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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
Vol L?o )X)UGLAS, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY IK, 191K ' NO. 8
FOUR LEAVE
TO JOIN ARMY
Robert Coughlin. Eddie Jackson. ?.
F. Milord and Boscoc Lau^h
lin Go South to Enlist
*'uiir well known young men of
the Inland. Ivft here on the Jeflfcr
Min Wednesday (or various points
on the outside. but all (or the name
purpose, to otter their services to
their country.
Itobert K. roughlin. the well
known mechanic. athlete, member
of the fire department and very pop
ular. hi* equally popular wife be
In K a native of the Inland and known
to everybody here, her father belnjc
paat chief patriarch of pioneers.
Frank Bach, will go to Fort Worth.
Tezaa. and apply tor enllMtment in
the aviation corps, but falling that,
will enter the service aa a machln
ia. than whom there are few better.
Mr. 1'oughlln wan the first younK
man in Douglas to register and.
while he could ? laim exemption as
a married man, the red Are of pa
triot lam burnn too deeply In hln
heart Hob In a native son of Cali
fornia to perm*: anything to hold
him back when his country need*
men.
Eddie Jackson, another of the
four leaving Wednesday, la a young
man who has six nt moat of his 22
yearn on IHiuglaa Inland, hin pareuts
coming here wh?'n he was even too
young to plav with mini pies. For
several years, and since leaving
school he has worked In the Tread
well market and was known and
liked by everybody.
h.il f. .MURrnril. int* IHIIU UI uic
quartet. la another young man who
grew to manhood here. coming with
hia parents when hut a aniall boy
For several yean* hi- wai employed
In the Treadwell mill and laat sum
mer he spent In the Interior with
the railroad commission. lie la u
fine specimen of young manhood
and. like both Couahlin and Jack
aon. will endeavor to enter the avi
atlon service, but. failing in that
ambition. will take some other
Mrrlcr.
Itoacoc l.aughHn waa the fourth
Ikiugtas boy to Ic.ivo on the Jeffer
son to offer his servii to hia t oun
try. He will apply for admission
to the navy, hut will take anything
that will enable him to aerve Old
(?lory. Roscoe. like the other*. Is
a Douglas product, having spent
the best part of hia life here. Of
late he haa been employed at the
Alaska- Juneau mine. Like other
boys from the Island bis friends are
confident that he will make good no
matter where he mnv be placed.
DUTY WELL PERFORMED
When It com* to omblning bus
iness with pleasure and making both
the acme of sue. ?? , the Sons and
Daughters of Norway, one of the
most actve organizations on the Isl
and. are there with bells. Their
basket social and danre at Kagle hall
Wednesday night, besides being a
splendid succ?m from a social stand
point, was a red-letter occasion for
the Red Cross, which was the bene
fleiary. no less than lino being rata
ed for It. In fart, every rent taken
In waa donaied to the Red Cross,
even the dance music being paid for
by separate collection. There is
nothing cheap about the Sons and
laughters of Norway.
EARLY FISHING SEASON
Ike ami At Weather* and Arthur
nn?l Ike Sliolln arrived from llunip
inland, where the former have n
homestead. ill the launch Nautilus
Tuesday night. They say there In
every Indication that the fishing sea
sou will open a month earlier this
spring than usual; that herring are
already running in great shoals and
that halibut are earning hark in con
sequence. the latter living princi
pally o(T herring. The hoy* also
tell of the wanton slaughter of deer
in that vicinity by Indians, one
bunch cornering In the deep mow
and killing only u few day* ago no
i less than 19 deer.
BUSY SEASON
IS PREDICTED
Jualin Mines Preparing to Re-open
on Greatly Increased Scale;
Other Industries
The following live news Is com
piled ami sent out by the Alaska
Hureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce:
Mining
Instructions have been received
by Supt. ('has. 0. Titus to reopen
the Jualin mines, prepared to oper
ate on a larger scale, l'lans Include
the enlargement of the present mill
to provide for the handling of ISO
tons of ore per day, and the comple
tion of the lower adit which will be
S.snO feet long and will tap the ore
body at a depth of 600 feet below
tho present workings. The Jualin
mines arc situated 42 miles north of
Juneau. It is a gold quartz de
posit.
George Anderson, mining opera
tor In the Willow Creek mining dis
trict. la preparing to add a ten
stamp mill to hi* present reduction
plant which now constat* of lire
stamp*.
Mercantile
Sexton & Th wait cm have opened
a confectionery, photo supply and
curio store at Seward.
Fisheries
The Alaska I'aclllc HerriiiK Com
pany. operating a herring and sal
mon cannery at Illg Port Walter,
and plants at I'ort Conclusion, Wat
erfall and other point*, la consider
ing establishing another herring and
salmon cannery in the northern sec
tion of Southeastern Alaska.
The Hell Island Canning Company
is a new organization to engage In
the salmon canning Industry on Hell
island, about 45 mile* from Ketch
SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
The semester marks for the Junior
and Senior high school pupils were
given out Wednesday as follows:
Senior High
High Honor ? "A" In deportment
and Ave "A'a' ?Helen *Nleml (si*
"A'a"), Helen Stoodv, Klizabeth
Feuai.
Honor? "A" in deportment and
four "A's" Gertrude Johnson, Verne
Hannah. Klmer Jackson.
Junior High
High honor ? "A" In deportment
and six "A's" Stanton Martin. Ar
thur Nelson. William Nirmt* Kino
Laitala. Itungnor Kroixiulst.
Honor ? "A" In deportment and 5
"A"aM? Harlod Gallwa#. William
Manley and Vernon Nelson.
If You Are Going
Fishing or Logging
You need warm bed
ding and elothing
McMillan s Wool Clothing
Heavy Underwear
Blankets
Sox
WM. STUBBINS
THE HOUSE OF GOOD SHOES
FRONT 9TREET DOUGLAS, ALASKA
HALIFAX FUND
CONING STRONG
J Upward of $100 Contributed Locally
for SufTcrcra of Greatest
Modern Disaster
TIlO lint which has Wen kept Hi
the office of Hi in pupef for the past
t lire*' weeks for the benefit of Hall
fax sufferers will lie cloned this week
although money that may ho handed
In after thin week will Ihi <tnly cred
ited and turned over to the purpose
for which it 1h Intended. all contri
butions heliiK forwarded throuKh
the DouKliu-Tnndwell chapter of
the Itt'd Criim direct to the Halifax
chapter, thereby injuring safe de
livery and a correct a-'-ountiuK for
every eent contributed.
1'p to todav I lie amount eollerted
by K. J. White was 910G.C9, the
lint beiiiK an follows:
Previously reported $A2.00
Uuy Smith 1.00
Walter Jackson Gil
Mm. A. O. Anderson l.no
James Sey l.no
Mrs. John Mills 1.00
Jackie Mills SB
Miss Dorin Oliver 2.00
Mrs. Jon. Evans 1.00
AltX Hair I 00
Rehckah Auxiliary 12.60
Mrs. A. L. Anderson . .. 1.00
School Children ....i... . . .3-i
TAX CASE SETTLED
The cas? of the City of Douglas
versus I'. II. Fox for delinquent
taxes, \vhl? h ease came on for hear
ing before a Jury In U. S. Commis
sioner llenHon'H eourt Monday of
this week, was settled out of eourt
by Attorneys Malthy, for tho city,
and Simon tlcllenthal. for Fox. Tues
day morning. Mr. Fox objected to
the action of tho equalization hoard
in raising tho valuation of his per
sonal property front fti.000 to $10,
000, setting forth in his complaint
that the raise was wholly out of
proportion to the valuation placed
on similar property. A settlement
was effected, Mr. Fox paying n few
dollurs more thau he tendered bo
fore tiie tax bwuinu delinquent, but
iu the neighborhood of fifty dollars
less than the city claimed was due.
The validity of the tax ordinance
wus not questioned, although cer
tain technicalities In connection
with reports of tho sessions of the
equalization board made It extreme
ly doubtful about the city winning
the case hud the trial been proceeded
with.
REPORT CARDS EPLAINED
Douglas, Alaska, Jan. 17. 1!U8.
Editor News:
There seems to lto a doubt exist
iug in tho mind* of some of tiiu pa- '
rents as to the precise meaning of
the phrases on the hack of the re
port cards.
In order to explain thin. 1 mnv
nay that checks are put after the
trait to whirh attention Ih to he
called. For example, if a check Ih
put after "Influence: Good," It
means that the child IS a consplcu
oiis influence for Rood, a leader In
a |Mihitive way. Likewise, if a check 1
is made after "Conscientious," It
implies that tho child is conspicu
ously conscientious.
On the other hand. If n check Is
put after "Work carelessly done" or
"Annoys others," tho moaning, no
doubt. Is ohvlous.
The whole purpose of the last
sheet of tho report card Is to serve
as a barometer of deportment. The
pupils are not only given a mark
In dcitortment, hut are told In a
defllnito way what their good and
bad traits are.
G. W. GHEENR,
Supt. Douglas Schools.
BOWLING MATCH TONIGHT
Tho flrst match game on the new
bowling alloys at Treadwoll will be
played tonight, a team from the
Hcadv Ilullion mine, captained by
Nets Anderson, having accepted a
challenge from a team comprised of
foundrymcn and captainod by Mark
Smith. Tho winners of tonight's
contest will cat oysters?big. fat,
luscious , stallfed bivalves -at the
ox|mmisc of tho losers. A good crowd
is expected to be present to witness
the game.
OUT OF HOSPITAL
John McCormlck was discharged
Wednesday fro ma Juneau hospital,
where he had been for 24 days fol
lowing an operation for rupture.
John wont outside about two months
ago and endeavored to enlist for
scrvlce. but was turned down on
account of his physical condition
which ho hopes Is now completely
remedied, lie has hope that ho will
be in condition for another trial
within a few weeks aftor he builds
up a little.
CATHOLICS TO AID
It was announced this morning
Hint a dinner will lie served Wed
nesday evening from C to 8 o'clock
at the Catholic Club for the hencflt
of the Halifax sufferers. While no
details of the event have been given,
It Ih a foregone conclusion that It
will lie a well-arranged one and ono
well worth attending, even nsldo
from the fact that It will be for a
worthy cause.
KENNARD IN TROUBLE
15. It. Konnard. well known here.
Ih under arreHt and held at Juneau
charged with being a deserter from
the American army.
SOWERS HEEDS
COUNTRY'S CALL
Teacher of Science. Manual Train
ing and Athlctic* to Start
South Sunday
Joe Sowers, who cumo here from
Seattle with the opening of the Doug
las public school In August, 191 G.
ami who has been a resident of
Douglus continuously ever since, has
resigned his position In the school
and will leave for the outside on the
southbound trip of the steamer City
of Seattle, which Ih scheduled to sail
Sunday.
Mr. Sowers, like many of the oth
er Island boys, ban heard and heeded
the call of bis country and ho will
enter the medical corps, a cable to
the effect that Ills application had
boon accepted for that scrvlco being
received by him last Sunday. Ho
lias been eminently successful In
Hie school here and tcnchers and
pupl Ih ullke aro sorry that he can
not remain with them. A dinner
In honor of Mr. Sowers was given
by the other teachers at the St.
Ann boarding house, where u num
ber of other teachers uro quartered,
yesterday evening.
In connection with thu departure
if Mr. Sowers, whlrh will nccessl
latr h? . orul changes in tlio work of
the other teachers, Superintendent
Qrceiic has volunteered the follow
ing informal Ion:
Mitts til la Kay nor lias been elected
!iy the hoaril to teach thu third nud
fourth grade*, .mihh Kaynor In a
graduate of KlleutthuiK Normal and
lias had two yearn' experience.
Mum Marr, who taken the Junior
fiiKh school work. Iuih scprialUed In
his type of work. Had she re
mained in Omaha thin year instead of
omiiig to Douglas, thin type of
work would have heen assigned to
lier again.
Mr. a roe no. In view of tho faet
hat manual training teachers are at
i premium at thin time, consented
to take over thin type of work. He
lias had one year's experience In
leaching manual training and phys
ics In an Agricultural high school
In Idaho. Itenldes physics, and boys'
ilhletlcs. Mr. Greene will handle
rour classes In manual training, one
in general science and ono In type
writing.
PALMBOM PINCHED
Kmll Pal inborn, of tills place, who
nporntcs u logging auiip ncur Ton
iikee. wns recently lined $ 1 no by the
l'nlte<l States commissioner at Tena
kce for having venison in his posses
kIoii out of season. Ho Is said to
have hail four hurrels of the meut
nailed for future use. Game War
den Frank Aldrlch made the arrest
and Intor named several deputies in
the Tenakeo locality to see that
I'nlinhom's offense Is not repeated by
himself or anyone else. The moat
found In the logger's possession was
confiscated and sent to the Pioneers'
Home at Sitka. The recent heavy
snows have made the slaughter of
deer so easy that, according to re
port, hundreds of them aro being !
slain by Indians as well as by |
whites.
GUV'S DRUG SIOI
Compound
With Honey and Tar
?FOR?
COUGHS
COLDS
CROUP
NOW LARGEST
EVER KNOWN
Never in History of United States
Has Her Array Been Nearly so
Large as at Present Time
A statement Issued recently gives
what the country in doing In the
war and what wo aro Rotting {pr
our money. The statement follows:
"Tlio latent official figures put the
number of enlisted men In tho
nrmluH of tho United States at 1 i
360,000. Thin Is tho force that has
grown In eight months out of an
army that on April 1 numbered 110,
000 mou.
"Mont of them aro still in tho
training ramps. Many of them arc
not yet disciplined troops, fully
equipped and armed for battle. Hut
there they are. l,:if>0,000 of them, '
already otio of tho biggest factors
llindenburg Is reckoning with for
tho campaign of 1918.
"Of the new American force more
than three hundred thousand mtfn
aro regulars. In all tho world only I
two regular armies remain, tho Am- I
orient) and the Japanese. Tho othcrH
have nil bean swept in tho Hood of
war. When the first American on- i
slaught takes place, German Land
wehr and Landstrum troops will ,
find themselves opposed to an army
of professional soldiers. ,
Present War Forcc 1,500,000 i
"Behind tho regulars aro tho 400,- t
000 soldiers of the National Guard, t
regulars In experience, many of I
them, thanks to Mexico. After the i
National Guard como the (500,000 i
men of the now National army. The i
wholu military estabilhment, with i
tho marines and auxiliary forces I
thrown In, numbers a million and i
a half.
"The Unit thing to be dono for K
the new lighting men wuh to pro- n
videthem with shelter and clothing. |
food and warmth. That large under
taking in all but accomplished. z
Kqually great is the task of provid- ?
ing arms. To arm an infantry di- ?
vision in the Civil war meant to
provide as many muskets and as ?
many bayonets as there were men (l
In tho command. n
"In the present war the job Is
more complicated. There are rltles tl
and bayonets to be furnished now j,
as formerly. Ilut there are ulso j.
grenades and gas makes and helmets ()
and trench mortars to be seen to. a
Each of the four infantry regiments (1
in a division must have 480 trench ,
knives, 192 automatic rides and |t
three one-pound cannon. | ?
America's Largest Army ' p
"The present American urmy In o
the Inrgest the western hemisphere ?<
hus ever Heen. It (h us if the entire ?
IMtpulntlon of the state of South |i
Carolina or tho states of Nebraska s
anil Wyoming put together ? men, |
women and children ? were sudden- t
ly to bo rouverted into young men t
clad In olive drab and organized ||
into companion and battalions. ! t
"When Great Britain entered the t
war it wan with a much smaller j
army. Tho llrst expeditionary forces j
numbered barely a hundred thou- n
sand. The Kaiser called it a con- p
temptiblo little army. Yet without jq
its work at Mons, I'arls might li tvo;
fallen. One hundred thousand men, J *
but the cncouragomentthey brought
to tho French was enough to avert
defeat in the first year of the war.
"It is tho hopo of tho allies that
our new forco will be enough In the
fouurth year of the war to Insure
victory. If it In not enough, Amer
ica has tho men and the machinery
to make a greater effort."
ALASKA IS CHEAPEST
Frank Caraway, who recently re
turned from Columbus, Ohio, whore
ho wus honorably discharged from
tho urmy on account of 111 health,
says Alaska is tho cheapest placc to
llvo ho knowu of at present; that
board and room any placo In Ohio
costs $45 por mouth and that tho j
name conditions now provall all over
tho outside country. Dick McCor
mick, who roturned this week from
Seattle, where ho wus denied udmls
slon to tho army on account of woak
eyes, says Seattle is very much over
done In the lino of labor and that
living expenses there aro out of;
sight; ulso, that living qunrteri
there aro hard to And.
-.TAKE YOUR CHOICE
Members of tho Treadwoll Club
nnd their families who prefer to at
tend tho show at tho Orphoum Fri
day night In preference to Saturday
nlght'may do so on tho regular club
terms. The same picture is shown
both nights and arrangements with
tho managemont of tho Orphoum
have been mndo so that it is Im
material which night the club mem
bers and their families attend.
JITNEY DANCE
Another jitney dance will be given
at Labor Union Hall tomorrow night.
'Nuff said.
DYER DEMANDS $10,000
K. J. Dyer, of Juneau, formerly
oiiKnKml In tin- moving picture ImisI
liess In llin Lyric theatre on which
he held a lease, has hihmI the Doug
las Island Ijalior Union anil John
Wilson, Nels Andorson, II. J. Klnxle,
James Chriiitoe anil U. II. Mctzgar,
all members of the union. Tor can
celling the It-am- helil hy him on the
theatre, alleging that such lease
wiih cancel lot! without Just cause
ami placing the amount of damages
at $16,000. The outcome of the
rime will be wiitehed with Interest
here, where the property in vol veil
Ik located and where all the parties
tiro well known. ?
ESTIMATE WAS
OVERREACHED
sixteen Million New Names Added
to Red Cross Membership by
Christmas Drive
Henry P. Davidson, chairman of
Die War Council of the American
Ited Cross, sent the following Now
V oar's mcssiiKo to tho Hod Cross di
vision managers throughout tho
country:
"The latest reports available linll
?ato that the Christmas drive for
10,000,000 mombers of the Ameri
-an Ited Cross litis resulted in the
uldltioii of fully 1 <5,000,000 names
0 its rolls. Thin number added to
he more than 6,000,000 members
teforu tho Christmas campaign
nakes tho total present enrollment
>r mora than 1, 000. This js
lot alono of patriotism, but of tho
1 magnificent fact- an expression
luo sympathy and idealism of the
vhole American people.
"The Crou War Council con- j
TutulatcH ami welcomes every new
lumber of (lie American Red ("rosa;
ikewine It congratulates (lie ofTI
oni anil old niemlierH of the orgaiil
atlon who huvu Riven uiiHtlnteilly
f their time and elTort to make the
iemherHhl|) campaign a success.
"But the wonderful achievement I
f enrolling one-tlfth of the entire
o|inlntlon of the Tnlted States as
?embers of the American lied ("roan i
? Ichh a triumph than It Ih a rail
i? greater service.. The lied Cross
< not merely a humanitarian orgun- i
nation separate and distinct from
tilers, hut It Ih the mobilized heart
nil spirit of the whole American
cople. The American lied Cross Is
itrryliiK a message of lovn and sym
athev to American sohllera and aali
rs ami to the troops and civilian
opnlatlon of ?>ur allien in all part*
f the world. It Ih seeking to nliort
n tlio war and it Ih necking to lay
foundation for a more eniluriiiK
leace when the wnr Ih over. Ah we
taml on the thrcsholil of a new year
ii thin hour of the world's tragedy
hero can he bill one thought In
ho inlndH of the 22,000, 000 mem
iern of the American lied Crom, and
hat Ih to nerve and sacrifice as never
lefore."
"SITKA HOT SPIllNCS." Accom
nodntloiiH, American or European
ilan. For terms apply to Dr. L. F.
loddard, Sanitarium, Alaska. -Adv.
HOARDING OF
COMMODITIES
Food Administrator Deplores Indi
? cations of Selfishness and
Lick of Help
Juneau, Jan. 17. 11)18.
To t Iks Press of AluHkn:
There Hi'i'inx to In- n ko<*I ileal .if
hoarding in (lie country of many
< ommoditlcs. The present Hiluallon
in HiiRar Ih more due to tliiH than
any other cause. It Im obvious from
I In; very lar^u ilemaiiil for flour In
wooden liar rein and t tic Kcnerully
liicreQHcil flour demand tliiit tliiH
trade Is also affected. Salt, matches
and other conimoilitleH have also
boon drained from many marketa.
The cause seems In he a combination
of Kreed. fear and in some places
of propaganda.
It Ih obvious i hat movements of
IIiIm Norl could unite well hriiiK the
whole Administration to disaster.
Tor Instance If every home bought
a barrel of flour it would represent
oue-flfth of our entire annual pro
ductlon. It Iium proceeded far
enough in the Hour trade to make
control of prices difficult; for the
mil Is. although runnliiK 130 per
< cut normal capacity, are unable to
keep pace with demands. It clouds
the whole issue of conservation, for
while the same person may eat
weekly less Hour, we arc simply at
sea to know what our exportable rc
ourccH might be. We do not be
lieve it is happening In the larger
cities with few exceptions, as all
statistics of tlour car arrivals and
departures Indicate a considerable
reduction of Hour Intake in those
centers.
Therefore, the United States Food
Administration, through the Fed
entl Food Administrator for Alaska,
respectfully asks the press of Alaska
111 mi far as they ean consistently do
not to accept advertisement!!
for special sales of sugar and flour,
whether from dlHtrlhutor or manu
fuetiirer. the scarcity of both com
modities making it unnecessary to
make extended efforts to promote
Ihe Hale of either or both. This re
nucat, of course. to cover only the
period of the war and pertains only
to "special" advertisements for the
xalu of flour and sugar.
Conservation by Restaurants and
Cafes
Twenty-five hotel, restaurant,
rule and boarding house proprietors
iit a joint session with the Federal
Food AdininiHtrator on the 1 1th
Inst., all of whom conduct such
places on Castineau Channel, agreed
to observe a meat leu Tuesday; wheat
less Wednesday and pork less Sat
urday; not to put bread, butter or
crackers on the tables until asked
for by the guest ; not to serve but
ler in any but a reasonably cold
condition there IicIuk a great loss
In serving frozen butter; to request
grocers with whom they deal to buy
and sell cube sugar; to limit the
amount of sugar to each guest, un
less he or she especially asks for
more, to two cubes of sugar; to cut
bread In thinner slices. All of the
(Continued on I 'a go \)
JUIUT Ml
IN LADIES';
UNDERWEAR
UNION SUITS in fleece lined cotton, ankle
length, elbow sleeve, low neck, that sold
for $1.25, now
9SC
UNION SUITS in fleece lined cotton, ankle
length, elbow sleeve, low neck, that sold
for $1.00, now
7 c
Sizes 32 to 44.
p. H. FOX
DOUGLAS ALASKA