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Entered In the Anchorage Postofflce June 5, 1915, as second class matter
under the Act of March 3, 1873.
For President—CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.
For Delegate to Congress—JAMES WICKERSHAM.
THERE IS A REASON.
We have had occasion often before t,o say something with
respect to the progressive spirit that dominates this community
and that is bound to make for its advancement, its improve
ment, its betterment and its prosperity. Just at this time, we
have at issue a matter that reveals this highly commendable
spirit, this hopeful, optimistic attitude, on the part of our peo
ple. A brief time since, the massive labor temple was burned
to the ground. The last embers of this conflagration had not
died out before a movement was on foot to build anew and to
build better than before. The accomplishment of this result
is now assured, due to the generosity of our people generally.
A new labor temple will be erected, that will stand as a mon
ument to labor, as well as to the progressive spirit of our res
idents, who will have made this achievement possible.
Of course, Captain Austen Lathrop, the man who does
things, jumped to the front and gave the labor boys a mighty
lift that will hasten the glad day when their labor temple shall
again be ready for occupancy.
A town may have a magnificent natural harbor, a beauti
ful townsite and other natural gifts, but if its inhabitants are
not progressive, are not awake to the times—that town will be
a dead one. On the other hand, a town may be less fortunate
ly situated, naturally, but if its inhabitants are live, progress
ive and public-spirited, that town will grow and prosper.
We distinctly recall two communities on Puget sound—Se
attle and Port Townsend. Port Townsend is located on what
is conceded to be one of the very best natural harbors in the
world. Its townsite is beautiful to a degree—and it is a dead
one. Seattle is located on an abominable townsite, its natural
harborage facilities are very ordinary. But at its inception, it
was inhabited by a live, progressive people, who stood for ad-!
vaneement and who worked unceasingly to this end. One has
grown to a great commercial center; the other stands where itj
stood 30 years ago. Just the difference fn people. People ,
make a town, don’t forget that. And it is because Anchora.<r<>
has the right kind of a population that its future is assured.
* We have the “Seattle Spirit”—the spirit that means growth
and progress.
JUST A COMMON LIAR.
A man by the name of August Eksman, whom nobody,
around here knows anything about, but who declares he was in !
Anchorage this season, is out with an interview in the Portland
Telegraip, in which he says, among other distorted and entire
ly misleading statements, concerning the government railway
project, that “It is a political affair from start to finish.”
The truth of the matter is, that politics are wholly foreign ,
to the Alaska railway project. A man’s politics is not con-i
sidered when he applies for employment. It is safe to assert >
that there are men holding good positions who belong to all the
party organizations. And this is as it should be. We don’t
want this fine development scheme to be dragged into politics
at all. Thus far, it has held entirely aloof from such a disas
trous policy. This railway project is for the benefit of the peo
ple of Alaska—republicans, democrats, socialists, or whatnot.
It’s all one with this development scheme, which is above mere
party consideration.
This man Eksman says he is a democrat. We don’t know,
but we suppose that he came here—if he was here at all—seek
ing a fat job and having the endorsement of some prominent
democratic politicians' to aid him. It is apparent that he failed
to land a job, notwithstanding his democratic endorsements.
Hence, he seeks to vent his spite against the men charged with
the building of this great railway enterprise, which is doing so
much toward the development of Alaska.
To employ the common expression, Eksman is just a com
mon liar. There is not a particle of truth in any of his asser
tions. It is quite useless to waste good space in refuting the
statements of men of this type. They are unworthy of con
sideration.
“Unistatia” is a name now proposed for the nation at pres-,
called the United States of North America, in order that it
may comport with Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and oth
er national divisions of the weste.ni continents. It has two
recommendations, at least: First, it is a very good condensa
tion of the longer term, and second, it is euphonious. “I am
a Unistatian,” would be an improvement on “I am an Ameri
can,” in so far as it would indicate more clearly what part of
America the speaker claimed as his country. Of course, there
are obstacles in the way of the adoption of the designation, as
there would be to any change, but they are not insuperable.
As to any difficulty in getting accustomed to the pew name, it
is only necessary to point to the ease with which the world ac
cepted Petrograd for St. Petersburg.
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How many people in the United States are aware that
there is in the country a well-defined broom corn belt, and that
the size of the crop, in certain of the Illinois counties, has a
pronounced bearing on the price of an indispensable domestic
utensil? Say what you like about the vacuum cleaner, and you
cannot praise it t&o highly as a boon to the housekeeper, there
is still a constant demand for a good broom, and many millions
of good brooms are worn out every year in good housekeeping.
For this reason, it is of uncommon interest that brooms, such
as were selling for 20 cents a year ago, now sell as high as $1.00,
owing to a broom corn shortage. 1
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1916.
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