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INTELLIGENT HANDLING OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC
The prohibition agitation, which lias made such remarkable progress
in recent years, has at last thoroughly aroused the liquor dealers, dis
tillers, brewers, grape growers and others interested in the traffic to
the seriousness of the situation confronting them, and they are casting
about for an intelligent means of handling a traffic which in itself is
not necessarily vicious, but which has become associated with much
that is objectionable and even criminal, lhe fact that the liquor inter
ests have attempted to dominate politics is perhaps responsible more
than any other one thing for the drastic measures that have been used
against them, and the liquor men themselves now seem to realize this.
There is in evidence a general movement on their part to remove the
traffic from political influence, as it is realized that in this probably lies
their only hope of surviving the onslaughts made upon them. Had this
course been pursued years ago there is a probability that they would
not now be fighting for life. .Among the plans suggested for the local
regulation of the liquor traffic is that put forth by the California Grape
Protective Association, in a bill submitted to the California legislature,
now in session.
The bill provides that the liquor traffic shall be controlled by a state
excise commission composed of three members. The state will be di
vided into eight districts, and in each district there will be three district
commissioners, with a corps of inspectors as assistants. All will be
under the control of the three commissioners, who will be appointed by
the governor.
The inspectors will report on the character of all applicants for
liquor license, location of proposed place of business and kindred mat
ters to the district commissioners. These district commissioners will
in turn recommend the granting or refusal of a license to the state
commissioners, and the latter will have the final decisions. All com
missioners and inspectors are to be selected from the state at large, so
that county or city politics shall not interfere with their work.
The bill will provide for two kinds of license—one for the sale of
such drinks as beer and wine, and the other for the sale of whisky,
brandy and similar beverages. The license for the sale of the milder
drinks will be moderate, and for the more intoxicating liquors a high
license will be charged.
It is proposed to make all licenses issued by the state commissioners
permanent, pending the good behavior of the license holders and the
proper conduct of their places of business. It is provided that 75 per
cent of all revenues derived from licenses shall be turned into the treas
uries of the cities and counties where the licenses may be granted, the
i emaining 25 per cent to be used to pay the expenses of the excise com
mission and its various deputies.
The measure is said to have been favorably received, and there is a
likelihood that it will become law.
FACT VERSUS SENTIMENT
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With all the twaddle that has been given publicity about the poor,
down-trodden Indians, it is gratifying to see occasionally a rebuke to
the unthinking sentimentalists who would hold the whites up to scorn
for their supposed inhumanity to an inferior race. In spite of all that
has been said, the lot of the native Alaskan has been greatly improved ,
by the association with the white race. If the Indian has not advanced
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as far in the ways of civilization as could be desired it is, of course, to
be regretted. But yet, even portions of the white race are backward
in this respect. And there are millions of white people who are worse
off so far as the supplying of their material wants is concerned than
is the average native. Without committing ourselves to the ultra-liberal
religious views contained in the suggestion that the religion which the
Alaska Indians have been “almost forced to accept" is “almost as good
as their old kind,” we reproduce from the Douglas Island News the
following timely and sensible editorial:
“It is almost pathetic to see ragged American flags floating from tall poles on many
of the Indians’ graves. I say pathetic, for to me it seems wonderful that in the face of
the injustice done the Indians through the white men, they are willing to forget and to
adopt the white man’s wavs—even to floating his flag ovei the graves of their loved
ones’' Nancy Busketl in The Westerner.
With only a glimpse of Alaska, Miss Buskett makes the mistake of believing that the
coming of the white man has brought hardship and degradation to the Indians of
Alaska. Net so. The condition of the natives is better than it ever was before. The
white man’s ways are good ways in the main. He believes in soap and towels and socks
and trousers—houses to live in but when the Indian attempts to unite the savage cus
toms of his race with t1-; customs of the white man’s civilization he fails, and in thlit
failure pays the same penalty that the white man must if he reverse the order. The
white man’s food is better than any the native ever enjoyed, but. if it be gorged, the
human stomach wall rebel. Most white men know this, but. the native must learn. The
white man is spending more money in Alaska for the education and elevation of ihe
native than it is spending on the whites. The strict laws which ere passed to govern
the white man are almost always waived aside in the case of an Indian -except where
it affects the safety of life. The Indian is given reserves, where the white man may not
come, but there are no reserves from which the Indian may be legally excluded. Of’
course, Alaska Indians are almost forced to accept a new religion, but perhaps it is almost
as good as their old kind.
Dick Smith, a patriarch of the tribe that inhabits Douglas Island, says; “Twenty
five or thirty years ago this place no good; walk through stumps, carry lantern, cut
wood, ccld, cold; now fine streets, electric lights, burn coal, keep warm. Over in old
country English, French, German, Russians, all fight shoot shoot. No good people. Here
white man all right this country.”
THE NIETZSCHE CONCEPTION OF MORALITY
William Archer, in ihe North American Review, quotes extensively
from the German philosopher Nietzsche in an effort to show the fallacy
of German ideals. He claims that there is an “exact agreement be
tween the precepts of Nietzsche and the policy and practice of Ger
many” that cannot possibly be a matter of chance. One of the most
striking of the quotations is as follows:
The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values; he looks for no
approval from others, but takes his stand on the judgment, “What is hurtful to me is
hurtful in itself”; he knows it to be his prerogative to confer honor on things, to be a
creator of values. ... A ruling-class morality is, however, particularly strange said
disagreeable to the prevailing taste of the day, by reason of the sternness of its principle
that one has duties only to one’s equals; that one may act toward beings of a lower
order, and toward everything that is foreign, just as seems good to one . . and
in any case “beyond good and evil.”
Commenting on the above, Mr. Archer says: If we did not know
that this was written more than a quarter of a century ago, might we
not suppose it a fresh-coined paradox designed to justify retrospec
tively the Prussian policy of 1914? The great German state has duties
only to its equals; but as it has no equals, it follows that it has no
duties. Especially to Belgium, a ‘foreign’ state ‘of a lower order, it is
more than justified in behaving with a total disregard of moral prejud
ices. If the philosophical education of that hapless little country had
not been neglected, she would have bethought her of the following
‘principle’ (also from Nietzsche) and let Germany trample over her
unopposed’: .
At risk of wounding innocent ears. I lay down the principle that egoism :s of the
essence of the noble soul. I mean the immovable belief that lo a being such as we are
other things ore by nature subject, and are bound to sacrifice themselves.
A perusal of the famous “German White Book,” issued by the
German government to explain Germany s attitude in the negotiations
preceding the outbreak of the war, reveals the fact that royalty is ac
corded one tribute at least that is supposed to be, in non-moiiarchical
countries, paid only to the deity. The personal pronoun, even in the
second person, is generally capitalized when referring to czar kaiser,
as “I thank You for Your mediation,” “I give You my solemn word,
“Upon Your appeal to my friendship and at Your request. The
friendship for You and Your country.” etc. Even Prince Henry, the
kaiser’s brother, refers to “My” telegram and “My” information, lhe
divine attributes of kings and princes must be bolstered up by all the
outward and visible signs, apparently.
WHEN THE ICE GOES OUT
(BY C. EDWARD CONE)
1 look upon ft river lying frozen in the snow,
And down against the southern sky the sun hangs pale and low,
And I listen with a longing for the boatman's lusty shout,
And the long, warm clays of May-time, when the ice goes out.
'Tis no wonder men are lazy, and are inclined to shirk.
When the old sun—in December—also declines to work.
But hte brighter days are coming, when the sun will cease to pout,
But the brighter days are coming, when the sun will cease to pout,
And will w'ork a beauteous wonder, when the ice goes out.
The floods from out the mountains will go rolling to the sea;
The grass and gaudy wild-flowers will spring quickly to the knee;
The dogs will then lie lazy in the sun, or roam about,
Forgetful of the sleds and harness, when the ice goes out.
I forget 'tis dark December, with its pale and cold, short day,
When I think about the coming of the bright and glorious May;
For the bitter stings of winter, theft' memory I flout
In the grand and glorious springtime, when the ice goes out.
“RETIRED”
The man who leads an active life grows weary of the business strife, which
long since lost its zest; he yearns to quit the beastly grind, to leave all trafficking
behind, and have some ease and rest. “Some day, when I have made my pile,” he
murmurs, with a longing smile, “I’ll sell this blamed old store, and put in my de
clining days at checker games, with other jays, and labor nevermore.” That time
arrives; his store he sells, then for a month he’s wearing bells, a gladsome soul s
he; but when an idle month is spent you will not find a sadder gent than he, from
sea to sea. The time hangs heavy on his hands, and slowly flow the hour-gla.5^
sands, as grease in winter time; each morn he.ereets with new despair, he finds that
leisure is a snare, and idleness a crime. He around the busy mart with weary
eyes and aching heart, and envies those who hump; they’re finding life serene and
glad, as they pursue the festive scad—and he is at the dump. In seven months ho
ages more than in twice seven years before; the rest that he desired but makes him
wearier, by much. “Oh, what a chump!” he cries, in Dutch, “I wras when I retired.”
The wise man never means to quit, while he is competent and fit, and landing
on his feet; the rests that come ’twrixt sun and sun, when all your w’ork-day tasM
are done—that rest alone is sweet.—Walt Mason.
SEEING THINGS AT SEWARD
(Seward Gateway)
One of the most remarkable of phe
noemna has been noticed in the sky from
Seward for some nights past by several peo
ple. Away over the bay have been seen
•wo stars, a larger one and a smaller one.
Near the smaller one is a tail which moves
into it and shoves the minor star towards
the greater one. Then comes a regular
whirligig and a change of colors. At first
when this was reported it was supposed to
t>e the result of imagination. The thought
of the three stars suggested a certain brand.
But there is no doubt about the strange
thing. Several have seen it.
NEW U. S. COMMISSIONER
NEARING JOURNEY’S END
On last Saturday evening Major G. W.
Albrecht received a telegram, dated at
Ruby, from Judge Guy G. Geraghty, the
newly-appointed United States commissioner
for Otter precinct, stating that the trail
over which he had been traveling from
Fairbanks was something fierce, and that
he would leave Ruby the next day (Sun
ay, the 14th), for Iditarod.
We strive to please the people from the
creeks when they come to
THE CROSBY BATHS.
CONSIDER THE PUP
Poet, orator, sage, scientist and sculptor each has done his share toward mani
festing our appreciation of the faithful dog. He guards our cradle and howls above
our grave when the last busy mourner has taken himself away; he drags us from
the blazing building and digs us out of snow banks; he gnaws the burglar and the
butcher’s boy in our behalf.
But it mostly is the adult dog that is celebrated. The puppy, the growing, im
mature organism palpitating with instincts wild yet yearning wistfully for kinship
with the godlike bipeds who surround him—let us say our word of the puppy.
Soon as his natal blindness is lifted the puppy consecrates himself to research.
Nose, eyes, ears and teeth assail the great mystery of what things are and why they
are. And how glad he is to be among us! His gaze seeks to meet our own at all
times, and in the fervor of devotion he chews our ankles. Leaping always to plant
the kiss of eternal devotion upon our ear, he does not resent repulsion, but con 1
tents himself by biting off the buttons of our vest. At night, robbed of our inspir
ing presence, he moans so that the coal bin reverberates and the landlord plots evic
tion proceedings.
He so loves humanity that to leave him at large means his immediate attach
ment to the passing stranger, so we keep him lashed to the rail of the back porch.
Here he sobs in lonely anguish, claws a hole in the screen door and then, desperate
in his isolation, attempts suicide by hanging at the end of his tether.
How proud he was when he killed an invading chicken (prize Orpington) ! The
dangerous creature menaced his master’s home, and duty lay plain.
How sick he was when he consumed the poison fly paper! And yet, with re
moval from this interesting world impending, he found spirit to lick the hand that
fed him castor oil.
Months will bring him to the solemnity of full doghood. when existence will be
less fervid for him, less anxious for his owner. But observe him now, with a
wrecked opera slipper in his jaws, a passionate devotion agleam in his brown orbs
and innocence revealed in every wiggle of his chubby form he puts to the final test
our sense of humor, our patience and our tenderness.-- Detroit New's.
MR. DOOLEY COMMENTS
ON AMATEUR MINSTRELS
(With abject apologies to P. F. D.)
“I undhershtand,” said Mr. Dooley, as
he dusted off the bar with his apron, “that
the aniachure niinshtrel show that was to
be given for swato charity’s sake has been
called off.”
“Yis,” said Mr. Hennessy, “and ’tis a pity,
for f hear the la-ads had set great hopes
on making their public appearance. There
will be menny a disappointed budding Lew
Dockstader beca’se of it. To fwhat do ye
atthribute the failure to presint the show
“To a lack of esprit du corps, as me ,
fri'nd Hogan would say,” said Mr. Dooley,
“and to the disappearance of the slide
thrombone. Ye know, Hinnissy,” continued
the philosopher, “no minshtrel show iver
was a success without a slide thrombone;
and the minit I heard that the la-ad who
owned the only insthrument of the kind
north of 54-40 or fight had crossed his pon
toon bridge and dhrawn his bridge after
him. I knew the minsthrel show was doomed
to failure, as Hogan says.”
“But, man," said Hennessy, “there must
have been some splendid singers among the
company."
“Surely there wus,” replied Mr. Dooley.
“And likewise there wuz some sphlendid
songs—combining pathos, fun and tragedy.”
"Phwat has tragedy to do wid a minsthrel
show?” asked Hennessy.
“Well, Hinnissy, perhaps I wuz mishtaken
about the tragedy part,” said Mr, Dooley.
“But there wuz wan song that had me
guessin’. ’Twas about a young la-ady
named Lueller Lee. I couldn't just make I
out whether they were trying to marry her ,
or murdher her. But annyhow, tragedy or I
mathrimony, ’twas a gra-and song. But I ,
felt bad about. Lueller. There wuz another .
wan to which the voices of the company
wuz peculiarly adapted. ’Twas ah'.ut three
crows sitting on a three. Afther every line
there wuz a chorus, which wuz nawthin’
but “Caw, caw, saw,” I he way those min
sthrel la-ads brought harmony out of those
simple wur-rds showed that they had prac- J
ticed long and faithfully. There was also |
a nigger song about di monds and such
thruck. but this wan had to be omitted j
from the report war, as Hogan would say, I
on account of a Hebrew member of the i
chorus becoming excited whenever they |
came to the line with the di’monds in it. j
The Hebrew seemed a little out of place •
annyhow, in a nigger minsthrel show.
“But 'tis a pity, just the same,” said Hen
nessy, “that the show was not pulled off.
I uniiherstand the proceeds were to go for
charity.”
“’Tis so,” said Mr. Dooley, “and that wuz
another cause of the failure. ’Twould seem
that for that rayson clone the program
should have been carried out, for charity
covers a multhtitude of sins.”
H. BOAS, THE CLOTHIER,
HAS FINE NEW STORE
The clothing store of H. Boas was early
this week removed from First street to the
large and well-lighted building at the cor
ner of Willow and First streets. Mr. Boas
is now able to display his large stock of
goods to the best possible advantage.
GERMANY’S WARNING
TO LAND OF MIKADO
The Berlin Lokal Anzieger, common--**
on the German defeat at Tsingtau, aaid:
“Germans will never forget the heroic
fighting at Kiaochau and those who de
fended the colony. Never shall we forget
the brutal violence of the yellow robbers,
nor England, who instigated them. We
know that we cannot settle our account
with Japan at present; for years she will
enjoy her booty. Our mills grind slowly,
but even if years should pass before the
right moment comes, then a shout of joy
will resound through Germany. Woe to you,
Nippon!”
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Ex-Governor Francis of Missouri once
delivered the following remarks concerning
local newspapers:
“Each year the local paper gives thou
sands of free lines to the community in
which it is located. The editor, in propor
tion to his means, does more for his town
than any other ten men, and in all fair
ness he ought to be supported—not be
cause you like him or admire his writings,
but because the local paper is the best
investment a community can make. Per
haps not brilliantly edited or crowded with
thought, but financially it is of great benefit
to the community. Today the editors of
local papers do the most for the least
money of any people on earth.”
IDITAROD OUTPUT INCREASES!
(Valdez Miner)
The output of the Iditarod district for
the year just closed amounted to
$42,058,390.40, and is but little greater
than for 1913.
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FLAT CITY
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shoes repaired—just before the busy sea
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having vour repair work done now.
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C. 0. CLIMER, FLAT CITY
FISHERMEN CALL ATTENTION
TO THREATENED DANGER
The Southeastern Alaska Fishermen’s
Association, bitterly opposed to fish traps,
issues the following statement of its rktin^:
“Fish traps should be prohibited because
they are rapidly exterminating millions of
valuable food fish—the common property of
all the people of the United States. By
their use a few people, or corporations, mo
nopolize and wantonly destroy this food
provision of nature, reguruk;^' f tk fur .rr\
o gratify their desire to grab all they
can in the shortest possible time. They
unhesitatingly spend thousands of dollars
to prevent legislation which would protect
the fisheries of Alaska from their destruc
tive greed. For the past seven years, be
cause of the use of fish traps, the abundant
supply of salmon in Alaskan waters has
become so depleted that unless the con
gress of the United States immediately
makes and enforces necessary laws for its
preservation the salmon will be a thin:: of
and usually stand thirty feet above the
the people forever.
“There are two kinds of traps, stationary
and floating, both equally destructive to
the fish. The floating traps can be moved
from place to place by towboats of suffi
cient power. The superintendent of one of
£he largest canneries in Alaska has a patent
on the floating traps by which he collects
a royalty of several hundred dollars a season
on each trap.
“The piles of the stationary trap are
driven as deep as necessary to be secure,
and usually stand thirt yfeet above the
bottom of the sea—about two feet above
high water mark. They extend from the ]
chore as far out into the water as the fish
ere known to run, so they prevent any
fish from passing them and reaching their
spawning grounds. Traps fish steadily night
and clay and catch all kinds of fish, none
of which are desired by the salmon can
neries but salmon, so millions of dead fish
are thrown back into the water every sea
son when the scows are unloaded at the
canneries. Tor this reason alone, if for no
other, traps should be prohibited. After
the fish are taken from the traps they die
in fifteen minutes, hours before they reach
the canneries. Trap owners state that trap |
fish are fresher than seine fish. The law i
requires that fish becann ed not later than !
forty-eight hours after being taken from !
the water several hours, because until they t
have been, it is hard to put them through j
the machinery used in canning; neither are ]
they as easily cooked.
“There is no waste in seine fishing be- ;
cause the fishermen only set their seines '
when they see a school of salmon jumping,
finning or massing in the water. On rare
occasions when a few fish of other varieties
are caught with the salmon they are al- j
ways in the bottom of the seine, and the
fishermen turn them back alive into the
water after brailing out the salmon.
“The average fall from high water to
low water is fifteen feet. When a trap is
full of fish, as soon as the tide falls the
weight of those on top smothers those un
derneath, the skin is worn off to the flesh
and the entrails are forced out. ^ In their
ineffectual attempts to get out they often
wear their noses off beating them against
the web or wire. Some varieties die of
fright when trapped. Many traps hold from
30.000 to 600,000 at one time. In the
summer of 1913 the traps caught so many
fish that even the canneries, whose capacity
is 254,000 and 168,000 cans a day, could
not use them, which caused a frightful waste
of food fish. Traps are a menace to navi
gation, a great danger to small boats when
the fishing season is over, as no lights are
kept upon them:
“Traps have to be reconstructed every
season, so their abolishment would not be
m investment loss, as their owners falsely
claim.®Also they have no right to place
them in Alaska waters, as the United States
navigation taws and the Alaska Code, under
‘Transportation,’ Section 57, definitely for
bid it.”
SAVAGE A BUSH LEAGUER
With whom do I sympathize in the war?
you ask me. Well, I am a Wilsonian neu
tral, but I can safely say this: Regardless
it is admitted that the most highly civil
jt is admitted that hte most highly civil
ized and cultured nations of Europe are
engaged in it. If that is correct, my sym
pathies are with civilization and culture.
I used to think that only savages and
semi-civilized peoples went to war, but now
I know that savages were only bush leaguers
at the war game. With his bow and arrow,
this spear, his club or his boomerang, the
power of the savage to take human life
was limited. Of course, after highly civ
ilized and cultured persons had taught him
the use of firearms he was able to make a
better showing.
But even to this day he has never ex
perienced the joy and delight felt by highly
civilized and cultured warriors in the drop
ping of dynamite upon a sleeping city or in
sowing the sea and the land with explosives
that destroy thousands of human lives in
the twinkling of an eye. ... ,
His poor, weak mental faculties have
never been developed to a degree to enable
him to understand or appreciate the
grandeur and magnificence of the highly
civilized and cultured methods of leveling
towns and cities with 30-ton guns or deci
mating huge multitudes of men with flam
ing lines of rapid-firers. Having no wid
ows’ homes and orphan asylums, he never
resorted to the highly civilized and cultured
methods of warfare to fill them.
Hisw ay of making war was more like a
football game as played by highly civil
ized and cultured people. With his primi
tive. puny weaoons he had to depend largely
upon his physical strength and agility, and
fisrht a sort of man-to-man tight—in other
words, he fought like a savage.
He knew nothing of the eternal verities,
of physics and ethics, of the riddle of the
universe. His harsh, rude nature had never
been softened by the refinements of life, by
social contact and commercial relations, and
his poor surroundings had never been
adorned by the beauties of art. literature or
music. He prayed to gods of wood and
stone, lacking the guidance of the golden
rule and the decalogue, and never experi
enced the spiritual inspiration of the prom
ise of the cross.
He also lacked other elements >nd quali
ties of civilization and culture. He knew
little or nothing of the art of lying oiplo*
macy, of schemes of territorial aggrandize
ment, of commercial greed, or how to hide
his brutal, savage nature under a veneer of
sham civilization and culture.
But I do not despair. All real civiliza
tion and culture are not dead, and their
best opportunities will come at the end of
this war.
When will it be over? you ask.
I am no prophet, but the one hope I have
had for a speedy ending has not been real
ized. I had expected that long before this
the world's greatest peace advocate would
have been heard from and have taken some
step to end it. I refer, as you may have
guessed, to that well-known former manu
facturer of armor plate, A. Carnegie.—
Samuel Smiley in New York World.
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY.Mr«. C. C. Chittiek
DISCO7ERY OTTER Htrry Donnelley
DR. MOORE,
Physician anil Surgeon
Gold St., Opposite Postoffice, Flat City
Eye-G ass Fitting Telephone
Dl. H. E. AURINGER,
Phvsician and Surgeon
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Oflre: Gold 8t. Flat City, Alaska
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E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office Corner \\ illow and Second Sts.
Iditarod Pioneer Building
W. F. HARRISON,
Attorney at Law
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WE ARE HERE TO STAY
QUAIL FEATHERS AS X-RAY
STOCKTON, Cal., Jan. 11.—Dr. Barton
J. Powell of this city, while hunting in
Calaveras county, made a strange discovery.
He was picking feathers from a quail when
cn Indian guide reached over and pulled
one of the feathers from the bird’s breast.
“The white people,” remarked the Indian,
“have been teaching us modern ways for
years, and you, doctor, will be surprised
When I tell you that I can see the bone in
my finger with the aid of this little feather."
The Indian then placed the feather before
the doctor’s eyes and held his hand up to
the light. The flesh was transformed to a
gelatin and the bones were plainly visible,
just as is the case with a powerful X-ray.
The Indian informed the physician that
feathers had been used for years in finding
breaks and setting bones in the broken limbs
of the red men. The penetrating power of
a buzzard’s feather is said by the Indians to
be much stronger than that of any other
variety.
One of the quail feathers has been sent
to the University of California.