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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
>*o mom: shells for ki uopb
Munition makerg la till* .1 uarty
have been notified by tb$ .'ritlsh
ftovenrment that all c ar»..» for
lihells must be complex I bj the
end of the present m:-. 'h, and
that no more contracts • ;> t ex
pected thereafter.
Great Britain, it Is explala»d, has
now arrived at a point whsre she
Is able to supply all her owi nooda
la this respect, together with the
needs of her allies. Another im
portant consideration Is that the
transportation of munitions to Eu
rope '» becoming increasingly dif
ficult, owing to the U-boat peril,
it is easier and safer for the
British to make their ovi shells,
rlflee, ammunitions, etc. The de
mand for other war supplies, too, is
falling off.
The announcement has attracted
little attention, because the situa
tion '» auch that export raunitlo*
01 dors are no longer important.' The
cassation of the foreign demand has
already been discounted la this
coua'ry.. Out manufacturers haTs
foreseen th© present rte.-o'opment,
and have been tirmirieir facili
ties to the production vf sot cia for
tha domestic trade. I'fc-.' home de
mand for all sorts c' vvjrnaioditles
is so great that fears of i.-»» durlag
the transition period »U beiag
realized..
And there is ano. a:r fortuaate
aspect of the sttu&tica. .''ho slump
•a the foreign demani Uh war stuff
comes Just at a tiff? when the
United States finds i- i-^e^ary to
provide itself with s.k!> supplies.
Thus our manufacture:-r ire able to
produce quickly and easily uearly
all forms of material aeedsd by our
gorernment.—Ex.
«
Night In the Arctic.
▼lowed solely as a matter of optiea,
the arctic night is as tlark as $ny
eight Explorers in high latitudes cay,
however, that there are many aUsrti
tions ot the obscurity. The stars task
keenly, the moon comes along to a
regular succession of j'haises, ths aajow
surface relieves the gloom nailer con
ditions of the utmost absence of light,
and the aurora borealis Is the finest
kind of an lllumiuant. Explorers all
agree that their men rasa the winter
night without much difficulty if only
there are means of amusement
What Good la the Waath«r Bureau?
This question is likely to be aaked in
more or less querulous tones whenever
the local weather prediction falls, M It
often does. The inquirer ^veriooki the
fact that the weather bureau has mueto
mors important things to foretell than
ordinary changes of weather. It bps
diets with certainty great windstorms,
destructive floods, severe freeeee and
other atmospheric visitations that en
danger life and property on a large
scale and collects climatic statistics for 1
scientific agriculture.—roipular Scleooe
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PUCES CITIZEN
III H LIGHT
Haines, Alaska, March 31, '17.
•Mlior Daily Alskau.
I see t>£ th« issue at your paper
it the 26th last., that there was a
riot in Haiaes over the John
Schmld'. matter, and Id th^ issue of
t&e 27th *hat in conaequen.ee of
Schmidt'* refusal to take down, tie
flag aad raise U wit& the blue
field la Its proper place, that a
light easued, and, believing that
you desire to publish thg truth, i"
your paper, and as I attended the
trial, I belieivo that I can give
the facta to you.
The erldeuce at tha trial disclos
ed the fact, tha». Schmidt raised
the American flag to half staff, with
the field down, or in other words,
up si da dew a. That fire or six
soldiers weal to Schmidt and ask
ed him why he put up tue flag
that way. He told them that he
had received a letter from home
t«llla* him that one of hi* cous
laa had been killed la battle, and
that b# raised the flag that way to
show his sorrow, and that it# be
ing u pel J a down was a mark of
diatreai. The soldiers then told him
to take <t down, or they would
tace it down for him, and that he
immediately took the flag down and
put i' away in his trunk whar$ he
haa had it for several years.
Ome wl'aeaa testified that the
aight before Schmidt raised the
flag aad he (Schmidt) wag going
to ralifr the flag in that same man
aer. and that he had told Schmidt
aot to do to.. The charge against
Seomlds wag Defilnlg the Amerrl
caa Flay, acd the cofurt took the
view, that under a strict definition
of the word defile, that Schmidt
wa» act guilty, as the flag was in
ao way defiled.
Ia dismissing the action, the
court required Schmidt to salute
and kiss th« flag, which he seemed
perfectly willing to do, and did do.
Now 1 have no sympathy with any
one who evetn attempts to insult
the flag of my country, and if Mr.
Schmidt intended to insult the
S'art aad Stripes he should be
pu&iabed severely, but I think the
truth io better than misrepresenta
tions, hence thia letter.
RLALTO.
| Night Sc»n»« In Yokohama.
I 1b naoit oriental countries sunset
beings ttuiot to the streets and the* Is
little night UU>. But ou Theater street,
Yokohama, 11 o'clock at nljfht sees the
graat crowds tearing the movlea, which
ir« ctaM together, and the resulting
seen* la one never to be forgotten
Humanity packed too clone for com
fort surges In an unbroken tide from
one and of the street to the other. Add
to U1I3 mans of many hued forms the
taking down of the highly colored ban
ners and you hare a scene that makes
ffee dropping of the big top at home
look like a side shovr.
Sooaetim?* the light* on tike water
ivoduee an effect almost Venetian In
charm, but the bclky canal boat lacks
tha artistic lines of the gondola, and
|the water send? forth a scent which
might be called by a plainer name.
The newspaper boy rushes through the
narrow str#ets hurling the sheets to
right and left as ho ruuiuiul ringing
tha balls at his waist to 3unounee his
arriTal.—Christian Herald.
Burdetta and tha Towei.
The story of how Bob Burdette be
gan to write for publication ls> rather
intecesting. Hto wife wan an invalid,
and moat of his verse and short stuff
were written solely for her entertain
ment One day lie was talking to Frank
Hatten. who later became postmaster
general lander Arthur. Hatton was
then editing the Burlington Hawkeye.
"Bob," said Hatton, "when you get
through reading your stuff to your
wife hand It over to me and I'll
prhit It."
One of the first things he turned over
was his famous ode to the printing of
fice towel. This is part of It:
Over and under was blacker than thunder
And daily put on a mora Inkier hue
Until one windy morning without any
warning
It fell on the door and was broken In
two.
—Charles B. Lewis (M. Quad) In New
fork Sun.
Germany's Intensive Farming.
Germany has au area equal only to
the three states of Minnesota, Iowa
and Missouri. Yet Germany produces
three-fifths as much oats, four-fifths
&e muck barley, six times as many
potatoes and nine times as much rye
| as we produce In the whole United
States. In the last thirty years Ger
man rye production per acre Increased
;87 per cent, while the United States
Increased 10 per cent; German wheat
increased 58 per ceut, ours only 14
per cent; German barley 60 per cent,
the United States 10 per cent; German
I oata 85 per cent, our own 0 per cent;
-German potatoes 80 per cent, ours 7
per cent It is a notable achievement
a nation whose soil resources are
poor and which for thei last thirty
y*ars has been thought to be special
ising on ludustri&l development.—New
, York Mall.
ENVER PASHA.
Ottoman Statesman Reor
ganize of Modern Turkey.
Washing the Dishes.
The most sanitary way of washing
dishes takes the dish towel out of tbo
kitchen. In the host equipped hotels
and hospitals dishes are sterilized by
steam and dried without handling.
The nearest approach to tills method
In the average kitchen is to wash the
dishes with plenty of clean hot water
and soap, to rinse theui with more hot
water, stack lhem on eJge H a wire
basket, pour u kettle i/f boiling water
over them and bet them aside to drain
Jry.
Tho Sej Lily.
The sea lliy t> j e ;:..tl,v resembles the
common lily that it is diilicult to real
ze that it is nu uuiuial and belongs to
.he starfish family. It has u stalk two
'eet long, with u for a body. The
tentacles c lose r<.ULd ttie disk, which
'las a mouth, i :ul completes the decep.
clve likeness. They are the oldest form
)t animal life ou earth, and their fos
sils are called "stoue lilies." These
| -Teat tires were believed to be plants,
ind niauy people : till refuse to believe
otherwise.—Loudon Standard.
Acstylens and Air.
In a mixture with air the smallest
amount of acetylene capable of propa
gating flame Is '-.33 per cent and the
largest amount Is about 73 per cent, ac
cording to tests for the Uuited States
bureau of mines. Unmixed with air
acetylene Is explosive under a pressure
of three to five atmospheres when an
electrical spark is passed through It or
when a platinum spiral Is heated In it
Calcium carbide in a mine brings little
risk when the material Is carefully
handled.
Titles In Spain.
The Spanish military attache said at
a dinner in Washington:
"Yes, Spanish titles are elaborate. I
heard recently of an American girl
who wrote home from San Sebastian
to her millionaire father:
" 'Well, I'm engaged to three dukes,
gre marquises, seven counts, four
barons and a don.'
"'What on earth do you mean?' her
father cabled.
" 'Don't get excited,' she cabled back.
•It's all one man. He's a Spaniard.'
Detroit Free Press.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
A general municipal election will
be held Tuesday, Apri 3rd, 1917,
for the purpose of electing three
Couneilmen, one Mayor, a City
Clerk, a City Treasurer, and one
member-clerk of the School Board.
The Election will be held at
tne Town Hall, and th© hours for
voting will be from 7 a. m. to 7
p. m.
Voters for Couneilmen, Mayor
Clcik and Treasurer, must be eiti
zans of the United States, or thoee
win; have declared their intention
to become such; must be twenty
one years of age or over, who have
resided continuously one yeaT next
preceding the date of election in th
territory of Alaska, and for six
months next preceding the date of
election in the Town of Skagway,
and who have been duly registered.
All adults, male and female, who
are citizens of the United States,
or who have declared their in
tention to become such; and whs
are bona fide rseidents of the
Town of Skagway, are qualified t«
vote for Clerk of the School Board.
D. McKAY,
Acting City Clerk.
ONLY ONE "Bronxs Quinine," that it
| axaflve Rromo Quinine
Cores a Cold in One Day, Crip m 2 Days
f/rcrirf
fraternal orders
® Arctic Broth erhootf. — j
Camp Bkagw&v No. 1. 1
A. B. meets every »<*- j
ond aad. fomik Tues- j
day evening at 8:30 p. j
m. ot)«p. Viaitin® brothers cordial .
ly WfU-cime. W. L. Stevenson, Arc- |
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic ij
Rect rder.
Fraternal Order .
Eaglef*—
Skagwsiy Aeile
No. 25, Fratcr- '
nal Order <j{
uagit* meets Uiq first and tniru
We<tD(il% night of «U'h month ot
tortt h«ll aa Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cwdiolly invitejd to
»W«J. J. M. Qielabacii, XV. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge :
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th i
Saturday! Evenings
of each months. Visiting Brethren
aw welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAHE13 WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg«
No. 431, B. P. O.
IS. meets every
Thursday night
8:00 o'clock.
visaing orcuHers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
f. J. VAN DEW ALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meot* to A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Vkiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dlt. L. 8. KELLER
Dentist
Mutt Modprn Me*lio<ls
Offite Honrs: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building .... Bitoadway
SKAUWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALL1STER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Sp^rlallgt in the treat m< Jit of
disease and deformities of thq
eye, «ar, nose and throat.
Offire: Goldstein Building, Ju
n«u, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alasto»
BAJNES _ ... ... ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
Ot fumemm Alaska,
Dealers la
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
lead, smo, -backs, rags
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
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Curios, Ivor/ Carvings
Indian Baskets
China »iid Cut Glass
Official Watcl Inspector for the
V(/. P. & Y. Route
Mail Orders iven prompt care
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For Pull Particulars, Address ,
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May 9-19
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