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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28,. 1017
CHEERO! CHEERO!
LIFE can be "one grand sweet song”
If we keep on smiling,
If we fight against the wrong
And eschew reviling. ''
Strife must end and wars must cease.
That Is very clear, oh!
After warfare cometh peace.
Cheero! Cheero!
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We can make life what we will,
Scatter sunshine through It.
If we mean to climb a hill
We will surely do It.
When we reach the steep hill’s crest.
Home Is very near, oh!
After toll there cometh rest—
Cheero! Cheero!
Life can be one summer day
If we face It gamely;
Woe and care will flee away.
Met by us not tamejy.
Building birds again will sing.
So we need not fear, oh!
After winter cometh spring—
Cheero! Cheero!
If we scatter gladness round.
Life la worth the living;
• Joy and happiness are found
Hoping, loving, giving.
Love's pure gold without alloy
Helps the sad and drear, oh!
After sorrow cometh Joy—
Cheero!1 Cheero! —Tlt-Blta
A PARADOX IN ARGUMENT i
Anent the recent celebrated trip of
the Fairbanks editor, who traveled
over the trail from Valdez to Fair
banks In an auto “driven by t^nnelf”
and which was the subject a burn
ing editorial, on alleged disgraceful
conditions he encountered, the fol
lowing is one of the arguments us
ed: “Fairly good progress was made
until the auto reached a point the
other side of Gulkana when it reach
ed the first of the innumerable bad
spots encountered. The road was bad
to Donnelly (24 4 miles in) then fair
ly good, and from Richardson to
Fairbanks were numerous had spots.
There are, however, a few had places
near Fairbanks.” * ,
After roasting the trail to his
heart s content this amiable editor,
fearing he would offend the powers
that control the destinies of the
Fairbanks end thus reverses himself:
“The coast end of the trail consider
ing the money spent on it, is in very
poor condition. On this end of the
trail between Fairbanks, and Rich
ardson, it is a great deal better, etc.”
Considering that ten year old chtl
dren drive trom vamez 10
Center, and that the road is nearly
a boulevard from here to Chiti'ia,
drivers from Valdez making it on an
average of ten hours, and.driving it
frequently, it is hard to understand
what our esteemed contemporary is
trying to say. He states that he made
good lime as far as Gulkana and was
then six or eight days making the re
mainder of the distance, it looks to us
as if the panning would go to the
Fairbanks end. An auto can -run-in
from Willow creek in very short time,
eliminating the long wait at Chltina
and Cordova, and allowing passen
gers to catch a boat several hours
sooner than by going over the rail
way.
'Bob Sheldon recently took tne Edes
party into Fairbanks in two and one
half 'days, and brought Mrs. Robarts
and daughter, who were members of
the ten-day jaunt described by Mr.
Caskey, back to the coast last week
in three and a half days and could
have made better time but for hav
ing ladies aboard, who were unused
to the long hours in driving.
We would advise the would-be cri
tic to get off his foot.
NOT IN STEP
Recently it was said by a close ob
serving person who had been in Chi
cago's big cafes that enough food is
carried to the garbage there to feed
millions. The lesson of conservation
of food is yet to be learned by res
taurants and cafes. At least many of
them have failed to catch the step.
Under rapidly increasing prices res
taurants felt compelled ^to advance
the price of many dishes served, and
for the most part the popular dishes
came in on the raise. Bills of fare are
being changed constantly, always re
vised upwards. Just how far this con
ditio^ can go the restaurant men are
wondering. They find no pleasure in
raising the prices. It causes com
plaint. The person who slips up on
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i restaurant stool with only two-hits
n his pocket and orders his favorite
■elish is up aganst it when the check
;omes round. It seems that the cafes
ind restaurants have missed the step
In not cutting down the size of the
orders. Look over tables in restaur
ants and It is surprising to note the
generous portions given. View, the
same tables after the meal is finished
and it equally is as surprising to note
the partly eaten, mussed over and j
rendered useless, amount that is left. j
It could be no harder to train the cus-1
tomer to smaller portions at the old :
price than to train them to the new ;
prices.
Why not display placards reading. \
“Eat all. Don’t leave anything on j
your plate.” Or some other equally |
effecting admonition? It is a shame |
to see an order of steak, for instance,
at top prices, go to a diner who is
only half hungry and watch him pick
out a few of the most tempting
mouthfuls, the rest discarded. It did
n’t seem so wasteful before the need
came for close economy of foodstuffs,
but like everything else, the cause
came too quickly. We were not train
ed to it. We should make up for the
neglect. It is at the greatest sources
of waste that the move must come if
effectual saving is to succeed.
CANADA FACES “CIVIL WAR"
Although Canada is our next door I
neighbor, Americans hardly realize
that that country is troubled with an
Internal crisis which is compared
with the “home rule” problem of En
gland and Ireland. The issue is be
tween the French-Canadlans, particu
larly those of Quebec, and the rest of
Canada, and the issue itself is con
scription.
The dynamiting of the summer
home of a prominent Montreal pub
lisher shows how bitter the feeling
over conscription in Quebec has be
come. We recently saw a letter from
a man in eastern Canada who expres
sed the hope that the government
would take up arms against the
French-Canadians and bring them in
to line. The mayor of Montreal,
speaking on conscription in the Otto
wa house on July 4, said: “If you
pass this bill you are entering the
realm of civil war. You are deliber-1
ately provoking the people.”
The conservative government now
in control of Canada takes the view^
that the only way in which the do
minion can keep the gaps in the army
filled is by resorting to conscription,
and conscription has been assured by
fhe act of parliament. The country
has raised 440,000 volunteers, but
the end has been reached, and it is
found difficult to maintain so large
an army in the field.
1 While organized labor in Canada
is opposing the draft law the chief
opposition comes from the French
Canadian, which number about one
third of the population, but which
has furnished only about 12,000 men
of the whole army of over 400,000.
The schism between the French
Canadians and the rest of Canada is
wider than one might be led to be
lieve from a cursory observation. Be
fore the war a serious difference de
veloped over the question of teaching
the French—or rather the French
Canadian—tongue in the schools. On
the issue of conscription the Quebec
people take the view that it is not
their duty to fight the battles of eith
er England or France and that they
are tied to the mother country, only
by the bonds established by the Brit
ish constitution and the relations be
tween the imperial government and
Ottawa.
The crisis is admittedly serious ar.d
will become increasingly so when the
draft bill actually becomes a law and
an attempt is made to enforce it
against the will of the people whom
it particularly alms to reach.
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IN addition to fancy and staple groceries of the choicest qual
ity, this grocery department specializes in dainty eats that will
please the most exacting appetite.
Younghurst Cottage Cheese, plain and pimen
to, enriched with rich cream.
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Mrs. Porters Thousand Island Dressing;
a tartar sauce of unequaled flavor»as a relish for fish and meats.
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Purity Cross Welsh Rarebit; ready to serve
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when heated-a delicious snack when served on crackers or toast.
Comb Honey; Extra choice honey in the comb—try
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Imported Dates; extra large and meaty.
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Isliii Makes Donation
A PACIFIC PORT, Aug. 28.—As
a cencrete expression of “my deep
gratitude to the police for their cour
tesy,” Count K. Ishii, head of the im
perial Japanese mission now en route
to Washington donated $200 to the
widows’ and orphans’ fund of the lo
cal police department before he left.
It became known today.
Officers Are Moved
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.—Co
incident with the announcement of
war department orders sending Ma
jor General Hunter Liggett, comman
ier of the western department of the
army, to command Camp Fremont,
near here, army headquarters an
nounced that Colonel' fe. W. Clark
and Colonel William D. Davis and
Major Walter C. Babcock have re
ceived orders to report from their
posts in this city to American Lake,
Washington. Colonel Clark was the
head of the quartermaster’^ corps
here. Colonel Davis was chief of the
educational division of the reserve
officers’ training camps, while Major
Babcock was chief of staff.
Special half-price sale on jewelry
at the Owl.
Mrs. J. W. Young, wife of the pro
minent mining operator at Dempsey,
arrived in the city Saturday and will
leave after a few days visit for Seat
tle, en route to California. Mr. Young
s still at Dempsey but will be out
within a few weeks.
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A n%w line of Crepe DeCbines in
ill the leading shades, just received
it E. Winter’s. tf
To the Ladles of Valdez
Special prices on hair goods until
Sept. 1st. 24 in., 2 1-2 oz., good qual
ty, 3 stem switch $12.00. Vanitie
Shop. **
LOST—Gold pin with purple set
ting. Finder return to Prospector Of
fice.
Miss Blanche Fogg is still confin
ed to her home with a severe case of
la grippe.
Socialist Arrested
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 28.—Walter
Williams, a Socialist, was arrested
here today for circulating seditious
literature.
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Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
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