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The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
THE FISH COMMISSION

Some of the legislators at Juneau are re- ported to be in favor of the abolition of the Territorial Fish Commission. They would wipe it out, lock, stock and barrel. So far as known their objections to the commission are not definitely stated. but may be expected to be voiced fully within the next few days or weeks.
 Under the law of the land the authority of the Fish Commission is somewhat limited, in fact very limited It has little power and work and the benefits derived without doubt are commensurate with the expense. It may be noted too that the Territorial Fish Com mission is in entire harmony with the Fed cra1 Bureau of Fisheries. That does not mean that the entire views of one are the entire views of the other, but rather that their re- lations are the most cordial, and mutual re spect exists. This is state of affairs that is conducive to results.
 Much has been said as to the advlsabllitv of the Territory having more authorities over the fisheries. It is to be hoped that the Ieois latnre instead of abandonino such authority las it has, and instead of taking it from the fisheries commission will support it in its effort for harmonious cooperation with the Federal Bureau to the end that the industry may be saved. If the Legislature. those en- gagged in the industry and the Alaska Fish Commission cannot be in accord on the fish cries to the extent of handling the limited authority they now have it would be a rather nrecarous undertaking to deleeate to the Territory any more power in this reoard.
 Developments may be expected thick and fast within the next few days and then wo will see what we will see.-Ketchikan Chron- icle.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26

in that strange region lying between the Sus- itana and the Kuskokwim Rivers and the Bering Sea and along the Aleutlon Islands have been asserting themselves and incident ally giving Alaska wide publicity. It seems that nature just at this period is cooperating with man in the enterprise of diverting atten- ton of the Northland. Alaska and Yukon, through the ages lay dormant, waiting for man to come Now that the days of awaken ing are at hand, and railways and steamship lines are preparing to bring pilgrims north ward by the thousands annually, such oc- currences as the volcanic eruption of Mt. Matses recently will help nightly in giving the urge to those of the tourist class and others who look for the unusual to journey northward.
 Not only Mt Matses, but also Mt. Shus- haldin, Mt. Pavlof and Mt. Katmai of the Alaskan coast have contributed of late to the spectular form of advertising. Every time they bech forth flame, fire, smoke and lava
 in unusual degree the news is flashed over cables and radio, and this helps to keep the Northland in the minds of many far away who hope some day to travel into the Far North. Mt. Katmai is said to have thrown up in it's last eruption forty times the quantity of rock and earth excavated in building the Panama Canal. In the region of those volcanoes are not only the four active peaks mentioned, but many others of rare charm. So unusual is the region that only a short time ago Presi- dent Harding set aside the "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes' in that locality as a na- tional park. It is said to rival in uniqueness and attraction Yellowstone Park, the Grand Canyon of Colorado, and other famous natural attractions of the world. This new park likely will become one of the playgrounds of the continent. Mt. Mckinley and the park of the same name are other big northern at fractions to sightseers for all time and it re- quires little imagination to picture the tre- mendous value of these wonders of nature
 They can be made drawing cards which will work incalculable goods in the general ex- ploitation and development of the North E
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
Ehttnrtal Hagr nf Chr Gnrhuua Datl9 Utmra

shining example. And the old fellow has missed lot. Poor old Tutank-ahmen never had the pleasure of riding in an automobile or an airplane. He never heard a phonograph nor saw modern battleship. He had to fight with clubs and spears instead of whizz bangs mighty cannon and machine guns. He never had to worry over modern income tax blank nor listened in on affairs of some Cleopatra with telephone; never was able to pick up Rome or Babylon with a radio; never had the chance to join in the Klondike stampede never took the gland treatment; never saw the movies or Chaplin; never knew of Alaska or even of the New World and all the con- tinents and the glorious riches that Columbus added to the sphere of human activities on this globe He had no sewing machine with which to mend his paiamas, and none of the other countless inventions of the modern day.
 Poor old Tutank-ahmen, he missed lot But he had the jewels and perhaps ten thou sand wives, and he lived and played his part and is now welcomed back with pomp by queens and princes and the great democracy of the modern day to point moral and adorn a page in history and contribute one more fascinating chapter on the earlier ages of fertilization and the endless mystery of life and death.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
THE ISLANDERS

In recent issue of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society appears Con- mander Frank Wilde's report of Sir Ernest Shack]eton's last Antarctic expedition in the Quest One of the outstanding features Of the account is its description of that lone island in the middle of the South Atlantic known as Tristan d'Acunha. This is one of the most isolated places in the world. The expedition paused here for a few hours and learned that Japanese vessel which had called a month before was the first vessel the 137 in habitants had seen in year aud half. In the way of material things the Japanese ship had given the islanders nothing except a package of picture postcards, all of them colored views of Fujiyama. But from the yes
 sel there had landed two missionaries, the Rev. and Mrs. Martin Rogers, and in the short time that had elapsed MT. Rogers had al- ready started Boy Scout Troop. He had also created a school, and, observes Con- mander Wilde, "the boys and girls attending range in age from about four to forty years. 7"
 The people are moral, peaceful and long
 lived. They have "no headman, no laws, no taxes, no gaol and no police." They have
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
THINGS WE THINK ABOUT

Everybody's business is the gossip's business
 There is not single blessing in double life
 1hose who dwell in the Valley of Content dara ro. look upward to the Mountain Peak of Glory
 In the hand that the modern girl gives him sbo ~ poets to receive his pocketbook
 The reason you shouldn't hit man when he's down ID oe'ause some day he's going to get up.
 Every mother knows the baby it worth lie v,oia.+ , gold, and every father learns that is abont what n il cost him. ~ It VIII
 You will never love people in the mass until vo,, learn how foolish every them is and how mnch more loohsh you are than of them
 lne utter ruin of his career awaits any youth who 'nhks genus will take the place of hard work
 If your happiness depends upon climate, YOU won't bs happy more than one-fourth of the time
 Sefishness is our inheritance from our hr,to w 'ofS' unsetshness is the most truly human attribute
 braVery IS often matter of environment Many mar who can look waiter in the eye and tell him to take pack the food he has brought would meeky gulp down the same food at home.
 No matter how hard girl tries to conceal her age. she will generally she is old enough to know ~ than her parents.
 An orphan reared in home with other orphans has better chance of life than one child in 2 family. ~ N Ill q
 Real dignity requires acting and if von baoa,,4 laugh. ~ "
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
Medicine for sick busi- ness is Advertising. 1t works wonders while you sleep.

neither alcohol nor tobacco. Their one crop Is the potato, but they have cattle and poultry. Their twenty houses are infested with rats and fleas. Far out of the beaten track of vessels, they are always in want of all that the civilized world has to give them. But they are sturdily relf-reliant and they have to be-
 We are as near heaven by sea as by land!'' cried Sir Humphrey Gilbert on the night his vessel foundered in the North Atlantic There are dauntless souls in the lonely places the world over, who feel themselves forever in 'thelr great Taskmaster's eye,' though not within hail of fellow-men Those who dwell amid the fleshpots of civilization cannot understand the satisfaction a Gre1fel or Martin Rogers finds in ministerng to those who are said to be "so far away from every thing''
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
POOR OLD PHARAOH
Consider Tutank-hamen!

Consider Tutank- -hamen!
 Poor old Pharaoh. Three thousand years ago he gathered all the gems ard jewels, gold and treasures of glorious old Egypt about him. had them encased with his mummifed body in gorgeous tomb at Luxor-determined to take them with him. +
 Thirty centuries he slept in his silent cham Der beside the Nile. Thirty centuries. and the world rolled on with it's rise and fall ot nations, the birth and death of generations the coming and the passing of billions of human beings with the tides of human pas slons and emotions, love and hate, ambitions and Accomplishments.
 Thirty centuries, and Pharaoh in his bed of wealth awaited the award of eternitv: thirty centuries and today he is discovered bv two enterprising Brtishers and with his be- wildering array of jewels, the like of which the world never before has seen. his Ifeless form is broueht back to greet the same old world with the same old sun shining down upon the same old burning sands of Egypt
 Back he is brought to be the theme and shining example of how vain and useless it IS to hope to carry to the grave or to another world the richest of this world
 Thirty centuries, and the once proud poten- tate is now a fit subject for museum and his wealth, which has been tied up through all these ages, has served no good to him nor anyone else.
 And Tutank-hamen is not the only one who has hoarded and kept riches hidden in the earth where they could be of no service to the living. The world has countless others still alive who hoard that which is of no service to them and cannot take it with them The trite saying, "Live while you are alive for you will be long time dead," is ex- emplified in the opening of the tomb of this ancient potentate.
 Poor old Pharaoh, poor old Tutank-hamen After all, his folly of trying to take his riches with him has been service to the world He serves as an example, The moral speaks for itself
 And yet, the world will not chide poor old Tutank- -ahamen too much today for trying to decamp with its wealth. He has afforded the present generation new sensation, and a
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
MONDAY, MARCH 26. 1923
INCREASE THE FISH TAX?

Governor Bone in his message to the Alaska Legislature stated that cannery taxes and the tax on alien cannery workers should be in creased The Governor Is right; alien con- panies should be taxed to the limit and taxes on Alaska corporations should be reduced, if such act could be made constitutional. There is no reason for the invasion of Alaska by the hordes of cannery workers, who are returned to the States at the expiration of the season, leaving nothing and taking all. Cannery cor porations from the States are destructive while those owned by Alaskan concerns are constructive, the latter hiring labor and buy ing supplies from local merchants; the former buying nothing and leaving nothing to com- pensate for their destruction of a Territorial resource save a small case tax and a smaller license tax. '@ ,'~' ~~-'< , 'S47
 Take any chart showing the location of the streams and shore lines in Alaska. Trace these streams from their mouths to points dozen miles toward their source and you will lind a "C'' inside of circle. This means that a cannerv is located there. This IS the reason why the fish are being so rapidly depleted The nets of the companies are stretched from shore to shore, taking the fish ripe with spawn, or preventing them from ascending the rivers to the lakes The Bureau of Fisheries raises a howl about the depletion of salmon, but permits these concerns to fish far up from tide water, garnering not only this years but the fish for the next four years.
 Take notice of the canneres at the mouth of the Kenai River where the Bureau asserted dam 100 miles from the mouth of the river would hurt the fish supply. Do you believe it would do the harm these canneres are do- ing, far up the river. taking fish after they enter fresh water, at which time they are heavy with spawn.
 Alaska at the present time has no control over her fisheries Her Legislature can do nothing toward driving these companies back to salt water, where thev belong The big cannerv concerns in the States have become so bold they assert that Alaska has no con- trol over them or the fish.
 The pack last year was possibly two and a half million cases. At the extremely low prices of $6 per case, this output was worth $15OOO,OOO. It brought the Territory the preposterous sum of $118,000 in revenues. A two per cent tax on the sum realized for the pack, would have brought the Territory $3OO,- OOO The license to do this enormous business costs the companies $10O per year. This esti- mate does not include buildings, gear, supplies, boats, and merchandise, all escaping taxation from any source Do you believe an Alaskan could go to the cities these concerns come from and escape payment of taxes on probably thirty million dollars worth of property? He would be compelled to pay the same tax as any other resident. Why not compel the alien cannery interests to do this. It would be fair and just to all concerned.-Seward Gateway.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS

lltoal rngmaser, what be left to be admniSero i'o" 'he olflce or the governor what would that official have to do aside fro missuing Thanksgivino procamations and laying occasional cornerstone?- Shrollers Weekly, Juneau
 we cannot conceive how any friend of the Alaska Indians could think of making them a footbau in +h game Of politics. and that inevitably be the result those or them who cannot read and write and who nave TO conception of the American system of self government are to be allowed vote.-Juneau Empire
 1hey seem to have some pretty swift people around Fairbanks Not satisfied with the advent of the new railroad and the easy it gives to large con- tlguous country the Weeks Aviation Field" has been dedicated and now it is expected give flying service to Mount Mckinley and various sections throughout Interior Aaska.-Juneau Capital
 M. L. Spencer, Director of School of Journalism University of Washington writes: we say that one person differs with another when the differing is matter of opinion. But also say that person differs from another when difference is in physical Iappearance"
 We cannot agree with this opinion; we must differ from it.-Hyder Miner
 Governor Scott C. Bone in his message to the sixth biennial Legislature high tribute the systems of the Territory. The Terrorys Chief Execu- tive not only tribute to the school system but ranks it among the foremost achievements of the North land Governor Bone very justly points with pridefu finger the firm foundation which the education- Ia system of the Territory finds itself established It speaks well for Alaska that it's Chief Executive is thus enabled address his assembly of lawmaking cit izens is tribute to this northern domain of the Unit led States that it's progressive standards of mental train ing for the coming generations while the country Iitsef yet only in its infancy recognized by the great union of states forming the parent lment of the south-Skagway Alaskan.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
ADVERTISING WITH VOLCANOES

Alaska has been proclaiming her wonders of late in new ways. The gigantic volcanoes
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-30
REVENUE OFFICIAL
DEFINES FOUR LIS

Members of organized labor have,
since Colonel Disque's organization
OF the body, "cussed' and discussed
the so-called -Four Is" but it re-
manned for an official of the federal
internal revenue collectors office to
define the real standing of the organ
ization, as the government views the
matter.
A hurley individual of the AFRO
CANT, bulldozing type among whom
the straw boss" jobs are usually al
located, was making his income tax
return. He had earned" $1,754 and
was claiming exemption for varied
and sundry things. The internal rev.
enue official scanned the column of
exemptions carefully and reached an
item which caused him to thus ad-
dress the taxpayer:
This item of So for -Four l. dues
don't CO."
why not?" asked the taxpayer.
1.-THE government only allows ex-
emption for union dues-money that
must be spent in order that the tax
payer may keep in good standing
with his union and be able to work.
We'll, the -Four Is is aunion," re-
piled the perplexed STRAW boss"
ooh, come now, l am not here to
argue with taxpayers, but the -Four
LIS is just a little social organiza-
ton between you and the boss" said
the official.
"It's an open shop union, that's
what 1t is. Pm head of the organiza
ton in this district and guess
ought to know" stoutly contended
the taxpayer.
ooh. well, If you insist, come on IN
and see the chief He viii tell you
the same thing, however" said the
bored official.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-30
PLANNING REMOVAL
OF UNEMPLOYMENT

The American Contractor, repre-
senting employing interests, declares
unemployment is an Industrial men
ace that should be solved by finding
jobs rather than by unemployment
insurance.
There are no limits to the amounts
Of needed and essential useful public
improvements which can be con-
strueted during times Of depression"
says the publication.
There is a scientific solution to
the unemployment evil. II the engi-
neering stats of the government
were to cooperate with private indus
trial engineers in the laying out of
plans for needed construction and
improvements in both public and pri-
vate enterprise there is no reason
why sufficient number Of these pro-
jects could not be arranged for.
THE problem is intricate and has
many ramifications. Yet on the face
Of 1t there seems no reason why it
should not be made to work effect
lively. BY creating reservoir of Jobs
there will be provided form of I'M
employment insurance that would ef-
fectively prevent unemployment and
maintain business at more equitable
level
"Of the two forms of dealing with
unemployment the latter seems much
the better. British experience with
unemployment doles has not been
highly successful. There has been
considerable talk in England Of STOP
ping the dOles and turning the funds
into the construction Of public works
even at this late day.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-30
The Bat Coming

Wagenhals and Kemper, two OF
the most successful theatrical mana
gers in the country, bring the great.
est dramatic success of all years,
"The Bat" by Mary Roberts Rine-
hart and Avery Hopwood, to the
Grand theater on Sunday, April /.
"The Bat" which is thrilling, mys.
FERROUS and at the same time scream.
ingly funny, stands out sharp and
clear above all dramatic plays of.
fered during the past generation.
THE Bat" played for more than two
years at the Morosco theater, New
York, and in addition, another COM
pany, with a run of over one year in
Chicago, broke all records for popu-
larity in that city. It's a triumph in
London also, capacity audiences hav-
ing been the rule since it opened
nearly a year ago. On its present
triumphant tour THE Bat" has play
ed to absolute capacity In every city
in which 1t has appeared, and there
is every indication that it's perform
ance in this city will establish a new
record for the Grand theater.
Just what 1.-THE Bat" is all about
that's secret. In fact, wherever
THE Bat" has been played the audi
ences and critics are earnestly re-
quested not to disclose the secret of
the story, and they never do. Suf-
flee to say, it is one thrill after an
other, interspersed with countless
laughs.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-30
LUMBER INDUSTRY
VERY PROSPEROUS

The lumber industry lis in healthy
condition, judging from reports on
shipments, new business and produc-
tions made to the West Coast Lum-
bermen's Association. One hundred
and forty-one mills reporting for the
week ending March II manufactured
107, 566,4O6 feet of lumber, sold 49,
12S,S52 feet and shipped 122,936,572
feet.
Production for reporting mills was
Is per cent above normal. New bus
mess was per cent above produc-
ton. Shipments were per cent
above new business.
Forty-four per cent of all new
business taken during the week was
for future water delivery. This
amounted to 51,164,995 feet, Of
which 42,3S5,72S feet was for domes-
tic cargo delivery and 8,806,267 feet
export. New business for delivery
by rail amounted to 1919 cars.
Thirty-four per cent of the weeks
lumber shipments moved by water.
This amounted to 41,962,715 feet of
which S4,871,667 feet moved coast
wise and intercoastal, and 1909 ,048
shipped overseas. Rail shipments to-
tailed 2,516 cars.
Local auto and team deliveries to-
tailed 5,493,S57 feet which also shows
large building activities in this ter
ritory.
Untitled domestic cargo orders to-
tailed 173,726,65 feet. Untitled ex-
port orders, 90,246,173 feet. I'm
filled rail trade orders, 1O,71O cars.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-30
ANTI-UNION BOSSES
FAIL IN CAMPAIGN

The anti-union policy of certain
building contractors in Wheeling,
w Va, has collapsed. These bust.
ness men evolved a theory that II
they signed no agreements, recog.
nized no trade unions OF their wage
scale, the unions would disappear.
The anti-union contractors discov-
cred that their scheme was faulty in
but one respect, and this was quite
important-the unionists refused to
work for them.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-30

Joe-Bill, you had better take the
street car home
BILL don't think so-hic-my
wife may not want 1t around the
house.
New Britain herald., 1923-08-29
FOR CHEAPER MOVIE RATES
Theater Owners Distributing Corp. Begins New Drive to Fight In- crease in Admission Charges.

New York, Aug. 29.---A drive to whip into line the motion picture in- terests which are demanding higher tllm rentals and higher movie prices prices with top" of S2--was re- ported today to lie behind the an- nouncement of Theater Owners Dis tributing Corp. that it would start nationwide distribution of pictures in October.
 Theater owners representing an in Nestment of more than S2O.oo0, 900 and scattered throughout the coun- try were said to be interested in the distributing company which was or ganlzed last December and which op posed the upward trend of prices in moVledom at recent conventions of producers in Minneapolis and Wash ington.
New Britain herald., 1923-08-29
YALE PROFESSOR DIES
Aristides T.. Fhoutrides Succumbs to Heart Attack Following Swim While on Vacation.

New Haven. Aug. 29.-Members of the faculty now present at Yale uni versity, today expressed surprise at the death of Prof. Aristides F. Phout- rides, occurring Sunday at Chebeague Island, Maine. as heart attack seized him after a swim.
 Prof. Phoutrides. regarded as an eminent Greek scholar came to Yale last year and taught his native tongue on the classics department. He was born in the Island of Icaris. in 1887 and came to this country at the age of IS. He was a graduate of Mount Hermon school and Harvard univer- sity and instructor prior to the war at the latter institution. In 1919 he was professor at the University of Athens but resigned when the Venize- los government fell.
 He is survived by his wife. One brother is pastor of the Greek church in Waterbury.