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FEARS INCREASE OF DISEASE
New York Physician Sees More Alice ton of the Thyroid Gland as
 Result of the War.

A marked increase in disease of the thyroid gland as a result of the war Is predicted by Dr.. S. P. Beebe of New York in the Medical Record. He bases this prediction on observations in Flu rope and on the fact that many of those who had suffered in the Kishi- neff massacre developed this disease after coming to New York; that their terrible experience in the Triangle Shirt Waist company's fire produced the same trouble in at least three of the sufferers and similar effect was observed after the San Francisco earthquake.
 For hyperthyroidism, as it is called, is known to be an effect of intense emotion, fright, distress, worry and mental and physical exhaustion.
 /"The civil population will suffer from somewhat similar emotional dis turbance," he continues. "The wives, sisters. sweethearts and mothers of the soldiers have had some fOretaste of what is to come, and, unless all previous experience is to be contra dicted, the incidence of hyperthyroid- ism will be markedly increased"
 Doctor Beebe says the sufferers will need special care, and the disease must be recognized and treated at once if the cure is not to be tediously long,
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Life of Man With Respect to Calls.

At first he is child, and is taken to call by his mother, and he "just sits on a chair" But sometimes in that family there is another child-it may be boy child or girl child; and so presently, he finds little playmate. and begins to play, until his mother decides it Is time the call was over, and she takes him home. Then he grows older; he makes calls all by him. self; and so impressed is he (being at the impressionable age) by the satis- faction derived from certain of these calls that he marries the young wom- an, NGod willing, and makes the call permanent. After that, his wife takes him to call and he "just sits on a chair" But it sometimes happens, even as when he was child, that he finds little playmate; and then, when all is well and he has quite forgotten that he is making a call, his wife de cides it is time that the call was over
 And she takes him home.-From the March Atlantic.
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SALE

The Alaska Shop announces a sale on stationery Prices are reduced 10 and 20 per cent. A nice box of writing paper is always an acceptable Christ mas present. k-Mon.
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"seeina" Sound Waves.

Interesting data regarding the visi- bility of sound waves have recently been published in L'Astronomie, in let ters from men at the front. One writer tells of seeing curved lines of light, al ternating with. dark bands, moving swiftly across the sky while heavy cannonading was in progress. A sec ond writer speaks of witnessing se- ries of arcs of light travelling across a cloud d-flecked sky. Scientists attribute these phenomena to sound waves, which originate with the explosions and spread in all directions like en- larging spheres, resulting in successive and alternate belts of rarefed and compressed air, says Popular Mechan- ics Magazine. Under certain atmos. pheric conditions, with the sun in the proper position, portions of these spreading waves become visible in the form of moving arcs of light.
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 No funds have been specifically appro- priated by Congress authorizing the Alaskan Engineering Commission to mine coal in large quantities. The spe- cific appropriation made by Congress for Navy use will be referred to later,
 In 1916 and 1917 a small amount of coal was sold for commercial use in the towns along the line of the rail- road having track connections with the Matanusiia field This was prob ably done without authority In 1918, the sale of coal for commercial pur- poses from the railroad mine then op- erating, was authorized during the period of the war by Presidential proc lamation No. 1497, issued August 27, 1918, reading in part as follows:
 Whereas, it appears that the avail able supply ot coal for domestic and other uses in the Territory of Alaska. is by reason of existing conditions in adequate and insufficient,
 "Now, therefore I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of Am erica, under and by virtue of said statue, do hereby, authorize and di rect the Secretary of the Interior, dur ing the period of existing war, to sell and dispose of surplus coal taken from the mine now being operated by the Alaska Railroad Commission, for sup plying domestic and other local needs in the Territory"
 This authority was further extend ed to November 22, 1922, by Presiden- tial Proclamation No. 1543, dated Nov 22, 1919, and reading in part as fol- lows:
 "Whereas, it appears that the avail able suppliy of coal for domestic and other uses in the Territory of Alaska, and particularly in towns and settle ments upon or near the line of the government railroad in Alaska, is, by reason of existing conditions, made Quate and insufficient, A
 Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of AM erica, under and by virtue of said stat ute, do hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior during the period of three years from the date hereof. to sell and dispose of the surplus coal taken from the mines now being operated by the Alaskan Engineering Commission, for supply ing domestic and other needs in the Territory"
 It should be noted that both author izatiOps were confined to the Terri tory of Alaska and made no provis- ions for the sale of coal for shipment
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SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425,
 L. o. O. M.

will meet every Tuesday night at 500 o'clock. Visiting Brothers Welcome.
 L. V. RAY, Dictator,
 A. H. L. Meyer, Sec'y.
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to Seattle, San Francisco, or other coast points No additional funds ~'e appropriated by Congress, as a result of the issuance of thsee executive or ders, with which to carry out any en- larged program of coal mining by Al askan Engineering Commission forces. Permission was given to sell the coal, but no means were made avainable to meet the market demands for the coal as regards quantity or ocean transpor- tatiOn
 The Interior Department heads were possibly correct in their atti- tude in thus limiting governmental activities, in what should more proR erly be, a commercial field. It is De lieved that the wisdom of their policy has very good opportunity of der hon strating in that there are now several private companies with coal leases in the Matanuska valley, some of which are probably capable of coal prod2c- tion in excess of local or territorial demands. The private leases already acquired in the Matanuska field are 5s follows:
 The Matanuska Coal Compa4y Units ? and 3, 1400 acres.
 The Rawson Mine, Units 4, 12N0 acres !
 The Evans Jones Coal Company, Units 6, 1OSO acres.
 The Navy Alaska Coal Company, Units 10 and II, 144O acres. (Do not confuse with U s. Navy, Government Coal Commission.
 The difficult problem confronting these companies is not so much the one of mining coal but rather that of transportation of coal by water to the other Alaska towns, or Pacific Coast points.
 As this paper is not intended to cover the activities of the private coal mines in the Matanuska Field, no fur ther mention of same need be made here but a brif reference to the op erations of the United States Navy at Chickaloon is desirable before taking up the main subecjt %
 The United States Navy is investi- gating the possibilities of the Chicka- loon district of the Matanuska Coal Fields, by prospecting, coal mining, and development work in Units 8, g, 12, and IA, lying along the Chickaloon River, Kings River, and Coal Creek.
 The work is being performed by the Mining Department of the Alaskan Engineering Commission under the personal direction of the Navy Alaska Coal Commission, headed by Comman- der O. c. Bowling, U. S. Navy, Their operations have been extensive and have been conducted on a board scale looking forward into the future. They have blocked out about 300,000 tons of high-grade bituminous, Navy speci- fication, steaming coal, which amount they soon hope to double by sinking to a lower level At the same time they are endeavoring to block out a
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grade coal on Coal Creek. The devel- opment work on this latter proposi- tion is being done by dimond drillers as well as by horizontal tunneling, along the coal measures. They have mined and stored some coal at Chick aloon, but same has not been made available for sale commercially, nor to the Government Railroad except ir small quantities, for blacksmithing purposes, to save importation from the United States.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That tie firm composed of Cal M Brosius and Jobn Noon, heretofofe existing under the name and tsyle of Brosius g. Noon, in the Town of Seward, Kenai Precinct, Territory of Alaska, is this day dissolved by mutual con sent
 The Said Cal M. Brosius to assume aH outstanding liabilities and collect 'all out%anding debts, the said John Noon withdrawing from the firm -Dated tlis 22nd. day of December 1921; /A<
 \ N CAL M. BROSIUS,
 \G. . JOHN NOON.
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COMMON WiTCHHAZEL
 FINE FOR SORE EYES

It is surprising how quickly eye in tlamation is helped by common witch hazel, camphor, hydrastis, etc, as mixed in Lavoptil1 eye wash One el- derly lady, who had been troubled With chronic eye inflammation for many years, was greatly helped in two days. We guarantee small bottle of Lavop- tik to help ANY CASE of weak, strain. ed or inflamed eyes. Aluminium eve cup FREE.-SEWABD DRUG co.
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GIRLS STATEMENT WILL
 \\ HELP SEWARD

Many women will profit by the fol- lowing statement of one of their sex:
 q was afraid to eat on account of stomach trouble Even rice did not agree. After taking Adler-ika I can eat anything" Adler-i-ka acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel, remov- ing foul matter which poisoned stom- ach. EXCELLENT for gas on the stom ach or sour stomach. Guards against appendicitis. It brings out poisonous mat fr you never thought was in your sustem.-SEWARD DRUG co. m ..
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WHEN IN ANCHORAGE, stop at the Seattle Hotel; Corner Fifth and c. streets. .s
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DEPARTMENT UF THE INTERIOR

DEPARTMENT UF THE INTERIOR Alaskan Engineering Commission Trains leave and arrive at Seward as folloWs:-
 S:3O A. M. Monday and Thursday for Roosevelt, Tunnel, Girdwood and Anchorage. Arrive 3:45 P. M. Wednesday and Saturday. Connections at Anchorage on Tuesday and Friday at 500 A. M. for Mat anuska, Wasilla, Houston, Tal- keetna, Dead Horse, Broad Pass, Mckinley Park, Nenana and Fair banks, Monday and Friday at S:30 A. M for Matanuska, Eska and Chickaloon.
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LIVE Chickens and Turkeys for Sale. Phone Madison IA, Chas Cooper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-16

Q. How can the age Of a pickerel or pike
be told I'D. r. c.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that the
way to determine the age Of a pickerel or
pike is by counting the rings on the scales.
This is the common way in which the age
Of any fish is determined.
O. How many votes did the Black and
Tan party poll in the last election ?-P. L.
A. The Black and Tan Republican party
polled 27,247 votes last November.
Q. What is the inscription on the Con
federate Monument in the Arlington ceme-
A. This Inscription, written by DR.. Ran
ward Not for peace, or for rank. Not 1ured
by ambition. Or goaded by necessity. But
in simple obedience to duty: As they IN u,
derstood 1t. These men suffered-all sacr1-
feed all--Dared all-And died"
Q. Can the characters appearing In car
toons draw be copy rig hted l-B. r; NJ
characters that you originate and which
appear in any series of CARTOONS that you
may draw, may be SopyTignte elee ey s you
substance which forms in copper gasoline
tank in my motor boat?-W. Med.
not considered advisable to use a copper
gasoline tank on motor boat the water
causes coFr ;rnn tan bs subsfitufe for the
8. what is Rudyard Kipling's address
A. 4 recent letter from Ruyard Kipling
gave his address as Bateman's Burwash,
q. Please give me a recipe for chicken
A Melt / tablespoon Of chicken fat, add
Of -four and s stoak Gun
y teaspoon BON salt, 2 tablespoons butter,
mus room 4 cup pimentes. Let it come
TO the boiling point and add egg yolks
which have been beaten slightly. Serve
Q: Who first, used the expression
A. The phrase swinging around the
SON to his trip to Chicago IN 1866 to lay
s sss M boasas f He went ms and
made political speeches In all the large
q. Who is known as the Gospel
A isaiah is known as the great Cos
In the Gospels and because many Of his
prophecies are recorded as fulfilled in
these books Of the Bible.
O. Whens and where was Martina WASH
q. Martha Washington was born in
New Kent County. virginia: May, 1872; The
biographies do not give the day OF the
9. How much peat was mined in the
A. Peat production for 1920 was 1920
short tons.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
journal Information Bureau, FREDERIC
Haskin, Director. Washington. DC This
offer applies strictly to information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal medi-
cal. and financial matters 1t does not at
tempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any CUB
iect- Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct to the
inouirer.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-16

Deflation of labor costs appears to
be going along with deflation of COM
modify prices. without serious dis
turbance. There never was a time
when wise counsel and honest leader
ship meant more to the working man
than now. 1t is never easy to give up
part of what one has or earns no mat
ter by command of what force or au-
thority and it is a difficult thing to
persuade those who are so called upon
that their apparent sacrifice is not a
hardship arbitrarily forced upon them
but rather the inescapable operation
of an economic law. But whether I'M
derstood or not, the effect must be the
same. A shrinkage in value of the
products of labor naturally affects the
value of the labor itself, just as a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-16

gram at a moments notice, and our
author was oppressively mute. At last
somebody became impatient.
oh, do say something" she urged.
The writer faltered, then gurgled
desperately: Have you noticed that
this years pawn tickets are pink"
Two ardent fishermen were sitting
back to back in a boat, and sport be-
ing rather slow, they both fell into a
half 7oze. One overbalanced and went
overheard. As he rose to the surface,
the other loked around.
"Halloa, my friend!" he cried. "Pd
only just missed you. Where have
you been?"
"Only to see If my bait was all
right" answered the drenched one,
coolly.
Carmel Myers, Universal star tells
OF neighbor's child whose education
has been conducted along modern
lines. The other evening she climbed
into her mothers lap and said, do
you love me, mumsy?"
why. of course, darling" replied
the adoring parent.
Then why doesn't your chest go up
and down like the mother in the
movies ?'.
A LECTURER was talking on the drink
question.
NOW, supposing I had a pail of
water and a pail of beer on this plat
form, and then brought on a horse,
which of the two would he take
He'd take the water" came a voice
from the gallery.
"Exactly!' replied the orator. But
why should be take the water?"
Because you'd beat him to the
beer" was the reply.
"Do you know what day this is.
John, dear?" she asked sweetly at the
breakfast table.
Unpleasant recollections of previous
memory lapses flashed thru Johns
mind. He would not be caught this
time.
"Why, of course, my love! How
could L possibly forget that this is
our wedding anniversary" he said,
with gentle reproof.
mo, it isn't. That is three months
ahead" she responded coldly. This
is the day on which you promised
to take the afternoon off from the Of
flee and beat the rugs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-16

Automobile passenger lines are re-
ported to be taking away much bust
ness from the steam railroads in the
NV England states. This sort of
thing is certain to extend to all parts
of the country as the highways be-
come improved, if the railroads con-
tinue to charge existing fares, with
government tax and Pullman bonus
added. Meantime, until auto lines
have been established the public will
do little travelling that is not absolute
II necessary. The Colorado tourist
business already has been 4fard hit
1t costs almost exactly twice as much
as it did five years ago to go to the
mountains. The bulk of the vacation
railroad travelling is now done on
passes and in chair cars. The only
reasonably priced item on a trip is
the dining car service, which is lower
than that charged in many of the
restaurants and hotels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-16
Dorothy Dix TALKS
youthful NTarriages-f.
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds highest Paid Woman writss

A girl of fifteen writes me that she
is very much in love with boy of
seventeen, and that they are plan
ming to elope as their hard hearted
parents refuse to let them be married
in the conventional manner. And she
wants to know II 1 think she will be
happy.
Not a chance of it, my dear! 1t
needs no prophet to foreteu that if you
marry at fifteen you Will be divorced
at twenty, and that just about time
when other girls of your age are hav-
ing their coming-out parties, you will
be crawling in, broken hearted and
ashamed, to the home you are so eager
now to leave.
The only certain thing about Child
marriage is that it is bound to end
in disaster, and bring lifeloRg regrets
to the two poor, silly young creatures,
who gambled with their lives before
they were old enough, and wise
enough, to realize the risks they took,
OF how hazardous is the matrimonial
game, and what skill and finesse it
takes to play whining hand in it.
Of all the foilies that any human
being, male or female. can commit,
none equals the supreme idiocy OF a
very youthful marriage, because it
lacks every single, solitary thing upon
which it is possible to build a house
of happiness, or out of which you can
construct a binding tie between a man
and woman.
: 1t lacks love. 1t lacks money. 1t
lacks congeniality And suita bility. 1t
lacks self-control and experience of
the world. 1t lacks safety of the
pleasures OF youth. 1t lacks the de-
sire to settle down and be about the
business of life that is the real bed
rock of domesticity.
OF course any young girl who thinks
she is in love will scorn me when l
tell her that chicken love is the most
ephemeral thing in the world, and that
like the dew on the rose bud, it van
ishes while We are still looking at it.
Nevertheless, it is true, and because
you like to dance with some boy whose
step matches your own, or you dream
about the way he Sticks his hair back,
or you thrill when he kisses you good
night and holds your hand at the
movies, is no sign you entertain a
deathless affection for him.
So wait until you know what you
want in a man. before you make your
life selection. You don't know what
you are going to be yourself. There
is risk enough in matrimony, heaven
knows, without taking any chances on
yourself
Furthermore, my child, it takes
money to finance a marriage, and no
very young man makes enough in
these days to keep the wolf away
from the door. All of this poetic bum
combe about love being enough and
living on kisses, is piffle. You will
crave three square meals a day after
marriage as much as you do before
marriage, and take the same heart
interest in clothes, and love the crea-
ture comforts just as much.
So will the lad you marry, and when
you can't have them, and the bill col
lector begins hammering on the door,
and you are shabby, and harassed with
debts, you will quarrel, and wish to
heaven you had had enough sense to
stay single until you really had the
price of a marriage license.
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hide in it again. Or, maybe now that
you'ye found out that I'm friend OF
Mrs Denton's, you'd let me cali some
times and then when he wanted to
come you could tell him you had an
..Au riEl1t," she smiled, ''and thank
you ever SO much-you've been too
Not half as good as you've been to
me-"
stood there absentiy a few seconds
after she had slipped noiselessly into
the hall.
He looked up at Mrs. Denton's
house, large and somber in the half
light of the night. then tiptoed around
against her window. The girl next.
door heard the funny "pinking" sound
and went to her window to see what
il could be. She recognized the man
standing below and waited BREATH
lessiy. He threw another pebble.
4eWhat on earth is he doing that
for?" she wondered.
A second later he threw one which
was followed by the light flashed IN
Mrs. Denton's room. and IN another
moment n plump Silhouette advanced
toward the window
"Who is it?" she asked, peering
down into the darkness.
Its Robert" said an exultant voice,
"and I'VE found herl I've found the
girl for metz
you crazy boy. told you you
would. Now go to bed and tell me
about it in the morning"
with a joyful little squeak the girl
next door buried her head in her pill
low.
$50 he feels that way, too" abe
kept saying unbelievingly as she
finally dozed off to sleep.
downright. 1921, by the Mcclure
Naws,,a ner Evndicatel
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charge for a service manifestly be-
about a REDUCED demand for the serv-
ice in question. There are no laws
In nature more memorable in their
working than are the operations of
these economic axioms. The conclu-
sion is logical, therefore. that we can
not have deflation, with absurdly
high prices for either labor or its re-
sultant product. Labor>can derive its
reward only from its own earnings.
That there is apparently no honest ar
gument beyond this point. is proven
by the fact that capital, when it can
not command a fair return. is rapidly
exhausted or promptly leaves the
field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-16
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
BE OUT FOR THE BIG THING.

BE OUT FOR THE BIG THING.
A crowd is made notable by the few
big men and women who are envel-
oped by it. On entering New York
harbor, your first big thrill comes
from the vast skyline of towering
buildings that give to the harbor a
sort OF inspired crown.
And with what wonder is one filled
as he approacheF Pixies Peak in Col
crado, or looks down the walls of the
Grand Canon of the Arizonai
The big thing stands out always,
impressive and inspiring. and seems
to Danish small thoughts and all idea
of small undertakings.
once heard a story told OF @. f.
Swift, the great packer. who-after
they had spent q long time discussing
the small affairs of the church to
which he belonged-would suddenly
exc1aim: well. now that we have
these things out of the way, how
about Foreign Missions?''
His was q dream of big undertake
ings in fertile soil.
Be out for the big things and the
little things will be cleaned up quick
ly and with ease. And besides their
importance viii be SO interlocked with
the big things that their values will
be welded into one. ~
As soon as I learn that my friend
has big qualities I am prepared to
face his small faults and let them
slide, out OF my consideration.
We are each OF US miniature make
ups of an Eterpal Frame. But only