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Gt'.st- 2i>t.b, 1923. at the postoffice at
TVkotna. Alaska, under the Act ofj
March 3, 1879.
Tnkbtna, Alaska. Xovemberl2, 19.12,
ECONOMY IS NEEDED. !
(Stroller’s Weekly.)
The con ting legislature will ur-.
doubtedly be faced with many per- 1
p.exing problems whe nit assembles
next spring. Many projects will he.
placed before it casing for expend!
tuies of Territoial funds. Parties,
wiih an axe to grind will he on hand
to see that- their plans do not die
aborning, and the path of the law-,
maker will he beset.with pitfalls and,
snares by the lobbyist.
The Territory can ill afford to. ap
1 ipriate moneys for new projects,
nor can it neglect the old. The school?
auu Uu. i loncers must be taken care
of. mid. these will absorb the greater
pait of,the revenues.
The average legislature is. prolific
in promises and. short bn remember
ing them when elected. While many
of those elected do emexnber their ob
ligations, pressure is brought to bear .
on some bill favored by other legis
lators, and to get his bill through is
often forced to vote for a number of
b 11s witout merit. To hew to the .line
is hard, so great is the pressure
brought to bear hy friends and con
stituents.
The. aw age, voter never stops to
think that ii.ver.y dollar taken from
the ,pubjica treasury ,i§..pa^t} for in part
font his. own-xpccket. This fact is
overlooked by the urge to .get Sony,
appropriation for their, separate .com
muni ties that is only good far the one<
place and not for the . Territory at
largo., ,
Petittions for roads, bridge?, trails
'■'! l II_ - -■ 1 - ... 1
and schools pile in, and while investi
gation shows that in many cases the
| appropriations sought for could well
| be dona,without, the treasury, is bled
while.
Unless a halt is. made Alaska will
find itself without money for the few
! worthy propositions necessary for the
i public good. We have laws enough
for our 110,000 population, and were
half of them stricken from the stat
utes we w.ould still he lavved to death.
The Territory would be better off if
the legislature met and u...our .e l,
..than tp have more laws made to bo
ignored or enforced hapha/.ardlv.
* We must remember that \ve are
pionees in a new country and rhai we
.cannot have ease on a coin bread in
come
OLlt, INTERESTS, AT
TUK NATION'S
(Continued from Page 1.)
division, for only a few months,, and
now wishes to be relieved. Mrs. Amy
D. Larson was appoint en postmaster
at Taylor, in the Seronn nivision, last
■summer, and now- reclines the. ap-,
point nient,.
The Interior l^epartnient -has.. re
questen Governor George A. Parks,
Superintendent Ike Taylor of. the
Alaska Road Commission, ar.d,.Burton
H. Barndollar, examiner of accounts,
of the Alaska Railroad, to report in
Washington by Nov, 10. , It is desired
to have them here in ronnection with
appropriations for various Depart-,
ment activities.
. Delegate.Wickersam and ^President
Stewart of the National Federation. of.
Federal Employes have been informed
by the local union at Anchorage that
the monthly employes, of the Alaska,
Railroad, in accordance with the econ
omy act, were last July 1, placed , on
the 8 1-3 per cent wage cht with, two,
days’ fhrlohgh per month, „Now, on
October 16, the management_ issued
an order abolishing the two. days’
furlough per month. The Delegate
has tkaen the matter up wjth. the In
terior Department and is assured
that it is not the intent .to go beyond
the carrying out of the provisions of
the economy a^t.
Delegate ..Wickershamls -office—. has.
been informed by the Treasury De-,
partment that several .private. firms
have sought to. become architect for
the new Federal huildin gat.Ketchi
kan. It is further, stated that an-,
■tiouncement will not he made until
after Nov, 10 whether the , various
public buildings to be erected .under
the relief act-W.ill have the Govern
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS . ,
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i Report of the FinRiUrab-Condition of the
, inars & Merchants Bank of IdiUtod, Alaska,
Located at Flat, Territory of Alaska, at the close <>f business, on the.
1 12th day of October, .193?,
! _
Loans and discounts .$27,784.64
Overdrafts . 848.82
Other* bonds and warrants
i 30,701.50
Pntafyom other banks. .100,010.38
yh#£ks, on other banks
} ^nd-uither cash items... 1,849.82
Cash on hand . 9,231.00
Cold bullion . 15,580.77
Liabilities.
'Capital s-.ock y&itf.n$25,000.00
Surplus fund ..._. 10,000.00
Undivided profits less ex
penses paid___$10,716.29
Individual apd, ',uiings
deposits .v.139,69.9.43
Demand and tinvn, cartifi-.. .
cates of deposit . 597.21
Total ...$186,012.93
Total
$180,012.93
Jnited States of America, j
jerritaxxjof Alaska, - !• ss.
jouHh 'Judicial Division. '
! L JLfcrnnelley,1 ijrasident of the above narryed bank, do solemnly
Sfwrear that ,the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge HARRY • DONNELLEY,
J President.
(Correct. Attest); .
J H. P. SHEPPARD;
1 Directors or Partners.
| (Notonal seal)
Subscribed and adorn to before m; this 15th day of October, 1932.
1 h V DDOWer
i
D. E. BROWNE.
Commissioner and Ex-Officio
Justice of the Peace.
ment Supervising Architect to do the
architectural work for which pri
vate firms will .He ,!s»leeted. After
that date it is efepectwd that all possi
ble speed wilkhdldKercised,toward the!
! ultimate cuosMmr*^ioa of. the*, many j
'buildings noy* inruthe .program. U is (•
! further stated.'that .no decision has.
! yet been l eaiju'dias' to the Anchorage i
: puhlic building.
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WlfY PEOPLE: SMILE."
Security Required.
A full*blooded I';'da, tndiua in Ari-1
zona ivCemly needed sonv. cash, so
he appiov.hed the: banker at Casa
: Grande about a loan.
“How much money do you need ’’*
the ba.nkcjr asked.
“Me want, $200,’'' answered, the In
dian.
“For how1 long.?”
.“Maybe .two weeks; maybe two
montm..
“ And whwt security have you?’” j
“Me .got ,two hundred horses.”
-Thi.is.Keomod sufficient, and the loan;
was made.
Shortly afterwards the Indian came;
into the bank .with $2,200 in cash, paid
off his note, and started to depart.
“V\ai: » minute, wait just a min-.
uteji cried; the banker. “Why not let
us take care of that money for you?”
Doubtless recalling various bank
s of recent date,, the Indian paused,t;
looked the banker straight in the eyes j
and solemnly asfced; “How, many
horses yoyt'tfot?'”
This Formula. Might,’. xPrese Useful,
-When.H,. G. Wells was attending
luncheon at the Dutch Treat Club ira
New York some time ay.:, along with
Ctmrade.. Massaguer, the Cuban cari
caturist, the latter was entertaining
the others. with swift thumb-nail1
sketches and.nwjtry patter. Speaking
erf his family,^ Mossagner said,, ac
cording ttp XoJUier’s:
“My.people li^e in Havana. Eleven
of my relatives art. in jail there now.”
_ Whereupop Mr. Wells, who was sit
ting on the other side of the table
had been.,taking no. part in the con
versation. ...pricked up his ears and
said:
“Oh. J, snjr!. .How. does one go about
getting one’s relatives in jail”
Probably a Good Deal
Mother—You know, George, Norma
is nearly 17 years old, so I had a
frank discussion with her today about
the facts of life.
Father—Ah L Did you learn any
thng new?—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Observant Willie..
i “Now, Willie, I want you to go in.
1 apd get acquainted with the new,
‘ nprse, and kiss her nice.”
“Not me, ma. I might get my face 1
i slapped like papa did.”—Lorain (O.).j
•iournal.
Day; of Bespitei
, Landlady.—Yesterday you broke
I two cups and a saucer. Today you
broke three plates. What will hap
pen tomorrow?
I New Maid—Not much. That’s my
; day off.—Answers (London).
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Guilty Conscience.
I Francis—What was the commotion;
J in the office today ?
Gertrude—A policeman friend of
' the typist’e came in, and the cashier
^fainted.—Smith’s Weekly (Sidney).
t; “Did you catch your husbamf, tfirt
|irtg?”'
f “Of course. Wasn’t that h*r«n you
|caught yours?”—Bystander (London
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j; Notary Public |
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