The
Clancy
Kids
Buddie Wasn't Taking
Any Chances
By
PERCY L. CROSBY
»»!«• MfCiom sr»iie»w
CHOLERA RUNS COIRS'
CoTii g cf Ccoler V.'eathe. j
C>i3c.<s Disease A.ong Volga.
Medical Men With Knowledge of
Health Conditions in the Region
Say Death Rate Ranged From
50 to 75 Per C«i:t.
Samara. Cholera has about run It*
course aloiij,' the Volga f«»r this year
ami. us tlii* weather grows cooJer. Is
^i|«|i**ar»tu very rapidly In spite of
' weakened condition «»f the tamlne
.»• ti population anil the unsunitarj
t ulH'U mi impoverished refugees i
« ded into camps where there Is
• .te , uf sanitary precautions, i
Vual stailsticjf are lacking. hut the:
'ruH'iiv of medical men who have'
know;«• lue of health conditions In
Vui^a districts Indicates that the j
i rate anions persons who were
with cholera ranged from o<>
l" 7*» per • ♦ tit. This was attributed to|
|the undertmuitshed condition of I In*
I . tnm and lack ol facilities lo
treat the ma lady.
I »r. K:miy Kurkhardt. a Russian;
i who now In the service o '
• American »ornmlttee for relief In
e War Hasr. with headquarters in i
'1.1 s. vi.H;r«'<i the famine area recently
the ehoiera situation.
>h»« ;< an expert in the treatmen
»• ml talked with many physi
nurses who ar** battling
♦lie disease iti the famine area
ii«»nv of the>e medical me<>
i was that they were help
.. of the lack of l»eds for
». « iitv ;ki.( proper facilities for their
The v. »»rk of the doctors and nurses
- lie» a -lily dangerous ami hope
' I »•- ''-r iSurkhardt said. "Under
! -t«H ti»r«» Mtid nurses who try to care
J.#.i.i.i patieuts without detent
ifals and every facility for pro
^ ll.ein>elve# a^uinst the disease
• it rhev at> really risking '
suicide.
"The greatest guarantee against chol
era Is si stomach tlllotf with property
prepare«t fiKwl, Proper feeding l'imi
erates arid in the stomach. which kills
the cholera genus mill makes the at
tendants imtiitine.
"Veurs UK" 1 saw one of my profes
sors at the ('Diversity of Moscow drink
a pure culture of cholera germs to
prove that perwms who are In giNid
health and properly feil have aclil In
their stomach* which combats the ills
ease. He suffered no III effects.
"The underfed medical men and
women In the famine area undertake
their task with the full knowledge that
thev risk death every time they much
a patient. Their hospitals are not
screened. They have no saline solnt'oti
and In most cases haven't the means
for Injecting It. Thev are without
medicines and frequently without dis
infectant*.'"
54.421.83? Voters In Country.
Washington The (.'tilled States h:i«
h potential voting strength of .H > 1..
"v't-. rlie '-en^us bureau announced The
IP^ti null of tin* nation showing
fitil.stiti men and "i'~"!i''."'J women
twenty-one years of age and over
classed as citizens. In the male di
vision were Included 'JT'I-J.imh', negroes
61.229 Indians X't.-lll Japanese. -Iti.
797 Chinese and 7,.".4"> of other races
Woman Refutes to Tell Age.
Mobile, Ala.—A Moldle woman r»
cently went to the .. ::r,iy board of
registrars to register for her vote.
"What Is your age?" asked the clerk
"If I have to tell you that I won't reg
later," was the reply, and -he walked
out of the room.
Big Com.
Havtl. S I' William William?
brought at; ear of corn t« lluytl recent
ly which in.*asiired about 1* Inches
long and was "f good size. The tield
was not plneteil until the last of May.
The He'd will uterate well up to this
one ear.
'Jill the i()!e hours
with pleasure!
I Time never harms heavy on your hamb when yon have a
VICTROLA
in thf house
By our liberal
installment Plan
}uu can now have any instrument we have'ln stock put
in your home at once and enjoy all the great mu
sical artists while you are paying for it.
Remember, all we ask is a small
payment down and the bal
ance to suit your
convenience
KELLER BROTHERS
Henry Ford Has
Flat Money
Scheme
flow lie Would Make Everyliodj
Happy Simply Uy Hciiasing:
Our Ciirivncy
Mr. Ilenry Ford. In an interview
at Muscle Shoals, assumes leader
ship of a new movement to destroy
the s<dd standard and put ti e couti
try on a paper more) basis, says tin
National Republican.
His initial schen.o is ver> simple
He wants the government to spent!
$40.0f'0.u00 the says J40.0no.0tn
but the government experts say it
will be nearer $<10.000.0001 to com
plete the Wilson Ham at Mil soli
Shoals. Iniilil another new dam then
and turn the whole thinu over t
him. lie llnds thai the government
Is reluctant to spend I he money. Tli
rest in his own words:
"Now I see a w iv by which on:
government can get this gr« it w«>r
accomplished without paying a n.< K
el to the money sellers. * * * ffte yu\
eminent needs $40 oOO.OdO, t:.at i-'
2.000.000 twenty-dollar hills Ij
the government issue those bills ami
then pay every expeuso conm-ct< d
with the completion of the dam
Asked what would be behind this
paper issue, Mr. Ford said:
"Simply this, the good fait': and
credit of the American peopl. "
Mr. Ford's 2.000,000 tweaty-dol*
lar bills would be paper tl.it r nicy;
nothing more, nothing less. They
would not differ in any appr table
degree from the Hat money si ernes
of the world's history Most if the
arguments Mr. Fed used to sup
port his plan can be found in i >■ lit
terances of John Law. whose paper
money schemes we*e explo ted two
centuries ago to bring peace and
prosperity to the world. They
brought only disas.er. His s cue
particularly resembles the basis of
the classic asslgnats of the French
Revolution. He asserts tli i his
twenty-dollar bills would have be
hind them the security of the natur
al resources of the Tennessee river,
just as the early issues of assignats
were ostensibly based upon the real
estate resources of the French Rev
olutionary government. His t ventv
dollar hills would not be as good as
the paper money ot (ireat Britain by
which "all trade, t.ll industr. were
smiten as with palsy:" or the paper
issues of Italy, which drove net only
gold, but silver and even copper out
of the country. They would take
their place with the continental cur
rency of our own early history tho
they at least presented lis with a
famous phrase:
"Not worm a continental
Inless all economic history is a lie
such an issue of twenty-dollar bills
for Muscle Shoals *011 Id ho the be
ginning of a ne« craze which until
checked, would bring now disasters
upon us. higher pi Ices, wild specu
lation. panics and their like to take
the place of those from which we are
jnst now recoverins.
These considerations, however,
Mr. Ford has already brushed aside,
(le does not care for the teachings
of history. In his opiuion history
is "bunk."
He cares nothing for the Gresham
law—that bad money will drive out
good money. Doubtless he thinks
that is also "bunk."
There are some interesting current
parallels well known: for Instance,
the present purchasing power of the
German mark, the Austrian kronin
and the Polish mark. These coun
tries are issuing the equivalent of
Mr. Ford's twenty-uollar bills. Rut
the prosperity and happiness Mr.
Ford offers are not realized there as
yet.
Many indications recently have
pointed to the probability of a move
inent for debasing the currency In
this country, with the cry that thus
we may avoid the discomforts of our
recovery from the war. It was not
altogther clear who would lead it.
Mr. Ford, by his interview at Mus
cle Shoals, has lrdicated at least
who is willing to lead it.
The Interview contains other in
teresting implications. It exposes
the objects of Mr. Ford In his Mus
cle Shoals otfer. His plans are evi
dently political, not Industrial.
The interview also illustrates the
'".sentitil similarity (as a matter of
practical effect) between .Mr. Ford's
scheme to "get the boys out of the
trenches by Christmas."
TKI:.\SI ItY DKIWHTMKXT
Interniil Revenue Service
«Mllie of (lie Collector
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 12, 1921.
The following statement is issued
by Collector of Internal Revenue
Hums Poe, for the District of Wash
trict of Washington.
" Knactment of new revenue legis
lation hns brought to the offices of
collectors of internal revenue a
Hood of inquiries regarding various
provisions. The Revenue Act of
l'.'L'l bi t .line effective November 23.
1921. "unless otherwise provided
for.'
"To avoid error in the prepara
tion of their returns and later dif
• ^nlti. s with the Hureau of Internal
Revenue, taxpayers are advised to
carefull. note the changes and when
the) become effective.
Tlie excess proms tax is re
pi iled its of January 1, 1922. The
rules for 1921 are unchanged.
"The surtax rates for the calen
dar year 1921 are unchanged. and
ratine from 1 per cent, on the
amount of net Income between $6.
ouO to 65 per cent, on the amount
hi t.et income iu excess of $1,000,
iiiiii For the calendar year 1922 the
surtax rates range from 1 per cent,
mi the amount of net income be
tween $6,000 and 310.000 to 50 per
rent on the amount by which the
net income exceeds $200,000.
"The exemption allowed for a de
pendent is increased from $200 to
jl> • Married persons living with
husband or wife and heads of fam
ilies are allowed a personal exemp
tion of $2,500 (instead of $2,000)
unless the net income is in excess
of $5,000, in which case the per
sonal exemption is only $2,000. The
act provides that In no case shall
the reduction of tee personal ex
emption from $2,500 to-$2,000 oper
ate to Increase the tax which would
be payable if the exemption were
$2..">00 by more thta the amount of
the net income in excess of $5,000.
This is to overcome the disparity in
the case of two taxpayers, one of
whom is just within the lower $2,
000 exemption and the other Just
within the higher $2,500 exemption.
"Single persons, and married per
sons not living with husband or
wife, are allowed an exemption of
$1,000. Non-resid6flt aliens are al
lowed a single personal exemption
of $1,000. Persons having gross In
comes for 1921 of $5,000 or over
are required to make a return, re
gardless of the amount of net In
comes.
"Provision is made for the repeal
as of January 1, 1921, of the tax on
stockholders of a personal service
corporation as such. After that date
such corporations are to be taxed in
the same manner as other corpora-!
lions.
"The income tax on corporations
for the calendar year 1922 and
thereafter is increased from 10% to
l2'-j',. The $2,000 exemption here
tofore allowed corporations is to be
I granted only to those corporations
whose net income is $25,000 or less.
"Many persons are under the im
I pression that the taxes on Ice cream,
1 soft drinks, etc., monthly returns of
I which are required, have been re
; pealed with the enactment of the
| new act. These taxes remain in
I force until the end of the calendar
.vear 1921.
"No change is mide in the tax on
I admissions, except that after Janu
iary 1, 1922, there will be no tax
where admission is 10 cents or less.
Effective January 1, 1922, tie fol
lowing taxes are axso aooiisuia. ou
musical instruments, sporliug goods,
chewing gum, portable electric fans,
thermos bottles, fur articles, pleas
use boats and pleasure canoes (un
less sold (or more than 5100 , toilet
articles, medicines and numerous
articles of apparel.
"(Ju and after January 1, 1922,
the lax on various works of art is
reduced from 10% to 6%, the tax
ou candy from 5% to 3'/o and the]
ulx ou carpets, rugs, trunks, valises,
purses, fans, etc., from 10% of sales
price in excess of specified amounts J
to o'/e of sales price in excess of spe- j
cilied amounts.
"The tax on parcel post packages
is eliminated, effective January 1,
1922.
"The new act provides that no j
taxpayer shall be subjected to un
necessary examinations or Investiga
tions, and only one Inspection of his
books of accounts shall be made for j
each taxable years unless the tax-i
payer requests otherwise, or the
commissioner notifies the taxpayer
in writing that an additional inspec
tion is necessary,
"The period for filing returns on
the calendar year basis is from Jan
uary 1 to March 15, 1922. This
year, as last, the tax may be paid in
full at the lime of filing the return
or in four equal installments, due on
or before March 16, June 15, Sep
tember 15 and December 15.
"Copies of the Revenue Act may
lie had by application to the office I
of Collector of Internal Revenue, j
Tacoma \Vashingt02."
A dollar a month will bring the
Alaskan to your door.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS'
W. B. STOl'T
A 11 • r n • y at I. ■ *
Practice In all courii
In Territory of Al«-l>n
HAINES
UH. U 8. KELl.l K
IVntist
Most Modern
Office Hoars: 9-1- »■ m —t-'1 P
Alaskan Building llroailw.
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gKAGWAFS £
3 FRATERNAL ORDER" b
HlXZIXIXlIXXIimillXm*
©Camp Skagway Do. i.
rneeta wrvrj •©cond ana
fourth Tuesday •Toning
at 8:80 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordially welcome.
i. M. Keller, U B. Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic ChieL
B. P. O. ELKS, Sline
way Lodge, lio. 481, B.
P. 0. Elks, ineeu eTcry
Thursday at 8 p. m.
VI* 1 Ling brothers <x>r
(llall? welcome.
3. a WOOD, h.. R.
V. 3. VAM)EWALL, (Secretary.
n & a it
aaa «tQ tMtfuraay «^tuhk»
\ >\ of each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are weU
V. 3. Van tic Wall, W. M.
T. J. Slanrtlnh, Secretary
Fraternal Order nt
Baffle*
MkftRway Aerie, No.
I- raternal Order ot
Kaftles, meet tlta first
urn] third Vjnlnwlajr night of Men
month at their hall on Fifth ire
niip. Visiting brother* cordially In
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M. tlrlexhach, Hec'j,
Naomi Chapter No. 0
O. K. 8^ m«*t» In Mv
oonlc hall, first and
third Friday, of each
month, at 8 o'clock. Via
itlng monilHT* wrlcomr.
rOUY WEBSTER
Worthy Matron.
r.ii nv SprtT. Srrrotary.
To <"nre a foTrt tn One Day
lake l»rove's LAXITTVE BROMO
yl lMNK tablets Tbe genuine bears
the signalu-e of E. W. Grove. SOc.
...Caribou Hotel...
K. W (iMmn, Proprietor.
CAKdlOSS, Y. T.
At the Meeting of Rail and Sail
Steamboats Connect Here
With W. P. &Y. -
rRoute lor
Atlin
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PLEASANT VACATION
GOOD HINTING ANI) FISHING AT THE DOOR
MOTOR BOATS FTRN19HED
White hass & Yukon Route
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TIME TABLE NO. 4S.
Tuesdays and Fridays
No. 1, N. Bound.
1st Class.
S:30 a. m. Leaves
10:45 a. m. "
12:30 p. m.
2:00 p. m.
4:25 p.m. Arrives
No. 2. S. Bonm
1st Class.
Arrives S:35 p. m
Leaves 2:05 p. tn
" 11:45 p. ie
" 10:55 a. tn
8:30 a. m.
SKAGWAT
WHITE TASS
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WHTTEITOR.SE
Passengers must be at the depot In time to have Baggage In
spected, and checked. Inspection la stopped thirty minutes befo.e
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked tree wita each full fare
ticket, and T5 pounds with each halt fare ticket.