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ROAD WORK
In discussing the question of distribution of the terri
torial road fund the following comment is made by tne
Fairbanks Citizen:
“That »he question of apportioning out funds for road
work allowed by the territorial government can easily be
the cause of much contention and embarrassment is be
coming more evident every day. It is this contention and
the resulting bitterness that it would surely create that we
1. ust strive to avoid at all costs. There is no doubt that
the money appropriated is not sufficient to meet all needs
adequately, but it should be enough to bring a certain
amount of relief to all sections of the division.
“It is evident that only the more pressing of the trail
needs can Le looked after at this time. It should be the
duty of the commissioners to investigate closely the claims
of every section for monev for road work and base their
estimates on the findings of these investigations. There
should be no playing of politics in this matter, nor any
alignment of any section or sections against any other
part of th; division in an attempt to increase the allot
ment. Every petition for money for such work must and
should stand on its merit alone, or, being without merit,
d'scarded. In no other manner can there be any success
ful road work accomplished by the territory and its road
commissioners.
“In determining the amount of work to be done
through the division there should be a certain amount of
consideration paid to the work that is being done by the
Alaska road commission. If this hotly is doing all the road
work that is necessary for the adequate development of
any sections, or sections, it would seem only an act ol jus
tice for the territorial commission to expend more money
i i other sections not so favored by the federal commis
sion.”
With these remarks in mind and in view of the fact
that the Alaska road commission is working on the main
road from Seward toward Kenai lake and from Mile 29
through the Moose pass distict, it seems no more than
proper that the territorial funds due this district be ex
oended on the road to connect Seward with the agricul
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tural section across the bay.
This has already been suggested and as the season
is short work must be commenced soon to accomplish the
desired results.
PUTTING THE LID ON THE WORLD
The hush that has fallen upon the gay cities of the
world, that has stopped the all-night conviviality of Ber
lin, the public gallantries of Vienna, the voluptuous dis
sipations of Paris, the aftermidnight ‘"dancing clubs” of
puritanical London and the barbaric excesses of Petro
grad, reacned New York on the first of this month, and
They do more
than please the taste—
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Chesterfield
CIGARETTES
IMPORTED and DOMESTIC tobaccos-BUndei
after 1 in ihe morning the flow of wine ceases. Only in
some of the big cities of South America does there sur
vive the old spirit of unrestrained revelry that once pre
vailed in every sizeable town in the world.
Locally we have but a few more months of nocturnal
celebration. The tenderloin is practically abolished, as it
iias been ;n every large city, and those who have come
to depend on the glow of alcohol and the bombardment of
cabaret for their enjoyment must presently effect a per
sona] reconstruction.
Not only has war served to sober the world, but cities
have been growing up. Chicago maintained for years the
largest vice district, and the crudest, in history, because
everv day there streamed into her terminals from the
West and Middle West hordes of the unsophisticated. For
eign cities, everybody knows, have supported gayety by
ihe gold of tourists. If, at any time, the patronage of out
of-town visitors had been removed from Broadway, her
lights would speedily have been extinguished. Callow in
ability to find joy without buying it in a noisy market kept
the dance halls of American cattle and mining towns go
ing until the country became mature. The lumberjack and
t he mythical “tired business man” display the same funda
mental tastes.
Cabaret is considerably in advance of the red light
honky tonk, but the sudden awakening to realities result
ing from the war will doom this relatively innocent diver
sion.
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After peace, what then? Will we be living in a grav
er age, intent on building up ruined nations? Will the
recrudescence of Babylon’s purple night be as a memory
of the morning after?—(Detroit News.)
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A Washington Dispatch says that a Yankee has in
vented a terrible bomb. What we need most just now is
several hundred thousand terrible Yankees.—(Chicago
Herald.)
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It may be tine that Charles of Austria is getting tired
of Wilhelm’s domination, but he is exceedingly careful
not to let Wilhelm guess it.—(Charleston New and Cour
ier.
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Perhaps American dare-deviltry will develop another
Hobson to bottle up the U-boats in its home harbor —
(Baltimore American.)
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Germany’s faith in the kaiser demonstrates that you
can fool all the Teutons all the time.—(Atlanta Journal.)
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