ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
rOHN W. TROY • ■ - EDITOR AND MANAGER
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Jl'NEAl' IN THE LEAD.
The comparative strength of this <•(mnmnity among
the other towns of the Territory wan never better or
more clearly established than in the report of school
tax collections for 1622 recently made public by the
Territorial Treasurer. The local contributions of
school taxes for last year were almost 26 per cent
larger than that of any other Alaskan community and
as much as 100 per cent, in excess of some cf the
towns claiming to lie equal in population to Juneau.
In the First Division, Juneau, with $2,700 in col
lections. led Ketchikan by $2,100, the latter com
munity dropping from $.1,100 paid in 1021 to $1,000
in 1022. Of cour. e. the population of Ketchikan has
net decreased anything like as much as the decreased
collections would* set in to indicate. It Is questionable
if the "Firs'! City" lias lost any in population. This
community, instead of showing u declining tax roll,
actually bettered Its 1021 figures by about $400. This
is sufficient! answer to those who have pretended to
see a falling off in the local population in 1H22. Tile
town has lost few in actual numbers and the readi
ness w‘th whi li th*- school tax was paid is merely
further confirmation of the story told by bank state
ments and postal receipts to tho effect that Juneau
is still the best town in the Territory.
Another fact is strikingly sqt forth by the Treas
urer's statement that is the proportion of re-venue
received from the ccasiul sections as compared to
the interior and far north. From Anchorage to iiroad
on the main line of the Alaska Hailroad ubeut
$500 were collected in school taxes. The great bulk
of the Third Division school tax receipts came from
its fisheries; and mines developed on the coast cr in
districts immediately contiguous thereto. Tho entire
Second Division contributed less by almost $1,000
than the town of Juneau did and the receipts from
all of the Fourth Division were but $600 more than
local receipts. The di parity of revenue from other
t purees than the school taxes is just as striking. The
First and Third Divisions, between them are producing
virtually all of the revenue now expended by I lie
Territory. The money derived from industries located
in these divhlnns is being expended equally, or nearly
so, In all tile divisions and will continue to be as long
as tho present form of Territorial government and
Its unjust system of representation in the Territorial
Legislature it continued. This is tile most potent
0 argument that can be advanced for a division of the
Territory. There are certain portions of Alaska suffi
ciently developed to lie self-supporting hut they cannot
sustain themselves and also provide for the necessities;
of the sections where development is backward. ,
HELPING OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES.
Became Henry KV.rd do • not believe in the g'iving
of money it does not neci s aril: follow that he is not
charitable. As ho view# it, (lie giving of gratuities
ir really not a sign of charity hut of a twofold
weakness tirst on the part of the giver and, second,
of the recipient. \\ hilt* there are, of course, cases
where money relievos inetantani i tody pressing wants,
it !e used in many instances unwisely and is a handi
cap rather than a real aid.
There isn’t much room for argument as to who is
the real benefactor, l lie one who helps others without
any reciprocal or co-ordinative act on the part of the
beneficiary, or the individual who helps others to help
t lit nisei\ i I lie latter i- really doing the most goo i
in the world. To so devote one's time, energy,
talents and money to providing others with self-sus
taining jobs whereby they are placed beyond the need
c! gratuities is to play a worthy part in the affairs
ol men and nations, lie who does so without being
actuated by motives of self-profit is Justly entitled to
the confidence and friendship of his fellow man
AFTER LODGE’S SCALP.
The Liberal Republican League, which is behind
the fight on Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, is pre
pared to take it cas» to the courts if the Senate is
dilatory in taking it up and hearing the charges
made again. ! the elderly statesman from I lie Buy
State. Die charges tiled serera! days ago by Conrad
\\. Crocker, ( hairmun of the League, allege serious
breaches cf the election laws on the part of laidge
t.nd his supporters.
Two petition, were bed by Crooker with Viee
rresident Coolldge protesting against tip. seating of
.Senator I edge uftrr March 4. claiming !ip has for
feited all rights to the place through illegal prac
tices in the election last November. Crooker acted
for the League and as counsel for John A. Nicholls
Prohibition Progressive candidate against Lodge, and
run a poor third, with Col. William A. Gaston.
Dcmoe ’•at, running Lodge a dor* second. No action
can be taken cn the petitions until after March 4th,
Rut Crcolccr declares that the people of Massachusetts'
Will not stand for a delay in llie hearing untii the*
new Congrei* convenes in regular session next De
cember.
Commenting on the ease, which is taken seriously
bv those making the fight, Crooker said:
There . re three ways in which Dodge can
be forced to prove his right to his seat in the
bailed States Senate One is before the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections,
end we a fed for a hearing there. Another
is through a resolution of the Senate. The
third is before the courts. We are prepared
to press this contest in all three w'ays. If the
re actionary clement in the Senate attempts
to sidetrack this contest by dilatory tac
tics. we will certainly take the matter into
the courts.
The Liberal League, lie said, has seen rid proof of J
enough irregularities and frauds at the polls to tin
cat Lodgr. and it has not competed its investigation.
Continuing Crooker said:
I am convinced we can oust Lodge be
cause of tiie irreguarities alone, and with
out bringing up the frauds. We are prepared
to show that in 113 towns and cities ot Mas
sachusetts the State Election Laws were
flagrantly violated or totally disregarded in a
frantic attempt to return the slight ma
jority over Col. Gaston, the Democratic can
didate, with which Lodge was credited.
We have overwhelming proof of wholesale
fraud in addition.
Notwithstanding the fact that Crooker is counsel
for a candidate who had no show whatever, the
serious nature of the charges lie makes entitles him;
to a fair hearing. It is also due Senator ixtdge that
he he given an opportunity to clear himself from1
these charges which seek to impugn his right to hold;
his scat in the Senate. It is to his interest and to;
that ci (lie party in power to facilitate the hearing
which should be held as early as possible. Mis elec
tion was made poteible by tho candidacy of Nicholls,;
as be is the choice of a minority of Massachusetts
voters. Had those who opposed him and voted for'
Nicholls thrown in their lot with the supporters oi
( o. Carton the latter would have received a majority
of the votes. It would be a queer turn of the wheel
of political fortune if Nicholls and tiis friends should;
prove to he the means of depriving him of the seat'
In the end.
Prohibition and Politics.
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(New York Evening Post.)
II would he peculiar if prohibition, having hr on'
adopted as a non-partisan measure, should become a
political it' ue. This would be reversing the normal
order of procedure. A hint of this pc -ibilitv Is
-icon by Mark Sullivan in his despatch of yesterday,
in which he says: "The Republican leaders are s;
generally in favor of strict enforcement that it may
be taken as practically a fundamental part of the
Rt publien party porgram." Whatever doubts Pro i
dent Harding may have had regarding his position
upon prohibition have evidently been dispelled. He
called the Governors together to ask for their co
operation in the enforcement of the Eighteneth!
Amendment and the Volstead law, and he is recalling
them for more detailed development of plans to this
end Republicans who keep their lingers upon the
public pulse have no difficulty in deciding for en
forcement .
Are the Democrats leaning the other way? It
was a Democratic Governor, Ritchie of Maryland,
who supplied the exception to the rule at the recent
conference of the Governors with President Harding.
Gov. Ritchie reported that Maryland was unfavor
alile to enforcement, and there are Democratic leaders
""ho count him among the Presidential possibilities
tor 11124 "It is a fact, however," observes Mr.
Sullivan, "that these same leaders believe also that
the policy of the Democratic party in 1924 should be
dry.'" There we have it. The Republicans are'
beginning to look upon enforcement as a fundamental
article In their creed and the Democrats are begin
ning to think that enforcement is good Democratic'
doctrine. In 1920 the Republicans avoided commit
ting themselves upon prohibition and the Democrats
voted down a prohibition plank and then rejected a'
plank favoring beer and wine. Why the tendency to
abandon this supposedly safe attitude? Obviously I
because it Is no longer safe. The country is showing
how it feels, and it is a poor politician who feels!
differently from his country. If prohibition enter
party politics, it will be to line up both of the old1
parties in favor of enforcement.
I’etty Larieny.
(The Freeman.)
in tho face of the depredations which the Indians
' ave already suffered and the policy of organized ex-!
tci initiation which lias lieen directed against them
It'oni the beginning, tlho iniquity contemplated by the
Bursum bill—the dispossession of the Pueblo* —is
relatively a small matter. The Puebos arc but tho|
fragment of a people. If the bill becomes law and
they be dispossessed, they will all die in a short!
time, and that will be the end of it. But because the
matter is such a small one, perhaps it may be ro-'
gaisled by our readers us too small to be worth the1
disgrace. That is the way we feel about it, at least.
I! we must feel utterly ashamed of our Government
°1 (>ur citizenship, let it at least be for cause that
i auks a little higher in the scale of respectability
than fihopllfting or body-snatching. If our fellow citi
zens wish to overlook, to condone, or even to conn-!
u nance, their Government's attitude towards photo:
higher, more decorous, and more richly rewarded
models of robbery that are comprised in the cate-!
gories of imperialism—well, that is in a sense per- i
haps, another matter. They will agree with us at
bat that Ultfsre is such a thing as becoming declasse,!
and that if the Government be devoid of integrity!
it should not* lose caste by getting down to petty!
larceny. Under the circumstances, therefore, we do
not hesitate to advise our readers to write to their!
Congressman in emphatic terms concerning the pur-!
P‘s' ot lh<“ Burs uni bill. There is no need of dwell-!
mg upon the ethics or the case—Congressmen have
til) a vague and uncertain notion of ethics and'
anno! ho depended upon to show emotion when the'
subject is mentioned- hut simply make it clear that!
wl.en a great and powerful nation reaches the level of'
robbing hen root is or niching pennies from the trust
ing hand or childhood, it can depend on hearing from
li citizens.
Admiral Siius refusi d to comment for reporters in
Montreal on international matters. Tile friends of the
Admiral are pained to hear of this and trust that lie
Siam will be his old seir again. — ( Detroit Free Press.)
Tiro mas K. Marshall says the fact finding com
mission will bare the whole truth in the coal in
dustry, in which case it should beat the movies for
thills. (Indianapolis Star.)
The groups and blocs threaten to become active
again in the new Congress, but perhaps there will be
a few representatives of all the people on hand._
(Indianapolis News.)
We ltear seme talk of Al Smith for the presidency.
Well, if lie carried tlie whole Smith vote he would
make a pretty good race.—■(Nashville Tennessean.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
The reason the old-fashioned dot
tor never got rich was because in
those days it was not the fashion to
cut out a man's appendix just be
cause he had the stomach ache.
Ho, Hum!
"What’s the crowd around tl’ 1
church door doing?" asked tin
stranger.
"Watching the tied go out,' r-plied
the former sailor.
Isn't It Disgusting to Make Sucn a
Show of Wealth! !!
Dear Sant: A very rich family in
our end of town 1 can't say wheth
er they got their money profiteering
or bootlegging—lias a lump of coal
on a marble-top table in the front
window. Can you beat that!
N. U. Cole.
Ain't Prohibition Wonderful
minks It says here a fresh water
spider lives under water and never
gets wot.
Jinks—Oh, well, in this bcrae-dr.v
country there are a lot of wots who
never are dry.
Fool Questions
H. J asks: “Did you ever see a
window box?” Vos, and we've seen a
garden fence. Old stuff, H. J
Gerhs From Guide Book to Success
Ambition and good Intentions may
secure the position, but action ami
accomplishment n -c* ive the pay en
velopo.—J. E. F.
it It Fits—
Self-preservation is the law oi
Ilf ’, and wo have noticed that when
a woman is driving a car a man
never disputes the right of way with
h«r. She gets It whether she is en
titled to it or not.
A man doesn't mind walking 10 or
15 niiles in the coldest weather to
hunt rabbits or squirrels, but it is
different when it comes to crawling
out of a nice warm bed to hunt
burglars.
A reformer urges parents to try to
make it more interesting for thc.r
ihildren, but we guess thp children
these days make things about as in
teresting for their parents as is tie-;
pessary—and then some.
A dumbbell may be subject to
most of the ills of life, hut he never!
has to worry about getting brain
fever.
We guess if parents were to follow
the advice of those wise birds who
say never to spank a child when
you are angry not one kid in a mil
lion ever would he in much danger
of getting hi3 pants dusted with
dad's razor strop.
A young man thinks h > Is marrying
a girl to take ciro of HER, and then
finds she married him to take care
of HIM. And that isn't the only idea
he has that slips into reverse after
the honeymoon has gone into the
discard.
This life never will he free from
sorrow until they find a way that,
will malt - it as easy to get out of
debt and trouble as it is to get into
them.
No wife can understand why her
husband can't spend money and
have it.
Nothing makes a man more satis
fied with his own wife than to look
around and see what some of his
friends drew in the matrimonial lot
tery.
The old-fa -liioned boy who ran
away from homo to shoot wild In
dians now has grown-up and runs
away from home to keep from being
shot by a wild woman.
Man in • the only animal who says
grace before t’.je meal and then be
gins to growl about everything on
the table as -„>n as he says atnen.
Daily Sentence Sermon
A square ,in always is sure of
getting a round of applause.
News of the Names Club
You might think Carrie Waite, of
San Francisi was a super-stout, but
Carrie's weigh' is just 98 pounds, .T.
H., of that place, writes us.
I. Will Not of Portland, Ore., may
have that kind of a name but when
his wife tolls him to do a thing he
leaves off hi. last name.
YOU CAN SECURE a tenant fov
that property, without delay or ex
pense enough to "count,” through
the Empire’s classified columns.
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r BURNS\
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flame lamps. 60 can
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a gallon of common
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fiat Yours Frfio want one user in each
uci ivurs tree iocmiity to whom custom*
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for 10day free trial and learn how to get one free.
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MTANTEO JK&*.
•rrltory where oil lamps
ir® used. Experience or
•aprtal unnecessary Many
Agents svermtf » ti ve I amp#
i (lav ant) mak •
nonth. Writ* quirk for
srritory and samples.
$1000.00 Will be
REWARD given to
anyone showing us
al
an oil lamp equal to
thi9 Aladdin in every
.. "this
way.(Full details of
offer given in circular.)
THE MANTLE LAMP COMPANY Of AMERICA • I
106 Aladdin Bldg., 31 N. Filth St, Portland 0,*.
Secretary of American
Swiss Legation.
ilk-:,.
PM .Ovmex^\is‘oru
M. Orme W'il- ii. Jr., has sailed
for Switzerland, where he will act
as Fir.-: Seirelan to the Ameri
can Legation in Herne.
Famiiy of 250 Form
Unique Corporation.
mmm
( $5&lpiv Ht.-bcnir\.n.x\‘ t •
One of the strange.-t family
circles In America, where 250
relative lithe formed thomsehcs
into a corporation, with a board i
of directors to regulate all the i
major details of their business :
IK'S, ha: been formed by Ralph
Hberman, of Everett, Mass. The i
board's vote is obeyed.
OLDTIME RESIDENT
OF SKAGWAY DIES
(Ska*way Alaskan.)
Mrs. Mary A. Barnard, who ban
been in the hospital for some time,
passed away yesterday morning!
about ele\on o'clock.
Mrs. Barnard was probably 1hej
oldi-t resident of Skagway in point,
cf years and one of the oldtimors
in the city. She came here in the
early gold days. She lived in her
own cottage near the track between
13th and 14th streets and always]
I had a beautiful gti’Men in the suin-j
mertime.
OR. naiiers r«,r sate at Empire.
ALASKAN VEGETABLES
We have an abundance of cab
bage, carrots and rutabagas for
immediate delivery from our
rtrnr:
CONCRETE PRODUCTS
MFG. CO.
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
9 1 M ■
BEST EVER
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional atti active
Disability Benefit features.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1898
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large stocks on hand
, Ladysmith coal.
Nanaimo coa\
PACIFIC COAST
COMPANY
Phone 411.
COAL
T PROFESSIONAL
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
phone ;e
Hours 5 a. re. te 9 p. a.
i Dr. Charles P. jenne ^
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard's Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
GEO. L. BARTON
(PALMER)
CHIROPRACTOR
201 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 259
Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M.,
2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic 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.
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. HODGUON, Manager
LI
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.
I JAPANESE TOY SHOP I
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H. R. MAKIN0 f
Front Street ,
I P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Order* I
1L
Fraternal Societies
-OF-!
Gastineau Channel
O . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Erenings at 8:00
o’clock, Elks’ Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Jo-Ordinate Bodiei
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
ieconJ and fourth
Fridays each month
it 7:30 p. m. Odd
'ellows' Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
l. o. o. F.
BIIA'ER BOW
X.ODGE NO. I A.
ileeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Idd Fellows' Hall.
H'rle P. Morgan. Noble Grand; Frank
5'Brlen, Secretary.
ISOUNT JUNEAU LODE*
No. 147. F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Monday!
)f each Month. In Odd Fellow*
Flail, beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
R. R. YOUNG, Mfiater. .
'HAS E. NAGHEL. Secretary.*
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of each month.
At 8 'o'clock, I. O. O. F. IlalL
A LIFE BROWN, W. M.
IaOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SECiHhRS COUNCIL No.
Meetings second
last Monday* at 7 :*0
^ K m. Transient Broth
rs urged to attend. Council Chamber*
ifth Street. John F. Mullen, G. K
. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
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AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
inks’ lxidge Room. Homer G. Nord
ling. Post Commander. Phone 2002;
Lieorge E. Mann, Post ACJutant,
Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01?
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock,
m Moose Hall. Tbos.
Judwm, Dictator; R. H. Steven*,
ecretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Junean Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Mooee Hall. Senior Re
gent. Mrs. Sigurd Walletedt.
Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Chamber
lain.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF f
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday In Moose
Hall, at 8 o'clock.
In Moose llall, at 8 o’clock,
ALICE LAliGHLIN, President.
LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH
LODGE K0. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8:00 P. M. BESSIE MANNING,
N. G. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary.
WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
flYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly growing.
^Your account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
fiPays four per cent per annum, compounded twice
a year. If you do not withdraw your interest it
continues to cam 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
JUNEAU, ALASKA.