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 private toilet; 28 twin bed rooms with pullman upper berth to ac- commodate families of three, but with no deluxe accommodations and 63 standard tWo-berth state rooms. No inside staterooms on the ship.
 Dining room seats 160, and has been very attractively furnished
 Large observation room with an Iunobstructed view. This room will remain as an observation room; the large lounge and social hall on another part of the ship will also be used as dance hall. Purser's office and wireless room advantageously located, inside
 Two shelter promenade decks and a spacious boat deck with am pie room for deck games. Smoking room aft, also with un- iobstructed view.
 Barber shop orchestra, public bathrooms conveniently located.
 Every room on the Aleutian, as with the other vessels of the Alas ka Steamship Co.,, fleet, is equipped with hot and cold running fresh water Sailing every other Satur- day from Seattle, the Aleutian al- ternates with the Yukon in furnishing weekly service to Sew ard and intermediate ports. This service is augmented every other Thursday by the sailing of the s. s. Alaska to Seward
 The Aleutian was acquired and fitted as she has been, one of the finest coastWise vessels in the United States, to meet the ever in creaSing demand for superior ser vice and accommodations. both from the regular travel between Seattle and Alaska, and also to properly handle the demand for space from the tourists, who thru out the United States are eagerly turning their attention to Alaska when vacation trips are being dis cussed
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-09
SENFT E AND SHERMAN
 FINISH LONE SIEGE

Bringing with them a catch of furs, MT. and Mrs. Manley senft and William sleeman, sewardites who spent the last eight months Irapping in the Kamachak Bay dis .trict returned to Seward early to- day in the gas boat Stanley.
 Trapping was good", remarked the jovial trio after disembarkine but it was long lonely siege, and even the dogs are glad to get home" Captain Rice, skipper of the Stanley, reported very rough voyage from Kamachak Bay. where he picked up the party week ago, to Seward. A forced stop of three or four days had to be made at 1liamna until the weather permit ted the resumption of the journey. here.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-09
LET US BE CALM

Its altogether possible and maybe very probable that we may lose our minds up here in Alaska. They tell us that the long winter nights and the ice worms get into the system and jim up the works After the fat al virus of the Aurora Boreais and the said and insid ious ice take to the blood give pause; stop look and listen; maybe we'll get violent!
 The busybodies not only want to renew the protect ion on sea lions but wish protect the eagle This in addition their announced intention of protecting the bear Now then we must be calm. We must be cool and considerate.
 We be considerate first because the busybodies have such different viewpoint from us. They we'll but do they understand? Can they understand when living in the furthest East and attempting to make laws for the farthest West? Would they like our meddling in their Down East problems? Why can't they let us figure out troubles here in the North and West? We know about them than they do be- cause they are troubles right here the ground and we are the people facing them.
 If we want to kill eagles for whatever reason what soeyer must we listen to someone who knows nothing about eagles? Ii say it's fundamentally, economically and phosophically wrong to protect lions must listen to theorists who don't know what they are talking about?
 If want to kill bear to make for sheep and cattle must give up the long fight to populate Alas ka with happy families? We had thought that trying open territory onefifh of the United States
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-09

Saturday evening the Seward School Board will meet in regular session.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-09

Grasping Dame Opportunity by the foreock, Col. Q. F. Ohlson general manager of the Alaska Railroad Is giving the people of Anchorage the chance to come to Seward tomorrow, nexcursion train, and join with this city in royal welcome to the Alaska Steam ship Company liner, Aeutian. There's man after our own heart; on his toes all the time
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-09
THAT HIGHWAY CARAVAN

There will be a number of American newspaper men on that International Highway jaunt from Van couver to Hazeon to look the first thousand miles or the road from Vancouver to Fairbanks We hope we get sober report that trip That British Columbia gasoline may put Scotch smoke in the carburetors And then thlnk of lot of Americans being in free coun- 1fy No we have not been invited yet nor far as we know. any other Alaskan newspaper man
 The Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes is one of he outstanding natural wonders of the world Strange see that wonder
 Sourdough Bill rises up to remark that this new elec1c bakery in town certainly should turn out light bread.
 We didn't do So bad only missed the icebreakln ume by steen thousands of seconds How about YOU? SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEKLY FOR 5 PER YEAR
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Thank goodness the ice has gone out at Nenana and especially that friend John Mackwiz young prosepector got into the money. John has long been trying his property Mile 40 and an extra nine thous and should put him thru in fine shape
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-09

EASTMAN KODAK SUPPLIES DEVELOPING, PRINTING. EN- PLACEMENTS, HAND COLORED ALASKA VIEWS, at SchalIerer's Alaska Shop.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Few Find Contentment
in Complete Idleness

There was once a Brockton man
who gave up work as travelling
salesman for a Boston concern
after many years of going to and
fro. Freed from his habitual occu-
patton he was restless and unhap-
py. Leisure was something that
palled upon him So he got desk
room in his old haunts in Boston,
invested in a commuters ticket,
went in every morning, met people
he knew, lunched at his favorite
place, came back home in the aft
ernoon - and was comparatively
content.
1t is hard to break away from
long-followed routine and find sus-
tanned satisfaction in either idle
ness, play or travel. Without the
daily mental or physical work to
which a man has become accus-
toned there is something lacking
in life. Almost without exception
retiring from business while still
vigorous in body and mind is a
mistake. Not one man in a hun
dred can do it and keep either well
or happy.-Brockton (Mass.) En-
terprise.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Many Theories About
National Flag Design

There are various theories re-
garding the origin of the design of
our national flag. and most histo-
rians do not consider the Betsy
Ross legend as trustworthy. 1t is
true that Washington's family coat
of-arms contained both stars and
stripes, but these had been used in
other flags before 1776. The Grand
Union flag, the first to float over
the navy, consisted of 13 stripes,
alternately red and white. with a
union bearing the crosses of st.
George and st. Andrew. signifying
the mother country. Some histo-
rians believe that the stripes were
taken from the flag and the stars
from the colonial banner of Rhode
island. Others maintain that the
idea of the flag came from the
Netherlands, as Franklin and
Adams, who were sent to that coun-
try to borrow money for aid, told
the Dutch that America had bor-
rowed much from them, including
the ideas represented in the flag.
Another claim is that the stars
were taken from the 13-starred
constellation Lyra and signified
harmony"
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
ffessina Rightly Claims
Efost Wonderful Clock

Mess;na, one of the most impor-
tant towns i'm Sicily. is regaining
the gl0rieS il LOST in the appalling
earthquake some - years ago. One
of the most striking of its new
buildings is tower which con-
tains the most wonderful clock in
the world.
The tower is surmOunted by a
bronze lion holding the city flag in
IFS front paws. At midday the lion
lashes its tail. waves the flag, and
roars A bronze cock placed be-
low the lion crows a greeting to
sunrise. noon and sunset. Two
arched recesSes contain the bells
upon which the hours are struck
by figures of Diana and Clarenza.
the heroines who saved the city
from being sacked by the French
after the Sicilian Vespers in 1852.
On each of the four sides of the
tower is luminous dial eight feet
in diameter upon which are dis
played the phases of the moon, a
perpetual calendar, and the move
ment of the planets round the sun.
Below the clock face is a stage
upon which mechanical figures en-
act scenes appropriate to the great
feasts of the church.-London Tit
Bits.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Not Known How Podunk
Acquired Odd Meaning

Podunk is a derisive name for
any small Out-of-the-way country
town or village, says an article in
Pathfinder Magazine. No such post
office is listed in the United States
Postal Guide, and it is not known
how the name acquired its odd
meaning. AS early as 1877 John r.
Bartlett defined Podunk as "a term
applied to an imaginary place in
burlesk writing or speaking" The
name is of Indian origin.
The Podunk Indians were a small
tribe who lived in South Windsor,
Hartford county. Conn.,. and Po-
dunk, their village, was at the
mouth of a small stream which still
bears the name POdunk. At the
close of King Phillips war in 1876
the Podunks, also known as the
Windsor Indians, disappeared with
the hostile warriors and never re-
turned.
There is Il Podunk pond in North
Brookfeld, Worcester county. Mass,
and a lOcsi historian gives the In
dian nearing of the name as place
of burning" 1t seems more prob
able that POdunk is identical with
Potunk, a place name on Long
Island, which is probably derived
from 'P'tuk-Ohke," an Algonquinian
word meaning "a neck or corner of
land"
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Revere Remembered for
Skill as Silversn1ith

Paul Revere may 20 down in his
tory to the world at large for his
famous ride to rouse the Minute
men and warn them of the approach
of the British. but in New England
a personal touch will be added to
the stories told Of him through the
fact that many samples Of his skill
as a silversmith still exist and are
highly priced heirlooms in many a
home.
His example in designing silver
has been followed so successfully
that the silversmiths of New Eng
land now enjoy reputation
wherever table silver is known.
The silver used in the manufac-
ture Of tableware comes into the
factories in ingOts. sheets or wires.
1t is stamped into the various out
lines and designs desired and then
gradually worked into the shapes
sought. The silver is annealed be-
tween stems in order to keep it soft
and pliahle.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Sometimes Folding Bed
Surprised Its Occupant

One of the earliest manifesto
tions of a cOngested population in
New York was the folding bed,
writes Henry Collins Brown in Val
entine's Manual. This ingenious
piece of furniture was designed to
camouf1age its real purpose by as
suming during the daytime various
alien shapes, such as that of a
wardrobe, desk or chiffOnier. But
the only one who dwelt III state
of illusion was its owner. Every
body else knew it was a folding
bed, but the etiquette of the times
forbade discussion OF the subject.
1t was perfectly obvious that the
bookcase in the library of an over
crowded apartment that had the
capacity of Doctor Eliot's five-foot
book shelf was a folding bed. Like
wise that the large cheval glass in
front of an apparent cupboard con-
cealed another of the genus, but
these innocent fictions were taken
as q matter of course.
There was one type of folding
bed, however. constructed with
weights, that had a disconcerting
habit when its equilibrium was dis
turbed of folding up like a jack
knife, to the intense amazement Of
the occupant. For a stout gentle
man to find himself suddenly awak-
ened and standing on his head in
bed was only a small inconvenience
compared with the imminent dan
ger of asphyxiation that the situa-
ton afforded.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Ole Almost Deserved
to Get Away With 1t

One night. just before closing up
time, Ole Olsen came running into
the general store. hatless. coatless
and breathless, and dropping on his
knees yelled: lyon. Yon. hide me,
hide me! Ye sheriff's after ~
1--WE no place to hide We here,
ole" Yon Yonson. the proprietor,
said.
You moost. you moost," screamed
Ole.
Crawl into that gunny-sack,
then" said Yon.
He had no sooner gotten hid than
I'm ran the sheriff. hSeen 0le?" he
asked.
Don't see I'm here" said Yon,
without lyirg.
Then the sheriff went nosing
around and pretty soon he spotted
the gunny-sack over In the corner.
whats in hereT" he asked.
"Oh. ioost some old harness and
sleighbells," said Yon.
With that the sheriff gave the
sack an awful boot.
"Yingle. yingle, yinglel" moaned
Ole.-Pathfinder Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Johnson's Manners Bad

Samuel Johnson. once wrote bi-
ographer. when at table was totally
absorbed in the business of the mo-
ment: his looks seemed riveted TO
his plate: nor would he, unless
when in very high company, say one
word, or even pay the least atten-
tion to what was said by others. till
he had satisfied his appetite. which
was so fierce, and INDUCED with
such intenseness. that while in the
act of eating the veins Of his fore
head swelled, and generally a
strong perspiration was visible. TO
those whose sensations were deli
cate, this could not but be disgust
ing: and it was doubtless not very
suitable to the character of a
philosopher. who should be distin-
guished by self-command.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
No Bones About 1t

The shop had been in the Jones'
family for generations. so that
when a large notice, Under New
Management" appeared in the win
dow the villagers We're very inter
ested, and awaited curiously the
coming of the new proprietor.
AS days went by and Jones was
still behind the counter, and the no
tice still prominently displayed, one
of the holder spirits asked him
when the new people were cons
ing in.
"What new people?" replied
Jones.
you've got Under New Manage
ment' on the window"
"Oh. thatI Didn't you know I've
been and got dT'-Weekly
Scotsman.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
CHEVROLET RADIO PROGRAM
Lieut.. j. l.. Barlzley, Congressional
Medal of Honor Man, Feature

With Frazier Hunt, leading
journalistic figure and war CORES
pondent in the role of host, the
chevrolet Chronicles" continue
into the new year with Lieut.John
L. Barkley, Congressional Medal
of Honor Man, featured over
WCAO on Wednesday, January z,
at 10 D. m. No one individual in
America has a broader or more
colorful background, comprising
the whole world and all its great
figures than Mr.. Hunt. Twenty
years ago in Mexico he went
through the original Mexican Rev
olution. AS a war correspondent
he served with the American
troops in France. For months
during the bitterest and bloodiest
days of the Russian Revolution he
was the only correspondent in
oviet Russia, where he was arrest
ed as a spy and narrowly escaped
death. Mr.. Hunt has interviewed
and known personally almost all
of the world figures of the past
two decades -Gandhi of Indian,
Sun Yet Sun Of China, Lenin of
Russia, Michael Collins of Ireland,
Presidents Obregon and Gales of
Mexico, Prince of Wales, Mustapha
Kemal of Turkey, Alphonso XIII,
former President Coolidge, and a
hundred and one others. In max
ing his debut as host for the"Chev-
rolet Chronicles" Mr.. Hunt will
interview Lieut.. Barkley, member
of the Intelligence unit of the late
war, on the latter's experience in
capturing an enemy's machine gun
turning it on them and then rout-
ing them twice.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Quail Breeding Profitable

Breeding quail successfully is one
of the things that farm boys and
girls can do. It is pointed out by
agriculturists. The birds do bet
ter when they are not penned like
chickens, but they should have rea-
sonable protection, cover and food.
All predatory animals, cats, dogs,
weasels, skunks and also sharp
Skinned hawks should be killed or
kept away from the birds. Wild
grapevine, high grass at fence cor
ners, underbrush. all make good
covers and vines may be planted on
steep or rocky ground, not useful
for cultivation. With ordinary care
a dozen pairs of quail will increase
TO many hundred pairs in a few
years.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
BLACK ROT NOW IN SWEETS
Farmers and Brokers are Losing
Thousands of Baskets

Black rot has appeared in prac-
tically all the sweet potato stor-
age houses in lower Delaware, and
is playing havoc with what prom
ised to be one of the best keeping
sweet potato crops ever raised on
this peninsula. AS result of the
appearance of the rot, the brokers
and farmers are losing thousands
of baskets of sweets. The rot
makes the sweets" unfit for ship
ping purposes and consequently
the potatoes are a total loss to the
owners. When the crop was dug
early in the Fall it had the appear
ance that it would keep well in the
hot houses, owing to the dryness
of the potatoes, due to the dry
weather which prevailed while the
crop was in the making.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Trip Doctor johnson Missed

The history of st. Kilda might
have been happier had James Bos-
well carried out the project he once
entertained of purchasing the iso-
lated little islands, says an article
in a London paper.
He consulted Doctor Johnson,
who took up the idea with enthu-
siasm.
pray do so, SIR" said the Great
Cham. 1--WE will go there and pass
a winter amid the blasts. We shall
have fine fish, and we will take
some dried tongue with us and some
books"
Despite such Encouragement, Bos-
well changed his mind-perhaps
after an examination of his purse
and the purchase was never
effected.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Early Railroad Records

AS early as 1916 a record was
made in England Of 45 miles in -
minutes. At one time the train was
proceeding at the rate of one mile
in As seconds, or "at the astonish-
ing velocity of 75 miles an hour"
In the same year the American
Railroad Journal said: "The other
day on the London and Birming-
ham, and on the Great Northwest
ern railway, rate Of travel at the
speed of So miles an hour was ac-
complished. The express trains on
these lines run at the rate of nearly
50 miles an hour, stoppage includ-
ed" During 1S4S the Antelope en-
gines on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road made a speed of 60 miles an
hour.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Old English Eellnan
Master of His Craft

A famous bellman in old England
was a wandering tinker called
John Waylett He lived in the
Eighteenth century, and was the
best repairer in England. His ways
were simple He lived like any
tramp, sleeping where he could.
eating what he could beg. When
he came to village he called on the
vicar and asked if the bells needed
repairing. If they did, he used to
dig mold in field near the
church. Then he pivoted a com
pass on a stake and drove it into
the bottom of the pit. Around this
he built up brickwOrk with fire in
it. The mold he stuffed with soft
clay, bound with calves hair. When
the mold was thoroughly baked,
metal was poured in and the bell
was done.
John Waylett's good sound bells
yield a single note at a time. If a
bell is tapped just above the curve
of the top it will yield a note an
octave above the consJnant. If it
is tapped One-forrth from the bot
tom it will peal fifth of an octave,
and at the three-quarter line it
will sound a third of an octave.
But there is still further technique
in English bell ringing. There is
hunting" and lodging" and
Swapping" and plain bob" and
bob triple" and bob major" and
"grandsire bob cater" and so on.
Old John Waylett used to say that
it would take 81 years to ring all
the changes on II bells at two
strokes a second, and some later
mathematician says that to COM
plete the sounds of "a bells would
take 17,000,0O0,000 years.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
Spanish Island

Majorca is the largest island of
the Balearic group, possession Of
Spain, with an area of 430 square
miles. The population in 1920 was
269. .763. The inhabitants are closely
related to the Catalans, but the
long period of Moorish rule has left
its mark on their physical type and
customs. The Castilian language is
spoken by the upper and CONNER
cial classes; the lower and agricul-
tural classes speak a dialect Of
Catalan, and there is a French
speaking colony at Soller.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS
NEW CASTLE COUNTY DRAWN
1881 GRAND JURY BEGINS
TERM ON JANUARY 5TH
Petit Jurors to Serve i'm Court of
General Sessions and Superior
Court Beginning January IL


The 1881 Grand Jury was drawn
for New Castle County, Delaware,
by Jury Commissioners Wednes-
day and will begin their term of
service on January 5, when the
court convenes for the January
term. The names were drawn by
Lambson and Robert D. Kemp.
The jurors are as follows: First
Representative district, Henry ].
Van Gasken; Second, Sherman H.
Stradley and George B. Ward;
Third, Casper Toppin and Richard
Reese; oFurth, Paul ]. Dougherty;
Fifth, Erdman Hoffman and Har-
ry S. Metz; Sixth, George Sellers
Smith and John w. Mccoy; Sew
enth, Caleb Stabler and Swithin c.
Chandler; Eighth, ]. Leslie East
burn; Ninth, John P. Armstrong
and Henry E. Vinsinger; Tenth,
Patrick McGrory and Edward Y.
Platt; Eleventh, ]. Irwin Dayett;
Twelfth, William Mcconnell and
William G. Janvier; Thirteenth,
Fred w. Bray and Clarence E.
Pool; Fourteenth, William Y. Eli
son; Fifteenth, Harry S. Wood
keeper. The following persons
have been drawn to serve as jurors
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer
commencing January 10: First
Representative district, Cleveland
Edward; Second, John N. Doto and
William L. Wiley; Third, Oliver l.
Gentry and William F. Well, Jr.;
Fourth, James A. Otwell; Fifth,
Leonard Pratt and William ]. Cor
rail-; Sixth, o. B. Wingate and
John L. Graham; Seventh, William
Carpenter and Henry Mccullough;
Eighth, ]. Clarence Little; Ninth,
Millard F. Ritchie, Jr., and George
Butler; Tenth, Charles Yetter and
William T. Harrington; Eleventh,
Harvey Lee; Twelfth, Carlisle 3.
/ Spicer and Frank LaBoube; Thir-
/ teenth, Robert S. Carpenter and
William McMullin, Jr.; Fourteenth
Samuel j. Nowland; Fifteenth, FL
mer David. Petit jurors to serve
in the Court of General Sessions
and Superior Court, commencing
January II, have been drawn as
follows: First representative dis
trict, Slant B. Atkins and William
Cannon; second, George Hanley,
Charles Forwood, Walter Brinton
and Jessie B. Waller; third, Roger
Williams, Arthur P. Van Gelder,
Jacob T. Clymer, and Alfred g.
Walton, Jr.; fourth, Matthew d.
Black and Herbert L. Lang; fifth,
William ]. Johnson, Thomas Bay
ard Lynch, Harry A. Griffenburg,
and Sylvester Haley; sixth, Oliver
T. Pieper and George c. Hutton;
seventh, Charles N. Bradway, Paul
Woodward, Charles N. Barlow and
Charles w. McCleary; eighth, ,Tay-
lor Magargal and Walter Smalley;
ninth, Clarence Foster and John T.
McKeown; tenth, Charles M. Ap-
pleby, Arville Davis, Barton Hop
kins and Charles Hewlett; eleven
tn, Richard Brown and David
Whitten; twelfth, William O.Moore
and Herbert Bentleyfh thirteenth,
Lester Naylor and John r. Ennis;
fourteenth, Russell Townsend and
George E. Shahan.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-31

February. His parents have been
separated for several years. The
lad is also survived by brother,
Thomas, Jr., IA years old, and a
sister, Alice, 10 years old. The
little girl lives with her mother in
Delmar, while the others lived
with their father.