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SATURDAY. MARCH 7. l!H»S
CHURCH OF THE PAST AND
FUTURE
in the early days whan the country
v - new ami tlu* people scut P rod, the
church, or the “meeting house,’* as it
w;is railed, was the place where the
pi iple gathered from their several
farms ostensibly for religious purjTOSCs*,
while in reality, as this was tb.e one
place ol gemma I resort, tin people met
hero from social mental and religious
motives. 'Hie old meeting bouse is
fading into decay. The people no
longer resort there. Their mental and
,-m , ial wants art satistiod in other
ways. The telephone connects the
distant farm houses, and the rural free
do ivery brings the daily mail to the
t*e mor's door, schools and places of
amusement have sprung up till over
t» ■ land. Religious tendencies alone
Wop* not strong enough to keep the
church alive and prosperous.
A: "tin r and a great r change is
i' v coming. One hundred and seventy
or more of tlie leading churcin > have
been tilted up with an aeoustieon
o«]uit m nt. This will enable the
church members to gather in con
genial social groups a! private homes,
or at the club, anil while seated around
the caul table with a mug of beer at
the right hand, and a private, wire
C muection with the church, the social
and religious gratification can again be
combined.
The great preaeher >* «-ir.g bis pews
ou.pi> o'! Sunday ino/niteg, will tin*
bis sermon into the phonograph on
Siiuritav i i_nt. th* cii >ir wi 1 take
its turn at tie* same iiu rument. and
f» Mida\ morning the inibr will set the
wheels a going, and Sunday, the day
of rest and pleasure will be ushered
in. _
A WHOLESOME LESSON
I’lu* 1. —,<>ii aught ih« rive mushers,
who wen* guilty oi plunuering the
Alaska Central liailway Company's
warehouse, should • t hint, at least,
to others who are going over the trail.
Hobbing of cubes a d tie unneces
j»a* y taking »»f go >.. - that belong to an
other is f-ecomi g it) common.
The result i> likely to be. that in pla
ce - remote from towns hen recourse
C.tu not !» ’ . t*. 1* _ . ;u< Hi'iv.s to ob
tain redr* —. poni-h ne;, u .; In- -um
inarily administered by Hie injured
party.
The people of Alaska, who have
ku »wr hardships it ndent to the fron
tier, are evoi ready to give help when
it is needtal. a; >t 'oat, to,., without the
ivtl’apei. tie' astern c ii*. aide as
Mknation a liich worn. t n-aa starve
to death while try ing 10 it -cover all
the antecedent-, habir- ami tendencies
of tii* man in di-*tre->. H ip is given
to the man in need liere and no insult
ing question-asked. There is no oc
casion, therefore, for dishonesty, or
for one to lake wluit belongs to anoth
er with intent to defraud. If a man
makes good in this country and i- up
right in his dealings with others, and
has not allowed the milk of human
kindness to sour or utterly dry up, he
will always find those who are willing
to help in times of need.
ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC
The alcove expression originated
back in the fall of 18til when every
thing seemed favorable for a campaign,
and McClellan had an army of alx>ut
250,000 men, all in excellent condition,
and yet there was nothing doing.
Daily the report of “All quiet along
the the Potomac,” was given out.
Prom the meagre reports that come
up from the body of legislators at
Washington it is evident that all is
quiet along the Potomac, and that the
former policy of “masterly inactivity”
still rules.
The last news that came from our
Delegate Cale was to the effect that
little could be expected from the ac
tion of Congress this year. Mr. Cale
went to Washington with the belief
that the honest needs of the peo
ple honestly and simply presented
j would be met with an honest response,
j but has apparently come to the
j conclusion that the doctrine prac
ticed there is “the people be damned.’'
One of the excuses made by Congress
for not doing more for this territory
is the assertion that this is not a
place where people will make their
homes, but that they come to get what
they can out of the country and then
leave it. The practice of our govern
ment has given rise to this assertion.
The government has been getting
what it could from Alaska and then
leaving it without the help needed to
make it a country of homes.
There may be more glory in exploit
ing the Philippines, and the play to
the gallery more fetching in time of a
presidential election, but to the plain,
art less man not versed in the ways of
;he politician it would seem that sim
ple justice done to a home territory
would be more in keeping with the
professed principles of the Tinted
States.
POSSIBILITIES
Kroin the reported results of the
Ohio state eonwnt ion it is evident
that tlu* Tu.t forces are becoming'
strongly entrenched, if they have not
entirely nutted the Koraker men. j
There is no strong desire on the part
of the people to see Koraker brought
out as u presidential eat "date, and
there is a lingering conviction that
tlu* propelling force of the Taft boom j
is the catapult at the White House. .
With l'aft as a successor to House-j
ve!t the people might look for a con-'
'intuition of tin* present administrative I
policy, though it might be pushed I
with less vigor, and the “Ananias!
('lid*" might languish from lack of
additional members. One man may he!
a tighter Irom inherent propensities
and accomplish results with a blow
straight from the shoulder. His op
ponent goes down, but carries revenge j
in his heart. Another man will tix a j
sliding scale for his adversary and j
send him down as on a toboggan slide, {
ami In* goes away thinking lu* lias had '
a pleasure trip. When he reaches the |
bottom he tinds tlu* bill too steep for
his return.
Another presidential possibility
whose face looms above the horizon is
t lovei nor Hughes ot New \ ork. <'on
nected with him is the growing feeling \
that lie is neither a blustering tighter
nor a wily politician, nor one stub
liornly and foolishly seeking public of
fice in the face of opposition by the
people. As governor of a great state;
lie lias won tin* confidence of tlu* people
and given rise to the conviction that
he has the qualifications for an able j
president of the Hnited States.
DAYS THAT ARE PAST
Wit It tl»c crisp frosty nights follow
ed b\ mild mornings when tin* sun be
gins to soften the snow, and a more
cheerful note is detected in the caw of ■
the raven, the sourdough's thoughts!
i.v hack, perchance to his New!
Kng ami home, and to the days of his j
boyhood.
When the sun began to run in the!
tree-, the blood Mowed more quickly I
in his ve.ns. The days of sugarmak
ing are coming on. At evening the
father and lus bo\s gathered about the
kitchen tire, sawed, split and pushed
tiie pith out of the elder stalk and
fashioned the spile for the sugar ttee.
in the morning when the cows had
been fed and the chores done, the
farmer set forth with his brace and hit
followed by his hoys and dog, with
hatchet and spiles to open the sugar
bush. To the hoy and the dog this
was the most exhilarating time of the
year. For the hoy it was all play,
| though he did a great deal of hard
work in cutting wood and gathering
the sap.
When the sap was gathered in and
J the hoys >at in the little log sugar
house and kept the kettles boiling,
throwing in a piece of salt pork occa
sionally to keep them from running
over, playing checkers to while away
the time, and now and then carving
their names in the bark of a beech
i tree, the joy of living held full sway
j in the youthful heart.
The sumruum bonum of it all was
when the sugaring off came, and the
syrup had to be repeatedly tested by
cooling in water or on cakes of ice to
see when the grain of the sugar would
rightly form, and the kettle be lifted
from the tire.
To the sourdough these are but mem
ories of days that are past, yet they
form no inconsiderable part of the
pleasures of his life, as he sits by his
cabin fire blowing rings of smoke from
his pipe and looking through the blue
clouds to the far off scenes of his youth.
The woman suffragists have been
raising the dickens in England, and
have formed a band in America to
help storm the British stronghold.
They tried to have Mrs. Catt lead the
American cont ingent, but she declined
and now the women are forced to ad
mit that the Catt is out of the bag.
Maud Gonne is known as the “Irish
Joan of Arc.” She did the States a
few years ago to quicken the interest
of Americans in the fate of Ireland.
She too thinks the people is punk, and
has settled down in Baris to study art.
She is said to be a sister to Helen
Gonne.
Cable well Shaken
In repairing the cable that was
.thrown out of commission by the
| earthquake shock February 14, it was
! discovered that there were three
breaks in the Valdc/.-Keward line and
two in the Valdez-Sitka line, and these
were all near each other. The first
messages were received here last
evening.
Legal Notices
NOTICK oK FOUFKITFRK
Cook Inlet Precinct, Jan. 4, 1008. '
To Harry McCormack, C. J. Wal-i
tors, James McGill, Thus. McConety,
Geo. Hanson. Wm. [turns and Allred ‘
Noel:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Skukmn Creek placer claim
situated upon Skukura creek, tribu
tary to Twenty Mile liver, in the1
Territory of Alaska, Cook Inlet pro- j
cinet,claiming 12000 feet from NOTICK
up the creek in a southeasterly direc
tion, and300 feet each side of Skukum
creeK. as will appear by certificate
filed the 23rd day of February, UH)t>, in
theofllce of the recorder of said pre
cinct. in order to hold said premises
under the provisions of Section 2324
Revised Statutes of the Cnited States
being the amount required to hold the !
same for the year ending* December
31st, l!H>7.
And if within ninety days from the
publication of this notice, you fail, or.
refuse to contribute your proportion1
of such expenditure, to-wit, $12.50
each as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim wilj be forfeited and be
come the property of the subscriber j
under said section 2324.
A. C. CARRIKR,
Co-owner of one-eighth of said claim.
First puhlibation January 4. 1008.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE Cnited States Commissioner's
Court, Cnalitska Precinct, Third
Judicial Division, Territory of:
A laska.
IN TlI K matter of the estate of Sim-j
eon Millovidof, deceased.
Notice is hereby yiven by the un-j
dersiyned executor of the estate of!
Simeon Millovidot, deceased, to the ere-!
ditors of and all oersons haviny claims |
ayainst the said deceased to exhibit
tht-in with neerssary vouchers within
six months after iirst imhlication of,
this notice to th«* said executor at the
ollice of the Pnited States Commission
er in t he town of Pna laska. A la skit. And
the ttndersiyned hereby {fives notice
that he was duly appointed executor
of the estate by an order of the above
named Court made and entered the 7th
dav of December. 11107.
N. GRAY,
Executor of the estate of
Simeon Millovidof, deceased J
Date of first publication Feb. 2ft.
1 kite of last publication
SUMMONS -NO. 242
United States of America
United States District Court, Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, Pacific
Court District.
Edith Horan, Plaintiff,
VS.
Thomas Horan, Defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting:
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the United States District Court, in
and for the District of Alaska, Third
Division, within thirty days after the
day of service of this summons upon
you. and answer the complaint of the
above named plaintiff, a copy of which
complaint is herewith delivered to
you; and unless you appear and ans
wer, the plaintiff will take judgment
against you and will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
Witness, the Hon. Silas II.
Reid, Judge of said Court,
—•— this lfith day of January, in
l } the year of our Lord one
) ShAL f thousand nine hundred and
—,—- eight, and of our independ
ence the one hundred and
thirty-second.
EDWARD J. STIER, Clerk,
By E. A. HENDERSON, Deputy
Clerk.
Edmund Smith, attorney for plaintiff.
First publication Feb. 29
Last publication April 11.
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THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
A. B. Meets Tonight.
The regular meeting of the Arctic
Brotherhood will be held in the A. B.
hall on Fifth avenue and Washington
street at 8:30 this evening. It is espe
cially desired that a large number of
the members be in attendance.
Dog salmon for sale at Brown &
Hawkins.
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Arctic Brotherhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21.
Meets every Saturday evening in
A. B. Hall, Cor. 5th and Wash.
J. L. REED, S. L. COLWELL
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
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