The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1928, Page 4

I i i i »'wTfig faetor i s now better' off with respeet oy ”npes and « Territory JOHN W, TROY - - EDITOR AND MANAGER| t Sunday by the Published every evening ex EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY Second and Maix Alasigg Jtreets, June Entered in the Post Office In Juncau as Second Class matter. i RS | SUBSCRIPTION RATES, N Oslivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Troadwell and | Thane for $1.25 per month. | By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance | $6.00; one mouth, in advance, '$1.25 | Bulscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly | notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity | in the delivery of thelr papers. | Telephone for Editorial and Bu } MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEw rRESS. | 1 1. titled to the| news dispatches credited to| d in this paper and also the| rein | oss Offices 374, ft or not otherwise local news publish ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHE™ TUBLICATION MAKE FRIENDS FOR COLLEGFE For the second succ ive year the b squad of the Alaska College made sweep of its contests on Gastineau Channel. Tie young men brought here by Coach Abel furnished excellent sport but they They played won like good local fans with some the game well and hard, sportsmen. and true Alaskans. It has been a pleasure for Juneau and Douglas to entertain these athletes. No finer types of manhood can be found anywhere than these Alaskans who so well and worthily represented here Alaska's only institution of higher learning. They and their coach have made many friends for the col lege by their visit and strengthened already exist ing Ariendly relations. The fruits of their visita-| tion will be borne in future years in ever growing numbers of local boys and girls going to the institution to continue in their pursuit bf edu-| cation. . | i AT ) 3o | THE SITUATION. Forces that make for prosperity still have| the upper hand. Money is cheap still, credits are abundant, confidence is high and buying| power is as impressive as ever. - Inventories are| comfortable and expansion, if it ogeurs, would be on a healthy basis, | Not much has been heard of the agricul- tural factor of late months but the restoration| of normal buying power in this great section of American productive activities” jgh cerihin. to thegeuTyent @ buying power than at any tm_n‘?m,%he in= flationary period of seven years ago. ¥ Along with an improving outlook for the steel industry comes the runbl}”?fiégl .'\M; merger. Considering the credits¥available and the need, merger developments in ‘the ‘industrial field in the past year or two have heefinotably few; they have come malnly in the utiilties field. Good raillroad authorities look'for important merger developments in that fiéld this ' year despite all of the obstacles that may :be in- volved. Mergers are certain to exeft’ a stabflizing influence upon prosperity, especially the in- dustrial world, and of course, will, if ‘consum- mated, generally hearten the spirff of American enterprise. ’ ALASKA ROADS AND THE BUDGET. Under the above caption the Engineering and Mining Journal takes up the cudgel for the. and urges Congress to ignore the Budget figures for appropriations for“the Alaska Road Commission, suggesting that the full amount of the Commission’s estimates, $2,000,000 be ap- propriated. For several years the Director of Budget has slashed the Commission’s estimates, cutting the sums sought to amounts not more . than sufficient to take care 6f maintenance and repair work on existing routes. The cuts have been arbitriry, being based on no change in the approved program and not caused by the aband- onment of of the existing or recommended projects, Said the Engineering and Mining Journnl For cutting down appropriations, (e Administration has its official axeman the Director General of the Budget. The incumbent of this office has won for himself a reputation for ruthlessness since undlertook his ‘ duties several years g » which is not surprising. Axe- men, smen, and the like are not chosen for their thoughtfulness. The ability to think, indeed, is the last at- tribute veguired of them. An axeman must not think-—it may spoil his stroke and hurt his work. He cuts under orders merely for the sake of cutting, The - present Director General has proved a capable axeman. He cuts clean and thinks but little. This is well ex- emplified in his treatment of the appro- priation sought for building roads in Al- aska. The need for roads in that Terri- tory is great—mot highways to enable tourists to get a glimpse of Alaskan scen- ery, but branch roads up into the hills connecting the mining digtricts with the any he main highways already built Branch roads such as these must be provided if the mining districts are to be de- veloped to yield minerals and to furnish a market for the produets of an agri- cultural industry as yet struggling to suryive. To construct such roads in 1928, the Alaska Road Commission has asked of Congress $2,000,000, a modest request, indeed, when the size of ‘the Territory is considered. For the Direc- tor General, here was food for thought. Here a less worthy axeman of the Bud- get might have faitered. But our hero did not weaken. Thoughtlessly, unthink- ingly, efficiently, as beconies a director ‘general of a budget. he swung his axe and with one stroke cut the amount - ! Daily Alaska Empire | asked fer to a mere half million dollars. Had he thought a moment he might have hestitated;the idea might have sug- gested itself that with more roads Al- aska might become self-sustaining, by the increased revenue from taxation. Today, it should be understood, the mining industry in Alaska finds itself in a state of transition. The rich bon- anza placers are beginning to show ex- haustion E. are turned toward lode mining, which is scarcely under way. For the latter, adequate transportation is a prime necessity. It must be pro- vided for transporting into the hills the heavy machinery, supplies, and men re- quired in the course of developing a lode property, large or small. What h heen said of highways and theie lack of feeder branch roads has also been said repeatédly of the Alaska Railroad since it s built, It, too, lacks feede rea ng.down te it from the mining districts in the hills along the route. Because of this it suffers from a ltck of the tonnage which would otherwise come from the mines that would be developed More money should be spent in pro- viding roads within the Territory. A much larger appropriation might have been requested, with propriety. The Director General cf the Budget has don2 ow Congresa restore cuttin let the amputated The proper sub- committee has already held a hearing on this *appropriation. When the matter finally comes beforer the House, and, ter, when it is considered by the Sen- at it is hoped thatwthe amount orig- inally sought by the Alaska Road Com- mission ill be granted in its entirety. ALl SRy v of Crime. (Nov ¥ orid.y Y ic mo ‘unit ¢ of crime,” s Wil- lam Butcher, Ch 1 of the sub-com- mittee of the Crime Commission. And in that simple statement he summarizes the results of the whole inquiry For what this committee found after an exhaustive examination of 145 |cases was that these 145 case represented 145 causes or combinaticns of causes; and that while these yns of causes frequently resembled each other, as. for example, in the matter of poor upbringing: defective schooling and lack of proper recreation facilities for children, there was not one of them which could be assigned as the con- trolling factor in all cases, tallies with combin that offered some This conclusion time ago by Walter B. Pitkin, who wrote a paper for The World after extended r hes. Mr. Pit- Jin came to the somewhat cynieal conclusion that the only common denominator which could be found for those whom we tall criminals—i, e., persons who have already heen lodged in prisons was that they were stupid enough to get caught. It was his idea, corroborated by many who had studied the data, that only a small percentage of those who commit crimes are de- isolate a special tected, and that any effort to virus for crime on the basis of these luckless holders of the bag was simply chimerical. The phychology of crime, he said, s like the psychol- ogy of genius; it is different for each case. a distinet Thus the notion that there is “criminal ‘type,” which can be detected, con- finedggng perhaps cured of its evil proclivities seems. 46 go glimmering. Thosé who cherish it are something like those who cherish 'thé motion that there is a basic cause of war or of bodily disease. eral, but only a cause for war.in particular; general principles ‘aid pot lflfii‘fiu when, a par- ticular country sends an ultim@tum and begins to mobilize troops. The same is true of disease: we do not have disease in.general, but diseases in particular, and most of them have different causes, And the same is true; ‘apparenmtly, of crime: we do mnot have crime?in i general, but particular crimes. And our, problem ‘will ap- proach solution 'only if we Approach the special causes realistically and cease digaming dreams. Means of Communi¢ation. (Cincinnati ‘Enguirer.) The National Industrial Conference Board pre- sents some very interesting data with reference to modern means of communication in America. Says the Board, whereas iR 1900 there were 34 telephone conversations for every man, woman and ohild in the country; there were 202 per capita during 1926. 5 According to the Conference Board study, population since 1900 increased 56 per cent, freight traffic 123 per cent., mail communica- tions 300 per cent., telegraph mesages 153 per cent. and telephone communications 804 per cent. from 1900 to 1926, = These figures, the Board points out, are significant in this: that all communications, whether by mail or wire, have increased faster than the population. This, the Board believes, disposes of the popular fallacy that any new invention invariably displaces or renders olfsolete previous devices or methods. Thus the telephone displaced neither mail or ¢legraphic communications, and the radio has not dieplaced the newspaper. On the contrary, sadio, dircetly und indirectly, has stimulated paper reading and other means of communi- tclephone conversations are confirmed by wail. likewise telegraphic messages both stimulate telephone and mail communieations. Communication knits us more closely together. We now talk and communicate otherwise across the continent and across the seas. The nations of the world have become near neighbors. The means of modern communication have revolution- ized all life and its customs. With the airplane and wireless we conquer time and distance; with the mail and telephone we sweeten life and ad- vance the spiritual and educatfonal elements of the social structure as well as ennoble its com- mercial functionings. And in the development and possession of means of ecommunlication Am- erlca leads the world—is far in the forefront of the world's progress. — ’ Clarence Darrow, at 70, ked what he is golng to do from now on, says that he is going to work. That's the best way to keep from growing old.— (Boston Globe.) i Uncle Sam has earned the credit of imtroduc- ing two kinds of diplomacy; shirtsleeve and airplane.— (Boston Herald.) The vote in the Senate i8 mow pretty nearly a tie, but we suspect it won't prou': love knot. — (Philadelphia Inguirer.) i x —_—e Motor prospects for 1928 s t that the pedestrian will do well to keep im training.— (Indianapolis Star.) : n pth,lu unless best principles, i S R Party loyalty is worse it means loyalty to the —(Boston Herald.) There is never a cause. for war in gen-| = You never really like a gossip— except when she is telling you something awful about somebody | ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR | 'to be tried before a jury with | By SAM HILL |women on it is because he's | | |reached the conviction that a wo- & 3 man always knows a man is guil- Observations of Oldest Inhabitant|ty no matter what the evidence I kin remember when ‘“perfectto the contrary may be. thirty-sixes” were considered more A woman may lie awake listen. important than perfect calves. |ing for burglars, but what a man e I has to lie awake for is to listes to how all wrong he is. An optimist is a wife who thinks her husband is really going to stick to his New Year's resolu tion to give up smoking amnd she won't be bothered with ash trays anymore, | you don’t like. i |" The reason father would hate Buying Clothes in Chicago The Clerk: “This suit is guar anteed all wool, there isn’t a cot ton thread in it.” The Customer: ‘Heck, I don: care anything about that, what | want to know ig whethergit ir wheelbarrow.” fer much worse torture. Hrrislet Some .of the girls legs give you Speakin’a Nothing in Particular--|the impression that the poor Two things most often charged |'hings spent their childhood days th days ave batteries and gro- riding a very fat horse. ce but you have to pay cash —— e to have the batteries charged. KING CRACKS TDXZ | ON HANDKERCHIEF CUE PARIS, Jan. 16, — A French liplomatist returned from Italy Also Safer Corn on the cob, Remarked Bill Pugg, Is better than tells this Corn in the jug. “King Victor Emanuel and e Mussolini were together at aj Ask Dad, He Kncws great state function. The King| About the only occasion, saf{dropped his handkerchief. Mus- Sam Hill in the Cimeinnati En-{olini picked it up and handed quircr, a woman thinks doesutyit to His Majesty, who replied: call for gloves is when she is ““Phank you. I appreciate your handling her husband. ourtesy all the more as this Then it ealls for a rolling Sam, or the prize family plate .- Norman Ralston. is one of the few things in which i may stick my nose. Add Things waybe You'!l Need fo| it Know in 1928 yoi need ja good carpente yhone 498, Handy Andy's Shoy The weight of an inch of re7i|A., P. LAGERGREN.. Prop. =.. on an a€re of ground would be PN B 512 pounds—News [tem. How do you like 1928 as far as it has gone? GRAY HAIR DARK In former days —_la Girls looked all frills; i Higk, FRIE ke, Try Grandmother’s* Old Favorite Recipe of Sage They look all chills. | Cincinnati Enquirer. Tea and Sulphur - In former days You saw their face, Almost everyone knows that With drug stores now i Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly There’s not a trace. compounded, brings back the —Circleville Union Herald. |natural color and lustre ‘to the - . ’hair when faded, streaked or In days of yore gray. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and troublesome. Nowadays, by asking "at any drug store for “Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound,” ivou will get a large bottle of ‘While walking round The dress she wore N Weighed jusi one po) —Hastings Tributte. Speaking of Hot News (Effingham Item in Atchison |this famous old recipe, improved Globe) by the addition of other ingred- Mrs. Covell Hawk had a chill [ients, for only 75 cents. Tuesday night. Don’t stay gray! Try it! No G 7 S jome can possibly tell that you More or Less True darkened your hair, as it does. it Cheer up! When son gets'mar-'so naturally and evenly. You ried and has to earn the scener;!dampen a sponge or soft brush for a wife, he'll quickly get overwith it and draw this through the idea it is smart for him to|your hair, taking one small wear funny clothes. itrand at a time; by morning A woman's figure always is im-| he gray hair disappears, and portant, but the only time a man’s| [ter another application or two, worries him is when he gets into! d>ur hair becomes beautifully a bathing suit. rk, glossy and attractive. adv. 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INNIE HURLEY, Secretary b S A s St s —_————— lJuneau Public Library from your Grocer CHIROPRACTOR, H 9; and by appointment. and is ug( the practice of City Hall, Second Floor Ma!z Street at 4th L. ) '{“\rm;:h‘.ndt rothers urged attend. il Ch: - Reading Room Open From | || elene W. L. Albrecht |t i Bt B0 - NP PHYSICAL THERAPIST 05 TERNBR, Seerdtary. Medicul Gymnastics, 8:30 p. m. lectriciry Maogazines, Newspapers ‘ lerence Books, Ete, Ask for ~ Juneau - Bakery Products 1 [l { raduate Opt. D. JUNEAU BAKERY :PHONE 577 ! Froat and Second Tue Caas W. CARTER MOGRTUARY “The Lost Service Is the Groatest 'l‘rlhfl" Corper 4th and Frankln St Phone' Phone 244 GEO. M. SIMPKINS CO. PRINTING and STATIONERY OPEN EVENINGS ALASKAN HOTEL + MODERN Dave HouseL, PROP. Dr. Geo. L. Barton enthal Bidg. Oftice Hours 10 to 12; 3 t. CHIROPRACTIC urgery nor Osteopathy. 410 Goldstein Bldg. Phone—Office: 423. R. L. 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