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WORK I'OK \ « »»>I MI lit 1 \ I. <1.115.
Hattle. Se.ittie. is . ..Ui'? ■ sing for !>ui.. for she carrj in;
of mall iu several sections in Alaska. Tin# bnsii ■ <s men of Sk..i'\:n -ho.iM
t.iko advantage of this plan for an impron-uient in our AlisK.. it.ail s< v
i«e, and enter u request thai a mail s-rvi. •• : >• established b»tweutt SKas;n.i'..
Kort Seward and Haines.
rnn next year. If this boat should ho «ititfb awn from t'■ c run. Ska.:wi\
will be deprived of one of the most . onvcia :.r means of navel oiwoon
local points.
A daily boat service between Skag«..> ittd liaraes would ne the mo -
of affording the people of those points a t- on lonvenient me. ts of int. i
-•'veral hundred people who are now i! pond i—• on the Juneau basin.
' • ■uses for a great part of tN snppl • and pr isiins
Tbe cost of su>'h a mail servic \\o;iM be very small The betictU to
be derived by the business lirms of Ska£fcu> »ould amount to a goodly sum
daring the course ef a few years. And the i \onien.e 10 the general |uib
1 e of such a service • an not be estimated in dollars. A servieo of this
Kind was carried on for a number of » ii> An attempt should be m.idf
to l-.ve it renewed.
AMKKlt V \- l.i: Ml I II.
With only 3 except ions t!: .11 ti • • ■ ty to accentuate the pre
ponderant serMti'. ;ir, the lVmor r;< r pr<» >•; I'io country has paid tribute
r.ucipal I'on'cr- jo a conference on 1 ■ ■»j«»si of armaments at Washing
vitiittoa expresses the lectins: of tin1 Am«ri»a!i people us a vvhole aritl is cor
jt fi.r nation kt*pi aloof from
t ■ European powers and Japan v.. r-1 1:
Double Value
For Funds
P»ratiun with u vie*- to »e»nrins the
ill tin tin.uiriMt ut:il -r tin" 'armors'
n-lit-f luil now iifiuliiii; In Con cress
■ i
■i.i|ipi!:C In- sti[it! 1 all:- tli.it final < .ll
.Mstam-e uill lie forllt'tiniittR only
when the ••\ports concerned are in
■
is ity so <|i>ini: the i'nintry will
get tilmIII^ valye fur the funds
advanced from tlie Treasury. Not
tKiIy will the farmer lie aided in
ti-.^ his crops to the foreign marker.
I>tit a bis stimulus will he given t'n
• tforts of the new Shippiuj; Hoard to
ct our merchant marine Beet on a
paying basis.
IMtllU.l T Ml» TO SO\ IK I >
It is announced that the relief
proposed to bo extendi')] to Kussians
uitl lie rari'fiillv tniard>-d so as to
soviet army But whoever in
Uu*sia ultimately receives the sup
l-li»s (or consumption. ft will lie al
most as direct an aid to the sovi< t
uoverument and army us if the food
stuffs and other material were plac
et I In their hands for disposition. The
soviet army can not exist unless It
is ahle to draw supplies from tin
country. Just as the civilian popula
tion is fed and clothed from outside
hircos. similar quantities of sup
plies are released for the arm> that
would otherwise have to be with
held. It may he tiu»t it the humane
duty of the United States to relieve
the distressing conditions iu Russia.
i:iti r>Mt \\s coxtimi:
••li !>y r'le . ■ tl»"l!l chiefs :it l\ j h
\l.uvh 1. s.-iTi'tarj- at Wiir Weeks
■is tl »;• - ! with tin' services of
siitntn: : I •: i> averaire sa la r> |>;uil
■ s wan $ 1.2®0» the r
: • .111 annual saving t<>
l' (Jovmitiu-nt nf ?LT».-t"- v..rt
! o-itmnsler-Cetieral Mays has served
■ r■ t.. • • «>ii every postmaster above the
;rth fUew tn s 1 rvev the work of
•::ilarl>" I'omlifnx their e
' i - 1 url.iilineiu- in expenditure.
ITMilM. \ITllOHITY
Tit- Senate Finani •• ("on, cm ittee.
.1 v-t. of 9 in .">. ordi'ivd a favor
able n ;<•>; ' nil the administration
liill iviiij tlit* Secretary of Ilu- Treas
i..v !i nK'-t authority to arrange the
funding of the foreign debts 10 our
Trea-nl The only amendment to
the measure was one limit itic the
time fur completion of the funding
operations to tive years. It is pre
dict I. however, that farther chant;
es will he made in the hill whet) it
reaches the floor of the Senate. Sev
eral Senators are understood to have
voiced the their opposition to the
ti i linnet officer, and to have indicat
ed their intention to vote against
t te measure unless further restric
t,or:» were written into it
vn i.Mi'T to ist: >i.\i>t: to
I I.OAT S.S. AI.ASK \
Kureka. Aits Iv—Marine divers
tod a v began a search for the bodies
of the missing victims of the wreck
ed Alaska, who are believed to he
in the hold of the ship. An atempt
is to be made to float the wrecked
vnoool
The Mystery of
Hartley House
By
<1.111 OKI I s. 1J.W MOXII
Illustrated by 1K\\ I\ MUllts
Copyright t>v lieorse II I>or«n Co.
.. >-fVy h'nii*!' v:: - large. ■ ;i m:un
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\\ni'tv to >>^ii nil tHi* fuimiciw mil stv
tti Ixills. M:rr\ of itii* I..ill'
1'livtrii' tl:i>ll In llss» u lu ll |ii-. •<
1 <!iil nut wiy iint'thlne «•' my -iv
siliiuw) ilntlrs. tin! I siiK.-stf.' in Mr»
'■
cil :il leu nVlwk. Mr-. Snliii > t'i
this cinnl polii-y llu* -i r\. i v. «*ri»
s.i informed.
The nislit wlilrh liml Htir now
I'll liirnlish thi> llnll-i' n! Itii !:
..f . ;l\
> VV* VTj *TV
\« V*'
(low utl«l Wtl^ j'l*? 'II «'l *' T • MV two
•. V\ l;;it I
tfinrv, I h* u kltmv v\ . » J ,-r] h.vj •
ili . Ill !i - »\«* • -• hod
hl< Ir.Mji , rt(\ "
iht'v iipi^ii'- -J they
-c\ If v/c C.V »Ve M.i> She Crrd
TIiimv was a si .-ill pi-arl in'n.l linx
•nv,< rw fuim«l *nrli a tms," -
All's s • >
if it - tli'-y have It :<uil urns- i
y.-t it hni'k."
"Oh tf we ran innst I" she rr.tnl.
litnrc- iih' In white, the other Inrt'*
llnet. at the f:ir «m1o- of the hi»ii, run
nine. They nm hvm the wo.wte, and
while 1 si.mil at the window. irylns
with painful consciousness of ••nipldit?
•nil Ineptitude 10 decide upon a eotirM*
of action, I ti«.*ai*d an automobile en
iriite start In the lane hevond the
woods.
Out of a stupor. In which I watched
the mo Strang Spires (to from the
moonlight on llio lawn Into the dark
of the oak crow. 1 was aroused—pos
sibly hy the sound of tho engine of the
automobile—with a course of action
Hisxesied.
It on Hi" of fears lone entertained,
now pri - mii with a threat of imminent
eonvi^i.n-nce. I ran for the stairs,
fiashfiitt the liirlit. up the stairs and to
Jed - root:i
Hi- d..or was open. As I have said,
this w mg «ns not w ire.I for electricity.
1 turned my licht ahont the room, saw
that ilie fear which had caused me to
patrol the house was realized and then
mod for the lamp, which 1 found
.ledroom was m the disorder In
intent on timling Jewels he I.new the
-eemed utmost ripped to pieces,
t'n « ta! e was a small pearl Inlaid
• \ i!.e d V :>« Open ; lhe box
rray o: the re m. with the empt> l«.i
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The empty hot. I thought, had con
ta ied ihe manuscript which recorded
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peared. T e two li -iir.— eriw*lnc the
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'rd!oati«n, There was rl.e -..mid of
In ihe
\ w!il ' - ■ with * •• art eiup
J !. N-'nc a mn.hw 'Innio ri1 .tu ill?
*
II in»l> l)vi> :: li!i:*«-> of rinctns
lit awaken him: «hm h«* re
>
in wliiie, nhc had oMped,
i. r my -icta, tlifi'iiah the oak crove
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for t! • m on !' f nmrt hey.-iiil the grove,
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denei - lakf ufiipons an.l po «> quick
} souih tn The he*t ronds.
\\1 : It is lind h<-rn done. 1 railed
Mr- > iii-y's inaiJ and t■ •! her '.o
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.si t.> si vat tit 1i»t "H an urpont
m«\ 1 : 1 her In V •> slii'tig
•!. lie thai »o j •• i! now re
' 1 el n pTin.;»«•• of the
ti. a u.i in 1 »h\\ u
unrdener in rUase, hot
_ -: v, „ ■ «
i • ■ «,•> tightly eln«-«rt
!.nno> made 8 crack
a l>raciiesl measure, pave
CHAPTER X
I !•' had 11 general office
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h:u >d li was 10 0! ■■ side of the
i h:v' promised to he Br extrnordin
in person In moot it; extraordinary
i ■ >'ir* but all 1 diil was to go
office at' 1. lighting the lights. s't
there. 1 w«» in the extreme detection
of a weakling when slip door opened
"What are you dotnc, up?" J asked. '
"I'll ;.>k the safie thing of twi
What are you and the whole household
•I awake and moving?"
I told her that'housebreaker* had
ho n s-.irprisod at work and had e»
"If ./in] have been disturbed." 1 sng
p-'ed. rohnhly your father has. also.
You had hotter go to his ro*>tn and tell
him that the sonants have boon flu*- ;
toroil by a burglar scare, and then yon
had hotter co to your mother's room
an') stay with her until things quiet
T! at seemed sound enough advice.
Irnl when Isohel had gone T was left
wordering again what to do next. Tt
was out of the question to notify the
author lies. The thieves had stolen
something wh'eh. from what I knew of
if. I preferred to have tn their hands
rather than lu the possession of the I
POOR HEALTH OF
U.S. IS PROBLEM
Efforts Are to Be Made to Cor
rect Low Physical Standards
Revealed by War.
EXPERTS CONSIDER QUESTION
Work of Draft Boards Showed That
Nation of 100,000.000 People Coula
Put Forward 5,000.000 Men
Fit to Carry a Gun.
Washington.—An annual sun r of
the young men of the nation t<> oeter
mine* their |>!iysi»*aI condition and
what can be done to improve it wu>
suggested tlie other day l>y General
Pershing tn an address 10 h;»i v
cadets here,
Cteneral Pershing was tl lnkli
his experience in lite war He r«
ed his hearers that **' |«er of i!»•*
men called for service w-n- f»1 > - -ni >
unfit, and he pointed out the pr -
need for something to remedy tli - si*
uation.
The state of the national health ;i»
revealed hy the draft. <e«-m* • I
heen really the most sen*a:!o
of the war, says rrederfc HasU'jj
in the Chicago New - It has *pui
congress ii project sir h<-«i 1 •
upon comprehensive measures f,ir
physical educatl«»i It seems i«» hav
made a deep impression up«»n e*t*ry
thoughtful pers«»n in the con: —
sick, undersized. crippled «»r '«
wise Inefficient, what is g«-<ng iu
come of us as a nation?
These seem to N th- tjii• ■ -1
themselves. They stand om
the voluminous hearings upon
FesS hill f«»r physical e»!
Bill Provides Furd
••"lui-aiion. on iht
si»;e must ir«ol' n;: n*
as it rivt'ivos :"i« I:,«■ f« ■
ennmiL
oonmvjwn »tth the I . Tl •
unatiimou^j- !h« !l<r
I
t-ver . .-in W J»iu* t r> •
drafts «• \
to hospital* >r
fomif t;ra« n tt>i» ofTor
onoucti mot In t" < wir 4'""
men wmv r». *■ >'
nmi!«ti<v>. «1»«n It looki*4, f.»
fonnd in At • ri.-a. In «ri>(»r word-- n
could not jiiit forward toon
Reaso-s Irte-est-'-g.
which nriw experts as- -■
low phvtflca v Uiii 'ard of m: i "I
prevailing in tins countn
Doctor Kn.v croft assigns tn. pi
and lodusrr l*v urhan a
means Oie . ~ nc > ' pe ■
cities. Ho dtvl:ir>*s that In «t
allocations to tie contrary
cruits from n;r:, ,l;str-i"- v v
hlcher physics avprace th: - !'
Croat army of jwirlj pi I ofli «•••
ors. who l*ad >• ■ • '«rj >«
almost no ndeq twtv
hip factor in tin Ion m.>-a
health. Poet >r 1! ay croft r
to believe that nnir> of the «
our p*oat Industrie* are d>
further N-'eves That we at* a>!pr
pvat number* of weak
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aco of phvs .:' fltncs*
The fact is only hinted a!
hearinc*. hut it is we! I to '
malnutrition was a crent fnc «r «• i> •
low averace of health amunc
drafted men Many n —o - i
Crontly In weipht and strencth
soon a» I'ncle Sam hernn
thorn. This Is what fives Its eel
value to tho movement for fee.: t ..
schoolchildren. If the child O"* P .
ty to eat in his crowinc *< !
stands * hotter chance to i kt
livinc when he lias rronp tip Sr:,rv
him as e child, anil you have
chance of producing a useful tnai
Epidemic disease-- such a« ma Ht
hookworm and trachoma, which cat
he eliminated or cn-ntN red':
another coat factor, as was l-r-'ti.
out hy IVvtor Clark of Utc put>.i
beaiiii service.
Tire SK AG WAY
Pioneer Dairy
II vKVAHN. Prop.
Hit UNIARY Win MUCH
The larircM anil best oot»
ilnrtod (lain **» Aliwsk*. .
Oaily shipmrnlo of purr
milk ami urum to all
p^lntu on Whirr l*ax« A
VuUon Rowto.
Bi<r Game Guide
V|.,.i nbo nr.* intrr****!
nl in 1 isni'tm hiu £»«•«• fn tt:c
.'r \nV.'Ti n.'in*r> n'T In
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• it i.Harnmw
hum r«s »»•: i iVvw Mir. lm.n-.
I •»*. ;i jh.wit lti.nl
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Tom Williams
thrr
M-T'
Kr.^wn
.Sr. 3 for
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r- — v fnrrhr«d PTM)
nose. Ii 15 t—-iK* ••-^atrjed und
;^rp rurtions. Some
t «- >er it ;iched !»o
after umng
r i n!* = I ***« com
' V H'-scb S: Chicago.
- • fjiin Finn
r »i-.: fortfv. the
-r • v - ar d ner^um^
t»t IMKTMI M "I Till IM I'ltmiS
I nfif-I vinips l.an<l «»<>(«•«•
r>r(1 "»r> hitli
< it? S Ifi <>S chain*
nntAc K '0 rliainr
FRANK V. Bori.K
IleRiMpr.
First Publication Jnnc IS. 1921
ricai rublicaUCDp Aug. 27. 19J1.