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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919
BOLSHEVISM SPELLS RUIN
Those who make no pretense to a
knowledge of political economy, and
even the saner class of socialists, are
gradually coming to understand the
utter hopelessness of Bolshevism, To
put oneself, and family, and property,
in their keeping is to put to sea in a
storm in a leaking boat, with an in
sane pilot. No prominent Bolshevik
has ever demonstrated his ability to
rule wisely or manage public affairs.
On the contrary, Bolshevism is essen
tially destructive, both to life and
property. It is entirely an experiment
with as much promise of desirable re
sults as one expects from a drunken
man letting off firecrackers in a
powder magazine.
: Bolshevism has destroyed hundreds
of houses and barns; it has not built
ohfe.
'bolshevism has burned countless
warehouses filled with supplies; and
factories, and workshops. It has never
planned, or erected, one to take their
place.
: Bolshevism has tortured and killed
untold numbers; it has never brought
security and protection, and a steady
hicome to one workingman.
; Bolshevism has drained no swamps,
has irrigated no barren land; it has
np schools where little children may
Iqrrn, or sanctuaries where man may
worship. It recognizes no God, and
np rights but those of its own brute
strength. Like any other ferocious
animal, it can, in a moment, tear
down, and in pieces, the work of
years; but not in a century can Bol
shevism build up and create. It offers
nothing whatever to make the world a
better place to live in; it brings only
apprehension, fear, famine, and de
spair.
It is an ignorant mob indulging in
a wild, prolonged debauch, and must
ami inpvUnhlv nprish from
its own lack of cohesion.
It' every man, woman and child in
the< world was an active Bolshevik
thee would shortly be none left alive,
for they would rend each other in
pieces, and the survivors would die
under the tumbling ruins of civiliza
tion. The avalanche, the earthquake,
the tidal wave, and the cyclone are all ,
demonstrations of irresistible power;
they are awful, fearsome, and sweep
away everything in their path; yet
none of them endure.
Let any who incline toward Bol
shevism think on these things.
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THE TRIALS OF A NEWSPAPER
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The daily trials and tribulations of
the ordinary newspaper editor prob
ably surpass those of any other voca
tion in the life of a given community.
Ye editor is cussed if he dqes, and
cussed if he doesn't. It doesn’t make
a particle of difference what stand he
ma|r take on a given matter, he is sure
to Sjtep on the delicate toes of some*
body, from whom a roar is imlojiedi
ately forthcoming. Not a day passes
but he is- importuned to say some
thing editorially about this, or that,
or attack this person or that person,
or praise or condemn this project or
that project. He is charged by al
leged labor leaders with running his
newspaper in the interests of the
moneyed classes, and charged by the
moneyed classes with being a verit
able Bolshevik!. It doeanT make a
bit of difference what poBition he
takes, or what policy he pursues, his
every printed word calls down critic^
isni from some source on this thick
head. His motives are Impugned, his
veracity questioned, his sincerity
doubted. Some people seem to Im
agine that the local newspaper should
agree with them on every given propo
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ition, no matter what it Is, and if it
[oes not, we hear about it. An editor
nay say a thousand kind things about
t man and adversely criticise him
ince and a life-long enemy is made.
The newspaper will give free
lotices and boost along a given enter
ainment of some kind, and if the
sdiifor or manager go, they are ex
acted to dig in their pockets and pay
he admission price, the same as a
luman being. The boosts and free
iotic.es are, accepted, without thanks,
is a matter of course. The newspaper
is expected to say something nice
ibout every movement, every function,
;very entertainment, and every public
iction or activity in the community.
Heaven, we are sure, will forgive the
newspaper man for the white lies he
laily tells, in the cause of harmony,
jood feeling and public interest.
But aside from the trials and trib
jlations.of the weary, editor, there
ire bright spots in his life. In every
SbntsWunity—and in Anchorage especi
lily—there are people who really ap
preciate the efforts of those whose
daily vocation is to publish the news
and make comment on local matters.
They are the people who make life
worth living; who have a kind word
to say tor the paper; wno aont get
sore every time the paper says some
thing not especially to their liking.
It should be understood that a news
paper, from motives of self-interest, ii
on no higher ground, is consistently
working in behalf of the community
and the country in which it is pub
lished. There are many matters that
come up from time to time on which
no comment is made—not because,
as some people affect to believe—the
newspaper is afraid to speak out, but
rather because it, is not considered by
the newspaper for the best interests
of the town to discuss the question,
whatever it may be. The newspaper
man knows about everything going on
in his town. If he published all he
knew he would not be in the news
paper business long. He would not
be entitled to remain in it. He would
be a deterrant, rather than a con
structive force.—Anchorage Times.
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BOOZE HAS MANY ALIASES
John Barleycorn may travel under
various aliases but he can’t fool the
department of justice, according tp U
3. District Attorney Robert C. Saund
ers, who reports some of Mr. Barley
corn’s disguises of the last few
months, says the Seattle Times.
"Canned Fruit,” "Merchandise,’
‘Glass,’.’ “Cut Glass Bowl," “Gentle
man’s Bathrobe,” “Boy’s Caps," “One
Comb,” “One Brush,” were some ol
the labels on express packages to be
shipped to Alaska, but which were
seized by federal officers in Seattle
when they penetrated “Old Man Bar
teycorn's ’’disguise. One of the con
signmentp containing two quarts ol
whisky' was addressed to Juneau
Alaska, care of the U_ S. District
Court.”
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VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Returning soldier boys com inf
through Seattle say that that town it
a very good one to stay away from
They say that work can not be had al
any price and that Alaska and Home
Sweet Home, looks good to them.—
Douglas News.
Appal cuu.1 uwjo
love-makers than soldiers.. Almost a
dozen of Wrangell’s soldier boys have
returned—returned alone. Only twc
of our sailor boys have returned anc
neither of them returned alone—
Wrangell Sentinel.
Nothing hurts business quite sc
badly as the present mail service
With a boat once every four or five
weeks it is nearly impossible for oui
merchants to do business on a payinj
basis. Stocks are held up; price!
drop between boats and seasons come
and go, but the mails stay away foi
ever. The past three months has giver
us about two boats and a half, with i
freighter thrown in for good measure
With airplanes reducing the time be
tween New York and Washington t<
eighty minuteB, and with good trail
service between these points it looki
as if tM.^stoffice department woulc
exhibftwolieitatlon in Alaska’S tfel
(m, and tee that we receive our ,aai
at least once every two weeks.—Val
dez Miner.
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A Frenchman has invented a pre
cess for applying colors to glass b;
heat so that stained glass window!
can be made without fastening manj
pieces of glass of different hues to
gether.
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England and Whies are said to havi
a rat for every acre of land, causlni
an annual loss to farmers of $73
000,000.
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Because of the many positions ii
which they must work tractor motor
are tested at angles varying up to 41
degrees.
Advertise In the Deny Times.
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NEWE8T N0TE8 OF SCIENCE
Friction of small steel balls polishes
silverware in a new machine.
Chile has national forests that cover
about 7,000,000 acres of land.
Exposure to <jzone for five minutes
increases the fermenting power of
brewers’ yeast.
An English inventor has mounted a
tiny electric lamp in the handle of a
safety razor.
The temperature of a new electric
flat iron can be regulated to four dif
ferent degrees.
A Japanese chemist has invented an
incombustible celluloid that is made
from soya bean cake.
Small pockets for valuables, intend
ed to be fastened to liningB of shoes,
have been patented.
The government of Venezuela is
planning to build a highway 883 miles
long across that country.
A clip has been invented for holding
a spoon on the edge of a cooking uten
sil or medicine glass.
Italy is enforcing a series of regu
lations governing the width of wheel
rims allowed on highways.
Electrical apparatus for sorting
leaves of tobacco by length is the idea
of a New York inventor.
An American egg preserving plant
with a capacity of 300,000 eggs daily
has been established in China.
A recently patented dish pan sprays
its contents with fountains of boiling
water from its perforated rim.
The Spanish government has as
sumed full control of important de
posits of platinum discovered in that
country.
At least thirteen different processes
and much intricate machinery are in
volved in the manufacture of a com
mon match.
An illuminating gas said to be su
perior to coal gas is being made in
some parts of India from castor oil
beans.
An inventor has patented tiifhield
for horses’ nose bags that is claimed
to prevent any loss of grain by shill
ing.
The Cuban government has estab
lished nine wireles stations on the
island of Cuba and one on the Isle
of Pines.
Reinforced concrete instead of steel
is used in a new gas producer, Wing
more resistant to wet ashes than
metal.
The Chinese government has sent
students to the Philippines to study
scientific forestry as conducted by.
Americans. * '
An inventor has patented a fly trap
made of paper and cotton, which is
intended to be burned when filled
with insects.
A German scientist has invented a
preparation of solidified glue that can
be substituted for rubber for many
purposes.
Stepping on the running-board auto
matically opens a new sliding auto
mobile door and another step inside
the car closes it.
Because of the scarcity of domestic
coal only about one-tenth of the vast
amount of iron ore mined in Spain ifl
utilized at home. I
For quickly classifying the different
grades of magnetic ores an inventor
has patented an electrical process to
demagnetize them.
An Irish ship yard recently launched
the first of the first four reinforced
concrete seagoing vessels to be built
in that country.
A patent has been issued for a
metal attachment that will keep the
brim of a man’s soft hat in correct
shape when it is laid aside.
French investigators have found
that a satisfactory wood pulp for
paper can be obtained from the
, branches and tendrils of grape vines.
An inventor has received a patent
, for electrical apparatus to raise
treater chairs soveral Inches as but
, tons in their arms are pressed.
Experts have esy^nated that Ecua
dor could increase its present agricul
tural yield 150 per cent by the applica
. tion of scientific methods.
Over one end of a new business
! card is folded a flap of paper upon
i which a man can write the nature of
[ his errand when introducing himself.
if A Scientist in Spain has invented a
I method for obtaining a potash fertil
izer from sea water to which he has
given the name of marine kainit.
British paint manufacturers have
. found that an oil obtained from the
r seeds of Brazilian rubber trees is an
, acceptable substitute for linseed oil.
Both amusing and instructive is a
. toy figure of a soldier that can be
made to send correct signals with
semaphore flags as a key-board is
i operated.
; Rubber boots have been invented
- with hollows between their outer sur
faces and linings which can be filled
with hot water to keep the wearers'
i feet warm.
v Experiments with the use of elec
i triclty to stimulate the growth of oats
In Wales Increased the yield of grain
35 per cent and that of straw 17 per
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NEWSBOYS ARRESTED
FOR FAKING NEWS
LONDON, March 20.—If a news
vencTer In England shouts sensational
news in order to sell his papers the
news must be In the paper or he gets
into trouble. The other day when
business was a little slack one of
them cried “Another Police Strike.”
That was new and also interesting to
a policeman and, when he found noth
ing in the paper to substantiate the
shouting, he arrested the boy, who
was fined five shillings.
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RETURNS TO PRISON AFTER
VISITING HIS DYING WIFE
MEXICO, CITY, March 20— On his
word of honor to return to prison
after visiting his dying wife in Monte
rey, President Carranza recently al
lowed the former Diaz general, Igna
cio Morelos ZaragozU, to leave the
military prison of Santiago Tlalteloco.
After his wife’s funeral the aged gen
eral returned to his cell. He is accused
of rebellion against the governmefft,
and was recently captured near Mon
terey.
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WOMEN NOT SUCCESSFUL
AS MACHINE LACE MAKERS
LONDON, March 20.—Women are
not successful as machine lace mak
ers in the Nottingham district, accord
ing to a report on the "Substitution of
women in non-munition factories dur
ing the war” made to the home office.
The employment of women as ma
chine attendants, to take the places of
men called to the: colors, was a war
time measure, and the report says
that “women not having made good
their footing as substitutes," the ques
tion of their continued-employment at
this work “hardly arises.”
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When a baby for which it has been
purchased outgrows a new combined
bed and cart, the,'upper portion can
be. used as. a basket and the lower as
a tea wagon.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
WANTED—Scandinavian baker at
Northland Bakery. 19-4t
FOR SALE—Boat 30 feet long, 10 h.p.
engine. Apply Harry O’Neill. 19-2w
CABIN FOR RENT. Call 185.
WANTJEDt^A girl for general house
work. Jasjuire Thos. S. Scott, at
the First Bank of Cordova.
FOR SALE—Pool room and rooming
house at McCarthy, Alaska. In
quire Times office.
FOR RENT—One three-room fur
nished apartment and one three
room unfurnished apartment. Apply
K. G. Robinson. 10-tf
FOR SALE—Boat 18 feet long,
j equipped with 4% horse-power en
gine. Apply Gus Cozokas, next door
to Times office, at 10 o’clock a. m.
12-6t
LOST—A lady’s pair of black woolen
mittens. ‘ Return to Times Office.
19-tf.
ROOM AND BOARD at Lakevlew
house. Call 38—two rings.
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
ACCOUNT
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Cordova Precinct, Territory
of Alaska (In Probate).
In the Matter of the Estate of Gun
nard Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that V. G.
Vance, administrator of the estate of
Gunnard Johnson, deceased, has ren
dered and presented for settlement to,
and filed in the probate court of said
Cordova precinct, his final account as
such administrator, and that Tuesday,
the 16th day of April, 1919, at 10
o'clock a. m., at the court room of our
said probate court at Cordova, Alaska,
ba«. been duly, appointed by the pro
bite court egf 4|f be^tld#»«t ef dfie
flail account* at ;#jifh ttilhd |&$e
iifj person MteriStdA In aakTeitaM
may appear and file his exceptions in
writing to the said final account and
contest the same.
Witness the Hon.
(Seal) A.-J. ADAMS,
Judge of the said Probate Court, and
the seal of said Court affixed, this
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A Capitalist ?
Capital is accumulated savings. A capi- I
talist is a person who has saved a portion of his
earnings and has invested it in some income
producing property. Every owner of a Liberty
Bond, a War Savings Stamp or a Savings Ac
count is a capitalist.
Why not open a Savings or a Checking Ac
; count and become one of them? i
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BANK OF ALASKA
Capital $170,000.00
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