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W1IILK THK MKTAL IS HOT
Tn the process of moving the plant from it? old homo to the now.
many difficulties arise. We are solving them as best we can, while
trying to get out a copy of the paper on schedule. We are abbreviat
ing tome on local new* and news about the terrltorj for this issue, but
expect the plant to be in full oper-aiion in (he new building within (ho
coarse of a week or ten days, when everything will b<> carried on as
heretofore.
WHY SHIP IS ••SHE"
Here are *ome answers to the ques
tion : HW'h> Jo they cull a ship she?**
Who ever won an argument from
therw?
It costs so much to keep one In op
eration
Because *hlphuilders can't live with
out i lift 11.
A *1:1, s gotta have Its own way or
It XSOii't gO.
If you ever tried to steer one v«»u
^cuMn't u*k.
The? are always calling at fora*
place or another.
Because it takes so long to get Them
read\ to go an\ where.
They need almost as ranch dolllnc
up ami paint lug r> any woman you
ever >a».
Ships always come off the ways
backward like the members of a «*er
tain sex alighting from street cars.
Because they are held together with
*tt*e! Because they frequently toss j
News.
NUGGETS OF TRUTH
l'rajer strengthens the determ na
ttvu of a man to get what he wants.
To say of a man. "he means well."
Impugn* his Judgment.
l>eIib^ration ovvr a propiwition !»
not mere waiting.
If one inn make fun of men's faults,
tt Is better than to hate them for
them.
People have fairly good reasons for
their opinions If they could only re
ajetntwr what those reasons are.
A is the first letter of the alphabet,
but O is the first one uttered by tb»
human race.
A man may be reluctant about at
tending churrh and attending » classi
cal concert, but both will do him good.
After a man has given advi.-e he
having It taken.
All writing may be a confession, as
the philosopher said. but not so much
no as a desk motto.
Mud- reform *••;!I Is not hecause
**tt Is for your good." but because it
Is for the reformer's p«-ai-e of mind.
—St. Louis Globe-l>emocrat.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
The king din do no wrong, If the
other fellow holds four aoes.
What every womnn knows: Mow to
manage her daughter'* husband.
Talk l« so cheap that most of It has
to be disposed of at a big discount.
An old bachelor says that marriage
- the permanent Injury that results
from falling In love.
Clvo the avemee man half a ohanc*
to t»:k about himself and he will de
liver i ho goods.
Some folks would Judge the popular
ity of an actress hy the flower* she
presents to herself.
Some women get red In the fare
from modesty, some from anger and
other* from the druggist.
Every man likes fo have It said
that li * baby h'oks like him. hut cet*
mad tf told he resembles the baby.
— I ! IJJrt I'.iih \ew«
VARIOUS NATIONAL DANCES
Tln» Irish national dance i* the
"Jlc."
The Ituheiuian national dance Is the
"beseda."
The English national danoes are the
"hornpipe" and "lancers "
The tJerman national dance* at*
the "gnllopade" and "waltz."
The Neapolitan national dance i*
the ■•tanuiti-lln."
The Polish national dances are the
"mazurfca" and "krakovieck."
The ltussiau national ilance is the
"cossac."
The Seotcli national dance Is the
"reel."
The Spanish national ilanees at*
the "bolero" and "fandango."
The French national fiances are th»
"contreilann (country dunce), "co
tillion" and "quadrille."
FOR FARM VISITORS
Don't -ic the dot «n the chickens
unless he is chained up.
Don't fail to inform grandma if the
eics you brought in were collected
from the ne^t of a sittinj hen.
he for the Paily Alaskan,
and get the news while it is news.
Still, even the fellov who Is busted
realizes that half-price Is better than
no price at all.
Rubber dresses have been Invented,
which will cause a great Increase In
rubbernecks.
The shipping board says wooden
vessels are obsolete—Just lit* our
drinking wssels .
The munitions makers want to know
why all the world Is going crazy
except themselves.
Many a chicken has crossed the
road to give us an object leason In
the perils of Jay-walking.
London announces that furs will coat
more, but many will not worry much
for a few weeks at least.
A. r>trlln newspaper says the soviet
nation ?a near Its downfall, but neg
lects to say on which aide.
Necessity ts the mother of Inventing
some way to keep house these days
without Indulging in luxuries.
If Japan can play trumps Instead of
merely following suit. It Is willing to
sit In at that Washington game.
Starving to death under bolshevlsra
Is no more pleasant than under any
other form of mlsgovernment.
An employer savs no young woman
with bobbed hair can work for htm,
so that Is the I«i>k and short of that.
By making the most of Its opportuni
ties this earnest and enthusiastic sum
mer may hope to prolong its days.
Old timers Insinuate that the new
dam-ex were invented by fashionable
persons who could never learn really
to dance.
France has not twisted the Brltlah
lion's tall for so long that It will be
like experiencing a new sensation In
England.
If Germany keeps on underselling
the world. It may become necessary
to lick her again to make the world
safe for Inefficiency.
The tobacco worm Is said to be
attacking the crop, bnt a little thing
like that wont be noticed in the
heat of the campaign.
A lot of Inconsistency Is shown In
the altitude of persons who are will
ing to gel back to normalcy by having
the wages of others cut.
The revival of Scent postage might
reduce the in-rcentage of mall matter
which finds lis way din-ctly to the
waste basket.
After permitting us to hope for
these many days, the weather man
now- brazenly declares that It will
stay hot all summer.
The opinion of a prominent photog
rapher that men are vain will strika
you Just possibly as a ier> good like
ness of some other fellow.
Fortunately, perhaps, on account of
the higher railroad rates there will be
many who won't be able to afford a
trip to the higher hotel rates.
Don't he misled by that scientist's
prediction that the end of the earth
will t>e glacial. More scientists'
predictions are frosts anyway.
It Is a base slander to say that a
man never washes the dishes until
the day before his wife returns from
the country. He never washes them
at all.
Czechoslovakia Is overrun with
muskrats. whose ancestors came frnin
the I'nited States. Czechoslovakia
should presently have a surplus of fur
caps for winter wear.
Germany is to »enri aid to the s'aiv
lng in Russia, and America is send Ing
clot hi nc to the needy in f.erroany.
but nobodj fs sending anything ex
cept bills to I'nele Sam
The flapper bather who changes to
water costume and back again in her
auto is the latest source of worry ro
people old enough to know not to
bother abt>ut such trifle*.
Those Communists vl«> have Slatted
a catnpa ini in South * merlon probabh
realize It Is warmer there and easier
to pick bananas and other fruits than
1: Is in Russia in February,
MONARCH A MEAN NEIGHBOR
Sennacherib. Ancient Ruler of Egypt,
Evidently a Bully of the
Highest Order.
Oolnc about Imooklnc down other
klnc's cities when they failed to "klsv
his foot," wns one of the playful habits
of Sennacherib, ruler of Kcypt wine
two thousand years apo. accordlnc to
cuneiform tablet* Jtist placed on ex
hlhltton at the Vniverslty of Chlcaco.
Sennacherib kept a "dian" of his
"playful habits." The hip -to'io <labs
were brought to the Cnlted States,
with other records of ancient Ecypt.
hy Prof. James H. Breasted "In my
third campaign 1 marched apalnst the
land of Hattl (I*alostlne)," said Sen
nacherib In his "diary." "The klnc*
of the west land bronchi rich Rifts he
fore rae for the fourth time and kissed
my feet." "Hereklah, the .Ttidenn. who
had not submitted to my yoke. 1 be
sieged and took -J?. of hi< srronc-walled
rltles. together with eoimtless small
cities, hy assault of hatterfnc rams
and slope endues. attack hy foot *ol
dlers and hy mines and broaches. I
captured some two hundred thousand
people, some small and creat. nu-n and
women, oxen and Innumerable sheep.'
"He*eklah himself I shut up In Je
rusjilem like a caped bird." Other
tablet* showed that Sormn'herlh had
a (""hoops "Jar.* band." a dr>miiNlnr>
"toddle" and desert "home brew."
Note Was Misleading.
At the hone! of n largo business con
cern In Munelo is a vory pompons man.
who not only 1* vory careful of his
dignity but inclined to irritability If
things do not pi wearily right with
him. Wishing to attend to some corre
spondence and having boon troubled
much of tho day hy visitors ho placed
h note on Iho outside of his private
office door the other dny which rend:
"Mr. Blank cannot be disturbed."
A collector soon afterward ap
peared at tho door of tho private of
fice. walked past tho secretary. rend
the note and strodo In. hut si>on came
out iho door mtioh more rapidly than
he had entered.
"l>idnt yon read the note?" th^ sec
retary asked of the fllsliowW col
lector.
"T read It." the latter admitted. "bti?
I didn't believe It nnd w<*nt In to find
out. 1 discovered that 1 was right. for
ho pan t*o and was." — Indianapolis
Now*.
Library of Conor*** Rank* Third.
The collection of the library of con
ere** is tho largest In the western
hemisphere, and third in the world.
It comprises over 2.710.500 printed
hooks and pamphlets including the
law library. which, while a division
of the library of congress. still re
mains at tho oapltol), maps and charts,
plecos of music, and photographs
prlhts. engravings and lithographs
numbering about one million. The col
lection is rich hi history political sci
ence, In official divnmenrs. national,
state nnd foreign, and in Americana.
Including Important files of American
tiewspap-rs and original manuscripts
(colonial, revolutionary and formatlvo
periods Many rare hooks and manu
scripts belonging tc the library are
exhibited In show oases on the second
floor.
Nation W>thout Language.
Switrer ||:,v n 1#:;.. ig< of its
erland nri Prt'noh. Italian and <«t
man, all three bolng recognlrod a* tho
"mother tongue" of the majority of the
inhabitants.
A majority of the people speak t'er
;!ian. while the others use French ami
Italian, varying a« n rule according to
the proximity of the people to each
country whose language they speak.
Public documents and notices are
:Hinted In the French and liermsn lan
guages. In the Swiss national parlia
ment the niem|ier» make their speeches
either in French or <»en)ian. the mem
)hts being as familiar with one lan
guage as the otlier..
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papers In both languages.
n homo ">il> the "Ordinals are
s distinct snw- They're nnu-h bet
tor there Jhiin awaj The Yanks nre
better, if anything, on the road. The
Giants are herter at home and, har
Pittsburgh- have done poorly In the
Western cities.
It's a better grade of liasrhall with
better pitching and normalcy In hlrting
TN- greatest of mistakes <v >nld he to
purposely inoreasr the hitting. O>o«p
ec anything and it lo«es it* glanw*.
Except Ktith's home runs. Tlie Rah*
^ ctrV all his rtnu.
Subscribe for th# Paily Alaskan.
IK TBE PROBATE COURT FOR
HAINES PRECINCT, FIRST JU
DICIAL DIVISION, TERRITORY
OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF T".E ESTATE
OF 1
S. J WEITZMAN. deceased.
Nntlcr of HraHnc on lliwl Ar
• mirnt
Notice Is hevt-Jiy Riven that Joe.
H. Cht«el. a? administrator of the
estate of S. J. Weitiman. debased,
did on t'..e 5th day of September,
3 911. file in the above entitled court
his final account and report of his
administration of said estate, and
the hearing of the name has been
set by said court for the 5th day of
November. 1921, at the hour of two
o'clock p m. at the courtroom of;
said court at Hafires, Alaska, at ;
which time and place all persons
are required to file any objections
they may hare to said account and
report, and to show cause if any
they have, why said account and re
port should not be allowed and set
tled.
Dated this 5th day of September.
1921
JOS H.XHISEL.
A<flnn istrator
First Insertion—Sept S, 1921.
Final insert on—Nov. 10, 1921. »
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Shi' (s! Ill inotv lumlMK' WoIlM
j*or r«k me to marry >" *11 If I sat' 1
would sa> "yes" If you a«kod me to
marry yon ?
Note From tht Bcrder.
Tourist—1 snnposo the po«»|>)r wor^
qulrr acitatod when that cane «' ir
tertiatlonal thieves went thronch bore?
Native—Yos: the (tovMwawtt own
l>nt looks on the (until.
Tax on Politeness.
"Ho«- dl«1 yon enjoy your dlniwT"
to chut «ith tt» :i« ihey passed. and I
had to stand up thponjrttoiit tlx' entire
meal
Had Ousiif'caticns,
was fine. » rtsn't it ?
Pax—Yes. ho ran always tuake a dry
Ril.ioet intotv^'inc—.tttder
BROKE
Mr*. Justwed—You art very eco
nomical, Jack, where did you learn
economy'
Mr. Justwed—Pirying poker with
your father.
His Poet Tale.
A Tedd- l»ar w ' on The lo«.
A* coM a* cold CRT.
But noon hr war -.ir *t> « :Uk-ed »w»y
"Vv ttit l* told said he
* Practical Start
Flapper (romantionllj^—■Oh. mott
er. ? want to rise t« hislwr thing*. 1
want to act f(# Tho films and nnH;
the topmost nine "f tho laddor.
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tains.
Those Girls.
>llss Ryvsl—"I tMii'l soo roc at tho
Rnr.-lay hall <1osr.
Miss Bricht—That whs prohahly t>r
can**1 1 was snrroumiod l»y men ft' ■
tho tlmo.
Unable tc Say.
'Is your wife roooivlnc 7"
"I don't know whether sho is re*
wirinf: or el vine." replied Mr. Eil£
Clns. "She's playing bridge " '
THE SKAGWAT
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SKEMAJi, IVnp.
!tit mm RjLI Wilt
The l«rp"i( and hfrt con
Ouc-twl flnlrj- in Alivka. .
I>ai!y (shipment* of pore
milk and rmn to nil
p*int» on Whit*' I'm A
Vukon Rnn<F.
Big Game Guide
Sportsmen w ho nrr interest
ed In hnntinc Me li» the
lioirer Vnkovt rowntr> nrc In
vifod to cull on me. .1 hair
11%-etl for m«n) in the At
lin wnntrji, md • nn jiiinrantee
>nintint pmiio- fine «uo<lmiii%
! hi\T n gnnd power hont
for lnke hnnifnu nn«i fishing- .
For information onll or nd
ilress g
Tom Williams
ATI IV
R. O.
IHST SLEEP W T
mLES ON CHIN
Nose and Neck, Face Terribly
Disfigured. CuticuraHwU.
"I w*s trembled for several month®
with nrrmli. rrd pimplea, which fe»
terrd and turned white. Then were
in blotches around my chin and
no*, and also on my neck. Mt
face wan terribly disfigured and I
lost many nights' steep.
"1 heard of Cr ctira Soap and
Ointment and decided to try them
After two or three treatment* I
noticed the pimples bepan to go
awav, and after using two calrea of
Soap and three bosres of Ointment
I won healed." Signed Mia»
Bonohm Bun. Bo* **. Long Beach.
Wash.. July It. 1«0.
MakeCuticura Soap. Ointment and
Takumrour every-day toilet prepara
ticns and watch your akin mprove.
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tionary ati«1 office forms, an«l «eni1
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Reminder
The monthlj swWrt|*fon rule of
TTip Almkm is onry wrf«t)4lrf
ants per month hy mail, or «!elfrcr
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The
Clancy
Kids
Just Like An
Educated Person
By
PERCY L. CROSBY