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"UNCLE JOE" RETIRES.
The termination of the long- legislative career ol
"Uncle Joe" Cannon war one of the features of th<
death of the Sixty-Seventh Congress, a feature that
hit countrymen everywhere, regardless of politics
could wish had tnen eliminated. One can readily
understand that never in the history of the National
House of Representatives was a more sincere or uni
vereally participated in demonstration witnessed than
that in hi honor during ihe closing hours of the
cession. There is no more popular man in Washing
ton than lias Jieen the venerable ex-Congressman from
Illinois and former Speaker of the House during the
later year* of his Congres ion.il career.
It has been a full half-century since “Uncle Joe'
first entered Congress. General Grant was just be
ginning his second term as President and the. issue:
growing out of tile reconstrua-tion in the South were
cocupying the attention of the lawmakers. Never in
the history of the Nation, probably, was partisanship
more bitter. The seed: had been sown that caused n
revolt from the Republican Party and after bis first
term it war, the lot of the young Congressman from
Illinois to tie in tile minority in all but two Congresses
for twenty years. It is not strange, therefore, that
one of ills positive character should become a thorn
in the flesh of these cf the majority, for it is a fact
that there was a time when he was not us universally
pepular as he is fiov..
liti-t a lot of water inis gone under the bridgi
since those days of the '70s, '80s and early '90s.
Experience in tiying to help lead c majority to ac
complishment and ripening years mellowed the bittni
partisan cf the lcng ago into a tolerant and charitaible
sage who viewed tile affair- of tlio country from a
heighth unit perspective that is given few to attain
His servicee in Congress cover 46 years of the hall
century since his fir: t election. Twice lie was defeated
The Democratic tidal waves which swept the country
in 189U and 1912 overwhelmed him. but each time In
was out of Congress for just one term. Ho enterec
public life as a District Attorney in 1861, the yeai
that Lincoln was first inaugurated as President, ant
served eight year: in that office. So for 54 years o!
the nearly 87 since his birth in North Carolina lie ha:
served the public, and lie served with tidelty and con
[picuouti ability from the beginning.
Able, fcrceful, skilful, patriotic, broad and kind
this distinguished citizen retires to private life, "illicit
Joe” tc all Americans, East and West, North ant
South, Republicans and Democrats.
Th uppetntment of former Representative Towner
for many year:-’, a Republican leader in Iowa and prom
inent in Congress, to bo Governor of Porto Rico ough
to result in h i turmoil in the We t Indian Ter
ritory than has existed there, beginning with the in
ai guraticn of Gov. Mont Riley. Mr. Towner lia:
. ver been a sensationalist.
TWADDLE.
For a land that is, accord!nr, to the unti
coli! rrvatlonlsts. ilocked up anil the key thrown
into the Bering Sea, Alaska is doing very
will. It took $18,000,000 worth of mineral*!
from its mines during 1H22. This makes a
total of $500,000,000 the mines of Alaska
have yielded, 07 per cent, of this coming
from deposits of gold, silver and copper.
So far, as everybody admits, the surface of
the Territory in hardly scratched; unknown
resources still are hidden there; and many
of them will be enriching civilization long
after the pit cut prosper, >u- generation lias
disappeared. The chief Alaskan geologist of
the United States tleologic.il Survey, u won
derful organization if which the public is too
slightly familiar admits that the metal
industry has hi on handicapped by the lack of
fuel, hut adds that the coal mining done
during the year has supplied the most ur
gent need for cheaper fuel along the Alas
kan railroad. The chief need of Alaska is
nut to thr.,\v open 11> resources to the ex
ploiting rapacity of a few, but to simplify
tin abundant red tape which strangles the
grad intentions if the many individual set
tlers who wish to live and thrive and de
velcp a sound American commonwealth in
that fine Territory (Detroit News.)
"Exploiting rapacity of the few!”
Why shouldn i Alaska's r ourcen be thrown opei
to all who are wiling to furnish the money for theli
development ? The development would he under thi
iaftvo of the land. Taxes would l>c levied and lahoi
conditions regulated according to laws made by the peo
pie. Taxes would, be levied and labor conditions regulator
under the law No one ever imti proposed to corner Alas
kuV resources. It could not he done They are too enor
mous and too widely distributed for that. Why noi
let those with capital acquire all they are able tc
develop? It would bring people to Alaska to bettei
their condition and ours. It would furnish markets
fer those til the Stater. It would mak ■ the country
larger because it would provide opportunities for em
ployment of people and capital in i her lines. It
would develop prosperity for people who would become
developers themselves. »
JTllis pulqver about the opening o( the resources
of Alaska to the "rapacity of the few" and about
(permitting a few people to corner the Territory for
i "selfish purposes" is mere noise uttered for political
effect by there who do not know the meaning of what
they say.
A UNIQUE SITUATION.
1 That wa- an unique situtaion developed In the
last hours of tho tiTth Congress when Senators divided
Ion party lines over the question of granting the re
I quest of President Harding for authority for the
: Cnitcd Stab to ho represented in the International!
Court established under the auspices of the I.ague of
Nations. The Democrats almost solidly voted to con
sider tho r d ilution giving the President the authority
he asked for and the Republicans solidly voted against
it It has not been often that an administrative policy
has received it entire support from the opposing
political party.
Now that Old Tut lias been found in Egypt some
enterprisin Americans are going to England to find the
grave and body of Pocahontas. If this research work
continues they may find Charlie Ross and the man
who hit Billy Patterson.
Emma Goldman wants to die in this
country There is no place like home.— (To
ledo Blade.)
If we allow her to come back will she agree that
time is of the essence of the contract?
Confession of an Unimproved Highway.
(Greenville, Pa., Record.)
The feet that pattered in primeval slime save me
birth.
Unc'hangtd while through ages past I have en
dured, time ha but served to increase my infinite
variety. Earth born, and without a soul, yet have I
li\ed. From the beginning; I have been man’s enemy.
A dust-colored python am 1, stretching my length
across the hills waiting my time to crush endeavor.
I have snared carvans that left bleaching bones
in lands now desert.
Empires have faUcn because of me.
1 have turned victories to route; I have trapped
mighty leader and have crushed armies I am with
out faith; and those who trust me I deceive.
Today I am fair to look upon; tomorrow a steam
ling bog. I add difficulty to distance.
With isolation do I conspire to unjoint the en
deavor of men. I tug at the wheels of the grain cart
'that bread may be dear. I hamper those who would
j feed the race. I am an enemy of church and school.
11 mire the healer on his rounds and delay his coming
I hat littlis ones may die.
I am a distrupter of home. I speed the firstborn to
the cities when I am fair to sec; and when lie would
return I face him with my forbidding depths.
I am minister of bitterness and lay a tax on all
j the world. There are neno who do not pay me
tribute.
| When men ploughed with a crooked stick I was
| there. When the ancient covered me with stones I
slipped away to other lands. 1 am the oldest lie that
I lives today. Men count me cheap. I know the price
j they pay who count mo so.
I am the highway—the unimproved highway. My
I name is Mud.
Transportation in Alaska.
(Seward Gateway.)
Placing tlie construction of roads and trails and
the operation of the Government Railroad in Alaska
under one head should help both activities and make
more efficient tiller service to the Northland. Road
and trail work in Central and Southwestern Alaska
must be planned so as to promote traffic for the rail
road and make available to residents in those regions
tho use of the steel transportation s.ystem.
Railway operation, no doubt will disclose instances
where branch rail lines will lie superior to roads and
; trails and in such cases, with all work directed by one
I office, there will lie no duplication of expenditure
I but instead the adoption of the better idea. in co
jordlnatlng transportation activities, the railway will
j be transferred from the Interior Department, which
1 has charge of the system's construction to tlie War
; Department which always lias exercised control over
I roads mid trails.
| Tho work of building the railroad began in 1915.
Except for the broadgauglng of fifty-five miles be
tween Non a li a and Fairbanks the system of 411 miles
I- completed. It cost total $i2,000,00b. Throughout
the period of construction it has transported freight
nnd passengers to the extent of its facilities. Its
traffic has steadily increased, but receipts have not
.vet equaled operating expenses. Except for a period
i during the World War, Col. Frederick Meant, present
chief of the Railway Commission, has been actively
engaged in I lie construction of the system. He lias
been eminently successful in solving difficult en
gineering problems and in administering the affairs of
the enterprise. His work lias evoked the highest
praise. The railroail is a monument to ills probity
and ability.
The Alaska Road Commission which has directed
road and trail work and which will operate the
railway, was eonotituted by Congress in 1905. During
its existence it has expended $6,687,309, built 6,854
toiler of roads and trails and constructed numerous
furies, bridges and tramways. Major. James G.
Stecie, chief of the commission, will take over the
railway from Colonel Mears.
Co-ordination of transportation facilities and ac
jtivlt'ies will simply Federal appropriations. Hereafter
there will be but one fund. With the completion of
I tin l-’iilmoiil on ,1 I Iia _it..
. •—uuiiuiu^ leeuers
Congress will be asked to authorize a ten-year road
building program involving an expenditure of $10
000,000. The ten-year idea was first suggested in
1015 but the financial demands of the railroad lim
ited appropriations for roads and trail development
The comprehensive plan should receive consideration'
Development of Alaska’s resources depends on
making them acceeslble by improving transportation
facilities.
The Germans predict a Ruhr victory in four
weeks, but then they were going to eat dinner in
Paris on a certain Christmas.—(Indianapolis Star)
Greek and i^atin may he dropped from college
courses. English has already be ‘
°f them.—(Philadelphia Record.
cu uni rrom some
>
Ludendorff had to stretch his legs in getting out
o' Austria in order not to get his neck stretched —
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
If Morse and his sous could experience a little
remorr.o they might fare better in the long run—
(Cincinnati .Enquirer.)
The United Slates and Costa Rica have signed a
canal protocol and i-t doesn’t seent to have cost anv
I tiling, either. — (Indianapolis Star.)
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Uoyd George ha-s changed from Premier to knocker
chief.—(Jacksonville Times-Unlon.)
Sir George Paish says America always will have
| prohibition, lie means when it gets it —(Pittsburgh
j Diipatch.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
Remember when w ■ had to “ring
off" after we got through with a
telephone conversation instead of
just hanging up?
But We Like Ten Better
Blinks: "Five is the sacred num
ber of the Moors."
Jinks: “Well, I think a good deal
of a ‘five’ myself."
Well, Well, Here'? a Modest Girl
(South Staton Cor. South Charleston
News )
Miss Ida Shj’, of Columbus, spent
the past week with Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Lukens.
If You Like to Work for the Fun of'
It—Here's a Job
(Ad in Export Trade.)
WANTED—Customs entry clerk.
Now York busy brokers; state fully
experience, oaucaiinn, arcuuu'Ls,
any salary expected. 57 M. this
office.
Weary of Him
"What do you think of this Coue?"
asked Brown.
“I think if that bird evpr comes
back here the Immigration autnori
ties should turn him back as an in
ternational nuisance,” snapped Jor.c-s,
whose wife had fallen for the every
day, in every way, stuff.
Fool Questions
T, B. G. asks: “Why do they call
■thorn Peace Conferences?” We can't
an.twer that, but it T. 13. C. will
come around we vUl explain some
easy thing Hike the Einstein theory.
You Think Up a Good Caption for
This One ,
Lccut Grove Cor Falmouth (Ky.)
Outlook.)
Perry Mitts made his regular trip
to see his best girl here Sunday.
'Course It's Nice to Have the Buggy
and Harness Gentle, Too
(bluer in Hastings Tribune.)
FOR SAbE—iGemtle driving horse and j
buggy and harness in good condi
tion. Phone 6411W.
We’ll Take a Chance With It
J. H. C., of Hillsboro, Ohio, asks
if we are superstitious and then tries
to spoil our grand, old breakfast
grape fruit by telling ua that thoy
all have 13 sections. But lack of
sugar is the only thing that can spoil
it for us.
Virtue Is Its Own Reward, Eh?
Another foolish optimist is the bird j
who thinks because he diid another!
man a favor It will be returned
when he needs it.—'Sam Hill. Even]
at thait, lit is better to be disap-j
pointed Uhan feel the meanness of
withholding help .1 H. Reed.
If It Fits—
Nobody could beat the old-fashion
ed parent at going for the seat of
the trouble.
Tile daily casualty list sure shows
the need of fool-proof autos and the
daily divorce grind of fool proof
marriages.
If you don't believe that ignorance
is hi; - jus compare some folks’
courtship with their married life.
No wife can understand why her
husiband doesn't fire the boss and
take the job himself.
There are so many billboards and
so much rouge these days that It Is
| getting harder and harder to find
"natural beauty'' anywhere in this
country.
Our guess is that the woman who
can hold her tongue has the very
bast ch ance in the world of hold hig
her husband.
'We suppose ihe announcement that
suspenders again are coming back
'in stylo will lead a lot of the birds
from the hick towns to inquire when
they ewer went out. *
There mu- lie something In this
ntiind over matter idea, otherwise It
would be almost Impossible to ex
plain how the girls keep warm in
winter.
At that, we guess a broken engage
ment often keeps a fellow from be
ing broke the rest of 'bis life.
If it wasn't for getting the meals,|
washing the dishes, cleaning up after
Itlie rest of the family, and a few
trifles like that, no woman would ob
ject much to housework.
We take our life in our hands, hut
just the salm ■ wo are going to bro;,—
least our conviction that "Better
JUNEAU BILLIARD
PARLORS
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We make our own Ice Cream.
We Deliver Phone 94
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INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractiv
Disability Benefit features
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
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INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
' ESTABLISHED 1898
rook* Would Mike Hotter Hus
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Daily Sentence Sermon
The wise young man of today be
comes the grand old man ot to
morrow.
News of the Names Club
Here is a whole gallery of celeb
rities sent in by a Carrollton (Ky.)
reader who says they all live in that
eity: Etta Keep, Jerry Jump, George
Beetem, Harry Ketchem and A. Dar
ling. We'll have to have a reception
for that crowd.
PRINCE RUPERT CUTS
CITY VALUATIONS
'Tlte city of Prince Rupert will
levy taxes this year on taxable
property, value dat $1,919,240, as
agalnet $6,072,354 last year. In
bringing down his assessment lor
1923, Assessor J. C. Me Den non made
reductions from last year totaling
(1,023,379 and the court of revision
made further reductions totaling
(99,735.
GERMANS PAY ALLIES.
PARIS. March ii. -Official French
figures show Germany had paid the
Allies reparations in cash and kind
to January 1 of eriual to $1,460,
'ino. France’s share was $444,
936,250.
Headanarters fnr Ladysmith coal.
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv.
SUMMONS FOP. PUBLICATION
Mo. 2228-A.
In the District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska. Division Number
One, at Juneau.
C. I,. YOST, Plaintiff, vs. TODD
PACKING COMPANY, a corpora-j
tion, Defendant.
To TODD PACKING COMPANY a
corporation: GREETING:
In the name of the United States'
af America, you are hereby com-!
mended to be and appear in the Dls-j
trict Court for the District of Al-:
aska, Division No. 1. holden at Ju
neau in said Division of said Dis
Irict, and answer the amended com-j
plaint filed against you in that cer-]
tain action entitled “No. 2226-A, C.|
L. YOST, plaintiff, vs. TODD PACK-:
ING COMPANY, a corporation, de-i
fendant” within thirty days after1
the completion of the period of pub-]
lication of this summons, and if you!
fail so to appear and answer the [
mid plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in said'
amended complaint, a succinct state-j
ment of which is as follows:
Plaintiff demands judgment for
the sum of $18,418.34, with in-'
terest thereon at 8% per annum]
from September l,r 1920, and for;
the further sum of $5,200.00, with]
interest thereon at 8% per annum
from November 6. 1920. and for,
the further sum of $3,250.00 as|
attorneys fees, and for plaintiff’s:
costs and disbursemen ts; and that I
those certain mortgages on your]
property at Todd, Alaska, made by:
you on September 1, 1920, and!
November 6. 1920, respectively, to;
secure said sums, be foreclosed,
and that you be foreclosed of all
right, title, interest, lien and
equity of redemption in and to!
all the property described in said
mortgages, and that a decree be
entered ordering the sale of said
property and the application of
the proceeds thereof to the pay
ment of the aforesaid summons;
The date of tho order of said
Court directing services of summons
by publication on you is January
31, 1923, and said order provides
that publicationbe made once a
week for six ^eeks, and the first:
date of publication of said summons
is February 10, 1923, and the final
date of publication of said summons
is March 24, 1923, and you are re
quired to appear and answer within
thirty days after said March 24,
1923.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the above Court at Ju
neau, Alaska, this 31st day of Janu
ary, 1 923.
[SEAL] JOHN H. DUNN,
Clerk
First publication Feb. 10, 1923.
L :st publication March 24, 1923.
RITTER'S TRANSFER f
COAL, KINDLING. BAGGAGE, I
HAULING. I
Office Phone 292, f
I Residence Phone 21*04.
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JAPANESE TOT SHOP
H. S. KADNO
Front Street
P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Orders
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BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Larce atnoka on hand
Ladyamith coal.
Nanaimo eoa\
PACIFIC COAST
COMPANY
Phone 411
COAL
j PROFESSIONAL
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Drs. Kaser & Freeburgcr
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bide.
PHONE 06
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 b. m.
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Dr. Charles P. Jenoc
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
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Dr. DeVighne
Mttlony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Ree. jog.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M,
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Re*. Phone 27 6
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bids.
Telephone 172.
Sitka Hot Spring*
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Qoddard’s Sanitarium
Kates S3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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GEO. I. BARTON. D. C.
Chiro praetor
2nd floor MeKserschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
Ail Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pino St., Seattle
Popular Prices Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Faynham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle. Wash.
R. L,. HODGDON, Manager
It’s all In knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
| C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
I and Cleaner. Phone 177.
* THE MAKING OF CONCRETE
is a matter of proper materials
together witli engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MEG.
COMPANY
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
fraternal Societies
-OF
Gastineau Channel
B
0 . Kill
Uwtli; Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Elks’ Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
I. o. o. w.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perello, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE RTRItTAW
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every flrst and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P.M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
N. G. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAU LODES
No. 1«7. F. a A. M.
Stated Communication
Btwr.nd and Fourth Mondays
Of each Month. In Odd Fellows
Dali, beginning at 7:S« o'clock.
Homer G. Nordling, Maetor.
C'has. E. Naghel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second end Fourth Tu«a
duyi of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDL1NU, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
hbqhe rs council n»>
17"). Meetings seed'd
and last Mondays at 7:t(
p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p m.
Elks’ lxjdge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. H.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198,
LOYAL ORDER 01
M00SX.
Junean Lodge 700
Meet# every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoa.
B. Judson, Dictator; R. H. Stsveaa,
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meoling second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Render, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday In Moons
Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President.
LILLIE BURFORD. Secretary.
WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT T
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT/: i i
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
fJYour account is not subject to market fluctuation!
but is constantly growing.
flYour account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
flPays four per cent per annum, compounded twice
a year. If you do not withdraw your interest it
continues to earn interest upon the interest, making
the rate better than four per cent per annum.
Accounts of One Dollar or more may be opened in our
Savings Department.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUHEAU, ALASKA.
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