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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE' JOn W. TI40Y - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Street*, Juneau, Bntsred In tha P(«t Office In Juneau aa Second Class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Beftvered by cirltr I. Juneau, Douglas, Treadwall and Tnanc fc. $1,25 per month. By mall, rootage paid, at the following rates: J Oa« year. In advance, $12.On; six months. In sdvance, |4.o0; Hares months *h advance. 13 00: one month, In advance SI.26 Subscribers w, confer a favor If they"will promptly notify Use Business Office of any fn.lure or Irregularity In the de Itrscy of tbslr paper*. Telephone 'or Editorial and Business Office*. 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. W»s Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for rsaaibltnatton of all news dispatches credited to It or not oibvrwu* credited In thl* paper --d also the local news pub lish** herein ■7TRCT7I .AVION OUARANTEFP TO BE MORE THAN nOTTRT.W THAT OF ANY OTHER AT.ASKA NJ’tVRPAPER. H -• sSBMbS—i IIIMIS ' ~~. —" " ■ ~ ———- " 1 1 THE U. S. A. IS A SUCCESS. — Otic making a trip over the United States from ' the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic, going east, for instanco, over a northern line and returning over j one farther south, covering half of the States of the j Union, is reminded of the remark of IJnclle Joe Cannon, when ho said, after ho had made such a trip j from tho Atlantic to the Pacific and return, answer-! ing a reporter, "Yes, I have made a long trip and concluded that (lie United Slates is a bedl of a sue-j cess." Meaning the same thing was the remark of J the laio J. Pierpont Morgan when tie said that the speculator who plays the United States as a "bear" I will go broke. The United States is a great country. Its resources' arc almost unlimited, its development is immense and tho courage, capacity, intelligence, integrity and loyalty of the people are everywhere in evidence. Tito pter.ent and future stability of (he country is obvious j, to (he most casual observer. The people are, gen-1, orally speaking, contented, happy anti patriotic.: Anarchy, bolshevism, communism and the other isms; of over-crowded and long oppressed sections of the world cannot thrive long in such rich and intelli gently and th.ifti'ly cultivated soil as that which stretches its thousands if miles between the groat pecans Nor can poverty or depression long exist in | any part of the vast country. There are too many well tilled farms, too many well managed factories end shops, loo many school house, too many tine American citizens to permit discontent and hale and class feeling of any kind to prevail for any con siderable period. Prosperity, as well ns political, re liy our and class freedom, is an American heritage. While business conditions in the United States today are not us satisfactory as people would like them to he. (here are few parts of tile country where their is anything approaching "'hard times." There is depression in Southern California, 1n Eas-tern Washington, parts of Idaho, in Montana, the Dakotas and a fenv oltier sections. lint the people of thore regions are gradually solving their problems. There are few American eMnmnlc ills that might not be safely loft to the intelligent citizenry of the vat ions sections and time to solve. There are a few problems that must tie worked cut, it is true. Chief among them is the restoration r‘ Europe's financial system, wrecked by I lie war and the saturnelia of inflation which followed. That is a matter of Interost to this country, it is one that bat; a direct appeal to the economical welfare of our people as well as tbeir humanitarian instinvts. \ The countries of Europe are our deli to. s and our j customers. We must co-operate with them in every practicable manner in .setting their houses in order i that world commerce may be roeto ied to a flourishing condition and that financial commitments may have r’lbstantlal merulng. That work should be accom f.anlod by tile removal of restrictive tariffs and other barriers to trade. Wo ought to, while doing this work, relieve the irritation caused :;y those who are endeavoring to centralize nil governmental autholty j a, Washington and to standardize conduct and people j through legislation instead of depending upon indi viduals to adjust themsclvs to advancing civilization , However, all these will come with lime and most things will lie wdll. "The United States is a hell of a success" and lie who plays "bear" with it is certain to lose. MARS ('LOSE TO EARTH. Hi$h-powered wireless stations in many parts of the world are listening today for etheral signals from Mars, and the tele-scopes of all countries are turned <-n the red planet of war. Scientists from many countries are observing with their instruments from the Jungfrau, the most beautiful as well as the highest of the Alps, for signs of Martian fife. Tho occasion for this sciontilh- concentration is j the circumstance tlhat Mars Is closer to the earth, its! nearest neighbor, than it has been since the begin ning of lime. Astronomers tell us that the planets' are only 35,000,000 miles apart a mere slip in solar system distances. . __________ | EXPERIMENTAL FOX FARMS. That the Federal Government should establish ex perimental fox farms In Southeastern and South western Alaska, or turn all or a part of the profits from its fox farming industry conducted in connec tion wi'b blip seal] fisheries over, to the Territory and enable it to establish such farms, should he obvious to all who think on the subject. Fox farm ing is fast becoming one of the leading industries of ihis part of the Territory, and it is being rapidly developed in the Southwestern part of Alaska. It is on industry that appeals to tho average man because it does not mrcc-'sarily require large capital to get Into it. It is gaining attention in the States. That fact taken in connection with the circumstance that most of ttlie supply of stock for tho farms that are be ing established in tho Staten is furnished by Alaska adds to the attractiveness >f the industry in this Territory. It provides an additional market. Afready SouOheastom Alaska is annually produc ing: hundreds or thousands «f dollars worth of foxes. The product will increase until lit runs into tho millions. It is an Industry that is worthy of every encouragement. There are even more reasons why we shioud have Government fox farms where experi ments may be conducted and rfom which scientific knowledge may eminate Ilian there are for experi mental agricultural stations. Let’s work for them. Tho circumstance that La Kollette was afraid to attend sessions of the Senate during the war through fear that he might be expelled from that body and the further fact that ho is nearly seventy years of age ami has been In exceedingly poor ihealth for a long time will be considered thoughtfully by the American people during the cooler months that will come ibef-oro the Novmber voting. Senator Borah and Senator Cou/.ens have an nounced that they wMl support the candidacy of President Coolidge. Gradually the Republican and so-called Republican Senators are being placed. It is about (he California Senator Johnson's turn to speak up. It would (be interesting if those Martians would tell us whether they are getting their's from the Government or from bootleggers. "Lightning lilts near Coolidge," says (lie dis patches. Well, what of it? (Hasn't it struck his lightning rod every time he has hoisted it? The Mvth-Makers at Work. X _ -y (Now York World.) Around all National Conventions and Presidentlal nominations rumor and gossip quickly gather, and there is danger that they may be regarded as his tory. All the mere important is it to nip there mytths in the bud whenever it is possible to do so. They arc already beginning to appear in connection with the outcome of the Democrat! Convention. Gen tlemen are going about gravely declaring that the nomination cf Governor Bryan was intended, and in fact operated, as a bribe to secure the support of William J. Bryan. Yet It is a matter of contem porary record, which ought at once to be pinned in the hats of Republican orators, that directly after the section which ended in the nomination of Mr. I>avls .the question was dirootly put to Mr. Bryan what he pr posed to do, and he said, even it with an Intelligible lack of enthusiasm, that he would support the Democratic ticket. Tho nomination of his brother came many hours later. A similar myth will no doubt ere long entwine| delightfully lihe visit which Mr. McAdoo made to Mr.' Davis on Saturday. We are solemnly asked to be lieve that (lie former put the candidate through a i'nvrre ere ■ -examination. And it was only, according to this story, after Mr. Davis had successfully an swered all the questions in the Porgressive Cate chism many of them a greater strain upon human reason than seme In the Westminster Catechism, on which Mr. Davis, was brought up—tha.t Mr. McAdoo went away to certify to the reporters that ho had found the Pre i.lential nominee to be sound in the Progressive faith and therefore deserving of the sup (i rt of all tiiie devoted McAdooites. Ciodulcus folk who give oar to such tales ought to ark themselves the question where Mr. Bryan and Mr. McAdoo could possibly have gone if they had lift the Democratic Party. In the case of neither is- It yr tragic as it was with Daniel Webster when be as ked wlhcre he was t » go if there were to be no " big Party. But there was really no alternative for the two gentlemen named. If they are not Demo crats they are nothing. It lis easy for a politician to become intensely disoa lie tied with a position into v hleli he had been forced, but there must he some place for him to go before he will quit it. This in herent difficulty Is almost comically illustrated just now by the Hesirst newspapers. They cannot be1 happy with either panty. nor with that other dear charmer. Senator La Foiletto. So the decision seems t<> be that, having no place to go, they will stay where they are and tike it out in throwing stone3 and abuse impartially at all and sundry. Disease or Superstition? (Sen Francisco Bulletin.) Dr Nicholas Murray Butler thinks that the na tional habit of law-making Is “the great American u I scare. If a disease, it is by far the most preva lent with which we are afflicted. It covers every part ot the country and is growing worse year by year. There is a fresh outbreak whenever Congress or a legislature assembles, while there is the con tinuous epidemic of municipal ordinances. But it is by no means confined to the American democracy, and is to ho found in more ot less virulent form wherever there Is popular government. Ur. Butler makes comparison between Cong-ess and the British House of Commons, and much in favor of the latter, hut apparently fails to take into account the tre mendous accumulation of British statutes concerning which Herbert Spencer wrote so scathingly many years ago. There are others that regard the law-making liabit not as a disease, but hr a wuperatition that can be shown as proof that civilization is every whit aH KiipcrutItloiiB as barbarism It is argued that in es sence the savage Is much the same as civilized man A Polynesian takes a piece of toak and carves him a wooden god, to which he prayH for power to con quer his enemies. If he wins the next light it is a good god and is honored; if he loses, then he whips n s god and carves him another. Civilized man smiles at this ignorant superstition, and yet, bv means of (ongre.-scs or Parliaments, he has assemblages of men who, after much talk make certain signs on scraps of paper, and, wthen finally agreed as to their nature, these are submitted to a President or a King who duly signs the sheet called a new law if wark8 t7et"' 11 lR. 0illIcd tt K00*1 'aw; if it fails to W)rk, it is amended and amended. The Polynesian never lores faith in his wooden god, and civilized b/ws "eVer <>8C8 faitl1 ,n the maK'c of his written Occasionally a law works well, but ’when that is the cage It is because the matter is one within the scope of law. In far the greater number of i„ Blances the written law runs counter to forces far gi cater than thotc >f the lawmaker, yet there is not a democracy that docs not proceed in’ the belief'that hu, "is a,rp a'l-Powerful. It may be a disease, but it is more like a superstition. n J ills country still has a woman member of the Hmise ot Represent.-atives. Wfho knows her name or where r.he hatls from?—(Detroit Free Press.) Senator Wheeler is a self-made man. he says Just now Democratic loaders intimate that almost any body else might have made a better job of him — (Detroit Free Press.) mm. - •■Help Wanted"—by three political parties.—(De troit Nows.) ' It will be noted that William J. Bryan was care ful to say that the Madison Square confab was "prob ably his last convention.—.(Detroit Free Press.) Thore are a million more laws Jn the fnited States than the busiest ciflminal could break in a life time.— (Toledo Blade.) *•»•... J »-*—'---- .JLJ ■ i ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR I I By SAX ULL ^ i-—-.fc A Slacker I’d banish' him to Borneo. For he sure gets my goat; He kie.ks about our politics Yet never does ho vote. Observations of Oldest Inhabitant There Is this to be said about knickers—If the dear things take to wearing them there'll be no chance of the old fashioned bustle coming back. The Ananias Club "Say. Sheba,” said the Shiek. "let's take your kid brother along, I know he would enjoy taking this ride with us.” Must Have Been a Crystal Set "What can 1 get on this radio set?" he asked. "Hm! ’Bout two dollars,” replied the pawn broker. What’s Vour uuess, Watson New York woman drove off half dozen armed bandits with a broom. It’s the burned child that dreads the fire and our bet is that every one of those rough necks was a married man. But, ‘‘Gosh," It Does Good We’re always doing things We hadn’t ought'er. And these hot days we drink Too much tee water. All Qreek To Her Grandma was In from the country for a little visit. Daughter came down dressed In her glad rags and paint. "Are you going out, dear?" grand ma asked. “Yes,” growled daughter, "I gotta date with an egg and he’s such an oil can I’d like to give him the gate. There's John, who's the herrleB, try ing to date me for tonight and I had to throw him down for a flat tire like this poor fish! Life sure is tough." And grandma doesn't know yet what it was all about. 'Course -rhey May Not Have Been Vaccinated We understand the smallpox scare has boomed the trade in vaccine points, but we havn't observed many of the sleeveless girls with bandages around their arms. But, as we said in the headline, maybe they haven't been vaccinat ed. Ads Is Ads You need something In our line. Tell us what It Is. Satisfaction goes wit it. Conner & Kraus, Flor ence, Ky. Classified ad In Boone County Ky. Recorder. Maybe we do, maybe we do, but until we know what their line is we would hate to bet on it. Some Watchdog Blinks—How does he keep the wolf from the door. Jinks—By keeping a blind tiger, I imagine. Dressing As He Saw It “Son, where’s your mother?" asked dad. "She’s upstairs undressing for the party,” replied the smart kid. More Or Less True A woman writer warns young fel lows not fo marry a poor girl who dresses beyond her means. What's the difference? Any girl will dress beyond yours after she is married to you. After reading in the obituary what a wonderful fellow her husband was, it must make a widow sort of wish she hadn’t been able to collect the life Insurance after all. Speaking of efficiency experts.— nobody can heat a Princess daugh ter at running things. It gives a fellow a thrill to know some one always is waiting for him when he comes home from work, but it gives him a chill to know she is waiting for him when he comes home busted from the poker party. Telling the bobbed haired crowd long hair again is to be the fashion Is about as useless as telling the super stouts the slim silhouette Is the proper thing. Our id-'a of a genius Is a man who can tell which is daughter and which Is wife from the rear view. Work is the thing wo hate to do— that why daughter thinks it is'so terrible to have to spend 15 minutes In front of the kitchen sink wash ing dishes, when she doesn’t mind standing two hours in front of a mirror fixing up her face. A motor car. like a family, always is needing something new. It Is had enough for women to dress like men. hut the worst won't happen until men begin to dress like women, It seems that they only look that way, and looks often are deceiving, we admit, but a learned psychiarist emphatically declares women who bob their hair are not crazy. When we see a girl with so few clothes on we think maybe she’s put all the rest of ’em in her hope chest against the day when she’ll need 'em more. Daily Sentence Sermon Don’t try to run the other fellow’s business until you have shown you can run your own. News of the Names Club A. Fix and Lawrence Tender are reported from Detroit. We don’t know whether she shines in society or not, hut Mrs. O. Moon lives in Indianapolis. If we were to meet John Szeput noswski, of Philadelphia, we simply would call him John, for we really can pronounce that part of his name. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE cinchcrage, Alaska. July 10. 1924. Notice is hereby given that Henry Hendrickson, of Juneau, Alaska, has submitted Final Proof on his homestead entry. Serial 04146, H. E. Survey 111 Now Series No. 1287, covering landB situated in the Tongass National Forest, on Douglas Island, Alaska,' together with his witnesses, John Torvinen, and Grov er C. Winn, all af Juneau, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad versely the above described lands arc required to file their adverse claims with the Register of the United Statoe Land OfTice, within the period of publication, or thirty days thereafter. J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register. First publication Aug. 2, 1924. Last publication Oct. 2. 1924. Girl Youngest Political Agent in England. KIK* HARgUERlTE. UfHJTs j Miss Marguerite White, just past 31, of Matlock, Derbyshire, Eng., has been appointed agent for the Chelmsford Division of Essex by the Chelmsford Liberal Association, the youngest political agent in the United Kingdom. She is a daugh ter of the late C. F. White, Liberal Member of Parliament from Weat Derbyshire. JAPAN BUYS LAW LIBRARIES HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 22.— Japan Is systematically buying val uable German libraries. The Tohoku University recently acquired the li brary of Doctor E. Seckel, a cele brated professor, and Tokio Uni versity has purchased the 8,000 vol ume library of Doctor Neubecker. a Hendelberg jurist. Dtt seasoned mlR wood, 16 inch length. Juneau Transfer. adv. PROFESSIONAL " T ■ ------. , j t**" "*-- ' ■ " '■ ’ Dr*. Kaser & Freeburger DIMTBTS 1 and S Goldstein Bldg. phone n Hours I t. ■. to 9 y. a. ■ --- i - ^ - f Dr. Charles P. Jenae DENTIST Room* t and 9 VeWatla* Bid*. Telephone 17S. a-—-»-■ ■ -■ Dr. A. W. Stewart ‘ DBNTI^T Hour*, 9 A. M. to 9 P. 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MAVIS, Secretary, Visiting Brothers welcome. Co-Ordinate Bodies of Freemasonry Scottish Rite Regular meetings second Friday- each month at 7:30 p. m. Odd Fellows' Hall. _■ WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary. i. o. m. r. sn.VBR MW LOEXJB NS. I & Meeets svsry Thursday at 8 P. 18., Odd Fellows’ Hall. E. M. Pol ley, Noble Grand; Thomas L. Georgs, Secretary. " PSMEVXRAJICl BKBXKA1 ' LODGE BO. IA Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays In I.O.O.F. Hall, at 8 P. M. MABBL WILSON, N. G. ALPHON8INB CAR1BR, Secretary. B-—-- • • ■ | , MOUNT JINKAI IOMB No. 147, P. * A. M. dated Communication Second and Fo .lh If on dor* of sock Month, in Odd Folio—a Nall, beginning ot T:lf o'nlma William If. Pry, Master. Cnas. E. Nairn el, Secretary Order o! the EASTERN STAR Weconi) and Fourth Teeo dors of oooh meat* At I o’clock, L O. O. F. MOIL PEARL BURFORO. Worthy Matro* LOIS NORDUNQ, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OBGHBRS COUNCIL Mo Ifae. Meetings aeeead aad laat Mondays e> T:M , , p, m. Transient Broth ers urged to attend. Council Cbambafo Fifth SLreet. A. J. Forrest, Q. K„ J. L. McCloekey, Secretary. AMERICAN LEGION Alford John Bradford Pont No. 4. Juneau, Alaaka. Meet* fourth Thu red*) each monk* at I |. ■ Tha Dug-Out. J. W. Kehoe. Pont Commander, Phone 449: J. H. Han, Pont Adjutant, Phone 100. LOYAL ORDER 01 MOOSE Juneau Lodge 700 Meets every Friday night, 8 o’clock, Moose Hall. George Jorgenson, Dictator; R. H. Stevena, Secretary. ■-—---■ Mooseheart Legion Juneau Legion No. 26. Meets first Tuesday of each month at Moose Hall. KARL THIEL*, G.N.M. R. H. STEVENS. Herder. ■- - ■- ' ■--■ I WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART LEGION Juneau Chapter No. 439 Meeting second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 8 o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. Mary Hain, Senior Regent; Mrs. A. F. McKinnon, Secretary. i—--• I _ ■-■ Auxiliary Alford John Bradford Post No. 4 American Legion Regular meeting fourth Thurs day of each month In Council Chambers of City Hall at > p. m. President, Mra. E. M. Polity. 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