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CLEAN-UP AND PAINT-UP JUNEAU.
Then should be general support tor the Clean-uj
and Paint-up campaign that has been proposed b>
the City Council and endorsed by the Chamber ol
Commerce. Juneau will soon ho filled with visitor;
from all parts of the country. Many of them will b<
■high officers of the Government, including, according
to present plans, the President of the United States
I* is very desireathle that Juneau present us pleasing
an appearance as possible. It may mean a great deal
to the town in the future if that appearance should
favorably impress these visitors.
Unsightly debris should he removed from vacant
lots and back yards and alleys, and all who can do so
should paint the buildings that need it—and that
many do need it is obvious.
Not only should the 'Clean-up and Paint-up cam
paign be supported for the purpose of pleasing tin
town’s visitors but it should be done because it wil
make living in Juneau more agreeable and healthful
Let everybody aid in the good work.
IS IT NECESSARY TO BE EITHER?
George Brandes, the Danish author, commends th<
United States on account of the attiude of self-crlti
cism of the American people, and contrasts that t<
the self-satisfaction of some of the peoples of Europe
He declares that it would be impossible for peopl
to get away with national self-criticism in Denmarl
and Norway and other countries in Europe like th
thing is done in the United States. The Danis]
writer thinks Americans are not satisfied with any
thing at homo at all.
This comment causes one to ask, occasionally "i
it necessary for a country or people to be habitual):
self-critical, to be National pessimists, on the om
hand or to be National egotists or blow-hards on th<
ether?" Has Mr. Branded ..measured the true value
or leak of value, of ihsi disposition in America tc
condemn everything that is? Is it not a fact that
his abhorrence of the vanity he sees closer at hom<
caused him to have an exaggerated Idea of the merit
cf constant self-complaint?
In the first place, however, Mr. BrandeH has mis
Judged American sentiment. He has mistaken louc
voices of malcontents for the real sentiment of tin
country. A groat deal of this noise is made by peoplt
who have come from Europe to this country and noi
liked what they have found. More, perhaps, is made
by people who sec their only chance for politics
preferment through this system. However, the grea
majority of Americans are passing, if, indeed, the:
have not already passed, from the period of youthfu
conceit and boasting which will not see, or, if seeing
w!,l net admit t}iat anything in their country conic
be less than 100 per cent, perfect. Americans art
b'coming broader as their country matures, and they
are quite ready to admit that t'hore may be some
thing elsewhere that Is as good, or even better, than
somethings at home.
»THE LEGISLATURE—AND THE SOLID
THIRD.
It will take sometime to digest and pass upon lh<
quality of the work of the Sixth Alaska Legislature
I. will be necessary to judge some of it by experienci
with It before rendering final decisions. The dis
tingutshing feature of the session was the volume o
■work done, and the Industry of the Legislature wil
not all bo apparent from the long list of bills
memorials, resolutions, etc., pussed. A great deal o
energy and time was expended in discqssion of pro
posed legislation that failed. Quite a number of thee
proposals were radical and freak bills, etc.
Perhaps the best work of the Legislature was dom
by those members who unrelentingly fought tiles,
radical and freaks proposals and did their best t<
hold down the appropriations and the taxes—both o
which aro too high by far. In fact, the Legislator,
was generous to the point of extravagance In dis
burslng the public, revenues. The appropriations ougli
to have been several hundred thousand dollars los.
than they were. The result of this extravaganc.
in making appropriations was a marked advance it
tax rates on the salmon packers and mines—an un
necessary addition to their burden.
In the fight against freak legislation and high ap
proprlations and taxation most conspicuous among
the members was the solid Third Division delegation
It stood at all times for sanity, stability and en
lightened progress, and for sound 'business principles
in handling public funds and levying taxes It op
posed unreasonable regulation of business through
taxation, was against the schemes of politicians to
get control el the Territorial machinery, at 'he cost
of responsibility in the government, through tile
difunion of authority.
The fight conducted bv the solid Third Division
dclgeation and Senators Ayer and Hunt, and Hep
rcsentatives Shepard, who always stood like the rock
of Gibraltar for sanity and comon sense, Polley,
Daly, Raelson, Keys and Johnston for the Foster
Literacy Bill will go down in Alaska history a« a
notable contest for uogresaive legislation. It is to
the credit of the Legislature that fourteen of the
I twenty-four members supported this measure.
Senators Chamberlin and Dimond. and 'Representa
tives Foster. Murray, Price and Staser, who con
stituted the Third Division delegation, are mentioned
particularly, not because there were not others who
' stood as strongly as they for sanity and good busl
: ness sense, but because they made up a complete
, Divional delegation—the "Solid Third.”
Senator Chamberlin is one of the members of the
last Legislature who will be a candidate for re-elec
tion. according to his friends, who declare that he
will be unable to withstand the pressure that is
being brought to bear upon him to run again.
Senator Chamberlin has served through two sessions
of the Legislature, and he has been a straightforward
and capable member.
If all the reports that travelers bring west are
Mtrue it hardly needed the repeal of the New York
"prohibition enforcement law to cause the peace
officers of the Empire Stae to refrain from giving
enthusiastic aid to the Federal prohibition enforce
ment staff.
This is a good time to remember that every fly
killed in May means fewer flies later In the season.
Swat the fly!
Mr. Mellon Proves Too Much.
(New York World.)
Secretary Mellon finds that the March Income
tax collections alone on the -business of 1922 ex
ceed by $70,000,000 the collections of both income
and excess-profits taxes for March last year on the
business of 1921. He notes that the larger collections
have followed the repeal of the excess-profits taxes |
and a reduction of the maximum surtax rate from
65 to 60 per cent., and he believes that the revenue
‘result flows directly from the Congressional action,
-lie accordingly renews his former recommendation of
a maximum surtax rate reduced to 26 per cent.,
which by the same token would further Improve busi
ness and enlarge taxable incomes all around.
The argument is Impressive. But if It' is sound
it is just as strong for a scaling down of rates
to include the small incomes as well as the big
ones. The Secretary is especially solicitous for
j that fund of free capital constantly emerging from
industry through new investments. We should all be
I solicitous about it. But the Secretary seems to think
! that only the savings of the very wealthy replenish
this fund.
J This is wrong. Tho rich are not the only ones
who save. The great body of income-tax payers
are savers in their smaller way. But their sav
ings do not appear in the investment market with
any indtviduail ostentation. They appear more through
the savings-banks and the insurance companies and
I so on, and the aggregate is tremendous. Ask any
i bond market about its comparative weight. The reply
| will he that it far outweighs the Investment savings
jol all the millionaires of the country put together.
Why not, then, advise a out in tax rates on
j small incomes as well?
President and Alaska.
(Philadelphia Public Ledger.)
Unraveling the twisted skein of Alaskan juris- j
cllctic.n, one of the objects of President Harding’s i
■ lr|P to the northern Territory this summer, is not
- going to bo the easiest thing in the world.
, One member of the Government, in discussing the
' various bureaus that are involved in the administra
tion of afTalrs, said that the situation was just as
. -if the administration of the white bears were con
’i trolled by the War Depratmont, the brown bears
| under tho jurisdiction of the Interior Department
i a‘>d the black bears governed by the Department of
• Agriculture.
| Some of the problems that arise through this
i diversity of power prove just as embarrassing as
; if the Administration had all three varieties of
,, bears by the tail. President Harding has let it bo
l known that he is going to take some of the members
,of his Cabinet along with him to study the problem
! first hand.
The supposition is that Socrotary Hoover, Sec
Iretary Work and Secretary Wallace would be tho
triumvirate accompanying the Chief Executive when
- the pilgrimage is made finally.
The Pull.
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(Ketchikan News.)
Everyone knows that magic word.
I Pull.
It_ is the uniworthy foeman to Push. It is the
strangler of Ambition, it is the thief of impulse.
Throw it away from you, friend, whenever it
presents its leprous self. Strike it down when it
presents Its fawning face. Banish It from before you
ere Its leering, lecherous lips frame the invitation
, that begins your decline, down the scale to social,
I political and industrial oblivion.
The Pull in our national life of endeavor Is
es great an enemy as dope-bad and hellish as that
Is. The Pull insinuates Itself In the good graces
of the complaisant and the unususpecting and gains
possession of the citadel of your self poise ■ without
i warnings that come with narcotic evils. It has not
the honor of a rattlesnake, which at least warns of
Its impending strike.
The word Pull Is a much used phrase in these
’ days of mental indolence, hut in its very oommoness
'jit is the greatest menace.
I j Beware of Pull and the man who uses It.
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Guide Offered to Harding.
» (New York World.)
President Harding, If ho visits Alaska this sum
, nier, will be a guest there at stations of the Pre3
i byterian Hoard of Home Missions, Dr. John A. Mar
, quis, General Secretary, announced yesterday.
Piloting the Presidential party on the proposed
tour of mission stations will be Dr. S. Hall Young
,ct Hed Hank, N. J., pioneer missionary in Alaska.
Under the direction of Dr. Young, the Presbyter
ian Board covers the entire territory, working
i through twenty-two organized churches, fourteen sta
: tions and a hospital at Point Barrow, known as the
station nearest the North Pole.
So far there is no indication that anybody has
been seared by Mr. Bryans declaration that wealth
is a disease.—(Toledo Blade.)
- GirI wbo broke dance record was pronounced
afterward by a doctor to be all right physically,
i Possibly he didn't pass on her mentality.— (Pttts
; burgh Gazette-Times.)
There s a brighter side. If ancient Egyptian
styles died out once no doubt they will again_
(Baltimore Sun.)
Washington announces that the proposal for tax
reductions is to be postponed. We thought it was too
good to be true.—(Kansas City Star.)
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., refuses to consider the Vice
^ Ty; Wh,ch he caIlB choloroform.
Toddy Senior stood that anaesthetic no-bly.—(Chicago
News.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
4-L
Observation! of Oldest Inhabitant
The oWjfa3Woncd woman who used
to urgo her hu iband Ito keep up the
payments on his life insurance now
has a daughter who has to urge her’s
to keop up Sho (payments on the ali
mony.
The Ananias Club
•‘.Vo,” admitted the detective, who
had beon assigned to the latest mur
der ca.se, "wo haven't a Single clue,
and there Isn’t a chance In the world
of our getting the murderer within
the next day or two.”
In Luck
•’Brown doesn't scorn to roalize how
many faults he has." remarked Jones.
"Why should he? Ho hasn't a -wife
to keep [Jointing thorn out all the
time," a mapped Henry Peek.
Something in His Name
A Wont Virginia reader says when
they want an appropriation from the
State Legfstottirc they have to Cohan
C. Arnold. He's Chairman of the
Finance Committee.
Fool Questions
T. E. W. asks: "Do they mean It
Is ‘raining cats and dogis' when they
Speak of it as (beastly weather?
Lot of Them Like That
“Why do you speak of your hus
band as a theory?" tusked the caller,
■'Boo;.use ihe so seldom works, ’
snapped Mrt. Lazybones.
Why Ladies Do Not Patronize Public
Library More
The sign on every wall:
SILENCE
Tipps—Steed
(Marriage ililcense in Detroit Free
Press.)
Ploys Tlpps, 21. and Howard E.
Stood, 26, Detroit.
No Nature Fake
It may satin'd foolish, but
This Tact I’d have you note:
A man 'feels sheepish when
He finds he is the goat.
Another Wonder of the Age
'An inventor has combined a gaso
line cigar tighter with a pencil hold
er-—News Item.
Pa’s Idea of It
"Pa.” said Clarence, “what do they
tneian by out of the frying pan into
the fire?"
"Divorcing a striking blonde and
marrying a red-beaded widow, I
guess,” replied his dad.
If It Fits—
A -man feels like a bloated bond -
holder whon he can afford a Sunday
suit and extra pair of shoes.
You can’t understand or ploase a
woman, but you can lovo her, and
that’s aill that is necessary.
Our guess Is that it would have
been easier for pld Diogenes to have
found hi3 iron oat man than a girl
who was pretty and didn’t know it.
Whenever you hear 'a man speiking
off a thing as “good business" you
can belt it is? bad for tho- other follow.
Explanations never are easy to
make, but the hardest -are those you
lm-ve tJo make to your wife.
Homo gardens would be more suc
cessful if the weeds in them got as
much attention as a pretty widow’s
woods got.
Notwithstanding tihe fight tho new
women are making for—-whatever it
is they are fighting for—-we’ll bet
Cupid and tho stork will last as long
as the old world does.
The average kid Will enjoy his
mmis more when they pass a law
compelling parent 'to servo cake in
stead of bread 'with the meals.
Wo are wUlin-^Uo -bet a week's sal
ary What tho glill who can dance 60
HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans”
Price* reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. U. flODQDON, Manager
It'* all In knowing HOW to do
flrat-clase cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
O. Meldner, Rrofeeslonal Dyer
and Clranir. Phone 177.
T the makino of concrete f
is a matter of proper materials |
together with engineering skill.
Both are our asset*.
Established Twenty Years ,
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
I COMPANY
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Mom, Fftcki and Itorea Freight
and limit.
Frompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
Army Officer Awarded
28 War Medals.
Major E. E. Hume, at present
attached to the Medical Corps of
tho United States, has just been
awarded his -8th war medal, the
Distinguished Service Medal, for
meritorious work in France. He
has been decorated by England,
France, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Po
land, Rumania and otiier Euro
pean nations.
hours would bo a physical wreck if
dho had no spend a half hour over
tho wa;;htuib.
Tho number of divorcees who re
marry would seem to Indicate broken
hearts are t'lie eas'est tiling in the
world to mend.
Daily Sentence Sermon
When the tongue is hitting on all
six tho brain usually is missing on
the samo number.
News of the Names Club
China Waro is -the daughter of
Thomas n. Warn, of Montreal. Write
your own wheeze.
ATTENTION WOMEN OF MOOSE
HEART LEGION.
Regular meeting of the Women of
Mdosolieart Legion will be held this
evening at Moose Hall. Every mem
ber is requested to be present, as
final arrangements are to be made
for the funeral of Mrs. Stokes.
MRS. A. F. M’KINNON,
—adv. Secretary.
NEW DRIVER.
Charles Miller announces that VV.
I. Kcffer is now a driver for the
Miller Taxi service and that the
service is now open day and night.
—adv.
Wm. D. Perkins & Co.
Bankers
211 Cherry St. Alaska Bldg
Seattle. j
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DEALERS IN
Municipal Bondi
County Warrants
First Mortgages
Safe Deposit Vaults
6 per cent to 8 per cent Interest
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JAPANESE TOY SHOP
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1. S. MARINO
Front Street I
P. 0. Box SIS for Mail Orders t
TRY OUR.
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor.
USED FUR NITURI
Bought, Sold end Exchanged
H. B0C0VICH
211 Seward st.
Telephone 441. P. O. Box 111 i
-e
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWXR
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Van Atta’s old
•tend) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large stocks on
Ladysmith eo«L
Nanaimo ooeV
PACIFIC COAST
COMPANY
Phone 411.
COAL
PROFESSIONAL T
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bide.
PHONE M
Hour* » a. m. to 9 p. m.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. U.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rea. Phone 276
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
B-a
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates 13.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
DR. R. N. DONAHEY |
Some Good Service as in the
Past
HuTESON-DOKAltttf
Optical G>mpa[*y'' •'
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
fraternal Societies
-or
Gastineau Channel
o . ms
i(Mtli| Wsdneaday
UrMlnn at 8:00
o'clock. Elk*' Hall.
Charles P. Jen ns.
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
i, o, o, r,
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. t A
Meeets every Thursday at I P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE R PRETAX
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 I’ M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON.
N. O. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LODES
No. 11T. r. E A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Felicia
Will, berlnnli'g at T:l» o’clock.
Homer G. Nordling, Master.
Chas. E. Lagbel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Time
days of each month.
At 8 o’clock. 1. O. O. F. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
MEGHER8 council MS.
17<U. Meetings second
and last Monday a at 7:M
^ w p. m. Transient Broth
ra urged to attend. Councl 1 Chambers.
Ifth Street. John F. Mu.len, O. K.
. L. McCloskey, Secretary .
AMERICAS LEGION
Alford John Bradfortf
Post No.. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at I y. el
Elks' *i»age Room. John B\ Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. S.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phons 191.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 9 o'clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Sterena
Secretary.
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WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION i
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, S
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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" AUXILIARY, PIONEER! 0V
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
1 Mrs. Lottie Splckett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
THE CALL
OF SPRING
••r* *
With the return of spring nature awakens to a
new life. New ambitions are also bom within us.
New opportunities are given now that do not come
again in the winter season. Why not take a lesson
from nature and prepare for the winter of life by
saving out of the abundance of today. We will help
you in our Savings Department. A dollar is enough
to begin with.
The B. M. Behrends Bank >
7UHXAU, ALASKA. *