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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-12
BANKER COMP ANY
 BUILDING MOVE FEATURES EEK
The Real Estate Market Shows Slump Dur
 ing Period

Announcement of the contract award for the BankRrs Moxfgage-B Bond compa- EyE ten-sfOry building on the south west corner of Third avenue. north, and Twsnty-firsf street was the most important develnpmentk ef the indus tri2k week here, which was character ized, hy a somewhat lack of activity.
 Work on this structure will start Oe10ber T., if is stated, giving more i'm petus to downtown Twenty-first along which three other new buildings are naw in the process of construction.
 The realty market, as q whole. showed . decrease inactivity during the period. There were few sales nt e9nzzderable values but the aggregate sum in the transfers fell below the fig ure for other recent weeks.
 1t was interesting to note that q Mrge number of Arumors" were ram pant eenfering around Twentieth street, suukh- which went through remark abze boom several years ago One of these reports, Sfs the effect that the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany would erect an office building was firmly spiked by George Crawford, president. Mir. Crawford declared his corporation ~satisfiedv with present quRrters in the Brown-1farx and added further that should any building be contemplated it would likely be situated on the eompany's property in Ensley or FairfieId : A development on Twentieth street, suuth, however, thnt apparently will eventually be put through, is q plan fer joint home by number of the larger Morris avenue produce houses. This arrangement would undoubtedly attract other interests of the commis- sion business and bulge valuations of the section
 Am encouraging phase of real estate Nas brought forth in the statement of J. E Spencer, city building inspector, that during the past five years and q half 12,074 homes were built in Bir- Wingham ait an estimated investment ef $34,0o0, ,000L This gives the city an average of three new houses a day, a high mark for the future to shoot at.
 Among the industries the situation remained fairly quiet with progress noted in the expansion and dexelOpment pRamS wf various concerns.
 Pig iron continued under the cloak of dullmess with prices holding firm. In- qufFieS are reported as better, aaguring, it is believed. the aslvanee of next quar- ter sales which should serve to lift the marknt from the current com placeRey- Shipments are steady with but little sSeumhlation of stock in evidence.
 CaaI pT0dueti0n remains steady with sales absorbing most of the load. Prices are steady and showing little reflection of labor conditions which have stopped epeEation of Kentucky mines.
 CsnfeFenee of the American Institute of Stee1 construction held here Friday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-12

and Saturday was of importance to in dustrg particularly the steel fabrica- tors. The conference advocated adoption of new specification for structural steel tending to promote greater economy in it's utilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-12

SAFETY FIRST FOR THE BABY
 A play coop fof the baby has mat tress of.figured cretonne. The sides are heavily padded and covered with the same eay material.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-01-26
Mccarthy Stage
 WINTER SCHEDULE

Leaves Mccarthy For Kennecott Daily at 4 PM.
 Returns From Kennecott to Mccarthy at t.6. 30 PM. Leaves Mccarthy for Kennecott
 Il PM.
 Returns from Kennecott to Nc Carthy at 12 midnight.
 Sunday & Wednesday even- ings stage leaves Mccarthy for Kennecott at 7 and returns at lO:3O P: M.
 Bill Berry Props Henry Olsen.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-01-26
Here and d There In Alaska

Bert Hedsrtom was recently rescued from death by Indians, in the Grenville channel. While hunting on Pitt Island, he be- came lest and finally improvised a raft and attempted to cross to the msinland. Tide and wind fail ed him and when he was picked up by two natives he was com pletely exhausted. He9 sirom is now recuperating from the ill eff fleets of his adventure at Prince Rupert B. C.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-01-26
If we Don't Suit
 Tell US The Silver Dollar Cigars & obacCo Sof' Drinks Card Tables Messenger and Annunciator Service

Patrick Mahoney, an old time resident of the Fairbanks section was recently found frozen, by a woodcutter, named Chris Jokola. The deceased worked as wood cutter and was we'll advanced in the seventies.
 George Kennedy, a one.time resident of Cordova, was badly bruised when a truck upon which he was riding was side swiped by a flat car in the Anchorage yards.
 The wooden bridge crossing Eagle river, on the Alaska Rail way, is to be replaced by a steel span some thrr hundred feet in length. Specifications have been sent out for steel to bridge Pla cer river, at mile 54, the scene of much damage caused by freak storms last October.
 The Gypsum Mining Go. a con cern that has operated steadily, for the past several years, on the Cnichagoff Island, has ceased op erations. The company has en- tirely worked out their claims. This mine being the only ore in the Territory that has produced gypsum, it's accession of activities will be noted. There is, however, a large deposit of the same min- eral laying adjacent to the prop erty that has been abandoned, and the owners hope to raise money to open up the claims.
 The Indian Mining Co.,, located near Hyder, is to install a mill of approximately two hundred ton capacity; this year. Ore, suffici cut to keep the mill working for some time to come. has been blocked out, and large crew is to be put on mining and further developing the property.
 Miss Dorothy Hawley, clerk of the last legislature and recent
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-01-26

ly appointed Tourist Agent, With headquarters in Juneau, states that the railroad has issued a good line of advertising matter that will advertise all the Terri tory as well as that portion of it served by the railroad and it's dary equipment. The advertising matter gotten out by the road will be distributed in all tourist centers in the U.S."
 When a 'fella", breaks inta iail at Anchorage, for the winter, he can't even sleep. on account of the noise made. Recentlyan Aus trlan labOrer, named James Ku Gil, went insane and was confined in the local bastile. Not being in clined toward sleep, Kucil regaled prisoners and guards with brok en English and on one occasion screamed and yelled for thirty six hours. The prisoner has been kept in straight jacket, in a padded cell.
 Johnnie Harris, the merchants exclusive night patrolman, of Ju neau has pounded the beat, to the extent of 1900 miles, since October, 192O,according to a ped ometer that he carried.
 The Pioneer", new monthly magazine devoted to Alaska news will make its initial appearance at Seward the first of February
 Sidney Charles, a veteran news paper man, who was formerly connected with the Juneau Dis patch, has p urchased the Peters burg Report from M. s. Perkins an d will add new machinery.
 A sweeping reduction of rates of livestock has been made on the Alaska Railroad for the purpo se ofst' mulating farming. On breed stock approvrd by the Depart ment of Agriculture. still low over rate applies.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27
ALASKA RAILROAD
INCREASES EARNINGS

A financial statement relative
to the Alaska Railroad, issued
recently by general manager
Noel w. Smith, shows an in
crease of revenues exceeding
$4,000 during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1924. At the
same time, costs of operation
and maintenance increased by
more than $353,000.
The revenues, exclusive of
river service increased from
.$743,133.27 for the year end
ing June 80, 1923, to 1887,
524.47 for the year ending
June 80, 1924. The expenses
|of operation and upkeep in
creased from $2,254,898.99
to 2,608,585.47 in the same
period. The deficit of $1,771,
O62.76 was met by an appro-
priation of $1,245,000 by Con-
gress, combined with use of
other available funds and re-
sources of the railroad on hand
at the beginning of the year.
Freight earnings increased
$74,219.66, mainly from the
opening of the river service on
the Tanana and Yukon; tourist
traffic increased passenger
revenues $14,429.36: dining
car service increased $40, 1858.
80; the opening of the Curry
hotel in Mt. Mckinley park &C
counts for an additional $24,
|024.80; increase in revenues
from the sale of power amount
ed to SIS, O45.79, and other rev.
enues $685..
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

It is little wonder that Amer
lea is infested with radicals,
when we pause to consider the
very vague ideas many of, those
who profess a knowledge of
sound government have of its
real principles and the found
atoms upon which this coun-
try is built.
There are as many miscon-
ceptions as there are misfits.
Any line of thinking which
starts out on a false premise
will inevitably lead to a mis-
conviction of things in general.
1t is true that there are many
occasions for REFORM better
say, betterment of conditions,
bit nobody with genuine
Americanism in his heart OF
common sense in his head will
want to kick down the whole
house because one room needs
papering. Construction in gov
eminent pays and upbuilds;
destruction leads nowhere but
to ruin.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27
DEATH CALLS FAMOUS
NORTHERN CHARACTER

. One of the most famous char
acters in the history of the
North mushed his way over
the Great Divide a few days
ago. This was James Daugh-
|erty, known to the old timers
of Alaska and the Yukon as
Niger Jim," a nickname CIV
en- to him in the early days of
the Yukon gold stampede be-
cause of a southern accent.
Death called him in the Fair
banks hospital week or Sc
ago, following an attack OF
acute Intestinal trou lie. He
was taken suddenly i'll while
at wolk on a steam shovel
crew III the Alaska Raiiroad
and w: $ rushed to the Fair
banks :.ospital by spe n Il train.
"Nigger Jim" was known to
everyone in the Klondike in
the early days. He was on the
Yukon, at Circle and Fortymile
before the famous gold discov-
cry at Dawson and joined the
first stampeders from Forty
mile. He is said to have made
a fortune in mining on Bonan-
"a but was best known as the
proprietor of one of the pion-
eer saloons and dance halls.
He made money through the
halcyon days. of the gold rush
but he loaned thousands to his
friends and spent with a lavish
hand. Later years found him
without money and minus the
wife and child he had acquired
when fortune smiled. He never
lacked friends but those who
had benefited by his generos-
lily had vanished. 1t is said
that he could have lived out
his days in affluence if he
could have realized upon but
a small part of the sums loaned
to needy ones in his time of
prosperity. During the last few
years he has worked as COM
mon laborer. He was aged 81
years and a native of Alabama.
He was buried at Anchorage
under the auspices of the Elks.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27
LOCKE MCKINNON
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

Locke McKinnon, of Juneau,
who is well known to many
Hyderites, was recently the
victim of a serions shooting ac-
cident which may result in his
right hand being permanently
crippled, according to the Sit
ka Tribune of recent date.
The accident is said to have
occurred two weeks ago Sum
day, while McKinnon and a
party of friends were duck
hunting in the vicinity of Max
wasina Passage. McKinnon
was attempting to fix the safe
ty catch on his automatic shot
gun, with his right arm in
front of the muzzle. The weap-
on went off in some unexplain-
ed manner, smashing the arm
below the elbow and tearing
the flesh almost completely
away between the elbow and
wrist. A hunting companion
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

The shop windows of Hyder
have never appeared to better
advantage than now. Show
w 'ndows are an educational
device of real merit. They in
Struct as truly as the most
carefully written textbook.
They aid us in our daily work
by keeping us up-to-date,
through exhibiting the latest
efforts of the designer, the
manufacturer, the inventor,
the chemist and all the tribe
Of men who move the worlds
cog-wheels. And Hyder's, shop
windows rank high in this
pedagogical effort. They show
that Hyder has the goods. No
need for local residents to go
away to larger towns to pur-
chase needed articles, wear
able or otherwise. The suit,
the hat, the book, the new
dining tale, the bit of decor
alton, the gift--almost any,
thing you want or need is on
display in the show windows
of your own town. Better take
a look at them.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

Two per cent of the gross
sales of a mercantile business
is the accepted amount to be
spent for advertising, though
many firms go as high as 8
and A percent. If every firm
in Hyder would set aside 2 per
cent for advertising, the Her
aid could be greatly enlarged,
publish far more news and
serve the community better
than Is now possible. And
every firm, if it paid proper
attention to its advertising,
would greatly increase its
business.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

Go home and get happy.
Drop all business for awhile
and rest your mind. Stop mag
nifying your little difficulties.
Think of pleasant things and
talk about them to the ex-
cllsion of the unpleasant and
the disagreeable. When you go
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

to work have a beautiful pict-
ure on your desk and when
ever you may be foolish
enough to worry about your
affairs, look at it, study it and
fill your mind with it for a
few minutes. Don't let pess-
imism park in your brain. If
you do it will crush you. The
people who succeed best and
are the happiest are those that
give the least Importance to
the ills of life.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

was near and probably saved
McKinnon's life by promptly
applying a tourniquet and
hailing a passing boat. The
wounded man was taken to a
Sitka hospital, where he was
getting along as well as could
be expected.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

"The law of worthy life is
fundamentally the law of
strife. 1t is only through labor
and painful effort, by grim
energy and resolute courage
that we move on to better
things. Theodore Roosevelt.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27
Just For Fun

The reckless driver is never
late-at his funeral, according
to Billy Mcdonnell.
The Burberry Kid says there
would be more marriages if
more women were able to sup
port husbands.
Times change: the foot that
used to rock the cradle now
steps on the gas.
We wonder what some of the
office-seekers, who feel all
swelled up at the thought that
their country is calling them,
would think if they knew what
the country is calling them.
Women carry their money in
their stocking because it
draws interest there, accord
ing to Hubert Thomas.
A group of local men were
talking together in the post
office the other day, when one
of them, who is something of
a joker, stepped up to another
chap, and holding a long hair
before his eyes, said: "This
looks suspicious. Where did
this long hair come from?"
why" the other hurriedly
replied, That's from my
wife's head"
Are you sure of it?"
"Sure of it? Of course am.
You don't think you would
find any other woman's hair
on me, do your"
mo, probably not" the joker
replied, "But / am sorry that
you are so positive it is your
wife's hair, because I just
picked it off Bills coat sleeve
Mrs. Y and Mrs. z were en-
gagged in their favorite divers
| ion" Oh, my dear, have you
heard what they say about So
and So? / can't hardly believe
| it, but-"And just then the cat
over in the corner emitted a
yawn and said to himself: "It's
no wonder some folks say
kindness is the cardinal
virtue"
We don't dare to tell his
name, but he was expatiating,
philosophically on marriage to
a group of friends the other
night: when a man chooses
his WIFE" he said loftily,-But
just then he saw his wife smile
broadly and knowingly at one
of the lady visitors, who also
smiled broadly and winked
And he is still wondering what
there was about the remark
to makesthem act that wav
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

The reckless driver is never
lateat his funeral, according
to Billy Mcdonnell.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

The Burberry Kid says there
would be more marriages il
more women were able to sup
port husbands.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

Women carry their money in
their stocking because it
draws interest there, accord
ing to Hubert Thomas.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

Times change: the foot tina
used to rock the cradle nov
steps on the gas.
Hyder weekly herald. [volume] (Hyder, Alaska) 1924-1934, 1924-10-27

We wonder what some of the
office-seekers, who feel all
swelled up at the thought that
their country is calling them,
would think if they knew what
the country is calling them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-14
DECISION HITS
SYNDICALISM
PERSECUTION
Idaho Court Frees An
|. w. w. Organizer

Labor Defense Council SerVIee.)
Criminal Syndicalist legislation,
whose jealous guardians (Messrs.
Burns and Daugherty) have recently
been forced out of the Government in
disgi ace, is said to have been under
mined by decision just rendered by
District Court Judge B. S. Varian in
Idaho, dismissing the case of c. w.
Hammond.
Hammond, an l. w. w. organizer,
was arrested under the Idaho Grimm
al Syndicalist law, solely because ne
was 2 member of the /. w. w. The
defei Sc was based on The principle
that membership in the l. w. w. d0Us
not constitute a violation of the Grim
inal Syndicalist Law.
Just what effect this Idaho decision
will have on the other Criminal Syn
dicalist cases, now pending in the vari-
Gus states, notably the famous "Michi-
gan Cases" involving Foster, Ruthen-
berg, Dunno and the 20 other Com
munist leaders-is difficult to deter
mine. However, well-known labor at
torneys and other legal authorities
believe that the Idaho decision is
symptomatic of the present trend in
cases Of this kind. When jury-fixer
Burns stool pigeons raided the con-
vention of the Communist Party in
Berrien County, Michigan, in the sum-
mer Of 1922, the indictments were
based principally on the charge of
membership in the Communist Party.
From Judge varian's decision in Idaho
it would appear that membership in a
revolutionary working class organiza-
ton does not constitute a violation of
the law.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-14
Skypilots and Labor
Takers Will Discuss
Their Business Affairs
tHy The Federated Press,

WASHINGTON, May 13.-The sec
ond annual meeting of the Catholic
Conference on Industrial Problems is
announced to take place May 81 and
2S in Pittsburgh at the William Penn
hotel. Wages Of American labor will
be discussed by Father Haas, profes.
sor at Marquette university; by J.
Rogers Flannery of the vanadium
Company and by Lee e. Keller, sta
tistician of Ike brotherhood Of Main.
teparce Of Way Employees. Miss Sara
cossuy of the United Textile Work
ers will talk on cooperative labor
banks, while p. J. Conlon, vice-presi
dent Of the International Association
of Machinists will describe the Glen.
wood plan Of industrial harmony in
the b. G. o. railroad shops. w. p.
Clarke of the Flint Glass Workers
Union and r. F. DuBrul Of the Nation,
al Machine Tool Builders Association
will debate collective bargaining.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-14

system of political and indus
trial espionage turnout the
country which has no relation
whatever to the enforcement of
the federal statutes or a rela-
ton so slight as not to justify it. On
ly small portion of the cases exam
ined or the reports received ever re-
suit in prosecution. The activities are
much more analogous to those of the
secret police Of the old autocracies
Of Europe and are intended chiefly
to curb certain types of radical and
labor activities by means of intimi-
dation and disruption.
"2. Half million dollars or more
of taxpayers money are being wasted
in this fruitless type Of work.
"3. The system is from public view
by a screen of secrecy thrown up
around it by representatives Of the
department of justice, who allege that
its workings cannot be exposed to
public view because they are of so
confidential a nature. That has always
been the argument advanced by the
secret police system of history to pro-
tect it's own privilege and power.
"a. The agents of the bureau of
investigation are engaged in whole
sale lawlessness as testified to in
hearings before your committee, as
evidenced in their connections with
private detective agencies engaged in
provocative acts among radical organ
izations and trade unions, in their .un-
lawful searches and seizures, in tap
ping telephone wires and the like.
5. The pretenses of secrecy in re-
gard to Confidential lists" and data
are mere cloak for propaganda of
the bureau of investigation which
constantly gives out confidential in
formation to favored organizations
and publications in order to spread
propaganda favorable to its activities
against radicals and labor. 1t seeks
by so doing to justify its claim about
alleged revolutionary outbreaks in or
der to justify continued high expen-
ditures in the employment Of five times
as many detectives as ten years ago."
Harry F. Ward, chairman, signs the
Civil Liberties union letter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-14
New England Scion
Completes With Banker
For Votes Of The Rich

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
David I. Walsh Of Massachusetts, who
is running for reelection this year
against bankers candidate yet to be
selected, has offered in the senate an
inheritance tax scheme which would
permit a man to leave $4,000, 900 to
his heirs and friends without paying
any inheritance tax to the govern
ment. The present exemption on es-
tates is $4,000. This is arranged by
providing exemptions up to $4,000
on gifts to relatives, and up to $4,000
on each gift to friend or institution.
The rich man or woman need only
give away his property on the eve of
his own death. II he wishes to do so
he could give away these sums to
each relative and friend each year, so
long as he had anything to give. This
bid for the support of widows and
orphans" and other dependents of the
rich is based on the diverting Of the
tax from the whole estate to the indi-
vidual parts of II. A gift tax should
be based on the amount OF the gift,
regardless of exemption, and in rela-
ton to the total value Of the holdings
of the donor.