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The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
HOW HELPFUL IS THE
 FEDERAL BRIGADE

ITO call for bids for cOnStruc- ton of a new ranger vessel for use in the Alaska service, M l.. Merit, Assistant Regional Fer ester, left today on the motor ship Northland for Seattle, via Ketchikan. He will be absent several weeks, going east to Iowa to visit relatives before return ing home.
 The new boat will be the same slzc oIId general tyrc of the Ran gers K, and K, it was announc- ed. Bids will be sought from Seattle boat builders and the work done there this winter for early delivery next spring. ."-Ju- neau Empire.
 Every time the federal brigade is in need of a boat for it's vari ouS SerVice-and some of the ser . wants of the People want free trip to the states, they go to Se- attle and there place specif1ca- tions for bids from Seattle boat builders.
 When the Government requires such a boat as is now being con- structed for the Indian Bureau, it is recognized that Alaskan boat builders are not equipped to handle such a job. But when a boat of fifty feet of the type called for by the Forest Depart, ment is required, the shipyard owners of Alaska should have at the very least an opportunity to bid on specifications.
 The Government is spending considerable money trying to bring settlers to Alaska. They have made it impossible for re- sidents to earn a living in the fishing industry. No one with an iota of brains will gainsay the truth of this statement. They have forced regulations in the timber industry which has fore cd every small operator to get: out o fthe business and in most of the instances the resident business men have had to mark off heavy losses from such oper- ations.
 When these. various bureaus have any work to be done which would give employment to Alas kans, they hop on the steamer, have a nice vacation in Seattle and have their work done there
 Resident boat builders pay taxes and employ labor and all help to build up industry. They are worthy of recognition. They are at least entitled to fair deal ing from the bureaus-if such can be obtained from the bu- reauS.
 The various Chambers of Com merce would do we'll, especially during these days of unemploy- ment, to make effort to have the bureaus have their construction work done in Alaska with Alas ka labor and Alaska products
 "Patronize home industry" i: applicable to every Alaskan and and the various government agencies of Alaska
 POOREST LIGHTED CITY
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30

"a flash light to find out where
 they are. Let there be light" and lot. of it.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
About Jewelry for Presents
Nothing Better, on Many OCCASIONS

One of great pleasures giving and receiving presents
And is better give than receive For those that give
the pleasure doubled The ver has the pleasure of
after buying the gift and then the pleasure
of giving happiness and gratitude in another
This is to remind husbands fathers and others that for
nanv occasions the best of gifts is piece OF eWery
siverware or other purely ornamental article.
Curiously enough the useless gift called the most
welcome.
The hard working old mother in the frontier cabin whose
husband and grown-up gave her new axe TO CUT
ndng her birthday probably appreciated the axe
But breaspn fasten her dress at the throat ring or
watch keeping good time would have pleased her more
For birthdays Christmas Easter for wedding ami
versares especially and for wedding presents ]ewe
always acceptable welcome especially the git De SEM
with the suggestion that it be- desired xcnageo o
another article the store No ones taste naoe
Jewery for sale beautiful in appearance at prices 10
suit every purse the 14karat gold ring with synne
emerald costing perhaps $780, and beautiful as ring
to the string carefully matched pearls recently o11eeo
New York for 100000.
Ladies of mature years appreciate jewery, if anything
more than their younger sisters r.. A.. .L
An article we'll chosen with word to the effect hat tns
article will look much better the recipient than 1t wouo
anywhere ese is to be welcome
To make present of ewelry slverware, indicates
desire TO GIVE PLEASURE, and nothing else ,:,
It is most friendly COMPLIMENTARY gift one IN WHICH
the range of quality price and selection is unlimited
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
Cutting of Wages on Street
Paving Contracts
Serious Proposition for Commissioners to Consider

The District Government has let most OF the street paving
and street repair contracts for the fiscal year and they
at prices that will declared by competent people
force cutting of wages of skilled and other labor engaged
In, that sort of work in this city.
To what extent these contracts have gore contractors
belonging other cities not of much except
In the tendency of these outside contractors to bring here
cheaper paid workers than reside in Washington to cut
the wages of local people they employ
The of Congress attempting to maintain wages
construction is in progress applies public buildings it is
claimed; not public works of general nature In the Dis
trict of Columbia
The spirit of that act, however Intentionally of main
tanning just wage schedules and seeking to prevent the dis
ruption of wages and employment conditions 1t the spirit
with which President Hoover and most of the nation great
employers trying to have govern this country under
existing conditions. It is fair and Just spirit.
District officials letting contracts for street paving and
repairs presumably governed only by the general rule
of giving them to the lowest responsible bidders They
not do otherwise unless the Commissioners do adopt policies
in connection with bids that seek to protect Washington
workers.
1t may be late apply policies already let
but it is not too late for the Commissioners to ascertain what
be the policies of certain contractors already given
tracts
Information reaching this newspaper that at least
firm of successful paving contractors already organizing its
working forces for the beginning of work around July and
that this organization contemplates material lowering Of
wages paid to both skilled and unskled workers.
This contemplated in advance of securing the
contracts and the low prices proposed for the work
based the deliberate purpose to cut the OF local
labor
It is regrettabe that most of the men who will suffer
but the policies applied them will later be applied to other
classes of workers.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
Underworld Influences Upon
American Boys

It truly we'll for American boys that splendid organizations
like the Boys Club Federation of America meeting in annual
convention here look keeny after the moral rearing of
youth
There be many American organizations of this
nature citizens this country give much
time encouraging youthful Americans become active in
work that fosters patriotism and ideals of fair and square be-
havior. What boy to be he will most likely con-
tnue to be in his mature years.
The gamor of underworld influences exciting American
boys dangerous the future of of them but their teach
ngs their homes and their organizations offset the false
ideas they get from reading of criminal activities seeing
their portrayals in pictures.
If wealthy and women of America would go INTO the
su sections of great cities and induce the boys and girls OF
those sections to 60 into the Boy Scouts the Girl Scouts or
similar organizations buying their uniforms and equipment and
aiding them to to the good would be pro
found There would be strong appeals to the better
wrong doing.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04

This article starts in about
the Russians. but it's really
about YOU. about that hope
less feeling you have had lately.
that your life isn't getting any
where.
Three years ago the Russians
started what they called "A
FIVE-YEAR PLAN" It was a
very ambitious plan. 1t out
lined a tremendous program OF
progress in every department
of Russian life-progreSs such
as no other great nation dared
contemplate,
The other nations laughed
when they heard that plan.
America laughed loudest Of all!
What nonSenSe!" they cried.
How can those Russians &C
complish anything in five, or
so years? Look at them. They're
bankrupt. starving. shot to-
pieces by revolution. They've
no machinery, no stabilized
government, no standing with
other countries. Most of them
are nothing but filthy, igno-
rant, lazy peasantS-as stupid
as dumb animals. Yet they're
planning, not only to go ahead
themselves, but to lead the
world! It's a joke. They're
crazy. Ha-ha!"
The Russians Worked
So the world laughed. But the
Russians went ahead, working
on that plan. And today their
plan is beginning to come true!
Already they have pushed
America out of her place in the
production of wheat. Each day
Russia grows steadier, stronger.
richer. Poverty, disease, lgno-
rance-she still copes will all
these. Up and down the streets
of England, Germany, Italy,
France and America shuttle the
desperate lines of the unem-
ployed. But they're all working
hard in Russia. Smaller
wages, shorter working hours,
poorer quarters. but in spite
of all this the Russians are sue
THEY ARE SUCCEEDING
BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
PLAN. AND BECAUSE THEY
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
LISTEN, WORLD! = = By ELSIE ROBINSON
By 7. E. Powers

CIRCLES. You're not getting
anything out of life because
you're not doing anything with
life.
You think you're doing
plenty. You're probably as
busy wishing and dreaming
and rebelling and experiment.
ing as a pup with his first
flea. But there is no AIM to
all this activity. no program
no purpose. You scratch at
random like that pup-and
then expect God to produce
results. What results. Well,
YOU don't exactly know. THEN
HOW IN HECK DO YOU Elk
PECT GOD TO KNOW? Why
should He make up a plan for
your life if you're too lazy
or restless Or undecided TO
make one for yourself?
Make a Plan
If YOU WANT TO GET
SOMEWHERE in LIFE, MAZE
A PLAN AND STICK TO 1T.
Maybe it won't be the best pos
sible plan. Maybe you'll tall
to achieve some of it. Maybe
you'll be laughed at and
blamed and forced to revise
it. But at least it will get
YOU headed in a straight line
It will concentrate all your
energy in one place. 1t will
free you from the hell Of in
decision and give you a mount
ing sense of courage and con-
fidence. And you can bet on
this, You'll get SOMEWHERE.
And while you're getting there
you'll feel like a man. Which
is plenty more than you're
doing or feeling now, stranger
Copyright, 1891, King Features
Syndicate Inc.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
A Sales Tax Would Save
Money
Why Not Substitute 1t for Our Wasteful Income Taxi

With billion dollar deficit looming up the Government is
setting its order and trying to needless costs
that could be with benefit to all is the cost of
TAXATION.
Our present income tax is expensive to collect
only expensive to the Government but expensive to
the taxpayer
1t awkward, cumbersome complicated
requires services of host of officials and lawyers and
experts.
It is hard to enforce, easy to evade
has led to chcanery perjury and aaround crooked
any other the statute books except the
prohibition law.
Congress- when meets again. should modify the income tax
or find a substitute for it, .
And as the first possible substitutes let Congress consider
the SALES tax. .,,
The sales tax EQUITABLE and is also nearly PAIN
LESS any tax can be. ,.
It has been tested in 16 foreign countries IN the Fhpppe
Islands and in five States
In the form gasoline tax, it already familiar to most
Americans.
It is not new, not fantastic, not unsound
On the contrary Chairman Will r. Wood OF the house
Committee on Appropriations says ut is the t0reS tax
that can be deUised and it uOould not cost ONE-lENlH
as much to administer the present tax systen1
The Hearst newspapers long favored the sales tax an
honest and workable method of raising Now that
only be raised but expenses reduced s
cheapness of collecting another strong point IN
its favor.
Such tax would help solve the serious financial problem
facing and with the Government billion III
that problem must be solved SOON and solved E1'AI
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
Accurate Weight Machines

Women diet, and others, who periodically if daily
step upon those slot weighing machines Wash
ington and elsewhere doubtless will hail enthusiastically
that the forthcoming national conference
weights and to be held at the Bureau of Standards
will take action to promote the of such devices
Observation that and children are seader
patrons of the machines but fellow with paunch and high
blood pressure, maybe just feeling of curiosity
fairly good penny customer Exclamations satisfaction
increduty dmay not nfrequenty the
the debutante the weight pointer spins or the
little weight card is plunged out.
Most of the machines appear be accurate
then condemned sign pasted the glass face
the contraption and that the local authorities have dis
approved its until adjustments made The national
conference weights and will consider many
weghty questions and technical problems but its discussion
Of your weight for penny will interest almost everybody
and particularly the female who's trying to grow slim and
wants to know the truth about her progress.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04

a great many blunderS and be
roundly blamed and ridiculed.
BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE
UNDER WAY THEY RE
GETTING SOMEWHERE.
Have you felt lately that your
life wasn't getting anywhere?
1T isn't fair!" you've said bit
terly, perhaps. Il guess I've
gotta ink. I never have any
luck, like other people. My mo-
tives are good. 1 always want
to do the right thing. And,
heaven knows, I'm not lazy. I'm
always trying to do something.
Yet all around me other people
are succeeding and 1 am not.
And some of them are worthless
people-downwright bad. Yet
they get ahead, and I can't. 1t
isn't fair!"
Is that what you've been say
ing? Then you're wrong. There
is nothing mysterious OF unfair
about your life. If it is going
around in circles IT'S BE
CAUSE YOU'RE HEADING IN
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
Jules Verne All Over Again

of everybody graied that Prof August Picard
and prof Charles Kiper Swiss scientist safely down
after their extraordinary adventure in the upper atmosphere
imprisoned within metal ball and breathing tankeo oxygen
hnt m matter what scientific they may have acquired
during their eighteen hours alof the denouement some
how disappointing. ,
hor news came that devoted explorers had become
stalled in their aluminium ball. where sort of atmospheric
dead center held them moones unable to rise descend
or retreat thousands of newspaper readers recalled
nles Verene Earth the Moon projece whose scientist
occupants and their dog lowered heples on the
line of equal attraction between moon ana ear'n Inc p'
The dog dead tossed out established itself as satee
of the proiece Anyhow that's how remember the story
At all events Vernes finally fopped in the ocean, 10
be picked up by an American cruiser
climax than landing glacier, but then as well tn~'
ends vel.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
Common Law Marriages
Here

Common law marriages in the District valid associate
Justice of the District Supreme Court holds The require
ment of marriage license does not nvada these marriages.
This decision is in accord with ruling of courts in other
jurisdictions where certain forms of marriages not de-
anded by the laws Where such laws do require these
forms common law marriage would not be valid.
Wives and widows of common law marriages should be
protected where possible human beings have peculiar
ideas about marriages. witness the attempts to popuarze
companonae trial marriages. but it pretty safe to say
that society whole will always uphold the time honored
customs connected with marriages and the majority of
people make laws will not approve laws that contemplate
Fad forms temporarily unionizng men and women.
Social welfare looks further ahead than the questions
of the wishes of people 1t contemates the future
and the protection of children
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland.

ways a flapper. If you think
that she's over 40. call her
Kid"
Z. Follow your intuition, not
your impulse, in deciding the
psychological moment for the
kiss. Never kiss her, just be-
cause you WANT to-wait until
you are sure that SHE wants
you to.
8. Don't always assume that,
because she guSheS over you, she
is trying to make you; she may
be merely trying to make an
other man-jealous.
9. Don't fancy, because she
falls for you, that it is because
you are irresistible. 1t may be
merely because you are the
only fairly personable man
around the summer resort; and
she MUST have something , to
love. She may have a real ro-
nance. or at least a spare IN
the city.
10. Don't pat her on the
shoulder. Only a wife or a pet
dog regards a pat on the back
as a CaresS.
Remember that love, romance
or even a mild filtration takes
TIME. The trouble with most
American men is that they
WON'T take time. They want
to hurry through a love-at1alr
as they gulp down a drink. Ihe
European sips his wine slowly;
that's why it gives him a glow
and a kick-without the head
ache.
Many a man with no looks
or charm to speak of has man
aged to make himself GOD S
gift to women" just by obserV-
ing the fine points Of the love
game-and taking his TIME.
Copyright. 1881. King Features
Syndicate, lnC)
The Washington times., 1931-06-04

ARE CONCENTRATING ALL
THEIR ENE RG Y. T l NJ E,
THOUGHT. FAITH AND DE
SIRE ON THAT PLAN.
Five years ago the Russians
were the poorest and most be-
wildered of all nations. Sup
pose they had sat down and
surrendered to their misery.
Suppose they had said-"Some-
thing will turn up. Well get
out of this somehow. God won't
desert the Russians" Suppose
they had gone frantic, fighting
between themselves. .fumbling
making passes at thin air
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAP
PENED? CHAOS WOULD
HAVE BEEN INEVITABLE.
THEY'D STILL BE GOING
AROUND IN CIRCLES OF
DESPAIR.
But the Russians aren't going
around in circles. They are go
ing ahead in a straight line.
Maybe they won't get all they're
aiming for. Maybe they'll make
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
ONCE-OVERS
uivb.nowered VacatiOning


Do YOU usually come back
from your vacations worn OUT
and worried?
Do you work too hard physl.
cally in your efforts for a good
time?
Not much sense in that, is
there?
A change of environment
and moderate exercise should
have a beneficial effect, but
are you moderate in your &C
tivitieS?
You feel that you must
crowd a lot of action into the
few days you have to yourself
out of all the year.
In your workaday months,
many mornings you longed to
turn off the alarm clock and
take another nap.
But you had to wait for your
vacation to be that indie
pendent.
However, when the vacation
period rolls around you ac-
tually rise earlier than at any
other time of year.
You rush out for your fav-
orite sport-hustle through it
and into your second choice di-
version and so on through the
short two weeks.
Trying to do too much in
a short time makes you tire&
every day.
And then you spend too
freely at first and that begins
to worry you as the vacation
end nears.
Why not be sensible this
year? .-.-..,
iCopyriEht, 1881, InternatienaL Feature
GAExiAA- KAA-l
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
"TOilerS of the Sea"
1881 Variety

Private yachts not for most of u.s. but they are
ing to read about go
In Detroit for instance eleven wealthy citizens of seago
ing ncnations purchased floating palaces at total cost OF
81 600 00O-giving them fleet hard to match anywhere
for cost, luxury or beauty: .,,. a
Frederick Fisher of Fisher body fame spent million and
half on the Nakhoda 236 feet long, modernistlcay deco
rated the last word pleasure boating Alfred Sloan Of Gen
era Motors paid much for the Rene sister ship walter
Briggs is putting million into vessel now under con
structon Smaller ones built building cost anywhere from
100000 up r., -
Ali these gentlemen, making their money on land 1lnd
things. b. 4 e .. a..
If lucky they may get nearly much fun out OF them as
small bow in a fifteenfoot catboat. But not quite
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
TIMES TEST

Match correctly:
/. Mt. Shasta Hawaii
2. Borah Peak California
3, Mt. Rainier oregon
4. Mauna Loa washington
5. Mt. Hood Idaho
Mark each statement True" or
False:
6. Lincoln gave the speech be-
ginning. -Four score and
seven years ago"
7. Peter Cooper was preacher.
8. Cinnabar is an important
ore of gold.
9. Woo is the croSsWlse
threads of cloth.
10. This is the forest. pri-
mevar' is a line from the
poem "HiaWatha."
II. The turn of the earth
arounr the sun is called
rotation.
II. Hydra was a serpent with
nine heads.
13. Esau sold his birthright to
Abel.
Ia. Whittier wrote The Vii
lage Blacksmith"
Is. Pennsylvania was settled by
Quakers.
(Answers on Magazine PaRe)
The Washington times., 1931-06-04

Method in study. with a
proper division of time, will give
us time for leisure and recrea-
tion.-yNevin.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

The attention of the intellect
is a natural prayer by which we
obtain the enlightenment OF the
Observation-Disclosures.
The Washington times., 1931-06-04
Tips for Modern Lovers

Tips for Modern Lovers
l. Don't cuddle her or crush
her in your arms, the first time
you find yourself alone with her
in a taXicab. If she's an at
tractive girl, she is probably so
sick of the "taXicab Snuggle,"
that it makes her want to gar
gle buttermilk.
2. Don't compliment her nose
she probably hates it. Every
woman does. Concentrate on
her EYES; because, there never
lived a woman who didn't think
that there was SOMETHING
je ne SaiS quoi-aboUt her
eyeS!" ..'.. -
3. Don't imagine, for a mo-
ment, when you put your face
against hers, that she gets the
same thrill out of your whiSk-
broom chin as you get out of
the touch of her velvet cheek.
Go gently.
4. Call her Honey" or Sweet
heart" or Darling" or Sweet
Thing" The old, old pet-names
are more potent than any that
you can invent. And "Cutey" is
always good, no matter whether
she weighs ninety eight or two
hundred.
5. Always remember that
AGE is a dangerous subject.
Never try to guess a Woman's
age; no man can. Just remem-
ber that no girl is over nine
teen until she's thirty; over
twenty-nine until she's forty;
or over thirty-nine until she's
fifty.
6. Don't tell her that you
like older women" just be-
cause you suspect that she's a
little oVer-ripe. Keep up her
illusion, that to YOU, she's al
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-26
R Rtcioal Cjv1taphy Wen. A.tAsysk 2, MYSTERIOUS WAVE BEaS sEz5 S5EIt Sft

SYNOPSIS: John Wave uses his knowledge of Dr. Charters criminal past to force his ad- mittance to his nursing home and gain an alibi for the "Spi- der Schlitz murder. Previous ly the physician had stolen the entire loot from the St. Clair diamond haul, tricking his con- federates, Schlitz and Chink Dorson. Charters plans to have Waves seeming madness certi- fled as insanity so as to re- move him. Wave acts queerly when he meets Marjorie Lau- derdell, inexplicably i'll in the hcmc, where she has been placed by her aunt, Mrs. Lau- derdell, former evil associate of Charters. Dr. MacAd00 is told by Wave to ask Charters for half share of the 'Lauderdell 10000 pounds" Leaving the as- tcnished MacAdoo, whose evil past he knows, Wave consults the reputedly able Dr. Stud ley and later calls on Charters ccnfidant, MT. James.