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THRIFT DAI +
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THRIFT DAY, February 3, +
■ If'XT, will be a red letter day +
• ;'or Uie financial institutions of *
America. Far and wide thq idea +
' of a set day for the national +
• uL.-f-Tvance o£ Thrift has been +
• adopted. If preliminaries are +
■ any criterion of a movement's *
> succiss, then that of THRIFT +
■ DAY will be universally" gTeat *
• :iud enduring. ♦
For financial institutions +
• THRIFT DAY lias many spec- +
■ ;al advantages. An<i not only *
• savings banks, but trust com- +
• panies, commercial banks and +
• others will all directly bene- +
• fit. The TILRIFT DAY stjm- +
• ulus will produce a beneficial *
• it.ftuence that will be clearly +
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ALASKA FARMING
Uecer.t reports and bulletins of
the federal government imoresg tie
reader with the agricultural possi
bilities of Alaska. The great ter
ritory, long regarded as a region of
perpetual ice and snow Jjy peoiple
of tu» E:tst, and princially valued
by its old friends for its miaeral
♦ rei'sures, is posseed of an asset of
grt a* ralue in its farming posslblli
t'6S. 1 ,
There are thousands of acres of
rich valley lands in th« North, on
which the crops of the north tern
pera'e zone may be produced in
abundance; where the growing sea
sou is sufficiently long and war
c:.ough to mature crops befor*
early frosts, and wheT© the win
ters are net so trying as on the
-Middle Western prairies. On these
lauds, ultimately, -wealth will be
produced not only in general farm
lag. fcu* particularly in dairying an
^toc1- raising. It is a feature of
Alaska's future that has not here
tofore entered into the territorial
equation. and it is a department of
industry that will ultimately bring
thousands of permanent residents to
the North.
-Mr John Noon, of Seward, now
v:suui • in Seattle with other Alas
kai:s. has recently adverted to the
a.-ricultura3 advantages of the nortii
Mr. Nocn was a resident of East
ern Washington as long age as
IS02, when that now rich farming
ur i fruit district was regarded as a
deser*. He notes that the desert
lias become the rich farming area
o*' the Northwest. He compares Al
aska pioneer farmer's present condi
tion w'M* that of the farmers wj^>
were trying to live in Eastern Wash
iujrfon in the early days, and says:
"The pioneer Alaska farmer of
todav gets for his butter 50 cents
a pound and for his potatoes $40
a tou and he is better off than was
the cicr.eeT farmer of the West. I
have seen herds of cattle in that
Nor'h country fat from th$ native
i'or2ge. I have seen grain mature
and splendid crops of all the hard
ier v-rieties of vegetables. My ex
X erience as a frontiersman assures
me conclusively that Alaska will
have a copulation of successful fa-rnl
mers." I <
Bur'us the past year many Al
askanB and now comers from the
Northwestern stages have filed upon
yTovci*nIT)vnt lands «uid elected to see
tte faiminz game in the North
through. The railroad is rapidlv
fcrlnci;*'. the agricultural districts
within convenient reach of tha
markets. This season :here will be
a greater numb«r ot homestead fil
ings. When Eastern, and Middle
West ikk>pIb finally sense tie farm
ing possibilities lb a rush will be on.
Ultimately the agricultural popula
tion of the territory will form a
substantial source of its wealth.
RET CROSS APPEAL
She American, Red Cross Society,
which has done suchi magnifi
cent work in many fields of Eu
rope, tacesi tha possibility that it
mar have to ceas« itg labors and
disbanr its present forces at the
front. In making & last appeal to
the American people for aid it
point*. out this possibility.
As a people we take immense
pride in tha contributions which
have been made for the relief of
war sufferers. In the aggregate
they have been heavy, but when
the amount is divided1 on the basis
of population the average of the
American contributions to all forms
of relief work in. Europe becomes
insignificant. It is a, notable fact
that the Red Cross has received by
no means any extraordinarily large
proportion of the total contribution^
although this agency has ac
complished much with the funds at
its command.
The entire American, contribu
tions to the Red Cross Soiety since
»he outbreak of the war have ag
gregated but $2,144,000. Ctae single
American philanthropist hag him
self contributed more to a single
institution established by himself
than the remaining people of the
United States have given »J aid
the Red Cross in its noble work.
The nresent appeal should not re
main unanswered. Of coure it will
tea* be.—P.-I.
U. HOG. ESQ., SEES 8SHADOW
If there is anything in signs, we
•aTs in 'or thirty days mere wiirter,
for if .Mr. G. Hog was not blind, he
certainly discerned his shadow to
day wfen he came out and looked
arcund. Let us hope that his
valet informed him that the weath
er was exceedingly cold, and that
his honor, Mr. Hog, remained with
in doors.
The humble dogfish, which by an
ofher name (grayfi&h) would, prob
ably tas'e a great deal better, in
the future will cease to annoy tha
fishermen of Hood canal, according
to Walter Estus, head of the Hood
Canal Canning Company, of Bangor,
who is in Seattle, sayg the P. I. of
chat city. Mr. Estus, wh6 has been
canning clams successfully for the
past lour years on Hood caaial,
came to arrange for labels, and,
starting on the first o? next month
•wiil can all the dogfish the fisher
men bring him. He expects to
haiidli) 100 cases a day at first and
will increase the cap city later. Mr.
Estus, who is familiar with the
underwater d6nizen$ of Hood canal,
does not expect any difficulty in so
curing all the "grayfish" he wants,
and there are several humored fish,
ermen in the same region wJio will
be eager to supply him.
Damp,Cold Weather
Brings Its Toll of Sickneps to AJ-1
ask&n People.
Chilly, damp, changing weather J
hard on the kidneys.
Even more Irritating are colds,
sriu and pneumonia;
They congest the kidneys;
They bring backache and disor
dered kidney action.
For weak kidneys use & tested
remedy.
40,000 people publicly recom
mend Ixjan's Kidney Pi 11a.
Frank Lang, 620 Savior St., Port
land, Ore., says: "Changes of tem
perature. together with bard work
brought on trouble with, my kidney^
A catch often took me in the small
of my back and threw me off a
ladder. I felt tha pain extending
up mv spine and down into my
groins. It seemed like * paralytic
stroke and far several days I was
oractically unable to do anything.
My kidneya acted too often, caus
ing ma a great deal of annoyance.
Doan's Kidney PU'a fixed me up
in good shape."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
s'mply ask for a kidney remedy —
get Doan'» Kidney Pilla—Ike same
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BEING PRESIDENT.
The Strain and Isolation That
Come With the Office.
UNDER GUARD ALL THE TIME.
y
When the Chief Executive Is In the
White House the Regular Police Are
on Watch, and When He Goes Abroad
Secret Servico Men Shadow Him.
It Is a fierce light that beats upon the
White House—quite as fierce as any
that beats upou a throne. Until he 1b
relieved from It a president never real
izes the unconscious strain that he has
to undergo. The joyousness that comes
after he has laid down the burden and
the contrast between the life succeed
ing that in the White House and the
life passed in it reveal to him the na
ture of what he has goue through.
Of course It is pleasant to be treated
with consideration bywerjr one; it is
human nature for the incumbent to en
joy the respect that !s rendered to the
office. But there is au Isolation for the
president that It is impossible to avoid.
He is the only person in the govern
ment service who has that kind of iso
lation. Few see him except by special
appointment. The office separates him
from society. There is no neighborly
dropping in; there Is a curtain between
him and that body of men with whom
he was accustomed to associate.
It is noW true that that keeps him
from knowing what is going on or that
it saves him from feeling the shafts of
criticism. The suggestion that he hears
only the kindly view of What he does
from his cabinet and from those who
are near to him does not cover the
whole ground. He has candid friends,
and he reads the newspapers.
From congressmen and from visitors
who frequently turn their steps to
Washington the president hears the
news from all over the country. He
6ees the newspaper men every few
days, and unless he is always using
them to give the public his view of
pending questions he can learn much
from them. If he is open to informa
tion at all he can exercise very excel
lent Judgment as to the state of the
public pulse.
It is pleasant to dispense the hospi
tality of the White House, because you
know that most of your guests will re
member all their lives nil the circum
stances of their visit. The government
is generous with the president in sal
ary and in paying his expenses of liv
ing. He can save a substantial sum
each year and still not be niggardly In
his hospitality.
Three presidents of the United States
have been assassinated, and congress
In consequence has thought It wise to
enjoin upon the chief of the secret
service of the tr<- isury department the
duty of guarding the president against
assault Three or more experienced
men are assigned to that duty, and
they attend him wherever he goes.
Of course when he is in the White
House the regular District policemen,
who watch the approaches, make the
presence of the secret service men un
necessary. Whenever the president
goes abroad, however, the secret serv
ice men are expected to be In his imme
diate neighborhood—in the vehicle In
which he is riding or in another that
follows; whenever he makes a railway
Journey they are in his private car.
These secret service men become
very skillful in detecting the presence
of persons who are demented and who
in their excitement may become dan
gerous. Of course if a man wished to
kill the president and sacrifice his own
life for it the secret service precautions
might not prevent him from carrying
out his purpose, but there is greater
danger from demented persons than
from deliberate murderers. My own
impression is that If there had been as
great precaution taken when President
McKiriley was at the exposition in But
falo as Is taken today that tragedy
would not have occurred.
The assassin In that case had his
hand in his pocket, where he had con
cealed a revolver wrapped in a hand
kerchief. If it had happened today a
secret service man would have seized
the assassin's hand in his pocket, found
the revolver and arrested "uim long be
fore the man had reached a point
where he could carry out his purpose.
Although I recognize the necessity of
snch precautions. I am bound to say
that they are often irksome to the pres
ident. The secret service men are as
considerate as possible and are well
trained men. who mind their business,
but that constant dogging of the pres
ident's steps arouses in him the uncon
scious feeling of being under surveil
lance and guard himself rather than
of being protected.
An impression has goue abroad that
the president may not leave the coun
try. There Is no law that prevents his
coing so, and there is no provision in
the constitution that he would violate
in leaving the national Jurisdiction.
There is a constitutional direction that
the vice president shall act for the
president in case he is disabled. If
he went abroad In such a way as to
prevent his directing affairs he might
well be held to have disabled himself,
and the vice president might act for
him in his absence.—William Howard
Taft in Youth's Companion.
Her Old Habit
Medium—Ah, 1 hear the knocking of
your late wife! Tatron—That so?
Who's she knockin' now?—Puck.
How apt men are to hate those they
Injure!—Fielding.
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FRATERNAL ORDERS *3
Arctic Brotherhood. — j
Camp Skegwav No. 1, ,
A. B. metta every sec- i
ond iind fourth! Tues- '
day evening at 8:30 P- (
! m. su-arp. Visiting brothers ooidial jt
ly wt-Kcime. W. L. StevGnsoai, Arc- |
tic ChlW. W. E. Burford, Arctic' >
Heccrder. i
Fraternal Order jj
Kaglefc—
Skugwaj Aoriq j.
No. -3, Prater- j |
1ml Oitlei- of '
Ii.«gies meets tlicj first and tluiil •
Wednesday night of oach month at ;
to Pit hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit- j
lug brothers cordially inviteii to
attooid. J. M. GJieisbacii, W. 1*.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge;
F. & A. M. No. 113
meeta 2d and -fth j
Frl. EVgs. of each !
month. 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. meets every
Thursday- night
^ *.t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially- welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
9. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary.
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* In A. B. Hall flirt Monday In
eyery month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brotliers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pree.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
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WILLIAM PALLI8TER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Spuria list In, the treatment of
disease and deformities of thq
eye, ear, noso and throat.
©ffire: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
' Prartlce In all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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