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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16
POWER VESSEL CARMEN BURNS
 NEAR DUP 0 N I
Lost Craft Was Worth S8.. 500 and Cargo of
 Shingles $500

Catching fire from the back flast of an auxiliary engine, the power boat Carmen, with 10000 shingles aboard, burned to the waters sur face and sank last evening in Cas- tineau Channel just south of Du- pont. The crafts company, Capt M. E. Lane, owner and his two sons, A. Lane and E. Lane. suffered no injuries. The lost vessel was valued at $8,500. She was insured for $6,000. Her cargo of shingles was worth about $500 and carried $280 insurance.
 Immediately after the Carmen took fire, her plight was noticed by the Woodrow, which stood by the doomed vessel throughout the period of the blaze.
 Loaded With Gasoline
 The Woodrow was loaded with gasoline, which made her close ap- proach to the burning craft dan gerous, and, besides, the Woodrow's power was not sufficient to enable her to tow the Carmen to shore quickly.
 After the fire had made consid- erable progress the Brant of the Bureau of Fisheries pulled near to the Carmen, and offered to bring Capt. Lane and his two sons to Juneau, but they had saved skiff from the larger craft and rowed to this city.
 The fire started about 7:3O last evening. The Carmen was diesei but her auxiliary engine was needed to pump air, her regu- lar air pump having gone out Of commission. From the back flash of the auxiliary engine, the flames spread so rapidly that every effort to check them proved futile.
 Captain Forgets Crutches
 Capt. Lane injured his right leg some months ago, and the injury caused him to use crutches. In his excitement over the fire last night he forgot about his crutches un- til too late to save them. Today he was able to. obtain only one ,rutch in Juneau.
 Capt. Lane owns a shingle mill
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16
REPLY IS FILED
 IN BEACH CASE
Government Denies Indian Claimants Own Ground
 at Old Aux Village

A general denial of all the claims advanced by defendants in the suit involving ownership of the old Aux Village public camp grounds was entered in the records of the Federal District court yesterday in reply filed by Assistant United States Attorney George w. Folta. It upholds the legality of the land withdrawal orders which put the disputed tract in the Tongass Na- tional Forest, and the Forest Serv- ice order setting it aside as pulp lie beach.
 Counsel for William E. Murphy and numerous others, claiming the ground under hereditary rig hts from the old Aux tribe of Indians, had attacked the several with drawals as invalid.
 The reply of the Government completes the pleadings in this suit which is being watched with deep interest by Southeast Alaska residents. It is generally looked upon the laymen as a test case of considerable importance, and it's final settlement may involve more than the small area embraced in the beach in question. 4
 It is hoped, MT. Folta said, that the case can be tried at the outset of the next term of Court. The Government is prepared to go to trial on the first day of the term,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16
URGES
 REDUCTION OF
 WASTE BY FIRE
Each Citizen Asked to. Co operate in Observance
 of Prevention Week

The help of each citizen to "les. sen the loss and needless wastt and suffering from fires which art largely preventable,' is asked bl President Hoover In his annua proclamation setting aside the weel of October 4, next, as Fire Proven tion Week. A copy of the paper has just been received by Gov. George A. Parks.
 It is the custom, the President said, to request an annual observ- ance of the week throughout the United States to stimulate the in- terest and cooperation of officials organizations, and citizens in di- minishing the losses of life and property from fire.
 Losses Show Increase
 Continuing the proc m ion said:
 Last year fires in the United States caused direct property loss estimated at nearly $500,000,000, an increase of $40,000000 over 1929. These direct losses affected many home owners, farmers, businessmen and workingmen. There were many more millions Of indirect losses in rentals, br 0 en contracts, unem- ployment, and Interruptions to bus mess.
 Deaths and injuries to men, women and children exceeded 35,- 900 in 1930. The majority of the losses of life and property were the result of carelessness and lack of preventative measures.
 Purpose of Week
 The purpose of National Fire Prevention Week is to focus atten- tion on the hazards of fire and to promote preventive measures to re- duce this devastating waste.
 Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoo- yer, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of October 4, 1881, to be observed as Fire Prevention Week and earnestly solicit the assistance of each citizen to help lessen the loss and needless waste and suf- fering from fires largely prevent able"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16
'C0R|LLA' WILL BE FOLIO WE'D
 BY "SPO|LERS'
Weird Mystery Play to Give Way to Nome's Dram
 atic Story at Coliseum

'The Gorilla" will be shown for the last times tonight at the Coli scum theatre. The Spoilers" will be the featured attraction tomor- row night.
 The Gorilla" pictures the weird reactions of city that is terror ized by an unknown menace. A gorilla Is at large. and nobody knows. where it may appear. The picture is packed with laughs mad thrills
 The Spoilers" is the talking 5creen's version of Rex Beach's famous story of the hurrah days in Nome. The cast includes Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, Betty Comp son, William Boyd, Harry Green, Slim Summerville, James Kirkwood, Lloyd Ingraham, Oscar Apfel, Jack Holmes, George Irving and Knute Ericson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16

Old papers fcr Sale at the En- pire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16

and has asked the defendants if they can be ready by that time.
 The reply just filed not only de- nies the withdrawals were illegal, but further denies that the Indian claimants have any rights as claim ed, or that they have continuously used or occupied the land in ques- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16
SEATTLE GIRLS SPENDING
 VACATION SEEING ALASKA

Misses Ted" Murphy and Lillian Anderson, of Seattle, members of the clerical staff of the United States Bureau of Fisheries office there, are spending their annual vacation seeing Southeast Alaska. They reached here yesterday and will leave tomorrow for Sitka to spend a few days, returning here early next week. They will leave for their homes sometime next week.
 There are nearly 15,000 All club members in Nebraska, with 17,731 projects under way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16
GETS FLYING START

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16.-Ted Saus- sele, former Washington University athlete, started off at a fast bat ting clip when he joined the Cardi- nals' farm at Elmira in the New York Pennsylvania league. In his first 10 games he hit the ball for a 1885 average.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16

at Mora Sound. Prince of Walei Island. The Carmen left there with shingles above and below deck. She discharged her deck load of shingles at Petersburg and wa1 proceeding with the shingles ir her hold to Juneau when the fire occurred.
 The Carmen was 35 net tons. She was 60 feet long, 16 feet wide and 7l4 feet deep. She formerly was | mail boat between Ketchikan and he West coast of Prince of Wales Island.
 Capt. Lane and his sons will re- turn to Ketchikan on the steam ship Admiral Rogers, which is scheduled to sail south from Ju- neau tomorrow evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-16
FORMER JUNEAU GIRL
 MARRIED IN SEATTLE

Miss Velma Case, former Juneau girl, daughter of Mrs. May Case now residing in Seattle, and MT John T Linley of Vienna, Austria were married in Seattle on August 20, according to announcements re- gently received here by Mrs. Lin- leys friends. She is a cousin of Mrs. Donald L. MacKinnon of this city.
 The ceremony was performed in the presence of the m m d a e members of the family in Trinity Church. MT and Mrs. Linley will continue to reside in Seattle for the present at 633 18th Avenue.
 In 1930 there were 1000 000 tractors at work on farms of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
World Rewards Genius
Who Perfected clipper"

The slipper" fastening. composed
of Interesting teeth. which is now
made use of in many ways, was the
invention in 1914 of Gideon Sund-
back. a Swedish engineer working in
the United States. It was first sug-
gested as a safety device for pockets
and then applied to tobacco pouches
and finally to children clothing,
shoes. spare wheel covers. handbags,
suntents and many other purposes,
and the end is not yet in sight. It's
use has spread over the entire world.
1t is manufactured by the mile in
the United States. Canada, Austria,
France and Germany.
Several previous efforts were made
to devise such fastener. One was
the subject of a patent granted 40
years ago. wealthy company was
formed to perfect and exploit the in
vention, but the design was lacking
in some particular and it's operation
was unreliable. and so far as that
effort went the thing was failure.
The shortening was subsequently
remedied by Sundback. and he is now
reaping a rich reward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
. .Eogln2 1lhX
p Building
Essentials That Go to
Make Home Attractive

There is no single institution which
Is of greater Importance to the indi-
vidual and to the community than the
home. The home is success or
failure for numerous reasons The
most important factors which make
for the greatest success in home de-
velopment relate directly to the lat
mosphere" which is radiated by the
personalities of those who occupy the
home and by the atmosphere which is
evidenced in the physical features of
the home surroundings.
The home is an outstanding feature
in community development. 1t must
be attractive or the community suffers
proportionately and the happiness Of
those who occupy the home is greatly
decreased The community is inter-
ested in the development of the small
home because the greater percentage
of population who own homes is liv-
ing in houses constructed Upon the
smaller lots ranging from . to so feet
in frontage by 125 to $50 feet in depth
to the larger lot ranging from so to
70 feet in frontage by $50 to 175 feet
in depth.
The two elements which add most
to the attractiveness of the home are
those of excellent architectural COM
position and landscape architectural
composition. A house, to be attrac-
tive, must have the proportions of
good architecture; it must be well
painted and carefully maintained. The
remafndc- of the lot, including all of
the open area surrounding the house
and the garage, must have the ele-
ments of good landscape composition
created through the intelligent use Of
plant materials and features of gar
den architecture, and it must be care
fully maintained.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
One of carnegie's Boys

All the world knows The story of
the building of the great bridge
across Sydney hartor, in Australia.
the greatest bridge in the world.
some claim, which cost .f6,000, 900.
Lawrence Ennis, the man ir charge
of the construction, has had a career
almost as romantic as the bridge
itself. At the age Of eleven he was
working in the coal pits outside
Edinburgh. Emigrating to America
at the age of sixteen, he eventually
qualified as an engineer. and some
successful patents brought him to
the notice of Carnegie, whose en-
ployment he entered. From then on
his rise in the engineering world was
rapid. From pit-boy to bridge builder
is no mean achievement for one of
the great army of the worlds self
taught geniuses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
Stinting Use Of Paint
Poor Business Policy

1t is an open secret that most folks
paint their houses for the sake of ap-
pearance. This can never be con-
demned. 1t is fact that many of our
choicest neighborhoods owe their at
Effectiveness to pride of ownership.
But there has always been danger
here, and probably there always will
be. The trouble is, people are prone
to paint when times are good and then
let their places go TO rack and ruin
when times are otherwise. AS a mat
ter of fact, temporary business de.
preston should serve as national
call to paint. For, of all times, this
is when the expense due to the most
costly repairs that inevitably follow
neglect should be eliminated. Not
only that, the psychological value CT
clean, brightly painted property, with
its suggestiveness of prosperity and
good cheer, should never be disregard
ed.-Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
Protecting Highways

Highways are intended for legiti-
mate use, and not for misuse. This
applies especially to highways that
have been constructed at public ex-
pense and intended, primarily, for pub
lie use, and not to serve purposes for
which they frequently are used.
1t is not an uncommon occurrence
for improved roadways to be greatly
damaged through uses for which they
were not constructed and for which
they are not maintained. costing the
public very considerable sums of
money. The far greater number of
people use the highways as they
should be used, and subject them
only to ordinary wear and tear.
Those who use them otherwise
should be made to pay for the dam
ages they cause, or, better still,
they should not be permitted to use
the highways for other than regular
and ordinary purposes. - Florida
Times Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
Saw-Toothed Grasses
Fatal to Wild Animals

To the poets eye a dewy blade of
grass may be cleaning sword"
but the similarity escapes the more
practical eye of the elk, the deer. and
the moose. These unsuspecting ami
mails frequently learn, however, and
painfully so, that clump Of grass
may be only a ''sheath Of spears"
disguised as forage.
The biological survey of the De-
partment of Agriculture finds that
the sharp, saw-toothed seed parts of
the squirreltail grass and other sim
liar grasses on the western ranges
cause the death of many elk, deer
and moose The needlelike tips of
the seed cases pierce the tender
membranes in the animals mouth.
The jagged edge of the seed case re-
sembles porcupine quill, and after
1t has penetrated the lining of the
mouth. every effort OF the animal
to get rid of it results only in fur
Their embedding the seed into the It's
sues. These injuries may become in
fected and lead to assesses and
eventually to death. Occasionally
an animal is found dead from starva-
tfon because great wad of grass
lodged in one cheek had made 1t
impossible for the animal to eat.
The biological survey is attempt
ing to eradicate such Objectionable
grasses from the elk refuge in wy
oming and from the Sullys hill game
preserve, North Dakota, where the
trouhIo has hnan in ovidenca !!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
For Trees and Garden

Trees, plants, particularly young
ones, are like children. They need
tender care and nourishment. The
lover of nature, especially of plants,
flowers and trees, has paternal de-
light and satisfaction in watching
them grow to maturity. In these days
of modern science many aids to gar
dening have been discovered.
Not until the setting of your estate
is completed by harmonious plant
ing of trees and shrubs. is it home,
and every house must have its individ-
ual planning to insure the proper land
scape development.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
colored Walks Impressive

Just as a person with unkempt
shoes is not well dressed, so is home
mot well dressed whose owner has neg
lected to improve the setting with
lawns, shrubbery and trim walks.
Concrete is the ideal walk material,
for it is easy to keep clean and is
pleasing in appearance. A new touch
can be added with concrete by the
placement Of fiagstones, or by the adj
dition of coloring matter. Colored
walks that harmonic with the home
and it's surroundings now can be easily
and inexpensively obtained.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
expeditions grossly Understanding
the strength of the hostiles.

expeditions grossly Understanding
the strength of the hostiles.
From the beginning the results OF
the campaign were unsatisfactory.
Gen. J. ]. Reynolds /of Crooks COM
mand attacked the village of the
Sioux chief, Crazy Horse, on March
IL and fought sharp engagement
in which all the honors rested with
the latter. Three months later on
June II, Crazy Horse fought Crooks
force to standstill at the battle of
the Rosebud and halted his forward
progress indefinitely. A short time
before this Terry and Gibbon success
fully Joined forces on the Powder
river and on June II Major Reno of
Clusters Seventh cavalry, which
formed the principal part of Terry's
command, went on scout which took
them within 40 miles of where Crook
was having his fierce battle with
Crazy Horse. Terry and Gibbon were
Surprised at not finding any Indians.
They did not realize that the hostiles
were busy elsewhere fighting the bat
tie which paved the way for their VIC
tory on the Little Big Horn.
Then on June % Custer was sent
to scout trail that Reno had discov-
cred and this led him to the banks Of
the Little Big Horn and his Waterloo.
The story of that battle in its main
outlines is familiar one-how Gus
ter, marching rapidly, reached the
Little Big Horn sooner than was ex-
pected, how he discovered the great
Indian village and, not realizing the
numerical strength of its warriors
nor the fact that they were flushed
with feeling of victory over having
stopped Crook, how he decided to at
tack at once without waiting for Ter
ry and Gibbon, who were to be on
hand for a battle, if Custer found the
Indians, by June &c; and finally how
adopting the tactics which had
brought him victory in other fights
with the Indians he made the fatal
division Of his command into three
parts, one led by Major Reno, one by
Major Benteen and the third by HIM
self.
Under the circumstances, the re-
suit was almost foregone conclu-
sion. Reno made his attack, was met
with fierce resistance and, outnum-
bered, was driven back to the bluffs
across the river, suffering heavy losses
as he retreated. Benteen, following
the route designated for him, got into
impossible country and gradually
worked back toward the route taken
by Reno so that he arrived in time
to help that officer hold his own
against the whooping savages who
were swarming about him. Mean
while Custer and his FIVE companies,
not knowing that his plan of battle
had already been broken up, rode on
to his death. For the Indians, having
put Reno out of the fight, concen-
trated on Custer and within a short
time had done him and his men to
death.
That story has been told and re-
told countless times. Over 1t has
ragged many bitter controversy and
around it has sprung up a great mass
of tradition, myth, transformation
and just plain bunk"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
Appearance Mean. Much

Ever so many homes need paint to
give them something of an external
responsibility. ANY number of yards
and gardens are waiting for the magic
ministrations of tidiness and home
keeping interest. 1t is so much more
beneficial, in almost any condition of
life. to have the outside of ones
dwelling lend expression to ones
home-loying instincts. Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12

natural, perhaps, that it should make
an impression upon the public mind
which more than half century has
not erased.
OF the irony of fate which overlook
this dashing cavalryman. Frazier
Hunt, the biographer previously re-
ferred to, has said: ITO the millions
of plain Americans he is remembered
not as commander of dashing and
victorious division of cavalry that cap
tured 10000 prisoners and Is battle
flags from a gallant and stubborn foe
during the Civil wary, but as an In
dian fighter, who with handful of
troopers eleven years later galloped
to tragic death. He had fought Lee
and Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart
and the gallant Pelham'-great and
remembered soldiers-but it was the
naked Sioux warriors of the plains
who sent him to deathless fame. The
gods of battle have their own in
scrutable way of making heroes"
If Custer needed the aid of others
besides the gods Of battle to help
make him a hero, he found them in
the persons of the government Off
Gals who had forgotten Fetterman
and his 81 men. For in the last anal
ysis, responsibility for what took
place on the Little Big Horn goes back
to them. Custer himself, during a con-
versation with General Darlington
early in 1876, in regard to the pro-
posed campaign against the hostile
Sioux and Cheyennes, remarked that
1T will take another Phil Kearney
massacre to bring congress up to gen.
erous support Of the army" Although,
from his experience on the plains, he
knew full well of the task that lay
ahead Of the army, he little realized
how true his prophecy was nor that
he was to make the same sacrifice
that Fetterman had made.
The general plan of the campaign
was to have three army columns con-
verge from different directions upon
the section in Wyoming and Montana
where the hostiles had taken refuge
after their refusal to stay on the res
ervations set aside by the government
for them. One under General Gibbon
was to come eastward from western
Montana; another under General
Crook was to advance northward from
southern Nebraska; and the third I'M
der General Terry was to proceed
westward from Fort Abraham Lincoln
in what is now North Dakota. The
principal trouble with this plan was
that it didn't work. 1t didn't work be-
cause the combined three forces were
not large enough for the task ahead
of them, even though the government
had thought it might be large
enough, especially since the Indians,
instead of waiting for the three
armies to concentrate upon them,
made use Of some Napoleonic STRAIT
egg, unconsciously, perhaps, and by
operating "on interior lines" attacked
two Of the columns in severalty and
defeated them in detail Then, too, 1t
didn't work because in reality one de-
partment of the government was allied
with the Indians, instead of with the
army. For it was the inefficiency-
to be extremely charitable-of the In
dian department which permitted the
Indians togo into the field much bet
ter armed than the soldiers of Crook
and Gibbon and Terry, and which al
lowed those three to start upon their
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
He Was Paying

Patron-May have some station
cry, please?
Hotel Clerk (haughtily)-Are you
a guest of this hotel?
Patron-Heck, no, am paying s.
a day.-Border Cities Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
New Scale of Prices

Grocer-We have some very fine
string beans today.
Mrs. Youngbride-How much are
they a string Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
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FTY-FIvE years ago this
month occurred a trag-
edy which shocked the
whole country as had,
perhaps, no other one
since the assassination
of Abraham Lincoln.
On June %, 1876, Gen.
George Armstrong Gus
ter, a dashing cavalry
leader during the Civil
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
Useful Kindliny

Pototo peeling dried thoroughly win
light fire instead Of wood being used.