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PUHLISHKD DAILY. BXi'BDT SUNDAY'* AND HOLIDAYS
HY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V. Hoben. P Frank L. Ballaine. Sec. __ Erich Luca*. Trsas.
Entered as second plicae matter September. 2.1915. at the poatefflce at Seward. Alaaka.
& under act of March 3. 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
ONE YEAR. In aJvanc«.UO 00
THE ALASKA WEEKLY POST by mall 3.00 i
PER MONT, delivered.$1.00
ADVERTISING RATES on application.
DOING THEIR BIT
Great credit is due Seward merchants who are still
selling goods at the old prices regardless of the situation
outside.
With flour fifteen to seventeen dollars per barrel out
side, local residents will have to pay considerably more
when the shipments now on hand are gone and the mer
chants have to buy at the new price, but in the meantime
they are offered a chance to share in the profits which the
merchants might take for themselves if they care to do so.
It is a common trick outside for the retailer to jump
up his prices to suit a wholesaler’s raise regardless of the
fact that he may have a large stock on hand, purchased
at the lowest figure of the previous season.
Of course there is the flare back where the merchant
buys high and then the wholesale price drops, but the wise
merchant does not buy any more than he has to when the
wholesale price is high..
Considering the food situation from all sides there is
no reason for fear or any reason to prevent business con
tinuing as in time of peace. Production last year was lie
low normal and the exportation was above, but this year
it is evident that the greatest crop in the nation’s history
will be harvested.
By not cooking more at a time than the normal
amount needed for a meal, using left overs, saving all meat
fats, and, in short, avoiding the wasteful habits for which
the average American is notorious we can endure the
slight hardships thrust upon us by the Prussian.
We each have our hit to do and right now the mer
chants are doing their bit by giving the rest of us a chance
to economise, by laying in supplies before further advance
in prices is forced upon them.
HOW MEN ARE DRAFTED
Men are drafted for the army in very much the same
way that grand jurors for the United States court are
chosen. A large number of names of men liable to jury
duty, written on separate slips of paper, are placed in a
box which is sealed. The presiding judge orders the clerk
to draw a certain number of names, say forty. In the
presence of the court, the clerk and the marshal open the
box and draw forty slips from the box, and these forty
are summoned for dutv. The box is re-sealed and the re
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maining names kept for future use.
The Telegram has not been advised as to whether
drawings will l)e conducted by military machinery, by fed
eral court machinery or by state authority, or by state and
federal authority working together. In any case the first
thing is to register every man liable to military duty. This
will involve the sendee of federal, state, county, city and
town officers. In Oregon each election precinct will prob
ably be listed separately.
If the drafts are conducted as they were in the civil
war, each state will be called upon to furnish her quota
based on population. The state will call on each county,
and the county will call on each election precinct, the quota
for each precinct being based, most likely, on the military
registration. Of course, each draft will cover the entire
state.
To illustrate the working of a draft: Suppose that a ■
certain precinct has 100 registered for duty, and its quota
is twenty. Forty names will l>e taken from the 100 in the
box (or perhaps a sealed envelope). Double the number
called for are taken in order to provide against deficien-1
cies in the first twenty, due to physical disability and oth- i
er causes which would exempt men from service. All va
cancies in the first twenty, and whatever names are left
would be restored to the register. The second draft would
be handled in the same way. The United States marshal
or a deputy would summon the men.
This information is not official. It is merely an in
formal statement of how drafts were conducted in the
“TER THE LAND OF THE FREE.”
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—DonaHey in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
j Civil war. So far as The Telegram knows, no one in Port
land has been advised as to how the government will pro
ceed with the new draft which is selective. Certain men
in mechanical arts will be exempt; also certain farm lab
orers, and, we understand, all railroad men engaged in
train service. It may be that these classes will be omitted
from the new registration. Perhaps the machinery for
the draft will be simpler than that used in the Civil war.
However, it is reasonably certain that the men who are
; taken will be chosen by lot. It is unthinkable that a loop
hole will l)e left to show favoritism.—Portland Telegram.
INDIVIDUALITY
—
To each intellect belongs a special power. We belong,
to ourselves, and we lose control of our own when we try'
to be some one else. The original mind is a magnetic cen
ter for the attraction of other minds. But the lode-stone
loses nothing by attraction. It remains the same.
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Judging from the warlike reports from all the Ameri
j cans, Kaiser Bill will go down in history as the greatest
one to butt into a hornet’s nest in history.
Removing the cause before it becomes a result is the
best kind of public health work.
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By going up to Swreden, von Bernstorff will still be in
a position to keep in touch with the remaining neutral
countries.
The longer the war continues from now on, the less
trading material Germany will have in the peace confer-;
once.
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Shall two or three czars and a sultan rule the world?
Never again. ___<
For Spring Cleanup Use KRESO Disinfectant
Lime Chloride and Sulphur
SEWARD DRUG CO.
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ALASKA company who
Sailings from Seattle:
^ Alameda .May 10
Alaska.May l.>
Mariposa .May 21
Northwestern May 27
Alameda .June 2
All ships go through to Anchorage.
^ Sailing of May 10th from Seattle, connects with Dora to Westward.
Beginning with the Northwestern sailing of May 4th, all passenger
ships will touch at Skagway northbound. The Alameda and Mariposa
will be the only ships to call at Skagway southbound.
For further particulars of service, rates,apply to Agent.
A. H. McDonald, Agent.
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General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
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KansasCity. Denver
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SEATTLE
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GENERAL BLACKSMITH
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