ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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DOUBLE THAT OF ANY OTHKR ALASKA NEWSPAPER.
THE PRESIDENT COMING.
The official announcement from Washington that
Fre. Idr.nt Harding has determined that he will make
tlie promised Alurka trip this summer will cuubc a
thrill of pleasure throughout the Territory. Not only
will Alaska appreciate fully the honor of being host
to the President cf tlie United States hut the feeling
lo deep-seated that great good will come to the Nortli
a" a result of the visit.
President Harding has taken a large interest in
Alaska from the beginning of his tenure cf the
Presidency. In this respect, at least, he is like his
predecessor. It was President Wilson's desire to aid
Alaskan development that gave us the authorization
for the railroad. President Holding's support of it
nipped in the hud all possiibility of harm to it from
its critics. His friendship for this Territory will
add warmth to the enthusiarm with which the peo
ple cf the North will receive the head of the
Nation—the firrt one to honor them with a visit.
GOMPERS FOR WORLD COURT.
There was no surprise when Samuel Compere,
President of the American Federation of Labor, an
ncunecd his snpport of President Harding's World
Court program. Mr. Gompers has always advocated
world peace, and favored united action with other
countries in furtherance of it. He has been a cou
rt.-tent supporter of the League or Nations and was
sadly disappointed when the Senate of the United
States rejected it.
Mr. Gompers has been one of the bulwarks in the
fight to eliminate imperialism and militarism in the
Vorld, and during Hie late war he did magnificent
work in leading the groat organization of which he
Is at the head Into hearty and enthusiastic Eupprot
of tho war against the Hohenzolierns. As scon as
the victory was won he allied himself with those who
have 'been trying to provide against further wars.
He supported President Wilson's policies looking
toward that end and now he is supporting those of
President Harding. ,
FORD WONT BE INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE.
Detroit managers of the Ford for President cam
paign have permitted it to "leak out” that Henry
Ford will not bb an independent candidate for Presi
dent, but that if he should get tho Democratic Presi
dential nomination he will accept it and make a cam
paign as tho standard hearer of that party. It is
said the announcement is pleasing to Prigiident Hard
ing for he believes that Mr. Ford wild "not get tlie
Democratic nomination. However, Information that
is "permitted to leak out” and that which is cov
ered by ”it 7s said" dc not always moan what they
seem.
The prdbabiltties are that Mr. Ford is thinking
a lot more of his various business enterprises than
he is of the Prosldency and that he will continue!
alcng til at line.
CHARLES H. COSGROVE.
Alaska loot one of her leading citizens when
Charles H. Cosgrove died at his home at Ketchikan I
Tuesday afternoon. It was not an accident that MrJ
Corgrove became to quickly and continued so long as1
one of the moat prominent men of his section, lie was.
an able lawyer—acholurly, enterprising, patriotic and
progressive and possessed great energy. Broad and
tolerant in his viwes, loyal in his friendships, gener
ous to the point of prodigality, he made and held
friends. In life ho was an asset to the Territory.
In death the memory of him will be cherished toy
thousands of these who know him in life. *
His widow and children have the unbounded sym
pathy of the people of Southeastern Alaska who
chare their grief.
Shag? way, Falrtoanlt and Anchorage have had1
«kanrup weeks and Cordova is about to have one. |
Juneau lias been cleaning up for a week, but she is!
feeing to make it a "Clean-up and Paint-up" spring.
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN CONTINUED.
Mayor Goldstein lias extended the clean-up cam
paign until Saturday night, and the Boy Scouts will
continue the work that they have been doing so well
during tlie lust week. Excellent progress has been
made, and Juneau Is much more pleasing in appear
ance than it was ten days ago. Tiio work should be
continued, and It should be followed by systematic;
performance ulong the same lines until all the people
can afford to do is done.
There is nothing that adds more to the welfare
of a town than to be clean and pleasing to the eye.
It makes visiters glad and tile home people con
tented. It adds to the physical and psychological
health of the community.
It is worth while lo remember that the request
fOran extension of the time of the campaign came from
the Boy Scouts. Tin’s organization has impressed
itself oi/ the community by its industry, and zealous
i^terMt in the welfare of the community. It has I
proved the worth of tho Boy Scout movement, and
it has demonstrated the stuff with which Young
Juneau is made. Its desire to continue in well
doing is inspiring to those who are older and
a tine example to those who arc younger.
The Treasury Department announces that there
is outstanding $83,000,000 of long part due interest
on Government bonds and $190,000,000 of part due
Government securities. With $273,000,000 uncalled
for money waiting for them at Government offices
it would elm m that Americans are prosperous and
somewhat careless about money matters.
A tyrannical majority is as unjuEt as a tyrannical
monarch and a whole lot more dangerous and de-1
ntructive. A tyrannical, thdnarch can be overthrown,
while a tyrannical nftijWity sets a precedent that is
likely to be followed wlf'en it becomes a minority—
os it usually does in the course of time.
Dr. Conan Doyle has discovered that a fake med
ium has been working off on him some phony photo
graphs. However, Dr. Doyle is proving every day
that there is one medium in which he has not lost
faith: The good, sound, old American dollar.
If utilitarian causes prevent you from making the
alley side of the premises attractive to the vision
build a board fence and paint it.
Sabotage as an Argument.
(San Francisco Journal.)
Reports that I. W. W. members are attempting
sabotage depredations in the Dong Beach oil field
calls renewed attention to the destructive economic
doctrine of that organization. Sabotage is the willful
and malicious destruction of property, aimed to
create a reign of terror under which the agitators
hope to gain their ends. It is the overt act of which
criminal syndicalism is the theory. The laws of this
state make the latter a felony, and the sob-sisters are
I trying to get tho statute repealed. It seems that a
! number of perfectly good and worthy people are in
the penitentiary who never did anything worse than
I join a society pledged to burn their neighbor's home
I a<Wn- "
Sabotage in the oil fields seems to be a favorite
j recretlon of this peculiar organization. The nature i
j of tlie doctrine can best b.o realized by those people
"'ho have their money at stake in the success of til
well. They are nevrr safe from the loss that might I
be incurred from the jamming of tools in the casing
n mile beneath the surface, rendering the hole useless.!
or by setting fire to a well. The provocation for1
such acts is not revenge upon the owners lor any '
wrong, but merely a theory that they are promoting!
the social revolution by ruthlessly destroying as much j
property as possible. v
| It is quite useless to arguo with people who have)
Isuch a mental twist in their makeup. They are In-j
j capable of understanding the arguments wh^h appear
,,0 normal people, and they would noj be guided by j
‘those arguments if they did understand them. They]
'are obsessed with the idea that the universe ought to
I be Placed in the keeping of the untit, and the more
unfit the higher their claims upon society. If they
Cannot got a lot of money for a little work they will
|do a lot of damage to the property of others. In the
j days before the war, when their assemblages were not j
j forbidden by the law, the public had frequent oppor \
tunity to hear the oxpoundnlg of their theories. It 1
seems to be their main Idea that if they make fuss
| enough society will pay them to keep quiet. And
; some parlor bolshevists believo it.
Good Year for Alaska.
—
(Seattle Post-Intclllgencer.)
Tlie decision of President Harding to visit Alaska |
the coming rummer, starting north about July 5, is!
turning tlie attention of the whole country to tills'
Northwest. One of the results? of the Presidential
visit will be an excursion from the Atlantic coast, I
conducted by the Brooklyn Eagle. The dedication of!
the Mount McKinley reserve and the opening of the'
Alaska Government Railway through from Seward to!
Eairbanks will 01 cur during the Presidential vlsti
Passenger travel northward will be stimulated both!
before and after Hie Presidents visit, according to ad-!
vices reaching loeai transportation agencies, and the j
lerrintory is likely to have the greatest volume of
visitors in its history.
The lure of the North will operate to the good'
of Seattle in bringing the tourists here. Alaska's!
gateway is Seattle, the terminus of its steamship
'.ncs. and the assembling point for Its freight and
passenger.,.
Secretary Dcmby of the Navy is also sending a
board of naval experts North, who will make an ex
tensive survey of Alaska waters to determine the pro
per location for great naval base.
When the season Is over the nation will have
heard from the “frozen North," and doubtless al
tered its ideas of Alaska's alleged frigidity.
French Moral Wave.
(San Francisco Bulletin.)
Clement Vautcl, absurdly called the Bernard Shaw
of r ranee, is so jealous of the reputation of Paris for
guyoty and abandon (hat he calls upon Ambassador
Jusserand to proclaim that the city is as -‘bad" as
ever, lie is. „f course. jesting when he asks to con-'
serve the •'toad name" of Paris, for lie knows per
rictly well that the French capital is no worn- than
-New York. Ix>ndon, Berlin or Vienna. There is sin
in all large cities and Paris is no more sinful than
oiiiers Her point of difference is that she is less
hypocritical and does not hide what other cities take
such trouble to conceal. What Vautel fears js that
the recent censorship of the stage may create the
impression that France is about to be submerged bv a
moral wave. He has no objection to a better moral
standard in public and private life, but he knows that
s tch standards are not raised, and often are actually
ottered, by moral waves,” Spasms of morality that
find expression in blue laws and irritating restrictions
ot personal liberty may annoy a people, but thev
do not make it more moral. Vautel is merely con
cerned lost the tourist trade be injured by creating
he impression that Paris is becoming Comstocklan.
Br,> anistlc and Volsteadlan.
... lf ‘hat <loctOT ia correct in his diagnosis that
deep breathing promotes right thinking" there ate t
lot of allleged statesmen nowadays who need proper
lung inflation more than the counrty needs credit
expansion -(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
win u his experie„ce with the movie business.
Will Hays will find it hard work to write captions for
the election result in 191-4 that will suit him as well
n a On' °‘! tl,e n'ornin* “Her the election
in 1920.—(New \ork Post.)
When the unspeakable Turk moets the inarticu
late Britisher the dictionary takes to the woods_
(New York Poet.)
As she sailed for Europe “Ganna Walska poked
fun at the critics' --sort of getting back at them as
it were?—(Indianapolis Star.)
Michigan enters the antiquity race with a col
ection of mound builders’ mounds. Chicago ofTers
U Union Station.—(Chicago Nows.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL j
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
I kin remember when girls were as
careful of I heir good names as they
now are of their complexions.
The Ananias Club
“Yea." said Mrs. C. U. Rosity to her
husband, “1 know you said our new
neighbors wereifo move in today, but
as I haven't tmen near a window all
day I haven’t tfio least idea whether
they have or not.
No Crystal or Mainspring to Break
Blinks—“Tho? sun dial had its ad
vantages."
Jinks—"Yes. You didn't have tc
keep taking it to the jewelers al
the time to be regulated.”
Should Say Not
She's pretty, bright,
And really very clever;
•Her eyes may shine,
But not her nose—oh, never!!
Unhappy? Rather
(Court note in Southern paper.)
Mrs. (Marvin C. Rather vs. Marvin i
C. Rather, for divorce. f ,
(As to staying married, evidently
they'd Rather not.)
Home. Sweet Home
“Have you given up your idea of ,
going out on a farm?" asked Smith.
“No,” sna.pipod Mr. Grouch, “I have
not.”
“But I hear your wife declares she
will not live on a farm "
"That’s the reason why I want to
go.”
Seems That Way
"Is he a nerve specialist?”
"I don’t know, but the hills they
send In show any specialist is nervy." ,
Oh, Fudge!
A modest' girl
Is Mary Hertz;
She hides ’em now
Beneath long skirts.
If It Fi
More married couples would1 make
a ibigger success of matrimony If they
would adopt the merchants’ slogan,
“Wo study to •ploase.” ,
Married women admit they like to
spoon, and we guess there would be
a lot more of it mound the home If
father •would fork over a little
oftencr.
The reason modern parents can't
stay up until their children get in is
because they can't take tile daytime
to do their sleoping.
Astronomy may 'be a very interest
ing study, but we notice that, while
the young follows tknow every star in
the lineup and in the chorus, they
don't even know there are such
things In the theavens.
Onn thing about w >tnon smoking is
that they will learn 'that, though the
houso may netr* a good scrubbing oc
casionally, ,a pipe never does.
tit Is about time they were showing
some regard for the truth in our
language, ami changing soul mates
to fool mated,
A real tragedy'is'Wd where a girl’s
heart in broken by a man who is too
poor for it to fie worth her while
to sue Mm /or breach of promise—
and good, upondable coin.
The motnbra of today have quit
trying to put old heads on young
shoulders, and are devoting their
time to trying to make the heads on
their old shouldoW look young,
One of the bitWr disappointments
of life is to start to toll a good story
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Price* reasonable. European
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l U’e all in knowing HOW to do
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II THE MAKING OF CONCRETE ",
Is a matter of proper materials
together with engineering skill. !
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
COMPANY
Willoughby Ave. Phone 3*.
9- ---■
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Mom, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
PUoag 48.
,nd have your listeners yawn that ,
hey hoard it Ions ago.
The way a man gives aims to a j
leggar probaibly throws a lot of light
n tho way ho gives his wife money.
The family thinks tho silliest argu
nent against buying a car that father
an make is that he can't afford it
IMany a girl has married a poor
lan 'because she know she would he
bio to tote him home for father to
>dk after.
Daily Sentence Sermon
Tito best thing to do is your duty
LASSEN'S ROAR
INDIAN SPIRIT
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. May 17. -
..assen Peak, the only live volcano in
ontinental United States, which
ipouts forth in Northeastern Cali
ornia at irregular intervals, once
rcted as tho god of the Indians in
bat locality, according to a Plumas
ounty Indian who lias written of the
id legend.
This Indian, a resident of Green
'Ills, Cal., an I a former student at
he Greenville Indian school. de
dares that at intervals in bygone
■oars the medicine men of the Pium
is tribe were required to climb t«
he summit of the peak, which the
^lumas Indians then called Yermani,
md to remain there five days and
lights praying to the Great Spirit
which was believed to use the moun
tain to speak to members of the
tribe.
If the mountain roared in response
to the supplications, all was well, but
the medicine man for whom it did
lot speak was (banished from his high
station among tho Indians.
According to this legend. Lassen
always roared every 80 years and
lometimcs at more frequent intervals.
CHURCH INVESTS
IN LIQUID GOLD
LEWISTON, Mont. May 17.—The'
Glreut Falls district of the Methodist!
Episcopal Church, which comprises!
much of Northern Montana, become'
iwner of an interest in oil rights |
which may remove it from any fear!
af the pinch of poverty, with the1
probate of tho will of Mrs. Kllen M. j
Light here.
Co-beneficiary with the church dis
rict is Margaret Iliington, the ac
ross. it daughter of Mrs. Light. The
ail rights bequeathed are on Mrs.
Light's ranch near Grassrange, east
>f here.
* j Help Nature keep your skin .
’J fragrant and smooth by the
dally use of
COLGATE’S
CA8HMERE BOUQUET
SOAP
The favorite of lovely women
for three generations.
I TRY OUR
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUMG, Proprietor.
I _
I USED FURNITURE
j Bought, Sold and Exchanged
I N. ROCOVICH
211 Seward 8t.
| Telephone 441. P. O. Boa III.
ARCTIC BATH H0U§5*
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and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWER
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Van Atta’i old
*tand) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
HI'' ' Ml.. 'I I.
PROFESSIONAL
Dri. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein lldf.
PHONE M
Hours 9 a. m t* 9 p. m.
Dr. Charles P. Jenne
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentins Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighnc
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Res. 108.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rea. Phone 276
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg,
Telephone 172.
•
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 259.
ft
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Pudding
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at
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FirBt Ave. and Pine 3t., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
■•■'i < ^ I'rr iMn
DR. R. N. DONAHEY
Same Good Service as In tha
Post
Huteson-Dohahtt
Optical Compand
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
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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. ML Behrends Bank
7UHEAU, ALA8TA. <4
nm *»|
Fraternal Societies
-Gf
B . T
o . mi
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
Charlea P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary."
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of FreemaMSiy
Scottish Bite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Had.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. I A.
Meeeta every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tu»
days of each math
At * o’clock, I. O. O. F. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDUNG, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEGHBRS COUNCIL N#.
17 <U. Meetings second
and last Mondays at T:«#
N k p. m. Transient Broth
! . rs urged to attend. Council Chambers
i Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, O. B.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
' Meets fourth Thursday
__ each month at I ). a,
I51ks’ ixDdge Room. John F. Starr,
I Post Commander, Phone 973; O. ■.
j Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clook.
Moose Ilall. B. F.
Rodonberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moob« Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Render. Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEER! 0V
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
Meets last Thursday of every
i month. Social hour with mem
i bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Ixittle Spickett, President.
| Mrs. Lillie Rurford, Secretary.