BUIES
The greater j*«rt «*f the Ft. Davis
pet sonnet, the Signal Corps and the
Coast fluurd. - well . >s many civili
attended the dance given in hon >r
of V- boys in government service by
Women of Moose heart Chapter No. 78
at Eagle Hall Monday evening The
program arranged by the ladies' wa*
excellent and novel, particularly the
dance numbers with "moonlight" ef
fects Ilefresbinents were served dur
ing the evening and excellent music
V.-.U* provided by Miss Helen Stipek.
Harry flabrielson and Chas. I^eschcr.
The Mo-jse ladies in charge -f the en
ter tairunent h-ft riMhlng undone which
might ; dd to the pleasure of their
guests and those attending are enthus
iastic in therr praise of the excellent
amusement provided.
Under date of Decern1' r 5. the
Alaska Food Administration announc
ed ti. f special permits are to 1 >nge
to be issued to Alaska, deale* - for pur
i-'ivo of sugar. An official bulletin
Issued by the Food A Imirbs* rator says
that dealers in Alaska. when entering
-applies of sugar fron* %i. Icsab-rsl
-
• »! perm it tlicrcf . • Tin re«.-inding
• f t • ■ ■■■ cl
:•*. n in iorce in r - territory f >i s« me
time. removes all ;■est*i< tV.i:: ur
- « .1- - ■ :n the a. .,f tlieir pur
chases of sag; i The Territorial Food
Administration has also announced
ti.< lifting of .11 restrictions upon
1. - . nd < onsumption of sugar by re
taileis publa- eating places and house
hold ■» and ..Iso tije abandonment of
-peri.,1 permits and r tion cards.
The Seattle-Hitka ‘'able continuing
in that state of desuetude officially
known as “interrupted,” the Bremer
ton and Cordova wireless stations are
performing the vicirlous dutv oi keep
ing communication open between Nome*
and the States. All message*.: arilv
ing since Saturday weie routed via the
Bremerton wireless. The great naval
-".tion i- easily abV to Keep in touch
• ti * he Cordova wi elcss «•:»*! mes
s- ger arrive but little delayed.
Although the naval radio route ser
vice is such as to warrant little or no
complaint by the* average person send
ing or receiving messages, it forces a
considerable extra burden of costs or
the newspapers by doubling the tolls
on press matter. This means that
unless a newspaper cuts down the vol
ume- of Its press messages, it is com
pelled to pay twice as much for the
press matter received during periodsi
when the cable is out of commission. I
The rates are none too low at best and ]
the addition of one hundred percent'
to the costs for days at a time works'
a considerable hardship on the none
too well supported news journals ofj
this and other sections.
Am a result of an order reaching
the Ft. Davis officials, eighteen mem
bers or the military detac hment of the!
r. N. Guards stationed ;.t the post will;
receive their discharge from Uncle1
Sam's service tomorrow. The order
grants the release of such men of the
conscripted forces as have employment
to go to or desire to proceed to other
sections. Soldiers seeking release
from their military duties are requir
ed to make application to their com
manding officer. The following have
made application for discharge. Seg't J
G.McDougall, Serg't Harry CJabrielson,
Private's Pohlncr, Sullivan. Peterson,
Campbell, Hoyle, Okasoff. Thorson,
.Johnson, Boinich, Vail. Mathieson.l
HOLT’S CASH STORE
Fur Robes choice.$15.00
Fur Caps, brat.5.00
Drill Parkas.3.50
Overalls or Jumpers.2.50
Silk Shirts .3.50
Stetson Hats, best.5.00
Underwear, wool.2.50
Shoe Paoks.5.00
Neckties, Good.2B
BEBIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Telephone Main 96.
Ix-wher. BrialofT. AtaelT and Vahl. j
Several of the men have jmrctdlate!
employment to go to and others are j
expecting work in the near future, .vj
nura»er of others were drafted fromi
the Yukon section and are desirous of!
returning before the opening of the j
summer season. The action of the j
military authorities in permitting the
men to take their discharge when they j
have employment is most commend-j
able as it relieves 11 prospect of pos
sible hardships which might result if I
summary discharges were ordered, it i
is understood that others w 1”. be re
leas'd later on if they se.ure employ- j
merit and wish to leave the *^rvlc_-j
before a general discharge of con-j
scripted troops is ordered.
Registrations for the forthcoming
city and school elections have shown
a considerable increase during the past,
fort> eight hours. City Clerk Grimm
reported at noon today tiiat a total of |
seventh eight names had been ;t'id£-dl
to the registration roll at the City
Hall.
The Seattle Times of January 11 re
po: ts . - follows regarding the hearings
held by the Northwest District Freight
Tr.it!a Committee of the Railroad Ad
rian ist ration on the proposal to in
ert- transportation charges on fresh
and |-i- kled fish shipped to the Eastern
coast from th*- Pacific sloj*e and
Alaska.
Protest against the proposed increase
of f. eight rates on pickled and frozen
fish by prominent representatives of
Alaskan and local industries was heard
by t i- Northest District Freight Tra
ffic Committee yesterday in the Ore
gon-Washington Building. Statistics
were advanced to show that a decrease
rather than as increase is warranted
for this product.
.1. Jv Daly, member Alaska legis
lature-: Henry O'Malley. assistant
superintendent. Fniled States Bureau
of Fisheries: W. R. Clark. Secretary
Asko< i:.ted Pacific Fisheries; S. J.
Welti ick, attorney for transportation,
bureau -if the Chamber of Commerce
and Commercial Club, and J. R. Mc
Pherson. manager Alaska bureau of
the Chamber spoke against an increase
of freight.
Due t<* constructive efforts of the
Fnlted States Bureau of Fisheries,
the pickled fish industry has developed
and attained its present status of ex-l
pan si on. proponents of the decrease
contended. Markets on the Eastern
Coast have been built up. To supply
this demand is logical and possible,
unless rates arc unduly increased, it
was pointed out.
Competition from the fisheries of
Scotland and Holland, if transporta-1
tion costs are advanced, threaten to
drive out the Alaskan industry, the
speakers declared. To prevent this
contingency stabilizing of the northern
fisheries through building up a fish
ing population was urged.
Writing to <\ J. Brlnker from Berk
ley, Cal. under a January date, Geo 1\
Kilt««y, form, ot v j e, \vi:*.v? t at
the epidemic has cut a wide »wa»h
through the country and was continu
ing at the time* of writing Mr. Kil
roy says himself and wife feel for the
people of Nome and the sorrow and
suffering w'e h«*ve endured in the epi
demic and adds that although they are
not in possession of details, are in
formal that Nome was hard hit. Iic
garding the situation outside in Jan
uary. Mr. Kilroy says the influenza is
recurring and is as deadly as before.
"Fortunately”, he continues, "none of
the Alaskans here have succumbed to
Its effects, though many have been
knocked out for a time. Yesterday
Hurl Walsh, Barry Keen and "Lucky"
Peterson were here to see me—inci
dentally I am just over an attack of
the Flu
Now to give you a lineup of things
here. The weather has been excep
tionally cold for California; frost at
night an0 the glass seldom aoove 56
degress at noon. Funny as It may
seem, the Alaskans complain more of
the cold than the natives here. Things
are not as prosperous as they might
be since peace was declared and they
aro not Improving any. Unquestion
ably the country is seemingly in bet
ter condition than in the winter of
1914-15. There Is work a plenty; few
men arc "broke”, but singular as it
may seem, but few have any money.
The high cost of living is HIGH. Any
thing you require is away up, fjom
ham and eggs to haberdashery. Why,
you could not think of getting a good
meal here for less than 91.25, and
*very thing correspondingly. Clothes
even overalls, are out of sight and
-*e oftimcs wish for a Saturday night
shopping at Nome, prices. As to what
is in store for us this coming year—
<lod knows: Those who think they
should know declare unheard of pros-|
perity for at least two years hence.
Anyhow the wage scale is not drop
ping any and that is probably as good
a guage as one can get.
The Union Construction company
has branched out in gre~t shape and
has four years work a.wau. Fortun
ate in acquiring the best site on the
b y. with the most modern equipment
in the United .States, they stand a
great show of making a permanent
su* ess of ship building. -Say Drink
er: if you had a glimpse of this yard
with four ships under cons\ruction
and over two thousand men working
you would feel proud that Walter
Johnson was. and is. an Alaskan He
is some organize.-, some man. some
engineer: and he has a big future be
fore him. Alaskans are given pre
ference in employment at the Union
Construction Co. and one at times
would imagin’** himself back North.
Every day some old time Nomeite
comes to the surface. At lunch time
we gather in flocks and talk of you
and Gus Boltz awl Kiesele and other
famous people up there. And. Drink',
its funny, but 90 per cent of them
would go back tomorrow if the boats
were running. (To that f set my
hand and seal.) The monotony of
Outside life-especially if one belongs
to the bread line—does not appeal to
on*' who has enjoyed that greatest of
all liberty found only on the remote
frontier. And when men of our ilk
have to bend to a routine we feel op
pressed and want to go away buck
away from the factories, the street cars
and the false view. * f conventionality.
Spring-time, mayhap, may find us on
our way to Siberia, provided I get the
line-up I am after and that Bolshe
vism is stamped out over there. From
all appearances there will be one big
stampede to that big country. We
are happy, comfortable, and all that,
but from the present outlook we would
have to stint ourselves like everything
to get a few dollars ahead. Why, if
a man bought a $750 car he would have
to work a year to pay for it. Play
ing the big game in a virgin country
there is a chance. So you see it is
in my blood and—Siberia for mine!
Now old scout; tell us in your ans
wering letter how Ed. Burroughs.
Frank Kiesele and Tom Shaughnessy
are. Give them our best regards and
also* to J.'M. Streeten. To all the
old brigade at the A. B\s say “Hello!”
I can picture that old “pan” table as
it was when we were there! What
it is now with so many gone, “over the
way” is hard to tell from here. Ed.
Divine treated us royally in Seattle.
Dinners and ten cent limit games.
Ed plays the same old rotten game of
poker but as a host he's a king.
Faxon, Mother Lewis. Rowena and
myself are very comfortably housed.
We have a nice modem bungalow with
garden front and back and a garage.
In a few months we expect to get some
kind of an antique car and si% back
like Frank Lilly or Barney Oldfield.
In close proximity to our residence live
the Darlings, Allan’s, Geo. Adams,
Harry Bloomfield, Harry Phillips,
Ernest Lindberg, Mrs. Meuller, Mrs.
A. J. Daly, Dr. Scott Hamilton, Harry
and Mrs. Ray and W. W. Johnson.
The Sheldon's have gone to Tacoma.
WJhile I think of It, say “Hello” to
O. D. Cochran, Dad and Harry Lomen
and all other old friends for me. Tell
A. J. Meuller that his family are, fine
and are “staking" a house for him In
Berkley.”
A largo mail consignment contain
ing a large quantity of first as well
as considerable second class matter
arrived at the post office shortly after
one o’clock today. Mail Contractor
Longley encountered a rather stormy
passage from Solomon owing to a
heavy g:ile along the east coast.
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