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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets. Juneau, Alaska. __ Entered m tho Post Office In Juneau ns Second Class matter. _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by c ’Tier In Juneiu, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. By mill, postage paid, at the following rates: One year. In advance, *12 mi; six months. In advance, JH.nn; three months, in advance, *:i,oli;on.- month. In advance, *1.25. Subscribers will confer a faver if they will promptly notify the Business OfTi. t of any failure or ii regularity In the de livery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republi. alien of all news dispatches credited to I! or not otherwise I red it ml 111 this paper and also the local news published herein. CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO RE MORE THAN DOUBI.E THAT Of ANY OTHER ALASKA NEWSPAPER ALASKA NEEDS CAPITAL RATHER THAN EXPERIMENTS IN REGULATION. Alaska's greater task Is to gel industries, not to regulate them to death. Let those countries where the industries have become thoroughly planted, where the pioneering Iihh been done and markets establish ed, do the experimenting. They can afford it. Their, industries are strong enough to withstand the shocks while experiments are being tested. If an industry should fall nowand again, there are other industries on I which to lean until the fallen rises or is helped up. It is different in Alaska. Our industries are not so numerous, and place in the markets for their' products is not so thoroughly established. The pio neering has not been completed When an Industry falls those who have been depending upon it for a market for their labor or for the trade which keeps their business going have to pull stakes and dissipate the accumulations of years of work in trying to get a toe-hold in some other section or some other trade, business or profession. In the meantime, other capital is watching the results of the pioneering of investors in Alaska. If the pioneers succeed, other capital will come here and join in the development of the Territory. If they fail, capital will look elsewhere for employment. The welfare and opportunity of all those in Alaska, whether in business or just workingmen, wait on the coining of capital. If it does not come the years that we have spent in this Territory will not hear fruit in our time. The Pioneers’ Home and the Territorial pension list tell an eloquent tale of what has resulted from the long delay in devel opment. Let us not pursue a policy that leads so many to this melancholy destiny. PLANS TO PURCHASE THE PREMIER. Canadian newspapers arriving in late mails con firm the Associated Press story that the Selukwe Min ing Company of London. Bngland, which owns n 62 per cent, interst in the 1!. <’. Silver Mine, ad joining the Premier, have offered the owners of the Premier $90.000,00(1 for their great Portland Canal gold-silver mine. About 33 per cent, of the B. ('. Silver Mine is owned by the Premier Company. It Is saiil that the Premier Company at one time offered $1,500,00 for the Selukwe Mining Company's interest in the B. C. Silver Mine and the offer was refused. Recently it was reported that the II. C. Silver operations had struck the Premier vein, and the re sult has been a revaluation of the B. C. which rntiH Into very large (Igures. The London accounts declare that the Premier lias from $10,000,000 to $50,000, 000 In sight, and the belief obtains there that the striking of the veing by the B. c. Indicates that it contains values much greater than the estimates It is admitted hv engineers that the Premier and the It C. Silver ought to he one property. At Vancouver the figures are believed to he ex aggerated. They say that, while there is no doubt either about Hie negotiations for the union of the Premier and II C Silver or that London owners or the latter property are endeavoring to secure the control of both properties, they do not credit the $90,000,000 offer. POLITICAL SPECULATION. Arthur Sears Henning, the political correspondent, bellevep that Senator Horah will he a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 192N nml that he will receive the support of the antl Administ rat ion Republicans. He declares ahat Sen ntor I,a Follette amt Senator Johnson, as represen tatives of what their followers are pleased to call the Roosevelt Republicans or Progressive Republi cans have both tried and failed to make the Presi dency. Mr Henning points out that Senator Horah has maintained his regularit} in the Republican Party, even to tile extent of supporting Taft against Roosevelt in 1912 He also supported Coolidge against T.a Follette. Hut today he is looked upon as the leader of tlo- anti-Coolidge Republicans. Mr Hennln. thinks the Coolidge Republicans will pick either President Coolidge for re-election, Vice-President Dawe Senator Pepper of Pennsyl vania. Senator Watson of Indiana or Secretary Hoover for the Republican Presidential nomination. Others have picked Senator Willis of Ohio and still others suggest Speaker-To-He Longwortli of Ohio to repre sent the conservative Republicans. Oavid Lawrence, another political correspondent of large reputation, thinks the Republicans will not have* things all their wav in 1!I2S. Ho see a political giant in Gov. Al Smith of New York, who, he says, was never so strong throughout the country as now. He says Gov. Smith’s victory over a partisanly hos tile Legislature is one of the notable achievements in American political history, and declares that sup port for him is coming from Republicans as well as Democrats. "Even in such a stanch Republican in stitution as tlie Union League Club,” says Mr. Lawr ence, “one finds a preponderant sentiment for A1 Smith.” He says tlie strong Republican newspapers, the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Sun, “support him generously.” Mr. Lawrence things Gov. Smith can either be elected Governor for a fourth term next year or he can go to the Senate to succeed Senator Wadsworth. He thinks if he should go to the Senate he would almost immediately become the “outstanding leader" in this party. He concludes, "1028 is still a long ways off, but it is worth recording that the popular ity of A1 Smith is on the incerase.” That the voters in large numbers are continuing to act independently of political parties was again illustrated at St. Louis this month. St. Louis gave President Coolidge nearly 45,000 plurality, last No vember. In the recent Mayorality election tlie Re publican nominee received 120,117 and the Demo cratic nominee got 117,221. Progress is being made rapidly In the United States not through so-called “progressive" legisla tion, but in spite of it. Swat tlie flies now and make the summer more pleasant—and safer. School leathers Salaries. (Seattle Business Chronicle.) Seattle in raising the salaries of Its school teach ers sets tin example that might well be emulated by all other communities. (The increase varies from $60 to $120 a year according to rating, and aggre gates about $07,000.) Business Chronicle favors higher pay for school teachers. Do we hear a pro test from the taxpayer? Does he ask how we rec oncile this position with our advocacy of lower taxes?! Well, let us see. During 1924, ns shown by City Treasurer Ed. I, Terry’s annual report, the City's dis bursements aggregated $50,916,230. Now, if the City can spend roundly 51 million dollars In a year, most ly for material tilings, of what moment is the addi tional bagatelle, relatively speaking, of 97 thousand dollars that our children receive better training in character building? The teacher lias the hoy and girl in keeping during formative years. Much of tlie viewpoint of the boys and girls of today who are the men and women of tomorrow that will lie guiding the destiny of city, state ami nation is the direct contribution of the school teacher to the sum total of community well-being. Why should these teachers not he well paid, considering their responsi bility? Can the taxpayers think of a single one of tlie thousands of places in which their money is spent where they get more of really important results for their dollars than in the schools? Taxes can he reduced in many places, very many places. But tlie school is not the place to begin. More and better schools, and higher-paid and better teachers! The future or tile Republic is determined, more than is generally realized. In tlie schoolroom. The Halibut (iame. (Petersburg Herald.) The halibut game is more of a gamble (his year (ban ever. Every time a fisherman comes in with ills catch lie does not know whether lie will make expenses or just the reverse. There is probably one immediate remedy—^the limiting of the catch according to boat tonnage or so much per man per boat. Tills means co-operation and organization. The fishermen who "farm tlie seas.1' generally speaking, are in about the same position as were tlie farmers before co-operation and marketing problems were taken up by the farmers themselves. At the present me the fishermen are "cutting cacti others' throats." They themselves force or make possible a si.illative market by hunching their cargoes or catches. Moreover tltey are helping to spoil a future market by enabling the cold storage firms to put by halibut at a low price. Halibut boats h.v limiting their catches according to their tonnage would realize better prices and make more profits for smaller catches. It also would help Stabilize the market. Until something like this is done the tisherim :> > ill continue to lie at the mercy of an uncertain and speculative market. No matter what may lie the buying price to the boat selling its catch, no doubt the consuming public pays about tlie same for the fish. The question is who gets (tie benefit of the difference? Certainly not the fisher men, and just as certainly not the consumer. These are things over which fishermen should ponder and think. No one will help them unless they help them selves. This is the time of the year when we always say tliis is die time of the year to look out for paragraphs beginning "This is the time of year." -(Now York World.) „ * 11 took prohibition, not science, to discover noth ing can lie wetter than the ocean unless it is a bone dry land. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) The naval maneuvers off California this year were unusually successful. None of Hie destroyers tried to climb the reeks. -(Detroit News.) Alton It. Parker and John W. Davis lost the Presidency, lint they have the Could litigation. (Philadelphia Record.) An admirer of Senator Uorall says the latter has a right to differ from anyone with whom he disagrees. And he does. — (Pittsburgh tiazette Times.) "Democrats Oppose Hasty Convention." says a headline. They showed that clearly down at New York last summer (Indianapolis Star.) Mussolini may think he is brave because lie Isn't afraid to get into a den with a lion, but we dare him to come over here and sit in a Senate presided over by Hell and Maria Dawes.—(Cincin nati Enquirer.) Frenchmen are selling umbrellas that are equip ped with radio receiving sets. What is wanted here is an umbrella that will scream when it is picked up by the wrong party.— (Los Angeles Times.) — ■ Prince Rupert’s development as a port has been slow, hut it is bound tp come. The future prosperity as a shipping center is as certain as anything in this life. We hope the N. Y K. means business and that the connection with this port will be mutually beneficial.— (Prince Rupert News.) Pop manufacturers are reported to he seeking means to stimulate sales. Of course, they might try to induce more umpires to get within bottle range. (Detroit News.) \\ hatever else may he said of Senator Willis of Ohio, for entering himself in the 1928 Presi dential race, he cannot be accused of loss of time — (Chicago News.) . ■-■ | ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR j l i | By SAM HILL | i---; Excess Baggage. Of course, I know all trees have trunks, But why they do. I'm not aware. For ’een though every spring they leave They never can go anywhere. Observations of Oldest Inhabitant. There was a bigger demand for safety pins back in the days when the stork was a regular visitor. The Ananias Club. “You know best. Mother, dear, and 1 11 do whatever you think is best," said the flapper daughter. Get ’Em From a Congressman. I planted what The label said was lettuce seed; But what I’ve raised 1 think is a new kind of weed. It’s a Dangerous Pastime These Day3. Blinks I notice you don’ drink any more. Jinks No I’m afraid to die. Never Wanna Meet Him, Even. Another bird I’ll let alone. Is this rough guy They call Hi Clone. I Henry's a Fundamentalist. ".lust what is a modernist?” auk i Henry Peek. "I don't know exactly, but they don't believe in a lot of things, like hell, for instance,” replied the fr ond lie was talking too. "H’in," mused Henry, “are they all old bachelors?" Easily Explained. "Somehow her face didn't look familiar, though I suppose I a luuid have known her." "Well, her face probably has been repainted since you saw her Iasi time.” He Knew it. "It pays to lie good, my boy," re marked the parson, who was staying for dinner. "I'll tell the cross eyed world it does," replied Willie. “I always get a quarter for being good when you are here, and if i don’t earn the quarter 1 get a helluyu licking." Overheard—Well, Where Was it. “Gosh! This is hard to get around " said the skirt band as the super stout tried to get her skirt hooked. Even Then He’s No Ace. A king is out of luck You bet he is, by beck If be is on a throne Instead of in a deck. More or Less True. If working them really does in crease the vocabulary it must dis courage a lot of husbands to see i Heir wives going in for this cross-word puzzle fad. Most wives are so busy they just can't spare a minute for praising their husbands. And maybe the rea son is that all Hie praise they have for the old fools could lie given one-half of one second, and isn't worthy of wasting a minute fo'\ There wouldn't he as many dive- - es if wives got as much please; ■ out of picking up after their hus bands sowing on hiillniis and telling them where they left their h:i t e when they took them off us they do in finding fault with 'em. A lot of women who a few months ago were crazy to get their hair bobbed now arc witling to admit they were. Another reason why it is si haul for a man to under stand women i( because most of them act as if earning Hie meal licket were mere child's play compared to getting a ■—-■ JAPANESE TOY SHOP H. B. MAKINO Front Street F. 0. Box 218 for Mnil Orders -■ I. J. SHAIUCK Jeweler and Optician Watches, Diamonds, - » Silverware Jewelry couple of meals and washing the dishes. Otlr bet is that the woman who has a weight to reduce thinks the woman who has a husband to reform doesn’t know what worry is. Next to a mother-ia-law there is nothing that can make more trouh j around home than a man's fool no tion that meals ought to he lj ly the minute he gets in tho house. Daily Sentence Sermon. It is better to ho a good poor man than a bad rich ouo. News of the Names Club. Seems like I Will Tye. of Pitts burg, ougltta be a preacher, but he isn't. Could you say that Gordon Darling of San Francisco, who has just mar ried Grace Prior, had a prior love affair before he married Grace? Oh, all right, then. Fights “Gag” I _________ 4 Unable to g'‘t the United States Government to remove tls “gag” on the political speeches of her hus band, former President of Hungary, Countess Karolyi, an American born woman, accom.’** <ed him to Canada, where his utterances were not censored TO INVESTORS. liny Windswept Silver Foxes and let a Million Dollar Company ranch them. You take the profits. Perfect1 scoring pedigreed stock at $1,250 and up per pair. Buy outright, on time or shares as low as $5 down, the balance to suit purchaser. Send your money direct to the company and secure a high rate of interest for life. If you wish to ranch the foxes yourself, you will have help I and instructions from the most suc cessful company in the United States of America. See me for further information til the Arctic Cigar Store, Juneau, Alaska. —adv. O. M. ITAKKY. -♦-»-«. Dry seasoned mill wood, 1G inch length. Juneau Transfer. adv. PROFESSIONAL ■ - -■ ■ -P Drs. 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Willis, Vice President ■ I Fraternal Societies | - OF - Gastineau Channel I ■ "T 5"! ELKS Meeting Wednesday Evenings at 8:00 o’clock. Elks’ Ilall. Dr. G. F.Freeburger, Exalted Kulcr. John A. Davis, Secretary. Visiting Brothers welcome. C^-Ordinate Bodie» Of Freemasonry Scottish Kite Regular meetings second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m. Odd Fellows’ Hall. WALTER R. HEISEL, Secretary. i. o. o. F. SILVER BOW LODGE NO. 2 A Meets every Thursday at 8 P. M., Odd Fellows’ Hall. .1. 11. Hart, Noble Grand; P. Brevlk, Secretary. PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH LODGE NO. 2A. Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays in iO.O.F. Hall, at 8 I'. M. MARY BAVAR1), N. G. ALPIIONSINE CARTER, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14? F. & A. M. Staled Communication Gerund and Fourth Monday of each month in Odd Fellow*’ Hall, hegfnning at 7:!fl o'clock. WALLIS S GEORGE. Master. t’HAS. E. NAGHEL, Secretary. N Order of the EASTERN STAR tnd and Fourth Tuea iya of each month. At S o’clock. I O. O. F. Hall. MARY WESTON, Worthy Matron. FANNY L. ROBINSON, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS | SEGHEItS COUNCIL NO. 174f». Minting* nemnd anil Inst Monday* 7 :,‘H \t v p. m. Transient Hrith f^rs linked to at tend. Council Chamber* Fifth Street. Hector McLean, G. K. II. .1. Turner, Secretary. AMERICAN LEGION Alford John Bradford Post. No. 4. JuDeau, Alaska. Meets fourth Thursday each month at 8 p. m. at The Dug-Out. Harry Sperling, Post Commander, Phono 3605; .1. II. Hart, Post Adjutant, Phone 1832. LOYAL ORDER 07 MOOSE Juneau Lodge 700 Meets every Friday night, 8 o'clock. Moose Hall. Georgs Jorgenson, Dictator; R. II. Stevens, Secretary. WOMEN OF M00SEHEART LEGION Juneau Chapter No. 439 Meeting First and Third Thursdays of each month, 8 o'clock Moose Hall. Catherine Ilellan, Senior Regent; Mrs. A. F. McKinnon, Secretary. ■-■ 1 Auxiliary Alford John Bradford I Post No. 4 American Legion | Regular meeting fourth Tliurs | day of each month in Council | Chambers of City Hall at 8 p. | m. President, Mrs. E. M. Polley. | Secretary, M. C. Ducey. * AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF T ALASKA, Igloo No. G. Meeting every third Wednesday of euch month at 8 o'clock p. m. Cards and refreshment#. At Moose Hall. KUNA RADONICH. President AGNES GIUGGS, Secrettary. ■—-a FIRST CLASS DRY OR STEAM CLEANING CAPITAL DYE WORKS C. Meldner, Professional Cleaner and Dyer. Phone 177 | Juneau Public Library and Free Reading Room City Hall, Second Floor Main Street at 4th Reading Room Open From 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Circulation Room Open from 1 to 5:30 p. m.—7:00 p. m. ot S.30 p. m. Current Magazines. Newspapers, Reference Books, Etc. FREE TO ALL 1 " --■ ! RELIABLE TRANSFER T Phone 149. Res. 148 Courtesy and Good Service Our Motto. i-—