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"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
'THE LAJUltS raOM HKI.Ii"
There is sincere compliment fo
the fighting nualitits ox' the kiltei
Scats iu 'ho name pthe German sol
diers have for them. j"Here com
th»> ladies from hell," exclaim thi
Ueruiaus .when tht-jr see the kilte<
•Uigii landers climbing over the para
po«. for the charge. From Cullo
Ucu and Lucknow to the present da
the kilts of the Scots have beei
seen iu the front rank of ever;
gixni fisht. The, Germans have hi
upon a peculiarly graphic and strife
ing description of these brave fight
era as seea swiftly approaching ii
the charge.
As a musical instrument the bag
(pipe does not take high rank, bui
to furnish the inspiration for a sol
ilier's march or for a charge it i:
iusurpassed. it is fightung music
and it is a sluggish heart that ii
iiot thrilled by the sound of thi
pipes aud the sight of the Highlanc
erj, with their kilts, plaids, spor
rans and bonnets, swinging dowi
the street. if one has fighting
blood it tingles.
Al'.aough the Germans intrude*
nothing pleasing in their nicknam<
for the kilted soldiers, they must
be thanked for a descriptive phrase
— Seattle p. I.
It is reported that the Juneai
people have prevailed upcun the lo
cal road commissioner to spen<!
some territorial money in. the sur
veying of the channel of the Gastin
eau water course with the view tc
having ihe channel dredged tto al
low bigger boats to pass, or some,
thing to that effect. If the re
port is accurate and the interpreta
tion of the work correct, we maj
well ask: What Tight jhae the
road commissioner to spend territor
ial money on federal work? A [lit
tle information on this subject
might prove interesting.—Ketchika-r
Miner. |.
Says the Boston Trancript,,' it is
not "a little group of wilfull men,"
but rather "a group of [wilfull lit
tle men." However, that doesn't
feaze the "little men." They [are
still on the job in the senate and
sometning must be done about it im
mediately—if not soonen
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ANCHORAGE TIMES TRIXTS
REGULAR SIN DA* EDITION
With 'the issue of July 29, the
Anchorage Times [began & Sunday
tditloa printed in. two sections of
eight pages each or 16 pages in.
all. In its Sunday edition the
Times covers many stories peculiar
to [Alaska itself, it prints editorials
taken from the best journals oX
of the country, and it presents
facts about Anchorage, the railroad,
and the surrounding territory that
are moot^iuteresing.
* _ ALASKA KHW8 *
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A li^U- weight gasoline sceed°r>
driven by Supt. of Constructiou Geo.
. Gold*ell, collided ;with a heavy
speeder. driven b£ Chas Sheldon, of
Ptarmigan creek, near mile 24 |on
the Alaska railroad recently. Boih
men were severely bruised and
wereL taJi.cn to tAe hospital D. L.
Romero, a cook, who was riding on|
Cold well s car suffreed a fractured
clavicle.
The Anchorage public schools
have jU'Jt placed an order In Seattle
lor SO high school desks, 150 stu
dent ^chairs and loo folding can
vas chairs for use in the nejv. assem
bly room of their pchool building.
Mayor Watts, of Anchorage,
warns auto drivers to slow up, tor
the hand pf the law will fall on
many determined offenders. Chris
ten road, the boulevard around the
hillside, seems to l>e the popular
speed way.
' Artnur H. Miller, superintend
ent of the bureau of [education in
• the Third judicial division, aud C.
' T. Cook, teacher in a uative school
Ai TdUtleK, were overcome by gas
oline fumes from a launch in which
1 they were riding while enroute
from. Ellamar to Cordova recently.
Both men were placed under | the
doctor's care.
The Cordova Power Company, un
der new. management is planning to_
give its patrons a great!/ improved
service and lias purchased, (property
on which to erect an auxiliary elec
tric plant. [
James F. Elliott and Peter Bris
bois have discovered gome molyb
denum and gold ore claims in the
Willow creek district near [ Arch
angel creek which looks promising
and axe in progress of development.
The school board of Anchorage
expects to spend in the neighbor
hood of $22,000 this year. Anchor
age expects to raise ?.10,000 by tax
es and to secure the rest from the
territorial [treasury.
Herbert A. aiey.er, assistant. to
Secretary of (the interior L-aue, af
ter reviewing the Alaska railroad
: said: "It is a real [railroad we
[ say. All X can gay is we are all
. pleased jvith the nhol§ project and
. ii"s progress." [
: O. J. Klawitter recently arrived
1 in Seward for the purpose of erect
ing a radio plajit ,
Frank H. Doollttle, pioneer of
i Alaska, aged 152, died recently in
Seward. I i.. au* .«tjf
SCARC1TV OF MEN' . ON
at.ASK A RAILROAD
The Official Government Railroad
Record states that a scarcity . of
labor ca tha rallrgad continues,
there being places for 300 men on
1 on the Central division and 150
' in Anchorage. On. the Central
division extra gangs, Bteei ouu
1 sec'ion, are now running short and
a number of commission Jobs are
b&>»i£ done with insufficient help.
There has be*sn a good sized exodus
of railroad laborers of late, due to
their migratory tendencies, coupled
with offers of supposedly better;
jobs elsewhere. The departure of
these men from construction work
leit *h& Commission shorter handed
than before.
Then is no trouble in keeping
other classes of help and the Com
mission is very fortunately situated
wi»h the kitchen help and the
sk'Jled or semi-skilled trades. The
station men and their laborers are
finishing their contracts right along
and there is not a heavy call for
ih^se men and those jvho wish to
take new jobs when they finish
their contracts are being placed.
KXLGORE IS COMMISSIONER
AND GERAGHTY IS MARSHAL
A. M. Kilgore took the oath of
office as commissioner for Otter pre
cinct on Saturday last, and assum
ed the duties o£ his position on
Monday, since which time he has
been busily engaged in "learning the
ropes." It is understood that at
the conclusion of the Iditarod term
of court Judge Bunnell will make
an order transferring the commis
sioner's and deputy clerk of court's
office to Flat, and that the records
will be removed to the creek city.
It Is explained fcy Judge Bunnell
that the convenience of the pub
lic will be better served by trans
ferring these offices nearer to the
scene of mining operations.
Guy G, Geraghty, who for the
#ast tw® years has filled the office
of United States commissioner, took
the oatb of office as deputy United
States marshal on Monday last. Mr*
Geragnty has not yet received in
structions 9a to the location of
his headquarters, but it is likely
that he will he stationed at Flat al
so.—Iditared Pioneer, ^
World
Sport Events
Knockout Eggers "uid Johnny; Kil
bane have signed articles agreeing
to meet in a 15 round champion
ship match at New Haven, probably
on Labor Day.
Paul Clyde, athlete of note in
tho University of Washington, and
one of the world's best track men,
has joined the navy.
George Lewis, outfielder of the
"World's Champion Boston Ameri
cans recently enrolled as a yoeman
in the naval reserve and was as
signed to Mare island.
Dr. Hoblitzel. who plays first
base for the Red Sox, Jha« volunteer
ed for the army and expects to soon
be pulling teeth instead of deal
ing bases.
Francis Ouimet, Western amateur
golf champion, says be is ready to
serve his country and does not claim
exemption from the draft.
Roy Sharpe, tricky back field star
for the California foot ball team,
and Fred Brooks, another of Cali
fornia's stars, will be with, the
team a^ain this year. With these
men as a nucleus Coach Smith
should form a championship team.
Sportsmen from all over the Pa
cific eoast are coming to Seattle for
a casting tourney. The events will
take place in Woodland Pari, and
tha big concrete jading basin -will
bo used for the fly; and bait casting
match. "V |
I On the estate of Hsnry P. Dav
idson, partner of J. P. Morgan,
there was held a base l^uli game to
which fans flew in their airplanes.
The card were lined up along .the
i field while the game was in pro
gress.
jv France h^s lilted its t>an on game
hunting and for a time lover# of
hunting will- be permitted to ahoot
hares, rabbits, uhea^ants, partridges
and boars, which it is claimed have
Increased in such, proportion as to
be damaging the grain crops of the
■country.
MRS. WILKES IX SEATTLE
Women^H over the. United States
seem especially interested in Red
iCross work this summer, and when
ever they are traveling, even J on
pleasure bent, this interest ap
pears predominant; Mrs. C. M.
YVilke? of Chicago is in Seattle now
at^tho New Washington Hotel and
expects to remain here as long aa
she can be' of service to the Seattle
Red jCroes Chapter. " • •
Ms. Wilkes Is a qualified lay in
structor for surgical dressings and
assisted with that work [when she
.was here in June. At that time
the Seattle department had not
been completely organized because
of a lack of instructors. Mrs.
Wilkes has just returned j from a
pleasure trij> "o Alaska, where she
established a surgieal dressing de
partment ;in Skagway. — Seattle
Times.
, Choice chocolates and bon bom
at Keller Bros. Drug Store.
Women Give Out
Housework is hard enough when
healthy. Every Skagway woman who
is having [backache, blue and ner
vous spells, dizzy headaches and
kidney or bladder troubles, j, should^
be glad to heed this grateful wo
man's experience.
Mrs. Frohwerk. 687 York St.,
Portland, Ore., says: "My kidneys
acted too often and my |feet and
ankles swelled. I [had to go to
the hospital and the doctor* said
I had uraemic poisoning. J i Buf
fered terribly with sharp pains in
the small of my hack. Whea [I re
turned I still suffered with pains la
my back. Later I was again taken
to the hospital and I can't describe
how I suffered. All that{ spring,
after I came home, I had that
troubl® and finally a|nux89 told met
to try Doan's Kidney | PHIb. I'm
glad I did for they cured me of ev
ery sign of {kidney complaint."
WELL EVER SINCE
Mrs. Frohwerk gave 'the above
statement November 13, 191-5 and
on May 22, 1917 phe added: ("Doantf
Kidney Pills saved my life when,
they cured me of kidney troubte.
I (have been strong and well ever
since." :
Price 60c, jat all dealers. Don't
simply [ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the jsame
that Mrs. Frohwerk liad. Foater
Milbura Co., MIgrs., Buffalo^N,,^.
. —Mvertinomeat.
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Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Btagvivy No. 1>
A, B. meets every sec
ond and fouffti' Tues
day Qveaiag" at 8:30 p.
m. 8tt«*rp. Visiting brothers oOTfliai
ljr welcome. Edward A- Raamujon,
Arctic Chief. "W. B. Hargraveg, Arc
tic Becowler, . „
Fraternal Order
pE^le^
1 Sk*gw»j! Aerifl
i No. 28, Vr*U*
nal Ordor
E*fl«l mfflete tha first ud third
(Vednati«gr night of each ntonth it
Uitlr ball an Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brotJUera cordiallj; invitffl to
*Umd. J. M. Grelsbacfi, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Pas# Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet* 2d &nd 4th
Saturday Evenings
or each montns. Visiting Brethren
ar# woleoma.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAJiBS WALLACE, Secretary.
B.*P. a ELKS
Bkagwsj; Lode*
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets erery
lfet and 3rd Thurs
day might at 8:30
o'clock. Viaitlne
brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BATBON, B. R.
F. 2. VJWDHWALL, Secretary
PloW-er of ilMb Igloo, No. 12,
meet* tn A. R H«U ftrwt Monday In
ertcry month at 8:30 p. in.
Visiting Brothers cordially wd
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pre*.
F. H. Dore«, Rec. Sec.
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. The readers of tins pnper will be
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