Wants Courting Booth
Installed in Church
4 Coftimbus, Ohio.*—If *the i .Protestant,
churches expect to win the heart of
modern youth, they must strike a
happy medium between serving.gin.,in
the-church parlors and delivering ora
torical “don’ts” against, the speed of
the modern age, according to the Rev.
Dr.ilrtt.Landmh, former, moderator of
the Presbyterian-chttrahj oHe.specified
. in an interview-today'that.he does not
advocate any compromise with sin, but
that while, the clergy wrangles, over
doctrinal differences—modernism . vs.
fundamentalism-—and-, *the< like—the
young people, are /’getting out of
hand.'*./ ‘
The church *s falling behind, Land
rith said, and will have to catch up.
“Take the matter* of love,?’ he said.
“Love is a great force in the world,
and cburchmen>:know it. Thechurch
sanctions-marriage of course, but what
* is it doing.about courtships?
“Ministers-devote a lot of sermons to
deploring roadside petting parties in
curtained - automobiles*- at 2.a. m. and
what goes on in the-shadows of the
movie theaters. They know thev can
notsstifle the love urge, but what they
must recogni.ro now is that the petting
parties will, continue at the roadsides
until a better place is found/’
'•Courting booths” in cburcu parlors,.
Dr.J Land rich said, would-be a remedy.
“If I. were to build,a church today 1
4 would equip it with a dozen or eo
•courting booths.’
“The churches-ought to have places
where young men can propose and
young women dispose.
“I w»uJd have the church parlors .
equipped with chaperons who would, oe
able to see, but they would have to be >
dead and dumb to qualify for the job.
Thb church already has done too much
listening in on vonth. _ _
“The Christian Endeavor societies
are the greatest institutions for evan
gel ixing young people, the greatest
levelers, the greatest peace societies,
and the greatest courting institutions
- in she United- States.
“I believe modern youth would re
form considerably if the church would
reoognice the desires of youth, and try
to guide them instead of suppress
them.”
Hasty Criticism..
Dr/ Alexis Carrel, of the Rockefeller
Institute, about to saal on the Paris,
said on tbe French-line pier:
“When a foreigner criticises a coue
tryihe is apt to- make mistakes For
eigners’ criticisms are hasty as a rule.
“Two Englishmen once visited the
Whl«e|Housegrounds. Nothing pleased
tbem there. They were especially
.disgusted with the automobile that
awaited the president before the door.
‘‘'What a shocking carl’ said the
first Englishman "
“■‘It looks like a broken-down
hearse,’’ said tbe second.
“‘And the''-chauffeur! Why, a
tramp—*
“But just then a gentleman came out <
of the White House, entered the car
and<drove off. iiThe Englismen turned
to a guard excitedly,;
“‘Say, who was that? The presi
dent?' tbeyasked.
“ ‘No,’ said tbe guard. ‘The British
ambassador.1 ” "
It fa estimated that there is a sur
_ plus of $100,000,000 in the federal trea
ury, which is a mighty fine showing
considering what a short time it has
been since Congress adjouaned.—Mar
ion Star.
Import business is said to be moving
from New YoNc to the Canadian bor- -
der.—Philadelphia Record.
Beulah Louise Henrv, of Raleigh, N.
C.,'has more patents to her name than
any other member of her sex. They
number 47; < with 33 alaeady on tb»
* v-afikei i
Science and Invention
Coppsr was the first motal discov
ered by primitive man.
A locomotive has been built in Italy
that uses compressed air for power, so
it can run safely over Cocded tracks.
A new air filter for automobile car
buretors, which, bas been invented to
control the. temperature of the. air,
m u file :i carburetor ..noises «nd reduce
carbon in cylinders, catches dust on
felt pads.
The latest and most improved diving
suit for deep-sea treasure hunting is
controlled entirely by electricity, and.
each of the claw-like steel hands has
bas the power of the combined grip of
one hundred men.
An apparatus designed to reclaim
oil, discarded as useless from automo
bile crank cases, bas been invented.
The reclamation process, it is claimed,
will remove products of combustion,
debris of wear, road du6t and fuel dilu
tion.
Since the United States patent cilice
was established, in 1790, over 1,500,000
patents have b3on issued. The Wash
ington office has 50,000,000 copies ot
these patents available to those who
are interested. They occupy 20 miles
of shelving.
A new airplane motor has been de
veloped in France which consists of. an
automatic device enabling the motor
to maintain almost full power at the
greatest altitudes. The new motor
works by alternating the cylinder
stroke and compression, and is self
regulating. __
The United States army has devel
oped a gas mask for horses. When in
the danger zone the mask is worn
rolled over the forehead, so it can be
quickly, slipped onto the horse. As the
horse never breathes through his
mouth, only the nostrils need be cov
ered. The bag is of cheesecloth, sat
urated with chemicals.
Wireless telephones are to be in
stalled on certain German express
trains, notably those running between
Berlin and Hamburg and those from
Berlin to B'ranbfort. The traveler will
merelv have to pass to the radio com
partment, give his call to an operator
and, within a few minutes, be connect
ed with any telephone subscriber in
Germany.
A miniature- radio transmitter has
been invented in England to be carried
on the person and operated like dis
charging a pistol in the event of a
holdup or an emergency. The signal
thus submitted can be received at
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Ftirs Bought and
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Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
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STATION
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short distances, so the police could
recognize the characteristic Dots of!
this type at listening-in stations...
Professor George W. Ritchie* of
Yerkes Observatory, in Wisconsin, is.
engaged in eocatruetiztg a twenty-foot
mirror for astronomical purposes. The
mirror is to be made of glass stuck to
gether by a special preparation. There
are to be air chambers below the sur
face. Temperatare changes, it ia
hoped, will affect all parts of the mir
ror equally. It will take Prof. Ritchie
four rears to make the mirror, which,
be believes, will have a decisive influ
ence on the stuuv and progress of as
tronomy.
Albrecht and Taylor,
LAWYERS
George W. Albrecht,
Iditarod, Alaska,
Charles K. Taylor,
Fairbanks, Alaska,
Practice in all Courts.
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A Bath in ai Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing^
Sign Writing
Paper Hanging
Charles Rebhun
lf The Handy Man
Are You Going to Build ?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and 6-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of all kinds.
And i? yoa are goinir to build a sled, call on us. We have the
best hickory in Alaska.
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
The Kusko
Times
$1 Per Month
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition, Yankee Greek
About 7 miles long^extendmg from
No. 1 below discovery down to^the
mouth of the creek..
Pay located all along- fora distance
of about 3 miles from upper end, and
pretty wrll prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7
to 20 feet. Top is all black muck,
that can be scraped freely. No rock
bigger than; one’s, fist..
Ground will go from 15 cents to $1
per^square foot of bedrock*
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long,
together with water rights. Ground
is pretty well cleared. There is also
a drain, 3 miles long. Also a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from
which water can be brought to
Yankee creek with a ditch less than
a mile long [4,900 feet], with a pres
; sure or fall of 120 feet, being 1600
| feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck there
i will be from 4 to 6 feet of dirt to
| handle.
Only about $11,000 has been taken
out.
Prospecting work during the past
winter has resulted in finding values
that run up to $1 per square foot of
bedrock.
I will either sell the ground or give
a lease on it. If the prospect is sat
isfactory to the buyer, a cash pay
! ment will be expected.
For further information, terms,
j etc., call on ground, or write or tele
I graph me.
ED NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska.