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MY MOTHER DEAR
By JAMES R. LITTLE
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Though many changes time has
wrought around my childhood
home,
I see it as in days of yore, when
back in dreams I roam.
Though many years have come
and gone—(there’s been at
least a score),
I still see Mother sitting beside—
the cottage door.
T wonder if the golden hair
which crowned her gentle
brow
Has changed beneath time’s
cruel touch and gleams with
silver now.
I wonder if her eyes aglow with
love-light warm and clear
Have lost their luster and grown
dim—
Through shedding many a tear.
I wonder if her cheek’s soft pink
which—spoke of robust health.
Has faded as the years slipped
• • by and robbed them of their
wealth.
T wonder if her steps grow slow,
those tireless .patient feet,
Whose quick pace ne’er seemed
to slacken while there were
tasks to meet,
Though many changes time has
brought unto my Mother dear
same sweet tones I long to
I know her voice retains the
hear;
For in her voice there lurks a
charm—untouched by ruthless
time.
The melody of mother love—
That music most sublime.
NATURE, THE REBEL
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Under the above caption, Hill
Billy in the Seattle Star, says:
“It is not environment, broth
er, it is heredity.
“I had to put in a dozen years
of sympathetic study of what we
blandly term the “lesser organ
isms” before I was prepared to
adopt the theory that things are
born right or ill, rather than
changed after birth.
Modern civilization goes on
the theory that environment
and man law is everything; na
ture goes on the theory that like
produces like, and that figs do
not produce thistles, nor do sows
breed gazelles.”
ENVIRONMENT PLUS NATURE
Nature has its immutable lav/s
but changeable througr environ
ment. We do not agree with the
Philosopher of the Hills writing
for the Star. We elucidate:
Was born in Telegraph Creek,
B. C. 25 years ago, more or less,
a boy—the son of a Britisher
and Indian mother. Deserted,
the child was adopted by a Chi
nese when about four; between
he age cf six and eight he was
sent to China and remained till
he was past twenty, -when he re
' Tailed States. In
every respect that Indian-Brit
^sher was a Chinaman, educa
i language, dress, carriage,
and thought. Nature may rebel,
but environment molds.
An Indian girl was adopted at
Yakutat by a Scandinavian mis
s’oner. Moving to Chicago with
+he family, the girl remained in
che Windy City until she was
graduated from high school. She
returned and resided in Peters
burg for a short while. This
girl had not drop of Caucasian
blood in her but she had a lot of
their environment and in every
respect, language, thought and
much to do with development of j
character in its manifold phas
es.
During the Indian war days, a
3Jttle white girl was captured by!
the Indians and when she reach
ed maturity was married by a
Seneca chief. Later when she
was returned to her own people,
she pined for her adopted peo
ple—the Seneca Indians—a n d
was not content until she had
returned to them. V/as her en
vironment responsible for her
desire to return or not?
A white girl was abandoned
by her mother on the doorstep of
an Indian home. In every re
spect that red-lieaded white girl
is today a Tahltan Indian wo
man. “Nature,” maybe “t h e
rebel” but environment has
much to do with character in its
manifold phases.
PASS ALONG APPRECIATION
By JAMES R. LITTLE
.People, in general, .are .back
ward in expressing their appre
ciation and gratitude for what
has been done. Whether it be
of small or great value, but how
quick they are to express cen
sure and reproach! Sometimes
the lack of words of apprecia
tion and gratitude will harden
the heart of an earnest laborer
who is giving his best and striv
ing to make life easier and finer
for others; when his work is ac
cepted by the public with no
outward show of appreciation he
grows discouraged and then the
quality of the work suffers.
Even though an individual
does a kind act with no expecta
tion of being thanked, still it
warms the heart and sheds a
glow about life when a few words
jare spoken in all sincerity to
| show that what has been done
is appreciated When those
[words are withheld, the individ
ual often feels that his efforts
are not wanted, and he with
draws from doing such things
I anymore; and sometimes the
feeling comes over him that pos
sibly he has been too forward
! and that his action may have
been resented by others. Many
misunderstandings arise in life
because man does not express
his true, inner feelings. It is a
lamentable fact that there are
more human beings who lack
appreciation and simply take in
what they can get without giv
ing in return, than there are of
chose who are grateful and de
sirous of making some kind of
repayment.
Those who lack appreciation
and gratitude feel that every
thing is due them and that oth
ers do not render them enough
service; they feel that they de
serve more from the world in
general than they have been
getting and hence they are re
sentful because of the injustice
done them.
that others do not render them
enough of goods and service.
*nd gratitude is due them and
They feel that they deserve more
from the world than they have
been getting and hence they are
iesentful because of the injus
tice done them.
hLINCOLN’S WARNING
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“Labor is .superior to .capital
and deserves .much the .higher
consideration.. Let them beware
of .surrendering .the political
power which they already pos
sess and .which .if surrendered
will surely be used to .close .the
door .of .advancement against
such as they and to fix new dis
abilities .and .burdens .upon,
them, till all of liberty shall be
lost.”—Abraham Lincoln.
There is nothing stronger than
human prejudice.—W. Holmes.
LES MAJESTE
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“Petty application of rules and
regulations epitomizes the cause
of many people becoming dis
couraged and moving away from
Alaska. Yet there is still hope
for the day when wisdom will
supplant the present system
and emancipation will come.
Then we may lift up our voice
and shout the full glory of the
greatest of all frontier coun
tries.”—Seward Gateway.
EVERYBODY HAPPY
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According to the Seward Gate
way, Congressman Dickinson
New off a lot of superfluous
wind at Anchorage when he de
clared that every one was satis
fied with the administration of
the federal laws in Alaska.
“Considering the source Mr.
Dickinson received his informa
tion, he was correct. The in
formation did not come from the
people of Alaska, but from the
Bureaucratic chaperones who
so timed the itinerary of the
Congressional delegation that
there was no time for them to
establish intimate personal con
tact with the public.
“Hardly had Mr. Dickinson’s
words died away before he re
ceived a memorial from 200 odd
men suggesting improvement
in the administration of the fur
law. Had he lingered sufficient
time, and had been detached
i from his cha p e r o n e s long
enough to have attuned his ear
to an equal number of fisher
men, cannerymen, gasboatmen,
and laborers connected with the
industry, he would have receiv
ed vigorous complaint against
the mode of procedure of the
bureaus, in arriving at over
night decisions.
“But as pointed out by the
Gateway, before the arrival of
the Congressional party, it was
not intended that they should
see or learn any more than the
bureaucrats desired. In this
respect the tour was all that
could have been wished.
“Nov/ if Mr. Dickinson and his
associates could slip back un
awares, attend some of the open
forums where men are wont to
gather, he might revise his
opinion. In fact he would dis
cover that the only ones satis
fied with the situation are those
who represent the bureaus, and
that his information came thru
prejudiced sources.”
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. .Aggressive fighting .for .the
right is the .greatest .sport the
world knows.—T. Roosevelt. .. .
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WAS IT TOUGH LUCK
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It is reported that several Ju
neau people, nearly a dozen girls
and several, men who went to
the vicinty of Killisnoo, to work
in a herring plant, have return
ed to their homes minus wages
they were supposed to be paid.
As there was a light run of
herring in that section, the
plant did practically nothing in
the line of operating and no
money was earned by it with
which to pay those employed.
The owner has gone to Seattle
and stated before leaving, it is
said, that he might be able to
raise sufficient money on the
outside to meet the payroll, but
those to whom the money is
coming have but little hope of
getting anything for their sum
mer’s work.—Stroller’s Weekly.
Editorial note: It is only a
matter of time when none of
these fertilizer plants will oper
ate. The speed of depletion of
the herring fishries is becoming
more prominent each year and
even the Empire will sing the
song of depletion before it is
ready for it.
. .There is nothing more fearful
than imagination without taste.
—Goethe.. Except perhaps taste
without imagination.
Ten men have failed .from .de
fect in .morals .where one .has
failed from defect in intellect.—
Horace Mann.
’Tis the little dogs that snap
at your heels when you are not
looking.
“STRICT INTERPRETATION
OF THE LAWS OF THE
ALASKA FISHERIES
By Hon. Dan A. Sutherland
Delegate to Congress
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You will read in the statement
of Hansen and Thayer that “we
informed the watchmen that we
wanted a little fish for food.”
There was nothing surreptitious
or underhanded in their actions.
They believed that they were
strictly within their rights as
resident citizens of Alaska in
taking fish for their own use
from Ankow Inlet. They knew
that they were committing no
offense against the law even
though they were offending the
dignity of Mike and Harry, who
in their little sphere of brief
authority, seem to feel that
their very existence is depend
ent upon the deference and
homage of local residents of
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