ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE!
JOHN W. TROY ■ - - EDITuR AND MANAGER
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. COMMODITY MONEY.
A oablegTcun from London to the Boston News
Bureau cays the town of Hamclln, Germany, of
Pied Piper Uine, has been authorized to contract for
a loan with bonds issued in denomination of birch
Jogs.
It is notewciuihy hr.w the Ruropcan states with
Inflated currencies are bepthning to 'take refuge in
the means of trading which were in vogue in ancient
time ) us far hack as Geneuis, and which arc still I
being uoed by tense savage tribes in out of the way
places.
Tho word "pecuniary" derives Its origin from j.
the Latin word "pccunia," meaning money in an-;
cicnt Home. This word again, is derived from the;
same rot t at "pecsis," which means cattle. As a!
matter of fact, cattle used to be the substitute for
money in long ago Home, almost in ns great a
treasure ns it was in Biblical times. We remember j
the wage dispute between Jacob and hta intended
fathcrjin-law, Laban. Other objects were also used
in place cf money. They were rare sea shells, skins,;
etc., and the people.! who were mostly tilling the j
pcil, like the old Germans, paid their debts in cereals
and pioducc.
After the World War and tho accompanying clr
cumutanccs which proved dlia-ct rous to the money
systems of the conquered nations, a return was
noticed to this, although primitive, neverthalee
healthy means of payment. Huaila, where the bottom
was dropping out of the ruble, introduced a tax in
the form of products of the land in order to replenish ^
her treasury, since the Utopian bolshtvhu Idea of a
state'Without a treasury had become obsolete.
At present Germany and Hungary, whose finances,
are becoming more hopeless each day, are taking!
rteps to substitute tome more substantial currency j
in place of paper with nothing behind it. Hungary I
has adopted wheat, ns a her stands nd for paying|
workmen's wages and they are now considering paying
all employees r> many bushels of wheat per week. I
In Germany loan issues arc being floated, promising
to pay after a certain time so many pounds or tonsj
of alkali, coal or rye. You arc required to pay the
current price of the commodity if you wish to sub-1
! cri'bc. It i- certain that thcHe values will not j
fluctuate ap much as the currency itself and therefore;
the people take to those issues quite readily as can he
seen from the fact that tihey have been oversubscribed. I
It is cnly natural, tihat in countries where money !
hap been devalued, the populaitlon look for a com-!
modify to Invert in. which is most likely to keep
its value. Tire moral consequence of an inflated
currency in ur.iaMy the disappearance of the saving
i nr til net within tile population, and the acquisition
of the habit to live from hand to mouth. There-!
fore these rubrtitutions ought to be greatly welcomed. I
WRANGELL NARROWS IMPROVEMENT.
Perhaps no one improvement in Alaska is needed j
hiore tlun the dredging of Wrangell Narrows. Thisj
fleaulIfully r.eenic waterway has been the place of,
several wrecks and many hours have been lost by,
I'hlps in waiting to catch its tides in the right condi-j
ticn to permit of navigation. The gradual increasei
it Yir> oi«o t 11 r > .1! tl.it nle A i.cb... _b- 1
lie piiitionid for improvement more pressing. The
larger rhlpe m>\v proceed around the Narrows through!
Sumner anti Chatham Straits into Frederick Sound,,
causing an addition to the length of the trip of ubout !
Ccver.lt,y miles, compelling veeeels to pass through:
t pen c t r.n water and denying passengers the oppor-j
faulty to ice the beauties of the Narrows.
The improvement is one that concerns the whole
of Alaska, for ail tlie passenger boats that run be
tween Alaska and the ports of the Pacific States and
British Coluim.h'a use the Inside Pssage. and all of!
them would go threugih Wrangell Narrows if it were!
made deeper.
members of Congress last week very clearly, and in
view of the report n In its favor by the Kngineer Corps
of the Dreiilcd Suites Army, it Is likely that the i«n
iprornncrut will! be ordered at no distant day.
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA
A short time ago Canadians refused to. accept
reciprocity with the United States because they were
made to feiar that It would lead to poliilinal union
with ithia country. The other day the Dominion
Parliament overwhelmingly declared in favor of re-1
ciprocily and among tile arguments that speeded the
prepetition through was that the failure of a roelp- ■
rccal agreement would force political union.
However, whichever way in might lie, the United .
Slates chouid accept Canada's invitation to join in
reciprocal •trade rotations. The United States should
go even further than the Canadians have gone. Sire •
should say that this groat country Is ready to meet 1
their greet country on an even footing—-that she is
ready for absolute free trade on a basis that would |
do ayay with every trade and industrial distinction j
between State and Province. Let 11s make the Indus
trial and 'trade union of the two countrisc complete.
If tbs" should result in a political union acceptable!t
Lo both peoples let it be so. If It should make It clear
that a political union is not necessary to the happi
ness and well 'being of both peoples let it go that way.
The slump in the price of stocks does not mean
that any one who has Invested in stocks to keep
them has lost anything. Only those investors who
are forced to sell and who did not sell when the stock
were high are out of pocket. Of course It is different
with the gamblers who were playing the "long end.
Alaska should have a full Territorial government.
The people of the Territory, those whose home it is,
those who have invested their lives and all their
holdings in it are better prepared to legislate for It
titan the representatives of distant constituents.
The disclosure of the enormous sums Russia has
spent for Soviet propaganda in the United States
probably explains the activity and enthusiasm ot
many professional radicals and agitators in the
United States who would rather talk-than work.
Alaska.
(Philadelphia Public Ledger.)
When President Harding goes to Alaska he will
(ind it a Territory which, in the ten years between
1010 and 1920. lost 15 per cent, of its population
Tills fact has been widely interpreted to bo proof
that Aiaoka is on the down grade. But there arc
things the census does not toll, and, in the case ot
Alaska, Ms ommisnions are significant. It is true that
11 1910 there were more people in Alaska than now.
Veverthelees, the has gone slowly but steadily ahead,
roday there are in Alaska more farmers, more farms,
noro women, more cnaiaren, more owemng nouses,
nore schools, more normal production—'more of every
Iving that goes to the make-up of subrltantial pros
jcrlity—than there was when the population in respect
o mere numbers was 15 per cent, greater than It is
low. The difference is that between a mining camp
if transient and rip-roaring elements and a Settled
uid permanent community of industrial pioneers.
All this is not in rebuttal of the indictment that
charges the Washington government with holding
Alaska in leash, with sealing up her most Important
resources and wiitih neglecting her appeals made in
equity and In the name of progress. Prom the day
we flame into possession of Alaska, now more than
half a century ago, she has been the victim of neglect
in one hand, on the other of bureaucratic tyranny,
rhinge done and left undone have conspired to hold
n near-paralysis a region larger than the original
hlrteen States and in potential retonrees as riflli as
Pennsylvania. Some thirty-five or thirty-six depart
mental bureaus have had to do witli Alaska, each
ictinig upon its own initiative and looking to its own
purposes with contemptuous disregard of any other
lgcncy. One bureau hias dealt with fisheries, another
with mines, another with forests, another with agri
cultural lands, and so on through the list. The
climax of stupidity and albsurdtltiy was attained when
the black boars of Alaska came under one authorlt>
and her brown bears under another.
In recent years the Government, through iti
multifarious minor administrative agencies has givei
a good deal of attention and devoted a great dca
of money to Alaska, but the system—If it may be gr
called—has been that of overlapping and cqnfl let-inf
jurisdictions, in the aggregate amounting to a demor
alitfing confusion. In summary, It may ho character
ized as a rule of restriction—of all but strangulation
The d lot resiles of Alaska have at lust reached thi
highest authority of our Government. Unable ti
clarify for himself the jealousies and contentions o
minor officials. President Harding is going to Alaski
to study conditions on the spot. There is hope tha>
from hts visit and from tils concern for a long nog
lected national possession there will come somethin)
in (he shape of thoroughgoing reorganization of Hr
Alaskan administrative system, and that a new am
better era Is In the way of being inaugurated in i
region whose value lias never been appreciated 01
even dimly comprehended by the American people
Business Outlook.
(Chicago Tribune.)
The recent mysterious depression evident in the
Etcck market (limitations is now being reflected tc
some extent, ibut with less mystery, in various current
business icipcrts. These reports and reviews indicate
somewhat of a lull in the rifling tide of business
On the wilK-le, this slackening of feverish activity
may be received with approval rather than regret.
It indicate,' that the leseons of our post-wai
inflation and collapse have not been entirely forgot‘en
There are many businesses and individuals still suffer
lug from these events. It is quite likely that the;
should try to put the brakes upon such runawaj
business activities as ended in their crash. It is wel
that thia should bo done.
Tile end of any cither course could hardly fai
ti he disastrous, just as the overlnflation of buslne*
brought disaster in 1921. Reasonable caution in ex
pansion at this time will allow prosperity to be ex
pended over a long period. it will eliminate such
leaks as followed the war, and fill in such chasms
fl. we met after passing the peaks. It tends toward
lability, which should be welcomed by all.
serially to he approved, bemuse it seems to be the
result of d liberate iutervt and sound reasoning. Ii
jur Intenprctation of evente is corroct, the outlook
Is most encouraging:, promising a long period of sub
Huntiaf prosperity based upon sound principles rathei
than a brief and hectic period of tremendous activity
nhioh would inevitably be followed by a crash.
Large quantities of marks. It is nald, are being
purchased here for transmission to Germany. Tilt
Leviathan wihl have to be enlarged again. — (New
Fork Post.)
Humility is one of Iho ingredients a self-madt
nan occasionally forgets to mix with his material.—
San Francisco Journal.)
Iyouis Ijouchour. the French financier. Bays that
ho United Stater is stifled with gold. Maybe so, but
t is considerably better than being stifled with debts
— (Detroit Free Press.)
As Pocahontas, Instead of being buried in Egypt
teveral thousand years ago, was buried in London
oily three hundred years ago. It is doubtful whether
her body will be found.—(New York Poet.)
Hryan says that he has to keep the Democratic
‘arty straight, to tree that prohibition Is enforced
mil religion is defended. Ho may overestimate his
rapacity.—(-Pittsburgh Gazette Times.)
President Harding, in demanding honesty in
utilities, isn't making hlmr-elf popular with politicians
— (San Francsico Bulletin.)
We see no way to determine who the 10 greatest
lving American women arc without conducting a few
ests in the kitchen —(Cleveland Times Commercial )
Mr. Bryan probably would countenance the hurti
ng of willcbes. That's fundamentalist doctrine, isn't
—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Life iu just a short season of dodging jitneys
axes and jury service.- (San Francisco Journal.)
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ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
Bj SAM HILL
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Thumbs Down For Them
I think that gossips should
Be classed with the vandals:
For they ruin good names
When they repeat scandals.
Observations of Oldest inhabitant
I kin remember the time when
"bloomers" were mentioned folks
thought of flowers, and not of a sub
stitute that was batting for petti- i
coats.
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The Ananias Club
"I always like the homely girls 1
best," confessed the sheik, “because
they usually can talk so much more *
intelligently than the pretty ones!c
and do not care for the silly pet
Out ’a Luck
Blinks: "I’d hate to be a preacher.”
Jinks: "Why so?"
Blinks: "Think of having a blow- }
out late at night when it is pouring
down rain, the way I did last night
and not being able to express your
feelings in the only language that
fits such an occasion.” i:
But For Different Reason*
Pity the poor Bootlegger. Both
the Wets and. the Drys always are
This Is Beastly
“Pa,” said Clarence, “what do they
mean when they speak of a matri
monial bark?”
“The fault finding a wife does that
makes marriage ,a dog's life for her
I husband, I gues^,” replied his dad.
“Huh!" snapped ma. “If husbands
! would quit their growling they would
j not have their wives barking at them
jail the time.”
What Every Woman Knows
It Is not what
The young women wear,
Rut what it costs
That makes men swear.
Hi* -Specialty
“Did you ever set a hen?" in- ,
qulred the new ‘ neighbor who was
l trying to start a little poultry tarm
in his hack yard.
“I should—” bqgan old man Altlre- |
i dout. j
“Say,” Interrupted i his wife, an
grily, "all that no-account, loafing,
lazy son of Adam ever set was a
bad example.”
We Never Like to Bear Those .
Ills We Have
In Winter we want the Summer]
when:
We can kick about the heat,
Swat the files.
Kick about the heat.
Cuss the mosquitoes.
Kick about the heat, I
Empty ice pans,
Kick about the heat, and
(Jrowl about the price of lee,
In Summer we want the winter,
when:
We can kick about the cold,
The price of coal, I
Shovel snow,
Carry out ashes etc, etc. ad Infini
tum.
Even More Dangerous Than
Chickens, Eh?
I (Shiloh Cor. McCreary County Rec
ord.) I
; While out in the pasture one day
I last week Wolsey Perry slipped into
a nest belonging to a goose-and-gan
der couple and was set upon by the
head of the web-footed family, and
severely flogged and scratched.
Watch out for ganders, boys! •
Works Both Ways
A busy brain and an idle tongue
always go together.—Sam Hill. Ry
the same token an idle brain and a
busy tongue make team mates. — J.
H. Read.
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If IP* Fits—
And wlicn ft comes to lotting last
j year's clothes serve another time a
m-—-a
It’s all in knowing HOW to do "
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WOBKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dysr
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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11 THE MAKINtl 6P 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 31.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
ife believes in letting her husband |
□ it.
Everything will be all right if we |
nly can teaeh the young people of ,
jday to use their heads as effect
cely as they do their feet.
Listen, men! The fellow who keeps
is seat in the street car hasn't
luch standing with the ladies.
At that we suppose a woman never
hoots a man until after he has
llled her love.
After watching a sheik putting the
hine on his glossy locks we have
ecided not to make any more sar
astic comment about the way girls
•aste time fixing their hair.
We guess if the truth were known
le reason why a lot of young peo
le nsed to go to church on Sunday
venings instead of to th" movies
•as because there were no movies
1 those da^s.
If we could have better marriages
here wouldn't lie any need of advo
ating better divorce laws.
The child that is so forward in
ompany often is the worst liack
ard kid in school.
Daily Sentence Ser-..n
The Worst Thing To Irreax is the
aw.
News of the Nafcs Club
11. L. informs us that Will Wash
i in the laundry business in Tor
Dto.
If Grown People
who ere rundown in vitality
and oul of sorts, would but
realize the strength-restoring
power of rich, nourishing
Scott’s Emulsion
they would not dream of
doing vdthout its
health-building bene
fits. Rich in vita
mines, Scoff’s has
helped thousands
achieve strength of body.
■Said. N. J.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
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Billy’s Taxi
Day and night service.
Stand at the Grill.
I'hono 4 72.
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Auk Bay Stage
| Deaves U. & I. Cafe for Auk
Bay 5 P. M., Saturday only,
returning 6:30. Special trip at
any time. Pound trip $2.60 j
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CALL _ I
Berry’s Auto Service
I for that seven-pasenger 1923
' Cadillac touring car. Stand at
| Gastinoau Hotel. Popular
I prices..,
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WHEN IN NEED OF A TAXI
Call Collins j
1 Seven passengor tonring car.
Stand Trlnagle Shoe Shine Par
lor. Phone 186. Ilea. Phone 281.
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Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
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ARCTIC BATHS
Without exception the best
Turkish Baths in Alaska.
Give us a trial and you will be
come a regular customer.
W. H. Lott,
| Proprietor. So. Front 8t.
USED FUKltlTUa*
Bought, Sold and Exchanged
21. BOCOVTCH
211 Seward St.
I Telephone 441. P. O. Box 111.
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ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 41S
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
' PROFESSIONAL f
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Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTIST8
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 58
Hours 9 a. m. ts 9 p. m.
Dr. Charles P. Jenna
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Vaivnttns Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 10*; Rea. 10S.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
8EWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 489.
Rea. Phone 276
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg,
Telephone 172.
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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
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GEO. L. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2ml floor Messerschmtdt Apts.
Offtca 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: 9:20 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office. 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End st
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St ., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnhara and
Ted Taylor, Props.
DR. H N. DONAHEY
Same Good Service as In the
Post
Huteson Donahe*
Ootical(qmpan>''
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
Fraternal Societies
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Gastineau Channel
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0 . I L K S
UMtlis Wednesday
Openings at 8:00
o’clock. Elks' Hall.
Charlce P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiet
of Freemasonry
Scottish Kite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary,
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
_ LODGE NO. t A.
Meeeta every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Qrand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
-I MOUNT JDNEAD LOOM
No. ,147, F. A A. M.
I Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
| of each Month, In Odd Kellc-a
ftall, beginning at 7:*» o’clock.
Hornet- n. Nordllng, Master.
('Iras. R. Naghel. Secretary.
Order of tin
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuaa»
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Ha!L
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLTNQ, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
hbohfrs COUNCIL I»*.
lT^U. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:lt
^ v p. m. Tranalent Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamber*.
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
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AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m,
Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
RoUenhcr*, Dictator; R. II. Stevens
Secretary.
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WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439 , >
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bonder, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. MeKInvon, Secretary. |
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h AUXILIARY, PIONEER! 0V f
ALASKA. Igloo No. 0.
| Meets last. Thursday of every
| month. Social hour with mom
! hers of Pioneer Lodge to fol- I
low each mooting.
I Mrs. Lottie Spickctt, President.
1 Mrs. Lillie ISurford, 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
JUmATT, ALASKA. 2 T