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The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-24
ALASKA TRADE WITHP PORTLAND
 IN YEARS GONE;

John D. Guthrie, with the forest service at Portland in a communica- ton to the Portland Journal, has the ! following to say about former busi- ness relations between Portland and
 Alaska;
 As a resident of Portland who . spent some two months in Alaska . in the summer of 1920, I was i'm pressed with the fact that one heard 1 little of Portland in Alaska, and not much of Alaska in Portland. Colonel |. Mears, in his recent lecture on Alas ka at the Chamber of Commerce, |
 touched on the important point of the possibility of Portland's establishing
 trade relations with Alaska.
 was more impressed a few days ago with Portland's opportunity along | this line when I had the opportunity l of reading copy of the Alaskan, a ! weekly newspaper formerly published | at Sitka, Alaska. The issue was that for February 26, 1887, and was a modest 4-page sheet, well-edited, sell !
 ing for 10 cents a copy. The really | interesting thing about this little | sheet was the information it con-
 tained to show that apparently 34 years ago Portland was pretty well l known in Alaska and had consider i able direct commercial relations with the Far North. This issue of Febru- ary 26, 1887, carries several ads of Portlands business houses, such as Olds & King, dealers in staple and | fancy dry goods; Woodward & | Clarke, Wholesale and retail drug gists," and Corbott & Macleay, l wholesale grocers." What was more ! important was that the Alaskan car ried on it's front Dage standard in-i structions on How to Reach Alas | ka," giving list of steamers, pas sengcr rates. fof both cabin and | ate"ra~c, end PC.tI0nd appears as | one of the important ports for Alas | kan sailings, along with San Fran 1 cisco. Port Townsend, Wash, and
 Victoria. B. C., Seattle not being ! mentionedD. The Alaska mail left | from Portland early in each month on the good ship Idaho, Captain James Carroll commander, and regula' ''-Hs { were made at Alaska ports of Wran- gel, Juneau, KiIlisnoO and Sitka, | while the Idaho also touched at such | settlements as Tongass, Naha and | Kassan. The cabin fare from Port land to Sitka was $60, steerage $35. ! Sitka was then the capital of the i territory, and A. P. Swineford was governor, James G. Brady 0ater gov ernor) was United States commits !, sioner at Sitka, and Sheldon Jack | son, who later successfully intrO- | duced reindeer from Siberia into Alaska, was then United States edu- cational agent.
 Judging from the advertisements in the Alaskan of that date, Sitka must l have been a moderately dry town. for
 MT. Berry of the Mayflower billiard | hall keeps constantly on hand the
 best brands of cigars the market af-
 lords and the most excellent quality 1 of mild refreshments" though Abra- i ham Cohen of the Stka brewery | says in his advertisement that pure 1 beer made and on sale at wholesale, l expressly and exclusively for medical, i mechanical and scientific purposes!"
 With Portlands successful efforts toward becoming a world port it | would seem wise for her not to over- look Alaska's increasingly important i
The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-24
SHRINERS TO DEDICATE
 TEMPLE IN MONTANA

HELENA, March A (by Associated Press). - Dedication of the new Shrine temple here has been set for April 8. Shriners from many states are expected to attend the ceremon- ies. The temple cost $250,OOO.
 Cordova Jazz Orchestra dance at Eagle Hall Saturday night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
End of NOn- Intercourse With Russia.
(New York Post.


 Agreement between representatives of the Amer ican Relief Administration and of the Soviet Gov .ernment regarding arrangements for famine relief marks the end of the period of nonintercourse with Russia The purchase of supplies has already begun and the entry of the first American relief agents to assure impartial distribution will inaugurate new policy in world relations with the Soviet Republic
 Some of the effects of this policy not difficult to foresee. It not only that people outside Russia will have to the actual facts in the long discussed of ''the truth about Russia, which is already pretty well known, but also that people inside Russia will begin to get the truth about the of the world from which they been shut of. Russians have been subjected to inten- sive propaganda about the vicious nature and inten tions of the "captalstic nations" The significant fact which stands out in connection with the relief plans Is that, despite economic and political differ ences the people of the .'capalisc nations stand ready to render aid to people starving under com munstic administration. s3 The Soviet Government has feared political activ-
 es directed against the Bolshevist control of Rus sia on the part of American relief agents Such tyites, in connection with nonpartisan undertak- ing of relief for children and women and nvalids which might be thus endangered, would be inex- cusable and they highly unlikely The real ques ton Is what will be the influence of the under standing of conditions both sides which suit from the contracts and cooperation made sary by the famine relief agreement. From this between the principles and intentions of the social order under which live and the order which 1t has been sought to establish in Russia the country has nothing to fear
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
FORMER SOURDOUGH MAY BE IN LIME
 LIGHT AGAIN

The Associated Press tells that the Democrats
 intend to make a strenuous fight next year to regain Ohio It is said that Chairman George White of the Democratic National Committee may resign and make the race for Governor of that State Ohio politics are always interesting They will be particularly in teresting to the people of the North if Mir White should become candidate for Governor, for he was one of those who mastered the Trail of '98" and reached Dawson just in time to be of the che chakos' who staked Gold Hill He made a fortune there after devoting three years to the mining game ana returned to the East to multiply his $75 0OO hundred fold in the oil business He has represen the Marietta Ohio, district in Congress three times and was twice defeated for Congress in the same dis trct It is one of his very often expressed purposes to return to Alaska and Yukon Territory to go over again the ground he covered when in his twenties ne laid the foundation for his wealth and career.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
PARALYTIC STROKE
 CLAIMS OLD TIMER
Steward GateWay.)

Steward Gateway
 H. P. Salisbury. better known with the old timers of Seward and Kenai Peninsula as Hank" passed away Sunday morning last from a paralytic stroke, in his room in the Sexton Hotel. When it became known among his friends that Hank was dead, it was shock that they could hardly realize, as he was ap- parently in the best of health, up to five o'clock on Saturday evening not complaining of sickness and working right up to the last minute.
 MT. Salisbury arrived in Seward from Nome about 1912 and became interested in mining property at Moose Pass, where. he worked and represented his property with his partner A. A. Hein. up to this year, He has a sister and brother in Ohio, and also relations in Portland, Ore gon, and is a member of the K. of P. of that city
 His body will be shipped to Cleve- land, Ohio. by request of his sister, as soon as proper arrangements can be made.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
THERE YOU HAVE IT.

A We always suspected it but know it for We have the judgment of the worlds greatest expert. The women of America the thoroughbreds of the world! They better clothes better than any other women and they carry themselves the of earth Here is what Joseph the famous fashion expert, the who says American women no longer permit Paris fashions to control them when they think they look better in something else. whose answer to several Paris in favor of longer skirts was shortening of the already short ones of the rulers of America:
 The thing that makes American
 proudest of his country while in Paris, is the
 fact that the American stand head
 and shoulders above the women of any other
 race or country in grace carriage and poise
 They the best dressed women in the
 world Clean cut and slender. with fashions
 that they have gradually forced to a note
 Of common sense, without any sacrifice of
 beauty of line design, they are the thor
 oughbreds of the world when it comes to
 wearing clothes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
FAMOUS WASHINGTON PIONEER DIES

One of the notable pioneers of the Northwest passed away the other day when Dr. Nathaniel D. Hill of Port Townsend died at the ripe of 97 Not only had Dr. Hill lived for nearly seventy years in Washington Territory and State but he prom inent in the affairs of the Northwest for than half, century. He to Puget Sound in 1852 and located Whidby Island. He appointed Indian Agent by President Franklin Pierce in 1853. After serving in that capacity throughout the Administra- tions of Pierce and Buchanan he engaged in farming and the practice of medicine. He Indian Agent during the Indian Wars of 1855 and 1856 in Wash ington Territory, and was influential in aiding in suppressing the uprsngs few of the settlers on Whidby Island killed, but Dr. Hill, perhaps more than any other person, prevented the Indians of the west side of Puget Sound from joining those of the White River section and Eastern Washington in active warfare against the whites In 1867. Dr. Hill moved to Port Townsend where he resided the remainder of his life. He quit the practice of medi cine shortly after his arrival there and entered the drug business in which he joined by two as they became old enough to engage in business. Dr. Hill served many terms City Councilman. County Commissioner and as member of the Terri toral Legislature When he died he was the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States both to personal age and as to length of membership. He had been a member of the order for about seventyfve years and he had been Mason for half century. For several years he has been styled throughout the United States "The Grand Old Man Of Odd Fellowship"
 Dr. Hill of the highest character and lived wholesome and clean life. His popularity tended throughout his State, and when he died the Governor of the State and many. other high officials and prominent pioneers and business from all sections of the Northwest attended the funeral. s
 Notwithstanding his advanced age, he in ex- cellent health and active in usiness until about one ear ago, and, apparently young he 37 years ago when he was last elected to the Territorial Leg islature. At that time his opponents only criticism was that Dr. Hill too old to the public we'll as lawmaker He survived his younger oppon- ent by i've years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Future of Nenana.
(Nenana News. ]

Five years ago, within few weeks after Nenans had been founded by the Alaska Engineering Com mission, Commissioner ThOs. Riggs said a represen tatve of The News regarding the future the town that "Nenana will flourish development fourishes Every camp discovered below Nenana will add fits quota to the prosperity of the town and il will become the distributing center for the whole Yukon basin, from Ruby to Circle.
 T should hate to ill-advised boom strike the town" the commissioner continued. What would like to is steady growth which will keep track with but not exceed the local demands. That Nenana will for few years carry the heaviest pay roll this side of the Alaska be denied but with the completion of the trunk line 1t will take it's proper place permanently prosperous It, tie town. As a division point it will always be important"
 Asked what he thought would be the permanent population of Nenana after the completion of the rail road. Commissioner Riggs said: 'I should judge be- tween 1000 and 15O0 people unless coal briquettng and powderng works established in the town in- stead of in the coal fields. The payroll will be steady and anyone with job will be of his pay n- veOp every month. Such the Ignite coal of the Nenana fields prove to be the coming fuel Interior Alaska there should be distributing bunkers along the waterfront In any event, coal will be handled at Nenana for. if necessary. coal be brought from he farther away Matanuska fields At present all in- iications point to steadily increasing demcnd from he Nenaan fields"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

the longest in history Is that between the United States and Canada. It also is probably the least no ticeable
 The fact that the people are erecting arches bear ing fraternal and goodwill legends rather than forts along this imaginary line between these two coun tries, and the further fact that for considerably than 100 years hostile have not crossed the line at any place. should be very impressive to the dele gates to the peace conference that will al Washington in November. It is concrete demon straton that it is possible for peoples to dwell earth under different national ensigns in and goodwill when those each side of the line will ing to do right and only ask justice.
 If the international principles that actuate Amer jeans and Canadians prevail at the Washington con ference there need be apprehension to the re suits there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Conditions Outside.
(Anchorage Times. ]

Anchorage TimeS.)
 With reports from authentic sources that cities of 900 in the states have practically dispensed with picture shows because the people have money with which to purchase tickets and bread lines grow ing in length all the country it would be well for many who contemplate trip outside this winter to give it second consideration.
 Many has laid up nice little nest egg in the vicinity of Anchorage and 1t would be the height of business folly to spend it outside when there many things incubating that will prove highly remunerative small investors. It is true that change of scene and conditions appeals to every and woman, and is necessary to bring content tment, but there times when they may be foregone because of the necessity for striking the iron while it is hot. The man who succeeds best is tho one who has few dollars when the opportune time arrives, and those who husband their savings and watch events will be the who succeed best in Alaska Gold strikes being made that in the course of time will open the way for greater pros perity There will be chance for lessors to secure a block of profitable ground, well additional finds that will justify in locating quartz claims. These things have made many communities and will make Anchorage greater and richer city. It is the man with the few hundred dollars safe in the bank who will be able to avail himself of these opportun ties. Many has failed for the want of suffi- cient money to get in good thing at the be- ginning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
lf IL FjtS--

f It Fits-- If a man is wise he will listen to reason, but who is wise? Besid es the fools are r~aking so much noise 1t is pretty hard to hear her any. way.
 The young man who thinks he must have girl with a pretty face, lustrous eyes. the kind of hair the poets rave about and a stunning fig. ure can dispense with all those q',ali. fications if she has a sweet temper. (Sweet is not used sarcastically.)
 Praise often goes to the head. but self-praise comes from an empty head.
 The short skirts at least have re. vealed the fact there are a lot of girls who never will be in danger of arrest for not having visible means of support.
 The only labor problem that wor. ries some people is how to get by without labor.
 Some men find the expense of mar riage is the high cost of accessories otherwise known as their wives re. latiOns.
 A man has no trouble in keeping his good qualities secret. but the neighbor women see to it that all his faults get plenty of publicity
 A neglected kid enjoying hims ,lf in the gutter is not half so pathetic sight to us as to see a pamper ,d poodle being given an airing in $10.000 limousine.
 It is lucky, when you come to think about it, that people do not al. LOOK alike. What a sweet old time some families would have if they did.
 We are told that any organ of the body that is no longer used will wither up and become useless. If that's true how empty must be the skulls of some of these people who never use their brains.
 Usually the fellow who takes a flyer in the stock market reaches terra firma again via the nose dire"
 Any wife can tell you that all hus- | bands are like old Dobbin. The only way you can keep them going is to keep the whip over them all the time
 2 With most people their loft hand |
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
1t Does Look That Way

You say you loved the man de- votedly?" sternly asked the Judge.
 "Of course did" answered the fair prisoner.
 Then for heavens sake, why did you shoot him?" demanded the Judge.
 Well, Your Honor you see I was crazy to get into the movies and l understood from reading the papers that was the only way girl with out any talents for acting could get job with the producers" replied the girl.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
We Are on Our Way

Here is an item taken from Twenty Years Ago" in an exchange
 Great wave of dress reform started at Chautauqua by Mrs. Frank Stuart Parker, of Chicago, and it is to include skirts, corsets. garters and all the other accouterments.
 Well, we'll say the reform ha., made quite some progress in the last 20 years. Skirts have been reduced to the irreducible minimum, corsets to pretty close to zero and garters-- well. you know they don't need them things at all with roll-down stock ings. AS for the other accouterments we thing they must have dispensed with them altogether. too. for they don't seem to have any of 'em, what ever they were.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
AN IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE.

The erection of an arch across the International Boundary Line between the State of Washington and me province Of British Columbia very appro- prate thing and that it erected to commemorate . century of peace between the two countries makes it very complimentary to the peoples concerned The longest international boundary line in the world ana
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

Staistictans have discovered that there three times many births and twice many marriages in France there before the If France keeps this up a few decades she will more than repair the of the ravages The great est loss of the war speaking in economic sense as well as humanitarian, the sacrifice of human life
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
A Good Scout I doff my straw" To Oswald Boomer; He always has
 A sense of humor.
How Does He Get That Way7

How Does He Get That Way7
 Says Adam Breede: "A Woman always is an interesting listener" ." Adam. Adam. why did you have to get off something like that? If you have found something that will make you dream such sweet dreams for the love of Mike let the rest of us in on it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

Boshevists up a Government in Russia that was to be example to unregenerate world. Its principles to spread until they conquered the earth. After four years of Bolshevism the unregen- crate world Is feeding the starving citizens the model country
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
You May Be Right at That

YOU way be Ht0ht at hat
 (Newark (Ohio) .AdvocateJ In the days of the horse and buggy it was safe for man, to drive with one hand. for the horse had sense but the young fellow who attempts to drive his machine with one hand should remember an automobile has no more sense than he has.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. Comparing the two in our thought full way, we now and then see a ma chine that looks like it had little more.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
No Wear To Them

"It is better to wear out than to rust out" remarked Bolt
 Maybe" replied Mutt, but these dodgasted tires on my old bus blow out before I can get any wear out of 'em.'
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

Dixieland, the Wild and Wooly West and Yankee land mean nothing-or all mean the thing in this day and age Even Massachusetts peace off having their troubles with lynchers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

Robert l.. Stewart. old time Alas kan, and Theresa H. Edblad, were recently married at Hyder.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

Fancy Elberta Peaches, $1.25 per box-special for Friday and Satur. day. Sanitary Grocery, Phone S5.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
A ALUNI1S e NItS!F VECUVK
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Worse Thjnus Than Death

Worse Things Than Death Every Captain of a ship loves his life, N though he may long for his re- ward He knows 'tis better to be a dead hero Than to live and be called coward.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
News of the Names cIub

NSWo VI tttC INdITISS OIUU
 We'll say she must have been hun. gry when she did it. but anyway Etta Coon lives at Red Cloud, Neb
 We suppose the horses at West AL lis, Wis, never will lack for food and bedding so long as Henry Hay and Bert Straw live there.
 There's nothing in name accord ing to Bent Twist, of Little Falls Minn., who declares even If his name sounds that way. he's neither bent nor twisted, as he never has had rheumatism.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

Henry Berry, dealer in Curios. Ivory Beads a speciality, 165 Front Street. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Fool Questlon 71,106

R. T. asks what kind of clothes dressed lumber puts on.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Daily Sentence Sermon

Don't be too liberal with your ad- vice; keep most of it for your own consumption.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Out of Luck

He takes many drop, 'ii But it's surely strange, thiuk The elevator man
 Never gets drop to drink
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Signs ls Sions

Signs Is Signs
 A Cincinnati man saw this sign in a restaurant in St. Louis:
 Beef and Pork Dentalions
 We have had some restaurant ten derloins that called for dental work afterward and that made us roar like a lion, if that is what is meant.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

l Observations of Oldest lnhabitant I kin remember when rock and rye
 was considered mighty good rem
 edy for coughs by even the best of Temperance people. s'
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Here's Hoping Edna Makes It
Pleasant For Him

PTea6ant For HIm uudwig Cor Clarksville (Ark.)
 rald-Democrat.) MT. Elum will leave tomorrow fo Edna to make his future home.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08

not only knows what their right hand is doing, but it shouts the informa tion from the house tops.
 As between seeing a girl powder her nose on the street car and seeing man picking his teeth, we prefer watching the girl. In fact it always is more interesting to watch the girls no matter what they are doing
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-08
Goldsmith Modernized

Goldsmith Modernized
 When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray
 She does not take to melancholy But gets gun and bangs away. HI. D.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-23
EVENING PUBLIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w

Philadelphia by his splendid. impersona
tion Of the part Of the High Priest; as
he has every qualification for the role
physique. stage presence and voice; Mr.
Ianelli also made an excellent Amo-
nasro. both vocally and dramatically.
The minor parts were all well done.
The stage settings were all up to the
Metropolitan standard. and the gigantic
ensemble in the scene before the gates
of Thebes. which closes the second act,
probably the greatest thing OF It's kind
In the literature Of the opera, was mag
nificent, both musically and as stage
picture. J