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or S'-W'Vim. \l VSKA - Established August 19,
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1904
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THE ARMY’S NEW CHIEF
Few officers have had such a distinquished mili
tary career as has General Douglas MacArthur, who
recently became chief of staff of the United States
Army at the age of 50, the youngest ever to hold this
highest rank.
Since he was graduated from West Point at the
head of his class in 1903, he has held many important
commands, and reached the rank of major general a
few days before he was 45. As a first lieutenant he was
military aide to President Roosevelt. During the World
War he served as chief of staff, brigade commander and
finally as commanding general of the famous Rainbow
Division, with which he took part in the St. Mihiel,
Meuse-Argonne and Sedan offensives, as well as other
major operations being wounded in action twice.
After the war he served successfully as superin
tendent of the Military Academy at West Point, com
mander of the Philippines division, Fourth corps area,
Third corps area and the Department of the Philip
pines, and has been president of the American Olympic
Commission.
For his war services he received many American
and foreign decorations, including the distinguished
service medal.
The new chief of staff is the son of the late Lieu
tenant-General Arthur MacArthur, who also had a
table Army career, having been a brevet colonel in
Civil War before he was 20 years old, later
the Spanish-American War and during the
Insurrection.
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The closing of banks has been a subject of fre
quent report during the past few months, the most
talked-about instance being the case of the Bank of the
United States, in New York. The damage resulting
from a suspension of payment does not lie solely in the
fact that badly-needed money is tied up. There follows,
as well, a subtle depression, and a haunting suspicion j
of mind, even among those who lose nothing, which of- ;
ten is not shaken off in a life time. The paralysis of
more than one community can be traced to the psy
chological effects caused by a bank failure, rather than!
to money losses. The situation is all the more regret-:
table when it is known that many a wrecked banking
house might have weathered the storm, but for the !
traditional ‘‘run” upon it. No one is less entitled to be
called a good citizen than he who lends his ear to idle 1
tales about the home bank, and gives them circulation.
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Cheerio! Soon will come the days in Alaska when
the blue of the summer sky, the fragrance of some dis
tant flower brought in by a passing breeze, and the
contented chirp of the birds, all unite to evoke a spirit
of thankfulness for the very gift of life itself; and of
living in Alaska.
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Mussolini says that hard times in Italy are due to
hard times in America, and that this country is not
what it is cracked up to be. The trend of his speech
is that Italians had better stay in Italy. Well, if that's
the way he feels about it, Chicago should be satisfied.
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If one dances to the devil’s music in his younger
day3, be sure he will come around with his hat in the
days of his age.
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Considering the returns from those sealskin coat
seals in Alaska, might it not help some on the farm, if!
a pair of them could be accommodated in the horsepond
just over the ridge in the north forty? —St. Louis!
Globe Democrat.
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Last year's dogmatism's are generally silly; when
they re 10 years old they are revolting.
Rock work to supply filling for
the new Seward breakwater start
ed Friday when the compressors!
began to hum at the base of;
Marathon mountain. The “coyote” i
men began a series of small drifts
that will be run 60 feet into the
hill and which will be fired at j
one lime to lift hundreds of tons
of rock for the steam shovels to
load into the cars. M. C. Edmunds,
district engineer for the Alaska j
Road Commission who has general
supervision of the work, is in town |
from his Anchorage headquarters:
and is advising with his coltea-1
gues on the job, H. E. D. Wallace ,
and Anton Eide.
“There is not much opportunity j
to put men to work as yet as j
this rock work is being handled j
by experts in their line and the j
pile-driving end and steam-sho- j
veling will be handled by the |
railroad,” said Mr. Edmunds. “We
do not wish the impression to
gain groimd that there will be
jobs for lots of men for there will
not be. Anyway we have applica
tions on file for enough men to
supply our needs. These, however,
will be hired from Seward.”
The w’ork will now progress ra
pidly and it is expected that the
breakwater can be completed in
60 days, after which the dredges
will be brought here to dredge
out the harbor itself having every
thing ready for small craft this
summer.
Personally We don't know the se
cret of success, but sometimes we
are afraid it’s work.—Dallas News
KILLED N BLIZZARD
TOKIO, Jan. 17. (£>)—At least
30 persons were killed, many more j
injured and more than 1,000 j
houses were unroofed by a blizzard j
which swept over Japan.
Instead of hauling wheat 18 j
miles over rough roads, several -
grain growers in the State of;
Washington send it from farm to
rai road by pipe line.
The grain slides through one
inch galvanized iron pipe direct
to the railroad station where
sacking is done for some con
signments, while in other in
stances wheat is run from the
pipe directly into freight cars.
Hauling costs about 15c a bushel |
and the pipe line method is less
than two cents.
Edward Donnelly, 24, died at
Barlow Cove last week, reports
the Juneau Empire. The young
man was engaged in trapping
when taken with fatal illness.
The old army post at Anchor
age is being razed and the mat
erial used for section houses
along the line of the Alaska Rail
road, according to the Times.
TO MAKE LOANS
The executive committee of the
board of trustees of the Alaska
College has been named loan
fund committee to handle the
Senator Lawrence c. Phipps stu
dent loan fund of $5,000. Rules
and regulations have been drawn
up whereby students may borrow
not more than $300 from the
fund for one year as a means of
helping over the tight places in
getting an education. 1
The train last night from the
Interior was delayed a couple of
hours because of heavy snow.
WHILE THEY LAST
Closing out remaining sizes
of good work shoes at prices i
from $.8.25 to $4.75, Remember
old packs can be re-bottomed
with either crepe or cieated bot
toms.
Seward Leather Works]
LIBERTY THEATER
8 O’CLOCK
ONfc SHOW
8 O’CLOCK
IxAST SHOWING of this wonderful picture
“THE PATRIOT”
Sunday
One Show
7:30 Sharp
I’he picture with a new beginning and ending to an un
usual plot.
THE LETTER’
An absorbing drama on that old subject, ‘the triangle.’
Tins time it includes a murder mystery. A great east of
stage stars is headed by
JEANNE EAGELS
with the staging in that romantic and thrilling coun
try around Singapore. With it we will give you a
TIP-TOP TWO—KEEL COMEDY
“ANGORA LOVE”
— STAN LAUREL — OLIVER HARDY —
making the fun. There is also an Inkwell Imp reel, and
an INTERESTING NEWS
VAN GILDER HOTEL
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
Steam Heat
1. S. BADGER Prop.
to the Aroma of
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FRYE'S BABY BEEF
that delicious tender meat
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ROAST 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 will be no lack of appetite
at the meal when Frye's Meats
are served.
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