WEEKS NEWS OF DOINGS
OF ALASKA LEGISLATONE
NEWS OF THE
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
Juneau. Als. Aleh. 29—A Senate
memorial to congress for the establish- j
«nent of metric system was defeated in I
the House of Representatives here to- I
day because useless memorials tend- fl
to prevent consideration or those vi
tally affecting Alaska.
A deficiency' appropriation of $4,500
for the Pioneer Home at Sitka was
passed by the House today. The bill
providing for public administration of
estates \v;ls reported "Not to pass," by
the House Judiciary Committee and
will probably 'he defeated.
Representative Holt of Nome, chair
man of the House Transportation Com
TWaurice l>. 1-eehy. Northwestern rep
resentative of the Shipping Board,
which states that Leehy had just re
turned from Washington, whore he
conferred with Secretary Fall and the
Shipping Board on the Alaska trans
portation situation. Ix'ehy stated that
he favored government operation of
ships to connect with the government
railroad at Seward but is opposed to
any other operations. He said, how
ever, that he was willing to coime to
Juneau and diocuss thes ubject with the
legislature in “a spirit of fairness” but
that he understood that “the republi
can majority might refuse him a hear
In*."
Representative Holt had the mes
sage read into the House journal but
it was stricken out later because ft
was alleged to be “slanderous to the
SENATOR FRAWLEY TAKEN ILL
Juneau. Als
Mch. 31- Senator
SPECIAL
From now until March 10th we will sell at
OUTSIDE PRICES Made to Order
l AILORED SUITS AND OVERCOATS for
Oentlemen. Get your order in while re
duction lasts. |0 TO 20% OH*
Nome Tailoring Co.
Opposite Nugget Office. Nome, Alaska
irwvyvwwwwtnonnnrtnnnnnrknofWWMAAnfWMnfyMi
TRAPPERS - TRADERS
SHIP TO
Wilt R. dOSHAW Inc
Dealer in Raw Furs
NEW YORK—127 W 27th St.
SEATTLE—ALASKA BUILDING
Ship direct to Ney York for highest prices paid for Raw Furs.
Your shipments are handled by expert graders and New York Market
l'rices are paid on correct grading the day received. If desired, your
shipments will be kept separate in order that our prices may be ap
proved by you. Providing that our valuation does not prove satis
factory, the Furs will be returned to you, transportation charges pre
paid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or Express. Ship in a dry con
dition. Always enclose an itemized list of contents with name and
address. Also place duplicate list on the outside of package or bale.
All payments are made by check on the Seattle National Bank, or in
any other manner desired. Special instructions, if any, to accompany
shipment.
SHIP YOUR FURS TO US NOW
3fie Hcv>ada
Finest line of Soft Drinks,
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco
Meet your friends at the Nevada
W. J. ROWE
TRANSFER ARB FRilANTINA
Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
Horses For Sale
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf straight
CHAS. CAVEY. Prop.
Frawley of Nome is Sick and confined
to his apartments In a local hotel.
The Holt memorial to Congress to
abolish fish traps and appoint a Ash
commissioner and .the soldier's land
bonus discussion ape occupying the
House at present. The latter proposal
is I* ncountering considerable opposi
tion on account of no provisions to
prevent large areas being acquired by
speculators.
VICTOR A. JULIEN 4
8EATED THIS MORNING 4
(Special Correspondence) . 4
Juneau. Als. Mch. 31—The 4
Canvassing Board upon receipt 4
of telegraphic returns of the Spec- 4
iul Election of March 29th, from 4
the Clerk of the District Court of 4
the Second Division, issued a cer- 4
tiheato of election to Victor A. 4
Julien of Nome, as representative 4
from the Second Division to fill (
the vacancy created toy the death 4
of Representative elect E. W. 4
Rurroughs. 4
Mr. Julien who had just re- 4
oently arrived in Juneau, took his 4
seat this morning in the T.egis’a- 4
NEWS OF
LEGION
LEST WE FORGET
How easy it is to forget! That
yesterday is hut a dead thing of the
>ast today We .shire tensely ahead
and sen k to fathom the secrets of to
morrow: w'lien they are disclosed we
glance but superficially at them, and
into the dimly lighted future. It is
for the future we live; the present gets
but a trifle of our attentions and the
past is like a thing busied—something
to be forgotten.
Yet it is of the past we wish to
speak and it's importance in the pres
ent instance cannot be doubbd. We
have in mind the wounded soldier vat
laying stricken and helpless in hospit
als throughout the country. Have you
any idea of the conditions tinder which
he was virtually abandoned by the Gov
ernment and I’uhlie. and from which
he was rescued by his more fortunate
brothers of the American Legion.
The United States is flie richest of
the warring nations and has the least
number of wounded soldiers. In
iPranco the boj* who had sacrificed
some part of his body for his country
was told by the Frenchmen, "nut you
are lucky’ indeed to be a soldier of the
United States. They will give you
everything. You shall receive all the
help that a rich and generous republic
With thoughts like these in *h?ir
minds our wounded soldters arrived ;n
the States, wrecks of their former
ves. mere shells of the husky, rugged
young boys who waved a bright-eyed
and cheery good-byte to their loved
one op the wharf such a few months
before. Seine of them would recover
(In time with good attention to some
thing like their former state of effi
ciency: many would toe crippled and
madned forever, and some of them
might better have died on the field .is
they fell, for the few scanty years
remaining to them promise nothing
better than a steady decline into death,
requiring of constant care and suffering
constantly to the end. A* the3’ hob
bled down the gang-plonk or were
carried down in stretchers by attend
ants. every eye among them burned
deeply with the love of country for
which they ,hnd given so freely of their
life's blood, and from the very hearts
of these weary, lonely, suffering boys
came a fervent, "ffownie. Thank God!"
Wet-eyed mothers with nerves at V
breaking point rushed frantically for
ward to clasp their beloved bays to
♦heir hearts, and 'In spite of the .mothe
Instinct, failed to recognize their own
tone, so horribly were they mutilated.
no greatly had the lines of intense suf
fering changed them.
The welcome home of our wounded
brothers was &H that it could be.
While the Government stood .by and
learned on contentedly, they were
feasted and dined by the elite of the
country and upwards of a hundred
thousand dollars worth of flowers were
strewn before them in panules givon
In their honor. It seemed altogether
too good to last-—and it didn't. A
few days of reckless extravagance
salved completely the consciousness of
their rich entertainers, and when a
new subject of popular interest ap
peared on the horizon, the wounded
soldiers were dropped like hot pota
toes. left in the background, while the
limelight was switched to a fat sal
aried ball player or a draft (lodging |
prize fighter. Our wounded soldiers,
in no way better off than before, be
came a fast fading mdnvory to the
'fickle public and to the Government,
as well. Their case threatened to
parallel or exceed that of the Spanish
War veterans who tailored ten years
for beneficial legislation and then gave
it up. Scattered about the country in
hospitals entirely inadequate to their
needs, .geting but the bare necessities
of life, they or their families receiving
no just remuneration, our 50,000
wounded soldiers were gradually ba- ,
coming embittered toward the land for
which they had dared all.
The American legion at that time,
was in it's infancy, struggling to lift
itself from the debt contracted by
costs of organization. Ye*, we had
kept an eye on our unfortunate "bud
dies” and when we saw the tide of
public attention ebbing away from
them we dropped everything else and
threw every ounce of our energy and
influence to the rescue.
Department commanders and com
mittees culled upon their Senators and
Representatives throughout the whole
country and impressed upon them as
none but ex service men could, the
crying need of the maimed soldier and
his people : the damnable ungrateful
ness of it all. Nearly everywhere they
found their Government representa
tives willing to help, needing just such
explanation as the Legion men could
give them to see the matter in it's true
light. As a result the following laws
were quickly passed at Washington.
Sweet Bill made law. raising month
ly allowance of disabled soldiers in
training from $30 to $80 and making
increase of $90,000,000 in appropria
tion for disabled nvm.
$125.000,000 voted to War Risk In
sofar, e Bureau for death and inability
>ted for Mt. Althf
$250,000 voted for one cent a mile
rate for furloughed men in Army and
$295,000 voted for romodling and re
fitting Army and Navy hospitals for
• $7,000,000 appropriated for increased
monthly alowance of disabled men in
Law passed authorizing transfer
from War Department to Ihjblic
Health Service of Amity hospitals at
Fort. Henry. Whipple Barracks, Fort
Bayard and ni Cook County, 111., pro
viding 2.000 additional beds for dis
abled ex service men.
Circular letter No 345 issued by
War Department, discharging large
numbers of disabled men from Army
hospitals before cured, modified and
practically repealed.
The American Legion is justly proud
of her first achievement. From be
coming public charges our wounded
men are now wards of the Government
receiving the highest medical treat
ment (in the counrty. No doubt condi
tions wil arise from time to time re
quiring new legislation and it shall
be our duty to have a finger on the
pulse of our wounded at all time.-*.
For tine present, though, we a-e allow
ed a breathing spell and we have tak
en advantage of it to call your at
tention to the heroes of yesterday who
today are quitely enduring the suf
fering brought about by the war most
of us haw forgotten.
HAROLD O. NIELSON
Adjutant Thotnas Alfred Ross Jr Post
No. 9 American Legion.
Make Staving a Pleasure
With Cuticura Talcum
A**svh»g trfth Ciiticin Soap tl>e
Concur* way. Cuucura Talrun fa an in
adfwart. An:Uwi>'.« &»•>•
pif> !actv. i* hi tavKi/ing ami ft*
tin. rnoK tender suin.
H Setter Hone
Merchants,
Business and
Professional
Men of
NOME
Chamber of
Commerce
is doing:.
Investigating- and
inquiries freely,
frankly answered.
NOME needs its Chamber of
Commerce. Every business man
and woman in the city should
Come in with the present
membership and help
share the responsibility
of making NOME
Your Attention
is invited to the
work that the
BE A MEMBER
B
IGGER
ETTER
U3IER