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of politicians shouting and drinking wet; of people of both sexes and all ages, of all vocations and fons of lif |including church members and officials, habitual- |1y hiding themselves from the view of the police drinking in violation of law! What then? Is there an informed thoughtful person in - [the United States who will not admit that far greater progress toward a condition of temper ance would have been made if Prohibition and the churches had key. out of politics? Is there any one who does not fully understand the congruity of congregations and blocs, constitut- ing the majorities in the rural States, :||H-m[)[in',z‘ to force their opinions on the majorities of othe and more populous States? Is it not plain that there is no room in a self-governing Republic|, for such proceedings? Is not the ineffectiveness of Prohibition enforcement conclusive proof that| valuable time, money and energy, that might! mployed in making people dry through edu- being wasted—worse than wasted? enforcement agents; Dally Alaska Emptre f JOHN w. TBOY Y - - . EDITOR AND "MANAGER by _the and Main Sunday Second jand "SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.26 per month By mail r paid, follow One year, in adv ths, $6.00; one month, in advance Bubscrivers will confer postage ra i in will promptly or irregularity Oftices, MEMBER OF Assccrm’no PRESS. The Associa entitled to the for republication tehes credited to not otherwise iis paper and also the local news published hereir ALASKA CIRCULATION GUAR €D TO BE LARGER D¢ @ THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER FUBLICATION cation WHY NOT FIGHT IT OUT? | are Six months ago it looked as though the only| Presidential nomination battle next year would will undertake to ' qualify be at the Democratic National Convention. Then hext yeat by, tukitig on CamE the refusal of President Coolldgs, looked during the coming upon as the certain Republican nominee ‘tu n'm, B i soring. Toniey. setd neAERN agtt W08 IS e aXiGRY, Smith, and the situstion Dempsey again he would ‘fight anybody The " Intuatiota, e\ Row ?"l‘“l for a million » Tex Rickard said he tesl ARKY A1y b cReputlican would promote another Tunney-Dempsey fight if| that the Democratic convention Dempsey would keep the field clear of other ratification meeting. legitimate claimants. There is no doubt but) that the publc would welcome another battle! between the late contestants, and would furnish the patronage to make it profitable. So why all the speechmaking and writing—unless it is meant for indirect tising to increase the public interest? The way to settle the argument, since all are agr in another fight. N e | [ | )n- wants another chance at that he Dempsey Tunney and for a match with him all heavyweight contenders reversed. there will be convention and | will be a Smith was d dollars. a New Jersey is the latest State in which has been discovered a lot of crooked Prohibition en- |forcement agents. Canada a Real Nation. adver- best o, | (Prince Rupert News.) | canada is now a nation, so |throughout the world. She has been elected to a seat in the League of Natioms. It is omly |for a three year term but that is a minor matter. WASTING 11vE, MONEY AND |1t places this country in the position of being ENERGY! i Irecognized as a factor independent of Great It required $67,000,000 to maintain organi- ‘Brll‘l(n or the rest of the Empire. True Canada and conduct campaigns for Prohibition 'did not get as many votes as Cuba but that was before the adoption of the Eighteenth Amend- | probably a matter of world politics. Many na- ment and it has taken $17,000,000 tions are jealous “of the power of nrnam and campaigns to keep it in the Constitution, for that reason would not concede anything tc tain laws for its enforcement and maintain’ a)3 British country that could possibly be avolded {At any rate, it is satisfactory to kmow that lobby to oversee legislative and executive t JBny;. TR ‘€ A€ canada is now recognized as a national entity tion—the latter including the cost of mobilizing ;.4 one that has an influence in world affairs data influence concerning appointments to letter | is recognized would be zations to pay for to ob- ac- and She had a great influence in the war and now most of the offices at the disposal of the Presi- ghe is taking that place in time of peace. dent and the different Departments and Bureaus of the (.uv»rnmem That is more money lhdnl The Rocky Mountain News rejoices that has been expended for campaign and mgdnua-‘mm‘e Colorado, alone among the States, has no Party in the' Presidential aspirant, Denver as neutral ground and the “e,‘hafl an excellent chance to be the situs of the publican Party during its 70 years. ‘ncxt Republican Convention. Our ‘idea of thc These figures are taken from a recent state- jmeanest man in the world—for 1927—would be B R 0k Baad sob alaasmenraae SETACED (W0 poulde stucunga dfor. My g8 ' Coolidge’s job.—(New York Times.) and they are based on sworn testimony that was, elicited at the Senate investigations When Senator Coutens sald the pay of United Now let us suppose that one-tenth of the States Senators is too high he is understood money and one-quarter of the energy that hn% to have been speaking only for himself.—(In- been devoted to lining up majorities in Con- ' atanapolis News.) gress to compel, through force, people - serve the Prohibition laws had been sxpended in' United States Senators are overpald and the educating Individuals to a realization of the evil ‘"‘l":l "l‘ L “‘lfh: o 5@'""0!‘{ Couzens, :’w effects of the use of liquor; let us suppose tenuh-‘": alsnm!‘::!o '::g":’;_”"nd“:r:;r:)";": s:::)“w'" gl ers, appealing to reason, were used instead of enforcement agents with their clubs and guns! Ahore's TiobiINg e tahd | anat. Hbe Bay And this is not taking into account the effect thege transoceanic flights are giving -the Nayy of the example of drinking and bribe-taking a gnud workout.—(C Imvinlmu Enqmrer ) tion purposes of the Democratic course of its 130 years of existenc to ob-| TOOLS FOR EVERY PURPOSE CONTRACTORS CARPENTERS PLUMBERS MECHANICS SENATOR APARTMENT HOTEL 708 Union Street Alaskans -stopping in Seattle either on business trips or for the winter months will find an ideal home at this hos- telery. All outside airy rooms, beautifully furnished in over- stuffed, every modern conven- fencd, and in a million dollar building. Rates by the day, week or month. . Thomas Hardware Co. Ell. 8787 JAPANESE TOY SHOP H. B. MAKINO Front Street P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Orders DELCO-LIGHT Nobody has taken the AXE out of TAXES KEEP THE RECORDS STRAIGHT n;‘u of u::‘h:n and arguments -;dkmudmtufl- ‘:‘ Mo 5‘:ud and frisadibips. by through cheok- Do not deprive yourself any longer of the many benefits of electric light and power. Del- co-Light will provide these for you and the cost is exception- ally small. A time-payment plan has been arranged for your convenience. Let us ex- plain it. Telephone, write or 2all. r| Observations ol Oldest Inhabitar do us G LIFE’S DETOUR S iahomdth Qi Tave Magaied | If they could invent self-getting meals and self-washing dishes .t would save the women's temper a lot of irritation--providing they could also invent self-getting for- tunes so the doar things could have plenty to spend in the leisuie would have. We'd hate to have our life de- !pend on finding a wife who was letting her hair grow long jusi hecause keeping the bob in trim was too great a financial burden on friend hub. A man can't hide behind hiz wife's skirts anymdre—and there = very little of her that can be hidden by it, either. The ideal man is one middle distance batween boiled and mushy. An ul)llmhl is a guy who thinks a Queen he'll he a that a man probably meets 1p more women he’s glad he y than he does women By SAM HILL Fact The busier the tongue The more the brain will shirk But when the longue's at rest The brain wili go-to work, they old-fashioned loesn’t think veater silk An who d man is ¢ sleep is or more restful i mad wearing The Ananias Club “Oh, dear,” said the flapper, wi was looking at a picture of gran ma in the old family album, “wh: can't we dress that way now in | stead of going around thr fourths naked."” who i hari SRS SUITS PREbSED—m 00 Phone 576 Jordan's Valet Service You will like to au business with us after you are acquainted with our prices and service. teration of a with a Poor Prune He—A doctor says we are wh we oat. She—How did you ever happen to pick out prunes as a steady diet? Information more long Useless There are than geod on talker: Tip To let a telephone pole Sub for the brake, Means in some other world You're gonna wake. UNITED STATES DECARTMENT OF THE INTERIOT GENERAL LAND OFFICE U. S, Land Offc Anchorage, Alaska. Auvgust 29, 1)27. Notice is hereby given Matie W. Peterson, ent together with her witnesses, C Olson, and Lockie MacKinnon all of Juneau, Alaska, has sub- mitted final proof on her home-| stead entry, serials 04630-05858 for land embraced in H. E. Sur- vey No. 167, New Series No~ 1466, and it is now in the files| of the U. S. age, Alaska, filed in the local Anchorage, Alaska, period of publication or thirty| days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certi- Huh! ficate issued. won't stand for J. LINDLEY GREEN, said the neighboi Reatati): of First Publication, Sept. 1927, of Last 1927. Too Late to Mean Much Having a fortune left you after you reach G5 is about as useless as the winning stre ail end team in September. that | o Juke Blinks—There are a lot of fooi- ish signs. Jinks—Yes dotted line is foolish of ‘em and the sign on ihe pt to be the mos! all if no protest is\ land office at within the | Wouldn't That Freeze You! It does scem queer, And yet 'tis true, makes one hot To get an ic I'll swear, It stare, “She savs him any more, woman. “Well,” “I've often he always was by her.” husband, [ P8te complain sat upot replied her heard him being 21, Date 1, LAONDRY K Publication, Had Plenty of Leisure, All Right Says a news jtem: “If the blood vessels of a man were placed end to end in a straight line they would reach round the globe two and ope half times.” The guy who doped this ou: evidently didn't have to devote much of his iime to figuring out how to raise the money to pay a lot of installments that were due. & 3 Neither Pleasant gver been held up by a ban- dit “No; but I've been held up—to ridicule, and that's just as bad.’ ‘mwr HE'S * B WE KNOW You' More or Less True Love thrives without money the way flowers do without rain. A rare husband is one who never has been rossted by his wife. When married life starts get- ting tough they even quit giving each other tender Ilooks. 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