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EDITORIAL
r.UVLR MILLS MIGHT BE START
ED t\>R USLNU ALASKA
TIMBER
The high prlce of all kinds of
piper ought to direct the atten
t'uji of paper maaufactuxersto the
ti in Cured, aivoa of the cottst of Al
aska, A great pa-rt of the timber
of the thickly wooded islands and
mal aland along the coast is said
to be fit for little else thou pulp
for paper..
Not only then is there the raw
material ironi whiah to draw a
supply, but there is plenty of na^
tural water power, and there is
watei trajii-portatioa fox reaching;
tat markets of the United States
and ot the world.
There are probably several rea
seus why capital Is now neglecting
tlus gioat opportunity iu Alaska.
Oue rea^-n is that under present
method of dealing with several gov
ernment bureaus for the rights 01
'iaiber and water power, it seems
impossible tor the investor to get
auy definite promise of the regain,
tarn. tha» might bo imposed, i'ur
nays another reason that American
paper manufacturers refuse to
branch out in the United States and
Alaska is that paper is one of the
sciibdulcs which the Democrati
tariff greatly reduced, allowing
Canada and Germany and other for
eign nations, which do not pay as
high wages, to compete.
Under an intelligent plan of de
velopment, for which the Republi
cans stand pledged, great, industrial
sittkmen's would soon be estab
lished la many parts of Alaska, in
stead of conserving the most of the
timber fox the benefit of the
wolves, and instead of allowing
water power to run to waste.—Ex.
S.
Insects as Food.
A curious Uttle book was published
in England some thirty years a^'o un
dor the title "Why Not Eat Insects?''
We are told that spiders, grasshoppers,
white ants and grubs were eaten by
the bushmen, that the Romans held
caterpillars in great esteem and that
the Panches of North Iteyno de Grnndo
■till keep ants in yards and breed them,
illchelet, the scientist, was also quoted
In favor of including insects In our bill
of fare, and as an inducement to over
come our insular prejudices against
them we are told that caterpillars taste
like almonds, spiders like nuts. and. as
for ants, a little butter and sugar will
make them a sweetmeat fit to set be
fore the king.—London Opinion.
practical health hint.
Recreation.
Recreation Is essential to good
health. The object of recreation
Is to give our tired and hard
worked minds and bodies, as the
case may be. a much needed rest
and to give the unused side of
our physical or mental makeup
a chance for exercise and devel
opment
person who makes his liv
ing by the use of his mental
faculties should seek recreation
on the golf links, tennis courts.
In the automoblie. the garden or
lawn. He should try hard to for
get his regular work. The men
tal worker needs physical diver
sion.
But the laboring man who
spends all his energies at hard
physical labor needs mental di
version. And the laboring man,
as well as the mental worker,
needs fresh air and plenty of It
WILLIAM'S ALIBI. " ,r'
With a "kl-yl" <md an aggravating
rattle the scared dog Bhot around the
corner, a tin cnn hanging from the end
ot Its tall.
The small boy who had fixed the tin
can In Its place stored laughing when
a *tern voice came to his ears.
"William"—It was his lather who
spoke—"did you tie that tin can to the
poor dog's tall?"
Willie did some rapid thinking. Then
he replied Innocently:
"Yes. father, I did. I'm trying to do
one kind act every duy. and that dog
Is always chasing cats, so I tied the tin
can to its tall so that It would make u
noise and warn the poor little cats."
The Wifely View.
•My dear, what do you think I
bought yon I A nice cookbook."
"A man buying a cookbook! Well,
that (.anvasser must have been a
peach."
Broken Enoagement.
The cashier girl U very strange.
She promised, then declined;
Because she liked to mind hsr change
Was why she changed her mind.
—New York Mall.
Great News.
Fond Mother—Oh, John, the baby
an walk.
Cruel Father—Good! He can walk
the floor with himself at night then.—
Boston Transcript
Sidestepping.
"I don't see bow young Bent ley can
■ldestep all his bills."
"Ha doesn't; be sidesteps the col
lector."—Pittsburgh I'ress.
Hsr Idea.
They were discussing tbo new house.
"How about the sash?" asked the
architect.
[ "Oh. something In baby blue," spoke
up the young wife.—Louisville Ccmrler
JouruaL
Conversation.
I must ndmlt I don't know whether
It Is a rule or not.
But when two people Jtet together
They mm to talk about the weather
An awful lot.
—Kansas City Journal.
Earns His Salary.
'This moving picture comedian gets
an enormous salary."
"lie earns it The last time I saw
blm on the screen be was knocked
down twetve times, struck on the bead
Ave times, thrown Into a barrel, blown
up by a bomb and drenched by the Ore
department." — Birmingham Age-Her
ald.
It All Depends.
Willie Wiggles—Pa, you don't get
chestnuts until after there's a frost, do
you?
Fa Wiggles—Except In the case of
a farce comedy, son; then the chest
nuts come first and the frost afterward.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Poor Child.
| "What a lot of baby foods there are
| these days!"
I "Yes: It 1b a wise child that knows
his own fodder these times."—Life.
Cholarlo.
His fie® Is red. his breath Is short.
And wildly gleams his wandering oy®.
He's anirryT Nothing of the sortl
He's struggling with a balky tie.
—Washington Star.
Avoiding Trouble.
She—Don't you ever wear trains?
Another —No; my husband always
puts his foot down on anything of that
sort—Record.
Good Digestion.
Mrs. Justwed—Where Is the plate I
served you the pie on?
Tramp—Plate? Gracious! I thought
that was the under crust and ate It—
Boston Globe. _ ..
DOOexe THE BOMB
Easy to Sidestep a Missile Flung
From a Zeppelin.
SIMPLE > RULES FOR SAFETY.
Provided • iPeraon Can Sight the Air- j
•hip Before It Gets In Its Work, ,
Dashing Out of Ite Range la Merely '
• Matter of Seconda and Agility.
There are well defined rules for the <
avoidance of Zeppelin bombs. These |
rules, tt seems, depend upon the laws |
of spherical perspective, and however J
esoteric and complicated the calcula
tions upon winch they are based the
actual practice of bomb dodging is
relatively simple and easy to muster.
When a "Zep" is sighted in the oiling
the tirst thing to do la to determine its
course. This Is done as follows: If it
appears to be standing on end and Is
practically vertical you are, leaving out
of account any cross wind there may
be, pretty nearly in its path and should
get ready to run to right or left—that
is, at right augles to the course it is
pursuing. Even if you are directly in
its path there is no danger from the
bombs except when it is nearly over
your head.
AliU ucvauov mc uv/iuw itinera a -n;
considerable lime to reach the earth
(probably tweuty-tive seconds when the
Zep Is at an attitude of a mile) you
will have a reasonable time to "side
step" It even after seeing it start
But any one who can't run a hundred
yards, which is about the limit of the
destructiveness of one of these mis
siles, in twenty-DVe seconds, especially
with the stimulus of a bomb chasing
him, hasn't very much excuse for not
being blown up in this athletic age.
If, on the other hand, the Zep when
sighted appears to be tipped one way
or the other—that Is, its front or upper
end points to the left or right—you are
In no danger and can watch Its destruc
tive fireworks without any of the un
pleasant thrills associated with the
peril of imminent death. If the bow
appears inclined to the left the vessel
will pass to the left, and if tipped the
other way, of course, to the right
Some allowance, however, must be
made for cross winds, as these great,
unwieldy bags have a very consider
able side drift
It is said to be usually easy to make
these observations by means of the un
aided eye with suitleient accuracy to
protect oneself. But In case the Zep
6hould appear very close to an upright
position it may help the observer to
get into a place where the vessel is
partially covered by the edge of a
house, a flagpole or other vertical tine
If the Zep api>ears to be climbing the
edge of the house or the flagpole to
ward the zenith the observer Is likely
to have an Immediate personal interest
in Its visit In case there Is no house
or flagpole available a plumb line made
by a stone tied to a string will serve
the same purpose.
By following these few simple rules,
says Professor E. C. Pickering, there is
little excuse for any one on the lookout
and able to get about with reasonable
speed being caught by either a Zeppe
lin or an aeroplane bomb.
It may be of Interest while on the
subject to make a few abstracts from
the description by a British scientific
observer of the fall of these bombs:
"The bombs could be heard approach
ing as they rushed through the air.
The whistling noise—a little like the
tearing of calico or the noise made by
a gigantic rocket—became a crescendo
shriek of terrific intensity just before
the bomb struck the ground and the
explosion occurred. I estimated the
height of the Zeppelin a3 about 4,000
feet, and, neglecting air resistance, this
would give the bombs a linal velocity
of about 500 feet per second. The ac
tual speed was probably less than this
and is considerably less than the veloc
ity of sound (1,100 feet per second),
which accounts for the fact that the
bombs can be heard before their ar
rival.
"Standing, as I was, at about 200
yards from where one of the bombs
fell the noise of the actual explosion
did not appear to be very loud. The
reason is probably to be sought in the
almost complete numbiug of one's
senses. The feeling was much the
same as if one had been given a hard
blow between the eyes with a bolster
or some relatively soft object 1 heard
a piece of bomb 'zip' past me and after
ward found It Imbedded in a balk of
timber about two yards from where 1
was standing."
Upon the explosion of the bombs a
huge cloud of black smoke rose into
the air. The destruction caused in
their immediate neighborhood showed
a curious freaklshness. The worst
harm was done in what appeared to be
pockets of high pressure extending out
in various directions, but apart from
the possibility of being struck by flying
missiles the danger zone did not much
exceed twenty-five yards.—New York
Post
Over.
"I guess their honeymoon is about
over."
"What makes you think so?"
"He's quit helping her with the dish
es and she's stopped watching him
through the front window."—Detroit
Free Press.
A Hardware Talk.
"Yes," said the nut to the nail; "11
gave me a terrible wrench to part from
him, but I knew It would be only a
matter of a few days before he would
bolt anyway."—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The one best provision for the future
Is the best possible use of the present
—Whittler.
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meats llie "care at the B*alp." Ap- i
plr " PUROLA" Hair Ton# according
to directions furnished with each
bottle* and you will mot only be
surprised, but pleased with the
wonderful results. A satlala-ctorj
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Its merits and satisfaction guaran- |
lead if your money back.
KKATEItNAJL, OltDKKS
a
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway Mo. 1,
!1 A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. W. L. SteveuMia, Arc
tic CM**, W. lfi. Borford, Arctic
Recorder.
KiwieraaJ Order
lC*£len—
Sluts* aj Aerie |
Wo 26, D'rafcer-ii
■u, Oi uer ot |
iVedutiBda> ulgtu ol ettcii luoutja at
•uoir niU ou fcUUi aTeiiue Vlmitlug
tromeru cordial I; laTlU)i to atu>a<l
L. B. Hudson, W. P.. J. K. Mo
llis t#r. secretary.
F. A. M.
WMte Fata Lodge
F.& A. M. No. 113
meete 2d and 4th
Fri. Ev'eb. of e;ich
month. Visiting brotlieiB are wel
coma,
Elmer L. Wheel er, W. M.
Address all commumicaiione to
t'le Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS j
8Vagway Lodge i
No. 431, B. P. O. '
E. meets every
1st and 3d Tjiur»- I
day at 8:30 p. in. I
tBRfla &SJJ» visiting brotn
ars cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
r. J. VAttDEWALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meetfc In A. B. Hall first Monday lni
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Vfelting Bi others cordially wel
come.
"W. L. STEVENSON. Pree.
V. T. DORTERO. Roc. Sec.
Alaska Junk Co.
of Juneau AlaxVa,
Dealers la
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ROPE, SCRAP IRON
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■tor*.
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Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points aud also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Chain paigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
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