1 A grumpy old cynic in church
said when the collection was
passed to him: “Not a cent; I
don’t believe in missions.”
“Then,” said the usher, “won't
you take something out? It’s
intended for the heathen.
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Lutherans Choose Chicago
The Lutheran Augustana syn
od accepted an invitation from
Chicago to hold its 1933 conven
tion there in connection with the
Century of Progress Exposition.
The Chicago invitation was con
tested by Denver.
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WHAT WOULD YOU
EXPECT—HOTEL SERVICE?
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The camps of the bonus-seek
ing Veterans in Washington, D.
G., were pronounced frightful by
Dr. William C. Fowler, District
of Columbia Health Officer, but
fair by the Marine Corps Medi
cal Staff, although the food is
declared to be poor.
Rev. James R. Cox, Catholic
priest of Pittsburg and friend of
the unemployed addressed the
o; uiam pasiApe puu suujo^oa
stay until the bonus was paid.
He was appointed their “mouth
piece across the river,” as re
ferring to Capitol Hill and the
White House. The bonus issue
will be up on Monday next.
It is believed that the Wash
ington Health Officer was not
famaliar with the front line
conditions under which many of
the veterans lived during those
never-to-be-forgotten days i n
France where men slept along
side of bodies of men highly de
composed and stinking to high
heaven; or in the mud of Fland
ers’s fields during those autumn
days when rain came in sheets
and there was no shelter except
under the tin hats. It is also be-'
lleved that the Marine corps
medical men knew somewhat of
those conditions and made com
parison of the veterans dugouts
in Washington with some of the
dugouts of those days when
America’s best went to Europe to
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settle the war and save the
world for democracy. Anyhow,
descriptions of the veterans’
habitations in Washington are
not such as would invite the
elite of any town. And the reason
the veterans are resting in such
camps today is because they are
■n need of that bonus which the
government has promised them,
payable fifteen years hence. If
they had any money they cer
tainly would not be sleeping in
empty warehouses, or in any old
hole into which they could crawl.
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MERE’S BLOW FOR CRIME;
100 PER CENT TAX VOTED
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The senate has voted to put a
100 per cent tax on incomes
earned through violations of
state and federal laws.
The action was taken without
a record vote in approving an
amendment to the revenue bill
sponsored by Senator Glenn, Re
publican, of Illinois, which lie
said was to take the govern
ment out of “partnership” with
crime. ,
Glenn explained that under
existing laws the government
collected part of the profits as
income tax, 'but under his pro
posal it could confiscate tne
earnings of criminals entirely.
Huge Crime Profits
He referred to “vice and ini
quity, organized gambling syn
dicates,that rob the laboring
men of their wages, beer rings,
liquor rings,” and other crimin
al activities as piling up great
profits.
“Huge profits running into
millions and millions accrue the
sale of narcotics illegally,” Glenn
said.
“The proposal changes the
position of the government from
being a partner in crime to that
cf confiscating every cent of the
profits if they can be reached.”
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TELL BEATEN BY BIRD
TALE; SO IS JUDGE
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The shade of William Tell was
wafted into the courtroom of
Judge Jim Sharp, Cucamonga,
Cal., when three Mexicans
charged with game law viola
tions “told such a unique story’’
that Judge Sharp suspended
most of the fine.
Santacruz made the judge’s
law drop when he related that
a monster hawk scooped up the
tiny robin Santacruz was charg
ed with shooting and flew high
over the huntsman’s head. San
tacruz said he “shot the robin
out of the hawk’s claws, but
missed the hawk.”
When Santacruz’s two com
panions corroborated the story,
Judge Sharp said:
“You fellows have William Tell
beat a mile. I’ll suspend $15 of
$25 fine each, and give you a
month to pay on the strength of
the most fantastic story I ever
heard in court.”
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City So Rich Tax
Will Be Cut A Third
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The city of Freeburg, Illinois,
with $35,000 in its treasury, has
more money than officials know
what to do with, and they plan
to reduce taxes 33 1-3 per cent.
Mayor Frank Hellingstein told
the council that $10,000 was left
over from taxes collected last
year and $25,000 from this year’s
levy.
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Tig Has Two Snouts
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A pig with two snouts is own
ed by Ora E. Allen of Kenton,
Ohio. In addition to an- ordin
ary nose the animal has what
resembles a minature elephant’s
trunk between its eyes. The pig
is unusually large and is in per
fect health—Believe it or not.
COMMUNITY ASSETS
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Almost everyone knows, but
some forget, that the financial
assets of a city do much to
measure its property. When
these assets are increased, pros
perity increases. They are not
increased when money is ex
pended away from home.
Too much emphasis cannot be
placed upon the possibilities of
getting business for the home
city, and keeping it. The com
munity that grasps and utilizes
the knowledge of what buying at
l'.ome means finds local business
prospering. Especially is this im
portant in times of stress, such
as the present, when the larger
cities stretch out farther and
farther for business and when
the country is over run with
peddlers and itinerant mer
chants. The community that
grasps and utilizes the know
ledge of what buying at home
nieans when conditions are as
i'tney are at present, stimulates
local business, decreases unem
ployment and makes for more
contentment all around. When;
persons buy away from home
and wake up to the fact that the
go-ods purchased do not mea
sure up to expectations, botn
purchasers and community suf
fer. The home merchant stands
back of the goods he sells and
when persons who buy at home
ba.ve a little hard luck, the home
merchants stand back of them
also. Those are things to re
member.
MYSTERIOUS MONSTER PLIES
E. C. WATERS; ITS NO JOKE
A notation in the log of the
steamship Princess Adelaide de
scribes the sighting of a mys
terious sea monster—and its no
joke.
Twice during the past week,
while the Princess Adelaide was
plying the waters between Van
couver Island and the British
Columbia mainland, officers
said, the creature was seen.
It was about forty feet long,
blue and white and with a bul
bous body, and swam with great
speed. It was sighted in waters
about 100 miles north of Van
couver, they said.
The creature was first seen off
Cape Mudge last Thursday at 4
a. m while the Princess Adelaide
was proceeding north to Prince
Rupert. Members of the watch
got a good view of it at a dis
tance of several hundred yards,
they said.
On the return trip south,
early Sunday evening, it was
seen again, between Cape Mudge
and the mouth of the Campbell
River, about five miles north of
its previous position.
Swimming at a great speed,
officers and a number of pas
sengers related, the creature
plowed toward the vessel and
swam under its stern.
The creature was not a whale,
officers said, because it did not
blow, and they failed to recog
nize it as an other great fish.
On Capt. S. Grey’s suggestion,
the mystery was accorded recog
nition by being noted in the
ship’s log.
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U. S. TO BORROW
750 MILLIONS
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The last borrowing ,the gov
ernment intends to do until its
finances get all straight again
will be the sale June 15 of $750,
000,000 worth of treasury se
curities.
This will bring the fiscal year
1932’s borrowing up almost to
the three-billion mark, but the
next fiscal year is to be run
strictly on a pay-as-you-go basis
if hopes and expectations ma
terialize.
The new issues will consist of
[$400,000,000 in three-year trea
sury notes bearing 3 per cent in
terest and $350,000,000 of one
iyear certificates paying 1 y2 per(
cent .
Here and There
Alaska
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Announcement has been re
ceived by friends of Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Lottsfeld of Seattle, tha:
they had an addition to their
family on the 31st of May—a
bouncing baby boy. Mr. Lottsfeld
was connected with the en
gineers department during the
dredging of the Wrangell Nar
rows.
The gasboat Woodrow sailed
for Seattle Wednesday morning
with a crew of several men on
board.
L. M. Campbell, George Sump
tion and F. G. Hanford of Wran
gell were appointed as a gener
al committee to arrange for the
Fourth of July Celebration in
the Stikeen metropolis. A tele
gram was received by Chairman
Charles Greenaa of the Peters
burg General Committee advis
ing him that Wrangell had plans
for a celebration under way and
that they appreciated and thank
ed him for the invitation to take
part in the Petersburg celebra
tion.
The Ketchikan council has de
cided to limit street concessions
for the Fourth of July. No food
of any kind, nor goods which
would come into competition
with regularly established busi
ness will be permitted to be sold
under the concessions.
The Presbyterian Church of
Wrangell was dedicated by Dr.
Arthur H. Limouze of the Na
tional Missions with headquart
ers in New York.
Supt. Rasmussen of the Wran
gell Public Schools left recently
to attend the National Educa
tional Association in Atlantic
City. He will visit in Washington,
D. C., and in Pennsylvania where
his brother resides before re
turning to Indiana to visit with
his mother.
Melvin Hall, 15-ycar-old son of
Ralph Hall of Petersburg has
been quite ill in Wrangell for
some time.
The Wrangell cannery of the
Alaska Packers’ Association is
being dismantled by J. O. John
son and crew.
A. Rasmussen last week had to
pay a fine in Wrangell Commis
sioner’s court for failure to pay
his school tax.
Jens Harold Jensen, passenger
enroute to Seward was taken
from the steamer Aleutian re
cently at Wrangell and held for
a sanity hearing. Records show
that he was born in 1876 in Cop
enhagen, Denmark and that
since 1913 he had been an in
mate of the asylum at Morning
side and discharged six different
times and also was discharged
from the California state insane
hospital in 1929. He was com
mitted to the Morningside asy
lum.
J. E. Berg is putting up 5,000
pounts of salted fish for indi
gents and fish will be turned
over to the Ketchikan branch of
the Red Cross. A group of busi
ness men have also put up an
cther 4,000 pounds to be given
away. The fish is being prepared
in the Ketchikan Cold Storage
under direction of J. E. Berg
without cost and the plant will
not charge any storage charges.
During the past winter Ketchi
kan was running from $500 to
$800 a month taking care of in
digent cases.
Down in Seattle Edward Wads
worth Collins, New York financ
ier, was charged by Mrs. Mar
garet Johnston with larceny.
She alleged that ■ he borrowed
$40,000 from her and disappear
ed after obtaining her confi
dence and $40,000. She trailed
him to Bakersfield, Calif., where
she had him arrested and re
turned to Seattle. Notes were
produced by attorneys showing
that the loan had been secured
and that it was Collin’s inten
tion at all times to repay Mrs.
Johnstone. Mrs, Johnstone is the
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Expert Piano Tun ng and Repairing
Band Instruments, - Musical Merchandise
ANDERSON MUSIC SHOPPE — JUNEAU, ALASKA
wealthy widow of Frederick C.
Johnstone, pioneer Alaska can
nery man.
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HOOVER ELECTED BY
WOMEN, SAYS HURLEY
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Credit for the election of
Herbert Hoover in 1928 was giv
en to women voters by Secretary
Hurley in addressing the Wo
man’s National Republican Club.
Speaking before nearly a thou
sand women and men attending
the Republican national conven
tion, the war secretary paid tri
bute to the women’s activity in
federal elections and said:
“In 1928 their votes carried
Herbert Hoover into the White
House.”
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NAME OF A NAME !
HISSES COURT CLERK
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The official court clerk of Rot
terdam, Holland, feels he is over
worked because he had to write
a woman’s name.
She was a witness in the court
and all her Christian names had
to be copied on a large number
of official documents. Her name
was:
Johanna Huberta Maria An
tonia Martina Hermina Paula
Ottilia Francisa Augusta Mahil
da Amalia Sofia Josefa—a total
of fourteen.
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It Pays to buy with cash
* * *
Bargains in Good
Goods
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Walk a Block
and
Save a Dollar
At
Schmidts Smart Shop
Hunter & George Co.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
and
FRESH FRUITS
I ANGOON - - ALASKA
EUREKA TRADING CO.
Dealers in
General Merchandise
Kake.Alaska
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General Merchandise
Kake - - Alaska
Highest Prices Paid for Furs
KAKE CAMP
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets Every Monday
8 p. m.
President, Peter Hanson
Secretary, Thomas Skeek
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£ President, Judson L Brown X
| Secretary, Joseph Jackson £
£ Meets every Monday
£ Visiting members welcome ♦£
£ CAMP 13 §
Alaska Native Sisterhood v
Meets twice a month. &
Mondays, 2: o’clock
Visitors are always Welcome^
Pres. Susie Abraham
Sec. Helen Bremner
CAMP 13
Alaska Native Brotherhood V’
Come to our A. N. B. business^
meetings and lets see whats£
what, where, who, when and£
why. \
Jack Ellis, President \
Yakutat, Alaska
HOONAH MERCANTILE
COMPANY
General Merchandise
Good Goods-Fair Prices
Fair Treatment
David Lawrence - Proprietor
Hoonah, Alaska.
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
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