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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
- DON'T WASTE IT
IHK TURN OF TILE KOAD
Concerning the appeal of Lord
Rhoana, food controller for Great
Britain, published elsewhere in
today's isue of the Aiaskan, Her
bert Hoover, federal food adminis
trator says;
"The plain, blunt statement oi'
Lord Rhonna. the British Food
Controller ,'hat thwe will not be
lood enough to win the war unless
the .United States can send the al
lies ~5,0vt>,000 busheis wheat over
and above what was shipped up to
tho first o£ this year, brings every
woman in every household to the
turt «.f the road. The way of
cartless or thoughtless ob
servance or neglect of the Food Ad
ministration's appeal to save |
whea.' and ether essential foods,
is the way of the least resistance.
If we follow that way, w© cannot
w:* the war, and the nameless hor
rors and suffering of woman and
children in Flanders, Northern
France, Italy, Foland and Si-r
i ia will be repeat.d in America. The
destruction, that Vesuvius wrought
oa Pompeii and lit. Pelee ou the
peaceful fields at its foot are a
tKouand times preferable to the tor
tu'es administered in the name of
Prussian ism.
This 75,000,000 bushels of
whea* must come from the kitchens
of our land—your own. kitchens—
it will come only as you women give
U, ti<a problem of saving wheat —
your earnest, thoughtful, patient
endeavor. You may say 1 am work
ing tn the Red Cross; 1 have sent
mv husoand or eon or brother; I
havs bought liberty bonds with my
savings." Mj- friends, th-ose are
splendid, but you haven't yet done
enough. This is the way of in
finite care and painstaking; this is
y ur own special personal prob
lem. if your time is all occupied
with other war activities, stop some
••• tfcem now and turn your thought
to saving- food in your kitchen. If
you are saving food now-, save still
mor« food. It doesn't matter what
your friends and neighboij. do. You
»ra responsible for your own kitch
en and the food you and your fam
ily eat. Your o'her activities are
useles—wasted if you don't save
thi* food. Do you care for those
who havo gono out to fight for
this great cause? Then don't sac
rlfce them to atissfy your palate,
or that you may have mere time
for something else. This is to
ri *t and until the end of the war,
tl • primarily important work for
these of us who stay at home. It
is your problem—make it yours —
your individual work, whether you
yotireelf work in your kitchen orn
comeoue else wokrs for you. Your j
prfat-grandmother sacrificed every-'
y ing l^ai yur country niijjht be '
CKISFIELD JOINS
ROYAL ARTILLERY
Word from A. O, Crisfield, kaowa
to many.Skagway folks, says be
has enlited in th«> 6Sth. Battery Boy-1
ai Field Artillery at Vancouver, B.
C., and expects to leave any time
for further training in England and
France. Mr. Crisfleld Bays:
"It is pitiful to sea the poor
from the front, and If nothing else
wrecks of humanity returned here
would make a man want to do lis
bit that would. We can't allow
th •• sacrifices to bo in vain."
LIEU. COMMANDER
STEVENSON OX
WAY TO FRANCE
Phil Abraliiyna recently received a
letter from Lieut. Commander W. L.
.Stevenson, formerly of Skagway, in |
which the letter says he expects to
sail m a few day for France. The
letter was "written January 13,
from the Anuy and >.'avy club iu
Washington, D. C. Air. Stevenson
says the coal situation is as seri
ous as the newspapers maia it out
to be, and that the people living
on the Pacific Coast do not know
how fortunate they are.
Col. Stevenson. Bays: "if the luck
of the game is with mo I will be
back soon as th© yar is over and
oossibly before but when I do re
turn picture me on my way to the
Pacific Coast and Alaska as fast
a -h« means of transportation will
perm.t mo to get there."
OIL UPON THE WATERS.
Why It Tames the Billows arid Calms
the Troubled S«a.
Waves lti midoceau are caused en
tirely by the action of the wind. The
adhesion between the rapidly moving
particles of air which compose the
wind and the surface particles of the
water causes the water's surface to be
dragged along with the air. Small
ripples are immediately formed. These
ripples soon overtake others near them.
They uuite, and. due to the friction be
tween the water particles, each suc
ceeding ripple piles up on the top of
previous ones.
Just as soon as oil is spread upon the
water, however, the size of the waves
is reduced like magic. The reason for
this Is interesting.
Oil. unlike water, has very little In
ternal friction between its particles.
The ripples of oil formed by the wind
therefore cannot pile upon each other to
any considerable height; hence water
waves cauuot grow in an area of oil
placed about a steamer. They begin
to fall down instead. By the time
these waves reach the boat they will
hate lost their formative ripples, and
the result is a perfectly calm surface
over the i-ortiou "f the sea through
which the boat is making Its way.—
Popular Science Monthly.
The Wagon Wheel Paradox.
A very inter, sting parados is the one
concerning an ordinary wagon wheel,
which is solid and rigid, yet, when fas
tened on its axle on a wagon, when the
wagon moves part of the circumfer
ence of tiie win ,'1 which is in contuct
with the ground is for an instant at
absolute rest, while the point directly
perpeudicuinr to it is flying along at a
high rate of speed. The two itoints
horizontal v>uh the center of the wheel
are traveling pret.y fast, but ouiy half
as fa.-t us the to, most point, and as
the upgoing hori;:o:iti-.l point increases
in speed the dor> :;going one siows up
until it is at rest for a moment when
in contact with the ground. Yet the
wheel i< "tie solid piece and there are
only two points going at the same rate
of speed at the sauie time. Vet if the
wheel is taken olV the axle and rolled
down an incline every poiut of the cir
cumference moves at the same rate of
sliced.
Sleet and Slush.
In the interest of accuracy the
weather bureau some time ago urged
the use of the word "tornado" for "cy
clone" when the meaning Is a violent
storm of small diameter. In the same
interest it now offers "glaza" fot
"sleet." The official description of
sleet is small globules of rain that
freeze liefore they strike tlie ground.
Wheu the rain freezes on trees and
buildings the condition is a "glaze."
and when the glaze is severe and there
is a strong wind it is an "ice storm."
But not even the weather bureau is
likely to find a substitute for "slush."
—Youth's Companion.
Seven Days King.
Masu ii'lH" iTuoiuas AuWllu), born
102-. was known us the "Seven Days
Kins." lit- headed u revolt against the
I'uke of Arcos at Naples. July 7, 1047,
forced liini to abolish the tax on pro
visions and for seven days was master
of Naples. He was most arrogant and
bloodthirsty and was nssnssiuated
July 10. lie is the hero of two operas,
one by Caraffa. called ••Masaniello,"
awl the other by Auber (libretto by
Scribe), called "L.a Muette de Portiel."
l>orn ®nd liberty^ exist. You are
jailed upon to give of your time
m* your thought to this problem,
i'ou are not asked to sacrifice more,
i'ou have no hardships to undergo.
Surely you caa do this. As you are
savins wheat, you are saving the
itorld and the ^vorld needs the
vhf-p' and your effort now as never
:»Iorej" | , , :
PERRY EXPEDITION SURVIVOR
This Is William II. Hardy. the onl}
smrvivor of I lit? famous lVrry expedi
tlon to Japan In 1S."3. He attended
the dedication of the Perry monument
In Tokyo recently and Is shown in the
sailor's uniform I:1' were on that occa
sion.
Mother's Suprestion.
The son of a certain resident of tin
city brought an automatic s!np i'or the
talking machine recently, relates the
Indianapolis News. The mother
thought It very foolish !<> j>ut so much
money in such a contrivance and asked
why it was needed. The v>u explained
that If he was In another part of the
house he would not need to rush into
the room to turn the machine off after
it had finished playing the record.
"Many times 1 have l>..d to run into the
room to answer tin. tele; hone when it
rings." she replied, "uh n I am in an
other part of the house. Lei's put oue
on the telephone, too."
The Dimensions of Golf.
TomUlns—Caddie, uhat's ihe length
of this hole? Caddie (weary after con
tinuous search for Toinkins' halls in
the rough 1—I reckon it's the width you
want to l:now. mister, not the length
— London Opinion.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OK ALASKA,
DIVISION NO. 1, AT HAINES
BE£*ORE J. J. KENNEDY, U. S.
COMMISSIONER AND EX-OF
FICIO PROBATE JUDGE.
In »he Matter of tlie estate of
J. K. Reynolds, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the final account G. W. Hlnch
maji administrator of the estate of
J. E. Reynolds, deceased, h«s been
readwed to said court, for settle
ment, and th.9 111^ day of February,
191S, at the hour of one o'clock in
the afternoon has been duly ap
pointed as the time when, and the
court room of the above entitled
court ,83 the place for the settle
ment theerof, at which time any
person interested in said estate
may appear, and filo his excep
tion in writing to said account
and contest the same.
Dated the Sth day of January,
1918.
J. J. KENNEDY,
Ex-Officio Probate Judge.
11-18-25—1-8.
WHEN EVERY
MOVE HURTS!
Lame every, morning, achy and
stiff all day, worse when it's damp
or chilly? Suspect your kidneys
ami try the remedy that thousands
have used and recommended.
Mrs. Ellen F. JoneB, 1517 E.
Fourth Ave., Spokane, Wash., says:
"The first sign. I haVe had of anythi
L>ein.' ivrout •vith my kidneys was
a out ninci years ago. My kid
neys acted much to© often und blad
der trouble kept me miserable, la
otbf r ways my kidneys showed they
weren't doing their work properly.
Mv back was bo painful I could
hardly bear the misery and my
si°:.t was affected, too. I got bo
I couldn't walk across the floor
to get a drink of water. Three
boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills en
tirely cured me and I felt strong
and well." (Statement given Oc
tober 18, 1915.).
HASN'T SUFFERED SINCE.
On June 8, 1917 Mm Jones said:
"I have felt like a different wo
man since Doan's Kidney Pills cur
9d me and my kidneys have been in
fiue condition."
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Mil
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meets every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brotLors cordially welcome.
Edward A. Rasniusoii, Arctic Chief.
William K. CI ray, Arctic Recorder.
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p. m. Visiting
urmuera coruiauy welcome.
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rionnor of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday In
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and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH
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