HIGH LIGHTS OF COOLIDGE’S
ADDRESS BEFORE THE AMER
ICAN LEGION, OMAHA, NEB.
Omaha, Neb.—Following are the
High lights in President Coolidge’s
.address before the American Legion
convention in this city:
“The country can rest assured that
if security lies in military force, it
was never so secure before in all his
tory.”
“I can see no merit in any unneces
sary expenditure of money to hire
.men to build fleets and carry muskets
when international relations and
.agreements permit the turning of
:sueh resources into the making of
.good roads, the building of better
Ihomes, the promotion of education
;and all the other arts of peace which
minister to the advancement of hu
;mnn welfare.”
“Whenever the military power
:starts dictating to the civil authority,
iby whatsoever means adopted, the
liberties of the country are beginning
•to end. National defense should at
.-.all times be supported, but any form
• of militarism should be resisted.”
“It will always be impossible to
lharmonize justice with war. If we
.are looking for a more complete
.reign of ju-cice, a more complete
:supremacy of law, a more complete
.social harmony, we must seek it in
.the paths of peace. One of the great
• questions before the nations today is
Ihow to promote tranquility.”
”One of the most natural of re
actions during the war was intoler
ance. The necessity for a common
purpose and a united intellectual
front (during war) becomes para
mount to everything else. But when
the need for such solidarity is past,,
there should he an intellectual de
mobilization as well as a military de
;mobilization."
“Whether one traces his American
ism back three centuries to the May
flower or three years in the steerage
is not halt' so important as whether
his Americanism of today is real and
.genuine. No matter by what various
crafts we came here, we are all now
in the same boat,”
From a letter received from Ed
Brathovd, recently received here, he
states that Messrs. Morgan, Hill and
himself were seventeen days in reach
ing Nenana. He also states that the
party had a rather venturesome trip
in crossing Lake Minchumina, they
having broken through the ice of the
lake several times.
HERDERS HAVE DIFFICULTY
PROTECTING REINDEER FROM
WOLVES IN THE BROAD PASS
Reindeer herders have declared war
on the wolf which has followed the
caribou run into the Cantwell and
Broad Pass regions, says the Anchor
age Times.
While the wolves have done but lit
tle damage thus far, the herders are
bending every effort towards driving
them out, because they know that, a
little later on, when other game gets
scarce, the pack will naturally start
killing the reindeer and caribou.
Five wolves were seen in one pack
near one of the large herds of rein
deer, recently, by native herders, al
though they did not seem to be both
ering the deer. Wolves have also
been seen in the country north of
Wasilla and in McKinley Park..
This the first time in years that
any gn number of wolves have ap
peared so south. They seem to
be merer'-'1 - u numbers in recent
years,
l . S. RADIO MUSIC CHEERS
BESIGED FRENCH IN SYRIA
Beirut Syria.—A concert broad
casted from Pittsburgh and dance
music played at the Savoy Hotel in
London, carried thousands of miles
by radio, cheered the flagging spirits
of the >. ‘sieged French garrison Su
cida, rescued recently after having
been s i minded in their citadel for
two months by the rebel Druse tribes
men.
Tl-i i 1 , -on- rt l/vintim f Via
port of the garrison’s commander,
Colonel Miller, who wrote: “Radio
constitutes one of the finest defen
sive weapons that a besieged unit can
possess. It renders at times more
service than a battery of artillery. It
has a great influence on the morale of
the troops, dispelling that feeling of
: isolation and abandonment, so diffi
I cult to overcome.
“Yesterday we heard the jazz band
of the Savoy Hotel in London. The
men who were not on duty danced to
| its tunes. We heard the station of
I Pittsburgh at night. We are sorry
I the weakness of our sending appar
; atus prevents us from thanking the
l Americans for an excellent evening.”
—
Mr. and Mrs. George Mutchley,
j after a visit of several days here, left
1 yesterday for their home at Mc
I Grath. While visiting here they were
• the gue sts of Mrs. W. H. Jones.
Frank Speljack, after a few days’
visit here, left Monday for his home
on Little creek.
Dr. H. W. Averill
Now at Larson House, Tokotna
Dr. L. W. Fromm
At McGrath
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ANDY VOLSTEAD, FATHER
OF DRY LAW, GETS A JOB
Minneapolis.—Appointment of An
drew J. Volstead, father of the prohi
bition enforcement law, as legal ad
visor to Adjutant General W. F.
Rhinow, new chief of the Northwest
dry enforcement district, was formal
ly announced today.
Rhinow s aid Mr. Volstead will take
up his new duties next Monday. He
will be stationed in Minneapolis until
the district .enforcement offices arc
opened in St. Paul.
“I am highly p leased to obtain the
services of Mr. Volstead,” General
Rhinow said. “He is the highest au
thority on the law in the country, and
he the law in the country, and he
undobutedly will be of great value to
enforcement.”
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Steiger and
two children were Thursday arrivals,
coming from Flat, in company with
Mike Blanusha. Mr. and Mrs. Steiger
are headed _^r Fairbanks.
Science and Invention
?Thom»s A. Edison has patents to
his credit for every year since 18G9.
Because it is heatless, scientists
call the light of the firefly "100 per
cent perfect.”
A new anti-aircraft machine gun
uses tracer bullets every fifth shot in
place of sights.
John Hays Hammond, Jr., has in
vented a device which puts x>rgan
tunes into a pianoforte.
Of 87 known chemical elements,
only about a dozen enter into the
composition of most plants.
X-ray is now being used success
fully in the treatment of whooping
cough and for the infants’ disease,
rickets.
A new invention, which stores
sounds on steel, and which may revo
lutionize telegraphy, has been per
fected in Germany.
A machine has-been developed that
can turn out 400 finished cigarettes a
minute, or 190,000 in an ordinary
working day.
A wireless telephone has been in
vented in Germany that can be used
either between two ships or between
a ship and land.
The Bureau of Standards in Wash
ington has constructed a machine to
test the wear of different washing
materials on marble floors. From
test* made with this machine it will
be possible to determine just what
damage a marble floor receives from
the scrubwoman and her mop.
Fabrics are now waterproofed .by
plating with a thin coat of - robber,
the process much resembling the ordi
nary electroplating of metals. The
process is said to simplify the water
I prooffing of garments in a great de
gree.
PIONEER
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
. - '. ' .
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
PRISONER SHERIFF FORGOT
TO HANG LOSES IN THE END
McAIester, Okla., Johnnie Wash-!
ington, negro, whom the executioner
passed up February 10 last, ns becak
in the death house here, awaiting his
doom.
His second sentence in the'district
court of Jackson county on Septem-1
ber 3 was held regular by the court of
appeals Thursday, February 19.
Washington paced his cell waiting for
' the guards, physicians and officials to [
! carry out the law’s word. When they
failed to keep their appointment the
negro didn’t send word that he had an j
execution coming to him.
Months dragged by before the over
sight came to light and a few more
legalities were finally settled.
The negro was convicted for the
' slaying of an Eldorado officer, shot
when he attempted to arrest Wash
ington for burglary.
Why It Was Thin
Husband—The soup served at our
dinner last night was very thin.
Mrs. Swelton-—Yes, dear, that was
so that the guests could see the beau
tiful monogra mon our plates.—Bos
ton Transcript
Parting' Shot.
Lady (to next door neighbor, dis
cussing departed, lodger)—I likes to
part friendly, but I did just say,
“Gawd ’etp the cat wot ’as to lick
your plate.”—Punch.
Laundry
Front Street, Tokotna
Mrs. Fred Dubois - Prop.
A Lawyer’s Advice.
Mr. Newlyrich strutted into
club in which he had been elected. He
(looked around to see if there wa
anybody there he knew, and after
while he discovered a well knowr.l
reading by a window.
? He walked across bo the lawyer and
held out his hand, palm down. Or
the third finger glittered a diamond
ring he had just bought.
“Hello, Mr. Briefs,” he said, w:g-J
gling his fingers to make the c
mond sparkle. “What would yoij do|
if you were me and had that?”
“I’d sell it,” said the attorney,
“and buy a nail brush.”—Ex.
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Roadhouse
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Service
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Steam and Tub Baths in Connec
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•REGINALD WHITE
Proprietors
A Place to Eat
Short Orders and Lunches
• From Noon Till Midnight
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Prop.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL C0‘
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
Fruits and Vegetables
SPITZHP.BURG WINTER BANANA DELICIOUS APPLEJ}
ORANGES GRAPE FRUIT LEMONS
NATIVE SPUDS ONIONS OUTSIDE SPUDS
GARLIC TURNIPS CABBAGE
WALN
HERRING
SALMON
Fresh {Nuts
FILBERTS PECANS
BRAZIL ALMONDS
Fish
MACKEREL
In Kits
Canned
LOBSTER SHRIMP
TUNA FISH CRAB MEAT
KING OSCAR SARDINES BOOTH SPICED SARDINES
MUSTARD SARDINES
SALMON STRIPS DOG SALMON
Meats
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SALMON BELLIES
HAH BACON SUMMER SAUSAGE PIGS’ FEET
PICKLED BRISKET PORK DEER MEAT
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
FURNISHING GOODS \
BUILDING MATERIAL \
SLIPPERS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
BOOTS, SHOES SNOWSHOjSS'RND SKIIS
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