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The Washington times., 1935-11-15

'randum he submitted to the
Senate:
"The national debt is only part
Of the picture. The debt Of the
forty-eight States, with three
thousand-odd counties, the sixteen
thousand-odd cities, towns and
villages, the one hundred twen-
ty-eight thousand school districts,
the nineteen thousand townships
and the fourteen thouss a other
subdivisions-all with power to
incur public debt, and in all
amounting to one hundred and
eighty-two thousand political
unitS-was less than five billion
dollars in 1914"
What is the whole truth about
this vital matter which affects
not only the welfare of grown
people today but jeopardizes the
future of American youth for
years to come?
KANSAS RECORD
To-day the public debt Of the
48 States" according to the
memorandum submitted by Sena-
tor Borah, ais at least two billion.
five hundred million; and the
public debt of local governments,
which in 1882, before special
studies were made, was announced
at seventeen billion five hundred
million, has been found to be ap-
proximately twenty-one billion
dollars.
Before we close the fiscal year
we must expect thirty-two billion
dollars in national debt, two bill
lion five hundred million in state
debt, and twenty-one billion in
local government debt.
This is total Of fifty-five bill
lion. five hundred million, which
must be pledged against the total
national wealth of approximately
two hundred billion dollars"
In other words the spendthrift
politicians in the Federal, State
and local governments, have put
a first mortgage on a 2OO.billion.
dollar America of SIS billion dol.
lars and still "the dance of the
billions" goes merrily on wher-
ever these spendthrifts remain
in power.
In the light of these inescap-
able facts and figures, is it so
surprising that the household of
the nation should be manifest
ing an increasing interest in
the record of the people of
Kansas under the leadership of
Governor Landon-a record which
shows that the per capita cost
Of State and local government
in Kansas has been reduced
more than 26 per cent since
1929?
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By Nelson Harding
By Edwin C. Hill

lnant weakness, for everyone has
his own. Then do justice to the
one and a little more than JUS
tice to the other"
He was a bit sharp with the
ladies, this cavalier of courtesy,
but we must remember that he
lived in a time when the superior
sex did not show itself to its best
advantage.
Women, in general, have only
one object, which is their beauty,
upon which subject hardly any
flattery can be too gross to please
them. The flattery which is most
pleasing to really beautiful wo-
men is that which is addressed to
their intellect"
APPLICABLE TODAY
He was not, as say, a Cynic.
He was principally engaged in put
ting the masculine sex into its
place, and of the two sexes he
had, it appears. a slightly more
favorable opinion of the feminine.
In one Of these letters to his son,
he penned this:
II am of the opinion that you
will both think and speak more
favorably of women than you do
now. You seem to think that,
from Eve downward, they have
done a great deal of mischief. AS
for that lady, give her up to you:
but, since her time, history will
inform you that men have done
much more mischief in the world
than women: and, to say the
truth, I would not advise you to
trust either more than is abso-
lutely necessary"
Tradition brings to us many
amusing legends of this perfectly
poised, self-possessed old gentle
man. His was the day when Ire
land was aflame with rebellions,
and it was his destiny to be the
Kings Viceroy in Ireland. In
these disturbed times, bloody out
breaks were matters Of weekly oc-
curence, if not daily.
Gunfire was necessarily in the
ears of the Viceroy, and so one
morning he was awakened by an
aide, who pulled at his sleeves
and shouted excitedly: THE peo-
pie of Connaught are rising!
Reaching under his pillow for his
watch. the Earl glanced at it and
remarked amiably: We'll, 1t is 9
o'clock. 1t is time for them to
be rising"
These more or less random re-
Elections on the 'Chesterfieldian
Code suggest, at least, that the
world of this day would be q
much better place in which to live
if the code were at the front OF
mems minds.
The Assembly and Council OF
the League of Nations would be
the better for it. Certain states
men of England, France, Germany
and Italy would be the better fol
it. 1t is not too fantastic to as
sert that world peace itself might
come about with permanence II
gentlemen in high places would
re-read the Chesterfield letters
and endeavor to inject their spirit
into the devices and furtive ways
Of international diplomacy.
Copyright. 1898. by King Features
| Syndicate, InO.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

ANIMALS" published by ]. b.
Lippincott. (Yes-any book dealer
will have it. And it costs only
the price of your S tur a y
movieS)
Raymond L. Ditmars did it. And
no one could be better fitted, for
DIR. Ditmars has been Curator of
the New York Geological Park so
long that marvels and monsters
are hometown folk to him. And
Helene Carter illustrated it. Not
just picture" Hair-raiSing af-
fairs-with the very stink Of that
Shiny first world oozing from
them .. it's terror and darkness.
HISTORY OF AMERICA
Things - unbelievable things,
heaving out of the shadows, rear
ing out of the slime. slithering
through the sluggish, steamy air.
Horrors as long as a city block
with brains no longer than a pea
nut! Mountains of flesh-half
snake, half elephant, wholly de-
mon.
And once they played across the
the Kansas prairie. splaShed in
the bayous beyond New Orleans
:. thraShed, in death struggle, in
the asphalt pits of California.
Here's a history of America that
makes all the others sound like
a kindergarten lullaby.
Here's the inside story" OF that
handful of earth that seems to you
only grayish dust. With maps
like trail markers, that lead you
back and back and back.
We need to go back, you and l,
and the youngsters with us. We
need to get away from these stag
nant, Stifling, little lives we've
made for ourselves.
We need to know how huge the
earth was once-how fierce and
strong and wonderful, when we
first inherited it-when the mon
sters lowered above us, and the
marvels coiled about us, and Man.
little and weak and ignorant, spat
on his fist and LICKED THEM
ALL!
Buy that book for your boy,
Buy it for yourself. Read about
this earth, which you think is so
commonplace.
Copyright. 1885, *. F. s. 1nc.).
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MEET THE MONSTERS!

MEET THE MONSTERS!
If a handful Of earth could
speak!
Ever thought what marvels and
monsters lie in that bit of grayiSh
dust? All the life that has ever
crouched or crawled, leaped or
lunged, squirmed or flopped upon
this globe all the incredible
creatures, winged and scaled,
wrapped in horn or hair there
it huddles today in the hollow of
your hand, reduced to a pinch Of
dust.
If that dust could speak! If
suddenly it could wake, bowling,
kissing, bellowing-as it did in
life. You'd never be bored again,
would you? Never again feel like
a prisoner, in your cramped city
apartment.
And perhaps something in your
own body would wake in answer
something that has seemed to be
smothered in these stagnant
streets, these Strangling horizons
something that once was wild
and fierce and free!
AMAZING STORY
If the earth could speak! But
it can-and has. And scientists
listening, probing, have built, bit
by bit, the most amazing story on
record.
No story is as exciting, as i'm
portant, as powerful to free us
from the drabness of our Stifled
lives, as this story of Life. How
Life came to the earth - what
monStrous forms it took before
ever man appeared-what night
mares of brainless flesh once lum-
bered across the painless wilder
neSs-there's the greatest adven-
ture tale ever discovered.
Only, unfortunately, it is usually
written so ponderously that few of
us can understand it. The heavy,
drab words are meaningless -
strike no spark in us.
But here. at last, Is book that
does. And pictures that make
those monsters and marvels as
real and near and living hot as
the family cat or dog. A dryish
title-but don't let that fool you.
THE BOOK OF PREHISTORIC
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OLD FAVORITES
FpDer John MnSefieZH
Sea FeUer

Sea FeUeF -JOnn MGSeTLeLH
go down to the again. to the lonely and
the sky,
And all 1 ask is tall ship and star to steer her by
And the wheels kick and the winds song and the white
sails shaking
And gray mist the seas face, and gray dawn
breaking.
must go down to the again. for the call of the
running tide
Is wild call and clear call that may not be denied
And all ask is windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume and the
gulls crying
60 the again. to the vagrant gypsy fe
To the guls way and the whales way where the winds
like a whetted knife;
And all ask is merry yarn from laughing eow-rover
And quiet sleep and dream when the long tricks
(ReGders Vited send to the editor their sugges
ons Of old favortes among the poems for reprnting in
this spaee)
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
"CHESTERFIELD CODEn


Certain names, occurring to the
eye, or falling upon the ear, stir
the imagination, inspire pictures.
A single one of such names may
be as eloquent as volume Of
biography. Cecil" takes us back,
indeed, to the great reign of the
red-haired Queen, England's Clio
riana, and brings us up through
the stirring centuries as little
England expanded into a vast en-
pire since OctaviuS Caesar ruled
the known world from Capitol
Hill.
On somewhat lesser scale, but
very intriguing to the imagina-
ton, is the name of Chester
field" It occurs again because
it is brushed again by the wings
Of Azreal. The eleventh Earl OF
Chesterfield, at the age Of 80,
has departed this troubled world
for what is doubtless a much
better and certainly a better-bred
existence.
Just as Cecil" stands for Brit
ish history of the past 800 years
so Chesterfield" Symboli0es the
Importance of courtesy in civil
lied existence. The very name is
the synonym for poEteness and
good breeding. Yes, and some
thing more-effortless courtesy,
that added distinction of gentility
which comes from the heart
rather than from calculated in
telligence.
Even today, in this year of our
Lord. 1885, in a rough and
tumble world where even emin-
ent statesmen are necessarily
hurting rude epithets, the term
"CheSterfieldian manners" re-
tainS definite significance.
The eleventh Earl was a sailor
Of an historic family Of sailors.
He served with the Nile expedi-
ton for the relief Of General
Gordon in Khartoun in 1884. He
retired with the rank OF captain
in 1905. But he did not succeed
to the title until 1888, following
the death of the tenth earl at
the age of 78.
The brothers traced their de-
scent to the first earl, and were
collateral descendants of Philip
Stanhope, fourth Lord Chester
field, whose name for a century
and a half was the perfect Syno-
nym for courtesy. Without the
slightest intention of producing
a textbook on courtesy for the
benefit of future generations, the
fourth Lord Chesterfield, never
theless, did produce one of the
best textbooks ever written on
the conduct of men. 1t is the
book of letters to his son. travel
ing abroad.
TOLERANCE
The wise old nobleman had
grasped one of the great prin-
ciples of human existence, that
manners are as important as
morals and that, in fact, good
manners are very apt to produce
good morals. Patiently and gently
he sought to inculcate this into
his sons mind-to impress the
young gentleman with the neces-
sity Of bearing at all times a rea-
sonable and tolerant attitude to-
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The Joy that isn't shared dies
young.
Do not fly until your wings are
feathered.
An ass that kicks against the
wall, receives the blow himself.
A handsaw is a good thing, but
not to shave with.
Enough is as good as a sackful.
There is a necessity for proving
the existence of light.
Better be wise and look simple.
The Washington times., 1935-11-15

berS are beginning to turn toward
the National Capital.
Although the corridors do not
yet resound to the tones of volu-
BILE legislators, it is reported that
within a short time they will echo
the remarks of men and women
debating the effect of the Roose-
Velt regime in their districts.
Chairmen of committees are al
ready mapping plans for confer.
ences on legislation that must be-
drafted for the opening OF Con-
gresS.
Money matters and tax legis-
lation must be discussed prior to|
January in order that some pro
grams may be arranged.
In the last session, the first few
weeks dragged into the monthS
without any evidence that tho
Congress was overly fond Of ar,
duouS labor.
The necessity of closing shop al
an early date so that the vicissi
tudes of election years may bs
met probably will cause an un
usual burst of energy.
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
Words From Wise Men

He who beats his beast, wo
beat me If he burst.
A spur in the head Is wa
two in the heels.
There is no worse robber t
a bad book.
All are not saints that go
church.
The wise man gets his WIS.,
from those who have none.
Let Falsehood laugh! Hon
has a heaven all its own.
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
The Human Side of the News

ward other men-and to women,
as well. To his son, the Earl
wrote:
There is hardly a man who
has not a dominant passion to
which all others are subordinate.
Discover this governing passion
in every individual. And when
you have found the master pas
sion of a man. remember never
to trust him where that passion
is concerned"
The Washington times., 1935-11-15

lin e ps in
House and Sen
ate in the COM
ing session.
B e fore ad-
jollrnment of
the st Con-
greSS gr ou p S
were forming in
both branches
of Congress in
definite oppoSi-
ton to the AAA
and other agen-
cieS d e alin g
with rural prob
lens.
IL
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There may be a touch of
cynicism in the letters, but Ches-
terfieldS observation were based,
after all, on very sound sense
and keen observation Of human
nature. He wrote again to the
young man travelling abroad:
If you wish particularly to
gain the good graces and affec-
ton of certain peoples, try to
discover their most striking merit,
If they have one, and their domi-
The Washington times., 1935-11-15

IN view Ol LAAC
recent census, however, there IS
definite indication that those
members who were heading the
revolt against the. AAA may find
themselves without the backing
they were beginning to possess.
In the Senate, Senator Harry
Flood Byrd, of Virginia, Democrat
though he was, began an offensive
against the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration that caused
his colleagues to pay rapt atten-
ton.
Despite the vote that seemed to
express farmers confidence IN the
agricultural policy. Byrd probably
will continue to wage a campaign
against the agency. What sup
port he will gain from his col
leagues may be judged only after
an actual test.
It is certain that a fight will be
made against the AAA when it
becomes necessary to vote on It's
appropriations and Byrd probably
will be the leader in the fray.
He does not face reelection until
1899 and is in a position to vent
his views more forcibly than some
of his colleagues who must stand
the test next year.
That the Administration will
have any difficulty in securing
sufficient support to maintain the
AAA is extremely unlikely but it
is expected that it's wounds will
not be salved by the attentions
given the agency by Senator Byrd
and some of his cohorts.
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WHO PAYS

In Atlanta, Ga, there is a graz
problem of taxation.
Stepping into what was know
as ''Buttermilk Bottom" an ar
covered with squalid shacks, q
Government initiated q lowed
housing project.
It constructed apartments hs
ing modern conveniences and 4
signed for use by whites.
The problem that now control
Atlanta is the collection Of ta1
on this property.
The chief concern to the peo
of the Southern city is the remit
of the buildings.
They announce:
"The first two buildings d
structed as part of this low-c
housing project, were let
students of Georgia Tech"
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NEW SERVICE

Latest thing is guide service I'd
the Department Of Justice.
In these days of praise for til
Department, visitors have becomI
so numerous that employees wer
forced to stop work to act as e
cortS.
They protested.
The new order provides that ps
riodically certain employees will d
called on to don uniforms and q
cort visitors through all section
except the Bureau of investigation
It takes care of its own tourist
The Washington times., 1935-11-15

TRY TO IMAGINE a free nation Without free
newspapers! IF any other form of enterprise Were
suspended, the result uUOuld be incOnUenience. II
all newspapers ceased publication, the result tOouLd
be chaos.
The Washington times., 1935-11-15

first your sentiments probably unfit TO PRINT
The American people thought that the main purpose Of
building public works here to give Americans employ
mont.
The Raw Deal sold them the idea that basis. The
Raw Deal taxing the shirts off them that basis But
now develops that foreign industries with seated low
wage labor dump steel cement other materials
here fifteen per cent less than American labor can make
them, those materials must be purchased abroad.
While American labor 60 back relief suppose
Thanks to Nathan Burkan chairman Of the Triborough
Bridge Authority this marvellous Raw Deal plan has just been
exposed in New York.
Mr. Burkan calls attention to orders for German steel for
the bridge and demands that ONLY AMERICAN PRODUCTS
shall be used in construction.
Apparently however, the Authority has NO AUTHOR
TTY cancel such orders but must await the ukase of Mr.
Secretary Ickes in Washington, other Raw Deal
Commssar on the banks of the Potomac.
The Raw Deal already has promoted" recovery by killing
pigs and powng under crophereby raising the cost Of
living.
already has promoted" prosperity by cracking down
businesun the Supreme Courts NRA decision cracked
down 1T.
And it is promoting empoyment-1N GERMANY
by the brilliant expedient Of spending taxmoney abroad and
THUS BLOCKING employment here.
They're busy and dizzy lot these Raw Dealers and they
get Buster AND DIZzIER EVERY DAY
The Washington times., 1935-11-15

Strictly in accordance with its usual cracpot policies the
Raw Deal spends American money give jobs to steel
workers IN GERMANY-job which American steeLworkers
therefore DON'T get.
That recovery plan for you and certainly honey
If you work in German steel mill you ought to apprecl-
ate it.
But you work American steel MILL you merely
happen be patriotic American who believes in America
first" your sentiments probably unfit to print
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
AAA TEST

Farmers votes Of confidence in
the Administrators agricultural
policy are expected to affect the
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1885


l1l7 street Northwest Warrington D.
Arthur a. Editor
c.
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
TAX PROGRAMS

With the new session Of Con-
rress only six weeks away, mem
The Washington times., 1935-11-15
The Greatest Show On Earth
BY John Snure, J.

%bers are beginning to turn toward
! the Natjonal Nanital
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01
EoRK ON EAGLEs, HALL

The wcrk of remcdeling the Eagles -4all preparatory to housing [ beer dispensasy for John Marin, lessee, is now under way with Lew Nunamaker. contractor, in charge Changes to be made in the hal to accommodate future patrons o. the place consist of blocking ou some of the windows cn the scutL side of the lower floor where the bar will be, remodeling the front to eliminate the vestibule entrance and build to the the side to pro- vide a bus line waiting room. A partition is to be placed at the rear of the disgensary to separate that business from the Eaglesl entrance to the dining room. Space will thus be afforded between the Id partition and the new one for a card room
 MT. Marin is now on his way south to purchase equipment for tha business venture. o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01

brary s3,435 .66 was expended. Of this sum $2,110.15 went for saiarses and S35050 fer books and maga- zines. The library collected $34l.3 .35 in fines and fees s5 partial cefset to the expense total.
 It took $2174.38 10 maintain Evergreen Cemetery. From grave and sexton charges and plot rentals $90OOo was realized, realizing net cost of $1,27438.
 Heclth Fund
 The health and indigent account totaled $2.G62 54 Of this tot a l $692.55 was spent in making rock fill and other improvements at the old gal baga dump. Washing and cleaning the streets cost SHAFTS. Other costs were care of indigent (reindeer meat $695; health of ficer, salary $3o0; burning rub bish $277.
 Settlement of personal injury
 
 claims against the city cost s. 92500, of which 5000 remained to be paid
 Radio inspection service, q new activity of the municipality, dis continued February l, cost $699.83 Interest paid and accrued on bonds and bank loans amounted to S9,566.9G, exclusive of PWA bonds Depreciation charges cn buildings and equip m esn : for the veal amounted to $2C,18641.
 Permanent Improvements
 During the year the city spent s16.592.54 in permanent improve ments, not including $6699.30 for PWA projects. Streets and bridge account for $5,45102; sewers, 8, 78801; Gold Creek embankment $1,41735; Evergreen Bowl develop ment, $99023. The last two proj- ects, totaling $2,4O763 for equip nent paid by the city, were carried on as part of the AERA program together with 6 number Of street improvement projects on which the city expended $3,12o.30 for tools and supplies.
 The Federal Government furn- ished the labor on these particular projects.
 The new garbage dump on the Thane road represented an invest ment of $1,47680.
 Citizens desiring further details
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01
GOING OUTSIDE?

When travelling outside" be sure to ride the most modern trans continental train NORTH COAST LIMITED, completely air conditioned, newest type, especial Iy designed reclining seat coaches
 KARL K. KATZ, Alaska Represen- ta.ive, Northern Pacific Railway, will be here soon to give you com plete details. WAIT FOR HIM.
 --adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01
ANNUAL AUDIT OF CITY BOOKS
 IS EXPLAINED
City Clerk Henning Simpli- fies Figures Prepared
 by Auditor Cooper

tContinued rom Page ore.)
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DOUGLAS NEVIS
MRS. GALLWAS LEAVES
 FOR VISIT IN SOUTH

Mrs F. A. J. Gallwas left on the Zapora today for a several weeks visit in the States. She will go via Chichagof where her son-in-law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Lcuis Delebecque will join her for the trip south. They will visit in Seat tie with friends and also spsnc some time in Tacoma with MT. and Mrs. Martin Gallwas. Mrs. Galiwas has been complimented with { number of parties here anl i Juneau pFisr 10 her dcpa lure fo the gauth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01

of municipal receipts and expendi- tures may call at the City Hall and examine the audit report themselves and be given additional information that may be warted, City Clerk Henning said today
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01
CALL FOR BIDS

Bids will pe received by the City of Juneau at the City Clerks office up to pm, May 3, for painting the exterior of the City Hall building. Specifications on file at Clerks office. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01
SCHOOL TAX

Territorial School Tax for 1895 unpaid by May will become de- .inquent. All male persons between 2l and 50, excepting U. s. soldiers md sailors, volunteer firem m e n, paupers and insane must pay this
 A. w. HENNING, City Clerk. adv. School Tax Collector.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-01
LEAVING FOR MINE

Mike Gaveril expects to leave tonight for the Kensington min- ing propery where he will work fer several months.