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Entered as secona-class matter Au
tgust 29th, 1922, at the postoffice at
'Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
iMarcii 3, 1870.
Takotna, Alaska, June 23, 1928.
t-RESS SQUIBS.
It may yet be called Whitewashing
kon.—Pottsville Journal.
An optimist is an ocean flyer who
'wires a hotel for a room.—Detroit
j\ews.
The best jobs of face-lifting are j
those which are done by sudden pros
tperity.—Louisville Times.
One swallow doesn’t make a spring,
!but several of them are sometimes
.‘good for a fall.—Philadelphia In
quirer.
A Southern newspaper declares a
i monument never will be erected to
the unknown politician. And, most
•certainly, not to the politician who
really is known.—Council Bluffs Non
Epareil.
It may be all right for a woman to
•marry in haste and repent at leisure,
■but a married man has no leiisure.—
•New York American.
It. is said tha^the engineers of the
^faster trains eventually lose their
nerve. The porters, of course, don’t
'have to be up there in the cab.—
•Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Even the price of a dress isn’t mod
est any more.—Jackson News.
Cheer up. You may yet be famous.
•Look at Greenly Island.—American
^Lumberman.
What Captain Wilkins has won for
’himself is a place in the midnight
:sun.—New York Herald Tribune.
There are reasons to believe that a
■dog can think. But his love for man
Is not one of them.—Natchez Demo
crat.
Nature malces mistakes, but she
mever arranges the bloom of youth
'near the nose on one side and close
to an ear on the other.—San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
A new airplane is equipped with a
card table, probably to accustom pas
sengers to the grand slam.—Miami
News and Metropolis,
It seems assured that all future
wars will be defensive only. This of
course does not assure peace, but it
promises a lot of hypocrisy.—San
Diego Union.
A lot of people -say that Mr. Cool
idge is going to be president of the
United States Steel Corporation.
What’s the matter with American
Ice ?—American Lumberman.
Henry Ford dances nothiny but the
scliottische, and so we suppose that
the old Lizzie's predilection for the
shimmy must have been an acquired
instead of an hereditary trait—Nash
ville Banner.
Take a tip from nature. Man’s ears
aren’t made to shut; his mouth is.—
Publishers Syndicate.
There ought to be a law against
making an innocent man undergo so
many acquittals.—San Diego Union.
In olden days they used to kiss
and make up; now the make up comes
ahead of everything.—Ogden Stand
ard-Examiner.
The average New Zealander has
$3,371.70. The average American has
a $3,371.70 car.—American Lumber
man.
The great proble mis that of distri
bution. One party has the oil, and
the other has the trouble lwaters.—
Paterson News. **
It has not appeared yet what the
world is to be made safe for in this
campaign.—Ashton Hood Syndicate
(Philadelphia).
Scientists have discovered that a
shark will not bite a man. Now if
some way devised to make the
shark know Hht.—Seattle Argus.
Dr. Donaldson of Wistar says the
brains of dead men reveal nothing.
Which is also truet of the brains of
quite a few people who live and
breathe.—Philadelphia Bulletin. i
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Probably the world’s greatest hu
morist was the plan who named them ;
“easy payments”—San Diego Union.1
They say canned grapefruit, which ,
doesn't squirt, js just as good as the 1
fresh. But it isn’t sporting.—Port-,
land Express.
Average woman’s vocabulary is
said to be about 500 words. Small in
bentory, but think of the turnover.—
Wall Street Journal
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, of the
United States Geological Survey, has
Takotna Pool Hall
Fresh Fruits Candies Soft Drinks
Tobaccos Cigars Cigaret®
Apples Oranges
Mutchler Gold Storage Barge
Pork Beef Veal Mutton
Boiled Hams Pickled Tongues
Sausage in variety Head Cheese
DAVE MUTCHLER - PROP.
gone to Alaska to study the cause of
1 earthquakes. Between no wand No
vember it might *be more timely read
ing if Dr. Jaggar could give Amer
cans something on the cause of land
i slides.—Asheville Times.
Figures won’t lie. And that is ex
actly what makes dressmaking such
a difficult profession.—San Diego
i Union.
A CITIZEN’S VALUE.
The value of a citizen to the com
munity can not be measured in dol
lars. 1 here is, however, a reasonable
basis by which each citizen can de
termine his own worth to the com
munty iu which he lives. Each can
ask himself the question, “Would the
city be better off if I leave it or would
it be better off if J stay?”
There can be no half-way mark. A
person is either of some positive
value to his community, or he is of a
negative or detrimental worthless
ness. One is either a producer or a
consumer, or both, or he is a mere
parasite living off of the work and
wealth of others. A .person may be
' of great value to a community
! whether- he works with hands or
| head. The laborer produces goods
1 and service; the artist produces
beauty; the teacher produces citizen
| ship; the minister produces the op
i portunities and suggestions for spirit
! ual thoughts and actions; the >busi
! ness man produces the goods and
t merchandise, necessary for sustenance
and comfort. All can produce kind
ness, cheer, co-qperation, love,
friendliness and loyalty.—-Anchorage
Times.
FOURTH OF JULY CELE
BRATION AT OPHIR
The Fourth of July will be cele
brated In big style at Qphir .this, year,
according to word received by Peter
Carlson, who came over fom Qphir
this morning. There will be all kinds
of games and sports for the children
in the afternoon. A. number of prizes
will be awarded the winners, and re
freshments will be served. In the
evening there will he a dance at the
Paulson Roadhouse. The Takotna
children will be taken over hy the N.
C. Co.’s truck. Everybo4y is cordial
ly invited, to help make this celebra
tion a big event.
Oddie Hallson, game warden for
the Kuskokwim section, with head
quarters at Bethel, was .among yes
terday arrivols at Mcyrath.
Charlie O’Halloramcame in from
Spruce creek yesterday-and left last
night for McGrath, going dawn with
Joseph Oates.
Bob Stone, Jeanne Daniels and
Bertha Albi, after a, couple of days’
visit here, returned yesterday to Mc
Grath, going down in the former’s
launch.
DREDGES MAY BE PLACED ON
CREEKS OF RUBY DISTRICT
Mining inteests of San Francisco
may put a dredge on Long creek, in
the Ruby district, this summer, ac
cording to Thomas Long, U. S. dep
uty marshal from that place, in an
interview given to the Fairbanks
News-Miner. ,A report on the proper
ties has been sent in and the 'findings
are very favorable, Mt. Long says.
Birch creek, in the vicinity of
Long creek, will be drilled this sum
mer to ascertain if the ground is
rich enough to justify a dredge. A
large amount of placer has been
found on that creek and a number of
claims have been wotked successfully
in the past for gold. The ground is
wet, but there are sufficient values to
justify new operations under new
methods, said Mr. Long.
It is very possible that the ledge or
ledges from which the tin and gold
originated will be located, Mr. Long
says, as men are out looking for the
rock in place. The outlook for min
ing in the Ruby district is very prom
ising, and it is a splendid field for.a
number of genuine prospectors.
Consolation.
“Well, Mrs. Johnsing,” a colored
I physician announced, after taking her
j husband's, temperature, “Ah has
knocked de fever out.en him.”
“Sha* ’nuff,” was the excited reply.
,‘Am he gwine git well, den?”
“No*m.” answered the doctor.
“Dcy’s no hope fo’ him, but you has
de satisfaction oh knowin’ dat he died
i cured.”
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' : On the other hand, there is the
story of the dusky lady, narrated by
Mac in the Rock Island Argus, who
went into a drug store and asked for
one cent’s worth of insect powder.
“But that. - isn’t enough ■ to wrap
! up,” ohjelcted the drug clerk.
“Man,” exclaimed, the dark lady,”'
“I ain’t asked you to wrap it up. .Jes*’
blow it dnurn my .hack.” .'
Du Rand’s
Cafe, and
Hotel ;
Flat City !
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The only for mof hostilities from
which the people-ever benefit is a
price war.—Norfolk Virpinian-Pilot.
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