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Entered as »eeond-Ha&« matter Autrust
89th, 1923, at the Post. Ottire at
Toaotnu, Alaska, uoder the
Act of March 3. 1S70.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. JAN. 31 1925
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Sen. Reed Brands Dry
Enforcement ‘Murder’
Washington.—National prohibition.
«s ll now exists. wa« placed on the grili
aoday by Senator Iieed, democrat. Mis
*ouri, ab a Senase committee hearing
•ton the Cramton bill to make the pp-hi
bitlon unit a separate treasury hui'eau.
Questioning a succession of wit esses, i
Including officials of 'he ptoh oniou
forces, the Missouri senator ^sk»-d *hat
Congress could do to make prHi'htuoo
ongenis ••honest,” paid hi- re-i -ei- t<
drug store whisky, and tuat* h »
She authorised addition of pois"D to in
dustuial alcohol to prevent its use tu
liquor manufacture was “approacblug
murder.”
Dr. J. M. Doran, chief of the indus
trial alcohol division of the prohibition
unit, was explaining that use of sti \cb
nice Iq alcohol caused a outer taste
•nd almost prevented its use in sCd
thetic gin and other drink- of ttie pr« -
taibilion era, wheD Seuatoi Tired int* r-1
rupted him.
“Can a skilful chemist get this tut]
io distilling?’’ he asked.
“Undoubtedly,” Doran replied.
“That’s reassuring.” said iieed.
Doran then told of anoi her chemical,
the use of which he declared would
cause a taste in liquor wptcb would
turn a person against the further u.-e of
liquor.
“I suggest you give the formula to
Dr. Watrne B. Wheeler," said Senator
Iieed, “for I think he ha- been looking
for that for a long while.
“Don’t you think it an approach to
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murder l • (in' ji subtle poison into al
cohol which you think might ia- ciin
verted into I'quor?’’ Reed continued.
Doran didn't. agr e with the assump
tion, but turned the discussion to
whisky He said whiskv sold to drug
stores was good whisky.
"You haven't had as much expert
once as I,” retorted Senator Reed,
who then returned to the, subject of
poison alcohol.
“You have already said a poison is
put in alcohol itnti >et some t>u\ this
alcohol, supposed to tie pure, to u-e in
liquor manufacture.” said the senator.
“Y u know one-tenth of alcohol is
being drunk. Htid yet you poison it. I
think you are pojs ning the American
people. I think it is wicked, damnable,
at d if you can think of any other ad
ject'VP put i> in ”
And, Yet, People
Wonder at Crime
Faiibanks News Miner.
It started iq "The Little 'Green
House” iu Washington. O. C., with
se-sloos of drinking and framing for
liquor transactions. The Attorney
General of the United States refused to
investigate charge-; was himself ioves
tigated and had to go. I' traveled
across the continent and hit the
Twelfth district; Director Hazeltine
(who to then never took a drink, hut
af er getting the j b of "preventer”
t1 ied any •’drink” in the line of duty to
prove a crime against anyone) had to
g >, '’for the good of the service,” and
h s assistau'B. down to Prevemter Flan
i an, for whom a warrant was issued
and trial set on tho charge of si/ri'kmg
an aged men in the attempt to make
an illegal entry and prove a crime.
Toe case was to he tried aem, month,
but Inst week the district attorney re
ceived instructions from Washington,
D. C., to dismiss the case—without
trial!
There may be a good and sufficient
reason for this, aside from the gr-.unds
of “expediency.” hu> on the f tee of ih«
thing it doesn’t look like j08 ice, MS
Americans are taught to consider jus
tice. If a bureau or branch of tire
Government can be started and its em
ployes be given a liceuse to perpetrate
crime in the effort to detect critue,
that bureau or branch need not ex
claim or protest if American jurymen
show consideration for the oppressed.
To Build Giant Airship
That Will Span Globe
Akron, O.—Construction of the pro
p se«) giant dirigible of 5,000 000 cubic
Let cnpHcii v, twice as large as itie Los
Angeles. bv the Goodyear Zeppelin cor
poration at Akron, is only a step to
ward development of an airship of di
mensions never before C' nsideted io
aircraft construction, it was indicated
today in an official statement issued I y
P. VV. Litchfield, president and s;en
eral manager of the corporation, con
cerning the 5.000 000 cubic foot ship.
A dirigitile with 10.000 000 cubic feet
capacity, which will make non-stop
flights around the globe. will probably
be the next job tackled by the Zep
pelin corporation, after exhaustive
tests made with the 5,000,000 cubic foot
dirigible. Litchfield said.
Commenting on the feasibility of
building the 10,000,000 cubic fuot ship,
Litchfield said:
•*A 10.000,000 cubic foot ship could
carry a proportionately ereater pay
load than a 5 600,000 cubic foot ship,
and c<>uid fiv around the world in a
non slop flight—could flv either way,
indeed around the equator or around
the poles.
"However, It i6 logical to start 6rst
r>n thr Intermediate site of a 5.000,000
:)r 6 000 000 cubic f ot and lea ret what
ptohlems are involved Itefore going
into the next step.’’
He declared that taking up the de
sign of i fur 5.(fcK) UUO cubic f mi ship '**
in itself a new prohieia.
I "Tb^s ship will he twice as large as
1 anv airship ever built before. ’ he said. .
••In undertaking the design of ti ship;
there are various considerations ttaa'j
must be taken into account. Whether,
the ttrst r>-q lirements of America
would be for a military or commercial
ship is a primary factor involving
many variations to design.”
A Worthy .Creed.
Although it has been widely pub
lished. " The American’s < Creed.’’
adopted by Cong res?, in 1919. is not. as(
well known to the citizens ofafcttoouo
try as it should he.
This creed was selected through a\
C mlosl. open to all Americans, for the,
purpose of securing “the iwsi summary
of the pdittuai faith of .America. ’
The author of the succ s-dul manu
script was William Tyler Page, a de
scendant of President Tvler.
The phMiM*s composing it are taken
tr im the. Prea«aMe ond she Uonsti* u-i,
tion of ihr* UimH ri »"s. i.iit? D cla*a
lion of.Independence, the Oath of A -
degiauce. aoil from uferanees of dis
tinguished patriots, all woven together
into h complete and lofty -seir iinent,
as follows:
•:I believe in i he • United States *f
America, as a government if the pen- '
pie. tiv the peoplfe. for the peop'.e;
whosejuo powetsare derived from it.e
■consent of In- governed; a d> m era* v
in a republic; a sovereign na ion * f
many sovereign state.-; a perft c; uo or ,
one and itrseparahle; established upon
those .principles of freedom equality.1
justice Hi d.h ta. i; v f r which ,A'ivr-'
1 lean patriots sacr«ficed iheir fives and
■ fortunes.
•*I therefore believe it is my dtitv to
my country to love it.; to support itsj
rConstitut inn; to obey its fairs; to. re-;
spect its*flag. and to defend it against
all■ enemies ”
Notice of Dissolution.
No* ice is n-reby given that on Jaaiu-t
ary 21 si. 1925 *Uie partnership hereto h
•ore exis ioi between Waiver AV '
Johnson. Li. G. Peake and rtoomas P.»
Aiikeo, under the name o! Kuskokwim'
[ Dredging Oxnpanv, • was dissolved hv*
I mutual consent, the said Thomas P
! Aitken withdrawing from said part,
nership and its’mining operations.
(Signed) Thomas P. aitkjck ’
W. W. Johnson.
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Tokotna, Alaska
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