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COMMENDABLE ENERGY.
The energy displayed by Juneau in the effort t
prevent the closing of the Land Office at this place i
commendable. She is not attempting to prevent th
estcibluhm-cnt of a Land Office at Anchorage—or i
any other section of Alaska. She is simply trying t
r.top what would be Imposition upon those of till
section of the Territory through abolishin
a Land Office in the region where there 13 greates
reed fer one.
It 1e clearly shewn that more Land Office bus:
nnE3 originates in this vicinity than in other portion
of th° Terrtory—more than in all of them combined
So plain has the case been made that there can b
hut one Fide to it. Juneau should retain her Lam
Office and others should be established when am
where needed.
“HAVE FAITH; RIGHT WILL PREVAIL.’
“Have faith that right win jirevail." That is
meecage from Uncle Joe Cannon. It was delivere
from his Danville home rn the occasion of his 871
birthday anniversary. Behind the message is the ex
periencc of a man who had heen in public life fo
more than three score years, a full half century o
which has passed since he bocame a legislator fo
his country. Addressing his townsmen, who ha
gathered and sought him cut to do honor to him oj
his birthday. Uncle Joe said:
Friends, this demonstration of your af
fection is in itself compensation for my half
century of public service; the extent of my
gratitude cannot bo weighed or measured. To
. „.ulL my heart goes out in thankfulness.
w * Tf Is good to have lived and worked with
you. Vru are my neighbors. Von are the
people 1 have served in Congress through
two generations. Von are the people with
whom i intend to pa»3 the remainder of my
life.
To you, to all the people of America,
frem my observance of half a century, 1
bring this message: Have faith. Often you
will feel that you detect a great uneasiness,
an unrest, a threatening undercurrent in
this Government. This is neither new nor
unusual. I have learned that. America will
rise to meet her problems. I have learned
that good will triumph over evil.
Have faith in the Government of your
fatheis.
Show your faith by works, to support that
Government.
Have faith tiiat right will jirevail.
People often regard present perplexities as some
thing entirely now and exaggerate their importance
and It is refreshing to hear one speak in optimistit
voice, as Uncle Joe. from the fullness'of experience
l ncle Jcc began public life when the war clouds wen
gathering. South Carolina had seceded from thi
X. uion and other States were following in rapid suc
cession. The crash of arms sounded a few weeks
later and for four years the life of the Nation
hung in the balance. Then came the dark days ol
reconstruction, marking what Harvey Scott, the
greatest Pacific Coast editor, characterized as the
blackest pages of American history.” Came the
TIlden-Hayc- Presidential election contest which th»
majority cf the American people believed resultot
In the “theft of the Presidency." Greenbackism
Pc puli: ui and other inflationist tides swept over tin
country. But through it all the Government ha
survived. The American people have risen to meo
the emergencies—even those which came througl
fcrc*t governmental niirtaki's or worse,
Who can question the faith of Uncle Joe? Th
United States of America has survived worse storm
than that which has come from the World War uni
she will continue lo live.
ABOUT ENFORCING THE OUTLAWRY
OF WAR.
Senator Borah is in favor of a Supremo Court it
eullaw war, but lie !> unwilling to join ‘'the’’ League
of Nations or “a" longue of Nations. He is oppose!
to Presilient Harding's plan to join the World Conn
•which has been organized under the auspices of thi
League of Nations:
I his earned Llihu Root to declare in a speed
to the American Society of International Laws:
ar cannot be outlawed by proclamation
or by rr::oluttcns or by mere force; wai^can
be outlawed only by arraying the moral force
of the civilized world in support of definite
ruli i to conduct which exclude war, and by
giving to that moral force Institutions
through which that force may be applied to*
specific eases of attempted violation One of
tin 3o necessary institutions is a court, by
who. i judgment the great multitude who de
fire the peace of justice may know what is
Just.
Then matt be some eert of an organization to
enforce the Judgments of courts. Laws and court
Judgments cannot execute themselves Behind the
lawe of legislatures and the judgments of courts we
have the executive branch of the government even
Jo the army iteeit. Who would enforce an agree
1 ment to outlaw war unless we hart some sort of a
| league of nations?
What less than a league of nations could make
[! tlie “definite rules of conduct which exclude war" to
which Mr. Root refers?
2 Mr. Root says a World Court Is one of the neces
' sary Institutions in the outlawry of war. but what
cro the other Institutions If a league of nations is
a not one of them?
At least the Hood to inflation that has swppt over
,] Central and Eastern Europe has served as a frightful
y example to other countries of whaj, currency Inflation
' really means. There was temporary prosperity in
Germany until the people at home and elsewhere came
' to realize what was under way, but there must be an
r end to all jag^—and then disaster and remorse.
tj
The politically radical Bryan proved too reac
itionnry on theological matters for the Presbyterians.
{ They were afraid his dogmatic position on evolution
' would prove a handicap to the church if he wore
chosen to be its head.
A prisoner who was serving a life term In the
Ualh penitentiary was given five additional years for
i another crime. Comment would seem superfluous.
Lcnine has eight doctors.—News Item.
Isn't there one In the lot who can set? his duty
and have the necessary courage to perform It?
■ Fewer and Simpler Laws Would Make More
Law-Abiding People.
; (San Francisco Bulletin.)
While the humorist was right in saying that if i
I there were no laws there would he no lawbreakers
jit is none the less true that many are lawbreakers
merely because there are more laws than could be
. understood if a lifetime were devoted exclusively to
’ | their study.
From the time a man gets out of bed until he
11 crawls back into it (here 1b scarcely a move lie can
•jiako without the risk of violating some statute or
s other.
Hi If there is anything concerning which there is
t 1 no law it must have been overlooked by the law
' makers.
But that is not the worst of it—there are bo many
j things for the regulation of which we have a number
lot laws, and not all of them command U3 to do the
name tiling.
It is not enough that our moral instincts are
round. The most highly moral and conscientious
citizen is almost as liable as anybody else to break
a law. All normal men and women know that they
may not kill, injure, steal, cheat or bear false wit
ness, but the Ten Commandments will not carry them
very far in understanding their legal obligations.
Fife has lost the simplicity It had when plain
honesty was enough to keep a man out of jail.
Our relations with one another and with the
government In modern civilization are far too com
| plex to permit the law to be reduced to a simple
| codo to be learned at school and to be carried in
the vest pocket for reference.
But between the simplicity of such a code and
the libraries and libraries necessary to house the
modern statutes there is a world of difference.
The over-production of laws is rapidly tending in
the direction of a moral panic. Law-making is de
feating the purpose of law, and instead of making
good citizens is making worse.
Regulations and restrictions that are not founded
on baric moral principles and that are in violation of
the principles of liberty originally embodied in the
National Constitution are undermining respect for
government far mare extensively than it is being
undermined by those that preach against govern
| ment in any form.
j Too much restriction may be almost as bad as
I none at all. It may lead as surely to chao3.
i Governor Richardson is on solid ground when
urging the Legislature to cut the statute book to a
I minimum and to pass no more laws than It is reason
lable to assume that people will understand and that
! can be enforced.
j Laws that are not. enforced are worse than useless.
'They are dangerous, because the habit of winking
j at dead statutes leads to winking at law In general.
By nature and by habit we are essentially a law-1
j abiding people. We believe in peace, order and good1
government, but that habit and that faith can be!
! destroyed by requiring us to do the impossible.
There Is urgent call for a simplification of the
i statutse so that all may have some chance of learn
ing something of the laws they are expected to obey.
Instoad of grinding out laws as fast as they can
| be printed Congress and the Legislatures should de
mote a portion of their time to cleaning out the
accumulation of junk that encumbers the statute
books and leave nothing but what It is possible io
enforce.
Fewer laws and stricter enforcement would make I
more law-abiding people.
Haw Three Presidents Shot.
(Forbes Magazine.)
Here is the amazing experience of Robert T.
Lincoln, eon of President Lincoln, and now in his
®oth year. lie related it recently to a friend, so
far us I know, it has never before been published:
loung Lincoln was In the army and stationed in
\ lrglnla when he received an order to report at
Washington, He got into the theatre just in time
to see his father receive hie fatal wound.
Voting Lincoln waj Secretary of War under Gar
, He 'vas uskc<> b>- the President to meet him at
the station and lie reached there just as Garfield
was assassinated.
Lincoln received an invitation to attend the for
mal opening of the Pan-American Exposition at Buf
falo and accompanied by his family, got there Just
in time to see President McKinley shot hv Czolgosz
A friend happened to be with Mr. Lincoln when
he received an invitation to attend a Presidential
function at Washington a few years ago. lie then
remarked something to cfTect that, "If they only
know. U,ey wouldn't want.me there." And he re
cited Ills experience as here revealed.
"People are not as wicked as we suppose." says
Conan Hoyle Nor as foolish as he supposes. — (San
Francisco Bulletin.)
i It lias been well said that If you keep money
work ,,g constantly you will have no time to spend
I *t"—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
i *t,r' Mussolini says people get tired of liberty
ierhaps Ihoy do. How would It do to try It for ‘a
while? (Boston Transcript.)
Some people are born great, some achieve great
ness, and rome dance sixty-six hours without stop
Ping—(New Ycrk Post.) P
The nearest approach to perpetual motion Is «
men hunting a drink—(Nashville Tennnessecan.)
Love will find a way—if the old man Is willing
to supply the grub stake—(8an Francisco Journal.)
Entries are now being received for a floor-scrub
bing Marathon.—(San Francisco Bulletiu.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
It uspd to be that tragedies result
ed tram nren fooling with guns that
they didn't know were loaded, but
these days the ladies make sure they
are loaded before they 'begin fooling
with 'em—ihiH the tragedies occur
just the same.
Not Even Permanent Waves are Per
manent
This 'Us h time of—
Changing fashions,
Changing money,
Changing tlrBS, ami
Changing wives—
About the only thing that isn’t
changing is Human Nature.
Name Was All Wrong
“How like a woman!" excL'<m?l
the head of the conuplalint (i-part
men't of tho railroad.
“Now wasisa matter with the
ladies?” inquired his stenog.
“Oh, here’s one kicking because we
call Number 3 an accommodation
train in the time table, and she de
clares the horrid- thing isn’t at all,
for ft wouldn't even wait five minutes
until she got to the depot, but left
right on the dot. She demands we
either make ft what we say it is or
change the name.
Well, Every Man Ought to Go Home
Once In a While
(St. Louis Route No. 2. Cor. Newark
(Ohio) Advocate.)
George Avery, rural mail carrier
out of Newark, slpent Saturday night
and Saturday at his home on Last
Run.
Maybe He Was Too Much of One
(Divorce Note in Dallas News.)
Cbastinp Sport vie A. M. Sport, di
vorce; dismissed.
Gems From Guide B-.ok to Success
The men you hear most about are
those who do things the other fellow
never thinks of and thinking—your
most valuable asset—Is absolutely
free—J. E. F.
Under the Dry Laws
Blinks: “Some men drink in mod
eration—’’
Jinks: ‘Yes, ibut you'll find most
of them drinking in cellars."
If It Fits—
One reason why father lagls so far
behind the fashions for men is be
cause mother is keeping up with the
fashions for women.
There arc a good many w'ays of
getting money, hut working for it is
the surest—and the hardest.
We often wonder what (he emerg
ency wards of the hospitals did for
'patients beforo men learned to step
on tho gas.
Knowledge is a very fine and im
portant 'thing to have, -but iwe have
inoticed that 'the bird who knows it
all nover Is very popular.
A cynical 'bachelor thinks after a
unan marries he Is as free as the
(bird in the cage or the gold fish in
-the bowl.
Probably no one can let out a
louder yelp than the dum'bbell who is
Ibeing paid just what he is worth.
'Like father, like son, -may go in
some oases, 'but 'there are plenty of
girls who like their husbands but do
not think much of thoir fathers-in
law.
Many a man makes the mistake of
thinking, bocauso he can manage a
/business, ho can manage a wife.
We guess more men have gotten
into trouble by leaving -their foot
prints whore their wives could see
them than by those leaving their
finger iprints where the police could
see them.
After she has passed 30 a girl
thinks her chances of getting a mate
vo old that ho doesn't think some girl
would grab him if he gave her a
chance
Daily Sentence Sermon
Some inventions pay. but no man
ever makes such of a success in life
It's all in knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
„ CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meidner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
* THE makino of concrete 11
I Is a matter of proper materials
| together with engineering skill.
Both ^re our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
COMPANY
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 82.
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
More*, Pack* and Itorea Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMTTi COAL
Phoac 48.
(by spending all hla 'time Inventing
excuses.
News of the Names Club
We can't help but wonder if El
eanor B. May worm, of Soose, Mich.,
Is any relation to tho early o-ne.
Is the Only Survivor of
Custer Massacre.
r
j&wItJSffvge Aluyflv.]
Chief Sluth Shec Ahish, c-r Cur
ley, Ik the only survivor of the
massacre of the famous Seventh
Cavalry, under General Custer, on
the Little Big Horn, by Indian
warriors, under Sitting Bull.
Curley was a Crow Indian scout,
with I ho Seventh, but managed
to escape by throwing a Sioux
blanket over his head and crawl
ing through the Sioux lines. He
lias recently been awarded a pen
sion by tlie Government, with
back pay. lie is now dying in
Butte, Montana.
AUK BAY STAGE.
Lea'^s It. & I. Cafe for Auk Bay
5 P. N.. Saturday only, returning
6:30. Special trip at any time.
Hound trip $2,50. —adv.
Old papers foi sale at Empire
Cmpiro Printing Company.
Gas From Food
Presses on Heart |
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If food does not digest it turns;
into poisons which form gas. This;
often presses on heart and other j
I organs causing a nervous, restless
fooling. Simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc,, as mixed in Adlerika,
removes foul, decaying food-matter
you never thought was in your
: system which caused gas and pres
Isure on heart. Adlerika expels poi
isons and gas from BOTH upper and
I lower bowel. EXCELLENT to guard
I against appendicitis. Butler-Mauro
I Drug Co. Sold in Douglas at Guy's
Drugstore. (advertisement.)
I ARCTIC BATH HOUSE 1
and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWER
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Vac Atta’i old (
■tand) BILLY LOTT, Prop. |
! Phone 414. I
i
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
PROFESSIONAL \
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M . -- ■ ■ —. ■ ...
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE M
Hour* 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Dr. Charles P. Jennc
DENTIST
Room* 8 and 9 Vaiwnttns Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4. 7 to 9.
Phones: Office. 104; Res. 10S.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Res. Phone 276
Dr. W. A. Borland
Phytician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg,
Telephone 172.
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famoui
Dr. F. L. Goddard!* Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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DR. R. N. DONAHEY |
Same Good Service as In the
Past
Hutesoh-Dokahet
Ooticol(ftmpag>^
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
o . mi
Meeting Wednesday
Bkenlngs at 8:00
o'clock, Elks’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN ▲. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
_ LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelte, Noble Grand)
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE MtllMB
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meet* every flret and third
Tuesdays In L O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P.M. FRANCE8 GUSTAFSON.
N. G. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LODfll
NO. 147, F. A A. M.
8tatsd Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
or each Month. In Odd Felkr~a
Hall, beginning at 7:!» o'clock.
Homer O Nordling, Master.
Chas. E. Nagbel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tue»
days of each month.
At S o'clock, I. O. O F. Haft
ANNA DAY. Worthy^ Matron.
LOIS NOIUJUNG, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF ~
COLUMBUS
MBCHEItB COUNCIL Me.
17 <U. Meetings aeco*4
and last Mondays at 7:M
^ p. m. Transient Broth
■ra urged to attend. Council Chambers.
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
T. I,. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaak*.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 y. m,
Elks' ivoage Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; Q. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
M00SX.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. IS. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o'clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Render, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
T AUXILIARY, PIONEER! Of
ALASKA. Igloo No. 8.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickott, President.
| Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to success begins at the Savings Window.
How early you attain success depends on how
often you deposit. Many of our captains of industry
owe their success in a large part to the habit of
thrift acquired in youth. Have you started your boy
in the right direction?
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUMEAU, ATA8TA.