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PRESIDENT HARDING’S GREAT SERVICE,
TO ALASKA.
The vlelt of the Pn ident cf the i'nitde States1
rnd three member;) of his Cabinet is one of the big:
things in the history of Alaska —one of the biggest
tince America's acquisition of the Territory It is
not a light matter for tlie President to leave the
capital and the multitudinous National and world
cflairs behind him. It ir. a matter of very large!
importance when he leaves them so far behind and
for co long a time as his trip to Alaska makes neces- j
t iry. It is no small sacrifice of time and convenience
President Harding Ir. making for the people of this]
Territory.
For this great service Alaskans offer the only
medium that could be acceptable—a full measure of
rinccre appreciation and a welcome from the depths
of her people’s hearts.
And tiiis appreciation of President Harding is ac- j
cantuatcd by the interest he has taken in Alaska
from tlie beginning of his administration. He has
given nmplo evidence of his abiding friendship for the ,
Terr it cry throughout the more than two years he :
has been at the iiead of the Nation an interest that
1 us culminated in this unprecedented visit with all 1
that it implies.
PRESSING NEEDS.
The three meat pressing Alaskan noeda are (1).
a wider measure of self-government, (2) the utiliza
tion of the natural resources of the Territory and (3)
the preservation of our fisheries. There are many
other needs, but most or all of them depend upon
i llteee.
Alaska should have a full Territorial form of gov
ernment. recommended by President Taft and Presi
dent Wilson, by most of Alaskan conventions of re
cent years and by the legislature of Alaska. That;
Is. Alaska should have the same soil of Territorial
government that the other Territories of the United
States have had in'the past. The Territory should !
have full powers over the levying and collection of!
taxer and the expenditure of the proceeds; she should
have counties or similar minor political organizations
in the teitlcd parts which could care for local mat-'
ttrs, collect and expend local taxes, provide for
local Improvements, etc., ns counties in other Terri
tories have done and counties in States do. Site
should have power to legislate for the fisheries, game,
end other matters. Control of everything that would
interests in the Territory should be placed in the
hands of the people of ihe Territory. No people are'
so well qualified to govern Alaska—or any other!
country—as the people who live in it and lo whom '
the problems are matters of direct and vital per-!
sonal concern.
If it slipuid bo decided (hat portions of Alaska
are fo sparsely settled and undeveloped that a full
Territorial form of government for all of it would
be Impracticable, then the Territory should be divided !
It would be asking too much of those sections of lhe|
Territory that are sufTicinctly developed to maintain!
a full Territorial form o> government to compel them ;
to continue to forego the advantages that are their1
right and to continue putting the proceeds of their
iargr lax accounts into n common fund for the de
velopment of vast areas that are dependnet upon nld
ficm outidie their regions. The conditions in South
eastern Alaska and along the coast are those of the
frontier, it will tax them heavily to care for them
selves It is too great a task for them to carry the
burdens of the scattered population of sev-.al hun
dred thousand square miles of hinterland who have
equal representation in the body which controls Ihe
expenditure of the revenues raised front taxation on
tbeir sections.
In considering the utilization of the natural re
coin res oi Alaska the Federal Government should be
' ,roved h.v 'he same principle that caused statesmen of
the pasl to place a low price on the public lands and!
which inspired the Homestead Act. It should get
away front the idea that the Government may profit
front the ownership of tile resources. The Govern-!
nient s profit and that of the country generally ran
only cente front their development. Unused resources
, Incapable of producing profits to the owner. The
.public lands of the United States never yielded (lie
cost of surveying and administering. After the title
tc them passed into private ownership the period
of utilization began and they gave employment to
people, gave markets lo other sections of the country,
yielded revenues through the various forms of taxa
tion, and added to the power, prosperity and glory of
the Nation
The Empire believes, and it believes lhat It rep
resents the prevailing and the best thought in Alaska
when it say* It. that the fisheries problems of the
Territory could be better solved by the people of
Alaska through their legislature than by Congress.
The solution of these problems must come through
experience. Laws must be tested and amended to
meet the needs that experience discloses from time
to time. The need, therefore. is legislation by those
Who are constantly studying the question, observing
CeaiMt* of the luws, situated so they may act
quickly 4tj»d Who aye vitally concerned in (he per
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petualion of the Industry. However, whether author
ity to legislate for tho fisheries is given to the
Territory or retained by the Federal Government the
perpetuation of the fisheries industry Is the objective
desired. The salmon fisheries constitute the most
important branch of tile industry, and sufficient
escapement of salmon must be provided to perpetuate
the species. The annual catch must not be so great
that extermination will follow.
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ON STUMP
FOR THIRD PARTY.
That political parties do not mean what they once
meant in the United States was probably never better
illustrated than by the circumstance that Senator
Robert M. La Folletto, Republican of Wisconsin, and
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of Montana,
are both in Minnesota making speeches in favor of
the election of Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor can
didate for United States Senator to succeed the late
Senator Knute Nelson. Both the Democratic and Re
publican Parites have regular nominees In the race
for the seat.
Senator Whoelrr excuses his activity, however,
by the statement that the Democratic nominee has
no chance and he desires to sec a "progressive Sena
tor" elected. Senator La Folletta makes no excuse
or opology. and could not in truth do so.
Canadian Pacific May Build to Prince Rupert.
(Prince Rupert News.)
Interesting speculation In regard to the possible
next move of the C. P. R. is going on all over the
wert No one seems to know anything but there are
plenty of people who pretend to have Inside informa
tion.
Persistent rumors indicate that the C. P. R. is
active in connection with another railway north of
the Grand Trunk Pacific that will tap the Peace
River agricultural area, the Ground Hog coal areas
and the fine country round the head waters of the
Naas River. The Peace River Record tells of survey
parties going through and suggests that Naas Bay
will he the Pacific Terminus of the line.
Tliore Is no doubt but the country to the north
of us will be opened up before long and it is likely
It will be done under private auspices rather than
by the National system. The C. P. R. took over the
old Mackenzie & Mann charter to build from Peace
River to Stewart, but the terminals are never very
definitely fixed in a charter and are usually subject
to change. Any railway will make a thorough Inves
tigation before finally deciding on the lcoatlon and
many different factors will determine the route. What
we say. what Stewart says, or what the people along
the route eey has little influence. The project is so
stupendous that minor considerations have to be
swept aside and the general usefulness of the line
considered.
I)e Valera Stops His War.
(Manchester Guardian.)
Mr. Do Valera has accepted defeat, and has in
structed his rebels in the field to lay down their
arms. The Irish peopl * are saying that it was Ire
land's misfortune to be assailed by a blind leader of
tun who coiud not foresee twelve months ago the
inevitable course of his campaign of destruction. Gloe
all the woeful expenditure of blood and treasure
would have been avoided; the State would be estab
lished In pride and security, and Collins and all the
other briiiinn; men who were sent to their deaths
111 the internecine feud might have been working as
comrades together to mnke the new Ireland worthy
of the old Ireland's tragic and noble history. There
!s peace now, and the country is happier than it has
been since Ibltj. No praise can bo too high for Mr.
Cosgrave's Government, which has proved the capacity
of Irishmen to govern, and has come triumphant
through it3 fiery ordeal. It had to pursue unpopular
courses in a country that had always fought against
the stiong hand, but events have proved their wis
dom in ignoring tile “safe” neutrality movemeiiis
which were initiated in various parts of the country
where public men were intimidated from according
unqualified support to the Government. It would he
premature to assume that nothing of turmoil and
unrest remains behind the rebel surrender. The Min
isters are not yet free from the peril of private ven
geance, and the discredit to which Mr. De Valera
lias fallen among Irishmen may be shared by some
of his former dupes. Mr. Kevin O’Higgins said in the
Dull on Tuesday that a period of transition must
ensue from martial law to the ordinary civil law'.
In cnc county eighteen farms have been seized by
laborers' "Soviets." Many of the taxpayers, too, as
sume that the strike against taxation during the
last years of the British occupation should be per
petuated In the new order. Mr. De Valera's ’'war"
will have cost Ireland twenty millions or so. Irish
men may well weep that the wasted twenty millions
has not gone to the Bchools and the universities, to
land purchase, to the relief of the congests, to the
abolition of the slums; but a country that recovered
from the Desmond and Cromwellian wars and from
tlio great famine of 1847 will not easily go down.
As we understand Senator Copeland, the World
Court does not go Tar enough and the Dengue of
Nations goes too far. It Is a wiBe planet that can
please all of the international traffic cops.—(New
York Post.)
Two big questions have divided the American
people. One group wants to know how to get the
moEt miles out of a gallon, Hnd the othor wants tn
know how to get the most kicks out of a quart
(New York Post.)
Perhaps it is an inevitable outcomo of the genius
of our American institutions that at last the rlchcot
man among ua should run for President.—(St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.)
The prohibition boys appear to be having a bit
of trouble In their attempt to make the Constitution
fellow the flag beyond the three-mile limit_(Cin
cinnati Enquire^)
Now York’s homicide rate is only half thut of a
dozen other cities. Including lx>s Angeles, Dayton,
mid Cleveland. Another proof that New York ie not
really an American city. — (New York Post.)
People nro losing interest in the Ruhr, und it was
such a nice word to work into a headline. —(San
Francisco Journal.)
As partisans of and opponents to the World Court
Americans arc deeply interested in butting averages
(Indianapolis Star.)
As nearly us we can figure it out, Belgium has
as much need of two languages as a giraffe of two
necks.—(Springfield Union.)
It Is reported that Secretary Mellon will recom
mend to Congress that it reduce taxes. Tile "Ayes”
sr.cni to have it.—(Detroit News.)
This well-known country is getting along so well
hat it is Kurope that feels isolated.— (Toledo Blade.)
Candidates for the Presidency are never wanting
n looters, (Boston Transcript.)
A! DNG PIE’S DETOUR \
By SAM HILL j
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
Those days If a man can't Ret a
start any other day he'll Ret out
and crank the dogRone thliiR.
The Ananias Club
They sang the “Star Spangled Ban
ner in conclusion and everybody
present knew all-.the verses."
Ouch!
He: "1 find It hard to think of
a word to express my ideas.”
She: ‘‘Wouldn’t zero do it?"
Dangerous As Patronizing a Boot
legger
Sign on restaurant in Tower Hill,
111.: "If You Eat Here You Will
Never Eat Any Place Else.”
Must he the kind of a place you
get ptomaine poisoning or maybe
they serve toadstools for mushrooms.
Truth
"Truth is mighty, provided it gets
half a chance.”—Jack Warwick.
Truth is mighty
scarce,
disagreeable,
hard to tell.
inconvenient at times, too.
Fool Questions
R. B. D. asks: "What does the
hank teller?” Usually, he has to
tell ’er that her account is over
drawn.
Friendly Philosophy
Mistakes are human and no man
is immune from them, but I al
ways have found that the hardest
chopper was the man who broke
the most ax handles. J.E.F.
Definitions
Optimist—The fellow who believes
that the patent medicine will do all
for him the testimonial said it did
for the other fellow. "Dusty” Mil
ler.
Idiot—The fellow who thinks the
fake oil stock he has bought will
some day be worth as much as the
salesman told him it would be.
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We're For That One
"Yes," said the Postmaster, "we
i are up against it. Our carriers sim
ply can't get all the mall delivered
j on time and (he department has no
money to provide for more.”
| “Well,” growled a man in the
crowd, “if they'll just pass a law
1 making it a penitentiary offense to
j send bills through the mail you can
i lay off at least half of the carriers
| you now have.”
The Heat liV^NMrwoad Must Be
Terrible
A. W. Full, ami you can guess
; what we think he was full of, sends
jin this one: *
, Should Delaware a scanty pair
Of trunks, forbid by law;
j Would you strive to reach
breezy beac h
the
To see what Arkansas?
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They Might Try the Butchers,
Though; They Handle ’Em
We know a lot of mighty pretty
girls, who if Ujey only had brains,
would be world beaters.—Ram Hill.
Enquirer. It looks like a case where
pharmacies wooyld be helpers.—J. H.
Reed.
if it Fits—
Most of the old bromides are bunk
—especially the one that say3 Wis
dom comes with age.
The only think that spoils a girl’s
appearance more than a homely face
is an ugly disposition.
It’s hard to believe a man ran do
the world much good with the money
he’s piled up by doing other people,
good.
We guess if it wasn't explained (n
the dictionary people would bn even
more puzzled atamt what unselfish
ness meant than they are about
what, the Einstein theory means.
When a man dances jiO with
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Phone
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
his wife the chances are It Is not
because he loves her so much but
because she wou't let lllai dance
with anybody else.
The street cars have signs: "Don't
talk to the motorman," and it would
save a good many accidents it giri3
would learn not to hug the drivers
when out joy riding.
Although they all read the beauty
secrets a good many of the girls
haven't learned the secret of beauty
yet—not by a long ways.
At that we guess nothing will
make the man who Is inclined to be
wild any wilder than having his
mother-inlaw try to tame him.
A wife will always cook the dish
her husband likes best-—it it happtns
to be the one she likes best.
There's one thing to be said about
the ten-cent store earrings — they
can't look much Worse than any
other kind. * •
News of the Names Club
Georgia Thoroughbred, of Vaughn,
N. 0'., is one, alright.
Rev. I. Ketehum, of Washington.
D. C., will he a welcome addition to
ti»e child's ball team.
RUB RHEUMATISM I
PAIN FRUM SURE,
ACHING JOINTS
What Is rheumatism? Pain only.
St. Jacobs Oil will stop any pain bo
quit drugging. i
Not one case in fifty requires In
ternal treatment Uub soothing,
penetrating St. Jacobs Oil directly
upon the tender spot and relief
comes Instantly. St. Jacobs Oil is a
hnrmlrss iheumatism and sciatica
liniment, which never disappoints
and can not burn the skin.
Limber up! Quit complaining!
Get a small trial bottle from your
druggist, and In just a moment
you'll be free from rheumatic and J
sciatic pain, soreness, stiffness and!
swelling. Don't suffer! Relief awaits1
you. Old, honest St. Jacobs Oil has1
cured millions of rheumatism suf
ferers in the last half century, and]
is just as good for sciatica, neural-j
gin. lumbago, backache, sprains and
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AUTOS FOR HIRE
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I WHEN IN NEED OF A TAXI |
Call Collins i
] Seven passenger touring car. I
j Stand Trinagle Shoe Shine Par* I
lor. Phone 186. Res. Phone 281.
I I
| Miller's Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
-II
Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHUNE 444
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Heller’s Taxi
PHONE 183
Day and Night Service
Stand Heller's Barber Shop
Auk Bay Stage
Leaves U. & I. Cafe for Auk
Bay 5 P. M., Saturday only,
returning 6:30. Special trip at
any time. Round trip $2.50
U & 1 Taxi Service
Nick Lakich, Proprietor.
“We will take you anywhere,
anytime.”
PHONE 64.
.
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seven-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
Gastineau Hotel. Popular
pricse. Phone 10.
Also seven-passenger Sedan,
Day and Night Service
Call 362.
ARCTIC BATHS
Without exception the best
Turkish Baths in Alaska.
Give us a trial and you will be
come a regular customer.
W. H. Lott,
Proprietor. So. Front St.
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 418
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
PROFESSIONAL
Ors. Kaser & Freeburger
DEimr>TS
1 and 3 Goldstein lid*.
PHONE N
Hours • s. m. t« 9 p. ra.
Dr. Charles P. Jeaat
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Vawntlne Bldg.
Telephone 178. ^ ^
Dr. DrVighne
Malony Building
Hoars 1 to 4. 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Its*. 10*.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hour*: 9:30 to 12; 1 to I;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; Residence
Phono 612, Coliseum Apts.
Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN
Office—Second and Main
Telephone 18
DR. R N. DONA HEY
Same Good Service as In the
Past
HUTESON-DONAlttf
Oolic»l(omp«Br
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Are. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Noarest to Ev
erything. 1. A. Farnham and
|> Ted Taylor, Props.
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Fraternal Societies
--or
Gastineau Channel
Z . r . O . 2 L K 8
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Elks' Hall.
Ch tries P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodi
of FreemaaoEgf
Scottish Kite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m.
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEI8BL, Secretary,.
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. ■ A,
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Qrandi
Merle P. Morgan^ Secretary.
" PERSEVERANCE imrts 1
LODGE NO. £A.
Meets every Brst and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON.
N. G ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LOOMV
No. 147. F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second end Fourth Mondays
of each Month, In Odd Fellc»e
Hell, beginning et 7:14 o'clock.
Homer fJ. Nordling. Master.
C'hM. E. Nagbet, Secretary.
Ordrr of the
EASTERN STAB
Second end Fourth Tina
days of taok BMth.
At I o'clock. I. O. O. r. HelL
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NODDLING, Secretary.
A K KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
^ BBOHB:RB COUNCIL W*.
17*0. Meetings second
and last Mondaya at 7;M
\jr p. m. Tranalent Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamber*.
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen. Q. K.
J. L. McCloakey. Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month it I ). n.
Elks' ixtage Boom. John F. 8tsrr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; Q. ■.
Manat, Poet Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER Of
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 9 o’clock,
Mooee Hall. B. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; B. II. Steveng
Secretary.
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WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART '
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Moiling second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moobo Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender. Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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T AUXILIARY, PIONEERS 01
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
! Meets lent Thursday of every
! month. Social hour with mem
| bers of Pioneer l/Oilge to • fol
low each meeting.
I Mrs. Uitlle Splckett, President.
[ Mrs. Lillie Burford, Socretary.
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WHERE '
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to success begins at the Saving! Window.
How early you attain mccesi 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
rUKKAIT, ALASKA. 1 !|X
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