LESSSUGAH
Conservation of sugar is urged by
the federal food officials. In a com
munication to E. T. Lindner, food ad
ministrator for the Anchorage district,
Judge Royal A. Gunnison, of Juneau,
food administrator for Alaska, lays
emphasis on the necessity of decreas
ing the consumption of candy and
sweet drinks.
“Use iioney, maple syrup, molasses
and dark syrups,” he asvs, “with hot
cakes and waffles, in order to save
butter and sugar. Use all classes of
fruit preserves, jams, marmalades and
jellies. Use brown sugar in cooking,
and economize by the use of granulat
ed sugar on the table. Do not frost or
ice cakes unnecessarily. Use honey for
sweetening pastry and cakes when
possible.
“The consumption of sugar should
not in any circumstances exceed three
pounds per person per month. If
households are run on a ration of
three pounds of sugar per person per
month, grocers, when fall comes, will
not have to hang up the sign, ‘No
bugar.
Save Wheat and Meat.
Judge Gunnison calls attention to
the urgent need of a continuation of
the conservation of wheat and meat.
“Th« exportation to the European
associates of America in the war of
75,000,000 bushels of wheat before the
next harvest,” declares Judge Gunni
son, "must come from the kitchens of
our land—your own kitchens—it will
come only as you women give to the
problem of saving wheat—your earn
est, thoughtful, patient endeavor. You
may say, ‘1 am working in the lied
Cross; 1 have sent my husband or «en
or brother; 1 have bought Liberty
bonds with my savings.’ Those are
splendid, but you haven’t yet done
enough. This is the way of infinite
care and painstaking; this is your own
special personal problem. If your
time is all occupied with other war
activities, stop some of them now and
turn your thought to saving food in
your kitchen. If you are saving food
now, save still more food. It doesn’t
matter what your friends and neigh
bors do. You are responsible for your
own kitch»n and the food you and your
family eat.
Of Prime Importance.
“Your other activities are useless,
wasted if you don’t save this food. Do
you care for those who have pone out
to fight this great cause? Then don’t
sacrifice them to satisfy your palate,
or that you may have more time for
something el*e. This is today and
until the end of the war the primarily
important work of us who stay at
home. It is your problem—make it
yours—your individual work, whether
you yourself work in your kitchen or
some one else works for you.
“Your great-grandmothers sacrific
ed everything that our country might
be born and liberty exist. You are
called upon to give your time and youi
thought to this problem. You are not
asked to sacrifice more. You have no
hardships to undergo. Surely you can
do this. As you are saving wheat, you
are saving the world, and the world
need* the wheat and your efforts as
never before.
“Eat only as much as you really
need. Use not more than one pound
of fat per person per week. Use not
more than two pounds of meat per
person per week. Use cheese, pinto
beans, soy beans, nuts and fish. Don’t
use more than II2 pounds of wheat
flour per person per week in your
household, and make this amount less
if you can. U*e other cereals as much
as desired. Don’t do any deep fat fry
ing. Don’t eat between meals. Don’t
eat midnight suppers. Don’t hoard
food. Deny yourself pastry.”
A couple of natives from Camden
Bay were recently bound over to the
commissioner’s court at Ketchikan on
the charge of unlawful cohabitation.
William McDonald, husband of the
woman, has filed suit for divorce, and
the couple have agreed to marry as
soon as the decree has been granted.
MUKt LAND!)
RELEASED FOR
SETTLEMENT
The U. S. land office at Juneau
pends tlie following notices concern
ing the opening of lands for settle
ment in this part of the territory:
Notice is hereby given under the
authority of commissioner’s letter of
April 25, 1918, and pursuant to execu
tive order No. 2799, dated Febaruary
2, 1918, that the following described
lands will be subject to entry and set
tlement as hereinafter provided:
T. 17 N., R. 1 E., Seward Meridian
Sections 13 to 15, inclusive. Sections
22 to 27, inclusive. Sections 34 to 36,
inclusive.
June 10, 1918, is hereby fixed as the
date on which the lands in question
will be subject to homestead entry
only, subject to the rights of bona fide
settlers who established settlement
prior to the date of withdrawal of
April 21, 1918, and have continuously
maintained residence since that time.
Application to enter will be received
at any time within twenty days prior
to said date of opening, and all ap
plications, except by those possessing
j valid settlement rights, filed within
the said twenty day period, including
those tiled at the time of the opening
of this office at 9 o’clock a. m., on
June 10, 1918, will be considered as
having been simultaneously filed and
will be disposed of as directed by the
regulations of May 22, 1914 (circular
324-43 L. D.254.)
On June 17, 1918, the unappropriat
ed lands covered by this restoration
will become subject to settlement, and
' all proper forms of entry, selection
and location. Warning is hereby given
| that no settlement initiated prior to
; June 17, 1918, except as above pro
: vided will be recognized, but all per
1 sons who go upon any of the lands to
be restored hereunder , and perform
any act of settlement thereon prior to
9 o’clock a. m., June 17, 1918, standard
time, or who are one, or are occupying
any part of said lands at such hour,
; except those having valid subsisting
I settlement rights, initiated prior to
withdrawal from settlement and since
maintained, will be considered and
dealt with as trespassers and will gain
no rights whatever under such unlaw
ful settlement or occupancy, provided,
however, that nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent persons from going
upon and over the lands to examine
| them with a view to thereafter ap
| propriating them in accordance here
j with. Fersons having prior settle
ment rights as above defined will be
; allowed to make entry in accordance
. with existing law and regulations.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing plat of township survey will be
filed in this office on the 20th day of
June, 1918, and that on and after the
] first day of June 1918, the register and
receiver will be prepared to receive
applications and filings for lands
therein not affected by any govern
| ment reservation by qualified appli
cants:
T. 13 N., R. 3 W. Sections 4, 5 and
10 to 17 inclusive, 19 to 36 inclusive.
All of said township is located in
the Chugach national forest and lands
therein are not subject to entry or fil
ing except under the provisions of the
forest homestead law, -to-wit: the act
of June 11, 1906, after the usual list
! ing thereof by the department of ag
j riculture. Settlers who are residents
upon any of said lands prior to Janu
ary 1, 1906 and who have continued
to reside upon said lands held by them
may make entry in this office under
the general homestead laws and with
out regard to listing.
COAL REDUCED
10 CENTS TON
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—
The fuel administrator announced to
day that a reduction of ten cents the
ton on bituminous coal has been or
dered, effective tomorrow. The new
prices apply to short tons. It means
a saving to the public of nearly $60,
000,000.
niliWUAH!
(Juneau Dispatch)
Judge Wickersham is urging the
commercial clubs of southeast Alaska
to take steps to take advantage of the
shipping board hearings to be held as
the result of the* efforts of himseli
and Senator Miles Poindexter. Judge
Wickersham has written the Juneau
Commercial association as follows:
“Juneau Chamber of Commerce:
“I am sending you herewith a copy
of a letter which I have just receiver
from the U. S. shipping board in the
matter of Alaska seaboard shipping
rates. Mr. O. B. Kent, the attorney
examiner for the board, informs me
that he will hold hearings at Juneau
Seward and Anchorage as he goes
northward, and at Seattle as he re
turns, and that he will give notice ol
the dates of hearings later.
“This letter is written to advise you
that Alaskan shippe'rs ought to make
some earnest effort for concerted ac
tion—ought to employ an attorney
and make such arrangements at Ju
neau, Seward and Anchorage that
full hearing of all local conditions
with regard to rates can be presented
to the examiner.
“It is my purpose to be present at
| the hearings in Alaska, if possible.
| and if not, then, at the final hearing
i in Seattle. Respectfully,
“JAMES WICKERSHAM.”
Writing Judge Wickersham regard
j ing his efforts to secure some relief
for the Alaska shippers, O. B. Kent
I attorney-examiner for the shipping
board, said:
“Hon. James Wickersham,
“House Office Building,
“Washington, D. C.
! “My Dear Judge Wickersham:
“Supplementing our recent confer
ence with Senator Poindexter, and
confirming our telephone conversation
of yesterday, in the matter of Alaska
rates:
“The board has directed that full
hearings be held at Seattle, Juneau,
Seward and Anchorage, between May
10 and May 30, 1018; and additional
hearings, if desired, will be held at
other ports en route to or from An
chorage, provided-such hearings may
not involve a detention at any port
beyond the time required for loading
and discharging cargo.
“The exact dates of hearings can
not be determined at this time, but
reasonable notice thereo will be pub
; lished from Seattle.
“If, after hearing, it shall be found
that any of the rates approved by the
board and made effective on the 16th
ultimo are unjust or unreasonable,
reduction accordingly will be made,
and reparation in proper cases will
be allowed upon the basis of the just
and reasonable rates thereafter to be
established. As a result of this ar
rangement the interests of shippers
i will be conserved exactly as if the ad
vances in question had been suspend
ed until after hearing.
“In view of the public importance
of these hearings, it is desired that
all interests shall be represented, and
your co-operation to that end will be
appreciated.
“Very truly yours,
“0. B. KENT,
“Attorney-Examiner.”
JUDGE BROWN TO
DEPART ON ALAMEDA
VALDEZ, May 25.—District Judge
Brown, accompanied by Mrs. Brown,
will depart on the steamer Alameda,
en route on a trip to the states. The
judge has been in poor health for sev
eral months past and he goes to re
cuperate.
John Miller, assistant clerk of the
court, will join the colors and go to
the front. His borther Fabian was
among the boys from Anchorage who
departed last winter to join the army.
Stranded actors should walk home
To hop trains is not proper;
But, if he were in such a fix
You should see De Wolff Hopper.
mw nun
Major L. H. French, Former Alaskan,
Now Serving in U. S. Army in
France, Writes of Humanitarian
Work of Little Animals.
(Seattel Times.)
Wonderful accounts of the clever
ness of the French war dogs are in
cluded in letters from Maj. L. H.
French, now serving with the United
a prominent figure in Alaska, is
States forces in France, to N. B. Sol
ner, Seattle banker. Major French is
known all over the coast and has a
host of friends in Seattle. The letters
say, in part:
“The French war dogs are wonder
ful. The sentry dogs are trained not
to' bark and when they scent a Ger
man, which they can do at 200 yards,
long before a man could see or hear
him in the dark, they poke their mas
ters with their noses and the French
soldiers have time to escape and save
their outposts.
“The ambulance dogs do splendid
I live-saving work. When a man is
I wounded, his fills instinct is to crawl
I out of danger and out of sight—under
a bush or into a hole. Becoming un
conscious, he cannot call for help, and
these dogs find him. They bring Pack
i to their masters a cap, a button or a;
| piece of cloth, and then guide help j
| back to the wounded man.
v_ i j
i
“On the other hand, they will not j
leave a man who is not dead, as so ]
many are mistakenly believed to be,
and as the dog is never wrong this i
saves many lives. Dogs also carry >
messages, where a man would surely]
be shot, and sometimes they are cam-1
ouflaged and painted to escape detec
tion. Many cases are known where
dogs have been mortally wounded and
have nevertheless carried their mes
sages through and then dropped dead.
“Hate the Germans? If you were
over here and could know about the!
j
atrocities they commit you would]
agree with me that the best thing
would be to have every one of them J
wiped out.
“The French women do many fine !
things. When they see their men folk
off at a train, they laugh and shout
. gay good byes—until the train is out
of sight. Then they fall on each
others’ necks and give way to com
plete despair. I doubt if our women |
could refrain from weeping at the mo- ]
ment of departure of their loved ones, j
“Don’t ever forget that these dogs!
of Germans can fight, and that we’ve
got a fight for life on over here, right
this minute. It is impossible to con- j
vey to you, who are on the other side j
of the ocean, the real and terrible |
] strength of the German war machine.!
We shall beat it—beat it into little j
: pieces—but it must take time and men i
I and more men and countless sums of j
! money and endless munitions. Any ]
| peace which can be made within a year
| or more would be one which would in
] no degree accomplish the purpose for
which we entered the war.
“The Hun is an unspeakable beast.
God save the world from his much
vaunted efficiency. No man can deny
his bravery, but all credit for that or
for any other thing is taken away by
his devilish designs and his inhuman
conduct. The Prussian government
must be completely crushed and the
German people absolutely robbed of
all power for future harm to man
kind.”
-——
DUTCHMEN EVINCE WAR
SPIRIT, SAYS REPORT
THE HAGUE, May 25.—The We
ser Zeitung says that, although as it
now appears, German-Dutch relations
have been decidedly strained, German
official circles seemed to be ignorant
of the facts and the public remained
in ignorance.
The paper says that it is evident
that the difficulties have not been
overcome as rapidly as had been ex
pected by the authorities, and that it
has been a somewhat rude awakening
to learn that there was a “warlike
spirit” in Holland.
dtnniuuALL ^
SERGEANT IN
FLYING CORPS
Well Known Oldtimer of Cook Inlet
Country Makes Good in Aerial
Service of Nation—Writes Letter to
Friends in States.
“I am as sound physically as I ever
was at any time in my life and 1 can
stand more hardships than most men
of twenty-live,” writes J. J. Odale,
well known in Anchorage and the
Cook Inlet country, who is a sergeant
in the aviation service in the United
States army and stationed near San
Antonio, Texas.
Sergeant “Jerry” Odale is a brother
of Captain Thomas Odale now in An
chorage and is an oldtimer in the
country. He has been in the employ
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion in connection with the boat trans
portation department and for the past
several years has operated gas boats
around Cook inlet. He is forty-eight
years of age and yet has made an en
viable as well as a remarkable record
in the United States aviation service
especially when it is considered that
this branch of service only takes ex
tremely young men for training. A
flyer over thirty years of age is a rare
avis.
The following letter was written b>
Sergeant “Jerry” to friends of his al
his former home in Washington anc
vividly describes his enthusiasm in the
war problem.
“1 went to San Francisco and en
listed in the United States army, i
am as sound physically as I ever was
at any time in my life and I can stanc
more hardships than most men of
twenty-five, so I could see no reason
why I should not go as millions o:
men are going and millions more.will
probably have to go later. I am tak
ing instructions now as first sergeant
and will very likely be sent to the
front soon and I shall never come back
until we come victorious. This is not
a war of our seeking, we tried every
honorable way to keep out of it but
it was forced on us and I for one am
glad that we are in it.
“I have learned many things since
I joined the army that have opened my
eyes to the real facts. The Germans
are far more barbarious than the
Turks or the American Indians ever
were. They have butchered women
and children and tortured wounded
and helpless men to death. Their spies
in this country have tried to spread
disease amongst our people have tried
to poison our soldiers and do all kincte
of dirty underhanded work. They have
made attempts to poison the water
supply of this camp and tried dozens
of times to wreck troop trains.
There are more than twenty thou
sand men taking training here for
aviators and as soon as they finish
their course they are sent to the bat
tle fields. Our boys here will make
good fighters; they are all anxious to
get to the front.
There were men here from all sta
tions of life, thousands of college
graduates and quite a number of mil
lionaires are serving in the ranks here
as privates and they do their work
without complaint or grumbling.
The weather has been fine here most
of the time this winter but it is quite
cool now and we have had two or three
real sand storms lately. I have felt
fine here and like the life fine. We
have free entertainments every even
ing and the best of lectures at the Y.
M. C. A. halls and I have the privilege
of leaving the camp at any time I wish
to go. I visit San Antonio and other
places of interest quite often.
There is not much more to write.
Tell all my friends that I will sure see
them after the war. Tell all your
friends to buy Liberty bonds and'help
the American Red Cross and that will
help us soldiers win the war.
Remember me to all,
SGT. J. J. ODALE.
SWITCHED.
At “Pinafore” I lose my wits,
My rags resembles rabies;
When Little Buttercup admits
She sometimes switched the babies.”
—Quill.
bnuoi mrin
Science Pitted Against Philosophy
Proves Wierd Story of Alaska Isl
and Wholly Unfounded—Booze Not
Ghosts, Is Disturber
(Juneau Dispatch)
“Ghosts people the prison island
near Kodiak—Chirikoff holds no lure
for prospector, for farmer or agricul
turist—Indians fear to go there.”
These and other soul-shivering state
ments concerning t supposedly haunt
ed island lying southwest of Kodiak,
appearing in a westward paper have
been exploded by Charles Storm, a
man who has resided in Seward and
that vicinity for the past thirteen
years and who, in following his avo
cation of trapping, has had an op
portunity to hear other sides of the
story and to make conjectures there
from which completely ruins the old
ghost story.
It is not often that the people in
Alaska can boast of a genuine haunt
ed house. And to have the story of
a whole island supposedly haunted
proven false is a sad blow to thos^j
who delight in inactive philosophiz
According to Charles Storm, who
has been wintering at Tenakee Hot
Springs for the past five months,
there is an old man living on the
haunted island who has a particular
fondness for that “which biteth like
an adder and stingeth like a serpent”
and he makes this for himself, and'
possibly for a friend or two, by the
process known as the “sourdough
method.”
He is supposed to have several
points of operation located in differ
ent parts of this island, which is some
four miles by less than two in area.
It is also said that this octogenariatf
is not what modern people would call
sanitary. It is possible that he moves
from place to place only when piles
of debris compel him to move or clean
up. Some have advocated “tent life”
because of this convenience.
The name of this “ghost” is said
to be Lowell—Old Man Lowell—taken
from the city in Massachusetts from
which he is repoi-ted to have come.
Over eighty years of age. he is de
scribed as large, raw-boned, hale and
hearty. And he tends to the Moham
medan faith, at least that portion of
the religion which permits more than
one “soul mate” at one time on earth.
Certain portions of the philosophy of
Omar Khayyam have also taken his
fancy, and he has made them actuali
ties in his life, says report.
The island itself, lying some sev
enty miles south and west of the sou-f'
them extremity of Kodiak, Mr. Storm
desccribes as of volcanic origin, high
in the center, but not mountainous,
covered with grass and shrubbery, but
no trees. Driftwood is the only source
of fire wood, except alder, but there
is plenty of fresh water.
The agricultural possibilities are
great, as Mr. Storm describes them.
As the map will show, the island lies
farther south than Juneau and the
snow is reported to be far less than
that of the Juneau district. Such a
favorable impression did it make on
the officials of the old A. C. company
that they stocked it with both cattle
and blue foxes and placed “Old M^
Lowell” in charge. But it seems that
his accumulative bump was not ab
normally developed and that the only
use to which he put the cattle was to
shoot one now and then, irrespective
of age or sex, for his foxes.
If the fox proposition has not made
the A. C. company wealthy, the old
man has made a living. And accord
ing to the latest reports, may be ex
pected to do so for a number of years.
WOUND UP.
A member of parliament had emp
tied the room with an interminable
speech. Looking around at the empty
benches, he remarked to a bored
friend, “I am speaking to posterity.”
“If you go on like this,” growled th$
friend, “you will see your audience
before you.”—Boston Transcript.