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I> O I' II L K H R A I> K R S
Some men are born fools, others make fools of themselves, so run*
the ancient saw; and we opine from recent observations that there are some
born fools who also possess especial aptitude in displaying their capacities
in the latter direction.
T H E M A I b O U T l> O O K
With a once a month service in summer and an attenuated weekly
winter mail service the recent announcement of the Postoffice Department
that plans are being: made to give Alaska a mail service comparable to
that of any state in the Union, is cheerful reading, even if its effects do
not measure up to the full size of the promise. Especially' with respect
to this section, Alaska is the poorest served of any portion of Uncle Sam’s
domain in the matter of mail service. In fact it is doubtful if any white
man’s country on the globe possesses a mail system so filled with limita
tions and inadequacies as the service in vogue over the greater part of the
territory during the past two or three years.
" In view of the many great difficulties incident to a new and unset
tled country, it is rather too much to expect that the promises of service
given by the department will approximate the hopes they engender, but
we may at least expect improvement in present conditions and possibly con
siderable betterment in the service as compared to what it was under the
last two years of the preceding administration. After what we have
had, any form of improvement will be gratefully appreciated throughout
the territory especially by this section, which has been for years the poor
eat served of all.
H A X l> S O M K IS AS II ANIIS O >1 K I) O K S ”
Time was when custom ami the ignorance of a benighted age dietateil
that those who sat in high places should receive generous servility and
homage from the rank and Hie of humanity, regardless of their personal
merits or whether they were morally entitled to respect or not. Indeed
the question of mitral right to receive respect and consideration did not hav<
the slightest bearing in the case of one of exalted station. It was their
right merely because they occupied by favor or birth a certain sphere in
life and in no degree hinged upon th«- character or attributes of those to
whom it was extended. The veriest rogue clothed in robes of office re
ceived the most servile respect from all whom the customs of the time de
nominated as his • inferiors” and none dared question either the attribute'
or rights of authority or rank.
Times have changed, however, and today the world judges by dif
ferent standards and measures respect for authority and station by con
siderations of official or moral'worth not by mere possession of rank «»t
place. 'Mankind, freed of it’s age long thralldoni to ignorance, vested
lights and inherited privileges, no longer extends it's respect to the indiv
idual merely because of his official or social rank or power.
Whether the possessor of station and authority be of high or low
degree, to receive the respect of the present enlightened and thinking pulilU
he must display individual qualities which entitle him to such consideration
or it will not be forthcoming. The official whose attributes or acts ar*
not in keeping with the dignity of his office cannot expect that the present
day public will grant him more than the mere, formal respect due his sta
tion at best and may withhold even that much consideration ir he fails tc
display qualities of character which entitle him to honor and regard
True there ar*» some individuals who do not scruple to bow and scrape tn
authority, however it may demean itself in a personal sense, while a few arc
willing to kiss the boots of the veriest blackguard or moral leper if he be
but clothed in an official mantle. There are also some who for reason*
of personal expediency will extend an appearance of respect while harbor
ing an internal spirit of contempt or disapprobation for the exaulteil one
whose personal conduct ill befits the dignity of his station. The great
mass of the people, however, are little inclined to grant more than forma'
regard to either official powers or inherited station unless their owners
ere a credit to the place they fill. That such fall into disrepute in the
public eye or fail to receive the respect to which their position should en
title them, is the surest evidence that the discerning eye of the public finds
in them some flaw, some weakness, or some depravity which warrants con
tempt or disrespect.
li A I X If O \\ ( HAS K It S
(From the Helena Independent.
Old-timers who headed the Klondyke gold rush in 189(5, recently
held a reunion in Dawson, city of the far-north Canadian Yukon. They
celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversar nf the first rich gold strike of Klon
dyke gold in Bonanza Creek.
There was adventure for you the only really big gold strike since
the Forty-Niners went overland in prairie schooners to California.
Thousands perished in the Yukon snows, seeking gold.
Yet the greatest amount of the yellow metal ever taken out of th*
Klondyke in a single year was $22,o0|).00ii in 1900.
Klondyke took more in human life than it gave in wealth.
The old-time “sour-dough” prospectors, celebrating in Dawson
must speak in hushed voices about ‘Skookum Jim” Mason.
Skookum Jim. a Siwash Indian, discovered thf gold fields of Klon
Prospecting with his brother, "fultus Charlie.” and with "Siwash
George” Carmack, Skookum Jim. while his companions slept., went down
to a creek by an old birch tree, and panned a handful of gold from th
gravel in a f»■ w ini•»»ii« s
The world went gold mad wlnm tin* news traveled out.
Skookum .lim took a steam* r to Seattle and spent .? I U'l.Mnn, buying
everything that caught his eye
Five years ago. this discoverer of Klondyke died a pauper. He was
a rainbow chaser.
As in all gambling frames, as in all rainbow chasing, tin- majority of
the Klondyke gold seekers came home broke.
Pondering that, you reflect that rainbow * hasing rarely pays.
There's further food for thought, in that time has shown there Is
a thousand times the wealth in tin* furs, salmon, timber and oil or Alaska
and the, Yukon than there ever was in gold
ALASKA\ S i AN ISK Tltl STKIf TO SAVK ALASKA’S I:I« IfKS
I Seattle Times)
Congress is frying to regulate Alaska, fisheries, thousands of miles
distant from the streams where the tish run
It knows as little about these territorial resources as it does of
ether natural riches of the northland.
Unacquainted as it is with the country and the practical problems
of the industry. J. .1 Underwood somberly says it looks as if salmon might
‘■ease to run before anything reasonable and constructive has been accom
plished .
There is only one way in which all these problems may be success
fully handled.
Commit to Alahkans the conservation of Alaska's natural resources.
.\len permanently resident In tin* territory are not likely to alien
ate or destroy wealth, from which they may expect tax returns for their gov
ernment, opportunities for invested capital and employment of labor
They, at least, know what are the causes responsible for the 25
percent decrease in the white population of the territory during the past
They alone are in possession of the expert knowledge required of
those who are to plan the working of mines, the utilization of forests, the
wise conservation of fisheries, the tilling of the soil and the production of
Had the government assumed the same attitude toward the public
domain in th** United Stares that it has done toward the territory of Alas
ka. the Mississippi today would mark the western confines of development
in this countr\
It was private initiative, individual effort and private capital that
built up the entire expanse of America west of the Alleghenies
The same forces would build up Alaska if they had the opportunity.
And. in doing this. Alaska would protect, while utilizing, the re
sources of the northern Empire which is capable of supporting in comfort
and ease a hundred times the white population is now possesses
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ING TO CORRAL ALL
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THE IMPOSSIBLE
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TELEGRAM
19 FD AC 49 NL
Seattle, Yin. Oct. 25 1921
Mitchell Weisberb,
Home, Alaska.
Arrange space in store. Bought complete stock
of Ladies merchandise, dresses, coats, hats,
shoes also nice selection of Men's goods. Ship
ping Victoria. Bought fine Stetson hats,—«-good
line of suits.
L. Seidenverrg. 4:40 p. m.
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