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Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-21
DESTROYED BY FIRE
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb, 2I

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb, 20, (F)
 The First Baptist Church, one of the finest edifices in Vancou- yer was destroyed by fire with a loss estimated by members of the church as being at more than $lOo,00O. A Sunday School hall was part of the structure which was saved.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-21
LISBON. Feb. 2l. (P) -Frauc

LISBON, Feb. 21. {4) Frauds totaling $4OOO0o have beerA un covered in the Banco National Ultramario, Portugals second largest bank. Jose Robelo, one of the banks officers, is accused of the shortage but has disappeaE- ed.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-21

Joe Freeman. Alaska represen- tative of the Seattle Hardware Company, arrive d Friday from points north, east and west, head ing south. #
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-21
TO0 LATE ID CLASSIFY

LOST-BifI fold with $50 draft and SEQ cash. Finder please for ward Alaska House, Anchorage, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-02-21
AMERICAN CHAMPION
 DEFEATS FRENCHNAN

NEWARK, Feb, q, R)-Paul Keller, the 800 meter champion of France, was defeated by Ray Conger, American champion mil CT, in 1000 meter race, of the New Jersey amateur champion ship. #..
 The Frenchman appeared to be the winner 50 yards from the finish line but the American fash ed by him like streak.
 Conger's time was two min utes, 33a4 seconds.
 The 63 auxiliary landing fields of Alaska are fields established and marked locally in some man her for the use of aircraft, but do not have the same standard ot equipments and facilities as the Municipal, Commercial and Inter national airports and landing fields.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
NOTICE TO LIGHT CONSUMERS

To permit necessary repairs to be made, the light plant will be shut down each Sunday from 1O:90 to 12 noon until further notice. This time was selected as most conven. tent to the majority of users.
 TOWN OF WRANGELL
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
NOT ALWAYS INEFFICIENT (Ketchikan Chroniclel

Sometimes something happens to make a person suspect that govern mental agencies are not invariably inefficient and graft-ridden when they try to operate public utility
 The city of Washington, Indiana. owns an electric power plant, which is run under the directioon of the mayor and the city council. Right now this city is using profits rolled up by that plant to pay off all of it's bonded indebtedness. Some of these bonds still had twenty years to run-but they are being paid off now, and next year the citizens of Washington will find their taxes just half as high as they are now.
 Every now and then an incident of that kind pops up to make one wonder if the dreadful evils of gov ernment ownership have not, per haps, been exaggerated a little bit
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
ESkimOS May Herd Deer With LOmens
 To Pack And Market
INVESTIGATION ITTEE APPROVES BALDWIN'S PLAN; L0MEN METHODS CRITICIZED

WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 21- Plans for a constructive organiza- tion of the reindeer industry in AL aska on a cooperative marketing basis has been outlined to the rein deer Investigating committee by Leonard Baldwin of New York, one of the packers of the Lomen cor poration.
 The keynote of the plan is local control through responsible repre- sentatives of the natives. with the Lomens furnishing the market out let George Goshaw, Alaska fox farmer, is the principal critic.
 The Lomens said that the Bald win plan would be beneficial if gov ernment supervision was sufficient and the natives could gain confi- dence that their interests were be- ing protected. The Lomens said progress at first would be slow be- cause of the previous friction They said the industry had suffered from the marketing of meat in poor con dition,
 | OVereStlmare 0f helndeer Goshaw said that there are not more than 50O.0OO or 5000 rein deer in Alaska instead of the mil lion it is said are there. He esti- mated the Lomen herd to total about 5000 instead of the 250, ,000 they are supposed to have. Carl Lomen replied that Goshaw was not | familiar with the business in north ern Alaska. and denied any unfair dealings with the natives. He said the corporation had reported to gov ernment supervisors and records of all its dealings are on file.
 Gosha wsaid: Nobody has done more to hurt" the reindeer industry l than the Lomens.
 l Goshaw charged the Lomen herd CTS with attempting to drive herds from native ranges and with des- troying the good will of the natives. | He said he would hold the govern ment responsible for the scattering and deterioration of the native herds
 Senator Kendrick chairman of the Investigating committee, declared
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27

innocuous and some that were a liability, hope that have an open mind to consider each on it's merits.
 This Wrangell airport after over half year has not been used once and there is no indication that it ever will be. It would only be used as winter quarters or for repairs. There is no roof to it fon winter quarters, and no machine shop for repairs. It is liable to rot down be- fore it would be needed to repair a plane, and as it cannot be used for landing or taking of passengers or mail, what good is it.?
 Go there and figure up the am ount of material and the cost of labor for putting it up and if you can estimate such things at all I think you will agree that 1t could have been put in for $4000 instead of sS000.
 The portion of cost assumed by Wrangell was as is needed to re- pair our streets. For my part I deny that it was either just or legal for Wrangell to spend money for this purpose, especially outside the city limits. The claims is made that the legislature granted such right or power; but where did the legis- lature get it's power to enact such a law?
 When the Enabling Act for AL aska does not give the legislature power to grant city the privilege to bond for and erect a city school within it's own limits, the claim that it can give a city council power to spend public money on something not necessary on of use, outside the city limits, is. I submit, absurd.
 If the Wrangell hamber of Com meree had anything to do with in ducing Wrangell to spend public money on the Airport it should keep quiet instead of taking credit.
 However, 1t is more probable the claims are an anology of the fab led dog who parked at the moon the larger part of the night. and when the moon went down took credit for driving 1t away.
 WALTER G. DYGERT.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
OPEN FORUM
UNCONVINCED

Editor The Sentinel:
 The Rev. MT. Pederson tells us in his article in the Open Forum about prohibition. He states that all ad- vances in civilization call for a linn itation of individual liberty. Now it seems to me that if this is a fact we have degenerated very rapidly in the past twelve years of prohibi- ton. One need but attend a public dance today in this town or in any other town in the United States and compare it with the good old days of fifteen or twenty years ago and ask himself if the world is beeom- ing more civilized or losing any per sonal liberty. In the good old days one very seldom saw a drunken man at a public dance, and never a wo- man. Has prohibition made the wonld more civilized or taken away any liberties, I ask you?
 Speaking of Robinson Crusoe be- ing able to point his gun anywhere until Friday got in the way. Rob inson Crusoe must be in Chicago and New York today, and ciyiliza- tion hasn't taken away any of his liberties, because his man Friday is being put on the spot and bumped off regularly.
 In the saloon days when one had any heavy drinking to do there was place for them to do that without taking it into their homes and pub lie places, and I am unable to see where the present prohibition law has made the wonld more civilized or taken away any personal liber- ties, but has done nothing but cause grief and suffering at the ex- pense of taxpayers throughout the country.
 ANTI-PRoHI.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
DOUGHNUTS ARE
 BETTER F COOKED
 A FEW AT A TIME
Likewise Coffee Has More Delicious Flavor When
 Roasted in Small Lots

Experience shows that if too many doughnuts are put into the hot fat at once, the cooking process is hindered. The temperature of the fat is reduced and the dough- nuts become greasy.
 A similar situation occurs when coffee is roasted in bulk. It is diff cult to apply the heat evenly, and as a result some of the coffee berries may be overdone and some underdone. Such variation in the roast causes disappointing varia- tion in flavor.
 Hills Bros. overcame this by in venting and patenting a process Controlled Roasting-that roasts every coffee berry evenly. With automatic control of heat and speed of operation, a few pounds at a time pass through the roasters. Uniformity of roast and unequaled flavor is the result.
 Hills Bros. Coffee is always fresh when you buy it because 1t is packed in vacuum. This process takes air, which destroys the flavor of coffee, from the can and keeps it out. Coffee will not stay fresh in or dinary cans, even if air-tight. Gro cers everywhere sell Hills Bros. Coffee. Ask for it by name and look for the Arab on the can.
 Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc, San Francisco, California. O1e3I
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
WAGE CUTS

James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel Corporation, ad- dressing a meeting of business men in Chicago recently, expressed confi- dence in the recovery from business ills in the United States, but de- clared:
 Tt is my deliberate judgment that a general reduction in wag- es in this country, instead of re- lieving the situation, would set back the impending recovery by st least two years.
 Apparently those who advo- cate wage reductions have not stopped to weigh the implica- tions, that instead of tending to increase consumption of indus trial and agricultural products, such reductions must inevitably reduce the purchasing power of the wage earner and restrict con- sumption"
 One of the earliest steps in the fight to offest the present depres- sion was when President Hoover called a conference of business men and secured their promise that there should be no reduction in wages. among other things.
 Mn. Farrell's remarks indicate that this agreement is not being liv- ed up to, but to we of Alaska and Wrangell better proof lies in the fact that, according to reports, the Alaska Packers Association are cut ting wages from 15 to 25 per cent.
 The only thing that has ever as- sured the wage-earner of a fair wage has been and is organized labor-unions. As a general rule employers may depended on to cut wages as one of the first steps in an economy program
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27

Baldwin's plan the most eonstruc- tive yet offered.
 The Baldwin plan divides Sew ard Peninsula coast territory into five natural districts. All the herds in one district will be handled as one of the owners sharing in the ownership and brands. The All aska Livestock Packing Company. of which Baldwin would be president, would prepare the deer for market with the Lomens as sales agents.
 Baldwin termed the criticisms of of Lomens unwarranted and preju- diced. Goshaw said Baldwin's plan would likely benefit the natives, but he doubted if they would accept it.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
THE AIRPORT
ANTI-PRoHI.
Editor The Sentinel:

1n6 OtHIlu6ls
 Now that the credit for the loca- tion of the school at Shoemaker Bay has been discussed. There may be a few points about this accomp- lishment which some of the newer members of the Chamber of Com merce are not familiar, and since the chamber claims the credit for the airport, the new members ought to know just what they got.
 One of the political speakers last fall claimed credit(?) for the build ing of it, and I at once put him down as a proper candidate to vote against. Having known of some commercial clubs that were a bene- fit to their cities, some that were
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27
JOHNSON SISTERS HAVE HIGH AVERAGE AT COLLEGE

WHITMAN COLLEGE, Feb. 25- The Misses Marjorie and Dorothy Johnson, daughters of MT. and Mrs. M. o. Johnson of Warngell. are in- cluded in the list of B students who attained scholastic average of 90 or better for the first semes- ter, announced by the registrars of- flee this week Dorothy is a Jun for in the department of Economies and Marjorie is a Sophomore in Mu- sic.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27

Robert Gross, son of a former superintendent of Wrangell schools, was a visitor in town this week, travelling in the interests of the Clint W. Lee Company of Seattle. He departed for Petersburg on the Alameda, after renewing many ac- Quaintances here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-02-27

The Legion Auxiliary is making plans for a card party and luncheon to be given March 20 at the Wran- gell Hotel. Fifty cents admission will be charged, the proceeds to go to the hospital. Mrs. H. D. Camp bell. Mrs. Della Coulter and Mrs. Tom Case are in charge or prepara- tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
CITY HEAD BACKS
SWIMMING SCHOOL
Commissioner Reichelderter
Praises Plan of The Star
and Y. M. C. A.

district Commissioner Luther H.
Reichelderfer today announced ms
whole hearted approval Of the Learn
to swim" school for men to bf cor.
6,Ictsd next week under auspices OF
THE star and the Young Mems Cnrls-
tan Association.
"Plans of The Star and the Y. M.
n A for a Learn to Swim campaign
Tor men. modelled along lines OF the
recent swimming campaign Tor oeys,
are of interest to all citizens who would
promote water safety during the forth
coming vacation season." DR.. Reichel-
derfer said.
Cites Water Perils.
SAs a physician, recognize the value
a. water sports for healthful recreation,
and as a public cf1cial I am aware,
also. of the dangers that beset the
path of those who have not mastered
the art of swimming
i'Non-swimmers are q liability not
only to themselves but to the COM
nnunity. Helpless themselves IN time
of emergency, they cause others to risk
their lives fer them and are unable
% render assistance to their comredes.
Sees Fewer DrOwnings.
ST believe. therefore, that every man
and boy in washington should know
how to take care Of himself in the
water. am happy to indorse any
plan which has for its objective q re-
duct: N in the number of drown1ngs
origN Sing from failure to learn how
70. sVa."
The swimming course, free to al
men over ls, will open next Monday
evening in the pool Of the Central Y
M. C. A., 1885 G street. Expert IN
structors will be in charge. To enroll
elm the ACCOMMODATING coupon and ex.
change it at the Y. M. c. A. for ar
admission card, emitting applicant Z
i've complete lessons. Y. M. c. A
officials will arrange convenient sched'
ule Of 15-minute classes for each nigh
@f the course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
THE EVENING STAR wAsHNGToN D. G, MONDAY

the tonneau and forced the creator Of
all their jewelry. save only Mrs. Smiths
wedding ring.
After turning OF the ignition Of the
Smith car and tossing the key on q
nearby lawn, the bandits Jumped into q
trailing automobile and disappeared in
trafic.
The Smith chauffeur, Charles Can
non, scanned detective bureau photo
graphs for. several hours yesterday, and
Chief Of Detectives John Norton said
an arrest was imminent.
The cartoonist rounded UP group
Of friends for q house party after the
hold-up ito celebrate the OCCASION" as
he put 1t. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
Prisons and Criminals.

Oscar Lee, warden of the Wisconsin
State prison at Waupun, said recently:
at believe no greater mistake has ever
been made In prison legislation than
that of sending men to prison and
keeping them there in idleness. For
years campaign against prison labor
has been perSistenly carried on. Propa-
ganda against prison made goods, often
made up of half truths, sometimes
wholly of untruths, has been consist
entity spread broadcast throughout the
country. Legislatures have made laws
restricting the transportation and sale
Of prison made goods until, at the pres
emit time, the great majority OF the
prisons Of the United States are posi-
lively training men to be idlers, loafers
and criminals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
Putting Deserts to Work.

Civilization Is said to have originated
n the semi-arid lands of the world, but
only after the lapse. OF ages did agri-
culture leave such places and reach its
highest development In the temperate
regions, so it follows that modern irri-
CATION and dry farming constitute, in
measure, q return to agricultural ways
practiced centuries ago. Attention is
again paid to countries Of little water
supply, where, with the improved meth
DDS derived from modern science, much
of the food supply Of future generations
Is likely to be produced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
CARTOONIST AND WIFE.
$50, 900 THEFT VICTIMS.
Gems Taken by Tuxedo-Clad Ban
dts From Creator Of candy Gump'
and Mrs. Sidney Smith.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 1.-Two Tuxedo
clad bandits were sought today In the
search for the $4,000 worth Of jewelry
stolen from Sidney Smith. noted car
toonist, and his wife.
Homeward bound from q South Side
country club ball early yesterday, the
Smith sedan was boarded by the bandits
as 1t stopped for q Michigan Boulevard
treffic signal.
One bandit guarded the chauffeur
with his pistol. The other jumped into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
BLUE-EYED BLONDES
RULE BEACH BEAUTY
Average Weight Among SO Miss
Universe Competitors at Gal
weston Is 110 Pounds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
GALVESTON, Tex. June 15.-
Thirty-six young women who seek the
title Miss Universe" having COM
pleted an oficial duty through q parade
in bathing suits, turned for recreation
to cotton pajamas and beach lunch
con today.
The cotton paianlas were specified for
the beach luncheon Of the international
pageant Of beauty, which Is to be fol-
lowed tonight by the selection Of Miss
United States.
Erastie Peretz, the skinned
titian-haired Miss Rumania, suffered a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15

fall from her float with the breaking
Of q support in the parade yesterday,
but escaped injury.
Miss Peretz, feet IN inches Is the
tallest girl competing for the beauty
crown, to be awarded tomorrow night.
Europe also supplies the shortest en-
trant. She Is Inga Norberg, Miss
Sweden, feet 2 inches.
Blue-eyed blondes predominant among
the girls, the average Of whom weighs
119 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15

The total number Of Bibles printed in
the country yearly reaches into the mil
lions, yet bookstores report only q few
sold and the average individual seldom
buys one. Where they 60 may be ex-
planned by the fact that In some Of the
loneliest places Ia the world FIVE Bibles
may be found to each tnhabitant, and
are in need OF more material nourish-
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15

0nENcH LINE. 10 STATE ST.. N. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
Dresses for Every Summer Occasion

Every dress chosen for its Fashion, For evening crisp
organdie frocks, frothy net gowns moulded chfons
lowered chffons For daytime Small patterned" geor-
gette and chfons white frocks with vivid jackets white
washable silk Jacket frocs sleeveless tennis dresses tai
lored standings and novelty Junior sizes IL to ~
misses sizes IA to 20, women's sizes SO to 50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
Gnm.Shoe Research Work,

A rubber company has conducted
walking tests which have proven that
the average pair Of overshoes Is good
for about 100 miles of pedaling before
being ready for the discard. Same
upper and shower types worn by
women have withStood 400 miles Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15

June 81 marks the 30Oth anniversary
Of the death of Capt John Smith,
famous English adventurer and presi-
dent Of the Colony Of Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15

walking. Ti1e tests we're made by four
young women, each wearing a differ
ent type Of rubber shoe and each
walking Is miles day over brick, con-
crete, cinders and gravel, the course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15

being over a measured circuit 2 miles
long. The report does not mention
the physical condition of the young
women at the end Of their days pedes-
trianism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15

Attend this dress you how big your dollar
has grown! Why here fashions fabrics and workmanship
ncopaaby better than could offer anywhere these
prices last year Amazing variety three price groups that
special opportunity for every pocketbock and savings
every type of dress!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
Program Is Announced
For Mi-Careme Festival

A Mi-Careme festival will be held
in the. parish hall of Grace Church,
Ninth and D streets southwest, Friday
evening at $50 o'clock.
The decorations of the hall, planned
by Felix Mahoney, will be elaborate
and artistic, in keeping with the car
nival spirit. Bright-colored balloons
and gay paper caps and whistles will
adorn the small tables arranged around
the sides of the hall. Mrs. Robert c.
Masterton, in gypsy costume, will tell
fortunes in a booth on the stage
An attractive program of fancy
dances, songs and skits will be given
by group of children in the center
Of the hall, where dancing will follow.
Many tables have been reserved for
the supper and the affair promises to
be great success.
The Rev. Meade Bolton MacBryde
viii entertain group of artists at his
table, among them Miss Catherine
critcher. Felix Mahonsy and Ross
Wheat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
Miss Gallagher Honored
At Tea and Linen Shove

Mrs. Peter K. Faerber entertained at
tea and linen shower Sunday after
noon, March 1, in honor of Miss Helen
Gallagher, whose marriage to Mr.,
Lawrence McElligott, will take place
Easter Monday, April 6, in the Shrine
of the Sacred Heart. Assisting Mrs.
Faerber at the tea table were Mrs. Gait
Burns, Mrs. Harry Price and Miss
Catherine Harleston. Among the guests
were Mrs. Campbell Robertson, Mrs.
Marie Rogers, Mrs. Maurice Colbert,
Mrs. Daniel Ralph, Miss Catherine
Veasey of Philadelphia, Mrs. Francis
Murray, Miss Harriet Gibson, Miss
Regina Biggs, Mrs. Hope Welliver, Miss
Winifred Farrell, Miss Linda Ann Judd,
Mrs. josephine Galliher, Mrs. Allen
Robertson. Mrs. Bailey Scrimgeour, Mrs.
Dorothy Orr, Mrs. Edwin Roper, Miss
Adelaide Southwick, Mrs. James Bowling,
Mrs. Walter Rauber, Mrs. Charles
Koones, Mrs. Robert Benner, Mrs.
Norman Good, Mrs. Pearce Smith, Mrs.
Thomas Younger. Miss Eva M. Cubbin,
Mrs. Agatha Tackey. Mrs. Celia Barnett,
Miss Katie Dunn and Miss Patsy Roche.
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Diplomatic Calendar
Lists Dinner Honoring
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth
Ambassador of Cuba and
Sonora de Ferrara Will
Be Hosts at Affair Friday.

The Ambassador of Cuba and
Sonora de Ferrara will entertain at
dinner Friday in compliment to the
Speaker of the House and Mrs. Long
worth.
The Ambassador of France and
Nine. Claudel will be hosts to COM
pany at dinner Tuesday evening.
The Ambassador of Great Britain,
Sir Ronald Lindsay, has been joined
by Lady Lindsay after an absence of
several months, during which she has
been recuperating from an illness in
New York.
Lady Lindsay. however, will take no
active part in Washington social life.
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