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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
JUNEAU'S GREATEST OPPORTUNITY

The announcement was made the other day of the organization Of Juneau company build and operate salmon canuery. This is the second com pany to be organized since the close of the last fish ing season in this city for the purpose of en- gazing in the cannery business in which Juneau capital will be invested. Two three other Juneau combinations are brewing companies to engage in other phases of the fisheries business
 This activity and the interest it has aroused sug- gests that Juneau people have taken altogether too little interest in the fishing industry They have paid too much attention mining the exclusion of oth- CT opportunities for individual profit anj community development.
 This lack Of interest in anything except mining has caused Juneau 10 present very queer phenOme- non among the worlds communities. She is the larg. est and richest and most important commercial cen ter in the midst Of the greatest fish products section O. the world By all the rules that usually govern trade and industry she should be or the greatest fishing cities os the world. Cauueries and cold stor. age concerns and mild curing establishments and other fisheries companies should be distributing hundreds Of thousands in dividends among Juneau in- habitauts. and giving Juneau merchants and other Juneau houses millions in trade But instead of this condition find Juneau getting but little direct turns from the greatest of Aaskas industries.
 It is not too late yet for Juneau to get on the fish map and efforts in that direction still offer far greater opportunity for profit and development
  Southeastern Alaska has reached the point where it will for itself It has passed the old method prospectors stage It has got beyond the point where can be advanced by small companies supported by public interests and general welfare spirit, The mining world is familiar with the mineral deposits Of Southeastern Alaska and capital is ready min. ing purposes whenever development progresses toI the mining stage. Development is under way and being directed by the best engineers of the world and mines will continue with time without Ju- neau's aid. because Juneau has discovered that the mining game in this section is one for greater wealth than hers.
 It is different with the fisheries. Juneau has capital necessary to develop them. half million for instance would be small change in the mining game Of Southeastern Alaska t would so a long way in the fishing game. Many phases of the fishing business offer large profits to small investments.
 The fishing industry offers Juneau enterprise and Juneau capital and Juneau public spirit their greatest present opportunity.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
PERILS OF PROSPERITY

It would be necessary to go back to the Arabian Nights and follow the underground adventures of Aladdin in the three halls and the Garden of Jewels in order find anything appealing She imagination like the statistics Of foreign trade for the year just closed, in which we sent abroad goods to the amount of five billions four hundred and fiftyfour millions of dollars, This staggering total is more than twice as large as that of the fiscal year Of 1913. which held the high record before the war be- gan. It is more than three times as large as the total for 1906 Our imports. which reached new high figure also. were $2S92OOOOOO The export balance thus than three billions of dollars
 1T the country's acute statisticians are right. crossed during the past year the divide which separates the debtor from the creditor nation Up until 1916 the of wealth poured from this country to Europe, for Europe had heavy loans and large property investments in this country. But we have paid this back-and more. Henceforth the streams of wealth will not pour from us upon Eur Ope, but from Europe upon us.
 If continue to build ships as We are building them now. American merchant marine common surate with our commercial importance will soon carry than half of products and thus re- duce the outgo of wealth from American ls to those of foreign ship owners.
 The gold movement for the past year is dis putting. when we remember that gold is the under
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

the sessions of their weekly Sewing Clubs if they were expected to darn Hubby's socks instead of tinkering )n a useless dolly.
 The old-fashioned boy who spent Ill his time outdoors skating and sledding and snowballing, now has l son who is highly peeved because he cant go South in the Winter.
 You can find lot of things to criticize in the printing and the stationery used when the letter contains a bill. But the printing md the stationery used are hawless when the letter contains a check
 Isn't it surprising what a lot of cheeky things a girl will do to manufacture a complexion?
 Every man gets too much unnec- essary abuse when he is alive and too much unnecessary praise when he is dead.
 When a wife expresses a wish, she expects her husband to pay the charges.
 Our idea of a good Christian is one who is so busy practicing 1t that he hasn't any time to preach it.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned girl who wore her skirts so low that you couldn't tell how big her props were?
 It isn't so hard to be a movie ac- torlnc. All she has to do to ex- press Emotion in a Fillum is to make her chest hcave like that of ! fat man who has just finished q foot race
 When it comes to sticking to a victim, the porous plaster hasn't anything on the bill collector.
 And even if you could give your wife everything she wants, the chances are that she wouldn't want lt when she got it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

pnning of all paper money and that Europes ability to pay its bills is necessary the financial stability of America We are normally a gold. exporting na- ton, for we mine more of the precious metal than our necessary share for monetary Yet during the past year received, net from foreign coun- tries $575OOOOOO in gold.
 We seem to have demonstrated our ability to take care of gold in unlimited quantity and still keep our heads-but what of this continuous weaken ing of the metallic foundations under the huge paper fabrics of European finance?
 We are just now menaced by the perils of pros perity It was Sam Weller who wished some rich enemy would try to word his destruction by leaving him money" We are taking our peril in like spirit. But the peril is there, none the less-the peril of abnormal and onesided industrial develop ment induced by aborma demand of lover extension" due to overconrdence of the weakening of the tinan' cal strength of our debtors by the draining of their gold
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
CENTRAL AMERICANS AND DEVELOPMENT

NIining and Scientific Press)
 Public improvement in the Central American re- publics is general undertaken and financed by Amert can English. German or French capital, but Occas. ionally the wealthy native engages in these enter priSes on his It is interesting therefore note in the December bulletin of the Pan-American Union, that number of capitalists at JutCalpa. which
 Is the metropolis of the Department of OlanchO Hon duras have organized a company to dredge the Pa tuca river with view to making 1t nayigable for oceangong vessels. This is the largest river in Hon. duras and rises among high mountains near the cen ter of the country. The streams that unite O form the Patuca-nOtably the Guayape-have long been credited with a fabulous production of gold and they flow through great forests of valuable timber in cluGng mahogany. rubber and Spanish cedar, but un fortunately the river is not nayigabe for seagoing craft. t be made It is full of dan gerOuS snags, the is swift and the difference between the low stage of water and that of floodtme is not less than 25 feet The scheme is impraCtCa- ble and this may explain why foreign capital it not interested in the proposed improvement If the inter for of Honduras could be easily reached-by a rail road for instancc-it would do much to bring into prominence the mineral of the region; these are not without promise but under existing cOndi. tiOns they have economic value
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
AMERICA WILL RETAIN ITS SHIPPING
Seattle Times ]

Seattle Times)
 The Presidents proclamation, issued yesterday, prohibiting American shpownerS from transferring their vessels to any other registry is seEcXplanatory
 The Chiey Executive points out that national emergency exists. which compes him to take cogniz- ance the that craft flying the Stars and Stripes are being registered in other nations and will be used for trade services in which America does not benefit and from which they cannot be bought back to serve the needs of our waterbOne commerce without the permission of governments of foreign countries.
 The United States has been reluctant to place this handicap upon the freedom of registry for mer. chantmen. Other countries took action months ago. One result of delay has been the loss of con. siderable amount of tonnage. In the early days oi the war, ships rushed American registry in order to gain the protection of neutral flag. Later how eyer Scandinavian shipOwRers appeared in the field as purchasers of American carriers and raised their home banners over the vessels they bought.
 The Presidents order will halt this traffic. lt may be followed in the future by another order taking over ships under construction in American yards It is even possible that the yards themselves will be communicated by the government in the near future to expedite the work of naval preparation.
 These matters are under consideration in Wash. ngton according to reports, and the government will undoubtedly act promptly, soon as the need for action becomes apparent
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Flaw. Flaw.

Billy Bates wires us from Ia coma, Wash, that a man went in- to a music store and said to the young lady clerk: "I want to get record for my graphophonc. don't know the number of it, but ] have heard it played, and would like to get it"
 "Can you describe the recOrd?" ascked the young lady clerk.
 "Yes," replied the man. It has on one side: My Wife's Gone to the Country and T Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now,' on the back"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
RAISES EMBARGO ON FURS.

NEW YORK, Feb. J9.-The Rus sian government has raised its em- bargo on the export of black fox, blue fox, ermine, marten, otter and sea beaver, furs, it was an- nounced by c. J. Medzikhovsky, commercial attache of the Russian Embassy. The only furs brought to this country from Russia must come in ships of Russia or those Of the Entente allied nations, or by a parcel post corresponding to the frst-class mail service of the United States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
THE OLDEST NATIONAL FLAG
lNew York Heraldl

Tests made a decade ago indicated that only one person in twenty could give the correct list of the thirteen original colonies.
 The evidence shows that Denmark Switzerland and the United States figures in the court records claimants. The Danes assert that their red swallow tailed standard with a white cross was adopted in l2I9 but jealous dsputants have brought the counter claim that alterations have been made since then. The Swiss flag, red field with white Greek has been in existence unatered as the flag of can ton, since the seventeenth century but Switzerland has been a nation only since the confederation of 1S4S. The Stars and stripes adopted in TIT, and although the banner is more of a growth than a ation it has retained those distinguishing features which Washington breathed into it 14O years ago.
 Some Of the other national flags mere young sters as compared with the American standard which can show nawless birth certificate The standard of Spain established in 1785, that of Great Br tain in 1901. Netherlands in 1S06 Japan in 1859 Italy in 1S61 Germany in 1871 and the trcolor Of France in l794.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
BABY DEATH RATE
 REDUCED IN 1916

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-A lower baby death rate in proportion to the birth rate in this country's 10 largest cities is reported by the Babies Welfare association in a comparative study of the records of 1916 with those of the previous year, made public.
 The average rate for 1916 of the 1 Ocities was 1O6.14 deaths per 1000 babies born, as against lO7.G9 for the previous year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
StungL

"You pustoHice Tellcrs ought to git after these here city slickers, complained Si Cornstubble as he finished reading the letter the Hick- vile Postmaster had just handed him.
 "Whut's the matter, Si?" asked the Postmaster.
 "Why," replied Si, 'I SC an ad- vert, ,is-ment in the paper that scz that for $1 you can git a sure way to prevent old age. So I sent the dollar and they sent me back card that reads: Die Young"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
OWEN WOULD FINE FOLKS
 WHO FAIL TO CAST VOTE

WASHINGTON Feb. 19. - An amendment to the owen corrupt practices bill, providing that every qualified voter who fails to vote in Federal election, except because of sickness, shall be subject to a fine of $25, was introduced by Sen ator Works.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Our Daily Special. Opportunity Has Noiselcss
Luke McLuke Says

You may not get your share of other things in this life. But you can bet that you will get your full share of Ingratitude.
 After man goes through his mail he surmises that the good spoilers in this country either die before they leave school or go into some business where they do not have to write letters.
 Mighty few women would attend
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
nnr Ine Miller Contest.

W. F. Schulze, of Klectzen, Minno claims that the oldest joke is the one about the man who met friend and said: Did you see my picture in the paper this morning?" ''No," replied the friend. q never read the patent medicine advertise ments."
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
MALARIA IN U. S. IS ECONOMIC LOSS
 OF SEVEN MILLION

WASHINGTON, Feb 19.-The econ. omic loss in the United States through malaria is $7OOOO0,00O an nually, according to the United States public health service.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Brace UnI

Though in the Down-and-Out Club, you should not sit around and whine; You are a member, that is true,
 But, pal, why not resign?
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
That's a Cincb Ret

The Mems Glee Club will give the best entertainment next Thurs day night they have ever given. Anyone who fails to hear them will miss it. - (Ohio University Green and White.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
FINE COMMERCIAL PRINTING

The Empire Printing Company's Job Printing Department is better equipped for fine commercial and so- ciety printing than any printing office in Alaska. New machinery and equipment has recently been in- tailed, and more is under way. Make us prove these statements by giving us your order. tt
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
NOTICE

Perseverance Rebekah Lodge No. 20 will give a card party and social on Wednesday evening, Feb. 21, at S:3O o'clock. Tho public is cordial. ly invited Admission 25c. f2l
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Mean Brne !

"Oh there are lots of women who are not gossips," argued Mrs. Gabb.
 "Ycs," agreed Mir. Gabb. "Thc graveyard is full of them"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Oh low

The state is supposed to be dry. But when a thirsty traveller hits Cedartown, Ga, he puts up at the Booze House.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

Boosters Club has been organized in Anchorage and starts out under favorable auspices The Cook Inlet region cOmpOses country that will stand boost ing and have need of all the legitimate boosters that we can secure. And if we had less two year. talk in this town. things would be different, too. If we have confidence in community, how in the name of common install faith in those who may come among us? There is need of a big commercial center to supply the needs of the Cook Inlet country. Anchorage is ideally located for this purpose Anchorage Times)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

The announcement that if anything happens Mex leo will be neutral rather makes one wonder what Mexican neutrality will be like,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
BITS OF BY . PLAY By Luke McLuke
 -:- Copyright by Cincinnati En-
 Quirer.
Oh !!

Ohl Some men talk too much without Knowing what they are saying. But what we started to say was that Green Parrot lives at Petersburg, Ky.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Firms Is Firms

Sprinkle & Frost are road build ITS at Portland, Ind, and English & Irish are in the wholesale paint business at Buffalo, N. Y.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

It has just about gotten so in this country that when a person speaks of "chcap restaurant" he is drawing on his imagination.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

Personally we will never agree that barber ought to be consid- cred an artist as long as he daubs his brush tints into our mouth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

Switzerland has one consolation. No Swiss ships can be submarined
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

Another reason why you think you would know what to do if you were President is because you are dabber-gasted if one of your cylin- dcrs quits firing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Ho, Huml

All sorts of people throng this land,
 And strive to get the mon" A few of us are doing, and
 The rest are being done.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

Canada has rcruted 43453S men for the war. For a colony of mixed races, unused to military training, without cOnscriptOn and numbering less than SO0O0O0 this is an amazing record and a bitter blow to German statesmen who thought the British colonies would stand alOOr-(New York World
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
Namne Ie Nnmns

Red Green Lives at Gloucester Ohio.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

The Washington brokerage firm questioned with regard to the alleged peace leak $4OOOO during the bear movement. Exclusive information at that would hardly be desirabe.-(N (New York Worldl
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

What has become of the old-fash- toned schoolboy who got the big head by wearing a dunce cap?
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

Germany is taxing profits up to 41 per cent But American profiterS from the cannot be taxed even per cent. an excess above per cent with put raising a howl.-(New York World)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

General Leonard Wood refuses to discuss the irayson appointment The General is a doughty war for, but he's exactly hunting for troube-( (Macon, Gal Telegraph
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

As They Look to the Consumer. Egg$ Potatoes Cabbage$ Onions Beans Meats
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19
TIPS FROM TEXAS.
lDallas News.l

Another reason why a baby ought to be happy is because it can be bald-headed and not know it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-19

Still, President Wilson isn't carrying his peace making ambitions to the point of attempting recon cliation of Roosevelt and Taft (Anaconda Standard)
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
ard.

Miss Ethel Marie Yard, daughter
Of Mrs. A. J. Yard, of Galvez, and L.
Fl. Mayors, well-known young farm
er Of the same section of the parish,
were married at the courthouse in
this city at 1880 o'clock Monday
forenoon, Judge Louis Mollere of
fieiating. The groom is a @on of
Buck" Mayors, one Of the best
known and most substantial citizens
of the Lake community, and is a
young man of stalwart physique and
axcellent character The bride, who
has resided in Donaldsonville with her
grandmother for several years, is a
prepossessing and accomplished young
woman, endowed with numerous
graces and virtues that eminently fit
her for the new station in life she
has assumed. The happy young eou-
pie departed shortly after the cere-
mony for the Lake neighborhood,
where they will make their home. In
common with an extensive coterie of
friends, the Chief tenders them cor
dial felicitations and good wishes.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
- lserest;
! s.'sua $50, orney's Msss and

N HibaHsaia Bank & Trust Co., New
Wrleal 6r and accrued interest to
Fdate, With premium of S13,075; bid
der to furnish blank bonds, and to
! pay IL per cent interest on daily
balances if proceeds of bonds be de-
posted in Hibernia Bank. AS an al
FternativS proposition, the bank Of
fered to buy the bonds at par and ac-
crued interest, with premium of Sl0,-
IT'S.
Interstate Trust and Banking Co.,
New Orleans, par and accrued in
terest, with premium of S11,475 and
2 per cent interest on daily balances
bidder to bear all expense of issuing
bonds.
Tillotson, Wolcott & Co., Cleveland,
Ohio, par and accrued interest, with
premium of $9185.
Whitney Central Trust and Savings
Bank, New Orleans, par and accrued
interest, with premium Of S12,377
and 215 per cent interest on daily
balances if proceeds of bonds be de-
posted with bidder or in any bank in
Louisiana designated by bidder. A
SGGOId pIDpOSltluii was Ioi biiS PoA
chase of the bonds at par and accrued
interest, with premium Of $11,877
and interest at per cent he same
terms as stated in the first proposal.
Bonds to be printed by bidder.
After deliberating in executive ses-
sion the board announced its accept
ance of the last named offer.
On motion of Commissioner Perez,
rising vote of thanks was rendered
the retiring president. Mr.. Wiggin-
ton, for his efficient services. Mr..
Wigginton acknowledged the compli-
ment, and responded with few
words Of gratitude and appreciation.
The new board Of commissioners
of the district will meet in this city
Thursday, Jan. IS, for the purpose of
effecting permanent organization.
The final semi-annual meeting of
the joint organization of the La
fourche and Atchafalaya boards as
presently constituted will be held
here next Monday.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
Plantation Fire Causes $3Oe

~ The feed room on S. FTeJean's
Halfway plantation in upper AS
Amption parish, about three miles
%glow Donaldsonville, was totally de-
stroyed by fire at s o'clock Sunday
night, together with new Williams
crusher and 45-horsepower Ander-
SON oil engine recently purchased.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, with
no insurance. Nothing is known con-
cerning the origin of the blaze.
There was no fire about the building,
and the stableman found everything
all right on his round of the premises
at / o'clock Sunday afternoon.