ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY
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CIRCn-atlON (TI-ARANTEnn TO be more than
DOCIU.E THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKA NEWSPAPER
PRESIDENT HARDING SACRIFICED HIS
LIFE THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE.
While the acute ‘‘age or President Harding's
last illne a is charged to ptomaine poisoning, the |
official statement issued by his physician the day,
after his death would indicate that Secretary Hoover i
did not cvert-late the case when he said, “So gen-|
erotts and un*elfish has been Ills outpouring of sorv-j
ice that it had worn out tlie human body of our!
lc adr r.“
The official rtatement Issued by the President's i
physician*, signed by C. K. Sawyer, M. I*.. Hay Lyman
Wilbur. M. 1).. C. M. Cooper, M. I)., J. T. Boone, J
M. D.. and Hubert Work, M. I)., not heretofore1
printed here, follows:
Last spring, following n long period of
overwork and great strain. President Hard;
ing was confined to his hod with an attack
of influenza which was followed by a few
nocturnal attacks of labored breathing. liis
recovery was slow and he had not fully re
gained his normal strength and health when
he started on the trip to Alaska. lie had
i also had some attacks of abdominal pain and
indigestion, and at times lie had some pain
associated with a feeling of oppression in hit
chest.
For some years his systolic blood pres
sure had ranged around 180 and there was
evidenn of arterial sclerosis, enlargement of
the heart and defective action of the kid
neys, Kxropt for fatigue and the fact that
his heart and blood vers Is yvere f mo years
older than the rest of his body, he was in
reasonably good health.
On the return trip from Alaska he had
an acute gastrointestinal attack associated
with abdominal pain and fever. In spite of
his illnc.-a lie (misted on putting through
his program of speaking in Vancouver and
Seattle. lie had considerable difficulty In
completing his addresses in Seattle because
of weakness and pain. Because of this lie
was per sanded te come directly to Sail Fran
cisco and arrived at the Palace Hotel Sunday
morning, July "8. He dressed and walked
to the automobile from the train.
Sunday evening a consultation was call
ed becau: 1 his temperature hud risen to
102 and hi- pulse and respiration were
abnormally rapid. The abdominal difficulty
had by this time become localized in the gall
bladder region, but there was a general
ti xamia with fever unil lcueocytosls. A cen
tral roncho-pneumonla toon developed on tlie
left side.
It was accompanied by short circulatory
collapses with cold sweats and an irregular
pulBe. Most disturbing of all was the rapid
and irregular breathing suggestive of arterio
sclerosis cf I he blood vessels In the region
of tlie respiratory center.
Under treatment marked improvement
in tile penumopla and circulatory disturb
ances took place, and Thursday, August 2.
he was free from fever and pain; tlie acute
lung condition was practically gone. He was
resting comfortably in bed and conversing
with Mrs. Harding and General Sawyer,
when he died instantaneously without a
word or a groan.
Wo ail believe lie died from apoplexy or
a riipmre of bk id vo. la in 1 lie axis of tile
brain near the rr. pin.tin y center. His ileal li
camo after recovery from tho acute Illness
was in process. It might have occurred at
any time. One of his sister' died suddenly
in the same manner.
The iiiment of Secretary Hoover, mb lie after
reading the statement of the physicians, was as!
The Almighty has taken the President
from his work. There Is loss to the tuition
of a great leader and to many thousands a
beloved personal friend. At my first meet
ing with him during the war his greeting
wa "Neighbor. I want to lie helpful." Being
helpful to his neighbors was Warren Hard
ing's ideal, lie envisaged the whole Ameri
can people as home filks anil neighbors,
lie loved i> think and talk on what made
good neighbors. He liked to feel of America
as of a good neighbor In the world.
He came io ltie Presidency with the bur
den of reconstruction, in a time of high
national emotion . of hilt, r prejudice, of
deep conflict in thought, of unparalleled dis
r location of economic life of unemployment,
it we- his deleroiination to soften acerbities
and to secure progress and healing through
helpfulness and patient conciliation. He fell
dreply that hard driving would open un
hoalable breaches among our people. lie
applied gcninliay and good will to his tre
mendous task- in a way that amounted to
ginius. But underneath was resolute moral
ccutage end ttcadfai ttie.-*. He was the man
nerded for our times. He became the rally
ing point of constructive forces In our
country. His success ip these ta-ks lias
conic into every home. So generous and un
relfit h had been his outpouring of service
that it had wem out the human body of our
leader.
The affection for the memory of President Hard
ing will be specially lender in Alaska because of the
realization that the last of his days of supremi
devotion to the American people were given t<
Alaskans.
WHEAT FARMERS WORKING OUT THEIF
OWN SALVATION.
Reduction of whoat acreage, diversified farmin*
and co-operative marketing are the keynotes of th<
resolutions adopted by the Wheat Producers Confer
once of the Southwest at Wichita. July 16. Thi
Southwestern wheat growers have put an organiza
tion into the Held that iB going to work for immediate
results, they declare, as well as for methods to pre
vent distress to wheat growers in future years. A
the close of the sessions it was stated that vigorou
carrying out of the conference’s program would go i
long way toward putting the wheat industry on i
sound basis ‘ before snow flies this year.”
The Wheat Producers Conference of the Southwee
is composed of representatives from the hard whea
States of Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Texas, Nebrask;
and Oklahoma. These States represent 8,236,001
a eras i<uw in wheat in excess of the acreage o,
1913, or eight elevenths of the total acreage of tin
I'nited States in excess of that of 1013.
No mention of government price fixing is made it
the resolutions. As one delegate pointed out, "Th
iubjert of political action was not mentioned in th
debate. The hard wheat mer. snow that their on!;
salvation is by economic means."
Speedy curtailment of acreage, diversified farm
rig, dairy and stock raising and growing of feei
rops for their maintenance arc adopted as basi
principles. Organization of wheat growers into co
operative units governed by "valid, long term mar
keting agreements" is, declared essential. The organ
izatiou was made permanent with a board of not lesi
than ten directors representing the farm organiza
lions and tlie State Board of Agriculture of the mem
bor States.
When farmers, as with individuals and those o
any calling or section, begin earnestly at work oi
their own problems, solution is net far off if the;
work hard enough and persist. The troubles of tin
farmers of the country are not political, they ari
economic and the remedy lies in such procedure ai
they have started in the Southwest.
The rresident is lieau.
(Ketchikan Chronicle.)
President Harding is dead!
What a shock those words gave to the countrj
last night. How unbelievable they were when it
was but a few hours before that the press dispatches
quoting the bulletin of the physicians, said the dts
tinguished patient was well on the way to recovery
Yet how the sad news emphasized the frailty of at
mankind, the weakness and impotency of human*
before the throne of Divinity.
The Nation mourns today. The world mourns
But no grief is greater than that of Alaska and Alas
kans. It was only three weeks ago last Sunday tha’
the Chief Executive, robust, smiling, whole-soulei
and whole-hearted stood on the bridge of the trans
port Handerson and with a smile and a wave of thi
hat received the plaudits of Alaskans who were ox
tending groetnig to the first President nt the Unitec
States ever to visit Alaska. Happy day that and i
augured well for the Territory, a thing more than evei
evident when he made his summing up speech it
Seattle. And now it is turned to grief and ever
gloom. For there could be no question that if Pred
dent Harding had lived and was elected for a eeconi
term the Territory of Alaska wduld have receivec
a knowing sympathy and assistance which woulc
have meant a healthy development that may now b(
denied it.
Strong and fearless, just and kindly, patriot am
statesman. President Harding, if you could but knov
and you must know, none grieve more genuinely to
your departure than Alaskans, the people you si
lately honored, the people for whom you hoped to di
so much and for whom you would have done so much
Wo are bowed down with grief.
The “R" Months.
(Seattle Times.)
The empirical rule that oysters should not hi
eaten In th: months whose names do not have tin
lefer "R" is extended by many persons to in lint'
crabs. It is recalled now since President Harding
Illness is nltiihuted to p‘cmaine poisoning from cat
;ng crabs aboard the Henderson. The rule is gooi
in a general way, although experience has showi
that exceptions are permissible in various parti
of the world.
Here on Puget Sound the rule for eating crab
only in those months which can boast of the lette
■R” in their names is not rigidly followed. Tin
people here don't eat crabs in July, August and Sep
[ember for the simple reason that they are not it
the market ('tiling those months. The law of thi
State picscrlbes a closed season when tlie crustacean
may not be taken. The law was passed, not becatisi
the crabs were not edible during those months, bu
to protect them. They are considered fine in thi
months of May and June, which, of course, violate
tilt- "R" rule.
The giant crabs of the North Pacific are the fines
nf seafood. By many they are preferred to tin
lobsters of the Atlantic Coast. Like the Puget Souin
uyvt'eis they are found in great nbundance, but si
heavy is the draft on the visible supply that it ha
been necessary to establish a closed season whei
they may not tie taken lawfully.
Prince Kupert SI ill Leads.
(Prince Rupert News.)
The Seattle dispatch published tills week telling n
a record month's halibut business there gives root
foi an Int erecting comparison to the advantage o
Prince Ruper; I.ast month 1,447.65b pounds of hall
but was marketed through the Puget Sound port
During the came period 3,060,800 pounds, twice a
much, was handled through this port. Seattle con
eidered its total so important that the figures wer
put on 'he Associated Press and broadcasted In th
day's telegraphic news to all parts of the continent
On the other hand, the Prince Rupert total wa
considered hist about average and not much hee
was paid to it (l is not always the importance o
a thing but the way In which it is presented tba
makes an impression on the world. Undoubtedly
through reading the despatch, many people in Antet
lea will cor,in to the conclusion that Seattle is th
greatest halibut marketing port on the Pacific (’oast
Prime Kuprrt, however, still retains her laurel
and lias an indisputable claim cn the record.
Mr. Ilylaji iris wired to Magnus Johnson that th
latter's victory in Minnesota is a clear Indication o
the people's temper. r there Is anything Mayo
Dylan is an authority on it is temper. (New Yorl
Post.)
What (he average perron is wondering is whethe
Iho Ford boom was a self-starter or was started b;
a crank. (Louisville Courier-Journal.)
The man who stole .*>00.000,boo marks from th
German Government probably wanted to buy a post a g
stamp to mail a letter.—(Houston Post.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HTT.T.
i
I Observation of the Oldest Inhabitant
I Some- people have .,s touch rouble
: backing the car out ot the g-.rage as
their parents used to in backing the
old horse into the snu'u.
The Ananias Club
"No, John," said his wife, "we won't
buy a ear even if everybody else in
1 the neighborhood does ovvn one. We
1 are going to put our money in the
bank and save it for a rainy day.”
She Couldn’t Stand for That
{ Blinks: “How did you persuade
. your wife to give up wearing knick
ers?”
Jinks: “I told her 1 thought they
were very becoming, but they made
1 her look at least ten years older."
Anyway, She Married Him
In the St. Louis (Hobe Democrat
] marriage license column we read:
Henry Favors
Mrs. Nancy Brown.
Evidently she favors hint. too.
Fool Questions
T. T. H. asks: “Will you find out
t from the busy statistician how many
women of this country dye in the
beauty parlors?" That’s none of
I your business.
Monthly Habit With It
“Pa.” said Clarence, “who made
I the most famous charge in history?"
"The Light Brigade, son, and the
' | Light Company makes thS bigRest
charge in town," growled his dad.
j She Can't Need Money or He'd Have
Heeard From Her
(Personal in New York Times)
! WOULD LIKE NEW YORK ADDRESS
I or information of my wife, Nurse
Lillian Batsch Osborn; known as
i Queen L. Marchmond; supposed to
1 be in Atlantic City, Osborn. A 18.
Times.
Different Kind Around Home
The boys all say that he's a "bear,”
And in for any fun;
His wifoy, too. thinks he's a bear,
But says he’s a cross one.
Friendly Philosophy
“Good Enough" may answer the
! purpose in many instances, but it
will never win a decisive victory.
* — J. E. F.
They’d Make Angels Weep
Oh, the saddest words, Sam,
(It ain't no bull),
; Are these, "I struck out
With the bases full.’’
“Cavey,” Madlsnuvllle.
Friendly Philosophy
If you do not intend1 tpjttuish the
task, do not start It. ''roll may
; , hinder and stop another1 more pro
. gressive than yourself from aceoni
! plishing a universal good —d. E. F.
Can’t Blame Him
Slice—Why does he wear a long
[beard when all the other men wear!
clean-shaven faces?
, He- His wife insists upon buying
his neckties.
If It Fits—
Of course it is a line thing to have
in lot of friends, but friends have
1 ruined more men than enemies ever
1. have.
During the short-skirt, roll-down
1 hose period girls who have been vae
1 ciliated on the arm thought they were
1 lucky, but since the sleeveless dresses
have come Into fashion they begin to
1 wish they had been scarred some
where nearer the knee.
Out idea of zero in fame Is to be
table to boast of having the longest
beard in the world, which we notice
some bird out West is (jeifig.
A benighted, heathen country is
one where a girl can wear less than [
j an Atlantic City bathing girl and
j still be considered ultra modest.
It may not be the most pleasant
I experience in the world to he jilted.;
but at least a fellow escapes being)
I j sued for heart balm or alimony.
The only thing more numerous than
j rheumatism cures sfre ways for the
’ I super-stouts to reduce,
i Old married people don’t see any
thing startling in the news that there ;
is no kissing among the Eskimos. |
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
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We are expert in
“ORNAMENTAL CONSTRUC
TIVE WATER-PROOF
CONCRETE,”
and the common wet kind also.
Willoughby Are., near Ball
grounds. Established Twenty
Jears- Phone 32
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO
COMPANY
You dont' find it among old married
people, either.
Owning an auto may w;reck your
bank account, but if you don't . pwn
one it wrecks your wife's happiness.
The lesser of two evils, we guess,
is owning one.
We don't know why a woman keeps
a diary, but we know the reason men
don't is because they don’t care to
keep a record of the things they do
laying around where their wives
might find it.
Women may not he perfect, but we
surmise most men get better wives
than they deserve.
Another thing that seldom comes
up to advance notices is a husband.
Hope springs eternal, and some
women keep on marrying in hopes
that they will finally strike a man
who can make them happy.
Daily Sentence Sermon
Nothing can travel faster than a
rumor, nor anything go faster than
money.
News of the Names Club
Next time we get a bad case of
blue devils we are gonna send for
I.otta Comfort, of Oakland, Cal.
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NOTICE B. ?. 0. ELKS.
Lodge Meeting B. P. O. Elks post
poned until 9 o’clock tonight on
account of the baseball game.
JOHN DAVIS,
—adv. Secretary.
BE PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother’s Old Favorite
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur
Almost everyone Knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly com
pounded, brings back the natural
color and lustre to the hair when
faded, streaked or gray. Years ago
the only way to get this mixture
was to make It at home, which is
mussy and troublesome. Nowa
days, by asking at any drug store
for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound,” you will get a large
bottle of this famous old recipe,
Improved by the addition of other
lngrelents, at a small cost.
Don’t stay gray Try It No
one can possibly tell that you dark
ened your hair, as It does it so na
turally and evenly. You dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, tak
ing one small strand at a time; by
morning the gray hair disappears,
and after another application or
two, your hair becomes beautifully
dark, glossy and attractive.
— (Advertisement)
IN UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
JUtiEAU. ALASKA.
Serials 03756-05965.
, , June 28. 1923.
NOTICE IS H&REBY GIVEN That
Loo II. Smith of Juneau, Alaska,
has submitted final three year proof
in support of his Homestead Entry,
Serial 03756, for lands in HE Sur
vey No. 101, new series No. 1194,
and additional Homestead Entry,
Serial 05965, for lands in U. S. Sur
vey No. 1434. Those surveys are
both 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 longitude 134° 34' West,
and more particularly described as
follows:
Commencing at cor. No. 1, HE
Survey No. 101 whence U.S.
L.M. No. 44 E. S. bears North
68° 54’ W. 42.28 chs.; running
thence N. 89° 34' E. 2# chs. to
cor. No. 2, thence S. 0° 17' E.
60.08 chs. to cor. No. 3, thence
S. 89° 40' W. 20.00 chs. to cor.
No. 4, thence N. 0° 20' W.
60.09 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. 1434, whence U.
S.L.M. No. 381 bears S. 49° 08'
E. 90.24 chs.; thence N. 0° 21'
W. 20.00 chs. along the easterly
line II. 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.
i It’s all in knowing HOW to do
Brst-clase cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
0. lleldaer, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
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Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Fool Room
PHONE 444
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
| for that seven-paaenger 1923
I Cadillac touring car. Stand at
1 Gastlneau Hotel. Popular
I pricse. Phone 10.
i Also seven-passenger Sedan, j
Day and Nipht Service
Call 362.
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Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. DeVighnc
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; He*. 101.
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Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN
Office—Second and Main
Telephone 18
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Meseerachmldt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to f;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. Charles P. Jenae
DENTIST
Room* 8 and 9 VaWntln* Bldg.
Telephone 176.
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fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
b . p . o . mi
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock, Elk*' Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN ▲. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Bite
Regular meetings
second snd fourth
Fridays each month
at 7: SO p. m, Odd
Fellows' Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
1. o. o. w.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. ^ A.
Meeete every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE REIEKAI
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and thArd
I Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES OU8TAFSON,
N. O. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JONCAV LOD«»
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Monday*
of each Month. In Odd F«!le—■
Hall, beginning at 7:18 o'clock.
Homer G. Nordllng, Maeler.
C'has. E. Nafrhel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
llecond and Fourth Tm»
day* of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Ha!l.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
HEOHK RS COUNCIL J»a.
1710. Meeting* locoed
and laat Mondaya at 7:M
p. m. Transient Broth
er* urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, O. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 ». m.
Elks' lAMlge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; Q. N,
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
L07AL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneaa Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock,
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodenherg, Dictator; R. H. Stevenc
Secretary. t
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WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
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.
T AUXILIARY, PIONEERS Of
ALASKA, Igloo No. S.
Meets last Thursday of every
! month. Social hour with mem
I bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol- ;
low each meeting.
I Mrs. Lottie Kplckett, President.
’ Mrs. Lillie Rurford, Secretary.
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WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
The road to luccese begins at the Saving* Window.
How early you attain success depends on how
often you deposit. Many of our captains of industry
owe their success in a large part to the ljabit of
thrift acquired in youth. Have you started your boy
in the right direction t
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNl'AH, ALASKA.