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stenographer on some errand or other
and made me sit down and tell him
all l knew. When l got through he
was pulling at his long mustache and
wrinkling his nose as I've seen bull
dog do when he was getting ready to
bite something.
"You haven't got all the drop-out
business cornered over yonder In the
general office, Jimmie" he said slow
ly. fitting back In his swing-chair and
glowering at me with tho . sultry eyes
of his. "On that same night that you're
talkin' about, l stand to lose one per-
fectly good Atlantic-type locomotive.
At ten o'clock she was set In on the
spur below the coal chutes. AT twelve
o'clock, when the round-house watch
man went down there to see If her
fire was banked all right, she was
gone"
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Reducing U. S. Debt.

Washington.-A reduction oi w. ",
S23,1S4 In the public debt dur'ns - -
has been announced by the lrea,. Vi
On April 80 the total gross deo' 's IA
at $23,995, ,564,776, as compafeu ,,,r %
$23,952, ,741, ,592 May 81. heaenss als,,s
of treasury certificates of indeD'e.l,t .,,.
was mainly responsible for tlls ~, w.
ton, treasury officials expla'ne, M
During the eleven months u .,a
present fiscal year, the treasu,. ,.,a
public debt disbursements agsi,ssl sssl,
$7,576,OOO,OOO. compared WIN .s'dI,, s,s
100000 during the correspo.ii,ss si,s
months last year, leaving ne. S ssJ
ton in the public debt r for 'A'
year to date of $342,00O'ON as. o
The report of the government, y, \
nances for May showed ora.n"rs no rsA
ceipts aggregating s224'Uo"%, o,dIn,d
was $145, 100000 less than od u, Ts
disbursements. This conp"oa .aso aO0l
ordinary disbursements Of sS'o'v .,.s sIss
in May year ago. For lns e siIa'
months ordinary receipts we,e " aeo in IN b
100000, which was s22e, ,oooo" " od u
cess of ordinary disbursement, ..0pdbl
nary receipts during the cor,s,pCtO COZ oooCtO
period last year were So'o'0''
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Citizens, TRAINING camps.

Two Citizens military trainln:
camps will be held in the Eighth corps
area during the summer-one at Fort
Logan, near Denver, Colo, from Aug
ust to 80, of which Col. Paul A. WOlt
Ninth infantry, will be the command
ant, the other at Camp Travis, nesi
San Antonio, Texas, from July Is 10
August IA, of which Brig. Gen. Hat
sen e. Ely, U. S. A., will be command
ant. Both these Officers had notable
service during the World war and bOA
are eminently fitted to conduct cilt
zens' military training camp, and bob
are heartily with plans and purposes
of such camps. Attendance at thes
camps will be limited to approved sF
plicants between the ages of 10 anda
years, of average intelligence, OF sal
moral character and in good physd
condition. and generally will be llmliN
to candidates living within 200 mla
of the camp. although a few resldhl
at n greater distance will be authorize
to attend. Civilians who are author
lied to attend these camps will not n
ceive any pny for attendance thefal
but will receive free all necessary alf
form, clothing, food and shelter, met
ical attention, arms and ammunlu@
equipment and railroad transporlaa@
from their homes to the camp and r
turn.
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showed up ON the map. Inc teI-ihiie
siding might have served for the pass
ing point, but in that case the crew
of the Fast Mail would surely nave
seen the 1O16 waiting on the siding us
they came by. And they hadn't seen
it; Kirgan said they had been ques-
toned promptly the following morn
ing.
Though l had been over the ROAD
with Mr.. Norcross in his private car
any number of times since we had
taken hold, didn't recall the detail
biographies very clearly. and l
couldn't seem to remember anything
about this siding ten miles west OF
Banta. So ! asked klrgan.
THAT siding isn't in any such shape
that the Fast Mail could get by with
out seeing a meet train on the side
track, is it?'
The big master-mechanic shook his
head.
Hardly. you'd think. reckon we are
up stump, Jimmie. That siding Is
part of an old ~ at the mouth of
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Says Use of Tobacco Good.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Dr. W. b. Uf
ston of Camden told the New 'eiq
State Dental Society's convention ~
an "old-fashiOned chew OF tobaccO
one OF the best disinfectants KNOWN
dental science. He declared II reiur
ers succeeded in banishing toDacev " !.
eases of the teeth and gums are a''S
to increase, adding: Tobacco '%. w.
a sislagogue around the teen ~.
preventing bacteria from eel''p'
foothold. A cigar performs lne ~, ~
function to less degree, but et'',
because of its paper wrapper na' "
the value in this respect
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gulch that runs back into the noun
tains for maybe a dozen miles or so.
They tell me the 'Y' was put in for
the Timber Mountain Lumber outfit
when they used the gulch mouth for
their shipping point. They had one
of their saw-mills up In the gulch
somewhere, but the business died out
when they got the timber all cut Off"
Tell me this, Mart" put in quick
ly. "The Timber Mountain company
is one of the Red Tower monopolies ::
did 1t have railroad track up that
gulch co?pecting with our 'Y'?'
why. yes; reckon so. I'm not
right sure that there amt one there
yet. But if there is, it's been dis
connected from the ~ I'm sure of
that, because I went In on that ~
one day with the wrecker."
You'd think this would have settled
1t. But l hung on like a dog to a
root.
Say, Mart" 1 insisted, this ~
siding we're talking about is just
around where the Ten-Sixteen ought
to have met the Mail; so far as we
can tell by this map it's the only place
where 1t could have met it. And the
old gulch track would have been a
mighty good hiding-place for the stolen
engine!"
There amt any track there" said
kirgan, shaking his head; "or, least
wise, If there is, it hasn't any rail con-
nection with our siding, just as I'm
tellin' you. Well have to look far
ther along"
Somehow, I couldn't get 1t out of
my head but that was right. Our
guesses all went as straight as a
string to that 'Y' siding ten miles west
OF Banta, and was sure that if had
been talking to MIR. Van Britt 1 could
have convinced him. But Kirgan was
awfully hard-headed.
It's supper time," he said. after
we had mulled while longer over
the map. Tomorrow, If you like
Wen take an engine and run dow1
there. But we amt goin' to find any
thing. 1 can tell you that, right now
Yes. and tomorrow we may have
.'e ne" general manager, and theI
you and l and all the others will bt
hunting for some other railroad IL
work on" retorted.
pretty nearly had him over tn,
edge. but I couldn't push him tn,
| rest OF the way to save my life.
If there was the least little scrap-,
reason even to imagine that Mr.. Nor
cross had gone off on that stoler
eight-wheeler. it would be different
Jimmie" he protested. But ther,
aint; and you know doggoned wei
there amt. Let's go uptown an,
hunt up something to eat. You'll fee
a heap clearer in your mind when yo,
get good square meal inside O. you
| Clothes"
We left the shop Offices together
and got shut out, crossing the yard
by freight that was pulling In from
the west. There was a yard crew
shifting on the other side OF the In
coming train, and rather than wal
for the double obstruction to clear itsel,
we walked down the shop track, near
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Losr-onE PERFECTLY GOOD ENGINE.


siding with lady hea Maerae
IN
the
by
is
in
which would jeopard their To monopoly
ha he
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a sp.Lowers ore Rates

San Francisco, Calif.-A ar.s IN
of $3.50 per ton on certain .o,nt, o,
Arizona and New Mexico anters :
New York and New Jersey Pad
announced by the Southern rhe oli
Company, effective July 10. ,,sr or u,a
affects copper bullion eop ps,;lllou
blister copper, also LEAD l.ssru us Psd
speiss (carloads), via sou.ns .ss-n IA
to Galveston, thence sou'nstrnh me 4
Atlantic steamship lines ~ rsts
rate Il 1890 4 ton; the y
go. q
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ing.!board. Besides being the best boss
mechanic in the West. he was first
class fighting man. with clear head
and nerve to burn. When he had got
as far as he could go alone he turned
on me.
Jimmie, do you reckon this Red
Tower outfit was far enough along in
its scrap with the boss to put up Job
to pass him out of the gamer he de-
manded.
told him II didn't seem to fit into
any twentieth-century scheme Of
thinss, and past that mentioned the
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Enter Mr.. Dismuke, "gen.
eral manager"
tTo BE CONTINUED. i
lettering for 600 Year,.


The famous Leaning tower Of p,s.
is of pure white Carrara marble in the
Gothic style. Its departure from tbe
perpendicular has been variouslv in
terpreted, but there is little doubt that
1t rises from the softness OF the so,l
on which 1t stands and which has
given way. Notwithstanding ~.
threatening appearance, 1t has now
$1,000 Tor more thar six hundred year,
without rent or decay.
And He Did. f
b'ossom--Dld you pay for this elec-
trlc battery" His valet-"No, air !:
you told me TO have It chargedi~
He who ~ unable to collect his -.
q his bills Il II tough fuck.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-07
FISHING
 INDUSTRY NEW
 ONE ON COAST
Establishment IS Started on Island in the Gulf
 of Georgia.

VICTORIA, July With the supply of raw material unlimited, an industry new to this country is fiourishing at Parker Island, be- tween Galiano and Mayne Islands on the Gulf of Georgia. It is the business of catching sharks, and a Seek's catch recently ran to eighty. with an average weight of over a ton each. Mir Nelson Macdonald of this city. who operated the first shark-catching machinery on the island, declares there will never be a shortage as there are millions in the waters surrounding the island
 Tn fact the further north you go the more sharks you will find and from here to Alaska are their feed ing grounds" MT. Macdonald said. Taking them from the bottom of the sea is automatic. Norway has hundred of such industries. The
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Opportunity for Harding.
Seattle Times. )


 President Harding will have accomplished the impossible, Eff he succeeds in rescuing unfortunate Alaska from the wilderness of red tape in which ii has been gropng bndly for the past decade.
 Assurances given that the chief executive is determined do something constructive for the Ter ritory during his administration.
 If he remains firm in that determination and backs up his desires with all the of his high office he will go down in history the founder of another great empire under the American flag.
 Alaska suffers much from lack of popu- lation from the conditions that have been respon sible for decrease of one-quarter in the number of its white inhabitants in the ten years from 1910 tC u92O.
 Red tape has driven more people from the country hthan climate; absurd regulations have throttled de velopment of soil and timber, mine and industry. As matter of fact the only enterprises that have showed gains have been fisheries and reindeer-ras- ing; and the development of the former, it is stated. has been at the expense of the future of its waters. while the latter has grown seemingly because it alone has not been hopelessly handicapped by bureaucratic rules.
 Alaska will find way out of it's difficulties If given opportunity It will have opportunity if all the various bureaus having to do with Alaska are lreorganized that single body will direct all the Northlands affairs, with that body domiced in the Territory.
 much division of authority--too much jealousy be- tween bureaus, each to maintain it's authority and seeking for not reducing it's payroll
 Torn between these conflicting forces which have nothing whatever to do with Alaska and which all too frequently completely ignore it's interests the Territory has suffered in the past and will continue to suffer until authority has been centralized and the body exercising it has been established at point promote reform
 If the President do these things-and he un- quesonably has to effect the necessary changes he will pave the way for a achievement by ! American pioneers in the Northland, which will be developed rapidly the great West and to great an extent as its enormous resources will permit
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only real hook for catching them, which works on swivel, comes from there and the so-called cod liver oil, which invades the markets of the world, is really shark liver oil, manufactured in Norway"
 Nothing is wasted in shark plant. There is no finer fish-meal than that made from the bodies of the sharks. AS fertilizer it is superior to dog fish. The head of the shark is full of glue of highly valuable quality and the fins are a Orientals here paying as much as $3 a pound for it. The liver con- tent runs from 60 to 70 per cent. of finest oil of which about 10 per cent. is glycerine. Sharks teeth are in demand in many parts of the world and fetch a high price for the manufacture of ornaments. What bones there are, and they are few, go into the fertilizer part of the industry.
 The greatest interest in this new industry is being manifested in the manufacture of hides. Several Am erican companies have been formed and much research work is being done at present The shark hides run from an inch in thickness to the consistency of paper in the baby shark In Seattle they are manu- featuring hip-boots from shark hides and they are declared to be com pletely waterproof
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Same Old Story! Greece is acting
 Mighty perky, Someone's always Whipping Turkey.
Some Job!

Some Job!
 Pity the sorrows of the Bureau ol War Risk Insurance. The files contain the names of 1900 Smiths, 4S,000 Browns, 47,000 Williamses, 28,000 Joneses, 33,0O0 Johnstons. 25000 Millers, 22,000 Andersons and 1S,000 Walkers In one regiment there were 51 men named JoseRodri- guez There are B men named John J. O'Brien, and IA of them have wives named Mary. There are 2,138 named John Johnson, and 2,032 named William Johnson. And after a clerk has paved over names like Isaac Did Not Butcher, Wash Day Clouds. Brass Mule, Green Berry Bush, Little Kittle Carr, Slaughter Bugg, F. Pluribus Brown, Willie Darling, Fine German, Lloyd George Parliament, Asad Experience Wilson. Velvet Couch and Owen Money, a padded cell would seem welcome retreat.
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JUNEAU SHOULD BE REPRESENTED.

This section of Alaska should be adequately rep resented at the International Mining Exposition to be shown Chicago October at the time Of the meeting of the American Mining Congress at that city. Alaska, alone all the political divisions, has been given permission to exhibit all her resources at the exposition The other and countries are iconined to exhibit of their mining and mineral resources and the industries associated with them. Adv yantage should be taken of this concession and all the resources of Alaska should be adequately presented. The fisheries, salmon and herring par ticularly should good displays designed to pro- mote consumption their products and there should exhibits that would increase interest in the pulp and paper possibilities of the Territory.
 If this work is be properly done there should be no delay in beginning the assembling of the exhibits Juneau cannot afford to be well rep resented
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Luke McLuke Says

A pretty girl usually cuts down her batting average by acting like she knows it. Never rubber around the room when yau call on a woman. She'll know you are looking for dirt Put 10 eyewitnesses on the stand and every one of them will tell a different story as to just how it hap pened.
 A woman is a Democrat or Re- publican just because. And lot of the men are that way, too.
 We have met Book Agents and h. surance Solicitors. But the nerviest man we ever saw was a fellow who tried to borrow a toothbrush in the washroom of a Pullman one morn ing.
 Any bunco man can tell you that he can clean six Wise Guys in the time it would take him to get ac- quainted with a Fool
 When you hear a woman say that the men are all alike, you can get that she has been married for a few years.
 It is all right to give flowers to the living. But be careful that your wife doesn't find it out.
 Most of the time when you are told to take your choice, there isn't any.
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NEW HEAD OF
 RIGGS BANK
 IN THE EAST
Milton Ailes Is New Presi dent-Began His Career
 Carrying Ashes.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. July T. career as a boy in the Treasury De- partment. carrying ashes from the fireplaces and filling the water cool CTS, has been elected President of the Riggs National Bank, one of the largest financial institutions of the East. For years he has been a Vice President. Charles c. Glover, the President. was elected to be Chairman of the Board.
 Allies came to the capital many years ago. penniless boy from Shelby County, Ohio. While he polished door knobs and applied a broom in the Treasury, he studied finance.
 When John G. Carlisle took the Treasury portfolio Allies became pri- vate secretary to one of his assist ants. Lyman J. Gage found his knowledge of Treasury affairs to be so complete that he asked Presi- dent William Mckinley to make Allies an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, but found that Allies came of Democrat stock.
 That's not important, Gage" ]" President Mckinley said. If you and l had been raised in Shelby wed be Democrats, too. He can't help it."
 Mckinley appointed him to be Secretary Cages chief assistant, and as such Allies conducted the prin- cipal Treasury operations. including the Spanish War financing.
 Meanwhile he took over the job Of being schoolmaster to the set of
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SCHOOL TEACHERS IN HAWAII MUCH SOUGHT
 AFTER IN MARRIAGE

HONOLULU. T. H., July 7.-The high matrimonial rate" among pub lie school teachers of Hawaii is add ing to the worries of the commis- sioners of public instruction, accord ing to Vaughan MacCaughey, super intendent More than 100 vacancies will have to be filled at the begin ming of the new school year in Sep tember and many of these have been caused by the substitution of a mar riage license for teaching con- tract.
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The Limit l know man who makes me curse He'll always be a debtor; He'd rather go from bad to worse Than go from good to better.
 Luke McLuke On gambling that man is a nut, He says work is a letter; His cronies are all bad men, but We know that he's better.
 Newark Advocate.
 Our Daily Special Most of the Delusions That Men Hug Wear Skirts.
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The favorable report of the committee of the House of Representatives the measure appropriat- ing $3O9 900 for to navigation and other works in connection with the lighthouse service in Alaska is satisfactory indication of the attitude of Congress toward Alaska The extension of the lighthouse ice and the and geodetic survey work among the most important needs of this Territory.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-07
FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS.

Western Senators and Representatives in Congress have been conferring for the purpose of arranging program Federal aid to road building They have about concluded to support plan that will remove the pork barrel" phase of the system. In other they want Congress to make appropriations to aid in road construction in those States and the par tcuar roads in those States where the roads are needed aid in development. It is pointed that this would apply particularly to the public lands States where the Federal Government owns such large portion of the lands and requiring development.
 Commenting upon the situation recently the Pa ctc Builder and Engineer magazine of Seattle says:
 Governor Louis F Hart and State Treas
 Clifford l.. Babcock in Washing ton, D, C.. recently conferrng with Western
 Senators and Representatives the necessity
 for the enactment of legislation at the pres session of Congress extending temporary
 Federal aid to the states in the matter of
 road construction Reports from Washington
 also state that the Federal aid highway pol
 icy is to change and that all pork barrel'
 appropriations asked by the States will be stopped in the future. Officials of the State of Washington and other Northwest states
 are only seeking aid that shall be applied
 in rational manner having in view the
 proper building Of the states highways that
 shall lead to the uniform development of
 the commonwealth and the fact that the
 pork barrel is not to enter into the ques-
 tion increases the chances of securing desir-
 able legislation This is further insured by
 the fact that President Harding is commit ted to governmental road policy that seeks
 practical results for every dollar expended.
 With state highway departments, aided by
 governors who seek to render proper assist
 ance in securing the effective systems
 of roads for their respective states and who
 being sustained by the president of the
 United States, this already extensive line of development is destined to attain much
 greater proportions in the Northwest dur
 ing the next few years
 Aaskas interest in this plan should be greater, perhaps, than that of any other political division in the country. Roads essential development in Alaska ana the public lands and natural resources here practically all in Government ownership While he has again been compelled to abandon
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Boy Is Killed Trying
 To Find Nickel He Los,

HEALDSBURG, Cal, July T. John Tognali, aged ,, was killed by a railroad train here. The boy was run down while hunting on the tracks for 5-cent piece he had lost
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Thank!

Thanx!
 Dear Luke: You are one man in a century. You take the gloom out of cheerless day and make the sun shine. There is a place in heaven for a man who spreads joy and hap piness as you do. You kill sorrow and give birth to smiles. You make life worth while. May you live a million years.-Henry Mount, Brown wood, Texas.
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young men Gage brought to the Treasury, among whom were Frank tional figures in finance. After en- toying the intimate friendship of Mckinley and Roosevelt Allies left the Treasury and became banker
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Amundsen announces that he will tackle it again next and along the lines Of his original plan He is still convinced that if he get into the proper position drift in his staunch little craft with the ice over his long sought goal
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Carpenter seems know when he has been whipped He says he is ready to fight any one in the world except Dempsey We'll at least the French lpugilist is neither a quitter nor winner.
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Paw Knows Everythine

Paw Knows Everything Willie-Paw, what is a natural curiosity?
 Paw-A womans, my son. Maw-Willie, if you open your mouth again, I'll slap it,
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Wuff!

Though neither is pugilist,
 The sight makes me turn pale; The Dentist and Chiropodist
 Are fighting tooth and nail
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Good Done!

Good Dopel Most every fellow in this land Should give this the once-over; Just make hay while the sun shines and
 You'll find yourself in clover.
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Alta Boy!

Some men quit and say q can't" But what we started to tell you was that Ike Kahn lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Men

You should beware some men, my
 dear, Far from you you should shove
 them For they are kind to those they fear
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BITS OF BY-PLAY By Luke kcLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Bravery

The first man to eat oysters took
 Some chances, we all feel, But how about the first to cook
 And then devour an eel?
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Paradise

And mean to those who love them
 Where is Paradise located?' asked the Old Fogy
 Paradise is any section of the country that a real estate agent hap pens to be describing" replied the Crouch.
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While he has again been compelled to abandon for time his quest of the North Pole Roald
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A Pretty Fair Wed

A Pretty Fair Wed
 Yes. Clarice, a beauty doctor is likely to demand handsome sum for making your features comedy.