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CONGRESS SHOl'IJ) RATIFY AGREEMENT.
The war debt funding agreement entered into with
Gieet Britain gives that country till years in which
Ui pay the United States the something more than
tour billion dollars she borrowed from the United
States for war purposes. it reduces the interest on
this debt from the time the loans were made up to
the time of ratification of the agreement from 6 per
Cunt., as formerly agreed upon, to 4'- per cent. It
provides for interi at the rule, of 3 pi r cent, on the
principal for the tirst ten years when it becomes 3Vi
per cent, it is stated that the average rate for the
entile p; ried will be a little le.-s than 4 per c'lit. The
Treasury Department figures that the interest pay
ments from Great Britain will about c((ua! the in
terest tlic United Elates will have paid on the bonds
through which the mom y leaned was raised. How
this is calculated ha. not yet been fathomed by the
new-papers of the country, but there is a disposition
t > accept the figures as correct. It is held by some
timt ii foretell! ini Intent on the part of the Treasury
Department to refund our own debts at a lower rate
<f inters t. It h suggested, also, that the Treasury
Dcpuitmcnt has taken Into account the sum the
United States receives hack from its bond holders In
the way of income taxes.
Under all the elrcunwtul’.err and after all the talk
of debt cancellation it would ho well for Congress to
ratify the agreement promptly. It would he far better
to do that than to quibble over the question as to
win'her or n. w< could get better terms. The
agreement is lair in tlie minds of the Pro iden! and
l.%3 Cabinet and 11 i worth more to tills country to
present a n lid front in international matters than
would be the additional dollars we might gel through
a few years of haggling. If is worth something to
have the matter settled. The fart that king) and and
America have grime to terms and agreed will be an
object lessen to the other countries which owe us. In
tiio aggregate, more than Great Britain owes, and that
have net paid one cent in interest to say nothing of
the principal.
Boston dealers are paying $18.35 a ten for coal
and not pitting enough to supply llie demand. The
high cor t of coal is one el the things which is
causing u general advance in the price of manufactured
articli . And the ini pm ion prevails that the coal
producers will be compelled to renew tlie agreement
with the miners that has been in effect for several
years, precluding the likelihood of lower fuel cost
fci sometime.
CONGRATULATIONS DUE COL. STEESE.
Col. Steeso ia entitled to the gratitude and con
gratulations of the people of Alaska for the success
of hie effort* in procuring from the Senate a favorable
vote on till ...non appropriate!! for Alaska roads
after the House had voted a much emu Her amount.
Let us hope that he will lie equally successful with
the Conference Committee when it considers the item.
This appropriation is needed very greatly In
Alaska. 1; is needed by the Government railroad to
provide feeders, and thus traffic, for It. The Govern
faient has invested some 156.000,000 in the railroad
and round business policy demands that it do all that
I* necessary to develop traffic so as to make it
eoif-sustaining at the earliest possible date.
There is alto another way to look at these appro
priations for development in Alaska. The Government
owns something like 08 er 00 per cent, of the ro
rourcee of the Territory, and it ought to pay for
public improvements on that relative basis.
Senator Watson says the Republican party will
rtand unaniin inly for the renomination of President
Harding in 10lM President Harding has yet .to he
heard Iretn However, the concensus of opinion seems
to be that President llttrding is the only man who
could certainly previ lit the nomination of a radical,
und ii is c( rtain the Republican Party is not a
radicil organisation except in sjsits.
GOVERNOR PROTECTS PROGRESSIVE
LEGISLATION.
Go'.. Serugliam ol Nevada repulsed an attack on
progressive 1 gielation w'-.-n lc vetoed a bill repeal
ing the act in that State which permits the voters to!
initiate legislation and cariv it into effect through the
ballot hi We agree w; , i Gov Serugliam. The in
itiative and referendum i power that the people!
rhould retain. It has been, perhaps, used unwisely!
at times, but the people are becoming wiser and more
conrervativc in its uso.
it is intimated that llie G vernor of Nevada vetoed;
the repeal bill because bone dry prohibition in that
State was a result or the initiative act and that it
would be impossible lo repeal the bene dry law in any
* other way than through its further use. ns the Legis
lature is nol empowered to repeal measures that are
i|sted on tbo tlatute books by the people. However
that may bo i tie initiative and referendum should I
be retained anil the people educated on its us:*.
A notable i sample of the intelligence with which
the per pit arc beginning to use the ballot box in
direct legislation was the defeat in Washington Stall
of a measure designed to undermine the effectiveness
oi measure to protect the public health through ex
amination of public roitool children by competent
medical autlioti >. The initiative and referendum i
dangerous i.nlj when Iieople yield to appeals to their
passions and prejudice* rather than to exercise their
reasoned judgments.
One of the indications of better times coming is
the increased u-e of paper. In 1922 tlie United Stales
manufacture! 1.488.000 tons of pa(5er and Canada
1,152,000 ion-, a total of 2.640,000 tons, or 240,000
Ions more than in 1920, the previous high record lor
both countries.
William Allen White says America has
many men right now who are greater than
Lincoln 'Such as—?” one might politely
ask. (Nashville Tennesseean.)
Modesty, pus ibly, prevented the naming of names.
If there i’■ anything in the belief of Di. Doyle the
spirit of the lute Senator Morgan is probably gleeful
al (lie talk ef an American Nicaraguan canal.
I'nconquerable Man Rises.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Even ;i An itimedes remained at his calculations!
while the enemy soldiers besieged his city, o are'
the scientists In the field of aviation working without
Interruption while the political world is being turned
tepsy-turvy. Almost every month brings an astonish
ing development.
Latest of t In- e is the successful ascent of the do
Bcthezat helicopter at Dayton recently, this being a
flying machine aide to rise vertically and to maintain
itself in a fixed position aloft. Eor this apparatus
the aviation engineers were seeking when tht Wright,
brothers solved the world-long mystery of human,
flight.
In the trial it remained above the ground one
minute and forty seconds, operating perfectly. To ap
preciate the significance of the feat it is good to'
remember that the first attempt of the inventors of!
the airplane, December 17, 1903, resulted in a flight;
of but 59 second Orville Wright, master scientist of
the air, pronounces Lite helicopter's test as a most
important event.
There remain many difficultirs to tie overcome; j
many refinement to he made. But the short flight
hus demonrt.rute.l the accuracy of the theory concern
ing propellers published by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, for it was upon this that!
do Bcthezat made hi* compulation and built his ma
chine without any preliminary tests.
This being true, it is to lie expected that In the
comparatively near future, the helicopter will take'
its place in tile air beside tho plane, to which it will
he complemcntaiy and not displacing. Man's uncoil-1
querahle ambition to rule llte elements will not be
stifled by ordid scramblings for petty power in Courts
and Parliament •. It soars, eagle-like, toward the situ
A Travel Bill of $1,000,000,000.
(New York World.)
Some idea of the magnitude of the "invisible
halanct of trade created by American tourists in
Europe ntay he gained front the figures of European
travel compiled by the American Express Company.
I I,tired by tiie bargain rates of foreign exchange, up
; proximutely 200,000 persons crossed the Atlantic in
J 1922 from this country, and the number for the
! present year is expected to top that by at least one
filth. On tlte basis of an average individual expend!
lure of $1,000, American tourists last year thus
[transferred the greater part of $200,000,0(10 to the
j credit of European shop and hotel keepers.
Yet as against tills total for European travel they
spent as much at Atlantic City alone, the estimate
j lieing based on the entertainment of 10,000,000 per
' sons at that resort last year at an average expense of
$20. They spent $300,000,000 in Florida, according
|to the same compilation and as much more in visit -
jing the national parks.
Here then is an American tourist bill of around
I a billion dollars for a year's travel at home and
abri ad. It i: perhaps as striking an exhibit ot
| national prosperity as could be devised, but no
; doubt the suggestive feature of it is the great
ptoportion of the total which is spent in thi
country. Europe gets its share of the traveling
American's millions, hut Hie main beneficiaries arc
[■-till the hotels and shops and railroads and amuse.
■ ment purveyors of his? native land. They gather
"Wst of the harvest to themselves before it reaches
i the port of export.
Keep the Faith.
(Cordova Times.)
I trust lliut the time will come." says Premier!
: Honur Law. ‘•when America, perhaps the most ideal-j
i-tir nation or the world, will in some way he a.-im
1»iated with the League or Nations. In such an
event, the value of the League would he immeasurably
j increased." Of course the League would take on a
"°'V vitality if the Lulled States should join not
ne« rely because the League had receved a new member
l>ut because the United States is accustomed to re
bec : its* obligations*. If the Senate should accept
I‘he various covenants of the League they would be
[ trlctly carried out, regardless of the cost of this
country. That is a policj that has made the United
stai s ■*tho most idealistic nation in the world."
.More and more Canadians are coming to view
I world affairs as matters of interest a * against thein
;|lar method of brooding over our own affairs only
emt letting the re' of the world go without a
thought. We have to consider always that we are a
I'.n of the great world around us and what affect 1
e ther part of the world indirectly affects us —
(Prince Rupert News.)
We feel
animal, with
large as un
high .-eus. Is
to belong lo
fiuirer )
convinced that if
ears and nose like
elephant "recently
more closely examined
the blind
the "queer, spotted
a pig’s and about us
discovered” on the
It will be found
pig breed.—(Cincinnati Kn
it 'he Government engineers, who are saying that'
■lie White House Is a fire trap, expect (o'throw a
-care into Borah or ili Johnson, it would lie an act
<> kindness on the part of someone to tell them that
•h'.v.",. wasting a lot of perfectly good time.—
(Spring held Inion.)
Tlie public seems to be a
Idle of all warnings against
was stung for $600,000,000
I‘uq uircr.)
hopeless proposition. In
take stock schemes it
last year. —(Cincinnati
This country erected building* costing $4,500 000 -
" „ 'f * >par' although it could have Bnaneied quite
a lively war with that amount.—(Chicago News)
"We shall always be ready to talk with Germany”
ays Poincare To say. for example: Shut up and pay
up -(Louisville Courier-Journal.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
I kin remember when banker
nade better salaries than hod car
iers. ....
From Our Daily Mail
Alice—'No, we never took a prizr
it a beauty contest, and don't look
ike Valentino. But, glory be!! s,
ar no one has mistaken us for tin
nlssing link.
Sarah—We are not up on thos*
ntbjects, but think if your complex
on is muddy that you ought to keef
t in out of the rain.
.John [{.--Well, even if you are
i.l eut up over the way your git
coated you. a't least be thankful she
lidn't shoot you full of holes.
Old Maid AVe know of no love
aowiler that will make a man love
roil. But we know a metal the
Will. It's commonly called gold.
Another Mystery Solved
“Collars go through as many as 1!
processes in some laundries," says ;
sews item. Then it's no darn wottdoi
they look like such wrecks by th<
Li.11 c they get back home!
t>ems i-roin uuide Book to success
The "Trailer," hiving no inheren
power, must be either pushed o
pulled into action, as its usefulno
is wholly dependent upon otlie
fortes. Left by itself, it becomes at
obstruction and liability, .inti, one
detached from its leader on a stif
climb, quickly tak s the down grad
and rushes swiftly to disaster ant
the scrap heap. How like many lit
mans (trailers), who steadfastly r<;
fuse to believe in and -eek t i tin I
stand the infiin.ite* power within them
selves. J. E. F.
If It Fits—
Probably no one t an get cold fee
any quicker than a hothead.
With nothing to dodge but work, i
is no wonder our ancestors were abb
to live so long.
Except raising salaries, there 1
nothing a boss can do that makes til
offic > force happier than going it
for golf that takes tip all h.is time.
We guess financiers never worv.
any more about a run on the ban]
than some girls d > about a run ii
their silk hose.
A woman thinks she earth s tli
whole household on her shoul ler
but there never is much on then
when she dresses for a swell party.
It always makes an old marrloi
man smile a weary sort of smile t
hear a girl talk about losing her in
dependence by marrying.
Probably no one needs comm <'
sense mort' than the, bird who ha
had a streak of uncommon luck.
Another re.t on why dad has sit
i deuce of a time raising the mono;
to pay his income tax is because al
Hie children now have to itave part;
clothes to wear to school.
The old-fit hioned woman who use
to get out her little stack of oh
lover letters, and weep over tli i
tender sentiments, now has a daugl
ter who sells it rs lo the newspaper
to make tie- divorce trial more suit}
The world never will be perfect pit
til a man refuses to criticize tii
work of another unless he can do 1
belter.
Some Wiiv or other, the impulse t
do right never seems quite so ovut
whelming as the impulse to d
wrong.
Daily Sentence Sermon
It Is right that a clock shottl
have a fac * and hands, but then'
should be no waste of time.
News of the Names Club
Elsie Thr... of ,st. bonis, knock
for admission. Klsie, wo welcom
Thee.
RESEARCH SEEKS TO ADD
$1,000,000 TO INDUSTR'
One pound added to the weight c
every salm >:i caught in the water
ol the I’n il Coast would ad
$1,000,000 to the resources of thi
country.
This is ..-timate of Dean Job
X. Cobb of th. University of Wasi
tin.srton OoMo<gt* af Pishories.
The College of Fisheries, is now et
gaged in ri It work to add thi
extra pound he weight of Paelfl
salmon, by ■ a eriments in feedin
certain lords • voting fish.
Addition ot at least one-pound t
tae weight u eh fish, according 1
Dean C\ :b, a venv reasonabl
hope. This v. mid add $300.000 t
the returns fishermen annually.
Old buntces ot newspapers at th
•Itnplre. 25 cents.
POTATOKS, RUTABAGAS,
APPI.KS, CABBAGES,
in our all-concrete fire-proof
storage.
Concrete Products Mftf. Co.
Willoughby ,\ve. Phone 32.
BEST EVER
MUTUAL LIFE
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Now offers additional attractiv
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ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHES 1898
Le Trocquer May Rule
Ruhr District.
M. L. ■ Troequer, French Minister
‘ of I’iiblio Work , now in charge
of the civil authorites in the Rulir
district, in Germany, i, i:r report- ]
ed, will be appointed French High
Commissioner fer the invaded ter
ritory. jl
PASTOR SAYS EXrux-sION
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
J JI'NEAl’, Alaska, Feb. 9. To the;)
1 Editor. In y ur i -m of yesterday,L
• Feb. K, you quote the Apost lie Dele
gate of Mexico Monsigncur E. Fil
ippi as declaring that he ban been
■ i expelled from Mexico, because Obrc-1
j ten objected to the founding of an!
; order of the Knights of Columbus. {
I etc. Permit me to soy that this1
statement is absolutely false in its |
| entirety, lions. Flippi never made!'
Isuch a statement and this can ■■ > ly ^
> | be proved from the official communi
cation that the same Mons. Filippi
| gent to all the Bishops of the United;
Stales, copy of which has been re-1
reived by Hi Rev. Bishop Crimont, j
jhere in Juneau. The communication .
! is, a lengthy one and goes into the
| minutest detail of the incidents. 1
■But even a part from Ihis official,
j communication, any intelligent read-1
er ought to know that Mons. Filippi i
hiv absolutely nothing to do with
tlie Knights cf Columbus, which or
ganization. by the way, has been ex-!
. isting unmolested in Mexico for'
f years, and that the order of C'ath-1.
olic Daughi is is a pure and simple 1
, invention. j 1
it would bo rather interesting to
know what would Mons. Filippi say
nr do should he receive copy of this
canard.
In fairm (o the Apostolic Dele-;
I gate to the Knights of Columbus I
Jain sure you will publish this correc-|
lion in your next issue of the Em-; I
! pl re. I
Yours Sincerely,
A. G. ROCCATI, S. J..
Paslor Catholic Church.
’l (The item complained of by Rcv.j
| A. J. Roccuti came to The Empire
j through the regular illustrated serv
Jice'it receives from the International]
11 News Service of New York. It ac-j
■ com pa nied a picture of Monslgneitr
’ | Filippi. Editor.)
’.FRENCH INCREASING
GOVERNMENT PAYROLL
PARIS, F b. 9. Tiie French Cham
11 ber of Deputies has voted the 1923j
. budget ol' 23,956,000,000 francBil
jancing of the budget Is left to the!
i finance committee. The budget pro
! vidcs for 15,000 additional state em
s plnveo ; The number Of effectives
. in the army Is placed at 630,000.
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| CATAhRH OR A COLD |
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Opens Air Passages Right l’p. +
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Instant relief- no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the
air passages of your head clear and
you can breathe freely. No more
hawking, snuffling, blowing, head
ache dryness. No struggling for
breath at night; your cold or catarrh
disappears.
Gat a small bottle of Kly's Cream
Halm from your druggist now. Ap
ply a little of this fragrant, antis
eptic, healing cream in your nos
trils. It penetrates through every
air passage of the head, soothes t)|e
inflamed cr swollen mucous mem
brane and relief comes instantly.
It's just tine. Don't stay stuffed
up with a cold or nasty catarrh,
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Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large >tock» oa hand
Ladysmith oo&i.
Nanaimo cos'
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Fhone 412.
PROFESSIONAL
Drs. Kaser & Freeburgcr
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE C3
Hours 9 a. m. tfc 9 D. K.
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Dr. Charles P. jenee
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Res. log.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rej. Phone 276
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Spnngt
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. I,. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Kates $11.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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GEO. L. BARTON. D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messersehmldt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
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 Avo. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnhan and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. Li. HODGDON, Manager
| It's all in knowing HOW to do
| flrst-claEs cleaning ar.d dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
‘ C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
T 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.
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Fraternal Societies
-OF
Gastineau Channel
O . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiei
■ of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7: SO p. m. Odd
Fellows’ llall.
? WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
1. O. o. F.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. 1 A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P.M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
j N. O. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
I Secretary.
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MOUNT JUNEAU IUD4I
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and F lurth" Monday*
of each Month. In Odd Fellow*
lJall, beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
Humor G. Nordling, Mastor.
( ha:-:. E. Nagtiel. Secretary
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Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
day* of each month.
At 8 o'clock. I. O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY. Worthy Matron.
I/)IS XORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SECihhRS COUNCIL No.
17 "J. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:l»
w p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
i j. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
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AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
i Elks’ Lodge Room. John F\ Starr,
] Post Commander, Phone 973; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoe.
B. Jutteon, Dictator; R. H. Steven*.
Secretary.
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.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
| F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF L
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6. I
Meets the 2d Monday In Moone |
Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President.
LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary.
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WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
fiYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly growing.
U^our account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
JlPays 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 it
Savings Department. . . A
The B/'M. Belircnds Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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