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BRYAN’S RETIREMENT—AND CLEVELAND
'1 lie. cuipcn. ion <f Bryan's Commoner is geuerallj
■lccked upen as marking the retirement cf Willian
J. Bryan from politics. His place In political liistcrj
i nil his service to his parts are, therefore, the sub'
jocla of much editorial comment. His quarrel witl
the Cleveland Admini: tration and the relative valut
of the services of Cleveland and Bryan to countr;
end party furnish topics for the writers.
The difff.icnce between Cleveland and Bryan ii
tiiat between a constructive statesman and a crilii
and fault-finder. Naturally, therefore, it was tin
difference between a conservative and radical. A
constructive mind must be conservative must hole
on to that which has been proved to be good. A
critic need not be conservative because he does not
build. Cleveland redeemed the country from the low
i.tuto into which it had fallen when, tlie war ovet
and rcconstruotion accomplished, it became the loot
hall cf practical politicians. He made living t rut lit
of tlie axioms, "a public office si a public trust,
"unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation,” "a treas
ury surplus is. a dangerous thing." He reintroducec
sterling hontsty into the public service, business
methods in government and popularized tariff reform
Bryan did nothing but talk. He never had hut om
opportunity at public service alter lie became a na
tlonul character and at the first sign of a crisis hi
lay down and quit. Wilson made him Secretary o
Stale and when grave consequences seemed to threat
en he resigned ills job and wont out to talk somt
more.
When we consider their respective services to tlieii
party, Cleveland again appears in the brighter light
Cleveland's services to his party are today almoa
1 forty years after bis first election to t lie President;
—a valued uss< t. It was Cleveland's robust charade
oud censiblo record tin t brought to his party's supperi
Itaymond's Now York Times, which had made suet
a hard fight against human slavery ami Tammany
Hamilton's and Bryant's Now York Post, the Spring
field Republican, Harper's Weekly, the Independent
and other well known publications. He proved the
administrative capacity and sifnity of his party. On
the other hand, while he brought into temporary
political affiliation with hia party a nondescript
bunch of inflationists and dissatisfied theorists of var
ious rchoe Is and a lot of office-seekers, who quit the
parly at the moment that success seemed out of the
question, he drove thousands of the bed Democrats
out rf-the parly and many others out of public life.
Today there is a demand everywhere for another
Cleveland to lead the country, and there is every
where very strong approval of Bryan's retirement.
ICE LINE RECEDES.
That the peiniunent ice layer under tlie surface
i credos when the ground is cultivated has been
amply proved by the farmers of the Tatiana Valley
and by the Government agricultural experimental
station::. Commenting upon this a recently issued
bulletin cf the Agricultural Department says:
The permanent ice layer, or stratum of
frozen subsoil, which lies jnst. underneath
the blanket of moss common throughout
much of Alaska and lias led many to believe
that crop production could not ho made
successful there, recedes under cultivation,
ncording to reports from the Federal
agricultural experiment stations in that
Territory to the t'nited States Department
of Agriculture. At the ltampart station,
which is within about 5n miles of the Arctic
Circle, the soil was found to be frozen to
within 8 incites of the surface when the first
clearing was made and the moss removed
in the summer of 1800. The ice layer has
now receded to a depth of t! or 7 feet. A
well was dug some lime ago to a depth of 25
feet on land on the lower Yukon River
which had been under cultivation about 10
years and no permanent ice encountered.
The presence of this frozen subsoil is not
without advantage in the Interior of Alaska
where the rainfall is light and dry seasons
tometime: prevail. At such times the
moisture from below is brought to the roots
of plants by capillarity and crop production
is assured.
MINUTE MEN OF THE CONSTITUTION.
"Snjotniriloii cf political leaders and office-seeker*
to aggre: !ve minority organizations has brought
about a condition In the t'nited States which tlireat
t nt to undermine the Republic, and intelligent clll
acn.-- mutt themselves begin to del.no political ls
cuee.” Tills i the statement ot Gen. Charles G.
Dawes, organizer of the ' Minute Men of the Con
ctitutirn. which already has thousands of members
and is pushing in organization throughout Illinois
and preparing to advance to other States.
■M-aJcritb made up through the combination of
f^ggre. ive "minority organizations" and their intimi
dation of political l aders and . ffice-seekers are near
ly always intolerant and tyrannical. Major!tlet
'Which arr ewayed by zealots with a single purpose
garely result in good government and often in rank:
injustice to the masse?.
A Stjvit.-madc majority in Russia lias killed,
through murder ami starvation, it is estimated, 18,
000,000 people since the beginning of the lust revo
lution there.
Majorities made b.v aggressive followers cf dog
matic religious organizations have persecuted the
Jews for generations in Russia and elsewhere and
have been slaying Armenians for years.
They burned Puritans at the stake in England;
crucified witches and persecuted thoee who did not
worship to the liking of the majority in New Eng
land; I'd Christians to the beasts in Rome, and killed
Christ at Calvary.
It is full time that file United States should be
redeemed from the faddists and the intolerant and
that the reasoned judgment of the rational majority
should ‘define political issues.” God speed General
llawest and his Minnie Men of tiie Constitution.
New York American says Standard and
Associated Oil companies have started oil
drilling at Seward, Alaska. Indications are
that there is a lake of oil under South
eastern Alaska. ( Boston News Bureau.)
The oil drilling referred to is as far from Seward
as South Carolina is from New Ycrk and as far from
Southeastern Alaska as Western s Nebraska is from
the New York American office.
The California Legislature has defeated a bill
! repealing the Teachers’ Tenure Atft, which provides
i hat teachers employed in California schools for two
I years cannot be dismissed except for certain acts of
I immorality, unprofessional conduct or ineompetency.
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Why He Goes to Alaska.
(Boston Transcript.)
! Mr. Taft once went a journey to Panama, which
{supplied him witii information which he afterward
found useful to tile United States, and, before lie be
came Presdlent. Mr. Harding undertook a similar
I journey. Soon Secretary Weeks is sailing for the same
I destination for a like purpose, and the President will
entrain about the fifteenth of June on a tour that
' in expected to take him to Alaska. On his way,
’ j however, Mr. Harding will address various bodies of
citizens on subjects that can be considered to have
political significance if anyone chooses so to inter
■ pret them as some will; and so much discussion lias
tl arisen over this ptia.se of the matter that Alaska it
iself as an objective has been forgotten.
But there has been a good deal of trouble in and
lever Alaska and presumably it la not all settled,
and the President having always been interested in
I the Territory can by a personal visit weigh for
I himself the value of conflicting information. This
' he could do the better it he only went over the geo
; graphical ground and acquired a familiarity with the
most conspicuous phases of the country; but the
j Pres ident need nut be a casual tourist, and his in
, terest in specific subjects can be met with data as
j complete as he desires. Reports from the Territory
I are not as unanimous as the average reader of the
i daily papers would wish, and its possible that even
I the official information leaves some gap to be
! bridged. * * *
With regard to these matters, the President can
j satisfy himself before the Summer ti out. He can
| reconcile conflicting information, acquaint himself
| with the progress of the raiiroud, hear the opinion of
the Alaskan and conform his policy to whatever new
evidence lie secured. Howeve, tlie country may react
j to bis speeches en route ther, it is crtainly likely to
'profit by his investigation.
Charles H. Cosgrove.
(Ketchikan Chronicle.)
! Ketchikan yesterday afternoon, in the deatli ol
j Charles H. Cosgrove, lost a splendid citizen, Alaska
■ lest one of its most able and upright attorneys at
law, many lost a good friend and the family lost a
| loving and tender father and husband. Ail day yes
j terday, a- reports came from the sick bed, it was
| reverence and sympathy that paseersby on the street
, inquired, one of the other, as to ills condition.
As a member of Ibe bar of Alaska, Mr. Cosgrove
I bad few peers and no superiors. There was no mem
| bi r of the bar, no officer or judge of any court who
came in contact with him in an official way that did
j not think his word as good as his bond. ‘'Charlie”
i Cosgrove, in twenty years of practice, played the
J game square. That was his reputation and he valued
that reputation as all men love their lives.
Charlie Cosgrove will be heard so mroe in the
' courts of the land, pleading the cause of his clients
| vigorously and ably as in the past. But bis work,
I his wit, his good cheer, Ills untold acts of charity,
they will live on.
| Aire. Cosgrove and the splendid family which
] lives to mourn the loss of their dear departed hus
band and father, have and will have in full measure
the sympathy of all who knew hint or them.
Preparing for Reciprocity.
(Prince Rupert News.)
1 The Canadian Government is still preparing for
; reciprocity with the United States and Prince Rupert
| will be one of the strong backers in the carrying out
j of such a policy. Being right on the U. S. border
we shul1 welcome anything which will lead to closer
! trade relations. There must, however, be a policy
of ttlve and take and not all rake, as has been the
policy recently. Any just arrangement will meet
with our approval but It must he clearly understood
; that the arrangement must not be made by tilt
stronger power only with a view to injuring tilt
1 business of the weaker.
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What is all tills talk about investigating certain
prophets among the Drys? What worse thing can
you find out about them than that they are Drys';
i—(Now York Tribune.)
It begins to look downright mean for Governor
| Smith to keep hammering Dr. Fess and Senator Cap
; pi r with the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
| when he well knows that they can't hit him back,
i—(Cincinnati Knqulrer.)
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Bishop I.awrcnce of Massachusetts says that the
| church wants more analysis and criticism. The
| church must ho a glutton for punishment.— (New
York Post.)
Statistics show that there is now one telephone
f tor every eight people in America; and experience
j shows that all eight are usually trying to use it at
| once. (Cleveland Plain-Dealer.)
Henry Ford says his cash balances exceed $20(1 -
] OOO.DOO. It doesn’t loook as if Wall Street had much
chance of selling hint u wind shield.—(New York
, Post.)
Senator Reed declares that Harding’s World Court
plan is treason. Coming from Senator Reed this
si amps tho World Court with reason Instead of
tr ason.— (Louisville Courier-Journal.)
This country once had a whisky rebellion, and
now the President is thinking of sending the navy
out on a rum war.— (Detroit Free Press.)
Mr. Bryan, spooking In North Carolina, boosts
Joseph us Daniels for President. Bryan has a Presi
dential impossibility in every state.—(Houtsou Post.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
You Know It
A forward child is .in a
Unpleasant thing; H
But even more so is s
A backward spring. '
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The Ananias Club
"I have built up this magnificent!
business without over having spent ajl
'cent for advertising." declared the
successful merchant.
Natural History
“This item w* hi a res whales suffer 1
a greet deal from rheumatism. How t
can a whale geit rheumatism?" ex
claimed Mrs. Grouch. '
“By getting their fins wet so much,
of course,” snapped her husband.
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Stork Left Them a Little Coal
(Birth Note in St. Louis Globe
Democrat.)
Girls: A. L. and E. Ccal, 4012 La
clede.
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Stand in Line, Fellers! Don’t Crowd
(Ad. in Kenton (O.i Democrat via
R. YV. P.)
WANTED—IF]ve tuns, aged 18 to 21,
•to work in kiss dept. S- Wavne
1 Street plant.
What Makes ’Em Happy
; "A happy home," says Sam Hill,
pin the iCineinnati Enquirer, "is one
; where the wife spends as much time
I fixing ii]i ineals « she dues fixing up
: her hair and complexion."
And, Sam, where the hubby spends
as much for those minis as he does
for his poker chips -Piqua Call.
His Worry
They had borrow ed their neigh
bor's car, and, ^in a moment of ab
sent-mindedness, he had mistaken a!
trediey polo for a pi dostrian. in the
crash tho car was made kindling
wood and he brok • a couple of ribs.
| He was groaning and cussing as he
j tried to crawl from under the wreck.
But, as usual, he and his wife, who
i was unhurt, couldn’t agree on the
: sure thing to worry about.
un, jonn, jonn, wnat are we go
ing to do about Smith’s car?" she
wailed.
“I don't know and don’t care a
blfnkety-blank,” he groaned. “It’s
jSmith’s car; let him worry about it.
j The ribs aro mine, and I’ve got ail I i
I can do to worry about thorn
Ho, Hum!
Well, times have changed,
For now its’ shocking,
For girls to ahow
®o much silk stocking.
English-French
; (Marriage License in Detroit Free
Press.)
Joseph B. English, 24; Mae L. |
i French, 21.
Another international alliance, eh?
Turks Are Lucky, at That
Blinks—“They 3ay Turks caught
dninking are given 30 lashes.”
Jinks—“Well, over here the fellow
who drinks is liable to get a first-,
class funeral.
If It Fits—
Tho reason a girl brings out the
jold faintly album instead of the ohl
! family Bible to entertain her beau
.is because the birth records never
I are kept in thckilbuni.
The surest way of not getting any
j sympathy 4s tolling your troubles to
I your wife or to a traffic cop.
I Not as many men lay awake nights
| worrying over th'oir shortcomings as
j as do worrying over their short fi
i nances.
A stylo expert declares only one 1
! woman in a hundred as well dressed. '
and so we 3uppose the other f*0 will
point to their stingy husbands as
tho explanation.
Some way or other, we don't think
wo'd get much satisfaction out of
having a child of ours annexing the
endurance dancing Championship.
When friend huaband becomes un
usually attentive, friend wife imrae- |
! d l i'tely begins to suspect ho is run-1
ning around with R E. Morse again, j
| Some women dro3s according to
It’a all In knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
j | the making of concrete 11
I j Is a matter of proper materials
i together with engineering skill. '
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
| CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
company
i I Willoughby AVe. Phone 32.
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Mores, Packs and Stores Freight
and laggage.
Froapt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phoae 48.
io:r husbands’ means, and others
ccordiug to their husbands' mean
GSij,
Personally, we think it would do
he husbands a lot more good if
rlvos would baby them instead of
hoofing them.
It used to be when a girl wanted
match we knew she was looking for
nice young man to support her. in
tend of something to light her
igaretie with.
Daily Sentence Sermon
The only place the world will fol
>w a "dead one" is to the cemetery.
News of the Names Club
We don’t know what kind of a Job
hi I)ucheck, of St. Louis, has, but
e might to be. a hat boy.
Lanibor Cold mow, of Kansas Pity,
rill be admitted to the club in July.
Auto Truck Transports
Army’s Giant Rifle.
This linmenre new rifle, just
tested at the proving grounds at
Aberdeen, Maryland, is hauled on
an automobile truck that can
move it along with speed and put
it into action in a few minutes.
It is one of the largest auto
truck guns in existence.
Eye Trouble? Try
Camphor & Hydrastis
For most eye trouble there is
lothing better than simple camphor,
lydrantis, witehhazel, etc., as mixed
n Lavoptik eye wash. One bu sin ere
can says it relieves aching eyes and
mproves sight. Another case of red,
vatery eyes reports that Lavoptik
las helped wonderfully. One small
jottle usually relieves ANY CASE
veak, strained or sore eyes. Alum
iiiiui eye cup FREE, liutler, Mauro
i Co., druggists. Sold in Douglas
iy Guy's Drug Store.
(advertisement.)
Rent a Ford and enjoy yourself.
Marshall & Newman. —adv.
i HOTEL SEATTLE f
"Home of Alaskans"
| Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
] R. G. HODGDON, Manager
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TRY OUR *
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor, |
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I I
USED FURNITURE I
| Bought, Sold and Exchanged i
i N. BOCOVICH
211 Seward St.
I Telephone 441. P. O. Box S>1 i
I-•
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWER
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Van Atta’i old
it&nd) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
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ALASKA GOAL
FOR ALASKANS
—No soot
—Low in ash
—High in heat units
—Clean to handle
PHONE 412
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
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PROFESSIONAL
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Dr«. Kaser & Freebnrger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein lldg.
PHONE 6fi
Hours 9 a. m. t* 9 p. m.
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg,
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Hates t3.G0 Per Day and Dp
Every Comfort
GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messer schmldt Apta.
i Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Ttuildlng
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 8;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
▲11 Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
i Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
i erythlng J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
I
DR. R. N. DONAHEY
Siime Good Sej’vlce as in tha
Post
Huteson-Dohahe*
O a t i c a! (o rnpan/'
108 Pike Street, Seattle.
fraternal Societies
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Gastineau Channel
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Meeting Wednesday
BBsnings at 8:00
o'clock, Elka’ Hall.
Charles P. Jenna,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiea
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7: SO 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.a
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Orandl
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
1
PERSEVERANCE REUmrAW
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
, Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. Hall, at
| 8 P M. FUANCE8 GUSTAFSON.
| N. G. ALPHONSINH CARTER,
I Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAQ LOOMS
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Slated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Felicia
Mall, beginning at 7:»S o'clock.
Homer G. Nordllng, Master,
(’has. E. f.agDel. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuoa
days of each month.
At 8 o'rlock, I. O. O. F. Hall
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
MGC.hG RS COUNCIL NS.
17 'U. Mectlnga aecoad
and laat Mondaya at 7:M
^ p. m. Tranalent Broth
urged to attend. Council Chambers
,'lfth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Elks' ixudge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. ■.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE
Juncan Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Roden berg, Dictator; R. H. Stevsna
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; Mra. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA. Igloo No. 8.
Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Ijodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Ixuttle Splckett, President.
Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
WHERE
SUCCESS
BEGINS
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
JUHKAU, ALASKA. !L