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The Kusko times., 1931-07-18
MRS. B. J. BOYD, FORMER "A
 HOFFMAN, TELLS OF LIFE OF
 EASE" ON THE LITTLE FARM

Mrs. B. J. Boyd, former well-known oldtimer, and for several years em- ployed as school teacher at McGrath and Takotna, and who, accompanied by her foster daughter, Bessie Fred, left here four or five years ago to "enjoy life" on her ranch near Long, view, Wash, in letter recently re- ceived here, writes interestingly of affairs as seen on her ranch and con- ditions whereabouts.
 q have been really remiss about writing to many friends says Mrs. Boyd, "but when one has nothing but croaking to do, it might be just as well to keep still, and just now, un- less one has gift for looking on the bright side of things where apparent ly no bright side exists, it is hard to write letter of any kind, let olen a cheerful one.
 Hard times are still with us here. Many of the well-to-do people of this section have been hit rather hard. So many had their savings invested in lumber company stocks. l know 8 number of people who had between $20,000 and S50,00O who have gone fiat. One would think that no one ever intended to build another house. None of the mills are working full time, and many are closed down completely.
 Many people here are losing their homes. Several Portland banks have gone broke. In one week in Portland over four hundred mortgages were It is now forbidden to put family foreclosed on installment plan homes. on the street for non-payment of rent if the man is not working.
 My own tenant, a temperamental young Irishman, got up agains it so bad that he just couldn't stand the gaff and skipped out, leaving his wife with four children under and 15 cents. 1 thought I had him bucked up, gave him new lease with the understanding that he was to pay when he could, loaned him a COW so that the kids could have milk, and jollied him along the best I knew. However, it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. The wife has gone home to her people. The father had had no work for six months and had to mortgage his little home to eat. have new tenant, compensation man, who, unless the state goes broke, will be sure, and got months rent, the first l had seen in many months.
 Another one of my neighbors, with six children, was put out of his home short time ago, and last week
The Kusko times., 1931-07-18

encouragement, Alaska would in a few years be one of Uncle Sam's most prosperous and fourishing units.-Railway and Marine News.
The Kusko times., 1931-07-18
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Estate of Joseph Lewis, deceased.
 Hattie Crosby has been appointed and qualified as administratrix of the estate of Joseph Lewis, late of Kus- kokwim.r Precinct, Fourth Diyisien, Territory of Alaska, deceased. Dated at Napamute this 9th day of June, A. D. 1913. m
 GEO. w. HOFFMAN,
 Probate Judge of said Precinct 1st pub. June 27; last, July 26.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
Crippled Old Mother
Saves MOtOriSt
Stiff Gliding

Carl Thompson, local motor.
ist, was driving along Benning
Road Southeast, several days
ago.
Four brooms we're sticking out
Of his sedan when a traffic
cop ordered him to drive up
to- the curb. He had violated
some minor traffic regulation.
Saith the officer:
eff 1t were not for your poor
old mother with those crutches
back there. I would take you
around to the station house
and book you right now"
The poor old mother" was
Thompson's prospective mother.
in-lsw. Mrs. G. A. CriSt, of
I'LL Sixth st. N. W., and so
far from being crippled, she
had just purchased the brooms
with which to give her cottage
at North Beach, Md, q vigorous
cleaning.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
PRAISES
FETE ACTION

"A sensible step" was the de-
scription applied here to the de-
cision of the Yorktown Sesquicen-
tennial Commission to include in
it's 1882 pageant the scene depict
ing the surrender Of Lord Corn.
wallis, which at first was to have
been stricken from the list Of
events.
The surrender scene was elimi-
mated at the request Of the De
partment of state, on the ground
that it might offend British sensi-
bilities. A storm of protest and
ridicule greeted the news and the
decision was reversed.
Representative Sol Bloom, Of
New York, director of the United
States Bicentennial Commission,
in commenting upon the new de-
ciSion, said:
81 am very happy that the
Yorktown Commission has re-
considered it's previous action"
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
THEFT Of CAR
TRAPS OWNER

Edward Lee Anderson, who
said he was 3S and lived at 26o6
Seventeenth st. s.. E., was held
at the Eleventh precinct today
for investigation.
Police say he took five chickens
from a coop at the home Of
Baker w. Herbert, Eighteenth
Street and Minnesota Avenue
Southeast, and ran when a friend
Of Herbert's fired at him.
Near the Herbert home, police
found Anderson's car, they said,
with a police doy in it. Dog and
car were taken to the station
house. A little while later. police
said they found Anderson in
lunchroom telephoning a report
that his car had been stolen.
Fix the car for your summer Naca-
tion trip many Automobile Re
pair Services are listed today in the
"24-Hour Service Directory" published
in the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
APPLY ZEMO ONCE
STOP ITCHING SKIN

When itching. burning skin is un-
bearable apply soothing. antiseptic
ZEMO. Thousands find ZEMO
brings swift relief from itching:
draws the heat and sting out of the
skin. For twenty years ZEMO has
given relief and has been clearing
away Ringworm, Eczema, Rashes,
Pimples and other skin and scalp
irritations. All Druggists 35c. SOC,
$1.O0 Extra Strength ZEMO espe.
cially adapted for obstinate cases
$1.25.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
BARRIERS TRIM PRICES

SALEM, w. Va, Aug. 14.-En-
gagged in a price war, the pro-
prietors of six barber shops re-
duced the price Of . hair cut to
10 cents today.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
True to Type
ILLOGICAL FRENCHMEN,
EMOTIONAL ENGLISH
COME TO LIGHT
-Rv GILBERT SELDES-

newspaper headline announcing that five men, of
different nationaltes would each describe the out
standing traits of his countrymen annoyed me, and
required effort for to confess that great deal
of what they said reasonable and probably true.
Ny annoyance came from dislike of all statements
about 'the French 'the Germans" "the Americans"
have seen Frenchmen drinking and liking light wines.
/ have every age, sex and condition of French
citizens dancing and enjoying it. Yet to say, in the
famous words of the old biographies that the French
fond of dancing and light wines, too broad
a statement. There Frenchmen who prefer
whisky, and there are French teetotalers. Even
antdancing religion may exist, but I've never heard
of it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Sealing Wax Lesson

First take your stick of silver wax
and hold 1t near the lamp so as to
heat 1t enough to drop few drops on
round tag. Cover the tag with sill
yer wax. all but the hole in the tag.
which we will leave for the cord Aft.
er you have one side covered. turn
the tag over and run the other side.
Then the rim on both sides. BE sure
to have both sides smooth and If 1t
is lumpy looking, heat the wax enough
to run it on smooth.
Next take stick of purple wax
and drop one drop on the tag like
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

did 1t blinded by perspiration and
chased by man-eating flies. now dis
covered that Connecticut is not only
hilly. but chat the hills run only one
way, and that is up. No wonder New
Englanders are sturdy race. think
we passed the spring again. but AIN
not sure. Anyhow. we came at last 70
the main road and proceeding from
there eventually got back to where We
had been so comfortable and peaceful.
Locking back at it, can see that Gene
Tunney is right. Exercise is a great
thing. ! must take another walk soon
say in about 1889.
t0 1881 Bell Syndicate ,-WNU Service
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Bobby Goats
LIGHTS OF NEW York; WALTER rRunBu11

the road from that lovely old house
and. at first, 1t was not so bad. Even
when we turned into a wooded road.
which leads across the Tunney land.
the going appeared to be fairly easy !;
especially as our progress was leisure
ly. We made one stop to recall Kolfe,
who had started partridge hunt, and
another while he drank from a cool
and bubbling spring; but. about a mile
beyond. noticed what thought was
sudden rain. only to discover that IL
was perspiration. | paused moment
to wiring out the handkerchief with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
A Crossword Puzzle

Across.
!. A friend that gives only pleasure.
A. A home in the country.
8. Something needed with pen.
10. Part of your foot.
IL. The word that comes before "kind
to animals" asswe like to hear
it said.
IL. Also. gSs;s
IA. The abbreviation for Doctor"
Is. The letter before NJ In the alpha
bet. 4tf
16. A name meaning friend.
II. The first letter Of Rural Delivery.
IS. boys nickname.
20. The opposite of good.
q. A pronoun.
%. Where you go when you 60 through
a door.
25. An exclamation.
26. What schools do in the fall.
q. What Mother does when you tear
your clothes.
UP and Down.
/. A very old and wonderful book.
2. A very small number.
8. Two letters meaning all right.
5. Place where.
6. Something used when fishing.
z. Glad.
8. Not tomorrow nor yesterday.
II. Where washing Is done.
10. Opposite of even Tin numbers).
10. To plunge quickly into water.
81. A fine boy grown-up.
%. A weather vane direction.
"a. A pronoun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
The GAnflGNPeHoS CORNER
Edited by DOROTmY EDMONDs

number one in drawing. Let it cool,
remember this, or your drops, or
grapes, will all run together. When
it is cool drop another drop beside it.
and still another. Keep putting on
drops until your design begins to look
like cluster Of grapes like number
two.
Then come the leaves. They may
be fashioned out of green wax with a
pairing knife or piece of wood. Put a
leaf on each side of the cluster like
number three. Isn't 1t pretty? With
a lavender cord looped through the
hole and either a knot or bead TO
hold cord together and the ends of
cord joined with drop of purple
sealing wax, you have pendant
mother will enjoy wearing.
There is another kind that | am
going to tell you about now as 1t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

of salt into a double boiler: when
well blended add half cupful of
sliced orange peel, one-half cupful of
orange juice, two tablespoonful Of
butter and one egg yolk; cook until
smooth and thick. Remove from the
heat, add teaspoonful of lemon juice
and spread on the layers of the cake.
Spring Conserve.-Cook one and
one-half pounds of rhubarb. cut into
one-inch pieces with three cupfuls of
sugar, one package of dates, two ta-
blespoonfuls of orange juice and one
tablespoonfuls of grated orange rind ;
cook until thick, adding one-half cup
full of broken nutmeats ten minutes
before taking off the fire. Pour into
jelly glasses and cover with paraffin.
ia 1881 Western Newspaper Union,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

We were sitting in most comfortable
chairs, in the side yard where one
could see miles of Connecticut roll it.
self away in green fluctuations to dis
tant hills. On our own hilltop, the sun
fell, just properly filtered by trees. In
pleasurable and lazy warmth. could
have stayed there for hours in con
templative contentment, but, life is new
err as perfect as that. The big. powerful
blond. sprawled opposite me. turned
handsome. but rather accusing blue
eyes in my direction.
You need exercise" he said bit
sternly. "Come on, we'll go for a
walk"
Now that was bit unfair. because.
as he very we'll knew, had taken Il
walk with him short time before. ii
was, to be exact, only some four years
ago. when he was a Spectator, doing
a bit of training for Jack Dempsey.
He coaxed me out on a wooded road
and walked me ten miles and well !
remember it. fellow mas to take a
little rest after a walk such as that.
But after all, he was my host and. If
he was set on walking all the time, 1t
was only polite, to go with him. BE.
sides, Rolfe. the German police dog,
voted emphaticaly. with voice and
tail. in favor Of the proposition, so
they were two to one.
r %
Now, frankly. like walking about
as much as do creamed Goldfish, and
can't say less than that. but Gene
Tunney and Rolfe and | started down
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

which ! had mopped my brow and
Rolfe improved the rest period by leap
ing back and forth over tree, which
had fallen across the road with
branches supporting its trunk about
four feet from the ground.
The woods were full of a peculiar
buzZing sound. which I recognized. |
had often heard it in the Adirondacks,
where they also have black flies. A
black fly belongs to the army of the
unemployed. 1t always is looking for
a meal. AS Mr.. Tunney broke off a
small branch and proceeded to brush
few dozen of the hungry insects off
Rolfe, suggested that he might also
do bit of work on me. Evidently
these were carrion flies, as they were
doing their best to bore through to a
brain which must have been dead, or
it never would have permitted me TO
be led to the bottom of long hill, up
which one had to climb to get back
home. Gazing at the long return slope,
said:
Didn't you say Sam Pryor was COM
ing over? 1t wouldn't be very polite
If you were not there when he ar
rived"
THAT means you want to go back"
said Mr.. Tunney unfeelingly. "Well,
all right. You have had little exer-
cise anyhow"
So we turned about and started
back. l know number of men who
have climbed the Alps, but they never
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
may be used to dust the top and sides.

may be used to dust the top and sides.
Fudge Frosting. - Cut fine two
squares of chocolate and combine with
two cupfuls Of sugar, one-half cupful
Of milk and one-fourth cupful of dark
corn strip. Cook until it form very
soft ball when dropped into cold wa
ter. Remove from the fire. set the pan
in cold water and cool, then flavor and
beat until thick enough to spread on
the cake. For those who prefer maple
flavoring use either maple sugar or
the maple flavor instead of the choco-
late.
Tropical Filling. - Put one-fourth
cupful of sugar. one tablespoonful of
cornstarcb and one-fourth teaspoonful
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
MyNeigbbor
Says: ~

AIHEN rendering fats for cooking
w purposes, chop the fat fine. place
it in double boiler and add plenty of
cold water. Keep the water in double
boiler boiling uHtil the fat is melted.
If you have not double boiler. put
the fat in jar and place the jar in
hot water.
Old pillow cases make excellent Gov
ers to protect gowns. Cut hole in
the center of stitched end of pillow
case large enough to slip through the
hanger on which gown will hange.
Cold water is much better than
warm for scrubblng boards, as 1t Goes
rot sink into the wood and dries very
quickly.
fcoDyright.i-wNU Service
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
How 1t Started
oooooooo-ooooooooooo<
"Rlue-Blood"
By JEAN NEWTON

"Blue-Blood"
UH Els blue-blood" we OCCASION
Il ally hear somebody. the sense
sought to be conveyed being that the
person referred to is descended of
royal or noble blood
Latterly, the phrase has come to be
employed to indicate high breeding
and 1t has come into common usage
with this connotation.
The expression itself come to us
from Spain, country of caste.
Originally, however, it did not have
the distinct reference it has today, as
indicated, 1t was used simply to de-
note one free from the so-called Moor
ISL faint. arising from the fact that
In fair races, the veins very frequent
~ show blue through the skin.
(Copyright. >-wNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Oldest Greek Date

The oldest documentary evidence In
Greek goes back to farther than the
Eighth century B. @. The earliest his
turical date is that Of the OlympIan
games, 776 B. C.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
/ died as Baby, but
( Is Court-MartiaIed


Paris. All France is again
laughing at the ridiculous work
ings of a French court-martial.
Napoleon Klein. who was born
in 1908 near Belfort. was called
to the colors in 1928. He failed
to make his appearance.
In 1929, having been declared
an absentee, he was sentenced
By a military court to a years
imprisonment.
1t has since been discovered
that Napoleon Klein died in 1909
at the age of four months.
" :. " v q 4, ., % q, - a. q, a, =, =, a. =.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
Largest European Bird

The great bustard is the largest
European bird. being over yard in
length, with a wingspread-of eight
feet from tip to tip.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

Pennington Gap. va.-Kyle Ellison
reported he killed an eagle with a
ten-foot Widespread near here.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28

and one-half cupful of water until the
strip spins a thread. Pour it very
slowly over two stiff1y beaten egg
whites, flavor with one teaspoonful of
flavoring and beat until thick enough
to spread well. To vary the recipe,
add chopped nuts, raisins. figs or
oates. Also coconut of various colors
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
9Th Kitchen
Cabinet


just use good ma.
terial. a little care
and a good recipe;
here are a few:
Boiled Frosting.
Boil together two
cupfuls of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls
of light corn SiruD
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-28
ORPHANS Get Game

Orphans Get Game
Dyersburg. Tenn.-All game killed
out of season in this district is turned
over to the orphans home here and
the hunters fined.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28
COMMUNITY CHURCH

10 a. m. Sunday School.
 II a. m. Morning Service. Theme: Allies of Gods Kingdom. Some organizations not distinctly Christ tian which are the result of Christ ian influences"
 6::30 p. m. EpWorth League. All young people of Seward are invit- ed to attend and take part in the League meetings.
 7:30 D. m. Evening Service. Sub Ject: Feeding the Five Thousand This sermon will be beautifully il- lustrated by some of the pictures by great artists.
 Everybody welcome to the serv- ices of this church regardless of race or creed. Form the habit of church attendance.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28
ALASKA Is ON[ PLACE WHERE DEPRESSION HAs
 MADE NJ HEADWAY
By Charles P. stewart)

WASHINGTON, D. c. Nov. 27. - Alaska is too difficult and expen- sive to get to, to make it at all likely that rush of job hunters will start in that direction, no mat ter how enticing the prospects there may be. So probably there is no harm in relating that Judge James Wickersham, the new Ter ritorial Delegate from Alaska, says:
 We Alaskans hardly know there is such a thing as depression.
 Judge Wickersham is the Terri tory's new Delegate in the sense, anyway, that he succeeds Dan A.. Sutherland, who last March con- cluded 10year stay here and was not candidate for reelection, but the judge also preceded Dan, and now is back again after an inter- val. He was on the Territorial bench in President Roosevelt's day back to the gold rush, in fact. And is the youngest-looking progressive Republican of nearly half way between TO and 80 that I ever met, am positive.
 Good times for the remainder of the world" explains the judge, were not such satisfactory times for Alaska. That is to say, gen. erally high prices meant low price for gold, Alaskas great product. The more it cost us to produce, the less we could get in return for it"
 Of course. Gold is money-at
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28

least in gold standard countries. And an alternative method of de- scribing high prices is to speak of money as cheap.
 Today, however, with prices slumping, gold scars, Is that it?
 Exactly nodded the judge.
 Even very low grade mines, which formerly were unprofitable to work, now pay handsomely, pro- vided they are not too far from transportation.
 Meaning water transporta tion III an almost railroadlesS country?
 Yes" said the Delegate. "Our only railroad is the government built line, and that has been finan- clally unfortunate through no fault of its own or the Territory's. It was we'll conceived, but just as it was started the war broke out, enormously initiating construction costs. Built on a pre-war or re- cent, postwar basis, it would not De losing enterprise"
 And with more railroads there could be more gold mining?
 Certainly rejoined the judge. The oldtime placer claims are worked out. Mining in this genera tlon is large scale undertaking, requiring rail facilities. As the in terior fills up, azId they develop, it will be a vastly expanded indus try"
 As the interior fills up? With instance?
 With farmers, among others" said the judge, "and settlers gen. erally'
 Farmers--in interior Alaska?
 To be sure, farmers insisted the judge sharply, evidently resent ing the implication that his home Territory is not an agricultural paradise. There is no finer wheat area in the world than the Yukon Valley. Our garden truck hasn't It's equal, especially our potatoes"
 Bear mind" urged the north land veteran, that we're not at the North Pole We're in Sweden's and Norway's latitude, and their people are the settlers we need. They must be hardy folk, prepared to face primitive conditions. Those Scandinayians are just the raw  Alaska Is not, then, like the "States"-afraid of immigration?
 "On the contrary" said the Dele gate, If it's the right kind and
 Please turn to Page Six)
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28
MUST DIE

ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 28 (P)- Francis Two Gum Crowley must die for the murder of a Nassau county policeman unless Governor Franklin Roosevelt exertS execu- tive clemency. The Court of Ap- peals upheld his conviction.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28
Free Fur Marketing Service

which. since 1925, has en- abled many thousands of 1rappers to obtain more fur money. Learn now how the Worlds Largest Store can help you-write for Johnny Muskrat'S s new book tOdayl
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28

Cards and games will be played at the Eastern Star social this eve- ming. The public is invited.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28
Don't miss the ''Talkies!"

For satisfaction, try our Seattle Purity Ice Cream. ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-28
WHEN WINTER COMES

IS YOUR house packed to the caves with tremend- Ous stores of flour meat clothing :. ana other supplies to carry you through the long winter!
 Not very likely!
 But if not, won't you-ike the butterfly that played all summer without a thought of the cold days to come-won't you be in danger of facing famine months before spring comes around again?
 Certainly not!
 When wintry winds are blowing their coldest, and the storm is wailng like forgotten banshees the top the chances you may be eating juicy strawberries from Costa Rica and fresh asparagus from Florida For the day of storing up supplies against the barrenness of winter has gone forever It has passed when America ceased to be lot of scattered communities, and became nation united by swift line of transportation
 As you read the advertisements telling you just what the stores contain for you fresh to your orer remember that here are the inexhautible store rooms of today storerooms that have banished forever the anxieties that went with the snows of yesteryear.
 i
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-05
Sengbusch Self Closing I,kstand Sets for the Desk

For more than 20 years Sengbusch Self-Closing
Inkstand sets have been the standard of the busi-
ness world Thousands are in use today in every
part of the country. Every desk should have one.
Illustrated is one Of the many economical COM
binations-an attractive pressed glass set with
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-05

two Sengbusch Self-Closing Inkstands at
moderate price. The set will pay for itself in ef-
ficiency and ink saving. Ink will not evaporate,
nor thicken with dust. Simple to fil always
ready for use, lasts indefinitely.