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II number OF Otner depart
ments." says Secretary
Meredith, has very definite respon-
sibilities in connection with ALASKAN
development. 1t is endeavoring, for
example, to increase the production Of
crops and live stock; it has experts in
the field investigating the possibility
Of building up the reindeer herds into
an important source Of meat supply;
it is giving attention to the perpetu-
alton Of the fur industry. But it's
chief responsibility at the present
time is in connection with the admin
istration of the national forests Of
Alaska.
The location of pulp mills in these
forests would aid greatly in solving
the problem of our future supplies of
news print. Under regulated use the
Tongass national forest alone can
probably produce forever 100000
tons of news print yearly. along with
ample quantities of timber for local
purposes. BY far the most valuable
timber in Alaska is that which
fringes it's western seaboard. the
northward extension of the coast for
ests of Washington and British Co
lumbia. Practically all this coastal
area is owned by the government. 1t
is under national forest administra-
ton. and timber from it is already
playing an important part in the in
dustrial development of the territory
Every sawmill on the coast from
ketchikan to Seward obtains it's sup
ply from the national forests. These
mills furnish nearly all the timber
used in the region. and forest admin
istration is intimately related to
every form of industry and to
every community in the coastal area
Because of this relation a peculiar
responsibility rests on the forest serv-
ice in Alaska. To fulfill it effectively
under system of long-range admin
istration is impossible. The public re-
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Reindeer Meat and Paper
From the Alaskan Forests

sources in Alaska can be properly
managed only by lodging authority in
men on the ground to act without
waiting to consult distant superiors
and the forest service has consistently
followed this policy. There is close
co cooperation between the forest serv-
ice and the territorial government.
and the animating purpose of the for
est officers is to make the forests
serve the welfare of Alaska.
THE greatest need of Alaska is for
the investment of capital in enter
prises for the development Of re-
sources which can be developed in no
other way. The pulp wood supplies of
the coast forests offer the best i'm
mediate opening for capital. To the
task of securing their utilization on
large scale. the energies Of the for
est service are now being directed.
with every promise of success. One
large sale has already been closed and
others are in prospect. Through such
enterprises the population of Alaska
will be built up. it's wealth increased
and other forms Of development
stimulated"
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IRON the birth of this nation
H right down to the present day
1t has been the custom for
many persons in all sections
of the country to go upon the theory
that the Treasury in Washington
Vas in constant danger of overflow
ing, and that bins of gold and silver
coin and bundles of greenbacks were
splitting out into the streets and were
swept away in the cutters. They
think they may relieve the pressure
by fling strange and wonderful
claims.
In the minds of a great many men
and women Uncle Sam Is pictured as
a benevolent and easygoing old
gentleman who hasn't a blessed thing
in the world to do except stand at
the open doors of the Treasury with
a long-handled shovel in his hands,
ready and eager at any old time OF
the day or night to scoop out the
golden sheckels to any one who hap
pens to make a claim for anything
from their great great grandpa's
Sunday coat and pants that dlsap-
peared during the revolutionary war
to a lost mule or liberty bond OF the
Npresent period.
That queer little worm known to
physicians. druggists and the scieh-
tific fraternity as the "leech" is
downright lazy and absolutely de-
void OF even the elementary prin-
ciples Of persistence" as compared
with some of the people who file
claims against the federal govern
ment. Leeches will give up now and
then and quit after pursuing their
quest for a time. Government claim
ers," however, are different. They
stick it out as long as there rs
thought in their heads or go in their
feet These determined folk will trail
a claim through various govern
mental channels year after year until
some tidily inclined official gets tired
of seeing it cluttering up his files
or desk and will disapprove it in
order to get rid of it and it's herders.
i X x X
IT must not be supposed. though. that
such disposal of a claim forever
more discourages the claimant. Oh.
no, Early the next morning he is at
the Office of his representative or
senator, all primed and smiled with
facts and figures for either a reopen
ing of the case or the Introduction
of special bill in Congress de-
signed to get the much desired money
from Uncle Sam. And then the long
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ITO elief Of distress of wives
and CHI of soldiers. Is guineas.'
ITO H.. washing in full, guineas,
4 shilling and 8 pence"
march from Trenton to Morris Town
and during two days halt at Plucka-
min"
ITO the expenses of a trip to the
French fleet off Cape Henry to fix
upon a plan OF. operation with Count
de Grass. 25 guienas."
ITO the expenses which were PAID
by myself on the march sometimes
with. and sometimes apart from the
army from Fredericksburg to Mid
dlebrook to our winter cantonment.
Another celebrated claimant against
ing the month of September. 1907, Mr.:
Burr dined daily at the expense of
the government. In rendering his
bill to the Treasury Department he
took particular pains to specify the
kind of drinks that accompanied each
commonplace drinkables as tea, coffee
or milk. Whenever Aaron dined he
evidently had the real stuff. His
statement for the month. written in
his own handwriting, contains such
interesting items as:
cyder.'
breakfast. dinner, port and club
cyder; brandy and port in the even
ing"
''Club cyder and half a dozen lem
ons"
Club cyder" was one Of Mr.. Burr's
fayorite drinks. He would asion-
ally go without brandy or porter. but
never without "cyder." 1t is perhaps
fair to assume that the "cyder" of tina,
ancient period was not limited TO
such meager dimensions as one-half
of one per cent.
A frantic S. 0. S. was recently re-
ceived at the Treasury from an over
careful housewife who lives in the
middle west. 1t appears that this
particular lady. after washing the sup
per dishes and putting them away in
the cupboard, picked up the evening
paper and commenced reading about
numerous thefts of liberty bonds in
all sections of the country. She be-
came greatly excited and. fearing
that a bond burglar might break into
her home during the night. she re-
moved her one lone bond from the old
kitchen clock, where it had been
snugly tucked away for several years,
and hid it in the kitchen stove. con-
1dently believing that no burglar
would dream of looking there for
bonds or any other valuables. 1mag-
inc the misery and horror OF this poor
soul when she arose early the next
morning and proceeded without
thought of either bond or burglar to
fire up the cookstove preparatory to
gettingt the family breakfast! She now
wants the government to print an
other bond and send it to her to take
the place Of the one that went up the
kitchen chimney in ashes.
X X X
THERE is a lawyer living along the
l st. Lawrence river, in the state
of New York. who possesses an ex-
traordinarily keen sense of humor.
The letter he sent with a claim for
the money equivalent of coat and
pants lost by a soldier of the revolu-
tionary war kept the Treasury Off
Gals and clerks smiling for days.
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SECRETS OF A FORTUNE TELLER
7 M as familiar with a typewriter as
am with a wireless telephone
and it's sad but true fact that

TN as familiar with typewriter as
am with a wireless telephone
and it's a sad but true fact that
wouldn't know page of short
hand from a Chinese laundry sign.
But, just the same, I'm not such a
frost when it comes to offerin' the
post-eradua,e course to ship wrecked
stenogs.
Yesterday about closin' time Katie
ushers in the most unallurin' female
of the species. But when I get right
down to facts and take inventory. she
isn't such a homely party. after all.
In fact, she's got the features.
Suddenly / understand what the
blight is: The awful clothes she's
draped ina durable. mud-colored
dress and weatherproof hat that
would have been a liability to Venus
herself. She looks like Weary Will
lies twin sister all dressed up for
mushroom hunt.
I'm trouble, grille" ask by way OF
openin' conversation.
She mods her head to prove I'm
good guesser and starts the weepln
act SOUNDS OIL sHillle A'i' SAAS >-'N0
phere of my peaceful nome.
Love worries?" / suggest.
Head mods in the negative and more
sniff1es.
"Business troubles?"
yes" she sobs, I'm out OF a job,
"One of the most durable little all
ments in the world" / says. very en-
couragin', cheer up and let's have the
Details
"Well,"she says. still enveloped in
gloom, "Im a graduate OF the best
business school in town. | was one
Of the first ten recommended in my
class for vacancies They got me
good lob. butt conversation again
blocked by the weeps.
But YOU lost it in record time" l
Yes she admits. when they cut
down the Office force ] was the first
Got your walkin' papers before you
could show them how valuable you
were! Pretty raw. What next?"
Il went back to the business e;a school
and asked for another placement.
They got me new position and gave
me A-number- recommendations.
And job number two dies a natural
death also" 1 venture
yes" she says. sit did. After that
quarters and tell them I had failed
$50 you've been out on Your Own"
suggest. actin as your own little en-
ployment agency. Any luck?'
None" she announces. I've walked
the streets till my shoe leather is
wearing out. and it's the same old
story at every Office where l answer
an ad.: They've just employed a
stenographer.' And generally" she
says, fierce enough, Il know they are
lying"
II shouldn't wonder. grille" I says,
kind but true, such things happen
in the best regulated Offices"
Then read my future" she begs.
land tell me what's in store for me-"
mo. grille" l says. to her ever
lastin' surprise. I'm not tellin' for
tunes today. What you need is a
lite common sense talk and you're
going to get it right now. Prepare
Tor The personal inquiries:
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has been permanently impaired. He
feels that a cash payment of $40 per
acre would be about right.
The War Department placed a new
roof on a huge rented building dur
ing the war. and otherwise improved
it by painting it inside and outside.
building new fences around it and
constructing a new cement sidewalk.
The owner has filed damage claim
for $4,000. angriiy protesting that
the roof is not the kind he likes. and
that his wife and children ridicule
the color of the paint, which is pure
white.
Asserting that a new rope clothes
line. hammock and hive full of
pure honey disappeared from her
property while soldiers were en-
camped half mile away. an . in,
widow has put IL Il claim for
S6.45.
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with the store molars at government
expense was a civilian laborer at Gov
ernors Island, y. Y, when a hefty
hemlock plank failed to stay put. hit
ting him in several places. seriously
damaging his artificial chewing ap-
paratus
Many man would have considered
himself linked with Lady Luck tor
the rest of his life if he had been in
the shoes of certain Texas man
named johnson, whose home is
Derched on a nice. grassy, tree-cov-
cred hill on the shores of the Gulf OF
Mexico One afternoon in early au-
tumn while he was comfortably sit
ting in a big hickorw rocking chair
with his feet resting against the
trunk of monster magnolia tree. he
observed a good sized brilliant object
bobbing uD and down on the lazy
waves a few hundred yards from the
shore. A Mexican servant was dis
an investigation.
He returned with five-gallon
metal cask. which upon investigation
was found to contain pure grain
alcohol. Did this Texas Johnson
skid the five gallons into his spacious
concrete-lined cellar for future ref
erence? He did not! He is a stickler
for laws. He insists that salvaged
property ought to be put through the
usual legal channels. He. therefore,
oCAiN CT Gu IliS pa eCiOuS cash IL thC
United States customs officer. to
whom he gave his address. mildly
suggesting that when the original
| owner failed to put in an appearance
within a reasonable time the pretty
little cask and it's contents be
where the gulf breezes gently purr
through his grove of massive mag
noliaA But, sad to relate, this is one
government claim that remains I'M
settled SO far as Mr. johnson is con-
| cerned. Thus far he has not re-
ceived cask or contents.
He often sits on his veranda and
wonders whence those five gal
Ions came He even looked up the
Scriptures and after lapse of many
years again read what was said about
casting the bread upon the waters.
But it's said that his wife and four
charming daughters more frequent
ly observe him sitting there with
faraway expression on his features.
softly singing. "Oh, where, oh where,
has my little cask gone? Oh, where,
can it be-"
A n avalanche Of claims are flooding
a every government department at
Washington as a result of the world
war. Land owners where canton
were located have evolved some won
derful damage claims. Changing a
muddy dirt road to a concrete one is
condemned by a farmer as being in
furious to his horses. He says it
jams their legs and wears out their
shoes every few weeks. His grief
can be assuaged, he intimates, by a
sizable amount of good coin.
Another farmer is quite certain
that the fertility of the soil on which
Icantonment buildings were located
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per or common post road with Mrs.
Washington"
ITO 1898 given to - to induce him
TO go into the town of Boston to es-
tabllsh secret correspondence for
the purpose of conveying intelligence
of the enemy's movements and de-
signs
TO % guienas sent Brig. Cen
Scott. commanding the light troops
on the lines, to enable him to en-
gage some of the inhabitants between
him and the enemy to watch their
movements and apprise him of them
to prevent surprises"
ITO expense in reconoitering the
enemy's post at Stony Point previous
TO the assault Of it. and on a visit to
ii after il was taken"
ITO expenses to Hartford, where
] went TO meet their excellencies,
Count de Rochambeau and Admiral
de Torney."
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the various governmental agencies.
Thousands of them have been paid.
other thousands have been dropped
through sheer WEAKNESS or feeble
ness of the claimants. while still
other thousands continue to be very
much alive. Every Indian tribe and
practically every individual Indian in
the country have been trying for
years and years to get their land
claims satisfactorily adjusted. Such
for century or two to come.
The Mexican war was brought to
close more than seventy years ago,
but many claims of that period are
still as lively as young kittens. One
man in Texas is exceedingly anxious
to collect several hundred dollars.
plus interest, for the alleged "swip-
ing" Of three spotted ponies. four
sacks of cornmeal. two hogs and
half dozen goats that belonged to
his grandfather. He AYERS that the
property was taken from his grand
pap's premises in broad daylight, and
therefore there should be no ques-
tioning of his claim.
Large numbers of cattle. according
to claimants. were taken without ask
ing Or invitation 2ring the time this
country was adnl iistering a spank
ing to Mexico. If all of the Mexican
war claims are lie the soldiers of
that period surely had voracious APP
petites.
IN New Year day of this year
~ Representative Drane of Florida
received a claim which he thinks is
one of the most unique now on file. II
was from an old gentleman in his
district who. fought in the Indian war
of 1881. The. old gentleman says a
horse was shot from under him and
he would. like to collect the sum of
$3.50.
The fact that a President of the
United States was riding on a special
train, was grasped as good and suf-
ficient reason why the United States
government should pay for the loss of
haystack that was supposed to have
been set on fire by spark from the
presidential train. The farmer SEEM
ed to be quite peeyed with the Presi-
dent and every other government Of
fetal when his bill failed to get an
o. K.
A truck farmer on Long Island,
whose speciality is growing fancy
spinach and tomatoes for the people
of New York was rudely shocked one
beautiful spring day. when one of MIR.
Burleson's mail airplanes got out of
keller in a heavenward direction from
his budding plants and few seconds
later made a scrambled landing right
in the middle Of the truck patch. Mr.
Farmer wanted the Treasury or Con-
gress to quickly come across with
$3.50 worth of damages. When Mr..
Burleson is not postmaster general
ing he dons serviceable jeans and,
with his ever-present umbrella tuck
ed beneath his arms, goes a-farmering
on his spacious Texas acres. He,
therefore, knows all about garden
kale and it's financial possibilities. 1t
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<"HE Depa rtment of Agricul-
ture. in common with a
number of other depart
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BY Fl. O. BISHOP.

IRON the birth Of this nation
H right down to the present day
1t has been the custom for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-07
Cultivate Young Trees.

Fruit trees should be cultivated DUR
ing the growing season, as carefully
as corn is cultivated The soil should
be pulverized to- conserve the moisture
and to prevent the growing of grass
and weeds. Hoe the soil Immediate
" around the trunk, which cannot be
cultivated by horse cultivation This
cultivation should cease the middle
or latter part Of July. This will give
the tree time to harden. Ceasing cul-
tivation will cause the tree to stop
growing and prevent the succulent con-
dition, which would cause winter kill
ing.n An application Of barn-yard ma
nure near the tree but not Immediate
" around. the trunk Is beneficial to
its growth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-07
Rural Citizenship.

!. Wherever rural prosperity is report
ed of any county, inquire into it, and
1t will be found that 1t depends on
rural organization. Whenever there
Ia rural decay, If 1t is inquired into
it will be found that there was a
rural population but no rural COM
munity, no organization, no guild to
promote common interests and unite
the countrymen in defense Of them.
George w. Russell
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-07
Ad billed Romance Want

A war romance by way Of the "per.
eonal" classified advertisement coli
umns of a London daily paper has just
been cOnsummated.
1t is the story OF en- Australian ex-
sergeant, who, after having won the
D. @. NJ. and the NJ. II. at the front
passed through Birmingham In 1913 en-
route to q rehabilitation camp. On q
railroad station platform he talked
with pretty girl for 10 minutes, and
the Australians being quick workers
received gift of lock OF hair be-
fore he left. He did not learn the
girls name, however.
Returning to Australia, he moved to
Tasmania and from there wrote the
chief constable at Birmingham, saying
that he had fallen In love with tha
girl, and asking aid In finding her. An
advertisement was inserted In Lon
don newspaper, the girl saw the
'.agony column notice, photographs
were exchanged, and In few weeks
she sailed for Tasmanis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-07
BEE MEN OF COUNTY
TO HOLD MEETING

On Wednesday, July 18th, all
Bee-men of Bayfield, and Ashland
County will meet in he Bee-yards of
o. G. Mills and NJ G. Clark who are
located on the Cornucopia and Bay
field road, one mile west of Bayfield,.
There is expected to be large turn
out ct this meeting as there is a
steady increase in the number of
bee keepers each year in our Coun-
ty. Our county is widely known
for its honey producing plants and
high grade of honey.
Mr.. w. L. McMurray, Government
Bee Inspector will be present and
give a demonstration of how to pre-
vent and destroy American and
European Foul Brood, which are
destructive disease to bees. Other
bee problems will be taken up also.
It is thought that County Bee As
ISOLATION will be organized.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-07
material for Stone X. rae.

The stone house is very adaptable
to all those regions where this ma
terial can be secured from the excava-
ton Of the cellar or from some neigh
boring road Improvement. Sometimes
an old stone wall serves as source
of supply. Because Of the native char
acter Of this material 1t will always
be In harmony with the landscape.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-07
MENACE OF TAX
EXEMPT SECURITIES

Continued issuance of tax-exempt
securities is a menace to the credit
Of the Federal and State Govern
ments and the political subdivisions
within the States, Representative
Louis T. McFadden, chairman of the
House committee on banking and
currency has warned his colleagues.
He argues that sue ha policy is lead
ing toward property confiscation and
is materially delaying the industrial
progress of the nation. "The erea-
ton of two classes, the wealthy, free
from the burden of taxation,
and forced to bear the bur-
dens of which the wealthy are
relieved through the purchase ef ten
exempt securities, is violation of
social injustice, which is crystaliz-
ing in broad public. opposition and
discomfort, as the, issuance Of tax
exempt securities expands" said Re-
preventative McFadden. 1t is es-
timated that $14 ,425, 10000 of tax
exempt securities have been issued
since January, 1921 of which about
half represents the debts of states,
cities, schools, and other political
subdivisions, while half of that sum
represents the obligation of the
Government, according to Mr.. Nc
Fadden.
''In the last few years we have
seen the personal wealth of the coun-
try so rapidly segregated into the
tax free class that whereas the tax
able income of individual taxpayers,
under the federal law for income
taxes, was 1882, 972 1886 in 1916, the
amount decreased to $731 .372,053 in
1917, and to- $685., PAT 1929 in 1915"
says Representative McFadden. "It
is safe conclusion that they have
converted their wealth into tax-free
securities so rapidly that lat a,.simi-
lar rate of conversion they would
be 'scout-free' of all taxes by 1922.
1t is stated that more than $780,
0O0,0O of state and municipal tax
free securities were issued in 1920.
If these securities are held by the
wealthy, whose federal income tax
is at the rate of 70 per cent, the total
annual loss in this one form of tax
alone is over $35, 100000, if the inter-
est rate on these bonds averaged 5
per cent granted that there may
have been an apparent saving to the
borrowers of it of / per cent per
annum, Mr. McFadden points out
that this saving on 81 100000 in five
per cent bonds is only $250,o00 per
year, or O,.OO711 per cent of the an
nual loss in taxes. If the rates of
taxation are not reduced, the loss
in federal income alone would for
the life of this billion dollars in
bonds represent a loss of $700,000,-
600, against a total saving in in
terest of only $5,OOO,OOO. On . most
conservative basis, the Government
is now losing annually from $780,
OOO, 900 to $500, 900 on tax-exempt
bonds already. issued.