Douglas Island news., 1920-12-17
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 conducting for Che past thirty ycau
 or moro and which has extended
 from Che Everglades of Flor.da Go
 ,bo Arctic Circle. ho has frequently had erlc,ous cause for doplor.ng Che
 lack Of Interest displayed by human
 iy m general n ancient history. Too many mcu-aycaud women too -arc stained with Che Diamond dye of greed and lust and Che result is chat they never tokc amy time for dcWpE among Che mou'dy yauiu of umc-strcabcI antiquity
 Walk o1l on amy aucct of any town in Alaska ou % bright day
 whom it is pleasant to walk out and you win notice men standing around with tbcIr legs looking lItc 2S m.n- utcs atcr C. QucsIou'au of them and it is tcn to ono bct chat not one Of thcm n every hundred can tou you chat Che island Of Madaras- ear was discovered by tho ror.u- muc in i5oC. Thus does un- abo.bcd ignorance stalk our streets m broad daylight
 Step into Che Douglas bank and ask Jim Clr.atoe if ho knows that Roman mythology accrod.H Nep-
 tune wth being Che God ol Che soa and with having held iul dreaa evenings at home with only mer- maids for ruos and hc win probe ably tcu you ths. ho has attended several of these functions but he never did.
 Phu BwdIcy George P. Jackson, Bon Stewart and % dozen others In ths community may know a mine when they inspect it. but can any
 one ol hcm teu you oGhaud thot snos on tbc eun vorc amt d.aoy- cred by Calico m I61Ue Ask ,hom and they win likely ay "GaInco' ! Who Is hc and where did hc 'toud bmg"
 stand outside amy church door m thH part ol Alaska ou Sunday and question hc 0H. tcn mcn who ! como out Ul Chat many mon eo to churchI concerning Johann Goors August GaIcu who vas born iu Germany in I15o. and mine ot ho ten provided. of course. there are chat number win menor chat they . have a faint recollection of man . by hat name working at Ircalwcll several years ago.
 How many G.hormm especially mIbut fishermen. .Uc awake u.ehu to rcucc. ou Che greatness of so- crates. who vas born at Athens i10 yoau before Christ I, would sur nrsc thcm to know chat Socrates was u. greatest .hooI teacher chat over uecI Uc wont around Che country m la bare feet and n any ucehborlood wbor. hc decided to stop and open .onouI roI cs,Htc advanced u price to per cont Che mst vcck Asa r.al .ate bo1mo. lac had cold storage plant faded . Go a frazlIe
 Stop amy of che lcsIsator elect and mention seryius su'u.cus Ga.ba who was born u 10. X. D. and thcy
 won't know whether you are uIk- mg about m opera singer or D new brand ol chewing gum.
 Dcmosthocs was born n A.tica Greece. 8SI years before Christ and was Che greatest orator oi hIs or any other ago. When pactcIug a speech to deliver before Che city
 council which mot over Che firo hoIl
 he would walk out ou some bench
 and hurl hIs burning sentiments at Che angry seq and when Che nigh. for his address arrived ,be arcbal
 wouldn't hold half the people who tried to horn u. And yet m these days Of home brcw it you wcro Co
 mention ucmosthucs in D crowd. ! half of those present would prob- ably asN "Wbcre s D.mosthenc
 botucd9'
 And thus u Is. Ignorance stalks rampant m our midst but what can
 one lone man do to stem Che eide.
 Too many of our people know uuIo
 and caro less O. thc history or those
 who stood ou Che top round of Che
 gcp-ladier Of publicity and carved
 their names high on Che wall of
 fame in past ages The Stroller . rrlcye chat things are as they arc but bc Is rovcrIoss to stem Che cw
 rent of neglect and apathy chat is
 now laundering down Che corridors
 of Time In ths respect Like BlI
 Nycs mule. he blushcs every tm,
 lac thinks Of Che future of his ucc