GIRL SUES LIFE
' TO AID HER
Vein); Francis Miller, aged 24
years recently passed away In Se
ward, :< victim of tuberculosis
The story of Velma Miller's life it
a most pathetic one. The girl ap
plii^i or honest employment hefort
clrrm stances drove her to forldddei
paths in order thnt an aged mothe
might live and that a younger state
might receive a college education
Although the story is not unlike tha
of t ousands of American girls wh<
eve i year go to their downfall
the ugh circumstances, through tin
m; hinations of designing, unscrupu
1 ^persons called men, or as a rosul
of /he absence of home training ii
vo tti there is a full measure of sail
i„ in the case of the girl whoa
p jy probably was carried to th
, ,-iery in Seward with one Ion
■ ruer In attendance . nd there is a
, ,nte of personal sacrafice In thi
Ctrl s story that is worthy of th
lighest respect, in spite if the f
that the mnnner of that sacrifice t;
been condemned by society since i
beginning of time.
The Seward local paper me-itiont"
the death of the Miller girl In si
lines. Six hundred could have bee
written without fear, or without sham
to the writer.
Velma Miller at seventeen was on
of the prettist girls in her class n
school, in a little town down in th
Northwest. She was graduated at th
age of eighteen, with high scolasti
honors. When she became ntnetec
her mother became an invalid, her oi
ly brother was too young to inline
forth as a breadearner for the fa mil:
and Velma took a hasty commerclc
course, learning shorthand and typ<
writing.
Within two months she had bee:
placed with a large land firm. Sul
sequently the man who ruined liui
dreds of buyers of his mythicnl lano
wrecked the life of this preti.
stenographer. It was then that th<
girl came to Alaska. She held a tick
et for Juneau which was purchaset
by a woman of notorious charactei
who lived here. When the Miller gir
reached Juneau she refused to carr>
out the wishes of the local woman
For a month she sought for legitimate
employment there, but her steamei
acquintance with the woman who hat:
solicited her prevented her from get
ting started on a right path. Wher
her funds were exhausted she yieldet
to temptation. That was the begin
ning of the end. After a year of riot
ous living her health failed her. I
is said by people who know, that ev
ery cent of her earnings went dowt
to the states, where her mother ant
sister lived in comfort, believing tha
their provider was working as a sales
lady.
Twice the girl sought'to regain he
health by going to California. Lacl
of funds always drove her back ti
Alaska. Finally she drifted to Sew
aril. A year ago she was taken ti
Seattle and for several weeks wai
near death. The courage that woult
not down pulled her through the cris
is, and, after she had recovered sufti
ciently she returned to Seward, twi
months ago, a hopeless wreck, livlnj
i nthe shadow of death, but loyal t<
her family until the last.
The churches of the United State:
spend millions of dollars annually It
missionary work in China, Japan, lit
dla, the Philippines and many othe
lands. Hundreds of earnest worker:
cross the seas to rescue souls. Ye
there were none who sustained Vel
ma Miller In her unequal struggle fo
her loved ones, and In noting he
death the hardened world at larg:
will say: “The wages of sin 1:
death.”
NATIVES CONTRIBUTE
TO BELGIAN RELIEI
The natives of Auk village appoints
a committee recently and as a resul
of their work Mrs. Paddock, the secre
tary, turned into the hands of th
treasurer at Juneau the sum of $18.2E
As the European war has hit the na
fives of Alaska harder than anyorn
else in the territory, on account of th<
cutting off of the fur market, thl
is a remarkable showing.
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A great variety of attractive Chrisi
" mas cards at E. A. Hegg’s.
KflLTAG PIONEER
DROWNED IN SLOUGH
James Mtchlson wa< drowned In a
i.lough of the Yukon river, eight miles
above Holy Cross. HIb lx |y was
found by Charles Wnlf anil Kobert
Powers, both of Anvth Alteblson’s
dogs returned alone to Anvtk, when It
wns suspected there had been nn ac
cident and a search was made.
The body was found In eight feet
of water, with hands clasping the
dornach as though the man had been
’aken with cramps.
Aichison earried mail between Holy
■ •’ and Kaltag, over which route
. he had a contract, lie way on his
way to Holy Cross when he met his
death lie was evidently attempting
, to cross the slough and neglected to
to ■ ' and the Ice. He broke through
i about forty yards from shore. The
dog- made the shot; , but Altchison
wr- probably taken with cramps and
, lot f ■ the handle bar rnd consequent
ly wns drowned. Tl dogs released
, hen olveR by chewing ofT the towline
, [and went back to A rivtk.
. Vtr Altchison way one of the best
i most widely known men In In
( ,r ,r Masks. Ho wns for many
'o s associated with Harry T.iiwronce
1“ store and roadhouse at Kaltag.
"I" 11 ho leaves a widow and three
,. child rcn.
GAILS ORGANIZE A
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, The wav, of temperance reform
hlelv Is (iv- ini g the country, re
nting In pr< .hitlon in some states,
E losed towns and local option in
■ ers, and a general discrediting of
John Parleyeom and his cohorts In
till .walks of life, has struck the Idlta
rod district, and has taken the unique
, form of a proposition to form a secret
organization, whose purposes, how
cvcr, have not been fully outlined
general public. The following
oil has been issued:
'rue and worthy Camels who
> form n Mother Caravanserai
in in, , that our deeds and those of
on, fellow spirits, pickled and unpick
led, may be handed down truthfully
and met properly to the generations
of Camels who hereafter may chew
■ the Iasi straw, and follow In our en
lightened paths, are urgently request
ed tn he tit soda water fountain at 12
midnight every aturday, at which
hour will be sounded ‘water call.’
"Yours in seltzer,
“Hiyit Pull Dromedary of the Caravan
serai.
"<St i .-ittry of Ship of the Desert.”
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I!., mm will
CUTEST HUBBARD'S SEAT
Senator it F. Millard, of Valdez,
will r mu' t the contest against the
so? g ■' Judge O. P. Hubbard, of
Vn rz, »b. recently defeated Thos.
C. Price, of Cordova, for a place In the
i
Territorial Soiut< at the late election.
Speaking of the matter to a reporter
>
of the Juneau Empire Senator Millard
’, said that Hubbard did not live in
Alaska anti . a ineligible to sit in the
legislature. “ Tin law is very plain
and specific m Ihe matter,” said the
| Senator, "and I for one shall try my
J best to have it observed.”
"I have nothing gair.st Mr. Hub
bard," said Senator dlllnrd, "but 1 do
j want to have bona tide Alaskans in
J the legislature as e law contem
plates and specific provides.”
If Senator Miliai i successful In
the contest, it met hat Tom Price
of Cordova will b e|p ied.
WICKERSHAM TO ViORK
FOR Jl EAU BUILDING
On his way sou « the Mariposa
Delegate Wtckersh t.dd his frelnds
in Juneau that he is -anulre he will
. secure the $400,000 . girlation for
suitable government ..dings for Ju
I nenu at the prosen c. Cf con
, gress, as well as son tang: hie scheme
for funds with which t ,struct the
j bridge connecting the ineau chan
nel mining camps, matt. < which
he lakes great interest
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