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IDSTOFF1CE AM) 1MUT1CS , j
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The refusal of Postmaster-General Hays to tv \
*Uh the conduct of the post office department * ,0" 'lerfer8
Itot.1 throughout the United States The * """ *P"
League has Just given him Its unequiv Nationttl CiVk &eVl<a Reform
office out of politics. ',eal al'I""0Val for teepiUK the post
Commenting upon the effor
(Independent Democrat) or ts of Mr" Ha-ve3' the New York .'P°9t0®ce
Keform among American • e of the leadins !i"Pl)orttrs °f Service
"A postmanter ge aewspapers, says:
had displayed as c> aeral who owed his appointment to the ability he
'y the person or .airman of his party's national committee is not exact
lH>»io&C6 / -e would expect to lind defending the merit system. The
■f°re, to V •3 been llie citadel of patronage. All the more honor, there
Serrice * . U1 Hays, to whom a special commission of the National Civil
does o iteform League has just given its hearty indorsement. Mr. Hays
to a ot profess to have completed the transformation of the postofllce in
Pr purely business institution. But nothing short of that is his goal.
> jof of his sincerity is shown part in the way iu which he Is carrying
ut President Harding's executive order. In more than three-fourths of
the appointments he has made the position has gone to the first man of
the highest three on the eligible list. In additioi., he is urging the pas
sage of a bill placing the Presidential postmasterships permanently In the
classified service.
"No one man deserves all the credit for taking the postofllce out of
politics. Every recent administration has made an advance in this direc
tion. although almost every one has also undone part of the work of the
preceeding administration. The path towards a purely business manage
ment has been zigzag. Mr. Hays himself admits that he cannot banish
pressure from Congressmen at a stroke. Impatient reformers will ask why
not. Simply because so many of the folks home still expect a chauge In
the postoffice at Bird Center. The tight for the merit system is usually as
eumed to be a fight against the politicians. That is its spectacular side.
(It is aslo a fight against the spoils man who lurks in millions of voters.
The merit system has spread about as rapidly as public opiuion has war
ranted. v
"Postmaster General Hays is exerting himself to take the postofllce en
tirely out of politics. This Is a new distinction for a postmaster general.
It is «u effort worthy of bis best energies."—Ketchikan Chronicle.
HOW \\ AGES HAVE ADVANCED ON ItAILIiOAlM SINCE 1913
The average yearly wages of railroad employes in the United States
increased 130 l'< from l»la to 1920, according to figures compiled by the
Bureau of Railway Economics. The figures show increases vear by year as
follows
1915
1916
191?
1918
1919
1920
• 1920
Average
number
employes
1.433.904
.1.433.904
1.732.876
.1.841,575
.1.913.000
1.933,524
1.993,524
Ave. yearly
wases, all
employes
f S30
s
1.004
1,419
1.4S3
1.S06
1.910
I'aid wages
aggregate
$1,190,223,755
1.468,570,394
1,739.482,142
2.613,S13.351
2.S36.800.000
3.599,746,000
3.808,386.000
Percent
Increase
7.3%
20.9%
71.0%
7S.7%
117.6%
130.1%
•1920 with full year of July wage award included.
(iOLDKN SI'IKK
Frank I. Reed. City Councilman and public spirited citizen, has ad
vanced a splendid suggestion regarding proper festivities celebrating the
completion of the great Alaska railroad. Mr. Ueed suggests that the
towns located on the government railroad, from Seward to Fairbanks, join
in purchasing a spike, made of virgin Alaska gold, to be driven as the last
spike connecting the bands of steel. The suggestion has already met with
favor from the Anchorage citizens, and the matter will be officially dis
cussed at the next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.—Anchorage
Times.
fclvoluilou uf woman's dress: Klg
lent to ifulUletif.
T.xlay more than ever woman Is
without apparallel.
Keeping the I'a'lfic that w:.y Is the
next Job fi>r Uncle Sam.
A monarch'* exchequer the«e days
Is more royal thau It Is flush.
Marriage bears out the old saw that
It takes two to make a fight.
It Is always easier to choose lead
ers than to follow them through.
Despite the high cost of travel, pic
ture card* continue to circulate free
ly.
A .-iiM-i-nt uiitcniifl.ni out Into IB
portions ami >er\ed in u restnu rnnt hi
'Jf* cents a portion Is not an unprova
ble Investment.
The only kind >>f woman who doesn't
want a powder puff is the kind that's
always snooping around looking for
u newspaper puff.
Those who saved their 3-cent stamps
when the postal rate was reduced
some years ago may tind themselves
saved at least a little time and trou
ble.
Another peculiar thing Is that while
tobacco originated to 'America a ci
gar maker seem* to thlulc his prod
uct will not sell unless It has a Span
ish came.
PROCLAMATION
IS ISSUED
i TERRITORY or ALASKA
Olllir of the Governor
.
j Juneau
( A PROCLAMATION
Thanksgiving Day this year of our
' Lord, nineteen hundred twenty-one.
1 comes on THURSDAY, November
tweuty-fourth.
j I, Scott C. Bone, Governor of Al
aska, do, therefore, hereby proclaim
it and urge Its observance by all
people within the Territory.
Emulating our forefathers and in
keeping with their lofty spirit, it is
tittiug that recognition thus be giv
en to Almighty God for blessings re
ceived and liberty enjoyed.
Our beloved country is at peace.
Homo and fireside are unbroken by
war and undisturbed by fear of war.
Events have contributed to the
greatness aud the glory of the Re
public. Its foundations are secure.
World strife has made for a strong
er and a better ALiericanism.
This commonwealth has been not
ably free from epidemic or pestil
ence during the year and otherwise
has been singularly blessed.
in cessation from Labor, full of
faith and courage, but with devout
and contrite hearts, and in thankful !
and prayerful introspection and re-;
trospection, may tnis Thanksgiving
Day, in pursuance of the beautiful
and helpful custom bequeathed by
our ancestors, be suitably observed
throughout Alaska.
GIV'KN under my hand the
Seal of the Territory of
Alaska, in Juneau, the
< capital, this eleventh
day of November, in the
year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred
(SEAL) twenty-one and of the
independence of the
I'nited States of Amer
ica the one hundred for
ty-sixth.
(Signed) Scott C. Bone,
Governor.
By the Governor:
(Signed* Karl Theile,
Ex officio Secretary of Alaska.
POSTSCRIPTS
By MARO^RET A. SWEENEY.
\£i. 11)1, by McClurv Ntwapaper Syndicate )
Cynthia Stewart. :u (lie silken ease
of lier orchid dressing-gown, sal scowl
lng at a leuer that lay upou the table
before her.
"I'll tell him the truth," she de
clared as she drew a sheet of pal -or
towards her and be^-un to write:
"llostou, May Jl, U'-ti.
"My I>ear Crofter—1 am afraid tl.at
what 1 am about to say may hurt you,
but I think It Is the w iser way to tell
you the truth.
"I know that a cowl sport never Idts
a man when he Is down, so you >ee I
am a rather cheap sport. I am goh)g
to swat you—I am breaking my wool
—my troth to you.
"It Is now sli months since your
doctor sent you to Pasadeua, and you
tell tue that your specialist there says
that it will require another sis
months In that climate before you are
well, and that In order to keep well
he advise* you to make a permanent
home In California.
"Well, Crofter, needless to say that
I would not—could not leave Boston;
and. besides. It may take years. Judg
ing from what 1 know, before you are
financially able to assume the respon
sibility of a home—such a home as we
would like.
"I am no longer so very young.
Crofter, I shall he twenty-four next
month; and so. In Justice to myself
and my family. I think It better to
break our engagement.
"Today I am returning the ring and
the string of pearls. Please do not
Judge me too harshly, nnd, please, for
old time's sake, let us still be friends.
"With all good wishes for your
health and happiness. Yours sincerely.
"CYNTHIA."
"P. S.—The real truth Is. Crofter,
that father's new partner. Mr. Wal
lace, has piles and piles of money—
he made It while you were overseas
being gassed to death—and father and
mother and Aunt Sarnh all sing his
praises and all think that I ought to
marry him. Mr. Wallace thinks so,
too, but I told him last night that 1
wanted a few days to think It over."
"There—Crofter ought to know that
I'm not altogether to blame," she so
liloquized. as she glanced over the
postscript. "He knows that I—"
"A letter for you. Miss Cynthia."
The letter that the maid brought
was postmarked v "Pasadena." and
Cynthia opened and read:
"Mountain Koad, Pasadena,
"April M, 1920.
"Dearest—Since writing to you a
few days ago I have been obsessed by
[he thought that it Is selfish and un
rnir rt>r roe, u partnn invana, to noia
you to your promise to become my
wife.
"In some wny, Cynthia, I linve he
come aware (or 1 think I have) that
you want to lie released. The tone of
your letters Is different. I feel a
change In you.
"And. of course, I know that 1 am
not the man, physically or llnnnclally,
that 1 was on tlntt day of days In June,
1017, when you nnido me the happiest
man In all the world. 1 want to play
fair with you, Cynthia, and so 1 shall
uol think of holding you to your prom
ise to lue.
"I wish, Cynthia, that you were here
with me this morning. If 1 could look
Into your dear eyes and tell you Just
what Is In my heart it would make
this easier.
"1 am alone on the veranda, and my
chair faces toward that mighty range
of mountains that rises before me like
a vast fortress—vague and reticent
these mountains stand, and they take
no part In our lot or lieing. Iteyond
them lies the great Mohave desert:
beyond that lie endless mountains and
plains, and away olT tin're on the New
Knglnnd coast—yon—you.
"Every day, dear heart. 1 sit here
hi the foot of tile misty mountains and
close my eyes for a little while so that
1 may see yon the belter, and some
times In tlie evening I walk and talk
with you under the orange trees—It Is
& way lonely folks have.
"ISut the chances are. little girl. that
I may never see you again, for I have
fouuil that I must make my home out
here, and 1 know how attached you
are to lloston. I have bought this lit
tle four-roo:n luili-alow it is almost
completely covered bv a bush of ram
bling roses.
"1 want to thank you for the won
derful letters .1 ! ive wrilten me.
I'lease let me keep I hem. Some of
them gave me cour ge at the Mnroe
and I have another bailie si III to
fight.
"You shall ai•• :i > - live In my heart,
dearest, for I love you—you—you
only.
"Always yours.
•vi:orn:it ii \i:i!is<>v."
••1'. S.—If I have made a mistake.
Camilla, about your supposed wish to
be free, J hoc .Vnu fo let me know at
once and I'll go ""<1 fetch you home.
Benember tlint '1 Ionic Is where the
hwirt Is.' Please wire Immediately."
Fifteen minutes later this rush me*
8i ge sped over the wires:
Boston, May 3. 1920.
"Crofter Harrison, Mountain ltoud,
I'asudena. Cal.:
•'Leaving llnston today for home.
Meet ti alia :it Los Angeles—due tliere
the Sth. "CYNTHIA."
Not In Our Purse.
Financiers say the United State*
tins too much gold. In this c/>mputn
tlon the lliutnciers are not referring to
us.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Both employer nnd employee must
be hound by the decisions of the Court
of Industrial Itelatlons In Kansas, ac
cording to a decision Just made by
the Kansas Supreme court. What
brings the meaning of this statement
home to the mas* of the people, how
ever. Is the accompanying declaration
that the wages paid to the employee*
of the nie.il packers are a mailer of
public concern, while "the determina
tion of the sufficiency of such wages
Is a question affected with a public
Interest." There has been a pretty
general lielief 10 tills effect for a long
time, remarks the Chrltian Science
Monitor, but the conn decision is to
be welcomed as giving this view a
definite status in law.
Pennsylvania police arrested a man
r.n the clia-ge of attempted ar«on. hav
ing Illegal possession of two stills, de
frauding the lTnltvd State* treasury,
having unlawful possession of mash,
and possession of two gallons of moon
shine liquor. Oh, yes; he is charged
also with disorderly conduct.
To the suppressors of soap-box ora
tory: Don't forget that free and un
impeded speech relieves the 'eternal !
.•ompres»ion of unevenly ferment e' j
ideas, which the patient Imagines If
oppression fr«'in out side. it is hu- j
inane, as well as constituth*iml. to let
'em rave.
PETER B.KYNE:
-* /A C^umoR
-man's m s*\
%ruPVAiLE^2frj>c Sl.ms,
f>^\£TC' }-J
f^CQPYreiGHT. DY PSTERj B .K,YKH.\\'
SCRAGGS was captain and owner of the craft,
Maggie, a Green Pea Piratecr—a freighter of
green vegetables for the insatiable markets
of San Francisco; Gibney was mate; McGuffey
the engineer, and Neils Halvorsen the crew.
One night the Maggie, full laden, was approaching the
Golden Gate;CaptainScraggs gave the signal for full speed
astern. The worn signal •wires gave at the first pull, how.
ever, and sent the unsuspecting McGuffey, the full speed
ahead jingle. Result, the Maggie firmly stuck on a bar.
From this point on the adventures of the Maggie and
her crew begin. From the familiar, uneventful run
along the coast the four fare to distant coasts and sunny,
scented climes.
'Peter CB. Kyne has nncr -written a
better story—maybe none so good.
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dresa
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