The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-05

as under the old careless methods. It is the same in all lines of endea- vor. The man who uses his head and his hands together will always get the best results.
 THE Balkan states seem to be balky, when it comes to war mat ters.
 IF Harry Thaw had been a poor man, his case would have been set tied years ago. He probably would have been hung.
 THE cornerstone was laid yester- day for what will be Alaskas first college. It is extremely fitting that it should be laid on the nations birthday.
 LAST week was steamer week in Fairbanks, for three boats ar rived with mail and passengers within comparatively few hours of each other. Good things seem to come in flocks.
 IT is reported that the natives on the Valdez trail have the diphtheria It is something that the local federal officials should investigate and pro- vide some means of keeping the dreaded disease from reaching this city.
 FAIRBANKS people should meet those of Valdez half way in the ef- fort to establish automobile com munication between their city and the Heart of Alaska" If the prof ect is successful, both cities will benefit.
 PRESIDENT WILSON has aban- doned his contemplated trip to the Pacific coast. He has been hoping last several months, but has kept on postponing it. Anyhow, it shows that the President unlike some pet to travel about the country when his office.
 SECRETARY OF STATE LANS- ING has intimated that he thinks it might be a good idea on the part of the United States to comply with the request made by General Villa. that - -r ho n~tradited and turned over to the Villa forces. That would be good idea, but it would be still better if some way could be found for getting rid of the other trouble makers of Mexico in just as effective a way
 GENERAL HUERTA, the former dictator of Mexico, has been arrest ed in Fl Paso, Texas. on a charge of having been conspiring to start a new revolution in Mexico. When he quit his job as dictator Huerta was accused of having footed the Mexican treasury to the extent of about $4,O00,000, and it may be that he has spent that and is returning 10 try to get more from the same source.
 EFFORTS are being made to pre- vent the government from purchas- ing the Alaska Northern railroad l which runs out of Seward. The government can lose but little in case this effort succeeds, for the government was planning to pay just what it would cost to replace it. The owners of the road will be the ones to lose if the govern ment is forced to build new line by the side of it.
 THERE is frequent complaint made by the war department to the effect that the telegraph lines in Alaska do not pay expenses. Probably that is due to the high prices charged. If the prices were only about half the present rate, it is probable that at least three times as much bus- ness would be received and that thus the income to the department from these lines would be 50 per cent greater. The government would do we'll to try the experiment of re- ducing the rate for few months.
 HIRAM MAXIM, the inventor of the Maxim gun. caused a commotion in Ithaca, New York. when he tried to tell the delegates to student conference on international relations that war has beneficial effect. But MT Maxim has spent much time in studying war, and in that way has probably become biased in it's favor This may be taken as proof that the more we talk and think about war, the more we are certain to favor it. So what we need is to get as far from the