EDITOR WRITES HIS
FAREWELL BEFORE DEATH
It Is not an uncommon thing for
some one to have a premonition
that death is near. It is. however,
a most extraordinary occurence for
a man. who is apparently in the full
possession of his faculties, and who
has no suicidal intentions, to know
that before the dawn of another
day he will have passed into the
Great Beyond.
Recently B. C. Ashcroft, editor of
the Monroe (N. C.> Enquirer, pass
ed away. After his death there was
found o nhis desk a farewell editor
ial which was written on his last
day in the office when he knew that
he would never report for duty
again, and that death was just
around the corner.
In his farewell editorial Mr. Ash
croft expressed his individual views
and feelings about some things, but
his attitude toward the public
which he had tried faithfully to
serve, is not so different from that
of thousands of other publishers of
weekly newspapers. With that as
a reason we reprint the editorial in
“Many a time during the years
gone by have I answered the call of
the man at the typesetting machine
or at the case for copy. This is my
last answer to that unstaving call—
“The eyes of him who hangs the
copy on the hook will not. after it is
set. read the proof for they will be
death dimmed. The hand that
wrote it will hot mark the errors on
proof sheet, for before it Is set that
hand will he cold, numb and cunn
ingless in the grave.
“The thought of laying aside my
pen—and that forever—is a stagger
ing one. but there is no use to wince
nor cry aloud, not a bit of it. About
the best thing to do is to be recon
ciled—and if I am not reconciled
“Was your uncle reconciled when ;
he met death?” a lone faced preach-j
er asked a boy whose uncle had
“^he hoy replied. ‘Reconciled,
h—1. he had to be.
“Now this contemplation of un
buckling the harness, of quitting
the work T love, is calculated to
bring on some sob stuff and it may
fee that some of you like to read that
kind of stufT—but I do not like to
write it.
“For many years I have written
copy for the Enquirer. I have told
of the successes of our people. I
have gladly told of their joys and it
has been a delight to me to chronicle
the fact for them the banner of suc
cess floated full mast and that for
them the bugle of victory was sound
ed sharp and clear. Sorrowfully I
have told of the griefs of our peo
ple. With a heavy heart and an
unwilling hand T have told of death
entering the homes oY our people, of
pain, sickness, suffering and loss
coming to the people whose servant
T have been in the way of furnish
ing them with the local events, good
or bad, cheering or sorrow-laden, in
our community.
“I pass my pen to another hand. I
wish I knew who will take my place
here in the Enquirer office. I might
tell him a few things that would be
of interest, if not of benefit to him.
“My work, as T have intimated,
has been pleasant. There have
been, of course, times of gloom. The
paw of old ‘hard times’ has. now and
then, pressed painfully hard on over
burdened shoulders, but there has
not been a time when that hard old
paw pressed down hard enough to
crush to earth. The night has not
been so dark that there was not
now and then, between the clouds,
the glimmer of the star of hope.
“My relations with the public
have been pleasant. The public Is
not so good as the candidate for
office tells It that it Is, neither is it
so absolutely bad as the defeated
candidate thinks it is. and taking It
year by year the public is pretty fair
in its dealing with the individual, at
least I have found it so.
“I have mingled with our people
in public gatherings of about all
kinds from preaching services to
street brawls—but the thought
comes where T will be one of the
number I will be the silent party at
the gathering, and at that gather
ing, no matter what is said or done.
I will make no objection, but I do
hope that on that occasion no self
-appointed saint, who claims to know
all about that other world and
knows so little about this world,
that he wearies part of Its Inhabit
ants almost to death when he
speaks, will make an ass of himself
by fulmfnating over me and airing
my many failures—a thins he did
not have the nerve to do publicly
while I was in the land of the liv
ing. Neither do 1 want any sugar
mouthed individual who never had
any kind words for me while I was
toiling along the best I could, to
come and say pretty nothings over
m.v rotting remains. And you folks
who have taken delight in throwing
rooks at me when I was not look
ing. for God’s sake keep your flow
ers off of my grave—I do not need
“I would like to leave a message
tr my business associates—the boys
in the shop—but I cannot write
about that for there comes a lump
in my throat and. doggone it. my
eyes fill with tears when 1 try to tell
of the loyalty, the fidelity, the pat
ience of these who have labored
with me year after year and some
of whom have grown up in the shoj..
I love them with a love unutterable
and if the blessing of a dying man
is worth a whoop, they will be en
dowed with richest blessing if old
reason shall sit enthroned wfcej, i
pass out. Boys, we have fought the
battles together.
“You have not failed the. God
bless you. Tf I have failed to act
the man before voi. f rgive m? as
I hope God has former, me. for if
1 have played th* coward's part, if 1
have been untrue, didtor.est. and
.in my life before jo'i I have not
Veen aware of it. 1 have tried God i
knows I have tried, to play the man ]
in my work. You can tell the man
who says that I knowingly wrote
falsely of any person, institution or
thing, that I with held my pen from
writing the plain truth when I
deemed it best to write for fear of
any man or for favor from anyone
on the face of the earth, that he is
“Perhaps some one will want to
know what are my views concerning
death and the future state. \Iy an
swer is, I know nothing about death
that all men since the race had its
origin have faced. I know no more
about the future than the cave men
knew. And you who read this know
no more. But although I do not
know, and cannot know. I can trust
—no man can do more.
"Note—Boys, print this as it is
written. Read proof carefully. For
me the forms are locked. Th<> last
line is written.—B. C. A.”
OF INTEREST
TO DOG MEN
WORM CURE
The Biological Survey Experi
ment Station is recently in receipt
of information from the Washing
ton office relative to the treatment
of dogs for worms, which should be
of pertinent interest to dog men.
| The information is offered by the
Bureau of Animal Industry.
With reference to the use of are
coline hydrobromide for removing
tapeworms, this drug is given by
mouth in doses of 1-8 grain to small
animals and 1-4 grain to animals of
average size; it appears advisable
to give a half-grain to large dogs.
It is usually effective, but like other
drugs for removing tapeworms, it
will occassionally fail to remove all
of the worms and will sometimes
fail to remove any. It appears to
be quite safe, but dogs are often
depressed by the treatment, prob
ably as the result of puration. The
drug should be given after fasting
the dog overnight and should not be
followed by a purgative as the drug
itself is quite effective as a purga
tive. (The oleoresin male fern
and nut areca treatment for re
moval of tapeworms, heretofore re
commended to Alaska dogmen, is
described on pages 58-59 of Bulle
tin No. 1089. Reindeer in Alaska,
U. S. Dept, of Agri.)
The best treatment for removing
ascarids (round worms) from dogs
consists in the use of oil of cheno
podium at the rate of 1 cc. for a 22
pound dog, accompanied by an oz.
of caster oil for dogs of average
size or smaller and 2 ounces for
large dogs. Purgation is essential
in using chenopodium. Dogs should
be fasted overnight.
The only treatment recommended
for removing whip-worms consists
in the use of daily doses of 4 to 1
grain of santonin with an equal
amount of calomel for a week, the
treatment then suspended for a
week, and then repeated for a
week. This is usually effective in
removing all or most of the whip
worms present.
The D»il> Ttfleirrapn Bulletin and
Weekly Nugget delivered by carrier
NEW FISH UWS RECEIVED
BY ASSOCIATION
The N. \V. F. F. & G. Association
is in receipt of 100 copies of the
Laws and Regulations for the Pro
tection of Fisheries of Alaska and
will distribute them to those who
Section 4 on page 2 Is the most
important one covered by the regu
lations and is herewith reprinted:
That it shall be unlawful to lay
or set any drift net. 3eine. set net,
pound net. trap. or any other fish
ing appliance for any purpose ex
cept for purposas of fish culture,
across or above tfie tide waters of
gny creek, stream, river, estuary, or
lagoon, for a distance greater than
one-third the width of such creek,
stream, river, estuary, or lagoon,
or wfthin one hundred yards out
side of the mouth of any red salmon
stream where the same is less
tha-n five hundred feet in width. It
shall be unlawful to lay or set any
seine or net of any kind within one
hundred yards of any other seine,
net or other fishing appliance with
in six hundred yards laterally or
within one hundred yards endwise
of any other trap or fixed fishing
appliance.
The Secretary of the Nome Asso
ciation will be glad to supply copies
of this circular to any one applying.
IMPORTANT REFLATIONS TO
OBSERVE IN ALASKA FI R
Open Seasons: In the Second
and Third Districts are as follows:
Beaver, marten, land otter, mink,
weasel. Nov. 16 to March 31, in
clusive.
Muskrat. Dec. 1st to May 31st.
Lynx, fox, from December 1st to
tc March 15th inclusive.
Sea Otter, no open season.
Bear. wolf, wolverine, squirrel,
marmot, rabbit, hare—unprotected
PROHIBITED METHODS: Un
lawful .to take or kill land fur bear
ing animals with poison or trap or
devise known as the “klips,” steel
bear trap or any other trap having
a jaw spread exceeding eight inche
or with the aid of artificial light or
dog. Unlawful to destroy beaver
houses or runways.
LICENSES: Stationery fur buy
ers 525; travelling fur buyer $150;
issued by commissioner. Fur buyer
must also pay license tax on each
LICENSE TAX ON PELTS: Sea
Otter $100; Moose trophy $10:
caribou, sheep and goat trophier
$5; Silver and black fox $3.50;
polar bear and deer trophy $2.50;
fisher $2; blue fox $1.50; brown
and grizzly bear, cross and white
fox $1; black bear, beaver, marten,
land otter, red fox. lynx. 50 cents;
mink, wild cat 25 cents; muskrat,
weasel 5 cents; pelt not specifically
mentioned 10 cents. No license
required for trapping, but trappers
uiust keep record of all pelts taken
aud make annual report on or be
fore August 1st, showing to whom
and when sold or disposed of, and
must pay tax on all pelts not sol<
to licensed far buyer in territory.
BOUNTIES: Wolf $15; eagle
50 cents.
Reprinted from Farmers' Bulle
tin No. 1293. Department of Agri
culture.
NOTICE OP SCHOOL TAX.
Notice Is hereby given that pur
suant to an Act of the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska, approved
May 1st, 1919, Entitled “At Act to
impose a tax upon male persons in
the Territory of Alaska for School
purposes etc.,” there was imposed
aud levied upon each male person in
the Territory of Alaska, excepting
Soldiers, Sailors in the United States
Navy or Revenue Cutter Service,
Volunteer Firemen, Paupers, Insane
Persons, or Territorial charges,
within the Territory of Alaska or the
waters thereof, over the age of 21
years and under the age of 50 years,
an annual tax of live ($5.00) dollars.
That said tax Is now due and the
same will l*ecome delinquent on
August Oth. All persons subject to
the said tax are hereby warned to
• pay the same, and that In case ol
failure to pay, said Act will be en*
JOHN HANCOCK,
School Tax Collector.
Dated this 28th day of April, 1028
. Office in City Hall, Nome, Alaska,
DISTEMPER IN DOGS
PROPER TREATMENT
GOVT. METHOD
The Biological Suryer Experi
ment Station is just in receipt of
! information regarding possible rein
! edy for distemper among dogs, in
reply to an inquiry recently made of
the Washington office. The matter
was laid before the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry who submit the follow
Distemper oscurs in several dif
ferent forms, thus, there is the eye
distemper, the respiratory form, the
gastric form, the nervous form, and
the exanthematous form. Young
dogs in the second half year of life
are chiefly affected, but dogs of any
age may contract the disease and
one attack does not always confer
complete immunity.
The respiratory system bears the
chiei brunt of the attack. The mu
cosa of the air passage is bright red.
swollen and covered with seropurul
ent secretion. The lymph glands
are enlarged. In most cases there
is catarrhal pneumonia. In fatal
cases the pleura is often found cov
ered with fibrinous exudation; there
may be fluid in the pericardial cavi
ty and fatty degeneration of the
heart. The liver and kidneys show
fatty or parenchymatous degenera
tion. and there may be myelitis.
Intense catarrah of the conjunctiva
may lead on to ulcerative keratitis.
The familiar symptoms are lassi
tude. loss of appetite, shivering, a
dry nose, scanty urine, thin watery
discharge from nose and eyes, dry
husky cough and sneezing. Dis
charge from nose and eyes become
purulent, obstructing the nostrils
a-nd gluing the eyelids together.
There is rapid emaciation and toss
of strength. The Initial exanthema
may occur in severer form along
with diarrhea and icterus. When
broncho-pneumonia sets i-n there is
a characteristic offensive odor from
Regarding tne use or distemper ser
um for the treatment and preven
tion of dog distemper, there is con
siderable difference of opinion
amongst veterinarians thruout the
country relative to the efficacy of
the serum for canine distemper.
Generally speaking, it is thought
that while the serum may lesson
the severity of an attack, it does -not
always bring about a cure, and it is
always deemed necessary to resort
to some medical treatment, nursing
and nforcement of hygienic meas
ures. Many veterinarians make use
of distemper vaccines and serum as
preventives of the disease; but here
again their reports, show consider
able variations regarding the effic
acy of the products.
The treatment of distemper is
largely symptomatic, and is usually
attended with considerable difficul
ty. The animal should be provided
with clean and comfortable bedding
in a room or kennel where there
are no draughts or appreciable
changes in temperature. In damp
oi chilly weather the puppy might
be wrapped in woolen cloths, al
though this must ont hamper the
freedom of the animal’s movements.
A moderate amount of exercise
should neither be discouraged nor
enforced.
The Bureau has frequently re
commended tincture of nux vomica
in not over five drop doses twice
daily as a “pick me up” and as an
appetizer, inasmuch as the appetite
iR frequently absent. Raw eggs and
milk do wonderfully good service in
keeping up the dog’s strength.
Good nursing and encouragement of
the dog’s appetite are extremely im
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WHB11E IS JIM MORAN
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they will please communicate with
Mrs. W. Moran, 3029 Colby Street,
Berkeley, California.
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