Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1921, Page 65

! AT . 9 g MAGAZINE SECTION . U [rcrion | @he Sundiny Stae, [ reatores | ——— * Part 4—6 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1921 Trying to Make Uncle Sam Pay Up on All Sorts of Peculiar Cl 1 ‘ MANY of the Claimants Have Just and Reasonable Bills Against the Govern- ‘: ment, But Others Are Unique—George Washington's Bill for His Barber. Aaron Burr's Bills for “Club Cyder "—Interesting Civil War Claims—Army 3 Motor Cycle Is Alleged to Have Killed Peacock, “the Only Fowl of Its Kind in the County,” and Farmer Files a Bill—The “Plug™ Hat Used as a Foot Ball by United States Sailors—When an Airplane Destroyed a Truck Patch. “To ~liet of distress of wives, After reciting the valiant record ofjernor of Tennessee, asserted that the | the federal authoritie: t The wearer -— and ch “® | of soldiers, 15 | the long-departed old fighter and giv- |government had taken a million dol- | of the silk tile was “taking in” the “To n., washing in full, 7 as, ling full details of the present|lars’ worth of land that rightfully | city of Brooklyn, and happened to be 4 shilling and 8 pence.” straitened financial circumstances | belonged to him. This claim is stiil | strolling in the vicinity of the Brook- “To sundry expenses paid on the |o¢ his descendants, the lawyer says:|alive and some of his heirs confi- | Ivn pavy yard. A crowd of healthy, march from Trenton to Morris Town | O ! dently expect to have it adjudicated | happy, red-blooded younk s and during two days’ halt at Plucka- qui;;“a"""';‘;fi_m:('f i Ahis is | e day in the future. who had just landed from ;.‘I}g;;' I it is all right, for I never knev * % % % cruise in foreign waters, was starting | *To the expenses of a trip to the 3 out “to do” Broadway ‘and, other i HE Gen. H. H. Sibley war tent| lively sections of Manhattan lsle. For French fleet .off Cape Henry to fix MY practice now of over fort upon a plan of operation with Count [years. of our respected Uncle claim is another that has been | Some reason or other, the sight of a Plug” invariably arouses a spirit de Grass, 25 guienas. sneaking out of paying a just bill by £ 2 “To the expenses which were paid |pleading the statute of limitations,|hanging fire for many years. Long | o¢ oooq natured deviltrs in most myself on the march (Sometimes|and, if I have good suc perhap before the civil war Sibley invented | young fellows. It happened to be | - With. and sometimes apart from the | may find some unpaid bill incurred in {an army | espect . the | ¥ tent which was adopted by | especially true with this crowd of army) fr dericksburg to Mi S thieceet] Boes ; i3 u i . Hebaook o our winter camtonment.: | the partial erection of (he tower ofiing government and uséd for a long | fallors. They cither had to give vent Another celebrated claimant against | Pabel of Some of O Foeh s Ynee o the government was Aaron Butr. Dur- | Pills for 1 B : e e T T Geptemper. 1807, Mr, | Plumbing. incurred in the matter of Burr dined daily at the cxpense of | the ark. and o¢ geologists. 1 under- | Ve t )¢ renderin, s | stand, lecide ha “ = . v |3 B R tsury Department e | from the St. Lawrence through into| “I wouldw't have sold my dog | it as a foot ball all the way across took particular pains to specify the|the Adirondacks is the oldest on the|W "‘0‘1\03"385 flm".h'm_“e-‘i t:‘r a:fl"{':ca | mfl:)k n bridge, finally attaching it kind of drinks that accompanied eacl}:!globp, evidently the bills should be '“rsou’p & cafi,afr"y s ana w“*dmgg!’i:;?i:i;mr:_ -lv;::’:‘te‘r’:go:‘!g:az meal. No mention is made of suchipayable here.” 1 2 2 ack commonplace drinkables as tea, coffee B imes ot war 1t) sometimes \be | icked ailEolplecen S iTIam WL B L E‘S'-'r"rf'ev"'mi':’.’;e?o'!,"m!fi’n‘:flg".L“fii’..::’fi"fi:’; or milk. Whenever Aaron dined he|comes. necessary for soldiers to help | aghw o iV () 5 = e ke evidently had the real Stuff. His|{pemeclves to whatever thew can lay | Sash” was the 1:{(:.—_:‘:?1}::._? ;;3 e e odiD. where it was| COMPOUND INTEREST, FOR PANTS AND COAT LOST BY AN ANCESTOR statement for the month, Written in | (hoir hands on in order to keep the |fredsury, some fty proudly cxhibite®as a choice souve- | 1\ ryE REVOLUTIONARY WARS his own handwriting, contains such |\oif from the kitchen, One of the [(TQM & NICEIED. o o0 war | T J 2 interesting items a; oMt aiuming cascs of (this kima oc-| LDen SEhUHEMECl N B G M | e D e scusc of finicor, “Dinner, madeira, claret, porter and |curred down in Georgia during the | L0y u " 57 imdavits were Sent to the | human hat, he stavied ont 15 dofiect cyder.’ lwar between the states. It seems |\ shington officials’ to prove that|damages from the government and to | to the exuberance of their Teelings s a result of their happy homecom- period. Sibley took the side of the south, and, as a result, his claim for |ing or blow up. Politely but firmly proper compensation for his inven- | they removed the shiny headgear tion was sidetracked. from the gentleman's head and used a at government laborer at Gov- , when a hefty | the various governmental agencies.|with the store molar: Thousands of them have been paid, | eXpense was a civilia other thousands have been dropped |ernors Isiand, N. Y @GEORGE WASHINGTON PUT IN A CLAIM FOR THE. MONEY HE PAID HIS BARBER DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.\THE BILL| “Breakfast, dinner, port and club|(hat a voun imply coul i 2 b a & private simply could not | ¥ m ing. 1when he espied a_ toothsome variet 'Iluukygu N eciniterlotiitha |we et o %n:)u © damages | ness of the claimants, while still tinz “Club cyder and half a dozen lem-|of livestock in a barnvard along the | ¥, § € IR0, G700 his prem- | fired. L not”a sailor was | other thousands continue to bo ver: = Artificia much alive. Every Indian tribe and BY H. 0. BISHOF. It will be seen that thosé Who are ons road which he w £ 2 o ey ROM the birth of Ahis nation | UP4CF the impression that.the life of | “Club cvder” was one of Mr. Burr's;time than it takes to tell it. that sol- 1390 A o o S practically evers individual Indian in | Many a man would have on | congressman 15 just one beautiful | favorite drinks. He would occasions dier emerged from that barnyard with |¢ral Iinds of good dinner st M|\ JTANY years ago Kansas provided a|the country liave beon trying for | himselr linked with “Lady lauck " tor ”5’: "";"‘ to ‘h"e Pessenlt Sy j e atorimather s atrifle mis- {311y go without brandy or porter, but soung vi @ lamb and a rooster AL e ond and confiscated every |~ claim that caused considerableYears and vears to met their land of his life if he had been in it has been the custom for | taken. never without “cyder.”” It is perhaps,clutched tightly in his ari | fis v , impossible | bitterness v claims satisfactorily adjusted. Such | shoes certain Texas man D 0 T G B of feeling. It was known!claims will doubtless be in existence namcd . A whose home 18 . i Of course, all claims against the|pS S cears the farmer and his s ! g air to assume that the “cyde; hat ; vears A lto a 3 . W i B many persons in all sections | zovernment are not unreasonable. | €217 to assume that the vy T or Tas i leavered fo met overnment to |lo agTee as fo the size, welght 28 the “Black Bo aim. It seems | for a century or two to come. perched o , Erassy s T ;) b s a band of Shawnee Indians,| The Mexican war was brought to|ered hill on the shores o of the country to go upon the theory | Many of them are just and honest, s make good his 3 i sli ing that the Treasury in Washington |and. in due course of time, are prop- | Such meager dimensions as one-half|y jincssea the theft.” They lvlr-um Juade ieh psoEnes during iheaded by their chief, who was known | a close more than seventy vears ago. One afternoon in early au- as In constant danger of overflow= | STl paid. [Of this Jatter iclass ofjof one per cent. the soldier as “red-headed, s [the ensuing years. o o of an ola| LNoushout the west as “Black Bob.” |but many claims of that period are while he was comfortably it- 11 claimants was George Washington.| A frantic S. O. S. was recently re-ipody andea right-smart runner. T e ormich was proud- | jcceived. in 1854, 35,000 acres of 1and | still as lively as voung kittens. One |ting in a big hickorw rocking chair thoroughbred mare in southeastern Kansas, about 200 man in Texas is exceedingly anxious|with his feet resting against the g. and that bins of gold and silver | During the long and discouraging |ceived at the Treasury from an over-| For more than half a century civil et oEon I ol coin and bundles of greenbacks were | years of the revolution it was often | careful housewife who lives in the|war claims have been pouring into |y chaperoning hor Lwo-mORii-bC|acres for cach man in the tribe. The |to collect several hundred dollars, |trunk of a monster magnolia tree, he spilling out into the streets and were | Necessary for Gen. Washington to|middle west. It appears that this| Washington. Some are pathetic and(;:“o“rsi ::‘l colfll £a11 $Ey high preci. :)reah(yldspemfled that the land should | plus interest, for the alleged “swip- |observed a good-sized brilliant object t in the gutt They | 1€ _deep into his own pockets in|particular lady. after washing the sup- |others amusing. : orse and colt Lol oV e & i hat | e held in common by the tribe, but | Ing” of three spotted ponies, four |bobbing up and down on the lazy swept away in the gutters. €Y | order to defray his personal expenses | per dishes and putting them away in| “They broke into my smokehouse” |PiCe Wwas the basis of a Ceitn thet | if any one Indian wanted to take his|sacks of cornmeal, two hogs and |Wwaves a few hundred vards from the think they may relieve the pressure | and for the employment of sectet |the cupboard. picked up the evenink ireads one claim, “and those soldicrs yag ke y portion in severalty, he was at lib- | half a dozen goats that belonged to shore. A Mexican servant was dis- filing strange and wonderful | Service men and various otRef er and commenced reading about|took every ham, shoulder and side of S mber. of . u ain a | his grandfather. He avers that the |patched in the electric launch to make i 2 CECOEHO R R L O e i Rumerous thefts of liberty bonds in | bacon T had. T wish you would cither WRssediiupon fiheTlarge nunh or to patent from the Indian commissioner |Broperty was talen from his grand. lan Investigation. feeat 4 L some e ‘hogs or pay for S et 3 A , : ned ~with a_five-gallon In the minds of a great many men |keeping the record straight. and |all sections of the country, She be e et o the civil war it would seem asthoush | In the days of the civil war Quan- | therefore there should be no ques- |metal cask, which upon iiventicaiton and women Uncle Sam is pictured as | therefore kept a strict and accurate | came greatly excited Gnd, Zeatin® e, puratively few persons are | fyery Touil Gt OF S oifed and strip. | (Tell and his band came along and |tiening of his claim. was found to contain pure grain a benevolent and easygoing old |accounc 6T every cent of his own that | that a bond burglar migh K into | e that $60.000000 has been Iving |in€ area had been wisited and SUDC |seattered the “Black Bobs® all over | Large numbers of cattle, according (aleohol. Did this Texas Johnson gentleman who hasn’t a biessed thing | he paid out, explaining in full detail | her home during the night. she re-; the United tes Treasury since ;'*r rycgg et e e onee Rt that upon certain speculators and of-|to claimants, were taken without ask- |skid the flve gallons into his spacious in ‘the world to 4o except stand at |the nature of each and every expendi- [ moved her one lone bond from the old |1 (U FRIGE T 00CE (CNRATT feine for fresh fruit, © It appears (hal)iceholders that they might get pos- |INg o invitation qaring the time this |concrete-lined cellar for future ref- the ‘open doors of the Treasury with |ture. . Each night, whenever it was! kitchen clock, where it had been |for®y DREK (0 (U5 “G1° ™ p noney nothing was left but the branched | session of some mighty good prop- | country was admilistering a spank-|erence? He did not! He is a stickler & long-handled shovel in his hands, |practicable to do ko, he would Post- | snugly tucked away for several years.|was appronristed by Congress to pay |‘hd leaves in most cases [n SCRerdtJerty by taking advantage of the | ing to Mexico. If all of the Mexican for laws. He insists that salvaged ready and eager at any old time of |pone greatly needed rest until he had [ ang hid it in the kitchen stove. con-|for many s of cotton that were '}"K -\b"l:“!}l‘ “W"e s O analithe severalty clause of the treaty. After | war ¢laims are t Ue the soldiers of [property ought to be put through the the day or mght.to scoop out the|taken up his quill pen and brought|ggently believing that no burglar!taken by the northern armies. while the branches were torn BF TUc, Li0|the war was over and the “Black |that period surelr had voracious ap- jusual legal channels. He, therefore, golden sheckels to any one who hap- financial bookkeeping down to | TeniY, o BVEE o e there for | L in progress. When the |(Tuit esten as th 3 Bobs” came wandering back to their | Detites. delivered his precious cask to the pens to make a claim for anything |date These records in Gen. Wash- | a0 00y other valuables. Imag- | southern planters whose’ cotton had ‘NEInTRETCRE g qick ponds evi- | pra homes they. found the rich, tim- * %% United States customs officer, to from their great - great - grandpa’s {ington's own handwriting are mow | PP 0 AT O Cor of this poor | been taken commenced sending in |, CHERCO SOORT SRC LR S o ciated | pered, and well watered sections of | . noy v, v o peac| ST bl EANENIE B RAYERS PSIIY Sunday coat and pants that aisap- |bound in a neat little volume about |ine the misery and horrof G 1S PO iheir claims they realized that an un- | dently were as greally aRRITCAICC: the reservation in the possession of | ()N New Year day of this vear|suggestinz that when the original peared during the revolutionary war |eight by sixteen inches in size, and it | o8 - and proceeded without,fortunate joker had been slipped in |88 the QUEMEE o U E ouses | Srangers. A white man, purporting Representative Drane of Florida |owner failed to put in an appearance %o a lost mule or liberty bond of the {is_kept in a vault in the auditor's|morning !the bill. Tais joker compelled them !0 be re 3 3 ¢lto be an Indian, “would send in a{ .ceived a clai i within a reasonable time the pretty Apresent period. oifice 'of ‘the. United States Treasury. | thought of either bond or burglar toi(he il i Joer compeilod MMM | were overlooked during the years of | claim for a patent for his 200 acres, | To0¢ived a claim which he thinks is| ) i " O (s#=200Rie Hme 00 FreCs That queer little worm kuesn to |in the Grahar r:m}!dl""h:zrl:“y::::dtf flr:"\w 't:- nofl}(]!';‘;i&;fi::{‘fl‘}:’g”én"‘" m which they were obliged tb swear flgj‘x“:fé iSrentyhia pescoskin mml::&;‘;&%e‘; :&‘gdhu I ,"'““fl oneof the most unique now on file. It forwarded to his palatial home, down shysicians. druggists and the acléh- |ntreets, @ EEor e e of the IM- | Sants the, povermment. to Drint an. | (LAt ey had never bore arme 2&aliet lcounty and now one of them Army | Fiibona One of:the most ciuel fea-| 1 (VW 20 old geatleman in his|where the gulf breezes geatly purc ific nion. c e v - - o - g f 5 = downright lazy and absolutely de-|mortal Washington transferred to the | other bond and send it to her to take |able to taj;e such an oath, as they had | motorsickles w h Lwo men. ome on | tures of this fraud was the deception district. who, fought in the Indian war ;‘;{;‘n‘f“n‘:z ore, ;’e‘h';“l“,},';l:“::e void of even the elementary prin-|Library of Congress where it would | tho place of the one that went up the lall either participated fh the fighting |and one in, the little tub 2100600 of several hundred settiers from the |of 1337. The old gentleman says a|government claim that remains un- ciples of “persistence,” as compared |be possible for the general ru‘bllfd:‘; kitchen chimney in ashes. against the north or were heartily in comes flvln’ by my biece SUC G001 east, don‘whum the ‘speculators un-|norse was shot from under him and [settied so far as Mr. Johnson is con- with some of the people who file|View it. The Treasury omes‘; o favor of that cause. They were |My handsome bird and ‘hey CIERT|loaded the property, aksuring them |ne would like to collect the sum of |cerned. Thus far he has not re- claims against the federal govern- |have charge of it take a differen * % % * therefore, unable to collect a single [even o > but headed atraight | the title was perfect. These settlers | gi5o. e ey ae. fment. Lecches will give up now and | View and believe it is much better t0 | ., \yERE is a lawyer living along the | dollar, hence the money is still in the for the next county at lightnin’|had put a quarter of a million dol- 4 2 : LA A Ilow it to remain where it is at pres- 5 el peed. and 1 want damages,” so reads | jars' ‘worth of improvements in the |, The fact that a President of the| He often sits on his veranda an L :M q‘:" eon vxux;s“n‘fq‘c)mzt ant o (1 E St. Lawrence river, in the state | Treasur e s ':?i‘:tri:ul‘:g 2 letier but recently received by @ |form of houses, Barns and fences on |United Stafes was riding on a special | Wonders whence those five gal- e Nowever, are different. They ok x x of New York, who possesses an ex- : n& Confederate sol- | member of Congress from an irate |the property before the return of the | train, was grasped as good and suf-(lons came. He even looked up the stick it out as long as there is v traordinarily keen sense of humor. | @iers or widows of soldiers. The orig- |constituent. ~The representative, of | [ndians. Claims and_counter claims |ficient reason why the United States iptures and after a lapse of many NN e e ten assumed the du- 'linnl owners of the cotton are prac- |course, will seriously pass the buck | were piaced before Washington for |government should pay for the loss of | Y€ars again read what was said about The letter he sent with a claim for|jealy all dead. to the War, Treasury and other de- |years. In fact, there are people to- |a haystack that was supposed to have, thought in their heads or go in their casting the bread upon the waters. But. 'tis said that his wife and four 2 ties of commander-in-chief he e : -x:e:lu’fl:&selk‘\jreol::'rl'l‘m::rifgllxt wélo‘vle::l immediately bought five war horses | the money equivalent of coat and| A claim that has been before the |partments. < day who like to talk about the|been set on fire by a spark from the 3 mental channels yvear after year until Tmes mte = pants lost by a soldier of the revolu-!government for more than 100 years| A ten-dollar “plug” hat was once | “Black Bob land,” in Which they have | presidential train. The farmer seem- | Charming daughters. more frequent- T o Inetined official kets tired |With his own money. At the, close of | tjonary war kept the Treasury ofii- [is known as the “old Sevier claim.” | the subject of extensive and bitter | a claim. e e ite poaved ik (lor See i1y observe him sitting there with a of sceing. it cluttering up his fics |the war he rendered a claim for reim- | cials, and clerks smiling for_ days , Who at one lime was Gov- | correspondence between its owner and | Land claims have always cluttered | gent and every other gevernment of. | [ATAWaY expression on his features, or desk and will disapprove it inbursement. 1 ficial when his bill failed to get an e .g“;nu‘r ‘onh‘ \\-hc:g. order to get rid of it and its herders. | Some of the most interesting items | — = R = 0. K. hns vy WX ? . % % contained in the above mentioned !/ A" truck farmer ‘on Long Island, BT, i < whose specialty is growing fancy book are as follows: i 11' must not be supposed, though, that, 1o “harber, in full, 5 guineas, 18 || A F R E E ER B Rachel Mack spinach and tomatoes for the people N avalanche of claims are flooding such disposal of a claim forever- shilling and 4 pence” l l JI 4 ¥ ||of New York was rudely shocked one 5 - - Biscourd the claimant. Oh, ' To cash paid for cleaning the house I : Bexiiiitallopring s hertone or Ms every government department at more discourages the claimaft. ONlwhich was provided for my headquar- = e e R - — Burleson’s mail airplanes got out of | W2shington as a result of the world | mo! Barly the next morning he is at e n o G : i X kelter in a heavenward direction from |War- Land owners where canton- ¢ the office of his representative or| (To cash for recovering my piatols. | y o as famillar with a typewriter as his budding plants and a few seconds [ments and other war establishments ;m.mr. da:‘l primed and smiled with 1| \heP fere stolen. & 1 am with a wireless ul:phon::: !at:‘r TEaEk sc:atr;xbl:d l;ndil:ghriilh( were located have evolved some won- acts and figures for either a reopen- | “To expense of party of Oneida In- and it's a sad but true fact that | in the middle of the truck patch. Mr.|ge;r1 damage claims. Changing a signed to get the much desired money | “To the expense of Maj. Cary A.|hand from a Chinese laundry sign. $1,320 worth of damages. When Mr. ('ondemn:d l‘v‘)_'gu.h{ozrsr;l:r flflebe;:s!i’r;z from Uncle Sam. And then the long |Harrison, my aid-de-camp, on the up- | But, just the same, I'm not such a Burleson is not postmaster general- g‘;gg“:’hfl;’_ Sere anairears Loy dddy frost when it comes to n_ltnrm the m‘g| hhe‘ dm_'ls ser\'lcenblebjczns am'l, shoes every few weeks. His grief post-graduate course to shnp-wreckcdi ::’lb‘me:l;‘:i’:::fi:‘:“;o‘;':arg‘ramz‘xx“\; canbhe assuaged, he isumateu, by a , i = = sizable amount of good coin. stenogs. losin® time Katie | on his spacious Texass acres. He,| Another farmer is quite certain Yesterday about closin’ time j therefore, knows all about garden |that the fertility of the soil on which ushers in the most unallurin’ (cmnlc’ kale and its financial possibilities. It |cantonment buildings were located of the species. But when I get right down to facts and take inventory, she isn't such a homely party, after all. In fact, she's got the featur Suddenly I understand What the; wquaegiion number ome: Do you:the keys » |blight is: The awful clothes she's [consider "Yoursell a Kood stengs-| : g ble, mud-colored rapher?” accomplishments,” b g v, , in every case,” s draped In—a durable Nt that| ‘L 40 she announces. “I take| “Question mumber two: “Who dis- oo o g ke j |dress and a weatherpro |dictation rapidly, and I'm quick on|charged you from your two positions, | **iVery well," I proceed. would have been a liability to Venus | Very well @ proceed herself! She looks like Weary Wil-| |much "money have you got put lie's twin sister all dressed up for a R . P e | |” “One hundred and seventy-five dol- ERazcomingat emaeer eat and APECT e amesars dore St hertous. “and n trouble, girlie,” I ask by way of | every cent of it for a From the Alaskan Forests b,z ms ey, She nods her head to prove I'm a l duty to tell you that you're a frump.” I'm careful, and a £00d |anq who refused men or women?"’ vou jobs all week— ac unds of snifing fill the atmos- phere of my peaceful home. good guesser and starts the weepin’ “A what?” she stutters, not be- Love worries?” 1 suggest. HE Department of Agricul-|sources in Alaska can be properly |lievin' her ears. Head nods in the negative and more | {{ ture, in common with a|managed only by lodging authorityin| “A frump” I replies. -Capital sniffles. les?” ; = n on the ground to act without F-r-u-m-p; meaning, accordmg‘o my “Business troubles? number of other depart-|{iiting to consult distant superiors, |dictionary, a lady dressed 'like a One e o ek purable Title Al comic valentine! = Your clothes are “One of 0l e - ments in the world,” I says, very en- ehear up and leU's have the ments,” says Secrctary [and the forest service has consistently B evains Meredith, “has very definite respon- |followed this policy. There is close |the most unplen:ull;‘l b:'mcflh:r“ us 55 o £ = . .. | CO-Operation between the forest serv- |1've ever seen hitched tog i sibilities in connection with Alas®an e, and the territorial government,| I see she's getting excited, but I development. It is endeavoring, for and the animating purpose of the for- | motion her to keep quiet. 2 ¢, still enveloped in ating purpo: or- [ MO ,1::,,".', 14 :afm;u'aze Of the best [example, to increase the production of gat] offioscs i ]ito makelithal forests 1obD°§':-'x' ls‘:;’y‘;flfi::{ 1,?;{2:;“;‘; business school n town. I was onelcrops and live stock; it has experts in 12 e Ereatost meod ot Aimka is for|one? Simply because the men dom't olf :;'eh':fl“‘ ‘:;"d;““",‘r'r"l:; ;‘ol Tae & |the field investigating the possibility |the investment of capital in enter- | like your looks. kWhal_:h:ry:ll’llir‘:v: ! yecps. : 5 = ces w can be developed in no . at L bl lcik:d :‘); :‘1;.:l villeeilv’l!rccord time 1]%" Important source of meat supply; | oI I VR ERl 1 SO0 szpp“es "% the eyes. Dressed m‘; that, you're ey A 2 is giving attention to the perpetu- |the coast forests offer the best im-|2 blot on the "l’:“” TEndecRpevouse ation of the fur industry. But its mediate opening for capital. To the a "1‘)““‘“‘ on ;n"l “:']‘""y‘ e ‘e 1 was the Arst |cpj e z |task of securing their utilization on| “Do you mean to tell me,” she says, dovntheloMiodiors = e e vith the admin. | large scale the energies of the for- | very dignified. “that looks count more (ot vour walkin® papers before you |jstration of the national forests of|¢St Service are now being directed, | than efficiency % could show them how valuable you |alagka E with every promise of success. One Well,” I says, “maybe looks don't were! Pretty raw. What nex R location of pulp mills in these |1aT8e sale has already been closed and | count more, but they count first. ‘went back to the business school [ ihe l0Cation oF DI WIS 1 | e |others are in prospect. Through such | After you've made yourself as neces- and ‘asked for another placement. | TS WORK] S0U BRI U |enterprises the population of “Alaskaf sary to the firm as the office furniture ~ They got me a new position and gave | the Probiem qf Gur WL CUPRUCS BT | will be built up, its wealth increased [ and the steel vault, you can afford to © “SHE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO REIMBURSH HER FOR A |Me A-number-one recommendations. |[mnono.gy national forest alone oheland other forms of development lookB‘lkc M[H{; ?‘ed“fi%e{f,a'g}_!, want LIBERTY BOND, WHICH SHE HID IN THE KITCHEN STOVE TO KEEP | 4 ALd Job number two dies a natural i, giably produce forever 1,500,000 | Stimulated e ahe anye DUt iba i new, ldea “A UNION SOLDIER ONCE STOLEA YOUNG PIG. A ROOSTER AND A “Yes. she says, “it did. After that|tons of news print yearly. along with | : Do you advise mé to invest part of my | LAMB, ACCORDING TO A GEORGIA FARMER, AND THE FARMER INSISTS |1 hadn't the merve to go back to head- |2mPle quantities of timber for local H : money in a few clothes?" THAT THE GOVERNMENT PAY Hi% FOR HIS BARNYARD PETS.” quarters and tell them I had failed [Purposes. “;,_‘“;1‘“‘;3'“‘;’1“5‘1"32{}‘1'1“; ow He Did It. “A regular. up-to-date little wol:kln' again.” fube laslea : | 2 2 e waq| trousseau!” T answers, “with a sham- BE fringes its ‘western seaboard, the|HE late W. K. Vanderbilt was|po0'ang'a manicure thrown in. This |was not at all surprising when he couragi details. * she admits, “when they cut r way. There is never [per or common post road with Mrs. fight gets und Washington.” W let-up as long us that represent ; has been permanently imgaired. He : & ‘ve been out on Your Own.” I Yive or senator holds his job. Thel *To $333 given to (o induce him | sus o o e o s - [northward extension of the coast for- - mnoted for his quiet, kindly wit.|note” I says, acribblin’ fast on one | unly way they can ever et away|to ko Into the town of Boston to es- ‘,‘.‘.‘;‘y‘,fi’.‘m &:‘e‘:c;s R (;:Cl;‘!'!_llle €M lests of Wa gton and British Co-{ye was once discussing w;.hy,ome of my business cards, “is to be hand. ;:fi;’,,"'e;l‘:‘:ff."m"l'fi :Pt;ttlmg st 2:;:; \‘v‘:)a\.tld“l:.“;:‘hz’::’-"rlieg";(fl ol from the never-say-quit claimant is|tablish a secret corresponden, b 9 S lumbia. Pra Iy all this coastal i 500. u e - one or the other 0’]’ “vh:cle surely lor ¢ cnemy’s movements and de- | wearing out, and it's the same old |8 under national forcst administra-|horse had just won the Grand Prix,| with plenty of pep: six meat shirt|Versant :‘r‘:‘;:lvsn?:lom:::v:’no:?li‘t’elt’l‘a?;llrr?g the \a.xl:"fidr?:Lpdr:i‘::dllx::gn;‘:'fi happens, sooner or later oS Qe 2 ena % ver where 1 a tion, and timber from it is already |and < : waists, a nifty black sailor. tan waik- 4 »ould per! foa lit by o o o Who krects their sucecssor | “To 23 guicnas sent Brig. Gen. | suaes “Shsyer Just emploved 4 |Playing an important part in the in e bank sy el T inH s an A ianpDly forioanstard | Tetol Losiess a feommumication iad -4k W SpatoHn gt inditetend loising imbs off the train at the Union | Scott, commanding the light «mopx&iu?no;é&pher'y “And . generally. she |dustrial development of the territory. ank’s brilliant success in the| .l 7% ' complete the outfit. «lres!zedr lgoll'"fle 1’:.""Tfi‘fwnfig‘;.':"s;"‘::"‘Ld('r':.g:i':wa fences iaround e an station is M on i o cna i 2 2 : & 3 o) awmi g o w i Qe o a set of false teeth.- v B structing = va station is thi \ to cnable him (o en-isays, flerce enough, “I know they are |Every sawmill on the coast from world is a great surprise to me and{ “Well,” she says, “it seems rather |joce that the old gentleman had gone | The owner has filed a damage claim rage 2 the inhabitants between 2 Ketchikan to Seward obtains its sup- |everybody else who knew hi extravagant, but I'm going to fe 5 = H 5 3 { S im as a | ex 5 g to follo | £ 50,000, i e S e o el e e enemy; 1o ey Tshouldn't wonder, girlie.” T says, vam:rofr‘-;"-]m‘ EEO R (These | young man. Of all the worldly, reck- | ®4ihe arozrlm';ll‘lfl Iy ouly Chanee i:';:’,ls“fio‘?:‘;:‘m‘f;“’a":‘ii‘;, :‘:uh.fligéll’;’f;;d:? N e e, that Ll e | EredntiiaieCly : of them | kind but true, “such things happen |mi & ¢ al he timber 2 Sos “No chance about, it,” dearie” T in- 3 by Pt Wimself. During the ride to the hotel | to vent surprises. T e est regutaten ofeear " PPE" |ised in the region: and forest admin. |less chaps 1 ever saw he was the | forms her. “It's a sure thing. After |Of t::,{'fé:;‘f;glile::al‘cl(\fcl?arx:r' 5% ihe color :flftphc"::::inrl'.‘“\flrr:‘h ‘;.s‘hlu\x‘xl'\- effusive lie pours his many red woes into | “To expense in reconoitering the| “Then read my future, she begs, |istration is intimately related to{worst. It is beyond me how he has|one good look at vourself in a full- v v chas vhite. ®he politely attentive car of the new | en tony Point previous | “and tell me what's in store for me.” |every form of industry and to|peen able to ¢ ,:,,b to the top of the | length mirror, you'll be able to stroll ey JZ‘?‘L:“&‘D'&'}“‘(?E'M“ flL‘g’él‘.‘"{’.fl: “l.‘\‘;s'ening that a new rope clothes , and somewhat bewtldered 1 ator, | h 5 . and on a visit to 1 says, to her cver-|every community in the coastal area. G = ® up to the biggest mahogany desk in|could be dome, however; all sorts of 'line, a hammock and a hive full of assuring that embrvonic atatesman | it after It was taken surprise, “I'm not tellin’ for-| “Because of this relation a peculiar |adder, as he has done. town and offer your services like |gepartmental correspondence was in- |pure honey disappeared from he ‘?"fv he will see to it that he is re- | 0 expenses to Hartford. where |tunes today. What you need is a |responsibility rests on the forest ser “Well,” replied Mr. Vanderbilt, “you | you're doing them a favor. Good|gyiged in, and the House of Repre- {property while soldiers were eon- elected to Congress for the next I went lo meet their excellencies.)litte common sense talk and you're |ice in Alaska. To fulfill it effectively |would understand Blank’s climb bet-'luck!” I says, ;famd no.charges till|gentatives and the United States Sen- [camped half a2 mile away. a i ; '-unn1 _\;..r; providing his clainy is| Count de Rochambeau and Admiral [ going to get it right now. Prepare |under a system of long-range adm ter if you knew Mrs. Blank. She vou've drawn your first fay check!” ‘|ate were called upon to take action. |dignant widow has put is i properly lovked after. de Torney. r for e personal inquiries: istration is impgpsible.” The public re- steadied the ladder for him, you see.” (¢ . Thompson Feature Service) The gentleman who was provided $@.45. B > 2 i S