ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY
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NEWSPAPER.
LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY.
This is the 114th birthday anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln than whom lived no greater American. His
place in history is with tlie first rank of our Presi
dents. Washington, commander ot' the Revolutionary
armies and the first President after the adoption of
the Constitution which was set into operation under
his wise and firm guidance, Jefferson, author of the
Declaration of Independence, the first of our states
m<n to advocate abolition of slavery, the inspiration
for the cession by Virginia of the Northwest Ter.-itory
to the Federal Government, third President, purchaser
cf Louisiana and author of territorial expansion, and
tribune of the democracy which lies at the foundation
of American political thought, and Jackson, successful
i-Idler and first of cur Presidents to bring the pow
ers c-f government to the common people, are tlie
ethers among the Presidents of the past to rank with
Lincoln in services to their country. As Washington,
Jiffemn and Jacks in interpreted tlie spirit of their
limes, Lincoln was. an embodiment of the spirit which
prevented the dismemberment of tlie Nation through
llie war between the States. And. like Washington,
Jefferson and Jackson, he was a natural leader of
men.
Lincoln belonged to the same school of thought
that inspired Jefferson and Jackson, ills speeches and
Ills performances during his long political career
prove his devotion to Jefferson's teachings. lie be
lieved in the rule of the mm res and had faith in the
common people. However, like Jefferson and Jackson,
ho exerclrcd Hie executive power firmly when
necessity demanded it.
Dike Jacks ’ll, Lincoln sprang from Hie masse;; mid
derived much of Ills education from association with
them. They were both frontiersmen, and both had
experience in defending the Western Border from
Indian attack. Beth represented the movement in
American elviization which carried the powers of
government westward from the original colonial set
tlements.
The personality of Lincoln, his humanism, great
ness of soul and all comprehending sympathies, prob
ably place him in this respect in a rank by himself, at
the head cf the list of immortals who have served us
chief executives of the Nation. Lincoln typified in
sentiment, spirituality, aspirations and loving kindli
ness the very highest of our national concepts. He
lived and wrought his will without malice or hate,
without prejudices or meancss, with broad and tol
'■* ant sympathies and a love of justice, tempered with
a tender mercy. His memory occupie a place in the
I ‘ arts, of his countrymen shared only by that of Wash
Hon.
FAVORABLE SIGN.
One of the most hopeful signs that have come
from Russia In many a day is the announcement that
i he will not go to war on acocuut of anything except
self-defense. The Soviet Government, is is said, will
not attempt to have a hand in the troubles of Asia
01 Germany, should war result there, no matter what
the provocation. It has set its face toward peace, and
"HI not alter its- course unless Russia is attacked.
Sometime ago the Soviet Government recognize 1
property rights and gave permission to individuals and
corporations to engage in trade and industry for
profit. Ii this cort of thing keeps on Russia may re
cover canity within a generation or bo.
U'Iku <tie coiiBid^iB that the British national debt
ir more than $38,000,000,000 and is Increasing at
the rate of more than a half billion dollars a year
there i; i cli? position to admire her study statesmen
who refused to quibble over-much over the refunding
of the more than $4,000,000,000 war debt* to the
United State Thi British debt is one that Great
Britain has to carry without help from her colonies
or Ireland,
ALASKA’S OLDEST PAPER.
The Skagway Alaskan, which is the oldest of all
the Alaska papers now bring published, celebrated
Its quarter century of <v a nee February 3. It was
ertabiished by Oscar W Dunbar Febroary 2, 18!tK.
Shortly afterward it be inn the property of George*
AV. Lie Suceu. In 1001 it v. a purchased bv I. M.
Jensen and George S. lown. the latter retiring later.
Dr. I„ S. Keller purchas'd th. publication n 1907,
and conducted it until the time <d his death.
Speaking of its past, (lie A.askui on the occasion
Of Ur 25th brthday, said:
Yesterday, the Alaskan finished its twen
ty-fifh year a. a publication In this city.
From the period of in first issue it has wit
nessed many ttriking and startling develop
ment!! cf toir north territory and the world
in general. It has chronicled day after day
the great march of progress of the universe,
i D has given its readers the best possible in
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tho way of news, locally, territorially and
universally,
Publicnliens have come and gone. Men
and women, great and small have visited
these F.hoi ■ . the purposes of men, those
hardy pioneer- upon whom the world de
pends in its march toward progress and the
acquiring l new lands in which following
generation may live: great captions of in
industry; the aims and ambitions of political
chiefs: tli" ceaseless and tireless struggle
for Territorial recognition; the swaying pen
dulum of commercialism anil the uncertain
waving here and there of the fickle wand of
Fortune.
All of these history making epochs, the
Alaskan ha;, told of In its news and editorial
columns from the time when the first goid
crazed hord of adventurers first sought tlie
Nortli in 1H!;8 until the present day.
Continuing, referring to its plans for t'e r.itur
the Skagway paper said:
And still the Alaskan will continue to
spread, its news of its city. Territory and the
world, witii Mr: l„. 8. Keller as its publisher
who, with her ns ociates, will strive to im
prove it; lerviee and make the paper one that
will l)e 1<h ked upon as an exponent of all
that Alaska means to its children.
At tile annual sale of O age Indian lands in Okl
homa recently the average price obtained for 21
tracts of land, comprising 154.40f» acres, was $235 a
acre. The lands brought approximately $8,000,00
The tracts' cold on an average of about $37,000 eac
Who wouldn’t bn an Osage Indian?
raid in Monkey Monty.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.!
Proof of Gorman perfidy is seen in the recc
amortisation of the $32,500,000 worth of bonds isstn
by the Hamburg-American and Nortli German^ Uc:
Steamship Companies for the equivalent of abo
$8,000 in gold. This was brought about by paying II
c.bli ations in the next to worthless German mar
Those securities, which were deemed highly valuah
when Issued prior to the war of 1014, were extensive
held In foreign countries although a Bubstanti
amount was bought by German nationals.
The Vers illes treaty forbids the defeated nath
from paying its obligations under that instrument
anything save gold. Were it not for this prccautt
undoubtedly its creditors would be receiving at tit
time huge hales of the trillion marks that have bei
j emitted by the German Treasury and that count
would be the richest in all Central Europe, lint tit
| prohibition doc? not extend to the discharge of priva
I < bligations. Hence the action of the heartily curs
steamship company financiers
There is, however, another side to t ho questio
j In making restitution for the shipping it destroy^
I the German Government, took over the vessels
these lines, which once it extensively subsidized
a part of the navy, and paid the owners in what li
French so expressively called "monnaie de singe"
monkey money! All they have done is to pass I
buck, as, wo Americans call transferring obligatio
to the hopeless bondholders. At the bottom of tl
j mess, therefore, is the German Government as tl
i i esponsiblc agent in this reprehensible transaction.
Aside from this phase of the affair there is fur
I irhed to all the world an impressive lesson In t
■evil of the inflation cf currency, one that might evt
■ be called a knockdown argument. Upon the face
lit, as a bookkeeping incident the payment of tl
bonds is perfectly regular. But all concerned, pay
and payee, are perfectly well aware that there it
i been in effect a repudiation of the debt through t
connivance of the dishonest German officials. T
siime charge would lie against any government whii
i deliberately encourages the undue expansion of t
j circulating medium,
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Alaska Fishery i/ispute.
(Seattle Times.)
Alaska fisheries again are the subject of co
i troverfry. Trap sites and settling grounds years a
! furnished the cause of warfare between rival cot
I patties . Jurisdiction in the matter or leases a’
I taxes more recently gave rise to disputes betwe
Territorial and Federal governments. Issuance of pe
mils on reservation waters now is an issue betwe
the Delegate in Congress and the Commissioner of t
United States Bureau of Fisheries.
The Federal reservation plan contemplates t
! regulation of fisheries in such a manner that all its
| ertnen will have equal opportunity in their ealli
and that the fish will be allowed enough escapentc
to spawning grounds to insure replenishment of t
supply. Tlte efficacy of the regulations depends
their impartial, intelligent enforcement.
Delegate Dan Sutherland complains that fislti
corporations, by reason of the carelessness of t
Fisheries Bureau, have obtained rights on water resi
| rations exclusive in character and too close to spaw
ting grounds to allow sufficient escapement.
Commissioner Henry O'Malley re sen Is the char
of carelessness in the issuance of permits. lie ft
| resents that a special investigation is in progress
I determine, the facts relative to fish escapement.
Alaska's fisheries are her most valuable resour
I For li>22 Iter fishery products are estimated at abo
$::o,lion,000; her output of all minerals was $1
| PUU.OOO.
Alaskan waters have yielded wealth incalculah
'lint their supply must lie guarded from deptetk
j Northern fish have experienced marked diminuti
in recent years.
The controversy between the Delegate to Congri
and the Commissioner of Fisheries seems to be a d
ference between two well-intentioned officials over t
application of the law. Both are concerned for t
welfare of Alaska. Their dispute will inure to t
advantage of the fishery industry.
Sensational Silver Ore.
(Now York engineering anil Mining Journal-Press.
The mo; t spectacular discovery of silver ore e\
seen In Ontario, it not in any country, was recen
made at the Keeley property in South Lorruin. ne
Cobalt, Ontario. A drift on No. t’6 vein opened
an oreshoot which showed a width of 5 feet of so
lore across the top of the drift and 4 feet across t
bottom. The oro averages about 7,000 ounces of silv
per ton and is worth about $5,000 per ton. IJriftii
has been stopped at the reiptest of the Ontario i:
partment of Mines, in order to afford an opportuni
of obtaining a photograph of this lace. December pr
duction from the Keeley was 70,01(0 ounces, making
total of 770,000 for the year.
Democrats at Washington are trying to work out
plan for party unity. After they have found one tl
Republicans would be glad to borrow it.—(Kans
City Times. I
Though American dollars loom large in vali
alongside of Russian rubles and German marks it tak
too many of them to pay for a ton of coal.— (Chieaf:
News.)
The Russian Communists have abolished Heave
hut something, a sense of loyalty, perhaps, impe
them to keep thoir hands off Hell. — (Sprlngfiel
(Mass.) Union.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Smile, Darn You!
I think thut wearing frowns
Should he considered out of style;
flwouid be a nicer w >rld
If faces tilways wore a snvile.
Dangerous in Those Days
“This taking stoc k is a derned
nit since,” dec I a red Jones.
“'Yes, and out in the West in the
old day's they used to hang the follow |
they caught doing it." replied Smith. |
Puzzle: Which Was the Groom?
(CoffeyV'ille (Kan.) News.)
Word has 'been received here of
the wedding of Miss Nettie ltiggins to
Mrs. Kenneth T. Turley at Tainey,
Penn., on December 9.
Fool Questions
S. M. B. asks: “Does putting al
cohol 'in this radiator cause auto-in
toxication?” Wi'l somebody please
toll lliim; we don’t want to murder
, hint.
Well, Well
1 Says a news item: “Turquoise is
)■ found only in arid or semi-arid re
gions." That's a prettier name than
b. itleg whisky, Isn’t it?
It
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Men, How'd You Like to Park a Top
Piece Like This on Your Head?
(From a Description of a Girl’s Hat
Lamped on the Fashion Page.)
“A chic little top piece," the bulle
tin continues, "is Riven a high peaked
crown covered with long loops of
uViil braid. This i appliqued in
color groups, after the manner o(
patchwork splotches, in red, blue,
orange and green. A tiny backless
poke brim of navy taffota is given
small ear flaps at (he sides.”
If It Fits—
It doesn’t take the bride long to
find the pealing of the wedding bills
is followed by the peeling of pota
toes.
The only time a
;irl's wrist watch j
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I i goi i is when she takes it along with]
her. Hut still it must keep time fori
it never tells It.
Even though a girl boasts of tier1
own wonderful curves she is pretty j
is '-lire to want the min she marri a toj
le lie mighty straight.
There isn’t anything harder in the
le world than trying to drive people to
do right, but you never have any
le rouble loading them into temptation.
Our own guess is that the reason!
the cave men got away with tii • ■
i- i .nigh stuff they did was because the I
ic ladies of those days hadn’t learned
’ii! the art of wielding a rolling pin or
Jf l ulling a trigger.
>c j The girls are no1 as modest as
r they used to be. and a good deal of;
,s ! the blushing you see these days is |
|e put on.
le The world hates a quitter, and yet'
11 tlie wisest fellow in the world is the
one who knows enough to quit when
I he’s had enough
Contempt is what one woman shows
j for another who lets her husband
i boss her around.
Tlie greatest mystery in life is why
ii"1 a man will desert a good, true woman.
to for n vamp who looks like something!
n-1 that had been I ft by the flood,
id | 'At that, we guass even If a girlj
■n does like to he thought a highbrow’
r-1 she will still fall for the low neck
m i gown.
If the woman who Is trying to live
with a man clmckful of faults thinks'
1 u j she. lias a hard life she ought to talk
*i". to the poor woman who is trying to
iK; live with a faultless one.
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Dally Sentence Sermon
There are plenty of people who
are willing to hold you down, but
you have to do your own getting up.
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News of the Names Club
In these d.n- of reckless drivers,
we gilosi O. Dodge, of Kansas City,!
finds her name i pretty good one tic
remember w!i n lie's crossing the!
streets.
Oriel la Mu<sk. of Eldon, Mo., has!
been engage I i , furbish the enter
tainment at next blow out ;h
! club has.
Ic,
ii. j AMERICAN MONEY GOES
FAR IN GERMANY
an
NEW YORK
despatch says
tile rtliiino ope
furnishings ;m
yards, is ad\
$1,000 Amoric.
States army o.
his troops, I.,,
house of six ;
in Maye.nce
present to li
Another offii r
inf? rifle vain
roeeivod Ji; li
States imraev.
Ki'
itc
I). 12.—A Coblenz
lO-rooni castle on
Coblenz, with till
la acres of vine
• ed for '.sale for
money. A United
r, tieparting with
■ a lit an apartment
■ 'room apartments
$0a as a farewell
U rman father in-law.
> ordered a hunt
■t $100 a year ago
' cents in United
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-—<>-♦ ♦- ■——
Improves on Newton’s
Law of Gravity.
?T cJ• C ■ j^‘
t ]P?o£<zsfoc T d-J- <
Protestor T. .T. ,f. See has an
nciunrrd before the California
Academy of Sciences that, aftei
40 years of research, lie has deter
mined the causes of magnetism
and gravity. Since Isaac Newton.
235 year ago, discovered the law
of gravity, efforts of scientists tr
discover its cause have been futile
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fuel for
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Large stocks on hand
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DENTISTS
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PHONE 56
Hours 9 a. ns. t« 9 n. as.
Dr. Charles P, Jenne
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Res. jog.
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DENTIST
Hours. 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 4C9.
Re*. Fhone 27 6
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Office hours: 10 to 13; 2 to 5;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
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OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
: | Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment,
j Licensed osteopathic physician.
| Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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fraternal Societies
-or
Gasiineau Channel
O . ELK*
Mentis; Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR R. COLE.
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiet
of Freemasonry
Scottish Bite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 n. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEI3EL, Secretary.
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. 1 A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
" PERSEVERANCE REBEXAH r
LODGE NO. 2A. f
Meets every first and third |!
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at |
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON, j
N. G. ALPHONSINE CARTER, |
Secretary. •
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODSI
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
| Second and Fourth' Monday*
' of each Month. In Odd Fallow#
Hall, beginning at 7:10 oVInrir.
j Homer G. Nordling, Master.
; Chas. E. Naghel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of ea?h month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY. Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDMNO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SBGHFRS COUNCIL No.
17 <J. Meetings »econ4
and last Mondays at 7:*»
^ v j>. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGIOH
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Elks' "bodge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
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LOYAL ORDER 0*
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoe.
B. Judson, Dictator; R. H. Steven*,
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
l LEGION
' I 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.
I F. McKinnon, Secretary.
T AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meet* the 2d Monday In Mooe*
Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President.
| I.1LLIE BURFORD, Secretary.
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WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
jjYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
fiYour account i3 not subject to market fluctuations
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. BehrendsBank
JUNEAU, ALASKA. X