The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1927, Page 4

t i 4 Daily Alc Publishcd cvery o1 xcent b MDY PRINTING COMPANY Seco 1 Main & Junean Alaska Batered in the Post 07 n Jineau R T matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered bty carrier in Juneau wuuglas, Treadwell ar Thane for $1.25 per month By aanil, post 1, at t One year, v one month, | 4 1 $ Subscribirs will i £ they w the Busincas (ff . Hvery of tneir Telepi.onc for Liditorial and R o MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associafod | ox . ) o for republication W uis, 5 t o not otherwis: creiil this 1 L al I news published her: i ALANR L L) ATION ARANTIE . LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUI VTION ALASKA JUNEAL PROGRESS. Despite its slightly reduced production for 1926 the Alaska Ju de @ remarkably fine showing in carrying out i program nereasing the vol ume of miniy e millin General Superintendent Metzgar ner n The Emp last week shows that splendid progre been amade in carrying out the company’s plans in this respect. It fine milled 443,752 tons of « ore than 1925, an inerease of 88 per cent. It t (0 2.500,000 tons, the greatest tonng 1 its histor And for the last three months of t vear il bossted its trammed tonnage to a daily av o oof 12200 to ndicating a much bigger product in 1927 than for the year Just passed or cal interost t payroll sta tistic ] upt. Metzgar the month of December the averaze daily number of men em ployed 10, 43 more per day than one year ago This is prohably the largoot individual payro!l in the Territor 1t nts out or eingly the r importance of the company's operations not only to the towr Junean |1 150 to the Territory itself It is an anstitution in which Juneau ean and doe properly tuke a pride and deop interest And the rest of the Territory be equally concerned with its continued operations and prosperity FARM VALUES DECLINE. The agricultural industry + whole v as prosperons in 1926 not in 1925 if the cash value of the principal crops offer an index to conditions prevailing in the industry. T estimates issued by the Department of Agcienlture show this value ta man, says the writer He vefers to the fact that! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 3, 1927. f these proposals. Any reasonable mode v.ri:; ' le tof ! | | i trial should not be objectional the prosecution or the defense. Blocking g ALONG LIFE’S cape from punishment hy making it impossible for oy | parole Loards to act before o minimum penal term DETOUR erved will probably be objectionable {v ! By SAM HILL the sentimentally inclined. Fhe bestowal of power v trial judges to select juries and giving them| —_ =t thority to comment on the cvidence, constituting| Mot That You Can Noticc! A flewer oft is born do a wide departure from long established To blush unsesn. thoy i ‘M‘:;.“ will also undoubtedly meet with strenuou But fo stk osiery 1 Bought to worn that wiay That there have bLeen abuses under the present tem is a well established fact, The probation and| Obs: rvat ons of Oldest Inhabitant parole system has broken down frequently. Therc| [ kin premember when boys s too much merit to for it to be entirely serapped| o the woodshed and fewer went but its defect hould be remedied Under exist'ng! he Juvenile Courts. procedure trial of criminal cases too often become, = sort of an indoor sport, a chess game with humans More Modernicm for pawns, rather than an effective administration| Blinks: I saw you and your of justice. That eriminals cannot be curbed in this) 30iN8 into a restaurant last taslifon. cannot be doubiel. Mounting iats of astne]l Uitkst tyesRshatlontsithe cunopalt=; and =0 sne couldn’t get o a prove faults exist somewhere and at least! ! ’ at home ome of them lie in the machinery of the courts Payne, Dcck!—Oh, Well, We Education of Votel it o B Yoy | | weinnati Enquire ) The education of the electorate, so that democracy| M7 Pas “'h:’;""fl” will be a bare and level plain. remains a prob-| ¢ S : lem of supreme importance only partly solved by the| : i : b Sy Home, Sweet Home Lie D Ghorles Y. Mok savs e Bany an G Iet e i e ISR e S hoihe and Asquith inan appraisal of that educator’s work, | < darling starts a spat published in the December MeCall His darlin He'd be far happier if There is nothing fo AT » death of suc There is nothing for tears in the death of such) 5.0 " Can "0 Gig cat it now man years since Lord Bryce pronsunced| Knew the Bunch him to be the second itest man in the United 3 e State Specifically, he says: “He was ot a cap-l Teleglione upsbdtr: “Your tain of industry or finance; he never held any polit-, PUSY | ical office; he was from first to last ostensibly a col Boss (trying to get his offic [“Well, Il bet my phone is the lege don; he was not even a popular writer Ilm‘l i it TiaE he hecame and remained throughout the years of)'Hins 1 hig getivity one of the potent forces in the life of] the American people.” i Bad News The appraisement is a just one. But it Is the| Congress is in sessioncagain noble Earl's tribute to Dr. Eliot's optimism - “the| dominant note of his character that brings the pic ‘ Useicss Information ture of the dead seholar into bold relief, with all its proportions of majestic worth clearly defined He did not mince his words when he ism which in his view more popular than things that Iyeu hot denounced the mate il Life infected the business and the poli A of his country, but he never despaired of We often sec A silly little flapper, democracy. A democracy, as the conceived : Who badly needs it, cught to be built up upon, and cemented by, a real education both of the mind and sonl It is in such a ocracy that must reside the| hope for a happy tional destiny For near a ry and a halt this people has been approxi mat that goal conceived in the dream of the| | Fathers of the Republic—a free government, a gov-| ‘ | | lernment not dominated by political or ecclesiastical From the Barnyard contented?” cent was a prices for what 1 lay.” up or sect, a government dedicated to the prin ciple of rational equality of opportunity, a gove (Columbus — Paper) nted Jment unshackled from bonds of assumptive proleta | rianism | Such o government must depend upon an edn {eated electorate Not an electorate familior with the | | i | l Divorce d | SEnce, jmene niac And That Settles That [est education to pass upon all questions submitted | Grent intorest i< being {tor its decision. This contemplates a system radically | gver whether “is" or “ar tdifferent from the Socialistic formula now existing|he ysed in certain casos. Wanics of voting, but one fitted by broad must be devoted the best efiorts of home, church! g SIS the for 1926 to have heen $1,148,000.000 less than in)and school. Bolshevism canmot thrive in a land!is tied the “We are” stuft 1925, The loss was maints experienced by the farm-|whose people are educated [anAt Fioim Grecton ko ers of the South thro the decline of cotton. Thisj e | zoes commodity alone, basin the estimates on Deember 1, prices . A w decr of $581 Louo falling to $LO16.346.000 Corn fell $263,331,000 Wheat of all kinds sh of % 000 althou wheat declined value $000.088 value of all wheat is estimated creps for 1926 was $7T.801,313,000 as compared to $8,040.321,000 for 1925 CURBING CRIME BY CHANG MACHINERY. Coincident with the increase of ¢ ime throughout the country there is, being made a serious study of criminal procedn in the various courts with a view of making such alterations in the legal machin- ery as are t inclined bitual criminal laws, providing drastic penalties for those Who have been convieted on former occasions, and other statutes have been tried out but ti 1 results obtained ave far from satisfactory. Many students of the sity tion have come to the conclusion the t absurd to undertake to admin Ister the laws with cour methods dating back to another century A Caiifornia tate Commission for the Reform of Criminal Procecdure vecently handed down a report embodying rocommendations for sweeping changes in the I machinery for handling criminal cases in that commonweslth, “Crime has become H i i an organized business in this country,” sald the Com — E smoke a pipe out in the garage or migsion, adding “either society must control organ-| (St Louis Post-Dispateh.) l‘l"“"l at the office, ‘} e il b orgatizen critia: will aoR0i6] sokials The insects of Germany have hit the skids and| We reckon there' be more pet- Experience teaches that the crim moest effective one which operates with the great- est swiftness and certainty Specifically the Commission recommmended the fol- lowing among other innovations wtment of a statute declaring it to policy of the State that all courts and Distriet Attorneys shall expedite the hearing and determination of all criminal proceedings to the greatest degree consist ent with justice tevise the stututes to prevent abuses of the plea of insanity and build a hospital for the criminally insan “one of the State's g 3. Adopt new sections requiring that all criminal cases be set for trial within thirty days after entry of the plea by any de- fendant, to obviate delays declared to bhe “one of the greatest loopholes for the es- cape of the guilty i Drastic ¢ iges in the methods of the trial court, giving judges control of all proceedings and making it “primarily the duty of the trial judge to select the jury.” H. Giving trial judges the right to fix 4 minimum sentence before the defendant is eligible to paro 6. Establish minimum sentences auto- matically preventing parole until a fixed term in the penitentiury has been served. 7. Imprisen habitual criminals for life. 8. Allow trial judges to comment to the jury upon the evidence. There will, of course, be a grpat deal of criticism ! ) declared to be est needs.” (R The estimated value of L5 principal | LEGAL; mght necessary to check the eriminally | law which is| A New Federal Enterp | | (New York World.) The Government has been in business and this time in a new business. Ye Ireported a fact which turned up & | street Sa pair of honestto-goodne fashioned high shoes with a ki to May, | erday dentally in {suit to break a lease. From Nov. 15, 192 at No. 14 East 14th Street. At tha [a bar Its parpore in running a viclators of the Prohibition Law. bar was o trap| I | More or Less True By comparisdn, the business of the spy and thelwire must feel like she was sneak and the informer is noble work. The World| with an old maid aunt ast 11th Street were directed from the office (II"Immnlu‘v. they expe A. Bruce Bielaski, head of the Prohibition Bureau's own independent secr ice. Congress, asked | ng to Mr. B Jhis colleagues, refused to appropriate $500,000 for{ You u the Prohibiticn Bureau's “unde married because they didn’t t ser last week to give its bles: r-cover men.” In the|the people who dislike him carried on its pay-roll. Whether this will put a stop!be arrested for crudity to a {to such activities The World reported yesterday | g jwe do not know But we can credit Prohibition. | Government of the United States into as dirty a|keep their lips that way. | business as ever’ soiled its hands. who smoke a pipe—but most | lare engaging in all the wild revelry of the 2 “.m.-‘ and bug collectors are contributing to their|man) | “peach didn't get delinquency. Bug collectors go forth at night to[Such lemons after marriage nt trees with a delighttul liquid wh main in-| 1f short skirts are-to remain with sdient is alcohol. As the insect ather, imbibe|Us permanently parents should be and pass out, they drop into the cyanide bottle and heap more careful about letting their | {are heard no more Ih girls start to walk too The ant, ordinarily a sturdy householder, cannot|in life. g 3 vesist the appeal of the scientific speakeasy. That| It would be mighty interesting know just what is considered like" these days. This is the time of y great many modern it also true of the blithe cicada and the phlegmatic beetle. No sooner is one of these night clubs of the forest set up than it is filled with gangs of roisterers who make the night hideous with their raucous Inoise: A cicada quartet putting on “Sweet Ade- line” while in their cups is a cacophonic triumph. | Not kncewing the meaning of temperance, how-| [ever, the insects reap the full measure of punish- ment One good stew and the buzzer and stinger become Exhibits A and B on the specimen card. | Even so, this debauchery is depressing. When the [ future sluggard goes to the ant, he's likely to find (him piped to the gills in some den of Bacchus, The sc Iled Philippine problem seems to be worrying some people a good deal. It is something |to worry about in case you cannot think of any lother good, hearty worry.—(Boston Globe:) wear, todian of his envelope. Daily Sentense Sermon ing. metimes in our more solemn moods it looks to us as if we wild-eyed reformers have about re-| formed the country to the nth degree of disreputable-| ness.— (Houston Post-Dispatch.) married last week Congress will have to decide whether to cut taxes tumer, now at the Gastineau. or give farm aid, and there's a chance that it will! —————— e 18 neceny givem that Floriy Maithews witow Matthews, togeth * witw he. W.o all of ¥ submitted nna |stead er‘ry, & Alaska, U. 8. Land Office, at An- at Anchorage, within the period of | publication, or thirty days there- said final proof will be ac- septed and final certificate Anchorage, Alaska, Februavy 4 1926 am E AgWay, Al proot on her home | | al 05107, for lands! | on the west shore of D | b DENTISTS PHONE 56 B ——— -4 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND CFFICh ser & Freeburger | 1 and 3 Golistein Bldg. Survey No || Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Latitude 59° 30° N. Longitude |2 e | Licelng Wedr. Y venings B:00 o ciwn g s Hall W. and is now in the files|g = Alaska, and if no protest ip the local land office| DENTIST Telphone 176 ed J. LINDLEY GRuED (Gregory (Ky. Cor. McCreary MORRIS line MORRIS |, Construction Co. .[)R. GFO. L. fi”\R';\')I\“ Things that Keep you warm | | Might Improve Her Some | | i A mother who will slaper | Rooster: “Why so gloomy and di Carrert Magazines, Newspapers, | | Hen Oh, I was just wishing Reference Books, bricklayer so 1 could get Their Happiness Is Under One Clond from Minnie Cloud, wilful ah ironsed Pegister. , _ publication, Nov. 5 1926, Dr. A, W. Stewan publication. Jan. 15, 1927, DENTIST = L e Hours ® a. m. to 6 p m Sl = SEWARD BUILDING .3'"‘.! Phone 469 Res. Phone 278 Dr. Charles P. Jenne Co-Ordinate Bodies Rooms 8 and 9 Valentin Bldg MANUFACTURES i SHOW CASES THYSICIAN _Telephone 18 R ; Dr. W. J. Pige ve Tall Stevens, Office—Second and Man [ lsccond and fourth Monday [of each wanth in 0dd Pel- ‘ IN JUNEAU e lows' Hall. beginnilng ar They're Standard Product | | Hours: Lo clooa P JAMES W LIEV . Mas- ter. CHAS. K. NAGEL, Dr. T1. Vance Osteopath — 201 Goldstein Bidg 10 to 12; 1 to \ 1 to & or by appointment —TRY— Licensed osteophatlc physiclan ! .. 167; Remwdence oliseum Ap* CHIROPRACTOR Valentine CHIROPRACTIC City Hail, Second Floor ".,,_‘A P e Main Street at 4th il Helene W, L. Alhrechr Reading Room Open Frop AR B a. m to 10 p. m Medicnl Gymnastics Maseage Circulation Reom Open From | Electricity 5:30 p. m T:00 p. m a0 Goldasin Bidg Office 423, to 8:30 p. .a DR. ANNA BROWN KEARSL ite. FREE TO ALL ' PPhysician and Surgeon e Office: 420 and 422 & 0 ) - [ stein Buiad OLAND’S CORNER || puone ¢ n Russia. To its development and maintenance|yome 1S is the only verb (o subject. After the !chcler and Optician ! Watches, Diamonds Extra! Extral Real Sensation | We saw a woman on Seventh I turday who was wearing FIRE OUR SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES ARE FIRE PROOF nd neither she nor the rest 13, 1926, the Federal Government was in business|per clothes looked like she had been address it raniwith Noah in the Ark, cither If there is any role more despicable than the rvole] Now and then we run across of the agent-provocateur we do not know its name.! man who makes us think that hi reports that the Government's activities at No. 14 Some couples don't realize ted after bheforehand how |\.l14‘i¥ would be o askioandllet each other have® their faults wlly can judge a person by FIRST NATIONAL BAN |future the names of the bureau's agents must be| The present styl )I:wuunl_\- WE HANDLE 1 i Pig'n Whistle Candy l = —— NglovxEoEEg;rlER ; | Concrete Base-Blocks e ———4| | All Ready for Foundations e miseeper K at l[ J. SHARICK ! Concrete Products Mfg. Co. - | Office Houra 10 to 12 2 to b = == B [snd by aprotniment i Juneau Public Library and I'ree Reading Room Mecting | 18 not the practice of Medicine, LY PR Surgerv nor Oateopathpy Home sach month at & o'clock p. m. and refreshweats At Moose Hall Mrs. Lottie Spickett, President, Mre Dorothy Austin, Secretary i Res. Phone B. P 0. ELKS Y HARRY SPERLINA, Exiltod Kule gi:!; IOUN A DAVIS, Hecra Visiting drothers welcome. of Frezmasonry Scottish Rite meetings Eriday eacn t 730 p. om. Hall B. HE P" Secretary LOYAL ORDERX OF NOOSE imeaa Lodge No. 700 d eviry Monday 5 o'ciock, Mocae Dictator; R. N ¥OUNT JUNEAU IODGE NO. 14 &AM, Stated Gommunication V‘Ovrder of EASTERN STAR ond wnd Fourth Thues ach month. At s o'elack, 0. 0. F. Hab IMY | GUERIN, Wartey Matron ALICE BRUWN Secretary, KNIGHTS OF A COLUMBUS el No = second and st ¥ 0 p. . Trans Nt brothers urged o at- Chambers, WM MCINTYRE, ¢ ER, Secrotary AR i CCITY TRANSFER E COAY, WOOD, BAGGAGE AND KINDLING Stand at City Day or AUXILIARY, PIONEERS CF ALASKA, Iglco No. 6. Mecting every second Friday of Carde — i | Willoughby Ave. I'hone i Silverware \’\.{4'?;#' Jewelry can plck up FIRE RENT A BOX TODAY TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE Safe Deposit is the cheapest and hest Insurance against Fire and Robberies JUNEAU Read the advertisements. You wii be astonished at the bargains yo FIRE The old-fashioned women used meantime, with one more achievement With the'get their eyes red by crying, introduction of the agent-provocateur it has put the|they depended on good health We hear of womem who like men wives we have metslike a man 2| ting among old married folks when rls sigh when | | they read about the nice, warm Knit- ted petticoats the women used A man and his wife usually dis- jagree on what wifely duties are. thinks she should be custodian his socks, shirts and collar buttons, and she thinks she should be Not being able to-dee is a tragedy, but being blind to faults is a Bless- News of the Names Club Evidéntly Ivan did, for we see that Ivan Courtright, of Columbus, oo IR well E. Sherit., Juneau’s practical | find a way to do both.— (Indianapolis News,) | Use the Classitieds. They pay. FEEEEEEITETED Interest Dividend Depositors in our Savings De- se present their partment will ple: avings Book for entry of the regular January Interest Dividend on and after January 3, 1927. The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA A MAN’S BREAKFAST shouid be light but nourishing, appetizing but wholesome. Men whose vocations call for mental actfon 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 orgar 5. SAU DAIRY PHONE 115 Ju NSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inec. FIRE Property Loss ’ Business Interraption Use and Occupancy MARINE Cargo Hulls Registered Mail AUTOMOBILE Fire and Transportation Collision Property Damage Liability CASUALTY Compensation Public Liability Accident and Health LIFE All Forms ALLEN SHATTUCK,Ine. Insurance — Real Estate JAPANESE TOY SHOP H. B. MAKINO Front Street P. 0. Bex 218 for Mail Orders [ 3 . THE CLUB LUNCH ROOM Open 6 a. m. to 2 a. m. 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