The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14

guage." and. therefore. they are the
best means of advertising a place
/ This is true when applied to the
proposed advertising of Alaska's var
led and beautiful scenery.
/ CONSTRUCTION of a good road
70 the scene of the Tolovana strike
/ people of Fairbanks.
/ NOW that congress is in session
again it can reasonably be expect
ed that new judge will soon be
| appointed for tie Fourth division
/ NEITHER the war nor the hard
times in the United States has af.
/ fected conditions in Alaska The
man who cannot appreciate this
country is certainly hard to please
/ THE question of who is to be
/ the new judge for Fairbanks seems
to be interesting the people at Val
/ dez and Seward as much as it does
the people of this city, judging by
the newspapers of those places.
AT last tie government has CON
scented to the use. temporarily, of
| the detention hospital. built by the
government in Fairbanks. This may
lead the attorney general ultimately
! TO realize the utility of the building
/ THE fact that several of the
States went dry" at the November
! elections seems to have encouraged
the anti-liquor men in congress, who
are now prepared to wage an active
campaign to force saloons out of the
entire country.
! THERE were more expert quartz
men looking at properties in Inter
ior Alaska last year than in any
previous season, and it is safe to say
! that there will be more of them
! next year. They are nearly as well
come as will be the railroad builders
REPORTS from the Outside CON
tinue to tell of improved financial
conditions, and this improvement,
being due to the new currency law
passed by the request of President
Wilson, is making more sure every
/ day Mr. Wilson's reelection two
years from now.
+ IT is strange how conditions
change sometimes in a short while
| It was only a few months ago that
much of the news from abroad CON
cerned the English suffragettes
and the home rule opponents in Ire
land. Since then the great war in
Europe has overshadowed such trivial
/ things as women politicians and fac
tional disturbances
/ FORMER President Taft has pre-
sumed to criticise the Wilson ad-
ministration though his own record
contains no bright spots This
criticism, however, may be just
another way for him to make the
people understand that Mr. Taft
will be a candidate for the Presi-
dency in two years from now.
LET George do it." That old
saying has lost its popularity. but
there are still large number of
people in Fairbanks who know that
something should be done to insure
more road Improvement, but they
will almost invariably say, let the
Commercial club to it," Which is
equivalent to saying. Let George
do it, | am too lazy"
ONE of the card clubs organized
by Fairbanks ladies has a rule that
when any member is late, she must
be set back a certain number of
points which will be sure to inter
fere with her chances of winning the
prize 1t is safe to say that there
are few tardy members, and now
some of the husbands of other Ia
dies are urging their wives to join
the club, so they will get training
in being prompt.
EUGENE SCHMITZ, who was
found guilty of bribery, declared
to have been committed while he
was mayor of San Francisco, and
after conviction was freed by the
California supreme court on the
technical grounds that the indict-
ment did not say he was mayor,
has announced that he will run for
Ollltt again ouls du eSOllSl WOulu
try to regain an office from which
he was forced under such circum-
stances.
THE Alaska Engineering commits
sion has figured out that 1t will
build the railroad from the coast
to Fairbanks in three years, and
$5,OOO.000 is all that will be used
the first year. 1t looks as though
the railroad is going to cost only
about half as much as was appro-
priated This will mean that when
the first line is built, there will be
enough left to build an equal addi-
tional distance. We can then eX-
pect that the road will later be eX-
tended to the Yukon, and two or
three additional years will be spent
in construction work near this city.
And in all that time, Fairbanks
WI no GROWING