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WASHINGTON
PAPER LAUDS
THE DELEGATE
(Washington Herald)
There is much that is analogous in
the situation of the inhabitants of the
territory of Alaska and the ciizens
(?) of the district of Columbia. There
is much, also, that is far from similar,
in the couditons wit.1 regard to Suf
frage in the rich territorial posses
sion of the United States, acquired
from Russia, and that which con
fronts those who live within the shad
ow of the nation’s capitol.
When the house of representatives
last week voted Alaska into the dry
column by a majority that left no
doubt as to the sentiment of congress
on this question, it was influenced
largely by the remarks of James
Wickersham, of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Delegate Wickersham told congress
that Alaska had voted overwhelming
ly in favor of the banishment of all
intoxicants from the territory. His
speech furnished the strongest argu
ment in favor of prohibition for Alas
ka and there was no strong counter
argument. Mr. Wickersham has no j
vote in congress. He has, however, a i
voice, and that voice has been used
vigorously and with marked ability in |
expressing the wishes of the constitu
ency he represents.
Unfortunately, the District of Co
lumbia today lacks the same privilege
of representation, the same voice in
congress and the same consideration
from one who is an intimate part of
its life, as one of the more recent and
yet undeveloped territorial possessions
of the United States.
Here is something for congress to
consider. Today it takes up the mat
ter of prohibition for the national
capital of the United States. There
is no doubt that the forces which
have been advocating prohibition
would consider it a wonderful victory ;
if they could force their cause upon
the people of the district—unwilling
or otherwise.
Such a course is hardly founded
upon equity. The people of every
other city in the United States have I
the opportunity to pass lipon such a '
vital question affecting their welfare, i
Why not the people of Washington,
who live here 12 months in the year, •
and who are concerned equally as i
much as members of the congress, in |
the surroundings in which they will j
bring up their children and in which I
they will live?
This is a large question and the peo
ple of Washington at least should be
given the opportunity to pass upon it.
There is not a member of the house
and senate but would protest to the
utmost any attempt to force such re
strictions on any individual city or
voting unit in his district without giv
ing the voters a chance to pass upon
it. If these same members of the con
gress will deal the same justice to
residents of the district, there is no
question about the referendum clause
being added to the Sheppard bill.
EGG CAME FIRST SAYS
CALIFORNIA PROFESSOR j
Comes now Dr. S. J. Holmes, asso-!
date professor of zoology of the Uni-1
versity of California, and deposes that1
the egg happened before the hen,
thereby settling the archaic riddle:;
Did the hen come from the egg or the I
egg from the hen.
Professor Holmes says the solution j
is easy. He says the first bird was
not a bird, but a reptile.
The first bird was hatched. from a
reptile’s egg. Therefore, the egg is
sure to have occurred before the bird
—and a hen is a bird. All this hap
pened, according to Professor Holmes,
when the first reptile wriggled up ouf
of the dim Laurentian seas to live on
dry land. And then came the long
gradual evolution of cold,blooded rep
tiles into creatures with warm blood.
OLD MAID INSURANCE
MAKES ITS APPEARANCE
A form of insurance that is likely to
prove popular in America has appeared
in Vienna, Austria. It is that of in
suring a girl against being an old
maid. The new form of insurance
grew out of the probability that there
would be a great shortage of men fol
lowing the war, and a consequent cer
tainty that there would not be enough
men to go around. >
War News
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s. 444
Fred Carlquist, who is a graduate
optician from San Francisco, is per
manently established with George Os
born, the C. St. Jeweler, and will ex
amine eyes free. 260
STRANGE STORY
TOLD (BOUT (
LONELY ISLAND
When Miss Emily McCoy received
her diploma as nurse at Bridgeport,
Conn., and prepared to leave for her
country she gave an interview in
which she bared Pitcairn island’s se
cret to an astonished world. Her
interview in part follows:
“There is no sin on the island,”
said Miss McCoy, “for the reason that
the only book the inhabitants study is
the Bible. No elopements are on rec
ord and no violations of the marriage
vow have been known in the history
of the island. None of the inhabi
tants ever tasted intoxicants or used
tobacco. There is little or no illness.
“Three clays of each week every
one who is able-bodied works at
building roads and improving the isl
and. The next three days are devoted
to their homes. Sunday, after at
tending church for three hours, the
people make calls or rest.
“The only animals on the island
are several hundred goats, from which
milk is obtained. Everything is so
cialistic, all sharing alike in the prod
ucts that are raised. The people have
no money, their motto being all for
one and one for all.”
Miss McCoy is the daughter of Mat
thew McCoy, sometimes called “King
of Pitcairn.”
Pitcairn lies in the Pacific, midway
between California and Australia. It
is a mountain of rocks 2,000 feet
high, with an area of about two miles
square. Its inhabitants number ex
actly 160, including a clergyman and
his wife.
The natives of Pitcairn are the di
rect descendants of the crew of H. M.
S. Bounty, which, April 28, 1780, mu
tinied and seized the vessel after set
ting the commander, Lieut. William
Blight, and those of the crew who
wished to go with him, adrift in open
boats. The Bounty put in at Pitcairn,
where it remained for several months.
Fletcher Christian, leader, and 14 men
then went to Tahiti, where 12 men and
their wives were taken aboard and the
return trip to Pitcairn was made. The
Bounty was then set on fire and de
stroyed.
No one except the masters of sail
ing vessels and steamships set foot
on the island and no one ever stopped
there more than a few days until 20
years ago, when a clergyman and his
wife went from Melbourne on hear
ing that the natives of Pitcairn were
very religious, but without a minister.
The clergyman on his arrival found
a small hut of branches and straw
built among the trees, which was used
as a school where the mothers of the
children gathered each day and gave
instructions. He was so impressed
with the piety of the natives that he
has never left the island. The result
is that all of the 160 persons know
how to read and wrte.
The soil of Pitcairn is volcanic and
fertile, the climate variable and rainy
with a temperature ranging from 70
to 100 degrees. The people live on
fruit and fish and wild birds. They
do not like beef or pork.
The inhabitants are excellent print
ers. The women do the finest of nee
dlework, while the men make the fin
est of straw hats.
The ambition of the inhabitants a:
present is to build a schooner large
enough to trade their fruit for cloth
ing with the inhabitants of other isl
ands.
Parent s’-Teachers’ Meeting.
The Parents’-Teachers’ association
will meet at the new school house Fri
day afternoon at 3 o’clock p. m. Dr.
F. A. Ross will address the meeting
and Mrs. Hilton is on the program for
a vocal solo. The pupils of Miss Wag
ner’s class will also give a short- pro
gram. The members of the association
are requested to be prompt in their at
tendance.
MRS. BEATRICE BAYLESS,
Secretary-Treasurer.
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elry. Walter A Lord, near Harmony
theatre. 433
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
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It has been recently computed that
the actual fighting forces of Ameri
cans now in Prance under the Union
Jack is probably larger than the Unit
ed States army which was actually
engaged in hostilities in the brief cam
paign of the Spanish-American war.
Nearly 50,000 Americans are esti
mated to be fighting in the ranks of
the allies and inquiry showed that
nearly four-fifths of these are in the
khaki clad British army commanded
by Field Marshal Haig.
Hundreds of Americans keep pour
ing in with each new battalion to take
the place of their countrymen who
have given their lives for the allies
and the hundreds who bear permanent
scars and injuries. Naturally the Can
adian regiments attract the greatest
number of Americans. Many former
members of the United States army
and of the crack national guard regi
ments answer to the British roll call.
All have fought with pluck and de
termination that has won respect and
admiration. Although not so much
has been written about the Americans
serving in the British ranks as in re
gards to their brothers in the French
army. British army traditions, sel
dom countenance the same enthusias
tic expositions of individual deeds of
heroism and daring as are included of
ten in the French and German official
reports.
But the American Tommies have
helped to write some bright pages in
the history of the war in flying corps,
medical corps, artillery and infantry.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press met one young fellow in the uni
form of the Canadian artillery.
“What part of Canada are you
from?” he asked.
“Los Angeles,” came the grinning
reply.
Corresponding answers could be
had from thousands who hailed from
every section of the states.
BELGIANS ESCAPE IN
GERMAN UNIFORMS
An ingenious ruse, smacking of pi
rate yarns, recently enabled forty Bel
gians to get safely out of Belgium,
says the Petit Journal of Paris. A
tugboat lay on the River Meuse at
Haccout early one morning, guarded
by three German soldiers. One or two
Belgians casually approached and en
tered into conversation with the sen
tries, the sequel to a friendly chat be
ing an invitation to have a drink at
the nearest hostelry. Here a sleeping
potion was adroitly introduced in the
unsuspecting Germans’ glasses, and a
few minutes later the sentries were
carried aboard the boat in a helpless
condition.
Three Belgians quickly donned their
uniforms, the rest of the fugitive par
ty had already taken up their quarters
below, and the towboat was soon
steaming Hollandwards, the German
war flag flying bravely at the mast
head. Arrived at the lock, orders were
imperiously shouted and once safely
on the other side the little boat sped
down stream at full speed, snapping
the wire that stretched across the
boundary and being soton afterwards
run ashore on Dutch territory.
The borrowed plumes being restored
to them, the abducted Germans were
given due directions concerning the
way back to Belgium.
Daily War Bulletins at Peterson’s.
JUST TO REMIND YOU
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between SEATTLE and CMcaao
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Anaeles
Direct Connection* far all
points East via the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
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DO YOU WASTE MONEY?
Almost every one does. Bread cast upon the
water comes back again. But when you throw
money away it mighty seldom ever comes back.
What’s going to happen to you when you have
no more money to waste? Why not open an ac
count here? $1.00 does it. Doing it once a week
tor a year means $52 to the good for you—and
the interest we pay you in our Savings Depart
ment. Try it for a few months, you will be sur
prised to find how fast your account will grow.
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