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U each of the American transcontinental railroads and the Ameri
can s eamship lines which are operating in Alaska would do as much as
the Canadian Tacitic railway and steamship lines have done to advertise
the attractions of the West and Alaska for toun-ls. niul as much to care
for the tourist traffic, Alaska would be overrun with tourists each sum
mer. If they would do that work and the people of Alaska would co-op
erate with them iu preparing to entertain the travelers and to advert.se
their attractions the tourist industry would rank among the greatest «e
have.
All t!:at is required to put the tourist business in the class with the
fisheries and mining Industries, and the pu!p and paper industry that i*
to be. is hard and co-operative work on the part of all those who would
t.i by it expansion.—Juneau Kmpire.
THE STATE of Matrimony is the largest yet discovered. It is in
i ah;:. ii by every race, color and creed. Its principal products are babies.
'. uildlttg tires and hairs iu the comb. It is bounded on the north by sighs
a: J tears, on the south by conjugal bliss, on t!:e east bv grocery hills, and
.the west by divorce courts. Matrimony is defined by some as a condi
tion and by others as a misfortune. The older and more foolish a man
•< t e more anxious he is to become a citizen —Valdez Miner.
Three big questions are connected with taxes—how to reduce them
how to pay them and how io dodge them.—Toledo Illadc.
Our Washington Weekly News Letter
tiii: mrri.K ok thk
iu rkaitk vrs!
:'i carry nut his plan for a reor
.•h.- tion . government bureaus
r> [location of services, a re-j
,itiy needed to avoid wast>*,
<1 efli» it-ncy in the overlapping j
■us agencies. President Hard-.
rs. with the iiidorse-uent of the
> of the bureaucrats in op
im ernmetit reorganization,
"i r-> ibei of the cabinet ha*
i!. -voted to serve notice upoti
re:!ii chief and individual
- t't.it propaganda attains; j
t to reform t lit- government '
■ ■>i ry «ill meet with instant,
- ! from the service. To any '
tainted in #nv degree with !
i-re and inefficiency of some of:
rnment bureaus, this stand
'•••. t ere are twenty-seven sep
■ . : puMi buildings, sixteen dis
' >•' deportments bailing roads. |
'
wn>ies are coordinated Kach
i- il or t: ing to do more or less
. tie thiug Kach is trespass
■ each others' prerogatives. ,
d :ig the same thing different- j
e better than others, some as
ear I ut all together dup
u-. wasting. and delaying pub
nbvious that a little eoordin
b tight about through bureau '
« ■ lid add greatly to the ef
to • ese bureaus, and at the
it r nte would greatly reduce ex-;
i'S bv dismissing tho«e employes,
> are merely duplicating and de- j
■ ::i< the work in hand it is per
naturai that employes of these
». ' i> is agi-m ies. fearing to lose their
should oppose the contemplat
liut no such attachment
job ought to be allowed to pre
>nt the reform which means a sav
r g of millions of dollars a year to
the taxpayers and an attendant im
provement in the s^eed and quality
of work accomplished. President
Harding has merely declared him
self to thai effect.
si x POWI'.i: MARKS HISTORY
A prominent periodical remarks
that the three great nations, the
I'niteil States. Great Britain and
Japai: are so situated geographical
lv by that their fleets are incapable
of attaining e;i. 1 otiier. That is to
say. because of the distance an at
tacking lleet would have to go. the
fuel and ammunition problem would
be prohibitive. In one sense that is
»». but in practiii? such would not
always be (lie case. If Japan chose
to make war upon the I'nited States,
she would not send her fleet across
Ihe Pacific; she would send it to the
Philippine*, take the Islands, and
then sit back on th* defensive while
the I'nited St ties entered upon the
almost Impossible risk of retaking
the possessions. Moreover, if the
I'nited Stales desired to attack
Oreat Britain, which, of course, is
inconceivable, we would dot send a
lleet acro-s ihe Atlantic, we would
take pos.-« ssion of nearby British
territory .111 d sit back on the defen
sive while Great Rrltain sought to
regain the property taken. Great
Britain could r> t well pursue such
a plan of atiacU against the I'nited
States, neither would the plan work
10 the advantage of ihe I'nited Stat
es in case of a desiie to take the ag
gressive against Japan. A study of
the situation overturns the theory
that none of the three great nations
could conduct an cgrcssive naval
warfare Invasion of any one of the
nations hy another, or the blockad
ing of her ports, is manifestly out
of the question. Hut an aggressive
naval warfare is nevertheless prac
ticable. and such would be the means
by which ;■ war umild he settled. If
Germ any had succeeded in her sub
marine plans, hers would have been
the victory.
The Mystery of
Hartley House
By
< l.lKFOKl» S. K.W MONO
perception Hie etrenrostmces were al
luringly comfortable
1 found a good book. but lost the In
clination to go to my room. I sat down
in « comfortable chair. havlne turned
off nil Hit' limits except that of the
reading lamp. The library was large,
and when the reading lamp nlon«> »»s
lighted there were deep shadows and
the room was largely In darkness.
I rend for a while and then fell
asleep. I had no intention of doing
that, hut drowsiness came IrrcslstlMj
and 1 was gone In fore 1 could force
myself to no to hod.
It was fwo o'clock when 1 awoke.
The wind had died down. I felt rest
less and ui.easv, not helnc accustomed
to falling asleep tn this fashion. The
-■
perceptions struggle to establish not
only location but identity was unpleas
ant'.
1 started then for bod hut ;
Stopped at '.he ma i do. { the hor«e
on my way. 1 we-it to 1 >k to the fa*
tenlnss and found that .l>sl. whose
duly It was to eh>se ''te boyse. had for
got teu to look and t>ar ;! e door.
chain hanging d» n and e go'nc to '
unpleasant restless) ess after tlu- nap
In the library. 1 opw ' the door and 1
w»nt outs le for a «s 1
The iniHin In its i.isi quarter was
-
ported the deis t j ;:i t-.ie. but n»iie
ennie.
: >
C
eeptible as I s-.>..d tl s-,.ji« to
been a moral Mr
:
seem important lo el. .: evr.
thp steps to prove to myself tnv ei • fi
It.
bushes. Tile tliooti -in- t;-..iii
Its cover. Tl ■"«• \r s n cetr • II- »il
of returning light. 1 »:-s I:: or rntbi t
l«ehind. a ser^n of trees and brush.
Tlu' p>h>! wa« tifty feet it
At the etbro of the pool n r -n was
At the Edef of the Pop! a Man Was
Revealed in the Moonlight.
rovptilort In llie moonliplit. He l^ancnl
on a st lot.
n„v moon n-ont N-liind nnntltor
r!o«i], nnrt tho ficiirp on ilto Ivu-.l: N»
rnmc In'listinot. li almost llsnpponrpil
1 stoo.1 still. wMH apprehensive <hnl
dors worktns up ami down my «pine.
Tl:e phenomenon wus outrsc
unhplievnhlo, The moonllpht
oin acnln for nn Instant. T s-"V the
ficitre acitn Imt porMiailetl or trod to
per-lifti!o nivself that I ithl not vee t'
to *i11v 10 myself thit H was a hn«-li
twNte>! into cxtravneant shape hv niy
It.ttiKitniUnn.
Illustrated by IRWIN Mi KRh
"opyright by George H. Doran Co
The Inoon «ent under a cent dark
cloud. I made a moral and physical
retreat. I did not rrm. That would
have been an honest confession and
expression of desire. I was hypocriti
cal and walked, bnt my moral defeat
was complete.
Tliore was a man at the haunted
pool.
1 had seem him and something had
deterred me from speaking to him.
filling out who he was or why he was
there.
• «•••••
A really violent change came Into
our lives. A suggestion that Mr. Sid
ney go to the South for the winter was
acted upon, and within a month I was
separated from the place and people
so Important In my affections. tV>c
tor Hrownell had been called to Hart
ley house by Mr.' Sidney's discourag
ing condition. Our Invalid had over
tax oil himself the evening he displayed
such activity In his room, such nn
itst:al strength and agility. The fol
lowing morning he was almost In eol
apse. T was alarmed and telephoned
Poet or Browne)!, who come out at
once.
"Von will see his will pull him
through," he said. "If It were no! for
tlint, 1 should be alarmed. He is very
low."
"1 blame myself for permitting the
nnusinl exertion." 1 snld. "My Judg
ment was deluded, I think, by my hap
piness ft seeing him so strong. Re
iwnl'y seemed strong. It did not seem
fict !: vis or unnatural."
P >ctor r.rownell said that the phe
nor .-t on was not new In his erpcrl
eno, witT Mr. Sidney's case.
"1 have had It sis years," he said,
"an ' thi* Is the sixth time ho has gone
from unexplained and cnnntural
strength to e\!rvme and dangerous
werkress. And always In the fall—
v ' -ouliere al«>nt this time. Each time
1 have seen his will assert Itself and
st-ongthon him in his exhaustion."
Tl'e dav 1 called Docor Prownell 1
h1 1 been too concerned and alaitned
to pay much attention to anyone but
Mr. S'.lnoy and did not observe until
toward exonlng that Jed was mal!«r
r: tly unfrien''.lv again In his cttltude
ovarii me. Finally he made It sppap
ei by a bit of vicious Insolence. 1
h::' determined never again to take
hi 1 of that nettle gingerly but to
clutch It.
"What do yon mean by thatT" I
" i1 ^re a pinme 01
short here. or has been since yon
" he s:ild. "Yon locked the front
: 'i«=: n'pht some time. didn't you?"
"I foittd It open this ciorninc, and
after 1 l i wn'kod about "hp (rrounds
for an' f 1 cnme In and threw the
IT ' •"••wed unpleasantly astonished
—' fted and disturbed.
"Von were abroad Inst nichtT" he
rx> 'iriotl.
' looked me lr. ! know," 1
sai ! "—or thoucht yon had. I fonnd
>r bolted «hen I went hack to
my r. .mi. I wasn't In It when yon
• " 1 nhled. "I was asleep In
- -y. When 1 awakened I went
i>r a moment. The door was
.■ned. I bolted It when 1 came
.Ted vvn« more disturbed. and he
shaved It.
"Where did yon co?" he asked.
■! rntind." I said, "down hy
posti-e became sm:e. rte
:v the dor-T I n-ked "1
i to smile.
•iv * h me." he said. "I
>1 ' *i Wed mo on- That's
> he. ii >h> Indicnant. 1 came
I I'd to break Into the
- :?. a hurry. You wouldn't
•« 1 yourself."
t like it myself. 1 don't like
n mj rt>om. I'll not have
It. 1 tf :clit 1 had (riven yon to nn
nt It would not l>e toler
wnnt to annoy the fnm
plaints. hut I will not en
(Oontinned on Thursday)
"i" tv i o oppose capital punish
ment *ay that imprisonment for life
Is more terrlhie than execution. Then
why do they fipht the Imposition of
what In vl eir opinion Is relatively the
smaller penalty?
Regina Hotel
MODERN SERVICE
....Tourist Trade Solicited....
Automobiles for Sight Seeing Tours
C. H. JOHNSON. Proprietor
WHTTKHORSK. . - - V1RON TKR
Home Made Candy Shop
Carernn. ) T.
GLADYS SIMMONS. Proprirtrrw
Luitv^*. 71 tV| i r< i Attrtwlf, J1W Fwl
TAKE A SOUVENIR BOX HOME
..Rochester Hotel..
A. Rvntogi, Prop
All Modern Conveniences
Corner King Streel and Second Ave.. D \WSON. Y.T
Seven Passenger Mchmphiin Buick Car Sftvice
Attention
Tourists
WHKX 1>" W IIn KlldRsK
- CITY CAFE -
GOOD EA TS
i rVCHKS. SHORT ORPKRS. WO I I I 1 I l>
(leorfc Vashida. Proprietor
ai.•«» m %na«;kr <»r mi:
Caribou Hotel Dining ttoom
CARCROSS, V. T.
White Fass & Yukc ^ -ouip
T1MK TA1ILK NO. 4
Ohily evoept Stindaj
Xo 1. X. Ronml
1st 11k».
J 30 a m. leaves
11:56 a. m.
1:30 p m.
3:05 p m. *'
5:25 p.m. Arrires
\n. i S IW»Ht I
1 «t . < T *«»
Arrires 4 30 p m
Leaves 3 00 p. m
1:45 p hi
11:50 n m
9 20 a m.
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WHITE WSS
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C.\R«"KOS«
W HIT1 »RnF
fasMtiper* mu«t he at the depot In tine !f> 1 aio Bapcape in
spected. and checked. Inspection is stopped thi-1v nilniiir* liefore
learir.t time of tratna.
ISO pounds of Bappape will bp checkcd free •
ticket, and T5 pounds with each half fare t .«
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