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In keeping with the long estab
lish'd custom of our American peo
pie, our people generally here ob
served this peculiarity AMERICAN"
custom, by gathering at the Church
for the rendering of thanks to Al
mighty God for the blessings and
of tHe past year. This day always
brings to the student of Historical
landmark^ the foresight and vis tom
of our American Foreparents, who
so wisely instituted this custom, j
While it was copied, and the
thought originated from the Jewr
ish custom of the Old Testament
times when they held their “Feast
of the Harvests” in the fall-time,
yet this American Thanksgiving day
oiservance is peculiarly distinctive
of oar own nation and her people.
While the Jews as such, alone as a
people observed their day and
custom, as a distinctive tribe of peo
ple, here we have in America
people from every corner of the earth
gathered into the miglitest nation
on earth, all called upon (and
usually willing and glad to take
part) to observe this day, and to
with others gather together in the
he.use of worship and render unto
God worthy and sincere thanksgiving
for tne bounties and blessings wi
enjoy. It is trite and proper at this
tine to call attention to the histohie
fact that no other nation that was
ever known among men, was begur
as was ours, when, in all siccreity
and pure purpose the founders of
AMERICA founded it as a CHRIS
TIAN nation where God was to be
recognized, respected and worshiped
by her people perpetually.
ft: such a conception and birth
of high purgse, no wonder that she
has attained the very front rank
amonl the nation®, and from the
bounty and plenty of the posses
sions of her people has flown from
year to year the most lineral and
largest offeriings for those in distres3
from famine and pestilence of one
kind and another, and that we have
sent more Missionaries of the
Church, ond that her people hi - -
spent more money for Foreign
Missions and the spreading of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ than all the
rest of the earth’s people combined.
Students of all history agree that
there is no other possible reason for
the marked success and prospeerity
of the American people, than that of
her having been founded upon
LIBERTY, and as a CHRISTIAN
nat on, where her people believe in ;
the FAITH o* OUR FOREFATHF *>^
in the bible and its teachings.
Quite a large number of our peo- i
pie gathered on Thanksgiving day |
for worship and praise, where the 1
Rev. Maakostad delivered a most!
appropriate sermon, and good sing
ing and a good spirit perpuated the
entire service.
THE TURKEY GOBBLER
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The grear American bird is not
the hen nor the eagle, but the tur
key gobbler. The gobbler is lord
of the barnyard and field marshal
among the fowls. See him strut in
the dullness i f his pride, tail feath
ers spreading, head up, wing3
trailing, but not ingloriously! His
crimson comb and purplish wattles
give him the appearance of a red
faced and important gentleman who
is querulously concerned in every
thing going on about him. Such i
pomposity, dignity and swagger is
rare. His irritable “Gobble, gobble,
gobble” strikes terror into the heart
of little children, but is music in the
ears of the more sophisticated who
envision him trussed up in ~ roaster
and stewed in his own juice.
The turkey hag been closely as-.
seriated with Ann - can history fiomi
the beginning. It will be remem
bered that at the famous Thanks
giving feast of the Pilgrim Fathers
in November, 1621, in which the
friendly Indians participated, wild
turkey was the chief delicacy. Once
this elusive bird wa3 plentiful but
nr w the wild species is all but ex
tinct. In only a few sections of the
country the wild turkey may be
found. It begins to look as though
the domestic turkey ia distined to
go the way of its progenitor. Young
turkeys are hard to raise and the
Thanksgiving and Christmas de
mand exceeds the supply. No one
wants to see the day when the tur
key has disappeared from the land
an 1 the proud gobbler struts and
fumes no more.
Tuere is no substitute for the
gander “a lesse breed without the
law.” The gobbler is a symbol of
prosperity and a token of hospital
ity as well.
DECISION ON PROHIBITION
FINAL
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Final decision that prohibition is
♦irmly fixed in the constitution of the
l nited States was rendered by the
Am riean people when they elected
Herbert Hoover president, j Onlj
two states, by voting for Smith, voted
♦c restore alcoholic liquor as a be
verage, for it is well known that
the six southern states which went
democratic would oppose any weak
ening of the prohibition amendment
and law if called upon to vote on
that question alone. All pretense
that the mainly Industrial states of
tiie northeast are out of line with th
: ;'ewi of the country on this question
has been swept away by the popular
verdict in an election wherein the
prohibition issue was kept at the
front by the wets and wherein t'» cj
challenge was taken,up by the drys.
Tiie belieL that the great indus
trial cities, which have a large
foreign-born population, were over
whelmingly wet and could swing the
rote of their respective states has
proved to be a delusion. The wet
majority of New York city -was off
set by a greater dry majority up
state, though several other cities
may have been in line with the me
tropolis. The wet procivilities of
many people in Chicago, Phildelphia,
St. Louis, Detroit and Cleveland did
not suffice to turn Illinois, Pennsyl
vania. Missouri, Midhigan and Ohio
over to the wets, and even Wishon
sin, reputed to be incurably wet, de
clared against the man who would
give it back its beer. The tastes of
many who voted for Hoover are
doubtless wet, but are not so imi
porlant in their estimation as to
outweigh republican principles.
Learned men like Nicholas Murray
Buticr may reason with flawless
logic that prohibition, as a police
measure, is not a federal function
and has no peace in the constitution,
but Ane people have decided that it
is Lnere to stay. Prom that deci
] sion there is no appeal, for the
j people are the final tribunal.
All pleas that the volstead act is
ful v enforced and cannot be enforced
(are rrade worthless by this decision.
The people have voted that it shall
be enforced, and Hoover is pledged
to do his utmost to that end. Such
pleas show That those who make
them do nci see prohibition in its
(rue perspective. Hoover’s phrase
“a noble experiment,” which has
been distorted to imply doubt that
enforcement is possible, shows that
he views it in that perspective. The
Americanpeonle as a nation have un
dertaken to cure themselves of a
habit which may be harmless with
lho:~e who practice it in moderation,
but it is deadly vice with many and
which at its best consumes a part
of tlip people’s earnings that could
betrer be put to uses. It stands to
reason that the habit of generations
ack could not be changed in the pe
riod of less than nine years during
which nationtl prohibition has been
in effect. That change of habit
nu «t necessarily be a gradual pro
cess extending over a far longer
penod, during which enforcement
will steadily gain efficiency, cutting
of. me supply of liquor, and obe
dience to the law will become a habit
as the difficulty of obtaining liquor
wi'l grow artd as increasing propor
11ion of the younger people will have
never tasted alcohol, will have no j
deeire for it and will render obedi
ence to the law a* instinctively as
they obey long-established laws.
That Hoover is sincere in his pur
pose to enforce prohibition to the
utmost deg.-ee possible and with
greater effectiveness from year to
year there is no reasonable doubt.
H)s labors in many foreign lands,
where ne employed thousands of men
win se custom is to drink beer, wine
or spirits as every-day beverages
have equipped him to compare the
effects of alcohol there with those of
prohibition in this country, though it
is imperfectly enforced. Trained
bv his pfofession to observe the ef
ficiency of labor, he has seen the con
nett ion of low wages and low stand
ards of living with inefficiency and
has sudied the degree to which al- ^
cohol impairs efficiency and lowersi
living standards by the degree to
winch it limits earnings and causes
waste of the low wages that are
earned. Having witnessed these con
ditions aboard, he was appointed
secretary of commerce soon after
the eighteenth amendment became
operative and he observed its effect
on American labor as the supply
of liquor was cut off or reduced. He
has seen the productive power of
American labor grow and wages
rise. He ha? seen millions of fam
ilies occupy better homes equipped
with comforts and conveniences be
yond the reach of workmen he has
employed abroad, then purchase
automobiles, radios and other new'
inventions that are beyond the wild
est dreams of the Europeans work
man. He lias seen a million work
men buy stock in the corporations
that employ them and has seen bil
lions added to their deposits in the
savings banks. With his trained
mental eyes he has surely seen thati
alcohol is a great cause of this con-j
trast in faver of America, and he
has resolved to carry forward the
noble experiment.
The great popular vote by which
was elected is a mandate to
Hoover to enforce prohibition with
greater vigor and persistence. He
will enlarge his forces and select
them with greater care. He will
drive out men who are guilty of cor
ruption, purging the force of men
who are used by wets as evidence
that prohibition cannot be enforced.
Th3 popular mandate is so clear that
congress will not stint the funds
r.eeded by h,'m. By the time Hoovei
retires from the presidency, the pre
diction is safe, piohibition will be
so well enforced and so generally
obeved that it will not again become
a political issue.
— portland Oregonian
COMMON PURPOSE
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Anthropologists tell us that man
in his early state lived apart with
his own little family, and archaeolo
gists say the first communities were
iormed by confederated families
brought together for a common pur
pose—protection against man’s nat
ural enemies- Today, man is dis
tinctly a gregarious animal attract
ed more and more to community life.
And men still build cities for a com
mon purpose, or common purposes.
In the city one finds protection
against fire, disease and the enemies
of society. One goes to the city for
good schools and monumental
churches, paved streets, employment*
art, entertainment, the society of
-*fher men and comforts of life de
nied the rural cit5zen. There is
found the front rank of civilization.
The people of Petersburg have a
common purpose. Tt is the advance
ment of the community as a whole.
That common purpose is hardly
distinguishable from the purpose
of each individual. That which
benefits the individually usually
benefits the entire community and
that which benefits the community
reacts to the benefit of each of its
Jitizens.
Prosperity and progress come to
those communities who»e citizens
have their eye8 uron the largest
number of common purposes. Suc
cess crowns the efforts' of the man
of purpose, and the city with a com
mon purpose works as one man.
“Common purpose” creates new
industries, increases business, mini
migey unemployment, makes cities
better places in which to live and
performs miracles in community |
betterment.
APPROACHING
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Advertisements are beginning to
appear with decorations of holly
ami mistletoe and smiling faces of
Santa Claus. To th observant these
ad frescoes Loll the5r own story, give
their own warning, hint at the im
portant business from which none
is barred and in which sooner or
later everybody will be engaged.
in other words, Christmas shop
ping. The holiday is little more tha”
a month ahead, fewer shopping
-lavs than fifty by a good deal. In
no time these days will pass. The
natural procrastinator will wait un
til Christmas Eve when store aisles
will be jammed by other procrastin
ators, stocks picked out, clerks
weary, customers in a flutter, clocks
ticking time’s rapid pace, all because
the reminders of today have been
neglected.
Every year more sensible persons
do their Christmas shopping early.
They reap all the advantages in
vaiiety of selection and leisure of
choice and when Christmas Eve j
comes they can proceed about their
last-minute holiday tasks orderly,
while the others fume and sputter.
Americans are a great people ne
ver to do today what can be done
tomorrow. The postmaster has
urged early posting of Christmas
mail but the last days will probable
be bigger than ever. The train
leaven at 5:i5 but the cars do not
fill until 5:14. We get there even
if wo are a last-minute nation, but
it s at a tremendous cost of physi
cal energy and mental upsets. The
Christmas shopping season is merely
one phase Of a national tempera
ment.
Petersburg Lutheran Church
Rev. W. J. Maakestad, pastor.
Sunday School at 10:30.
Morning worship at 11:30. Subject:
“ 'I he Unknown Jesus.”
Service in Norse language at
S: P. M.
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Notice
I will be at Carl Jacobson's Jewelry Store every evening from
7..*t0 to 9:00 o’clock, except Sunday and give lessons to those desiring
to team to play the Hawaiian Steel tJuitar, accompanyment or Spanish
guitar, also the ukelele at very moderate prices.
Special prices for twenty lessons.
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W SEATTLE, U.S.A. •
The Men’s Shop
In the NEW location in the
Bank Building. Ready to serve
its patrons with the latest ha
berdashery, caps, shirts, neck
wear - Hose, sweaters and ev
erything new and up-to-date.
We also call lor and deliv
er yov cleaning and pressing.
CARD OF THANKS
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e takg this method of expres >
in? our sincere gratitude to our
i '■lends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness and words of
sympathy during the recent illness
and death of our dear little baby,
Donna Belle. May God’s richest
blessings be upon each of you.
FRANK R. HAVENS and FAMILY.
The Community I eague will meet
at the Church on Tuesday evening at
eight.
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C. H. Sundmacher
Attorney at Law
Arctic Hotel Petersburg
Thomas B. Hhone, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office Resident
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Wheeler Drug Co.
Deaf and Dumb Service
John Fanning
SHOE STORE
Doaler m
Complete line of Silk Hosiery
Best grade of Shoes for men,
women and children.
Best Quality Goods
at very low price.
Shoe repairing neatly done.
Buy at Star Bakery and Save Money
Fresh Doughnuts, Cup Cakes, CW'i5'
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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