ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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DON'T BE A SLACKER.
Juneau Is ycur city. You have to live here. Then
don't be a Flacker. Don't be content to live midst
dilapltated, abandoned shacks, piles of worthless rub
bish, ugly weeds, devil clubs and brush. It only re
quires work to make Juneau attractive and the sur
roxrndiirgs pleasant to live among. Then co-operate
with the various committees and the volunteers who
have so kindly offered their services to help make
the town clean and bright, beautiful to behold and
a m”tter of pride.
Now Is the time of the year to do the cleaning.
Seals made in the renovating procefs will be healed
by the warm spring days if the work is done quickly.
No one ohotild put off cleaning until another
time. That would not lie fair to those who are
doing their part. Remove the eye sores so they will
not disguet and offend these who abhor them. Have
consideration for your neighbors, bet no one be idle
during the Clean-up and Paint-tup Week.
This clean-up movement is an excellent one. It
is one that, carried to fruition, will make Juneau
attractive to the tourist;- and impressive to thoso whe
might thing of locating here, but it will make It i
more cheerful place for those of us who live here. 1
will do more than that, It will add to the value o
the property in the city.
Let everybody get busy and DO IT NOW!
CALIFORNIA LEADING MEXICO IN OIL.
The discovery In California in tremendous quanti
ties of light re-finable oil, producing about 30 pei
cent, gasclino, is having a dominating effect on oi
Ijrict-s, according to oil authorities. The new Call
tornla rctflnable oil can be produced and laid down a
Daynone, N. J., at 95 cents a barrel less than tin
Mid-Continent oil. The California product is bciuj
increased constantly, and ft is believed its maxlmun
will not be reached for years.
The Immense deposits of oil sands from which
California’s high grade oil is being taken are at
great depth and so great in size flint it is believed
“hose already operating will continue for at least
twenty years. The largest of the wells, in the Signal
Hill field, is producing 10,000 barrels daily from a
depth of 5,000 feet, the deepest flowing well in the
world.
California’s marketing id’ oil—in excess of 700,000
barrels a day—now exceeds Mexico’s biggest days.
The Influence of these new discoveries may be realized
■when it is considered that heretofore nearly all of
California’s oil output has been crude and unrellne
able, suitable only for fuel.
DIRECT MAJORITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD
HE REASONABLE.
The greatest danger that menaces the country
through the direct application of the will of the
majority to i;rues that confront the people is that
of tyranny over the minority. Representative govern*
Went was established and constitutions written as
much to protect the rights and freedom or the min
ority as to guaranty government by the majority.
In considering problems ef government the desires
and interests of the minority should be given due
consideration. That applies in countries whero the
people rule a well as It does in monarchies. A
majority should limit itself in the exercise of power
by the came principles •that have served to restrain
those mcnarchs who have earned the gratitude ol
subjects. Its use of power should be limited bj
reason and not be an cxemplicatlcn of brute force.
, Memo cf the worst crimes of history have been com
fitted by tyrannical majorities. The Savior was cru
ciiied by the majority. Christian martyrs wero fe<
to the 'beasts In Rome and burned at the stake In
England by majorities, and witches were put to death
hi Massachusetts by them.
ANTI-FISH-TRAI* ADVOCATES DELAYING
REGULATION.
Those who Insist that any Alaska fish bill pro
tented to Congress mutt contain a provision that
amruntr to a1!to 111Ion ef tish traps are serving the
interests of those who want no change in the fish
eries laws. There Is not the slightest chance of get
ting such a bill through Congress, and those whe
advocate it are pimply making it more difficult to
secure any sort of regulative legislation. When a
fisheries hill goes through Congress it must be a
compromise measure, and a reasonable compromise
measure that contains provision tor Alaska control of
the indifc'try should be acceptalhle to fair-minded
people.
if the Sulzer hill, which politicians used with
cucli telling effect against Mr. Sulzrr In the 1918
election, had been pushed through .Congress, with
such amendments as might have been found neces
sary, the Legislature that has just adjourned would
have had the power to regulate the fisheries industry.
It is said the word has been passed along to all
the llearst papers that "the Old Man Is off of Hard
ing.”, Heretofore Hearst has contented himself with
burning Hughe*, Hoover or Uaugherty or Harvey
with anything he didn't like in connection with the
Administration, and lias insisted that Harding was
one grand man. However, the World Court attitude
of the President, following the Disarmament Con
ference lias changed things, and now Harding follows
the others into the discard.
When former Representative Mondell said that the
! country needs men in Congress who will vote in
legislative chambers as they talk in the cloak rooms
lie struck a vital point. He had in mind, of course,
’ the fear of present day legislators of organized min
orities—leagues and associations of voters who arc
frequently able to control elections by casting their
votes in blocs for or against candidates.
One would think that man Herrick who served
j one term in Congress would get away from Wash
nigton and back among his Oklahoma cattle. He
seems to bo better fitted for association with Here
fords on the range than with flappers In the capital.
Clean up the rubbish and plant some flowers or
vegetables. Make Juneau beautiful or useful or both.
Keeping Promises.
(San Francisco Journal.)
Wo are all familiar with the expression, "My
word Is as good as iny bond." Thla Is only another
way of saying a promise made Is a promise kept.
Many people make promises idly, hastily, care
lessly or too eagerly, without thought for what they
are doing. The keeping of a promise is indicative of
much. It Is a token or symbol of one’s regard for
the truth, his individual esteem for his personal word,
and his conception of the meaning of a promise. For
example:
Henry Jones asks his friend for a small loan to
tide him over until pay day. Of course he means to
pay it back promptly . Fay day comes and goes.
Henry, in the meantime, has accumulated many places
for that small loan. His intentions were good, but
he failed to keep his promise.
Mrs. Shiftless discovers, at the eleventh hour, she
has no eggs and hastily borrows from her more
j thoughtful neighbor. She assures Mrs, Cfareful House
, keeper the eggs will be returned tomorrow. But the
morrow Is filled with many duties and the hurledly
! made promise is forgotten.
If you promise to return your friend's book or
Tuesday, do it. Don't wait until Friday and then
| make excuses. When you tell friend husband yor
; will join him at 12 o'clock for luncheon, be there,
j I.ive up to your promises in seemingly trivial mat
' ters. Have regard for a promise and make it with
ja full sense of the obligation involved, else refuse to
! make it.
Never promise faithfully to do a certain thing on
| a given date unless you feel morally sure you car
j accomplish it. If there is any doubt in your mind ol
your ability to do it, don't promise. The excellency
! of your apologies and excuses mean nothing cxcepl
j that you have fallen down in keeping your word.
A man or woman in business who does not make
j this axiom a part of his or her daily experience Is
I establishing a life chain of weak character link:
which will break at a critical moment, causing
; humiliation, embarrassment and failure.
Keep out of the "I'll pay you tomorrow," "So
sorry I'm late,” “Delay couldn't be helped” class
of never-got-theres.
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San Francisco, Convention City.
(Helena, Mont., Independent.)
j It- Is not surprising that delegates, national com
j mitteemen and visitors to the Democratic Nationa
.! Convention of 1920, are not only -willing but pleasei
, to indorse the idea of holding the 1924 convention
at San Francisco. The hospitable and enterprising
i Pcaiflc Coast rity is extending not only a cordia
but an insistent invitation to the Democrats to conn
back, but also urges the Republicans to meet at thi
Golden Gate in national convention next year.
Montanans who !attended the Democratic conven
■ t'on in 1920 remejnber the yplcndid treatment the;
I received while guests of San Francisco. The town i
especially adapted for holding meetings of that sort
It has a largo number of first-class hotels and a
! least ten equally as good have been Ibuilt since the
j convention of nearly three years ago.
Two things, aside from the hospitality of tin
people, impressed the visitor:
The climate and the refusal of the San Fran
elseans to gouge.
Veterans of many political battles who have beei
attending national and state conventions for years
' marveled that the price of lodging, food and enter
| tainment was so reasonable and more than that, tin
j prices were the same during the convention as the;
were before it was held and afterward. Even thi
! taxicab drivers and shoe shiners and fruit vendor:
j charged the same prices as in normal times. Tin
delegate or committeeman who had experienced f
convention week in Chicago hotels and cafes, for ex
ample, in San Francisco pinched himself every day
i to see If he was really alive .and In his right mind
The courtesy and hospitality of the people of Sar
I Francisco will never he forgotten Every citizei
i teemed to tool that It was his duty, if not his
i pleasure, to see that every convention visitor was
treated handsomely. There were always entertain
|tnent committees on hand to show the visitors the
city and nobody tried to sell the visitor a thing.
I And climate! It is customary, of course, for tin
, Californian to talk about his climate, and everybody
; expected to hear a lot about it. But the San Fran
(means didn't need to talk about it. It spoke loi
itself.
Ouring the week or ten days the convention wai
m session, nothing better could he devised for com
tort. Instead of the terrific heat and humidity ol
the Middle West cilies, which are usually the location
ot national conventions, the Democrats found a de
lightful coolncos and sunshine, softened by a golden
haze much like Indian summer. The evenings were
cool but not so coo! as to require wraps for comfort
Under such ideal conditions. It is not surprising
that those who attended the 1920 convention would
be glad to see San Francisco as the meeting plac
lor the 1924 convention, notwithstanding from a
viewpoint of political superstition, the Democrat
might view the location with misgiving.
Hut, even so, they would be willing to defy the
"hoodoo ' rather than swelter and stew and swear in
the broiling sun and stuffy atmosphere of a Middle
Western city in July.
Little Switzerland paid (he United States 111
000 0°n in 1922 on account of loans floated here
1919 and 1920. The population of Switzerland
about 4,000,000. That makes her repayments for la
yoar about 12.50 per head. Figure out what th
would mean if all our other debtors did likewise
(San Francisco Bulletin )
The l nitdo States army air service may not have
n« much equipment as somo other countries but it
seems to be making the most of what it has_
I lncijanapoHs .News.)
A New Yorker bus attempted to read Borah John
son and l.aFollette out of the Republican party flnd
into the Democratic ranks, which is certainly a little
hard on the latter.—(Indianapolis Star.)
A widow who has monfy to burn linds old flame*
soon to help her burn It.—(§»n Francisco Journal.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR 1
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
The odd-fashioned mother used to
spend her evenings darning the fam
ily’s stockings. Hut you can't darn
stockings and watch the pictures on
the screen.
The Ananias Club
“Vyhy sure, John.’’ came her sweet
voice over the phone, “bring him
along to dinner. I'd just love to get
up a-company meal after house clean
ing all day, fofo 1 am not one bit
tired.” t “■
Legations Are Not Dry
“My husband has become intensely
interested in foreign questions 'late
ly,” remarked the statesman's wife.
“So?” inquired her caller, politely.
“Yes, he has gotten so he spends
most of his time at the legations,’
she retailed.
Cause of Many Accidents
He lost control of his car.
He lost control of his temper.
, They Must Have Some Pedal Ex
tremities
(Moretown (Vt > Republic )
The Moretown Commons girls do
not mind the cold weather, for they
go to school when the mercury is 30
below zero bareheaded and their
stockings rolled down a distance of
j two miles.
Fool Questions
|R. >1. T. asks: “Does Time fly on
the wings of the morning?”
Ho, Hum!
Blinks: “It says here women ar
tists and sculptors in tho United
States number nearly 15,000.”
Jinks: “G'wan! You tell me the
number of women there are in the
country and I'll tell you exactly how
many there are who paint and work
on figures.”
You Know It
A news item says New York’s firs'
policeman was a Hollander. And
©very one since has come from a
place known as the Km era Id Isle.
Evidently They Got Redheaded
(Divorce Note in Houston Post Court
News.)
i Ceprge Whitehead vs. Lena White
j head.
And Maybe Tastes Just as Good, Too
A happy home is one w'here the
i wife spends as much time fixing up
t meals as she does fixing up her hair
! and complexion.—(Sam Hill. In most
| cases the complexion lasts longer
| than the meals.—|J. H. Reed.
i Probably Waiting to Get Jobs as En
forcement Agents
1 (From Twenty Years Ago In Marlon
.Star )
! I Big Island Township was without a
i Constable. John Sleoht and Fred
Manely, who were elected, declined
■ to serve.
i If It Fits—
'Natural beauty may bo inspiring
but the statistics on our annual
paint and powder bill seem to sho.v
it does not make much of a hit whit
: the ladies.
] Before marriage a girl thinks he ii
-! so wonderful he simply could do any
! thing, but afterward she knows it
i she didn’t sit on the back seat and
. give him orders ho couldn’t even
- drive tho flivver without smashing
t everything in sight.
Clothes may not make the men, but
■ some of the clothes the women wear
i certainly can rri^ke them look like
! awful freaks.
■On© reason why .candid friends art
not popular is because they nevei
g.tvo you any candied words.
It’s a wise young man who find.'
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Horae of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L.. HODGDON, Manager
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I It's all In knowing HOW to do f1
I Orst-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS |
j C. Meldner, Professional Dyer |
and Clennej. Phono 177.
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THE MAKING OK CONCRETE
Is a matter of proper materials
together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG,
COMPANY
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYssfrra coal
PbsiMt 48.
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out whether the girl who tickled hi?
fancy is gonna be able to tickle his
palato when she takes over the job |
of getting his meals.
When father smokes, his lectures |
on the evils of tobacco don't make
much of an impression on son And
that's why mother foels its’ useless
to say anything to daughter about
using cosmetics so freely.
Another thing worth noting is thf
fact that 'when the family is out it
company mother can scold herself 1
hoarse and the children dont' pay at- j
tention to her, hut just one look an"
father shuts utp like a clam.
iSome people live on what lather
makes and somo on what he can
borrow.
There are tricks in all trades an 1 I
wo suppose when they call it a jac- j
tiuette they can ask a lot more for
it than they could if it was spelled
I the old-fashioned way—jacket.
It takes a lot of love and money
to make a happy home.
'Nothing makes a wife so mad when
after getting a bargain, she boasts |
about how cheap It was and her hus
band's only comment is, “Well, it I
looks it.’’
The statistician, who knows every
thing, declares 90 per cent of the
money spent in this country is spent
ibv women and we can’t help but won
der what all thi3 fuss about equal
ipay for women moans. Do they
'want the othor 10 per cent, too? ^
Daily Sentence Sermon
The more you look for sympathy |
the less chance you have of find
ing it.
News of the Names Club
<We are going to try to get Tex
Rilokard to match Iva Punch, of I
Montreal, against Jack Dempsey.
We regret to have to lei! we have I
had to turn down the application of
I. Flipp, of Grand Rapids. We have
too many lire him now.
PORT O’ MISSING MEN
Inquiry lias been received through
the Governor's office from Charles
Morris, 9935 104th Avenue, Edmonton, 1
Alberta, concerning his brother,
Cyrus Morris. Tho wriler says his
brother was soon on Vancouver
Island eight years ago and later went
to Alaska, first to Seward, and is
supposed now to 'bo on the Konai
Peninsula. He is a mining engineer,
about 48 years old, blue eyes, dark
brown hair, 'height about . five feet
nine inches. Any information con
cerning this man should be forward
ed to tho address given above.
ENGLISH LAWYER NOW.
IXINDON, May 11. — James M.
Reck, Solicitor-General of United
States, inis been called to the Eng
lish bar by the master of Gray's Inn
bench.
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Headquarters i«r Ladysmith coal,
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
PATENTS
Total fees, $75; first payment $15
If you have a good idea send for
a free Conception Blank, which will
protect It temporarily and explain
how to get a patent.
HARRY BOWEN,
Registered Patent Atty., Mech, En
gineer. Pantages Bldg., Seattle
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H a MARINO 1
i Front Street I
t f. 0. Box 218 for Mail Orders ^
TRY OUR |
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUBG, Proprietor. ,
USED FURNITURI
Bought, Sold and Exchanged
9. BOCOVICH
Sll Seward St.
Telephone 4«1. P. O. Box >11.
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i ARCTIC BATH HOUSfe
and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWER |
AND TUB BATH8 I
l Lower Front St. (Van Atta'a old |
•tend) BILLY LOTT, Prop. |
Phone 414. !
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ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschmldt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1671.
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▲11 Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnhera and
Ted Taylor, Props.
a-—•-*-1
DR. R. N. DONAHEY |
Same Good Service as in the
Past
KuTESON-DOKAHEf
Optical (ampajj/' ‘
108 Pike Street. Seattle.
Fraternal Societies
-Of
Gastineau Channel
0 . ’ Ills
Meeting Wednesday
Kkenlngs at 8:00
o’clock. Rika' Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Rial ted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
'lift (' »J
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Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Bite
Regular meeting*
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. P.
SILVER BOW
_ _ Looan no. * a.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellow*’ Hall.
Charles E. Perella, Noble Grand)
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every flrat and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES OU8TAFSOK„
N. O. ALPHONS1NB CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JCNCAO LOoa*
Ne. 147. F. A a. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Fellows
Hall, beginning at T:M o'clock.
Homer G. Nordllng, Master.
Chas. E. Naghel, Secretary.
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Order of the
EASTERN STAX
Second and Fourth
dars of each eiatk
At « o'clock. I. O. O. F. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matroi).
LOIS NORDLINO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
BEGHBRS COUNCIL NS.
17 <U. Meeting* second
and laat Mondaya at 7:M
N y p. m. Transient Broth
iirK*1*! to attend. Council Chambers.
Ifth Street. John F. Mullen, O. K.
L. McCloskey, SecrcUry.
A MEXICAN LEGION
Alford John BradlorA
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meet* fourth Thursday
each month at 8 *. m.
Elks' ivoage Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL OBDEB 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Uodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary. *
WOMEN OF M00SEHEABT
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o'clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUZIIIABY, PI0NEEBS 0V
ALASKA. Igloo No. 9.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
ber* of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Splckett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
Thd road to success begins at the Savings Window.
How early you attain success depends on how
often you deposit. Many of our eaptains 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
JUllAU, ALASKA.
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