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■ntered as second-class matter August
3Dth. 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. JUNE 20, 1925
Authentic Code of
U. S. Flag Etiquette
( From Flag Circular. issued by theU.
S. War Department.)
While it is within the province of
the War Department to prescribe rules
and regulations governing the use of
the flag for observance within the
army, yet it is beyond its province to
prescribe any such rules or regulations
for the guidance of civilians or to un
dertake to decide questions concerning
this subject that are presented by
civilians.
On Flag Day, June 14. 1923, repre
sentatives of 68 patriotic organizations
met in Washington for a conference
under the auspices of the National
Americanism Commission of the Amer
ican Legion, to draft an authentic code
of flag etiquette. The rules adopted
by this conference represent the opin
ion of the patriotkf organizations rep
resented at this conference and other
patriotic organizations which have
since adopted this code The flag cir- ,
cular previously published by the War
Department under date of February 15, j
1923. having been incorporated in this j
code practically in toto, the conference
flag code is published for the informa
tion of those concerned:
CONFERENCE CODE.
There are certain fundamental rules
of heraldsy which, if understood gen
erally, would indicate the proper
method of displaying the flag. The
matter becomes a very simple one if it
is icept in mind that the national flag
represents the living country and is
itself considered as a living thing. The
PIONEER
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Tokotna, Alaska
union of the flag is the honor point;
the right arm is the sword arm. and
therefore the point of danger, and
hence the place of honor.
1. The flag should be displayed only
from sunrise to sunset, or between such
hours as may be designated by the
proper authority. It should be dis
played on national and state holidays
and on historic and special occasions.
The flag should always be hoisted
briskly and lowered slowly and cere
moniously.
2. When carried in a procession
with another flag or flags, the flag of
the United States should be either on
the marching right, i. e., the flag’s
own right, or when there is a line of
other flags the flag of the United States
may be in front of the centor of that
line.
3. When displayed with another flag
against a wall from crossed staffs, the
flag of the United States should be on
the right, the flag’s own right, and its
staff should be in/root of the staff of
the other flag.
4. When a number of flags are
grouped and displayed from staffs, the
flag of the United States should be in
the center or at the highest point of
the group.
5. When flags of etates or cities or
pennants of societies are flown on the
same halyard with the Hag of the
United States, the national flag should
always be at the peak. When flown
from adjacent staffs, the flag of the
United States should be hoisted first.
No flag or pennant should be placed
above or to the right of the flag of the
United States.
fi. When dags of two or more na
tions are displayed they should be flown
from separate staffs of the same height
and the flags should be of approxi
mately equal size. (International usage
forbids the display of the flag of one
nation above that of another nation in
time of peace.)
7. When the flag is displayed from
a staff projecting horizontally or at an
angle from the window sill, balcony, or
front of building, the union of the flag
should go clear to the head of the staff
unless the flag is at half mast.
8. When the flag of the United
States Is displayed in a manner other
than by being flown from a staff it
should be displayed flat, whether in
doors or out. When displayed either
horizontally or vertically against a
wall, the union should be uppermost
and to the flag’s own right, i. e., to the
observer’s left. When displayed in a
window it should be displayed the
same way, that is, with the union or
blue field to the left of the observer in
the street. When festoons, rosettes,
or drapings of blue, whito and red are
desired, bunting should be used, but
never the flag.
y. When displaved over the middle
of the street, as between buildiDgs, the
flag of the United States should be sus
pended vertically, with the ud'ioo to
the north in an east and west street or
to the east in a north and south street.
10. When used on a speaker’s plat
form, the flag should be displayed
above and behind the speaker. It
snould never be used to cover the
speaker’s desk nor to drape over the
front of the platform. If flown from a
staff it should be on the speaker’s right.
11. When used in unveiling a statue
or monument, the flag should not be
allowed to fall to the ground, but
should be carried aloft to wave out,
forming a distinctive feature duriDg
the remainder of the ceremony.
12. When flown at half staff, the
flag is first hoisted to the peak and
then lowered to the half-staff position,
but before lowering the flag for the
day it is raised again to the peak. On
Memorial Day, Mav 30, the flag is dis
played at half-staff from sunrise until
noon and at full-staff from noon until
sunset, for the nation lives and the flag
is the symbol of the living nation.
13. When used to cover a casket
the flag should be placed so that the
union is at the head and over the left I
shoulder. The flag should not be low
ered into the grave nor allowed to
touch the ground. The casket should
be carried foot first.
14. When the flag is displayed in
church it should be from a staff placed
on the congregation’s right as hev
face the clergyman. The service fiat;. ,
the state Hag or other flag should be at
the left of the congregation. If in the
chancel, the flag of the United Stales
should be placed on the clergyman’s
right as he faces the congregation and
other flags on his left.
15. When the flag is in such a con
dition that it is no longer a fitting em
blem for display it should not be cast
aside or used in auy wav that might be
viewed as disrespectful to the national
eolors. but should be destroyed as a
whole, privately, preferably by burning
or by somu other method in harmony
with the reverence and respect we owe
to the emblem representing our coun
try. _
A DOMESTIC TANGLE
The Widow McCann had a daughter
named Ann,
And the Widower Smith had a son,
A curlv-haired boy, whose cognomen
was Roy, |
Full of pep and ambition and fun. -
Roy met Ann one night, and ’twas love
at first sight, i
For Ann was by no means a frigqt;
And he started to woo, as a young man
should do.
And called at her home every night.
/
Of course, ’twas not long till he sang
the old song
On his knees on the porch of cement.
Fair Ann colored red and then bash
fully said,
“You will have to ask mother’s con
sent.’’
And Roy, being game, weot right in j
to the dame,
And that’s where the trouble began, !
For as soon as Roy saw his prospective |
“in law”
He believed she was fairer tban Ann.
He was dazed by her smile, and he
could not beguile
His lips their true errand to state;
So he talked for a bit and he made
quite a hit.
And succeeded in making a date.
Ann could never abide such a blow to
her pride.
And deemed it decidedly raw
That her lover had left her entirely
bereft
And proceeded to flirt with her ma.
So she went to his dad with a counte
nance sad
And a wistful and sorrowful air,
And she said to Roy’s pop that she
wished hitn to step
So crude and banal an affair.
The old gent was impressed by the way
she was dressed
And the loveable look in her eyes.
So he gallantly took what his offspring
forsook,
And felt he had landed a prize.
The two couples were wed, and by this
time, ’lis said,
Of the taDgle they’re starting to lire.
For Ann is the ma of her father j»• law.
And Roy is the dad of his sc e;
And Roy is the pa of his mother io-law
Bv virtue of taking the vow;
While the Widow McCann is the
daughter of Adn,
And Ann’s her own grandmother
now.
(From '*Poera3 of Progress,” by Her
bert Gay Sisson.)
PROFESSIONAL
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
George W. Albrecht,
Iditarod, Alaska,
Charles E. Taylor,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Practice in all Gourts.
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft j
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
B.&E. Store
McGrath, Alaska
Arriviag- nrii first boats
will be a complete as
sortments the very
best goods, con
sisting rof
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
A. R. Odridge
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars,Tobaccos, Candies, Fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
1 ,
V?
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson - - Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manage).