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FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE.
In his excellent brv.k, "When the West Was
Young," Frederick 41. Bectidolt says:
Whi n one conn . t > analyze police politii :
he finds they have not changed much since
the time of the Crusades; desire for power
has always blinded reformers to the mis
deeds of their followers.
A Grand Jury indicted William H. Anderson, lead
er cf fhe fighting forces of the Anti-Saloon League,
foi violating two or more of the criminal statutes
of New York State, end urged the Legislature of the
State to investigate all the* League activities in that
Slati. Instead of meeting the Indictments and the re
quest for an investigation with an invitation to look
inti Its books and turn on the light, the Anti-Saloon
League has issued a challenge to i he Legislature, de
claring that the indictment and request for an. in
vestigation constitute a declaration of war upon
five thousand churches, and a threat (hat the churches
will defeat at the polls the members of the Legisla
ture who may favor an investigation.
Of course it it absurd to say that the churches of
New York State or elsewhere would, under any cir
cumstance. condone crime, but the action of the
Anti-Saloon League in refusing to make a statement
thowing hew and from whom it had received its im
111 rate campaign subscriptions and hew and for what
it had expended the money received, as the law of
the State requires, and in failing to meet the in
dictment: and the request for an investigation by a
declaration of welcome to public searchers for facts,
has caused people to believe that its political man
age! s have belli indulging in the practice which
particahs often Justify by asserting the necessity to
•figlil fire with fire.”
J' in lit tire with hie and "the ond justifies the
means!" What things arc committed under the cloak
of there catch words! An organization is formed to
destroy a political "machine," to correct an evil in
government or for route other worthy purpose, and
immediately adopts ull the methods of the old ma
chine cr employs etiminul means to gain its ends,
cud numbcrlcs reformers come to the front with the
declaration that it is necc.- -try to ‘.tight lire with
fire" or that "the end justifies the means!”
If "tho end justifies the means" the Tammany of
Croker and Ills successor In boss-ship is deserving
of praise. Croker became leader of Tammany in a!
tight to exterminate the practice of looting the public
funds and driving bribery from official circles, and!
ho won the light, though he used the political j
methods of Twqed to do so. However, Crokor's record!
as leader was novc-r stained with indictment nor has1
been that of his successes, notwithstanding both have
been subjected to searching investigations by both!
hostile Grand Juries and hostile Legislatures. And, j
further, these Tammany leaders have always pre
tended, a' least, to welcome investigation.
II rummany can wage the campaigns it docs and
Mill operate within Hie l.nv and come unscatched
from Investigations by Grand Juries and Legislatures,
certainly t ire fighting forces of the Anti-Saloon
League should he compelled to do so, Tltoro are in
dications that tlie “five thousand churches" whom!
tlie League politicians declare are behind them in
thallt nging the investigators instead of meeting i
them wiih tlie facts oclleve so, too.
SERVING ALASKA IN MOVIE WORLD.
I li</so lnmtliar with the feltings and the work
•loin In Alaska by ('apt Lathrop, President of the
ptcducUig. company. Mr. Lew in, the General Manager
Mi. M mnnw, Director, and those associated with
them and working under their direction are unani
"kus in the conclusion that they have produced a
tint Alaska picture in the Cheechakos. Mr Lewis
had been working out the plans of a picture that
won d show Alaska and Alaska life and be produced
''hull, ni Alaska for w,jne time. Last year he en
,‘d the support f business men in the Territory
‘V1 tllr>' Kl,bBcril,fJ ,he necessary to carry out
he work. The Hinting begun last March and can
nued until recently. A fortune has been expended
the work and some of the best talent in the
country thill/.,.d.
A bare recital of these facts suggest the good
that such a picture will do for Alaska. It if suc_
tha,l'‘"-V, wiU be vicwe* by hundreds of
thonamls of people throughout the country, and it
"til give them a vision of conditions as they are
und as they have been. " •
Ih' enterpn ing people who undertook and cur
bed to successful conclusion this > real work have
cone something worth while for the Territory and the
for th ! 'V Wl" reap u *®nerou.i monetary reward
for their courage u general throughout Alaska.
ALASKAN REVENUES.
"lille in Anchorage Secretary Hoover
stated that revenues from Alaska fell short
cf expcndltutes by the Govrenment. Hut be
did not go into the matter of the hundreds
of millions in taxable property and Indus
tiial organizations that had developed on
a foundation laid with Alaskan gold and
flo-ieries. Taken all in all, no. one -could
. hardly, grudge the Territory a time share
In tills colossal wealth buiided from its raw
resources.—(Anchorage Times.)
Of course. Secretary Hoover was discussing the
direct revenues derived by the Federal Government.
If we would add to these direct revenues the income
taxc3 that have been paid by those living in the
Territory and those living elsewhere on incomes
earned in the Territory it would unfold a different
story. It was estimated a few years ago, after an In
vestigation, that Alaska's contribution to the Federal
Government through the income tax route in one year
was $15,000,000.
It should be remembered, too, that the Federal
Government is the largeat property owner in Alaska
—its ownership has been estimated at from 08 per
cent, to 00 per cent, of all the resources. Why
should the Federal Governent not pa.V taxes cn tills
vast property? It would be expecting too much
to usk the 1 or 2 per cent, of the property to bear
the cost and produce Federal revenues also.
Captain Bartlett says he intends to negotiate the
Northeast Passage and allows it will take him four
or five years to get through. What we would like
to know is what Is the value of a passage to take a
ship through which would require four or five years.
We have the two canals and the two capes through
and around which ships may go from ocean to ocean
without consuming so much time.
Captain Amundsen is still advertising the fact
that he means to take that flight to the North Pole
and Captain Bartlett lias filed a notice of his claim
cn the Northeast Passage. Well, the Pole and the
Passage are up there and for all wo care the doughty
Captains can have (hem without having to make so
much noise about their intentions.
Coolidge Not An Enigma.
(New York World.)
Mr. Coolidge is no grat enigma to those who
have studied the piciure of his taking the oath of
office as President In the Plymouth Notch farm
house. He Is: the product of New England, a true
New Englander with all the down-Easter's faults
and virtues, all his tenacity and grim conscientious
ness:, all his reserve and deliberation. The country
can be certain that he will do nothing rash, that
lie will not be stampeded into any action or de
cision and that he will not be betrayed into any
act of sudden folly.
Mr. Coolidge is no strange type. Ills roots go
deep into the soil of the American continent. He
comes of a breed of men who have been farmers
I and toilers among his native hills. From boyhood,
life to him was no easy road to travel but an ascent
to be won by grim determination. The members of
| the farm bloc and so-called “dirt farmers" will have
nothing to boast of as against this unassuming man
who has become President. For, the son of a Ver
mont farmer, he was helping Ills old father get in
the hay when lie came Into the highest office in the
land. Calvin Coolidge is no "dirt" farmer but a
“rock" farmer of New England, born of a race which
blasted mountains to grow their bread. lie, the
true Vermonter, should easily find real kinship with
Magnus Johnson of Minnesota.
If Calvin Coolidge seems at first glance to be
an enigma, it is because no one has studied his
background. Thero is the key to his character.
Quiet, self-contained, master of himself, lie un
questionably ie, with none of the facile arts of the
professional politician. He has never been a grand
stnnder, not even in the Roston police strike. The
country has no cause to worry that he is a man
"ho urges change for the sake of change or disturb
ance for the sake of noise.
Lafayette, We re Hack Again!
(Vancouver, B. C., Sun.)
Secretary Mellon of the United States is now in
Parle endeavoring to make some arrangement whereby
the French will pay off part of their war indebted
ness to the United Slates.
He seems to be having a hard time, in spite of
the fact that the French government indiscreetly
Chore the time of his visit to make public a tax
report which shows that private wealth is not de
crearnlg, but rapidly increasing in France.
Tlie comparative relations between the United
States and France and the United Stutes and Britain
niuke an intc resting study.
Britain has paid up her debts and is moving
towards peace. France has not paid up her debts
and is moving again towurds war.
When American soldiers landed in Britain on the
way to the front American sentiment did not find it
necessary to coin any such grandiose expression
as “Lafayette, we are here!" such as they gave
utterance to m France.
Nor has the American nation since found it neces
essury to visit 'Britain on a collector's errand with
nny such not so grandiose expression as “Lafayette,
we arc back again!" Lafayette aoemB to have dropped
out of the situation entirely.
Public Feeling Dictator.
(Springfield Republican.)
Mica Mary S. McDowell is again to teach in the
public schools of New York City, provided that the
Hoard of Education approves of the recommendation
cf its law committee, which has made a special report
cn the dismissed teacher’s petition for reinstatement.
Miss McDowell is a Quaker. The war-time loyalty
pledge which New York City teachers were required
to take in lit 18 was rejected by her as too stiff in
dome of its provisions to harmonize with her religion.
Out she went, although she was an excellent teacher
and had been giving to the Red Cross one-fifth of her
income.
The committee on law offers a curious justifica
tion for Miss McDowell’s reinstatement. It does not
defend in the least her dismissal in 1918, but affirms
that her excessive punishment was due to the fact
that "she was tried at u time of great public ex
citement. Since then public feeling has undergone
considerable modification.” The inference to be drawn
is that, in the opinion of the committee on law, this
teacher’s reinstatement, as well as her dismissal,
hinges on the state of public feeling and not pri
marily on juBticc. Probably this is an accurate
statement of fact, regardless of the right and wrong
of the case.
"He brit'e. Above all things—be brief," Baid Calvin
Ccclidge In his inaugural speech as President of tho
Massachusetts Senate. And ho may startle the diplo
matic world wiih Presidential messages as brief as
brilliant.'-4-(Ran Francico Bulletin.)
The Turkish Government has signed an order for
$ 1,760,000 worth of American agricultural imple
ments. They must have all tho guns they need.—
(Detroit Free Press.)
The appearance of five widows to claim thp estate
of Pancho Villa at least seems to answer the ques
tion or whut bandits do with their spare time._
(New York Poet.)
Another person who, we Imagine has a pretty
clearly defined idea 8b to who is Just the one for the
ITCstdcpey in this grave agrarian crisis is Senator
Mppffr; of Kansas.—-(Ohio Stae Journal.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By 8AM HILL
l
Observation of Oldest Inhabitant
Pork has enabled many a man to
become rich, but these days there
is more money made in blind pigs
than iu any othpr kind.
The Ananias Club
"I have the prettiest monographer i
In town," said the t^red business man.
I "But she always leaves her vanity
case in the cloak room and 1 never
have seen her stop in the middle of
writing a letter to powder her nose.’'
One Worse
Poor old Henry Peck had been hit
by a motor ear and though he was
about frightened cut of his wits he
was not injured.''
“Well, Henry,” said a friend who
had rushed to his aid. ”1 guess you
never in your life were more scared,
eh?”
"Oh, yes l was," murmured Henry
“When wan that?” asked his friend.
“The day I married Henrietta,” he
sighed. « , J, t
This Sounds Fishy
[Item from Chicago I’ost]
Mrs. Perkins Pass has returned
from Pish Creek, WIs.
Why They Leave the Farm
A nows item says: ‘A machine that
digs, sorts and sacks potatoes is now
in use,”
We asked a farmer’s wife If she
ever had seen this machine. She said
she sees it every i time she looks in
the mirror.
One's Fattening and One's Thinning,
So To Speak
Blinks—*“!■ aiway* want my roll at
the breakfast table."
Jinks—"Yes?"
Blinks—“But my wife takes hers on
the bedroom floor before she comes to
the breakfast^ tajfile "
Fool Questions
A. S. T. asks "could you speak of
aa man just released from the ‘pen’
as a coming-out party?’” We'll ask
the society editor and let you know.
Friendly Philosophy
If you are satisfied with yourself
and your works, , jou have reached
the end (not the beginning) of your
career. This settled, rend then, the
public opinion of your record. How
does it impress you? J. E. P.
If It Fits—
It’s not the doctor but the preacher
who cures m,ost o£ the cases of love
sickness.
A man's idea of comfort when he
getR home Is to bis coat and
collar, but the first thing a woman
wants to do is to get off her tight
shoes and the tight thing around her
waist.
There would he fewer divorces if
more husbands. were traveling men
who spend three-fourths of their
time away from home. ,
it is a safe bet' that the one who
wears the knickers ruleR the roost.
The most foolish thing a groom
can do is to start helping the bride
with the dishes. IVtany an old mar
ried man would now be spending
more of his evenings in the living
room with his pipe and book instead
of in the kitchen if lie hadn’t made
that fatal mistake.
No divorce lawyer ever cares to
make the acquaintance of a husband
and wife who can be partners at
cards without fussing.
The more weight a wife takes on
the harder it is for her husband to
get around ’her.
We guess there's nothing more
dangerous than monkeying with a
buzz saw than it is for a married
man to flirt.
There Isn’t much tifce of a man sav
ing his '‘combings" because when he
starts to get bald a switch won't do
him any good.
Friend husband doesn’t get as sore
about tile way his wife contradicts
herself as he does over the way she
always contradicts him!
There art! a lot of things that are
hard to see. among them Is how mod !
est girls can have the nerve to wear1
| W. H. CASE i
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PHONE 311 I
| It’a all In knowing HOW to do |
| llrat-claM cleaning and dyeing. |
! CAPITAL DYE WORKS
i C. Meldner, Profeaalonal Dyer |
and Cleaner. PTione 177.
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Move*, Packs and Stom Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
clothes that can be so easily seen
through.
Daily Sentence Sermon
The advertising you get when you
lose your good name never brings it
back.
IF SKIN BREAKS'
OUT AND ITCHES
APPLY SULPHUR
Just the moment you apply Men
tho-Sulphur to an itching, burning
or broken out skin, the itching stops
and healing begins, says a noted
skin specialist. This sulphur prep
aration, made into a pleasant cold
cream, gives such a quick relief,
even to fiery eczema, that nothing
has ever been found to take its
place.
Hecause of Its germ destroying
properties, it quickly subdues the
itching, cools the irritation and
heals the eczema right up, le.aving
a clear, smooth skin in place of ugly
eruptions, rash, pimples or rough
ness.
You do not have to wait for im
provement. It quickly shows. You
can get a little Jar of Rowles Men
tho-Sulpliiir at any drug store.
(advertisement.)
IN UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
JUNEAU. ALASKA.
Serials 03756-05965.
.l ine 28. 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
Leo II. Smith of Juneau. Alaska,
has submitted final three year proof
in support of his Homestead Entry,
Serial 02756. for lands in HE Sur
vey No. 101. new series No. 1194,
and additional Homestead Entry,
Serial 059G5. for lands in I\ S. Sur
vey No. 1424. These surveys are
bdth situated about one mile easter
ly from the mouth of Mendenhall
River, twelve miles north of Ju
neau, Alaska, in latitude 58“ 22'
North and lengitude 124° 24' West,
and more particularly described as
follows:
Commencing at cor. No. 1, HE
Survey No. 101 whence US.
L.M. No. 4 4 F. S. bears North
G8° 54’ \V. 42.28 chs ; running
thence N. 89° 24' E. 2* chs. to
cor. No. 2, thence S. 0° 17' E.
GO.08 chs. to cor. No 3, thence
S. 89° 40' W. 20.00 chs. to cor.
No. 4, thence N. 0° 20' W.
GO.09 chs. to cor. No. 1 the
place of beginning, containing
an area 120.14 acres. Variation
31° 14' East.
Commencing at cor. No. 1, U.
S. Survey No. 1 434, whence U.
S.L.M. No. 381 boars S. 49° 08'
E. 90.24 chs.; thence N. 0° 21'
W. 20.00 chs. along the easterly
line U. S. Survey No. 381 to
cor. No. 2; thence N. 89° 40'
E. 19.99 chs. to cor. No. 3 iden
tical with Cor. No. 3 H.E. Sur
vey No. 101; thence S. 0° 36'
E. 20.20 chs. to cor. No. 4;
thence N. 89“ 45' W. 20.08 chs.
to cor. No. 1 the place of be
ginning; containing 40.26 acres.
Variation 31° 15' E.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication July 26, 1923.
Last publication Sept. 24, 1923.
TO BE WELL GROOMED
Han much to do with one’s
success Perfectly pressed
clothes add to the dignity of
every man. We press the Hoff- j
man way. It's sanitary and j
lengthens the life of all gar- |
ments. PHONE 394. |
THE RENOVATORY
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AUTOS FOR HIRE
Day and Night Service
Day 386—PHONE— Night 451 j
Day 3 86—Palace of Sweats i
T. & W. Taxi
7-passenger Studebaker
l Chas. Mosby, Driver. Juneau j
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Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
CALI
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seven-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
Gastlneau Hotel. Popular
pricse. Phone 10.
Also seven-passenger Sedan
for stormy weather.
Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
PROTECTION
IMany ovoid coughs colds, I
bronchitis or other winter i
ills, by protecting the body {
with the consistent woof §
Scott’s Emulsion
It is a food and Wkfich |
' ^ in health*building
vitaminesL and is
source of warmth
and energy. The
regular use of Scott's
EmaZstort consents strength
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hour*, 9 A. M. to t P M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 46V
Res. Phone 276
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Dra. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE M
Hour* 9 a. m. t* 9 p. a*.
Dr. Charles P. Jenna
DENTIST
Room* 8 and 9 Va'iwntlne Bldg.
Telephone 176.
All Alaakan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
I First Are. and Pine St., Seattle
1 | Popular Price*. Nearest to Hv
I erythlng J. A. Farnham and
i | Ted Taylor, Prop*.
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EVERYIUING IN COAL
BRIQUETS
COMAX
LADYSMITH
ISSAQUAH
NANAIMO
BLACKSMITH
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
PHONE 412
01(1 bundled or newdphpere at th«
(Cmulre. 26 cent*
Fraternal Societies
-OP
Gastineau Channel
B . t . 0 . ILK!
Meetlag Wednesday
Evealnga at 8:00
o'clock. Elks’ Ilall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exulted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Kite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7: SO p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISBL, Secretary,
I. O. O. N.
Bll.VBR BOW
LODQB NO. S 4.
Meeets every Thuradsy at 8 P. Hi.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall,
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAB LOOSE
No. 147, F. A A. M.
8tated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd r»llc—•
Hall, beginning at 7:M o'clonk.
Homer O. Nordllng, Master.
C'hss. R. Nafihet, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Kecond and Fourth Tuna
day* of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Rati.
ANNA J)AY, Worthy Matron.
10)13 NORDUNO, Secretary.
knights of
COLUMBUS
MEOHHRB council »•
17»u. Mooting# ■«'0»4
and laat Monday* at 7:M
p. ra. Tranalent Broth"
era urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth street. John F. Mullen, U. K.
J. Ij. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4,
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
|J| each month at 8 9. m.
Elks’ ixtdge Room. John R. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; d. B.
Manm, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSX.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
Bight, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. B. F.
Roden berg, Dictator; R. 11. Stevsnc
Secretary.
WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART
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. McKlnson, Secretary.
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T AUXILIARY, PIONEER! Of
ALASKA. Iffloo No. !.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer T<odge to foF
low each meeting.
Mrs. Pottle Splckott, President.
! Mrs. T.illle llurford, Secretary.
Chautauqua brings you good entertain
ment at a reasonable price.
The program at Juneau this year is better
than any previous one.
You can’t afford to miss a single one of
the five programs.
Season tickets sold at:
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JTTHLAU, ALASKA.