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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-11-21
NATIVES USE
 KITCHENS FOR
 FISH CANNING
Bay view Indians Can Sal. mon in Their Rooms at Profit; Forty Outfits
 Are in Use There
(Wrangell sentinel.)

In another column will be found an interesting interview given out (to The Efnpirel by Mayor J. l.. Gray of Juneau concerning his recent visit to the west coast. Had the Juneau mayor made his trip two months earlier his story would have been l longer.
 Owing to the canning season be ing over Mir. Gray missed seeing one of the, greatest evidences oi thrift and advancement that is tc be found in any community in Alas ka. We refer to. the introduction on the west coast of small canning out fits for the home canning of fish game and vegetables
 System introduced by eovernne n,
 Teacher
 This system of home caning which is proving Of incalculable benefit tt the people of the west coast was in troduced at Bayview during the pa sl season by Mr. H. L. Rowley, th; Government teacher in charge. The citizens of 'Bayview were given de monstrations Of the simple proces, by which fish can be canned in the home just as satisfactorily as in the big canneries As the result of MT Rowley's demonstrations more thai 40 canning outfits were ordered.
 One outfit will provide caanin, facilities for several families, an, during the past summer considerable fish was canned for use during tk winter
 Merchant Flnds That It Pays to Cal For the Market
 R, J. Peratovich, one of the entel prising merchants of Bayview came fish not only for his own private ust but for the market. One section c his store shelving contains stoc of canned salmon which was cannc by himself and wife We bought on of these cans in the open inarks and 1t proved to be as fne came salmon as we ever ate Mir Perat. vich says the home canned sailno Is a good seller and he plans 10 pr up much larger quantity next ssi son. u r Outfit Simple: Cost Nominal
 We are not in position to 1 scribe the modus operandi, but tll {. outfe is simple and the cost is bagatelle when the capabilities an capacity are takenainto consideration It is our recoilection that Mr. Per tovich told us that the cost of a outfit was from $40 to $50 The ol erating plant occupies very snia place, is easily operated, and wi turn out immense quantities of tn finished product. Not only fish, b, meats and vegetables of all kind ca be canned with equal facility. ai, will keep indefinitely Whatever put up by this process is in perfet condition no matter when opened an used.
 Home Outfit Uses Same container
 as the Big cannsries
 It is remarkable that an outfit cos ing such a nominal sum would Q capable of doing such perfect ca..n:n iri exactly the same containers as ar used by the big commercial canie ies. One of the bigsSst advantage of a home canning outfit is that [ can be operated on a wood, coal, ga: gasoline or oil stove. In 3ayviaw rh most of the home canning is don
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-11-21
JUDGE SPENCE DIES
 AT HIS GEORGIA HOME

Word has been received at Valde; of the death at Albany, Ga., Octobe 25, of Judge William N. Spence United States District Attorney fol the Third Alaska Division. during the first Wilson administration He was SS years of age, and is survived by his widow and their seven child ren, three sons and four daughters. He had been Circuit Court Judge and held other high offices in Geor gia before coming to Alaska One O. his sons is a Lieutenant-C Colonel ir the army, stationed at West Point where he is an instructor.
 IHcaIr,c h sa.d elolc dx.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-11-21

} Boys hand sleds at Youngs-adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-11-21
SAILS FOR EUROPE.
 WITH A BIG GIFT

NEW YORK, Nov. 20. = Rev Charles S. Mcfarland, general Secre- tary of the Federal Churches of The Churches of Christ in America sailed on the French liner La LOT raine, with gift of $71,000 for the reconstruction and relief of the French Protestant Churches
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
"High LiDinq"
[From the Scranton Time

[From the Scranton Times
One Senator says that high living
is the cause of the high cost of liv-
ing. Another says 1t is profiteering
by the retailers. Still another de-
clares it is because the wheat farm
ers are getting $2.26 a bushel.
The high cost of living is due to a
combination of things, embodying,
with qualifications, all of the argu-
ments these Senators put forth, but
neither Is the main reason.
The Senator who asserted it can
not truthfully attribute the cost of
high living to the people as class.
There are countless persons that it
is a sin and shame to accuse of
high living" These have not the
means to live high. But there are
people that are extravagant and not
thrifty.
The one big reason for high cost
of living is the fact that 56,00O,OOO
men were put into soldiers uni
forms. When that was done they
stopped producing food, leather,
clothing, growing cattle and other
things. But they kept on eating. in
other words, they remained consum-
ers.
On top of that the 56,00O,000 non
productive soldiers fired away a
great deal of money in the shape of
powder, shot, shell and material
that in peace went into constructive
use and supplied the people with
the means of existence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09

Allies. A further example of French
generosity, is that shown by a wo-
man in the Vosges. An American
officer was billeted IN her home.
The government paid her a small
amount for his room. Custom
among the officers dictated that ne
should pay her at the rate of half
franc a day to cover personal seI-
vices. He found his land-lady, do
ing his laundry, mending it; caring
for his room, which was kept i'm
maculate; and every night when ne
retired he found a lunch of bread
and butter with glass of milk or
wine, ready in his room. When
the officer was ordered away, he
was ashamed to offer her the GUS
tomary amount, and tried to give
her more. The good woman refused
to accept anything. She said she
had given four sons to the cause,
and anything now that she could do
was only too little for France and
liberty. 1t was such cordiality, gen.
erosity and indomitable spirit, that
made sure the final victory. Ger
many so wrong in her estimate Of
her opponets temper could not, In
the face of such spiritual integrity,
do other than as she finally did
quit"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
Lane and the RiH

The path that trails across the
clover field
Forks at the foot of yonder purple
hill;
One branch goes on to join the
cedar lane,
The other wanders downward
with the rill.
The one that seeks the turninss of
the road
Curves through the woods and
fields to Isabelle's;
And through the minted meadows
by the rill,
The other winds to where Car
nina dwells.
How often have I reached LHose
parting paths,
And paused To know which way
my wishes turn
Where Isabelle's clear eyes catch
heavens hue,
Or where Carmina's cheeks like
roses burn.
Carmina's voice is softer than the
breeze
That croons it's love songs to the
summer dells;
But is there anywhere a zephyr
blows
That huns a sweeter note than
Isabelle's?
The thrushes sing divinely by the
brook
But from the lane 1 catch the
same glad thrill;
Along the naHnr nafb pviId rnSou
But are they not as brilliant by
the rill?
Aid so l linger by those part!ng
ways,
And watch the sunbeams beckou
from the stream;
But from the cedar shadows in the
lane
Do l not see them just as brightly
gleam?
AT some rare dawn or dusk. a guild :
ing light
May from the lane or other pc.th
appear,
AID solve the puzzle of Carmina's $
Or 1sabelle's coy mystery make
clear.
Till then / loiter up the trailing
path,
To where 1t forks below the pu =
pie hill,
And wait for guidance from tnc
silent lane,
Or inspiration from the speechless
rill. s..
HOWARD MARKLE HOKE.
harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
HoW Big Incomes Divide
[From the New York Sun. ]

[From the New York Sun
By the income tax returns for
1917 it is shown that there were in
this country 1902 incomes between
100000 and $150,000 each. If the
average was $125,000 the total in
comes in that class were $402, $780,
600. There were 2,347 incomes be-
tween $15O,O0O and 100000 each.
If the average was 100000 the
total incomes in that class were
$469 100000. There were 559 in
comes between 100000 and $780,
600 each. If the average was $780,
600 the total incomes in that class
were 1929, 100000. There were 315
incomes between 100000 and ST.,
100000 each. If the average was
$750,0O0 the total incomes in that
class were $336,250,000. At the top
of the heap there were 141 incomes
of $1,000,000 or more. If the aver
age was $500, 900 the total incomes
in that class were $211, 100000.
In all those classes put together
the total incomes were $1,643, $780,
600. The United States Treasury
got a considerable share of those
incomes as taxes. Presumably
good part of what was left was
distributed by the owners among
the general public, in wages, in the
shops, in the hotels and restaurants,
the schools and colleges, the
churches and hospitals, the thou
sand and one places where comfort
able, large and prodigious incomes
alike usually spend themselves.
But suppose the United States
Treasury hadn't got any of that
$1,643,500,000 of income. And sup
pose it could be taken away from
those who had it. Suppose not the
81 wage of day labor was left to
them. Suppose every red copper
of it was taken away from them.
| Suppose it was all distributed
. among the 110,0O0,000 people of the
United States
Then that distribution would give
erybody-except those big income
holders from whom all had been
! taken-S14.94 more in the whole
year than verybody-except those
| big income holders-had. 1t would
give everybody $1.24 month more
than everybody had. 1t would give
everybody nearly 2S% cents a week
more than everybody had. 1t
wouldn't give everybody n nickel a
day-not even a car fare before the
era of the Wilson cost of living. 1t
| would give everybody just a shade
more than four pennies a day.
We, the American people, are not
| fools. We know that confiscation,
in whatever form, of all the incomes
of the very rich would not do any,
thing. could not do anything, for
the American people compare BILE
with fair wage and a rational liv-
ing cost. Neither partisan editors
nor professional politicians can be-
fuddle the American people over
| that.
| If Mr.. Wilson will pull the plug
out of the Governments profiteer-
ing grain reservoir and permit the
public to have some food at sane
prices we can all get back to busi-
/ ness settle down to work and earn
some real money which will buy
| things.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09

which are above those of any man
or set of men-no matter how large
and here lies the only solution to
the difficulty. Whatever is done at
Washington in the crisis must be
with view to the welfare of all the
people. Americans will not be slow
to recognize this and approve, nor
will they withhold their resentment
IL any one class of citizens is placed
above any other in the considera-
tions of the President and his ad-
visors. But no matter what fotd
laws are adopted, no matter how
many suits are brought, no matter
how many public utilities are gov
ernment controlled, the effect of
the waste of war on food production
and prices will continue to be felt.
Prices are unjustifiably high and
doubtless the present agitation will
tend to bring them down. but we
must not expect too much. We are
still far away from pre-war levels.
In the main the President speaks
wisely, but one cannot reffaln from
the thought that the crisis at hand
might have been averted had he
been content to remain at home.
working out domestic problems and
helping Congress get the country
from a war to a peace basis without
undue strain, instead of rushing
abroad to save Europe. leaving his
own nation on the brink of catas-
trophe. The President is RESPONSE
BILE for our situation more than any
one other American, and Congress
very properly has placed the burden
on his shoulders. Now, however,
both President and Congress should
forget politics and get together for
the common good.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
The American Girl

lFrom Birmingham Republican,
Every once in a while we get
stirred up nightly about the
American girl and wonder if there's
another like her in the whole world
Then up hops the pessimistic
gentleman in the front row who de-
mar'ds If we see anything to be
proud of in these naughty DANES
who parade Broadway in dresses so
high that they're low and so low
that they're high. their faces be-
yond recognition.
Bless you, that's not the Ameri-
can girl at all.
IF you want to see the real girl,
seek her out in her native haunts.
Crank up Henry Ford or invest a
quarter with the trolley company,
and look for her at Ideal park any
Saturday night. You'll find her
leg'on-and every inch a queen.
This is the girl who knows how
to dress simply. but attractively. She
carries herself with an easy dignity
She is approachable. Her smile Is
glorious. She has real sense OF
humor. Your impression of her is
that of an honest J-gosh sort OF
person who talks frankly and means
what she says. There is something
refreshing about her personality.
Perhaps, she works for living; per-
haps, she doesn't. In. either case you
find her to be a self-reliant young
woman who knows the value of a
dollar.
There's nobody like her in the
world.
God bless her.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
Romance of a Wounded Doughboy
80. -.

way, isn't so terribly young) turned
out to be famous actress, noted for
her eccentricities and generous ma
ture. Her name cannot be given
at this time, for various reasons,
chief among which is the fact that
the whole thing is still bit uncer-
tain. But you shall see.
She became interested in the SOL
dier's ambition to sing and invited
him to lunch at her apartments the
following day. There he was intro
duced to her colored maid who
seemed to be u personal friend and
adviser as we'll as lady-in- waiting
All three of them chatted together
a while, and then the maid was
ordered to bring in Minnie" who
proved to be wonderful mechanical
! doll, that ''shimmied" steadily and
wholeheartedly throughout the meal
to the evident enjoyment of the
hostess and the unconcealed amaze
ment of the guest.
The repast finished, NIB. (per-
haps that gives her away summoned
her orchestra leader and her own
accompanist and proceeded to give
the soldier a try-out. At the con-
clusion of the song, she said with
perfect frankness, and in language
as forceful as it was unconventional
you've got damn fine voice, but
you sing like hell"
This was praise indeed, for this
| particular lady is not given to fiat
terry. The upshot of the whole mat
ter was that she determined to assure
Private Doughboy of a future. She
| is going to interest several of her
friends Including (Hnlli-Cnrpi nd
John Mccormack, in the soldier
singer, and If such moral support
and backing does not make an artist
of our doughboy friend, nothing is
| likely to.
| This is a true story. 1t happened
last week to wounded soldier who
is at present awaiting discharge al
! u. S. A. General Hospital No. 8
Colonia, n. j. And yet one hears il
| frequently said that there is no
! romance in the world to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
AMEND IT NOW

KIT EFT us ratify the League of
Nations covenant first and
then amend it afterwards, if
necessary. This is the safest plan"
said w. G. McAdoo, the Secretary
of the Treasury, who resigned his
office when the shedding appeared
hard.
And Article 26 of the covenant
reads: Amendments to this cove
nant will take effect when ratified
by the members of the League
whose representatives compose the
council and by u majority of the
members of the League whose repre-
sertatives compose the assembly"
In short, it would not be as hard
to amend before ratification as after.
If we amended before, the nations
seeking to tangle us up in their af-
fairs might concede the amend
ments. If after, what member would
assent to an American amendment?
Are the people of the United States
to have nothing to say about the
covenant?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
As the World Ways

Some pressing work I needed done
InstanteI, on the quick,
And so a man, an ideal one,
sought to do the trick. s.~o
Weeks passed and into months they
ran,
Until in dire dismay
The job l gave a busy man,
And it was done next day.
A little loan, friendly touch"
I wish to make and sought
A friend of mine whose wealth IVES
such
'Twould seem to him as naught.
He hemmed and hawed, and said,
quite vexed,
His taxes he must pay.
l asked a struggling poet next
And got it right away.
William Wallace Whitlock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS

HERE was more of the prac-
tical and less of the theoreti-
u cal in President Wilson's ad-
dress to Congress yesterday on the
high cost of living, the industrial
unrest and means of relieving the
situation than we have been accus-
toned to find in the Presidents
state papers. Evidently in his di-
lemma he has turned to others for
advice and incorporated some of
their suggestions into his recon-
mendations. The only hint of the
old-time, self-sufficient Wilson lies
in his confident assurance that the
ratification of his peace treaty and
league is all that is needed to start
the world back on the right track,
and in this he is right to the extent
that unquestionably Congress should
waste no time in getting the peace
issue settled in one way or another.
Few will disagree with Mr.. Will
sons plan for the regulation of cold
storage warehouses. Cold storage is
a necessity, beyond doubt, but it is
necessity that has been abused.
1t frequently is made the instrument
of gougers to force prices up or to
keep them up when normally they
would come down. Limitation of
the time foodstuffs may be held is a
move in the right direction, and
confiscation should be the penalty
for violation. The big warehouses
are places where the hoarder may
easily hide his goods. and strict
Federal regulation of them will help
bring food prices down. The
Presidents novel suggestion of
marking goods with the producers
price and labelling cold storage
products with their price when
placed in storage might work out
beneficially to the public. At least
the experiment Is worth a trial. The
retailer would not dare attempt to
take an unreasonable profit with the
customer aware of the original cost,
nor would the middle man.
The forcing of boarded food into
the markets is a power the admin
istration now possesses under the
provisions of the Lever act and
needs no enlargement, but how the
President hopes to convince radical
labor leaders that the present is no
time for strikes or. walkouts is quite
another matter outside the law and
perhaps. even outside the pale OF
possibility. He appeals for the con-
sideration of the pUblic's interesta
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
BIG Packard touring car bowl

BIG Packard touring car bowl
n ed merrily along one of New
York's busy thoroughfares. A
tall soldier, in his hand heavy cane
with which he counteracted the
awkwardness of a newly-acquired
artificial leg that had been given
him by a grateful Government In
return for the one he left in France,
stood at the corner of Fifty-ninth
street and Columbus Circle. He ap-
peared to be watching the machine,
but his thoughts were elsewhere.
His expected discharge from the
army was due in u few days. He
would then be in IL position either
to succeed or fail in his recently
discovered ambition, to sing in opera.
He had a very decent operate
baritone, so several famous voice
culturists had told him. But he
couldn't read a note. Nevertheless,
with hard study and adequate finan-
cial support there was always a
chance that he might make good in
that field of endeavor where many
are called, or think they are, but
few are chosen.
However, u practical and hard
headed Government, lacking in
imagination, does not include voice
training in it's category of vocational
pursuits for partly rehabilitated
soldiers. Nor can noe train ones
voice on bread alone, courageous as
he may be. And meanwhile one
must eat and clothe oneself. And
at that there was always a chance
that he would make an excellent
plumber or bricklayer.
AS the hip Snldinr stood TnnSinp o.
the touring car with it's single
occupant, turned and rolled back.
The chauffeur opened the door and
pleasant voice asked the soldier
if she could give him a lift. He
replied that he was his own boss
till train time, so it was agreed that
he should ride around with her till
time to leave. And with his accept
ance of the invitation the whole
future of his life was changed.
The kind young lady (who, by the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
Ford and EdSeI
[Harvey's weekly.l

About Edsel, The Stacker:
@. l understand, Mr.. Ford, that
this matter is not private matter
at all.
A. No.
Q. That you publicly declared,
announced that you assumed all
responsibility for Edsel not enlist
ing?
A. / think I did, yes.
@. That you did not want him to
wear a uniform; that he was more
useful to you in the factory?
A. / did.
@. And the Draft Board dis
agreed with you?
A. 1 think so.
q. That is all, Mr.. Ford.
Yes, that was all. If all doting
parents had been willing and able
to prevent the drafting of their sons,
not much of an army could have
been sent to France. Fortunately
few had sufficient pull at the White
House to evade service by obtaining
a timely "change of regulations, )"
and fewer. yet thank God, would
have dnna So if thev cnnld-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
GIVE GENEROUSLY

~ I'VE as generously as your
- means will permit to the
~ Kipona fund. The Kipona is
to Harrisburg what the Mardi Gras
is to New Orleans. 1t not only
provides our own people with a day
of wholesome enjoyment in the
open, but brings TO the city thou
sands of people from other places.
Given a few years and it will become
one of the big events of Pennsylvania
and will attract as much attention
as Philadelphia's and New York s
jubilees.
The committee needs $4,000 to
finance the program. Send your
contribution to V. Grant Forrer,
care of the Harrisburg Bureau OF
Parks, Calder Building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09


n talking of I. revolution in
- the United States.
We may pause for d moment to
ask what is the purpose of re-
volt, the answer to which is that
the only thing a revolt can accom-
plish is to give the people-all the
people, not a part of the people
the right to vote for the kind of Of
ficials and the kind of laws they
want.
IN the United States the right
of manhood suffrage is universal.
The people have already precisely
the kind of officials a majority of
them choose and the kind of laws
we have depend upon the kind OF
men we, the people, elect.
Those who chatter of revolt are
a small minority, and minority rule
will never prevail in this country
If there ever is to be any fighting
in the United States it will be to
keep a minority from gaining con-
troll of the Government; let there be
TO mistake about that.
With all our faults we still have
by far the best Government in the
world. The people know that and
anybody who tries to overturn what
thousands have died to create and
save would receive mighty short
shrift ard the sooner they under
stand that the better.
Revolt IN the United States?
Who would revolt and Tor what
Tommyrot!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
THOSE MOSQUITOES

" HE heavy rains have brought
with them countless mosqui-
toes. DR.. Raunick, acting on
the State Health Departments sur
vey, is ready to get rid of most of
the pests, but he needs the financial
support of Council. By all means
he should have it. A few hundred
dollars is a small sum to pay for
the banishment of the disease
carrying pests.