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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07
MT. Punch's Ninetieth Birthday.
(New York Herald Tribune.)

(NeW York Herald lTlDuneJ
 For no less than ninety years MT. Punch, the genial little gentleman with a bumped back, oeaK- ed nose and very British sense of humor mas en- tertaned the whole of the British world and not inconsiderable portion of the American He now finds himself the most celebrated of all humorous maqazines as. he is doubtless the oldest and he has just issued nineteth birthday number to demonstrate his continued soundness of limb and brightness of mind For humorous periodical to live for nine-tenths of century is an acnevemenV in itself but judging by the fatness of ns ao- vertising pages and the durability of his make nm" MT Punch is good for many many years more
 It is characteristic of the British that they should convert their jokes into an almost constltu- tional precedent and their leading funny magazine into a monument to the race. The essence o1 MT Punchs method is it's solid permanence; the winds of originality that blow gustiy among our own humorists never ruffle the Punch tradition; the Punch" format hardly changes from one genera tion to the next, and the Punch joke reappears beneath the Punch drawing with regularity that would terrify one of fevereish editors For MT Punch and the British have between them discovered the old truth that good joke is the most durable of man-created things. As if to Haunt l that valuable knowledge, in this issue MT Punch actually gives half-page drawing to the one about the man who succeeded in repairing his car Gin the nineteeth century versions it was watch) but who found he had two wheels left over And one may add that the drawing is funny.
 So Partridge replaces Tenniel, and Fougasse re- iplaces Du Maurier but 1t is all the same process sion stretching down the years and affording as 1t passes an incomparabale reflection of the habits and fobles and intimate history of the British people MT. Punch in this issue reviews his best cartoons and wtticisms of the twenty years in- tervenng since his seventieth anniversary in 1911; it is proof enough of how much he catches out of the stream of time. But no one who has got through rainy day in some English country hotel by turning out stack of old bound Punches need be told how vvidy the past is enshrined ir these perennial pages. Or how well that special
 form of humor
 Concerning established humor there can be nc disputation AS MT. Punch observes, when pressed as to why he has lived so long he "murmurs some thing about high spirits and sound circulation" ane takes refuge in one of his jokes H believes the reason he is ninety is because he wa r born in l84l" An old joke-but good
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CAPT. JOHNNY. O,BRIEN DEAD.

Capt Johnny" OBrien, who is dead in Seattle at the ripe age of 83, was an institution in the Northwest He the Alaska run with almost the first of the Klondike stampeders. He had had varied experience and wide acquaintance before taking command of the little Rosalie in l897 Wltn an aptitude for making friends and holding tnem he was soon of the best known and best liked men in Alaska and Yukon.
 Capt OBrien was of exceptional ability. He had sailed all the oceans in "windjammers" as boy and young before the use of steam propelled vessels had become general His life had been filled with adventure of all sorts and his re- tentative memory and narrative ability with keen sense of humor and genial affabity. made him most agreeable and entertaining companion. He was generous to fault and had the courage of Daniel He was playmate of those who sailed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07
THE RIGHT IDEA.

Congressman Frank Murphy, Republican, of onlo in an interview in The Empire after his return from trip throughout the Alaska Railroad district said:
 Recent increases n rates the Alaska Railroad were unnecessary and unfair; thelr effect is to decrease the systems business and to retard the development of the coun- try.
 The Federal Government should rectify the mistake it has made in its policy o1 administering the Alaska Railroad. Lower rates should be restored Service adequate in every particular, should be maintained
 The phvscal condition of the transport system should not be allowed to deteriorate; it should be improved. Neither Congress nor the Interior Department should worry or
 uibbe about an operating deficit. The Ma ton can afford to meet this comparatively small deficit in the interest of the Territory for ultimately Alaska will repay manytolo
 The many and varied resources of Alaska are marvellous Time and money will be needed to develop them. The Federal GOV ernment through it's legislative and admin istrative branches should be eager to en- courage every effort directed toward de- velopment activities.
 think all members of the Congressional party are of one mind in this respect MT Murphy and the other members of the Congressional party who agree with him caught the right idea. The AlasKa fSalHodo was ioV Du'As for profit making It was built as a development proposition If the prospects for money making had been promising it would have been built by private enterprise And it was authorized before the war and the period of high operating costs deficit in such times as those following the war was inevitable
 The Federal Government owns most of the lands and other resources of Alaska. Coal oil and timber lands long ago withdrawn from private entry in large parts of the Territory It became ques- tion of the Government aiding in the development of the Territory or its abandonment The Govern ment rightfully decided upon the former course ant the Alaska Railroad was one of the steps in tha line The railroad ought to render the sort O service that will count for development The presen rates will not do that.
 The people of all sections of Alaska will b grateful to MT Murphy and his associates In Con gress whom he says agree with him.
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with him. but he would fight single handed mutinous crew and he always won his battles.
 Capt Johnny" OBrien will be sincerely mourned by literally thousands of friends The widow and son who survive the hero of about three score and ten lively years of seafarng will not grieve alone
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

Americans have defeated the English so otten for the Davis Cup, famous tennis trophy, that they feel their only chance ever to it again is for the Ene1sh to win it from the French who usually defeat the Americans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

Fourteen re S i dents of Nome, members of the Masonic order, constituted a class that was ad- mitted to Nile Temple of the Mys- tic Shrine of Seattle, which tenn ple has jurisdiction over Alaska. Past Potentate Donald B. Olson and Ed Oliver of Nile Temple, iournied from Seattle to Nome to admit the class.
 William Oxenburg of KetHhikan is president and Sigmund ElnstoSs also of Ketchikan, is vice presi- dent of the newly formed Ameri- can Fishing and Packing Company, nild-cured and smoked salmon op- orators, according to announcement made in New York recently and reported by the New England Fish company.
 Some surf rockers on the beach at Nome are making $5 and s6 a day.
 An oil dock is being built near the Lighterage Company at Nome.
 Joseph T Sullivan and Joseph Crabtree, old timers of the Third Beach Line days in Nome, who have been in the States for years, recently took to Bluff a complete drag-line mine outfit with which to work property there.
 Stock on the Sidewalk Mink Farm at Seldovia, is said to pelt high in dark skins. First year in- crease shows an average of five unusually good-according to J. J. Sparrow, proprietor. He has a total of 109 animals. The farm is a point of interest to tourists on steamer days.
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trict are working TOT wages
 Boiling blubber caught fire on the fox farm of Sigrid Hedenstad on Wingham Island, nera Cordova, and the cookhouse, warehouses and fox bins were destroyed.
 AS Fred Soski, Hyder taxi driver, was driving his automobile on a hillside road near Hyder a huge boulder fell on the road not more than Is feet in front of his ma- chine. He jammed on his brakes but, nevertheless, the car struck the rock with considerable force. In the resulting crash, Alex Halstead, the sole passenger, was cut and bruised on the head and face. Sos ki was uninjured The automobile was not damaged much.
 William Curtis, shoemaker of Stewart, B. C., near Hyder, was drowned in Portland Canal. He fell off the deck of a gas boat. He leaves widow in Stewart.
 Twenty dollars worth of hams, bacon and other meat was stolen from the Lyons Meat Market in Stewart, B. c. The cash register containing considerable money was not molested. The police have no clues.
 Peggy Kelly, of Stewart, B. C., was robbed of $50 and her head and throat were slashed, but not deeply cut, with a safety razor by man at Stewart. His identity is unknown.
 On the hillside above the Seward Fisheries plant at Seward, man leads a hermit's existence in his cabin. The other day when the thermometer registered 30 in the shade he gave the denizens of the town a thrill as clad only in e. string he chopped wood for a couple of hours in front of his habitation.
 Miss Kalissa Pesmakoff, of the Seward hospital staff, and William Bryant, resident of Seward for 20 years, were recently married there.
 Margaret Rowe, daughter of MT and Mrs. w. J. Rowe, who was graduated last June from the Nome high school, recently left Nome on the first visit in her life to the States. She intends to take a course in a business college.
 Among the business houses 2l Nome which have made repairs and newly painted their fronts th.' season, are Polet's Stores, Odd Eel lows Hall, City Bath House, AlaskF Hotel, Jack Solomon's Tailor Shop The Nome Laundry, T. Lehmann'! Stores, Gus Kunnelles Barber Shop IA p Hall the Nevada. the Holly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

The newsgatherers' reports of long distance air flights have discovered to their readers another important item of interest: There is bad weather rather frequently in all parts of the world
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

wood Grill, the Nome Tailoring Company, Alaskan Airways, the Surprise Store, Macalone's Store, the U. S. Mercantile Stores, the Masonic Temple and the Fire Sta ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

The real estate racket is at least old the days of Eric the Red the Norwegian who discov- cred Greenland in 982, and gave it that name in order to attract coonists to it's shores-(New York Herald Tribune.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

Mrs Hoover will free doves when the dirigible Akron is christened. It suggests that here in Volsteadia ducks might be substituted for cham pagne when submarines launched (Boston Transcript)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

We are awaiting the opinion of an international lawyer as to whether the Monroe Doctrine will permit the annexation of Germany. tBoston GlobeD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

One thing that may be taken for granted is that Dr. F. Scott Mcbride and his Anti-Saoon League associates will not choose the Democratic Presidential nominee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

If it is true-a frequent iteration-that pros perty is just around the corner, it is time now to begin playing peek-a-boo with the old girl.- (Toledo Blade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

All the great nations are articuate for dsarma- ment but in the hope of saving readers of these official statements from ruin, advise them not to sell Airplanes and Battleships short.-(New York Herald Tribune)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07
ALASKA NEWS

Mining in the Ruby district is not very active. No new pay has been brought in since the Poorman strike. Present operations are on a small scale and the work is be- ing done by claim owners them selves. Only two men in the dis trict are working for wages.
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International debts, for the time being. are away ,n vacation.-t Dayton, Ohio. Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07
Fraternal Societies
 OF - Castineau Channel
B. P. O. ELKS

B. P. o. ELKS Me ting every df, t~ 2nd Wednesday in Vii It} month during sum- 1 mer at 8 o'clock, Elks' Hall &5 Visiting brothers welcome. M. s. JORGENSEN, Exalted Ruler.
 M. H. SIDES. Secretary.
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Boiling blubber caught fire on the fox farm of Sigrid Hedenstad on Wingham Island, nera Cordova, and the cookhouse, warehouses and fox bins were destroyed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-07

Congressman Frank Murphy, Republican, of onlo il, a, interview in The Empire after his return from trin throughout the Alaska Railroad district
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have as their week end guests Mrs
Douglas mother, Mrs. M. S. Gardner
Of Fort Ethan Allen. Vt, and Lieut..
F. S. Gardner
Lieut.. Donald r. Neil was the dinner
guest Monday Of Lieut.. and Mrs. Roland
G. Brown.
Capt. and Mrs. Morrill, w. Marston
gave boat party and picnic Wednes-
day and had with them Lieut.. and Mrs.
Thomas r. Howard, Maj and Mrs
Cleveland c. Gee, Lieut.. and Mrs. Bev-
erly G. Snow, Mr.. Brewster Snow, Capt
and Mrs. Harley Latson, Miss Sue
Meade and Capt. Brom r. Whitthorne
The Fort Humphreys polo team played
at Quantico Sunday and after the
game were guests at tea at the OFF,
GERS Club.
Capt and Mrs. Harry A. Buckley are
leaving for Potomac Beach today to be
the guests Of Capt. and Mrs. Elmer T.
Foss.
Lieut. and Mrs Emil J. Peterson and
Lieut.. William c. Bennett, jr., were
dinner guests Tuesday Of Lieut. and
Mrs. Charles w. Stewart
Lieut.. and Mrs. David A. Watt, jr.,
entertained at dinner Tuesday before
the r. o. T. c. dance Lieut.. and Mrs.
Frank M. Albrecht, Miss Ruth Dilly and
Lieut. Miles Reber.
Miss Jean Garrett of Washington is
the week end guest Of Lieut.. and Mrs
Watt.
Lieut. and Mrs Edward M. Markham,
Jr., are among the new arrivals on the
post. Lieut.. Markham will be a student
at the Engineer School.
Mr.. Harry w. Wigginton of Louisville
KY, was the week end guest of Lieut.
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and Mrs. Oscar A. Saunders. Mrs.
Elijah Wigginton and Miss Carrie Leigh
Wigginton of Louisville arrived Wednes-
day to spend two weeks with Lieut.. and
Mrs. Saunders.
Mrs. George Lipscombe, Miss Harriet
Shannon and Mrs. Ernestine ROLES Of
Washington were entertained Saturday
at luncheon by Mrs. Beverly G. Snow:
Lieut.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Cox, IT,,
were dinner guests Thursday of Col.
Greed Cox at the Army and Navy Coun-
try Club.
Mrs. George g. Reinhardt arrived
Saturday and will stay for about two
weeks before returning to Massachu-
sets, where she Is spending the Sum-
mer.
Mrs. o. w. Griswold Of Washington
visited Lieut.. and Mrs. Standist Weston.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Paul D. c. Berrigan
were dinner guests Wednesday Of Lieut..
and Mrs John C. B. Elliott.
Miss Cynthia Wade of Washington
has been visiting Capt. and Mrs. Ben
nett H. Bowley.
Miss Caroline Schulz had with her at
dinner Monday Mrs. G. Rumaggi, Miss
M. Huntsbarger and Lieut.. Louis j..
Rumaggi.
Mr.. George Hobson is spending 10
Gays WIN MAJ. ana Mrs. RlcharQ L.
Coiner. Maj. and Mrs. Coiner enter
tanned at dinner Wednesday night and
had with them Maj. M. j. Young, Mrs.
j. j. Loving, Mr.. James Loving and Mr..
George Hobson. Mrs Coiner attended
the bridge luncheon given Wednesday
by Mrs. William Chamberlain of Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Henderson and
Miss Florence Wingate of Washington
were week end guests of Mai. Henry
A. Wingate and Miss Rosa Wingate.
Col and Mrs. Henry F. Pipes returned
Sunday night from Rehoboth Beach
Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis w. Prentiss
were dinner guests Wednesday Of Mrs.
w. G. Prentiss in Washington
Maj. and Mrs. Royal K. Stacey have
arrived on the post to stay for two
months.
Mr.. William McNeir was the dinner
guest Tuesday of Lieut.. and Mrs Joseph
w. Cox, jr., at the Olney Inn Wednes-
day night Lieut.. and Mrs. Cox were
dinner hosts to Lieut.. and Mrs. c. G..
Nelson of Fort Washington and Lieut..
Miles Reber at the Army and Navy
Club. On Friday night they had as
their dinner guests Miss Anne Van Nat
ia of Fort Sheridan. Ill, and Lieut.. Will
liam c. Bennett, jr.
Mrs. Frank M. Albrecht has arrived
on the post to visit until Lieut. Albrecht
finishes his work in connection with the
r. Q. T. c. Summer camp.
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A. Kaufman and Miss Edna Dreyfuss
are leaving this week for Atlantic City
to spend a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Behrend and
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Behrend are
spending the week end at Old Point
Comfort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Meyer are the
guests of relatives in Baltimore for
several weeks.
Gerson Nordlinger. jr., has been the
guest of Alvin Newmyer. jr., in At
lantic City
Mrs. Arthur WE'LL and children, Peter
and Joan. are visiting in Buffalo for
a month, the guests of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs M Fischer.
Mrs Sidney West left Washington
Thursday, accompanied by her two
children. Alice and Sidney, jr., for
Atlantic City. where they have an
apartment.
Mrs. Robert Meyer returned Tuesday
from six weeks stay In Santa Monica,
Calf. where she was the guest of her
brother and sister-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs Ball
Mrs. NJ. Hess leaves today for New
York and New Rochelle to visit
Mrs H. Shuster of New York is the
guest Of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Minister
Of the Broadmoor.
Mrs. Estelle Nordlinger returned from
Atlantic City on Sunday, where she
spent 10 days. having made the trip by
airplane, ACCOMPANIED by her brother,
Mr.. Sidney H. Reizenstein.
Mr.. Carlton Kaufman returns to
New York today after a visit here with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L.
Kaufman
Mrs Abe King has returned from
Paterson, N. j.. to her home. 1860 Bilt-
more street.
Mrs. Victor Strasburger Of Norfolk,
Va, has been spending the week with
her sister. Mrs Robert Meyer, at the
Broadmoor. Miss Frances Meyer has
returned from trip to Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Charles Picard accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Aubrey Fischer, and
her granddaughter. Audrey. leave on
Wednesday for Atlantic City, and will
be at the Bernstein cottage for the rest
of the Summer
Mrs. Morris Simon, Mrs. Eugene
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Young. Mrs. Meyer Loeb and daughter
Janet lsave by motor this morning for
Atlantic City, to be guests at the Hotel
Chelsea until Tuesday. Miss Janet Loeb
will stay longer with Miss Helen Lieb-
man at the Chelsea.
Mr.. and Mrs Adolph Kuntz left on
Thursday for California, to be the
guest Of the latters brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Price, at
their Summer home.
Mrs. Eugene Kahn went on Thursday
to Baltimore to visit her son -in-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Fischer
for some weeks.
Mr.. John Lion Of Baltimore Is the
week end guest Of his son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fox OF
the Cavalier.
Miss Marian French OF Pikesville, w
Va, was the guest the past week OF
Mrs. Cecilia Michaelis
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard WE'LL and two
daughters. Sue and Marjorie, who were
guests at Wardman Park Hotel for sew
eral weeks. have returned to their home
in Philadelphia.
Miss Helen Strasburger leaves tomor-
row morning for Atlantic City, TO be the
guest of Mrs. Alvin Newmyer at her
cottage
Mrs. Solomon. accompanied by her
grandson, Wilton Mendelsohn, is al
Braddock Heights. Nd. for several
weeks.
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Garden Party With Games
And Other Entertainment,

Arrangements have been completed
for the annual outdoor card party
which will be given by the Aloysian
Club on the club house grounds, At I
street northwest, tomorrow evening at
BIS o'clock. The grounds are being
especially wired for the occasion so
that they will be brilliantly illuminated.
This affair has always proven very
popular owing to the novelty of play
ing outdoors.
Miss Alice G. Kelly is the general
chairman and will be assisted by the
officers of the club, Miss Minnie Mailer,
Miss Catherine Burns. Miss Mary Nc
Hugh. Miss Grace Kelly. Mrs. Margaret
Tally, Mrs. Jennie Flynn, Miss Mary
Agnes Peck and Miss Florence Kelly.
Games will be provided for those at
tending who do not desire to play
cards. There will also be a number of
features Of interest, those in charge Of
the specialities will be Mrs. Marie
Moran. Miss Katherine T. Doherty.
Mrs. Nora Geary, Miss Margaret Shee-
han, Miss Anna Clark. Miss Anna
Grady assisted by a group Of young
ladies. In case of rain the card party
will be held indoors.
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turns tomorrow from two weeks stay
at the seashore.
Mr.. Allan Hert1berg of New York
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
julius Hertzberg. at the Embassy
Apartments.
Herbert Jacobs, jr. Is spending the
week with his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. william Jacobs. in Atlantic
City.
Mrs Edgar c. Kaufman is the guest
of Mrs Gerald Rosenheim at her
apartment In Atlantic City. Mr. and
Mrs. David Stern motored down for
the week end and are Mrs. Rosen-
helms guests.
Mrs. Harry Lewis entertained at a
luncheon last Sunday at the Wood
mont Country Club for a group Of
girls who were visiting Washington
members Of the Alpha Epsilon Phi
Sorority. who held a conclave last
Jane May. Natalie Smith, Bertha
Greenblatt Of Syracuse, NJ Y, and
Jane Cohen of Rochester. MINI, were
in the party.
Mr.. and Mrs Milton Strasberger and
daughter, Miss Beatrice Strasberger
have returned from week end stay
in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred j. Goldsmith
the latter formerly Miss Phyllis Kron-
heimer whose marriage took place
Tuesday, July IA. sailed from New
York for Bermuda to spend theil
honeymoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin J. Baum, who
have been spending their honeymoon
in California, are expected home this
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry King Of Lanier
place are spending the next few weeks
at Mackinac, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Baer are spend
ing some time at Watkins Glen, N. Y
Mrs. Ernest Mayer Is with them fol
a stay.
Mr.. Morris Baer is at the Seaside
Hotel. Atlantic City.
Mrs. Rebecca Kaufman, Mr.. Joseph