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The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
THE BRIDGE QUESTION.

Only a short-sighted person, and very short sighted one at that, will seriously suggest the construc- tion of permanent toll bridge across the Cinema slough. The cer- tain result of such a thing would be the establishment of new town on Garden Island, which would un- doubtedly in time enjoy the bulk of the business.
 All the business that comes to Fairbanks, comes across the slough, and if tax is to be imposed upon people to get across there, an in centive will be created for the es- tablishment of business houses on Garden Island, where all kinds of traffic, except river traffic, must go
 The withdrawal of lands on both sides of the river at Cinema indi- cates very plainly that the govern ment is planning to cross the river at that place with it's new railroad, and thus will probably have it's terminus on Garden Island
 Merchants and other businessmen of Fairbanks will not tolerate, it Is almost certain, any plan that has for it's purpose the establishment of a permanent toll bridge, and it is almost certain, further, that the United States government will not permit the operation of such thing were it constructed
 What the people of Fairbanks are entitled to, is government-cOn- structed bridge. and this can be se- cured, undoubtedly. if the proper kind of effort is made to secure it.. If the need of the bridge is proper ly presented to congress. and the proper kind of local influence is brought to bear in the matter. money for the bridge would almost cer- tainly be forthcoming. But unless the people of Fairbanks get behind such a request, it will probably never materialize satisfactorily.
 It is poor policy to waste money each year in the construction of bridge that it is known at the time it is built cannot withstand the ice. But the people of Fairbanks cannot build a permanent structure, and therefore they must, if they
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
JUST AS YOU ARE.

Just as you are, no change for me, True-hearted friend. like the faults that others see. We don't pretend That life is much beside a dream And things are not the way they
 seem. Just as you are. I do not ask Perfection, no. only want to see the task That tries you so; And aid you in it to the last, And ward from you life's tempest
 blast. Just as you are: change not your
 voice,
 Nor yet your smile. Both make me constantly rejoice. Linger awhile And let me see again those eyes That make me strong to silence
 signs. To your virtue I would not add; Yours doth suffice. Example fair to make all glad. At any price, I'll try to emulate your grace. In your heart find my resting place. I'd change you not; to time leave all, Too soon, alas, The stage be dark, the curtain fall. The actors pass, And l will know, to my distress, Not cen your faults can I possess. Nathaniel Ferguson in Philadel- phia Record.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
BUSINESS IS SAFE.

There seems to be a fear among some of the business men of Fair banks that the building of the rail road will attract to this city large the population will not support, and that therefore, the very prosperity that they are looking forward to may result in so much competition that but scanty profits will be real ized.
 While it is only natural that some new business firms will come here, as the city grows, 1t is not reasonable to expect that the city will be overdone in this line, for, as a rule. businessmen are conserva- tive and cautious, and they will not invest much in a new location, un- less success is quite well assured.
 One of the leading Fairbanks ho- tel owners remarked few days ago that he expected new hotel enter
 
 prises would be started here soon, and instead of opposing it, he said he would be glad to see it. He went on to explain that without new hotels and new business establish ments here, the city could grow but little, and the very fact that new
 L ed, will serve to bring more popu- lation.
 This is really the sensible way to look at the situation. To oppose the establishment of new business enterprises here. would be interpret ed by people at a distance as sure evidence of our own lack of faith in the future upbuilding of the city.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

he purpose of having a beneficial effect on his system that il wa placed in his mouth.
 At the end of the five minutes. the doctor turned to his patient to remove the thermometer, and after lt was taken from the sick mans mouth. the latter said:
 "I feel better all ready, Doctor
 The misunderstanding of his pa ricnt amused and interested the doc tor. who turned to him and said assuringly:
 That's something new which is sure 10 cure you if you follow di- rections Just put it in your mouth for five minutes once every three hours while you are awake, and it will be but a little time until you are we'll"
 In a few days. the patient showed a marked improvement. In little time he was we'll on the road to complete recoverey. and it was all ,ir, io his Leief f. .ome p'.-l!r power in the thermometer,
 Some doctors have acknowledged that their success is due more 10 their ability to impress their pa tients with their own ability 10 cure than with their real medical know' edge. though they have expressed the belief that both are essential.
 l. has been noticed that the peo- ple who live the longest are the best natured, IL is also asserted that ? person who loses his temper ire quently is more subject 10 digestive troubles than one of even temper, or one who is habitually cheerful.
 Cheerfulness, il is asserted, can be made q habit that anyone can ac- auire II is probably the greatest psychic influence known. If we are 70 believe all that is said in favor of Cheerfulness, We must look upon it as true mental tonic and IS powerful promoter of longe- yjtE
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
AIDING THE YOUNG PEOPLE

It is much to the credit of the
 local merchants that they always give their hearty support to the an nual book published by the students of the high school Of course, the merchants lose nothing by adver- Using in the book, for it is distr- buted extensively and treasured by many as souvenir, to be looked at time and again, but even at that it is quite likely that many of them would not advertise were 1t not for the feeling that they want to en- courage the young people in their worthy enterprise.
 Almost every businessman in Fairbanks has seen the day when he was enthused over some class or school project, and he knows how much he has appreciated the encour agement that has come to him at such times from older people. As q rule the appreciation of young people is more lasting than that of older persons, for the friendships of youth are part of the ideals of youth, which are seldom forgotten.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

on the other hand. if businessmen conclude that they want to invest here there is no way to keep them out. for they will only come to such a conclusion after a thorough in vestigation of conditions.
 It will not be possible for us 10 attract one class of people to the exclusion of all other classes. and any attempt to do so would be harmful to the businessmen here more than to any one else. for they would virtually be discouraging the investment of money.
 In this regard a lesson can be learned from the experience of the people of Portland, who for a long time made no effort to attract in vestors to that city. The business men were doing well, and they be lieyed that the establishment there of competing concerns would result harmfully to their best interests.
 There were a few of that class of merchants who opposed the hold ing of the Lewis and Clark exposi- ton there, but after the exposition was held, and new business con cerns began 10 flock there, the old CT concerns suddenly awakened to the realization that in proportion to the growth of the commercial district was the increase in popula tion.
 Soon after the Lewis and Clark exposition was held. the merchants of Portland entered with enthusiasm into the publicity work of the Com mercial club and every prospective new merchant was given just as much encouragement as prospec- tive purchaser of real estate.
 As city grows, it's business grows, and the energetic merchant who was on the ground first is Ger tain to get his share, and frequently much more, of the business than the new merchant attracts. Prices may i fall, but so, also will expenses de crease. and the net profits will prob l ably be but little harmed as re l suit of the completion of the rail | road
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

the Czar of Russia championed that idea, and was instrumental in call ing together the first international peace conference at The Hague
 The strange feature of that fire. peace conference was that it was largely promoted by the CZar, and that after that first meeting. Rus sia was first of the countries rep resented there to go to war
 There is a common sentiment now that Huerta will be about as in consistent as was the Czar, and will accept arbitration only as far as it suits his particular case. If it is decided by the conference that Huer- ia must resign. there is reason to believe that he will refuse to abide by the findings, and insist on re- taining his self-imposed dictatorship
 If the present conference is sue cessful. it will strengthen the feel- ing that the nations of the Western continent will be able to settle their differences in peaeeable way, though it will not definitely deter mine the success of arbitration where European or Asiatic powers are concerned,
 There seems to be but one way to make arbitration successful, and that is for all the civilized nations of the earth to establish central 1 congress of peace. which will have for it's purpose the settlement of international disputes, and to bind all nations with an agreement that the findings of the congress must be accepted and obeyed.
 Until arbitration is made effec- tive by the combined authority of the nations of all the world. it is not probable that it will be possible for the nations to disarm themselves, and to conserve for economic pur- poses the billions of dollars now spent in maintaining armies and navies.
 But arbitration in the present Mexican situation Is different from i that between two nations that are satisfactorily organized, for Mexico is not controlled by what could be called a civilized form of govern ment, The man at the head of the government has no legal or moral right to his position, and is not taken seriously by the nations of the world. Thus it is not possible to bind him or his people, under present conditions. by any interna- tional agreement.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

There is more to the peace con- ference now in session at Niagara than the mere settlement of differ ences between the United States and President Huerta of Mexico. The success or the failure of the con- ference will have an influence in determining the value of arbitration as a means of settling disputes be- tween nations, and especially in set ting a dispute between one of the greatest powers in the world and one of the weakest.
 Civilization is constantly demand ing that an end be put to wars. and that some means of arbitration shall be adopted for the settlement of all international disputes. Even
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
GIRL TO WE'D AFRICAN.

NEW YORK, May 24-Friends of Miss Claire Sheehan. an Atlanta girl who has made a success on the foreign opera stage, will say good bye to her at the pier tomorrow when she sails for Captetown, via the Madeira islands. Miss Sheehan on her arrival at the African port will be met by Justice Wilmot, to whom she has been engaged for some time. They will be married there and will afterward journey inland, about 300 miles to DeArr, where they will make their home Justice Wilmot is an Englishman and holds a responsible position un- der the English government, being next in rank to the governor gen. eral of his province.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
M RENTAL INFLUENCES.

That branch of scie4ce Whlch deals with the working ot the ha- man mind and the wa. that II can be developed, is Of tmneasuraDlc value to those wto take it seriously. We may differ in regard to how and why the mind affects the body, but few people nowadays will deny that the mind controls to great CT or less extent the physical be- ing
 Doctors, more than any one else have had the opportunity of study ing this peculiar relationship between the mind and the physical condi ton. Many of the leading physi- clans of the country have told how they have cured seemingly chronic diseases by giving only bread pills to patients, who improved under the simple assumption that they were being treated by men whose medical ability could not be doubted.
 The story has frequently been told about a great doctor who was call ed to the bedside of man, long considered a chronic invalid. The sick man had tried numerous doc tors and patent medicines, but all in vain. He had but little means, but he had insisted for a long time that if he could afford to get the medical expert that was later hired to treat him, he would certainly get well.
 At the time when the noted doc tor was called to see this sick man, the small medical thermometers which are now so common, were just being introduced, and the pa tient had never seen one before. When the doctor told him to keep it in his mouth for five minutes, the sick man believed that it was for
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
lISl,|

In Alaska the population is made up largely of the ambitious, ener- getic class of people. who have seen much of the world. and are always ready 10 go where duty may call. or fortune may beckon. Ministers are seldom an exception to the rule, as the lives of those in Fairbanks in dicate
 One of the Fairbanks ministers, George Gladstone Bruce, pastor of the Presbyterian church, crossed the Pacific ocean and spent year in missionary work in China before coming to take charge of his pas torate here In this city. he says, he has found class of wholesome friendly people that especially appeal to him, and he likes it here It is safe to predict that if duty calls him away from here, he will want to return when opportunity permits. for here he comes more closely in contact with people of his own ac tive, ambitious nature.
 MT Bruce was born in Walton New York, in 1873, where his fath- CT had served eight years as city editor of newspaper, In 1877 the family moved to Mediapolis, Iowa where Mir Bruce'a father opened a general store, and three years later they moved to Garden Grove. Iowa. where his father conducted an eX- press business. In 1888, the express business was disposed of, and the family moved to a farm of 560 acres just outside of Garden Grove
 After spending seven years on the farm, MT. Bruce went to Parsons college. a Presbyterian institution at Fairfield Iowa, where he graduat- ed in 1900. Then he went to the San Anselmo Theological school near San Rafael, California. which is across the bay from San Francis co, for one year, and leaving there he went to the Mccormick Theolog- ical Seminary in Chicago, for two years, where he graduated. In 1903, the year he graduated he married Miss Elizabeth Davies, and on Au gust 24, of the same year, they started on their trip to China.
 Their original destination was Lien Chow, where MT. Bruce was to serve as a missionary, but when they arrived there it was found that there was no available house for their use at that place, and thus he was assigned to duty at Young Kong,
The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25
WILSON AND OUR RAILROAD

Just as the Monroe Doctrine has given ihe name of President Mon
 roe certain distinction as compar-
 ed with the names of more ordin-
 ary Presidents of the United States.
 so is ne Alaska railroad bill prom ising to give a special distinction
 to he name of President Wilson durtng future time.
 Of course, there are many other 1 important things accomplished by Fresdent Wilson, but even his en-
 iineering through congress eau Itious tariff bill and a currency mea sure. that is something unique in the matter of American legislation, championship of the bill that auth orized the construction of the first government-owned railroad in the United States.
 The construction of railroad by the government is an innovation of much more importance than any thing that has been undertaken by this country in modern times. It will probably mark new era in American economics, and history is sure to recognize President Wilson as it's author.
 Incidentally, Alaska will always have certain distinction, too, in the affair, from the fact that in this Territory the first effort is made to own and control a railroad. The railroad has advertised Alaska as much as, and probably more than, the early gold discoveries here but the advertisement is more beneficial than that obtained in the early days of the gold excitement, for it lets the world know that in this far-northern country there are per manent resources. The people of the world are just beginning to ap- preciate what Alaska offers to farm CTS and home-seekers.
 As an example of what the Out side press has to say of Alaska and the railroad, the following is re- printed from the San Francisco Star:
 "At last Alaska has something to celebrate. With the approach of the days when the sunshine comes and fingers long, comes also cer- tainty of railroad building into the rich regions of gold, and coal, and fertile valleys, where green things grow Put that with other things to the credit of the Democratic ad- ministration, not forgetting what is due our beloved Californian, Frank lin K. Lane Seattle celebrated with the most picturesque parade that ever passed through it's streets. Two thousand men have gone into Alaska since the passage of the rail road bill in addition to the usual number of gold miners, steamboat men and salmon canners. Listen, and you may hear some of 'kelley's army asking for work up there?"