ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOSH W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER
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SHOWING LEADERSHIP
CHARACTERISTICS.
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^rdjjjident Harding i.- thawing all the elements of ]
fc84*u4s;a in his fight tor the World Court. In the <
ipite'of tht opposition of Senator Ijodge, Chairman of
the Firt' sti ilif laittons Committee of the United States
Sra f, of Sep:.-tor Moses, Senator Watson, the eo
cjIK— p, pgr O': lye Bice of Senators, Chairman Adams
4' kiaub: can National Committee, Frank Mun
cry'■ Weri- Joik Herald, Sun and Telegram and otnerj
c.’(nici)t9, iA./ti• = c wn party, hells going right ahead,
apjn iliifg td the masses for inis support. Mis cam
paign recalls the campaign made for the anti-race
rack merts(ifo; by Governor Hughes, of the various
tight-',made Jor railroad legislation and other things
by Preridi i it Roosevelt and some of the campaigns
cendu clod by C .vernor and President Wilson. Ha
is showing courage and tenacity such as has made
(popular loaders in the past.
That the conscience of the Nation is with the
Prc ident there seems no reason to question. The
cirrumetnnea that moot of the Senators and leaders
cd the oppr .ltion party are with him in the contest I
lias dive tc J it cif partisan character. That he will!
win there c-cc-mo no good reason to douibt.
A POWERFUL ARGUMENT.
The K ward Gateway thinks the circumstance that!
the poll taxes for the Bristol Bay district were col-!
lected two or three times by men appointed from the
First Division 'is a strong argument in favor of the
removal of the capital of Alaska. That is certainly a
powerful argument!
The First Divirion got most of her high officials{'
from the Second and Third Divisions. W'hat boaring j
hfcs that on the lot-: *ion of flie capital?
Let it bo said, however, that the First Division i
la not particularly complaining because of the In
vasion from Ncme, Anchorage and elsewhere, for she
g» l some inlondid citizens and good officials 1
through lit.
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR HIGH TAXES?
The responsibility for the rising cost of govern-!
meat cannot be laid wholly upon Congress. Prodded '
and goaded by organized minorities, the Federal Gov-:
-eminent has been undertaking a variety of duties
which. a few generations ago, were commonly con
sidered to pertain to the SlateB or the municipali
ties, or to the citizen himself. Old bureaus and de- -
iporments have been expanded in a marvelous fash- :
ion, and to saUrfy the demands of these minorities, i
■new bureaus and committees have been created. Each ,
-new departure brought with it a new set of offices,]
a now set of employees, and a new set of bills, which!
the public has been obliged to pay. For while it may
Bometiimes seem passible to get something from the ]
Government Par nothing, in tlie end the Government;
always presents a hill. As Bourke Cockran said in]
hlr, last speech, “The Government has nothing of its1!
own thut it can give. What it offers,- it must take 1
from us. There is no magic source from which these '
huge appropriations can flow." The only source from
which appropriations can be taken is the pocket of :
the citizen. 1
Listening to the proponents of the Federal educa
tion bill, for instance, gentlemen who ask “only
$100,000,000 yearly” to begirt with, one might think
thnt the Federal Government has a number of private
gold mines, or that it can l-atse money simply by
printing it. The tcon we learn that the Govern
ment lias no money, except what it takes from us,
the sooner will the minorities continually attacking
the Federal Treasury be smitten root and branch,
“Whatever Washington offers, It must tuke
from us.”
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DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
Billy Sunday urges the Government ito tear down |
the flog from the copl'tol at Albany and to rub one!
eLar out of the flag. He declared that the axitton [
of New York in repealing her prohibition enforce
ment law has left only 47 States In the Unlo.n "It
Is now the United Staitoj of America, U«:ia New York,"
he says.
On the oilier hand, Representative Fred A. Brit-!
ten, for many years a leadring Republican Congress- j
pian from Illinois, oomtn noting upon the action said: |
"It’s splendid "
Most Senators and Representatives, say the papers, I
refuse to ccmiment upon the proposition at all.
The Catit is that most people, aside from Billy I
Sunday and Fred H rid ten, seem to think the whole;
mftter is one that chiefly concerns Now York, Sliej
had a right to do as she pkuces about it. This is not
the flrrt tfunc a Si itc Imis refuted to r.id in enforcing
a Ocn UuUon.il ;,nundtmcnt. In fact, many other
States have taken utticn :o make difficult the en
fc-rcetner.it cf C >n ' ituitlonjl amendments and Federal
statute:- im I under the Constitution and upheld
by the Supreme Court.
In hit- metnuu aiidum giving Ids reasons for diguing
the repeal bill Governor Smith calk particular atten
tion to the oirciunrtance that the repeal does not j tl
make the liquor traffic legal in New York, that thol
Ighieenth Amendment and the Volstead Act are ■
till the law of tbe land ami ithat it la the duty of
cace officers to enforce them. Me says the only
ifference in that when arrests are made by peace
fficcrr of the State now those arrested must be turned
ver to the Federal authorities for trial. Heretofore I
tioec arrested by State officers have been tried in
tate courts and prosecuted by State Attorneys.
If the reformerr who declare for the enforcement
f the Volstead Act to the letter on the ground that b'
hey believe In the enforcement of the Constitution
f the country are in good faith why don't they
lvc uip a Vclrteid Act to enforce the Fifteenth
intendment. It, too. Is a part of the Constitution. w
We now heve a Mothers Day, and a great day
1 is, and we have Father’s Day and Boys' Wepk.
Jow when the daughters, husbands, wives, cousins,
unts, uncles and grandparents are eared for we shall
e where wo were in the beginning, disregarding
olidays, working for them all and doing something
a got cats for ourselves.
Uncle Frank Cannon.
(Anchorage Times.)
Rarely If ever have more "mourners gone about
he street" lhan today. The lion. Frank B. Cannon
s dead. The Grand Old Man of Knik passed to his
ust regard yesterday and death came quietly and
leacofully. This is just; he was entitled to a peace
ul end; he If entitled to the blessings of the hcrc
fter, for Alaska has never known a more upright,
more lovca'blo character. While death was not
inoxpeoted there are hundreds In Anchorugc who
Incorely regret the departure from this world of
,'ncle Frank Cannon. It oan truly be said that "none
;new him but to love him." Hospitality and gen
erosity are synonymous terms when applied to him;
harltable in thought and action Uncle Frank really
tved for others; he was man's friend, a friend to
ivory one and everything. Memory will depart before
incle Frank is forgotten; many deeds of kindness
md .mercy remain untold, but not forgotten. The
luality of mercy 1n bis case was "not strained; tt
,vas his nature, to do good and to live good.” Uncle
Prank was so endowed with 'those sterling qualltica
;ions that all who knew him "could stand before the
world and say—-this was a man!"
Wo will miss him, hut we will never forget
him; and wo who did have the pleasure of his ac
luaintanoo know full well that in the end Uncle
Prank, faithful to Ills trust, wrapped the cloak of
i glorious manhood around him and "laid down to
ileasant dreams.”
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Tax on Retting.
(New York Tribune.) r
In his budget speech the British Chancellor of the 1
Exchequer declared that a betting tax presented p
‘many attractions." He was not ready to propoeo It c
localise it had not been sufficiently studied. But now
i feloct committee of the House has been appointed o
'to consider the question of Imposing a tax on bet- a
ing, and to reiKirt whether such a duty Is desirablel I
iml practicable." There are nineteen members of it he I c
tom mi t tec, Including four Socialists. Public hearings'll
ire to be held, and it Is the desire of the Govern-|s
r.ent that the work may be got through as rapidly a
is por ible so that a report may be laid before Par-jt
lament during the present session. a
That a large revenue could he raised by a tax on t
letting in England no one denies. It is a truly H
lational custom. It may go against certain con
■eptlons of public, morals, and certainly. In some of
ts manlfer.tatiions, is in violation of the gaming acts.1
nit It would take something more powerful than even
i heavy tax to eradicate It. Since the subject cainejt
ip. a clergyman has said that he could not consider t
t a sin for a workingman to put a shilling on ai
lorto occasionally. To ithis Punch soberly rejoins|r
hat It has known many horses on whom It would be 1'
i nin to put as much as sixpence. But whether the
iractlco he thought vicious or not. It is so ingrained a
md widespread and Involves such enormous sums of h
noney that it Is not strange If taxgatherer3 feel an r
ireatottlblo Impulse to levy upon it. a
Our Leading Industr.y
(Yakima Republic.)
The growth of population. Industry and wealth in
he United States nre subjects frequently paraded, 'but
ve have overlooked the real phenomnon, which is the
;rowtli of government. Americans are perhaps the
nost governed people in the world.
Natlcn. elate, county and city .all bestow a share
md take a share of tribute.
And government makes a huisincc.3 for Itself
t\ henever we see It, we see it growing, expanding
■< producing itself. Whenever « seed of It falls in'
mil however harren, It shoots up and Hewers, a full
)Ioom pliant, almont overnight.
Millions oi Americans live on government; derive
heir supporl from the organizations society has
ormod to col loot and spend the public revenues to
nake and enforce laws and to administer the common
Government, then, is a leading American industr
' contemporary conclude*. No other Industry r
cives and spends such a revenue, employs such nur
>ers or contributes no little to the national wealt
Probably America will have to find a way uom
ime to check the growth of government, or It w
nonopolizo the soil and choke all other growtl
I ho wealth-producing industries cannot keep pa
"tth It. Senator Smoot has said that if Oongri
'els up a new government bureau with three of
lals and *26.000, It will, within ,a very short tin
io?lare'° 2° tll,n0S 111811 SiZe 'and re<luirc a milll
To have more government than we need is Ju
is wasteful as to prepare more food for dinner tin
Ve oat.
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Mexkrarm plan ito have landowners ae^ees their
TtPlnVCr {axaUon> an<1 'f the valuation is too
' ! ,nk<; 11 (v,'r- This was first done about thirty
care ago in New Zealand, where a number of largo
md under-valued cutes fell into the hands of the
•oi crninent and were cut up into email farms.—(San
'rancitco Bullttn.)
i A ber <>f the Hou<-'e of Commons the ether
■ ay called a fellow member a Mar. The shining
xamiple of the American Congress 1s not without its
(foot abroad.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
^ a good example of a wholly negllgbile thing
on.nldor an attack by Eugene V. Debs upon William
toward Taft. — (Detroit Free Pres®.)
Senator Borah docs not seem absolutely sure of
ie reason for being an, buit knows positively that he
1 a gain nt the World Court.—(Indianapolis News.)
President Harding is in favor of abolishing war
rowiT)°dy °a" 8tan<1 wlth h‘i,m on that.—KChioago
According to demonstrations to date. Communism
mounts to putting misery in the common store amt
i cry body having some.—(Dallas News.)
Of every 1 000 person* in the city, 582 are under
Mriy years of age and the other 418 appear to be
(New York Post.)
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ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
By SAM HUL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
People slept lust as well. If not
itter, in the days before silk pa
mas ever had been dreamed of.
The Ananias Club
“Yes,” said Mrs. Henpeck, "I al
ays go to the place Henry picks
it for us to speVid our vaiation.
What People Worry About
How you can afford It.
How you get It.
How you get away with It.
How you can stand him—or her.
How many new hats and dresses
iu buy, etc. etc.
Fool Questions
G. M. B. asks: "Is the shoemak
•’s blrthstone a cobblestone?
Watson, Whaddya Say About This
A news Item says that in Hungary
ie legal age of an individual dates
om baptism. But suppose he never
as baptized, wouldn't he have any
je at all? That would just suit the
dies, who don't care for birthdays,
lyway. w;
Living In a Glass House
"How silly the Indiana were to ex
hange valuable lands and skins for
few worthless glass beads,” re
larked Mr. Grouch, who was read
lg up on history.
"Oh, T don’t know." retorted his
dfe. "1 could name' a man not a
tiousand miles from here, who only
ecently exchanged S.000 good Ameri
an dollars for a lot of worthless
iraste paper called oil stock."
Vivisection Camp
(From AlpIna .Daily News via
W. B. T.)
WANTED—Men to cut by the piece,
lert McMillan, Camp Leer.
Friendly Philosophy
Success is a psychological factor
ather than a material one, and in
mnenstty or minuteness is all de
endent upon the person personally
nneerned.
Recently, while strolling through
ne of the rural districts, I noticed
man in a field singing as he toiled,
ipon answering my query as to the
ause of his happiness he waved his
and toward a cozy cottage, clean
wept stables and well-tilled acres
nd said: "To possess a home like
his has been my life-long ambition,
nd only yesterday I paid off the
ist penny on the mortgage; I have;
ucceeded at last." —J.E.F. i
If It Fits—
There is nothing more over worked ;
lian a four-party line, unless It Is
he line of least resistance.
There are (tool many second mar
luges for us ever to believe people
tarn anything from experience.
The poor but, proud these days
re the ones who would rather go
ead over heels in debt to buy a
eal car than to be seen riding
round in a ffiw^gr. i
Before he is ntgrried, when a fel
iw has to choose between love and
uty, love gets first call. After he
as celebrated Ills tin wedding love
oesn't have a look-in.
It isn't modesty that keeps a lot
f men front boasting about the
lings they have done. Things like
lese call for silence and plenty of
We know it never pays to rejoice
ver another man's misfortune, but
Is mighty hard to squeeze out
ven any crocodile tears when one
f these wise guys gets it In the
eck.
Girls are privileged to dress as
hey darn please, that’s why they
an get away with summer furs,
tut wearing a hot coat all summer
t the penalty a PBUow has to suf
ir for having been born a man.
The male of the species Is so un
easonabzle that when the home team
ises he goes home and treats his
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| flrat-claae cleaning and dyeing. j
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
O. Meldner. Professional Dyer 1
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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We are 'expert in *
‘‘ORNAMENTAL CONSTRUC
TIVE WATER-PROOF
CONCRETE.”
and the common wet kind also. !
Willoughby Ave., near Ball- |
grounds. Esi alb 11 shed Twenty 1
years. Phone 32 !
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO, I
COMPANY 1
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and Stores
and
wife as though she was responsible
Cor it.
We never expect to join the pessi
mists until men begin wearing ear
rings.
When the mqlern girl picks out
the ten books she likes best the cook
book is conspicuous by its absence.
Daily Sentence Sermon
It’s better to be covered with
glory than with the mantle of char
ity.
News of the Names Club
You usually go to a barber shop
for one, but you'll find A. Shave in
the wallpaper business in Cleveland.
It is Interesting these hot days
to read that Rimer Qoldsnow has
just been married in Kansas City.
But. by the way did you ever hear
of a hot snow?
Sister Now Her Mother
Through Marriage.
Mrs*. Gil'bert U. Tucker, former
ly Mies Evelyn Dodge, of Pea
body, Maasachusots, has married
the son of her sister's husband
and now is entitled to call her sis
'ter "mother." Relatives of the
couple are drying to figure out a
score or more complicated rela
tionships.
YOUR "Umistn* «SSiSTS—that
typewriter, musical Instrument, fur
niture, office fixture or appllanc^~
are marketable, for cash, through
the classified columns of The Empire.
AUTOS FORHIRE
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WHEN IN NEED OF A TAXI
Call Collins
Seven passenger touring car.
Stand Trinagle Shoe Shine Par
lor. Phone 186. Res. Phone 281.
Miller’s Taxi Service
TWO CARS
Stand Alaskan Hotel
PHONE—SINGLE 0
Blackie’s Taxi
ANY WHERE—ANY TIME
Stand Arctic Pool Room
PHONE 444
Billy’s Taxi
Day and night service.
Stand at the Grill.
Phone 472.
Auk Bay Stage
Leaves U. & I. Cafe for Auk
Bay 6 P. M., Saturday only,
returning 6:30. Special trip at
any time. Round trip $2.60
CALL
Berry’s Auto Service
for that seven-pasenger 1923 ,
Cadillac touring car. Stand at !
Gastineau Hotel. Popular
prices.. f
T ARCTIC BATHS
Without exception the beat
Turklah Baths in Alaska.
j Give us a trial and you will be
come a regular customer.
W. H. Lott,
Proprietor. So. Front St.
ALASKA COAL
FOR ALASKANS
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—No toot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
PROFESSIONAL
Dri. Kaser & Freebnrger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE N
Hoar* > i n. tt 1 p. m.
Dr. Cbarle* P. Jam
DENTIST
Room* 8 and 9 Vawntlne Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Ree. 108.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rea, Phone 276
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
DR R. N. DONAHEY
Some Good Service as In the
Post
iiUTESO^ DoNAHEf
Ootical(omp«S^
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
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fraternal Societies
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Gastineau Channel
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Meeting Wed need ay
Evening* at 8:00
o’clock, Elka’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Kite
Regular meeting* j
second and fourth I
Fridays each month ‘
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O, Oa Wm
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. S A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Qrand|
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
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PERSEVERANCE REBEXAM
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every flrat and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8 P.M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON.
N. O. ALPHONSINE CARTER.
Secretary. j
MOUNT JONEAB LODE*
No. 147, F. a A. M.
Stated Commimjcation
Second and Fourth Monday*
of each Month. In Odd Fellc-~a
Hall, beginning at 7:1* o'clock.
Homer G. Nordling, Master.
Chris. E. NagheL Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth TM>
dura of tack muth.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hail
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NOUDLINU, Secretary.
KNIGHTS* OF
COLUMBUS
8BOHER8 COUNCIL We.
lT'U. Meeting* **oo*d
and laat Monday* at T:M
p. m. Transient Broth
er* urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, O. K.
J. L. McCloskey. SecreUry.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday,
each month at 8 f. m,
Riks’ ixxige Room. John F. Starr,
Poet Commander, Phone 973; 0. E.
Mami. Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meet* every Friday
Bight, 8 o’clock,
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Steven*
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; Mr*. A
F. McKInaon, Secretary.
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AUXILIARY, PIONEER! OV
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Lodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
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WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGIN
The road to success begins at the Savings Window.
How early you attain success depends on how
often you deposit. Many of our captains 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?
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUMEAU, ALASKA. I^»
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