The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-10

Asa Will have some or her China broken.
 JUDGE BUNNELL is one of the few federal officials who work over | time for the government He is quite a contrast to the federal of | liCials who do little more than draw their salaries.
 CONSIDERABLE political corrup- tion is coming to light in the Barnes Roosevelt case being heard in SyIa- cuse When politicians fall out. the
 people begin to learn how much
 they have been cheated.
 THE ice has gone out and the bridge across the slough has been saved. By another year the bridge | planned by the government will probably te completed. and thus it seems likely that the city ferry has seen it's last service.
 TELEGRAPHIC reports of last | Friday state that Nictoriano Huerta i former dictator of Mexico, will make 1 his home in New York Perhaps he
 has concluded that the climate in 1 New York will be healthier for him
 than that of Mexico at the present time.
 WHEN young men and women be- gin to make personal sacrifices for the purpose of aiding them in realiz ing some worthy ambition, they be- gin at once to lay the foundation for more strength of character. They also begin to gain the moral support and respect of everybody. THE usual summer traffic from the United States to Europe during the vacation season will be elimin- ated this year, and the tourists will be looking for new fields. It is too bad that the government railroad to this place is not completed now, in order to bring a large number of them here.
 THE Saturday Evening Post, in a recent issue, says editorially that when a nation remains neutral in regard to a war between other powers, each of the warning nations begin to criticise it and assert that it supports the opposition. 1t seems that the same kind of criticism is offered to the neutral newspapers from sympathizers in the war Any how, it proves how few are the really broadminded people who are able to look beyond their own selfish interests.
 PEOPLE of Tacoma are stirred up over the charge that q stick" was served in the punch drank at an exclusive social affair in that city. A similar case is reported
 from Nome, where the man having charge of the refreshments at an
 entertainment has been arrested for selling liquor without license. There is general sentiment that nose wanting int0xicants should go to the regular places where they are sold and that the liquors should not be sold elsewhere.
 FOLLOWING the present rush to Tolovana, it may be expected that
 there will be a reaction in regard to the optimism that is now prevalent in regard to the place. This is the prediction made by one of Alaska's most experienced sourdoughs, who
 points out that every camp has had
 three periods. The first period is
 one of feverish stampeding. the next
 is lull. accompanied by discourag
 ng reports, and the third is one
 of renewed activities, assured by
 convincing developments
 TT seems that Alaska is certa.l ito have prohibition within few
 years, but it is to be hoped that
 the iccal-option plan that is being
 worked out in some places in Alas
 ka is not tried here. Local option
 does not prohibit, except in spots,
 and therefore in the little towns of
 Alaska no material good comes from
 it. It's only tendencies are to cause
 factional fights in each locality and
 where a town is voted dry" to limit
 it's revenues. What we need, and what
 we may expect to get at no distant
 day, is territorial prohibition, so
 that all districts will be treated
 alike
 CHARLES SEBASTIAN, the chief
 of police in Los Angeles who is
 being tried for contributing to the
 delinquency of minor child, has
 enjoyed the reputation of being one
 of the most efficient police heads
 in the country. The public confi
 dence he enjoys was made evident
 a few days ago when he received
 40 per cent of the votes cast at
 the primary election for mayor of
 LOS Angeles. His friends believe
 that the charge against him is sole
 ly for political purposes, promoted
 by the immoral element to keep
 him from further limiting their op-
 erations by becoming head of the
 city government. There seems to
 be good grounds for this opinion.
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