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EDITORIAL
>1.VY<> DISTRICT LOOKS (i(KI|)
The opening of Yukon River navi
gation witnessed a rush from Daw
sou to the new Mayo District, on
Stewart River. The first two boats
To depart from Dawson for the pres
ent season l>'ft for that point with
full cargoes of freight and large
passenger lists.
All reports from this new silver
camp and center of Yukon Territory
mining development are excellent.
The developments of the winter, like
those of last year and the year be
fore. continued favorable. There
seems no longer reason to doubt that
the ilisti i.' which the Dawson News
christened Yukon Territory's "white
hope" will deliver the goods. At
least it h.is won the unlimited confi
dence of the people of Dawson.—Kx.
vMKi.TK.it l'olt SKU AR1> IV AS
Si KKI» FACT
That a company is being formed
in San Francisco, composed entirely
of former interior men. with a cap
italization of $t>eo.t>00 is the word
brought here by Paul Denhart. who
was a passenger for Seward on the
last S. S. Watson. Mr. Denhart stat
es that the majority of those inter
ested ar.> men who have large hold
ings in the Droad Pass and Kantish
na country, and are determined to
erect a smelter here, fully realizing
that only by doing this can they hope
to develop the quartz mines of inter
ior Alaska.—Ex.
< I.KAN I I' THE 1\I>I:SIRAB1.KS
Anchorage has had its first bank
holdup: If it is wise it will see to
it that it will be the last. For a lone
bandit to hold up the Bank of Alas
ka and get away with it in the mid
dle of the day with hundreds of peo
ple passing and repassing the door
does not speak well for the activities
<jf the Anchorage police. The people
of the railroad town should insist on
adequate protection. All gangsters,
loafers, I won't Works and riff raff
should be rounded up and given a
blue ticket out of the country. Sew
ard will do her part by giving them
a boost along as they come through.
I.et the Outside know that a warm
reception is awaiting all undesira
bles and they will cease to come, if
something is not done and done at
once to curb lawlessness in the north
every crook in the states will be
heading this way.—Ex.
\ ( OY11M Ol S KORKIGN POLICY
President Harding's Administra
tion is not three months old. but it is
old enough to have made one import
ant fact perfectly clear—the fact
that it has adopted t'ue esseutials of
the toreign policy of the adminis
tration which preceded it. Twice
has Germany sought to interpose us
as a shield between her and our late
Allies and twice has she been re
pulsed. The implication on her side
and on ours is plain. In so fur as
she really expected anything her ac
tion was based upon the assumption
that the change of administration
on March 4 marked a change of pol
icy with reference to foreign affairs.
Secretary Hughes' replies constitute '
an announcement that there has been
no such change. This announcement
is confirmed by his notes concern
ing Yap. So well recognized is this
situation that Mark Sullivan goes
the length of speaking of the "co
operation" between Secretary Hugh
es and ex-President Wilson.
The significant feature of this "co
operation" is that it is not given
grudgingly. Mr. Hughes is not con
tinuing the policies which he found
in effect because his predecessor
with malicious ingenuity had made
an other course for the moment
practically impossible. There is a
necessity at work, but it is not an ar
tificial necessity. It'Ms the necessity
of events. What good Americans
in the posts of highest responsibility
saw to be wise six months or sixteen
months ago other good Americans
in these posts see to he wise today.
In this condition there is no occa
sion for surprise, except to persons
who rate the cries of a political cam
paign above hard realities. This does
not mean that the Harding Adminis
tration took office with the inten
tion of carrying on our foreign pol
icy with so little of a break. Mr.
Harding's statement that his elec
tion would result in an overturn of
everyone of Mr. Wilson's policies re
calls the opposite utterance of Mr.
Roosevelt when he became President.
"It shall be my aim." he said, "to
continue absolutely unbroken the
policies of President McKinley."
There i? no need of questioning the
sincerity of either of these declara
tions. But» they were equally im
possible of fulfillment.
The outstanding point of differ
ence between the old Administration
and the new in our foreign rela- j
tions is the attitude toward the
League of Nations. But as Presi
dent Harding and his advisers de
velop their policy of an association
of nations, it is safe to say that even
this difference will seem much less
sharp than it looks now. In any
eveut. it is already manifest that in
matters falling within the Depart
ment of State March -I witnessed a |
change of pilots rather than a radi-1
cal alteration of tiie course.—Ex.
STRAIGHT TALK
The Italian Foreign Minister.
Count Sforza. has summed up the j
American position on the Yap man- j
date even better than our own Slate j
Department and our numerous pub-l
licists.
"I said to Earl Curzon, Britisii |
Foreign Minister," says the Italian. |
"that without the United States the j
war would not have been won. She {
has asked for nothing and is enli-1
tied to her own way about Yap. She:
ought to have it."
Exactly. The United States gave ,
tens of thousands of lives and $30.- •
000.000.000 toward beating German
impe-Ialism to its knees and grind
ing its face in the dust. We asked
for no indemnities, reparations,
spheres of influence and have taken
no mandates. We have continued
to feed Europeans and to help in
getting a huddle of new-born, mis
shapen nations on their feet.
The one thing we -have asked is
the resettlement of the Yap mandate.
While France and England, Italy j
and Japan have been taking over '•
their Mesopotamias. their Syrtas. (
Shantungs and Aegean Islands we j
have stood aloof.
Count Sforza sees the plain fool-1
ishness of the Japanese position and j
the English hemming and hawing
over it. The French have tinder-1
stood it all along. The practical J
European is saying to himself:
"In Heaven's name, is' that little. ]
ten-mile-wide Malay island out in <
the God-forgotten reaches of the Pa
cific all they want? Then give it to
them!"
The Italian has slashed through a
lot of diplomatic fussiness and put
the question on a common-sense ba
sis.—Ex.
William Allen White, one of the
thirty-one signers of the famous Re
publican pro-league round-robin in
the 1920 campaign, was in the
White House and in the States De
partment today in the guise of a
humble reporter. He joined pass
ively in the interview with both the
President and the Secretary of State ■
The breezy Kansan, who immortal-1
ized himself by asking on a famous i
occasion what was the matter with I
the SunflowertState, declares the)
senatorial bitter-enders have thrown !
up the sponge. A renowned mem
ber of the group congratulated Mr.
White yesterday on the "impending
triumph of your cause." '
Well Written Story
of Northland by
Public Schoei
Pupil
The following article was writ
ten by Miss Vivian Talbot and given
at the Skagway Public School com
mencement exercises. Through an
inadvertence, the article in Tnes- i
day's paper, "The Literature of the
World War" was not credited. It
also was a commencement article
was written by Miss Floris Clark,
the other graduate of this year's j
class:
KSS.YY
When Wm. 11. Seward negotiated
the purchase ol' Alaska from Russia
in 1S67, the domain was jeet^nply
called "Seward's Icebox," and the:
people declared that $7,200,000 of i
government funds had been utterly |
wasted. Alaska was considered a
vast barren expanse of territory, cov
ered all the year by ice and snow,
and the people said, that the only j
possible way in which the money in
vested could ever he returned would
be thru the fishing industry. Little
did they of that day know of the
possibilities which lay hidden back
of our seemingly forbidden latitude,
nor did they dream that in less than
half a century after the purchase
date another industry would devel
op. which would yield to the govern
ment treasury more than six times
the original cost. Such, in brief is
Alaska's past record, and to those
only who love her and have at some
time made her soil their home is it
given to realize her future possibili
ties.
Tlif fisliinsr itiduslrv has been a
source of great wealth to Alask:i
and will continue to be because of its
permanence. Fur. salmon ami hali
but abound in groat quantities in Al
askan waters, and because the labor
employed in the canneries is compar
atively cheap, enormous annual pro
fits will be realized froru this indus
try for ages to come.
We name the fishing industry lirst
because it was the first developed.
Next to this in order of development
mining takes its place. We are told
that there is scarcely otie hundred
miles of Alaskan territory, where no
metal of some real value cani-ot^be
found This being the case, what
may we not predict for the territory
in the mining industry? Those who
know little of the land say that our
physical features make it impossible
to construct transportation routes
that will not be more expensive than
the output warrants; but with such
unlimited resources of mineral
wealth that problem would cease to
exist should the mining industry re
vive. and the enthusiasm of the days
of 'it* come back again. Tha prob
lem of transportation was solved in
those days by the courage and grit
of those who had faith in the land.
Are we of today lacking in both of
these? The wealth that has been
mined from Alaska is as but a drop
compared with her untouched 10
sources. The Treadwell aud perse
verance Mines are but as forerunners
of the greater mining industries
which are to come. With gold scat
tered all over the territory, wiih
the silver of the Interior, the coal of
Matanuska. the copper of the West
ward. and many other mineral min
erals abounding in untold quanti
ties thruout the domain; we feel sat'e
in saving that the mining industry of
the future bids fair to outstrip that
of any previous period in history.
N'or are Alaska's future possibili
ties in her minerals alone; for with
the recent discovery of oil she prom
ises great returns in this commodity
if only the industry in developed. The
discovery of oil in any land is al
ways welcomed with enthusiasm by
the people of that land, and so no
less hopeful are we of Alaska. With
the discoveries on the Katmai Pen
insula. where transportation is not
such a diiiicult problem, these oil
fields promise much.
Another possibility lies in her tim
ber. This has been developed to a
certain extent, but like thd coal in
dustry it has been retarded by the
lack of transportation facilities, as
well as by other restrictions. Col.
Greeley, chief forester, on his visit
to Alaska—after familiarizing him
self with existing conditions—an
nounced that the forests of Alaska
can supply sufficient material for the
manufacture of two million tons of
paper annually without depleting the
source of supply—meaning that the
supply is so great that by the time
the timber now standing has been
utilized, new growths will have re"
placed that removed. During the
war when spruce was in demand for
the construction of aeroplanes, the
Alaskan product ranked as the fin
est in the world. This in itself is
assurance enough that Alaska has a
great future before iter in this in
dustry and this is strengthened by
the fact that already one saw mill
has contracted to supply this sea
son three million feet of spruce lura-'
ber to dealers in the States.
Still another possibility lierf in the
adaptability of her soil to agricul
ture. Many believe that agriculture
is the greatest undeveloped resourcei
of Alaska. The area capable of agri- I
cultural development is estimated to !
be about one hundred thousand
square miles. This being true,
with improved transportation routes,' j
increase in population, the re-adjust-1
ment of economic conditions iu Al- j
aska. as well as in the States, even
though the development be gradual,I
agriculture promises to be one of her j
leading enterprises.
These are but a few of Alaska's fu
ture possibilities for development;
her fishing industry, her mines, her
oil fields, her coal, her timber and
her agriculture. While each State
in the Union now boasts of her lead
ership in one or two of these indus-l
tries as Pennsylvania, boasts of her
coal; Texas of her oil; Maine her
(ish; Minnesota hei wheat and Ore
gon her lumber; it is for Alaska
someday, and we trust that that day
will come soon, to claim her rank
among the coal industries, the agri
cultural states, the fishing states, the
lumber states, the oil slates and the
mining states. For with the exhaus
tion of the nation's supplies else
where, Alaska's untouched resources
will of necessity bring her into her
own; and then we may be able to
show the world that sho is indeed
worthy of a better name than "Sew- \
ard's Icebox."
To Add Area to
. McKinley Park
Delegate Dan Sutherland has in
troduced a hill in Congress adding
certain lands to the ,Mt. McKinley*
National Park Reserve by establish
ing a new eastern boundary line
and lengthening the southeast line.
It is estimated that approximately
400 square miles would be added to
the present reserve under the new J
bill.
Copies of the measure which have
been received in Juneau show that
its purpose it to extend the eastern
boundary line of the park to within
approximately three miles of the
government railroad and taking in
both the ltiley Creek district and a
portion of the Dry C'r< ek district.
This, it is understood is desided in
order that the National Park Serv
ice can open up its own approach
from the railroad into the park with
out being forced to depend upon j
Territorial or Federal roadbulldera
to open up a way of traffic commun
ication.
There is at present a trail by the !
way of Riley Creek which is used
to a considerable extent in the sum
mer seasons. The Dry Creek route
which lias been considered by the
Alaska Road Commission for the lo- j
cation of the Kantishna road lies
without the limits of the park but i
will be within a short distance of
the proposed new border authorized j
in Delegate Sutherland's new bill.— |
lCx.
By general consent the reception I
to Persident and Mrs. Harding at
the Pan-American Union hit the
high-water mark of social brilliancy
in Washington for many years. To-1
day the hosts of the occasion, the
Ambassadors, Ministers and Charge
d'Affairs of the Latin American Re
publics. were recipients of universal
congratulations on the success of j
their supper party. European dip
lomats and their ladies almost were
wafted back in imagination to court
functions on the other sld?. for
everybody was ticketed, labeled, as
signed, directed and shepherded ac
cording to a voluminous blue-book of
printed instructions. The l.atin
American Corps, sometimes out
shone by the more pretentious en
tertainments at individual embas
sies and legations, put itself splend
idly on the sociil map of Washing
ton last night.
The first member of his own fam-1
ily to try to "wont a pull" at the!
White House called on the President I
today—his brother, Dr. George T.
Harding, Jr., .of Columnus, O. The |
purpose of his visit was fraternal, I
not political. The doctor came as
the head of a delegation of Knvanis
Club members, who want the Presi
dent—himself a Kiwauian—to at
tend the international convention of
the organization in Cleveland in
June. Platonic promises, but no
pledges were given. Mr. Harding
expects to be in the thick of con
gressional preoccupation at the
time.
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you to seek the skilled advice and
expert medical attention of a rep
utable physician. You can afford
to be no less careful in selecting
your druggist."
The doctor prescribes. We follow
his formula, but both he and his
patient must depend upon our
skill and knowledge if proper re
sults are to be obtained.
Quality Plus Accuracy
is our watchword. You can acccpt, on our
word of honor, the assurance that these two
important elements are included in every
prescription we fill. In addition nothing but
the purest drugs are used. If you value
these things and wish the added service of
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When tliey It'll us that the corn pro
duction of the yo.tr is .'!,200.000,OOQ
bushels, it is proper to get the eco
nomic truth that the product ton is
more Important than price. The dol
lar Is a fickle jt.de, hut a bushel of
corn will put so many pounds of fat
on a hog or make so many pones of
bread, dollars or no di/fars.
An expert says that Iranian life was
never so unsafe as it Is today in the
United States, and cites homicide
figures to prove it. Tills increase
may be merely coincidental with tlie
increased sentiment for the abolition
of capital punishment.
A French minister has refused to
fight a twelfth duel on the ground that
it is a foolish practice. Having gone
unscathed through II of the harmless
things, it is no wonder that he begins
to be a bit bored.
The man who likes to write the love
letters he shouldn't, might learn some
thin? from the League of Nations'
conference at Geneva, which decides
against minutes of the sessions. That's
real foresight.
Wartime Lumber Consumption.
The consumption of lumber during
the war ha* been approximated at 6.
500,000,000 feet, board measure, by
the United States forestry service. Of
this amount of lumber purchased di
rectly by the various government de
partments, the army consumption was
nearly 5.500,000,<V/0 feet, the navy con
suming more than 120.000.000. During
191S the Emergency Fleet corporation
consumed for ship construction ap
proximately 800,000.000 feet. Lumhet
needed for boxes Mid crates alone re
quired approximately 2,000.000,000
feet. Structures for cantonments,
hospitals, warehouses, etc., used up
proximately 3.000.000.000 feet.
"Cleopatra's Needles."
Cleopatra's needles are !«" Egyp
tian obelisks of red syenites, which
were transported from Ileliopolis to
Alexandria 14 H. C.. where they re
mained until 1ST7, when they were pre
sented to the governments of Great
Britain and the United States by the
Khedive Ismail Pasha. They bear in
scriptions of Thothmes 111., about
1500 B. C., and Rameses II. One
stands on the Thames embankment,
London, the other In Central park.
New York city. This one is about 00
feet high: the base Is seven feel sev
en Inches square and weighs 200 tons.
A Chicago man has le'ft $1,000 to
his barber, whom he hail never tip
ped. Clip this out and show it to
your barber.
I«mo .>; me sTi'.insPMi rensiuus sens
in Hip -.vorld is known as tlie Tezedl,
n race of wived Kurdish nnd Arabian
| hl'»r(l. They worship the devil, and
j believe hp will rule the earth for
! in nflo years. -1.0110 nf ihN number hav
already passed. On the theory
] thai .li siis is good, nnd will not harm
; fhpin. :hpy give most of their devotion
nnd sneriP.ee to 'he dovll who, they
assert. will nt tin" end of the next
j fi.imo ypars. he put Into hell, where
he will weep so hard he will put out
thp Hits, and then will be pardoned
I nnd given back Ids rightful place In
[ heaven.
I The Ye/edi believe that there were
I 71 Adams and n similar number of
[ Eves, and that ''••• originals once had
j n great dispute as to who was the
] most Important, 'he man or the wom
an. To prove the matter the women
I spit In one great Jar and the men In
• another, and the Jars were the senled
1 for nine months. At the end of that
! period they were opened, nnd from
I the women's Jar leaped a pile of
snakes and worms, while from the
I men's jar fame a beautiful boy and
i girl. In spite of their strange beliefs
| they are very industrious, honest, hos
pitable and kindly, although steeped
| In dense Ignorance, one phase of their
j religion forbidding them to learn
letters.
Do ible-Hcaded Chick.
Westminster, Md.—Mrs. Gertie
Lowe of Westminster has a freak
chirk pi- Hint Is six weeks old nnd baa
n head on both ends. She calls It n
"double hpnder" nnd says It Is In
teresting to spp it when It sees a
siain of porn. Roth ends struggle for
i!, and they roll over and over with
no ehanee for a compromise. The
heads are too far apart for a battle
royal.
Unconventional.
An oM woman from Sullivan county
eame. it. a recent convention held nt
Indianapolis. Now, never before had
she attended a ••invention, nnd she
had v ery si range Ideas of conven
tions— Midi as to thinking that they
were made up of banquets, parties,
etc. lint this one was Just a line of
lecturelectures, lectures. And the
old lady did not like It at all.
At (lie closp of the Inst day she went
hack to her hotel, weary, disappointed
and hungry. She saw another dele
gate nnd began to talk to her of th<
week's leeinr. s. "No. indeed. I have
not liked '!ishe said emphatically,
'"and mope ihan that. I know I shall
never he n conventional woman."—
Indianapolis Now*
The high cost of living has attack
ed romance In Iiurmn, where the price
of wives lias gone up.
China makes some curious blunders
—spending over thousands of pigtails
wfien the wail is for cocktails.
White Fass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 40
Tuesday and Frldny
\n >1, N. Bound No. 2, S. Bour J j
1st Class. 1st. Class
8:30 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
12:40 p. ra.
2:10 p. m.
4:30 p. m.
Leaves
Arrive
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE *
Arrives
Leaves
3:45 p. m.
2:10 p. m.
12:45 p. m.
10:55 a. m.
8:30 a. m.
Passengers must be at tho depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.