save Meat
Supply.
HOW PARIS IS REGULATED
Bread Shortage Affects the French
More Seriously Than Any Other
Meat Scarce and Costly
in Belgium.
Paris.—All but six of the famous J
St. Bernard dogs kept by the monk8
of that ancient monastery in the Alps
have- been killed. Shortage of meat
caused by the war led to this mas
sacre.
The St. Bernard pass Is of historical
renown. It connects the valleys of
the llhone and the Dora Baltea. It
•vas traversed by Roman legions thou
sands of years ago. In medieval times
the pass served the armies of conquer
ors and the bands of mercenaries. Na
poleon' crossed the Alps at this point
In 1S00.
The great monastery was built In
the middle of the sixteenth century.
It was maintained for the relief of
travelers who were surprised by snow
storms while crossing the pass. The
St. Bernard dogs were used to find the
frozen victims of the storms In the
snowdrifts. They were specially train
ed for this work of relief and carried
the first aid to the injured in a little
basket attached to their collars. These
dogs rescued thousands of human be
ings, many of whom were of historic
prominence. And for the first time In
the history of this famous monastery
the dogs had to be slaughtered for
want of food.
Human Food First Interest.
.At other times a report of this sort
vould create profound Interest In
Paris, bur at present the human rnce
is thinking of its own necessities nnd
cares less about cloc heroes living
irore than S.100 feet above the surface
of the sea.
Today the people of France are re
stricted in the consumption of meat,
bread or any other article of food In
the making of which dough or flour Is
used, and sugar. There are three
■r.eatless days nnd to prevent anyone
buying meat in advance the rule re
stricts purchases to 200 grams of
meat on a day preceding a meatless
day.
The sale of meat Is prohibited
Wednesdays. Thursday anil Fridays.
In hotels and restaurants no guest Is
entitled more than 100 grams of
meat as part of a meal Tuesdays. This
icstrictlon is aimed at hoarding,
riven slaughter houses are entirely
closed the meatless days. Thus the
attempt Is made to prevent as .'ar
us possible any violation of the rule.
Of course any attempt at enforcing
-estrictions of this sort In the prov
inces would be needless. French peas
ants eat little meat, once or twice a
week at the most, if at all.
The average Englishman consumes
much less meat. England had three
meatless days a week, applied to res
taurants nnd similar dining rooms, be
ginning in the summer of 1917. How
ever. those meatless days were abol
ished, the order taking effect May 17
this year. In place of the former re
strictions a meat card was issued.
This card entitled the holder to a cer
tain amount of meat, which he may
buy four specified days In the week.
Englishmen are consuming about
double the amount of meat eaten by
the same number of Frenchmen at
present.
French frugality in meat Is the}
more remarkable as It Is accompanied
by a similar and much more drastic
ivstrietion in the consumption of
fvt-ad. "A Frenchman," according to n
pea<'o-time wit, "is a gentleman who
wears u decoration and orders an ex
tra portion of bread." Broad has been
the staff of life of the French people.
Still France Is in a better position
than adjacent countries. Meat Is very
scarce and costly In Belgium. In Ant
werp one has to pay 20 francs for a
pound of meat and 30 francs for a
pound of bacon. In Meerle, near Ant
werp, a butcher paid 2,625 francs for
a two-year-old steer.. Cows are sold
for 5.000 and goats for 500 francs.
Swiss Regulations Strict.
At Val de Travers, Switzerland, two
butchers were found guilty of having
violated the government rule regu
lating the price of calves. The butch
ers were lined 1,500 francs each, and
Till have to pay the cost of the trial,
while 15 farmers, to whom the butch
ers had paid more than the maximum
price allowed, were acquitted by the
j"*iry. ...
' In the course of proceedings In the
court it was shown that an army of
ficer of the commissary department in
.buying cattle for the army had fllso
paid more than the maximum price
permitted. Now the state's attorney
Is ^oing to prosecute the army officer
for the same offense for which the two
butchers were found guilty.
In Vienna meat rations for hotels,
dining rooms and boarding houses
were cut 20 per cent, beginning July
1. Even meat supplies for hospitals
were reduced 10 per cent. This
caused increased prices.
Clergymen in War Work.
London.—Four hundred and thirty
seven clergymen of the London (Eng
land) diocese have done or are doing
national work. - J
~ . - _j MLkiVui _
VACATION ON FARM
—■» ——————
By MR8. NELLIE GORDON.
iCopyrlght, ISIS, by the McClure Newipa
. per Syndicate.)
Murray Benton sat In the window of
his club, gazing listlessly out at the
hurrying crowds.
The frown on his face deepened as
he inentully reviewed - the terse ad
vice the doctor, whom he had just vis
ited. hnd given him.
"Murray, lact you have too much
money for your own benefit," he had
said. He was an oM friend and was
privileged to be frank. "Get away
from the 'bright lights' and your cro
ules and get Into the country.. Fresh
air, regular hours and a bit of work,
too," he added, with a sly twinkle, "are
what you need. If you keep on at the
rute you have been going I can't an
swer for the consequences," he fin
ished, relapsing again into seriousness.
"Bosli!" mused Murray, "Doc is a
calamity howler. There's nothing
wrong with me."
But, even us he argued with himself,
he realized that the doctor had told
the truth. Being rejected from every
branch of the war service at which he
applied confirmed the doctor's verdict,
as well as the feeling of lassitude
which he tried to fight off.
His eye chanced to fall on a news
paper spread on the table near by, on
which a large picture of Uncle Sam
with arms outstretched pleaded, "Be
a Patriot. Go to Work on a Farm."
The listless expression on Murray's
face changed to one of interest, and
he exclaimed, "Why nofc?" and rushed
out of the room, much to the amaze
ment of the other occupants.
At a desk In a tiny office In one of
the downtown buildings sat a rather
frail pretty girl, eating a meager
lunch and scanning a newspaper.
A frown marred her forehead as she
seemed to be doing some mental figur
ing. No," she decided, hopelessly. "I
can't afford a vacation, and I'm so
afraid that I won't be able to stand
the beat." < „
She turned back to the paper, and
' th.e irst !lm« she noticed the out
s re ched finger of Uncle Sam pointed
straight at her, it seemed, with the
words underneath: "Be a Patriot
Spend Your Vacation on a Farm."
Renewed hope showed in every line
of face and figure, as she reached for
a she* of paper to slip into her type
writer. , •
„ "Ruth Merton," she told herself
you arc going to be a farmerette " '
*••••• ;
In the dining room of a tiny farm
house Murray Benton paused to ob
serve himself, resplendent In new over
alls and Jumper, before Joining the new
DOSS. . ....
As he started to leave the room he
heard feminine voices under the win
clow.
,, "Kal™ere"<*." he scorn
fully. But the conversation that float
stlJlUP f° hilD m"de him 8taad stoc'k
"I>id you see the new arrival, girl
•Sksd|a-ne' "ISn,t he 8
diss Sr" " "a°e """■
"What's he doing on a farm, any
ways? questioned another. "Doiue
women's work, when he ought to be
wearing khaki or blue."
So the anything but flattering com
ments flew fast and furious. wW?e
Murray, the most popular and sought
them. man 10 h'S 8€-' ,l8tened above
°De ,lttle «lri- wh0 h*d not
spoken before, flashed up. "You girls
should be ashamed of yourselves, mak
looked" at' ^ ^ " y0U had
h . you wou,d seen
nAt f . 8 rundown condition,
not fit for active service. How do we
know but what he is here recuperat
ing, so that he can Join later on? You
might at least have given him the ben
efit of the doobt" A»d she walked
L 5 hlgh and cheek(l flaming,
as her outburst waa.as much a su*
prise to hereeif. as to. hercompanions
hi,rS ."he,wa"led down the little lane
hurrying footsteps sounded behind her.
As she turned she met the smiling eyes
of Murray Benton.
Me,'t0a (y°U **• 1 have found
out your name from the 'boss'). I want
to thank yon very much for your kind
defense of an unknown. . And I want
t0 teU you that yon guessed right
when you said I wasn't fit I've tried
down brU,QCh' aud they've thrown me
down, so I guess that all I'm good for
is women's work.'as your friend said."
Perhaps a summer out of doors will
Put you Into condition again," she
answered. e
I hope so," lie answered. "I do
w-ant to get into, real service, but"—
glancing at her in a manner that made
her color very charmlngly-l'm mighty
glad that I happened to come here."
On a cool October day Doctor Gren
vllle stood looking down on the busy
6 reet when a resounding, whack on his
shoulder made, him wince, and be
turned to see who his boisterous vis
itor was.
At sight of the tall, bronzed young
man In khaki; he gasped:
"Murray Benton 1"
"Sergeant Benton, at your service,"
laughed his visitor.
The doctor then, became aware of a
second visitor, a charming young lady,
whose pink cheeks grew still pinker at
the medical man's wondering gaze.
"Doc, I want you to meet Miss Ruth
Merton, erstwhtte farmerette, and fu
ture Mrs. Benton,^ and Murray Ben
ton's eyes beamed with happiness, as
his sweetheart and old friend shook
hands warmly.
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