Vorm-ern Right
Volume 3
Unalaklcet. September, Kjl5
Number ?3
ALASK AS
FUTURE
DEPENDS
UPON YOUR
ACTION.
M YOUR
DUTY!
1 ‘ lie it Enacted By the Legislature of
the 7 n rilory of Alaska:
Section i. That there shall he sub
mitted to the electors of the Territo
ry of Alaska at the next general
election held for thepurpose of elect
ing members of the Legislature of
said Territory, the question of
whether they are or are not in favor of
the sale, manufacture, barter or ex
change of intoxicating liquors with
in said Territory, after the ist day
of January, 1918.”
The above act of the Alaska Leg
islature is a long stride in the right
direction. It places this vital question
in your hands and mine. Every teach
er in this Northland should avail
themselves of the privilage of cast
ing a vote — a dry one — in favor of
home.
There is not a text on phj'siology,
hygiene,or health in use in the Alaska
school service that does not condemn,
in the strongest terms possible, even
the moderate use of the stuff.
The stuff that has the power of rob
bing men of reason, power to fell them
by the roadside leaving them to wal
low in their own vomit; has the pow
er to thwart the development of minds
of noble boys, and the fiendish pow
er of creating in the unborn infant
an appetite that haunts him to his
gravejthe power to tear from hung
ry hands crumbs so much needed;
has the power to tear piaster from the
wall leaving bleak and barren rooms,
cold and comfortless; has the ac -
cursed power of wrenching from the
mother’s bosom a heart already
bleeding.
In our own, otherwise, quiet vill
age, it has caused much of the
trouble.
Has the rower, cud exerts that
power in leading unconntable legions
of grinning silly intoxicated boys
and girls and blear eyed, red nosed,
men to an untimely grave. To a grave
that God Almighty points a warning
hand crying— Beware! So hellish is
its influence that after the first taste
the Eskimo eagerly welcomes it in
anj* form— patent medicines, ex
tracts etc. Has the power to so rob
white men of character that it is
hauled disguised over our trails as
some thingclean-deceut.lt is a lover
of darkness and secrecy.
So subtle and fiendish in its in
roads that an unsuspecting promis
ing son in ten years is transformed
into a sot, unable to hold a responsi
ble position; a disgrace to wife and
children, madly rushing spell bound
and hell bound towards eternity.
Rushing past all the warnings of God.
To the little army of teachers we
ask this question, “what should
you do at the next general election?”
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