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CIRCULATION GrARANTKrn TO EE
DOUBLE THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKA
MORE THAT1
NEWSPAPER
PROVIDING FOR LIBRARY ANI) MUSEUM
The solution offered by Governor Bone for the
housing us well us maintenance of Ihe Alaska Museun
and the Historical Library lr, one that deserves serious
consideration. Beth are valuable to the whole Ter
ritory and it is the duty of the Territorial Govern
ment to see that neither suffer from neglect. The
intrinsic value of the books and papers contained ir
the Library and of the relies and curios in the
Museum collection!, as pointed out by the Governoi
In his remarks at the recent annual meeting of the
Alaska Historical Asscciutiion, is considerable but it
does not Pepin to compare with their value otherwise
Loss of either or both by (Ire would be irreparable
The Association has performed a noteworthy serv
ice to the Territory in connection with the Museum
and by keeping it open for the part two years. It
is evident by this time, however, that its membership
is too limited to maintain the institution as a going
concern. The federal Government has ruled that
Loth the Library and Museum are strictly Territorial
and hence no rid can lie expected from that source.
It mutt come from the T rritory through the Leg
islature if it comes at all. While the Territory is
not in position to recklo.c y appropriate money for
non-essentials, it. cannot afford to be niggardly in
worthwhile matters such as this one is admitted to
be. It would not require a large appropriation to
provide for a fireproof structure adequate lo take care
ot both institutions and one in which suitable quarters
could be included t'er bousing the Territorial Leg
islature and possibly Territorial officials. This mat
ter thou id be brought to the attention or the coming
session of the Legislature which ought to be willing
to deal with it on its merits.
STATES RIGHTS ISSUE TO THE FORE.
The recommendation contained in President Hard
ing's late-, t met age to Congress for nil amendment
to the Federal Constitution abolishing tax exempt
recurltics as embodied in a bill introduced in Con
press has revived the Stairs' Rights issue and a lively
fight is forecast between the Slates' Rights supporters
and proponents ot' the measure. Notwithstanding tlie
evils arising from the issuance of seenrilies, mostly
In the form or State, County and Municipal bonds,
and these evils are admitted by opponents of the
measure, it is contended that the effort, if successful,
will deprive the several commonwealths cr a right
which is, fundamental, if such securities arc subject
to the Federal income tax Hie terms on which the
governmental units issuing the securities may secure
money Tor public purposes are virtually under Federal
domination.
There is little question but that the President's
proposal goes further in t lie direction of Invasion of
Stales rig Ills than any stop taken in recent years,
which arc full of Instances of aggressive crowding
by the Federal Government into the provinces there
tofore held sacred to the Slates. Opponents of the
measuie argue tiiat the; right of the State to borrow
money cn such trims as it pleases, and to tax Its
citizens to pay the principal and interest of these
borrowings on Its own terms are about as fundamental
as anything can be. They think that If this goes
by the board, there Isn't much left, and tlie whole
idea of State boundaries and individual State Identity
might as well tie wiped out.
It is not only in Congress that sentiment Is rrvs
tali/ing against the continued encroachment of the
Federal Government In fields heretofore considered
talely of concern to the individual Stales. This
encroachment has led to new anil steadily mounting
taxe: and at the name time resulted in a let-down In
the efficiency of Federal administration which cannot
function at long range as economically as is locally
feasible.
Now York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine
have declined to accept Federal aid provided for m
the Sliepard-Towr i- Matcirr.fi; ,Act. The lou.f
written by the Governor of the last mentioned State
in declining Federal aid embodies the reasons of all
the Stales Mu.ins and Is a dear presentation of
the States rights issue In its new revived form. lie
wild in part:
I believe the time lias come for the States
° ,*1P * uion to hold to u principle and to
carefully scrutinize all offers of "Federal
aid'' before accepting them. Having no doubt
as to what my duty Is in this matter, I de
eline to accept the Sheppard-Towner bill, and
this State for the time being will stand with
Ntv.- York. Massachusetts, and Rhode Island,
the three States lhat have rejected tt.
The State of Maine will not sett its
blrthi ight Principle, not expediency, has
'been the determining factor with me in the
solution ot this problem. The financial as
pects of Federal aid are interesting.
The proffered fo.OOO lias been referred
to as a "free gift" to the Stale of Maine.
*hlle In reality the Federal Government is
taxing the Slate to raife this money; and
» now, in order to help our mothers and child
ren. offrrs to pay back to the State the trivial
sum of less than two-thirds of one cent for
each Inhabitant. At the present time over
$18,000,000 is annually taken In taxes by
Hie Federal Government from the people of
Maine, and less than $1.250,000 is returned
to the State in the form of Federal aid.
'1 his $18,000,000 of Maine money is p.iid
into the Federal treasury at Washington, a
la rtf portion being absorbed in heavy ad
ministration i xpenses at the Federal capital,
and a email fraction being returned to the
State.
During the World War the power of the
Federal Government over the Statos of the
Fnion win. extended beyond precedent. The
time now has arrived, however, when our
States should be restored to their fnrmpr
statu- and should guard against further en
croachment.
The people of Maine are willing and able
to cure for their own mothers and children
and 1 have faith to'believe that Maine men
and women wil do this rather than accept
so-called gratuities from a Federal bureau.
Already we are overburdened with Federal
interference and control, and our citizens
and industries are hampered by Federal in
spectors and other officials from Washington.
In years gone by the State of Maine has
not hesitated to stand for great principles
and il is well for the forty-four States that
have accepted the Sheppard-Towner bill to
know that Maine neither asks for nor for
flic time being aeepts Federal aid for its
mothers and children.
There is nni 'h sound reasoning in this contention
and one does not have to go far afield to discover re
peated instances where so-called Federal aid is costing
the country more in taxes than is being return d
in actual service rendered or benefits received.
First Get Your Principles.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
i Eamiliar are coming to be the signs descried
| within the ranks of the Washington statesmen who
rejoice to he known as progressive and liberal. In
itlic terse vernacular, tlie Johnsons, La Toilettes and
the Cappers may be said to be playing for politics,
having in mind the great possibllites of the year 1924.
It so happens that today they are carrying on stra
tegical maneuvers about the question of an interna
tional economic conference. A fortnight hence it
may be something else.
Just a decade ago similar signs were to be ob
served. At that time La Toilette happentd to occupy
very much the same position in which he is to be
found today. Although at odds with the Tedcrr.i Ad
j ministration, he was powerful In Wisconsin and was
high in the councils of the malcontents and the
makers of mischief. There were conflicting aspira
tions and surging ambitions in the group, and in the!
tempestuous end it was Roosevelt wiio gained, by
masterful daring, the prize of dictatorship. All those!
who delved and builded in that movement, save La |
Toilette, are dead, physically or politically. His am
bition lives on, but once more it is ringed around by
competitors.
History, therefore, simply is repeating itself. Onej
can go farther back than 1912 for a parallel. In
1836, as today, party declarations of principle had no)
meaning, these representing only mass affirmatives!
and negatives of the party in power. There was
[thru, as now, a rnovemcsnt involving personalties and!
| groups rather than parties and ideals. An appeal
j being made to United States Senator Hugh Lawson!
j U bite, of Tennessee, who was stout enough to carry I
his native state as against President Andrew Jackson!
and Martin Van Huron, to becomo a candidate of a!
cabal, he replied:
\\ lien an attempt is made to create a party not!
|toundod upon settled political principles, composed of'
: men belonging to every political sect, having no com-'
| bo,,[| or unity save that of a wish to place one of I
themselves in the highest office known to the eon-'
slitution, for the purpose of having all the offices I
I honors and emoluments of the Government distributed
jb.v them among their followers, I consider such an asso-!
J elution, whether composed of the many cr a few. a
I mere faction which ought to be resitted bv every man
jvlio loves his country and wishes to perpetuate its
I liberties.”
The one common link between the political dis
senters of this period Is opposition to the established
girder, and this, it will be generally admitted doei
’ "ot constitute principle. Just beginning t„ manifest
themselves are the other matters which the sturdy old
| i'ennewseean so scathingly assailed. .Ten years ago the
people of the United States resisted “a mere fuc
jtinn.” It is not unlikey that they will repeat that
I performance if the duty again Is thrust upon them.
Camp Meeting Ideas of Science.
(Now York Evening Post.)
'I he declaration of the American Association for
Mic Advancement of Science that It believes the doc
tiine of organic evolution unaseailably established is
i.bout as important in itself as would be a declaration
that it believe:- in the Copern lean theory of the solar
system or the Newtonian theory of gravitation. Every
person exposed to a high school education knows that
" hilo there Is a conflict of opinion over the agencies
causing and shaping evolution, and while Darwin's
woik upon this subject has been revised, the fact of
tlie evolution of man and other forms of life is in
volved in no more doubt than the fact of the earth's
rotation.
\\ hat we really need is not an assertion of this
elementary fact by scientists, but the co-operation of
tlioologiana and scientists in an attack upon the
purblind dogmatists who aro trying to represent
science and theology as in conflict over evolution
’Hie British association in Its Hull meeting this som
ber chose a more effective course. If invited the
Archbishop of York. Dean Inge, and other clergj i
men to address it, and they refused to assume any
conflict between science and theology ut all. Dean!
Inyo declared that the doctrine of evolution had ii I
resistibly modified the outlook of mankind upon not I
only science but history, politics, and sociology; wa
it not to modify theology? He pointed out that dog
matic adherence to the letter of the Bible—our
"fundamentalism"—requires us to frame religious
faith within the Ptolemaic astronomy, but that if
faith la to be vital, it must be framed within the I
vital universe. i »v <
Here in America, there was a real semblance of
conflict between scientific and religious truth when
Diaper and Andrew I). White wrote their books on
the subject. The noisy pretence of a conflict now
being kept up is tlie work of ignorant people who
know almost nothing either of science or theology
Representative theologians laugh at them. It might
he said that If science and religion aro not in col
Ibion, their proper relation Is one of friendly indif
ference. In reality, It should be one of friendly co
il" ration, and Cambridge might well emphasize the
fact.
The Congressional Record is again In evidence, but
w usual it Is full of foolishness and barren of com
fort. so far as we aro concerned.—(Houston Post.)
Any Hrst-class whittler can think up a lot of
Rings a fellow ougiit to bo able to make a fortune
it of. (Baltimore Sun.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Mean Brute
"A woman’s work 1b never done,’
ighed Mrs. Grouch.
“Well, if you spent less time at
the bridge parties and the movie
maybe you could Ret a little more
of yours done.” retorted Grouch.
How They Do It in Paulding County
(Paulding County Republican.)
Phoebe F. Schulty vs. Henry F
| Pohltnan et al.; death of plaintifl
suggested; James I’. Conway, execu
tor. substituted; revived and pro
ceeded; report of commission ap
proved and confirmed; sale ordered
Adding Insult to Injury
About the least eheerfu thing we
old dyed-ln-the-wool patriots do for
our grand old country is paying in
come tax, and it strikes us a cruel
and unusual punishment to have
them put one of the collection days
i darn near Christmas.
Pa Knew From Experience
•‘Pa, what does the expression
damned if you do and damned it
you dont't' mean?” asked Clarence
"It means," snapped his dad, “it
you don't send your relations a
Christmas gift they roast the life
out of you for being so stingy, and
if you do send ’em one they'll cuss
you to Halifax and back because
that means they have to go out and
buy you one.”
Fool Questions
It 15. S. asks: "Isn't, it cruel to
put out the light these cold nights?”
Oh, we don’t know. The colder the
night the better a fire likes to go
out and we guess lights are much
the same.
Our Weekly News Notes
"Women get old among primitive
people much earlier than in higher
civilization.” It. takes civilization to
teach ’em how to keep down their
birthdays and how to use paint and
powder.
"Tlie average cost of keeping one
rat in the United States is about 25
cents a year.” We’d rather keep
goldfish for ours, they make nicer
pets and cost less.
"Tho first woman in the United
States to apply for admission to the
liar was Myra Urudwell, of Chicago,
in 1870.” Still, way back in the
early days they used to have plenty
of bar maids, if we read historical
novels correctly.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
Obstacles in your pathway become
the more firmly embedded the longer
they remain there, and while you
weaken in their presence, tliej
strengthen in yours. Remove them
on discovery. Press on.—J. E. E.
Their Name Is Mudd
fliirtli Note in Washington Paper.)
Henry L. and Eva A. Mudd, girl.
Helps!
lllink—-"I see where a Senator is
introducing a bill for a public shoot
ing grounds.”
Jinks Don't believe they can get
the ladles to coniine their target
practice to a place like that. They
prefer to shoot 'em on sight.”
If It Fits-*
An optimistic thought for the
holiday season: What a lot of last
minute presents you can. pick up at
the 5 and 10 cent stores*—but it docs
make you sore lo think of how many
you’ll gel from there that also were
bought at the last minute.
We suppose the girls who want
tho right to propose don't want the
poor man to have the liberty of re
fusing, however.
If a man is more interested in
what her father makes than in what
she looks like tlieir marriage never
is going to be mistaken for a love
match.
It mortifies some men more to fall
on a slippery pavement than it does
to full from grace.
A conceited girl is one who never
thinks for a moment that it is be
cause there may be something wrong
with her make-up that the men stare
at her the way they do.
The record kept in the average
family Itible is confined to births
ami deathr The records made by
‘ome of tho members of the family
would not look well In that kind of
book.
Wc never have ony luck. Although
wc always hu\e been kind and con
oi derate *>f old people and even
grouchy folks, not one of them ever
has died and left us a red cent.
Woman's logic is what makes
even tho most pcrsnickly girl believe
il they are in style ullra short
skirts and low necks cannot lie im
modest.
When a wife is out in company
with him the remarks she addresses
to her husband always are clothed
in the choicest language, but the
nakedness of the truth that she tells
ALASKAN VEGETABLES
We have an abundance of cab
bage, carrots and rutabagas for
immediate delivery from our
wanx ctr:r£i
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him when they set home is simply
shocking.
We guess, a! that, It is easier to
cultivate a taste tor high life than
it is lor olives.
We suppose the reason girls don't
wear their wrist watches (which
don't keep time, anyway,) as ear
rings, is because they usually only
own one. of them.
A woman may have put off her
Christmas shopping till the last, min
ute, but you can bet your bottom
dollar r lie is going to do her Ohrist-|
mas exchanging bright and early.
A good many young people have
j to keep their engagement a secret
i until the poor boob can save up
| enough to buy that diamond.
Wo always have noticed that the
man who thinks lie is just about
perfect never tries to firove it by
his wife.
Daily Sentence Sermon
The future never looks bright to
the man who stands in his own
light.
News of the Names Club
Mary li. Early, of Charleston, S.
C., was marred last week, but we
guess her hubby will find she Is al
ways late just like tlio ether wives.
11. Ax, of Indianapolis, has been
engaged to split kindling for the
club.
May Be Canadian
Envoy to U. S.
[ Genii
Sir Loiner Gouin, Minister of
Justice in Canada, according to
latest reports, will be the first
Canadian Minister Plenipotentiary
in Washington.
Brazilian Ambassador’s
Wife Goes Abroad.
Mine. Da Gama, wife of the Bra
j zillnn Ambassador to the United
States, has sailed for a tour of
Europe.
BRINGS 50 000.000 CIGARS
& s*«. J
(SEATTLE, .Inn. 15. Wli.it is said
1 to be iho largest single shipment of
cigars to arrive in the United States,
came in on tho Admiral Ori nta!
liner President McKinley on her l ist
voyage. The shipment comprised
50.000.000 high grade cigars con
signed to the East.
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Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M.,
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Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
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Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Order*
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fraternal Societies
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Gastineau Channel
O . ELKS
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 Bite
Regular meetings
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. S A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Merle P. Morgan, Noble Grand; frank
O’Brien, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEA0 LODSV
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Secr.nd and Fourth' Mondaya
of each Month. In Odd Fellowa
Hall, beginning at 7:1# o'clock.
R. R. YOUNG, Master.
CHA8 E. NAGHEL. Secretary.
* Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Halt
ALICE BROWN, W. M.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEC.HERS COUNCIL No.
1780. Meetings second
„ end last Mondays at 7:Srt
p. in. Transient Broth
rs urged to attend. Council Chamber#
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.
Elks’ Lodge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock,
Moose Hall. Tbos.
B. Jud&on, Dictator; R. H. Stevens,
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuosday of each month, 8
o'clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday In Moose
Hall, at 8 o’clock.
In Moose Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President.
LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary.
" PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8:00 P. M. BESSIE MANNING,
N. G. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
j Secretary.
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