ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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JOHN W. TROY
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THE ALDRICH HILL.
The proposal of the A.u..~h bill which would
transfer executive authority in Alaska from the
Govesnor and place it, with hutch of the ministerial
work of the Territorial Secretary, in a Board of Con
trol to consist of a Controller, t lie election of which
Is provided, the Territorial Treasurer and Attorney
General, are unprecedented in a century of American
Territorial history. They are contrary to the very
rpirit of Territorial government in the United States.
So revolutionary are they that it is not only probable
but alnu. I certain that they would lie vetoed by Con
gress If they were adopted in Alaska.
Tile theory behind Territorial government in the
United St tries is that it is a form of government to
cover the tramitory period between absolute Fed
eral control and Statehood. It is designed to serve
during u r rt of probationary period in which the
pec pie prepare to assume the responsibilities and ex
pense of full menthol hip in the union of States. In
other Territories the legislatures were given a much
broader : cope of authority than the Alaska Legisla
ture hae been given, but always the Federal Gov
ernment lias kept its baud on the brake, through a
tlovernor and a Secretary, who becomes Acting Gov
ernor In taste of the absence, death or disqaulitlcation
of the Governor, appointed by the President. It is
not likely that tho Federal Government will consent
to relea: e that bold t n Alaska.
.Further, there is no occasion for this radical de
pt mire from pre-odent. The executive authority is
m ; being abused, and it lias not been abused in the
p -l. While the Governor lias a veto otor legislation
i, is a power that lias been seldom e.xi rcised and it is
’ one that a two-thirds majority in each brunch of the
Legislature may over-ride. In other words, if the
people of Alaska are sufficiently united in iavor of
any particular legislative policy they have the power
to adept it in spite of anything the Governor
might do.
The situation is one that suggests the idea that
politicians want to get hold of the appointing pow
ers so that tiie offices might be used as patronage
to the faithful. And that suggests the fact that some
people aro unable to distinguish between the powers
ot government, the authority behind the act, and the
personnel cf the public service. They seem to think
•hat self-government consists of the local appoint
ment of local people to fill offices, clerkships, etc.
They rail because, in the interest of economy and
efficiency, to facilitate co-operation, Territorial duties
have been placed in the hands of Federal employees.
I hey contend that tills is not self-government.
As a matter of fact there is little or no connec
tion between self-government and the personnel of
the public payroll. Self-government means the de
termination of policies, the exercise of the power to
direct the ccur and regulate the manner of the
government. It i: not important who does the work
* as long as It is well done by honest men and women.
In fact the mrst capable pubITc service that we have
is thut which is rendered by those in the classified
public service men who are trained for their work
and in the selection of whom the people have no
voice.
it cannot be said that Governor Hone or his
prcdeccs . ers, in tlie execution of the Territorial laws,
have not tried in good faith to carry out the intent
or the.people as expressed by their representatives in
the Legislatures. It cannot be said that they have
not, generally speaking, been successful in this re
spect. It cannot be said there lias not, generally
(peaking, beta efficiency and honesty in the Terri
torial service.
Tho need for the proposed legislation has not
been established. No demand for it among the
prudent citizens who are more interested in good
government and development than they are in pol
itics or rite personnel ot the payroll is apparent.
Under tho circumstances we can see no reason
lot tlic propose 1 radical departure from precedent,
while on the ether hand, it would, if adopted, upset
and disarrange the whole rystem of government, en
tailing all tlie vexations and turmoil incident to such
a change.
The inaji ty cf American citizenship cannot be
intpie ed up n the Indians of Alaska by giving the
franchise to those admittedly unqualified to form
judgments and vote intelligently just as one would
throw scraps from a table. The trnnchisn should he
treated a" a treasure to be cherished by those to
whom It is given.
DEATH OF HEMKV KING.
The death of Henry It. King at S uttle was u
severe lots to that town and the State or Washing-!
ton. For many years he had been one of the most
active ‘and hardest working business men of the
Puget Sound metropolis, yet he never was so!
bitty that be did uot find time to take a leading part
in charitoible and humane work.
Mr. King's well known popularity, fine ability
•>as ft public rpcaker and eminent fitness for public
|aervice caused, people to beseech him to became g ean
-4idate for office, .lie bad -been jjegularly suggested
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ter Mayor of Seattle, for Governor of his State and
t’nited States Senator, but he had no political am
bitions and constantly refused to accept political
honors. The only offices he ever held were those o!
trustee of the State reform school at Monroe and
membership on the Seattle School Board, the one
appointive and the other elective. In both places he
nerved with marked ability, adding to hip popularity,
particularly among those who had been cent to the
relorm school.
Mr. King was a native of Georgia where he grew
lo manhood and possessed all the finer characteristics
of the Southern gentleman plus the energetic busi
ness acumen and virility of the W’c.-.t where he
lived most of his life. Big of heart and loyal In his
friendships, Henry King will be missed and mourned
by thousands of friends and admirers.
One would think that the price of gaso
line should go down since the Rockefellers
have withdrawn their financial support
from the Anti-Saloon League.— (Cincinnati
Enquirer.) »
But think of the increased demand for gasoline
to supply unwatched joy riders!
At least the Sultan can count himself lucky that
ho is not living in the United States. If he were
over here he would have on his hands 200 or so
separate actions for non-support.
Now York's Hippodrome is to give way for a
$15,000,000 hotel.—News item. What will the man
from Mukilteo do the first night of his first visit to
Gotham after that?
The Lesson of Hawaii.
(Seattle Post-inteiligencer.)
The people of the East and Middle West and the
members of the Congress should l)o given an oppor
tunity to read the vital staitstics of Hawaii. And to
ponder their significance.
They would thereby learn something of the Jap
| nneae problem as it is being faced on the Pacific
Coast.
They would also see the propriety ■ of the pro
posals to exclude all Japanese immigration.
During the calendar year of 1B22, according to
figures given out by the Territorial Bureau at Hono
lulu the other day, there were 11,067 births in the
| Territory of Hawaii.
I Of these births, 5.526 were the children of Jap
j ar.ese parents.
That is. the Japanese births came wtihin fifteen
cf being exactly one-half of all the births In the
! Territory during the year.
I One in every two children born a Japanese child!
There were only 405 American children born dur
ing (lie year.
The Japanese children born are. therefore, thir
iteen times as numerous as while American children.
The simple unadorned tact of the matter is, ol
course, that Hawaii, while a Territory of the United,
States, anil perhaps eventually one of the States,'
is nevertheless definitely lost as a whiLe American '
territory.
The Japanese are the dominant racial factor there
today.
Their dominance is growing, simply through llie;
[enormous facundlty of their people. Their families'
(grow larger, ever larger.
The lesson for us of the Pacific Coast and, through '
! us, for the people of the United States, is cleai
1 enough.
What has happened in Hawaii will happen in the
three Pucific Coast states if the Japanese' are allowed!
to come into our lands in us large numbers as they j
would Like to come.
A problem such as tills cannot be met with'
compromise. It must lx; met with absolute measures. I
Tile absolute measure required in this instance I
is exclusion.
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An Amendment Test.
(Ketchikan News.)
Repairing the Constitution is almost the leading
I legislative industry. State and National. It is a hope
less taek to keep up with its activities, even at Wash
ington, and the output of the forty-eight separate fac
j tories is incalculable. In this Congress alone, since
Murch 1, 1921, some eighty amendments to the Con
stitution have been proposed. Undeterred by the ris
ing en masse, so to speak, of the New York and 1111 -1
nois voters against new Constitutions, the Constitu-1
tlon makers, wholesale and retail, are always working I
overtime. Constitutional change, largely for the sake
of changes, is the mode. That irresponsible radical, Mr.
I,a Follette, has even resurrected an auefent scheme of
early "reactionaries," the recall by Congress of de
letions of the Supreme Court.
In Senator Bruce's exhaustive biography, “John
: Randolph of Roanoke," we find the declaration of prin
ciples in regard to constitutional amendments made in
i the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-30
by ttiat austere “old Republican,” the brilliant if
somewhat eccentric leader of the strict cinstructlon
isls, the States' Rights men, the so-called Tertium
i Quids:
The grievance must first be clearly speci
fied and fully proved; it must be vital, or
rather deadly, in its effect; its magnitude
must be such as will justify prudent and rea
sonable men in taking the always delicate,
often dangerous, step of making innovations
in their fundamental law; and the remedy
must bo reasonable and adequate to the end
in view.
That seems to be a competent and reasonable test
, tliat ought to be applied to every proposed amend-i
, o.cnt of the Constitution. Of course in John Ran-1
doiph’a benighted time—James Madison and James I
Monroe were members of this Virginia convention— I
amendments interfering with private habit and con
duct, national "police statutes" stuck into the Con
stitution, were never dreamed ol’.
If Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick is right in
her assertion that she was the first wife and legal
Queen of Tutankamun, we reckon she will stand a
good chance to recoxor her dower interest in the
forty odd millions discovered in her husband's tomb.
— (Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Help yourself, is the motto of today. Exert your
individuality instead cf leaning on your neighbor
lor support. Nothing is so despicable as a young
mun or woman who will not earn a living._(Prince
Rupert News, i
Not evolution, but Eve, is blamed for this row
oxer descent, the assertion being made that Adam
xx as born a man, but she made a monkey of him
in the care involving the forbidden fruit.—(Cincin
nati Enquirer.)
"e don't know how Senator Poindexter is going
to show up as Minis,ton to Peru, hut xve're banking
on Mrs. Poindexter lo keep tile public eye focused
upon iiie Andean Republic.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
The chief irouble with the country at present
seems to bo too many authorities and not enough
authority—(Baltimore Sun,)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
I kin mnambeT "'lion oda foun
tains nnd moitor cji were laid up
during >.ho winter 'month?.
The Ananias Club
“I wouldn’t think of using powh-r
nr cosmetics because they arc so
harmful (to • thie skin,'' declared a
ffaipper to hdr mother.
An Old One Revised
Blinks—‘tit 'Is Ibetter to give than
to receive, y*r>u know "
Jinks—-‘'Maybe. But I'll say this
as 'to coil: It is better to sell it
than to buy it. these days.”
It's Work When You Are Paid for It
Though the musician always plays,
He's roally not a shirk;
Flor wlien he’s playing you imu d know
To him it -moans hard work.
It's Safer to Travel Than to Eat in
England
Loading staitidtlaiu-ns of England
asrrrt that moro person's annually
choke 'to death while eating in Eng
land than are kill 1 on the English
railways.—Nows Rem.
A Rougi One
“How's that now cub -reporter?”
asked 'the city editor.
“He's a rough one.” replied the
copy readier, “ho breaks all the rules
of grammar, murders the English and
s*plfb3 h-13 i'clflinWIvos."
The Remedy Is Worth the Cold
Opines Tom Doming, in the War
ren (O.) Tribune: "When >me fel
lows have 'a severe Cold they got the
idea that everybody in town wants to
know how they caught It.”
There’s method in their madness.
Tom. They tell everybody, hoping
Foirtebody wtith a big heart and cellar
full will give thorn middling fr it.
Sam Hi!SI in <Mno!midi (O.) En
quirer.
Sure tilling! A little hot toddy
will knock a cold in' > a cocked hat.
Adam Brood o.
Where One Eell Gives Another One a
Ring
f Marriage dicen.to in St. Louis Globo
Dcrn oc rut.)
Theodore Ball St. Louis, Mo.
Ada Bell . St. Louis, Mn.
An Exception
“All things 'a-,' >j»xvaible," quoted
the bachelor.
“Weill, of 5"uu ever gat a wife and
try to please her you will qualify
that statement,” growled the married
man.
Makes You Want to Give it One
The 'world never believes your ex
planation of a black eye or of a fall
lire.—'Sam HIM. The world irritates
by its indutgenit smile at the ex
planation. J. H. Rocd.
Must Have Wanted too Make Sure of
the Job
Headline ’n Newi a (Kan.) Kansan.)
MURDERED WIFE COMMITS
SUICIDE
If It Fits—
Men all admire fiio girls wh ) have
b'ilked at (Lung up the short skirt
br rlrt for their nerve.
Ndtlring mbk-s ia nmn kick more
than having to foot the family's hills.
The old-fash ionbd hustle may have
had I't's drawbacks, but we guess it
was a little safer to fall down In
the days when the ladies wore them.
As far as some people we know are
ebneornod alt the letters of the alpha
bet1—except the daipiifcu'l I—might as
well 'be duelled, for it is the only one
they ever use.
A man can stind for his wife run
ning: him, but no man, no matter
how meek lie-is, will stand • for her
running his business.
No matter how 'hard pressed a man
is he ought ' al ways to keep his
clothes well-pressed.
Wo guess a lot of follows never
realize until they 'get into it what
nerve they shewed bv getting mar
ried with wives, rents and food all
so high.
Sometimes it seems a woman en
joys a b • w 1 tlmodt as much as she
ever does a iball.
Evidently girls are not as careful
as they used to he - what we are re
ferring to. however, is the claim of
the tindarwlriters that itho increase In
fires is due -to tile fact so many of
them have Inarm'd to 'smoke.
There isn't much danger of the
JUNEAU BILLIARD
PARLORS
NEW AND COMPLETE LINE 01
CANDIES
Have you tried onr new Hot
Drink* T
we make our own Ice Cream.
We Deliver Phone 94
BEST EVER
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractiv
Disability Benefit feature*.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
OTSUBANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHEDL18S8
married man wh i haa one of these
encirgeiik wives over being troubled
with sleeping sickness.
If w© could oat of the Tree of
Knowledge the fruit most of us would
demand would be the kind that was
not good for us.
One way to m ike the flapper con
tent wi'th'her h ).'ah I 1- . ks is to tell
her the women's chibs of the country
have condom nod ft.
Daily Sentence Sermon
Nothing 'is harder to get tli in easy
money or a soft juh.
News of the Names Club
Some girlt are poor, but Helen
| Coinjlives In Mulberry Grove, Mo.
Not all g’rls have time for it. but
we are informed Kst.h r Ms" Ponder
lives in St. Louis.
Bargain hunters aiways read The
fmpire's classified eulumns.
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Head-Colds.
You feel tine in a few moments.
Y’our cold in head or catarrh will
he gone. Your clogged nostrils will
open. The air passages of your head
will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more dullness, headache;
no hawking, snuffling, mucous dis
charges or dryness; no struggling
breath at night.
Tell your druggist you want a
small bottle of Ely's Cream' Balm.
! Apply a Utile of this fragrant, an
jtiseptle cream in your nostrils, let It
penetrate through every air passage
of the head; soothe and heal the
swollen, inflamed mucous membrane,
and relief comes instantly.
It is just what every cold and
catarrh sufferer needs. Don’t stay
stuffed-up and miserable.
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i SAFE INVESTMENTS |
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| City Bonds, Improvement
I Bonds, School Bonds, Pl/Jt
• j Mortgage Loans. County War
J rants. To net 67® to 87o Inter- |
j est. Correspor dence solicited, |
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V/m. D. Perkins & Co. :
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Bankers, Seattle, Wash
PATENTS
Total tee3, $75; first payment $15.
If you have a good idea send for:
a free Conception Blank, which will
protect It temporarily and explain1
how to get a patent.
HARRY BOWEN.
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Regisiered Patent Atty., Mech. En
gineer. Pahtages Bldg.. Seattle
Building Bone
is equally as important as L
building flesh. Foods that ■
[ assist Nature, fix lime in the I
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bonesand teeth are essential.
Scott’s Emulsion
5 of pure vitamine-bearing |
ments that energize I
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cod-liver oil contains, |
m abundance, ele
lts that energize
the body and assist
in the h rmation ofj
strong bones and sound teeth |
Scott a Bo-wne, Bloomfield, N. j
'arcade cafe!
I MARY YOURG, Proprietor. |
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I and parties. |
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T'WTTER’S transfer *
I COAL, KINDLING. BAGGAGE. !
HAULING. I
Office Phone 293. |
Residence Phone 27*)4.
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H. B. MAKINO
Front Street
0. Box 218 for Mail Order*
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BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large itncka on hand
Ladyimitk ooal.
Nanaimo ooa1
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Phone 411.
PROFESSIONAL
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Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bid*.
PHONE 6Q
Hours 9 a. ns. t« 9 p. si.
Dr. Charles P. Jenno
DENTIST
Rooma 8 and 9 Valentine Bid*.
Telephone 178.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Ree. 10$.
Dr. A. W. Stewart'
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BU1LDINQ
Office Phone 469.
Re*. Phone 27 6
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. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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HOTEL SEATTLE “T
“Home of Alaskans"
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L,. HODGDON, Manager
It’s all In knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Moldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
THE MAKING OF CONCRETE -
is a matter of proper materials
together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG.
COMPANY
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
fraternal Societies
-OF
Gastineau Channel
o . mi
Uietlt; Wednesday
Event ngs at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiea
of Freemasonry
Scottiah Bits
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7: SO p. m. Odd
Fellows' Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
_ _ LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LOOfll
No. 147. F. * A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Monday*
of each Month. In Odd Felicia
; ['all. beginning at 7:1* o’cloeg.
Homer G. Nordling, Master.
| ('has. R. Naghel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tata
day* of each month.
At 8 o’clock. I. O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secrotary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SjEGHB RS COUNCIL NO
ISiRSMhtf 17'U. Meetings second
and laat Mondays at 7:*»
X? p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamberg
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen. G. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John BradforA
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Rlks’ 'l,odge Room. John P. Starr,
Post Commander. Phone 973; Q. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDEK 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoa.
B. Jutfcon, Dictator] R. H. Btavana,
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.
T AUXILIARY, PIONEER! Of f
I ALASKA. Igloo No. 6. 1
Meets last Thursday of every |
month. Social hour with mem- |
hers of Pioneer l>odgc to fol- |
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickctt, President. I
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
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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.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA. fl