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SITKA'S lii:s«>1 IU1.S
Sitka, on Baranotf island, presents src.it uuleveloped resources in min-1
Ing. fishing. lumbering, wooil pulp. waterpower fur farming and gardening.
Capital and population are needed. With tie one the other will come.
Opportunities are opening for a number of loea. industries.
The climate is delightful, the scenery grand. Sitka is a tourists' mecca
and a sportsman's paradise, with splendid boating, tishing and hunting.
Sitka has an ideal townsite. good water, electric lights, public school. I
four churches and a newspaper. It is worthy the attention of anyone look- I
lug for a location in Alaska.
Sitka is rich in historical lore. Scientists and geologists, moreover. J
may r : d a wonderful field for investigation.- It was the first mauufactur
:tv .in the Pacific coast and many of '!i musical bells of monasteries '
in California were forged in Sitka's foundary. Sitka has a National Park,
ui.equaled in beauty, with its numerous and curiously formed islands
r. aching out to the broad Pacific ocean, its evtlnct volcano and mountains
and valleys, the charm is uticomparable—S.tka Tribune.
ill!' PKVSIOX l.lst l>K't'KK.\si\c;.—The number of Civil War pensioners
are decreasing at a yery p d rate these days In the month of April 2.
61". C ivil War \eterans we .lroii>ed from ti e pension rolls on account of
d- .tii and the names of '-Viol widows of Civil War >old.ers were dropped
for the same cause. The first of M iv showed that t ere are still the names
of 19S.40? veterans *>f the war on ae pension rolls and -T4.io7 widows of
veterans The total net loss for Apr.I was 4.619.
The number of Spanish War veterans on the pc sion rolls May 1, 1922.
was 4.:.a Kaiu of 1.121 for the ntouth of April The number of wid
ows of Spanish War veterans on the rolls on I e same date was S.973. a net
jaiu of 02 for the month of April. The total net g.iiu for April was 1.1S3
—Juneau Kmpire.
Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the national forests each sea
son. l>o your part to preserve the scenic and outdoor attractions of the
mountains bv using care with tire in the woods.
THE THREEFOLD S^iLL
An appeal in dramatic nan at -e an j
appeal strong for children an . r tai
ttve people. Is repet tion. Again ami :
aealn through the t>|i| Test nient one
sees the force of rei>etition ati-l it ta
Used with terrible effect In Hl'ieb. ird.
it <tory fit only fur stout hearted chil
dr.n. Futlma's thriee-reii'ated cry:
"Sister Anne' Sister Anne' voti
see any body coming?" is the climax !
of a story that never wavers :n its
power. It Is the thrlce-aecMituated :
sense fatefCtneM that (tiny* on the ,
listener, delaying. yet emphas./ ns.
the climax. You find it in Joram's re
peated message to the approaching
Jehu. "Is It peace?" And again you j
have It as Elijah drenches his sacri
fice three times In water before tir* i
descends from Heaven. Another ex
ample of threefold Iteration is in that
mode) "itorj. "The Three Hears " It is
a perfect small example of a dramatic
story that holds the listener from tirst
to last, writes \V. M. Letts in the Yale
Kevlew. The three sizes of hears, the
three kinds of voice, the three how's
of hread and milk, the three chairs,
the three beds, enchant children.
Depopulation follows deforestation,
and this depopulation Is particularly
noticeable In parts of the south anil in
the lake states, according to the Amer
ican Forestry Association of Washing
ton. Dr. Herman von Schrenk of St.
Louis cites the dwindling population
of the <>z«rk mountains following on '
the i' struction and burning of their
forests as an example of the far- !
reaching economic effects of deforesta
tion. I'rof. Filbert Roth of the I'ni- I
versify of Michigan tells of the dimin
ishing population of many counties in 1
Michigan whose rural Industries have |
disappeared with the devastation of
their forests. Urging upon eongres
the importance of scientific investiga
tions in determining the quickest,
cheapest, and best methods of urowii'»
timber and reforesting idle forest
lands, the association has indorsed the
plan of establishing forest exiieritnetit
stations In the chief forest regions of
the I'uited Stutes.
In one year New York city has
spent Simt.OOO.i**) to increase its water
supply. All watersheds within 200
miles have been exhausted. Forty en
gineers are rushed to a greater dis-1
jjmi — seeking new *viu"<.es. All
this is a penalty fur destruction of for
e>ts. Willi tree* cone, tup soil washes
aw.iv and ruins and melted snows rush
seaward in torrent*. Drought follow*
ttood. instead of the water supply
being hulam-ed the year round. Sense
less destrui tion of forests is crippling
our economic system in thousands of
other ways, hut none is more danger
ous than the effect on water supply.
postal savings are going up. unem
ployment notwithstanding. For the
first tlmesinee January, 1921. there has
been, in February. l'.'-'J. an increase
in Uepi'Mts over withdrawals. Accord
ing to the detailed accounts, deposits
are going up in the larger Industrial
centers; hut "the gi'in is almost offset
t>v the i!e reaves at the smaller ottices
—n ••ir.-umstance interpreted as indi
cating an improvement in Industrial
eoiol ti n- which l as not yet readied
the smaller cities.
The census bureau reports thnt 11
per .'cut of the foreign born white
people of the United States can not
speak English. That may look da
roiis oi'i it is probably a better
showing than the native horn popula
tion can make.
The Navy department has developed
h niultler tor tnotorboat engines: and
if you can put em oti motorbnats you
can put em on motorcycles: and .f
you can put em uu motorcycles, there
should he a law.
Now they are talking of an odorless
onion An odorless onion would he 111
for nothing utiles.- one could breed It
to a carrot ami grow byttcluths or
jonquil* from it. The siuell of the
uniou i» alike Its power und glory.
Equality accepted In principle, has
nut vet become established. A man,
still thinks of himself as accomplished J
if he knows how to order a good meal,
and believes no woman accomplished
who does uot know how to cook one. |
Those fellows who are always wish
ing tor a lot of money might devote
a little time to observation of Russia, i
where there Isn't much of anything I
else.
Trotzky says thnt America Is not
properly informed about the Bolshe
viks: which Is another way of saying
that we know too much.
Illtijfrailoiu b
IrwiN f\yei
GDpuriqhf bu Edwi^vBalmer
It' was a nilme, «r course; out tne
name of what? It repeated and re
pented Itself to him, after he got back
Into bed. until Its very Iteration made
him drowsy.
Outside, the gale whistled and
shrieked. The wind, passing It* last ,
resistance after Its sweep across the
prairies before it leaped upon the lake,
battered 9nd clamored In its assault
about the house. But as Alan became
sleepier, he heard It no longer as It
rattled the windows and howled under
the eaves and over the roof, but as out
on the lake, above the roaring and lee
crunchlng waves, it whipped and cir
cled with Its chill the Ice-shrouded
sides of struggling ships. So. with the
roar of surf and gale in his ears, he
went to sleep with the sole conscious
connection In his mind between him
self and these people, among whom
Benjamin Corvet's summons hnd
brought him, the one name "Mlwaka."
CHAPTER VI.
The Deed in Tru«t.
Memory. If Alan could call It that,
hnd given him a feeling for ships and
for the lake. But these recollections
were only what those of n three-years'
child might have been. Not only did
they r< fuse to connect themselves with
anything else, but bv the very fluidity
of their Isolation, they warned him
tl at they—and perhaps a few more
vpjfne memories of similar sort—were
all that recollection ever would give
hliu. He catuht himself together aud
turned his thoughts to the approach
ing visit to SluTrill—and his father's
offices. He had an opted Constance
Sherrtll's invitation to drive hlio
duAntowu to his destination.
Observing the tower lug buildings to
his .iglit. lie was able to identify some
of tne in..re prominent structures, fa
inlln.. troni photographs of the city.
Constance drove swiftly a few blocks
Uowi. tills boulevard: then, with a
sudden. "Here we are!" she shot the
car u. the euro and stop|«-J. she led
Alan Into one of the tallest ami best
looking buildings.
on several of the doors opening upon
the wide marble hull where the eleva
tor left them, Alan saw the tuimes,
"Corvet, Sherrill and Spearman."
Constance led the way on past to a
door farther down the corridor, which
bore merely the name. "Lawrence
Sherrill"; evidently Sherrill. who hud
Interests aside from the shipping busi
ness, hud offices connected with but
not actually a part of the offices of
Corvet. Sherrill aud Spearman. A girl
on guard at the door, saying that .Mr.
Slerrill had been awaiting Mr. Con
rad, Opened an inner door and led
Alun Into a large, many-windowed
room, where Sherrill was sitting alone
before a table-desk. He pulled the
"visitor's chair" rather close to his
desk and f.• his own big leather chair
belore asking Alan to seat himself. J
"\ou wanted to tell me. or ask me,
something lust night, my daughter lias
told me," Sherrill said cordially. "I'm
sorry I wasn't home when you caiue !
back."
"I wanted to ask you. Mr. Siierrill,"
Alan said, "about those facts Id re-1
gard to .Mr. Corvef which you men
tioned to me yesterday but did not ex- |
plain. \ou said it vrould not aid me to
know them; but I found certain things '
in Mr. Corvet's house last night which I
made me want to know, if I could,
everything you could tell me."
Sherrill opened a drawer and took I
out a large, pluln envelope.
"On the day after your father disap
peared." he said, "hut before I knew
he was gone—or before any one except
my daughter felt any alarm about him I
ent. Tt told me he had sent for you— [
Alan Conrad, of Blue Rapids. Kansas
—but spoke of you as though you were
some one I ought to have known about,
and commended you to ray care. The j
remainder of it was merely an sgitat- J
ed, almost Indecipherable farewell to ,
we. When I opened the envelope, a
key had fallen out. The note made j
no reference to the key, but. eompar- '
ing It with one I had In my pocket, I !
saw that It appeared to be a key to a
safety deposit box In the vaults of a j
company where we both had boxes.
"The note, taken in connection with'
my daughter's alarm about him. made j
It so plain that something serious had
happened to Corvet. that my first
thought was merely for 1dm. Corvet j
was not a man with whom one could |
readily connect the thought of suicide; I
but, Alan, that was the Idea 1 had. I j
hurried at once to his house, but the
bell was not answered, and I could not
get in. ills servant, Wassaquara, has
very few friends, and the few times he |
has been away from houie of recent
years have been when he visited an
acquaintance of his—the head porter
in a South Side hotel. I went to the
telephone in the house next door and
called the hotel and found Wassaquam
there. 1 told him over the telephone
only that something was wrong, and
hurried to my own home to get the
key, which I had, to the Corvet house;
but when I came back and let myself
Into the house, I found It empty and
with no sign of anything having hap-1
pcned.
"The next morning. Alan, I went to
the safe deposit vaults as soon as they
were upen. I presente* the numbered
key and was told that it belonged to a
box rented by Corvet, and that Corvet
had arranged about three duys before
for me to have access to the box If I
presented the key. 1 had only to sign
my name in their book and open the
box. In It, Alan. I found the pictures
of you which I showed you yesterday
and the very strange communications
that I am going to show you now."
Sherrlll opened the long envelope,
from which several thin. f >ided papers
fell. He picked up the largest of these,
which consisted of several sheets
fastened together with a clip, and
handed it to Alan without comment.
Alan, as he looked at It and turned the
png>s saw that it contained two col
umns of typewriting carried frotu pugs
to page alter the manner of an ae
couut.
The column to the left was an Inven
tory of property and profits and in
come by months and years, and tb»
otte to the right was a list of losses
and expenditures. Beginning at an in
definite day or month in the year 1S!>5,
there was set down In a lump sum
what was Indicated as the total of Ben
jamin Corvet's holdings at that time.
To this, in sometiiies undated Items, [
the Increase had been added, in the j
opposite column, beginning apparently I
from the same date in 1895, were the
missing man's expenditures.
Alan having ascertained that the pa- j
pers contained only this account,
looked up questioning!)- to Sherrill;
but Sherrill, without speaking, merely
handed him tlte second of the papers.
Alan unfolded it and saw that it was
a letter written in the same hand
which had written the summons he
had received In Blue Kapids and had
made the entries in the little memo
randum book of the remittances that j
had been sent to John Welton.
It began simply:
"This will come to you In the event
that 1 am not able to carry out the
plan upon which 1 am now, at last, de
termined. You will find with this a
list of my possessions. Deeds for all
real estate executed and complete ex
cept for recording of the transfer at
the county office; bonds, certificates,
nud other documents representing my
ownership of properties, together with
signed forms for their legal transfer
to you, are In this box. These proper
ties. In their entirety, I give to you lo
trust to hold for the young man uow
known as Alan Conrad of Blue Rup
lds, Kan., to deliver any part or all
over to him or to continue to hold It
all in trust for him as yon shall con
sider to he to his greatest advantage.
"This for the reasons which I shall
have told to you or him—I cannot
know which one of vou now. nor do I
know how I shall ten It. But when
you learn. Lawrence, think as well of
me as you can and help him to b#
charitable to me.
"With the greatest affection,
"BENJAMIN CORVET."
Aiun, as he finished reading, looked
up to Sherrlll, bewildered and dazed.
"What does It mean, Mr. Sherrlll?—
Does It mean that he has gone away
and left everything he had—everything
to me?"
"if Mr. Corvet does not return, and
I do not receive any other Instructions,
I shall take over his estate, as he has
Instructed, for your advantage."
"And, Mr. Sherrlll, he didn't tell you
»iiy? This is all you know?"
Sherrill Opened a Drawer and Took
Out a Large, Plain Envelope.
—I received u short note from him.
Tha uQtg wui. iLeituteti. almwjl tucuber*
-Its; Votl nav* everything now. All
w. can do. Alan, is to search for Wm
in every way «e can. There will be
other* searching for Mro too bow . for
information of his disappearance has
got out. There have been reporter, at
the office thl» morning making
qulrles, and hla dlaappearanc* *1" b.
In the afternoon papera."
■herrlll put the paper, back In their
envelope, and the envelope back lnta
the drawer, which he relocked.
"I went over all thin with Mr. Spear
man this morning," he said. He la aj
much at a lo»a to explain It as 1 am.
He wa» allent for a few momenta.
"The transfer of Mr. Corvet's prop
erty to me lor you," he aald sudden
ly "Include., a. you nave seen, Cor
vefa Interest In the firm of "Corvet,
Sherrlll * Spearman.' I weot v«7
carefully through the deed, and tran.
fera In Uie depo.lt box. and it wa
plain that, while he had taken great
cure wlih the forma of transfer for all
the properties, he had taken particular
pains with whatever related to •
holdings in thla company and to his
shipping Interests. If I m»ke over the
properties to you, Alan, 1 shall begin
with those; for It aeems to me hat
your father was particularly anxious
that you should Mike a personal as
well as a financial place among I e
man who control the traffic o •
lakes. I have told Spearman that thla
ts my intention. He has not been able
to ,*e It my way as yet; but he may
change his views. I think, after meet
inc you" .
Sherrlll got up. Alan arose a UtUe
unsteadily. The list of P™"l>es £
Uud read and the letter and Sherrl.lS
statement portended so much that Its
meaning could not all come to him at
ouce He followed Sherrlll through a
short private corridor, Hanked with
files lettered "Curvet, Sherrlll, and
Spearman," Into the large room he had
seeu when he came In with Constance.
They crossed this, and Sherrlll, with
out knocking, opened the door of the
office marked. "Mr. Spearman.' Alan, J
looking ou past Sherrlll as the door
opened. saw that there were some half
dozen men In the room, smoking and
talking His gaze went swiftly on past
these men to the one who, half seated
uU the top of the Hat desk, had been
talking to them; and his pulse closed
upon his heart with a shock; he start
ed choked with astonishment, then
gwutiv forced uu,ier crr;
For tills was the man whom he had
met and whom he had fought In Ben
jamin Corvet's house the night before
—the big mun surprised In his blas
phemy of Corvet and of souls "In hi
who. at sight of an apparition with a
tiullet hole above Its eye. had cried out
'"his fright. "You got Ben! But you
won't get me d n you! D-nyou,
Alan's shoulders drew up ""^tly. \
1Qd the muscles of bis hands tight
ened as Sherrlll led him to this man.
Sherrlll put his hand on the mans
Shoulder; his other hand was still on
A'"llenr™ he said to the man. "this I
la Alan Conrad. Alan. I want you t.
know my partner Mr. Spearman.
Spearman nodded an acknowledge
ment but did nof put out his hands
Ms eyes-steady, bold, watchful eye.
-n-emed measuring Alan attentive y.
,nd In return Alan, with his gaze. *as
measuring htm.
(Continued on Tuesday)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. 8. I.and Office at Juneau, Alas
ka, June 2. 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that Ben-j
;dlct Waiczunaa, of Haines, Alaska, I
who, on May 18, 1922, made HE. j
\To. 05381, for NV4NW>4, Section]
15, Township 29 8, Range 57 E. |
Copper River Meridian, has filed no
Lice of intention to make final three
rear Proof, to establish claim to the
and above described, before R. M.
3dell, Notary PublVc, at Haines, Al
iBka, on the 15th day of July, 1922.
Claimant names witnesses: Pat
rick Gilder, of Haines, Alaska; J.
3. Morrison, of Haines, Alaska; M.
Gestner, of Haines, Alaska;
lames McQuinn, of Haines, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE, Register.
First Insertion June 8, 1922.
Pinal insertion July 6, 1922.
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