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The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
NOW'S THE TIME TO ACT.

Something should be done to put
new life into some Of the members
If the Fairbanks Commercial club.
Who are now sitting back and will
ingly letting q few OF the more
public spirited men do all the work
No community ever had better
chance to develop through the aid
II a little publicity than Fairbanks
las at the present time. and the OPP
Dortunity should not be wasted.
The regular meeting of the club
vas scheduled for last Monday night,
ut there was a dance the same
evening and the indifferent mem
bers preferred to dance to attending
20 the clubs interests. AS re-
suit there was no quorum present
and t was necessary to get the
executive board to meet the next
day in order to give attention to
some important matters.
The attention of the entire country
has been directed toward Fairbanks
S a result Ct tHa action of CONGRESS
in authorizing the construction of a
railroad to this city from the coast
People are getting interested in Fair
1anks, but the public does not re-
main interested long in a place in
which the people living there are
not interested So it is of vital
Importance that something should
be done to advertise to the world
what are the conditions here
The first thing that should be done
s to prepare suitable literature des-
criptive of Fairbanks, not, however,
4 lot Of gush and rot of a fanciful
nature, but facts and figures that
will answer almost any question that
4 prospective settler may want to
ask. There should be stack of
such literature, and it should be sent
to the big publicity bureaus of differ
ent states to be distributed free.
In addition to that, magazines and
newspapers Of the country that have
large circulations should be given
each an advertisement of few
words, in which it is declared that
ny information about Fairbanks may
he obtained from the Commercial
club of this city.
Just now there is flood of in
quiries coming to Fairbanks from al
PARTS of the country A sample of
the inquiries is the following, re-
ceived few days ago by The Citi-
zen from H. L. Godshall, of 1915
Pacific avenue. Atlantic City, New
Jersey:
81 contemplate coming to Alaska
to settle in the near future and de-
sire to pick a suitable town to set
tie in. I have not been able to dis
cover whether you have a board of
trade or a publicity bureau in your
town so turn to you for informa-
ton.
'If you have a board Of trade or
publicity bureau. will you kindly turn
this communication over to them?
But If not will Won kindly send me
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
MEMORIES OF LONG AGO.

Once upon time there was
An old man who was full of vim +;
He was a car, they called him so.
His name, we think, was Uncle Joe,
Oh, what could have become OF
him?
A mighty hunter full Of teeth,
To whom all potentates did bow,
Spread terror in the jungle land,
And came home honored, sung and
tanned.
Oh, where, oh. where can he be
now?
A hardy naval man did wend
His way through miles Of ice and
snow,
Until he reached his chosen goal,
Which CHANGED to be the frozen pole.
Where's Peary? Anybody know?
A wireless operator sat
With courage grim and worked his
key.
He got the wreath the hero wins.
Let's see His name? Oh yes, Jack
BllnS.
Someone should know, oh, where
is he?
Some Of the older residents
Perchance may recollect the name
or Taft He is most forgot.
That seems to be the common lot
or those caressed by tickle fame.
Exchange.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
AMERICAN PROGRESS.

That the United States has &C
complished more in its few years
Of existence than any other nation
n the history of the world in any
much longer period is conceded by
nearly every student of history, re-
CARELESS Of his nationality. More
really wonderful inventions and
scientific discoveries have originated
in the United States within its short
history than in any other country
of the world, as statistics show.
In the light Of this, then these
questions may be asked: Why
should this be? Are not the Ameri
can people made up Of the people
Of all civilized nations, and therefore
should they not be of the same average
ability as the people of the nations
from whence they came?
1t would be foolish to assert that
the people Of the United States are
superior socially and mentally to all
the rest of the world, but it is
true that the average American is
should they not be of the same average
European, and there are reasons for
it,
The man who is Of an energetic
nature, is never contented with an
lnchangng existence. Thus when
new country is being opened, these
restless, energetic men are the first
pioneers Of a new country accom-
plish so much, and it is why the
American people have been running
away from the rest Of the world in
progress
There is another reason for Ameri-
cas- rapid advancement 1t is the
mixture of blood of so many peoples
that has resulted in a new dynamic
sociology.
Historians declare that the revival
of learning, following the dark ages,
was largely due to the mixture of
blood that resulted from the invasion
of the Teutonic tribes into Italy.
The intermarriage seemed to give in
creased vitality to the new genera
tons The subjugation of the Brit
'sh Isles, and the installation of new
IN prif
aims growing into one Of the great
est and most progressive nations on
the earth And SO it will be noticed
throughout all history that the ming
ling of races gives new vigor to
resulting generations.
Following out this theory, it can
be seen that the mixture OF the
energetic pioneers that came to the
new world from every nation has
had it's effect on the later genera
tons Thus we see how the world
looks upon the Americans as class
Of people who are burning up with
ambition and nervous excitability."
A study of the pioneers here in
Alaska aids in proving the theory
that the most energetic people flock
TO new lands. The comfort-loving.
self-satisfied person will be content
to live out a life of unvarying rou-
tine, but the men and women filled
with life. ambition. become the
pioneers and the makers of history.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
TRIED AND TRUE" DEMOCRAT

I Z
Democrats who are not OIL tHe
tried and true variety need not
hope to be elected 10 any Office
within the gift OF the men VINO are
attempting to run the Iahana Na!Ie!
Democratic CLUB. W mile II Is not
known that any s0eh person mas
asked the club for an office, OF
that any person not "trled and true
IS planning 10 ask the club for some
good position, it has loTmaIl! heeh
announced as sort Of warning,
that only the lily White brand VII!
be acceptable. especially II the Oh
ijce IS that Of Territorial delegate
10 congress.
Just Who is going to aEaiyze the
candidates to determine tie percent
asa OF pure Democracy contained in
each. has not been announced, nut
it is 10 be hoped that the persons
making the analyses will not be
found wanting if their brand OF
Democracy Is also tested.
The word "Democracy as applied
10 American politics, means the
party Of the People. and therefore
IS n opposition OF any kind OF gov
eminent by few. or to any ma
chine form OF politics, The person.
then. who is a true Democrat
cannot he one who is working in
the interest OF political machine
Taking the phrase, tried and true
Democrats in its essential meaning
the men who are trying to dominate
the local Democratic club can hardly
come within the qualifications they
are setting up for candidates
l., 7, Erwin, who championed the
resolution to shut out Of the local party
any candidate for congress who is
not tried and true, at the meeting
last Tuesday night, was not con
S4HltaaA III no al -tlilNIAl. ~ -
first place, there was no call for
a resolution of that sort, for there i
no reason to believe that Delegate
WiCkersham. for whose injury the
resolution mas intended. will ask the
Tanana Valley Democratic club for
its endorsement.
Mr. Erwin objects TO Mr. Wicker
sham because he says the latter is
not tried and true Democrat. But
before Mr.. Wickersham declared
himself to be a Wilson Progressive,
and was known as Republican,
Mr.. Erwin campagned for him, and
did all in his power to gain his
election
Again, Mr. Erwin demanded that
certain federal officials should be
removed and Democrats appointed
in their places. His strong areu
ment in support of this was that as
long as they remained in office, they
W III nave IAtIilIbilt al dpIjOiilttS III
der them. The Inconsistency of this
argument is that in Mr. Erwin's of
flee, that of United States marshal,
there are three or more deputies
that We're passed down to him from
a Republican administration.
The Citizen has not pledged itself
to any prospective candidate. and it
is not being dominated by any indi-
vidual or clique AS a true Demo
cratic publication it is opposed to
any form of machine politics. 1t
appreciates what Delegate Wicker
sham has done for Alaska and the
evident support he gets from the
Wilson administration in Washing
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20

THE next stampede promises to
be to Twenty-Mile creek That GER
tainly is a convenience, for the men
who go broke prospecting there
can mush home without much diff
Guilty
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
Hadr Luck Experiences.

Two New Workers OF some expe.
rence in travel other than the rapid
transit lines of the metropolis were
telling hard-luck stories.
About the worst l ever got up
against" said one, was buying from
Connecticut Yankee what was
represented to be a pullet, and, by
gravy, it turned out to be hen so
old she couldn't lay fresh eggs.
Hard lines, hard lines" sighed
the other, who had red nose, "but
think of me being marooned for a
whole month in Kansas town
which was so teetotally temperance
that even the cows had gone dry at
the last election Y. Sun.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
CYo

/ sometimes person distinctive
| INDIVIDUALITY becomes so blended in
TO the community of which he is a
/ part that in after years his name
| home city or town. Thus it is
quite safe to assert that anyone who
has lived for any material Length
of time in Fairbanks will always in
| the future think of tn city when
I the word pirate is mentioned.
ana the unique advertiser Tat
! appear in the local papers Of the
( Pirate Ship, Cond 1cted by john O.
ellis viii be brought back to
memory.
How Mr.. Ellis came to he k 1o"n
! IS the pirate captain in the carly
| days Ct Dawson and later attached
! he ord pirate" to his business
here is but one of the interest ns
features Of his varied history.
Mr.. Ellis was born on a farm in
jackson county, Iowa, near the town
of Maquoketa, in 1854 His early
LIE was spent on the farm and in
the woods, where he became accus-
toned to hard work and more or
| less hardship. In 1877 he went to
Kansas, where he made sorghum
n
living.
In ISL? he left Kansas to go to
When ne went to Seattle to start
a market garden. Later he went to
Everett, Washington, where he re-
! manned until he departed, in 1897,
for Skagway. For one year he
stayed at Skagway, being employed
most OF the time in hauling freight
! from the dock, but in 1898 he went
to Dawson.
Realizing that to work for wages
would not lead him to success, Mr.
Ellis determ ned. when he reached
Dawson, to go into business for
himself. and having but little capital
he started out as a peddlsr. His
first experience at this was novel and
he enjoys telling about it.
Trades For Gold Dust.
He bought sack of apples and
other fruit and went out among tn"
miners to dispose Of them. Fresh
fruit was quite a novelty in the
mines in those days, and he had no
trouble in selling his load. The
great difficulty, however, was the
fact that he carried with him no
gold scales, and knew nothing about
the value of gold dust.
At one claim the men wanted fruit
but had no money, except gold dust,
and he told them to guess at the
value of the gold in paying for the
fruit, for they had no scales. He
found later that he lost nothing by
trusting to their honesty, for when
he returned to town he weighed the
lust and discovered that he had
1925 more than was due him
While peddling fruit among the
miners. he met a man who was
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
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The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
WHO'S WHO
~
lin FAIR b A N X S

rner bought out Mr.. Ellis interest.
and the latter took a vacation and
went on a trim 10 the Outside dur
nc the summer of 1899 Comm,
back to Dawson tat fall. Mr.. Ellis
started in business again. opening
I'D a butcher shop and grocery
store. He had secured new part
ner while in the States
Times were flour.shiuE then. and
the tHo men were getting along
fine. Accordingly tsev sent cut for
large stock Of goods in 1900. but
the goods were late in arriving, AMI
when the, 4pre bejrs shipped down
tie Yukon river OF seven -lgws.
floating ice wrecked Eve IF The
secus. and tie fam failed.
Pat Fir. MS had had ioush
luck before, and he - As not dis
hea,teled lie saoultereI his pack
again and sat out as a Bcialer III
1904 he came down the Yukon riv-
er on a scow to Circle City. and
from that place he walked over the
country to Fairbanks.
When he arrived in Fairbanks, he
had only Sis in his pocket but it
was enough to start business again.
He discovered upon after he arrived
here thai there was a shortage of
candles in Fairbanks. and so he
bought a small hand sled and pulling
it went to Cinema. where he bought
all the candles he could haul by
hand, and bringing them to Fair
banks. sold them again at net
profit of SIS. The next day he made
another trip. bringing up sewing
machine and sack of beans. on
which he cleared SO. Until the
snow went off in the spring he kept
nm this work of hauling his hand
sled about and neddling In the
sprjne he set up store and had his
goods shipped M from Cinema by
wagon
All Lost in Fire.
In 1905 he had good business
and was making money but the
Obstructive fire Of that wear DESTROY
ed all he had, and left him $500
in debt with nothing on hand But
bo had friends who We're willing
to aid him and no soon had little
hui1dine arertod which was mart tent
and mart slab house in which he be-
eon . nov store The dav after
tho fire he started Daddl,ng again.
and whom The store was ready to
OMAN no had 1ittla fnnd ON hand
~ et,rt II
"uow did Won determine to name
vonr store tho pirate Ship?'" Mr..
Fills wac asked after he had been
The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20

Huckins and Haii-The Heath kid
dies-Pajama sextette and lots more
at Eagle Hall Friday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
Tbs Tasta For Salt.

Concerning the African craving for
salt, Livingstone gives interesting tes-
timony. Only the rich among Bak'
wants could afford to buy It and the
poor suffered from indigestion for lack
of 1t. Native doctors accordingly made
salt a usual ingredient Of their medi-
cine. and Livingstone successfully gave
sufferers teaspoOnfuls Of neat salt
But now comes n notable point. "Ei-
ther milk or meat had the same effect.
though not so rapidly, as salt. Long
afterward, when I was myself depriv'
ed of salt for four months Mt two dis
tinct periods, felt no desire for that
condlment, but was plagued by very
great longing for the above articles OF
food. This continued as long as was
confined to an exclusively vegetable
diet, and when I procured a meal OF
flesh. though boiled In perfectly fresh
rain water, it tasted as pleasantly salt
Ish as II slightly impregnated with that
condiment."-London Standard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
sieve at the behest of that internal

80.
Brandeis.
But no one paid any attention to him.
though If he had fallen behind OF
shirked he knew he would have Jared
badly. So he kept at 1t till his arms
seemed wrenched from their sockets
till his heart was ready to burst-in
a blind, dizzy agony to hold his OWL
with his companions. At intervals the
wireless clicked and buzzed; at once,
at some message 1t caught from space,
there was much congratulation and
even a thin cheer.
The ship was settling fast; at every
lurch Matt expected her to founder; she
sickened in the depths Of the swell
Quivered, and threatened to rise no
more. Never was there gladder sound
than Brandeis' order to leave her be.
fore she left them.
The whaler was drawn up to her
quarter, and hurried descent made
into her, the first comers selling the
oars and preparing to back away, in
case the Esmeralda suddenly went
down.
Instead of making sail and setting
II course, Brandeis unshipped his tiller
and allowed the boat to bob as she
pleased. Matt became very perplexed
and anxious. Why did they drift there
and do nothing? He longed for the
command to step the mast. The mate
half stood up in the stern sheets as
though at last to give 1t, but instead
of an order it was shout, with his
hand pointing joyfully to leeward.
Smoke on the lee horizon! A steamers
smoke, dimming the the azure with a
tiny stain.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
Pointed Paragraphs.

Char all green and hardwood fence
posts; dip the soft wood posts In tar just
a little higher than they are to be set.
I, will be one Of the best investments OF
time you ever made.
Do not let colts lose flesh when put
into winter quarters. Hay constipates
when fed alone. A ration Of hay wi b
ground oats, middlings, oil meal and
vegetables OF all sorts will keep the AMI,
mails we'll and growing.
Winter is the time when tuberculosis
in apt to invade herd OF cattle. See to
II now that the barn 10 10 the most sani-
tary shape into which Ii can be put.
Abnye all supply good ventilation, plen-
ty Of sunshine and forage free from
dust, and be eternslly vigilaut to detect
tho slightest cough or symptom OF the
dread scOurge.
II breaks some mems hearts TO spend
good money for purposes which will not
immed lately pay heavy dividends on the
investment. A retired farmer bought
some land near the city, the buildings
of which were In bad state. His wife
had quite struggle In persuading hub
by to repair the house, while bis sons
we're forced TO simply keep as
him until modern baro was put up.
Then. one day when the father was ab-
sspt. one of the boys won't to town for
load of lumber, ordered the carpenters,
And had q machine shed in the course 0i
construction BY evening. Father paid
the bills and you just ought to see how
proud he 10 OF his home now, although
Il really isn't his fault that 1t ID In sucf
good shape.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
Sllage for Beef Cattle.

The Missouri Experiment Station hai
recently published the results Of some
careful tests of corn silage ~ feed fol
beef cattle.
1t was found that ton Of silage vas
approximately equal to one half ton ol
clover hay when fed in connection with
shelled corn and linseed oil meal, o.
with shelled corn and clover hay, OF
with shellsd corn, linseed oil meal and
clover hay.
Estimated on the basis Of net profit
per steer, q ton Of dry matter In the
form Of corn silsge yielded sos per cen1
greater value than ton of dry matter
10 the form Of shock corn.
A ration In which silage and clover
hay were used WAS much more profitable
than ration iu which silage constituted
the only roughage.
One of the most conspicuous features
of the test was the notable superiority
of the ration in which linseed oil mea
was used and those in charge OF the
tests concluded that sit is desirable TO
feed some high protein concentrate 10
the ration, IL tho most extensive use ID
to be made of corn silsge in fattening
cattle"
The results indicate that fattening
cattle which receive corn silage a. the
only roughage do not continue to do
we'll for longer than about ninety days
A superior finish ls obtained in fattening
cattle which are marketed in the spring
when silage composes part of the ra
ton.
The lot of steers which received q ra
tion of shelled corn, linseed oil meal
corn silags and clover hay made the
greatest gains in live weight, produced
the most economical gains, were The
best finished and yielded the greatest
profit,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
Maaaurina liaht Speed.

Even In this speed mad age we can
never hope to equal the speed OF light.
which the scientists tell US Is 10000
miles a second. If light could not ac-
tually be measured no one would be
lieve 1t.
There is n delicate instrument used
in measuring light which throws a
beam Of light upon a revolving disk.
There was some doubt about the hg.
ures obtained In this way until 1t
was found that when the earth was In
the part Of It's orbit nearest to Jupiter
eclipses took place sixteen minutes
earlier than when 1t was In the far
thermost part, whereas by all rules
Of astronomy they should have taken
place ut the same minute each time
It is deduced from this that the light
was not instantaneous and consequent
" took sixteen minutes to traverse the
diameter of the earth's orbit, a dis
tance Of about 2OO.OOO,OO0 miles, thus
giving to light a velocity OF $4,000
miles second. which was accurately
shown later by other experiments
Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
An "Abssnt Minded Beqaar."

In Bohemian Days In Fleet Street
is this anecdote Of Phil May, the art
ist:
Phil was ut one time ordered horse
exercise 1t was thought that this
mode of progression would insure his
safe and early return to the domestic
hearth. But it did not always work.
One afternoon Phil was riding home
from Fleet street to his house In Ken
sIngton. and. in passing through Lei,
cester square, thought that he would
drop in at the Cosy club. - lie
gave his horse In charge Of IN urchin
to hold for him. 1t was then 4 in the
afternoon. At o'clock In the morn
ing police constable entered the cluu
to inquire whether one Of the members
had left horse in charge Of boy
outside. The secretary remembered
that May was the proud possessor OF
a steed But May had left the club
at midnight. He had forgotten all
about his horse. and had driven home
in q hanson.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
The Dancing Disease.

The dancing disease was an cpl
demic nervous disorder, apparently al
lied to hysteria and chorea, occasional
" prevalent In Germany and Italy dur
ing the middle ages. AS it has been
In every instance chiefly propagated
by physical contagion, like chorea
there Is every reason to conclude that
It had like origin. In 1874, during
the celebration of the festival OF st
John mt Aix-la-Chapelle. the streets
became crowded with men and women
of all ranks and ages who commenced
dancing I'm II wild and frantic manner
many losing entire control over them
selves and rontinuing to dance until
dropping down from fatigue. The Ina'
MIA spread To Cologne. Metz and Stras'
burg. and gave rise to much imposture.
protligacy nii disorder.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-03
ITO BE CONTINUED
noiIbla DUTY.

An English sportsman-they call q
man sportsman in England when he
has money and nothing to do-has hit
upon very clever idea. He owns al
automobile and a yacht. When he
wants to use his yacht he runs the
automobile aboard and harnesses 1t to
the propeller. Then he tips off the
self starter, the auto gets busy, the
propeller churns the water. and the
plain yacht becomes fast motorboat
When the sportsman gets where he
wants to 80 he ties up the yacht, runs
the auto ashore and gayly whizzes
along the good roads. OF course, to be
perfectly fair about it. the sportsman
should take the yacht aboard the auto
when he is on land, but up to the
present time he has shown no willing
ness to display any such form Of altru
ism. He's got good idea, however
Pampered autos have too long been
permitted to 20 aboard as stowaways
It's high time they were compelled to
work their passage.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer