MODERN HUSBAND SEEN
LAPSING INTO ANEMIA
CHICAGO.—The painful (from a
masculine standpoint) picture of the
husband sitting at home rocking the
baby, and the wife earning the fam
ily... livelihood by the sweat of hei
carefully-powdered brow, is present
ed, at the. convention of the Mid-Wesl
Society of Physical Education
Speakers pointed out that vvomar
is the athletic member, of the moderr
lamily, .while .the.meiu, eschewing vig
orous exercise, ,a*e. steadily becoming
enfeebled*. anemic, sallow, and a lot o1
other pathetic .adjectives as they sil
waariLy in -their offices,, slowly fading
away..
The .practice of wife-heating.,, unless
the trend is corrected, may entirelj
disappear, the educators suggested
because, man. in time won’t he mar
enough to exercise any cave-man pre
rogatives»
E. C. Delaporte, the retiring presi
dent, was about the only speaker tt
give mon a break. He said the boj
of. today may grow to be a bettei
man than his dad. He based this or
the prospect of the five-hour day anc
the five-day week, which would allow
more leisure* and.- which, in turn, il
taken advantage of, would enable th<
hotys to improve - themselves physic
ally and mentally.'.
But if they do not seize their op
poftunity, he went on, the expressior
“the weaker ,'sex,” as applied t<
woman, will be only hollow motkery
•‘WHAT EVERY GROWN-UP
KNOWS.”
< New York Herald-Tribune.)
GHTldre. ngrow up. More childrer
are born* It has been happening
since the first man appeared upon th<
earth. It happened even in the Vic
totian era, although people were verj
careful not to mention the fact. Anc
there is not an dnever was anythin*
disgraceful in -the. fact, although thi
Victorians contrived to throw a clou*
of* shame across the existence of se:
in human beings, .
When James E. Wilkinson, assist
ant United States attorney, told ;
Brooklyn jury on Tuesday that Mr
Mary Ware Dennett’s pamphlet, “Th
Sex Side of Life*”, .was “pure and sim
pit smut,” he implied, by his owi
logic, that every .parent is smuttj
that sex is smutty, that the syster
by. which the race is perpetuaed i
smuty. That, it \scems to us,, i
smutty logic; it is.:the attitude o
mind which has created fear an
shame ahout sex, which brings chil
dren up in the. dark, unnecessaril
uninformed and hence, often, morbid
ly curious.
Children learn more than most pas
•nts realize. It would be better i
they learned from theiir own parent:
aided by sue hbooklets as “The Se
Side of Life.” We hope that a highe
court will object to Judge Burrow
exclusion of what seems relevant ev
dence; but if it turns out that th
law bars Mrs. Dtennett’s pamphle
then the law should be changed.
MINE ACCIDENTS' FEWER IN
NORTH THAN IN THE STATE
Statistics gathered over a perio
of-17 years show that fata: accident
in Alaska mines “per 1,000 full-tim
workers,” to be nearly 30 per cer
less than among mine workers enc
ployed! in the: continental! Unite
States. This information is brough
out in a report made to Goveroc
George A. Parks by B. D. Stewar
supervising mining” engineer*.
There arc two reasons for this, M
Sthwart says. “The fir -c and mos
important of' these feai ores is th
high percentage of the total numbe
of mine workers in the Territory wh
are employed in the p’.icer nnnin
branch of" th eindustry, in which th
accident hazard is materially let
thaw iir other branches. During th
■even-year period end'ng with 192
the rate of fatalities per 1,000 ful
time workers in the p’acer indust
was less than, one-fourth the. corn
sponding rate for the lode mining in
dustry of the Territory and only
about one-eightth of that for the lode
gold-ining group. During this period
about 40 per cent of all full-time
mine workers were engaged in con
nection with placer mining.
“The second feature tending to re
duce the fatality rate in Alaska is the
high percentage of mine workers who
speak and understand English and
whose general intelligence and ex
perience in mining is above that of
similar workers in the States. It has
been determinen that in some of the
major mining areas of the States
nearly 50 per cent of the workmen
are non-English-speaking foreigners
and that among them the fatality
rate is exceedingly high when com
pared with sections where mine em
ploye sare English-speaking. The
reasons for this are obvious.”
Two hundred and thirty-two men
were killed in all Alaska mines in the
15-year period ending with 1927, 164
being nilled prior to and 6S since
1921. There were 19 fatal accidents
in 1927 and 1928. “The most strining
features revealed by a ionsideration
of various types of mines in, Alaska
for the period 1921-1927,” says the
, report, “are the exreptionally low fa
tality rate for coal mines and the
very high fatality rate for gold-lode
mines. Considering the natural haz
ard roal mines are usually thohght to
posses, the record made at. the coal
mines of Alaska during the past de
cade is remarkable. For the entire
' seven-year period ending with 1925
these, mines were operated with an
average crew of 207 full-time work
ers and without a single fatality.”
BEAR SITUATION DISCUSSED
BY ALASKA FARM HEAD
(Seward Gateway.)
A glimpse of what the United
States government, through the De
partment of Agriculture, is doing to
vyard developing the farming and cat
tle-raising possibilities in Alaska was
given t oan interested audience at the
regular weekly business luncheon of
the Seward Chamber of Commerce,
Tuesday, by Dr. W. H. Alberts, di
rector of the U. S. experimental sta
tions in Alaska.
Having been personally engaged in
supervising the work for the past
three years, and investigating, him
self, all conditions in the Territory
having a hearing upon the industry
which is first in importance to any
nation, as far as his time would per
mit, Dr. Alberts laid his finger on
Kodiak Island as the region destined
to be Alaska’s livestock center. “And
in spite of the witness of Kodiak
Island,” remarked the Doctor, “only
a very smali fraction of its area is
suitable for agricultural purposes.”
Those of the inhabitants of Kodiak
who are fostering the grazing of live
, stock are, in spite of hazards that
must soon be removed, show more
than substantial progress. “To my
own knowledge,” Pr. Alberts stated,
“the sheep herds number up to 2,000
in a single herd, and the cattle nearly
as greatly. Unlike other industries,
Kodiak livestock raisers are not in
dire need of highways, as cattle and
sheep can be driven over trails very
easily, and a satisfactory system of
trails is now established, all leading
to the end of the five-mile highway
into Kodiak. Supplies and building
materials needed by the ranchers is
best transported by small boats from
the town of Kodiak to the heads of
the many bays that serve as head
quarters and homesites for ranchers-.’’
Treating only lightly on the brown
. bear menace, which is regarded in
£ different lights by sportsmen than by
e | ranchers, he sadd reports were not er
r i roneous in that cattle ranchers in the
o i small section of Kodiak Island in
r which the industry is being estab
e ! lished are experiencing serious devas
s; tations frequently, by the predatory
e habits of the brown bears. Both sides
7 ■ of the situation are fully appreciated,
- j he said, and a plan is being worked
y i out by the Alaska Game Commission
,-iand the U. S* Department of AgricuL
ture whereby both, interests are to be
fully appeased.
It is generally conceded that in the
interests of agricultural advancement
and the raising of livestock, the bear
should go, if necessary. However, the
opinion is held by many, that to exter
minate the brown hears from the
farming and cattle-grazing districts
of Kodiak Island would scarcely di
minish to the slightest degree the.'
abundance of these huge animals that)
would still be left on the island, for j
the sportsmen, not to mention tha-i
bear so fthe Alaska peninsula, which!.
outnumber those of Kodiak. •
“AMUSED” SCIENTIST
IIO LD SFAST TO LIFE,
CHICAGO.- A man, thinks Profes
sor Albert A Michelson, the Univer
sit yof Chicago’s distinguished au
thority on light, should live as long as.
he finds the world amusing.
Professor Michelso n,finding it so.
expressed the hope that he might live
to be 100.
“When the universe no longer holds
any amusement for man,” said Pro
fessor Michelson, “then it is well nigh
time for him to die..
“As for myself,” continued the sci
entist,, who was 76 years old yester-.
day, “I a mstiU amused by many
things. Science amuses me. Se do
my other diversions—painting, ten
nis, playing the violiu and. billiards..
“I should like to. live.' .to* be- 100<
years old,, unless my health goes back,
on me, and I don’t notice any serious
indication of. this, for 1 feel better
than I have for years.
“Besides, there’s an experiment
which I very much want to do—a
new calculation of the speed of light.
When I’m through with tnat I may
retire and take things easy. But I
don’t know. It seems I’ve, been say
ing that for years. And, science, you
know, is a lot of fun.!’
COLLIE ADOPTS TIGER KIT
TENS, SCORNED BY MOTHER
LEWISTON, Idaho.—Three tiny
tiger kittens, scorned by their mother,
found a foster mother in a shaggy
| collie. Circus men said the tiger has
previously killed two kittens and was.
apparently intendin gto do the same1
thing with the others.
The kittens are ensconced in a hox
apart from the rest of the animals.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has filed his final report|
and account as administrator- in the j
estate of Sam Hounam, deceased, and i
that such report wiU be heard ana t
considered by the Probate Judge - of i
Innoko Precinct, Fourth Judicial Di-1
vision of Alaska, at'., his office at
Ophir, in said precinct,..on Saturday,
July 20, at 11 o’clock.in-the forenoon ,
of said day.
All persons having objections to
such report may. be heard at said
time and place.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, May 26th,
1929. ,
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator of the Estate of
Sam Hounam, deceased.
First puh. June 1, last June 29.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND- FLAT
Miles'
- Nenana. 00 ,
' Tavernr-iTSdaidhouse. 17%
Knight's Roadhouse . 28%
Nineteen-Mil* RoadhbQBe . 08
Diamond Roadhouse. 76
.Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minchurfiina. lib
i Trappers’ Cabin .. 132
j Lone Star Roadhouse. 150
Telida Roadhouse ...... 169%:
Slow Fork Roadhouse. 187
East Fork Roadhouse .) 206
227%
241
263
280
201
200
306
318
' Berry’s Landing Roadhouse
| Big River Roadhouse.
. McGrath .
Takotna .
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse
‘ Ophir .
i McGafferty .
1 Brown Creek shelter-cabin
Fritx shelter cabin . 838
First Chance shelter* cabin. 846
ScHermeye? R. H. .. 360
Iditarod. 376
.' Flat . 384
Bonanzsa sheler eabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 10
miles, from
n
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Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned-Gi>o<k of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
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T/UEBHM ROADHOUSE
Best erf Meals and Rooms
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Wtm Tn An Conbally W«kom«d
GOOD' DOG feilSRS BATHS
Ivar Chilstrom - Prop.
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
INHOKO LUMBER CO.
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