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LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY.
Today is the anniversary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln, the “great eman
cipator.” Born in Hardin county, Ivy.,
in 1S09, he was the sixteenth presi
dent of the United States. Lincoln’s
chief occupation when a lad was split
ting rails by day and lying on his
stomach before a fireplace reading
“Whiz Bang.” In later years he oc
cupied the position of flatboatman on
the rivers, a job of considerable im
portance at the time, as it enabled
him to acquire a vocabulary useful in
muledriving and talking to Congress.
Lincoln was born in the same coun
ty and at nearly the same time Jeff
Davis, who also became president.
Davis had the advantage of Lincoln in
that he was educated by the govern
ment at the military academy, and
later used his knowledge to advan
tage in composing the famous tune,
“Marching Through Georgia.”
When Lincoln became of age he
joined the Republicans, and went thru
the chairs without a stop. His most
important action was ordering the
South to free the negroes, which they
rather reluctantly were compelled to
do at a later time. He then appoint
ed a large number of office seekers
who invaded the south with a bad
disposition, a carpet bag and a com
pany of cavalry.
His famous proclamation of eman
cipation was issued on Jan. 1, 1863,
and caused considerable excitement
in the Southern states at the time.
Mr. Seward, the man for whom the
town of Seward was named, was of
great assistance to Mr. Lincoln, in
corresponding with European nations
regarding the three-mile limit. Had
this line been plainly marked at that
time, it would have saved much fric
tion in later years.
Abraham Lincoln waf six feet four
inches tall, and weighed 180 pounds.
His birthday is a national holiday in
all states and territories. Although it
ends six hours earlier in the Atlantic
States than in Alaska. The anniver
sary of his birth is not celebrated in
the Southern States.
NAVIES OF THE BLUE.
It is frequently predicted that “the
next war,”—that hazy conflict that
everybody but the capitalist hopes
will not appear—will be fought in the
air. That is only approximately true,
no doubt, for no war nowadays is
fought in a single element or on a sin
gle level. Yet the air will be an im
portant scene of combat—the air, as
well as the surface of the land and
the sea, and the area beneath the sea.
Air fighting is destined to be more
important to the conclusion of the
“next war” than it has been in the
past; and we know that it was not
an inconsiderable factor in the world
war. That is why the natives are
looking to the skies.
Our own government is behind the
other great powers in its air defenses
and it has no greater desire to com
pete with them in terms of air units
than it desires to match armies with
the continental powers of Europe. Yet
the air service is an important agency
of defense a^ well| as of combat, not a
decisive factor, perhaps, but one that
must be considered in a unified pro
gram. We have 916 airplanes, most of
which are obsolete, and 1090 pilots.
France leads the world with 1780 air
planes and 3091 pilots, wrhile Italy is
second, with 1480 planes and 898 pi
COPV8IGMY UNDERWOOD A UNDERWOOD, N. V.
FIRST PHOTO OF PRESIDENT'S SON AS AN EQUESTRIAN
Like his father, young John Coolidge, has recently taken to horseback
riding and is frequently seen in company with the President. This photo
was taken as John was starting for an evening canter, alone in Potomac
Park.
lots; Great Britain fourth with 763
planes,, not including new planes, and
2001 pilots; and Japan is listed as
fifth with 600 planes and 40 pilots.
Yet the Japanese estimate is classed
as “conservative” because late figures
are unavailable and undoubtedly it is
decidedly “conservative” for of late
Japan has been building airplanes fe
verishly and it is impossible to be
lieve that it has no more than forty
pilots for 600 machines.
It is estimated that at the end of
this year France will have 43,000 men
in its air service. At present France
is turning out fifty planes a month,
but this could be increased to 1000
planes at the end of six months and
3500 at the end of the year.
England has united its army and
navy air forces under one head, effec
tive in 1926, and is building 150 new
I planes and has 500 balloons in storage.
Its 1924 air appropriation was $94,
245,000 and it is turning out twenty
planes a month, with a possibility of
4000 at the end of twelve months.
Italy, under Mussolini, is building
a large air fleet as its first line of
defense. Within a year it hopes to
have 2000 service planes in readiness.
Soviet Russia also has entered the
airplane race and is turning out ma
chines in large numbers. As showing
Japan’s interest in air navies, it need
only be mentioned that two divisions
of the army were recently wiped out
to release money for aviation. Japan
is said to have placed large orders
for airplanes in Germany and Holland.
The country expects to have 650 new
planes in 1927.
We need not be alarmed as a nation
in observing what other nations are
doing nor close our eyes to the im
portance they attach to the new arm
of defense service.. Our policy should
be to maintain a proper relation be
tween the various branches of the ser
vice, and that calls for adequate pre
paredness in the air.
THE ALASKA COLLEGE
President Bunnell says the Alaska
Agricultural College and School of
Mines will have had more than 100
students registered before the end of
the present college year. It will be
conceded, says the Juneau Empire,
that this is a very small student body
for as fine and costly a school as the
Fairbanks institution. However, there
is another and important viewpoint.
Think what it means to the great In
terior country, situated thousands of
miles from a college or university, to
have such an institution in their
midst. Think of what it means to
have more than 100 people in that re
gion to have university training and
instruction in a single year. Think of
the influence of such an institution
on the lives of all who live in that
country. It is an influence that will
color the entire Interior, making life
there broader and fuller, and it will
become larger and more compelling
as time progresses.
Nothing so annihilates provincialism
as the influence of the higher educa
tional institutions of the country. It
gives people a taste for and compre
hension of the sciences, philosophy,
history and the classics in literature.
It gives us citizens whose college
training will keep them in touch with
the best minds of all the ages in all
parts of the world. With even 100
students each year in the Fairbanks
Colleges the level of the citizenship
of the entire Interior country will in
a short time be raised immensely, just
as the level elsewhere has been rais
ed by similar institutions. In the
course of a few years there will be
college trained minds in every Interior
community, and they will be trained
under circumstances which will make
them of incalculable benefit to the
country in which they live.
YOUNG PEOPLE TOLD
TO BEWARE OF PATH
TROD BY NARCISSUS
LONDON, Feb. 12.—Discourage
ment of what was termed the gladi
atorial spirit, which has been report
ed creeping into the British schools,
was urged recently by Dr. H. Crich
ton Miller in an address to members
of the British Association of Physi
cal Training on the subject of “Hy
giene for Adolescents.” Education
alists, he said, sought simplification
of life in generalizations, and the
physical training expert was liable
to believe that everybody needed
physical training. Dr. Miller, how
ever, did not believe this to be uni
versally* true, and there were cer
tain youths for wThom physical train
ing was bad.
Referring to Greek mythology, Dr.
Miller spoke of Narcissus who fell in
love with his own reflection in the
"waters of a spring. There were Nar
cissians today who made themselves
the object of their own love and who
cultivated their own bodies to an ex
tent -which was actually dangerous.
He challenged the generalizations on
which he said many physical cultur
ists based their enthusiasm. Dr. Mil
ler contended that generations hence
self confidence among school boys
would be based entirely upon the
values of intellect and character.
Today the physical animal factor
predominated, and consequently a
great many adolescent boys were go
ing wrong in their character devel
opment owing to their physical make
up.
Dr. Miller advised the association
members not to think merely in
terms of chest expansion when deal
ing with individual requirements of
their pupils, but rather of character.
“We have here in London a sta
dium accommodating 120,000 persons
which has been used for a boxing
match that was all over in 60 sec
onds,” asserted the speaker. “This
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should furnish us something to think
about. Even in schools, the way in
which watching a game oi football
is considered as part of school loy
alty far greater than playing the
game,, is a serious tendency.”
Everett Scott of the Yankees has
played in 1,201 consecutive games,
not missing one since June 20, 1916.
James Blabborn, aged 10, and his
father and grandfather are all mem
j bers of the same Chicago choir.
AUSTRALIA, SAYS PREMIER, NOT
SEEKING SOUTHERN EUROPEANS
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MELBOURNE, Feb. 12.—Replying
to the Victorian government’s pro
test against the unrestricted immigra
tion of Southern Europeans, Federal
Prime Minister Bruce laid stress on
the fact that no encouragement or
assistance had been offered^to aliens.
The federal government, he added,
had announced recently that it desir
ed to limit the issue of passport visas
to Greeks and Jugo-Slavs to 100 a
month for each nationality.
BERLIN, Feb. 12.—Berlin is about
to have its first express elevators, or
lifts, as the Germans generally call
them. These will be in the Hotel Ex
celsior, which is soon to have eight
stories and 1,000 rooms. This is said
to be greater than the capacity of
any hotel now running in Europe.
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CHARLOTTE, N. C., Feb. 12.—
North Carolina will not have to wait
a week or more for the results of tin
next general election, if the women
have anything to say about it.
Through the Legislative Council o:
Women Voters, the women of tht
State are making a fight to have the
Australian ballot adopted for the
I state at large by the general assen.
bly now in session. A bulletin issued
by the council, which is composed
of the Federation of Women’s Clubs,
j Parent-Teacher Association, Business
jand Professional Women, League of
| Women Voters and other organiza
tions, sets out the benefits to be gain
ed by the Australian ballot and the
disadvantages of the present wide
open system in vogue in S3 of the
100 counties of the state.
At the general election last No
vember there were 14 ballots and in
each polling place in the state, ex
cept where the Australian bsHot is
j in use, there were eight ballot boxes.
In many instances ballots were noc
counted, according io teports, until
Friday or Saturday after the election.
TOWN'S BENEFACTOR DIES
MILFORD HAVEN, Eng., Feb. 12.
—The death occurred recently of Sir
Hugh James Prothero Thomas of
Castle Hall, who became prominent
four years ago by purchasing the
town of Milford Haven for $1,250,000.
Immediately after the purchase he
freed the town from all tolls, amount
ing to several thousands of pounds
yearly.
Henry Wier of St. Paul was found
dead, standing upright against the
door of his room.
Chicago thieves stole a truck
loaded with $6,000 worth of butter
while the driver was eating in a
near-by cafe.
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