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MORGAN’S INTEREST IN ALASKA
The visit of j. Pierpont Morgan to Secretary of the Interior Lane last
week, ostensibly for the purpose of talking over the possibility of the
purchase by the government of the Copper River tk Northwestern rail
way, will be viewed with some apprehension by those interested in the
development of Alaska ar.d its resources for the benefit of all the peo
ple. The law authorizing the President to construct railroads in Alaska
contemplated the opening up of the resources of the territory ior the
use of the mass of the people, and not for the benefit oi wealthy cor
porations and syndicates. lire road in question was constiuct^d b\
a wealth’.’ syndicate for the exploitation of its immense properties,
secured under the lax laws then in force. Changing conditions have
made the financial success of lho enterprise problematical, and it is
only natural that the syndicate should attempt to unload upon the
government. The question for the authorities to decide before taking
over the property will be, Will such a step result in benefit to the people
as a whole S Undoubtedly the question will be answered m tne nega
tive.
The curse of Alaska has been the grip which the transportation com
panies have held upon the territory. The fruits of the energies of its
people and the natural riches of the land have been poured into the
open maw of grasping corporations until the people cried out for relief
with such vehemence that the country at large was aroused. Ihe re
sult was that a means of transportation was provided for which would
make them independent of the monopolists. The great need is a rail
way connecting ocean traffic with the splendid waterways of Interior
Alaska, and to use any of the funds apportioned for this purpose for
the purchase of a railroad which would benefit only the Alaska syndi
cate would be a perversion of the purposes of congress.
The plans of J. Pierpont Morgan and the people he represents for
Alaska’s benefit will be looked upon with suspicion.
THE FIRST SNOW
A visitor from the East who was sojourning in Portland, Ore., once
made a discovery which somewhat surprised him. He arrived m tnat
city on one of those days which are somewhat rare in that portion of
the country—a clear, sunshiny day in midwinter. The air was balmy
and all nature seemed to be in tune. Flowers were in bloom, and the
glorious senery of mountain and river impressed the visitor with the
idea that he had arrived in a veritable Paradise. He was somewhat
surprised, however, at the air or lassitude and gioom winch seemed
to presail everywhere among the people, as though some overwnelm
ing sorrow or affliction had overcome them. Instead of responding to
the smiles of Nature and enjoying to the full the beauties of their en
vironment, they appeared to be ambling reluctantly to their appointed
daily tasks, as though life were not worth the living, and nothing mat
tered any more. The stranger could find no satisfactory explanation
of the phenomenon, and hastened to form a very poor opinion of the
residents of the Webfoot metropolis. A few days later a new surprise
was in store for him. Emerging from his hotel one morning, he found
himself enveloped in a drizzling rain—not the steady downpour of
other latitudes, but a regular “Oregon mist,” to which one could be
exposed for hours without any serious inconvenience. He was imme
diately struck by the change in the actions and appearance of the peo
ple. Instead of lassitude and gloom, scenes of bustle and activity met
his gaze, cheery countenances greeted him everywhere, and the joy of
living seemed to have been born anew m the hearts of the residents.
Strangers gave him cordial “Good mornings, and pleasure beamed m
every countenance. Marveling greatly, the visitor made observations,
and came to the conclusion that the weather was responsible for the
changed conditions. They were enjoying the seasonable weather—
weather to which they were accustomed at that time of year.
The observation of the visitor to Portland may have been somewhat
exaggerated, but it was founded on a truth. The human temperament
undoubtedly is affected by weather conditions. Flere in the Nortn
land the same phenomenon is noticeable to a great degree. Between
the time of the close of river navigation and the first snowfall which
makes sledding possible and easy, a listless air pervades the com
munity. Men are marking time and their plans are in abeyance. Un
dertakings await transportation, and the normal transportation at this
season is by sled, whether drawn by horse or dog. The very animals
are likewise affected. The work dogs snarl at each other and growl
when disturbed by the passer-by. But immediately the first snow falls,
giving promise of good sledding roads, of future activity and employ
ment, the scene is changed. Business revives, the hum of industry is
heard, tasks which have been postponed immediately become the
most important object in life, housewives sing at their daily tasks, dogs
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yap with excitement, and horses become restless. The traffic and j
commerce of the community assume normal proportions, and an air
of optimism prevails. Normal conditions once more prevail, and the
human temperament is responsive.
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
A news item from Philadelphia published last week stated that
“when the vanquished Athletics reached this city this morning from
Boston they were greeted at the depot by only six fans. There was
nothing remarkable m this fact to make it of sufficient news value to
transmit over land and sea, by telegraph, cable and wireless, to find
readers in the isolated Northland. Nor was there anything out of the
ordinary in (he news item appearing in the dispatches of the same date,
which gave an account of the banqueting of the victorious Boston
Braves on their return home. If is the way of the world, which de
votes its admiration and homage to the successful in life, and has no
lime for the failures. The writer of the news item no doubt saw notn
ing but pathos in the fact that the great Athletic baseball team, which
had won the world's championship in three successive seasons, and had
been the idols of the lovers of the game during that period, whose
every public appearance was greeted with enthusiasm, and whose indi
vidual members had been lionized by their admirers, had been greeted
on their return home after their crushing defeat by only a handful of
faithful “fans” of the thousands who would have met them had vic
tory been theirs instead of defeat. And human nature is such that
perhaps the presence of the faithful six was resented. The strong man.
no matter how much he may love adulation and praise in success, would
rather bear his defeats alone. The sympathy of well-meaning friends
is so much added to lus sense of loss. Like tne wounded animal, he
wishes to suffer alone.
The baseball incident is typical of the larger affairs of life. It is a
trait of human nature that has made progress possible and is responsi
ble in large measure for the development of the human race. Tne
world has no uce for failures. Mankind must be striving always for
better things. When the individual no longer forges ahead in life’s
battle, and begins to retrogress, he ceases to be of interest to his fellow
men, and is soon lost sight of—must make way for younger and
stronger men.
But—and here is where the glory and hope of humanity comes in—
defeat does not necessarily mean failure, there are iessons that may
be learned from defeat, and these are read-iy applied by the wise man,
so that when the supreme test comes, profiting by former experience,
he may emerge victorious. This is what differentiates mankind from
the lower orders and makes possible the evolution that is continually
going on in mundane affairs.
THE THREATENED DANGER
li is within the bounds of possibility, nay. there is nothing inherently or grossly im
s robable in the thought, that the present war. or other wars to which it may lead, might
perchance end by setting 11)1 an immense military empire, doom Umg practical.y oil the
other nations of Europe, as vanquished vassals or dependent aides, made arrogant by
triumph and power and looking, covetously on the lands of the Now World a its pros
pective prey. Should anything like 'his happen, the United S' ites might constitute well
nigh the last refuge, hope and champion of liberty among met..
The above words, uttered by Charles j. Bonaparte, the eminent
Baltimore lawyer, and ex-secretary of the navy, express the fears of
many who are watching the progress of events in Europe. Leaving
out of consideration the question of whether right and justice abide
j pvith one side or the other, it would be a calamity indeed were such a
1 termination of the war to result. Victors in warfare are not noted lor
I humanitarian motives in making terms of peace, ar.d the lust cf con
quest and aggrandizement might easily provoke such a settlement as
would mean a deadly blow to human liberty and progress, which have
made such tremendous strides since the American and French revolu
tions.
American statesmen, backed by the people of the western hemi
sphere, may yet be compelled, not from humanitarian motives alone,
but as a matter of self-preservation, to lake the leading part in world
affairs, and to say to militarism, “Thus far shall thou go, and no far
ther.” _
Delegate James Wickersham flatly denies the story so laboriously
worked up by the Juneau Empire and its owner, to the effect that he
was the real author of the Johnson bill, which attempted to relieve
non-resident Alaska claim-owners of the burden of annual assessment
work for the year 1914, on the plea that labor was scarce in Alaska
on account of the European war. The Empire can now start other
canards, but the time is limited and the people of Alaska, who know
Wickersham, will not be misled, and will give loyal support to the man
who has shown such remarkable ability m furthering the interests of
the territory. _
Now that the Alaska coal-lands leasing bill has become a law, it will
be interesting to read the Juneau Empire’s laudatory remarks on the
wonderful influence which the letters and recommendations of our
“pretty governor” carried in furthering that much-desired legislation.
INGERSOLL AT THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON
A little while ago I stood by the grave of the oi l Napoleon—a magnificent
tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost for a dead deity- -and gazed upon the sarcophagus
of black Egyptian marble, where rest at last the ashes of that restless man. I
leaned over the balustrade and thought about the career of the greatest soldier of
the modern world.
I saw him walking upon the banks of the Seine, contemplating suicide. I saw
him at Toulon—1 saw him putting down the mob in the streets of Paris—I saw
him at the head of the army of Italy—I saw him crossing the bridge of Lodi with
the tricolor in his hand—I saw him in Egypt in the shadow of the pyramids—I
saw him conquer the Alps and mingle the eagles of France with the eagles of the
crags. I saw him at Marengo—at Ulm, at Austerlitz. I saw him in Russia,
where the infantry of the snow and the cavalry of the wild blast scattered his
legions like winter's withered leaves. I saw him at Leipsic in defeat and disaster
driven by a million bayonets back upon Paris—clutched like a wild beast banished
to Elba. I saw him escape and retake an empire by the force of his genius.. I saw
him upon the frightful field of Waterloo, where chance and fate combined to
wreck the, fortunes of their former king. And I saw him at St. Helena, with his
hands crossed behind him, gazing out upon the sad and solemn sea.
I thought of the orphans and widows he had made—of the tears that had
been shed for his glory, and of the only woman who ever loved him, pushed from
his heart by the cool hand of ambition. And I said I would rather have been a
French peasant and worn wooden shoes. I would rather have lived in a hut with
a vine growing over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the kiss of the
autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant, with my loving wife by
my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky—with my children upon my knees
and their arms about me. I would rather have been that man and gone down to
the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust than to have been that imperial im
personation of force and murder known as Napoleon the Great. And so I would,
ten thousand thousand times.
Harry Leland and A1 Goslow, who have
been on a prospecting trip in the Donlin
creek country, arrived in the city Iasi
Tuesday.
Black Cod, 35c pound.
Iditarod Meat Co.
Tuesday morning was the coldest of the
season so far. The thermometer registered
10 degrees above zero at 8 a. m., and the
ice had formed in the river, in some places
extending from shore to shore.
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
CHARLES E. BUNNELL
FOR SENATOR
thomas a. McGowan
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
WILLIAM T. BURNS
E. ¥/. GRIFFIN
JAMES HASTINGS
vance r. McDonald
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
JAMES WICKER5HAM
FOR SENATOR
0. P. GAUSTAD
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
E. B. COLLINS
DAN DRISCOLL
A. E. MALTBY
C. K. SNOW
SOGIALiST TICKET
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
JOHN M. BROOKS
FOR SENATOR
H. RINGDAHL
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
DAN McCABE
A. A. NELSON
CHARLES ROGERS
W. E. WAUGH
1 INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR—DAN CALLAHAN
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THE GREAT PARADOX
(Sr.icnliflf American)
The huge war now raging in Europe is
the inevitable outcome of the unsymmetri
cal development of the mind of man. Per
haps the leading country of the world in
the sciences and the arts is Germany. Cer
tainly the leading country in the world in
developing an aggressive and militarist pol
icy is Germany, .'■'■he is at once the most
enlightened and the most reactionary of
the greater nations of the earth. She is,
above all other countries, the living embodi
ment. of that monstrous paradox we call the
advancement of science. Our progress in the
control of nature for the benefit of man
kind has been equaled only by the splen
did intelligence with which we have per
fected means of slaying one another. We
learn how to abolish a disease and simul
taneously invent a dreadnought. As scien
tific men, while half of us work for the
establishment of heaven upon earth, the
other half strengthens the possibilities of an
increasingly ghastly hell. We approach the
millennium and Armegeddon along parallel
r. a.Is.
This towering paradox will now be re
solved. The destructive half of mankind
have beaten their brethren in the race. The
war lords triumph over the apostles of
oeacc. For the moment the service of the
devil takes precedence over the service of
God. But only for the moment. Clever and
energetic as they have been, the destroyers
havt not been clever and energetic enough.
The foundations of peace are too firmly
laid. The fear that civilization is now rock
ing to its fall is a fear without justification.
The war w ill progress from horror to hor
r; r and with it the disgust and anger of the
•■•o. le will deepen. The foolishness of war!
! More and more will this thought permeate
! the consciousness of the whole world. Al
j ready this view is clearly expressed by
, countIc.-s men throughout Europe As they
j -utter more they will see more clearly, and
when this war ends there will be no more
war.-. We arc not witnessing the triumph
of the destroyers. We are witnessing their
cast collective suicide. As ruthless as they
i have ,'ooi in war, so shall we be ruthless
for peace At | rest it v > ■ lay their gat
WO tuual ftgllt, U'CUlitSC WO XIHAisl- I5lA».
after- there shall be nr; more war lords. The
paradox will be resolved. Science shall no
longer ignobly -erv - the forces of destruc
tion, but released from this dir- bandage
-ha 1 bend all its energies to the task of
making this fair world more beautiful and
more secure. The savage, trained anti
equipped, .-hall no longer preside at our
councils. Ilis day is over. His last anti
greatest attempt at dominance shall re.-ul!
in his utter ■ . "rthro-.v and destruction,
whatever be It l.at't ualiiy, and the race
of the future will be a race of civilized men.
united by the bonds of mutual interest and
appreciation and developing their powers in
concord in the security accorded by an
agreed and permanent world peace.
THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
The Caroline i?lands, reported to have
been captured by the Japanese from the
Germans, are a large archipelago in the
North Pacific ocean, between latitudes 3
and 12 degrees north and longitudes 132 and
163 degrees 6 minutes east, lying between
the Philippines and the Marshall islands.
The area of the group is about 560 miles.
The inhabitants number about 35,000, of va
rious races. In 16S6 the islands were an
nexed by the Spaniards Previous to that
time they had been held by the Portuguese.
Spain took little active interest in them un
t:l 1885, when the German flag was raised
over the bland of Yap. A serious dispute
followed this act, and the question being
submitted to the pope as arbitrator, lie de
cided in favor of Spain, reserving special
trade privileges to Germany. In 1809 Ger
many purchased from Spain for about
$3,300,000 the Caroline and Pelew islands
and all of the Ladrones but Guam, which
had been ceded to the United States after
the Spanish-American war.
When you come in from the creeks, don’t
forget to stop in at the Crosby Massage
and Bath Parlors, the Home of the Twen
tieth Century Turkish Bath.
May be raised 20 per cent on
account of the war, according
to Outside newspapers. But in
Iditarod the prices will remain
as before.
We have the largest assort
ment in tire North to choose
from.
J. L. SALE,
IDITAROD
Leading Jeweler of the North
MARSHALL ISLANDS
The Marshall islands are an archipelago
in the western Pacific ocean, intersected by 1
parallel of latitude 10 degrees north. Their
total area is 154 square miles and they have
a population of something over la 0 ‘T
Copra is the only commercial product.
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK BLANKS —
A '|'jK. idirarml pmmep has just ilnlshed
and placed with dealer's throughout the dis
trict a new blank Form Fur the proper re
cording or annual assessment work on
placer mining claims In Alaska. The blank
Form conforms strictly with the new min
ing law, and contains ample cautionary and
explanatory notes, which will greatly aifl in
the Filling" out or the same. Fur sale at
Ansley’s, Tditarod; tin* PostulThe, Flat
City,'and Harry In.nnelkv’s. Ids. Otter.
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Attorney at Law
IDITAROD. ALASKA
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Attorney at Law
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