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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKANS.

Commissioner of Education L. D. Henderson s,g- gests that one of the handicaps under which Alaska laborng is that too people who live in the Ter ritory know too little about it. have too little regard for if and not sufficient belief in the value of it's resources their ultimate development Which means, in short that there too many residents of the Territory who do look upon Alaska with that pride in homeland that it is essential element in the development of a country--and when speak of de- velopment in this sense do not solely material development, development of resources and industries, but the development of citizenship and community character.
 And what MT. Henderson says is true Too many people upon Alaska country to be exploited, a country in which to earn stake with which to go to some other country where there is pride in home land There is other section of the country that would, for instance tolerate for fraction of ond the attempts of people pretending to be Alaskans but who refuse to live in the Territory, to run her affairs just for the glory profit there might be in the running.
 The thing above all else that would help to de velop Alaskan character, that would aid in creating pride in residence fin the Territory, would be give the people full Gef-government Let Alaska and her government belong to those who reside here and the people would commence to think more of the Terri tcry As long the Territory is managed by those who have the strongest pull at Washington that long will the who lives outside, and whose claim to be Alaskan is mere pretenson, be at a premium. Let the actual residents Alaska pride and love of the possession will naturally folcw.
 While we have too many Alaskans and pretended Alaskans who do know the Territory and who have little of the real, homeloving faith that builds eommOnwealths, have enough Alaskans who do understand the Territory who actually live here and expect to continue to live here, who believe in it and the greatness of it's possibilities it's people to make this Territory if they will only pro- perly assert themselves.
 MT Henderson's plan to develop faith and pride iu homeland among the children of Alaska s indeed praiseworthy To those who spend their childhood in this Territory Alaska is and always will be home They will be the mainstay country in the year that to come and they cannot know mucl about it. have tco much confidence in it or love i, well.
 There is much for Aaskans to develop here il the North, but the greatest of them all is GeveloI Alaskans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
Luke McLuke Says

A man will get Highly Indignant if you suggested that he make d Wife of his Cook And he'll get Highly Indignant if he cant make Cook. of his Wife.
 When the phone rings you'll have to give a woman at least thirty sec onds to guess who it is before sine answers it.
 There are a whole lot of men in the world who are satisfied to Sec ond the Motion and be Among Those Present.
 If the Doctor has to take three stitches in a cut, it is sign that the patient is going to tell every body that it was thirty stitches.
 What has become of the o. I. wo- man who used to use an army sabre for a hatpin?
 One of the redeeming features of these here times is the fact that he men are not getting Effeminate the way the women are getting Mas culine.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
The Offering of the Farmers.
Cincinnati Enquirer. )

There is spirit at work which draws humanity toward the inefabe goal brotherhood as irresist- ibly the lunar influence complies the obdeience of the ocean tides. Some time perhaps far down the vista of future centuries, the Golden Age will come It's advent is hasened by every good thought by every gentle, unselfsh
 There children starving in Europe women suffering. broken struggling to buffet the waves of diversity Countless pleas have made in their behalf Noble has been Americas answer to these pleas But among the generous responses of our people perhaps could be considered more helpful than the voluntary offering farmers in 37 states to supply practical aid Europes starving millions.
 President J. R. Howard, of the American Farm Bureau, speaking before the members of the Illinois Agricultural Association recently said:
 Farmers in 37 states have authorized me as to feed the starving millions of Europe China Ar menia and other famine countries"
 He promises that the farmers will bring their offerings to the points of shipment This treasure will come in voluntary gifts of from to 5000 bushels Many big farmers have promised 900 bushels.
 One point is insisted upon by the farmers: the corn must not be sold and the money applied to relief purposes; the go straight to the people who need it.
 The American farmer is having a hard time of II Just now. If he voluntarily in such a cause gives to the limit, then the rest of the nation should be ready, willing and glad to do likewise in the matter Of money transportation, &c.
 The good in the world Overbaances the evil All honor to the farmers who through their generosity thus honor their country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

there if Aaskas Representative is on the job, and presses the matter whenever it shall be decided to take up the bill for consideration by Congress That Delegate Sutherland will take such action may be necessary in case the Bill is taken up during his term, as it in all probability will be, there is no reason to doubt
 made to make the money already appropriated avail able for immediate However even if that effort should aiI there is to doubt but that work on a Juneau capitol building will be started within the next year or two-possiby earlier than that.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
Gosh

H. s. went into a hotel in College Corners, Ohio, and got soup, roast pork. three kinds of vegetables, bread and butter, prune pie, pudding and buttermilk for 50 cents, He felt so elated that he slipped quarter under his plate for the waitress. While he was putting on his over coat the waitress came over and handed him back the quarter. And this is what she said as she com pelled him to take back the quarter:
 "Vittes is high and there ain't no use eatin' up a pocketbook at one sittin'. "
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
Is That So!

Luke McLuke says that a man thinks a heap of. his new wife and he might have added that they both have to be painted over about the second Wilmington News Journal.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
BITS OF BY.PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Our Joe Miller CoHteet

OUT JUG mTIiCI' NU'FVOI-
 A Brooklyn fan claims the oldest joke is the ono about the man who listened to another man tell a tall yarn.
 Do you know what you remind me of?" asked the man
 No replied the story teller What do I remind you of?'
 You remind me of a man wno dyes lambs wool" replied the man. "Only he's a lamb dyer, and you are something that sounds very sim liar"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

Some of the visitors at Marion Ohio are suspected f issuing advertisements. Advice Given" when what hey really mean is Situation Wanted - Charleston News and CourierD
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
Very Simple!

The Kentucky State Tax Commis- sion is wrangling over the question:: Is a hears a passenger vehicle or a truck?"
 Under prohibition wed decide that a hearse was a pleasure vehicle
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
Correct!

Charley Hadley informs us that the chief aim in life of some folks is not to miss anything that goes on or off
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
By Hek ]

You may have some fair to mid dlin scenery in your neighborhood But you can Seymour Meadows in Beckley, West Virginia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

More people are killed by peoples stepping on he gas than by their blowing it cut-( Minneapolis Tribunel
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
Famous Horses

Man O War.
 -on Me. Old Rosebud.
 --on You. Sir Barton.
 and . Charley Luke MCLuke.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

If. Dry Commissioner Kramer says "booze' tocks were consumed like lakes in a desert during 'he first year of prohibition why insist upon calling prohibition?-( Pittsburgh Dispatch)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

One Bolshevist says Sovietism will not gain much roadway in this country because of its great number oi bath tubs And Saturday night is more faithfully observed than the Sabbath. Houston Post)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

It isn't true that men will do anything for money '2me won't work for it-( Pittsburgh Gazette-Times)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
OVerWOrk

Our Daily Special Overtalk Hurts You More Than OyerWork.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

What's the Fare To MiddIetoWn? William Apple and Ira Lemon are
 the ticket sellers at the Big Four passenger station. Middleton, Ohio.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08
Betcha

If Rud Kipling had it to write over again, he might say it this way:
 Take me somewhere in the U. 5, Where a man can raise thirst.'
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

The United States certainly is tough place for pessimist.-C Indianapolis Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-08

Firms Is Firms The Roach Restaurant. A. Roach, Proprietor, Liberty, Indiana.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29


that McGuffey's job on the Maggie
was the first he had had In six months
and he treasured II accordingly. For
this reason he and Gibney had been
inclined to take considerable slack
from Captain Scraggs until McGuffey
discovered that, In all probability, no
engineer In the world, except him
self, would have the courage to trust
himself within range of the Maggie's
boilers, and. consequently, he had
Captain Scraggs more or less at his
mercy. Upon imparting this suspicion
to Mr.. Gibney, the latter decided that
1t would be a cold day, indeed, when
his ticket would not constitute a club
wherewith to make Scraggs, as Glib
ney expressed 1t, ''mind his P's and
Q's."
1t will be seen, therefore, that mu-
tual necessity held this queerly as
sorted trio together, and, though they
quarreled furiously, nevertheless, with
The passage of time their own weak
nesses and those of the Maggie had
aroused in each for the other a curl
Gus affection. While Captain Scraggs
frequently pulled" monumental
bluff and threatened to dismiss both
Gibne. and McGuffey-and in fact,
occasionally went so far as to order
them of his ship, on their part Glib
ney and McGuffey were wont to work
the same racket and resign. With the
subsistence of their anger and the re-
turn TO reason, however. the trio had
a habit of meeting accidentally In the
Bowhead saloon, where, sooner or
later, they were certain to bury their
grudge In foaming beaker of steam
beer, and return joyfully to the Mag
gle. .f
OF all the little ships company,
Neus Halvorsen. colloquially desig-
mated as "The Squnrehead," was the
only individual who was, In truth and
in fact, his own man. Neils was
steady, industrious. faithful, capable,
and reliable; any one of hundred
deckhand Jobs were ever open to
Neils, yet. for some reason best known
to himself he preferred to stick by
the Maggie. In his dull way II Is
probable that he was fascinated by
the agile intelligence of Mr.. -Glbney.
the vitriolic tongue of Captain
Scraggs, and the eiephantine wit and
grizzly bear courage OF Mr.. McGuffey.
At any rate. he delighted in hearing
them snarl and wrangle.
However, to return to the Maggie
which we left entering the tule fog
u few miles north Of Pillar point:
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29

he was worried. The fog, II anything
was thicker than ever.
Time passed Suddenly Mr.. Gibney
thrilled electrically to shril yip from
Captain Scraggs.
whats that?" Mr.. Gibney bawled
II dunno. Sounds like the surf
Glib"
"Aln't you been on this run long
enough TO know that the surf don't
sound like nothin' else In life but
breakers2" Gibney retorted wrathfully.
IL aiu't certain, Glib"
Instantly Gibney signaled McGuffey
for half speed ahead.
Breakers on the stnrboard bow
yelled Captain Scrnggs.
Port bow" The Squsrehead cor
rected him.
"Oh. my great patiencev" Mr.. Glib
ney groaned. They're on both bows
an we're headed straight for the
beach. Here's where we all go to the
devil together" and he yanked wildly
at the signal wire that led to the
engine room, with the intention OF
giving McGuffey four bells-the signal
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29

aboard the Maggie for full speed
astern. At the second jerk the wire
broke, but not unul two bells had
sounded In the engine room-the signal
for full speed ahead. The efficient
McGuffey promptly kicked her wide
open, and the Fates decreed that,
having done so, Mr.. McGuffey should
forthwith climb the ladder and thrust
his head out on deck for breath Of
fresh air. Instantly chorus of
shrieks up on the. fo'castle head at
tracted his attention to such a degree
that he failed to hear the engine room
howler as Mr.. Gibney blew frantically
Into It,
Presently, out of the hubbub for
ward, Mr.. McGuffey heard Captain
Scraggs wall frantically: "Stop her
For the love of heaven. stop her!" In
stantly the engineer dropped back into
the engine room and set the Maggie
full speed astern; then he grasped the
bowler and held 1t to his ear.
stop herr he heard Gibney shrek.
'.Why In blazes don't you stop herT
"Shes set astern, Glib. She'll ease
up In a minute"
w"You know itw Gibney answered
significantly.
The Maggie climbed lazily to the
crest Of long oily roller, slid reck-
lessly down the other side, and took
the following sea over her taffrail.
She still had some head on, but very
little--not quite sufficient TO give her
decent steerage way. as Mr.. Gibney
discovered when, having at length COM
municated his desires to McGuney,
he spun the wheel ~frantically In a be-
lated effort to swing the Maggie's dirty
nose out to sea.
Nothing doln'," he snsrled. "She1l
have TO come to a complete stop before
she begins to walk backward and get
steerage way on again. She'll bump
as sure as death an taxes"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29

session AT public auction conducted
by the United States marshal, follow
ing her capture as she sneaked into
San Francisco bay one dark night
with load of Chlnameh and opium
from Ensenada. She had cost him
fifteen hundred hard-earned dollars.
Scraggs-Phineas +. Scraggs, to
employ his full name--was precisely
the kind OF man one might expect to
own and operate the Maggie. Rat
faced, snaggle-toothed and furtive,.
with low cunning that sometimes
passed for great intelligence, Seraggs'
character is best described In n home
ly American word. He was .'ornery."
A native OF San Francisco, he had
grown up around the docks and bad
developed from messboy on river
steamer 10 master OF bay and river
steamboats,. although II is not OF rec
ord that he ever commanded such q
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29
CHAPTER II.

Captain Scraggs and The Square
head partook first of the ham and
eggs, coffee and bread, which the
skipper prepared Scraggs then pre-
pared similar meal for Mr. Gibney
and McGuffey set II In the oven to
keep warm, and descended to the en-
gine room TO relieve McGuffey for din
ner Neils at the same time took the
course from Mr.. Gibney and relieved
the latter Mt the wheel. BY this time,
darkness had descended upon the
world, and the Maggie had entered
the Jog; following her custom she pro
ceeded in absolute silence, although as
to collision with other coastwise craft,
due TO the non-whistling rule aboard
the Maggie. Mr.. Gibney had laid
course half mile inside the usual
steamer lanes. albeit due to his over
whelming desire for peace he had
neglected to inform his owner of this /;
the honest fellow proceeded upon the
hypothesis that what people do not
know is not apt to trouble them.
Captain Scruggs read the log and
reported the mileage to Mr.. Gibney,
who figured with the stub of pencil
on the pilot house wall, wagged his
head. and appeared satisfied. "Better
go ford" he ordered, IAN help The
Squarehead on the lookout. AT eight
o'clock we ought to be right uT5,r the
lee o. Point San Pedro; when whistle
we ought TO catch the echo thrown
back by the cliff. listen for II"
Promptly at eight o'clock Mr.. Nc
Guffey was horrified to see his steam
gauge drop half pound as the Mag
gie's siren sounded. Mr.. Gibney stuck
his Ingenious head out of the pilot
house and listened, but no answering
echo reached his ears. "Hear any
thingT he bawled.
"Heard the Maggle's SIREN" Captain
Scraggs retOrted venomously.
Mr.. Gibney leaped out on deck, Sc
lected q small head of cabbage from a
broken crate and hurled It forward
Then he sprang back into the pilot
house and Strengthened the Maggie on
ntr CouiSt hthin. ne iVaiiVu over lnt
bInnacle, with the cufr of his watch
coat wiping away the moisture on the
glass, and studied the instrument care
fully. II don't trust the DANCED thing"
/ he muttered. "Guess Pli haul her of
coupler points an try the whistle
again."
He did. Still no echo. He was in
clined to believe that Captain Scrsggs
had not read the taffrail log correctly.
and when at eight-thirty he tried the
whistle again he was still without re-
suits In the way OF an echo from the
cliff. albeit the engine room bowler
brought him several of profuse char
acter from the perspiring McGuffey.
"we've PASSED Pedro" Mr.. Gibney
decided. He ground his cud and NUT
tered ugly things to himself. for his
dead reckoning had gone astray and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29

Put the mushrooms IN jar or bowl,
sprinkle with salt, let stand for
two days, squeeze out the salt. add
spices and vinegar and cook until the
mushrooms make n thick, well-sea-
soned catsup. Bottle and seal. This
will keep for years.
A two or three-pound coffee can
makes n fine receptacle for holding
lettuce, parsley or other greens. Even
wilted lettuce may be revived by
washing and placing in covered
can In the Ice chest. Parsley kept In
a glass jar will keep for two weeks.
Take out, wash and return to the jar
once or twice Any small fruit keeps
better II spread out on a platter orr
plate; II heaped In dish the ber-
rles are crushed and soon spoil.
In cooking any OF the succulent
green vegetables, salt should not be
added until they are ready to be sea-
soned. Peas. If lacking sweetness. may
be supplied with teaspoonful Of
sugar to remedy this lack, much I'm
proving the flavor.
Mexican Scrambled Eggs.-Put a
dozen green peppers into the oven to
roast until the skins may be easily
removed; peel and chop removing the
seeds and veins, then boil until ten
der In very little boiling water.
Season well with butter.
Beat six eggs, add salt and the
peppers, stir for moment In hot
butter and serve hot.
A tablespoonful OF butter makes a
butter ball or pat of good size.
Popovers may be used as shells
for fruit or creams, and are much
more digestible than rich pastry.
Lardoons for lardlng should be cut
from the pork next the rind. They
are easier threaded and do not break.
Mustard seed and nuts are a good
flavor for change In chicken salad.
When stufling fowl do not pack
the dressing into 1t or 1t will be soggy.
Heap 1t in lightly, giving room for 1t
to expand in cooking.
Firm ripe tomatoes. cut thick,
dipped In seasoned -four and fried.
make fine change of vegetable to
serve with beef steak.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29
Screen Pea Pirates" a combination of and land
narrative told in the nmtable style which has given the
Peter Kyne stories such strong pull with the reading
public 1t jolly, rollicking and has thrill
and punch.

livered, nevertheless, impersonally. He
closed the pllot-house door furiously
behind him and started for the galley.
Some bright day I'm goln' to git
tired o. hearln' you cuss my proxy"
Mr.. GIbney bawled after him, IAN
when that fatal time arrives I'll scat
ter can o. Klll-Flea over you an the
shippin' world1l know you no more"
"oh, go to--glory. you pig-iron pol
isher," Captain Scraggs tossed back
at him over his shoulder-and honor
was satisfied. In the lee Of the pilot
house Captain Scraggs paused, set his
Infamous old brown derby hat on the
deck and leaped furiously upon II
with both feet. Six times he did this;
then with a blow OF his fist he
knocked the ruin back into SEM
blance Of It's original shape and i'm
mediately felt better.
"If was you, skipper, I'd hold my
temper until | got to port; then I'd
git jlngled an forglt my troubles in
expensively," somebody advised him.
Scraggs turned. In a little square
hatch the head and shoulders of Mr..
Bartholomew McGuffey, chief en-
gineer; first, second and third as
sstant engineer, oller, wiper. water,
tender, and coal-passer Of the Maggie,
appeared. He was standing on the
steel ladder that led up from his
stuffy engine room and had evidently
come up, like whale, for breath of
fresh air. "The way you ruin them
bonnets o. yourn sure Is scandal"
Mr.. McGuffey concluded. "If / had a
temper as nasty as yourn I'd take
soothln sirup or somethin' for It,"
Before proceeding further with this
narrative. due respect for the readers
curiosity directs that we diverge for
a period sufficient to present a brief
history of the steamer Maggie and her
peculiar crew. We will begin with the
Maggie.
back In the eighties. and was one hun
dred and six feet over all, twenty-six
feet beam and seven feet draft.
Driven by little steeple compound
engine, in the pride os her youth she
could make ten knots. However, what
with old age and boiler scale, the best
she could do now was six. and had
Mr.. McGuffey paid the slightest heed
to the limitations imposed upon his
steam gauge by the supervising in
spector of boilers nt San Francisco,
she would have been limited to FIVE.
Each annual inspection threatened to
be her last. and Captain Scraggs, her
sole owner, lived in perpetual fear
that eventually the day must arrive
when. to save the lives OF himself and
his crew, he would be forced TO ship
new boiler and renew the rotten
timbers around her deadwood. She
had come Ipto Captain Scraggs pos
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-12-29
"She'll bump ss cure a.
death an taxes"
GRO BE coNTINUEpJ
"spendthrift Wills Common.


"Spendtbrift Wills" in which the
heir is placed virtually at the mercy
OF the executor. who must watch his
conduct closely to determine whether
the money properly can be turned over
TO him, are common. Monthly pay
ments to heirs are often specified and
provisions made for burials AMI the
erecting Of monuments. Conditions
may be atthched that proposed
church building to which the testator
desires to leave the money must be
built within certain time or the
bequest Is forfeited. Money is placed
In trust for sending children to college
or for, other purposes, and the trust
company must see to II that 1t l.
used for the purposes specified AM
for no others.