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whole of Alaska, knows the territory and it's people. He has excellent ability, served his country during the war, retiring from the army with the rank of captain.
 MT. Prks has had wide experi- ence, both technical and practical for one of his years. He is min ing engineer, graduate of the Colorado School of Mines. He has worked at his profession in both lode and placer mines, and for years has been connected with the United States service, first as a mineral in spector and afterward as chief of the field division of the United States land office n Alaska No man is more familiar with the land laws of the country, and the mining laws, and the history and traditions of mining and of the land department. He is man of initiative, breadth, compre- hension and industry. He believes in Alaska, and it's future. His de- sire is to live in the territory and to be identified with it. He is young in years and virility, but old in the practical things.
 With it all, MT. Parks is a man of the highest character and most pleasing personality. He is good mixer, and understands men. The people of Alaska are to be congratu- lated upon his appointment, and so are the intedepartmental committee and the department of the interior. Juneau Empire.
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A GOOD APPOINTMENT

A better selection than George A. Parks for the chairmanship of the interdepartmental committee, or ganized to simplify and coordinate federal activity in Alaska, could not have been made MT. Parks will go on this committee with practically the authority of an assistant cabinet member, and will spend most of his time in Alaska. MT. Parks is an Alaska in every sense of the word. He is western born and reared, and has spent most of his years since arriving at maturity in Alaska, both in government service and in pri- vate capacity. He has traversed the
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-02
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1920
JAPANESE PRIDE OR POLICY

Japanese objection to California land legislation would have greater moral weight if Japanese law did not refuse aliens the rights Japan de- mands for her nationals in Cali fornia.
 ' A distinction, we are told, is that the Japanese law treats all aliens alike, while ours in effect discrlm- mates against the Japanese.
 Thus the point made by Japan is primarily one of honor, or what Bis marck called "prestage." Bismarck wisely declared that no war for pres tige could be justified, and while we realize that Japanese standards or nhilosophy or temperament are not ours, we can hardly believe that na- ton willing to go to war merely to force us either to admit Japanese or exclude all aliens.
 We deny admitance to certain peoples on economic, political, ana social grounds which are rational. Japan may be assured we shall de- fend our right to do this, perhaps taridlv and inefficiently at first, but victoriously in the end. We deVoutly hope Japanese statesment will grasp this truth clearly ard be guided by it to a moderate and reasonable pol
 hnr seriously through MT. Wilson's indlt- ference to our international inter- ests. It is true negotiations pressed vigorously at this time, against our inferior agencies of diplomatic de- fense, might net some striking con- sessions But we would warn the Japanese governbent that such gains prove illusory and too costly when their meaning was fully grasped by the American people. To play upon the egotism and incurable com- plaisance, utopianism, pacifism and anti-nationalism which now blight our international policy would pro- duce no enduring results, but on the contrary, a certain and violent reaction when American common sense and realization of actuali- ties arrive once more in American counsels.
 If peace and a friendly accommo- dation of interests are really de- sired by, the Japanese, this advice may appeal to them. If, on the other hand, they are inclined to drive hard at this time, we shall be wise to conclude that Japanese statesmanship believes a domina- tion of the Pacific by Japan is pos sibe and a struggle for it with us inevitable. In such case the Japan csc may consider this time as good as or better than any other. Ameri- cans will earnestly hope that no such contest is deemed necessary or desirable.
 But it is of vital importance that responsible statesmen give heed to our situation. Senator New, who has been among the very few who have observed the grave changes in our position in the Pacific, has again emphasized the danger, but unfortunately the senate is not in session and the situation is in the same hands that have brought us where we are
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THANKSGIVING

A truly festive season was this Thanksgiving, and every one entered into the cheerful spirit.
 Exercises were held at the school Wednesday afternoon when the ob- ject of Thanksgiving was demon strated to the pupils.
 Then each one recited their per sonal reasons for thankfulness.
 Skiing, sleighing and hiking eXcur- sions were enjoyed by many during
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-02

John McAllen, foreman at the Mother Lode mine, who was married few days ago, came down to the Lower Camp Thanksgiving Day to have dinner with his bride.
 It being customary to extend every courtesy to a newly wed, some of his bachelor friends invited him to partake of an appetizer of real stuff before dinner Johnny was "on the spot" The cache, however, was supposedly in the cold storage plant, thither the party repaired, politely allowing their guest to enter first
 Two hours after dinner, Mrs. Nc Allen was worried over the non-ap- pearance of her husband and sent out a search party. They found him
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DENIES RUM0R THAT
 NEW COACH NAMED

BERKELEY, Dec. ? (by Associated Press) ).-Graduate Manager Meisnel of the University of Washington de- nied the reports that Vincent Borles- Xxi of Whitman College had been of fered $10,000 a year to coach the Washington football squad Meisnel declared that Borleskis name had not been mentioned
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KENNECOTT NEWS

A very quiet wedding took place last Saturday evening at the home Kennecott, when Miss Linda J. Nottingham, member of the hos. foreman of the Mother Lode mine, were united in marriage. The cere- money was performed by Judge O'Connor, after which a very de- licious dinner was served by Mrs. Wolfe. The happy pair are the recipients of the good wishes of the entire camp.
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prisoner in the cold storage plant, minus the drink and the big turkey dinner, but plus "hiyu sonik.''
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the day, thus securing a worthy ap- petite for the big dinner
 Special Thanksgiving menus were prepared at both restaurants and very well patroniZed.
 Many hostesses entertained guests at Thanksgiving dinner. Mrs. w.. Sommers, Mrs. J. Barret, Mrs. S. Seltenrich, Mrs. J. B. O'Neill, Mrs. Woodman, Mrs. R. Williams and others.
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With the near approach of the holiday season, and the increase in the amount of travel between our town and Kennecott it is probable that regular stage schedule will be arranged. The various business houses are conferring together with view to substituting the enterprise
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-02
THINGS WE THINK Things Others Think and What We Think of the Things Others Think.

You cant rise to your responsibili- aies until you drop your worries. Who remembers when every home that was one had a hitching rack at the curb?
 It's a waste of money to give a classical education to a youth with jazz nature.
 There is more drinking than ever since prohibition came-but it's not the headaching kind.
 When a woman becomes i'll the first thing she thinks of is sending for a doctor, but man always hunts a drug store,
 THE POINT OF VIEW The trail of Boyland
 Lies through the fields
 Of imagination, not As some old-time educators Seem to think, through The wilderness of "tests'
 And "examinations"-
 Abominable words.
 You can pound false education Into a child
 But cannot make him think.
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BREEZY NEWS
 ABOUT D0INCS
 NEARBY CAMP
(From Mccarthy News)

Attorney B. o. Graham of Cor dova arrived on yesterdays train to spent a, few days in our city.
 Judge O'Connor came in on yes terday's train. Today, he is taking the hearing of final account of the dministrator in the estate of Clara Conway, deceased.
 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Sommer and little daughter are leaving next week on a two months vacation in California They will spend Christ mas with their relatives.
 Edgar Davis, who will relieve our depot agent fo ra couple of months, arrived yesterday. This is his first visit to Mccarthy since 1917 and his many friends are very glad to see him again.
 We are glad to report that the latest advice from Kennecott hospi- tai concerning U. s. Commissioner Smith is, that his condition is some what improved. He can now walk about, but has not fully recovered the power of speech.
 The drama entitled "The Inter- rupted Honeymoon" or Locked in the Ice Box" is likely to be the chief topic of conversation at Kennecott for some time.
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TO TESTIFY AGAINST
 BETTY BRAINERD

TACOMA, Dec. ? (by Associated Press).-Six Seattle women will be called to testify against Betty Brain erd charged with kidnapping the Stagg baby, including Miss Brainerds sister, Mrs. George Wahoski. It is rumored that George Stagg, the father will also testify.
 If you change your address. do not notify the carrier boy-report yous new address to the office.
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At Strelna MT. and Mrs. Dwyer entertained large party, MT. and Mrs. Berg, MT. and Mrs. Mcleod, Judge O'Connor, MT. Hinckley and others.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
LABOR HAS LEARNED

Concluding an editorial on the subject of la
bor union activities in the recent campaign,
the New York Times says that "the record
shows that labor was able neither to reward it's
friends nor to punish it's enemies" If the
Times means exactly what it says, it is in err
ror If it means that organized labor was not
able to reward it's friends or punish its enemies,
it is somewhat near the truth
There is vast difference between labor and
organized labor Moreover, there is consider
able difference between organized labor and the
leaders who have assumed to speak for organic
ed labor Organized labor constitutes very
small proportion of all the labor of the country,
and labor leaders constitute still smaller pro
portion of organized labor
AS matter Of fact, labor did reward its
friends, for labor never had better friend
than the Republican party. 1t is true that the
Republican party has not made class appeal
to labor, or promised class legislation or class
administration It is also true that the Demo-
cratic party has "bent the supple hinges of its
knee" before organized labor leaders in the
hope that political thrift might follow faWning.
But the ultimate record is made of deeds, not
words The Democratic party, by its sacrifice
Of it's own intellectual integrity, and by at
tempting to lead labor into dangerous and de-
structive policies has been labors worst enemy,
with the exception, possibly, of the Socialist
party. The Democratic party was tending to-
ward Socialism and Socialism tends towards
Bolshevsm, and bolshevism is near the end OF
civilization on the verge of barbarism.
The vast majority of the laboring people of
this country men and women, are intelligent,
and though they may not have learned their
theories of economics at the feet of socialistic
professors, yet they have sufficient understand
ing Of the present and enough vision of the
future to know that only>by adhering to sound
principles can they promote the permanent well
fare of themselves, their children and their
children's children Leaders of organized la
Dor sometimes see no further than immediate
gains Labor-the type of labor which votes in
the United States-determine its course not
merely by consideration of immediate results
but by future effects. Labor, like the rest of
America, had seen enough of autocracy, enough
of extravaganza, enough of surrender to foreign
nations enough Of class government. Labor
refused to be led into the camp of its enemies
and voted for it's friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
Two Kenosha Cables
Make Excellent Time

The Kenosha Office of the Western
Union established a record for itself
on Sunday in the matter of quick
service on cablegrams from foreign
lands. At noon Sunday morning they
received at the Office a cablegram from
Warsaw which was filed in that city
early Sunday morning. Ordinarily it
has taken more than day for a cable
gram to be relayed through from Rus
STA and the incident is taken as indi-
cation of the resumption of better
methods of communication with the
country. In calculating the time con-
sumed in sending the message, it must
be remembered that Russian time is
more than half a day ahead of the
American time and this made the feat
possible. Also on Sunday the local
Office received cablegram from Hon
olulu which was started early Sunday
morning. Both messages were of
personal nature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
TOYS

If you look over a list of toy suggestions for
Christmas in newspaper advertisements, you
will find that, seemingly, the natures of little
girls haven't changed much since the first pre-
historic child Rugged to her breast piece of
wood cut in the image of a baby.
But boys have changed lot They disdar
the toys of their fathers and are playing with
chemistry and electricity and wireless. Their
fathers received copies of Jules Verne for
Christmas and were, thrilled by the imaginary
wonders unfolded therein. But the boys are
Ioutwondering Verne with messages sent
through space by means Of wireless outfits
bought for them as Christmas toys!
For girls the toy stores advertise dolls, dolls
Clothes dolls jewelry, tea sets, beds, cradles
chairs, wash-sets, etc. The eternally maternal
feminine unceasing and unchanging The dolls
Iof one generation are the playthings also of
the next. And are there not many little girls
who are playing today with the dolls their
mother saved from their own childhood?
But the modern breed of boy wants none
of the old fashions For him the toy stores
advertise chemical sets, and electrical sets, and
toy airplanes that fly and wireless senders and
receivers. From the books Of instruction that
come with these toys, he learns scientific
language that is Greek to his backward old dad
He talks of anilines and carbohydrates and pre-
cipitations and the magnetic POLE
He is a wonder-kid, this average boy of 1920
who makes playthings Of elements that Issac
Newton and Calico scarcely. dreamed of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
THE TRACTION PROBLEM

One of the greatest municipal problems will
be the solution of the street railway puzzle.
A large part of the street railways of this
country is inadequate to serve the needs of the
people. Many have long since practically ceas-
led to make extensions or improvements. Near
ly every city has had from one to many fare
increases.
The street railway played tremendous part
in the development of American cities. Electric
lines into outlying sections and sparsely settled
suburbs served to develop beautiful residence
areas, to lessen congestion and it's attendant
evils and to make possible the development of
great plants in well-defined industrial sections
Failure Of the street railways to continue
these extensions and to maintain adequate SER
vice even for existing needs menaces the
growth of many Cities threatens congestion to-
ward the downtown centers and brings annoy
lance and discomfort both to passengers and
Ito business
The public has well-developed, and probably
we'll justified opinion that street car troubles
today are due to mismanagement, greed and
Iinefficiency in the past. But this opinion is
not helping solve the problems of the electric
railways, and for the good of the cities and
their people they must be solved Cheap and
adequate transportation is vital to modern
city as is blood circulation to a human being.
Within the next few years there must be
some solution to the ills Of the traction compan-
les. This is one of the most fertile fields in
existence for progressive and thoughtful study
and work on the part of public officials and
patriotic citizens,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
Blackstone Plays
Court and Jury

Blackstone, the magician and mind
reader, who is playing an engagement
at the Rhode Opera House, took on a
new role on Sunday night when he
played the part of court and jury in
the trial of Frank Lang charged with
the murder of Charles Pacini and con-
victed by real jury. It took Black
stone just one minute to consider all
the evidence and render a verdict. He
held that Lang was "Not guilty" of
the charges against him. The YER
dict seemed to be a popular one with
the audience.
Blackstone announced that he had a
request for a special reading" for
Lang and that he hoped to see him at
the Jail. The most interested parties
insisted that the mind reader get away
from bumps on the head and look at
ridges on the back in order to have
the reading most intelligent and most
to the liking of the people to whom
ne is to make his report-of course
from the stage.
Blackstone may have little informa-
ton in regard to the Lang case, but
he must given credit for being a
clever advertiser.
Blackstone will not make any per-
sonal reading Of Lang" declared
Judge Belden this morning. IF he
makes any deductions as to the case
they must be from long distance con-
sideration. Blackstone will not be
admitted to see Lang, regardless of
any special invitation he may have
received"
Later the court notified the sheriff
that Blackstone and his kind were
not to be permitted to see Lang at
the Jail.
The judge declined to comment on
the matter further.
I Blackstone said the request for a
Especial reading" had come in a note
from Lang. !.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
FRANCE AND ARMENIA

Frances sudden solicitude for the Armen-
ians is suspicious The eloquent Rene Viviani
has something UP his sleeve. His efforts to
pledge the League of Nations to search the
world for country willing to save Armenia are
the result of too rapid conversion. Never
before has France been alarmed for the security
of the Armenians. France has been content to
let Armenians and Turks fight their own
battles
But of late, the soviet troops in the eau
casus have crossed from Russian Armenia into
Turkish Armenia. Propaganda to convert the
Armenians to Bolshevism is on the increase. A
recent Bolshevili congress in the Caucasus
pledged universal brotherhood to Christian
Armenians and followers of Oriental creeds
alike
Frances alarm for the safety of Armenians
undoubtedly is the result Of the Bolshevikis'
entrance upon the scene. France pretends in
one sentence that she desires to save Armenia
from Turkish massacres, and in the next SEN
tence suggests the great powers negotiate with
the Turkish rebel hordes in Armenia as with a
sovereign government.
Frances invitation to America to safeguard
Armenia is in reality a skillf0lly concealed plot
to involve the United States in armed conflict
with the soviet forces of the Caucasus. Frances
policy of fighting the Bolsheviki from without
Russia has proven dismal failure Frances
Russian policy is as bankrupt as Russia herself.
But. if France can persuade America to send
an army to Armenia. France knows the Amer
lean troops eventually will have to face Rus
sian troops Once that happens France believes
the lopic of events may range America on
Frances side in active opposition to Russia.
France is wasting her time. The web of
French diplomacy will not trap the United
States.
No wonder the amateur mariners OF the
shipping board thought trimming ship
something else.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
Head Executive of the City is to Take Hand
in the Making Up of the New Tax
Levy for KenOsha.
CURTAILMENT IN FUNDS DEMANDED
Careful Estimate Shows That City Will be Able TO Get
Some Money from Income Tax CutaiIment
and Division of Deficit Helps

All Of the, regular funds of the city
are now overdrawn, but the men in
terested in making the tax levy have
declared that it might be advisable to
provide for the payment of only a part
of this deficit this year with the under
standing that a smaller deficit could
be met when the tax levy is made in
1921 Ten mills could be cut from the
tax by division of the deficit and it
is just possible that the committee
will decide that it would be better for
the city to pay interest on a part of
the deficit for a few months rather
than boost the tax levy to point
where it will cut deep into the re
sources of the tax payers.
Prune City Funds Too.
owe are going to make a careful
study Of every city fund this week"
said Mayor Joachim, with a view of
curtailing them. am convinced that
a lot can be cut off the funds if we
go about it in an intelligent and de-
termined manner. It must be done to
meet conditions and we will do it."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-02
SOLDIERS TO STAY
DOWN. ON FARM
Dakota Men Who Have
''Seen Paree" Stay ''On
the Farm
LIKE LAND BONUS PLAN

Pierre, S. D.-Although a number of
South Dakota ex-service men have
"seen Paree" they are staying "down
on the farm" in OPPOSITION to the
thought in the popular song. This
result has been achieved partly by the
successful workings of the South Da-
kota Land Settlement Plan, which pro-
vides for the loan Of any sum between
$500 and $4,000 to former service men
for use in paying ninety per cent of
the appraised value Of land and eighty
per cent of the cost of equipping it
with machinery and live stock, sys-
tenn similar to that which the Ameri-
can Legion has embodied in its four
fold national compensation plan.
Colonel Boyd Wales, who led the
147th F. A. Regiment of the 32nd Divi-
sion, and who is Land Settlement Com
missioner, is enthusiastic over the re-
suits in the short time the plan has
been in operation. Up to October 1,
one hundred and forty former soldiers
had received loans and been located
on lands. Of this number, Colonel
Wales declares that zone hundred per
cent are making good, and they all
made some improvements and raised
some grain" The loans to individu-
ais have averaged about $4,000 each.
Most of the men have put in about ten
per cent Of their own capital, using the
balance for stock and improvements.
In the course of their farming >oper-
atoms, forty three of these men have
raised 1871 acres of corn, an average
of SO acres each; twenty-six have
raised 685 acres of oats, an average
Of 25 acres each; and twenty-five have
raised 912 acres of wheat, an average
of 36 acres each.