The Alaska daily empire., 1915-10-19
LEST WE FORGET
(Fairbanks Times

Fairbanks Times.)
 Crowding twenty.four hours of real living into each day and busy occupied except during the sleeping aes- sion with their affairs Aaskans about as conn pacent people any chat swears fairly to the Stars and Stripes. This, in the sense that they will put up with lot without making any uproad; or, In other words their ability grin and bear t has been cult' yated to the point where celebrations to rebel against galing injustces are most likely to elicit the answer, Whats the use?'
 One does not have Go be sourdough of very an- cen vintage remember the ribulatons. of political origin that forever oucropping In the Territory and which left soreness Ike unto that experienced by Joib when his bois healing up but that had to be horne with forude quite equal to that of the prophet
 It is not hard recall the days during which Hog. sstt was governor when the big corporations of the asa; yet the later period when Hoggat discred- tied. Walter Clark, a cog Of the same wheel did his best Go emulate the whose place be had been sur reptiously appointed to fll Such little episodes as the holding up of the building of the detention hospital for couple of years after the appropriation was made because Mr. Clark did like the color of the delegates eyes. help to perpetuate Walters memory.
 Nor does the olddmer find lt hard to recall the pay ment of the Oklahoma political debt responsible for the Fourth Division being decorated with Judge Sl Reed andhis cohorts Those times when decisions in pend ing suits were peddled the highest bidder were too exciting to be lightly forgotten.
 Even less @ strain on the memory brings to mind the days when he recent district attorney took unto himself the task Of regulating the morals Of all else than himself and found means for creating petty annoyances than ever existed in the New England Blue Laws
 These and many other. pesdferous dndlinesses have Aaskans had to bear the result of the misdi- rected efforts of former administrations. They are past and wisdom would dictate that the dead past be allowed bury s dead were it not that by being too previous with the obgsequies more pleasing task might be overlooked.
 It might be we'll before these memories are entire. ly overlooked and relegaed to ghostand that they be used for purposes of comparison Lest we forget in our complacense that our present state is devouy to be thankful for
 For more than two years Alaska's little old ship of State has been riding in waters undsturbed by ripple She is making progress every day and gathering headway right along. The governor, enjoying every bodys confidence receives at Washington the regard to which he is rghtfuy entitled Our judge has earn ed a reputation such should be the ambition of one holding bis high office The marshas endeavor is to his office to best suit the needs of the district with which is more familiar And the district at torney is exercising the good God gave him and thereby making most environabe record for himself
 So that it is well for us once in while. to compare the present with the past the end that may not neglect the necessary steps to make impossible recur- renee lo the old days