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THE SOCIALIST PRESS
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Jhe Official Organ Of and
(indorsed by Fairbanks, 01
tifc* ar.d Clcaiv Locals, So
cialist Party,
W. J. Nicley, Manager.
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Saturday Aug. 8th.
The City Council.
Last Spring a city council,
consisting of business men
was elected on the assump
tion that because they were
business men, the affairs of
the city would be conducted
on strictly business principles
that is along the same care
ful lines as a business estab
tablishment is supposed to be
conducted, particularly with
reference to the outlay of
money consistent with the
best results under the circum
stances. The city was in a
bad way financially, and the
campaign was made on the
cry that unless business men
were elected, the city was in
grave danger of going on to
the rocks of bankruptcy. E
conorny and carol ul manage
ment were the watchwords.
So a council of business men
were elected, but up-to-date
economy and careful manage
ment lias not been much in
evidence. It is doubtful if a
man on the council would re
tain a man in his employ
when his services were not
needed; nor would he be apt
to pay a greater salary than
the going rate. It is true that
a couple of firemen were cut
out last Spring and the
School hoard was induced to
reduce the salaries under its
jurisdiction, but the men dis
charged were necessary to
the efficiency of the fire de
partment, and school salaries
were already the lowest in
the city. Yet two policemen
at big salaries have been kej.it
patrolling the city when
there is no earthly use tor
more than one, and a fire
chief and a captain have also
been retained at fancy sala
ries, v hen it is said on good
authority that the duties of
both positions could be merg
ed into one without harm to
the department. And then
there is the city attorney,
who is paid $1,500 per year,
when it js a safe bet that
there are plenty of lawyers
around the town who would
be glad to do the work for
half that price. The work
than the city attorney is call
ed upon to do is not worth
jnore than half what is paid
for it, even at a lawyer’s ex
[ agerated idea as to the value
of his services. The salary of
the city clerk could also be
shaved without serious re
sults anywhere.
Ordinarily, we would be
the last to object to these
things but circumstances al
ter cases. The financial con
dition of this town is in no
better shape than it was when
the present city council took
oflice. The revenues are de
clining right along. School
warrants issued last May to
the amount of several thous
and dollars are outstanding
as well as other warrants, on
which not a dollar can be rea
lized. Neither banks, mer
chants nor brokers will touch
them for the reason that
j they see no reasonable pros
pect of their being taken up,
i nor arc they any good for tax
es. Yet in face of this state
| of affairs big salaries contin
ue to be paid,-and supernu
meraries retained on the pay
roll, and these get the money
! that comes into the treasury,
in preference to employees
who earned their money by
doing useful and necessary
work months ago.
1 If this is the best that a
business man’s council can
do in managing the affairs
! of this town, lord deliver us.
! A lot of school boys co.ulcl do
no worse.
Butcher Linderfeit
Not only in labor circles
but in every community all
over the country disgust is
expressed over the sentence
of 5 points reduction in rank
which the Courtrnartial
after finding the butcher guil
ty, meted out to him.
Assassination Of
Jaures.
I (At the meeting of Olnes Lo
cal on August 1st, a resolution
was passed, requesting Comrade
Crison to write a sketch of the
life of John Leon Jaures—on the
meaning of his assassination.)
The assassination of John Jau
res means a loss not only to the
French people but to the whole
world—one equivalent to that
of Carl Marx. Jaures, at the age
of 18, came from St. Sire, the
famous politechnic school of
France. After serving one year
in the French Army, as the law
requires, he was brought to the
attention of President McMahon,
Faires and Groivie, by Gambeta,
his true friend. Then his politi
cal career commenced as Secreta
ry to Gambeta. Many victories
Gambeta owes to Jaures. His
most prominent victory was the
expose of the Eastern R. R. scan
dal, which caused Gambeta'*
assassination. Gambeta was poi
soned by fnmon, the latter being
hired by F oquai, Jules Fairie
and Frecinet of the Clerical Par
ty. Two weeks after Gambeta’s
death Jaures re-established the
Radical Party; his first move was
to denounce Floquai, Jules Fairie
and Frecinet of the Clerical Par
ty as l eing the murderers of
Gambeta; through a Kangaroo
Notice, of Forfeiture.
To Elija Cichkovich his heiis. execu
tors, admiistrators and assigns.
You are hereby notified that you are
indebted to me, the undersigned, for
your share of the assessment work
performed upon the Miners’ associa
tion on Steel creek, a tributary to
.Little Chena, in Fairbanks recording
district, Territory of Alaska,
In order to hold your inleiest in
said claim under the provisions ol
section 232-1 of the revised statutes of
the United States said expenditure be
inn for your share of the annual as
sessment work .anh if within ninety
days aftei the last publication of this!
notice you fail to pay to the undersign
ed as co-owner your said proportion ol
the expenditure aforesaid and the
| cost of this advertisement your interest
in said claim will become the property i
of the undersigned as co owner under i
said section 2324 R.
Lars Westcnvik.
First publication Juiy 11. 1914.
Last \ ublication Oct. 10, 1914.
Are You One Of The
Socialists who Says
“Yes I am a socialist—been o
the ticket—but 1 do not belong
i;i that class, you should get out
I count axo the o~es that p: y then
little 25 cent dues per month, and
I aid in the work of the party oigaut
zatii n. There are the fellows teat
ate makirg the Socialist bariy the
great foi.ee for the common good in
America. The capitalist class won’t
finance our paity and we don’t
want them to. Its the twenty-live
le tor many
.0 the organization;” If you are
of it. The only Socialists that
jtouts per uiuLth Itoin itsthousands
of rtjtl Socialists that keep Ihe^
wheels of the organ zatioa go’i ig.
Come on in ami find out how tve
run things. You will have iast as
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made it easy for you to tube the
fust stop—,b..low is a .coupon which .
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present. I’loaeesenl toine one to lake my apt Ucation.
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AiM.eas.
1 vv ill be at home.
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court Jaures is sentenced to six
month’s imprisonment and five
years’ deportation. In 1387 Jau
res became a Boulangist, elected
Deputy of Paris as a Boulangist
and in less than one year through
exposure overthrew three gov
ernments in succession. Ho help
ed Boulanger to get many sani
tary reforms in the army and na
vy. In 1889 Jaures saw Boulan
ger’s treason coming when he at
tempted with the help of Roch.
fort and Clemenceau to re-estab
lish the monarchy in France.
Jaures formed the National
party for the purpose of destroy
ing the Boulangiots, Clericals,
Bonapartists or any other party
favoring monarchy.
He truly exposed the Panama
Canal scandal and ulso the South
ern It. It. and i fter upsetting sev
eral governments hy exposures,
he caused President Parier to re
sign. For the second time his en
emies had him exiled to Spain.
When in Spain he met our great
Comrade Ferrer, and through
Ferrer he became a convinced So
cialist. Through a general amnes
ty he returned to France and six
months afterwards was re-elect
ed as a deputy. His first movt
was to stop the Chauvinists ol
France from declaring war a
gainst Germany o ver the incideni
Georg? and
Charlie.
OLMtS BAR
Olnes, Alaska
^ts^^j«6»ete«e«6t6ieKj^«seieie40M
of Lagni, he also stopped i ne de
elaration of war with England
ever the Fashoda incident. He al
so did all he could to stop France
from 'aking possession of Mada
gascar, Dahomy and Morocco.
The day of the burial of Faure,
when the troops passed the Place
de la Republic on the way back,
Jaures jumped to the hdad of the
.general’s horse and ordered the
general to march against the
President’s Palace, his motivesgl
beingto expose President Loubet
and his cabinet for grafting oi»
the Panama Canal, and show
them t j be unfit to govern France.
Continued on last page.
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