FRED WEILER SENDS
INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE ODTSIDE
t Continued from Yesterday.)
There are also colonies of the blind,
tind every care Is being taken of them,
and as I said be they German, English,
French, Austrian or Russian, they are
all given the same attention and care
and no race feeling Is manifested. Also
saw pictures of movements of the al
lied forces,, you very quickly see why
the German arms have been so vic
torious, the movements show the lack
of training of the Germans, and that
organization is a great factor in this
war.
Many other scenei tf battlefields and
ruined cities In Galicia were shown
and the havoc and ruin are tetrlble.
These reels are touring the largest
cities of the United States the pro
ceeds are cut 50-1.0 and are given to
the care of the h ,nd. Saw another
f. u» reeler by a trovie man who had
one of his legs shot away. So It Is
evident that they take some chances.
I won’t dwell any farther on this war
line, but hope the United States will
never get Involved, but by the agita
tion for preparedness, who can tell(?).
The Corwin got out safely after a
Zti day run via the inside passage, the
Corwin Company was sued in the sum
of $10,000 by Jackllng who lost hla leg
on route north, think the case comes
up shortly. The Corwin did not mar
ket its walrus cargoes as far as I have
been able to learn but some results
were to be obtained therefrom shortly
The Corwin X believe will make Its
usual first run to Nome In the spring,
tf so, will take another trip along and
see the sights.
Most of the Nome contingent went
to sunny California- and to the expo,
thought there are quite a few still
looking around Seattle but that city
does not present many opportunities
at the present, so It will be a case ot
keep a moving, Tacoma does not pre
sent any allurements to the average
Alaskan so ’tls seldom you see one over
here, and many times have I regretted
that I cast my lot In this burg, It Is
called the City of Destiny, destined to
be a ’’city of the dead.” I guess and
most of Its wealthiest citizens will
never let loose a dollar for advance
ment, unless they can first see wherein
they will be enriched by two, hence
Seattle by a more liberal policy, takes
away from Tacoma many of Its fac
tories, steamship lines, farm trade, etc.
One thing that I have noticed In par
ticular is the fact that there are not
so many men hitting you for a dime,
It is possible that many of the idle
have gone east to work In the mual
lon factories, 1 have only been tackled
about five times so far since coming
j'ut here, and last year you were struck
.bout 50 times a day. If this la a sign
>f prosperity, It don't apply to this
.eclion anyway. There are Just as
nany hold ups. If not more, and quite
i few right close to my home, some
times 1 think they are looking me up,
w'ell they might get me yet, and will
sure be good pickings, unless I get
sense enough to travel light. Steamer
rade on the coast has greatly fallen
iff, It seems that the allies are either
luj'tng or chartering the big liners
Ike the Minnesota, Mongolia and many
>f the other big liners that run from
Frisco to Honolulu and Australia
caving nothing but the old tubs for
Pacific coast, The Victoria Is going on
Tapan-Chlna run and leaves In about
a week.
Since starting this letter I have been
to Seattle and saw quite a bunch of the
Nome crowd, went to the Mecca to get
| a drink and there was 15 lined up
Since Felix Brown went out of busi
ness this is the hang out for Alaskans
tow, but I wonder what the bunch
vlll do for a meeting place In a month
.Tom now, guess we will all go up to
he Y. M. C. A. Saw Cap Stelnmann
aid he was telling how Impossible It
vas to get a Job, that he went Into
bout a thousand stores and other
ines of trade, but no chance for work,
aid he went to the longshore unton
or admittance, and was told they had
hut ofT the membetshlp, Anally the
ecretary told him he was to old any
vay. Cap said he wished he was back
n his little old cabin on the spit where
ie was sure of a place to eat and sleep,
t Is sure tough out here for many of
he Northerners, after you are away
’or such a long time and get on In
/ears, you don't At Into this life out
| lere, as there are too many of the
/ounger generation educated to such
i higher efficiency that all the old tlm-!
>rs are put on the shelf, and unless j
an old timer from up there can come
lut here with a little stake so he can
?et by at something In this new kind
if civilization he had better stick It
lut up north until he does or dies In
he attempt.
That young fellow Pritchard who
was prominent In Fourth of July ath
letics and who was working for Daniels
at the last, double crossed that young
red headed fellow that was driving for
Rowe, they were rooming together ai.d
Pritchard got up first in the morning
and abstracted from the clothes of hts
angel the sum of $240 which was In
wstofflce orders, and now the police
are pursuing the base vlUlan and the
other fellow is busted
Sam Cunningham has rented a room
In Seattle so guess he will stay there
awhile. Fletcher and Miss Searle were
married and left for honeymoon vie
Frisco to Kansas. Selffert was In Se
attle a couple of days en route to St.
Louis, told me hts ground was looking
good, and that In two more years oould
pay the stockholders thslr money and
.hat the ground will last for fifty
years.
Charlie Herron dropped $70,000 In
that district, for the simple reason that
he had too many irons In the fire, tried
to conduct a dredge, hydraulic plant,
steamboats, lighterage, store, sawmill,
>tc„ If he could tie himself to one
lino of endeavor he would be O. K.
The Corwin I find expects to get a
charter and go to Mexico for about
six months, she will go there In bal
,ast and presume carry freight be
tween ports, 1 supopse that Carranza
is putting up the coin. Healy will be
m command. Gene Winter said he
would go, and I expect to go as wlre
.ess, but believe me 1 will take along
enough rnazuma to pay my passage
jack, In case VUla gets us first, and
.f he should, don't think the ordinary
affairs of life will worry any of us
■ anymore, as he will furnish all the
.ransportation and do it quick. L
.night be filibustering? It can't be
blockade runlng as the Corwin could
aot run fast enough to keep warm. It
might now be doubtful about the first
jailing In the spring, unlese the ves
jel can get back to Seattle in time,
but lets hope she does. "Aber nlL"
Well 1 think It Is about time for me
.o bring this letter to a close, If It Is
ever going to get Into the mall, and
will endeavor to write you again In
.he near future. Am anxious to hear
.'tom Nome, but will be over a month
before that wish will be gratified. Re
member me to all my friends and wish
ing all of you the usual holiday greet
ings, 1 am as ever.
Sincerely yours.
FRED C. WE1LER.
Many of the saloons have cards post
ed up with the following quotations:
'Don’t ask us what we’ll do In 1916—
What In hell will you do?”
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PRO AND CON OF MILITARISM!
AS SEEN IN THE WEST
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The philosophy of preparedness Is
welt epitomized by the Fresno, Cal.,)
Republican, when It says that there
"must be force enough to meet the
conditions of this age of force." With |
western vigor It adds:
We must be prepared, in men and In
munitions. In men, we need state con
stabularies, to relieve the other forces
from merely police service; the nation
al guard, as an organized auxiliary
force; and a trained citizenry, organiz
ed In paper regiments, as a reserve
national army. If that trained citi
zenry shall ultimately include all the
able bodied men, under the Swiss sys
tem, so much the better. In munitions,
we need reserve supplies sufficient for
any emergency, and equipment to pro
duce more when needed. We need as
much as possible of that equipment
under national ownership. We mus'
take all business motives out of war
and preparation for war. And we
must do all this at our own expense,
paying as we go. We must not saddle
posterity with the cost of our prepara
tion for their wars. They will have
enough to do, with the wars them
selves. Besides, If we have to pay ar
we go, wo shall see to It that we get
our money’s worth. Also, there Is s
healthy moral stimulus In paying our
own taxes.
These are stern times, and must be
sternly mat
••I Don’t Feel Good”
That is what a lot of people tell ua.
Usually their bowels only need cleansing.
Ttexag&tttdesttg/
will do the trick and make you feel fine.
We know this positively. Take one
tonight. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Umam Brea. Bhaimaar
On the other hand, the San Francisco I
Chronicle, though not alarmed at the
billion dollar cost of the proposed pre
paredness program—“spread over tlx
years, it would amount, on the pres
ent population basis, to only a frac
tion over 3 cents per head per week"
—Is perturbed at what may lie be
hind It:
It Is not the billion which the gov
ernment proposes to spend In the next
six years that la so gerlous. It la the
tact that having Imbibed in navaltsm
and militarism to the extent of another
jllllon we will have excited an appetlt
which may not bo satisfied until our
armaments are the greatest on earth.
a'111 that passion be fed by this bil
lon and strengthened until wo are the
mightiest military power on earth? If
so It (wlll be Impossible foj us to
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These are the considerations which
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Boston Record.
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