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KNOWLEDGE.
I HAVE known sorrow therefore I
Hay laug'i with >ou. n friend, more
merril\
Thar. those who never sorrowed upon
earth
And know not laughter's worth
I HAVE known laughter, therefore 1
May sorrow with you far more ten
derly
Than those who never knew how sad a
thing
•sen * merriment to one heart suffering.
—Theodosia Garrison.
A MAN OF GOOD CHEER.
% MAN* we like
Is Joseph Bright;
He always says.
•*1 believe you're right’’
-Macon Tn igraptL
TO WIN' thru to Amiens the forces)
of the kaiser must defeat the combin
ed forces of the I'nited States, the
British, the French, the Belgians, the j
Portugese and the Italians. The odds'
are so pointedly agdinst him that it is
a wonder that the invaders have not
been rolled back across the line some
months ago. With the transfer of the
enemy efforts to the northern British j
sector it is apparent that the battle is |
not over, and that the allies will be t
compelled to give and take some |
mighty buffets before the pendulum '
swings their way. The, Prussian ob
jective at the present time is the city
of Amiens.
The city i? an important strategic
jjoinf as well^as a supply base and is
as near impregnable as valor anil the j
allied arms can make it. To reach it
the ground will be literally carpeted
with German dead and every brook J
run crimson to the sea. The allies
have retreated, at times, but in their
counter attacks have always gained
their objective and rolled the mighty
Prussian army back. The kaiser can j
never win the war. and his sacrifice j
of men shows a lack of sympathy and
co-ordination with his people. How j
long Germany will stand the imperial j
camouflage before revolting is uncer-,
tain, but as sure as day follows night
the time will come when her armies5
will refuse to be sacrificed against |
the allied wall of steel, and on that
day the mantle of peace will he;
thrown over the world. To accept
peace now would he to acknowledge
defeat. To allow Germany to remain
unbeaten would mean the mainten
ance of a huge standing army and
navy by America.
MANY Valdezans have started their
war gardens in tin cans in anticipa
tion of the time that the snows will
disappear and Mother Earth can be
utilized. It takes more than a bit of
bad weather to prevent an Alaskan
from raising a garden if he wants one. i
HOW IS your war garden progres- j
sing.
A declamatory contest, between the
members of the High School, will be
held at the school house, Friday at
1 o'clock p. m.. April 2fi. Patrons and ;
friends of the school are cordially in- j
vited to attend these exercises. The |
following program will be rendered: j
Song—'Tyoyalty” . School j
Salutation to the flag.
"The Bald-headed Man”
. Mary Swanson'
"The Hazing of Valiant” .
. . William Dolan I
"The Girl Who Saved Paris” ....
I . Kathry Topliff
The Book Canvasser” .
.Thomas Donohoe
Mandolin Duet .
Jessie Jepson, William Dolan.
“Inja"..Dois Keesler
I "The Frenchman on Macbeth”....
I ....Clarence Bell
■'A Message to Garcia” .
.Pearl Miller
"Hope Foster”. Della Hubbard
•'When Elizabeth Came Home”
.Jessie Jepson
Instrumental Solo.Kathryn Topliff
Judge's deeislon.
. MRS. GEO. J. ZINN,
Supt of Valdez Schools.
SHOT DEER FOR BREAKFAST
•Id-Timer Mlaaaurlan Write* *f Pe
riod When Game Waa Plentiful
Where New Cltlea Stand.
Pamne) Cole, who came to central
Missouri a boy. told these hunt'ng
atoric*;
"When T was about twelve years old
I started one morning to hunt for
game. My brothers had an old flint
lock rifle, which I carried with me. It
was a large and heavy gun. and was
so heavy that I could not shoot it
without using a rest. I came up the
river, keeping near 'lie bunk. iieiTil I
got to where the courthouse lew
stands in It.u nville I'nder the trees,
which then covens I the ground In The
courthouse yard. I saw five deer stand
ing together. I selected one of the
finest Ittoking ones anti fired. A! the
crack of my gun he fell; but when 1
went up to where he way. he Jumped
to his feet, and would hsv# followed
the other deer towards the river, hud I
not rushed up and caught hold of him.
putting my arms under hia neck. He
pawed me with his sharp hoofs and
horned ma— hi* hoofs making an ugly
gash Id ray thigh and his horn* strik
ing me on tha forehead. The mark* of
both hoofs and horns I carry with me
today. I held the deer motll my dog
came np. 1 then loaded the gun and
shot him again, thle tlm# killing him
This was the first deer I ever killed,
and although It waa a dangerous un
derteking. the eiperlenc# only spurred
me on to gather trophies of a similar
character.
"I killed kve heart Jost nalow tae
towa—where Boonvllle now stands—
and killed twenty-two bears in
three days. I killed four alk
In less than one hfwr. Tkara ware
a few buffaloes in the country
when I came, but these were
soon killed or driven further west
ward. I never killed a buffalo, bnt
rnught live calves of a small herd near
Pettis county line. I have teen as
many as thirty deer at one sight at
Pralria Lick. One day I went out upon
the prairie. In the spring of the year,
and saw about twenty deer—all lying
down eacept one; this one was a sen
tinel for the herd. I approached with
in three hundred yards of them and
then took my handkerchief, which
was a large red bandana, and fastened
It to a stick, and shook It a little
■ hove my head, when they all sprang
to their fact and came toward me. A
deer has much curiosity, and they were
determined to find out, If they could,
what the rad handkerchief meant
When one of the largest of the number
came within gunshot distance I shot
and killed It. 1 often repeated the
handkerchief ruse with great success.
I have killed and carried to the house
three deer before breakfast."—Prom
"Missourians of One Hundred Tears
Ago," by Walter B. Stevena.
Bible Stops Bullet.
When that American Sunday school
scholar gave his nickel for a Testa
ment for a aoldlcr in Europe he did
not know that the Testament would
stop a bullet within an Inch of a
French soldier's heart and save his
life.
Rnt Eugene Pufall. that gallant
French soldier whose life was saved
hy that Testament, knows It, and he
will always be grateful to some un
known American Sunday school boy,
or it may be a girl, who that Sunday
hack In America did his hit toward the
1.200.0tSi Testaments and Oospels
which have gone to Europe through
the co-operation of the World's Sun
day School association and the Amer
ican and other Bible agencies.
This new Testament waa given him
at Pleuleflt. the first camp In Pau
phlne, hy the French Bible society. On
January 10, 1917. he was carrying It
on hla cheat In the Schonholta wood,
before Altklreh (In Alsace), when a
bullet from a machine gun glanced ;
from a tree or rock, struck him on the :
breast and entered the Testament.
German Soldier Slang.
The first attention attracted by
Roche soldier slang waa enlisted when j
they dubbed the 420-mm. gun "Big Ber- !
tha,” says the Bulletin dee Arraees.
The machine gun la “atottertante” (the !
aunt who stntters). They aloa say
“the organ of death." “the colic can
non." “the old chatterbox." When the
French machine guns are In action the .
Boehe In hla (logout exclaims:
"There's a Franxman at hla sewing
machine.”
The eaaqne Is the "tnllp;” the knap
sack, the “monkeyepaulettes are
"soup plates:” noncom stripes are "cu
cumber parings.” The various arms !
have their sobriquets. The Infantry
man la called the "sand hare;” the
chausseur Is the “green frog;” the
trench digger Is the “mole” or the
“dltchmanthe white cuirassier, the
“flour bagthe uhlan, the “lamplight
er,” and the green hussars with yellow
trimmings are "the egg and spinach.”
—
Food Consumption.
Studies of the monthly per capita j
consumption of wheat, meat, fat and i
sugar Id the United States and in Eu
ropean countries, show that. In gen- j
eral, people in the United States eat I
the most per person. The German
sugar ration for 1916-1917 was hardly
more than one-tenth of our consump
tion and in meats we consumed almost j
six times as much as the Germans I
were allowed. France Is on a slightly
more liberal diet than Germany, yet
the French sugar ration Is only 1.1
pounds per month per person, as com
pared with 7.4 pouads In the United
States. England, though commonly
considered a country of hearty cet
era, ucca even leas fat than France, and
la about midway between France and
the United States aa regard mead and
sugar consumption.
CHRIST'S AIJJK8
•‘What is this Red Crosa,” some folk’i
say,
•‘Is it a war born graft
The means whereby pretentious onei
May exercise their craft.”
I think they're just plain folks whc
try
To help along the way
Hut means, to carry on that work
I, needed every day.
Ho uh;,t do y( u say, we take a chance
i pon tie in playing fair.
For that ' the finest game on earth
If it s played on the square.
riie Red Crus' means true, ski if,,
aid
The wounds of flesh and • oil! t<
bind.
And mercy's lamp to keep alieht
With spirit brave, heart clean and
kind.
A brother in each man to see
Means fellowship with Christ, to
know
Throug him each other, thus to helf
God's plan to follow here below.
Christ needs our help as we need his.
In that the world's salTtirtlon lies;
His spirit works thru mercy's cross
And so 1 think their Christ's allies.
— Mrs James Gilmour.
Litte sins are eggs from which
great sorrows are hatched.
SENATOR ELLISON D. SMITH
Senator Ellison D. Smith succeeds
the late Senator Newlands as chair
man of the senate committee on inter
state commerce and of the joint con
gressional committee. He already la
chairman of the committee on Immi
gration.
ALIEN WOMEN ARE
SUBJECT REGULATIONS
German and Austro-Hungarian wo
men. under the new rules and regula
tion. are subject to the same condi
tions as are imposed upon German
cr Austro-Hungarion alien enemies.
They are prohibited from approach
ing within the proscribed limits of
public docks and wharves, and also
may not depart from any port in Al
aska to another port in the Territory
'•or the'States without first securing
a permit to do so front the Attorney
I General of the United States, such
, permit being secured through the Uni
i ted States Marshal's office It is fur
ther ordered that is such German or
'.ustro-IIungarian women become a
menace they may be interned during
the period of the war. These and
other minor rules and regulation have
l een received by District Attorney i
Munly. with instructions to see that
thev are rigidly enforced.
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FISH
Black cod, red snapper and halibut,
just received by Love-Whitley Com
pany, tf
Juat received all the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Relnke's. tf
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CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate For Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
"Id deciding to enter tbe primaries as a candidate for Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to
tbe people of tbe territory. It is now nearly a year since I was seated
in tbe House as Alaska’s representative to congress. During tbe most
of tbis time tbe United States has been engaged in a world war, and
every resource of tbe nation, including money and man power is be
ing devoted to tbe single purpose of winning tbis great war. Every
member of congress in considering legislation for tbe nation, bas
placed tbe country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to tbe military establishment of the
United States.
“Alaska Has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given
her share willingly and unstintlngly. When the democratic party
went before the people of Alaska in November, nineteen sixteen, it
stood for a certain constructive program which embodied as its prin
cipal elements a wider measure of home rule for the territory, and a
sane and rational policy In the development of natural resources and
every possible aid to the pioneers of the country.
"I have introduced among others the following bills in congress
which I am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home
rule the dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair
to all, and the protection of the salmon Bupply from depletion.
"Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty
rod reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
"Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better oppor
tunity to use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
"Providing for the care of Alaska's insane within the territory.
At all times l have endeavored to keep constantly In mind the
needs of the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the
war some measure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in
passing a law which helped the prospector by suspending assessment
work on claims during the years nineteen seventeen and nineteen
eighteen. The extension of the wireless and cable system in Alaska has
been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
"Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appoint
ments to the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts
which prevented the farmers of the interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables are cancelled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of
Alaska have come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reit
erating my desire to serve the best Interests of Alaska I am submit
ting my name as a candidate for the democratic nomination for
Delegate to Congress.”
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Wednesday in each month in Ma
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C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec.
, I. 0. 0. F*
^ Valdez, No, 6
Meets every Monday night at 8:0O
o’clock p. m., in Odd Fellows’'
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM, N. G.
R. D. NICHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday bight in Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially In
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. 5
STATED communications, first and
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always welcome.
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