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Business OlTice and Editorial,
Rooms, Pbone No. 222.
FRIDAY, SKI'TKMHKH «, 1912. j
i
"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." i
There «-;i11 lie n<> doubt nf the'
justice uf tin* deliiniiil of President
Tal l I iiaI lie is eiil it led to a chance i
In make a fair light for lh.» pres_|
i'leui'v. linr ran there lie muchi
<|iicstion i»I* the coiToelncss of his,
declaration that a man who will,
accept a place as an elector up-j
<>m the national Republican liek-i
el ami will then cast his vole for
the eamliitate of anolh.'r parly isi
inherent ly il isln most.
There is nothing obligatory up-l
ihi the pari of any man to accept.j
I he nominal ion as elector upon the!
Republican ticket, 1ml once a man I
has pone before the people as a
camliilale far such an oll'ice npon'
the llepiiblican lickel he i«; bonml1
Jiy all the rules of ilecency ami.
In mi's ty to work for ihe presi-l
ilenliat camliilale of Ihe National
Republican parly. If a man does,
not wish lo so ilo, then if he pos-j
sessi-s a spark of political or pei*— J
sonal honesty he will withdraw j
from the ticket, if already nomi-!
ated and will refuse a nomina-'
lion if he has not already been!
selected. I
There i< no reason why a goodj
man should not be a candidate for1'
vied ion as presidential elector!
upon the Hull Moose lickel. No.
matter what his past political af-i
filial ions may have been provided'
lie stand for .jns| what he is, a|
candidate of Ihe Progressive party
jdcdireil lo Ihe election if possi-j
Ide. of Colonel Roosevelt. There;
would lie more dishonesty in the
:»ct of a man elected as an elect-1
or npon Ihe new parly lickel, as ani
elector npon the new parly ticket
casting his ballot -in the electoral!
college for <!o\ernor Wilson, than',
1 here would for a man elected as
a Itepnhlican lo vole in Ihe col-1
lege for Roosevelt.
One must be flesh, fish or fowl.'
lie cannot lie I wo or more of these
al one lime. If ,*i man j< n Roose
velt progressive, a m'inber of llioi
third party, lie eannol he a Repub- t
lican at the same Mine, and if Ihe
third parly expects lo lake n place .
lines of cleavage must be sharply
delin.'d. To work against a parlyl
ami al Ihe same time lo claim |o'<
lie a member thereof would be i
I reason of Ihe rankest. *nrf.
GOLDEN RULE APPLIED.
I
Tin* man. woman or rliiM has*
yi'i to In* horn who 11 of* s nol wish
eo h«* popular. Popularity menus *
tin' possession of most of Iho
things wjiieh make life worth liv-:
in}.'. Money may hring many hless-•
ings. hni popularity is not nee-'
CMsaril.v one of I hem.
Fame may come to a man. hut
without bringing him the relative1
meaning of popularity. Fame ton
often only spells envy, malice,
runl all uucharif nhlencss, ami the!
possession of this world's wenllh i
too often means, no| real popu-!
Jarity, hut Ihe truckling nil end-':
unco of any army of sycophants.]
The popular man or woman is,
welcome everywhere, anywhere,
and at all limes. His pathway,
through life is bordered with
smiling fares, ami lie has the]
happy feeling of being wanted, of
being wailed for. which is worth
more to a man than the posses
sion of ruhie««.
f.ike everything else, it is easy
enough to he popular if you know
how. The secret is cpiile sim
ple. The popular person is the
unselfish person, Ihe person with
wide sympathies, ami Ihe person
with a ready smile.
Pome folks seem to think that
flu- way to fret it is to grab. Nev
er was a greater mistake. The
way to get is (o give. Sympathy,
the power of entering into anoth
er man's interests, not necessar
ily into his troubles fll lakes a
saint to do that honestly), |s al
ways repaid with compound in
terest. Sympathy is the open Se
same to the treasure caveehu
manity, and a friendly smile il
lumines the dark corners like a
beam of April sunshine.
Never mind if fools term you a
mug. A mug can hold a lot of
happiness at times. .Anyhow, it
is better'to be a happy mug than
to be a miserable lump of reflned
marble. Marble may )»«> pretty to
look at, but il i* very cold (o lean
against.
The popular man has a cheery
word for everybody. He lias no
company manners. He says "Good
morning" to his charwoman with
a- much gusto a« he would pass
I In1 lime of day with a duchess.
'lie is never grumpy, at any rale
not in public. He has his bad
days, as we all have, but he is loo
unselfish to inflict them on oili
er people. The popular man has
a glad Ilearl; il is glad because il
is kind, lie docs bis good turns
as he passes along the road of
life, becaue he knows he will no|
pass I hat way again.
To be popular then, i* very;
simple. II is only the common |
sense application of Hie good oldj
("•olden TinK*. The popular p*M'-!
s«»n thinks before he speaks, never,
says anything calculated lo hurl j
anybody's feelings, and does unto
ollicrs as he would be done by.!
THAT UNTOUCHED ALASKA
COAL.
Officers of die armored cruiserj
Miiryliitul, wliirli has recently]
been in Alaskan walcrs, made an i
inspection of Iln» Malantiska coalj
Holds. A dispatch from Seward'
say* I hoy report having found
"great quantities of «• x«-«* 11«• 111 j
coal." Ttu| when in Alaska the)
Maryland did n«>| use Alaska eoal.j
II is dfTieull to understand how:
in intelligent government. sneli J
fts we are supposed to have in the
L*i;fI*•«! Stale?, lias failed for so
many >ears to make use of the
■oal of Alaska. If the old plan
>f private ownersliip of coal lands
is to he abandoned, then why not
try something else-leasing, for
example—instead of postponing
jnd waiting and waiting and post
poning? A great many Alaskans
liave become embittered hv the
unending delay. They feel they
liave heen unjustly treated and
hey have almost despaired of any
•hange.
Even if the coal of Alaska were
ipcned lo supply only the navy,
it would help the stable part of
llie population of that country. On
I he wharves of Alaska towns is
l»iled coal brought, in from tli<•
stales or from British C.olum
lia fop tin; use of our govern
ment vessels. It has been trans
ported hundreds of miles and the
freight charges alone are more
lhan equal to the cost of the coal.
Kalalla. which is near a stood
•oal field, pays more than #2ft a
Ion for coal brought in from the
f'nited States or British Columbia.
Of course, if the coal fields were
ipened it might be some time be
fore there was a big enough mar
ket In warrant operations on a
large scale and coal prices inighl
continue high. F.von so. it would
l>e far heller for Alaska lhan
present conditions. The people
would be using their own coal.
A start must he made some time
if human beings are ever to pet
nny advantage from the wealth of
fuel lying untouched.
After all the disappointments
and delays Alaska has s'lll'ered be
cause of the failure of tin' govern
ment to adopt any policy in lieu
of the one departed from when
executive orders were issued with
drawing lands from entry, the
rnited Stales should try |o make
amends by at least using the tine
Alaska coal for the government
vesesls when they are in the North
Pacifie.-Taroina Ledger.
EDITORIAL NOTE8.
Slop I lie campaign. N"l a sin
gle plnlform "views wilh nlnrm."
While Ili«» prion of meal is
"high is fhc lime lo can TtulI
Moose.
Are ymi in favor of Hip lliird
parly? If so, what office do you
van I ?
There is m» ohjeelion lo mak
ing hank notes smaller if Iheir
purchasing power is no! rcdueed.
Down in Honolulu I own I here is
a Chinese lady lailor named llook
On. She might do well jn Alaska.
Abraham I.ineoln opened ihe
door of hope |o Ihe colored man.
When Teddy found il open he
Ihrew Ihe nigger oul.
Some men are horn greni, some
men achieve greatness, and some
I inon organize pari it's whose dutj
lis to thrust greatness upon them
We ran confidently expect a
falling-nut between the Bull
Mooso candidates since Bryan hat)
declared that Johnson is a big
ger man than Teddy.
A newspaper item with the cap
tion "moose heads for sale" may
he misleading. It does not refer
to the members of the bull moose
party, but that mounted heads of
the animals seized by the Minne
oln game warden, because thev
wore killed nut of season. They
are "dead" heads.
Kiglil men nominrlcd in Kali
an a* Hepuhliean candidates for
presidential electors turned «>ut to
he "bull inoosers," but thev re
use to resign. Morally this i*« on
a par with the alliance elTecled in
Chicago between the bull niooser
and the Lorimeritns since I hey I
were kicked out of the Hepuhliean j
organiation in Illinois.
The director of mines says the
consumers of coal waste half of
the product. If the producers
were to content themselves with
a reasonable profit, il would even
up matters.
President Taft has named Jesse
Jefferson to be post master at
Valdez. A man* named Jefferson
should be acceptable to the Dem
ocrat s.-Douglas News. II is and!
o is I lie appointee.
Kighleen llmusaiiil words are
a great many with which to prove,
an alibi on on" huml'i'id nmli
twenly_iivi' I i • • •: i *- :• m • I stamierdi
dollars. i
MADAM WORNAL
Spiritual Advisor.
Crawford Opposite
Building. Telephone Office.
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
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Phone 185 Wall St.
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L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOEX, ALASKA
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U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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