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CHRISTMAS
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Christmas is an ancient festi
val adopted by the church very
early in the Christian era to com
memorate the birth of Jesus of
Nazereth and is so celebrated
throughout Christendom. It is a
universal holiday and each coun
try has its particular method of
celebration.
At this time the -spirit of giv
ing is prevalent as it adds cheer
to all and especially, these days,
joy is had in gladdening the
hearts of the little ones anti
those less fortunate.
This in itself is a reward.
We have the words of the great
Master: “For I was hungered,
and ye gave me meat; I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink;
I was a stranger, and ye took me
in;'Naked and ye clothed me;
I was sick, and ye visited me; I
was in prison, and ye came unto
me?” For which is promised a
reward in the hereafter, but for
which also is there earthly re
ward.
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AS IT LOOKS TO THE VOTER
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The Seattle Star, Scrips-Can
field publication, is running a
straw vote on presidential nomi
nations and elections. A recent
issue of that paper showed Gov
ernor Roosevelt with 3184 votes
with A1 Smith running second
with 1418. Butler Murray ran
high as a Republican with 606
votes; Borah had 215, Senator
Hiram Johnson 165, Hoover 150
and the balance of the field run
ning down to 12 votes.
It was pointed out that of the
6416 votes cast in The Star’s
strawballot, Hoover received
3617 in 1928, Smith, 2155, with
48/ who did not vote and 15 *
distributed among the socialists
and Farm-Labor candidates.
It is pointed out that of the
3617 votes in 1928 for Hoovei,
now only 150 express their de
sire to have him elected to suc
ceed himself which is a very
strong indication of the national
sentiment against him. On tnc
surface it would appear that
Senator Borah or Senator John
son would be more representa
tive of the people’s choice if
nominated.
While Roosevelt is in the lead,
in the State of Washington, re
port is current that the A1
Smith forces are opposing the
Roosevelt nomination. Just how
much truth there is to this is a
matter of conjecture. Roosevelt
v/as a strong Smith supporter in
the last Democratic convention
and national election and it is
hard to presume that Smith has
forgotten the obligations of the
past and is so selfish as to
destroy Roosevelt’s chances of
election just because he himself
is unable to secure the nomina
tion. It is more fair to believe
that Smith is making his politi -
cal moves with the idea of being
the prime factor in writing the
Democratic national platform.
It is asked what relation this
subject has to territorial politics.
So far as election of a president
is concerned, there is none. But,
the voters of Alaska do have a
little voice in the selection of
candidates. Before the next pri
maries in April the people will
have designated their choice for
delegates to the national party
conventions. Some men, an
nouncing themselves as candi
dates for election as delegates,
have already announced as
pledging their support to Presi
dent Hoover, or Smith or Roose
velt.
As blows the wind, so do many
citizens cast their votes. There
are many who always prefer
riding the band wagon of the
party in power. And so, in the
next few months the several
candidates will be trimming
their political sails with the idea ;
ol working for their party choice
And in the meantime the voters*
will be making up their minds
as to whom they wish the party!
delegates to support in the na
tional conventions.
SURVEY ON STUDYING
SHOWS NO AGE LIMIT
Men and women ol' all ages
are now seeking additional ed
ucation according to statistic
released by the Univer. i:;y ol
California extension division.
Records reveal that the ages of
adults studying correspondence'
courses and enrolling in evening*
classes, range from eighteen'
years to seventy-five years.
JAPANESE BOY STUDENT
HAS SCOTCH NAME;
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Jack McGilvre, outstanding
student in the English depart
ment at the University of Wash
ington, calls to mind Shake -
spear’s now threadbare “What’s
in a name?” For Jack, who car
ries a most Scotchy of ^Scotch j
cognomens, is Scotch only by
adoption. Pie’s Japanese, 22 years
cld, very bright and has neither
a Scotch nor a Japanese accent..
Pern in Tacoma, he has lived al- j
most since birth with Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. McGilvrey, who adopt
ed him shortly after his parents
disappeared sixteen years ago.
In 1927 he was graduated from
Broadway Highway School, an!
honor student, and next June,
when he expects to receive a de
gree at the University, he will!
have maintained a grade average
slightly less than straight “A”
throughout his college career.
But this brilliant student, whe
clerks in a cigar store in bis
spare time, says “I don’t advise
anyone to do outside work while
going to school.
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AS IT LOOKS
If you have not been told you
would not guess that one of the
leading English students at the
University of Washington is a
Japanese named Jack MeGilvrey.
He gets his name from his foster
parents. His grading in all of his
studies is around A. He works off
hours in a cigar store to help
pay his expenses.
Pale-faced college lads, if in
clined to look down upon the
Japanese lads should change the
focus.
Jack is a native-born Ameri
can has all the rights and privi
leges of an American citizen.
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NEBRASKANS TO “SHORT
RATION DRY VIOLATORS
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The meal gong will ring bu!
once every twenty-four hours
for liquor law violators confined
in the county jail at Gering,
Nebraska.
This method of dealing with,
prohibition violators was intro
duced by County Judge C. C.
Lyda and two men are now serv
ing thirty-day sentences with
the one-meal-a-da.y penalty at
tached.
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ONE-ROOM SCHOOL LEADS
OTHER TYPES IN NATION
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The little country schoolhouse
of song and story is not as near
extinction as one might believe.
An investigation by the Oil Heat
ing Institute to determine the |
jnumber of schools which are)
heated by oil burners disclosed I
chat 153,306 United States J
schools out of the total of 261,
£20 are of the one-room, “coun
try school” variety.
The figures on school sizes and
classifications, supplied by the
School Board Journal, showed |
that there were 108,514 schools
located in the urban centers of
42,500 or more population as com
pared to the 153,306 tiny country
structures. Cities of 100,000 or
more counted but 6,370 of the
nation’s total.
Approximately 29,000,000 stu
dents are enrolled in elementary
schools, high schools and colleges
with 25,179,696 of these in public
schools. Appriximately $400,
000.000 is spent on new school'
c onstruction annually while $?,
r31 094,484 is spent each year for
the operation of existing schools.
P’tvate schools of modern man -
agement were quicker at first to
adopt oil burning heating plants,
the investigation disclosed, but
public schools in recent years
have been big purchasers of oil
burning equipment.
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Washington Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
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Benjamin F. Learning, of Ju
neau, who has been connected
with the Elks club house, spent
the past few days in Washington,
visiting his married neice.
Walstein G. Smith, Treasurer
of the Territory, has had diffi
culty in making a settlement
with the federal government for
collections of additional income
tax on railroads in Alaska for
the year 1930. The services of the
Delegate were enlisted to have
the matter adjusted and as a re
sult the Treasurer of the U. S.
has sent Mr. Smith a check for
$11,311.
Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General
Manager, and Burton H. Barn
dollar, Examiner of Accounts,
both officials of the Alaska Rail
road, are now in Washington and
will assist in securing the appro
priation necessary for the proper
conduct of the railroad for the
next fiscal year. Col Ohlson has
assured Delegate Wickersham
that he favors a reduction in the
passenger and freight tariff that
was increased last spring. To
gether they expect soon to havej
?n interview with Senator How-1
:u, in the effort to convince him!
that a reduction of rates would i
L'csult in increased business for!
the railroad.
Some of the court officials in
Alaska think that the cut of one
dollar per diem in their expense
accounts should not apply to the
Territory, because there has
been no reduction in travel and
living expense—but the Depart
ment of Justice mildly intimated
that the cut will stand.
The Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office has issued his
annual report for the year ended
June 30, 1931. He shows that
there has been granted to the
Territory of Alaska for the com
mon schools 21,009,209 arces of
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land, and to the Agricultural
College and School of Mines
436,000 acres. From an area of
378,155,760 acres, 22,934 acres
have been surveyed during the
past year, making a total of 1,
963,835 acres. The receipts from
the three land offices in Alaska
amounted to $27,475, while the
salaries and commissions of Re
gisters and clerk hire amounted
to $10,105.
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce writes the Delegate that
Libby. McNeil & Libby have veri
fied the statement that they in
tend to purchase from 2,000 to
2,500 tons of coal at Seward the
coming season, which is 1,000
tons increase over last season.
It is set forth that if coal bunk
ers are soon built many thou
sand tons of Matanuska coal will
be purchased by salmon packers
and small boat operators in
Alaska.
Right Reverend John Boyd
Bert’ey, recently elected Suffa
gran Bishop of Alaska in the
Protestant Episcopal Church,
and Mrs. Bentley, spent a day in
Washington recently on their
way west from Williamsburg,
Virginia, to Seattle. They are
returning to Nenana, where
Bishop Bentley will continue in
charge of the Episcopal Mission
for the natives.
At various times during the
past fifteen years there has been
an intimation that the Depart
ment of Justice favored the com
bining of the Second and Fourth
Judicial divisions of Alaska, so
as to do away with one set of
judicial officials. It seems that
this matter is now to be brought
to a head through the prepara
tion by the Department of a bill
for introduction in Congress by
the Judiciary Committee which
is brief but provides:
“That on and after July 1,
1932, there shall be only one dis
trict judge, one clerk of court,
one district attorney and one
United States Marshal in and for
the Second and Fourth Divisions
of the District of Alaska; Pro
vided, Tba£ the terms of office of
the above named officials now
serving in said divisions shali
continue until twelve o’clock
midnight, June 30, 1932, or until
their successors are appointed
and qualify.”
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I Report received here is to the
effect that Mrs. Edward M. Bid
dle, of Philadelphia, prominent
! society woman, is cn her way to
Seattle to board a steamer for
Seward. From there she will go
470 miles over the Alaska Rail
j road to Fairbanks and then trel:
on to the Yukon river. It is
stated that Mrs. Biddle has taken
with her two guns, a sleeping
bag two suit cases with cameras
and photographic equipment.
When she reaches the interior of
Alaska she will don a hcoded fur
jacket, known as a parka, trous
ers and muklucks.
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The other day in Washington
I a rummage sale was being held
'for the benefit of the Ketchikan
hospital. It drew a large femin
ine crowd, as well as Represent
ative Vincent Carter from Wy
oming. The latter, with his usual
politeness doffed his new fedora
and placed it on one of the
counters as he wandeed about
the room. When his curiosity
was satisfied the Congressman
sought his hat which had been
sold, but he good naturedly left
the store room bareheaded, de -
claring that a man must make
sacrifices for the unfortunate in
these days of depression.
A bill that had the endorse
ment of many members of Con
gress from the states of New
York and Pennsylvania particu
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