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Of SEWARD, ALASKA
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THE GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE
The gateway today publishes the Animal
message of Governor Scott C. Bone. While the
text is voluminous, we take the liberty of pub
lishing it in its entirety, as it is interesting read
ing to the average reader. The governor treats
exhaustively the old age pension and believes that
additional appropriations must be made to take
care of the increasing numbers of old boys. At
the present time there are 265 men and women on
the pension roll, with the number increasing rapid
ly. The pension was originally $12.50, but by
legislative acts has been increased to $25 and $45
respectively. Approximately $250,000 is spent
every two years 011 pensions and other charitable
work, and the time is rapidly approaching when
some permanent fund must be established to take
care of these expenditures.
The Governor touches briefly the question
of illiterates being allowed to vote, the general
trend of his remarks seeming to indicate that a
literacy bill of some kind should be passed at the
next session of the Territorial legislature. Espec
ially true is it that if the Indian exercises the
right of suffrage he automatically terminates his
rights an an aborigine.
The Governor’s report shows that Territorial
and Federal employes in Alaska reach the enor
mous number of 3,227, or approximately one
ninth of the population. The Territorial gov
ernment employs 259 and the Federal government
the remainder. This alone is a* great drain on
the resources of the Territory, the aggregate cost
reaching stupendous figures.
In his recommendations the Governor advocates
the allotment of 160 acres of land to each Alaskan
World war veteran. While the idea is a credit
able one, in actuality it would be giving the boys
nothing at all, as land in Alaska is going begging
today for lack of markets for produce raised.
While the Territory has not money to pay out a cash
bonus at the present time, it were better if the
proposition Were delayed until it could be settled
in a manner more satisfactory to the ex-veterans.
The Message on the whole is a very comprehen
sive one and should be read by every subscriber for
the meat contained therein.
UNFIT PARENTS
Parents who do not take some interest in tlie
education of their children beyond merely sending
them to school fall far short of the duty they owe to
their offspring and to society in general.
The progress of the child in his school work
should be carefully watched and aided by admoni
tion or approval as circumstances require. Too
many parents place the entire responsibility upon
the teacher and fail to see that the necessary home
work is punctually performed.
Monthly grades should be given diligent atten
tion and steps taken to spur the child to greater
effort in connection with subjects in which he ap
pears to be backward. Consultation with the teach
er should be had when poor grades become too com
mon. Sometimes a physical defect is responsible;
then the attention of a physicial is required.
Parents who are too indifferent to give some
consideration to these things are unfit to be parents.
And there are many such.
It is reported that Jack Johnson, the former ne
gro heavyweight champion, dive keeper, jail bird,
etc., has become an evangelist. Our readers may
make their own comments.
From San Francisco comes word of a new in
vention called the wafledog, a combination of waffle
and weiner—a sort of hot dog with a college edu
cation.
One thing to the credit of the bob is that it has
elevated the tone of barber shop conversation.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS
And now that we have won this victory, what
In language unmistakable, tjie electorate of the
United States, points out the Stroller’s Weekly, has
vuitCa ltfc uioiip(Jiuvrti kjx. uu; xunS
fabrications of Robert M. LaFollette, Burton K.
Wheeler, Samuel Gompers, William II. Johnson,
Morris Ilillquist, Eu- e e »■. Debs, Karl Marx, Len
in e, Trotzky, Zinovief and tlie rest thereof. It has
voiced its lack of confidence in a political party of
dual personalities, such as the Democratic party
turned out to be when the Republican convention
at Cleveland had insured the Republican party
against that sort of blunder and the Democrats re
sorted to it because opposing elements in the Demo
cratic convention were hopelessly irreconcilable.
. In language than which there can be none plain
er, the majority of the voting population of the
country have issued a mandate against the bloc sys
tem of lgeislatre control and against government by
congressional inquisition, against personal • slander
and villification under senatorial immunity, against
congressional hamstringing of executive or judiciary
and in favor of ordered government under the law
and the Constitution.
The Republican party, victor in the fight for ex
ecutive control, in a position to achieve victory in
the fight for legislative dominance, can have no ex
cuse now for a stand of tolerance either toward rene
gades or toward pussyfooting aspirants for leader
ship who seek to gain ground for themselves by at
tempts at conciliation toward insurgency and party
disloyalty. The rank and file have shown their dis
approval of that sort of thing. The electorate has
demonstrated its support of upstanding, militant Re
publican leaders and its confidence in Republican
fundamentals and courageous advocates and defend
ers thereof.
The election results of Tuesday, November 4,
1924, means that the radicalism which Senator La
Follette hoped to crystallize into a single movement
for a crushing blow, perhaps that the LaFollette
hopes and purposes have been nipped in the bud.
It meaiis that the Democratic party has met the
same fate that befell the so-called liberal party of
England, poetic justice for its coalition with the rad
icals. The English liberals so-called made possible
the brief regime of the socialist government headed
by Ramsay Macdonald. But in the election that
came, inevitably, in the wake of Masdonald’s failure,
the liberal party was all but annihilated. What
strength the radicals under LaFollette had was made
possible by the Democratic party. The Democrats
sowed the wind and what they reaped was the whirl
wind.
The election of November 4 means that the Re
publican party has won the Presidency, and that it
can, if it will, put LaFolettism and blocism out of
business and return the legislative branch of the gov
ernment to the performance of its constitutional ob
ligations, rights and functions.
The people of the country have made known
that they prefer courage to compromise, common
sense to common falsehood, brass tacks to bombast.
Let the Republican party, therefore, step forth and
unhesitatingly vindicate the confidence which 17,
000,000 voters on last Tuesday bestowed upon it.
An exchange speaking of a nearby town says it
is so dead that it must have been laid out by an un
dertaker.
As a repudiator of repudiations, Gaston B.
Means seems to be in a class by himself.
It’s hard to stick one’s nose into a family row
without putting a foot into it also.
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Some folks are so wrapped up in themsleves
that they make a very small package.
WHAT ALASKN PAPERS SAY
Lieut. Nelson, one of the round-the-world fliers, will
marry a New York chorus girl—one of the Ziegfield Fol
lies beauties. When one start high-flying it is difficult
to quit.—Juneau Empire.
Naval experts in England are much interested in the
report that in new ships the United States navy is to
abandon the “cage” masts which bluejackets call “waste
paper baskets” and adopt a modified form of the tripod
used on British ships. The reason given is the in
creased weight of modern ccntrol apparatus, which would
give "cage” construction too much whip.—Ketchikan
Chloride.
If we exclude the Indian votes all of the Democratic
candidates swept the ^election in Southeastern Alaska
with large majorities—the Legislative candidates over
whelmingly. If any of the so-called Republican candi
dates hold seats in the next session it will be by the
grace of William L. Paul.—Juneau Empire.
‘GROMIT
WM. DE MILLE’S PICTURE
“C’RI'mdv/' is THRILLING
Every scenario writer strives for
one big thing in every picture—sus
pense. Without it a picture is an ab
solute failure in-so-far as interest is
concerned. Clara Beranger has suc
ceeded. In “Grumpy,” William de
Mille's photo play featuring Theodore
Roberts, May McAvoy and Conrad
Nagel, which comes to the Liberty
Theatre tonight, she has begun the
suspense with the first scene and it
ends only when the final scene is
shown.
The central situation of “Grumpy”
is the mysterious disappearance of a
diamond valued at $500,000 which is
stolen from Ernest Heron (Conrad
Nagel) and recovered by “Grumpy,”
a lovable, though irascible, old char
acter played by Mr. Roberts. The sus
pense starts with the opening scene,
when the crooks are plotting to steal
the jewel. It builds up bigger and
bigger to the climax and does not fin
ally end until the last scene when
the crook is brought to justice, the
sole clue to his identity being a gar
denia with a woman’s hair wrapped
around the stem.
LIBERTY THEATRE
TONIGHT
A PATHE NEWS WILL
BE FEATURED EVERY
SUNDAY NIGHT
GREAT BRITAIN ADHERING
TO THE ARMAMENT TERMS
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—
Great Britain is carrying out the
terms of the Washington treaty, lim
iting naval armament, Sir Esme
Howard, British ambassador declar.
ed at a reception given in his hon
or by the Southern Society here.
ARE YOU ALL RUN DOWN?
Many Seward Folks Have Felt that
Way
Feel all out of sorts?
Tired, achy, blue, irritable?
Back lame and stiff?
It may be the story of weak kid
neys!
Of toxic poisons circulating about
Upsetting blood and nerves.
There’s a wray to feel right again.
Help your weakened kidneys with
Doan’s Pills—a stimulant diuretic.
Doan’s are recommended by many
people in this locality.
Mrs. Mary Donohoe, 272 Lisbon St.,
San Francisco, Cal., says: “Pain in
my back was, so bad at one time that
I was afraid to stoop over when doing
my work about the house. Many a
time my back became weak. Bear
ing down pains annoyed me and it
wasn’t long before I found myself
run down. Every now and then I had
dizzy spells. Doaan’s Pills relieved
me and the symptoms disappeared.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Mrs.
Donohue had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. *
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TWO SHOWS TONIGHT
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and Conrad Nagle
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TWO -SHOWS- TWO
7:15 and 9:00 P. M.
A Splendid
Outdoor Picture
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‘TRAFFIC” Comedy
PATHE NEWS
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DANCE
AT A. B. HALL
TONIGHT
Special Music
ALSO A FIRE EATING
TRICK WILL BE
FEATURED
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If you don’t get your paper before
six o’clock please phone us and one
will be ‘sent by special messenger.
We HAVE the Root
Grate Your Own Horseradish
Also
Marblehead Squash, Quince,
Crabapples and Cranberries
The FLOWERS GROCERY
Phone Orders Promptly Attended To—PHONE MAIN 65
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