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The Alaskan., 1926-08-20

No one passed bottle to the be- snudged and wet firemen on the wind up of things. This was be- cause the police were present, pro- hably. But a steaming pot of cof- fee would have been welcome substitute. May be some of those who look on will think of this the next time there is a fire.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-20

Illiteracy in the U. S. ranges from 21 percent in Alabama down to II percent in Iowa.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-20
Our Guarantee

Ondef Fesoudon adopted m LonVenton at HYDABURC ALASKA Nov, Y, 1925 The Grand Camp of the Alaska Native Brotherhood guarantees all sub- scrip ptions and bills of the A.N.B Pub- fishing Company
 Frank D, Price, Grand Pres
 Stka, Alaska The Alaskan Is not an experiment. We are not here with suit only. Our Aims-PubGc Service and Development of Alaska resources. ANB. Publishing Co.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-20
Beach Cotnbings
By AHN-KUTTY

Petersburg has the reputation of being the most expensive town. to live in between Skagway and Mary Island. The consumer has to pay from five to twenty-five percent more for commodities here than he can buy them in any other SEE. alaska town. Even in outlying and isolated ports the retail prices are less, albeit the freight tolls are double. We don't know the reason, broadly speaking. but "all the traf fic will bear" is mighty poor husi- hess anywhere any time. It hurts town, turns big flow of trade to mail order houses and buMlis up feeling of being gouged. Goods 1ficed right means more home trade and more home pull.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-20


 The restaurant on the lower floor, didn't open for business af- ter the fire because the soup was too thin and coffee too weak. It appears that there was a whole lot of leakage through the ceiling.
 The nozzle manipulators of the second hose line were cratic in their aim. Once in awhile they'd hit the fire; other times they'd squirt down the necks of the fire fighters on the opposite side of the building.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-20

The following is made. up. of chunks of burnt tin roofing that fell in the vicinity of the fire Sun day morning.
The Alaskan., 1926-08-20

Stedman, of the Gift Shop, did,. Tt know there had been fire un- til all of the excitement was over.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
COLLECE GIRLS ARRIVE
 10 PLAY LOCAL TEAM

A bevy of femine beauty stepped from the train from the Interior last evening and were welcomed by many of their local friends. The girls, six of them, represent the Alaska College girls basketball team which will play the local girls team either one or two games Saturday and Sunday. A series of entertainments and social functions will keep the fair visitors busy until the arrival of the men-folk from the South, the team which has made splendid record in playing the speedy Panhandle" squads.
 The personnel of the girls team com prise the Misses Grace c. Clarke, Genevieve Parker, Helen Mcdonald Helen Franklin, Dorothy Roth and Florence Roth.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR
 HEARING SETTLEMENT OF FL
 NAL ACCOUNT, DETERMININA-
 TON OF HEIRSHIP AND PETl-
 TON FOR FINAL DISTRIBUTION
 NO. 8
 IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
 THE KODIAK PRECINCT, THIRD
 DIVISION, TERRITORY Q F
 ALASKA, AT KODIAK, ALASKA. In the Matter of the Estate of George
 Shannon, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that James O'Brien, administrator of the estate of George Shannon, deceased, has rendered and filed in the above en- titled Court, and presented for set clement his final account of his ad- ministraton, together with his report and petition for final distribution and that Tuesday the 18th day of Febru- ary, 1927, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the off, fee of the Judge of the above enti- tied Court, at the court house in Kodiak, Alaska, has been fixed and appointed as the time and place for | the settlement of said account and the hearing of the said report and the sad petition, and the determina- ton of heirship, at which time and place any and all persons interested in sad estate may appear and file their objections, if any they have, to sad account and report, petition and detarminatiOn
 AND NOTICE is further hereby given that said account is for final settlement, and that the said estate is ready for distribution, and on set clement of said final account, final distribution of said estate will be inn mediately had.
 Dated at Kodiak, Alaska, this 1st day of December, 1926.
 A. T. STOWE, U. s. Commissioner and ex-officio Probate Judge.
 First publication December 13, 1926. Last publication January 10, 1927.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
N ] I | |CE

A mass meeting will be held at the Liberty theater on Sunday, January 2, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having an open discussion on the proposed bonding of the city for the construction of new school building. Suggestions from everyone will be appreciated as from the total, much good will result. It is the voice of the citizens of the city which is wanted at this meeting.
 The proposed glacier stream pro- iect, the breakwater and the light house for Resurrection bay will also come up for discussion.
 The winning essays prepared by the school children of the city on the subject "Why Seward needs a new school building" will be read at the mass meeting.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES

METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES
 The following services will be held at the Methodist Church Sunday morning:
 Sunday School at 1O:3o a. m.
 Preaching at 11:30 a. m. Rev. Hat ten of the Jesse Lee Home will have charge of the preaching service ow- ing to MT. Graham being to the West ward.
 All are invited to attend all ser vices. The church will be we'll heat
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30

A fur lined glove was found on Fourth avenue last evening by one of the Manthey boys and left at the Gateway office where it may be claim ed by the owner.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30

In anticipation of the big masquer- ade ball tomorrow night at the s. A. c. hall, and the basketball games on the two succeeding days, the walks leading to the building from Fourth avenue were cleared of snow today.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
OVERLAND
ATTENTION Ex-SERVIcE MEN,!

Beginning next month it will be i'm possible for ex-service men to receive adjusted compensation pay, according to announcement made today by Harry Lyons, member and officer of the local A. L. Post. MT. Lyon ad- vises those who are untitled to ad- justed compensation to call on MT. Ellis or MT. Fucker, local attorneys:
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
AT THE HOTELS
VAN GLIDER

Thomas A. Thibardine, Iditarod; M. Mynll Fairbanks; Francis Shea, Anchorage, John E. Youel, Grace c. Clarke, Genevieve Parker, Helen Me Donald, Helen Franklin, Dorothy Roth, Florence Roth, Berniece Allen, Anchorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
SEWARD

Robert Carlson Ole Jensen, A Swanson.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30
SEXTON

Walter s. Culver, Anchorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-30

The Gateway leads-others follow
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16
CoId-Weather Tests for
Good Water Circulation

One cold winter morning, when
Johnston stepped on the starter of
his car, the engine hesitated momen-
tarily, although it finally turned over
and began to run. The radiator that
morning was frozen, but Johnston at
tributed this to running the car out
in the cold. For several months aft
erward he noticed that on long-con-
tinued runs the engine boiled. Final
ly, when the car was placed in the
repair shop, he learned that the re-
tanning pin of the pump rotor had
been sheared.
Unquestionably this had happened
on the frosty morning when the radi-
ator was found frozen. The car had
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Simple Methods for Testing Rotor or
Radiator.

been driven continuously since that
time with the pump falling to deliver
any circulation.
Johnston then made use Of two sim
pie methods shown in the illustration
for testing whether the pump rotor is
broken or if the radiator is frozen.
Two holes are tapped through the
pump casing directly opposite the hub
where the shear pin is placed, and
small pipe plugs are set into them.
By removing the upper plug it is pos
sible to determine if the pump pro-
peller revolves with the shaft when
ever the car shows signs of overhead
ing, and the removal Of both plugs
makes it a simple matter to renew
dowel pin quickly.
The test for freezing is made by
pressing between the fingers the lower
rubber hose connection to the radiator.
When frozen or partly frozen the hose
does not collapse readily and it is
necessary to thaw it out.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16
WHEN I WAS
TWENTY-ONE
BY JOSEPH KAYE

At 21-Gutzon BorgIum Began His
Art studieA
&c a t ABOUT this time I entered
"A an art school for the first
time, in San Francisco.
Previous to that / ran away from
st. Mary's, a boys school near Tope-
ka, Kans., where / remained for two
years, drawing more than studied,
and where the teacher made me do
pictures and statues of the saints and
the pope to be used in the chapel.
'They had me do too much of that.
and 1 got tired and ran away, return
ing to my parents in Omaha. On the
way 1 bought the first real paints /
ever owned.
'In Omaha I attended the public
schools, but went on drawing in my
books and etching on my slate. I
never had received any instruction in
the technique of art except from an
occasional, itinerant teacher, who was
no good.
"Then my father took us to Los An
geles, where the color in the hills, the
viyidness in the sunrises, had always
so inspired me, and there gave my
self over to painting. Most of my pic
lures were of horses, Indians and
frontier life Some of them were sold
locally, and in that way l earned
enough money to go to San Francisco
and to the art school, where 1 re-
NAMED two years, meeting with fair
success
after going back to Los AngeleG
for year I decided to go East.
had just enough money to get me as
far as Omaha; but I took along my
entire collection of paintings and
bronzes and sold them to a private
collector in that city. He gave me
$1,000 for the lot, and with that money
l went to Paris. There l studied at
the Academic Julien and Ecole des
Beaux Arts. Gutzon Borglum"
TODAY-Borglum is the famous
sculptor who was engaged in the
herculean task of Transforming Stone
mountain, Georgia, into memorial
for the Confederate heroes, by carving
in relief. on its smooth granite sur
face, figures Of General Lee and other
leaders.
Borglum's method of accomplishing
this extraordinary work was highly
Ingenious. A lantern was to throw
images from slides on the surface of
the hill at night, the exact-sized inn
ages of the figures to be sculptured /:
these images were then to be outlined
by painters. In the morning work
men were to go over these outlines
with pneumatic stone drills and so
the figures were to be carved.
Borglum is the creator of many
famous art works, including the cele-
brated figure of the seated Lincoln, in
Newark, N. J.
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S5ansSaA!s,!5Ml 8! e
~OLOTy Martha Martin

have liver for dinner or some other
delicacy.
Il am glad to say she doesn't give
me my food in too big pieces. She has
it all carefully chopped up fine for me
so it is nice and easy to eat it.
II would not like it If she became
careless. I must say I'm not bothered
with the help problem as some people
speak of being bothered with it.
have the best of service.
"Of course / am quite sure the cook
knows she cannot do any way with me.
She feels, know, that am used to
the best. My mother used to say to
me when was young:
Always make creatures think
you're used to the best. If you let
them think you're satisfied with any
old thing they'll give you any old
thing And I've found my mothers
advice very good.
II have shown that expected the
best and the best has always been
given to me. Then / have a lovely
warm bed for the kittens which the
cook fixed for me. 1t Is so nice and
soft, padded with lovely soft cotton.
The kittens are very comfortable.
And that is what I call very salts
factory housekeeping.
YES" said Mrs. Black Cat, you are
really very lucky. am fortunate, too,
though sometimes do enjoy mouse.
However, 1t is not because / am nor
fed all l want 1t is because love
the hunt and the chase"
"Well, now you speak of it," said
Mrs. Cat, Il think 1 will go mouse
hunting myself before long. Your
speaking of it makes me think of
pleasant past adventures. But let us
take little nap now"
Mrs. Black Cat wasn't in the least
insulted because Mrs. Cat suggested
that they should keep quiet and rest.
She, too, felt like nap.
So the two cats closed their eyes
and they hadsa delicious cat nap and
after while as the sun was going
down Mrs. Black Cat got up and
stretched herself and said:
"Well, Mrs. Cat, 1 must be going
home. Supper will be ready for me.
And I believe in being on time for my
meals"
1.-THE same with me-" said Mrs. Cat
''And 1 know the kittens will be won
dering what has become of me. ]
must go to my children. Well, glad to
have seen you. Call again, Mrs. Black
Cat Good-by, meow, meow"
"Good-by, meow, meow" said Mrs.
Black Cat. i've had such pleasant
time and I'm so glad you're so com
fortably situated. Good-by, meow,
meow"
(.lqsII6doO)
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16

Wv year," asked the House De-
tective.
ooh, a lot of things" answered the
Hotel Stenographer. 'The first thing
/ gave up was dancing. l shall not
dance till next year. My stable of
dancing partners has run down any
way. / had four men who were tax
ing me out; two of them were regu-
lars and two Of them We're once-in-a-
whites but am at the point where
there is no thrill dancing with any of
them.
"Going to dances scares me cold
about matrimony. The first time
sheik takes me to a dance and we
skid across the polished floor and 1
feel his strong protecting arm around
me and experience his firm gliding
amidst the maze, think of nothing
but that firm arm around me for all
time, guiding and protecting me
against the snares and pitfalls of a
wicked world.
1T is like that for the first two or
three times Then l realize that he
says 'Tim-tum' when the music stops
and that annoys me and notice that
now and then instead of backing me,
he backs himself and bumps into peo-
pie on the floor, and then he is not
as careful as he could be rounding
the turns and when he tries to kiss
me good night he bores me instead
of thrills me and begin to wish
some other fellow would take me to
the next dance. Next thing duck
dates with him in hopes that some new
aspirant to my heart and hand will
ask me out
GAS changeable as that about dane
ing partners, Kelly, how will it be if
I say those fatal words that tie me
to just one for all time? VIII / get
tired of looking at him at breakfast
and will / find out after marry him
that he takes meat, potatoes and
bread son his fork at one time and
stuffs, the balanced ration in his
mouth all at once? But / have given
up dancing until next year and will
have a new crop then, SO why worry?'
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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16
Ct He WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
THE TURNED STONE
BY H. IRWIN KING

no OUT in the spring and turn up
and look under it at the earth. The
color Of the earth exposed will be the
color of the hair of your future hus-
band. This is a project" for girls
and is apparently more common SUI
perstitions in the southern states than
in the northern, though it may be
met with in widely separated locali-
ties. 1t is an especial fayorite with
the Maryland maidens, according to
the Journal of the American Folk
Lore Society. This superstition is ap-
parently akin to that of the lovers
hair. found in the shoe of the inquiring
maiden when she hears the first call
of the bird which is the harbinger of
spring.
1t is from the Northern races, evil
IDENTIFY, that we inherit the superstition
of the turned stone; for it and similar
folklore ideas are found mostly, if not
entirely, in the northern part of Eu-
rope. The Morse mythology was an
overshadowing one for that part of
the world and in the British isles and
in northern Germany its effect has re-
anained solidly impressed upon Brit
dsh and Teutonic folklore. The SUI
perstition in question seems to be
survival Of the idea contained In the
story of Balder the Beautiful-that
shining Morse god supposed by some
authorities to have represented the
spirit Of vegetation which passes part
Of the year in the realm Of the under
world and in spring teammates the
earth.
Balder himself will not come back
until after Ragnarock. the Twilight
of the Gods" but if the specuIations
Of James Frazer are correct. it would
appear as if his death insured the an
nual return of vegetation. According
to one version Bladder was the son OF
Odin and the goddess Freya. The lat
ter was the goddess of love. Long cen
turtles before Tennyson wrote of "a
young mans fancy love and the
springtime were conceived as being
ssaffinities." The association of ideas
Is clear. In the season Of love we. turn
the stone and the son Of the goddess
Of love from the underworld sends the
love token.
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Hollywood's Beginning

Hollywood, the goal of the worlds
movie-struck people, owes its rise to
its obscurity.l 1t was selected because
of its insignificance not so many years
ago. When the first studio was estab-
lished there in 1911 the population
was about 1000. Today it is estimated
at 12500O. With the rise of filmdom
to power the fame of Hollywood
spread. Although Hollywood became
a part of Los Angeles in 1910 it still
retains its name.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16
Keep Tail Light Burning

Always notify the driver of a car
that has no tail light burning. Per-
haps he does not know it and the
warning may result in avoiding an
accident and arrest, or possibly saw
ing life.
When an automobile is not kept
in reasonably good mechanical con
dition and an accident occurs, due
for example, to defective brakes, the
motorist is liable for any damage I'M
less the injured was contributoriIy
negligent.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16
MRS. CAT. HoUSEKEEPER

ssNH E-OW, meow, meow" said
1V1 Mrs. Cat, how do enjoy the
warm sun r.
Now Mrs. Cat was sitting on the
back porch and Mrs. Black Cat, the
neighbours cat, was with her.
yes, 1t is very nice" said Mrs.
Black Cat, very nice indeed"
And pray tell me how do you like
housekeeping" Mrs. Black Cat asked.
You were kitten so short time
ago, and now you are grown up and
have kittens of your own. Dear me,
dear me, meow, meow, how time flies,
as people say.
"Only so short time and you were
nothing more than a little bit Of a
thing running around
1T makes us old cats feel pretty
ancient can tell you.
Yes, it makes me feel sad and old
to think of how the young generation
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of cats is creeping up on US. Why,
really, remember when you hadn't
your eyes opened. But asked you
about housekeeping and how you liked
it?"
"Well," said young Mrs. Cat, IL
really like it very much. find have
good service. There is the cook. She
never forgets my meals
s'She has the best Of milk and it is
good rich milk, too. She gives me de-
licious breakfasts of bacon and often
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"My dear girl. speculation on
change is always a big risk one
gains one day and loses the other
"Then, you silly old boy, it's easy.
only speculate every other day" -
Sans Gene. Paris.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16
AUTOMOBILE NOTES

Cheap gasoline makes fat
graveyard.
It must be awful to have a speed
ster complex and truck chassis.
A pessimist is person who looks
both ways before crossing one-way
street.
In Detroit a pedestrian seems to be
man whose car is suffering from
ill-health.
If all the lady drivers were placed
end to end. they'd be on the wrong
side of the road.
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The Eternal Feminine

Prisoner-Pll admit bumped into
the street car, your honor, but it
wasn't my fault, r
Judge-Why wasn't it?
Prisoner My wife tried to doll up
the car by putting lace curtains on
the windshield.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16
Might Change His Mind

Blinks HE thinks women wear too
little" Jinks-sIf he were paying
for what they wear he'd think they
wore too much. Cincinnati En-
auirer
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Humming Tells If
Pinion Is Proper

Whether the pinion is proper
ly set with the ring gear can
be determined by any car owner
through a very simple expert
ment.
Does the rear end hum? Has
it plenty of grease and the right
kind Of grease?
If the answers are in the af-
firmative the rest is simple.
If humming is on the upgrade
the gears are too tight.
If humming is on the down
grade the gears are too loose.
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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16

An optimist is a man who lends
money to kinfolks.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-16

White gold became popular in the
5ewelry trade about six years ago, al
though it had been seen occasionally
or map, ~esrs previously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-23
PLANNING AND ZONING.
BODIESTOUR SUBURBS
Real Estate Men Accompany OFF,
Gals on Trip in Connection With
Preparing City Plan.

Members Of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, ac-
companied by officials of the Zoning
Commission and a number of local
real estate men. made a tour Of the
suburban sections Of the city today
to familiariZe themselves with Wash
ington's coming problems in connection
with the task of preparing Il compre-
hensive city plan.
Frederick O!mstead and Milton d.
Medary, two of the recently appointed
members of the Park and Planning
Commission and men who have be-
come nationally Known in city plan
ming work, made the inspection in
company with Engineer Commissioner
Bell and Maj. u. $. Grant, 3D.. director
of public buildings and parks. Col.
Bell and Maj. Grant hold membership
on both the Zoning Commission and
the Planning Commission.
The Park and Planning Commission
as reorganized at the last session of
Congress is on the threshold of its
most important function, namely, the
plan for the National Capital, and.
naturally. the coming of property as
to use. height and area will enter into
city planning, 1t was felt that q tour
Of the outlying portions of the city.
where new communities are Springing
up, would prove beneficial to the
members of the Planning Commits
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-23
DOUGHERTY SPEAKS
TO NUMISMATIC BODY
Coin Collectors Later Go to Mount
Vernon and Will Visit Engray-
ing Bureau Tomorrow.

The annual convention Gf tho
NumiSmatic Association
in session this week at the Wash
missioner Proctor l.. Doughcrtv this
morning. followed by q business
meeting. at which Moritz NormScr
of New York. president of che organ
ization, presided Reports were read
by George j. Bauer of Rochester. n
Y. second vice president, and II. II
Yawger of Indiana, Pa, chairman of
the board of governors.
An exhibition of medals. coins and
currency. representa- tive of the Greek =.
Roman, Oriental, medieval and Amer
lean civilizatio is on display. The
associations silver cup will he given
for the best specimen.
Members of the association took n
bus trip to Alexandria and Nouns
Vernon this afternoon. and will visit
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing tomorrow morning at $50 O'Clock
There will lie Il business session in
the afternoon at $50 O'Clock. fol
lowed by bus trip at s pm. TO in.
spect the illumination of the Library
of Congress.
take place at the Washington Hotel
headquarters Wednesday morning at
10 O'Clock, and banquet will he
held at the hotel at 7:15 pm. The
convention will adjourn after busi,
ness meeting Thursday morning at
10 O'Clock.