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ALASKA DAY TOMORROW
Tomorrow there will be a celebration in Seward of
Alaska Day. The special exercises will be given at the
Seward public school. Judge W hittlesey making an ad
dress and the students will sing patriotic songs.
Tomorrow means something to everyone in Seward.
It means that fifty years ago this territory was purchas
ed from Russia and through all the years since, slow but
sure progress has been made, until today, Alaska is the
great territory of the United States.
Wealth, in gold, has been taken from the soil to almost
a hundred times pay the purchase price; fish has been tak
en from the waters, the value of which year by year has
increased and scores of other Alaska products have help
ed enrich the United States.
We in Alaska know its worth—a territory which has
hardly been touched, a territory that will yet yield untold
treasures. The hardy sourdough has stuck by his claim,
his trap, and has grown with the territory and helped to
make it what it is. Every man. woman and child now
numbered in its population is a help and yet the soil, the
gold-bearing soil; agricultural soil, has hardly been
scratched.
One often hears the remark: “I have had enough of
the north and I am going to the States. I want to be.
once more, where everything is better."
They go, but almost invariably return.
And whv?
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Because they realize, when away from the north, that
which thev cannot secure anvwhere else.
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Alaska not only promises but it fulfills.
lo those who remain, delve into the yet hidden treas
ures, prosperity will (feme. Hundreds have made their
fortunes in the north and thousands are vet to mak*e theirs.
Everybody works in Alaska and everybody who hopes
to win anything in this world will make it in Alaska.
Opportunities are at our doors.
Everyday something new develops, something new
turns up and there is always something that leads on—
and the path leads to success and wealth.
Here in Seward and the surrounding district this is
especially true.
So tomorrow we should all remember our day—
Alaska.
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For the want of a dime, a dollar was lost; for the
want of a dollar, a bond was lost; for the want of a bond,
The Chesterfield blend
has in it the highest-grade
Turkish tobacco that
grows. They Satisfy— <
and yet they’re MILD.
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A TEUTON PLEDGE.
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"Central Power* Decide to Divide Poland.
—Weed in Philadelphia Ledger.
a ship was lost; for the want of a ship, an army was lost;
for the want of an army, a nation was lost—and all for
the want of a dime. Have you purchased your Liberty
Bond vet?
It is officially announced that we have 1,074,14(1 sol
diers and sailors under arms, and it may he added unoffi
cially that there are several millions more in reserve.
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From current reports we are moved to remark that
when it comes to playing ball in Russia’s big league, Alex
ander Kerensky leads off in every department of the
game.
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Talking about baseball — Comiskey’s bunch are now
the pride of the Middle West and the big pride of the small
boy.
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‘ Explain this if you can: Why should the oldest dry
State in the Union reject woman suffrage by an over
whelming vote? Take your time.
A New York dramatic paper states that there is a
shortage of chorus girls this year. Judging by the pic
; tures, we should say the crop was fully up to normal.
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