The
Clancy Kids
A Tale of the Hills
iTSCY L. CROSBY
* ih«- YtcCiirr* N*wBD*i>*r Syndlcalt
QOfiRTS j
Good Citizenship
in Vietl anil Silent Partner of the
Outlaw,
WHICH?
The non-enforcecient of our pro
i;on laws and criticism of our
iblic officials for the failure are
common topics. Some take the
. mi ion t' .a enforcement is impos
tMs view being voiced, usually
u>se of confirmed habits which
include that of, at least, an occa
.-.al drnk. It is an easy matter
provoke an argument and expres
• :t of adverse criticism of the Aias
bone dry law. but I have yet to
any logical, beneficial reason
.vt'ii for the restoration of the
- :i and thfc attendant vices,
think it was Dr. Harvey, when
> t<> elucidate the circulation
■d, who stated that there wad
dense in trying to change me
1 of a person past 45 years of
s a is with our prohibition
t .>s. we ha^e such an army of peo
.oughout this entire country,
■ nfirmed habits, who have lived
■ ■ r a system of l.cetised privilege,
i goes under the misnomer of
:y. that the advance to a higher
>>t" citizenship is not kindly re
\c !. i.iberty fro.n the purely sei
standpoint of many recognizes
: the encroachment upon the
> of others. There would be
lor prohibition if all con
ned ti:emselves sufficiently to
■id e\<- s. but e~.ess is intemper
;>e. a d I believe the rights of so
.•■ty should be conserved to such
i extent as to prevent any person
.fully making himself crazy;
it is as logical as the law which '
makes attempted suicide a crime.
1 am a member of Igloo No. 16,
Pioueers ot Alaska, of Ketchikan,
but had no part in the resolutions!
passed by the lodge, and am free to 1
say that tne pasmug ot such a set
of resolutions was a mistake and
places the membership in a bad
j light, Hood Citizenship stands 'or
advancement and the euforcemi ut I
I of our couutry's Uws. if the I'lO-l
| neers had appealed to the powers at
Washington, U. C., for assistance
for the better enforcement of our
laws instead of going on record
with a statement (hit they were im
possible of enforcement they would
have been recognized as abetting
good government; instead they have,
inferentialiy, allied themselves with
the outlaws; they have placed them
selves with tne percentage of S to 1,
where "uiue say taat a thing can
not be done and one steps in and
does it." Almost ail ol our secret !
orders are founded upon principle*
of patriotism and fidelity to tue gov
ernment. It is diiiicult to conceive
of the American Legion, the .Masons,
the Elks or indeed of almost any
other reputable ordar placing them
selves on record with the statement
that our laws cannot be enforced
I deny the truth of the statements
that conditions ate worse than wueu |
we had the open saloon. The state-1
ment is occasionally made that we j
! have more drunkenuess now than '
then, but those making tins state
ment either have a pour memory or
the wish is father to the thought.
We are aware thai there are those:
whose greatest aim in life seems to)
be that of spending every dollar of,
their hard-earned money as fast and
recklessly us possible without
thought of future welfare of sell,
society or country, tad we have an
other class of avaricious money vul
1
<^f// the idle hours
with pleasure!
Time never hangs heavy on your hands when you have n
VICTROLA
in the house
By our liberal
Installment Plan
you can now have any instrument we have in stock put
in your home at once and enjoy all the great mu
sical artists while you are paying for it.
Ilemember, all we ask is a small
payment down and the bal
ance to suit your
convenience
KELLFR BROTHERS
JfL CU*S*TJ? P"VRY
Jul lurs- iji I a";, t"»t '■ -
high prie.-t of thj Parsee. sr ;o -cue
to this country, h; n'crrj Col' i >b a
university. H? cc» f o: 1 o t 0 he
?ad<ng f.imihe- * t ; N ' t^sti,
the followers in |r .1 of . roa^ r
,
the methods pursuid to rc- money,
who make 11 their Sum h to prey
upon the wvali-i tided and ueVr-ilo
wells wiltiM it jiuh'uI scruple or re
gard lor law. It is l. •• patriotic
und huitiatic «!;:ty 0' ov. >Jd eitl
sen of this counto to st.n.d in lino
for the enforcement of tlio law. Civ
ilization is advancing r irdle-s of
the "Can't-be-done" t in. the al
lies of the bootless*!> ! slate of
Maine lirst adopted |.;'o:i 1.1 .on 1
ISj 1 and since that tune was re
turned to a "wet" sta e once wher
It remained for a v, r> short time,
when it again entered t.ie prohibi
tion column, where it iias reuiaiaul
ever since. T..e enforcement of pro
hibition laws is 1113re difficult no
than it will be us tiaie goes 011. \\ •>
have so many couiirmeU habit* and
so little thought of community \vc.
fare that there is much transgre
sion. without logical excuse, 1..
ttiose who claim n, ui i.t» ..u.v... -
citizens. The education of the
young to temperate hab.u and t:
removal of ti e open sale of intox
icating liquors wi'fl its coutamina -
ing influences will bring forth a
tirigliter and more healthful gener
ation free from ti.e bar-room lure
which is one of (lie most degrades
influencbs which is one of the mo-t
degrading Influences which can exi-t
on the earth. Kire-water; what a
curse and heritage from the white
man to the North American Indian.
As good citizenship we have a
duty to perform higher than that of
condemning the diy law, viz., that
of giving our organized support to
its enforcement. If the citizens of
this community will unite in declar
ing that the laws against theft and
robbery cannot be enforced we can
give them such endorsement as to
make them quite respectable pur
suits. The efTectivenexs of law en
forcement depends, .n great meas
ure, upon community support. Ket
chikan is getting to be a city and its
position is such as to require a
greater force than we have had to
properly cope with the situation.
Human nature is such that there
are always those who seem to pre
fer to operate without rather than
within the law. Governor Bone has
expressed himself as determined to
do his best for law-enforcement; he
seems to have already invaded, what
the Juneau lawyers consider, the
sacred rights of the legal fraternity,
but I do not believe that law and
order will suffer from any infrac
tions of this kind that he may make
as much as is offer. caused through
the scheming manipulation of paid
lawyers to thwart the intent and
purpose of the law.
We lack machinery for the proper
enforcement of the law, but deter
mined, intelligent, persistent work
of our officials, with real coopera
tioii of the citizens is certain to
lirine more satisfactory results than
we have had, and it is up to our
new Republican officials to show
that Republicanism means good,
| clean government. Alaska needs it,
, Ketchikan needs it and the Repub
{ lican party needs and must
have it to effectually down the Dein
j ocratic party whose, name is "Bour
I bon."
j l.et us live within the law and re
| spect it.
FOREST J. HUNT.
1'. S.—After submitting my arti
I tie oil law enforcement I received
I H'.sierday's issue of the Chronicle
and read, w.th interest, the com
munication oi Mr. Austin. As to his
ijssue witli -Mr. Cole I have nothing
I to say. but liis tirade against Judge
I W'ickersham for foisting the bone
i dry law iu Alaska, with the intinia
' lion that it was drone against the
j wishes of the peop.e is neither cor
' it'l l nor fair. If Mr. Austin will
I brush ti<e cobwebs -Tom his memory
i Lie will recall that the 1915 session
! of the territorial legislature passed
;ui act providing for a referendum
i vote as lo whether Alaska should
continue to license the sale of ia
i lox.i.itiug liquors or should prohibit
! tlie s.tle within the Territory; the
| result of the vote was very decisive
I for prohibition. James W'ickersham
i was then our delegate in congress.
I The law provided tor a year's time
: lit lore it became effective but the
s.Uoou licenses exp.red on the 30th
nl the following June and the then
! exist.ag law was su.'h as to preclude
: Hie .ssuiiig of a tit/W license for a
! fraction of a year from that tlmo.
'lo overcome this difficulty Judge
| Wlckersham introduced, and liad
passed, a law permitting the issuing
; of a license to permit the operailon
in the saloons up to and including
i ee. :: 1st. following, and as the vot
ers of Alaska had declared, by their
votes, against the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors he, as their faithful re
invsentutive, drafted an honest law
| for its enforcement There is no
| equivocation or vague expression;
lie layman can understand its mean
J ing. There were some who opposed
i !h permitting of salooas to operate
> yond the termination of their li
. .isos under the old law; I voiced
'1'po.sitiun to this course at the time
as the act of the legislature perrait
! led a year to allow the dealers to
! close out their businesses, and this
' i-Hinro was Drotected by James
1 W.ckersham; ho practised 110 jug
gling iu the matter but was abso
I lutely fair to the people. Now it is
up to the people of Alaska to be
law-abiding and stand for the en
forcement of the law, without dis
tinction or discrimination. In discus
sing the question let us try to be
fair and adhere to facts. Irony and
false inferences do not constitute
! fair argument.
FOREST J. HUNT.
Charles Meiberg, a native of Swe
den, who was recently arrested at
Anchorage, has been taken Outside
for deportation under the alien crim
inal act.
The road commission will build
| a bridge across Filedriver slough on
the Fai rbanks-V aldez trail, next
spring. The structure will consist of
two 90-foot spans, the material for
which is already at Fairbanks.
E. M. Ball, agent for the bureau
of fisheries in AlaUta, was married
recently in Vancouver, B. C., to Miss
Lucy Lawrence of San ,Jose, Cal.
Miss Lawrence spent the summer in
Alaska, the guest ut Mr. and Mrs.
John Hume.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local application*, na ihey cannot resell
th" diseased portion of the ear. The*# fai
only one way to cure catarrhal deafoess,
and that is by a constitutional roraedj.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by to
flamed condition of the mucoui lining of
the Eustachian Tube Wuen this tubs Is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or fan
perfect hearing-, and when it 1** *ntlr*Iy
closcd. Deafness is the result U^lsat Cbs
Inflammation can b«* reduced and this ttibe
rvstored to Its normal condition, heariaf
will be destroyed forever. Many cast* of
deafness are caused by catarrh, whfca Is
an Inflamed condition of the mucous
faces. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts tnra
the blood on the mucous surfaces of tht
system.
We will give On© Hundred Dollars fa*
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that csAdtt
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medietas* CtJ*
culars free. All Drugrlfets. ?5c. J
7. X CHENEY A CO. ftisls *S
HANFORD MACNIDER
SKAGWAY
FRATERNAL ORDERS
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©Camp 8k*gw»y Wo. »<
meeca rrery second «n4
fourth Tafssda/ rrrnlna
•t 8:80 a'dock. VU1»»
Jng brother* pordl/Oly welcom*.
J. M. Keller, U- *• Keller, •}
Arctic Recorfefj Arctic ChJet
B. P. O. ELKS, Ska*
way IxxIgSi No> 431, B.
P. O. Elks, meet* evrr 1
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Yteitlnf brother* oor
dlalljr welcome.
3. a WOOD. &. H
P. J. VAXDKWALL, 8*cre<*rj
P. A A. M.
Whlta Paas lodge F. * A.
A. M. No. 118, bm«U 2nd
and 4th Saturday irrralngi
of aacb month at 8 o'clock.
VialtlBppfhren are vel«
ffXfeTM com*
F. J. Van dc Wall, W. M.
T. J. Standifth, Secretary
Fraternal Order ot
Eagle*
skaff^ay Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Order ot
Ragles, meet Ui« flrat
and third e<ln<vwla7 nignt 01 eocn
month at their hall on Fifth At»
nue. Visiting brother! cordially In
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. r.
J. M. Grlesbach, Sec'y.
Naomi Chapter JCo. 6,
O. E. 8., mwU 1b Ma
sonic ball, first and
third Friday, of each
month, at 8 o'clock. Via
kin# member! welcome.
POLLY WEBSTER
Worthy Matron.
Fannj Sjieer, Secretary.
To Care a CoIO In One Day
Take Grove'i LAXTCTTB BBOMO
Vl'lMXE tablet*. The j«nulne bear*
the signature of E. TO. Gror*. SOc.
Hanford MacNIder of Mason City,
la., It the new national commander
of the American Legion. The pre*!
dent of an investment banking corn
pany In civilian life, he won nine sep
arate citations for valor while he was
in the army and rose from second
lieutenant to lieutenant colonel of In
fantry during his term of service In
the Second division. He was born Oc
tober 2, 1889, and is a graduate of
Harvard
PROFESSIONAL CARDS •
W. B. STOUT
Altera*? at Lav
I'ractio* in all courts
in Territory of Alaska
HAINES M.A-H
DR. L. 8. KELl.KH
Dentist
Most Modern Mel IkmLs
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Electrician
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Phone, 4; or leave order at Tel
ephone Office.
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E. \\. (yidron, Proprietor.
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