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EVOLUTION TO THE FRONT.
We presume there is about as much
interest in the trial of John T. Scopes
the Tennessee school teacher, which
started last Friday, as in any case be
fore the public or courts for many
years. But as we stated heretofore, it
does not seem possible that the ends
aimed at by both the prosecutor and
the defenders—the determination of
whether it is right to teach evolution
in the public schools—can be reached.
Possibly those lawyers who are bent
on gaining immense publicity as oppo
nents or proponents of evolution can
so shape the issues as to cause the
court to proceed as far as they wish in
the matter. Evidently the case will
be an extended one and will cost the
State of Tennessee hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. The courthouse was
remodeled and enlarged. Sleeping
and eating quarters multiplied, and
an unusual number of prominent men
are visiting the sleepy little Tennes
see town, the county seat of Rhea
tuuiiiy, wmi a normal population of
1S00. Newspapers of national promi
nence have sent their best men to
cover the event, and moving picture
concerns have their men on hand to
portray the events pictorially. One
would think that a question of inter
national importance was to be settled
instead of the prosecution of a little,
dried-up pedagog in a small mountain
towm in Tennessee for violation of a
state law'. Of course one cannot think
of the trial without w’ondering w’hat
issues will develop. What passions
and heart-burnings w'ill be released?
Already the one preacher of the Meth
odist denomination has thrown up his
pastorate because his congregation
protested against allowing a preacher
of national fame, visiting the towm, to
occupy the pulpit. The objection to
the noted divine was that he was a
“modernist.” In other words that his
ideas were more advanced, or more
radical, as you lock at them, than
those of the congregation. Neighbor
is against neighbor in the town, and
the county is split asunder with dog
ma and schism.
All of which leads us to ask, “What
does it all mean?” Of course, one
cannot think of the theory of evolu
tion without thinking of the great
English scientist, Darwin, who first
propounded the theory.
Darwin’s theory of the origin of
man is that all existing forms of life
descended one from the other, —from
a very low form of life, such as the
amoeba, a small organism living in
wrnter, fossil remains of which are to
be found in chalk and limestone for
mation; that plants and animals, in
stead of being specially created and
unchangeable, are constantly chang
ing thru the process of adaptation and
environment, and that those better
fitted for the conditions of life survice
and multiply at the expense of oth
ers; that man is a scion of a stock
common to him and the higher man
jike apes, but that apes did not lead on
to man. His theory is that both are
from the parent stem, but that it split
into twro branches, one going back or
retrograding into the ape, the other
ascending into intellectual man, with
imagination and a soul.
In other w'ords the Darwin theory
w’hich is accepted by more or less
variation by all modern scientists, is
that practically all of the forms of life
at this day evoluted or evolved from
lower forms going back to the period
when it was difficult to distinguish
P whether an object was an animal or a
plant. We find these objects today,
as for instance the sponge, which is
both animal and plantlike. Some of
• these seaplants are of so low a form
of life that it is well nigh impossible
to distinguish which is which.
| This theory of most scientists is not
antagonistic to the Old Testament
. creation story, but the difference lies
in the manner in which it is interpre
1 ted. Scientists accept the Darwinian
, theory for three distinct reasons.
, These are:
Because of proofs found in the
study of biology, geology and physi
ology.
Because of the close anatomical re
semblance between man and the high
er apes. PIvery bone, muscle, nerve,
vessel, etc., in the one coinciding with
the structure of the other; a similarity
too great to be accidental.
, Because of the striking proof of
blood relationiship. One great scien
tist points out that when the blood
i of a horse is transfused into an ass,
i that of a hare into a rabbit, that of a
| man into a chimpanzee, there is har
monious mingling. Into other animals
the blood streams behave in a hostile
way, causing destruction of the red
corpuscles.
Aside from the geological and bio
logical reasoning there are more sci
entists wrho cling to the physiological
proof (including the blood) than to
any other demonstration of the claim
that man and monkeys are indeed
cousins—that their origin is exactly
the same, but that one branched off
and became intelligent beings while
the other continued in a state of
bestiality.
But just how these lines of reason
ing are antagonistic to religion is past
one’s reason to reconcile. In the Gate
way tomorrow we will publish an ar
ticle from the pen of one of the
greatest living churchmen, denying
that religion and evolution are antag
onistic or that they are in anyway
corelated.
In the meantime in a mean, plodding
little village in the Tennessee town, a
jury of his peers are trying a teacher
who taught a theory indorsed by the
foremost scientists of the world, and
upheld by many facts in biology, phy
siology and geology. A veritable '
tempest in a teapot.
Many men were hanged or drawn j
and quartered for saying the world *
was round, and it has been but a few'
generations since witches were hang
ed at Salem.
And, remember, the Darwinian theo
ry is a theory and not a fact.
It is depressing to the average edi
tor to receive the Monday’s news dis
patches with their long lists of deaths
and injuries in all parts of the United
States. In most of these accidents
the pity is that they could have been
avoided. A sharp curve on a smooth
road, a fool in a row’ boat, a venture
some swimmer, a mad desire to be
thought daring or venturesome, and
tragedy stalks in hundreds of homes.
If human life is so lightly held why
hang one for taking it? Sometimes
it seems the human race would be
better off if hobbled Saturday night
and kept fettered until Monday morn
ing. The Lord’s Day, formerly conse
crated to rest and prayer, now appears
dedicated to the undertaker.
The juvenile population of Seward
has practically been living in the lake
neai the baseball park the past few
hot days. Th ewater is warm and
about a hundred persons took oppor
tunity by the forelock yesterday.
^hy not be sure your cigarette is
out before you toss it away. It may
burn over a thousand acres of good
timber; a pretty high price for a
smoke.
Seward grocers are retailing home
giown lettuce, radishes and onions of
superior quality.
^lany persons who have never rode
in an auto do so at last under the aus
pices of the undertaker.
Many tourists on the Alaska com
plimented Seward on its fine weather. 1
Joseph Prichard of Missoula, Mont., 1
father of Mrs. Forrest E. Bishop, de
paited for Seattle last evening on the 1
steamer Alaska. Mr. Prichard joined
his daughter at Juneau, coming to
Seward with her. He spent a few :
days outing near Kiel’s camp last
week. Mrs. Bishop is the wife of the
popular employe of the bureau of pub
lic roads.
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SPOKANE BANKER
LOOKS FOR COAL
BUNKERS HERE
Fred B. Grinnell under Impression
Bunkers Already Erected in
Town of Seward.
HAS TAKEN MATTER THE UP
- President Coolidge Thinks Much of
Governor Parks As Do Other
Prominent Officials.
, Among the many prominent cit
i zeins from the States who were vis
r itors in Seward while the steamer
Alaska was in port, were Mr. and
[ Mrs. Fred B. Grinnell of Spokane.
- They were round trip passengers on
I the vessel. In Seward they renewed
, acquaintances with Mr. and Mrs. H.
i E. Ellsworth, former residents of
• Spokane, but who for many years
1 past, have been identified in Sew
1 ard and Alaskan business.
Mr. Grinnell is a prominent busi
ness man of Spokane, having for the
last 40 years been engaged in the
real estate and banking business.
The trip to Alaska, his first, was not
made for business reasons but pri
marily on a quest of health, recup
erating from a lengthy illness. The
journey to Alaska has been full of
interest and enjoyment to both Mr.
and Mrs. Grinnell, and it will be
with pleasure that they "will look
forward to their next trip.
He Found It a Myth.
Shortly after his arrival in Sew
ard, Mr. Grinnell began to look about
for the coal storage bunkers, of
which he had read last winter, were
to have been constructed at this
port by the Alaska Railroad. He re
gretted they had not been erected as
yet and advised Seward residents to
get busy and find out something
about it for, “with the building of
coal bunkers at this port, the finest
natural harbor I have seen on the
trip, Seward will come into its own
as an active Pacific coast seaport.”
Will Boost Bunkers.
Mr. Grinnell said during his short
visit at Juneau on the southbound
trip, he would make it a point to
call on Governor George A. Parks,
in connection with the Seward coal
bunkers. He also signified his in
tention of taking the matter up with
Senator C. C. Dill, a passenger on
the Alaska and whom he has been a
friend of many years standing. “Al
aska has two great natural industries,
as far as I am able to judge from
what I have seen,” Mr. Grinnell said.
“One of these is your fishing indus
try and the other is your enormous
beds of apparently, all grades of
coal. I am informed the coal analy
sis of Alaska coal compares very
favorably with other coals. Alaska
operators should have no difficulty in
placing it on the market on the Out
side.”
“President Coolidge thinks very
highly of your new governor, George
A. Parks, and much good should
come to Alaska by the President
setting a precedent in selecting an
Alaskan of Governor Park’s caliber
for the chair.”
PUBLICITY STUNT
ON CALLING CARD
BOOSTS ALASKA
SECRETARY GARFIELD OF SEAT
TLE CHAMBER ORIGINATES A
CLEVER ADVERTISING IDEA.
A unique calling card is being
handed out by C. D. Garfield, sec
retary of the Alaska Department of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
The card shows an outline map of
the United States and inserted in
gold, is the map of Alaska, giving
a person, at a glance, an idea what
size the Territory is in comparison
with the States. A close inspection
of the States the map of Alaska cov
ers reveals the States of Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas
and Missouri are practically enclosed
completely, with the States of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Ok
lahoma, Colorado, half covered, in
cluding Indian Territory. The Pan
handle belt stretches out into the
States of Kentucky, Tennessee, No.
Liberty Theatre
Tonight: Two Shows, 7:00 and 8:45
Betty Compson
— IN—
“Ramshackle House’’
A wonderful mystery story full of thrilling deeds
Played in the Everglade jungles of Florida
ABSORBING-BEAUTIFUL-EXCITING
t he beautiful Star always assures the best entertainment
INTRIGUE-LOVE-ROMANCE
HATE SCHEMING-JEALOUSY
All blended in a powerful story.
AND THERE IS A GREAT 2-REEL COMEDY
“ON THE JOB”
with the interesting PATHE NEWS
Saturday’s presentation proved this show to
be very good and pleasing to everyone. This is
the last opportunity to see it.”
and So. Carolina, Georgia. The Aleu
tian chain of islands run out travers
ing the States of Texas, New Mex
ico, Arizona, California, with other
islands off the West coast of Alas
ka speckling the State of Wyom
ing.
The caption over the neat arrange
ment reads: ‘‘Develop Alaska.”
The framework for the large build
ings of the Jesse Lee Home is rapidly
being erected by Contractor John
Helm and crew, and the buildings are
rapidly changing the aspect of the j
hillsides.
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choice of two kinds of meat and one
kind of fish served from 11:30 to 1:30
for 50c. Starting Wednesday, July
Sth, 1925. We invite the laboring men
especially.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown of
Anchorage, were week-end visitors in
Seward. Mr. Brown is president of
the Seward Bank and a member of
the firm of Brown & Hawkins Cor
poration.
The whaling boat Gunnar leaves >
this afternoon for Kodiak.
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