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PRESIDENT (QOLIDGE ENDORSES PRESI
DENT HARDINGS POLICIES.
The tla^fttient of Pre: iilent Coolidgo that it would
he hh purport to carry out the policies which Presi
dent Harding had begun for the services of the Ameri
can people will have a reassuring effect on the
country. As Governor of Massachusetts and an offi
cial i„’ hie town and Slate for many years President
Ccolidge d< mont:rated that he could carry out dehnite :
pedicle: with precision. While, as Vice-President Mr. J
Coclidge iem.lined mcde.-.tly In the background, hut;
it it raid he attended Cabinet meetings, at the.
Invitation of President Harding, whenever that was!
practicable and tiia the- kept abreast with the
progress of the Administration. On the strength of,
the record the Arm-fated Pres: declares that he ts|
perhaps better equipped by experience to assume the j
duties at the White House than any of his predeces- j
gar? who have be' n called to that high office through,
the death of the President.
President Coolidge'? record and hi? speeches would,
make it apparent that lie will not be a sensational j
President. In many respects Ills attitude toward gov
, n:i/init is similar 'o that of President Harding. He
believer in government through laws and the opera
tion of principles rather than a personal government
subject lo the caprice or whim of an Individual. One
of the last ppeeches lie made while Governor of Mas
sachusetts was In deprecation of the tendency to
centralize government in Washington. He believed
the Federal Government was doing many things
which should hr loll to the separate Plates to do for,
themselves. He declared:
All functions which the Federal Consti
tution did not delegate to the Central Gov
ernment should lie exercised unimpaired by
Hie several States * * * The people need
assertion of there rights in order to preserve
their liberties through local uelf-gpivern
ment.”
There is nothing of New Nationalism about that
doctrine, nor is there threat of rampant Interference
In matters that had well be left fo individuals and!
local governments. That principle carried out would
give the country time ta seltle down lo a normal
rendition to permit the curents of public activity!
to flow in natural channels.
Olio of the beneficial features of the Herding!
Administration was its recognition 01 things in their
true relation. The Pri -iilent believed in orderly pro-j
cedure through the application of accepted principles]
rather thin in hot-house govcrnmei tat control. And]
time was doing ils work. The Government was grad-]
ually reducing tile cost of its operations and arrang
ing its finances In buslnersltke way. That President!
Ccolidge will continue on this {source there Is no]
reason to doubt. That he will continue effectively!
the it Is every reason to believe.
Aifiong the policies that wo may reasonably expect
t.o be carried out to the letter are those developed for'
Alaska by President Harding as outlined in ills Alaska!
anil Seattle rpeec'ie- and, doubtless, in many confer-1
ences witli his Cabinet officers and othorn who accom- j
punlexl him on his tour through the Territory. The!
problem , < l this Territory were the last that President
Haiding had personally investigated. It would be a
fitting memorial to his last work to do for the]
Territory that which ho would have done. That It
would h- '.nil a memorial as he would choose for!
the commemoration of his last great undertaking;
there Is i.o doubt.
PEOPLE WERE JUST KEGINNING TO
APPRECIATE PRESIDENT HARDING.
Not only had President Harding grown since he
became President, and he was u big Senator before
he became President, but the thinking people were
growing to understand him better. Behind his tol
irant patience and kindly nature there was a strength
that w;. being discovered by the people a common]
sense business judgment, a wisdom in matters of j
government, a habit fo seeing on the level that werei
coming to be recognized as National assets. With I
his amiability, bis ability to understand and enjoy]
hie countrymen, his sense of humor, his every-day
rort of Atncricauhm, there were poire, calmness and
dignity that carried far. If President Harding had
bein a candidate for President at the UiBt election,
or in tin . pritig, a discontented people would probably
have defeated him—certainly they would have done
so if they had been offered an opportunity to vote
for another who was generally popular. However, the
attitude of the thinking people toward the President|
was rapidly changing, and more and more people
were hi'inning to think of things that were being1
maniferied from day to day. Personally, as a citizen
and as a fellow countryman. President Harding was
always popular. The people thought well of him.
His ftimdr, and those who knew him host were all
his frionds, loved him, and the circle of his friend
ships wa.> being enlarged aB he continued to meet
the people. But knowledge of Ills firmness and I he
ripeness of his judgment was only beginning to find
place in thoinindqof the masses. His sound conclusions,
after investigation, on the coal question, his stead
fastness in his position that there should be no bonuB
far the toldiers except that provision be made to bear
lie cost of |t, his persistence on the ship subsidy,
lis firmness In support of the World Court and other
hlngs were revealing to those who differed with
lim on one or more of those matters as well as to
hose agree if with him that he had definite opinions
or which lie was ready to rise or fail.
Tho people lost President Harding at a time,
through their appreciation of his worth as a statee
nan, he was becoming most useful to them.
It is noteworthy that those radical Senators and
Representatives who went to Russia with hearts at
tuned to the siren of the propagandists are returning
to tile United States and the $7,500 salary. They did
not think enough of Russia to remain there.
Not since the death of President McKinley have
he American people suffered such poignant grief
is that caused by the untimely death of President
Harding.
Al. Mayo,
(I)awson Nows.)
Capt. Alfred H. Mayo—pioneer of pioneers, sour
dough of sourdoughs—known to every Yukoner as
Al. Mayo, has gone on the last stampede.
Jt is with no little teeling of emotion that
every Northerner receives the news of the departure
of a man of the extraordinary type of Al. Mayo.
With his name is associated those of other notable
red-blooded Yukon trail-blazers of civilization of half
i century ago -days long preceding the discovery
,r gold at Circle, on the Stewart, at Fortymile or else
where in the Yukon Valley; days antedating the great
Klondike strike by nearly a quarter or a century.
With the name of Mayo is associated other such
famous sourdoughs as Jack McQuesten, Arthur ilarp
r, Fred Hart and Joe Dadue, all of whom were men
if daring and initiative and who did big things in
Helping lay the foundations of the future of Yukon.
Hiey engaged in fur trading, prospected for gold, es
tablished trading post.' and grubstaked and other
wise assisted the men who later came and overturned
he gravels of countless streams and made the strikes
which put Yukon permanently on the map.
How much of privation and endurance fell to the
lot cf those men who cut themselves off from civiliza
tion and traveled by the devious and then unnamed
dreams and mountain passes into the then wilder
ness of Yukon never will be fully appreciated by
ubeequent generations. Mayo and these of his
timo were not only prospectors and traders. They
were explorers as well, and followed tip their explora
tions by development. Having cut themselves off from
the old world of established ways, and having no fam
ilies to bring with them, some of thorn married after
coming to Yukon end dedicated the best years of
their lives to this new land.
Great men were these, comparable to the Vikings
and men of previous ages who went faring forth into
strange new lands and settled there. And of all
tills virile breed of early sourdoughs of Yukon, Al.
Mayo was, in a way, the greatest of them all. By the
physical strength and enduraneo witli which nature
endowed him he outlived all his fellows and was
the last survivor of the old guard. Furthermore, he
never left the Yukon, but, unlike some of his fellows,
did not feel constrained to spend even the sunset
of life in other climes. He ehoBe, like the hardy oak
that ho was, to weather the storm of the seasons
where he slood. He wue a sourdough which endured.
He gave a half century of his sterling manhood to the
Northland, and, more than that, he established a
home and reared a family, the greatest of all con
tributions to any country, and his family survives
him in multiplied numbers, to help carry on tlie
development of the Yukon toward that great goal
which is her destiny.
The names of Mayo and his companions of half
a century ago have been given to great rivers and
ether physical features or the North and it Is a happy
coincidence that the name of Mayo was given in
honor of the notable pioneer to that new Yukon
district which now is the greatest treasure producer
of the hard rock camps of the North, and it is
farther noteworthy that that camp, which is the heart
cf the silver aroa, promises to develop into the
greatest in America and thereby preserve the name
md fame and be an enduring monument to that
Sourdough or Sourdoughs, Captain Al. Mayo.
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Colorful Story Remains.
(San Francisco Bullet?" '
The town of Goldfield, Nev., wiped out by fire.
But Its story will remain—and what a colorful story!
There was more lifo of the interior variety packed
into Goldfield than into almost any other town of
the West. Never a man lived there that ever forgot
to mentioned it on the slightest provocation. It was
the town of tho reckless spenders, and a town where
everyone from banker to bartender would take a
chance on a loan to a man with a square look.
If tho $100,000 offered by a Philadelphia man
ror a plan to prevent war ae.complislies Its purpose
It will rank as the greatest bargain in history.—
(Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
France planR to build a licet of giant submarines,
which means nothing except that Great Britain will
plan to build a fleet of giant submarines.—(Detroit
Free Press.)
We note that American Reds are very careful
to kerp away from that section of the globe whert
their preaching is practiced.— (Cleveland Times-Com
men ial.)
At any rate, the bright era of peace is teaching
the nations a lot about the gentle art of bluffing.
— (San Francisco Journal.)
If Germany had won, she might be spending hei
money for aimies still instead of wasting it on
factories.— (Baltimore Sun.)
It seems that Jack Dempsey's knockout missed
Gibbons and bit those Montana banks.—(Louisvillt
Colirier-Journal.)
Speaking of "imperialism,” what's the matter wit!
the Anti-Saloon League?—(Cleveland Times-Commer
cial.)
As a matter of fact, people are not scrapping ovet
their religion, but over their opinions.— (Houston
Post.)
Why phould there be a third party? Those who
are mad about something can vote for Debs, at
usual.—(Indianapolis Star.)
Scientist says the earth is billions of years old.
Wait till Bryan gets on the trail of his statistics. —
San Francisco Bulletin.)
Pity the poor politician who does not know
whether to ciihs Wall Street, promise lower taxes,
or clamor for beer.—(Seward Gateway.)
Scrapping warships is better than to have war
ships scrapping.—(Indianapolis News.)
Perhaps Mr. Underwood expects to make a hard
wood finish.— (Cincinnati Enquirer.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM TTTTX
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And You Call—For Help
Folks don't run over for a call
The way they used to do;
But In tills ago of motor cars
They do run over you.
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
The reason the woman of today
think tight lacing was simply ter
rible Is because tile loose uncorset
ed effect Is now the style.
The Ananias Club
"I get just as much pleasure work
ing in my garden In July as I did
in May," boasted the suburbanite.
Ouch I
"What a lot of spendthrifts we
arc." remarked Mr. Grouch. “The
paper says we spent $200,000,000 for
confectionery last year.”
"We?" snapped his wife, "what
do you mean by we? The final zero
represents all you have spent for
candy for me since we have been
mnrripd."
Learn One New Thing Every Day
"The Eskimos have ito vegetable
food, except a few berries.”—News
Item. In our dictionary berries are
defined, not vegetables, but as fruit.
No Doubt She Hopes It Will Be
the Last Time, Too
(From a news item In Pittsburgh
Post, lamped by W. W. W.)
A Scotch woman on her way to
I Glasgow for the first time in her
life gave birth to her thirty-pound
baby; 24 of her children being alive.
Try It and See If We Are Not
Right
You ran be popular
E'en though you havtf no pelf,
If you will learn to keep
Your troubles to yourself.
Fool Questions
S. N. F. writes: "Children can
J take after their father, but can’t
!a wife take after them too?” She
can anil does, not exactly the way
the kids do.
Still Have Them
Blinks The world isn’t as bad as
it used to be. We don’t have those
j terrible Instruments of torture any
| more.”
Jinks—Say, did you ever take a
trip in a flivver.
Old-Hat Note
(living away the things you have
no further use for is not charity—
Sam Hill, in Cincinnati Enquirer.
We suppose you mean by that,
Sam, that we'll have to let friend
wife put that old Derby hat away
in a sack in the attic for another
summer?—“Dusty'' Miller, Wilmington
News-Journal.)
Well, They’re Shows the Men
Enjoy
She—“The world’s a stage.”
He—“Yes, but you flappers sure
are making a eho'w of yourselves.”
Something To Worry About
Hay making time is at hand, but
the crop seems to be rather poor.—
Chickasaw Co. Coldwater (Ohio)
Chronic le.
Well, what of it? What does any
body want with hay these days?
! Every farmer now used either a
flivver or a car, and he can’t feed
those things hay.—(Sam Hill in Cin
cinnati Enquirer.)
Yes, hut Sam, remember old Neb
uchadnezzar’s fate. If people keep
on buying flivvers and cars the hay
crop will have to be conserved for
the Nebnchadnezzars who own and
drive them.—Coldwater (Ohio) Chron
icle.
If It Fits—
We guess from the hugging that
goes on In the motor cars that the
young people of this generation are
strong for the freedom of the press,
anyway.
We are going to have a lot more
faith in Science when it can make
the things that are good for us as
pleasant as the wicked things that
are so bad for 11s. ,
We guess a man can be his own
boss if he is an orphan and not
married.
We don’t know of any more dan
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gerous place to be .married Ilian on
the spur of the moment.
Nothing can make a, home more
comfortable lor u man than nice
furniture, except a devoted, sweet
tempered wife.
Some people spend thefr evening^
at home, because they are too dog
gone stingy to take their wives out
and spend any money on them.
We hear a good deal about the
wasted water power of this country,
but not as 'much as we do of the
wasted power of speech.
After reading the woman’s page
and the paragraph columns of the
papers we are convinced the news
about women is highly colored. At
least the women are.
Another thing that would help re
duce the high cost of living would
be for our wise and Intelligent Con
gress, that fixes everything, to pass
a law making saving as easy as
spending.
it is not what the flappers and
bathing girls wear that shocks our
prudish reformers—-it is what they
don’t wear. „
Tilings would look a lot br'ghter
for the bride if "the light of life”
didn't insist on going out every night
after the honeymoon lias gimp West. ]
These days the green countrji girij
doesn't look nearly so green as her|
flapper cousin in the city.
Daily Sentence Sermon
We don't think anybody can be;
dumber than a "Smart Aleck."
News of the Names Club
Maybe a pin gave way, or some
thing, but anyway Florence Thereof!
is reported from Wei born. Kan.
We wish B. Humble, of Washing
ton. D. C. would park himself in the
Halls of Congress, where he could i
be a constant reminder to our great
lawmakers of what they ought to be. j
IN UNITED ST-MEs LAN;) OFFICE.!
JUNEAU. ALASKA.
Serials 03756-105965.
June 28. 1923.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
Lee H. Smith of Juneau, Alaska,
han submitted final three year proof
In support of his Homestead Entry,
Serial 03756, for lands in HE Sur
vey No. 101, new series No. 1194,
and additional Homestead Entry.
Serial 05965. for lands in U. S. Sur
vey No. 1434. These surveys are
both situated about one mile easter
ly ftom the mouth of Mendenhall
River, twelve miles north of Ju
neau, Alaska, In latitude 58° 22'
North and longitude 134’ 34' West,
ami more particularly described as
follows:
Commencing at cor. No. 1, HE
Survey No. 101 whence U.S.
L.M. No. 44 F. S. bears North
68° 54' \V. 42.28 chs.; running
thence N. 89° 34' El 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. o° 20' W.
60.09 chs. to cor. No. 1 the
place of beginning, containing
an areu 120.14 acres. Variation
31° 14' East.
Commencing at cor. No. 1, U.
S. Survey No. 1 434, whence U.
S.L.M. No. 381 boars S. 49° 08'
E. 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. 19.99 chs. to cor. No. 3 iden
tical with Cor. No. 3 H.E. Sur
vey No. 101; thence 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. nOYLE,
Register.
First publication July 26, 1923.
Last publication Sept, 24, 1923,
Wm. D. Perkins ft Cs.
Bankers
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It’s all tu knowing HOW to do
flrst-claes cleaning and dyalng.
CAPITAL DTE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
end Cleaner. Phone 177.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
Regular trips fo Auk Bay Sat
urdays 5:30 P. M., Sundays
9 A. M. and 6:30 P. M.
PHONE 64.
U. & I. Taxi Service
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seven-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
Gastlneau Hotel. Popular
pricse. Phone 10.
Also seven-passenger Sedan,
Day and Night Service
Call 362.
Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
Blaclde’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANT TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
v PHONE 444
in «»■"<* ..in sen' B
Dr. W. A. Borland
Phydcian and Surgeon
Juneau Music Mouse Rids, I
Telephone 172.
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PHYSICIAN
Office—Second and Main
Telephone 18
All Alaskan Trails End at
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Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
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Ted Taylor, Propa.
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Fraternal Societies
-OP
Gastineau Channel
X . p . o . ms
Meeting Wednesday
■▼••Inga at 8:00
o'clock. Elks' Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Rular.
JOHN A.. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Kite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ HaM.
WALTER B. HE 18El,, Secretary.
I. O. O. P.
SILVER BOW
_ _ LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Charles K. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
I PERSEVERANCE RE1EKAI
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every flrst and th'rd
■ Tuesdays In X. O. O. F. Hall, at
[ 8 P M FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
I N O. ALPIIONHINB CARTER,
j Secretary.
: MOUNT .JUNEAD Loots
No. 147, r. a A. M.
Statod Communication
■eeond and fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd F„II<—a
Hall, he ginning at 7: SO o’rlorlt.
Homer (1 Nordllng, Master.
Chaa. E. NagTiel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Cecond and fourth Tata
days of each montSu
At S o'clock, I. O. O. f. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLINO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
HGOHB HB COUNCIL wa.
n <u. Meetings second
''TCtflfy *nd !“•* Mondays at 7:1*
[g p. m. Transient Bruth
*rs urged to attend. Council Chain bora
Klfth Street. John F. Mullen, U. K.
r. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month it I p. m,
Elks’ i stage Room. John F. Slarr,
Post Oommandsr, Phone 973; Q. ■.
Mono, Poet Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneaa Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock,
Moone Hall. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary. >
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuoaday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Render, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKlnson, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEER! 0V
ALASKA. Igloo No. 9.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer IxKlge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Splckett, President.
I Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
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WHERE i
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to lucceaa begin* at the Saving* Window.
How early yon attain ancce** depend* on how
often yon deposit. Many of onr captain* 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 t
The B. M. Behrends Bank
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