Luther Was Judging by What He Heard.
By DOK WILLARD
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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
DOUCLAS ISLAND GRADUATE
WINS WHITMAN SCHOLARSHIP
The scholarship which is offered 1o
one graduate of each oa tile High
Schools of the Territory by Whitman
College of Walla Walla has b n
awarded to Rangnar Kromquist, one
of the if tv e members of Class '23, win!
graduated last week.
The contest, which lay between two j
of the students, Rangnar Kromqulst
and .Martha. Sey, had remained t n
porarily undecided until further in
formation could be ie. mv 1 from
Whitman as to the eligibility of the
Douglas school pupils ter participate
owing Ito the small enrollment.
Word v. •» ; ’.veil yes; -day by
Mr- i’Mudmll from the president of
Whitman ( ollegr .settling the point at
issue and today the .following certifi
cate ■was issued to the lucky winner,
whose grades while slightly under
those of Martha Soy, togaWiar with
his other qualifications, entitled him
to the scholarship.
Copy of Certificate
Whitman (Silage, /
Walla, Walla, Wash.
This certifies that an Honor Schol
arship fir the year 1023 has been
fcriqersTPom Orient Bring Rare
Chinese Bacardi Bards of Good Omet
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Purser and His Bacardi Bjti,
1 i i>r>, Aiay zi.— uain
^ fend of mystery, with its century old
cmeamt, beliefs and legends, is attract
lag more and more tourists from the
Dai led States every year. Travelers
returning from the Orient bring with
them many tales of new wonders dis
severed to them during their journeys
through the Flowery Kingdom; of au
eieot legends of the Chinese, connected
with history, household and business
■Wmdaet, dress* genet a! deportment and
•vest pets.
Passengers on the President McKin
ley, of the Admiral-Oriental Line,
wnidk recently arrived at Seattle from
fct’snghai, presented to Purser Leo
Mathews a rare Chinese bird for a pet,
aroond which centers an ancient Chi
nese paqrerb.
For hundreds of years Bacardi bird*
have been eagerly sought native
banters, w)k> sell them to t«e woJI-to
The bird, known as a green Chinese
Bacardi bird, is about the size of a
dove, and is a rarity, even in China,
its habitat The Bacardi bird, wtose
body feathers are a dark green, has a
bald head, and technically is known as
A-"bald banded Myner.” It is found
flaly it, the depths of the j unglfs of
Hunan Province.
halters, who all them
#o Chinese as pets. The Bacardi bird
as coawdered not only an.Ideal house
bird, as k whistles and sing*, and can
tablocntly,' but is regarded aPa sign
I The owner of one of these pets, ac
Bordiog to Chinese legendery will be
baalthy, wealthy and wise as long as
Bacardi bird Brea contented under
If the bird, which is never
hot is allowed the freedom of
i and grounds. Bis away, then the
lad its owners, the story runs,
1*a ha visited with bad hade,
ana the starlet of die
the green Bacd/di has
to CWnsii, and eqhally as
• tale* of misfortune
who have been de
hy Mr pate far some mys
-Natnrauy Americana
d y these tales, and as a consequence
there has sprung up a big demand for
green Bacardi birds, with a resultant
increase in price for the unique pets.
On practically every Admiral-Ori
ental liner .coming into. Seattle fron
Shanghai, there is one or more-Bacrr-.i:
birds owned by passengers, who art
very proud of their possessions, which
sre purchased with diffico't; VVh.-n
the President McKinley left oa he
last trip eastward trim China, a pac
■jenper brought aboard two green Ba
cardi bird-. One of these took a sud
den liking to the purser, ard as ?. rj
so'rt was presented to him by thrown
er. The bird took up quarters in the
pursers office, where he whistled and
L-a ng and chartered incessantly in
Chinese.
The President McKinley proceeded
an its voyage to Seattle, and event'
during the passage convinced the p®-*
ccrs'that Wo Man, as thc_Baear« is a
cal!s^,',:—d fully qp to his reputation j
as a oird of g«. * —•'•tt. B
• The Admiral-Oriental liner a>»d» •«
fast trip and encountered unusual,;
fine weather, never pnee being forced
to slow' down for heavy seas or gales.
Other steamships with iwhicji she wa .
in radio commqoicatiaa, however, on
practically the same course, reported,
a continuance of the extremely bad
weather which had prevailed on both
.die Pacific and the Atlantic thia win.
ter.
That Wo Man. the Bacardi bird has
aotnc benign influence over the ele -
menu and aided in permitting the
President McKinley from running in
to storms, is the opinion of the per
sonnel of the fast Admiral-Oriental
liner. /
Many passengers offered Jarge
prices to Purser Mathews for Wo
Man when the President McKinley
reached Seattle, but all were refused.
Wo Man will stay by the ship and
continue to be it* mascot, and the
steward has been ordered-in lay hi
extra oranges and banana*, bn which
the Bacardi bird dotes, as uffitlnge
w the bringcr of Mr weather m*
awarded 'by the (Board of Trustees ol
Whitman College
to Rangna-r Kromqulst
in recognition of -bis high rank in
the graduating class of the Douglas
High School.
STEPHEN B. I,. BEN ROSE.
Upon presentation of thjs certifi
cate to the registering bureau of
Whitman College, credit ft.' $135 will
be all-lowed ag'f Inst. the charges of
tuition. The certificate--hs not trans
ferable and is given on the condition
that a high standing of scholarship|
and character ho maintained anil that]
the student inter Whitman College
not later than September, 192-3.
Mr. Penrose’s Letter
Mr. Gordon C. Mitchell. Superintend
ent of Schools, Douglas, Alaska.
I vhave jus; received your letter
of April 30. which -was awaiting me
on my return from a week's absent ■*(
While Whitman Collage has ibeijn of
late restricting its offer of honor
scholarships to high schools with an
enrollment of 75 or more, w - wish to
extend our enrollment' from Alaska
and are therefore willing tft grant a
scholarship to your school upon your
recommendation. Since there is no
time to forward the blank and have
it returned to ibo filled out here, 1
am sending 1-t to you and will auiltc-r
ize you to fill it out and properly
award it publicly at your Commence
ment exercises. The scholarship is
to be awarded to a boy of distinct
promise not necessarily the highest
scholar in his class,- but one of sterl
ing character ami of prospective , fu
ture usefulness.
I am glad to learn that several
tltodents -wish to enter Whitman Col
lege next fall and trust that the
award of this se hoi airship will stimu
late the movement. We have at
present only one -student from Doug
las, Martin Galliwas, of the sopho
more class. He is a fine fellow, -majp
ly, genuine and -attracltive. If you
have other students ns good as he,
we will the glad to receive them.
Cordially ycAirs,
' IS. B. L. PENROSE.
FIREMEN TO MEET TONIGHT
WILL ORGANIZE BASEBALL
Companies Nos. 1 and 2 of the
Douglas Fire Department will bold a
meeting In the fire hall. Following
this meeting there will then be a!
baseball meeting to arrange definite
plans for Itlhe Coming sea-son.
HIGH SCHOOL CAMPERS
RETURN HOME
Miss Katherine Sickels and fresh
men girls, who have been cantping
out a‘t the end of Douglas Island
since the senior picnic last week,
returned home yesterday evening on
the City of Rome. Although the
weather has been a trifle bad during
their stay there, they all report hav
ing enjoyed the outing.
RECOVERED FROM ILLNESS
'Mrs. T. Hagerup, who has been ill
in St. Ann’s Hospital for the past 10
days, returned home ’Saturday, feel
ing greatly improved.
FORMER DOUGLAS TEACHER '
HAS BABY BOY IN EAST'
Mrs. Harold Hotelling, who was;
formerly Miss Floy Tracy, anil prln-j
ciipal of the Douglas -tx-bools in
lit 10-17, on the 12th of May gave
birth to a son at her home Jn Prince
ton, -Now Jersey, according to an-j
nonneements received here in'- the
last mail.
TO GRADUATE FROM v
HIGH SC-HOOL IN STATES
Graduation announcements of Miss
Melon -Sangeant, eldest daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. A. It- Sargeant, who
resided in Douglas for several-years,
were received yesterday jn tho mall.
The young lady will graduate from
the Sheridan High -School at Sheri
dan, Oregon, on tljie 8lh of next
month. \
WINS FIVE LETTERS
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 21.
—Neil Smith, University of Utah
athlete, Is the first man to -win five
letters in sports at -the local institu
tion. it has been announced here.
Smith recently -won a tetter tor ten
nis .and previously he mode letters
In fooWBall, ittaskeilball, baseball and
on the track.
YOUR "UNUBKir- ASSETS—that
typewriter, musical Instrument, fur
niture, office flxture or appllanoa—
are marketable, for each, through
tin chrnlM eolumna of The Bapire.
Nurse Who Rescued Girl
from Bandits.
tria i^vvZTf,
Mr?. Starr, 35 years old, is the
British nurse attached to the
Peshawar Medical Mission, in In
dia, who went gallantly across the
wild, mountainous country of
Afridi, in the farthermost western
portion of India, to rescue Miss
Molllo Ellis, daughter of a British
army officer, who hud been kid
napped by Afridi tribesmen who
had killed her mother. Both re
turned unscathed.
ROGERS ARRIVES
SUNDAY;RETURNS
HERE WEDNESDAY
Brings 32 Local Passengers
—Has 17 Tourists, Some
Making Round Trip.
With 32 pas eirgars fur Juneau,
four days' mail, and 105 tons of
freight, 'the Admiral Rogers, Captain
Landstroni, arrived here yesterday at
11:30 a. nt. from Seattle and way
ports. !She was In the Channel sev
eral hours ibefore proceeding North.
With cone Merabi a freight aboard
for a number of cannery poointH, the
vesseF'ls not scheduled to sail south
on Its return trip until Wednesday
evening.
Seventeen tourists were aboard the
Rogers, nine of whom are 'making
the round trip and eight leave the
steamer at Sk igway for a trip over
the White Pa s land will return to
the States on the next trip of the
Rogers.
Passengers arriving on the steam
er wore: R. J. Boyd, Mrs. L. Ar
doli, kid gar Poiubertly, Leo Truversy,
R H. . Humber, Ben Burford, Margaret
Giant, 1.. Wows, Mrs, L, C. Burg
Toni Piotro, -Ik Spoors. F. If. Maglll;
W. A.-.CaTO’Jb:.;i. Elizabeth Scottt, S
P. Wrlgh, ,1 Bn.kavv, Charles H.
Flory, Flora S ringston, L. M. Car
rigan, B. C. Itelzeile. Pltil Elliott,
Sig. Wallet edt, I. G. Anderson, l'.
G. Norris. E. Wentworth, Oik Olson.
J. A. Arm mt, F. A. Cloudy and four
steerage.
Passengers leaving on ths Admiral
Rogers were: Eldred Ireland, Ket
chikan; O. F. Ritind, K. i>. Wood,
C'apt. Walter Von Onump, Gustav
Klein, for Hhines; Mrs. George Ward,
Aron McKinluy, Tom Jones, C. E.
Young ami M.’Rugg, for Sitka;
Mrs. Jack Rowe, Mrs. U. M. Keeney,
Sitka and return; C. Jack-on and I).
M. JBotlitwell, for tSkagway.
The Rogers will call at Tee Har
bor and Chatham, in addition to
Halneix, Skagway and 'Sitka.
Brigham Young’s House
Soon to Be Demolished
.SALT LAKE CTTy, Utah. May 21.
—'A quaint old farmhouse on the
outskirts of the ,tawn. built in 1SH1
by thp Mormon loader, Brigham
Young, is to torn down. It was
an this farm that the first sugar
beets were grown In Utah, which in
dustry inter became one of the moat
Important In the Mfterr of the state.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by
Weather Bureau.
the U. S.
Forecwt foi Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p. m. todr.j:
Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; pr aably oc islonal light rain;
brisk southeasterly winds.
LGCAb juATA
Baxora. Temp, humidity Wind Telocity Weather
29.42 50 79 . E 20 Rain
29.78 47 75 W 3 Cldy
29.88 46 71 SE 18 Cldy
Carle and radio reports
— today
8 p. m. yest’y
8 a. ill. today
12 noon today
StHlfons
- ir.rti u\ i
>i Ifth! at
tomp.
Noorylk . 16
Memo . 40
Xanana ..t. 64
• K.tgle r»6
Cui thanks . 60
■ McKinley Park 64
! Anchorage . 68
i St; Paul . 40
ijmcli Harbor .... 4 4
Kodiak . 4 8
Cordova . 62
Juneau . 51
Sitka. .t. 48
Prince lluport .... 62
Edmonton . 72
Seattle . 64
Portland ;. 68
San Francisco .... 60
8 p.m.
t<*mp
4 6
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62
60
68
44
64
28
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48
52
72
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Lowest 8 *i in.
trmo. temp.
8 a.m
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24 bra. Weather
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NOTE. Observations at wince Huport, seatie, Portlana and San
I 'rancisoo are made »t 4 a. m. and 4 y. m„ Juneau time.
Moderately heavy rains were general over Southeast Alaska Sun
Iday and last night, and light rains in the Prince William Sound re
Ion. Light, rains occurred Saturday in Lite Susltna and Tananu Val
leys. The'weather is cloudy and unsettled iluoughout the field of ob
scvalion today, and temperatures in the Interio a caoniewliat below
! n omul.
STORING COAL
NEW YOJIK, May 21. Tho, rail
i roads throughout the country are put
ring aside 5,000 cars of coal a week
as a reserve supply. It it estimate I
that 8,000,000 tons, valued at $27,000,
000, will t»e stored by September 1.
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NEGRO EXODUS CONTINUES
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d'iHiCAXlO, May 21 Despatches
! from Chattauioolga, Tenn.; Jackson,
I Ilia#.-, and Mentpbis, Teitn., say an ex
> odus of negro labor from the Smith
| I* under way, led by promise or bet
I ter iwuges In the industrial centers
j <>€ the North. Southern cotton plant
ers are at a loss far help
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i Headquarters tor Xadyimith coal,
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
OUCH!LAME BACK,
RUB LUMBAGO UR
BACKACHE AWAY
Kidneys cause backache? No! Lis
ten! Your backache is caused by
lumbago, sciatica, or a strain, and
the quickest relief is soothing, pene
trating St. Jacobs Oil. Hub it right
on your painful back, and instantly
the soreness, stiffness and lameness
I disappears. Don’t, stay crippled!
Itjot a small trial bottle of St. Jacobs
I Oil from your druggist ai^J limber
up. A moment alter it Is applied
you'll wonder what became of the
| backache or lumbago pain,
i is absolutely harmless and doesn’t
| burn the skin.
Hub old, honest St. Jacobs Oil
whenever you have sciatica, neu
i ralgia, rheumatism or sprains, as It
j la absolutely harmless and doesn’t
| burn the skin.
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Forrest Building
Plumbing Heating
Phone 34.
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a? duty.
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cold of winter
fire from outside sources
upkeep expense
And the cost of concrete con- j
construction 13 very little more I
! | than frame.
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