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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
- sIRLKE sLTUAu0N

rn uru low I.rH ago .ud'e.- Hor. w.-a tH.. o. IHe two strikes HaI H.re practically nationwide .rrt m lHe coat m.n.H and railway .nn.a... m. Ia.I.r was Iu .a.r way n. h. settled u.r mo hono for nm .mm.I..I. adjustment oI .he .0r mer Hu. .H. nI..I authentic in. formation .. Y. .nr rI..l IHHt IHe minors H..r called oU lHor a.r.o and .r. returning m work. Wh..0 ln.t u. m. railroad men a farther from ..Iemen. t.Hu |. haH boon n any Ume sine. " W.. declared
 El.... for writing n IoW h.o1.
 ..IueI n.ew u American history which. for ..r1.ou.n.# hHH narHr H..r ... in Hr.tran Turkey Tn. coat ..r.E. ...omn. ..HaI nothing .he minors nr-..ne ln ro back to u... ur|.. n. sam. condition. IHI. .1..IeI when .H. .HEe wa. called rH.r return n uur. Wtr lHcr union. I..r.|0I ro. hr lHe.r har. .ne ....I |0r better conditions hu' through tI.r having .omm.t'r. ..H.H.r.I.I and n.na..Hur murder m which He. .umnIeI urter.Hr. Ono law. o. both God and man.
 And m. railroad Hr.o which H
 u rrrrnH. u H. from settle mont u. .r.r m. r0. boon without
 h.n..U.I .r| murder W.If probably mn-. f. follow.
 sr far President Hur..neH nu.
 uon i'm .H. railroad strike a cone ..rr.I. Il. can he ...I for hIm thrt ho did h best ..r HNur notice ol ... but H. .H n.. r... .0 Ihe occa tom soon .H0u.I. HnI when he did r
 i. bad grown .on h.e for H.m to han- U. H.. Hr.nmm.HI..roI 'Hc nr, uHronI train crippled by Ih. strike and demonstrated .HHt One govern mon. could Hr.-... .r.H. r.elrl'e. Hr rr.a.. m. uHn'. fHne would .... |..| Ir I.. n.H..". stage and to-day IT wont. H.r. boon nH- mau- a-. t.| # he has .erom.n.or..r failed m. m and only erH .Hn. H.. confronted U.. aIu.n.H.rI- .or .n| rH..I 0r striking from .Hr ...HI.r Hr .E.r. ne -He mn. ...H.. ".... h. win HH m. hr.. .. Congress. where \. win b. drawn and ur.r.raI u n hum. Irf ways H..Hr. any .. .r. |. taken -. n. m.0n..m. .Ho ...H.rrr. 0. m. country W..' ae ....U.I .H. m. Hr interest. .. In. n..H.. win .""
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
BEDTIME STORY FOR
 ALASKA CHILDREN
By YOUR UNCLE

Il waH doWncaat and diacour- aged Peter Chat nIhbIod hia food that afternoon He thought of his home and of hIs kind old mother and. Oh. how ho wished ho had not boon ao contrary about changing his color But it waa too late to remedy cone d.u0na Chen and hc began to think up some scheme for getting out of One canyon. Turning hiH head he chaucod to glance at one of hia sIdos and was surprised io find Chat he had begun lo turn dark
 "WeI" said potcr "mat comes of getting scared have hoard that aearos win cause color to change. Now. had , boon dark tho scare would have changed my color to white but being already white. it ia changing It Co brown. Now if can only escape from th.a prison ] can e0 back homo and bo received wIth r0us.ne welcome by my fam. Iy But how io get out of here ia "... "".. .." .. .N.... ..". old Iron Heels h.s supper this cyon- Iue win como back uD hero and try to Gguro out some plan for escape. ] wish - had wings but there Is no usc wishing nI Cry to sneak past his door he win hear mo and carry out hIa lHroat for any rabbit chat ia moan enough t0 hu his wife and children win do anything"
 hucr taking a utue nap. Potor hunted up some supper and took 10 down t0 his master The old follow ato It and to Peter ho said.
 "Now. cIear out of here and don't Iot me sco you again until morning. bul remember. , want my breakfast within 15 minutes after daylight so. " you arc late. you win got some mue you win remember all yoir life. Now e.l"
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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
TWO LHE MLENn coon

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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
HICKMAN KNOWS

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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
-00UIuU-I Trom m W-0U

Tbc old rabbit witch tho KaIscr Wh.a.an IeI Peter round about way and over hiHa and holowa for long distance mdl .hoy finally oamo t3 deep. dark and. marrow mF.ne uIH rock waIiH that were straight un. Il waa lhc most gloomy place lnal Peter had over aoon. ht Iaat they c.me to au ovor-hans.ns rock under which was a nico dry place.
 Hae" mId Che old abbit "is where live"
 "But Whero ia One family you ma- Uouodg" naked roler
 "Fam.Ir' soy young lo.iow that family talk Was aII a bIuG killed oI my wife ud chidrou 'ast aI for u1 reason at ail dId It just be lauae ! am Che most degenerate and oo'd.hI0olod rabbit living. uko to Hu nur just f0 see .hcm die. And now let mo tol you something's Y0u had Ono nerve l0 kick me 0u Che .umn today shortly after we met and , allowed you .o get away witb it for Che ron.1u that ] had uac for you. hul IuH. try It ael.n and ! win box your ears mUI tloy win haro lhun- ier .u chem for week. Now listen. Prom now on you are my aIave aud win do Iu., aa toI. you or you win e0 One way O. liI rabbits who have aa. themselves mp io oppose my wIII N0w Che only way .o get ou. of th.a canyon One route we came I'm. There are high walls 0n both sides and waterfall above From here mp toward. Che waterfall is a aDIcn- did rabbit pasture. and your bus.- ness from now ou w.li bo to eo thcr. and uthor tender roots and buds and bring tHom to mo t0 clt You ore mot to eo below hcre at any ume , clu see you 1T you ovor try to moak past my homo. and If catch you trying -WcI your happy minutes wu be numbered for , win snatch your hide 0I N0W e0 mp and get me something to cat and bo quick ahou. Il and to let you know Cha. ! moaH what say take thoti" and thc old pirate landed such waiIon on lhe side of po'er'a head that he spun around Iko button ou a wood- shed door, but soon recovered h.m- soiI and artol ou. .o obey tho or- dou he had received.
 Trembling and with h.H had r.ne- ing from tHe blow Che old rabbit had afm him Peter stumbled mp Che canyon To get hs mastor'a dinner and n. re went hc said t1 himself.
 "rHi. Ia one fuo mea have gotten into. Hut 1T thaf old outlaw thinks J ann going to stay here and ho h.s a.afe. he Is mistaken But Iu. how am t1 escape .a something J win have .o study out However ! win uro him low days and Inc win hnt he has me thoroughly .uhduoi and may rc.aE Iu h.s watch over me-
 so Peter went ou and In ahouf haII nm hour He wae hacl with a fuo To. of caa for his ImIor Tho old ruhn0 WHa n'.lHoi witch Che iude- mont po..r had shown i'm selecting tender a.un for h.m and aid .o him
 I u.na you win make most eE- c.'Iout .uFe. n. you Hecm both .u- toH.eeHI and quick Now e0 hlck and lnd something for yourself and don't io. ma sec you around here for ut lens. tueo hours when win ho hungry again. And remember what. said nhuu. rr.u. t0 meak 0uf 0l One eurou and to emphasize hIs o-ier he madc another aWIpe at r0.or which Che hitter dodrci and
 mnoraI oI mp Che canyon.
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
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require mc lo work ! win raIao Ono ll.rr limit Com yolr and might a.ro.ch lt fuoon rather thm naw il mp.
 am man or amnIc hab.u Amy man haa HmnIo habits aiter eating
 rabbits Tor moro chan twenty yelH or coure. h1re managed once .u n ere1f while Io ro. moose or cln- bon. but rabbits have boon my 0.uu- dari t.eL It vm probably ..oady mbhIt dIrl lhnf caused me Io .o.o an my hn.r One winter One uhh.u were aII dIaea.cd. but did mo. know . lt mul pr.ur That was Che winter . ! ahcd my hair ] hope lhwo pro mo rahhIH Iu your locality.
 ! nee'acioI lo s.uIc lHat ! am IH year old hut can naH for fa Il any lady objects i0 having n husband younger thHn heneIf II would he o1Hcr for mo Io nH for oFe. chan under my ago much oHHar am tory thIu and whom standing straight . n uno from Che end o, my nose Io my toes Iu.l m.Hos my hdamH apple ! by less than n quarter O. mn inch and my waIaUIue by nearly loot My . hands, allor yielding ln aE for o many ycar uo aomeHhat cHIou0el. |hut standy fHnWaHh.ur would soften ! thcm -.u Imo
 Now. Ii IH IuH. tH.H WaE don ' ! have to Ioave Jump 0n Joe Crook a. l n man can live hero " he sells only one cord of wood n month during .ho | |ono1 aeaeon of nro months lHal .s n man Chat hm living down as na. 'aa hnve and If Che rabbit crop don't au-aud \, never haH Fe. Bu. ! ! think change would do Inn. good | aud m1ybc tighten un my ..e.h ' would IIEc Io know at Ono earliest no hIe date V y0u .hIut you can |pIacc mo I'm your locality u Ono manner suggested and v ao. r.Fc l sort of pen picture of .he ma.rmoH- |IaI landscape Including her weight . and general build don't Hke om . too Iat-uor yo. too skinny My roaeona for being anxious 'o . hcar as soon as possible aro Iat-IfI , eo. ! want ,o prepare for leaving any ume steamer como . along aa che. don't como worry often. 2rd-Il don't e1. want .o know before It n too Iu.o to TO. chInk my crhu and pick ou. now rabbit run for my maro. grd- 10 ahe wants mo lo bring my blankets Tu have .o wash chem and !. ! don't waut Io do th.I uu.e am ure of going.
 ThH r ho enl oI huw. and , should have your ron.r carly n s.n- famher. muI which Umc am
 Nouu HEnrr.HulIr
 LARS LARSON.
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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
Inmn n- - -

Dear Stroller.
 You havo likely forgotten mo. but ' am Che nIr-ha.red fellow lhat waH one of tho party thnt dr.ltoi down Che Yukon r.Vcr from Bonnet, co uau.on WIth you on r acoW Ono Iaic nH or g0 whom wn tempted falo and cour.ci dc.ruct.ou Che ''Ht 900 milo. or Che Grip during which our
 .ou Waa mostly r1Id'y locked .n One Iou'y moving lee and Wo Wcre carried unro aUue'r on and on nnd on. mol. knowing whom Ono moving mam would Iam and cru.h our lu.I crnr. nH Ono V wore am oEE ancIl That wac ono umo whom Il would rnrr boon out of r.uco fo H.u. IuI for Che shore Brother for aII .hc EnrH hora and au Che k.uE mon could not halo pulled thai coW Co .nnro W.Ihou. carving nu opening through tfouanda o' lon.-o' fec.
 You aIo have probably forgotten h.tI srent Che 0nt winter I'm Dave .on and lHlt ! trIliei on down One Yukon rrer Che following wmmor Wau ! d.d and ] IoeafcI hero at .hc mouth of Jump on Joe Croe. and hnra haan here ever since engaged In cnunr.ur steamer wood To convoy to rou some idea of how h1rc Im- proved u my uc oI Che English nueuae. Ince you know mo. ! called un uiaco "Tump or Noe' for Che rnl tow years waa 0ere But .o e.l down .o business
 My object In writing to you .s. J admit a aeInsh ono. bui one lhat a of great importance to mo. It Ia lfia. For moro chan e0 years have made r faIr living cutting and selling wood fo aIcambolts hut now .Hat Che regular HIe1mCr hlFo been taken oT Che lower Yukon and only ana occasional tramp comes along my business has gone rIImmcr.nE and ! am Icft high and dry and wIth ioH ihau enough money Io take mo out of Che country eron v ' wanted to -o. which ] don't. have enough. however, lo take noe aa lar as Juneau and It Is i'm ibif connection that ! am writing you
 Do you know of aur woman .n Ju- nenu or Iu any other nearby town .rnt ouuH n restaurant and WrntH hua1audf IT you do. wr.te mo n de-
 .r.nuon of her and E.vc mc your opinion ae to whether or not you think ! could guaIty for thc po..- uau Tho reaaon ! prefer a woman who Inn. restaurant IH chat ! unrH he I'm uuc to eIt regularly. or coure. If ! could e.l o woman .H.I naa money .t would be aI right. rrt mighty few women HILh money would errc iu annex mc-If dol r.r. fo gay it myae't But my idea .r he n would bc cheaper Iu ihc long run for woman who haa a restaurant Io marry me chan to pay ou. good money to n dIehvaaher oi .auue afc wou'd have either of uH Io coI but hr marrying mo rhe would save IHc Wrer Sec.
 HnIt.s hars handy wItd dHhw
 har. Che reputation ot being abIc Io build Ono bc.l aour dough bread Chat was cror constructed Iu hia r.r. of Che country and when it come. to ho.-cate -woI am aorrI ! can't IncIosc n who.e r.acE Iu lh.F letter ro you could rec for youueIt but am afraid Ono sample ] am m- closing win be somewhat c'ammy bv Che umc It reaches you. hut from Hs texture you vIlI he ahIo .o form
 me da of what It would bo if. Iuat nI One r.oFc.
 IrItsa woman with n restaurant and hare to waab IIarcr w.I. ..ru'ate thut abe mu.t bc at Ica.t. es and not orrr 1O rolu of age However. If rbe has money and Wont
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

"Copy More cory," Che "Morg" man
 ahouts And for seventeen years I've been
 grinding It out-- Seventeen yoau iu Che service lm-
 mcuod. Telling Che world Of tho best and
 Che worst N0 time for revision. mo timo for
 deep th0ueHi A condition iu which we have mover
 boon caught No Ume for hrae-poIiah.nE. figures
 of speech Or rIs that Che teachers Of rhetoric
 preach. Vouaa One. Two and Three Of thIa
 marvellous rhyme Have taken eight minutes ot my
 precious t.mc. J havc two minutes moro to finish
 this right For have to write twenty moro
 jokes tonight Copy, More c0pvi" We bid not for
 Fame. But we get hcu. ol thrills in LIfc.a
 suCei.osI game. And writing auU writing forever
 youu find Us TU few Of our old pals walk
 slowly behind us.
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
ELNKRrTr - s0LD

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 n N.H.. H E Robertson One H.. .H. ...rr. 0. ... Cartwright 0-. ... ... having boon made for .rt n.r... H. creditor. Tho nr.e paid WI. E... and .H. ....ms 1el.ns. ... H-.".... .m.H". I0 E...'.
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
FIRE AT HAYNES

Fre hr.Eo out I'm Che American Legion building a. ua.nca Thursday about midnight and before |. wu undcr control ihe Legion building and tho one containing N G IHn- e1u' hardware store and Che pos. oI'cc had hcon destroyed. The a0. fllt no wind was blowing 1Fci Che entire town from destruction.
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19
gTKA HOT SPRINGS

Vidt pr. F. L. Goddard's famous aanitarium. where thoro 10 every comfort Ratos f3 per day and up. Tho watou of Che sItka Hot sprIngu arc ufo-givIng and hoalth-prosorying.
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

H "A lr..r H hore from s... I... ." Hr r..t to her I.ueH..r Mrs. I A. Heiuu.haI lut
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

un...H.. tom Ina. whom IuHn. ". H.. H.He...r H. .lr nte poo. ID. n. e.-... .HI HHn now .nne her HH..n. Tn. I.rH-.. HHs m.r
 -eI H. was e0.U.. m . rnhe n. mnrrH..m hold m H..e nr no.r. H.rI. ". .. mo. .rHH u bond
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

J u. Tan hta wa. n HouIHHomd naHrneer on One Quo.u Tu.dlF morning He win uH. m 5ol.I0 and houos .o return to Imoau W.th-
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

WANTED-Cl Clean cotton rags. Tho 8troIora Weekly
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

Tho Stroller win be In h.a oI.ee during, oIco hours and from l.90 mHl 9.00 ererg day and nigh. llH week Tor Che purpose ol giving on. Hous com lam. AI business win be transacted I'm Che Sob Room and win hr strictly confidential
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

Heaa Che s,roilor's Weekly
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-19

-TnI out If ahe WaH.a me .o bring my blankets
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-18
Ninety and Nine Obey Law.
Seattle Times. J

Ten thousand Grimm ais" professionals the po-
lice call them--reside in Chicago according to
commission that has been investigating lawlessness
in that city
Less than one-thrd of per cent. of the city's
population is responsible for the part of its
crime The lawlessness and the presence of the law
less both attributed to the slowness with which
the wheels of justice set in motion and the small
number of convictions.
America needs rebirth of resolution in its deal
ings with offenders against the criminal laws 1t
needs speeder justice and sterner penalties In brief
it needs spirit that will demand that the law shall
be made to stand up everywhere.
New legislation is not required. Proof of that is
to be found in the lettering influence of series of
convictions for murder in Chicago. In 1919, there
were $50 homcides in that city The courts were
induced to expedite the trial of under indict-
ment and as result, twelve were sentenced to hang
and twelve were given long pententiary sentences.
The murders numbered only 100 in 1921.
Unwarranted sympathy for offenders sometimes
tends to render imperative one the
of the laws functions in America-that of deterrng
the commission of crime In their eagerness to give
the errng another chance the people frequently
have failed to protest when enforcement has gone
the other extreme and has failed adequately punish
Capital punishment cannot atone to the individual
or to society for the loss of human life through
murder-but, if capital punishment follows swiftly
does protect others by deterring desperate from
homicide.
Ninety mine per cent. of Chicagos population, ac-
cOrdng to the report of the crime commission seeks
to obey the law Less than one per cent deies the
law.
There can be no question-no doubt-as to which
should have first consideration in the eyes the law
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-18
Good for Gov. Bone.

Seattle Railway c"d Marine News)
After six months in Alaska, Governor Bone returns
from the North and while stopping in Seattle
he gives an interview to both daily papers. 1t is
worthy of note that the Governor does not in his
interviews beittle critcise the transportation in
terests serving the Territory. This is all the more
remarkable, nearly every public in Alaska
and many in Washington, d. c. have for years been
featuring this supposed handicap, when a great many
others and far more serious things have been the
cause of the past troubles in Alaska. Mr. Bone is
be sincerely congratulated for all omission of the
usual TRADE and it indicates that if this is his at
tiude Alaska today stands better chance of going
forward than before in it's history. AS this
paper has frequently pointed out. the cargo
pacity of all steamships operating in the Alasak
has been greater by from forty sixty per cent each
year than the total weight of the moved during
such year There be contradiction to this prac-
tca statement. Now is the time, if ever, for every
local Alaskan Washington bureaucrat to follow
the lead of the Governor of the Territory and omit
entirely this silly reference the transportation sys-
tenn and in lieu thereof work unitedly for the nm
Stacking of Alaska from bureaucratic methods the
development of Its upon the most liberal
national policy dreamed CT in that Territory
and for the full announcement and aid on the part
of the Government officials to make the valuable
region what it should be, vertable treasure house
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-18
HENRY FORD AND MUSCLE SHOALS.

Congress, in the last months of the Wilson Ad-
mnistration, rejected proposal Secretary of War
Baker for the formation of a Government corpora
tion financed with Government funds to take
the Muscle Shoals development when complete and
make fertilizer to sell to farmers at cost. 1t
frowned upon a socialistic plan involving Gov
eminent competition with private industry. Con-
gress being not wholly sympathetic with the Ad-
minstration, there may have been more politics than
economics in it's action.
Now, Henry Ford presents a proposition which is
receiving the support of those who favored the Baker
project. He has proposed pay $1,000 900 for the
nitrate plant which cost the Government more than
$87 100000, that the Government make further ex-
penditures estimated at 100000 900. the dams
and power plants and that he will lease the whole
development from the Government and furnish cheap
fertilizer from the nitrate plant
This fertilizer feature has captured the agricul-
tural bloc in Congress and farm bureaus generally,
and many delegates to the Agricultural Conference
in Washington formed themselves into lobby to
impress Congress the more.
There have been estimates by the War Depart
ment that the cost of making sulphate of ammonia,
fertilizer ingredient at this plant would be $57 so
a ton Farm Bureau committee estimated 5000.
There is not much arguments for economy in these
estimates, as the market price of this product
in 1921 was $3.50 a ton and there is surplus of
1t in the country at that
suggestion is that Mr. Ford would absorb the
loss on fertilizer in profits from the power plants
he Is bidding for more than the nitrate plant. He
ihciudes completion of the Wilson Dam and the con-
srucuon OF another to give him total of $50 900
hydroeleetric horse power. This the biggest part
Oh the proposition but is lost sight of by the enthus-
iastc advocates of cheap fertilizer He would get the
$S1,oOOOO0 nitrate plant for SIS 900 OOO would pay
per cent On the cost of Dam and s46,547 annually
70 amortze the cost of the Wilson in 100 years
mat being the first period of the renewable therefore
perpetual, lease proposed by him.
Statisticians have fpured that in Inn yaors +ho
lease would have cost the Government 1886 900 900
more than it received from Mr. Ford This they
consider the equivalent of subsidy to Mr. Ford for
the operation OF the nitrate plant and the produc-
ton Of cheap fertilizer Thus the Government par
ttcpation with Mr.. Ford would be only another form
OF socialism and competition with private industry
differing little from the Baker proposition
II this Government development started as war
necessity, is to be sacrificed for such small per-
centage of salvage. Mr.. Ford might well have 1t
- any one else But straight-out sale, even a
gift. would be better than to bind the Government