The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1931, Page 4

g THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931. D . . ory of the town that gave it birth two' aily Alaska Empire | i s s A quarter of a century represents a long JOHN W. TROY .- EDITOR AND MANAGER Shnaky: oy the| ond and Main a human life But it is brief indeed, point of the age of nations or time, Twenty-five years ago, this townsite was ce tn Juneau Entered in the Post Off| as Second Class e made it. Woods grew right down ! R T R e water's edge. Since May, 1906, a great 3 <UBSCRIPTION RATES, deal has happened Kaien Island. Calcu- Deliversd by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and 1t Bt s r t i Thane for $1.25 per. month, i lations do not alwa; ' rn out as :\nng‘p.\ted. By mail, p pa he following ratest Disappointments inevitable, but sizing it ”%‘f’ e i venpe, S1L00L Aty criontha, niadvance, | g1 up, the history of Prinoe Riipert has Subscribers will confer a favor they will promptly been a history of substantial progress. Jotify the Bu « any failure or irregularity R In the delivery of for Government mints next year will coin 25- commemorative of the two hundredth| of the birth of Washington. It is pro- to coin enough of them so there will still be f them in existence at the three hundredth| anniversary of the Father of His Country. The New York Tim hinks if it were not for rator Smoat there would not be a friend left for Hawley-Smoot tariff But it does not blame| was just grown that way 4 The pieces Business Offices, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED FRESS iated Press exclusively entitled to the | news dispatches credited tc in this paper and also the {cent anniver published herei RANTEED TO BE LARGER OTHER PUBLICATION ALASKA CI THAN THAT OF CULATION GU ANY the the Utah solon because he and can't help it | s, | The Government has a funny way of conduct- | ing business. After the booms are all over dnd real |estate is a drug on the market the Government has | decided to sell 190 odd army posts to get money to | | [ | reduce the deficit Low Silver and World Trade. (Skillings's Mining Review, Duluth) ('RO“I\G Hardly a month passes without bringing fresh | J ticularly from e r c {evidence from foreign countries, par ',rh American Legion records the largest mem- |China, India, Mexico and Latin America, of the bership in the history of the organization. On M“impd progress in these countries of the home | AMERICAN 71}:'(]0,\' 8 it had 887 who had paid their fees|manufacture of many articles formerly purchased | for 1931. It is e: rated that the number will be!from the United States. The newspapers and the; more than 900,000 . the National Convention!authorities in these countries constantly point out | of the or: ation n at Detroit in September. {to their people that the low price of silver in which Last % membership was 887,754 Onl \\.u:f'sr are paid wa[lllqv cgnierst a bgnus on the 20:\5 vo ity A B 3 S mteq | Manufacturer in e Orient and in some Lal u‘.‘)'\ their dues for the year are counted. ), oean couniries because their American and b s those who have repewed their|p,oyen conpetitors must still produce goods on a memberships ar 1ew members The total member atively high price level with high wages, whereas ship May 8 was 120,000 in excess of the membership|the low relative price level of these silver using| it was two for the ne period last year If the growth con-|countries is now so far below what tinues there should be over a millibn before the!years ago tha tit confers a bonus on the Far East- end of the ye lern manufacturer of 50 per cent. to 100 per cent at s membershi i & n some - cases. i to b:hl;“rp\ e :SJHOH:,CO‘;: ;;l,::r;“\)l\“l“ ‘“:” i)“ Thus, due to the unfortunate experiment of | 1 3 C8N1 attempting to put Oriental and some Latin Ameri- see why all those who were in the World Warican countries on a gold basis before at least over| should not be members of the American Legion. gy per cent. of their domestic business is on anj The nearer it comes to embracing all those who|adequate banking basis in which gold could be}— joined the army and navy in those years of 1917-18 fused in the usual way as a basis of central bank the nearer will it represent the authentic senmnen\‘crf‘dll the gold has now been forced into their of the American veterans of in | currencies, the confidence in silver weakened, its history. | use threatened, and the price of silver driven down. : s the price of silver has declined the purchasing| | power ef these countries from abroad has propor- tionately declined However, as regards their pur- | chases from each other at home, these people have | been but little affected for prices of home products Superintendent of the Sheldon nhaye not as yet risen in China and Latin America sitka, a school for Alaska In-|and a small amount of gold buys a large amount of and editor of the Verstovian,|silver and therefore a large amount of labor. As in a letter to the editor of regards home manufacture, the tables are largely | turned in their favor due to this great advantage Ithat now a little gold buys a large amount of silver and therefore wages, which are paid in silver.| |And the gold is also steadily advancing in price as| the greatest war EDUCATOR F\l)()R\E\ EMPIRE INDIA] T'TITUDE. W. Leslie Yaw, Jackson School at dians and Eskimos, the school publication, The Empire, dated May 23, said: The Editor of the Verstovian was grati- fied to read your editorial on Indian Reser- vations in the issue of The Empire date 3 Sinte .“ - .] u:v ST Fmp,‘f‘ d‘,ud lits monetary use increases in the face of its prob- Monday, May 4th. The position of The Em- 4 % pire as stated in re bha' aafikiabe idess {able decline in production In changing world| l") lor A;:skxxx Ind 1s Mighly c':‘m‘ cl trade -channels this low price- of silver is more o e " N s & i 4 which, however, 1k ania sabiatying o one. olosely Intesrston' o mp@itantithan our high; fariff | B ok reitar angers all nalxol;s_bl - D itori o’ " A We are probably witnessing the grow of af o Stauial ”’“‘”_ld “_’ o M. Thw S”tuc‘l‘natural trade ‘alliance between these countries whxch! the doctrine The Empire has always advocated: in the end result in a consortium of silver-| may Kusmg countries which Russia may naturally join. After these low cost countries have captured their own markets through cheap labor, there remains| respects like that of the white citizens. We \the threat to our own higher priced markets. TIt| believe that as fast as the Indians are edu- 'is true that the American importers will welcome a cated so they understand the meaning of it |chance to buy all manner of goods very cheap- | all they should have the franchise and other |ly from foreign countries, but this will be at the| citizenship privileges and responsibilities ex- expense of the American producers and wage tended to them. ‘This means that the In- earners. To be fully employed and reasonably dians should learn to read and write the prosperous, America must sell. Thus, the western English language and, through this educa- gold basis countries by attempting to force a gold tion and association and experience, be pre- basis on countries which have not yet developed a pared to care for themselves as individuals banking system, hoping thus, by a short cut, to among the institutions of modern civilization. prevent the wide fluctuations of exchange, have In other w the Indians should eventual- ‘permanenm injured not only the foreign trade of | ly be absorbed by and become a part of our 1the United States and England, thus lncremsmgI civilization. This will come gradually, and unemployment here, but worse still, they have also it will come by each individual Indian work- |laid the basis for further competition here from ing out his own problems with the aid of the cheap labor of the Orient. the schools and advice and example of his —_— associates, The Empire believes, and it has long believed, that the education the Indians get at the Sheldon Jackson School is of the sort that will help indi- vidual Indians to become a part of the civilizat\on of Alaska and qualify them for citizenship in all | | The position of this paper has been from its beginning that the ultimate destiny of Alaska Indians is complete citizenship in all How to Make Money. | (Seattle Times) Henry Bittman, Seattle architect just back from New York, says he paid a dollar to view the me-| tropolis from the observation tower of the new Em-| the term implies. p}l‘xe sratehBuxldm;;h 102 floors abovetu;em;treeb ofi‘ 154 : o|the time he was there an avreage o rsons ine com‘emxon % ‘.ms p.ar.)er Daaman that H?\ | daily patronized the tower, at slg each. Evenpit nn1 path toward useful citizenship for the Indians is| | S Aty average of 3,000 a day, this skyscraper is taking in| through the qualification of individual Indians $1,005000 a year, or more than 2 per cent on the | through education and observance and experiencepyjiding's cost. If you want to make money put rather than through political manipulation and‘"p a 102-story building with an observation tower mass voting. Indians are not likely to become |at the top. good citizens if guided by the theory that there is| a difference between the interests of citizens of different races. In other words, if they take the|Illinois, advocates a measure that would be popular position that they can become useful citizens by |With his Chicago constituents. He recommends a organizing as Indians and by mass voting try to runlfl)‘;‘neg “L‘)h:;:/kfi,s t:fik;a':gg“l“g:::rama:: c‘;‘:: 1;‘:: the affairs of the Territory they make a mistake. ‘emergencies Few Canadian citles would object SBuch a course can only arouse race antagonisms,|g gimilar arrangement with Ottawn—(Vanc,uver and that must necessarily be harmful-—more' harm- ‘p!o‘xnce\ ful to the Indians than to the whites. | Hamilton Lewis, United States Senator from | | President Hoover enjoys the distinction of hav- PRINCE RU l’hRT CELEBRATES 2 25TH |ing faced the “mike” morve times than any other BIRTHDAY. | President. During his term the White House chief e — |has delivered fifty radio addresses.—(Vancouver Prince Rupert May 7 celebrated the 25th anni- | Province). versary of the beginning of their city. It dated the| ' beginning with the arrival of Grand Trunk engi- Lorimer advocates prohibition repeal to ‘“save neers to survey and plat the town on Kaien Island |the Republican Party from disaster.” But the Dem- that had just been selected as the terminus of that | OCrats are not expected to turn immediately dry— company’s railroad then under construction. Need- (Cinoionatl, Bnguirer). less to say that, while it was freely admitted the dreams of the more optimistic of that day were pot realized, the citizens of Prince Rupert took pardonable pride in the achievements of the quar- ter century that had intervened since the engi- neers and surveyors landed among the trees on the peach of what is now a thriving city—one of the world’s greatest fish markets Prince Rupert is an important town in West- ern Canada and the Pacific Northwest, and its importance will increase as time goes on. It is not difficult to predict that the next quarter century will show more surprising developments there than were witnessed by those who have watched the sands flow during the twenty-five years that have elapsed since her birth. European kings have to keep their governments or themselves in good running order.—(Dayton, O, Journal). The United States is sending gold to Mexico, and we dont’ believe the Mexicans will retire into the hills before this invasion.—(Cincinnati Enquir- er). Gen. Smedley D. Butler is declared to be a can- didate for the Senatorial job in Pennsylvania in 1932. First time we ever heard there is a fortune in lecturing.—(Los Angeles Times). A Canadian correspondent touring Spain reports buying oranges for two cents a dozen. The natives could well afford to hand Alfonso a lemon.—(Van- | stage | her troubles many Madame Butterfly in Reality Is Pretty as Stage Character TOKYO, June 1.—Madame But- |over, Pa. She makes her home in terfly in real life was as pretty as|Tokyo and for many years was in she is painted in the story and the icharge of the Christian Literature doesn't flatter her either. [gociety here. So says Mrs. Irvin H. Correll, an b American missionary to whem the| Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Watson are little Japanese teahouse girl toid |among the tourists on the Alaska. years ago. They are booked for the, Yukon- Mrs. Correll gave an account at a Circle tour, going to Fairbanks, luncheon of the Pan-Pacific club Tanana, upriver to Dawson and here of how the story happened to Whitehorse and out by Skagway. be writfen. | The name of the original was really “Butterfly,” or “Cho-san” in Japanese, and it was by this name that she was known to Mrs. Correll - F. K. Ordway, owner of Alaska Scenic Views, returned home today after a business trip to towns in the southern end of the division. : A e RIS oTheny Ol SLaipmOn. | J. Muller, Corcova banker, who Her betrayer was, hOWeVer, & naq peen on a vacation in the Russian and not an American naval gioios” is returning home on the officer, as the opera has it. Alaska. Some years afterward, home On e leave, Mrs. Correll related the ~ story to her brother, John Luther i'[BE ALARM CA]LS Long, a Philadelphia attorney. She | said her brother sat up all night 1-3 Third and Frankin and next morning at breakfast | 1.4 Prcnt and Franklin. showed her the completed manu- 1-5 Front, near.Ferry Way script. Long died seven years ago. 1-6 Front, near Gross. Apts. He had not seen Japan when he 1-7 P‘ronl, opp. City Whart. wrote the story. 1-8 Front, near Saw Mill. Mrs. Correll, now 80 years old, 1-9 Front at A. J. Office. first landed in Yokohama in 1873. 2-1 Willoughby at Totess Gro- Afterward she and her husband cery. moved to Nagasaki and it was | 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash Cole’s here that she becme acquainted Barn. with little Cho-san, who lived on a hill where she could gaze put to sca day after day, hoping for the return of her lover. “Little Cho-san was as pretty as a picture, and every one liked 2- 2 2 2- 2-9 Fire Hall 3- her,” Mrs. Correll said. “One day j 3- 3- 3-1 3- 3- 3 Gastineau and Rawn Way. Second and Gold 7 9 2 4 Sece we heard that she had a lover, and 5 Fourth and Harris 6 7 8 9 later we heard of her expectant Fifth and Gold motherhood. Fifth and East. “The lover had gone, makiny Seventh ani Gold. promises that hewould soon re- -9 Fifth and Kennedy 1 Ninth, back of power house. 2 Calhoun, opp. Seaview Apts. 3 Distin Ave, and Indian Sts. 5 Ninth and Calhoun. -6 =7, -9 1 ,crspxstaaPsost edto 4 turn. As we understood it therewas | 4- to be a signal from the ship when 4- he did come back, and we knew 4- that Little Cho-san was waiting by her window for the sign that Seventh and Main. was never given.” Mrs. Correll was born in Han- e R T B B AT TSR I P S o i STILL TIME ! YOUREYE Should have still undecided, SEE r(-nuldr attention; if you are Optemetrist-Optician EYES EXAMINED — GLASSES FITTED ROOM 17, VALENTINE BLDG. Office Phone 484 Residence Phone 238 Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 Rates Very Reasonable { ! I ! ! i | Dr. R. E. Southwell § ! F URNITURE Living Room Sets—Difling Room Sets— Bed Room Sets—Kitchen Furniture SIMMONS-- BEDS, SPRINGS and MATTRESSES CHILDREN’S CHAIRS MIRRORS Armstrong’s Linoleum Thomas Hardware Co. PO ‘ Thoughts on Thrift | | “Saving is the first great principle of success. It creates independence, it stimulates a man with proper energy; in fact, it brings to him the best part of any success—happinesss and content- ment.”—Sir Thomas Lipton. Our Savings Department will render you admirable assist- ance in saving for the future. { TheB. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA upon |eouver Province). The Prince Rupert Empire, commenting . B e — WATCH FOR NEXT AMERICAN LEGION SMOKER Hall W.P. Johiison FRIGIDAIRE DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS MAYTAG WASHING MACHINES GENERAL MOTORS RADIOS Phone 17 Front Street Juneau ‘Q . | IT PAYS TO PAY | CASH | Harris Hardware Co. | Lower Front Street 1 » . BLUE BIRD CAFE Next to Nifty Shoppe, Front St. NOW OPEN Fast Courteous Service— Excellent Food— Properly Cooked— Popular Prices— i The two best places to eat— i -“At Home and at the BLUE ! BIRD” i| N. C. McBROON, Proprietor SEE YURMAN for New Fur Garment Styles A big variety of Land Otter, Mink, Marten and other skins for your selection. Repairing and Remodeling YURMAN, the Furrier Triangle Building SR ) SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY CAPITAL CLEANERS DOUGLAS AGENCY CITY BAKERY, MRS. REIDI Telephone 7 Leave your order at bakery or phone and we will call DON'T BE TOO LIBERAL With the coal if it comes from our place. For our coal goes farther and gives a more even and satisfying heat. supply to prove our statement. Our draying service is always the best and we specialize in Feed. D. B. FEMMER Phone 114 Juneau Recreation Parlors | BMILIO GALAO, Prop. | BOWLING—POOL | Lower Front Street o It tastes like more. That’'s why you will continue ordering it after you have tried the first loaf. Get the habit of eating it and favor your friends by telling them what a gnighty good bread it . Peerless Bakery — . If your coal bin is running | low, better have us send you a new PROFESSIONAL | o . - o Helene W.L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electrizity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building | Phone Office, 216 | RS | DENTISTS 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 56 Hours 9 a. m. to § p. m. _— o DES. KASER & FREEBURGER I . ek . Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST | Rooms 8 and § Valentine | Building Telephcme 176 Rooms 5-6 Triangie Bldg. Office rours, § am. to 5 p.m. Evenings by appointment. Phone 321 o . Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST | Hours 9a m. to§p r. SEWARD BUILULING Officc Phone 469, Res. Pizone 276 bl . i Drs. Barton & Doelker CHIROPRACTORS DRUGLESS HEALTH SERVICE “Maintain that Vital Resistance ” Hellenthal Bldg. Phone 258 | Hours 10 am. to 9 pm. | Robert Simpson Opt. D. 1 Graduate Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted, "..nses Ground DR, E. E. SOUTHWELL | Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fittea Room 7, Valentine Bldg. Office phone 484, residense | phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12 00 to | | i | | | Hazel James Madden | Teacher of the Pianoforte and | exponent of the Dunning System of Improved Music Study Leschetizky Technic—Alchin Harmony }Shldlo, 206 Main St. | SRR i | | Phone 196 || JUNEAU-YOUNG | Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors | and ‘Embalmers Night Phone 336-2 Day Phone 12 | . HAAS i Famous Candies | The Cash Bazaar Open Evenings O L [} L] ROCM and BOARD Mrs. John B. Marshall ! PHONE 2201 Cl GARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING + E. O. DAVIS Phone 584 ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. wOoO0D HEMLOCK FOR KITCHEN RANGES FOR HEATERS FOR FIREPLACES $4.50 Load In 8, 12, 14, 16 o1 24-inch lengths CHESTER BARNESON Telephone 039, 1 long, 1 short or 91 Economy Cash Store First and Main e Quartz ana pracer location no- oo oees | TR | :ccs ot The Empire. Fraternal Societies oF | Gastineau Channel ( & B. P. O. ELKS Meeting every . ‘Wednesday evening > at 8 o'clock Elks' - Hall. Visiting brothers welcome. M. S. JORGENSEN, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Co-Ordinate Bod- les of Freemason- ry Scottish Rite Regular meetinge second Friday each month a 7:30 p. m Scot- tish Rite Temple WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, NO. 700 Meets Monday 8 p. Ia. Ralph Reischl, Dictator Legion of Moose No. 25 meets first and third Tuesdays G. A. Baldwin, Secretary and Herder, P. D. Box 273. I ) MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO, 1¢ Second and fourth Mcn- day of each mouth in A Seottish Rite Temple, B beginning at 7:30 p.pm. (J‘(? H. L. REDLINGSHAF- %5 ER, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Second and Fourthk 4 Tuesdays of each month at 8 o'clock, Bcottisl Rite Temple. JESSI¥ KELLER, Worthy Mat- ron; FANNY L. ROB« INSON, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Saghers Council No. 176t Peetings second and lazé Monday at 7:30 p. m Transient brotbers urg- ed to attend. Counchl Chambers, Fifth Streed JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 Mects first and thire &Mofldan. 8 o'clock, wt Eagles Hall Douglas. ALEX GAIR, W. P. GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting brothers welcome. 8 Our trucks go any place amy | time. A tank for Diesel OM and a tank for crude oil save burner trouble. PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 RELIABLE TRANSFER B NEW RECORDS NEW SHEET MUSIC RADIO SERVICE Expert Radio Repairing Radio Tubes and Supplies JUNEAU MELGDY HOUSE SUSUSPSSUSSP USSP | JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 l L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Guaranteed by J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our door step is worn by satistied customers” Garments made or pressed by us retain their shape PHONE 528 TOM SHEARER | . . r 1 PLAY BILLIARDS —at— BURFORD’S | L R GENERAL PA CONTRACTING Those planning exterior work this summer should place their orders now to insure comple- tion while the weather lasts, B. W. BURKE : TELEPHONE 4151 Alaska’s Resident Decorator 1 -3