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•\\ E ARE HERE, LAFAYETTE
Mrs. A. J. MacConnell, who is on j
a visit to the east, contributes the
following "Oration in Four Words"
to the Newark, X. J. News
Long years ago, in the stress of
patriotic emotion, Patrick Henry j
cried: "Give me liberty or give
me death.-' Nathan Haie condemned
to die. in his last moment of life
sai£ "I regret that I have but one
life to give for my country." Unit
ed w-g stand, divided we fall'' are
vords which found ftnd still find
an echo in every true American's
heart. Likewise the inspiring clause
terminating Lincoln's famous speech
at Gettysburg: "Government of the
people, by the people and- for the
people shall not perish from the
earth." Remarkable for the senti
ments contained, still more wonder
ful for their brevity, these fa
mous words are destined to live for
ever, cherished and precious posses
sions in the heart of every defend*-1
er of our glorious flag.
Now at a most vital time in the
history of our great nation, rises an
other hero, brave and true. A man
even fine ought to be chosen a§ a
leader Of our men, gallant Jack Per
sning. In the midst of confusion,
turmoil, and the conflict of battle
Over There, surrounded by scenes of
devastation and utter desolation, a
time was set apart, in which it w
deemed fitting that the United
States of America should pay tribute
at the grave of Lafayette, our young
and glorious ally of Revolutionary
days, and beloved and' unforgotten.
General Pershing was asked to
mat© the address for the momen
tous occasion. Surrounded by Un
ci® Sam's bravest and best, with the
nobilit? of Franc9 nearby, Pershing
holding a wreaxh of flowers, ap
proathed the tomb. Though he
struggled to hicte his emotion, tne
quivering of his chin and' the marks
of tears on his 6trong bronzed face,
were patent to all. He squa^d his
military shoulders, and clearing his
♦hroat, while all about him waited
in tense silence to hear what the
great American General would say,
he spoke four simply words; "We
are here, Lafayette," Had* Pershing
been the greatest of orators, with
every figure of speech at his
command, what more could he have
said? Surely thQ spirit of Lafay
ette holered near and the great soul
understood to their fullest mean
ing, those four pregnant words:
"We are here Lafayette." Ha<> our
general prepared an oration of
great length a''-d taken hours to
deliver it, he could not have added
one single iota to that simpl# but
tensely dramatic message from A
merica to France. No doubt his
words were destined to become lm"
mortal as the greatest speech of ail
time®. For brevity, it is, and
probably always will remain, un
equalled. Evene Caesar's fa*
moua "I Came. I Saw, I Conquered"
required six words to compass his
though'.
f M IS .
JT .VO LKTTERS HEtO!& WASHING
Stesr. i
Two letter* received on the last
mail bv the chamber of commerce
will Illustrate the workings of the
present administration in Washing"
ton. ;
One letter is from the treasury de
partment to the effect that work ci
the federal building in Cordova proti
ably will not be begun this year
on account of the high cost of la
bor and material, wi.il© the second1
la from the department of labor, ask
iug that private and municipal con
Btruction be carried on as extensive
ly ag possible in order to provide
work ior the returning soldiers.
The inconsistency ox the two let
ters immediately is apparent. The
federal government through its trea
sury department is preaching econ
omy and withholding expenditures
on account of high costs, while the
same government, through the de
partment of labor is urging that pri
vate and municipal plans be carried
out as usual.
It would e a blessing if there
wag gome head to this government
Who would take time to coordinate
the different repaj-tmentB and pre
vent them from working at crogs
purposes.
If it is necessary that public
works 1* carried; on to provide em
ployment for the returning BOldiers,
then the federal government should
be the first to start such, works. If
on the other hand, materials are
so high as to make building at this
time unprofitaole, the federal gov
ernment should not urge others to
do that which it will not do itself.
—Cordova Herald.
A RIDICULOUS SITUATION
A local business man had oc
casion to send to Kansas City, Mis
souri, for three fountain pens of the
particular kind lie wished, which
could not be obtained from our
local dealers. He directedvery
specifically, in the order to the
firm to which he sent, that the pens
be sent by FIRST CLASS MAIL to
Anchorage, Alaska. The pens ar
rived -n the last mail, coming thru
the Wells Fargo Express compauy,
with, a letter through the post of
fice from the firm stating that the
Kansas City post office would not
receive any first-dags mail matter
for Cook inlet, Alaska, after a giv
en date in th.e fall, until a given
date in the spring following. The
package containing the three foun
tain pens weighed exactly three
ounces. The express charges from
Kansas City to Anchorage were
$1.17, included.' in which is the
50-cent charge on the package
from 3eward to this town.
This, of course, is a most ex*
tortionatg charge on such a small
package, the value of which prob
ably did not exceed $10 or $12. But
the point we wish to emphasize here
is the fact that the Kansas Ctty
poet office refused to accept the
package as first-clagS mail, on
the theory that no first-class mail
matter reached Cook inlet points
during the winter period. Candor
compels the admission that bo far
thi§ winter, we have had a very un
satisfactory mail service, but never
theless it is possible to get
first-class mail matter through to
us from Kansa^ City, Missouri, or
any other remot© part of the Unit
ed States.—Anchorage Times.
NEVER TOO OLD TO ADVERTISE)
There are now appealing ia tbe
newspapers and magazines a series
of illustrated advertisements put out
oy a well-known mercantile house
that was est-Misbed in 1723. They
dieal with pulses of the company's
business which are not generally
fcnewj» to the purchasing public,
showing the methods of collecting
the raw material, the adventurous
life of its agents, episodes in re
mote jands, etc., ail of which are in
teresting because they possess the
charm of novelty.
Reference is made to the matter
her® not because such advertising
ia new, which, of course, It is not,
but because this long-established
institution, lacking only five yeare
of being two centuries old, feels
that it is w.ell worth while to keep
its name constantly before the pub
lic. New competitors are constant
ly riaihg, and* only by meeting
changed conditions in the spirit of
the day can the old-timer hold his
own.
This is a point Which should not
be lost upon any line Of business.
Age carries with it no great privi
lerge in trade, but must hustle to
keep the place it has won. Adver
tising, well-managed, in a prodigious
help In the direction. If this *a"
mous old house, dating from 1723,
befora Washington was bora, finds
printers' Ink essential to its pros
WEEPING OVER THE FAMILY ORGAN
Eyes '.cur-dimiiK'd, this little inulden of rritnco views with genuine
sorrow the battered remains of what she recognizes as the family organ which
she has found on her return to the onee happy home that was destroyed by
the Iluns.
King Louis IV at the Versailles
Conference
Louis XIV did not like Paris as a j
residence. There were too many re
minders of former kifigp in that [
place t>r» suit him. He determined to
build a new palace at Versailles a- j
bout twelve miles distant.
The place was naturally barren j
and* unattractive. Louis transform- .
ed it into a magnificent park by
transplanting whole groves of trees I
to cover the naked sands, and by |
constructing immense water-work
which supplied it with lakes, and
fountains and beautiful running
streams of clear water.
Louis made of it a thing of beau
ty and' well it might be for it cost
twenty million dollars in money, and
the lives of many peasants, It was
twentv years in building, and the
mouey was raised by ruthless
taxation of the poor people for the
nobles paid little taxes.
Tie interior wag ag beautiful as
the ex ten r tor. The endless succes
sion cf galleries, corridors, anci
apartments yere filled with statuary
mirrors, paintings, tapestry; and
every thing which would add to its
beauty. Everywhere one was re"
minded of the king who built it.
In this palace four thousand ser*
v&utg waited* on Louis and his court.
In the stables there were five thous
and horses. In the barracks a body
guard of ten thousand men. The
palace was the envy of every mon
arch iu Europe. The entertain
ments were on a scale with every
thing else. One does not wonder
that Louis wished to return and
what more fitting time and place
than fh,. Conference of 1919..
The Palace has witnessed many
historic scenes, but never one so
important as the one now being
staged there. President Wilson,
with his associates, representing the
United States of America, George
V oi England, with his prime min
ister bv his side. The President
of France, th<j King of Italy. Rul
ers, or their representatives, from
countless smaller nations are there.
All feel the importance of the ter
rible questions that must be settled.
There is a silence in the room.
W'oodrow Wilson arises to speak,
when slowly out of the shadows
there evolves a figure clad in
kingly garments wearing the robe,
the crown and the signet ring. The
figure becomes more distinct, all re
cognize it. It is Louis XIV, just
as he might have stepped from any
one of th© many gilded frames in
the oalace. Every man at the coun
cil taole felt the presence and' knew
the figdre, yet none acknowledged
to himself that it was there.
perity, how much more important
must such au aid, bg to the individ
ual, firm or corporation that is in
the t'irst flush of youth!
HA\ E KSCAI'ED IXFLl'EXZA
Anchorage.—By tie enforcement
of strict quarantine regulations,
Xenana and Fairbanks have escaped
eutirel" from the Spanish influenza
epidemic, which hag afflicted other
parts of Alaska, declared Janies No
t>le, conductor and Da\-ic> J. Fair
burn, timekeeper, on the Fairbanks
Division of the Government Rail
road, who in eight traveling days
made the trip from Xenana to An
chorage.
"Every person in Nenana and
Fairbauks has to wear on the hat
or the coat a piece of blue ribbon
which is lettered with the words
'Health Department' and which is
issued oy the public health authori
ties. To obtain this riobon a fee
of $1 is required, and if the origi
\al riooon is lost, the fee for the
duplicate ribbon is $2. Any person
failing to obtain and wear a rib
bon is suject to arrest and quaran
tine confinement. Civilian sentries
guard the trails to Xenana and Fair*
banks. All persons going to either
of these places are taken into cus
tody and detained flvie daye in
Quarantine. If in that time no
symptoms of influenza develop, they
are permitted to enter the towns.
There has not been a single case of
influenza in either Nenana or Fair
banks. The fee for the ribbon goes
toward paying the expenses of guard
ing trails and quarantining travel-1
era.—A, R. R.
Keller Brohters have received a
shipment of Flash Light Batteries.
Keller Bros, pure Ice cream is
the most delicious dessert you can
serve for your Sunday dinner. Phon
for ft quart brick for dellvry to*
emorrow. It
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EtL INS
The figure moved around tie
room with stately tread and finally
walklu? up to tli© table began, "Bo
this is my palace, built for me, a
king. Here are a lot of common
men, wearing neither robes nor
crowns, sittlner round my table and
talking about 'World's Peace,' "Ab
dication of Emperors,' 'Rights of
Small Nations,' 'Autonomy for Po
land,' Ye Gods, Ye Gods! In my j
day noDody wanted peace. Small na
tions~h?d no rights except as I gave i
them. Emperors did not abdicate !
and Poland always wag in trouble. |
1 knew Frederick and Catherine had
divided tier up long ago." Con
fronting the Statesman who was
waiting for him to finish, he con
tinued, "Who are you, and' why
are you here?" Holding hig head
high and showing no. signs of
fear or deference the man replied,
"I am the President of United States
of America and I am here to rep
resent that nation in thig confer
ence." "So it seems,' said Louis,
"but wny the Conference?" The
king of England! motioned to the
man addressed to continue and in
answer *o Louis' question Prseident
Wilson told him how it all came
about. Told him how Germany had
forced Austria to pick the quarrel
with Serbia, how Russia came in to
it; why England had entered and,
when he came to the story of his
own laud's entry into this quarrel
that the world might be made safe
for Democracy Louis could; keep
silent no longer, "United States
of America," gasped Louis, "I sup
pose that Is the country which grew
up over there after the Battle of
Quefeeo and England did not ieep
what 8h© took from France, I'va
had rumors from time to time of
things that have happened but I
never quite grasped the situation."
Again he looked over the group.
"But an English King here, Where's
the French King?" From one of
the group came the reply, "France
has been a Republic for many years.
When Germany began this world's
War, the first thing she did was to
attempt to take Paris. She would
have over run and crushed prance
but for the aid of England aW U
nited States of America. In fact
most of the civilized world turned
in to help us. England, France,
and America, never again foeg but
as one nation will for the future
stand, firm for poaco th.rough.out the
world-. \V© shall punish the Ger
man War Lords who are responsible
lor all this trouble. We shall re
gain from Germany; Aisace'Lorraine
which they took from us." At this
point Louig forgot big dignity and
again lutrerupted the speaker "Took
Alsace Lorraine fiom us,—Franc#
made n give up territory.?"
"Vou have, been dead a long
time," replied the Frenchman, "in
1871 Germany forced war upon us
and we were compelled to give up
this territory and pay an enormoua
indemnity besides. We have never
forgotten nor forgiven that wrong,
neither has the world) at large and
now we get it back. It is useless
to attempt to explain things to you.
You could not understand. In your,
day 'Might made right, but it is no
longer true. The. methods used at
the Peace of Westphalia, the Peace
•(. Utrecht and at the Congress of
Vienna are things of the past. At
this convention there will be no #e
ret treaty. Nobody daj-e men
tion in the hearing of Mr. Woodrow
Wilson the question of 'Balance of
Powers.' The rights of small nations
must be guaranteed go that no
greedy big nation shall ever again
attack them. The people of ques
tionable territory shall be allowed
to vote themselves as to whether
they will have, their own govern
ment or live under another; power.
Everybody shall have the right to
vote and in short ail the principles
of liberty guaranteed to the peo
ple of United States of America, un
der their constitution shall be guar*
auteed to all the world."
Louis listened attentively. Louis
may not have been everything he
slioul l have been but he never was
stupid and he understood.
"I eee," gasped Louis, "it seems
this world hag changed since my dajf
and there is no longer a pl*ct for
kings liKe me. I can almost endure
it myself to think how the Cardinal
will growl when he hears of this
and Low Napoleon will insist on
coming- back to change it all. But I
■understan, the world has
changed and the best
place for kings and kais
ers is not on the earth Just now. We
have had our day. The people will
now have their's and I hope they
will Uie their power more wisely
than we did'."
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