IT IS THE PRIVATE SOLDIER
THAT IS TRANCE’S IDEAL
On his return from the battle
tentative Miller, of Minnesota,
that has attracted much attenti
His tribute to the private soldier
“There are many things I would like
to say, but one thing especially I want
to say, and that is that France is very
proud of her soldiers. A Frenchman
believes that he has shown to the
world that his blood is the reddest of
the earth. He knows that in the war
■of 1870, Gravelotte, Sedan, and Metz
were all stolen victories, and that he
never had a chance. He knows that
be is a good soldier, he knows that the
world knows it, and all France is proud
of her soldiers. Hut. let rue tell you
one thing, and I want all to remember
it, and I wish every American would
remember it, and that is that it is the
private soldier that is the ideal of
France. It is not the officer. They
treat an officer simply as an incident, to
an army. It is the private that is the
ideal of France. He is the man that
goe« under the gun, he is the man that
must do the charging, he is the man
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, April 2, 1918. there will be held in
the city hall, in the town of Iditarod,
Alaska^ a,n election for the purpose of
electing seven councilmen and one
member of the school board.
The polls for said election will be
open at 9 o'clock a. m. on that day and
will close at 8 o’clock p. tn. of the same
day. and all qualified electors of the
town of Iditarod who have registered
as provided by ordinance will be en
titled to vote at said election
Chas. E. Taylor.
Municipal Clerk.
Dated March 2, 1918.
Partnership Dissolution
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing be
tween John Duro and Mike Ross, under
the name of J. Duro and M. Ross, wood
dealers, at Otter precinct, Fourth divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, Mike Ross
selling bis interest to John Duro, who
will continue the business under his
name, and the same style.
John Duro.
Dated September 22, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Charles Courtright, and to his heirs
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned has expended in money, labor
and improvements during the year 1916
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100)
upon placer mining claim known as the
Ophir Fraction, on Willow creek, a
tributary of Iditarod river, in the Otter
mining and recording district, territory
of Alaska, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of the law respect
ing annual labor on reining claims.
And if within ninety days after the
last publication of this notice you fail
or refuse to pay your proportion of such
expenditure, vour interest in said claim
will become the property of the under
signed co-owner, according to the pro
visions of Section 2324, Revised Stat
utes of the United States
Dona LaChance, Co-owner.
First publication, January 5, 1918.
Last publication, April 6, 1918.
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front of France recently Re pre
delivered a speech in Congress
on, and has been widely quoted,
of France is given below:
that must do the suffering, lie is the
man that goes over the top, and he is
the man that must do tlie dying. If he
goes anywhere in France and knocks at
the door of a home, and they ask who
is there, he says, ‘A soldier of France.’
The door is opened, and he knows that
he is welcome to the best. The busy
housewife opens the door to her larder,
and he knows that he is welcome there.
He does not say he is an officer of
France. Vou will see the French sol
dier, the colonel, the captain, the cor
poral. the sergeant, and the private
sitting side by side at the table.
“You will see the colonel telling his
captain what the plan is for tomorrow
and the objective of the morrow’s fight
ing. You will see him telling his lieu
tenant, his corporal, his sergeant, his
private, until every man in the French
army knows exactly what the objec
tive of the morrow is just as well as
the colonel for each regiment. They
practice the democracy of their institu
tions, the practical application of it,
which is that one man is just as good
as another: and I believe that that if
we could instill that spirit into the
American army we would go far to
ward increasing its efficiency. If the
officer in the American army is too
proud to associate with his men or too
stupid to teach them, or too indifferent,
he is unfit to be an officer, and the
quicker he is out of the service the
better. I saw things in France that l
do not like to talk of; but I saw fight
ing men that we sent over there, men
sent by the United States, young, virile
Americans, red blood in every one of
them, whom we paid to go to France
to fight the battles of civilization, some
of them blacking the shoes of officers
and burnishing them. That is destruc
tive of the morale of any army, and
more so, of course, of an array raised
in a democracy like ours, where every
man is supposed to be as good as his
neighbor. We should instill some of
these things into the American army.
It occurs to me that any officer who
has a decent respect for the uniform
of his army would not ask any soldier
wearing the uniform of the Republic
to become his body servant.”
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DOUGLAS SQUAW GETS
WHISKY DESPITE LAW
Jennie Kelly, an Iudian woman re
siding on the beach, near Douglas, was
arrested and taken to the Douglas jail
in a condition bordering on beastly
drunkenness, says the Douglas corre
spondent of the Juneau Empire, Feb. 1.
Before the hatches were made fast
and the crownsheets battened down by
territorial-wide prohibition, nothing
would have been thought of Jennie’s
escapade, but in view of existing condi
tions, it excited considerable comment,
and especially in the ranks of the Amal
gamated Order of Soaks, of Douglas, at
which the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted;
“Whereas, It has come to our knowl
edge that an untutored daughter of the
forest has, by means unknown to this
order, become possessed of sufficient oil
of joy to cultivate a red and uproarious
jag; and
"wnereas, oearcn as we may, we
have been unable te locate even a smell
of the good old stuff while this unlet
tered and fish-scented squaw has ap
parently been reveling in it3 delights;
therefore, be it
“Resolved, That we fire what Rider
Haggard would term our smelling-out
committee as being unworthy of th®
trust reposed in them, they having
failed where a squaw succeeded; and
further, be it
“Resolved, That we do extend suit
able recognition to the ability and
genius of said squaw by securing a pic
ture of her and by hanging the same
on the wall of the meeting place of
this, The Amalgamated Order of
Soaks.”
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An ordinance denying aliens the
right to secure licenses to engage in
business in the city of Chicago unless
they have taken out their first citizen
ship papers, went into effect on Decem
ber 29 last, and will be in force until
May 1 next. By that time, if the
United States is in war, the ordinance
will be in effect for the duration of the
present conflict._
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FRANK fflcH06H
BURNED TO DEATH
Brooks, Feb. 4.—Frank McHugh, an
oldtitner of Alaska, was burned to
death last night, and .Terry Quinlan,
also a pioneer of the North, had a nar
row escape from death when the cabin
in which thay wete living was burned
to the ground. Both men were intox
icated at the time of the fire and Mc
Hugh was in such a condition that he
was not able to get out, of the building.
Quinlan was badly burned in making
his escape, but was not able to get the
other man out. After the tire, the
charred remains of the unfortunate
man were found. An inquest, will be
held this afternoon.
There is every teason to believe that
the unfortunate death was due to hoot
legging, and it is probable that arrests
will be made within a few hours, as
the matter is being investigated now.
The matter has been taken up with
officials in Fairbanks.
Jerry Gets Six Months
Brooks, Feb. 8.—Jerry Quinlan has
been found guilty of drunkenness and
sentenced to serve six months in jail.
Quinlan was with Frank McHugh in a
cabin a few da vs ago when the building
caught fire and claiming as a victim
Mr. McHugh. Quinlan had a narrow
escape.
SEDITIOUS TALK CAUSE ARRESTS
Seattle, Feb. TO.—Paul [Tollman and
E. Suter, two Germans employed by
the Frye Packing Co., were arrested
here, following alleged expressions of
satisfaction that the steamship 1'its
cania had been sunk, with a number of
Americans aboard. One of them is re
ported to have said also that “More
damned Americans will be sent to the
bottom in the same wav.'’
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