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Of SEWARD, ALASKA
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GETTING TIRESOME.
Like many another good idea, the plan of set
ting aside special “days” and “weeks” for various
movements is bein'? “run into the ground.” The
average person is unable to keep up with them and
they are getting tiresome.
Outside of a few outstanding enterprises of par
ticular worth such as the Red Cross, Salvation Ar
my and one or two others, most of the drives and
“weeks” are merely inventions of propagandists
who reap a direct personal benefit from their activi
ties.
There has sprung up since the war a larg class
of professional uplifter and propagandists, advocat
ing this, that and the other, with elaborate “pro
grams” which their fellow citizens are supposed to
boost along without asking questions as to what
it is all about.
Tons of literature are prepared by highly paid
publicity men and women and distributed broadcast.
Newspapers are expected to give unlimited space to
the stuff and citizens are expected to fall in line with
“service” and money. The originators of many of
these schemes must chuckle to themselves to witness
the ease with which they put their stuff over
But it is getting stale and nauseating and it
is about time to call a halt.
Anyway, this week is Christmas “Week."
STUPIDITY OF WAR.
Everyone who thinks about it must realize the
absurdity of placing two armies of men in the field
to kill each other, when the men themselves have no
personal grudge against those whom they are sup
posed to kill, nor any definite idea of what it is all
about.
This was strikingly illustrated a few weeks ago
in China, where on October 13 two opposing gen
erals, Marshal Ho and General Lu, both secretly de
serted their armies and fled to Japan. Not knowing
that their leaders had departed, the contending ar
mies fought on for eight hours.
When it was discovered that the generals had
gone the two armies threw down their arms and
mingled with each other in friendly fashion. This
incident is vouched for by Mr. M. P. Walker, treas
urer of the Episcopal mission at Shanghai, who had
such statement broadcast.
Opposing troops of civilized nations, especially,
have fraternalized in many wars during periods of
truce. Many American soldiers have married Ger
man girls since the World war. The common peo
ple have nothing to do with the war, except the
fighting, the suffering and the dying.
While America must not allow a misguided pa
cifism to weaken her capacity for defense, her voice
in the councils of the nations must always be raised
in protest against the stupidity of war.
TAXES AND BONDS.
Everybody wants reduced taxes, yet a majority
can nearly always be induced to vote for any sort
of a bond issue. How can these two ideas be recon
ciled? They can’t be.
If we continue to vote bonds, we must expect
continued increases in taxation. That ought to be
plain to anyone, even though he has little intelli
gence.
The question each voter should decide, then, is
whether he believes the proposed improvemnt for
which bonds are asked justifies the payment of the
increased tax. As a guide in making his decision he
should ask these questions:
Is the improvement really necessary? Do the
local conditions warrant the expenditure ? Will
the making of this improvement prevent or delay
more important improvements? Will the funds
raised be used judiciously and economically? Is
the amount asked excessive?
These and other questions along the same line
should determine the action of the individual voter,
who should not be swayed by the appeals of the
professional booster, who boosts at the expense of
someone else.
Many bond issues are necessary and often it
would be short-sightedness not to vote them, but
equally as often they are merely the means of carry
ing out some politician’s scheme, which is entirely
beyond the range of reason and common sense. Think
before you vote!
A SENSIBLE CALENDAR.
For a long time it has been recognized that our
present method of dividing time into months of un
equal length is illogical and confusing and many
plans have been suggested for improvement.
Prof. C. F. Marvin, chief of the U. S. Weath
er Bureau, suggests that the year be divided into
thirteen months of four weeks each, making a holi
day of the 365th and an additional holiday of the
365th day in leap years.
This would cause each date to fall on the same
day of the week in every month of twenty-eight
days. .That is, if January 1 were Sunday, the first
day of every month in the year would be Sunday,
the second would be Tuesday and the third Wednes
day and so on, in every month.
No one can deny that this would simplify calcu
lations in which days, weeks and months are involv
ed, and as anyone might soon learn the day of any
month, printed calendars would not have to be con
sulted every time we wanted to know the day of
the week corresponding to ahy given date.
PRINTING THE NEWS
One of the most striking tendencies of the mod
ern newspaper is its fairness in presenting political
news, as compared with the customs of the past.
In the old days, newspapers rarely gave any
publicity to the expressions of candidates or lead
ers of opposite parties. A political meeting held
by the opposition was formerly either given scant
space, grossly misrepresented or ignored altogether.
Not so today. Newspapers now print all the
news they can, giving space to all parties and candi
dates in order that their readers may be informed.
While there are exceptions, fairness is the rule.
And this policy of fairness is what makes Am
erican newspapers the greatest and most dependa
ble purveyors of information in the world.
THE SEVEN WONDERS
Nearly everyone lias heard of the “seven won
ders of the world,” hut probably few could name
them and still fewer could tell what became of them.
Those interested in such things might clip this out
for their scrap book.
The seven wonders of the world were so named
by Antipater, a writer of Palestine, about 200 years
before Christ, as follows:
The Hanging gardens of Babylon, destroyed
in 484 B. C., more than 100 years before they were
listed among the “wonders.”
The Temple of Diana at Ephesus, burned in 262
the Day of Our Lord.
The statue of Zeus at Olympus, destroyed in
the year 408.
The Colossus of Rhodes, sold for junk in 653.
The Lighthouse of Pharos at Alexandria, fell
in an earthquake in 1375.
The Mausoleum of Artemisia, destroyed in 1A02.
The Pyramid of Cheops, the only one of the
“seven wonders” still in existence.
Such were' the seven ivonders of the ancient
world. Many lists of modern winders have been
made, but a recent writer selects not the perishable
works of man, but the discoveries and inventions
which have revolutionized civilization.
He names the radio, the telephone, the airplane,
the X-ray, antiseptics, spectrum analysis and radi
um. Whether his list is the best that might be
made or not, the wonders mentioned will survive as
long as humanity exists, bestowing untold benefits
upon mankind.
European borrowers owe a debt of gratitude
to C. Columbus.
That British editor who drowned in his bath
tub .should never have taken such a chance.
“Silver threads among the gold” are entirely
unnecessary nowaday*.
Savage people have great veneration for their
tribal laws, which may prove that Americans are
not savages.
Some folks with ambitions to purify politics
could make a fine start by getting out of politics.
One trouble is we can’t develop horse-sense in
the driver to* keep pace with the horse-power of
the motor.
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT
ONE SHOW—EIGHT O’CLOCK
MAY M’AVOY
LOIS WILSON
ELLIOTT DEXTER
GEORGE FAWCETT
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BIG DANCE AFTER THE CHRISTMAS
TREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 24TH
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WILL BE SHOWN IN THE NEAR
FUTURE ON THE FLOOR OF THE
SEWARD MACHINE SHOPS. THIS
IS THE LATEST INNOVATION IN
HEATING PLANTS FOR THE
SMALL HOME.
Cheap, Clean and Economical in fuel.
Arrangements can be made for easy
small monthly payments.
SEWARD MACHINE SHOPS
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A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR
CHRISTMAS DINNER
WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL
R. R. Plum Pudding, large
R. R. Plum Pudding* small
Fig Pudding, small -
Heinz Mince Meat, 7 1-2 lbs.
Heinz Mince Meat, 2 lbs. * * *
Queen Olives, pints.
Crab Meat, Jap, l’s 90c; 1-2’s - -
Raisins* Cluster, pkg. - -
Dates, Dromedary, pkg. -
Figs, fancy per pound -
FRESH FOR CHRISTMAS
Celery, 2 for 25c; Lettuce, 15c; Cauliflower, per
lb. 20c: Sweet Spuds* 2 lbs. 25c; Grapes, 20c lb.;
Cranberries, 20c lb.
The FLOWERS GROCERY
- - 65c
- - 35c
two for 45c
- $1.75
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