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LEGAL NOTICE
List 8-I30-"C"-MAM 139367S-1407135

l.,
 NATIONAL FOREST
 Notice is hereby gwen that the lands de- acribed below, within the Chugach Nationa, rorest. will be open to settlement and en- chorage. Alaska. under the provisions of the homestead law and act of June II. 1eo6 tA Stat. 233). of entry by persons com. ing m within either of the two following classes whose application the lands were listed. if any, who. in order to avail themselves of the preference right. must file their appli- eaton within sixty days prior to date of der to avail themselves of the preference right conferred by Congress under public re- solution Mo- 86. approved June IF, 1880. may Tile application within one hundred ten days tions filed within the first twenty days of this period will be treated as simultaneously filed at g .. m. on the ninetie+h day prior to date of opening Applications by ex-servis> filed VII. '"
 The general public may file applications within twenty days prior to opening date at g a. m. on date of opening. but no ar plication will be allowed prior thereto
 tract of 7.2s acres, more or less, described by metes and bounds as follows: nos sso4s at e kea. fG 1: at DGnt Sn 2h miles from Lawing Station on the Alaska Railroad. being a cottonwood tree squared to 4" and cut off 3 fe. above ground and marked HI MO. whence cottonwood tree 10' diameter bears N 71o w 13 links distant marked W HI MO in blaze: cot tonwood tree 8" diameter bears s. 1Oo E. IA links distant marked w HI MIG In blaze. Thence by meander of said lake at line of mean high tide 64o E. 0.71 Chs s. 7so E. 1.51 Chs. N. eoo E. .o1 Chs :, N. 6so E. 1.S6 Chs, N. 7so E. l .os chs, N 5so E. 1.24 chs. N so0 E. 1.o1 chs, N: 72' E., 1.5l chs, s. s5o s0' E. 0.63 chs to cor, No. and M. c. Thence N. 13o E. SIS chs. to Cor. No. 3. Thence West 1O.65 chs. to Cor No. 4 Thence South 7s5 chs to Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning. List ed upon the application of A. |. Wittner of Lawing. Alaska. List 8-130.
 Feb IF, 1881 D.. K. Parrott
 Acting Assistant commissioner First Publication March IT. ,9e1. Last Publication April'7. 1881.
 Pub. D-Mar. 17, 24, 31. ADJ 2. 1891.
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ALASKA INTERESTS
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(Continued from Fage Six)
 ready over 50 reservations have been made and it is hoped to secure a party of 200. Stops will be made at Victoria, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, Cordova, Valdez, La tuoche and Seward From the lat ter town a train 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 Mckinley National
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GOES TO ANCHORAGE

pr. A. R. Carter, Alaska railroad physician and surgeon, left Fair banks for Anchorage, where he will remain a month while one of the resident physicians is absent in the states, reports the News-Miner.
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SELDOv1A FIRE

The:iR. ". Anderson home in Sel- dovia had a close call from being reduced to ashes when fire burst forth, according to the Seldovia Herald. Volunteer fire fighters put the fire out with axes, pails of wa ter and extinguishers.
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 sac of Anchorage appeared in Washington and as an officer of the Evan Jones Coal Company was much perturbed because the Inter for Department had set aside con- tract for coal for the Alaska Rail- road that had been awarded his company Bartley Howard, presi- dent of the Alaska MatanuSka Coal Company, one of the original bid ders for the coal contract, had pre- viously been in Washington to pro- test against the award that had been made to the Evan Jones Co.,, because of some technicality. His contention was sustained Soon af- ter MT. LousSac appeared and thru attorneys maintained that the de- partment had made an error in canceling his contract. While the matter was being considered by the office of the secretary of the in- terior MT. Loussac made a trip to Miami. On his return last Monday he was greeted with the informa- tion that the department had again considered the coal contract and de- creed that the Evan Jones people were really entitled to furnish the fuel. The Postoffice Department has decided not to renew it's contract with the Northland Transportation Co. for summer mail service between Seattle and way ports to Juneau. This contract was especially de- sired by the Petersburg Comner- cial Club but the department has decided that the summer schedule by the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Pacific Steamship Co. will af- ford a good mail service for Peters, burg.
 I VVVv
 MT. Oscar SamuelSon of Bethel and other residents at small towns along the Yukon river had writ ten Delegate Wickersham express ing the fear that with the coming to Alaska of air mail that the old methods of delivery by dog team would be abandoned and as a re- suit service would not be rendered to the small and remote localities and that road house and small stores would have to be abandoned, The delegate took the matter up with the Postoffice Department and alter looking into the situation Harold N Graves, executive assist ant to Postmaster General Brown, wrote reassuring letter to the delegate, in which he states:
 An advertisement was issued July Is for service on the winter routes in Alaska for a three-year period from July 1 next. The ad- vertisement was similar to those is- sued in the past and specified no particular means of transportation to be employed. The department received 14 low bids from two firms
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Practical and heautitui bridge gifts a1 the AlaAka Shop
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Park or Fairbanks. The others will reach Seattle on the return trip June 25.
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Have you heard the new "OkEH" re- cords at Sylvia's. They are wonderful
The Washington times., 1931-10-27

Buffet luncheon-Women's Ma
tional Press Club, / p. 'r1., vii
lard Hotel.
Meeting-Board. of Lady Man
ayers Casualty Hospital, IL a. m,
Willard Hotel.
Navy Day Ball-Large ballroom,
Willard Hotel, 9 p. m.
Observation-Disclosures Club, IL
a M, Willard Hotel.
Luncheon-Board of Lady Man
ayers Casualty Hospital, 12:45
p. M, Willard Hotel.
Meeting German Beneficial
Union, No. 100, 1880 p. M, Ham
ilton Hotel.
Dinner-D. C. Rental Associa,
ton, $50 p. M. Hamilton Hotel.
Dinner-Trinity College Alum
nae Association. Mayflower Hotel.
Card party-St. James Church,
Thirty,seventh Street and Rhode
Island Avenue, Mt. Rainier, Md,
$50 p. m.
Meeting - Logan-Thomas Citi-
zens Association, 8 p. m, North
minister Church, Eleventh Street
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Nesbit Girl GiUen
Chance to RecOUer

Although she has never le'
gained consciousness since she
was brought to Casualty Hospital
last wednesday following an auto
crash Miss Nancy Elizabeth Mes
bit has chance to recover ac-
cording to hospital officials.
Miss Nesbit's skull was frac-
tured and she was otherwise
severely injured in the accident
in which her father, Harrison
Nesbit, Pittsburgh, was killed.
The Nesbit car crashed. into a
truck on the Baltimore Boulevard.
Her mother, sister. and brother
are constantly at her bedside.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
SMITH UPSE rs
DEMOCRATIC
APPLICANT
GAPS" Growing Feud With
Gov. Roosevelt Likely to
Shift Presidential Candidates

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 26
UN.SO SO.-Governor Roosevelt and
former Gov. AL Smith today had
reached an open break over the
reforestation amendment - one
that may have a far reaching
effect in the selection of the
next Democratic presidential can
didate-in the opinion of political
leaders at the Capitol.
Never before nave these two
Democratic chiefs disagreed over
q State project.
Friends 20 Years
Since 1880 when Roosevelt
first launched the fight which
eventually carried Smith to the
presidential nomination in 1928,
these two leaders have worked
side by side in perfect harmony.
Their political end personal
friendship dates back 20 years.
It was Roosevelt who first char
acterized Smith as "the Happy
Warrior"
The constitutional amendment,
which has split these two Demo
cratic stalwartS, would authorize
the legislature to appropriate $19,-
100000 over IL years for re-
forestation of idle lands and es-
tablishment of tree nurseries.
Exchange LaShingS
Twice during the last 10 days
Smith has Unbiased bitter attacks
on ROosevelt's pet reforestatiOn
proposal. He insisted it was
wrong to write an appropriation
into the constitution and said it
might pave the way for the
lumber barOns to denude the
State forests.
In an equally vigorous fashion.
but without mentioning Smith by
name, Roosevelt, in a radio ad-
dress, struck out straight fYom
the shoulder at his old-time
political ally.
Roosevelt virtually told Smith
ne had his facts twisted" and
That he was confused" over the
1ntent of the amendment.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27

and Rhode Island Avenue North
west.
Meeting-Southesst Washing.
ton Citizens Association, 8 p. M,
public library, Seventh and D
Streets Southeast.
Hope Lodge, No. Z, Order of the
Shepherds of Bethlehem, meets
tonight at Masonic Hall, Four
teenth and u Streets Southeast
This will be followed by a social
night.
OIL, TOMORROW
Meeting-Anacostia Citizens AS
sociation, 8 p. m, Masonic Hall.
Meeting-Rhode Island Avenue
Citizens Association. 8 p. m, Sher.
wood Presbyterian Church.
Luncheon-Lions Club, May.
flower Hotel.
Meeting-WaShington Opera
Company, 8 p. M, Mayflower
Hotel.
Meeting-Chi Sigma Sorority,
8 p. m. Mayflower Hotel.
Dinner-Phi Sigma Tau Soror-
ity, 8 p. m, Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
California Educator
GiUegI Federal Post

DR.. David Segel, of Long Beach
Calf, has been appointed special.
lst in educational tests and meas.
urements in the Federal Office
OF Education, which post was au-
thorized by the last Congress.
DR.. Segel for the past seven
years has been in the research
department. of the Long Beach
City Schools. He will cooperate
with school systems and research
agencies, and conduct studies in
tests of pupil progress and ad-
wise curriculum changes based on
these findings.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
What's Doing Today and tomorrow

Meeting - German Beneficial
Union No. 40, 1880 p. m, Hamil.
ton Hotel.
Luncheon-Optimist Club, 1880
p. m, Hamilton Hotel.
Ladies Day Luncheon-Rotary
Club, 1890 p. M. willard Hotel.
Luncheon-D. c. Bankers Asso-
citation, 12:45 p. M, Willard
Hotel.
Meeting-Society of Virginia, 8
p. m, Willard Hotel.
Meeting Geological Society of
Washington, 8 p. m, Cosmos
Club,
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
SABATINl TO SPEAK

Rafael Sabatini, Spanish author
VIII speak at the Central Com
munity Center, Thirteenth and
Clifton Streets. November 3. on
Fiction in History"
The Washington times., 1931-10-27

An unusually English type sof trinity tailored ee
the Of this distinctive group The chair floral tapestry Of
conventional design The priced moderately $3.50 the cor
SOFA Deep spring filled cushions be had for 90
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wouldn't have been half the fun IL

wouldn't have been half the fun r.
It that there has been. I just dom
care now whether we win prize OF
not. To see how much beauty we
have been able to make out of SO
little has been reward enough. And
1t has taught me lesson l win
never forget. oh, mother !" his voice
grew excited, "you are just wonder
ful-you arel Who but you would
have thought Of such thing?"
But Paul did win a prize--to the
surprise Of his mother and himself
he won the biggest prize the paper
had offered-S200. The simplicity OF
the design, the artistic skill that
love and care had woven into 1t,
the contrast between It and ether
elaborate decorations entered, and
the eyident spirituality of the mes
sage all lent their influence toward
the final decision. Three times the
judges drove by to see it, and each
time they grew more impressed.
There seemed 20 be a strange radi-
hnce about this particular exhibit
that they could not account for.
They could not know that 1t came
from all that had been put there
By loving hands. But all were unan-
imous in deciding that 1t merited
the first and best prize.
1t is doubtful If any two ever
spent a more wonderful and joy
Gus Christmas than Paul and his
mother. They could scarcely credit
the fact that their work had been
counted the best in the whole city.
And the prize meant much to two
who had to scrimp ahd save for SO
many years. To them 5000 was a
very large amount-it would buy
many needed things.
But over and above this was the
thought that the thing they had
fashioned from almost nothing but
faith and love had been considered
worthy of prize.
And as they stood in front Of the
modest little home after the Judges
had left and looked up toward the
great, glistening star that seemed
to smile down at them, they were
both filled with the deepest and
most wonderful happiness that even
Christmas can bring. Love and faith
had once again found q way! It's
star was shining brightly for the
grateful pair!
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message that the angels sang in the
long ago.
Mother, It's going to be great!"
Paul would say every now and then
in his enthusiasm. There couldn't
be anything better than this; why
why this star seems as II 1t were
really alive!"
But Mrs. Rainer knew OF the
many lavish and expensive decora-
lions that were going UP all over
town. The simple things that they
were fashioning would probably
Show up very small beside such dis
play. But she tried to keep faith
with the faith of her son. And
even though they should not get q
prize, this work that they were
doing was bringing them great
amount of happiness; a deeper and
finer spirituality than they ever
had known before. They seemed to
have caught the very spirit Of
Christmas; each day seemed to be
bringing them nearer to Bethlehem.
In week the decorations were
finished, and Paul took ladder
and set to work. Across the high
side wall Of the house that faced
the street he placed the letters that
had been woven from scraps Of pa
per. When completed, they read:
GLORY to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward
men," Above this he placed the sill
yer star which had grown to be 20
real. With long extension cords md
three rejecting lights that they had
been able to hire from q nearby
electrician for a small sum, the
lighting system was complete.
Paul could scarcely wait until
darkness fell to turn on the cur
rent. His hands trembled with en-
element when finally. the moment
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evening; already men and women
were loaded down with packages
h9E had all the earmarks of Eule-
tide, gifts.
mere was something about
Chl1stmas that always thrilled Paul;
be. ¥ liked to repeat the name
ovf6 and over to himself. He often
|wt1hed that he might be selling
toyw and things at Christmas in
stedd of being office boy at the big
lumber concern where he worked.
Gee, mother" he yelled as he
Eent in the door; "the Daily Mir
t0rF is giving prizes for the best
6e$orated homes at Christmas.
WQpldn't 1t be great II we could
WIN one of them?"
sBut Paul." Mrs. Rainer spoke
2asif she hated 10 throw cold water
on his enthusiasm, you know we
can't afford to do anything of that
Kind. IL only wish we could for
your sake" she added. Maybe next
year"
paul looked around the sparsely
furnished room before replying:
'Never mind, mother" he said, "for
the time, forgot about things. Darn
money, anyway; why does it al
ways have to block the way when
we want to do something we like !"
sIt-it doesn't always block the
way, Paul; in fact, most of the time
the absence of it is an incentive to
do big things. If everybody had
money many of the great deeds that
have thrilled the world never would
have been accomplished. And-and,
Paul, don't you think we have been
fairly happy without lot of it?'
She looked anxiously into his face
as she put the question.
paul was his old happy self when
he replied: Bet your life we have.
WIZ. al :he fellows say they'd -ath-
eEy come 20 our house than any
VIE else. And-and, mother, If
dad had lived we could have been
as well off as the rest of them !"
In the hours that followed Paul
seemingly forgot about the news
, paper prize, but his mother did not
That night, after he had retired
she sat down in the little living
/, r1om and pondered the matter over.
Was there any way that she could
help him to carry out his desire?
What a happiness 1t would be to
give him the joy of competing in the
contest
Suddenly she started from her
chair and q smile came over her
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Believed Holly Used in
Church Would Bring Luck

HOLLY, with its brilliant red
4 ! berries and rich green leaves Is
an accepted Christmas decoration.
not Just because 1t is an attractive
and cheerful plant. but because in
the early days 1t was thought to
be "hateful to witches" and there
fore offered protection against them,
says an article in the Washington
Post. Later it was used as re-
hinder Of the crown Of thorns
Christ wore, the scarlet berries rep
resenting the blood he shed. The
superstition then grew that IL one
could obtain piece Of holly which
had been used in a church it would
bring good luck all year and would
protect against lightning.
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j
wind touched them.
You are thinking of nothing but
getting home to a warm FIRE and a
hood supper, when suddenly a new
light pours down from the sky.
You stop and look up. This light is
toft and golden; many colors grow
and dissolve in It. You stand
transfixed.
You hear voices, a whole choir OF
them. Angelic and sweet the mu
sic floods the night. Gradually you
discern floating figures lifted on
great and shining wings. The voices
swell to a rich crescendo and 60
ringing on through the world-"Foi
Christ the Lord is born;"
The light fades. The music dies
away. You are left alone In a
country lane. It Is dark and cold.
But the familiar lane takes on a
different aspect. 1t is leading you
not home but to low stone build.
Ing. There are voices within. You
hear many people moving about
Without realizing the direction your
feet are taking you find yourself
stepping over the low threshold OF
a stable. You advance, finding
yourself confronted by a scene OF
great simplicity. A mother and her
child. a manger, the big eyes of cat.
tie glowing in the shadows. Tho
glory that was in the skies a lit
tie while ago seems conferred above
the baby's head.
How would you feel? What would
yvs do? When the vision faded
would you ever again forget the
beauty and meaning Of Christmas!
"a. 1881. Western Newspaper Union,
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came. and his heart almost stood
still as he looked up and saw the
message that has thrilled the world
for nearly 1000 years stand out in
bold relief. Above 1t the silver sta.
cleaned brightly; to Paul 1t seemed
more alive than ever.
Through the days that followed
mother and son thrilled as they no.
ticed the many people who
stopped outside. Cars from all over
the city drove by each night, and
the comments and praise that they
heard was as music to their ears
paul, do you think we could
have got as much happiness out Of
this if we had lots of money and
could have bought anything we
wlshed?" Mrs. Rainier inquired Of
her son one evening.
mo, mother, don't" Paul an
swered very quietly. "There
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nee. Her thoughts had drifted
h6ck through the years; back to
childhood days. She remembered
cut on the farm how her mother
kod taught her to fashion many
beautiful Christmas decorations out
" scraps Of tinfoil and colored pa
per. Always there had been a box
81 the attic where everything Of
tbs sort had been stored away.
sAnd, as is often the case, the
things we do in childhood stay with
ua; so she herself had continued
to save bits Of paper and other
things as her mother had, and now
there was a huge box of it stacked
away in the closet. Perhaps out Of
ttfshe could fashion something that
would enable Paul to enter the con-
lest?
Nor a whole week two busy per-
nons worked across the table from
each other every evening. Carefully
mall rolls of tinfoil and rolls of
Areen- and-red paper were smoothed
ont and fashioned into Christmas
decorations. Ont Of the discarded
faeces Of silver paper and tinfoil
6great cleaning star began to take
Chape, a star that seemed to fill
HE whole room with its radiance.
For, from the moment that mother
md son began working upon 1t, 1t
6eemed to them as If the Star that
"a the Wise Men was shining again.
Nom the love and care they had
NJ into its making 1t seemed to
g taking on real life, and all I'M
consciously their voices grew low
"a hushed as they worked upon y
lad slowly from the red-and-green
baper letters were formed. huge let
tors along simple lines that tolG tae
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OPPOSE for instance that
you were walking along
a country lane at night.
That 1t was very cold
and frosty. that the snow
creaked under your feet,
and the twigs on the bare
trees SnaDned when tho
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Asparagus Fern a. Decoration
Asparagus fern wound about the
cords makes an attractive disguise
for the mechanics of the Christmas
tree lights which are used as table
decorations. The lines of trailing
green may be made to simulate
pumpkin vine, with tiny paper
pumpkins at each light.
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tinued following the building of
modern bridge
Locusts descend periodically up
on Near East fields.
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.-sssHkN
A new dam in Brazil claimed to
be the largest of it's kind in South
America, impounds 120,000,00 cubic
feet of water.
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1875 YEAR-OLD FERRY STOPS
MADISON, Ind.-After 125 pears
the chugging ferryboat linking In
diana and Kentucky across the
Ohio River here has been discon-
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T WAS three weeks b.
fore Christmas. But al
ready the atmosphere of
the holiday season seemed
to cover the city. Paul
Rainer felt 1t as he
boarded the street car
that took him home eacl