ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAOER
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BASIS FOR CONSIDERATION.
The San FraneiscB Journal contends that the \ ol
ttcad Act should be discussed from the standpoint
of the practicability of its enforcement. It starts from
the basis that governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, and then asks
whether or not the sanction behind the Volstead Act
i, sufficiently general to constitute the consent of the
governed at- meant by the Declaration of Indepcnd
mci. it contend: that the question as to the moral
cr economic value of the law as it stands is not the
point at issue.
This set ins a fair basis, for the discussion of the
problem as it confront! the people. There is no
doubt, we believe, but that it would be wonderfully
bent tidal if the people would refrain from using in
toxicating liquor to such an extent that there would
be no profit in its manufacture and sale, to such an
ixtmt that there would be no need for a Volstead
Act. We believe there is not a doubt but that the
abusi of intoxicating liquor counts for Inefficiency and
demoralization. But that is not by any means the
whole question- it is not now the main question so
far us it concerns the maintenance of the Volstead
Ad, in it present form, on the statute books. The
main question is at to whether cr not the people
have lit en educated to the point that they will sac
rifice habit or conviction sufficiently to give the
necessary popular sanction to tire Volstead Act to
permit of it enforcement or whether or not the law
will continue to he violated so generally that dis
respect for all law may result. That suggests that
perhaps it would be better so to modify the law that
Us enforcement would meet with that popular sanc
tion which would be government by consent of the
governed.
There is no doubt at all but that the lawless
tiaffic in liquor as now curried on in every part
of the Unltde States, the more or less open violation
of the law by those of all classes in Ihe country,
the rxce lvc use of intoxicating liquor behind closed
dor rs, without the restraints of police regulation and
puLilc observance or the inspection of pure food
officers, has created an intolerable condition, measure
led)' more harmful than would he the lawful use
of light wines and beer with proper restraints.
However, none can question hut that the action
of (lie Federal Government, in utilizing the funds, in
ils porsc.i don for that purpose, to the uttermost of
vigilant und energetic effort to enforce the law as it
elands, is performance of duty and hastening the final
decision in the premises.
INTEREST IN MELLON’S VISIT.
The people of the country await with interest a
liport cf the business visit of Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon to Paris. Mr. Mellon went to the French
capital to (lii'cit: . among other things, the question
of the repayment of the several billions of dollars
the United States loaned France during the war.
France has been lnsistant that Germans pay,
but she has thus far dodged all suggestions that she
do likewise.
Great Britain acknowledged her debt to the
United States and made arrangements for its pay
nunt. Unable to get anything except evasion from
France, Secretary Mellon, a very efficient and
hard-headed banki r rather than a politician, went
over to Paris so that lie might discuss the matter
ever the table with French statesmen. He is one of
the characters that is very likely to get a direct
answer before he terminates his visit.
Comment in London and elsewhere in Europe, as
well as; in this country, indicates that much might
depend upon the answer Mr. Mellon receives. At
leart Americans are patiently waiting for the return
of tlie very competent and far-seeing head of their
Ticasury and his report.
WORK ANI) THRIFT BEHIND PUBLIC
WELFARE.
Long before lie arrived at high executive posi
tion, President Coolidge set for himself and urged
for ethers a standard for the treatment of those
who arc trying lo do things that ought now to lie
accepted by tlie people in their attitude toward him.
lie depricatcd the tendency toward wholesale criticism
of officials and ottiers who are trying to do things,
and took tile position that the salvation of our
civilization anil tlie welfare of the race depends upon
work and thrift rather than legislation and irrespon
sible agitation.
Speaking while a member of the Massachusetts
State Senate, he said:
Wholesale criticism of everybody and
everything does not necessarily exhibit
statesmanlike qualities, and may not be true.
Not all those who are working to better con
ditions cf the people are Boisheviki or
enemies of society. Not all those who aro
attempting to conduct business uro proflt
ceis. But unreasonable criticism und agita
tion for unreasonable remedies will avail
nothing. • • • What wc need is thrift and
Industry. Let everybody keep at work. * • •
Our salvation lies in putting forth greater
effort, In manfully assuming our own bur
i
(lens. rHther Ilian in entertaining the pleas
ing delusion that they can be shifted to
some other shoulders. Those who attempt
to lead people on this expectation only add
to their burdens and dangers.
Newspaper dispatches say Eamonn de Valera, I
erstwhile ‘President of the Irish Republic,” and'
leader of a personally conducted rebellion, who was
recently arrested by Irish Free State troops, will be
kept in jail until after the election. lie was making
a political speech when he was arrested. It was
feared that should be continue active during the
campaign the war that he had pronounced us over
might break out again.
At, least Germany is treating all alike. Site quit
making reparations puymeuts to France and Helgtum
|and now declares she will quit paying England and
the others. She •cancelled her dobts payable in terms
of marks to her own people by destroying the value
of the mark, and likewise cancelled debts, bank da
posits, annuities, incomes and all other evidences of
property represented in money.
One would think that some of these days they
would begin making Colorado irrigation dams so
they will hold water.
Respect for Law.
(San Francisco Journal.)
One of the first and foremost plunks in tlie plat
form upon which The Journal stands is the cue which
didares that America is a nation of law and order.
Weaken respect for law and we usher In Irresolution
and uncertainty, which loads to anarchy. Permit
anarchy and we invite the death of civilization. Gov
ernments derive their just powers from the consent of
the governed, says that immortal document which laid
the foundations of American principle. Government
Is only another name for the orderly execution of law.
Therefore we may say that law, In order to have per
manent sanction, must have the support of popular
consent. Lacking that, it will sooner or later become
a nullity. Society was not made in a day nor a year
nor yet In a century. It Is a bundle of sanctions
which have common consent behind them, and which
change only as fast as the evolution of consent may
permit. To go faster is to invite failure. To go
slower is to invite revolution.
Tlure has been a plentiful response to the question
recently propounded by The Journal which asked
"Can prohibition be enforced?’ It is surprising that
a considerable number of the respondents entirely mis
underrtood the animus behind the question and as
! sumed that the asking of the question was equivalent
| to a declaration against temperance. This assump
tion, of course, Is wholly unwarranted. Our editorial
made no attempt to discuss the morality or expediency
| of prohibition ac a social question.' It was limited to
I a discus: ion of the success cf enforcing the law and
i whether the law had, In reality, the sanction of com
mon com cut necessary to make it specially binding.
W< are scarcely presumptuous enough both to ask
and answer the question. We have no fear of honest
discussion, but would pray to be delivered from the
fanatic who cannot endure to look a situation in the
face and meet it squarely.
Perhaps this law has the necessary sanction to
make it a success, but the indications seems to be that
| if has not. If it really has not, then we venture to
assert that there is something lacking in the law and
(that this must be corrected before success can be ex
• Pected. Some critics say that in order to be consistent
I tvo should advocate the repeal of the laws against
I murder and stealing because they are constantly being
i violated. No such parallel is to be drawn. Those
;lcws have the sanction of society and their violation
[Is only the exoe'xtlon. Moreover, there is no question
I about the evil involved and no reasonable thesis could
I be put forward in favor of their repeal. The whole
I structure of society rests upon a foundation in har
mony with the principle of protection to lire and
property. The best that the friends of prohibition
can say for it would scarcely go as far as that and
the opponents of prohibition would deny it altogether.
Any discussion of the liquor question must take
account of the fact that there are many violent and
un meson able fanatics on lmth sides. Both of these
must be Ignored If sane urgument is to be procured.
The Journal believes in temperence und is thoroughly
I convinced of the evil of an unrestricted liquor traffic
; Especially is the country to be congratulated upon the
i suppression of the saloon. If any shred of sanity is
Uit that vile institution will never again be permitted
to raise its head. We said that public opinion fully
[sustains this view and we believe that it does. Its
. s anction would be, und is, behind that policy its
[ no perfectly frank and intelligent person will maintain
hat this rests upon the same principle involved in the
[ larger question. They will bo generous enough to
m". -‘fa1, f!"0 ‘B Ut leaBt PlaU8ibHlty in the claim
hat the individual should retain the right to regulate
Ms own conduct when that conduct does not overstep
the rights of others. y
The filthy lucre once piled up by the saloon is
now going into the coffers or the bootlggers it is
conservatively estimated that a billion dollars a year
ma'iTi,. 'rn|! n‘“Ue by 11,080 engaged in this illegiti
"®c: irhut 13 a travesty on justice. It is
i iucX of o°n ft,0n, °f S°°d Pet>PlC that the
I due fon of a moral reform should put vast fortunes
0th £^kot8 of tll,,3ft engaged in defeating that
relorm. This traffic thrives, not upon the evil inten
! ,r°r"nl bootlofs*ers- b»t upon the desires of the
[people who patronize them. If the market for the
goods did not exist there would be no profit in trying
to supply it The reform must have the sympathy
hiui cooperation of the people behind it or It will not
b. a success. Whether this is to be obtained by
to (ntly attacking ingrained personal habits or by
quMtion °f upproacl1 13 at laa“t a debatable
It is only a question of time until there is an
extensive story about how the Japanese are financing
News*) Pln° bU1 f0' ,nUepcndence- ~ (Indianapolis
! ... ,Vent‘ra Pershing advices girls to marry soldiers.
i"*'11’ ne*1, to editors, we reckon our fighting lads
jure n girls best bet.— (Cincinnati Enquirer.)
, ‘!l, VleW, °f t!‘6 rupkl Krowth of Presidential tini^
b(r these days the price of lumber should soon take
a drop.—(San Francisco Journal.)
His success at
j Turk to be known
; (Spring-Held (Mass.)
Lausanne seems to entitle the
as the Slick Man of Europe_
Union.)
Everybody wants law
; tion, but us u self-restraint
[ lido Ulado.)
for purposes of protec
they don’t like it.— (To-|
European celebrities are refusing to return to
the l nited States to give lectures. They have had
plenty. Well, so have we.— (Detroit Nows.)
The parties to the Lausanne conference have
agreed, Buys a new items. Have u greed is right_
(Washing Post.)
Magnus Johnson can hardly wait till December
In order tp begin saving the country.—(Chicago
News.)
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ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
By SAM mu
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The Anamas Club
“When my husband brings ine home
a box of candy he never will eat
any of it, because, he says, it is all
for me,” said a wife to us last night.
Another Prevaricator
Blinks—How jtre you going to
spend your vacation this summer?
Jinks—1 am going to stay home
and do my Christmas shopping.
Says Jack Warwick: When big
men act small it is pitiful," says Sam
Hill. W'e rise to object. Big men
can’t act small. If they do, they are
not big.”
Jack is thinking of supermen. We
were speaking of the common, or
garden variety, big men, who show,
occasionally, the same human frail
ties that the rest of us show ail of
the time.
•-Iff -
Ouch I
She—Her hat’s in the ring.
He She’ll get the trimming in the
election. —K. C. S.
We Guess Waiting For Dead Trees
To Grow Is Discouraging
[Item in Portsmouth Times]
Service Director William flergens
had a force of men at work Friday
removing nine trees from the Dower
MarkPt street esplanade. They are
dead, and it was deemed advisable
to remove them, as they had shown
no growth for several years.
Boy, Bring 6s a Psychology
[From Appleton Post]
An unidentified1 man, while leading
a horse out of the blazing stable, was
kicked iti the ’UJWtefhent.
Why They Do It
The reason paragraphers add such
reprint credits #f*m other papers is
just to prove flflttt somebody besides
the proofreader has waded through
their stuff.
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They Are So Different
"They say the country has too
much gold," remarked the man who
reads.
“Evidently the people in it have
n't," growled the grocer who was
busy stamping /‘Please remit by re
turn mail" on a bunch of bills.
11!
Evidently Jake Wasn’t
[Divorce Note in Kansas City Times]
Frances M. against Jacob E. Fair.
If It Fits—
Since they have become used to
the silk ones we guess there is about
as much chance. <>( girls going back
to cotton hbsiervlas thAro Is of the
world giving up the automobile for
the horse again.
The fashions change constantly,
but the fact that women always have
followed them so closely proves that
the dear ladies riever change.
We guess no state needs a capital
quite as much as the state of ma
trimony.
There are times when nothing can
he quite so inconvenient or unwel
come as facts.
No matter how good a man may be
there be times when he wishes his
conscience would take a vacation and
give him a chance to sneak off and
have a "good" time with the boys.
Babies always want to play with
things that are dangerous. And men
and women are just babies who have
had a few more birthdays.
Often when friend husband thinks
he is making a hit out in company
ho finds when they get home his wife
had scored him an error instead.
The Lucy Stdri^r'd have shown re
markable moderation in not seeking
to have the man take the woman's
name when they marry.
A woman never is wholly satisfied
with her clothes unless she knows
knows they are making other women
they are making other women green
with envy.
We like helpful folks, hut we have
no use use for those who always are
doing other people “good.”
Wo don’t know whether u girl of
today considers her face a fortune
W. H., CASE
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PHONE 311 I
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| Brat-claw cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
} O. Meldner, Profeaalonal Dyer
j and Cleaner. Phone 177.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Move*, Pack* and Store* Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
or not, but somo of their faces look |
as if their owners might be spending
a small fortune on them. I
Daily Sentence Sermon ■
The trouble with money is that too
many people make it their god in
stead of their servant.
News of the Names Club
We'll now have a few by R. E. |
Marks, of Seattle, Wash.
riitT Howard, of Madison. 111., has .
just married' Lizzie A. Kiddie, of St. I
Louis. Every man who marries finds
he hits w -d one, though the marriage
license doesn’t say so.
M:s. Ida I. is is r ported from St.
Louis, and we are anxious to iearn
whether her maiden name was Moore.
Rupert Hughes Honored ,
by Polish Government.
I
Rtipi rt Hughes, the celebrated
novelist, now directing motion j
pictures In Hollywood, Cal., lias
been decorated with the Order of
Polonia Restitute by the Polish
Government, in honor of his help
ful efforts toward Poland. During !
the World War Major Hughes was !
• with the United States Army In- |
telligenee Service and specialized j
in Polish affairs. i|
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, IN UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. I
JUNEAU. ALASKA.
Serials 03756-05965.
June 28, 1923.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
! Dee H. Smith of Juneau, Alaska,
I has submitted final three year proof |
tin support of his Homestead Entry, .
| Serial 03756, for lands in HE Sur
: vey No. 101, new series No. 1194,
iand additional Homestead Entry,
!Serial 05965, for lands in U. S. Sur
j vey No. 1434. These surveys are
i hoth situated about one mile easter
ly from the mouth of Mendenhall
River, twelve miles north of Ju
I neau, Alaska, in latitude 58° 22'
North and longitude 134° 34' West, 1
and more particularly described as
follows:
Commencing at cor. No. 1, HE
Survey No. 101 whence U.S.
L.M. No. 4 4 F. S. bears North
68° 54' W. 42.28 chs.; running
thence N. 89° 34’ E. 2* chs. to
cor. No. 2, thence S. 0° 17' E.
60.08 chs. to cor. No. 3, thence
S. 89* 40' W. 20.00 chs. to cor.
No. 4. thence N. 0° 20' W.
60.09 chs. to cor. No. 1 the
place of beginning, containing
an area 120.14 acres. Variation
31° 14' East.
Commencing at cor. No. 1, U.
S. Survey No. 1434, whenco U.
S.L.M. No. 381 boars S. 49° 08'
K. 90.24 chs.; thence N. 0° 21'
W. 20.00 chs. along the easterly
line U.'S. Survey No. 381 to
cor. No. 2; thence N. 89° 40'
E. 19.1*9 chs. to cor. No. 3 Iden
tical with Cor. No. 3 H.E. Sur
vey No. 10 1; tlionce S. 0° 36'
E. 20.20 chs. to cor. No. 4;
thence N. 89° 45' W. 20.08 chs.
to cor. No. 1 the place of be
ginning; containing 40.26 acres.
Variation 31° 15' E.
FRANK A. BOYDE,
Register.
First publication July 26, 1923.
Last publication Sept. 24, 1923.
TO BE WELL GROOMED ?
lias much to do with one’s
success. Perfectly pressed
clothes add to the dignity of
every man. We press the Hoff
man waf. It's sanitary and
lengthens the life of all gar
ments. PHONE 394.
THE RENOVATORY
AUTOS FOR HIRE
T. & W. Taxi
7-passenger Studebaker
Day and Night Service
Stand—Palace of Sweets
i Day 386—PHONE—Night 271
Clias. Mosby, Driver.
Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Fool Room
PHONE 444
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seven-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
Qastlneau Hotel. Popular
pricse. Phone 10.
Also seven-passenger Sedan
for stormy weather.
i
Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
8tmd Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Honrs 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Re*. 101.
Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN
Office—Second and Main
Telephoue 18
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg,
Telephone 172.
I-1
GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Meneerechmldt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
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Dr. H. Yance
0STE0MTH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:20 to 12; 1 to i|
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; Residence
Phone 612, Coliseum Apt*.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. St. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 4 69.
Rea. Phone 276
Dr*. Kaser & Freebarger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bide.
PHONE M
Hours i 4. a. t* I a a
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Dr. Charles P. Jmm
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Noareat to Ev
erything. J. A. Earnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
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COMPANY
PHONE 412
Ulri bundles or iiewspapere at tu*
CmDlre. 2R oenta
fraternal Societies
-OP
Gastineau Channel
B . t . 0 . 1LII
Meet) a s Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
Charles F. Jenne,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meeting*
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary,
i. o. o. a.
811.VEK now
LOIXJm NO. S A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 F. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Merle 'P. Morgan, Secretary,
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iMOUNT JUNEAO LODfll
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Monday*
of each Month. In Odd Fell.—a
Wall, beylnnln* at 7:I» o'clock.
Homer O. Nordllng. Master.
('has. E. Nafthel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and fourth Ti»oi
day* of each month.
At 8 o'clock. I. O. O. F. Halt.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron,
LOIS NORDM.NO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
heohb rb council «•
17411. Meeting* aecoad
and laat Monday* at T:N
^ v p. m. Transient Broth
er* urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen. U. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month tt I y. n,
Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone S»73; O. M.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Jctnean Lodjre 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. B. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Steveuc
Secretary.
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WOMEN OF MOOSEHEAET
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 438
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o'clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W. [
Bender, Senior Regent; Mra. A.
| F. McKlnaon, Secretary. I
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? AUXILIARY, PIONEER* OF
ALASKA. Igloo No. *.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
1 hers of Pioneer I/Odge to fol
low each meeting.
I Mrs. I»ttle Splckett, President,
i Mrs. Lillie Burfora, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to aucoeaa begins at the Savings Window.
How early you attain sucoesa 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
inethe right direction t
The B. M. Behrends Bank
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