OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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SERVICE
Service is the watchword of the American Legion
composed as it is of the nine and women who learned the
meaning of this word in their service to their country in
time of war. The Legion was organized chiefly for the
purpose of continuing this service in time of peace. In
all parts of the United States you will find the American
Legion taking the lead in all sorts of community efforts
for local improvements.
The Seward post of the American Legion is not lack
ing in this sense of service, and they are to be congratu
lated upon the manner they have taken hold of the local
cemetery situation. Aside from the material work and
benefit to be accomplished such efforts to bring the people
of a community together on some project of common in
terest builds up a better community spirit of co-operation.
It affords an opportunity for all of the people of the com
munity to get together on a common ground and in so do
ing many petty differences are wiped out. The other fel
low is not half as bad as you thought he was when you
find you have a common interest. The new cemetery is
a matter in which the whole town is interested. It is to
be hoped that everyone will turn out Memorial Day and
show this interest with a little material assistance toward
this community improvement.
The Nebraska Legislature has exempted newspaper
advertising from the limit of expenditures by candidates,
so that hereafter those who seek office may buy all the
newspaper space they please. Some publishers would
welcome a law compelling candidates to actually pay for
the space they buy.
Get out Memorial Day and work some of that bile off
your system by a little strong-arm work on the cemetery
plot.
Americanism: Voting more bonds; howling about
taxes.
THE STUDENT BODY OF SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL
SEWARD, ALASKA
Presents
A Pair Of Sixes”
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By Edward Peple
Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French of New York
LIBERTY THEATRE
May 25, 1927
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THE CAST
George B. Nettleton.
T. Boggs Johns.™___
Krome, their bookkeeper _
Miss Sally Parker, their stenographer
Thomas J. Vanderholt, their lawyer
Tony Toler, their salesman __
Mr. Applegate ......
Office Bay ..
Shipping Clerk ......
Mrs. George B. Nettleton ..
Miss Florence Cole ...
Coddles ..........
_Francis Leslie
_Eddie Starr
.Howard Seferovich
_...Katherine Neville
_Jack Morton
...Raymond Manthey
.Sidney Henrickson
.„...Otto Sandbeck
__Jack Sparks
-Sigrid Rosness
-Marit Eide
.Roberta McIntosh
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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
ACT I.—Office of the Eureka Digestive Pill Co., in New York City.
ACT II.—Home of Mr. Nettleton. Two weeks later.
ACT III.—The same as Act II. One week later.
Special music under the direction of Sergeant Honeyman.
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JOURNALIST STILL VIEWING
ALASKA WITH SYMPATHETIC
BUT FIGHTING SPIRIT
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By PARKER JOHNSTONE, oNChica
go Evening Post
Aliaska, Alashka, Alaska-It makes
no difference what language you
think of it in, Aleut, Thlinket or
American, the meaning is the same,'
“The Great Land.”
That’s just it. the land is great,
and everybody talks about it. For
the past few days 1 have scanned
books and pamplets by the dozens
about Alaska, and practicolly all I
find in them is about resources, and
unbounded wealth for the govern
ment. But what about the people.
This is just a heart to heart talk
so believe me when I say that it
hurts me as it should you, but if I
were in your place I would raise a
howl about it. I am wondering if it
isn’t simply the lack of knowledge
on the subject. Let me ask this—
how many people in the “Great
Land" know and understand the
Organic Act of 1912?
When we set aside the material
wealth of the country in this discus
sion, and take up the political side
which is the very essence of you, the |
people, we have then to deal with (
that worn out topic of bureaucracy.
But let’s forget this aristocratic Eng
lish and get down to brass tacks
and simple terms.
This act passed in 1912 was sup
posed to give you folks a power to!
govern yoursehes with a few gov
ernmental limitations which were
natural enough. As time went on
the Alaskan legislature asked Wash
ington for this, that and the other
thing, until now you, who are sup
posed to be free and independent
people just as another state of the'
union, are bound and tied by the ac
!
tions of your own representatives.;
Imagine some state in the union;
having more than 30 boards and bu-1
reaus with a prefix of “U. S.” instead i
of “Illinois” or as it should be in this'
case “Alaska”. Can’t you see that if
this were the case, the government
would be a form of autocracy? The
constitution is a grant of powers to
the people who in turn govern them- j
selves by their own form of govern- j
ment which they set up in each state.
And Alaska is supposed to be anoth
er one of these states. Instead it j
has become a passive country with)]
people content to be impotent pieces ji
on the game Washington plays, “on ;
this checker-board of nights and <
days.” i
Oh my friends, I know I am just a
newcomer, but I love you, this conn- '<
try and all that’s in it, as I said be—
fore, but can’t you sea you are be
coming stagnant, and a plaything of
Washington? You have a fighting
spirit, as was exemplified at the out
break of the World War when over
3,COG men enrolled at once for ser
vice, which was a number far beyond
the required quota; 91 per cent of the
white population and 1,300 of the 1
natives were enrolled in the Red
Cross. Alaska led a’l other stages
in its per capita subscription for
War stamps.
You had a fighting spirit once
Where is it now, dear friends, to
shake off this bond of autocr i \v ?
You have a right to make your leg
islature listen to you Tell them,
and make them get for you an Amer
ican type of self-government, and
LIBERTY
THEATER
One Show Tonight 8 Sharp
A Pair of Sixes
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A SIDE-SPLITTING COMEDY REEKING IN
WHOLESOME FUN
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE LIBERTY
THEATRE ON THE NIGHT OF
Tonight
by the
Seward High School
This play was written by the author of the
“Prince Chap” and “The Little Rebel.”. It ran for
over a year at the Longacre theatre, in New York
and excited such a furore of fun and praise as has
never been exceeded in the history of metropolitan
theatricals.
Groceries and Hardware
An Excellent Variety of Both
Inc.
For courteous service phone Main 135, day or night.
nake them get rid of this Washing
on Bureaucratic type. If your rep
resentatives say they can’t do this,
;et rid of them and get those who
:an, those who never say die and
veep on fighting for justice, freedom
md the right. Write letters, send
petitions and hold mass meetings,
you did a marvelous work during
;he war, now is not the time to lay
lown on the job. for you've got the
biggest job on your hands that you
pver had. And what is more it’s
?oing to get bigger and harder the
onger you wait so get busy now,
lon’t wait. Pick out yourself a lead
er for the next election. Get behind
him and fight for what you’ve got
zoming to you, with every fiber of
four being, tooth and nail, hammer
ind tong, with all your heart and
soul. Then the wmrld will bow down
md salaam saying “Alaska, the Great
Land is 'me of the real fight
ing Ann
brushes, combs etc. Schallerer’s
Alaska Shop.
PRINCE AND RUIN
WILL SOON VISIT CANADA
LONDON, May 25. (£>)—'The Prince
of Wales will depart from England
for Canada to participate in the Can
adian Diamond Jubilee July 23. Prime
Minister Baldwin has also accepted
Canada’s invitation to attend the
celebration and will sail on the same
date.
Mme. Melene Chart ram caused the
hanging of four South Sea cannibals
for murder committed on her rubber
plantations in the Murua Island?,
of? the coast of India.
A London court upheld the refusal
of John C. Grier to pay for dresses
bought by his 15-year-old daughter,
who be declared wns dance crazv
For winter or summer
drink an orange for health.
Come and see it made. Can
dy Cottage.