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WHY A FAST DAY?
From a practical point of view, Senator Smoot s pro
posal of a monthly fast day in order to conserve the food
supply is not wise. Even if it could he made “popular in
the sense of universal observance, it is very doubtful
whether it would accomplish its purpose: excesses the day
before and the day after the fast day would probably
overcome the benefit of one-day-in-thirty conservation.
Human nature must be taken into account and all of us,
despite our patriotism, are human beings.
But one fast day a month—making it a day of med
itation and prayer-—would have a tremendous spiritual
influence on the civilian population of the country, not
only in food conservation, but in every other duty we owe
to our nation and to our allies in the great struggle for
the world’s democracy. If we are to have a fast day, let
it be one Sunday in the month. Many of us do not attend
church as often as we should, and too many men neglect
divine service altogether, l'he tendency of the times is
lo convert Sunday into a day of innocent wholesome
pleasures, but while we are at war every one would re
ceive spiritual benefit if twelve times in one year he aban
doned the Sunday feast and turned his eyes heavenward.
We shall need spiritual .'trcngth to c: rry us through this
war.
A dramatic; e\ ening with
Seward’s Best Theatrical Talent
A BENEFIT FOR THE RED CROSS
Saturday Evening, March 2nd. 1918-A. B. Hall
!, Curtain Will Rise at 8:30 Sharp
Reserved Seats at Seward Drug Company
Tickets Adults 81.00; Children 10 to 15, 50c; Just Kids, 25c
Everybody is expected to buy tickets to help the Red
Cross whether or not they are participating in the per
formance.
-PROGRAM
I Overture
Mrs. Arthur McNeer; Mr. B. Denny
II The Popular Favorites*
Mrs. 0. J. Keating and Erich Lucas
In Their Latest Comedy Success
“A BARGAIN DAY ’
In '>ne Act, Three Sc re: tins, and Four
teen Packages.
An All Star Cast.
Hamilton McDowell. An Ordinary
Business Man. Mr. Erich Lucas
Nellie McDowell. His Wife. A
Home Loving Little Darling
.Mrs. O. J. Keating
The Messenger . Mr. J. Hannon
The BABY. .... By Himself
A Twenty Minute Reminder of the
Experience of the Average Married
Man.
III Piano Selection ...
. .Sym* hony m Ragtime
Miss Thelma Ellsworth
IV The First Time in Seward of
“THE BIG NOISE”
A Five Minute Soothing Soul Satisfy
ing Effusion
By the Reverend Well He.^abird
“The Man of BLOOD AND IRON”
V A Novelty Song. Marit Fide
Seward’s Clever Little Singer
VI Direct from The OLD WORLD
Slippery Slim in His Marvelous Mys
tifying Maneuvers Entitled
“KNOTS”
N. B. A genuine dimeand pin for fhe
man who can slip one over Slim
VII Engagement Ext-* 'rdinan^
Of the Famous Musical Comedy Star
“George Cohen” Lucas”
Supposed by the Dozen Dimpled
Darlirgs in the Five Hundred and
Fifty First Performance of the La-es‘
\'( w York Musical Comedy Success.
"HELD l P BY A SAFFTY PIN”
In One Act Two Scenes and Much Pep
5 VIII The Girl With a Million Polla •
Smile
Lucille VV hittemore
Song in Character
E\ The First Appearance of the Much
Talked of
Mademoiselle BOLSHFViKI
Russian Toe Dancer
Direct F om the Imperial That c*
Pet t og .ad ?
Dansant La Retreat
\ Overture.Mis. Arthur McNeer
and Mr. B. Denny
\I First Appearance
Miss Torrey and Mr. Fouch
In the Five Thousand Years and Five
Months Continuous Performance o<
the
World Famous Comedy-Drama
“IS MARRIAGE A FA 1 URE”
With a Strorg Cast of Ch»ra *cr.
M r. Newlywed. A You ig Man
Who Simply Hates Himself
. . . Mr. Fouch
Mi's. Newlywed. The Average
Young Wife . Miss Torrej
In One Act. Some Emotion and a
Trace of Love.
Forty Minutes of.Continual Billing
and Cooing.
Make one Sunday every month a day of fasting and,
prayer, and you bring your heart and soul closer to the
millions among our allies in Europe who suffer daily from
lack of food, some of them to the point of starvation. Im
pose hunger on yourself once a month, and you can not
iielp but create more sympathy in your own heart for
friends who go hungry all the time. You will not injure
yourself physically by limiting yourself to one meal the
day you are not working. The one day’s sacrifice, at
tended with discomfort, and possibly a little pain, will
inspire you more than anything else, to conserve food.
You will not over-eat the day before, or the day after, i
When your spiritual determination is fixed, you will soon i
feel that any failure to conserve food and any waste of!
food are unpardonable sins. A day of fasting and prayer i
once a month will be an immense help in winning the war.
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A “BRIDGE OF SHIPS”
General Pershing, in command of the American for
ces on foreign soil, sends across the ocean to the American
icople a call, “Make a bridge of ships to France!” What a
)ity that that slogan was not sounded early last summer,
so loud that Washington could hear it.
He does not specify steel ships. He wants any ships
that can carry men or cargo. In the matter of wooden
ships we are six months behind, and this avoidable delay
is due almost entirely to the clash between two men whose
opinions on wooden ships did not coincide. Neither of
them was in authority, so they jangled and held up the
production of ships several months until the president
dismissed both of them—something he should have done
i as soon.as he learned that they were unable to agree.
All over the country, from newspapers of every shade
of opinion, went up the cry: “Ships! Ships! and more
! Ships!” but it did not reach Washington, with sufficient
force to arouse action. Under the antiquated system or
lack of system, no one except the president himself could
give an order to build wooden ships and at the same time
see that it was obeyed.
One may hear that it is of no use to cry over spilled
milk. Very true, but it is of no use to employ six months’
delay in the ship building program as a solemn warning
against any delay in anything which will contribute to
•winning the war. General Pershing would not now be
calling for a bridge of ships if the president, not afraid of
hurt some one’s feelings, had acted promptly. The lesson
taught by Pershing’s message is that every incompetent
who is holding a place of responsibility should be thrown
overboard at once—before his incompetence can work
more damage.
MAJ. KENDALL BANNING
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Major Banning, who is doing good
work in organizing the photographic
division of the United States army
•ignal corps
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NOTICE TO DELLy^UENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE R. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 191 tx, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in laboi
and improvements upon the Social
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, the
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-16) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the yoars as aforesaid, as
required by the laws of the United
States and district of Alaska concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims
and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years.
The amount required for each of said
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your
proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave Bau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said xepresen
tation for the years ending as afore
said, your interest in said claim will
be forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
fifteenth day of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT
Co-Owner.
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
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