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Christmas 2>ay
CHRISTMAS AT HAND once more with its atmosphere of good
cheer and kindly feeling. Aside from all religious significance, there is
associated with Christmas an indefinable something that sets it apart in
the mind and heart of civilized humanity from all other days of the ye.-.r.
Perhaps it is the echo of that heavenly proclamation: "Peace on earth,
good will to men,” ringing downward through tin centuries, touching our
subconsciousness and awakening in us a spirit of kindness and good will;
perhaps it is memory harking backward to day- of childhood and tin
tender associations of by gone days. Again it may he no more than
the warm spirit of generosity pervading human minds, impinging upon
our consciousness and arousing in us such good inclinations as we may
possess. Whatever may be the reason, it is a .ay that somehow brings
to the surface the good in most of us. Bitter and sour, indeed must be
the spirit that does not respond to its sweet prompting to beneficence,
sad indeed must be the soul that cannot find some pleasure or happiness
in the warm atmosphere of good cheer that (ill- its hours; harder than
flint must be the heart that will not feel a tender desire to give of its
best to some one on that day of days. Doubtless there are some to whom
the day means nothing; to whom it recalls no tender memories; inspires
no desire to offer kindness, arouses no sentiment of affection. For
these we have only pity, for they are missing much that goes to make
life worth living. Bereft of the sweet spirit of kindness and good will,
the world would indeed be a sorry place in which to live, for selfishness
and greed would soon reduce humanity to the level of the beasts and turn
the fair green earth into a charnel house of lust. Love and kindness
are the founts from which spring all the nobler virtues and aspirations of
life and without them man would be no better than the brute that roams
afield seeking only the satisfaction of its appetite. Aside from other
effects. Christinas is the one day of all the year in which the good in
human hearts becomes dominant and finds expression in the blessed desire
to give. On that day alone does humanity unite in common thought and
impulse and yield to its noblest inclinations. Love and kindness become
uppermost in human consciousness, yielding precious gifts of the heart
and mind and uplifting the spirit from the sordid round of every day
existence into the realms where only good abides and Cod sp*aks to the
Blessed is the day. May time keep it ever holy and acred and
revered, for it represents a crystalization of all the good there is in the
world and the outpouring of those virtues which have raised man above
Ihe rest of creation and set him on the road that leads through many
spheres to the peace and happiness of the realm where God rules and
Love is the only law.
V E A (' E O r T L
OK B R I ii H T.
With the adoption of the four power Pacific treaty and settlement
of the Yap Island controversy, the outlook for future peace between the
United States and Japan has been inuneasureably increased. The treaty
has not been formally ratified as yet, but there is nevertheless an excellent
prospect that it will be, despite the fault finding propensities of certain or
our senatorial luminaries, whose chief aim in life appears to In to de
nounce and deplore. Should it so come to pass, peace, not only during
the life of the treaty, but probably for an indefinite period afterward,
seems well assured. Mutual distrust and racial antipathies are th-> most
prolific fomentors of war and if these can be relieved or held in check there
is small likelihood of strife. The agreement reached by the conferees
at Washington is of a character to bring about a closer understanding
between the United States and her trans-Pacific neighbor and should,
therefore, do much to destroy the racial feeling which, more than any
dispute or disagreement, has lately been to hurry the two nations toward
the ultimate goal of war. It is probably true that the Jap will never
be entirely welcome in the United States but this fact need provok.* but
little apprehension, for the reason that once the why and wherefore of it
are understood by the Japanese they will recognize our right to dictate
whom we wish as neighbors and associates within our own borders.
With the four power treaty eliminating the prospect of. war arising
from territorial or commercial disputes, there remains only this racial antip
athy to provoke discord between the two nations. There is, however,
exceedingly small prospect that this alone will provoke either desire or
will on tl)e part of the Japanese to make it a causus belli during the life of
tlje treaty; and there are many reasons for hoping that in the interval
the Japanese will come to regard it with ever increasing leniency, as their
understanding of our views increases as a result of the closer association
esteblished by the treaty. Having once got together on mutual ground,
there is an excellent prospect that by the time the treaty expires, both the
Japanese and ourselves will have acquired sufficient knowledge of each
ctl|er to overcome the present day distrust of motives and alms, which,
as we said before, was impelling us irresistably to the ultimate goal of war.
Tho Holiday season will shortly be with «*. and It now behoove*
our wMe awake merchants to begin to plan tljeir window displays and
ufu«t ttUr drniMac material, u that tea haaj hownrifa cu mak;
har niltiw la hatter aTaiteaa
Editorial Views of Alaska’!Newspapers
MAY G1VK I S f|»
<Prom Fairbanks News Alimr)
Recently in committee at Wash
i iiiKton. they started in earnestly to
put thru their program of one-man
rule in Alaska and fix things so that
I it will he cheaper and easier to take
where they can skin them .it their
leisure, and the game of drafts
Desired" will go on there merrily
all winter There will be a lot of
pro and con talk -mostly "con"
talk—ami when Spring touches th •
frozen Northland with her warm
lingers we will probably be just
where we were when they started in
Already they are "viewing with
alarm" and "noticing with concern"
that the Great Territory of Alaska
will go to the demnition bow-wows
if their individual hills are not
put thru to the exclusion of other
original bills. They can even see.!
that if their individual hills arc not ,
adopted bolus bolus, to the exclusion j
of other holus bolus bills. "th*\ will
have to give up Alaska." as they,
phrase it;—have to leave Alaska ;
to Alaskans and the Gov.mmen; j
bureaus which stand in the wav of ,
easy wholesale graft here. To them
th t comes under the head "Too
“Bad!" To us it brings no alarm..
They must put out of busim tlu
privat** steamship lines which have
to date brought everything w>- have;
to a-, and in their places e.-t oldish '
a Government steamship Ii:.• run'
on polirits at Government expense.]
which will biir.: everything "» ||S
regardless of the cost of the work
which is all right with u- No
sentiment exists in biisim-ss. and w
have no grief for tin- steamship
companies We are glad the CIov
i rninent gave us a r.iilroad line and
we will he twice glad if they give
us a steamship line which will lower
the freight rates between the Sound
and our Railroad the only sorrow
w< have in the matter is that tin
r iii>s HACK to the Sound will he so
much lower than the rates FROM
the Sound that none of our woodpulp
will he manufactured into paper in
Alaska, none of our oil refined hen
Alaska resonn and their "reaping"
However, as we said in the In-gin
ning. talk is plentiful at Washington
and there is so much of it on tap
there that they seldom get anywhere
in accomplishment until a long time
has elapsed. And when the Chair
man of the Committee on Territor
ies has an individual hill of his own
on the question to put over, and
while he disagrees with tin- other .">7
different ways, they may talk their
heads off and all that will probably
result will In- the bandying of such
liven tie- working hours of tin* Com
t! \STi: MAMS \\ \STK
Th. Valdez Miner i- much • xercis
4+4*44
♦ a i. i- t o <; k t ti i: it \ o w-r i i i •
4 Spit on your hands. g* t a Rood hold <m t! • Seward P< nii.sul.i
4 bonds of affiliation, and pull '•■in up closer \ chain may be
4 only as strong as its \\< k-st link. IU T W ITIIOI T A CHAIN
4 TBEKE IS VO STItKXGTII AT Al.l.. . Even a ptarmigan ; ml
4 a timber wolf know th* ; •• is power in K PlurMms I'uum.
4 For a long time the different localities of this District have
•> been backsliding into little hermit villages: there has been a
4 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 anywhere. We have been like
4 some dog teams we all know of: "Geeing" and ‘•Hawing"
4 when the command was Straight Ahead.
4 The Xl/GGET wants a weekly news letter from every settle
4 raent in the District. It wants to print your activities, social
4 and otherwise, and it wants the feelings and expressions ni
4 your community on the big issues confronting us all. It
4 wants your support by subscription. A larger paper means ,i
4 better paper. Buy 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 r* quire
4 teamwork.
4 Just laying hack there in your cabin, grumbling and growl
4 iug to yourself wont help any Clear, constructive criticism.
4 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 leach
4 ers be interested in writing up your activities, and we will
♦ make substantial remuneration for their literary labors.
♦ Interest Is what we want. The country is interested in us.
♦ Let’s show them wo are interested in ourselves.
ruction
!«*• effort '■! procure : In <
of a capitol buildini; at .la
.man ft seems bitten with th< ah
■that tiiconly purpose : r.. • . , h
; marble halls for the m*-< • in. ..• ■ h.
legislature and ppa r*mf! v
that w • have thirty-eight t*■<i• ; •; im
| leans th.it have to he house.) .More
important than either oi the ... . J
for Territorial records and the rap
idly mowing historical mu . m.
Why hurry with tin- ■t nt. • • n.
of a $.*>"0,0011 hllildil'U when 'he
11 a |tj. ■in', a waste of mote ■ ' ■>
to hons.- :;s imreiiiis which under ■■ h
on.- Valde/. .Miner.
NO FI NDS FOII I I I I
. i From McCarthy Weekly N"\vsi
The Depart in»-nt of Kdtnafinn ha
notified the school board* of Alaska
that .‘a future no funds will be pro
curable for fuel for schoolhotiso . n 1
suggests that the residents of ill.
vario school districts he ;«- U • - < 1 ••
donate funds for the purpose.
There are no fund- for the indig
ent nor the Indians, and very little
for roads and trails, hut -tin ly tiler-'
should he funds suflicienr to provide
for the education of the children,
without h ving to go begging
The director Of the school hoard
who was also school tax roll.-mor.
iuses point blank to -tart out on the- ,
l*e. campaign and w.ft:.ill1'
do not blame him
tax on drugs, and at the hist territo- ;
tuxe • were levied • )n nil of the.-e.
jawbone won’t do.
As far us the parents of the chi! j
dren are concerned thev are having •
a hard time these days furnishing 1
the young hopefuls with footwear!
and warm clothing. Met ween tock
trails in the summer and the < old in
to keep-a healthy youngster in fen
importance of the rising generation.’,
and there h - been a great ! d of1
oratory to the effect that tin- chil
dren are the greatest asset that •!.
I’liited States has. hut if the ..1 oi
cannot he supplied in order fi>r the
kids to learn reading, writin. aid
arithmetic it is time to take such a
sets to Southern California wln-re
fuel does not have to he considered
NOT IIOTHKKKI)
A Juneau citizen who wa- nmr 1
involved in an alleged violation oi
llu* prohibition law was heard to
-ay. "It don't bother me any. but i’
That’s jtist the point. Your ho vs (
are not hardened to the point where )
a crime, denounced by the 1 w of
the land is treated lightly They
are you tit; and foolish enough to j
thiuk they owe something to the'
land that protects them and tln>»!
property. Hut you have been sous
ed so long that you would rather in* i
charged with crime than deny your J
■ I tll.il \ I mil f . |},,.y
An*! fh♦ • v :'•*?! that any
!■'" i- jn " 11k*■ ilw prohibitiort
prohibition lau
If fii-v do. iii>
m>\ rirriMM, m>
Th- IUhI illiitY i i ii iiy N'.-w
llHni.s this st;,,. ..... • I, ,(ll
payroll to meet. would von sell vour
times declare advTtisimr
many place*. notably smal
tin local merchant lee!- •
In supporting tli- n-wspapor by
pnbli ht r. and -r t he pub
licity given the town nd district
The local newspaper i> th- chain
fresh poiik at
HA Ilf. I\K’S RFSTAE HAN'T
Wo have just buteherod a pig In
order to give our patrons the fresh
est and best on the market
Homo made fresh Pork Sausage.
Eat at Buhike's, it co-ts less and
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