WASHINGTON-LINCOLN
MEMORIAL PROPOSED
IN DAKOTA MOUNTAINS
RAPID CITY', S.D., Sept. 4. (/P)—
A natural shrine, modeled from one
of nature’s vagaries, and situated in
the beautiful Black Hills of South
Dakota is the vision of Gutzum Eorg
lum, the sculptor, and a group of
South Dakota residents who view
the Black Hills as the greatest un
developed wonderland in the United
States.
The shrine would be a monument
of Washington and Lincoln, standing
side-by-side, their figures craved from
a huge needle-like piece of granite
which towers 200 feet above its im
mediate base.
Borglum has long held this vision.
He expects soon to visit South Da
kota to discuss details for raising the
$1,000,000 necessary to its its comple
tion.
In the Black Hills there is a group
of rocks that rise perpendicularly as
high as a 15 or more story office
building. The rocks are known as
The Needles. One of these has with
stood the elements more than its
neighbors and there remains a wide
base from which ascends a shaft ta
pering almost to a point. This shaft
rises to a height greater than any
elevation east of the Rockies except
Mounta Harney, itself in The Black
Hills.
Situated among virtual mountains
or red, purple and gold, their slopes
dotted with towering pines, the pro
posed memorial rock may be seen
for miles before the long, slowing as
cending trail finally brings the vis
itor within its shadow.
Here Borglum found a setting for
a national memorial.
With the advice of several South
Dakota residents, Borglum chose as
the characters for this memorial
Washington and Lincoln, two out
standing figures in American history,
whom he knew would appeal to the
patriotism of every corner of the
United States.
Information reaching supporters of
the memorial in this state indicates
that the financial problem will be met.
Several wealthy persons have listen
ed sympathetically to the plan and
it is understood one New Y'ork mul
timillionaire virtually has agreed to
finance the project single handed.
British Lords Defeat
Living Farm Wage Bill
LONDON, Sept. 4. (/P)—The Mar
quess of Lincolnshire, owner of 23,
000 acres, surprised his political
friends as well as foes by pleading
recently in the House of Lords for
his bill designed to give a “living
wage” to farm hands. Many of the
members, landowners themselves,
twitted the eighty-year-old marquess
for Iris sympathies with the working
man and his cause, but his reply
was: “Tut, tut—I was one myself
two or three generations ago.”
The Marquess of Lincolnshire said
he knew what was a living wage on
the land in England, and he made it
plain that he practiced what he
preached for his farm hands were
receiving 46 shillings a week, con
siderably more than made necessary
hy law. As a result of his consid
eration, the marquess explained, only
19 families out of all those hundreds
•on his vast estates had left the land
during the last 60 years.
“Only six hours have been given
to discussion of agriculture in the
House of Lords since 1905,” said the
marquess, “and I consider it more
than a national scandal; it is a na
tional crime and a national disgrace.”
The bill was defeated by a sub
stantial majority.
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Irish Show Much
Interest In Horses
DUBLIN, Sept. 4. (JP)—Entries for
the annual horse show of the Royal
Dublin Society, the first week in
August, created a new high recofd
this year with 916. Despite the
growth in popularity of the auto
mobile, there has been a considerable
increase in interest in harness hors
es. For the bloodstock sales more
than 800 horses were entered.
Join the Chamber or Commerce.
Berlin China Town
Commercial Center for
Chinese In Europe
Chinese ip. eupore
BERLIN, Sept. 4. (/P)—The “China
Town” of Berlin, though numbering
only about 50 inhabitants, represents
something of a Chinese commercial
center for all of Central Europe. Six
Chinese wholesale dealers and their
employes make up the colony and
from here the dealers direct their
interests in other parts of the con
tinent where thousands of the Celes
tials live.
The Berlin China T6wn is dominat
ed by an old-fashioned inn over
which one Herr Koerner presides and
to whom his patrons refer as “Old
Father.” It is in this quarter that
the Chinese gather for their frugal
meals and modest entertainments.
Fiji Islanders Hear Radio
from Helen Keller In
California Metropolis
SUVA, Fiji, Sept. 4. (/P)—Helen
Keller, speaking at KGO broadcast
ing stations at Oakland, Cal., was
heard distinctly here on a recent
evening. Miss Keller was intro
duced by her life-long friend and
teacher, Miss Annie M. Sullivan, who
taught her to talk, read and write,
helping the noted blind and deaf
girl to form the basis of her re
markable education.
Miss Keller’s voice, which she her
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self was destined not to hear, was
heard on this occasion in Austra
lia and New Zealand. Reports of the
reception of the Oakland program in
those countries have been received
here.
Increased Sales Show
Popularity of Tractors
CHICAGO, Sept. 4. (/P)—Tractors
lead farm equipment thruout the
first of 1925, as shown by the Re
search Department of the National
Association of Farm Equipment Man
ufacturers, which surveyed its offi
cials who are heads of most of the
200-odd firms making up its member
ship and selling thru some 21,000
dealers to the farmers.
Plow and tillage tool makers report
the first half of the year ahead of
1924, and the tendency towards big
ger equipment to eliminate man and
horse labor is more marked than at
any time in the history of the trac
tor’s development. Oliver Chilled!
Plow Works reports 20 per cent in-1
crease. One great company esti
mates its two-row cultivator business
50 per cent ahead of last year.
The American Seeding Machine
Company reports 33 1-3 per cent in
crease over 1924 in grain drill busi
ness.
The first half of 1925 has seen a
24 per cent increase over the same
period last year with Fairbanks,
Morse & Company on farm scales,
gas engines, windmills, water supply
systems and feed grinders, the re
ports show.
Every atom of
Tied Crown mixes with air
FOR POWER
“The gasoline of quality” is
100 % POWER. It is refined
to vaporize thoroughly.
Every atom of it mixes in
the carburetor with from 12
to 16 times its volume of air
for POWER. With “Red
Crown” you get ready start
ing-rapid acceleration —
greater mileage—a contin
uous stream of power.
Run your car or motor-boat
on “Red Crown” and noth
ing else, and you won’t
have to bother with carbu
retor adjustments. It is uni
; form in quality wherever
and whenever you buy it
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
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An alien may learn to respect
American institutions, but one must
be born to corn on the cob.
, When a miner makes faces at a
coal operator, it is a sign that some
thing will happen to the consumer’s
neck.
Correct this sentence: “His estate
was divided among nine of us,” said
the man, “and all of us are satis
fied.”
The uplift still has William Sun
day and William Hayes.
Legal Blanks at the Gateway.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
A train leave3 Seward at 8:Cd a. m.
Sundays for Anchorage and interme
diate points. Arrives Seward at 2:15
p. m. from Anchorage.
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
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G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
phone madison is*. seward, alaska
SERVING ALASKA
Regularly and dependably
Sails from
Seattle—
Aug. 25
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Arrives at South from
Seward— Seward—
Sept. 1
Sept. 8.
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S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sept. 15 Sept. 22,
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jervice
ADMIRAL LINE
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
S Vessel
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Alaska
Yukon
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Sept. 5
Slr.pt. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
Sept. 6
Sept. 13
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call j§
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska. E
Steamers in above schedule will not leave Seward earlier than FOUR S
O’CLOCK Sunday afternoon, sailing dj*to. 5
Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with
- above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is
land points, subject to change without notice.
| J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent I
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA E
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See the Interior
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“The Golden Belt”
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understand, and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate, information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and devleopment; ‘travelers to the
Northland are urged to visit
ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the =
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm, An- 5
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt. Me- 5
Kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley ad Fairbanks, hold =
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent; E
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the E
good things that Alaska has to offer.
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other in- E
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR =
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(McKinley Park Route)
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