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Daily Alaska Empire
JOHN W TROY • - - EDITOR AND MANAGER
Published •\ery • \ • \ ■ pt Sunday by tie I-.MIM HE
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AL CSKA I hi!;!:
THAN T! I A ' Ol ANY nTHEIi IM' 1: U« ’ A TlO.N
DAWES IS AGAIN 01 TSI’OKEN.
V t -I’tt -; . nt bav.was nothing if not uut
s;kcu in 1 s aria - nine a t of political conditions
wh. h wi-rc . ; *•'!itt i: liy him as ari- tig from the :
jo .mary ■ n i.nii If: - ■ :itii :,i of the system
i t inti 1 ■ I. i h o u I (1
he weighty Clough to br.ng about a cliangi nlmo t
tiy iniiimiin consent.
Jli charged tir-t. that it made tin nomination
of tile strong it and :::ost callable can Dilates im
pr.ssible: .-•••cniicl. that it v. ■ . r» -pon dId- for the ex
penditure of enormous sum of money, much of it
improperly, thu tending to debauchery of the elcc
torati third, that ,t Insured immunity to vote
buyers from pulitbal and legal consequences: and, i
fourth, it d< troyed effective party government.
It b ug has la i n held by tin se in best position
to form intelligent conclusions from vantage points
of observation and pei.si.nal contact, that the caliber
of our < flic holder partii -tlarly in the Senate, is
lower sine" the advent if the primary system than
under the convention tnuir'ial ion proeedtire. This, of
course, does not necessarily mean that brilliant and
capable men are not nominated by the primary;
system, hut it seems to be true that the average1
capacity for effectual work, for eommouseiise in'
legislation and sanity in administration is probably
lower I twin under the o!d system. Availability, which
i an mean anything from the ability to get campaign
fundi to a knack of appealing to the voters, counts
for more uiiib'i tl. primaries than .capacity tp in.;'
Udligenlly serve the public.
There is no question that the funds expended in
primary elections today, even for purposes which
legally are ron.sidert d as strictly legitimate, are many
tunes in excess of the money formerly necessary to
conduct a campaign when nominations were by con
vention And there will lie little disputation of Celt.
Dawes' a.sertion that such expenditures are generally
made without tear of either political or legal coti
sequt tires. Dew candidates have hern prosecuted for
money expended in primary elections and fewer yet
convicted. There an some instances of political
reward for to -.adventures m primaries in eases where
the victims had lost despite large expenditures, lint
the record of political punishments under this head
ing is blank
rile final count in the Vice-President's arraign
ment ol tile primary system is one of the most serious
that could lie brought against it Ours is a gov
ernment by parti, rather than by blocs. If has been
developed along those lines since its very infancy.
II is generally ceneedi'd to be a wise system and.
further, that to eliauge it to a government by bloc
would lie I., weaken its eftcetivfness to a dangerous
degree I hat . indidates are often successful iti the
primaries in capturing parly nominations who have
no sympathy with nor understanding of the creeds
and principles of tin party whose label they hear
is a matter of common knowledge. Klected, they
have not only refused to recognize the yoke of the
Party and render its due to it but they have de
ih'd it on every possible occasion, standing bet ween
it and a successful administration of the duties de
volving upon it as cither the minority or majority
factor in government as the case might be.
I arty leaders of both big political organizations
have not been unaware of these evils anti generally have
ascribed them to the same source as the Vloe-I'res'
dent did the primary system. In more recent year.;
•here has been a growing disposition to g"t away
from the primary system. Xot that many .States
desire to return to the old conv ution practices, but
it is more or less recognized that the evils of the
new system are about as many and. if anything,
more serious than those under the old The ques
tion ttyw seems to be to evolve some political pro
cedure for nominating parly candidates which will
possess as many of the good points of both the con
vention method and primary system and as little of
the evils of both as human foresight and Ingenuity
can contrive.
This effort will not receive any aid from the
demagogic politicians who find the present system
to their liking. I'tider it they have grown fat from
tile sound of their own voices and waxed politically
prosperous It is to lie expected they will be the
first to uncork the vials of their poison gas against
the Vice-President And throughout the land soon
will be heard their loud cries of "wolf!”
COAL CONTRACT INDICATES PROGRESS.
The announced sale by the llealy Kiver Coal Co.,
of its entire production for 1 ft27 to interior interests
presages a substantial growth in industries in that
region which require coal for fuel. While Mr. Don
aldson's announcement did not reveal the source of
the increased demand for It is company's product, it
is probably created directly by the operations of the I
Fairbanks Exploration Co. which has just completed!
the first year of its large-scale mining development
program. The sale of the mini's output for the entirej
yar i- the most encouraging news that lias come
out of the interior in many years.
In the long run. the fact that the company is
limited for the present to the interior market may
benetit it when it dues make another effort to break
into tile loi al market In the past, Healy River coal
shipments received here have not been in shape for
eitliei satisfactory or economic use. Production on a
larger scale, installation of better loading facilities
and other Improvements working toward reduced
cost' and making it possible to effect local delivery,
of coal ill better condition, may lie achieved by the
company in-fore it again enters this field. PndeH
such mid.tiuns. there is no reason wily a vigorous,
v H-pluuned sales campaign, should not lie sue-,
.. |'ul almost from the very outset.
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THE HORNSBY DEAL,
The disagreement between Rogers Hornsby, Man-^
ger of the World'.' Champion St. Louis National,
League Haseball Club, and its management, result
ing in the trade of Hornsby to New York is unfor
tunate for haseball. As manager of the club lie
brought it up from a lowly second division to be|
a winner of the championship in its own organiza
tion and piloted it through seven contests for a1
World's Championship. In so doing lie became tin*J
idol of thousands of baseball fans, not alone in
St. Louis hut throughout the country. Noted for his
port mnnship. bis fairnes and for being, in the]
vernacular, a stiuareshooter, it would be but simple,
justice l . tiie management to concede him northing
I
; within reason to secure a continuation of his serv
ices at the head of the club. The owners of the
St. Louis Club will lose a lot of friends both at
.home and abroad if it easts Hornsby adrift .ittsl when
lie ha- taken the Club to the pinnacle of baseball
fame.
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A Sculptor-Hunter.
i Now Voi k World. I
A in i' nf the beauty and grandeur of African:
forest-;, of tile poetry in a crouched lion and mag!
nifb i lie of a stampeding herd of elephants; a s-ci ]
entilie knowldege of anatomy, of habitat and of
instinct; an unusual ability in sculpture and a1
really transcendent gift in taxidermy these were
Carl Akeley's equipment for the career which has
just ended in the Congo. We have plenty of natur
alists and hunters who describe wild life appre-j
datively. We have always had museum workers
who could stuff skins into a recognizable imitation
of tbe live animal. lint till Carl Akeley we have!
never had a combination of artist, museum expert and]
hunter who could tiring home visually to tbe ordinary,
man tbe irresistible power of a charging rhinoceros,.
Ilic beauty of a leaping antelope and the exotic charm]
of an African river with animals drinking and;
wildfowl bathing.
Doubtless many sculptors surpassed Mr. Akeley]
in sheer virtuosity. Hut his clay and bronze studies,
of African life were impressive not merely because|
they were novel but because of tbe imaginative i
feeling be put Into them. His group of Nandi tribes
men chanting a requiem, shields uplifted, over the
lion they have killed, is an example When it came
to mounting his animals he was assisted by at
knowledge of something more than muscle, bone
and skin fold. He had seen these animals, not i,n
zoological gardens but in their native forests; lie
jliad l veil to study them in action, and he Could
make them look as if they had just stepped out of'
the wilerness. I
The African Hall in the American Museum of
Natural History will be a lasting monument to j
liis work
Christmas (iifts.
(San Francisco liulletin i
Tlic Portland Ministerial Association declares
that the Christmas holiday has "been allowed to
become the object of intensive commercialism by
forces that disregard its religious purpose and have,
made it a time for trade, bargaining and selling." |
The following resolution was adopted:
We call upon all Christian people to dis
regard the insistent call of commercial in
terests to give presents to everyone in the
family and friendly circle, and to observe
the season and day in spirit of reverent
worship, of thoughtful appraisement of what
the coming of Christ has meant to the world.
If there are some people that misunderstand the
real and original meaning of Christmas they are
certainly matched by those that mistake the spirit
of the Christmas giving that is now so prominent
a feature of the festival
There is no more commercialism in the manu
I facture ami sale of Christmas gifts than there is
in the cutting of tombstones or the making and
selling of church furniture.
The supply of gifts is an expression of the de
j maml for them.
A practical age interprets the wish for goodwill
toward men in a practical way. A gift is a prac
tical manifestation of goodwill.
We give more at Christmas than was given in
former times because we have more to give, and
giving more certainly does not mean that we think
any the less of the significance of the season.
A few years ago must effort was expended or
ganizing the S. i‘. C. CJ., or society for the pre
vention of useless giving. It had a brief life be
cause it appealed anly to the tightwads, or those
that did not need to be told to keep their money.
It failed for the reason that while some gifts may
lie less useful than others there is really no such
tiling as useless giving.
I it is always more blessed to give than to re
| reive, and Christinas time is no exception.
Prospectors in Northern Mexico have found a
mineral which explodes when exposed to the air. |
The next move, it is supposed, will he to distill it and I
try it out with ginger ale. — (Detroit News.)
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The large number of malt advertisements in the,
Milwaukee papers seems to indicate (hat that city]
still has a kind of idea what made her famous.—'
(Boston Transcript.)
France has taken to changing Ambassadors to
the Pnltud States with about the same frequency
that Cabinets are changed. — (Pittsburgh Gazette
Times. )
ID D. Mencken has nominated Jim Heed as the’
only Democrat to defeat Coolidge. We had no idea
it was as bad as that.— (Dallas News.)
Maybe there will have to be a special session of
the Senate to determine what Senators-elect are en-’
titled to seats.— (Buffalo Courier and Kxpress )
It seems strange to us that no one ever recog-'
nixed the value of the concession privileges along1
Do Hussey's Dane.—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) I
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ALONG LIFE'S
DETOUR ;
liv SAM HILL
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Like Suburbanite's
This "Garden of Low." says
Tile grouchy Mr Leeds,
Is 'Mother one that soon
I Gets overgrown with weeds.
Cbsei'vat.ons of Oldest Inhabitant
The old-fash iotfed woman who«o
face got red conking over a hot stove
now has a daughter whose face gets
i red from painting in front of a mir
j tor.
The Ananias Club
"My son." said h "always finds
out whether there is any possibility
of my wanting to n o the car be
tore lie even ASKS me if lie cun
BORROW it."
Nothing More So
Blink "What's your idea of the
absolutely impossible'.'"
Jinks: T’or a modern flapper or
sheik to suffer from brain fever."
Ought’a Be Shot at Sunrise
Word comes that a whistle that
can he heard for i’ll miles lias been
placed on a htiihifrtg at Avon, Ohio.
The bird who invented this itliotb
tiling must he first cousin to those
other enemies of mankind, the guy
v. ho invented tile saxophone, the guy
who first discovered spinach could
he disguised ns a food, the guy who
invent, d work and the nut who coin
ed the phrase. "ITea.se Remit."
If There Is Any Such
A tint with I'uimiK m sms 11 in lliniu
I could not swing a cut, 1 would
not rent;
The flat I'd like to gel is one
lu which ihere’ll he no room fot
argument.
A Hint
"Carton." said the good old deacon,
“we are thinking of getting a c-n
for you. Iml I just want lo sort of
warn you that you can't drive like
you preach."
\Vhy. w hat do you mean by
Hint?” asked the puzzled parson
"Well,” said the deacon, “you see
when you are preaching you pas
more stopping places than any man
I ever listened to. tint if you ignort
the stopping places that way when
you staid driving you’ll keep us busy
hailing von out of jail."
Things Science Hasn't Found Out
Wily seine persons are egotistical
Why married people can't lie hap
py.
Why tlie nearer Christmas come:
ili ‘ farther away the possibility of
lining aide to afford a turkey fm
tlie dinner gets.
Home, Sweet Home
Her foolish craze for mannish elother
His brought them many clashes
And now lie sweat's if she's tlie man
She's gotta carry out the ashes.
Wise Doctor
I s<j<*. said I lie Ytmng Doctor jusi
starting to practice, l,thnt .Mrs. Smith
now is coming to you. i examined
her thoroughly and couldn’t find a
thing I lie matter w ith her "
"That's where you uie wrong, sou."
said Hie Old Doctor. "That woman
had a trouble that ^provides doctors
with about hi) per cent of their busi
ness. It's called imrtginary ills, and
requires long and expensive treat
ments- if you want to get rich."
Ouch!
"I hear J. Oker is in bail again
What'll be do this time?"
"lie heard that flashy Miss Old
girl was finally going tii get mai
ded. and lie sent Ins' a painter's blow
torch with a card on it explaining it
was a wash cloth for the bride."
More or Less True
Two ihings of their husbands some
wives do not consider important
enough to think much about arc
their comfort and peace of mind.
It's strange, but nearly all the
wives who are rich in their Hus
band's love usualljt have very red
and very rough hands and w ear be. i
dresses made fronl cast-off outfits
sent on by rich reWtives.
We suppose if a girl feels self con
scious the first lime she appears in
public wearing knickers it is because
she Isn’t used to being so will-cov
ered.
It's an ideal home if. when you
arc visiting there and they treat you
like one of the family, you don’t
wish you could slip over to a hotel,
where, with the aid of a few dollar
tips, you could be treated like a
Prince.
About all many modern parents
know of their children's whereabouts
at night is that they are some place
they ought not to be.
Men are braver than women—they
say but no man would- have the
courage to wear styles that would
give as unobstructed view of his
Adam's apple as the skirts they wear
give of some girls' hideous-looking
knees.
Some men are pretty meek until
their wives talk of having their faces
lifted, and then they lay down the
law. *
Father may admit, since she has
to wash it. mother has a right to
kick when lie gets spots on the table
cloth. but lie can't spe why he isn't
allowed to wear samples of live meal
on his own vest if he wants to.
The "Acgrav:11nr-'S111. udv.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL land office
Anchorage, Alaska,
February 4, 1926
Nor! ip nereny given that Florlf
Matthew*, widow of William E
Matthews, together with her wit
nesses, all of okagway, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on ber home
stead ep'ry, Serial 05107, for landsj
I situated on the west shore of Dyea ]
I River, Alaska, U. S. Survey No.
1 140.i, Latitude 59° 30' N\ Longitude
135° 21’ W. and is now in ttie files
j of the U. S. Land Office, at An
chorage, Alaska, and if no protest
is filed in the local land office
at Anchorage, within the period of
publication, or thirty days there
| ifter, said final proof will he uc
> jepted and final certificate Issued
J LINDLET GReeN.
Register.
First publication, Nov. 5 1926.
Last publication, Jail. 15. 1927.
MORRIS
MANUFACTURES
SHOW CASES
IN JUNEAU
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Product
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MORRIS
Construction Co.
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Juneau Public Library j
and Free Heading Room
City Hail. Second Floor
Main Street at 4th
Heading Hoorn Open Froi
8 a. ni to to p m.
Oiriol ition Hoorn Open From
1 to 0:30 p in 7:00 p. in.
to 8:30 [j. in.
Cnrrtf t Magazines, Newspapers.
Reference Books, Etc.
FREE TO ALL
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WE HANDLE i
j Pig'n Whistle Candy j
( NONE BETTER ' !
Box or Bulk
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Jeweler and Optician
Watches, Diamonds
,,. Silverware
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FIRE FIRE FIRE ]
OCR SAFE DEPOSIT POXES ARE
FIRE PROOF
RENT A POX TODAY
TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
Safe Deposit is the cheapest and best
Insurance 'against Fire and Robberies
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JUNEAU
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Christmas Banking
To help you in your Christmas shopping we
offer the following suggestions:
A Savings Account as a Gift
A Savings Aeeount to Provide Funds for
Christmas, 1927
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The value of a Savings Account as a gift is
I very great, especially for your children. It
will be appreciated and serve to teach the
habit of thrift. As a Christmas Budget it
can be built up throughout the year by small
but regular deposits, the fund permitting
you to buy easily the gifts you desire for
those dear to you.
ONE DOLLAR OR MORE WILL
OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
The B. M. Behrends Bank
Oldest Bank in Alaska
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DENTISTS
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PHONE 56
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
flour* 9 a. m. to 6 p m
SEWAE.D EliILDING
Office Phone 469 Res. Phone I7«
Dr. W. J. Pigg
IHYSICLAN
Office—Second and Main
Telepbonr 18
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Dr. II. Vanre
Osteopath — 201 Goldstein Bldg.
Hours: 10 to 12; 1 to 6;
I to s or ny appointment j
Licensed oeteophatlc physician
Phones: Office, 167; Residence !
Phone 612. Coliseum Ap*ii.
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CHIROPRACTOR Valentin* Culfdlng
Office Hour* 10 to 12: 2 to 5; 7 to ft.
and by nppolr. i mcnt Pbo»i« 269;
CHIROPRACTIC
Is not the practice of M ■‘dtcli.a. i
PUirff«rv nor Oateopathpy
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Ilrlene W. Allnvrln
PHYSICAL THc'RAPiST
M**<1h'8| Gymnastics, Mr. ***.*•
PJleotrinlty
410 riold*ein Hid*
^ Phones: Office 423. Home 121
DR. ANNA BROWN KEARSLEY
Physician and Surgeon
Will move from the IJellenthal
Hid," to (loldstein Illdg., Jan. 1
Phone 5S2 lies. Phone 5603
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Concrete Products
! Mfg. Co. I
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Read the advertisement*. Vou w
be astonished at the barg.ma yo
can pick up
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Gastineau Cfuinnel J
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B. P 0 ELKS
V Meeting WediaMg
“ evening* at 8:00 o'duo
Elk*' Hall.
HARRY SPERLING.
Exulted Rul*a
IOHN A. DAVIS.
Secretary
V Imilng Brother* welcome.
Co-Crdinate Bodiei ‘
of Freemasonry
Scottish Bite
Regular meeting*
*econd Friday eacn
•e.jnlh *! 7:3u p m.
Odd Fellows’ Hnl!
WALTER B IIETSEU 8ernt«ry
LOYAI. ORDER OF
MOOSE
Juneau I,odi>e No 70(
Meets ev< ry Monday
night. .X o'clock. Moos*
Davis. Dictator; [t. II
Stevens, retary.
MOUNT JUNEAU IODGE NO. l«.
A A. M.
Stated Cnmmuoicatlon /A\
Second and fouri* Monday /■ V
f each month In Odd Fel-/- R^"X -
I ws' Hall. beginning «' I
i :Jh o'clnch. \
I AMES V\ I.IEVEIIS. Ua»* \v/
ter. CIIAS. E. NAGEL,
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Order of
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tiim
d.-tyx of ram month At »
o’clock, f O O F Hall
/ MV CJUftlUN. Worto,
Matron. ALICE BKoWfr
■'♦*rr»tary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
Soirhorw Fuundl No, ^
Mhc/ iiihs sit, nd arul la.st *1
Monday at 7:3ti i». m. Tran
sunt brother* ur^od to at
'••nd Found I Fhanibi*r»f
Fifth Stro.t M MclNTVnH, (J
K. II. J TFKNI ;U. Svd . tary
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COAL. WOOD, BAGGAGE
AND KINDLING
Sland :il City Cafe Day or
Night—I’hone ,'!T J
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ALASKA, Iglco No. 6.
Meeting every second Friday or
■■acli month at S o’clock p. m. Cards
and refreshrren‘3 At Moose Hal!
Mrs. Lottie Spickett. President. Mre
Dorothy Austin, Secretary
A MAN’S BREAKFASt]
should be light but nourishing,
appetizing but wholesome. Men
whose vocations cull for mental
action and clear thinking know
that Milk in connection with
tasty cereals forms the most sat
isfactory meal imaginable.
It feeds the body without over
taxing the digestive organs.
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