The Alaska citizen., 1910-08-06
Justification of Occupation.
Who Is Walt Mason?

Walt Mason lye- a. Gmur. E1u-as. He was for loa- m. uudcr-uag of lha GrzI Gmao#a ,.I ,mri,g. William Allen Wu.e r. @ay if happened Nas tals.
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 Walt Mason has a.aaa4 had ..- .ls. Thousands of Iii. my-.., .' m.~rs point hack be taa s.Ha sM..
 hey think some of His Inuu" work equals saa. or inc H~.-e" Ha. He has 6amar He has fmI .. aue.6p,c. lie i. posse. ssH of ..e optimistic spirit Rarely Hog. n. dwell on rhe .ro-ic. Once. years a.. when a certain school teacher v4 oar there on inc uM~ies O. E.... la tried To lead her l.Ho mg. from the school house to inc " If frontier farmer and #as lost u a SHOW storm and uaal-aaI n:. III the IiUI. ou.-. Wal. aas au#.. .hc dispatch. He looked d. j.. Tears
 yelled aa tato his EuaI eyes H. then he laid .#e telegram sr ,na comHo-Iog stone and went hack '3 his mill" rom which he ground n poem that was read Hon coast .a coast and 10 this day .s reprinted ra .ho papers and various ia.~aa's
 No.hiug escapes him. No matter what happens. his mind is quick to grasp the editorial possibilities of it and he sis himself down 10 make Ia strong editorial or prose-poem He writes as he feels, and strange to say he hits the idea that is in his readers minds sauarelg on the head. lie says things exactly a. you wou]. like to say them goursel. il you were going to write about them When some fellow makes a bad uo Iitical break, Walt is righ, there go appreciate it and help others 70. He knows the hearts of the people, else he would not be so welcome Jo them. When he writes a prose-p0em off he goes. fast as lightning, on some humorous topic that parJica]ar IIy appeals to he reader, and then ir the last line or two, or, perhaps the last verse, he drops in a Lit of homeIy wisdom, or kindness that never gets away from the reader He makes no pretenaiaHs at being funny or wise or philosophical When ghe spirit moves him he says jus' what he has to say through his type
 writer. He is talking daily to maybe more than million readers, for his writings are clipped and used by hundreds of other papers all oyel the land. To say that he is now in all the big magazines is but telling you something you already know.
 Walt Mason's mission is to cheer the soul. He is doing it, and on the job every day of the year. One
 wonders how he can get out so mucI
 good stuff. But he is a close-coUplel
 man without the literary bald head and his deep chest gives one the
 impression that he will live to bC
 hundred We all wish him this
 fate. His habits are sane, he love.
 the outdoors, sees all the ball game: