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WHY BEAT THE DEVIL ABOUT THE BUSH?
From the viewpoint of the brain behind the fin
ders that type these words there appears a phantastical
picture of 'men running around in circles -trying to las
so somebody else with the rails of the Alaska Railroad.
They are dragging the steel lines through Congress
and even forgot to strip off the ties. They are tying pol
itical knots in them to get a better hold. They are turn
ing tunnels inside out to make gopher holes for lame
ducks. They are breaking up bridges to make crutches
lor political cripples. What a phantasy! What an an
nual joke they make of themselves—and us!
Why this chicanery, why this buncombe, why this
yearly political bushwah? The government aided the
transcontinental railroads with hundreds of millions
to develop the West and then piled on top of that miles
upon miles of gifts of land on either side of the right
of-way. The results have, of course, justified this gen
erosity and aid a hundred fold. ,
The Alaska Railroad was built to develop Alaska
and it is as big and as rich as the West; Alaska is just
another West. Why, in all that is sacred, should poli
ticians be running around waving their arms in the
air because the Alaska Railroad needs a million dol
lars? Suppose it needs five million, or ten? Uncle Sam
owns Alaska doesn’t he? He’s got to develop it, hasn’t
he? Well then, let him put up or shut up, or we’ll tear
'he doggone railroad up and throw it in cook Inlet and
let the coroners foreclose on the land for taxes. We’ll
get along.
THE OUTDOOR SPORTSMEN
The following astounding figures are well worth
pondering over a bit. We have our problems today as
did our forefathers who were among those guilty of
slaughtering the buffalo, and the generations to follow
will likewise have their problems. But as long as we
have sane conservation—systematic replanting—these
figures are not to be taken too seriously.
United States Senator Harry B. Hawses of Missouri
.says that 15,000,000 men take out fishing licenses each
year, 6,000,000 hunting licenses-—a small army, all in
terested in the “big outdoors.”
With the multitudinous rules and regulations now
enforced in Alaska and elsewhere, the “kids” that are
coming on will have plenty of places in which to follow
the example of their forefathers in their contact with
Nature and wild life. *
We’re selfish and short-sighted, we suppose.
In the old days people called crooks by their prop
er names. Down in California, the other day, it is noted
the theft of $8,000,000 was called a revelation.
Fifty-six Americans out of 100 live in cities. In the
course of his remarks about the desertion of the land,
Oliver Goldsmith said:
“Princes and lords may flourish, or fade—
A breath can make them, as a breath hath made;
But a bold peasantry, their country’s pride,
When once destroyed, can never be supplied.”
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| Although there are some rath- j
1 er strange circumstances con-j
j nected with the burning to death j
at Kcnai recently of Billy Step-j
j an and Alford Danieloff, and al
though Steve EfTim -is held by
| the authorites, nothing definite i
i has developed as yet to connect
' the latter with a crime, accord- I
!ing to the latest word given The
♦ Gateway from the Cook Inlet
; town.
The men were evidently having j
a holiday celebration in Effim’s i
j two-story house. About 3 o'clock ‘
! Effim is said to have left the I
j house and gone to visit some!
{neighbors, leaving the other two
j men in the cabin. The entrance j ^
1 to the rear door was thru a shed j
where Effim kept his provisions, j.
but the door had no catch ex- \
j cept a hasp and staple and he;
i was in the habit of slipping the
i padlock in and sometimes snap
ping it locked. On this occasion
| he did not remember whether
he had snapped it or not, but
{ when it was found in the ruins,
it was locked.
The fire broke out within a
very few minutes after he had
deft the cabin. It is opined that
the men may have overturned
i the kerosene lamp, but appar
! ently they were two helplessly
intoxicated, it is said, or had
been too much overcome to make
{any attempt to get to the door,
| or windows, for their charred
| bodies were found on the floor
1 in the opposite corner, burned j
I beyond recognition.
{ Arms and legs were burned ;
j off and practically only torsos;"
remained Faces were un-recog- j -
nizable. No motive for the al- j i
j teged crime could be found. It I
is not known just what steps j
i the authorities propose to take
jin the matter. The men were all
good friends, it was also said.
NOW ENROHTF
; Dean Ernest N. Patty of the I
: Alaska School of Mines who w?si
bad5y iiru" ' w a slide whte !
i examining mining properties at!
; Hope last summer, is enroute to
i Seward from Seattle on the S3 1
Alameda. He expects to be back I a
in Fairbanks for the opening of [
j the second semester, January 17. J
i Dis arm. which was fractured, i
! is mending rapidly and his leg !
is improving so that he will soon J
j be in first class shape.
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WHERE IS THAT WATCH?
Some time ago Marjorie Webb,
a sweet little girl, lost a small
gold wrist watch but she can’t
recall when or where the pre
vious trinket disappeared. She
|has called at The Gateway to see
i if some kind person had left it,
fbut nope! not yet. Perhaps it is
buried in the snow and only the
genial rays of the spring sun
will bring it to light, but if some
body does find it the jeweler can
fix it and Marjorie will be hap
py again.
teacher is ill
Miss Ruth Allen, grade teach
er at the Jesse Lee Home, was
hurried to the hospital Satur
day night suffering from acute
appendicitis, it was at first thot
an operation would be necessary
but it is announced today that
she is resting much easier and
that an operation may not have
to be performed.
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ELKS TO MEET
Elks meeting Monday night at !
the Bills’ Club. All Elks’ are re- J
i quested to attend.
H. V. Hcnrikson, Sect, j i
WHILE THEY LAST
j Closing out remaining sizes j J
| of good work shoes at prices ! *
from $3.25 to $4.75. Remember j *
old packs can be re-bottomed 1!
with either crepe or cleated bot- I«
toms. i
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8 O’CLOCK — ON£ SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
SHOWING TONIGHT
THE FAMOUS LITTLE IT" GIRL
CLARA BOW
THE FLEETS IN”
in an electrical drama built only for this red-head
li red-hot, pulse-stirring tale of modern youth and mod
el a desires. The “It girl and a bunch of gobs* Some
thing to entertain you. And to start the laughs we will
give you thos£ unbeaten funsters
STAN LUAREL and OLIVER HARDY in
“RIG BUSINESS”
Also an interesting News reel.
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J KOA8T PORK
: with its incomparable flavor
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BACON
with its tantalizing odor
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HAM
with its delicate color
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There wil» be no lack of appetite
at the meal when Frye’s Meats
are served.
Phone Main 94
Frye-Bruhn Company
JOHN G.
WHITE and CO.
High Grade Line of
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
CANDIES
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