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LOUIS F. PAUL,
C. O. PARKS,
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BUSINESS MANAGER
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MAKES GOOD BUSINESS
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Various steamship lines are
reducing round-trip fares during
the winter months when travel
is anything but good. And thev
are getting results.
It is a common principal of
economics that more gloves will
be sold at $1.50 than at $4.00 the
pair.
Successful Wall Street operat
ors have an axiom: “Take your
losses and take them quick#”
Those merchants who have
followed J,hat axiom are on the
upgrade. Their losses are be
ing turned to profits by gains on
sale of lower priced goods.
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PULP INDUSTRY IMPROVING
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“In 1921,” said E. H. Naylor,
executive secretary of the Writ
ing Paper Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation of America, “we were
operating at 51 per cent of ca
pacity and now we are up to 70
per cent and getting better every
day.” He said that letters to
Congressmen were among those
cn the uptrend.
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DFATH AND CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Control of the House of Repre
sentatives of the next Congress
will depend on fate—for death
first teetors on the Democratic,
then on the Republican side of
the House. With the death o
Fletcner Hale of New Hamp
Miire, the Democrats had a lead
ot one vote over the —
214 Democrats, 213 Republican
and 1 Farmer-Labor
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INSANITY CIVILIZATION’S
PRICE
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Dr. Charles H. Mayo, of the
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.,
in a recent address before the
American College of Surgeons
on “Adding years to your Life,”
said:
‘The world has moved ahead
so fast in material civilization
that man has almost got behind
in his power of adaptation. Ev
ery other hospital bed in the
United States is for mentally af
flicted, insane, idiotic, feeble
minded or senile persons. There
is an enormous number who arc
almost fit for the asylum.
“Many people live to an age
when they are dependent and
senile. Only 5 per cent of our
people, at the age of 65, have an
independent means. I would
rather die when my brains fail
than live on.”
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A PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE
The California State Board or"
Prison Terms has ruled that Wil
liam C. Cooney, 23, and George
I. Keller, 26 convicted of burg
lary, may be paroled to attend
Redlands University.
These men, both former stu
dents in the university were
captured on Christmas of 1923
attempting to rob a Berkeley
store. A companion, also a stu
dent in the university, was shot
and killed while attempting to
escape.
In granting parole, the prison
board heeded pleas of the pa
rents of the prisoners that “our
boys need a college education
and not an education in crime."
The pair were released only on
condition that they return to
school.
Revenge seems to rule in the
meting of justice these days and
the action of the board in releas
ing the men appears out of time
with the times. However, it is
to be noted that fewer collegians
are in prisons than any other
class of prisoners..
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“I would rather raise hell than
vegetables/'—Eleanor Patterson.
A CRIME TO BE OLD?
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A woman’s trunks produced a
fortune estimated as being near
ly $900,000 in gems and on her
person was a large amount of;
currency.
A report filed by a physician
with the court, which has taken
over the eccentric recluse’s af
fairs, sets forth that the old wo
man suffers from hullacinations.
The report speaks also of a “pa
ranoid trend" and notes that
the woman smokes cigars with
“evidence of appreciation.’’
The woman continues her re
sentment of the guardianship
appointed, remarked indignant
ly to one visitor: “Since when
has old age become a crime”?
Not many years ago it was the
style for old women to smoke a
pipe, a lot worse than cigars.
Evidently anyone who smokes
cigarettes is not crazy, but is of
the mentally deficient class
when they smoke cigars.
WINES AND PARTNERS
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A dealer was recently convict
ed in Philadelphia for selling
“wine bricks” with instructions
as to how to make wine from the
compound.
The Federal Government has
leaned California Grape Geow
ers Associations a vast sum of
money to put this product on the
market. The Philadelphia court
and a Kansas court have ruled
the product illegal.
Congress passed the Prohibi
tion law; one of its departments
will send you a circular telling
you how to make beer, wines or
hard liquors.
It’s a funny business!
WORK OF VANDALS
The fabric covering of an air
plane stored in the Fairba nks
Airplane Corporation hanger,
Fairbanks was cut and slashes
to total destruction. The plane
had just had a new set of wings
put on at a cost cf $1900. Boys
are blamed for the vandalism.
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COMMUNITY GYM ENTIRELY
FREE OF DEBT
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
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An appropriation of $3,000
made by the city council at its
’ast meeting was the concluding
act in a community effort to pro
vide a gymnasium fcr the use of
townspeople and additional
school facilities without resort
ing to increased taxation.
The payment of $3,000 was the
city’s final financial transaction
in retring the $9,000 mortgage
which the municipality assumed
as its part of the obligation.
As long ago as 1926 agitation
was underway for such a build -
ing. A Community Center Cor- J
poration was formed but took no'
immediate steps. By the next
year the school was so crowded
that renting of space elsewhere
was being seriously discussed.
At that time H. H. Ross, then
president of the Parent-Teachers I
Association, appeared before the
council and put before it a plan
for raising money by subscrip
tion for the erection of the build
ing.
The council approved the plan
and work of raising funds start
ed at once. They poured in rap
idly and volunteer and paid la
borers began to tear down the
old Armory building on Fourth
near Lacey, considerable mater
ial from it being used in the new
Community gymnasium. The
maple floor was probably. the
most valuable part of the Arm
ory salvaged.
The sum of $6,543.85 was con
tributed by citizens, the city pot
lached $3,000 and a balance of
$765 was on hand. Material val
ued at $1,026.15 was donated and
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labor done without charge would
otherwise have cost $350.
Printing was done without
charge by the News-Miner and
advertising was likewise free. C.
W. Joynt was architect for the
building and Charles Schiek was
head carpenter.
Total cost of the building is
estimated at $20,699.50, includ
ing the $9,000 mortgage assumed
by the city.
By October of 1927 the Com
munity building was in use. It
,gave space for several addition
al school rooms as well as gym
nasium.
Not only has the four year
perod since then seen the retire
ment of all debts but improve
ments have been made by the
City from time to time.
When the municipal govern
ment took over the mortgage i
the Community Center Corpora- j
tion deeded the building to the
city.
YOUR DUTY TO YOUR HOME]
TOWN
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
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There is a great deal of trade
that goes away from the home
market through carelessness or
thoughtlessness. Some of it
goes out of town through the
\ mistaken thought of independ
ence. Some trade goes out of
town on account of spite.
The present business condi
tion has been responsible for on;;
good thing at least. People are
Liiinivjuig iiiuic oci xuuoiy UI i/iiao
“buy at home” argument in or
der to help the times for them
selves. It has been brought to
cur reasoning power more forc
ibly than ever before that mon
ey spent at home is likely to
come back to us.
We presume that 20 per cent
of the trade is a low estimate of
that which finds its way out of
the home market. Add 20 per
cent to the present gross sales j
of the merchants and they j
would think that good times had j
come back. People are begin- j
ning to realize this more strong-1
ly than ever before.
Show us a town where tlio
people are loyal to their own
merchants and we will show you
a town which is happy and pros -
perous. Buy home sold articles j
and home grown products is a
slogan that everyone in Fair
banks should adopt. It is the |
duty of every citizen of Fair
banks to keep money in circu
lation in the home town.
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WAS IT NECESSARY?
A legal decision in Ontario,
Canada, permits children of the
province to attend school in
their bare feet.
Dance at Sales’ Inn, Novem-^
ber 25.
Thomas Lewis, arrested in Pe
tersburg for passing worthless
checks, was sentenced to serve
six months in the Anchorage jaiJ
by Judge Price. Lewis was ar
rested in Petersburg on tele
graphic warrant and taken to
Anchorage for arraignment.
The diesel tug Yacobi, which
worked in the Narrows a couple
of years ago, just returned to
Juneau from a five-months sur
vey trip which took her into the
Arctic seas. Floyd Betts, survey
chief, Thomas McCarthy, Forest
Gardner, Leonard Berlin and C.
Ccllen were on the vessel along
with Capt. Tom Smith.
The gasboat Selma of Juneau
was di’iven on a rock off False
Point Retreat in the recent
storms and destroyed. Owner -
skipper A1 Forsythe. Capt. J.
Stevens, of the Sadie took the
crew to Juneau.
Miss Helen Taft, boys’ super
visor at Haines Home, Haines, |
was a visitor at the home of Rev. I
C. C. Saunders, Juneau.
Charles W. Hawesworth, Act
ing Chief of the U. S. I. B., Alas- J
ka Division, and Mrs. Hawkes-i
worth returned to Juneau after!
spending several weeks in Wash- j
ington, D. C., where Mr. Hawkes-i
worth was called in connection!
with the 1931-32 budget for his!
Alfred Bowman, fisherman of
Wrangell for the past fourteen
years, died last week. Rev. Ped
erson preached the funeral ser-j
man; a choir from the Wrangell
Churches sang the hymns and
the pall-bearers were Chari as
Moore, L. M. Campbell, L. A. Ol
sen, James Nolan, Norman Bak
ke and James Lovett. Henry
Bowman, his son survives him in
Wrangell.
H. L. Faulkner recently advis-;
ad the local council that it was
without authority to pass ordi
nance against soliciting sud- J
scriptions for charity.
W. P. Mills, merchant of Sit
ka wds a passenger on the Ad
miral Evans going south.
Joe and Mrs. Walmer, Juneau,
have as their guest Mrs. Peter
Kostrometinoff.
Fire destroyed the gasboat.
Thistle as she lay anchored in
Angoon. The fire was probably
caused by spontaneous combus
tion as no one was on board at
the time. The boat was owned
by Maurstad and Carlson, log
gers operating for the Hidden
Falls mill.
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