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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917
A VOICE FROM THE FARM.
By JAMES WHITCOMB RIL.ET.
Copyright, 1887. 18SS, by James Whltoomb
Riley.
IT is my dream to hsvs you hers with
ms,
Out of the healed city’s duat and din
ners where the colts have room to gam
bol In
And klne to graze In clover to the knee.
I want to aee your wan face happily
LJl with the wholesome smiles that have
net beeli
In use since the old games you used to
win
When we pitched horseshoes, and 1 want
to be
At utter loaf with you In this dim land
Of grove and meadow while the crickets
make
Our own talk tedious and the bat
wields
His bulky flight as we cease converse and
la a dusk like velvet smoothly take
Our way toward home across the dewy
fields.
CONTROLLING THE AIR
The United States is spending
nearly a billion dollars to obtain con
trol of what has practically been free
to all since the world was first evolv
ed out of chaos,—the air. At the re
cent session of Congress it was voted
to appropriate $640,000,000 for the
building of a gigantic air fleet. Twen
ty-two thousand airplanes are now
under course of construction, and
others will be built as rapidly as pos
sible. It has been estimated that one
airplane is worth 1000 infantrymen.
Ours will be the most gigantic fleet
in the world when completed if the
war continues another year. The Uni
ted States was the birthplace of the
airplane as well as the submarine,
but it took the other nations to evolve
war machines out of them. We slept
while Europe walked off with our in
ventions, but never again.
A motor has been recently perfect
ed by Americans which is the ultima
thule of perfection. One of these ma
chines yesterday made a trial flight
of 325 miles in 4 Hours and 11 min
utes, carrying eight passengers. This
was rendered possible by the excel
lence of the motor. American genius
and American brains are awakening
to the necessity for action. Primarily
the object of the great fleet is to win
the war by literally overwhelming the
German airmen. We can place ma
chines against him in such numbers
that his airmen will be unable to
rise from the ground.
And once started we can build air
planes much more rapidly than any
other country in the world. We can
standardize them until they will be
as easily manufactured as a Ford car,
and as efficient. Alaska offers won
derful opportunities for airplane tra
vel. The long distances could be
quckly overcome by these swift ma
chines and mail and passengers easily
transported in a few hours over
routes it now takes weeks and months
of hazardous toil to overcome on foot.
Passengers could eat breakfast In
Valdez and stepping into a fast fly
er take lunch with friends in Fair
banks, or dinner in Dawson. The lev
el prairies throughout the territory
offer good landing and starting spots,
especially in winter when smoothed
up with snow.
That airplane routes will be started
at the end of the war Is an assured
fact. Already a company of Valdez
men have considered the proposition
of starting a route to Fairbanks and
convinced themselves of its fe«sibil-|
ity. Only for the insistence of the]
postofflce department thet they land!
at every little trail etatlon, machines
would already be on the route. These'
same men are dlscussng the probabil
Ity of a thru route to Fairbanks with
no stops in case the mail contract Is
secured this year. In such case one
or more machines will be put on, and |
the dream of ages come true.
Another decade will witness the airi
traversed as safely and smoothly as
the water is now, and Alaska offers
exceptional inducements to the es
tablishment of aerial lines.
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WHEN the Federal Trade Commls-]
sion appointed by the president fixed ]
the price of coal at the mine at $4 ,
I to $5.30 per ton the nation rejoiced]
because it believed that it would get I
cheap fuel this winter. As days went]
by and the retailer paid no attention ^
to the presidential decree, the con-|
sumers registered a strong protest,
resulting in a retail price being fix
ed of from $7.50 to $8. Again the
nation rejoiced, but alas, no appre
ciable difference has been noticed in
the price of fuel, unless it has been
that it has gone upward. While there
has undoubtedly been a healthy sen
timent throughout the country in re
gard to fixing the price of commodit
ies, time is fleeting, and if the people
are to get any real benefit from the
high-priced commissions, it should be
now. Whether the rulings of the com
mission will extend to Alaska or not
is highly problematical, but the indif
ference displayed by the dealers in
the States to the fixing of prices
would speedily land a working man in
jail. Laws are made to be obeyed,
and if they are not obeyed they might
as well be repealed and removed from
the books. President Wilson has been
placed in a peculiar position up to
the present time. He was continually
pounded on the back by those whoj
wanted a war for the immense pro-1
fits to be obtained, and now that he!
has attempted legislation to throttle
those profits the same people who
crticised him for his lack of haste
are doing all in their power to ham
per him.
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AS soon as an officer does his duty
and steps on the toes of the lawbreak-j
ers in Anchorage he is jumped upon j
by the Times. Why is it that a paper
with so splendid a chance to do good,
and be a real help in uplifting the
community invariably takes the side
of the lawbreakers and bootleggers
and gamblers? Without a single ex
ception the Times has taken the stand
that the deputy marshals and court
offlcals are damned if they do and
damned if they don’t. In no case has
an officer made an arrest that he hasi
not been met with vituperation and
abuse, and the poor unfortunate,
abused criminal extolled and a halo
manufactured to fit the occasion.
Marshal Brenneman has selected his
officers with the greatest care and:
with a view to their fitness to handle i
conditions in Anchorage. That their |
work is unusually effective is evi-;
deiiced by the large number of crimi-j
nals brot over from that city on var- j
ious charges, running from bootleg-1
ging to gambling and attempted man
slaughter. Conviction has resulted in
nearly every case. If these men are
GETS GEN. WOOD'S PLACE.
Major Ganaral Duval Aasumaa
Command In tha South.
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Major uenerai w. r. uuva' oaa as
sumed command of the southeastern
department, succeeding Major General
Leonard Wood, recently transferred to
Port Riley. Kan. The headquarters
are at Charleston. S. C.. and the de
partment Includes the camp at Spar
tan burg. 8. 0.
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VALDEZ - ALASKA
being persecuted, as the Times would |
have Its readers believe, why do they
plead guilty? If a man with a dice
box and dice "playing an Innocent
! Greek game” is not gambling, how
can an American with a dice box
playng an innocent American game
he haled Into court? Such persiflage
Is useless, and only blocks the best
I efforts of the marshal and prosecutor.
The right-thinkng citizen will back
| up his officers In the attempted per
I formance of their duty. Anchorage
may be the heavenly home the Times
would have its readers believe, but
! the court records do not verify tlie
assertion.
; THE war will not be won by mon
ley, nor by food, nor by rabid expres
j stons of patriotism but by the ana
Inimity of the people, and their faith
! in the administration. One man in
the trenches is worth a hundred bur
| rahing for a flag in a hail; one dol
lar contributed to the war fund is
worth a hundred frittered away on
useless contributions. The govern
ment has mapped out its course of
procedure, and knows what it wants
to buy with the money. It has now
asked the people to give that money.
Your dimes and nickels will help
when directly applied as much as dol
lars indirectly applied. If you wish
to help the nation attend the exer
cises tonight and take a Liberty Bond.
If you cannot take a large one, take
a small one. Each dollar will be plac
ed where it will do the most good,
and you will be equal partners in the
success or failure of the cause.
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HARD TO KILL
SIGNAL CORPS
“The Washlngton-Alaska Military
Cable and Telegraph system has
given 40 per cent of the most expert
men for the organization of two gov
ernment radio stations at Honolulu
and the Canal Zone and also for
the officers of the new National Ar
my,” said Col. B. O. Lenoir today.
Col. Lenoir is in Juneau making ex
aminations in the local force for pro
motions. He will leave shortly for
his office in Seattle and will then
pass upon the examinations for all
members of the Signal Corps In Al
aska at their various stations, the re
sults to be announced later.
Improvements in the arrangement
of the Juneau cable office are to be
made soon.
In speaking further of the work.
Col. Lenoir said:
“By drawing expert men from Al
aska the efficiency of the system
. tr
Warm Beddings
ready for the
First Cold Nights
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Plenty of them! All the !
soft, fleecy kinds that are
warm without being heavy.
Comforts in pretty colors
and patterns, filled with
pure white cotton or down.
Blankets of many kinds,
cotton, part wool and all
wool, all priced as low as
possible.
S. Blum and Co.
Good Goods.
was reduced to an extent that it was
necessary to cut oft night letters for
i time last summer. Many additional
‘fhcient applications for appointment
m the National Army as officers have
jeen made to me, but I have been
compelled to veto these applications
n order to maintain communication
in Alaska, as efficient experts are ab
solutely necessary and I cannot afford
to lose any more.
"There are no cable officers in the
United States except the few on for
eign cable service and the Postal ca
>le at San Francisco. There is no loose
materal to draw from, therefore it
is essential for me to hold all the
efficient men we have in order to op
$ $ $
SAVED
WHY send out for your printing when we can
furnish you with anything needed in stationery for
the office and store.
A dollar kept at home is a dollar saved to the com
munity. If you send for your needs your neighbor
will follow your example and we all suffer. The town
that is up and coming is the town with an abiding
faith in its future, and how can you maintain your
faith in the city when you buy all you eat and wear
outside?
Beers, Sawbuck & Bunk have busted more towns
than they have built up, and you never saw a dollar
of your money ever come back to you.
When you send your money outside to the old re
liable'printing houses of Seattle and Tacoma you
may get a cheaper job in every sense of the word,
and you may also have to pay a higher price for it.
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Location notices, both quartz and placer; warran
ty deeds, mill site location notices, proofs of labor,
quit clai mdeeds, amended location notices, and all
kinds of legal blanks at The Prospector Office.
We sell a good quality of typewriter paper at $1.50
Ser box, a better quality for $2 and the best Crane’s
apanese Linen for $2.50, legal size.
Why not let us print you 100 calling cards in the
latest style type, for $1.50.
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erate the system. However, as some
of the new men Improve they can
take the place of the older men and
then the applications of the latter
for places in the National Army will
be approved.”
Formerly examinations for promo
tion were held at Washington, but
as a war measure the work has been
put on Col. Lenoir at his Seattle of
office.—Empire.
('an He ('an?
The following contributed gem.
shows that at least one Juneauite
sees something poetic as well as lu
crative about the cannery business:
A canner, exceedingly canny.
Remarked one day to his granny,
“A canner can can anything that he
can.
But a canner can’t can a can. can
he?"
The launch Della, Capt. Currie,
left for Fidalgo, Landlock, Ellamar
and other Sound points this morning.
Harold Johnson and Jack Whalen
were passengers.
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdez to
Ellamar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
fray ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. CONLEY Prsddsat.
Valdai Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Sacratarr.
Valdai Alaska.
J* E. WILSON,
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
fitateMfettight ancbsoidH
Phone 166.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices In Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phone 90. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon. 0. 8. Army
A. A Surgeon, U 8. Public Health Sere
(Marian Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
In Vuldez Since 1898
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