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| EDITORIAL J
I; all Aiu^n.an girl almost as
tnii'h t,•••!:!'!•• to •»*•' r:•! of a iluke as
It d«*-s to get one.
A'.d we'll l av.- just as Ms n coal
crop as ct.ni rrnjt if as much work
had boon put on it.
Appmdieiris lias grown so com
tuoti that tlie exclusive set Is now
turning to acuesia.
I: U n .-iiey. the man who has
_<u«: l i i n m-:h up to the pen for life
Is Imlcpomlcuily rich.
Thtre is i!.:> compensating thought:
While pri.vs generally are going down,
the dollar is going up.
It !o..k^ more and more as If prices
wer» going to get down to where th#
r< it of us have lieen for SO long.
Wood alcohol, con'lnnes to press
closely behind speeding motor cars
f.-r tir-r place in the Casualty letgue.
From a meteorological rather than
tin economical point of view the pub
!i. - l.ect'!!.i: _■ interested in woolens.
That suggested "school for wives"
l-rit:g< ti e counterproposal that there
be also a kindergarten for husbands.
If the RoNhevikl seek n pretext for
another war with Poland they will
filial one. e on If they have to manu
facture It.
For setting results with thrills,
siri"kii.g over a powder barrel seems
to have nothing on guarding a cache
of "hooch."
Minneapolis reports tlour at pre
war prices, but you can't make break
fast toast out of reports, even from
Minneapolis.
I'hllosophy is what enables a sports
man who has failed to bag an ele
phant to turn his attention cheerful
!> 4o squirrels.
I:' a lot of ptople are get
ting rich from the Illicit sale of booze.
It can also be said that those who buy
It are getting poorer.
That man who hid his whisky still
:n a cornfield certainly bs<! the uian
ufH'turer's Instinct for getting close
to his raw material.
"Former Kins; Ferdinand popular as
a speeder." says a Berlin cable. One
doesn'C have t<> he a king to gain pop
ularity in that way.
London ladies are finding quick
rures by falling in love w*lth their
doctors. It's till right with cooing,
but how about the billing?
Between Illicit commercial booze
which impoverishes, and the home
made that kill-, the consumer Is like
ly to betorne dryer and dryer.
Ctibnt < aI • fretful because they
can't S.1I sir.-ar should be reminded
of a tliKH w! .-!i consumers coufdn't
buy b..-;,i: f the "shortage."
Pi»>!ors in Spain are up In arms
over an invasion of their country by
doctors fnc.i other conntrk-s. They
look ujH>n it as an unhealthy sign.
JOHN EARLE ' j
john Earle, Chinese, but a native son
of California, has c- led ! ie seven sens.
His maritime memory recalls the time
when, at eleven yea s of oje, he was
cabin boy with Fa.:2Swit in the old
Ironsides, back in t'nc youth of tho
United States navy.
Kills Alaska
Publicity Bureau
The Alaska l*nl»!irity Bureau is :o
be abolished under provisions o' a
bill passed hv t':r> territorial Senate
at this morning's .session The meas
ure. introduced by Sei.at.>r I'oi'ir.r.
was strenuously o:«:'by Senators
Britt. and Price, who claimed that
abolition of the institution at tins
time was a step backward.
"We cannot afford to stop adver
tising at any time." said Senator
Britt in defending the bureau and its
work during past years. "During
the past year 1 have received several
hundred letters addressetl to me as
the representative of the Norwegian
government in this country, written
by people of Norway who considered
immigration to and settlement in this
country. Most of those letters were
turned over to ttfe publicity bureau
for disposition.
Senator Frawley of Nome replied
that no beuefits had accrued to
the territory by exist a nee or work of
the bureau, and that the only good
thing that might be said of it was
that it had spent money in the city
of Juneau.
"The bureau of publicity." said Mr.
Frawley, "can be entirely dispensed
with without any loss whatever to
the territory.
Senator l'riee took the floor in de
fense of the bureau, claiming that i'.s
work in connection with dispensation
of information about the territory,
and.as an employment bureau hud
proved valuable to the territory, em
ployers and seekers of employment
also claiming that it constituted the
only means of advertising Alaska un
til some better means were provided.
Senator Hess remarked that a cur
tailment of appropriation for tiiis
Item might be better than en'ire
abolition of the bureau, while Sena
tor Chamberlain claimed that credit
for any advertising of tiie territory
should be credited to the vari'vis
chambers of comnierre.
I Roll call found t> to 2 it) favor of
abolition. Senators l'riee and Urilt
voting against it.
MACHINERY MioKS
hKOM TRK.\I»\VKI.I.
Another substantial indication of
tlie large operations being carried on
by the Treadwell company on quartz
properties on the Kuskokwim river
was found in 1 <»2 tons of machinery
from the old stamp mill which was
loaded on to the Alameda, and will
be transferred at Seattle to a vessel
headed for the Kuskokwim river, to
be used on the new property.
Livingston Werneke. geologist and
engineer for the Treadwell interests,
who was in Juneau recently and mad
who was in Juneau recntly and made
a full report of operations as>d mad
a full report of operations on the
new Kuskokwim property, is now 011
the scene of operations and mu:le ar
rangements while here for the ma
chinery to be sent.
Much ore running high in values
already has been blocked out under
the direction of Mr. Werneke. and on
additional crew of men were put to
work this spring. T!ie property is
near McGrath, to which place A. X.
Grant, a well known newspaper man
of the interior, recently moved his
plant from Marshal City, in order to
beon hand for the expected boom. A
number of people went over the win
ter trail to McGrath. The only way
now open to get into the country,
without encounterhig hardships. Is
up tLe Kuskokwim river via boat.
THE TEACHER'S CALLING.
Teachers vti'IIiv <>f places in the .
schools in which American children
arc prepared for life, for making a
living, for the duties and responsibili
ties of democratic citizenship and for
eternal destiny, can never he fully
paid In money, writes Dr. I'. I'. Clax
ton in mi exchange. Men and women
worthy of this highest of all calling* '
will not think tirst of the pay In mon
ey or in any other form, for teach- !
ers, as for other workers, Raskin |
holds: "If they think tirst of pay and :
only second >'f work, they are servants,
of him who is the lord of pity, the most |
nnerect friend that fell. If they think
tirst of the work and its results, and :
only second of their pay, however im
portant that may be, then they are
servants of Ilitu who Is the Lord of !
all work. Then they belong to the 1
great guild of workers and builders
and saviors of the world together with
Ilitu, for whom to do the will of Him 1
that sent ilitu and finish ilis work is j
both meat and ilrllik."
I'erlutps there Is nothing so very
strange in the t nthusiastu that is now
apparent in Argentina for everything
associated with aviation, says Chris
tian Science Monitor. The Andes, on
Argentina's western boundary, are
rather high mountains, the crossing of
which has always constituted a prob
lem for the inhabitants upon either
side. Aviation simply offers a new
method, which the South Americans
have been quick to exploit. It is also
to be remembered that Argcutlnif is
a country of both ma gn Hi cent dis
tances. and mngnjUcent fortunes.
What more natural than that the lat
ter should be used, on occasion, to
overcome the former, now that air
planes can hi- had.at a price?
HuMilt-s light as air arc notorious
for I ho weighty p.i-.sihilltios Hint may
develop from tlii'iu. To the lay minil,
however. it Is astonishing llmt tilt1 de
struction <if tin* land liy inroads of the
son nin be i"ii d:i!ed more cheaply and
■fleet ttalh li> i:n.1-1 <-vil air released
from tubes sunk in the sen floor. tlmn
by tlio old-fa-diiotn'd method of solid
masonry. The ascending hubbies
break tlio force of tin- waves, as lias
Ihh'ii conclusively shown by recent ex
l>critnciit«.
Tlio :i:t ii win' connects with tlie idea
that tlio time is at liaml to put more
elbow grease enthusiasm ami fidelity
into iiis work tlie man who will'win.
There are a limmI many people who
woiilil In* \\ js«> to ttun the facejif tlio
clock to ihf wall and pay attention to
business.
Several thousand fools are going to
(liviiie a half .1 million dollars between
two ryllians. Just to .see them pummel
each other for a tew niiini'.es, says
Houston I'ost. Ami 'tlio two roticli"
necks will U- the most respectable
t»:trt «»f '!»«• slum-.
A |»r-»f«—•• «•!* KiiJisli s;iys he
found out tifter "■«' years thai beauty
jitnl not brains is the ideal of the
majority or modern women. How ap
pari'Ht it l.eeiitnes at once that he is
a professor of Knglish mid not of
history.
The rniteil States Supreme court
has ileeided that a mail's home is
wherever lie says It is. no matter if it
is a warehouse. It isn't a far-reaching
decision because it lias not been the
good fortune of many to succeed In
getting into even a warehouse.
I king into a mirror in his store.
a Chicago jeweler was just in time to
see a thug behind his back, aiming 11
blow at his skull with a heavy sledge.
This mnn can do a lot of Iookhig Into
the mirror in the future without the
risk of being called vain.
A Toronto man lias sting bass In
a church choir for OS years, but that
isn't his real distinction. Ills voice
is believed to he the only thing that
didn't go higher on account of the
war.
Tin' Knsrinwl. Star remarks
Hint the I'nited S'ates iutci»1< to let
the re<t of lhr world sink or swim ns
it imiy. If 'lie f-sl of the world does?
not know how to swim l>y this tlme»
it is certainly* old enough to Irani.
ltoyallsts planned to have ex-Em
peror Charles enter Itudapest hy
means of an airplane anil seize the
Ilitugarian throne, hut Charles frown
ed on the idea. Experience has taught
him the dangers ot aviation.
A hasty inquiry reveals the fact that
the L'nlted Slates is about In the same
place it used to lie and going along
without much change, even though the
women did vote.
i ni'iv are always ••irrwoneliaDies"
on both sides 01 any QucHon.
The ISolsheviki will now proceed to
exemplii'y the crime in Crimea.
Tlie weather man. isn't paying much
attention to the "blue sky" law.
The latest confection is the raisin
<?tte—tlie ctmJy with a kick.
Curry to Press Bill
for Alaska
Board
Listed Among Mr Problems to
Ito Solved Will Up Opening
of Alaska Resources.
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I'OVniTIOSS DEPLORABLE
Alaska Now Suffers from Long
l!anf.,e (•'overiunent ami Itu
rean Control—Bill Provides for
Resident Commission With Au
thority.
Washington, 1). C., April 11.—
Listed among the big problems to be
solved by the Harding administra
tion and this congress, is legislation
for the opening up of the territory
of Alaska for settlement and devel
opment. It will come up in the form
of a bill to be introduced by Repre
sentative Curry of California, chair
man of the house committee 011 ter
ritories.
Last session, to call the attention
of congreess and the country to the
importance of legislation for the re
lief of Alaska's present depopulated
condition, Chairman Cnrry intro
duced a bill. It was necessarily in
complete and was introduced for the
purpose of obtaining views of people
interested in the welfare of the ter
ritory. Mr. Curry has not been dis
appointed in (he matter of receiving
suggestions as to what should lie
done for the- territory, for if he
were to print all the literature sent
id him, he could 11II a public library.
Mr. Curry has gone over this great
amount of literature with great care,
and is confident bis new hili will
solve Alaska's problems. He ex
pects to be ready to submit it to the
full committee within two or three
weeks, after which a short hearing
will be held and the bill reported out
to the house so that it can be put*
on the calendar for early passage.
There is not much doubt that
action will be taken by bo'h houses
oil tbe new bill at this session.
President Harding and Secretary of
the Interior Kali have expressed
themselves as favoring a construc
tive legislative program for Alaska.
Both of them haveJooked into the
iltiestion and are fairly well ac
quainted with the deplorable condi
tions under which Alaska is being
governed.
It is being insisted by the advo
cates of the Curry bill that as the
result of the misgovernment of Al
aska by this country, the territory
is being depopulated. Attention is
called to the fact that the popula
tion of Alaska, counting natives as
well as whites, has dwindled from
B4,S5« in 1910, to 52.100 in 1919.
Since I hen. there has been a further
decrease iu the permanent population
of Alaska until now It is believed
that the census will show not more
than 45,000.
To show what should be the con
dition in Alaska with the proper
•■.overnment, attention is being called
io the population • of Norway, Swe
den. Denmark and FinlanjJ. These
countries of Europe do not have as
favorable climate as Alaska, and
are smaller in area, but sustain a
population of o\*er 11,000,000. The
European countries with poorer soil
and less mineral resources depend
largely upon agriculture, while with
the proper eticouagement the min
ing and manufacturing of Alaska
could be developed so that even a
larger population could be sustained
in the territory.
Agricultural experiments 11 a v e
h'*en conducted in Alaska which
have demonstrated that a better
quality of wheat can bo produced in
Alaska than in any state in the
union. Its pardon products, the ag
ricultural department experts declare
are superior to those of any part
of the Pacific coast. For instance,
strawberries larger than a man's
list have been produced in Alaska.
It is claimed that the largest straw
berries in the world can be produced
in Alaska, and other berries and
fruits are in proportion.
Alaska, it is claimed, is suffering
more from multiplicity of bureau
control than from any other source.
At present its affairs are under nine j
departments and 34 bureaus. It has
been stated that the white bears are
under one bureau, the brown bears
under another and the black bears
still another.
Whether this is a llgure of spech
it is known that settlers who have
attempted to obtain homesteads in
Alaska, have never been able to un
ravel the bureau red tape at Wash
inyton. Often, when men have tak
en up 160 acres of agricultural land
and started to develop it, they have'
•• Sister L: ifs
"1 like candy. I like it ^ t when
I get the kind I go for vi i see it
put into the package i'r< >h and
clean from the showcase."
We also know thnt wc r;. innt be
too particular about the candy we
sell and the way we keep it. So sis
ter shows good judgment in com
ing here to make her purchases.
Chocolates and Don Bens
The best of the advertised brands
of package confectionery can be
secured here. We can help you
select the right box holding I: ; (he right
assortment of hard or soti tilling or boih.
We will be glad to quote ir;c' i;i rjuanfity
prices for candy needed f.>r p'.rii's, bazars,
and special occasions of all kind .
jfbr
Purest Com ~ mb
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
been notified by the representative]
of the bureau of mining, that they j
were located on mineral lands and :
were compelled to surrender their j
land. Under "the present laws and
regulations, settlers have no right to
take up a homestead upon mission I
sites on hot springs reservations,;
mineral lands or townsites. All
these different classes of land are J
under different bureaus, and a su
preme court judge would be called i
upon to test the limit of his legal
knowledge to (determine just what
land in Alaska is open to settlement.
The central idea of the new bill,
as well as the old Curry bill, will be
to create a resident commission with
authority to exercise all of the
rights of the general government.
This bady in the present bill is
called the Alaska development com
mission, and it is the purpose of
Chairman Curry to make the new
body a developing organization in
fact as well as in name.
Of course, the different depart
ments and bureaus will be loath to
give up any of their authority over
the territory, but the present or
ganization has been such a dis
graceful failure that Chairman Curry
is confident he will have the support
of the house in his effort to puss a
truly constructive meascre for the
relief of Alaska.
Jefferson Arrived .
About Midnight
The S. S. Jefferson of the Alasv.
ISteamship Co. reached p^rt about
■11:00 p. m. Sunday. Mm. H. ITngo
froren, who has been in Portland,
visiting relatives for a number of
weeks, retifrned.
.Mrs. Max M. Smith returned from
Ketchikan, where she his bee:', as
sisting Mr. Smith in getting the new
store in that city under operation.
Mrs. Smith will re-open lii jir st'.»r; ;
in Skagway for the summer trad?. j
Mr. Clarence Pyke was a passen- J
ger on the Jefferson, having come j
up to resume his duties as classifier |
on the wharf, for the White Pass & |
yukon Route. Mr. Pyke spent the
winter with his parents, in Central! .
Washington.
Twenty five men of the river boats j
came in on the Jefferson. She left I
for the south about 3:00 a.m.
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(•cut'ial i-.tiid Office
Juneau, Alaska, Ainu*11, 1921
•\uuce is hereby given that the
Arc lit; Uioliioi o 4 Cemetery Asso
ciation, a Cerpoia ion, by W. li.
Slum, 11 Udell . i.J il. O. Dalit:.,
jts trustees, . liicd notice oi its
intention to . ... ..ut linal proof lit
support, oi i . . ligation, serial
Oi.Jo, ioi , •. ...itici tae provis
ions oi l.ie Acl ut larcn 1, 1U07,
t -4 tjtat. . iu. lauds embraced
within i . t>. ;...r:vcy No. 1200, sit
uated on I ... bank of the Chi l
iiaC liner, e.ie i. o west oi! Haines,
Alas it a, it. i ide ./J decrees 11
minutes J Longitude 130
degrees -o utiuutcs West, and moie
particularly described as lullowi:
Couimuu i.:i at Corner 1,
whence U. a. i.. JI. No. oil! bears
North i>j il.g.. cs 0 4 minutes EasL
S3.40 > 'lias distance; tiieucq
KoulU - u Corner No.
2; thence V. est 10.23 chains to
Corner .\o. 3; tiie.ice North S.bO
ciiains to Corner .No.- 4, meander
corner oil line or ordinary high
tide ot Cliil:;et liiver; thence me
andering t..e said river (.1)
North 07 Uei. cs 17 minutes hast
l^.-ii ciiains to Corner No. 0 il.
C.; ti.ci.ee Kast 5.05 chains to
Corner No. 1, the place ot begin
ning, containing tin area oi 21.66
acres. Variation 31 degrees 30
minutes Kast.
I'roof in support cf the" applica
tion vill lie siii'iiitted by the appli
cant and two ot' the 1'ollowiug wit
nesses: Carl lijornstad, Erik Os
lund, il. A. Darnett and C. II. Lind
holi.i, • il u ii s, Alaska, befoie
ti. \.. ii.:u ... . ii, L . S. Commission
er ;.. , Ai.uv' j, on Juno 1,
1321.
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Kegister.
First rublicaiion April 14, 1921.
Final l'u''ir. ;ion May 14, 1521.
HOI Hi FOR ham:
Four-room, substantial cuttago, ad
joining my home. Cost offer takes
it. llouso must bo moved fro.i
present loerftiAi. Cash or terms.
* Apply W. C. Ulancliard.
White Fass & Yu; on Houta
TIME TAIil.R Xo. -i(i "
Tuosil.i.v iiml Pii ljiy
No 1, X. Bound
1st Class.
8:30 a. m. I.eaves
11:00 a.m. "
12:40 p. m. "
2:10 p. m. "
4:30 p.m. Arrive
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CAItCROSS
WHITKHOItSE
No. a. Loin i
1st.Class
Arrivc3 3:45 p.m.
Loaves 2:10 p.m.
12:45 p. ri.
" 10:53 a.m.
•8:30 a. m.
Passengers must lie Rt the depot m n, ? to i vo iusgago in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggago will he checked fr'oe with each full fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half faro ticket.