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F«..Wi.M 1893 Oldwt DiHy a Al»»k»
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OUR FLAG
EDITORIAL
THE XKW CITIZENSHIP
(Contributed)
We Americans take agood deal
o' pride in the fact that we have
no periialiry lor the antique. A few
wealthy people may gather a num
oer 01' relics, but generally we Pre
fer th»» latest.
T'.i newest thing in America now
is the youug man in Khaki from a
cross the water. He, and those
w' o tave been regenerated by their
labors and sympathy in this war,
will compris*. a. -New Citizenry in
this lBnd. lo them our country
will not be the old land it was,
our ft ne*" land that is. Hereto
fore we have been thinking in terms
of national, with occasional hemi*,
sohericai thoughts, now we are to
think In terms of the planetary.
Business and Science and art and
relieion have blaze^ the way thru
the forest, it remains for the new
eitizeusnip to make the road wide
enough and the by paths plain
enough so that there will be no
par: vf life which does not touch
tlie whole in au intimacy hereto
fore unknown.
William n sought this for Ger
many /or selfish aims and ends. It
remains for ua and our allies to
realize it for altruistic euds.
Ours has been an evolution. We
revolted against Parliamentary in
justice and1 'won freedom; we re
pudiated a half-slave and half-free
nation and won. We arise in an
Ser ti smite th0 nation perpetrat
ing injusti' e to her colonies lying at
our doors, and righted the wrong;
and finally we broke thru the bar
riers of well established custom and
precedent and sent our armies and
our gold across the seas to aid in
woild redemption.
Now that the battle is won, that
rew citizenship finds itself face to
faCe with great problems, the solu
tion of which 'will determine her
future place in world matters.
It shocks us to know that one out
of f»very ten of the very flower of
our young manhood drafted for «ei
vice could not read! an order or
write a letter home. "What are the
boy; and regenerated citizens go
!n*r to say to the Board of Educa
tion o' «e state w-hich spends less
thaji six dollars per ye^r for the
education of each child' in that
state." What will this new citizen
ahio do when i* ponders the ^ct
that iiie teachers of its youth, those
who have the direction of their mind
a* «he most formative time of life,
arp paid less per year than the
average day laborer?; Is ttUr new
| citizenship going to take pride In
' the fact that we spend more for au
tomobiles than for primary and
secondary education? Twice as
much for chewing gum as for
school books?
Will this new citizenship be con
tent with the old laisse Faire policy
which condemns children and wo
maunood to countless ills and un
timely death through the wanton
sorea<; of venereal diseases? We
are talking in terms of the universe
of universal right, of universal jus
tice. Are we going to let these
primarv things pass unnoticed? We
believe not. This new experience,
this new citizenship we believe will
touch every part of life, and? pre
serve justice and honor at home as
well as abroad.
WILL PI T IX WITH YOU,
BROTHER ^ ^ i. J
Tne mail service from the states
to Anchorage is simply rotten.
There must be a unite# effort to
correct this outrageous injustice to
cur people. Here it is the tail
eua of the month, and we get Se
attle papers of the date of De*
cemeer 1 and 2. So with our let
•>trs and all other kinds of mall—
nearly a month old. jyhereas it
should easily arrive iu half the
time.—Anchorage Times.
United States Senator Jones, of
Washington, says the Anchorage
Tmies, is to be commended for his
belplui effortg iu Alaska's behalf.
H» lias recently introduced two
measures of vital importance to this
territory—one a bill to cure the
defects in the abrogation of the
assessment work on mining claims,
aoout which our readers are ai"
ready well-informed, because it
was a live campaign issue iu the
delegate election, and the other bill
calls for an appropriation of $200,
000 «o combat the epidemic of in
fluenza among Alaska natives.
iij. MeAdoo ias supplied correct
ed- figures on the deficit in the gov
ernment a railroads accounts, and
now puts it at $196,000,000, which
is quite a price to pay for the Privi
lege of trying an experiment in
government management. Espec
ially when no improvement Vas
made in the service that could not
haye been accomplished by the cor
porate owners.
SKAUWAY PIONEER PASS
ES OX AT SEWARD
Seward, Dec. 28. — William M.
Sauers, familiarly known to every
man, woman and child in this sec
tion .of Alaska ag "Bill." proprietor
o? ihe Seward Commercial co^T^ny,
aud pioneer of Alaska, especially
Kenaj Peninsula, passed away this
morning in the family apartments
over the store, after less than an
hour's illness. Death wag caused
I by heart failure aud acute indiges
tion.
lae deceased* came to Alaska in
1S97, going to Skagway where 110
i\as connected with the Kerry Lum
ber Co., at the place. Prior to his
AlasKa trip, Mr. Sauers was for
'fifteen years credit man and general
city salesman for the Statson-Post
[Lumber Co., at Seattle.
Mr. Sauers first arived in Sew
ard on March 21st, 1904 on the
steamer James Dollar and conduct
ed a lumber yard her© for the Stet
son Post Company and' continued in
business until August 2Sth, the sam
year, when he returned to Seattle,
lu January, 1905, Mr. Sauers re
turned to Seward for the Compton
Lumoer Company. in April, 1906,
Mr. Sauer opened a gecneral mer
caandise store under th® name of
the 3ewar<i Commercial Co., which
continues. /
The Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce has appealed by wire to the
Juneau commercial club expressing
appreciation for any effort made to
•nduce witnwsse? f3miliar with tho
[ weather conditlbas during the So
phia wrcck to tesiliy at the official
hearing at Victoria.
President Ga rs»?'n received the
wire this morning ?nd lequested
the newspapers t? pub.icdty 'o
thn cutter. Tiie ^v.je from Fair
banks said this ac<"<» was cafe*?* a*
»he r^cuest or relatives of those
r.e:!sh:i,g in the wreck1. ^ 1
Government Rail!
Road Is Now
Blocked
Anchorage, Jan. 23. - Glaciered
rails and anew-slid** have made im
passable for trains tt»e Seward*An
choiage line of the government rail
road Between Mile 49 *tld Mile 71.
Across this closed gap °t twenty
two miles, for the remainder of the
winter, mail, freight and passen
gers, will be transported by dog and
hors- sVeds. Trains will be oper
ated between Reward and Mile
aud between MHo 71 aud ■<^nC or
Tne distauc0 between Sewara
and Anchorage is 114 miles. T e
mile stations are numbered from
Seward. They begin at Mile 1 and
proceed in regular sequence.
Ihe stretch of glaciered rails is
between Mile 57 and Mile 62. As a
result of warm, rainy weather. fol
lower- by an extremely cold snap.
Hires Or four inches of water, which
had tlowed on the track, froze
solid. When this condition f'rs
presenter itself, an effort was made
to remedy it uy picking away the
ice with hand labor, there being n<>
mecnanical device for removing t.
Before there was much progress 11
this work, uumerous snow slides,
particularly between Mile 49 and
Mile 52 and at Mile 53%, and a
qoivv fail of five feet of wet snow
that soon froze into a solid pack be
tween Mile 57 aud Mile ma
futil- all efforts to keep open the
middle part of the line.
Thirty-three d°gs with
sled's, in charge of Revelle'
who last winter had- the contract
for carrying the mall between Sew
ara and lditarod, are us®d by
Alaskan Engineering Commission in
moving mail, express, baggage and
nassensers across the blockadd Parte
of the railroad, and ten tearna of
horsea with double-ender sleds, take
care of heavy freight.
Leaving Seward, passengers travel
o> train to Mile 4'J and by d.og sled
to Mile 71 in one day. They stap
at the roadhouse at Mil© 71, other
wise known as Kern, that night and
make the distance between Mile 71
and Anchorage by train the next
jay. Leaving Anchorage, passengers |
travel by train to Mile 71 in one
day. They stay at the roadhouse
at Mile 71 that night and go by dog
sled from Mile 71 to Mile 49 and I
by train from Mile 49 to Seward
the next day. ' I
YUM, YUM I IT IS HERE.
The w?r is over and once more
wf tan get some of the delicious
Peanut Brittle which "tastes like
more." Get it iu an>- quantity at
Kellers'. tf.
FOR SALE •
Two lots with two one room hous
es, descrioed as lots 11 and 12,
bloc^ 110, ISth Avenue. Cash
.price ?150.00.
' l-3-2t Phil Abrahams.
1
WHAT OAXDY IS
"CANDY as a FOOD has won—
The Government buys it by (he ton." . ' ^. JL' I1
Candy is good food, pure and wholesome It is the universal food;
i* s'oaKs all languages; it dries the tears in the eyes of little chil
dren; and wreathes the faces of t>ld aee in smilep. It is the unspok
en message from the lover to his sweetheart; one of the first tok
ens sent to the absent t-ne; it brings joy to the home; it is the ad1*
vanco ajent of happinecs in every clime. It m£iUea regular visits to
tho home, the church, the hospital, the prison, the battlefield and trench.
Its constant associates are love, joy, 'if-ace, happiness, smiles and
laughter. Can as much be said of any other food?
IX THE UNITED STATES, THE S UGAI1 CONSUMPTION PER CAPI
TA PER ANNUA! IS 84 LBS.
Candy .Manufacturers use 8 Der cent or
Other Manufacturers Use 17 o^rcent or
Tabie Usage 75 percent Or
>
100 percent 84.00 lbs.
6.72 lbs. Der capita per annum— .29 oz. per c&pi^ta per ^ay.
14.28 los. per capita per a-nnum— .63 oz. per capita ,per 4ay.
63.00 I'll, per capita per annum—2.76 oz. oer capita per day .
84 109 per capita per annum—3.68 cz. per capita per day.
20 per cent restriction in use of au^ar oy Confectioner? is 20 percent
of .29 oz. .058 oz. f J iJ- i |
The saving accomplished by this measur^ pgrj capita oer day is repre
sented by about 1-17 oz. | *| *1
As 1 oz. of sugar is about three teaapoonsful, th asaving per capita
per day can also >>e measured, at about 1-6 of a tePasoonful.
Another way of pitting it:' *■: 'I '* Ir'|
6.72 lbs. at 7% cents (average price)—25c ner annum, or lc per week;
, • • ;r?
1. e.. the public, by saving l o worth of sugar per capita per wezk
c^n keen every candy factory rUnnine, furnishing employment to at
leas* one hundred thousand people 3
The most economical coffee you
can buy.
You can make more cups of
good coffee with lessMJLB. than
with any other coffee.
Always the Game in quality,
strength and flavor.
Our Guarantee
Your grcce: v. J refund the full
price yon paid for M. J.B.
Coffee, if £ -does not please your
taste, no matter how much you
have used cut of the can.
Not just as good as other coffees,
but much bet ter, no matter what
price you p.?.y.
IT REACHES YOU FRESH
RHEUMATIC PAINS ^
Quickly Eased By Penetrating
Hamlin'* Wizard Oil
A safe and harmless preparation
to relieve the pains of Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Lame back and Lombago is
Hamlin's Wizard OiL It penetrates
quickly, drives out soreness, and
limbers up stiff aching joints and
muscles.
You will find almost daily uses ior
it in cases of sudden mishaps or ac
cidents such as sprains, bruises, cuts,
bums, bites and stings. Just as re
liable, too, for earache, toothache,
croup and colic.
Get it from druggists for 30 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back.
Ever constipated or have sick
headache? JuSt try Wizard Liver
Whips, pleasant little pink pills, 30
cents. Guaranteed.
Hear Rate Protest
Protest against thev proposed in
crease of freight rates on pickled
an<i frozen fiah. oy prominent r«P~
resentatives of Alaskan and local in
dustries wag heard by the North
west District Freight Traffic Com
mittee recently in the Oregon-Wash
ington Building. Statistics were
advanced' to show that a decrease
rather than an increase is warrant
ed for thin product.
J. P. Daley, member Alaska Leg
islature; Henry O'Malley, assistant
superintendent, United States Bureau
of Fisheries; W. L. Clark, secre
tary, Asosclation Pacific Fisheries;
S. J. Wettrick, attorney for trans
portation bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce and Commercial Club, and
J. L. McPhereon, manager Alaska,
bureau of the Chamber spoke a
gainst an increase of freight tar
iffs Capt. A. W. Thomas, George
W. English, William Clavert, Jr..
Edwin Ripley and Ha-ris Waxman
were also heard.
Duo to constructive efforts of the
United States Bureau of Fisheries,
the pickled fish industry has de
veloped and attained its present
status of expansion, proponents of
♦he decrease contended. Markets
en the Eastern Coast ihave been
ouil* ur>. To supply this demand is
logical and possible, unless rates
are unduly increased, it was point
ed out.
Competition from the fisheries of
ScoHand and Holland, if transporta
tion costs are advanced, threaten
*o drive out the Alaskan industry,
the speakers declared1. To prevent
this contingency stabilizing of the
northern fisheries through building
up a fishing population was Urged.
Hot Clam or Red Snapper Broth
mattes a goo* drink these cold' days.
Kellers are serving them. tf.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure fn nil Its stages and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine Is taken Internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease giving the
patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing Its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith tft the curative powers of Hall's
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. 75c.
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