The Alaska citizen., 1914-03-02

90 A. D.
 Wilbur Wright and Dr. H. ". Wiley are connected with settlement work. 
 AUTOMOBILE hearses are becom- ing such fad on the Outside tha
 it is asserted people are just dying 0 ride in them.
 HENRY CLAY said, 'l would rath
 CT be right than President" Wood row Wilson is generally credited i with being both.
 TT seems that the new Federal League will succeed in breaking the baseball trust. and that. to-, withou the aid of the Sherman law. WHEN the Mexican rebels or fed erals get tired Of killing each other they vary the program by killing ar American of foreigner Game laws in Mexico should be enforced
 SEVERAL fires have been extina suished of late by the prompt action of the Fairbanks fire departmen. The money spent in maintaining the department is proving a good in VeStment
 CONTRADICTORY reports are constantly being received concerning the outlook in the Chisana and Nel
 ahina camps. II seems that each mans opini of a place is colored by his own success or failure while there
 PAPERS received from the cOas' cities in the United States proper have much to say these days c@m- plimentary to Alaska. It has taken some of them a long time to awaken to the possibilities of this great country.
 TT is reported that in Germany dog meat is being eaten to overcome the high cost of living. In China dog meat has long been considered ! choice diet Scientific experiments however, show that the meat of meat eating animals is not wholesome
 A MEDICAL student of the Uni vel SllS Ol 1dIIlolllld. d NOullS NOllldli at that. has declared that disease is not spread by kissing It would be interesting to get the opinions of the young men who must have 'sssted her in her scientific eXpe rimentS.
 A STORY is printed in the East ern papers about a man who has discovered that he can make hens lay greater abundance of eggs by the use If electricity. Why not start chicken ranch near the North Pole and get the benefit of the Northern Lights?
 ANY legitimate effort that is a success is bound to be cause for qualification Cn the part of it's pro motors, and this certainly applies to the big celebration that was held in Fairbanks last Monday. Much credit is due the people who planned the affair and worked so hard for it's success.
 IN China the oldtime New Year of that country has been set aside and by official orders the year be gins there on January 1, as in other countries Alaska might change it's New Year to the date of the passage of the railroad bill. the greatest event in the history of the .erritory.
 ENGLAND has refused to provide an exhibit for the San Francisco exposition for next year, and Ameri- can papers everywhere are making HnNl about it. The probable cause of the attitude of Englalnd is that she is tired of big expositions, which follow one after another with sur prising rapidity.
 THE man who can make his own fat job last as long as he likes and as a result of owning one newspaper and controlling another by means of personal favors, gets editors 10 fight his battles, certainly has things very much to his liking. But what about the poor depositors who must pay the bills. eh, MT. Moves?
 THAT was certainly a good tray esty on the modern slit skirt tha' was worn by Mrs. Lappi, who won the prize Monday for the best masked woman character. The char acter was a mystery until the prize | was awarded for many thought that 1t was assumed by man. Now some | of the men who were at the dances | are confessing that they had kept | awa, from the Slit-Skirt believing | that it was man, and had there fore failed to get dance with the best masked character there.