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Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23
ARE CHECHACos
 TO BE MEMBERS
Grand Igloo of Alaska Pioneers to Settle Question of Member
 ship at Juneau,

The grand igloo of tho order of Pioneers of Alaska. which meets in Juneau on March 29, will be called upon Co decide whether membership iu the order shall remain restricted to those who came north prior Co January 1. 1901. or whether an wlo have lived in Alaska for fifteen years can become members. The proposal Co open the doors of the order Co pio- nccrs of more recent vintage will be laid before the grand igloo by Luther c. Hess. Andrew Norland and O. P. Gaustad. delegates from the Fair banks igloo. who are now in Juneau.
 Atu recent meeting n Fairbanks th.s mater was brought before tac pioacgrs ia tLc shape O. proposal that .La s.and igloo be asked to amend Che constitution SO as Co pro- vide that men who have been in Alas ka fifteen years are eligible for mem bership. or shall attain eligibility af- ter they have resided in the territory for that length of time. The consu- tuition at present says that no ono is eligible Co membership in the order who did not arrive in Alaska prior Co January |, 1901. The supporters of Che proposition, in putting it be- fore the igloo. pointed out the fact that such am amendment would keep the order we'll supplied with new members at all times lt is under stood that they took the idea from the Fairbanks igloo of Pioneer Wo- men, who incorporated the fifteen year residence clause in their consti-
 tuition. which was approved by the Grand Igloo of Pioneers last year. when thc igloo became the auxiliary of the Fairbanks Pioneer Igloo.- Cordoya Times.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

It stands to reason that the man who owns property and has a family in the town is more interested in maintaining a good fire department and up-to-datc schools than the man who has neither property nor fam ilv. Also, the former is more interested in the moral status of the community in which he lives. These are things which the voters should think over between now and election day.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23
ska iS premature.

The decision of Judge Jennings in the petition for restraining order to prevent the cauyassjug board from counting the returns from certain precincts on the lat" delegate election was made Tuesday morn ing in thc Territorial court and it SustainS thc opinion given some time ago to the can vassug board by Attorney General Grigs- by. The decision of the learned judge grants the petition asked for by the attor- ucys of ChaS. X. Sulzcr and awards the clcc- tiou to him. It is lengthy and interesting document and it's comprehensive review of rur election laws gives evidence of thor ough study. It is able, complete and worthy or careful consideration by all who desire to become couvcrSmt with the laws govern ing elections in Alaska. There iS mo fear in rhc minds of those who read Attorney General Grigsby's opinion and heard Judge Jennings decision that the latter will eyer hcrycrscd bv amy court in the laud While the decision is au unfortunate one for late Delegate Wickcrsham, it is a triumph for hcpmity of the ballot in Alaska.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

The town of Valdez is incensed at An choggc for wanting the seat of justice for the Third Division handed over to her to have and to hold. As possession is nine pomts-tcn to bulldogs only and as An choragc is closed to navigation several months in the winter, there is a glaring pos sibility that Valdez will retain the court. Al least. that is the way it looks to what Montague Glass terms a 'neuter" Any way, Anchorage has John w. Frame and she can not expect to get corner on every thing in the line of assets And right here we wish to assure John W. aforesaid that we regret that he should have seen fit to re- tire from the newspaper business, but con gratulate him on his reformation
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

The opinion appears to be unanimous throughout Alaska that the Territorial leg islatmc should aid incorporated towns in the support of the support of their schools in the proportion of three to one. Any leg islator not advocating that proposal will experience hard Slcdding when he returns to his constituency and cndcavors to give am account of his stewardship.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

After working forty years for woman suffrage. Maine will submit the question to vote this faIl when, if the measure is de- fcatcJ rhc women of Maine will continue to work with muclcutiug vigor until they att tain their object if forty more years are re- quirpd. Itis the women of America who are bringing about the great reforms of the day. There was a day when we ridiculcd the ct- forts of thc W. C. Y. C. to retire mtoXi- rmts We said and believed they would never succeed. But they are succeeding to such au extent that considerably more than half the country is "dry" and the drying process iS working more actively than eyer before. Women yield not to discourage mcuts as easily as men and that is the req son they eventually get what they want. They are not good rcasonerS, neither are they long on parliamentary law, but when it comes to standing pat, they have the stcIucr sex faded to a frazzle.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

Records ou file at the patent office at Washington show that the present style of mcu's pants have been worn just one hm- drcd wears. Now, while that is all right for the men, how would a woman like to wear dress OF hat of the style of one hundred years ago, to say nothing of only year ago last summer ch!
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

Newspaper men are coming into their own at last A Montreal editor has been raised to a pccrage and a Chicago publish CT is to marry the only single daughter of President Wilson. As for us-well, we have a note falling due next week.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

The fact that both houses of the Terri torial legislature, irrespective of party af- have unanimously endorsed Gov cmor Strong for rcappointmcutt to his present position is a compliment which is seldom paid to the chief executive of an! commonwealth.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

Senator Gaustad's bill providing for a tax of four dollars on males for school pm- poses is a good one and should become law. Those who object to the payment of such personal tax can leave the Territory and make room for more patriotic residents.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

As evidence that Juneau likes Bill Casey on her school board, there was no oppoSi- tion when he was placed in nomination for his twelfth term And Bill don't look like a schoomam, either.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

We fear the advice of the governor to the legislators concerning a few good bills being preferable to a multiplicity of pipe dreams" is meeting with the same fate as did the seeds which fell among the thoms when a certain sower went forth to SOW.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

If this eXpectant condition continues, the United States of America will soon need a new doomat for the threshold of war. The old one has been stood on for a long time.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

We might overlook the sinking of few of our ships by German submarines, but the fact that German papers are printing comic poetry about the colonel is casuS belli. Be we men and suffer such dishouor Men, and not wash the stain away in blood l:
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

supreme court 0T tnc UnITed peal the law, but the general that the big court will uphold of the Territorial and App which have both dccrccd that must come across.
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23
SOMEWHAT Pl

parljawcutariu and gcucI
 of information, the bill int
 lower house of the Tcrrito
 to provide for the cstablish
 ucuItmal College and SchoO Alaska is premature.
 Just now Alaska has q -.,... %. maintaining common schools looming up before her as big as am Egyptian pyramid and that problem should be satisfactorily adjusted and permanently settled before any colleges are established
 It is cmch that few if any students from the States would attend such am cdu- catioual institution in Alaska and it is also true that by the time Aaska-grown youth. male or female. is sufficiently old to attend college the advantages of getting outside and seeing something of conditions, social and otherwise. as they exist elsewhere than in Alaska. is of fully as much value to that same Alaska-growu youth, male OF female, as is am actual college education. Thcr are certain attaiumcuts and finishing touch cs necessary in polishing off college stu dents that cannot be attained either from books or in Alaska
 \ frstclass system of public schools iS abou, all Alaska should aspire to in the way of educational equipment at the present time
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

Turkey having adopted the daylight saving plan, someone has suggested that daylight is about all that Turkey has left to save. If ever a country had as few we'll wishcrs as Turkey, the identity of such country has been carefully concealed
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

Territorial Treasurer Smith is gather ing in the fish camery taxes these days i'm large amounts and when it is all in the amount will be in the neighborhood of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. or course, the payccs are protesting and pray
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23
come across

D will most carefully guard the
 ational and moral interests of .hc men to select to serve on ril for the ensuing year. Any
Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

other slump OT m0n lS nOT 10 DC TTISTVU WTTH
 Mr., Mrs and Miss Voter 1t is up to you. Register and vote. Otherwise, no matter what happens to your town as the rcsul, of miS-govcrmcnt, you will have mo right to protest.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20
Garrick Died on His Bed.

A gift of historical interest and i'm
portance has recently been received at
the Victoria and Albert museum. Da-
vid Garrick's bed has been presented
to the museum by H. E. Trevor, a di-
rect descendant of David Garrick's
brother George.
The bedstead was made about 1875
for Garrick's villa at Hampton, where
1t remained after Garrick's death and
during Mrs. Garrick's lifetime, and
subsequently until the sale of the villa
in 1864.
The bedstead consists of a wooden
canopy with columns decorated with
ornaments characteristic of the period
the original green and yellow paint be-
ing well preserved.
The hangings of cotton, painted in
colors with designs of "The Tree of
Life" were made In a factory of the
East Indian company at Mesulipatam
Madras, and were presented to Garrick
by merchants of Calcutta.-London
Times.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20
FLY HAS ITS OWN TROUBLES
Naturalist Says Problems of Life Arc
ProportionateIy the Same In
Every Stratum of Life.

To the naturalist or to anyone ac-
customed to observe nature closely,
the fact is apparent that the problems
of existence are proportionately the
same in every form or stratum of life
Even the common house fly, which
seemingly has nothing else to do but
to crawl lazily over whatever is left
uncovered and then go happily on its
way, doing its best to bring about an
afliliation between the clean and the
unclean, occasionally meets its nemesis
in the form of tiny crablike creature
which attaches itself to the fly's legs.
These little creatures are known to
the scientist as pseudo-scorpions, or
chelifers. They may sometimes be
found between the leaves of old books
that have stood unused for long
time, and also beneath the bark of
trees and in mosses.
Although they are called false scor-
pions, they resemble the true scorpion
closely in general structure except for
poison gland as the true scorpions
have. They attach themselves to other
insects also, but they seem to be the
special pest of the house flies. Scen-
lists suppose that they seine the fly's
leg and hold on until the fly dies
either worried or frightened to death
by the undesirable presence. When
the fly is dead the little creature feeds
on the body.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20

pattern for plain skirt and jacket,
furnished by any Of the standard pat
tern companies. 1t has wide cape
collar and a belt with sash ends made
Of the same material as the dress
The skirt is embroidered near the bot
tom with occasional sprays of flowers,
and this embroidery reappears on the
ruffs, collars, and sash ends. The jack
ct is laid in plaits at each side of the
front and across the back. The sleeves
are plain. Plain white buttons, eth
er bone or pearl, and buttonholes,
hre used for fastening the Jacket,
whether the material of the dress Is
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20
In Woman's Realm
Pretty and Sensible Morning Dress Which May Be Made of Linen,
but Is More Likely to Be Made of Cotton Such Indian
Head or Some Other Suitable Weave-Pretty Head
dress for the Opera.

Here is a pretty and sensible morn
ing dress which may be made of linen
but is more likely to be made of cotton
such as Indian head or some other
suitable weave. For 1t appears that
linen is soaring in price, with the end
not yet in sight. There Is no very
good reason for preferring 1t to SUBJ
stantial and beautifully-woven cotton
materials.
Now that the days are short and the
evenings long, and while the weather
out-of-doors is not inviting, springtime
clothes may be got under way.
The dress shown may be cut by q
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20

with spangles or rhinestones, make a
background for wonderful feathers or
other ornaments.
A headdress of this kind is pictured
here. 1t consists of fan of plated
malines, set on headband made Of
wire, covered with mdny thicknesses
of malines. In front of the fan Of
malines a smaller fan-shaped orna-
ment of fine rhinestones is set, and
bands of rhinestones are slipped over
the headband, at short intervals, all
the way round 1T.
Silver cloth and silver lace make
headbands that are ornamented with
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20

mighty well worth while. There Is q
feast spread there for the eyes, as
well as the ears.
The coiffures and hair ornaments are
enough to engross eyes that love to
see woman's crowning glory still furth-
er glorified. This season, handsome
combs have taken precedence over 9TH
er hair ornaments. They are made of
silver filigree, shell, coral, amber and
gold; some Of them are enameled, and
most of them are set with brilliants
and mock Jewels. Besides these, there
are many pretty opera caps and head
dresses In which malines, frightened
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20

white or color, and the embroidery Is
done in white cotton.
The same character of suit is made
with MILDLY blouse. This simplifies
the matter of laundering them. EN-
broidery is left out of the reckoning
on these. Among the newest and most
satisfactory house dresses are skirts
and blouses in one, of unbleached lin
IN or cotton resembling it. In making
these clothes, that must stand the
wear of everyday and a weekly tub
bing, goods that will look best In the
long run should be chosen.
Even those who have no ear for mu-
sic find the opera alluring, and one
night be stone deaf and still find 1t
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20

either strands Of pearls or rows OF
spangles or rhinestones set on them.
They are easy to make. The founda-
ton is narrow band Of buckram, COW
cred with silver cloth. Silver lace Is
placed over this and sewed along the
upper edge. In one of these orna-
ments a strand of pearl beads Is sewed
along the upper edge, and disk, COW
cred like the band with silver, is set
at the front. Pearl beads are sewed
all over its outer surface.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20
Heard at the Club.

Yeast-That's Fred Darling just
coming in. You know his wife made
him.
Crimsonbeak-You mean that fellow
wearing corsets, with the waxed mus
tache and manicured nails?
Eyes"
"Well, I knew women did fancy
work, but I never knew they did any
thing as fancy as that"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20
Gogol's Great Tale of the Cossack Siee,
BY j. W. JULIE r
Copyright by ]. W. Muller

At once the young Cossack's battle
frenzy ran from him like water. "Dis-
mount" said the terrible old man;
and Andreas slipped from his saddle,
making no motion for defense. His
lips, gone suddenly pale, whispered
single word. 1t was not the name of
mother or father. 1t was the name of
the most beautiful Polish woman.
81 gave thee life !" said Taras Bulba.
II give thee DEATH!
He lifted his long gun and fired.
The glorious young head dropped.
The 1.-the body toppled, sank together
and fell without a sound into the red
dening grass.
''Ele lacked nothing to be noble Co.'S
sack !" murmured Taras Bulba, staring
down at the beautiful youth. "Yet he
has perished as dog"
He mounted his horse. One moment
he paused, thinking with great woe
in his heart that he would pause and
bury his son. Then, with an angry
motion, he galloped off and Joined the
battle with new fury and exulting
cries.
But his strong, rough, great heart
was broken.
Nikolaus Gogol (18o9-1s52)
often is called The founder of Rus
sian realism, but in "Taras Bulba"
he gaUe the world a historical nouel
burning Nth romance. 1t deals
Nth the time When South Russia
Das swept continually by war, the
TartarS and MoSlemS making forays
into the Ukraine and the CosSacks
carrying uar by horse and ship as
far as Trebizond. Often they fought
TartarS in the South and Poles in
the North simultaneously. The
story is a most UiUid and accurate
picture of the times and of the
people. Those american readers
Who complain that many Russian
novels are somber and heauy wMl
find no such faults IN "Taras Bul-
ba." 1t ghtterS;; and it has the
added richness of the same wi1d hu-
NOR that distinguishes GogoPS other
great novel, "Dead Souls"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-20

Dubmo, the city of Russian Po-
land now a vital point on the Russo
German battle line, is the scene of
the most tragic chapter in Gogops
great novel, "TaraS BuIba," which
tells of the inUasion of Poland in
the fifteenth century by the Cos
sacks of the Dnieper.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

w YHEN the last cannon has sounded;
M when the roar Of battle has ceased;
w when the last camp is broken; when
the soldiers have returned; when lasting peace
has been provided for; swords have again been
beaten into plowshares and into reaping-hook
the gun. and we "have made safe the world for
democracy" when the heroes have all been
decorated with the Cross Of the Legion of
Honor and the historian has written their
nameSn our national lambs book of fe-One
name will be nowhere to be found there will
be one hero for whom no cross will have been
cast and yet within the purview Of the present
there will be none who has served more worth
lily, or more unSelfShly, or died more willingly
or faithfully to the call Of duty than
But it is not we'll at this time to give the who
the when, the what, the where and the why
fundamental in the construction of a newspa-
per Story,-so soon!
Newspaper methods must step aside, for this
is more than a story, and due to the PECULIAR
ties of the human mind-the psychology of
popular accaim,-intereSt must first be rivited.
1t is the what and the Why in fact that are
most important The who, the when, and the
where, are secondary He led no troops to
slaughter nor to be slaughtered. He bombarded
never a helpless town He was no daring ayia-
tor who fought his score of antagonists in the
skies instead, he did his fighting, deep in the
bowels of the earth. He killed no one. He
was a savior instead.
'He saved others; himself he could not
save" and greater love hath no man than
this; that he gave up his life for his friends"
There was no roar of battle, cheer of
victory, no flag for dying eyes to see, no glor-
ious thought of sacrifice for country-to lead
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24
The Supreme Sacrifice! And it Wasn't Paid in Coin

opportunities and conditions that surround him.
1t is by embracing these opportunities and
meeting present conditions that he paves the
way for advancement 1t is the doing Of ones
best that makes of the present stepping stone
to the future
You can be hero or laggard, prince or cur,
at one thing quite as well as another. Human
ity has found as many benefactorS and leaders
Changing at the forge, measuring at the coun-
ter, blowing in the fieldS-as il has on the
bench, at the operating table, pounding a pull
pit, figuring in the counting room, sighting
submarine, or charging 42-centimetre.
To those who don the khaki ali honor
Nothing that the soldier in the civil trenches
may do can detract from the glory of him who
faces death in the military trenches Manus
Duggan was the type of hero that we COM
mend to the soldier in the civil trenches; that
is the main difference.
1t is not the form that toll assumes that de-
means or glorifeS it. An unworthy king sui
lies his ermine and a competent artisan exalts
his craft. The character of the laborer is of
far more importance than the character of his
occupation. If you are steadfast and respect
your tools; if you care enough, prepare enough
and dare enough you can be ManuS Duggan
even though you live through it.
Death as the result of your efforts makes of
it supreme sacrifice; brings you renown by
the attention that it attracts-but you can be
worthy without that renown. The highest
service that a man can render is that wherein
he wages for the ages rather than for wages;
wherein he wages for the ages and collects
wages merely as a means to that end.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24
SUSPENDING CHILD-LABOR LAWS.

Supt r. Nuner's reference in his address at the
commencement exercises Thursday night the ten
dency OF present suspend labor legislation,
and especially legislation during
was timely. a nation left here after
the war IS over and we may need young and
young women ten. twenty and thirty years hence,
much as we ever needed them WhIle reasonable
amount Of work. at seasonable hours might hurt
during the vacation season, that does
be the aim of the employers. That they should be
seeking through pressure loosen the hold Of the
schools and school authorities upon next years
prospective students order that they may work in
the mills is decidedly unwelcome news.
We have read Of such operations elsewhere but hard
~ thought close home. The beard educa-
ton. superintendent of schools and other officers
should this question child labor There
IS no can for general loss of heads over this ar:
heods pointed out are exactly
the things that need keep. For every Of
exertc1. either physical mental which
dulge now viii have pay for later and pay dearly
Europe has proven it for We have the example
DO not need the experience
1t can do narm o sufficiently mature
years 30 work a little to help Httle-enough at least
TO keep them OF mischief. not essential
however. that they be "sweat-shopped". 1t was to
prevent this. prevent their being helpful
that child labor laws have been passed. Employers
labor themselves are near-sighted who would add
wars even semi determination of the present labor
world the dwarhng and the Gripping rising
generation we'll We can't afford it for the sake of
the children and AFFORD it for the sake Of the
nation.