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Show t THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH, ALASKA: Kernel gf Riches F 9 Not too early to be thinking about your Christmas purchases by mail. Perfectly safe with FACES THE CALAMITY BAYS NATION IF CONGRESS DELAYS BOYD PARK LEGISLATION. FX'NCtD 60 Advisei Colleagues That Ha Has. Good Reason to Eeheve President Will Return Roads to Owners Even Without Solon1 Action. o - inier-Mal- r JARBIDGE SWEPT BY FIRE. Children Help In Mercy Work. Washington. How faithfully American school children did their hit d warn YTlllllni' tilt war Is revealed in the final accounting of the with N'nin cil of the American lted Uro, which shows that during the twenty month ending February 28. last, member of the Junior Fed Cross produced jfV, 722,073 relief articles to att aggregate Yftlne of $10,1.12,4(11. This was over a tenth of the total Red Cross hnptcr production of these necessities, Been In Use in Columbus, Ohio As a result of seven det.'hs at ('anton, Ohio, recently, anl five fatalities at Peirnjr, from ruling ripe olives, the suite dairy amt food department and the Mate department of health ha' warned citizens against eating Hm olives and warned dealers against selling them until further notice. Hearing of Wet Petition Postponed. Ohhugo The hearing on a petition fried by the wets'1 asking for it injumtion to rostrall federal officials from interfering with the sale o liquors by enforcing of the wartime prohibition act, lias been tent-jMira- rj iost-pono- l. Monday night. Emperor Reviewa Navy. Toklo. After reviewing the entire navy In an imposing display, the emperor Issued a message to the fleet on Wednesday congratulating it upon Its showing.' Hie finger-prin- t system ti, ., over the world have ,. , used In catching desperate was the invention of orient j'- Chinese or Japanese, accr s t rillipo de FIlippi, writing tn lrp The discovery wa originally to Sir W. Herschel, in a parli.r. t,.n blue book, but Kumagusus Jr- ,aa n Japanese, proved the case the -- , - the battlefield. Pre-w- ar Washington. Rate Bill Adopted. The conference report on the bill restoring the pre-wpower of the interstate commerce commission was adopted by the senate. The measure now goes to the ar rate-maki- :r Fast. No one in the controver-- v who wrote ah, system in use in Cathay even n day. It was a finger-prin- t sort, although .not like that today. There was no Wacki-- j.e 0f the hands prior to the tukuig f the Impression, but rather the hand was placed on paper and traced by the taking the print. The hands of contracting parties were alwnyr p:.ired tn deeds In those days. De Filippl says that this vnci.nt system is worthy of investir-t- e n today. ns study of the drawn;' Imw a distinct difference in the o nines of fingers of the hands of d iff rent In the length of the finger, the relative distance made by the ax nf ne thumb and the axis of the finger, nnd ln many other ways. Rashid-ud-di- IK house of representative the other day pimscd mi amendment to the government Alaskan railroad act by which the additional utn of $17,000,-00was appropriated for the completion of the road by December 31, 1922. The debate was presumably more or tinged wlih partisan politics, Inter'j Leaving out the politics many were brought esting fuels of value out concerning Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun which lin proved a veritably treasure trove to the United States and Is only at the beginning of Its development, .Some facts are here given, with credit to the various representatives. Air. Curry of California. Mr. Chairman, In 1807 when Alaska was purchased through the efforts of Secretary of State Seward from Russia for $7,200,000, which was less than 2 cents an acre, the Kuropenn nations poked fun at the United States, and the papers of the United States ridiculed Secretary Seward and referred to Alaska as "Seward's Iceberg. Film climate of the most of Alaska I better than that of Hrani'inavlu and New Foutulland. Vegetables and cereals con he and are raised there, and It Is the richest undevelojwd mineral section on the face of the earth. Time has Justified Seward s purchase of Alaska for the United State.- Since I SCO Alaska has produced over $840,000,000 worth of wealth; of that front her fisheries, tflost of the IVst frolh her mines and from her furs. In the same time Alaska has bought from the United States $400,000,000 worth of property. It has done thut under existing luw tliut practically ties up the resources of Alaska and prohibits them from being developed: In 1014 tinder these condiiilvns, knowing that Alaska should he developed and that n railroad Could not ahd Would not he built by private enterprise, the congress of the United States enuctcd u law authorizing tin president to construct a railto exceed 1,000 road or railroads la Alhska, miles la length, and authorized the expenditure by him of $31,000,000 for that purimse. The president placed the construction of the road tinder the control of the secretary of the Interior, nnd he In turn organized what Is known ns the Alaskan engineering commission to take practical charge of the woik. The original authorization of $31,000,000 would have o, instructed this road under ordinary conditions and circumstances, hut the vvnr came along, writes Increased 19 per cent, the cost of material Increased up to 101 per cent and transportation up to 147 per rent. Under those circumstances the S.tlvkri.OdO Is not sutllclent to complete the work. unless we It 1. therefore, absolutely wish to sacrifice the $31,00.000 already invested, that this $17,000,1 00 authorization he allow ml. The road, when completed, will he (Kl miles in length. The main line, from Seward to Fairbanks, will be 471 miles in length. The spurs and branches nnd side line will make up the 001 miles. All of the road ha been completed, with the exception of some work to le done to complete the tirst 71 fnTtc frntn Seward tiottli nnd a gap of 700 mile nol another small gap of 21 miles. Most of the A mile gap bus been surveyed and some of the oadbed has been made. Th road started from Seward on the southern point of Alaska, and went to Anchorage. Fart of hat road 71 miles had been constructed. From Anchorage over to the northern terminal of the located on the Tanana river. road. Fairbanks The Tanana river I a branch of the Yukon river, and the Yukon river and the Tanana river 'are navigable for 2.000 mile. The Alaskan railroad commission commenced building from the southern imlnt north. They brought the material to Seward and Anchorage, and they commenced to huild from the northern terminal south, so that they could save time and save money. The road already reache to the coal fields. There the 1.202 square miles of coal fields In A'aka that have been explored and expertfd by the coast and geodetic surrey, the geological survey and by the Alaskan engineering commission. Is all on the line of this road. It Is estimated .there are 30,000,000.1 X0 tons of coal 'that Will to commerce by this road, and tons of ft will be coni which could be used for coking and smelling re, and uch purposes, and the rest of It for fuel and nutter of that kind. In Alaska It has been estimated that, there are lo0,000,(V0,000 toon of coeL No person knows bow much there ts. Air. Strong of Kansas. There has been tRseov-ere- d in Alaska not only gold, bnt silver, copper, coal, lead, iron, antimony, tungsten and platinum In large quantities. In addition, there has beea discovered large fields of oil. It has splendid agricultural advantages. It Is estimated that It has over 100,000 square mile of tillable land. It has : growing eaaon of 500 days, and because of the I sy-- i 0 f.er-so- -- of-the- 0 nt iiece'-Mir- i Ibt -i- Honor War Heroes. Paris. Notwithstanding the snow and cold weather, reports reaching Paris from the provinces say large crowds attended the ceremonies Jield Saturday to honor those who died on to Far Eat,t for aM I Thwart Attempt to Wreck Train. Chicago. What jadice authorities believe .its a deliberate attempt to wreck a (Jury and Interurbnn special train carrying 100 steel workers to the Cary, Ind mills was frustrated CF'EVT Many Years. $300,-000,00- Puta Ban on Ripe Olives. IN System Claimed t Finger-Prin- - National Guard Plana Lagging. Washington. Only IS per cent of the total authorized strength of the national guard has been raised, according to reports to the war department from units extended federal recognition. The enlisted strength for all states of the national guard a allowed by the congressional appropriate for the year 1920 is 12t,lo9, and the present enlisted strength Is shown as only 30.039. SMJLKKicry IDEA ORIGINATED -- Early Morning Blaze Destroy' Portion of Nevada Camp. Twin Calls, Idaho, Ilcpnrt were received here Monday of the destruction b.v fire of practically the entire liusiness district of Jartddgc, Xev. The tire la reported to have originated in th Success hur at 3 o'clock Monday doming. Fifteen business houses and residences are said fo 'have ben destroyed, tiie loss being estimated at about $30,om. Most of the places destroyed were former saloons, now operating ns soft drink ami pool establishments and rooming houses, AH were of frame construction. JL Utah Office and School Supply 32 W. 2nd Sooth, Salt Lake Ciu l ,'h eon-jres- e SlkUT All make Rented, Repaired v'd Write for price-$7.- 50 to SIOO. Pe-eenib- er -- MAIN ypeiwiSei'p! nf Washington. Senator 1iinrmtnc lemit. chairman of the commerce eommlttee, told the senate on Monday he had good reason tv believe the president intended to carry out lhe threat he made last to return the railroads to the owners on January 1. J92o, regardless of whether congress had hy that Milne passed adequate railroad legislation. Siuh an notion by llie preMdent. Senator Cummins declared, would result la n tlnaneiiil eatatrodie." lie declared the situation m meaning that he proposed within a short time to hnve to sidetrack the peace treaty in the hope of getting the railroad hill enacted at the present session of "I lane good reason to believe that the president has not changed Ids purpose to return the railroads on JanuNor ary 1, said Senator Cummins. would unjoin criticize the president with much severity, lcaue we have had ample opp irt unity to prepare proHut it will per railroad legislation. bring a calamity frotir which we ranted escape if the roads are returned wi liout udequute legislation. You will Witness a financial catastrophe. It in our bonnden duty to puss this session ends the legislation vve think la necessary to meet the s tu.itlom MAKERS OF JEWELRY K-ned 13.000,-.OO.90- high-grad- e 0 fir-- EATS .. ALASJ< GOLZ great length of the days, that growing season I worth about 200 of our days. So that they are enabled to grow crops suitable to take care of a large population and take care of the stock that they may produce. The crops are wheat, oats, rye, barley, hay, nnd they have produced an alfalfa which makes a good crop. Its vast forests of timber suitable for paper pulp are awaiting a ready market, while Its fisheries are the greatest ou this continent. Air. Auiler of Washington. I have been over nearly all of Alaska. I have gone Into the' hills with my pack on my luuk. I have teamed what few provisions I had 200 or 300 miles with a dog team out to my dlgglns. The greatest copper mines on the face of the earth are within the territory of Alaska. You know how we searched the world for metals during the war. We have 09 per cent of them In Alaska. They are there awaiting the baud that will develop them. snltl l.ere of the reindeer Something lius situation. There 4s ho piettier sight In the world than to seo a thousand head of reindeer grazing oh H mountain side. The Aleutian Mauds are full of them. Tin re are 110.000 or 100,000 reindeer in Alaska. Thej are a godsend to the natives. They go out with their little held. An Indian or an Kskimo may not have over 21 or 30 reindeer, hut them as a careful husbandman takes care of bis little iloek of sheep. Incidentally they are cleaning out the wolves and ljnxes nnd the other predatory animals that infest the country. The reindeer support the natives. And I truly believe that with the great grazing lands that there are in Alaska, the future development of the reindeer ns a substantial source of meat supply for our country is one of the most promising that vve have before us. Now, t he climate there is not had. Over in the Interior, in the Yukon valley, the atmosphere is dry, and with the temperature 21 degrees below zero you can wear an ordinary hat all day loug and your ears will not get cold. When you go out to the coast you get the moisture, doing away from the coast into the Yukon valley yu over a mountain chain some 4,ooo feel'high, go and 9 ken you get over that chain you are in the great arctic sIojk'. I have come out of that valley with thee riiormtunot er 42 degrees below zero. Where I could stay out dmr all day without discomfort and have dropped over that mountain chain onfT 30 tulles nnd come out to the- coast where the thermometer was S degrees below zero anj lune nearly perished with the cold. The iuterior i cold, dry climate. Auimala can forage ail in the Interior country. It would surprise some of you to know that in that country the ground Is eternally frozen. No one has ever dug through the frost, 'anJ they have been down a thousand fecL The fields of barley and rye and wheat are grown on tfie top of ground that is frozen for a thousand feel beneath. It thaws on the surface In the summer time. It gets very warm. There is daylight 1G, IS and 24 hours in the day and crops mature quickly. They come right up overnight. Of course. In the winter the nights are long and dark and cold, hut the summer seasons are ' The thermometer goes up to 80, 9o and 93 in summer, hut In the winter It becomes exceedingly cold. The coldest weather I ever saw ln the Yukon valley was 08 degrees below zero. That is 'cold weather, and UJs dangerous weatlier; but as you go dowu the Yukon river, ancFperhaps Sou miles from the mouth, there Is a Catholic mission, the Holy Ciwa mission. There b one of the most beautiful arple orchards I have ever seen, perhaps 89 acres of the most beautiful young apple trees Just coming Into bearing. And grazing over broad acres of clover was one of the finest herds of Jet eey cattle I have ever seen. All that In a land that frozen. It Is a queer country. Every rule of the geologists ts reversed when you get to Alaska. And I tell you. gentlemen. Just as sure aa God, the future wTTl unfold for Alaska nd the Ameri he-lier- - 1 can people the wealthiest possession held by any nation in the world. Mineral, agriculture, fisheries, stock raising everything for future development. It Is the golden land of promise for th coming generation. All they want Is your help, fonje and help them. Let us have 210,000 people In Alaska. None of the speakers mentioned Mount McKinley. It will be noted that the small map suggesting the gtneral course of the Alaskan railroad show Mount McKinley. This great peak, with a surrounding area of 2,200 square miles. Is now Mount McKinley National park. The government railroad runs close to one corner of the peak and will' make it accessible. Mount McKinley National park lies approximately in the center of Alaska, in, the midst of the vast wilderness to the south of the Yukon and to the west of the Tanana. Here the Alaskan sum- range, which forms a line of mils 290 miles long, culminates in several gigantic peaks, the highest of which Mount McKinley-tower- ing 29,300 feet, is the highest mountain in the world al ove the line of perpetual snow, and one of the most impressive mountains of the earth. Seen from an altitude of 1,800 feet. Mount McKinley Is stupendous; travelers say that tliere is nothing like it, even among the higher Andes or Hiuialay The park area is In scenic keeping with forests, glaciers, lakes, streams nnd lofty peaks. So front u scenic view Mint the new McKinley National park takes place in the front rank of our 17 national park. Mount McKinley Is a natural big game refuge. of 'the- big game supply It is the iouutain-hea.south of the Yukon and west of the Tanana. It Is tlu- con'er of a region where big game abounds. Here att still he seen the wild game living ln secutity. protected by the remoteness and rugged-- f the region. Great moose stalk through the valhys about timber line. Herds of carihou feed hills. Bands of bighorns oti the browse on tin high mountain slopes. The grizzly, monarch of the American wilderness, gives the crowning "touch to this picture oT a wild "game paradise. Bui already is this Mg game paradise menaced. The prospector, miner and market hunter are chis'ng in. Ihe white mans civilization is drawing near. Already sledloads of wild game reach the Fairbanks market. YVith the completion of the government railroad New York will be but three weeks away. Our national expansion has always carried with it evils as well as good. Fires have swept away forests; dynamite and filth have killed off the fish; a leaden hail has exterminated the wild life. Remember the buffalo When thi day comes the big game of the region will naturally gravitate to Mount McKinley. And there it will find sanctuary ln the national park. So, aide from its scenic magnificence, the creation of Mount McKinley National park Is well worth while ns a game preserve. On the other haffd. so remote Is this vast wilderness that the act contains a concession to the prospector and the miner ip the matter of killing game for food. The act establishes the park as n game refuge and provides a heavy punishment for the killing of game. There Is, however, this pro- viso: Provided That prospectors and miner engaged in prospecting or mining in said park 'may take and kill there so much game or birds as may be needed for their actual necessities when short of food; bnt Itrno case shall animals or bird be tried in said park Tot sale or removal therefrom or wantonly." It ts obvious that Inasmuch as the passing of the park act does not modify or affect the mineral land laws now applicable' To the area and not exclude rcospectors and miners. It hence does do to prohibit the killing of game for foodwould not by them tn rase nf necessity. . snow-cappe- a. d - moss-covere- d -- . r -- - d F 4 PECULIAR POSITION IN 'amlngo Forced to Contortion B. cauoe Its Upper Jaw, Not the Lower, Is Movable. Nature has so created the beautiful flamingo that he does some things both backwards and upside down. For one thing, he eats with the crown of hi? head on the ground, ln the bottom of some shallow stream. From one It glance at his Jaw one would think bill hi was badly broken. Instead, Is in perfect working order, only thing are reversed with it, and hi lower Jnw Is securely fixed, while his upper of hi jaw Is movable. Both portions of series a In big beak are arranged memthin plates, like the bills of all ran bers of the duck family, so that he t easily sift the nice squirmy things mud. soft likes from the roarshe Flamingoes frequent salt then and when these become dry wilt Florida go long distance to find others. used to be the birds happy hunting members o ground and many lovely couthe family could he met In other now, left are ntries. Very few of them h and those surviving are very the hunter, and seldom seen mm few are left In this country, and lovers predict that In a few yea nore they will become extinct. Sfll Use Doge in Alps. now xvhhh Although the tunnel Itlv ha , with connect Switzerland ,,ce greatly decreaed the Import,' l( p:i-the St. Bernard and other months or pecially during the eightadviuh-snow. It I still deemed It is employ St. Bernard dogs. t longer customary, however. neke ' with out the dogs alone , food and drink; a man alwny flre dotrs pahie? St. ! !y of the famous old In breed. That originated xecnui century; Throusdi tween a shepherd dog from p. and a Scandinavan dog who'C a ' ents were a Great Pane ant c renei n mastiff. The Last pnre ant of this tribe wn buried x. i" avalanche ln 1S16. Fortunate were found subsequently at Iar' ' and on the Simplon pa which by crossing with n' Wales yle'ded the modern St. tr even dog. which Is Physically namesake than his medieval share most of his traits. tbem.-.Thos- e rr". n- G elds Great Power. h One of the funny things about affection man nature Is the tender all have for money, the way wc talk to get It. and then, the way oe about everyone who has succeed getting a lot of 1L When Helland Banned rn There was a time when Hohand bade the sale of orange and the Orange was the color of the when and holders family, cratic feeling against this a at its he'ght the fruit or orr. was taboo. IBoma Pitch! D Bwr. They learned by watching tnrfw |