®ltp ^rutarii (Satnuay
and THE ALASKA EVENING POST.
Published Daily Except Sunday by The Gateway Publishing Company.
R. G. CHAMBERS, Business Manager. E. 0. SAWYER, Jr., Editor, j
Published Daily Except on Sundays and Holidays.
Entered as second-class matter September 2, 191F at the postoffice at
Seward. Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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I’NITED WE STAND
Now is the time for every American
to show his loyalty to the nation for
which our forefathers bled and died.
No matter where your sympathies
may lie in the world war, it is now a
question of national honor ami the
freedom of the seas.
It is the mandate of the president
that no power shall say unrebuked—
“we have fixed a certain area at sea
which your people shall not travel un
der penalty of sudden death.
He has the support of every true
American citizen ami foreigners re
siding beneath the protection of this
flag in health and prosperity must
not oppo>e the will of our govern
ment, or endeavor in any way to
thwart its efforts to uphold the rights
of neutrals.
All join in the sincere hope that
war will not come, but if it must it is
in a just cause.
A “NIGHT’S REFLECTION"
President Wilson’s conference with
the senators as to what stand shall ho
taken in regard to Germany’s "unre
stricted war at sea,” shows cool judg
ment by our chief executive.
Thorough discussion never injured
the honor of any people. Only fools
act first and think afterward.
The president knew whereof he
spoke when in his recent message to
the powers he pointed out through
Secretary Lansing that the United
States was nearing the parting of the
ways and that she and other neutrals
must soon decide unless this war was
brought to a close, whether they
would take one side or the other.
The president’s final advice to the
senators that there should be a
“night's reflection” before acting, was
the last word in good judgjnenL
doing good thk wrong way
Delegate Wickersham is supposed
to be an exponent of home rule, but
if he is his action in regard to the
"bone dry” law just passed by noth
roises of Congress was not consist
ent.
Over a vear ago there was talk in
Washington of rushing an Alaskan
prohibition act through Congress, and
at that time the writer protested on
\He ground that the wet and dry
question was one to he settled by the
people, and that for an outside legts
aitive body to thrust it upon Alaska
was an insult. Also that until Con
gress voted the District of Columbia
| dry it had a nerve to talk about pro
hibition elsewhere.
The better advised solons at that
time warded otf action and gave the
people a chance to vote on the ques- J
lion, and they voted dry by something
like two to one.
We have partial home rule in Alas
ka. in fact the very election by which
the people voted dry, was provided
for by a bill passed by our territorial
legislature. Having displayed some
ability. Congress might do well to its
trust in Alaska’s territorial body bv
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adding to its powers. (That terri
torial tisli tax law was no slouch bit
of legislation in tself—ami it’s barely I
possible that we could have coagulat
| ed enough grey matter at Juneau to
get by on a dry law.)
The consistent thing for Wicker
sham to have done then was to have
presented a bill to Congress emjww
ering the territorial legislature to en
act a prohibitory law. His course of i
action implies that he lacked faith in
the territoral legislature, and that ac
tion by the national legislature was
imperative to prevent the territorial
body from thwarting the will of the
people by passing a law with jokers
tn it.
The District of Columbia is still
wet, sousv wet, but the solo ns with
great show of^devout faith in the
blessings of prohibition passed an
iron dad, Harveyized, steel coated,
manganese riveted bill so dry that
Death valley itself must have turned
green with envy—to enforce on some
! body else.
It's a good dry law, and the samp
bill passed by the territorial legisla
ture would be most welcome, to those
in Alaska who voted dry. Hut ther*
is such a thing as doing a good thing
the wrong way.
HI (JILL'S CASK
Comment concerning Hi ClilTs con
nection with the Seattle expose from
the Seattle Star has been reprinted
and endorsed by the Post-Intelligen
cer. It advises caution and suggests
that the people await the facts. An
excerpt from the editorial which hits
the nail on the head follows;
We’ve seen Hi (till in the spotlight
of publicity a good many times during
his years in politics.
We’ve heard Hi called a good many
names; we’ve called him a good many
• ourselves.
We’ve heard folks say he’s crazy;
we’ve heard folks say he’s “a tool of
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the interests;” we've heard folks say;
he’s an I. W. W.
We’ve enjoyed his whimsicalities; |
we’ve cussed his stubborness; we’ve
condoned and criticised his impetuosi
ty.
But, even in the bitterness of a re
call campaign and a graft conviction
of a chief of police in 1911, Hi Gill’s
personal honesty remained unchal
lenged.
Tori the first time in a political
career extending over 20 years is he
publicly accused of accepting money
to betray his olficial trust.
This charge is not only made by a
confessed bootlegger but apparently,1
in full realization of its seriousness,
by the United States government.
If Hi Gill took the alleged bribe, he
deserves no sympathy—after having
been given his chance to come back
and make good.
If he didn’t, there are a lot of peo-1
pie in Seattle who owe him a most
earnest apology.
And, in the meantime, let us be op
en minded.
Let us await the facts.
CONCERNING KISSING
All the ti lk outside about kissing
and why a girl closes her eyes when
her sweetheart kisses her has had its
etTect on Alaskan scribes, alright, and
it remained for a journalist at Doug
las lo produce the real masterpiece
on osculation. He says;
Kissing a girl whose lips arc like
warm velvet and whose cheeks are as
soft as the dove’s breast would be
about the niftiest thing on earth, ex
cept for the fact that no one gets to
kiss that kind of a girl except raw
boys who haven’t learned how to kiss.
Kissing one’s w'ife is about as near
perfect enjoyment as a mere mortal
need hope to get. But it s a custom
not universally followed. Some men
never kiss their wives. And of course
some men kiss other men s wives.
The man who doesn’t kiss his wife at
least ten time a day doesn’t deserve!
her. The woman who doesn’t want to
be kissed at least ten times a day
doesn’t deserve a husband. And yet,
if the old man keeps a quid of cut
plug in his jaw, the wife who stands
for ten kisses a day deserves a halo
and a cushioned seat alongside Job in
the New Jerusalem.
There are many ways to kiss. A
little baby merely opens its mouth
and slobbers. A coy maiden closes
her eyes and lips tight and lets some
one else do the kissing. An old maid
ties her lips into a hard knot and
pecks at the victim like a wood-peck
er. An old bachelor puckers up and
smacks like the dredge of a steam j
shovel. Wives—real wives—kis3 like!
the lingering clasp of hands between
men friends who know how to ’ove.
And mothers. Ah, mothers kiss like
the soft beating of angels’ wings -
like the soothing notes of some celes
tial harp through the twilight—like
God’s benediction whispered over
one’s bowed head.
His Main Prop.
There was a man in our town, sup
ported by his wife; but one day she
turned him down—his only prop in
life. And when he saw his wife had
fled, he started on the run—he had
no time to lose, he said—so he coppeo
another one.
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CONQUERER OF
GREAT GLACIER
DIED IN SLIDE
“Jimmy the Bear,” Killed
Near McCarthy Was
Remarkable Chap
“Jimmy the bear,” who was killed re
cently in a snow slide, near McCarthy,
was one of the best known characters
in Alaska. He met his death while
doing assessment work on a mineral
claim on Bonanza mountain. Barclay
is most widely known as the man who
first crossed Malaspina glacier.
He was given the name of “Jimmy
the Bear” in the Washington State
logging woods in the early days. He j
was a camp cook. He returned to the
cook house after a trip in the woods,
while the men were away one day,
and as he entered the place there was|
a loud “woof, woof,” and a large- j
sized cub bumped into him and rushedj
out.
“Jimmy" got to his feet. It was j
somewhat dark in the interior. With;
another “woof, woof," a second cub
knocked him down and rushed out.
Scarcely before he reached his feet
the mother rushed out. Then follow
ed the male bear. “Jimmy" contin
ued to sit on the floor, and when some,
of the men returned he asked them i
to please look and see if there were1
any more bears in the place.
The appellation of “Jimmy the
Bear" followed him to Alaska, and
many knew him by that name and do
not know his real name.
First to Cross Big Glacier
Barclay was the first white man to,
cross the Malaspina glacier. He had
mined in early days on the Yakutat i
beach and conceived the idea that the
gold, instead of being washed up from
the sea, as many believed and still be-,
lieve, came from the interior through j
glacial action. His companions of the1
beach called it a crazy idea, since]
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short excursions into the ice fields
showed many dangers and difficulties.
Barclay, however, was determined.
Few men in Alaska knew how to live
better “off the country." He had been
on long trips on numerous occasions
when all the grub was gone and lived
on roots and game. Barclay had a
really wonderful knowledge of the
nutritious qualities of many growing
plants and herbs.
The Malaspina glacier extends to
the base of Mount St. Elias, with oc
casional breaks, as he found on his
trip. It also connects with the great
Miles glacier which extends south
ward from the Copper River Valley
at Mile 50, and in that section of Al
aska are the most extensive ice fields,
reaching to the Alaska range.
Barclay kept a diary of his trip and
it tells a wonderful story. Many
times his life was in danger. He
came across samples of quartz which
were extremely rich, but so surround
ed by ice fields that no one else has
ever visited them. At one place he
camped near a lake. While sleeping
he was awakened by a terrible roar
ing sound, and saw a sight permitted
to few men. An immense lake stretch
ing before him suddenly disappear- j
James Barclay, better known as
ed. It was one of the lakes that are
continually forming in the glaciers,
only to break loose when the ice gives
way. A few hours before he had
been in the track of this raging flood.
Barclay had prospected nearly the
whole coast of Alaska.
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TWELVE AFFINITIES j
WATCH HIS WIFE
SECURE A DIVORCE
SAN FRANCISCO. — (Special)—
While twelve alleged affinities of Ed
ward R. Stock, salesman, looked on,
Judge Thomas F. Graham granted to
Stock's wife, Mrs. Carrie Stock, $2,
000 cash and $40 a month for two
years.
Many impassioned love letters to
Stock were read into the record dur
ing the trial. The missives breathed
of love, kisses and sentimental sigh
ings.
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Long distance telephone Dooth at
The Branch.
Michael Powers, a pioneer of the
Klondike and Alaska, died recently in
the Flat hospital, Iditarod, from tub
erculosis, at the age of fifty.
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