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WHAT THE BOLSHEVIKI OF RUSSIA
REALLY IS FROM A MAN WHO KNOWS
Bolsheviki means Anarchy and Anarchy means mob ;
rule.
The Russian people will never amount to a tinker’s j
darn until some nation steps in and actually dominates;
every branch of the government and places a yoke back
again upon the necks of the people until they have been;
educated to the meaning of law and order.
Russia is now a land of grafters out for the money;
starvation is facing the millions of people and the situa
tion is worse in that country than is known in this.
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The above is the substance of a short talk the edi
tor had with V. Obriket. fur buyer. Mr. Obriket came to
Seward from Los Angeles on the Admiral Evans and three
davs before he came north his father returned from a
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six months business trip to Russia "the land of vermin,
filth, and anarchy." Obriket, senior, went to Russia via
Sweden and returned via Siberia and China. When the
elder Obriket went to Russia he weighed 283 pounds and
when he arrived in Los Angeles he weighed 103 pounds,
th( result of facing almost starvation in Russia.
‘*Mv father told me," said V'. Obriket, "that when he
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reached Petrograd, he desired to secure permission for
certain transactions. He was told to go to Kerensky,
who was then in power. For three weeks he tried to se
cure his needed papers and then finally went to the Amer
ican Ambassador David R. Francis and asked him what to
do. • '* «■*
"Why the only thing to do, and it does not sound very
diplomatic for me to say so, is to grease the palm of Ker
enskv.”
“That was the reply of the representative of the Uni
od States. The advice was followed and results speedily
attained.
“At Petrograd niv father lived on chickory “coffee”
and bread made from straw, potato meal and a little wheat
and meat was hard to secure and then at a price almost
orohibitive.
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The Bolsheviki represents the people. The Bolshe
viki are anarchists, pure and simple. Bolsheviki means
mob rule and no party can exist in Russia unless their
motto is mob rule. Kerensky had little following. Peo
ple in the United States, who believed that he was a Rus
sian saviour will be surprised to learn that he was a Rus
sian sinner. Trotsky is the man now, it is not Lenine, the
latter only holding his position because he does things
which permit the people to rule by mobs and in mobs. He
will fall as quickly as he sprang into prominence. Army
officers never appear on the streets in their uniforms or
they would be killed on sight. When they do appear on
the Streets they are dressed as civilians so as not to be
known.
“Russia has planted nothing for three years. Ger
many will gain little foodstuff if the present armistice is
extended or peace negotiations are perfected. Various
neutral nations have large supply stations in Russia but
ihese will be sacked by the Rolsheviki or Germans; first
t< make the raids will secure the goods.
“Transportation facilities are decidedly poor and the
rolling stock is falling apart. Vermin infests the land
everywhere. Canals have not been drained in hundreds
of towns for years and the stench is something dreadful
when mild temperature prevails.
“Russia is a nation split seven ways from Sunday.
Mobs form here and there and rule while they have the
might. When they collapse other mobs of a new anarchy
are organized and they have their day at ruling.
“Dreadful to comprehend, Russia is nothing but a
seething nation of uneducated, lawless, lazy individuals,
it will take years with iron rule to make it anything.,,
And with the above, does it seem possible that we can
expect anything from this nation in which so much de
pendency was placed? No wonder that each day finds a
new page written in it’s history. Kerensky, the idol, a
grafter. Trotsky and Lenine, high Bolsheviki officials
only retaining their positions because they allow mob rule.
Mr. Obriket’s views are those expressed by American wri
ters who have recently returned from Russia. Perhaps
Mr. Obriket’s views are too gloomy, but he was on the
ground but a few months ago and should know.
PiNCH BACKS
NOT POPULAR
WITH TEXANS
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 1G. — High
Envied cowboy boots, chaps and “ten
gallon” hats have replaced shoes of
English lasts, pinch back suits and
golf capes as the wearing apparel of
•lu* majority of recruits who are ac
cepted at the local army recruiting
station for service in the American
army.
The rush of the city boys and young
men to join the colors is almost over,
according to the officer in charge of
the station. Hut the news that the
United States needed her young men
has just began to percolate to the
isolated cow camps, ranches and min
ing districts of the Southwest. The
result was a rush of applicants lrom
the sparsely settled districts of the
»ntire Southwest.
When given their choice ot branch
es in which they may serve the men
invariably ask for an assignment to
the cavalry division as they shoot
from the sadd’e and never walk when
they can ride. Hut when they arc told
the cavalry will not be sent abroad
as soon as the other branches they al
most change their requests and ask
for an assignment in the engineers,
irtilledy or even in the infantry, al
though the typical cowman never
walks when he can ride.
Because of their life outdoors, tnen
regular habits and acquaintance with
tin simple iaio ol the chuck wagons,
tin se men are quickly transformed
into good soldiers, the recruiting off\
cers say.
NORTHLAND TO
HAVE NO CHANCE
FOR THIS YEAR
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — There
will be no omnibus public buildings
bill to go through Congress this year,
nor will there be any special public
building bill pass unless the building
i.s needed for use in connection with
the war. That was the decision of the
Committee on Fublic Buildings at the
only meeting that has been held this
session. The decision of the commit
tee was made the subject of a letter
sent to each member of Congress and
Delegate in Congress by Chairman
Frank Clarke of the committee.
The action of the committee follow
ed closely the desires of Secretary of
the Treasury William G. McAdoo.
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer of Alaska
endeavored to secure the interest of
Secretary McAdoo- in the Alaska cap
itol bill, but the Secretary informed
him that nt had already made uo r.is
mind to oppose all public build* -fes
b' until after the war, and said that
bo felt that it would be unwise to
make an exception in the Alaska case.
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TIME LIMIT
ON INSURANCE
IS EXTENDED
President Wilson today signed a
joint resolution by Congress extend
ing the insurance period from Feb
ruary 12th to April 12th. This was
the advice received here today by
Curtis U.. Morford, chairman of the
Seward Chapter of the American Red
C»oss. All enlisted men in the a. my
ami navy can secure an insurance at a
cheap rate for the benefit of their
families in case of deatf or disability.
The time limit for this was on lact
Tuesday but a joint resolution was
presented in Congress Wednesday and
was passed by both houses yesterday,
•xtending the date.
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AM HORACE’S MAYOR HERE
.1. Ci. Watts, mayor of Anchorage,
arrived on the Northweste»n from
Seattle and registered at the Seward
last night. He was accompanied b>
his wife and baby and left on the
train this morning for the interior.
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Read The Gateway.
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Weekly Economist BuUetin. tf
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE R. KiNG and DAVE
j BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, arc hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1918, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
! One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in labor
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
j you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
; undivided one sixteenth (1-10) 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 years as aforesaid, as
1 required by the laws of the United
j States and district of Alaska concern
! ing annual labor upon mining claims
i and the same was the amount requir
1 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
i last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share
i 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 llau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said lepresen
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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( Captain Johnson
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I Captain A. McKay
\ Evans, March 25, Goes to Kodiak.
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