The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-08

i4fA'H t''ti !bi fstt ears 8t IilSI le>c4Enl,n ng owned cars
 The man III front of tae Lar eats rabbit THr nan behind tue bar eats moose
 Argentine Eeruhlie vil3 speni sse. ooo,ooo for eotrru:uynt owned rail "a}S du.ins Ial
 The parcels post has cleared s2a- oe".oO0. already. The express com laIirS must miss this tidy little sum. X mild winter. In view uf tne scar. ctrv of Work, il looks as though tho wlnd had been temu,red tn ta" shorn lamb
 Were some of tac caildren of tAoS. wbo object to tae dog ordinance to get bitten. Il would probably nc the best test of the law
 The President who urges tine passage ef the direct presidential primary law leaves no doubt as to the irogressivc- n'Ss of his Democracy.
 While there may be some confusion about this shaottns affray few da ,s back. one tEina stan3s out eIcas: neither man was from Texas.
 The day k surely not far off w}.en aviator of one nationality can fanl in another country without aroasine the suspicion tEat he k a spy.
 
 By the way. waere exists that world which was to occur when the Democratic administration took officeo When President Wilson receives I,oOo women all "im one lot" he will forget his assertion that he k plain man" especially when he re- members that they are sufffagettes.
 The latest report of tae Fairbanks public school reminds us that We have a public school that would be credit 10 many Outside towns where schools have existed for two genera tions.
 san Francisco's protest against the cXeCrable street railway service with which she las so long been afflicted was when put to vote, to in favor of municipally owned lines Who will he the nexto
 Lesii"'s magazine has taken Mr Bryan severely to task for making money legitimately. They want him 10 cease lecturinE, advancing the claim that he plays on the credulity of the people. He should worry.
 Spains proposal of a triple alliance between herself. England and France ts apparent proof of the value they place upon the little English prn- cess whom they hareained so care fuiIy for few years ago.
 The announcement that the figures of the thirteenth census are to be pub lished soon will be welcome news to every political economist. Statistics for him, contain the very essence of all human tragedies and comedies.
 President Yuan Shi-Kai. of the Re public of China, states that he would
  poleon. Why not he more modern and Democratic as well as popular in his own country by being Wilson?
 
 Even though there are courts le- n'nt and humane enough to impose a sentence of but one-fourth the maximum penalty. every broken spirited convict makes long for the l., nf William Randolph Hearst wants to fight Mexico right now while he is good and mad. There be those who say that William only wants to referee the fight at long distance Or as the Dutchman put it, He wants oth- CTS to fight"
 Uncle Sam has done the square thing in appropriating s5O0,O00 to pro- vide for housing the exhibits from Alaska, Hawaii. Panama, etc, in San Francisco in 1915. Alaska will cer- tainly astonish some millions of people by the variety and extent of her exhibit.
 The estimated expense of conducting Uncle Sans affairs for the next twelve months is s1,1S0,000,000. Di- vided equally per capita Alaska gets an extra ration, but when one con siders what Alaska gives in return. it is obvious that the allotted million is little enough for her share.
 Chicago raper remarks that we will soon hear of an International As sociation of Thaw Lawyers, which is possible with the array of legal talent the Matteawan escape has secured to help him escape further confinement. Harry K. is presenting as many diff culties to the government as Schedule K The strike of the girl workers in England rather astonishes an Alas |