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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press la exclusivelj
entitled to the use for republication 01
all news credited to it or not other
wise credited in this paper and alsc
the local news published herein.
All rights of republtcatlon of specia
despatches herein are also reserved.
TRUE ED AY, JUNE 20, 101R
LET U3 REHABILITATE ALASKA
Governor Riggs having shown lib
confidence in the ability cf the editoi
of this pop by naming him to fill flic
responsible position of chief of the ter
ritorial but 03.11 of publicity, the latter
will endeavor to merit the confidence
reposed in him by the chief executive
of the territory by making good in the
position to which he has been selected,
and to do Ibis he asks the support and
co-operation of all Alaskans who are
here to make their homes and who are
consequently interested in the welfare,
growth and development of the terri
tory.
The object cf the territorial bureau
of publicity is to advertise in a legiti
mate manner the resources of Alaska
at home as well rs abroad; to central
ire as much as possible the trade and
coiru loreo of the territory; to demon
strate to one district the advantages
of clceer relations with another dis
trict; to encourage the prospector and
twiner by aiding them in advertising
1 hear discoveries and bringing the lat
ter to the attention of those in posi
tion to demonstrate their values and
to otherwise put forth every honest ef
fort to rehabilitate Alaska.
Especially does the newly-appointed
publicity manager appeal to those of
his own profession, the newspaper men
of the territory, to co-operate with him
in his v ork of advertising everything
that is of interest in their respective
localities, as well as of territory-wide
moment.
J Here is no doubt but that, with the
conclusion of the war, Alaska will
come back, and come back strong. At
present conditions are seething on the
Outside, vhcre government operations
have thoroughly disorganized private
industries by paying larger wages than
the latter can possibly do. With the
end of the war will come reconstruc
tion of conditions that will jar the
entire continent. Many who are now
earning fabulous wages and spending
them with reckless abandon will be
casting b.>ut for new fields, and
Alaska, t >■ last frontier, should be in
position t offer them something. This
is what the bureau of publicity aims
to be able, through the aid and assist
ance of the various commercial insti
tutions and newspapers of the terri
tory, to do, and it can be done effec
tively only by proper and legitimate
advertising. The Associated Press, the
most powerful news syndicate on
earth, is interested vitally in the
work of developing this great north
ern empire, and has promised sub.
stantial assistance in heralding to the
world any and all readable matter that
may be supplied it by the territorial
bureau of publicity.
The publicity agent expects to visit
much of the territory during the next
few months, but urges that there he
no delay in the meantime in com
municating with his office at Juneau
the territorial capital, regarding all
matters of either local or general im
portuncc. It is to those who are here
to stay, hero to build homes and raise
families, that this appeal is made.
Alaska must be reawakened, repop
ulated, rehabilitated again and started
on the high road to prosperity. She
has the God-given resources which
must be developed and which will be
developed if properly advertised. We
have the goods. It Is merely a matter
of showing them.—Douglas News.
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Wo've got a war to win. Food is
ono of tho important, if not the mejst
important, factors in winning this
great battle for freedom.
liqUDR TB1DE REBIiliTION
IS PROVING HU
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i LONDON, June 19.—War time regu
lation of the liquor trade in England
has brought about a decrease of 82
per cent in drunkenness, say official
reports.
”1 believe we have now reached
low-water mark,” said Sir Edward
Henry, commissioner of the metro,
polifan police, in a letter to Lord
, t'Abernon, chairman of the l’quor
control board, “and that no measure
— not even of Unal prohibition—would
1c likely to bring about any furthir
apprcc'able reduction in the number
cf charges cf drunkenness.”
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
DISAPPROVES LETTER
The treasury department authorizes
the following:
“Chain letters, which in the past
have been used to get funds for wor
thy purposes and for some unworthy
ones, have been started by some en
thusiastic workers for the sale of war
savings stamps.
“The treasury department has of
ficially disapproved their use, and the
national war savings committee
wishes the public to understand that
these letters were not instigated by
the national committee.”
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PROTESTANT CHURCHES !
DAMAGED IN FRANOEj
Nearly fifty of the Protestant
churches of northern Franco have
been under fire since the beginning
of the war. The financial help sent
from America will be used for repair
work and rehousing tho refugees in
these districts, according to Andre
Mood, secretary of the United Protes
tant French committee. It is stated
that the maintaining of the religious
services of these people is an impor
tant factor in the winning of the war.
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BOOKS WANTED FOR
THE JEWISH SOLDIERS
A call for reading matter has come
from the Jewish boys in the service.
To this end an appeal has been made
for patriotic persons to send books
to the Jewish Welfare Board in New
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York City. Books dealing with Jew
ish history, Jewish life and national
ism, essays, novels, stories, poetry and
economices are especially desred, ac
cording to a report from the Council
of Jewish Women.
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VASSAR’S WAR-TIME
COMMENCEMENT
Commencement at Vassar this year
is to have a war-time program, ac
cording to tho decision of the presi.
dent, faculty and students. The usual
festivities, have been given up, and
families, friends, and alumnae, except
the reunion classes, are not encour
aged to visit the college for tho clos
ing ceremonies.
STREETS IMPROVED
AT TOWN^OF WASILLA
ANCHORAGE, June 20.—Improve
ments in the nature of board side
walks and of clearing and grubbing
streets are under way at the direc
tion of the land and industrial de
partment of the Alaskan engineering
commission in Wasilla. a town on the
government railroad about forty-five
miles north of Anchorage. The cost
of the work will bo defrayed from a
federal fund derived from the sale of
lots in the town.
The sidewalks will be six feet wide
and the crosswalks four feet. They
will be laid on Main street and Wa
silla avenue.
Wasilla is the center of a produc
tive agricultural region, and is also a
trading point for the Willow creek
mining district, fourteen miles dis
tant.
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VOLUNTEERS WANTED
FOB SERVICE ABROAD
The Red Cross is in urgent need of
men and women for volunteer service
abroad as canteen workers; also men
as field representatives and social
workers.
Men are also needed as mechanics, I
electricians, stenographers and ac
countants. Women as stenographers.'
For these positions a salary is paid,
besides transportation abroad.
For full information write Bureau
of Personnel, Northwestern Division,
American Red Cross, Seattle, Wash.
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SWISS WATCHES WILL
MARK 24 0‘ CLOCK
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The 24 hour clock is to be intro
duced into Switzerland after the war.;
according to Vice Consul Frank Bohr,
who reports from Zurich:
‘‘The Swiss federal council, under
date of April 19, 1918, has decreed
that the Swiss transportation sys
tems, the custom service, the federal
government works and tho remaining
institutions under federal control, shall
upon return to normal conditions, but
not before May 1, 1919, establish the
24 hour day, numbering the hours from
1 to 24, beginning at midnight.
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BARNARD GIRLS
CONDUCT A CANTEEN
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Barnard college, New York City,
has two lines of war work which stu
dents are supporting entirely alone—a
canteen in the old Columbia boathouse j
and a Red Cross workroom. The can
teen will he kept open all summer.
The Red Cross has sent out more than
800 knitted articles and many thou
sand surgical dressings, tfie Colum-j
bin Spectator reports.
The college girls worked for 2,000 .
hours, acording to* this same auth
ority, copying registration cards to be
c
used in 'canvassing for the third Lib
erty Loan.
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SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
I hereby offer for sale 7,292 shares
of the Cordova Mill & Lumber Com
pany stock at 75 cents per share.
CHARLES J. GOODALL.
Athletics Will Make Youths Fit for
Service Calling for Strength
By JOSEPHUS DANIELS. Secretary of lire Navy
Nothing could better prove the falsity of the Avide
spead notion, prevalent before the war, that Young
America lacked the sterner virtues of the Paul Eevercs
and Nathan Hales than the readiness with which they
flocked into the army and navy when Avar was declared.
Their patriotic zeal made them so insistent to begin
training at once that it taxed the country to provide the
facilities demanded. Colleges set the pace in sending
no, in witnessing—the entrance of their choicest spirits
into those cartips and stations and cantonments and ships
where they could be most quickly trained for military
service. Young collegians who had been trained in athletics were seen to
possess an incalculable advantage over their associates who had permitted
delving in Greek roots to deny them time to develop their muscles.
As the war goes on, the army and the navy must increase as rapidly
as the industrial plants can equip them and tonnage can be supplied to
transport them to France. Most colleges have added military instruction,
and this training, coupled with college athletics, will make the youths fit
for the service calling for strength and ability to endure hardships. Soft
ness is incompatible with efficient military service. In every branch col
lege men are proving that in modern education a sound body must go with
a sound mind. How will the younger men be .made ready for what they
will shortly be called upon to do? Colleges will answer that question by
encouraging college athletics, and emphasizing those games, which insure
that all the student body will be benefited by them. Intercollegiate games
stimulate interest and should be encouraged. The stimulus of athletics,
both in an improved morale and in an improved body, is everywhere reo
ognized. Let it bo emphasized more now that the need for youths of
sinew and stuff is more felt than ever before.
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A Group of Prominent Bankers and Capitalists Conceived the Idea of
f and Financed the
BANK OF ALASKA
With tne Aim that Its Growth Will Give
the Name Full Significance
Practically all the territorial banks in Alaska had their origin In
j a mercantile business, and were the outgrowth of a condition. The
* BANK OF ALASKA was launched purely as a bank, and without the
support of other Interests than the business that comes to It In the
regular channels. •
The trend of American banking legislation is toward branch bank- ii
in9 systems. The pioneer In this territory Is the BANK OF ALASKA,
which is the first and so far the only branch system.
Complying with the laws and regulations governing the Instltu
| tion, from the combined paid-in capital there is apportioned to each
branch sufficient capital to cover the legal requiremnt of an Inde
pendent bank. Each branch makes full individual report to the bank- j
ing board. Each must show how It is progressing individually.
I In the final analysis the strength and Justification of the system Is
apparent, for each branch has the full strength of the entire system
back of it. £
The system is backed by very able men, and furnishes all the ad
vantages of a metropolitan bank, having the facilities of checking ac
counts, certificates of deposit, savings accounts, travelers’ checks and
safe deposit boxes. Your account is solicited.
ink of Alaska J
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Excellent Fryers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
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Phone 22
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