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The Alaskan., 1931-09-04
MAIL ORDER HOUSE MERGER
 IS HUNDRED

Merger negotiations between Sears Roebuck & Co.,, and Mont gomery-Ward & Co.,, are report ed as having reached a stage where terms have been discuss cd by representatives of the twc conn anies. A preliminary re- port on the merger was made in July, it was said and has beer under consideration since.
 It is said that such a combin ation will make saving of over S10,OOO,OO0 in catalogs alone.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04
ANOTHER GOLD STRIKE FOR
 E. c.

Reports of rich gold findings including a nugget weighing 47 ounces, in placer gold mining in Northern British Colunbia were published in Victoria, B. c last week. The nugget was re- ported found on Ruby Creek, ir the Atlin District, by the Lake Superior Mining Co.
 A fifteen-ounce nugget was re. ported found by E. O. Turnquis of Atlin on his placer claim With a partner, it was said, h took out sixty-seven ounces Q gold in two weeks.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04

CT Post and is responsible offic- er in various other patriotic and fraternal organizations at Fair banks where he is also in charge of the U. s. Signal Corps cable and wireless station.
 MT. Reeser was followed by J. 4. Talbot, Ketchikan, retiring Dept. Commander; Mrs. Edith Sheelor, Juneau, president-elect of the Auxiliary; Mrs. Laura Johnson, Petersburg, retiring president of the Auxiliary; D. w. Chase, End vice president elect of the Legion and Mrs. Ed na Policy. Other celebrates, in- cluding Mayor Dinner, Peters burg, Mayor N R. Walker, Ket-- chikan, Miss Barrett Willough by, noted writer of Alaskan stories, were presented.
 The 1881 membership cup was presented to Mrs. O'Neil of the Cordova Auxiliary by Mrs. Laura Johnson and Past Commander J A. Talbot presented the member ship trophy to Warren Taylor ot the Cordova Post. President Mrs Sheelor presented the Past Pres i ident's pin to Mrs. Laura John i son.
 ] Following the banquet came the grand convention ball with many happy couples packing the
 hall until in the wee sma' hours northbound steamers took away many of the visiting friends wft fprofessed appreciation of the ef
 forts of the Petersburg Post ant l Auxiliary to make their brief SO I journ here somehow enjoyabl' l in spite of the weather man
 tears.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04

v electorate the Indian vote," was ! done to awaken prejudice and :. split the vote, to the benefit O.
 designing politicians. To me there is no Indian vote-it is
 all vote cast by Alaskans. An
 Indian who is intelligent enough ! to vote and who does vote, should be regarded as a citizen Of Alaska and no distinction
 made in the laws governing such
 vote.
 The Indian who votes for a party candidate should be re- Warded by the party he affiliates with, the same as the white vot- CT is regarded.
 There are many jobs in the Territory which could be given to the Indians. They would be most efficient as stream ward ems, game wardens, forestry off, cials, and in fact in many offic- es where I believe they would serve the government as good aS any other voter.
 T have always deprecated the segregation of voters by race. It has appeared fundamentally wrong to me to do so. The Indi- an is an American, and a citizen. He was here before the white man, and should have some rights as to the laws which gov ern him. The Indian is entitled to official positions if he is con- petent to fill them. To ask for his vote and pamper him. at election time, and then forget his existence in the interim is wrong, and the practice is work ing for a division of the Terri torial vote, to the great harm of both parties"
 MT. Rasmuson stated that hei believed Alaskans did not go to the polls to elect their man, but rather to defeat the candidate whom they disliked.
 He declared that unless the Republican party organized and started an aggressive campaign in the Territory, they were liable to lose a number Of offices in the next election.
 "The delegates to the conven- ton should be pledged to Her bert Hoover, for he is the logical man to succeed Stroll CTS Weekly.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04

| AldSkd pOllGlCldIlS dI6 OIl LII
 anXiOus seat these days. A mum
 Der of choice plumbs remain ol
 the political tree, and despit
 vigorous efforts by a number o
 really able candidates they can
 not jar loose. Official Washing
 ton hangs back in the trace
 and the appointments, whicl
 should have been made som,
 time ago, have been banded round until even men close tt
 the administration are at sea. Vacancies exist in the Second Division in the offices of Feder- al Judge, district attorney anc United States marshal. The reason for one vacancy is that Judge Lomen has not been con flrmed, owing to political blck- erirgs, althO he is still holding office and administering justice until his successor is appointed
 District Attorney J. H. Hart re- signed from office last month his resignation to take effect July 31. He will go to Portland to engage in private practice.
 Charles Jones, who holds the office of United States Marshal also has not been confirmed, and there appears to be no let-up tC the deadlock affecting his ap- pointment.
 In the Fourth Division, Judge Cecil Clegg has been refused cor 6rmation and is holding over Un' ed States Marshal H. P. Sul
 livan Of the Third Division, d. so had enough political enemies to hold his confirmation ir abeyance. and the fact that he has powerful political backing and has made an excellent marshal the past several terms appears to carry no weight.
 Many candidates have appear ed for the vacancy in the district attorneys office at Nome. Chief among these, and a man to be reckCned with, is V. A. Paine, a Juneau attorney with a fine re- cord and a host of friends. Roy Sullivan, assistant district at- torney at Cordova, also looks longingly at the position with J. ]. Reed, now assistant district attorney of Seward, a pioneer attorney of the Third Division mentioned as a candidate. MT Reed is an able lawyer, has been U. s. Commissioner at Valdez for a number of years, and has helo many other important govern ment positions. H. Castle, clerk of the court for the Third Divi- !sion, with headquarters at Val Cez, and Pat Gildea, an attor- ney-at-law of Cordova, is reach ing out for support. Walter Kine assistant district attorney al Ketchikan, has been mentioned as candidate. With these can didates polishing up their ar
 nor and sharpening their weap- ons for the fray, there will bS considerable friction develop before the office is filled. Al candidates mentioned are very able men, with no flaw to be found in their official records.
 Attorney General John Rust
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04
Loot Returned
 For q Song

Bread cast upon the waters returned to Mrs. J. E. Gamble oi Seattle a year later Whan a re- pentant burglar returned to her a quantity of jeWelry that he and a confederate had stolen from her home on July 4.
 The burglar had been a pris- oner in the county stockade when Mrs. Gamble, a Presbyteri- an Church worker, went there last summer to sing for the in- mates. When he learned, thru newspaper accounts of the bur glary, who she was, he wrote her a letter of apology and returned two Sunday school pins that he had taken. Yesterday he re- turned a pearl necklace, a gold ring, a Masonic emblem pin and four silver spoons.
 She found them on her front porch when she opened the door And the next post brought her a letter in which he warned her that his accomplice was plan ming to rob the house again.
 Dear Lady" he wrote = or rather printed, keep a watch out. Someone is going to try ana get in your home. Upstairs win dow was the entering place last time. The guys is going to try and get away with two guns that are in your husbands room up- stairs. You got no phone against you.. The few articles sent back I hope you got them KO. I got them at Portland. Watch out"
 Mrs. Gamble was awakened by one of the burglars at the time of the robbery in July, and he threw a cigar box at her Wher she made an outcry. The neX' day she got a note in which the repentant burglar said:
 T am just getting over ths shock of finding out it was yot we robbed. And to think tha' we hurt you, after you had come out to the stockade and sung fol us. If I was alone in this dirty deal I would return everything. Seattle Times.
 Editors note: Mrs. Gamble i a sister of David Leask of Met lakatla. Was married to JohI E. Gamble for many years nlis sion worker in the Sitka Train ing School.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04
ALASKA PICTURE BRINGS
 LARGE SUM

Bernard E. Smith, New York stock broker paid S25,OOO for a hundred-pound gold brick souv- enir from the Alaska Juneau Mining Co.,, last week and he also paid $1O,000 for Sidney Lawrence picture of Mount Mckinley, the highest peak in North America Lawrence was reported as re- gently suffering a paralytit stroke at his home in Los Angel. es. The picture was purchased through a Juneau dealer.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04
NEW USE FOR BUTTER

Farmers in the Imperial dis trict, Regina, B. C., unable to get more than ten cents per pound for dairy butter, are using this product as axle grease on their farm implements. The butter IS said to make a good substitute.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04
TIMBER FOR PENCILS

Nearly 4O,OOO,OOO board feet of wood are used annually in mak- ing lead pencils, says the United States Forest Service.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-04
Politicians On Anxious Seat;
 Political Pot Is Siin1mering

garo, Of. Juneau, the Grand Old
 Man" of Alaska, with more
 friends than any man needs in {. successful life; a brilliant able
 politician of the old school, is mentioned to succeed Judge Clegg's nomination provided MT. Clegg's nomination cannot be confirmed. It would be like shooting off a cap pistol for d presidential salute for The Stroller's to attempt to elaborate upon MT. Rustgard's qualifica- tions for any office the party might bestow upon him. He is the best judicial timber to be found in the legal profession to- day.
 Marshal Sullivan is said to have for his opponents Deputy H. I. Staser of Anchorage; Harry Close of Cordova; Deputy Boyer of Kodiak, and several dark horses who are champing at the bit in their anxiety to announce their candidates. However, MT. Sullivan has some mighty pow erful political friends, and a long record of efficient service behind him. He has made a good off1c- CT and some people are hard to please if they want him busted. With Staser in office it would really be David and Jonathan perpetuated, as MT. Staser could not afford to down a man who so repeatedly has demonstrated his friendship. Not that MT. Staser is not a good officer-for he is-a mighty good one, and one who has been a power in Third Division politics in an un- der-cover way. He is a Legion aire. a student of human nature, and his long tenure as deputy has never been marred by any official act of ineff1ciency.,
 A. E. Rasmuson has not yet fully decided to accept the can- didacy for National Committee man, until he finds out what the present incumbent, A. E. Latin rop, intends doing MT. Lathrop has not announced his plans publicly, but a wee birdie has repeatedly whispered that he is inclined to let the office go and devote his time to his rapidly growing moving picture inter ests.
 MT. Rasmuson's many friends have been urging him to come out for the office, for which he IS unusually fitted by business and by political ties. He is a very able man and has a general grasp of Territorial conditions. He is strong supporter of the administration and it is general ly believed that the opposition, if any, to his candidacy may be overcome by the fact that every Republican should work for his party, and vote for the man the ajority wants in office.
 For the delegate to the Ma tional convention, naturally our vote and our sympathies ara with Albert White, U. $. Marshal for the First Division. We know MT. White, and are convinced there is no other man in Alaska with his power to smooth out political rough spots and bring harmony to warning factions. He has a fine political record, and in case he is elected we know that he will go to the Re- publican convention with a vote for Herbert Hoover locked up and nailed down. He stands well with the administration and has a large number of influential Congressmen behind him.
 No matter what the outcome. there is bound to be considerable
 satisfaction in the knowledge
 that so many able men can be found to represent the party;
 everyone genuine Alaskan ,x,;+r, 4ha cooI ,,nhrnknn Stroll
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Gk0CERIES-Meats Fresh Fruits veoe.
"a TSoie ,o7G Q. p ENGLAND. s25 Lexington.
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1kOCERIES-Choice foods. iust nh sor
pres j. A. Robinson & Son. 34o5 e. 10Th 10Th
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Christmas Foods

DG6 your Xmas food and candies fror,
JOHN RICE. 1902 Shelby St. DR.. os75'
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XMAS TREES, alive: Csc up Pottenger's
Nursery. saith and Lafayette Rd.
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WEASEL COAT-Japanese. at discount.
quality furs are offered at Langen and
Meyer Furriers. SOB Guaranty bldg
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GIVE COAL-The warm Xmas Gift. $3.50
a ton. He. 1881. Acme-Monon Coal Co.
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CoP FEES roasted. Jumbo peanuts.
FT tSy9 50 Sa23eeSq W1e See them roasted.
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Gifts for Her

HOSE-Full fashioned (seconds). ACC.
Nathan Wolf, 1914 NJ Senate. Open eve.
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Gifts of Books and
Greeting Cards

MAZE sstt this Book xmasi Newest ponrIs,
B SSlT1 s gn9 egreee 6G cards, CAPfToI.
opposite the postoffice. Ii. 02i7 o.
OCCIDENTAL 6idDE BOOK sHoPPE-Meet vo7Ir
Xmas as gifts New fiction c cbjidr. Ior
N 00ofS, Xmas KIN cards. Room 9. first f1oor
E T;GcIoisnta o,o Bldg. Open evenings. too
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INSURANCE-Give her policy for Xmas.
Aubrey d. Porter. 1920 Lemcke bldg.
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COAL, the Warm Gift. $3.50 Ton. Miller
Bailey. 6o21 Donna. Ir. $500.
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Gifts for the Family

FOR BARGAINS-See Barskin. your neigh
borhood Dry Goods Store. 1245 oliver
Ave.
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C11OW'S MANIFESTATIONS us Mase
ave. Ri. $500. 2519 w. wash. BE 09SS
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Gifts for Mother

APEX WASHER--Thc new 1882 model at
$3.50 delivered viii be a rift yell q a.
preciated- Call Ri 1921 for a demon
SIratlon. PETTIS DRY GOODS STORE
Washing Machine Department. 5th f0o-'
DRESSES-Al sizes. csc; SILK hose. csc
SINGER Electric Sewing Machine e..
local git, only SIS down. s3s Virvlnis
sEEee; singer Sewing Machine Agv. Dr.
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D01oNu 'Flaky Fluff" And E. COLLEGE
=znd d. Meridian, 1909 E. Washinofe1'
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See MURPHY, 636 Indiana. Ri oi2o for
Fouitry. Turkeys. chickens. ducks and
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LIVESTOCK
10 Dogs, Birds, Pets
AUTO M 0 TIVE

GEESE and ducks. 15c a h.: fries q
hens, zoe ID. CARL STEVENS, 2
Madison Ave DR. $3.50
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Xmas Decorations

TREAT the car Good Used Tires. hat
teries. RICE Tire. 544 Va. ave- DR.. 1902
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Gifts of Radios

AN electric clock FREE with e-tube
Philco lowboy; 81 down; 2 terms; sat
1sfaction guaranteed FL. 6069.
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Gifts of Pets

BOSTON AND CHOW PUPS - Pedivres5
55eeSSSSonable IN years. Mrs. F g T sirpSs
IOU9 l. wash. st. IT. zoos
bOS IONS-Real toys: reasonable Me-
.. n Dohahue, 1880 W 10Th St IA. 1851
CANARIE S-Songsters. Real xras 49,
reouceo prices. 11O6 spann Ave. DR. ass
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WOOL COMFORTS-Hand-mad only Sc.
sos E Southern Ave. DR.. 7291-M.
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Gifts for Needy

BUY ton of coal, nothing more appre-
ciated, call reliable dealer. West Side
Cash Coal Co. Be. 3014.
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new. modern designs for
every room; lowest prices in Years: same
high quality. ECONOMY RUG CO.. 213
E Wash
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XMAS DINNERS and other meals until
CHRISTMAS will be better balanced II
you use OAK GROVE Butter and Eggs
sure and ask for OAK GROVE products.
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LADIES' contour hobs. facials (privacyl
Mr.. Davis, Denison. Penn. and Ohio.
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TuRKEYS-Poultry dressed and delivered
free. Reserve your order nov, ~
BUHL POULTRY MARKET oO2 ri
Wayne. Ri. 1882 ~
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CR0SLEY-'Little Fella"-5-tube, $36. SO;
SIS delivers. MT. JACKSON TIRE AND
BATTERY. 3413 w Washington.
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XMAS professionalism low nricas
RAPTER'S 857 E. st. clair - ~
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PERMANENTLY to S. specials. WRIGHT
BEAUTY SALON. 706 Mass. Ii. O0S8
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DoIes and Doles

The use of a word is blocking federal relief to
millions Of Americans who are hungry and jooiess
through no fault of their own.
That word Is dole" What does the word mean9
It can mean any kind of philanthropy. Or 1t
can mean-and does in popular pariance-
r. European system for general and permanent po-
nticaI distribution of relief by government
When the Hoover administration opposes the
pending bills for direct federal unemployment relief
on the ground that they would initiate dole sys-
tenn here the administration is misleading the public
and confusing the issue.
The pending proposals would give food to human
beings, just as the administration bill gives 1000 10
animals But this relief would be temporary rather
than permanent; would be distributed, according
to need through the Red Cross or other existing
agencies; not by setting up political distributing
system operating automatically throughout tne
country.
Therefore, the pending proposals are not for a
"dole" in the sense that the public uses and under
stands the word.
Direct federal relief is necessary for the starving
in the smaller cities because they can not meet the
emergency thmselves, and because the present ana
prospective Red Cross relief fund is to be used solely
for drought sufferers.
1t would be a dole no less and no more than the
following direct relief measures extended generously
dASNVA|A- -
eminent:
1903 Portsmouth fire; 1904, Norfolk ire; 1872
Venezuela earthquake; 1915, Missouri earthquake;
1927 Alexandria fire. 1885, Florida Indian depreda-
tions; 1885, New York fire; 1868, Minnesota Indian
depredations; 1854 Washington arsenal explosion;
1866 washington arsenal explosion 1867 and 1863
food for southern and southwestern states; 1874 Mis-
sissppi food 1876 grasshopper ravages; 1882, Mis-
sissippi flood 1884, Ohio flood; 1890, MISSISSIPPI
flood 1897 Mississippi flood; 1897, Cuban restitution
1897 Rio C7rande flood; 1897, Alaskan restitution;
1898 and 1885, Cuba; 1902, French West indies vol
cano: 1906 San Francisco earthquake 1907, Jamaica
fire. 1908, southern cyclone; 1908 and 1902 Chelsea
fire. 1909 Messina earthquake; 1910, Costa Rlcan
earthouake: 1911 Chinese famine; 1912 and 1913
Mississippi and Ohio floods 1912, Alaskan volcano;
1919 Boring sea storm; 1913 Mississippi food 1916
Paris (Tex) fire; 1919 and 1920, European reIet;
1921 Arkansas flood 1921 and 1922, Russian relief
1924 and 1925 Japanese earthquake; 1925, Georgia
cyclone: 1925, New Bern IN. c. fire. 1925, Missis-
siupi cyclone 1927 Texas flood; 1927, Astoria OreO
fire; 1927 Florida hurricane; 1927 Rio Grande food
1928 Porto Rican hurricane
There is no valid reason, either in precedent or
expedience or Justice the federal government to
refuse to appropriate direct relief funds Tor the Red
Cross to distribute in localities where all other
agencies are unable to prevent starvation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-24
A Laugh for Hoover

It must have been long time since the hard
pressed President had good laugh But II he isn't
laughing today at the Democrats he is missing an OPP
portunty.
The Democrats as they have been very fond OF
reminding the President and the country Of Late have
decided to sweep the country il the 1882 election AS
trouble has been piled upon trouble in Republican ma
tional MISUNDERSTANDING with the depression the
mower commission fight, and the Lucas revelations
the Democrats have grown more certain that Vney
would put their own man in the White House next
time,
Naturally. the more the Republicans fought among
themselves the more the Democrats enjoyed the show
the old G. O. p was breaking up, pounded on the
rocks Of factional adversely according to the Demo-
Gratis.
Hence the fractional row which now is kicking up
over Raskob chairman, angel and-according to
Frank Kent-owner of the Democratic national COM
mittee. And hence Governor Ritchies transparent
bid for the presidency his fourth gubernatoral in
augural in Maryland Wednesday.
Kent of the Baltimore Sun is one of the abest
literary gums of the Democratic party and has been
these many years. He may have weakened his power
over the Jehersonian brethren somewhat by saying
good word for H. Hoover and again, but he still
can WELD a wicked column of facts when he Is
amind to.
He did. He wrote Cnat RaSKoD mao nnaHceu ule
Democratic national organization to the point Of per-
sonal ownership and would hand pick the next
candidate if the righteous didn't look out. Reactions
from the brickbat were SO heavy it took Raskob
week to recover sufficiently to answer
When he did answer, he called naneS-a danger
Gus thing for a mere flnancier to do to columnlst
Kent could think OF worse names, and did.
The upshot is that Democrats who used to see
only Raskobs wings now are looking for hoofs and
q forked tail Doubtless that is somewhat unjust to
this amateur political angel who managed Al Smiths
campaign and has been paying most of the bills
ever since but unjust or not, it may interfere with
his alleged plans to run Owen D. Young a dark
horse.
At this point enters Marylands perpetual favor
lie son. Albert c. Richie The political dopesters
say he is Raskobs second choice. Anyway from his
inaugural address as Governor it is pretty clear that
he is his own first choice Not even the canny CALVIN
ever said so little in many words.
Apart from his stand for prohibition repeal Rtche
marched up every hi-and then marched down again.
He was for everybody and everything. without COM
hitting himself definitely to anything. But he man
aged to get across to those business interests which
fight government regulation that he is SAFE
All of which is nothing to worry the limpng Re-
publican administration. Indeed, the premature
Democratic presidential boomS and the Raskob agi-
taton actually bringing smiles again to the sad
Tipped leaders of the G. o. P. And that is news.