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nmT'UTIOV IlI’AHANTEUh 'TO Mi:
rxillBI.IO THAT OF ANY OTHER AHAS K A
MOKE THAN
N EWSPAPEK.
SCHOOL HAS CREDITABLE I'M'ER.
The ISinl, the school paper of the Juneau
School, the tli-.ii edition of which w.i issued
this week, reflects credit on the students who had
a hand in its making. It is a new- v nturc for the
local school, marking a departure from a custom
In retefore In vogue under which the ? hool furnished
local newpapers with a weekly |.-iof n ws. For
the past two years The Empire, during the school
period, set aside a generous portion of it space for
the school every week. From this has d -veloped
the new paper. Number One, of the "J" Hied, is filled
with breezy new- that is well handled by the staff.
There is no r-asan why future numbers should not he
equally a: good if, in fact, not better. It compares
very favorably with tiinilar publications gotten out
by High Schoils in the Static. It has received com
mendable patronage fn m local advertisers and should
find a ready subscription list so that it will be solf
tupporting from the outset. The boys and girls who
1-1opartd tiie copy and (lie instructors who supervised
their work are to be complimented on the excellent
eberwing they made in the first issue.
PROTESTS ARE MISDIRECTED.
Pcrhap.- no recent c-! by any semi-public official—
limit tectns to bo the kind of a job lit* holds lias been
to teverely criticised and condemned as that of Will
Hays in removing hit ban on Roseoe (Fatty) Ar
buckle’s future screen appearances. All kinds of ae
eusatlons iiave been hurled at Mr. ilays for his action
end from every character cf organization has coni'
temU nutation of it.
Air. Hays’ answer to his critics seems to cover the
ear.o fully. It is the public and not he who should
have the determining voice in the mat’er. It Is his
personal opinion that every man, who really desires
il, should have an opportunity lo redeem himself,
or aa lie himself puts It, "Ft cry man deserves an
other chance In this view lie is merely speaking for
himself, nest lor the millions' of individuals who coin
p..te the American movie theatre public. It is thiR
t1 oat body of patrons of the "stiver sheet" which
■*111 determine whether or not Hoscoe Arbuckle shall
have a second chance. If they believe that he, by
certain alleged acts, has placed himself without the
pale, no amount of money expended in publicity cun
fcrco him back m the silent stage, if the people
who go to moving picture shew: . paying money which
makes their operation possible, refuse to patronize
those houses which present Arhucklc’s lilms or make
known their intention to do so in a decisive manner,
there Is no danger that they will be exhibited. No
company engaged In the production of films has yet
been accused of wasting it. capital In endeavors to
promote what aL text might only be termed futile
philanthropy. The storm of protest is misdirected
when aimed at Mr. Hayes, it should he turned toward
the producers who have in mind production of
Arbuckle films.
cause of heavy stock dividends.
In the Closing months or lt»22, the greatest move
ment by big corporations to dispose of surplus earn
lugs ever witnessed in modern times took place, h
fact, every Important company with a big, aecumu
laud, surplus seemed similarly affected by a crazi
which teak the form of slock dividends. The total o!
Hie e dividends is ntW exc .i of $2,000,000,000 am
may reach much higher figures before the movemcn
subsides.
It Is generally agreed that ihe fear of radica
action In taxing corporate surpluses by the next I'm,
pies* ha: led t„ the flood of dividends. |ty new rtoel
i-'ues apportioned among tin i loekiiclderr ’it is sough
11 ^<!l "l^ an-v taxation ot these surpluses on tin
ihot'ry that eueii surpluses becoming invested capita
vtll not be subject to other than regularly acceptet
m. Hiodr cf taxation. There Is some doubt, however
us to the corrertm . of tbir Ihe. ry. n ia IIOt Certai.
th”. legislation, such .is is feared, can trot he mad.
retroactive and applicable lo the surpluses which have
been involved in current stock dividend distribution
, 1 wh-v caPital should be uneasy is bard t.
understand. In the pre.-ent law there is provisior
lor the taxation of an unreasonable accumulation oi
cut rt ni ... . x,, attempts have been made to etc
rr. *’.hT'Ver- 1,8 Sim'l;,ry Mell°" «'“* others hav.
held it to be practically unenforceable A ck di\i
Hnd XT ',f‘ “° Pr,:,';ti°n a hrw of thi.
Hnd if It were capable „r bci„g enforced Neithot
would it afford pre'.i ction again: • a direct corporatio.
Ux as increasing rtock by capitalizing surplui
neither le Hit: nor augment: the actual assets of a
corporation.
The distribution of stock dividends carries with It
no actual safeguard again t taxutkn. But it may
werk serious harm lo the company indulging Its
capital may be so impaired as to make it impoe tble
to show a profit under the Increased capUalixatiou
It Is obviously easier to earn dividends on invested
capital of $2.<>"0.000,000 than on twice that amount.
Another < i 11 jci .in of Uio Block dividend is that it ties
up money in <■ tnpaniea already, in most cases, suffi
ciently capitalized to carry on operations which,
otherwise, should he available for investment in new
enterprises and undertakings; in the opening up of
new avenues industry and the creation of more
Jobs for the employment of a greater amount of labor.
All things ..-.adored, the stock dividend craze seems
to be an un ruinate procedure for the country.
ONTARIO METAL OUTFIT $27,000,000 FOR
NINE MONTHS.
The Ontario Department of Mines, in Canada,
states that the otuput of the metalliferous mines or
the province tor ihe nine months ended Septeir.ner
30, 1922. total d $27,000,000, compared with $21,
000,000 for the corresponding period of 1921. Pro
duction of gold, valued at $15,500,000, shows an in
croase of $5,700,000, according to the 7'nglneerlng
and Mining-Journal Press of New York. Silver i
valued at .<5.610,000, and shows an increase of $1,
300,000 Metallic nickel is valued at $2.tp)0,000, a
decrease of approximately $500,000, and nickel in
matte, valued it $1,600,000, shows only a slight
increase. The output of cobalt oxide is valued at
$690,000, an increase of $260,000. Metallic copper
and copper in matte amounts to $770,000, which is
approximately the same as for the preceding years
The department estimates that Ontario's gold produc
tion will pass that of California ihis year, and that
during the third quarter of the year the production
was at the rate of over $22,000,000 a year. The
production of silver was well maintained, due largely
to the iurreu.-ed output from South Imrrain.
I-ft Well Enough Alone?
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(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
| Hi. i 111> in tile current of political discussion is uj
revival of the proposal to make participation in elec-;
tioiMJ compulsory, a project that ebbs and flows ut I
ion)? inti rvab I lie ballot suicide, as abstention j
from voting it- termed, was this year of violent re
| action little short of a scandal .in the minds of these!
ivho faver making participation a. duty.
This renewal of Interest is a reminder that it i-!
next to impossible to account for the refusal of citi
zens to exercise what seems to be the dearest and'
most precious privilege of a freeman. The excuses!
and explanations are almost as plentiful us the re- i
culcitrants. One of the most recent “leories is that!
Die evil flow.- entirely from partisanship in its bene
volent as w -'ll as its base aspects.
The politicians constantly are crying "Wolf" and!
predicting the direst misfortunes if their opponents
ate preferred above them. Disasters, however, rarely'
fellow ail election and usually the people are able to
trace them to their real sources. The public is amused
rather tlir.n frightened by these prophecies of woe.
A: a mutter of fact the country steadily has grown
in wealth, influence and comfort since tlie first cam
paign of this character.
Nor is this view of itself novel. There recently1
| lias been resurrected a letter, written by a young
woman in 1860, when the great appeal was being!
t.tade for the abolition of slavery and the election of
Uneoln. It twas thought that this would he Inspiring
!to tl,e "'O'ne" of the country. Yet the reasoning1
expressed by the writer will find echoes today in!
the minds of the hundreds of thousands, nay millions,
ot voters who do not always go lo the polls. These'
; ii re:
"I hardly know what my position is in this cou
lter,t us 1 have not had an opportunity to speak with;
F*a since the Baltimore nominations. Yet 1 fe 1 no!
concern for the safety of our Government, as two!
patties carried it salely through the furor of 1856 '
Now, how much more easily will lour parlies, all
werking to one end, viz., the preservation of our Gov-1
ei nment; .carry it through, unimpaired, the campaign
or i860.”
As for compulsory voting, it is impractical At
tendance can be forced by flue, but, as lias been
revealed in Switzerland, where such a practice ob
tains. the mulish elector cannot be made to exercise
Ills privilege or preform his duty. There it has
been found that as many as 11 per cent of the
citizens cat!, blank ballots alter entering their com
pelled appearance.
Stock-Owning nation.
(New York, Herad.)
Tlie Interest of tho American public in American
business Is not confined to the wages it gets (rent such
business. It is not bounded by the service it gets,
not by a long shot.
Tho American public, the rank and tile of the
American public, have an ownership interest in great
corporations representing all divisions and subdivisions
ot American industry — railroads, steel companies,
public utilities, motor car manufacturers, oil com
panies and everything else.
In the American Telephone and Telegraph ('om
it any alone there are more than 211.000 stockholders,
I the great bulk of them small stockholder* The
isame thing is true of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in
| which there are about 140,000. The United States
St. el Corporation has more than iMJ.Ooo stockholders,
t uc Durant Motors and associated companies more
than 80,000, tile Southern Pacific Railroad more than
I..O0O, the General Motors Company about 60,000,
i the Atchison Railroad more than 41,000, the Union
, Pacific 39,000, Sinclair Oil 30,000 and the Wes'iug
: bouse Electric and Manufacturing Company more than
j 27,000,
I’hat industrial group alone, merely ten companies
i°"t of the country’s many thousands, has more than
|Cire,< (matters of a million stockholders—to be exact
. .8.152. But that isn't a patch on the great muss
of 'tenrities in which millions of American citizens
:iu.vc as clear an ownership, investment or participat
'merest, as if thier share of the securities were
Mi" hie their own breast pockets or locked up in me
strong box or other place where they keep their
[articles of value.
There are 27,000,000 savings accounts in all the
hanks of the country, and every last owner of a
■avings account has a property interest in the r.'Curi
ticr in which the hank’s deposits are Invested—the
iccuritier, Government and private, that arc back of
the savings deposits.
There are 64,000,000 life insurance policies in
the United States, and back of the policies are the
investments of the insurance companies, very largely
in the securities of American corporations.
Tiio American public, the rank and file cf the
American public, ure very directly and very deeply
interested in the securities of American industry and
American business. They are in them as investors
P to their necks. So when the Socialist and the
Communist go gunning for the ’’vested interests” in
tl.o United States they go gunning for the property
"f the American people.
By tho time President Wojciechowski of Poland
Mr. ns many bills lie will have a revere case of
writer's cramps.—(Indianapolis Star.)
We wouldn't mind having our brother our keeper
so much if he didn’t seem to enjoy the job so thor
oughly.— (Ohio State Journal.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
What has become of the old-fash
ion d woman who thought it was
naughty to put on enough paint ti
make it noticeable?
Crow Your Own
It is said the juice of the (odd
palm is used in many countries of
the Hast for tho production of al
coholic beverages. Of course, Arbor
Day still is a long way off, but in
the meantime you might have those
nice big oak, maple and boech trees
cut down and sawed up into fire
wood. to save < ml and thus leave
plenty of room to set out a nice little
grove of those wonderful palms in
your back yard. N’ot that you want
them to use to break tho Volstead
law or anything like that—oh no
no indeed—but just because you
would like to have suc-h wonderful
trees growing in your yard.
Evidently She Wasn't
(The n'oeket.)
In a eotinty court of Massachusetts
a young lady had been convicted as
a "common railer and brawler." Tin
docket entry made was; ‘Common
wealth v. May H. Wise. Offense:
Common Railer and- Broiler."
Liable to Get Hint in a Pickle, Too
"Did your wife put up any pickles
this year?” asked Blinks.
' So," replied Jinks. “I used the
kitchen to put up the stuff that
pickles.”
Fool Questions
E. M. asks- “Why doesn't some
dairyman make his fortune by leas
ing the milky Way."
One Example of It
“Pa. what do they mean by 'shoot
ing the bull?’ " asked Clarence.
"ft is the bunk a hunter who shot
some farmer's poor old cow gives
you about the doer he shot," snapped
his dad. ,
If It Fits—
Rome folks don't seem t;i realize
th at it is as necessary to know how j
to use money as it is to know how1
to make it.
A woman does not mind a lunch
of scraps, but it 1s sure to start
one if she tries to offer her hits-'
hand that kind of meal on his day at
home.
After a woman has been married a ;
while she wonders why so many girls !
are so crazy to go through the wed
ding ceremony.
If everybody was as anxious to Ik
good as they are to bo rich, we guess
a great manv of our courts and jails
could he dispens'd with anil that
much of a burden taken off the tax-j
payer'.
A wife thinks she knows her hus-j
band better than any one else, in'
you bet the neighbor women could.
tell her a lot of things about h;n 1
which she doesn't know—and they;
don't either.
We see lhat English ladies are pay j
ing $200 to have their hair turn-1
whi'o, but just lTving with fool hus
bands turns tho average woman’s
hair white fast enough to suit hei—
In fact, too fast. That's why the I
hair-dying business always is s-ij
good.
vv nci .! mans who mes, iimmi
half of the ladies who attend the
funeral spend their time during the,
service trying to guess who he will
pick out to t;ki> her place.
Another thing the ladles find out
at Christmas time is that you can
buy a man a tie but you can't make
him wear it. Also the way to get
him to swear off smoking is to buy
his cigars for him.
When the first baby arrives her
mother assumes a complete dictator
ship over it, but after that when
the stork pays a visit she leaves'
daughter to do her worst.
We know otne men who are so1
contrary that water would make
them drunk, ansi straight whisky,
would sober them up.
If a girl wants to get married l
badly enough he can learn to love
any old stick.
We suppose the daughter of the
old-fashioned woman who stuck to
her husband for the sake of the chil
dren, now sticks to hers for the sake
of the automobile.
Daily Sentence Sermon
Criticism is a glut on the market,
but tile demand fpr flattery always
exceeds the supply.
News of the Names Club
T. M. writes that an old record
shows Israel Satan, a cabinet maker,
and- Grace Parlor, of Matilda, N. J.,i
were married.
Lyon Lamb, of Saginaw, must have
been named by some one who be
lieved th * meilcniuni had arrived.
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YOU CAN SECURE s tenant fot
that property, without delay or ex
pense enough to "count,” through
the Empire’s classified columns.
ALASKAN VEGETABLES
We have an abundance of cab
bage, carrots and rutabagas for
immediate delivery from our
wars rtrnr:
CONCRETE PRODUCTS
MFG; CO.
Willoughby Ave.
Phone 32.
.Uk.
Memorial Tablet for
Famous Flier.
. Gv' •' Ht-iiXOt'liA t
This beautiful i ablet has just
been unveiled in the Foil ge of |
Stanislas, France, where he was
educated, to the memory of
Franc Y most daring fl 3)1 tin;; ■
aviator, Guynemer, who met death ,
in an aerial combat.
He Offers to Marry
to Adopt Baby.
>
r Ra'ty 'Saxtyu/tfy j
When "Mrs. Uoxbury,” Mats., a :
struggling young widow. asked i
15,000 for her baby, whom she
could no longer support, a man,
known only as “Mr. Marlboro,"
Mass., offered to marry and to
give both tiie widow and the baby
a heme.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Parks and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prcrapt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAX
Phone 48.
I
BEST EVER
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractive
Disability Benefit features.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1898
Large stocks on hand
Ladysmith coal.
Nanaimo cos'.
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Phone 412.
PROFESSIONAL
Drs. Kaser & Frecburgcr
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 58
Hours 9 a. c. u> 9 p. s.
Dr. Charles P, Juice
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 178.
Dr. DeVighne
Malonv Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Res. log.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
1 Hours. 9 A. AX. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Thone 469.
Res. Phone 276
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
a
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
i Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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GEO. I. BARTON
(PALMER)
CHIROPRACTOR
I 201 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 259
Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M.,
j 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
4 27 Goldstein Building
i Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physiciun.
| Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Faruham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans"
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. flODODON, Manager
It's all in knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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JAPANESE TOY SHOP
H. a. MAKINO
Front Street
P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Order*
Fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
E . ? .
0 . 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 meeting*
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. 1 A.
! Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
J Odd Fellows' Hall.
Merle P. Morgan, Noble Grand; Frank
O'Brien, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAU 100(1
No. 147, F. * A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Fellow*
Hull, beginning at 7:58 o’clock.
R R. YOUNG, Master.
CHAS L. NAGHEL. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuee*
duy* of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O, F. HalL
ALICE BROWN, W. M.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEC,HE ns COUNCIL No.
17S0. Meetings second
end last Mondays at 7:S0
p. m. Transient Broth
attend. Council Chambers
__ John F. Mullen, Q. K.
McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Elks’ Lodge Hooni. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 97:?; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL OBDEB OF
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. Thoa.
B. Jiidsun, Dictator; R. H. Stevens,
Secretary.
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WOMEN OF M00SEHEART i
l, i 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. McKinnon, Secretary.
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* AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF *
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday In Moom ,
Hall, at 8 o'clock.
In Moose Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LA UGH LIN, President, i
LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary.
* PERSEVERANCE REBEXAH
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8:00 P. M. BESSIE MANNING,
N. O. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT ;
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT " i
TiYou nmy add to the account at any time in any
amount.
liYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly growing.
fiYour account is always available and provides 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 eam 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. , .. . . X
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA,
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