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Evening star., 1950-09-28

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Uhen letter carries correct name
and address of aDriter. Please be brief.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
Greedy Exc olonel Gets New Post

Seattle (P) = William D. Frazer, retired Army colonel, has been named director of de- fense for King County, at $6, 900 annually.
 Frazer was post commander at Fort Greedy during World War II, and was awarded the Legion of Merit for his organ ization of aircraft warning and defenses on Kodiak island.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
Recordings Made
KODIAK MIRROR

New recordings at the CoEn- missioner's office include:
 Warranty deed from Benja- min F. De Luque & wife Ruby. to Alvin E. Miller & wife Grace, lot 9, block 3, and a portion of lot 8, block 3, Kod- iak townsite (Jan Beukers' former residence).
 Mining claim location notice. filed by Henry Sehome and Herbert Hewitt, in the Alaska mining district, Raspberry island.
 James H. Pierce to Lee C. Bettinger, lot 3. block II, and a portion of lot ?, block Ill., Kodiak townsite.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
Settled II, Oklahoma

MT. and Mrs. William Mur- phy and daughter are settled
 in their new. home at 29O8 N. Sheridan Rd.. Tulsa. Okla, where Mry Murphy is attend ] ing aeronautical school. They
 say they like it and the weather is fine.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
Engineer Leaves

Marcus A. Woods, Hubbell & Waller engineer, left this week for Seattle, where data compiled by him on the water and sewer extension work will be completed for presentation to the Public Works agency at Juneau.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
On Vacation

MT. and Mrs. Ted Rozak left Wednesday for Seattle on their first vacation in years. They will visit in Denver and other undecided places before re- turning. MT. Rozak was en- ployed at Port Wakefield this summer and Mrs. Rozak works at the Smith Tailoring Shop.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
Ceremony Performed

Anna Nettie Cooper, daugh- ter of Mrs. Mike Kerr, and Erich Gustav Mueller, owner of the Thompson transfer, were married Saturday even- ing, October IA, by U. s. Com missioner Anna May Vokacek.
 Witnesses were MT. and Mrs. Carl Speight.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
To Look Around

MT. and Mrs. Jack Daweat of the base, left last week for Anchorage.
 They are not sure where they will locate, but plan to look around Big Delta. Mrs. Dawes is the mother of Mrs. Jake Foley of this city.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21

The Informal Group of Christian Scientists meet for Sunday services in the maiA floor of the Bank Building ev- cry Sunday at II am.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21

Milt Odom, head of the An chorage Cold Storage company, visited Kodiak this week.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-10-21
UNITED STATES Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management
 Land Office
 Anchorage, Alaska
 April 4. 1850 NOTICE For PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES

NO11OG rOT I IODA4O<11ANUN
 Notice is hereby given that Salve G. Nesvoog, has made application for a soldiers d. ditional homestead, under sees. 23O6- -23O7, R.S. US. Anchor age Serial O1O644, for a traet of land situate on north bank of Clark Slough tor cree0 Approximately 24 miles W- stream from it's mouth) neaf Clark Point, east side of Nuah- agak Bay, Plat of US. Survey No. 2682, containing HM acres, latitude 58o 52' 17"N. long. 158o 28' IA" w. at corner No. l, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage 1, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claim- ing adversely any of the abose mentioned land should f1e their adverse claims in the land office, Anchorage, Alaska. within the period of publica- ton or thirty days thereafbeE. or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes. George A. Lingo.
 Manager
 Date First Publication 1O-N6o Date Last Publication 12-1650
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Western Prairie Dog.

The West is losing one of its most
interesting landmarks, the prairie
dog towns, scattered through the
great plains. Fewer sentinels are
seen guarding the dwellings than
formerly. Steady, aggressive efforts
to liquidate the small ranger are
beginning to show results.
Pairie dogs are the most sociable
fellows of the plains and the most
industrious They dig for pleasure.
When neighbors are resting in some
shady nook dreaming of hunting,
the wee doggie is working in the
hard soil to add another entrance
or room to his town below the
surface, or is madly overtaking a
ground squirrel, gopher. rat or
rabbit.
The old fable of the prairie dogs,
burrowing owls and rattlesnakes
dwelling in peace together in the
burrow built by the digger is slowly
dying out.
If the rattler enters finding the
owner out, it may curl up and 60
to sleep, but the householder in
returning may be killed in his at
tempt to rid the premises of this
dangerous enemy and most GER
tainly the reptile would destroy the
young if left unguarded. AS for
the owl, he would not hesitate to
carry off or eEt a tender young
prairie dog. So the two mentioned
companions" are anything but well
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Pronunciation clinic.

Norfolk: I should like to suggest
the word contrary for examination
in your sensible and realistic Pro-
nunciation Clinic.-Mrs. A. M.
A. The word contrary is an ad-
jective meaning opposite; dia-
metrically different" When used in
that meaning the accent falls on
the first syllable: KON-trehr-ee.
The word also means, "perverse;
wayward; captious." When so used
the customary pronunciation ac-
cents the second syllable, thus: kun
TREHR-ee, as in:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
Websters New international
states that kun-TREHR-ee is dia-
lectal, colloquial, or playful; that
KON-trehr-ee now prevails in cul-
tured usage.
KON-trehr-ee does prevail in all
levels of speech when the word is
used to mean opposite; diametri-
cally different" But kun-TREHR-
ee, "perverse;; wayward" is not and
never has been a dialectal pronunci-
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Natures Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey

come callers, and for this reason,
sentinels are placed at the door of
each dugout.
The explosive yapping of the small
determined excavator frightens the
owl, and the rattler would not at
tack anything as swift as the bright
eyed householder.
Companionship is necessary to
the happiness of the prairie dog,
so they manage to raise large fam
lilies, and the children often stay
right along with the "old folks"
and rear their children in the fam
lily subterranean domicile.
The one foe outside Of man the
little fellows cannot cope with is
the eagle. An attack from the air
is usually too swift to evade and
though a signal system is always
working, young prairie dogs by the
thousands are taken by hungry
eagles. But the badger, coyote and
other carnivorous neighbors are not
too successful. The little dog skips
quickly over the ground to his or a
neighbor's dugout into which he
ducks, then turns about to give the
defeated one piece of his mind.
The number of these town build
ers Is growing less as the years
roll by. One colony reported in
Texas covering an area of 100 miles
wide and $50 miles long was esti-
mated to house 400 million 'dogs, 4"
some years ago. But, today you can
ride for miles without seeing little
sentinel guarding his home,
Evening star., 1950-09-12
T axe NY Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

alton. In fact it is the original pro-
|nu1ciation that dates from Chaucer.
The kun-TREHR-ee pronuncia-
ton Is given complete sanction by
Funk and Wagnalls New College
Standard, The American College
Dictionary, Kenyon and Knott's
onoUncing Dictionary, and
Thorndike Century Dictionary. It
will be listed in my Forthcoming
American Pronouncing Dictionary
CThomas Y. Crowell and Coz as the
standard American pronunciation
when the word is used to mean
"perverse; wayward."
This column does not often dis
agree with the accepted authorities;
but when it does disagree, it does so
honestly and in the cause of ac-
curate and realistic reporting OF
established American speech ways.
I agree wholeheartedly with A. H.
Sayce, who wrote Qntroduction to
the Science of Language:
Language is no artificial product,
contained in books and dictionaries
and governed by the strict rules Of
impersonsl srammarians.i 1t Is the
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Points for Parents B, ts,'A 1A."e. we'loe.

correcpe good depending upon soheher
it makes child tDh to change his behavior
more careful not to be found out
Evening star., 1950-09-12
This i

Father-Let me tell you the real
meaning Of some Of those words,
son, and then I hope you'll never
want to use them again.
Evening star., 1950-09-12

living expression Of the mind and
spirit of a people, ever changing and
shifting, whose sole standard of cor
rectness is custom and the common
usage offtie community.
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Goren on Bridge

(5oren on Bridge
Neither vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH.
40 109753
20
HKQ9
WEST. EAST.
A6 AA842
81O74 3J932
u75 1843
&AKJ1O732 %Q8
SOUTH.
AKJ
2AK865
oAJ1062
The bidding:
South. West North. East.
Iheart spade Double Pass
Pass clubs Pass Pass
4spades Pass Pass Pass
Opening lead: King of clubs.
Alertness of the first order is
sometimes required when defend
er inserts a well-placed bluff bid,
tlore popularly known as
psychic" The South in today's
hand was put under extreme pres
sure by his crafty left-hand oppo-
nent, but came out with flying
colors. West overcalled the OPEN
ing heart bid with one spade,
guessing that that was the suit
in which the opponents had their
best chance for game. He hoped,
too, that South might be induced
to contract for no-trump if he held
the spades protected, in which case
he would produce his secret weapon
IN the form of a seven-card club
suit If doubled, he had, of course,
reasonably safe escape.
North naturally made penalty
double of the one-spade bid and
West escaped to four clubs. This
placed North in a somewhat
awkward position for there was no
clearly indicated course of action
open to him. Having already dou-
bled one spade, he felt constrained
to pass the next bid around to his
partner, though there was a dis
tinct temptation to try four spades.
There was little doubt that West
had made bluff bid in that suit,
but here was the rub: While West
almost certainly didn't have spades,
East might have. He therefore
passed, in the hope that somehow
the air would become clarified.
1t was at this point that South
made daring but sound bid. The
routine call would have been four
diamonds. Had South chosen to
make this call, it would have had
the effect of accenting North's
fears that the balance of the spade
suit was held by East, for when
South shows length in both hearts
and diamonds, it is more than ever
likely that he is short of spades.
South concluded that North must
have extreme length in spades, in
order to have doubled the suit at
the level of one, when it is ap-
parent that North is not especially
well equipped with high cards.
South, therefore, chose to bid four
spades and all hands passed. AS
4Ou11u
ceptable dummy and had no diff
Guilty in fulfilling contract with an
oVertrick
1t will be observed that a con-
tract of four hearts could not be
fulfilled, and contract of five
diamonds could be defeated by a
lead of the singleton spade.
Tomorrow's Problem.
AS North you hold:
AAQ1 10 VA AK87653 &72I
The bidding has proceeded:
North. East. South. West.
diamond Pass spade Pass
d?
What do you bid now?
Copyright, 1850, by Charles H Goren.)
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Answer to IDIosPAsM,
Freight Cars Idle

CHICAGO.-Freight cars are in
the hands Of shipper and receivers
of freight for loading and unload
ing about SO per cent of time.
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Word Come
Find % or more words in
PERVADE.
meaning, "to pass through" Av
erage Is %; limit, 20 minutes.

Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition Of S. such as bats, -
Cats" are not used. Only one form Of q
word is used. Proper names are not used
A list will be published tomorrow.
, 1950-04-29

Two outstanding persons in
st. Thomas man, and a wo-
man-neither Of whom are st.
Thomians by birth, made dis
paraging remarks about Saint
'Croix quite recently. The for
mer is to be pitied; the latter
knows better.
Remember, my dears, in.
these islands you live IN q
''fish bowl everything you do
and say will be known sooner
or later. a little dash Of salt,
pepper and spice will be added
but after deductions we will
still understand.
'f Camilla
, 1950-04-29

1t was a pleasant surprise to news item that the NUM-
cipal Council was scheduled to meet on Tuesday. last. / am
wondering f. it was all a mistake.
Many are the citizens who were wondering what had
happened, Why nothing was known when the august body
was in or out Of session Always an optimist, / felt they de-
, 1950-04-29

Speaking Of self-respect, it
would be nice if some visitors
to Cramer's Park would ac-
quire some Of it when utiliz-
ing tables and other facilities
placed there.
, 1950-04-29
sired TO consider the great
problem IN solitude.

The following is just one Of
a few letters that have been
coming to me. Especially at a
time when fear is being ex-
pressed about the danger of
discrimination creeping over
this island, / hope this is not
so.
, 1950-04-29
Dear Camilla:

Dear Camilla:
Do you know that when the
Chief Municipal Physician
gave a cocktail party to vel
come DR.. Karren as a member
Of the medical staff, none 81
the colored Doctors were in
vited?"
, 1950-04-29

A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the people Of our Nation, believing IN the
dignity and worth Of every individual, feel particular concern
for the health and welfare Of our children; and
WHEREAS our national aim is to assure to every child
the chance to develop those physical spiritual emotional
and mental qualities that make for individual happiness and
responsible citizenship; and
WHEREAS we are dedicated to the achievement Of that
ambition, through democratic processes, for all our children;
and
WHEREAS the great advances in knowledge and prac-
tne made in the last half century in assuring better health
and security to our children have benefited great numbers
but have not yet reached all; and
WHEREAS We propose to examine our achievements and
our shortcomings in regard to child care at the Midcentury
White House Conference on Children and Youth, to Be held
il December 1850, and 70 arrive at the greatest possible
agreement on how we can demonstrate our determination to
give every child the best possible start in life; and
WHEREAS the Congress, by joint resolution Of May l8,
1928 AS Stat. 617, authorized and requested the President
Of the United States to issue annually proclamation setting
apart May ! as Child Health Day:
NOW. THEREFORE, l. HARRY S. TRUMAN, Presi.
dent Of the United States Of America, do hereby designate
May j 1880, as Child Health Day and / urge all citizens,
individually and il their community, State, and national pre-
paati0r for the Midcentury White House Conference Of
Children and Youth to consider on that day the needs Of chill
dren q Their own communities and States and the best ways
Of meetng those needs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereumto set my hand
and caused The Seal Of the United States Of America to be
affixed.
DONE At the City of Washington this nineteenth day Of
April in theyea Of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty, and
, 1950-04-29

Can this be true2 I hope it
is not. Our wise old parents
used to say: If you spit in the
sky it will fall in your face.
, 1950-04-29

I would sometimes like to
hold up a large mirror so they
could see themselves as others
with self-respect) see them.
, 1950-04-29

hugging their employers and
calling them by first names at
parties and elsewhere, had
better use some hindsight and
get wise.
, 1950-04-29

Strange as it seems, good,
sincere, true men are always
quickly forgotten. The late
Governor Paul IND. Pearson, &
Governor Charles Harwood,
both were courageous men,
and above all they were sin
cere.
Those few local hove who
, 1950-04-29

Those few local boys who
have developed the practice Of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
ALASKA TO BE FEATURED
 IN BANKERS MAGAZINE

Alaska and the First Annual Bankers Association convention will be featured in special Alaska is sue of the Banker & Business mag azine published by Mandus E. Bridston, Seattle.
 The Alaska Bankers Association convention will be held at Anchor age April 25 and the entire issue of the official organ of the Wash ington, Oregon Idaho, Montana and Alaska Bankers Associations will be taken up with Alaska news.
 There will be front cover pie ture of Alaska and every important town and the various industries of the territory will be covered in both picture and type.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
ACS OFFICE HAS REVISED
 COASTAL PHONE PAMPHLET

The local A. c. s. office has a limited number of revised A. c. S. coastal telephone pamphlets avail able .for distribution to interested parties, Sgt. Joseph Rough said week.
 It is desired to bring to the at tention of ship-shore radiophone operators that two changes may be apparent. First, in accordance with international agreement, the call signs of all ACS stations have been changed; second, 2738 kcs is being discontinued as of April 1, 1850. The only frequency for coastal har- bor operation now being monitered by A. c. s. shore stations is PISA kilocycles.
 Additional anformation can be obtained by contracting the local A. c. s. office.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
MINE ASSESSMENT WORK MUST BE DONE BEFORE
 JULY l, OFFICIAL SAY

Leo H. Saarela, territorial com missioner of mines, said last week there is considerable confusion and misunderstanding regarding assess- ment work among miners and claimholders.
 It is apparent, Saarela, said, in letters and inquiries to the Juneau headquarters and field offices of the department that claimholders are assuming that they will merely have to file Intentions to Hold as they have done during the war.
 There is no legislation pending in congress to extend the assess ment exemption, and Delegate E. L. Bartlett has indicated that no egislation is contemplated because of opposition to continuing the ex, emption.
 Therefore, it will be necessary for persens holding mining claims in the territory to do the required ,S100 improvement per claim as re- quired by law, and that work must De completed before July 1, 1850, to count for the assessment year 1949 to 1850.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
FOREST MONEY PAID
 INTO TERRITORY TREASURY

The office of B. Frank Heintzle- man, Regional Forester, Forest Service, advises that warrant for $4,922.10 is being forwarded to the Treasurer of Alaska to cover the amount due the Territory from National Forest receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949.
 This money, representing 25 percent of gross federal receipts from the Tongass and Chugach National Forests in Alaska except for timber sold on the Tongass Forest, is to be used for roads, trails and schools by the Terri torial government in the First and Third Judicial Divisions. An additional 10 percent of the Nat ional Forest Receipts, amounting to $1.96S.84, is used by the For est Service for roads and trails within the two forests.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
P0PPIEs PROVIDE JOBS
 FOR DISABLED VETERANS

Filling orders for 35 million me morial poppies. to be worn in honor of their fallen comrades on Poppy Day in May is providing employ ment for thousands of disabled war veterans in hospitals and convales- cent workrooms throughout the na- tion, Mrs. Jerry Nielsen, Poppy Chairman of Wrangell Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, said this week
 Millions of the little crepe pa per flowers already have been made and millions more are coming from the hands of disabled veterans of both wars who are being employed by the auxiliary in the work. :" Mrs. Nielsen said.
 "The veterans enjoy the work and draw encouragement from the experience of earning money again. Most of the earnings go to help families at home. Their wages, 1t is estimated, will exceed $35O.OOO this year"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31

these eases was handled by Attor- ney General Williams and his as- sistant, John Dimond
 The returns received from the various newly enacted revenue measures are not far out of line with the estimates made by Mr. Mullaney and Mr. Sommers of the Tax Department when they were under consideration by ,he law makers.
 It k the opinion of the Treasurer that while some of the Territory's
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31

financial hurdles have been over come there are others yet to be met before the field is clear, but that nevertheless the outlook is
 brigher than it has been for some time past and that with continued careful management and strict ec5n- omy OH the part of the various de-
 partments of the Territory's f,ran- eial slate will look greatly improved
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
Treasury Now
 Out of the Red
Continued from Page one)

on fish caught Tn the traps, ex- pressing the view that this con stituted practically eonfiscation. The decision was accepted by both parties.
 The trap operators paid the amounts due under the new law on all trap installations and the Territory released it's claim against trap-caught fish. The Fresh Fish Tax imposing a two per cent tax on the value of the fish packed was not contested. Officers of the Territory conferred with representa- tives of the Salmon Industry and agreed upon a method for deter mining the amounts due under the new measure.
 A day or two ago Judge Folta rendered a decision in favor of the Territory in case brought by the Alaska Fishermen's Union against the increased tax payable by non resident fishermen. Under this ruling every nonresident engaged in fishing in Alaska is required to pay an annual tax of $50.O0 as against $5.O0 payable by resident It is not known wheth CT this decision will be appealed or not
 All the litigation involved in
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
THOMPSON VISITS

Seth (Bucko) Thompson arrived in Wrangell Tuesday from his home at the mouth of the stikine. This Is his first trip out since packing in last December.
 The river and slough is still frozen he gaid. He walked about IS miles to the mouth of the slough carrying his kicker to where his boat was. His wife and child are still at their home. Thompson said everyone came through the winter without illness or mishap
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
GETTING LOG RAFT

Leo Lyster and Joe Bigelow are at Thom's place readying a tow raft of logs and will take them to the Owen Swenson sawmill to be sawed into boat material.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-03-31
BUILDING ADDITION

Ben Engdal is building an an- nex to the Harbor Sea Foods Can nery, to be used for crab canning Engdal expects to be ready to op- crate by October l and pack untl December 1.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
HOUSES FOR SALE-MD.
BELTsVILLE. MD.-Near Aor,cn

ture Experiment. Station. % broom
cottage, and 2-car garage. on nice
iot: Living Living room with fireplace: din
PFieed $4,000 suDstsnsis ssSsasf .ssii essh
WA. 70os. WA. e5os. S' va
ROCK CREEK HILLs-custom- built.
French, cottage-type home, prewar
constr; lge. liv. rm. and din. rm.
der Tm;, 3 twin size bedrms.. 2 baths
firepl.. maids rm. and full modern
sssn.d Sa.n: fss s Ho aea bsaqtifqE saYps l1HS WS
ROCK 9sSs SREER SRtz RIO Isls SSna ov-
ing to Florida, must sell his lovely
bedrms., 2a baths including ist-fi
powder room. library or bedrm. on
1st moor; recreation room; excellent
1857 sSs4 aaRshn Gss MEi yllla2sI9 y haPIR g. e.
fEsia T. PARK PAR M aeV new 7-room
brick; 2 bedrooms and full bath. LIST
foor: bedrooms and full bath, End
flne residential community Call Mr.
Meade; We: 1899 or RI. 1918. WM.
s6MEFRfEG MfEAgRHRGRs sffe1Gf G8 nc in ram5isr.,
8 bedrooms, 2 baths. living rm., din.
rm., streamlined all-elec. kitchen;
gear attached garage with space for
apt, above: beautiful Handicapped
level wooded A-acre lot. in the es-
tate section Of Bradley blvd: fine
solid masonry construction by q
prominent builder. for hts own home
Outstanding buy at $4,000. Ewes,
call RA. 1924. FRANK 8. PHILIPS,
OWNER wi r. M MUST SACRIFICE custom
home Tor $11, 800. 6 rooms, modern
bath. Full plastered basement. Large
lot with garage. Phone HI. 1892,
302 4Sth ave-. Capitol Heights, Md