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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-15

Oh yes, a year make lot of difference. Some people right now are worrying over what we shall do after Prohibition-L Louisville Herald PoSt)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-15

What we gre curious to know is whether dry after leaning on the Republican Party for 10 years can really walk alone-(Buffalo Courier -Express)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
HUNTERS SHOW TN NCREASE IN
 PAST SEASON
Alaska Guides Company to Exploit Valley of
 10000 Smokes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska.-In the hunting season approaching a close, the Alaska Guides. a company or ganized to furnish guides and equipment to hunters, has shown an increase in business over last year, with more hunters in the field this fall than were handled a year ago.
 The Alaska Guides have expand ed their operations this season into the White River country. They also are hunting in the Rainy Pass district, Rainy Pass, Carlo, Chicka- loon, Knik River, Kenai Peninsula, and Snug Harbor, and may include Kodiak island before the end of the season. Next year the company will feature sightseeing trips into the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes using. airplanes for transportation to and from the valley, and operat-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
JOHN PTACK, 62,
 WHO LIVED HERE
 DIESIN SEATTLE
Widow of Well Known Fur Farmer Leaves on
 Princess Louise

John Ptack. 62 years, wellknown in Juneau, died yesterday in Se- attle He had been in poor health several years Mrs Ptack left this morning on the steamship Prin- cess Louise for Seattle. Besides, the widow, the immediate surviving relatives are three daughters, and a number of grandchildren.
 MT. Ptack was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia On coming to the United States, he first went to Kansas. Later he moved to Wash ington State, where he made his home in Charleston, Kitsap Coun- ty. He retained property there and was possessed of it at the time of his death. He came to Juneau in 1913. For several years he was engaged in the barber business, his shop being owned now by Frank Heller.
 While in the barber business, MT. Ptack became interested in the fur bearing animal industry and when he sold his barber business he established fur farm on Cogh- Ian Island, near the western en- trance to Gastineau Channel. He has been successful in the enter prise. He and Mrs. Ptack made their home on the island
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
SEATTLE GETS MORE LUMBER
 FROM JUNEAU
Cargo Carrier Panama Has Capacity Load of
 Freight

More Juneau lumber for Seattle From ports to the Westward, the Alaska Steamship Company's cargo carrier, Panama, Capt. H. Odsen arrived here this morning to load 150,000 feet of clear lumber at the wharf of the Juneau Lumber Mills for the Northwest Spruce Company of Seattle.
 The vessel is taking a capacity cargo south She has canned sal mon, herring oil and herring meal from various canneries and reduc- tion plants, and copper ore from Cordova. She also has aboard a cannery crew from Uyak,. Kodiak Island.
 She will leave for Seattle this evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04

ing a pack train and saddle horses within the valley to take the sight seery to the many points of inter est.
 Will Advertise Trip
 This trip will be extensively ad- vertised throughout the states and the company will be prepared to take care of a large number of visitors during the season.
 The company also is preparing for a large increase next summer in the number of hunting parties
 Literature has been mailed to many thousands of sportsmen in the States and it is the intention of Robert s. Bragaw, president oi the Alaska Guides, to make a trir to the States during the winter te form personal contacts with big game hunters with view to book ing them for season in Alaska. Forty Men in Field The Alaska Guides have about 40 men in the field this season, the personnel including the foremost guides of the Territory, as well a. many of the North's best knowr sourdough packers and camp chefs. The company has been adding steadily to the number of it's pacl and saddle animals until it now ha' about TO head of stock. The com. pany has a ranch of its own neal the Alaska Railroad at Eklutna having acquired the Turner place which is accessible both by rail ane boat.
 The Eklutna ranch will be made the general headquarters of thu company for stock and equipment -(Anchorage Times).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
WIFE OF ENSIGN BRITT COMING ON
 VISIT TO JUNEAU

Mrs. Jacob Britt, wife of Ensign Britt, is coming north on the Yu- kon, which sailed from Seattle this morning. She will be guest of MT. and Mrs. William Britt for several weeks, before leaving for the East to visit her mother and other relatives at Baltimore.
 Ensign Britt has left San Diego with the fleet for maneuvers in southern waters for several months. He and Mrs. Britt had been living at San Diego for several months. They will resume their residence at San Diego, where Ensign Britt will have land duty, after the fleet maneuvers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
SEA PIGEON : TO BE FLOWN
 TO SEATTLE
Craft Will Return Here After Undergoing Fed
 eral Inspection q

Preparatory to test flight, the seaplane Sea Pigeon of the Pioneer Airways, which was submerged in Gastineau Channel after having been forced to light recently, has been moved from the Cash Cole warehouse on Willoughby Avenue to Thane, and the craft may take the air this afternoon. She is expected to start tomorrow on a flight to Seattle, where she will be inspected by the Department of Commerce's aviation representative in the Puget Sound metropolis. She is scheduled to return to Ju- neau early next week to resume commercial flying.
 On the flight to Seattle, the Sea Pigeon will carry Jerry Smith, pilot: Thomas Johnson and John Smith. mechanics, and Roy Jones, general manager of Pioneer Airways.
 The seaplane Skagway of the Alaska Washington Airways, which flew yesterday with passengers to Ketchikan, is not expected to return here before tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
CHURCH ADDITION
 WILL BE READY WITHIN 30 DAYS
Improvement to Lutheran Edifice Will Represent
 $3, 500 Outlay

Completion of the addition to the /, Resurrection Lutheran Church, cor ner of Main and Third Streets. is expected within month, according to Rev. Harry R. Allen, the pastor. The addition, on the south side of the church building, will have a frontage of g feet on Main Street and will be 45 feet deep. In the rear part will be small kitchen. The new structure will accommo- date the Sunday school classes and will also be used for the various entertainments that the church or l. it's parishioners sponsor from time to time.
 In the partition between the ad- dition and the church, an aperture 20 feet wide, with folding doors. will be made, so that when de- sired both the buildings can be opened into one large room. When completed, the addition with its heating plant will repre- sent 8 monetary outlay of $3,500.
 
 LET Almqulss t.ress TOUT Suit. We call and deliver. Phone t28
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
HONOR GERMAN SAILORS

HAMBURG-Tribute to the Ger man victims of the Battle of Jut- land was paid by 300 members of the Steel Helmet" organization of war veterans. Voyaging to North Cape, they cast a wreath on the waters where the memorable naval engagement was fought May 31, 1916.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
CITY COUNCIL HANDLES
 ONLY ROUTINE MATTERS

The City Council, in it's first meeting for October, last night transacted only routine business in a brief session. Beyond paying the regular monthly bills, no busi- ness of importance came before the session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04

The Women's Shakespeare Club of Llano, Tex, is to erect monu- ment to Llano County men who died in the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
ELKS PURPLE BUBBLE
 BALL NEXT SATURDAY

The Elks Annual Purple Bubble Ball. one of the features of the entertainment season, is slated to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
PALACE THEATRE TONIGHT

One Meadows Electric Washing Machine will be given away by the Meadows Shop. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04


 be staged in Elks. Hall next Satur- day evening. Fayors for the event have already been received and are the most unique ever presented by the Bills.
 The ball this year will be invita- tional, 1t has been announced. Mem bers who desire invitations for friends can obtain them by apply ing to members of the committee in charge. This is composed of Messrs. M H. Jorgenson, H. M, Porter, Al Lundstrom, Harry Murray, J. A Davis, E. M. Goddard and H. Mes Serschmidt. A.ss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04

North Carolina has more, than dozen living trees that have wit messed or taken part in historical events.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04
HALLAHANLETS AS DOWN WITH
 SEVEN SINGLES
Card Southpaw Cheeks Sluggers While Mates
 Rout } Pitchers

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-04

LET Almqulss f.ress Tour Suit We call and deliver. Phone b28
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Ihlll III want thrills. Without
we, We If life is a tame affair; We e
thnllts g. iit the thrilling moments of
I've I've. l ws endure the rest. We judge
lte' ., vi of an experience largely
the ". tair amount of ''kick' we get
BY u ne # Two young fellows of
o.. .E n and cultured families con-
Esall1{i n 'r court that they commit
II isi'S murder for a thrill
''r o.,4 wbv? There must be a psy-
,Dl1 a' and biological basis for
tn0l uvi55espread and fundamental a
! sIre to action. There is.
W. pssore the dawn of civilization
D ancestors lived for many CEN
e gu under the most thrilling con-
i a4;ons' not knowing what moment
Ol'i Sremv, man or beast, might fur
= - excitement. To kill and to
u ~ Filled were the chief occupation
md pastime Of every man.
No have inherited a nervous sys-
l.. !" which Graves thrills because it
!; - srcanized for that type of ex-
.,sscion. The veneer of civiliza-
Eon with its safeguards and re-
' ~ has increased rather than
iIs,,sned the desire for thrilling ex-
p1nces'
n some pious reformer is shock
a bv our mad thirst for thrills,
q will do well to look at himself.
u would see that he is getting
Ii. uOta of thrills by his very cru.
s.de against thrills. The differ
mce is merely in the means of ex-
msssion. No man can live without
Drills. For every normal human
king the thrilling experience is
rl life.
Next Week-Why Guest Towels
Are Never Used.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

some of them seem TO think that
anything they are not at the head
of, seems to them all at once to
become a good for nothing bunch.
l do not agree with those princi
pies. | am a Dagmar farmer, and
l was even born in Denmark, and
have perhaps been getting along
as well as some of the rest of the
Dagmar farmers. At least l have
been able to stay so far. But /
want TO give credit where it be-
longs, whether it be to a Dagmar
Farmer or any other farmer or ad-
ministration.
AS for your Business Manager,
Mr.. Dagmar Farmer, l would rath-
er have our county organized into
township organizations, and have
each a chairman of those organs
cations together with representa-
tives from the cities constitute the
County Board, and meet at differ
ent times at least once each year
and let them run the County and
fire the County Commissioners.
The more power you put into one
mans hands the more corruption
as rule we get.
] did not at the last two cleo.
tons get what l voted for, sorry
to say, but as long as the majori-
ty wants it that way, l will just
like the rest, have to pay my share
of the burden, the majority is
putting on the rest of us and as
for them | hope they will get all
they have voted for, even if a few
here and there do get little hand
out that we who voted the other
way, of course, will not get, at
least if it is known the way we
stand on those matters. So here
is hoping that we may again have
change for the better in County
Government.
One More Dagmar Farmer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

HOMESTEAD


W. H. Bronson of Spokane, Wn.,
having spent the holidays here
with his daughter, Mrs. l.. A. Stout
and her family, started back to
his home Saturday afternoon of
the past week.
Martin Gronlie was successful in
making a trip to Froid and back
Monday afternoon of this week, by
car.
Mrs. H. A. Knudtson made a
business trip to Williston, N. D.,
by train the latter part of the past
week.
Mrs. E. E. Gerhold is spending
the holidays at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Bradsho,
who lives at Bainville.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Niekirk and
daughter spent Christmas Day at
the home of Mrs. Neikirk's par
ents at Trenton, N. d.
Miss Ruth Nygaard of Medicine
Lake spent the past week end Wis
ting Miss Mabel Ford here.
The local Town basketball team
took on the Froid town team in
the school gym, Saturday night,
and was successful in winning by
top heavy score. A very pleas
ant time was enjoyed at the local
Legion hall after the game, the -di-
version being dancing for which
very good music was furnished by
local talent.
Henry Skillingberg, who is en-
ployed at Glasgow, came home last
week to spend the Christmas Holt
{ day with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hans Skillingberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Casper enter
tanned the Mcneil family of Froid,
Christmas Day.
Ethel Murray, her daughter and
Mrs. Arthur lick made trip to
Williston, N. D., by train the lat
ter part of the past week.
Prof. and Mrs. C.. d. Stegner
who teaches east of Homestead in
District No. 5 school, were house
guests at the home of Prof. anC
Mrs. E. H. Fellbaum Christmas
week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Larson anC
sons Baxter and Hickey went bC
Scobey by train Tuesday morning
to spend New Years with the fam
lily of Mr.. E. r. Larson, M. BIS
brother.
| Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. McNalley
went to Plentywood by train last
Thursday.
Sam Engebretson spent Christ
mas day in Froid.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Phelps en-
tertained as Christmas dinner
guests: Reuben Gronlie, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Martin Gronlie and Roberr
Gene, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Olness
Mr.. and Mrs. d. D. Bolyard anC
Donald Kirk and Mr.. and Mrs. e
j. Olness and Irma Jean.
Bert Engebretsen is spending th'
Christmas and New Year holiday
with friends at Williston, N. ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. E. Johnson ant
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Arson Brown en-
tertained as Christmas Dime
guests. Arnold, Leroy and Clar
ence Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. E. FL
Fellbaum, and Mr.. and Mrs. C. d
Stegner.
Alton and Halles Waller, VIII,
are living at Poplar, Mont, thi
lWlnter, spent the holidays wit
their brothers, Myron and Sander
here.
Miss Emily Bradsho of Bainvill
Is visiting here at the home of he
cousin, Miss Lenore Knudtson.
Mrs. Clara Bradsho left previ
Gus to Christmas Day to make a
extended visit with friends an
relatives at Harvey, Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Olness an
lrma Jean entertained as Sunda
Gunner guests: Mr.. and Mrs. J. s
Omess, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Gror
lie and Robert Gene, Mr.. and Mr.
=. 3: Phelps and Elizabeth An
and Mr.. and Mrs. d. D. Bolyar
and Donald Kirk.
G. B. Phelps made a bushes
Trip to Plentywood between train
Tuesday of thsi week.
A. A. Hannah of Wolf Poir
made his regular business ca
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
What's What in Washington

Perhaps some people will say IT
was mean trick. and maybe it was.
but that did Witness Lakin no good;
the committee had his letters.
DOSSIBLY Witness Lakin would
1 have been less Informative other
wise.
For instance. would he have volun-
teered the item that the Cuban sugar
folk were mindful of Edwin P Shat
tuck's acquaintance with President
Hoover?-when they hired Shattuck
as their $4,000 lawyer.
Would he have mentioned his
scheme to mobilize Latin American
ill-feeling against the United States?
-&s a means of holding the sugar
rate down.
Would he have quoted Maj. Gen
Enoch H Crowder?-as giving him
the military tip that. I'm case Of
war. any attempt to keep a traffic
lane open between the Philippines
with their sugar resourcesl and the
United States would be promptly
abandoned"
How much Witness Lakin might
have told il the committee had not
had his letters is pure guesswork-
because the committee did have bis
letters.
ITO be sure. there is nothing to
show that Shattuck's acQuaint-
ance with President Hoover helped
the Cuban sugar folk bit
Latin America Is not overly friend
ly to the United States anyway.
The supposed inside dope concern
ing the general stafrs plan relative
to q traffic lane from here to the
Philippines liz not o. very weighty
military secret-because everyone
with lick OF sense knows the Unit
ed States could not possibly keep
such q lane open In the event OF O
war of any consequence.
But 1t is a safe bet that Witness
Lakin did not like having extracts
from his letters read to him. to be
questioned about
HE same thing happens every
4 time there is an investigation In
Washington.
The investigators invariably have
unearthed a fine batch of letters.
Just as invariably each of them
} winds up with the signature Of one
big business man or another. conn
hitting him to a lot of statement
that 1t seems as If he must havs
| been crazy to breathe word OF. ex'
cept In the seclusion of a burglar
proof vault Instead of which he hai
set them down in cold. unescapapi'
black and white. over his own name
1t almost suggests that big busi
ness men are not as slick, on ~
taverage. as we think they are.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
BY CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

TTT Al HING IN, D. c.
wv How a man can be caught
by a cleverly-hidden dictaphone is
not so hard to understand. He
does not know that the darn con-
trapcion is there, recording every
word he says.
Maybe he ought to be more careful
about making compromising remarks.
Maybe he ought to examine the walls
der the bed before he says a word.
However. the dictaphone system of
detection is comparatively new. 1t
Is not yet instructive for a conspira-
tor to do more than lower his voice
when he wants to communicate by
word of mouth with partner In one
of his plots
But it does seem as If a. the in
herited experience Of the ages should
make 1t almost second nature for
anyone of the most rudimentary good
Judgment to avoid having awkward
letters, with his name signed to them.
knocking around.
How account, then. for the extra
ordinary indiscretion Of as keen a
business man as Herbert c. Lalxin
Can individual shrewd enough to have
risen to the presidency OF the $176,-
100000 Cuba company in leaving
whole reams of such correspondence
where Il could fall into the hands of
Senator Caraway'z lobby investigat-
fnx committee7-to play horse with
him for days, rs Caraway and his
colleagues did, In connection with the
sugar tariff inquiry they have been
having so much fun with
POSSIBLY there were few OF his
Il extremely urgent communica-
tions that Witness Lakin simply had
TO send by mail Even SO. would II
not look as IL he might have written
In cipher, or yelled his language
little, or at least have added?-"Burr
this Immediately" in a postscript al
the end.
Did he adopt any of these precau'
lions?
why he not only wrote volumin
ously, in the plainest terms-with M
warning whatever; without so muci
as the notation PERSONAL---VERY. h
kept carbon copies Of all he wrote
He kept his answers. too-carbons
orswers and all-in his office files
neatly classified alphabetically. for al
aaao+ ~ the lobby committee to fin'
without even rummaging.
DOUBTLESS Witness Lakin figures
mat no lobby agent would DO any
thing so unceremonious as 70 go dig
cling in his fling cabinet de wa
too trustful. One dio-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Missoula-Representing the larg-
est individual sugar beet acreage
contract since the Amalgamated
Sugar company entered the west
ern Montana field, L. E. Tucker,
Missoula, has contracted with the
company to produce 75O acres in
1880.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

S---->-------A
FAVORS AFARMERS'
ADMINISTRATION
Producers News,
plnnt,rn,nnd Mnnt

Producers News,
PentywOOd, Mont.
see in your paper letters just
signed by some Dagmar Farmer.
Il you let me do the same way, /
would like to comment little.
lam also a Dagmar farmer, hav-
ing paid taxes in what is now
Sheridan county, for at least the
last fifteen or twenty years. ]
have voted and supported the Far
ner-LabOr Party, but now comes
another Dagmar Farmer saying
that he thinks we got it in the
neck when we voted for chat good
for nothing farmer bunch" or "the
business administration" So what
i one going to do about it?
was thinking the articles in
Jour paper of both November 10Th
and also December 9th, "signed, A
Dagmar Farmer were all right,
and II there is nothing in them but
what can be proven, then it don't
sem to show up so very good for
Ne business administration" at
al.
IN the article signed another
pagmar Farmer" he seems to con-
Sscct himself quite a little. First
% goes on to show the levies for
We bond sinking fund for the
!saN from 1920 to 1929. 1t shows
Sa' the years of 1922-23-24 and 70
were was nothing levied for such
.luld at all, and those years were
a aSIu VI | remember right) the
.4y years that the Farmer-Labor,
Ie good for nothing Farmer
p p.Sl had control of the County
Soata And this, if it is true, that
s M same bunch paid off something
AZ. : nall a million dollars of old
] SsJ .I N those same years, and yet
saa SIVOOOO left in the treasury
y asOOOers to get away with, ant
] 0u VIC same time made the taxes
] oom, .' men that Dagmar Farmers
] En don't look right to me.
OssL ]ss ne says we got it in the
4, A ,s ana then he calls them "good
srs0 aO'ang." Maybe he has ref.
not Ss; 70 the County Treasurer
| b., b. 0sng able to stay off the rob.
sSonla out the Dagmar Farmer
stsrso. remember that Bert Tor,
vSsS sOa is only a little man ant
] ber Two; TWO Dig ones Cor if l remem.
small gnu guy one big one and one
not 81 one me- come with guns, it il
Seems = : easy at all, but it sur,
business De good thing TO, tn,
seems sOD. administration, as i
Tie co' some one was able to kee,
before u my. from getting it back
get fun nat. administration cpult
get it and sSSIl'rol' so that they coul,
helps 'iiO have it TO spend. It al
! t ca'I 1, he says: So the School Dis
TSSds lowered their levie eS'; 3 mills MS
y ConmrGil.tG:u business! And the Coun
make a rss,' levied 8 mills t
and then more wonderful business s,
Districts asks where the Scbo@
their le @9en 5 School Districts l lowe we
Wonderfully FINES So 3 mills, that I nav aV" 5
cOnndisSs~iea,r but where the cou unt
ays. and refund n5a te lev tssvie s. liE
done. | did not know vt that a'1 ws
he Ccuntt11 lnk ling that the levi,
were used iy ). Commissioners ir na'
rs p q other frs rdRem ans ar
n he The so sssa&4dinistIsstsionna. s so so
sonethhrr d y J Know, and have ave- IN I.
sSonf. 70 do with it, for olaI ! sn n,
atom Sr'n my experisD..
Farmesa '1 some of tbe anu assoc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
Why We Do 1t
WHY We Want Thrills
b. MEHRANK THOMPSON, Phi. D.
Author Of "The Springs of Human Action"

,,ru Id Lindbergh capture the heart of the worldp
why uo ride in the roller coaster and score of other
Why designed to scramble your nsides and you
f growb' Why do you read tales of hair
% pa esi ai the risk o Sop why
do YOU beer say Because you riding for pleas
BE Wbv are dangerous games and sports more attrac-
as Wbv does the nation go wild over prize fighta
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

With accusation after prohibition
E is
prohibit the
General
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forms aheadya reinefec