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It cost this paper two dollars yesterday to learn what Andrew l arnegie ,
said about the kaiser just as though Carnegie knew any more about the war
than a private in Covey's army.
Why should anyone think it worth telegraphing what ( arnegie thinks
about the cause of the war and its probable result?
( arnegie is just a money maker. He has devoted all his energies and
all his talents during his life to accumulating as many dollars as possible.
As a money maker he is perfect because he has specialized in the pursuit of
dollars, but (arnegie cannot ha*e had time to ha%e much training in other
matters, especially in martial matters unless we suppose that he gained a
k no wedge of military affairs while he was hating his striking workmen shot
down like dogs and for less cause than that for which men are laying down
their lives today in Europe.
The last issue of the Saturday Evening Tost to arrive contains an inter
view with Lord Kitchener in which he states the belief that the war will last
three years. At the present time countries containing about half the popula
tion of the world are directly engaged in this war either as citizens of the
chief belligerents or as citizens of countries over which those nations hold
sovereignty. In addition to this the other half of the world is suffering in
directly and all this means that all the people of the present generation are
being sacritid'd for the supposed welfare of the coming generations, for na
tions only tight that their countrymen to come may reap the reward. Before (
any of the present belligerent nations can feel the benefit of victory most ot
the present generation shall ha*e passed away.
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The candidacy of District Attorney Spence for the judgeship in the
Kourh division will constitute a sort of a test case as to the real attitude of
President Wilson towards political parties in Alaska. If Mr. Spence receives
the appointment we may take it for granted that the administration does not
really care a whoop whether a man is a democrat or not if he lives in Alaska
or looks for a job in Alaska. Mr. Spence was sent in a stranger to take a!
position ever the heads of Alaskan attorneys which is a matter of some politi- j
cal significance in itself but a fact of much greater political significance would j
be the appointment to the bench of a man who opened the democratic candi-1
date in the terrtiory and even stated after the election that the candidate
who beat the democrat was the best man and should be supported.
After that if Mr. Spencs gets the judgeship the democratic organiza
ion ought to begin a course of vocal culture to enable them to sing the swan
song with all the grace possible to expiring souls.
If you place Belgium on top of Kenai Peninsula it will just about cover
it. Both places are just about the same size. Belgium has 5,287 miles of
railroad owned by the government—or. let us say, they were owned by the
government of poor Belgium. Switzerland which is 4,000 square miles larger,
than Belgium but a very mountainous country has three thousand miles of
railroad. The state of Connecticut has an area of 4,490 square miles, or not
half of the area of Belgium or Kenai peninsula, and has a railroad mileage
of more than one thousand. If a railroad on Kenai Peninsula could get an ^
eightieth part of the business of the Belgian railroads it would pay. The
Belgian passenger rates were about three cents a mile. Let us remember
that tariff from all parts of \laska would contribute to pay expenses of the
Kenai Peninsula line because the journey on the peninsula would be paid for
in addition. Now the question is, does the Kenai peninsula contain 137 square
miles of land that would contribute to the support of a railroad? If it does
it means an eightieth part of the Belgian area. Besides the government could
haul out its own coal over it. All these facts while not showing much, aid us
in mentally surveying the question. '
LIEGE AGAIN
A FORTRESS
GERMANS REBUILD ALL THE
FORTS IN BETTER SHAPE
THAN EVER.
(By The Associated Press.)
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 11.—No better
I illustration can be given of the far*
j sightedness and throughness of the
I German machine than the elaborate
re-building operations in course of
I completion at Liege. In the compara
tively short time since its forts were
wrecked by the invader’s artillery,
Liege has been re-built into a mode!
German fortress, and is to be used as
an object lesson for students in the
| German military schools. It is bui'i
| as though the Germans expect to stay.
All the Belgian forts have been re
paired, with a single exception; much
of the old artillery has been replaced
with Krupp fortress cannon of the lat
est type, and even the landscape has
been remodelled with a view to de
fense. All the newest ideas of German
and Austrian military experts have
been embodied in the placing of ord
nance, in the erection or ramparts, in
trenches, observation places, highway
mines, secondary batteries, and block
houses.
There is an intricate system of con
necting works between the various
main points of the outlaying defenses.
Great attention has been paid to the
use of villages and forests for conceal
ing fortification. Trenches are flat
with the ground so as to be visible on-1
ly from above, and are protected with
! concealed barbwire entanglements,
i The trenches are drained and partially
covered for protection against rain
and snow, while the width is ample
enough to allow carriage of stores and
ammunition without interfering with
the troops.
A considerable part of the hard lab
or involved in completing the trenches
is done with a “military traction tren
ch digger,” which cuts a furrow about
three feet wide and three feet deep.
Most of the old Belgian forts have
been entirely remodelled; some have
been raised, some lowered, with a
view to greater efficiency of shell fire'
or to increasing the sweep of country
which their guns can command. There
are several false batteries cleverly
constructed to attract aeroplane or
cavalry attack.
The town is dull and quiet. All
shops and cafes are required to close
at eight o’clock in the evening. News
papers are at a heavy premium.
You get local Ranch Eggs with your
Ham and Bacon at Gamble’s Res
taurant
Some Suggestions and a few Prices:
| In this store you will not find one article that is not the best that it is
jsossible to obtain from the Outside Manufacturers. We buy only the best,
and we cater to the trade, that is willing to pay a fair price for the best.
We have found that it is easier to show a customer why a good article
■ - costs a little more, than it is to explain to him, why an inferior article did
I V not wear.
STEIN-BLOCH SUITS WINTER of 1914-5 models $25.00 to $40.00. Late
styles. New Fabrics. The kind they try to imitate.
KENYON OVERCOAT AND RAIN COATS Balmacaan Models $15.00 to
■ * i Ml $30.00. All weather proof, some plaid backs, the best coats made in
Ml ill' I II America. Remember One Fourth off this month.
FANCY MACKINAWS Made by Bird Jones and Kenyon $8.00 to $15.00. In
fancy pliads, water proof The Coat for Alaska. Brown, Blues, and
Grays plain colors $3.00 each
SHIRTS PRE SHRUNK FLANNEL Guiterman Bros, make, $3.50 to $8.00.
lA/llllO The ,ate8t ideas in 8hirta* S*r*ent Collars, serges tweeds, cassimeres,
" H/ and Cheviots. You should see them.
STONY CREEK TROUSERS a complete stock of the very best dress pants
and working pants made in America. All sizes and all weights. $4.00 to
$6.00.
f* 4x4-4- DUXBAK RIDING BREECHES Reinforced knee and seat# Made to lace
I .III I lj| below the knee. Fine for the trail. $4.00.
MACKINAW RIDING BREECHES, Duxbak faced. The greatest winter pant
made. Warm and durable $9.00.
HEAVY WOOLEN BLANKETS Ten pound weight. Regular Hudson Bay
■ | type. Fine for winter $9.00.
|Q^ DAHMNEREDOWN QUILTS, DAMHNERESILK COVERED Light as a
feather warm as toast $7.50.
DOE SKIN TRAIL VESTS Come in Corduroy and Mole skin, knit Netk
and Wristlets. The best trail garment made $6.00 to $8.00.
|i I UNDERWEAR All kinds, all weights prices from $3.50 to $8.00 Pure wool,
silk and wool, Union and two piece styles.
SOCKS All kinds all weights from gauze to heaviest 3 for $1.00.
THE MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Mana*er
Phone Adams 131 “Don’t forget the Parcel Post” Seward, Alaska
Nnua from All
|IartB of thr
U Northland u
When Delegate Wickersham was in
Cordova, and in fact in a speech de- ^
livered at Fairbanks, he stated that
as soon as Congress convened he in- j
tended to imlroduce a bill appropri
ating $10,000,000 for the construction
of government railroads in Alaska, in
timating that this would be an admin-,
istration measure, which would likely
meet with little opposition. If the tel
egram published in our contemporary
last night is to be relied on, Secretary
Lane is only going to ask for $5,000,
000 for this work during the coming
year, which amount, it says will be
sufficient to buy' the Alaska Northern
and build one hundred miles of ad
ditional track from Kern Creek. As
the Alaska Engineering Commission
has not as yet submitted its report,
and President Wilson has announced
no decision as to the route or routes
selected, the latest rumor as to where
the first work will begin must be-tak
en with a grain of salt.—Cordova:
Daily Times.
District Attorney Spence, of the
Third division, who, if reports are cor
rect, has gained much popular opposi
tion within his jurisdiction, has gone
to Washington to seek appointment as
United States judge in this division.
It is to be hoped that before appoint
ing Mr. Spence the attorney-general j
takes the trouble to investigate the ^
causes of the candidate’s unpopular-:
ity, as it is easier to make a mistake
in the appointment of an official than
it is to correct it.—Fairbanks Citizen.
IDITAROD.—News comes from
Nulato that on Thursday, November 3,
Miss Lena Pitka, known as “the Relic
of the Yukon,” was married to Fred
Milligan, well known throughout this
region. The event was made the oc
casion of a monster celebration in
which the entire town took part. Busi
ness is said to have been practically j
suspended while the populace, both
white and natives engaged in a typicalj
Yukon jollification of the auspicious:
event.
WASHINGTON.-Midshipman Claud |
0. Kell of Alaska, by reason of his
high standing in his classes and for
deportment fit the United States Nav
al Academy at Annapolis, has been
made Cadet Lieutenant and assigned j
to the command of one of the twelve
companies at the Academy. This is
an unusual occurrence and speaks
highly for the Nome boy.
FAIRBANKS.—Thomas I>. Ro< k
woll, of Cleary City, by his attot:;cy
Leroy Tozier, today filed a complain*
in the district court asking a decree of
divorce from Mary I/Ouise Rockwell
on the grounds of desertion. They
were married September 29, Ft'JR,
and the alleged desertion by the de
fendant is said to date from January,
1911, since which time they have not
lived together.
FAIRBANKS, Dec 5.—Walter M.
Cooley, a pioneer miner of Portage
creek, is reported missing. Search
ing parties have been huntiitg for the
old miner about cannot find him or his
body. It is feared ho has wandered
off into the woods and been lost or
that he has fallen into a river, The
search continues.
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
interior, has rendered a decision up
holding the finding of Register Walker;
in granting title to valuable lands in
Kodiak to the Alaska Commercial co.
The company has been in continuous j
possession since the purchase of Ala
ska from Russia. Much of the laud
is embraced in the government ex
perimental station.
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