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The Washington times., 1928-04-24
RHAPSODY IN
GREEN
BY Lucy Lowell

=
a LREADY there has been much
- written and more said in the
interests Of planting something,
now that winter is over ana spring
is here with sunshine and green
things and the general light
lleartedness that only spring can
give the world.
But / feel, some way. that too
much cannot be aid about this.
Not only for the sake of the beauty
1T brings to the world-tlae hard
lest, most Commonplace shrub
means beauty, you knoWbut for
what 1t will mean in spiritual
growth to you. yourself.
GU don't see how that can bel
Well, then, you've never wit
messed the miracle of growth and
shriveled, ugly seed thrust into
the loan; the interest Of watch
ing; going day after day to the
place where the seed waits: water
ing, observing the sunshine send
its own seeking warmth into the
earth.
And at the minutest possible
point Of faint green, hardly larger
tran the point of a pin and so
very pale as hardly to be a color
at all
But the tint deepening almost
while you watch a stalk rising,
growing strong and free, lifting
its head above the grass blades,
unfolding leaves on a gorgeous
morning.
And after a matter OF weeks
maybe it will be days, though
you find a significant something
which will puzzle you If you're
not something of a farmer-even
a window-box farmer.
If you 20 on watching and hop
ing-for all planting and growing
and harvesting must have great
lot of hope in it to be successful
one day the significant something
will break into sweetness and color
and you will know it for q bud.
Then the bloom, joyous crown
of natures labor and your own.
And il your soul has not taken
on new aid finer stature by
this time-if it has not grown with
your plant, filled with wonder and
gratitude for this miracle in which
you have taken part--then You
are most extraordinary person
indeed.
But / do not believe you could
be so different from most folks.
So, plant something this spring
honor the good old world and the
folks who live in it that way.
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WISE SAYINGS


AS the soil. however rich it may
be, cannot be productive without
culture, so the mind, without cul-
tivation, can never produce good
fruit, ~ Seneca.
Danish all compliments but single
truth
From every tongue and every
shepherds heart,
Let them use still persuading, but
no art
Beaumont and Fletcher.
A faithful friend is better than
rold-a medicine for misery, an
only possession. Burton
Habit . Ten times nature.
~Well9sisys
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The Spirit Never Dies


HIS remarkable British actress loved by Millions began
her work Oh The stage II 1862 years $50 when
only fourteen years old
orfifty years she delighted great audiences.
And in old age retains youth, happiness and BEAUTY
Human beings. like trees, DIE AT THE Tor While the
top of The tree lives while the brain Of the huan being
remains active and interested vitality and beauty remain
Ellen Terys eyes are IS young they fifty yeas
ago and hsr soul i young a when she went on the
stage az fourteen
Winter has the hair white The spirit never gets,
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nlrIERE Is 81

TlEIERE il an
IL old GENE
terry IN I h q
heart OF the
city.
1t is so old
that no one
cries there any
more.
T b 9 small
neat t II e 9 s
which w . r q
once planted by
trembling hands
have grown to
shaggy giants.
Two of them
have grown to-
gether. Chill
dren come and
swing from the
arch Of their
mingled trunks.
Their small feet
scuff the old,
q u ct ground
and raise gay
little fIiIrriea of
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This is the season when a wife
spends all ha. time fitting around
the she's. while her. poor, unsus-
pecting husband is downtown
straining every nerve to get
through n hard days work-in
time for the baseball game.
If you listen to the average
mans conversation you've got to
learn to like autobiography-and,
il you lon't you may as well
learn TO like solitaire.
Nothing stirs up all a woman's
sporting blood like trying to cap.
ture a man who is Through with
women
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If companionate marriage comes
in vogue It's going to be almost
as tiresome looking around for a
new husband, every year or so,
as it is hunting around for an.
other apartment every spring.
Working girls. 1t is said, spend
most OF their earnings on clothes,
beauty parlors and other "hus-
band-bait." In other words. today
as always, 4 woman's idea of ''suc.
cess in busir ess" consists on find
ing some man who will marry her
and take her OUT Of it.
Half the average girls life is
spent in trying to make herself
attractive-and the other half In
trying to find something worth at
tracing.
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LISTEN, WORLD

about the dead.
But now, you
can almost see
the gay creature
scranbling over
the fallen bricks,
pushing her way
through I h e
gaps, laughing
irnpudently as
she comes.
The grea t
tonnbs are empty.
They were very
grand tonbs in
their day. They
5 a t heavily.
erinlv on ron
of the earth.
AS IL I hey
would sit there
forever. But now
they are empty
a n d askew
Chattering birds
nest in their
na~,1- nlIs~n1SeYl1
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The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
J. How long is between two successive moons?
g. What metal does low voltage fuse ordinarily
g. How many miles is the circumference the
along the equator?
q. What material is used for trolley wire?
s 5. In what country is the volcano Fujiyama?
6. What bricks made Of?
q What type of current is obtained dry cells?
Match correctly:
~ g. Mt Mckinley New Hampshire
s. Mt Rainier Massachusetts,
TO- Pixies Peak Alaska
IL Mt Washington Colorado
IL. Bunker Hill Washington
Complete each quotation:
IS 13. Too many ---- spoil the broth.
ID. Al bird in the hand is worth two the
Is A tree is known by its
- Magazine Page For Answers
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ONCE-OVERS
By ]. J. MUNDY
Don't Boast of Your Success!

By J. j. MUNDY
Don't Boast of Success!
Possibly you high opinion OF your own judgment
your able to make strong practical
deductions
person you acing in good Judgment far
in which engaged.
You great what you have undertaken
entirely different
In accomplishing what you have to your creolt :.
Perhaps the other fellow IN MS business
But because his business entail the mass of details
contend you don't figure him Judgment
s
But he is at the top of what he undertook to do.
And you.
But who shall say that greater than the oher3
You night not well line he does and vice versa
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MEI)IT TONS
OF A WIFE
by Helen Rowland

WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS
TO an Arttstic LOver
your 'lineD Is graceful land
discreet;
Tender your kiss and passing
street..
/ like the charming things you
I like your strong, protecting
1CGy.
I like your gay, caressing smile;
In short, like your finished
style.
And yet-Gnd yet-Oh, tell me,
now!
Where did you learn it all
and HOW?
nNE advantage of radio over
~ a husband Is that, while it
insists on broadcasting a lot of
good advice. you don't HAVE to
listen to it.
II 700 wives couldn't keep Solo,
mon in tbs house when he heard
that the Queen Of Sheba was at
the gate. what can ONE wife nope
to do in a world full Of shebas?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-08-16

and Copper River district the to- fal pack was 612.19S cases Of which 47s.79l were pinks and about 60.10o red salmon. A large percentage of the red salmon, in fact, 46.G00 cases. came from the Copper River.
 s. E. Season Reopen
 The fishing season will be re- opened in Southeastern Alaska from Sept. g to Sept. g inclusive.
 Commissioner O'Malley is leay- ing Juneau tonight on the U. s. Fisheries Vessel Brant accom- panying the party of Secretary oi Agriculture Jardine to Skagway Haines and Sitka. Returning here early in the week he will continue south on the vessel.
 At Seattle Commissioner O'Mal- ley will address the meeting of the American Fisheries Society to be held in that city Aug. 2S-31 inclusive. He will then go te California, inspecting the govern menf fish hateheries on the coast and plans To leave about Sept. 20 for his headquarters at Washing ton. D. ..
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from here to Ketchikan to visit. He has not decided where he will locate but expects to remain in Southeastern Alaska.
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VICTIM Of ALASKA
 AIRPLANE CRASH
 IS BADLY INJURED

A letter to Mrs. 0. A. Stillman from Mrs. Silyerman, who re cenfly went 10 Kenneeott 10 be with her daughter, Mrs. Ruth staats. says that Mrs. staats, though terribly injured and in a critical condition, at the date of writing, August s, seemed better. and was cheerful and hopeful of recovery.
 Mrs. Staats was injured in the crash of the plane Spirit of Valdez" Mrs. Silverman reports that Mrs. Staats sustained serious injuries to her back, one yertebra being cracked, but it is not known yet whether the spinal cord is seriously injured or not. The right leg was broken above the knee, and both legs broken in five places between the knee and ankle, and enc of the breaks on the right leg halfway be- tween the knee and ankle is q compound fracture. Besides the more serious injuries her whole body is covered with bruises.
 Mrs. Silyerman says that Mrs staats is having the best Of care and medical attention at the Kennecott hospital A recent ae- count of the accident in the Val dez News-Miner indicates that considerable financial assistance has been given by the people oi Valdez and the interior for the benefit of the three victims of the accident.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-08-16
SEC. JARDINE
 MAKES TOUR
 OVER HIGHWAY
Has Luncheon at Aux Lake Camp Sees Mink Farm
 Plays Golf Today

U. S. Secretary of Agriculture William NJ. Jardine, his brother James T. Jardine and A. F. Swenb- sen, were the guests of Commits sioner of Agriculture in Alaska. Charles H. Flory. and M. D. Wil- Hams, District Engineer of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, on a tour of Glacier Highway early today.
 The party stopped at the Bu- reau of Public Roads camp at Aux Lake for luncheon. The trip covered every part of the High way, including the trip to Menden- hall Glacier, over the Loop road, and to the end at Eagle River.
 A stop was made at the Men denhall Fur Farm owned by Jack son Marsh and Bruce Brown, where the members of the party were shown the mink which are raised.
 Playing Golf
 This afternoon the Secretary,
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FOLEY BACK
 FROM VOYAGE
 TO WESTWARD
Good Season Tn Bristol Bay He Reports Stormy
 Weather Prevails

Returning from a trip of three months in the Bristol Bay dis trict, F. NJ Policy, Territorial Tax Collector, returned to Ju- neau on the steamer Alaska this morning.
 Cannery packs are extremely large this year. Mr. Policy said, md all the plants in the Bristol Bay district are having a banner season. The total is a few hun fred thousand past the one mill ion mark, he said
 Anchorage is to have a new hydro-electic power plant of it's own within the near future, MT. Policy said. r. I. Reed, hotel owner of that city, who was fellow passenger of MT. Policy on the trip from Seward to Juneau, is enroute to the States to pur chase equipment for the plant. Power sites and lines have been surveyed and the trees and brush Ire being cleared at the present time to prepare for the installa- ton.
 Under the system now in use at Anchorage power is purchased from the Alaska Railroad or de- rived from coal. MT. Reed ex peets to supply Anchorage with power. and also sell to the Alaska Railroad
 One of the stormiest seasons sver experienced in the Bristol Bay district is that of the present year, the Collector asserted. Dur 'ng most of his time east of the Alaska Peninsula high winds pre- vailed, and several drownings were reported. Martin Johnson, oldtime Alaskan. was among those who met death because of bad weather. He was drowned in the turf when his boat overturned not far from shore; rescuers made m attempt to save his life but
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reached the scene in time to see him sink from the surface, not to reappear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-08-16
U. 5. INSPECTORS RETURN FROM TRIP
 TO BRISTOL BAY

Capt George Tyler, Chief John Newmarker and LeRoy Vestal, of the United States Steamboat In- specters Office, returned 10 Ju- neau aboard the Alaska this morning after spending several weeks in Bristol Bay on their an- nual tour of inspection of hulls and boilers.
 They reported a rather un- eventful voyage to Western AL aska, although unusually inclem- ent weather during most of the time they spent away from Ju- neau gave them some trouble in travelling from one point to an- other.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-08-16
IS BOUND OVER

Al Larson has been bound over to the Grand Jury on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, by United States Commissioner Frank A. Boyle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-08-16
NORMAL PACK
 1928 SEASON
 SAYSO'M VALLEY
Total Pack Near End Sea son Five and One Quar-
 ter Million Casse

The present figurse of the 1928 salmon pack in Alaska show five and one quarter million cases and il Is apparent the territory has enjoyed a normal year. according 10 Henry OMalley. U. s. Con- missioner of Fisheries. Figures on the packs have been received from all sections excepting the central and southern districts in Southeastern Alaska.
 The only weak area apparently is the West Coast of Prince of Wales Island, the Commissioner said
 The figures of the present sea- son which will probably be added to somewhat before the final clos ing dates in the various areas this month, compare fayorabiy with the banner year of 1926 when Inc largest pack ever put np in the Territory, totaling 6,6oo000 cases, was made.
 Icy Straits
 In Southeastern Alaska the sea son closed in the Icy Straits and Cross Sound district, Aug. 6. The pack totaled 622.779 cases; inelnd- ing 39.S09 reds; 927 kings; S3,766 chnms; 465,605 pinks; 32,672 CO., hoes.
 The central district in southeast ern Alaska closed Aug. Il and no figures have yet been given. The southern or Ketchikan district closes at pm. Aug. Is, and the West Coast of Prince Of Wales Island district closes at 6 p.me Aug. %.
 Westward Pack
 The final figures ol the Bristol Bay pack, the season having closed July 23. are 1,374,164 cases. Oi this number 1,323,G40 were reds. On the south side of the Alaska Peninsula in the Ikatan. King Cove and Squaw Harbor area where the season closes Aug. 70 the total pack up to Aug. Il was 374.113 cases. Of this number 7S.263 were reds; 219.572 chums; 44.555 plnks and the balance CO., hoes and kings.
 At Chignik, where the season closes Sept. 15, weir being main tained. the escapement to date is 1,114,70O red salmon and the catch of the three canneries in that area totals 394,S14 salmon.
 Kodiak District
 In the Kodiak-Afognak distriet where the season closed Aug. h for all areas excepting those main taining weirs where equal diyis ion is made of the fish, the pacl to Aug. was 1854 cases 0 which 61,97S were pinks and Fl, 50I red salmon.
 In the weir areas at Karluk thu escapement numbered 612,427 ret salmon and at Olga Bay 216,65, fish. these figures being 10 Aug 4 in both cases.
 Cook Inlet
 The total pack in the Cook In let area up to Aug. II which wa the closing date, was 199.256 eases of which 92,472 were reds an 30,790 pinks.
 In the Prince William Scum
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Paris Curbs Birthrate
 Of New Street Statues

PARIS, Aug. 16.-The muni- ciual council decreed that no more statues were to be erected in the Champ de Mars, the park around the Eiffel Tower.
 Attempts to curb the French passion for statuary began many years ago. In 1906 measures were taken to restrict their num- Der and several well known quar- ters of the city are now under the ban.
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James T. Jardine. MT. Swenbsen, William Dewitt Mitchell. Solicitor General of the United States. who has joined the Seeretary's party, having arrived here Tuesday, and Paul G. Redington. chief of the Biological Survey. who arrived in Juneau this morning from the westward after a three months trip through the territory, are playing golf with Gov. George A. Parks on the Thane course.
 Leave Tonight
 The Seeretary's party viii leave Juneau at 3 o'clock tonight for Skagway. They will visit Skag- way and Haines and expect to be in Sitka next Monday, returning to Juneau the middle of next week.
 Members of the party will be as follows: Secretary Jardine. MT Mitchell. Gov. George A. Parks, Commissioner of Fisheries Henry o'Malley, MT. Redington. Commits sioner Flory, James T. Jardine and A. r. Swenbsen
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Old papers TOT sale at the Empire.
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(. OF C. WILL
 MEET TOMORROW

The Juneau Chamber of Com merce will hold a regular lunch con meeting tomorrow noon in the display rooms of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Com pany, it was announced today.
 Arrangements for a special luncheon in honor of U. s. Seere- tary of Agriculture Jardine early next week will be made. Regular business which has been pending the past several months Will be disposed of by the Chamber.
  Old papers for sale at the Empire.
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MOOSE WOMEN WILL
 MEET THIS EVENING

The Women of Mooseheart Le- zion will meet at s o'clock this evening in the Moose Hall for initiation of candidates and a so- cial gathering.
 The committee in charge is keeping the program a dark se- cret, but promises it to be a good one. Husbands of Legion naires are invited to attend, as are any visiting Moose. Lunch will be served following the affair.
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Old papers for sale at the Empire.
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This afternoon the Secretary
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FRESH SALMON TO
 BE SHIPPED SOUTH

Wallis George, buyer fer the San Juan Fishing and Packing Company. received 2,100 echoes and 2.000 pounds of king salmon on the Fern, Capt. John Lowell this morning.
 At the old plant of the Juneau Cold Storage the Agnes today unloaded 300 echoes. This fish. in addition to 15.000 pounds of fresh halibut, will be shipped south on the Admiral Rogers this evening.
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KERR RETURNS

Lawrence Kerr. who was Clerk of the House of the 1927 Territor- ial Legislature, arrived in Juneau on the steamer Alaska, having come south from Bristol Bay where he has been the past winter. He taught the Kanakanak Territor- ial school at Dillingham;.
 MT. Kerr expects to be in Ju- neau a short time and plans to go
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
ACT OF GROUP
IS UNANIMOUS,
GARNER WIRES
Point Isabel VIII Get
$1,600,000 to Build;
Maintenance Money
OF $l50,000 Yearly

The Point Isabel port project ~
submitted 70 the rivers and harbors
committee Of the house by United
States army engineers. calling for
an expenditure of 81 100000 and an
annual maintenance Of $l50,000 has
been accepted by that body, accord
ing to a message received this after
noon by r. B. Creager, chairman of
the port committee, from Congress
man John N. Garner.
The message, which was filed in
Washington at 1:46 D. m. said:
"River and harbors committee has
just formally and unanimously adopt-
ed our project"
This is taken to indicate the pro-
ject will be passed at this term Of
congress and that the money will be
made available in the next apportion-
ment Of rivers and harbors funds.
OF the Sl,600.000 to be spent on de-
velopment of the harbor at Point
Isabel, 81 .O00.OOO il TO be supplied BY
the government and 100000 BY the
Valley.
TO raise the Valleys portion Of the
fund a navigation district il planned,
probably 20 include Cameron, Hidal-
90, Willacy and Starr counties. This
plan was adopted at a meeting of the
Valley harbor committee Friday night
in Harlingen with every section Of
the Valley represented.
Detailed plans Of the project have
not been made public but they in
clude a 800 foot outer channel TO q
depth Of Is feet and 100 foot inner
channel to q depth Of is feet, and
large turning basin.
A sub committee chosen by Mr..
Creager is TO report M a meeting OF
the harbor committee in the near fu-
ture on plans for organizing the nav
igation district.
The awarding of the funds for the
construction of a 16-foot harbor IL
just a step along the path Of Valley
progress, In the opinion of Mr.. Crea-
ger. He declared that the Valley
would not be satisfied with u 16-foot
channel, but that q fight fer one that
will be adequate in the years to come
will have to begin Immediately.
The 16-foot harbor will prove or
immense value 10 the Valley, but the
fullest value will come only with a
30-foot harbor. | am convinced that
before the present appropriation IL
expended we will have sufficient
funds for q 25 or 30-foot channel.
] don't think the dredges will stop
work in the interval" he declared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
Flood Control
System Will Get
First Real TEST

The approaching flouG will be the
first real test of the Valley flood
control system, which is still in an
incomplete state. Engineers in close
touch with the situation express con
fidence in the ability Of the system
to handle the flood. the volume of
which has not been accurately
checked.
Work on the north floodway east
levee between Miles - and Is on
the Mercedes system. kss been under
way two weeks. Dredges are now
closing the gaps in the old Mercedes
canal which protected Cameron
county in 1922, and which was after
wards dynamited to avoid court ac-
tion by Willacy county.
Closing Of these gaps Will force a
large volume Of flood water north
through the channel.
The Arroyo Colorado is expected to
carry a larger volume without Sc
rious overflow, though the water will
probably spread out along the lower
reaches of that channel.
The ctrong system u river levees
in both Hidalgo and Cameron coun-
ties have been completed. engineers
report, and are expected to withstand
a heavy flood.
Two cuts have been made through
the Cabras Pintas ridge southwest of
Matamoros which will permit the dis
charge of flood waters into the Ar
royo del Tigre and greatly relieve the
strain on the Brownsville. Mata-
moros and lower river levees.