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ENGLAND’S NEW PREMIER.
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Pcrhap no man has earned the Premiership of
Great Britain in so sir it a time ns Stanley Baldwin.
That does not mean that his political career lias been
short or inconsequential, lie lias been long in public
life and life grout merit won recognition many yean
age. However, lie has won his title to party leader
ship and the Premeirship through the brilliancy am
strength of his record at the head of tlie Treasury
In the Law Cabinet, ills stand that Great Britain
should pay every farthing of her debt to the United
Stater under terms that would bo satisfactory to this
country and bis fight for reduced governmental ex
penditure.- and lower taxer arc what caught the good
sense and spirit of (airplay that have long
been characteristics of the English speaking people.
The rtrength of his light for the nme honesty and
thrift in government as has been recognized for
generations in private British hue I ness made a marked
man of him and caused the acceptance of him ns the
leader ol his party and the proper man for the head
ship cf the British Government.
That Mr Baldwin won his position over Curzon
Chamberlain, Guides and others equally brilliant, but
emphasises the magnitude of the work he has acconr
pllshed within the last year.
Of course, there is cue great Conservative leadei
that could have bad the Premiership again. Haifom
la in a class by himself among Englishmen. One ol
the greatest statesmen his, country lias ever produce!
Balfour voluntarily retired from party leadership anc
more than cnee has refused the hcadshnp of the gov
eminent. lie occupied a subordinate place in the
George Governmnt for a considerr.bl period becaust
lie could not refuse the call of his country during th<
war. He is one man whose trade is statesmanshii
and polities who Is not only not ambitious foi
pciiticai honors but who shuns them.
The selection of Mr. Baldwin for Prime Mlnlstei
la a recognition on the part of his country that thert
is now greater interest in England in llnance and
domestic affairs than in politics and foreign affairs
TEMPERATE TEMPERANCE LAW NEEDED
A dozen years ago, speaking in favor of the an
nounced principle!-, of the Anti-Saloon league, Mr.
Bryan declared that It was not the purpose of the
Longue to deprive those who had become accustomed
to take alcoholic stimulant of an occasional glass of
grog or to deprive those to whom a moul was not a
satisfying dinner unless wine or beer or some other
mild drink were served with it from enjoying them
telves. He declared the purpose of the League to be
the abolition of the saloon and its pernicious influ
ence in society and politics. Mr. Bryan approved
cf this program and it was supported by a majority
of the temperance people of the country at that
time.
If this program had been followed a law could
have beon enacted behind the enforcement of which
would have been practically the unanimous senti
ment cf the country, and that is necessary in order
lo secure enforcement of any law regulating the con
duct ol the people. It was a sane and temperate
program.
No reform can be brought about except that it be
supported by a public sentiment that is overwhelming.
Sunday laws are not enforced generally anywhere,
Anti-gambling laws do not stop card playing lot
Prizes cr small takes in homes, clubs or even public
places. That is true because a large percentage ol
the people do not believe that It is harmful to dc
good work on Sunday or for ono to wager cardi
within hi? means.
There are a number of States in which flu
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Consti
tution at a not enforced in which there has been nc
aitempt to enforce them for more titan thirty years
That Is because the cent I meat in those States make
enforcement impracticable.
People -good. Christian people—still speak with
pride of the connection of relatives with' the "Undcr
giound Railroad” organized to defy ihe Fugitive
Slave law, which was upheld by the United States
Supreme Coilrt, and ft ill sing about John Brown's
tsul marching on because he was led to overt acts
in defiance of law by those who refused to approve
ot the law ol the land.
Tliero are hundreds of thousands of American
citizens who do not believe I hat it is harmful to
indulge temperately in stimulating beverages. The
result ie I hat prohibition is not being enforced in ihc
United Stale despite Ihe energies that are being put
forlh lo make it effective. The Volstead law is being
disregarded in many States by all except the Fed
eral prohibition enforcement officers.
The sensible way to handle the liquor question
in the United State-, a way that would do all the
lAuti-Saioon League ret out to do. would be through
the dUpenrary system, the Canadian way. However,
pci pie who wish to remove a cause for much law
lc.rncss in the land and to him ure a law that would
juomotc temperance and which could be enforced
havo been advocating a measure, under the Eighteenth
Amendment, that would permit the use of beer und
light wine, la support of such a law many of the
leading men of tue country, including clergymen, cj(
lofifl presidents and professors, physicians, thos<
charged with law enforcement and business and pro
fcseional men generally have enlisted. Why no
| try it?
Mr. Bryan sulked in his tent during the Pre3i
dential election campaign in 1920. lie said his hear
was buried under his defeats at the San Francisci
Convention, Will he sulk in his religious work nov
on acccount of his defeats at the Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly, Was his heart buried there, too?
A common interest would keep the na
tions at peace, and even common honesty
would be a great help. — (Indianapolis
Star.)
Some common sense would not hurt a bit.
At any rate that was not a new experience t(
Mr. Bryan when the Predbyterian General Asscmbl;
I chose another for Moderator. He had been det'eatet
before.
President's Alaska Trip.
(Seattle Times.)
President Harding's intention to make of hi
Alaska visit something more than a pleasure trip i
evidenced by his plan for a stay of about threi
weeks in the Territory. Leaving here aboard th
tiansport Henderson July 5, he will be enabled to gi
to all the principal towns (in the Southeastern am
Southwestern divisions of the Northland as well as I
the richest part or Its intenor ocrore ns is uue 11
San Francisco about August 6.
While details of the President's itinerary have nol
yet been arranged, he probably will go north, aftei
j calls at Victoria and ancouver, B. C., by way of Ket
cliikan, the fishing metropolis; Juneau, famed for in
! gold quartz mines; the Gulf of Ala.-ka, teaming witli
nil kinds <,f sea food; Cordova, the copper port; Val
dez, headquarters for the .Third Judicial Division, and
I Seward, court terminal of the Alaska Railroad. Quit
ting the transport at Seward, the Presidential party
i will travel over the railroad to Anchorage, and then
tl.iough the Matanuska Valley with Its many farms,
land pa-t the coal tielda, with their producing mines,
I to Fairbanks, the northern terminal of the railroad,
467 rnilos from Soward, and the center of the well
{cultivated Tunana Valley agricultural region and oi
; the richest and most extensive gold placer mining
district in (he North.
From Fairbanks, the President, in all likelihood,
will travel by automobile on the Richardson Highway,
jii fine road built by the government, to Chitlna, in
I the Kennecott copper area, and thence by the Copper
1 River and Northwoetern Railway to Cordova, where
lie will board the Henderson for a direct return
! voyage to the States.
On his trip north, the chief eyecutive will view
the sources of Alaska's greatest wealth—timber, Hsh
! cries and minerals resources that since the purchase
l of tho Territory In 18t>7 for $7,200,000 have yielded
j more than a billion dollars.
j The Northland will benefit not only because ol
i the reforms that the chief executive will institute
I hut also as a result of the wide attention that will In
| directed to it by reason of his visit That full ad
i vantage may bo taken of the general interest tha
| will be aroused in the Territory, representatives o
j the Department of the Interior, which has jurisdic
i Hon over timber, mineral, agricultural and other puli
' lie lands and which operates the government rail
j roatl, will take motion pictures of trade and Indus
j trial activities at the time of the President's visit
I hese will bo exhibited in the States as cducationa
1 films to give people correct Ideas of the northern
1 Territory.
The progress of Alaska has been retarded b;
failure of govornmont officials to appreciate its con
riitions and by misconception by the people of its re
sources and possibilities. Both these faults will b
{remedied, in large measure If not entirely, as a re
suit of the President’s trip.
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Government by Minorities.
(San Francisco Journal.)
One of tho weak points of democracy is that it
tends to put the function of governing into the hand;
oi the unofficial few. Where majorities are said tc
rule, the ruling is done quite often by a mere mu
jority of the majority, and that again is subdivide!
j indefinletly until ihe power gets down into the hand!
"f the determined manipulators. Whether this de
j lect. in popular democracy will ever bo remediet
; without revolutionary changes in the whole methoi
oi government remains for the future to disclose.
In n pure democracy whenever questions cease It
be decided by free and general vote and is supersede!
by playing off one contending unit against anothe
: or by tho unnatural coagulation of such units, thei
such a government, ceases to have any virtue. It be
I come merely an oligarchy of an uncertain ant
cl anging stability. It was to avoid this fluctuatini
control of the uncertain mob that led to the adoptiot
;of Die tnonarchial form of government, and unpreju
•Heed observers will admit that a good despotisn
produces better government results that a bat
, democracy. But there is no assurance that an)
I despot ism will remain good, even though it starts on
{that way. Despotisms have flourished all througi
I history by the simple device of teaching the peopii
.that monarchs were established by Gcd and that i
| was blasphemy to interfere with them.
I ?,ne of 1110 delusions which the average Americut
, family fondly hugs to its breast is that the govern
w»u*uii»nca represents the very pinnacli
■ ot human wisdom. It flatters our vanity to think that
trough there is little sound reason for doing so Th
j main reason which justifies the belief, so tar' as i
jean be justified, is the larger hope that under eondl
I lions of freedom mankind will profit by its own mis
'! takes and proceed to rectify them. On this theor
we think we can afford to endure a bad governmen
!, our own making if by doing so we learn to di
i better the next time.
One ot the curiosities of democracy is that it'nevei
I seems to get rid of Its own conceit, and, therefore i
! learns very slowly, it distrusts education und is von
I reluctant to encourage the formation of a class o
j g( vcrnmental experts, as we have experts in othe
; tent^hiuids01 8Cienc°' We Prcfer °nr own incompc
Maybe they have .bootleg stuff in France, too
as it is a French savant who asserts that the eartl
does not really turn on its axis but merely seems to
— (Chicago News.)
In other words, the United States Supreme Courl
Jules that out beyond the three-mile limit the occur
is constitutionally. Internationally, unalterably ant
everlastingly wot.—(Springfield Union.)
What next? Will we have to establish Interna
tional Alcoholic Life Saving Stations Just off the
three-mUe limit, where all ships may play "put anc
take?"—(Philadelphia Record.)
Soi/ator Johnson dallied awhile at Monte Carlo
but that Isn't Buying that Mi ever will admit how
much ho lost while guessing at Ihe red and black
— (Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Irlvate and umvireleas wires front I.ondon indi
cate that Lloyd George already has a sort of spring
uke come-backy feeling in his bone?.— (Boston Tran
script.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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, Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
You never hear any one speaklnf
of the modern dancing as "Trippin'
the light fantastic toe.”
The Ananias Club
“Yes," declared our coal dealer “
am losing money by selling you thi
c- a. ut $12 a ton "
That Often Happens
"Has yotfr iftaneec'a family an
1 nmtnced yoifr engagement y„;?’
asked Fred. '
"No,” sighed Jack, "hut they sur<
have denounced it."
Is That Like Wearing Your Heart 01
Your Sleeve?
(Otter Creek Cor. McCreary Count.'
(Ky.) Record.)
Lawrence Ross is carrying his h im
on his arm. as lie his a i>oiI in th<
palm of his band
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No H. C. L. in His Day
“I'm convinced of one thing,’
growled Mr. Grouch, who was getting
writers' c rani p from making on
checks for the monthly bills,
i "Of whatJT Inquired his Bettei
i Half.
j “That it didn' cost Solomon, ai
"much to keep 30U wives as it doet
I me to 'keep one," he snaipiped.
Fool Questions
G. B. F. asks: "Ii' it auto go, whj
j fltm't it?" (3. B F. must stand tot
j Groat Big Pool; but it Just is bare!)
possible both he and the auto art
out off gas.
You Think Up a Head For This
(Marriage 1 teen so in Buffalo Ex
press.)
Aleck Science, No. 41)2 Htckord—
Blanche Spedtor, No. 31 Eureka.
Mistakes We’ve Made
Tf we had lit to do over agair
j we’d surely pick out a job as a bit
gun in the Standard Oil, where the;
• pay anywhcro lTrvni $8*>,II00 up a year
i instead off column writing where
! they pay a long ways down fron
j $85,000 per year.
We Are Waiting to Hear Them
Announce—
That they jfvusHl a hot water bot
tie, a spare tire, a can of gas, ar
old radio receiving sot, a gas bill, ant
a copy of Bill Bryan's frco silvei
speeches in old Tuk’s tomb. It seem:
tlioy have found about everythin!
else there Unit we thought belonget
just to 'this generation.
He Wasn't It
"Now. listen |o reason, my dear,'
began Mr. Jones.
“Well, shut '., nip then and givi
. j Reason a chtJn& it) s>ay something,'
she retorted. :■
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Today’s Gwography Lesson
"India has a great area, but onr
third of ft Is desert.”—-News item
America has a groat desert, .bu
itwo-thirds of it is oasis.”
And This Was Broadcasted Durini
Father dnd Son Week
(Personal In Lexington (Kv.) Herald
NOTICE
From this day my son, Loonari
Wei'l, Is not connected with hi
■ tfa/t'her, Simon Weil’s affair or busi
. jne&3 transaction. —Simon Weil.
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We Can’t Figure This One Out, Bu
1 Maybe You Can
It (Liney in Ohiicago Tribune.)
SUNNY SIDE AV- NR. LAKE TC
1 j RENT—Elegant and large younf
ilady employed; no other rmrs.; pri
h fam.; use of apt. Edge. 5651.
If It Fits—
We suppose in the not distant t'u
ttiro on the llfcn's Pages" of th<
newspaper we’ll be reading article;
ion “Why don’t the girls propose."
It would be easier to tell wiia
the weather is going to do this tim<
next year than guess which way i
woman driving a car i3 going next.
Girls are pretty good at dollinj
themselves and making themselves
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THE MAKING OF CONCRETE
' Is a matter of proper materials
together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFQ.
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Willoughby Ave. Phone 32. |
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Pack* and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSXJTu COAL
Phone 48.
look 'liko Queens, but nothing ean
'bout iSin at dolling Itself up.
ft has ibecn our observation that
tho bird who throws bouquefts at ,
himsdlif doesn't hoave anything but
bricks at other foHts.
Every married man soon learns he
simply can't do enough for his wife.
The groom’s love begins to cool
when ho begins to 'find out what a
hot temper his bride has.
When tho Groen-E.ved Monster
starts to bat tor hove the spectators
might a t well adjourn to Lite Divorce
Coat ft.
Before a young fell nv deckles he
I can’t live without his Sweetie lie
I ought to (find out whether h^ ean
j live witfEl. his 'prospective mot heir-in
law.
Threb things that- "ain't” aro fire
i proof buildings, tin inkabio ships
and FREE DOVE.
You can't get anywhere much in
i business unless you have brains, but
in society you tan got along all
right without the gray matter if you
have plenty of the yellow metal.
You never got Into trouble by go
ing out with your own wife or your
own umbrella.
The girls n >w are using bind inna
handkerchiefs, but not, nif course, us I
hondkenchicffs.
Girls may be foolish, but you never
300 one foolish enough to wear high
shoes with galoshes, you bet
Daily Sentence Sermon
You new r get up in the worl-1 bv
going up in tho air.
New3 of the Names Club
,1. F. informs us Robb Inn lives I
at Euclid Village, Ohio, but you’ll!
1 find plenty of neighbors Ilk" that
right around here.
ISavo one for us. M irie. Marie
Mao Dance liven in St. Louis.
! Gems From Guide Book to Success
| All "Men if Note" have enemies—
men who have achieved Joss than
■ 'they. If you entertain enmity or en-j
v.v for one of such, it's a pretty good
'plan Ha fergeit: it, fur such feelings |
are oxctic to many men, and but I
widen the gulf between you.
-J. E. F.
Old naners roi »atr> at Em, *<•'
| Empire Printing Company.
RUB RHEUMATIC,
ACHING JOINTS
AND STOP PAIN
St. Jacobs Oil stops any pain, and
rheumatism is pain only.
Not one case in fifty requires tn
] ternal treatment. Stop drugging!
! Hub soothing, penetrating St. Jacobs
Oil right into your sore, stiff, achingj
joints, and relief comes instantly !
St. Jacobs Oil is a harmless rheu-j
matism liniment, which never disap-!
points, and cannot burn the skin. ■
Limber up! Quit complaining! Get.
a small trial bottle of old, honest St |
Jacobs Oil at any drug store, and inj
just a moment you'll be free from
rheumatic pain, soreness and stiff
ness. Don’t suffer! Relief awaits
you. St. Jacobs Oil is just as good
for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago,
backache, sprains, (advertisement.)!
Rent a Ford and enjoy yourself.
Marshall & Newman. —adv.|
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and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWER
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Vat Atta’a old
i aland) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
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PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
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PROFESSIONAL
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Dri. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
. PHONE 96
Hour* 9 a. tn. te 9 p. m.
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Dr. Charles P. Jennc
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
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Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Kee. in*.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. At. to 9 P. M.
SEWARI) BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rea. Phone 27 6
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Did*.
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. 1. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Me:-serscl-.midt Apts.
I Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
17 lo 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to (;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
hirst Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
r>n. R. N. DONAHEY
Same Good Service as In the
• Post
HUTESON-DoKAHEtf
Optical Company'’
108 Piko Street, Seattle.
Fraternal Societies
--or-1—
Gastineau Channel
o . mi
Mae ting Wednesday
SferenlngB at 8:00
o'clock, Elks’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenne,
Exalsed Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Bite
Regular meetings'
second and fourth!
Fridays each month1
at 7: SO p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTEn B. HEI3EL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
_ LODGE NO. S A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.(
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grandj
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LOOEF
No. 147. F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Beccnd and Fourth' Mondays
i of ««ct. Month. In Odd Felicia
| t'ftll. h.-ftinrilrift *t 7:1# o’clock..,
Homer G. Nordllng, Master. /
Chas. E. N^gnel, Secretary.'
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuo#
dnya of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. r. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLINU, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
sEGHe na council m.
I7‘U. Meetings second
and last Mondaya at 7:«S
^ K p m. Transient Broth
*rs urged to attend. Council Chambore
H'ifth Street. John F. Mullen, G. K.
I. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month st I *. m.
Elks’ ixmge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
M00SK.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Itodenborg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary. .
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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AUXILIARY, PIONEER! Of
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
Meets Inst Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Ixvlgo to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Jyottte Spickett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, 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
nmEAU, ALASKA. 1