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THURSDAY, JANUARY IO, fills
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win
the War;
don’t waste it!
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GOOD ADVICE.
Yuli cannot escape him
By shutting the door
or locking the window—
The good advice bore.
You cannot elude him
By scaling a peak.
And he'll—submarining—
Stay with you a week.
You cannot deny him,
For, do what you will,
Like tiie scent of the lose, he
Will cling to you still.
Yet lie has no power—
You haven't, you know;
He can't do what you can't:
But, since It la so
That > uu can t escape him.
There’s nothing to de
But try to put up with
That fellow named YOU.
—Charles C. Jones.
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LEHMAN PEOPLE BUFFERING
A few days ago the Berlin Vor
waerts, the socialist organ of Germany
and the most t^utspoken of the Ger
man papers, assailed the national
food controller on the ground that
millionaires and profiteers have their
cellars filed with foodstuffs while for
ty milion people are literally starving.
Another article in the Vorwaerts,
which has been printed in Swiss pap
ers and received by the committee on
public information at Washington, is
no less bitter:
"Disfranchisement of the masses,
misery of the masses, state of siege,
laughter of the people—this is what
this government has brought upon us.
Must we stand idle and see our wives
and children pine away, our strength
--—--■■ -
to labor—our only means of subsis
tence—grow less and less? They pro
mise extra rations to save themselvec
from the wrath of the people, from
a revolution like that In Russia. Bu
no extra rations can be given withou
consuming the seed potatoes and th
breeding cattle. Should the govern
ment decide upon this course million
of the German proletariat, German
women and children, must fact hun
ger and starvation in the coming win
ter.
“Kor the government is in no posi
tion to fulfill its promises except un
der conditions which in the near fu
ture we shall have to face with fea
and trembling. Kor there are no
enough potatoes and cattle in Ger
many to assure the promised allow
auce for any length of time. If it were
now possible to ration the laboring
people more plentifully it would have
been a crime without parallel to let
them starve. But as a matter of fact
the instigators of the war are hiding
the truth from the people. In it their
harvest of blood which is crushing
Germany and their aims are for them
selves alone."
All of which is a bold as well as a
harsh indictment of the kaiser, pub
lished apparently in defiance of the
war makers. It is not improbable that
such utterances as these are what
caused the suppression of the Vor
waerts recently, although it is worthy
of note th&t it has since reappeared.
That a German paper can indulge in
inflammatory statements in defiance
of the authorities leads to the con
viction that the autocrats have a
wholesome fear of the Russian revo
lutionary leaven.
While it is considered doubtful that
Germany will submit from starvation,
it is known that the food situation In
the central empires is growing in
creasingly acute, and Russia, which
cannot ration itself, will hardly De
able to get foodstuffs to Germany in
any great quantity for some time to
come even if a separate peace should
be signed.
While the allies have ceased to
count too much on the possibility of
a revolution in Germany that can con
tinue to be relied upon as one of th*
secondary "bets.”
CHKKK THAT’S NOT FLAWLKHH
Lots of caterpillars last fall. Hor
nets build their nests high in the
trees. A printer at Munice, Indiana,
has seen two singing bluebirds in his
yards, earjy every morning of late.
Chipmunks' storage plants are only
half filled. An Omaha man has four
hens ready to set.
This is the kind of cheer they are
sending up from the States to en
courage us to expect “a short, open
winter.” We sniff about and remark
that the signs, taken in conjunction
withjthe present weather, look good
to us—that is, they all look good to
us except the prophesy presented by
the Indiana printer.
What an Indiana printer sees early
in the morning doesn’t signify. It is
just as likely to be a pair of Andes
candors warbling on the clothes
line as a couple of gentle bluebirds
THE EMPRESS
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BEAUTIFUL
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The Ragamuffin
Replete with dramatic action, tense situa
tions and exciting episode the “Ragamuffin"
contains an earnest and emphatic plea for
universal life—opportunity.
ALSO REEL OF BEAUTIFUL SCENIC
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SUNDAY VIRGINIA PEARSON IN
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that he sees. Or It may be a pair of
red and green alligators flying down
to pick up crumbs; or a white gila
monster perched on the carbage can,
flapping his wings and whistling to
his mate In a whole coloration of de
licious, tinkling notes. We’re wide
open to the cheer that's in caterpillars
hornets, munks and premature hens,
but there’s nothing but cold, clammy
shudder in what Indiana printers arc j
seeing early these mornings.—Ex. j
JUST why the senate inquiry in j
regard to the war preparations should
he made public at this time is bard to
see, as they must undoubtedly great
ly encourage the enemy when he reads
that we have no clothing, no guns,
no ammunition and that our leaders;
are squabbling over who is to blame •
for the deplorable condition. That
Germany will believe and be greatly
heartened by the facts revealed is evi-:
denced by the avidity with which each
scrap of news regarding conditions in
Germany is published in this coun
try. Wbat the nation wants at this
time is not talk from congress, but
action. Uncovering skeletons and rat
tling dry hones cannot help matters.
Instead of seeking to place the blame
for this shortage congress should al
low the army and administration full
power to remedy conditions. We have
men, they are eager to fight, and there
is no need at the present time for a
congressional wet blanket to put out
the fires of national enthusiasm. The
nation is in good shape and getting
stronger each day. By deferring the
inquiry until the end of the war pub
licity will not be given to our needs, j
and the enemy will be kept guessing.
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THAT the Peerless Leader William
Jennings Bryan, was not so far off in
his statements in regard to the cir
culation of the baser metal is proven
by the fact that silver has gone to one
dollar an ounce, and is eagerly sought
by the nations of the world. When the
man responsible for the “crown of
gold and cross of thorns” made the
statement that silver could be used as
readily as gold as a medium of ex
change between nations of the world
he was scoffed at by the money chang
| ers. William can now sit back and
say, “I told you so.”
YAKIMA CHIKK DKAD
NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 10.—Salus
kin, chief of the Yakima Indians, died
last night. He is the last of the line
of Owhi chiefs and since the tribal
^relations of the Yakima Indians have
been broken he is the last of#their
chiefs. He was about 90 yoarB old.
RK1> TAPE INTERFERE**
WITH GETTING MONEY
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 10.—
Inquiry into alleged delays in supply
ing the army with guns and the cur
tailment of funds recommended by
the ordnance bureau for that purpose
was taken up again today in open ses
sion by the senate military committee
after a two days’ examination of Maj.
Gen. Crozier behind closed doors.
General Crozier, who was still on the
stand today, continued his detailed
statement of the ordnance situation
as far as it revealed nothing the war
department considers a military sec
ret. *
Gen. Crozier declared there was
"entirely too much red tape” getting
money. While an emergency appro
priation request for a lump appropria
tion of $2,932,537,000 made by the
war department April 5—a day before
war was declared—it was June before
congress made appropriations under
the estimates.
How prospective appropriations by
congress were anticipated was recited
by Gen. Crozier. For instance, he said,
orders were placed for 9,000,000
ropnds of ammunition early last
spring before any funds were avail
able. He declared how many new fac
tories that had never before made gun
forgings were given large contracts
to increase ordnance production.
BRIG. GEN. ABBOT
Brig. Gan. Frederick V. Abbot has
boon made principal assistant to Major
Genrol Black, chief of army engineers,
and charged with the organisation and
training of replacement troops In the
engineer department General Abbot
Bad been recently In charge of river
and harbor Work In the vicinity of
Mew Verb.
We have all sizes again
in
men’s women’s and
children’s
Arctics, Rubbers and Pacs.
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
”\Ve have placed orders of more
than $1,500,000,000 since the war be
gan,” Gen. Crozier explained, citing
the magnitude of operations.
"That is more than 50 per cent ov
er the entire government’s expenses
for any year since the Spanish war.”
Senator Wadsworth asked whether
the government should have an officer
or department similar to England's
minister of munitions.
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way is to enlarge and strengthen ex
isting organizations, rather than cre
ate new ones," Gen. Crozier replied.
VALDEZ
HE TOWN OF VALDEZ
is situated at the head of
Prince William Sound,
and is a city of probably one thou
sand population. It is the center
of the mining industry on the
Sound, both copper and gold, and j
is adjacent to and within easy!
hauling distance of the salmon j
grounds, many fresh water rivers j
and streams in Valdez Bay bring
ing the fish in great numbers to
within sight of the town. The
city has one good cannery, which
will operate two lines the coming
season, employing probably one
hundred and fifty persons.
The city offers good opportuni
ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer
factory, a glue factory, a tin can
factory and a box shook factory,
all subsidiary to the fish packing
business. The city owns its own
wharf and the Valdez Dock Com
pany, which also owns a splendid
| wharf is willing to give prospec
tive investors a chance for sites.
VALDEZ has a progressive
citizenry, with good high schools,
churches, free reading room and
library, good clubrooms and many
lodges and organizations. Rents
are very cheap, and living is but
little higher than in the States.
Many gold and copper mines
are contiguous to Valdez, making
this city their outfitting port, and
drawing from its reserve of labor.
The climate is very healthful, the
extremes of heat and cold being
rarely experienced. The mercury
rarely falls below —15 in the win
ter and 70 above is the highest
summer temperature. l*he sum
mers are delightful and the win
ters far better than those of the
Northern Central or Eastern
States.
valuh,14 is tne coast terminal
of the government military high
way to the Interior. During the
summer months autos may reach
Fairbanks from Valdez in 36
hours running time, over a fine
road, through the most magnifi
cent scenery on the North Amer
ican continent. In winter teams
or dog sleds may be had at all
times.
VALDEZ has a number of first
class hotels and restaurants, and •
the traveler and miner can be as
sured of comfortable lodgings s
a minimum expense. Parties de
siring to outfit for mining or pros
pecting can do so at our stores <
far cheaper than in the States,
with men of experience to help se
lect their outfits.
If you are coming to Alaska
the Land of Opportunity, and de
sire a good home town among a
fine class of citizens, buy your
ticket to
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