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The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26
A sOURDOUGH HOLIDAY

Contrary popular opinion by residents States Alaskans do not hibernate in the winter do they roll cut in the morning to diet of seal blubber and other Eskimo comestbles It may be true that few of us hibernate, if suspended animation hibernaon but in reality the winter time in Alaska is the old sour doughs holiday following long and oilsome summer n the hills.
 It is the when Alaskans give their stomachs rest from beans and hot cakes accustoming their d gestve apparatus celery turkey and fxing with daily when old acquantances renewed, when the cabin is slushed and made habitable for winter and when
 prospects become wonderful producersback of the pool hall stove.
 From far and the prospecors miners oggers and fishermen foregather each with his quota of con- corning the summers work and each glad get back to civilization where store clothes and light footgear can be and where matches and tobacco do not have to be carefully apportioned for the days needs.
 Winter has terrors for the Alaskan, who has lived long enough that States suffer from colder weather than do here and that the only dis comfort experienced in Alaska is imaginary We have books and libraries entertainments our dances where the dressed in the height of fashion and where the latest music played by skilled artists. We have our warm comfortable homes equipped
 lights and electric porcoators We have partes our womens clubs, our moving pictures and political meetings we'll daily avocaons to look
 Our schools of high efficiency, our churches as numerous and our amusements varied in any town of like size in the States and town 800 700 in Alaska more advanced than towns of 5000 in the States We have daily papers, and our magazines and far greater Alaskans read Shakespeare and Aristotle Bacon do residents of the States Aaskans omnverous readers and posted to the last word subject from the Giants record to President Harding's views the bonus bill. The long winters give ample time for reading and it is joyed to the uttermost.
 Living is cheap in Alaska compared with the States In other words, will get money out of dollars day here than he in the States There not many temptations and Alaskans rule more provident. While relatives in the States probably commserating with msfortunes reveing in steaks ptarmigan pie, and all that the land affords.
 Winter is holiday, and we make the most of it. Seward Gateway.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26
A WINTER COURSE FOR MINERS

Covering a period of ten weeks, beginning November 6th 1922, and ending January 29th, 1925 the Alaskan Agricultural College and School of Mines will give short course in Mining. Tuition for the course is free, a charge sufficient only to cover the cost of ma terials used in laboratory work will be made
 Textbooks and all necessary equipment, it is announced can be purchased at the College. The work of the course will be given during the morning sessions, and train service of three round trips day will afford students
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26
AN ALASKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

In letter recently received by the CordOva Chamber of Commerce, c. D. Garfield, of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Com merce, says:
 "What' the matter with Alaska, is ques- tion familiar to every Alaskan and one which each resident answers in his own way. It IS likewise question being answered in various ways by those nonresdents who have been studying the affairs of the Territory. Conse- quently the answers reaching Washington are varied and often contradictory. Congressmen and department officers criticize Alaskans for not agreeing upon what is needed. The result has been inadequate constructive action upon the part of the federal authorities.
 There is obviously one remedy. Now IS the time to give thought to those constructive policies which will develop the country into a prosperous community with a population commensurate with it's support. Alaskans must get together discuss and agree upon a program. With every section backing defin- ite plan the National Government will daubt- less respond. This suggests a central com mercial organization. Owing to distances of travel lack of time and high transportation and other expenses, it has been impraticable to get the business men together for confer ence for that purpose. For that reason it is now proposed that representatives to the Leg islature next spring be authorized by thelr constituents to support the organization of a Central Chamber of Commerce to set forth the basic needs of the respective districts and the necessities for the Territory at large. This body could become member of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and through that valued agency obtain recognitiOn.'
 The proposal to organize an Alaskan Cham Der of Commerce IS not new one. 1t has been advocated before, both in and out of the Ter ritory It is obviously a consummation de- voutlv to be wished. The ''getting together' of the various sections of Alaska, with their divers interests. would be one of the most logical and at the same time the most sensible and effective proceedings which could be in stituted The people and communities of the Territory have been the subject of much criti- csm outside for their failure to agree on measures and policies for the good of the Territory as a whole The existence of fac tions, sectional rivalries, and personal politics las had no small part in the delay of reforms and improvements which long ago should have been forthcoming. We have been accused at Washington of sQuabbling among ourselves and not agreeing what is necessary or de- sired. Under the present system by which the Territory is almost completely dependent upon the dctum of Washington for whatever it gets, the factional contentious of Alaskans them- selves are inimical to any development. The suggestion of an Alaskan Chamber of Com merce is good sense and good business.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

While Sally and Chloe, colored maids, strolled in the park, Sally proudly boasted of her handsome chocolate brown lover, saying, Miss Chloe, Chawley say is de mos beautl- ful cullid lady in de city-beautltul olive skin, red cheeks, red lips straight hair and stylish clothes. Chawley says I is a marvel. Ha! ha! He call me de flapper!'
 Happy Chloe smilingly, replied Dat very nice, Miss Sally, but my beau Sam say he love me like his soul, cause I de mos nateral lady in de city"
 Sally, puzzled, asked Chloe what Sam meant. Chloe slowly and solemn ly said Case Is jes as de good Lawd made me, no need fo' improve ment!"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

In olden days
 The cave men used to Settle any family
 Quarrels with
 Their clubs.
 Today, married men
 Desiring peace
 And contentment
 Still resort
 To their Clubs,
 Which shows that
 Times haven't
 Changed two bits.
 Wisconsin Octopus. She is "wild" about mushrooms on toast, She is mad about" mullins and tea She "adores" nesselrode and pie Ia mode, And she's "ravished" with fromage de brie, She's devoted" to coffee frappe, And "just crazy" about souffle, And vows she "could die" eating truffles, Oh, my, She's a regular girl, I should say.
 Phillips Mirror. Kriss-She swears she's never been kissed. Kross-That's enough to make any one swear.--Lehfgh Burr. .
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

My wife says she is going to bob her hair and wear knickerbockers, y said Mr. Meekton "So I'm going to leave home"
 Does it grieve you as much as all that?"
 No. Pm afraid I won't be able to keep from laughing" - Washington Star.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

The new long skirt is a wonderful thing for the dance,' says Chairman Bott of the dance reform committee. Tt will do away" he adds, with some of the freaky steps, because in long skirts girls will be unable to execute them easily" Tut, tut, innocent one! They may decide to park their skirts.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

He-Doesn't all this talk about bac- teria and microbes frighten you?
 She-Not a bit. I never get scared of anything smaller than a mousse Boston Transcript.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26
Shear Wisdom

Easy Street and the straight and narrow path don't intersect-Asheville Times
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

If it hadn't appeared in the sober and reliable Scientific American we should have been doubtful about it's truth, but so appearing, what could one do but believe it? A klondike barber, whose equipment included a cyanide tank, realized $100 in gold per ton of hair from the miners whom he scissOred. Perhaps some barber might get his winters fuel by sham pooing the heads of coal miners. miners.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

Snakes are taking the place of toy pOodles in the best London society. For milady's town car, what could be more gracefully decorative than pet puff-adder coiled about the orchid vase?
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

First Golfer-Td rather play golf than eat.
 Second Golfer-What does your wife think of that?
 She's satisfied; she'd rather play bridge than cook"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26

She-Do you think men like girl who can't be kissed better than one who can?
 He-I don't know. I've never met any of the former.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
HoUN DOGS ARE IN DEMAND.
Canine Market Is One That Farm
 Slump Hasn't Affected.

Poplar Bluff, Mo, March 1.-The only livestock market in this state that has shown no slump in the hard times is the market on houn' dogs. If anything, this market has increased, especially this winter.
 Houn' dogs are in demand. Prices may be low on cattle, hogs, mules, sheep and other livestock, but the merry farmed, who chases 'coons at night must have his reliable dog, and when it comes to bidding for him the sportily inclined tiller of the soil makes the sky the limit. He may be short of money for other things, but if he is of the Ozark mountains, he cannot be outclassed when 1t comes to digging down in his jeans for S25C for dog That price, too, is reason able for a good one.
 Many of the dogs have keen sense for 'coons and 'possums and are de. cidedly fast. Even the pups sell fo1 from $50 to s150 before they arc trained.
 By comparison, it takes mighty good milk COW to bring $50.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
MONKEY WRENCH
 INTO BONUS BILL
Comptroller of Currency Says He Win Advise National Banks Not to Loan Money On Compensa-
 ton Certificate.

Washington, March 9-While an' uouncement today by Comptroller oi the Currency crissinger that if the revised soldier bonus bill was passed he would advise national banks no' 10 accept adjusted compensation cer- tificates as security for loans to TOT uer service men created stir among members of Congress, leaders re- ynrded it is unlikely that his stand would swerye a majority of the ways and means committee members from their determination to report the measure to the House.
 With opponents to the legislation conceding that the bill would nave enough friends in the committee to reach the House with a recommends lion that it be passed, speculation cen tered on the attitude of the currency comptroller, and its probable effect. There was considerable talk among members in the Hobbies, most of the representatives taking the position that it would be best to proceed with the bill as drafted by Republicans on she ways and means committee, but members of the committee were re- luctant to express their views.
 Republican leaders, however, indi- eafed there would be no change Tn the plans for ways and means committed on Saturday with the expectation that it would be reported at that time, and for a vote on the measure under sus- pension of rules a week from Monday
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
THREE MEN ASK COPS
 TO TAKE THEIR LIVES
One New Yorker, Seeking Suicide, Tries to Buy Policeman's Gun;
 2 Others Fined for Drinking.

New York, March 9.-Three men seeking death last night asked po- Iicemen to take their lives.
 Patrolman Whitaker stood at Fifth avenue and 30th street when William Verge, 4l, who said he had not home, approached him and said; arn give you $50 to shoot me or lend me your gun" Instead the po- fceman took him to the lookup.
 Asked what the trouble was, the man said he wanted to die, that he was tired of life and money. He took Sl,600 from his pocket and threw fl on the desk. He then was sent to a hospital.
 Walking his beat in "Hell's Kitch- en-" Patrolman Litchblau was stopt by two men who asked him to frac- ture their skulls. They said they hat come to that part of the city because 1t was "notoriously tough" Botl were arrested and fined $3 each aftel telling the magistrate they had beer drinking. They gave the names o. William Dorrigan, broker, and Will fred Dorning.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
so U. ?. rLANE ur lsssa FEEr
I.onerea Blplanc llit snow~'orm'
 Landing at Nclhorn, kas.

Topeka. March 6.-N. D. lrinler' pilot of LonRrcn biplane, today es- tablished what A. K. Longren of the Iongren Aircraft Corporation, be- Heves is record altitude for 60, horsepower biplane when he reached an altitude of l6,sS3 feet. The flyer left the local flying field of the Lon gren company at il;i0 o'clock this morning in a snow and rainstorim and climbed until he reached the altitude named, but the snow and clouds were SO thick that he was lost and did not know where he was until he landed at Welborn, a small town few miles northwest of Kansas City at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The officials of the company were worried about the pilot when he failed to appear after a reass- enable time, but their fears were all layed when he telephoned from Kan sas City. The purpose of the flight was to test the altitude possibilities of the new Longren plane.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
A WIRELESS OPERATOR
 LISTED AS DEATH NEARED
Sinking by Stern; Where's My ?"-Liner Estonia Couldn't
 Save Tramp Steamer and Crew.

New York, March 9.-"We are sinking stern first--the boats are smashed can't hold out longer-the skipper dictated that and he ought to know Where did I put my hat sorry couldn't wait for pressing business elsewhere Skollm
 And that was the last word from the wireless operator of the Norwe- gian tramp steamer Grontoft, as the ship went down with thirty men aboard in raging hurricane in mid Atlantic.
 The grim humor of the wireless operator, who laughed at death and flashed striking bits of wit into the ether as his ship widowed and slow ly sank, was recorded on the radio log of the Danish steamer Estonia, arriving today.
 Each detail of the ships plight, each call for aid, was supplemented by the testing comment of the radio man, whose identity is still unknown He talked as if he were going on a 1 lark in port, instead of to the bot tom of the sea. His last message, a disjointed ore, was series of witt cisms with death as the butt of the joke.
 The Estonia, herself hard hit in the llO-mile gale, made a valiant but un- successful effort to reach the Gron- toft, which first sent out calls for aid at 10 o'clock last Thursday morning. The Esonia began a dash to the res cue.
 1 Meanwhile the Estonia's radio oper- ator engaged the operator of the Grontoft in conversation. The latter sent out first the following "a stereo- ' typed irony of the seas: God pity the poor sailors on a night like this" Then followed a ser. ies of ''Ha Ha."
 And say" he continued, 'the ole man thinks this calm will be over b, nightfall. We sure need some | breeze"
 An hour later an urgent call for ais was sent out by the Grontoft and hes operator tested again.
 Well. the steward is making sand wiehes for the lifeboats. Looks hk. . we are going or a picnic } Again, half hour later, he sent: The old wagon has a list like 4 rundown heel. !" ~This is no weath. CT for fellow to be out ir vithou.
 an umbrella"
 Hold on" returned fhe Estar.a', , Nsreiess. well he aianezile soon 2 the srontoft did noi reply urtii fortY minutes later. thers We are slnkine. stfra fret Ths ANa.s are smashed. Cant hold ous erv isnrcrr
 hk hkiHpef aieistea that n,
 ought te knee whnrs did I put sns
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
nEATING IS CONDEMNED
Reward Offered for Arrest of Those
 Who Attacked Man.

Dallas Tex, March Rewards to- talling $750 were offered today foi the arrest and conviction of the per, sons who took Philip Rothblum from his home Monday night and hogged him Five hundred dollars was of fered by Dallas Klan No. 66, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, in letter to Mayor Aldredge.
 Mayor Aldredge issued q statement eondemning the occurrence, adding that local authorities are we'll able to handle all law violations
 Rothblum said he is innocent of the charges touching his morals which his assailants made against him. He an- -:=ssssss::ssssced his intention of complying with the command to leave Dallas.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
AGAINST MASKED MEN.
Residents of Maricopa, Cal, Organize
 Shotgun Squad

Fresno. Cal. March s.--Aroused by the reappesrsnce of sn armed body of men. dressed in the regalia of the Ku Klux Klan. which last Sunday night visited the Baptist tabernacle iz Eel Iowa, Cal. residents of the city of Aar1copa have orranized . shotgun squad and are awaiting further de- veloppeutk, according to a story pub hshed hy the Frexne Republicnn To- day. Tf,e paper stated that this "x1Kll4ncs cnznmit1A ix composed o. number of leading citizens"
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
URGES COAL FOLKS
 ID GET TOGETHER
Secretary of Labor Davis Wants Op- orators and Miners to "Use Com mon Sense" and Save Country
 From Strike Disaster.

Washington, March 9.-Secretary of Labor Davis today broke the si- lence he has maintained during the 10 days in which the government has actively sought intervention in the impending coal strike, to urge mine operators and the miners union "in the name of common sense to get to- gether and save the country from the costly results of a strike"
 The government has ''no desire to interfere unduly" he announced, but has duty to safeguard the interests of the people who will be seriously effected by the suspension of coal mining"
 Altho no immediate responses were received at the secretary's office, press despatches immediately re- fiected the interest taken in 1t by representatives of unions and oper- ators in the countrys widespread coal fields. Official reports of the de- partment, however, were concerned largely with details concerning the dissension in the miners organiza- tion where Frank Harrington, the H. linois leader, and some other district heads are said to be beginning local negotiations in defiance of the policy of President John l.. Lewis and the national executive board of the Unit ed Mine Workers. Reports also were received on the attitude of individual mine operators who have in the past ! entered into national wage agree ! ments.
 The departments agents have been assured that miners locals in nearly all sections turnout union fields are overwhelmingly voting to strike April l." but this information has been discounted to a degree, officials said, because a strike vote is quite often taken so that committees as signed to negotiate the issues can aci with fullest authority.
 There was no disposition in officia circles today to reveal that Mir. Da- : vs' statement, which explained agair
 the governments position, was one result of the repeated refusal oi Pennsylvania and other mine opera tors in the central competitive field to enter negotiations looking to an- other wage agreement The union, it was pointed out, here, has sought this course from the beginning, and the operators have been unyielding in opposition, tho willing in some cases to make local or district contracts with the union.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
HAD GERMANY WON THE WAR
Taxes Would Have Been Twenty
 Times Bonus. Fordney Says.

Chicago, March 10.-The soldiers bonus is going to be passed for hu- maritarian reasons and not as poli- tical measure, Joseph W. Fordney, chairman of the House ways and means committee, today told the American Wholesale Lumber Asso- citation, meeting here.
 "We are going to report the bill Saturday morning, ask for a suspen- sion of the House rules Monday morning and rush it thru before ev- erything else," he said
 "Suppost Germany had won the war. What do you think your taxes would have been? They would have been twenty times more than the bon us. In the war the ways and means committee authorized the issuance of more than 51 billion dollars worth of bonds. Up to that time, since the founding of this government, we had only spent 31 billion dollars"
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
BOY DRAGGED BY cows TAIL.
Mother Chased Bovine a Half Mile
 Before ReseulnR Son

Childress, Tex. March l0.-The small son of Joseph Eudy, near here, has been unconscious since Monday as the result of m unusual experience. The youngster was playing around a COW when in some manner his hand became entangled with the hairs of her tail. The COW started of down the road, dragging the boy behind
 The boys mother gave chase, oyer taking the COW after q run of a half miie. She rescued her son by sever ing the cow's tail with a knife. It is believed the boy win recover.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
rs sHAKRN oFP BRIDGE.
Man Saves Himself From Train but Is Killed by Fall

Denison. Tex, March e.--A man be- lieved to be Frank Bonner. q coal miner. Is dead here as the result of an unusual railroad accident He was walking across the railroad bridge over Red River late yesterday and threw himself down beside the track when s passenger traln approached The vibration of the train Ia believed fo have shaken the man uf the bridgs He fsiI te . sand bar SO feet beios proved fatal
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
DEBS APPEALING FOR
 POLITICAL PRISONERS
Society Party Leaders Plan to Obtain One Million Signatures to Peti-
 ton for Release.

Chicago, March g. The national office of the Socialist party today be- gan sending out an appeal from Eu- gene V. Debs to all of its members and affiliated organizations urging them to work for amnesty for all so- called political prisoners, A state ment accompanying Mir Deb's letter said that all Socialists who were fed eraI prisoners now are free, but that many L W. W. and others were still held and that alI must be freed.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
MAKE MEXICO DRY.
Temperance Worker Says Obregou
 and Associates Want to Do It.

Chicago. March President obre- Eon. of Mexico, Senor Gales, head of the department of tho interior in that country, Adolfo de Ia Huerta, secre- tary of finance, and Iicenciado Jose Vascouleos. of the department of education, are all out and cutters for ridding Mexico of the alcohol men ace. according to g letter received Acre from Miss Anna A. Gordon, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
TERROR GRIPS TAFT. CAL.
Citizens Arm as Two Hooded Factions
 Operate as Ku klux.

Taft, Cal, March 9.-Taft is an armed camp today.
 Not even in the days oI the old frontier did so many citizens carry pistols as now, thru fear of the ac- hyities of the Ku Klux Klan, the night riders, the vigiIartes, or what ever they may be.
 Doors of homes are barricaded at night, sawed-ox shotguns are trained on windows and neighborhoods are organizing for mutual defense.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
Wrecked

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The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
An He N@ds

Do yos take yeur setting up ex- ercises ir tbe morning as regularly As you used to v asked the Friend.
 Nc. ! get an the exerrlse I ned thess dayt dodgfng the motor eMrx. nwplied lhs 1nywaIksr
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
BONDS STILL RISING.
Victory sAs Set Nex High Record
 Price of f10o.7e.

New York March e.-United States
 war hotations continued to feature ths bond market today Victory 44 & made new high record at sl00.7s, t1x Liberty series displaying firm
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16

hat-sorry we cant wait for you, pressing business elsewhere-Skollr'
 The Estonia's operator replied. But the was no answer The Grontofs was down. The Estonia failed to find even trace of wrecking.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16
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