The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

matter.
 THE river boats are leaving now, and so are the trees.
 IF all property taxes are not paid soon. somebody is going to be the loser.
 ALMOST all of the population of the Chisana district is now being transplanted for the season in the Fairbanks district.
 A SMALL army of policemen is required to protect the king of are determined to see him. This condition of affairs should make Queen Mary jealous.
 TT is not quite clear why the Mexican peace conference had to go to the Canadian border, unless. per haps, it was for the purpose of get ting as far out of the reach of the Mexican rebels as possible.
 ACCORDING to a new ruling of the postoffiee department, soldiers will be permitted to send letters on which the postage will be collected on delivery. It is to be hoped that the same privilege will never be extended to cheap advertising firms.
 VICTORIA people have taken so little interest in baseball that the club there may go out of existence. It does seem strange how the na- tional game can turn the people of the United States almost crazy, but fail to effect those living just beyond the country's border.
 PREMIER OKU of Japan was as America has no enemies, she has no need of fortifying the Pana- ma canal Somebody ought to ey- plain to the premier that the best way to keep from having enemies is to be able successfully to oppose them.
 TT seems easier often to capital ize human emotions than human needs This is made evident from the fact that while many an import ant utility project is unable to ma terialize for want for funds. capital ists in London offered a few days ago to put up s50,000 to promote a fight between Ritchie and Welsh, 
 TT seems now that the Fairbanks high school is to become one of the accredited preparatory schools for the University of Washington. Such a thing is a compliment to the city and the progressiveness of it's people and should impress those who suggested the elimination of the high school for economical reasons.
 CLIFFORD PINCHOT, who is ire Guently blamed for too much un- necessary conservation, has been nominated by the Progressives of Pennsylvania as candidate for the United States senate. There are many people in Alaska who hope that his kind of progressiveness will be pinched out before it becomes too effective.
 SEATTLE is making wonderful growth. according to the estimate made by the United States census bureau, who places the population now at 313,029 The people of that city are to be complimented upon their success, but, at the same time, Alaska feels that she has been an important factor in promoting Seat ties growth.
 WHEN Colonel Roosevelt return ed home few days ago, he refused to give the newspapers an inter- view. In the past he would go out of his way to be interviewed, and this change in him can hardly be accounted for, except, perhaps, by the assumption that the South American climate has worked a psychic change in him.
 JACOB AUGUST RIIS, the noted author and philanthropist, was des- ignated a few days ago in the morn ing paper as publicity agent Although MT. Riis was born in Den- mark, there are few men in the United States who are better known than he, and it seems strange that a newspaper should make such mis- leading statement in regard to his vocation.