ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY - - • EDITOR AND MANAGER
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NEWSPAPER.
HA HIT OF THRIFT GROWING.
Tliat the lessons of tlirllt hammered home through
ctganized publicity during the war period lias not
been forgotten b> tho American people is indicated
by savings bank statistics covering lin'd. Savings
deposits in the various institutions of the entire
country increased approximately $1,600,000,000 in
that, year ovn 1921. Figures compiled by the Savings
liunks Division of tile American Bankers' A -.miution
place the total of such deposits on June 30, 1922 at
$18,087,4!*7.000 as compared to $10,618,695,000 on
deposit cm the same date in 1921. In mutual savings
banks there war $5,802,751,000; other State banks,
(41 State-) $6.189.128,000; True companies (32
States) $1,894,138,000; 1’rivate banks. (14 States)
$123,106,000; National bankTt, $4,078,370,000.
Not only war the amounts cf savings on deposit
larg r buj during lee fame year there was a sub
stantial Inereaff in the number of persons depositing.
The number ef savin.-s accounts indicated by the
partial data was 28.98!),326 as compared to 26,673.381
on the corresponding date in 1921 a gain of 2.315,966.
Thrift ir a hal-i' that grows. on a nation in much
the Fame fashion that it does on individual- Ameri
cans. as a people, prior to the war especially were
net noted for thrift in-/ . The savings banks, as in
stitutions, laeketl much t: the popularity that should
justly have been their:' Comparatively few Americans
of average mean: lave: ted in securities. Many put
their savings in tiie shape of life insurance, being con
tent to confine their thrift I i that. Toe increase in
savings acoeauts, howuv. r, hits not resulted in the de
crease of life insurance business. The contrary la
true. For the two years, 1921 and 1922, more than
cloven billiom of dollars in new life insurance was
written, according to records- of the companies. New
business for tlie latter year ng: rea.ited $6,383,000,(100
and for 1921, $5 687,000,000, showing an inciease
last year of $676,000,000 or 12 per cent, more than
that of 1921. In Dec tuber 1922, $14 l,u(JO,OO0 of
new buiiine.s was written which vvaa 25 per cent,
larger than for the month tho year previous. When
it is remembered that bc'li were years of readjust
ment, i paFinodle labor iroubl s involvin ' many of the
country's major industries including transportation,
financial stringency in 192 1 and inequal distribution
of deflation in both years, tlie record i cue that can
well be considered encouraging.
NO PROFIT IN RUSSIAN METAL
INDUSTRY.
A year has elapsed since the Russian metal in
dustry was reorganized. I’ntil about September, 1921,
the udmlni.sliatic.il of the nationalized metal enter
prises of Itm.-iu wtt i concentrated in the central Soviet
"institutions." Tile active flexible industrial appar
atus was an uncouth bureaucratic machine with no
one Interested in its uee« a. All trade was with other
centralized Soviet institutions, with no opportunity
or reward for private initiative. The results ol' the
system were dis strolls. For example, the produetion
of pig iron fell fr in 4.141.non tons in 1913 to 112,
000 tom in 1921. Tly the cummer of 192 1 the en
tire metal industry found it - if on the verge of col
lapse owing to ihortage of fuel, materials, and work
men. Then a new economic policy was decided on.
eay.i the Russian correspondent of the Engineering
and Mining-Journal I’n s of New York.
Tite basis cn which the whole nationalized In
dustry had been working during the preceding three
years wa tint entirely Hnii. hcd, but it was consider
f.hiy modified. The Soviet government still held
control, but tbe system of administration, and, what
wa man impi riant, th > ty tem of distribution of
output, w av altered. "Tru ' " were formed- unions
of several cnterpibc. with an appointed board of di
rectors re-pom ibio to I he Soviet government, Almcst
every board contains communists, but it may also1
contain non-party member:: and even p r.-onr that had|
formerly stood in clo o connection w ith the enter
prise under the monarchist regime. Each, trust is
expected to. h seif ipportin.a n should cot r its cos'1
of production by profits from the sale of its output.
The fornur sy ’em of unpaid delivery of products
to other Inslitu' oils wa. no longer followed. Tin
trusts are till bound to deliver part of their product-1
to an im i’u-tion, but only against payna nt. The re
mainder may b- add in tbe open market, and the I
profits (after tbe payment of all rents and taxes) are!
placed at tbe d pu- al of the board of directors of thei
tiuti. Iti this way. the principle of personal Intercdl
war, although only partially. Introduced into the in
dustrial process.
This innovation seen brought about an improve-i
ment in conditions, though production is ! t yet at
all comparable to pre-war day i„ tj,e n(ll0!
menthr cf 1922 .the pig Iron pi eduction was 127,000
t©n£, compared with 84,000 tons on the same period
in 1921.
Some cf the ruhv for th? operation of the new
t^Ufls are, however, net working satisfactorily. For
example, the part ol the output told to other govern
ment institutions is sold at a fixed price that does
not cover re-1 of production, and, to make a profit,
the price of the material sold to outsiders mutt bo
so high that '> arc, in many instances, unable to
buy. Then fc. the metal trusts in Soviet Russia
find themselr r ■ • tl by a hopeless dilemma: the ale
at a lo.-s to :hi government consumers, and the in-,
solvency of private purchasers. Many metal works!
have therefore had to close. The situation lias com
pletely up tin fundamental piun of the Sot id leg
islators.
GERMAN MARK NEAR VANISHING POINT,
Foreign « xdiangc quotations since the occupation'
of the ituli region by France ehc-w a serious re
flexion in 'he position of the already ddta-ed and
lowly Gorman mark. New York quotations ten days
age> placeil ud42 cents as the American valuation on
the Gcrn. n currency unit. This means that an Am
erican cl-liar ii worth about 23,800 marks which
is the 1 -t ixtrc-me low record. It signifies the|
virtual tli.. ppi ..ranee of tlie mark as a medium of
commercial exchange. Except for the accommodation
of cud it. rs E.i td'ii banks have declined to do busi
ness in less than five and ten million mark lots be
cause transact! ns in less than that volume are not
profl table.
The 23,800 marks which now represent $1 would
have cod $5,064.40 at the normal cr prewar rate of
exchange. On lb< day of the beginning of the Euro
pean war the mark was quoted at 24 cents. When
the t'liftcd State.-, entered war in 1017 it had dropped
to slightly above 17 cents. No official transactions
in German currency were recorded during the war,
but when business was resumed on July 15, Ifilit j
the mark sold for 8 cents. In less than four years i*
has dept iateil in value from twelve and one-hall to
the dollar to 23,800.
Hey-Riil)-a-I)ub-Dub! l-os Angeles.
(N’ew York Evening Post.)
What city stood third in buildings erected Iasi j
year? What city opened one now subdivision of a
street block a day? What city, adding 500 new indus
trial c :'ablL hmenls in a twelvemonth, boasts that '
“we build a workshop in a garden without injuring
the flowers"? What city spends more per capita on [
education than any other? What city pays a higlp r;
income tax per capita than any other? Where is tin
longest 220.0ftf)-volt. transmission line in the world:
being huilt? In what Pacific port docs the grr::: -i
monthly tonnage now anchor? Where is $3.1,0011.000.
a year paid in motion picture salaries alone? Tiles
questions might remain a total mystery were it not I
that tl.e head of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce'
has declared that his municipality must not remain1
modes:: “We should not be content with felicitating!
ourselves, but make it our duty to see that all the!
world shares this knowledge." Reluctantly the' 800,
000 people of lay; Angeles there will he 4,000,000 ]
"within the life time of many now living"—have ac
quiesced. and a special midwinter number of tl.e l.nr
Angeles Times helps thorn advertise her glories.
Proud as we are of the American energy, sagacity,
and roll-confidence exemplified in the rapid growth of'
'Hies like Los Angelos, we arc glad to note that sh<
uoos not regard r.taiistics of dollars, population, and
buildings a:- all-tufficient. Site lias no municipal ^
library; no good opera house; no real art gallery;
1:1 untie Conservatory; no auditorium; and fine parks,
lull little statuary. She will tome day possess the
library and art collection oPArchor M. Huntington,
but that windfall docs not exempt her from the duty
of doing something for herself. A campaign to raise a'
quarter million for an art gallery has be n Blurted '
nd bonds have been voted for a library, a city witli'
so much wealth and so many advantages of climate
and scenery should labor to outstrip San Francisco I
and Seattle artistically as woll as materially.
Busy Blackmailers.
t Ism Angeles Times.)
It looks as if in a few years as many people would
bo paying blackmail as there are now paying their In-1
come. tax. The dope rings are getting more people en-j
tangled than it could be thought possible. One does
not even need to be u victim to become involved will.'
blackmailers. Tl.e coils are wide and seem to be
ipre 'ding with rapidity. With a great many wastrel!
minds blackmail has become a recognized trade, and
may tie worked from various coigns of vantage. An
organized legal campaign against the blackmailer is
likely to become a national necessity. The black
mailer claims his title in everything from the poor
box to the bgtik surplus.
Seeing America Some Time.
(Exchange.)
An abrupt command (o "See America First” may
i defeat its purpose. Doing an American, you resent
attempts to dictate your course. There must be
i thousands of Americans who would never have
1 though! of seeing Europe first If they had not been
l ordered to go there by way of Niagara Falls and
I the Yosemite. The war, by interposing a curtain of
I tire, was more effective. You had to see America
j lire! unless you made up your mind to wait in defi
cit el >\ Whatever the reasons, the numlo of visitor- •
It i our national parks has taken a huge jump iti the
11; : t seven years, la 1915 these parks were visited
i by fewer than 400.ono persons, in 1921 the figures
I hud trebled, and last year were increased by 50,000,
! making a total of a million and a quarter.
As interesting as these growing numbers is the
1 illative popularity of the parks. Many persons, if
ask. I which of our national playgrounds and scenic
j wonders draw the most vis itors, would reply "The
Yosemite” or ' The Yellowstone." Each of those places
I counts about lOO.OOn visitors, but each is mirpas. d
lightly by Hot Springs. Ark., and distanced by Kooky
| Mountain Park. Colorado, which last year boasted
more than 200,000 tourists, tirand Canyon Park, Ari
el na, was visited by 85.000 persons, and Lafayette
Patk, Maine, by 74.000. A heavy blow is struck at the
i r.mpeUtlon of tho Pyrenees and the Alps by the
■ tatement that winter sports may be enjoyed in these
American parks, and the final talking point is
reached with the asvsurame that accommodations are
provided to meet all tastes and all degrees of income.
One gathers from the annual report of tHo National
Pork Service that if you don't see what you want in
seme park or other, all you need do is to ask lor it
and it will be placed in all of them.
Wo awoke early to the practical p.> abilities of
the empire that we acquired with the Louisiana pur-'
chase. Our appreciation of its scenic qualities has]
been slower. The fact is that, as we are always
telling the foreigner, it t ikes some time to see this
country.
One fairly good reason why the Duke of iadnster.
hereditary King of Ireland, doesn’t' try to be crowned
I; because lie doesn't like to be bewned (Springfield.
Mas v, I’nlon.)
An astrologer foretells a lot of trouble for 1923.
A safe forecast, so long as ho doesn’t have to name
the sufferers.—(Jv’asbville Tennesseean.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM KILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
I kin remember a time when a girl
who tli ught her fac ■ was dirty
would use a washrag on it, instead
of a powder rag.
Such Language
“Pa. what do they mean when they
say a man sits tight?" naked Clar
ence.
“That he stands pat. son,” replied
his dad.
It’s Even Worse Than Jazz
(.lack Warwick, in Toledo made t
Sam Hill says “'the man who sing)
his own praises never gets an en
core." His song is never whist! 1 i
bj tin' populace.
Ho, Hum!
Says a new'.s item: "Mr Margaret I
C. MontvHle, of Kansas City, has re j
ceive.1 a patent on aft improv d foot
rest to be used In shoe-shining par-!
lors." But so far the dry.s have not
been able to get a patent on an im
proved footrest to take the place;
of the old-fashioned kind in the;
thirst parlors.
We Do, Too—When They Are Old
l!li:in "It says here the Chinese,
never boil their egg-; they ro.ist:
them ”
Jinks: "Oh, w,’!, I roasted thji
egg the waiter brought me for break
fast this morning.”
Fool Questions
J. K. asks "If pulling teeth it good
for rheumatism why isn't pulling the
h g good for toothache?" We ll
bite, why isn’t it?
No Questions Asked, But Party is ;
Krtov/n, Eh?
(L.ikcvi w (Ohio! Tri-Count; Sun.) .
.MB. MAN
If YOU who borrowed my -lov
trucks from my “ore, will be lend]
enough to return them, I will be
neatly obliged.
CLARENCE CASTLE.
As Wall as Her Own
“Doe'S your wit ■ ever take yo ; •
1 art ?” asked Brown.
“Yes, always," ; ighed Black
Goldring Glassburg
(Marriage licence in Brooklyn Eagl■-)
Celia Goldring and A. Glussburg.
If It Fits—
Some follows c..n get 15 miles on
a gallon of ga3 and some fellows,
once they get started, can go on
forever on loss than an ounce of gray
matter.
We see from die fashion page one'
of the newest styles for the ladies is
ornamental patches on the elbows.1
But the patches their husbands wear
on the seat of their trousers nevei
have been and never will be orna
mental.
One thing we never hive seen a
woman taking is the—blame.
Any man like3 any woman wh'ij
will treat him as if he was as great j
as he thinks he is.
Now that skirts are long again we
suppose the girls are wearing theii :
hose pulled up over their knees once
more. Hut of course it now can
only he gne-s work so far as we mon
are concern I
Ever since the days of Adam and
Eve people have been willing t > risk
everything and sacrifice anything to'
get the thin, they have been for
bidden and -hen found they have
been badly stung after they have1
gotten them.
Before tnarrsge a girl will writs
the heart-throb editor to ask wha;
'■) do with a cantankerous man, but |
alter she has b’en married to him!
for a while she doesn't bother ask
ing what to d i—she goes ahead and
does it.
cmce .ill p.n -nts think they con'i
train their neighbors' kids so much
better than they do, how would it
do to have i wholesale swapping of
bids until folks could get it through;
their heads they can't train anybody
eise's kid letter than they caul
their own?
A woman i n save her clothes be-j
cause they so little wear before
the\ are otr of style, and she knows
they eventually will again come back
:r.tn fashion - ,;n. but there never.
Is enough let' of a man’s clothes to
come back.
In ann xinr good complexion, a
healthy d-: md plenty of outdoor
exercise be it ill the paint and pow
der ail the d g stores in the world
can furnish -but you can't make a
girl believe i:
Sensible lo nun means comfort-,
ab!o to a girl it means stylish.
We suppo- now that short skirt',
are pess», again hear calves
spoken of w •; nt immediately hav
ing visions of ilk hose.
News of the Names Club
I. M. Lean, of Pittsburgh, doesn't
look that w a'i—so U. X. informs us.
Daily Sentence Sermon
A big talk r never is a big door.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT—$4.00 PER YEAR
Wm. D. Perkins & Co.
BANKERS—2ii Cfearry St., Seattle J
Stanislas Wojiechowski
Is Polish President.
Stanislas Wnjiochc wski; farm r j
Minister of the Interior in t.he
Cabinet when Ignats Paderewski. I
I he great pianist, was Premier of ;
Poland, hi a he n elected to the j
office of Provident of Poland, fol- I
lowing the nf -:s. ination of Pie i- !
dent Narudowiez.
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns Gray,
Faded Hair Dark and
Glossy.
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly com
pounded, brings hack the natural
color and lustre to the hair when
faded, streaked or gray'. Years ago
'he only way to pet this mixture
was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for “Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound." You will get
a large bottle of this old-time rec
ipe improved hv the addition of
other ingredients .at very little,
post. Everybody uses this prepara
tion now, because no one can pos
sibly tell that you darkened your1
hair, as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your l.-iir .taking erne small
strand at a time; by morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application of two, your hair
becomes beautifully dark, thick and
glossy and you look years younger.
— (Advertisement.)
Trainee's end Collectors
-you can’t afford to take chances with
your furs — bo careful wh re you snip. (let
more money by nhipping to BLU3TEIN in
New York —the yotswiy to the tar
markets cf the world.
* Why We Can Pay
Mot e Than Others
Wo pay more for f urn than other 1 bt a use
of uur groat New York u.. i fori igo
kete. Wo charge no eon.mission—saving
you another 6 or 10*C. If rogues ted. wo
will hold furs separata and quote you our
best prices. If notaaii'factory, wc r *urn
your furs at cur e*pence. Rend r.t cnco
for latest Price L.^t £od Shipping Tests..
Wa will place ynnr name on our , tailing
li.-t so you Cfin keep posted on the great
New York fur market. Write now—our
prices will surprise you.
David Bfustein ft Bro.
179 W. 27th St. New York City
BEST EVER ~
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractiv
Disability Benefit features.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 189S
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Ltuye stock* on hand
Ladysmith cool.
Nanaimo ooa’
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Fh one 412.
PROFESSIONAL
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bidz.
PHONE C6
Hours 9 a ns. ti 9 d. m.
Dr. Charles P, Jenst
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVightie
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4. 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; lies 3os.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hoars, 9 A. M, to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Pbone 469.
Re?. Phone 276
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Or. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Kates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
15
GEO. L. BARTON. D. C.
Chiropractor
2ncl floor Messerschmidt Apts, j
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5; j
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
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Dr. H. Var.ce
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Avo. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
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HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. HODGDON, Manager
It's all In knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
{ C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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THE MAKING OF CONCRETE I
is a matter of proper materials
I together with engineering skill.
Both is our assets.
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFC.
COMPANY ’ I
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
fiYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly growing.
liYour account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
fiPays four per cent per annum, compounded twice
a year. If you do not withdraw your interest it
continues to earn interest upon the interest, making
the rate better than four per cent per annum.
Accounts of One Dollar or more may be opened in our __ ?
Saving's Department.
Tiie B. M. Belirencls Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA. . * . V
fraternal Societies
-Of
Gaslir.eau Channel
O . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Ereainge at 8:00
o’clock. Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary
Co-Ordinate Bodiet
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second arid fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:SO p. ra. Odd
Fellows' Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. 1 A.
•Vleeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles H. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
* PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH
LODGE E0. 2A.
Meets every first and third
i Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
S I' M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
| N. O. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
I Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAU LOD«»
No. 147, F. & A. M.
Stated Communication
B«ccin<J and Fourth Monday*
of each Month. In Od<l Fellow*
Mall, beginning at 7;Jfl o’clock.
R. R. YOUNG, Master.
f T1A S E. NAGHI2L. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
day* of each month.
At 8 o’clock. I. O. O. F. Hall.
AI.TCE BROWN, W. M.
LOIS NORDLINO. Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEGHtRS COUNCIL NO.
17S0. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:13
p. m. Transient Brotta
•ra urged to attend. Council Chamber*
• il tli Street. John F. Mullen, G. K.
I. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Klks’ Ixtdge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock,
Moose Hall. Tho*.
B. Judson, Dictator; R. H. Steven*,
Secretary.
i WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
| Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender. Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
J F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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i AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
! Meets the 2d Monday In Moom
Hail, at 8 o’clock,
j ALICE LAUGH LIN, President.
I LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary,
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