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an important hearing
The public bearing announced for next Friday
by the 1 til District Rivers and Harbors Hoard,
through Cel. J. C. Got wale, in connection with the
dredging project on Gastineau Channel, and the two
canal projects at Oliver inlet and Hawk Inlet, is of;
utmost importance to this community and to the boat;
owners of the entire district. These projects have
been discus* ed in a nebulous fashion locally for sev
eral years but without definite constructive action.
They have been now brought to the attention of the Gov
ernment which has consul red them at least suffi
ciently meritorious to be given a further hearing.
Juneau now has an opportunity to present the facts
on which claims for governmental aid are based. tf
these tacts are sufficiently strong, and those familiarj
■with the projects are convinced they are, It Is only!
necessary to get them presented in a proper manner!
in order to secure a detailed survey of them which isj
the first step toward putting them into execution.
The opportunity afforded by Frit!, y’s hearing is
not one that come- evety : -as m and if it is not
grasped Is not likely to be repeated soon. Il is the!
duty cf every one interested to see that all the data!
having a bearing cn the three projects is furnish d
at tile heating.
WILSON’S PRESTIGE RETURNING.
That former President Wilson is not only showing
fign- of material improvement in health but liis
I'l'cC'tige is rtuadly Incr-ising throughout tlto entire
Country i. word that is being passed around all over
kite n a Hoi). Mr. Wilson recently celebrated the sixty
rtxth anniversary of ho birth and received greetings
from friends front every state congratulating hint on
his improved health. At that time .Mr. Wilson was1
; Iso officially notified that the Woodrow Wilson
foundation of created by popular sub-1
eeription to promote the cause of world peace, has
beeit completed. One ct tlie birthday messages scut
to Mr. Wilrt a was from Ur. Charles W. Klliott, Presi
dent emeritus of Harvard Pnivertlty. it read:
io Woodrow Wilson, scholar, statesman
end patriot. Many thou and- of your fellow
countrymen have united to establish a per
manent fund ot endowment bearing your
name, the income to be used front time to
time to promote in future generations merit
orious service to public welfare, democracy,
or peace through justice.
On December 28th, your sixty-sixth birth
day, the contributors to tills fund, with many
oilier thousands of your countrymen, desire
in express to you litoir admiration and gratitude
ior services in the cause of freedom, inter
national cooperation and good will among
tnen. May you live to see the full fruition
of your trenin.m and self,acriticing labors!
-As to Wil it restored popularity, although there
has never bevn a time in the pa. t three years when
1 is appearance lias not been the signal for an ovation,
u correspondent in \\ a>3iington recently wrote:
W arliington has two brines. One over
looks the Potomac and is encased in col
umns, tlic other is merely the front door of
a local resident, and a plain gravel path
wiili a few evergreen bushes such as grow in
the yards of plain citizens from Maine to
taiilornia. But to this shrine come thou
sands of people whenever there is a pretext
and the police of the District have learned
now that on Wilson celebration days special
arrangements must he made to cover traffic
extending from Connecticut Avenue on one
side across town to Massachusetts Avenue on
the other, including the hill section or S.
Street and the blocks in front and behind,
li Secretary Hoover wants to come home in
the atterncen, lie must travel a round-about
wav to reach his home, which i* only a few
doors up the hill from the Wilson house.
Just prior to Mr. Wilson’s last birthday anniver
Ear>\ Mark Sullivan wrote:
,0n a11 K'des it is agreed that Mr. Wil
sons place in the world grows more elevated
duilv in a dramatically unique wav, or
'whicii it is difficult to think of any parallel,
-li WiDon's position is curiously and im
pios-lvelj on l,le border line between potent
activity in present events and the thing that
i" commonly phrased as "his place in liis
, ‘N'°l on*> locally in Washington, but
throughout the world, there is a steadily
rising valuation 1.1 the part he has played
in nr -ory already pa - a- will as the dignity
with which he has carried himself since his
. retirement.
At no time rime lie made his exit from the offi
cial stage on March 4. l«2l has he sought bv criticism
or otherwise to embarrass or hamper the present!
national Administratii n in ic- pidicii - During the’
Armn Conference in Wai hinglon. j, ,s klWwn that!
he had hut to so advise in crd. r to stir up partisan'
opposition among the Dei.. ,t , Senator-- lie nr* !
icnly refialned from doing that hut consoled them ui
{t0 PJ««e “nr obstruction in the way uf the Presiden
Ke has maintained a similar attitude on the Admii
letratiyn’s foreign policy, lie credited with bavin
•tcld his followers that If the Republican Adminlstr;
.Ron had a plan fn which It believed, i: ia entitle
to a chance to try it out without embarrassment;
that if this plan Is not inherently best, time will
show it, anil that if -his own plan of the league
of Nations is right, time can be trusted to bring the
world around.
All signs i lit to Mr. Wilson's re-entry actively
into the p it 1 game. If his health continues to
improve it will not he surprising if he is the most
active and influential force in (lie Democratic party in
the 1924 campaign. There is need for a man of his
type and i;■ ion not only in the Democratic patty
but in the affairs of the nation.
In 'nan • experts say that all tlie "non-conform
ists" to the luy l-aws will be dead in ten years
through Hie «v iI effects of the "hootch" they drink
and thu booth’,.'king will become a loot art through
lack ot patrol:- I low’1 is an lionet prohibition en
forcement agent m make a living then?
All thing have their uses, so we suppose if the
Taku hold.- on long enough we will have plenty of
wind to la mtil Hie Legislature convenes.
Wonder it Minn? enterprising officer of the depart
ing American inters wont stop off in Paris long
enough to remark, "Lafayette, we are gone.”
It wouldn't tie surprising if the lame ducks at
Washington agreed with the itiis-ian Soviet that
Santa Claim ip a myth and delusion.
Dividing the Territory.
(Ketchikan Chronicle.)
The pmpo-al of the Commercial Club of Ketchikan
and of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce tor a
division of the Territory, whether it bears fruit or
not, ip at leau stirring up considerable discussion
throughout Alaska. The newspapers to the westward
and North are discu .-ing it seriously, even if some of
them show considerable comedy in their scramble for
the additional eapitol that would have to be built.
Anchorage, however, is not content with tlie light
for a division of the Territory, but wants to go me
better and for fear that Aaska will not be divided,
and in her desire for a capiloi building at any cost,
is working for delay in the construction of a new
building at Juneau.
Valde/. it appears, also favors the delay of build
ng the eapitol at Juneau, but looks with suspicious,
not to ray j-alous, eyes at Anchorage, setting forth
that latter town lias been given all the government
!;a|i it should he handed in the building of the rail
road.
Cordova the situation slightly differently,
pointing out that Southeastern Alaska is the "tail tin t
a ways has wagged the dog,” and indicating Ilia: it
would be glad to gel rid of the Panhandle. How
ever, when i say- that Southeastern Alaska is anxious
ror the division, fearing that it will lose its capital
it shoots wide of the mark. Ketchikan is the town in
Southeastern Alaska which has been more anxious for
a division of the Territory than Juneau. Ketchikan
lias not tlie eapitol building. It has shown no desire
to 'get it, and it means no more to the well being of
Ketchikan ilian the capital is at Juneau than if it
were at Nome. Ketchikan wants to develop its
resources, its fisheries, its mining, its timber, and
ic not trying to take possession of some other Ala.sk m
town. It wants a division of the Territory for econ
omic reasons, ;;r set forth very well by the Cord r/.-i
limes. It wants to get away from domination of
legislators from the far-northern divisions, and irom
tiie charges as made by the Cordova paper that it is
•he tall attempting to wag the dog.
Valdez hits the nail on the head when it i ys
it Anchorage has all the resources buck of it which
it claims, it should devote its time to their develop
ment instead of trying to take away from another
town that which it now has. The country is big
enough and the resources are sufficient for every
ection without scouring about trying to deprive other
sections of what they lia\e.
One thing is certain, however, and that 1; ti.a;
'• 111(1 discussion is continued until next March the
members of the Territorial Legislature will be well
advised as to the attitude of theic constituents.
Secretary Fall’s Retirement.
(New York Evening Post.)
By retiring from the I'ahinet on March 1 Secre
tary Fall will give President Harding an opportunity
to improve the harmony of his official family, it
h»B keen reported that the former Senator from
New' .Mexico wan dissatisfied with the conciliatory
policy of the Administration towards Mexico. lit
view of his attitude as Senator, this would be natural,
fin tlie other hand, well-informed advices have con
tradicted this report. What is certain is that .Mr.
tall lias desired to have certain governmental activi
ties transferred to his department, and that this de
sire has been strongly opposed. In particular he
has wanted to see Alaskan affairs, such us fisheries,
torests, and railroads, concentrated in t lie Depart
ment of the interior. lie has alto urged that the
Forestry Service he similarly transferred. All of
these matters are now under the supervision of the
Department or Agriculture.
Conservationists are dissatisfied with tile udm'n
Istration of such Alaskan affairs as are in the control
■I the Interior. They hope lor concentration of these
'flairs in the Department ot Agriculture rather than
any enlargement of the authority which the Depart
ment of tlie Interior now exercises. The same holds
tine for the Forestry Service. Secretary Fall looks
ipi it the work of this bureau in a commercial way
that urousee apprehension among conservationists
Hence their insistence that this work remain under
the direction of the Department of Agriculture.
It President Harding should appoint Hoover a
Fall's successor, the objection to the transfers named
would lose much of its force. Thus lie would im
prove the chances of a reform which he lias close at
heart—departmental reorganization. ir he appoints
;i man who has the confidence of the country tie will
advance the standing of the entire Cabinet in popular
i timation. In view of tlie great expectations that
wire created by the forecast of President Harding's
Cabinet, ills choice of a successor to Secretary Fail
will ho awaited with unusual interest.
Only a Few Think.
(PlUsbui-alt Dispatch.)
The average person of today does not think; he
accepts Hie thoughts of others. That is the conclusion
of President Marlon L. Burton, of file Cniversity of
Michigan. The average person runs a.wa.v from an
idea ho does not agree with, says Dr. Burton; he is
afraid of unpopularity, failing to understand that
popularity is merely the casual ideas or a great many
people and does not make truth. The active mind, the
(icet^r adds, looks popularity In the eye and says
"go to -”; lie thinks tlie truth regardless of pop
ularity. A strong indictment, but when you reflect
how many people vote to be <V the winning side and
of like example of the fear of unpopularity, it must
be confessed Dr. Burton has it sized up about right.
Have you ever, lie asks, made a budget of yotir mind
to see how much time you devote to thinking? Not
thinking what other people think, but reasoning both
Bides or all sides of a (juostion and making up your
mind for yourself. If more tried, there would be fewer
"rubber stamps"’ In the world.
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
The old-fash toned woman who usedi
to brag about what a good house
keeper she was now has a daughter
who brags about what a good bridge
player she is.
An Exception
"Pa,” said 'Clarence, “when a man
is caught in a lie or something and
is ashamed they say he change,
color, don’t they?”
•‘Sometimes," admitted Pa.
‘Well, la a dyer ashamed of hi
job. since he always la changing
color?” asked Clarence.
Amen 1
Many a man who puts a muffler
around his neck doesn’t weed it there
half as badly as ho needs it on his
month.—tSam Hill in Cincinnati en
quirer. Can’t muffle a lot of fellows’
mouths, Sam—‘they blow ’em right
off. Dusty Miller.
Drink Didn’t Change That
“What’s your full name?” sternly
asked the Lieutenant at the desk.
“Hit! Same’s ’tis when I’m sober,”
tittered the souse.
Lives Up to His Name
Dear Sam: Over iu Lawrence,
Kan., 1 saw this sign:
C. A. Smart. Lawyer.
Cucss ho is one, for he is a former
Judge. E. E. Corn, Columbus.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
Spend the otherwise idle hours in
silent thought, and from out of each
dozen mental conceptions you will
find at least one that Is well found
ed and will prove productive of.
much good if acted upon. Try It. 1
—J. E. F.
Gobs of Gloom
In a good many homes this year
It is gonna have to be a choice be-'
tween filling up the stockings or fill 1
ing up the coal bin.
That Isn't Thousand Miles From
Truth, Either
Cutting out the foolishness will do j
more to prolong life than cutting j
out the tonsils, ail,molds and appen
dix.—Sam Hill. Cut out the foolls i-'
nos and many persons would not
consider life worth living.
—J. H. Reed. '
If It Fits—
Every mother knows it is mighty1
hard to keep the children straight |
unless 'lie keeps them home—and ill
is impossible to keep the house;
straight if site does.
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They say it s pot work but worry i
"aat kills, but every community has a I
tot of loafers whd won’t risk their;
lives with either.
No man 1:k - the job of changing'
t'res, but he'd rather change a tiro
any day than change the purchase1
his wife made the day before.
The proof that men are not very in-'
teflectual is found in the fact they ■
would far rather go out and play:
poker with the boys than stay ui
home and listen to a lecture*by their
wives.
If tho manufacturers of perfumes 1
haven't an awful grudge against hu j
inanity, how else are you going to
explain the awful odors they inflict'
on the public?
It may be true a man does not
; always know when he is well off,
but he always knows—and wants
everybody else to know—when ho is
rich.
Automobiles and marriages are twoj
things they never will be able to!
make fool-proof.
The fellow who wants a woman 1
who always will have faith in him!
should never annex a wife, but!
should stick to his mother. She is j
the only one who ever will do that.
A man may Imost about what he
jean get out of his car, but you don't
j hear him doin much boasting about
i what his car gets out of him.
T-'.e great, s objection to the pres
j ent-day styles r imes from the women i
Ian! girls who look better in mure
j clothes.
uany Sentence Sermo.
The more you use your head the'
better it gets.
News of the Names Club
Ilid you know you can buy pants!
from A. C'oat, who. Is a clerk in one;
of Cincinnati’s department stores? ’
( artM Will Stutter lives on Pros
pect Street. Kan as City, but he has!
no impediment hi his speech.
London Attempting to
Solve Hired Girl Case
I-*ONDOX. ■' 16.—Graduating
from offices, laundries, fashion sal
ons and fuctorh 150 women, after
K! weeks training, are shortly to en
ter domestic service.
This Is bring made possible bv a
course of intensive tuition under the
auspices or the Central Committee
on Women's Tr,lining in an attempt
lo solve the servant problem. The
training is undertaken at a few
< en! rs- UUfl the women will start out
on the new venture with smart uni
tonns made under the guidance of
Meir instructress, at the various
centers.
CLASSIFIED ,vns find desirabl
born ers. If you are prepared to kee
be ardors it is important that y J
should know how and when to us
the classified ads—for they affor
yen the means for making the busi
ness PA1 .• Try the Empire.
“Embroidery Joe”
of the P. & R.
H'<Joe Ack i nk 3uc.lv /„/t. ■
“Kr.;br''idei.v Joe" is- what they
call him, but li is just plain. Joe
Achcnbach, a Philadelphia &
Reading Rallr ad crossing watch
man. He is an expert needle man.
Sir Eric Geddes Sails
Back to Europe.
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\\$ir>Ex*ic GeAA'e,?]
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Sic Hue <!ed;i>. nrotner of Sir
Auckland Giddis, English Ambus- '
nador to the t'nited States and j
himself high ill British Govern- :
itienttui circles, lias sailed for Eur
ope, after a brief visit to ids br. til
er in Washington.
When a girl decI .res she does no! j
want a church wedding the neigh
bors think it just because she i- i
ashamed to show off ths lemon she's
picked os her meal tieket.
Engraved visiting cards, latent
styh:-., at The Empire.
ALASKAN VEGETABLES
We have an abundance of cab
bage, carrots and rutabagas for
immediate delivery from our
win itrr*:
CONCRETE PRODUCTS
MFG. CO.
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
BEST EVER
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractive i
Disability Benefit features.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL,
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1S90
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BRIQUETS
| Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large stocks on hand
Ladysmith coal.
Nanaimo ooa'_
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Fkone 412.
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PROFESSIONAL
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Drs. Kascr & Frceburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 55
Hours 9 s. m. tw 9 p. K.
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Dr. Charles P. jenne
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg
Telephone 176.
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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
GEO. L. BARTON
(PALMER)
CHIROPRACTOR
201 Goldsteiu Bldg. Phone 259
Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M.,
2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
•4 37 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at I
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. HODGUON. Manager
—a
| It’s all in knowing HOW to do
' first-class cleaning ar.d dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
' C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phono 177.
JAPANESE TOY SHOP
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H S. MAKINO
Front Street
F. 0. Box 218 for Mail Orden
Fraternal Societies
-OF
Gastineau Channel
O . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Erefiicgs at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVI8,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodie*
of Freemasonry
Scottish Hite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows' Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Merle P. Morgan, Noble Grand: Frank
O'Brien, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAU LOOSB
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Bectnd and Fourth" Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Fellows
Hall, beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
! *■ YOUNG, Mfa.ter
CHAS r. NAGHBL. Secrotary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hall.
AI.IOE BROWN, W. M.
LOIS NORDLINO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEOHfc RR COUNCIL No.
1. Meetings second
last Mondays at 7:30
^ _ _ Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, G. K.
I, L. McCloskey, Secretary.
Fseoh
17H0.
and la
nf p. m.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
oach month at 8 p. m.
lllks’ Lodge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 972; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 0*
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoe.
B. Jiidbon, Dictator; R. H. Stevens,
Secretary.
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WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o^eloek, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
B- ■
* AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF 7
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday In Mooee
Hall, at 8 o’clock,
in Moose Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGH LIN, President. I
; LILLIE BURFOED, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH
LODGE K0. 2A. jl
Meets every first and third f
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8:00 P. M. BESSIE MANNING,
N. G. ALPHONSINE CARTER, I
I Secretary. !
WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
flYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly growing'.
flYour account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
JfFajrs four per cent per annum, compounded twice
a year. If you do not withdraw your interest it
continues to earn interest upon the interest, making
the rate better than four per cent per annum.
Accounts of One Dollar or more may be opened in our ^
Savings Department. \
The B. M. Behrends Bant
JUNEAU, ALASKA.