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v ' o) . correct. Many people are thinking of a change. D(u v Alaska Empire (s, i’ ‘wes he experonse of .t UNDOWN ,» |months of a new Administration. There aare always }-‘ JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER |disappointments, and the stock market collapse s d the House's going hog wild on the tariff E,fi{}‘.’,‘;{"" R R a \(f,’, are m than usual aggravating circumstances. | v if the revolt can be induced to continue | Juneau Second Clas Ve until next November it will seem more ant than it does now SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ——— el Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and White 3 s 3 i {’ Thane for $1.25 per month. The White House must be a rather staid place JRERT By m-l'lhv stage | . f\ ‘,',,“_‘,‘,': H'.‘t\‘«l\'. Ry he The circumstance that the Prr.vsndentv:- FIREPLACE nonth dvance, $1.25 1 n gave a little dance to a few friends is By Mary Grabhs Bokder ibscribers will promptly |4 big head, front page, Associated Press story. What | notify the Business v fa or irregularity o5 Sial huftday e i the delivery of their i I ; difference since the Roosevelts constituted what, A B i hey characterized as the “White House Gang!” In|aid Blagk ' Clock, those days nothing less than a scalping party would |ought we'd visit some friends T Sttt ) x ""‘l T iy Bp]d | whore fond of holidays that come e for repu Lo | ha een news beyon asury Building, 4 of the year. local news published her — Oy ) ( BSLAGKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER If we get 1:d of the has-beens and kill e Bl e bt A i off the never-was crowd, we shall soon be- come o live city.—(Prince Rupert News.) Has-beens have come back, and the fact that a man never-was is not certain proof that he never- will be. Why not try to get some enthusiasm in| these fellows and give them another chance? The a Railroad. [ (Seattle Times.) | stern newspapers have shown some concern the moderate increase in the annual deficit of | { the xa Railroad. The operating loss for the |fiscal year of 1920 was $958414, an increase of 1$111,024, or 131 per cent. over the preceding year. Considered in relation to Alaska's vast contribution alth of the Nation the There was a substantial increase in the il line passen: nues decreased. That important econ- ation were inaugurated is shown by the the tant the announced intention | number o the | freight omies in ope decrease in' expenses. NEWSPRINT PRICES AND REMEDIES. |t The ruction caused of Ca newsprint selling price of their pri by manufacturers to raise luct a ton and thereby adian add nearly $20000000 annually to ‘hf' s o nsiruoHE . ot the' AL Ratboen’ s newspaper production in the United States may | a...ven fifteen y ago, AL the thibhght result in haste the development of pulp and of making money in the transportation business, paper manufacturing in the Northwest, including but with the expectation that it would lead to the! Alaska development of the Territory’s vast natural wealth. A cc » statement of the situation, that is Until the Government has established feeder lines, getting a lot of space in the newspapers, appearedfostered industries and enocuarged the develop- “mchuno nt of resources, the railroads cannot be expected ay i VS agazine, of December 23, b & {to pay. The adoption of a more liberal policy | appeas in anoth place on this page Time, very believe, apProves|put the 500 miles of line on a paying basis. the suggestion of former Senator Gilbert M. Hitch-| Since Congress first authorized the construc- cock, owner of the Omaha (morning and evening) tion of the road, $66,581,830 has.been invested. Of World-Herald, the leading newspapers of Nebraska,|the total amount, $54,397,995 represents the capital that the newspapers of the country ought to take!COst of the railroad, while the operating deficits some toward speeding up pulp and have aggregated $12,183,884. On the whole paper | Rt d = {money has been well spent. manufacturing in the Northwest including Alaska.| is the proud boast The accessibility of Alaska timber to waterways|yercial Club that the undeveloped natural re- and the availability of the Panama Canal make of the Territory would pay: the National this Territory a natural competitor of Ontario and debt. We paid ,200,000 for Alaska, and since Quebec for the newsprint business of the Middle |1880 approximately $600,000,000 has come from Al West and South, at least. Alaska alone could pro- &< nines The yield from the Northland's duce a large enough percentage of the newsprint used has been enormous. Last year's shipments by American newspapers to have a controlling fhaape ":fl;l‘:\ix-u:\~:?]$Z:3é3;32391-he b fluence on the .price | Territory is a storehouse of wealth almost Other newspaper owners could very well take a The railroad must be regarded as lesson from the acivities of Mr. Cameron of the which in time will yield rich returns. San Francisco Chronicle and Mr. Chandler of the e Los Angeles Times. These publishers propose to have mills that will supply their papers, at jeast, within a few years. Publishers of the Southern Coast and Middle West might look into this proposi- tion with profit to themselves. we appropriately action of the Fairbanks Com- sources in- The inexhaustible. an investment, Pulp Palaver. (Time.) Presumably more bootleggers than good-will cross- jed the border between the United States and Can- R R R |ada last week. Reason: on one side were ranked DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG AND USEFUL |the newspaper publishers of the United States who CITIZEN. |are accustomed to purchase their newsprint (news- U | paper paper) almost entirely from Canadian manu- Those who attended the Houston Convention in |facturers at wholesale prices averaging about $55 1928 remember a handsome, earnest, intellectual and |Per ton. On the other side were the Canadian B et Toocing o a little over medium |2€WSPrint manufacturers, who desired to raise the heighth, blond, slender, with a winsome and under- | L Ki”;:: s‘igl(-mndre Taschereau, crisp Premier of standing smile always near the surface, who S(’nlncd‘Qllebp(‘v had declared on .his own behalf and for never to leave the reception room of the Gov. Smith!Premier George Howard Ferguson of Ontario: * headquarters and the New York delegation in the “. . . The price of $565 is not a fair return.” This Rice Hotel Provincial at home. His job was to make every caller feel [Indication of he shook a new hand And he did He was Maurice Bloch, Democratic leader man, a, price raise of $5 would cost United States pub- lishers $19,000,000 yearly. Fortnight ago Abitibi Power & Paper Company in the New York Assembly, though only thirty-seven years|and St. Maurice Valley Paper Company, formins of age. He was the son of poor but respectable|a very consequential portion of their fndustry | and generous Jewish parents. He had made his way |definitely announced a price raise, effective Janli-‘ through the univer hard work and car fortunate in getting at the bar and a 1 ¢ and law schqol by dint frm $55 to $60. l ing scholarships. He had been| The next United States move was a meeting of clients and had won a position |the representatives of more than 300 United States KA & hiltenos. and Canadian newspapers called early last week of |ary 1, It was his in- terest in the poorer mases that took him into|lR Manhaitan’s Hotel Pennsylvania. Three basis . 2 4 |suggestions emerged. The most t was that legal politics at a time when Gov. Smith and his asso- | aotion be used against the Oar n pulpsters. A clates were remaking the old Tammany into theresolution was adopted urging that Federal authori- new, and he joined them with enthusiasm. He was ties be consulted as to “whether there is any re- a devoted follov of the Great Governor. open in this situation through Federal It will cause pain to liked Mr. Bloch to time when he had all who met, admired a: that he is dead at a| The most conservative suggestion advocated the to expect to live and reduction of newsprint consumption. Shrewd Paul know a ri i R, SEind i __{Block, chain publisher (Brook: Newark, Pitts- serve his family and kind for thirty or more |y gn moledo, Duluth), expressed his opinion that years, and when wi 1 children and fellow | st United States newspapers arc now “over-fea- | citizens had a right to expect services. He Is|tured,” that the elimination of many a feature would sincerely mourned throughout his City and Staté |do no harm and elsewhere, More far-sighter and cogent to those publishers In the opening par: graph of an editorial lmbutt“mm regard the Canadian industry as a monopoly, tp Mr. Bloch, the New York World said 1\\';(5 the proposal of onetime Senator Gilbert Monell Though he was but thirty-nine years of Hitchcock .of the Omaha World-Herald. Said he: age, Maurice Bloch had been fifteen years ‘Whatever the directors do of a temporary nature‘ an Assemblyman and for six years the ought to be supplemented by some action towards | leader of the minority party in that body |permanent relief, such as developing a new supply | Both as member and as leader he was an of newsprint for the Western part of the United | asset of the New Tammay and a faithful States, possibly from Alaskan sources or a supply | servant of the State. Mr. Bloch was one of |from European sources.i Governor Smith's most ardent supporters in | The gist of the conference’s opinion was ex-| his long fight to modernize the frame of ¥ d in a report published after their confer- the State ( nment. He was hospitable nee: “The publishers are in posession of no facts to new ide i new policies in social and | t lead them to believe that an increase [in labor legis! The Citiezns Union bore \ rint price] is warranted on an economie testimony to his “unflagging zeal and re- !basis.” : sources of experience and ability.” His | From Toronto came a report, quickly denied by pouticl oppenents are warm in praise of Premier Taschereau, that the price-rise policy would his courtesy in controversy, his gallantry {be reconsidered by Canada’s pulpsters. in debate. His death leaves in Albany a | 2 gap that will not be e to fill . His career { Quebec and Ontario contains most of should be an example to aspiring youth | the Canadian pulp mills. handicapped as he was in early life by the The United States Government is 1 poverty and lowly e through which he tlating for $10,000,000 worth of Al won' by energy and merit fo conspicuons spruce and hemlock for newsprint m success. | facture, a stimulant to pulpsters’ interest | m(nl Territory. The United Staes now ks S5 T g { nually imports about 100,000 tons of ne REVOL _]N 1_}_![" WEST. | print, duty free, from Germany, Fir R f . R gligible in the nual consumptio: in the interest of a Democratic Congress next newsprint in the United States, elwsi:v n:; year. He was greeted with ovations wherever he| (1928) at 3,600,000 tons 3 went, and declares thet he found and left mo] —_— —_— farmers singing, with gusto, “East Side, West Side Mussolini has slipped a kid glove over his iron 2ll around the town.” They learned the song last|fist. Italy can “shake it or take it."—(Seaitle Post- ' | year when Gov. Smith made a similar trip, but|[ntelligencer.) they did not all vote as they sang. “ i However, Gov. Roosevelt thinks the West is pre-| Concerning the late McManus trial, we always knew that the chances were slim of Mayor Walker paring for 2 political flop. He declared that he being found guilty of murder in the first degree.— (New York Times.) deficit is unim- ~ s during the “year, but | Hrmard potential investors in Alaska eventually would] the | Government opinion had | He won affection everytime Strred United States statisticians to compute that ! 1 Peggy went only a little 1 the Little Black had turned the time > a long ways, | It was very quiet. Then they | ar: crackling noises and | rs of laughter and v're waiting for us,” said the 3 ck Clock. the children saw some > but very bright little crea- sed in bright, bright, col- | tures ¢ {ors | “We're the Fireplace people,” the little creatures said, as the Little Black Clock introduced them to the “You're back of the e now, which is the rea- looks different to you. e,” explained the Little , “I've turned the time back, and this is an old quite firep Let us hear them talk. | So the children sat down back lof the Fireplace, and they heard the lace people deciding all ‘soxn af l‘nngs & st of all, we must always be {warm d cosy and fr dly,” said sed in the brightest of Jone ¢ ’r: ame-colored costumes “We must all wear pretty colors so people will want to look at us will enjoy our brightness. and rom the days when fire was first discovered until now our peo- ple have never had a hard feeling for anyone. They have always wanted to do the best they could ‘Then we must be ready to quiet down, so our embers can be used |for roasting pop-corn, chestnuts and apples. We will do this for people s0 they can have good times as they sit around us.” All the Fireplace people agreed that they would do all this, and John, Peggy and the Little Black| Clock stayed back of the Fires {place and heard all the plans madé| | by the Fireplace people. - e Have you tried the Flve o'Clock | e ee— | Try the Flve o'Clock Dinner 1Bpecials at Mabry's, —ady, Responsible Men ‘ Wanted to represent the Woodmen of the Werld Life Insurance As- I | sociation of Omaha, Nebraska. Al forms of life insurance written by our company, which has assets of more than $135,000,000 0. interested, If you are please vrite to W. A. FRASER, Presicent Waodmen of the World Omraha, Neb. - Morris Construction Company GENERAL CARPENTER WORK Phone 62 Printing IsBut a Small Part «- the Cost A 4 N getting out a circular, circular letterorother pieceof printed matter...the paper, the address- ing, the mailing easi- ly total more than the printing. Yet, in a large measure, i the Results Depend Upon the Printing. Let us show you some samples to illusirate our staiernent ”ugm of revolt everywhere, and he is probably Lifc Insurance Assn. i Dinner Specials at Mabry's Cafe? | | [ R;bertASimpson f \ i |PHONE YOUR ORDERS TO US We wil- attend to them g gy r———————-—-—————{l " PROFESSIONAL | Helt-m- W.L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Rev, Medical Gymnastics. | 41v Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 | | S L5 - N O N DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | DENTISTS | 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. | | | { PHONE 56 Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. | Dr. Charles P. 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