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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
CHICAGO JUDGE SAYS
 ,. BONUS SYSTEM FAiLs 8

CHICAGO, April 15.-Judge Sam uel Aishuler, sponsor for thdN bonus system for stock yard workers. de- clared it to be a failure after he had acted as arbiter, this week, in the latest yards wage dispute. Dennis Lane. International secretary for the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and But chers said that the bonus looks like
 charity. .s.'.~ .sssf. s.--
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
NEW SCHOOL BOARD
 ELECTED AT TREADWElL

: Yesterday an election of Tread
 well school officials was held with the following results: Director, Nels Anderson; Treasurer Jack Livie; Clerk, Mrs. Livingstone Wernecke.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
ENJOY JUNEAU DANCE

Several of the young folks of the Island attended the High School Prom in Juneau last night and report good time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATES
 WEEK END

An impromptu dance was held by the high school last night in the school hause. Both teachers and stu dents were present and gay time was enjoyed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
MOVING TO THANE

Jack Sey and family have trans ferred their household effects to Thane where they will reside for the present
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
DOUGLAS CHURCH SERVICES
ST. LUkE'S EPISCOPAL
 CHURCH
Rt Rev. P. T. Rowe, DD., Bishop Very Rev c. D. Christian. in Charge
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Rt. lteV. |. T. Rowe, u. D., BlSnCp Very Rev G. D. Christian, in Charge
 Weekly festival ofe the res,rrec- after Easter
 Evening prayer worship at 7:30, with sermon: What Are Some of the Things Included in Being a Christian?" This is especially in tended for the Confirmation Class, though fer all others also. ea
 The Confirmation Class will please meet at ' D. m, as there will proba ably be only one more opportunity for instruction, on account of the pastors absence for three weeks On the return of Bishop Rowe from the West, in about month, Confirma- tion may be expected.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
PARTY FOR CHARLEY

A surprise party was given in honor of Charley Patterson by a number of young people last night to help him celebrate his fifteenth birthday The evenings fun consisted of games and refreshments.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17

UP-TO-DATE Millinery work done.
 New hats made out of old ones. Save money by seeing Mrs. Schwarzen- berg, Douglas Phone 452. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17

Z Steam baths and massage for la dies only. Mrs. Wm. Swartzenberg, Phone 452, Douglas cdv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17

Open all night. Alaska Grill. adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-17
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CEMETERY SITE
Serial 041

SerlaI U4IS5 of the Interior, United States Land Office .'-neau, Alaska,
 March % 1920
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY MARGARET FOSTER

All the pupils are getting ready for Good Speech Week. Rooms 3 and f are writing plays, the best of which will be acted in each of the two rooms. Posters are also be- ginning to make their appearance, although it took quite long time for some of us to put on our thinking caps" for good ideas.
 Miss keever has made some very attractive health posters, to show pupils how to use pictures from ads in making posters. The younger children give much thought to these pretty reminders. They are very conscientious about living up to the deas they portray.
 On the display boards in the up- per hall, some very attractive draw ing and painting, done by Miss Eastman's drawing class may be seen. These are very noticeable and pleasing to the eye.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
American Debt to
 School Teachers

You render some well nigh un- believable service to the country. For instance, you render to this re public, the prime, the vital service of amalgamating into one homo geneous body the children of those who are born here and of those who come here from so many different lands abroad. You furnish com mon training and common ideals for the children of all the mixed peoples who are here being fused into one nationality. It is in no small degree due to you, to your efforts, that we, of this great American republic, form one people instead of group of jarring peoples.
 Theodore Roosevelt.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
Parent Teachers'
 Meeting Friday

The regular meeting of Cordova Parent-Tteachers'' Association will be held on Friday, November f2, at 3 D. m.
 The entertainment part of the program will be in charge of Miss Haggland, and will comprise folk, dancing by pupils in addition to other features of interest.
 Members are asked to give some thought to the following questions, and to feel free to participate in the discussion thereof:
 HOME STUDY
 Should children prepare their school lessons at home? To what extent? How much time? If chil- dren study at home, what provisions should the home make for them? What Interruptions are justified How can the work of the school be supplemented by home work?
 How much help should parents give in preparing their lessons?
 The best way to help in home study.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
TEACHERS ARE ALWAYSUNDER
 GREAT STRAIN

Those who teach, taken as a whole, are probably under greater strain and stress than those who en- gage in other kinds of work. A dis tinguished physician recently said he could tell teacher as far as he could see her. And by what signs :! By the strain about the eyes and lips the rigidity of expression and bodily attitude, and the general lack of ease and fexibility in action. The physi- elan may have been wrong in think ing that teachers show these nerve signs" more generally and markedly than other persons; but there can be no doubt that they are seen too frequently among teachers, and they are probably becoming more rather than less serious, because the life of the teacher is becoming constant ly more complex.
 There are more subjects to teach, to begin with, and there are more distractions today in American life than there were fifty years ago, so that it is increasingly difficult to hold the interest and attention of pupils. There is more noise about school buildings in cities than there was twenty-five years ago. There are more visitors sitting around in school rooms. There is more inspec- tion of teaching than there used to be; and teachers are held for great. CT variety and complexity of re- ports than was the case in the school that our parents attended, Prof NJ. V. O'Shea, University of Wisconsin.
 Miss Spence's room won the picture given for having the great est number of visits from parents for the month.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
WILL EXAMINE CHILDREN FOR
 ANY DEFECTS

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (by Associat- ed Press. .)-School teachers will eX- anime every pupil in New York on November to determine their physi- cal fitness. The department of health set aside the day to stimulate interest of the teachers in their work, expecting them to more quick ly detect physical detectives and re- port them promptly to the school physician.
 For 23 years department of health doctor or nurse has visited each public and parochial school in New York daily. The teachers re- port to them any child exhibiting signs of illness. Nurses examine all pupils monthly for contagious eye and skin diseases and pronounced physical shortcomings. Those having symptoms of contagious diseases are immediately sent home.
 In this way contagious diseases have been held under control here This was shown in the influenza epidemics which were checked in the schools so forcibly that attendance was proportionately as great as dur ing the same period in other years, and the sickness and death rate was lower in the five to fifteen-year-old group than for any other period of life.
 The health department expects to make vogorous search for unhealthy pupils in the future. Most of the men rejected for war service, it has been noted, had defects which could easily have been prevented or cor rected during childhood.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
DISTASTE FOR
 ALLEGED WIT
 OF IRWIN COBB

In the Saturday Evening Post of August 3, appeared a humorous article by Irwin Cobb in which he paid his respects to some of our old time literary friends.
 F. B. PeasOn. an Ohio educator, takes exception to Cobb's comments, in the following:
 It seems most unfortunate that Irwin S. Cobb became ill and was marooned at little hotel with nothing but McGuffey's Fifth Read CT as an antidOte for ennui. Many people will doubtless aver that his reputation as humorist was not en- hanced by the experience In spite of his characterization of a boy on the burning deck as a "bonehead hero" these people will still main tain that filial obedience is a prime virtue and this virtue the boy of the poem typifies. This same vir- tue won the victory at the Marne and not even MT. Cobb will ever dare call the gallant men who so grimly held on to the end bonehead heroes. Obedience must be account ed virtue whether practiced in the home or at the Marne. Certainly the boy might have given himself the benefit of the doubt and formu- lated an alibi. So might those sol diers. But they didn't. Then Mr. Cobb laughs at the boy but eXtols the soldiers. He is even more caus- tic in his caricature of the boy in the poem Excelsior" In this poem LongfellOw has taught the virtue of aspiration and we all applaud the boy who strives to get on and up But here comes a writer who, in a supposedly humorous way, dashes cold water upon the fervor of the boy who is striving to achieve. Hu- nor is one thing, but sacrilege is quite another; and l, for one, would much prefer the Fifth Reader for boys and girls than Mr Cobb's so- called lumor. Aspiration obedience, and reverence are qualities that make for sterling men and women, and it is to be hoped that MT. Cobb may not again be so hard put to it for copy that he will rush into the pres ence of the Burning Bush in hob nailed shoes to dispense his jazz music with such abandon and lack of discrimination.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

BY THEIMA MCCONNELL

BY THELMA MCCONNELL When Miss Temple says Get to
 work!" No boy or girl then dares to shirk. Margaret Foster great singer will
 be, No doubt she'll be heard in grand
 operee." Dorothy Dooley is maid of class, Who for model could not be sur
 passed. Elizabeth OLoughlen a reporter will Or perhaps comedienne, so funny
 is she. Leona Churchill loves to coast, Or so we have often heard her boast. Earth O'Loughlens knowledge is as-
 founding; In our ears it is always resounding. We all thought Frances Kennedy a
 demure little lass, But since a certain day-for that
 she'll never pass. CD Pauline De Vile is ons her road to
 fame; As great artist we may see her
 name. George Wilson a great man will
 surely be; Statesman or president-well later
 see. Eugene Tibbs a dancer would be If he were not so bashful-oh my, Victor Marshall always wears a
 pleasant smile; He seems to think it is quite worth
 while. Brooke Lamprey great lawyer will
 likely be And some day make laws for his
 ''ain countree." Buster Dennis graceful dancing Is most certainly entrancing. Harry O'Neill is a smart little lad Who will be a good business man,
 just like his dad Katherine Boyce is smart little When she reaches college, she'll
 surely pass.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
AS VIEWED BY SCHOLARS

The second report cards of the term were given out Monday.
 The English class is studying the life and works of Sir Edmund Spen- ser and Francis Bacon. Some eX. tracts from Spencers work, "The Fairie Queen" were read in the original English. This was found much simpler than those of Chau- cer, showing clearly the start of the evolution of the present day Eng, fish from that of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
The Schoolna'am

If you have strength to rival that of Samson, Yet ever use soft and gentle hand; If you've vision of the wide world S glories, Though you never go beyond your native land; If you have charms to grace a social Venus, But heed not society's siren call; If you can give and give and keep on giving And miss not one iota of it all; If you can mother countless hosts of children Though you can never call single one your own; If you've garnered wisdom of the But can keep that fact from ever being known; If you've compassion of weak human nature But for yourself keep always life's stern rules. If you can do all these, your coun- try needs you Enlist as teacher in the public schools.
 Anne Mae Henderson
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY ELIZABETH O'LOUGHLEN

We should like to see: Thelma MacConnell as Spencer's "Fairie Queen;" Harry O'Neill without that same wad of chewing gum; Victor Marshall or Eugene Tibbs with a girl; Leona ,Ccurchill casting her ballot some election day; George Wilson and Buster Dennis starring in The Woman Haters.'
 Miss Temple has appointed moni- tors among the high school pupils to keep care of the assembly and typewriting rooms. Each pupil has been assigned to task and we all have our duties to perform in keep ing the rooms neat.
 Tuesday morning the high school pupils cast a straw-vote for the coming president and our Alaskan delegate. The presidential vote was to ' in favor of MT. Cox and the delegate vote was 5 to for MT. Grigsby.
 Report cards were distributed Tuesday.
 Just why were there so many happy faces on Monday noon? Do you wonder? Miss Keever announced that there would be no school that afternoon because of furnace trouble. We all considered the beauty of liv- ing.
 The piano has been moved from room to room 4 and each day it will provide music for the folk dancing class which will devote the last period each day to folk games and dances.
 Last Friday afternoon the high school assembly room was the scene of an impromptu program, when each of the rooms met and helped provide entertainment for the amuse- ment of others. The primary grades up through the high school all vol unteered to do their part to make the afternoon enjoyable.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY L.EONA CHURCHILL

Thursday morning a number of the high school pupils went down to the Northwestern to say goodbye to Kath- crime Boyce, who is now on her way to sunny California. Her charming per sonality and cheerful disposition will undoubtedly be missed by a circle of friends, while already her absence is felt at school We only hope Katherine will not forget to write to us and that she will keep her promise to send us some Cali fornia sunshine.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
A Merry Heart

I've toiled with men the world has blessed
 And I've toiled with the men who failed; I've toiled with men who strove with zest
 And I've toiled with the men whc willed; And this is the tale my soul would As it drifts OCT the harbor bar The sounds of a sigh don't carry well,
 But the lit of a laugh rings far. If you would be heard at all, my lad. Keep laugh in your heart and throat; For those who are deaf to accent sad Are alert to the cheerful note. Keep hold on the cord of daughters bell.
 Keep aloOf from the moans that mar; The sounds of sigh don't carry well,
 But the lit of laugh rings far.
 Strickland GillilanA
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY DOROTHY DOOLEY

Hiss Haggland of room 3 is pre- pairing "The Legend of Sleepy Hol- low'' for the Thanksgiving program. She has borrowed ali of the boys from room 10 help with it not hay ing enough in her own room. We are sure the play will be a great success and all are looking forward to 1t.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY GEORGE WILSON

With and on the end spells su And an and and a e spells l Pray what is speller to do? If an and an with and on that An he'd spells eide, There's nothing much left for g speller to do
 But to go and commit suicide.
 Junior P.I.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY HARRY O'NEIlL

This year Miss Temple intends to give the second year high both medieval and modern history.
 The pupils in the first English class are making posters for Good Speech week.
 On Thanksgiving the school will have a two-day holiday
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY ALBERT DENNIS

The business arithmetic class is now practicing rapid subtraction and short methods in multiplication and the squaring of numbers.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY ALBERT DENNIS

The penmanship class under Miss Eastman has been practicing drills one, two, three and four from the Palmer Method Manual for the past month. This week they will write complete copy of these four drills to send to the Palmer Company
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

One flag-the American flag; one language--the language of the Dec laration of Independence; one Joy. alty-loyalty to the American peo' ple.-Theodore Roosevelt.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
DEWITT HIDES
 DEFINITION OF
 REAL CULTURE

To be at home in all lands and all ages; to count Nature a familiar acquaintance and Art an intimate friend; to gain a standard for the appreciation of other mems work and the criticisms of your own; to carry the keys of the worlds library In your pocket, and to feel it's re- sources behind you in whatever you undertake; to make hosts of friends among the men of your age who are leaders in all walks of life; to lose yourself in generous enthusiasm and cooperate with others for common ends; to learn manners from stu dents who are gentlemen, and form character under professors who are Christians-that is culture.
 William Dewitt Hyde.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
BY EUGENE TIBBS

Room 3 is preparing play for Thanksgiving and some of the boys in room are helping.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

The best boys I know-the best men l knoW-are good at their stud ies or their business, fearless and stalwart, hated and feared by all that is wicked and depraved incap- able of submitting to wrongdo3hg, and equally incapable of being aught but tender to the weak and help less. In life. as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard ,-Roosevel
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

More and more do we realize that the chief educational, religious, and patriotic demands of the day are to consider the boy of today as the man of tomorrw. It is impossible to deal with an adolescent boy as a being of today. The poetry of "act in the living present" has given way to the prosaic fact that there is no present that is individualistic.
 Today is always either the to- morrow of yesterday. or the yester- day of tomorrow, and every human act is either related emphatically to yesterday or tomorrow. Yester days are OK carts, tomorrows are air planes. Yesterdays are autocratic, tomorrows are democratic. Yester- days focus effort upon grandparents; tomorrow upon grandchildren.-"The Man of Tomorrow" by Claude Richs ards.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06
Keep On Hustling

Two frogs, on a railroad platform where milk-cans were standing, jumped into the two cans of rich milk
 One said to the other: q am drowning, help me- A
 The other made answer: Keep on hustling."
 Again and yet again the cry came: Help me-" and again and yet again came the answer, Keep on hustling"
 When the city was reached and the cans of milk opened, in one was g poor dead frog,-in the other a bright-eyed frog sat on a pat of fresh-made butter.
 'If you hustle enough, you will make you own foundation"
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

The COrdova publis school will have Good Speech week the last week in November, and the first week in December.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

Thrift is shorthand for Waste not, want not"
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

Miss Haggland's room remains in possession of the picture given for the highest average in attendance and punctuality.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-06

Miss Spence'S room won the picture given for having the great est number of visits from parents fo1 the month.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-22
Texas Men
Purchase Business
in Canon City

Messrs. S. p. Otto and w. L. Muer
of Scotland, Tex. were in Canon City
the first of the week. and while here,
in company with w. 3. Jansen of
this city. formerly of Scotland, Tex.
purchased the stock, fixtures and busi.
ness of the Stehlin Cigar Company.
428 Main street, and will take posses.
sion of the property on September ]
Mr. Otto, while here. purchased the
Freyer home at 1401 North Sixth
street., formerly the residence Of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur H. McLain, and Muer
purchased the w. c. Moyle home, 1106
Greenwood avenue. Mr.. Jasen lives
st 924 Macon avenue, and has resided
in Canon City for the last year or two.
He owns a number OF properties about
town.
The deal for the Stehlin Cigar
Company's business was closed up on
Monday. and Messrs- Otto ana Muer
left at once for Texas to close up
their affairs there preliminary to
coming to Canon City to make their
home. Mr.. Stehlin has not yet ma
tured his plans for the future, but will
probably return to his old home at
Gillespie. Ill. Before leaving Colo
rado, however. he Vii avail himself
OF the opportunity for y camping and
nshing outing on the Guunison.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-22
First Ascent of
Pixies Peak Made
100 Years Ago

COLORADO SPRINGS. July 15.-
Frank James astonished the world by
climbing to the top of Pixies Peak,
IA, ,109 feet above, the sea. Since that
time 100000 people have made the
trip, and yesterday Colorado celebrat-
ed the anniversary along the 1S-mile
serpentine automobile highway lead
to the summit.
Lieut.. Zebulon M. Pike is credited
with the discovery of the mountain in
1906. AS hardy q pioneer as was the
discoverer, he declared the peak was
inaccessible and none darded to doubt
it until July IA. 1920, when DR.. James,
member of the Maj Long expedi-
ton, succeeded in the attempt
Maj. Long christened the mountain
James peak, but the pioneers and the
plainsmen persisted in giving it the
name of its discoverer, and Pixies
peak it has remained.
The history of tourist travel to this
most famous spot of the Rockies has
been that of the development of high
way transportation. First came a
bride path, in 1878; two years later a
wagon road was built, and in 1891 a
cog-wheel railroad was constructed.
With the development of the auto
mobile industry came the demand for
motor road, and in 1916 the present
motor highway, winding around the
mountain in devious curves. with pre-.
cipitous rock walls flush against the
road on the one hand, and deep ra-
vines on the other, was completed at a
cost of 100000. 1t has an average
grade of per cent and a maximum Of
10A per cent. 1t was 20 feet wide
except at the curves, which were ex-
tended to so feet for the greater
safety of the motorist
Pixies peak is eight miles in an air
line from Colorado Springs, and the
greater part of the mountain is con-
trolled by Colorado Springs to safe
guard the city's water supply.
In April, 1919. a government war
tank attempted TO climb the peak but
was blocked by snow drifts. month
later a caterpillar tractor made the
ascent.
1 Walking races, burro races, motor.
/ cycle and automobile races have been
held on Pixies peak. The first airplane
to Cross the peak was flown over the
mountain on August 8. 1919. piloted
by Alexander Lendrum OF Colorado
Springs.
The record for motor over the ~
miles from Crystal creek to the sum-
NIT is held by Ralph Mulford. who
made it in is minutes 26 seconds.
Next September the automobile hill
climbing contest. discontinued during
the war. will be resumed. An airplane
race from Denver around Pixies peak
| and return will feature the event.