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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20

in the Pacific coast cities have taken the matter up with the Ma tional Chamber to secure an en- dorsement at the Atlantic City meeting of the Pacific Yukon Highway. Jack Underwood, of the Seattle Chamber, and Ernest Walk CT Sawyer, have been on the ground here and quite persuasive in 1n- teresting officials of the Chamber in the project. In a visit to the National Chamber Judge Wicker sham had a very satisfactory inter view with A. B. Barber, Chlef o1 Transportation, who urged him to attend the annual meeting and assist in the work for the desired endorsement. The Delegate prom ised that he would attend the meet ing
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National Councillor

The Cordova Chamber of Com merce has written Delegate Wick ersham requesting that he serve that organization during the en- suing year before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at Washington. They also sent him certificates as National Councillor and Delegate to attend the annual meeting of the U. s. Chamber at Atlantic City, April 28-May l. A similar request has been made by Geo. D. Scofield, to act as hls proxy in representing the North western Alaska Chamber of Com merce, of Nome. Other Chambers affiliated with the National organ ization are Hyder, Ketchikan, Pe- tersburg, Juneau, Seward Ancnor- age and Fairbanks.
 Various Chambers in Alaska and
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No Mail Contracts

The Postoffice Department has decided not to renew it's contract with the Northland Transportation Co.,, for summer mail service be- tween Seattle and way ports to Juneau. This contract was espec- ially desired by the Petersburg Commercial Club but the Depart ment has decided that the summer schedule by the Alaska Steamship Co.,, and the Pacific Steamship Go. will afford a good mail service for Petersburg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20
JOAN CRAWFORD WILL | COME IN. 'UNTAMED' SOON
Gloria Swanson in What a Widow Is Attraction
 at Capitol Tonight

"Untamed,' starring Joan Craw- ford, will be the next featured at traction at the Capitol theatre. What Widowi" with Gloria Swanson in the leading role, will be shown again tonight at the popular playhouse.
 In "Untamed," one of the stir ring incidents is a fight in ball. room.
 Contrary to general custom when Robert Montgomery and Don Ter ry argue over Joan Crawford, they do not go outside" to complete the discussion. Curtain cords are dragged down to make a ring, and fair young female seconds in evening clothes fan the battlers between rounds with their own dress shirts!
 Has Decided Reality
 The battle between the two players has a decided reality, be- cause both players are boxers of experience. Don Terry, as Bobble Dinsmore, won the light heavy weight championship of England in 1926. Montgomery is an anna teur boxer of considerable prow- ess.
 Story of 'Untamed'
 "Untamed," adopted by Willard Mack, is a story of girl brought up in a Central American jungle. On her way to civilization she falls in love with the first white young man she meets-and stays in love.
 The cast includes Ernest Tor renee, Holmes Herbert, Rober T t Montgomery, John Milan, Gwen Lee, Tom O'Brien, Grace Gun ard, Don Terry. Jack Conway dl- rected the picture. .
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IT ADVERTISES CITY

Many communities have shown a more rapid growth in population after a cleanup campaign was in than they ever hoped to enjoy,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20
ouIT TOURIST TAX

CAIRO, EgyL-.-Because tourist bookings to Egypt dropped sharp ly since June 5, 1880, when a tax was imposed upon all travellers who entered or left the country, the government has rescinded the law.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20
GEORGE BACH IN TOWN

George Bach, from Taku liar bor, is in Juneau for a few days, visiting with his daughter, Mrs. Ludwig Nelson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20
It was MT. Bayer who conducted ,4 n,~,r,o, tho excursiOn of ITO

It was MT. Bayer who conducted last summer the excursion Of ITO representative people of Los An geles to western Alaska. He IS now arranging for a similar ex- cursion to leave Los Angeles m a special de luxe train on June 9' and to sail from Seattle on the morning of June 12 on the spe- cially chartered steamship Aleu- tian operated by the Alaska Steamship Company. Already over fifty reservations have been mace and it is hoped to secure a party of two hundred. Stops Will De made at Victoria, Ketchikan' Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, Coroova' Valdez, Lat ouche. and Seward. From the latter town tram on the Alaska Railroad will take the tourists to Anchorage, where Col. Ohlson will provide some special features of entertainment. Some of the party will stop over a week and make the trip into Mckinney National Park or Fairbanks. The others will reach Seattle on tne retufn trip on June 25.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20

Streets are cleaned up, repaired, and thereafter kept in good con- dition as the result of cleanup campaign.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20
Alaska Exhibit

During the past week the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce has had a very attractive Alaska ex- hibit in the display window of their Washington headquarters, To- cated in the National Press build ing. This office has been main tained here for three years and is in charge of a former Alaskan Ivan E. Goodner, as manager The latter, some years ago, resided at Juneau, where he was an engl- neer for the Bradley interests. Alaska was featured the past week largely because of the presence here of Charles P. Bayer, manager of the Field Service and EXposl- ton Department. Many curios of ivory, baskets and other native novelties, in addition to illustrat- ed literature, were all furnlsned by the indefatigable worker TOT Alaska. Ernest Walker Sawyer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-20

The largest excursions of the. year will be the Los Angeles party of 200, which sails from Seattle on June 12, going as far as Anchor age, and some of them to McKin- ley Park and Fairbanks. A good ly number of members of the Cali fornia Sierra Club will form a party. to leave Seattle July 6, via the Canadian National, for Skag- way and Atlin.
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Scattergood Coming

MT. Henry Scattergood, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, may leave Seattle about June 12. Horace N. Albright, Director of National Parks, expects to leave on the same date for Mount Mo Kinley. Katherine M. Cook, of the Bureau of Education, studying spe- cial problems will leave for Nome and intermediate points the latter part of April. Branson DeCue, of East Orange, N. J., is a lecturer and writer of importance, who will sail from Vancouver May 26, and arrive at Fairbanks June 12. Ar thur H. Merritt, of Boston, Mass, will leave Seattle about June 20 for Fairbanks and the interior. He is a noted lecturer on National parks, etc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23

SpeCulaLlOQs only now ne conduct
ed it viii reason and sanity, and
at last he hit upon a shrewd plan.
EX7HEN next his food was
W brought and he had devoured
it, he took the iron cover from the
iron pot, which had contained it,
and hurled it TO the stone tagging
Of his cell, where it broke into sew
eral pieces.
One Of these was long and slender
and had sharp point, which was
what he had hoped he would find
in the debris Of the broken cover.
This piece he kept; the others he
put into the pot and then he went
to the aperture in the wall and
commenced to scratch, slowly, slow
ly, slowly at the hard mortar in
which the stones around the hole
were set.
He ate and slept many times be-
fore his labor was rewarded by the
loosening Of a single stone next to
the hole. And again he ate and
slept many times before second
stone was removed.
How long he worked at this he
did not know, but the time passed
more quickly now and his mind was
SO engroSsed with his labors that
he was almost happy.
He wished that he knew how the
food was brought to his cell, that he
might know if there was danger
that those who brought it could
hear him scraping at the mortar in
the wall, but as he never heard the
food brought, he hoped that those
who brought it could not hear him
and he was quite sure that they
could not see him.
And so he worked on INCREASINGLY
until at last he had scratched away
an opening large enough to admit
his body, and then for a long time
he sat before it, waiting, seeking to
assure himself that he was master
Of his mind. In this eternal night
Of solitude that had been his
existence for how long he could not
even guess, he realized that this ad-
venture which he was facing had
assumed such rnomentous pro-
portions that once more he felt
himself upon the brink of madness.
And now he wanted to make sure
that, no matter what lay beyond
that aperture, he could meet it with
calm nerves and a serene and sane
mind. He could not help but
realize that keen disappointment
might be lying in wait for him,
since during all the long periods of
his scratching and scraping he had
realized that a hope Of escape was
the foundation of the desire that
prompted him to prosecute the
work.
And though he expected to be
disappointed, he knew how cruel
would be the blow when it fell.
(To Be Continued)
(copyright. 1881. by Metropolitan News
paper Feature Service. Inc: Copyright.
1929, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Inc.)
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cHAPTER THIRTY-FoUR

KXTHO may say how long Tanar
w lay unconscious in the dark
ness and 0ilence Of that buried
dungeon in 8 timeless world? But
at length he stirred; slowly his eyes
opened. As consciousness returned,
he felt about him. The stone
tagging was bare. He sat up. He
was not dead and to his surprise he.
discovered that he had suffered
neither pain nor swelling from the
strike Of the serpent
He arose and moved cautiously
about the dungeon. The snakes
were gone. Sleep had restored his
m n ! equilibrium, but he
shuddered as he realized how close
he had been to madness, and he
smiled somewhat shamefacedly, as
he reflected upon the futility Of his
needless terror.
For the first time in his life,
Tanar and Pellucidar had under
stood the meaning Of the word fear
As he paced slowly around his
dungeon one foot came in contact
with something lying on the floor in
a corner-sonething which had not
been there before the snakes came.
He stopped and felt cautiously with
his hand and found an iron bowl
fitted with a heavy cover. He lifted
the cover. Here was food, and with
out questioning what it was or
whence 1t came, he ate.
The deadly monotony Of his IN
generation dragged on. He eXer-
cised; he ate; he slept. He never
knew how the food was brought to
his cell, nor when, and after a
while he ceased to care.
The snakes came usually while
he slept. but since that first ex-
perience they no longer filled him
with horror. And after a dozen
repetitions Of their visit they not
only ceased to annoy him but he
came to look forward to their COM
ing as a break in the deadly mo-
notony Of his solitude.
He found that by stroking them
and talking to them in low tones
he could quiet their restless writh-
ing. And after repeated recur-
rences Of their visits he was conf
dent that one Of them had become
almost a pet
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TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS rszz zgT IS The 3g APES

or course in the darkness he
" could not differentiate one
snake from another, but always he
was awakened by the nose Of one
pounding gently upon his chest. and
when he took IL IN his hands and
stroked II, it made no effort to
escape; nor ever again did one Of
them strike him with its fangs
after that first orgy Of madness,
during which ne had thought and
hoped that the reptiles were
Venomous.
1t took him long time 70 find
the opening through which the rep
tiles found ingress to his cell, ut
at length, after diligent search, he
discovered an aperture about eight
inches in diameter, some three feet
above the floor. He inserted his
hand in the opening and feeling
around discovered that the wall at
this point was about a foot in
thickness, and when he inserted his
arm to the shoulder he could feel
nothing IN any direction beyond the
wall.
Perhaps there was another cham
Der there--another cell like his-ol
possibly the aperture opened into q
deep pit that was filed with snakes
He thought Of many explanations
and the more he thought the more
anxious he became to solve the rid
die Of the mysterious space beyond
his CELL
Thus did his mind occupy Itself
with trivial things, and the loneli-
ness and the darkness and the 81
lence exaggerated the importance
Of the matter beyond all reason
until it became an obsession with
him. During all his waking hour.
he thought about that hole in tht
wall and what lay beyond in the
Stygian darkness which his eye
could not penetrate.
He questioned the snake tina
raped upon his chest, but it die
not aswer him, and then he wen
to the hole in the wall ard asked
the hole.
And he was on the point Of c.
coming angry when it did not reply
when his mind suddenly caught it.
self and with a shudde~ he turned
away, realizing that rs way lee
to madness and that he must, abovt
all else, remain master Of his mind
But still he did not abandon hi
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HurTayl Get out the scissors
and colored crayons, if you want
to see Boots" famous star of
the comic strip, Boots and Her
Bubbles" in her new spring fnery.
OF course you know Boots.
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Night fell before Tarzan could solve the
mystery Of the strange trail. He retraced
his steps toward camp knowing his Waziri would
be expecting meat. Soon he discovered he was
not the only one hunting the district that
night. The coughing grunt Of a lion close by
apprised him Of 1t at first. Well, it would not
be the first time the ape-man had pitted his
cunning his strength, and his agility against
the other huntess OF his savage world-both.
man and beast.
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BIG GAME is EXPENSIVE
Elephant Hunting License May Cost
Sportsman $3.50.

BIZ Science SerUice
LONDON, Feb. 23.-The SPORTS
man with an appetite for the big
gest Of all big game, the African
elephant, must now pay a pretty
stiff fee for the privilege Of shoot
ing one.
In Tanganyika territory the IL
cense for killing an elephant costs
$3.50. In Uganda, between Lake Vic
toria and Lake Albert, the license
costs considerably less; $50 for the
first elephant, 500 for the second,
and limit of two elephants to any
individual hunter in one year.
Under this licensing system, the
yearly shoot may reach a mark as
high as 225 animals. This may look
formidable, but when Offset against
an estimated elephant population
Of 10000 to $4,000 in these regions,
it is believed that the interests of
conservation are being reasonably
served.
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One must know his jungle well to survive it
long. And II one would know it well, he must
let no unusual occurrence or circumstance 90
unexplained. And so it was that Tarzan set
out upon the backtrack Of Bara to find out. If
possible, who had slain the deer. Evidently it
had been done the day before. The sun was
already low before the ape-man came upon the
first indications. These we're footprints that
nlled him with quite as much surprise as had
the arrow
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Tarzan examined them carefully. STOPPING
low. he shifted at them with his sensitive nos
trils. Impossible though it seemed, the naked
footprints were those Of white mana large
man, probably as big as Tarzan himself The
foSter-Son OF Kala, the ape, gazed upon the
spoor Of the mysterious stranger, running his
fingers through his thick black hair in a char
acteristic gesture indicative Of deep puzzement.
What naked white man could there be in Tar
zans jungle? Suddenly he recalled the vague
ruraors he had heard weeks before
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speculation; only now he conduct
ed it viii reason and sanity, and
at last he hit upon a shrewd plan.
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(copyright. 1881. by Metropolitan News
paper Feature Service. Inc: Copyright.
1929. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Inc.)
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Here she is, all ready to try on
the wardrobe which Edgar Martin,
the artist, has provided. Shes
going to have dresses for all oc-
casions. Watch this page to see
what Boots" is going to wear
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By Williams
By Blosser
BY Crane
By Martin

And so it was that Tarzan made his Kill,
snatching 1t almost from under the nose Of
disappointed, infuriated Iona fat antelope
that the latter had marked as his own. Throw
ing his kill to his shoulder, almost in the face
Of the charging Nurna, the ape-man swung
lightly into the lower terraces Of the trees.
With haunting laugh for the infuriated and
bafied beast, the ape-man vanished noiselsssly
into the night and soon was back at the camp
TRES Of fls welcoming warriors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13

suppression Of Capone and his gang
has been the work of the Federal Gov
eminent. Chicago has not interfered
with his career in any way. His racket
is not only that of controlling the beer
business. He has been engaged in a
wide variety of side lines of blackmail
and squeeze. His agents have, 1t is
quite definitely known, committed muir
der in the execution of rivals and "dou-
ble-crossers." But neither Chicago nor
Cook County has menaced the freedom
of any of the gang by prosecution, the
whole job of coping with this organized
crime syndicate being left TO the United
States Government.
The income tax charges against the
leader himself, If trial leads to conviction,
might result in sentence of thirty-two
years Imprisonment and fine OF $780,
600. The otTenseS now charged against
him would upon conviction, justify the
imposition of sentence Of two years
in addition and fine of $4,000. The
public hope is that Capone will be tried
first, and speedily, on the income tax
charges and given the limit, with later
attention to these present indictments,
which, however, would give him plenty
of congenial company in prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
A Central Traffic Bureau.

There is nothing particularly new in
the proposal for a traffic violation bu-
reau which is now being studied by In
spector E. w. Brown of the Police De-
partment Many other cities have SIM
liar bureaus and the National Capital
has had the plan advanced several
times In the past few years. There
seems to be no controversy over tine
fact that central bureau for the dis
posal Of minor traffic cases is desirable,
but for some reason not discernible
the plan has been consistently shelved
here. Not only would the clerks and
the various precincts be relieved Of the
work involved of keeping the records
but traffic enforcement efficiency would
De heightened by central bureau where
complete records could be kept. Ger
tainly the idea is worthy of more at
tention than has been given it in the
past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
Safe for a While.
I'm the Des Moines Register.

From the Des Moines Register
Corporation farming 1t is generally
agreed, Is bound to make much further
inroads in the wheat belt in the next
few years. But what of the corn belt?
Must Iowa also submit to the insti-
ton Of factory methods on the farm
and the consequent depopulating of the
prairies? Must the rural homestead be-
come thing of the past?
AS far as the corn region is con-
cerned, there is little cause for i'm
mediate alarm. Farming in Iowa is
50 diversified that the institution of
large-Scale production would be less
practicable than in the cultivation of
wheat. The $4,000 and $4,000 acre
farms of Kansas and Montana are I'M
likely to find counterparts here for a
long time.
1t is true, of course, that corn rails
ing is becoming more mechanical by
the use of four-row planting and culti-
waiting equipment, the two-row corn
picker, and the new corn combine.
which picks, husks and shells the
corn and cuts and grinds the stalks all
at the same time. But in live stool.
production. on which most Iowa farm
ers depend for part of their, income,
there has been no important labor
saving invention except the milking
machine And hayr6aking still requires
a great deal OF hand labor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
The Latest Capone Indictments.

Life for Alphonse Capone and his
merry men Of the beer racket and other
enterprises of a surreptitious nature in
Chicago is at present Just one indict-
ment after another. The smiling per-
sonage with the Scared countenance is
going to and from the court roam at
rate to wear a path in the pavement
as the Federal legal processes multiply.
The latest inS a!lment of this series of
charges came yesterday, when Capone
and siXty-eight Others of his choice
assortment of strong-arm men and
crooks were named in indictments
charging scme five thousand offenses
against the prohibition law.
1t may be optimistic on the part OF
those who have been working on this
case to say, as they have. that these
indictments constitute a death blow to
Gargdom in Chicago The cases have
yet to be tried ard, If convictions result,
have to be appealed and thus pro-
tracted over perhaps two or three years.
But meanwhile there must be heavy
bonds, and bonds cost dearly. And,
furthermore, it is pointed out, the reve-
nues of the gang have been seriously
depleted of late owing to the incessant
ra!ding of the Capone plants by Gov
eminent agents and the wrecking of
establishments where the product has
been made Until lately, it Is COM
puted, the gross daily receipts # the
sang have been something like $4,000,
but this has been lowered to much
smaller net revenue BY the costs of
defense and Of 'prote ton for the
trucks that carry the gooCs. Indeed,
one statement coming from Chicago in
this connection is that the Capone gang
Is virtually insolvent. r.,
All that has been done toward the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
In Reverse.

While there are more laudable am
billions than that of the Abilene, Texas,
man, who is setting out to walk around
the world backward, 1t must be admit
ted that he has at least a sense Of
humor, and that carries man a long
way in life, backward or forward. 1t
is difficult nowadays to attract atten-
ton to ones self. Novelties of lit
tie while ago have become common
places. Eccentricity has lost its power
to gain notice, short of some positive
and outrageous defiance of the social
laws. There was day when a man
could gain little brief fame by roll
ing a peanut over q long course.
WheelbarrowS were long since dis
counted Mere ped2str!anismLit has
come to be styled hiking-is hardly
unusual because most roadsters rely
upon passing motorists for aid. Which
brings up the question of whether the
Abilene man will permit himself to be