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EDITORIAL
THK OITLOOK
The future of our Northland nev
er looked brighter than it does at
this very moment ::i -j'ite of the lull
in business of the past few weeks.
Mayo is developing and ev rv report
from this wonderful silver field is
better than the las:. The Whcaton
Kiver-Watson district promises ear
ly development and the various prop
erties around Carcros# are attract
ing considerable outside attention at
the present moment, i'laeer min
ing formerly held first position in
the Yukon, but a placer camp is not
as permanent as .1 quartz district.
This new general iiuarti develop
ment throughout the eo,: ;try asp ir
es a great future for the Yukon. We
are on ih>> road ■ > immediate de
velopment arid all should realize th:.«
and get in u::d hasten Z'.e coming
prosperity !.v throwing away all pe -
sialism and looking for the best in
our land. We have the gold and
silver and lots of it. so why not dj
everything in our pow«r to lei! those
who might be interest I The whole
territory n»>eds to rouse itself and
let the rest of Canada know that we
are not merely a land of snow and
ice—we have a* good assets as a-.
other section of the Dominion !
should receive just as i . 't at e
tion.—Whitehorse Star
rn.vsir.iuri;> or v\vi\<i
Public holding of I'nited St.ites
war securities totaled $20,431,777.
0"O on December 29. 1920. Esti
mating the population of the coun
try at 105,000.000 and the number
of war security holders at roughly
11.000.000, the per capita holdings
are $194 and the average holdirv-s
of investors alone, over $1.35>.
These are significant facts. The war
produced trillions of new investors.
More than 20.000.000 Americans
subscribed to the Liberty Loans.
The treasury issued 58.29S.497 sep
arate $50 and 33.S&S.003 separate
SIt>0 bonds—sufficient basis for call
ing America a "Nation of Savers."
Such figures clearly indicate the ca
pacity of its people to save and in
vest. once they set themselves to the
task.
The savings movement now is a
"normal business" expedient just as
Liberty Bond investment was a war
time necessity. The combined ef
forts of patriotic Americans mad'
possible the billions in money that
America and the Aliies had to have
to win the war. Leaders in all walks
of life are continuing to stress the
(importance of saving because thru
it they sec that billions of new cap
ital. saved by t'.p millions of Ameri
can earners, \\iii flow into invest
ment channels f>«r the benefit of Am
erican industry and to the greater
prosperity of a'!.
THRIFT is t:e Vf>-y essence of
any progra*:: of prosperity. Pros
perity can have no substance apart
from thrift. Bankers, Industrial
leaders and workers should devote
every energy and influence to the
encouragement of svings, as it is
only renewed effort to accumulate
capital that the world's losses from
the war can be replaced. Their pow
er to stimulate public interest in this
vitally important matter is the meas
ure of their responsibility.!*!*.
CANADIAN' PROVINCE FAVORS
PROHIBITION
Another Canadian Province—On
tario—has spoken out emphatically
against the liquor traliic. The vote
April 18 in that province gave a to
t;U vote of approximately 700.000.
The question at issue was: "Shall
the importation and the bringing of
liquors into this province be forbid
den?" The act. the terms of which
will be put into operation within
two or three months, in addition to
prohibiting the importation of liquor
I Into the province automatically for
bids delivery of liquor from any
brewery, distillery, warehouse, dock
or railway station in Ontario to any
other place in tlie province. The
vote therefore m;ikcs Ontario as
•'hone dry" as it is possible to make
it. inasmuch as it makes illegal the
transportation of supplies now in
the hands of those within the prov
ince who are inclined to traffic in it.
The act does not prohibit liquor be
ins shipped across the province in
sealed packages, if carried by a com
mon carrier. With the exception of
Windsor and Stiult Sie. Marie, prac
tically all cities oh the United States
Ontario boundary voted for prohibi
tion, apparently us a protest against
| the fuinrunning that has taken place
I on the border. Six of Canada's
I provinces—Saskatchc wan. Prince
I Kdwurd Island. Manitoba, Alberta.
Nova Scotia and Ontario—now have
stringent prohibition laws. Yukon
Tcrritoi - and New Brunswick are ex
pected to vote on prohibition this
ir, while in British Columbia and
Quebec a government control plan is
; ileitis tried —Ex.
Alaska News Items
Kob r! S. Boy no ; resident of the
Seattle ( hambcr ... Commerce nnd
Comtrer. ial rluV announced at the
■ rubers' Council luncheon of the
v." lumber of Commerce. Friday, that
Christy Thomas, director of publicity
i t!'.o <'!i:t:n' 'r. had been chosen ex
ecutive :• •• retary of the Chamber,
the appointment to be effective at
following the re-:;r!iation about
me year ••• o of Gordon C. Corbalcy.
i uxeoutiv.« scrrctarv in become w
: t; of the Puyailnp & Summer
Krn't Crovrers Cannine Co.. the
• umber functioned under the
' .m < assistant to the pres
..I'-sit. .1 !,. McPherson. and a sec
ivtarv. l'.o\ t» H:iI!• •>". The appclut
ent if Mr Thom is ai executive rec
retary means the n'mlisuiiien: of
these offices and Mr inraM will be
.lire ri'l i rtl i t!:e C'.aiaber staff
in iifakinR t!'i» aniiouitcameni Mr
' !! ' s.sid; "tue board of trustees
!' : • ( a: ii- " ha combed the
| tr.. ; .! no ! . ,1-vidod on one
} .horn we t'link is as well fitted as
v.e can i;-. 'lie country
Jt> fill the position of executlvo scc
I am i!;tc Christy Thomas
is t! •• ;i; ' an At the nox*. meet
I. ; • 1 : '.!•• ;.l ci ■' Council titers
I will be to sa- ci the reofgui*
|m in taking place in the Chamber.
• :< • ; it: Ism on the board
lot' trustees of the Chamber.
' Mr. Tiovnas has been actively en
i<1 l ••••<•■ •|-er work in Seattle
I since Kio;i and* has had a wide
knowledge of l»i al ::rd state and Al
I askuti eonditions. Since February
| IS20. he has been director of pub
licity of the Chamber and under his
[direction the bureau was re-organiz
Itd and .is ■ itics broadened, and
; a campaign of advertising of the at
j Tactions ar.d possibilities of Seattle
nd the P i-i c NortVvont lias been
' carried on.
Additional evidence ofthe rejuv
>-:ia>e ! !>■ - • s spirit of Seattle was
shown in the announcement made
that the Northwest .Merchants and
Buyers Week to surpass anything in
the history of the Pacific Northwest
will be stasad in Seattle, July 25 to
:to inclnsive. under auspices of the
' i-il i Northwest Products Commit
tee of t'le Seattle Chamber of Com
merce and the Seattle Sales Mana
gers Association. The greatest dis
play of manufactured products ever
brought together under one roof in
the Pacific Northwest will he assem
bled at the Bell street Terminal of
the Port Commission. On the main
floor there will he space available
twice that used for the industrial
show put on at the Arena recently.
The 'second tloor is also available
anil the roof garden will be turned
over to the use of the committee.
Lur.vLeons will he served there and a
new renture of the Buyers Week will
be a fashon shown at this time Se
attle made merchants will be dis
played.
The postmaster of Seattle is per
mitted to dispatch not exceeding 25,
000 pounds of mail for Nome and St.
Michael by the coast guard cutter
Dear leaving Seattle about May 15.
All the merchantable dead tim
ber. standing or down, and all the
live timber marked for cutting on an
area embracing 45,000 acres on Ke
villagigedo Island, extending from
point near Neets Bay north along
the west side of the Island to Ver
lew -Point, will be sold to the best
bidder on July 7, 1921. It is estimat
ed that 100,000,000 cubic feet of
pulp wood are involved.
J. L. McPherson. of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce is in Wash
ington urging legislation beneficial
to Alaska. Mr. McPherson went to
Washington with a satchel filled
with documentary evidence. He
showed that Alaska has belonged to
the United States for 53 years, and
during that time has produced nat
ural wealth aggregating more than
$1,000,000,000. He presented Unit
ed States customs records to prove
that there had been returned to the
United States two dollars in raw ma
terials for every dollar sent to the
territory in finished products. His
figures showed that attho the gov
ernment investigators report im
measurable wealth in natural re
sources. the population is less today
than in 1910 and that it was less in
1910 than in 1900. "The cause of
all this drifting and delay." said Mr.
McPherson. "Can be directly charg
ed to an absolute lack of a construc
tive policy and direct responsibility
by any of the government depart
ments. Instead of one government
Alaska has had a score or more of
them, all of them interlocked, over
lapped. cumbersome and confusing.
, Long distance government of Alaska
will never be successful.
The fishing schooner Republic Capt.
N. H. Ilegge, now on her way to Al
aska. has 13 tons of food-stinls for
Ketchikan, including butter, eggs,
hams, potatoes and fresh vegetables.
! it was learned on the water front
this morning. The Republic is on her
| way to the fishing banks, and is car
! rving the supplies to Alaska free of
[ charge.
1 Governor Kings wired on Wednos
I day that while the situation is not
j yet acute ti e North will need stip
| [dies of various food products iu ten
I days.
I
1 ne cannery lender. Frederick C.,
of the Alaska Fishing Company to
day was pressed into service as a re
lief ship and liemin loading 60 tons
of food-stuHs for the north. The
Frederick C. will carry shipments
of butter, chee.se. eggs, potatoes,
hams, and fresh vegetables to Ketch
ikan. Southeastern Alaska, for the
j Tongass Trading Co. The vessel is
| expected to sail for the North Thurs
I day. F. C. Johnstone, president of
the Alaska Fishing Company, said he
might load another vessel in Seattle
with supplies for Ketchikan, where
many fishing vessels are outfitted for
cruises to the fishing banks.
The war department will spend
more than $700,000 on railroad con
struction and maintenance this sea
son, according to Capt. C. S. AVard,
engineer corps and member of the
Alaska Itoad Commission, who re
cently arrived from Alaska. Opera
tions of the commission are consid
erably hampered by the marine
strike preventing shipment of sup
plies to the Alaska ports, he said.
The road between Valdez and Fair
banks. closed for two years, will be
opened this summer. The commis
sion will also open roads into the
I Kantichna mining district, which
i will also make the Mount McKlnley
! National Park more accessible. Ad
ditional work planned by the com
mission is the completion of the road
between Takotna and Ophir, in the
Kuskokwim River district, a distance
of thirty miles, which was started
two years ago. and the completion
of the Chatanika-Circle Road, which
gives a through road from Valdez
to Circle through the Fairbanks dis
trict.
A Washington special says at the
bearing before the House committee
on territories. Col. Jones, director
of the Coast and Geodetic Survey ex
pressed opposition to the Curry bill
for the creation of an Alaskan de
velopment board, while he is a
strong advocate of home rule for the
territory. Col. Jones urged that if
an administrative board is created it
should include at least two qualified
electors of Alaska, but he emphasiz
ed his inability to glimpse the possi
bility of improvement in government
over the present system by the pro
posed board. He deplored tho red
tape in the government of Alaska,
but believed that it would be cut
without seriously interfering with
Beer Making May
Be Brought to
Speedy Issue
Washington, May 18.—Prohibi
tion simply insists upon taking the
center of the stage, at least for a
part of this session of Congress. The
moderate drys have been hoping
that the existing law would be given
a thorough trial before an attempt
was made to pass additional legis
lation. On the wot side of Congress
hopes were expressed that through
the wine and beer ruling of former
Attorney-General Palmer, a way
could be found by which light wines
and beer could be brot without the
saloon. There are still a few who
are advocating the repeal of the pro-1
hibition amendment, but the. wets
generally are in favor of an anti-sa
loon light wine and beer program.
The Anti-Saloon League is not re
ferred to in this connection, for this
is the real dust-dry organization.
While both sides are talking of
what they call a reasonable program
and the party leaders were hoping
that any discussion of the question
could be avoided at this session.
Chairman Volstead of the judiciary
committee threw a monkey-wrench
into the machine. He came forth with
a new bill containing additional
drastic provisions for the enforce
ment of the 18th amendment. In its
final analysis it should be called a
drive against beer. It would permit
wine prescriptions under the strict
est regulations, but it is thumbs
down on the weakest beer. The An
ti-Saloon Leaguers from the begin
ning have been uncompromising in
their opposition to beer. In some
localities they have put near beer
I out of business.
On the otlier hand, beer is the I
most popular aleolilic drink. Even
now, with the growth of the homo
brew movement, it is contended that
there is more real beer consumed
than any other "wet" beverage. The
Anti-Saloou Leaguers have not yet
made a drive against home brew, but
this has been threatened frequently
at public meetings. However, the j
new Volstead hill indicates that the
leaders of this virile organization
j are determined to prevent the manu- j
| facturc of any real beer, cither for |
medicinal or other purposes. They
are adroitly planning to squelch the
light wine and beer movement,
which has gained headway in some
state3, and evidently are determined
to force the issue in this session of
congress.
The situation is further complicat
ed by the information that has been j
conveyed lo Congress by Attorney-1
General Daugherty to the effect that
additional federal judges will bo re
quired to dispose of the great mass
of wet cases that are now pending in
court. It is said that there are about
."•.000 persons in jail waiting trial on
charges growing out of alleged viola
tions of the Volstead act. The attor
ney-general has no data on the num
ber of cases in which the defendants
are under bond. He did say, however, j
in discussing the situation, that all :
the federal courts are overburdened J
with prohibition litigation, and that
he must have at least temporary re- i
lief if the wheels of justice are not ]
to be almost entirely stopped.
If the attorney-general makes any j
crease in the number of federal
judges, this will bring the prohibi
tion question up in Congress in an
other form.
administration.
Silver lead ore. running 200 ounc
es of silver and 60 per cent, lerd to
the ton is the latest find reported in
the Atlin district. British Columbia,
by J. M. Ruffner, mining man from
that section.
The Warrack Construction Co., ■
142S North 34th street has been!
awarded a contract for the construc- j
tion of a five-story reinforced cou- i
crete cold storage and ice plant at I
Ketchikan. Alaska, for the Ketchi-'
kan Cold Storage Co. The building
including the refrigeration and the
insulation will cost approximately j
$76,000 and $25,000 more'will be
spent on the fittings and installation.
It is estimated that 15 gold lode j
mines and five prospects were oper-i
ated in Alaska in 1920, producing j
about 3,270,000 tons of ore, from |
which $4,360,000 worth of gold and I
106,000 ounces of silver were recov
ered. The output in 1919 was 3,265,- j
573 tons of ore. containing gold to j
the value of $4,392,237 and 10S,-|
691 ounces of silver.
"Germans Given Final Warning
on Reparations," says a headline.
The Teutons are finding life just one
warning after another.—Ex.
One of the greatest needs of the
present session of congress is a bill
killing committee.—Indianapolis
News. ,
Baby Says
fii Baby
'/ FOOO
for
"I can't always ask for what I want
but I let you know when I get
what I want."
What baby wants most of all is the
loving care of Mother, especially
when Mother is aided by the baby
necessities that we can supply. Our
entire line of baby goods is made
up of the products of manufactur
ers who Tiave long recognized that
Purity Is Essential
We have always used the utmost
care in handling goods in this de
partment. Careful mothers can do nothing
wiser than to come here for baby foods, nurs
ing bottles, nipples, soaps, sponges, powders,
and those internal and external remedies
long associated with tho care of the baby.
Everything to Needs
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
EFFECT OF MIND ON BODY
Worry, Doubt, Fear and Apprehension I
Make the Physical Organism Sus- j
ceptible to Disease. s-j
Since all of the cells of the body are
more or less Intelligent ami we think
not only with the brain but with the
entire physical organism, we can read
ily see that our thoughts and convic
tions must affect, according to their
nature, all of these cells. We can
think health into them or we can think
disease.
What have yon been telling these
little cell minds in your body, my
friend? Have you been filling them
with worry and anxiety regarding your
health, with fear, with dread, with ap
prehension? Have you been filling
them with doubts, with uncertainties,
doubt of your ability, lack of faith,
lack of self-confidence? When they
are apparently sick, perhaps the vic
tims of your negative thoughts, your
discouraging moods, your despondency,
are you going to think into them
more despondency, more discourage
ment, more hopelessness, cr are you
going to stimulate them with hope,
faith, confidence, expectancy of better
things to come? Are you going to |
radiate health Into them, optimism,
joy?—Orison Swett Maiden, In Chi
cago Daily News.
Holland's Day of State.
Although the Dutch are very demo
cratic they still cling to the pageantry |
that surrounds the movements of their !
queen on days of state. A case In
point being the opening day of their
parliament, which is quaintly ceremo
nious. The queen rides in a gilded car
riage through the streets of Tlw!
Hague to the old Knights' hallsln Par
llaiuent square, and with crown ori
her head and tier gold-braided prince
consort at her side sits on the throne.
At this ceremony the Dutch cablnel
ministers are compelled by tradition
to wear giddy uniforms resembling an
old-time minstrel man In an admiral's
bat. After tills one day of pomp the
ministers and members of parliament
put on their working clothes and get
down to business, while the queen,
who prides herself on being a typical
Dutch woman with domestic tastes,
lays her crown aside for another
year.
Dutch manufacturers are going to
attempt to sell wooden shoes in this
country. Hut it will be many a long
day before the clang of the woodeo
Mioon Is added to ttie already deafen
Ijg collection of noises of civilization
In America.
Organized labor in America wants
no more red than It find* in the well
known Hag of ilie United States.
To euro a «-oiu 111 unc way
Take Grove s LA.Y1TIVE BHOMO
QU1XXXE tablets. The genuine bears
the signature of E. W. Grove. 30c.
U. S. DOOMS BURROS AS PEST
Animals Charged With Destroying the
Beauty of Grand Canyon of
the Colorado.
Washington.—The lowly burro, en
shrined in western legend as the
heroic prospector, has been officially
classed as a "veritable pest" by tlie
United States government.
This animal, and Its progeny In
countless numbers, abandoned by its
former owners, according to Stephen
T. Mather, director of the national
park service, lias selected the Grand
canyon of the Colorado for its habitat,
and the availability of the canyon's
6cenlc beauties in consequence are al
most disappearing.
The burro. .Air. Mather says, "de
stroys the trails, denudes the pastures
of grass and other forage so that na
tive wild game, such as antelope, has
been forced ont." 1-Ie aiiiN that "the
time is not far distant when radical
steps will have to be taken to elim
inate the burro evil."
solutio:: for fuel proslem
French Scientist Urges Use of Wind
and Water to Replace
Coal.
Paris.—Wind and water hold the so
lution of the fuel sbortu.ee in France,
E. Colardeau told his associates at the
Academy of Sciences at Its last meet
ing.
He presented what lie considered
proof In the results of an Installation
on his kitchen faucet of a water tur
bine which drives a dynamo that
charges storage batteries.
City pressure on the water, he ex
plained, is sufficient to furnish a
household with electric light.
In the country, M. Colardeau would
install windmills to pump water to ele
vated tanks and utilize the fall of the
water through a pipe to turn the
charging turbine.
Nov Interest has been takeu here in
this Idea of household Installations,
because (he higher costs of fuel and
power, It is considered, mny make
practicable these water tflrblues.
Earth Not a Perfect Sphere.
The diameter of the earth from pole
to pole through the equator Is short
er than that at the equator. Though
In popular language the earth Is snid
to be round, like a ball. It is really
an Irregular sphere, slightly flattened
at the poles. The slight departure
from rotundity is accounted for by
the rapid motion of the earth while
Iri a more plastic state.
White Fass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 40
Tuesday and Friday
No J, A. Hound
1st Class.
8:30 a. m.
11:00 a. in.
12:40 p. m.
2:10 p.m.
4:30 p. m.
Leaves
Leaves
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CAUCROSS
WM1TRHORSE
Passengers must be at tlio depot in time to have Baggage in
spected* and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
ISO pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each lull fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket,
Arrive
No. 2, S. Bouru
1st. Class
Arrives 3:45 p.m.
2:10 p. m.
12:45 p. m.
10:55 a. m.
8:30 a. m.