The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07

ALL government railroad surveys lead to Fairbanks.
 THERE is no time like the pres ent to aid in getting government appropriation for a new bridge at Fairbanks.
 INTEREST in the baseball con tests in the United States seem to have suffered nothing from the European affair.
 FROM each one of the candidates for delegate to congress a pledge should be obtained that he will work for an appropriation for permanent bridge at Fairbanks.
 TURKEY is reported 10 have re fused the United States the right to take a shipment of gold through the Dardanelles Perhaps the Turks do not want to be tempted with so much riches so near at hand.
 AGRICULTURAL exhibits to be Oh display here this week will be forwarded to Seattle. where they will be for the inspection of the public in that city. The exhibits are sure to teach some people that Interior Alaska is not an iceberg.
 PEOPLE of Fairbanks and the creeks will enjoy one of the best celebrations of the year today and tomorrow. and the real extent of the enjoyment will be in accordance with the amount of life and good will that each person puts into the occasion.
 THOSE who are keeping up-to-date on war news and are studying Eur .opean maps to aid them in getting an understandings of the conditions there. should remember that there are few maps in Fairbanks that show the new boundaries of the Balkan states. changed as a result of the recent war there.
 PRESIDENT WILSON has noti- fled congress that some method must be adopted for increasing the reVen- ues of the nation owing to the falling off of import duties. as 2 result of the European war. Why not provide a heavy export duty on food stuffs, thereby insuring the low price of foods here and aiding the government financially at the same time?
 Independence declared that Taxa tion without representation is tyr amy" But what about the Fair banks councilmen who delayed the bridge construction that the city may profit by collecting fares from people who come to spend their money with Fairbanks merchants? It may not be tyranny, but it certain ly was not justice.
 THOMAS JEFFERSON once said, War never decided any question of right or wrong' This is one of the most profound truths uttered by that great American statesman, and when the people of the civilized nations realize that international courts can be formed that will ad- minister justice better than the brutal force of arms, there probably will be no more wars.
 SCIENTIFIC experiments have strengthened the belief that bee stines are an an'idote to drunkenness. and that if a drunkard is stung by numerous bees, he will lose all taste for liquor Now if some kind of a sting could be discovered that would kill a mans thirst for poli- tical power. the world might have a chance of being freed of still another evil.
 UNDER a Honolulu date line the Times announced on Thursday morn ing that, "The Australian warships Warrego and Australia are nearing this port This is the first time that it has been known that Aus tralia has a navy, for it is general ly supposed that inasmuch as Aus tralia is British commonwealth there would be no more occasion for it to maintain warships than for California to have it's own bat tleshps Certainly the Times is giving us some news that is really new, that is, if it is true.