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Business success and advertising go hand-in-hand. The best way
to judge the business enterprise of any communi'y is by the sire and fre
tiueacy of the uds in the local paper. A11 readers are strangers untJI
they buy. The business visitor to Culpeper is a stranger until he buys a
few meals: and the permanent resident is very much a stranger at the
store he has never been invited to patronize. The large, attractive dis
1 lay adver:isement holds attention and arouses vespect and confidence.
It cries out: "Low costs, low oevrhead. low selling prices, quality goods."
It dominates the page, of course, just as the mansio i of many rooms looms
up larger than the shack. All advertisements are read—big and little.
Kverybody knows that, and the statement calls for no argument. But
the merchant who is seeking real business business success, and who
wants to advertise the best way and to get the most for his money is the
one who realizes that the larger the advertisement the greater its pulling
power.—Culpeper, iVa.) Star.
There are fancier towns than our little town, there are towns that
are bigger than this, and the people who live in the smaller towns donU
know what excitement they miss. There are things you can see In the
wealthier towns that you can't in a town that's small: and yet, up and
uown. there Is no other town like our little town after all. It may be
that the streets aren't long, they're uot wide nor maybe straight, but the
neighbors you know in your own little town all welcome a fellow—it's
great.
In the glittering streets of the glittering town, with its palace and
i avoi nt and thrall, in the midst of the throng you will frequently long
for jour own little town after all. If you live and you work in your own
little town, in spite- of the fact that it's small, you'll find it a fact that our
own little town is the best little town after all.— Exchange.
IT IS A MATTER of pride to Valdezans that despite the white ligut
f puMuity turned on every candidate for Territorial office, nothing has
yet been found to besmirch the brilliant legal record of E. E. Richie,
slated for Judge of the Third Judicial Division. Mr. Ritchie is an oldtime
Aia>:van. well versed in conditions in the Territory, and his candidacy has
met with no opposition from either the republican party nor the NVicker
.- ..m bolters.—Yaldez Miner.
IH»KU\1. lU I'.LVl" OK MINKS
i:ki omini; Mom: \ctivk
Juneau. July —With I ho pur
f fosterir.; .. mure rapid and
t'.-ti'.-r dovelupoiir': of the mining
:: ii in A1 ,-ka. tin- I'nited Slat
es His roan of Minos is re-organiztng
its work in that territory. D. A.
I.' on supervisor of .stations, and
• leorge S. Rice, chief mining en
gineer. fi>r the Bureats. are now in
Waska oss a tour of inspection to
■ ■ e in what manner the Bu
reau of Mines can best assist the
territory's mining industry
It < proposed to divide the Tei ri
l"ry into four districts, each being
In (1 r. i t r' -go of a bureau of Mines
erein- • -r. Kor the purpose of prop
er correlation of the work, especia!
1; *o keeping its main purpose in
\v .. and providing >->rvlce for par
ticular mining camps which may be
-oiated or lie oti tho border between
two districts, a supervising ininiu?
engineer will be In set.eral charge
ot the four district enc'.nejw Ow
ing to lack of funds, ore of the dis-1
ti ' engineers will for the present
discharge the duty oi siipervisioa.
The Bureau of Mines' experimental
st-.ii-'in at Fairbanks will be contin
n-'il a headquarters and clearing
■ tor district engineers.
I' strict 1 has been assigned to J
!-■ t \V. l>yer. who will also comtin-j
ro discharge his duties of Fed
Mine Inspector of Alaska. This
d net embraces the South '-oast, in
• ui the Matatiuska. Kenal and
IV' in - river coal fields, the Copper
River basin ar.d. for the pr -sent, the
Kataila oil fields and Southeastern
Ala^k.; The special duty of this
dis tri« t engineer will be in connec
V! with coal, copper and lode 30U
J A. Pavis will continue to ;erve
as superintendent of the Fairbanks
station antl.- in addition, will be in
charge of District 2, which consists
of the territory tributary to the gov
ernment railroad from Seward to
Tairbanks This area includes the
'
District 3 consists of interior Al
aska, comprising the Yukon and
Tanana basins. This district has been
assigned to K. T. Sparks, assistant
mining engineer. District 4 Is the
Seward Peninsula. No assignment
of an engineer for tills district has
been made as yet. It is believed
however, that the best way to assist
the mining industry in this district
lies in the development of a prac
tical and economic method of io!d
water thawing Charles Janin. con
sulting engineer of the Bureau, is
now compiling and studying the re
sults of experiments made by vari
ous companies, preparatory to in
vestigation by the Bureau.
Cooperation will be arranged and
maintained to the greatest possible
\
aska of the the I n.ted Stales Geo
logical Survey, through Col. Alfred
H. Brooks, and with the Tcritoria!
Government, through the Govern
ment and Territorial Mine Inspector
of A1 ask:: f'u >u (.logical Survey
lays stress upon the study and cor-|
relation of Alaskan geology, where
as the work of the Bureau of Mines
will emphasize service to the min
ers. Geology will be considered by
the Bureau's engineers only in its
relation to ores, and for that pur
pose the Survey reports will be em
phasized to as large a degree as pjs
sible. The Bureau's forces will
largely supplement the work of the
Territorial Mine Ii.spector *v.d will
endeavor to make annuallv a com
plete inspection and report of a'l
mines and prospects.
The Mystery of
Hartley House!
By
CUKKOKD S. KAYMOXD
"Well. you c«n see the orfrnslnn for
it. You were loitso last ni^ht, find
your conscientious offlciousness ramie
trouble. I knew your type. the moment
I set eyes on you. I said here's a
trouble-making person wish a duty
You show It. Of course, you had to
bolt that door. You could not assume
that It was open for a purpose. No
thought of anybody that mipht he out
side: I knew you. That's why we're
| safe only when you are lock>-0 in your
room."
"Well, ril not have It." 1 insisted.
I "and you can understand that. It Is
! flat. Why do you have to run around
the grounds at nichi?"
i "L>o you have to be Judce of my
! habits? If you do. It may satisfy you
"Do You Have to Be Judge of My
Habits?"
to know th-:: I f-eqti« ■ • > hrnr 1.1;
duties to p.- .iu Mr S dr>\ in
pn'Units to i lfiir • v head nni! I> nb
to do iv' at 1« ■ i»>. |.v Mr. S ' c>."
My iniml had jumped to a Conclu
sion.
"Wore you at the p»..tl last mjrht ?" 1
asked.
"Yes." lip said.
He was very ugly.
"You seem to he n Paul Pry," be
sold. "Yon ought to he manacled."
I was not Interested in Jed. I was
thinkinc of my figure ut tlie pool, as
embodied In Jed It did no! fascinate
roe.
Dr. Rrownell suseesjod the winter
trip to the South. Mr. Sidney's vital
It? needed careful nursing It was Im
portant to protect hitn from winter
rigors even ns the? could he mo l fiol
In a sickroom. The doctor said he
himself felt the noed of a chance, Ke
prescribed one for hoth his patient
and liiuiM'if. lie and Mr. S lney made
the amir-v- eats. Mrs. Sidney ard
Isohel wen to to.
Arronp tits wen' ahead rapfiilv.
and 11 «vn<e of desolation Increased
within me. Konuiullc foil J criino to I f
flceiiim'lni Tb* fnlry - rv u: » ■ ■ *«.
en<le*f wtilioiti yonth*s rH>-i'S-a'"\ "'J' . i
lived imppllv ever after."
Tlic yaeht came up to Its moorlrc
and lay lit the landlns for a weok
w hile tlie provisioning was he'nc "1
'
ney's fine wines were p;:t on ' >nr 1—
for the unspeakable .led.
Isohel was eacerly nntlclpa'ory Mrs.
P
he re«!cned. with trepidation.
IWtor Rrownell said he «:. < deprlv
Inc me of an Interesting voyage If I e
did not (ro. T shonhl have been need.-d.
but he thonght It Important for Ids
efficiency that he conserve his s'renjjth
over the winter, and he asked me to
ret nt one of his assistants.
That was flattery. It intended
to he so.
Mrs. Sidney was the one who of
fered me the real halm.
"John." she said, "we shall want
yon with n«. We shall miss yon."
"Pon't yoti thlr.k. Mrs. Sidney." 1
succested, "that now we enn consider
tliis fiction tennlnat'ed?"
"Yon moan your engagement to Iso
bel ?"
"Surely."
"\o. p!oa«e." she said. "On f be
ho:>t 'here will he no problem-' The1
community Is too conmsc? and n
Illustrated by ikwi.n mvkks
Copyright by George H. Do ran Co.
be considerate. But when *"e crane
bark. HI need yon Just a* before."
Isobel said:
"Good-by, John. Be at the landing
when we return. Toti'l! be the first
person I want to see."
I ought not to liave been so discon
solate. These were fair portents, but
a portent does little to console a loss
I stood on the little dock end watched
the yacht" go down the river. And
when It had disappeared below the
point of land couth of 'be pool, all the
world was sad and life ha£ no pros
I>ects to five It value.
Charles drove me t» the city. I was
a bit of human driftwood for a week.
It did not matter that they were com
ing back. They wore pone; that was
the disaster. It was In the present;
the future Is too ambiguous for conso
la t ton or comfort.
1 went through a winter of ecstatic
distress, trying to be efficient In my
discharge of professional dntles for
Poetor Brownell and to be prof«>ss;on
"y composed In aspect and mind. 1
1 ::<! an anmisbed dellcht in my experi
ences. My loneliness was my most
acnte pain and my nwt cherished
comfort I did not want to profane!
the emotional solemnity of so much
unbnpplness by subjecting It frequent
ly to the banal touch of sociable life
In the ordinary. It was a Joy to
profoundly unhappy.
I had letters from the enchanted
party In the South. Mrs. Sidney wrot»
twice a ^epfc with great affection. Mr
Sidney once a week dictated to Jed •
lf,t!or. cordial and Jocular, for me. Oc
casionally Jed added a sheet for him
self. kindly or rasping as the mood
had him at the time.
Isohel also wrote, hufwirti the great
est eccMitricity. While they were at
Palm Beach I had a letter a day from
her for four days. TTien 1 had none
for two weeks, although they remained
at Palm Bench. She made the post
man a tragedian for me.
In one letter this virginal Imp wrote
f.« If I were her lover, and that letter
was as the song of the meadow lark
from a snow-covered field lt^ March,
ss the odor of lilacs on a warm night
In May.
The Sidneys went to the Rihnm**,
hat did not remain there. Tliey wrote
ne that Mr. Sidney was well. Doctor
Browne'! was convinced that all were
the better, himself Included, for their
experiment and that Mr. Sidney's con
dition would permit a longer voyng* It
Ms pleasant circumstances. Conse
quently they were going on to South
America. Mr. Sidney wanted to revisit
Montevideo.
From Montevideo I had a letter from
Jed In a ii "front tone fro® his sarcas
tic !titer and taunting. I thought It
« ns tlir» loiter of a man who had suf
fered n shock. I conld not say wby 1
thought so. but I thought something
had disturbed him. i fathered the
i V i Iti.v something had cliat ged .Ted?
view of life.
F ly In March came letters savins
tha: v folks shortly would be or their
«ay home, to arrive after our uneer
trs!n spring had resolved itse'f secureh !
wealher safe for a feeble man whc •
had flctustomed himself to luxurious
temperatures. 1 then felt Invogorated,
as by a promise In March of hepatica. j
My winter wus breaking op.
1 met an old-time acquaintance a
den'is: who had been several years tn
::h America. His name was Alcott'
Uenry A'colt.
' ■ >t: nd I never had been Intimate
or iiTertionitte. but we gi-eeted each
co' • \ ■ \ e been There is a lone '
so: < associated with a return tc1
a p'j:<which has forgotten you and'
receives you as an alien.
We had dinner together and en.ioyed
onr moe' ng There was furtively, ai
dinner, a reminiscent amativeness In
his co- v, rsnlion. It suggested that he
was smirk'rig over exploits which he
might relate If his restraints were :
broken down.
lie had a talent for merely carnal j
stories Tin y gained additional car- '
na'ity In his telling of them. 1 must J
have Seen given the record of half the
: ;i'»j experiences of South America 1
for two years. Alcott told them with ■
gusto. The one that fascinated me he
d:d not emphasize more than ihe oth-;
ers. As he :o!d these stories he was
trying to . mey the charm of sex-ad
venture In Latin America. I think he
wanted. by other Instances, to suggest
his own adventures.
(Continned on Thursday)
Regina Hotel
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WHTTEHOKSK. • - - Y1KMN TKH.
Home Made Candy Shop
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CARCROSS. V. T.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIMK TABLE NO. 47.
Dany exrept Snndr.v
No I. X. Rouni!
1st Class.
9:30 a.m. Leaves
11:55 a. m.
1:30 p. m.
3:05 p. m. "
5 25 p. m. Arrives
SKAC.YVAV
WHITK PASS
KFNXETT
CARCROSS
WH1TFHORNF
>0. !» IWMlI I
,n««
Arrives 4 30 jv m.
Leaves 3:00 p.m.
" 1:45pm.
" 11:50 a. m.
9 :20 a. m.
rassenper* must be st the depot in time to have Bappape in
spected. and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minuto« I>ef.>-e
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggape will he checked free with ea.h full fire
ticket, and T5 pounds with each half fare ticket
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Clancy
Kids
That Was All
MOW Affour YAXim'
YOUff CAtf OV* TH'S" h J 'C4N r,
I' ,4Ft£«?Nc>0N, HO^ACC r'MM/e
I WHV NOT9;
By
PERCY L. CROSBY"
lV)Vi!n, by tfc* MeCon Syadicai* 1