ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY
EDITOR AND MANAGER
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CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE MORE THAN I
DOUBLE THAT OK ANY OTHER ALASKA NEWSPAPER. I
DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL FISHERIES.
It should pi way. be borne in mind that the fre
quent declaration; that the fisheries of Alaska are
being depicted thiough ext-e- ire catching refer only
to ealuion and, in leaser degree, to halibut. Alaskan
water:- contain many varieties of seafoods that are
not cnly net being over fished but in comparison with
the supply are scarcely being fished at all. Unless
this fact if remembered there i.- likely to be confusion.
The herring, various species of coil, rableflah,
bar;-, crabs, clams, phrinip and other fish and shellfish
ire capable of immense development. The small ‘
catches of tin • varieties are due more than any- j
thing elre to the lack of markets for them.
This suggests Hint an excellent investment lor
Alai kans would be a systematic advertising cam
paign throughout thi country to create a market for
Ala: ka fk-h. Many dieticians agree that Americans
do not eat enough fish for their own good. Cer
tainly the country could bo educated to a point
where the consumption of fish would be greatly
increased.
Ttie development of a demand for other varieties
of fish than salmon and halibut would work wonders
to the fisheries industry in this Territory. It twould,
for one thing, serve tc lengthen the fishing season
and tints overcome many of the disadvantages of the
Industry. It would have a tendency to increase the
permanent firhlng population In Alaska, give all
brunchee of the industry a more dependable labor
eupply and reduce the overhead costs. It would make
nine werh and longer seasons for the equipment
used in the fisheries industry us a whole and thus
give inverted capital more time in which to earn
returns for the year.
GOVERNOR RONE.
The prompt denial by Governor Hone of the
rumor.: that came from Washington that he contem
plated resigning the Governorship of Alaska Is pleas
ing to the people cf this Territory. The Empire be
lieves that It is expressing the general feeling of the
people when it rays Alaskans like Governor Hone
and believe that he is making an excellent Chief
Executive. He came here enthused with the desire
to serve, to help the Territory in the struggle toward
development. He has given two years of strenuous
work to the uttermost of his splendid abilities to the
tark that was assigned him, and he has made excel
lent use of hi; time. He ha;: acquired a vast amount
rf information, and naturally, is far better prepared
to help Alaska new than he was at first.
His entliu. iuem for Alaska, his pride in the Terri
tory and of ills citizenship in it and the earnestness
of ills purpose to aid In every way possible could
not fail to be reciprocated by a grateful people. His
fine, rympathteic, agreeable and tolerant personality
it, highly appreciated by those of the North who have
come to know him, end that includes a very large
proportion of the people. Alaskans, without regard
to the location of their residence or their political
affiliations tiope that he may continue to bo a resi
dent of this Territory for all time.
VALUE OF NEWSPAPER TO TOWN.
Recently Dean M. Lyle Spencer of the School of
Journalinn of the University of Washington was a
visitor at Skagway, and while there, at the request
oi the editor of the Skagway, Alaskan, wrote an
tdltorial for the paper. lie chose as his subject
the title that appears above, and Ibis is what he
wrote: ^
Few people In the average city appreciate
the value of u newspaper to a town. Like
flowers, they are appreciated most by thoso
who do •not have thorn. Like mothers, they
are wanted most when they are gone.
Most people look on a newspaper as the
business cf a single individual. If it thrives,
that is the owner’s business. If it fails, that
also Is the owner's business. As a matter
cf fact, the succt-as or failure of a paper
is a matter of grave concern to an entire
town.
If it were not for our newspapers, rumor
and gossip would run riot over the world.
Everyone knows how a simple question
arked by conieonc often is made a state
ment by another, how that statement Is
distorted by a second or enlarged by a
tliiid, and how it sometimes goes on ;«ul
< n until people do not know what to believe.
Sometimes such a story gels so big that the
only way it can be stopped is by someone
coming out in the paper and etating the pre
cise truth. Suc'u renditions we should have
constantly, if it were not for our news
papers.
Newspapers, too, are the best advertise
ment a city has In the out.-ide world. Other
cl tie.: judge a town by the kind of a newspaper
it hae. If it is supported well, giveu the ,
news and the advertising patronage it ought
to have, it thrives and is ablo to present
I an appearunce of prosperity for the town
i .Uuthe outsWc^vorld. U i»d»ea not ythrlva,
f btiteiders are inclined fo loLk' on the town
ns undesirable lo live in, and so move on to
other cities.
Newspapers also tire our chief source of
information. Most of our reading matter
after we leave school comes from the papers.
What we know about President Harding’s
tour, about the struggle between France and
Germany in the Ruhr, ubout Henry Ford as
a candidate for President, and about other
national and world problems, comes from
the papers. Thomas Jefferson once said that
if he hud to have government without news
papers or newspapers without government, he
would take the newspapers, because through
them lie felt the state could be run with at
least fair success.
If some of us appreciated more fully the
value of our newspapers, we would make
greater effort to see thut they get the news
and advertising and so become successful.
Modern society cannot get along without
newspapers any more than It can without
schools and churches.
When everything needed on earth has
been invented, doubtless we shall have
homing fountain pens.—(Detroit News.)
How about umrbcllas?— (Cincinnati En
quirer. )
And books?
The dispatches say we had a $2ti,000,000 balance
of trade lust month. A few years ago the balance
of trade was running more than ten times that a
month, and in 1921 it was four times that amount.
A New York Stock Exchange seat recently sold
for 785,000, which is $15,000 under the high price
for the year and about $40,000 under the record
high price.
The Kii Klux Klan has turned down the proposal
to establish a university at Valparaiso, Indiana. Afraid
that education would rer.ult In reduced membership?
Dabe Ruth has shown the world that he has not
abdicated as King of Swat and that his exile ,1s over.
The Burden of the White House,
(New York World.)
"Something just snapped; that's all,” »aid Dr.
Boone of the manner of death of his Illustrious pa
tient, the President, in San Francisco. The language
Is not that of science, but It tells what happened.
The tension had been too great. The fatigues of long
travel, coming after the burden of office in tire
White House, had proved too much for a strong man
long inured to ordinary toil who should have looked
forward to many years of healthful life.
The responsibilities of Government in the United
States have doubled since Theodore Roosevelt left
the White House. Even in his day the office wrecked
his marvellous physicul equipment and so sapped his
abounding vitality that he died comparatively a
young man. Within ten years the Presidency has
conic to he known as a man-killing job. The situa
tion in this respect can only be Improved by a re
valuation of its duties and supposed duties and a
saner care for the President’s time and strength.
He is asked at present to perform more work
than a Prime Minister and at the same time to
attend all the ceremonies devolving in older civil
izations upon a King or a Crown Prince. A Premier
of Great Britain has the confidence of the Govern
ment so long as he holds office. Parliament heflect:
| h.is policies and furthers his alms. Under our Cabinet
| sys tem wc ECt a parliament at one end of Penn
sylvania Avenue and a prime minister at the othet
end. The Americun prime minister must either pet
parliament or dominate it. If he pets it, it betrays
him. If he dominates it, the cry is sounded that lie
has set up a dictatorship.
That duty and that inevitable dilemma should
surely be enough. But the President cannot turn
all his faculties to play upon his office as Execu
tive. The people will not grant him his time and
freedom tor such concentration of purpose. He ia
fo-ced to attend also to the ornamental side of his
traditional task, to placate communities by presence
and speech, to waste precious time upon trivial cere
monies and expend reserve force In needless per
sonal greets and unimportant conversation.
Wood iow Wilton threw overboard the less Im
portant hut perhaps not leas burdensome part of the
White House routine and devoted all his attention to
running a Government at war. The people resented
his decision and tunica upon him overwhelmingly
The duties of prime minister ulono wrecked his health
and sent him Into private life an invalid.
Warren G. Harding had a magnificent physique,
a virile constitution He attempted both phuso=
of the White House job. The people loved him foi
it and it killed him in two years.
The Bible and Shakespeare,
(New York Tribune.)
The bibliophillst controversy as to the most valu
able book is once more determined to the came effect
us several times before. The two supreme candidates
for the primacy have long been the Mazarin Bible
and the First Folio Shakespeare. Both command
enormous prices on the rare occasions when they art
thrown upon the market, and each has Its contlden
partisans. Hut thus far the Bible holds its lead. At
the recent sale of books from the late Lord Carnar
1 von’s library a copy of each was sold, and the Bibit
| brought $47,500 and the Shakespeare $30,600. A
I year before u Shake: peare brought $4 3,000, but eve)
that was well behind the price of the Mazarin Bible
As a matter of sentiment, the Mazarin Bible
I being the first book printed from movable meta
typer, doubtless will always command and-deserve su
! preme interest. From a purely practical point of view
the Shakespeare might be accounted the more val
liable. That is because that particular edition of tin
Bible is for purposes of study no hotter than an
other, containing no special information and throw
lug no special light upon any passage, while thi
First Folio Shakespeare is -of Immense interest ti
students for its autholty upon words and phrasei
[ whlelrdiffer In other editii.ns. Still, as fac slmilei
of it have been made, it can be studied from suet
copies, and the book itself is therefore relegated to £
sentimental value.
Nine times out of ten lists which people make o:
the “Ten Best Books" begin with those two, if the)
are not barred in advance as too obviously the bes,
for inclusion in a controversial or competitive list
And such rank they seem likely permanent to hold
Practically without exception business leaders havt
expressed confidence In Calvin Coolldge as President
ur.d belief that the change in leaders will be ac
compllshcd without disturbance to industry. One
and all have manifested the high regard and re
spect in which President Harding was held ar,;:
their appreciation of the abilities and sound judgmen:
of the new chief.— (Boston News Bureau.)
May the administration of President Coolldge be
as fruitful for good and as full of honor as that
.administration brought to u close by the untimely
death of his groat predecessor.—(Cordova Times.)
One reason why the straw hat is being threat
ened U.v (lie soft felt hat for Bummer wear is that
a toft hat does not roll so far —(New York post
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By 8AH HOI
l
■-----■
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
I' ‘s lucky the fashioned toh
gate keeper who used to close down
tilt gates about 10 m 11 o'clock is
gone, for he sure would have restless
nights these days when motorists
kbop burning up the roads till day
light.
Ti e Ananias Club
' Or course, father de-ar." said his
young and good looking daughter, "if
you disapprove of my wearing sleeve
less dresses and using rouge I will
respect your wishes, even if it does
make me look queer, for I'd rather
please you than be in style.”
He Didn’t Have To
"I don't know how on earth you
keep track of all the hills you owe,'
exclaimed the exasperated friend.
“I don’t have tp." yawned Hard
uppe, "there is g hill collector as
signed to look after,each one of them.
Takes quite a force of them, tooJp he
added boastfully.
How Noble of You. Clyde, To Say
That!
[Peoria Star via Dono Meara. ]
Clyde Noble, who recently filed
suit for divorce, desires to say that
Ills relations with- Ills mother-in
law were of a pleasant nature.
The Limit
minks: "He is a very radical dry,
isn't he?”
Jinks: "That egg won’t even
allow stewed fruit at the|r meals."
The Sound andf-tyeaning of Things
Are Sd”’Different
A Pittsburg preacher. told his con
gregation he would rather see the
women going around naked than
wearing the styles they do.
We’ll Say It Isn’t
Men are modest, but we never yet
have seen one who wouldn t admit
his wife married the best man In the
world.—Sam Hill, Enquirer. The
opinion of the wife is not likely to
be confirmatory in all cases.—J. H
Reed, Canton News.
If It Fits—
| if the girls of 5I> years ago had not
hidden behind a- couple of bolts of
■ goods every time- they dressed they
might have looked' lust as sweet and
attractive as the girls of today.
•The only thing that will make a
woman cry harder than her cruel
husband's refusal to band over the
price of a new hat is peeling an
onion.
It's strange htiw short a night
seems when the alarm goeS off and
; how eternally lodg it seems when
you are lying awake with an ear
ache or toothache.
A modern flapper knows everything
—excent possibly the things her old
fashioned dad thinks she ought to
know.
The daughter the future who
wants to be married in her mother’s
wedding dress isn't* gonna be con
fined to the choice of just one the
wav her mother used to be.
A cynical bachelor' says the ideal
age to mnrrv is the age of discretion,
which, he declares, comes with the
,last breath.
About now the June bride is
covering It would have been more
nroftable for her to have spent her
evenings learning a few of the old
things about cooking instead of
learning all the new dance steps.
Nothing can upttet a honse like a
tornado unless it 1$ a rainy day when
the kids have to play Indoors all day.
It will be worth the price of the
operation if the surgeons ever learn
to cut out n man's foolishness as
skillful as they now can ills appen
dix. tonsils and other excess bag
gage.
One member of the family who
never will need a shot of scopolamin
is the small boy who has the unhappv
faculty or blurting out unpleasant
truths before company.
—
Daily Sentence Sermon
Religion isn't much good unless
you give it plenty of exercise.
i News of the Names Club
Here’s a name to make you weep.
O. E. C. sends word that A. Onyun
works on the Washington (D. C.)
Herald.
We don’t often turn down applica
tions. but there is no room in the
club for A. Sapp of Pittsburg.
I Jt’n all In knowing HOW to do |
, | Srat-clM* cleaning and dyeing I
| CAPITAL DYE WORKS
i i C. Jdeldner, Profenalonal Dyer |
1 and Clerner. Phone 177. I
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Move*, Pack* and ¥£orea freight
and Baggage.
Laundry Worker May Be 1
Heir to Nobleman. i
1 m ■ . !
\ - | I
Elmc. Pi stilt:.i, walking In it •
Chicago .lauhdry, believes ho is 1
the solo liclr to the fortune of
Sir Hobut- Piothero. former mem
ber cf l he Hrltifh Cabinet. Ills
lather, however, wired from Tul
i a, Okla., that lie was unaware
of any ielation.ship.
Fniniture moveci and »Wred |
Heavy hauling done Phone 48. Ju I
nei.u Transfer —*d» |
voert "UNUSED” ASSETS—that1
typewriter, musical instrument, fur-j
uiture, office fixture or appliance—1
are mai ketablc, for calh, through!
the classified columns of The Empire.
RED PEPPER HEAT;
ENDS RHEUMATISM
Red Pe; per Hub tafcos tlie "ouch"j
from sore, stiff, aching Joints. It;
cannot hurt you, and It certafnly |
stops that old rheumatism torture at
once.
When you are suffering so you;
can hardly get around, Just try Red;
Pepper Rub and you will have the.
quickest relief know. Nothing has
such concentrated, penetrating heat ;
as red peppers. Just as soon as you .
apply Red Pepper Rub you will feel
the tingHng heat. In three minutes
It warms the sore spot through and
through. • Pain and soreness are
gone.
Ask any good druggist for a Jar;
ol Rowles Red Pepper Rub. Be sure!
tc get the genuine, with the name;
Rowles on each package.
(advertisement.)
IN UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
JUNEAU. ALASKA.
Serials 0375G-O5965.
. .Time 28. 1923.
NOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN That
Lee H. Smith of Juneau, Alaska,
has submitted final three year proof
in support of his Homestead Entry,
Soria! 03750, for lands in HE Sur
vey No. 101, now series No. 1194,
and additional Homestead Entry,
Serial 05965. lor lands in U. S. Sur
voy No. 1434. These surveys are
both situated about one mile easter
ly from the mouth of Mendenhall
River, twelve miles north of Ju
neau, Alaska, in latitude 58° 22'
North and longitude 134° 34' West,
and more particularly described as
follows:
Commencing at cor. No. 1, HE
Survey No. 101 whence U.S.
L.M. No. 44 P. S. bears North
68° 54' W. 42.28 chs.; running
thence N. 89° 34' E. 2# chs. to
cor. No. 2, thence S. 0° 17' E.
60.08 chs. to cor. No. 3, thence
S. 89° 40' W. 20.00 chs. to cor.
No. 4, thence N. 0° 20' W.
60.09 chs. to cor. No. 1 the
place of beginning, containing
an area 120.14 acres. Variation
31° 14' East.
Commencing at cor. No. 1, IJ.
S. Survey No. 1434, whence U.
S.L.M. No. 381 boars S. 49° 08'
E. 90.24 chs.; thence N. 0° 21'
W. 20.00 chs. along the easterly
line U. S. Survey No. 381 to
cor. No. 2; thenco N. 89° 40'
E. 19.99 chs. to cor. No. 3 iden
tical with Cor. No. 3 H.E. Sur
vey No. 101; thence S. 0° 36’
E. 20.20 chs. to cor. No. 4;
thence N. 89° 45’ W. 20.08 chs.
to cor. No. 1 the place or be
ginning; containing 40.26 acres.
Variation 31° 16’ E.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication July 26, 1923.
Last publication Sept. 24, 1923.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
1
Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seven-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
Oaatineau Hotel. Popular
pricse. Phone 10.
Also seven-passenger Sedan,
Also seven-passenger Sedan
for stormy weather.
L
Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
8tand Alaakan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
PROFESSIONAL F
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hour* 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office. 104; Rea. 10*.
Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN
Office—Second and Mata
Telephone 18
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bid*.
Telephone 172.
GEO. I. BARTON. D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Meseerschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Qaidsteln Building
Hours: 9:30 ty 12; 1 to I]
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phoneo: Office, 1*7; Residence
Phone 612, Coliseum Apts.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DBNTI8T
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. 1*.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rea. Phone 276
---r
Drs. Kaser & Freebarger |
DENTISTS I
1 and 3 Oold.tein Bldg. I
PHONE M I
Hours • a. m. to 9 p. m.
Dr. Charles P. Jcbm
DENTIST
Roouii 8 and 9 VaWntlne Bldg.
Telephone 176.
▲11 Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Earn ham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
EVERYTHING IN COAL
BRIQUETS
COMAX
LADYSMITH
ISSAQUAH
NANAIMO
BLACKSMITH
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
PHONE 412
Old mi notes or i<ewspapers at the
■Cmolre. 2fi eenta
Fraternal Societies
--or
Gaslineau Channel
¥
0 . 1LKI
HmUis Wednesday
Evening* at 8:00
o’clock, Elks’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Xxalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAV18,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings I
second and fourth I
Fridays each month1
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
bellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HBI8BL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
_ _ IX) DO ID NO. I A.
Weeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
)dd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles B. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Werle P. Morgan, Secretary,
PERSEVERANCE REBEKAN
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every flrst and th.'rd
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCE8 G1I8TAFSON,
N. O. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAB LOOM
No. 147, T. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Tourth Mondays
uf each Month. In Odd rellc^a
Hall, beginning at 7:1* o'clock.
Homer O. Nordling, Master,
fhas. R. Nftf'hel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
ISecond and Fourth Tua»
day* of each month.
At * o'clock, I. O. O. r. Hath
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDUNO, Secretary.
era urged to
Fifth Street
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
HEOHERfl COUNCIL we.
17*0. Meetings aacoad
and laat Monday* at 1:U
p. m. Transient Broth
attend. Council Chambera
John V. Mullen, Q. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at H p na
Rika’ ixtdfte Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. 1,
Mansi, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
nlghtr" 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodonherg, Dictator; R. II. Btevanc
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Jnnean Chapter No. 439 •
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. 0. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKlnaon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEER! OF
ALASKA. Igloo No. 8.
Meets last Thursday of every
| month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer lA>dge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickett, President.
| Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
*
The road to lucceaa begins at the Savings Window.
How early yon attain ancoeea depend* on how
often yon depoait. Many of onr captains of indnatry
owe their success in a large part to the habit of
thrift acquired in youth. Have you started your boy
I
in the right direction t
The B. M. Behrends Bank
tuhcau, alamta