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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1916.
I he terrific German drive at
V eruuu, atuougii une ot tile most
monuumentat eiiorts ot tne war,
Has ajjpaientiy spent itselt with
out euect, in so iar as the gener
.a situation is concerned, x-'rac
i.cauy tne only result has been
a mere shifting of the lines which
for more tnan a year have sway
ed to anti fro under the impulse
ot mignty surges; a new bend
here, a new angle there, hut
nothing tnat can be looked upon
as vitally altecting one side or
tile other- Alter all the terrific
struggle, the clash of titan forces,
the waste, the death and devast"
ation that has been there
wrought, the results may be
summed up in one phrase—a
drawn battle. After one of the
mightiest conflicts known to his
tory, during which .the ultimate
of human lorces have been em
ployed, the Germans have ad
vanced an average distance of
three or four miles along a front
scarcely a score of miles in
length. Weeks of incessant bat
tling, thousands of lives and tor
rents of human blood have been
wasted for the possession of a
narrow strip of soil, the loss or
gain of which mean little to
either of the combatants. The
most significant feature of the
struggle is the seeming inability
of the Germans to crush their
opponents defense, even when
the maximum forces are em
ployed and every artifice and re
source known to war is resorted
to:
During the course of the gi
gantic struggle no human effort
was reserved by the Germans.
Force was piled on force, in
monumental profusion and noth
ing was neglected which might
assist in forcing a way through
the opposite ranks. Never since
mankind discardef the weapons
of the savage has there been
such gathering of guns, such
massing of troops, such assem
bled power as weighted the Ger
man lines. Compared to the
Verdun struggle all other efforts
of the war were scarcely more
than skirmishes, and yet, withal,
the effort was practically wasted.
In a great sense the struggle
may be looked upon as the final
test of German strength. The
question now is, can the allies
do any better. If they cannot,
then must we discard the long
held theory that the western
arena will witness the decisive
battles which will conclude the
war.
Indeed, there are not a few
already hold that the Verdun ac
tion is a certain indication that
neither the on side or the other
will be able to advance more
than a trifling degree along the
western battle line, though the
war continue for years. Military
experts of unbiased vision call
attention to the fact that since
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the battle of the Marne neither
of the contenders have been able
to advance their lines more than
a few milqs, regardless of the
efforts made, and one of Eng
land's foremost military critics
has admitted that “the Germans
are gnawing on one side of a
file and we on the other ” In
both esses the inference is plain
that neither side will be .able to
make a decided advance. If this
is true then must we indeed look
to the east for the unguessed
field whereon will be fought the
ilecisivp struggle of the war.
The failure of the Germans at
Verdun seems fairly conclusive
ivVtnce that they can accom
plish but little in the west and
all present evidences steern to
hint thut the allies will not be
able to do a great deal better.
ALASit/T
NOTES
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Legal1 steps have been taken to
incorporate the native village of
Hydaburg, Southeastern Alaska,
under the law passed by the last
legislature.
Commissioner Fox, C. B. Fer
guson and VV. Richweim, of
Ketchikan, have found what is
reported to be very good looking
quartz in the Canoe Pass district
King salmon are reported to
be plentiful at Snow Pass, where
about sixty trollers are employ
ed. The fishermen get five cents
per pound for the fresh fish at
Wrangell.
A correspondent asks us if we
favor a dog tax. We do not, for
while it might increase our city’s
revenues severa* million dollars,
it would be class legislation.
Only the immensely rich can
afford to keep a dog with feed
at twelve and a half cents per
pound.—Valdez Miner.
1'hat thc course of true lov*
does not always slide blissfully
down a greased skidvvay of life
was exemplified in Fairbanks
recently. In a daily paper ap
peared a notice to the dear public
to the effect that he (hubby)
would not be responsible for any
debts contracted by his wife. On
the following day the repudiated
wife went hubby one better and
cautioned the confiding public
against extending a line of credit
to him on her account, stating
very emphatically that she would
not pay his bills after that date.
And there you are.—Citizen
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In a letter dated April i6, re
ceived by Special Officer A. E.
Light of Ruby, from Dr F. W.
Lamb, of Nulato, word is con
tained of the accidental shooting
of a native known as “The
Dummy” at Koyukuk Station.
1 lie wound was very serious.
I he Dummy was leaning over
watching others play cards when
a 22-calibre rifle, in the hands of
a little girl in the room, was dis
charged. The bullet entered the
^Jtt^l^^n^passedugintothe
abdominal cavity, puncturing
the peritoneum.
Dr. Lamb performed an oper
ation the next day, as peritonitis
had developed He found the
bullet on top of the large intes
tine alongside of the stomach.
I he patient was in pretty bad
shape, but hopes were entertain
ed tor his recovery.
The Alaska engineering com
mission completed the new wa
ter system at Anchorage and
water was turned into the mains
on Jan. 19th, ending a water
shortage which began with the
freeze up last November. Dur
ing the shortage merchants and
householders paid $1.00 a barrel
for water taken from holes chop
ped in the ice on Ship creek and
water peddlers reaped a harvest
selling to housewives at 15 cents
a bucket.
Lieut. Frederick Mears, of the
Alaska Engineering Commission
announced recently that the
commission would soon have
1,000 men at work on the new
branch of the government’s rail
road extending from Anchorage
to the Matanuska coal field.
Contracts are being let for
clearing the right of way and
supplies are being assembled at
construction camps The com
mission already is receiving1
many inquiries from private
shippers who desire to use the
portion of the railroad already
^completed for shipping large
amounts of freight into the inter
ior as soon as the ice in Cook
in'et breaks up.
The Seward Gateway says:
The passenger rate on the gov
ernment railroad as far as it has
been built is about six cents a
mile. This rate is only tempor
ary, of course, but what a vista
it opens to our eyes through the
territory of Alaska. Round trip
to mile six seventy cents. To
mile fifty, three dollars instead
of two or three days’ hard work.
To Anchorage, seven or eight
dollars. There was a day, and
it is here yet, when a mush to
Fairbanks meant something as
big as traveling to Europe.
Soon you will walk to a ticket
office in Seward and ask the
price of a ticket to the Tanana
metropolis. Twenty seven dol
lars and forty-five cents. When
is she due there? Tomorrow
evening at 9 o”clock sharp The
tourist buys a Gateway with the
small change, steps aboard-, the
train rattles off and Mr. Tourist
leans back and smiles superiorly
at the thought of all the foolish |
things he read about the hard-!
ship of traveling in Alaska.
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eight hours and $1 per hour over
time, becomes effective June 1.
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rates shall apply to all parts or
subdivisions of the full day of
eight hours.
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