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The Kusko times., 1930-07-19

Wrangell, by an overwhelming vote, decided to erect new plant at the cost of $5O,OO0. It will also be an up- to-date modern building for use of both the elementary and high school classes.
 Interest is being shown in a pro- posed summer school for the teachers of Alaska. The president of the Alaska College and the regents have endorsed such move. It is thought that the College could handle it more satisfactorily, as the necessary ad- ministrative machinery is already available. The conditions may ma terialize so that a school can be held the summer of 1881. A number of teachers have shown keen interest in such a move, and a thorough canvass through questionaire will be made this coming winter to determine fur ther information and data relative to the advisability of summer school for teachers.
 Figures to date show a favorable growth in the enrolment of pupils in the schools. The year 1929-3O showed slightly more than 5000 pupils en- rolled in the Territorial schools. A larger enrolment is looked for dur ing the term soon to end.
 For the information of the readers there were approximately 1O,O00 pu- pills enrolled last year in all schools of the Territory. The Territorial schools showed about 5000. the Bu- reau schools approximately the same number, and the mission schools ae- counted for about 1000 pupils.
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19
MY FATHERS CABIN.

Oh l am longing tonight for that
 cabin
 That stands by a hidden stream; Grass and willows grow on the roof, And the walls to the .northward
 lean. The interior is old and smells of
 must
 A miners clothes hang there still, On the floor are pieces of windlass
 rope,
 And a rusted bit and drill A rusted gun on a pair of moose
 horns
 Hangs over the sagging door, And fine network of spider webs Hangs from roof to floor. That was my fathers cabin, As it looked just ten years aga; The roof by now has fallen in And. the north wind over 1t blows.
 AUTHOR ESCAPED.
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19
PSALM OF TRADE.

At the rising of the sun he goeth forth to his place of business and none interferes with his slumber. He sitteth all day like a bottle of castor oil, but people of shekels come not near him. He advertiseth not his wares and his place is forgotten on the face of the earth.
 Who hath dried apples? Who hath baking powder without end? Whose groceries are old and stale? He that sitteth like a bump on log! He that knoweth not the ways of printers.
 Verify his days on earth shall be as sore thumb; his business shall be the main actor in sheriff's sale.
 For even as a man shall cease act ing indifferently toward his fellows shall his days be long in the land.
 And he who advertiseth long and ceaseth not to advertise, to him shall be added all the joys of gleaning ko- peks and plucking eagles.
 Be ye, therefore, wholly observant. abiding in the wake of those who blaze forth to the world that they have something to sell, and are sell ing it.
 For verify it is good stuf.-Fred A. Beard in the Grand River Gowa) Local.
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19

ing purposes. l have devoted my life to experimentation. Breeding minks are valued at between $2OO and $500 a pair. Today qne perfect pelt brings around $6O."
 t takes 100 pelts for one full length wrap! And one such coat re- tails for from $l,O00 to S15,000!
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19

Aacnmparison of the burden of ex- penditures for education of European countEnS and the United States is shown hy the following figures: Great Britain, 22 per cent; Norway, 20 per cent; Italy, 1912 per cent; Franes=. I65 per cent; Hungary, IS per cent: Austria, 17.3 per cent; Unlfed States, 10.2 per centt. These figures represent the per cent of na-
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19
10000 CHILDREN ATTENB
 SCHOOLS IN ALASKA

The schools of the Alaska Railroad belt are rounding out fairly success full year and improvement and growth are note din many of them by |. W. Braaer, commissioner of education.
 Anchorage is at present concerned with the erection of it's new ,$20. 900 high school plant, which they hope to put to uss next term.
 .Speaking of new schoal buildings,
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19

bur1ex H. When a judge makes a mistaIe. it becomes the law of the lamI And when a1preacher makes a mistake. nobody knows the difference. But when the editor makes a ..mis- we'll GOOD. NIGHTl-Ex.
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19
Takotna. Alaska. Jnly l9. 1880.
HIS THAT ARIsTOCRAT OF
 FUR BEARERS, THE MINK. IN
 DANCER OF EXTINCTION?


 DANCER OF EXTINCTION?
 NEW YORK.-Is the aristocrat of fur bearers, the mink, in danger of teytinction2
 Yes!
 Official opinion, IS expressed from tthe Bureau of Biological Survey in Washington. D. C.. through Frank G. 4Ashbrook. biologist in charge of the .divisio no fur resources, sees a marked decline in wild mink which points to its gradual disappearance like that of the Am1ican buffalo-in lnative haunts in thJ Limited States.
 .'The annual catcH of mink in the Limited States is becoming smaller every year. he states. "The steadily diminishing supply of fur animals ttends to prove that the fur wearer lis increasing faster than the fur ibearer."
 Whats te be done about it?
 Mink farming, one of the most re- scent, highly-specialized forms of do- lmestic fur production, is the answer application of the. old law of eco- monies, supply and demand!
 According to Ashbrook, in paper tread at a recent annual convention of tthe International Association of tGsme, Fish and Conservation Con- lmissioners, "the logical way to SUD- Iply the demand for furs and prevent .still further shrinkage in the source tof supply, is to produce more and fur animals"
 Hence domestic fur production has become one of the most promising in- edustrial divisions in the entire agri- cultural field. The country depends more and more on the fur farmers flor it's supplies.
 In Washington approximately 5000 farmers are registered as engaged in tthe production of one or more species eof fur-bearing. animals, in the United States and Alaska, wit ha total in- vvestment of between $20, ,OOO and $30,0OO, ,OO0. These figures are swell ing annually.
 Production in captivity of the mink lhss only just begun and, according to Paul 6. Reddington, chief of the Bu- 1reau of Biological Survey, is still in tthe experimental state.
 Out of a total of some 300 licensed fur breeders in New York State, 89 iinclude the breedin gof mink vita other fur-bearers, while of this num- lber 29 stipulate their sole purpose is the propagation of the mink.
 '"These figures reveal definite pro- gress in the evolution of domestic fur production. With the open season for mink, lNovember 10 to March 15) terminated, it is interesting to look more closely at mink farming. Per- haps the best perspective is from the view of a mink farmer himself. Rich ard n. Deoker's American Minkery, nc... which comprises nine acres and .soms 500 animals. lies the searest to the worlds greatest fur market News York Aity-at Valhalla. West chester connty.
 Mink farms" said Decker, "are Aasentially to raise x1Ik for breed
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19
What a .Diference!

When 8 plumber makes . mistake, he charges double for it. When a lawyer makes a mistake, it is just what he wanted, because he has . chance to try the case all over, again
 When the doctor makes a mistake, he
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19

Mississippi Azas ss11pended $l23,0bo for legislative ainvestig gations.ssince 1928.
The Kusko times., 1930-07-19

tional income in?the ,dffeEsnt' nations for education.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Killed as He Seeks
TO Aid Injured Nan

James A. Miller, road foreman,
Of oatlands, Va, died In Emer-
gency Hospital late yesterday
from injuries sustained when an
automobile in which he was
bringing an injured member Of
his road gang to washington
crashed into telegraph pole on
the Leesburg Pike.
In an effort to avoid striking
q truck that came out of a side
road, the car in which Miller
was riding ran from the road
and struck the pole. Miller was
hurled from the car, his head
striking the pole fracturing his
skull. Other passengers in the
car escaped injury.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Mrs. BrOICn Rites
Are Set fOr TOdnH

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. "a
Mrs. Annie d. Brown, who died
at her home here on Monday,
will be buried this afternoon. The
funeral service viii be held at st.
Anne's Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Dickinson was the wife Of
Prof. Arthur Newton Brow, for
SO years librarian and instructor
in English at the Naval Academy /,
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
DROUGHT HITS BRAZIL

SAC PAULO, Brazil, Sept. "A
qNS).-A long drought in the
plateau land of Ceara State, To-
Gated four degrees south of the
Equator, has caused many deaths
and crop ruin. Help against star
vation and disease has been asked
of the government.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Ask Your Friends

Mrs. Paulina Pascuzzi,
316 fremont Ave-,
East Orange, New Jersey
81 never had any appetite
and | could not sleep well, and
| was irregular and often suf-
fered from headaches because
of my age. l read a booklet left
at my door, and so | took eight
bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and |
have also taken the Herb Med.
icine. / feel stronger in every
way now. l have gained weight
and am not nearly SO nervous
and can do my housework
without getting too tired"
The Washington times., 1930-09-24

If you are not as well as you want to be, if
YOU are weak, nervous or rundown, give Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair
trial Take at least three bottles. It will tone up
your whole system and help you to eat better,
sleep better and feel better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
old Washington Families Whose Names Are
Still associated W>ih Affairs of Capital
We're ActiOe in SociaILife of *'7He
bland':- Yates, Baden, Noyes and
Other Homes Of Early Days We're
South of CanaI-Maryland
AOenne and Some of It's
Prominent Residents.

HolmeAd, Harris Davis, Cooper, Hinton %
daughter, Lizzie, married Hoeke, the Market
space merchan0, Irwin, Golden, NoyeS Tas-
kett. Yeatman, Ford (father Of DR.. Roland H.
Ford, HendIey. Paynter, HaSen, Walker Muir
tagh, YeAger, Springman, Evans Ergood, Mat
ttngly and Berry families.
Naturally Mrs. Baden left out q number Of
the early residents Of THE Island" but after
the lapse Of 20 many years she did very well
to remember 20 many o1hand.
A MOTHER old resident Of the Southwest who
can recall this part Of Washington when
Il was more Of village than . congested
quarter Of the Capital City is Levin C. Handy,
the PHOTOGRAPHER, who was born on "The
Island" who has lived In the one house from
the time Of his birth, August 10, 1855, who
stil conducts his Photographic business, and
who is sufficiently spry to outwork many men
20 years his junior.
Mr.. Handy lives at Ao4 MARYLAND avenue in
. neighborhood that at one time was one Of
the most picturesque and select parts Of Wash
ington, and, indeed, just few Of the early
residents still maintain their homes hereabout.
In talk with Mr.. Handy the writer asked him
to ten him who his Maryland avenue neighbors
were when he was young man, and he pointed
out in the block on the south side Of his street,
beginning at Four-and-a-han street and going
toward Sixth street, the following families:
John q. Thompson, father of DR.. Willard r.
Thompson; Peter Pearson, father Of the well
known printer. Joseph L. Pearson; Jackson
Yates; John Knox of the express business, the
house later being occupied by Strauss, the
clothier; ut what is now 49, the Ergood family,
including Jesse c. and Jesse c., jr, the latter
o grocer Of Ninth street. and quite likely the
father Of Jesse L. Ergood, q member of the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants; at 494 the
Handys, and the next house west family
named Cox; at 49s Henry Lee, pioneer under
taker, who, It Is said invented the old ice
box used by undertakes before the present
method Of embalming came into general use.
He was succeeded in business by his son, Will
liam Lee. the flrm, established in 1886, now
being J. william Lees Sons.
At what Is now house 500 lived George Z.
Noyes Of Gray e. Noyes, founders and ma
chinists; next lived Henry Butts, who kept
drug store ct Massachusetts, avenue and Fourth
street northwest. The southeast corner Of
Sixth and Maryland avenue was occupied as q
residence by John r. Elvans of the firm of John
r. Evans d Co., hardware, carriage findings,
etc.; the other members Of the firm being
L. H. Hopkins and Charles b. Pearson their
ONCE and store being on Pennsylvania avenue
between Ninth and Tenth streets. The Evans
house was later occupied by H. I. Gregory,
whose place Of business was also on Pepnsyl-
vania avenue between Ninth and Tenth streets.
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Island" two years later. She said she never
forgot the long pavement" . name given to
the foot walk which led up Seventh street,
through the Mall from street south to the
canal and B street north, and how very dam
gerous It was to go that way before and during
the Civil War About 1858 she said her family
moved to the northwest corner Of d and Eighth
streets northwest, where their side yard and
grounds extended almost TO the corner Of Ninth
street.
She said she never could forget the Durham
COW that her father bought about this time
from Allison Majors father and which had
the habit Of roaming through the streets and
going to It's Old home where now stands the
District Building returning again to its new
home whenever it felt like 1t. It would, in
deed, be quite sight these days to see
COW roaming leisurely along Pennsylvania ave-
nue. perhaps stopping here and there to nibble
. little grass that grew around the txeeboxes.
7 AFTER her father returned to the South
west moving into the old dwelling on the
south side Of street near Eighth, that was
hter included On G4@ Academy e. the Sacred
Heart Of Mary. SbaAt time ago this property
was taken over by TIM Government for public
development, and only recently was removed,
leaving behind only fond recollections for the
thousands of girls who attended there
Mrs. Baden spoke Of the taffy-pulling
parties Of her younger days and the dances
given once month by the Island Club, where
they danced the heel-and-toe and other
dances Of that period. She said that she took
her singing and dancing lessons from Prof.
Carusi at his famous salon, Eleventh. and c
streets northwest, site of the first theater
built in Washington, and here Baron Stackel-
burg. in 1926. frst introduced the waltz to
Washington. Here also inaugural balls were
held for Presidents John Quincy Adams, Jack
son, Van Buren,, Polk, Taylor, Pierce and
Buchanan.
Many win recall when the Academy Of the
Visitation at the corner Of Tenth and
F streets, where Rich's shoe store now stands,
and 1t was here that Mrs. Baden received
her preparatory education, with o further
course at Nine. Burr's Finishing School for
Ladies' which stood ON the site Of the present
Capital City Garage, on New York avenue
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
Her instrumental music and elocution lessons
abe took from that celebrated teacher Of by
gone days. Prof. Mcleod, who was then on
r street between. Eleventh and Twelfth streets,
the site Of the Columbia Theater.
The writer asked MRS. Baden to tell him the
names Of some of the older families Of The
Island" when she was young, and she men
toned the Lee. Hercus Richards, Barron,
Dant, Wimsatt, Stephenson, Church, Thomp-
son, Graham, Tucker, Pearson, POlkinhorp,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
BY JOHN CLACETT PROCTOR.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28

dials deviAte by more than one second
from the exact time. The maximum
was one and four-tentlls seconds.
Inasmuch as 1t takes NTH Of a second
for the sound of Big Ben to reach the
bottom Of the tower and about two sec
onds for 1t to reach Trafalgar Square,
this performance may be rated as per-
feet. Only for astronomical purposes
is greater accuracy required. The
controlling device which enables the
clock to keep so nearly perfect time
consists OF q tray fixed about halfway
down the pendulum on which penny
or half-penny is placed when Big Ben
is losing time. making the pendulum vi
brate a shade more quickly. If the
clock is gaining a penny or a half-penny
is removed. This makes the apparatus
as delicate in effect as a jewelers. scale
Public timepieces are at best, with
perhaps this notable exception, mere APP
prcximators Of the time They are q
positive nuisance, however, when they
are "off" by minutes. So far as the
plans for the Mall-Avenue triangle
buildings are disclosed, there will be no
successor to the Post once clock. If
In the remodeling Of the state Depart
ment structure the time bali" that has
for many years been dropped daily at
noon precisely on the roof is eliminated
Uncle Sam viii make no contributions
to the time knowledge Of the conmu-
nifty, accurately or otherwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28

who readily and gladly do their part.
A homely but conspicuous example of
what we mean is illustrated daily IN our
city streets. With increased automobile
trAf1lc situation has arisen that calls
for and demands regulation and super
vision. To this end new traffic rules
have been made that apply to driver
but one purpose, namely, to guarantee
safety and afford facility Of movement
to all concerned. Without such rules,
fairly enforced, our city streets would
be impossible. In the face OF this STU
alton we witness daily the most wanton
and willful violations. Almost all acct
dents are due to the sslflshness Of those
who are a law unto themselves and who
claim the right, In spite of the common
good, TO do as they please. They refuse
10 cooperate and in doing so bring dis
aster and sometimes irreparable damage
to law-abiding people. The application
OF all this to other aspects Of our corr
porate life Is obvious. Industrial strife
and disorder, social rivalries and mall
adjustments with resultant suspension
Of communal fellowship, bitter political
animosities and, most reprehensible of
al, religious controversy and strife,
grow out Of the failure of certain mem
bers OF the body to play their part ac-
sOAuhlS W VIGIL OEueIeQ pan bnnL Is
designed to serve the common concerns
OF all. Our interests are so closely knit
and our relations one with another are
so intimate that we cannot long enjoy
what We have without cordial and gem
erous corporation. The Christian ideal
OF life must find its largest expression
just here. fundamentally, Christianity
Is a system that demands fellowship
snd cooperation. 1t is not theory of
life designed for our personal comfort
or our personal salvation. 1t is a COM
munity interest 1t is designed to serve.
Failing In this, It fails in one of the
great purposes of the Master. His
whole ministry was one of beneflcent
service. He sought to make life more
abundant. He created society of men
and women designed for mutual benefit.
He emphasized repeatedly mans social
responsibility. He directed His ministry
to those who had suffered injustice,
those who were the victims of the self
ish greed of others, those who through
their own or others faults had miscar-
ried or been disappointed OF their ex-
pectations. His sternest denunciation
was directed against the shallow pre-
lenses Of those who made their religious
profession cloak to hide their own
sins. Human society is q big machine.
We are all essential parts Of it. It sur
wives and works eff1ciently only in so far
as each several part selflessly cooper
ates TO the good of the whole. Playing
the game OF life with a high resolve
and unself1sh motives means being a
benefactor to the generation OF which
we are q part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
The Cost of Government.

It was not so very many years ago
when the coun ry sasped on finding
that it had become a billion dollar
nation" the annual Federal appropria-
tons for maintenance having reached
that impressive figure. But now bill
lion dollars is not regarded with awe or
alarm. Billion-dollar Congresses are
succeeding one another with material
additions to the total of Government
allotments Of funds. The five-billion
mark has now been Appropriated. Mean
while there has been a great increase
in the cost of other forms of govern
ment within the United States, State
and local. until today. according to a
research recently conducted into this
subject, the annual expense Of running
public affairs is well over twelve billion
dollars, or per capita cost Of more
than 500 for every man, woman and
child in the United States.
New York City Is an example of the
constant increase In expense. In 1900
the grand total Of the annual cost of
Greater New York was q little more
than 500, 100000. In 1929 It had grown
to very nearly $685., 100000, and for the
current year it is practically $5To,-
100000. The budget for this coming
year of 1891 is estimated at between
$3.50 ,oo0, 900 and $685., 900, 900.
According to the latest computations
for all three groups Of public expendi-
lures, Federal, State and local. for the
fiscal year 1927--later figures are avail
able for two of these groups but not for
the third-the grand total of govern
mental expenditures In the United
States was s12,17s, 0oO. 900. This is di.
vided as follows: Federal, $4,000 ,0oo,-
600; State. sl,656, 900, 900, and local,
$6.454, 00o, 900. The per capita expendi-
lures are: Federal, S34.30; state, 1886,
and local. s54.41. Thus 1t is to be seen
that 1t costs more to run the cities and
towns. the various municipal units, than
the States and the Nation.
All this means taxes Of various kinds
and in various degrees. That it means
waste is evident TO any inquirer into the
ways and means of municipal. State
and Federal management. It may be
estimated without risk of exaggeration
that at least twenty-five per cent Of the
costs of government, State, local and
Federal, could be saved II the country
in all of It's branches and units of or.
ganization were run on strictly BUSH
ness principles. Makeshift methods Of
administration, the intrusion of politi-
cal factors into the equation Of govern
nent. the lack of scientific system Of
providing as well as expending funds,
all these are elements of waste. New
York City's budget of over $500 000, 900
probably represents at the very least
one hundred million. dollars OF outlay
for which the taxpayers get MOTH
ing but an increasingly expensive politi-
cal organization.