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FURNISHED APARTMENTS

for they thought that very tall story
ana they didn't believe bit Of #.
And would do the same again. 7
am not afraid Of spirits. even If they
90 ride eagles boastcd Wagging
Tongue.
Now, Janet, Jack and Red Wing in n
string. were sliding down the inside
wal of the Island of Yesterday. rs ol-
ready has been told. Janet was first
with Jack holding her hand. Red VIM
held jacks hand, and with his othor
hand he grabbed the eagle which lind
caused them all to fall. The coglc
Tapping it's huge wings. was irving 70
fly upward. His strength broke tho
slide of the three children, bur nor
enough to prevent their coming down
IN" wall as swift as a youngstcr coast-
ing down hill.
When Wagging Tongue said hc wos
not afrnid of spirits the listening nan.
pooScS lifted their eyes upward. Thnv
saw Janet, Jack and Red Wing slid.
ing down, with the eagle Tapping above
them.
"Spirits," shrickcd the pappooscs
llcre come the spirits riding on an
eagle 70 night Nagging Tongue. And
away they scurricd to hide themselves
ing upward. The pappooScs haI snoli"n
true. Here was an eagle swoouing
down and seemingly bearing three snir-
its. And they seemed headed rirht
for him "Waw." yelled Wagcinr
Tongue. lie jumped to his feet. and he he
ran 90 fast he passed the foremost flee
ing pappooSos in dozen leans.
The other Indians looked up too
They looked and fed And after them
ran the squGws. In an instant not a
person was left in the village.
krr> thump, Janet landed whore
Wagging Tongue had sat. Over her pitch :
/ cd Jack Beyond both of them sprawlrd
Red Wing. AS for the eagle. when
Red Wing let go its foot Just before he
struck the ground, it went soaring
away.
Thus It was that Jack and Janet
and Red Wing found themselves in n
deserted village. The whole place
seemed to be their very own.
(Funny and exciting adventures come
/ to Jack and Janet and Red Wing in
/ til" Island of yesterday, as will be told
this coming week.
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CHAPTER VI
The Boosting Indians

INDIAN braves sat smoking near the
l. fires in the village beneath the wall
Of the Island Of Yesterday. At the
fires suuuWS were cooking the evening
meal Of buffalo meat and corn cakes.
The Indian braves were boaSting of
their bravery, and widc-cyc pappooscs
gathered around to hear their wonderful
tales.
"Oncc while fishing saw the fish
,hot was father of all the fishes, -
Lnn.tcI Swift Arrow. II hurled my
SPEAR Mt him, but his hide was like
N,ut and INV spear could not hurt him.
SO | lrnpcd out of my canoe, ana, E"la-
lng the fish. struggled with him In
the water. And so mighty was and
50 wonderfully did ] swim that l out
swan the fish and outfought him, bat.
tling with him until | drowned him. y
"Ah. Ugh." gruntcd the other In
dians, for they thought that was very
big boasting, indeed r,,, ;,
"And once | was hunting buffaloes, V
smoke up spotted Tail "And | chased
one huge bull. And the bull was 80
swift it outran my pony. So ! jumped
from nv pony's back and chased III"
bull on foot, and 50 fast did ! run that
caught up with it, and so strong was
! that ! threw the buffalo and killed
it with my hare hands.
"Tgh, All" gruntcd the Indians,
! thinking that still bigger bonSting than
the story of Swift Arrow. Now Wag-
/ ging Tongue didn't want any one to
outboast him. so he tod II tNlo.
"Onre was hunting eagles" said
he. And the eagles, knowing how
powerful was my bow, called upon the
spirits to help them. And three spir-
It, cam" riding ON an eagle. And
fought the three spirits and the eagle,
too. And | whipped them and sent
them flying away, shrleking and wall
ing"
, "Ah. Tgh.' grunted the Indians,
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COUNTRY BOARDING

COUNTRY BOARDING
at beautiful country home IL miles above
Trenton, along the Delaware River: 30 miles
from PHILADELPHIA by York road: near troll
ley and committing town: beautiful lawns
shade flowers. homegrown vegetables.
fruits. milk and eggs: rates sl2 TO SIS: ref
crtnces required. Bell phone. New Hope
MRS. FRANK TAYLOR
New Hone
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Also see advertisements In large type in
NEW JERsEY-SEAsHOR

hnt water heat s.s and cIcc', garaqe; Iot
%,7,2HS!H Il ,W;AsKtiNEK LlNiDSAY. ,Jh.
s. j. Nine salesman and automobiles at
your eervire.
IN CilE1.SEA--S rooms and bath, h ".
heat gas and cleo. garage; iot 81 7aSsIig .
price Is r"a sunah.e.
wARNER LINDSAY. JR.. REALTOR
lIu7 Atlantic Ave., AtantC city, N J.
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MORTGAGES
MAURICE LICHTMAN

IEENI MAJ SERVICE
COZ O%IAL TIr%r LIDO. SPRUCE 677s.
WE REPRESENT Q OF the largest building
And .oan assoc riati0ns aEd desire applioA.
uons Tor frst. second and split mortgages
IN any sActloi Of II. city or suburbs.
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RENNINGER & RENNINGEE

GLENSIDE IN, VPPVSITE NTNTTON.
MODERN suburban home; beautiful loc,: -
rms. every impror omont: gorgeous lot 7iS
jsO si2, 500; also nrand-ncw sine.e hous"
large living rm., fireplace, I rms and bath
, on ground hoor. hp'-Nat"r heat, $500. VIM
| r. II. Roberts & Son. Gensidp. Pa. Open
every day.
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ALLEN & REED

MO%IT frE FIIt~W AND SECOND MICS
L-AELiL. WI EMAl.L. AMOLMIS
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FS,N iM MRItGH-lMMEDlATE pOSSr:SSIOE
- Monastery ave, g rooms ~" ha H.
place Suilt q stone: l"r o5xIIU ,ee,! g,,'r,
9arhs" for cars. JOHN !. FuRAN. ana
Sres,an a. M1nnvunk O91O
FINE corr"r dwc..ing rms. ana hath
n. ht.; gar; lot lNNiOU, good ,,c. Il >,
tor - store, only $7OuU J. J Fmrau'
44l0 ..r"Ss"u g. Phou" Manal INK u97u
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NEW BUNGALOWS. rooms and bath,
sewer, water, gas and electricity; near
trains and trolley and school; exceptional
values AT s305O, only $500 cash. GlLLBEE
4 SANDOZ SIS Clnnaminson ave, Palmyra,
y. J. Open Sundays and evenings.
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RoSLfN IIOMESTEAID-NfansI house; .
acres OLD shade and fruit tr""s. u hnl-
rooms, baths, ! Ar"p."c"s. hot water heat
hardwood hoo.s thr 1ughout, only $500 cash
required, worm lonkng at.
JOHE PATANE. Willow Grove 81
RCS liN HOMESTEAD- N",v homes q rms
bath, fireplace, $500 .o,s siT5 w, cas-;
terLs. Jnhn Phtane. Wi.LgM Grnve ii
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FOR RENT-FURNISHED
WEST PHILADELPHIA
-. = - = =
Observation-Disclosures

TO RENT-Furnished, = large rooins with
private bath and all convenionces. ada.
cent 10 the Merton Club and Havcrford sta
tion. Pennsylvania Railroad young chudro n
not desired: from July 20 until September Q.
PhOne. Ardmore llld.
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GERMANTOWN

rs MANNEIM ST--A-St0fV stone house
.eml.dntached Il roouS hath, ho.-water
h. at, electric l'Eht. t"ut So. Apply to
GLNNDON PRIESTMAN, 36QI Germantown
rv nu".
GEEMANTOWN-G3O AID G&oi Gre"ne at :
near Tu!H"hork"n S't'.on: hss. location in
Gcrma ntown; attractiv" homes.
DREHY & EVANS. Lincoln Bldg.
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MECHANIC with Pierce Arrow 6imr ,.,,,7.
of GcS'g tracEs go%T %f"fsI to take chHrse fee,
sALfSMAN-Qny htgh,class man borTn-.
,rnn nmDtlon and personality, with dcair" Los Nv.
SnimrIaHh aHh' .tarning power unlimited Appy
Co. COS y. Broad St '''e' Huobor
sAi.ESMAN cai!ins, on furniture ana cor.
,,,,n ,,ni azores, 70 sell EasswHrc, chInawarn
,t'Lh,IMAf" ,E j.! md New Jersey Ansro,, n,
IN detail, Roe-pfoIncr Co. baltimore e''S"eF
SIGN FAINTER wanted; a!l.arouna NAV.
steady I'm" Job, must be "Suerinn'nti ,'',,,
,2rn Fairmont, " va
TOOlMAKERS wuntcd-'rwo or q ~, - :.
competent IN - thing up machin"s tr"tn,
o., new IiGs tNiur"s, etc. and iIst ru,, i irs
Reading, Pa. e'" motor Co.
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Tor they thought that very tall story
ah. ihrE didn't believe bit Of It.
"And | would do the same again T
am not afraid Of spirits. even If thev
do ride eaglcs,' boastcd Wagginr
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PALERMO

-4ALERMo, n, ]. 35 acres bsccted by Read
HnS r. r. TO Ocean city. $1,000
wESTNEY, 2O3 Liberty Bldg
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LOGAN
iERS ROCE
Observation-Disclosures


STORES apartments, furnished hoTses
Hon. INui y B""ri ct Wyoming -
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Jt> kI<rpN y

MODERN STONE dwelling on Washington
:, lane; h"au'iful location uy"r'ors.ng "a
York Road country CLUB, II rooms, lot
> Jk:NklNruMN EANN .ANn rNI.sr ~
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Legal. EMENTS
EST,,rE nr UaDV antDIE, ID

-" cen sed-Letters testam'ntnry on ,hs III
above estate having been granted ~ ia
und, rslgnrd. all persons indebted tVusnt
ad estate are requested TO make pasnmyas'
and those HAVING ca ms to present the s"'
without delay, TO
ROBERT j. WILLIAMSI
1901 Chestnut stresns 4
Philadelphia. - =
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Ei.AI. ESTATL. owners can borrow from
400 VI nr. innnrhly iraraiIment mtgs. i'm
sc't!"Wrut. Ir"rer &c M.Inhnow. 20l Victory
BGS.. Wal 1882, or 1876 y. Broad. Wy.ito3
FU%IS fur hrst mpitgagcs; reasonable
C,Srgs. Fred /. Lewis. Oll Morris Bldg
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CHAUFFEUR. co'ored married. 90. desires
nosi,hn by Aug p private pIDatIrn tamIIy; WI,,s
HARDWOOD FINISHER des pos. with con-
tractor or factory. J., Kuln 1902 Hmr!ey
RAILWAY freight claim expert desires Y
locate with large private concern as frelgh{
claim agent: Capable handling any volume OF
business. a S21. Ledger OflCe.
YONG MAN. %. grad. 1929 civil engineer
Ing desires position. A $50. Ledger ON.
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Observation-Disclosures
NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

OCEAN CITY Sij 9TH st.--Single rooms or
on suite. with baths: entirely new: finest
location In Ocean tlty.
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GOOD HOUSES WIN modern conyrr..cr.l,,
from $4,000 10 tlj,OUn. desirable hu..,!.n' ',
lots rom $500 ~ so. 600. ryrrss,y,,
Real Estate Co.. 10 HAdIon ave. e Gl.r.s.
wood y. J
PARK AVE --7-r""m huugn.ow al. InsI.rr
convenience. IHrg" lot. garage. s7su'
Ceilings wood Real Estate Co.. 7-G I,,I,L,u
ave. CollIngswood. y. J
GOOD homes with mod. cows from s36UJ
to Sl5,O 900; dos. bIdy. lots from $500 10
32b0O. CollngswOod Real Estate O. 7oI
Haddon .CnlLI ngaMnnl -
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LOST AND FOUND

$1,000 REWARD. NO QUESTIONS AsKEy,
for the return Of Jewels taken from fes'
dence 20lJ Walnut St, on July I.
JOHN l.. CLAWSON.
2i0 Chestnut st, Philadelphia.
FIRE POIICY-i.ost. Fire Policy No. .44s.
I.umhprmen's Insurance Co. return "
COmmunws attn Trust Co. l20l Chestnut o.:
KFYS-I.ost. II bunch OF keys; reward, oa2s
South NJ. -----
SHNWI.--s5O reward; lost. evening yuy =
vicinity OF Media. Pa, va!uahi 10 sp, spa,n,ss" rs,
shawl; $50 pnid 10 questions asked irrust
bldg. Philade ,phia
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TO CLOSE AZ ESTATE We harn arpru.,
matey 400 building lots tyr sac. s.',!ai"a
r. X. to Atlantic CIV. CHARLES & VIII
SON 5o5 Bailey BuldIug. PhIad-Iph!a
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ROOMS WANTED
APARTMENTS

BUSINESS WOMAN wants room; priyate
bath or running water: no housekeepins'
S35. Ledger Office.
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OvERBROOK
RtISIlN

0,a.hrool. 1907 MarIyn I'd; svN~y mod
FREMONT s co .i+62 North American B.dg
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E NIIJIS
COLIISi.SWOOD

river front tra,, burk
HEADED near railroad i.nd'n"w lrilge.
WESTNEY @03 L.D,r'y If.dE
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iItTI,ORB

MODERN lo--con hr.~E dwelling N Yor;.
road win ou'bgi@iings sur'ah" c7r ra-
rag" o. shup h..rgN n go o.u.. an "s'a'e
JENklNTuWN BANK AND TRUST G..
rIin rLIn
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MERRICk Villa, lot iOxl7O. near Now.
tons Lake; ! block from Knshts pnrk
tennis court handy; all conv.; mus, sell n,
once. COllngswO0d Real Estate co -,
Aaddon ave, Collingswood = J.
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FAIRvIFW

WILL SELL you Fa!rvlew home ana
you can pay me as you would pay rent
o26 to S35 monthly: houses are selling Tor
one-half OF building cost: down payment
eonventently small a postal card or a uhons
call will bring YOU full particulars. SAMUEL
GOsSNER 1898 Ceilings road Fairyiew
Camden. N J. Camden 3l65 J, Open sun
6O2i -2s-3i-30 ConstitutIon and 3OOe Co,gre,.
I'd. cor. O rms. & b. MnrraII ~ y Il
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MERCIIANTyJJIE

ANTNItLE-Bungaows si75O.
and looms; all improvements: financed
$3.50 nrst payment: s27.50 carrying charges
Address Builder, GO7 $, Lexington ave
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HICIII.k>p rNRR

water heat o"v'rlr l.rnt arc o., 5oy 30:
$3.50 WALTER \. Mr'LATCHY 7O.h
and Market I.ansl 'wnc 20G4
BUNGALOW = rooms end hath. 'a. 5nxll5
price sGSOO GEDE'iE T.. HARNESS lgU!
Chestnul 81. MLllIt IMs.l
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NEW Observation-Disclosures

HOR RENr-FurnIghed I-ruom house, on
trolley lre. 90 minutes from ferry; all
onr"nien"es; $Ij ront: possession August l. .
eterences. VI N32. Ledger ONice.
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AGENTS

AGENTS and specIaity saleHmen; can maki
good profits selling Chapel's visible ~ ",
'ug" rIr Ford car; write or call IsrsGnaIy
for our liberal proposition. Chapel Englhs'"
co., Room $40. Victory Bldg,. Phlla.-
MEN-Soll "Perry'' dependable fruit tres
and ahrubbery: steady demand; compsiws
co-opera lion comriss!On paid wcaklH; WIZ
for terms Perry Nurseries. Brighton, n,
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SITUATIONS WANTED-MALR
ASSOCIATION SECRETARY

ASSOCIATION SECRETARY
A. present employed az such. Is seeking .
larger rpportun!tv: years experience 10
organization work. 2h years in present posi'
tiOn' good correspondent. experienced hc:
Countant successful organizer: aCcustomM
to meeting people and using them tactfuy;
would consider executive commercial position
II sufficiently responsible.
Salary IL not the first consideration.
a s2l. Ledger Office.
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EGt, IItU,BOE
.i,h house. ATpiy to JAMES HAIR
m School. BuCks County. Pa.
WILDWOOD
pFSSsIIy,SI\ FARMS

SELL. vuu- wildwood real estate in my mex.
sale JOHN 4. ACkbEY. auctioneer and
reaItor. WlIdwovd y. J.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
NEW JERsEy-suBrRBAN

ONLY MILES FROM rHILADEl.P .PHIA
Modern pre-war built, suburban house.
electric. good water. rooms. pantry. bath.
attic; lot 50Nl2 near trolley. train, school.
stores, only $1,000 NEEDED. 2O5sNirginia ave-.
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SOUTH .NRDMORE
ST IDtSIDS

e."t, .oralinn' "Nr"puona.y In" lot "25 T.
cow, hguS" II rIUTs 3 haihs r0ns.-, , .
tov s;"aplrg p-rcH, con'ral plaut s,n,Yn ,T
hest, "l"C'rir'tT. Ets: EnrnE": yr-lnrhurls,.'
fruit; $23.oo3 J NJ Fr"nene!I. Wayne ia
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
r.retghting by Dog Team
Is a Costly Matter

). lhen, when the machinery Is ON the ground,
" must be set up and operated, both being pro-
Sealngs which require labor. Labor must be
sa'o wages and furnished living quarters and
supplies, and, with freight cost added to the
= suicnase price, those supplies cost money. Be-
~ .V'e ne can take ton of ore from his mine
' prospector must have substantial supply
Of funds.
.,: -- mat, however, he has only begun. Ma
i'ery installed and the ore mined, the prod
~ must be milled and smelted For that it
sa. as. De transported to the nearest smelter,
4, a"h happens to be thousand miles from
aSAa' on Puget Sound. Ore, too, is heavy,
Dafee proportion of it's weight being waste
-. s.eria, which, freighted by dog team to tide
49, Is costly. Add to that the cost of ship
e g. 70 Puget Sound, the smelter charges and
~ "pense of marketing the product The
e'H' " more fG,sring -hen. With
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Restrictions Hamper
the Investment of CAPITAL

He now applies to the government for a
patent or lease. BY the terms of this lease he
Is permitted for five years to drill wells on
one-fourth Of the land he has prospected at
cost Of 100000, paying to the government a
royalty on whatever oil he produces.
1t is at this point that the man with the
100000 and the strong heart is likely to pass
out. For it is discovered that in return for
this privilege of drilling more wells at cost
of $4,000 to $4,000 apiece, renewable after
five years under certain conditions he must
agree to the right of the Secretary of the In
terror, at any time and for any reasons which
he may deem just, to cancel the lease and to
fix at his discretion the amount Of the royalty
to be paid to the government Says the man
with the 100000 investment: "This is not a
lease, but a permit" and as practical bus-
ness man he is not keen for risking his money
on permits. Whereupon the prospector is
probably left with his rig and an oleaginous
hole in the ground.
On the other hand, the investor may decide
to stand by. Having sunk so much in the
project, he may prefer to carry on to the point
of realizing something on his investment The
enterprise, still attended by phenomenal luck,
opens up dozen flowing wells There remains
then only the question of market. This looks
easy. All Alaska is at hand. But Alaska it is
soon discovered is already being served by
Standard Oil. Unless the Alaska property can
produce oil in sufficient quantities to supply
the demand competition with the outside field
is useless. But the government restricts the
operations of one patentee to single claim
and, as geologic conditions are in Alaska, oil
cannot be produced on single claim in guam
titles sufficient to compete with outside fields
The operator, having had his fill of experience
departs.
Much the same situation confronts the coal
miner Under restrictions similar to those
imposed on the oil prospector the man who dis
covers coal lands is granted lease by which
for limited period he is entitled to mine COAL
Now, the coal deposits in Alaska, of quality
equally as good, are unlike those of Pennsyl-
vania They are upthrust and badly broken,
the result of volcanic and other disturbances.
The miner, discovering an outcrop which prom
'scg 4 'a.gr ra,a n N aid sovr ct certain
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

angle, tunnels into the incline-only to find the
vein faulted, vanished. He tunnels into an
other-with the same result. Though the coal
is of excellent quality, this is expensive min
ing Its handling requires a large amount of
money and, to be handled with any profit, it
must be mined over a wide area. But the
government restricts the operations of the coal
miner to 1850 acres, and within those limits
the operator, paying heavy freight rates on
his machinery and product, sees no comnensu-
rate returns. Add to this the fact that his op-
erations are subject always to incalculable
"discretions" on the part of the Secretary Of
the Interior, and he throws up his hands.
THANK you'll" says he. "Not for me-"
The settler may be merchant in the interior
at Fairbanks or in the Iditarod country. He
buys his stock in Seattle, Tacoma or San Fran
cisco, shipping it to Skagway, Cordova or
Seward at rates varying around $40 ton.
In summer it goes into the interior by rail or
automobile, in winter by dog team. Owing to
the long winter season and his distance from
supplies, the merchant is compelled to lay in
large stock. This takes capital in q lump
virtually all he has-and ties it Up three
fourths of the year His turnover is slow.
Because Of his limited market his profits are
figured at the minimum for sales. The result
is that they are eaten up by the interest. Un-
less this is one of chain of stores financed
by large capital, buying and shipping in guam
tity, it is failing business.
Suppose the settler is farmer Inspired
by the sight of fruits, vegetables and grains Of
phenomenal growth produced along the Tan
ana, Matanuska and Susitna rivers, he files
on homestead. While he is waiting for the
90 T.. irrt, L1,e' :,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Heavy Tribute Paid
to Outside Interests

Meanwhile the country Is being persiztently
and consistently drained of those resources, to
the enrichment of the outside world What de-
velopment has taken place in Alaska in the
last ten years has been along the coast, where
waterpower and transportation are available
the year round. Here are the salmon canneres
owned, operated and their product sold in
outside markets, by outside interests Here
are the principal operating mines, whose an
nual S12,000,0o0 Of copper and s8,000,000 Of
gold are taken out by outside capital and do
not return. Of the $4,000 900 Of annual rev.
enue derived from Alaska furs the greater
part goes to the government, as do most Of the
returns from the coal, oil and timber lands
operated under government control. Of these
the pioneering settler who has discovered
them, borne the brunt of the hardships of the
land and is, therefore, logically entitled to
them, gets nothing.
On the contrary, for everything that he uses
he has to send to the outside, at prices made
exorbitant by heavy freights. He pays 40 cents
a can for salmon caught in his own waters
and outside prices for furs trapped in his own
forests. He pays $40 a cord for wood with
thousands of acres of fallen timber around
him; $38 ton for coal, with mines only ten
miles away; 40 cents a gallon for California
gasoline, with natural oil at tdewater, and he
ships in cold storage from the South his 'fresh''
meats and vegetables, at prices often doubled
by the freight charges north. All this he does
to the aggregate Of some $30,000000 q year.
paid for, not with anything he produces In
return but in cash, scraped together for his
labor and in the ordinary course of local ex-
change.
1t is not surprising that In the last ten
years thousands have left the country in dis
gust; that many others are ready to go. The
sturdiest Of the territory's population Is dis
heartened. Having stayed on in the year-to.
year hope of relief, petitioning, resolving, ap-
pealing, meanwhile, for help from Congress,
to give up. It's white population having de-
creased third in the last ten years, what was
once thriving frontier is to-day country for
the most part silent and forlorn, staggering
under the weight of the dead hand of gov
ernment"
ALASKA for the pioneersl" Under that slo-
gan the present residents Of the territory ars
again asking Congress for relief Freedom to
interest legitimate capital in the establishment
Of home industries, release from the proscrip-
tons of bureaucratic control, protection from
exploitation by outside interests and the right
to work out for themselves the country's eco
nomic destiny-these are the things, the con-
ceded rights of pioneers in every other frontier
of the world, which Alaskans demand.