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The Washington times., 1927-08-22

'Today-it will be born today"
She walked UP and down
swiftly, stopping now and then,
clenching the bedposts, staggered
by the sudden, insensate saving
the jagged saving through her
bone and flesh.
Then the girl in the next room
screamed. She began screaming
in the widest indignation. She
was wheeled down the corridor,
sending theses piercing, outraged
protests backward.
Roen felt fainting. She slumped
down, covering. mumblinS. "I'll
not scream! Cod won't scream"
Hours later when she had been
lowered into a black pit and the
walls of it were closing in on her
these walls were bayonets that
came clashing together, meeting
through the living barrier of her
bone and flesh - then she was
about to cry out to God against
this infamous torture. But there
was no God.
Not even memory. She forgot.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
cHAPTER 81


One cold, distracted day in
January with a light snow blowing
like petals in wind, Roen went
up the steps Of the hospital.
Another woman was also enter.
ing-a very young woman. Her
mother went with her and kept
smiling at the girl and the hus.
hand, who was but q boy and
very frightened. The mother said
something in warm, hearty
tone. They all laughed, appear.
ing so near to each other, so
cornforted with each others pres.
ence.
Roen followed after them
alone, like a stranger in this In.
hahited, human earth.
She felt so chilled and nervous.
"Your room IL ready" said the
girl at the desk, looking up Rooms
name in a book. 1.-THE doctor
phoned he will be here soon"
Mrs. Robert Jackson-this was
Rooms name-the two names Of
her father. She felt that Bobby.
dad would be glad to let her
have them.
She went down the hall, into
the elevator. She smiled dis.
family at the other woman who
was also coming for her child.
But this girl had grown very
white. She was now saving
sharply-her eyes not seeing
Roen, or anything: Mother.
motherr'
They were given adjoining
rooms. Roen sat on the edge OF
the bed, pressing her hands to-
Eether. She felt drawn, anxious,
strained. see kept telling hsrsslfi
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

A smiling Japanese showed her
into q small living room, hand.
some living room with books and
deep chairs and cigar humidors,
like the room of a wealthy bache.
Tor. a
Then she started and looked up.
shevlin standing there, smiling
down at her.
Don't touch me! Don't come
near me like that. Please! Please,
won't you listen to what I've
come to say"
He halted. "Go ahead"
''oh. let me off-burn that
letter. won't you? I'll pay you
the money back, really will, only
this thing means more to me than
anything in the world. Anythingl
oh. how can / tell your
She couldn't put her emotions,
the deep yearnins and deeper ache
In her heart. into words. They
sounded so usual, so ordinary. And
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Make Your Oss,n
Skin Whitener
syih Lemons

The juice of two lemons squeezed
into q bottle with Orchard White,
win soothe sunburn, and clear up
greckles, tan, disco lored skin
quicker than anything you can buy
already prepared, and It doesn't
cost you near as much.
Any druggist can sell you Orchard
white. and 1t only takes minute
to mix 1t with the juice Of two
lemons. Then you have enough to
last you all season.
1t makes delightful lotion which
you can put on your face, neck,
arms or hands at any time. and il
will keep them nice and white.
Mtg q bottle now. so you will have
It handy to use should your skin be.
win 60 turR dark. or rough.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
md disappointment and going ahead with

eboundng failure disappointment going ahead with
something else to ultimate
They sometimes quick form likes dises,
have false pride that makes them little hard
But they have all the qualities that make bright mentality!
Mercury its best makes aertness and ingenuity
its worst makes for inqusitiveness and meddling!
They are fond Of children and delight in music
Taken all in ALL Virgo people very charming, and they
will pains to faults they have may
attain to both business and social success
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

not neat and orderly In fact they rather lean toward elegance
and fnery in their tastes.
They rather reserved and undemOnsatve except to their
dear but they exceedingly popular they be
amiabe, witty and entertaining.
At times however they also be quite critical analytical and
criticism they sometimes hand it given
They have good deal Of sfconfdence which fine thing
linked to their preserving qualities and they faculty Of
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

} chance to save her sight"
Is there really danger that her
sight may be lost?"
very real. The little hope We
have would be menaced by the
slightest unnecessary shock or
delav.
He was staggered by this. His
hands were suddenly moist and
cold. You mean my wife may
be permanently blind =" ?"
IT don't like to say this a.
long as there is a thread Of
hope"
He went out, bowed. He took
Claire home. Her laughter was a
blade curved, bright blade
cutting down his spirit.
Mark" she said happily, at
is lovely to be here. Oh, Mark,
how / long to look at you--long
to see you. Come over-let me
feel your face"
There was no end to It.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
By Fay King

BY Fay King
born between August % September % born
sign Virgo, "The Virgin" and their ruling
planet is Mercury.
Mercury said preside and hands There
FORE these people should be natural Students flow
Of conversational powers do excellent work with their hands
They inclined be practical and economical They like
order and and quite unhappy their surroundings
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Life, Love and Adventure Are the Lot
of an Obscure Girl in
High Society.
Read This First :

Sally New with dollars
wonderful education house girs
eenOgraphy after three decides
her ideal Dan Shevln,
trOduce into society through
viii him security. This security which
and win regret the six months she with him. Mrs.
Sally wonderful clothes
er TO her cottage In Newport There she meets Mrs Brooches
brother Mark TrelaW
InDby Wells and discovers he secretly married. which information
greatly interests Shevn
power Jerry EVeham poor young Sally after she
people fall II and Sally bitterly regretng with
that she meet Adrian Martin first Sally does Martin
learning that Of
ssEng him to help her sweetheart Jerry calling Martin
e Martins life and telling shevln
makes MS to and
Ameica Shevlin calls her from New York. n - : $500
Tn n.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Have Net Income Of sI,OOO,OOO

THERE than 2O7 persons America pay
incomes Of 100000 OF these niney-sx in New
York Three reported incomes Of from 100000 -
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Seaaulls, Eags Used IN Hotels

EAGULLS eggs similar in and shape to hens but
~ dull aeagreen in color with splashes imported
IN small quantities from Denmark They find ready sale
among hotels and restaurants
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

MO matter where IL Is, how bad
~ it hurts. how long you've
had it, or what kind of corn It is,
"Gets-It" win stop the pain IN 5
seconds. All pain goes at 4 touch.
Then the corn shrinks up and goes
away altogether. You walk, dance,
wear tight shoes all you want. For
your own sake try "Gets-It." At
druggists. Costs only q few cents
for several months supply
--sGETSlN-
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23
CAUSE OF SALMON DEPLETION

Proponents of the trap system of Alaska refuse to admit that their scientific trap has destroyed the run of salmon in Alaska. Will they ans wer this one: Which will be most destructive weapon in the hands of a maniac, the modern machine gun or the old muzzle loader?
 The records of the Bureau of Fisheries proves conclusively that the trap system takes greater toll of salmon than seine fishermen with less return to the Territory
 The records one year showed 34, 100000 salmon caught by traps and 14,O0O,OO0 caught by seines with a larger number of seines in opera tion. Allowing the fishermen to catch 20,0OO,O00 instead of 14,OOo, 900 would have given them greater earning power and still have per- mitted an escapement of 1O,O0O,0O0I salmon for seed purposes. The most destructive agency must go---or the population get out of the Territorc for it cannot suck it's thumbs while waiting for the pulp industry prom ised us now for the past several years.
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23

that there was an amazing increase} of salmon in Alaska due to escape- ment under the regulations during1 the season of 1924" The Empire predicted a heavy run this past sea son; the canners themselves pre- pared to duplicate the season of 1926, It was all mystery" to- poor old Doctor Gilbert that the salmon did not make it's appearance per Hoovers prediction and eN-. planation; the Empire then to GOV CT up declared the season two
 weeks late" and when after two weeks the salmon did hot make US appearance the non-appearance was due to dry summer" Westerly winds" ct cetera ad tinitum.
 Depletion was not the result of
 this summers operations but the re- Isult of the intensive operation ot
 previous year. This summer the
 only catch of any note was by the
 traps operated by August Duscn-
 man in Cross Sound, south 4uulul4
 Pass and Icy Straits, the entrance
 to inland waters His pack 'N@7is- at
 the cost of seed fish which should
 have gone to inland waters. NO SALMON WAS NOTED. IN FRED
 BRICK SOUND UNTIL AFTER
 THE SEASON WAS CLOSED when the traps no longer took toll of seed fish. Investigation reveals the fact that no seiner caught any salm- on to speak of this summer, there fore the delay of salmon reaching inland waters was due to the fact that they were being caught in out CT waters and THAT BY TRAYS ONLY.
 If anyone can figure how salmon were prevented from reaching in land areas this year other than by traps he certainly must be under the ''voo-doo" influence of a southern nanny or witcherg3 -zss=,+F4
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23
blatherskite of an author lty who is under tse influence of a southern "voo-doo."
THE FROG THAT WAS
 BOILED TO DEATH

, Tn one of the leading universities not long ago they placed a live bullfrog in a pan of cold water. The pan was then placed on a specially arranged heater. The tenn perature was increased gradually so that it took over one hour for it to reach the boiling point The frog never moved, and boiled to death without knowing it."
 The above paragraph was taken from The Real American, of May 29th issue, and is reprinted here to illustrate the condition in which resident Alskans are finding them selves. Alaskans are very mucl like this frog. When you come tc consider the fishery situation, we
 find that by the extension of tho trap system we are slowly being boiled to death without knowing it We wonder at the decrease in oul population, and in the increase ii wealth of very rich men. It seems that the ordinary citizen will mo
 wake up until he is boiled t death.- Alaskan Fisherman.
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23

tough paid small wages and he call- ed continually for long hour days. { On this schedule there was, always, more or less discontent and he was, in dread right along, of trouble. That is one reason of his mixed crews. Speaking different tongues, viewing conditions from opposite slants, the seiners Git was all beach or drag seines them were tardy inI organizing or demanding something more than the miserable $1.50 per day. Even though living costs were greatly under what they are now, therc was nothing left out of the .$1.5O wage, and to make this worse no pay was allowed for any time the seines weren't hauled It was all very nice for Mccullough and the packers. If, at any time, moro salmon were captured than the can ney could handle, Mccullough had the right, in the agreement be- tween he and the association, to salt the overflow and dispose ot same as his own. That season he packed 750 half bbls. of salmon bellies. The backs went back into the sea to fatten dogfsh. More con- servation!! There was a time in Whale Passage when salmon backs were so high on the bottom that the Arctic grounded on them in trying to get in to McCullough's landing.
 It wasn't the policy of the A. F. A through Babbler-to accept any fish at any time except those capt
 ured in, or by, association gear
 nor from any fishermen not in the Ch1P1Oy OA C11C COllApAhy' fber, one day when the sokoi TUT
 was fairly on, four Indians in two
 big canoes landed at the receiving dock. Each canoe carried around
 75O red salmon, and the Indians
 were anxious to dispose of thei,
 loads.
 ! Gro be continued next week)
 The commercial fishing season il
 the Columbia river opened the 1OtI with great quantities of salmon re ), ported in the river there having } been a heavy run of salmon on thu I Lower Columbia prior to the clos'
 of the first season in August.
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23

packing plant, came in small seine skiff to the village after mail By this skiff we-and our baggage reached the cannery. I remember my first job was to lay 2,OOO feet O. two inch pipe back into the snow smeared wilderness before I could get water in the Arctic's boiler. And it rained and froze and snow ed every minute I was at this de- lectable task.
 After towing in the Loring and Wrangell sailing ships, picking them up outside Dixon Entrance, the Arc tic didn't have a great deal to do until the sokoi salmon began to show up. Tom Mccullough and two assistant fish bosses were pass engers on the Geo. Schof1eld-the big full-rigged State of Mainer we had lowed in to Wrangell-and af- ter they had gotten their gear and supplies, and a skeleton crew oi Natives all in shape to move, we lowed the outfit to Red Bay. Right here is where the conservation sys tenn of the period got under way Mccullough fenced all of the sal mon escapements and then waited for fish to come
 At the first indication of the "sil yer horde," Mccullough shippel fencing crews to Salmon Bay ana Lake Bay, and material for fence, to Ratz Harbor and Whale Pass age In Lake Bay the fencing wa' so we'll CD done that the wateI above the fence was actually severa : inches higher than it was below. Il truth, the f1shway was practical, water tight.
 I don't know how true it was, bu I Mccullough claimed he purchases all the fishing privileges to thes waters from the Indian chiefs. $350
 for Lake Bay and smaller amount for each of the others I know tha
 his Indian crews were always mix
 ed. That is, he'd have no complet
 outfit from any one particula neighborhood. His forces at Re-
 Salmon and Lake Bays were of Fly
 das, Thlinget and Tsimpseans an
 In the Lake Bay camp, towards tn
 close of the season his seine crew
 held a sparkling of Clatsops, Tilla
 mooks and Chinooks also. McCul
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23
MINDS CONTROLLED BY VOODOD

"A pretended authority on Alas ka fisheries which insists that only salmon caught in traps deplete the fish supply says that the contention that the salmon run this year was two weeks or so late is all wrong. It declares that the fish are coming in now because the traps have been closed and are no longer catching all the salmon that enter the estuar ies before they reach the spawning streams.
 "The funny part of this is that the traps did not catch any fish to speak of, except in Icy Strait and tributary waters where they were late in the beginning. All the traps combined in the areas that are reached through estuaries south of Chatham Strait did not take enough salmon to fill 3OO,O00 cases-not more than enough to make fair packs for three four line canneries. If any one can figure how traps that are not catching fish can prevent the escapement of salmon he must be relying on some sort of hoo doo' or "witchery."
 From a cannery fog horn publish by 11-ounces.
 The inference drawn from the first paragraph of above article is that Eleven Oounces (short troy weighD is that he alone is an authority on fish.
 "Authority-power due to opin- ion or esteem; influence of Charac- ter, station, or mental or moral superiority or the like One that is claimed, Or appealed to, in sup port of opinions, actions, measures, etc. From which we understand some of lawns complexes but as to appealing to him in support of the actions, habit, travel and specie of salmon, no fisherman, knowing the first thing about salmon would condescend to waste five minutes getting the opinion of this swivel chair salmon expert who does not know the difference between the jump of salmon or frog.
 As proof of his knowledge, we would like to see him operate a seine boat for one season and pay his expenses from his earning-and that from a normal year He would starve along with Doctor Gilbert and other scientists connected with the Bureau of Fisheries.
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23
THE USE OF HERRING" SHOULD BE THE ABUSE OF HERRING

The use of herring that are taken HAS NO PROPER PLACE IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPEECHES. So says An AUTHORITY. .. ON Fish in Alaska. Come on boys, the goings good, plenty of money for fertilizer and oil, what care we for the future of the industry Getyour share of the cream. and leave only skim milk for these fool Alaskans and the illiterate Indians. We have plenty of timber and didn't Zeller- back and the International people take up power sites. for .3pulp mills to be built in Alaska in the next few generations, more or less, most ly less; and then contract for the mills to be built and operated in the States?
 "If so much herring are being caught that the perpetuity of that fishery is in danger it might be well ii limit the catch, C'for home con sumption only') but the market demand SHOULD DETERMINE THE USE THAT MIGHT BE MADE OF THE FISH TAKEN"
 More money can be obtained for salmon by turning it into oil and fertilizer than by canning it. The market value of sockeye salmon as fertilizer would be greater than in cans as food:T Can the reds boys lett the market value of the fertilizer determine the use that might bel made of the species. BUNCOMBEi|
 'The man who lawfully produces anything (herring or salmon ferti- lizer) ought to be permitted. to]
 
 make the most PROFITABLE Ie- gitimate use of it. If herring is more valuable for food or bait than for other purposes it will be made evident in obtainable prices, and it will be used that way. ."-The Fog Horn of the Canning Trust.
 When one reads such trash set forth by AN AUTHORITY on the fish industry of Alaska, the purpose of his propaganda is self evident. No Alaskan with any brains or any regard for the welfare of the Terri tory will give second notice to this
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23
CONSERVATION OF SALMON IN
 ALASKA THIRTY YEARS AGO
By AHN-KUTTY

In truth it is more than thirty years back. It was in the middle sos when, one raw January day, Capt Farrer and I met Jake Bab- bier at the Albee Hotel in South Bend, Washington. Babbler, at that time, was the king pin of the Alaska Packers Association cannery at Wrangell, Alaska.
 Babbler was no stranger to eith- CT the Captain or me, for what he knew of the packing of salmon he learned on the lower Columbia Riv CT and most of the time under the coaching of that successful packer, B. A. Seaborg. And, by the way, Seaborg was the original builder of the WrangeIl outfit.
 Babbler was signing on his crew for the coming season-1896-an Farrer and I put our John Henry's to the contracts as Captain and chief engineer, respectively, of the small steamschooner Arctic, the on- ly tender the Wrangell plant had at that time And those contracts!! Once you signed on the dotted line you were, body and soul, thought and action, sick or we'll the proper sty of the A. P. A. Those contracts were oak timbered, clinker built, copper fastened and wire rigged One had no time at all of his own, according to the agreement. For 24 hours a day, the season through, one had to labor for the Associa- tion The contracts were in small print and covered a page half the size of a page of this publication, and ITO where in it, nor on it, was there a word or clause but what was to the Associations advantage. Wonderful instruments they were, l to be sure. Outside of, probably, a dozen or so in tho vicinity of the 1 lower Columbia and Willapa Harbor [ the crew was made up in San Fran cisco and were to be transported hy sailing ship.
 FaTrer and I, and the steamers cook, reached Wrangell one snowy a. m.-in early March. I The village did not look at all invit- l ing. Beyond a feeble glimmer of two or three smoky oil lights on the | dock, there wasn't a welcoming beam anywhere, and couple of feet of sloshy snow lay, blanket-like, every | Sometime in the forenoon 'sBig" Smith, the watchman of the
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23
GREETS ANNOUNCER
 MENT

Since Senator Bartley Howard cane out in Nome with the an- nouncement he will be a candidate. at the next election, for Delegate to Congress from Alaska, nothing but discreet silence has greeted inquires as to what the rank and file think about it, Frankly speaking, the announcement was not received favorably in this section of the woods, The general silence is in 44terpreted to mean just that.-se- ward Gateway
The Alaskan., 1927-09-23
1.-THE 100000 MIND"

The directing mind of the Juneau Empire is certainly under a Hoo doc, if not Virginia "Voo-doo. ; therefore he is unable to see or un- derstand the why's and wherefores of depletion of Alaska salmon.
 Last August, 1926, Secretary Hoover went to some length to show
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-08-18
Saturday and Sunday

THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL, s starring John Gilbert.
 John Gilbert. star of aThe Big Parade, and the most romantic fig ure on the screen today. has a role that is just his style. and that audi enees will love- in this flaming nar rative. As the man who risks all lifelong friendship. honor, even life-no the altar of a passionate love, Gilbert adds new laurels to his film triumphs. He is truly mag nifieent and brilliant as the great fighter and greater lover in this pie ture of soul gripping climaXes.
 Greta Carlo, the brilliant sWed ish screen star. plays opposite Gil bert, with Lars Hanson, sThe Barry more of Sweden, in a powerful role that makes his first appearance in this country since 4The Scarlet Letter" an suspicious one.
 Admission prices. 35c and 20c.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-08-18
HIGH K. c. OFFICIAL
 MAKES ALASKA TOURIST TRIP

William J. Mckinley supreme secretary of the Knights of Colum- bus, with headquarters at New Ha- ven, Connecticut, visited about town while the Dorothy Alexander was in port Monday.
 This is the first time an official holding such a high office with the Knights of Columbus has visited Alaska. MT. Mckinley office han dled $45,OOO,0OO during the World War for hospital work alone The surplus, with additional contribu- tions, is now being used to educate and care for under privileged boys. The work is carried on under the direction of the Knights of Colum bus order in a special department established for that purpose at No tre Dame college.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-08-18
TAX NOTICE

The assessment roll of the Town of Wrangell for the year 1927 is now in my possession for the eo.lec- ton of the taxes levied therein.
 The taxes will be delinquent on the SOth day of September, 1927, al 6 o'clock P NJ, and unless paid prior thereto fifteen. (15) per cent will be added to the amount as pen atty, and interest on said tax and penalty shall be charged at the rate of eight (S) per cent per annum from the date of delinquency until paid.
 PROVIDED, however, that if one half of the tax so assessed is paid on or before the 30th day of September, the remaining one-half shall be due and payable on or before the 31st day of December, but if the said re- maining one-half be not paid before December 31st, 1927, it shall be de- linquent and a penalty of fifteen (15) per cent will be added to the amount thereof, and interest on said tax and penalty shall be charged at the rate of eight (S) per cent p2r annum from date of delinquency un til paid.
 PROVIDED, Also, that all payerf of taxes who shall pay their taxes in one payment, and ill full, on or before the 30th day of September shall be allowed a three (3) per cent rebate on said tax.
 Taxes are payable at the Bank of Alaska.
 A. B. GURR,
 Town Treasurer