ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY
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-TPETTT.ATION’ CJl'AR ANTEET) TO BE MORE THAN
DOUBLE THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKA Matt si AI EH.
BOOST FOR INTERIOR.
1 If tlio report is true that the Copper Mountain
group of claims bonded last Spring to Aitken and
Price have been sold to the Guggenheim interests
encouraging developments may be expected to follow.
With countless prospects uncovered every year, there;
isn't today a single big mining corporation engaged
in operations north of the Alaska Range. Capital
has been hard to interest in minerals that far north.
This has been true first because of inadequate trans
portation facilities in the past a'nd, second, by reason
of the fact that discoverers of hard rock deposits,
whether gold or less valuable metals, have seldom
attempted to carry their discoveries beyond the pre
liminary prospecting stage. No real body cf ore has
ever been developed of tlie nature that would justify
extensive outlay of capital which has been wary of
tal ing a chance on surface showings.
The construction of tlie Alaska Railroad undoub-j
ti. v will do mssch ts ward solving the transportation]
blent. Before the railroad era Fairbanks was as
): !• distant from smelters and markets as Seattle is
l.om the London fur market. Today it has been
brought to tidewater and. fi'om the transportation
standpoint, is ahoul on the saute relative plane as;
Kodiak. It is true that the Copper Mountain region,
where the properly invoTVcd in the reported Guggen
heim deal is localcsl, i- not directly contiguous to the
railway. But it is probably not more than 80 miles
distant. That means- it Is not Inseparably shut off
from smelters. Two years ago it was several thousand
miles aw: y frem smelting facilities anil not oven the
richest kind cf silver-lead or copper ores could have
attracted capital. The entry of the Guggenheim in
terests into interior mining districts would stimulate
intorert in that section of the Territory as no other
one development could bring about. ft would attract
the attention of other sniniug corporations and offer
‘nducement to prospectors to continue their search for
deposits cf ores which in the past have been passed
sp as having no market value.
The Guggenheims have been attacked on many!
occasions by notoriety seeking politicians both in and
out of Alaska. Their activities in the mining field in
Alaska have been of material benefit to the Territory.
They have expended millions in developing copper
properties in the Prince William Sound and Kennecott
districts and in constructlns a railroad, building and!
operating steamships. They are well isp at the head
of the list of taxpayers in the Territory and the in-!
vestment or additional capital by them will be wel
comed and encouraged. The Investment of such in
the interior at this time should be given special en
couragement inasmuch us capital is the first require
ment for any material development thorp. Both agri
culture and stcckraisdng in that section are de
pendent on the upbuilding of an industrial popula
tion which In turn can come only as capital Is avail
able for financing mineral development.
CAMPBELL REAL “DIRT” FARMER.
Milo I) Campbell, recently confirmed as member
of I he Federal Reserve Board following his appoint
ment by President Hardin* as representative of the
agricultural interests, is a real "dirt" farmer He
owns and operates two farms near Coldwater, Mich.. I
which are said to bo models or efficiency. He hunt
never been actively Interested in banking nor -J
student of finances, and has no special qualifications'
other than his fitness to represent the agricultural!
population on the Reserve Board.
Mr Campbell is not u politician, however, and not!
known ex ten iveiy outside of his home .State, li,.1
was United States Marshal in Detroit during the Taft!
Administration and in lhio was a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor but was rather
badly defeated, fie is specially interested in farmers !
organizations and i Presid-nt of the National Milk
Producer a- relation and prominent in other farm-!
tit organizations. At one time he served on the1
■Michigan State Tax Commission as chairman and re-!
organized the system ()f railroad taxation. |iis ap.|
r1 inlment and confirmation are victories for the Farm
Bloc which was insistent in its demands for u "dirt"
farmer to be given membership on the Reserve Board.
THE COST OF CARELESSNESS.
Ciareless.ue': in addressing letters is now cost
; the people cf America ; Imo t (3,000,000 annually,
i ibt year Federal pe tal n ports show that 16.686.419
letters reached the dead letter office In estimating
the finaiiciai io. s the Department, allowing for two
cents for eacli letter, places in postage $331,728.38
Stationery, including envelopes and paper, one cent
each, $165,864.19. The eoBt ot stenography and
typing. (828,320.96. The value of the time of the
persons dictating, (1,668.641.19. While it is «d-!
mitted that the last two item do not extend to all
of the dead letters, many ot which were pureiy social ^
«t the rime time this is balanced by the fact that no
loss of overhead for affixing stumps, mailing or uny
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tiling of the kind and any expense incident to the
loss in any other way.
These are the tangible losses. Wliat losses re
sulted through the failure of the letters to reach the
addresser in tin way of business lost, unnecessary
journeys taken, connections missed, offenses given,
failure to ecure positions, dismissal from postions
held, and many other things cannot even bo intelli
gently conjectured. Every man's personal experience
will make it cli-;.r that in the miscarriage of even a
few letters there are certain to be losses of conse
quence involved. When instead of a few letters
there are millions and instead of a single individual
tuere are thou mils it is evident that the aggregate
is enormous.
For almost 100 years the Postal authorities were
content to return the letters to the sender where it
was practicable to do fo. Salvage in this way, how
per, was very incomplete. Next it adopted the course
of penalizing the senders, charging them postage for
(lie exlra labor involved in returning the letters. This
has not civ c ked the (low of letters to tlie dead letter
office. Lately a campaign of education has been
started by them which emphasizes the Importance oi
correct, addressing of letters, etc. This readies the
source of (lie difficulty and If it is pushed energeti
cally it should result in material financial savings
as well as preventing the intangible but serious
losses incurred through the failure of letters to reach
their proper destinations.
“Aunt Alice" Robertson says few women arc fitted
to hold public office. Evidently a majority of voters
in her Oklahoma district held similar views.
Immigration Problem
(Chicago News.l
Seriour-minded students of the immigration prob
lem who de.-ire the adoption of regtilatons that will
serve to exclude from this country all aliens except
those of good physical, mental and moral qualities
are invited by influential agencies to consider as well
the importance of excluding aliens who are not eligible
(b citizenship. The American Federation of Labor in
iLs national convention at Cincinnati last June and
the American Legion in its national convention at
Xew Orleans la -1 October passed resolutions urging
that such aliens be excluded. Pacific Coast represen
tatives in Congress and other lawmakers are taking
up the matter in earnest, believing it the one effective
way to eliminate the Japanese immigration peril.
It is argued in favor of the enforcement of this
I’* Hey that no discrimination is involved other than
ilready established by tlie Federal naturalization law
And it stands to reason that permanent dwellers in
inis country who are barred from citizenship have
points of undesirability that make the entry of other
mi sons similarly disqualified a source of embarrass
ment and apprehension. Citizenship properly should
m the goal of alien permanent residents in any
country. Denial of citizenship to actual permanent
residents is a more drastic form of discrimination than
denial of permanent residence to present dwellers in
remote lands.
Intelligent Japanese when consulted on the sub
ject have declared the proposed exclusion measure to
lie of a nature likely to solve acceptably the serious
not to say dangerous, problem of Asiatic immigri
tion. It is certain, at least, that Congress and the
r on oral executive department have excellent reasons
lor giving the plan their most careful consideration
Men's Clothes.
(New York Mall.)
Women are not the only ones who drees in MID
fashion. Men are just as guilty, says Dr. S. Adolphu:
Knopf, of the Board of Directors of tile New Yorl
Tuberculosis Association.
‘To many wear tight collars. A tight fianne
collar is aft bad for a man as a tight stiff linen one
Men are somewhat like ostriches in matters of dres
..icy cover their chests and leave their backs unpro
tccted It is a mistake to have ail the heavv part o
the coat—double-breasted effect—and nil the head
Part of the vest at the front. What the average mai
needs is an extra piece of flannel at his back dies
protectors for men are an abomination. Hack pro
tec tors are what men need. The average man has ,
habit of standing with his back to the fire when li
limes in cut of the cold. This shows his need of :
hack protector.
1 he chest muscles are much thicker than tin
back muscles. The open V-neck worn by so man
'•omen is all right as far as the question of health i
concerned. Sailors who wear open V-collars ir
notably healthy. Women who wear corsets protec
Ihetr backs from cold where their backs most nee
protection.
"The trouble with women’s dress is that it goo
to too great extremes. One minute a woman will wea
u low-necked costume and the next she will over
whelm herself with furs.
“In winter It. is os bad to be too warmly cla
as o bo thinly clad. The ideal winter el'othin
weave roIalivoy li«1,t 111 weight, but warm i,
“Reasonably abort skirts and not too tight ar
beet tor women's health. Women in general, in m
opuioi are too sensible ever again to return t
sklits that trail on the ground."
Seamen and the Subsidy.
(New York Bveuing Post.)
A favorite argument for the subsidy, presented
w,th lp anJ lcs3 effrontery as its hoilowness be
comes evident, is based on the seamen's act If v„„
compel us to furnish higher wages and better work
ing conditions, it runs, how can you expect us to
iimprte with cheaply manned foreign ships unless
you grant rrearury aids? The answer is we oxer
cise no such compulsion. In June, lit la Director
•1 H. Hoeaeeter of the Shipping Board Division of
Operations testified that wage and manning scale
differences were responsible for a margin of only
- Per cent, between the operating costs of American
•»ml Hiltish vessels, ami that this was ‘one of the
inconsequential items” ot IL
lint inconsequential as ,t was. even this sih-ht
llas bee" destroyed. The last Shipping Board
•■port shews that crews on vessels of 5,(too lo 7 nod
tens have been reduced from forty-one to thlrtylfive
men vessels of 7,Otto to 0.000 tons from f.ftv-two
to htrty-nine, and so on. Wages have been sharnlv
■••■vi'.d. Tuesday the International Seamens nion
' their annual convention Here, protesting against
t c subsidy bill, riddled this particular argument
I Itc> declared that the board lias cut the crews ", ,
1 t,'° work lhat cannot be postponed lias become
unendurable" und wages utftil then- ,mr<Sng
power is equaly only to that of 1913. As for the ndf
vato ship owners they have officially reduced wages
'HI they are equal to the Knglish. but less than the
Scandinavian; unofficially, they are less even than
l ie English. Kepresentativc Davis of Tennessee i„ „
ncent speech in the House, offered evidence that the
subsistence allowance on privately owned Americdn
■ips is now 49 to 51 eeents a day, or “very ,on
P"lcrab|y lpfi8 lhan ,hat on British ships of any other
European maritime country.” * er
Those who want a subsidy cannot conceal its ,la
f"re: “ *• 8 to protect inefficiency not to
foster a healthy growth. ' 1 to
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
Figures don't have as much chance
o lio, anyway, with the moderr
styles.
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Everybody Doin’ It
Blinks: “We have a fact-finding
committee—"
Jinks: "Yes?”
Blinks: "But the country seem
o he a committee of the whole on
fault finding."
One Darn Thing After Another
Winter—The time for shoveling ir
coal and carrying out ashes and
cussing the cold.
Spring—The time for starting a
garden wo never finish,
Summer—The time for cutting the
grass and cussing the heat.
Fall—The time for raking the
leaves. (And starting early Christ
mas shipping.)
Would Interest Us More
Says a news Item: "More than
1,300 United States patents have
been granted for button manufaetur
ing processes." Very interesting, of
course, but what wo want most is
for some new, easy and efficient way
of getting ’em sowed on.
Well, Could You?
"Pa." said Clarence, "could you?"
“What the dickens now?” growled
his dad.
“Oh, 1 just was wondering if a
man took advantage of the cut rates
on ocean travel he could call it a
bargain sail?” replied Clarence.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
When you are enabled to render |
kindly service to a distressed fellow
creature, thank him; he Is your!
benefactor.—J. E. F
Fool Questions
It. G. C„ of Hamilton, asks: "Does i
being dressed in height of fi hion
me in short skirts, etc?” Not any I
more, it's the heigh! of fashion now,
for 'em to be down lower.
If It Fits—
A bachelor is a man who doesn't
want a wife, blit whom a lot of
girls want as a husband.
if a man stays on the square h ■ >
never gets mixed up in an eternal
triangle.
A girl picks things to match her
complexion, .but it is a wise young
man who picks a wife to match his
porkethobk.
Marriage has a heap more success ;
n discouraging kissing than the doc
tors do with all their arguments (
about it being unsanitary anil dan
gerous.
We hope the ladles appreciate the ’
fact that though wo are not willing j
to give up our seat in the stree' ■
car for them we still are gallanl '
1 enough to take off out hats in the
elevators when they get on.
No matter how small nor how
large the house may be a woman
always can find room for improve
ment. in 'it.
No matter how bad the financial
situation of the world may become
it never worries a man as much as
the financial situation in his own
home.
It is queer, considering how much
fault we find with this Hfe. we all
will do anything to keep the under
taker from getting a job.
After lamping the display of Rus
sian boots on our downtown street3
we are firmly convinced that not
every girl has a bootleg.
■When a girl marries a man to
make him over it's dollars to dough
nuts she is going to spend the rest
of her life making over her old
clothes.
Daily Sentence Sermon
It is easy enough to do wrong,
but it takes a he man to do right.
News of the Names Club
R. V. Haymaker, who says he Isn''
a candidate for the club, writes that
Miss A. Boss s not only the boss,
but owns a millinery shop at Iron
ton. Ohio.
The dry members of the club will |
please retire while wo present Miss I
Lotta Beers, oi Detroit, to the thirsty
ones.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
I lie ompl.n who does as he is
tohl, is comm ri led on his faithful
nf-ss; but tin h:i-> does without being
told, is both i immended on his
faithfulness ar..| promoted for his
initiative— J. k. jr
LEGS GETTING 3TRAIGHTER
Those Like Th>s ( ) and This ) (
Are Disappearing
iNPW h ORK Jan. 27.—Imps are
petting straight- Dr. As.t B. Davis.
, of thi' lying-in hospital, where 1,000
| babies are oxnnined weekly, said
i recently. Bowlegs are passe, Dr.
| Davis said, and i -gg of this ( ) type
lure fast giving way to logs like
|:,,!S ' >'er, legs fashioned
Iiko X and 1 gs. modeled ) ( are
I fewer Hum tli wPr(,.
Parents no l inger teach their chil
i.i cn to walk !-> soon." Dr. Davis
riatel as the reason for the change
j l';wll'w'1" • really is caused by
malnutrition; a , mple deficiencv in
t bone-making caloimn.
\it:"n:ncs in good milk, fnt!
jtiicos. gra.n -,j vegetables ar
.aptc.y eliminating richettes I
neighborhoods where health informt
ti»a easily is available.”
Old papers ror mie ci Tke Empire,
Cene Rodemich. one of California’*
leading orchestral conductor* featuring
'dance music, has been invited to give
!a series of talks on rr.adern dance !
music before the members of the Sunset
Club of Los Angeles. The serie* of
talks will be illustrated by members of
the Rodemich orchestra who will play
the various phase* of dance music
k development.,
The Denise smile is one of the most
Contagious in Grand Opera and it is
always on the job. No one ever sees
'the great baritone of the Metropolitsn
f with his feathers ruffled He is always
f in good humor. 1 he Denise nature
V* as sunny as Italy itself.
Will Decide Disposal
Of Semenoff Deposit
TOKIO, J.m. ?o Thu Japanese j
'•o.ii. ' have iic 'i e 11! -1 upon to do j
cidn :iie ownership of 1,061,900 yen !
(ioiositod hero by Ataman Semenoff,
wiito ho was commander-in-ehief of i
the Russian forces in the Far East.]
Tha money whs left in tho care of;
atiothor Russian, Michael Pavl Pick !
Businagm, who, it is now alleged, j
re use;, to return it to Semenoff or !
his it jne.-en! itive, Jun: i Suzuki. Tin
hitter, who inn brought the act.on,
cl., ms that Semenoff deposited
1.400,000 ten with Soshiagin in Sap-'
timber, 1320. La.ter, the Ataman I
w Andrew 338,100 yen to pin. h :«so1
war material and although he tail
repeatedly asked for the return of
the balance, Soshiagin refuses to
part with it. Tho latter claims that i
the money belongs to the Russian
people and not .Semenoff personally.
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Navy Recruiting in
Japan at Low Ebb
YOKOSUKA, Japan, Jan. 30. Dif
ficulty is 'being found in obtaining
tho limited number of recruits for
ti e navy requir 'd by the Washington
tre: ty. Men are apparently oppose !
to entering a service which does not
give prospect of quick promotion
Approximately 1,500 men are re
quired at tiie naval station here each
.’car to replace those retiring, Thus
fu there have been only 900 recruits
t >r the present year.
Imst sometnlng? You can get It
back by using tho “Lost and Found"
column of The Empire.
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INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1898
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
| purpose
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Large stocks on bund
Ladysmith coal.
Nanaimo cos’.
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Phone 41S.
PROFESSIONAL
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 58
Hours 9 a. m. t» 9 n. k.
Dr. Charles P. Jenoe
DENTIST
Room* 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rett. Phone 27 6
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Saritariuru
Rates $3.00 Per Day aud Up
• Every Comfort
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GEO. L. BARTON. D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschmidt Apts,
j Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5; |
1 7 to and by appointment, j
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.
I/icensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
Klrst Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L«. HODGDON, Manager
It’s all In knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Ilyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
* THE MAKING OF CONCRETE f
| is a matter of proper materials j
I together with engineering skill. I
Both is our assets.
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFC.
COMPANY j
| Willoughby Ave. Phono 32. |
WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT ,
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT ;
JjYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
flYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly growing'.
flYour account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
JfPays 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.
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Accounts of One Dollar or more may be opened in our
Savings Department.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA. Jl ^
fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
O . ILII
Mwtla; Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o’clock. Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Bite
Regular meetings
, second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p. m, Odd
j Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. I A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
i Merlo P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE RKHTFAW
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. P. Hall, at
| 8 P.M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
I N. G. ALPHONS1NE CARTER,
I Secretary,
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MOUNT JUNEAU LOMI
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth" Monday!
: of each Month. In Odd Fellow
' Hall, beginning at 7:JD o’clock
! .Rc £ JOtJNG. Master.
■ CHAS E. NAGHEL. Secretary
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of each month.
At 8 o’clock. I. O. O. F. Hall
A LICE BROWN. W. M.
I.OtS NOKDLIKG, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEOHtRS COUNCIL No.
17ti0. Meetings second
end last Mondays at 7:1*
^ „ p. m. Transient Broth
rs urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, G. K.
T. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Ellts’ I-oclge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. E.
Maun, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoa.
3. Jucteon, Dictator; R. H. Stevena,
secretary.
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.
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AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday in Moooe
Had, at 8 o'clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President. |
I LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary, j
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