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A KOI T TAXATION.
In tlu. a modern times there has developed
among a large section of the people some curious
theories about taxation. There are people who seent
t > leak upon tlu* purpose of taxation to be to raise
til the money the tiaffic will bear and then to
guttle appropriations by the amount ot money that
U on hand. There is also a school that looks upon
taxation as a vehicle for regulating all sorts of iu
du; trier. Both are fundamentally wrong.
The proper exercise of the taxing powers in
democratic governments is fairly to apportion among
the people taxes to produce such revenues r are
absolutely necc ary to conduct an efficient and
teonniieally adminisii ivd government. Only unusual
condition , such as war, justify the government in
going about tc detremine how much money can
he raised through taxation. In ordinary limes of
pence legislative bodies should fust determine how
little money it may be necessary to take from the
people and the channel: of trade and then provide
for rab ing only such a sum as shall meet the nect-s
cities of tlie situation thus determined.
And great care should be exercised in using the
powers of taxation as a means of regulation. It is
true the Federal Government has used taxation in
that way, but it usilaliy lias been done only after
very careful consideration and investigation. It was
done to put private bank currency out of circulation,
and it lias bet*;! done m a few oilier instances, but
the policy lias never squared with the fundamental
Idea belliud taxation.
LET I S HE ( (INSISTENT.
Tlie Fairbanks .V w -Miner is opposed to Governor
Hone's publicity campaign in favor of opening tip
Alaska. It complain.- of harm that lias been done
the Territcry through the development of its fisher
ies, mines and other resource;: by Outside capital! It
also contends that there is none of the various under
takings which Outside capital lias tried and failed
to do that would .not have been successful as a one-man
proposition, ll declared that one good Alaskan with
$1,000 could 1>u ve made a. sticn .s of any of Hie large in
dustries that did not thrive as long as their promot
ers expected tlu m to.
Well, if that is correct, suppose we he consistent;
suppose we correct the evils that have been done by
Maying the dc troying hand. Let us compel the Ken
nccott, l.atouche, Alaska Juneau, Willow (’reek. Kus
licltW'ini, Fairbanks and Nome dredging operations and
other mines that are owned by Outside capital to
cc, c bti int-: until Alaskans are able to take them
over. Let us complete the Copper River and North
western and White I’m 3 railways to quit operating
train-. Lot us pr vent any more Culps from running to
Alaska. Let u lie up the vessels that operate on the
Yukon River. Let us close the canneries and other
1 slitries. la , us pat up the bars against all those
on the Outside who have money invested in Alaska
i ud save everything for the people who live in Alaska,
and let ii* tell tile prospectors not to attempt to get
any money front the Outride f ir development purposes.
Wouldn't that b • fine?
HAWAII CASHES TN ON DISPLAY
ADVERTISING.
For the first time- in its history the Territory of
llawwii, under auspices of tli<> Hawaii Tourist Bureau,
entered llie> list:- of community display advertisers on
a large scale this reason in a mir.tebr of the leading
magazine and newspapi rs of the mainland I’nited
States., and us a result that romantic paradise of
I ncle Sam is now reaping her record crop of tourists.
By actual count mere visitors tunic into the island,
to rojourn for an indefinite .period during January,
1823, titan in .January, 1922, and the management of
the great Moana Hotel on Waikiki Boaeh reports Inisi
nc.u for the month of February, 1923, tjiv best in its
history and this dc pits two tacts: that hotel rates
have been tint aifd, and that this resort does not
by any means nccive all visitors to Hawaii, a large
number taking a furnished apartment overlooking
the sea, a blosom-bankcd eottage in tlte heights. *t
<iuarfet> at one of the many cozy residential hotels.
The tourist hur.au claims that JiiwaH's fm reused
popularity is due to three tilings: First, a universal
longing to go to Hawaii, second, the first time that
vatnple steamer transportation both to and'from the
’Island has been available, and third, greatly increased
.display advertising.
URGE STATES TO NULIFY CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENT.
Tlte Chicago Tribune lias taken a stand in f .vor
of State rights that would have lost in many sub
scriptions if dt had been taken in the days of tlte late
Joseph If. Medill. It is now very eloquently urging
the separate States which may be so disposed to re
pudiate the eighteenth amendment and outlaw tt
within their respective borders. Tlte Tribune calls
attention to tlie fact that the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments are outlawed and disregarded in several
pf the States and with the acquiescnce of all the other
State;. It contends that It is impossible to enforce a
luw mil” it luts the support of public opinion, and
it calls attention to tlit? fact that in Illinois and other
States there 1h an overwhelming sentiment against
prohibition.
The New York World has advocated this policy
also, and for the same reasons urged by the Chicago
publication.
Measured by circulation the Tribune and the
World are tin leading morning daily papers in the
United States One is independent Republican and the
other independent Democratic in politics.
This is a dangerous position for citizens to take
and it i rather astonishing that great newspapers
advocate it.
The Maine Legislature is about to change tlie
|State election day from September to the gcenral
election day in November. Ilow can the thrifty Now
I Kngiander: who live in the Pine Tree State afford
it? That early election date lias, on acocunt of the
supposed influence of its result on other States, been
tho means oi getting througji National Committee
sources im..u of the funds for State campaigns.
Panama Canal tolls are starting off this year a.t
a 33 1-3 per cent, increase over last year. That i
a very favorable trade indication.
Tourist Ru.sh North.
(Dawson News.)
Betwi'i n 20,000 and 25,000 tourists visited Alaska
and Yukon la t summer, and transportation men esti
mate 1022 will eclipse all previous seasons in t lie
[same line of travel.
Chairman Mears of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission lias been flooded with Inquiries from pros
pective tourists, and that St earn ship lines plying
waters of tin Ala: kail and British Columbia coast will
be unable to handle all the business offered.
Several of the steamer lines of the coast are
preparing to increase their fleets, but even at that are
not expected to be able to take care of all the business
in sight for the season,
Alaska and Yukon are receiving widespread pub
licity. Tite building of the fifty million dolrer rail
way into Interior Alaska by the American govern
ment has gone far in dispelling the idea that Alaska
Is a forbidding and impenetrable terra incognita.
Telegraphic me ages regarding that great exploit
have beitt sifting through the pre^s reports and perco
lating throughout the continent. With them have
gi lie com taut reports of developments of the many
resources of Yukon and Alaska, together witii news of
the marvel, of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,
tl.o beauties of lofty Ml. McKinley, and 'the glaci rs,
fjords and mountain ranges, and the scenic charms
of the Yukon Valley and the wonders cf the great
gold and silver fields of the two northern territories,
Added to these are the many colorful features of tlie
North fi\im totem polos and midnight suns to north
ern lights and Eskimo and Indian life, and the wild
game, all of which have made the Northland one of
weird enchantment in the eyes of tens of millions
never privileged to leave their native regions. To
them a journey into this far realm with all its
dramatic ctting now unfolding under the quickening
touch of adventurous empire builders is a treat of a
lifetime.
Those coming North desire, once they are on tiie
wing, to see all there is to he seen. To conic so far
and merely skim one side of the big show by going
up the Alaskan coast to Juneau, Skagway, Seward
and Anchorage, or tven on to Fairbanks, then back,
loaves the visitor with personal knowledge of only a
fraction of the Alaskan-Yukon field. But if he can
come down the. Yukon past Dawson and take in the
famous Klondike goldfields and all their wonders,
then take the belt line or coast routes to the other
northern centers, lie will have encompassed the greater
part of the Nortiaml wonders.
Quicksilver Mines Will He Reopened.
(Engineering and Mining Journal-Press.)
Activity in resinning operations in the quicksilver
min of California was manifest in the latter part of
December. California has been ihe leading state in
the production of quicksilver but tile mines were
nearly all dosed at the close of the war. I'nder the
management of II. K. Plate, the New Almaden mines,
rcuthweit of Sun Jose, have been reopened, and 46
tens of ore are being treated daily, the production
being about 250 flasks pet- month.
The (1 uadalupe Quicksilver Mining Company is
inactive Reports* indicate that the group of stock
holders of the New Idr.il Quicksilver Mining Company
who purchased the property at a recent receiver’s
salt are preparing to resume operations witl.in two
or three months.
The St. John quicksilver mine, two miles east
of Vallejo, will resume operations after the tirst of
the year. C. G. Dennis will be in charge of opera
tions. The Wideawake quicksilver mine will soon
he in operation. The Consolidated Exploration and
Development Company, recently organized, has taken
the property over.
Nice Words lor Britain.
(Chicago Tribune.)
In Great Britain there lias been comment on the
I American policy as to debts, which has been as offen
sive to us as anything said on the floor of the Senate
can be to British susceptibilities, but as sensible na
| lions with sensible Governmenst we can afford to
! overlook such munifesdations and reach agreement on
| a practical basis.
What the American public ought to and will
I recognize and appreciate Is I tie basic fact that, alone
among our debtors, Great Britain has declared her
intention to pay her debt to us and to the lull.
! The rest i. negotiation of terms of payment, and that
.lias been carried on to substantial agreement in the
proper spirit by cur respective representatives. There
!is no disposition in America worthy of respect to make
| harsh terms, and if future conditions eall tor a modi
fication of tlie terms now formulated, if our relations
j remain friendly, as we think they will, a reconsidera
jtion could be arranged with this or any subsequent
| American Government. In the meantime the Ameri
can nation will recognize Great Britain’s sell-respect -
, ing determination to uphold her credit and the rela
tions of the two countries will bo the bettor for it.
Senator-elect Copeland is anticipating with great
jglee the coming opportunity to take a crack at
j Ixnlge. It is easy to see that Doc is scheduled for
[that experience in which wisdom comes with rad
ii ess.— (Houston Post.)
Perching raid: ' Lafayette, we are here.” \ nPa,
comeback from France would be: 'Washington we
have come across.”—(Chicago News.)
Amerlcun dollars are a curiostiy in Germany but
German marks bought for speculation are worse than
that in this country.—(Indianapolis News.)
If all tlie candidates for all of the offices were!
a- good as their advertisements say they are what s'
lovly tiling politics would be. (Detroit Free Press i !
A son of England’s King has had two toes am
putated. The thing, of late, that royalty most often
has amputated is its job. —(Nashville Tennesseean )
Why dors not Lloyd George come over and lec
ture? All the Olliers have.— (Chicago News )
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant i
T'ae reason '(he ild-fashioned fam
ily could afford to raise five or six
girls wifa bSrausc in those days th -y
didn't all have to have silk stockings.
Ho, Hum!
Brown: “Here’s an item that says
that, after roasting, 100 pounds' of;
beef only weighs (17 pounds.”
Jones: “That's nothing to the way I
I often shrink after my wife has I
been roasting me.
Probably Written by a Man After He
Had ‘‘Three Fingers”
(Liner in Wilmington News-Journal.)
I WANTED—A hand, married man, by i
montip Call 2321.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
Vengeance in l!n> heart is the
“snake in Ithe bosom” which invaria
bly turns Its fangs first upon its
keeper. * —J. E. F.
If It Fits—
. Most girls think the man worth
while- is the man worth about a
million.
We don't carp a r«p about the
' genius who cun make two blades of
i grass grow whore one grew before—
I there already is too much grass for
'us ito cut but what wo would lik'-j
to see is some genius Who can tollj
how to make one dollar do the work
j of two.
; Another thing experience has;
taught us is that a smooth individual |
land a polished gentleman are not j
i necessarily alike.
A sick man always enjoys the way
j the trained nurse wafts on him, hut j
we gue-s aha: f<>'i $50 a w ek h ; ;
wif’ would not mind being just asi
kind to him.
It is getting so that it is aim ist j
vour wife as I
a3 dangerous to cross
it is to cross a street.
if a girl is ipr. tty sure of hint
slie m ikeu hint d > a lot of coaxing,
hut if site isn't she never takes any
chances on lotting hint get away.
If seme wives asked for divorce on
the grain is of ( -mporary insanity
when the;f married they ought not to
have any trouble getting by with il
if (hey put 'their husbands up as
Exhibit A.
There ought to be an amendment
to thp constitution prohibiting ■brides
being given automatics as wedding
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presents.
Daily Sentence Sermon
A reputation, like a watch or an!
automobile, isn't worth having unless'
! i- a good one.
News of the Names Club
He can't sing 1 fir • a 'bird, but any
way Vermus Birdsong lives at Kansas
City. If it's hits he wants, Pat
Moran should grab Will Bun h, or'
Attica, Kansas.
CANADA MAY BUILD
OCEAN WATERWAY |
OTTAWA. March IS—Influential
leaders in Canada strongly urge Pro-!
raier King of Canada to negotiate,
with the rtilled States for a treaty;
for Hie const ruct ion of a lakes-to-j
sea waterway. allowing ocean-going)
vends to follow the St. Lawrence,
route to Great I,altos ports.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
REWARDS ARE NOT TAKEN:
WILL PROSECUTE DEFAMERS,
DALLAS, Tex. March IS. -Thru-!
quarters of ihe lift days during which
the Knights of Columbus offered re
wards 'totalling $25,000 to anyone
who could prove that the so-called
“'blood and thunder” oath attributed
to the Knights was an authentic pari I
of i'ts ceremonial yet none has at-1
tempted to earn any part of the sum
"In spite of this’.," the Supreme Ad-'
voe fte announces, ‘‘there is ample j
ev.'lence lh ■ ‘bogus oath’ is still bo-1
mg circulated in parts of the coun
it ry.”
The Siipri m Advocate announces
! ihat The five rewards of $5,000 oac.h )
i will remain in Texas bunks for the)
| remainder o the 60-day -period.
, Tlie Supr me Advocate also an
! nouncod tha: prosecutions for slan
der will I) bcjiin on any one known
i to lie eirv il.iiing this "bogus oath"
j or The statement that the Knights)
I of Ceilwn.ibu; using any part of the)
1 $1,000,000 endowment for war work|
i in its welfare work at Rome.
Old hunroes or newspapers at th*
j Umpire, 25 cents.
JUNEAU BILLIARD
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7-Year-Old Girl Crosses
Atlantic Ocean Alone.
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Here is 7-year-odd Marie do So- j
mcr. dauMhti r of Kindle de Somer,
cf Chicago. who arrived in New
York on a t!i< liner Lapland alone.
Marie had been} visiting relatives
in Antwerp, and her daddy, was
lonesome for her. . o he cabled
passage money and ordered a res
erve i ic .1 .Th( If ttie girl t rav. led ;
alone, cared for by a cabin |
stewardess.
New Japanese Ambassador
Reaches Washington.
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.mbajsvuWK&rul-ua ra,
The now Japanese Ambassador,
M. Honlhura, is shewn at his
div.k, in Washington, where he
lias taken up his official duties.
If i ’s advertised tVn of TIMELY
INTEREST. Tliat's something to co
member—to your profit.
ARCADE CAFE(
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor. |
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| Chinese Noodles after theatre |
and parties. j
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I COAL, KINDLING. BAGGAGE, I
HAULING. f
| Office Phone 292. }
Residence Phone 27*04.
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JAPANESE TOY SHOP >
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H. B. MAKING ;
Promt Street ,\ I
I P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Orders i
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BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large stocks on hand
Ladysmith coal.
Nanaimo cos'
PACIFIC COAST
COMPANY
Phone 41*.
COAL
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Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldf.
PHONE 56
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. «.
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Dr. Charles P. Jennc
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.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard's Sanitarium
Kates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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GEO. L. BARTON. D. C.
Chiropractor
! 2nd floor Messerschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5;
J7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
Dr. II. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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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 *
I "Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. HODGDON, Manager -
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It's all In knowing IIOW to do ^
first-class cleaning ar.d dyeing. |
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer |
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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THE MAKING OF CONCRETE
' is a matter of proper materials
I together with engineering skill.
I Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG.
| COMPANY
| Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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fraternal Societies
-GP
Gastineau Channel
O . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVI8,
Secretary.
: Co-Ordinate Bodiet
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
I at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HEI3EL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER %OW
LODGE NO. S A.
Meeet3 every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAU LODII
No. 147, F. A A. M
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Monday*
[ nf each Month, In Odd Felices
] Mall, beginning at 7:J8 o’cloefc.
Homer G. Nordling, Master,
( has. E. Nagnel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tue*.
days of each month.
At R o'clock, I. O. O. F. Halt
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDL1NG, Secretary.
[ ^ KNIGHTS OF
g&v COLUMBUS
““ SEGHBRS COUNCIL No
17 <U. Meetings aecoi’.d
and last Monday* at 7:M
^ p. m. Transient Broth
rs urged to attend. Council Chamber*
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, O. K.
I L. McClOBkey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month st 8 p. in.
Elks’ Ixidge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; O. H.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoa.
Judson, Dictator; R. H. Steveoa,
i Secretary.
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i i WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
| I LEGION
' I Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bonder. Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
| F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF i
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
I Meets the 2d Monday In Mooaa
Ilatl, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President.
: LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary.
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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE SUCCESS AND
PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY.
The sixth session of the Territorial Legislature is now
laying the foundation of the success of the Territory.
By prudent and broad statesmanship it will have an
important influence on the future prosperity and hap
piness of our people.
Your financial success also depends upon a good foun
dation. Wasteful experiments and speculations must
be avoided. By careful husbanding and saving of your
earnings you will build the broad foundation of a
future competence and success. In preparing for the
future we invite you to open an account in our Sav
ings Department. Accounts of one dollar or more may
be opened and you may add to your account at any
time in any amount.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
nriTEAU, ALASKA. « * '