The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1931, Page 4

p—— v H it Sy A AL i s o G S e S ot - Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER pEublished every evening, $3Bt second an Main w; 7,\'-7(’\7;-] C e In Jun T SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and| Thane for $1.25 per month. postage paid, at the following rates: | ail r, in_advance, ix months, in advance, | month, in advance, $1.26 confer a favor if they will promptly s Office of fallure or irregularity $6.00 Subscribers wi notify the Business Offices, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not othe e credited in this paper and also the | news published herein “ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAT OF ANY OTHER FUBLICATION { MIXING SCHOOLS AND POLITICS. The damage that can be done to schools through | the machinations of politicians is well indicated by | a recent ultimatum issued to department heads n the city of Chicago where Mayor “Big Bill” Thomp- son is seeking re-election to office . This said: No one who is not in favor of Thomp- son’s renomination must be left in office anywhere in the government—especially in offices controlled by the School Board. See to it that every man and woman who is working in these school departments is for Thompson—first, last and all the time. Probably this is no different from similar ctate- | ments issued in hundreds of other communities :n | which the schools have been made part and parcel of a political system. Certainly in all cities n; other activities than schools, are “lined up” for any administration that desires to succed itself. It is one of the main factors| responsible for inefficiency in municipal government which, in some instances, seems on the verge of a breakdown. Fortunately in Juneau, and elsewhere In Alaska, public schools have been run independent of muni- cipal politics. This policy has been reflected by greater school efficiency than one would expect n| frontier communities of this character, Until two years ago the Territorial Department ) of Education was kept free of politics. When the office of Commissioner of Education was made elec- tive, the first step toward putting Alaska wschools into the hands of political combinations was taken. If they are no to go all the way as has been done If they are not to go all the way as has been done in Chicago, which does not stand alone, this step will have to be retraced. This is a subject in which the whole Territory is vitally concerned and it should be very carefully studied by the Legislature which convenes here next March. AGRICULTURE INVESTS. Agricultural experiment stations maintained by Federal and State governments spend close to $30,- 000,000 annually to learn how to control produc- tion, reduce loss and increase the profits of the $60,000,000,000 agricultural industry. This is but three-tenths of one per cent of the annual turnover of $10,000,000,000, a somewhat smaller proportion than the $200,000,000 which other industries invest in their research activities. This investment, according to Dr. A. F. Woods, director of scientific work of the United States Department of Agriculture, has made American agriculture, with all of its shortcomings, the best in the world. Not only has it placed the business of agriculture on a sounder basis than it other- wise would be, but it has also brought about a con- servation of the nation's wealth of forest and ani- mal life. Like other industries, agriculture has found its research expenditures a good investment in progress. . HOOVER AGAINST A WET DEMOCRAT. Writing about the national election coming in 1932, Mark Sullivan, veteran political observer and correspondent for the Republican New York Herald- Tribune, predicts the Presidential race will be be- tween President Hoover and a Wet Democrat. The nominating conventions of the two primaries are some 18 months away, the election 22 months off, but party primaries at which convention delegates are elected will begin to take place early next year. In about one year more pre-primary politics will be warming up. Mr. Sullivan believes that by February of next year, the forces that will determine the outcome of the national party conventions will have gone so far that it will be impossible to change the re- sults. He is certain that Mr. Hoover will be e- nominated by the Republicans. Other observers have come to the same conclusion. The only un- certainty is the Democratic nominee. mentators at this time agree that the Anti-Pro- hibition faction will dominate the Democratic con- vention and bring about the nomination of a Wet leader. Gov. Roosevelt seems to occupy the favored position. This has led to the query, “Can the Democrats with a Wet candidate win the election?” Answer- ing this Mr. Sullivan, writing at some length in the Herald-Tribune, declared in such procedure lies the best chance for Democratic victory. Almost certainly, he contends, the party could not win with an out and out Dry. If the party nominee were a Dry, he argued, New York would be lost irretrievably and unless the Democrats carry that State it could not carry the nation. This first contention is well- founded. As to the latter, there will be some dis- pute. Certainly it is mathematically possible for the * Democrats to win without New York's electoral vote. The 'political possibilities of success, it must be ad- ‘mitted, are less favorable. “Assuming that conditions remain as they are, - they (the Democrats) have a chance that is cer- ( ured by any | Island are dripping wet and an avowed anti-Pro- | to his aspirations. | quired to win. | States and does not include such commonwealths as ]fmally reached the Senate. municipal employees |3 Most com- | standard” to win the Presidency n 1932 with a Wet nominee, is the veteran writer's conclusion. He doesn't expect the South ‘o revolt again. Democratic there, in view of the recent organization victories when such anti-Smith leaders as Heflin of Alabama and Simmons of success That will spot the party’s can- The States of New York, Mas- New Jersey and Rhode didate to 114 votes, sachusetts, Connecticutt hibition candidate would find voters there favorable In all except one of them the voters are wet first and Democrats or Republicans afterward. Mr. Sullivan is convinced that a strong Democratic Wet would have a splendid chance to carry this group which would bring his electoral vote to 203, and a total of 266 is all that is re- This is from only two groups of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arizona, Delaware, Ohio, New Mexico, Ne- vada and Illinois with a total of 126 votes from which to capture the 63 additional votes needed. Mint growers in California are steadily increas- ing their acreages—now if someone would only tell | us where to get the rest of the mint-julip com- bination. After bnly eight years in the House a bill has Maybe there's some chance for farm relicf after all. Kin Hubbard. | (New York World.) Kin Hubbard died yesterday in Indianapolis. He was a great and quiet humorist. For forty years he had been a member of the Indianapolis News staff, and every day since 1904 he had written, under| his drawing of Abe Martin of Brown County, Ind, two unrelated paragraphs. This daily feature became popular in Indianapolis; and for many years was one of the few bright spots in the day of an exchange editor, who could clip| Kin Hubbard's paragraphs with his eyes closed and | be sure that he would reprint no duds. Hubbard was that rare. creator, the writer who never sels( down a pointless or stupid sentence. Hubbard's daily stuff was more widely known in the Middle West than it was here. When The World a few years ago ran the Abe Martin two paragraphs a day few readers heeded it; many didn’t even know that it was being published. Yet t is hard to find a review or a vaudeville show that has not lifted wholly or paraphrased a Kin; Hubbard line. One of the most frequently sLolen“ lines was the one about the man who drove over | in his Rolls-Royce t' th' poorhouse t" visit his father. Kin Hubbard knew American civilization. His comments upon American life were shrewd, com- ical, bitter and good-humored. Their brevity was a mark of genius; some of his paragraphs are capsule novels. As for instance: Th' loser of a mesh bag containin’ a re- cipe fer elderberry wine, seven telephone numbers, a lip stick an’ a pair of horse clippers kin have th’' same by callin’ on | Lib Pash an’ payin’ fer havin' th’' clippers | sharpened. i We often wonder if anybuddy cver bought new shoe strings before th’ ole ones | busted? Ninety-nine times out of a hundred th’ feller who cries fraud is licked. { “Jest exactly eight fillin’ stations north | | North Carolina were swept into the discard, is re-} igarded as certain. \Mother Jails Man | a divorce. PROFESSIONAL Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Helene W.L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 | . | . . | . 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 | Telephrne 176 *— . . . “In travelling half-around the globe | I didn't tire a bit— I've always taken care,” says Puff, | “to keep my body fit. | Perhaps I'm gstting old, or else I| lack my old time fire; | Office hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. { | AUTOS FOR HIRE Graham’s Taxi | Phone STAND AT ARCADE CAFE Day and Night Service i Any Place in the City for $1.00 1 565 Prompt Service, Day and Night} | CovicH AuTo SERVICE STAND AT THE OLYMPIC Phone 342 Day or Night e ororeeoeee————3 | IGTAND AT PIONEER Evenings by appointment. Phozne 321 For after eighteen holes of golf I'm ready to retire.” For Spoiling Dinner| DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 16.—Frank Adams, 30, recently began a nine- Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a. m.-to § p. 0o | SEWARD BUILLING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276 e ty-day stay in the Detroit House|® of Correction at the request of his sixty-year-old mother. Mrs. Adams urged the son’s im-, prisonment when she testified he came home drunk and broke up| the family dinner. Dr Geo. L. Barton NEXT AMERICAN LEGION [ SO 183 TAXI POOL ROCM Day and Night Service SMOKER ! z February 10th i THE JUNEAU LAUNDRY Franklin Street, between Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 CHIROPRACTOR Hellenthal Building OFFICE SERVICE ONLY Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 noon 2p m to5p m l 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. Walks to Cool Anger, i By Appointment » | PHONE 259 Slaps Wife Anyway | y LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 16.—|® 7 iy Every now and then during af Robert Slmpson motor trip, Thomas W. Wilson,! Opt. D Huntington Park salesman, would ¥ '! Col get out of the car, walk around G;:::a;: op:,oxAnl;gy“nnd 3 1) - he machine and strike her, Mrs. Opthalmology Marian Wilson testified in getting “On last March 2, my husband and I and Mrs. and Mrs. O. E, Hogan were driving to Lake Ar- rowhead,” she said. “At Colton! my husband got out of the ma-|| chine, walked around the car and|| Glasses Fitted, Lenses Grouad Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Office phone 484, residense W. P. Johnson FRIGIDAIRE DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS MAYTAG WASHING MACHINES GENERAL MOTORS RADIOS Phone 17 Front Street Juneau DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist-Optician Room 7, Valentine Bldg. s?"mk e i, e {“e',, My aoe | phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 was bruised for a week. to 12: 1:00 to 5:80 Superior Judge Arthur Keetch| s A e granted the divorce. S eee | » 2 Johnny Wooden, Purdue's sen- sational basketball player, was a ROOM and BOARD member of the Martinsville, Ind.,| high school team when it was the| Hoosier state champion. | | | on this street,” said Lafe Bud when some stranger asked him where th’ Baptist Church ‘wuz. Wouldn't this be a dandy world if we could all stand discouragement like a re- former? | What's harder than buyin’ a dime's worth o' pustal cards an’ then tryin’ t’ think who t' send ’em to? | “f she comes in t'night, I'll try t' catch { her in th’ mornin’ an’ tell her, said Mrs. H Tipton Bud when somebody left a message ! fer her daughter. Kin Hubbard put something into American lit- erature that was unique; his medium was his own, and it was inimitable. The Artemus Ward-John Billings humorists were not critical commentators; | Hubbard, pained and amused at American material- | ism and pretentiousness, observed keenly. His death is a deeper loss than many of us Lafe Buds and Fawn Lippincutts imagine. Conservative Business Psychology An Asset. (Boston News Bureau.) The New Year forecasts and comments upon the | business outlook are for once notable for their con- servation. It is universally recognized that severe world-wide commercial depression prevails and that crippled by the deflation of security and commodity prices. In a way the fostering of a censervative psychol- ogy is not altogether unhealthy. The expectations of a spring revival last year were so ill-founded and | caused so much disappointment that the inculea- tion of the idea of boiling stock markets and ener- getic trade activity in the near future would be harmful. has to be cleared away. In a trade way conditions are not so serious as ten years ago. Nevertheless the list of commercial failures is by no means appalling series of bank failures not ended. The adjustment may be more financial than commercial, but it is serious. Industry and individuals will have to save to repair the ravages. That will restore the reservoirs of capital and absorb the undigested securities. Only time will permit of the eating upof burdensome surpluses of raw materials,—time and rationaliza- tion of production on all sides. When a staesman comes to the point where he thinks everybody is wrong but himself, he may be right, but he doesn't belong in a representative government.—(Lorain, Ohio, Journal) Senator Borah is urging an extra session of Congress, but he argued the President into this once.—(Louisville Courier-Journal.) The bond market has been off a little, with the exception of strong demands for bonded whiskey.— (Indianapolis News.) Tranquilize yourself, gentle reader. That's not shooting; it's our Christmas necktie.—(Macon, Ga., Telegarph.) An alcohol denaturant that makes the consumer sick without killing him will take his mind back to the good old days.—(Toledo Blade. fortunes of thousands of people have been badly = The wreckage of a period of deflation always| completed and the adjustments flowing from the| R YOU SAVE mn Many Ways Mrs. John B. 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