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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29
eff I Had a Billion Dollars.

While the late Franklin d. Lane
was secretary of the interior de-
partment in 1915, a friend wrote
to ask what he would do if he had
a billion dollars. Mr.. Lanes re-
ply, which does not appear in the
recently published volume of his
letters, is as follows:
81 have your note asking me
what would do if had a billion
dollars. My mind is not large
enough to understand what a bill
lion dollars is, but / think my
first duty should be to spend some
portion of it trying to make the
people of the United States under
stand that / should not have a
billion dollars. 1t is not good for
any man to have that much mon
ey. Then, | have notion that
with what / had left | would go
out to such states as Idaho, Ne
vada, Utah, Arizona, and New
Mexico and build great irrigation
works, divide the dependent lands
into small tracts, clear and level
the land, and then say to any com
peting farmer who came along
that | would build him a home
and furnish him with implements
and stock if he would pay me $50
upon my investment | would
generate power at the dam site
that would heat and light a house,
chop the feed, run the sewing ma
chine, and cook the meals. /
would make the school the center
of the community life, teaching
two things primarily; how to
make a farm successful and the
value of living in democracy, |
would have "A business manager
selected by the community who
would buy and sell for the com
munity, and he would have as
much brains and be paid as good
a salary as the traffic manager Of
a railroad. The school would
have matrons to teach the women
how to care for children, as well
as farmers who would teach the
men how to care for hogs.
And this not much OF a dream,
because this is the very thing that
| would do if | had the money on
our reclamation projects and our
indian reservations"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29
A Monument to FoNp.

made that pyramid thousand feet
height and of greater dimensions than those of Egypt will be built
steel glass Moscow Russia the soviet
How proud the Russian people should be of this
which will overshadow Efe tower Millions of dollars
might be well spent feeding hungry starving peas
will be used erect this huge revolving monument that
peuae the memory of that Stayed the physicians
needed disease stricken muludes butcheed
school teachers and college instructors vitality needed to
cvze savage hoes which manufacturers and bankers
whose loss felt over that entire land Sovem stands
for boodshed and punderng Russia will remember it only
long without refresh the of those who
existed under its rule
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29

The fate of the Dockon eta road will be settled by the board
of county commissioners Monday July the regular weekly
meeting Every resident of aury island should be
cerned the fate of this highway Mr. Paul standing pat
ibis prediction promise and should have the backing tax
the island Docton has been isolated long enough The
people that section eed highway giving them direct
every of the island Let every body behind them
and behind Mr. Paul in the effort to get this road.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29
A Success.

The Strawberry festival just celebrated Esport have
been complaints have the any Of the
members of the committee having charge The whole
along with hardly hitch the proceedings Those who arranged the
details be congratulated upon the of the
Every who contributed either berries cash their services
entitled special thanks To the musicians the whole community
joins in giving word Of appreciation The music produced by
these willing people far above the and it the hope
majority of the islanders that both the chorus and the
chesra may be made permanent institutions To the who
her five years and four with the and dignity Of
the born goes the hope that long she live and she
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29

United Miles Pondexter ambassador
Chill sends word that he heartily sick of South America and
that he this the for
or After the little back that he received last November it
would that he should begin suspicion that the people the
state believe that he has been paakng of public long enough
that might be well for him become reconced the fact
that entirely possible that may work for living
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29

physician famous Mayo clinic that pcnkers
who chew timothy liable umpy
the cattle WE'LL there only reply to that and that
u.s. If fellow hasn't the sit up and his sweetcs
nbbes tall grass hereabous should
have lumpy jaw something worse.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29

Henry Ford is all nonplussed the NewsRecord's
dscouragng editorial of last week and authorizes his secretary
that he may be candidate after all If he be
elected Glands down. why President Hardings ELAINE
ducks and promise each Ford job?
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29

Nine Gamma Wadska whose audiences have informed her
number of times that she can't sing despite the millions of her
husbands hypnosm Svengalia of Triby
Paris What Gamma chlorofom hypnotism
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29

belonging now may class them
selves among the 400. Fern
dale Record.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-29

again honored The island people real hoshosts whom
any would be proud friends Hosts first
of this kind-guests
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

Doors and windows In stock at J. l.. Graef's.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20
FACTS VERSUS TAXES

In his AlasKa Day speech at Seat tie Thursday, Falcon Joslin, former Alaskan promoter, declared that the salmon packing industry produced $34,00O,0OO worth of canned fish this year. He also declared the herring industry had jumped from nothing to a pack of 130,000 barrels, worth S2,- 6O0000 annually; and rne halibut in dustry was worth s5,000,0 ,0N00,0o0 per year to the Territory.
 To all of this Alaskans cheerfully subscribe, but, when the Territorial legislature attempted to tax these iE- dustries to a point where the Territo rial resources would contribute a fair proportion of TerrilA I expenses, the howl that arose threatened to dis rupt the assemblage. Here are in dustries aggregating $5,036, ,000 which taxed at two per cent, the assessed valuation paid by resident Alaskans, should bring in revenue to the Territory of $1,007, ,320.00. sum which would be ample to meet all ex penditures and reduce taxes to resi- dents to a minimum. Instead the Ter ritory gets about s750,000 and has tc pry this loose with high-priced tax col lectors, which absorb five per cent o1 the sum collected.
 There is no reason why the indus tries of the Territory should not pay its running expenses. When an at tempt was made to tax the herring in dustry 50 cents per barrel the legisla tors were forced to undergo a mass ot verbal statistics showing the industry was bankrupt and could pay no taxes whatever. Now their pack is wortf S20 per barrel It might be we'll fol each legislator to carry coppy of Mir Falcon Joslin's speech to Juneau witt him the next session.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

Travel out of Alaska this year will not be nearly as heavy as in previous years for the reason that there are but few left to travel. Interior camps have dropped in population to frac- tion of their previous numbers. The camps of Deering, St. Michael, Tanara and Gibbons have been pracucailv de- populated, while the iditarou and Tol- ovana have about fifth Of their nor nal population. High wages Outside and changing conditions by the build ing of the Alaska railorad have taken toll from many Interior camps; while many new ones have sprung up in the vicinity of the railroad. Alaska is de pendent upon rhe prospecIor. He has vanished and with him the prosperity Of former years.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20
THE DEER AND THE PIONEER

The Territory of Alaska has appro- priated $10,000 to be expended in placing deer on the islands of Prince William Sound. It is paying it's Pio- neer pensioners $15 per month, a beg garly -pittance when one considers the cost of supplies. Ten thousand dollars for deer and s15 per month fol Pioneer. Their values should be somewhat more equal, it appears to me.
 The deer are for the benefit of the sportsmen of the Territory and the Territory is apparently making sport of the Pioneer. It is true that sum was appropriated to increase the pen. sion of these aged trail-builders to $25 per month, but up to the first of the month their checks were still made out at the old rate.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

The Gateway receives many injui- ries on each boat regarding business openings in Seward. In practically ev- cry case our answer to the inquirer is that practically all businesses in Sew ard are represented to their capacity. We can see no reason for more gro cery stores, more clothing stores, or more business houses of any kind, un- till our population gets large enough that those now here cannot take care of the business. It is undoubtedly true that the merchants now in busi- ness here are not making any consid- erable sum of money, and the new conner expecting to revolutionize trade conditions here should first as- sure himself that an opening really exists.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20
SELD0v|A MAN KAS
 ROUGH EXPERIENCE
 IN RECENT STORM

While many tales of privation and suffering have been received in Sew ard from victims of the recent storm we believe that the most terrifying adventure and miraculous escape may be accorded Harry Leonard, Of Seldo- via, who runs a fox ranch at Bear Cove, with his partner, Paddy Patter- son. Just before the storm broke Mir. Leonard left Seldovia for his home at the cove Arriving at point off Yukon island his engine broke down, and he drifted before the gale with heavy seas threatening to swamp his frail craft. Dr. Burgin, who runs a fox ranch near this point, attempt ed to rescue Leonard by towing him in with a small boat, but the tow line broke and Burgin was compelled to run for Seldovia, leaving Leonard to his fate Arriving at Seldovia Dr. Burgin secured the services of the Jugo-Slav, a 65-foot halibut boat, and started out to rescue Leonard.
 In the meantime Mir. Leonard's boat drifted down the Inlet until it struck the Bluff Point trap, where it was dashed to pieces by the pounding waves. Leonard climbed up the web ping to the capping, where with line from his wrecked vessel he tied him self securely to the capping. The seas at this time were washing completely over the trap and the wind and rain beat upon the defensless Yan for all the long night and the next day. At this point Leonard tried to loosen the lashings in order to make an attempt to swim ashore, but his legs and arms were so swollen by cold and exposure that he could not unite the knots. He spent the second night of horror, lash ed to his precarious perch, the heavy seas breaking over him and the cold numbing his vitals. His sufferings by this time were indescribable, the un- fortunate man having been without food or water for two and a half days and his body being swollen badly from exposure.
 The Jugo-Slav, meanwhile, happen. ed to run close in to Bluff Point, in its search for the missing man, and heard his cries for help. It is stated the ropes were so tightly drawn into the flesh that it was impossible tc get at them, and they were cut next to the capping before the castaway could be removed. He was taken tc Seldovia, where he was placed in the hospital, under care Of Dr. Burgin and at last reports was in a critica , condition from his sufferings.
 It is an experience that few mel could have survived.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20
STEAMSHIP STARR
 SAILS FOR SEATTLE

The steamship Starr, which arrived Tuesday night from the westward. brought the following passengers: R. O'Hearn, MT. and Mrs. O'Hearn, c. E. Hopkins, Mrs. c. E. Hopkins, J. L, Waller, Dan Ross, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Mocasson, Mrs. Beattie, Mrs. Mike Craven, Mrs. John F. Coffey, Mrs. Patton, F. w. Mason, H. w. Sterling, G. Spangler, George Morri- son, Dan Ross, Thos. E. West.
 The Starr sailed at 10 o'clock We'd nesday for Seattle with the following passengers: A. Randall, Matt Ran dall, Walter Heinrich, Elmer Heinrich, c. D. Colwell, F. R. Brown, Fred Lar. sen, Rev. A. Ouphilsky, E. H. Larsen, wife and son, Harold Lauritzen, B, Benson, MT. and Mrs. Alex Ranta and If steerage.
 She will receive a thorough over hauling and inspection and return to Seward in time to take her November run.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20
WEDDING TONIGHT

Miss Clara D. Stangeland will be united in marriage this evening about nine o'clock to John R. Fremming of Juneau, Alaska. They will be mar ried in the Hawkins apartments by Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap, Lastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Stangeland has been employed by the Frye-Bruhn Company for a number of years, and previous to com ing here worked in Juneau for 19 months where she met her prospes- tive husband Two months ago she was ordered to Seward to audit the books here. Mr. Fremmilg, brother to Postmaster Bradford, oi Juneau, arrived on the Alaska fast night. The young couple will leave on the Alaska for Juneau where they will locate.
 Join Urbach's c1rcuIat1ng library;
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

The recent high tide and heavy gale damaging camps to the westward was most unsual occurrence, and must undoubtedly have been the backwash from the typhoon and tidal wave that wrecked havoc off the Japanese coast day or so before Weather condi- tions, alleged to be due to huge sun spots, are not of the best in Alaska, bat they are worse in other localities in the States. On Puget Sound at the same time a number of vessels were wrecked; in Montana twenty lives were lost; the Canadian river in Okla homa ran 10000 people out of their homes, and the only spot we are as sured has not been deluged with unu- sual rains are the domains of his Sa- tanic majesty, which could not be ex- pected if reports are true. Alaskans are not so worse off, and really have no kick coming over weather condi tions.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

They say one fool can ask more questions than a score of wise men can answer, but what puzzles me is why feller gets surfeited with ptar- migan when they are plentiful and has a most gosh-awful honin' for em when they ain't.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

Gafnsborougn Hair Nets, smgl' mesh 10 cts. Seward Drug Co. 1S4-t
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20
COMPLETE LIST IF PETIT JURORS
 FUR VALDEZ TERM

The District Court will convene at Valdez on November 5, and yesterday a panel of over 200 jurors were drawn by Clerk of Court W. N. Buddy and Jury Commissioner Mickelson.
 The jurors drawn from Cordova and the Copper River Valley are not ex- pected to leave for Valdez until the steamer leaves Seattle Nov. 3.
 Jurors from the westward will leave for Valdez on the steamers North western and Admiral Watson The former leaves Seward about Novem- Der 5 and the latter about November sixth.
 The following is complete list of jurors drawn:
 The Cordova Eyak, Strelna and Chitina lists will be found on Page Three, having come in earlier in the week. Other jurors drawn are as fol- lows:
 Seward-George Sexton, Wm. Cof- fee, Martin Lanning, B. A. Goode, AL yah Flames, Hattie M. Bailey, Sybil A. Reed, Ludwig Larssen, George Phelps, J. D. Sullivan, $. L. Colwell, Frank E. Towle, Elwyn Sweetman, H. V. Ho- ben, s. NJ. Graf, J. c. Gilpatrick, Mrs. Frances R. McNally, James Paulson. Wallace Daykin.
 Anchorage-Steve Michick, A. w Young, o. J. Marine, Mrs. P. o. Sund- berg, J. A. McGovern, Katharina Ken nedy, Mrs. John J. O'Brien, Mrs. Mar Peyser, Mrs. E. Burke, E. L. Beden, Mary O'Bryan, A. J. Hewitt, Mrs. H. Emard, Martin Graham, Geo. Hillary. E. Bergdoll, R. c. Hockey, Chas. liar per, T. J. Heron, Frank Short, Chas. J. Young, Carl Schmidt, A. H. Me Donald, Katherine D. Seller. Arnold Hale, J. F. Wallace, Albert Moehring |. 5. Brown, Francis D. Mccain. Mrs Wlll BoWker, Louise L. Eckmann . Ii. Gordon, 4. J. Lawrence, j. C. Carv James Conner, J. J. Longacre, J. J. C. Moore, (. R. Moore, w. T. Tincko Mfs. J. J. c. Moore. Alex Thomson Edward M. Vinson, Roy A. Trachsal John RaWson, Victor c. Anderson s B. smith, G. Abrahamson, William "oerner, Jeanne Balton, Julia OsRrien w. D. Wandling, R. B. Iataron 1obr oloVarp, Il. A. Mills, R. D. Chase Paullne Buckner, Mrs. w. H. Warren l.. '. fleming, N. Q Mulline, Elwood McClalne, B. B. Barry, Hortense w. Cofey, Jesse B. Carver. J. c. Ander. son, Mary B. Bedell, w. A. Havener Mrs. R. s. Femme, c. W. Palmer. ( Virginia Moore, Mrs M. E. Spauldina and Rasmus Simonson.
 Wasilla-Nellie St. Clair, Olaf Wag her, s. W. Vail, Cora B. Herman. A Carlson, ". M Harman, Edward Freise, Ernest Richter and c. Stern
 Girdwood-Marah L. Whitney, c s. Roycroft.
 Matanuska-C. E. Whitney, Fret Strand, Frank Watson, A. J. Swanson and John Conroy.
 Tunnel-M. G. Miller, J. w. Gallo way, John Matyko, o. E. Harrington B. c. Elmes, Matt Schlosser, Johnnie Patarich and Melvin Stactzman.
 Kodiak-Dennis Simeonoc, George Jaynes, Chas. Skinner, Chas Meyer and Otto Mahle.
 Latouche-Jos Karadich, Tony Tro pia. Gus Hanson, Ernest Johnson Mrs. E. G. Hill and Pat Calvey.
 Valdez-John E. Hughes, Thos Bea: ley, J. c. Dieringer, Mae G. Reed, MT: J. W. Gilson, Geo. F. Butler, Mrs Chas. Maud. Ruth Phillips, Wm. c Conley, Ed Woods, Fannie Fisher, J T. Grosch, Adam Swan and Clinton Egan.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

TRY THE DRUG STORE FIRST. t
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

Saturday Gateway, 5 per year.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

Joe Mitchell Chappell's article on Alaska, in the October and November McClure's, is one of the best yet writ ten by the presidential crowd, both as to facts and to fairness in detail.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-10-20

Norway hemp halibut lines at J. L. Graefs. 161-tf
, 1923-03-29

of causing rainfall were not empha-
sized-they were mentioned Incl
d~entally, as it were, and whatever
the originators may think. they are
making no large promises and no
large claims of this sort.
The whole thing is one to be test
ed not by assumptions or precon-
ceived notions but in operation.
Bancroft said, when told what the
governments meteorologists thought
of electrified sand, mo use arguing
with the weather bureau. Prefer to
wait for results and let them do the
explaining"
The sin is in telling specialists
and professionals something new in
their W domain. They never like
that, and they never will learn from
experience that the amateur often
can give them valuable information.
, 1923-03-29
Without Authority

SHERIDAN. - Holding that the
Public Service Commission OF the
State of Wyoming has full and COM
plete power and authority to set aside
the provisions Of the ordinance grant
ing rec gas to the city. and that such
action by said board does not impair
a contract and that the city is with
u authority to annul or forfeit the
franchise by a of the refusal OF
the Sheridan Gas and Fuel company
to furnish gas free of charge to the
city. after such action has been sanc.
toned by the Public Service commits
sion OF wyoming" City Attorney
Don L. wakeman submitted his final
report on the free gas controversy to
tho city council.
The city attorneys report was
placed on file. but no action was
taken by the council. Previously,
however. Mayor Sheldon had an.
nounced that the case would be car
ried to tho state supreme court IL
need be 10 secure n ruling.
The city is baslng its claim on the
, 1923-03-29
LICENSING THE PROFESSION

To infuse a little humor into an
otherwise dull legislative session in
n of the western states, a member
introduced a bill making it illegal
for anyone to tie a politician to the
tail of a cart and haul him around
town. In a spirit Of h~orseplay the
legislature went through the forms
and regularly adopted the measure.
It was not intended to be taken
seriously. of course, but the machin-
cry had been set in motion and a
law had been ground out. When the
bill went to the governor he simply
ignored it and in ten days it became
a statute without his signaure. 1t
has remained a statute to this day
simply because no one has taken the
pains to repeal it.
1t may be in the same spirit of
righteousness that a bill has been in
troduced into the Oklahoma legis-
lature to license editors, reporters
and copy readers. But some writer's
are taking the subject seriously and
suggesting that an editor should
have a diploma before he be allowed
to practice, the same as a physi-
clan or a lawyer or a minister. The
newspaper profession is, of course,
referred to as the fourth estate, and
it might be desirable in many in
stances if some editors could be
abolished, but as long as we have
the Constitutional guarantee of
freedom of speech and the public
press it doesn't seem quite clear how
they can be abolished.
A better suggestion would be a
bill to license politicians, especially
legislators. They ought to be re
CURED to pass an examination at
least in the rudiments Of econom-
les. They should be made to IN
derstand that two and two have al.
ways made four and and can never
be caused to make anything else by
statute. Politicians should be re.
CURED to produce a certificate OF
good character and before being al.
lowed to practice they should be re.
CURED to take oath. similar to the
lHippocratic oath of the physician,
that they will exert all their infIu.
ence for the public welfare and will
consider the public interest first.
last and always.
, 1923-03-29
H soUAREsT CITY
sKINNING WALL STREET

Clarence Saunders, president Of
Piggly Wiggly corporation, referred
to as a hillbilly from Tennessee. has
just administered to Wall street n
trimming such as that district has
not had in quite a while, emerging
with something like a million dol
lars in winnings.
Mr.. Saunders went into Wall
street, he asserts, to protect the
stockholders of his corporation
against the raids of bear traders
who were selling his stock short in
the expectation of SO depressing the
price that they would be able to buy
It in again at a profit. The way to
meet that sort of selling successfully
Is to buy all the stock the short SELL
ers offer. Chat, however, takes
money and plenty of it. Forming
a pool that placed about 100000
900 at his disposal, Mr.. Saunders
was able, he says, to purchase up
ward of 10000 of the 100000
shares of his company listed on the
stock exchange. Thousands of
shares Mr.. Saunders and his friends
already owned. The more the bears
sold short the moro they placed
themselves in his power. When he
called for the stock they had sold
they did not have it, could not Dor
row it and so could not fulfill their
contracts. Consequently their eff
forts to get the stock they had sold
sent up the price by leaps and
bounds.
On its earning capacity the stock
in question apparently is worth
about $50 or S55 a share. Short
sellers who covered their contracts
with the "boob from Tennessee" be-
fore 8 O'Clock in the afternoon
were permitted to do so or the basis
of $3.50 a share. After that hour,
the boob" declared, the price would
be $3.50.
For an amateur in Wall street
Mr.. Saunders has achieved an ex-
traordinary success, but he Is wise
enough to realize that If he had at
tempted his coup with less money
than all that was needed to carry II
through he would have failed disas-
trour'v.
From the experience Of the inter
esting Mr.. Saunders can be drawn
two valuable RESPONSIVENESS to
start anything you can not finish
and never to sell what you do not
w unless you know where you
can buy it at a satisfactory price.
And. speaking of "boobs," where
is n likely to find finer specimens
of that particular genus than the
Wall street spectators who sold to
a supposedly guileless Tennessean
large quantities Of stock he already
owned7