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SENTIMENTALISTS USUALLY HARMFUL.
A Washington, 1). C., publication, provoked by, (
cone taut violations of the prohibition laws, and in-jj
cplred by a couple of instances where Indians ;
voluntarily gavi themselves up for punishment for i
crime, comparer the Indian and white races regard- 1
ing their attitude toward the law and concludes in
t-ivor of the Indian. It says:
An Alaskan Indian was arrested for mar- ]
der. His raptor started with him upon a |.
wearisome journey over snow, which stretched (
several hundred miles of waste between
bint and jail. During tlie journey the captor
fell ill; so ill that lie was helpless. Where
upon the Indian dragged him ihe remaining
hundred miles to ills safety und his own
imprisonment, or perhap3, death.
A short time ago an American Indian,
under sentence of death, got a stay of execu
tion that lie might arrange his affairs and
harvest hiH crops for ills family. At the end
of the reprieve he voluntarily showed up for
execution.
Nor are those in tuncos unique; there are
muny such.
Apparently (lie untutored savage has a
great respect for law. To ills mind, tie
ukase of real authority is made to lie re
spected and obeyed. If broken, the law
enacts a punishment. The Indian mind does
not "see" any point to evading that punish
ment. Even the fact that the punishment
may mean death, doea not deter him.
There have been instances of white men
who left jail on parole and returned; yet.
| one mid hesitate to trust any man witli
freedom, who was under sentence of death
W'ith such examples given by savages,
men with little or no education, civilization,
or training, i; i the more reprehensible when
we, the citizens of a Nation which prides
Itself upon being self-governed, deliberately
violate laws because we don't like them.
Indian arc said to lie men with children's
minds. With tDo above instances in mind,
"A little child shall lead them," takes on a
m w meaning.
Like with most sentimentalists the Washington,,
writer overlooks the main point in the instances he J
discusso-. He forgets that the Alaska Indian did not ; i
show great respect for the law when he shot in the1 i
i aoK a lonely mall earriir on a long winter trall.lt
And he alto overlooks Ihe fact that the Alaska Indian!'
of the Interior has not a world in which to hide, |£
To him the world is limited to the restricted region
where liis lingo is the spoken language of ilia scut-! j
ti red few who live there. The Tanuua Indian knew, I
when hi- pari in the crime was dieovered, that ,
there was nowhere for him lo go and he safe from'
cirnt. Stoically lie accepted the inevitable. Of <
course, his care of his guard on the trail,!'
involving the task of hauling him to safely, is c
commendable. Hut nothing was done there that would 1
toftore life to Percy Huntington who earned li Is j ^
livelihood /by carrying mail lo the frozen-in denizens!'
of tlie vast, white lands during the long Interior!^
Alaska winter.
The Umpire is and has been a consistent admirer
of the pos-d'billtlcs and the development of the Amort-'
tan Indian, in tlio States and litre in Alaska, but'
cenrparirens of the races are not helpful to the,
Indian unit, s they are based on more substantial1
foundations than a sentimental interest in the other I
f ide of oik svho takes human tile. |.
The Juneau Boy Scouts are scouting out the dirty
Piece and making war upon them in a manner!
that is refreshing.
COPPER FALLS, BIT Ol’TLOOK
CONTINUES GOOD.
The luBt days of April raw a marked decline in
the price of eoppet ft m the high of 17Va cents to
about Silling bj speculative buyers Is given
as the principal cam i of the decline. The next eon
trolling cause was the slackening of buying by con
tinuers. who, seeing the advance inevitable, bought
ahead when topper was selling at 14 Vi lo lBVi,
and began using their surplus when it passed 17
cents. 'When the latter condition became apparent,
tlmiiugh ttie slackening of purchases by consumers,
the speculative buyers began liquidating and Hie
price was quickly feretd down until it was a cent
under the "high price
The Bor on News Bureau thinks the lull is only
temporary, is there must lie further buying soon,
und the lower price is likely to stimulate the buying
for consumption very soon. 1
Col. I). C. Jaekling looks for a long period of
successful and profitable copper production accord
ing to the Boston News, Bureau. So confident is
he of a long Beaten cf prosperity that the output
of all his companies is being increased, and the
methods c.f treating ore improved. Production costs
are being reduced through recovery increases and the
use of more labor saving machinery.
The eo-called Jaekling copper companies — the
porphyry properties. I tab Copper, Nevada, Kay and
Chino, ami the Butte and Superior—are now produc
ing topper al a rate In excess of 600,000,(H)0 pounds I
>r approximately $100,000,000 a year. More than
n:e-third of this, or 20,000,000 pounds a mouth, is
iroduced by the Utah Copper, which will soon become
i Kennecott property.
The London-Berlin-Moscow airplane pas. enger
>erviee has been atftrled. The fare between London
ind Berlin is $30, two-pence a mile. The success of
’he London-Parls airplane passenger service is ex
pected to be repeated on the longer route. Airplanes
ire making two round trips daily on this route,
and there ha- never been an accident In the several
iears It has been in operation.
Whenever tlie World Court is the point at issue,
^resident Harding acts and talks like a leader in a
nanner that ought to be snappy enough for his harsh
est critlrt
King Tut was a mere chechako. Santa Cruz has
ome to the front with (lie remains of a former
:itizen who lived 160,000 years ago.
Mr. Booth says the Indian word for intoxicating
liiuor is "now." Why limit it to the "Indian word?"
The Boy. Scouts expect every man to do his duty.
Military Expenses.
(San Francisco Journal.)
In comparing the sums appropriated by various
ntions for military purposes it is easy to overlook
ho fact t hat the American soldier is very well
aid, well led and well equipped in comparison with
lie soldier of other countries, and that the $318,
33,556 spent yearly upon our army does not indicate
nythlug like the numerical strength in men and guns
hat this sum would support in other counrie.?.
Tlie Army and Navy Journal, in a recent editorial!
,n tlie topic, offers a number of very interesting com
larIsons. it is pointed out that among the great
lowers the United States has next to the smallest
rmy, Iter complement of 118,500 exceeding only
hat of Germany, which has 100,5on. Russia has
he largeet, with 834,000. France is second, with
100,000; the United Kingdom third, with 256,700;
taly fourth, with 260,OOt), and Japan fifth with
!46,000. The United States maintains the smallest
lumber of soldiers per 1,000 of population: 1.33.
)n this basis France heads the list with 17.6ft, fol
lowing by Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom and
upan.
Ihe Wernecke Way.
(Dawson News.) I
It won't ilo any harm tor people of Yukon and
tlmka to take a leaf out of the book of Livingston .
Vernecke. It would mean fast work on progressive
ine3 for all if they could learn to do things the
.Vernecke way.
It is only due to Mr. Wernecke that credit be
■iven him for the energetic and business-like way in |
vhich lie has handled affairs for those lie represents!
lince lie came Into the Yukcn and for the public-1
ipiritedners he lias shown and the several invaluable |
unovations and detnonetrations lie has made. His!
lear cut methods and his prompt and decisive style,
if dealing with every matter which has come before1
ilm, from buying claims to building roads, opening'
nining properties and introducing new methods of i
iansportation, ha3 made his name synonymous with!
let ion.
The introduction of tile caterpillar into the Yukcn j
a> Mr. Wernecke is enough to identify him perman
ently as one of the chief makers of the new era in
lie North. Mis demonstration with the caterpillar
lirough the winter just passed that the machine can I
taul ore ail winter in any dgeree of Arctic tempera-!
tire and at one-quarter to one-fifth of tiie cost oT I
muling with teams, means a revolution in land traf-1
ie in the North, and the consequent bringing of;
astly increased mineral area Into profitably working
enge. This means a tremendous impetus to tiie chief
ndustry of the Yukon. So conclusive was his demon-i
t rat ion that he lias brought in a second caterpillar,!
nd announces he will have a third by another win-!
el', and will double or treble his ore shipments next!
.’Inter, This is vastly significant^ to the Yukon.'
imultaneous with ibis news from Mr. Wernecke j
omes the announcement by the pioneering freighting!
ompany of tiie Mayo camp that it will sell its horses1
nd sleighs. This likely portends the introduction j
t the caterpillar by the Yukon Gold Company in that1
amp, which will mean another great stride. The I
awer the cost of transport, the more ore the coin-j
liinies can afford to handle and tiie greater develop-!
tn mt! cuiuiiry on me wnoie.
Mr. Wernecko fays the caterpillars will haul ore
illy in the winter, and that he wishes to co-operate |
n providing better road facilities. This being the
ase. perhaps arrangements could be made by the I
overnmenu to have his caterpillars and others that
my be taken into the camp put on the road work
11 summer. With sueli efficient machines a far
router mileage of first class grading and surfacing
nd road work generally could 'be done in the season,
nil by using the companies’ machines the goveru
lent would nol be out the investment for the equip
lent. The benefits would bo reciprocal and of tre
iiendous advantage to tlie country.
Mr. Wernocke has demonstrated how to go ahead
(illi new enterprises in Yukon, Some may say he'
a a cheechako who has come in with new ideas,
lut tie is not. Mr. Wernecko, and It will be news to
ime, is a Klondike sourdough, one of the great
itanipede brew, lie came lo Dawson and was on the
;old crocks in the great rush of '98. He was a young
nan. and, after a time here, went outside and re
amed his geological studies anil works, and kept on
iie march of progress all the time. VV’erneekc doesn’t
land still nor count time. He keeps thinking and
noting and doing things. What Yukon needs in more
iVerneckes or men who will learn to do It the
iVernecke way.
"Congress is lull of blocs," says Senator Lcnroot.
Organized groups are getting the legislation they
tvant, but t ho great unorganized public is forgotten."
Well, the great unorganized public Inis the privilege
>f paying the bills and doing as it' Is told by the law
makers.— (San Fruncisco Bulletin.)
A California Judge having decided that it Is
•ight and legal for jurors in liquor eases to drink
the "evidence,” we assume that ciiovictlons will be
come fewer and fewer in that progressive state.—
[Cincinnati Enquirer.)
We can’t dig up even a feeble interest in the
proposed abolishment of the $2 bill.—(Cincinnati
Enquirer.)
It may tutorial the boneheads to know that there
ire 5,981 other ways lo make a fool of oneself
betides non-stop dancing.— (Springfield Union.)
It Fritz doesn’t pay up soon it begins to look as
hough his grandchildren and their grandchildren
ilso may rue the Ruhr—(Cincinnati Enquirer )
When it began to look as if the country were
ill. set for a peaceful year. La Follctte announced a
•peeoh-niaking tour.—(Indianapolis News.)
Big Bill Haywood is sticking to Russia because
le doesn’t like Leavenworth, Kan.—(Toledo Blade.)
ALONG LI* S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
It Is lucky they didn’t wear short
skirta back in the days when the
ladies wore those awful striped cot
ton stockings.
The Ananias Club
“That umpire is the finest fellow
i ever saw, he always gives our boys
the best or the decision,” declared
the fan in the tjkachers, as lie care
fully placed the pop bottle under the
bench.
Help!
“1 just blew In a hundred bucks
for tires,” remarked Brown.
"You must’a ibcn having some
blowouts," replied Black.
The Wurst Is Yet to Come
(From the Kaukauna (Wis.) Times
via Bee.)
Mrs. Minnie Woorst of Chicago is
visiting at< the home of her sister.
.Mrs. 'Mary AV'drater.
The Grandest Words in the English
Language
PLAT BALL!
Weatherman, Have a Heart
‘'I do not care 'for a raincheck,”
Declared young Willie Bayne.
'But on this opening day, you bat
I hope they check the rain."
Fool Questions
F. I. XX asks: "Do they use soap
to clean up a fortune?" Well, sol’i
soap often enables a man to do it.
None Ever Comes Back
'Sam Hill, in Cincinnati, says the
fastest thing in the world is the
way his money goes. Yes, Sam, and
if yours is like ours there are no
bad pennies among the lot.
—Weimer in Charleston News and
Courier.
What Every Mother Knows
“Pa.” said Clarem ?, “when is
Mother’s day."
“Every day. from sun up 'till mid
night,” growled; Ma, who had just
finished the dishes and was sitting
down to the family mending.
But How Many Safety Pins Do They
Use?
In the old days a well-dressed wo
man wore 16 'buttons on her dress
and one on her glove. Today she
reverses the process—one button for
the dress anti 16 for the glove.—
News item.
It’s Not Printable
She (At her first ball gamed:
“What do you tall that man in the
blue suit who ' Viands back of the
man with the ef.fb and that other
main ?"
lie: “Well, really. I would not
like to use sin h language in the
presence of a lady.”
Discretion Is Good
iSays J. H Reed. “When a man
tells you to be perfectly frank In
your opinion, it is 'time to use dis
(Telit.n." If he happens to be a
friend you are anxious to lose, at
you gotta do Is to take him at his
word.
If It Pits—
We swppdse If the men were al
blind, most of the girls wouldn't oh
jeet to being wise instead of good
looking.
'Sometimes obedience isn't so good
Many a nun has been severely pun
ished for obeying an impulse.
Her hubby's cough may worry
friend wife, but it is always having
to cough up that worries him.
And sometimes when you hear a
wife bragging a'bout her husband be
fore friends, you are pretty thorough
ly convinced sfvo isn't letting bet
conscience he her guide.
A groom thinks there is too in net
" HOTEL SEATTLE ?
“Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European |
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L«. HODODON, Manager i
d-a
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It’s all In knowing HOW to do |
first-class cleaning and dyeing. I
, CAPITAL DYE WORKS j
1 C. Meldner, Professional Dyer j
i and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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^ THE MAKING OP1 CONCRETE *
! is a matter of proper materials
| together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Tears
| CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
I COMPANY
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
K«tN) Packs and Mona Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMTTii COAL
Phong 48.
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kissing at the wedding, bnl many a
bride finds there's too darn little <>r
it afterwards. |
The only darning Etoekhigs get .
these days is the verbal kind when |
they begin to ladder.
It is about time for a busy statisti
cian to tell us that all the energy
used in the reduction exerc ises would
generate enough [tower to run all the
industries in the country.
The bird who refuses to take no
I when he a kc her to marry, has
to take a good many of them later .
if she doos marry him.
If a couple of orphans marry there
doesn’t seem to be- any good reason
we can think of why they shouldn’t
be happy.
Another trouble with the world is I
that there tire too many people whose j
only ambition. is to keep tip with
the neighbors.
We often have thought a man wos
pretty wise until we discovered his
mind didn't go along with ours.
The return of the hoop-skirt and
bustle doesn't seem halt' so silly to ]
.us as the return of skiewhiskers.
Our own gue-s is that if people I
can't he happy with what they have
they wouldn’t be Ivipp.v with what
the other fellow has, but we never
expect to make the; woman believe it.
Daily Sentence Sermon
A cheerful disposition Is the best
fountain of youth ever discovered.
News of the Names Club
A. M. Gladdish, of St. Louis, must, |
have a ticket for the opening game.
We understand Gene Points, of Mor
gan, Ky., his some goad ones.
“Law Books” Are Found
To Be Over 4 Per Cent
RENO, Nevada* May. 12.—Twoj
packages cf "la w books" which j
leaked corn whis key were recently j
received at the Reno post office. I
They were mailed from New York:
j and addressed to Charles W. Ballen-!
[tine who is under arrest chargedL
with violation or the liquor laws,;
boht St-.itfe and Federal.
The “law books” were in two]
quart bottles which had become!
I broken despite careful wrapping. j
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Old papers foi sale at Empire
1 Headquarters i«* Ladysmith coal.
; Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
RED PEPPER HEAT
STOPS BACKACHE
The heat of red peppers takes the
I "ouch" from a sore, lame back. It
! can not hurt you, and it certainly
jends the torture at once.
■ When you are suffering so you
can hardly get around, just try Red
i Pepper Rub, and you will have the
quickest relief known. Nothing liasi
such concentrated, penetrating heat
as red peppers.
Just as coon as you apply Red;
Pepper Rub you will feel the ting-|
ling heat. do three minutes it:
warms the s<we spot through and
through. Pain and soreness are gone.1
Ask any druggist for a jar of
Rowles Red Popper Rub. Be sure
to got the genuine, with the name
Rowles on each package.
(advertisement.)
i JAPANESE TOY SHOP I
f I
H. a. MAXINO i
i Front Street I
' I F. 0. Bos 218 for Mail Orders j
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TRY OUR
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
, MARY YOUNG, Proprietor, j
USED FURNITURE |
| Bought, Sold and Exchanged i
N. BOCOVICH |
211 Seward St. I
I Telephone 441. P. O. Box 111. j
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j ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWER
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Van Atta’s old
stand) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
ALASKA GOAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. I. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Kates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschmldt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to B;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Pudding
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. Karnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
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DR. R. N. DONAHEY |
Siini" Good Service ns In tha
Past
MUTESON-DoNAHTf
OoticalCompan/'
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
fraternal Societies
-Of
Gastineau Channel
0 . 11KB
Meeting Wednesday
Evening* at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall,
Charles P. Jenne,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
o-0rdinate Bodiet
of Freemaaonry
Scottish Kite
Regular meeting*
jcond and fourth
'ridays each month
t 7: SO p. m. Odd
ellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
LODGB NO. I A.
ieeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
dd Fellows’ Hall.
harles E. Perelle, Noble Grand)
terle P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE REETiraw f
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON. I
N. Q ALPHONSINE CARTER.
Secretary.
IOUNT JUNEAO (.ON*
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
r each Month, In Odd Felicia
'all. heirinning at 7:1# o'clock.
[omer d. Nordling, Master,
has. E. Nngbeb Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tu«a>
dura of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O- O. F. Hal
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDL1NG, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
MROhBRS COUNCIL NS.
17 <0. Meeting* second
and last Monday* at 7:1#
N v p. m. Transient Brotb
» urged to attend. Council Chambers
fth Street. John F. Mullen, O. K.
L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAS LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month st 8 p m.
liks l.oage Room. John F. Starr,
‘ost Commander, Phone 973; Q. IB.
lann. Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. B. F.
odenberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
»cretary.
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| WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
| Tuesday of each month, 8
! o'clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Render, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
i F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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' AUXILIARY, PIONEER! 01
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
1 Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
! Mrs. Lottie Splckett, 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
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