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What France Is Doing.

The ono positive statement that
can be made concerning the repara-
tons issue Is that after three years
and a half of incessant explanation,
argument and Interpretation, there
is more confusion of thought about it
today than at any other time since
the peace treaty was signed. The
prodigious publicity given to the sub.
ject has only intensified misunder-
standings, and each development
seems to harden preconceived errors.
This Is the view taken by the Phila-
deiphia North American. ono OF the
sblest and most thoroughly American
newspapers published.
"Unhappily, malicious propaganda
and p~rejudiced assertion have obs.
cured not only the principles but also
the facts of the case. Astonishing
misstatements are made. for example,
regarding the present procedure of
France. Her plan is to take temper
AIRY possession of GermAny's indus.
trial region in the Ruhr valley IL dc
nounced by some newspapers as an
act of war. She is represented as de-
stroying the peace Of Europe by con
Quoting a lawless invasion: her 40
ton is called dangerously provoca-
tive, an adventure OF imperialism
against an innocent people. and II
is urged that the British and Amer.
lean forces of occupation be with
drawn Immediately as a protest
against the aggression.
Now concerning the wisdom and
efficacy OF the French policy there
is room for two opinions. Secretary
Hughes in a recent speech expressed
the Judgment of many Americans
and Europeans when 10 suggested
that seizure of the Ruhr dNtrict ''in'
stead OF producing r~eparations would
threaten disaster II was upon this
question of expedienoy that the con
ference of allied premiers finally dis
agreed a week 9 today. "The
French proposals If carried into eff
feet said Bonar Law. would not
only fail in obtaining the desired re
suits. but are likely to have q grave
and even disastrous effect upon tbs
situation of Europe But only ma
lice or profund ignorance will con.
tend that the action 10 illegal. 1t IL
on the contrary. in strict accord with
the law. which is the treaty Of Yer
saIlles as signed by the allies and
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Germany and revised from time to
time at Frances expense.
Another false assertion is that
France has o~bdurately refused to
moderate her reparations demands
on Germany, and IL sending an army
to force collection OF a bill repudiated
by the rest of the word as beyond
Gormany's capacity to pay. The truth
is that at last weeks conference the
allie1 agreed on the sum to be exact
ed. The figure adoped was 5o,o0o.-
900, 900 gold marks, approximately
s12, 500. 900 900. This Is less than two
fifths of the sum Germany agreed an.
der the treaty to pay. It is s2,5oo,-
100000 less than the total estimated
as collectible by the American experts
at the a conference four years
ego. It is the amount which Ger
many herself has declared her will
ingness to pay.
The premiers divided. not on the
size Of tho bill. but on the terms of
payment and the security to be
taken. France aSSented to reduction
of the amount. and to a moratorium
for Germany. provided the allies took
control Of the Ruhr valley so that
they would hold q guarantee for Ger
many's fulfiIlment of the obligation.
Premier Poincare said bluntly that
the question resolved itself to this:
Was there TO be a moratorium with
pledges or with ut? France held that
to accept a new German promise in
place of those defaulted. and at the
same abandon the guarantees which
the treaty gave the right to exact,
would be to invite reputation by
Germany. Great Britain insisted.
however. that there be a moratorium
without security. And on that Issue
the premiers parted company. Bel
GUM and italy standing with France
against Great Britain.
'The treaty of Versailles provided
as a matter Of course for the action
which France. supported actively by
Belgium and facility by Italy. has
been impslled t % take. 1t declared:
1.-THE which the allied
and associated powers shall have
the right to take. In case OF volun-
tary default by Germany, and
which Germany agrees not to re-
gard Is acts of war. may include
economic and financial prohibitions
and rcprisals. and. In general, such
other measures as the respective
governments may determine to be
necessary in the circumstances.
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which rooted W the track as. IL
went along; concrete factories and
warehouses were mined and dyna.
mIted. Steel rolling mills
which had, stood intact through
three years Of bombardment were
demolished in the last weeks OF
the wal Dy heavily charged mines.
Blast furnaces with hoists 100 feet
high were reduced in one day to
a mass OF bricks ana scrap iron,
Gangs of men were sen through
the machine shops, breaking and
cutting, with sledge hammers and
~oxyacetylene blow torches. supple.
mented with hand bombs, or graded
charges OF dynamite. Just before
evacuation, cases OF dynamite and
thousands Of shells that could not
be removed wero lowered to the
Easements around foundations,
connected by a network Of electric
wires. and exploded simultaneously
or the day OF departure.
Especial attention was given to the
wrecking OF the coal mines. II wa.
found by the Germans from French
plans Of the workings that there were
waterbearing strata at different lev.
els. A beam was lowered into IN.
pit with a charge of explosives fast.
ened to one end, and in this wsy
holes were blown through the shat
lining where water was collected.
THE work vas carried out me.
thodically at various depths. guild.
ed by the geological c~ross-sections
Nnt,nl d. tha p,T-a rn1A-A- .
ings were effeced in moro than
thirty pits within five days In No.
vember, 1915. They were filled with
water up to the pit mouth, to a
depth In some cases OF 5000 feet.
During the following years Of the
war this work vas completed in
greater detail. Finally. just before
evacuation, the plthead frames
fans, winding engines and coal
washers were dynamited into an
i~nterlaoed mass OF steel and stone
about the flooded shafts.
Facts like these. one might say
are not less relevant to the repera,
lions case than reports which reveal
the fall Of the German mark and Tn,
CONSERVATION OF the German indus
AIAdll6Lb over NHt HIEiGl
Of the Ruhr region. A New Yorl
newspaper exults that the actor
means hat Great Britain and Amsr
lea are neutral as between Franc
and Germany" This may be the cor
rect official attitude; yet not a few
Americans wills find moral 3ustifica
ton for the words OF the conserva
tive Outlook:
We are not and cannot be.
either in Justice to other nations
or justice TO ourselves, a neutral.
we cannot assume a lofty attitude.
as II we had never taken part in
the conflict. We did take part, on
the side of Justice and liberty. Up-
on us as well as upon other nations
rests the duty Of seeing that those
who were aggressors in that con-
flict shall not shift their burdens
to their victims"
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..rhe only guaranty that is LETT
To France lie to take a mortgage
on some OF the German real estate
for example, in the Industrial
rerton of the Ruhr. But Great
britain and America are very sure
that such a mortgage would not De
for their interests. There is noth'
ing punitive or vengeful
bankers wanting a guarantees for
a loan, or American farmers want
ing payment for wheat sven from
the hungry people in Germany; out
somehow the impression a got
abroad that in desiring a guaranty
for the payment Of what is justly
due her, France is proving herself
to be in . vengeful and punitive
mood. Why IL II right.
eous for English merchants ana
American bankers and farmers TO
require a guaranty. and wicked for
Frenchmen to do so7 A search
into history reveals tho TACT ina
It was not Germany that was In
vaded, after all. but France. 1t
was French factories which were
destroyed. It was French land
that was devastated, 1t was
French mines that were delioer'
Ately and mal!ciously flooded.
This is rather broad satire, but
who will say that It is extravaganza
The truth is that the hideous facts
OF the German invasion Of France,
upon which rests tho whole repara-
tons a have been submerged for
three Year, uncer an interminable
flood Of financial theoriEinE and eco
nomic d!sputation. II Is a genuine
public service, therefore. that the
Literary Digest has performed in pub
fishing a concise and authoritative
survey of tho material damages
which were intellectually inflicted
upon France by the invaders. What
we have written and quoted hereto
fore may be questioned, because It &c
largely opinion. What we take from
the Literary Digest comprises only
facts.
THE devastated lands Of France
W. 1884 square miles, one-six
tenth of the area of the country
If tho United States had suffered &c
the same degree, the proportional
area OF ruin would be 237 $50 squar,
miles. corresponding to the New
England states. New York. Pennsyl
vaniA. Ohio. West Virginia, Indiana
and part Of Illinois. And this com
parison is appropriate, because q
WA Frances industrial region tina
was laid waste. The eve devastat
ed departments paid one.fifth OF TIL,
nations taxes: in them wcre concen
trated % per cent Of It's wool produe
ton; 30 per cent of its steel industry
70 pei cent of it's sugar industry; 8!
per cent Of its electric energy: SO PEI
cent of its coal resources.
Scores OF populous cities an
towns were left in ruins. In all
741,ss buildings were destroyed o
made uninhabitabie; 1890 Of thes
were schools, and 22.167 were fac
tories, which had employed hundred
of Thousands OF workers. Three thous
and miles Of railroad-one-tenth o
the country's mileaEe-were torn up
64s miles of canal wrecked, ard NOR
than 1000 miles Of highway ruined
"a vital fact is that a vast proper
ton Of this havoc wal not due to tn
inevitable damage caused by war bu
10 systematic destruction. i~ngeniousl
planned and ~ruthlessly carried gu
The Literary Digest gives some cha:
~acteristic details:
"Incendiary fire engines WERE
used to destroy town.: a machine
was hitehed hehird a locomotive
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The Casper Tnbune's Program

Irritation project west Of Casper to be author
tied and completed at once. e..
A complete and scientific EoninE system tor IN
city OF Casper. ..-.+,o,
4 comprehensive municipal and school recreauon
park system. including winning pools fF mo
children of Casper.
ward as planned by the county commissioners
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county ana more hish'
ways for wyoming.
More equitable freight ratss for shippers OF 10
Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent ue
service for Casper.
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warded. They did not do it and could not do it
if they tried. Republicans did it, So where does
the reward belong, provided it is a matter for re.
~ward-which we hasten to say it is not.
The governor has a large opportunity to be a
real governor, but he will have to cut the Bourbon
politics out of it if he succeeds, and earns the
approval of the people interested in the public
welfare.
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The Confederation of Jewish Work.
ers in Palestine plans to establish a
daily labor newspaper in Jerusalem.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-30
FORFEITURE NOTICE,

Seward, Alaska, March 23, 1923. To A. F. SPRAGUE, his heirs, execu,
 tors, and assigns:-
 You are hereby notified that I have expended during the year 1920 and during the period January 1, 1921, to July l, 1922, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) in labor and i'm provements on each of the Following lode mining claims, situate on Gilpat- rick Mountain in the Kenai Recording Precinct, Third Division, Territory of Alaska, to-wit: Summit, Lisbon, Olym- pia, Hattie, Meat-in-the Pot and Clara, recorded respectively at Page 132, Book 4, Page 133, Book 4, Page 132, Book 4, Page 46, Book 5, Page S4, Book 5, and Page 46, Book 5. Said books mentioned being records of min ing locations of the Kenai Recording Precinct aforesaid.
 All of the said expenditures were made to hold said claims under Sec tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States, and all amendments thereto. concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount re- quired to hold said claims for the year l92O, and the period ending July l, 1922. And if within ninety days after the publication of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your propor- tionate share of such expenditure, which amounts to Three-three dollars, Thiny-three cents ($33.33) each for the Summit, Lisbon, Olympia, and Hattie Claims; Fifty Dollars (S50) for the Meat-in- -the-Pot Claim and Twen- ty-ive Dollars (s25) for the Clara claim, then your interest in said claims will become the property of the subscriber, one of the co-owners who has made the required expenditure as herein stated, by the terms of said section and laws.
 GUS BROWN. Date first publication May 12, 1923. Date Last publication Aug. II, 1923. Run fourteen weeks in Sat, continu.
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T. B. Grimsley, sourdough Alaskan and Yukon prospector is outfttine at Arlington, near Seattle to make 6 trip into the Alatna country, which lies about midway between the Noa talk and Koyukuk.
 Mickey" Goldstein, a member ol the firm of Goldstein & Co.,, of Juneau has been buying furs in Interior Alas ka, and has sent out several large shipments to his house.
 Tom Geraghty, who formerly resid. ed at Valdez where he was a deputy clerk under Judge F. M. Brown, is now living in Seattle, where he is connected with the narcotic squad.
 Everyone in Alaska knows Doc Burton, who used to be in the drug business at Valdez and Cordova. He is now living in Seattle, where for many years he was with the Admiral Line. Doc. used to act as host to the many Alaskans visiting Seattle, and was immensely popular.
 John A. Nelson, the railway con- tractor, who for many years lived in Valdez, is now living in Seattle.
 Dr. E. s. Reedy, who established the first hospital for the Alaska Engi- neering commission, in 1916, is now in practice in Seattle, in the Cobb build ing.
 Mrs. Kuney, widow of K. K. Kuney, a wellknown engineer for the con- mission is running a rooming house corner of Pine and Bellevue avenue, Seattle.
 Doc Daykin. who grew to manhood ln Seward, Alaska, is now with the Bell Telephone Company, Seattle. He is a fine mechanic and has worked himself into good position.
 Hank Vaughn. railway engineer who used to be with the old Alaska central, and his two sons, Carl and Elgin, now have a big garage and re- pair shop in Rainier valley, Seattle.
 John w. Greene, former chief of the Anchorage fire department, is now in Seattle
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-30

Work has been started on the con
 struction of 500 horsepower hydro electric power plant for the town o1 Petersburg, at the site on Crystal Lake at Blind Slough, Is miles south of the town on Wrangell narrows. Il is estimated that the plant will cost the town $115,O00, for which bonds have been floated
 Samuel Luther Hogue, pioneer of Alaska and leading business man of Petersburg, and senior member of the firm of Hogue & Tveten, died at his home in that city June 10th. Death was caused from cancer of the abdo- men, from which MT. Hogue had beer suffering for the past two years. Mr Hogue was born in Paris, Texas, on Feb A, 1868, and had been a resi- dent of Petersburg for 23 years.
 At Ketchikan last week Joe Manila lost to Blanton on foul in what was to have been 20-round go. Ketchi- kan fans are indignant over the out come of the match claiming Blanton showed no signs of being fouled and that Manila should have been award ed the decision
 Jack Lazor, 27 or 2S years of age, unmarried and a resident of Douglas was drowned, and Katie Smith, an h. dian rescued with difficulty, when they fell off the gas boat Helen into the ice waters of Gastineau Channel, last week. Lozar sank at once and his body has not been recovered, but the girl who could swim little man. aged to keep afloat until rescued.
 The U. s. Coast Guard cutter Unal- ga, Capt John Boedecker, has gone to Seattle, where she will be over hauled and repaired in readiness for party comprising U. s. Fish Com mission Henry O'Malley, Senator w. L. Jones, of Washington, Representa- tive Wallace H. White, Jr., of Maine, and Delegate Dan A. Sutherland This party will make a tour of the west ward waters Investigating fisheries conditions. The cruise will extend as far as the Pribilof islands and the Bristol bay district.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-30
News Notes of the Northland Culled from the Columns of Territorial Exchanges

No serious damage resulted from the Spring floods at Fort Yukon al. though the town was flooded for sev. eral days.
 Eli Solum, 70, a native Of Norway and resident of Alaska for thirty or more years, dropped dead at Pet"rs- burg last w:rh. ~ u:l C.: :. Ia Cook Inlet @' wars ago, anl he: i-si:.' il: the lei 'itC"y eye: Since fur sc.r,al years nc wors-I al Iii. t. ado as car penter.
 Representing the four Elk lodges in Alaska, as delegate to the grand lodge convention at Atlanta, Georgia, July g to 16. Jack Chovin, of Anchor age, left this week for the States. He will be gone at least two months, re- turning by way of Detroit
 Cordova is making arrangements to give President Harding warm wei come when he arrives at the copper metropolis. The party is expected to arrive via Chitina over the Richard son highway, and he will be met by committee and several hours will be spent at Miles and Child's glaciers. It is planned to hold a public recep- ton and if possible have the Presi- dent make a short address.
 C. A. Lundstrum, Cordova resi- dent about 46 years of age, shuffled of this mortal coil last week by the can heat route. Lundstrum, who has been suffering from diabetes for sev- eral years, extracted the alcohol from tin of canned heat, which he used for cooking. and drank it. He was in a state of coma when found, from which he never recovered.
 Dick Chinnyah, trapper and pros pector in the Fort Yukon country, is believed to have met death by drown ing. It is believed that Chinnyah attempted to cross the lake in a ca noe and was caught in the rapids at a slough ending in the Porcupine. No trace of boat or occupant has been found.
 s. c. Collins, an oldtimer of the Ea- gle district, died in Fort Yukon re- gently.
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The Ketchikan Power Company ha
 changed its name to the Ketchikal Spruce Mills, Inc. with its place o
 business at Ketchikan, Alaska.
 June 2 was the warmest day il the history of Dawson, the mercur, standing 90 or more.
 R. J. Dresdon, of Juneau, was ar rested for speeding in the streets o the capital city and was fined $25 given 127s days in jail, and his driv CTS permit revoked for 50 days. Tn, Jail sentence was suspended pendins good behavior for a period of eigh months. The Juneau ordinances pro- hibit driving faster than i5 miles pel hour.
 r. Ii. Gildea, of Juneau, has been appointed by Governor Scott Bone as secretary of the Territorial Fish com mission, the appointment becoming effective July first. The appointment. was recommended by Vice-C Chairman J. R. Heckman, of Ketchikan under whose direction the appropriation by the last Territorial legislature will be spent. MT. Gildea has been em. ployed by the Alaska-Juneau mine and formerly lived at Ruby.
 B. P. o. Elks No. APO will present Mrs. Warren G. Harding, wife of the President of the United States, with a copper reading lamp, made from na- tive copper, when the party arrives at Juneau on its trip through the Terri tory. The lamp is made entnely Of pounded copper, tie shade of pierced copper in which scenes of big game oi the North have been carved. The pierced copper is over stained glass Two elk tooth pendants are hung from the light sockets. The base is entil ely of copper
 Vance Jordan, a ftlmel resident of Ketchikan, is winning laurels 0n rhe vaudeville stage, playing big time put of Oakland. He writes taht his com pany will play over the Alderman and Harris circuit until fall
 Dr. Charles H. Gilbert, expert ad- wiser to the Bureau of Fisheries in Alaska, has gone to the False Pass district to study the reserve system of fishery control. Dr. Gilbert will spend the summer in the reserve, and will also made experiments in salmon propagation. He expects to stop for a time in Loring section north of Ketchikan when he returns.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-30
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
 WILL OPERATE RAILROAD

WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 27.- Operation of the Alaska railroad in- cluding all it's branches, has been transferred to the department of the Interior, by executive order. The construction and operation has been under the war department hereto fore. The personnel of the road will be unchanged.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-30

BREMERTON, June 29-A. s. Goss was unanimously and without contest re-elected master of the Washington State Grange at the election of off cers here yesterday, in connection with the thirty-fifth annual state con- Vention. Vancouver, Washington was selected as the 1924 convention city.
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LIST ENy

Everybody is doing it now. What? The Turkey trot to Dryden's Grocery. Why? Because the prices are right; the more sales the lower the prices. His stock is small and fresh on every boat. Service day or night.
 Fox trot delivery.
 Phone Madison 62. If
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PARTIES LEAVING TOWN to go out on jobs may leave their clothes at JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE; they will be cleaned and pressed ready to wear on their return. JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE. S5-tf
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ASHTON'S FIRE SALE, everything is being sold at rare bargains. If you wait until Saturday you will miss the chance to pick out what you want. If
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F. Gleason, an A. E. c. employe, ar rived in town yesterday and will work with the piledriver on the Stanard Oil property.
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Saturday Gateway, s3 per year.

Decorate for the Fourth; we have lots of Bunting and Flags. Brown & Hawkins. If
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Best gasoline, distillate and gas en- zine oil at reduced prices at J. L. Graefs. 161-tf
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Hay, oats and chop feed at J. L. Graef's. 162-tf
The Glenwood post., 1923-01-04
Natives Storing Their Grain.

the human kind frequently plunder
the grain stores. The tropical rain is
heavy and often almost incessant, and
the warm nights help on the growth
of mildew, when once it has begun.
In parts Of Africa it is impossible to
keep the grain from the harvest for
more than few months and the ma
tives save nothing from harvest to har-
vest, but eat it all up, rather than let
it be consumed by the ants or spoiled.
1t Is very common practice in hot
countries to raise the grain stores high
above the ground, Oh: Of the way of
mice and, to some extent, insects. In
many parts of Africa the corn of the
harvesters is placed ir closed baskets
Of wicker-work frames and hung from
the branches of trees.
In some of the hilly districts Of India
we may see little gram huts, the shape
OF beehives like this one which are
raised upon posts out of reach Of white
ants. The natives of the Mardi coun-
try, near the head of the Albert Ny
ANA, in central Africa, make similar
granaries of plastered wickerwork.
which are supported upon four posts
and have thatched roof