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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, FEB. 8 ¢ . . awakens 1 sense of their utter incon- - Daily Alaska Empire | : o/ In practically all cases these road- ; 5 crtisciients merely repeat in the . . BN TR R m snpea are made quite JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER properly and insis throuzh other L — i ————— gencie T'h are unuceded by Published eviry evering oxcept Sund by ||1"i pubiic and doubtiul value to the PRINTI! COMPANY at Secor d Main advertisers. 7Their disfizurement of the . Junewu, Alaska | lanscape is National disgrac tl s B . oet O o Janeat MAtNGRA O hoped that means may be found by suit- matter | le legislation y eifect their complete f———— - — roads constructed in Delivered by « e ariean, Bouglas. rRascwen ahe] art W pproprisee@ by the hane for $1.25 per mont National ( € nent e matl, postake pald, o Tolloping satem s All of which vy true and well said. It $6.00: onc mo ive |is applicable to ihose roads in which the Federal e eibecs v e ”;‘r,{ll'.;m.'vlf‘i.n\'rnmm.: has contributed nothing, as well as| o |to the Fedora! aid highways. | We suggest that| {al and Pusiness Of 374 ) i i = lthe Sccrelary of Agriculture submit the matter MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. e e vari State Legislatures, for it is a e St T I State regulation, As a matter | it or not otherwi and als Department of Agriculiu ught | sl Fs ol 2 R e L ns to attempt to ate it| ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER hholding funds for road! THAN AT OF ANY OT PUBLICATION. feonsiructi 8 been too muc terfer-| e TR 3 Foieny 1 Len it through control of the | Federal treas | §. 0% F: that Mr, Hoov is seriously |thinking of appointing former Senator Wadsworth ISecre of War. 1If the President-elect should finc nself hard pressed for a Secretary of| Siate Mr. Wadsworth could fill the bill. He is one of the big wen of the country and has had a lot of expericnce in statecraft. An Australian n spaper calls attention to ithe fact that while Great Britain with a popu- {lation of 000,000 has 90,000 university stu- |dents Cuinada has 60,000 with a population of R ——— I, T A R s — |less n 10 000. The United States with CONGRESS SHOULD MOVE o population of 120,000,000 has about 1,000,000 CAUTIOUSLY. [university students. SR o | Those tariff boosters al Washi 1 ought to € procecd with care if they would preserve wl! A lW_oiVl“" Town. forcign firade. It would he a sad day for the! (New York Times.) Farmers, industrialists And others of this counit Coeval with the rise of the City of Cleveland it thore should be a comsiderable diminultion infy, ", osition of industrial importance which the value of onr exports which now reach about |y ¢ (ccupies has heen the ascent of the Van $5,000,000.000 & ar, with a Dbalance of trade gwe.inccon brothers. A Watch-Tower letter from of approximately §1,000,000,000 i1 our favor |l in The Times today gives a more The ¢ life bnsiness, and that includes sty lustration of how high that ascent has agriculiure W otl activities, dependssone any that has been published for some 5ir the W $9,000,000,000 ear that |tin » completely related to everything b s e ot rpug by iransportation in the Obio metrop- | ; g brothers that every traffic problem And finaee expact 1o & Iy 5 what they propose to do. ; { Jor: exporis N we . Clase Ror? d terminals New York looks fo Irving That people of otler counirvies are t For subway discussion it deals with cognizance of the (ariff activitl ol companies and individuals The great is evidenced from the following ¢ €| railrosds themselves built its huge stations, and Western Tribune, publiched at Vancouver, L. C.© the suburban and surface' linvs lLave othcr rela-| Mr. Hoover can do no kinder as tions! But in Clevelind the name of all this tion foc the British Bmpire than raising lis Van Sweringen. They built the great new Our expor 000 cou! are of trale the tarift wall against Canada. If he wishes to be really spiteful, he will permit Canadian goods to enter his all duty. ed States’s best cus- “hows an incresse country free ¢ Canada is the Un tomer, and each year in the unfay » irade balance against Juna r words, we buy from the rly three times more than gl Obyiou we have reach- & cie thnit, and even thowgh the tariif remains as it is, there are indications that Cunada is not satisiied and intends to seek 1cciprocal trade agreements. The ciaims of Empire trading were never <o insistent as they are today. and we fervently trust that, with or with out encouragement do so from Mr. Hoover’s policies, 1529 will find Canada purchasing more from Great Dritain. It is bad business to slap your best ecustomer’s fuce too often. : to Canada are between $800,000, $900.000,000 annuvally, and to all the itries over which the British flaug flies they fast cpproaching $2,500.000,000. The balance with the British countries is strongiy and in our fgvor. The Vancouver paper, clares that mote thie comiercial nnion of the British Empire | —a other cou Gre. me1 advocated couplc oi Prem 000 cousummation with obvious logie, ¢ higher American tariffs will pro union that would give preferential tariffs and nducements to keep rade of British ies under the British flag For years in t Drit there has been a strong move- it in favor of such a policy. It was earnestly by the late Joseph Chamberlain a decades a0, and the present British rYhas favored it. We have $4,000 000 in trade that wonld be by the of. a British Imperial commercial the ome cted union. par “BLATANT BILLBOARDS.” and for hizhway nighw Billboards along ticularly along the public he Federal-aid ¥s, which the Guraen of Public Roads is responsible in cooperation with the States, are described “blatant comuiercial appeals’” by Thomas H. Mac Donald, Jardine, hope that “means may be found by suitable leg-| 1sla; all M. the who in his anaua! report to W. Secretary of Agriculture. cxpressos tion to effect their elimination npou roads constructed iu pari with money appr« comy priated by the National Goverumnent.’ direction and danger siguals erected the markers and 'n the high- Commeniing on standard ways and on the cordia! reception hy motorists, Mr. MacDonald says The complote effectiveness these gr er convenience ty of travel is hindered in some instances by rtising signboard placed as to obscure them or withdruw aitention from themn. In many case tweh adver wents contain misleadin information with regard to iulcm distances on the highway and the condition of the road ahead, which is belied in less obtrusive fashion by the public sigus. To the exient that they obscure or con- tradict or’ divert attention from the proper road sign: these signboards are a positive hindrance and mensce to the traveling public. Designedly piaced where they will veceive the nost attention, they fre- quently obse or mar attractive roud- side views, and so detract from the / pleasurable use of the highways Ac- customed a3 we arc to their unwanted presence in ordinary csurroundings, to come upon these blatant commerelal ap- peals high on the face of a majestic clifi, marring a mountain side, or com- pletely obscuring & beautiful vista still as ! the subu | transit 1 consider Subways with beginnin they without The t frequent charges not » |aguinst |until they say Their magna s coneen iy can city { In p. give wide publicity to their 1 werthy men, - be attributed only to personal spite. session gives : venom - and certain imuwuniijes, could not be quest anw untruthful or against The afierward he Government impress ought not be broadcast Jones s P vice is in their what is their plar improvements, Cleveland han se nds; and will not such conseg A4 mateh for the ¢e that {here A Playing to the Galleries. (Seattle Times. ) roposing that il Executive to injure rizk to themselves. Constitution gives member- slanderous a citizen Republie. effect of a radiea] 0 blag confirmed as high officials of 1y outrun have w0 th the truth, majority to the galleries. roposal should have short shrift. Denneit Harbor. (Olympia Olympian.) & yoters guve a the proposal to make | railicad terminal; they contyol the food stations; now, as Lo city rapid even other propositions that have been made. arve proposed, but it will not he “said hovels” until the two men are heard. story is now well known: how, from a # in suburban resl estate. development, have come to be railroad owners and local is no W in any other Ameri- nominations |be considered by the United States Seuate in open ssion, Senator Wesley L. Jones, shows a disposi- tion to truckle to the publicity-seeking, rabble- rousing element of the upper House. At present, appointments (o Federal offices are considered behind closed doors unless two-thirds of the Sen- |ators order otherwise. The Jones plan would enable Scnators to talk to the galleries and to tty grudges against It win rgued that in a representative | sovernment «ll matters should be discu: 1 in the| open, but sound publie policy is oppos« 1o this plan.. K nsiance, treaties are considered in Xecutive " nuless ordered otherwise, so that, Senat nay wive their opinions without offense to othcr nativns. Tu the case of an ap- pointee to the Cabinet or to some other F‘eder.nl {bositlon sometimes things are said which can A The public nators an opportunity to air their the reputation of others k. of Congress They are exempt from arrest | be except for “treasom, felony and breach of the peace,” and they cannot be held to acco - where for any -poech it v made in either House. They wed outside of Congress for statement made ator Jones’s plan would be and reckless minority oppor- ¢n the names of men who might the It is well known that evil reports . Ia any event if little foundation that they do of the Senate they Senator majority of 12,000 the Federal dry act & State law. Perhap DA rols W a > one wil g form us where the dry W st beglu:sl—.:nazfl:'; Ceurier and Express. ) y 3 ! bR ) ! The politiclans are all ready to give Mr. iuov\u pienty of advice | they have the dis: quieting conviction that Le docsn’'t need ft.— (Indianapolis Stur ) ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR | | By SAM HILL | s | Passing Observation The old-time philosophers who used to about how many angels could stand on the point of a pin, if alive today, would prob- ably argue about how many mort- gages a man could plastet on his home. argue A Mean Disposition Blinks—I think the driver in that car ahead must be a teacher I had when 1 was in school. Jinks-—What makes you think hat? ¢ Blinks—WeIl, she was just as stubborn about letting me pass, We Wanna Know great age like this why hey invent a gum that can swallowed after a girl gets through chewing it? In a can'i No City Fish Catchers A goldfish is The nicest kind of pet, No license for It do you have to get. Literally Bill—Ethel's father is very out- spoken, isn't he? Jack—Yes, I hear he tells every young man who calls on her to get out, and stay out. Useless Information So far no man in this section has had to buy a porous plaster to ease the backache he got from shoveling snow The only thing more numerous than® the. sands of the sea are the cures for flu These Modern Girls No attention will they pay When you exclaim—“Beware!" But quickly they'll obey W hen - fashion say “Don’t wear Scotchman’t Treat Kid—Daddy, take me to the zoo0, vill you? Dad—No, T can't. Kid—But I want to see the ani- mals! Dad—Well, here's a nickel; run down and buy a box of animal crackers and when you have looked at them, eat them and save me buying you a lunch. Is That More Elaborate Than Drescing For Dinner “Dressing For 'Cabbage ing.”—Headline on woman's of Milwaukee Journal. They're Something Else A headline in the American Le- gion Councillor read “Shutin Party Held.” We. understand it was very pleas ant— And so yould some other. parties be if they were shutUP. Positive of That 'Bout cabbage this One thing I know It’s darn poor stuff As tobacco! page Meow! ‘The Homely One: “I dread the thought of advancing age.” The Catty One: “Oh, well, you have oue comsolation, you have no good looks to lose.” Rival for the Apple An Atchison young man hasn't had the flu since he bought a pair of Louie Seff’s warn pants.—From Atchison (Kan.) Globe. ‘Wear warm pants every day and keep the doctor away! You Sneeze It ‘The last name in the telephone directory of New York City is— ZZN7Z If You Can Get Away With It Oh, wise was Williams, who ‘Way down to Florida flew— Which is our idea of The way to fly from flu ~ Sounds Reasonable “Dad,” asked the kid, “what is a kot retort?” ““Go to Hell,’ spoken in the heat of anger, son,” replied his dad. Take More'n That To Scare Her A writer in the New York Times declares pockets are way up in the list as places where germs . 't is good to read that Commander Byrd |breed. has hamed a harbor which he discovered in the P .\ul‘xnkln' continent after Folyd Bennett, the man | who Hew wit ! to the North Pole, GA BAGF But for the self-sacrifice and bravery that led 9 aimitotry “to 1y to the relief of the Bremen flvers wh he was in the first stages of pneu- HA UI‘ED monia, Beunett would today be Byrd’s right-hand CLEANIN! man in the Antarctic. Serving his fellow men AND LOT i 4t mo thought of the cost to himself, he lost[ G. A. GETCHELL bis e and his place hu ) be flled by ame Phone 109 or 143 nim.. u yrd, it secws. has not forgotten A Benneit’s name will get the kin H Lo :Hy that explorers’ nsme get k.: d-::c‘eml!n:rttahl; > corner of a map. 1 1 ie} Mab C f would have haa it, - "C "lieve is as b ry gate v Regdar Dinniers Short Orders Open GL_C to 2 a.m. to2a m, PQ?ULAR PRICES | Dress- 1929, If the poor, dumb boob thinks at warning is going to keep his wife out of his, he deserves to lose his money. Interesting Information Myrtle Dust, of Los Angeles, was married last week. It is under stood, however, her father o1 {giving the brids @way! aian't. lean ov ward the groom and mur mur, “Take nfy Dust.” More Or Less True You know a girl is modest now if when she sits down, she makes a bluff at pulling her skirt her knees before she gets out her compact and mirror to g nose the attention it needs | During a flu epidemic about as much use of old bed sheet handkerch does of his car when son for the holidays. You meet a wife now and t who convinces you her fathe out and celebrated the day the poor sucker who fell for her took her off his hands and pocketb-ok A divorce is just a sign ar : ove I her man has learned too late dow shown by the groom-to-he who skipped and left tho bride-to be waiting at the churgh It doesn’t take a kid long to get wise to the fact that “Don’t that again, or mamma only a bluff to impress tu mother is entert: The world’s champion is the widower with three ¢ who marries a widow and expects her to love his three more than she does her own canse they are HI MASK BALL Fun at the Mask Ball, F:b. at Moose Hall. Features include 6 big prizes and novelty numbers by Juneau’s best dance Serenaders. A special most comic costume spa ng. with 23 When you buy PEERLESS BREAD It is better Bread — High | in Public Favor Every Bite a Delight Remember the Name insist upon it from your grocer PEERLESS BAKERY AUTOS FOR HIRE AT YouR S'ERV/(E/ G4 We're always at your service —says Taxi Tad. I Emergency call—to the dock— hospital—visitors—Ilate for ap- pointment-—car broken down-— promptness is necessary. W serve you promptly—at reason- able rates. Carlson’s Ambulance Service Phone Single O and 11 -— Berry’s Taxi PHONE 199 Stand at Gastineau The Packard Taxi PHONE 444 Stand at Arctic T Y ‘Prompt Service, Day and Night CovicHE AuTo SERVICE STAND AT THE OLYMPIC Phone 342, Day or Night ~ Juneau, Alaska ot et . prossoam—pp BURFORD’S CORNER PIG'N WHISTLE CANDY None Better—Box or Bulk e oeveans - ' R. J. ALCORN, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Rooms 514-17-19-21-23 Gold- stein Building. Telephone 423 Special attention given to di- seases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. » PROFESSIONAL T oAl il e di Fraternal >ocieries or & .i} | | i | p————— g NEW PLACE and TALLY CARDS Valentine Day Washington’s Birthday Also New Shipment PLEATED PARCHMENT SHADES Hayes Shop Opposite Coliseum Theatre Phone 54 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 56 Houre 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. .( Dr. Charles P. Jenne [T Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a. m. to § p. m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 2786. Gastineau Channe’ e e Junean Lions Club Meets every Was nesday ~* *%°38 o’clock. Lester D. Henderson, Presidens DENTI3T H. L. Redlingshafer, Secy-Treas Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine 8. . 0. ELKS Building e S _ Meeting ever Telepnone 176 ¥ S t ks’ Hall Messerschmiar Exalted Rulur, H. Sides, Secr M ary. Visiting Brothers welcoma, Co-Ordinate Bodies of Freemasonry Scottish Rite H Regular meetings Dr. H. Vance sccond Friday each ' month_ at 7:30 5F ] P {m Scottish Rite Te - W TE! Ostecpath—201 Goldstein Blag | | 5 TIRTSEL, Socrer Hours: 10 to 12; 1 to b; tary. T to 8 or by appoinment ; -4 ACL N Licensed Osteopatnic Fhyslc'an oDe: lce 1 . ' LOYA ORDL A Residence, Gastineau Hotel OF MOOSE Hot Toasted Juneau Locge No. 78 Meets every Mouds, — Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR, Hellenthal Bldg. Office Service Only Hours: 10 a. m. p. m. to 5 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Phone 529 CHIROPRACTIC to 12 noon, : night, at # Ycloph WALTER HELLAN, Dictator J. H. HART, Secretary. 206 Seward Bui £l | IMCUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147, | [ Second and Fourth Mon- Any of each month Scottish Rite Temple, b in ginning at o'clock. 2 is wot the practice of Medicine, | [\Wa L. TRR P. SCOTT anaivle Surgery nor Osteopathy. I CHARLES K. - ¢ SSEL i) 3L, Secretary. F o """ Order of at 0 2 s | EATERN STAR i Robert Slmp-on { Second and I)?uurvh 'g\ml‘- ays onth, JUNEAU ICE CREAM}|| Opt. D. o St ity dJ 4 ! | Graduate Los Angeles f‘gl- oty hats [ leage of Optometry an I NY I. ROBIN- PARLORS i Opthalmology 0N ¥ | | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Grouné | KNIGHTS or Hot Drinks Served _"‘:1:‘;7\;;-‘ Counel No. 1760, PHONE "94 " Dr. R E. SOUTEWELL | s e rred Optometrist-Optician cet. Eyes Examined-Glasses Fitted | g IR g o v Room 16, Valentine Bldg. | TURNER, Secretary. . o | 10:00 to 6:00 Evenings by A B TR LT A Janeau Public .‘,Jixrary . Il\ i t t " >//UGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. R. ERp e Meets Mondag 9 ) A and ‘ | Phone 484 j“%nlghm 8. o’cloek s , A TR TR e kagles’ Hall 2 o AN BN Free Rwadmh Room | Couglus. William Ott, W. P. Guy City Hall, Second Floor | 3 0% %1, Smitn, Secretiry Visiting Main Strest at 4th 1 J. B. BURFORD & CO Rrothers welcome. Reading Room C.en From 2 i | e e ¢ 3 m to 10 p. m. and Corona AMERICAN LEGION Circulation Room Open Frum i to 5:30 p. m.—7:00 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. Current Magazines, Newspapers Reference Books, Etc, | L. C. Smith TYPEWRITERS i Pablic Stenographer Meoets second and fourth Thursday each monmtd {2 Dugout. New, select line of visiting cards P e FHER 0, ALI:A_._____.‘ at The Empire. ¢ el T T - oSt d— e e P e i et i WOMEN OF KOOSEEEART [ —— [HE CHAS. W. CARTER MORTUARY “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” Corner 4th and Franklin St. Phone 136 | LEGION, NO. 439 | Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays'j I { | | each month, 8 P.M. at Moose | Hall. | Jarman, Senior Re- | gent; Agpss Grigg, Recorae: | Katg e FRYE BRUHN QUALITY MEATS Delicious Hams and Bacon ——. Frye’s Baby Beef ALASKAN HOTEL MODERN REASONABLE RATES Dave HousEL, PROP. Meeting the Test ~ There is only one method of INTEREST PAID IN OUR meeting life’s test. It consists of striving for the best. Be ready for the test by accumu- lating a little ready money that ybu can call your own. INTEREST DEPARTMENT Oldest Bank in Alaska \ 3 The B. M. Belirends Bank | Brunswick ‘Bowling | Alleys 1 i i for men and women | Stand—Miller’s Tax! | Phone 213 3——————-———————-——! a ———— JAPANESE TOY | SHOP H. B. MAKING Front Strest P. 0 Box 218 for Mall Orders| [ R S R MRS MORRIS - CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SAND and CRAVEL 1! Carpenter and Concrete or] No job too large nor toog small for us. MORRIS CONSTRUCTION €O} © BZILDING CONTRACTORS L Phone 62 JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Pucks and Stores Freight' and PHONE 48 " ELEVATOR SERVICE : R ‘ o ! avl y a

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