ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE!
JOHN W. TROY - - : EDITOR AND MANAGER
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MEMORIAL IS SOUND.
The memorial introduced in the House of Kepr •
mifativcs by Mr. Price which asks Congress to amend
li e Organic Act by eliminating the provision which
C‘ nie3 the Territorial Legislature power to amend or
r real the r -called license tax law should be adopted.
Ibic law has been on the statute hooks for many j
years and is not applicable to present conditions.
Further than that it is essentially a local taxing law!
enforced by 'the Federal Government which expends
the proceed- It. therefore, has to do with matters
that thou Id come wholly within the jurisdiction of
the Territorial Legislature.
This is one of the many limitations that were
foolishly put in the Organic Act which have served
cr stumbling blocks tc progri -vive development. Not
only should it be removed hut It should he accom
panied in Its exit from the Organic Act by a lot of!
other ar.ainine limitations. With it should go thn|
prevision prohibiting the Territorial Legislature from I
legislating concerning the fisheries and game of the
Territory; the provision which prevents the Legisla
ture from providing for the issuance of bonds or
other evidences cf debt by the Territory or any sub
division thereof, which automatically prevents the
creation of districts for the purpose of raising funds
for public Improvements; the provision which pro
hibits the Territory Legislature's creating or arranging
for the creation of counties; the provision which
lixos a permanent apportionment of membership in
•Jle.x,,Territorial Legislature; the provision which
ifmkee it ftitp.:?~iblo for tin Legislature to act on the
Honor or other matters, and a lot of similar things.
The absurd and un-American limitations in tho
Organic Act under which Alaska is operated make It
an aibomination. It docs not follow the spirit, not to
mention the letter, of mere than a century of Ameri
can historical precedents. How an American Con
gtoss ever came !o pass such a monslrocity, even
though the limitations wore asked for by the Alaska j
Delegate u Congress, is inernnprehensib^.
APOLOGIZES FOR VISITING THE KING
AND QUEEN.
Mr. A mm eng, Laborite member cf the Hritlsh j
Paillument, who, with other Laibc-rite members andi
the ir Wiv^j recently took tea with King George and I
Queen Mary, when called to account for it by radical J
supporter.', apologized and declared that puollc men
cannot choose their company. He continued:
Now that there is the possibility of Iho
La/bcr Party coming into office, we are bound
. to be brought into contact with all sorts and
conditions of people. As'long as we do not
, jo®*5 heads wo need not be afraid of mix
Itig with ail classes. Alter all, wc have no
right to be rude or unpleasant to any one.
Let us hope that Mr. Aintnong and the other dis-j!
tlnguishSd legislators and their ladles, who went to!,
ree the King and Queen, did not love their heads, i
However. thcre*is evidence that they should be more <
careful of the company they keep hereafter, for Mr.
Amniong, after this elioil viult, seemed to be almost (
pleased with hi- lu t«. He ('veil went so far as to 1
aay "the King inupr. „sed me as being a very nice 1
gentleman. This wa reinforced by his wife who
chimed in that the "King and Queen are u decent
Dogfish gentleman and lady." When people praise \
dubious company with whom they have associated!
there is ground for the suspicion that they are '
slipping.
NORTHERN WEATHER MODERATING?
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I naji the Weather Bureau is seriously consider
ih;;tindicaition3 that Arctic weather is moderating and
,’,l! theory that we shall continue to have warmer
weather in the northern latitudes is indicated by a
recent bulletin sent out by the Department of Ag
riculture.
The bulletin, under the heading, “Many Changes
in Arctic Interest Weather Bureau,” says:'
The Arctic rcems to be warming up. Re
ports from fishermen, seal hunters, and ex
plorers who rail the seas about Spitsbergen
and the eastern Arctic all point to a radical
change in- climatic conditions, and hitherio
unheard of high temperatures In that part
of the earth’s surface. The Weather Bureau
of the United States Department of Agricul
ture is interested in the report made on this
; point by the American consul at Bergen,
Norway, as conditions in the Arctic afreet
weather phenomena all over the earth.
Arctic ice conditions are said to be excep
tional in this particular region. Never be
fore has so little ice been noted. One ocean
ographic expedition sailed as far north as
82’ 29' in ice-free waters. The Gulf Stream
was traced as a warm surface current beyond
t the eighty-tint parallel. The warmth of the
water makes it probable that the favorable
ice ccnditicns will continue for some time.
Many old landmarks are so changed as to
be unrecognizable. Where formerly great
; masses of Ice were found there are now often
( moraines, accumulations of earth and stones.
At many points Where glaoiers formerly ex
tended far Into the sea they have entirely
disappeared. The change in temperature has
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also brought great changes in the flora anil
fauna of this portion of the Arctic. Former
great sfcoala of white fish have disappeared
from Spltzbrogen waters and the seal catcti
is far under the average. Herring and smelt,
however, have come in great numbers.
in contraat with the mild Arctic con
ditions in the vicinity of Spitsbergen, pres
ent advices seem to indicate an excess of
ice accumulations in the Arctic north of
Alaska and North America.
The appcarr.nefe of King Gust'af of Sweden in a
tennis tournament as a contestant fer championship
lionors has aroused a lot of interest in America as
tv-el 1 as Europe. Long editorial sare being printed
xiiicerning tlio propriety of iit, speculating on what
iis subjects think of dt and guessing what Americans
vould say if the President would do each a thing.
Die score suggests lo us that the most important
jueetioij is, “who told Gus he could play tennis?’’
Everything sepms topsy-turvy in Wash
ington. Even departing laimc ducks sang
swan songs—(Brooklyn Eagle.)
Would The Colonet have called these lame ducks
laiture fakers?
Soviet Russia has ordered 3,000,000 rifles
and 125,000 machine guns. She isn't going
to sow wheat with them.—(Toledo Blade.
They’re probably getting ready to raise some
■aln.
It is reported that there will not be any unem
doyment among the builders and repairers of political
bnces during the Congressional vacation.
Presidential Vacations.
' Mr. Harding’s predilections In seeking rest are
now well understood by the nation. He likes Florida,
the first President to turn to that State; he likes a
houseboat; he likes an alternation of fishing and
golf, and, in contrast with President Wilson, who
w as "devitalized” by having too many people .about
him, he likes to bo surrounded by a large group of
ironies—Dougherty, Lasker, Christian, Dr. Sawyer,
ind others. This offers an approach to President
Cleveland's favorite vacation, which also took the
form of a boat, a good fishing ground, and a list of
friends—Joe Jefferson, H. H. Rogers, or the late
"cnvmodore Benedict.
Vacations in the strictly modern sense, a complete
ibandonrnent of ordinary duties and change of scene,
tad small place in American life before the Civil
A'ar. Rural traditions were dominant, and country
<dk seldom take vacations. Our early Presidents,
moreover, usually carried a keen sense of their
[Kisttlon Into their relaxations. Washington and
Jefferson were enthusiastic hunters in youths, but
neither shouldered a gun during his term, and we
hear nothing of JefTcrson's once-loved fiddle. Wash
ington drove a good deal, and Jcserson rode, while
both liked to get back to the plantation for what
Jefferson called "country relaxations.” The only
arly President who showed marked athletic tastes
was John Quincy Adams, who rode vigorously, took
long walks, and swam in the Potomac at some occa
-ionul risk of his life, "file general custom was to
vary the cares of office with a visit home, or with
state journeys in the fashion Washingotn had set.
Grant’s lack of a fixed home, which he had not
had time to establish after leaving the army, had
-ome effect in broadening the Presidential vacation.
Many people still living remember the interest which
attended his summer migrations to Lsuig Branch,
liis erection of two modest cottages there, his discom
fort under the demands of fashion the first season,
ind the curiosity when he danced the lancers. By
Ills second summer he had learned to bring hi3
horses along, and spent most of Ills time driving,
r he can sure ho received for this mild indulgence,
lie talk of him as a vulgar "horsy” man, the gossip
ibout ‘‘loitering” and "absenteeism," allowed that
Men yet the nation had rudimentary ideas about the
Jtllity of vacations and the freedom proper to them.
< leveland taught it something. Jiooseveit, who was
tow found wolf hunting in Texas, now bear hunting
n Louisiana and Mississippi, now turkey hunting
rem his \ irginiu cabin, and always riding, fishing,
ind wood chopping, unquestionably did a great deal
:n popularize strenuous outdoor vacations. His
proudest White House dinner was his bear hunters’
linnrr.
There is only one rule as to a President’s vaca
ion. It should suit the President.
Pleading Which Defeats Itself.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Advocates of a return to unrestricted iinniigratioi
re conducting a propaganda of pressure through th
lover use of isolated cases of seeming injustice which
akon alone, arouse a feeling of sympathy with thi
mder-dog oppressed by a huge and powerful govern
ncntal force. This policy is us fallacious as it is fas
Inating.
One of the meet impressive of these quoted in
tances relates to an alien workman of Youngstown
)hi°. He returned to his native land to visit hi
■ick mol her. but overstayed bis limit of six month
))’ 90 days, and not being able to pass the literat
es! was denied readmllssioti. The wail that he wa
excluded thereby from a lund In which he worke.
md lived for .12 years Is his own undoing.
Because, as a young man he came here over tlire
lecades ago and through all the years refused oithe
n qualify himself for American citizenship or as ,
cholar although both advantages were open to hint
lo preferred to remain, an illiterate and a subject o
1 Kln's Bwt ho 'aid up a treasure of money, beeami
lie owner of property and occupied the position o
oreman In the iron and steel industry.
I'pon leaving this country, a wealthy man ai
uuged by the standards of his native land, lie wai
mite aware of the limitation placed upon him by tin
aw which he refused to accept by becoming at
unertoan citizen. The indifference toward thing:
American noticeable in many of our alien resident
wayed his Judgment and disabled his caution. Now
aught in his own trap, he makes outcry and thi
nr.ans lie utters arc taken up and amplified by tin
igencier whlcty aim at the overthrow of tile prosen
mmigration statutes.
The present policy may he entirely wrong, then
■ring many arguments to he -made against it. Bui
hese lose friends when such cases as the one undei
.iecuFi'ion are brought forward to controvert if
oundness.
Itch for Regulation.
(Los Angeles Times.)
There Is a bill before the Oklahoma Legislature
hich would require all newspaper editors and re
orient to puss an examination before a rtate board
nd pay a license feo of $10. This Is merely an
tier little outbrack of the itch for regulation
that would constitute an examination, anyhow*'
ime of the ablest news gatherers in the worl*
ion l’a" d,ffiCU"y ln P**«<«* an examina
ion derived from a group of college professors if
■porters had to have a license the same as a dog
r a married man there would be the dickens to pay
.. lf/Jhc Germans aj-e lmcklxxK that rum fleet off our
tlantic Ooast, as fepsrtcd, there la no excuse for not
■ — o id uu excuse ior n
ayittg their reparation bills.—(Jpdigaappils Btyr.)
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitanl
The old-fashioned bird who use
to pot all dolled up in his glad rag
and go to church Sunday morning
cow has a son who dons his overall
on the Sabbath morning and spend
ithe forenoon In the garage gettin
the old bos polished up for the afte
neon joy ride.
The An-rh-s ciub
“£he reason I am selling this cr
to you,” said Jones, "is because
want a new one and I wouldn’t b
allowed more than $25 by turning
in, but I figured I Could get som
sucker like you to pay me at least
couple of hundred dollars for it.”
What Every Wife Knows
"Where doos your husband go i
the evenings?” asked Mrs. Brown.
"To sleep generally. Especially
I want him to go to a movie,” sighe
Mrs. Black.
He’s So Different From the Averac
Waiter
Dear Sam: Did you know th;
Rush Grubb lives at Morning Vie\
Kentucky? —W. H.
Ho, Hum!
“I don’t see any use of a marrie
man wcatling a wedding ring
growled Mr. Grouch.
•'No," sighed Henry Peck, “anybod
tan tell a man’s married by Jut
looking at him.’
Girls, Here Are Some Beauty Hint
We Dare You to Try
Handsome is that handsome do©
—Goldsmith.
There is no beautifier of complo:
Ion, or form, or behavior, like th
wteh to scatter Joy and not pai
around us.—Emerson.
Cheerfulness and content are gre.
beautit'iers and are famous presor
ers of youthful looks.—Dickens.
Happiness is a rare cosmetic.
Melville.
Age We Guess Also Is Relative
"A headline in the Asheville Tirht
says: “Death Summons Prominei
Young Dady," and the article ths
follows declares she was 77 yeat
old. Well, compared to dear, ol
Methuselah, we suppose she proper]
could be called quite a young womai
’Ats What Made Pa Mad, Anyway
“Pa," said Clarence, “what mad
the March hare mad?”
“Having to order more coal whe
he thought spuing was here, 1 suj
pose," growled liiis dad, who ha
just put the la^Uskovelful of his cot
in the furnace. „
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Let Him Sleep
The only "rope” a lot of marrie
men ever get is tile kind they bu
at the corner oigar store and lnv
ito smoke In the woodshed.—'Sunt Hil
Thats’ rope enough. Give the av<
age husband too much rope and he’
.soon got the 'idea that he is bo
about the house. The awakening
tco hard on him,
t —Tom Denting.
If It Fits—
Wo gather from reading the divorc
news that the cause of a good mas
wives suing their husbands for sep
ration is just the well known "b
cause.”
When rouge end lipsticks get t
batting for good diet and health e:
ore iso it strikes us that vanity als
is battling for s^aso.
We don’t beliqfia cold coffee serve
at breakfast has spoiled nearly r
many days for folks as tho hot word
passed at that moal
A wiife thinks thore Is no reasu
on earth • why !b&- husbajjd shouldn
learn to us© pit# whon th© bu.tt:>r
come off. the way she does.
Another nice thing about havin
your own motor car to drive to an
from work in is that no haughty lad
can stand in front of you and loo
holes through tho newspaper you at
so interested in.
One waiy for a woman to hold he
husband, friends and cook, is to lear
to hold her tongue.
The modern idea seems to l
“Handsome is what hand some due
—with rouge and powder rags.
Some children think their parent
don’t shew much judgment—and salt
children often ar<S .right about it.
A woman wants everything but
man only wants to be let alone.
Well, tin this reversal of custom
that appears to be taking place, th
men may have to do the dishes, hi
we hope the gtiggling will still l
done by the girls, for we don't thin
the world c-yuld survive gigglir
men.
If, as it is reparted from Pari:
women are growing beards, mer
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Telephone 431
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I man .is going to learn some new
Winks in darling ways of wearing his
whiskers.
Skirts are being worn so long
that the only way a man now can
I know the girls wear the gay-colored
silk bloomers is by giving the dis
play in the department store windows
I. a hasty once over.
’’ Daily Sentence Sermon
* The only knocking that it isn't a
si waste of time to listen to is that
K done by Miss Opportunity.
News of the Names Club
Ross Heard, of Detroit, has just
I been married and we predict he'll
r | now bear a lot more.
1 O. H use h is reported from St.
e Louis, it 'is a good name, all right,
t but futile, we fear, since he, too, has
e just hern married and wives don t
like to hear that.
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TRUE LOVERS BEGIN PLANTING.
AURORA. 111., April tl. — "Plan
to Plant Another Tree" has been in
corporated as the slogan to the
Tree Lovers Associations of Amer
ica. whose ’ headquarters are here.
Dr. U. P. Hedrick. Vice-Director
of the New York State Agricultural
Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.,
is president of the society, which
is organized for the purpose of en
couraging. increased and more in
telligent planting of trees, fruit
trees, shrubs, flowers, vines and
seeds, and to teach care after
planting.
The society work with all or
ganized efforts on ithe above plat
form "to make each community a
better place in which to live," and
"to make America the garden of the
world."
Acitvities are now being centered
on the spring tree planting weeks
whrich the society is promoting dur
ing the early spring months all over
the country.
ANY REASONABLY - PRICED
house or apartment may be rented—
through an inexpensive classified ad
vertisement In The Empire. Test the
matter. The "risk" involved is so
small that lew people would dianlto
Headquarters i«r Ladysmith coaL
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
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SULPHUR SUUTHES
UGLY,ITCHING SKIN
The First Application Makes Skin
Cool and Comfortable.
If you are suffering from eczema
or some other torturing, embarras
sing skin trouble you may quickly
be rid of it by using Mentho-Sulphur
declares a noted skin specialist.
This sulphur preparation, because
of its germ destroying properties,
seldom fails to quickly subdue itch
ing, even of fiery eczema. The first
application makes the skin cool and
comfortable. Hash and blotches are
healed right up. Rowles Mentho
Sulphur is applied like any pleasant
cold cream and is perfectly harm
less. You can obtain a small Jar
from any good druggist.
(advertisement.)
| USED FUENITUHI
i Bought, Sold and Exohang«d
JX. 30C0V1CH
211 Seward St. I
Telephone 441. P. O. Box >11. i
Wm. D. Perkins & Co.
Bankers
211 Cherry sjt. Alaska Bldg
Seattle,
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DEALERS IN
Municipal Bonds
County Warrants
First Mortgages
Safe Deposit Vaults
6 per cent to 8 per cent Interest
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ARCADE CAFE
MABY YOUMG, Proprietor, j
Chinese Noodles after theatre I
and parties. |
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JAPANESE TOT SHOP
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S. B. MAXIMO
Front Street I
P. 0. Box 218 for Msil Orders i
purpose
large stocks on hand
Ladysmith oosi.
Hsnaimo oosV
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
2*
PROFESSIONAL
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 86
Hours 9 a. m. te 9 D. ®.
Dr. Charles P. Jenot
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentins Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. X. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
| Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnhain and
Ted Taylor, Props.
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HOTEL SEATTLE
‘‘Home of Alaskans’’
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. Li. HODGDON, Manager
It’s all In knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning ar.d dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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THE MAKING OF CONCRETE I
is a matter of proper materials
together with engineering skill.
Both arc our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG.
COMPANY
| Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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Fraternal Societies
-Of
Gastineau Channel
o . mi
Meeting Wednesday
Evening* «t 8:00
o’clock, Elk*' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVI8,
Secretary.
!o-0rdinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Kite
Regular meetings
econd and lourtb
Fridays each month
it 7:30 p. m.. Odd
ellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
I. o. o. w.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. I A.
leeetg every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
'dd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
lerle P. Morgan, Secretary.
' PERSEVERANCE RE1EKAN
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P.M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON.
N. O. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary. f
tOUNT JONCAO LOOS*
No. 147, F. a A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
f each Month. In Odd Felicia
•all. beginning at 7:»S o'clock.
Tomer G. Nordling, Master.
'lia«. E. Nagrtel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tu«»
days of each month.
At 8 o’clock, I. O. O. F. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OP
COLUMBUS
SECIHBRS COUNCIL K«.
rl7<U. Meetlnga aeeoad
and laat Mondaya at 7:»t
p. ra. Tranalent Broth
« urged to attend. Council Chambers
fth Street. John F. Mullen, O. K.
L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at ■ ). m.
Room. John F. Starr,
’ost Commander, Phone 973; G. B.
lann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. Thao.
judBon, Dictator! R. H. St#vena,
iecretary.
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I WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
1 Meeting second and fourth
j Tuesday of each month, 8
| o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
t F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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' AUXILIARY, PIONEER* 01
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
Meets Inst Thursday of every
! month. Social hour with mem
' bers of Pioneer Ixtdge to fol
[ low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickctt, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE SUCCESS AND
PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY.
The sixth session of the Territorial Legislature is now
laying the foundation of the success of the Territory.
By prudent and broad statesmanship it will have an
important influence on the future prosperity and hap
piness of our people.
Your financial success also depends upon a good foun
dation. Wasteful experiments and speculations must
be avoided. By careful husbanding and saving of your
earnings you will build the broad foundation of a
future competence and success. In preparing for the
future we invite you to open an account in our Sav
ings Department. Accounts of one dollar or more may
be opened and you may add to your account at any
time in any amount. i
The B. M. Behrends Bank
v rOTTKATT, ALASKA. J . 1 *