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WHEKE IS THE PELECATE?
The Alaska Bureau had the honor of entertaining Secretary of the
Interior Albert B. Fall in the bureau rooms, Tuesday evening. August 27.
when the secretary spent some time studying the tiles, exhibits and ar
rangements of materials in the library and exhibit rooms. Karlier in the
evening Secretary Fall had stated that one great need at Washington was
coordination of Alaskan affairs, lie stated that there were reports with
out number on Alaska, but that they were so scattered among the various
departments at Washington, that it was extremely ditlicult to refer to
them. Here at the Alaska Bureau he was able to witness all of this data,
assembled in one room.
Secretary Fall expressed himself .,s wry hopeful for favorable legis
lation by congress for Alaska during the coming winter, and stated that
the New bill, recently introduced, is the result of a conference of President
Harding, Senator New. Congressman Curry. Governor Scott C. Bone and
himself.
From time to time the Alaska Dispatch has noticed such articles ap
pearing in the Seattle Spirit, the official organ of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, and supposed some writer on tu.it publication was in error and
did not know that Alaska had a delegate to congress, authorized by pop
ular vote of the people of Alaska to sp«.:k on Alaska matters. Inquiry nt
the Chamber of Commerce discloses this .iriicle was prepared by the Al
aska Bureau of the chamber. As Mr. Mcl'hersou is in charge of the Al
aska Bureau It Is probable these continued slights to Dan A. Sutherland,
delegate to congress, will cease, therein in part restoring confidence In the
Alaska Bureau, as well as materially -strM-thening the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce with the people of Alaska.
Delegate Sutherland today occupies the most important position at
Washington ever accorded a member of crnieress. At the suggestion of
Alaskans, temporarily residing at Seattle, who were active in the last elec
tion in the state of Washington, the Washington delegation to congress
caucused and unanimously agreed that they would not urge or support
any Alaska legislation unless the same had the support of Delegate Dan
A. Sutherland. They not only took this position as regards their own ac
tion. but influenced the president and < ihinnt members and congress to
share this opinion.
As a result of this the Alaska deli . e is today both congressman and
senator from Alaska. He has the confidence and respect of president, cab
inet membeis. senate and house of representatives. It is unbelievable that
there would be a conference such as t! • Seattle Spirit suggests without
the presence and voice of the Alask.'. dei-u;it>\ speaking for the people of
Alaska.
Just what the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
seeks to gain by this continued slight of Alaska's delegate to congress is
unknown. It is known, howev. r. that the heads of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce do not concur in this sort of public.tv, and it is also probable
that Alaska matters will hereafter be eliminated or properly edited be
fore appearing in the Seattle Spirit Editorially there should be a cor
rection in the Seattle Spirit.—Alaska Dispatch.
SPEED OF BIRDS
Every one surety who h:is watched
the flight of the swifter birds iias made
his own estimate as ti> their >pe*HL
The speeds attained by the carrier
plgeoiv, the duck and the faster <>t' the
sea birds have formed the subject ol'
eudless guesswork mid Inevitable ex
aggeration. Birds which are Incapable,
even when at full stretch, of doing
more than forty to fifty miles ■■ :i le-ur.
have been credited with 1U0 and more.
Now, the fact of the matter Is that
nothing Is more difficult than to judge
of the speed of any object through the
air by mere human observation. Fore
shortening due to perspective alone
renders It Impossible to tell Just when
a moving object passes above some
Hxe«! point on the ground, and ahm>st
Invariably the estimated speed Is far
beyond the actual. At the present
time the highest well-authenticated
speed is that of homing pigeons, some
of which have reached a speed of 00
miles an hour over comparatively
short distances.
But now comes Colonel Meinerfzha
geu. a noted ornithologist In Great
Britain, with the statement that dur
ing his anti-aircraft duties in the war,
he trained his men In iiifirtimental
work by making them take observa
tions of the flight of bird*. These he
coueoled and then confirmed their re
it- by instrumental work himself.
He tells us tlint lli<' speed of birds, us
thus accurately ascertained^ is far
below what it Is |H>|iularly believed to
I c. vuryi: _• from twenty to forty miles
for tlii> smaller passeres to from forty
to lift;. mi ■ -s an lmnr In the case of
waders. Those s|»eeds represent
stem!;.* flight; hut when a bird Is
frightened hy an enemy, or when It is
pouncing ii|m>ii its prey, it can ac
celerate srri-sitly for a limited time,
lie e^r ;ates that for a short distance
the swift ran reach a sliced of 100
luUes an hour.
The : n ne. therefore, has gieatly
Siirpn--s.'.j the swiftness of the birds
both In its power of sustained speed
and in its maximum speed. From 100
to IS) miles :in hour can he main
tained by many of the standard ma
chine-, and we know that last year,
the racing speed was carried up to
from lso to Hit miles per hour, while
recent mod* Is are credited to be even
faster.
Where the birds still greatly sur
pass the human flying machines Is In
the i "er of taking off and alight
lag. The senblrds. and all birds In
fact. ' ■ changing the angle of Inci
dence of their wings, are able to re
due? their landing speed at a rate
■which the airplane and the seaplane
caunoi ut present approach.—Scientific
American.
DAWK—A. It. IIAI.I,. Wednesday
evening, Sept. 2S. "Let's hop."
Open Season
This Year For
Marten, Beaver
Now Fur Regulations to Go Into Ef
fect In Alaska This Year—
Relief for Depression
New fur regulations, effective Sep
tember 2, for an open season 011
beaver and marten in all fur dis
tricts have been received by Erne.it
P. Walker, chief fur warden and U.
S. game warden for Alaska. The re
moval of the protection of beaver
and marten for a season is a meas
ure that was earnestly sought be
cause of the present financial depres
sion, and is designed as a relief
measure.
In the first fur district, embracing
the Aleutian islands, the Alaska pen
insula and neighboring islands, and
Southeastern Alaska, thainland ant!
islands, from Yakutat buy to Dixon's
entrance, beaver may be trapped
from December 1 to March 31 and
marten from November 16 to March
31. In the second and third fur dis
tricts, which include the balance of
the territory, both beaver and mar
ten may be trapped from November
16 to March 31.
Taking an Interest.
Fanner A—So your boy's pot home
from college. Does he take any Inter
est In the farm?
Flintier B— He's beginning to. He's
been showln" lue where we could have
a dandy golf course an* how easy
'twould be to turn the barn Into a
garage.
Humiliation.
"Didjer hear what "e said to me?"
roared the Indignant bookmaker, ap
pealing to his clerk for sympathy.
"I did, Arrv," replied the faithful
clerk, "un" I was surprised yer didn't
think of It first. You must be losin'
yer nerve."
Source of Opinions.
"What are your opinions on this
subject ?"
"I'm not sure," replied Senator Sor
ghum. "A lot of mall has come in
from my constituents that I haven't
yet had time to open."
Natural Gift.
Miss Oatt—What makes you think
Miss Wry would be u good usher?
Miss N'lpp—Because she is always
trying to put people In their proper
places.
A PLEA IN DEFENSE
He—I'd like to know why you girls
get engaged to several men at once.
She—When you hav# only one
match, doein't it go out?
The Pessimist.
Man's faith Is not what once It was.
At least, so we told.
But still, we know, there s Just as much
F*.ke stock as ever soliL
Service.
"Johnnie, the stork has brought you
a little sister."
"Aw g'wan. Stork notbln'. It was
the milk mail brought It. Doesn't It
say on the wagon, 'Families Supplied
Dally.' r
Beyond Their Moans.
Her Husband—Why don't you make
H cottage pudding once la a while?
Mrs. Junebrlde—Why. I thought we
couldn't afford cottage puddings with
rents so awfully high.
Sharpness Demonstrated.
Nell—He actually told ire I was dull.
Porn—i suppose you convinced him
of the contrary.
Nell—Certainly. I've cut hlui ever
since.
SHERIFF H. H. MESTER
To H. H. Wester, sheriff of Sanga
mon county, fell the duty of arresting |
Gov. Len Small of Illinois, indicted for |
embezzlement of state funds.
WONDERS AT MIGHTY RIVcRS
English Visitor Declares Those of
America Put Celebrated Streams
of Europe to Shame.
Ts there anything in nature so ma
jestic and spirit-stirring us a great
river? Aud are there any nobler riv
ers on earth than those of America?
The traveler who does not study up
his map in advance Is constantly coin
ing unawares upon majestic yet un
celebrated streams, which In Europe
would be world famous.
Not long ago. Journeying from Mas
sachusetts into New Hampshire, I
found the train following for hours
a beautiful river for whose existence
1 was <|tiite unprepared, writes Wil
liam Archer in the Atlantic. Inquir
ing Its name, 1 learned tbut It was
the Merrlnuic. and was further In
formed that It drove more spindles
than any other river In the world. A
little later business took me to Nlng
haniton, K. Y„ and again a beautiful
river lent dignity to an otherwise un
distinguished town. Once more I had
to confess my Ignorance; this whs the
Susquehanna. Just entering the state
of Pennsylvania on ,'ts way to Ches
apeake bay.
Yet these are so to speak, hole-and
corner rivers, not to be compared to
the great arteries of the continent.
The superb expanse of the Hudson
puts Ithlne and I>anube to shame. No
less grandiose than romantic Is the
confluence at Pittsburgh of the Al
legheny and the Monongahela, with
the tiny little blockhouse of Fort
Pitt still occupying the tip of the
tongue of land, overshadowed by the
glaut buildings of the city of steel.
And the Allegheny and Monongahela
unite In the mighty Ohio; and the
mighty Ohio Itself is but n tributary
of the still mightier Mississippi, the
father of waters.
Without any disrespect to the Nile,
the Euphrates or the flanges, great
rivers of the past, I venture to find
these great rivers of the future every
bit as thrilling to the Imagination.
Beecher and Books.
Somebody happily recalls what Hen
ry Ward Beecher said about books ,
and believes It Is well worthy of re
production, more especially because J
| there seems to be a revived liking for
| books Just now. Well, It Is worthy of !
i reproduction qnywa.v: I
"Books are the windows through
! which the soul looks out," said the j
Plymouth pastor. "A house without ]
books Is like a room without windows. |
No man has a right to bring up his i
children without surrounding them |
with books. If he has the means to buy |
them. It Is a wrong to his family. He i
cheats them, Children learn to rend !
by being In the presence of books. The
love of knowledge comes with reading
and grows upon it. And love of knowl
edge, In a young mind. Is almost a war
rant against the Inferior excitement
of passions and vices. A little library
growing larger every year. Is an hon
orable part of a young man's history.
It Is a man's duty to have books. A
library Is not a luxury, but one of tli«
DANCE—A. B. HAM* Wednesday
I evening, Sept. US. "I,et's hop." j
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IX THE PROBATE COPRT FOll |
HAINES PRECINCT, FIRST JP
D1CIAL DIVISION. TERRITORY
OF ALASKA.
N THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE |
OF
S. J. WEITSMAN. deceased.
Notice of Hearing on Final Ac
count
Notice is hereby given tliat Jos.
H. Chisel, as administrator of the
estate of S. J. Welsman. deceased
did on the 5th day of September
1921, file in the above entitled court
his final account and report of hit'
administration of said estate, and |
the hearing of the same lias been I
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 Haines, Alaska.
which time and place all persons
are required to file any objections
they may have to said account and
report, and to show cause if a
they have, why said account and re-1
port should not be allowed and set-j
tied.
Pated this 5tli day of September.
1921.
JOS. H. CHISEL.
Administrator.
First insertion—Sept. S, 1921.
Final insertion—Nov. 10. 1921.
Novelists' Wc.iith.
The wills of two popular author?
have Just been published. .me being
that of Mrs. Florence I on va I'arrhn
and the other that of Mr. Ernest Wil
liam Hornnng. Mrs. P.arcltiy. the
writer of 'The Kos:iry." "The Mistress
of Shenstone." :ui<1 "The Kr«k<-n
Halo," left properly of the value of
$168.0<)0 with not jHTsonalty of $1<W.
000. The whole of the estate Is be
queathed to her husband. 'he Hev.
Charles Wright Barclay. Mr. ll'>rn
ung, the creator of "Kafllt s. left
000 gross, lie ltcjueathed his liter
ary works and copyrights and :!i^ res
idue of the property to his wife who
Is a sister of Sir Arthur «'onan P^yle,
for life, and then to his .-hildron.
Sowing Sil^on.
In a desperate attempt to pn-'er.-e
a cheap food for the peopl. Canada
and the north western states are ler
all.v farming the sea and >.>wing sal
mon seed 111 nil the important streams
from California to n-! em t - .1.
The tremendous drain : n thi natur
al resources of supply has 'tern so
eiliRustit K that salmon ttsherh - ra nt
soon have traveled the r of the
forests and buffalo.
Those Useless Questions.
"Now, tomorrow," said the teacher
of the summer school. "1 wish jou
each to write an essay on August."
"Shall we write It on paper?"
"t have no objections to yon 'riling
It on papyrus if yon have any." —
Louisville Courier-Journal.
DAXCK—A. B. HAl.li. Wednesday
eveninu, Sept. 2S. "I.cl's hop."
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Big Game Guide
Sportsmen who arc interest
ed in hunting !>Ir fjanic In the
liowor Yukon country niv In
vited lo call on me. .1 have
lived for many >cars in the At
lin country, anil can uunrantee
hunting parties line suecimens.
1 liave a good power lioal
Tor lake html ins ami li-liiim. .
For information call or ad
dress
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u'itS lnrrr* nimnlw on mv face
and neck. They festered
and scaled over and were
very sore. My face was a
sight. I tried different rem
edies but nothing help*d
me. I began using Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment
and after I hal used one
cake of Cuticura boap ana one dox
of Cuticura Ointment I was com
pletely healed." <Signed* Mrs. E.
M. Goodwin, 1234 F St., Cacramento,
California.
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puiposes Cuticura Soap not only
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it prevents many little sk:n troubles
if assisted by occasional use of Cuti
cura Ointment to soothe and heal.
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Goose Girls Still Exist.
The goose girl doesn't exist only In
Germany, snvs tlie Kansas Oily s r.
One of the departtni ms of the Inn- i
of child welfare put a small notice Into
the papers a few wool.- ago saying
hat hoys and girls tVoni fourteen to
sixteen years old. who liad h<t't school,
frnt were. hy reason of Ill-health or of
scarcity of lahor. unahle to get work,
would Ih' sent to farms for I lie sum
mer. where they would have plenty »f
jood food and fresh air In retnrn for
-uch light work as tending goose and
cows.
A thousand or more children an
plied in the next few days and hvi-o
sent to the homes of farmers who
node known their wants through
offices and representatives of the ■ hlld
welfare work in various small t«'i«rn
and villages. Many of the chiMr-n are
hose who have for long suffered fr.nn
undernourishment, and nil of tl»'>n
iiivc liwn saved a summer '.f fnnt
oss scorching for work or lottling
ahont on city street*.
MICKJE, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL
By Chai Ic5 Sughroe
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