THE ODIOUS COMPARISON
Two darkies 'were exchanging re
parte aboard the. Admiral Watson.
“Lissen cullud boy,” said one, ‘‘De
trouble wiff you is yo’ mouff is too
big fo’ de friuge of yo’ face.”
“Gwan, big boy,” retorted the oth
er, “yo’ mouff’s so big it’d take a con
crete mixer to po’ a mould to make
you a set of false teeth.”
ARCADE BAUBER SHOP
BEAUTY PARLOR
Ladies’ Beauty Booth
Two Chairs Tub Baths
/Shower Baths
In Arcade Building
Phone Adams 121
JESS LANDER, Proprietor
GOVERNOR IS REPORTED
!. VICTIM OF UN CURD
1 Persistent rumor has it that Cupid
has been perniciously active In
the Executive Mansion at Juneau and
that his first offensive is directed
against His Excellency, the Governor.
The name of a very charming lady,
who might be called an Aiasxan due
'to the fact that she spends a major
' portion of her time in the Territory,
jin mentioned in connection with the
' reported surrender of the Governor.
However, the rumor comes only
■ from “someone close to the Governor”
and must be accepted for what it is
worth.
Don’t miss the snow tonight.
Axminster and Congolian rugs. J.
L. Graef.
THE spirit of service which exists in the
* operation of The. Alaska Railroad, has
made our patrons our friends, and the safe
guarding and transportation of their ship
ments to stations on our line, to their entire
satisfaction isourambition.
, During the month of May the season of
liver, navigation will augment our rail serv
ice, and freight and passenger travel will
' receive the benefit of our experience.
Trains will connect with all sailings on
the Xanana and Yukon Rivers.
Timetables, descriptive literature, etc.,
will be gladly -furnished on request.
DEPARTMENT OF THE 'NTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route) #
Anchorage
Alaska
Spotless
Laundry
CEND us
^ with the
your laundry
assurance that
it will come back pure and
white, uninjured by any
chemicals. And the small
Laundry bill will agreeably
surprise you.
Our careful expert Laun
dering lengthens the life of
your linens. Perfect satisfac
tion is guaranteed.
SEWARD STEAM
LAUNDRY
SCHOLARSHIPS AFFECTED
l DEFECTS
WASHINGTON. April 19. (/P)—
That unfavorable home conditions and
poor health influence school failure
is indicated in a study recently car.
ried on in Scott School, Cricago, it
has just been stated by the Bureau
of Education, Department of the In
terior.
“To determine the influence of
home conditions and neaitn upon the
school work of child on " -he Bureau
states, “a special study was made
last session of a g'cua of 61 pupils
tin grades 2 to 8, inclusive in Scott
| School, Chicago, who had failed of
[promotion. Examination of the child
ren by a physician from the Chicago
Health Department showed that not
a single child was free from some
physical defect.
“It was found that 4 oi them, or j
I
84 per cent, had goiter, adenoids, or J
tonsil defects; and in 23 cases there j
wore teeth defects. Although par- j
ents were notified and requested to]
i
have the children given needed at- j
j tention. in 80 per cent of the cases, J
j either because of poverty Or indif- j
] ference. nothing was done to build j
[up the health of the children:
j “Investigation-'of home conditions
-vowed htat 48 per cent of the child-1
ten lived in broken homes, and in 45
:>->r cent of the homes the mothers
were either working” or had died.
• i
The’ discovery was made that 42 of:
the children, or 65 per cent,, had 7
been in the school only five months j
Or less, indicating that1 their parents j
belonged to nomad groups following j
floating trades, or were wanderers
traveling from place to place."
I
YVaeehter Bros, have a herd of :
500 at Bethel and 150 of thses art
i being trained to pull sleds. The
| animals are first roped in a manner j
almost exactly similar to that used J
by western cowboys. After the rein
deer has been caught he is tied to a
tree for 24 hours with a short rope.
It soon learns that all efforts to
break away are unavailable. On the I
•second day a longer rope is used !
and on the third a harness is placed j
on the deer and it is hitched to a I
sleigh, proving that it is an easily
taught animal. The reindeer which
have been broken wil bel shipped to
the States and .sold to department 1
stores for Christmas display.
Roderick Davis, city Councilman
and acting mayor of Metlakatla, Vice
president of the Annette Industries,
Incorporated, and all-round business
man in his section of the Territory,
says the Indian town of Metakatla
is one of the best governed munici
palities in Alaska and that it proba
bly has the largest treasury surplus
of any town in Alaska, white or In
dian. Sound and conservative busi
ness methods have been the rule
there, he says. Metlakatla has good
streets and sidewalks and other
municipal improvements, Mr. Davis
said, all of which have been paid for
and the city has more than $60,000
in cash in the bank and not a debt
of any sort. The municipal govern
ment will invest about $40,000 in a
hydro-electric lighting plant this
year to furnish electric lighting and
power. The cannery there will get
its power from the municipal plant.
The personnel of the municipal gov
ernment of Metlakatla is wholly In
dian.
Raw furs bought at Brown
& Hawkins
HOTEL SEXTON
GEORQE SEXTON. Proprietor
SEWARD’S HOMEY HOTEL. WHERE THE OLDTIMERS
( MEET
grandmother’s
£5 i&read
ADE BIGHT
Tjhe
Dairy Lunches from early morn
to late at night
PHONE MADISON 8:
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IN A CLEAN
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mn// Seward Bakery
Sevs/ard.Alcska
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ijitrh Grado Line of
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!
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brim
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Our line is large, com
plete in patterns and
newest in style
SPRING HAT $2.00 TO $3.00
In shades of Pearl
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Easter special^
The season calls for
new Shirts
Here’s the Van Craft
and the (tO
Philcuff
Finest broadcloths—
by the makers of Van
Heusen Collars
TIES
In colors and prices to
suit all tastes; four
in - hands, latest
weaves; Bows Bat
wing and Butterfly
$1.00 TO $2.00
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