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THIS IS THE LIFE
liehold the beauty of the summer!
August is here in all its glory.
What grander month graces the cal
endar ?
Kissed by the softest zephyrs of
the seasons, earth now yields her lus
cious fruitage of the year. Imperial
August brings forth the annual in
crease, and the bounty thereof adorns
hill and vale.
Who would not love to dwell nearer
nature‘s heart, caressed by the amor
ous sun of these halcyon days and
regaled with oceans of ozone ?
Klondike is vouchsafed all the lavish
gifts of the ideal summer. They are
on every hand to be had for the mere
taking. Hundreds in Dawson have
passed years within the coniines of
the city and not stepped forth to ac
cept the opportunities.
Yukon has become a land of homes.
In early days the adventurer came in
his feverish way, and had little time
save for the quest of gold. 1 oday
normal conditions exist. Many really
that the best years of their l:ves are
pasting here, that whatever of good
they are to get for themselves must
be gotten here. They are looKing about
them, and making an effort to grasp a
little of the glorious sunshine and the
health and vigor that comes to th:»se
who get out of doors for a spcl
A few summers ago the pioneers
in the Klondike outing brigade pitched
their tents by the river or along some
creek. Now the idea is taking root
with many. Along the banks of the
Klondike scores are camping this sum
mer, and traveling back and forth in
auto cars* Others are camping on the
Yukon, and making connections with
town and camp by auto boat.
This is as it should be. Those who
get a little such life in summer re
vitalize their blood, restore their nerve
batteries, build up their tissue, and
come back far more efficient in body
and mind and better prepared to stand
the strain over desk or the stove or
within the walls of office, shope and
home. It is good medicine. It is an
inexpensive insurance; it is the means
to a new lease on life—prolonged life,
unruffled and happier life.
The grayling is now aleap in the
river, the berries ripe on the hill, the
majestic days are here. Cut loose,
make the start, go camping—live.—
Dawson News.
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THE PROLETARIAT’S DAY
Determination to make those receiv
ing war profits pay higher taxes in
dicates real wisdom on the part of the
solons at Washington. It indicates
further, that the doctrines preached
by the so-called radicals, who after
all were conservative compared to the
I. W. W., enthusiast, during the past
few years have gained strong footing
iii the heretofore adamant stronghold
of conservatism—the U. S. senate.
Some of the acts passed by the sen
ate or now in course of construction
would make the socialist of a few
years back rise up and shout with
joy.
Government supervision of ship
building and other manufactories.
Federal control of food supplies.
Income taxes up to more than half
the income of millionaires.
Oraft rules by which the sons of
the rich must share in the same mili
tary service as the sons of the poor.
Truly, the day of the proletariat it
at hand.
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ANOTHKR INDl’STRY
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Although it has been known for
some time that tungsten in paying
quantities has existed in the Tanana
Valley—and some few tons of it have
been extracted and shipped to the Out
side either as ore or concentrates—
tungsten mining heretofore has hard
ly been counted as one of the indus
tries of the interior. It now develops,
however, that the mining of the metal
is to be commenced on such an elabo
rate scale that it is probable »hat th*
near future will see it overshadowing
even gold in the matter of the value
of the product extracted annually from
the ground. The development work is
in its infancy as yet. but it is advanc
ing in rapid strides, and by those who
know, it is predicted that tungsten
mining will be one of the greatest in
dustries in the Tanana Valley within
the next year.
Tungsten has been discovered in a
number of places in the Interior while
prospectors were working in gold
quartz. For many years, however,
but little attention was paid to the
discoveries, for. although the metal
was usually known to the prospector,
its value from a mining standpoint
was small, and little or no effort was
made to mine it until about two years
ago, when a ledge was opened up at
the head of Gilmore creek by John
son & Ewers. Still later Mike Stepo
vich opened up a ledge in the same
vicinity, and now comes Jacob Myers
with the assurance that if capital and
development work can prove that
tungsten mining in Interior Alaska
can be made to pay, he will do it.
The mining of tungsten ore has un
doubtedly been made possible by the
great war, as great quantities of the
metal are used in making various
kinds of ammunition. Antimony, too,
is used in large quantities, the result
being that antimony mining has also
been given impetus.
But regardless of historical facts
concerning the mining of the two met
als here, it is now practically certain
that both will prove to be second to
no industry in the interior, excepting,
possibly, gold mining.—Ex.
They do more
than please the taste—
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ALASKA c°mpany «PH»
Sailings from Seattle:
A 1_1— Canf 0
Mariposa.Aug. 22
Northwestern... Aug. 27
Alameda.bept. l
Alaska.Sept. 7
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Santa Ana will sail westward after the arrival of the S. S. Alaska,
which left Seattle August 18th.
S. S. Ketchikan will leave Seattle August 21st with oils and ex
plosives.
All ships go through to Anchorage.
For further particulars of service, rates.apply to Agent.
A. H. MCDONALD, Agent.
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For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
has been established in connection with this paper, and all those desir
ing information as to the value of real estate and business opportuni
ties are requested to address their communications to
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, SEWARD
GATEWAY.
Seward, Alaska.
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FOOD CONTROL TOO
MUCH FOR HIM
STOCKHOLM, July 15, (By Mail)
—John Erson, a farmer of Njutanger,
grew so weary making out the van
oups declarations required by the au
thorities concerning stocks of cereals,
bread, sugar, potatoes, etc., that he
hanged himself in a 1 ina 1 culmination
of weariness and exasperation.
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City Express meets all boats and
1 trains. Phone Maine 122.
WANTED — Sewing, by day or at
home. Mrs. Young, Alaska House.
Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
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Waterfill and Frazrer whiskey at
the Branch.
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Meet me at The Branch.
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
ADDING TO THE JOY OK LIFE
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Honors have come to our fellow
townsman, which we wot not of, ac
cording to information through the
agency of friend Charles Herron s
most illustrious publication up Ye In
let. Says Charles:
“J. Lindley Green, of Cordova, hank
examiner for the Third district, ac
companied by his daughter, Dorothy j
Green, will arrive on the steamer Ad-1
miral Evans tomorrow morning. Mr.
Green is coming to examine the ac
counts of both local banks and will be
here several days between boats.
Of course there is no J. Lindley, of
Cordova, and our J. Lindley is not the |
bank examiner, but pshaw, why crab
about a few facts when its among!
friends. But just between ourselves,;
can you fathom the cause lying be- j
hind the last two words of the para
graph. Why should he specify * be
tween boats”? Is it necessary thus
to qualify one’s stay in the fair me
tropolis of the upper country? Boats
are the only way out at this season
of the year, the railroad not being
completed. But why rub it in or call
attention to the fact that it might have
read “between tides,” or forsooth,
“between barges,” and, alas, that other
season so soon upon him when it must
have read “between sleds.”
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FIND SANDS AT
CORDOVA HOT
Mystic Shriners Hold Forth in Can
ning Metropolis for
“ Unwashed”
A caravan of Shriners from Nile
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
Seattle, arrived in Cordova Wednes
day on the steamer Admiral Evans, to
put on a ceremonial. The caravan
was headed by Past Potentate John
Rex Thompson, accompanied by Past
Potentate and Illustrious Recorder
Frank H. Lazier, J. P. 0‘Hara and
Thomas McLauglin. Mrs. Lazier and
Mrs. McLauglin were also of the vis
iting party.
It had come to the knowledge of the
illustrious potentate of Nile Temple
that a number of “unwashed, unregen
erate sons of the desert," in the oases
of Cordova, were clamoring for ad
mission within its gates, so the cara
van was sent to escort them to the
Holy City of Mecca, and to prove to
them that the sands of Cordova could
be just as hot as in the heart of the
Arabian desert. The time set for the
ceremonial was that evening, and the
time was short to prepare for it, but
the caravan was ready.
The following novices salammed be
fore the prophet, saluted the black
stone of Mecca, drank from the well
of Zem Zem, partook of the feast of
figs and dates, and came forth full
fledged nobles of the Mystic Shrine:
William Edward Brown, Harold Chad
wick, Archibald McNellage Field, John
Gillis, Brady Howard, Thomas Middle
ton Hunt, John Andrew Johnson, C.
Kitsman, Oscar Ludwick Larson, Hi
ram Battnel Malcolm, Edward Francis
Medley, Oscar Charles Meyer, Clyde
Arthur Nettleton, John Henry Sellen,
Henry A. Slater, Floyd John Smith,
James Smith, John J. Strigsve, Ivan
H. Suphellen, Theodore C. Thisted, and
Maurice S. Wilson. I
YOU CAN HELP
Postmaster Root has cards to he signed by house
wives under directions from the food administiatoi b}
which every woman is enlisted to help win the war by
economy at home. If you have not received a caid, ask
for one.
In his letter of instruction to all postal employees
Postmaster General Burleson says:
“It is the purpose to lurnisn to eacn person signing
one of the pledge cards a household window tag entitled
“Member of United States Food Administration,” and a
card bearing the first instructions of the food adminis
trator. You will, therefore, after the return to your office
of all cards distributed by you, or such portion thereof as
may reasonably beexpected to be signed, but not later than
one week after the date of their distribution, notify the
Food Administrator, Washington, D. C., of the number of
persons signing the cards and hold the cards in your office
until yoi receive a supply of household window tags and
instruction cards, one copy of each of which you will de
liver to every person who signed a pledge card.
“After you have received and delivered the household
window tags and instruction cards to the signers of the
pledge cards in one or more packages and send them un
der a penalty envelope or label of your office to the Food
Administrator, Washington, D. C.
“It is the desire of this department to have the postal
service co-operate to the fullest possible extent with the
food administration in carrying out the important and
vital work which it has undertaken with a view to sup
porting and assisting the country in these momentous
times, thereby assuring the successful prosection of the
war, and to this end you are requested to give this matter
your prompt and carefui personal attention. In order that
interest may be aroused in the work of the food adminis
tration and the full measure of its purposes be achieved,
you will please give the project the widest publicity pos
sible.”
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LAUGH ANI) SAVE FOOD
A laugh at dinner is a laugh at the Kaiser.
“Laugh and grow fat” is a good maxim to remember
when voluntary meatless days and wheatless days are
staring us in the face.
If hunger is the best sauce, good humor runs it a close
second. A laugh is better than a digestive medicine. An
ger, worry or ill temper bring their own punishment. Na
ture throws off secretions that retard digestion when the
body is shaken by deep feeling. And by the same token
the happy man gets full value from his food.
If you believe in winning the war by feeding our Al
lies with what we can save, don’t go at it as a disagreeable
duty. Take joy in it. Think of the soldier boy or Belgian
orphan who will enjoy what you do not eat.
Take a laugh home from the office or workshop. It’s
as good as an extra potato in the pot. If you have your
little troubles, think how much better off you are than
the boy in the trenches. Above all, don’t pass your trou
bles along. Shoulder them yourself.
If you go into the food saving plan resentfully, it’s
better not to go at all, for your anger will cause you to eat
food that will do your body no good. If you spoil the meal
with bad temper you spoil the food you have eaten. If
you are happy in sacrifice, you actually need less food.—
Exchange.
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n« more than other firms
charge for inferior goods, and
that we handle orders with in
telligence and promptness.
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