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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
THE REBEL VICTORY.

Al last It seems that the Mexi
can war has taken decided turn
and the Huerta government. IL re-
ports are true. will probably come
to an early end Next to Mexico
Torreon was probably the most i'm.
portant point for the rebels to cap.
ture. and now that this has been
accomplished. it is probable that lit.
tie will block their march 10 the
capital city
II the overthrow of the Huerta
government would really settle the
trouble in Mexico. the news of the
rebel victory would be hailed with
much delight by everyone. for the
continued fighting there has been of
brutal nature But Mexico is so
much divided into factions. that no
sooner does one faction gain control
han another attempts to overthrow
it, regardless of the cost to life and
property.
1t is really to be expected that
if the rebels win the United States
will insist that an election be held,
and that its results be observed by
all factions, and if this order is
not obeyed, it is more than likely
that American Intervention will re-
sult
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
FAITH IN THE PRESIDENT.

in commenting on the Alaska rail
road bill. the Denver Post says:
This is the greatest purely COM
mercial enterprise ever Entrusted
solely TO the President. He Is to sci
ect the route, fix the townsites, 10,
cate switches and spurs, superintend
tablish rules and rates, and finally
he is TO operate the road himself pr
lease it for twenty years. or fewer.
as he pleases.
In undertaking so heavy a res
possibility the President will natur.
ally go to the engineer corps of the
army for his lieutenants. What that
accomplished body has done at Pan
anna under the direction of Colonel
Goethals is we'll known No doubt
similar triumphs await some of its
members in the far North.
The foregoing is the general tone
OF the editorial sentiment of the
country IN the matter of the ability
of President Wilson and the men
under him to make a success of the
building of the Alaska railroad 1t
has been seldom that the President
of the United Staes has been given
so much public confidence as IS
enjoyed by Mr. Wilson.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06

THE effort being made by Dele
gate Wickersham to invalidate the
mining law passed by the Alaska
legislature may result in great
financial saving to the miners who
are now not certain If they are do
ing right by complying with the law.
GENERAL" KELLY, the leader
of the unemployed army. has been
found guilty of vagrancy at Sacra-
II emo. and will be compelled to
serve term in jail. Kelly will prob
ably insist that he is not an ordin-
airy ''vag" but a respectable prison
er of war
AMONG those who will be arriv
ing in Fairbanks in the near future
according to various reports, are
several people who went Outside
with the intention of saying there.
To them and to many others who
have lived here there is no place in
the world like Alaska.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
CANADA WANTS THE ROAD.

There is every indication that
Canada, or at least British Column
bia, will offer to cooperate with
the United States in the construction
of railroad from the States to Alas
ka.
Sir Richard Mcbride, premier Of
British Columbia, in recent speech
in the British Columbia legislature.
said:
1T seems to me that Franklin X
Lane, secretary Of the interior for
the United States. made an epoch
in national and even international
history when he secured the passage
of bill appropriating $35,000.OO0
for the development of national
railway system for Alaska. have
attempted to cultivate interest IN
the British Columbia Yukon railroad
and since this province is bound to
profit materially by its construction,
where should there be more interest
in the matter than in British COlum-
bia?"
Commenting upon the prospects of
a railroad to be built by both the
United States and Canada into Alas.
ka, the San Francisco Star OF re-
cent date said editorially:
THE United States and Canada
can cooperate. with benefit to both
and without injury to either. in pro-
viding railway communication from
the United States through Canada
to Alaska"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06

homesteading OF coal or mineral
mercial purposes
II the bill is passed in its present
form. it will be but a matter of a
short time until initial steps will
be taken to establish at Fairbanks
university. agricultural college and
school Of mines, all OF which will
be wonderful inspiration to the
building up of this city
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
SOCIAliSM'S GOOD AND EVIL

| With all it's faults and weak
points. Socialism has done the world
! much valuable service But it Is to
! the conservative Socialist that the
credit is due. and not to the social.
istic element that is bent on tear
| ing down all that is good in govern
ment for the simple purpose or doing
away with the evils that prevail in
organized society.
| Just as there are destructive forces
| throughout all nature, so there are
destructive forces in society. and
! among the latter are anarchy and
the class of Socialists who advocate
| the adjustment of everything worth
while in government.
| 1t is just as senseless to say that
a government should be abolished
because 1t is not perfect, as it Is
| to say that a disease should be cured
| by killing the individual that it
inflicts.
There never has been perfect
form Of government, and il is as
| safe to say that there will never he
perpetual motion, for the one is just
as contrary to the nature of things
IS is the other.
1t is not possible to construct a
wiz tr,y We
terial A government is made up
of numerous individuals, their COM
bined characters making up society,"
and the government cannot be
stronger or better than the class Of
society from which it is composed.
Thus we cannot get perfect gov
ernments without first making it up
entirely of perfect people, which
would be an impossibility
The idea of equality before the
law is justice, and should be enforc-
ed, but the idea of equality in
social way must always be an i'm
possibility, for humanity is too var
led in mentality, and in ethical and
moral standards to permit of social
equality.
Thus Socialism, in it's extreme
form, is visionary, but in its conser-
,ative form has done much for the
advancement of the common people
The conservative Socialist is no long
er looked upon as an insignificant
factor in governmental affairs, but
as power to be counted with in
the future.
If the Socialists ever get political
control in the United States, it will
be from the fact that the construc-
tive forces in the party have COM
pletely overcome the destructive
forces and the progressive features
of the doctrines have been cleans
ed from SO much that is now un.
wholesome
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06

Southern California has more than
its share of film manufacturing
concerns. There are now so COM
panies In that section engaged in
making moving pictures. The films
made there are shipped to New
York. where they are duplicated by
the Wholesale and distributed
The biggest plant for making films
in Southern California is at Univer-
sal City, in the suburbs of Los
Angeles. the city being populated
by the actors and actresses of the
Universal company only. though Ii
Is incorporated as a city under the
laws of California, and has its own
city government This is declared to
be one of the largest plants of its
kind in the United States
The production of some of these
films is secured at an enormous ex-
pense. 1t was not long ago that 4
film company Of Southern California
bought vessel, took it out beyond
the breakers and burned it for the
sole purpose of depicting pirate
story. Some Of the most expensive
films are those representing great
battles, in which hundreds Of men
must take part.
Near Los Angeles. too, is the
Western plant Of the Selig company,
where large number of wild ami
mails are kept to be used in making
hunting and adventurous scenes.
Florida, also, has become the
home of large number of moving
picture concerns, for the climate
and the scenic effects in the South
are more favorable for such work
than elsewhere.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
TOO MUCH TO BELIEVE.

Scientific research OF recent years
has accomplished so much that We
are usually induced to believe any
prophesy made by scientist of note.
At times, however, one Of these
searchers mo the mystic realms of
nature makes assertions that are
contrary to what might be called
common sense. and give cause to ques-
ton the sincerity of the author Of
such assertions,
Professor Charles Nordman. one
of the best known scientists in
France, is credited with having made
the following almost unbelievable
statement:
The laboratory will one day be
the cradle of orphans who will have
all nature for parents.
Through psychochemical reaction.
science will be able to evolve hui
man beings
"Geniuses will be produced in the
laboratories OF the future by the
very simple method OF taking an or
binary human being and treating
him chemically The process would
be so expensive that only great
nations could afford to bear such
expense, but nothing save lack of
money will sometime or other pre-
vent the making of geniuses by the
Wholesale,
Scientists have made the claim
at various times that they have
produced life artificially in labora-
tories, and that such a thing Is
possible is accepted by many we'll in
formed people. The fact is. that
throughout nature there is very lit
tie matter that does not contain
some sort Of life, and invisible or
ganisms are found In great quantities
in the air and in all our foods. Thus
the life that it Is believed has been
created in the laboratories, may be
simply the cultivation Of some kind
Of invisible organism, or it may be
in the form of protoplasm by chem
ical reaction under proper physical
conditions.
But to assert that complex ami
NAL being can be produced artificial
ly is contrary to our present under
standing of nature, and but few peo-
pie will take the assertion seriously
until such a thing has actually been
accomplished.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
MOVING PICTURES.

Moving pictures, more properly
known as motion pictures, are rapid
ly becoming one Of the most i'm
portant educational factors of mod
ern times. In many ways they are
better than the ordinary books for
impressing truth ON the mind, and
mingled with the lessons that they
teach is entertainment
The perfection of motion pictures
has been secured through the intense
competition that exists between man.
Ifacturers Of films. The result is that
motion picture cameras are being
sent to all the remote parts OF the
world for educational pictures, which
are reproduced everywhere.
The reading of a book is an eff.
fort for the tired mind. but looking
at an action picture is a relaxation.
A person can master an important
lesson in science or history by
seeing a motion picture, while to
gain the same knowledge by reading
would mean often much mental ex-
ertion.
Here in Fairbanks the motion
picture shows are limited as re-
suit of conditions, but on the Out
side in the thickly populated places,
the moving picture shows are open
from in the morning until nearly
midnight, and for five cents a de-
lightful hour of entertainment can
be obtained almost any time.
The industry of manufacturing mo-
ton pictures has probably grown
more rapidly in France than else
where, though in some parts of the
United States, especially along the
coast where the great variety Of
scenery can be secured, the making
of pictures has become an important
industry.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
PROPOSED LAND LAW IS GOOD

The passage OF UNDERESTIMATE bill
providing for new land laws for Al
aska, will mean much for the devel
opment Of the Territory, for it will
induce people to come here. and il
will insure institutions of higher ed
ucation to be located at Fairbanks
There are many other excellent
features Of the bill, one OF which IL
the abolition Of the mining law pass
ed by the Territorial legislature,
which seemed to have no further OBJ
ject than to confuse miners and to
make the requirement of claims
more difficult. Incidentally, too. the
Territorial law. il left in its present
state, will be gold mine for law
yers who can pick flaws in 1t at the
expense OF the locators.
Under the present land laws, a
person may homestead q half sec
ton of land, but under the condi-
IlOu6 IudI QIct6lA uCICS ~ "ouIO AOl
be possible for a poor man to make
final proof on that much land. as
the present laws require too much to
be placed under cultivation each
year.
The proposed new land law will
make 1t possible for either q hus-
band or wife to homestead land
in Alaska, regardless Of his or her
having proved up on land at some
previous time, but no more than
100 acres can be claimed as a home
stead. The fact that the proposed
law allows a homesteader to leave
his claim for six months continu-
ously. during the winter season.
makes the law specially suitable to
conditions in Alaska.
In various ways the bill preserves
the rights Of the public to all use
OF the land not included in the mat
ter Of agriculture. for II prevents the
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
ALASKA.

Land of grand volcanic mountains
Filled with gold and silver ore,
Rushing streams and lofty fountains.
Wealth untold within its core.
Land Of copper. coal and timber.
Oil and tin and marble fine.
Fish and fur and moose and rein Ieer
Far beyond he arctic line
Land of barley. oats and turnips.
And potatoes dry and sweet,
Giant cabbage. white and luscious.
And the largest sugar beet
Land Of hope and love and yalor.
Through tie mount and mine AMI
sea,
Where the Yankee nation labors
To propel its destiny.
JOHN 4 JOYCE.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06

YOU never miss the water till the
water wagon goes by.
SNAKES are unknown in Alaska
but there are charmers here just
The same.
THE reports from the Chisana
district are just as conflicting as
the war reports from Mexico.
A "BUSTLlNG" season is at hand,
not only for the women at large
but also for the city of Fairbanks.
FLOODS are being reported from
ening Fairbanks is one of immigra-
ton
YESTERDAY was the first dry
day in the history of Fairbanks
Many a thirst will be quenched this
morning.
VEGETABLES for early use
should be planted now in the house
in boxes, and later transplanted into
the garden.
THE difference between a poor
slough is that the former breaks
down and the latter breaks up.
WOMEN are often accused of hav.
ing little business ability, but what
about the Boston woman who offer
ed to sell her husband for $1,000.
IF the bill introduced in congress
to amend the land laws in Alaska
;s adopted, Fairbanks will be as
sured Of a university and an agricul-
tural college.
THE Tacoma baby that weighed
but two pounds could be worth its
weight in gold without being as
valuable as most babies are in the
eyes of their parents.
IF you want the folks back home
to know really what is going on here
and to realize the conditions that
prevail in Interior Alaska, send
The Citizen to them for a year.
JOHN LIND, President Wilson's
personal representative in Mexico. is
to return home on account Of failing
health. Perhaps Mr.. Lind is not
accustomed to such hot" climate
ONE of the things that the local
Commercial club should do. and do
soon. is to apply to congress for the
right for Fairbanks to sell limited
of bonds for public utilities,
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN once said
that reading without rejecting is
like eating without digesting." The
might have been carried
further, to include the habit OF talk
ing without saying anything.
COMMISSIONER DILLON is try
Ing hard to get rid Of $1,000 worth
Of gold dust. although there are
number Of people who claim the le-
gal right to it. Under ordinary
conditions 1t is not hard job to
dispose Of that much gold.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06

not presume to say that they are
not legal. but 1t has had the as
surance OF lawyers whose legal abili-
~ is probably as good, and per
haps better. than the one quoted by
the Spasm that marriage of a
person who has been divorced less
than a year in this Territory, is
probably illegal Why, then, should
people be led to think otherwise, and
in time, when it is too late to cor
rect the mistake by remarriage.
find that marriage is illegal
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
WE LACK SENTIMENT.

While this is an age of scientific
and inventive wonders. we are miss
ing something that is essential &c
real happiness, and that is the cul
tivation of sentiment Commercial
ism and the craving for excitement
are aiding, too. to deaden the finer
sensibilities of the human mind.
Men are sometimes heard to say
that sentiment is only for women
and children and they leave the i'm
preston that in their minds a real
man cannot consistently be sentiment
al If these same men, however,
would analyze themselves, they
would probably find that the only
ennobling things in them are their
sentimental ideals
Patriotism and the love for home
and family are but sentiments, but
what is the man who has none of
these? A man without sentiment
is not capable Of being a true friend,
and he must necessarily lack so
much self-respect that he is not
trustworthy,
One of the most important things
in child's training is the cult
walton of sentiment. Time may wear
harshly on his sentiments as he
grows older and his way may be
lined with broken ideals. but the
sentiment instilled in his nature in
his early youth will do much 10
strengthen him for the rougher
stretches Of life.
Probably the greatest contrast to
be found between two human lives
is between the innocent child and
the depraved moral degenerate, and
yet the difference is largely a mat
er of the sentiment with which the
former is filled, and of which the
latter has none.
1t is this cultivation of sent
iucHl lldl IlldheS d Idlloll ulSllllC-
tive for its art, music and literature
1t was the fostering Of ideals that
made ancient Athens a model of cul-
ture. We read how Augustus Caesar
used his influence to inspire art in
Rome during his reign, thus making
his period a bright spot in the early
history Of that city. The greatest
literary achievements of the English
people were during the reign Of
Queen Elizabeth, who inspired the
cultivation of sentiment among her
people
Ours is not an age of sentiment,
and therefore is not an age of art
or literature 1t is a sensual age;
an age of easy divorces and broken
home ties. Sentiment and greed
are deadly enemies, and the greed
of our times is the ruling passion.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06
THE SPASM'S DIVORCE RULING

Quoting from a lawyer whose name
day asser,s that marriage of a
person who has been divorced less
than year previously in Alaska is
legal The effort of the Spasm is
10 dscredit the story in The Citi
zen Of a week ago, in which the
legality of such marriages is ques-
toned.
The unknown lawyer in the Spasm
quotes a decision of the appellate
court to prove that an appeal cannot
be taken from a decision OF an
Alaska district court, unless there is
at least $500, but he makes no legal
showing to prove that a marriage
following a divorce in which the
sum of $500 or more is involved is
legal The further conclusions
drawn by the unknown attorney are
his own.
A legal opinion from an unknown
lawyer is of but little weight, for
the value Of legal opinion is based
upon the standing of its author and
his professional experience. The un-
known lawyer quoted by the Spasm
seems vitality interested in the law,
for otherwise it is not understood
why he should try to go beyond
court decisions in declaring the law
10 be valid regardless of the pro-
perty involved. 1t would be inter
esting to know who he is. and if
there is any personal reason for
his attack on the law as it stands
on the statute books of the Unit
ed States as applied to Alaska.
The mere fact that the Spasm, or
some attorney writing for that news
paper may want the law to have
a certain meaning does not neces-
sarily give the law the meaning
desired The fact remains that no
court has yet ruled upon the legality
of an Alaskan marriage within one
year after one Of the interested par
ties to it has received divorce In
this Territory, and until such
ruling has been made, it is little
short of criminal to induce people
by Misrepresentation to enter into
such a marriage.
Suppose, for instance, that d.
vorce case cannot be appealed, ow-
ing to there being little or no money
involved the wording of the law can
be interpreted to mean that in spite
of such a condition a marriage is
not legal within the time provided
by law for appeals. This is made
evident by the language of the law,
which in part is as follows:
Except that neither party shall
be capable of contracting a mar
riage with a third person, and If
he or she does so contract, shall be
liable therefor as if such judg-
ment had not been given until the
action has been heard and deter
mined on appeal, and if no appeal be
taken, the expiration of the time al
lowed by law to take such appeal"
In advance of a court decision re-
garding the legality Of the marriages
under discussion, The Citizen will
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-04-06

nearly always be found in one Of
three places his Office in thu bank.
his home or at the curling rink
Mr.. Hurley is a decided optimist
when it comes to the future of Fair
banks. The outlook for this city.
he asserts, is very bright at least
for a great many years to come.
Twenty states have free employment
bureaus