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AN UNWARRANTED AFFRONT
The sarcastic and ill-advised communication from the
Clark Lumber Company to the town council of Iditarod,
printed on another page of this paper, merits a rebuke.
In the first place, business firms, depending on the public
for patronage, owe it to all the individuals composing that
public to observe the common rules of courtesy in the word
ing of business communications; and in the next place, the
mill people themselves, according to the admissions of Man
ager F. A. Cleveland, were to blame for the very things
complained of.
Had Manager Cleveland been as assiduous in looking
after the details of his firm's business at the time the town’s
indebtedness was being incurred as he was later on, the
friction with the council would have been avoided, and the
suspicion on the part of the public that the town had not;
received its money’s worth could have been aimed at the:
council aloue. It was the mill men's failure to put their
claims promptly before the council that caused the trouble;
the resignation of councilmeu only prolonged and aggra-j
rated it.
The manager of the mill was opposed to the incorpora-!
tion of the town, and this may account in a measure for the1
want of respect shown by his company for the town govern
ment. But the attitude of the mill people at this time ap-!
pears in a still less favorable light from the fact that they!
were among the first to receive benefits from the town,
organization. i
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OLD FOE MS AND NEW
“We are facing a crisis in the United States at this:
time just as serums, or more serious than the crisis before
the civil war. . . We are in the midst of a revolution.
I don’t mean it is coming. It is here.” These words were|
uttered by Prof. John Graham Brooks, special lecturer on
economies at the University of California, in an address to |
young Unitarian ministers at the Pacific Unitarian School!
at Berkeley.
It was the growing movement in Socialism that was!
stirring the professor’s mind, and he took pains to explain1
to his young hearers the difference between the “construct-!
ive or reform” branch of Socialism and the “direct action” j
branch. He disclaimed being a Socialist, but admitted a|
belief that in the constructive or reform branch lies a means;
of saving the country from serious consequences.
In closing the address Professor Brooks said: “I j
wouldn’t if I could stop the work of either the reformist
Socialists, or that of the revolutionary Socialists. The re
formists are not going to accomplish what they wish to j
accomplish, but they are going to learn a lot trying, and!
incidentally they are going to teach us a lot.” He stated
that he believed the reformists, who are trying to effect!
their reforms gradually through legislative methods, legally |
taken, will prove the only means of averting the danger he
sees impending.
From the quotations seen in print the professors ad
dress appears to have been learned and logical; and its
meaning may almost be interpreted to be, that it is better
to accept the doctrine of Socialism and defer .the applica
tion of it, than to deny the doctrine and have the applica
tion made precipitately and perhaps forcibly. This is at
least a philosophical way to look at the matter; for it is
only the shock caused by sudden change that would hurt,
the average of humanity being as susceptible to happiness
under one rule of order as another. In little more than a
generation social and political customs in the United States
have undergone a change so complete that, had it been
established arbitrarily and at once by means of a military
campaign, would have set the world agog; but as it is, only
LET THE
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some.
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Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
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j Fresh Eastern Oysters \
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j Milk-Fed Broilers and Roasting Ghicksns j
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FOR FRESH GOODS AND FAIR TREATMENT
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LET HIM FIGURE ON YOUR OUTFIT
General Merchandise
I DRAUGHT BEER, DOMESTIC CIGARS
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! Good Music Every Evening
I --- =Flaf City —-- —
a few old men notice the difference and fail to adjust them
selves to the present conditions. For the older of us even,
it is hard to draw an approximate balance between what
has been lost and what gained. Professor Brooks is about
65 years old. His sensibilities are shocked by conditions
occasionally appioachiug anarchy in the industrial centers
of the country. He must tremble with indignation and
apprehension for the future, for instance, at such occur
rences as the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times, or even
the troubles at Cleveland. Yet lie is old enough to remem
ber when it was a matter for popular applause when public
men settled mooted points of honor by shooting each other
in nicely arranged duels. In this year of grace doubtless
Professor Brooks’s moral sense would reject a proposition
for a certain strenuous ex-President—-for instance — and
one of his detractors to pass formal notes of arrangement
and proceed to test their marksmanship on each other ac
cording to the strict rules of the obsolete game. It is cer
tain that such a thing would harrow the feelings of the
younger set more than would the killing of half a hundred
people in a labor riot. Following the hypothetical cases to
their conclusion, it is obvious that the survivor of the duel
would be more universally detested than would the leading
actors in the riot.
It all depends on the times in which we are living.
And happy is the man who as he grows old can keep his
views in tolerable harmony with his ever-changing environ
ment. Professor Brooks seems to have done so, and it is
such men as he that are playing the important role of buffer
between the institutions that have almost passed and those
that have nearly come.
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MINOR EDITORIAL
I-ZZZZ
DEPENDABLE FASHIONS.
I From the headquarters of Dame
t Fashion comes the information that
skirts are being worn tight this win
l ter; so tight, in fact, that fur-trimmed
slits are necessary to enable the wear
ers to walk. It is absolutely essential
to a woman’s position in the social
world to wear a gown that clings like
a glove. Some who are susceptible to
cold—or modesty—may wear silk or
satin underskirts; but fashion does not
sanction it. Evening gowns are elab
orate masses of drapery with footings of
embroidered flowers, bouquets (sewed
to the train), and trimmings of fur.
Street dresses are low at the top, high
at the bottom, and open at the sides or
front to permit unimpeded motion of
the wearer. Furs are indispensable,
and are deftly arranged so as tu conceal
the openings mentioned. Soft and sup
ple brocade is the most fashionable ma
terial—the imported kind from $5 to
$15 per yard. Instead of being straight,
hems are cut in scallops and tabs. Be
sides the fire color for evening wear, a
peculiar purple and a blue with a lav
ender cast are second choices.
The chief idea to he gained from it
all is that it took Dame Fashion sev
eral decades to work the waist line
down from the shoulders to the ankles
-meaning the hobble gown,—and hav
I teg gotten it there it is slashed like a
Gordian knot.
This year Chicago has wrested the
| maelstrom of style from Paris and New
| York, and the dictum outlined above
1 resulted from the fall meeting of the
j Chicago Dressmakers' Club. There
j was a three day session at the Palmer
| House and a powwow at the Illinois
| Theater, with Mine. Belle Armstrong
Whitney, now of Paris and formerly
editor of L'Art de la Mode, as the
oracle of the occasion. So it is plain
that the tips here given are backed by
the very best kind of authority. They
are valuable for Alaskans for two rea
sons: they give an idea of what kind
of a game our visiting friends are up
against on the Outside this season, and
enable us to pass intelligent judgment
as to whether or not our women folk
are "correct” in their solution of the
dress problem.
SOME CANDIDATES.
The Pioneer has received a wireless!
message to I lie effect that the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer has printed a story
dealing with Alaska politics, in which I
it is asserted J. Bindley Green, of Sew-;
ard, is an avowed Republican c tndidtue
for delegate to congress from Alaska,
and Robert W. Jennings, of Juneau, is
similarly avowed as a Democrat.
Now, it is hoped if the P.-I. digs up *
any more aspirants for the 30b their
names will be promptly forwarded. Of
the two mentioned, Mr. Jennings is
reputed to be a good Democrat. As to
the other-well, he dogged the office of
United States commissioner at. Ram
part half a dozen rears ago, and people
north of the Alaska range don’t know
Mist ah Green no tnoah.
THANKSGIViNG BALLED UP.
From Ruby papers received here as
late as Nov. 18 it appears that the peo
ple of that exuberant young community
had really come nearer locating pay
gravel than they had the true and only
time to celebrate Thanksgiving day.
They were preparing to carve the great
national bird on Monday, Nov. 27, and,
if tli© plan was carried out, it seems to
us that for once the joke was not all
on the turkey.
To negative a possible assumption
that the Rubyites were spurred to the
undue haste by an over-wrought condi
tion of appetite, a purported telegram
was published alleging that President
Taft had proclaimed Monday, instead
of Thursday, the great day. The au
thenticity of that telegram is hereby
challenged; but If the President did
so countermand the orders of tradition,!
Alaskans ought to hatch up a rabbit
Thanksgiving of their own to com
mence at snowfall and end at the
breakup. Turkey is dry eating, any
how.
THE SINGLE DRINK.
“To a seasoned drinker, a single
drink of whisky moves him further
away from drunkenness than he was,
by increasing his clear thinking pow
ers,” says the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
That is just what good drinking men
have always thought, but it is only
now that a genius has appeared to in- [
terpret their inner consciousness and
reduce their mental attitude to words, j
It will not do, however, to follow the'
truth set down by the Globe-Democrat!
too far. The seasoned drinker who re-!
moves himself further from a sta*e of!
drunkenness by taking a single drink
is apt to conclude that be is still too
far short of strict sobriety and take
another single drink; and then lie may
conclude that he is a little too sober,
and take still another single drink. In
most instances the seasoned drinker
who tries the experiment of the single
drink will move himself nearer- to in
stead of further from drunkenness; for
few are so gifted that they can gauge
their capacity and do it nice justice.
“DEAD OR ALIVE."
Immediately after the news spread
that the Iditarod tram had been looted
of a large amount of gold by masked
and armed robbers, Sept. 21, bills were
circulated offering a large reward for
tile offenders, “dead or alive." Sev
eral people were more or less shocked
at the harsh wording of tlie bills,
which were therefore withdrawn.
The propriety of offering a reward so
worded is a matter of individual opin
ion and dues not need to be argued;
but it is noted that a board of county
commissioners in the State of Washing
ton did sucli a tiling quite recently.
Frank Calvin shot Mrs. Vivian Irving
at Eatonville, and made his escape.
After a few days the sheriff announced
tiiat he was ready to call in his sala
ried men from the search, whereupon
the commissioners offered a reward of
$150 for the capture of Calvin, “dead or
alive." Mrs. Irving was dangerously
wounded. _
HONEST CONFESSION.
Before the Hamilton Clubat Chicago,
after President Taft had completed his
tour of the country, in a speech lie
said: “We have a hard up-hill pull
ahead of us in the coming election to
elect our party representative to the
White House. It can be doDe, hut it
will require active work on the part of
every good Republican. The insur
gents are not helping the Republicans,
and if they refrain from voting it
means that much of a gain lu the op
position.”
“WET" AND “DRY” SPOTS.
Intoxicating liquor is no longer sold
on Great Northern railroad trains in
tlie State of Washington. “To sell it
safely, considering the vagaries of wet
and dry territory through which we
are passing,” explained a conductor to
a thirsty passenger, “I should have to
carry maps of the dilTrrrt.t c* cities
Otherwise, not knowing the political,
status as regards the sagebrush and
the oasis, I might get myself arrested.1'
It is a pleasant reflection that trav
elers on that road can carry their own
sperrits without the precaution of put.,
ting the same in thermos bottles to
prevent freezing.
Albert Wile, the pioneer tailor, paid
a visit to Flat and Otter creeks the
early part of the week, and was very
successful in obtaining orders for tailor
made suits.
See Anderson llros. A- Norland for
storm windows, pictures and picture
framing, novelties in wood for parag
raphic work.
Retail and wholesale groceries at
Sunderbruch’s.
Films Developed
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
MISS TJERNSTROM, MCDONALD HOTEL
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Ollloo at r.'ity Drug Store. Tel. 36
First Ave., Bet. Willow and Kiehmond
Office Hours—is to i. 3 to 4 7 to fi
CM AS. D. CARTER,
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stores,
Fiat Creek
DR. F. W. HE RMS,
Dentist
Dr. Wortmanrfs Office.
First Avenue and Willow Street
DR. H. BE ML A,
Dentist
Gold St., Flat Cit.v, Opp. Grand Hotel
Phone 4
ALFRED E. MALTBY,
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Office Simpson Bldg, First and Willow
J. S. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Hoorn 1, Idiiarod Hole!
Iditahod. Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR.
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
flat City
Wickersham & Roden.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska
E. COKE HILL.
Attorney at Law
M. & M. Bank Bld;r. Iditarod, Alaska.
GEORGE WOODRUFF ALBRECHT,
Attorney at Law
Mlchizan. '31 Alaska. '10 Ksatackr. '61
The Pioneer Attorney of thU Camp
UP TO DATE
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