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In discussing tho Nelson game law the other day
Delegate Sutherland said it must be realized that
llai u rn game conservation clubs, like the Boone and
Qn.rkett and Camp Fire Clubs, dictate game legisla
tion net only for Ala k i but all over the l lilted
States. Mr. Sutherland raid that he personally favor
ed Territorial centre! of the game of Alaska, but that
tlie Nelson Bill i: tho In. t that can be secured, per
<mHtli.t the inference that it is the best because it
i- the beet the Rartern clubs will permit.
Unfortunately. Mr. Sutherland is correct Vet, ifj
a full Territorial form of government measure were
pie rnted to Congress and considered by the Senate
and Houec Committees on Territories, it is like.ly
that they w old, foil' wing tlie precedents cf a cen
tury, give Die Territory tlie power that Mr. Suther
land rays he would have it exercise. Hut that is not
the point of this comment.
One of tlie dangi i-j tliul confront self-government
ill the United States Is the influence of organizations
lormed to i pen tor pr< paganda lot this and against
that. Many of these associations or clubs are endowed
find the result of the organizing and financial ability
of ambitious men looking for easy jobs. A man lias
a hobby, cr sees a main chance, and goes out and or
ganizes a society otl a basi Hint will give him an easy
job witli a good salary. Thence proceeds propaganda,
which, unlors combatted, results in die development
of an apparent sentiment in favor of its objects. The
i^ V--tkiu«.js the formation of a bureau and an ap
piopriatli li, and that means an organization lo lobby
fbr mere and larger appropriations and constantly
enlarging scope of authority, etc.
Organizations similar to those which Mr. Suther
land says control the game laws of the country .ire
brooding pools for bureaus, blocs and treasury raid
cr-. They are responsible for loading thousands of
taxeaterr upon tlie backs to tlie producers of the
United States, and for adding hundreds of millions
tb the expense of government in the country.
High cost of government is responsible for high
taxi ■ and lack of enough producers, and for the high
cost of Hying. The United States needs at ihis time
more Ilian anything else less government, lower taxes,
lower tat Ills, more harness and another drover
Cleveland to got them.
This is the time for spring cleaning. Junoau peo
ple thou 1 ci clean up ibelr premises, Including the back
yards and the alleys. Owners of vacant lots should
fall in line. The winter collection of debris is offend
ing lo fho eye and if not done away witli will serve
as breeding places for flies when the warm weather
conies. ; Juneau should he made 10b per cent, clean
aiid healthful.
JEFEERSON’S HIKTH UAY.
Thomas Jefferson, one of the greatest of tlie
world's statesmen, was born 180 years ago today.
With the exception of Washington and Lincoln limit
altlo no man had so large a part In making the
United States what the is today as Jefferson. Aside
if'til his teachings and th orn of government and
t ne of the greaile : t of the Pantile Coast's lawyers and
rtudents ot history has declared that even as Wash
ington was the “father of his country" and Lincoln
tlie^ savior oi his country Jefferson was “his coun
H>"'> sehoohnai-ter" con .ideiing only the things
Pxtuallv done, Jefferson’s performances were essential
elements in the making of our country. The Louisiana
f urcliai? ..lid the Lewis an-U Clark Expedition ex
tended the boundaries of the United State's from the
.Mi ;ppi t the Pacific Coast and made way lor
tha annexation of Texa and the acquisition of Cali
fornia and Alaska, thereby making the nation u
I’acifii country, n.s well as an Atlantic, and giving
us a Gull Coast, If it had not been for the Louisiana
Pureliu! and the pure ha.-e of the Florida*, inspired
hy Jefferaoii. tliis country would never have liad West
Indian pos < ions, the Philippines or the Panama
Canal. They were Jefferson’* acts that established
flie domination <.’’ the country in the Western Hemi
sphere am. made possible nr pre-eminence as a world
J)( wer. That he visualized the importance of ills
work and the position ii would give his country in
the affairs of the world was not only witnessed by Mb
written words hut by the tact that he suggested the
Monroe Doctrine, and as cariv as lgdfi recorded its
promulgation among the tilings io he done.
It was hi- far- eeing mind that conceived and com
mitted tiie country to the establishment of live now
States out e.f the Northwest Territory and provided
tl.at all of them—Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wifcon.-in—chouid be free Stat s. When liis country
had become committed to that policy suggested by
Jefferson as a means for preventing any one State
cr group cf States from dominating t he In ion lie
wrote that tlie "doom of human slavery has been
sealed."
• Those are only some of (lie tangible accomplish
ments of the author of the Declaration of Independ
ej^u. imt they ate enough to establish the contention
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tlift 1 his achievements were essential elements in the
making of the country.
There is no section of America where people
should show reverence for Jefferson more than in
Ala ka. II was because he. about the time the Rus
sians were establishing Sitka, laid the foundations for
tin expansion of the t'nited States that Alaska is
today American Territory. •
CRITICISING THE COURTS.
Th< critic-inn of the Courts, in a communication
from Mr. Harris appearing in another column, for not
i imposing more severe sentences on canneries con
victed ol violating the fisheries laW6 and regulations
are couched in general terms. It seents to be a
custom to generalize in matters of this kind, and
people often accept the eriticispi tit its face without
investigation Readers should 'net do this. They
should remember that the Oourts which impose the
sentences have the facts of each case presented to
them, and they are supposed to pass judgment in
each instance in accordance with these facts and the
law. We do not believe that people seriously believe
that Judge Reed. Judge Jennings, Judge. Lyons, Judge
; mini son or the others have winked at law violation.
The standing of these men is too high to permit of
their conviction in the public mind on general prin
ciples testimony or mere assertion.
These criticisms of Mr. Harris are not new. They
have been made often, particularly by office-seekers
and politicians. They have been made here and at
Washington. Recently at a hearing on the White
Hill, knowing perhaps that lawyers who have become
Congressmen sometimes are yet lawyers and may
insist upon something more definite than generaliza
tions when sworn Judges are attacked, witnesses men
tioned specific sums which they repreesnted to be
the amounts of maximum fines imposed on companies
convicted of illegal iifihing. But the record shows
they did not know or misrepresented.
Tht* Ultimate Consumer Pays.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
None of our high protective friends, we appre
hend, will presume at this time to deny that the
Fordney-McCuni'ber tariff bill has any influence upon
the mounting price of sugar. This necessary come
stible's cost is nearing that of tlie wartime peak,
although there is no alienage. No world disturbance
naturally and logically to produce*such a result.
When the bill was before the Congress it was
extensively predicted that tile proposed schedule
finally adopted would result in the advance in the
eon of sugar lo the people of the United States and
that the increase in the rate would be the determin
ing factor. The prediction lias come to pass exactly
as made.
The 'protective theory has demonstrated itself
magnificently. The sugar industry is prosperous—
wonderfully so! Hut the bills are being paid, not by
the foreigner but by the 120,000,000 people who
u.'e sugar as food. This is said 'because the commer
cial reports tell us of the sale of raw sugar In
Culm with the purchaser assuming the cost, freight,
insurance and tariff. These eventually are transferred
| to the ultimate consumer whose every spoonful is
t axed.
Ushering in New Epoch.
(Anchorage Times.)
The arrival in Anchorage of those comprising the
I working staff of tin- motion picture industry marks
, another chapter in Alatkun development. Who would
I have thought a hall dezen years ago that the Ter
j ritory would have advanced to tne point where it no
Unger became the hunting ground for cut-ins for
I motion pictures, but actually was the center of what
i promises to b; come a great industry serving not only
! as an advertisement and means of revenue, but in
[heralding to the world that the empire of the north
is no longer a "no man's land," but an entity in tho
family of American nations developing its own arts
and science*?
Each epoch lias hart its stage, which reflected tho
aims, ambitions and culture of the age. Ben John
son, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Ford and Wycherlel gave
to the world mediums cf reflection whereby future
generations might gauge the spirit of the people In
those days. A succession of extremes supplied images
i to be set up as milestones in human progress, whether
for better or for worse. In the old stage only the
I worst was portrayed.
j It was not until after the hectic wave of the Ite
| deration hud receded and America came into being
i that new images and ideas were offered to the poet
land playwright. Hence America may tie said to have
| been tho gc;isis of the new epoch.
The hie it beautiful and inspiring themes having
! originated amidst pioneer conditions, which serve to
keep alive the most wholesome traditions, it is but
natural that Alaska, being the last frontier, should
offer a prolific field for the artist. Here the highest
development of the human impulse is -till In evidence,
where man is shielded front the gaudy negations that
influence human character In older centuries.
Generous patronage of that style of play that
appeals to the human interest serves to prove that
an amusement living public is not willing to wander
far astray from these elevating influences, hence
the limitless storehouse of material awaiting the
producer in Alaska.
The importance of tho local motion picture ln
j duatry may be I bo gauged by observing how grad
| ually hut firmly the arts and sciences are becoming
rooted in Alaska, anil how naturally the Territory is
ascending to the threshold of statehood.
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Creditable Showing.
(Fairbanks Alaskan.)
W. K. Keller, who has been superintendent of the
Fairbanks Schools for the past two years, has been
j chosen a the superintendent of the Juneau Schools
for next year. Mr. Keller has made a most creditable
■howin., in hit? work in Fairbanks and it is to be
regretted he is to be lost to our schools.
Well, the country has nearly nine months in
I which to grow pre-eminontly prosperous before Con
gress meets again. And it looks as if.it Is going
!lo do it. (Toledo Blade.)
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Quite a lot of incarnated nuts are claiming to be
! reincarnated Tuts, much to the discredit of that an
i dent monarch's memory.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
"Doc’' Cook finds that matrimonial bliss and the
North Pole are a good deal alike.— (Philadelphia
Record.)
It's getting to where you can’t have a case of
anything in the house Without breaking some law.
uniece it's a case of bronchitic.*—(Baltlmdre Sun.)
"Work Would Eliminate Political Postmasters.”
rays headline. Worse than that—it would probably
kill them. — (Seattle Poct-lntciMgencer.)
And as a general thing, the kind of man who
practices personal liberty doesn't save much money.
— (Dallas News.)
Widespread feeling that Volstead act and Income
tax percentages should be the other way round.—
(Brooklyn Eagle.> “ . .... . I
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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More Important Matters
j Interest in Europe's troubles we'il
I Have to postpone until fall;
For our attention now we’ll give
To matters of baseball.
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
What has become of the olil-fash
toned sirl who thought there was n.
kick in 'a kiss toilets ho hail u cut
little mustache Uutt tickled hei
cheek ?
The Ananias Club
“What a homely, disagreeable look
ing babe you have, and it looks jus!
like you," remarked the neighbor
who had railed to see the young
mother’s first "born.
Live and Learn
“Well, I have made one discov
ery," groaned Mi Jones.
“.Marvelous!” exclaimed his wife,
sarcastically, “but what was it?"
J'That rich Joed, litjikos a mighty
pq^ diet fotFrtitt," 'Be feighed.
Any Other Questions?
“Slave" writes in us follows: “Can
you tell me any wav I can break my
self of smoking?" Sure, old top. just
let your wife buy your cigars for a
while. You can break yourself of
w< aring neckties the same way.
Evidently It Wasn’t
(Divorce Note in Philadelphia
Record. I
Divorcee granted: Nellie Margaret
front Jcltn Thomas Truelove.
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One’s Enough for Her
“It says here t!i to are 5,000 dif
ferent languages. " remarked Mrs.
Grouch
“What difference tltfs it make to
you? If you knew them all you
couldn't talk any more than you do
now,” growled Mr Grouch.
We're Tired of Him
We sometimes think
'Twould be just simply fine
If we could hear
The last of this Lenine.
Tool Questions
W. E. M. asks "Isn't the man
who sells you maple or other trees
for your front yard engaged in a
shady transaction?"
Zero In Hospitality
KUnks—The Macks are not very
hospitable, are they? I never hear
of them entertaining.
Jinks They are so stingy they
wouldn't even entertain an Idea.
Worth-Ransom
(Marriage License in Kansas City
Times.d
Beverly Worth, Kansas City, and
Victor M. Ransom, Kansas City.
Wake Up, Tom
Opines Tom Denting: “When you
■hoar a woman demanding man’s
i wages, probably she's hinting that
i she’d like to get tmarried.’’
Huh! It's a million to one shot
| that she is married, though we don't
think hint is What they do—ever
Demand Is the word every time.
Are Desire and Extreme Necessit)
Synonymous?
Excerpt from resolutions poised b>
ithe Jefferson County (Pennsylvania)
Grange and printed in the Brookvill
| (Penn.) Jeffersonian Democrat.
“We as Grangers will not eat 01
I smoko tobacco or drink white mult
ic.r near beer at the county fair ex
cept in case: of extreme necessity.
"Walter N. Hicks,
“Daniel Shields,
"Parker Johns,
"Committee on Resolutions.’
If It Fits—
At that we’ll bet some womet
are tickled -to death to have theii
husbands do things that will give
them an excuse to get rid of the ole
fools.
Nobody in this world can seen:
' more contented than tho slaves t.
j bad habits.
Tho shape of his head or his no3£
or his hands doesn't worry the aver
age man as much* as t'he shape of his
I finances.
Let 'Nature take its course has
! been preached for a good many years
but when it comes to making them
widows a lot of the dear ladies seem
to think Nature is too darn slow.
A lot of fellows who are demand
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used furniture I
I Bought, Sold and Exchanged
N. 50C0VICH
211 Seward 8t. |
I i Telephone 441. P. O Boa III
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Furnished Rooms for
Rent j
!| ANCHORAGE ROOMS j
LILLIAN FOOTE
Telephone 431
best;, ever
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attTactiv
Disability Benefit features.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTART.rqTnr.n inyq „.
ins Hie "fact* be made known1’ are
referring to the other fellow s mis
deeds, not their own.
Another thins that would save a
lot of trouble In the world would bej
for some bright genius to Invent an
Ink that would fade out as soon as I
I what you have written with It is
read.
Time will tell, but at that it is no
bigger tattletale than breeding, which
also always tells.
I Thc.re is no uso tolling most men
fto do their worst. They are working
|overtime at it now.
j A homely girl dresses to show off1
I her clothes. ' A pretty one dresses to j
I have her clothes show her oft.
There wouldn't, be enough rest re
sorts in the world ft! accommodate
the crowds if people wore as over-1
worked as their tongues.
Daily Sentence Sermon
You miss a lot cif good time and
trouble by being good.
News of the Names Club
Whrn a woman marries she always'
takes the helm, but what we started j
to say is that lOffio Moore, or Kinsa .l
City, has just taken John Helm.
A Wireglver is reported from To-j
ledo, Ohi«. but (’. T., who sends ini
j the name, do ant' say whether he is
la liberal one or just the cautious
i giver.
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USE SULPHUR TO
HEAL YOUR SKIN
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Broken Out Skin and Itching
Eczema Helped Over Night
; For unsightly skin eruptions,'
rash or blotches on face, neck, arms'
lor body, you do not have to wall]
[for relief from torture or embarrass-,
ment, declares a noted skin special-]
1st. Apply a little Metho-Sulphuri
and improvement shows next day, {
Because of its germ destroying
properties, nothing has ever been,
found to take the place of this sul-1
phur preparation. The moment you|
apply it healing begins. Only those|
who have had unsightly skin
troubles can know the delight this
Mentlio-Sulphur brings. Even fiery,
itching eczema is dried right up.
Get a small jar of Howies Mentho
Sulphur from any good druggist and
use it like cold cream:
(advertisement.)
Headanarters inT Ladysmith coal.
Tuneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
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| I SAFE INVESTMENTS |
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I j City Bonds, Improvement |
1 j Bonds, School Bonds, First I
[ Mortgage Loans, County War- | |
i j rants To net 6% to $% Inter- | i
| eat. Correspondence solicited. |
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Wm. D. Perkins & Co. ; j
| Bankers, Seattle, Waal#1'
PALACE OF SWEETS I
Eat a disli a day of our ice
cream. A healthful vitamine 1
food. |
Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate,
Pineapple. |
• We also serve Seattle Velvet I
Ice Cream. I
Large room for dance or card
parties.
Ladies’ Rest Room
ALASKA RADIO
j Crosley Set ready to install.
] New model Radiotrom tubes.
Makes battery last four times
j longer. Also Magnavox loud j
I speaker. It speaks for itself.
! I Julius Jaeger, 324 E. 4th St. |
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TRY OUR
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor.
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JAPANESE TOY SHOP *|
H. B. MAHNO |
Pront Street
| I P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Order* I
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BRIQUETS
Ideal
i fuel for
every
; purpose
large (took* on hand
Ladyimitk ooal.
Nanaimo ooo'
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Fhtx 411
PROFESSIONAL
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Jldf.
PHONE 96
Hours 9 a m. t*. B n. rc.
Dr. Charles P. Jennc
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bid*.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Kates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
GEO. L. BARTON. D. C. |
Chiropractor
| 2nd floor Mosserschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
| 7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
Ail Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnhatn and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. Li. HODGDON, Manager
Fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
0 . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Evening* at 8:00
o'clock. Elk*' Hall.
C. P JENNE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemawnry
Scottiah Rite
Regular meeting*
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. H.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
I Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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I PERSEVERANCE RT.HT.TTAM
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
! 8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
I N. G ALPHONSINE CARTER,
| Secretary.
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MOUNT JUNEAO LOD«l
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth’ Mondays
1 of each Month. In Odd Felicia
i "all, beginning at T:M o’clnr*.
| Homer G. Nordling, Mastor.^(
i ('has. E. Nagtiel, Secretary, f
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tun
days of each month.
At S o’clock, I. O O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
meohs rs council no.
17 ‘U. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:M
^ p. m. Transient Broth
er,, urged to attend. Council Chatnhera.
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at > V. m.
Elks' "laidge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. R.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Dictator; R. H. Stevens
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.
AUXILIARY, PIONEER! Of
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
Meets Inst Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. I-ottle Spickett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
FIELDS OF THE FUTURE
Your future is an unplowed field. Whether or
not it is to be productive depends on you. You can
plow, sow, and reap the harvest—or you can let it
remain unfruitful, a barren waste.
Start now to cultivate the opportunities that lie
in front of you by opening an account in our Savings
Department and depositing to it regularly. In this
manner you will reap a harvest of comfort and suc
cess in the future.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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