ALASKA DAILY EMPIRI
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CIRCULATION OUARANTEED TO BE
DOUBLE THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKA
MORE tha:
NEW SPAPEF
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IF DIVISION IS COMING IT SHOULD
BE NOW.
Sfcretaiy Hocvir, speaking at Anchorage, sail
tlat Alatka "gome day would develop four or fiv
great States." He continued:
Tills must ccme by steady accretion of
people step by .step, that come here to ob
tain a better livelihood and a better standard
of living. We must remember it Is a place
of greater pos ability and of tremendous
retouttea and there can be no full eelf-gov
cinment until you are able to carry that
burden.
If Alaska is to be developed into four o- fiv
great States -if she Is eventually to become two o
three States -there should be a division now. It 1
net fair to tax those portions of Alaska that ar
partly developed and struggling with their owui prol
lems to load upon them several hundred thousan
equere miles of Territory which draw from tliei
meager taxpaying capabilities many thousands of dol
late annually only to have those parts sever th
connection when they become able to walk alone. Th
people of the Alaska coast have a new country—on
to develop which as it should he developed will burde
their earning powers and ability to puy taxes A squar
deal would suggest a division now if there is to h
division at all. if the rest of Alaska needs hel
with its schools, roads, shelter cabins and variou
other matters, if there is never to he reciprocity, th
charge should fall upon the country generally an
not upon the t uttered population anil small Invest
nientr along the Ala ka coant.
That paid of Alaska lying east of the divide hi
twain (he Alaska Railroad and the Copper River an
couth of the divide between the Tatiana River and th
Paeitic, including Si.ut lieastr rn Alaska, is able t
maintain a full Territorial form of government, wliic
1s as near self-government as may conte before Statt
licod. It is not able, however, to tax itself for 111
support of vast areas of the Territory that will nc
he affiliated with it w in u State hood conn-;. If all Alask
is not given full Territorial form of governmen
with County organizations to collect and expen
taxes collected within their boundaries then, in com
men fait u< . there should be immediate division.
ALASKA GAME A MATERIAL ASSET.
The statement made by Mr. Walker of the I)lc
logical Survey that 14 big game hunters in Alask
on 52 i -purate expeditions had expended in the Terr
■lory $107,58(1, and Hint seven of them had becom
financially interested lu it as a result of their hunt
ing trips, prove that the game animals of the Nort
constitute an asset that should not he lightly treatei
With proper advent Ring and exploitation the wil
life of the North will become of constantly increasin,
value to this country. No people In the world mak
better tourists than big game hunters. They spem
their money freely, if they can get what they want
and they are natural horn adventurers. They ar
willing to take u chance, and thereby become hack
ers of prospectors and others whore work leads b
permanent devclopment.
Alaska should In every possible way encourag
those who are trying to direct the attention of th
big game hunters and sportsmen of field and slreat
to this country. The more of them who come th
better it will be fir all of us.
PREMATURE (,i EASING.
Governor Bone's veil considered Interview put
lit tied in The Empire Tuesday suggests that sotu
newspaper writer.; are doing a loT" of piemature guest
ing. We read that President Harding’s trip is
‘’disappointment." that a big railroad scandal is df
veloptng, that there are dllTerenci s of opinion her
and there, now that tlie President will take this stun
end then that he will take that itand, etc.
The Empire suggests that it would be well t
withhold arriving at conclusions or indulging in ciiit
cisms or making guesses at least until the Presldcn
lias spoken. Secretary Hoover lias frlrly outline
his plan of action, and it is fair to discuss that
President Harding lias discussed some till tigs, and dis
closed some excellent common sense views, and they
of course, are proper subjects for discussion. How
ever, there is no need to enter the field of specula
tion as to wiiat his position will be on those matter
of which lie hat no: spoken Particularly is tills th<
cafe when wc realize he will speak on Alaskan prob
lc-nis at Seattle next Friday evening. Get s wait.
THE VALUE OF THE KLONDIKE.
The Detroit Free Press rays there is grave doubi
as to whether or not the Klondike gold discovery wat
a benefit to the human race It doubts that tin
gold netted fiotn it war worth as much as tin
cost of it.
There is no doubt that far too many people par
ticipatcd in the stampede that followed the Klon
dike f trike. There were too many people in all the
Northern stampedes, Jutt as too many people rushed
to California in 1849. Too many people are ulways
pursuing where someone else has led the way te
profit. However, if we take into account thal
< more than 1200,000,000 were released from thi> earth
j through the Klondike discovery to work tor people
so long ah gold remains the standard of value and
l that it led to other discoveries that has released gold
- to broaden and strengthen the basis of the financial
jp systems of the world, it must be admitted that great
good has resulted.
The value of gold is not only in the profit to the
d (producer. Gold is not perishable. It is not of tran
sient value. It lasts forever, If not lost, and works
and works all the time except when hoarded. The
>' gold from King Solomon's mines and that recovered
y £y the Spanish explorers continues to serve as a basis
for file circulation mediums of various countries —
to serve us pillais on which rest the credits of the
world.
t| An 84-year-old resident of Sitka, who had been in
‘ the Territory nearly a half century, left for the States
- with the intention of staying there, but decided that
* Alaska in the country for a young man and returned
to live at Sitka until he reaches the eenutry mark,
!al least.
Those wets in the East and radicals in the West
are bringing some problems home to tlie Democrats
as well as to ihe Administration. Democrats are not
experts at handling that sort of thing either : r
delegates to • heir conventions have a way 01 ’’glilug
over their differences of opinion before the public
It has been made quite plain that the Republican
Administration is not in sympathy with Delegate
Sutherland- at least, as far as the fisheries question
is concerned.
It won't be hard for the people to approve Presi
dent HardlngiS's refusal to call an extra session of
Congress The country is enjoying its rest from
Congress.
Hi# Gold Mine Seen at Juneau.
(Staff Correspondence in oeattle Times.)
In Juneau, Alaska's Capital City, President Hard
ing raw the Territory’s greatest gold mine, tliat of I
tlie Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, within
the city limits, and which In 1922 produced approxi
mately one-sixth of all the gold exported from the
j Territory.
! The Alaska Juneau mine penetrates more than
j two miles into the mountain which looms over Ju
i- ] neau. Members of tho President’s party rode up
^1 a 11 incline railway with a maximum grade of 37
, I degrees and then on an electric train far into a rock
" I hewn tunnel.
The mill of the mine is nearly as tall as the L. C.
11 Smith Building in Seattle. The ore is brought to
'’J the mill through the tunnels in ten-ton cars and
-(dumped in four-car lots into giant tipples
* 1'ndcr the gravity system the ore then passes
a through crushers and other apparatus on successive
, levels, down story by story until tt is formed into'
j giant gold bars.
Officials of tho mine said the last bar turned out j
weighed 160 pounds and was worth approximately!
? $35,000.
* Bead and silver also are produced in the mine, j
91 After the refining processes are carried as far as
® i the, equipment of the mill will peruilit, the precious
ij metal is shipped to Tacoma and Wallace, Idaho, I
. where the operation Is completed in the smelters.
The mine company is now handling 8,000 tons
, : of rock a day at an approximate cost of 48 cents
j | a ton. Engineers estimite that there are 100,000,000
I tons of ore In the mountain sufficient to keep tile I
1 j mill operating at its present capacity for fifty years.
I j Three shifts of men are employed in the mining j
11operations and two in the mill.
The Alaska Juneau Mining Company is famed
elthe world over in mining circles for the small ex-1
t j Pence with which it cun handle its ore. Despite the,
ii fact that gold in the rock does not run more than
,18a cents to one dollar a ton, .the mine ylleds large!
j returns.
_ j f " • Bradley of San Francisco is president of.
(the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. He is also
I president of the Bunker-Hill ti Sullivan mine at1
(Wallace. Idaho, said to be the largest lead and
Eilv.or mine in the world.
Eastern members of the chier executive's party
' I have been surprised to learn that gold was exten
i sivcly mined in the Juneau district long before the
-'tide of fortune seekers rushed into the Klondike.
B] Juneau pioneers told their distinguished guests
. that Joe Juneau discovered gold in the town in 1881.
, ,lis Partner was a man named Harris and for a time
(the town was railed Harrisburg after him. It was
j not long, however, until the name was changed to the
(one that Capital City now boats.
Oast 1 neau Channel on which Juneau is situated
ewas named after a Frenchman by that name who
II visited these waiters many years ago.
The Iprijjht Judge.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
There is, unfortunately, much popular ugly eriti
! e'sm of Courts and juiists. Chiefly this criticism is
3 rooted in ignorance, but ominously, sometimes it finds
1 expression in high plates. But the world may be as
a *ured "'at the spirit and wisdom of Daniel abide even
to this day.
i Good cit I sens generally accord voluntary and
willing reverence to (lie Judiciary. Nevertheless, it is
I refreshing to hear extolled the vital importance and
I dealings of the American system, especially when
■ such earnest commendation comes from a man like the
Secretary of state, who in high degree exemplifies
•J the ideal interpreter of the law.
i Spaklng in this behalf, Secretary Hughes recently
- said; "Who is more entitled to honor than the in
3 corruptible, lcarhed, industrious. Impartial Judge?
I i Amid the play of favoritism, the abuses of admin
istrative discretion, the compromises of legislative
halls amid chicanery and dishonesty, disrespect of
law and efforts to subvert its enforcement, he stands
forth, dependable and iteadrad, alike to the rich and
poor, weak and strong—the righteous and courageous
Judge, the tit representative of democracy, command
ing its be-1 talent lor the performance of Its highest
function,”
Here is truth and matter for pride and gratula
tlon I hat there are venal and corrupt Judges does
j not affect this truth. Eden was not secure from the
, invasion of evil, nor heaven itseir. If the old legends
iare to he believed. Judges in the main measure up
to the high standard expected to be maintained by
, them. Incidentally, no small part or Cincinnati's
l distinguished fame is due to the lives and achieve
- • u 11 u uCIIH V
meins of the great men she has given to the nation's
i judiciary.
Jugoslavia announces that she will pay her war!
debts Germany announces that she will not. Ami I
both are quite in earnest about it.— (Cleveland Plain
Dealer.)
President Harding is now a member of the Cayuse
trib. of Northwestern Indians. Along with the pipe
of peace, lie should remember there is occasional need
for the tomahawk.—(New York Post.)
Speaking of the watch on the Rhine, it's a hunting
case, hut doesn't sems to be gold filled.—(Shanghai
Weekly Review.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR j
By SAM HILL 1
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Still, the Land's Pretty Wet, Too
Some people think
That there's no plate like the dry
land
While others < laini
The wet, wet sea is simply grand.
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
What’s become of the. old fashioned
folks who wouldn't buy letter paper
unless it was ruled?
The Ananias Club
Tlie politest and best natured man
in town is the traffic cop.
Dumbbell Is Right
Blinks "His wife is pretty much
of a dumbbell, isn't she?"
Jinks "I'll say she is. Why she
is so dumb that when he speaks of
a handbook she thinks he is refer
ring to a book on palmistry.”
“All the News That’s Fit To Print”
(Unity f’or. Falmouth, Ky. Outlook)
Charles Stroub has purchased a
bicycle.
Why Doesn’t He Read the News
papers ?
A. Clutton Brock, whoever he is,
claims the expression “A sea of
trouble" is now obsolete. Well, he
can't make the State Department,
which is trying to make the dry
laws fit the wet sea, believe it.
Then Pa Went Up, Too
"Pa,” said^ Clarenece, "aviators
must have terrible dispositions, don’t
you think?"
"What makes you think that?"
askeed his dad.
"Well, they always are going up
In the air,” grinned Clarence.
Proud—Or Astonished By Such a
Flock Of ’Em?
(Cannon City Record)
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Smith are the
proud parents of six one-half pound
baby girls.
Accompanied By Torrent of Words
and Flood of Tears
You'll find that every time
Poor hubby makes a blunder
It starts a storm at home,
And wifey gives him thunder.
Fool Questions
T. B. writes: "Say, Sam, appros
of your numerous digs at the drug
gist, can you tell me what he says
when he's out of his head?" Rave
on; we won't try to stop you.
And We’ll Say They Scared the
Fish Away
“Has anybody seen my earrings?"
demanded the princess daughter of
the family.
“Willie took them fishing with
him," replied her younger sister.
"Fishing with him!” exclaimed the
princess, "what on eartli did he want
to take them fishing for?”
"Oh, he said they would make
dandy sinkers."
Things Must Have Been Getting
Dull in Sharp County
(Sharp County Reecord)
Mr. Luden Norris went to Bates
ville last Saturday to have his
throat cut.
If It Fits—
To hear the long faced dress re
formers talk, you'd think they had
more on the flappers than the flap
pers had on themselves.
Equal Rights never will answer
“present" until friend wife begins
to call up from down town to say
that she will not be home until
very, very late because she has to
sit up with a sick "sister."
A woman doesn't want to know
how to grow old gracefully; all she
wants to know, is. how not to grow
old.
One reason why we are glad we
were born a man is because we
have never felt we could learn to
sleep comfortably with our hair
done up in curl papers.
We often have wondered which
causes a wife the most anguish; the
cook who is always breaking the
dishes nr the husband who always
is breaking his word.
A woman may refuse to hang the
clothes on the line, but gosh! how
she does love to talk for hours about
clothes over the line.
It has been our observation that
when the average careful housewife,
says she doesn't care how the
house looks, she means' just so It is
in applepie order.
It is just barely possible that the
reason the girls who marry men to
reform them throw up the job be
cause there Isn't as much money
in it as there is in the regular re
form game.
The difference between a man and
woman is that a man likes to take
Ms nose paint and hair tonic In
ternally.
Daily Sentence Sermon
You are In a fine way to go broke
if you sit around and wait for the
“bleaks," You only get them by
breaking your back In going after
them.
We are expert in
“ORNAMENTAL CONSTRUC
TIVE WATER-PROOP
CONCRETE,”
and the common wet kind alao.
Willoughby Ave., near Ball
grounds. Established Twenty
years. Phone 32
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
COMPANY
IN UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
JUNEAU. ALASKA.
Serials 03756-051(65.
June 28. 1023.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
Lee U. Smith of Juneau, Alaska,
has submitted final three year proof
in support of his lloun stead Entry,
Serial 03756, for land- in HE Sur
vey No. 101. new erlei No. 111*4.
and addition..! Homestead Entry,
Serial 06965. fir lands in I". S. Sur
vey No. 14 34. The. surveys are
both situated about one mile eaeti r
ly from the mouth of M ndenhall
Itivrr, .twelve mile north of Ju
neau, Alaska, in latitude 58° 22'
North and longitude 134 34’ Wert,
arid more particularly d scribed as
follows:
Commencing at cor. No. 1. HE
Survey N . lul whence U.S.
I-.M. No. 44 F. S. hear* North
68° 54' W 42.28 chs.; runniuK
• thence N. 89° 34' E. 20 chs. to
cor. No. 2. thence s. 0° 17' E.
60.08 chs. to c >r. X ■ 3, tin nee
S. 89° 40' W. 20.00 chs. to cor.
No. 4, thence N. 0° 20' W.
60.09 chr. to cor. No. 1 the
place of h 'ginning, containing I
an area 120.14 acre,. Variation
31° 14' East.
Commencing at cor. No. 1. I .
S Survey No. 1434, whence C.
S.L.M. No. 381 hear.; S. 49° 08'
E. 90.24 chs.; thence N. tt° 21'
W. 20.00 chs. along the e interly
line l\ S. Survey No. 381 to
cor. No. 2; thence N. 89° 40'
K. 19.99 chs. to cor. No. 3 iden
tical with Cor. No. 3 II.E. Sur
vey No. 101; thence S. 0° 36' i
E. 20.20 chr. to cor. No. 4; ;
thence N. 89° 45' W. 20.08 chs. I
to cor. No. 1 the place of be
ginning; containing 40.26 acres.
Varli :ion 31° 16' K.
FRANK A. DOYLE,
Register.
First publication July 20, 1923.
Last publicaticn Sept. 24. 1923.
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THAI ciFAftr. Kdifhr U a cash I
asset If yon use the Empire classi
fied. You can rent It to a desirable;
tenant at a good price, thus l'*sen-|
lug your own rent-burden
CLEANS
m
teeth
THE
RIGHT
WAY/
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Pucks and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
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Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
If« all in knowing HOW to do
oret-clase cleaning and dyeing
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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AUTOS FOR HIRE
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Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
r
U & I Taxi Service
• \v,?'^]|Lak*ch. Proprietor.
V will take you anywhere
anytime.'’
PHONK 64
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Blackie’s Taxi
A?*Y y^ERE—ANY TIME
i>tand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seveu-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
Castlneau Hotel. Popular
prlcse. Phone 10.
Also seven-passenger Sedan
Day and Night Service
Call 362.
PROFESSIONAL
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Dra. Kaser & Fre charger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE M
, Hour* 9 a m t* 8 ®. a.
Dr. Charles P. Jeaten
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and a Valentins Mdg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighnc
MmIodv Building
Honrs 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phonos: Office. 104; Kee. 1«'B.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTLST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 4 69.
Ilea. Phone 276
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg,
Telephone 172.
GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Meeeerschmldt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Ooldatetn Building
Hours: 9'30 to 12; 1 to i;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 107; Residence
Phone 612, Coliseum Apts.
Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN
Office—Second and Main
. Telephone 1 8
All Alaskap Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Ktor guua prlutlng p>>uu« 374.
fraternal Societies
--or
Gastineau Channel
o . mi
Meetlag Wednesday
Evening* at 8:00
o'clock, Elks’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exulted Killer.
JOHN A l)A VIH,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Soottiah Kite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:S0 p m. Odd
Fellowa’ JlaM.
WALTER B. HEISBL, Secretary.
i. o. o. f».
SILVER HOW
1.0 DO ID NO. S A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE RE1EKA1
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every Hrst and th'rd
Tuesdays In I. O. O. K. Hall, at
8PM FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
N Q ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNCAO LODSS
NO. 1ST, F. A A. M.
Stated Communffatton
Second and r^nrlh Mondays
of each Month, In Odd relicts
Hall, beginning at 7 IS o'clock.
Homer G. Norilltng, Master.
Chas. E. NagLel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Hwnnd mid Fourth TiH»
days of sack mouth.
At 8 o'clock, I O. O. r Hull.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron,
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
MCOhsBH COUNCIL. MS.
I7<0. Mccllnio »«•«», 4
nod last Mondays at 7:M
p. m. Transient Broth
ers arced to attend. Council Chsmbora
Fifth Street. John K. Mullen, O. *•
J. I,. Mc.Closkey, Secretary.
AMERICAN I.EUlOl
Alford John Bradford
Boat No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month st V 9. m,
Elks' l.oage Kootn. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 971!; Q. H.
Mansi, Post Adjutant, Phone 19#.
LOYAL ORDER Of
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 9 o'clock,
Mnone Hall. E. K.
Rodeuberg, Dictator; It. H. Ntevern
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting aecond and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. U. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
7 AUXILIARY," PIONEER! OP
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
! Meets Inst Thursday of every
' month. Social hour with mem
I hers of Pioneer 1/Otlge to fol
low each meeting.
! Mrs. Ixittle Splckett, President.
1 Mrs. Lillie Rurford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to success begin* at the Saving* Window.
How early you attain lucces* depend* on how
often you deposit. Many of our captain* of industry
owe theiT 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
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