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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
LAUNCH PROBES INTO BURNING
DEATH HOUSE OF INSANE HOSPITAL
NWHlCH AT LEAST II DIED
Building a Fire Trap and
Overcrowded, According to
Officials Who Begin Inves-
tigatiOn - Several Insane
Patients Wander to Homes
During Confusion

little change in the figure. Sew
enteen are known to be dead, Is
OF them unidentified and 10 9TH
crs unaccounted for.
The list Of unaccOunted for
had stood at Is until relatives
reported the arrival 1t their
homes Of three of the patients.
Until the 10 can be accounted
for Identification of charred
bodies cannot be made.
Chicago. Dec. 27. Formal inquir,
into the fire which last night de-
stroyed the frame death house" at
the Dunning state hospital for the
insane will be inaugurated today by
Judge c. II. Jenkins of Springfield,
director Of the department of pub
lie welfare. according to hospital at
tendants. Judge Jenkins was ex-
pccted to arrive early in the day to
take charge Of the investigation in
behalf of the state.
Three other inquiries by city and
county officials also we're scheduled
to begin today, one under the direc-
tion of Coroner Wolff, another by
County Judge Jarecki and a third
by City Fire Attorney E. j. Whit
tey.
Hours of informal investigation.
last night failed to disclose the prob
able cause Of the blaze. Several the
ories have been advanced by attend
ants, but conclusive evidence in sup
port of any probability is lacking.
The over-crowded condition Of the
frame structure, which housed be-
tween 600 and 700 patients, will be
the starting point of at least one of
the county investigations, it was in
Coroner Wolff said he
would select city officials and bus
incss men to sit on the coroner's
jury.
81 am going to get to the bottom,
Of this as quickly as possible" he
declared.
Three of the 13 inmates, who were
at large during the night returned
TO their homes in the city this morn.
ing according to the reports of the
Of the institution.
IN inmates are still unaccountcd for.
they are believed to have wandered
rom the grounds during the confu-
sion but the ruins arc still being
searched for bodies.
Judge Jarccki Immediately set in
notion machinery to remove a num-
,cr of patients to other state insti-
,utions. Between 600 and 700 in
mates were driven to improvised
quarters in other build
ngs already filled to capacity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
WEATHER FORECAST

For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Friday. Rising
temperature Friday.
For North Dakota: Partly cloudy
tonight and Friday. Rising tempera-
ture Friday southwest portion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
HEARTSEASE BLOOM IN n. n
ON FIRST DAY OF ssWINTER"

UTHHu TUTKS, N. D., DEC. ~. -
Heartsease flowers were still
blooming out of doors the first day
OF winter at the farm home of Mrs.
Fannie Mahood Heath, vicepre7-
ident Of the National Horticultural
society. near this city. Mrs. Heath
1s sending bo0uets OF the flowers to
her friends tor Christmas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
BABY SCALDED no DEATu

Dogden. N. D., Dec. 27.-ANred.
two-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Federenko of Dogden. was naI
tally scalded when he walked q few
steps backward and fell into a
bucket OF boiling water. He died
in Q short time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
DECISION REVIEW SOUGHT

UICIOIVN hEVIEW SUUUHT
Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. GA
civil action has Jbeen brought in
district court here by the Greasy
corporation of Grand Forks against
tNke state securities commission of
North Dakota, Gov. r. A. Nestos,
Attorney General Shafer, and
Thomas Hall, secretary ,of state.
The action seeks review Of the Sc
curities commissions decision re-
fusing to permit the corporation to
sell dealers certificates.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
SNUFF HELPS CAPTURE THIEF

Danzig, Dec. 27.-Snuff worked
the ruin of thief who was robbing
a tobacco store in Langfuhr, one OF
the suburbs of this city. One night
the tobacco dealer scattered snuff on
the floor. When. he opened the shop
in the morning there were footprints
in the snuff.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27

FLAMES a million miles long leap
out into space from the sun, yet
they are scarcely visible to the
naked eye.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
MAN BELIEVED
CRAZED FIRES
AT HIS AUTO
Bullet Misses, But Prince
Hirchito Takes Refuge in
Government Building
FEELING RUNS HIGH
POpulace of Toxic Greatly
Excited by Attempt on
Life Of Prince Regent

Toxic, Dec. 27.-HOmc Minis.
ter Goto has resigned, assuming
responsibility a home minister
for the attempted assassination
Of Prince Regent Hirohito BY q
20.year.old youth under arrest,
It il understood here. Baron
Goto's home and all socialist
centcrs are being closely guard
ed owing to fear Of anti-socisi.
ist outbreaks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-27
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly cloudy tonight and Fri-
day. Rising temperature Friday.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18

Frapn6 situacs Gesks 1kely
W Fallxnosx. - Pres nekolika-
lete usili ceske zdejsf mensiny
nedostalo - dossad ceske nasi
skole vyhovujici'ch mistnosti a
tax dosav&dnf ''polodennf" W.
ucovanl v malicke skolni mist
nosti, v nz Sc tisni 65 deti, tr-
va nadals. Byla sice nadeje,
ze podaff se zabrati zpIsobi-
lou mistnost v z&mku Ervina
Ncstice, ale pro namitky Pa
matkoyeho lfadu ami k tomu-
to opatfenf nedpjde. Navrh
ma zabrani mfstnosti v uredni
budove, nalezejici rovnez No
sticovi, jest bezpfedmetnym jiz
proto, ze mistnosti jsou male, a
co hlavniho, tmave, takze nevy
hcvuji skolnim uceldm. Mimo
to je tam ubytovana vojenska
posadka a jsou tam soukrome
byty, re kterych najemnici, po-
nejvice CeSi ~nebo statni "a
mestnanci, pemohou byti talk
tez vyhozeni., Tim ocita Sc "a
lezitost umistneni ceske skoly
opet ma mrtvem bode pres to,
ze die predpokladu minister
stva skolstvi melo byti vyuco-
vani VI novych mistnostech "a
|hajeno jiz pocatkem tohoto
skclniho roku. Roztrpceni jest
zde velike a nebude divu, wy
|skytne-li sc v fadach ceskych
rodicd odhodlani, re deti do
skolnich mistnosti, kdez jsou
ohrozeny nejen ma zdravi, n.y.
brz jsouA zkracovany ma du-
sevni vychove. posilati proste
nebudou, dokud nebude ener-
gicky zjednana naprava a ne
budou opatfeny vhodne a zpd-
sobile mistnosti.
Misto 800. 600 vyplatil 3 milio-
ny. - V jist6m peneznim lsta-
Iv Praze We smen@rne byly wy
Iplaceny omylem 8 miliony ra-
kousIkych korun misto 100000
rakouskych korun, pancvi We
lsyetle hnedych satech, dopro.
lvazenemd damon. Dotycneho
pana xada dfednik bankovni
aby laskav& vratil pfeplatek, je
likoz by difference musel hradi.
Iii sam.
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PRODA Sc farmicka "a akru,
10 minut cd kary, stop 10 A.
B. c. line. Dunn je o I poko-
jich, plyn, mestska voda, elek-
trika, fernes, rs ovocnych stro-
mG. Haste Sc v cis. 1867
Pease Rd. Maple Heights, stop
10 A. B. G. Line, Bedford, O.
9-22
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RIsIKo PRAcE.

26-lety vyaiybkaF drahy
Wheeling, a Lake Erie, w. X.
Carey, dcstal Sc vcera odpole-
dne ma vych. SO. ". mezi diva
yasony q Y beznadeinem sta
WI dopraven do nemocnice sv.
Alexise,. kde mu ma rychlo am
putovana byla paze. Zraneny
by ale 'patsme srankn tskce
uvnitf neb "a pdl lhodiny po o.
peraci dotrpel.
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PRODA Sc dvourodinny dam
o 5ti pokojich, 2 koupelny, du-
bove podlahy, garaz pro. 2 au-
ia, naleza Sc proti verejn6
skole. Lot je 45 pfi 1876, str.
Haste Sc v els. 3537 E. lat. ul.
Tel. Broadway 2O47 w.
9-12
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valky, kdy zvitezilo heslo
"Gott lstrafe England" byl re-
lief anglickeho krale odstra.
men. Nyni, jak sc usneslo zvld
stni komite, bude ma podstavci
umistena pametni deska Geet.
howl, ktery prav6 pred sto le'
ty v Mar. Laznich meskal.
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VIII.

Zatim, co z&pasil otec je-
Jim byvalym snoubencem, po-
sadila Sc PAM Dubinova ma la
vicku pod kosatou lipou v par
Ia v duclN uvazovala, co asi
Ese odehr@vk v tomto okamzi-
ka niesi Setfilen . Nevolou.
Ted tasi ma nabizi otec, ably
odesel cd 'Dubina k n6mn Go
asi odpovf .rsaz, ktefeho pfede
dvema lety jest9 pokladala "a
sveho budouciho chote? Chv6-
la So temM rogcilenim, kdyz
myslila ne to, ale byla stejne
rozruSena, at predpokladala
kladnou ii zapornou odpov6d
Nevoiova. 6volf-li, klsms4s se
" jeho citech, odlouceni od nj
bylo by mu podfe toho snazsf
nez Sc domnivala. Jiz mystic
ma to, pocit'ovala ostrou bolest
zklamani. Ale nesvoli-li !.
co pax? Jeji pamet' il .tvrdo-
Slime opakovala veskere divo-
dy, jez uv&del otec, ably il pre-
svedeil o nevyhnutelnosti Ne,
volva odstran6ni. Uznavala
je "a spravne, nemohla jinak,
dobre chapala muka, jez il ce-
kali. A prece il cosi nedavalo
pokoje, moznost nebo pravde-
podobnost teto muky vzbuzo-
vala v hi nikoli strach, nybrz
spise nadeji. Pomalu zmocno-
vala Sc il nevosnost, netrp6li-
We vyhlizela, kdy konecne Sc
objevi sluha sc vzkazem, ably
prisla k otci. Ale ten Sc me-
objevoval. Nevydrzela jiz ma
lavicce, vstai a prochazela Sc
parkem. Ale pax Ease il ma
pablo, ze tax il snad nenajde
sluha, a znOvu sc vracela ma
sve misto, avSak "a nekolik mi
nut jiz opet tam nemela stani.
Rozmluva otcova 8 NevOlou tr-
vala velmi dlouho. Ne, lehce
Sc pan adjunkt media pohnOut.
ahy odesel, aby Sc vidal po-
sledniho, nejmensiho daru, kite
ry mu poskytovala jeho laska,
pouhe v6domi, ze je ma blfzku
t6, jiz miloval. Ale je videt,
ze take otec nema chuti povo-
lit a stpji prave talk tvrdosijn6
na SVEN. Anicka Sc ted pfi-
stihovala jiz pri zcela vyslov-
mem pfani, aby Sc Neyola ne.
dial pohnout.
Ale tohoto poznani Sc ulek-
la. Mel snad otec pravdu
kdyx il upozorhoval, he tako,
lvyti stav by vedl ma drahu kon
cici tim. za Sc stane zepou no.
vernon a nepocestnou? >Ngni
touzi, ably il bylo ponechano
vedomi. ze muz, ienz miluje j
a jejz miluje ona, je zde, u nj
Ale splnenim prani jednoho re
diva 50 dr0he: jak bu'de zni1
to-? A Jake pKjde pc mem? A
nejhorSi VEG: Andcka 81 byli
vedoma, ze sc hrozi takovycl
koncl, ze nechce Mich slyse1
z dcty k sobS. Kdezto jej
otec -. Bylo il hrozn6 horko
zapasila-li ona Sc sebou samor
o s,vou cest, bojoval otec jen (
penfze, hohatstvi -. Jak by
10 to vse protivn6 a hnusne =
A sllha nepfichazi :. Kdybs
ctec prohral i teto potycce
Nevolou -. veru, vlastne by
bylo dobfe, kdyby jej stihl!
financni pohromy, jich& Sc tai
bal -. znicen by tim nebyl .
Anicka veru by nemela nami
tex proti spravedlivemu ire
fStu "a tento cynismus.
Zalekla sc pon9kud teto my
AleRky, eotva si il uv4domtla.
Ne. nechci. pratt nikOml
hic zlcho, zsjmena otci ne. -
; lstihlo mas jiz dost nest6sti. 4
I;akych!
Rnzpomnela sc, ze vlastn,
take jen financni nesnaze j
dohnaly ke shatku.A kdxb,
.|nebylp toho. j. .;Jenom stot'
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Pametni deska Goethovi v
Mar. Laznich. V Marianskych
Laznich byT ma podstavci uni
stem relief anglickeho krale q
rakouskeho cisafe Frame Jo-
sefa ma pamet' setkani Sc
t6chto panovnikl v Mat. Laz
Mich roku 1904. Ma poGatku
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PRONAJMOU Sc diva pokoje
pro diva bezdetne manzele. Je
tam vse pohodlne zarizeno. -
Haste Sc v cfa 3S47 Indepen-
+dence Rd. 9-18
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PRONAJME Sc jeden pokoj
jednomu neb dvema fadnym
panlm Sc stravou neb beze
stravy. Nabytek a koupelna
k pouziti. Haste Sc v elsie
$3.50 vych. los. ul. z Union.
$40
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Mt1sf ,R1TI PRoDAN ., da 80
levn9 novy dunn 0 s6ti svktai-
cich v pTizemi. jeden pokoj na
hofe, koupelna, sklep pod ce-
lynn domem, farnes, gar&z, NJ
kz& se blize eeskeho kostela
. skoly. palSi informaes %
DAFT g Y Els. 3429 zap. Al. u.
923
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PRODA Sc ddm 0 5ti poko-
jich, s koupelnou, sklep pod
celym domem, garaz. Haste
Sc u majitele v els. 3426 Me-
yers ave. blize Fulton Rd.
9-2S
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PRIJME Sc nekolik unio-
vych tesari. Haste sc ma pra-
ci ma vych. 1876 ul. . Miles A
We. aneb vecer v els. 1884
Reechwood Ave. !?
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PRONAJMOU Sc zafizene
pokoje pro pany neb bezdet-
ne manzele, koupelna k pou-
ziti, zvlastni Nvchod, Haste Sc
" cislt 1913 Union Ave. 9-18
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cTETE TOTO HNED. Pro-
da Sc moderni jednorodinny.
pohodlny dunn 0 6 pokojich,
velky lot, blize Storer Ave.,
Cena $3.50, hotov6 $4,000.
Blizsi sdeli JOS. F. Pojman,
48O1 Clark Ave. Tel. Hem
lock 1857. 9-18
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TENATECH
-R o n 4 NJ
Nspsal Karsl n, Pffbranslt.


vfela oci jako v bolestnem sne-
nj, nemyslic ma mic. Nev6dela,
jak- dlouho hvala tata neurei-
ta zamyslenost. Ale nahle sly
sela kroky m piaku stezky.
Sluha pfichaxel. Mlada zena
zbie4ia, jaako by 2 jeho lst me,
la Alyset rozhodnuti. Byla ii
vedoma, ze uslysi jen otcdv
vzkaz, jenz bude Unit v kaz-
dem pffpad4 stejn4, q piece
sebou pedAssna tYhla. kdyz k
nj promluvil.
- Milcstiva pani, pan otec
presi. sbyHte prisla laskave k
nemu.
Prikyvla jen hlavou, bojic
Sc, De by nebyls to promlu-
VIII, Ale pax Sc prece ovladla
"a tazala Sc: u:
- Je nekdo u otce?
- Ne, prosim, byl tam pan
adjunkt, ale jiz odesel.
- Dcbfe, pfijdu hned.
Siuha 'odchazel vyfidlt jeff
odpoved', Anicka zdstala jeste
chvilku. ma lavicce. Sbirala
sye silly, vsecku il tisnil, ba dr.
til DOZEN, ze tu nejde vlastne
% otAzku, ztistane-li Nevola v
Glove, cili mic, nybrz ze tn
jde o chvili primo osudnou, O
krok, jenz bnde rozhodovat Q
jejim pffstim 1ivote. Jeji srd-
ce svirala lzkost, jiz nebyla S
to 81 vysvetlit, cosi jako pred
tucha neznameho, ale tusene-
ho Ella, nebezpeci, ktereho tlo-
|yek nevidf, ale jed uhodne,
kroku, jicIhz neslysf, ale jez
citf v patach.
- Ne, fekla 81, vie to je pcu
he nervove pfedrazdeni, mu-
sim byt siln& je jiz rozhodnu-
to. Sama nemohu niceho v
tom vscm. Muslin vyckat CO
Sc stale sn4et to.
Vstal a sla pomalu do zam-
ku prede dvefmi pokoje jeste
81 hluboka vzdychla a pax
vkrocila dovnitr.
Prvni pohled ma otce poucil
il, lie je v nalade velmi dobre.
Spatfiv il, Sci il vstfic, NINA 81
ruce.
- Odejde? tazala Sc S nu-
cenym dsmevem, jimz marne
! zakryvals, jaIk j bolt tato po-
! livana.
- Posad' Sc, pravil Setril,
jsi velmi rozeilene. Aspen Sc
mi zda, ze jsi. Vec neni TAX
,'pxosta, abych ii mohl hned cd,
povedet presne.
| - Nechce tedy? zvolala a Y
,jejim hlase prese vse ovladani
eosi zasum6lo jako zvonkova
hra.
Tvar otcova sc zachmufila
pfi tomto tonu.
] - Posad' se, opakoval, -
vIdyt' jsem ii jiE fekl, ze ne.
lie ma to dat odpov6d' jedinym
''slovem. Ale myslim, ze budes
;..spokojena. Vse zalezi nyni ma
j tob6.
- Ma mne? opakovala pole.
kane. Ale vzdyt' jsem ii re-
kla. tatinku, ze nechci MIN
jednat.
j - Uznas sama, mile dit6, ze
jsem ucinil vse, aibych te zpro
still tohoto trapneho 1kolu. -
Ale nepodarilo Sc mi to, .ie ne
'|vyhnutelno, abys promluyila
nina sama.
i Tvaf mlade zeny Sc pokryls
smrtelnou bledosti. Niceho
.niceho by nebyla tedy llsetfe
na. sama mela by zavdat pod
net k tomu, aby losovali 0 ri
Ivot diva muzi, 2 nichz byl pry
nj jejim muzenn a ;druhy oso
h0u na svet6 nejdrazsi? A ne
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PRODA Sc mlekafsky a deli
katesnf stor, kde Sc trzi $500
tydne. velmi dpbre okoii, "a
vira Be v z hod. vecer. - D&-
le dObre jdouci cukrovinkovt
obchod velmi LEVINE. Haste Sc
U Mr.. Zilmerman, 1907 Miles
Ave. cd 5 do 6 hod. veGer.
9-10
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DR. OBJ N 3
OMAN K Y.
PRIME SE'

PRIME Sc ceskoslovenska
dipka v start cd 16ti do 18ti
rokd, ktera se domluNi angi-
cky ma domaci praci. Zadne
prAdlo ami vafeni. Dpbry do
NOV. Haste sc u Mrs. Paine,
Stop 111a A. B. G.. Line, els.
1922 Broadway, Maple
Heights. 9-19
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MlNlTE-Ll jiti do obchodu,--
name pro vas misto v Corlett
v ceskam okoli, velky stor v
cihlove budove, 5 svetnic, kou-
pelna. Je tam dobra budoc-
most. P6kna stavba. Cena jen
$4,000. BlizSi sdeli Nejedlik
q Mikes, realtors, 11O15 Union
Ave. Tel, Broadway 1856 -
Union 1851 r. (?l
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PRIME Sc uniovy delnik
ma barveni zvenku uvnitr.
Jen dobry necht' Sc hlasi u
Fr. Huudek, 7113 Union Ave.
9-19
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PRO RONAJE Sc,

RONAJMPE Sc byt o dvou po-
kojich, plyn, elektrika, voda,
naleza Sc blize vych. 55. ul.
kary, Harvard a Francis St.
Haste Sc v els. 3649 E. 49th
st. $40
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10. ZASTAVKA ABC DRAHY
Predmestsky bungalow, 5 po-
kojd koupelna veskary1n
mestskym pohodlim, move de-
korovany, elektrina, plyn, nest
ska voda, otop, garaz, slepic-
mix, ,~3 velke Lofty, blize skoly,
obchodd a kary. Mattel Sc
vystehuje ihned. Cena~ S65OO,
hotove $500, zbytek jake ma
jem. w. j. Widmar, 10. "a
stavka ABC drahy. Bd. 800.
9-18
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PRODA Sc cukrovmkovy
obchod 9 prodejem skolnich
potfeb v eisle 6228 Broad
WAX, t%dai J. zarucanx yplijam
pies &4b0. Da Sc LEVINE. Rlizsi
sdeli Mr.. Zimmerman, 1907
Miles Ave. 9-29
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PRODAJI Sc plemsnne busy.
Haste Sc els. l4636 Pease
Rd. Stop 10 A. B. G. line Ma
pie Heights. Mr.. Otto Mohius.
! :f 913
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PRIME Sc jeden neb 2 PAM
ma byt beze stravy, pokoj sam
% sobe. Haste sc v els. 4605
Gar Ave. 9-10
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PRIME Sc nekolik muzi ma
kopani. Haste sc u Chas. Rn-
zic|ky 47O9 Lester Ave. 91l8
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-23
FINE SHOWING FOR ALASKA.

The report of Collector of Customs John (. Me Bride covering the business and industry Of Alaska fer 1922 shows very marked improvement ia this Territory and enc that will undoubtedly count for further progress in 1923. The total volume of the bueinees between Alaska and the States and soreisn countries showed an increase 1921 of nearly . per cent, from $65,954 566 10 $86,734964 The eN- ports showed increase of approximately 3l per cent from $45,745338 to $59,SS7 $50. The balance of exports over imports in 1922 $3304o.125. or net loss than Oo0 per capita the white popula- fion CT $500 per capita for all the population The balance Of trade in 1921 was $25,536,112-about $7.500.000 less than for 1922
 While the volume Of businees measured in dollars was not large in 1922 it in any of the years. pre- ceding 1921 the quantity production was, generally speaking, greater than for 1919. 1920 CT 1921. The salmon pack in 1922 was 220,795Q75 peunds-more than 4.S00 GOO cases-as against 130 192 S45 pounds in 1921, 194,671632 pounds in 1920 end 205,961S20 pounds in 1919. The pickled fish, mostly herring showed an increase in 1922 1921 70,024 barrels to 194.979 and more than three times great for any previous year The value of all the fish products last year $347207 793 against $22,9291S2 in 1921, The value was less in 1922 Chan for several prior 1921 but that coAnt CT the higher values prevailing during the previous year6 the time of the shipment of the fish
 The quantity CT copper shipped last year was greater than for any year except 1920 and nearly eaualled that year. Last years copper shpmnets amounted to 72,9S322S pounds, valued at $9.s3a.44 in 1921 the figures 59,7975o4 pounds valued at $7,974,270; in 1920, 7S.334,7o4 pounds valued at $14,006477, and in 1919, 47,S03,1sS pounds valued q S10,304S71
 The value of the furs shipped from the Territory last year were greater than for any year the four S3,561,2 against $3.3000 022 for 192I $3291 5s4 for 1920, and S1,394,437 fer 1919
 The geld and silver shipments were greater than for any year since 1s19
 The tremendous gain in the volume of canned salmon is encouraging and indicates that there is yet time to save this country from destruction through ever fishing The pack would have been even larger II II had not been that, of the lean year in 1921, the eanneres prepared to pack all the salmon that they could have secured with the equipment in use
 The increase in the quantity and value of the herring pack-mcre than double in value that of any ether year and mere than three times in quantity of that or any other year except for 1921is one of the most promising indications. If the Alaska packers 50 more extensively into putting up herring and other hsh than salmon it would make longer fishing seasons nave sautary effect the labor situation reduce The overhead costs Of the game of tremendous benefit to Alaska all around.
 Alaskans have every reason to congratulate them. selves oyer the showing made in 1922 and the outlook fer 1923. The coast sections at least Of Alaska are on ihe eve of tremendous industrial development
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-23
Improvements in the Census.
(New York Post.)

Few Americans have stopped to note that the completion of the within three years, just an rouneed in Director Stuarts annual report. is unp recedcnted achievement. Never has been so promptly and thoroughly taken, it's results so promptly published. Nor have most Americans stopped 10 notice the important changes in census policy just made making. In growing degree the bu- reaus work once almost wholly deeennial, is becom- ing quinquennal, biennial, continuous Agricu- tura have been taken every decade; now they will be taken every five years The of years. and since then every five years will be taken biennially New subjects constantly being brought within the scope of inquiry The last decen- nal census for example, included, fof the first time. home mortgages, while monthly publication of statistics Of the industry has just commenced. Frcm expert hands the Census Bureau is about pub fish various monographs interpreting the results of the decennia inquiry, this being of many sug- gostiens accepted from the joint advisory committee of the American Statistical and American Economic Associations. w. & Rossitcr will write popula- tion increase, Dr. E. A. Goldenwei on farm ten ancy, Prof. Frank A. Ross iiliteraey, and so on.
 Our were long the plaything of politicians with the result that a national disgrace and the manifold error resulting from their inac- curaey never be ovcrtaken. Every industry and pIoeaecn regards the census an indspens- able illuminant. The most important demand for its expansion, that for regular of mer- onntile enterprises is commendabe that Congress should make early provision to meet it.