The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1929, Page 4

R S R Daily Alaska Empire JOEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER| Published every evemmng except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Malo| dtreets, Juneau, Alaska Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Clase aatter. SUBSCHIPTION RATES, Dellvered by carrrer In Juneau, Dougl Thane for $1.25 per month. mall, postage pald, at the following : OnoBgmu, in"advance, $12.00; six months, in advance .00; one month, in advance, '$1.25. P larbare will ounter s faver 1t they will promptly | notify ths Business Office of any fatlure or Irregularity | in the delivery of their papers. ™ Pelephons for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. Treadwell and| MEMBLR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associatea rress ls exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to | It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the | focal news published hereln. 1 KA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED' TO BE LARGER ALAS‘I'HAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | JUNEAU’S FRIENDSHIP GOES WITH AERIAL SURVEY. There was genuine regret in Juneau Saturday when the Naval Alaska Aerial Survey party departed everal weeks the City. Juneau ence here of the Naval planes and | their officrs and crews and the Gannet and her| barge and their officers and crew. They are a fine bunch of gentlemen and when they left here they took with them the friendship, respect and admira- after spending n enjoyed the pre tion of all the people of this community. This applies to the warrant officers and enlisted men as well as to the highly efficient and extremely well liked commissioned officers. They were a hard‘ working but genial bunch of men. They missed no | opportunity to have the planes and photographers at work, and were always courteous and entertain-| ing gentlemen. Considering the unusual inclemency of the weather this year they did an enormous amount of work and did it well, and they won/ the goodwill of all who came in contact with them. The Alaska Aerial Survey party h done won- derfully interesting and very useful work in Alaska. The record it has made of the topography, forests and water power potentialities of -Alaska is in- valuable. It has served to inform those engaged in development in the North and it has saved an enormous amount of expenses for them. The work| will continue to serve the people of generations to| come. May the air mappers return again and again. And if Juneau has her way ev one of those who made up the 1926 and 1929 parties will be here again and again Juneau's well wishes will follow the pesonnel of | | [ the Naval Alaska Aerial Survey wherever fate and the Navy Department may decree that they must go. CLIMATE AND PEOPLE. The American Mercury seems to favor the theory that climate has effective influence on the char- acter of people. It supports the theory by compar- ing the British people of Canada and the British people of the Bahamas who were from similar fore- bears. It said: When the American Revolution occurred a number of the English colonists chose to remain loyal to the mother country, even though the maternal care had been some- what lacking in nourishment. Some of these colonists departed for Canada, while their cousins migrated to the Bahamas. Both groups were of the same stock and their characteristics were then similar, but today a vast difference is observed in their de- scendants. The Canadians are an active, virile people whose mental alertness is shown among other ways by the fact that they are most emphatic in declaring, with side- long glances at their friendly neighbor to the south, that they expect to be perpetually independent. The Bahamas are said to be distinetly indolent and easy-going. Now this dissimilarity may be attributed to marked climatic differences, and, in fact, it has been accounted for on that ground by Profi r Ellsworth Huntington, the geographe On the other hand, Dr. Mc- Collum calls attention to the fact that be- sides the cold and invigorating climate of Canada there is the more important feature that the Canadian diet is rich in milk, - butter, cream and cheese, in addition to cereals, legume seeds, tubers and meats. The Bahamas in their enervating climate partake of fruits and certain vegetables, but seldom use dairy products. Dr. Mc- Collum suggests that “people will feel very different on these two types of diets.” Without attempt to discuss any theory as to the effect of climate or diet on character we suggest that there is another if not more important reason for the development of greater energy and virility in the descendants of those American Colonists who went to Canada because they disapproved of the Revolutionary War than was developed in the same class of people who went to the Bahamas. Canada is a great country with almost unlimited resources and area. Her development offered em- ployment to the minds and bodies of those who located there. She had big work and lots of it for her pioneer citizens. And big work makes big men —energetic and virile men. The situation in the Bahamas was entirely different. The area and re- sources were very much limited. The need and op- portunity there for a strong and virile race of men were not pressing. The situation would naturally lead to atrophy. CANADIANS AND CIGARETTES. Canada has become one of the leading cigarette- Ithat “is capable of such - nice THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREY 'MONDAY, AUG. 19, the entire Canadian production of 1912. While Canada imports some 15,000,000 American- made cigarettes yearly, most of the manufacuring is done within her own borders, for which pur- pose Canada impoits anunally some 14,000,000 pounds of light-leaf tobacco from the United States, rank- ing as the fourth leading market. While some of those who stampeded to the Taku strike have returned more than enough to keep up a satisfactory population gain is constantly going into the country. And it is worthy of note that every responsible prospector who returns from the Taku comes with loads of confidence in the future greatness of the district. The Alaska canned salmon pack for 1929 will be approximately 240,000,000 pounds. That ought fish. Betting odds on the New York Mayorality race favors Mayor Walker by 8 to 1. Most of those New Yorkers must think Mayor Walker will be renominated and re-elected. The Influence of Slang. (New York World.) “Good slang, that is, virile and expressive slang is irresistible,” says J. Y.* T. Grieg, an Englishman whose book, “Breaking Priscian’s Head, or English as She Will Be Wrote and Spoke,” was reviewed in The World the other day by Harry Salpeter. “Sooner or later the best of it forces its way into received colloquial and then the very best passes into the literary speech, enriching and vitalizing it like a freshet. And since the slang coined from year to year in England is, most of it, dwiny, feeble stuff when compared with the output of America, it is to America that we must chiefly look in future for the replenishment and refreshening of our language.” And it must be admitted that this attitude toward slang is quite popular with lib- eral grammarians. Yet one may be permitted certain doubts about it. There are slang expressions, of course, that will probably remain in the -language because they convey meanings that without them would be difficult to put into words. For “gold- digger,” “buck-passer,” ‘“double-cross,” “ballyhoo” and the like there are no precise orthodox equiva- lents, and thus it is likely that they are here to stay. But so far as most of the slang on the street goes, it is probably doomed, despite its frequent pungency. The trouble with it is that it applies to such a restricted list of meanings. Words are added, not new ideas; hence there is no genuine enrichment of language. For example, consider the smart retort. Here is a partial list of those we have had in the last twenty-five vears: Skiddoo! Twenty-three; skiddoo! Lay down; yowre all wet! Tie that bull outside! Beat it! Tell it tc Sweeney! Tell it to the marines! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Iss diss a system? So’s your old man! Laff that off! It needs but a glance at these to show that they all mean the same thing, and they don’t mean much. Again, consider the expressions of contempt: Can you beat it? Can you tie that? Would you believe it? Ain't it the limit? Ain’t that a hot sketch? Wouldn't it slay you? Isn't that the snake's hips? Isn't that the cat’s meow? Good night! And the cadence expressions, lending emphasis: Believe me! Believe you me! I'm here to tell you! Take it from me! Tl tell the cock-eyed world! And I don't mean maybe! All these expressions, it hardly needs pointing out, suffer from a high mortality rate, and the rea- son is obvious. They are no good. English might be improved if intelligent people coined more ex- pressions, as do the intelligent people of France. There an endless stream of cliches is poured into the language, many of them witty, elegant and apt, and as a result French has become the languagé t shades of mean- ing.” Too much, it seems to us, is said in favor of slang, and particularly American slang. BT A TR ) Who Makes the Tariff. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) The contention of the United States and of every other country in the world has long been that tar- iffs were purely domestic questions to be determined by the individual nation for itself. In a strict legal sense, this contention remains unchallanged. But the newer economics of the post-war period has taught us many lessons. We have learned that penalizing one country for its part in the war is a handicap to other nations that might wish to trade with the loser. We have learned that it is good business to lend money to improverished na- tions so as to enable them to build up their buying power agajn. We also are learning something of tariffs and how they should be made. Congress was fairly warned before the present special session that dras- tic upward revision of the tariff schedules would be unfortunate in view of the determined attitude of foreign nations, to retaliate against a higher Am- erican tariff wall. The Congress was warned by the President and many authorities on world economics that a prohibitive tariff would stifle our export mar- kets eventually. The murmurings, nay, the outcry, abroad show that these warnings were correct. Secretary Stim- son is sending to high officials of the State De- partment, as well as several Consuls General sta- tioned in Europe, to Amsterdam to observe the tariff discussions at the International Chamber of Com- merce meetings. The Department of Commerce also will have its representatives there to evaluate the criticism of the Hawley bill. And of criticism there will be a plenty. Tariffs are no longer a mere domestic question. The International Chamber of Commerce went on record last year as favoring an international com- mission at Geneva to study tariff schedules and re- port on the effects of various rates of import duties set up by different countries. That proposal was adhered to by a number of the most competent manufacturers, bankers and merchants in the United States. Congress well may watch the trend of foreign sentiment in this matter and give full weight to the reports made by those observers from smoking countries of the world, with a per capita sale of 400 annually, surpassed only by the United and Great Britain. ' During 1928 well over 4,000,000,000 cigarettes were smoked in Canada, on which $24,000,000 was collected 8 The increase has been rapid since attributed in part to women. The the last nine years nearly equalled the State and Commerce Departments. The vast machinery of international trade must not be held up in its progress because of the curt demands of isolated producers in this country who can see no farther than this year's profits. Mr. Ford says that we can’t have automobiles and liquor both. But we have.—(St. Louis Post- Dispatch.) L'} to keep salmon eaters from suffering for lack of| | ALONG LIFF'S ||| DETOUR ! 1929. PROFESSION AL ! By SAM HILL ¥ —_— Passing Observation Man is the only creature that has to undress to go to bed and be waked up by an alarm clock. Reason Enough ‘ “Why didn't you follow that col- lege professors' advice and marry | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 56 Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 the boss's daughter and be a snob?” 13 “Huh! The snobbish thing would| " not have me.” : Motor Note The trouble with theft insurance is you can't collect when it's only the engine that's missing. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST ) Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. | SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 569, Res. Phone 276 Then What? Some college prof declare you ought'er Be wise and wed the boss's daugh- i ter— | In that of sense there’s mebbe lot'er— | But—what if he ain't got a daugh- ter? Sunday Sermonette | Licensed Osteopathic Physician | Dr. H. Vance Osteopath—201 Goldstein Bldg. | Hours: 10 to 12; 1 to 5; Tto 9 | or by appointment Phone: Office 1671. | Residence, MacKinnon Apts. There may be sermons in stones, | but there's not much religion in| | throwing ‘em. One on the Parson The taxi driver had a minister as a fare and was given the ad- { dress of a swell apartment build-| | ing as his destination. “I'll have to take you to the back door,” said the taxi driver. “Why s0?” exclaimed the minister | ;» in surprise. “Because they have a rule there,| *: sir, that all goods must be deliv- ered in the rear,” he grinned. Helen and Maria Dawes has refused to wear short || pants That would calf— reveal his manlyjd Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR, Hellenthal | Building ’ Office Service Only Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 noon, 2 | p.m. to 5 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Phone 529 | CHIROPRACTIC is not the practice of Medicine, Surgery nor Osteopathy. | Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- | lege of Optometry and . Opthalmology Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground And it is mean of him to cheat The British out of a good laugh! Home and Hearth Note q Women don't put up fruit or with a lemon like they used to. Ready for the Undertaker 3 “So you think you are in a bad way, eh?” said the doctor. “Doc,” groaned the patient, “there is more the matter with me than there is with a second-handl car.” Safe Bet Now, if a flapper wears A look that's quite perplexed, She’s trying to decide What she can leave off next. Uscless Information The correct pronunciation of | a-1-i-b-i is the same as if it was| spelled 1-i-e. The Changing ‘World If you mentioned check rein now a kid would think you had gotten bawled up trying to say rain check. No Telling Mae won't kiss or neck, She says she thinks 'tain't right; I'm not dead sure, but think Her sister Dynamite. Fine! Motorist: “The speed cop told me to tell it to you.” The Judge: “Huh Well, just say it with $10.” Sounds Reasonable B. J. writes: When it comes to heaving — better a sigh of relief than up Jonah. Wasn't Dry, Evidently “How did that quiet little party you went to last night turn out?” “It got mnoiser than a one-lung flivver trying to climb a hill and the cops broke it up.” A Doctor’s Idea of— An unreasonable man is one who'll have a pain on the left side where it can’t’ possibly be appen- dicitis. What Man Doesn’t? ere is a gent living in Milwau- kee named Mr. Seeboth. It's Hell to Grow Old! On you your age, old top, Is surely tellin’, When you just sigh at sight Of watermelon! Huh! A girl doesn't usually marry her- self, and yet when Hadley and Francis X. Self were married in Kansas City this week it looks as if 'twould be perfectly | proper to say Frances married her Self. i { | More or Less True Some women would be consid- ered better wives if they didn't spend so much time trying to make good husbands. Now and then the family insists on father getting the price of a new suit deeper in debt so he will shut up about him being the only one who has to wear old clothes. At that, we reckon the hus- band of the can-opener wife wouldn't trade her for the kind of wife who wastes a lot of time fix- ing up stuff her husband doesn't like because it is good for him, About all you can really admire about some of the girls who un-1 dress in the ultra modern styles is the nerve they show. - Frances W.|% | The Arcade Cafe -—— DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 16, Valentine Bldg. | 10:00 to 6:00. Evenings by | Appointment. Phone 484 ALASKA SEAL COAT, Size 38 Best lining. Special for short time only $500.00 YURMAN’S attention da ok it you wish to prime importance 'y-u:- EERLESS QUALITY ‘Bpecial Dinners on Sundays and Week Days Scda Fountaln In conmection. Come {n and listen to the radio. Mary Young, Prop. Phone 283 Juneau Public Library Free Reading Room City Hall, Second ¥loor Main Street and Fourtk Reading Room Open from 8a m to 10 p. m. Circulation Room Open from i to 5:30 p. m.—T7:00 to 8:30 p. m. Ourrent Magazines, Newspapers, Reference Books, Etc. FREE TO ALL e e el o e ————— Fresh roastea pestuts apa pop- corn. Junesu Ice Cream Parlors, Commercial job printing at The Empire. | Packard Call A | SINGLE O or 11 Whether it’s a nice and balmy day, or stormy and terrifying makes no difference—we will be at il your door in a [Mfy any time you want a taxi, and give you eflicient, polite service at the low- est standard rates. Phone Packard De Luxe Service CARLSON’S TAXI and Ambulance Service Fraternal Societies — _or Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every first and third Wednes- days, June, July, g August, at 8 o'clock Ilks’ Hall. WINN GODDARD, Exalted Rauler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Visiting Brothers Welcome. Co-Ordinate Bod- ; ies of Freemason- 20 ry Scottish Rite [} | Regular meetings (Al sccond Friday each month at 7:30 p. m. Scot- tish Rite Temple WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary. IOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge No. 700. Meets every Monday & night, at 8 o’clock. JAMES CARLSON, Diclatgr. W. T. VALE, Secy, P. O. Box 826 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. IIT? Second and Fourth Mon~ day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:20 p. w X WALTER P. SCOTY, Master; CHARLES E. NAGHEL, Secretary. ORDER OF EASTEZRN S‘I‘Alé Second and Fourth Tuesdys of each mcnth, To or from any place in the city for 50 CENTS BLUEBIRD TAXI Day and Night Service Phone 485 Responsible Drivers Stand at Arcade Cafe Iive can .ide as cheaply as one 4 Cars at Your Service Day or Night Calls— Same Price o 199 Cab Co. ‘Hazel’s Taxi PHONE at 8 o'clock, Bcottish Rite Temple. MAY- BELLE GEORGE, Wor- thy Matron; FANNY L. ROBINSON, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760 Meetings second and iast Monday at 7:30 p. wm Transient brothers ury- ed to attend. Council Chambers, Fifth Street. EDW. M. McINTYRE, G. K. H. A. J. TURNER, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Meets Monday &nighm 8 oclock at Eagles' Hall, Doug- las. ARNE SHUDSHIFT, W. P. GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting Brothers welcome. Vi OF MOOSEHEART i LEGION, NO. 439 | Meets first and third Thursdays | each month, 8 p. m. at Moose | Hall. KATE JARMAN, Senior | Regent; AGNES GRICG, Re- | corder. o 456 Stand: Alaska Grill D e P Regular Dinners Short Orders Lunches Mabry’s Cafe | Brunswick Bowling ; | Alleys Stand at Gastineau L' poR s ANa: WoMEN | Hotel | Stand—Miller's Taxi | | Phone 218 | ) o -2 | Russian Steam Baths T | Open Wednesdays and satur- | | days from noon till midnight. | “Business Is Good” | MRS. JOHN JORRL, Prcp. | o e RS s e Open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m, MORRIS Prompt Service, Day and Night| | POPULAR PRICES CONSTRUCTION CovicH Auro SERVICE HARRY MABRY COMPANY STAND AT THE OLMPIC Proprietor Phone 342 Day or Night SAND and Juneau, Alaska ) B S e GRAVEL ke I JunEAU LavNDERY Car enterA NEC t Helene W. L. Albrecht | || Fraaxiin O s Btreet, between Jront and Second Streets PHONE 359 PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red No job too large nor too small for us 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | | 1 | | o 'y 8t The Empire. Commerclal job printing at The MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO. Www Mirroring the Growth of Juneau The steady growth of Juneau the past ten years is strikingly pictured in the growth of our Savings De- partment during that period, as shown by the following comparison | of savings deposits: August 6, 1920 ...$ 844,780.61 August 6, 1924 . 1,035,568.58 August 6, 1929 ... 1,338,966.33 The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in ‘Alaska Bt Building Contractors PHONE 62 o —_——— JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 — HOTEL® ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. [ —— BURFORD'S CORNI;I{. ] \ “TRY A MALTY” PIG'N WHISTLE CANDY Non Better—Box or Bulk e ) —_—— T Commercial job printing at Che 4 e B