The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-28


OLD earth has put on her white
winter clothing in Alaska.
THERE has been pretty cold
weather IN New York of late. but
there will soon be a Thaw there.
for Harry IS to be extradited
IF you're going to make any New
Years resolutions. just make one to
the effect that You will miss no op-
town.
THAT little tempest in a teapot
down in Mexico looks more and
more insignificant each day. when
compared with the fight on the 9th
er side of the Atlantic
MRS. PANKHURST. the violent
suffragette" in London is never heard
from any more. Perhaps the war
"cnsors are stopping the sending of
all news concerning her and if so,
censorship is not such a bad thing
as it might be.
IN Seattle the city is trying to
feed TIE unemployed who number
into the hundreds. according to some
letters recently received from there.
Such a condition has never existed
in Alaska, for here times never get
bad, at least like they do Outside.
CZESTOCHONA is the name of a
place in Poland from which some
of the war news is coming these
days. We are told that the wa
properly to pronounce it is to give
a sort of compound sneeze; that
is, two sneezes in the same breath.
IF anyone doubts the assertion
that the people of Alaska are tho
compare the donations given by PEG
pie here to the war sufferers in
Europe with those contributed BY
any other community of like popu-
lation +.
POSTMASTER DEAL was the
Santa Claus for Fairbanks this year.
for it was through his efforts that
the government was induced to send
the parcel post packages to us for
Christmas. If all public officials
would do their duties as faithfully
as does Mr.. Deal, there would be
10 complaints.
"A MAN may work from sun to
sun, but woman's work is never
done" says an old-fashioned rhyme
But that can hardly apply to Alaska,
for in the winter there is so little
sunshine that a man would get no.
thing accomplished, while in the
summer. he would work himself to
death in trying to keep such hours.
1T is beginning to look very much
as trough congress Will soon pass
a national prohibition law, or init
ate movement to change the con
stitution to prohibit the sale of in
toNicating liquors in the United
States. The national law makers
We're probably encouraged to do
this as a result of the way so many
states have taken to prohibition of
late.
f.-Nt IfltlNt1 VI the ltS lSlDlu ltIll
Nome LEFT their homes soon after
election, early in November in or
der to get proper TRANSFORMATION to
Juneau. whore the legislature meets
in March. Thus they must spend
about half a year in order to be
at the session. 1t is a wonder that
anyone can be found in the Second
division who will accept such an
office
SOMEONE suggested the other
day that some Of those poor Bel
CLANS could he given work in aid
ing to build the government rail
road. 1t must he remembered. how
ever, that all the able-bodied Bel
gian men who have not already been
killed are in the army. and if the
war lasts long enough there will
probably not be enough strong men
left there to make up a section gang,
WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR, the
man who became so peeved because
the people of the United States. his
native country, did not show him
enough homage on account of his
wealth that he became naturaliZ-
ed citizen of England, has donated
100000 for the families Of the Brit
ish officers who have been killed.
Mr.. Astor overlooked the fact that
in Europe the officers are men with
more money than the common sol
diers have, and, therefore. the fam
lies of the latter are more needy.
But Mr.. Aston is an aristocrat, and
has none of the Yankee cOntpmDt
for class privileges.
ENTERTAINS AT DINNER.
Last Friday evening at her home
on Gust man street, Mrs. Luther G.
Hess was the hostess at Christmas
dinner party. Covers were laid for