e . ery day. Water must be given them
a id a portion of their food cooked.
No one would want to take care of
eight dogs for nine months for less
than $ .>5. 00 This brings the cost up
to some thing like $250.00.
Wh.it we want you to think of is the
fact that to keep a team for nine
months costs about $ 225. 00
They say they must have the dogs
to get the wood and ice, but we
dis ig. ee with them. In the fall before
itgetscold and disagreeable it would
take only a week or so to gather the
wood on the beach or up the river and
with a boat land it right at you door,
or at ti'.e river bank. Now a few
dollars during the first snow wou.d
hire it all Lrovght to vour cabin. Ia t
you say we haven’t the dollars Why
not sell some fish that you dried dur
ing the summer and have it hired.
I
Now how much ice do yo 1 need?
A dollar a week will buy every
bit of ice that an ordiniry family
needs. But where are the dollars?
Sell some of the fish that you have
been in the habit of feeding to poor
starving ho vling hump-backed dogs.
Even if yoari e cost $5.00 a month
it would amo uit to only $45.00 for
the nine months. Yes I know you
want to m ike trips to Egnvik and St.
Michael and elsewhere.
Sell some more of the fish that you
have l>een in the habit it of throw
ing out to poor starving shivering
dogs that wabble when they walk and
pay some one the cash to take you
to St Michael and ride like a prince.
Do not think that we have fallen
out with the dog. He is one of the
most useful animals in Alaska.
But we do believe that too many
dogs are kept by too many natives.
What do you think about it?
JOHN BARLEY
CORN
A-RUNNING
W lio shall we vote for at the next,
general election?Vote for the man
that takes a stand against the liquor
traffic regardless of his political affil
atioa.
The conflict in the Hast is demand
ing the best there is i 1 man. To stand
tire strenuous life every advantage is
sought ar.d a.l tint is militatii g
debared as far as possible.The chief
est of all being intoxicants. Russia
has taken a firm stand against vodka.
New York, oe:. 15. — Captain
Richmond P.Hobson, United States
Navy, retired,and former Congress
man from Alabama, attacked the
New York liquor interests in a Pro
hibition address in the Tremont M.
E. Church.
‘ I'he first red element of prepared
ness is to be sober. This is the
chief basis of German efficiency. It
is no lo ger a mere question of sen
timent or of religion alone concern
ing the use of alcohol as a beverage
In his speeches at the naval and
military academies the German Em
peror placed the ban upon alcohol a*
a beverage, even including the
national drink,beer,the consumption
of which has been greatly reduced
and is gradually being lessened thru
o :t the empire It is well known that
the Kaiser had long ago banished liq
ors from his own table.”—Kx.
Jast a vote next time that yon will
not be afraid to meet in ETERNITY
and Alaska goes dry.