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NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 6, 1*16
Dispatches from Washm^luc state
that coligiess will lake up tile pre
paieuneaa question immediately. L'pui
toe manner in vvmcn tnia is t'uitiiieu
wiii remain as it is a sovereign state
or become a mere dependency, it it
well known that in tne earned State*
Uiere are vouuy those who believe tha,
"the cnned states ean lick any
thing." Du not believe it! They cun
nut defeat a good second rale power
Wiuiuut tne help of the Almighty.
Vi uen the American people are ubl*
to differeuiate between military re
sources and mihvary strength, then ane
then only will they be able to look upon
our isolated and. i.nryr4k<in£ilu 'tfl§Ud3
sionate juogment. Without a doubt,
we are inure able to stand alone on j
our resources than any other nation in
the world. We have the raw mater
ials from which we can subsist am.
clothe our people; we have the ma
terials from which vve can manufac
ture everything we need both in peact
and in war. But until vve prepare our
selves to do this, we are practical.)
helpless. So vain-glorious, so megalo
maniacal have we been that we hav,
not been able to see our positon. We
have, in the past, been most fortunatt
In our wars. England, being at wai
with Napoleon, we were able to win
our Independence; while she was war
ring with almost all Europe, w*
fought the miserable failure of the wai
of 1812 with the cry of free trade anc
sailors' rights and yet the treaty 01
Client was silent concerning these
things; our war with Mexico was with
a nation that was and had been torn
by factional fueds and revolutions; It
took us over four years to defeat the ■
Confederates when the first battle of
Bull Run should have ended the south
ern uprising; and in the Spanlsh-Am
er.can war Providence was with us. i
During this last conflict the presidoni!
made the call, first for 125,000 volun
teers and then for 75,000 more. We
were not able to equip these men. Tltt
celebrated Rough Riders went to Cuba
half uniformed and over half of theh
troops had to make their muster In
rolls after the war was over before
they could be mustered out. The time
of sniping with the squirrel rifle has
past. We must fight,at long range and
fight long and hard. Can wre do It',
horolcally yes. Sucossfully, no! WhyV
We are not prepared. And we will noi
be prepared until we have the men
who are trained to fight and can place
in their hands the weapons with which
to fight; to say nothing of the neces
sary clothing, subsistence, munitions
etc.
Before the Spanish-American war
we were content to move along In the
even tenor of our ways asking little ,
of any one and taking all wo could
get. Our Inventors invented the Max- 1
im machine gun. Did we secure It?
No, the Inventor had to go to Eng
alnd to market his Invention! Hotch
kiss was forced to go to France to
place his rapid fire gun; the Wright
brothers and Curtis originated and
perfected the flying machine, and we
hare less than any power In Europe;
’he best and latest machine gun In-!
vented by Major Lewis of the United
States army, was turned down in the
Lnited States and Belgium saw it
value and accepted it and has made
he Germans feel it* effect. The Hol
•and and the lake types of the sub
mersible were the first to be perfect
ed, yet Germany has far outstripped
us in the matter of under water craft.
These were some of the scales that
closed one of our national eyes. The
other one was closed by the manner
in which congress organised the army
by piecemeal legislation. In former
lays when we had a frontier, the pol
icy of splitting up the army in small
tnd scattered posts to protect the ever
idvanclng settler and pioneer was be
yond criticism. That day has past j
>nd “there be no frontier.” But yet
ve have the all-wise congress still leg
slating by piecemeal for the army
n direct oposltlon to the recommend
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ntions of the general staff of thefafny.l
ihe secretary of wnr and ev$j the H
ort shlent himself. The day cf'the
egular army being used as a tun- j
tabulary has passed and as s»r>& aa
our patriotic people can be patriotic
enough to cast aside the peejmlary
Advantages that accrue to having an
may post situated near them and de
mand that the army be concentrated
a-, least in brigades In such jjarts ft
our country so that It can h-'Vet*«,orly
tia'ned, both u> coejrjs offlQ * and
men, then we w"' *>•»*'** to be bear
ed and not till then. To us It seems
that we can not do any better than
i • f iiow the recommendations of those
who have made the subject a study
and give them full support by any leg
1 islatlve enactment that may be neces?
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ALASKA NOTES
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer calls
herlff George Brimstone, of Dawson, |
in Alaskan.
The Seward Post says that the cold
eather has already killed the Jelly
Ish In Resurrection bay.
The mountains near Seward that
ere never known to smoke before are
reaklng forth this year
The stock of tho Alaska Juneau Gold
lining Company is now listed on the
Jew York stock exchange.
The fact that slustl ice is running In
'ook Inlet, Indicates that the time is
hort in which to get supplies to An
horage.
| Ed H. James, once a member of the
rm of Kohler & James of Juneau,
led at Denver. Col., at the age of 62
ears.
, The big flume of the Porcupine Gold
j lining Company, recently damaged
j ,y high water, Is being repaired and
ill be ready for work in the spring.
The stern wheeler June, 28 tons,
iwned by the government commission
or Alaska railroad construction, was
turned at the wharf at Anchorage.
According to the Star, (iu„_, _
tVhltehorse murderer, who is under
:entence to be hanged on March 10, Is
apparently happy and undisturbed."
It took the eccentric Capt. Louis L.
-ane to sell his power schooner Polar
IBear to Explorer Stefansson, and then
.valk a thousand miles to get back
home.
According to a report of Alfred H
imoks, government geologist in charge
f the division of Alaska, there are in
he territory 6,000 men engaged in the
tlacer mining industry.
United States Judge Brown, of the
Third division of Alaska, in an address
leforo the woman's club of Valdez
aid: “Every woman in Alaska should
ee to it that her husband makes a
will."
A mesage contained in an ordinary
lint Mason Jar, was picked up at Bel
ingham, Wash., bearing the date of
Vugust 18, 1912, which read: “Ship is
roing down. Off Cape Nome, Alaska.
Jim Hall"
The Jury in the case of Harry Bent
ey vs. J. P. Rose, of Fairbanks, award
'd the plaintiff the sum of $3,000 for
being crippled for life through the
accidental discharge of a gun in the
lands of defendant. The Jury also
recommended that the sum of $1,200
ie set aside by the court for the ®duca
tion of young Bentley, who is only 17
/ears of age. Judge Bunnell told the
Jury that the guardian of the boy, who
was his father, would not bo bound
0 abide by the recommendation of the
court.
The open season for deer came to
1 close on October 31, and the hunt
■rs In southeastern Alaska have put
away their rifles until next August.
The open season lasts three months,
from the first of August until the end
if October, and it is estimated that
lve hundred deer were killed in south
astern Alaska this season. Deer are
reported to be very plentiful on Admlr
lty and Prince of Wales islands and
Our Advice Is:
When you feel out of sorts from consti
pation, let us say that if
!He«agt(&de't£iea,
do not relieve you, see a physician,
because no other home remedy will.
Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Loiaen Bros. Pharmacy.
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hunters had no difficulty In securing
the limit of three deer each.
L.. C. Gelser, station agent and his
son, C. H, Geiser, relay operator, at
the Chltina depot, of the Copper Riv
er & Northwestern railway, have re
signed their positions and will return
to the states. Henry J. Brandt, pay
master for the company, will succeed
the station agent as son as J. V. Ly
dick returns from his trip to the
states. G. A. Stratman, who has beet
' employed at the Cordova dock, will be
in charge at Chltina. H. W. Sheridan
Jr., haB been appointed relay operator.
At the native villuge of Kootznohou
they are having them own trouble^
with sorcery, and they propose to or
ganize under the law passed by the
•ast legislature, which empowers them
iO have their own town governmen.
mid incidentally to punish witchcraft,
liixcursions on the Ueorgia to sc.
.cliches burned at Kootznuhoo may be
advertised at any time now. The In
uian politicians, are busy, ard “Gas
Charlie” is slated for maycr, anu
joung Johnson, "heap smart" and "ed
ucated" is to be postmaster if Hie locai
gang gets its way.—Juneau .Post.
A VVhiteorse correspondent ol the
.
■eiex Gagoff, the Russian qjudruplc
murderer, which took place there re
cently, says: "This afternoon I attend
ed court, and heard the last of the
witnesses and the sentence pronounce^*
oy tile Judge In the Gagoff murdei
crial. It was very impresslva The
court room was packeu and many
•adles were present. When the judge
asked the prisoner to stand up, you
might have heard a. pin drop, the sl
ence was so intense. Asked If he had
mythlng to say why sentence of death
should not be passed on him, the pris
oner entered into a long conversation
with the two Russian interpreters, ana
it was some time before he could be
made to understand that it was the
court of last appeal and that anything
further would have to be done by the
governor general In council. He was
Anally made to understand, however
but said he had nothing to say. The
Judge then passed sentence, after going
over the case, and set the day of exe
cution for Friday, March 10, 1916. In
a letter the prisoner wrote Frank
Leslie two days, he said ho was sat
isfied to die, but though ho should bo
shot. He asked, after being sentenced,
that he be taken to Vancouver and
there shot as he would like that bet
ter than being put to death in White
horse.
PUT AWAY THE HAMMER
(Sacramonto Union,)
Put away the mighty hammer that
we used to swing of yore. It has lost
its former glamour, and wo do not,
need It more, for the town is full of
bustle, and its watch word now is
"boom!” and the way to make It hus
tle is the hammer’s knocks to doom
Put away the husky hammer that the
foolish used to use, for It always was a
shammer, and Its sole result was blues
Now the good old town Is booming
and the hammer’s struck with blight
se, to keep the boomlet booming, hide
the knocker out of sight. Put awav
the drafted hammer, for it now 1: out
of date, and the knocker with his
"Damn'er!” should be hurried to his
fate. Ah, we lack the will for knock
ing If In step with life we keep; so.
the kicker's method blocking, hide the
hammer fathoms deep.
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskys. Dis
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond
and reduced *o 90 per cent, by U. 8.
government by the bottle or gellon.
s : I
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A CHILD OF WAR.
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The Ninth Ep'sode.
LUCILLE LOVE
Featuring
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Comedy
THE TRAMP DENTISTS.
Max Asher. Lee Morris.
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Missed the first numbers
The first five Episodes
LUCILLE LOVE
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