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FOURTH OF JULY.
The American people will tomorrow celebrate the
147th birthday anniversary nl' the great Republic, and
that means the occasion will be observed throughout
the world, for Americans arc everywhere. A century
and a half i not long in the history of the worltl
but mighty events have occurred since the represen
tatives of lent than three millions of people scattered
among the thirteen colonies, each bordering on the
Atlantic, declared their independence from Great Bri
tain. Little did they dicum, probably, that in so
thort a time the country they formed would so soon
become the rlchc-t and most powerful on earth.
When the Declaration of Independence was signed
very few Americans had crossed the Alleghany foun
tains. There were a few settlements in what later
tbicame Kentucky and Tennessee and a few In West
ern Virginia which then included the States north
of the Ohio River. There were Spanish settlements In
Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico, along the Mis
titfippi River and bryoml. But for the most part,
the country extending from hardly more than a stone
throw from the Atlantic seaboard to the far Pacific
was a wilderness inhabited by uncivilized Indians and
wild animals.
There are today three States west of the Mis
sissippi River each of which contain more people than
inhabited the entire thirteen that fought the war for
freedom and won the victory after eight years of
bloodshed and privation. There are twice as many
people In the three Pacific Coast States. Truly the
147 years rince the signing of the Declaration of
Independence have demonstrated the wisdom of those
who laid the foundations of the American Nation.
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
Congrc. man Zihlman, Republican of the Sixth
Maryland District, says not only have the people of
Alaska the right as Americans to govern themselves
through a full Territorial form of government but
there is very practical reason why they should do so.
"They can govern themselves," ho declared, "better
than people who do not live here can govern them.”
There is no better time to think of these things
than the Fourth of July. The central thought of the
Declaration of Independence signed 147 years ago to
nrerrow, next to the declaratoin that all men are
created equal and entitled to liberty, is in the de
claration that governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed. Which is another
wry of declaring in favor of self-government.
If Alaska is not entitled to self-government under
a full Territorial form ft government, as those of
the other frontiers had in their days, then the De
claration or Independence Is a fraud and the success
of the United States has been an accident.
PREDICTS LONDON WILL BE FINANCIAL
CENTER ALAIN.
F. G Hogarth, the Lendon banker, says London
will ecoii be the financial center of the world once more.
He says lxindon is about to export capital again,
and that she will thereby relievo the congestion of
foreign offerings s. king capital in New York City.
He says it may take five years for the pound sterling
to reach a parity witli gold, but thinks it will do it
within that time.
It Is believed that Mr. Hogarth had the rehabilita
tion of Germany and Russia in mind in making hts
predictions. The United States seems unwilling to
undertake largo European financing notwithstanding
her financial supremacy. American hunkers have
measured up to M e demands for money for Canada,
Mexieo ,'iui South end Central America, but comin
eut-M European securities huve not appealed to Am
ericans who have never understood conditions there as
I.cndon bankers have, and, therefore, are more puzzled
than the Englishmen by the chuotie state of affairs.
There is every reason in the world w^hy Americans
should celebrate with enthusiasm tomorrow. They
will be celebrating the anniversary of the greatest
event that lias occurred since the disciples started
cut. after the crucifixion of the Savior, with-the story
of the Christian religion.
SOUND ADVIUE.
That was sound advice and edifying Information
President Harding gave the Minnesota Municipalities
League in a recent letter. And it wa3 effectively
presented. The President dclared:
There is no more important duty con
fronting public officials everywhere than the
enforcement cf the utmost measure of econ
omy consistent with good administ ratoin.
This has been a fundamental of the national
admlnirtiationV policy. I cannot too strong
ly indorse every effort that your league may
rupport to carry a like policy into the realm
of municipal administration * * » revenues
from all sources of the Stale governments in
V ‘13 aggregated » 368,000.000, and in 1921
$•68,000,000. an increase of 11> 1 per cent.
Expenditures row frmo $383,000,000 in
1913 lo $1,006,000,000 in 1921, an increase
,, . at 163 per cent.
fftdctHedacr* increased from $423,000,000
_ 1 1 11 ■■■rrm_ .... a . .
in l!il3 to $1,012,000,000 in 1921, an in
crease of 139 per cent.
The President's advice should be taken to heart by
lawmakers and executives. National, State and City.
Newspaper eorrcs|>onence from Paris says the
plans for the Calais-Dover tunnel under the English
Channel arc fast maturing and It is predicted that
the undertaking will be completed within live to eight
years. This is a project that has been romanced
and theorized about for generations, and discarded by
practical men. However, what seemed visionary a
few years ago and has become practicable in late years.
Ii will not bo strange if the tunnel is built this
time.
New York newspapers say Henry Ford is looking
for a New York resdlcnce, and intimate that he has
picked one at Rhinecliffe, one of Gotham's aristocratic
suburbs. This has led to the conclusion that he is
about to launch a campaign for the Democratic Presi
dential nomination, and desires to be In the thick
of the fray.
It is said that Mussolini wants to make Italy
like the United Stater. “I like your country; she
is simple, strong and direct,” he declared. Well,
perhaps there is some good in the Facisti after all.
The Movement of Gold
(San Francisco Journal.)
Since the high crest of the business wave Ir. 3f*20
we have increased our accumulation of geld by no
lers than one billion dollar’s. As our circulation of
currency and credit money at that time was supported
by a reserve of fully BO per cent., which was ample
for all purposes of safety, the addition of this new
amount, running the reserve up to 77 per cent., brings
no benoflclal result. Either the extra gold will repose
unused in our bank’s and thus earn no Income, or
else it will go to feed the stream of inflation, over
expansion of credit, and to higher prices and in
creased costs of living.
The requirements of our business In a financial
way may be likened to the steam capacity of a
boiler. When the boiler is producing its maximum
of .steam It is useless to pile on more fuel, as that
only increases the danger of an explosion. Equally
useless Is it to start up another boiler when the first
Is producing uil the power that we can economically
use.
If the flow of fuel continues to increase, the only
thing we can sensibly do i’s to arrange for a cessa
tion of the shipments or to stack up the surplus
against the time of need. In the latter care we lose
the interest it might be earning. It can readily be
seen that a surplus of good beyond our needs presents
a real problem to our continued prosperity. We
cannot use the money profitably and our potential
customers cannot use it at all. The only logical em
ployment for a gold surplus is to use it for the rein
forcement of the stability of our customers. Thai
means foreign investments and a nurturing of the re
sumption of the gold standard among the trading
nations. Only by the resumption of the gold
standard can foreign exchange be stabilized.
It would be possible to Imagine our getting possps- |
rion of ull the free gold in the world, but such an j
event would be no less a calamity to us than it would
be to the other nations. Tnat would mark the end
of our trading rop-. Other nations could no- trade
with us except upon a barter basis because they could
rot pay. We, having all the money and no foreign |
trade, \\ould have to resort to the expedient of living;
upon ourselves. With the pleniitude of money, prices
would rise and production would decrease, as men j
would soon find out that they could get just as much !
money for a smaller product.
President Harding’s Reply.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
President Harding Is not the only person who j
foresees “distressing results" to follow conflict of *
authority between states and nation over prohibition
enforcement. Ilis reply to the radical citizen of
Newburgh, N. Y., who hopes to see all opponents of
prohibition enforcement jailed or shot for treason, and
all Legislators of that State who voted to repeal the
dry act suspended from offico before the higher pen
alty Is Inflicted, is couched in the President's char
acteristic temperate language.
Thero are many who agree with him that the
Constitution of the United States should be enforced.
There are alto those who agree with him that the
Federal forces may enter the domain of any State to
enforce the Constitution. No doubt, in the present
state of public feeling, however, there are many who
will not concede that the word "concurrent” in the
enforcement act carries with it also "compulsory"
responsibilities to enact prohibition enforcement laws
and create largo enforcement staffs and levy high
taxer to take concurrent uction with the Federal
authorities.
It unquestionably will bo put up to the Supreme
Court of the United States to say just how far a
Slate Is "compelled” to go under the "concurrent”
clause of the Volstead act. It is believed by many
citizens that the Volstead law goes further than the
Eighteenth Amendment contemplated, and the Court
will be expected to determine how far State officials
can bo required to go to carry out a Federal law that
exceeds the intent of the Constitutional amendment i
it seeks to enforce, oven under their oath to support!
tho Constitution of the United States.
There are many citizens who feci that the Eigh
teenth Amendment and the Volstead act are, in very)
large measure, the result of Mussoltnlan tactics. There
was much of the Black Facisti activity applied to the
enactment of both. At the same time they have been
made tho law of the land and they are entitled to
official recognition as tho law and call for official en
forcement no long as the people do not demand and
compel their annulment. Therefore, the President
is right in his position that they must be enfocod.
The "dancing mice" and the political moron are
"hipped" on Henry Ford. They want a new and
different J.n.id of a ' boos." In a day of tcrazon
Henry Font is a new mania, and ulways the insidious,
strange, unrelenting, unremitting Ford publicity flows
<’n as smooth as oil. it is easy to underestimate
tlx- effect of that smooth and purring flow.—(San
Francisco Journal.)
Off tho coast of Virginia, it is reported, a monster |
recently was taken from the waters that was forty-!
four feet In length and twenty-three in girth. In itsj
stomach were found a shark and a four-hundred pound
octopus. That Axes tho location of the rum fleet, all
right,—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
A series of debates between Lloyd George and
Senator Borah should be belter than any ordinary
three-ring circus.—(Detroit Free Prrtjs.)
!■ oinoUracs we're sorry for the next generation.
Ivcrv four years it will have to hear Edsel Ford
mentioned for President. — (Kansas City Times.)
The staloau'ii* bv zoologists that monkeys despise
alcohol i’s heieby referred to W. J. B. for analysis.
--(I)etroft News.)
In May trine are wonderful bird choruses at dawu,
and the bird a(;e not all going home In taxicabs,
-it' et. - (ChioAgc Noire.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR i
By SAM HILL
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The Ananias Club
"No," said the young woman, who
was seeking a divorce, to her law
yer, "I will not allow John's love
letters to me to he published. The
tender sentiments expressed in them
were meant for my eyes and I will
not humiliate him by having them
put In cold print. I'd rather not
get a divorce than do such a thing.'
Did Thi* Ever Happen To You?
Hlinks: "Did you have a speech
at the banquet last night?”
Jinks: “No. but I made a fool
of myself trying to make one."
What Long Fingers Pickpockets
Have I 1 I
(Hammond Ind. Lake County Times)
Plckpoceets stole a gold watch
from the pocket of James Johnson.
95 Douglas Street, in Hammond yes
terday while he was In the Polk
Street Station at Chicago.
Some Bromides Better Than Others
Hon Mill ford told a story the other
day which shows how easy it Is to
find a proverb to suit the occasion.
A certain man had a son who had
gone in for prize fighting, much to
the old man’s disgust. The first
time all son got was a licking. When
he got hack home the old man said:
“Son, remember, a rolling stone
gathers no moss." A few weeks lat
er son went down lo New Orleans
and won a big fight and a big
purse. When he got hack home
he dumped the coin into the old
man's lap, and asked with a twinkle
in his eye: “How about the rolling
stone now dad?” "Son,’’ replied his
dad even more solemifly. “Remem
ber, It's the roaming bee that brings
home the honey."
There Are Plenty of Them,
Anyway
“Pa," said Clarence, “what's tile
horn of plenty?"
“Must be the automobile horn, t
guess,” replied his dad.
Friendly Philosophy
Many people attribute their fail
ures to "Misfortune" and "Rad Luck"
while others lay it to Wrong Think
ing and Misdirected Effort. I be
lieve the latter are right. —,E.F.
Where's the S. P. C. A.?
Says old Jack Warwick,“It's cruel
to shut (logs In at night, when there
are so many opportunities to chase
cats." Yes, hiit it is even more
cruel to shut men in at night when
there are so many good poker games
going on for a fellow to get into.
Then It Started
“This nature note sa:^t a giraffe
has a tongue IS inches long," re
marked Mrs. Grouch.
“Yes," replied her husband, “hut
the giraffe has so much more sense
than a woman, for even with as big
a tongue as that it never use* It to
make a sound.''
If It Fit—
Our grandmothers didn’t wear
short skirts and silk hosiery for
the same reason they didn't ride In
motor cars or talk a couple of hours
over the phone every day. You
guessed It—there were no such things
In their day.
An optimist is a man who can
start the day with a smile even
when he has to get up and get his
own breakfast.
We don't know what the scientists
say has the smallest brain In the
world but our guess is that it is a
snob.
The wife who has learned to con
trol her temper doesn't have much
trouble controlling her husband.
You can't blame a girl's father
for taking a violent dislike to her
suitor when he knows if she mar
rles him it will mean one more
plate, knife and fork and napkin
on the old home table every meal
for goodness knows how long.
Hearing is classed as one of the
It'« all In knowing HOW to do
Bret-claw cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
I and denser. Phone 1T7.
a-——-•
We are expert in
• ORNAMENTAL CONSTRUC
TIVE WATER-PROOF
CONCRETE.’’
and the common wet kind also.
Willoughby Ave., near Ball
' grounds. Established Twenty
yoars. Phone 32
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
COMPANY
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and 8tores Freight
and Baggage.
senses, but there is mighty little
sen.^e to most of the talking we
hear
Nothing these days seems to be
held in such utter contempt by a
lot of people as the prohibition law,
except, maybe, the marriage vow.
What an ideal world this would
be if we had the wisdom to guide
us in meeting today's problems that
we will have tomorrow.
llefore marriage lie wants to hold
her hand and afterwards h» would
rather she would just hold her tongue.
When a wife is sick she never
suffers as much as she does when
her husband is sick—but it isn't
sympathy for him that makes her
suffer, you bet.
Daily Sentence Sermon
When the head begins to swell
it crowds out the brains.
News of the Names Club
Wesley A. Rule, of Litchfield, III.,
says he isn’t the well known Oolden
Rule.
Maybe she was shlmmpying, but
anyway Pansy Shook lives in Bird
ville, Penn.
NOTICE.
Ali orders for chickens for July
1th. must be made before 6 P. M.
on the 3rd. D. B. FBMMKR. adv.
i STOP CATARRH! OPEN
NOSTRILS AND HEAD ;
i Says Cream Applied in Nostrils .
| Relieves Head-Colds at Once. j
It your nostrils »rc clogged and
your head is stuffed and you csaT
breathe freely because of a cold or
catarrh, just get a small bottle of
ICly’s Cream Ilaltn at any drug store.
Apply a little of this fragrant, an
| tiseptic cream into your nostrils and
| let it penetrate through every air
passage of your head, soothing and
healing the inflamed, swollen mucous
membrane and you get instant
relief.
Alt! how good It feols. Your nos
trils are open, your head is clear, no
more hawking, snnfTling, blov/iag;
no more headache, dryness or strug
gling for breath. Kly’s Cream Balm
Is just what, sufferers from head
colds and calarrh need. It's a de
light. (advertisement.)
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AUTOS FOR HIRE
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U & I Taxi Service
Nick Lakich, Proprietor.
“We will take you anywhere,
anytime.”
| PHONE 6 4.
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WHEN IN NEED OF A TAXI !
Call Collins j
I Seven passenger touring car.
; Stand Trinagle Shoe Shine Par
| lor. Phone 186. lies. Phone 281.
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CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
| for that seven-pasenger 1923
Cadillac touring car. Stand at
i | Gastincau Hotel. Popular
prlcse. Phono 10.
, Also seven-passenger Sedan,
Day and Night Service
Call 362.
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Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SfNGLE 0
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Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
I
Heller’s Taxi
PHONE 183
Day and Night Service
I Stand Heller's Barber Shop
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Billy’s Taxi
Day and night service.
Stand at the Grill.
Phone 472.
1 ARCTIC BATHS *
Without exception the best
Turkish Baths in Alaska.
Give us a trial and you will be
come a regular customer.
W. H. Lott,
Proprietor. So. Front St.
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Gean to handle
PHONE 418
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
PROFESSIONAL
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hour*, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Red. Phone 279
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Phytician and Surgeon
Juneau Muelc House Bldg. I
Telephone 172.
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GEO. I. BARTON. D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messersohmldt Apts.
Office hours: in to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to I;
7 to 8. or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res.. 1671.
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Dr. W. J. Pigg
PHYSICIAN
Office—-Second and Main
Telephone 18
DR. n. N. DONAHEY
Same Good Servlca as In tha
Past
rlUTESON-DOKAKEf
Ootical (ompagy''
108 PIKo Street, Seattle.
7
Hanna Oberg, D. M.
Swedish Massage and Electro
! hcraphy treatment at your
home or my office, Room 1,
; Malony Building,
Fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
¥
o . mi
Meetlag Wednesday
Evening# at 8:00
o’clock, Elke' Hall.
Charlea P. Jenne,
Exalted Rular.
JOHN ▲. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiet
of Freemaaoary
Scottiah Kite
Regular meetings j
second and fourth 1
Fridays each month1
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEI8EL, Secretary,
I. o. o. w.
SILVER BOW
_ _LODOB NO. 8 A.
Meeeta every Thuraday at 8 P. If.,
Odd Fellowa’ Hall.
Charlea E. Perelle, Noble Qrandl
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE REBEKAM
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P M. FRANCES OU8TAFSON.
N. O. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAD LOOtl
No. 147. F. « A. M.
Stated Communication
Boccnd and Fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Folic—a
«»N. beginning at 7:l» o’cloeg.
flr.mnr O. Nordllng. Master,
f has. IS. Nagbel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tua»
dura of each mnnth.
At S o’clock. I. O. O. r. Ra!L
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLINU, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
MBClhB RS COUNCIL Xa.
17*0. Meetings second
and laat Mondays at 7:M
^ p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers.
Fifth Street John F. Mullen, Q. K.
,J. L. McCloskey. Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradforg
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaaka.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month tt I f. a,
Elks' i-oage Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. B.
Mansi, Post Adjutant, Phone 195.
LOYAL ORDER 01
M008E.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meats every Friday
night, 8 o’clock,
Moone Hall. B. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. 11. Stevenn
Secretary.
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WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneaa 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. I
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS Of
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
i Meets last Thursday of every
I month. Social hour with mem
! hers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
1 Mrs. Lottie Splckett, President,
i Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
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The road to success begins at the Savings Window.
How early you attain success depends on how
often you deposit. H&ny of our oaptains of industry
owe their success in a large part to the habit of
thrift acquired in youth. Have you started your boy ^
in the right direction t
The B. ML Behrends Bank
7UHXAU, AIJtSTA, I