The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1927, Page 4

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR. submitted to ¢ ? | self-government XICO LOGSES ON " TREATMENT OF ( APITAL. m Government hundreds of mil taxation and other hostilities on part of Mexico ha * flow of American experienced Government comes into Commenting phenomenal growth of Can manufactur, transportation experiencing a papulation of DO0,000 worth 000,000 worth in productivity use and in the nitomobiles development resources of ient of about billion dollars from foreign sources *and one-half estment have heen proportion of and manufacturing rvative policy on the part has been that he has result of this cons of the British investor vesiment than the investor from the United Sta been more directly , the products of Canadian had a vlue of two hundred twenty-five million dollars; in 1926, the value ag gated two hundred and forty-two million dol « new record Jeside the ir wrtant nerals mentioned above, there are also im rtant mines of zinc, tale, feldspar, mica and graphite. Perhaps the most important developments of the past year have been the exploration of twenty oil fields in the West, resulting in the location of a number of large producing wells in Alberta; the di overy of promising deposits of gold in the Red Lake area, and of gold, zine and copper n the Rouyn area. The construction of a at Rouyn, and this fined at melter is now year, tin and Trail THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ! AND THE CONTROLLER BILL. About the only clause in the Declaration of Independence that might be applied to the situation created by the so-called Controller Bill is that which ays Prudence, indeed. will dictate that Gov ernments long ectablished should not be changed for light and transient causes | The political ituation in Al a is transient {One of these days there will he lot more white tern Alaska than we now have. ipeople in Southe: "And then there are signs that a lot of the Indians lare not altogether pleased with the leadership of their self-constituted chief | The fact that only those taxpayers who are ivegistered before the registration hooks are closed week will be able to vote on tha school bond on April i% is another inducement for o com registration. The hooks will close next Sa urday at 9 p. m. Register at once. Gov Richard of South Carolina has vetoed t bill repealing and modifying various century-c blue laws in his State. Some of those Dixie state men scem determined to make certain beyond qu South absolutely refuses to tion of a doubt that t progres: Everybody will with Capt. Wilking, who has le Fairbanks on his Arctic oxploration trip, the hest luck. May his be greater than he hopes it may | Progressive Alaska. (Seattle Times.) Citing §1.000.000 in Alaska's treasury as proof of cconomical administration of Territorial affair Gov. George A. Parks, in his message to the Legi lature of the Northland, urges continuation in th future of the conservative policies of the past Indicative of the character of Alaskans are the generous sums devoted to education and charity For white children, eighty schools are provided They employ 211 te; ers and have an enrollment of 14.353. The cost of the system is $493.000. or 54 per cent. of all Territorial expenses. Schools evi dence stability of population Soon aiter the gold stampedes to Nome and Fairbanks, educational in stitutions numbercd only thirty, with forty-six teach- ers and an attendance of 2,3 Although inhubi- “ tants have decreased in the last quarter of a century school buildings, instructors and pupils have greatly lincroased. In addition to cducational facilities for white (children, there are eighty-six schools, with 174 teach- and 3,703 children, maintained by the Federal Government for the Indian population For relief of destitution, 16 per cent. of the Ter- vitorial revenue was expended last year. The Pio- neers’ Home, with ninety-six inmates, required $97, 682: pensions to old residents 211 men and thirty- 193, and care of dependent four women totaled children ranges close to $40,000 The Territory, with white residents fewer than 285,000 and an area one-third of continental United States, is doing herculean work in connection with « education and public welfare The Governor opposes the bill before the Legisla ture taking from him all powers except those of a Federal nature and vesting Territorial administration in a Board of Control, consisting of Controller, Treas- wrer and Attorney-General, to be elected by the peo- ple. His able management ate against the proposed change. lhc K \h ’I'r.lp\ (Sitka Progress.) | There is much discussion pro and con about or mot. To destroy the fish traps used in the fish- Canada’s ing industry is like doing away with the type- [setting machine and going back to hand setting, |again. | ftake the place of a crew of labor there is im- |mediate resentment and an attempt to {But there slways a place for these workers. Every ;mwl:-m machine will make the industry grow, for [ which it is made | [preserve the fish but this can be done without the | Bolshevik's idea of destroy the tr [but. like the salmon, is decre this is not caused by the tray in number but Yes, look at the | thousands of hooks out after the halibut and if the| |fish traps were abandoned there would be just as |many seines and hooks out after Mr. Salmon. The Alaska Literacy Law. (Anchorage Times.) Alaskans who believe voting should be restricted | [ln literate citizens will find small comfort in the i.nulumhmn('lll coming from Washington tod | | ing of the final p than the bill passed at the last session of the Ter- iritorial Legislature, since it leaves the way clear for| [the continued voting of illiterate Indians who par-| yfor the purpos llowing officers, the literacy requirement will func-| (tieipated in the 1924 general election. Eventually, after ull of the illiterates have gone to the Happy {Hunting Grounds v tion as it should: but in the meantime the good |that will result from the passage of the bill will |be of small consequence, since the voting lists al-| teady are packed with a sufficient number of illiter- ates to endanger elections—to permit mass voting by |ri which ever side happens to control the Indian vote 'lh'l'.\ more difficult any further attempt that may be the kind really needed. The great Powers aparently have deceided to treat China more liberally, even if they have to use force to do so.—(San Diego Union.) [ __THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. MONDAY, MARCH 28, ————& Second LONG LIFE'S DETOUR By SAM HILL extended acros C Fourth and Main cats being sick ng within the Observations of tion jast Second Street flats to the City| | Limits will and Reliable Trans- . which are as follows in Ashcville DPlaterin dnd for| e £ City Junean. | m Bl waters Dr. A. W. Stew ‘,‘..MW]”]»" of (\.”u DENTIST S il o) Hours 9 a. m. to G p. m. tion lying on the SEWARD “"” DING erly side of Gold| Lottee Prone 4ca <. Phone 27¢ pipe line of the 5 Company, includ- | 7 Addition, will vote| It Happens in Every Home Building. located nex Dr. W. [ mrford's St with bobbed Tocks [ Baniondigssio] Juncau, Alaska, this| & X Like Topsy, : ieneral was & yq taken e 2 that he told Licu PLUMBING o HEATING 3— a big Alabama colored EPATRING COb-ervations No matter how large, or how get my prices. CALL 10 STANWORTH dentists and Phone 215 » Harris Hardware Co. thois that getting Pem all out Valentine's Optical Department R. L. DOGLASS | OPTOMETR 8T Valentine Bld . | to 6 p. m. gnd || —— = Appointment as Lite's ol is when a feller Make Your Own:Comment nduccrents of Motherin Law Passing Observation a factor that will oper- nineteen-year-ald whether the Alaska fish traps should be abolished Women are us as much cosmetics ; {or destroying the automobiles and using the buggies as they r three times hut it dm-m‘l Whenever 4 new machine is invented that will] Young people o value of k(.ml bolish it. | seen a flapper looked and acted as silly as a Kitten- Surely something must be done to develop and| 5 [ theft of automobiles The hali-| i\u'l much more of if skirts do w (!rt[ climb., NOTICE OF ELECTION {To the Eleciors cf the City of Ju- Territory of i 10 legs to ~||n\' ontinue their rovisions of Ordi-| of the City . tell- ' ge of the White Litreacy Bill.|wi The measure, as it goes to the President is no better| be held on Tuesday, A])lh 5, 1927 m-z“e. 2 nw Savings Commercial . of said day 1927. 1its ty Li 1| eet will vote in| Apparatus room in the 2 duly d and ; Juncau Drs. Kaser & Frecburger qualif voters DENTISTS boundaries of Vot 1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg. Two of said City| | PHONE 56 wre as follow Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Iyiug on the|s — reet and the yl — Second Street| | Dr. Charles P. Jenne Building, locat-| | DENTIST Lo Rooms 8 and ) Vilentine Bldg Py Telephone 176 1. occupied | | being the duly|g Willoughby Ave v T llgukl PHYSICIAN e duly desig n nd for P're | Office~—Second and Main City of Junean Telephone 18 e | Dr. H. Vance rritory of Alasku Osteopath — 201 Goldstein Bldg. " pR{ 105 te 21 to G & or by appointn Licensed osteophatic Phones: Offier Gastine il | Dr. Geo. L. Barton A HIROPIIA""OR Hellenthal Bldg Tial | i by i ot oo overhead expenses are at fi| s o u{“” 0PRAC T herefore I can do Surgery not Ost less money. - k] » EEamy small your job vou do yourself Helene W, 1. Albrecht if you don't PHYZICAL THERAPIST Medicul Gy Massagn n Bldz Prere—Office: 423 Res. 505 Physician ond Surg Office: 420 Gold- stein Buid 582 » - I DR. ANNA BROWN KEARSLEY [ Tur Cuss W. CArrer Morruany “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” tth and Franklin St Phone 136 ARE YOUR VA_LUABLES IN SAFETY Are your valuables protected against the atlacks of burglars or the sudden outbreak of fire? Do not he satisfied with doubtful protection, but secure the most positive kind of safety, by depositing your valuables in the Safe Deposit Vaults of THE First National Bank OF JUNEAU ,m ) vg,r\\w ,ms \\ of clecting the fol- Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits ... ... $ 202,417.91 Resources at the closeé of business, Dec. 31, 1626 ..$2,367,937.43 COUNCILMEN. ONE SCHOOL DIKRECTOR. | The Common Council of the City ¢ designated the vot-| precincts of City and the at election time. The particularly unfortunate phase|Poling of the situation is that the action of Congress ren- electors are hereby notified: qualified voters re- de to secure the enactment of a literacy law of siding within the boundaries of Vot- Ong of ‘said City Juneau, which are as follows: That all duly Precinct No. northerly side of East Second Street and West Second Street and the said We solicit your ‘account whether large or small, Our consistent growth is an indication of the helpful service we are able to render our customers. The B. M. Behicends Banlk OLDEST BANX IN ALAsna fié«fi@-@l & = Fraternal Socictics — OF Gastincau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS a{Q( l)) n‘\.'..:.r ¥ 8 o'cloey JOIIN A. DAvVIS, cerctary ng Prothers we Co-Ordinate Bodies of Freemasonry Scottish Rite mectinee \y each B HEISEL, Seeretary YAL ORDER 0[‘ Ii00SE Junca Lodge No. 709 | {Mrs Meets every Monday 8 o'clock, Moose Dictator; R. I MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE ‘h‘ 147 } F. & A. 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