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Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

There are lots of intelligent people who do not believe in the force of thcught-that a mind negative to the interests of the individual is an ab- solute check to success. There are men who think there is no chance in life for them-there are parents who mur- mur the sentiment in their homes, not realizing what a fault and deception it is. About the only person who has no chance in this world is the laggard; and he has no chance because he has no energy. What are the free chances in this country? Free schools, free libraries and free night schools. free courses of lectures and free classes in thousands of cities, and still the boys with brains and tact-wtlo make the great merchants and bankers and statesmen, are still being drawn from the country where chances are fewer. To think there Is no chance in life is to decree for ones self a life of servitude and meager subsistence-lt is surrender to the enemy in the face of a thousand fighting chances. There is chance in life for every human soul.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

A Georgia life prisoner of long and faithful service is so trusty he fig to he given q months vacation 10 go where he pleases The officials have no doust he will return.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

WhaH Yeu waHs se put your buA,. hess se4zfe ybe plhtie, there IS Ba mvs afam tsreseF khaR thEaaEh the a6YePtlA-, Ag- e6TumRa aR Fha HnflaktT-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

have never found that the snake in the grass is worse than any other snake. AS a figure of speech founded on ignorance and prejudice it misrep- resents the snake in the grass if it doesn't the human to whom it is ap- piled. Most everyone is afraid of snakes because they are repulsive in appearance. There are only two ven- omous snakes in New England-the rattlesnake and the red snake or cop perhead. The snake in the grass de- stroys a great many injurious insects and is really help to the grasslands. Snakes do kill birds and capture and destroy rats and mice, and are recog- nized as of such use that they are pre- ferred to cats in cellars in some parts of the country because of their de- pendence as destroyers of rodents, liz ards, waterbugs and cockroaches. The imaginary snakes are the worst enemy of man, and there is not a good one among them. But of course, snakes will never be in public favor, for the snake in the Garden of Eden talked too much. Snakes talk no more.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

EdAgAa BgFi<e, #hea le spoke fov "ths d!seeateats' of England ia thc 4Sth century, s9o3se as veil fer th9 dis contents of all t.Faas and nateae, #Aea Ae said; "TAa Peop3e haze n9 interest B GisefGe@. Whea the. 69 #FeRg it is theig eFFes, Rst theiE eFims,"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18
THE MAN WHO TALKS

A great per cent. of mankind cannot get anything in this world unless they dig up the money to put down in ex- change fer 1t. This is not because the world is any harder upon them than it Is upon those Whe have credit. These two classes use themselves diff ferently. One class gratif1es it's wants at whltever cost to itself; the other class Sdenies itself much that 1t may haveA'a surplus. Credit Is based on character and upon possessiens-it is created by work and economy, eT by luck and 8 good inheritance. The man who has anything to exchange for money seeks the favor of the man who has money, while the man who has no money is always seeking in- diligence of the man who has it. How true the old proverb is: "To him who hath shall be given; from him who hath not shall be taken that which he hath'--the creditor and the sheriff takes everything but his pelt. It takes ability to be in the preferred class, and it takes self-sacrifice and CO., operation. You can get there if you will. D6 not think the world is against you, for you are simply against your self.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

A bright boy is not always such a blessing to the world as his juvenile accomplishments indicate, or as bad as his frequently revealed deyiltry ap- pears to foreshadow A great many men who are in prison were bright boys, and not a few who gave no sign of aptitude in youth have become judges and governors of states Do not repine because the boy is not as smart as your neighbours bOys-do not exalt yourself because he always wins out in every competition he enters. Do you know he is honest, temperate, industrious and tactful-whether he Is to be a son of thrift or a victim of eXtravagance or vice. A life of emil hence or distinction is not nearly as pleasurable as it seems. It is great to be accomplished, but it is nauseating to be forever fiattered. It is satisfying to do things which make the world center it's gaze upon you; it is dis tressing to be impoverished by admir- CTS who have to be entertained. Those who court goodness and the happiness which comes of it are the ones who get most out of life
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

in view Of the character and ceHz duet of the tive candidates, the seo334 0Hght te know who to believe wi q reference te th7 complexion of the dei- eg5tes already chosen te tile Chicago convention
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

Richard Harding Davis wife says. -Dick is good enough as friend. out ne is impossible as a husband" Thus shows ho# $ woman can change her mind. She has aBpiied for dlvas
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

I, is stiH poauiar iH the south ts write Resms OH our dear cid southern 'boBHF little azure flag It repre- seHts d mistake and horror.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18
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Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11
DEFENSE OF THE FLAG.

The recent insults iO the American flag on the part of the srditinIs elements that have been preaching "rcvOluiion" in the Pa ciiic Northwest. the most brazcn- ly offending of which was the Jecring refuSaI of the state con vention of the Socialist party tO hang up the national banner. has gone deeper than the agilalOrS responsible probably bargainrG for. The courts have been start led into making a more severe examination of the 'SOciaI" be- licfS of candidates for citizen ship, and al Abcril:.nn not only has the use of halls for meetings of the Industrial Workers of the World been forbidden, but Social iSts there have been warned that if they persist in siding with Those of revolutionary preach ments they will De liable to the same restraints.
 One of the fcdcral judges of Washington not long ago dcclar- cd that the time has come when those who are loyal to the flag and the constitution must take Inc aggressive. In the last few days there have come reports from several cities in the state and in Oregon that ilic men of all men whose loyalty to Inc flag has been provcd--ihc veterans of tho Civil war--havc followed that ad- vice. The Loyal Legion of Loyal isis is the name given tO the or Panization now being formed bS inc veterans, the purpose Ot which is IO combat insult iO tho flag, defiance of the constitution and Inc prcacbmcnt of scdilior and anarchy. There is no req. son why the movement thus be. gun should not spread through. out the entire country, and ever, good citizen should hope that i will.
 There is no excusing insult tt the flag by any of the import.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

ed "sOcial" doctrines that are being interpreted in such widely different ways by their different eXpOunders. Words such as these of Richard Perrin, in the Socialist New York Call of Feb ruary 10, this year: "Yes, I trampled on it, and I spit upon your flag, not mine. loathe the Stars and Stripes. To hell with your flag," are vile un- der whatever guise of faith or belief or ism they are uttered. Patriotism must give this sort of open seditiOn blow for blow.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11
MOTHERS DAY.

Tomorrow, the second Sunday in May, has been set aside as Mothers Day" We believe it was Col. Roosevelt who suggest ed the day and it's purpose.
 Mothers Day, one might imag- inc, was peculiarly Alaskan observation, for in no other land over which the Stars and Stripes wave, have there been more men who have severed all ties with those left behind. Not, perhaps, that our men are different than those of other localities, but rather, that conditions in the ear Tier days were such that corrcs- pOndence was either very difficult IT not impossible. Of mail scrv- ice, there was often none or else 1t was bad or indifferent. The hardy prOspectOr went into the unknown depths of a new cOun- try, out of the beaten paths. Successes were not as frequent ly marked as failures. with the inevitable result that home, iirr- side, mother and family were laid aside as of the past. Years rolled on and then came a fear ln write lest We learn that moth CT had gone With the missing sons name on her lips.
 Yes, Mothers day should be a grand day for AlaSkans. On that day, all of us who are still blessed with mothers presence on earth, should devote d portion "f the day lo telling mother those things she likes best to hear. We should be able to say ln her, that though our material successes have been few. yet We stand upright among men. That as we rest under the star light or are drlvinE in the bowels of the earth our thoughts often recur lo her and to home and tlr loved ones. Such a letter, We owe lo her tO write. To ourselves we owe much more. II is for us to remember her sacrifices in our behalf; the wealth of love she laviShed upon us: the ends to which she would have gone for our well being. There is nothing on earth SD pure. lInScliiSh and Srlf-sacrilicing as mother love: nothing so infinite that one hu- man can give another. Let us. Then, nll inc mOrrOw. make amends for our past silence. and Wrifc IO mother the OuIpOlIrings or our hearts and thank God lhat He, in His infiiniIr mercy, has permitted mother In remain un- iii her long and last wish had been attainrd--Shr had heard from her long lost boy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Al a called meeting of Demo rrais in IdiIarOd it was resolved that Martin Harrais should with draw from the delegate race i'm favor nf Jennings. There were thirty Democrats at the meeting, but their action is representative of the sentiment prevailing throughout this camp.--Pionccr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Al best, il will bc only n mud
 slinging contest, and in as much
 as the Colonel has had tbc more experience of the two, il is doubtful if the president will be able to "sLay Io Inc finish" It fs almost certain he will come but of the battle besmearcd and bedraggled, and it is a question fl
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

The Prospector is not so much muddled over the election of Ja- fet Linderberg as a delegate to the Rep. national convention, when it was known he would not attend, as we are to fathom what the big and little Shacks are up to.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Down Seattle way, the red flag was forcibly taken from a Social ISt procession and demands have been made that the flag be not permitted tO be carried in the fu- lure, as a result of repeated in- suits l0 the Stars and Stripes.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

And now that celebrated alien isl, Secretary Knox, prOnOunceS Teddy insane. There are some who think him a genius, while still others, well, what's the use {?
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Underwood announces that he is in the race to stay. There is such a thing as staying long enough to get left.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

he can get cleaned up again in time for election" says the Fair banks Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

There is no After me, Gaston' i'll Taft's speeches referring to Roosevelt.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

IL is now up to the RepubIi cans to accuse Hughes of ingrat itudc.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

The Native Sons and Daugh- tcrs of tho Golden North are tO celebrate the longest day of ihc year, commencing June 2i, mid night, and ending June 22, mid night, with a baseball ganr. The interim will be taken up with all kinds of amuscmcnis under thc auspices of the Arctic Brother hood. Why not put Valdez in the game?
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

The local chapter of the Amer ican Mining Congress might ini- tiatc a movement with the end in view of having number of well known mining experts, as they come during the summer, give talks to miners on subjects of immediate interest to them. In that way much could be learned.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Tafl says William Dean How els Is lhe greatest American writer of fiction. Of course he "XrrpfS his own press agents.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Since Easter the ladies do moi appear prone tO throw their hats in the ring.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

some of inc Republican lead CTS ar" beginning tO fear that Col. Bryan will not be a prcSi- drntial candidate this year.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There is no After me, Gaston" in Taft's speeches referring to Roosevelt.
 IL is now up to the Republi- cans to accuse Hughes of ingrat- itudc.
 1 Since Easter the ladies do not appear prone tO throw their hats in the ring.
 EX-SenatOr Aldrich has in Structed his stale delegates to vote for Taft.
 No new picture of the Taft smile has been taken since the Maryland primaries.
 II looks as if the Gilmore press bureau was working upon the rrrduliIy nf the Alaska papers.
 There can he no doubt of the dikr bill after having passed Inc Senate twice and the House once. Like RnnSevrIl. Hughes has reached the receptive stage of the campaign and may yet land the plum.
 | Those of our citizens who do not like our flag should be de- natiOnalizcd and those who are not citizens dcportcd. Four hundred rebels were kill ed in a recent Mexican battle. We always did claim the world was getting better.
 The man whose memory is so poor as iO forget his mother will certainly fail tO remember the | date his note is due.
 
 poSa carries sufficient number of life bOalS Lo accommodate her capacity list of passengers.
 some of the Republican lead CTS ar" beginning to fear that Col. Bryan will not be prcSi- d"nlial candidate lhis year.
 Taft says William Dean How els Is lhe greatest American writer of fiction. Of course he "xrrpts his own press agents. And now that celebrated alien , isl, Secretary Knox, pronounces Teddy insane. There are some who think him a genius, while ; still others, well, what's the use?
 Down Seattle way, the red flag was forcibly taken from a Social ISt procession and demands have been made that the flag be not permitted tO be carried in the fu- lure, as a result of repeated in- suits ln the Stars and Stripes.
 Al called meeting of Demo- rratS in IdiIarOd it was resolved that Martin Harrais should with draw from the delegate race in favor of Jennings. There were thirty Democrats at the meeting, but their action is representative Of the sentiment prevailing throughout this camp.--Pionccr
 The local chapter of the Amer ican Mining Congress might ini- tiatc a movement with the end in view of having number of well known mining experts, as they come during the summer, give talks to miners on subjects of immediate interest to them. In that way much could be learned.
 The Native Sons and Daugh- tcrs of tho Golden North are tO celebrate the longest day of the year, commencing June 2i, niid- night, and ending June 22, mid night, with baseball ganr. The interim will be taken up with all kinds of amuscmcnis under the auspices of the Arctic Brother hood. Why not put Valdez in the game?
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

EX-SenatOr Aldrich has il structed his stale delegates vote for Taft.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Il is plraSing iO note the Mari pOSa carries a sufficient number of life bOalS to accommodate her capacity list of passengers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

The man whose memory is SC poor as lO forget his mother vii certainly fail tO remember the date his note is due.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Four hundred rebels were kill ed in d recent Mexican battle We always did claim the world was getting better.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

No new picture of the Ia smile has been taken since tn Maryland primaries.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Those of our citizens who q not like our flag should be de natiOnaliZed and those who ar not citizens dcpOrtrd.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-11

Like RnnSpvrli. Hughes Ina reached the receptive stage of tn campaign and may yet land tn plum.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-23

Secondly, we must, wherever posi-
BILE, buy homemade products.
There is an economic proof of why
home made products can and are
cheaper and better than imported ones,
which would take too long to cite here.
No thinking person can understand
how one can, for instance, take wheat,
make it into flour, pay the freight
rate on the wheat to the point where
it is made into -four, pay the freight
rate on flour back again to Moscow
and not loss Cat least the money that
goes to the railroads.
The Womans Auxiliary in this city
has a great work in Identification cut
out for it, but it has a greater and more
essential work in pointing out to the
women of the town the advantages
to their own pocketbooks in buying
of those local merchants and local
who contribute to the
taxes, which are primarily necessary
if, as an instance, the city beautiful
plan is carried out.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-23
The Daily Star-Mirror carries the Uni
ted Press Associations Service.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1912.
WHAT WOMEN CAN DO.

The merchants and other business
men of Moscow, have in the past and
particularly in the year just past,
put through some notable and most
successful schemes for comm init ;
building and advertising. They have
undertaken other plans, most of which,
without a doubt, will be carried out
just as successfully, and just as thor
oughly We will have court house
We will have paving.
But there is one thing the mel Of
Moscow, through their commercial or
ganization have undertaken, which
they cannot carry out of themselves
alone There is one thing in which
they must have the assistance OF the
women; that is in the buy at hon e
campaign"
Man may assume a superiority on
a whole lot of questions, but the man
who is honest with his own logic. will
just about have to admit that as a
shopper his women folks have him
ranked with Diogenes' lantern in
city with cluster lights. No matter
what are his financial arrangements
for running the home, it is the careful
figuring of his wife which picks up
the bargains, and eases the way over
the rough spots toward the first of the
month.
In short, while there may be some,
ic n
fact that those exceptions prove the
rule, that the housewife can manage
her home business just little better
than can the husband, who is thinking
of his outside business, or his work,
or his chance for a job, all the time.
The Star Mirror believes in the buy |
at home crusade for more reasons than |
one, but primarily because the rec
ord of local merchants shows that they
not only undersell mail order houses,
but also provide big percentage of
the taxes paid towards our school, our
paving, our general betterment and
Of surroundings.
1t goes further: No woman's organ
cation with q legitimate advertising
failed to get support from ,
he local merchants, while no mail ,
rider firm, ever, by means of advertis- ;
ng, made it possible for woman's
hub to get special publicity in club
" other uplift work.
To patronize home industry we must {.
rst buy at home. And careful inves -
igation shows that buying at home +
avs.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-23
SOCIALISTS ASK FOR
REELECTION ON RECORD

service and is steadily demanding tht
public ownership of all local utilities
early in office the socialists I'M
! covered and stopped long standing
paving graft The cost of paving has
been reduced from 1925 to $40 down
, to $1.26 to $1.40 per square yard by
the opening up of specifications and
elimination of favoritism in contract
awards. This alone saved the voters
more than 100000 in 1911
"The honesty of this administration,
which has been watched by the eyes of
the nation and maligned by the colored
capitalistic press, is unchallenged,"
Continued the little executive. at has
also been distinctly a working mans
administration. The wage of the COM
mon laborer in city employ has been
increased from $1.75 to So per eight
hours work. The union scale is paid
to all skilled workmen and materials
purchased by the administration have,
wherever possible to obtain, been man
ufactured by union labor.
1.-THE city has established a system of
factory inspection; inaugurated a
policy of social activities looking to
the elimination of evils that Turk for
the young in the dark shadows of the
average American city; commissions
have been appointed for the investiga
ton and Inauguration of the fight
against tuberculosis; furthering child
relieving the unemployed: |
better harbor; parks; public garden |
patches, city planning; housing and |
market places. A bureau |
If experts on efficiency and economy |
has been appointed and is now at work |
and solving these many prob
ems"
do you think the socialists have
| legitimate claim to be allowed to
proceed with this program" the rlay-
II asked.
Reports detrimental to the admin
have been spread broadcast
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-23

An honest man, imbued with pa
triotic desire to do his duty, can be
depended on to serve his country best:
Patriotism knows no party; its spirit
springs from the heart of men in all
parties and walks of life, as much from
the howell of the poor as from the man
sion of the rich. Whatever dulls the
national sense of patriotism in the
heart of the mass strikes at the found
alton of this nation. When the ma
jority loses it's love of country this
nation will crumble to dust like the
ancient republics.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-23

MILWAUKEE, Feb 23="The first
socialist administration of Milwaukee
has been a decided success, and we
base our demand for reelection upon
review of our record and upon our
proposition to institute city ownership
of all revenue-bearing public util-
tiles"
Mayor Emil Seidel, whose candidacy
for reelection has just been announc-
ed, in this statement today admitted
he based his strongest hope upon the
municipal ownership plank in his
platform.
1--WE are going to carry on our fight
for municipal ownership of public
utilities and win it, too,' said the for
mer pattern maker, who left his
workshop nearly two years ago to take
the mayors chair Profits of revenue
bea, ing utilities which now go to fill
the Golfers of the privileged wealth,
will then be poured into the city treas
ury, to be used in solving the problems
of municipal life.
1t is noticeable" he continued,
that municipal activities which are
non revenue bearing are left to the
average American city to perform. All
remembering service is controlled
by the monopolies by means of fran
chise grants y
Quoting from the party platforu3, the |
mayor outlined in brief the achieve
ments of the past administration which |
he claimed would force the average |
honest voter to return the socialists
to. office:
I'm spite of the opposition of old |
party politicians in the council, i'll the
state legislature and even the courts,
the administration has built the first
public lavatory in the city; is con-
an electric lighting plant:
acquiring municipal stone quarry;
municipal hospital; has
fire and police alarm
system; establishing a city telephone
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-23

Those who think the present streets
are good enough" will joint the pro-
cession and march up the middle of
There's knocker born every min
ute"
1T is certainly complimentary to the
citizens of Moscow to find the senti-
mont for paving practically unan-
inious. 1t shows what kind of bust
ness men we have; it is notice to the
world that Moscow is going to pave.