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VISITS SCENES OF EARLY TIMES
E. J. White, chief of the Terri
torial Bureau of Publicity. left on
the City of Seattle for a visit to his
old home at Whitehorse. Mr. White
expects to be out of the city lor a
week.
The above item, dear Stroller, ap
pearing in the Empire ot a recent
date, reminds us of the sap-rising
t:me of our young manhood when life
had not begun, to take on the sear
and yellow aspect of the autumn
leaf, when we first read your “Ad
vice to Young Mothers and your
stories of the ice worms anil ot
Whitehorse's hand-painted glaicer.
It was in the days when the Tallow
Faced Ki<L the Dago Fid, and all the
rest of the tribe of “Kids were in
full bloom, not only along the Y u
kon blit the Alaska coast as well,
and you were chronicling their go
ings and comings in the columns ot
the Whitehorse Star.
We are sure that on your pilgrim
age to the home of the ice worm—
the city at the head of navigation
on the Yukon— you will find things
changed. Limping Crouse will no
doubt have been gathered to her
forefathers those citizens who you
helped to keep on the straight and
narrow path by your advice to “put
a squirt of lemon in it,” will now be
hanging around a doctor’s office in
the hope of getting a prescription
to use the squirt in.
The young mothers who in the
days goue by were wont to weep
out their troubles on your manly
bosom while you gave them direc
tions for the relief of croupy and
teething infants, will have children
who are pros|>ecting for gold in the
Yukon hills.
As for the ice worms and the
painted glacier— in their day two of
the attractions oi' the metropolis of
Southern Yukon made famous by
the magic of your pen— wc fear they
have gone the way of the Limping
Giouse. These landmarks, since the
author of their being moved to
Southeastern Alaska, have gone and
Whitehorse has suffered thereby.
Tourists no longer visit the place
to view these attractions nor do they
migrate there to take their Canadian
Club with that “squirt of lemon’’
in it.
As you pass through Skagway we
are sure you will seek out the grave
i
of Soapy Smith and drop a tear on
it for old time’s sake and that you
five the old Pack Train the once over
and sigh as you pass Clancy’s. All
those things have been made known
and intimate in your sketches of
things as they were.
The snows of many winters have
fallen since the first Stroller ar
ticles were written on the banks of
the Yukon. The frost has nipped
the pumpkin many falls since the
scenes and sights of the North were,
first made familiar to folks by your
i
pen. t.
We are sure when you return to
Juneau you will have a story of con
ditions as they are in comparision to
how they were, that will bo read
from the alligator-infested Kver
g’ades of Florida t«» the land when*
the northern lights play and the sun
dogs bark. (Douglas Island News)
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FEW AFTOS IN DAWSON
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“Dawson, that at the height of fho
gold rush had a population of 30,000
today has .500. There were some 20
automobiles in town, and gasoline re
tailed at a dollar a gallon. One man
told me it cost him $1500 in freight to
got his car shipped in from Skagway.
“It was a wonderful trip , all the
way thru, and such sights as that
of the Taku glacier one will never
fo.got. It is a sheer wall of ice. 200
feet high and perhaps a mile wide.
Occassionaliy a tremendous ice mass
crashes into the water, and creates
a young tidal wave. I do not think
anything on the American continent
can ♦•(pud the Alaskan trip from a
scenic standpoint."
shipping along tin* Nome water
front was completely suspended and
the larger vessels compelled to run
for shelter behind Sledge island by
a heavy gale which blew up recently.
Tlie storm did little damage and per
formed a much needed service by
cleaning up the beach.
John Hegnesrs, of Nome, who re
cently made a trip to Fairbanks and
to the coast over the Richardson
road, is enthusiastic over the latter
trail, but wants to know why the
Second division cannot have some
good roads also. The delegates to the
territorial legislature are asked to
pledge themselves to work for better
roads for the Second division. They
will use their efforts toward helping
the Alaska road commission secure
sufficient funds to build good roads
all over Alaska.
“Glacier”
Breezes
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PERT PARAGRAPHS
OF SENSE AND NONSENSE
C AUGHT ON THE FLY BY
“ THE HUMAN TOOTHPICK ”
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Dance music is the sole stirring
kind. The jazz tunes have become po
pular during the last decade, but not
withstanding the fact, one seldoih
hears a popular song sung or played,
without comparing the new with the
old and the comparison scarcely evet
1‘avoi s the jazztunc.
It will he too bad if our Chamber ol
Commerce develops the habits of the
hear this winter and decides to “hole
up” during the winter months. An in
tensive campaign, carried out on sane
and conservative linos this winter will
.•liable Seward to plant many seeds in
the fertile soil of the future and these
seeds if pioperiy cultivated will bear
j excellent fruit in the spring and sum
j hut months of next year. The time is
coming and coming rapidly when
thing- wilt Ik* doing and it is up to us
all to in* ready for the time. Let’s gee
busy.
That person who thinks no one is
right bin himself ought to be locked
ip when he can do no damage.
Some fanners are troubled with in
iiammatiay rheumatism and some)
others with flimflanunatory Ruben
! ism. f
A certain school teacher was tell
ing another about the time when she)
..aught m a small, town and hoarded
and roomed with a certain family. She
,aid that tie* last place she got room
land board was the limit and the onlv
Jung that mreined like hoard was tin
bed.
it has boon my observation that the
oniy time some men accquire a follow
ing is wln-n they are occupying the
hearse at their own funeral.
Some politicians begin at the hot
tom and work down.
Spend less tune in envying the
sm cuss of your neighbor and a litil.
more in trying to get there yourself.
Yes. Dolly, to meet a hearse is a
s a sure sign of death. A live man
never rides around in a hearse.
OFFICIAL CENSUS
FOR FOUR ALASKA
DISTRICTS GIVEN
That th«* population of the four
census districts of Alaska so far re
ported amount to 44,275 is the report
made by Supt. Charles W. Hawkes
woiih, in charge of census matters in
the Juneau district, who has returned
after being absent for three months
on census and other bureau of educa
tion business.
'flic* census districts that have noi
yet been heard from are the sixth,
comprising the territory tributary to
Point Harrow, and the fourth, em
bracing the Kuskokwim country.
Complete census returns for the
first district give it 12,257 whites, 4,
19J natives, 967 mixed blood, and a
total of 17,415. The second district
has 9,102 whites, 2,960 natives and 2,
i 529 mixed blood and a total of 14,591.
i The third district has 5,781 white, 2,
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i 330 natives, 337 mixed blood and a
i total of 8,448. The fifth has a total
| of 1,345 whites, 2,216 natives, 246
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mixed blood and a total of 3,821.
The white population of Alaska, ex
clusive of the fourth and sixth census
divisions, which will contain few
| white people, is found to be 28,485.
The native population which will be
added to considerably when the other
two districts have reported is found to
bo 11,697 and the mixed bloods are
4,093. I
NOTICE OF ELECTION
TO ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF
SEWARD, DIVISION NO THREE,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to an Act of Congress, approv
ed May 7, 1906, entitled “An Act Pro
viding for the Election of a Delegate
to the House of Representatives from
the Territory of Alaska," and an “Ac*
lo Create a Legislative Assembly in
the Territory of Alaska, to Confer
Legislative Power Thereon and for
other purposes," and in conformity
therewith a general election will be
lehl on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 2
nd., 1920, BETWEEN THE HOURS
OF 8 O'CLOCK A. M. and 7 O'CLOCK
P. M. OF SAID DAY for the purpose
of electing the following officers to
wit:
A DELEGATE to the HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES from the Terri
tory of Alaska.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL for
ALASKA.
ONE MEMBER of the SENATE of
Jio TERRITORY of ALASKA.
JOUR MEMBERS of the HOUSE
jf REPRESENTATIVES of the Ter-'
litAry of Alaska.
TWO ROAD COMMISSIONERS for
Road District No. o, of Alaska.
The Incorporated Town of Seward,
Alaska, constitutes one voting pre-,
cinct, and the Mayor and Common j
Council of said Town of Seward, by
resolution to such effect duly adopted
have designated the Town Hall in said
Town situate, as the voting place
wherein such election shall be held
and have authorized and directed, in
| accordance with law, notice thereof be |
given, that between the hours of eight!
)’clock in the forenoon and seven o'
clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the
ind., of November, 1920, in the Town
Hall at Seward, Alaska, a general
election will be held for the purpose
Hereinbefore set forth.
1T1K COMMON COUNCIL OK THE I
fbvVN OK SEWARD, ALASKA,
rty C. A. ESTES,
Clerk.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 19—Lack of j
pastui age for dairy cattle in the vicin- I
ty of Nitro, West Va., resulted in the
establishment at that war-built city of j
a mechanical dairy where milk and
cream equivalent to the output of a
farm with 1,500 milk cows was pro
iuced, according to a government re
port just published. Dottles and cans
of the fluid were labeled “reconstruct
cd” milk or cream and “nitrolac.”
Accommodations for 25,000 inhabi
tants were provided at Nitro; school*,
churches, hospitals, department,stores
restaurants, and all the other ele
ments of a modem well-equipped com
munity being part of the project. As a
construction problem it was compar
atively simple, but officials began to
strike snags as soon as they approach
ed the task of insuring a supply of
staple foodstuffs, particularly of fresh
milk.
Nitro Is situated in a mountainous
district where little, if any natural
pasturage is available. Local milk sup
plies were barely sufficient to satis
fy the normal demands of Charles
town, the nearest metropolis. Expan
iion of the natural supply being out of
die question, the public health service
was asked for aid and the first “me
chanical dairy” resulted.
The process used is described as
che “emulsification of butter fat ob
tained from unsalted butter in a solu
tion of skimmed milk powder, or di
luted evaporated milk.” A building
150 feet long by 51 feet wide, was
constructed and provided with hug>
mixing vats, refrigerators and bottl
ing apparatus. Chemically pure wate
was used in the mixing and carefu
tests made by the product which prov -
ed to be a little superior, if anything
the report said, to natural milk.
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Chas. Krefting, Dictator.
A. H. L. Meyer, Secretary.
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Residence Third Ave.
Ptones: Office, Madison 130;
Residence Adams 48.
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At our Seattle Office we have opened a buying department for the
benefit of the Alaska Trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations desir
ing closer connections for baying and selling.^The service rendered is direct;
we, at every step, exercise close supervision over all transactions, thus assur
.ng accurate and prompt attention.
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship right, to
insure right — to attend to all matters as your personal agent. Your inquiries
and wants will receive our iipmediate and most courteous attention. .#
WRITE USf-r there is no obligation. We are just the business con.
nection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the buying of mining,
cannery and fishing supplies, drygoods, groceries, cigars and tobacco, driigs,
rubber goods, furniture, household sundries, electrical goods, gas engines —
in fact, anything that grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all Alaskan
products. Get in touch with\us, giving foil particulars, and your goods will bo
sold right.