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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

f. P. Newton, a Protestant Episco-
pal missionary, visited Eyak. The
railroad company assigned a site
near its proposed terPinus in Cor
dova where the church could erect
building. MIR. Newton decided
that seven-day and seven might
week clubhouse was needed in that
rough, pioneer community much
more than a church. Work was
soon begun on the Red Dragon.
1T was neck-and-neck race be-
tween Mr.. Newton and the pro-
prietor of the first saloon to be
built in Cordova to see. which would
be finished first The saloon won.
but the Red Dragon was the second
building to be finished in the new
town.
1T was then, and still is. a very
crude affair. A one-story, one-room
frame building, twenty-four by
thirty-six feet, with a storm porch,
it had little to differentiate it from
it's rival saloons, dance halls, or
stores, except for the equipment
which it housed. 1t contained a fire.
place, piano, large mission table
with writing-pads and magazines,
three bookcases filled with a thou
sand volumes (most of which were
the gifts of individuals later, box
inS-gloves. pool-table, a large
davenport, two couche5 with pillows.
Morris chairs, and a stack of fold
ing chairs. three game-tables, an
alcohol coffee-urn, and a chafing-
dish, and an altar with its equip
rlent which was kept in a closet
until Sunday, when the one room
was transformed into a place of
worship"
1t took the name Red Dragon
Club house in order to convince
those shy of anything religious that
it was not a place where religion
would be obtruded upon those un-
willing to hear it. Neither dogma,
church standards, nor tests of the
moral character of its visitors nave
been brought forward. But
Every one has been welcomed
A second reason for selecting the
name Red Dragon was that the
church, when it should come TO De
built, was to be called st. George s.
and the dragon was deemed NJ
ting name to be used in connectloh
Herewith because of the story OF St.
George and the dragon.
And then Mr.. Newton wanted
name which, with a dragon painted
in red, could be used on the station
ery of the clubhouse to held adNer-
tise it throughout Alaska. 1t soon
became famous. Letters to men
who expected to be in CordoVa We're
frequently addressed in care OF the
Red Dragon Saloon, the writers
knowing the proclvities of the per-
sons addressed"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
The Inflated Dollar
rEron, the Philadelphia Evening
Ledger.l

From the philadelphia evening
Ledger.l
The prices of food and clothing and
coal and house rent are hlgher IN
Eyurone and America than they were
e. Years ago. Wages are higher
and workingmen are demanding
that they be increased still more.
And no one knows what the end Is,
Rut of one thing we may be GER
tain. and that is that prices Will not
90 down so long as wartime inhaton
continues. There is more money IN
circulation to-day than there ever
was before.
the whole world on January /, 1912,
was about eleven billion dollars.
This included, gold and silver and
paper.
Tinted States, France, Germany
Austria Hungary and Italy on Janu-
arv / 1918, twenty-five and a half
billion dollars worth of paper. In
these five countries when the war
began the paper money in circula-
tion amounted to about two and a
half billion dollars.
r Now, it is an axiom of finance that
there cannot be imitation of currency
without imitation of prices.
The currensy has been inflated
The prices have followed suit. We
may fret and fuss and fume all we
choose, but all our fuming, fussing
and fretting will not make a dollar
worth what it was in 1914. The
world is overstocked with money and
it is cheap. There will be discomfort
and suffering until wages and salaries
have adjusted themselves to the new
value of the dollar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
Substitute For Saloon

| q ALOON substitutes do not trou-
- BILE Cordova, a little town in
Alaska, not the big one in Spain.
The substitute is already there in
the Red Dragon Club, which started
as a rival to the first saloon,. and
will soon proudly wave the flag of
victor Its great superiority over
most of the proposed substitutes is
that it has the saloon "kick'-"a
kick not entirely alcoholic, but in
creased and made human by socia-
bility minus the frigidity of formal
gatherings and the personal free
dom which permitted any man to
say whatever he pleased in what
ever way he pleased" Just how
this liberty kick" is to be
applied to all the retrieved corner
saloons of New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia. ct al, The Public Led
ger of the latter place is not pre-
pared to say. But small towns and
rural centers are urged to take not
ice, and The Ledger sees in this
Alaskan rival to the poor mans
club" a means of saving recourse
altogether to theory" since this
club has been weighed inIthe Alas
kan balance for ten years and not
found wanting" Founded in 1908,
the Red Dragon Club boasts this
interesting history:
With more than a score of sa-
looms in the little town of slightly
in excess of one thousand inhabi-
tants, not to mention numerous
dance-halls and dives, the Red Drag
on has held its own and made a
name for itself not only throughout
Alaska, but in many parts of the
world.
The Red Dragon has a Kick in
1t, although no alcoholic beverages
nave been served there. Any man.
drunk or sober. is welcome there
he can read, write, box, play pool
talk trade with men from all parts
OF the territory, drink coffee, swap
stories, or express his opinion on
any matter that come up from ten
O'Clock in the morning until mid
night every day in the week. If
he is to drunk to navigate, friendly
hands will be found to steer him to
his cabin or to a bunk where he can
sleep. off the effects of a spree.
"Me Red-Dragon Clubhouse was
opened in Cordova by the Protestant
Episcopal Church many years be-
fore it had a church building there.
In fact, ST. Georges Mission has
just been completed.
I'm 1907. when the Copper River
& Northwestern Railway Company
was preparing to build a terminus
near the native village of Eyak and
lay it's track into Cordova. which
then existed only on paper, the Rev.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Mayor Louis FRANKIE, who is
fighting the Johnstown Traction
Company, was the central figure at
the hearing on the service in Johns
town. g
Major W. P. Clark, in charge
of rifle practice of the Reserve
Militia, has been active in militia af-
fairs for many years and an en-
-husiast on rifle work.
Major Jonathan Jones, one of
the Philadelphia city engineers, is
home after service in France.
w. H. Gaylord, Jr., has been
elected head of Scranton's first aero
club.
Judge John C. Haymaker. Allie
gheny judge, who will run again.
used to be district attorney of his
county.
Montgomery Evans Montgomery
county attorney here yesterday, is
one of the oldest and most active
members of the bar of that county.
, The Rev. T. W. Davies, Sus-
quehanna clergyman, will go to
Albany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
FREE TRADE

" HOSE who have been deluding
themselves with the notion that
m the League of Nations cove
ndnt does not give the League con-
troll over import tariffs should grasp
the full significance of the remark
made by the President in his adj
dress to Congress, when, in enumer-
ating the things the Peace Confer
ence had accomplished. spoke of "a
complete and systematic interna-
tionalization of waterways and rail-
ways which were necessary to the
free economic life of more than
one nation and to clear many of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
WAR RISK INEFFICIENCY

~ EMOCRATIC sighs of disgust
are becoming more and more
frequent over the almost in
credible inefficiency exposed in the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance from
day to day.
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, says,
My attention has been called to
some of the most wretched mistakes
that it is possible for any human
being to make as coming from that
bureau"
Since the organization of that
branch of the Government Repub-
licans in Congress have been calling
attention to the absolute lack of
effective system that prevails in its
offices, but their recommendations
for improvement have never been
followed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
BUOYS AT THE DAM

~ R. s. T. HASSLER'S plan to
/ place life buoys above the
breast Of the river dam as "a
warning to canoists is a wise meas
ure. Had these bouys been in place
a month ago at least two lives
might have been saved. The Sus-
duehanna river basin is going to be-
come more and more popular as
a. recreation place for the people of
Harrisburg and it must be safe
guarded insofar as possible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
NOW TO GET BUSY

ITHE State has dealt generously
i with Harrisburg in it's appro
priations for Capitol Parl
! extension improvements. Nearly
| S2,500,000 is at hand for the
Memorial Bridge, the first office
building and the development of the
grounds. superintendent Templetor
announces that he will lose no time
in closing up the details The city
is ready and has the money for its
part OF the work. Now let's get
busy. We have been doing pre-
paratory work for years. At last we
are to see the fruition of our pre-
liminary effort.
The money at hand is ample for
the work that can be accomplished
during the next two years. A vast
amount of drainage, street line
changes and grading remains to be
done The erection of the bridge is
a gigantic TASK in itself. The new
office building is to be so built that
it will stand for all time. The State
and the city are joining in an enter
prise designed to mark the present
as a period of great constructive de-
velopment in the history of Harris
burg and of Pennsylvania. What we
do now will be a monument to the
creative ability of this period Those
in charge of the park improvements
very properly went about their work
slowly and methodically, getting the
best advice obtainable and changing
and revising the plans time after
time until a model of beauty and
utility has been worked out and we
are ready TO begin the work of MAX
ing the uI6tIl COllle
Much of the money to be expend-
ed will be put into circulation right
here in Harrisburg, and hundreds
of men will find employment on the
bridge, the office building and the
grounds. In every way Harrisburg
is fortunate and it. has to thank the
State for the very generous treat
ment it has received. The day work
is commenced on the park develop
ment proper will witness the begin
ming of another great forward move
ment for the city, for we ourselves
will now turn our attention toward
the erection of a new joint city hall
and court house, the building of a
high school, the enlargement of our
general hospital and the construction
of a contagious disease hospital, the
completion of our park system, the
Improvement of our housing condi-
tions and the transformation OF
whole districts in the campaign now
under way for the making of model
city along the lines of public health
and sanitation. No city in the coun-
try is more favored at this moment
than Harrisburg. None has bright
er future. Let us get TO work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

German dye agents are already said
to be active in an effort to restablisn
their American market and defeat
proposed Government control of dye
imports. When one studies the Hun
Character as he refuses to admit de-
feat and seems incredibly stupid with
respect to his own unpopularity in
tiis country. there should be no sur
prise on the trade issue. The dollar
hasn't much sentiment, to be sure,
but there are some millions of Ameri-
cans who will refuse to aid the al
leged German superman in regaining
his pre-war stronghold on certain
Of our industries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
LABOR NOTES

Over 100000 people are employed
in the mines in India.
Norway has civil service retire.
ment legislation for government en-
ployes.
over 60 per cent of the workers
in all occupations in Jamaica are
engaged in agriculture.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
SUGGESTION For Auto Tourists
Horton Correspondence Topeka
Capital

Horton Correspondence Topeka
Capital.
Jim Campion, a Horton man, was
stuck the other day in a bad mud
hole, and after exhausting all the
tricks of the game he found his long
record was broken with his car mired
and no team in sight. He started up
the road looking for team when he
met a wagon circus on the way to
Whiting, headed by a man leading
an elephant. The elephant easily
pushed the car out of the mud and
the circus man refused to take any
| money for the job. LAS elephants
are not very common on the country
roads around Horton" Campion ex-
planned, steps should be taken to
have more brought here"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
Welcome For PerShino
[From the Kansas CITY Star. I

Laclede, Mo-, is making arrange
ments for the homecoming of it's
greatest hero-General John ]. Per-
shing. General Pershing indicated
some time ago that as soon as the
Peace Treaty was signed he would
return TO the United States and in
tended to visit his birthplace and
boyhood home. Mayor Allen of
Lacledo has cabled to find out the
earliest date he can come to Linn
county and Statewide celebration
is planned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

Henry Ford knows how to make
an automobile, but when he comes
to the discussion of theories of Gov
ernment his carburetor refuses to
work and his cutout suggests more
noise than sense.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

Production and still more produc-
tior is the answer to the demand for
relief in many directions, not only
with respect to the high cost of liv-
ing. but in the output of the industries
OF. the country,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

\. Associated Press is exclusively en-
Titled to the use for republication
OF all news dispatches credited to
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
X1l rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
Paul to Philemon

Yea, brother, let me have joy of
thee in the Lord.-Philemon, 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg tin plate has
been used for many kinds of Army
equipment the last two years?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The last legislative session was
held in the Dauphin county court
house in 1921,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

in, discussing the passage by the
Legislature of the bill increasing the
salary of members to s2,500, the
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph says:
"If the action shall result in i'm
proving the standard of the men
sent to Harrisburg, or inducing those
of the present caliber to exert them
selves a little more vigorously for
the common welfare, the public will
make no complaint"
Candidates for and against the
manager system will be in the race
at Altoona. 1t is probable the pres
ent commissioners will stand as ia
vorable to the issue, while another
group will be in the contest as
against that form of Governmen
1t is generally understood that senti-
ment is decidedly against the man
ager form at the present time, says
dispatch to the Philadelphia In
ouirer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

Harry Meyers, treasurer of
Northampton county, is a candidate
for treasurer of Easton.
-Prohibitionists in Philadelphia
are commencing to sit up and take
notice as the Anti-Saloon League
has announced that it will hold 200
rallies in Philadelphia alone. The
Anti-Saloon League proposes to take
the lead in the fight for election of
dry" legislators in 1920.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18

The town of T'hornburg, Allie
gheny county, had a bond election
the other day and the Gazetts-Times
says that nineteen of the thirty-one
voters took part, authorizing a $780,
600 loan.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

H. B. McGINNEss, ADMIR-, ETC.
INEz BRIDGES EFT AL.
In the Chancery Court of Smith
County, Tennessee,
In this case it appearing to the
satisfaction of the Clerk & Master,
from Compartments bill, which is
sworn to, that defendants, j. S. Car
ter and Mrs. Delma Coffee
are non-residents of this state,
so that the ordinary process of law
can not be served: it is, therefore, or
dered that publication be made in Car
thage Courier, a newspaper publish
ed in the town of Carthage, NTennes-
see, for four consecutive weeks
commanding said nonresident De-
fendants to appear at the next Nterm
of the Chancery Court, to be held in
the Courthouse, in the town of Gar
thage, on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in March, 1919, and
plead, answer, or demur to said bill,
or the same will be taken for con-
fessed, and set for hearing ex-parte
as to them.
This 9Th day of February, 1919.
jill. GARDENHIRE, C. & M.
H. B. McGINESS, Sol. for CompPt
2-6-4t.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
ERNEST C. SMITH, W. E. THOMAS
ROME.

E. ]. johnson, Charles Manning
and Mathew Mofield were among those
attending to business in Carthage
Monday. Mrs Lou Hackett of Mono
vile was a recent guest of her broth
er, w. C. Holiday While here, they
visited their brother, J. S. Holiday, at
Nashville. Miss Florence Overstreet
was recent guest at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. w. F. Boze. Mrs. Ruth
Tunstall and Miss Emma Tunstall
were in Lebanon recently. Mrs. w.
c. Holiday and little daughtre, Ruth,
were recent guests of relatives at
Monoville. The school has opened
here with Miss Virgie Purnell as
teacher. A. T. Williams was in Car
thage Monday to qualify as guardian
of the estate of James Ledford, who
made the supreme sacrifice in the
army. Joe Oliver is home again on
a furlough. He expects and hopes
to receive his permanent discharge
and not have to go back. Joe went
through some of the thick of the bat
tie with the u. S. Marines against
the Hun and received slight wounds.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
A E F
Mr. r p West

Mr.. r. +. West.
Dear uncle:-Will this evening try
to write you all few lines to let you
hear from me and to hear from you
This leaves me we'll and doing well
and l hope it will find you all the
same. Am still in France and don't
know how much longer / will have to
stay here. Some say it wont be long
and some say we may have to stay
here two or three months longer. /
think we will get to New York some
time in March or before. I received
a letter the other day from papa that
tore me up. You don't know how it
hurt me to learn that half of my
folks were dead Uncle, it is hard on
me over here. You don't know how
would like to come home, but can't
until they say so. am still with
some of the old company boys and
there is a lot of them here and / see
them every day or two. / am living
in town. We have been here in this
place six weeks. We have a good
place to stay and they feed us very
well-some times there is plenty and
some times it is short. Uncle, tell
Sid and Clint to write to me for
would like to hear from them. / will
be with you all again some time in the
future, but know it wont seem like
home, but / want to come home just
the same. You don't know what home
is until you have to leave it.
Uncle, when you get this letter,
tell pa and Luther about it.. Tell all
to write to me. From your best
friend, PVT. HERMAN L. WEST.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27

you all soon remain your little sol
morrow night. Hoping to hear from
der boy, PVT. CLEO KELLY.
P. Smother, l had some pictures
made last Sunday. Got them today,
but they were not very good. Had
some more made and will get them
Thursday, January 8. Wont send YOU
any of the first but wait until get the
last ones. Will send you some of them
If they are any good. Bye bye.
From Cleo over sea
To mother far away.
Will write Bessie Thursday. When
| get my pictures, will send her one
of them.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
BLUE TOWN.

The health of this community is
improving. Miss Ethel Ford of Elm
wood has been visiting Miss Gotta
Belle Robinson. Oscar Thompson is
on the sick list at this writing. Floyd
Law purchased a pair of mules from
J. E. Powell. Miss Bessie Russell and
little sister and Josh Kent of Brooks
Bend were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Powell. Claud Hines and
Henry Mathews were in our midst
last week. Mr.. and Mrs. George Pow
ell were recent dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Powell Rev. J. L.
Blankenhorn of Baxter spent Thurs
day night with F. L. Powell. Miss
Winnie Woodland has returned home
after spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. Joe BallengeT' at Difficult.
George Powell went to Carthage last
week on business. Andrew J. Shoe
make and Richard Lee Hensley of Gal
latin are visiting friends and relatives
at this place. Ottie Hoffman has re-
turned home from Camp Gordon. Mrs.
Bell Grisham and children spent Sat
urday night with Mr.. and Mrs Tom
Franklin. w. H. Cornwell is visiting
at Gordonsville. Prof. Jesse Alex
ander has bowed from Chestnut to De-
feated, where he will begin teaching
school soon. DIR. E. S. Mckinney of
Gordonsville passed through here a
few days ago en- route home from De-
feated. The young people enjoyed a
singing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Powell Saturday night.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as executors of the
will of J. S. Thomas, deceased, all
parties indebted to- said estate are
hereby notified to/make payment to
us at New. Middleton, Tenn. ;also all
creditors m1st~Sf file their claims with
US, duly sworn "a. before a magis-
trate or notary pThlic, within the
time prescribed by law,>or they will
be forever barred.
This, February 27, 1919. - At.
ERNEST C. SMITH,
w. E. THOMAS,
Executors of the will of j. S. Thomas.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
Germany, january Z, 1919.


Dear Mother:-WiIl try tonight to
answer your dear letter received a
few days ago. Sure was glad to hear
that you all were we'll Wonder how
YOU are getting along now, fine |
trust. This leaves me well: Hope
YOU had a nice Christmas and hap
nv New Year. 1t was a little dali for
me. Hope will spend next Christ
mas at home. Mother, you said you
all had a great time when you heard
from me after the war was over. l
sure was glad that / came out safe
and hope will land back home soon.
/ can't tell when / viii get to come
home, but think I will be in the u.
S. A. some time next spring. / sure
do want to see you all. Don't worry
about me if you don't hear from me
as often as you have been hearing. |
may be moving most any time and
can't write you, but will write every
chance / get. Tell them all at home
hello. Tell Mile hello for me. Well
as l can't think of much to write,
will close. Will write some more to-
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

County clerks Office, Jan, 20, 1919.
w. A. HALL EFT AL, Compliments,
VS..
VERNON BRADLEY Ell AL. Defts.
1t appearing from affidavit filed in
this cause, that the defendant, YER
non Bradley, is a Nonresident of the
state of Tennessee: It is, therefore,
ordered that he ehter his appearance
herein before OF on the first day of the
next term of the County Court, to be
held at Carthage, on the first Monday
in March, next, 1919, and plead, an
swer or Jdemur to complainant's bill,
or the same will be taken for con-
fessef as to him and set for hearing
ex parte; and that a copy of this
order be published for four c0nsecu-
tive weeks in the Carthage Courier.
]. E. HIGH, Clerk.
J. R. CURTIS, Sol. for Complainant
1-30-4t