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A’ t 29th, t‘’~r>, at t.tie postoffice
a kotna, Alaska, un-lei the Act
O' arch 3rd, 1879.
S teen years ago this November
11th ended th»- woe warfare be
twtr. a men since the begi. .- of
history.
The great conflict vain of purpose
and horrible in efieet, cost tht lives
of n.:llions,men, women and children.
Bes de the loss of lit and millions
mai ;ed, untold want and misery
followed as a direct result.
Sateen years is not a long span
in tr.e life of man, yet long enough
to c' ni the memory of those 1914
191. horrors. We remember the
parades and gay music as the boys
nun lied away but unless directly
effected we do not remember the
back. We remember to place
v rei ths and build monuments but
how many of us remember that
their lives were given in vain.
The daily paper' ..'carry headlines
ox war preparations, international
jealousies, revolutions and what not
political hub-bub. Nations accuse
one another of espioage, of war pre
paradness, etc., etc. All of which in
i :ates just how much the “war to
end wars” taught us.
The economic cost -of, the war was
tremendous and the World has not
yet recovered from it. Still we con
tinue to enlarge our navies and in
crease our armies. Preparadness is
supposed to be an insurance against
war but on the other hand it be
tokens madness- when we think of
the powers of the world as feverishly
preparing for war to prevent war.
How much of the miserc «d
want coud be relieved and how many
of the schools would need to remain
closed if even a small part of the
money now spent on armaments
could be directed for more humane
purposes.
On this November 11 let us re
member our fallen heroes but let us
also remember the lesson their vain
death has taught.
It is not perhaps much thought of,
but it certainly is a very important
lesson, to learn how to enjoy ordin
ary Life, and to be able to relish
J'oub being without the transport of
some Passion, or gratification of
some Appetite. For want of this
capacity, the world is filled wit1 !
whetters, tipplers, cutters, sippe.
and r.ll the 'numerous train of tl se
who, for want of thinking, are force,'
to be ever exercising their feeling
or tastinK. —Stetli.
DuSaiidfs, Cafe
Good CitLj^pod
Everybody Welcome
FLAT. ALASKA
%
i liei e is widespread misunder
;nnding of the emergency work be
in',- carried on by the federal govern
ment.
As a result of the local welfare
services, such as, hospitals, nursing
"i ganizat ions, child and family-care
institutons, are suffering seriously.
They haven’t the funds to do their
work.
People think that the federal gov
ernment has assumed this burden,
ba. that is not the case. The fed
eral government, co-operating with
the state governments, has under
taken to see that nobody starves and
that nobody is without shelter or
clothing, during this depression. But
■ is s'. !1 left a tremendous, task
or the welfare agencies.
li-vp.ta.s. orphanages, homes for
the aged and similiar institutions are
,.! <i.-pendent upon gifts from those
citizens able and willing to give.
I he national emergent y already has
axed them beyond their resources.
Since the depression began the
privately supported nursing units, j
>r example, have had to increase
their services-by 21 per cent, while
. :i;> tree government nursing service!
has not been increased. Free ser- j
vices in privately supported hospi
tals has been increased 46 per cent1
s against 19 per cent in government
hospitals.
The government is doing a lot,
more than it ever has done before, j
out it is leaving a lot for private i
citizens to do. Now, as never before,
the welfare agencies need the sup
port of every person able to help.
—Washington Daily News.
MENTAL PROBLEMS
In days when unbalanced bud-;
yet:- threaten to urbaimicc minds, j
the proposed public course in mental;
hygiene at the University of Wash
ington should prove highly popular.
The suggestion of such a public
course along this line has come from
Dr. Grover A. Kempt of the United
States public health service.
He pointed out that one in every
twenty-two persons is hospitalized
at one time or another for nervous \
a isorders.
If such a course couid effectively
answer some ot the disturbing ques
tions of the day, it would curb many i
threatened cures 01 nervous muia
dies:
Why do motorists wait until they:
are almost upon you before honk- j
ing ?
W hy do dollars soar upward I
abroad and downward at home ?
How can you accomplish the j
■‘more abundant life” hy destroying
livestock and crops and by raising
prices ?
How can taxes be reduced by
greater spending?
And where do we go from here?
—Seattle
MY FRIEND
’Tis a pity not to have a dog,
For at the long day’s end
A man will know the joyfulness—
The welcome of his friend.
For whether he be rich or poor, i
Or much or little bring,
A dog will ba k or wag his tail
As if he were a king. 1
jugh gossips whisper now and,
then,
Of faults they plainly see,
And some may sneer fpom year to
year—
My dog stands true to me.
He's glad to follow where I go—
Whether I win or fail;
His ' ,e " r me he always shows
Ey the i ’-ing o* bis .tail.
'Tis a pity not to have a 4og,
\\ hatever be the breed,.
For dogs possess the faithfulness
That humans sadly need.
And so throughout my daily toil,
Good . luck or ill attend,
I can depend my dog will stay
My EVER-CON^TANT FRIEND.
W. CLARK FONDA.
NATURES REMEDY
Down the ages old wives ard
primitive medicine-n.. n seem to have
advanced “remedies” for nearly
very human affliction. The fa$t
that some of. the. treatments today
command rational scientific explana
tion is evidence that earlier faith in
herbs and poultices, hot applications
and concotions to drink, sometimes
sprang from demonstrated efficacy.
In other instances, of course, the
prescriptions represented so much
mumbo-jumbo. The patient survived
if he did survive, in spite of what
was done to him.
There appears to have been one
natural remedy available from the
earliest, timer which the empirics
overlooked, or, if they discovered it.
left in relative obscurity. This i.
the circumstance, only recently put
forward as a fact, that human milk
will induce rapid coagulation of hu
man blood.
A physician who describes the
phenomenon in a Vienna medical
publication say- he ran acros it by
chance, cannot, account for it, hut
has used mother’s milk successfully
to stop bleeding after dental opera
tions. Assuming the writer’s good
faith and accuracy, this is a curious
omission from the primitive pharm
acopoeia.
An interesting letter received from
our friend, George Clyde, now em
ployed as wireless operator at Berr
Creek, gives some interesting facts
about that mining community. '’ , :
Nyac, Alaska'.
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Kusko Time-!
Takotna, Ala-ka. •
Just a few lines this evening- be-,
fore hitting- the hay,, you would pro- j
bf.bly be. Lit. r sjfed to know that |
there is quite a girtxi sized town here j
on Bear Creek also that many of j
the men working on and about the j
dredge have their families here and
some of them stay all winter.
The dredge F a deisel electric
powered. The t an. is equipped with
lectrc lights. I fthd thought the
dredges up home -ere big but any
one of them would - st nicely on the
decks of the Bear Greek Boat.
Who should show up here the
c ther day but our friend Een Devin
and w.ent to work immediately. I
was glad to see Be-’ .get on, like
myself he was a late arrival.
From McGrath down I viewed for
the first time and all in a bunch a
most ungratifying panorama of God’s
handicraft, namely and to wit, the
Great Kuskokwim Flats, ’Tis a
mighty waste of mud a h water.,
tundra, muskeg and not just a little
of it but miles and miles ot unbroken
fiats, of desolation. Desolation is
about the only word that will fit
that most unbeautiful piece of terra
sn/irma. I can usually find some
thing beautiful and gratifying in
deserts, sand dunes,, rocky mount
ains, rolling hills, but so helg me I
could see nothing of beaut u- that
MUD.
Chas. Konietzko, an old timer
from Takotna, is working here on
the boat one shift on the winch.
Among the number of old friends
here is Jerry Frank, who holds the
kingly position of chef de quisine.
And Jerry is a past master in the
art of building good things to eat.
Personally, I’d like to eat more of
his cookery but my internal organ
ism won’t permit me to be more
than a gourmand, cormorant, glutton
hr what have you?
Well,, guess that is all for tonight
nore anon, the lights are about to
louse so hoping that you will find
;he meat inside the nut, X wish to
De .remembered,
Voqi- mend,
George.
Kindest regards to all. the folks.
ADAMS HOUSE
When in Flat, stop at ADAMS HOUSE. We are open at
all hours. Dog, barns in connection.
Thru Adams House, you can obtain Outsido
Liquors:of all kinds, Wines, and Beer.
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Li B.|ADAMS
FLAT ALASKA
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