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PAGANISM MARCHING
WEST. CLAIMS BISHOP
OF ENGLISH CHURCH
LONDON, England, Mar. 17.—
“Paganism is marching west!"
This is the warning cry shouted
A England and America by the
Bishop of Chelmford one of the
most noted of British divines, as he
opened the 9Sth annual Islington
Clerical conference at Westminister.
“The pagan Gods of Britain are
fighting us with the odds in their
favor,” said the Bishop. “We are
on the edge of a precipice.”
He pointed to half a million lost
communicants as a sign of the
times.
“Is an era of paganism beginning
in Britain?” he asked. “We are
faced with a recrudesence of some
thing very similar and very deplor
able. We are also faced to some
extent with the failure of the
church.
“The war,” he continued, “has
changed the whole situation in this
country. There has settled on the
community a profound distrust with
things as they are and a restless,
inchoate longing to set them right.
“The great mass of the people
of this land have either considered
and found no use for religion, or
they have accepted at the hands
of others the notion that it is use
less.
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If I Had Only
Known
TWO WOMEN went out to buy a certain expen
sive labor-saving device for the home.
One was greatly disappointed when, a few days
later, they compared notes. She had bought the
same product that many of her friends had owned.
The other woman had secured a greatly im
proved, new product—costing less, but of much more
value.
“If I had only known there was a better one,”
the first woman said, “I would never have bought
this old one.”
“I had just read about it in an advertisement,”
explained the wise buyer.
Every day you miss good news of an improve
ment in different articles of merchandise—unless
you read our advertisements. They tell you of prac
tically every worth-while invention—of every pro
gress from the old to the new.
Read the advertisements—regularly. Know all
about the thing you are going to buy before you buy
it. It will save you disappointment, money and time.
THE BETTER A PRODUCT IS—THE SOONER
YOU WILL SEE IT ADVERTISED
“From what they have seen of
the churches they are indisposed to
think that the help they need is
to be found there. The reason for
this lies partly in the failure and
incapacity of the church and partly
in the materialistic methods in the
life of the world.
“Individually and cooperatively
we seem to live on the edge of a
precipice. A great politician laughs
at ideals. A sudden strike or look
out upsets an industry. A girl com
mits suicide after a dance. All
these things are part of the self
same intricate situation.
“Money is scarce. Unemployment
seems to have become permanent.
Marriage is a problem—or is post
poned. The struggle for existence
is fiercer than ever, and the result
is immorality, immersion in pleas
ure and carious materialism.
“The pagan gods are fighting for
their own again, and they seem to
be fighting with the odds in their
favor.”
The squad, under the benign and
kindly eye of the veteran sergeant,
were being subjected to visual tests.
In a distant field a party of men
were undergoing instruction in en
trenching work. To the sergeant
commanding the squad they ap
peared as mere dots, and he decided
that here was a very good test.
Singling out a smart young man,
the sergeant asked him for the num
ber of men composing the entrench
ing party.
Immediatly came the answer;
“Sixteen men and a sergeant, sir!”
“Right. But how can you distin
guish a sergeant from this distance?
“He ’s not doing any digging, sir!”
No active man should use a car,
They longer live who active are.
Do you belong to the g. p. o. e., or
do you scatter sunshine and optimism
behind you. The grouchiest people
on earth form a larger organization
than any other fraternal order, but
the benefits are doubtful and there is
no insurance provided.
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Schools and Religion
Fail to Keep Men Out
Of Clutches of Crime
LOS ANGELES, March IS.—Sur
veys among prisoners in the Los An
geles county jail, indicate that there
is something wrong witn present ed
ucational and religious methods, in
the opinion of Raymond I. Turney,
director of the Los Angeles Crime
Commission. He expressed this
view at a recent meeting of the
Southern California Academy of
Criminology.
Seven per cent of the inmates of
the county jail, Mr. Turney said,
were college graduates, as against
six and one half per cent of the in
mates of ordinary civil life.
All the prisoners agreed, added Mr.
Turney, that there had been a lack
of moral training and a defect of
character building training in schools
they attended, and that the same
thing was true of the religions, a
majority of which were represented.
Mr. Turney declared that most of
the prisoners concurred in the be
lief that habitual criminals should
not be allowed to bring children into
the world. All believed in punish
ment, he continued, but favored in
stitutions where prisoners could be
employed in producing some com
modity.
The old Greeks used to have kiss
ing contests to see who could execute
the most graceful kiss. Them days are
gone forever.
The most engrossing puzzle of them
all is a four letter word beginning with
“L” and ending with “E.” By the
time we have solved the answer we
are done with the word.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, April 7, 1925, there will be held
in the Town Hall in the Town of Sew- i
ard, Alaska, an annual election for
the purpose of electing town officers
and members of the School Board of
the Seward School District of and for
said Town of Seward, Alaska.
The polls for said election will be
in said Town Hall and will be open
from 8 o’clock A. M. Tuesday, April
7, 1925, until 7 o’clock p. m. of same
day, and all qualified electors of the
said Town of Seward who have reg
istered, as in this Ordinance provided,
will be entitled .to vote at said elec
tion.
The following are the officers to be
elected at the annual election on Tues
day, April 7, 1925:
Mayor;
Three Members of the Seward Com
mon Council;
| One Member of the Seward School
Board, a Chairman.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, March 1G.
1925.
(Seal) WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
First publication March 17, 1925.
Last publication April 6, 1925.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
i In the Probate Court for the Kodiak
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska, Before Hon. Sid. S. Bet
man—
In the matter of the estate of John ;
J. Folstad, deceased, In Probate
Number ..
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by
the undersigned, administrator of the
estate of John J. Folstad, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the estate of
the said John J. Folstad, deceased,
to exhibit such claims, with neces
sary vouchers, within six (6) months
alter the date of the first publication
of this notice to the said administra
tor at the law office of John F. Cof
fey at Kodiak, Alaska, which office
the undersigned selects as his place
of business in all matters connect
ed with the estate of said decedent.
Dated and first published this 16th
day of March, A. D., 1925.
E. PETELLIN,
JOHN F. COFFEY,
Attorney for the Administrator.
First publication, March 16, 1925.
Last publication, April 18, 1925.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the Kodiak
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska, Before the Hon. Sid. S.
Bettman—
In the matter of the estate of August
Holmberg, deceased, In Probate
Number ..
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by
the undersigned, administrator of the
estate of August Holmberg, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de
ceased, to exhibit such claims, with
the necessary vouchers within six
(6) months after the date of the
first publication of this notice to the
said administrator at the law office
of John F. Coffey, at Kodiak, Alaska,
which said office the undersigned se
lects as his place of business in all
matters connected with the estate of
the said August Holmberg, deceased.
E. PETELLIN,
Administrator of the estate of Aug
ust Holmberg, deceased.
JOHN F. COFFEY,
Attorney for the Administrator.
First publication, March 16, 1925.
Last publication, April IS, 1925.
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
Tn the Probate Court for the Kodiak
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska, at Kodiak, Alaska—
In the matter of the estate of Fer
gus James Stewart, deceased, In
Probate, No. 10.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
W. J. ERSKINE, administrator of the
estate of Fergus James Stewart, de
ceased, has filed for approval his
final account, and petition for final
distribution and that the 23rd day of
May, A. D„ 1925, at the hour of two
o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
at the office of the United States
Commissioner, ex-officio Probate
Judge for the above named Precinct,
Division and Territory, at Kodiak,
Alaska, has been fixed as the lime
and the place for the lidding of such
hearing, when and where any person
or persons interested in the matters
of the said estate may appear and
show cause, if any they have, why
the said petition should not be grant
ed.
Dated this 11th dav of March, A.
D., 1925.
SID S. BETJ MAN.
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-offici®
Probate Judge, Kodiak Precinct.
First publication, March 16, 1925
Last publication, April 18, 1925.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 29, 1924.
Notice is hereby given that Axel A.
Johnson, together with his witnesses,
Gilbert M. Chambers, and Andrew An
derson, all of Seldovia, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Serial 05589 for lands in
U. S. Survey No. 1406, and is now on
file in the local land office, at Anchor
age, Alaska. If no protest is filed in
the local land office, at Anchorage,
within the period of publication, or
thirty days thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted, and final certificate
issued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
First Pub. Feb. 24, 1925.
Last Pub. Mar. 26, 1925.—Dly.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 7, 1925.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
Miller, together with his witnesses,
Edward Slavin, and John Rodin Crit
tenden, all of Seldovia, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Serial 04056 for lands de
scribed as the SE 1-4 SE 1-4, Section
2, E 1-2 NE 1-4, and Lot 1, Section 11,
T. 6 S, R. 13 W. S. M. and is now on
file in the local land office, at Anchor
age, Alaska. If no protest is filed in
the local land office, at Anchorage,
within the period of publication, or
thirty days thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted, and final certificate
issued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN.
Register.
First publication Feb. 17, 1925.
Last publication Mar. 24, 1925. Dly
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
NOTICE Is Hereby Given, that at
the hour of nine o’clock A. M., on the
second day of February, 1925, the reg
istration books of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska, will be open at the office
of the Municipal Clerk in the Seward
Bank Building for the purpose of reg
istering all qualified electors, twenty
one years of age or over, who are citi
zens of the United States and who
have resided continuously one vear
next preceding the date of the elec
tion in the Territory of Alaska, and
six months next preceding the date of
the election within the corporate lim
its of the Town of Seward. All elec
tors must before voting register their
names and qualifications with the
Registration Officer.
Registration books will be open
every day except Sundays and holi
days, beginning February 2, 1925, dur
ing the following hours:
Until the Friday next preceding the
first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon
From 2:00 o’clock P. M. to 5 Oft
P. M.
On Friday and Saturday next pre
ceding the first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon.
From 2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M.
From 7:00 o’clock P. M. to 10:00
o’clock P. M.
That said Registration Books will
be closed for such election at 10:00
o’clock P. M., Saturday, April 4, 1925.
That said election will be held on
the first Tuesday in April for the pur
pose of electing Town Officers and
Member of the School Board of the
Seward School District.
The officers of the Town to be elect
ed are as follows:
Mayor.
Three Members of the Seward Com
mon Council.
One Member of the Seward School
Board, a Chairman.
2 *i925d at Seward’ Alaska, February
WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
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