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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
MID.SEASON.

Come into the garden, Maud,
And let me show you where
As soon as the snow has thawed
/ planted Bartlett pear,
And gaily scattered abroad
Some seventeen kinds Of seeds
Come into the garden. Maud,
And look at the lovely weeds.
Come into the garden, Maud,
Step over the empty cans,
And see II you don't applaud
Ny horticultural plans.
The birds and the beasts have clawed,
:, And the worms have been there, too.
But come into the garden, Maud.
And see what l meant to do.
Come into the garden, Maud,
And notice the clever way
1 spaded and raked and paved
=, In the earlier part of May.
If catalogues are n fraud
=. It's not any fault of mine
Come into the garden. Maud.
The grass and rocks are fine.
SPOKANE Sportsman. Review
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
CONSCIENCE

o Conscience, thou art the best of
valued friends,
Our soul cannot lie to thee.
Each reflection of thought, is mirrored
within the breast.
Conscience, thou art relentless, they
sting it deepens.
And poureth gall. into the bitter cup
we drinketh.
o. wretched soul, unlock thy bosom
from dark despair.
Struggle to be free, from sin tortured
mind.
o. thou divinest, of gifts, conscience,
Thou makest towards, of thy enemy.
Who cannot hide the nakedness of cor
ruption.
o. conscience, thou art justice.
Thy power distracts, the good from
evil.
1t giveth noble minds, untainted
hearts.
Repentance sincere, gives consolation,
strength.
And saves our soul, from condemna-
ton.
o. conscience, thou art the heart,
And guardian of our soul.
MRS. FRED HARDING.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
BRITAIN'S AIMS RE-STATED

If Great Britain. in seeking a business
like settlement of the reparations trou-
bic, is actuated by sinister motives, as
some Frenchmen are trying to persuade
the world to believe, then she must have
pulled the wool over the eyes of her
own people, or else those people must
be perfidious and superlatively gifted in
the art OF assembling. For Britons.
avowedly alarmed by the recent course
of European affairs, have undertaken.
as individuals, to give their ideas of
their country's aims in the World War
And it is to be observed that their re-
spcctive ideas. by and large, represent
substantially the same ideal.
a typical expression of this kind IS
in the form of a letter from one Graham
Bower to The Spectator, an English
magazine devoted to current events.
"Let me explain" writes this cores
pendent, that we did not go to war
in order to hang the kaiser or to search
the German pockets or to give France
the Rhine frontier or to dismember Ger
many Our aims were nobler than
these, and it is only just to the memory
of the men who died in France that
those aims should be re-stated."
1t seems sad commentary upon the
wartime professions of the Allies that
any reinstatement of aims should pc
necessary now. But certain Europeans
are talking and acting as though their
professions had been just the opposite
of what they actually were.
GAS l conceive the matter" continues
the author of the letter, eve entered
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
A WINTER WISH.

Old wine to drink.
- Ay. give the slippery juice
That drippeth from the grape thrown loose
Plucked from beneath the cliff
OF sunny-sded Teneriffe
And ripened meath the blink
or midas sum-
Peat whiskey hot,
tempered with wel-boiled water.
Ihese make the long night shorter
Forgetting not
Good stout old English porter.
Old wood TO burn,
Ay, bring the hillside beech
From where the owlets n let and screech,
And ravens croak;
The cracking pine, ond cedar sweet;
Bring too clump of fragrant peat,
Dug meath the fern;
The knotted oak.
A fagot too, perhap.
Whose bright flame, dancing, winkling,
Shall light us at our drinking
While the oozing sap
Shall make sweet music TO our thinking
Old books to read.
Ay bring those nodes of Wit,
The brazen-clasped. the vellum writ,
Time-honored tones. -
The same my sire scanned before,
The same my grandsire thumbed oe:'
The well-earned need
OF Oxford's domes
Old Homer blind.
Old Horace, rake Anacreon, by
Old Tully. Plautus. Terence lie
Mort Arthur's oden minstrelsie.
Quaint Burton. quainter Spenser ay.
And Gervase Markhnm's venerie-
Nor leave behind
The hoyle Book by which we live and die.
Old friends to talk
Az. bring those chosen few,
The wise. the courtly, and the true.
So rarely found
Him for my wine, him for my stud,
Him for my easel, distich, bud
In mountain walk
Bring Walter good.
With soulful Fred. and learned viii.
And thee. my alter ego dearest still
For every moody.
These add bouquet TO my wine!
These add a sparkle to my pine!
II these ] tine.
Can books or fire. or wine be good?
ROBERT HINCKLEY MESSENGER.
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once; today. Nevertheless, / sha'n't

S SnGe; today. Nevertheless sha'n't
"You must." Roswell cried, impa-
tiently. You can't defy u.s."
''rhe devil I cap'tl" 1t was Gray's
turn to blaze. That's exactly what I'm
doing. l defy you to get your. money
out. defy you to interfere with Inc
in the slightest or to wiring particle
of mercy out of me. / knew this would
come, sooner or later. and / planned
accordingly. What d'you think l am,
Ell? l tell you I've got him Other
wise he'd never ,squeal about this
army matter. Now then, tell your
crowd to. try and pull out! That's
not threat, sir, for they have played
fair with me, and sha'n't sacrifice a
penny of their money-unless they
force me to do so. But-I'm in con-
troll. I'm sitting pretty. They can't un
seat me, and l warn them not to try"
The speaker rose. He hesitated, be-
fore leaving, to say: Your son served
with honor, Mr.. Roswell. l know
how you must feel about this-other
matter, therefore l shall spare you the
embarrassment of declining my hand
The financier's face redeemed
rather stiffly he said, you know
whether you have a right to offer it. =
Instantly the departing visitor ex-
tended his palm, and Roswell realized
that he had seldom seen a man more
deeply moved. Thanks! 1T is a
blow to lose your support, but-noth
ing can swerNe me. Meanwhile, I'm
glad that we do not part as enemies"
When he had gone, when he had
passed out with head up and shoulders
square, the banker shivered slightly.
Audibly he murmured: God, what a
man! What a hatred"
The Briskows had just moved into
their new home. and the place was
still in some confusion when Gray
mounted the steps. Pa answered the
bell in his shirt sleeves and with a
claw hammer in his hand. for he had
been hanging pictures. He favored his
visitor with a wide smile of welcome
and hearty greeting-quite a feat.
inasmuch as his mouth was full of
nails-thcn, having rid it of its con
tents. he explained:
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
DAWN

Sweet smiling dawn, offspring of the
day.
Mingle your blossoms, on life's high
way.
Breathe thy chaste, sunbeams, DER
reflections of time.
Pathway to the eternal, innermost
shrine.
Spirit of vain glory, we weary to for
get,
The worlds sorrow, and Indebtedness.
Give us contentment, on Lies tempes-
tious Sea.
With the dreams Of desires. and
oceans of Vain regret.
Sweet smiling dawn, offspring of the
day,
Love, Joy, Happiness, we count thee
most,
Alas, tits pleasure, what most we
prize,
The perils Of life, grief, dismays,
And o'ertakes our journey on the way.
Love abides with the happy day.
When in God We find, our help and
stay.
Around us ready to alight strength,
10 color our life's short stay.
.. MRS. FRED HARDING.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
Poets Corner
HEART OF A MOTHER

In the gathering dusk of evening,
As the lengthening shadows fall;
In the twilight's faint soft cleaning,
l spend the best hour Of all.
IL Is then one by one, the children,
Come crowding around my knee,
With the tales of the days ad-
ventures
Oh, what joy it is to me.
And then in fancy l see them,
AS know 1 must see them some day.
Men and women, taken from me,
And into the world far away.
Thinking thus, l can but wonder
If l am training each for his part
And ireathing a prayer to my Helper,
l gather them close to my heart.
Oh, God, in heaven, help me,
To raise Alright each one;
Then, when their work here is ended,
l can hear Thee say, "Well done"
LEONARD MAYFIELD.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01

the war to resist the doctrine that might
is right, as asserted by the German
militarists, and to repel the invasion OF
a prat tioally defenseless state. In SEN
tence, we sought to establish the SUI
premacy of law over the lawless use OF
force. At the conclusion of the war all
the enemy states were disarmed, and
as we were partly responsible for their
disarmament, we are under an honour
able obligation not to abuse or misuse
the military power of the Allies in pres
ence of OUR helpless and disarmed enc
mics by acts of violence or by charging
the conditions of the surrender"
An extremely suspicious person might
say that this presents no evidence of
sentiment on the part OF an individual
Briton against the establishment of a
dictatorship over Europe by his own
country. But consider another para
graph OF the letter:
Con this point I can only add that
The traditions of England have always
been opposed to military dictatorship Of
Europe. We fought Philip II of Spain.
Louis XIV of France, Napoleon, and
last, but not least, Kaiser Wilhelm. But
we did not destroy one military Dictator
ship in order to set up another in its
place. We sought and at one time
thought to secure the judicial settlement
of international disputes"
How does that compare with the
popular American conception of this
countrys aims in the World War? 1t
would be difficult for an American to
reduce his own country's war motives
to more concise, unequivocal language.
Finally" this Englishman says, eve
fought to secure peace. This is the aim
of all wars-the only legitimate aim.
We did not fight to secure peace treaty
which would be a continuation of war
or render war of revenge inevitable.
This is the British case as l see il"
If it is not also the British case in the
official sense, then former Premiers
Lloyd-George and Bonar Law talked and
acted, and Premier Stanley Baldwin is
talking and acting, most qucerly.
From disinterested standpoint-dis-
politically, at least-it is clear
that to France the parts of the Yer
sailles treaty which theoretically stand
in the way of what she conceives to be
her own interests constitute "scrap of
paper" in the same sense in which Ger
many applied that phrase to the treaty
guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
WHEN OFFICIALS GO WRONG

The president of an oil concern as
serted recently that the election of "a
certain gentleman in Minnesota" had
been brought about by Certain senators
at Washington who attempted to gain
control Of the oil industry"
That accusation may be absolutely
false. Or it may contain either a small
or a large element of truth. 1t does not
devolve upon a commentator to express
all opinion either way; that function
might be properly performed if the allie
cations should be made more specific
and evidence presented to support them.
Howver, the incident invites discus
sion of general subject: Popular con-
fidence, or lack OF it, in public officials.
OF course the time has never been
when all public officials were free from
suspicion; nor, perhaps, will such time
ever come as long as man, generically,
falls short of perfection. But public Of
ficials of today, as a class, do not COM
mand the popular respect that was en-
joycd by those OF earlier times. Whose
fault is it? Is it possible that the average
citizen of today is too exacting and ex-
cessively suspicious?
The answer is to be found in news
reports of actual incidents and condi
tions-reports that run back, less and
less accusingly, through almost gen.
Grafton. Within recent years the ten
dency of public officials to use their
governmental authority and power for
private purposes. or for purposes out OF
keeping with the obvious welfare or
manifest will OF the majority OF the peo-
pie. has been increasingly strong.
Whenever a public official, gaining
his authority and power from the ballot
box, undertakes to use them for no more
reprehensible end than the promotion
of his own political fortunes, the condi-
ton thus described lacks much of full
filling the requirements of government
OF, for and by the people"
Whenever a public official lends his
authority and power, as such, to special
interests, or to any group, political, eco
nomic or moral" that has an axe to
grind. then he forfeits the right to the
confidence of the many.
Sucn uses OF Official authority ana
power are not uncommon. Whether
public service" in the most exclusive
sense OF the phrase-scrvice in which
the welfare of his people and his coun-
try is the officials sole motive-has be-
come the exception rather than the rule,
is question that no one can answer.
But certain it is that lack of confidence
in officials in particular breeds disrespect
of government in general. For a gov
eminent is only as good or as bad as are
the individuals who administer it. A
monarchy governed by a benevolent des-
pot would be better than a democracy
controlled by viciously INSCRIPTIONS
politicians if the governed had to choose,
once and for all, between those two
forms of government
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
JUNE CIRCULATION

rIIH,Ig ur,y HverHHe '...2IyIl
Sunday only average .3O.055
The above totals and averages for paid cir
euation exclusive Of all spoiled copies any free
copies OF nature.
We herSy swear that the foregoing statement
OF paid circulation 10 correct
H. c. BROWN
80 Circulation Manager
c. T.. BUCHANAN,
Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd day Of
July, A. D., 1923.
FRED J. BONNER JR
Notary Public
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01

Senator Brockhart of Iowa wants
President Harding to stop making
speeches and do something. We're not
so sure about that-depends on what he
does.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01

With the President away from Wash
ington for such long period, why do
we not hear something from Colonel
Harvey?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
Where to Go

Motion Pictures.
Palace: "All the Brothers Were
Valiant"
Empire: Jack Holt in "a Gentle
man of Leisure"
Princess: Dorothy Dalton in ''Fog
Bound"
Royal: "Westbound Limited"
Rialto: Five Dollar Baby"
Musical Comedy.
Grand: Jimmie "Slats" Allard in,
Isabelle"
We Know the Kind.
what sort OF a girl is Helen?"
''She Is one OF those who would rather
share fellows theater tickets than his
trouhles."-Boston Transcript.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
A Puzzle a Day

The title and author of the Gock
shown above are probably quite I'M
familiar. If the II letters composing
the three words on the book-cover
are properly rearranged they will
form three new words, which will be
the title of a famous poem, and its
author.
Yesterdays answer:
A Il c
ID r +
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01

The above addition may be trans
lated into numerals as follows: A
equals Z; B, s; c, 0; d, 3; f, 4; f, 6.
The addition will then read:
8 o
2 4 @
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-01
I o 3 s

II being 1; /, 0; J, 8; X. 5.
Other answers are possible.
The Chilkoot post., 1923-06-22
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(By Col .Wi1ds P.Richardson U.S.A.Ret.)
 (Reprinted from Infantry Journal ""May, l923)
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
HUNTERS RETURN WITH
 LIMIT BAG OF MOOSE

Donald H. Tyer and Dr. o. A. Braa- fladt returned yesterday from Juneau flats where they have been on two weeks moose hunt. They were unusu- ally fortunate killing two moose each the first few days out, but taking the rest of the time in packing out their meat, and getting to the railroad. Ow- ing to the lake freezing over, the men were compelled to come around by Moose pass, long arduous trip.
 They had five-dog team with them or otherwise the deep snows would have prevented them from taking their meat out of the woods until the coming spring.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
LIMIT OF socKEYE FISHING
 BY 1924 PREDICTED BY STATE

OLYMPIA, January 4-Though no agreement can be affected with Can ada to limit fishing for sockeye sal mon next year, the State Fisheries Board is confident that new plan will be put into effect by 1924. Can adian authorities seem willing to agree to stop all sockeye fishing dur ing even numbered years for period then open the even years and close fishing on odd numbered years. This plan it is urged, would gradually per init the Fraser river to be restored, or in any event would greatly improve the situation. The proposed regulation would not affect other yarities of sal mon.
 In the meantime the Washington board is rapidly building up good run of humpbacks, and within another biennium or two it Is believed sat isfactory run of these fish will be guaranteed in Puget Sound waters.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
ODD FELLOWS AND REBEkAHS
 TO HOLD JOINT INSTALLATION

Thursday evening, January 4, the local orders of Odd Fellows and Re bekahs will hold joint installation in their hall in this city. All odd Fellows and Rebekahs. with theii families and sweethearts are invited to attend
 The function will start off with a large and sumptuous turkey dinner, which will be served with all the fix ings at 6:O0 o'clock sharp in the nall. The charge will be $1.00 per plate for adults; children under 14 free.
 Following the supper a joint install lation of officers will be held by the two lodges. If any time is left after these ceremonies social session will be held.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
AT TIE C|TY'S HOTELS

Belmont-Sam Sean, W. Groom, G w. Patterson.
 Seward-F. D. Ca-away, Arnt Schil ter. Hugo Lundgren, Earl Hale, J. P Lanigan. Henry Lucas, John Wells, l Berg, Thomas Davis, Ed Bittner, M Marcella, Frank Balout.
 Van Gilder-Mrs. M. Mejia, Mir. and Mrs. Leo Speybrook, J.. Lindley Green Chas. G. Hubbard, Wallace H. Daydn
 Sexton-Mrs. A. w. Roberts. Doug las Clements, J. Casey McDannels. J Calls.
 Overland-Philip Jacobson, and J Aho.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
REPRESENTATIVE CALLS
 FOR AN INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D. C., January A. Representative John P. Hill, of Mary land, this morning introduced Tesolu tion to the house calling for an inves- tigation of the charges made by Rep resentative William D. Upshaw, of Georgia, that some of the state gov ernors do not practice the enforce ment of prohibition act, which they preach.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

U. s. GOVERNMENT UNDERWEAR 2,500,000 pc. New Government Wool Underwear purchased by us to sell to the public direct at 75 cents each. Actual retail value s2.50 each. All sizes, Shirts 34 to 46. Drawers 30 to A. Send correct sizes. Pay post man on delivery or send us money order. If underwear is not satis- factory we will refund money promptly upon request. Dept. "A
 Pilgrim Woolen Co, 1476 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 299 1T
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
COURT SUSTAINS ACTION
 PREVENT TAX COLLECTION

PHILADELPHIA, January 1.-The federal circuit court yesterday sustain ed the injunction to prevent the in junction to prevent the internal reve- nue collector from collecting the sum of $1,576,00O from Alfred I. duPont of Deleware. The money was claimed to be due from the 1915 income tax.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

M. Marcella. of Anchorage, was among those to spend the night in Seward. He left this morning for his home.
 Frank Balout, engaged at tie camp near Woodrow, was among the arrlV- als of last evening.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
SHIPPING CHINESE

BALTIMORE January 1.-The bones of four hundred dead chinamen were shipped yesterday on the freighter Esther Dollar for final interment in cemetaries in their native land.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
MUCH SILK GOING EAST

SEATTLE, January 4-Thirty- three carloads of oriental silks valued at nine million dollars, left this morning for the New York market.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Miss Marjorie Neville and her broth or AVilliam, were among the Seward ties leaving for the Cook Inlet metrop- olis this morning. They will return Saturday evening.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

J. Lindley Green, prohibition officer with headquarters at Anchorage, ar rived in Seward last evening. He Will remain here for several days.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
REELECTED PRESIDENT

SEATTLE, January At the cleo ton of officers for the Chamber of Commerce of this city, Frank Water house, was reelected president.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
ROBBERS MADE GOOD HAUL

NEW YORK, January 3--A gang of robbers after assaulting and binding the night watchman of an editing com pany in this city last night made away with s40.OOO, which they took from a safe after blowing it open. In fighting of his assailants, the watchman's S skull was fractured
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Dune Little and Alvin Wick of Ke- mai lake left Monday by dog team for Kenai, where they will help celebrate the Russian New Year. The trip will require three days.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

If you are planning a new tailor made suit it will pay you to inspect our all-wool samples. as prices and qualities are right. 3o3
 JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Wm. Estes and brother arrived in town from Moose Pass, and will re- main in Seward during the present school term.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Wm. Englehardt and H. J. Reinhart were among the roundtrippers of last evening. They left for their camp this morning.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Mrs. Al Roberts left this morning for Roosevelt to do repair work and alterations to her home at that place. w. w. French accompanied her and will assist in the work.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Rance McBeth, who at one time was employed on the dragline scraper on Lowell creek, left this morning TOT the interior, going to Fairbanks, his former place of residence.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04
ToDAY'S WEATHER REPORT

Seward, 2S, clear, calm. Anchorage 12, clear, calm. Matanuska, IA, clear. calm. wasilla, 16, clear, east. Talkeetna, 6, clear, calm. Curry, zero, clear, calm. Broad Pass g., clear north. Mckinley Park, 15-, clear, north. Healy, 20, clear, north. Nenana, 30 Clear, calm. Fairbanks, 28-clear, calm.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

MT. and Mrs. Leo SpeybTook, who have been visiting with Prof. and Mrs. Parish. at Anchorage, returned 10 Seward last evening.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

John Wells, well-known interlorite was among the arrivals from the north last evening. He will visit in town for some time.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

James Calls, of Roosevelt, was num- bered among those departing for the north this morning after spending the past few days in town.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Mir. and Mrs. w. I. Whiting left for Anchorage this morning to visit with friends for the remainder of the week.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

A large numbel Of the latest vol umes of fiction have been added to Urbach's circulating library. Only 15 cents to read one of them. 2s7
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Henry Lucas, fox farmer and guide, of Kenai Lake, is in town, coming in on last nights train.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Henry Lucas, the blue fox rancher of Skilak lake, arrived in town last night.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Join Urbach's circulating library; only 15 cents to read late book. 297
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

Doug Clemmons and sister arrived from Roosevelt on last nights train
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-04

FOR SALE-One three horse motor, no volts, 60 cycle, single phase,
 with a lot of shafting and pulleys.
 Apply at Gateway office. If