The Alaska citizen., 1916-12-11


 boye definition with the knockers 2e have been forced to meet. We eel 1t k the most accurate dcscrip- ion of the breed that We have ever uu across. The description is not original with ua. and not knowing he author. we are unable to give i'm the credit We would like 10. But t is too good to keep to ourselves 70 We pass fl along.
 Let's examine it closely The dia uond.baCk rattlcsnake is especially noted for two things it's habit of warning before it strikes and its laugerou- poison The first is not
 characteristic of the tribe of knock .rs. 90 it must have been the latter which was left over from the snakes makeup and went into the knockej IS foundation The bite of ra; Ter is not necessarily fatal. but un less prompt and efficient treatment - given the victim he is almosr certain to die The poi on of the knocker can work incalCulable in jIries to your town be careful.
 The second scrap came from the hyena. And the chief characteristic If this animal is his sneakiness and ,linkyness. There must have been large quantity of this ingredient left 1yer. and it all went into the miN .ure. As it take a constant watch 10 keep track of the hyena, an even more constant watch must be kept on the knocker
 The third scrap put in came from the scorpion. Down in the waste places of the great southwest of the United States there is a small brown reptile known as the centipede. This Httle fellow is noted for his sting | being said that where it come in contact with the human flesh, the injured part decays and drops out of the body. There must have bee quite a bit of this left over, also. by the amount that most knockers seem to have.
 The fourth and last part of tn, compound of the knocker was the eft over part of the main charac eristic of the kunk, We don suppose there is any use saying what this ingredient is, since q pass ng acquaintance with either or botL If these creatures is sufficient to give the secret away. Lord, how hey both smell.
 Having finished the structure of he body, the Creator next covered he thing with suspicion, thus de stroying beforehand any possible .aith in anybody or anything. He ehen put a coating of jealousy over the whole thing, and even today there is no possession of anyone safe from the greed of this inhuman mon ter. He then looked at his handiwork, saw that such a crea tufe with these preying qualities would be too great a menace to the balance of his people, so to finish the thing up he gave it yellow treak for a backbone.
 Then He called it knocker Don't you recognize the brand? The feI low who is always trying to "queer anything that comes up. The one who never has good word fol anything connected with his homo town The man who tries to give a black eye to whatever improvement he community tries to make. That is the fellow whom we are talkine about. That's him to life.
 This product was so fearful to contemplate that He had to make something to counteract it, so he took a sunbeam and put in it the -t Cf oh bo hro of wrapped it in civic pride, covered it with brotherly love, gave it a mask of velvet and a grasp of steel, and called it a BOOSTER; made him a lover of fields and flowers and manly sports, believer God in and His word, in equality and justice, and ever since the e two were, nor tai man has had the privilege of choosing his associates"
 There is the booster, the fellow you know so well, the fellow you are always glad to see. The man who is behind everything his town is pulling off The fellow to whom you can go with your troubles, and who comes to you with his joys. We say to these boosters, in choosing your associates. choose from your own kind, there are plenty of them. Get together. Say to the knockers.