The Alaska citizen., 1914-08-17

oI lut prospect oI enJOE Ing the holiday no matter what form that prospect may take-a large picnic, street sports or what not
 It is to be hoped that women who have no families and only their own pleasure and comfort to consider. will give a thou-hJ to helping some tired little mother. whether relative or friend. the next time the occasion offers
 
 TIME and tide wait for no man." according to an old saying. The same thing is true of stampeders.
 THE young millionaires who have gone to the Mt Mckinley district to hunt, may not want for novel experiences.
 IN the Eastern states the cost of living is going up rapidly, but it is safe to say that the wages of working men will not go up very fast.
 WITH a free excursion today and union church picnic at some later date, many of the children of this city will be having two big holidays this week.
 IF each of the European countries had had a man at the head of it like Woodrow Wilson, it is quite certain there would be no bloody war there now.
 VILLA is planning a new rebel lion in Mexico. It seems that this insurgent general is like some American politicians: his thirst for notoriety and power keeps on grow ing.
 THE plan of having travellers distribute sacks of sand and gravel over the road between Fairbanks and Fox is good, and people using the road should encourage the road commissioners in adopting it
 MUCH interest seems to be at tached to the agricultural and min ing fair to be held in Fairbanks next month. This is encouraging for public interest in any enter prise usually goes a long way to- ward making il a success.
 THE war across the Atlantic has stopped the importation of goods into the United States to such an extent that this country will lose ab S1Dh 0aD 0DD in, 1,1tiac Roosevelt can be relied upon to fix the blame for it all upon President Wilson.
 AS rule people do not take pleasure in seeing fellow human be- ings punished, but it is certain that the directors of the New Haven rail road who have stolen millions from the poor stockholders, will get no public sympathy if they are pun ished for their thefts.
 THE war in Europe is threaten ing to hurt the fur business in Alaska However, that is not so serious as the threatened rise in food prices as a result of the war, for the people of Interior Alaska are buTdened with as high cost of living now as they can maintain.
 THE Times last Wednesday morn ing said that Holland has served notice upon Germany that unless the German troops are withdrawn from the Dutch frontier, war will be declared against the Teutons." Inasmuch as the Hollanders are Teutons as we'll as the Germans, It would seem from the Times, that the former people are to declare war partially against themselves, Cal, has written to Chief of Police White in San Francisco, asking the latter's assistance in getting restor- ed to him his wooden leg, which is being held by the landlady of San Francisco rooming house in lieu of unpaid room rent. The loss of the wooden limb must have crippled Garfield, for in his letter to the police chief, he says: q await your reply"
 OVER in the European countries where they are having war, news papers are permitted to print but limited amount of the war news. In Fairbanks, the Spasm is trying to get people to stop talking about the war. The Spasm in it's leading editorial of last Thursday condemns the discussion of war topics, and then says, in it's typical slang. "Cut it out" In another editorial of the same date the Spasm declares that the newspapers gave no pre- vious intimaton of the approach ing war The newspapers and mag azines have been predicting war in Europe for several months, but the Spasm has not kept up with the times.
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