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MAKING A GOOD TOWN BETTER
Is a Rented House a Home?—Pro
bably what is thought to be the last
word on home owning has already
been said. In song, in story, on plat
form and in pulpit,—everywhere—we
have learned the value of owning
one’s own home. The practice of
acquiring a home has become a part
of the national code and custom.
Even the lowly advertisement has not
lacked for literary expression to ex
tol the virtues of acquiring a lot,
building a house and furnishing its
rooms, accommodating it to the
weather, and providing whatever com
forts and conveniences that create
the domestic atmosphere. But there
has not been enough said either in
praise or justification of the humble
renter. With so much said in favor
of home-owning, the renter has felt
almost in the class of “undesirables.”
inis snouia not De tne case.
A mere house does not make a
home. The ownership of a house,
worthy as it may be in its acquisition,
is not the complete sum and sub
stance of contentment, thrift and
good citizenship. It is true, of course,
;tbat all else being equal, the finer
auspices of practical citizenship
should be accorded the man or wom
an -whose foresight and industry,
coupled with the determination to
locate permanently, has led him or
her to actually hold legal title to a
piece of real estate and improvements
which is caalled home. But this does
not justify the contusion that the
center is any less valuable-' to society,
nor indeed, that he contributes any
•less to the common pot of communi
ty welfare.
Renters—from the squatter type
(if honest, industrious and law-abid
ing) to the wealthy tipster of hotel
bell-hops—not only form a large
part of the population, but, undis
tracted by the expense, the cares,
and the “tied-down” feeling incident
to house ownership, are often better
able to grasp business opportunities
and move more readily to take bet
ter positions; thus, after all, come
nearer being “live wires” in cortimer-1
cial pursuits than their wrorthy breth
ren who cut their own lawns.
In a sense, we are all renters. Tho’
you may have the deed to your prop
erty instead of a mere lease on it,
the Government exacts its rent in'
the form of taxes and assessments,
the insurance companies claim their
pound of flesh, and lastly, Nature
demands its recompense by summon
ing you to annual repairs and upkeep.
This much for the humble renter
whose lease has never been sur
rounded with quite the romance or
esteem that has gladdened the heart
of the owner of a home.
IS IT A CRUEL WORLD?
James Tobin, the builder of San
Francisco’s first cable car line, the
first of its kind in the United States,
has left on estate of only $1015. He
spent his declining years selling news
papers on the streets, after the fire
of 1906 had wiped out his holdings
from large contracting enterprises.
This raises the question of why
do so many illustrious characters die
poor? Not even the sociologist knows
the answer. Poets, painters, auth
ors, scientists too often spend their
lives in obscurity. Fame, in the
highest salaried profession in the
'world—the motion picture—is a
i treacherous and fickle mistriess. The
j stars of yesterday look for bread to
day. It would seem that their past
achievements ought to carry them
thru to some activity that would at
least keep tlve wolf from the door.
But. in many cases it does not work
that way.
If merited fame will not last thru
the short span of life sufficiently to
insure to its possessor a continuance
of his daily bread, what a lesson the
1 less fortunate among us should learn
in the art of saving for a rainy day.
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STRIKING AT A GREAT TRUTH
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Refusing to support any movement
toward the enactment of blue-law
legislation, the Lutheran Church has
issued a statement thru the Ameri
can Lutheran Publicity "bureau a
follows: “We deplore the activity
' so openly displayed by a large part
of American Protestantism in secular
, and political affairs, and hold that
such activity is a diversion of force
from the exclusively spiritual mission
of the Christian church.”
This significant statement may
bring forth expression of divided
opinion among churchmen, yet there
is a growing tendency to more
! sharply define the objects of all in
’ stitutional activity. It appears to be
based upon the principle that the pri
| mary objects of an organization or
j institution once defined, that insti
■ tution or organization finds its great
est strength in adhering closely to
its primary objects. Many hold that
j the church, while not directly engag
| ed in the advocacy of temporal leg
' islation, should so dominate its mem
bers with spiritual force that, as in
dividuals, they will go out into the
world fitted to give expression to the
church’s ideals in the secular chan
nels of activity to just and worthy
legislation.
KNOW WHEN YOU’RE LICKED
A prominent manufacturer said re
cently that many people are held
back in life because they will not
forget defeat. Hiis point was stiik
ingjy made to show that too often
people spend too much time bemoan
ing temporary losses.
There are too many “post mo item”
examinations held over the remains
of a bright idea that tailed. The
same time and effort sp^i in brood
ing over a past transaction or inci
dental defeat could be emp’oyed more
profitably in accomplishing the next
task; fey, in the lives of all of us,
that next task will surely come.
EXPERIMENTING IN WARCRAFT
Representative Martin Madden, of
Illinois, denounces the way money
has been spent by the air and navjr
departments in the purchase of use
less equipment.
As long as nations “experiment”
with war instead of peace, experi
NOTICE
No. S
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division
In the matter of the exclusion of cer
tain territory from the City Limits
of the Town of Seward, Alaska.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that a pe
tition praying for the exclusion of
certain territory from the city limits
of the Town of Seward, Alaska, has
been filed in the above entitled court
on the 19th day of October, 1925, and
the Court on said date has fixed the
time and place of hearing on said pe
tition at the hour of 2 o’clock, P. M.
on the 17th day of November, 1925, at
Valdez, Alaska, when and where any
person interested may appear and
show' cause why the said petition
should not be granted and the court
order and election on the question of
the exclusion of said territory from
the city limits of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska.
The area sought to be excluded by
said petition is described as follows:
“Beginning at a point 266 feet east
of the N. W. Corner of the Townsite
at a point where the center line of
Harold Ave., Bay View Addition in
tersects with the northern boundary
of the Town of Seward, thence 270
feet in a southerly direction along
said center line of Harold Ave.,
thence 668 feet east along the line
separating Lots 15 and 16 and Lots
10 and 9, Block 4, Bay View Addi
tion, thence north 270 feet to the
northern boundary of the Town of
Seward, thence west along said north
ern boundary 668 feet to place of be
ginning.”
WITNESS the Hon. E. E. Ritchie,
Judge of said Court, this 19th day
of October, 1925.
(Seal) W. N. CUDDY,
! Clerk of the District Court, Third
Division, Territory of Alaska. 3-t.
Publish, Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 1925.
ment with international discord in
stead of international friendship and
brotherhood, experiment with racial
differences instead of recognized and
harmonious racial distinctions, we
may look for a little money frittered
away here and there in trying out a
new gun, or new kind of bomlb or
propeller.
There is a good deal of superfi
ciality going on in the various
vestigations” so current in present
day affairs. Down deep in the hearts
of the countrymen is a desire to see
a greater effort toward removal of
causes than adjustment of effects.
MUSCLE SHOALS REPORT
Chairman John C. McKenzie and
other members of the commission ap
pointed by the President to study the
Muscle Shoals problem and report a
plan for its solution recently visited
the great project on the Tennessee
river.
Later the commission assembled in
Washington for the purpose of draft
ing its report for presentation to the
President by November 15, in order
that he may study it before making
his recommendations to Congress.
In addresses made while in the
Muscle Shoals district and in a for
mal statement to the press, Chairman
McKenzie discussed the situation with
surprising freedom. He reiterated
his conviction that no plan for the dis
position of the dam and nitrate plants
would be approved by Congress which
did not include the manufacture of fer
tilizer.
He stated that his commission had
been unsuccessful in its efforts to se
cure cooperation from private corpora
tions with a view to fertilizer manufac
ture and declared that unless such
cooperation is effected he would rec
ommend continued government owner
ship and operation of the properties
both for fertilizer manufacture and for
power distribution.
It is reported that the McKenzie
committee is divided over the question
that a unanimous report is improbaab
le. New proposals from private cor
porations are expected to be made
but whether any of these will prove
acceptable is uncertain.
It si known that there is a strong
element in Congress which is opposed
to government operation of the plants
under any circumstances, consequent
ly the coming season promises to de
velop another bittle controversy over
the long-standing and vexatious Mus
cle Shoals problem.
FRENCH DEBT PARLEY
While no final or definite agree
GERMAN POLICE DOGS
Have three males and one fe
male puppy, nicely marked. Just
right age to train. Priced right.
Roy E. Clarke
Kodiak, Alaska
Marathon
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Tonight: Two Shows, 7:00 and 8:45
Now here is a combination that should get
everyone in town.
BEBE DANIELS—RICHARD DIX
_IN_
Sinners in Heaven
What forces of tradition and convention could
keep apart for long a man and woman thrown
together on a Tropical Island with no hope of
rescue.
A colorful picture filled to the brim with action,
and intense dramatic situations.
Come and see something both beautiful and
thrilling. The mystery and Romance of the
South Seas mixed with a wild adventure.
Ask anyone who saw it, or read the story.
AND A PATHE NEWS
And when the show lets out is just the right time
to go up to the
DANCE IN THE ODD FELLOWS HALL
and finish the evening and week right with a
good time there.
Sunday Only:
AGNES AYRES
in a great melodrama of mystery
TWO REEL COMEDY PATHE REVIEW
mentregarding the payment of the
French war debt to the United States
resulted from the visit to Washington
of the French commission, headed by
Finance Minister Caillaux( a tentative
plan covering payments for the next
five years was proposed by the Am
erican commission. This will be sub
mitted to the French Government and
to Congress for approval.
During the Washington parley sev
eral propositions and counter propo
sitions were advanced by the negotia
tors, but owing to differences of opin
ion as to the capacity of France to
pay it was found impossible to reach
an agreement.
Finally Secretary Mellon, in behalf
of the American commission proposed
that France undertake to pay $40,000,
000 a year for five years. This is to
be considered as interest only upon
the entire-debt (?4,a2f,®00;i0(K),r or ap
proximately one per cerft'per annum
for the initial period.
At the end of five years it is propos
ed to make a new agreement, based
on France’s capacity to pay. as may
be determined at that time. It is
expected, of course, that the rate of
interest France shall pay will be grad
ually increased after the first five
years. • - •
Should this • temporary five-year
proposition be approved by the two
governments, it would operate in a
manner very similar to the Dawes plan
of German reparations, whereby a ba
sis fop beginning payments is adopted
for the present, but leaving the total
amount to be paid as a matter for fu
ture determination.
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To tli-e end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understood, and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and development; travelers to the
Northland are urged to visit
ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Tumagain Arm, An
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt. Mc
kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley and Fairbanks, hold
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent;
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the
good things that Alaska has to offer.
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