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SATUfiiAY. MAHCII I. I'JIM.
A DOCTOR UNDER CRITICISM.
|-1.. I lie rill lli'r cull fusing dis
patches iii regard I" I"'. I'ricd
maii ami his sii|i|iiisciI nr alleged
cure fur I uberculosis, one gels,
relucianl ly. Hi'' iiii|)ressinn Unit
liis cmirse willi whatever it is that
tie lias discovered lias mil been
fully up I" tin* highest standard
of medical cl hies.
It is tin* glory of doctors I hat
they are held, or rather that they
hold themselves, under a special
obligation to serve humanity lirst.
and only as an incident--as a
necessity more than as a right
are they allowed to take lroni
their .grateful patients a maler
-ial recompense for their labors.
There seems to be no doubt
that the Berlin physician lias per
mittetl himself to consider a lit
tle too much the possibilities of
commercial exploitation that lie
in his serum, or strain of in
nocuous and immunizing bacilli,
and not quite enough the honor
and glory ttial would be his if
"he had followed what is, fortun
ately, Hie usual custom of liis
profession and given to the world
for whatever they may be proved
useful by experience the results
sif his investigations.
On the other hand, there are
also indications that l)r. I,’ried
man has heen the object of an
antagonism from some of his col
leagues such as has been suffer
ed by many an innovator, in med
icine as well as out of it, and
that some of this opposition may
have been due to a jealousy at
least as discreditable as would be
the lark of the scientist's disin
terestedness with which lie is 1
-charged.
Of course the world could well
a fiord and would be glad, to pay
for a cure for tuberculosis much
more (ban $5.000,(toil which Dr.
Friedman, according to one ac
count, is said to have declared
nught--or rould--be made out of
his discovery. If would be "worth
the money." in I hr* strictest sense
of that phrase. To demand that
Or any other sum. however, would
be unworthy of any doctor if the
demand were accompanied, as it
almost necessarily would be, if
made, by an implied threat that
the use of the remedy will he de
nied until I he amount asked for
"has heen paid.
To prevent such scandals as
this, and to save doctors, who,
after all are only men, from oc
casionally yielding to the tempta
tion toward comjuereialism which
their inventions and discoveries
create, governments might well
make provision for giving to
them and others a reasonable ma
terial reward for measurable ami
unquestionable benefits conferred
upon humanity. A little some
thing of that sort is already done,
but there is nothing of system or
certainty in the granting of re
compense, and too often it is lim
ited to Ihe conferring of posth
umous fame.
EDITORIAL ROTES.
Tight shirts mean loss cloth,
hut not loss money.
Notice the difference since we
have no Russian treaty.
Neither, fond dreamer, does one
seed catalog make a spring.
This isn't leap year, hut there'll
he just as many June brides.
Many a man who aims to tell
the truth is a mighty poor shot.
A man buys at the nearest
place, a woman at the cheapest.
The whole country migtyt to
resolve to cut down the acreage
of wild oats.
A man with water on the brain
should have' no trouble in having
a flow; of ideas.
Since I he trial of Harry Thaw
we have lost faith in the testi
mony of experts.
There is at least this to say for
the men; their clothes do not Imt
ton in I lie hack.
The case of the Sick Man of
Kurope seems to reipiire a sur
gical operation.
An opt imist has been defined as
one who can believe that Hades
is a refrigerator.
A Kansas C.il\ parson says tlu
•'lurkry trot" causes divorces.
Any sort of last race surely does.
A girl lirsl makes sure of her
[own marriage. Then she begins
In look around for a suitable hus
band for her chum.
IP 111 ml sleak lias risen in price
I pec ccnl in a year. I lie plu
Incrals evidently having I'nuinl
siimc way to make il lemier.
If yiKi have ever hail nccasinii
In use a lanlcrn Ihe fact llial
Diogenes failed in iiis search fur
an holiest man will iml surprise
you.
In polile soeiely il is account-,
ed a piece of hrazeii imperl iiience
to ask a rich malefactor, where
he gul all his money. II is none
o1 your business.
Men an* given medals foi hero
ism and devotion lo duly. Iml a
woman must conlenl herself with
a plain gold ring for Ihe third
finger of hdr left hand.
We nominate Colonel Roose
velt lo reply lo the declaration of
Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace’s that
man has not advanced morally or
intellectually in 7,000 years.
«-'
Thai Missouri doctor who is
suing the Pullman company for
$2,900 for failing to reserve a
berth for him must have given
Ihe porter finite a tip that lime.
Willi Ihe parcel post Ameri
cans can plume themselves that
at last they are in one respect
abreast of some European coun
tries they are prone lo speak of
patronizingly.
< ini id nature is worth more
than knowledge’ more'than mon
ey. more than honor, lo Ihe per
sons who possess it. and certain
ly to everybody who dwells vvilli
them.— Heedler.
An Arkansas girl wrole her
name and address on some eggs
she shipped. She received a pro
posal. II came from a man who
proposed to her lhal hereafter
shi' send him strictly fresh eggs.
Fox Ounning.
i In a Hold of feeding hares fox
es have been observed to approach
jwitli a slow, limping motion and
| holding down I heir heads, as if
!eating clover, until they were near
enough to secure their prey.
The following is an extraordi
nary instance of fox cunning:
One week when the ground was
frozen, but hare of snow, a farm
er placed a hen under a strong,
heavy chicken coop. The coop
was boarded on one side and
lathed on the o|her--lhe lower
lath within an inch of the ground,
which was smooth Iml sloping,
with a furrow-like depression a
few indies in depth about two
I feel up the slope.
In the morning the lieu was
gone. The coop stood immedi
ately over the depression, the
• laths hearing numerous impres
i sinus of an animal's teeth, and
II he small one at the apex was
!scratched by its claws.
! The fox had wasted no
jsirenglh on the Imard trying to
push ... oxer in an uphill
[direction, bill lie,tried his best on
lllie oilier side. l-'ailing in I his.
[ Ini bit and tore at I lie laths to
break them, and dually drexv the
coop up ll.e bill oxer the hollow,
dragged out the lien, leaving no
blood, very few feathers, and on
ly three of his bails on the laths.
Open Winters.
When snow covers the ground
il preserves vegetable life witli
<mI de\eloping il. Snow is three
limes less powerful as a conduct
or of heal than rain; it screens
the ground and prevents noc
turnal radiation.
Vegetables, cereals in particu
lar, can endure a considerable
lowering of temperature if I be
fall of snow precedes the frost,
(iround planted to wheal can pass
through a period when the tem
perature falls far below zero if
the snow covers it well. While
rain brings to (be ground azote in
the form of ammonia or nitric
acid, snow enriches the soil in
much greater proportion. A liter
of rain-water contains much less
fertilizing material than the same
amount of hoar-frost or melted
snow; and whe<n the winter has
been “open” or mild, when there
has been rain instead of snow,
the farmer is forced to spend
more money for fertilizers than
when the winter has given the
earth snow in abundance.
FISH, FI8H, FISH.
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red snapper and halibut at the
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These well known clothes cost no more
than ordinary clothes, and
We Guarantee a Perfect Fit
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Economical
Ironing
To iron economically
you must hot waste
heat.
Ironing with ordinary
flat irons is very waste
ful of heat; most of the
heat goes up the kitchen
chimney; a lot of it is
wasted in charring the
ironing pad and in
scorching the clothes.
Ironing with a
G-E Electric
Flat Iron
is, quite different—-all tht
heat is in the iron, ready to
go into the pieces ironed in
stead of going into the soom
or up the kitchen chimney.
None of it is wasted.
To use only the amount of
heat actually needed for
ironing, be it either heavy
damp piece* or lace*,
embroidery or other light
good* is real economy.
That’s why G-E Irons are
used in thousands of homes
throughout the country.
We keep all styles and sizes
—Let us send you one on trial.
Alaska Water/ ‘Light
& Telephone Co.
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THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modem Conveniences
Good tijr niirrrT G ° °d
Goods I nt DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
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Puget Sound LiUIVIDLuX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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VALDEZ DRUG CO.
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PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
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Arguments May Be Disputed, But
“Facts Are bads”
It i- a fact that Valdez beer ig a food and not a tonic.
Ask any doctor you know. Valdez beer aids digestion. Use
it a few times with your meals and you’ll find we’re right.
If you drink beer you should use Valdez beer in prefer nice to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, because it is a home pr duct; brewed in your home
town and all who are interested in thn growth and prosper
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO.
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