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tus, conferred on him by the Canadian government, pleased Charlie more than any other re- ward he could think of.
 There is also drawing of the famous Copper River, Cordova, Alaska,-runs both ways"
 In explaining A. B. Mountain, Ripley notes: This mountain in Skagway is so called because of the letters A. B. which are form- ed by natural clefts filled with snow. The letters led to the foun dation of the Arctic Brotherhood society, by Captain William Con- nel of the steamship City of Se- attle', while lying in the harbor of Skagway in 1899. Its purpose was the brotherhood of Ameri- cans and Britons, and today there is branch of the Arctic Brother hood in every place of any size in Alaska"
 Regarding Vancouver, he adds: Captain Geo. Vancouver (l757- 1798), charted the entire difficult passage between Vancouver and Cook Inlet, through perfect maze of islands, sunken rocks & other handicaps to navigation, during his expedition as master of the Discovery between l791 and l795. The job was done so perfect, that after IA decades na- vigators on modern ships making this passage still use the charts executed by Captain Vancouver"
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Alaska Bought ByUnited States
 For Ice Supply
Continued From Page One)

country, was not merely vacation ing. Cartoons appearing this month in the Portland Oregonian are proof of that, for they are labeled Drawn in Alaska, July, I937."
 One cartoon shows "A.B.' Noun tain at SkagWay, a drawing of Capt. George Vancouver, who surveyed the Pacific Coast from Vancouver to Cook Inlet, 20O0 miles, in such excellent fashion that his charts made IA deades ago are still used; and canned meat which was left in the Arc tic 77 years ago and was found to be still good.
 The other cartoon contains this astonishing revelation regarding Professor Brewer and Alaska s ''ice supply. In an explanation, Ripley says:
 Professor William H. Brewer (l828- 1910, head of the agricul- tural department of Yale univer- sity. is the man who convinced Secretary Seward of the desira- bility of Alaska as a source of ice
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for the entire Pacific coast.

for the entire Paclfic coast.
 Seward was sold on the idea, although he smiled when Profes- sor Brewer suggested that Amer jeans might eventually be induc- ed to go to Alaska to admire the scenery. But President Johnson was still to be won over.
 It so happened that the presi- dent came to New Haven in 1866 to visit Yale College. Professor Brewer was assigned as his es- cort, and it was in this capacity that the professor took the chief executive aside and sold" him on Alaska, which was acquired the following year for S7,20O, ,000. Alaska has since yielded more than $2,000, ,000, ,0O0,of which gold, silver and copper alone account for S7O0,OOO,OOO.
 Also featured in the same car toon is Tagish Charlie, the Yu- kon Indian who discovered the gold of the Klondyke August 16, 1896, and started the great gold rush that produced S400, ,000, 900 worth of gold. In explanation, Ripley adds: ''Tagish Charlie was rewarded for his discovery in a peculiar manner. At his own request, he was given the right to walk into any saloon and buy drink whenever he wanted. The sale of drinks to Indians was for bidden, and his exceptional sta
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" s 0 U R DO U c H"
 STATIONERY

That unique and humorous and typical Alaskan stationery "Sourdough Roadhouse Letter heads and Envelopes, have been brought strictly uptodate, and are now available at the Nugget off, ce.
 Write to your friends and rela- tives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get big kick out of it.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
Hard Luck for Jimmie.

One may we'll pity the plight of former
Mayor Jimmie Walker of New York. He
is certainly the hard luck star of the
time. When he was bounced from the
mayoralty few years ago because he
had been somewhat careless in his
financial relationships, he took himself
OIL for Europe, where he remained for
a time, doing nothing in particular and
seemingly enjoying what is usually
termed well-earned rest. Some
months ago he returned to his
homeland and set up in business in
Manhattan as q lawyer. There were
no outward evidences of prosperity,
no lines OF applicants for his pro-
fessional services formed before his
door. He was "just there" in the old
town, waiting for Lady Luck to smile
upon him. And at last she smiled. He
was given q job as assistant counsel to
the Transit Commission at salary Of
$4,000 = year, and with eligibility for an
annual pension Of from $4,000 to
$4,000, based upon his past services to
the city.
This pension item caused = good deal
Of pother In the big town. It did not 60
Evening star., 1937-10-09
Twizzling a Twizzler
With a Vengeance

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Star of October 4 your "Tviz-
zler" concludes that a Roman senator
born September 18. 81 BIC. must have
celebrated his 62d birthday on Septem-
Der l8 OF the year 0 BE-, or AID. This
is certainly ''twizzling" with a veng-
eance. 1t is. however. similar to the
mistake which led to the celebration of
the bimillenaries OF Vergil. Horace and
Augustus in each case one year too
early.
There is. OF course no zero wear in
our system of chronology. any more than
there is a zero degree on our thermom-
eters. The zero is merely point from
which measurements are made in op-
posite directions. The last instant OF
the year l BIC. was also the first instant
OF the year l AID.
IT the senator was born September 18
of the year 81 Be, he was not born 81
years before the zero point of our era.
since the SD year was then nearly past.
His SD birthday must therefore. have
fallen beyond the zero point, and hence
within our own era
The first instant of January | of the
year l BIC. was just year from the last
instant of December 81 of that year. and
therefore just year from the first in
slant OF January l OF the year AID.
And any other corresponding dates in
the two years must also have been lust
year apart. Now the senator was lust
81 years old on September 18 Of the
year l BIC. He was therefore Just 81
years old on September 1s of the fol-
lowing year. which was the year l ADJ
CHARLES H. PROBERT.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
The Worst Highway Peril.

Bad motor driving and grade cross
ing, each Of which may be reckoned as
an evil, combined yesterday at Gary,
Indiana, to take seven lives. Two cars
driven at high speed to cross railroad
tracks colllded on the crossing and an
express train plunged into the wreckage.
Three OF the occupants OF one Of the
cars leaped to safety in what is described
as a split second after the first crash.
The grade crossing is never a surprise
element in road use. Its location is
always marked by signs-which are of
little avail to the impetuous driver in
many cases. Hence in most instances the
presence of the crossing is known. always
to the habitual users of the road. And
In all but the rarest instances the vision
OF the drivers permits view that re-
veals the approach of train. In this
Gary case both drivers. probably with
knowledge that a train was nearing the
intersection, took their chances on cross
ing ahead of it. In all likelihood both
would have cleared safely but for their
own collision. And that collision was
probably due to their haste
The elimination of grade crossings
proceeds SO slowly in this country that
at the present rate it will be many years
before they are all gone. with the high
ways elevated or sunk Despite the con-
tinual demonstration of the peril to life
that is afforded by these crashes enough
OF the death traps remain to take high
toll of life. And while they remain the
drivers OF motor cars persist in taking
chances.
The grade crossing must go! That
cry has been sounding for decades. 1t
will continue to be heard as these
tragedies occur from time to time. But
the remedy for the evil will not be def
initely applied until an unrepealable pro-
hibition Of this deadly menace is enacted
in every State, with only such time limit
as may be required to permit recon-
struction, whoever pays the bill.
Meanwhile the motorists must con-
tnue to bear the responsibility. They
must observe warnings, must come to q
full stop before advancing across tracks,
must never seek to beat the train, must
bear in mind that the train that is ap-
preaching has the right Of way, and
above all must remember that they are
responsible for the lives of those whom
they are carrying as passengers.
Perhaps this shocking tragedy in
Indiana will serve to speed the work of
grade crossing elimination throughout
the country. 1t certainly should cause
the drivers OF cars to exercise more care
in approaching such places of danger.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
MIR. Brown Corrected
As to Greek Incident
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The STAR
very much enjoy the articles of Mr..
Brown in The Star but it appears that
Mr.. Brown is confounding events so. for
the sake OF exactness, l must make a
correction.
The $4O0 600 gold francs which the
Greek government paid over so wears
ago was not for Jews or anti-Semtism.
but for lot that an American mission
ary had in Athens. The government
wanted to build school in the seat. and
the missionary wanted a few hundred
dollars-claiming ownership. The gov
ernment ruled that the ground was a
property OF the Turkish government and
as its legal successor was entitled to it.
The missionary applied to the State De-
partment. warship was dispatched
and the poverty stricken Greek govern
ment hao to pay the missionary S4OO. 900
instead of the few hundred francs.
But something parallel to what hap
pened to the British Minister in Nam
king in July did happen in Athens so
years ago. A state trooper was in charge
OF garden near Lickabetuis with orders
TO allow no one to enter. The British
Minister, tree lover. drove by the gar
den and proceeded to enter. The trooper
ordered him out. but the Ambassador
pushed him away. The chunky Greek
got hold of the Minister and both rolled
in the mud and apparently the Minister
got the worst of it. Well, as a conse-
quence OF this throne was built for
the Minister to seat. and while the Brit
ish hymn was played and the Union Jack
hoisted, the Greek cabinet. hat in hand.
paraded in front of the Minister as a
sign OF humiliation and respect for the
ruler OF the waves.
The poor trooper lost his job in the
army and later was taking care of the
garden in the Athens University.
Don't you think that those times are
gone? FRANK BETTIUS.
Fort Myer, Va.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
Middle-of.the.Road Course
Is Urged for United States
To the Editor OF The star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The administration OF Franklin D.
Roosevelt has been marked by a long
series of explosions. For the most part
they have been carefully planned and
well timed political bombs But his
Chicago speech reverberated around tho
world like 4 charge of INT after an
exhibition of fireworks. Washington's
Farewell Address and Lincoln's speech
at Gettysburg have lived long in his
tory, and were of tremendous Importance
to our own Nation, but Mr.. RoOsevelt's
Chicago speech may affect the future OF
every people on earth.
But those OF us who have complained
at the do nothing" policy of this coun-
try in the face OF the Spanish and Orien-
tai crises may be more alarmed at this
sudden reversal in attitude. We cannot
help but wonder when q Nation which
has been too timid to invoke existing
neutrality laws suddenly awakes and
demands that aggressors be punished by
more rigid quarantine. No sane
person would try to point out the exactly
right course OF action amid the chaotic
world conditions Of today But 1t would
certainly seem that middle course is
preferable to oscillation between the two
extremes. The old paSsivism may be as
dangerous In the long run as the new
aggressiveness, but the latter course may
mean actual war soon!
While the term Quarantine" implies
economic rather than military action,
there is no doubt but that Mr.. Roose-
welt recognizes the possibility of cooper
ative military action II and when eco
nOmc sanctions fail
How cooperation without military aid
to the conflicting parties? If there is
an answer to this question certainly it
has never been offered in a practical
form. The nearest approach seems to
have been reached two decades ago by
woodrow Wilson, who sought to estab-
lish a perpetual international organiza-
tion to promote and sustain an endur-
ing peace. Is America big enough to
admit the mistakes of the past. and CO.
operate in the establishment of a peace
that offers equal justice to all? That is
the challenge of today!
JESSE EDWARD AIKEN,
Evening star., 1937-10-09

cernible handicap Of faulty physical or
mental health. The first became physi-
clan, the second \ merchant and the
third, having tried many different occu-
pations without success, finally settled
down to being systematically unem-
ployed. At the beginning OF the de-
preston, the doctor and the tradesman
were solvent and the ne er-do-well was
living on the remnants ofshis patrimony.
Within a few months after the crash,
patients had ceased to be able to pay
and customers to be able to buy. 1t was
then that the prodigal brother appealed
to the physician and the merchant for
assistance. Il can't starve," was his argu-
ment. The logic of his position was ad-
mitted without protest. A redistribution
of wealth" ensued. Now the doctor has
lost his home and the tradesman his
store. The only member of the trio
whose condition has not altered is the
loafer who never has justified his exist
ence by any useful labor.
OF course, such story would have
little significance If it were unique. The
sober truth, however, is that it. can be
duplicated in 4 multitude of instances.
Literally thousands of families in the
United States are suffering similar
tragedies. The panic of 1890 and po-
litical events accruing therefrom have
reduced them to a least common denomi-
nator OF poverty. 1t is not too much to
say that they have been leveled, social
lied, appropriated. A small minority of
people is deluded enough to imagine that
the result is desirable. But sooner or
later a majority will realize the fallacy
of that notion The one third of the
population "ill-nourished. ill-fed and i'll
housed" simply cannot be elevated to
prosperity by punitive correction of the
other two-thirds.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
"RedistributiOn."

There is common theory to the effect
that society as a whole can be benefited
by the coercion of the strong in the in
terest Of the weak. Presumably, the doc
trine has had the Endorsement of millions.
Yet it may be wondered il it has been
critically examined, comprehended or
understood. Few citizens are possessed
Of knowledge or experience equal to the
task Of thinking it through.
But fable from real life may help to
illustrate how the supposition works.
Three men, brothers by birth, began
their respective adult careers with ex-
actly the same advantages. All had
been provided with college educations,
each had inherited an equal share OF the
parents estate, none suffered any dis
Evening star., 1937-10-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

They have taken him away, old Bozo
Jack, the best dog IN our block.
In f1t OF canine exuberance, Jack
knocked over several small children and
playfully held them down with his great
paw.
This was the first and only time he
had ever done a trick of this sort, but
1T was too much, and his owner agreed
to send him to the farm.
Now he is gone, leaving only the mem
ory of one of the finest police dogs that
ever lived.
The community likes to think Of him
as having better time on the farm
than in. the city, but those who liked
him best will have their doubts.
The city was meat to Jack.
Few humans wended their way so un-
cannily through modern traffic
1t was nothing to see him miles away
from home, great head up, ears erect
trotting along the sidewalk as II it had
been made expressly for his benefit.
- r
The German shepherd, commonly
called the police dog. is one breed which
must have proper prior training to be
ut its best.
Jack had it,
He was never known to hop up at
you, to chase people, or bare his fangs.
as many lesser dogs within and without
the law.
No one was afraid Of Jack.
His one bad habit was chasing cars.
a common canine failing. His long rangy
body would dash after them, mouth open
in his deep bass bark
Beagle hounds are supposed to have
the most melodious voices among the
dogs, but big Jack ran them \ close
second.
He was sensible barker, Jack: when
he barked, he had something to bark
about.
How many dogs there are. large and
small, which bark all the time, which
never seem to learn friend from foe,
which have nasty, irritating barks!
Jack only gave a few deep bays. at
any time, and then only when he thought
his home was threatened.
1t was a real pleasure to hear that
deep warning in the night.
1t gave sense of security.
Listeners knew it would not be re-
peated to the point where one wished to
throw things.
Sensible dogs, OF course, never over do
anything.
They soon learD friends from foes
mind their own business. show how well
they have been brought up
At some time in his early career Jack
had been taught what a whip means.
Emphatically. he was not cowed. but
the simple sight of small switch was
enough for him.
He had been trained. in other words
Now there are few dogs which need
real training more than a police dog.
Trained, these great fellows are an
asset.
Unframed. they are simply liability.
Their great muscles are much too pow-
erful to be a t the sole orders Of their own
minds; they need the overlordship of
Evening star., 1937-10-09
Approaching the Beauty
OF Virginia in October

To the Editor OF The Star:
Visitors TO the orchards OF Virginia
who travel miles each Spring to feast
their eyes on the fairyland of apple
blossoms would do we'll to repeat their
route during the month Of October when
the scene has magically shifted and the
fruit hangs high. giving a festive Au-
tumn landscape and the days are almost
sure to be perfect-a tonic to those who
love beauty in all it's changes of raiment.
One might even be tempted to linger
under the old apple trees the wonderful
days. Great men have sat thus and
developed great thoughts. Sir Isaac
Newton would not have been known to
posterity had not an apple hit him on
the head. knocking into being the
thought OF why the apple came down
instead OF up-thus gravity was intro
duced
Going farther back in history OF man.
the tragedy of the Garden of Eden was
based on the appeal of the red, red ap-
ple-even when proffered by so detesti-
bic creature as a snake Eve could not
resist the apple. Though it has never
seemed fair to me to pick so delectable
fruit for so villainOus part. No won-
der the apple got sour and turned crab,
requiring many generations of Burbanks
to bring 1t back to its present loveliness
and perfection.
But that was in the days before spray
ing and the apple of today comes with
out pest or mark to mar its supreme
beauty
TO one who has never seen the process
OF transfer from trees to freight car, it
Is quite interesting. A number of boys
and girls are employed in stripping the
trees and then the apples are carried to
= packing house and spread on a table
with revolving top which rolls them
under set of cloth brushes on wheels
this wipes of the dust and poison sprays
and each apple comes out looking roster
and happier for its dry cleaning.
They then roll along over graders
when each one falls gently into It's own
size opening onto a padded pathway and
passes to its own destination or basket
to be packed with fellows of like size and
social standing-the biggest or grade A
No. or fancy, remaining in the TOP
trough, strutting along in single file.
looking very dignified and important.
like people OF superior rank And then
the lesser ones going their own way with
plenty OF company-and finally the COM
mon herd, ugly and knotted-crowding
and pushing along in don't-care, III
bred fashion, to be dumped into barrels
and sold for song.
But I wonder if they are not destined
to give more pleasure in their common
place way than their superiors. Can't
you just see a crowd of newsboys or or
phans rejoicing and gobbling them
not-critical Of shape or size. while the
nne arlstocrats grace the board of the
wealthy and rot, awaiting the jaded ap-
petites OF those who buy only the finest.
L. l.. MOSES.
Evening star., 1937-10-09

with long beaks filled with teeth They
We're not. however, in the ancestral hne
OF crocodiles.
The reptiles were Just coming into
their own at this period. The dominant
creatures were giant amphibians, race
represented today by the toads and frogs.
Some OF these attained enormous size
although nothing comparable to that of
the great dinosaurs which followed them
Mr.. Gilmore obtained two skulls of these
great amphibians, one more than two feet
long.
In the Triassic they were approaching
the end OF their dominion over the earth
They were the first dry land vertebrates
representing lower stage of evolution
than the reptiles. The amphibans were
always handicapped by the fact that they
never could get far away from the water.
They had to combine. somewhat clumsilv.
the characters of both land and water
animals
Evening star., 1937-10-09

down we'll with those who, despite the
general lavishness Of municipal spending.
do not relish gratuities to those who
have failed to keep their oficial robes
clean of all spots. Well, the feeling on
the score of the pension became 30
strong that not long ago the ex-mayor
stated that he would renounce the PEN
sion. And then, apparently just to make
the matter certain, the Transit Com
missions appointment Of Jimmie" was
Cancelled, which wiped out the pension
possibility because Of a certain time limit
that would then operate. But imme-
diately coupled with this cancellation
was second appointment to the office.
which seemed to ensure the stipend of
thousand q month. Yet the former
mayors difficulties were not ended. For
on Friday judge declared both the first
and second appointments illegal because
they had not received the approval OF
the State civil service commission and
of the chairman of the department of
public service. just matter OF some
red tape, it would seem, but enough to
put the former mayors financial pros
poets under cloud.
The matter is OF course not ended
There are still some legal moves to be
made, in behalf OF the deserving former
mayor, and he may eventually land his
Job, and 1T may be that some day he will
become eligible for pension, upon which
he can retire and enjoy life to the full.
Meanwhile his former Governor, who
ruled his custer from Office, might take
pity upon him and give him something
comfortable in the way OF New Deal
Job, just for old times sake.