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SYMPATHY Kt>11 HAWAII
Carcross, Y.T.
Atlln. B C.
Hawaiians are complalning-bitterlv that many "highly-placed" Amer
icans di> not know >et that the Paradise of the Pacific is part of thelUnited
Mates. Alaska has tiie same complaint, and Cordova, especially, because
nearby we have undoubtedly some Immense pools of crude oil. with eleven
evperimental wells producing 1.200 barrels a month, and few capitalists
outside are taking notice of us. Even John I). Rockefeller. Jr., supposed
to be wise, recently went all the way to the Philippines seeking indications
of new oil fields, and our government even now is sending Admiral Chester
and others to Mesopotamia and elsewhere on the same kind of mission.
"What fools these mortals be!"
The Hawaiians complain il> let"uMy of the general misconception of the
status of their territory. Hawaii became a part of the United States in
.ttid contributes millions of dollars anuuallj in federal income taxei
to the support of the government. Ye", lately, the Hawaiian banks have
I een receiving letters from the collector of internal revenue at Washington,
D C , returning che< ks 'because the Hawaiian Islands are not in the Uni
ted States " The letters also demanded that "l • • matter must be adjudg
. d at once," and called attention to the fact that a check for any obliga
tions to the United States "must be paid at par " .Many finoncia] Institu
te':.-. • specially on the Atlantic Coast are trying to charge 10 percent ex
change on checks payable in Hawaii in the belief that it is "a foreign coun
try."
A traveling Hawaiian complains that wl .^n. In Baltimore, she tried to
rash a check on a Hawaiian bark, the cashier advised her not to try to
cash the document h-v.iii»e "tie 'lar.ue would be >12 to $13." He add
ed sapientl;. "You know. Madam. Ilawa, an currency has depreciated con
s derably since the war."
Back east, even at Washington, many still think Alaska is an Island,
and t* it the harbor at Seattle is frozen over solidly every winter.—Cor
dova Times.
IHioAIHWSTIVt;
Imagine the Yukon sourdough prospector or trapper sitting in his re
li.nte .uid isolated cabin a hundred milt-s. from tiis nearest neighbor and
thousands of miles from a city and able to place his ear to a simple little
d • ice and flear souks of the London music halls and the Metropolitan
operas of New York and the speeches hi the house of parliament at Ottawa.
'1 .:» dream may come true right in Yukon sooner than some suspect. The
feat of transmitting such veflial clelig'.ts through the air has become on
accomplished fact in many p;.its of th.s continent, and it remains only for
Yukon to get the receiving instruments and for transmitting statious with
sufficient sending radius to he ins'allcd.
In fact, if receiving instruments were now installed in Yukon It Is like
ly that certaiu messages from high-power transmitting stations -now in
service would be found to he radiating over this region with sufficient force
and clar.tv right today to he distinctly understood and appreciated. These
messages are being sent out from numerous stations in America today, and
supplied right and left to an astonishing number of subscribers. They go
broadcutt. and can be picked up in any direction by those within the radius
of the sending instrument who have the properly attuned receiver.
The great feats in radio telephone and the leaping popularity of the de
vices were disclosed a few days ag.» at a conference held by certain large
interests with Herbert C. Hoover at Washington. The sending of private
n.-ssages is impossible by the rad.o telepi.ony. and. therefore, as explained
by Mr Hoover, the system is now impracticable for commercial purposes,
but for a general broadcasting purpose the apparatus is an astounding suc
cess.—Dawson News.
The oiif«tan*!l' it characteristic of
the typlral Arnerlcnn is th>
of being busted ai in Mouduy morn
ing.
A darghter has learned her hardest
music lesson when her request f1 r
money sounds like tuuslc In her father's
ears.
One argument for the aerial ntall
seems to have been overlooked. It
mlgnt ki ep the mails out of reach of
bandits.
One sure way to mur the finish of
a new automobile seems to be to jet
It caught between a couple of pa»a
Ilk »*reet cars.
Moonshine whisky glows with un
usual brllllan<-e In the statistics on
suicide. homicide and other forms of
violent death.
War Is no longer depicted as a
jtlorlous enterprise. Its poss lilltty Is
contemplated only as a threat of dis
agreeable ne^essltr.
An unfortunate part of the typhi?*
epidemic is not only the number It
kills hut some of those It has missed,
to date. In Moscow.
All the wise ones, writers and others,
who can tell oth<"-* exactly hoT to
h.-.oint- silent »ht*u_coni falls
o -jr. cents a lillslitT.
A woman welshing -40 pounds was
carried from a burning: building by »
fireman and an Inaccurate reporter
rail's It a narrow escape.
Russia having returned to vodka I*
mo' Ins for- sird. So far as we have
heard. vodka is calculated to make
anvbod.v move— somewhere.
Cuba is reported to be hard up be
raii-u* die ba« too much sugar on hand
Heine rhe first rn -orded Instance
of suirar-coeted calamity.
Mu--'c i« to be utilized In Ameri
canization of the foreign horn. I'
.iazz is used In the process what hope
will there be for the republic?
N'one of tlie months get mnch notice
from now on from the poets until April
Is due: hut poets do not hibernate.
They write about Florida and Tahiti.
Announcement .lust made that tur
keys originated In Mexico will not
surpris- anybody fam'llar with the
way Mexico's natural resources have
alwavs attracted gobblers.
Jazz, accord'ns »o the music doctor*.
«« dying again and this time will be
buried. It might serve all the ends of
extreme Ittstice to compel Jazz to fur
nish the UiUiic for Us own funeral.
Bob's Broken
Resolutions
By JANE OSBORN
<£). by UcClur* s/aaicai* >
Bob Judson neut down to break-1
fast New Voar's morning with Ills
shirt cuffs dangling. Moreover lie
bad watched the old year out and
the new year In at his young sis- j
ter'K party and bad promised to go
skating with the "crowd" by 9 In
the mornlug. This meant an b
o'clock breakfast. He was not In a |
cheerful frame of mlud.
"What In thunder do you mean
by swiping my cuff buttons, Peggy?"
he said to his sister, who was already
at the table paring an apple with '
amiable precision. "Look." Ue held up
dangling shirt cuffs.
"Only this," cooed Peggy, who was
eighteen and uncommonly pretty. She
held up her hands, showing the cuffs
of a blouse of masculine cut, "1
needed them, dearie, so before you were
awake I came In and got them. Don't
be huffy, sweetheart. It's New Year's
day."
"Well, you needn't be so absurd
ly good-natured." growled Bob. "Vou're
not usually so pie sweet tills fctue In
the uioruiug."
"No, dearest!" said Peggy. "But
It's New Year's day and I've made
some resolutions. One's to be very
good-natured. And I'm beginning
on you. 1 have made out some for
you, too," she added drawing a very
small piece of paper from the strap
of her wrist watcb. "I knew you
wouldn't make any for yourself.
Here "
Tom rend In very small, rather
childish writing, these resolutions
thought by his title sister to cover
his besetting sins:
Not to flirt.
Not to be scrappy—"That's because
you punched Peter when you caught
taiui kissing uie." explained Peggy.
Not to he late for dinner—"It an
j novs cook fco." •
| Not to I* hoggish—This had spe
cial reference to neckties, fountain
pens, cuff buttons, etc.
' Not to get engaged before 1924.
"Because uuatt&ched men are scan*
and we need you In the bunch to
| piece out with when the regular men
are away."
| "Anil I'm not a regular tnan?" said
j Bob.
"Oh. Bobby," cooed Peggy, "1 didn't
mean It that way. 1 meant when the
boys In the crowd weren't here. Of
course the girls like you but you're
so old." Bob was all of twenty-Ave.
"Bobby dear." resumed Peggy. "I've
asked some of the girls to come In
this evening to practice a new dance
1 step. We're a rnun short That Is,
we are a girl extra. Sully's bringing
I her cousin. You'll come, won't you?"
I Bob looked over the list of reso
I lutions Peggy had made out for him
I several times while he ate, anrt be
( fore he left the house that morning
l lie had promised Peggy to keep them,
i that Is. If he could.
j Bob's social engagements In his own
and bis sister's set kept him until
; darkness had begun to settle. But,
' as be retlected. It was only half past
I f>, and with half an hour to get home
I and dinner at half past 6. he would
i he in good time for dluner. He could
I boast to Peggy that he had kept all
' his resolutions at least for the day.
' He wus aware of the fact that
there was a young woman walking
hurriedly beside a mun, on the op
I j oslte side of the street, but be did uot
I give the matter much notice even
when they stopped In an apparent
argument. Then be saw the young
voman quickly cross the street She
i waved her bund and fairly pounced
| upon hlui with a, "Why Marmaduke,
dear, how glad I am to see you I"
It seemed to Torn as If to all his
life he hud never seen any girl look
1 jo entirely charmed to clap eyes on
biro, yet he was sure from »the first
that be did not know the young
, woman. She was shaking bands with
i titm and looking archly, almost ur
I dently, It seemed to Tom. from eyes
I very deep and tender. It was too
dark to see Just what color they were.
He didn't know her, aud Tom felt that
I she Imew be did not; still If she
I wanted to pretend that she did, what
harm?
I Tom remembered the first resolu
tion given by Peggy, "Not to flirt."
j There would have been satisfaction in
| keeping them all, but still greater
I satisfaction in becoming acquainted
without an introduction with a girl
of such apparent i-liarm.
"I thought it was you. Marmaduke."
she said walking beside him and laugh
ing gayly. "Of course, you were on
your way to our house. We half ex
pected you but I didn't know you
would come this way." It seemed
to Tom that the girl was talking
very loudly. "Father and brother are
at tlie house on account of the holi
day. They will be so glad to see
you, Marmaduke " And then In an
aside she said, "Marmaduke Butler's
your name."
She had heard steps behind them
and then Tom realized that the man
who had been talking to the girl on
the opposite side of the street had
crossed and had caught up with them.
| "Say, who are you?" said I he young
man. well dressed but with his hat
drawn far dowu over bts eyes.
"Why, I'm Marmaduke Butler—I
tfilnk." stammered Tom.
"Well, you can atop annoying this
lady," said the stranger. "She's a
fr'end of mine and I won't stand
I {or any straugers talking to her."
The mnn pnMmd his war, rrylnc to
walk between rhe tfrl and Tom. "You
never saw lief before In your life,
did y»u? You don't know her name?
do you 7"
Tlie girl had crossed In front of
Torn mid wns hanging on his arm.
"Tell him you are an old friend."
slit wus saying.
"I'm an old friend," said Tom with
out conviction.
"1 don't believe It," snarled the
stranger. "We don't neither of ua
know her well. And I cunje along
tirsi. You "
Tom did not wait to know what
was comiug next. He shook off the
girl's hold, his lists clenched and
his muscles tightened without voli
tion. The next uiluute he had struck
out toward llie annoying stranger, and
wiih the third blow ihe stranger was
prone on the path. Then he and the
girl walked quickly on. They walked a
block In silence. Then the man picked
himself up. brushed off his emit and
followed, apparently not much the
worse for wear.
"Take me home," whls|>ered the
girl, hoarsely. "It's 20 Bedford street'
Cau you tind it?" Tom knew Ihe
way perfectly, though the house In
question lay a half hour beyond, with
no chance of trolley or bus to convey
them (hither. The man was following
them. Just what part he was play
ing In the little triangle Tom didn't
know. Hut he and ihe girl went on.
walking all the time fasler to keep
ahead of the undesirable one. who was
following theui swiftly In the gloam
ing.
lie stood with her on the porch
of the house marked 26 until a ser
vant came to the door. "May I see
you again?" He was reluctant to
let the door separate them.
"Oh. no," said the girl. "It would
seem as if I bad been very irn
pertinent if we ever met again. I
could never consent lo know a man
whom I hud met thai way. Rut 1
shall always be so grateful." The'
the door closed and Tom In much con
fusion traced his steps homeward. Il
was a quarter Of seven when lie
reached home.
"Tom. you have broken one of youi
resolutions the lirst tiling." cnlrped
Peggy. when they met at dinner.
"I've broken more than one," said
Tom dismally. "I've flirted with a
girl, knocked a man over. I've fell as
it' I wanted something alt to iiiysel!
and If 1 gel half a chance I'll be en
caged before 11*24. Say. Peggv. Sally
lives somewhere In Bedford stri-ei,
doesn't she?"
■Tweuty-six," said Peggy. "And I
Shouldn't wonder if you'll better re
member that, because you II have to
see Sally's cousin home. You see,
she's the extra girl tonight. And
Sally and Burton James are so struck
with each other Ilial Ihey won't want
that cousin bulling in—you won't
mind, will you?"
Then the telephone hell rang and
Peggy was absorbed for many inin
tiles. She hurst in upon Toiil In Ihe
riinUlg room where he was finish
ing dinner alone. "Tom. hurry. I
■■ ■' v N
«m! "lie? cousfti. Rurton .Ttin** was 1
polnc to meet thrtn here and they were j
coming alone. hut the o«turtn— M*dg»
Is her name—had the most awful ex
j>erleqce. perfectly awful. First a
man sitting heslde her In the street
<ar wild he remembered her, that ha
liad met her at a dance, was an old I
friend of her hroiher'a. Madge never
suspected that he nil lust plcktnf
her op. When ahe found out she got
off the car and he followed her. The? I
walked along and then he took her >
arm. wanted to make a date with her j
and everything. Madge didn't know •
what to do. It waa so dark and lonely I
But she say* the nicest nan cam* '
along and saw her difficulty and
knocked the man down and took her
home, then left without letting her i
know who he wis. Wasn't that j
.splendid? Now the girls are afraid t?
c»me alone for fear that other man
■will meet them."
Of course Tom hastened to 26 Bed
flwd street, and of course the affair
ripened Into a romance, and long be
fore the year was out announcements
were made of the engjigeinent of
iladge aud Tom. Peggy didn't find
ll hard to forgive Tom for breaking !
his New Year'* resolutions. but she
always Insisted that It would have !
Wen so much more romantic If Madge
had married the hero who knocked
her annoyer down, on New Year'a
Dlght.
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Make This Your 1922 Slogan
" Try The Home Market First"
As a Northerner, a Pioneer, an Cpbuilder of Alaska, yon are
peeved every time you hear of the appointment of a "carpetbagger"
to fill one of the political offices of the territory, because you know
that there are capable and efficient men living in the territory who
could fill the offices with perfect satisfaction, who are helping to
build up the territory and make It a worth while place In which to
live.
Is is a parallel case when Northerners send their money ont
side for supplies that may be bought right here at home and give
better satisfaction than the "carpetbagger" gtuff imported from the
Slates.
Js It not a fact that we are all working to build up the North
to make it a worth-while place In which to live, and by "trying your
home market first" you are strengthening the foundation for that
building?
Here's A Suggestion For A Starter
TRY THE ALASKAN'S JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT FIRST, IT 18 EQUIPPED
WITH MODERN MACHINERY AND MATERIAL, AND EFFICIENT
ARTISANS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE WORK