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Thursday. <n:Tom-:u js. iyu'
THE CASE OF ADAMS.
There certainly must be "something
wrong" with a man like George E. j
Adams, as he says 'Ahere is. After]
serving a sentence in prison, which j
should have sufficed to convince liim j
of the folly of crime, he secured em
ployment at. $1."0 a month, but. yields
lo the persuasion of thefirst harden
ed criminal he meets to commit new
crimes. When caught be makes
the cxcusu that he "'took the chance"
for the sake of his boy.
Was he not earning enough money
honestly to provide for both himself
and his boy that he should take the
chance of returning to prison and
Icsiving his boy without care and with
a new stain added to his name? The
excuse only aggravates the crime.
Adams has shown himself devoid of
knowledge of the distinction between
right and wrong, and, when detected
falls back on !t!he criminal's appeal to:
maudlin sentiment. His case illus-J
1 rates how such sentiment has ctrossd
Hie parole system and the pardoning
power to jc misapplied.
Adams is a criminal of the type
which is not safe to be at large. He
is devoid of moral sense andwhen
tempation comes in his way his cu
pidity invariably overcomes his fear
of punishment. Such a criminal
should not be paroled. The parole
is intended for those who can distin
guish between right and wrong, bu<t
who have temporarily wandered from
the path of rectitude; men whose
moral power hns been restored by ex
periencing the consequences of their
fall and by contemplation of the re
probation in which they are held.
There is hope that this tyi>e ofman '
may again become a useful citizen,
but the only possibility of preventing j
such a man as Adams from relapsing j
into crime is to keep him under con- (
stant restraint or under such aclose
watch that he can be checked upon'
' I
showing tile first sign of evil dr.itig. j
GOODBYE TO ABSINTHE.
It is pleasant to rend in tlu» news'
<>f the day that no more absinthe is1
>•0 admitted to this country through;
the Custom-Houses. Since there is'
only enough of this pernicious drug
on hand to las; its slaves a month
or two. there is some liope that we
shall see the end of that particular
hahit before long. .Vo doubt some
other will take its place, but even a J
change to another addiction may'
benefit the absinthe victims, fori
their drug is one of the most nau-i
seous as well as deadly in the whole'
list of habit-forming drinks and pow-j
deis. It is a furiously bitter H<|-!
qitid distilled from wormwood and
other aromatic herbs and seeds. The!
bt st is made in S wit/.eland, if there
can be any "best" where all is in-!
jurioiiK. When all Hie herbs, seeds!
and other ingredients have been!
pounded in alcohol for seven days, j
the stuff is distilled, and a deep1
green liquor is obtuaincd which iSj
offensive to every sense except sight, j
Of course the color is charming. It
is almost exacJly that of the em
erald. one of the most beautiful of
gems. Strange tis it may appear,
evil usually contrives to alVtfU'h itself
to something beautiful. The reason
why the devil does this la obvious.
.lust as many old-time Americans
excused their morning .loddy by Bay
ing they swallowed It with great re
luctance as a mediclile to cure the
fever and ague, so the use of ab
sinthe began as a "febrifuge." The
French soldiers in Algeria drank It
to ward off the maladies ofthe cli
mate. The cure was worse than
the disease, but that, did not pro
ven' tho fashion from spreading
throughout Franco, and absinthe soon
became tho hlgh-tf>ned tipple of Far
Is. It was almost obligatory In se
loct circles to got tipsy on the dead
ly drug once or twico a week., lit rav
ages In the army were so terrible
that the government had to forbid Us
use. Absinthe not only poisons tU
■1av«« with all the vlml#nc« of nlco
George E. Baldwin
CANDIDATE OF THE HOME RULE PARTY
If Elected 1 Will Give My Best Efforts
to^Accomplish the Greatest Good to
the Greatest Number of Alaskans.
Extract from address by George E. Baldwin of Val"
dez, to the American Mining Congress, Chicago,
October 27, 1911:
EVERY RIGHT MINDED CIVILIZED MAN ABHORS WASTE
PARTICULARLY OF SOMETHING THAT CAN NEVER BE RE.
PLACED; BUT THE DOCTRINE THAT THIS IS THE LAST
GENERATION OF INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS THAT WILL
LIVE AND THAT THE MANY FORCES OF NATURE NOW GO- !
i
ING TO WASTE, COMPARED TO WHICH ALL THE COAL
IN THE WORLD IS AS A TALLOW DIP TO A THOUSAND |
ARC LIGHTS, THAT THESE SOURCES OF POWER WILL '
NEVER BE HARNESSED BY MAN, AND THAT THE PRES
ENT GENERATION MUST BE STARVED AS WE ALASKANS I
ARE BEING STARVED, WELL—WORDS FAIL ME WHEN I
ATTEMPT TO EXPRESS MY OPINION OF SUCH CRIMINAL
FOOLISHNESS.
THE8E LAMENTING JEREMIAHS WHO MOURN OVER..
THE EXHAUSTION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES PAY
ALL THEIR ATTENTION TO THAT 8ECTION OF THE COUN
TRY WHERE THE POPULATION IS SPAR8E, WHILE THE
RESOURCES IN THE SECTION OF THE COUNTRY WHERE
THE POPULATION 18 DCN8E ARE BEING USED AS CIRCUM
STANCES DEMAND WITHOUT.ANY OF THEIR VALUABLE
ADVICE AND A88I8TANCE.
ONE OF'THE PROBLEM8 OF OUR NATION 18 TO RE
STRICT THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY FROM CONGRE
GATING IN THE CENTERS OF POPULATION; YET THE8E
RADICAL CONSERVATIONI8TS DEMAND THE CONTINU
ANCE OF AND EXTENSION OF, A SYSTEM WHICH 18 DE
POPULATING THIS TERRITORY, IN WHICH AT PRE8ENT
THERE 18 ONLY ONE HUMAN.BEING, MAN, WOMAN, CHILD
SIWASH SQUAW AND PAPPOOSE FOR EVERY SEVEN
THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES.
ALASKA IS BEING LITERALLY 8TARVED TO DEATH.
WE HAVE FOREST RESERVES, MILITARY RESERVES,, ONE
OF THEM ONE HUNDRED MILE8 IN DIAMETER, COAL RE
SERVES, FI8H RE8ERVE8, NAVAL RESERVES, SEAL RE
SERVES, BIRD RESERVES, AND I SUPPOSE BY THIS TIME,
BUG RESERVES, AND CRANKS CRYING FOR* STILL MORE
RESERVES.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TIIFRI) DIVISION:
I hereby announce myself as u candidate for Representa
tive to the Territorial Legislative Assembly from (lie
Third Division of Alaska, subject to the will of the voters
of said district. I stand on a strictly Non-Partisan ticket,
acd if elected, will'do my utmost for the pood of the en
tin* district and work fur the interests of Alaska in gen
• raI. 1 am engaged in gold quart z mining in the Willow
creek gold camp, and jl feel that the mining intercuts
>ii.i I l»i» represented in the Territorial Assembly.
Respect fully,
Knik, Alaska, Oct 7, J0I2.
MILO KELLY.
I
Vote for
R. D.GRAY
of Katalla,
Non-Partizan Nominee for the
Lower House
hoi, b»il It produces othor ovll effect (
from tho various CBBentlat oils It
contalnn. Thoso subBtanceg Irrltato
the atomach and dodtroy the dlRefttJci |
Thry also attack ihm brain nndoften j
Induce Idiocy, but of course such ftoU
do not ddter uUra-fosMonable society'
from "enjoying" Its dm. I
Vote for
FRANK I YOUNGS
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for K^rSSSutfrV!
Jjjfck Frost Has Arrived
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE
WINTER IS HALF OVER
Keep Warm and
Save Doctor
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EIDERDOWN COMFORTERS
COTTON COMFORTERS
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FUR COATS
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MACKINAW CLOTHING
FELT SHOES
FELT 8LIPPERS
FLANNEL NIGHTGOWNS
WOOLEJV UNDERWEAR
MENS SWEATERS
LADIES SWEATERS
CHILDRENS SWFflTFRS
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Coles Hot Blast Heating Stoves
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of tbe interior. General Trucking
Ud. Wood, - Proprietor
McKinley St. Valdes
«up Hoti
SEATTLE
Cm AS. Pemy, mop.
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in the heart ormcrrr
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GOOD REASONS
T h g m o e. i progressive
store keeporp. all over tho
country uso electricity for
lighting. Wh * is it?
Becauso
It makes a lighter store.
It is cle«jnly.
It gives less trouble.
It cioes nor pollutetheair. 1
It lends itsolf readily to I
any spccial decorative |
effect.
It show2 c lo/o to
pood adv n;;iPo.
'Phone frr 01 :• oxpert to
talk it ovo; v..*. ■*. .
ALASKA WATER, LI6HT i, TEL. CO.
Steam Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* All Modern Conveniences
Good jiir DIICCCT G ° °d
Goods I fit UUiTLI Goods
! Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ T1V^D¥713 anc^ Building
Puget Sound L-.U1VIDI1.IX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 1ft
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush S™ '' a"nr
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Rtgxli EL SIDELO, Senators, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
ieneral
inking,
isiness1
S-BLU^ St S*
— ! N tUM P O W A V L D —
BANKERS - j
CA'^-TAL * tOO^OO,10 J
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
' . >W* FfiM P*r t*nt »m TUfte C&ttlteat** +f Dtpmit.