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EnUrrtl aa eecond-claae matter September, 2. at the poetoffice at Seward, Alaaka,
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INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH I
Information from France gives an insight into Uncle
Sam’s generosity with invitations to attend his officers’!
school, but it has not dampened the ardor of his guests!
or reduced the popularity of the school, for there are more
applications for admission to the second term, which opens
in August, than there were to attend the first.
Cold blooded statistic/ show that officers on the fir
ing line lead a butterfly life, so far as length is concerned,
23 days being the average existence from the time they
enter the trenches until they become casualties, killed,
wounded or missing.
Thirty thousand officers are being drilled for the
first army of 625,000 men and fifteen thousand more will
be needed next spring for the same army to replace the
wastage between snow and thaw.
Glory and honor go with these officers and their men.
Upon them and those who go with them and are to follow
the peace of the world depends.
THE WHALE IN WAR
At the beginning of the war probably the whale had
no idea that its domestic life was to be affected by the
struggle. Gunners in the North sea gave the first inti
mation of trouble by bombarding the marine mammal un
der the impression that it was a German submarine. Some
of the pioneei’s of the whale family in the North sea wa
ters are carrying around, as mementoes, enough various
and sundry shot embedded in their thick skins to sink a
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small ship.
Somebody has latelv discovered that whale meat is a
superior food, and the whale of the Pacific has been thus
drawn into the war. Seattle consumed a ton of fresh whale
meat last Thursday, selling at 10 cents a pound, and the
call is insistent for more of it. No fat, hone or gristle, just
solid meat, as good as beef and much cheaper; this is the
\erdict, we are told, and Seattle will be very glad to hear
about it.
The sea food investigators should continue their die
tary adventures. It would be pleasant to know that some
body was hunting the shark and disposing of it to the ad
vantage of mankind. Plainly we have a food repository
at our door that promises most profitable exploitation.—
(Post-Intelligencer.)
The Post-Intelligencer is not up on local fishing af
fairs or it would know that shark fishing for hides and
oil is soon to be one of the important items of the fishing
industrv here.
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MILITARY AGE
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Many men long past the military age designated by
congress for the new army are in far better condition than
some that will be selected. A member of the last Alaska
legislature, for instance, is about fifty years of age and
can race dogs over four hundred miles without losing a
feather. This man volunteered in the British army but
his age made him impossible. Men who have lived the
open life in Alaska for many years are as young at forty
as men of twenty-five who live in cities under conditions
that make them prematurely feeble. After this new armv
is collected it might be a good idea to call for volunteers
from the ranks of men who may be a few years too old
for the war but only in years. Otherwise there will be
many disappointed people in this little old United States.
—(Juneau Dispatch.)
BUYING GOVERNMENT BONDS
The purchase of a United States government bond is
not a matter of patriotism or loyalty to our country. It
is purely a matter of business.
Of course, the bond furnishes first-class security, but
will only pay a small rate of interest. Heretofore the rich
THE GUN THAT WILL BE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.
rW*W«M
—Dorahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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manufacturer and speculator and banker have profited j
most through this war. There is no reason why, when
$7,000,000,000 in securities of the United States must be
absorbed, that the rich capitalists making 10 to 25 per cent
on their money can “pass the buck” to the American pub
lic on the basis of loyalty, and have the man who has saved1
$100 or more accept a small rate of interest while they are
making a big rate on their money.
This game is now being worked and many newspapers
have fallen for it and are advising the general public to(
absorb our national loan. Why handle whatever capital
vou have in a wav that will only earn you 3 1-2 per cent
when you can make 10 to 25 per cent out of it? It is not
good business for the average person to buy United States
government bonds today.—(Chicago Blade.)
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TERMINUS U. S. GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
Best Harbor on the Alaska Coast
Big Game Paradise of all Alaska
Future Fishing Center of Alaska
Gateway and Distributing Point for Central Alaska
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Public School System; is the principal city on the Kenai Penin
sula; the outfitting point for all big game parties; the natural
Gateway to all of Interior Alaska; has the finest harbor on the
coast_bar none; the most advantageously located townsite in
Alaska; a fishing industry that alone will make a wealthy town;
a modem* and complete cold storage plant and cannery; will have
one of the finest Radio Stations in the North Pacific.
SEWARD has a first-class gravity water system, modem electric
light and power plant, has twosolid financial institutions and is
the selected site for the North Coast Government Coaling Station,
the SALT WATER TERMINUS of the Government-built railroad,
the nearest port to the GREATEST HALIBUT BANKS in Alaska
and is tributary to the great mining districts of Alaska.
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