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DAXOEli IN THE WAR STOCKS
<;.Y>1ULE
The ma who reads the pape.-s
has noticed that during the pa^t
few days there has been soma stren
uous effort ou the jjart of the Wall
Stree* authorities to curb gambling
la war stocks, say3 the Portland
Telegram. Tim same man may j
liave noticed, also, that all efforts ;
of the wiser and cooler heads, ia
this direction, have been unavailing.
It w:is stated by the New York
World recently that ia a period of j
three days more than 4,500,000
shares of this sort of stock were
sold on the New York Exchange; 1
and that as a mad gamble the
movement had never been excelled
in the history of the street.
The fellow who is 'removed from j
this vortex of financial insanity
reads all this, and wonders what
has become of all that restrictive
policy which seemed but a eouplo
of years ago to have laid its chas
tening hand upon Wall Strett.
iieyond any douot, mere is real
ization iu that quarter, as there is
among sober-minded people through
out the country, that Wall Street
is only the nerve center of the ex
citement; and that when the reac
tion comes and there is damage
done, ;is there is bound to be, legiti
mate business in every section of
the country will [eel the evil effects
of it.
This war-stock gamble is a finan
cial disease wiUi Wall Street, as
the point of infection. The solid
financiers of New York know it, the
country knows it; and yet, appar
ently, all we can do is let the
disease run its course and take the
cousequences.
It is a condition that reflects ad
versely up American financial
wisdom and efficiency.
MESOJPOTAMIA
To those who know something of
the history of this, "the oldest
laud in the world,", the word Meso
rotamia is full of meaning and re
collection, says an Eastern, exchange
Far aLd away, back beyond tl»e
time of tradition, into the time of
myth, and across that of its first
beginnings, to the "back of beyond,'
as an Irishman might expressively
rut it, the history of this land
stretches. The Hittites, the Ar
amaeans, the Babylonians, the As
syrians—Mesopotamia crossed and
recrossid by the "endless marches
of Assyrian kings" building and "re
building the Assyrian empire —
these wore the very early times,
largely mythical, more largely still
traditional, with gleams here and
there of established fact. The stu
dent of this period greets with a
curious welcome such names as
Nebuchadnezzar, Tiglath-Pileser and
Shalmaneser. Then follows the
coming of the Persians and the
story of Cyrus, the Persian hosts
on their way through the river
couutry to conquer Greece. Later
still, the march of the Greek hosts,
under Alexander; then the Greek
period, followed by the Roman per
iod; the struggles against the Ro
man authority, the Parthian period
and the Sassanian period, the Cali
phate, and finally, the coming of the
Ottoman Turk. Such are the great
pylons in the history of the country.
For the rest, since the coming of '
llio Turk down to the present day,
it is silenco. Now, after a lapso
ot something like 2000 yea-re Meso
potamia is, once again, traversed
by great armies. It is true that
Sir John Nixou's force is small
compared with the forces of Cyrus
or Alexander the Great, but the re
sources at its disposal are immeuso
and the issue at stajce immeasur
ably greater than that involved iu
any of the wars of conquest of
bygone times. For many months
past the British expeditionary force
has been making good its ground
at the head of the Persian gulf.
Here, as tlsewhere, the world had
almost grown accustomed to what
looked like stagnation. Then, with
an unexpectedness, characteristic
of such moyemouts, camo 3Ir. Aus
ten Chamberlain's statement in the
House of Commons, telling of
General Nixon's march, and adding
the words which are likely to be
come historic, that tho Turkish
foicrs were in full flight towards
C.igdad, the British force pursuing
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Tigris and Euphrates are two
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great eft movements and events lu
history. This present movement,
the great sweep north of the Anglo
Indian forces under General Nixon,
is not below the standard of im
portance set by its predecessors.
Few would care to forecast events
in this district, n>ore than usually
full, as it Is, aline of posslbiiltlea
and uncertainty, but speculation
here is certainly fraught with moro
than usual Interest.
Juneau Empire: Tho charges of
Edward I. Wade, a former stenog
rapher lu the executive office, agaiml
the Governor of Alaska, are too ut
terly silly to dignify by discussion.
They answer themselves, and anako
a complete exposition of their au
thor.
PRESIDENT (JIVES
CHECKS TO TRIPLETS
Alattoon, 111., Oct. 25—President
Wocdrow Wilson when notified
by Mrs Albert Woodworth, of this
•auutL CiaiUnt 'jrof. ers aie wel
uome run Abraham, Secretary.
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No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday evening
at 8:30 o'clock.
" Visiting broth
ers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VAN'DEWALL, Secretary.
t*Y*irrnal Onler
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Order ol
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Wednesday ulgtii of eaifc mouth a',
their hall ou Fifth avenue Vlsltta*
brothers cordially invited to attend.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alist.r. Secretary.
'.relit liriJ.! riliiHitl.—
>auii SKi«c»i!y No. 1
A B meets every see
ci s;'J fourth Tuos
dj> bTeulug a; S. 00 ;■
a ati iry v .."lllng brr;i«fib conllal
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cordfT
1 place, tiiat eho naa cnrmtened iiw
triplet eons, "Woodrow Woodworth,"
"Wilson Woodworth" and "William
Woodworth," received a letter of
thanks and appreciation, and a
check for ?25 each for the Bons.
The President also said that he had
made provision to contribute $600
toward the education of thq hoys.
All One Sided.
"Do you ever have any family do
botes at your house, Billbury?"
"Let's see. A debate has two sides,
I believe?"
"Yes."
"No."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
near i rung.
"Was that a stag dinner?"
"Well, it was a dear one."—Baltl
I more American.
Burial No. 02488.
APPLICATION TO HAKE HOME
STEAD ENTRY
U. a Laud Office, Juneau, Alaska,
September 21, 1915.
NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN:
Thai John James Rath, whose poet
office address is Haines, Alaska,
has applied to eater under section
2289 of the revised statutes of the
United States, and of the Act of
March <t, 1903, the' following des
cribed tract of land as a homestead,
situated about one mile westerly
from Haines, Alaska; beiny U. 3
Survey 785, and beginning at Cor.
No. 1, from which U. S. L. M. (No.
673 bears S80°47E '70.30 cha., idea
tical with Cot. 4 Survey Na 205,
Car. Mo. 1 U. a C'ay Reserve, and
Cor. 4 Presbyterian Mission; thence
aloig the southerly line of Survey
205, W. 20. cbs. to Cor. No. 2.
thence 3. 28.10 cha. to cor. No. 3,
thence E. 15.42 cha. to Cor. No. 4,
thenco N. 9°11'E. 28.43 cha. along
westerly line of Presbyterian Mis
sion to Cor. No. 1, the place of bo
ginning, containing 49.75 acres.
Variation 29°21'E. Lat. 69°14'N.
Long 135°27"W.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract, are required to file
with the Register and Receiver of
the U. S. Land Office at Juneau,
their adverse claims thareagainst
under oath, duriug the period of
publication of this notice, or within
thirty days thereafter, pr they will
be barred by provision of the stat
ute. JOHN JAME3 RATH.
1* is hereby ordered that the fore
going notice be published for the
statutory period In tho "Dally Alas
kan," a newspaper of general circu
lation printed at Skagway.
Date of first publication, Septem
ber 30. 1915.
Date of last publication, Decem
ber 1, 1915.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
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