The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 27, 1919, Page 6

Sal actipatianenetentineeiaiitie -aigoutienead t the Postoffice at Mared 3. 1878, @ months, 9275 4 te, 1h ir etty, Lie mail, ont of cit per morth $8.00, tn State of Washington Outs nth. 84.80 for @ momths, or §9.00 per year. By cer: week. bier cite ea i Daily by The Star PubRshing Co. Phenc Main 600. Private exchange connecting ai! departments clue Keep your eye on Alaska! Peace is going to mean a lot to that northern adopted child of Uncle Sam. And Alaska is a laboratory of democ Facy, too—there were government owned railroads in Alaska, for instance, long before the war brought government ope! ation of the roads in the main United States. The U. S. department of the interior, which has more to @o with Alaska than any other government agency, in an official report predicts a drive of settlers to Alaska. It is @xpected thousands of men and women will leave the states to take up life in the peninsula which we bought from Russia, and included among them will be many soldiers, seekers of More adventure and the outdoor life. Speaking of these soldiers, the interior department says “These men, drawn from the more settled and staid ions of the United States and thrown into the atmos- phere of adventure and outdoor life, will not be content to ‘settle down to their former humdrum existence in the fac- © tery, the office, but they will seek a wider horizon and greater possibilities than offered by their return to former ‘occupatio: a great immigration to Alaska is looked for when once the armies of the world are disbanded.” The annual Alaskan report just made to congress shows wonderful strides made by the territory. The white popula- tion is now estimated at 30,000 Trade with the United States during the last fiscal year ‘was $131,000,000, more than the trade between the United States and the Philippines, Porto Rico, or Hawaii. Alaskan farmers are reaching out into northern Siberia / - for a market for vegetables which will be shipped in a | ydrated form. In the Tanana valley the farmers have ped a strain of Siberian wheat which makes fine flour, quickly and can be grown in all valleys of Alaska Bynes! year, it is promised that Alaska will raise all the ‘ t needed in the territory for flour, and later on the tory may export wheat and flour to the United States Asia.s There are 71 public schools, with 3,500 pupils. Six salmon hatcheries are operated by the government four by private companies, and there is $47,000,000 ted the salmon industry. Fishery products totaled 466,980. While over 8,000 seal skins were taken, an of 40,000 seals is reported. Furs worth $1,338,600 e shipped out. The mineral production was $40,700,195. The government railroad made good progress, the main to Fairbanks has been extended from Seward to Montana k, 210 miles, and the branch line into the coal fields now from Matanuska Junction to Chickaloon, in the heart the coal field. The Alaska Northern railroad has been led and put into working order. The government suffered a loss in revenue of nearly $90,000 due to prohibition. ° ‘The United States paid $7,200,000 for Alaska. Last the minerals shipped from Alaska to the United States five times greater in value than the purchase price of whole peninsula; the fishery products were seven times , and the total export and import trade between the country and her adopted child was twenty times Is He Your Boy? This is the little lad you saw trudging along the city ; the other day, his tiny arms ladep with a bundle of sticks. You remember the tired expression in the brown eyes, . the solemn look on the pinch- - : _ - nares vanees SS ps om ed, pale little face, the firm- ao sited when cnustered out at Camp rye 4 * shut little mouth? ‘Member the lil’ office boy who used to be Uh’ goat all th’ time? Well After paying bin bills, he came to i » No more than 3 or 4 feet |—he's back! Seattle with $7. and at once looked high! Trudging the city! ee —— a job, but. was ag apr This ® streets in the cold, raw wind) ecm. ta three of a wintry day, gathering sticks for the family fire for the poor little shack on a shabby street, miles gway. ‘Brave little lad! You've seen him many a} time in many a street in| many a city. Not your boy? Not your| friend’s boy? Just a poor foreigner’s ragged little lad? But he IS your boy. | He'll be a citizen some day; entitled to vote, even as you and I. What kind of a citizen? | Whose fault is it that he is T HE influenza epidemic subsides. But its menace This disea: the whole country, is thought to have had its source in the wal But danger of its recurrence will not end when the war is ended, The danger is not removed when armies are demobilized in Eurepe and in the United States Flu is pandemic. That is an epidemic which spreads thruout the world. It encircled the globe this winter, It is almost certain to appear again next winter, It may not become lighter. Some authorities are con- vineed it will be more dangerous in the coming win- ter of 1919-1920 than it was in the present winter of 1918-1919. Flu bacilli gather virulence A whatever country people are worn down by famine, or, for other reasons, are low in vitality, Having gained strength from weak victims, the bacilli sweep across continents, a deadly menace even to the most healthy individuals in a nation so well fed as the United States. remains great , which swept . * « LU killed more Americans this fall-than were killed in all the American battles with Germany. American children were made fatherless by’ war. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children were made both fatherless and motherless by flu. . . . * LU comes in the innocent guise of a cold. It creates little terror, A large proportion ‘of its victims recover. The lemgth of the death list is ex plained by the fact that it attacks fearly half the THE SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1919. STAR|] Our Greatest Menace; Money Spent Now to Fight the Dreaded Disease Will Prevent Great Loss of. Life ANY INDIVIDUAL WILL BE IMMUNE IF ‘THE EPIDEMIC RECURS NEXT WINTER IN) THE UNIT STATES. Every dollar spent in the effort to isolate the bacillus of flup to find a way to prevent the disease or to gombat it best, is a dollar spent to protect the life of every pergon in America, Flu vaccines used in the present epidemic carried no guarantee, They were experimental, There i no way of knowing whether they were effective o1 not The value of such vaccines depends on experiment which require time and on results which cannot be obtained-hastily. Research of this sort requires both time and money. It is being carried on by individual and by endowed institutions which frequently are handicapped by lack of funds. But on the result of this scientific research will depend the lives of thou sands of Americans. The United States will be in danger again, not only next winter, but inthe winter following. The last flu epidemic here, tho less deadly than the pres- ent epidemic, lasted from 1889 to 1893. Saving lives which will be menaced by a return of flu should not be left to individual scientists, or to private and semi-public institutions. It should be fi- nanced by the government at Washington. R* EARCH can’t be undertaken after the next \ epidemic of flu has arrived. To find a cure, or to determine the best way to combat flu next winter, THAT CON- BY AN POSES, AND URGES EARNESTLY GRESS FINANCE SUCH RESEARCHE APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000. . . * * PART of the appropriation should be at the dis- posal each of Surgeon General Merritte W. Ire- land of the army, Surgeon General W. C. Braisted of the navy and Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the United States public health service. The remainder of the appropriation should be placed in the hands of the president, for subsidizing what experimental stations may seem to him best adapted to this work, The entire amount should be spent in isolating the flu germ, experimenting with the best methods of treatment, to find, if possible, a serum that will diminish the danger of attack, if it does not ward it off. In lives, loss to workers, and in other ways, this winter's epidemic has cost the nation not less than $200,000,000, A congressional appropriation would be well risked, even if no sure preventive is found after governnient scientists have spent the entire $5,000,000. American lives are not alone at stake. The flu has been as bad in South America as in the United States. It is as bad in France as in England. It has been yet worse in Asia and in some countries of central Europe. Discovery of a real flu preventive might be this nation’s best gift to the world, besides saving lives of thousands in the United States. population. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT researches must be started quickly. THE STAR PRO- |__Coming Home With the Yanks! | /LIETTERS TO THE EDITOR | $7 ARSHELLS of the Young Men's) the wa na recent is and wasn't a Abo ckson's dete we are ed into them Chrintia crow still my muscles do not grow as strong as I with, What do you ad- vise?—-Luke Strong. tation t in very unhealthy als wald there A WORD FROM JOSH WISE 0 per cent of the men use ‘ord of truth in the lette ne A obace n t = Y F bd dhe rats ‘ - aw ae _ ae ee Sey Se eal bre F if A con] dealer — You should swing something heave every word “A Bremerton Gob” #aid ise they don't happen to want, on never feels th’|'*r Why not swing a bridge? about the ¥. M ¢ A. in true-and the floor of the cars, and that is buzzard. T had two friends on the pol, then he didn’t tell half something that should be » force. One had the flu and A friend of mine showed me a letter ed and the other quit his Joby you tell me the difference them?—A. Kopp to allow reet cars, because r has been abused ntake ANSWERED BY MR. C. GREY Can you tell me why there are Misn Addie Noids France. Thi M. C. A. in his brother in he maid about the Y = riginal ¢ nee are not © prit he ex cages ; on th i . ps ha B ocpeh on n every Wey poxsible To hold the jallbirds. One beat the flu and the other charging such exortitant pric And if any one opens a window for the beat, A expenses. I would ke to know, then, ffe#h air, it causes a loud protest| Are there any artiste who car pals what is being done with the money | from those who are emokirty raw two things at one me?—Hank CAUGHT! thet was subscribed for the seven 0 I think it Is up to the health of | Honk But I am not going to lose y war works campaigr fieera to do something, and do it We once saw an artist draw @ entirely,” said the young man, sai — Krickson said, if it weren't for the dlekly horve and a pipe at the same time ly. “E can at least always be —-*, Y. M. C. A, what could we have t wish any one harm, but 1 ~ brother to you.” = done? All I can ts, we could “0 with the health officers had to I swing Indian clubs every morn-| “If I had any use for a brother, have done very w put it ridé the early cars for & w lam ing before breakfast. I swing a ham- | replied the girl, “I could reach down 4 be ALSO A wure there wo right after breakfast. I swing | under this sofa ax the rest of the morning. I! now.” and get one right rd from sol From what I have fliers, nailore and marines returne from France, it in not the ¥ MC. A that Is helping the men, but the Red Crows and Salvation Army. My a nertions are backed by the large ma jority of nervice men. ANOTHER BREMERTON GOB, FATR PLAY WRITES Editor The Star: The Star of the 14th contained a striking cartoon on ite front page, It wan called “The Parents of Bolshevism.” This sini» ter picture came to my mind a few nights ago, while waiting for a street car ona ntown street. I was ap proached by a young man wearing the uniform of the United States army, who begged the price of a bed ung men out of the ice in the dead of winter, with little or no money. Someth! be done at once, in the name ple justice, for these men. The pro bill, giving each disctmrged $300 lendid. It should be passed withod? delay FAIR PLAY three brands sealed in air-tight Easy to find BLAMES TOBACCO The Star: Just a t dirty street care—they are aw y dirty—and why? MAGIC! HAVE IT ON THE DRESSER litor word W. Hohenzollern Born January 27, 1859. Na Nature is not knave nor foo! You never came from human womb packages. compelled to trudge until the little feet are blistered and a fend. you: in ecmne charnel tomb H the smile is lost from the baby face? Dropped by some slutteh shou —it is on sale live) : oe — There, at the naked throats of death Corns stop hurting, then lift Bill’s Birthday Fray ean so wth Sour ne nna off with Tingers everywhere. 1 tucned and #p « cur aes We are sentenced to this world for life! 7 t Just drop a little Freezone on that Up to a certain age, we want the years to fly by, and Ry en ee birthdays are festive occasions. s ; : Been eS hae Look for. ask for. To the juvenile mind, maturity means much that lures, " ma othe Pent be sure to get attracts and beckons. Long trousers and skirts NOT QUITE!™ ‘That ever you were born! 4 so short promise cherished opportunities and individual im-| g—- ~~ - ee aed Pes Lp ace as WRIGLEYS portance. AMA. But comes a period when life’s substantial good things! } DR. STELZLE SAYS TODAY: are ours, understood and appreciated. Then the end can be | *--——————————————————————————"——-—- >> The Greatest Name seen mocking, as we feel, each year, drawn nearer to it. You can't fight your best in another man’s armo ‘ou’ve got te Birthdays take on a solemn significance when the winter | s>t ‘» your own way inviiaeee Mt tag io Goody- Land. £ of life isupon us. True, too, they bring with the sting a fair D ; Ee Wade: | be share of happiness. If the past has been lived to a purpose, big sth doogy ake ete ee iz the joy of gazing back offsets the dread of looking ahead. Pte gi f/ i 7 Life is the sentence we serve as penalty for progress and You can't fool God SP. evolution. It is the one sentence which many would have in- f . fe} M terminable, never to end—particularly the most shortsighted, | sien Pan pope ising sell ost Le LARK INT the most successful and the most selfish. every day of our is hl ach F ore EREECT GUM TY : ‘ The shortsighted forget that there must be limit to have| . VEMPATN TZ 2 £ALS SLAVOA value. The less there is of a thing the more its demand. The PR sh Phe reform. | Get a Uny bottle of Freezone for ] harder we have to struggle for it the greater its worth—and Cretihia 1 few cents from any drug. store i life is maintained only by constant struggle. Life’s briefness ree ido pee Bere Sea Ss eeeeee r ; = 4 4 The successful forget that if the theories of evolution ba Realy » without soreness oF irfitation, You and man’s idea of heaven have foundation, this life is the ee) be sa hen thei j threshold to a better one. Hence, we should welcome ap- Almighty had to experiment bp eyesgy Pepsi Meme tags Pc DOUBLEM ! NT proach to it. THE REVITIZLE men before nally ev ae gaitis | coeemeeeemenee we CHEWING GUM! The selfish think in terms of here and now. They are! ‘ ree SA VER Ne ome of VE LE LORPE FU loathe to yield that which they deem gain. They have throte|°" ““"* ™" a hae. as afm RS AN . 3 tied spiritual self with the lust of greed. I believe It is all that I posse Tt , 4 There is now in session the world’s strangest birthday |!t can make 1 rand freer The oS ae Pp baad ae . af fsb ( : KEPT RIGHT William Hohenzollern is about to turn another page in pe ‘ TAILORING ee t the Book of Life. These birthday party-ers are now writing | cona siwed hinealt Be TS RAE EO: AIRE OIE She CO. pees \ J u 1 CY FRU I T ¢ either the next chapter or “finis,” the end, for Herr Hohen- hides eae ak Headquarters for ) Ie : gollern. ‘ | acd’ Nen Cvervbody wares with you, It'y a pretty good sign that nobod Suits, Coat. 1 Ve y) W)isranererere % Their “gift” will constitute a penalty, even if it be con-| Tees nig’ S> oats "Ui, , THE FLAVOR LASTS ee pence for His Inferior Majesty, Wilhelm-the Pots- ; of men have a broader experience than the “common peo: One-Piece Dresses mas ' ple nows quite so well what it means to toll and to suffer and At the same time, a more important birthday is being | one have higher aspirations and none exhibit Tuow? ane soberly “celebrated’”—the Birthday of World 1 i i 7 Democracy, | i meeeated in a manner to insure it many Happy Returns of | » the Day! | of this that God speaks thru them. Chicago's Mayor Thompson says the ¢ want more cheap gas. 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