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The Alaskan., 1929-11-29

The convention of the Alaska Native Brotherhood held iii Haines during the week of No Vember 17th while not the larg- est in point of attendance was of greater import to the organi- zation than any previous con- Vention.
 About three hundred delegates and visitors were entertained by the Haines Camp, ninety of whom were delegates. Every town was represented save Met lakatla and that town was indi- rectly represented by delegates from Ketchikan.
 Election Of Officers
 On Saturday the 23rd was held election of officers. A nominat- ing committee brought in one ticket of candidates and anOth- or ticket was nominated from the floor of the convention. F. Poratrovich of KlaWOck, mayor Of that town and William L. Paul were nominated for the office Of Grand President-Paul was re- elected to succeed himself. F. Mercer of Juneau was elected as Vice-Grand President; Frank Johnson of KlaWock, Secretary, George Demmert, Klawock, re- elected Treasurer, George Ward, Sitka, Sargeant-at-Arms.
 The following resolutions were adopted:
 Petition for mail carrier be- tween Haines and Klukwan, be- ginning October for a term of six months.
 ?. Resolution approving the the stated policy of Secretary of the Interior Wilbur to eliminate federal paternalism in educa- tional matters and control of m dian properties and manage rnent.
 5. Requesting Secretary of Com
The Alaskan., 1929-11-29

Q. D. Leet of Wrangell was a business visitor this week.
The Alaskan., 1929-11-29

Twenty-Five more days till Xmas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
copxRneHr leee. ctrrnAL PRESS Assn INc. cLrvELANo. oAIo.
READ THIS FRS:

READ THIS FRS:
Charlotte C~hatterton. nickname6
Chatty, is a born gossip. She loses
her job in Mrs. Nayberry's millinery
shop because she talks too much.
Her mother. a dressmaker, has
one wealthy customer, Mrs. Van
Mugs. an old friend. Through her
Chatty gets a job in the files de-
partment of Mr.. Van Mugs bond
house down town. There she falls
in love with Dave Jordan, q young
bond salesman. and he begins to
pay her a great deal Of attention.
Billie Langenau, in charge Of the
files, tells Chatty that Dave never
pays any attention to any Of the
girls in the office except Agnes Her
ford, Mr.. Vans secretary. When
Chatty repeats what Billie said she
adds a lie Of her own to it-and says
that Billie told her that Dave and
Agnes were in love with each her.
Agnes threatens 10 tell Mr.. Van that
Billie has been gossiping about her
and Chatty determines TO stop her
If she can.
Finally she steals Agnes desk
keys and goes through her desk. try
ing TO find a note she has seen Dave
hand to her. The note is innocent
enough. but Chatty finds Agnes
diary while she is hunting for it
and in the diary is the whole story
Of Agnes love for MIR. Van. Chatty
tears out the pages at home that
night, and sends them to Mrs. Van
Agnes does not discover the theft at
nee.
Billie and her sister. Sara, come
to live across the hall from the
Chattertons, and C.Aatty learns that
she is separated, but still married to
a man named Brewster. However,
no one knows this, including George
MAYHEM, a bond salesman, VINO is
in love with Billie. Billie insists
that she feels only friendship for
George but one night when Chatty
reports that she has seen him out
with another girl Billie bursts into
tears.
Chatty has a "date" for that same
evening with Dave Jordan. Chatty
is about to destroy what is left of
Agnes diary when Dave calls sud-
denly and she hastily stuffs 1t into
her handbag. Next morning she re-
members that she left the handbag
in Dawes roadster. Later that
morning Agnes comes to Chatty
with the diary IN her hand and asks
II Chatty saw anyone 60 into her
room the night that she stayed late.
She has found it on her desk. Chat
ty calmly shakes her head. While
they are discussing Dave comes with
Chatty's handbag. and she realizes
that Dave knows all. That same day
Mrs. Van Mugs phones Chatty to
ask her to stop at the house on her
way home.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15

Who am I? For what office am
I candidate? OF what party am ! a
member?
In Morse mythology what God
rules heaven and earth?
Where were the celebrated games
Of the ancient Greeks held.
MANY will intreat the favor OF
the prince; and every man Is "a
friend to him that giveth gifts"
Where Is this passage found In the
Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL u. COPELAND, mi. I'D.
Former Commissioner OF Health

P. N. Q-Do you advise -
for gray hair?
ADO not advise IL.
T.. j. Q.-What do you advise for
warts?
A.-Send self-addressed, stamped
envelope and repeat your question.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
Fines VS.. Jail Terms

Justice has a commercial value, 1t was clearly
brought out at the meeting Of county commissioners
court recently. IN glancing over the county bills II
was found that food at the jail for the past month had
cost a total Of $500. This was said to have been the
largest item Of this sort presented before the COM
missioners over a span of years.
Inquiry developed that a large number OF the per-
sons in the jail were serving time for unpaid fines.
The law prescribes that IL a man Is unable to pay his
fine, he shall serve it out in the jail.
It is much better for the convicted person TO pay
fines than to lay it out in jail. The county makes
money when the fines are colected-loses money
when the person is jailed. The manner in which
justice is administered therefore has a commercial
value.
In an attempt to avoid falling, it was suggested
that when a person is fined. that the justice OF peace
allow the man to make bond pending payment of the
fine. In this manner the county could collect the
money In many cases. whereas they would be a bur-
den 70 the county If they were jailed.
The commissioners will study this procedure to
find out If it is legal.
BY accepting only good bondsmen and a strict
system Of collecting, the county doubtless could be
saved many dollars by use Of this procedure. But the
fine probably would not prove as effective as the jail
term In controlling crime.
The fine is better for the county, but possibly not
for the person fined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15

A little before half past five she
went into the cloak room and began
to freshen herself up a little for her
visit. She was carefully cleaning
her nails with an orange wood stick
when Billie and Winnie Talcott
came in to put on their street
clothes.
Winnie bounced on her at once.
Say, what's happened between you
and Dave Jordan?" she wanted TO
know. Hes never been near you
all day-and really, the two Of you
were getting SO chubby that I was
expecting to hear the wild marriage
bells peal out most any minute.
What's happened? Had a battle
with him?"
Chatty nodded. Hes sore at me
because Of something I did" she
said, simply, and then turned to
Billie. Going home with George IT.
his carp"
Billie shook her head. NO. she
answered. He asked me to ride
home in it. but 1 told him I was
going home with you"
Chatty noticed then that her
pretty eyes were still swollen and
misty looking, as If she had cried
all night and part Of the day.
well, I'm sorry, but I can't go
home with you tonight. Billie" she
told her. Mrs. Van Mugs called up
this afternoon and asked me to drop
in at her house tonight"
Winnie's eyes, with their pasty
looking blackened lashes grew round
and big with wonder. The boss
wife?-the boss wife called you UP
and invited you to her house?"
She stared at Chatty as If she
thought she had suddenly lost her
mind.
1t was Billie who answered her.
Chats mother and Mrs. Van are
very good friends" she said. in her
sweet dignified way. Didn't you
know that, WINNER"
Winnie said that she hadn't
known it. But listen here. Chat"
she went on. If your mother and
the boss wife are such awfully good
friends, you'd better tell your moth
er to put the boss wife savvy to
what's going on down here. Aggie
has been in papa's office nearly all
afternoon, with the door SHUT
and II I was his wife I'd sure come
down here and raise plenty of
gandI" Her painted Inns came To-
gether with a snap.
Then, almost instantly. thev
opened again. And If ! were IT.
your place tonight, I'd tell Mrs. Van,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15

Representative Ray Holder, a resident OF Dallas
county, on the very fringe Of Ellis county, Lit under
the big dome in Austin and told 1t to the press boys
that he was in the race for lieutenant governor; that
Senator Joe Moore finally decided to be q candidate
for reelection to the upper house, and would make
his announcement through his string Of weekly news
papers. There are other entrants-Ccl- z. J. Thomp-
son Of Houston has thrown his hat in the ring. Col.
Thompson never held public office in Texas. He was
a one ytime state chairman Of the executive committee
Of the democracy of Louisiana. He is said to be am
bilious to make a name under the Lone Star sky for
himself.
Former Senator J. d. Parnell Of Wichita Falls is
the third eatrant. He saw service as q representative
as well as senator and is widely known the southwest
over. In the early days Of the oil boom he waded in.
made a comfortable fortune, was caught in the slump
of 1921 and saw that fortune slump with the slump.
Dallas will be a hot bed Of politics in the coming
with Blue Shirt Brown Of Mineral Wells
the choice of the Dallas hotdog mayor, who Is doing
his best to rake fun for the multitudes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
Aid For the Robert E. Lee
Highway

Financial aid has been promised by the state
highway commission for the hard-surfacing OF the
Robert E. Lee Highway. 1t is a highway that
t-averses a rich country, a thickly populated country
where the makers Of wealth are in evidence, where
the farmers and the stockmen never sleep at the
switch and the highway in its present form which is
widely Travelled.
Highways are great civilizers; they are great divi-
dend makers; they link the country with the city;
they make markets for the products OF the farms and
they make trade for enterprising merchants every
where.
Road building Is in its infancy In Texas; but the
EIilding will continue until the last OF the old cattle
trail is a memory and Texans will boast OF a popula-
ton that will entitle It to at least second place IN
the sisterhocd and wealth that would stagger the
minds OF the old pioneers II they could come back 70
the surface OF the earth and get a close up OF what
has t~ranspired under Lone Star skies in the last quar-
ter Of q century.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
The Once Over
THE STOCK MARKET CLOSING
BY Il. Z PHILLIPS

CAS- it seems to come over the radio in a summer
hoteD.
"This Is Lawrence Phoof giving you the market
nriceS Call for Mr.. Jerome FISH Mommerl
Mommerl 1 want to play with Advance Rumeiy
SO Ia All Reduction . Thee-nee-hee
Not really? 81 Ia . . / knew she WASH
his wife 1 saw her in . Alaska Juneau :
cau for Mr. Max Phootle . Allegheny . . . Mt.
Max Phootle Allegheny Call for Mr.. Max Ale
Ohenv CORPORATION so 1-8 But, Mary you
should have returned my lead 1 dd 1ou
PLAYED AIis Chalmers No l oiont
She bid two spades and I raised it to . III S-4'
american Ice Hello. Gus, how was your
rolfo Iissen American international
7 broke $50 ga Yoohoo Mabel! Mabel
we're all going for a sail in Mr.. SINNERS Amer
lean Snuff 1872 That sets us again : d.
Goodness, we don't play the cards right when we
have EN- Lissen, Laura, all I had was the queen,
lack and Atchison common 200 :
know, but you never should have put your +. At
las Powder on my Atlantic Gun anu "es'
Indiesl
"Mommer! Mominer comHoh Pe
ferred Yes. darling 80 IA I wanna
play with Baldwin Locomotive Now. Milton
be a good boy Here's your pail and shower (. :
Go did in Bucyrus Erie l72 "a . What'
Mrs Minnix? 1 don't know who she is She
came here Yesterday with a big tall man . . They're
Registered as Calumet and Arizona 1 tnlnK
that's fictitious Daddy! Daddy! Aw'
shut IN 1eS SO Chicago Pneumatic Too
Button up your overcoat Coca Cola
YOU belong to me Take good care of Con-
sondated Gas you belong to me Tee hee!
Lissen, Doris. I want you to meet Mr.. Cerro de
Pasco He's a friend Of your fathers.
"Mommerl Monmerl No, you can't have
another Eaton Axle you've had three al
ready and you'll be sick Stop crying or III can
the DOGGY man Then you'll 90 where bad little
bows 90 Where do bad little boys CO. Ell? .
They go to Lehigh Valley "a 5-8 . . Can 1or
Mister Liquid Carbonic Hey! +. . . What's
the matter? You trumped my ace . Was It
your ace, Edgar? Sure it was mine . ] LED II
to draw out Mrs. Phootles Middle States on
1 knew the Montgomery Ward had
been plaved already You should have thrown
away your MunSingwear.
This concludes the daily recital Of closing prices
on the stock exchange, folks. ! thank you"
FOR EDISON
When Is II Permissible To Tell a Lie7
When your host asks, How did you like the black
berry pie crust?"
When the boss says. well. after your two weeks
vacation. do you feel like tackling a special job2'
When a wife asks. Tell me, Milton, am I as fat
as that woman over there?"
oBvIoUSL
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
To get her quart bottle Of rye;
A bootlegger's trick
Made the lady quite sick,
And the coroner's verdict was "Dye!"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15

myself. all about it," she cried. ITS
only right that she should know
about it, A good looking. nice
woman like Mrs. Van being cut out
by that prune face
"Hushl" Billie stopped her. Don't
give Chatty that kind Of advice. for
goodness sake. Winnie! 1t never
does any good to come between q
man and lis wife-it's better for
Mrs. Van to find out about Aggie
herself, II she's g~+ to know about
her and Mr.. Van"
Chatty smiled. II think she EAS
found out about her." she said,
quietly. And I think that's why
she wants to see me-and II she
asks me any questions about Mr..
Van and Aggie having lunch to-
gether, ] shall certainly tell her the
truth. The truth may be painful,
sometimes-bIt 1t never hurt any
bodyI"
And she sailed out of the cloak
room with her head highland sud-
denly feeling that If she told Mrs.
Van everything she knew about
Agnes Herford she was doing only
her sacred dutyl
She felt finei
Out In the office, at his desk, sat
Dave Jordan.
Il was waiting for you," he said,
when she came up to him. did we
have an engagement for tonight
you and ~"
Chatty shrugged her shoulders.
did we? Did you ask me to go
out with you tonight? I don't really
remember" She tried to seem as
indifferent as she could.
Il know I meant to ask you to
drive out to Louisville onight to q
little place I know" he said. But
If I did ask you to. will you forgive
me If I beg Off"
Chatty's chin went a half inch
higher in the air. Il couldn't 60
anywhere with you" she said. I'm
going out to Mrs. Van Nuys' house"
She wouldn't have believed that
he could look at her as he was look
ing at her now-aS If she were a
stranger to him.
And all at once she had a wild
overwhelming wish to put her head
down on his shoulder, with her
cheek against his cheek, and CRY.
She wanted him to put his arms
around her once more and forgive
her. no matter what she had done.
Surely, II a man really loved a
girl he would love her in spite Of
Continued on page %
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15

Only a few years ago typhoid was
one Of the most common and most
fatal Of diseases. Today. 1t Is al
most never met, certainly not in a
well-ordered community.
Hvw can any educated person
snser at the germ theory Of dis
ease and scott about what the lab
oratory has done for the world7
What has been done In the control
OF typhoid fever alone, should be
enough to convince the most Skep-
teal that society owes an over
whelming debt OF gratitude to the
bacteriologist.
When I waS q medical student we
used to hear dreadful tales OF the
defamation Of communities by this
dread disease. The bullets Of the
Spanish war did little harm, but the
germs Of typhoid killed thousands.
Fortunately for the world, The
control of TYPHOID had been learn
ed before the advent of the World
war. What was SO terrible a
scourge In previous wars was OF lit
tie Importance in this one Be-
cause Of the means Of protection
provided by the medical corps, the
armies escaped it.
The typhoid germ or bacillus is a
vigorous and hardy one. In the
presence Of moisture 1t win live fo-
months. Even IN river Or harbOr
water 1t viii remain alive for weeks
One writer stat that the bacillus
has lived in a sealed tube for more
than a dozen years. When typhoid
infected water freezes, the germ win
live In the ice for a period Of three
or four months.
The germ finds its way into the
human body through food Ct drink.
Water, milk, contaminated vege-
tables and other articles Of food
may carry the bacillus. Careless
food handling = responsible for
most cases Of typhoid fever.
The person who has nee had the
disease may be spreading the germs
Of typhoid for months or even
years after full recovery has taken
place. Examination of the fecal
matter or the urine may reveal
them. In some reported cases they
have been discovered by such exam
nation years after the patient had
the disease.
The typhoid carrier" usually has
a colony Of germs growing in the
gall bladder. A notable example Of
this sort is Typhoid Mary" VINO
has been under quarantine for
years, because OF the large number
Of cases OF typhoid traced to her.
Every case of typhoid fever means
that somebody else had the disease
and has passe dit OF TO the present
victim. This ma be done through
food or drink, or possibly the con-
tagion may be carried by flies.
The doctor and nurse will impress
upon the members Of the family,
and all the servants the very great
Importance Of guarding against the
transmission Of typhoid. If the first
patient is properly cared for, that
will be the end of the typhoid furry
in that particular family.
1t Is absolutely essential that thee
secretions and excretions Of the ty-
phoid patient be destroyed. This
precaution must continue until aft
er repeated examinations it has
been determined that all evidence
Of the disease has disappeared. Not
until then can the victim be re-
l eased from observation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
Fat Jobs For Rich Men

President Hoover has been a globe trotter all his
life. He Is a citizen OF the wrold. He is going 70
send as American ambassadors to the leading nations
Of the earth. new men. trained executives, men who
are known in the world OF commerce and finance.
That Is, there is to be a shaking up in diplomatic
circles and the rich plums are going to rich men who
win do justice to the job. And in bygone days there
were correspondents who said that Hoover was ig-
norant Of practical politics.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15

TOday's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are
watchful and sleep with one eye
open. They work or play as the oc-
casicn warrants to the limit OF their
endurance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES

ANSWERS III IEhAE
II. o. OIL am a housewife and
"a years old. How many hours II
sleep do I need every night?
A.-You should have z or 8 hours
OF sleep each night.
S. j. Q.-I am a girl IL years
old: will smoking two or three cigs-
rettes a day prove harmful to the
system?
Al do not advise it.
"A. ". Q.-What will remove SUI
perflous hair?
A.-For full particulars send self
addressed, stamped envelope ard
repeat your question.
MRS. r. J. @. Q.-What should
a girl weigh who Is thirteen years
old and five feet one inch tall?
2.-What should a woman weigh
who is thirty-one years old and
five feet four inches tall?
A.-They should weigh respect
lively LOG and 132 pounds.
!. r. X. and M. M. X. Q.-I am
a girl Of Is, 5 IT. 5 in. tall-what
should I weigh? I am a girl Of Is.
5 IT. 3 in. tall-what should 1
weigh?
A.-You should weigh respect
lively: l23 and ITO pounds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
StarLOre.
THE MOST ANCIENT HUMAN
RELICS


While the rocks OVERLAPPING the
earth give proof Of being at least
1000 million years old, the life Of
man on the planet evidently appear
cd at the eleventh hour. for the
latest evidence shows that he has
been here but about l,00O.0O years.
The man who has brought the
latest evidence To light is Reid Moir
OF Ipswich. England. who in 1909
discovered flint implements of hui
man design in what is known by
geologists as the Pliocene White
Crag deposit. Henry Fairfield Os-
born. n distinguished authority,
contends that the geological loca-
ton Of these implements gives them
a date Of 100000 years B. c.
Answers TO Foregoing Questions
!. Fiorella III. La Guardia; mayor
Of New York; Republican.
2. 0din.
3. Olympia.
4. Proverbs xix 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-15
CHAPTER XVIII

Chatty knew perfectly well why
Mrs. Van wanted TO see her.
She knew that she vas going to
try to find out from her all that she
could about the mild affair that Mr..
Van was having with Agnes Her
ford.
And she spent the rest of the aft
ernoon trying to make up her mind
how much-if anything-she would
tell her.
IF I say anything against Mr..
Van I'll probably lose my job here"
she decided at last. 80 I won't do
that-and I'll NEVER confess to
stealing that diary. NEVER"
She was pretty sure that the theft
Of the diary would be traced
to her.
For the only person who knew
that she had taken 1t was Dave Jor-
dan-and Dave had told her he
never would tell a living soul what
he knew.
so I'm safe" thought Chatty.
comfortably, figuring 1t all out
through the slow. sleepy hours of
the afternoon. "And Dave will get
over his peeve pretty soon-and
everything viii be Just as It was
yesterday"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-26
The Legal Profession

There are three men poor ignorant humans
have to trust-our doctor, banker, and our
alwyer; for most of know nothing about medicine
little about credit and banking, and not enough about
law to portect ourselves.
We don't know what is the matter with us when
we ILL., or what the doctor gives us for 1t or why.
But the medical profession has organized itself fairly
well and adopted ethics and promoted the enactment
of laws for protection. With but few occasional
exceptions, the banking business is safe portector
because of its organization and self-government.
But the lawyers who make up, for the most part,
our law-making bodies, and who have the biggest
hand in making all our laws, are tagging behind.
That is the men who have been educated and trained
for the practice of law and the bringing about of the
administration Of justice haven't done much to pro-
tect us from very small majority of legal crooks
in their profession
Bar associations form time to time tackle the
problem. Committees are appointed and reports
made. Able speeches made on what's the matter.
But things don't change much, if any, from year to
year. and the legal profession puts in time and
effort marking time than in marching forward.
Now and then there lisa blow-up, like the Stems
hardt bankruptcy case, which focuses the searchght
on publicity on the profession. Demands are made
by the abest of the lawyers that something be done
about it, but in the past the publicity died out
the public ofrgot, the lawyers got busy with their
own affairs, and nothing happened.
Isn't it abotu time something happened?