The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11

loaned the use of his moving picture house for the occasion
 The September meeting of the Woman's Social Club, which meets on the last Tuesday of each month at the residence of Mrs. E. l.. Win terberger, was devoted to a patriotic study of the war, its cause and eff feet. Mrs. Wilson brought Ensland's message in synopsis of a thrilling speech by Captain Edwards, at Mis- soula, Montana; Mrs. Gilman spoke on the Spirit of Service manifested
 in our own country; Miss Sloan contributed war poem, and Miss Garside furnished appropriate mu- sic. Refreshments served by the hostess of the day, Mrs. McSlravy, consisted of Hooverized dainties that would have tempted any peace times appetite.
 The regular Friday evening meet ings at the hospitable home of the Rev. E. l.. and Mrs. Winterberger are the very essence of patriotism There gather the boys in khaki in whose minds the memory of other homes is uppermost, and friends from Haines who are interested in these "motherless" soldiers. War songs are sung, war stories told games played, and Hooverized re treatments served. The Rev. Mir. Winterberger himself is busy man farmer-nan during a portion or each week endeavoring to make the Mission self supporting, and on alter nate Sundays supplying in the Skag way pulpit for the. Rev. MT, Peder- son, who was granted years leave of absence some time ago. Never theless, he declares himself ready for any service Uncle Sam may re quire of him.
 The Red Cross meetings, under the supervision of Mrs N. c. Han son, are held on Saturday afternoons, for the same little group of patriotic women found at every other gath ering feel it their duty to make sur gical dressings and face masks and >other hospital supplies when the larger school children arc at liberty to care for home and baby
 The first big meeting in the A. B. Hall to discuss ways and means for raising the local quota for the Fourth Liberty Loan, was called to order by Attorney w. B. Stout, on October 2nd. Mr. Heisel, of the field di vision of the Juneau Land Office, was first speaker; MT. Winterber ger. MT. Banta and others followed and the keynote of the speeches was to the effect that while the Alaska Packers had done nobly in subscrib ing sum equal to Alaska's quota, no one could relieve Alaskans from subscribing the amount assigned them | to raise. Five thousand, five hun dred dollars were subscribed. E. A. Barnett acted as treasurer. The Alaskans who sailed away on | the Government transport recently, were given a short stop in San | Francisco, enroute to Somewhere in the States" where, we are informed. there are now under quarantine for | Spanish Influenza. Some seventy | more stalwart sons of the North left Fort Seward recently, their places being taken by incoming recruits of the last draft.
 | Lack of information regarding Al aska in the text books furnished I, the Alaskan schools should induce
 every patriotic teacher in the Ter
 ritory to get busy at this particular
 season of the year. They might
 help the land that gives them bread
 and butter by trying to induce steam
 ship companies plying between Seat
 tie and Alaska to serve Alaskan
 grown vegetables on each Southbound trip of all passenger boats. And,
 speaking of vegetables, Mrs. B. A,
 Barnett, whose garden adjoins the Native school grounds and who rais.
 es vegetables for her own family only, has had several endormous cabbages on her rear porch this past week, the largest of which, stripped
 of it's outer leaves, weighed thirty
 nine and a half pounds. Yes. and
 they are sweet, crisp and tender for we've sampled them.
 Patriotism begins at home