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NOME. ALASKA, FEBRUARY 17,1915
THE PINCH OF HARO TIMES.
The continual cry of "hard time*"
• i' pears to he rapidly becoming a fea
ture * i our national life From eveiy
corner of tin land comes the tale a?
business depression, unstable condi
tions, unemployment and a host of
Htisidnry statements all indicating the
stress of hard times. And this seem
ingly in spite of what political faction
may be dominant or what policies are
employed in guiding national destiny.
At the same time if we may put our
faith in the statements of the statis
ticans, our crops arc larger, the pro
ducts of our manufacturing industries
are greater, our imports anti exports
are increasing year by year and yet
withal we are called upon to face con
dition* which are comparable with no
other period of our national existence
save the years of the great panic which
had its commencement during the be
ginning of the Democratic administra
tion of 1S9". it is not intended to sug
gest that, a return to democracy has
occasioned the present conditions for
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t la apparent that the growth of hard
imes has heen steadily progressing
•agardless of who was In or who was
nit: whether Republican conservation
ir Pemocratto radicalism was shaping
[he course of the Ship of State. The
ultra radical tendencies of the present
administration cannot he held alto
gether responsible for the disturbed
economic conditions of today as it is an
undeniable fact that the last years of
the previous Republican administration
weer spent in frantic labor to rid itself
of the offspring begotten of Its own
policies While some of the plans of
the Wilson democracy may seen
quixotic in a sense, it Is nevertheless
apparent that the administration Is
attempting to adopt such legislation as
will speedily relieve the country of the
heritage of inhibltive conditions be
queathed it by their predecessors, and
while there is a seeming frantic run
ning to and fro with an inclination to
hack at the very roots of our accepted
institutions, it is also developing that
a deeply studied plan which will ulti
mately result In great benefit to the:
country. Is underlying tlieir efforts. Rut j
ic to whether the best they ran do will
still the ever Increasing cry of hard
(times remains lo he seen It Is an
' undeniable fact that the pressure of
hard limes has never been greater than
(during the past two years There is
i idleness everywhere: not altogether ol
I the Incompetent, the Improvident or th#
vicious. It is from those classes that
we expect poverty Rut it is not thel
who arc raising the wail of hard times.
Neither does it come altogether from
tlie industrious: those who are seek
ing in vain for work and who. through
tio fault of their own. have learned to
know the meaning of hard times In
iis bitterest forms The hulk of the
icry . ernes from those who compost th«
j business classes; the small business
man and those who have hitherto heen
i in a position of comparative affluance
. wing to moderate invested rights The
| strictly poor plasses are little given to
! wailing against their condition Thev
suffer the buffetings of an untoward
file with what equanimity thev can
I muster and in the majority of cases In
| silence Of the other class, the grow
| ing stringency of the times and the
(increased cost of living, has caused a
necessary curtailment of the scale of
I ving, a lessening of the extravagances
l.f dress, the lavishness of entertain
| merits and the relinquishment ..f a
I i fist variety of amusements for all of
I vhlch lh* uv-ftrnit*. wwincan or iht- m,.
< ilied middle clams ham become notor
ious. The great object of the majority
of all the American people of today is
to have us far as possible what is de
termined as a ' good time" and when Un
economic conditions become such that
this desire can no longer be satisfied
the result is announced by a wail
against the conditions of ttie times ll
is reasonable to suppose that the two
conditions of poverty and extrava
gance have a necessary connection.
The natural tendencies of (ho American
people is to have all the fun thev can
while the opportunity otters and little
thought i« given to the fact that bo who
dances must eventually “pay the fid
dler.'' While it is not intended that it
shall be made to appear that the wast
ing of wealth in luxuries and extrava
gances is resulting in hard times it is
nevertheless a fuct that it has a direct
bearing on the subject, for in a way, at
least among the class under discussion,
it is a "good time” that is producing
hard times The individual has heen
educated to a standard of living in
keeping with the condition* of pros
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porous times, and whi n such conditions
10 longer prevail, while they in no wise
suffer, In an active sense, the necessary
curtailment of some of the things
which have been looked upon hs nec
essities causes a rebellion which Is
voiced In the recurring erv of “hard
times" In reality It Is but the one
class, the wage earning class, who
really suffer and these, us was said,!
usually suffer in slleni • • It would a*.'1'
pear that it is really in a large sense
the luxuries and extravagances of the
masses of the nation which is keeping [
them in a perpetual condition ..f hard
times.
MR. HOMETOWN KNOCKER
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You llnd a grouchy character in 1
every kind of town, who never gives ,
his village praise, hut always runs it !
down lie says the streets are crooked ;
and the aldermen are worse and pros
pects arc cheerful as the plumage o£-|
a hearse: that Main street will he pres* j
ently a pasturage for cows, for every
thing is drifting to porlditlon and how
wows
The elders are immoral and the
preachers are insane, children under
wilted and the parents are insane; the
houses all arc tumbling down and rents 1
are going up, there's bats in every
belfry and some (teas on every pup:
our public school’s the biggest joke a
body ever saw: the mayor is a grafter
and lie won't enforce the law
The knocker’s fine is gloomy anil
would stop a Chinese clock Ills favor
lie diversion is to sit around and 1
knock You ask him what is keeping
him and why lie needs 1o stay, and
why he doesn’t pack his trunk and
gladly go away a man of his ability
should never waste his prime by hang
ing ’round i burg like this it's reailv
a crime
Rut Mr Hometown Knocker has no
slight desire to leave—it's just the
i feature's nature to deplore and rap,
and grieve He lacks the optimistic
mind and energy and pluck: he has
a drooping spirit lie’s the image of
bad luck. He'll grace some day tie
health resort that’s run by T,audio: I
Nick, and there for dismal centuries
he'll stand around and kick Arthur
Brooks Baker.
(From v>ar Exchanges.)
Jack Heath, the former Fail-hunks
man wiio disappeared from his home
in Seattle when lie failed in business,
and was believed to have committed
suicide, has been located in a hospital
ui Hillsboro, Oregon. The Fairbanks
Eagles wired Mrs, Heath $200 when
the report reached there that she had
been left without funds. It is reported
that tlic man who bilked Heath out of
his money by selling him a moving
picture show liouso for which he could
not deliver title, is trying to make good
und Heath may recover a part of the
money. He was a victim of the Seattle
Spirit.
Proof was quite conclusively estab
lished a few days ago in Fairbanks
that there is a striking relationship
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between the language and customs of: ,
tlie Indians of the T’pper Tannna valley ^
„n,l those of the Navajo Indians. This .
tends to prove a theory founded some ,
lime ago by Father Julius Jeddy. head ♦
of the Indian mission of Indian langua- ♦
ges and finds a strong similarity he y
tween those of the tribes mentioned. A *
tvw Javs ago when the Indian witnesses ^
In the Duke case, from Nenatm, were , ^
looking about town, some of them went ^
Into Paldrrhend’s store In litsen to tlie
|,laving of tunes on a phonograph. < >n> 1
of tin* men. an old fellow, was on his . ^
Knees looking at something that at- • 4
traded Ids attention near ttie floor. {
w hen Mr Calderhead placed a record M
in the machine that contained a chant J
,,f the Navajo Indians. Instantly the,
old man Jumped to his feet and began
to dance He explained to those pre
sent that Hie ehant was practically Hie
same is bad been taught him when a
child b\ his parents
The building at Sitka formerly
Known as the governor's house has
been turned over by the Navy Depart
ment to Ihe trustees of the Alaska
Pioneer* Home for additional quarters
to tlie marine ba'racks, now In use
Notwithstanding tlie additional quar
ters thus provided, territorial officials
are doubtful as to whether further op
plications for admission to tlie home
e.-rn lie gran led .il present, tlie main
tenance funds being now practically
exhausted. The territorial legislature
meets in March, when provision is ex
preted to tie made for the maintenance
of the enlarged institution. ;
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Tin- proposition lias been made in
F ill-banks by some nf ibe most en
thusiastic admirers "f President Wilson
that the name of Fairbanks be changed
p, Woodrow or Wilson In honor of tlie
president as a recognition for his ef
forts on behalf of Masks The sug
gestion Is not meeting with any great {
reception, as il is fell that while Pre
sident Wilson is deserving of ill the
honors Alaska can bestow some of the
new Important towns on the govern
ment railroad can be named in honor
of President Wilson The Fairbanks
t'itizcn suggests that the new town at
ihe mouth of the Nenana river he
■ tiled Wilson or Woodrow
Eskimos formerly of King Island
will hold a big dance Friday night at
gymnasium 8 p. m.
For fresh peanut candies, salted
peanute and tilted almom go to the
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