The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-01
HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Another year has crossed threshold Oppor- tunity enters again. With joy the new IS vel comed, and properly so for in the time ahead the world will continue its progress and no matter how good past accomplishment future achievement will be better Seldom are expectations tulfllleo' rarely is advancement uniform but forward move ment is persistent and, though often interrupted, never stops entirely. The forthcoming twelve months promise a fair share of improvement in every kind of worthy endeavor
 To look forward is a racial characteristic. The unknown attracts and intrigues Distant regions have been the lure of humanity since the dawn of the species The nomadic instinct which for ages restrained by even the idea Of set tied habitation still dominates mankind But IS community life obtains more generally than owing existence, the impulse for venture finds outlet in scientific research, commercial undertakings and the countless other pursuits of modern civilization The trait that prompted early peoples to move from place place prevents their descendants today from being satisfied with static condition of almost any kind and encourages them to seek change to their advantage. This innate spirit of restlessness accounts for most if not all, human progress.
 Long before the Christian. era the period cor responding to the Georgian New Year inspired men to turn from the past to face the future. At this season. the sun starts its march northward and steadily solar rays fall directly toward the earth and impart greater warmth; darkness IS shorter in diurnal duration, daylight longer. Now, nature alters her ways from the old to the new. The new is the better It presages new verdure in forests new crops in fields It is another hegin- ming; the world is young again.
 But the New Year is not birth; it is a re- storation Today does not inaugurate a period of ignorant helpless infancy, but rather an era of advanced maturity revived to pristine vigor and endowed with the wisdom of the ages. No re- peated beginning is worth attempting unless 1t purposes betterment former effort. To start life again without the possibility of correcting the errors of a spent existence is abhorent even a speculation
 New Year resolutions said to be no longer in favor. They should be. In the light of exper- ience they ought to be made with view of avoid- ing the mistakes of the old year Of what profit is cultivated intelligence if it does not a guide to continued improvement? The ability to know is worthless without the will to do. There must be a determination to change things for the better else they will be twelve months hence
 At the advent of the New Year, conditions ir Alaska excel those in nearly all other parts of the Union and the outlook is brighter. Unemployment is negligible business thrives, and feels but little if any, of the depression experienced by trade ir the States mine, fishery and fur products record increases; tourist travel while less than had beer expected nevertheless shows gratifying proportions population is larger.
 In the immediate future, present activities are certain of continued advancement; additional in dustrial developments in the of forestry for the making of pulp and paper assured there is every to believe and plans for tho International Highway between the States and tht Northland will be brought closer to realization.
 Nowhere else in the world opportunities fol success so numerous as in Alaska Nowhere elst is mans destiny left completely to his owr making Nowhere else is there such positive promise of Prosperous. Happy New Year