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Che 1Rew V^ar
ONCE,MORE ill Time’s eternal progre.-.s we stand today upon Um' j
threshold of a New Year. What lies beyond the portal that will opon |
to us tomorrow, no man knows. Most of us will g*> forward into the j
new born year blindly and carelessly, scarce heeding where our l’ootstept? !
lead, and with little thought of what it may hold for us. A few. gifted '
with ambitions and asperitions beyond their fellows, will step bravely
onward, findjng In the New Year new achievements, new triumphs and '
rew progress.
To the many the New Year will yield little, save what, chance or j
luck may bring. To them its advent means little more than a change in (
the calendar—a mere continuation *of the round of nights and days that I
have gone before. Few will concern themselves with its possibilities,
beyond vague hopes of this or that; fewer still will seek to find in it more
than a perpetuation of the things of yesteryear.
j Rut to those in whom ambition stirs it brings a cheerful greeting.
To them it is something more than a mere divfrsion of time or a new
order of reckoning. It means to such the opening of new vistas of
aspiration and endeavor. Hope, from its nWfel"V**Ied depths, points with
rosy fingers to distant goals, urging them to press onward with renewed
vigor to their attainment. To the sluggard, the timid, the unambitious. !
it is no more than a section of the same highway they have trod; to those j
who aspire it brings fresh hopes and aims, new purposes and now desires. ;
j.nd points the way to new achievements.
And so we say to you who read. "What does it mean to you ? j
Are you one of the vast many who see in the day only a holiday, a day |
of rest, given over to idle greetings, and senseless feasting ? Are you j
one who is content to plod onward in the same old rut. waiting idly for |
such gifts as Time will give, or are you among those to whom the new
year holds forth new aims, new aspirations and bright promises «; future*
progress and a lure to new endeavor ?
“ALASKA YEAR" IX KIUHT FOR NORTH AXI) SEATTLE
SEATTLE HAS ABOUT a year, during which it can co-operat** with
all the other enterprising communities of the Pacific Northwest in getting
a real tourist campaign started.
In that year, if the work of preparation and publicity is conducted
with enthusiasm and success, machinery will he created for attracting
summer visitors in great numbers and for serving them after they arrive.
Then Seattle, again in co-operation with forward-looking coin
inunities in the Pacific Northwest, must turn its attention upon Alaskan
development.
Some time next year, if President Harding's plans mature, all the
various Federal bureaus administering Alaskan affairs may be co-ordinat
ed and, if possible all their labors will be grouped under a single head
What this means to the Northland, every Alaskan resident in
Seattle knows. ^
It will not take a man months or years to obtain a patent to a
homestead. Utilization of resources will not be arbitrarily delayed by
bureau officials ignorant of conditions in the territory. The great,
northern treasure house no longer will be closed by bonds of official red
Under intelligent, progressive leadership and administration, the
country will enter upon a new era of development in wealth, industry,
transportation and population.
Seattle must be alert t6 forward all constructive labors in Alaska’s
behalf. It will need and will welcome friendly help, provided effort is
not made to force appointees or policies upon it.
None know better than the residents of this city what are the
possibilities of the North country—what it can do industrially, what popu
lation it can suppdrt In comfort and to what an extent its trade will grow
under favorable circumstances.
Big things for the territory should develop during the coming year.
It may be that befoVe the twelve month period is ended, we shall be in the
midst of a big drive on behalf of Alaska and for the furthering of Seattle’s
natural interest In the opening up of that country.
At this stage of national affairs, it appears certain that no longer
period can elapse before another and perhaps the greatest of all revivals
i in territorial history will be in full swin^.—Seattle Times.
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Editorial Views of Alaska Newspapers
The declaration by congress that [
home brew is all right won’t con-1
vince the average nmn who was woi.t
to keep a jug of Old Bourbon con- J
cealed in the haymow.- Stroller'**
Come all ye would-be deputy mar |
shals. detectives and trouble-makers. •
organize your forces, get your attlda
vits against the other fellers ready I
and prepare to tight. Tor the d puty-j
ships, for the New Marsha) is here j
to start the grand potlatch of depu j
tyships among the Faithful, so get
in line.- Fairbanks News-Miner. I
If someone could insert a suffic
ient prod into tie- I'nited States gov
ernment. it would be possible to j
equip the government railroad in |
Alaska for electrical operation; fur- I
nish the power for the purpose; ha v*>
left over, for sale at a reasonable,
price, sufficient high grade fuel to •
supply the needs of the whole terri- j
tory. besides a lot of other by-pro
ducts; and make money on the oper I
ation to boot. Who will do tie j
prodding.—-Juneau Capital.
And people must not despise tin*
tourist trallic. In many sections off
the country it has been the chief in-j
dustry. Tourists transformed Los!
Angeles from a village to the tenth
city in population in tin I’nit• • 1
States, and started the movement j
that boosted California from the _ I ;
st state in population in l!»oo to t >•
eighth iriv4.!ti!0. There re large!
profits and tremendous possibilities
in a wtdl d veloped tourist traffic,
and there is no place in the world
that offers more to tourists than Al
aska. Juneau Kmpire.
OXK MAN KI’I.K KOI: ALASKA
Had Franklin K Lane, as sec re
tar.v of the interior, advocated a
monopoly of control over Alaska af
fairs within his own department.
Alaskans would have raised litt 1
objection to the proposal, for the
reason that they held Secretary
Lane in high regard, knowinv him
to he unselfishly interested in the
development of the territory Hut
Alaskans do not know Secretaty
Fall as intimately as they did Sec
retary Lane and the suggestion of
one-man rule for the territory, in
roiisesuence. <s not at all acceptable.
Th • development hoard idea, origin
ated by Secretary Lane, and advo
cated by Chairman Curry, of the
house committee on territories, has
more the appearance of a helpful
arrangement—th- placing of Alaska
affairs in the hands of men appoint
ed to devote their whole time to Al
aska development and from whom
there would he appeal direct to th
tarv Fall to he unworthy of the
assume under the provisions of the
New hill; hut his opposition to Gov
ernment ownership and operation of
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A t. l t o <; i: t ii k i: \ o w-r i i. i. : *
Spit on your hands. get a pood hold on i •• Seward Peninsula 4
bonds of affiliation, and pull '• m up closer. \ • hain may 1»<- ❖
only as strong as its weakest link. 1H T NVITIini T \ ril.\l\. *
TlIKIJi: IS NO STKKNGTH .XT ALL. . Kven a ptarmigan and 4*
a timber wolf know there is pinver in K Plurihus ruuni. +
For a long time the different localities of this District have 4*
been backsliding into little hermit villages; there has been a *
frightful lack of co-ordination. We have pulled at Congres- 4*
sional influence from every point on the compass, with the re- 4*
suit that we haven't gotten am where. We have been like 4*
some dog teams we all know of: •’Geeing" and "Flawing” 4*
when the command was Straight Ahead. 4*
The Nt'GGKT wants a weekly news letter from every settle- 4*
merit in the District. It wants to print your activities, social 4*
and otherwise, and it wants the feelings and expressions of 4*
your community on the big issues confronting us all. It 4"
wants your support by subscription. A larger paper means a 4*
better paper. Huy it; read it. and send us your suggestions 4*
as to how to better it. We would like to be a perfect mirror 4*
of the Peninsula’s thoughts and desires. This will require 4*
teamwork. 4*
Just laying back there in your cabin, grumbling and growl
ing to yourself wont help any. t’lear. constructive criticism,
though, when given the light of day may accomplish wonders.
Get together. Appoint someone in your community as cor
respondent and let the World know you haven’t hibernated for 4*
the winter. We might suggest that your local school teach- 4*
ers be interested in writing up your activities, and we will 4»
make substantial remuneration for their literary labors. 4*
Interest is what we want. The country is interested in us. 4*
we are interested in ourselves. 4*
Let’s show them
[railroads in Alaska i> enough in'
| mat.- Alaskans suspicious of him.
If ho has his way, h-- will inrn th •
CJov -rnmont railroad over to ->om.
private interest i«» operate, and th
New hill would give him power t .
Fall is not to lie trusted with tie
control of Alaska affair*, hut •1 • • • r
territory is too big and the resource' '
too valuable to he turned over on
tirely to any singl • cabinet ollicer. '
already overburdened with work. •
I \< |,K IIKNKIA
presumably intended to
new thought that he
Congress from Alaska ■
gen and the Dearborn
Independent hav- a w?
Dan Sutherland and win
Imi apparently written
belief that the only way
Alaskan institution and
and th National (Jovernment v'a
the Drayton Route.
• • I don't see where Drayton, whom
I know, got connected up with Ford,
unless it is because Drayton rattles."
said a Fellow Townsman todav
That's the way ho looks to us from
his Alaska asp rsions. as we hav-»
noticed them in the Public Prints.
While it is almost too much *•» irk
the only Democratic paper in ih<*
world to do (to *upport a R<-pnti!i« a i
of Drayton or Sutherland well.
A (•< M iD m'SINKSS TONIC
Advertising is more than a hu-.
ness tonic; it is business necessity
That is why it is needed all the tune.
Of all advertising, that with h r-,m> •
the great* at waste is what is 1: i >wn
as the "once in a while kind."
Successful advertisers are tin*
kind that keep it up persistently.
They are judged successful b cause
of the resulting success of th-ir
business.
Pp until four years ago tm-re wa*
a certain soap that was known
around the world It had been the
most persistently advertised article
offered the previous hundred years.
From the day this soap was first put
on the market in 1912 it was ad
vertised in a small way. but persis
N-iitly and continuously For the
tin- best-advertised products in 11|..
world Then the directors decide.!
thill because the factory was sellinr
to < .<parity. advertising would h dis
I!..hi one year from that time
th*- hu-imss of the linn dropped :tr»
per rent on volume That soap is
a a in b ittg advertised and we un
derstand it was necessary to spend
«.-..iHin oiMi jn extra publicity, over
previou- 'ppropriiit ion^. to g<-t back
This firm was not a 'flier in ad
vertising." Its products bad he -i
used for generations and was known
in the homes of th* world, but it
that advertising was ns necessary e»
it s the raw products that enter
into its making The history -.f
merchandising is tilled with stories
like this, but only a few have found
it possible to win back trade foolish
ly thrown away Editor and Pub
1VIIKN IS \ IlKXKFrr?
(From Fairbanks N’i \s Minert
ion had succeeded in giving Alaska
i .<4S.toio.uitu potlatch in the w.-y
>f a <St»v« rtiment railway to develop
Alaska at (.iovernm tit expense and
lumps a Republican Adm i1 ist rat in t
he growing riilmad to drag it hack
• it its belly and present it to ' pri
on orders all along the line to coni
•liant tools of th graft to obtain
he Nb-w hill which will do that to
is. and sends it-- n. u est-appoint< d
federal officials for this District
n to us to "plug" along the line
he glorious map almost completed.
0 send us back to the "Reclatna
ion" stunt as portrayed on a hurn
*d moose hide.
We are peeved at Federal Judge
Megg. that his first public utteranc*
hould have been. ml in Seattle,
hat told iu recent Associated Press
lispatches. We feel that he owed
.is friends h- re something more
hail that, in logic and thought For
1 ley will indeed he few and far be
weeu in interior Alaska who will
>e aide to believe that Falcon Joslio
.r John B.Maine or those whom
mi of the lire for. will lie apt to
mild more railroads to develop the
ower freight rates than the Covern
nent could well afford to give us -
•onsidering the drag they have had
m Alaska’s riches He should have
vhearsed longer before he turn <1
hat (hot loose. It wouldn't pass it
i kindergarten.
As yet. the Nfe\v Bill has not pass
'd. nor has Secretary Fall the entire
ate of Alaska in his hands. There
ore. there is hope. yet. If they are
tide hv propaganda and official
•o-ercion and misrepresentation t i
ihtain the necessary hacking to put
he one-man rule and special-inter
ests hill thru, then will steam
>e able t" l.iiid goods her cheaper
O. Politics, what crimes are com
nitted in thy name!