The Nenana news., 1917-08-11
Patriotism for Profit

solve and that he iS the only SimOn-purc, blown -in-thc-bot tie patriot in Fairbanks. Who ever heard of Thompson throb- bing with any kind of emotion excepting at so much a throb? And thus, if he is throbbing with patriotic impulses, he is patriot for profit. and Fair bankSans already have put him down as such.
 Compared to a, patriot for profit, the leaders of the Ok lahOma draft riots are Saintly enough to sit in the amen cor ner, and hanging iS too good for them at that. They. at least, did not expect to make any money out of their treas enable acts, while the patriot l for profit feathers his own nest by proving on the lofty sentiments of all ~ood citizens and then places himself upon his own little pedestal as a High Priest of Patriotism.
 He points with pride to his record in raising funds to pur- chase the armory. How did he do it? Wasn't the system but little short of blackmail? Didn't he decide how much each business man and citizen would have to pay toward his pet scheme, and didn't he threaten to brand as slackerS and traitors anyone who fail ed to come through? Will you deny. Brother Thompson, that you received a good, fat commission from the deal? Deny it as emphatically as you will, the people of Fairbanks will not believe you. They know you too we'll
 The veteran aSSimilator of the Pap says d man can write not wisely but too well. Well does he know it. His rates rates for editorial opinion are we'll known up and down the street. A dollar for a roast and two dollars for boost. Take your choice, Gentlemen, he can flop from one side to another with the grace and agility of a Mexican jumping bean, provided he gets so much jump.
 He prateS about supporting the government. Nothing could ge luther from the truth. What he is supporting is al bunch of infamous petty Of1ic- ials who have earned the scorn and contempt of all true Alas kans for their petty grafts.
 They do not represent the government and the officials at Washington would not toierat" their chicanerv if they l knew true conditions And Thompson is supporting 'hrm i solely for federal patronage and pap. If he has a shred i of decency about him, he musta loathr them as truly as dD all l @cOd citizens.
 The editor of the News Min : CT prates about his new S1o.- ! GOO home. He can harrliv | call it his home. Correctly , speaking it is a community i home built for the veteran scribe. because practically cy- cryone ill the business com l lnunitv owns an rllity in the building.
 The owner of the Citizen l cannot boast of such "hone. = HoWeer, he has jusr spent SlO.- ! coo buying new stock and equipment to make the Citizen i q better. bigger and brighter Earer than ever before, and the people of Fairbanks will 1 be given the benefit of this. i And they will hold no Such | equity in it as they do hl the l Thompson mansion.
 Our contemporary points with pride to the fact that he has been engaged in newspa- per work in the northIand for nineteen years. Very true, but | he does not mention the tw en. | ty-seven failures in the news paper game he has perpetratcd from one end of the territory to another. That is consider ably more than one failure a