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NEW FOliDS
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The news that the Ford Manufac
luring Company has its widely her
alded car out and for sale is pretty
Veil broadcasted. The car and price
fi#ts have sort o’ knocked the under
pinning from under a number of
automobile builders. it is evident
that Ford is offering a whole lot of
car for very little money, as prices
of up-to-date automobiles go.
the arrival of two new Fords in
town (not this city; is given here so
that you’ll have something to go
by in purchasing when you so desire
"Considerable interest was arous
ed here by the arrival of two new
Fords. \\ hile not ready for exhi
bition purposes, these Fords have
‘-oen observed by several and much
pproval of their iituess and finish
■*as been voiced. Their bodies are
finely lined and graced with pleas
ing curves. Their color job is of a
quality that shows richness and well
being, and their lines in general are
wholly fitting for work desired of
them. Probably not without reason,
the design follows that of former
models, but there are individual dif
ferences. They are generally quiet,
but there is considerable sound
when under heavy stress or exertion
Their speed and durability have not
yet been tested, but their fuel con
sumption, at least at the present
time is surprisingly low. Methods
of caring for the radiator over-flow
remain the same. While formed on
tiie same general principles, there is
much difference between the twomod
els received here, but it is not sur
prising when it is considered that
one is a boy and the other a girl,
born to Mr. and Mrs. Liouis Ford.
The babies have not been named as
yet. They and their mother are re
ported to be doing well.”—Courier,
Stoughton, Wis. g
THE CRUELTY OF NATURE
Often we hear of the grandeur and
sublimity of Nature. There isn’t
so much said about the hard hearted
ness and cruelty of Her.
How slowly Nature builds up;
how suddenly and ruthlessly She de
stroys. It is hard to understand the
hows and whys. It seems, at times,
that Nature has reached the peak
of achievement and in order to keep
busy She delivers a side swipe here,
a swift kick there, and knocks
down in a short minute what has
taken years, yes, ages to construct.
rlhen, slowly, as if to keep amused
and busy, She begins on a rebuild
ing scheme. She uses the same old
stuff, puts it back in the same old
way and in the end there is, appar
ently, nothing better than what She
had before.
Those on the scale of things lower
than we are don’t attemp to fath
om the whims of Nature. We try
to and make discouraging success.
We build a settlemen and get
along contentedly. It has taken
a long time to hew out of stone and
wood our habitations. Nature, as if
tc aid us has given us mountains
of rock and vast areas of timber,
then She looks down and it strikes er
that this is a splendid time to take
one of Her fits, so She sends a flood
along. The hills She has built, the
timber She has grown topple over
in the wash and in a brief spell that
particular locality is back to where
■t was in the cooling off age mil
lions of years ago. The settlement
is no more, and dead things fester
in the muddy slime and drift piles
along the line of destruction.
With a sizzling flash of lightening
She 3ets fire to uncountable acres
of standing trees. Ages and ages
have been worked into the making
of the timber. In a few days it is
gone. Then, as If a bit sorry at
Her own destroying tantrum, She
replants and as spring breaks the
uiackened soil takes on a coat oi
green. New trees are coming up.
ibey are tile same variety as those
consumeu. They lift up as did oth
er trees. There is nothing new in
the process; there is uo difference
111 the order, but it will take i>0U
to -t.OUU years to replace the forest.
We humans measure time by
clocks. To Nature, an hour when
the earth was soft, an hour now or
an hour 50 millions of years hence
is all the same. Time, as we stand
ardize the ileeting minutes, is noth
ing to Nature.
Undoubtedly, Nature can afford to
pull these stunts, but it is hard on
the things that Nature has put the
breath of life into.
There is a peaceful community
with long reaches of garden sur
rounding it. A volcano belches hell.
Living things are choked, roasteu
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and buried in rivers of molten dirt.
Between a sunrise and set the re
gion is rearward to the very stage
when the world was young. Agony,
death, ruins, and Nature grins and
commences on the slow process of
reconstruction. It is like the grouch
who was always busy knocking dowrn
today what he had fashioned the
day before.
Last November Nature ran off on
an early tangent and smeared the
country around here with snow. Un
less something far out of the ordin
ary turn3 up the human element wil’
wiggle through, but how about the
other living things? Why does Na
ture seek to destroy life by slow tor
ture? Starring, freezing and expos
ure? Really, it is hard to under
stand.. There has been labor, pain
and struggle in the creation of this
life and in scarce a breath of time
it is gone and its going prolonged
I in agony. |
One early May we witnessed the
; ice break in the Tanana River. We
stood on the uper deck of a river
steamer, pulled in over the overflow
of the day before to a bunch of cot
tonwoods, and snug on the lee side
of a bend of the stream. The first
big crash came at three in the morn
ing. but it was plain daylight and j
the sky clear. In just a short time
the river had turned from a peaceful
ice overflow to a mad, tumbling
.seething roar of muddy water, ter
rible boilups and breaker-like back
lashes. And in thi3 churning mael-1
strom was the rampaging ice, break
ing. cutting, slashing, snapping like
cannon reports, piling up, falling
down and death rode astride every
rolling piece of ice exultingly. There
was a timber covered point across
the river from us. An acre square
of ice .seven feet thick, gouged the
bank with a whirling cut. Trees
big small and indifferent were down
like grain before a sickle. Trees
that were anywhere from 600 years
old, down to the spring before.
Just below us the ice jambed and
the river immediately backed up
and gave us a dozen feet of muddy
water where it had been dry before.
Then the oncoming ice tore the bar
rier down and away and the current
was that much swifter. Before the
afternoon waned the point had been
cut off far below the frothy sur
face. Forty acres there had been
in that point and every living thing
on it perished.
This was going on in every riv
er. A few days later Nature tossed
the dead things She didn’t bury
along strange shores from the in
terior to Siberia and She filteder
the silt of the land between Her
fingers into Behring Sea.
Here and there along the Yukon.
Nature piled up islands and bars of
slimy silt, sand and mud. By the
time the first frosts came these new
lands were yellow with willowsprouts
It will call for a thousand years to
build up and reforest these lands.
To us human3 that is a long.
long stretch of time, and why the
destruction in the firet place?
If Nature turned out a firmer
and more reliably land, it Her tim
ber was better than that She de
stroyed, we could fathom, in a man
ner these terrible wastes, but it is
n’t so. The chances are good judg
ing by what has taken place before,
that a half of the new attempts at
laud building and reforestation was
entirely obliterated in the frenzied
move of ice and water the following
spring.
“Nature move3 in a mysterious
way
Her wonders to perform.”
That’s good dope because it does
n’t call for any great exertion in
looking up WHY.
A MACFADDEN LECTURE
Bernard Macfadden in his life
written a ship load of stuff bearing
on the American family. He is a
keen and tireless worker for the
home and home environment. You
may not agree with anything he
says, but it must be admitted that
his doctrines will lead no one very
far astray. We believe his aim is
all right. He has something of a
sensational way of leading you on.
particularly by posed photographs
that border close to the forbidden
edge at times. The censors have
grappled with Macfadden. His sen
Rationalism and the work of the mor
al squad have advertised him beyond
measure. He has gone merrily on
his way with his “health” maga
zines story magazines and other
publications and—made money.
The following is from the New
York Graphic:
“The vitality of this generation is
nothing like that presented to the
progeny of our pioneers.
But a great many people blame
their ancestors for too many of ttieir
defects.
Wr. J. Osborne, author and profes
sor of sociology at 'Chicago Univer
sity, recently said:
‘The family no longer should
blame on heridity the failures of
the children, for the family itself, by
its early attiude toward the young
and its aft'ectional influences, deter
mines very largely whether or not
they will become self-reliant, emo
tionally steady adults.’”
j “I here is a world of truth in this
statement. We are what we are
largely because of our environment
We make or break our children
I by our attitude toward them. Dis
cipline can easily be too rigid.
But the inclination of this age is
along the line of eliminating it al
together.
Life, itself, has a tendency to dis
cipline us. It takes you in hand
when you begin to assume responsi
bilities, and it puts you through a.
training process that is sometimes
very severe.
‘‘Woe to the ' parents who forget
entirely that their children whom
they love with such vivid affection
will have to learn the necessity foi
discipline after they have reached
complete maturity.
Children should be made to mind,,
not because it gives so much satis
faction to the parent, but because
when they reach the age of self-de- ;
pendence when they have to depend
on themselves, they have to recog
nize the necessity for certain restric
tions.
They cannot go out in the world
and do what they please. They have
to consider other people.. They
have to obey the laws of the land.
They have to hold their temper. The
have to learn self-control. And
God help them if they haven’t learn
ed some of the lessons in their own
home.
Many of the great lessons are ac
quired far easier in our early years
In what might be termed the form-v
ative period of early youth we quick- ;
ly absorb the lessons taught us
But if we are not restrained and
controlled, if as children we can go
into fit3 of temper without punish
ment, if our every desire is freely
granted, the great lessons of life are
never learned.
The work of controlling and guid
ing children Is far from easy.. The
tendency of affectionate parents is
to make their children comfortable.
They want them to get as much joy
out of life as possible. And the
American inclination is to freely
give away to the domineering de
mands of their progeny. Such a
policy is ruinous.
A child who is not made to de
velop self-control, who does not
learn the important lessons associat
ed with disciplne, will be in a dan
gerous position when he faces the
world and has to fight his own bat
tles. Tt is these boys and girls who
take the wrong road. They are un
reasonable and ungrateful. For,
while characteristics of this kind
may be endured in your own home,
they usually bring drastic punish
ment of some sort if adhered to in
your contact with other people.
Our jails and penitentiaries are
filled with grown-up spoiled girls
and boys. They never had an op
portunity to develop character in
their own home. They had their own
jway. They had loving fathers and
mothers. They never learned at
home the lessons that would have
meant so much to them later in life.
It is entirely human and natural
for parents to love their children.
But they should fully recftgnize that
childhood must he a preparatory
process for manhood and woman
hood. And the earlier one learns
the important lessons of life, the
more chance lie will have to proper
ly appreciate and understand them
Prepare your child for maturity
Tf you fail in this grave duty, you
and you rchildren may have to suf
fer most severely for your neglect.
PIGS IS PIGS
That’s what Charley West says.
“Pigs is pigs.” He knows Hes
got some of ’em. Some time ago
Charley made a dicker with Mr
McGilton and came into possession
of pigs, several of ’em and before
long the tribe increased by natural
means, so he had more pigs. It s
no small job rustling sustenance
for these pigs, especially since Oid
Winter has kalsomined the country
so heavily. But Charley keeps ’em
well fed up and they look fine, fat
)and fit. He has them all named,
Joe, Boh. Lucy and so on and they
answer by name either for some de- j
licacy or a hack scratch. The big j
worry right now ,so Charley says, is
what to give them forChristmas. As j
they are part of the family they
should be remembered, of course.
He has gone through the big de
partment 3tore catalogs from neck
ties to gas engines trying to hit on
something suitable or just to pry
out an idea, but he’s as far away as
ever. The pigs seem to suggest that
everything is alright and if they fare
as well Christmas time, (without
losing any of their mess) as they
do now, it’ll be all right with them.
QUIT FOR THE WINTER
If you want any marble this win
ter, from now on, you’ll have to dig
it out of the hills yourself. After
shipping nearly a thousand tons to
Tacoma in November the Vermont
Marble Company called it off for
the balance of the season. The
quarries are at Tokeen, Prince of
Wales Island.
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RADIO CONVENTION SIGNED
The International Radiotelegra
phic Convention which the Interna
tional Radiotelegraphic Conference
has been formulating at Washington
since October 4th, was officially
adopted and signed on November25
by the 80 governments represented
at the conference. The radio chan
nels are crowded, and without order
ly national control the whole in
dustry would dissolve instantly in
to complete chaos. The conference
has agreed upon certain lanes which
are to be devoted to specific types
of communication.
Of the 1,116 broadcasting stations
of the world today, more than
three-fourths are in the United
States. Canada has the greatest
number of broadcasting stations of
any foreign country. Cuba next and
Russia third. Outside of the Unit
ed States the most powerful broad
casting stations are at Motala,, Swe
den, and Moscow, Russia. These
are 40,000, watts each.
Do your Christmas Shopping Now.
SAFETY FIRST
Fire proof construction of excur
sion boats is recommended by the
Supervising Inspector General, Dick
erson N. Hoover, in his annual re
port of the steamboat inspection
service recently submitted to the
Secretary of Commerce. “It is true,”
he states, “that pumps, fire extin
guishers and well disciplined crew’s
are now provided on these boats,
but the fact is obvious that the best
protection would be superstructures
made of fireproof materials.”
A BIG FALL DOWN
Alaska exports fell, in copper
alone, $700,000 behind the Novem
ber exports of a year ago. We were
also shy considerably over a million
dollars in our salmon exports. Then
we went behind $80,000 in herring
shipments, $40,000 in halibut and
$30,000 in mild cure salmon. The
value of halibut shipments to the
outside for November, 1927, were
$380,291. Of salmon—frozen—$83,
379. Of canned salmon, $347,870.
| Of herring—cured—$420,4 9 4. Of
salmon—cured— $67,245. Of fish
meal and oil, $21,053. Of whale
oil, $11,372. Of crabs and shrimp,
$21,079. Of blue fox, $440. Of
silver fox, $2,720. Of white fox,
$65,650. Of mink, $18,459. Of
muskrat, 18,558. Of seal, $1 1,372.
Of copper, $390,447. Of tin, $30.
192.
The total value of Alaska ship
ments for November run to $2,026,
654. We got back in the way of
merchcandise from the States $102,
518 and from foreign ports, $1,485
FREE TO VIRGINIA TEACHERS
The Virginia Education Associa
tion will provide a “preventorium”
at the University of Virginia for
teachers of the State who are in
need of preventive medical treat
ment. So says the Bureau of Educa
tion Dept, of the Interior, November
25th.
HERE IS A GOOD GOOD POSITION
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the world. Many of our agents
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For Tractor power, $76. Equip
Driveway Patent Gates $80. Water
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Cato Haarberg. Proprietor
Fresh Choice Meats
Canned Fruit; Etc.
Petersburg,
Alaska
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Doaler in
Complete line of Silk Hosiery
Best grade of Shoes for men,
women and children.
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Inducement to Merchants to Advei
tise in The ALASKAN.
Buy at Star Bakery and Save Money
Fresh Doughnuts, Cup Cakes, CooSiS
and Cinnamon Rolls
Always on Hand Fresh
STAR BAKERY
AMERICA FIRST arrives in Pe
tersburg Friday morning, leaving
for Juneau via Kake and way ports
about noon.
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COMPANY
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First Class Rooms
Reasonable Rates
CARL ROGER, Pro.
Home Service Mending
of Laundered Goods
We give full value for your
money.
H. OYAMA, PRO.
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Sanitary Market
A Roast you’ll like
The Very Choicest Beef
Mutton and Pork
Vegetable in Season
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HEALTH RESORT
Rate $3.00 per
day and up
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