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The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23

Under the caption of Conspiracy to Stop Government
Railway Project the Seward Post publishes three column
article which from John Baane and is the verest
kind of rot purposes to expose deeply laid plot to attempt
to defeat the passing by Congress- of additional appropra
tons for continuing the contraction OF the governemn rail-
road and unfortunately number OF sweeping and untrue
charges directed against everybody and everything that
tended the doboca purpose of lot of cheap adver
Using
It is falsely charged that Stephen Birch and Falcon Josln
are manipulating attempts discedt the work of the En-
gneerng Commission that Major Richardson is also in col
with the conspraors and that these
junction with the New York and Seattle OF the Alaska
Syndicate planning to srange the government railroad
project from Fairbanks to Seward also ga part of the cam
pagn of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber OF Com
and fhe Alaska Syndicate is to silence OF the
Alaska newspapers by giving them paid by
the Alaska Bureau The newspapers accepting such adver
sements be innocent of the purpose but the lobby for the
Alaska Syndicate knows the purpose
Unfortunately people, who may not be acquainted
with Baane and his tactics might credence to these
sensational charges and therein lies the resultant harm from
the publication of such trumped That the Gate
way his home town. had Ballane in mind when published
following editorial there be doubt he has always
been disturbing element:
ga certain Seward man going out on the Evans may
take upon himself to back to Washington and say he
represents the people here portion of them He is
gentleman who has the most extraordinary ideas most
matters and often annoying He has been to this paper
anyhow and the Gateway compelled to make OF
hi mbecause to be friend meant publishing absurdes which
he seemed ered Matching 1t is quite possible that
his activities Washington might be hurtfu to Seward and
Stewards paper therefore, formally states that there no one
going out to represent this city or people,
So far have been able to learn this 'tggantic
spracy had it's origin in Baaines imaginary mind and is
is being orstered by him solely for cheap noorety
Regardless Of what be the personal feelings of interested
parties the route for the railroad we have
yet to learn of single person who making intends to make
fight against Secretary Lane receiving whatever apropr
alton he thinks needed to the railroad work On the
other hand all willing and ready to assist in way to
bring about the desired result
The frequent nsnuaton that Cordova is jealous of
westward towns not being selected the terminal of the
railroad falls fiat when it is known that ninety per cent of the
people Uncle Sam to take the Copper River
Northwestern railway preferrng that continue to be
Quoted under its present management What do want
however, and practically all that want is for the
ment to allow the coal fields of Alaska be opened and de-
veoped workable lease, feeling in the fact that
cheaper fuel is provided the development of this
section of Alaska will go forward in leaps and bounds.
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
EASY TO FIND A ''HARBoR, ;, IF NECESSARY.

is said that R. M Brown, who in charge of the
eminent party together with Capt G. W. Porter have
peted their mission at Kataa and returned to Seward to
port Eds that they had performed their work well
according instructions. They sent to locate harbor
and they slocated it. Which reminds Of opinion
years ago by the then city of attorney of Nome
of the members Of the council intended resgnng shortly
after his election but that would have left tie vote in that
body legal adviser prevailed upon render opinion
that member of municipal body cannot resign This
done and after the facona fight in the council had been patch
ed up attorney admitted that in rendering his famous
opinion that he could only lind one case from Texas
substan his position On the other hand he said he could
have cited hundred why the member could resign
then it's long distance from Nome to Kataa, although
the tactics adopted in community not differ materially
those used in another to accomplish necessary end
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In Commissioners Court for Chitina
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, in

I'm commissioners Court Tor CnltIna
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, in
Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Nels
Oscar Sail, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that E. f.
Richie has been duly appointed and
has duly qualified as administrator Of
of the estate of Nels Oscar Sail, de-
ceased, in proceeding in the above
named court. All persons having
claims against said estate are required
to present them, with proper vouchers
within six months from the date of
this notice, to said administrator at
the Office of the commissioner of Chit
ma precinct, in the town of Chitina,
Alaska.
Dated, Chitina, Alaska, October Is,
1915.
E. E. RITCHIE,
Administrator of the Estate Of
Nels Oscar Sail, Deceased.
First Publication, Oct. 10, 1915.
Last publication Nov 16 1915.
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
THE SURE AND QUICK WAY.

And, by the the way there besides game laws and
regulations other legislative and departmental jokes inflicted
where ignored by the people, rather than to make
lied effort bring about Report
Why not ask Congress to strike the limitations from
ganc act and then could arrange the laws the school
laws laws and the other things complained of ourselves
through Legslauref That would be the quick and
sure way to remedy most of our ils-Ex.
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23

London continues to send out stories to the effect that the
Germans about to submit tentative terms for The
Germans continue insist that these stories born in Lon
don and that they indicate British German desire
end the No doubt both sides would be cked death if
somebody could get them together 1t is folly imagine that
either is enjoying this thing
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23

single man deny that there are blonde
Eskimos there. They all claim, every
man who has been there, that there
are small percentage of the Eski-
mos, some with very blonde hair and
light blue eyes, in that part of the
country.
"The article says that men, whal-
ers who have been where Stefansson
was, say there were no fair-haired
Eskimos there. Where the blonde
Eskimos live there are no whales,
and there are no whaling grounds
within 200 miles of the place. In ali
my experience l have only seen one
whaler who has been in that part of
the Arctic.
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
A Great Man.

II have met lot of men in the
Arctic, but Stefannsson is without
doubt the greatest that I have ever
met. He can live here where most
men would die, and is wonder for
travelling. He has some important
discoveries and believes that he will
make others this winter. And his be-
lief is shared by every man who
knows the country and knows Stef.
ansson."
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
Captain Bartlett.


Captain Lane then spoke of the
way that Captain Bartlett handled the
Karluk. FCaptain Bartlett may be
an experienced navigator in the east
ern ice foes; there the water is deep
and the ice heavy, but things are diff
ferent here. The water is shallow
and the ice heavy. Captain Bartlett
was warned to stay toward the shore
but he started to drift with the foe
1t is a wonder he did what he did.
The Karluk is one of the three boats
| know of that ever drifted around
Point Barrow in an ice foe without
being crusehed.
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
Best Proof.

Every prospector, whaler, trader,
trapper Royal Northwest Mounted
policeman and native in that north
ern country have nothing but words
of praise for Stefansson. He made
the longest sled trip ever made in the
world on ocean ice, and got his food
by his own gun and neither his men
nor his dogs missed a meal. He is
the greatest hunter l ever heard of
and will live where the natives will
starve. Why two trappers who have
been in the Arctic for years made the
last trip with him, and one of them
had to quit. He is now on the Arctic
coast trading and trapping. 1T was
too strenuous for me- was what he told
me. That is the best kind of proof
that Steffansoon is on the square. He
is the greatest man in that country
that the world has ever known"
Made Fast Trip.
Captain Lane made a very fast and
very early trip. He left Herschel
island on the 3Oth of September. The
rs miles to the mainland he made in
an open boat. He was accompanied
on the trip by two prospectors who
had been in the Arctic for years and
who are bound for the outside. They
came down the Old Grow and the
Porcupine rivers, hiring dogs until
they reached Circle. From there he
got horses to bring them over to
Chatanika, and from there he came to
Chitina in an auto. Captain Lane will
leave for the outside tomorrow morn
ing. He is going direct to Seattle
where he will get another boat and a
new outfit.
The trip he made from Herschel
Island is record one both for time
and for the earliness of the season.
His wife was waiting for him in Nome
and went to Seattle on the last boats
from there.
A Great Man.
II have met lot of men in the
Arctic, but Stefannsson is without
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
The Commissioners Son.

"The story that the son of the
United States commissioner at Teller
had made the statement that he had
promised that he would not knock
the outfit is foolish. I don't believe
that because a man is the son of a
United States commissioner he Is any
better or any worse than anybody
else, but this man made the trip in
the trip in the Kurluk from Nome to
Point Barrow, and then quit the ship
because he was afraid to take chances
on the ice with 1t. He did not have
the sand to go through even in the
steam heated boat.
The Chitina leader., 1915-11-23
The karluk.

"The statement to the effect that
Stefansson should have known that
the Karluk could not be frozen in
solid at the point where she was
stuck on the Goth of September is
foolish. was stuck at the same
time, and was stuck for the winter,
Stefansson was in shallow water and
he did not think that the ice would
move again where the Kurluk was
The ice run changes every year, you
cannot follow any set course OF make
any definite plans in the Arctic
ocean"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

pose to meet the responsibilities of
the hour calmly, deliberately, firmly,
that the glory of this country may
be as lasting as the sun that shines
on the Stars and Stripes.
America, the birthplace of true de-
mocracy! America, acknowledged
to be, in the sight of the fearful
spectacle of the Old World, the ideal
of right, the enduring home of JUS
tice! America, the only country on
earth where the government loans ex-
act, equal rights to all men; the only
country where the general government
enjoys. it's full constitutional vigor,
and still leaves to each state its re-
spective rights; a country whose pee
pie gracefully acquiesce in the deci-
sion of the majority; a government
where civil authorities control mill
tary power, where free speech and
an %uncensored press are heard All
beliefs are tolerated, all religions re-
spected end maintained.
For what we are and for where we
are, the whole world is heaping upon
us. at the moment, a grave response"
hility.
And, you: ask me, Are we one peo-
pler And I say with renewed ener-
gy,' Emphatically, yes!
TO New York, came the Dutch: to
Massachusetts,, the English; to Penn
sylvania, the Scotchman, the Welsh.
man. the Quaker, the German; to
Virginia, the Cavalier; to Delaware,
the Swede; to Georgia, the Hugue-
nots; to Florida, the Spaniard; to
Louisiana, the French. Then came
the Italian, and later, to all this coun-
try, the Jew.
And this country will always be
n people, with n destiny, so long
as we rock our children in the cradle
Of, true democracy, so long as we hold
to the teachings of tolerance, and
cling close to the principles Of peace
if possible, war if must be.-The Sill
ent Partner. ~
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saved the wooden and wool manufact-
uring of the country, as it saved many
other industries which were dying or
dead from the effects of the new tar
if. 1t may safely be said that If it
had not been for the war, the pre-
sent tariff would by this time have
been wreaking unlimited destruction
upon the manufacturing business Of
America.
"American Wooden company is one
of the corporations rescued from a
perilous position by the war and pro-
jected bodily on to a high plane Of
prosperity. The new selling season
in wooden has just begun. The Am
erican Wooden Co., it is said, is al
ready operating 80 per cent Of it's
capacity. It is reported that if or
ders continue as at present, it will be
using 100 per cent of its facilities be-
fore November. The Boston News
Bureau reports that wooden mills are
already sold several months ahead,
the present business ~excelling any
eve experienced by the biggest wool:
en- company and marking the best
wooden business in the history Of the
country. "
"When the great tariff wall Of the
war is taken down and only the little
tariff wall Of 1918 left, what will the
manufacturers Of the country do? It
is all we'll enough to say that the
outside world will be so exhausted
that it cannot compete. But revival
abroad may be quicker than expected.
The competition will be one Of des-
peration. In Germany it is reliably
reported that wooden manufactures
have continued during the war and
that shelves there are piled high with
goods, awaiting the close of the war
to ship abroad. This deluge will un-
doubtedly reach the shores of Amer
lea when the time comes.-Helena Re-
cord.
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America-the central figure of all
the world. With the Orient on one
side, and the Occident on the other,
it should be the patriotic prayer Of
every American that his country may
be true to it's manifest destiny. ~.
No mans mind can grasp the mar
velous opportunities open to US as
a nation, provided we put away all
Of the ~schoolboy talk of the long ago,
all petty prejudices Of today. 7'4~
The urns Of the old world hold no
ashes 80 sacred to us as the dust in
the graves of our American soldier
dead. -o-,
The catacombs of Continental Eur
ope cannot compare in glory with the
pearl-paved, unknown deep. where our
American sailors sleep.
Medals are often the empty emb-
lens of enthusiasm. Courage is more
often the Inheritance of the American
empire builder.
To be an American today signifies
so much o than it did yesterday.
True to our American ideas and
ideals. we have rejected the mistakes
Of an older world as valuable lessons.
and accepted their achievements as
inspiration and as opportunities for
improvement.
This statement is not made with
out elaboration, without careful
thought; 1t can be. supported. and
will be supported right here. -,
A blind adherence to n country.
inc people," is not an evidence Of the
highest patriotism. 1t IS intellectual
slavery to the one. The uniform ex.
= "'.'t-ht-r -" -.
p~erience. 1T centuries proves that no
a country: Is all right or all wrong.
The Almighty did not make any
country or any people, so superior
to any other country. or any other
people. in morals. or in wisdom, that
defeat in arms. means the end of ev-
erything worth, while. -.
Fortunately for us, we are a com.
bination Of minds; but through our
form Of government we are one PEG.
pie. with n flag. with one destiny,
We have MI undivided, resolute pur.
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THE REQUIREMENTS OF HONOR

THE REQUIREMENTS OF HONOR
It's only a matter of thinking right,
It's only the way that you look at
things,
It's only yourself that you have to
fight
When an easier way the tempter
brings. @-
1t isn't a difficult thing to do
If you stop to think as you go along:
The crossing roads shouldn't puzzle
you,
It's easy to choose the right from
wrong. ..
Decency isn't a life long task, .4..
It's only a matter Of thinking right,
It's only yourself that you have to ask
When you face a deed that. may
bring a blight.
It's only an instant from right Ia
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13
THE CAPRICEs OF KITTY"

THE CAPRICES OF KITTY"
"The Caprices Of Kitty, the quin-
tessence of comedy, a play featuring
Elsie Janis and written by this clever
little actress will be shown at The
Orpheum, Thursday, August 10th.
This is the first appearance in the
photoplay Of Elsie Janis and she has
proven to be one of the most fascin-
ating types eve shown upon the
rec She has every charm for it
and above all things she is natural.
Kit is a happy-go-lucky girl at the
age when romance dawns and the adj
ventures involving two, Kit and q
handsome artist (Mr. Courtenay
Foote)".are of the sort that make
you laugh and grow very reminiscent.
Mrs. Lewis as Miss Smyth Of Miss
Smyth's select Seminary and Martha
Mattox the old maid %chaperone, are
delicious in their humorous character
izations and Mr.. Herbert Standing a.
the guardian achieves another tri-
umph.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

Secretary Of Commerce Redfield,
has made public correspondence which
he had in the latter part of June
with the owners of the Steamer East
land, which ~capsized and sank at its
dock in Chicago, the latter part Of
July. In that correspondence Secre-
tary Redfeld called attention to the
fact that due provision for the protec-
ton of the lives of the passengers
and crew had not been made. IF it
is pertinent for Mr.. Redfeld to make
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

wrong,
Though oft, indeed, must the choice
be made,
If you stop to think as you go along
You will never whine that your feet
have strayed. y
Honor's a thing that we all can keep,
Howe'er we differ in strength and
brain,
Decency isn't so vague or deep
That a man should needlessly take
a stain.
The line is sharp and the line is clear
As the day is never confused with
night, 4
It isn't so hard to be honest here,
It's only a matter Of thinking right
-Henry's Scrap Book.
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wOOLEN AND TARIFF LAWS

- - A\<A "
The, effect of the Democratic tariff
on the wooden mill business Of the
country. and how that industry has
been temporarily saved by tho Europ-
can war. is told in a financial paper
in =. recent issue Of the Bache Re-
lvisw:"lt;says. that "wihen the ta-,1
bill was passed the wooden business
81 thu limited States shuddsrcd. Long
'hefora the bill passed, but when it
seemed liable to do 80. the w,olen
business shrank to small proportions.
Buyers an over the country kept their
orders down to the lowest fractional
minimum which could be gotten along
with. in, anticipation of a great rush
of. foreign goods. The anticipation
Of the tariff knocked down the net
profits of"the American Wooden Co..
from . credit Of over $3.7oo.ooo in
1912. 70 = net loss in 1913 Of $677 900.
and the extra preferred dividend Of
the company had to be paid out Of
surplus When the tariff passed, the
WOODEN business pulled itself together
and did the best it could. 1nund.aon
a. eoaepstatsqp did not begin At once.
q odssmanufasturess could still make
:csrtiin 'fast3cs which sold, notwth-
stsndins that foreign manufacturers
made 8. eath a classes Of foods with
which ,AnerieAn manufactures could
nosteseppsts. , But foreign manufaet-
Vie: slowly but steadily. began t. ad-
vance into our markets. Then came
the s.vv.r which threw up around US the
highest tariff, wall America has ever
been protected by, even in the palm
isst days Of high professionalism. This
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

look pale and meager. Naturally
everybody who can make anything
that is useful for killing people is
trying to get into the big game. This
diversion of enterprise, capital and
labor from productive to destructive
ends doesn't promise especially we'll
for the second years development of
peaceful trade.-Saturday Evening
Post.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

A year of war has brought us no
increase in peaceful trade. Latest Of
fetal figures show a decrease in our
sales to every grand division Of the
world excepting Europe, and the Eur
pean increase is all in foodstuffs.
Sales Of manufactures are about even
with tho year before, and crude ma
.tefials to BE- used in manufactures
show = large decrease, Attributable
70 cotton.
No doubt tho second year: Of war
will bring q change in this respect
The great orders, for war munitions
that have been placed here in the last
six months win produce exports then.
and we may expect a large expansion
in shipment of manufactures-that
is, manufactures Of the means Of de-
struction. :"
There is a great profit in this bust
ness. Concerns extensively engag:
ed in it are counting confidently upon
earning dividends Of thirty, sixty. even
a hundred per cent in the year. The
common stock Of one concern was SELL
my at ten dollars a share. on a pref
II well-founded expectation Of: huge
war profits. There is tho little mat
ter. Of time fuses for shrapnel shells.
It sesmed fairly impossible to ct m
adequate supply, of thesa dslsetabk
articles. Than somebody discovered
that typewriter factories hsd masAin.
cry which at comparatively small *
penss could. b used in making shr,p:
mel fuses. Tho result; IL . eoubin-
alton Of typewriter factories to make
several million dollars worth Of fus-
es. ~
In comparison with these glittering
prizes the profits Of peaceful trade
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

When people get busy minding 9TH
er peoples business it is a safe bet
that they have none of their own.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

that correspondence public now, why
should he not have made it public
prior to the catastrophe, so that the
public would have had due warning.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13

Courier. want ads bring results.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-16

The specific dutiea Of the executive
secretary are to reorganize the nssocia-
ton and to increase its general efi-
cheney as. a medium Of benefit to ".
Il. /. and to individual alumni The
plan. OF reorganization involved con-
templates the establishment OF local
chapters or V. +. I. clubs wherever
practicable and Il strong. concerted ef-
fort will be made to arouse the en-
thusiasm of the alumnus no matter
how long he may have been out of
college or how far away he may be
now.
recent amendment to the consti-
tuition of the association admits to full
membership in the general associa-
ton all men who were students at
the college for as long as one year
and it is believed this will be n po-
tent factor in increasing the numeri-
cal strength of the body. Mr.. Bocock
expects to visit many OF the towns and
cities in the State some time next win
ter with the View of promoting tho
work of the association, and he will
be accompanied on some of these trips
by President Gibboncy, who Is lend
Ing assistance to the work The sec
rotary has been given an office on the
college grounds. and one OF the first
duties VIII be to revise the records OF
the association. find out just where
every former student is. what he is
doins and then to enroll him as Il mem
Der Of the association.
President Eggleston and the author
tiles OF the college are lending their
hearty cooperation to the new move
ment and are giving il material aid
II has been recognized heretofore that
the Alumni Association has not been
as efhcient as 1t should be, and the
creation of the new office is the first
step towards remcdying this condition
hat 10 hot,
successfully in the Northern colleges
and II Is being tried out by other in
stitutions in the South In the past
the work of carrying on the affairs
OF the association has been in the
hands of busy men, who could only
give minimum of time to il. I'm the
future 1T will be looked after by one
man In systematic. business-likc way,
and tho committee feels that the first
and most important step has been TAX
en- in the election of the new execu-
tive secretary.