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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-25
All Alaska News

J. R Krueger, a MatanuSka ranch er is making arrangements to ship in a number of head of cattle for his ranch this summer, his experience during the past winter leading to the belief that the cattle will do well in that section.
 -.:-
 Walter DeLong, head of the light craze department of the engineering commission at Anchorage, reports he has sufficient equipment to handle a one thousand ton cargo and will soon be ready to handle all freight offered Candle, on Seward peninsula, re- ports having experienced one of the most protracted cold spells this winter in the history of the country.
 .:-
 J. J. Rath, homeSteader at HaineS, has received from the general land of flee certificate of final proof on his claim.
 ::
 Twenty-two cases are on the calen- dar for investigation by the grand jury for the term of court which con vened recently at Fairbanks,
 Charles Goldstein, the well known Juneau fur buyer, announces his in- tention to center the fur trade of the north in Juneau.
 We carry Symphony Lawn Station ary the Seward Drug Company.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-25
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF
 ADMINISTRATORS

Notice is hereby given that Bank of Seward has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of Flor ence Foote, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate of the said Florence Foote are hereby notified to present said claims, with the proper vouchers attached, to said Bank of Seward at its place of busi- ness, in the town of Seward, in Kenai Precinct, Third Division us the Terri tory of Alaska, within six months from the date of this notice.
 Dated this 10th day of April, A. D. 1917.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27

IAC pOSny oAus AoonlAS LII A1tAkIs liz r." 80
surprised and delighted to behold the
promising shack. and. like Roddy, en-
tertained fair hopes for the future. :.
The door Of the shack was closed;
board covered the window, but a
murmur of voices came from within.
Maurice stole close and listened.
Through crack he could see the flick
er Of q candle-f1ame, and he heard the
voice Of Penrod Schofield:
"Roddy Bits, do you solemnly
swear?"
"Well, all right" said the voice Of
Roddy. somewhat breathless.
"How many fingers you see before
your eyes?"
"Can't see any" Roddy returned.
"How could I. with this thing over my
eyes, and laying down on my Stun
mick, anyway"
"Then the time has come" Penrod
announced in solemn tones. ''The time
has come"
Whack!
Evidently broad and fiat imple-
ment was thereupon applied to Roddy.
"Ow!" complained the candidate.
mo noise! !" said Penrod sternly, and
added: "Roddy Ritts must now say
the oath. Say exackly what I say,
Roddy, and if you don't-well, you bet
ter, because you'll see: Now, say I
solemnly swear"
II solemnly swear" said Roddy.
ITO keep the secrets"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27

of about twenty-five feet Of garden
hose in fair condition. One end of it
was introduced into the shack through
q knothole, and the other was secured
by wire. round the faucet of hydrant
in the stable. Thus, if members of the
order were assalled by thirst during an
important session, or in the course of
an initiation, it would not be necessary
for them all to leave the shack. One
could go, instead, and when he had
turned on the water at the hydrant,
the members in the shack could drink
without leaving their places. It was
discovered, also, that the section OF
hose could be used as speaking-tube;
and though it did prove necessary to
explain by shouting outside the tube
what one had said into it, still there
was general feeling that it provided
another means Of secrecy and an addi-
tional safeguard against intrusion. 1t
is true that during the half hour i'm
mediately following the installation OF
this convenience, there was q little
violence among the brothers concern
ing question of policy. Sam, Roddy
and Verman-Verman especially
wished to use the tube Ito talk
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27
platinum Substitutes,

Since the development of "palau,"
the palladium-gold substitute for plat
mum, trials have been made with mix
lures of these two metals in varying
proportions. The alloy containing GO
to 80 per cent Of gold is to be known
as "rhotanium,' and has a specific
gravity of 16 to 1875, is malleable and
ductile and can be welded without flux
or other agent. It proves entirely
satisfactory for most chemical and
electrical purposes for which platinum
is used, though it is not suitable for
use with hot concentrated nitric acid,
nor for electrolytic anodes. For jew
elry it is thought to be wen superior to
platinum, as it Is harder and stronger
and takes a better finish and 1t has
practically the same color, can be
worked as readily and does not tarn-
ish or corrode.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27

through and Maurice, Penrod and
Herman wished to use it ito drink
through" AS a consequence Of the
success of the latter party, the shack
became too damp for habitation until
another day, and several members, as
they went home at dusk, might easily
have been mistaken for survivors OF
some marine catastrophe.
Still, not every shack Is equipped
with running water, and exuberance
beftted the occasion. Everybody
agreed that the afternoon had been
one of the most successful and fmpor-
tant in many weeks. The Order Of the
In-Or-In was doing splendidly; and yet
every brother felt, in his heart, that
there was one thing that could spoil 1t.
Against that fatality, all were united
to protect themselves, the shack, the
ritual, the opera glasses, and the wa
ter-and-speaking tube. Sam spoke not
only for himself but for the entire or
der when he declared, in speeding the
last parting guest: :
"Well, we got to stick to one thing
or we might as well quit! George Bas-
sett better not come pokin' around"
mo, sir!" said PenrOd.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27
SEEKING HAPPINESS FUTILE
Experience Not Gained by Pursuit, but
Comes to One Who Does Kind
Deed Without Thinking Of 1t.

Those who seek happiness never find
ia truism that has been going the
rounds since philosophers began get
ting their words into print or upon
craven tablets, observes the Dayton
News. But it Is we'll to repeat it &C.
casionally, to keep it ever before the
masses of humanity, that 1t may be-
come so much q part of our creed anu
faith that the youngest among US and
the oldest may realize the full meaning
of the expression.
There is no greater unhappiness
than that of pursuing happiness, for
happiness is never overtaken by those
who pursue it. Happiness comes to
him who is not thinking Of it; to him
who is doing something for others,
with never a thought of his own hap
piness. No man has ever yet followed
a course Of conduct with his own hap
piness in view and achieved his pur-
pose.
Service to others-that is all there
is to life that savOrs of happiness. The
service need not be great; it is given
to few persons to be of great service.
And those who are of great service do
not realize it-they do not start out
with that in view.
To be kind and courteous and con-
siderate Of the comfort Of others-that
is the service which brings happiness.
The man who helps crippled old
woman upon the street car is happier
for doing so. The fellow who stops to
wipe away the tear from the eyes of
child who bruised it's hand; the wom-
an who visits a sick neighbor to see II
she can be Of any use; the man who
puts another in position to help him.
self-these little services are quite
great in the realm of things that go to
make for happiness. And they are
possible with all of us.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27
Grownups Not Appreciative.

The greatest Of our many pleasures,
perhaps, Is to write pieces for and
about children, because they are the
only ones who appreciate things that
are done for them. Grownups don't
appreciate that sort of thing. They o.
ways find something wrong about It
The reporter doesn't live who can
write piece about grownup in
which the grownups can't find some
mistake. But children overlook de
tails, and are grateful for the re-
porter's kindly intent. The other day
we wrote a piece for the little boy
who lives in the big apartment house
where everybody else is grown up.
Last night we saw the little boy, and
asked him If he saw the piece. He
said yes, his mamma had read it to
him. And then he ran up and kicked
US on the shfns. It was the first time
he ever had flattered US with so much
as glance, and Immediately We knew
we had made q friend for life. We
have written verse by the yard for
grownups. but If they ever were
pleased with it, they kept the fact
carefully concealed. - Kansas CITY
Star. 1872 a'
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27
VALUE OF P0RP0ISE JAW OIL
Lubricant Responsible for Correct OPP
Grafton Of Delicate Mechanism Re-
tanning Fluidity at All Times.

In this Fastening age of ours, when
even seconds count in business life, 1t
may sound paradoxical to say that we
owe our punctuality and time saving to
the playful porpoise. And yet such,
indeed, is the fact, says the Scientific
American, for watches, clocks and the
still more dignified chronometer would
not run month in and month out with
regularity but for the lubricant OBJ
tanned from it's jaws.
This oil has the unique property Of
being able to retain it's fluidity summer
and winter, and there is an authentic
record of the lubricant doing it's work
at a temperature of quite 100 degrees
below the freezing point. A variety of
other oils have been tried for the same
service, but all of them have proved
far less reliable. In a watch or chro-
nometer the oil must stay where put
it must not "creep' over the mechan-
ism and thus steal away from It's pro-
per post of duty. Therefore, it ought
not to run away In the presence Of
considerable heat. Neither should the
oil oxidize, evaporate or grow rancid.
These exacting requirements are met
in their entirety only by porpoise jaw
oil, and it is no wonder that the stuff
when refined sells wholesale in tho
neighborhood Of $25 a gallon. There
are many other mechanisms that are
best cared for by using porpoise jaw
oil, such, for instance, as talking ma
chimes, delicate recording apparatus
etc.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27
There Was Something Spiritual George.

brought down from the attic quietly,
though. as he said, 1t wasn't any use
on earth up there" There were two
lame chairs from Penrod's attic, and
along one wall ran low and feeble
structure intended to serve as bench
or divan. This would come in handy,
Sam said, If any Of the party chad to
lay down or anything" and ut pinch
(such as a meeting Of the association
it would serve to seat oil the members
in row.
For. coincidentally with the develop
ment of the shack, the builders became
something more than partners. Later,
no one could remember who first sug-
gested the founding of secret order
or society, as a measure of exclusive
ness and to keep the shack sacred to
members only, but it was an idea that
presently began to be more absorbing
and satisfactory than even the shack
itself. The outward manifestations Of
it might have been observed in the in
creased solemnity and preoccupatiOn
of the Caucasian members and in
few ceremonial obServanceS exposed
to the public eye. AS an instance of
these latter. Mrs. Williams, happen
ing to glance from a rearward window,
about four o'clock one afternoon, found
her attention arrested by what seemed
to be flag-raising before the door of
the shack. Sam and Herman and Yer
man stood in attitudes of rigid atten-
t;on Sho,,ldor To shoulder while PEN
rod Schofield, facing them, was ap-
parently delivering some sort Of ex-
hortation which he read from scrib-
bled sheet Of foolscap. Concluding
this, he lifted from the ground long
and somewhat warped clothes-prop.
from one end Of which hung q whitish
flag, or pennon, bearing an inscription.
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parental comment during moments Of
strained patience in many homes, so
that altogether the most remarkable
fact to be stated of George Bassett is
that he escaped the consequences as
long Us he did.
u Strange as 1t may seem, no actual
violence was done him except upon the
incidental occasion of tar fight, into
which he was drawn by IN obvious &C.
centricity on the part Of destiny. Nat
vrally he was not popular with his
comrades; in all games he was pushed
aside, and disregarded, being invaria-
bly, the tail-ender in every pastime in
which leaders "chose sides;" his coun-
sells were sighted as worse than
weightless, and all his opinions instant
~ hooted. Still, considering the cir
cumstances fairly and thOushtfully, 1t
is difficult to deny that his boy COM
panions showed creditable moderation
in their treatment Of him. That is, they
were moderate up to Il certaip date,
and even then they did not directly at
tack him-there was nothing cold
blooded about it at all. The thing was
forced upon them, and, though they all
felt pleased and uplifted-while it was
happening-they did not understand
precisely why. Nothing could more
clearly prove their innocence Of heart
than this very ignorance, and yet none
OF the grown people who later felt
themselves. concerned in the matter
was able to look at it in that light.
Now, here was characteristic working
OF those reactions which produce what
is sometimes called "the.., injustice Of
+ life" beca1se the grown people were
responsible Tor the whole affair. and
were really the guilty parties. 1t was
from grtwn people that Gergie Bassett
learned that he was a boy set apart,
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27

George Bassett was a boy set apart.
Mot only that; George knew that he
smas boy set apart. he would think
about it for ten or twenty minutes at
Kline, and he could not look at himself
In mirror and remain wholly without
lemotion. What that emotion was, he
would have been unable to put into
words, but 1t helped him to understand
that there was a certain noble some
thing about him which other boys did
not possess.
Georges mother had been the first
TO discover that George was boy set
apart. In fact, George did not know
ut until one day, when he happened to
sioverhear his mother telling his aunts
about it. True, he had always under
stood that he was the best boy in town
and he intended to be a minister when
he grew up, but he had never before
comprehended the full extent of his
sanctity, and, from that fraught mo-
ment onward, he had an almost the
atrical sense of his set-apartness.
Il Penrod Schof1eld and Sam Williams
and the other boys of the neighborhood
all were conscious that there was
something different and spiritual about
George, and, though this conscious
ness Of theirs may have been a little OBJ
5scure, it was none the less actual. That
rs to say, they knew that George Bas-
sett was boy set apart, but they did
not know that they knew it. Georges
air and manner at all times demon
strated to them that the thing was
so, and, moreover, their mothers alb
sorbed appreciation Of Georges won
derfulness from the very fount of 1t,
for Mrs. Bassett's conversation was Of
little else. Thus, the radiance of his
character became the topic Of cnvious
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(Copyright, 1917, Wheeler Syndicate. 1nc.)

and the effect upon him was what
alienated his friends. Then these alien
ated friends were brought (by odious
comparisons on the part of grown peO-
ple) to a condition Of mind wherein
they suffered dumb annoyance, like q
low fever, whenever they heard
Georges name mentioned, while asso-
citation with his actual person became
every; day more and more irritating.
And yet, having laid this fuse and hay
ing kept it constantly glowing, the
grown people expected nothing to hap
pen to George.
The catastrophe 'befell as conse-
quence of Sam Williams deciding to
have a shack in his backyard. Sam
had somehow obtained a vastly piano
box and a quantity Of lumber, and,
summoning Penrod Schofield and the
colored brethren, Herman and Verman,
he expounded to them his building
plans and offered them shares and
benefits in the institution he purposed
to found. Acceptance was enthusiastic
straightway the assembly became a
union of carpenters all of one mind,
and ten days saw the shack not COM
pleted but comprehensive. Anybody
could tell, by that time, that it was
intended for a shack.
There was door on leather hinges {;
it dropped, perhaps, but 1t was door.
There was a window-not glass one,
but, at least, it could be 'looked out
Of" as Sam said. There was Chin
ney made of stovepipe, though that was
merely decorative, because the cooking
was done out of doors in an under
ground furnace" which the boys ex-
cavated. There were pictures pasted
on the interior walls, and, hanging from
q nail, there was crayon portrait Of
SAINTS grandfather, which he had
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| LII hCCp luc SCCASLS ISOuOJ
peated.
'To keep the secrets IN infadelaty
and violate and sanctuary"
"What?" Roddy naturally inquired.
Whack!
"Ow!" cried Roddy. That's no
fair!'
"You got to say just what say"
Penrod was heard informing him.
'That's the ritual, and anyway, even
if you do get it right, Verman's got to
hit you every now and then, because
that's part Of the ritual, too. Now 60
on and say it. I solemnly swear to
keep the secrets In infadelaty and vlo-
late and sanctuary"
II solemnly swear'-Roddy began.
But Maurice Levy was tired of being
no party to such fascinating proceed
ings, and he began to hammer upon
the door.
"Sam! Sam Williams! !" he shouted.
| 'Lemme in there! I know lots about
| 'nishiatin'. Lemme I'M"
The door was flung open, revealing
Roddy Bits blindfolded and bound,
lying face down upon the floor Of the
shack but Maurice had only fugitive
glimpse Of this pathetic figure before
he, too, was recumbent. Four boys
flung themselves Indignantly upon him
and bore him to earth.
eli - he squealed. "What you dom?
Haven't you got any sense?"
And, from within the shack, Roddy
oddo1 his oUn nrotoSt
"Let me up, can't you?" he cried. II
got to see what's goin' on out there,
haven't L? guess I'm not goin' to lay
here all day! What you think I'm
made OFF,"
"You hush up!" Penrod commanded.
''This is nice biznuss!" he continued,
deeply aggrieved. what kind of
'nfshiation do you expect this is, any
how?'
"Well, here's Maurice Levy gone and
seen part of the secrets" said Sam, in
a voice of equal plaintiveness. Eyes !;
and 1 bet he was listenin' out here,
tool"
"Lemme up!" begged Maurice, half
stifed. II didn't do any harm to your
old secrets, did I? Anyways, I just as
soon be- Insulated myself. amt
afraid. So if you 'nishiate me, what
difference will it make If did hear a
little?"
Struck with this idea, which seemed
reasonable, Penrod obtained silence
from every one except Roddy, and it
was decided to allow Maurice to rise
and retire to the front yard. The
brother members then withdrew with
in the shack, elected Maurice to the
fellowship, and completed the initiation
Of Mr.. Bits. After that, Maurice was
summoned and underwent the ordeal
with fOrtitude, though the newest
brother-stil tingling with his own ex-
periences-helped to make certain
parts Of the ritual unprecedentedly Sc
we're.
Once endowed with full membership,
Maurice and Roddy accepted the OBJ
legations and privileges Of the order
with enthusiasm. Both interested
themselves Immediately in improve
ments for the shack, and made excur-
sions to their homes to obtain mate
rails. Roddy returned with pair of
lensless mother-of.pearl opera glasses,
contribution which led to the crea-
ton of a new Office, called the "war-
ner." It was his duty to climb upon
the back fence once every fifteen min
utes and search the horizon for in
truders or "anybody that hasn't got any
biznuss around here" This post proved
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50 popular, at first. that 1t was found
necessary to provide for rotation In Of
flee, and to shorten the interval from
fifteen minutes to an indefinite but
much briefer period, determined prin-
cipally by argument between the In
cumbent and his successor.
And Maurice Levy contributed de-
vice so pleasant and so necessary to
the pre-. ention of interruption during
meetings. that Penrod ana Sam won
dered why they had not thought or II
themselves long before. 1t consisted
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

statement adds, where there will be
the least interference with travel and
trains will be discontinued the pa
tronage of which is light. It will
tend to conserve the fuel supply and
an adequate fuel supply with uninter-
|rupted movement of fuel for the gov
eminent and the public as well as
the railroads, in the present emer-
gency, is considered, of extreme i'm
! portance, especially in New England.
Some trains will be consolidated with
others, and in other cases trains will
make additional stops. The road in
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
CURTAILING OF SERVICE
WILL AID GOVERNMENT

Boston, June 8.-The New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad in a
statement yesterday announced that
the proposed elimination of about
200 passenger trains from the sum-
mer, effective June 20, would pro-
vide for the maximum movement of
fuel, supplies and troops necessitated
by the war"
'The service will be crrtailed." the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
He pleaded not guilty and

defraud. He pleaded not guilty and
furnished $1,000 bond for trial later.
Federal authorities said he advertised
stock in the company, which claimed
to make apparatus for developing
power from the rise and fall of the
tide at annual operating rate of 81
per horse power.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
he Darty's state executive commit
REFUSED ADVANCE,
LABORERS STRIKE

Bristol, June S.-Fffty laborers
employed on outside construction
work by the Bristol Brass Co., struck
yesterday when the demand for $3.50
Tor a la hours day was refused
The conpany@ holds that the demand
a eEceeafye.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
EXPLOSIVES DESTROYED
IN PETROGRAD HARBOH

London. June s.-An explosion IN
Petrograd harbor on Tuesday as q
result of an accident, caused a fire
In which a great quantity of explo-s
sives that had just arrived from Eng
land was destroyed. the Copenhagen
correspondent of the Exchange Teze-
graph Co. reports, A number Of per
Sons are said to have been ktzla6
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
POWER CO. A FRAUD,
AYERS GOVERNMENT

Boston, June S-John A. Knowl-
ton, treasurer of the Universal Tide
Power Co., of this city, was arrested
yesterday on a federal indictment
charging him with usrng the mails to
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

preparing it's schedule is doing so on
the plan of giving the greatest SER
vice to the greatest number"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

The Department of Labor announced
the strike of the Boston & Maine rail-
road. affecting about 1000 men, had
been settled.