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EDITORIAL
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COST OF FOOD A MORAL ISSUE
It was inevitable that the un
warrauted advance in the price of
s: rU foodstuffs would soon be
m : L>y consumers with, something
cljs> K siiks vocal protests and let
*.ts to Uie newspape-rs. Within twa
d.ivs relief movements have been
s.ared iri four cities. Self-help
- the key uote and militancy is
♦lie spirit.
i:t New York City co-operatlVe ac
was -tarted by homemakers ui>
■!> r the auspices of the National
IK v.sewives' league. Their first
iu ve w:is fo declare an embargo on
Representatives from sever
c:.ulis;:c organizations and eon
vi "tiers' It-ague are preparing for a
.. mine" parade December 9. It
. march to the mayor's office
at -1 ask his aid.
U Little Rock, Arkansas, a mass
iu?e*irg of citizens was held and
sUns were taken for a co-operative
cation vbkh will bu>" food
,ii;s, fuel and other necessities in
quantities in order to reduce
:: hijsh cost of living. Wholesale
relents were denounced by sev
. :-s as IwiBS responsible
.r high. prices.
UostOtt the Typographical un
a passed resolutions urging its
il.'ors to refuse to buy Thanks
. h :i j turkey at any i.rice, and to
as little butter and eggs as pos
e during December as a protest
st food speculation.
At Spokane, the Woman's Good
t'.i.vcruuieut league adopted a reso
l'!"..'u declaring a boyect* on tur
t.ggs and bu'^e.- until the
i :• tv<'d ire reduced, butter
• u be used in quantitv limited -to
.;t: it necessities.
! \Mltss the sentiment express
•.u a' these four meetings reflects
sentiment of every city in the
i ii'ivi1 states. Consumers are hatidi
i: p<_d; 'hey lack crganization.
lVcd purveyors are entrenched iu
v:ganizatioii; their chain is eom
uie'e. J a most cases, jve believe,
...■ retailer, who is the end of the
:«.in, is a victim rather than a co
rator. The consumer iudividu
a'iy can not get action on any one
. K of the retailer, but if the Con
or practices self-denial and re
i:.s-s to pay extortionate prices for
cer'aia l'ood-stuffs, he indirectly
;>:i!s pressure ua>ou fhe whole line
t •' "redatory purveyors and specu
lators.
Unless co-operative effort can be
c.i't.verve, these conditions will
worse instead of better as
[ winter se;i^on. advauces. We
ar_' facing not only an economic
' m but a moral question. Whe
ulators nnd luge dealers hold
u" every workmgman in the United
-ta'cs, in what respect, morally,
are they superior to the highway
la u?—Portland Telegram.
AJ an indication that the high,
cost cf living has hit the printer
as well as those better able to
sianu if, we would state tha. one
.c.j- ago the Prospector (Valdez)
received a ton of paper whicb cost
us I". 0.00. Saturday we received
a 'On of papaT which, cost us $140.
As the Prospector uses close to
two tons a monti some idea may
be tad of the extra expense en
tailed, And the same applies to all
grades of paper. Statements and
letterheads cost 125 per cent more
now than last year and many bonds
which could have been obtained
last year for 16 to 18 cen's voyr
cost 44 to 48 cents per pound
wholesale, ai d the end of the rise
in prices is not yet in, sight. And
yet many of oU> customers kick a
leg oil if we charge them 20 to 40
cent more for printing thian Wfi did
a year ago, A printers must fix
i'a charges by its ooets or it would'
quickly gq out PC business.
IMSEDTO
SHOWS GROWTH
The vote of Alaska at the re
ceut election tells an edifying tale
r< thfi progress ft the territory dur
ing the last two years. [There has
been an increase of apfiroximately
4u per cent in the total vote cast.
When the returns are all in it
will l-robably he discovered' that
'ho totai vote o£ the territory was
nearly or quite 14,000.
This increase haa been mostly
in the Pi ret and Third divisions.
The First division until recently the
smallest in the Territory, and two
jears agQ the second in size, has be
come the first.
The Third division, ftrm§rly the
third in size, has become the sec
ond, and the Fourth, which led
at all elections before the present,
's now the third in size, though it
acually has increased. The Sec
oud, which, was the second in size
''uring its palmy days, is now, ai
'no yeare ago ,tlne fourth.
The Third division cast 3,97a
votes to date and more than a doz
en precincts are still to be heard
from. The First division ylll have
a'.mo"* 500 votes to its credit;
over 1500 in the Second division
and about 3400 in the Fourth divi
sion.
Gastjneau channel is now the
greatest voting section within a
ladius of miles in Alaska. Juneau
alone casts as many votes as Cor
uova, Valdez, and Seward combined.
—Juneau Dispatch.
CANNERY BEING BUILT
NEAR TORI WELLS
W. R. Coleman who is in cha'rge 1
of the construction of a new can- j
nary for the Copper River Packing
Company in McClures bay near Port
Wells returned to Cordova yester
day on Captain, Frank Cole's launch,
and will leave on the next Bteamer
for Medford, Oregon, where he
will spend the winter, says the
Valdez Prospector.
During the past three months
cons'derable work has been done in
driviLg piling, erecting wharf, bunts
house, etc., preparatory to the con
struction of one of the largest Bat
men industries in this section next
spring. The site is said to be an
ideal one, with the best water pow
er to fce found in Alaska
There are to be three large build
ings erected. The cannery will be) 40
b/ 200 feet and a warehouse the
samo size, as well as another build
ing €0 feet square. It will be a
three line cannery, but so construct
ed th«t the output can be in
creased at any time. E. B. Henly,
\\ ho derated a plant at Mile 55
for che past two seasons, is at the
head of the new concern.
The emerald improves In color by ex
posure to light.
Colorado has dozens of mountains
without names.
THIS IS CERTAIN
The Pi oof T« at Alaska® Re&dea-si
C'aiOUH Deiiy
Wha* could furnish! stronger evi
dence of the efficiency of any rem
edy than tlie test of time. Thoua
ands of people testify that Doan's
Kidnev Pills have brought lasting
results.
Grateful endorsements should
prcv.. undoubtedly the merits of
'his remedy. Years ago people
testified to the relief they, had de
rived from tho use of Doan's Kid
uey Pills. They now. cx>nfirm their
testimonials. They say that tlem
h.as completed the test.
Joseph Wint, retired, blacksmith,
668 High St., Salem, Ore., says
"My back and kidneys bothered me.
My kidneys »vere disordered and
my back seemed to lose strength.
Short use of Doan's Kidney Pills
soon put me in good condition."
(Statement given December 12 *12.)
On April 11, 1916, Mr. Wint
said: "I haven't had any kidney
trouble now for several years and
1 give Doan's Kidney Pills credit
fcr bringing such lasting results."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simoly ask for a kidney remedy—
set Doan's Kidney Pills—tihe same
th>» Mr. Wint has twice publically
recommended. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Prov.J-, Buffalo, M. T,
ACTING SUDDEN DEATH. |
A« Shown In Moving Pictures It !• Not
True to Nature.
"There is one point on which mov
ing picture directors still have some
thing to learn If they desire realism,"
says the Illustrated World, Chicago.
"It is on the subject of sudden death.
Nowadays every tiiui director makes
his actors follow what seems to be a
stereotyped form Every villain who
gets shot dies exactly like every other j
perforated character-and wrong.
"The actor's monotonous rendition of
this final phase of existence is affected
by two causes. The first is that of
conventionality and should be obvi
ous. His audience has never seen
any other kind of presentation and
therefore •> demands Its continuance,
with the usual thrilling details of
chest thumping and excessive reeling
Again, the actor, luivlug never experi
enced personal death In any form,
sudden or otherwise, depends upon
and imitates the ubiquitous Interpre
tation given by Ills fellows.
"When the blond and sport shirted
leadlug man of the a vera to 'small
time' picture is struck on the head
with a somnific Stocking charged with
sawdust or custard or when the vil
lain fires off a blank cartridge In his
general direction our hero devotes the
next few moments to an exhibition of
stumbling and face contorting which
come perilously near the ridiculous.
"In actuality sudden death Is ex
ceedingly rudimentary. There is nei
ther brow clasping nor staggering, or
to an insignificant degree. If auy. The
man simply stops and dies.
"This does not take Into considera
tion the wounded man, no matter how
badly he may be hurt When he is
in this couditiou there is no telling
Just what pitiable contortions the pain
of his hurts will force blm to undergo.
But there Is one peculiar and Inter
esting psychological fact which sea
soned warring men are agreed on—
the wounded man never has his face
turned to the ground The man who
Is instantly killed or who succumbs
very shortly after beitig hit almost in
variably falls on his face."
ANTICS OF PURE GLYCERIN.
This Queer Suls'.snce Is Endowed
With Peculiar Properties.
One of the pent advun luges of glyc
erin In its chemicnl employment Is the
fact thni it neither freezes nor evap
orates under any ordinary tempera
ture.
No peroe; tlii'e Iks hy evaporation
has been detected at a temperature
less thiiii 'JiK> decrees l'\. but If heated
Intensely it thviimposes with a smell
that few persons lind themselves able
to endure. It biuais with u pale flame,
similar to tlnit ftui:i alcohol, It heated
to about .'SOU decrees and then Ignited.
Its nonevaporutive iiunllties make the
compound of ujL'. h u.-e as a vehicle for
boldiug pigments and colors, as In
stamping and typewriter ribbons, car
bon papers and the like.
If the pure gly< erin l>e exposed for a
long time t" a freezing temperature It
erysta!157.es with the appearance of
sugar candy. I>ui these crystals being
once melted il is almost an luipossl
bility to set them again into the con
gealed state.
If a little watei be added to the
glycerin no crystallization will take
place, though under a suttielent degree
of cold the water will separate and
form crystals, amid which the glycerin
will remain in Its natural state of
fluidity. If suddenly subjected to in
tense cold pure glycerin will form a
gummy mass which cannot be entirely
hardened or crystallized
Altogether It is quite a peculiar sub
stance.
The Tibetans.
The Tibetans are not beautiful. How
could they be when by their own con
fession the national ancestry runs
back to the king of the monkeys and
a hobgoblin?
Bonvalot says of them. "The very
bears are better looking." The type is
midway between the Eskimo and the
Chinese. Broad, flat noses, without
visible bridge; uo eyebrows, wide
mouths, fu'! lips, oily skins, hair as
coarse and straight as horsehair and
short, square, ungainly figures—these
are the elements of the unplensing pic
ture.
Real, Nevertheless.
"What is the political difference," In
quired the man from back home, "be
tweeti the citizen who is about to vote
and the citizen who has already vot
ed?"
"A mere distinction of terms," re
sponded Congressman Hammfatt. "The
one who is about to vote is a good fel
low, while lie whose ballot already has
been east Is a good thing."-Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Quite 3 Distinction.
"Politician, isn't he?"
"Oh, no, he's a statesman."
"Well, what's the difference?"
"A statesman, tuy dear chap. Is one
who Is in politics because he has mon
ey. A politician, on the other hand, is
one who has money' because he is In
politics."—Boston Transcript.
dtate of Ohio. City of Toledo, !
I.ucas County, 1
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la
senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City of To
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pav the sum of ONE
HUNDREP DOI.I.Ai .s tor each and ev
ery case of Catarrh ti nt cannot be cured
by the use of HAI.I.'H CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
mv presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1886.
(gear A. W. GTjEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall's-Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
end acts directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. „
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Hall e Family Pllla for conetinatioa.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwiiv No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fouirth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. stmrp. Visiting brothers ootui-u
1/ wt-K-cime. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Reocrder,
Fraternal Orde*
Eaglets—
Skagway1 Aoriel
No. ii5, Frater
nal Order
ICiglejj meets tliej first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
Uit'li hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers coatlisUly inviUjil to
attend. L. E. Hudson, W. P.,
J. M. Greisbach, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
Whitq Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
FYi. Ky'gs, of each
montc. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
the Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
NO. 431, B. P. O.
E. moots every
Thursday night
sit 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDEN'THAL, E. R
F. J. VAtfDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska IrIoo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:30 p. in.
Visiting BrotlHjra cordially wel
come*
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Soc.
* PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DMt. L. 9.
Dentist
Mom Modjcrn Mc&liwls
Office Hours: 9-12 o. 111. 1-0 p. in
Alflskitn Building - - - - Bitofldway
8KAGWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLRSTEK, M. I).
(Formerly of Seattle)
Sprialist In the treajtimut of
discn.s; and deformities of tlif)
e^e, ©ar, nose and thl-oat.
Offirci Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOl'T
Attorney At L a \v
Prentice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
HAl.NKS ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
of Juneau Alaska,
Dealers U
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
LEAD, ZING, BACKS, BAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Rear ot SjJcketfi P«itoffice
•tor*.
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JEWELER
WATCH ES&CLOCKS
Curios, Ivor/ Carvings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watcl Inspector for the
W. P. & Y. Route
Mail Order? iven prompt care
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