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WHY IS A KNOCKER?
Nobody loves a knocker. A man frequently will hold an
interested audience while lie regales them with a dissertation
on the shortcomings of a man, a city or an institution, but
after he has finished telling all the poor points of the subject
in hand, he knows and feels that he has lost something, which
is his self-respect. No matter how fully his auditors may agree
with him, nor how glad they may feel to hear the tales he is
telling them, they unconsciously form a distrust ot the man
who is seeking to harm others.
They know that if at any time they happen to be placed
in an unfavorable position where this man can learn some
thing to their disadvantage the telling of which would do them
harm, he would be only too willing to repeat it.
A knocker usuallv is a man who talks too much. His mind
is so twisted that he cannot think of agreeable or helpful
things to say. so he usually has to depend upon harmful and
unpleasant topics of conversation.
There arc two kinds of knockers. The man who deliber
ately knocks in order to do harm to his competitors and the
man who lets his tongue run away with him and talks merely
to be heard.
Among tin* residents of Anchorage we have many knock
ers. Some of these men are engaged in business and doing
well. Others are men working for wages. Both owe their
livelihood to residents of this city, and it is upon the contin
ued prosperity of the community that they depend for their fu
ture prospects. It is difficult to class these individuals. Ap
parently their best interests lie here, yet* they.see nothing good
in the city. The assessments are too high; the coal is no good;
the harbor never will be completed; business will be bad this
year; the town will be gone after the railroad is finished; and
so on, an interminable list of subjects upon which they harp
day and night. But in the meantime Anchorage continues to
grow steadily and with greater permanency than ever before.
The coal is good; the harbor will be built; and calm reasoning
iox five minutes will convince any fair man that the outlook
for Anchorage is brighter today than ever before.
Yet these men continue to croak about hard times. There
are several men in business here, who despite the fact that they
have done well and who today are making more money than
ever before in their lives, keep the anvil chorus at a high pitch,
and talk as long as anyone will listen to them.
Anchorage has been kept busy since the first boat landed
here refuting unfounded stories started with the intention of
doing harm to this city. It had to refute the wildest and most
improbable tales originating in the minds of citizens of sister
cities. Now, however, it seems that another task is to be added
to our burden, and we must protect ourselves from the more
dangerous and insidious mischief maker, the home-grown
knocker.
There is nothing to fear from the activities of the knocker,
he he from the outside or one of our residents, but it does give
a person the pee-wees to have a man make his living here and
at the same time do all in his power to harm his own town.
THOSE WHO SERVE.
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History and posterity alike wi'I take due note of those who i
serve the nation in the hour of its need,” declares the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. The young men are going to war in high
spirits, like youth embarking upon a promising adventure, and
there is among them little need of present or future honor, or
of anything save the desire to face and dispose of the enemy
who has dared to threaten the life of the republic. The records
of those boys are secure. They are men of the future who will
receive the gratitude and respect of their fellow citizens, wear
Their medals of honor, and in later life sit about the family
liresides and tell tales of the great struggle to their children
and grandchildren. A new and greater G. A. R. is in the mak
ing to take the place of the men of ’(>1 who are passing away.
The young men of military age are enjoying the high privilege
of army service that many older men will envy them.
But what shall posterity have to say of those who cannot
go to war? There are malcontents in high places whose grand
children and great-grandchildren will some day hide their
heads in shame for them. For perhaps the great body of Am
ericans who are not eligible for army service it may be said in
the days to come that they accomplished whatever lay in their
power to do for their country and what they contributed of
their time and means to the full measure of their abilities. For
us who remain this is the only credit that we may hope to pro
cure from history, and we may be very sure that our shortcom
ings, if we exhibit any, will not pass unnoticed.
The man who devotes himself to profiteering is not going
to receive any great amount of adulation from his children’s
children; the man who corners a necessity and makes a barrel
of money from the needs of his nation or his fellow citizens is
not going to have his portrait pointed to with pride by those
who come after him.
What was grandfather or great-grandfather doing in the
great war? That will be a question for future generations.
Some day men and women will be eagerly looking over the rec
ords ^to ascertain. Are we in a way to keep our records
straight? Are we doing what we may to serve our country
and assure to our descendants the pride of ancestry that pos
sesses every generation ?
The soldiers’ handbook conveys the information that the
French equivalent for spinach is des epinards, pronounced dayz
ay-pee-nar. No soldier needs order it through error.
Vol.
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1917.
I. No. 290. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 4th and D
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Of Interest to You—
In a few days the last boat of the
season will leave Anchorage for
the Great Outside, and though many
are going out, enough of us will be
left to keep Anchorage the best and
most prosperous city in Alaska.
Many surprises await the visitor
to the states and those who have
not been out for some time will not
recognize Seattle. The war we read
about here, and which to some is
stiil an “abstraction” is a grim and
serious “reality” to the people out
side of Alaska. Every second per
son you meet wears a uniform eith
er of the Army or the Navy, and
the most wonderful and gratifying
thing about it, is the cheerfulness
and willingness of everyone to do
his little bit for Uncle Sam. It
makes one more than ever to be
proud to be an American.
Business outside is good, but
prices are soaring higher and high
er. “Everything is going up” is the
popular cry. We are very fortun
ate here because being compelled to
buy our stocks for almost six
months in advance, the prices here
will not be higher than they are, no
matter how much higher they will
advance in the states. And speaking
about stocks, we are glad to an
nounce to our friends and patrons
that anticipating further advances
in different classes of merchandise,
and even possibilities of shortage,
we have bought this fall a stock
of about $75,000.00. It is beyond
doubt the largest drug stock in
Alaska, but we have faith in An
chorage and in this district and
though it is a good deal, we are not
worrying about disposing of it.
This will be in fact as well as in
name, “The Stores That Have What
You Want—When You Want It.”
Our Christmas goods are being
opened now—and no store in the
states can surpass the variety and
quality and prices of our goods.
We have about 4,000 Victor Rec
ords and about 100 Victrolas for j
you to choose from. We are here
first, last and all the time, the
store for all the people. In trading
with us you get Service and Quality
—and we want your business.
If you do not know us—come in
and get acquainted. At either store
—Fourth and D. The Harmony the
atre is opposite us. 4th and H—
At the Lathrop Apartments.
Loussac’s Drug Stores
PHONE 100-R Immediate Delivery PHONE 62-Y
4th and D St. 4th and H St
G. P. MANN VISITS OKLAHOMA
AND SAYS FOLKS THERE ARE
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC FOR WAR.
ENLISTS FOR FOUR YEARS.
Young Man Writes from Illinois De
tention Camp Where He and Other
Recruits Undergo Eight Vaccina
tions.
Oklahoma, where probably the most
serious opposition to the selective con
scription law immediately after its en
actment was manifested, is still some
what indifferent to the war, according
to a letter reecived here by Chief J. J.
Haffner and other members,of the fire
department from George P. Mann,
who formerly was a driver in the de
partment and who went to the states
two months ago to join the navy. He
is now at the Great Lakes naval train
ing station in Illinois. His letter
follows:
“Well, I have at last started on a
four years tour in the United States
navy. I have been here about twenty
days and everything is just fine. I am
almost through with the prescribed
vaccinations. There are eight of them
and they certainly do stiffen a man up.
I have only one more hypodermic to
take but it is a corker—thirty drops of
serum for typhoid fever.
“We are in a detention camp now,
We are all held here until we take the
vaccinations, so to make certain there
is no disease among us. They certain
ly are strict on the physical examina
tions in the navy now, I think about
one applicant out of ten is passing
At the present time I think the naw
is full. There must be about 250C
men here in detention.
“I enlisted for four years as third
class fireman and as soon as I get out
of detention I think I will be put
aboard ship for they are not keeping
any of the firemen in the main camps
only enough to fire the steam plants,
They are sending most of them to New
York or Newport News.
“I had a very short visit at home in
Muskogee, Okla. I was only there four
days. The boys from that country arc
all drafted. My brother will not have
to go until the seventh call. His num
ber is 2680 in one precinct, so I don’t
think he will be called for a while at
least.- People are not very patriotic
in that country, they all seem to think
it is a very foolish war.”
FISH IS HIGH IN HAWAII.
HONOLULU, T. H. Nov. 2.—
i Though the waters of the Pacific sur
rounding the Hawaiian island teems
with fish of all description and var
i iety, still those who are fond of them
| must pay exorbitant prices, far in ex
cess of those on the mainland. An in
' stance of this is seen in the price pre
vailing for mullet, a choice delicacy
; which has already gone to 30 cents a
pound.
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Job printing at the Times office.
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If you are dry and want something ‘‘soft” and refresh
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Both the Pool and Billiard Tables are new and the lovers
of the cue hang out at
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McCall Re-Elected
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 7.—Governor
Samuel W. McCall, republican was re
elected for the third term.
New Mexico Votes Dry.
DEMING, N. M., Nov. 7.—It is be
lieved New Mexico voted dry yes
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