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The Alaska Weekly Post
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GATEWAY PI'BI.ISIH NG COMPANY. (Inc.)
Elmer A. Friend, Editor
rry V. Ho ben. President frank L. Ballaine. . ec.
lUr*d u aacosd-claaa inilUr S*pt*mhcr ?. 191ft. at th# Post 0«ca at Saward. A'a.U
uodor Art of March S. 1*79
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all news dispatches credited ot it or not otherwise credited in this paper
id also the local news published herein.
IMPRESSIVE REVIEW HELD.
WITH THE FRENCH \RMIES, Nov., 8—One of ilk
most impressive military reviews ot the war took plr.ee
eently when the various units of tin* 1 rench army, wire
^wept the Germans hack in the Champagne last July, pro
sented forty- eight battle-flags to their Commander, to
oral Gouraud, the one-armed hero of Gallipoli.
At a luncheon which followed 2,H00 officers and im
each wearing one or more of Frances decorations for dr
tingushed service were in attendance.
( H \N( ES FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.
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WASHINC.TOX, I>. C.. Nov., 8— Jobs for returned
soldiers as conductorsaiul m< tormen ot strict cars are In -
ing opened by the C apital Traction Company and by the
Cleveland lines, winch have announced their intention of
giving this work to men w r. have lost an arm or leg on
the fighting line.
Careful experiments we e made wit \ civilians hamp
ered by the loss of limbs before the con panics decided up
on this policy. The Washington company used one man.
who suffered the loss of a ’eg, first as motorman and lat
er as conductor, and he did such effective work in both
An All - year - round
Soft Drink
for the Bluejackets
Our beys in the nrvy t njoy their
Bevo. The esteem in \ inch it is
held by the entire Nav ' Depart
ment is clearly indicat ;d by the
fact that it is sold end served on
all U. S. vessels and i i t raiain *
camps. Afloat or ashore, you will
find Bevo unusually refreshing,
good and healthful.
Soft in the strictest sense, but a
thoroughgoing man s drink. Try
it by itself, or with a bite to eat.
Served everywhere- - families
supplied by grocers, druggists
or dealers.
Manufactured and b»»ttl?d exclu-iv-’.y hv
Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis *r"
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WHITTEMORE & MARGl'LES
Dbtributocs SLH AR1). ALASKA
EXAMINING A CAPTURED GERMAN SOLDIER
Wilt . ill'll I Iln- rsi|MUI'iM| I’.orlf ;ill lie «i'Q
t,.|l ,.r ill.' mowmi-lils ,.f I lie oiirmy Im-Iimv llu-J solid Ido. to ill.- prison <utu*
positions that the company has not only retained him i>•
as employ, hut will take on wounded soldiers as rapidly a:
possible.
ol eei-car companies have found difficulty in gettu"
mea. o ■ ing to the demands of the draft and war indust
ries.
KINDS 42000 JOBS FOR SOLDIERS.
i' nisylvania lias taken the lead among the States ir
providing for men disabled in war or in industry. Th<
Stale Department of Labor and Industry is making a sy
'• i;.tk effort to obtain accurate information on the labor
citua i n. and has obtained, some interesting statistics
v. li’ch hav • been communictjied to the Department of Lab
01.
The State organization is making a survey to discove.
ii v i ii ; and possibilities for disabled soldiers. Its aim is
to le t mine the number/if places that can he filled and
the kinds of work that can lie done by handicapped men or
sieientl trained.
Ah ;ndv 42,000 places suitable for men with partial
disabilities have been found in the State alone. Other
States are making or are planning similar researches in
order to gain accurate information regarding the job?
lhat wid be waiting discharged soldiers prepared to fill
them.
The aim of the work is to bring to light employment
needs and labor conditions in each locality, and to find
plenty < work at standard wages for discharged soldiers,
so that ’.'lev may return to industrial life not as pension
ers, hut as self-supporting workmen.
“LOGGED OFF” LAND RECLAIMED BY
THE MILLION ACRES ON PACIFIC COAST.
SAN FRACNISCO, CAL.- Nov., .8— Eleven millin'
leres of “logged off” timbei' land on the Pacific Coast
might be reclaimed and used for agricultural purposes,
accoHing to the statement of Walter H. Graves, whose ap
i ointment by Secretary Lane as an engineer of the Re
elain ati *n Service recently announced. Mr. Graves has
boon instructed to make a study of the large districts o*
cutover timber land in the west for the purpose of deter
lining its availability, when cleared, for farms for sol
diers after the war. The land denuded of timber would
have to be cleared of the encumbering logs, stumps and
brush.
The redemntion of this vast wilderness, it is estimat
< . ould add $2,000,000,000 to the farm wealth of the Pac -
ific states. The cost of clearing the land would be less tha>'
•.he value of the land if improved mechanical devices were
used, Mr. Graves said.
_ vtbr i^lrubrrt frhlpprr, is areliablcnnd accurate Market
import and price list. issued:*! every change in the Fur Ma.ket.
r 1; !•> somct hing more than tnrroly "something to read. ’It io the advis*
or. fri. ndand sum post to the right road to reliable market information
d nccurato tnurket quotations. ”2>lfr tMjul}prt t^**4>izirr is received by
hundreds of thousands of trappers and Fur shippers all over North
\ 'erica. Never was a serious misstatements of facts published in
\:tjf £i)wb?r! ^Hlpprr'* and this character of accuracy and reliability
.« <.emo»»strated that such information is absolutely ®B*®,’^111 J°
ieeo»*ful trapper and Fur shipper. You should read ttbf 0l|iiwtl
i));lpprf” —we v. unt your .tame on our mailing ib-t.
fill in the Above Coupon NOW—and Mail it—AT ONCE
A.B.SHUBE RLT, inc.
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