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HE DOUGLAS
DOUULAS^LASKA,
ISLAND NEWS
'R1DAY, NOVKMHKR 2!), 11)1 8 NO 2
form there bid been received.
TO LIVE HERE
Arthur UrK^tur. arrived here ou
the Admiral Watson. Wednesday
mother of Mr*. J. I). Ragle?, of thl?
place They are fruat Vernon.
IL C. Mr. MrKuue has been i mem- !
ber of the Canadian air fcrr? and
has seen service In Rurop*. He rriu
Just latelv discharged from tb? ariny
on account of wounds.
NEW TREASURER
Carl H. Erlckson Iiun been named
an treasurer of the Douglas School
Hoard, to serve out the unexpired
term of William Robertson, who I*
now located In Seattle. Mr. Krick
aon will take up his duties as tuion
us the formality incidental to ?e
curltiK bonds la over with.
LEGISLATOR
TELLS A FEW
iWew Representative Strings the
L People of Seattle With Wild.
P Wooly Tales
tunic* I>aly. elected representative
In- Territorial legislature, ha*
- <1 already getting In practice
irhts o( funcy that he thinks
oiiio in handy when the leg
meets In Juneau In thu
i" o A' tkans who have seen
jrMoi s in the North, his
tl: iied will be taken with
ttlt*
>ry lui printed lu the Seat
is* follows:
isn't very much finesse
Alaskan politics. It's more
game that Is played with a
tie, In the opinion of James
recently elected to the Terri
iegislulure. who is a guest at
lotel Marker.
many of the Alaskan
< ?i> at polltl < like the Ameri
ink corps goes at the Herman
on the treut-'em-rouKht prln
d Daly. "Fights are not
ause niiK-tcnths of the
?it 11 try will fight at th<
anyway, and every
tnrting something
lo fight, they do It
election, for lu
candidnts.in the
lets was shot
left lop. They
300 miles or
*. Natur
he would j
if voting
to say.
recov
any
n a
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j
Jlbral
flcet to |
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Purkey
iabllshed un- 1
'with frontl'-: s
"T . . i ' <!?!>?
a and Montenegro.
?at Ilrltaln, France and the
!?d States must pay all of Ol
^y's war costs. t!ie indi'mnity !>??
a minimum of $45,000,000,000.
?y must also agree to deliver raw
materials Immediately.
France and Helghim are to remain
occupied at their expense until the
conditions are carried out.
Count Itoon, the dispatch stated.
Hiiid Germany was entitled to these
terms because of its strength, and
that until they' were realized there
should be no armistice and no cessa
tion of the submarine warfare.
Idltarod la taking extraordinary
precautions not to have an epidemic
of Influenra there. No one la al
lowed to enter or leave the camp,
rhe mill man has been barred and
th<- null. the next one belnjt due
<-arlv In IHxcmber. will bo
itoppeil several miles from camp
*ltL the outside world can do ao
!?>? telegraph.
Il<?men?l???r? the men In our army
md nary do not expect luxuries.
Should we at home expect them? Uuy
necessities and war-sarlnjfs otampa.
BROTHERS-IN-LAW
DIE RECENTLY
Thomas Gilligan and Wilbur George
Die a Few Dayi Apart From
Influenza.
Wilbur George, who was u real
dent of Douglus Island for a number
of yours before iuovIiik to Miami,
Arizona, a four yearn ago. died ut
the latter place on November 5 from
influeiua. While hero ho was em
ployed by tho Tread well Company.
He tuurrled Minn Lizzie Gllllgun In
Douglus ? number of yearn ago. At
tho time of Mr. George's death, his
wlfo and several of tho children
wero very sick with the disease.
Tom Gilligan, who In u brother of
Mrn. George, died at Kurt Seward
on November 22 from Influenza.
Tom npent tnont of hln boyhood duyn
In I)oukIu?. being the nou of Mr. und
Mrn. Jamen Gilligan. for many yearn
renldents of thin placc. He was
born In Hitka, where hln pureuU hud
lived for yearn beforo coming to
I>ouglas ? In fact, tho futnlly wero
pioneers of that place.
At one time Tom and hln brother
Torry wero engaged In the transfer
j business here but had mado Ills'
I home In Juneau for the punt couple
I of years until he wan Inducted Into
tho army. He Is survived by a fu
t erst her and several sisters and
brothers, among the latter being
John Gilligan. blacksmith ut Thane.
Jumes Gllllgun, tho fnthcr. Is now
In California.
It Is said the body will be brought
to Douglas for burial In the Douglas
ccmctcry. where his mother and sis
ter He. hut no definite word has been
received here. ?
SHORTAGE OF LABOR
HINDERED RAILROAD
Skilled Mechanics Leave North to
Work iu Shipyards. Says
W. C. Edes
Lured In Seutle by stories of big
waters being paid ill the sliipbullt)
i ii K buslmss. hundreds of skilled
laborers li ft Anchorage this summer,
with the result that thu federal rail
road was exceed Ingly short of cur
^?enters, tracklayers and bla< khuiiths,
ft' ? '?film : t.i W. i'. IM.-.. , h ;t i r ina n
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M', :i. I ill' > ili'l v. i -it
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I ?iM'in iloiiu: We nun I i 1 1 1 > 1 1
I Hi< of u i irk t h i . winter."
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ip.nl n aching limn Srward In
^Hu :< Vail. > retell of
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(y j ;al"i>!i o il field from Matu
UK
V
w
?i dlatai about twcnty-tlvc miles
south from Nenana and seven or
eight miles of road wus constructed
In the Tunana Valloy. Forty-five
miles of narrow gauge road pur
chased from the Tananu Vullcy Hall
road will be broadened out next
year. We huve also done ubout 3D
miles of grading. There are some
gaps in It. and the bridges arc not
yet put Id."
The railroad commission opened
up u coal mlno for Its own use last
Bummert and between 15,000 and
20.000 tons of surplus fuel wus ac
cumlated at Anchornge. A consid
erable amount of coal was also
sshlpped to Seward.
"Although we are not In the coal
business, a quantity of this coal
might have been shipped to Seattle
this summer," said Edes, "but the
ships were all filled to capuclty with
canned salmon and copper ore. There
are uol euough ships operating in
the Alaskan trade."
Commissioner Kdcs thinks it high
ly probable that the Matuiiusku coal
will come Into competition with
those now in the Seattle market noxt
year.
LIVE IN SEATTLE
Anton Liljcstrand. accompanied by
his two daughters. Miss Maude and
Edna, left on the Spokane Monday
night for Seattle, whore they will
make their Homes Arthur Llljes
traud, who Is employed at the Alas
ka Juneau, did not arompany the
family south at this time. The Lll
jestrand family have made their
home in Douglas for a great many
years- In fact, they are among the
real pioneers, and they will bo
greatly missed.
* * ? ? ? ? ? ????
'* HAVE HOPES <?
?> ? ?
?> In ail endeavor to find out 6
? how noon tin- Alaska Ixiys nt ???
?> Camp Dodge would bu sent
?> homo, a wire wan sent to Corp. v
? Oscar (irundler, and tho follow- 4
? lug answer was roelved yester- <?
?> day: <?
?> "Dch Mol n cm, Nor. 27. ?
?> "Nothing known tut to when <?
?> wo will leave hero. Wo aro ?
drlllliiK as hard an over. Hope ?
to ho hoinu by Christmas. Kv- <?
?> orybody woll and happy. O
?? "COUP. GRUNDLKR, ?
? "Co. A. 14th Infantry, ?
?> "Camp Dodge, Iowa." ?
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SULZER LEADS
IT IS S
J
According to the Latest Figures
Charles A. Sulzer Leads in
Delegate Election
In going over tho voto of tho Ter
ritory carefully, tho Alaska Daily I
Kniplre , which ban taken special
pains to get the return* from as
many pollliiK place* a* possible. Hay*
that Delegate Sulzer lead* In the
raco by 36 vote*.
In the First division Mr. Sulzer |
lends by CD votes; In tho Second Mr.
Wlckersham leads by 175 votes; In
i In- Third Mr. Sulzor leads by 140,
and In the Fourth by 2.
There are u few precincts yot to |
bo heard from. Hud ley bolng the
only ono 111 the First Division not
reported. The other unreported
precincts In the other divisions gave
Mr. Sulzer a plurality of 1G votes In
Itll,
According to these figures, the
election of Mr. .Sulzer is practically
assured.
DEMOBILIZATION
TO BE RAPID (
Men to Be Sent From Camps and,
From Franco as Soon as
Possible
General Mar< li. Chief of Staff of
tho U. S. forces. has announced thut
the demobilization of t In* U. H. troip*
will take place In (he followhiK
onlcr:
First ? Development battalions.
Second ? Conscientious objectors
not under nrrest.
Third ? Spruco production division
Fourth -Central training schools
for officers with some modifica
tions.
Fifth ? United States Guards.
Sixth ? Hallway units.
Seventh Depot brigades.
Eighth ? Replacement units.
Ninth ? Combat units.
Out of the 1,790.000 men under
arms In the United States. 200,000
of them will be at their hornet* by
the last of this mouth. After the re
duction plan Is In full operation 30, ?
?MM) men will be released from the
army uech day.
The order of the sending of men
home In the overseas troops has been
loft to Gen. Pershing. The sick and
wounded will, however, be sent
homo at aiiro and a constant stream
of them will begin arriving soon.
Tho different units will be demoull
Ized as near as possible to the places
where thoy were Inducted from to
give the men au opportunity to pa
rade In their homo towns.
The camps at home will be cleared
out to bo occuplcd by tho returning
troops from rFanco.
The 42nd. or Rainbow Division,
which has such a brilliant record in
France will probably receive special
consideration and will most likely
parade In Washington.
There is a bill before Congress
now to glvo earh man In tho army
a bonus of one mnoth's Jay before
ho Is discharged. Ev?ry soldier is
allowed to wear his uniform for
three months after ho Is discharged.
CHRISTMAS
Suggestions
gift books
POEMS
BIBLES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
For 3oy? and Girl*
of all ages
A GRAND ASSORTMENT
CUV'S DRUG STORE
i
THANKSGIVING
I QUIET HERE
With Quarantine Restrictions Still
in Force, Holiday Is
Quiet Time
TliankHKiviiiR time on DotiKlas
Island tills year was a very (|Ulot
?imu. Tho weathor during the day
wan mill!, with no snow oil tlio;
ground, although along towards
evening II started to unow, or, rather,
sleet, that made it very disagreeable
Int.
around the dinner tahlc where the
noble bird wiis served.
Turkey ul 41! cents a pound was not
a hit too Rood for many of the peo
ple hero ? in fact, tho turkeys on
hand In the TroaJwoll market wen
all sold out the day before Thanks
giving.
S. II. Combest, who came up hero
to do speelal work for tho Treadwoll
Company In connection with treut
IfiK the Shakan property ore, will
finish his work here early next
month and will shortly afterwards
leave for the South. Mrs. Combest
and children left for 8<>attlc on the
steamer Karragut last week.
'/'here were, of course, no public
ki/therluKs of any kind, but there
Xerc a number of family reunions
TO LEAVE SOON
SOLDIERS' SLANG
TICKLE BRITISH
Yankee Soldiers Well Liked on the
Continent by All Nations ?
Except German
"SnuitiiyV appearance. social con
duct (111(1 conversation, to Huy noth
f iik of IiIh military prowoas, have en
deared It I in to all classes In Franco
mill England. French newspapers
toll of hlit chivalrous attitude toward
the fair Hex gencrully, nud Ms kind
ly, paternal way with chlldrun In
war-rackinl villages; the Km;lish
dullleH print columns about Ills
alert, military bearing, and the
charm of IiIh native slang. Thin lam
characteristic drawn forth the fol
lowing letter on "What Sammy
Says," which is taken from the Lou
don daily Mall:
"Sammy is in my ward, and I liko
lilm. ills face he describes as 'one
of the sort that only a mother could
lov<;.' hut somehow, lantern-Jawed
and hlKh-cheekcd as It is, it appeals ,
to me.
"Even more than his fnco I like
lilu conversation. Ills experiences .
during the war arc, I suppose, much i
the same us those of other men; his (
mode of rclatliiK them is peculiarly ,
his own. The picturesque Imagery )
wltn which he ndorns his speech ,
may be au old story lu 'God's coun
try' ? to me It is u thing of wonder
mid Joy forever.
"He came over the 'big drink' .
some months ago. He had a pl"us- |
ant voyage, saw no 'tin fish.' an<! i
had plenty to cut- ?'six meals u day, |
three up und three down.' On ar- (
rival at the port they Kot Into the ,
'dinkiest little train ever.' Before
It started, the captain asked for a ,
key to wind it up with. Sammy says
that personally he Intends to take |
one home us a charm to hung on <
his wutch chain. i
"Thoy went Into ramp .where they
spent their time 'hiking' about the
countrysido. The 'cuts' here were
not overgood. They were glvou tea
'which lusted like the lust water
Noah kept float In' and fifth 'that wan
never ruught lint muftt have Riven
ttHolf up.' However, they made
their motto, 'Work like Helen 11
Happy,' and hi nek It out bravely.
The one tiling that 'got their goat'
was having to sleep on terra flrma.
That, Sammy says, In Latin for 'ter
ribly hard.'
"Ultimately he und bin compan
ions crossed (o the front. Tho coun
try pleased Sammy, but he found
tho language difficult and tho
French people slow uf comprehen
sion. On one occasion he wanted u
pair of duck shoes, so he went Into
a boot-maker's ami quacked -but
ho couldn't get the old dame 'wise'
to It.
"For the light that put him out of
action Sammy says his lleutonant
was responsible. 'He was sure tired
of his position and crazy on becom
ing u captain or an angel.' Sammy
was ready enough to help, but a
Doche shell Intervened and Insisted
on sending In his name with an ap
plication for 'immediate transfer to
tho Flying Corps.'
"Hence his presence In hospital.
"It Is my duty to give Sammy his
letters, and today, as he read a vol
uminous epistle his face bright: ;< I
I to such an extent that I wr.s forced
to Inquire what good tiding'* had ar
rived. He hesitated ontl then grin
ned. 'I don't mind telling you,
nurse." ho told. 'It's my vlf writ
ing. und from what she says I cal
culate when 1 get home there'll be
something besides a foncc runnl.ig
around my llttlo place In Scuttlo.'
"Sammy goes tomorrow, and I
sliull miss h I in Imdly. lie himself Is
all anxiety for an early return to a
front where he anticipates a real
good time for the Yanks and a cor
respondingly hud one for Jerry.
The latter In ussuredly up against
the 'straight goods' at last. Any
way, whutever happens to tho Eng
lish, for the U. S. A. forces It Is go
ing to he 'heaven, hell or Iloboken
by Chrlstmus.'
"Sammy says so."
YANKEE SOLDIERS
GOOD BOOSTERS
Stretch the Truth a Little, But Do
Good Work for the Terri
tory in France
Tin- following taken from tho 80
uttlc I'. -I. of November 11, will give
h>iiii- Idea of the boosting being done
by tho Alaska hoys with the Amerl
cun army in Franco:
"Alasku boys in France, In the
army cuutonmcnts and In the navy
uru the most effective press agents
the North bus ever known," states J.
L. Mcl'herson, manugcr of the Aluska
bureau of tho Seattle Chamber of
Commorco und Commercial Club. "A
few days ago wo received a letter
from an Alaskun lieutenant of en
gineers who Is In Franco stating
that he had been boosting Aluska to
a bunch at mess, and that ho had
told them of the llulnes. Alaska,
strawberries, eight of which would
fill u qunrt measure, and celery that
grew six feet tall. We advised him
thut he was absolutely correct In his
statement concerning the strawber
ries. but that lie had probably con
fused celery with rhubarb, which
has a most luxurious growth In the
Skugway section, where it uttalns u
livlght of from four to six feet.
Pioneer Life Attractive
'I want a homestead where I can
In a little hunting, fishing and
l rapping,' Is typical of the requests
for information 011 Alaska received (
from the boys In France. sIiowIiik j
hat their life In tho open has in
itllleil in them u desire to become
iloneers, to lead u life of adventure, J
"rom the training camps throughout |
lie states, from Honolulu, from the
ligh seas and from France the men
n the service urc writing for inform
itlon on Alusku.
" 'What ure the funning und mln
m homesteadlng, fishing and trup- |
dug opportunities I11 the North
und?' ure the questions represent
ng a majority of the Inquiries,
lumbers of men state their Inten- (
ion of settling in Alaska when they
eturn from the war. and desire gen
ial Information. Some of them
nuke Inquiries us to business condi
Ioiib and homestendlng opportuni
sts. One asked for Information on '
out lands, their location, the lease
iws, etc.. while u Jackie briefly re
juests 'ull standing Information.'
Northland Much Discussed
"Not only is Alaska being thought (
ibout by the men In the service,"
iddcd Mr. Mcl'herson, "but It Is be- .
UK "irnestly tulked about and de- |
>at< I. and we find that many of the
inquiries received uro for the benefit (
>f a number of men, the writer only (
icting us spokesman. I
"One of Alaska's sons, writing to ]
1 Seattle friend, stated that while ,
it Bordeaux lie attended un lllus- (
1 at ril lecture on Aluska. The slides (
tv ere furnished by your Alaska bu
reau, ' ho said, 'and they were very (
;ood. They wore oil the more Inter- (
ting to me because many of the (
icenes were familiar. As the famil- |
ur towns were shown, I thought of |
ittr Jolly bunch coming down on the (
;ood old sea-tub Northwestern. Tho ^
flowers ut Skagwuy were Just as wo (
iuw them.' ,
Alaska to Be Developed i
"Alaska lias furnished a far great
er percent of her man power to tho
war than any other section of our
land, and as a result she is feeling
more seriously the effect of the drain
In all her industrial development
life. Uut It Is certain that with the
final settlement of peace the Alaska
hoys will all return to tho North
land and will take with them scores
of comrades to whom they have told
the wonders of the land 'up there.'
These men will furnish the essential
manhood for tho development of Al
aska's great store of raw products, a
movement which must be so plannod
as to build for permanent industries
and a stable and prosperous popu
lation."
GONE TO STATES
K. Lawrcnce, the local machinist,
loft the first of the week for the
South, wher he will be employed
t least until spring. Ms family
will remain here for the time being.
CARD OF THANKS
\\Y wish to thank the friends who.
Ith their help and sympathy. as*
istcd u during the sickness and
death of our sister and aunt, Mrs.
Anna K. Graff.
FRANK BACH AND FAMILY.
CONDITIONS HERE
ARE IMPROVING
No New Cases of Flu for the Past
Several Days and Quarantine
May Be Lifted
AlthouKh there arc quite a num
ber of mild cuaea of Influcuzu in
town there huvc been no new caaea
developed in the pant couple of daya.
While thu caaca nre <| 11 1 1 ?? numerous,
tlnsy aru confined to Imt a few houac
holda In families whtVo there are
aeveral children and in moat cuaea
'every one. In the fumlly haa It at
oiico.
Among the familiea quarantined
arc the Wirtancna, Niemia, Luitalla,
Fleck, Sleo, I'almbom and I'uz. All
concerned arc on the hlffh road to
recovery.
The atatcment waa made t>xlay by
offlciala of the health board that if
no new caaea developed III the next
couple of daya the quarantine
would be lifted about the llrat of
the mouth.
The health officluls asked, how
ever, that there bo no aluckculiiK of
the quarantine rcKulatlona now in
force ao that the favorable comli
tlona may continue.
DENY REPORTS OF
LABOR SHORTAGE
Seattle Building Trades Council
Takes Steps to Fight Move to
Depress Market
If the employment service of the
United States Labor Department was
helpful anil efficient In time of war.
It Mhould be more helpful anil ef
ficient in time of poace, and large
?mpioyers of labor who took advan
tage of the acrvlcc during the war
will not he permitted to undermine
It now by misrepresenting industrial
-onditions with intent to depress the
labor market.
Thin wan the sense of a motion
latised by the Seattle UulldiiiK Trades
Council at Uh weekly meeting last
light, when statements made by
ertaln largo employerH to the ef
fect that a great shortage of labor
?lists in Seattle were strongly con
temned as untrue and misleading,
mil ordered denied III the name of
lie council, says the Times of the
.'3d Inst.
Scvcrul Interviews recently given
mt by large employers and represen
atlvea of large umployerM wore con
ildcred by the council un part of a
anipuign to flood Seattle with labor
ind their publlratlon was deplored
m detrimental to the bent IntereHtK
if the city and ax an Interference
with the government'* plan to ef
fect a readjustment of Industrial
-ondltloim through Its employment
jervlce.
"This council regards HiIh appar
>nt effort to attract mechanim of all
trades to Seattle when winter Ih
ibout to set in and industrial activ
ities are at a low ebb as a grave In
lustlce not only to the workingnnn
if the city who stood by their coun
ry loyally during the war. but also
:o workinKUien of other cities who
nay be Induced to come here by mis
representations of fact," said Sccro
:ary Cotterll. explaining thu coun
?ll's attitude.
"Wo do not Intend to tolerate a
ampaign that will bring thousands
>t worklngmcu to Seattle to walk
the streets this coming winter. We
liave bad enough of that condition
In the past. We will gladly cooper
ite with the Labor Department em
ployment service In seeing that all
legitimate demands for labor are
met, but the old Idea that ten men
must be lined up waiting for every
Job that sonic employers seem to
cling to Is In the discard."
LIFTED IN JUNEAU
The quarantine has been lifted In
Juneau to some extent. People are
allowed to go to shows and frequent
places of amusement, but muBt con
tinue to wear masks until Sunday.
It Is planned to start school there
next Monday.
COUPON BONDS HERE
The First Territorial Hank has re
ceived the Fourth Liberty Loan Cou
pon Honda and Is prepared to deliver
same to subscribers.
NOW IS THE TIME TO
SELECT XMAS GIFTS
Gallwas hs-s received a new line
of merchand.se at prices that will
please all.
IMPROVING
David N. Dalrner, of the U. 8.
Guards at Fort William H. Seward.
Is slowly convalescing from his re
cent severe attack of pneumonia.
Shop early. Xmas toys and dec
orations on display now at Martin's.