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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the KMFIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets. Juneau, A__ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered ny carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. By ma;;, p-stage paid, at the following rates: One year in advance, $12.00: six months, in advance, $6.W. r~jf Etanths, in advance $3."«: one month, in advance, $I.2«> Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify the Businesa Office of any failure or Irregulailty in 'be de ffvery of their papers. ■ ,,, Telephone for Kditorlal and Business Offices, 3.4_ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for rpublication of all news dispatches credited to ' °r " 1 otherwise credited In this paper and aiso the local news pub lished herein. ___ PTRrtTT ATI ON GUARANTEED TO BE MORE THAN f. THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKA NEWSPAPER. — - an eloquent illustration. What better roads would do toward the develop ment of Alaska was eloquently illustrated in the inter view given The Empire by Milo Kelly, the well known Alaska mining man und former member of the Alaska Legislature, In which he said: •'So successful have the efforts of the Alaska Road Commission to improve roads into the Willow Creek .district, that next season the cost cf transporting our supplies will be cut from as high as three to five cents per pound down to one-half ceht a pound." That means the lopping off of $30 to $50 a ton on the cost of freight delivered at the Willow Creek mines and that much on ore or other shipments from the mine, resulting in reduced operating costs and encouragement to development. What has been done lor the Willow Creek district should be done for other sections of Alaska, and will be done if the ten-year co-operative program of the Alaska Road Commission can be carried out. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES LEAD. Exports of passenger automobiles from the United States for the year 1920 far surpass all records, sayt the National Hank of Commerce in New York, in the January number of its magazine, Commerce Monthly In the first ten months 112,37b were sent abroad as corcp$j-e<j .vvjS.h .67,145 in 1919, the highest W'eviouM year, and'v2’f!,306 in the fiscal year ending June 30 1914, the highest previous year. "Shipments to all parts of the world shewed, re markable gains, the numbers sent to the United Kingdom and British India being especially ’ note worthy," it is pointed out. "These sales have no. only benefited American industry but the widespread use of these cars will also facilitate the development of further trade in American automobiles, accessories and parts.” The largest exports were to the following coun tries, the bank’s figures show: United Kingdom, 18, 154 cars; British India, 10,848; Canada, 7,369; Brit lsh South Africa, 5,510; Cuba, 5,286; New Zealand 6,099; Brazil, 4,968; Sweden, 4,887; Ilutch Eas It dies, 3,439; Argentina, 3,372; Uruguay, 3,287. Norway, 3,000. WASHINGTON PIONEER DIES. I.ate papers from the South chronicle the deatl at Olympia. Washington, on Christmas Day of Judge Nathan S. Porter, who had been a resident of th capital of the Evergreen State for 62 years, and fo many years was one of the prominent citizens of tlia City and State. He lived in California five year before his arrival at Olympia in 1858. He serve' in public office as Chief Clerk of the upper branc! of the Territorial Legislature and as Territorla Auditor in this early days. He prepared himself fo admission to the bar while serving in office, ani for about a half century he practiced his pro fossion at Olympia. He was a Past Grand Maste of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Washington and fo twenty-five years was the Grand Treasurer, an offiC' which he held at the time of his death at the rip. ago of 86 His friends were limited by his acquaint ances He was a good citizen and lived a useful lift GOV. OLCOTT SPEAKS. Gov. Olcott of Oregon has joined California ii taking strong stand against the location of lam owning Japanese colonies in the United States. Speak lng for Oregon, he says: 1 believe an ultimatum should and will be Issued setting forth thut this state is a state with a government by Americans and for Americans. Americanism is the predominate asset of citizenry and we cannot assimilate the Japanese. OU and water will not mix. Centuries have shown that we must work out our destinies separately. The pressure of immigration from Europe add force to the position of Gov. Olcott, and that or Cali fernia. The wrecked and devastated conditions o: Europe assures the United*States of an ample supply of labor ot the white race, people who can assimilate If they do not come too fast and we adopt methodt to provide for their distribution and Americanization We cannot assimilate the Japanese because of raeia differences, for, say what we will, for the present at least, "East is East and West is West ” The whtti race is West and the yellow race is East The at ceptunce of this conclusion does not mean that tht United States and Japan must be enemy countries, it both accept conditions as they are there is no reason in the world why they might not continue to be friendly, and commerce and visit with each other o i amicable terms. Some day in the future this situation may change, but that day has not arrived. It may be that we might legitimately dream of a time when the whole world will be a unit and all rates as one I but we are living In the Now and must meet condi j tic,ns rather than theories, and meet them In a ! practical way. NAVAL VESSELS AND ALASKA. -- ! The Juneau Empire is advocating a policy of rigid retrenchment for the coming year. We are with you Brother Troy; and let’s start by eliminating the subchasers.— (Val dez Miner.) It costs neither Alaska nor the Federal Govern-; ment anything to have naval vessels in Alaska. The navy . Is maintained for the National defense, and the ves sels of the navy have to have their regular cruises {for the training of the officers and enlisted men. !They can get this training in Alaska waters as well, a.- they can in the waters of the South Pacific or in • the Orient, and here they nay be of use to shipping and in the enforcement of law. In that case they would save the Territory money, at the cost of nobody, a"d render public service. And when Naval vessels are in Alaska they create business for this Territory rather than for Japan or ( bile or some other section. _%_ I The circumstance that Belgium is now producing ! more coal than before the war would Indicate that ! reconstruction has made fair progress in that country. _ New uses for aeroplanes are being discovered nearly every week. Sportsmen are now hunting cougar In the Olympic Mountains of the State ot Washington In them. The Seattle Times, talking to the Washington i State Legislature, urges that it practice the strictest economy that tax levies may be held to the lowest possible amount compatible with the public good. 1 That is sound advice. The next two years will be years of readjustments and close figuring, and the burden of taxation should be made as light as possible. The London Times is authority for the statement J that England's treaty with Japan does not bind her j to Japan as an ally In the event of war between the United States and that country. The Times says: j "Not only is it not true that our treaty stipulations with Japan bind us to Join her in war against the! United States, but we deliberately varied those stipu lations in 1919 for the express purpose of excluding ihe possibility of incurring this liability. The pro-1 vision in the subsisting treaty is explicit." Leaning on Uncle San’. (Boston News Bureau.) A theme common to Pilgrim anniversary utter ances * * * * has been the self-reliance, self-disci pline and common sense in government shown in the eaily Plymouth days. * * * * Perhaps in no formal respect has this become more evident than in the attitude of citizens Or of groups of citizens toward the Federal Government j Self-reliance is often a minus quantity. Class selfish-; ness supplants it. New—and expensive—functions 1 for Uncle Sam are urged that the fathers never! dreamed of. And the up-to-date tools of propaganda are busily used in ail {bek* eases. Harassed solons subjected to homo pressure and to barrages of form letters, telegrams, etc., are fully! conscious of the situation. They havj even become; restive to the point of rtlther resentfully discussing it j in recent debate. One or two citations may prove rather illuminating, in view of current attempts to get class relief from or to put new-fangled burdens upon the treasury. Thus, in discussing the maternity aid bill—which j led to natural references to maternalistic as well as! paternalistic government,—Senator Brandegee said in. reference to new fhuctlons proposed: "All these! things involve the fundamental consideration of what is the province of government. It is coming to be held that it is the province of the government to give every person a living, to see that he is comfortable, to see that be has food and clothing and bousing and medical attendance.” when the Senator went on to discuss various! efforts to have the Government enter into the realm of morals and legislate about them, and declared it ! would consequently have its hands full. Senator 1 Thomas interposed a remark which summed up the prospect epigrammatically as follows: "Its hands wm ue mu ami ns i reasury win oe empty. Along this line, the fallacy came in for attention which seems to suppose that Federal appropriations! come magically out of tlie nowhere and do not lay ny burden anywhere. ' Some are enticed,” remarked Senator Brandegee, "by the prospect of getting something out of the Terasury which they think comes out of it without coming out of the pockets o; the people.” Still worse, in his opinion, is the reaction of this policy upon the citizens themselves. ' It takes away tlie capacity of tho people at home to govern them selves.” Discussing a different topic, and in connection with it tho common inclination to demand an “in vestigation,” Senator King strikes a similar note In saying: "The welfare of the people would be best subserved If the press and the men of Influence iu :he various local communities would preach sound Individualism and inculcate the view that the great majority of our problems are individual or local, and an be solved only by the people themselves. This onstant invocation of Federal interposition can only result in weakening the moral fiber of the people.” As to functions, finance and philosophy, there Is too much running to Uncle Sam. We should more nearly emulate In 1920 the self-reliant individualists of 1620. Home Problems. Cincinnati Knqulrcr ) international relationships, may or may not bo leslrable. We have yet to learn that they are .esirable, but that homo problems are pressing must ie obvious to the least astute among the nation's ' statesmen They present greater difficulties than hey did even a year ago. Some of them seem to present insurmountable difficulties. The sources of Federal revenue seriously are im paired. 1 lie makeshifts and burdensome taxation orced upon the country because of blind bigotry iml more blind selfish interests haw not sufficed to Hi the void of revenue necessity. It will take all President -Fleet ilarding's great bllity and all the ability of a great Cabinet, which ic undoubtedly will assemble about him, to meet ml dispose ot these truly important and complex • roblems. A short time ago the Federal Treason took in 80o.ono.ouu and on the same day paid out $840 • 00,000. Appropriations upon appropriations are being isked lor. The Government and the -tates are spend “K money as though Uu- touch of Midas was their ■wn It is not. There is a limit Tax payments are •eginning to disturb business And we are told of a MO,000,000 delinquency in the national income tax I'lie strain is beginning to tell. The country is goins o need sate financial engineering ■-■ I BITS OF BY-PLAY i J By Luke McLuke i Copyright by Cincinnati Enquirer II ■ The Horrors Of Raisin JacA Up to Brown County, Ohio, they art) seeing wideats as big at calves, and said wildcats hate eyes as hig as saucers. Ho, Hum! You will find these lines in Gray's j Elegy: Full many a flower is bora to blush unseen, and waste its sweet-j ness on the desert air." But what we started to say was that Will 1. Bloom and his daughter Nettie May Bloom, live in Swine Valley, neat Hillsboro, Ohio. ■ ■ Things To Worry About Inheritance taxes can be paid with Liberty Bonds at their full voluation. — No Shooting Allowed E. L. Kinn, will take charge of the Elk Inn at Elkin, N. C., January 1,1921. Quick, Ooc, the Pepsin! Henrietta Brick lives in Hamilton, Ohio. j Names Is Names Isadore Bell lives at Frankfort, 111. Our Daily Special Be Ah Good As Your Word—But See That Your Word Is Good. Ouch I "That fellow cleaned up a fortune in business,” said Smith. “Cleaned up a fortune?" asked Jones. “What business was he in?' "The soap business,” replied Smith. Fair Warning! Before you take a drink of white mule or raJsin jack, lamp this infor mation that comes to us from a cir us authority: “There are only 100 -tnake Charmers left in the country. '.Vith 100,000,000 people in this coun ry this would give one Snake Charm ?r to each 1,000,000 people. This neans that your snakes will have o wait their turns and go uncharmed intil the snakes of 999.999 other ieople have been attended to. We iate to start a panic, but Facts -"acts. Mean Brute! "I met a woman today who has! treat, faith in her husband's judg-! nent,” said Mr. Gabb. “That’s nice,” • .commented Mrs..I Jabb. "How long have they been i married?” “Two days," replied Mr. Gabb. Then It Happened! “I’ll ’ bet it would,” exclaimed the Cheerful Idiot. ''You'll bet what would?" demand ;d the Wise Guy. "Why, if a lot of cartoonists enter-1 sd a drawing contest for a prize ! the result would be a draw, wouldn't it?" replied the Cheerful Idiot. -- i ■ Luke McLuke 8ays ■-■ You have to marry a girl to dis cover that she isn't as sweet as she looks. And some girls would make better housekeepers if they knew as much about Pastry as they do about Passe menterie. Another Damli: Once upon a lime a Wife lost the use of her tongue through lack of it. A grass widow never gets so de spondent that she puts "Keep Off The Grass" signs in front of her home. The trouble with trying to hold a conversation with some men is that they do not know the difference be tween a Conversation and a Mono ogue. If a white horse has to work for a living he always looks like he should be sent to the laundry. T case ITotel * — i Oppoute City Wharf, Over McMili&n’a Store Telephone 225. »—■■■■ ■ » " JAPANESE TOY SHOM I H B MAKINO ! Front Street I P. 0. Box 218 For Mail Order* ■-■ BEST OF EVERYTHING TO EAT Properly Cooked and Served ALASKA GRILL Juneau’s Pioneer Cafe *-1 1 CITY CAFE I , Front St., near City Dock I We Never Close Special Chinese Dishes ■---■ ■-—■ USED FURNITURE Bought, Sold and Exchanged N. ROCOVICH 211 Seward St. j Telephone 441. P. O. Box 261 a-:-—■ ■ . ■ «-i I 15 PER CENT REDUCTION I ON ALL MERCHANDISE I THE PIONEER STORE | H. HEIDORN. 2d near Main | a- -■ —- — i- -■ MARBLE SLABS AND UNITS | We make them—in any eize, or shape, plain or veined. I CONCRETE PRODUCTS ! MFG. CO. | Willoughby Ave. Juneau. | ; ■ -■ . i r, , I ■« DUDLEY G. ALLEN Alaska Representative 1 . .... H. R. SHEPARD & SON, (Incorporated) ? Anything In Insurance Fire, life, Accident, Marine, Automobile, Tourist, Baggage, > Ponds, Gas Boat Insurance. Compensation We insure a match or sawmill, a nail or a stamp mill, a her ring or cannery plant, te your life insured? Do you carry accident Insurance? Fir* los* es are adjusted according to c.mt of replacement, not the original cost of construction. ARE YOU FTJLLY COVERED? Thirty-Five Yean Experience. We Solicit Yonr Patronage. CIRCLE CITY HOTEL ' Ha* a Real Home Atmosphere CLEAN, COMFORTABLE, | And Within Tour Means. ALL OUTSIDE ROOMS, 14T1 AND SHOWERS. Rooms SOo., 75o., and $1.00. 8ee For Tourseltl William Short, Prop. CIRCLE CITY HOTEL 1 DINING ROOM NOW OPEN Family Style. Tables for Ladies. 1 Breakfast—7:30 to 10; Din ner—11:30 to 2; Supper— 4:30 to 7. Your Patronage Solicited. M. S. B0TELH0, Proprietor. | Hurry Up Two 5-room houses, very close in, at $1750 and $2000. Owner lives Outside and wants to sell at these prices, which are very attractive, (assessed value, $5000) For a home or an invest ment you can’t beat this. Allen Shattuck -- PROFESSIONAL s—-1 -—i Drs. Kaser & Freeburger DENTISTS 1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 58 Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. ■- -1 Dr. Charles P. June ] DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg. Telephone 176. -r-.- - I-——u-■ Dr. L. 0. Sloane Office Phone 18 ^_Hoase Phone 297 1 Dr. DeVighne Malony Building Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9 Phones: Office, 104; Res. 10S I-—\ | Seward Bldg. Piione 469 ^ Drs. White & Stewart | X-Ray Dlagontlsclans and | General Practitioners of | Dentistry. | Hours 9 to 6 and Evening* i 7 to 9. I I-- 1 Dr. Daniel S. Neuman Practice limited to diseases of th« EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Office hours 1 to 4 and 7:30 to 9 p. m. 432 Qoldstelr bldg. Phone 197 snMsaspnflMl Visit the Famous Sitka Hot Springs Dr. F. It. Goddard’s Sanitaria* Rates <2.60 Per Day and UP Every Comfort Rosselle Studio Modern and Classic Dancing Classes Monday and Thursday. Private lessons by appointment. Phone 4623. 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