Fii.WitW 1898 OIJ«»> D»'W in AI »ik«
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER!
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E. a. Qldeoa Carcroea, Y. T.
B. L. Pllimaa Atlln. B. C.
I EDITORIAL j
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EDITOR GETS PEEVED
Somebody mailed a marked copy
3i the Anchorage Times calling at
tention to a typographical error,
which peeved the editor to such an
axtenr that he delivered the follow
ing classic in the next issue of
he oaper:
"Erery newspaper has its critics.
vlcs» o* th^ni are fellows who never
•ontribute a cean toward the sup
•ort of the publication, but who
eem to think that they haye as
rood a right to criticise it as those
vho support and maintain it. We
iispute the right of non-subscrib
rs to criticiz© a newspaper, toward
h<> support of which they contribor
otpin^ whatever. On the otfter
au'\ we *01001110 wholesome aaa
onstructive criticism from t&ose
l:ase names appear on our sub*crip
on lists and who thereby gain a
i=:nt to make helpful suggestions
i^ards betterments an<} improve
lents in the local newspaper.
It is likewise? astonishing to ob
rr • the number of individuals in
given community who r0aH>" im*
*in0 that they could run a news
.ipof much better than those whose
fe business it has been to conduct
ich publications. "\Ve have such
i this community. Every month
• so you hear rumors of another
iper starting, because the one
ravished fails, in their Bup0rior
>in!on, to meet the requirements
' the town, or fails to adopt as its
vn, tbeir particular policies or
iboies. These amitious gentle
er. go about criticizing the locai pa
•r and telling people how much
Iter th0y could do, if given the
portunity. The opportunity sought,
course, is to have other people
t an the money to purchase the
*nt an<i eQuipment, as against
eir "newspaper experience" and
uperlor intelligence" People w-ho
mp money into such a proposi
•» may as well bid it good-bye.
iea they part with it, because
Tw will never get a dollar of it
cfc. Experience teaches this,
ese busy individuals simply want
gain a little experience at the
lease of those who contribute the
ids. A newspaper started by
r considerable number of people
i never be a success, fop the
11 le reason that no human being
i coud-ucj a newspaper that can,
for any length of tima, please all of
the stockholders. Thea disruption
takes place, as a matter of course.
Yo» there are plenty of fellows who
think otherwise, and If It doesn't
cost them anything, they are quite
ready to try the experiment.
The Times has a printing plant
that cannot b« duplicated for $15,
000. It has a payroll that exceeds
$1,500 the month. The operating
expenses will reach 'mArly $2,500
the month, all thiols considered,
and wa are running on an economi
cal scale, too. It takes real money
to run a newspaper fin Alaeka.
CLEANING IT* THE KED8
Berger and five of hia Socialistic
trioe have been coavcitde for viola
tion or the espionaige law. Hay
wood, St. John and others are now
dohij- time, aod Debs, though con
victed, is fighting for a new trial.
Wit*i Berger and his crowd of Reds
cleaned «i> and the ropes tighten
ing closer around some of the So
cialis'Je organizations sailing under
other names, the leaders are getting
1 pretty nervous.
[ It took a war condition to deter-'
mine the disloyalty of these cattle,
anri now that 'he influence of Mar-V
is shaken, there should be no cessa
tion of process that will clean the:
country of the paraaites that were
crooked in the time of danger, and
are a mena<Q la the time of peace.
Taev are not dependable at any
sta<r<» of the game.
[ Berber whimpers that he nas
been a citizen Of United States all
his life. H© was elected to con
gress, the only Socialist ever re
ceiving that honor. He camp fiom
Milwaukee and was elected by the
combination that "made Milwaukee
famous"—and' such is fame! If it
took Berger a lifetime to become
nothing more thaa an imitation citi
zen, the situation is indeed a
commentary on his immediate gov*
ernent.
The average Milwaukee brewer
who was active? on general corrup
tion during site past two years
cou) I plug Ufa nostrils at that sort
of cltizensMp, and could well
pailosophiie ~l'd rather b© a dog
and* tay at. the moon than such a j
Romn!"—Pocateilo Tribune.
OUlt MBWJRABLE MAIL SKRVICE
The snail service given Alaska
&y tlit post offioe department is a
miserable farce and a disgrace to
I nation. The Idea of having our
!imDortant and urgent mailt matter
coming to us as common freight,
with the transporting boats operat
ing on no particular schedule, drop- J
poig in at accustomed ports, or
passing thea up, as they wish, or
a» t^e business warrants, whichev
er it is. We are told by the au
thorities that the big transportation
companies are seeking to charge ex
cessive "price l^r carrying the mail
I on a regular mail service route, the
sam® as before the last mail con
tract expired. We have no infor
mation as to just what the trans
portation companies sought to ex
act In a renewal of their contracts.
(A1I we know is, that the people of
Alaska, engaged in the development
of a frontier country, are suffering
aU sortfs of inoonvenience an^ ar©
being deprived of their just rights,
bv not receiving their mail in the
snorteRt time possible.
I* th»e private transportation com
panies are seeking to charge an ex
tortionate amount for carrying the
mails ton a regular schedule, there
ia an efficient remedy, and that is,
the establishment of a government
transportation Bervlce between Se
attle and Alaskan ports.—Anchorage
Tim®. t jij;,
EVEN* "BILL" TAFT IS MAD
We have been waiting for Blxteen
Tears, say# the Juneau Dispatch, to
Bee bly Bill Taft get '•good and
mad." , •. 1 ;|
Bill to date las been our ideal of
a f»t, forgiving sort o£ optimist
who laugjig and Xorivee Ior*
gets and sklp^ tba thorns beneath
th» rof^of 1IX*„_ ^lj5.
II Was Bill who found something
good in the night-butcheringi Moros,
and who enfolded the natkvea of the
Philippines to his rotund chest, say
iug, "My- little brown brothers!"
It wag Bill who forgave Teddy
for fll the unkind things ho BHd
and did to him, and who even be
fore the reunion allowed no bitter
word to escape.
But William Howard Taft ha»
reached his limit.
Is a recent address to some bank
ers' association he remarked) that
•here was only- one way to argue
with the Bolshevlki, and that was
to kill 'em off, complete and en
tire.
Which wag some abrupt and
bloodthirty for Willum!! ,
It appears that the butchering,
Dewhisiered Bolsheviki, whose only
platform is a whetted cleaver, in*
spir- In the most mild »nd manner!:
of ug the Bame gory urge as roils
their hairy chests.
^ They who live by the pword shall
perish by it.
Doubtless this will prove ap tru<a
for th» Prussian wiidtmen "B it haj
'for the Prussian madmen.
«• Repub licans ami the IJol^feviki
| The republican national commit
ter a! its Ohicago conference cam«
ou* squarely against boishevism and
|socialism. This is not suprising
nor does it mean that the party ha«
abandoned its progressive ideas, oi
I that it will neglect the soad of hu
manity in its program. It does
mean that it will not, even t°i
votes, wink at the disorderly ele
ment- of destruction now masquer
adinc as agencies of the uplift. Th<
part" that preserved tha union ani
freed the slaves in the Unitet
Statps; that directed the develop
men-; of the whole land to its won'
derful place in the front rank o;
modern nations; that by its wisi
legislation and pru<ient administra
tion brought the American, work
man the greatest of blessings af
forded &y prosperity, peace an<
good wages, may b© depended UP
[On to defend that record and Per
petuat© its work. The institution
o' fr° government are safe onlj
when ?s>od order prevails, and t<
this the republicans of the Unit
ed States are irrevocably pledged.—
Omaha Bee.
Herfc is an item from the new:
of the day that ought to give think
ing Americans a start in the righ
direction:
"The censorship exsrcised by thi
Uni'ed States government over r^i
cat socialist newspapers was denoui
ed by Alexander Brailoxaky, edito
of tfce Workman and Peasant, a
thf>. closing session bore yesterdy °
the convention of representatives o
Russian workmen's and socialist bo
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and stings. Just as good, too, for
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sores and canker sores.
Get it from druggists for 30 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back.
Ever constipated or have sick
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cents. Guaranteed.
defies.
"Following hi# ad-dress a, collec
tion waa taken for the purpose of
establishing and maintaining addi
tional Russian newspapers and
founding schools.'*
Bolshevism is no longer as far a
way as Russia. It le at our very l
gates. Freedom, as Americans un- J
dorsiand it, means nothtag to these
men. They pretend to exercise no
self-restraint, to suffer no law to
com* between them and their mad
ness. If liberty founded on law
Is to continue, and Justice to main
tain ita rule, some way must be
found to repress the promoters of
the "new liberty," which means
oul* anarchy. The bolshevik is
tne same, wherever b« is found, and
U always a danger to good order.
GERMAN* PAYS 64,000,000
MARKS U. B. AR^tV EXPENSE
Coblenr, Jan. 24. — Ten million
marks arrived here from Berlin to
day oy Bpeciai train, this being the
first payment by the German gov
ernment of the 26,000,000 marks
dug in January for the expenses of
the American, army of occupation.
The arrival of today's shipment
makes a total of 64,000,000 marks
wb'ch hag been turned over to the
American authorities for the cur
rent expenses of the occupying
force. .
Fioeh on every boat. FreBh (un
cooked) Oyster Cocktails. Pre
. pared Just right. Eacji one In a
>. glas« bottle with patent stopper.
r j They cannot b« excelled. At Kellers'
» 1
Hot Clam or Red Snapper Broth
j makes a goo* drink these cold* days.
Kellers aro serving then^ tf.
j $180 Reward, $100
Hie readers of thli paper will be
pleased to learn -that there Is at leust
one dreaded disease that science ha?
been able to cur* in all Its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being- greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine Is taken Internally and
acta thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the Bystera 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 go much
faith In the curative powers of Rail's
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars tor any cose that it falls
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY k. CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. Itc.
—Advertisement
WHAT CANDY IS
"CANDY as a FOOD has won—
The Government buyg It by the toa." -k]^
Candy is good food, pure and wholesome It is the universal food;
i» s' °aKs all languages; it dries the te*rs in the eyes of little chil
dren; and wreathes th»> faces of old ape In smiles. It is the unspok
en message from the * over to his sweetheart; o^e of the first tok
ens sent to the absent °ne; it brings joy to the home; H is the adr
vanca ajeut of happiness in every clime. It maJtea regular visit* to
th« home, the church, the .hospital, the prison, the battlefield and' trench.
Its constant, associates are love, Joy, nsace, happiness, smiles and
laughter. Can as much be said of any other food?
IN THtt UNITED STATES, THE S UGAI* CONSUMPTION PER CAPI
TA PER ANNUM IS 84 LSS.
Candy Manufacturers ,Jse 8 per cont or
Other Manufacturers use t 17 oorcent or
Table Usage ,i 75 .percent or
v 100 percent
6.72 lbs. ver capita per annum—*.2S oz. per capita per day.
14.28 los. ver capita per aanum.— a63 oz. per captta per day.
63.00 lbs. per capita pw annum—2.7\6 oz. oer capita per day .
84 loo per capita per atfnum—3.68 -cz. oar capita per day.
20 per cent restriction in us® of !u?3r CoafectVaaei? is 20 percent
of .29 oz. .068 oz.
The saving accomplished tjy thl® measure- Pvc capita per <Jay ifl repre
sented by about 1*3.7 H '
A< 1 oz. of sugar is about three1 teaspoocsful, th esaving per capita
per day can also be measure^ at a boa* 1-ti of a tepaaocmful.
Another way of putting it:' \
6.72 lbs. at 7% cents (average# jpri®®)—25c Per annum, or lc per week;
1. e.. the public, by aavtng U o werth of sag®* per capita per week
can keeo every candy ijacto rj i^n*in«, furnishing employment to at
leas* one hundred thonsantf^jpeopia A ^ a k. - - u. . : t
6.72 lbe.
14.28 lbs.
63.00 lbs.
84.00 lbs.
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