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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
RING-A-YEAR SYSTEM AFFECTED BY
 DROUGHT.

The time -honored method of telling the age Of trees by the annual rings have been upset to some extent this year by the pecuarity of the season says the Forest Service of the United States De- partment of Agriculture. Trees in most sections got off to a good start in the spring but were halted by the parching summer drought. Almost everywhere the growth of trees this year has been slight but in some areas where late summer rains soaked the earth second period of growth followed the drought and so altered the ring records. This has been the in Alabama, according to reports from the State Forester.
 When a tree puts years growth it adds a new ring of wood, and the diameter increases by double the thickness of the last tree ring The age of tree can therefore usually be told by counting the rings on the stump. AS consequence of the halting and the advance in growth this season. Alabama trees in many cases put on second thin layer known to foresters a false ring So the foresters of future years will have to be on their guard in computing ages in the living cal endars of Alabama tree stumps Such false rings are not uncommon long periods of years
 This years regular ring in most parts of the country shows much less thickness than the average years ring, and in those regions where growth was renewed late in the season the second ring not resulted in larger total years growth. Most regions, however did not get rain early enough to start the second ring
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
More and Better Plagiarism.
(New York Herald -Tribune.)

We have always been a little puzzled by pag- iarism trials The abest writers of the ages have always been talented mind d-pickers and we heartily approve of them The twentieth century world puts false premium upon originality. In the first place, it is seldom really original and what is more important, what is original is almost surely dull
 young men who spend half their lives studying the encyclopedias to find out what other men have done and the other half figuring how to avoid it. The conscious effort to be original is in itself enough to kill any spring of genuine creation which might bubble in a poets a novelst's young breast A true artist is magnificently of himself that it does not occur to him whether any one has ever before touched upon his theme. All the plots conceivable within the range of human action were long ago theadbare by hack writers; and any one of them can be brought to fresh, intense life by artist with the artists undenable divine fire. If he has something to say, and way to say it, he wastes time considering whether others have said done anything like it before.
 Shakespeare's themes second hand, but to- day they are irrevocaby his Milton Goethe, Dante, Anatoe Franceal the great artists of all the ages have rewritten others themes, and because they were artists they created new fabrics that made old forms new. Homer re-sang stories which the Greeks had heard a thousand times After all the test of time something. Stories that have echoed down the centuries are certain to be better than any which devout modernist sitting alone in his garrett can devise.
 is always dead. But if offering advice to young writers should tell them first of all to forget the conscious effort to be original and to write old stories in their own tongues More and better-but particularly better-plagiarism would be healthy credo for our too modern age.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

vagabond. He has definite residence, several or them Costly well-ordered and expensively main tained establishments He has a business It IS that business which by it's illegalty the graft corrup- ton, backmail robbery, and even murder that is rooted in it and spreads their evil aura over a great city which has brought him national notoriety and set the hounds of the law upon his trail To charge him with vagrancy is to beg the issue. His trade is no secret. The methods used in plying it are not any more secret It is the failure of the regularly constituted authorities to bring him to book for that illicit calling for the henious crimes emanating from it, that has disgusted people. Until such evasons stopped, until there are honest efforts made to enforce the law though such efforts foredoomed to failure, in fact until there is radical change in the system which permits such excretions from the social structure of the nation disgust will not only continue, it will greater and disrespect for law will persist To undertake to prosecute a Capone for vagrancy is insult to intelligence and confession of abject failure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
The Nautilus Makes Ready.
Cincinnati EnQuirer.)

Sir Hubert Wilknss Arctic submarine, now talk ing fuel and supplies at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, is nearly ready for its long trek under the ice of the polar region. Gyro compasses must be ad- justed, supplies checked and surplus items discard ed, and this newest mode of polar exploration will mer.
 Wilkins's project is the most radical departure in polar exploration since the first of the airplane Not only will his trip help to determine the future value of the submarine for this purpose, but it will afford a of data of the highest value to science
 The Nautilus will not be the only craft seeking to penetrate the Arctic region this summer, but doubtless it will hold the attention of the world more fully than any other for it's journey is not only intrnscaly important, but will have fas- cination for everyones imagination as it blows along under thick ceiling of ice, writing a chapter in the great epic of the conquest of the North.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
EVADING THE ISSUE.

AT Capone. Chcago's master gangster, has again walked free from the tolls of the law charge of vagrancy filed against him in municipal court has been dismissed and the head of Chcagos racketeers and ring left the courtroom smiling and unconcerned. It is not sign of corrupt justice that Capone escaped trial and conviction in this instance The responsibility if there is any, attaches to the officer who il-advised as to accuse him of being vagrant As legal phrase the word means a person who wanders from place to place begging living without of SUD- port In Illinois. Cook County at any rate it means one who fails to support his family so it becomes public charge
 Of course no police officer could be found who was willing to swear that Capone didn't support his family Naturally there no record of his family being a charge on the public He isn't one who has no visible means of support He doesn't beg On the contrary he is the law to a certain extent. He makes the terms to which others must comply If they expect to continue to inhabt this globe, at least that portion of it which Capone favors as residence. He is anything but beggar, a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
ALASKA IS THE EXCEPTION.

Tn 1919 three States-Oregon, Colorado and North Dakota-inaugurated a tax on gasoline the initial rate in each being one cent per gallon rms year every State and the District of Columbia have similar levies the rates ranging from two cents in some States to six in others. Washington recently increased it's rate from two to five cents Florida Georgia and South Carolina have a six-cent rate and in Kentucky New Mexico, Montana, North Carolina. Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia it is five.
 Started originally as good roads aid, revenues from it now are diverted in many channels. Mis- sssippi has used part of the money on sea walls. New Jersey has improved of its inland waterways Maryland has spent of it's in oyster conservation and to repairing city streets It is a common usage to apply the fund to reduction of taxation in cities and counties Because gasoline taxes are so easily collected, they yield large totals and the tendency of lawmakers to increase the rates is strong.
 Victor H Scales of the American Petroleum In sttute estimates as follows
 Gasoline taxes cost the motorists of the
 United States in 1880 S1O0000000 more than
 all the expenditures for the United States
 Army and nearly $15OOoo00o more than for
 the United States Navy The total is equal
 nearly to the combined budgets of the
 States of Illinois and New York.
 As yet Alaska is not represented in this immense aggregate AS many of it's motor car owners are already paying a double license tax in addition to nersonal property taxes on their cars, they view with distaste the proposal now before the Legisla- ture to add another tax to their burden. And as most of them realize, experience has, in almost every State proved that one-cent rate IS shortly followed by additional cent and this by an other until what was an almost unnoticeable levy at the outset becomes oppressive as time passes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
The Chamber-The City Council.
(Cordova TimeS.)


 There wealth of achievement expressed in remark made by Mayor Will H. Chase in a report to the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. when he said, Every recommendation made by the Chamber to the Council has been acted upon and these projects under way"
 Mayor Chase referring in particular to the provisions being made at the City Wharf to handle the halibu fishing traffic and to the proposal. to establish airport Eyak Lake, but his remark covered achievement far more important than these two projects it brought forcby to the people of Cordova the realization that these two powerful units of civic affairs working in close har- mony united in cooperation for the common good of the community.
 Cordova is fortunate in having as its leaders, men of vision who permit their unit strength be welded in bonds at once powerful and construc" tive. This cooperation has been their goal for the past decade. We prophecy that it will be the most influential of all our resources in the immediate future
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
Invitation for Bids

United States Department of Az riculture, Bureau of Public Roads, Juneau, Alaska, April l, 1881. Seal ed Bids, subject to the conditions contained here, will be received un- til o'clock A. M May T, 1881, and then publicly opened, for furnish ing all labor and materials and per- forming all work for constructing and improving the Yakutat High way, Yakutat-Cannery Section, Ma tional Forest Road Project, located adjacent to the Tongass National Forest, First Judicial Division, Ter ritory of Alaska The length of the
 project to be constructed is ap-
 proximately 1854 miles and the principal items of work are ap- proximately as follows: Clearing 60 Acres; Grubbing 80 Acres; Unclas-
 sified Excavation 10000 Gu. Yds;
 Structure Excavation 50 c. Yds;
 Overhaul 200 Sta. Yds; Fine Grad
 ing 1884 Miles; Gravel, Top 1900 Gu. Yds; Corrugated Metal Pipe 416 Lin. Ft. The contract form and the pldllo opCClllCdtlOIlS, opCCldl pIONlo- ions and estimate of quantities may be examined and the Standard Questionnaire and Financial State ment for bidders secured by the prospective bidders at the following addresses: U. s. Bureau of Public Roads, Federal & Territorial Build ing, Juneau, Alaska; U. s. Forest Service, Commercial Building, Ket- chikan, Alaska; Associated General Contractors, Multnomah Hotel, Port land, Oregon; Associated General Contractors, Arcade Building, Seat tie, Washington; Associated Gen. eral Contractors, Spokane Hotel
 Spokane, Washington. Each bidder must, submit with his bid, or prev iously, an attested statement of his business and technical organization (of the biddeo on forms to be sup piled by the District Engineer, which is available for the contemplated work, including his financial re- sources and his highway construc- tion experience, and other construc- ton experience, compared with the project bid upon. The United States expressly reserves the right to re- ject any bid in which the facts as to business and technical organi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

zation, financial resources, or con- struction experience, compared with the project bid upon, justifies such rejection. Where copies of plans are requested, a deposit of 5000 will be required to insure their re- turn. If within fifteen 15) days after opening of bids, plans are not returned, the deposit will be forfeited to the Government. Guar antee will be required with each bid at follows: Five (59t) per cent of the amount of the bid. Per- formance bond will be required as follows: In amount of 100% of the total contract price. Perform ance will begin within ten Q0 calendar days after date of receipt of notice to proceed and will be completed within one hundred fifty
 Q50) calendar days from that date Liquidated damages for delay will be the amount stated in the Special Provisions for each calendar day of delay until the work is complet- ed or accepted. Partial payments will be made as the work progress es on work and material delivered if such work and material meet the approval of the contracting of- ficer. Article on patents will be made a part of the contract. Bids must be submitted upon the Stan dard Government Form of Bid and the successful bidder will be re- quired to execute the Standard Government Form of Contract for Construction. The right is reserved, as the interest of the Government may require, to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in bids received, and to accept or re- ject any items of any bid, unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation. Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked, and addressed as follows: Bid for Roao Improvement. Yakutat Highway, Yakutat-Cannery Section to be op- ened May ?, 1881 at o'clock AM, Federal & Territorial Building, Ju- neau, Alaska. M. D. Williams, Dis trict Engineer, U. s. Bureau of Public Roads.
 SCHOMBEL'S ELECTRIC SHOP adv. TELEPHONE 4502
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
MEMORIAL FOR
 KNUTE R0CKNE
Donations Already Receiv- ed Notre Dame-Com-
 mittee Will Act

SOUTH BEND, Indiana. April 2. Plans for a memorial to Knute Rockne are under way at Notre Dame, Father Charles O'Donnell, President of the university reveal ed. He has received a number of donations and a committee com posed of Notre Dame alumni and friends of the famous coach will make recommendation as to the form of the memorial.
 Father O'Donnell conferred yes- terday with Frank Herring, National
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
RUMMAGE SALE

The Martha Society will hold RUMMAGE SALE in the old Post Office Building Wednesday April g. Sale starts at g am. Clothing, dishes, cooking utensile, etc, will be featured. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07
BOUND FOR CORONA

w. R. Gilbert, Superintendent of the Pioneer P k ing Company's plant at Cordova, and family, are returning to Cordova on the Alaska preparatory to opening the plant for the season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

A two-day demonstration against the Prohibition law will shortly be staged by the Woman's Organi- zation for National Prohibition Reform Which reads like party would enjoy taking part n
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

Slam is sending its King and Queen to this country to see some of outstanding medical specialits. Under the circumstances, should say they'd better send the jack along, too.-tBoston Globe)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

Among the inexplicabes must be classed the people who raise heaven and earth to save man convicted of beating his sick wife from receiving ten laShes hmself.-( Washington Post)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

Instead of feeding riotous prisoners on bread and water why don't prison authorities feed them on the kind Of diet experts say affect the disposition? Courier -Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

The advantage of being nobody is that you can come right out and say just what you think about Prohibtion-(Akron Ohio Beacon -Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

Both parties are having difficulty finding a poli- tician who can take Prohibition leave it alone indianapolis Star)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-07

President of the Notre Dame Alumni Association and James Armstrong, National Secretary.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
cho legal a reclanar ~ fortuas
o disponer de ella.

lcho legal a reclsrat ~ fortuas
o disponer de ella.
Los herederos de Belgica han
hecho una Investigation y sostie
men que la condesa, fallecida ha-
&C seis aHos, no dej6 testamento
y que 81 10 dej6 este nunca fue
presentado para legalizaci6n.
Asegdrase que artfculos de
valor, propiedad de la condesa,
Sc hallan en- poder de la Sra.
Madeline Gill, de Clearwater,
que los ha exhibido en- distintas
poblaciones y afirma que la di-
funta Sc los dej6 como herencia
dada la amistad que las unia.
Las joyas no han podido ser
localizadas y sup6nese que Sc
extraviaron o alguien Sc apode-
r6 de elias, vendiendolas fuera
de aqui.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19

u us SuS cdFFefaS y Ell BOSTON
SA11 hits, Sc qued6 en- cuatro.
hnzando de manera admir- Z
~ Tubbell dej6 a los piratas On
Us hits. Contra French los Gi-
gantes dispararon nueve clio,
es'.
Chicago SC, 11h, De; Brook
VIC, 11h, 2e.
Chicago Sc 14h, De; Brooklyn
DC, 5h, lie.
St. Luis sc, 5h, lie; Boston DC
11h, Be.
Pittsburg 1e, Oh, lie; New
York Sc, Oh, BE.
Cincinnati 4c, 11h, lie; Fila
delfia sc, 12h, De.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
VA PEDIDO Ell VICE CON
SUI DE A SB LIE
NOMBRE ~ADMINISTRAk
DOR DE LOS BIENES DE
LA CONDESA DE ARGEN-
TEAU

FL Sr. Jean Van ]. Blinck, vi
ce consul de Holanda en- esta ciu
dad, ha presentado un escrito en-
la corte del condado, COM re-
presentante de herederos resi-
denies en- Belgica, pidiendo Sc
lie nombre administrator de los
bienes dejados por la condesa
de Argenteau, princesa de
Montglyon, de Belgica, que mu-
riera aqui, en- 1925, al parecer
sin dejar fortuna.
En- SUI escrito ell administra-
dor eta los bienes dejados por
la condesa, joyas y antigueda-
des, y calcula su valor en- 800,
900 pesos.
Tambien plantea ell peticiona-
rio ell punto de 81 James H. Ca
sey, supuesto medic hermano de
la condesa, es verdaderamente
pariente de esta y 81 tiene dere-
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
ECOS DEL CAYO

Por fin aDrio sus puertas Ia
nueva fabrica de envases de pi-
na. Mas de 125 personas han
encontrado trabajo en- esta in
dustria, calmando la miseria en-
unos cuantos hogares.
A las obreras Sc paga Is ceN-
tavos la bora, 10 mismo que a al
gunos obreros. A otros trabaja-
dores sc paga a % centavos Ia
bora; estos son los que arrojar
los desperdicios.
! Las obreras muchas wees ira
bajan hasta II horas y los hon.
bres hasta II. e. page Sc hace
los viernes, quedando en- fondo
ell dia del sabado.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
lNFC2MACION
OU. Puerto

LEGO a descargar petr6leo el
vapor americana Polarine, de la
Standard Oil.
Procedente de la Habana. a
cargar fosfato, arrib6 la motto
nave noruega Tortugas.
Durante ell dia de aver zarpa-
ron los vapores americanos Gu
b.. Ellenor, West Nohno, H. F.
Sinclair Y ell Qoruego Sorvan-
gen.
Con las barcas Ohio y Pure
Tiolene Zarparon los remolca-
dores Senator Bailey y Bafshe.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
De Vioje

Embarcaron ell sabado para
la Habana mi estimado amigo
Jose Fernandez, su eeposa, Sra.
Juana Fernandez, Y su simpati-
ca hija Marina. Motiva ell viaie
no encontrarse Bien de salud la
Sra. Fernandez. Son mis- mejo-
res deseos porque ella recobre
la salud para contento de su es-
poso Y guerilla hiia.
JuaR Y. DeigGdO.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
MATRIMONlOS

Rolando Hernandez, SO, Y Ro-
sta Torres, 20; Raymond Oso-
rio, &c, y Mary Dago, %; Jose
Miller, 26, y Dorothy Mcclure,
81; John M. Flaherty, 81, y Ne
lie Luisa Haager, Is.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
Juan Atcdntara

Juan Atcdntard
He leido con verdadero pla-
Ger algunos trabajos, en- prosa
y en- verso, de este querido y an
tiguo emigrado, que tiene in
contables amigos en- Key West.
Alcantara tuvo que marchar-
Sc de aqui por su estado de sa-
lud Y tambien por causa de Ia
mala situaci6n en- que desde ha-
ce mucho tempo esta sumido
este pueblo.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
Pleitos y DIVORCES

Corte del Circuito: w. H. Grit
fin contra Lucinda Griffin; Fe-
deral Insurance Co., de New Jer
sey, contra Elias Marcades; Ii
llian Alderman contra w.
Frank Alderman; B. Grimes
contra c. C. Grimes; Estein Po-
lock contra ell estado de Flori-
da.
La gaceta., 1931-06-19
WH3
Armdndo Alfonso

Armando Alfonso, native de
Cayo Hueso, que reside ahora
en- Miami, lego a eAa ciudad
con un aeroplano de su inven-
Zion, impulsado por un motor
de motocicleta.
La armaz6n es de aluminio V
tela. Alfonso Sc propone cruzar
a la Habana y despues retornar
a Miami.
lie deseo un complete exito.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Detached Six Room House. Northeast Section 1880 and Terms
Automobiles (l35)
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

GOOD USED CARS
NOLAN MOTOR CO iii 18th 81 n ",
REAL BUYS IN USED CARS
Nicholson Motor Co.. Hyatts. Nd,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
BUICK

>SNNsNSN"NeNses"eSerSese =.
BUICK 1927 four-pas"cnger coupe. This
car shows exceptional care and the
body.finish, interior and equipment are
excellent. Good tires all around. Thick
brake lining and a smooth motor-$366.
Emerson & Orme. 18th and M SITS. N. w.
BUICK 1881 Sedan, fully equipped. .Ss95.
Ace Motor Co.. 14th and B StS N W.
Decatur 3640.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
want Miscellaneous

AUBURN-1929. 6-cyl. sedan, $175 down.
$32 per month: excellent condition;
rington Motor Co.. 2o35 18th N. W.
Pot. 0044.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Rentals
APARTMENTs uNEUKNIsHED 9

1877 p st. N. w.
Q large rooms. kitchen. bath. ...... $50
PERRIE MCLEAN
Room 213. Mills Building
NEW HAVEN,
236 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. n. E.
Corner; apartments distinguished by
a8e, comfort and attractiveness; / room
and bath. $40: 1 room, kitchen anil bath.
$3.50. Kelvinator, elevator.
BROOKLAND COURTS,
:121o-1s PERRY ST; n. e.
De;schsd cool rTmsna1s,x tPSSs
Outside apartments Of 1 rooms, kitchen
and bath, $3.50 to S6660. Frtgidaire.
Resident manager. 1nctnerator.
$50 B ST. N. e
seconJ floor. 2 rooms. kitchen and
bath, $3.50.
THE EVARTS,
1908 EvARTs ST. n. e.
Apartments of rooms. kitchen and
tile bath. S4750. Frigidaire. Manager
On premises.
913 MARYLAND AVE. NE.
Second floor. roOmL kitchen and
bath, S47.50.
BOSS & PHELPS,
1A17 ST. N. ". NAT: $500:
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Automobiles
PLYMOUTH

PLYMOUTH 1890 De Luxe 4.door Sedan,
l.. one NJ our very best sellers, guaranteed
IN every particular, $3.50 down, easy terms.
NORTHEAST CHRYSLER
10th and H SITS. N. E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
GREAT FINISH SAVES
MT. RAINIER STREAK
Unbeaten Nine Trims sherwood
IA to Is, in Ten Innings for
Fifteenth Straight.

MOUNT RAINIER, Md. August IT.
Mount Rainier's unlimited class base
ball team today boasts its fifteenth win
In as many starts this season. The
Mounts conquered sherwood A. c. nine
Of Washington. IA to Is, In a stirring
l0-inning struggle yesterday.
II was by great finish that Mount
Rainier bested IsherwOodS. Going 10
bat in the eighth inning runs behind
the home club scored 2 tallieS in that
inning, S more in the ninth to tie the
score at 1912 and then pushed across
2 runs in the tenth to carry the day
after Isherwoods had counted / in that
frame A fly by BUD Bellman that
scored Ardley Hart provided the Mounts
margin OF victory Previously Bellman.
who played centerfield. had hit safely
FIVE times in as many tries
Pete Beckett, catcher, was another
leader OF the winners attack. Howard
Smith. Mount Rainier third basemsn,
and B. Dumford, Isherwood shortstop,
were other consistent hitterS.
Until the eighth 1t was red-hot
hght, with the lead alternating several
times
Mcmahon. though hit briSkly. stuck
the route on the mound for the home
club. He famed %. Carrick pitched
well for Isherwoods until the ninth,
when he gave way to Duval.