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THEY GIVE THEIR ALL
1 ’ale, exhausted, sobbing, gasping,
she returns from the Valley of the
Shadow of Death to turn a mother's
first look upon the tiny creature upon
the pillow beside her. It is a boy they
tell her. and her heart goes out to God
for Lite glory of it. The agony is for
gotten. She has given to the world a
mani She puts an arm around the
child, an arm that will always be there
to guidft and protect. Beautiful visions
of tlie future with her son. HER sox.
in all of them, possess the new world
that’s been created in her heart, and,
with the heavenly smile of mother
hood glowing upon her face, she falls
asleep.
Time slips along on the wings of.
lightning. The wee knit shoes, not
two inches long, give way to sturdy
shoes of leather and are put away in
in some sacred hiding place as keep-'
sakes. What mending, brushing, ad
vising, as her boy starts off to school!
What nights and days of work and
worry, sacrifice for his sake! Mother’s
boy must look well, behave well, live j
well, and God alone can keep record of i
how much of her hope, soul and life
mother puts into it. But it will pay,
Some day, she’ll go shopping, or to the j
theater, or to church on the arm of a \
fine, manly fellow, her boy. Some day !
it will always he "Don’t do that. |
mother; let me do it!’’ Some day, it!
will be the strong arm of her boy about
her to protect and to return the nights
and days of care and unselfish love.
And, behold! her boy is a man, and
throughout the world goes up a cry for
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all true men! A mad beast ravages
the earth, would befoul all mother
hood, would make all men mere brutes
i and human happiness the hopeless play
thing of greed of power: a beast that
says to mothers:
‘•your sons are but fodder for my
guns!" to sons, “your mothers are but.
brood sows for my power!"
Her man, her boy that was, answers
that call. “Here," he says," is my all
and my mother’s all. Justice, hap
piness, mother's love shall not perish
from the earth. Mv life for it!" How
handsome and noble he looks in iiis
new uniform! How t>- e and brave he
surely will be! But Oh! now dear
he is! How her heart tills to burst
ing, us memory piles upon her all the
joys, struggles, sacrifices that made
him hers, since that day when she
turned upon her pillow and glorified
the Greater who had sent her a boy
who would, some day, play a man's
part!
Today, her boy. a man, is tossed by
the toy waves of foreign seas, a corpse;
for the beast lias sneaked up through
the spume and blown a ship to hits.
The stricken mother is alone. No hus
band, no friend, no relative, none save
Him who knows all. can know her
heart. She goes to her chamber and
puts in her bosom the little knit shoes,
while her hungry eyes seek his toys,
his books, his clothes, anything that
was part of him: and all is darkness!
Over 200 other American mothers
are today, as Hie is! And the horror
of it must multiply a thousand fold!
Oh! let us who lose no sons who
feel no loss that wrings the heart and j
pictures all the future black, let us, too j
offer all we have that war may bk j
kibIjHD and, all through the coming i
years, mothers may have their sons! j
What is a day of meatlessness or wheat
lesstuess or moneylessness beside the
life of suffering, struggle, sacrifice of a
single American mother? God help us
save, sacrifice and give as the mothers
must!—Portland News.
ACCOMMODATING UNCLE!
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Uncle wants to borrow
All that 1 can lend.
Says he has to iiave it,
To accommodate a friend.
Never knew his sc.arev,
Never knew him rash,
Must be somethin’ doin’
When Uncle calls for cash.
Guess the need is mighty,
That corners him so tight,
They say lie grudged his money,
They say lie wouldn't fight.
liut they don’t know Uncle;
And they’ll learn a lot.
When they come to reckon
For tho final shot.
-Fairbanks N e w s- M i n e r.
Jimmy Kay, a little shaver of Flat
City, came to the landing last Monday
to farewell his big brother, G. Camp
bell Kay, who was a member of Idit
arod's first contingent.
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Xha horrible crimes attributed to
German soldiers almost surpass belief,
but they are told daily, and by so many
different witnesses as to leave no ground
for doubt. One of the newest war
books is by Gunner Depew, an Atuer
jean who went in early in the war, was
several times wounded, captured, and
endured unspeakable torment, his re
lease finally being effected by Ambas
sador Gerard. One of the hideous ex
periences that came under bis own
observation while among the German
people “with whom we have no quar
rel,” he tells as follows:
One of the patients was a German
doctor, who had been picked up in No
Man’s Land very seriously wounded.
He was given the same treatment as
any of us. that is the very best, but
lina.llv the doctors gave him up. But
there was a nurse there who took
special interest in his case, and <hr
stayed up day and night for some time,
ami finally brought him safely through
The case was very well known and
everyone thought she had performed a
miracle. He got better slowly. Then
a few weeks later when he was out of
danger and able to walk this nurse was
transferred to another hospital. Every
body knew her and liked her and when
she went around to say good-bye all the
men were sorry and gave her little pro
seats tuid wanted her to write to them.
But this German doctor would not
say good-bye to her. That would not
have made me sore, but it made this
French girl feel very badly and she
began to cry. One of the f ronch offi
cers saw her and spoke to the German.
When the officer left the German called
the nurse over to him. They talked
for a little while and then she put out
her hands as if she was going to leave.
He put out his hands, too, and took
hold of hers. And then he twisted her
wrists and broke them. We heard the j
snap.
There were men in that ward who
had not been on their feet since the
day they came to the hospital, and one
of them was supposed to be dying, but
it is an absolute fact that when we
heard her scream there was not a man
left in bed.
I need not tell what we did to the
German. They did not need to shoot
him after we got through with him.
They did shoot what was left of him,
though, to make sure.
Now. 1 have heard people say that
it is not the Germans wrn are lighting,
but the kaiser and his system. Well,
it may be true that some of the Boche
soldiers would not do these awful things
if they did not have to; myself, I am
not so sure.
But you take the case of this doctor.
Here lie was, an educated man, who
had been trained all his life to help
people who were in main and not to
cause it. And he was not where he
would have to obey the kaiser or any
other German. And this nurse had
saved his life.
The Germans had absolutely no re
spect for the Red Cross. For instance
they captured a wagon loaded with
forty French wounded, and shot every
one of them. I saw the dead bodies
These were just a few of the things
that happened where the Germans got
to work with their kultur. So you can
picture the Belgians agreeing on a
German peace while there is a Belgian
alive to argue about it! They will re
member the Germans a long time, I
think. But they need not worry: there
are a lot of us who will not forget
either.
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HORSE MEAT SALES
INCREASE IN PARIS
Paris, May 2.—The extended sale of
horse meat is one of the means counted
upon by the city authorities to relieve
the provisions market. The sale of
horse flesh for many years has been
considerable in the popular quarters of
Paris and it has increased considerably
during the war. Last year 34,384
horses were killed at the Vaugirard
slaughter houses. The increased sup
ply of horse meat had no depressing
effect upon prices however.
The British army is now the chief
source of supply of horses for killing.
More than 12,000 horses were received
from that source last year, yet the
prices went from the equivalent of 28
cents a pound to 40 cents for ordinary
cuts and from 35 cents to 50 cents a
pound for choice bits of horse flesh.
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The Red Cross needs your “bit."
GERMANS DON’T
WANT MORIONS
Amsterdam —A notion that Mormon \
missionaries from America have been
corrupting the German soldier and
seeking to tempt him to desertion is
propagated by the Lutheian church
consistory for the province of Pom
erania, which according to the Kreuz
Zeitung lias sent the following circular
letter to the local district clergy:
“We are given to understand by the l
authorities that various anti-war sects
have arisen in eastern Prussia which
make it their business to induce sol
diers to desert and which furnish such
deserter with oportunities to hide from
the law. One of those sects calls itself
variously the “New Adventists” or
“War Adventists.” They believe that
Fioly Writ commands them to assist
those who object to military service. I
“Mormons also have wrought similar j
evil so that an American anti-war pro- j
PUganda would seem to he at wm-k. J
We urgently ask our reverend breth
ren to keep diligent watch and advise
us promptly of any signs pointing to
such baneful activities in their par
ishes.”
Mr. G. Wada, Iditarod’s industrious
and enterprising son of Nippon, has
just finished installing a splendid bath
room apparatus' at his place of business j
on Second street, this city.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERM
OF COURT
[n the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska. Fourth Division. In the
matter of calling a Special Term of
Court at Flat. Alaska.
In pursuance of an order of the above
entitled court, made and entered herein
on the 22nd day of May, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that a special
term of the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Fourth division, will
be held at the United States court
bouse at Flat, Alaska, beginning on
June 24, 1918, at the hour of 11 o’clock
a. m., for the transaction of all business
which may then atid there be pending
and which may regularly come before
this court.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand as clerk of the District
Court, and affixed the seal thereof this
23rd dav of May, 1918.
[Seal] J. E, Clark,
Clerk of the District Court, Territory
of Alaska, Fourth Division.
By A. M. Kilgore, Deputy.
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PROBATE NOTICE
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In the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct. Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska; before Honorable A. M. Kil
gore. Commissioner and ex officio
Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph
E. Riley, Deceased.—No. 40.—Notice
to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration of the estate of Joseph
E. Riley, deceased, having this day I
been issued to the undersigned, all per- ]
sons having claims against said estate
are required to present the same to the j
administrator, each duly verified and)
with proper vouchers, at the office of i
Geo. W. Albrecht, attorney for the es-j
tate, in the town of Iditarod, Alaska,
within six months of the date of this
notice.
Claude Baker, Administrator.
Dated: May G. 1918.
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OLD CLOTHES DRIVE IS STILL ON
The ladies in charge request that if
you have aD.v old clothes or shoes that
are serviceable, and which you would
like to send to the Belgians, to please
send them in. They can be left at the
Adams house, the N, C. Co-, or at the
telephone office.
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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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