Douglas Island news., 1918-03-01


 recent date au account of how tho
 Natives Of Kuisuoo and Augoon
 had held indignation meetings Co
 protest against the ucouseQucntial | and immatcrial statements Of Che stroller's friend. Mir R E. Robcrt-
 son of Juneau. iu which he made Che erroneous statement that Che Ma . tiycs of Southeastern Alaska used !. fish meal. known as guauo, for food. recalled Co thc Stroucr's mind au- other occasion whom Che misuse Of Che word 'guauo' prccipitatcd more . trouble than Che Natives of south
 eastern Alaska could possibly raise without actually painting their faces. practiciug up on che war
 hoops of their fathers and going on .hc war path. lt was this way.
 Away back in 1883 and when the Stroller was callow youth SO
 caIlow that hc even yet blushcs when he recalls just how calIow he really was he was one of 43 news paper men who lcft Jacksonville. Florida. one mellow October day for |the purpose of visiting au exposition at Louisville. Kentucky. and other parts Of Che country Tho party cou- | IgItutcd what was known as the Florida State Press Association, which association Che Stroller joined | Che day before the start was made ! Iu order Co cuutc him Co get iu on Che trip which meant free trans |portatIou. for Che railroads in those |halcyou days were very easy At | that date Che Stroller had less than |thrcc months experience in the newspaper business. but what he Hacked in experience he made up in eoufdcncc. As evidence that hc was | long on confidence at thal time he win state right here that bis coud- |Ieuce has been waning ever since land. as it Is not an gone yet the gentle reader may rightly conclude that he carried quite a stock at that time.
 The president oC Che Florida State Press Association In Che year 1883 Iiid not hold the position as a trib- |utc Co his ability as writer but 1s dead shot with a trIEgcrlcss double action. Hr always fired from thc hip and was never known to miss. True. hc owned a rcws- paper and its columns would cou- tain a signed editorial from him about once iu every three months. Those articles were usually so sul- |phurous that he would not attempt l Co distribute those particular issues through Che postoGIcc. but would himself deliver them by cauya2inr tbo district on horseback His pri- | |vatc cemetery numbered upward or a dozen mkcpt graves. for none |Jared decorate the final resting place |of a man whose earthly career was ! Terminated by Che colonel. The req son he was retained year after year as president of Che press association
 was that he always proposed his own uamc and Che other 900 or 60 newspaper men present invariably seconded Che nomination In one voice.
 It Is iu order right here Co state that Che secretary of that press as- so..- ion was not newspaper man lac uIl he did not know a jim dash from am em quad. Ho was a rail- road man and one of Che best trans portatiou gcttcrs m Che south It was always up Co Che secretary to outline @ trip for the association and soc that free trauspo, 'atiou was
 supplied and hc never fell down on his part of the program He also
 was called colonel, but SO was nearly
 everybody else at that time and in ! that country.
 The trip from Jacksonville to ! Louisville was without incident True. Che state or Georgia was dry at that time. but as Che members of Che party were aware of that fact
 before leaving Jacksonville. which
 was not dry. no hardships were ey- pcrieuced.
 At Louisville an able address Of
 welcome was delivered to the party by no less parsonage than Marse Henry Wattcrson and Che adjcctivcs he employed in spreading it on were characteristic of his greatness.
 By tho time one day had been spent In Louisville the rcsourceful secretary called the Floridiaus to-
 Fcther and announced that he had secured transportation for the party
 Co Chicago. and every one Of the
 forty-thrce decided he had immediate
 business in Chicago. By thc same
 token they would have taken pas
 sage for Callio Peru. on ten min
 utcs' notice had transportation been ! furnished.
 By the time Chicago was reached
 Che president of the association was
 ashamed or being newspaper man
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