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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-01

Dexter Basketball Team Wins From
Rittsfield
The Dexter basketball team won
from the Pittsf1eld A. A. at Union hall
Thursday evening by the score Of
% to 20. A return game will be
played at Dexter next Wednesday
night. l1s
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
The American Piano.
(New York Post.)

Boston will celebrate next Saturday the hun drcdth anniversary of the first piano made by Jonas Chckering, whom William Steinway called the father of American pianoforte making" carload or two of and men prominent in the musical world will visit the Hub for this occasion At the banquet the principal speaker will be Calvin Coolidge Vice President of the United States and music is to ba provided "nformlay' by Ely Ney, Germaine Schnitzer, Erno Dohnanyi, Guy Mayer and Lee Pat tson. So Boston, after all, is net, as her leading critic Philip Hale. treacherousy remarked few years ago. of the musical map It may not care to hear the Nibeung Trilogy adequately performed by company from Berlin, but it rises nobly to a of the first of it's great manufacturers of musical instruments
 Europeans cannot deny that the best pianos are today made in America. No artist from abroad ever brings along his foreign instrument, because he knows he can get better one over here To be sure it was in Italy and Germany that the first real pianofortes were made-so called because, thanks to the ham mer mechanism, could play on them softly or loudly at will The first of these instruments however crude that Bach preferred to stick to his old clavichord. Improvement slow but steady, but thanks to such firms Erard in France. Broadwood in England, Bechsten, Bluthner, and Bosendorfer in Germany the instrument reached a stage where American inventive genius could come into play, with the results just stated. To foreign sheer that we have native composers great Bach CT Beethoven always retort courteously that make the best pianos in the world anyway, well as harps, though it may not be that an felt he could play on a harp made by Lyon & Healy in Chicago.
 What Jonas Chiekering did--not a hundred years ago, but in 1853-to make himself immortal was to combine the overstringing with a metal frame in one casting. This done in a square piano which he did not live to complete At this point the ways stepped in and still further improved the tone and action of the piano in their way. Other firms contributed their inventions great or small thus making the best American pianofortes incon- testably supreme.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
GOVERNMENT AND PAYROLLS ARE
 : DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS.

One of the needs of the time is to get people, when considering questions of government, to think beyond the public payroll Governmental questions reach far beyond the personnel of the public service If is not question of who does the work if the work is well and honestly performed. The great problem in Alaska is to get more self-government but that does not mean people at the pie counters lt means control for the people over the affairs oi government The sovereign people should have more authority over the servants rather than that more of the people should be servants.
 The Empire believes that when Alaska gets County government that the law should provide for the elec- tion of a Board of County Commissioners, or Super visors and that the other officers with the possible exception of County Auditor should be chosen by the Board It believes in the short ballot for States, Counties and Cities well for the Nation at large. And it believes that the best available ser should be selected regardless of political afa- tions place of residence It does not believe in the spells system in of the political divisions or subdivisions of the country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
FORMER FAIRBANKS BOY
 GETS OFFICE AT OLYMPIA

Sam L. Crawford, formerly Fair banks school boy who began his newspaper work Cn Fairbanks pa pers, has been appointed secretary of the Washington State Administra- tive Beard. Sam Crawford is a son of Ron Crawford, who with Lee James, who made a fortune as an op- orator on Goldstream Creek, com posed the Fairbanks real estate firm of Crawford & James. The late Sam llel l.. Crawford, one of the early editors of the Post-Intelligencer and afterward senior member of the Seattle real estate firm of Crawford X Conoyer, was young Crawford grandfather The new official has been engaged in newspaper work on Puget Sound for the last 10 years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
"INGRATITUDE OF REPUBLICS"

The final overthrow or every one of the great statesmen of the various countries who conducted affairs during the World War would suggest that the ''ingratitude of republics is established principle among nations. Of course Great Britain Italy and Greece not republics, but they self governing, limited monarchies, and conform to the principle in the mind of the sage who wrote about ungrateful peoples
 Lincoln's standing in his country has been cited disprove this tradition about ingraude but there is every evidence necessary prove that it Lin cclns assassination that preserved from the beginning his popularity If it had been for that, the iasco of Johnson's Administrations which followed, the popularity of General Grant the history immediately following the between the States would have been different
 was renominated in 1864. His administration thcn seemingly satisfactory to none. Even Charles Dudley Warner, of the editors of the New York Post, probably the influential Republican paper of that period, writing in the spring of 1864 about the coming Republican National Convention sad
 We cmopetely under Dixons fist
 and the President is to blame So in Mis-
 souri, so everywhere hardly know what to
 do, but do wish the Lord would send us
 better man, that we could nominate at
 Baltimore But we might do worse than Lincoln, slow and stupid he is, and with
 an inevitable tendency to such he
 conides in. The best in the country
 anxious. >
 If Wilson had been assassnated while he was in Paris for instance, who will say that he would not now be venerated and honored Lincoln has been since the moment he passed away in the little brick house across the street from Ford's Theatre of Bocths bullet wound? The American people would never have consented to the League of Nations you lately rcpudated all of Lncoln's reconstruction poli- ces, but that did not dim for day the reputation CT the martyr. Lncoln's survival of wars upheaval does not disprove the "ingratitude of republics"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
If 1t Fits

Well, anyway, a wife never treats her husband with silent contempt
 Economizing wouldn't be such an all-fired hard job if our friends didn't have so many things we'd like to have, too. 'eE
 Every girl knows if there is a ladder in her stocking her skirt is sure to climb up when she gets on the street car.
 Tho marathon dancers haven't im- pressed the world with their endur- ance so much as they have shown what fools some people can be.
 We don't know what qualifications a girl needs to become a clerk in department store, but we are pretty sure knowledge of courtesy can't be one of thcm
 Good looks need to be mixed with brains to be worth anything.
 The only thing harder than get ting up in the morning is getting up in the world.
 Parents spend &he, first two years after baby is born trying to teach it to talk, and after that they spend their time trying to make it shut up
 That sad look in a fathers eyes may be due to the fact that his son and heir has turned sheik, and is trying to grow sidcwhiskers.
 If horrible examples made any i'm. pression on people. a good many mar
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
NEGROES LEAVING SOUTH.

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and, to a somewhat lesser extent the Carolinas Tennessee and Kentucky, suffering labor shortage on account of the emigration of Negroes to the North. Larger wages prevailing in the industrial centers and on the farms in the North are attracting them lt s feared that the result of the will be ap- parent in the cotton crops this year as in some sections there are not enough workingmen left to cultivate and harvest the cotton crop
 Georgia is reported 10 have lost 15 per cent of her farm aborers within the last year The Alabama aAd Mississippi losses and those of Louisiana are shghtly less The migration is causing genuine alarm in the South
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
All Alaska Chamber of Commerce.
{ Ketchikan News. ]

An all-Aaska Chamber of Commerce. is shortly to take shape states Chas. D. Garfield head of the Alaska Department of the Seattle Chamber of Com merce. who has just returned from six-weeks survey of Alaskan conditions
 There are few in the Territory but who will heartily second MT. Garfelds suggestion. It is a good one but in all likelihood not new one but II through Mr. Garfelds efforts, practical efcief and harmonious Alaskan Chamber of Commerce is brought into being. the News for one be pleased to say well done, and give Mir Garfield the credit he will so richly deserve.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
yIetrta It1rah1sru R,shal

This is the most recent photo graph of Yehia lbrahim Pasha, newly elected Prime Minister of. Egypt, who will help King Fouad in ruling the Kingdom on the Nile The King had objected to having Premier, asking su- preme power, but this was re- fused byl the electorate who elect ed the Pasha.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

frooaDly lew of the Territories, now become o.a'es' can boast that while still in their infancy trey were visited by a President CongressionaI aelegatlon all deeply interested their welfare and oeVeiopment If the present plans work out Alaska souheeSt or the National family, will be able to make that proud boast within the next four months uorca we say Lucky Alaska.-(vaIdez Mnerl
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

The National Institute of Social Sciences has given John D. Rockefeller gold medal reward for his work for humanity. He referred to as the greatest philanthropist in the world, having given than $500 900 900 to education and the further ance of medical research" He is of five to have been awarded gold medals by the Institute.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
The Ananias Club

No emphatically declared the prospective bride to her mother i've must not invite those rich relatives to the wedding, because I do not want them to give me an expensive present.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
Why shouIdn't They se2

Bllnks-''They say the Eskimos are the happiest and most contented people in the world
 Jinks-"Why shouldn't they be, with no income tax or motor cars to dodge?"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

to a simplifeation of the Government and reduc- ton in the States payrolls.
 That is a showing that should serve an example States provided, of course time shall demon- stfate the along satisfactory with the smaller income. One of the needs of the times is lower governmental costs
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

One good way 10 go about a systematic improve ment CT Juneau is for everybody to make careful survey of. bis own property and decide upon how it's appearance may be aided-snd then to do all he can aford toward the desired end.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
Huh! !!

This suit is worn out" declared the indignant customer.
 >"Well, you bought 1t to wear out, didn't you?'' inquired the smart clothier.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
Easy Enough to Explain

lSi Corntassel thinks it is foolish for government experts to waste so much brain power trying to figure out why a young fellow leaves the farm. ISi says it is because he cant take the farm with him It's simple enuff, isn't it?
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
Clean-Up Week Never Ends.
Fairbanks News-Miner. 1

Cleanup Day isn't, no more nowhere It,s cleanup Time ALL the time-there's no place to quit The National Paint-Up Clean-Up Association @ as alscoVereu that after eleven work the
 week The thing to do is to start any time and then then start again the minute you needed in that line of work 70 ~
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

riagc license clerks would have to go to work for living.
 There isn't any blind love after marriage.
 Some people save up for rainy day, but thcrc arc lot of them who save up to cnable get-rich- quick promoter to get rich.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
THORNE ON LONG TRIP

A R. ("Dick') Thorne. the Fair banks motion picture theater owner, has left for the Outside and will visit with relatives at Natal, South Africa, before returning to Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
ONE STATE CUTS EXPENSES.

It is reported that New Hampshire has reduced her tax leyies for the ensuing years For the two preceding years they were $3 500, poo In fixing the leyies the State Legislature took into account the reduction in appropriations due in part
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
Fool Questions

E. T. E. asks: Does a wife have to be clothed with authority to give her husband a good dressing?" An other indication that the silly sea- son has arrived. .%T
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Did anyone have notion that La Toilette Borab cnnati Enquirer.) VI
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

The present Territorial Legislature can noirt to one iact With pride. It has been one of the n,ost eApensive in the history of Alaska=(Seward Gate way) "'te-
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
Just a Gentle Reminder

(Wiborg Cor. McCreary County
 Record.) This is good time to return those borrowed tools, neighbors.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
News of the Names Club

News of the Names Club
 We don't know what happened to him. but anyway, Will B. Kinder lives at Cape Girardeau. Mo.
 If he lives up to his name. F. Shivvcrs, of Texas. could win in a shimmy marathon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL
Tip For Joy.ridinq Season

If you don't care
 To be among the missin', Then don't forget
 To stop and look and listen.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16
Love That Is Past Understanding

Notice that a woman who shot her husband last week declared she loves him to death. We hope our wife never will love us that hard
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

ne sound business Judgment of the country is Bureau.) " t'e"s
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Just why the Reds met in Michigan to inaucurata their revolution. when Wisconsin was so near is not understandabe.--(To Toledo Blade)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

. Even If Secretary Mellon succeeds in lowering us-- Indianapolis Star) ~ "
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Ahu aiter all the sputter and excitement nobodv ,eaiy hhows Yet whether Tut is really in his tomb or not.-(Detrot Free Press) ~
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Every President should be entitled second term, during which he could be free of the obligation to do the expedient things. - Baltimore Sum-
 Why make it there would be only tern and then should always have President whf could be free of the obligation to do the expedient things?
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Tn winter Europe suffers starvation and cold ana Ill summer thinks of war Something oupbt to G dcne about it.--(Chicago News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

The nonstop dance contests suggest that after all the endurance record is held by the public
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

when an Englishman says that he will never never be slave he shows that he means if bv nav ing 25 per cent income tax-(New York Post pa'
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

No chance MT Bryan overooks nothing He asked the Governor fo Colorado to appoint young Mr. Shafroth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Bryan to have overlooked some thing in not advising the Governor of Colo rado whom to appoint Pittsburgh Gazette
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Old papers foi saie at Empire Empire Printing Company.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-16

Daily Sentence Sermon Don't mistake contrariness for backbone.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-06-14
To The Voters of Tishominso
County.

hereby announce myself as
candidate for the Office of CHAN.
Gerry CLERK of Tishomineo
county, and in so doing will be
the first of my sex to offer for an
Office in the County; but it is not
now a question, whether you are
for or against woman, suffrage,
but the question is now a duty.
And since the legislature has
clothed the women of Mississippi
with the right to vote and hold
office there is nothing amiss in
asking at the hands of the voters
an office within the gift of the
voters.
l have lived in Iuka for II years
and since September of 1915 l
have, for the most of the time
been working in some Office and
familiar with the detail of Office
work.
For three years | have worked
in the office of the Chancery Clerk
and am therefore familiar with the
details of that office.
do not think it is now theprovince
OF the voters to say we will not
vote for one for Office because she
is a woman, but that merit and
qualification should be the guide
by which officers are chosen.
| promise you, if elected to this
Office, that l will diligently attend
to the duties of the office and
NEVER shall l permit the work
transacted in the office to be laid
aside and not have prompt atten-
ton.
l am not personally acquainted
with every section of the County,
but all l ask is that before casting
your vote in the August Primary,
you make inquiry as to my rep
utation and character and my
qualifications for the place to which
I aspire, and if after investigation
you come to the conclusion
that / am worthy and capable of fill
ing the responsible office to which
l aspire, if you will only vote for
me and give me the place, l prom
Use you in advance that the affairs
of the office will be so conducted
that you will never have cause to
regret having voted for me.
hope to meet you personally
before the election and present to
you my claims. Respectfully
Willie Leone Hiett.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-06-14

Miss Mary Rogers, of Ripley,
Miss, and Mr.. H. q. Fortinberry,
a prominent business man of Match
ez, Miss, were married at the home
of the bride in Ripley, Miss, Sun
day, June 10TH The bride is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. F.
Rogers and sister of Sheriff Frank
Rogers of Ripley. For several years
she has been travelling for the Mis-
slssippi Home Finding Society.
She has many friends in Iuka and
Tishomingo County who will read
this announcement with much in
terest.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-06-14
The most important thing going
IN now is summer underwear.
SHIP O. DREAMS

Purple shadows slowly drift above
the sleeping harbor,
Where twinkling lights in thousands
CLEAN and glow
Like necklace on its bosom, and
across the dreaming distance
Come the voices of the city, singing
low.
Sailing in from all the world, by
scented balmwinds driven,
With sails Of mist and rainbow-tint
beams,
A vision OF enchantment, with a won
der-cargo laden,
She anchors in the harbor-ship o
dreams.
Plumber brought from many lands is
waiting in her hold,
Lotus buds and sandalwood and gilt
tering, Ophir gold,
Myrrh and spice and frankincense
and-for those who weep
Bloodrcd peoples gathered in the
wonderlands OF sleep,
Breezes Of the summer night, musics
golden maze,
Tender songs that Love has sung in
dead, forgotten DAYS.
Scents of the roses that have died,
Orient pearls like milk,
Fabrics spun 'twixt dusk and dawn
dreamworld's shimmering silk,
Wonder wealth of Babylon, memories
dull with tears,
All that joys of all the days that
crumbled into years,
Pipes of Pan and encient rime sung
by far-off streams,
Wait amid the merchandise on the
ship O dreams.
Sailing in from all the world, by scent
ed balmwinds driven,
With sails of mist and rainbow tinted
beams,
A vision OF enchantment, with a Won
der-cargo laden,
She anchors in the harbor-ship o
dreams.
Migrants of the seven seas, who fol-
low golden visions,
That whisper from the waves and
drifting foam,
Touch the lips of all fullfillment when
across the singing water
The wonder-laden ship o dreams
comes home.
May Stanley in May Southern Wo-
mans Magazine.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-06-14
State Department of Education
Jackson, Mississippi May
10, 1923.
Weekly News article By w F
Bond, Supt.

The fact that Alabama and Arkan
Sas have within the last few DAYS
adopted text books for use in their
public schools, calls to our attention
the general method of the adoption
OF such books. Most states adopt
for a period OF from one to six years.
The price of no book can be increased
during the term of the contract, but
is automatically decreased or adopted
i'll another state at a lower price.
States adopting books before 1920,
the time OF the Mississippi adoption
are getting their books cheaper than
we are because prices had not advan-
ced at that time. States that have
adopted since 1920 are paying as much
for their books and in some instances
more than we do.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-06-14

The Stingiest man has been
found, but we are not going to
tell you where or what his name
is. The undertaken told him he
could either embalm or freeze his
dead sons body for Sis. The
father chose the freezing process
and then asked the undertaken to
make a reduction in the price say
ing the boy had his feet frost bit
ten last winter.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-06-14

What is SO rare as a day in
June?' A ton of coal when you
need it about christmas time.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-06-14
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The real question is, we think,
not did man evolve from.the peacs-
full, innocent monkey. but, rather,
did the monkey evolve from mann
The interior decorator who went
bankrupt is not dentist.