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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
FOREST SERVICE
 TENTATIVE ROAD
 PROGRAM ISSUED
Florv Announces Distribution of $l ,250,000 Forest Road
 Fund for Two Years.
(Continued From Page One.)

.ly with the Alaska Road Commission and the Territory. Investigations are proposed for Taku River, Unuk River, Texas Creek in the Hyder district, the Kasaan Bay mining re- zion, Game Creek at Ho0nah connect ing up the ranches, road needs at the El Nido mine. extension of TongasS Highway cut of Ketchikan and Of Glacier Highway to Berners Bay. and a large number of proposed routes in Central and SOuthwe stern coastal sections of the Territory. Money for beginning worK on al least some of these routes is also available where necessary in 1923. where necessary in 1923.
 Statement of Policy
 The program as announced by Mi Flory follows in full:
 "The various funds appropriated hy Congress fer construction of roads within National Forests were set aside for developing such regions in every possible way Congress appar ently recognized that if the residents and communities within National For ests are to prosper and develop. much of such growth must and should result from the development of the resources within the adjacent forests. In selecting projects for construction, therefore, it has been the policy to choose those which ben eft some community in or adjacent to the forest and which develop some of it's resOurces-'whethe mineral, timber, water power, agricultural or even tourist possibilities.
 Program for 1922
 With these principles in mind d tentative list of projects for construc- tion next season was recommended to the Forester on November % While this is subject to change. no very material alterations are antici- nated. The list is as follows: "Tcng2es Highway. leading
 north from Ketchikan to
 the Wards Cove school
 house .-................................s 45,000 Petersburg Scow Bay, to com
 riete ..................................... 2,O0O ''@rd0va Fax Lake. to finish
 approximately half the
 work around to the Radio
 Station .................................. 6O,0O0 Seward-Kenai Lake, to com
 plete road to Kenai Lake 100000 Salmon River repairing flood
 damage. protecting against
 future damage. and part
 cost of constructing ap-
 proach to dock at Hyder 36,000 f Glacier Highway, constructing
 the road from Aux Bay to
 Tee Harbor and completing
 final location to and across
 Eagle River ............................ 113.5oo Petersburg Creek. construct
 ing plank road on opposite
 side Channel from Peters
 burg ...................................... 5000 on all projects. 10000
 Total .......................-.........s3S s3S1, 300
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11

practically completed by the Bureau Jf Publ-c sRoads for the above proj acls. Data vii be secured for the 1928 program EeXt summer. This program has not yet been finally de cided upon and probably will not b. until next winter. The general road development plan which has been prepared and submitted to the For ester, however, has on it the follow ing projects which are being serious y considered for construction in 1923 and which will among others be examined by the Bureau of Public Roads next field season:
 "Cordoya-Eyak Lake road, to
 complete ................-..... 10000 Tongass Highway, south from
 Ketchikan ................................ 5O,00O Fish Creek road, connecting
 mines with the Salmon Riy-
 CT road .................................. 52,OO0 Glacier Highway, constructing
 to and across Eagle River. 13j, ,O00 Maintenance .............................. 30,00o
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS

prohibits it's use for any purpose other than pensions. During year the pension tax creates $S1, 300
 It is the hope of the mine worker always to have on hand approximate ly $100,000 for pensions, district of. ficials said. When this figure is reached it is proposed to reduce the monthly assessment on the member ship.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
BANKER MAKES ANNUAL
 TRIP TO THE STATES

E. NJ. Behrends, banker and mer- chant of this city. left on the Spo- kane last night for his annual trip 10 the South Mir Behrends will very likely visit in the East before returning here. He expects to be back about March first
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
OFF FOR JAPAN

MT. and Mrs. K. Shitanda, proprie tors of the Owl Cafe, and four chil- dren, left on the Spokane for a trip to Japan, where they will visit for a few months. They expect to return here again later on.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
oIai 900 JUN
 Routes to Re Investigated

lDldt D0o tUOu
 Routes to ee Investigated
 "If all of the above work is under taken it will leave approximately $400,000 additional money available for other projects than listed above and for emergencies during 1922 and 1923
 Among the projects which will be considered for construction with such remaining funds are the fol lowing. the total estimated cost of which is little over sl,25O, 900:
 Quartz Creek Russian River road 10 miles.
 Resurrection River. 32 miles.
 "Unuk River. 26 miles.
 Texas Creek (from Salmon River to mining region). miles.
 Hope, from Turnagain Arm to mine, miles.
 "El Nfdo mine, 1 mile
 "Maybeso Creek (Kasaan Bay to mines). 6. mics.
 'Taku River. IS miles.
 Game Creek. Hoonah to ranches 3lz miles.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
COMFORTABLY LOCATED
 IN PIONEERS HOME

l.. w. Kilburn returned on the Spo kane yesterday afternoon from Sitka where he saw former Assistant City Frank DeWolf safely in stalled in the Pioneers Home there
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
ON VISIT TO SEATTLE

Mrs. George l.. Swarva and son, George, Jr, left Treadwell on the Spokane yesterday for couple months visit with her mother in Se- attle, Wash.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
NOTICE.

As we are closing up our books for the year we request that all accounts due the firm be paid by Jan. IS. Ac- counts against the firm should also be presented for payment before that date.
 adv. SANITARY PLUMBING co.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11

Additional Alotments
 At the same time the above tenta tive program was submitted, the re commerd3 ton was made that. if the Alaska Road Commission desired it projects row under construction In cooperation with the Secretary ot Agriculture and the Territory within the National Forest areas by tho Commission be completed with For est funds. The following projects were specifically referred to: "Wrangel road, completing
 from town to oil dock ..$ 1000 Glacier Highway, Mendenhall
 Loop section, construction
 bridge across Mendenhall
 River and repairing few
 bad places in road between
 Juneau and Mendenhall Val
 ley 2s,oOO Other minor projects, includ-
 ing Yakutat road ................ 10000 TOtal 40 ,UUU
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-11
Tentative 1923 Proqram

Tentative Iy23 Program
 ''The law under which most of the funds are obtained requires that all work costing s5.O0O or more per mile shall be offered for contract. To do this it is necessary to make a final location and work up complete cost data before advertising. Field work necessary for this requirement is
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13

THE coming Easter week threatens to be a
i critical period in the history of the new Irish
state.
Whether or not actual violence on a large
scale breaks out. there will be intangible tension
in the atmosphere. Memories will tend to stir the
bitterest feelings of the irreconcilable element OF
the Irish population. Eastertide below the Ulster
border ever finds the people most open to revolu-
tionary propaganda.
If the week passes with the Collins govern
ment still the world will breathe easier. The
Free State is in experimental stage. Powerful
forces, not only in Great Britain and Ulster, but
in Southern Ireland itself. losing no oppor-
tunities to wreck the experiment.
The De Valera faction works with material
which produces tidal emotional appeal. 1t would
be useless to hope that the bitter memories of
seven centuries could be erased by few strokes
of the pen. So often the Irish people have been
deceived so often they have followed cleaning
lights into quagmires, that only many years of
stable government under their own leaders will
convince them that the tide of their fate has turned
Perhaps during the next week Collins will be
put to the severest test since peace made with
England. If he can weather successfully the
storms of Easter he will have demonstrated the
strength of his control the Irish ship of state
If anything should happen during the next few
days to hinder the development of the Free State
government it would be a. direct play into the
hands of Irelands worst enemies-the Tory lords
of England and the monopoly holders of Ulster.
Rather the hope of all Ireland's well wishers
is that the celebration of the resurrection be accom-
panied by noticeable Strengthening of the hands
OF her new governments demonstration that the
period of her long Lent is over.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
The Schools in Congress.

GONE of the recommendations which the Joint
- Congressional committee on public schools
will consider tomorrow comply with the highest
hopes of District citizens.
Both Senators and members Of the House on
the committee have had the shortcomings of public
elementary education in Washington impressed upon
them with convincing force. In addition to conf
mittee Investigations. individual members have
studied the situation here from a number of angles
Their conclusions in regard to remedies comply in
essential details with those of local citizens
Committee members, in fact, have we'll founded
interest in the schools of city where they them
selves make their homes for so many months in
each year. The wisest they will consider
will be that OF providing Io-year program. Educa-
ton never stand still 1t requires constantly
more and more room for development. Some Of
the worst mistakes made in regard to District of
Columbia schools in the past have been due to the
fact that there was no vision ahead Had Con-
gressional committees ten years ago looked into
the future for decade the present committee
would not have the difficult problems to solve
which confront it.
Creation of the Office of school business man.
ager thus centralizng responsibility in this respect
and removing from the shoulders of the school
executive staffs many pcrplexng and worrisome de-
tails. promises steap ahead in efficient management
If the recommendations of some committee
members for appointment of the school board by
the President adopted then will one of the
greatest forward strides have been taken.
The playground problem is challenging. What
ever steps the committee take in securing room
to develop these necessary adjuncts schoolhouses
will be welcomed by District people.
When the final report is completed doubtless
a number of other constructive measures will be
included Whatever steps the committee takes
toward the betterment Of Washington schools will
win for them a warm place in the hearts of the
citizens.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13

ultimate prospect Of winning me a
bride. referred in no way to the
lady whose feelings / seem to have
Injured. As a matter OF fact. my
remarks were addressed to the edi-
tor. I presumed his head line. "A
Chance for Cactus Bill" was an
attempt at good-natured rsillery
directed at myself. And so. me
being already an afflicted member
Of the ancient fraternity of Bene-
diets. his allusion to "a chance"
APPEALED SO strongly to my sense OF
humor that l just naturally had Ia
give vent to my enthusiasm. Hence
my apparent eagerness to grasp
the skirts of happy chance"
Having survived the justified
wrath of an indignant maiden.
have yet to face the ordeal OF an
unpleasant encounter with my bet
ter half. who is patiently awaiting
me, as eager to greet me with q
rolling pin as I appeared to be
eager to cut loose on Flappers
Lane. oh. how sccursed is the lot
Of the meek and submissivei
CACTUS BILL"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
This Is a Good Idea.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald.
There is no feature of The Herald
that i enjoy more than the Open
Court letters. But I am rather dis
gusted with the senseless contro-
versy over "iappers. etc." in which
Harry Kabat. Cactus Bill, etc, have
engaged. II seems to me as IL these
gentlemen have ridden a threadbars
hobbyhorse a little too far. Il wa
thin subject at the best. Let the
Open Court be devoted to more sen
sible subjects.
d, The time has passed, I suppose,
when even the nappers can care
what Is said about them. Every
thing has been said somewhere more
powerfully than is possible for Har-
ry or Cactus. A passing fad has
only slight interest for anyone out
of the knickerbocker stage. My
advice to both these gentlemen Is
to save their paper and ink. They
just arouse the disgust Of everyone
who has any interest in serious
subjects and take up valuable space
which might be employed In an ed
ucationai discussion OF more serious
subjects. A. r. c.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
A Question of Meanings.
To the Editor, The Washington Herald:

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Today's issue contains a letter by
George Travers, Brotherhood of
Man." in which he seems to be
troubled for fear he will be classed
as a pesslmist. He tries to justify
his shaky position by drawing a
false distinction between optimlst
and pessimist. Evidently he does
not know the meaning Of the
words, or, IL he does, he has
twisted them from their common
use to disguise his bias.
Both the dictionary and the
broadly accepted meaning of those
two words is that they indicate the
general outlook, or the attitude OF
an individual toward people and
the world in general In other
words. as a novelist might put It,
those two words disclose the char
acter of any particular individ-
ual's philosophy of life. and. with
no reference whatever to a dis
tinction between truth and false
hood.
Mr. Travers used one word which
wholly, exposes what he is. anc
fixes his status-the word "capi-
talist." should be ashamed to
abuse the word because capitalists
and captains of industry have fur
nished the brain and the gold. two
of the four indispensable things
required for the development of d
country. The four essentials for
building a healthy economic fabric
are. respectively, gold. brain
Drawn and a stable government
Those four things have created the
economic paradise in Am rica
where such misfits as Mr.. Travers
and hybrid foreigners may and dc
earn a better living here than they
could on any other spot OF earth
under the sun. Though basking in
American freedom and fattenine
on American prosperity. some art
growling-they are not construc.
tive critics who render helpful
service with their hands as well as
with their tongues. There are
those who are helpless. hopeles
brainless, degenerate growlers-
their abuse of the word capital.
list" always fixes their status. The,
use it as Lenin and Trotskv feel
about it-indiscriminatel despis.
ing and condemning all wealth an
rich people. Q.P.J
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
Kitchen Police and Democracy.

WIASHINGToN boys who attend citizens
w military training camps this summer will not
go in the role of gentlemen rankers."
The War Department has announced that each
will be required to do his share as kitchen
police mess attendant and waiter.
This edict will increase the value of camp life
for these summer soldiers. They receive training
of two kinds One is IN the rules of war. The
other is in the rules of democracy. America may
not have war during the lifetime OF the men
who train this year. The lessons they learn in the
art of dealing with their fellowmen under unpleasant
circumstances cannot fail to be of value to them
selves and to the country. .....
That this leaven Of democracy will be sown
widely is assured by the War Department order
which provides that kitchen and mess-hall duties
tall alike on the just and the unjust. They will
be apportioned By roster rom which none may
escape.
4hese," says the order, "are military dutie.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13

nRESIDENT OBREGON appears to be handling
il Mexican radicals with an iron hand,
With communist theories approved among the
highest officials Of state governments he has had no
easy task in curbng activities which savored of
Russia. He has applied sound principles OF COM
mon sense to the whole situation. For this he
deserves the sincere thanks OF the United States.
Mexico is struggling back from chaos. A very
little communist explosive would throw her off
the path. A Bolshevik Mexico certainly would
constitute constant menace to the United States.
Among Mexican radicals countless anti-American
plots might we'll be hatched If any foothold for
communists were left in Mexico that country would
once become the haven of all the dscontented
agitators for whom conditions in the United States
became unpleasant.
The peon class of Mexico is good material
for agitators. Bowed under an overwhelming
burden of poverty, ignorant and hot-headed, they
naturally flock to the standard of anyone who
promises a brighter world. 1t could not be ex-
pected that they would question very closely the
means proposed for bringing about better conditions
But with President Obregon's firm action
Mexico seems we'll on the road to a settled
and prosperous era A few years of peace and
passablc living conditions with an increase in
education and equitable land distribution, and
Mexico will be little open to Red agtators as
the United States.
1t is fortunate that international communists
did not pick the land of the Montezumas as a
battling ground earlier. With better start a
Soviet republic might face our southern border
instead of land in which the best principles of
democracy are being worked out slowly but surely.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
Umpire for Historical Ques.
tiOns.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Throughout the country. since the
close of the world war, there has
been a great deal of controversy
regarding school and other histories
of the United States. and once more
ii has ben demonstrated how much
this country Ia in dire need of an
authoritative organization like the
French Academy, to which all ques-
tions of historical. pathological and
standard Importance can be re-
ferred.
In the matter of history. however
there already exists in the city of
Washington an authoritative organ
ization which lis fully competent to
deal with any and all questions,
such as the quality of a school his
tory. This is the University Center
for Research. at the present time
undoubtedly the highest authority
on historical. economical, legal and
statistical questions. Its president
is DR.. l.. S. Rowe. president (direc-
tor generaD of the Pan American
Union. The division of history. to
which all historical questions
should be referred, consists of DR..
]. Franklin Jameson. editor of the
American Historical Journal, as
chairman. and as members, the ma
val historian, Comdr. Edward Brook,
the military historian. Col Spauld-
ing, the eminent Gaillard Hunt of
the State T apartment archives. and
such well-known historians as the
Messrs. David Jayne Hill. Waldo C.
Leland Rice, Learned. Moore and
Zook.
Instead of wrangiing about their
school histories, why not refer
them to this competent and patri-
otic body?
A. @. THORN
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
Believes in Old Religion.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
1t occurs to me that in these re-
cent years which have given birth
to so many religions" or cults
which are. from the standpoint of
the teaching of truth (Scripture).
manifestly of satanic origin and de-
signed to tear the very heart out
of Christianity and to extirpa:e
the faith once delivered to the
saints" that orthodox believers care
giving these products of Satan and
their proponents unnecessary ad-
vertisement by the methods a good
many OF us use in combating them.
We have. in the religion OF Jesus
Christ. the greatest. and really the
only one of its kind. We have
the religion OF power-''The power
of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth." 1t towers above
any and all substitutes. however
reasonable the substitute may seem.
I might add here that the most
dangerous substitutes arc those
masquerading under the guise OF
Christianity itself.
Seeing that we have the best and
the only genuine. let up apply the
rule of the shrewd salesman who
is not forever crying out from the
housetops about the inferiority of
the goods of his competitors, but
spends his time and energy getting
his own product before the people
When the merits of his own supc
rior article are shown forth. the in
feriority OF the rest is automaticaJ-
ly reflected.
Let us who would have the peo-
pie know that false doctrines and
cults are absunding more and more.
spend a greater amount of our time
exalting Jesus Christ and the true
Christian religion. Men and wom-
en- can only see error in the light
of the glorious gospel of Christ. s.
Let US begin a crusade against the
foes of Christianity by letting our
lights so shine before men that
they may see our good works and
glorify our father which is in Heay-
en-"
III a man will live the religion
OF Jesus Christ am persuaded thai
ne Will convert the sinner (fol-
lowers of other than Christ) from
the error of his way" much more
quickly than by argument or rea-
soning. Let's try talking less abou,
the faulty and more about the re-.
, ality. genuineness and satisfying
qualities of the real.
M. H. CAVE.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
Veterans Bureau Mistakes.
To the Editor, The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
There has been a good deal OF
controversy of late centering
around the Veterans Bureau.
have no desire to mix up in this
controversy but IL seems to me that
the efficiency of that department
has declined In some respects. The
decentralization of the bureau
naturally created a good deal OF
disor ganization which, we all hope,
will be remedied IN good time.
Some weeks ago 1 received a let
ter stating that my insurance pol
icy had been discontinued for non-
payment of premiums. 1 could not
understand this. The letter told me
that in order 10 put this policy in
force again Il would be necessary
to make out a new application ac-
companied by a medical certificate.
To have obtained this last would
have ioccasioned me some bother
and some expense.
wrote to the bureau and after
a couple OF weeks received a reply
Gpolosizing for having made 4 mis-
take in my case. Now IL seems as
IL such a mistake was not excus-
able in ordinary circumstances.
Friends have told me of similar in
stances. Sometimes Il works to the
benefit of the man. Fo- instance
one man who is drawing compensa-
ton received an amount last month
vastly In excess of the amount due.
When he took this up with the bu-
reau it was found that a mistake
had been made. The man was put
to the trouble of returning the ex-
ira money. He happened 10 be hon.
est. Otherwise the government
would have been so much out
do not believe that the Vet
Grams Bureau officials have any
thing but the best interests of the
men themselves at heart hut some
times their very carelessness places
the men in bad positions.
p L. X.