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HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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tember 2nd, 1915, at the Post Office ai
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879,
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Five years ago the orders were giv
en to “cease tiring,” and every janitoi
in the country took it is a literally as
if it had been addressed to himself
It is queer that most opponents o
the bonus are fellows who never weni
to war, but stayed and home and made
money off the war.
Some more “piffle.” A few more
months will see the Signal Corps es
tabfilished in the big government
building in Seward. The new cable
will come direct from Seattle to Sew
ard, after which time the old land
line via the Richardson road will be
abandoned.
I. W. W. DOCTRINE
“There is no government worth re
specting. The capitalistic governments
are merly the executive committees of
the rich men and are always going to
be on the side of the employers.—In
dustrial Pioneer
Dispatches indicate that California
has killed the goose that laid the gold
en egg. For many years agitators in
that state have endeavored to legis
late the Japanese off the farms of the
State, and now that this has been done
and thousands of acres are lying idle
with no chance to induce white far
mers to take hold and farm them, the
State is badly worried. Some 53,000
Japanese are taking their money and
migrating to other States, which is
not what the law intended. Legisla
tors wanted to please the labcrites,
hut they also realized that the Japa
nese represented several million dol
lars in investment. They cannot have
both. Farm products have jumped uf
in price and production has decreas
ed tremendously. But it is bound to
adjust itself, as such things do.
Patriotism as now understood is a
vice that hinders the march to eco
nomic freedom.—Industrial Worker.
CAPITALISM.
It is more amusing than otherwise
the way certain schools ol agitators
and economists prate about “capital
ism,” as it it were some terrible mon
ster destroying the substance and lib
erties of the people.
Capitalism is based upon individual
thrift and judicious investments It
is what the industrious man accumu
lates over and above his immediate
necesisties to set aside against the
day when through age or inti mity he
can no longer earn.
He may invest it in life insurance,
in corporate properties or deposit it
in banks and trust companies to be
invested for his benefit.
The capital thus judiciously accu
mulated and judiciously concentrated
enables the business leaders of the
country to construct great industries
great transportation systems and oth
er agencies to promote the progress of
the nation, the convenience and com
fort ot the people and augment their
wealth.
It is the savings of the thrifty upon
which Americanism is based.
Communism or common ownership
which would efface capitalism would
destroy individual thrift and industry
and in the end would compel the pru
dent, industrious worker under a
reign of tyranny to support a vast
crowd of indolent and worthless crea
tures who would not be producers un
der any system.
Capitalism has many drawbacks,
but none compared to those one would
experience under communism.
DANGER IS REAL
Once the old embers of religious
hatred are warmed up to a blaze there
is set loose a primitive force for de
struction which, in weak and fanati
cal natures, can be neither measured
nor restrained.
We are but a few generations dis
tant from utter bigotry and the spirit
of prosecution. The witches or Sal
em came close upon Cromwell’s van
dals and but a century after St. Bar
tholomew’s Eve. Whether an Amer
ican of today is Protestant or Catho
lic, these ancient springs of religious
hatred that sets loose the hands ol
massacre and persecution lie conceal
ed beneath restraints of modern lib
eralism all too insecure and uncer
tain.
The right to worship with a free
conscience has been won for all Am-j
erirans by stern experience and aj
resolute regard for justice and fair
play. It can be lost, its blessings cat.
be swalolwed up in a maelstorm of bi
gotry, in a fewT short years of intoler
ance.—Alaska Legionnaire.
SOLDIERS’ BONUS
(By Patricia Ray)
One of the greatest questions of to
day is the Soldier Bonus There is
much difference in opinion on this'
matter.
The Soldier’s Bonus is a problem
which, when solved, will evolve much
good. Many of the men who fought
across the seas came back to find
! that their jobs were gone and they
were left destitute. Others came home
| wit It a leg or an arm missing their
eyesight gone, or t heir senses shatter
i ed by shellshock. These boys must
have some way to live.
The best way for America to show
I her appreciation of the brave men
i who fought for her is to settle the
I Soldier’s Bonus favorably.
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THE SOLDIERS’ BONUS
By \V. B. ! 1
J The soldiers and sailors who sur- J
i vived World War deserve a good com- *
pensation for their poorly paid but 1
I well executed services. On account ’
I o! disabilities front the war many can- ’
| to carry out previous plans nor fol- '
i low the trades for which they wrere 1
j fitted. I'he able bodied cannot pro- i
i cure paying jobs and therefore cannot ,
I support families. There is a small mi- ?
nority who do not need bonuses but'
they are anxious for their comrades.M
The able bodied and disabled need a
start. A bonus will start them. ! '
The people of the country within 1
their states have in a small measure
helped them. The people believe that i
they need compensation or tney would 1
not help them or try to get them a t
bonus, x he people have done enough i
io show their versions ptoving that
the ex-f-ervice men deserve a bonus.
OUR SOLDIERS SHOULD RECEIVE
A BONUS
Mabel Teeland
Did you ever sleep in a trench
where the mud was two feet deep?
No? Well that was just one thing our
3oldiers had to endure. Were you ev
er a cripple without work and starv
ing? No? Well some of our soldiers
are just that today. We may say
‘too bad,” but does that help it any?
No! Warm clothing and food are
the only remedies. And who deserves
them most than our shell-shocked
and legless soldiers? Our soldiers not
only need a bonus but they deserve
one. Many men who stayed at home
and worked were rewarded for their
services and drew large salaries be
sides. is that giving the ex-soldier a
square deal? Of course not. So let
as try today to give our boys whai
hey need and deserve—a bonus.
JUNEAU MAN BEING PUT IN
LIGHT AS A POSSIBILITY TO
FILL THE GOVERNOR’S CHAIR
Juneau Empire
Cash Cole, prominent Juneau busi
less man, a resident of Alaska for 2^
ears, and speaker of the house in j
he last session of the territorial leg-i
slaturee, is being urged to file for gov
‘>’nor of Alaska, subject to the refer
endum which will be given by the vot
ers at the April primary. The refer
endum was authorized by the terri
orial legislature and while it is not
finding, students of politics say the
nan who gets the people’s endorse
nent at the primary is certain to be
tamed governor by presidential ap
Lointment.
Announcement that Mr. Cole has;
>een persuaded to make the race was
ecently published In The Cordova,
rimes edited by Harry G. Steel, who
s a candidate for delegate to the re
tublioan national convention which
neets in Cleveland this year to nom
nate the party’s standard bearer.
Suits made to measure. See Frbach
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Liberty Theater
tonight
THE GREAT STORY BY
PETER B. KYNE
“Kindred of the Dust”
IN EIGHT REELS
A BIG SUPER-FEATURE
STARRING
Miriam Cooper
AND DIRECTED BY R. A. WALSH
A PICTURE PLAY FAR ABOVE
THE AVERAGE
ALSO A PATHE NEWS
McCLARITY IS JAIL GUARD
Bert McClarity was sworn in last
| night as a guard at the federal jail,
succeeding Lee A. Powless, who was
seleected by the city council at a spe
ial meeting last week to be chief ol
police, vice the late Chief Harry C.
Kavaraugh. McClarity is a veteran
miner of this district and has worked
in the Willow creek and Moose creek
fields, both as a gold miner and coal
miner.—Anchorage Times.
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utes to press your suit with a
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Feb. 1: ill
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CALIFORNIA SERVICE
Sailings from Seattle every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday for San Francisco, Los Angeles,
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Telephone, Main 81
Residence, Madison 40
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PHONE MADISON i3>. SEWARD, ALASKA
BENSON & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Exclusive distributors of Budweiser, Bevo and Monopote Cigar*.
The Finest Billiard and Pool Hall in Alaska
Chop Suey
Noodles
Harry Yago
Phone Madison 16
Gateway, $1.25 per mo. delivered.
DR. O. A. BRAAFLADT
Dentist
Office Hours 9 A. M. 5’to P. M.
Dfflce open Evenings by Appointment
TELEPHONES
Office, Adams 111 Res., Adams 21
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law /
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE \
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon ■
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
’hone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
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Attorney at Law -
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Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. in. Visiting
Members Welcome
CLARA PERRY. Wr. M. ’
ESTHER DOUGHERTY, Sec.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members weicom*
RHODA COOPER, N. G.
VIDA RICH. Sec.
>me.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. A A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each montn.
visiting Brethern wel
W. O. PERRY. W. M.
Chas. E. Smith, Sec.
I. O. O. F,
Resurrection Lodge
No. A_7.
eats Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
rothers welcome, ANDY NOVAK
. G.; Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
eeta every 2nd and 4th Friday at
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EARL DURGIN, Sec.
SEWARD Pv^ST, NO five
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eets Second and Fourth Tuesdava
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J. P. HANNON, Adjutant.