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The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
ViNDICATlON-WHY?

It had not been our intention 10 comment on the deplorable act of the elimination of the appropriation for Alaska Roads by the house ot representatives except in the ordi- nary news columns. However, our esteemed contemporary in yesterday evenings edition, seeing an oppor- tunity to siderack the question in case it should become necessary seeks to take The Citizen to task for not mentioning MT Wickersham in connection with the action of the house.
 We did not mention his name for the obvious and simple reason that as far as We could learn from our correspondent, it appeared nowhere in the record. However, the names of those who were directly responsi ble for the action did appear in the dispatch, and this was the first time that the public had any definite in formation as to who was concerned
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
BROTHERS SEEK
 NATURAI.IZATION

A queer incident happened in the office of the clerk Of court when Thos. Brown and Enoch Brown. brothers, declared their intention oi becoming citizens of the United States, and applied for their first papers. IL, of course, often happens that brothers are naturalized. but very seldom do they make out their papers at the same time and place
 Mcssrs Brown are natives of Ian cashirc. England and only re gently came to this country. having landed in he United States in 1915. They are brothers of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, who was Miss Elizabeth Brown and who is well known in this community Both men are resi- dents of Fairbanks.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

retun.. but there is room yet for uara hearted humanity To help. Ra. lions ls. child cost Q cents day dollar a month, it IS estimated. WIl save a chlId's life. France and England have been sending S70o0.. oU1 month to Belgium. the United States has sent only $90000O0 in two years and more "Pitfuny in. adcquata' mouus the Digest.
 We hayn contributed to mollify rae Josro. of the war zone only S1 out oi e..a S2.0O0 Of income
 While N, have been dribbling out our $g,ouop00 there has been bought .u the tinted States for Belgium alone moe than $1o0.0OO 0OO worth oi foodstu Is.
 There !s nothing in these figures any Of them over which an Ameri- can can feel particularly good. In the first lnpuIsive outburst We gave somewhat generously, in spots and then American-like, promptly forgot and turned back to golf, -trotting and dollal chasing. There would be great lght for most of us could We see the double entry books in Turnkey Peters heavenly office.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
TRAILS LIKE, BOULE\ARDS:
 AUTOS MOVE

More than one hundred miles in a little less than six and onehalf hours travelling. That is the record which has just been established by Bobby Sheldon, Fairbanks pioneer trail au tomObilist by reason of the fact that he was the first man to drive a ma chine over the 310 miles of trail that stretch between Fairbanks and Chitna Bobby's initiatory trip was made away back in 1913, and since then he has made better time than he did on that trip, but never better than he made yesterday, when he drove from Fairbanks to Birch Lake and back to town again, I distance of approximately 1O2 miles, in a lit tie less than six and one-half hours.
 Sheldon says that the trail be- tween Fairbanks and Birch Lake is like a city boulevard It is as hard as stone and as smooth as an asphalted street in most places. making it pos sible to drive an automobile over it at top speed on long stretches.
 Nor is the Valdez trail the only boulevard In fact, Fairbanks has another right at her very doors. It is the wood trail leading up the Cinema river For eleven miles it is hard and smooth, making a speedway hard to equal anywhere else in the world.
 A number of the automobilists Of Fairbanks enjoyed the fine weather of yesterday up the river Numerous curves, of course, help to hold down speeding, but it is said to be an easy matter to make the entire eleven miles in twenty minutes.
 The road was made by the wood haulers who bring wood to town. It is travelled over a great deal by the big caterpillar with it's numerous sleds, while several big automobile trucks are also working on it with two or three trailers.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
CONGRESSNEN
 WILL. RETIRE
Associated Press,

QUERETARO, Mex. Feb 27-Two of the men most prominent in the do bates Of the ConS9itutionaI con gross, Louis Manuel Rojas and Jose Natividal Macias. have addressed an open letter to General Carranza de Claring that when their duties as mem they will re ire to private life RojaS and MaChias are credited with hay ing to a large extent composed the rough draft of the new constitution submr ed to the congress by Car ranza.
 Their action, according to the open letter which was read and made part of the records of the congress, was intended as evidence of good faith as to their desire to aid the cause of the revolution and the re construction of the country and to obviate any chance of emharras 5ment O Carran2a through attacks of those opposed to them.
 ROjas and NPcias are among the looders of the socalled Ire ova 1ores'. or members of congress at the time when Huerta seized the governmen. and who remained in that position after the assassination of Madero. Strong opposition against the reno yadoras has been brought to bear by some of the military party
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
WORKS BOTH WAYS.

A Washington dispatch says;
 in their zeal to eradicate demon rum from the national life, the dry element in congress has framed a bill so drastic that the Bible and other literary classics may be barred from use of the mails, according to those who oppose the bill.
 Hearings are in progress on Sena- tor Bankhead's measure designed to bar from the mails any publication of any kind that contains any ad- vertisement of liquors The ques- ton has been raised as to whether laudatory references to liquor do not constitute an advertisement
 Thus in the first book of Timo- thy, chapter ,, verse 23, be no longer a thinker of water, but lit tie wine for thy stomachs sake and thine other infirmities
 Omar Rubiayat would also fall under the ban, literally a blessing we should use it, should We not? and if a curse. why, who set it here?"
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
MISS DREAMER
 IS HOME, AGAIN

After spending a little more than year on the big Outside, Miss Marian Creamer, daughter of Mir and Mrs. c. N. Creamer, of Graehl, ar rived back home again on last nights stage from the coast. Miss Creamer spent most of her time while Out side in attendance at the Griffin & Murphy business college at Seattle, but also made side trip to Cali fornia with her mother, when Mrs. Crcamer, who returned home last summer, was with her
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
SMALL. DOGS IN
 GREAT DEMAND
(ASSOCIated pIeS8)

JAUREZ, Mex, Mar. 1.-The de mand for Chihuahua dogs is greater than the supply, and small boys are seal hing all of the homes of refu- gees from the interior of the state for these diminutiye little animals with their buIging eyes and long ears.
 The American soldiers of the ma tjonal guard regiments are responsi- ble for this demand Many of them had never heard of the little dogs until they came to the border and saw Mexican vendors selling them on the streets. There was an i'm mediate rush for them to send back home The dog supply was soon exhausted, and the vendors offered high prices for more of the Chihua- hua breed This demand was at first met by the surplus supply here, but every available dog soon was sold on the market
 The Chihuahua dog is nothing like the purple, hairless dog of Mexico. He weighs only few pounds, is usually black and white or black and tan in color, and has ears al most as large as his little face, One dog of this breed which is owned by local breeder weighs but two and one-half pounds and is fully grown.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
CHICKEN SALAD.
peCtOT.

Texas has another salad and punch scandal, if a quarrel over who should pay a bill for a reception lunch can be termed a scandal. Gov James E. Ferguson, owing to the higher cost of living, has exceeded the al lowance for maintenance of the eX- ecutive mansion by $2,250 and he has ordered the bills sent to the legislature that they may appropri- ate enough to meet them. Included is a bill for refreshments at the an nual reception given by the governor to members of the legislature. It amounts to $166.70.
 Some legislators, including Samuel Timer, object. Their fight recalls that once before bill of similar na- ture got into the courts, which ruled that the state did not have to pay it. But Gov. Ferguson is a fighter. He inquiries whether anyone thinks it was pleasure for me to entertain representauyes?" If serving such a lunch at state expense is illegal, he asks whether eating the lunch was not also illegal. In a keener thrust, he asks whether, if it is wrong for the state to pay for salad for him, it is not also wrong for the state to buy postage stamps for the legisla- tors. St Louis Post-Dispatch
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
CAN RAISE PIGS NOW.

LONDON, Mar. 1-The raising of pigs in small suburban gardens which has been so severely tabooed by the sanitary authorities, is likely to become an accomplished fact in the near future. Baron Rhondda president of the Local Government board and MT Prothero. president of the Board of Agriculture, in a special memorandum indicate that the best way to increase the nations food supply is the keeping of pigs, poultry and rabbits and that a regu lation is about to be made giving power to sanitary authorities to grant permission for the keeping of pigs.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

...e g.a.ug.s shat you r,aa4.y all. -r.'+ !. to yoI e.eap Ii .~ hot rH. ..-a .as. O. living bat the cos. pr luGH LINING tha. .a troubling .ha world today ]. k m. man w.t-
 turkey appetite who rrsa. q. live without raising aus chickens that con .tates the ultsroue hans H- to Uncle Sam.s neck Take th. Clark Cu.g' tath Star.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
Phone OS Phone
IN THE RICK OF TIME.

our school troubles a.e oeef. aa least for the present. that seems certain. For President Wilson's sig nature only ;, nov needed 10 pro y.a, law umpoweaag the le-.-la- 1ure of the TeruUau. O. Alaska to establish ,u. maintain schools ana to make approps.aaonz Q. territorial .ands lo- the muutyuaue. Of existing schools. and there is no doubt hat lhe President will sian tAe bill
 The information taae 0o.a house. a. congress had passed 5.H zH.a- authority to appropriate -arro.i.. funds for soAoa, patpo.-- to tho territorial I.-s...ge. aaa received 1s The y..zau last u.al. n d .aIg. gram from Juneau. + means that a. tears for ,hc man.ea4a.a o. ca. schools Ina. b. laid aeae. s9a the Alaska legislature now has tAa power or sill so,u have it. ,o provide for the institutions of learning conse- qurutIy. the loss O. the funds Ge. rived from the liquor interests in the territory after Alaska goes dry w.u no. al least. be felt b. the schools
 The passage b. con4Ey-- 0. such bill ar time when national a. fairs ale of the utmost Hoaeas anu when an extra sess.on to handle tbe accumulated business is starna the members of congress in he face. i. onIya proc. ol what a united etGou on the part of the people of d com munity. state or territory can ao. As soon as the territory w-s voted dry. knowing that tLe money derse. from the liquor licenses has basE the means Of keeping up the schooIa in past years. the people interested particularly the aet..e ptohlbttonlstz. got busy. They worked 50 quietly that but very little of their effort was visible on the surface. but the worked to the end that congress might enact legislation providing to- the schools.
 Later on the administrations of tn. schools of the towns of the terri tory, as we'll as the officials of tn, towns themselves got busy, Wire were sent to as many members 0. congress as could be reached. and the aid Of Delegate Wickersham par ticularly, as well as several sena- tors, was personally solicited by wire
 At one time all seemed lost. One senator, in fact, wired to Fairbanks stating that it was too late in thta session ol congress to pass such Iegis- Iation as was asked for, Then it was that the efforts of the people interested were redoubled. and our wire of last night is proof that they obtained the desired result
 The legislation was passed just in the nick of time Of course, some way would have undoubtedly been discovered for providing for the schools, but nobody was at any time prepared to say what that way would be Therefore nobody can say what would have been the result had con gress adjourned without making a provision for the schools, had there not been an extra session For the present siXty-day session of the Al aska legislature would have passed into history without having done anything authoritatvely had congress not come to the rescue.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE
 FATHER."

There are 1,575,000 Belgian chil- dren dependent this winter upon the worlds charity. A million of them are on the border line between life and starvation. The Literary Digest's pathetic appeal, Tn the name of God, the Father" is bringing in great
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

..". Minor claims ta have HaG aa.a.a.aa .. ,aa a. nsafs fgrs5 .-a. hours a...-a
 . ... aon. work. although a.
 #an-ua .aa. rh. Ea- Miner alr ua.. l.s l..~I..-e .a Friday morn. JAS. a- -h sta.o. the public was none -ae .ser. a. i. ,as S.,a-te s,,n.u- before ]. aa- published Ha. was .h- information a.r. rom ta. public, G,yn Iaas THaa. should be able O reaI.z. shas such -.ep .- -n. ar. taken aas ot .M tn.a..-. r. .,g Alaskan and a5, have {. a.., ..a uos u p-. han a.se.
 The >.- Miner appears .s a4.a. that b. .uaa ,o aaatga H..... #.ek,a-l.u in ooan.-saa a#ta .. matter N. we:. 1T. u- .y aaae#t. him. This wa. and is. mol the sa-. If it can be asrena,ned with any degree 0. certainty thar he had {. finger in the pie" the only reason .lat will prevent us nom condemn. ng h.m as ron-,y .s N. '. .al4l son is the fac, that our eHeaate
 ~ not as well trained in that ktna as thing as his -cpmz tg be.
 F9r the -.a that there scene. l5 be some doubt a- to the inst -a,or of r.r coua.esaona action. as wired cur coue-pontsag 10 q4ea Washington and get he official re- port the .asuI, of which ~as the dispatch that Was painted ln Sunday mornings issue of The CiezeH, ill which is w4s stated that Representa- tive Gordon. of ohio. lDam) ana Rc2rgsenu.1e Stafford. of Wiscon sin. RepJ had raised point o. order aga.n-t the item, which caused
 is elimination. Neither 5n this nor
 u any other message regarding the matter does the delegates name ap- pear. sal, the one rom the Juneau Empire. and that paper has always been KS ready 10 knock" Mi Wick .rsham as 1t claims the Juneau Dis patch is 10 defend him As the <ew--Niue. gave the Empire as tn source of i,s inIormauon il was for rh., reason that The Cidzen wired . is correspondent for unbiased facts. II Ml WicEarsham did not have d thing 10 do with the suggestion, his skirts are still not entirely clear. as he should have appreciated the light in which the entire population of Alaska would view the action enough to know that they would vaa. to learn what Was going on and ii seems to Us that it was clearly his duty to wire this information broadcast throughout the territory i f he was not the cause of the move he can very easily make a statement to that effect The Citizen would hate to think that any Alaskan would b. the mover in such a step But ! it would be grleyed much more to learn that it was a citizen of Fair banks who was the one to do it
 ]. the oela4ate is not 10 blame he will at least get d square deal in the columns oI this paper, and il 1 will not be necessary for Us to color news or have our correspondent do it, for Us to give 1t 10 him. If, how ever. the fault is his, no word ol ours can add to the heinousness of ! the offense, nor the smalIness Of his action in hiding behind the backs O. others iii committing the offenae. Ne have no deisre to, nor will We at tempt to yindicate Mr. Wickcrsham That is work for him, and him alone
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
ADVERTISED MAIL

Anderson, Geo. Arane, A. Behrens, Henry John. Bigger, Alfred Burns, James. Brown, Mrs. c. B. Burke, Jerry. Cornelius, J. N. Cooke H. CD Emery, J. o. FeX, John. Forsman, Jakco. Prick, Jack. Gartner, George. Gillespie, Frank CD Gleason, J. P. Hamilton, F. II. Harrington, Mrs. Emma. Hendrickscn n, Alfred CD Hudson, II. R. Johnson Sig. Kelly, Tom. King, J. R. Larson, Albert Lescure, Albert Lenoir, Mrs X Mrs. Frank Nelson, Alex. Nelson, Irving. Olson, Oskar, A. H, Person, Lloyd. Rielly, John. Robinson, J. c. Roberts, Mrs. P. W, Rose, Jack CD Ross, W. E. Rostad, Inwald. Roarke, Fred, Stone, Nick. Stanton, Edwin McMaster. Webber Henry. Weir, MT and Mrs R. J. Vending, Harry. Walkinshaw, T. T. Jack asked for a ten From sunny faced Ben; Enough to keep him alive. Ben gave him just half And said with a laugh We both are loser a five.
 J. s. TAYLOR,
 Munson's P o.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

Peter Hanson, forty-four years of age, dropped dead recently on the streets of Ruby as the result of an attack of apoplexy, according to the last issue of the Ruby Record-Citi- zen received here
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
AMERICAN SHELLS BEST.

GENEVA, Mar. IA Geneva chem ist and expert who has collected un- exploded shells from the French German front finds as regards con sistency in workmanship and relia- bility, the American shells, especially of high explosive power are in sev- eral respects the best The German shells he declares, have fallen in quality during the last year owing to the inferiority of the steel and pg-iron employed. The Swiss chem ist states that the English and French shells are of normal quality" and praises especially their high ex- plosive shells.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

THE Cordova Times says that the newest congressional directory which has been issued names Charles A. Sulzer as delegate from Alaska.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
BRITISH MAKE GAINS.
Associated Press )

LONDON, Mar 2.-The British troops fighting along the Ancre river in France are reported to have made additional gains today in re- ports received tonight by the British war office It is also stated in the reports that from all appearances the Germans are preparing to make a stand on the lines held by them at present south of Bapaume.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

THE Juneau Empire, through the News-Min [, says that there is no Representative Gordon Our congress sional directory gives the name of William Gordon as having been elect ed to the SiXty-Fourth congress from the Twen ieth congressional district, consisting of wards one, two, three, four, seven and eight on the west side and wards nine, twenty twenty-th. ae, twenty-four and twen ty-five on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
MAN OUTCLASSED.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt has re gently cone out with the statement that for 3 long, long time women have been misjudged. It appears that there has been a general i'm pression that women are all the same; that they are, according to Mrs. Catt8 quotation, "a single class, each indi Idual possessing the same motives, he same intelligence and the same characteristics as every other" Mrs. Catt says this is not so. Tt has required" she declares, three generations of agitation and of demonstration in college and school, factory, workshop, home and club to prove to the world that there are as many kinds of women as there ,Ce kinds of men"
 To be strictly truthful we should say that Mrs. Catt was entirely too modest There are not only as many kinds of N5omen as there are kinds of men, bit good many more. Every woman in herself is a good many more kin.s than a man. There are only a few kinds of men Men, in fact, are divided roughly into two classes: Those who can support wives and those who cannot. But there is hardly any limit to what women G4e. Everything that any man is. woman can be-and a good deal more so-Life
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

The absolute ass-Why is reading exactly like waltzing?
 The algebraic equivalent of zero l don't know; please tell me.
 The absolute ass-Because one al ways goes slowly when one comes to the rough places.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

Look the world over with the help of an AtIas. Inquire Citizen.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05

Three Jack London stories for s1.5O. Inquire Citizen.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-11-23
THE BLOODHOUND
Charlotte Observer,)

Raleigh is another town to give a
vote of confidence in the blood
hound. The suggestion has been
advanced that city and town join in
buying and maintaining a brace OF
these tabled runners-down of Grim
fnals. BY way of comment. The
Statesville Landmark observes: 1.-THE
pro-bloodhound folks seem to think
the fact that such dogs were kept in
Raleigh would very greatly dimin-
ish the commission of crime and
that criminals bold enough TO at
tempt to operate in community
where these beasts were ready to
pounce upon them, would speedily
come to grief. Well. they'll learn by
experience, but some other and fur
ther information is in store 70,
some of them" For fact 1t is
recalled that couple of years ago,
in a moment Of unbalanced mental
ity, the authorities of Wilmington
took up the notion that they would
import bloodhounds for the running
down of criminals. The dogs were
bought and much newspaper pub
licity was given to Wilmington's de-
pendence upon these for the safe
guarding of that community from
crime. The Observer warned Will
mington that the very advertising of
this fact was likely to result in an
epidemic of burglary, because Grim
inals, learning that the town de-
pended on bloodhounds for protec-
ton, would flock there as an inviting
field for operations. Just what The
Observer predicted came to pass.
Wilmington had an epidemic of
burglaries and small crime such as
Il had never known, and this con-
tinued until there was evidence that
the police had got back on the job.
When 1t comes to the protection of
town there is nothing quite so ef-
fective as an organized police force
with an established reputation for
efficiency.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-11-23
NIObATORS SHOULD TAKE
WARNING.

The food administration will not
countenance the selling OF food pro-
ducts at an abnormal proht The
scarcity of some, articles. chiefly
sugar. has prompted some mer-
chants to put the price too high and
this has brought / forth protest
from the federal food administration
to Mr.. ID. r. Coker, State food ad-
ministrator, as follows:
Statute expressly forbids con-
tracts for the purchase of any food
commodity in excess of purchasers S
reasonable requirements. This is to
be determined according to custom
in normal times and general prac-
ice of other persons similarly sit
uated. Dealers should not sell to
persons who are buying beyond
their reasonable requirements.
Twelve cents far too much for re-
tailers to charge for sugar. Their
action constitutes violation Of Sec
ton four whether they are licensed
or not. We cannot fix ten cents OF
any other price in terms of figures
hut no retailer should obtain more
profit than he has normally enjoyed
on sugar without benefit specula.
tive advances. Please warn al
wholesalers they must not sell to re-
tailers who are thus violating law
See general rule seventeen"
Section reads as follows: "The
licensee shall sell sugar at not more
than a reasonable advance over tn,
actual purchase price of the partic
ular goods sold, without regard tc
the market or replacement value al
the time Of such sale"