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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
Real Humorists of the House.
Clay Franklin in Vanity Fair)

Clay Franklin in Vanity Fair)
 The real humorists of the national House of Rep resentatives are men like Blanton Bulwinkle and Gassaway the Solid South's contribution to the nations fun Tom Blanton, for example, is Abilene, Texas's, gift to popular government, a hardboled Texan who is so windy that he took twenty two closely printed pages in the Congressional Record to defend himself against charges brought out by the District of Columbia Crime Subcommittee.
 His critics go so far as to say that he is in politics for patronage, and that he tries to his position the District of Columbia Committee to give him control of the many many jobs in the district government Then he goes back to Abilene and tells the home folks how he prevented the high toned blue stocking birds from running away with the treasury. He is beautiful example of hard boiled and windy politician from a small windy city in Texas exerting every possible pressure na- tional problems.
 Bulwinkle and Gassaway owe most to their names like Gallagher and Shean Buwinkle comes from North Carona's i-fated Gastonia, and got into public print as chairman of the subcommittee which investigated Dr. Wrt last year, at the time the Gary school teacher tried to convert Congress to a Hearstian red witch hunt Even the Chicago Tr- bure had to poke fun at the whole silly perform anee and published cartoon in which sign, Beware of the Bulwnkle"
 Gassaway is the best name for a Congressman which has yet been devised Percy Lee Gassaway, Ia Democrat and former judge from the TX ranch near Colgate Okla is natural-born and conscious clown. He hgh-heeled boots and sombrero in Washington, and garnered space on the front page by taking after the Kingfsh.' Burlesqung the Long bodyguards, he got several page boys from the House his guards, armed them with cap-pistols and galloped through the newsrees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05

has been made by the men who get into , the hills for the winter And there are many other such stakes to be made.
 The shipment of profits from Alaska's major industries to the Outside annually has bled Alaska white these many years. II the profits from the gold operations alone were reinvested in Alaska each year the country would go ahead with leaps and bounds.
 AS soon as Alaska learns to keep her hard-earned wealth at home, the sooner will she get under way as a land of perma- nent wealth. And of the best ways to do this is to stay with the country, make this a homeland and apply every cent of available funds to the opening of latent resources summer and winter There lies one of the answers to future greatne md commercial success. Make Alaska honielar Alaska for Alaskans and put Alaskan money Alaska enterprise. iS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
20 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 5, 1915
From The Empire

Dr. Karl Heifferich, secretary to the German Imperial treasury, in speaking in the Reichstag on the second reading of the S2,500, ,000, ,000.- 900 war loan, said: Until now $5,- 100000 have been voted and our estimates of war needs are still ex- ceeded by real war expenditures The expenditure in one month is higher by one-third than the total expenditure for the war in 1870, but every German knows that the sacri- fices will not be in vain. Up to the present the German total expendi- lures have been the highest; but they are now being exceeded by those of Great Britain. The coali- tion of enemies now is bearing all most two-thirds of the total cost of the war"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
MAKE ALASKA A HOMELAND.

Alaska for Alaskans is the cry of the sourdougf and proper one but, unfortunately Alaska for the Outside is the actuality that exists and must bt stemmed if the Territory is to achieve its proper place and its residents permanency. As the seasor ends each year thousands trek back to the State with their stakes large small, made during tht summer. to be spent the Outside Population dwndles, money drains out The future development Of the North rests the money that will drain into the Territory and the country offers fine oppor tunty for those who will stick make Alaska thei home and invest their capital in paying enterprises As the Anchorage Times aptly points out:
 Alaska's hard rock mining offers one of E the best opportunities for winter activities. Numerous inviting properties be had, either lease otherwise, where those who know the mining game can apply them selves opening up prospects at all seasons. In the Willow area alone are hundreds of claims presenting opportunities The chances for making a strike in such ventures good in Alaska anywhere. No mining country ever is opened without lot of persistent and determined work
 The Valdez has demonstrated with in the last year that hard rock properties can be opened and put paying basis. That has a number of splendid properties which have been brought into the producing column by winter prospecting
 Other areas will get similar results by trying. Aaska's producing hard rock prop critics are few compared to many of the Rocky Mountain States, and simply for the reason the necessary prospecting has not been done the year round
 Trapping is another field offering good winter opportunities to those who remain in Alaska for the winter Many a neat sum
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
TO STANFORD

Returning to Stanford University for her sophomore year of study, is Miss Aline Ann Goldstein, visitor here this summer with her grand parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles Gold stein. Miss Goldstein left on the Princess Louise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
FORMER DOUGLAS BOY TO
 ENTER SEATTLE COLLEGE

Clement W. Johnson, nephew of Glenn G. Oakes, of the Alaska Ju- neau staff, will enter Seattle Collece this month. He is Douglas Island boy, the son of MT. and Mrs. w. | Johnson. Mrs. Johnson, the former Alma Oakes, was on the nursing staff of the St. Ann's Hospital in Douglas. The Johnson family now resides in Port Orchard, Washing ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
MGINNIs COUPLE LEAVE

MT. and Mrs. R. B. McGinnis, who witnessed the wedding of their daughter to Norman Beers last week, eft on the Princess Louise for Van 5ouver, B. c. McGinnis, interested in mining properties, will be flown with his wife from Seattle to New York by the United Air Lines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05

The excursion trips to Sitb.a of the Alaska Steamship Company and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company ended with the arrival of the steamer Dolphin from Sitka early in the morning on her way south and the City of Seattle. also en- route for the southern ports.
 Foreman Byron Olson, of the AL aska Gastineau Mining Company's creek tunnel crews, reported that the tunnel, which is being driven to tap the Upper Lake for power purposes, has been driven $50 feet. It would be 1,400 feet when com pleted. Three shifts of men were being worked in the tunnel and good progress was reported. Bonuses were paid for speed.
 Mrs. R. 0. Blackwell left for Ore gon to attend the Methodist confer ence ln Roseberg.
 Mrs. Georgia Holzheimer, wife of w. A. Holzheimer, who recently To- cated in Juneau and had offices in the Goldstein building, became the first woman in history to serve as executive commissioner of a state during an exposition. During the absence of John Schram, of Seattle. President of the Washington State Commission, Mrs. Holzheimer was in charge of the Washington exhibit at the San Francisco fair grounds.
 The arrival of a baby girl to MT. and Mrs. B. w. Johnstone conferred upon George Forrest for the first time in his experience the title of grandfather.
 Weather: Maximum. 56; mini mum, 34; cloudy, rain 02 inch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05

The deer season is underway in earnest without single shooting accident thus far Let's make it a perfect season and keep looking for the horns and not shoot at moving objects in the brush Taking a chance isn't worth stretch in jail for the care less use of firearms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
FROM BRISTOL BAY

George Forsby, A. c. Higgs, and J. Markstrom, three recent arrivals here from the Bristol Bay salmon area, are passengers from Juneau to Vancouver, B. C., on the Princess Louise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05

That highly desirable" suggestion of Secretary Hull seems to have had very desirable effect on that little oil scheme in Ethiopia Dollar Dplom- acy" does not rule that in the White House.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05

A cracked -braned reactionary says Roosevelt can't take it." Most Americans thankful he can't take it laying down like his predecessor did.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05

There's nothing especially impressive about the Japanese Emperor being a descendant of the Sun Goddess. We have similar royalty over here There are thousands of sons and daughters of m5on- shiners.-tOhio State Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
CLICK FAMILY MOVES

J. E. Click and family moved from their summer camp at Tee Harbor to their Juneau re idence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05
HAPPY--
 BIRTADAY

The Empire ertends congratula- tions and best aoishes today, their birthday anniuersary, to the folio,o- ing:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-05

Weather: Maximum, 56; mini mum, 34; cloudy, rain .O2 inch.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Sycamore Maple.

-HE sycamore maple is an iIrnli-
grant from Europe. There II
is the most important hard
l. wood and ranks with our hard
maple, and also with q Hima-
layan species that has important lum-
Der value. From the wood Of these
trees deal tables are made.
In America, mostly In the Eastern
cities, the sycamore maple Is used as
q city tree to outline avenues. While
it Is thrifty. grows to q good height
and has a large, spreading head that
affords wonderful shade, it is a
short-nved tree, that seems unable to
grow to a very old age in the country
Of its adoption. In Europe it grows
to height Of 120 feet and lives for
many years.
1t would seem that the reason for
calling this tree a maple is because
Of its leaves and seed keys. 1t really
should be called plane tree.
II you wish to identify the tree in
Winter, look for the thick tWigs and
the large green buds, as well as the
brown scaly bark on the main trunk
Upon close inspection you will see it
is not fiSSured, and that it does not
peel of as in the sycamores.
The simple leaves grow opposite on
the twigs. They are firm of texture,
three to five lcbed, with sharp teeth
on their margins and slightly hairy
on the lower surface. In breaking of
the leaves you will notice there is no
milky sap.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Psychology
By DIR. JESSE w. sPRowLs.
Remembering

&sSAACAb bCAAA6s
WHAT do you mean when you say
you remember? This thing
called remembering has q lot Of mean
ings. If you were trying to define re-
membering, SC that 1t would satisfy q
scientific psychologist, you would first
have to get rid of at least two mean
ings, before it would mean anything
to the psychologist.
Suppose you meet a man you have
seen somewhere before. You start
talking and you say, II remember
you" For you this experience passes
for a remembrance. In the language
Of science it is not memory at all. It
Is recognition.
Suppose you recite the first stanza
OF well-known poem, say America. :"
You call this remembering. But 1t
isn't. 1t is a word-habit. You can't
call 1t remembering any more than
you can say that you remember how
to walk every time you go out for a
stroll.
II neither recognition nor habit Is
memory, what is memory? In order
to say that you remember you must
experience the mental process Of hav-
ing hooked up the past In some def
mite way with the present. II you
fully remember this article you must
hook 1t up with the date 1t Is pub
lished. The term recollection" fits
most cases better, and should be used
instead Of remembering" at least
half the time.
(Copyright 1880
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.

wouldn't unless 1t took him too long
to catch the one who sang, and
Farmer Browns Boy at once pre-
pared and set little cage-trap. Two
hours later there sat a little gray
Mouse in the trap. Was it the singer?
That was the question. a question
that time alone could answer, for. as
I told you before, the little singer
looked just like the other Mice So
the captive was transferred to an
other cage and the trap was reset.
That night another mouse was caught,
and he was kept in the trap, for it
was necessary to keep them apart,
so as to know which was the singer.
1t was In the early morning the
soft trill of the little singer was heard
coming from the closet and the cages
with the two mice were out In the
kitchen.
THAT settles it so far as those mice
are concerned" said Mother Brown.
''They are not singers, so give them
to Black Pussy"
But perhaps there is more than
one singing Mouse" protested Farmer
Browns Boy. Perhaps one Of these
may sing If we give them time
"I don't believe it. They are just
ordinary Mice" declared Mother
Brown, Il won't have them around"
"I'll take them out to the barn"
said Farmer Browns Boy hastily IF
one should be a singing Mouse. it
would be just too bad not to find
it out"
So both mice were put in the one
cage and taken out to the barn, and
the trap was baited with a bit of
toasted cheese and set once more in
the closet. 1t was unvisited during
the remainder Of that day, but that
evening the song was heard again.
Softly approaching. Farmer Browns
Boy peeped around the edge of the
door. There in the trap sat little
Mouse who looked exactly like the
two others, all but his throat. That
was vibrating, as you have seen a
birds throat vibrate when the bird
was singing.
We've got him!" cried Farmer
Browns Boy. Picking up the trap, he
brought 1t out into the sitting room,
and there, after the mouse had recov-
cred from his fright, he proved that
it is possible for a gifted mouse to
sing.
A nice cage was prepared for him,
and in this he was petted and PAM
pered as few Mice have been. He
was fed such dainties as mice are
especially fond of and never was al
lowed to go hungry. In return he
sang. You see, he was happy. and
singing is an expression of happiness.
Evening star., 1935-02-09

r T is odd, but it is true. ANY one
who does something in a diff
ferent way is at once suspected Of
4 being queer Any one who pos
sesses a talent no one else in the
family or among the neighbors has
is at once regarded with suspicion.
Nibbler the House Mouse and Mrs.
Nibbler. who had lived all their lives
at Farmer Browns, sometimes in the
house and sometimes in the barn.
and who, because they had for so
long kept out of the clutches of Black
Pussy the Cat. were considered smart,
were disturbed. They we're very much
disturbed. One of their last lot Of
children was queer. Yes, sir, he was
queer. He differed from any of the
children they had ever raised, and
these were many. He differed from
any Of the children Of the neighbors.
1t wasn't in looks that he differed.
He looked like his brothers and sis
ters. When he was very little there
was nothing to indicate that he was
any different. But when he was partly
grown he began to sing, and the older
he grew the more he sang.s
When mis- mother first heard him
sing she couldn't believe that it was
he who was singing. 1t wasn't until she
saw his throat as he sang that she
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Your County
BY JOHN BLAKE.

EDWARD EVERETT HALE was a
minister, but he will best be re-
membered as patriot. He it was who
wrote "The Man Without Country"
story which, I regret to say, is not
very widely read now. It ought to be.
1t tells of man who imagined he
had grievance against his own ma
tion-and denounced it so bitterly that
he was given a dreadful punishment,
which was never again to set his foot
on his native shore.
He was placed on a ship OF the
Navy and when she neared port he
was always transferred to another
ship, so that his desire was fulfilled.
And to his bitter regret.
To the careless but always patriotic
American citizen such a punishment
seemed brutal i'll the extreme.
This Is q great Nation because the
men and women in it love and honor
it and its history and its traditions.
Rarely do you find expatriated Amer
leans In other countries of the world.
There is something about the home
land that makes people love it, and 1t
is because they love it that they have
made it a great country.
There are many Americans who, for
one reason or another, live abroad. ]
! have met a number Of them on the
other side of the water. Always their
first question is about America; its
people, what new wonders its archi-
tects and builders are performing and
what is doing in politics. And many
of them. when the opportunity offers,
come home to spend their declining
years.
Englishmen are no less patriotic
than Americans are. And Irishmen
would, am sure, remain on the old
sod If the soil would produce enough
for them to live on. and they had
little less of the wanderlust that leads
them into far lands and distant places
"Breathes there the man with soul
so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native landl
Whose heart hath ne'er within him
burn'd
AS home his footsteps he hath turn'd
From wandering on q foreign
strand?"
Not many. If they are natives Of
America, of England, or of any other
country where conditions are such
that he may live in peace and happi-
ness.
There iS Sornethinc In, the soil some.
thing in the trees and plants and flow-
ers that spring from it, something in
the air we breathe that attaches us to
our own lands
(Copyright. 1935)
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Conquering Contract
Az p. Hal SIMS.
tCopyrisht, 1889

light, the hand contains one losing
heart, two losing diamonds and three
losing clubs, therefore let South aban-
don even the faintest thought Of
two-heart opening bid. Were it not
for his singleton, South might bid two
no trumps, but that, too, is forbidden.
One heart is the proper bid.
North bids one spade, and South
forces with three diamonds. North's
hand is now much better distribu-
tionally, but he can afford to take
things easily. Three hearts.
South hasn't given up hope Of q
slam. He bids four clubs, and West
cannot resist the temptation Of dou-
BILE. This is right up North's alley.
He can now cue bid the suit. Five
clubs.
South will show the ace Of spades
with a bid of five spades, and North
should not hesitate. Where are the
losing tricks? Seven hearts.
(Copyright 1881
Evening star., 1935-02-09

and hoping to catch some unwary fly.
But as I have worked it out for you
expect to be the spider spinning such
an attractive block that you will be
caught with its beauty and decide to
use it in quilt.
You might use figured gray,
rich, dull red and some white. Or the
white might be changed to a figured
white with small black or red designs.
This block measures 10 inches when
finished. It can be used in a number
of ways. The blocks may be set on
the diagonal and joined with 10-inch
squares of plain material. Or the join
ing may be sashing. Or the blocks
may be set side by side, making one
all-over top that is mass of blocks
spun by the master spinner"
Nancy suggests that quilt makers
piece number of blocks and set
them together in various ways, to get
the effect they want before they finally
decide now to put the pieced blocks
together. She always suggests, too.
that only enough pieces for one block
be cut first. These are pieced and
Lklc ICSu1b COulpdI Gu Will LlAC PASIOhC'
In this way any error in size or any
differences that have to be made, be-
cause of variation in seams, is taken
care Of.
The quilt club members clipped
the picture and directions from the
paper. They sent for the sheet with
cutting pattern on it. They traced
the pieces and then pasted both the
cutting sheet and the picture in the
Nancy Page quilt club scrap book.
The tracings are made on lightweight
cardboard. In using these patterns,
an allowance of one-quarter inch on
all sides is made for seams.
(Copyrisht. 1881
The actual pattern for Spinner" Guilt
design may be obtained by sending cents
and a self-addressed. stamped envelope
to Nancy Page. in. care OF this paper.
Back patterns may be secured BY sendlns
additional 3 cents.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
SnooPers
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE.
am more than a little bit troubled
When I learn that the waves in the
brain
Some day may be read
As they speed from ones head
And ricochet backward again.
I hope I'm not mean nor malicious,
try to be gentle and kind,
But, between me and you,
I'd be peeved if I knew
That some one was reading my
mind.
possess many private opinions
That I would not like others TO
share;
I don't like Browns nose,
Nor Tiddicomb's hose,
Nor the color of Raffety's hair.
And doubtless all three Of these fel-
lows
Believe me terrible gink,
And that is o. K,
For to me, anyway,
The bozos don't say what they
think.
But, as soon as these scientist John
nieS
Can photograph waves in ones
dome,
And read them aloud
To gossipy crowd
Gathered round the old hearth
side at home,
There is going to be no end OF
trouble;
When broadcast is every brain,
Each unloading its guile
And rancor the while,
The world will crack under the
strain.
Today there is not more than one
person in 20 who can name more
than three Of the Dionne quintuplets.
(Copyright 1887
Evening star., 1935-02-09
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit.
Oatmeal With Cream.
Baked SauSages.
Ruckwheat GriddIe Cakes,

Grapefruit.
Oatmeal With Cream.
Baked Sausages.
Buckwheat Griddle Cakes.
Maple Sirup. Conee.
Tomato Bisque.
Roast Beef. Brown Gravy.
Baked Stuffed Potatoes.
Mashed Yellow Turnip.
Mock Cherry Pie. Cof1ee.
SUPPER.
Escalloped oysters.
Pickles. Olives.
Parker House Rolls.
Strawberry Tarts.
Whipped Cream. Tea.
BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
For a family of four or five, take
a quart of lukewarm water, a cup
Of wheat -four, heaping tea
spoonful salt and a gill yeast Cor
half yeast cake). Stir in buck
wheat -four, enough to make a
thin batter. Let rise overnight.
In the morning add "a teaspoon
full of soda. Do this whether the
cakes are sour or not. Buck
wheat cakes cannot be made In
perfection without this addition,
but it should never be put in till
just before they are baked. To
make them brown nicely add q
teaspoonful of molasses. They
should be as thin as they can be
and be easily turned with a
griddle shovel. If a gill Of batter
is left it will raise the next parcel.
Buckwheat cakes are very nice
made Of sour milk, with nothing
added but salt and soda. These
should be made only short time
before being baked.
STRAWBERRY TARTs.
Two cups mashed strawberries,
one tablespoon granulated gelatin,
one-half cup powdered sugar, one
half cup cold water, one cup
whipped cream. Sift -four, bak-
ing powder and salt into bowl:
add shortening and, rub in very
lightly with tips Of fingers; add
just enough cold water to hold
together. Roll out on Toured
board and cut into pieces to fit
six muffin tins and bake 10 min
utes in hot oven. When cold. I'LL
with strawberries which have
been crushed and sweetened to
taste. Top with whipped cream
or marshmallow whip and place
a whole strawberry, dipped In
powdered sugar, on top.
Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Rabbit With Mushrooms.
Disjoint a dressed rabbit and covel

Disjoint q dressed rabbit and cover
with lukewarm water to which one
tablespoonful of salt has been added.
Soak for two hours. Remove, dry well,
and roll in -four Melt half a cupful
of butter or butter mixed with any
other good cooking fat, and slightly
brown the rabbit. Add one and one
half dozen mushrooms, half an onion
cut very fine, one tablespoonful OF
minced parsley, one teaspoonful OF
salt, and little pepper. Let cook
gently for five minutes, then cover
with one quart of boiling water or
broth, and let simmer for two hours
or longer until tender. One hour be-
fore taking up, add eight flowerets
from csulifower. When done, re-
move the meat, mushrooms and cauli-
flower to a serving platter, add to
the gravy the well-beaten yolks Of two
eggs and one teaspoonful Of vinegar,
and pour 1t over the meat.