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The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-03-25
Sidelights on
Legislature

course eligible for an office, but no
one believes that he would accept
another political office Wicker
sham is interested in writing books.
Will Parks Veto
| A much discussed topic is "Will
/ Governor Parks veto the bill?"
| Some of those who claim to know
him best say that Parks is too good
an American to defeat the will Of
1.-The people expressed according to
! law. They say that while he does
rot favor the bill that If the peo-
| pie want such a gvernment, he will
sign the bill.
+ General Belief
The general belief however is
that Parks will veto the Bill. The
argument is that while Parks is a
fine man, self-interest CONTROLS him
A number of things have occurred
which indicate very strongly that
Parks is doing everything he can
to protect John W. Troy This line
of argument begins with pointing
out the fact that Parks appointed
the unspeakable Tom Marquam to
the position of regent of the Col
lege at Fairbanks, where he shines
forth as an example Of bad citizen
ship to the impressionable young
college students thanks to Parks.
What VIII Happen
If Governor Parks vetoes the bill,
tho bill will probably die. The re-
suit however will be that Governor
Parks will face the most terrible
battle that any governor has here
tofore faced. He little dreams how
furious the people of Alaska can be
if he presses down the collar of the
Bureaucrats. Gov. Bone will be-
licve himself a very popular man
along side of what can happen.
This is just a forecast. All of this
may not happen. But it is pos
sibie. At any rate Parks has
chance to show whether he is
statesman or a mere federal office
holder.
Will Alaska have a government
of the people, for the people, and
by the people?"
The School Bill
Seeking to give greater territorial
aid to schools within our cities and
towns, William L. Paul has intro
duced housebill number 10. He
creates four classes of schools, the
first with town population of
$500 and over; the second from
1000 to $500; the third from 1900
to 1000; the fourth from 1900 and
under, granting to them aid as fol-
lows, first class 1870; second class
500; third class $3.50; fourth class
900. No maximum is set.
The juneau Empire will oppose
the bill on the ground that the aid
is too liberal and will increase
taxes"
Forecast or Legislation
Tt is whispered around the "cor-
rodors' that certain other bills will
soon be introduced. H. III. Ross Of
Fairbanks is said to have a bill for
| the establishment of Territorial hos
pitfalls, one in each division. Chas.
| Benjamin may introduce a measure
vitality affecting plants that use her.
ring fertilizer; Charles Ferguson
will introduce a measure to tax
nonresident fishermen very heavily;
William L. Paul expects to intrduce
graduated tax measure for traps
and seines, beginning with tax
of $3.50 for traps up to $4,000 and
with $40 for seines up to $4,000.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-03-25

The bill providing for territorial
aid to schools introduced by Rep
i.cntinued on page two)
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-03-25

Mrs. Gabriel Sather received word
on Tuesday of the death of her
son-in-law, Ralph Casey, who lived
in Seattle. His death resulted from
a stroke of paralysis.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-03-25

Love myself last. Drink deep the
nectared anodyne of selflessness.-
Edwin Arnold.
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-03-25
March %, 1927

Territorial Aid For Schools
The Alaskan. (Petersburg, Alaska) 1926-1932, 1927-03-25
ASKS
fOR ROADS

At the last meeting of the Peters
burg Commercial Club, President
Tom Elsemore announced the he
would try to get away to Juneau
this week. He is being sent by the
Club to represent their interests in
an effort to secure the building of
road from tidewater to the munich
pal light and power plant. He will
also take up other matters of i'm
yort to the community.
A communication was read from
the Alaska Monthly Magazine set
ting forth the marvellous growth
and circulation of that very admir-
able magazine and an invitation to
the Petersburg Commercial Club to
prepare copy representing Peters
burg and it's varied industries, OPP
pOrtunltles, etc., Tor subsequent
issue of the magazine. The article
will be prepared and a number Of
fine pictures from which cuts will be
made to appear in association with
the article. The Club also decided
to insert a full page add in that is
sue of the magazine. With the cir
culation of over 1000 (their last
issue) which should be 10000 in
another two months, the add and ar
ticle concerning our city will certain
ly have large circulation as the
magazine reaches every State in the
Union.
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dugout late in the evening of Sep
TENDER % to spend the night in safety
from the enemy fire.
At two o'clock the next morning
rider came to the dugout. He had an
important message for the front and
asked young Griffith to deliver it.
For the first time in all his army
days." Engles told Mr. and Mrs. Grit
fifth. Ralph hesitated. 1t appeared he
didn't want to start on the errand.
believe he had premonition that
something dreadful lurked along the
way for him. volunteered to take
1t, but the rider said Ralph must make
the trip"
The next day Griffith's shattered
motor cycle was found not far from the
dugout 1t apparently had been run
over by a truck. Engles said. Five
months later the boys body was
found in grave about 800 yards from
the spot where the motor cycle had
been found. Later 1t was disinterred
and rests in cemetery.
Engles suffered his injury the day
after Griffith was killed. receiving IS
wounds in the right side. He has
had 81 major operations and still
limps. Enges said he contracted tu-
bercuosis and left the government
hospital for life in the open of Art
IONA.
Having recovered sufficiently to
leave the Arizona climate, Engles Is
making his way home, and his visit
to the Griffith family was the fulfill
ment of promise to himself that
sometime he would find his buddy's
parents and tell them Of his death.
Sionet Hing Reaches Parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Griffith had received
various reports about the death Of
their son, and two years ago received
from Antwerp, Belgium, a gold signet
ring worn by him when he left home
for the army 1t was In plain en-
yelope and bore no explanation OF
how the ring reached Antwerp or how
1t came to be sent to his parents.
Engles satisfied Mr.. and Mrs. Grit
fifth that he was intimately acquainted
with their son by his description Of
the dead youth. He also was ac-
quainted with Capt Edgar Dale, an
other Coffeyville youth who lost his
life and for whom concrete bridge
two miles north of this city. on state
highway No. 16, has been designated
as memorial.
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the authorities keep the peace. 1t ID
said that at one time she, unasSisted,
took three riotous sailors to the lock-
troublesome person was to be subdued
everybody Immediately said "send for
Black Maria" SO 1t appears that she
was not one to ''let George do It." LII
that respect she was different from
Louis XII of France. Although him
self a strong ruler he was fortunate
In having prime minister who was q
clever executive and an able manager.
Georges d'Amboise was his name and
as Louis learned more and more to
depend upon him to perform disagree
able tasks, more and more was the
sovereign of France given to saying
Que Georges lie fasse" Iet George
do itD
Try this sentence on your neighbor.
when man In defiance of the bone
dry laws gets filled up with gin
rickeys he's likely to get reckless and
let 'er go gallagher" He probably
will understand what you mean, all
right. But ask him who was Bone
and Hickey and Gallagher II he
can't answer, tell him this: John
Bone was formerly sheriff of Chippe-
wa county, Mich, and through rigid
enforcement of the early liquor laws
In that state made his county extreme
ly arid. So when the legislature
passed the next anti-liquor law 1t was
named the Bone Dry bill. Col. Joseph
K Hickey of Fulton, Mo-, invented the
drink called gin hickey. Gallagher
(first name nnknown) was city marshal
of Harrodsburg, Ky. During race
meeting in Upton county he was the
driver of fast trotting mare, entered
in race by Judge Beaver Of Morgan
county, which was looked upon as
certain winner. But some Of the sport
ing fraternity, hoping to catch the
judge unaware, imported a famous
fast trotter and entered the horse in
the race. At the end of the first half
mile, the two horses came down the
stretch, neck and neck, whereupon the
Judge shouted Let 'er CO. Gallagher p
Gallagher loosed the reins, the mare
rushed forward and won the race by q
dozen lengths.
What is fame? Judging from all
these examples fame Is q name and
nothing more. Personified Fame is the
goddess Of caprice. She promises men
that their names will not be forgotten
and they think she is promising them
that THEY will not be forgotten.
Or she may be the goddess Of
jokes. Our childrens children and
their children after them may be rid
ing around in ford and to them
Henry will be just a common mans
name. For Fame loves her little joke
even Ford joke
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ming party they
gave the other day"
"D3 tell us about It," urged Nick
Indeed will" said Daddy. You
shouldn't miss hearing about it.
'"rhe chief feature of this party was
the diving competition. For this com
petition the Fairy Queen offered a
prize of great big bunch Of pond
lilies.
"All the fairies entered the compe-
tition, of course, and they all we're
such excellent divers and able to make
such wonderful leaps into the water
that the Fairy Queen could not make
up her mind as to the one who should
win the prize.
Finally, though, she decided that
perhaps little Lightfoo. Fairy had
made almost the most wonderful dives
But then, just at that moment, Sill
yer Wing made one of the most per-
feet dives the Fairy Queen had ever
seen.
"And once more the Fairy Queen
could not for the life of her decide
who should win the prize.
$50 she decided she would make
little speech.
''She called all the fairies over to
the bank and began:
Little fairies said she. I cannot
begin to tell you how have admired
the diving of every one Of you
AT this all the fairies looked so
happy and so proud.
"'But what has been puzzling me-
continued the Fairy Queen, has been
to decide on the winner of the prize.
So | have decided that every one
OF you will be given a pond lily in
/ stead Of giving the whole bunch to
one prize winner, for 1t would be
quite impossible to do that
"Whereupon the Fairy Queen pre-
sented to each little fairy a beautiful
big pond lily.
"And, oh, how happy and proud
they all were
'Then they suggested that the Fairy
Queen should show them some of the
wonderful dives she could make.
"She was perfectly willing, for she
loved to dive and she always liked to
help along the parties all she could
$50 she made all the different dives
she knew and they were great
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does silhouette how they looked.
But do we ever think of NJ Daguerre,
the Frenchman, who in 1889 gave to
the world this first form of modern
photography as we now know it? Not
much
When 1t rains we slip on a mackin-
tosh, but we're not likely to stop even
for moment to be grateful to Charles
Macintosh of Manchester, England.
whose invention of waterproof cloth
makes 1t possible for us to keep dry.
We motor smoothly over macadam
roads with never a thought for John
L0udon Macadam, who won fame (?)
as a road engineer in Scotland Along
the way. we stop for a sandwich at
some roadside stand. because like the
Earl of Sandwich we want a light
lunch which can be eaten with com-
fort as well as speed. If something
goes wrong with the car, we open the
tool box and perhaps taKe out still
SON wrench to fix it. {yes. man
named Stillson invented this handy
tool. But who was he, anyway2)
And so 1t goes. On long railroad
journeys we ride In comfort in pull
man cars and it's doubtful if we ever
give thought to George Mortimer
Pullman, the New York cabinetmaker
who first transformed an old day
coach into the first sleeping car. We
may have mansard roof on our house
but we don't know that it's called that
because a French architect named
Mansard helped circumvent ali old
Paris law that tried to limit the height
Of houses by specifying the distance
from the ground at which all roofs
should begin.
Nor is the caprice Of Fame confined
to those to whom we should be most
grateful because they have given us
useful or Indispensable articles of
everyday use. Did you ever say II
certainly am going to hand him wal
lop" "Wallop" is a perfectly good
word in the English language and ia
miliar to everyone. But who remem-
bers now certain Sir John WALTON, a
British general who inflicted so many
defeats upon the French that Lets
Wallop them'' became a by-word In
England?
If you ever have to take a ride In
the Black Maria" it may be some COM
fort TO you to mediate upon the
thought that you know why it's So
called and that the policeman who ar
rested you doesn't. So on the way to
the station you might entertain him
with the following historical facts:
In the old colonial days. Maria Lee, a
negress, kept sailors boarding house
in Boston. A woman of great stature
and strength, she not only had the
whole lawless element Of her part OF
town in awe of her, but she also helped
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-31
DON'T LET A COUGH
OR COLD go DOWN

II you let cough or cold get down
into your bronchial tubes or lungs, it
stops being merely nuisance and be-
comes real danger.
A "head cold' is only bother while
1t stays In your head. But once it
gets down into the danger zone"
serious trouble threatensl
Quickly and unfailingly Ayers
Cherry Pectoral carries sure relief to
the seat Of danger. Real medicine,
reaching deep down with its sooth-
Ing, healing power, penetrating
through and through the irritated
membranes Of your throat, chest and
bronchial tubes.
Don't risk mere cough syrup as
q substitute. Insist on the genuine
Ayers Cherry Pectoral - hospital
proved and prescribed by physicians.
At all druggists, 60c and twice az
much, $100.
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Special Offer
to Victims of
Indigestion
Your Druggist Says Pleasant to Take,
Elixir Must Help Poor Distressed
Stomachs or Money Gladly
Refunded.

You can be so distressed with gas
and fullness from poor digestion or
dyspepsia that you think your heart
is going to stop beating.
Your stomach may be so distended
that your breathing is short and gaspy.
You are dizzy and pray for quick
relief-what's to be DONE
Just one tablespoonful of Dare's
Mentha Pepsin and speedily the gas
disappears, the pressing on the heart
ceases and you can breathe deep and
naturally.
Oh! What blessed relief; but why
not get rid Of such attacks altogetherf
Why have them at all?
Especially when any druggist any
where guarantees Dare's Mentha Pep
sin. pleasant elixir, to help you or
money back.
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PARENTS LEARN
AFTER 8 YEARS
HOW SON DIED
Buddie Tells Details of Mes
senger's End in the Ar
gonne Forest.

Coffeyviile. Kan.--From the lips Of
the last man to see their son alive
before he paid the supreme sacrifice
In the battering campaign against the
tottering Hindenburg line In late Sep
TENDER. 1918. In the Argonne forest.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. r. Griffith of this
city have learned the fate Of their
son.
Ralph Griffith. a lad of seventeen.
Joined the colors at ST. Louis the day
after the United States entered the
World war and was one OF the thou
sands who lost their lives overseas
but the story Of his passing never
was definitely known until recently.
Vernon Engles, pre-war resident
of New York city, since then pa
tient In a government hospital in Cal
ifornia. called at the Griffith home,
identified himself. and narrated to the
parents the details Of their sons death.
Was In Messenger Service.
Griffith and Engles. with just two
months between their ages. "buddied
together" for several months. They
were attached to the messenger serv-
Ice Of a headquarters troop of the
Thirty-fifth division. carrying mes
sages to the front-llne trenches and
back to directing heads on motor
cycles. Engles was disabled In the
Argonne the day after Griffith was
killed.
According to Engles. they had rid
den hard with scanty fare and little
sleep for three days. and stopped at
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uislnciioI Often she gives gen.
erousiy with one hand and with
the other suddenly takes her gift
away. She promises that mems
names will not be forgotten SO they,
poor fools. burn out their lives to win
"renown.' And then they learn that
the jokes on them Their names are
remembered but they themselves are
forgotten
Scientists. inventors and the like
seem TO be her favorite dupes. In this
electrical age, and especially In these
days of almost universal use of the
radio, everyone uses the terms watt
volt" ohm and ''ampere," but how
many of rs know anything about
James Watt of Scotland Count Alas
sandro Volta of Italy, George Simon
Ohm of Germany or Andre Marie Am
pere of France? At least, their names
survive in these common words even
IL they themselves are forgotten, but
how about that modern Prometheus
who made it possible for us to do
away with the clumsy, old-fashioned
method of starting fire with flint and
steel? How many persons can name
the man who invented the modern
match? Very few, probably,
Yet it was only ninety years ago
that Janos Irinyi, Hungarian an
alytical chemist, was successful where
his professor had failed and by using
phosphorus instead of sulphur, pro-
duced a match that fiared satisfac-
torily. He sold his invention for about
$50. In 1916 he founded a match fac
tory and seemed to be on the road to
great wealth. Then the Hungarian
revolution two years later stopped his
work. He died In poverty in 1895.
We cherish the silhouettes of our
ancestors as precious heirlooms be-
cause, unless our forefathers were
wealthy enough to have their portraits
painted. these silhouettes are the only
things which give us any idea of how
they looked. But we know nothing at
all about Etiennne de Silhouette. a
French minister of finance, except that
somewhere we may have heard that
be had a reputation for stinginess. We
cherish also those old daguerreotypes
of our grandparents or great grand
parents, which tell US even better than
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this method of reading messages
would suit deaf man. And yet
deaf man has accustomed himself to
these circumstances. A certain opera
tor in Washington is deaf, but he
sends and receives messages by the
sense of feeling. He places his leg
against the instrument table and reads
by the swift Earring thus communi-
Gated; at the same time he watches
the motions of the instrument.
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Deaf Operator

II is well known that what are
called "first-class" operators In teleg-
rapby read messages not by means of
punctures in strips Of paper. which
are only meant for beginners but by
sound that Is, by the clicks CT the in
Etrument. OF course, by practice, an
operators ear is rendered sensitive
until at last he can catch the faintest
~hisperings of mis- instrument. 1t
wouldn't be supposed. however, that
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Little Robbie Mother, have been
a good boy lately?
Mother-Yes, dear, a very good boy
Bobbie-And do you trust me.
mother?
Why, Of course. mother
trusts you, son.
Bobbie-Then why do you 60 on
hiding the jam?-The American Boy
Magazine.
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when she came in view, swimming for
all she was worth and carrying with
her an enormous pond lily and breath
lessly shouting:
"'Here is prize for you, beautiful
Fairy Queen
And the Fairy Queen was happy
beyond words while all the other
fairies danced and splashed the water
to accompany the music Of their
voices"
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many.
1.-THE fairie 8
CT a p p ed t h e lr
hands, and were
a b S o | u t ely de-
lighted.
but one little
fairy seemed to
be missing.
IS Where h a S
little Golden Hair
& on e?' someone
suddenly shouted.
IT h e + a ! r y
Queen stopped
diving, and the
fairies were just
arranging to look
for her in vari-
Gus little coves Of
~ tsLA1
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BABIES CRY
FOR ACASTORIA"
Prepared Especially for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Motheri Fletcher's Castoria has
been In use for over 80 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for Cas-
tor Oil, Paregoric. Teething Drops and
Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcot-
les. Proven directions are on each
package. Physicians everywhere rec
ommend It.
The genuine bears signature of
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u ldlTy stOFf, Dul
before he had had
time to suggest 1t.
Nancy said
"0h. Daddy. do
tell as a story
about the fairies +!
You haven't for
just ever and
ever so long
No" said Dad
dy, that IS quite
true. | was tilink-
Ing that my self
this evening. and
had planned to
tell you one.
"B e S | d e s, l
haven't told you
about the swim
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Get a Hook

A little girl at dinner table was CIV
en- dish of noodles. The mother no.
ticed that she was eating nothing but
the soup leaving the noodles. She
asked her why she did not eat the
noodles, too.
Unconcernedly she answered, Cant
catch 'em. The American Boy Mag
azine.
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Statue of Liberty

The dimensions Of the head OF the
Statue of Liberty from chin to CRAM.
UNI are IL feet 3 inches and the
length OF the nose is 4 feet 6 inches.
1t is said that 40 persons can stand
in the head of this statue
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A fiber rope that is unsuitable has
been produced in Holland. The rome
includes a core of foam rubber" that
has specific gravity only one-fourtb
as great as that OF cork.
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Giant "Cop"

New York. Father Knickerbocker
has giant among his new policemen.
Frank Brooks Is 9 feet tx inches tall
In his stocking feet and weighs 20S.
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Ry ELMO SCOTT WATSON

HAT is fame? The dictiOn-
ary,- the court of last re-
sort in questions of defini-
ton. says it is "renown,"
celebrity" that which
causes ones name to be
remembered" And in that
last synonym lies the joker.
For Fame is a capricious
goddess who often loves
TO trick those whom she
elevates to a position of
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Radio in Crime Hunt

London. Scotland Yard Is equip
ping 60 automobiles with radio appa
ratus for use 10 suppressing crime
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That's funny r
"What?'
"Oh, was just thinking"
"EIa Ha! That Is funny. The
american Boy Magazine.
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An alarm clock attachment for
wrist watches Is recent novelty.
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paddlgis
Eucnlrq
Fairq' Tale
THE PRIZE
ac -NApH GRAHAM. BONNER

It dawned on Daddy that it was
high time for him to tell the children