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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
TOTAL Of ss8D2,5(B
REALTY APPRAISED
Real Estate Board Commit
tee Passes on Public
Building Projects.

Through the activities Of the ap.
1 praisal committee Of the Washington
: Real Estate Board appraisals amount
, ing to $780,. 500 have been made for the
. local and Federal governments and in
stitutions of a public character. AS
: part Of It's organization the Washing
] ton Real Estate Board maintains an
appraisal committee composed OF ex.
peYts specially selected because OF
) their knowledge Of values and condi-
. tons in the National Capital.
The board has undertaken as part
! Of IT'S civic work and in line with Its
!. efforts to contribute to the better1nent
: Of the National Capital to place the
! services Of it's appraisal committee at
: the disposal of the National Capita!
8 Park and Planning Commission free
: of any charge. This committee is COM
: posed of prominent real estate men,
: who are also prominent citizens. whose
Z Judgment and decisions are above
question.
!; $4,000. 900 Property Appraised.
! The committee has appraised APP
: proximately $40 900. 900 worth of prop
!, erty in all sections Of the city since
! October !. These appraisals have
] taken in every form Of real estate,
! from small vacant lots TO large indus
: trial plants and Office buildings.
I In placing itself at the disposal OF
: the National Capital Park and t1arl-
: ming Commission. the Y. NJ. {. A. ana
: other such institutions it has been
!: necessary for the members Of this
; committee to spend many dayG in its
! work Of properly appraising new park
5 areas which have been purchased and
the purchase of which is contem-
: plated.
!, The board feels that the services or
2 this committee have unquestionably
{ saved the community considerable
? expense and has assured any error In
: Judgment in the purchase by the
: Park Commission OF land needed 1or
the Identification Of the. city. Much
{ time and experience has been given TO
: the cause of beautiful Washington
. bv the committee and the board.
/. which has as part Of its program the
; conservation and extension OF the
! park system of the National Capital SO
that it will ultimately be the finest or
its kind in the world. The enormous
amount of appraisals undertaken by
. this committee last year placed it first
among the large appraisal bodies or
, the country during 1924.
1925 Total Largely Surpassed.
This wear the total Of 1925 is expect
Cd to be far surpassed and the Wash
. ington board, members feel, will be
among the first three at least in the
! point Of appraisal activities and will
!. probably lead in the amount OF time
and energy devoted by its appraisal
!. committee to the Federal and local
government in the interest of civic
betterment.
This committee, by necessity Of its
attachment to the National Associa.
: ton of Real Estate Boards, Is COM
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-03-15

He has Antagonized the Admin
 istration
 This charge is really answered in the foregoing paragraphs. But it is being used as a separate argument For time, it was accepted by many that to be Republican, one had to subscribe to all that MT. Coolidge does or says, and that the test of a Senator's or Congressman's use fulness was his absolute harmony with the republican President.
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The Alaska fisherman., 1926-03-15
get me job and therefore I cannot

are supporting Sutherland because he is right or we are against him because he is wrong. Suppose MT. Coolidge should say to Suther- land, 'I will appoint all your nom inees to office in Alaska, Suther- land could only satisfy twenty men, and if the rest of us should use the argument now used by these men who are disappointed, about five thousand of us would be sore at him and would be compelled to vote for some one else at the next election, providing of course that each of us does not himself become candidate for Delegate to Congress.
 The position of those making this second charge against Suther- land is untenable.
 He Has Antagonized Hoover."
 This charge proceeds on the theory that Alaska sends a Dele gate to Congress to agree with Herbert Hoover or with some body else. "Oh" but somebody else says Sutherland could fight for the same things WITHOUT ANTAGONIZING MT. Hoover, prob ably the strongest influence with President Coolidge"
 To such as these, we must charge a total ignorance of the condi- tions that resulted from MT. Hoov- CTS policies in Alaska. Take one look at the men who applauded MT. Hoover and you must see that NO MAN COULD HONESTLY REPRESENT ALASKA IN CON GRESS WITHOUT FIGHTING HOOVER WITH EVERY AVAIL ABLE WEAPON. No one could read the recommendations of the Fish Trust and the infamous Re- serve Orders of Herbert Hoover without seeing that MT. Hoover adopted IN TOTO, the "recommed- ations" of the Fish Trust.
 The justification of Sutherland's fight is that he is fighting for PEOPLE and HOMES of bona fide Alaskans. his policy means hap piness, property, and MORE people in Alaska The Hoover policy means bigger nonresident corpor- ations, fewer bona fde resident fishermen, more fish traps, the sacrifice of the interests of all year-round Alaskans for the three
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-03-15

Wood, timber and lumber 3,314 All other Articles ..--. 28,16O Total value of products of Alas ka ----------,.-....------..--. $1,O84,28O Products of United States re- turned ,--.-....-.---......,....... 1O3,329 Total value of foreign products Total value of shipments of mer- chandise ----.-----.--....... $1,199,426 3O6,0O0 furs shipped by mail during 1925 .-------,---------- 1,484,536 Grand Total ,,,--,.-,.. $2,683,962 *-Items included in "All other articleS":
 Manufactured furs ...-... $145 Palladium -.-..--------...--. 27,99O EairGeal skins ---------.------..------ 25
 Total .------.------------.-.- $28, ,16O
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-03-15
PROGRESS

Each day we ought to try to make :, Advance, however small. Then very surely we will know Considerable by fall,
 Perhaps we'll know it all. ,: Pick up a trifle here and there, And if we can't surprise Ourselves the natives we will fool, They'll think we are so wise, And those who knew us years ago Will open up their eyes. It's just the little now and then, The picking up a crumb Of knowledge as it drifts along, Of facts as they come, And holding to them firm and fast That makes the tidy sum. Rome wasn't builded in day, Of that you may be sure; An education all at once
 No student can secure, He tries it, and he has to take The nervous breakdown cure. So get you knowledge on the old Time tried installment plan. Each day some new and useful fact Secure to bridge the span. And very shortly you will know As much as any man.
 Selected.
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-03-15
]. 5. CUSTOMS REPORT
 FOR FEBRUARY

According to the customs report for February, the total value of exports from Alaska was S2,683, 962 from which must be deducted the sum of $1, 1,484,536 as this amount represents fur shipped dur ing 1925 but not reported till February. The net value of ex- ports was therefore only $1, 199, 426.
 There was a sharp decline of exports compared with that of February of 1925, for example fish exports for February of 1925 was valued at $371,28O and ill 1926 at $1O7, PAS; copper in 1925 was valued at $1,O34,352 to $757, 48O.
 Animals -..--..------...... $60 FISH:
 Fresh and frozen (except she'll fish:
 Halibut ..-.-.----------,-- 8,909 Salmon .-.--------...-- 5O,595 All other -------------------- 1S,546 Canned (except shell-fsh):
 Salmon ---------------------------- 5,844 Cured or preserved (except she'll fsh):
 Cod -----------.---------------- Il ----Herrlng 22 Salmon 125 Shell-fish:
 CraDS 4OO Shrimps ---- 22,741 Other fish products:
 Oll 70 Furs and fur skins:
 Silver or black fox ------ 4,450 All other ----.-----. 169,189 Ore, matte, and regulus:
 Copper ------------- 757 ,46O Tin ore and concentrates . 13,452
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-03-15

Douglas Camp No. 3-Meets D. m. Mondays. Sandy Stevens, Chairman; Thomas J. Bowman, Secretary
 PATRONIZE THOSE WHO AD- VERTISE IN THE ALASKA FISH ERMAN.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
AUTOF|RE HAZARD
HIGHER IN WINTER
Carelessness In Starting One
. Of Common Causes of Loss
/ to Owners.

Fire hazard in connection with
automobiles is something that the
average motorist too seldom considers.
He knows that automobiles are de.
stroyed by fire, but that such a thing
might happen to his own car too sell
dom occurs to him.
This 10 the time OF year when auto.
mobiles are most susceptible to this
menace. Use Of such a highly volatile
substance as gasoline under con.
ditions Of great heat. a. In the motor
car, makes for a degree Of danger at
all periods, but in Winter, when mis-.
firinR IL almost an ever-present
chance, the automobile fire hazard is
at its height.
These facts are borne out by fig.
ures Of the Great National Insurance
Company, with headquarters here.
The statistics available in the library
of the company show that one of
the greatest causes of automobile
fires at this season is the tendency Of
the cold engine to back.fire into the
carburetor.
Careless Starting Costly.
Carelessness In starting the car on a
cold morning is another cause OF
numerous fires.
Every. motorists should try. IL pos.
ClUtct IO hCSp LIE CIlS dAtCk
1t has been started. A recent fire loss
illustrates this point.
TAere was no backf1ring In the
case in question. So far as the owner
could see. there was no apparent rea-
son for external ignition of gasoline
that had flooded out of the carburetor.
An insurance adjuster explained the
case as follows:
The owner of the car had made
several unsuccessful starts, the en-
gine running enough between stalls
to heat the exhaust manifold which
curves around and under the car.
buretor. In the final effort to start
the carhuretor was flooded again and
the raw gasoline dropped upon the
heated manifold. This, in itself, would
not necessarily cause fire, but the
gas Immediately was vaporized and
prepared for combustion.
Spark Plug "Shorted."
The external shorting Of q spark
plug caused ignition of the vapor and
the car burst into flames.
The case illustrates the existence
Of hazards that are not generally. ap.
preciAted by car owners. For in
stance, the firing of the plug on the
outside Of the engine was caused by
condensation which had dAmpened
the porcelain jacket. This is a com.
mon condition in climates where the
atmosphere contains q relatively high
percentage of moisture.
Evening star., 1926-12-12

The heavily travelled routes from
city to city are more popular than
they used to be. consistent travellers
report. 1t seems that many OF them
find a little traffic preferable to miles
Of possibly hiliy, winding roads by the
back way"
II q route attracts a great deal of
trafic II is likely that II traverses the
shortest and smoothest distance be-
tween two points. That means much
to the man who is In q. hurry or who
does not particularly enjoy bouncing
over back roads and climbing hills.
Many And 1t less monotonous to
pass through suburbs and towns rath-
er than to drive for 40 or so miles
with only nature to glimpse. Towns
break up the trip. They offer plenty
OF novelty. The tourist is so busy
picking his way and watching his
step he has no time to find his trip
monotonous. Miles pass by rather
quickly.
What further serves to popularize
heavily travelled routes Is the fact
that all cars are going faster. The
ideal arrangement, of course. is to
select the traffic route at a time Of
Evening star., 1926-12-12
ALCOHOL AIDS STARTING.
Assists Warming Up Engine In
Cold Weather.

In condemning alcohol as an anti
freeze one is apt to overlook one of its
advantages. It 10 true that an alcohol
anti.freeze will cause the boiling point
Of the solution to be lowered and will
necesaitAte greater care in guarding
against having the radiator boil over,
but it 10 also true that an alcohol So
luton assists In warming up the en-
gine on q cold day.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
WARNS OF EXCESSIVE
BLENDING OF AUTO GAS
Motorists Are Informed Careless
Mixings Are Likely to Produce
Unstable Fuel.
BY BECK

When using some OF the new gases
slight difficulty should be expected
when attempting to make q perfect
adjustment Of the carburetor. This II
particularly true because motorists
mix UP the fuels until the tank car.
ries a blend of its own. II blending 10
carried too far the gas is apt to Be-
unstable, and that makes accurate
carburetor adjustments difacult.
A little of this instability is little
enough penalty to pay TOR the great
no.knock advantages Of the cracked,
blended or doped gases. So II the en-.
gif,e is a little frisky when adjusting
the carburetor be patient with 1t.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
SAFEGUARD THE CAR,

Timid Drivers Known to Err When
in Elevator.
Isn't 1t strange that the most timid
Of drivers will take every precAution
to keep the front wheels straight
ahead when the car is going up or
down the elevator in public garage?
What is there about this to suggest
aiding safety?
In addition to setting the holding
brake. keeping the gears in neutral
and the foot on the service brake
pedal, the front wheels should be
turned to their extreme on one side
or the other. II then, for any reason,
the car happens to move it will bump
the side OF the elevator and stands a
slim chance Of running of.
Evening star., 1926-12-12

starter gears to jam. For the motor
ist who has not had experience with
this problem, it may be said that the
remedy lies in putting the car in gear.
with the ignition off and rocking 1t
back and forth until the pinion gear
Evening star., 1926-12-12
Now You Have 1t!
Answers to last weeks questions.)


/. The acorn" of a piston is the
small depression in the center of the
top where the lathe holds 1t during
grinding.
2. Piston breakage is said to be less
Of a possibility with the six-cylinder
type of engine.
4. Good balloons should deliver
from lJ.j00 to 10000 miles of service.
Many give considerably more mileage,
but are exceptional.
4. The easiest way to calculate how
many feet the car Is moving per sec.
ond at any given speed is to remem.
Der that a car travelling one mile an
hour travels 1.4e6 feet per second.
Just multiply this by the speed Of the
car. Thus at 80 the car Is travelling
80 times 1.466. or 1898 feet per second.
s. A "single-acting" shock Absorber
checks the rebound Of the spring only,
while q 'double-acting" type checks
the compression Of the spring as well
as its rebound or recoil.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
Error Held Excusable.

The way some veteran motorists
ignore mo Parking" signs It's no won
der that many new car owners inter
pref the placards to mean mot very
much parking
Evening star., 1926-12-12

snaps out Of the doldrumS. High IL
the gear combination to use. In this
combination the car can b msved far.
ther with less effort and. In conse-
quence. the fiywheel moves through
wider arc.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
Heavily Travelled Auto Routes Fast
Becoming More Popular Than Ever

day or night when traffic is at q low
ebb. Then 1t is plain sailing that
cannot he beaten by any amount OF
back road travelling.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
ROCKING UNLOCKS GEARS

The season Is at hand when the oil
on the starter shaft will CONCEAL, re-
sulting In greater tendency Of the
Evening star., 1926-12-12

The trade in rubber products OF the
United States with Brazil in 1925
amounted to $1,53e.997, as compared
with $894,297 in 1924. The tire group
registered the heaviest increases.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-07-03
COMMISSIONER OF
EDUCATION

That the public school short courses in Citizenship conducted during the school year 1925 26 proved attractive to students is evidenced by a report recently issued by Lester D. Henderson, Commissioner of Education. A total of 3O8 adults too6 advant age of this opportunity to imp rove their understanding of English, United States history and civics, and general element ary school subjects. Of this number 101 were aliens, 98 declarants or holders of first papers, B petitioners or applic ants for second papers, and 66 citizens of the United States.
 During the course of the year three students took out final citizenship papers, four. teen made application for sec ond papers, and fourteen took
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-07-03

out first papers. Approximately two hundred Citizenship Night School Certificates, provided by the Territorial department of education, were issued to stud ents whose attendance and progress was such as to warrant the statement that they had acquired 8 fair knowledge of United States history anl civics.
 Schools were maintained in eleven communities as follows: Chichagof, Douglas, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kasaan, kennecott. ketchikan, Latouche, Peters burg, Sitka, and Tenakee. The school, term ranged from twelve to twenty four weeks in length with the exception of Sitka where poor attendance made it necessary to discontinue the sessions at the close of the first month.
 The total cost to the Territ. ory was S3,421 or $2l.l2 per cap- ita for the 162 students in aver age daily attendance. Eighteen teachers were employed.
 Nationalities represented in the enrolment with the number of each are as follows: Americ- ans 39, White 16. Negro 1, Alas ka Indian p, Austrians 6, Bel gians ,, Bulgarians l. Canadians l, Czecho.Slovaks 1, Danes 2, Dutch 8. English 1. Filipinos 8, Finns 46. French 1, Germans IS, Greeks 5, Hungarians l, Irish 3, Italians Il, Japanese 5, Jugo-Sla vs 4, Montenegians 2, Norweg ians 9S, Russians l3, Swedes 32 Swiss ?.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-07-03
CHITL LODE.

Beginning at Corner NO. \, l0cht- ical with Corner No. of the said Iowa lode, above described, of said Survey No. 1466; thence N 190 45' E 149999 feet to Corner No. 2; thence S. 7Oo 18' E. 441.8O feet to witness corner for Corner No. 3, and, same course, 598.6O feet to Corner No. 3, not set as it falls in gulch swept by snowslides; thence, from position for true Corner No. 8, S. 190 AZ w. 1900 feet to Corner No. 4, identical with Corner No. 2 of the said Iowa lode above described; hence N. 7O0 18' w. 600 feet to Corner , No. l. the place of beginning; and containing 20.637 acres. The said Chit lode is sometimes called the Chitti or Chitty lode.
 Both of the lodes above described are located on unsurveyed public dom- ain, about one mile above the foot of the glacier at the head of Glacier Creek, tributary of the Chitistone River, in the Precinct Division and Territory aforesaid, in approximate latitude 61 26' North. and approximate longitude 1420 2o' West.
 There are no claims or lodes, or claim or lode, adjoining either of the lodes above-described, nor is either of said lodes in conflict with any other claim or lode whatsoever, or any sur vey thereof.
 United States Mineral Monu. ment, to which reference is herein made, is located at an elevation of about 45OO feet, on a prominent ridge on the north side of the Glacier Greek valley, and about one mile east of the foot of the glacier at the head of said valley, Said monument, which is in approximate latitude 610 26' N. and pproximate longitude 1420 20 w., is marked with a cross at the center point and "USMM 1466" chiseled on a greensboro rock in place, 2x3 feet and 5 feet high, with mound of stone alongside 6 feet base and 4 feet high.
 Said IOWA lode is based on a valid location made on May 4, 1906. and duly recorded July 19. 1906 Said CHITI lode is based on a valid location made on April 21. 1906, and duly recorded on July 19, 1906. The S f L
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-07-03

FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in pursuance of Chapter 6, Title 32, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, JAMES McGAVOCK, PETER s. ERICHSEN, MARJORY E. HALL and M. GILBERT RTE MAN, the post office address of each of whom is in care of Dopohoe & Dimoud, at Valdez, Alaska, their attorneJs in this matter, have made application for patent for 1O43.3O linear feet on the IOWA lode, and for 15OOO0 linear feet on the CHITI lode, with surface ground 300 feet in width on each side of each of said lodes, making total width of 600 feet on each of said lodes, and a total length linear measurement on the lode lines of 25433O feet, the same comprising Mineral Survey No. 1466, situated n the Mccarthy Recording Precinct, Third Division, Territory of Alaska, and fully described as to metes and bounds on the official plat and by the field notes of said survey on file in the office of the Register of the Anchorage Land Office, at Anchorage, Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
 IOWA LODE
 Beginning at corner No. l, a greensboro 24 8 X 6 inches, set 12 inches in the ground, with mound of stone, chiseled cross at corner point, and marked Il 1466", whence U. 1 $. M. M. No. l4G6 bears N. 290 26' w. 76.17 feet distant: thence S. 7U0 IS E. eco feet to Corner No. 2: thence $. 250 12' w. 1O43.3O feet to Corner No. 3; thence N. 7O0 18' W. 600 feet to Corner No. 4, not set as it falls on marginal moraine C of glacier where permanent corner could not be established; thence, from position for true corner, N. 25 12' E. 26.7O feet to witness corner for said Corner No. 4. and, same course, 1043.3O feet to Corner No. 1, the
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-07-03

place of beginning; and containing 14.3O4 acres.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-07-03
THE MCCARTHY WEEKLY NEWS
THE

Entered as second class matter. Septem Der l7th. 1918. at the f oSt Office, a Mccarthy. Alaska. under the Act . March 3. 1879.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-07-03

IN THE UNITED STA1ES LANG OFFICE AT ANCHORAGE,
 ALASKA. IN THE MATTER OF APPLICA- TON OF
 JAMES McGAVOCK, PETER S. ERICHSEN, MARJORY E.. HALL, and M. GILBERT RIEMAN, for United States Patent for the IOWA and CHIT lode claims.
 Serial No. O6647.
 Mineral Survey No. 1466. NOTICE OF A PPLICATION
 FOR PATENT. NOTICE IS HFRFRY GIVEN
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02
PRECIOUS Plant Stones.

Among the many strange things
to be found in the Philippine is
lands are the so-called ''plg Nc ssanes"
encountered now and again In OK
tain vegetable growths.
The bamboo, for instance, accord
ing to Kultur und Natur. contains
a stone very similar to tho opal, but
on account of the rarity with which
it is found. much more costly than
the opal.
In many thousand cane stalks cut
down and carefully examined there
may perhaps be one in which this
beautiful greenish-pink scintillating
stone has been formed from the
minute particles of silicious deposit
that imparts its intense hardness to
the o tier covering Of the cane. This
bamboo-cane store Is known as Tab
ashirs.
In the interior of some cocoanuts
a stone-like secretion is found that
is not inferior in brilliancy to the
most beautiful genuine pearl.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02
sunlren FUNDS Recovered.

Some idea of the work dore by
submarine divers in recovering trea-
sure from 'sunken ships can be got
ten from the folloai1g figures
From the steamship Malabar was
recovered more than s1,250,000s
from the steamship Alphonso XII.
$4,000; from the steamship
Hamilla Mitchell, s250.oOO, and from
the steamship Carnatic, 100000.
The complete list is 10 6, but these
figures from Popular Mech MICS give
an idea of the enormous value of the
treasures which the greedy waves
have swallowed and the inducsnent
to invest large capital, construct in-
genious and expensive machinery,
end ran great risks in raising water
ed" stock.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02
The Old Nlan,s Tip.

"Bill, my boy" wrote the old man
to the college youth, when you're
ridin' in them new-fashioned auto
mobiles at forty mile hour, don't
fergit that you wuz raised to the OK
cart, an that It brung you to whar
you air; an when you're a-whirlin'
them golf sticks. don't fail to re-
member that 1t wuz the OIL axe
handle that helped you to git to
'em; an when you leave fer yer
home vacation, don't fergit to leave
yer high falutin airs behind you. fer
efe you fetch any Of EN- with you
I'll Nxear out more seasoned hickory
on you than you ever dreamed
we'd in he wondsi"