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WAR CLOUDS GATHERING.
After all reasonable effoalflS0 Icftep out of the world war,
it appears that the United States w*Ul be dragged into the strug
gle. In the circumstances, it would be little less than a miracle
if this country can longer remain a mere neutral spectator of
this titanic warfare. It is through no act of the United States
that she will be drawn into the war. It is rather a deliberate
and wholly unnecessary policy that has been adopted by the
Teutonic powers with respect to indiscriminate submarine war
fare, which means that American lives will be treated with no
more consideration than that accorded subjects of belligerent
nations. The Teutonic powers must realize the outcome of
such a policy. The1 American people will never stand for a
wholesale disregard of the rights of neutral nations. They will,
and have overlooked specific instances with respect to the vi
olation of the rights of neutral nations as interpreted by prece
dents long established. They will not overlook a premeditated
policy that boldly asserts that the rights of neutrals can no
longer be respected. AVe take it that the rights of this neu
tral nation will be respected, if a resort to arms is the only re
course. And if the United States does enter the world war,
there will be things doing all the time, and if it casts its lot on
the side of the allies, which the Teutonic policy forces it to do,
the world war will be brought to an end much sooner than is
possible under the present conditions, and there can be but one
ending—a victory for the allied powers.
The American people are essentially a peace-loving people.
They will not enter this world war in the hope of conquest of
territory, the acquisition of power or the love of fighting. The
matter of principle alone is controlling with us. A wholesale
trampling on our rights, by one side or the other, will not be
tolerated. The past achievements of the United States of
America in the matter of war has been one of unbroken vic
tories. And no other result is anticipated if we enter this, the
most stupendous war in the history of the world. Americans
do not view the prospect with elation. The country has done
its utmost to be as neutral as it was possible. But the Ameri
can people are a brave people. If forced into this awful strug-1
gle by a premeditated policy on the part of the Teutonic pow
ers, those nations responsible for our entry into the fight must;
suffer the consequences of their own rashness and lack of fore
sight. The rights of the most powerful, the most enlightened,
the most high-minded nation on earth—the United States of
America—cannot be lightly disregarded, cannot be wantonly
violated, as the Teutonic powers will find when it is too late.
Assuming that ,tl^ German note to the United States gov-1
eminent is correct as to all essential details, the logical out-;
come is the entry of this nation into the world war on the side •
of the allied powers. It will be found that the American peo-!
pie will accept the challenge of the Teutonic allies—for it is!
nothing more nor less than a challenge.
A SAMPLE OF CRASS IGNORANCE.
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(Ketchikan Progressive-Miner)
A better sample of crass ignorance would be hard to find
than the one which appears below. A New York firm sent a
box of seeds to one of the local merchants explaining the early
shipment thus:
Gentlemen:
Your letter of September 11 received regarding
the box of seeds which we shipped you to sell on com
mission the coming season.
We have to send out seeds the latter part of Aug
j ujst so that you will have them in time for next spring’s
sales as navigation closes about the first of September
and does not open again until the next June. We trust
you will keep the seeds on sale and sell as many as you
can of them next spring and at the close of the season,
which will be July first, we will send you statement
' blanks for settlement of same.
Doesn’t that jar youf 'No wonder that the transportation
companies are exerting themselves to bring tourists to Alaska
and let them know their countryAdfoire they visit foreign coun
tries. ■ .«| w*->.
If we were to institute an inquh§p, the.chances are that we
would find that this same “Down East” merchant is now pre
paring to take a trip “abroad” next summer to take the rust
off of him and get a little education; when as a matter of fact
he knows nothing of the country he lives in. That man must
think that Alaska is a mushroom; that Ketchikan is Fairbanks;
when the truth is that Ketchikan is no nearer to Fairbanks than
Chicago is to San Francisco, with as much difference in the cli
mate, if not more. Obviously, eastern states should have night
school for the merchants with Alaskans as educators and a law
compelling them to attend. They are so doggone rusty that
we are ashamed of them.
Seattle is having a little flurry growing out of the failure
of one small bank. With hundreds of millions of dollars avail
able to the Seattle banks, if they are in need of more funds to
meet the demands of depositors, there appears to be no cause
for worry over the matter. The runs are limited to Seattle
banks, indicating that the trouble is a local matter. The fed
eral reserve bank was “Johnnie on the Spot” with a tender
of assistance.
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“The Store Th»f H«« Whet Von 'Vnnt—When Von Want It,”
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1917.
V'ol. 1. No. 167 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 4th and D
AGENTS AND DISTRIBUTORS
EASTMAN AND ANSCO
Cameras, Kodaks, Films and Supplies. *
VICTOR
Phonographs and Records. The largest assortment in
Alaska.
WATERMAN’S
Ideal,
CONKLIN
Non-Leakable, and
MOOER’S
Fountain Pens.
LIBBEV’S
Cut Glass.
UNIVERSAL
Electric Percolators and Chafing Dishes.
THERMOS
Bottles.
WILLSON
Goggles, Zylbex Protective Glass. “The Glass of Distinc-j
tion.”
San-Tox, Nyal and A. D. S. Products.
Parke, Davis & Co., H. K. Mulford, and Squibb supply us
with chemicals and Pharmaceuticals.
Z J, LOUSSAC’S
“Stores That Have What You Want—When You Want It.’ ’
4th and D St. 4th and H St.
PHONE 100-RImmediate DeliveryPHONE 62-Y
MEET ME FACE TO FACE
FILMS, KODAKS, PHOTO SUPPLIES, FRAMING, j
ENLARGING, KODAK FINISHING.
Developing 15c Prints 3c Up.
Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention.
“THAT MAN LOGEMANN” j
Now at 4th and G. Feb. 1st, 4th Bet. E and F i:
Alaska Pool Room
Fourth Ave., Near D. __ _
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Soft Drinks, Fruits. Concord
Grape Juice.
MUSIC
JOSEPH SCHMITBAUER, Proprietor.
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New Matanuska Hotel
MATANUSKA JUNCTION.
M. J. ROCHE, Prop. _
CAFE IN CONNECTION
A. LYALL, Prop.
Tex Jones
R. C. Jeffery
The Panhandle
CIGARS 1
CANDIES
TOBACCOS)
FRUIT
NUTS
4th ATE. NEAR C STREET
CITY AUTO SERVICE.
Phone 89-R.
FOR AUTOMOBILE
Any hour of the Day or
Night.
OFFICE—Next door to New
Labor HalL
Central Barber Shop
Modern Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
Flue Job Printing at limes Olttce
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 43-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 126
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 AND 2
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HOME OF THE HOT PLATTER
WE SERVE MEXICAN CHILI CON CARNE
AND CHICKEN TAMALES.
City Drug Store j
THE REXALL STORE.
Dr. K. A. KYVIG, Owner. 5th and C j
The Best and Purest Drugs and the Most Reasonable in
the City.
Victor Phonographs $15.00, $25.00, $50.00.
On Time Payment*.
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A LOCAL MAGNETIC POLE.
The magnetic poles of the earth
are commonly supposed to be diamet
rically opposite each other and that
a line through the earth connecting
them would necessarily pass directly
through the earth’s center. Such,
however, is not the fact, for a line
connecting the north and south mag
netic poles passes beneath the Pacific
ocean and about 750 miles to one
side of the center of the earth. The
north magnetic pole is on the west
point of King William’s Land, an is
land just above latitude 70 degrees
north and longitude 95 west. It is
interesting to know that there is a
center of magnetic attraction—a local
magnetic north pole at Treadwell
point near Juneau, Alaska. Observa
tions were made there in 1900 and
again in 1907. A tent was erected at
a spot where the dipping needle stood
vertical with its north end down, and
the compass reversed its direction
when carried from one side of the
tent to the other. Ship’s compasses,
a mile away, in Gastineau channel
are deflected about 11 degrees by this
local magnetic attraction.—Mining
and Scientific Press.
Head The Daily rimeB and be an
Anchorage booster.
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Pohrmann—Herning & Co.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.
ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE OF
We will be located in our new store in the Masonic building by the 15th, so are r
making a deeper reduction. Have a few more suits of styles that will be in vogue
throughout the ensuing year, tailored and fur trimmed, in broadcloth, gabardine, serge
and twede. These are original, distinctive suits at such a tremendous saving you
can’t afford to miss this oportunity. A few more of this season’s style coats'at cost.
Former values of afternoon and evening dresses absolutely lost. Silk Petticoats at
one-fourth off. All art goods, ribbons, pocket-books, etc., at one-fourth off.
COURTESY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO.
The Style Shop
Comer Fourth and C
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