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THE TYRANNY OF MAJORITIES.
Ur. Nicholas Murray Butler's address to the Ohio
Bar Association, in which he commented upon the
lawlessness that is growing out of too much regula
tive legislation, referring particularly to prohibition
and similar adventures in new fields of government,
and declared that tyranny by a majority is as de
itructive of government its tyranny by a monarch
c.r autocracy, has excited a great deal of comment.
Whatever may be one's conclusions regarding the,
quc.tion of prohibition, there is no question but that
the attempt to make people good through legislation,
to standardize the world to meet I lie conception of a
maj< rity that r metimes is made up through the com
bination of blocs and political trading amounts to
tyranny over the minority that is having I he effect
of breeding disrespect for law and .it is becoming as
obnoxious as the tyrannies tlruggles against which!
have made history.
U'e find this tyranny moving in many avenues.
The efforts of tlie Ku Klux Klan to outlaw those of
certain races and religions is an example of attempt
ing to crush Individualism through the despotic exer
cise of power by a majority which it Is endeavoring
to acquire though playing politics as a game.
It 1:- high time that the zealots and hobby riders
Of tile country quit this effort to standardize a world
by forcing pc pie I nit moulds of their own making
through legislation and politics. The occasion is ripe
for recourse to the old methods of reforming the
world through the education if the individual that he
might choose the right for himself. A distinguished
writer a few years ago declared that the country
needed more preachers who would urv ■ individuals j
to recognize thur individual responsibility to God, j
mere evangelists, and fewer leagues with lobbying
secretaries with authority to commit' the leagues in
arrangements that may be made with politicians or]
filter leagues nr blocs in order to secure the accept
ance of their ideas by a majority of the people. The
world cannot tie raved on massce nor through legisla
tion. it is improved througli I lie improvement of,
the individuals.
FIRST DIVISION LEADS IN PRECIOUS
METALS.
While it pleases some of those who deMght in
e iffing a* the First Division to refer to it as a land I
"fish cam.;): " and "In ichcombers" It is worth
" Idle to remember that the gold and stiver shipments!
of the First Division were larger than those of any
other Division last year, constituting about 3»i per
cent, of the entire output of the Territory. They I
exceeded the next highest Division, the Fourth by
$410,137.
The First Division is some mining country as
well as a flphing region, and the development of the I
pulp and paper industry is near at hand. Mining for
the precious medals is developing so that we may o\
pect mere properties to come in a shippers right along.
EAST DISCUSSES ALASKA FISHERIES.
The question of the perpetuation of the Alaska
Fisheries has become a favorite topic for discussion
and comment among the newspapers of the East
Several papers recently have oontai.1 long articles1
on the subject, and they have elicited not a little!
comment. The Rest on Herald recently contained a
whole page, with several Illustrations, giving a fairly
accurate review of the situation with a history of the I
salmon industry beginning with the Sacramento River!
i.< the '60a and coming northward through Oregon and
Washington to Ala. ka.
Commenting upon the article and the action of!
Secretary Hoover in telling apart reservations In'
certain parts of Alaska, In an editorial leader the
Herald says:
The commission of the Federal Bureau of
Fish erica reports that laid year the salmon
canneries of Alaska packed and distributed
throughout the United Stales and Europe
o\er 350,000,000 cans of salmon, requiring
lor this huge product, and also for local
ami chilled demand, not leBs than 70,000,000
ot large fish Of course it cannot be ex
pected tHat this tremendous and increasing
drain upon (lie timet game and commercial
fhh or el liter ocean can continue without
affecting Hie supply.
Elsewhere in this issue of The Herald will
be found a startling story of the approach
ing extinction oi tile Alaskan salmon, due to
the insatiable demand ol the canners, unless
Congress ai ls promptly to establish sys
tematic and rigid control by Hie Federal
Government to as to regulate the catch and
protect the -pawning tin. Thus far. held
back by various selfish interests, on the
Pacific Coast, each on bent only on present
Prtht, (engress lias been slow to act. An
into ligation lias been ordered. Investi
gation is all irltgt. D is the favorite indoor
eport cl Congress and generally leads no
where. Meantime the eanneries grow in num
ber and capacity and the almon decrease.
A few year ago t lie waters of Puget
Sound and tile Columbia River were alive
with salmon. That region furnished nearly
.. ail tue canoed salmon demanded by the
country. From those waters the salmon have
now vanished so completely that of last sea
son's total pack, the coasts of Washington
and Oregon furnished less than 10 per cent.
Now the slaughter has moved on to Alaska.
Commissioner of Fisheries, himself a West
roast man and u specialist in salmon fisherios,
predicts only three more years of large pack
from Alaskan waters and then the rapid de
orc;: e of fish twoard extinction. This is a
serious business for the whole nation, for •
which, and especially for crowded Eastern
cities, canned salmon is a staple food.
Secretary Hoover, true to his noteworthy
record as a food expert, appealed to Congretv
a year ago for an adequate law to establish
supervision by the Bureau of Fisheries over
the number of salmon to be caught and to
protect spawning. Congress failed to act.
and the President, at the Secretary's re
quest, declared a limited area of Alaskan
waters a Federal reservation; established
■the total catch therein and apportioned this
iimcunt ami ng cannero Of course complaint
was loud, principally because no newcomers
were allowed.
Tlte F’re-ident acted none too soon, but
ills proclamation is limited to one year, and
immdeiate legislation is necessary. Unless a
well-known law is promptly passed the Alas
kan salmon will practically disappear boforo
1930. Congress should pass an effective bill
and should pass it quickly.
Tlte Hcrhald is in error in one particular. The
reservations established through the President’s pro
clamations were not limited to one year but stand
until abrogated hy competent authority.
The Fish Question.
(Sitka Tribune.)
We have been in the Territory some twenty years,
most of tlte time on the Coast, but what we do not
know about the fish question, would fill the Congres
sional Library. We have road and listened to fish
experts, near-experts, canerymen, fishermen, officials
and pencil pushers, only to become the more confused.
However, it seems to bo expected of every self respect
ing newspaper to brew a kettle of fish of some kind,
and the Tribune doesn't want to be the only one with
nothing to say, even 'though we say nothing in saying
it. There was one thing even our obtuse editorial
mind could understand and that was the necessity
oi doing something to save and perpetuate the fish
Hut tlte minute reserves were created for allowing
fish escapatent up goes another awful howl, with
everybody calling everybody else names. Just as soon
as tnvo and two make four, if enough fish escape,
everyone will have fish, but if the fish don't escape,
no one will have fish, and thero you are. Let’s have I
an armistice or a moratorium or ultimatum on the
fob and after enough shall have escaped to insure a
supply .then we can begin the fight all over again
about who catches them and how they shall be caught, i
Advertising.
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Tlie advertising of American business in American!
monthlies and weeklies amounts to about $160,000,-!
000 a year, and newspaper advertising to about $660,-'
000,000 a year, $800,000,000 in all, which is about as
high as the bill for America's chewing gum, or lip
sticks, rouge and powder.
George W. liininan asks whether this is worth
the money.
And he answers his que linn in the affirmative.
For he says that the value of what the United
States produce;; amounts to about $40,000,000,000,
and this advertising bill of $800,000,000, is there
fore only about 2 per cent, of the total amount of
goods produced. Advertising is an important and e, -'
srntial element In distribution. It is more titan that;1
it is the self-expression of business enterprise, and1
keeps it wholesome.
Russia tried the abandonment of advertising, anti
found that advertising and business both departed
together. If you are going to cut off till the blossoms
from a plant, you are going, after a while, to have
no more plant.
Col. Steese in Charge.
(Corilova Times.;
The designation ot Col. Steese, of the Alaska Road
Commission, to succeed Col. Meat's in administration
of the Government Railway, while coming somewhat
as a surprise, is a move by the Government which
hears every evidence of being well-advised. In the
relief of Col. Mears, whom splendid work in the
difficult task lie has had to perform comes to its clove
with the completion of the now railroad line, a high
ly capable and efficient officer is granted a just and
cine recognition. Front the years of untiring effort
Col. Moars has put into the building of the Alaska
Railroad there lias come to him a nation-wide ap
preciating of the engineering and executive capacity
ot a high degree with which lie lias mot , the de
mands of (he situation. With the completion of his
construction work he is entitled to promotion to other
fields where his capacity may find equal opportunity.
From now on the conduct.of the new railway line
will be largely one of upkeep and business adminis
tration, ta:ks for the execution of which Col. Steese
has already demonstrated his fitness in his work oil
the Alaska Read Ccnuniselcn. In the necessity for
wagon roads and trails, ns feeders to the railway, it is
ei pecially fitting that the work of tho Road Com
mie: ion should be co-ordinated with that of the rail
way. The plan Is in every way practicable, efficient
and economical, and its execution is one for which
Col. Steese, and his associates Major Gotwals, are ex
ceptionally well equipped. The recent efforts of Col.
Steese to have adequate appropriations made for the
construction of roads and trails In Alasku promise to
lie successful. With a million dollars available this
year, and a possible ten millions within the next two
years, If the Territory is included in the Federal High
way Act, the Alaska Road Commission will tic abund
antly provided. Under the administration of Col.
Steese and in co-ordination with the Government
Railway, Hie development of what Alaska needs above
everything else—good results—is assured. The Terri
tory is to be congratulated upon a move that is at
once a great tribute to tlio head of the Alaska Road
Commission, and the most heartening promise that
lias yet been accorded to Alaska.
President Harding admits t hat lie lias no practical
plan for the stabilization of Europe or the adjust
ment of economic conditions. Neither have we. Hut
Micro are scores of vociferous Americans who are not*
in the distinguished Presidential or paragrapher class
who know all about il. — (Cincinnati Enquirer.)
The proposed visit of the President reminds us that
it least one Vice-President, Stevenson, under Cleve
land, visited Alaska, Gov. Shcakly, father of Fred
Slieakly who works for the W. I*. Mills Corporation,
received him in Sitka, and Old Chief Klan-teoh paid
li:in a ceremonial visit. (Sitka Tribune.)
Tidal waves in the Pacific suggest the possibility
hat Father Neptune is violating some of the pro
visions of the Four Power pact (Boston Transcript.)
German music hall performers are being boycotted
n Paris. We have a lot of native performers here
vlio deserve the same fate. (Cincinnati Enquirer.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR j
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
The reason the modern family can'
afford six children is because it ha:
a six cylinder car to keep going.
Regret
"Have you ever made any grea
mistake in your life that has causet
you the keenest egret?” he asked.
"Yes,” sighed the maiden, “I wa:
silly enough ito have my hair bobbet
last -summer and now it’s all out o
style.”
Speaking of Fashions
•Men, we ask y m as man to man
do you think you still can love you
wives when they are diked out Ilk
this:
"Giandmvother' shawl, reminiscen
of Civil War days, will come bad
into its own this spring in the eye.li
of feminine fashions. But with i
'there will be worn a new flappe:
skirt, knickers, bell-sleeved Bnghfoi
tapes lined with jade, and one-pieci
.suits in all the colors of the rain
bow—ihoneydew, tangerine, orchid
cocoa, iblack and white.”
Fried-Englander
(Marriage license in Pittsburgh
t>i spa tcli.)
Helen Fried Pittsburgh
Bernard Englander Pittsburgh
We have heard of Englanders be
ins roasted, but this is ithe first timt
we ever have hoard of them beinf
Fried.
Oh! That Kind
"That fellow is a stage robber,'
remarked Blinks
"G’wan, there aint’ no such ani
mal these days," retorted J.aks.
“It’s a fact. He takes the part o
bandit in 'the play,'' grinned Banks.
Fool Questions
W. H ask3: “Who won (he war?'
Who won the war? -a question tha
Is often asked by friends and foes
But really we can't answer it,
Because, you see, nobody knows.
We’re Making Progress, Anyway
They've found the germ tha1
And now !f they "only can find thr
perm thait causes ;i wife to shoo
her husband, the one that causes mo
: irists to run down pedestrian ; am
the one that causes bootleggas l
sell their victims wood alcohol, oui
chant* of living to 'be as od a‘
Methuselah is going to be greatly im
proved.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
Personality is a dual factor. I
attracts, vot it repels. it create;
he tit Friends and Enemies. Successe
and Failures. Willie it is Ueau'.ifu
it is also Repulsive, and while a’
men possess it. yet only the ihinkin?
element cultivate it by thinking alonj
constructive and upbuilding lines.
J. E. F.
If It Fits—
Fashions change so rapidly foi
them that we suppose a woman find:
it almost as hard to keep track o
her waistline as she does of her hus
band.
If love wasn't blind a young mar
would see as soon as the neighbo:
Women do that the girl is crazy t<
get him.
You can tie a man's leg.s and stii
he will kick, opines one of our con
ttrhbutors; yes, and even a tongue
tied man will do as much kicking a;
anybody else.
The reason children these day;
don't listen to their parents is be
cause they arc so busy telling thei
elders where to get off
We used to think nothing couli
look sillier than a girl wearing thesi
outlandish earrings. Well, we wee
right. Nothing can; we saw Nothin;
yesterday, it was a young man wear
ing sideburns.
An egotist is not the most ple&san
fellow in the world, but he is wisi
enough t i r ilize that if he waiter
for somebody else to bokrst his garni
he'd stiil he waiting when Gabrie
blew the last trump
If your riahteousnoss Is the genu
ine article it does not need a pres
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agent but speaks for itself, and al
ways gets an attentive audience, too.
No one can act more abused than
a husband whose weary wife asks
him to help her with the dishes, un
less it is daughter who lias been
asked to do that.
We guess most wives do not care
so much ah at managing their hus
bands as they do about managing
their husbands' finances.
It is all right to show your mettle,
but just remember that the fellow
who can show a lot of tin makes a
bigger hit than the bird who shows
too much bra S3.
We may be growing more Intel-]
lectual, but every day it gets easier
for salesmen to i»ll people motor
cars and harder for book agents to
sell them their wares.
Daily Sentence Sermon
A close mouth hoids more friends >
’ than a close fist.
News of the Names Club
Harrison Hurd lives at Webster
Grove, Mo., but did Harrison Heed?
Old papers tor oaia :i The Empire
RUB RHEUMATIC.
ACHIN6 JOINTS
AND STOP PAIN
St. Jacobs Oil stops any pain, and
rheumatism is pain only.
Not one case in fifty requires In
ternal treatment. Stop drugging! |
Rub soothing, penetMiting Si. Jacobs
Oil right into your sore, stiff, aching|
joints, and relief comes instantly.
St. Jacobs Oil is a harmless rheu
matism liniment, which never disap
| points, and cannot burn the skin.
Limber up! Quit complaining! Get
j a small trial bottle of old, honest St
Jacobs Oil at any drug store, and in
just a moment you’ll be free from
rheumatic pain, soreness and stiff-i
ness. Don't suffer! Relief awaits
you. St. Jacobs Oil is just as good]
for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago,
backache, sprains, (advertisement.)]
TO DARKEN HAIR
APPLY SAGE TEA
Look Young! Bring Back Its Na-;
tural Color. Gloss and
Attractiveness
Common garden sage brewed Into
a heavy tea with sulphur added j
will turn gray, streaked and faded
hair beautifully dark and luxuriant,
/ust a few applications will prove
a revelation if your hair is fading,'
streaked or gray. Mixing the Sage.
Tea and Sulphur recipe at home,
though, is troublesome. An easier
way is to get a bottle of Wyeth’s!
Sage and Sulphur Compound at;
J any drug storo all ready for use.;
| This is the old-time recipe improved
1 by the addition of other ingredients.
Wliile wispy, gray, faded hair is:
- not sinful, we all desire to retain;
our youthful appearance and at
tractiveness. Hy darkening your
J hair witli Wyeth’s Sage and Sul
phur Compound, no one can tell,
, because it does it so naturally, so
evenly. You just dampen a sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
. through your hair, taking one small
. strand at a time; by morning all
i gray hairs have disappeared, and,
after another application or two,
i your hair becomes beautifully dark,
. glossy, soft and luxuriant.
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i I COAL, KINDLING, BAGGAGE. |
HAULING. I
Office Phone 292. j
Residence Phone 27*04. I
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Alaska Transfer Co.
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! General Hauling, Baggage, <
Coal, Contract Hauling.
I Main Street. Phone 41 ,
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POTATOES, APPLES,
CABBAGES,
In our all-concrete Tire-proof
storage.
Concrete Products Mfg. Co.
1 Willoughby Ave. Phone 3 2.
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JAPANESE TOY SHOP
H. 8. MAKINO ]
Front Street
F. 0. Box 218 for Mail Order*
purpose
large stock* on hand
Ladysmith ooai.
Nanaimo coa\
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Phou 411.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr*. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Geldstein Bide.
PHONE 56
Hours 9 a. m. t« 9 d. b.
T
Dr. Charles P. Jenne
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentina Bldj.
Telephone 176.
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Kates $3.00 Per Day aud Up
Every Comfort
GEO. L. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor I
j 2nd floor Messerschmidt Apts.
| Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
. 437 Goldstein Building
| Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathia physician.
| Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
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HOTEL "SEATTLE "
'‘Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
H. L>. HODGDON, Manager
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7 It's all in knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning ar.d dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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T the making of concrete J
j Is a matter of proper materials j
j together with engineering skill. |
Both are our assets. |
Established Twenty Years
| CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFC. I
| COMPANY I
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Fraternal Societies
I-cr
Gastine.au Channel
O . 1LII
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o’clock, Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. w.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. > A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LODES
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth* Mondays
* of each Month. In Odd Fellowa
hefMnnln* at 7:S® o’clock.
Hoiner G. Nordlin^. Master.
C has. E. NaffTiel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuts
days of each month.
At 8 o’clock, I O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDUNG,'Secretary.
A KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
bEGHERS COUNCIL No.
17 “J. Meeting* second
and last Monday* at 7:*»
v v p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, u. o.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4,
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. in.
Elks’ lanlKe Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. Thoa.
B. Jud&on, Dictator; R. H. Stevens,
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
I LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
! Meeting second and fourth
1 Tuosday of each month, 8
j o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
1 Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
i F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday in Moos#
HaH. 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.
JJYour account is not subject to market fluctuation*
but is constantly growing.
flYour account is always available and provide* an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
TfPays 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 Bank
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