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The Kusko times., 1921-07-20
A Few Minor Notes
 From Ophir Section

Gphir, July 12.-Residents of Ophir and vicinity have just finished building a dam, that turns the course of the Innoko river, which was cutting its banks so rapidly as to endanger most of the buildings of the town.
 Del Thompson has gone over to Moore creek to represent some ground there.
 Smith, Collins x Hard are open-cut- ting on their ground and expect good seasons results.
 Dawson x Keller are busy hydraulic- ing their ground on Moore crock.
 George Twitchell will remove his reindeer herds this fall to the region around Tacotna, where he will be near roads which will enable him to 6ll all orders for venison.
 Pete Carlson and Sam Hounan are about due from Holy Cross with load of supplies for their Ophir store. Dick Mcclure has charge of the store during their absence.
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20
Notice to Pay School Tax.
To All Whom This May Concern:


 In accord with Chapter 29, Session Laws of Alaska, 1919, all male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years. who are not sailors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter Service. volunteer flremeu, paupers or insane persons" are required to pay an annual school Tax of Five Dollars {S5.00).
 Said tax is due and payable after the first Monday in the month of April and shall be paid before the first day of September, providing you are in the Territory of Alaska on said first date: if not, same is due within thirty days after your arrival in Alaska or within ten days after written or oral demand is made upon you by the School Tax Collector. Taxes not paid in accord ance with foregoing dates shall become delinquent. and each person delinq nquent shall be subject to a fine of Two Dol lars (S2 O0).
 All persons, firms and corporations employing abor in Alaska shall fur nish to collectors list of all employ es subject to tax, and employers of labor as above set out are authorized by pro visions of said Act to deduct amount of tax from the wages of each employee who is subject to said tax. If any of said employers above designated shall fail to report and deduct as herein specified within the period designated for payment of said tax, the said em- ployers of. labor shall he guilty of d misdemeanor and subject to a fine of from 5000 to S500.00.
 All persons subject to, and refusing or negiecting to pay, said tax, are sub iect to fine of S25.00, or Imprisonment in jail for period of one month; and all employers of labor as herein set out who neglect or refuse to collect said tax from employees may be proceeded
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20
One Man Is Located:
 Another One Missing

William Alexander left Tolstoi about breakup time for Ophir, and as he did not show up at Ophir his friends be- came uneasy for his safety. From in quiries sent out, Deputy U. s. Marshal McMullen yesterday received word that Alexander had been seen by some of the Ruby jurors at Ruby Hot Springs.
 Another strange case is that of E E. De Vier. Mr. De Vier is chemist who came in over the trail last A pril and, owing to a telegram which has been at the wireless station for some time, it is feared he may have been lost on the trail going to Flat. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mir. De Vier should kindly communicate with the Marshal's office at McGrath
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20
THANKS OF
 THE: JURY
For Killing Man Who Had { Broken Up
 His Home.

Washington, July 19. = For killing Albert J. Byrd, a world war veteran who had confessed to breaking up his home, William E. Goetz today received the thanks of the coroner's jury and was freed from all charges, on tue ground that the act was in self defense. The jury sat at Pleasant, Md, a suburb of this city.
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20
Quickstep and Tana
 Arrive From Bethel

The Quickstep arrived here at o'clock this morning, the Tana coming Tn about two hours later.
 The Quickstep will go to Nixon Forks with the remainder of the Alaska Road Commission and Plume Dredge Companv's freight. while the Tana goes to Berry Landing with a load for the Alaska Treadwell Com pany
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20
Soldier Bonus Bill.

Washington.-The soldier bonus bill was recommitted today to the Finance Committee by the Senate, in conform ity to the request of President Hard ing.
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20

A recent ruling of the Territorial Board of Education provides that each school district must furnish it's own wood This is another matter that will have to be attended to. just a little later on.
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20
Plenty of Fish.

Frank Cioli, who left here some weeks ago for Flat. returned here this morning. He left Flat for Crooked river, hoping to be in time to catch an up-river boat, missing which he made the trip to Bethel and return on the Quickstep. Mr. CioLi reports fish in abundance all along the river. Fred ericks at Georgetown. caught over four thousand in three days, mostly ,chums, or dog salmon
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20

Victor Nystrom left yesterday after noon on the launch Shamrock for Berry Landing, having as a passenger Bob Robinson, who will continue on up river for about seventy.a se miles on 8 prospecting tour.
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20

against and shall pay the amount of each individual tax, and further pen atty of S25.00 for each said tax. Tax receipts will be furnished by the tax collectors.
 Dated at McGrath, Alaska, this 12th day of July, 1921.
 w. T. NANDERPoOL, Duly authorized and qualified
 Alaska Territorial School Tax
 Collector for McGrath School
 District.
The Kusko times., 1921-07-20

Robbie Lowrey left Tacotna a few days ago for lditarod, accompanied by Tom Jasper and Charles Standford.
Evening star., 1921-03-13
Island of zap, Now in the Limelight,
Inhabited by 1000 Care-Free Malays

The Japanese have been inclined to
ignore any such understanding and the
British apparently are following suit.
From the point of view of naval
strategy, it has been a source of re-
gret in some quarters that the Ger
disposed of SO cavalierly at the peace
conference. Particularly in view of
the fact that the United States has
not joined the league of nations.
These islands, zap included, it is
argued. may be used as submarine
bases in the event of war between
the United States and any other naval
power, or as bases for other forms of
attack upon the Philippines and
Guam.
The American point of view is that
the United States had not a little in
terest in these islands; that the in
terest was that of one Of the allied
and associated nations in the war,
and that this interest has not been
abrogated merely because the other
nations have formed themselves into
a league. Apparently. the issue brings
the United States into controversy
with the league itself, not to mention
Japan, which actually has physical
Of the Island Of Yap The
United States is not asking possession
Of the island. it is asking its inter-
as cable and radio
center.
But to get back to zap itself: Be-
fore this issue arose it is doubtful
II more than a few hundreds of
knew of the existence of
this island, or, at least, remembered
its existence. The island is rocky,
covering some seventy
nine square miles. 1t is covered with
groves Of bamboo, cocoanut and
areca palms. The Germans bought
the island, along with others. from
Spain. It has a population of about |
1000. Before the war Yap was the |
center for the west
ern Carolines. the Pelew and the
LAdrone islands. It's owners, the
Germans, had made plans to locate |
4 wireless station there. They were
prevented when Australian troops
captured the island in october. 1914.
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New Administration Has Gotten Off
to a Good Start in Public's Esteem

scores they have been meeting him
are free in prophecies that he will
make much the type of President as
William Mckinley. Also. that he will
build up a personal following as de-
voted as RooseveIt's, although he is
different in a way from that well be-
loved character. He has a cordiality
not so-shall it be said d?-robust as
Roosevelts, but making up in sim
certify for exuberance Of demonstra-
tion. Not that T. r was insincere, by
any means; if he didn't like you, you
knew it.
Men who have been in touch with
the President for a week say that he
BIDS fair to be cautious promiser,
but faithful fulfilIer.
Constant visitors to the White House
during the past week are sensible of
a return of the atmosphere which pre-
vailed there in times of Mckinley,
Roosevelt and Taft. The psychology
ical effect of throwing open the
grounds and a part Of the mansion
was instantly observable and COM
mented upon by every one. The place
has been thronged all day every day
by plain American citizens who SEEM
ed to take unusual delight merely in
setting foot in the premises. The
crowd OF Easter tourists, usual at this
season, focked to the mansion and
spent hours in the east room and the
corridors thrown open for their in
spection. or stood around the grounds
watching the great and the near
great as they approached and de-
parted.
The White House Offices. OF course,
were packed as individuals and dele
cations. upon all sorts Of missions
bent. hastened in to seek an audience
with the President of the United
States. Except in the case of cabinet
officers and leaders constituting the
high command in Congress. this hear
ing is obtained by appointment,
through consultation with Secretary
George B. Christian. jr. who is prob
ably the busiest unit in tho entire new
administration. when 1t comes to mul-
tifsriousness Of things he has to keep
In his head.
He and Rudolph Forster engineer
the visitors into the presence" and
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with smile which seems to say
Must you go SO soon?
But while you were talking with
the President you received the i'm
preston from him first that he was
glad to meet you, and that the busi-
ness you had in hand was at the
moment the most important he had
under consideration. Which is very
fine art. as will be admitted.
~ ~
President Harding held his first
cabinet meeting Tuesday, lasting al
most three hours. 1t was afterward
described as meeting of happy
and resolute men"-those very words.
Elaborated, the description went on
to tell Of what was talked about
and the determination which was
reached. Each member of the cab
met described the burning questions
of administration which confronted
him in his department and told of
his plans for settling them. There
was the War Department.. for in
explained. there were innumerable
important questions growing out Of
the aftermath of the war. which he
proposed to tackle at once. Vice
President Coolidge sat in this meet
ing. thereby instituting a precedent.
50 X
There has been considerable discus.
sion of the practical benefits Of the
Vice President attending cabinet
meetings. The innovation is only on
trial thus far. The principal benefit
which is expected to be derived from
the plan is to constitute the Vice
President practically a liaison officer
between the cabinet and the Senate.
The Vice President could tell the
President and the cabinet the state Of
feeling in the Senate upon any admin
istration measure pending in that
body. He can also give the senator's
accurate and first-hand impressions
of the way the President and the ad-
feel about legislation and
the Importance which they place upon
1t. Some senators fear that jealousy
may be aroused by the added impor-
tance thus lent to the Vice Presidents
ONCE. but the best Judgment is that
this will disappear with the tactful
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ernment of this country has been
considerably aroused.
X x X X
The situation is ticklish. During the
discussion of the disposition of the
German islands in the Pacific, when
the peace treaty of Versailles was up
for consideration, former President
Wilson made verbal reservation re-
garding the Island OF Yap. There was
nothing set down in black and white,
however. regarding this reservation.
Evening star., 1921-03-13
BY \. O. MESSENGER.

ToR more than week. now, the
H new administration has been
functioning and the public
had opportunity to register re-
action through the lens of critical
observation of it's acts. One sensing
the public pronouncement could with
justice only feel that the Judgment
In favorable. The administrator is
starting out ION the right foot" and
the glad hand of approval is being
extended it. certainly in Washing
ton. and. according to press
comments. in the country at large.
The psychology of the situation
seems to be favorable to the admin
istration.
The psychology shows the country
apparently divines that the new gov
. ernment," IL that word can be used as
a synonym for the administration. is
= working outfit. intent upon busi-
ness. In England the ministry con-
sututes the government. centered in
tho premier. it has been said. In
America II Is preferable to refer to
the President with his cabinet. as
forming the government. with Con-
gress. when it is In session and un-
der domination Of the party in pow
or. . constituent part
President Harding. in the estima-
ton Of public men, who have dis
cussed the incident. made his first
happy stroke when. on the day Of
his Inauguration and before leaving
the Capitol. he appeared in person
with his cabinet nominations, pre-
sented them TO the Senate and had
them confirmed offhand. 1t was an
act peculiarly agreeable to the Sem
ate and established at once an Of
Acial fellowship between the Senate
and the executive superimposed upon
the comradeship which already exist
"a by reason of his service in that
body.
One member of the cabinet. the
Secretary Of tho Treasury, showed his
thirst for work by being sworn into
once tho Same afternoon he was con-
drmsd By the Senate.
Public men who have come IN con-
tact with President Harding-and by
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| Yap. as 1t exists today, is a strange
conglomeration of the old and the
| new. For instance, its inhabitants
have not yet passed the stone age
in some respects. They use stone
money and copra is almost the only
export. On the other hand, prohi-
bition holds sway on the island. This
was introduced by the Germans. An
other practice which may be con-
sidered ultra-modern is the treat
ment Of children. They belong to
| the community. They frequently are
adopted or exchanged, and they
throw Off control by their parents
at an early age. There are clubs
composed of bachelors. to WHICH
women are not admitted. The people
lead an easy life. since food, drink
and clothes all grow on trees and
any one can secure them. .,-.
4 x x
Yap has sometimes been called the
country Of stone money. A single
coin. if it is a valuable one. weighs
hundreds of pounds. The large money
Of the islands consists of huge disks
resembling millstones. They are
made of limestone and come from
Babelthuap, 400 miles to the south
Of Yap. One of these disks, four
feet in diameter, may be considered
to be worth 10000 cocoanuts. The
small money of the islands is made
Of shells, which the natives carry
strung on fiber. The cocoanut is
the common standard of exchange
for external trade. y.-,.,,
In one way the large stone money
is an advantage. Banks are not nec-
essary. A rich Yap is not even forced
to house all his money in his dwell-
ing. He lets it be known that a par
piece of money-weighing per-
haps half TOMS owned by him.
No one steals it. The people set great
store by this unusuas &orm of wealth,
however, and when the Germans de-
sired to have the roads in the island
repaired and could find no easy way
Of compelling the natives to put in
the work on the roads. they devised q
plan for taxing some of these lime
stone pieces of currency. Then the
roads were soon repaired. :
The name Zap. or Uap. means IT,
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it is part of their game tactfully
maybe. This is the way they do it:
You enter and find a group or an
individual talking to the President.
The secretary knows what it's about,
and If the interview is prolonged
you find yourself gently urged
forward, displacing the other, who
takes the hint and retires. By the
same token, unless you speak briefly
and to the point you find some one
else treading on your heels and an
eager hand reaching out beyond you
for the Presidents. SO. almost in
sensibly you respond to an undertow
which carries you toward the door,
where another official lifts you along
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chances of success in securing adoption of
organization legislation and a consequent
form throughout the entire federal service will
be Infinitely greater.
X X X X
To illustrates: There is now before Congress
the Jones -Reavis bill. which provides for the
creation of department of public works This
bill was urged by the engineering interests Of
the country. 1t provides for the creation of
such department by Transforming the present
Department of the Interior into a department
of public works. To accomplish this the bill
provides for the transfer of the non-engineerng
services of the Department of the Interior to
other departments Under it the bureau OF ed
ncation would go to the Department of Labor
1t calls for the attachment of the bureau of
standards to the proposed depa rtment of public
works. Stress has been laid at the conferences
of administration advisers that in formulating
this bill the engineering interests considered
merely their own proposition and had
Germ about other agencies of the government
the non-engineering services.
AS matter of fact both the bureau of ed.
ucation and the bureau of standards, under the
plan of reorganization contemplated by the ad-
min1stration leaders, would go into a depart
ment of education and science, while there is
some little doubt whether there will be any
Department of Labor
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BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
XX IHAT is the new administra-
NN/ tion going to do about the
v " Island of zap? That tiny
spot in the far reaches OF
the Pacific ocean is looming on the
horizon as serious difficulty between
the United States and the league of
nations, not to mention Japan. The
Wilson administration protested with
no little vigor against allowing Japan
to settle down in this island, a cable
center, and a link in the cable con-
nections between the United States
and the far east. 1t is believed that
President Harding and his Secretary
of State, Mr.. Hughes. will take as
firm a stand in the matter as their
predecessors.
the Western Caroline Islands, is stu
ated about 500 miles southwest of
Guam and 500 miles east of the
Island of Mindanao of the Philippine
group. Before the war it belonged,
with q lot of other islands, to the
German empire. Under a secret treaty
between the allied nations, before the
United States entered the war, the
German islands in the Pacific were to
be divided between Japan. Australia
and New Zealand.
The United States was no factor in
this agreement. and protested vigor-
ously that none Of the secret treaties
made prior, to the entrance OF this
country into the world conflict was
to be held in effect. when the United
States turned the scales in favor of
the allies. So this treaty between
Great Britain and Japan was not en-
forced per Sc. But the same results
were obtained by the other parties
interested through the issue of man
dates under the league Of nations.
Japan has been given the mandates
over tho former German islands in
tho Pacific north Of the equator. and
Great Britain's colonies the mandates
over tho islands to the south Of the
equator. AS these islands form a
kind Of screen between tho. United
States ana it's possessions. the Philip
pines. not to mention the east. with
It's great trade possibilities. the gov
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The first canon rule Of reorganization.
as counseled by the administration advisers. is
to make all departments unifunctional They
are agreed that the problem should be consid-
cred from the viewpoint Of regrouping all the
services of the government IN accordance with
some general plan rather than from that of
particular class Of services. The drive that has
been made to the knowledge of all members
of Congress. for a department of public health.
department of public works and department
of education and science, are examples Of the
patchwork reorganization urged by special in
terests. distinguished from the thorough and
complete reorganization planned by the new ad-
ministration-but which will include these les
ser consultations of services as they best fit
in with the general scheme.
The policy of the Harding administration is
to establish the advantages that are going to
accrue to the government in distinction from
those that will be conferred upon the persons
outside of the government who are interested
in the particular activity-and with this policy
kept steadily in mind they feel certain the
Evening star., 1921-03-13

n. NEWTON CRANE,
The first American to become a kings
counsel. At hrst 1t was thought that
Judah r. BENJAMIN, who WINS JefIer.
SON Davis attorney journal, was the
Arst, but It was found that Benjamin's
parents were English and that he had
been born in British possessions.
Therefore ME-. Crane has the uniuue
distinction of being both an An,erican
cltiIcn ynd X. e.
Evening star., 1921-03-13

partment of Agriculture, the United States
geological survey. the coast and geodetic sur
vey, the bureau Of mines. and the like. The
idea is that the new department should include
those services that have this in common--that
their prime function is the acquisition and DIFF
fusion of knowledge among mankind, and that
they have function of administering body
of substantive law. They thus in case
parts of the governmental machinery for the
administration Of any body of law. like the
land Office, administering the land laws; the
patent Office. the patent laws. etc. They ar"
research institutions. pure and simple
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Now for hurried glance at how the uni
functional grouping contemplated by the ad-
ministration would apply to various existing
departments and services:
The State Department would have nothing
to do but attend to international afafrs-both
political and commercial. Most of our inter-
national affairs in normal times have to do with
commercial questions. The reorganization con-
templates turning over to the State Department
the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce
from the Department Of Commerce This
should end clash of jurisdiction and authority
that has existed for many years.
The department of national defense, to
which President Harding is already pledged,
and aeronautics, would deal with matters of
national defense and nothing else. Those
who drafting the reorganization schedule
have been urged that the War and Navy de-
partments should be stripped of all non-miIi-
tary duties. such as public works. surveying
the great lakes. operating the National OBJ
servatory, trying to administer the parks and
grounds in the National Capital, etc.
The department of finance should have
nothing to do but handle financial matters.
1t has been agreed that when the secretary
of department, like the Secretary of the
Treasury, for example. has to concern him
self not merely with finance, but with public
health, public buildings. risk insurance,
supervising architect coast guard and num-
Der of other matters that do not relate directly
to his financial responsibilities he cannot per-
form his duties general administrator as
effectively he could had he to concern him
self with only single class of closely related
duties.