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THE NEW YEAR
Time is naught, yet man encompassed about with limitations and cir
cumstances in vision, must divide eternity into epochs and periods and set up
milestones along the pathway of his progress into the future.
Hence it is that we today stand upon the threshold of a new year, gaz
ing into what seems to our eyes a new future, bright with hope and prospect
of new Joy and achievement.
The old year, with its blearing and misfortune*, its successes and
failures, its Joys and sorrows, has receded into the dtm vas*ness of the past,
where year* dwindle to Infinitesimal moments in eternity and the deeds of men
are but fleeting and soon forgotten dreams. Lret it go. Leit trim who de
sires progress gaze not back upon It. The past is dead and all that it con
tained is beyond resurrection.
He who would go forward Should turn his gaze Into the reseats dawn of
the New Year where the future beckons to new endeavors, new successes and
nenr rewards, for there alone is to be found the goal of happiness and peace.
The end and aim of humanity's progress upward from the protoplasmic
clay lies not behind but before. The future alone can bring to us the re
ward of life's endeavors and reveal its purpose and ultimate intent. Go
forward. The old year is now but a memory'• Beyond the porta! of the
New Year lies everything we seek and the fullness of life's promise. Hope
calls to us from the verdant hills inviting us to new efforts and nobler pur
poses, new triumphs and more glorious rewards.
TO MAKE UP A WORLD
Qtvilized mankind may pe divided into two great groups, the class
whose Influence and endeavor fa positive and the cJass whose Influence is
negative. Tn the second group, are to be found, the men who «ty it can't bo
done: In the first are the men who do it.
The first group includes our business men, our legislators and our
presidents. It consists mostly of men who are producers by choice and who
work largely for the intrinsic satisfaction erf npnxmptuhing something. The
second includes the men whose principal contribution to the world jyould be
conversation but for the fact that the complexities and exigencies of civilicatiou
force them into productive work, in order to survive.
The presence of these two classes is doubtless necessary and natural
in an orderly world. The progressive producer envisages great fields of ac
eomj)H«hment but is retarded in carrying out Ms dream by his doubting com
panions. Th# optimistic ones are the engineers of the trains of progress
and the pessimists are the ibnakemen who prevent them from throwing the
throttle too wide open and thereby wrecking the tnifin. Both apparently fill
an appointed place in the scheme of existence and are essential each to the
other. Rut whale the pessimist has his place and functions, the personal
nppEoation of the rule finds his lot by ftur the leas desirable. The man who
works to accomplish something usually acquires in the accomplishment the
best thing* tn life and enjoy* a larger and freer existence even though so busy
he has scarcely ttfme enough to eat and sleep. The doubter, the stuward,
the unimaginative man, the man who works grudgingly and beaouse"hc is
forced to do so. gets only ^»t the world Just as grudgingly gives Mm.
THE CITY WHICH HADN’T ENOUGH CIVIC WRIT
TO LIGHT A BONFIRE
There in a city In MUchignn -whose citizens once raised a fund of SSO^OOO
to be spent In what someone has denentbed an the bu/dnem of “factory grab
bln*." The money was spent, dn three years. It did not bring a single new '
Industry to the town. When the fund was about exhausted the organisation ,
met to wind up Its affairs. The motion hnd been made and seconded when
a leading Citizen arose.
“We have spent our money/’ he said, “and haven’t a thing to show for
it. This has set me to wondering if we were not on the wrong track.
While we have been trying to bring factories here, we have overlooked our
Own city. The streets are out of repair. We have no parks. No home
for workmen. Our schools, fire and police departments are a Joke. The
city hasn’t enough civic split* to light a bonfire. Now. instead of going
out of business, suppose we all chip 1n to another fund and spend that money
trying to Improve our home city. Let’s try it for a year, anyway.”
His enthusiasm prevailed. At the end of the year the results were
such that thie organization financed itself for another year, and then a third.
When the third year had run its course, the same leading citizen made
another little speech:
"We spent $50,000 to get new factories, and didn’t gut one. AVe have
spent about the some amount trying to see how good a town we could make of
this, and now look at the Inventory: More than a dozen new industries have
quietly come in and made their homes here. We have gained 40 per cent in
population. Wle have good streets, good schools, several parks, efficient fire
and police protection, better housing accomjodutions, and we are ull loudly
and proudly telling the rest of the country that this is the best city on this
continent. We not only believe it. but wfe know it, and. If called on. we
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ALASKA NEEDS A FIFTH
JUDICIAL r I VISION
Congestion of court business at Jn
ne&u and Ketchikan, the Injustice be
ing done to men Charged with dime
who arc held in confinement tor
months awaiting trial, overwork of the
Judirtary and the beet interests of
development far the country' demand
that congress establish a Fifth Ju
dicial division of Alaska.
AH at the first division south of
Prince Frederick Sound and Bamnoff
Islands, including the mainland, should
comprise the Fifth Division. There is
jas muCh work at Juneau as any one
Judge can handle properly, with due
consideration tor his own health, and
likewise there ie an equal amount in
Ketchikan.
In view of the tact that all expenses
of official attending court at Ketchi
kan who come from Juneau and other
parts erf the division are paid during
the term, under the present system,
it is certain that the government would
not be called on to expend in excess of
f30,000 a year over the present cost.
*n»e service to thep ubJic would be so
much more eo/tislbctory that the cost
would be insignificant.
More important, however, than the
monetary consideration, is the injus
tice done many persons accused of
dime. It is not unusual for a man,
arrested early in the spirng at Ket
chikan, to be sent to Juneau to the
federal Jail, only to he turned loose,
sometimes without even going to trial,
after he is brought back to Ketchikan.
It Is an outrageous Injustice, one
that should not be tolerated. The
present system takes away from any
defendant that right which the consti
tution clearly sets forth that he is en«.
titled to. and that is a speedy trial by
Jury. Certainly eight months without
facing a Jury of his peers cannot be
said to be a "speed trial.”
Tnen ogam tnere is anoiner con
sideration. The business enterprises
of the Ketchikan dJatikn are growing
In number rapidly . They will grow
more rapidly in the next five years.
'Where business is toeing carried on on
a large scale it is of the utmost Im
portance that courts be near at hand.
Constantly there are injunctions and
other equity matters which should be
taken up toefore courts and under the
present system it can be done only at
a tremendous cost and much delay.
In many of the Judicial districts of
the United States, the district courts
have not nearly as much business for
consideration as there is In Ketchikan.
The district has much more business
than the Fourth division had When it
was established. Last year more than
five times as much court business was
transacted in Ketchikan as in the Sec
ond Judicial Division. There Is cer
tainly need for the court at Keane, and
even greater need for one at KetcM
fShould the division be established,
it would be necessary to hare a bet
ter Jail and courthouse, but that is
necessary under present conditions.
Ketchikan can secure the Fifth Ju
dicial Division if it mnftes proper
representation* to Congress, such a
showing as fct is possible to make —
Ketchikan Chronicle.
FLIGHT MAY AID ALASKA
While there is undoubtedly Ren*ml
regret that Commander Street and his
companions in the return flight from
Nome to New York selected another
route than down the Inside Passage
and by the way of Wrangell, it is
probably true that their decision is a
wise one. Limited to landing fields on
solid ground, the season is unfavor
able for their planes to attempt a re
turn by the route taken In the flight
Into the country It might have end
ed in disaster to the entire party.
As far as gathering data on the
route is concerned, the out trip un
doubtedly sufficed for that purpose.
The pioneer work of the flyers has
been accomplished. It only remains
for the ree arts to be put to some
beneficial use in connection with the
establishment of suitable service on a
^ommexcSc! basis. In bin telegram to
Mayor Robertson, Captain Street in
timates that there may be reason to
hope for something of this kind to
develop in the near future. “Hope our
flight may bear fruit for commercial
enterprise along the coast,” he 4 de
clares. The flight demonstrated that
aerial navigation In the territory Is
practical. The time made by the
planes in Alaska compares favorably
with that on other legs of their flight
md they had less trouble on account
yt climatic conditions, fewer brenk
lowns. and were under no greater phy
sical sSmJin after entering ithe terri
tory’s boundaries than experienced be
The ocr>t, of Alaska otters un
funded opportunities for operation qf
lying ►tills - Airplane* for tbs intejdo)
■oufftry well?d require no additions’
equijhnent to (that now used in the
States. It is to be hoped that the suc
cess of the army flyers will give Im
petus to a moA-ement to establish reg
ular aerial service, to all pants of the
territory.—Juneau Em<p4re.
'•THE COUNTRY 18 SAFE.**
"The country is safe;" this also in
eludes Alaska.
By the result of the recent national
election the American voters decisive
ly elected Warren G. Hardin* and
Galvin Coolidge, president and vice
president of the United States. To as
sist the chief executives the voters
also elected sufficient congressman and
senators to assure safe majorities for
republican policies. The women of tho
land unquestionably exercised their
franchise to swell the remarkable ma
jorities. The defeat of the league of
nations and Wjleonism is decisive.
Governor Cox had to bear the burden.
the result proves the fallacy of one
man rule, and assures the return to
normal industrial and commercial con
ditions.—Anchorage Times,
A8 WE EXPECTED
The splendid vote given Dan Suth
erland in Ancrorage la sufficient proof
of the worth of the man; it further
prove* that the people are tired of the
democratic administration. All other
parte of Alaska evidently enjoyed the
some sensations, for from practically
every voting place comes the advice
of republican majorities. The com
plimentary vote given Arthur Frame
and Copt. A. E. Isuthrop Is no more
than expected; it is their Just re
ward. The local voting shows a de
cidedly republican tendency, although
favoritism played a ooneplcious oart
in the eieation.Anchorage Times.
LORD MAYOR DAVID
It is now "good morning your may
orship;” it was formerly “Good morn
ing Judge." By a vote of 82S to ISO,
Anchorage voters wisely decided to In
corporate. Having received the pop
ular vote Judge Leopold Davis is now
Lord Mayor of Anchorage, the newly
incorporated town. It is the common
opinion of all thut the right man re
ceived the honors.—'Anchorage Times.
A DELICIOUS BIT OF HUMOR
In these day® of political strife, the
following bit of genuine humor, writ
ten by an angry constituent to an
Australian member of Parliament, may
prove interesting:
“DEER 8UR—You're a dam fraud,
and you kno wit. I don't care a rap
for the position or the muney ether,
but you could bavo got it for me If
you wasn't as mean as muk. Two
pounds a week ain't any moar to me
then 40 shBlHn's is to you, but I object
to bein' made an infernU fool of.
Soon as you was elected by my hard
working friends a feller wanted to bet
me that you wouldn* be in the house
inoren a week before you made an am
of yourself, I bet him a cow on that,
as I thought you were worth It. When
I got your note sayln' you dekhned to
aclct in the. mutter, I drov the cow
over to the feller's place an' tole him
he had won her. That's ori I got by
howfin’ myself horse for you on elec
tion day and months befoar. You not
only hurt a mans pride, but you In
jure his bizness. I oelieve you think
you'll get in agen. I don’t. An* what
[ don't think is of moar konsequlnce
than you imajin. I believe you take
a pleshlr In cuttin’ your bet friends,
but wate till the clouds roll by an’
they'll cut you—Just behind the ear.
where the butcher cuts the pig. Yure
no man. Yure only a tule. Go to hel.
[ lowers myself rHin’ to a skunk, even
tho I. med him a fember of Parlla
ne n t."—Excha n ge.
Make a new New Year resolution—
He a subscriber to the Nugget.
NEWSY ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF ALASKA
The assessed valuation of property
at Petenfou-g is 1563,050.
A four-piece orchestra now furnish
es music for the Liberty theatre at
Ketchikan.
There was 784 fish traps operated
in Alaska this season. This Is 28
more than in lilt.
Carstens Packing Company have
opened a new meat market in New
Town. Ketchikan.
Capt. E. A. Draney of the cannery
tender Barbara, died recently at Ket
chikan after a days illness.
Miss Vida Rich of Seward has gone j
outside to attend school this winter.
The Alaska Road Commission re-1
cently moved camp to the two mile'
post on the new road near Chitna.
Whitehorse and Doweon entertained
jthe visiting aviators with a dance and
The Petersburg sawmill recently
shipped 62,000 feet of clear lumfcer to |
the states. The freighter Redonda
carried the shipment.
The Cordova rifle club recently re
ceived a consignment of titles ammu
nition and other supplies, and are
now ready for buisense.
The McCarthy garage changed
hands last week when George Ander
son disposed of his interest to Henry
The first cement sidewalk to be
bidK in Wrangell is being put in by
A. Lemieux, proprietor of the Drift
—
Hans Kell, captain and owner of
the halibut boat Gjoa, which was
wrecked several weeks ago near Cape
Buckling, was declared Insane by a
Cordova Jury and sent to Morntngskle
on the Ataanedn.
—
Heavy raine have prevailed at Ka
talla the pest few weeks and the over
flow has washed away 1600 feet of
the Alaska-Anthracite railway track
at he junction.
Miss Marie Tavisti and Thorwald
OSbo were recently united in mar
riage at Reward, The bride is a for
mer Nome girl, coming to Seward re
cently from Ballard. The groom has
been connected with the Seward light
and power company for the past five
A Whitehorse man exercised his in
genuity on the occasion of the army
planes tending at that place recently.
One of the time of the planes blew
out and he spliced a rope aroiifrl the
wheel and pieced what was left of the
tire around the rope. The improvised
ure worked perfectly.
Two Yukoners, Dan McLean and
"Walter Johnson were chased by a big
griasly bear a short time ago. The
men won the race after they had dis
carded all excess baggage in the way
of packs and clothing. The event
was featured on the pioturesque banks
of the Stewart river.
fifteen waterpower projects in Al
aska were developing a total of 37,350
horespower in 1917, for the region of
Southeastern Alaska. These plants
furnish power for mining and various
other; industries. The largest plant in
Southeastern Alaska develops 5700
horsepower.
Holiday Suggestions—subscribe for
the Nugget $1.00 per month.
Cordova has an Elks lodge with 6)
member*, recently organised.
John E. Johnson is the name of the
new superintendent of schools at Ket
John M. Buhl, roadhouse keeper at
East Fork on the Nenanu trail is mak
ing his first visit to Anchorage.
Emilio Cortes is being sought by
Mrs Dolores Cartes, No. 1,000 San
Jacinto, and Colima streets, San An
tonio, Terns. |
luka, V. Shlels, P. O. box 96. of
Burlington Junction, Missouri, is in
quiring for her brother, Andy F., Shiets
who went to Juneau when last heard'
from in 1916. »
Inquiries hare been received at Ket
chikan for a boat and equipment to
take a party of Eastern pulp men for a
cruise in the Ketchikan section for a
month or two.
Purser Fred Sterling: of the river
boat Hase! B. says that the Stikine
is overrun with bears. Fourteen were
seen from the boat on the last trip
down the river.
Mrs. W. W. Broom, a music teach
er 40 years old, whose maiden name
was Temple Faye Hatfield, and who
separated from her husband In Canada
is wonted by her son, A. C. Brjom.
Route 1, Entoe, Texas.
Frank R. Three, short story writ
er writing for tfce "Blue Book." "Pop
ular and o.' *r magazines l.;>s re
cently visited Western Alaska look
ing for local color for his stories.
Recent travelers along the Telly
river say that forest fires have raged
along both banks of that strearq for a
distance of HO miles and over large
areas back fro nvthe stream.
Another bank called the First Na
tional Rank of Anchorage is to be es
tablished at Anchorage with a capital
of $25,000
The run of fish at the Kodiak can
neries in July was so great that every
available person in town was pressed
into service tc save the cat^h includ
ing the prelates of the Russian church.
The cannery tender Valkyrie had an
accident a short time ago in which a
crank shaft was broken. The boat <s
on the gridiron at Petersburg and the
owner has gone south to get a new
engine part.
Six tons of shrimps a day will be
handled by the Alaskan Glacier Sea
Food company's plant at Wrangell teh
coming Winter. At thep resent time
the eofpany is handling between one
and two tons of shrimp a day. Crabs
will also be handled, being packed 1n
cans and shipped in bulk.
The Forestry service is allowed by
laiv to sell stumpage only from the
National forests. The purchaser of
timber has no cut-over problem, since
the government retains title to these
lands. Any legitimate use of the land
incident to the development of the
project Is allowed at a nominal con
sideration, or in many cases for no
charge at all.
Isom P. Johnson, the Fort Seward
loldier arrested on a charge of nt
-mpting to burn the A. B. Hall at
Ffnines January 21 last, was acquit
id by a Juneau Jury recently. The
evidence showed that Johnson was
»ot he guilty man.
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