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The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-05
And High Prices are the penalty.

Mr Mondell, now the republican floor leader in the house, was the earliest critic of President Wilson's Mexican policy in 1913 In those days and later the Presi- dent was assailed mainly for keeping out of Mexico, or for not recognizing and back ing Gen. Huerta or for leaving Mexico to Villa and Carranza to fight over, while American investments were injured and American residents were left unprotected in life and property. MT, Mondell now takes the view that instead of trying to avoid the military occupation of Mexico, the President has flopped about and is "plantipg the seed and adroitly endeavor- ing to create the sentiment for intervention in Mexico" Presumably, MT. Mondell has flopped also, and is now strongly opposed to the administration alleged plans to take Mexico at one bite.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-05
Church Notices
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Services arr held in the St James Methodist church building on Third avenue, near the city hall.
 Sunday services at D m.. sub Ject. "Unrrality"
 Sunday school at l D m.
 Services Wednesday evening at SIS o'clock.
 Reading room open Wednesday af ternoon from 2.3O 10 o'clock, when all authorized literature may be reaC or purchased
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-05
HEAVY ICE RUN
 STOPS TRAFFIC
 ON ALL STREAMS
BOAT TRAFFIC SUSPENDED BY ICE RUN; RADICAL CHANGE IN WEATHER UNPARALLELED IN RECENT YEARS, FREIGHT NOT CLEARED UP.

The heavy ice run of the past two days has about suspened all of the water traffic and unless there is a moderation shortly in existing wealth CT conditions, the river transporta- ton for 1919 is at an end. Under the question to operate steamers or launches.
 The suspension of traffic by water comes suddenly and unexpectedly | On Wednesday night when the steam CT Panama sailed from Chena the weather, while not torrid, did not contain any unusual signs Of winter There was no ice in any of the streams and it appeared as if sev- eral days, if indeed not weeks, to come would find the river open to smaller craft than the steamers
 Early Thursday moring the first slush ice appeared in the Cinema river and this has been running thicker since that time. Today re ports received in town say that the Panama river at both Cinema and Nenana is running bankfull of ice. Launches operating along that sec ton of the river have cancelled their schedules.
 There is still considerable freight to be handled both ways along the river, but nothing can move under present conditions. Some of this freight consists of consignments of cold storage meat for Panama and Fort Gibbon. Weachter Bros, asked their Panama customers for authority to ship these consignments on the steamer Panama but they refused to grant it, as there are no facilities for storage at the lower river town and it was feared that the entire shipment would spoil before freezing weather set in. As a result Manager Fred Struthers has that ten tons or so of meat in his barges where it is likely to remain until sledding gets good enough to haul it overland to Tanana There is also a shipment of meat for Ruby in the local cold storage plant This latter, it is stated, cannot be delivered under any conditions as the cost of freight over the trail would be too great. It is also stated that there is con siderable Nenana freight in town which was being held for the launch es which must wait for trail move ment or stay here until the railroad is completed between the two towns sometime next month.
 Yesterdays marine report shows both the steamer Yukon and Panama are at Panama, the Yukon being bound for Dawson with the last passengers, and the Panama with the last freight, mail and express from Dawson and Whitehorse billed to return to Chena. Inefe IS cOnSluef- able uncertainty about them being able to make the trips on account of the heavy run of ice.
 The present conditions, while not unprecedented, is extremely unusual and has no parallel In recent years. However, oldtimers of the country i tell of similar conditions having ex- isted, and say that they were follow ed by moderation of the weather which opened the streams again be- fore the final winter freeze-up. Un-
 less some such occurrence takes place this year, boat traffic for the year is at an end.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-05

one finds a community of people as rc>o- lutc and as confident of the future as in those old picturesque days and as ready to extend the hand of good fellowship to all who find themselves in the Land of the Mdnight Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27

dustsy whicA hardly sgisesl sweaty
years $50. What makes ~ Dressas
unhsard 81 buying the @ese ssunases
able y that the Price Of eArs y stsade
iiy going upi there 10 - lowering 9.
psioss 70 account for the demand. u
10. bsyoAd question. one Of the mos
amazing social ana economic phenom.
ena Of the times. especially In view q
the tremendous outcry ~ 70 ~ eoes
Of living. for people Of small means ~
buying cars VINO have never bought ~
fore. When the New York police ~
partment asked its members VIM
owned cars to loan them during IN
Brooklyn strike. no less than fifty msa
complied. yet New York policssea ~
supposed to be greatly undergrad, ANA
Of late years. unable to graft to any
extent. 1t IL no answer to the riddle
to say. az one automobile expert does.
that people are buying cars today ~
they are buying homAs: they dad tho
motor car indispsnsabls."--The Ns-
tion. a., :.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
The Rustics Of Yesterday.

What has become OF the country folks
The farmers We used TO see
Who came to town on Saturday morn
And hitchea to q friendly tree.
Hitched to a rack in the public square.
Hitched to lamp post or anywhere,
With never a sign that said Not
there"
In the days that used TO be.
What has become of the country folks
Who used TO smell so good;
Their clothes perfumed with odors
sweet
OF birch and hickory wood?
They smelled Of the smoke of burning
brush.
Had pie for breakfast and cream for
mush
Had grain TO spare for the grateful
thrush.
Which sang like it understood.
What has become of the country folks
Who traded at Cheap Johns store?
They came to town by the wagonload
And fingered about the door.
Took tea and coffee for eggs and wood,
Ate cheese and crackers and called It
good.
Then talked of the affairs IN the neigh
porhood
And friends who would come no
moro,
What has become Of the country folks?
Oh. it's all quite plain TO see:
They've all been changed to city folks
Yes, even as you and me.
Old Dobbin's gone from the hitchrack
bar.
Once wearying miles now are miles not
far,
And they smell of the smoke Of mo-
tor car
The rustics that used to be.
William Herschell, in the Indianap-
oils News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
He' Tinker bobT&dH
EaAz s1aA34 vi
IsiaA4Y9& bnCarlNsle n. Holcomb &4&s2Sl
yCarlysle n. holcornb
som e TRICKS.

with her family Of six. Opossum Kept
up his grooming. 'Oh, will 50 right
away for the DOCTOR" said she. Now.
children, you must stay very close to
Mr.. Opossum and mind what he says.
Then she lifted her wings and ran
away for the doctor.
As soon as she had gone Opossum
told the children to go into his home
under the rock for 1t was getting late.
They were good children and did a.
they were told.
There. you scc." said Oposuvrn.
looking UP at Tinker Bob. 4 viii now
have fresh meat for my dinner"
You are very wicked" said Tinker.
"for stealing all Of these things from
others"
u am not wicked" replied Opossuzn.
This IL the way make my living al
the time"
He rushed into his home under the
rock and soon Tinker heard the cries
and screams Of Sister Bob Whites
children. He knew they were being
killed. And It wasn't long until Opos-
sum returned to the door OF his home
with his mouth full OF feathers. What
do you think Of me now?" he cried.
Tinker Bob hated such q wicked
scoundrel. And he did not want to see
any moro OF Opossum's tricks. SO he
threw tho smooth black stone straight
at him. Again he found himself In the
funny house whore tho littls Old Man
was falling his servants what to write
In the great books
Monday-The Red Stone
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
FIRE PREVENTION TALK AND FIRE PREVENTION

Fire prevention day" Is at hand. It
Is one of those periods established by
governors and departments which are
heralded with posters and thru the
press as this day and that day" and
are assumed to be preventive OF
something or to encourage something
else.
Probably they do some good At any
rate, they call attention Of individuals
to duty Of one or another kind. Per-
haps the fire prevention day results In
annual cleaning out OF some of tho
combustibles IN the basement as sort
of annual rite or celebration like the
Fourth Of July, or, in all probability,
moro like Washington's Birthday.
Most OF the fires that destroy. such
vast amounts Of property in Iowa are
the results Of neglect and carelessness.
Most Of the ninety six deaths CAUSED
thus In Iowa last year were the result
Of utter carelessness. Fires may be
started with kerosene without disaster
by exercising caution. Trash may b.
| burned In bonfires safely by watch
fulnese without burning children to
death.
Fire prev ention In the business dis
! ::.c: -h6Ts fires, however small In
their inception. may sweep away q
street Of block to enormous property
| loss, cannot be made effective by an
nual observance Of q day. or a week.
Neither can high rates based upon
conditions prevent fires unless they
bring about change In the conditions
and inculcate caution In the careless
The fact 10 that we lack and should
have q thorough inspection system OF
Easements and fire apparatus. It
should be the kind Of inspection thai
inspects, not that which notifies the
occupant Of the building that I'm
coming down to inspect your basement
merit weak and you'd better get readl
for IT, but the kind OF inspection IN
dsr tho kind OF a law that can and
viii order the nres out ana tho stors
,plosad until compliance with gpEeyen-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27

Here comes Jack the Rabbit" said
Opossum. Hes been out on hunt
and is Just getting home. Now you
watch me-"
Sure enough Mr.. Rabbit was COM
ing down the path with a large pack
on his back. As he drew near Tinker
noticed Opossum acting very strange
ly. He began to groan and roll his
eyes about, and when Mr.. Rabbit
came close he saw at once that Opos-
sum was sick. and he cried out:
Help. Help. Opossuu Is going to die"
Mr.. Rabbit dropped his pack and pull
ed from it a cabbage leaf and started
toward the brook for water. When
he had gone, Opossum looked up at
Tinker and laughed: You see I can
get enough food from Mr.. Rabbits
bundle to last tomorrow"
Tinker Bob was surprised to think
mat Opossum would steal the food
M. Rabbit had worked SO hard for.
But that p Just what he did. And when
NJ. Rabbit came with the water, Opos-
sum drank 1t All and continued to play
siolG.
Where y my psck7" cried Mr.. Rab-
bit,
"a Il not whore ysu left IT." asked
Opossum-
"No It isn't. Some ono has taken
I'll" and Mr.. Rabbit began to cry. 1T
may b Old Aiser Hare has stolen 1t
Wills I was groaning in sickness"
Here comes Sister Bob White"
said Mr.. Rabbit ''Tsil her to 90 for
Dr.. Coon whiie / find Missr Hare"
A Sister Bob White came along
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
Mr.. WIND TESIlFiES.

Edward Wind, general organizer OF
the Federation OF Labor in the Chicago
district made speech to steel workers
at Gary. He told them that "the strike
will not stop until the steel workers
become the lawmakers at Washington
D. c."
Taking Mr.. Wind in corroboration o!
Messrs. Foster and Fitzpatrick the
case On the evidence is clear. The
leaders Of the strike seem to be pull
ing together in the same direction tho
Mr.. Foster proposes in his pamphlets
to take with a club what Messrs. Fits
patrick and Mr.. Wind would acquire by
Specialization" and by the rape Of the
legislative branch Of government How
ever it all comes to the same thing In
the end. They propose to take over
everything and run 1t largely ON the
Lenine plap from the central offices OF
the steel workers union. Just what
the workers would get out OF 1t Il
about what the common people OF Rus
STA get when Trotsky and Lenine make
the division OF spoil. And those Rus
SLAMS are starving II they can manage
to keep their threats whole long
enough to die Of famine.
Mr.. Wind and his ilS are the betray.
ers Of labor. Wind and Foster ant
Fitzpatrick are not friends OF labor
They betray it. When labor is placed
in the attitude Of the bolshevist 4
is betrayed Tor American labor is no
bolshevist nor inclined to bolshevisu
more than other classes of citizenship
When the steel workers wonder where
the next meal is coming from the "or.
ganizers' will draw their salaries ant
will be living high and sleeping warn
at the expense Of the women ane
children who lack food and coal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27

starvation end tAiA hcssss go the fin
al fisxling out of mep ana animals
rhsn the contractor who had oid off
star routes BY the Job lot at washing
ton sought another victim.
None mead mourn the discontinued
postoffiess" In rowu. When they and
the cross roads postoffice were given
tho gate" new era came to the farms.
As they went out before the free de-
livery route the telephone came creep
ing In with the change and new re-
gime arrived. The isolation Of the
farms gave way to watchfulness for
the daily carrier who brought tho daily
paper with Its mirror Of the wide
world and to neighboriy chats Of even
inEs over tho telephone wires. Life
looked up on the farms and seemed
worth while. And then miracle upon
miracle and wonder following wonder
came tho automobile to move the farm
UP against the city limits. laugh at the
miles and free the women who had
been prisoners Of the farms"
1t Is . happy hss that Of the discon-
tinued posteffsoss In Iowa. n nsans
that isolation ana Loneliness were ~.
continued with than, that aSTasaltvrs
should becoms businsas and not
merely a task. that roads and consoli-
dated schools and social life and sx-
erclss Of The grsSarious instinct OF
humanity were to b. satisfied on the
farms as in the towns and the cities.
Behold the old farm and Its women
who wers A. much prisoners ~ the
odaiisaues Of . Turks harem have
passed away and life has become new
with new delights and greater gifts to
those who tive upon tho farms. And
when we have created roads upon
which we may travel comfortably and
safely whenever necessity or desire
moves there ought TO bs . celebration
on the sites Of those discontinued post
offices in Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
tive measures he's ben made - -
complished fact.

tvs measures hos ben made - -
complished fact.
Nine Ares. big or htsAA. out q ssu
are the direct results OF careleasnsas'
Let us get that. It 10 . fact Care
lsssnsss, perhaps. In construction nrst'
carelessness later In management The
loss by fire should be negligible under
strict preventive laws. with strict and
honest inspection Perhaps our ami
versaries of preventive days may
bring US at last to see and understand
and act upon the facts and the conclu-
slons. When that time comes we shall
have few serious fires. or course,
Mrs. So-and-So will hang her dish
cloths over tho gas stove as of yore
and the wagon will have to hurry out
and put out the fire she started. but
those are incidents. The exercise OF
strict preventive measures Will shoeh'
er the big oonhagraions In the busi-
ness districts before they start.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
The Automobile Barometer.

Others may complain Of bad times.
but not the automobile makers. The
show rooms Of the established concerns
are everywhere bare Of exhibition cars.
and they viii sell to no one with any
guarantee Of delivery under three
months. As rsult, second hand cars
are going at unheard- OF prices and are
snapped up the minute they appear
on the market. The voice Of the sales
man Is no longer heard In the land.
Each days orders from distributors, 50
reports 4 yeracious chronicler, are
greater than each days production by
from Is to 100 per cent From Detroit
comes the report that III production
Of the plants II doubled next year, II
viii fall far short Of the demand" It
Is estimated that II 10000 cars-ex-
elusive of Fords-are built during 1915,
there will still be q shortage OF no
less than 100000 cars-this In m in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27

When you see a red poster it's An ap-
peal to you to have your heating ap-
paratus thoroughly gone over before
the cold days and tho big fire In the
furnace arrive.
Mother never strikes and mothers
wages are the lowest Of all the scales
unless you count the satisfaction she
gets from mere mothering. But oh.
you girls, II mothers should organize
and demand their rights you'd wash
moro dishes than you DO. De.
80
II the senate should win the rsserva-
lions fight ana the president exercise
the veto the chances are that France
and Italy and perhaps Great Britain
would draw . long breath Of relief and
. start . more satisfactory ssttlemsnt
Give . newspaper man Or = school
man or woman or a college professor
or a salaried man s21 q day and you
couldn't pry him into = stEiks with ths
lever old Archimsdes proposed TO move
the world with.
II Clum Koontx, out at the county
farm, can keep his boarders we'll At ~
cents q day some Of US would save
money by buying meal tickets OF the
board Of supervisors. And Il Is true
that the food is plentiful and food and
conditions excellent at the county farm.
The bystander remarked TO the other
bystander that he could understand
how certain features Of the covenant
could seriously affect anybody's- stom-
ach.
Cedar Rapids has passed An ordl-
nance requiring the mayor to take out
a bond of $500 for faithful perform
ance Of his duty. Perhaps It will be
Of service but experience suggests that
when a mayor fatls IN his faith = $500
bond doesn't have much efisot upon
him.
Judge Lands tore the pickets of tho
steel strike fence.
But, madam. are you Offering the
! furniture you bought at pro war prices
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
POST OFFICES DISCONTINUED.

In the current issue Of the Iowa OK
fetal Resister one page IL devoted to
"postoffices discontinued since lsls.'
Fifty six such defuuct postotnces con-
st,tutss the list, scattered all oyer the
state.
The list tends to "reminiscences. A
country postotfice Is by way OF oc'hs
a curiosity nowadays yet they were
numbered by hundreds in Iowa not
many years ago. 1t isn't lons. to the
minds of the elderly and middle aged'
when postoffices bloomed with the rag
weed at cross roads and pairs OF an
cient mules or . single saddened and
seemingly hopeless horse dragged
rafting old buggy over hmpy road n
all the lack Of dignity and squalor tnat
characterized the one-tims star route
Usually the postmaster ut the cross
roads kept a little store. where chew
ing tobacco and stick candy and q Few
other stat pies might be obtained. he
received the slack beiiied sack from
the hands OF the mail carrier without
enthusiasm and sorted its nsager our-
den into certain pigeon holes designat-
ed as from "A" to Il" Time hung
heavy on his hands. II annoyed MIN
to be called from the garden or from
down at the barn TO tell the Jones
children on their way home from school
that there wasn't any mail tor the
Jones. In the evening things bright
ened up. A few farm hands dropped
in to buy plug and intermingle social
tobacco juice in the sand In the box the
cannon stove sat in. Farmers Drop
ped In and chattsd about the crops or
perhaps related the latest story told by
some travelling agent. Maybe they
bought dollars worth Of sugar or
quarters worth Of "tenpenniss' and
mailed the letter from mother to the
daughter who lived atar In election
time they talked politics ana, say IT
softly. sometimes they quarreled over
candidates and policies Just ~ folks 90
now. Daylight saving hadn't come IN
then or something strong would have
been said Of that Then along about
$3.50 (sun tme) everybody was on the
way home and the p. m. blew out the
kerosene lamp that hung by = bail from
the ceiling and went to tho house to sit
In his socks awhile before going to bed
Meantime the antedeluvian mules OF
the mournful horse had dr1fted around
the circle and were safe In stable while
the maildrtysr wondered how he wa
to feed them on the $500 . year THE
route paid" And 30 three or four
times a week the exciting drive wa2
made and the mail sorted and now and
then "sonsthing came" and was call
cd for the nsxt week and tbs week aft.
er was the same old thing. Men who
drove mail routss grew hairy and un-
washed and careless Of clothes. They
couldn't help IT,. but nevertheless the
| mail wagon was q government vehicle
and entitled to the whole track and woe
be unto him who interfered with the
u. s. mail. There was official prefer.
ence and power In mail carrying; and
that was all there was In 1t excep
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
x@pp!;n$R hyme.
<G&Af H~et h e 1xfh%
BEATING THE COST.

laugh neshbors around with prons and hard
TO
thrifty and quit this chasing the grocer TO buy our
to
golden
ard
4 a careerng and
OLD
and save our ao and
beat tho m
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
DIARRH0EA
Quickly Cured b.
WAKEFIELD'S,,
Blackberry Balsann

Waksheld'0 H1Ac6berSY Deo -
been the sursst and safest rsmedy 1oe
DArrhoeA Dyssntssy. cholsss Inen1r
tum and Cholera Ao1bss tor. y yeasA
While Il =, quick and posittvS - -
action, 4 - unliiEe ether ,rs0sd1s q
that Il u harmless aaA 6ses ~ -.
st!pats. u simply sAss1n ~ teouh1A
and puts the stomach ~ hovela n
their natural, regular ee0ditaoA %
tho millions Of bottiss that hSvs tosn
sold. never has 49, bsep sSoe0tsl
TO the asnufAstuses whsSs . ems
was not elected when dtfsotjoas Vseo
followed, even sftsr ether rsDo191s
had failed. Dvesy home SAouA AaN .
bottle OF moro On hAad Sa0dys eos ~.
Den attacks. Fun 0os .bot$g ~
aYA1YHhAH1. I'M. d = VII
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
Jim Coed on Dos Fish.

The story q he sxpstimAa<s oS the
department Of commerce with resssu p
the canning OF dog fish was related -
the house BY CAAiSmaA Good q shs
house appropriat committee u ~
tins forth some Of the tacts abosS the
denaads q ne 1sesssahsoA ~ morn
mons1. 81.
"O1 shs ssainAtss ssSaAt&A ~ ~
department. o( Sonmseeo Tor no
from the high cost of living ND Nj.
aood, 'y7s,0~e VS. fes eAs 11rDooe o.
demonstration Of nstho4s q yfoSAnne
and cooking fish. Coneress hAo Aad
soma experience with this dsDAStnpnt
on this very same subject. n ths ast
approved June 81, 1915. the dspartmAN
Of commerce was given $4,000 = CO.
duct investigations and expSramcass
with regard TO dog Nsh out q tnat
appropriation the department did ne
an investigation ana demonSssauo1 ~
the matter Of oooking and oannin0 oos
fish. ana gave tho fSsuits Of ~ anves.
tigation to tho Gamers. A greaS ny
Gamers of fish canned dog fish u sc-
cordance with the instructions os t4is
department. The result y not Sads.
factory. After these fish had bssA
canned and disposed u. the cans ecn-
menced to explode, ana hast ys.s sns
department Of co1amsrSs came bsfofe
congress- with an estimate Of eeGeoo
to reimburse these eannsfs VINO 40
canned dog fish In acoordanos wisss ses
methods which had bean dsmonstfat-
ed by the department Of comnasrcs.
"A great many Of thsse estimates Tor
reducing the high cost oe hSsn6 - OF
the dog fish character. ana II 0Tanted
would give Just about ~ much ssiSsf.
ue,,s,r nsed 70 be q form q capital
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27

on the basis Of the price you paid then.
and. my dear sir, are you willing to
base the sale Of your car that You wish
to dispose Of upon the price you paid
Tor 1t two or three years agof Il not
are you profiteerng?
Senator Knox 10 putting a pertinent
question when he asks by whose or
ders the United States marines are
fighting our Italian allies.