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The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01
WAVES OF THE DANUBE"

In the write-up ill The Citizen last Monday ot the concert given by tho Fairbanks Choral society on Nov. T, mention was inadvertently omitt- d of the number given entirely by the male members. This number 'Don3u Wellea" Danube Wayes1 deserved special mention. being rem tered in an excellent manner.
 The gentlemen composing the ma!o chorus are nearly all members of the Harm nie society. and lhev are to be congratulated on the marked Improvement i'll their work under the direction of MT. Wm. J. Nolan.
 A Londoue1 Hgs once dining with a Yorksh reInan in restaurant. The alter true to his natural habit, ker turning round to see if his hat and coat were all right.
 Look here cli chap" said ;he nondoner, at last. do you think any one is going to steal our hats and coats?"
 We'll said the Yorkshireman, "Ill take good care they don't have mine. but yours went ten minutes ago"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01
OUR MAIL SERVICE,

Fairbanks is practically cut off from the reading world She is on toying about the same mail service as did California in the Star Route days when a boy on a half broken cayuse dashed away over the plains with small sack tied to the saddle horn.
 However, there was me excuse for lax service in the days of '49 when a rider must contend with storm. flood. bandits and warlike Indians. Today, no such excuses can apply. We have steamships, rail roads, government trails, and no pub
 ic enemy turks in ambush by the way to kill the carrier for his horse and saddle
 Now this mail service is becoming serious, disgusting, maddening. Here we are, long, sunless winter upon us, with nothing to read but the die tionary or the directions on the milk cans. And where in all the world do people need papers and books and magazines more than in the in terior of Alaska?
 Just before navigati-n n closed a lumber of citizens subscribed for Leslie's Magazine confident that this winter would find them with some thing more to read than Ayers al manac. Since that time some few have received but three copies, and Leslie's is a weekly publication. At this rate their subscriptions will have expired before they get fairly start ed.
 It is ludicrous. It is supremely disgusting. A city and vicinity of several thousand inhabitants cut off from the big reading world Outside because-and here we come to the point.
 Who is at fault in this? Who has condemned us to read labels on tobacco sacks Who has cut us off frcm the world as though We were colony of corvicts and it were a part of our punishment that we have no news from home? Are We not a val part of the United States gov ernment? Do We not contribute our share of useful products to the world? Have We not given the best that is in us to rescue Alaska from the ice and the unknown? Have our strong men not left their bones to whiten in the still valleys of the North that the resources of Alaska might be utilized? We have And now We ask for a few newspapers from home.
 But who is to blame that we do not get these?
 So far as can be learned 1t is not the fault of the mail contractors nor the postmaster of Fairbanks. Figures from the postoffice show that from October r to November 27, inclusive of both dates, the office here re- ceived an average of 663 pounds of first and second class mail trip. These are the figures and we have no reason to doubt their correctness.
 Now 800 pounds is the maximum amount to be brought at a trip, ac- cording to the contract, until the first of December. Not once have we exceeded the maximum, though | there are some 12,O0O pounds lying in the Cordova office This can not | be charged to the contractors, as the | mail is shipped by train to Chitina and the stage driver cannot be ex- pected to bring more than Is given | him.
 Where then does the trouble lie? We are getting close now. We do | not know for sure. but does it not look as though the government rout-
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

iaet rank, aceomfaaied by the cele- | rated detective, captured his run A|ay daughter aith three millions II her IossessH %ho was coming hero 10 keep all appointment 0. m2trimonial raturc. made last sum mer With q fatrh1nksan while he vas on the Outside, never suspect. ag that the rascal Was married man, But as there was a profound .rom!se given to keep the matte:
 ccret further details can't be given now
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01
BY THE WAY
BY ZOZ.

A friend of mine, about as good q sort as l have ever met in the N rth. when starting last week on a long journey to his old home, told me to go and take away some books he left behind in his cabin, and here is what I found written on d | piece of paper plaStered to the old stove-pipe: Farewell, dear old cab in; farwell, not alone did you pro iett and shelter me many winters from the biting frosts, but when ever l was sickened by the disgust ing talk and actions of the vulgar and ignorant crowds l found m you peace and refuge where, tho i alone, never felt lonely in the com pany of good authors. as sh uld be with any intelligent and well-regu- lated man living in solitude Our long but silent acquaintance now also makes me feel and understand hy tenants, after cruel evictions Hh'S Dcch hlohu tO TeiuIu an! kiss the bare, crumbling, bleak walls of their late homes. Farewell again, farewell."
 :. :. z.
 Our minds are so riveted on the , Mexican war that we scarcely pay any attention to another rev lution which has caught on and is working In all parts of the world. When men like the banking millionaire Martin of New York the learned. but sometimes cratic, profess5rs O. col leges, high-up ministers of religion, and the hard working common labor CTS are of one mind and fighting for one object -reform-it is bound to come. and very som at that Per haps the delay is caused by waiting for competent leader-a leader of men and the upholder of the cause that is just.
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 It was the dandy and foppishly dressed Disraeli the brilliant writer and statesman, son of the author f that rare old book The Curiosities of Literature" who was fond Cf saying that: There is nothing so likely to happen as the unlikely During the past fall people were saying: The town will be quiet this winter" everything will be as dead as Queen Bess;" there won't he any excitement at an," etc. Now these prophets are being confounded the hotels are filling up with liti- gants and witnesses, and if the barometer indicates anything it is that we are about to have tremendous explosion which may astonish the natives?
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 A few days ago on Front street met a friend of mine who possess es wonderful conversational pow CTS. and who generally wears beam on his face, but on this occa- sion he wore a long. mournful coun- tenance which would be a valuable asset to a hearse-driver if it could
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01
THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM.

Democracy. analysed means indi- .idual freedom of thought and d chance to express il. Seeking this ship left Dover. England, in the ong ago, These Pilgrims had the misfortune t. land on the most bleak and barren stretch of the en re coast, but over the stormy heal
 ands the winds O. freedom blew and hey were happy.
 Il will be argued by the critical that the Pilgrims persecuted in turn others of varying ideas who later came to exercise rights W hich the Pilgrims claimed for themselves but that is beside the question. Such faults were not peculiar to the Pill 5rimS alone. One need mt hark back farther than to Seattle for parallel The facts are. they found what they sought, And huddling there in their cloaks, the wide sea stretching safely between them and the tyranny Of the Old World, they Joined in worship that to them had 1ecn given the first cut in the cake 0f freedom.
 Since then, most people have found ethical value in observing che day put of the year, else a mere procla- nation would not serve to preserve his as national holiday.
 Which brings us to speak of Thanksgiving day just past. It ia worth speaking about Thanksgiv, Ing on the snow. while down in the lands to which memory wings us they are scarcely bethinking them selves of their old mittens.
 The thermometer held far below zero, but in the faces met with this day there was the cheer and warmth f summer All seemed to find the raystreak of fello" ship, The poor est wore g-lden smile And it was noted that the agnostic sat by the side of his orthodox brother and
 thout qualms of conscience attack cd the Christian turkey.
 There was more to this day. with it's rush of feeling. it's merry faces, and the solemn bells calling through the frcsty air Pacing the cold walks, one looked through windows into well lighted parlors and on through the portieres into the dining room where stood table heaped like an ice jam. Around it were gathered kith, kin and friends, their faces radiant, their eyes sparkling with the brandy of fellowship. They stirred in the healthy abandonment to joy. Children were allowed to leap the rules of the household and carry their games and handfuls of pie onto the long guarded plush Even the business man his office mask thrown back, was disp2rting himself with primitive prodigality.
 Then there were one-room cabins where partner entertained old part ners from the creeks. his clumsy culinary attempts creamed deep with the fraternity of the hour.
 An! we have come to them at last-the hearty fellows from the creeks on whose labor we are per mitted to live. Here all is informal and natural. No excuse nor make believes as with Arctic appetites they glean the tables and finish up on pastry from the bakeries. Then there are oddessies of forgotten trails, incidents of trails that are new and hints of those yet to be, as tobacco and glass go the round. And always in the eyes of the men from the creeks there is the big dream-the dream which made Alaska more than trapping ground.
 So the day is worth speaking of with it's house gatherings, it's reunion
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

From figures furnished by the Department of Agriculture it is learn ed that the Thanksgiving dinner cos. the unlucky Outside people ten per cent more than it did last year Again AlaSkans have cause to be thankful With birds plentiful and ammunition cheaper as well as al banksan is cheaper than it ever was before
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

There is much talk over the boom at Juneau where several gov ernment buildings are being erected. the discussions meaning to infer that Fairbanks is not such a big spot on the map. We'll, what of 1t? Fairbanks had it's building day and has it's buildings. while Juneau is just seeing the light, and is now ac- quiring the additions which accrue to a capital city. At that, Fairbanks
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

Speaking of theatres, did you ever notice upon entering and gazing down upon the audience, the number of bald heads scattered among the crSTd? These shiny waste places presence tends to show that the hardy pioneers of the North have not lost all their interest in plea sures after prolonged absence from the bright lights in the States
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

The more Democracy the better.
 ... ..- z. Why should the mind oi the statesman lag behind the mind O. the invent IT
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

Lloyd George tells the women Of England to forget il for a while: that the present parliament is not at all likely | consider an equal suffrage bill. In consequence. the next gale which sweeps from the East" will probably bring to our ears the crashing of window glass
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

It is said that the Balkan war furn- ished the ideas for some O. the lat est fashions in womans dress. With these styles as a criterion, an Out side periodical is led to remark that 1t is to be hoped that the next war does not break out ill Dahomey, where dress is an oddity
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01

A twentieth century machine. gov erned by tallow candle laws. is re sponsible for the mob and the hood on the payements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
FINE FOR CHICKENS
Fine Country Home

5 acres, all cleared. fenced rich
soil; fruit trees and small fruits; 81
room new bungalow house, big barn
full of hay; cows, / calf. 1 horse,
l new wagon, 1 new buggy and har-
ness, farming tools, 2 pigs, 40
chickens. good chicken house and
runs, ton wheat to feed chickens;
on county road, near car line and
Tacoma. Will take some improved
property as part payment. This
place is a snap at the price, $4,000.
Let me show 1t to you Monday.
2S6 acres of good land, rs acres.
rich bottom, running stream, on
county road. close to two railroads
and Tacoma; price only $40 per
acre on terms.
acres good land close to Taco
ma, car line and graded schools for
only $3.50. on terms of s25 cash.
balance monthly.
4-room house, 2 corner lots, both
streets graded. cement walk, beau
tiful lawn, 2 blocks to car line,
close in for only $1,000. On easy
terms. Money to loan in large or
small sums.
II. p. LAWHORN 4
GA Bernice Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13

In addition to special trains
with magnificent appointments
special boat service will be given
next Wednesday between Tacoma
and Olympia for the inaugura-
ton of Governor Lister. A sciied-
ule of trains and boats will De
made up by Chairman j. H. Dege
tomorrow. :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
Wanted - Miscellaneous

HOUSE painting. paperhanging and
kalsomiming. II. n. Schroeder,
sac So. Wright Nv. Main SAT-.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
HELP--MALE
Situatlons--.Male

RELIABLE men and women want
ed in every town in southwestern
Washington. This is a good prop
osition for you If you wish to make
money. You do not need to give
up your present employment to do
this work as only part Of your
time is required. Address G-150,
Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13

A 7-room house and lots for
sale cheap; all assessments in and
paid. Will take a good young team
as part pay, balance terms.
b240 So. l. st. Call after 6 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
FORWARDING COMPANY

NORTHWEST FORWARDING CON-
PANY. Household goods, ma
chinery, pianos and automobiles as
sembled and forwarded to all points.
See us. 1922 Pacific av. Main 397,
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BUSINESS CHANCES
WANTED TO BORROW

WANTED TO BORROW-$1S00 at
per cent for 2 or 8 years on
North End home on PIT. Defiance
line, worth $4,000: no commission.
Box 107, Times.
WILL party who has from $4,000 to
$1,000 they want to invest answer
ment Box H-99. Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
UNDERTAKERs

~.~s>Ss~>~~~~~~>~~~~~~ ~~~.~~~~~~~~~s~~~~~
G. o. LYNN CO.--FuneraI Directors.
s10-1z Tacoma av. Main 7746.
SO. TACOMA FUNERAL PARLoRS.
b433 Union av. Main 1882. Geo.
~ Piper.
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WANTED TO RENT
FURNISHED HOUSES

FURNISHED cottage of rooms,
gas range, range in kitchen, bath,
| electric lights, on 9th av. car line,
| nice back yard, furnished complete
| only 500 per month. Call at 612
SO. 18th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
REAL ESTATE
TR ABE

10 acres of irrigated land on the
Columbia river with gravity water
right paid for. This is in a locality
where they cut 4 crops of alfalfa
each year and in the famous fruit
district where they have more sun
shine than any section in the north
west. If you want to farm for a
living go to farming country.
This is located u mile from r. X,
p. o., school and church. What
have you to offer?
$3.50 HOME
We have just completed a neat,
well built and nicely finished q
room bungalow, located upon 2 fine
level and well cleared lots, best of
soil, city water and splendid ioca-
ton; 20 minutes ride from business
center, near car line, store and
school. Only $25 cash, balance
small monthly payments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
RAzORs sHARPENED

WE sharpen safety razor blades
All work guaranteed. Virges Drug
CO.. 1924 Pacific av.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
CLEANING AND DYE WORKS

LUCKEY'S DYE WORKS, 1873 st,
Helens. Gents suit, skirt or Jacket
cleaned and pressed soc up. Quick
calls and delivery. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Main 1851.
J. A. DONALDSON. sl1 9th ST. 20
years experience, Tel. Main 74s0
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13
VETERINARY SURGEON

WHEN in need of a good veteri-
nary for your horse, COW, cat or
dog see Drs. Pearsall or phone
Main 7243 or Proctor 1859.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13

and room and board at Mrs. II. Jor-
gensen's dining room. above Gill
l,sIE Co.. So, Tacoma.
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WOOD AND COAL

PETERSON BROS, hay. grain. poui-
try supplies and coal and wood.
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PRINTING

COMMERCIAL BINDERY q PRO
CO., Inc. 75s-758 Commerce st
Phone Main ait. Printers. Bindera
Loose leaf devices.
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SHOE REPAIRING

BOOTS and shoes repaired, prices
reasonable. Sheridan av. Shoe
Shop, cor. 23d and Sheridan av.
Quick Shoe Repair Shop. s1s Com. !;
reasonable. best work Main ll1a
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PAINTING & PAPERHANGING
~-~>~->~~-~~~~~~~~~~~
FRANK e. HANSON. 738 st. Hell
ems aY. Phone Main b142.
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BOOTRLACK STANDS
BLUE PRINTING
BUILDING CONTRACTORS

CARPENTER and tobbing shop,
cabinet, model and pattern MAX
Ing, estimates furnished. 1924 So.
Sprague. Main sac.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-13

ANDREW RINGSETH the tailor for
men and women. 1915 So. 18th.
Phone Main 4S77.
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BOWLING ALLEY
CARPET CLEANERS
CIVIL ENGINEERING

Nicholson, lot surveys, plating
gen. engineering. 503-7 Fid. Bid
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17

lature. if it is so minded. can do in
Mr.. McComb's case.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17
WOMEN PEARL FISHERS.

The pearl divers of Japan are wo-
men. Along the coasts of the Bay of
Ago and the Bay of Kokasho the Is
and Il year old girls, after they have
finished the primary schools work.
go to the sea and learn to dive They
are in the water and learn to swim
almost from babyhood They wear
special dress. with the hair twisted
up into a hard knot. The eyes are
protected by glasses to prevent the
entrance of water.
A boat in command of men is as
signed to every five or ten women
divers to carry them to and from the
fishing grounds. When the divers ar
rive on the grounds they leap into
the water at once and begin to gather
oysters at the bottom.
The oysters are dropped into tubs
suspended from their waists When
these are filled the divers are raised
to the surface and jump into the
boats
They dive to a depth of from five
to thirty fathoms without any special
apparatus and retain their breatr
from one to three minutes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17
RUG SELLING UP-To-DATE.

The possible customer: You claim
this is a genuine Turkish rug, do
you?"
The wiley dealer: "Eet ees true. ma
dame. Zee rug is vary genuine Turk
ish."
The customer: "It looks old and
ragged. Just see that stain and these
holes!"
The dealer: Yes, madame. Eat ees
ze proof. 1t shows zat rug ees vary
genuine Turkey rug Look. madame.
What you call ze stain ees powder
burn. and all ze holes are bullet holes!
Vary genuine Turkey rug, direct from
ze seat of war. Only ninety dollars
madame"
The customer promptly softens and
pays the price.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17
The Truth and the Whole Truth.


A young man was at luncheon with
young woman at her home one Sum-
day evening. Little Jimmy broke the
silence to remark:
p Say. Mr.. Smith, you certainly did
look fine last night, sittin' beside sis
ter on the parlor soft with your
arm-'
Jimmy, be quiet" the girl scream
ed blushing scarlet
= We'll, he did look fine" said Jim
my: He had his arm"
"Jimmy.Nwill you be still?" ex-
claimed the mother.
.5.iWhy whined the lad. HE did
have his arm-'
James" said the father "gd
straight upstairs 10 bed"
The boy rose, He began to cry. AS
he left the room he said:
II don't know what's the matter
with you folks. was only going to
say he had his army uniform on-and
he had, too"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17
WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND.

John L. Sullivan met with some
amusing incidents while giving box
ing lessons.
One day a husky young man came
to him as pupil. He took his box
ing lesson and went home somewhat
the worse for wear
When he came for his second lesson
he said: ''Mr. Sullivan, it was my
idea to learn enough about boxing
from you to give certain young gen.
tleman good licking. I've had it in
for him for good while. But I've
changed my mind. If you have no
objections I'll send this young man
down here to you to take the rest OF
my lessons for me."-Pittsburgh
Chronicle
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17
THAT FAMILIAR PICTURE.

An actor who is known as Lew is
of German descent. and his father
speaks broken English. Lew says the
old gentleman went to a big art gal
lery recently and came home greatly
enthused.
Saw fine painting, Louis" he
said.
You did ?"
"Yes, 1t was a fine one-huntrets
of people looking at it. 1t must hat
been word a hundred dollars, sure!"
What was it's manner" asked Lew.
dot 1 can tell you not, but 1t vas
a fine picture
Veil" said the old gentleman,
there vas three fellers. Won was
playing the fife, Won vas playing the
drum and the other hat headache"
New York Telegraph.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17
IT'S LUCKY FOR LUCKY.

Boston, Mass.-Benjamin Lucky of
Birmingham. Ala, a circus attache,
justifies his name when. as he was
about to be sentenced to prison for
manslaufhter, it was found that an
other man had confessed to the crime.
Lucky was Immediately released.
When circus was in this city last
June there was a clash between the
paraders and several boys, and one
of the latter was killed. Lucky was
convicted OF manslaushter.
When he came up for sentence his
counsel produced a confession from
James Gaughan. an inmate of the
state reformatory. The district attor-
ney accepted the confession and can
eled the case against Lucky.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-17
Boy and Horse in Well.

Lola, Kan. Down a water we'll
fifteen .eet deep, into several feet of
water ". tn a horse falling after him,
was the L. perience of William Ling,
son of Mrs. W. H. Ling, at their farm
four miles " est of lola.
By keeping mis- head, utilizing the
pup stock for ladder, and crawling
past the horse, which had lodged six
feet from the top of the we'll, he man.
aged to get out, practically uninjured.
The boy summoned the help Of
neighbors and with ropes and the aid
of the other horse, the fallen animal
was raised from the well.
And, just to make the affair unique
in every way. the horse stood up,
shook himself and seemed to be try
ing to assure everybody that little
thing like that could not do him Sc
yious harm,