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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
DELEGATE GRIGSBY

Alaska has made excellent choice in selecting George B. Grigsby for Delegate to Congress. MT. Griesby is one of the ablest lawyers that came to Alaska His is of the brightest minds in the Territory He has the people in public office, and he has made good As Attorney-General for more than two years he has made remarkable record. He has conducted the in which the revenue laws of the Territory construed, and he has poted the Territory through much of the formative perio& of governmental developments. and he has been very successful He is thoroughly acquainted with the governing Territories the precedents and the constructions He fully understands the de- fciences in our organic act and the sort of legisa- tion that will needed to give Alaska sef-govern- ments In short he has become specialist on Ter ritoria Government general and Alaska in particu lar <
 Mri Grigsby also is thoroughly informed on the resources and needs of Alaska. He knows the Ter ritory and it's people, He is honest conscier tious anG wise energetic, alert and anxious to serve his con stituents.t
 No Territory sent to Washington Delegate better prepared in knowledge ability and disposition to make good than MT. Grigsby. The Empire pre- diets brilliant successful and satisfying record fo him. It is convinced that the people of Alaska hav' made an exceptionally fortunate choice of a repre- sentative at the National Capital
 Let the people of Alaska cooperate with MT. Grigs by and let try to do something for Alaska through union of effort.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Our Daily Special. Opportunity Hasn't Any Advance Agent.
Luke McLuke Says


 The woman who is so homely that she has never been tempted never forgives an erring sister.
 A defeated candidate doesn't feel much tickled when he discovers that the voters thought he needed scratch ing.
 One source of great happiness in this world is the fact that every man thinks his automobile is better thar the other fellows.
 Reformers and Oculists believe that newspapers should be compelled to print scandal in 1-2-point type A smart man can often make his wife happy by pretending to be jealous of her.
 One good thing about $20-a-week income is that it knocks the stuff ing out of an ambition to run two flats on one salary.
 The reason that so many farmers have clean-shaven faces nowadays is because their whiskers got tangled up in the steering wheels of their automobiles.
 And what has become of the old fashioned grocery man who sold } and 10 cent seegars out of the same box?
 The man who ownes smart dog does a whole lot more marking than the dog.
 About a month from now a lot of fellows will get all cverheated run hing to watch the thermometer tell how hot it is.
 A sob sister te,lS that thc best policy is to tell ycur wife the truth a1out everything. Huh! Ire only reason why some ol3 married couples are still living together is because he male end Of the sketch makes Ananias look like a piker.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Work We'll Done
Fairbanks Citizen)
generally

The final figures of the recent Victory Loan cam pagn in this district sufficient cause for grati- fcation to everyone. The Fairbanks district sub scrbed 221 per cent of the quota allotted to it. Which submit is going some.'
 And while the major portion of the credit for the splendid results will and should to Chairman Joe Miller and his assistants for the manner in which they handled the drive there is glory enough for subscriber, and added to the volun- teer workers who gave freely of both time energy to insure the measure of overwhelming success which achieved.
 The Fairbanks district kept up its former record. While the percentage of oversubscription is not so great in other loans, it is still far ahead of the average subscription reported from outside points If the remainder of the Territory has equalled the record of this district, there is question but what Alaska will keep her place at the head of the States in the subscription column. 5t8t!f 3s
 In the Third Loan Alaska stood head with a subscription of 252 per cent. of her allotment In the Fourth loan she again took first honors with 232 per cent. And if the other districts in Alaska have equalled the record of the Fairbanks district Alaska will again go the 200 per cent. mark
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

C n D nod cold ont which made and proved in tho good old days of Hannaism, is one that Chair man Havs does not wish hear again, and the safe guard which he expects to apply is sufficient and wholesome
 The limit which he places on contrlDutions seems r.. bo ,nrocessari,v low The real evil of big conri- h,+ions to o.mnaipn funds is that they often come from interests that expect to be recompensed by leg islation or appointments to office. They used to come from banks tariff protected industries, ana still come sometimes from wealthy gentlemen who think they would look well i'll dpiomatic regaha
 Get rid such things and the size or the contrlou ton is of secondary importance
 As good politics, however, the low limit has its merits and no doubt the Democratic Committee will match the Republicans with some similar rule, though for moral purposes limit of $10,oOO would seem to be as good as a smaller limit
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
COMMISSION WILL
 INVESTIGATE TO
 RESTORE CONDITIONS

PARIS, June 4.-The Commission on Industrial Inquiry of the Nation al Civic Federation, of America, has arrived in Paris to investigate industrial reconstruction work in France as it has been doing for the past two months in Great Britain.
 The Commission is composed of Charles Mayer, counsel for the Ma tional Farmers Union of America; James w. Sullivan, representing the American Federation of Labor; A. F. Bemis, a manufacturer of Bos ton; A. Parker Neven, former coun- sel for the National Association of Manufacturers, and E. A. Quarles, Secretary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
CHAIRMEN DIFFER

There a difference of opinion between Senator Penrose. chairman of the Senate Finance committed which has control of tariff legislation in the Senate and Representative Fordney, chairman of the House Ways and Means committee, which has control of tariff legislation in that body MT Fordney thinks the President is wrong when he says there should be no general revision of the tariff. Senator Penrose though from Pennsylvania, the protection stronghold agrees with the President that there no need for revision of the tariff as a whole
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

to sit on a man unless you are sure
 he will stand for it. If we could see ourselves as others see us we would hasten ton an oc- culist to have our eyes examined. When you feel the need of exer- else you can stretch youi legs bit, which is quite different from having them pulled
 The queerest thing about making a Welsh rabbit is that 1t is always
 almost as good as the one you made
 the last time you tried The Cynical Bachelor rises to re- mark that no man can truthfully say
 he has reached the age of discretion if he has ever married
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Our Joe Miller Contest.

Jim Marqua claims that the oldest joke is the one about the old tad who was in a crowd when one man remarked that young fellow in the neighborhood had been sent to jail for forgery. "Ah, hal" said the old tad, wisely. That's what comes of edjacation. got eight kids an thank the Lord not a one Of them knows how to read or write"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Big Tourist Year
(Cordova Times. )

TOOTuOVa
 There is every indication that the coming Sum- mer will large tourist travel to Alaska AL ready large number of reservations have been made for accommodations on steamers leaving Puget Sound during the next three months.
 After few seasons the sightseers will want to go to Europe to view the of the Great War They are barred from that zone by the chaotic conditions existing there The natural outlet for the present is the West and the North Alaska will get her share Western States and provinces appreciate the value and annually vote sums for encouraging the traffic.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
LIMITED CONTRIBUTIONS

thousand dollar limit for campaign contribu- tfons is what Chairman Hays of the Republican Na- tiona Committee proposes. and he says the plan will be carried out in next years campaign
 The purpose is, of course. prevent the appear ance that contributions to the fund in the of considerations contracts The charge that the
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
A Just Tribute To Country Newspapers
Anchorage Times)

Anchorage I1meS)
 George Greet, who during the war was in charge of the United States Publicity Bureau, pays just tribute to the small daily newspapers throughout the Nation for the patriotic work they performed through out the great conflict which has just ended He de- clares of the most potent forces in aid Of the nation, in the time of trouble, was the inspired whole-hearted, generous work of the country news papers generally. He has such words of com mendation for the metropolitan press which he very frankly of being responsible for publishing sensational stories that had foundation in fact and which lead many misunderstandings among the Allied nations engaged in fighting powerful foe
 Mr. Greet gives the newspapers the chief credit for the nations in mobilizing such potent fighting force and for the financial of the Liberty Loans Red Cross campaigns and the like While metropolitan newspapers paid regular advertising rates for such advertising they pub lished the country newspapers the advertisements patriotic duty without reward hope of re- ward. He asserts that it is the country newspaper rather than the metropolitan journal, that mouds public sentiment, and he is right!
 We often think that the efforts of the country newspapers not fully appreciated by the public generally.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Quaker Quips

Philadelphia Record.) Old friends are best. A new broom sweeps clean, but is apt to raise biisters.
 Many a woman succeeds in carry ing old age lightly by dropping few birthdays now and then.
 It's all right to make yourself heard, but the clock that strikes loudest doesn't always keep the best time.
 1t isn't always the nart of wisdom
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Flaw, HaWi

Judge B. C. Fox. of Cincinnati who is spending his honeymoon in Call fornia, writes Luke that he ran across a hostelry on the trip named the Hotel Ouch. But as 1t looked like that kind of hotel he did nor stop there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

With bank deposits of over quarter of million dollars and five times the top in the Iibertv Loans we are not So worse off, thank you-(Valdez Miner)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

There is no reason why Alaska should not devote he remainder of the year to business--and united effort to serve Alaska ;rtDa s.u-
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
FOR BETTER HOUSEKEEPING

The Alaska Electric Light & Pow CT Co. is opening up Better Housekeeping" Department. Miss E. M. Jones, formerly domestic science teacher at the Juneau Public School, will be in full charge and will give demonstrations of the varied cleo trical appliances at stated adver- tised times Miss Jones will call on the ladies of Juneau and Douglas in the interests of housekeeping the Electric Way"
 The general public is cordially in vited to call and inspect the model electric kitchen at our Front Street office which will be ready by June 10. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER co. (adv.)
 Give us your next crher for traLs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Those ult-finders who seem to th1nK Presldeht Wilson is alone in his recommendation that the war time prohibition law be amended by eliminating peer and light wines should not forget that Republican ressonal conference had decided upon the repeal
 of the wartime prohibition law-and that would lift the ban against all kinds of intoxicating liquors They also seem to forget that the war, which was
 used as the reason the legislation is practically over and far more than half of the army demobilized
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

We have not yet got through with the great world war the agesod controversy over freedom when William Jennings Bryan revivifies a like an cient contest He has declared war on the univer- sties for accepting the philosophy and theories or Darwin and Tyndall and James and Royce and Dewey and others If Mr. Bryan is careful he will dis qualify himself membership in the League of Ma tions. N @
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Now let us forget political wrangling and have Fourth of July celebration tthat will be worth while.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Oh. ioy!

We know a man who was experi
 menting and who boiled some corn meal and yeast and sugar Tn a pan md sat it aside to cool Ana wnen he came home the next night his wife was all lit up like Christina,, tree and wanted to fight. She nao mistaken his experiment for nerp tea and had licked up bowl of "'l
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Goshl

Did you ever eat any of the pro duct of the Furnace Ice Cream Com pany at Indianapolis, Int? It must be hot stuff
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

The middleman should not be self-centered and content to do middling we'll
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Theft is considered dark deed. but 1t seems nc crime to steal hour of daylight
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

The sensible woman says it doesn't matter much what she wears, if she only we'll
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
The Wise Fool.

The Wise Fool. Talk is cheap" observed the Sage. "Yes," agreed the Fool, "even when a man is making extravagant assertions" rel
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

It is Delegate Grigsby."
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

The chiropodist might not do so well working on the foot of the mountain
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Wake upi

H. R. c. is greatly excited pe' -ause Kuhlman's drug store, III Knoxville. Tenn. advertises iadicS safety razors and he wants to kno" what ladies use safety raxors io' For the love of Mike where nase you been for the past i've years h. .R. C.?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer

Fooey! 1 love this new near beer, It hasn't "hic;" And if l don't drink it
 It won't make me sick.
 Ouch! q wonder why it is that men never love as deeply as women?" said Miss Oldgirl. ,"Huh." replied the Old Bachelor. "It is probably because there is so little to furnish the inspiration"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Oh !

The little bird sings like he'd bust,
 He sings and sings all day; He cant talk politics, and must
 Amuse himself some way.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Breezy Bubbles

Philadelphia Bulletin) Change for the worse-your counterfeit coins
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Mercy!

We hate to keep anybody out of the Club. But where the hex are we gonna put Billy Smoothbox, of Jop- lin, Mo-?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Of course the boys who over are entitled to back
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Naturally

Naturally. A grouchy man is Beenny Bake. He's crabby, goodness knows; And, when he has the stomach ache, You'll find he's bellicose.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

No doubt the bass-drum artist would make more money than he does if he got paid by the pound.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Give us your next crher for trals- Ter work or coal. Juneau TransfeY
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

It isn't always the part of wisdom
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06
Mean Brute !!

Mean Brute! "All men are not fools like you are," said Mrs. Gabb. That's right" admitted Mir. Gabb. "A lot of men are bachelors"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Don't Shutte! A fellow who lived out in Butte, On a clarinet tried hard to tutte. He killed all his kin With his horrible din, Then he swapped the darn thing for flute.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Ouch!
 "I wonder why it is that men never love as deeply as women?" said Miss Oldgirl
 Huh" replied the Old Bachelor. "It is probably because there is so little to furnish the inspiration"
 Naturally. A grouchy man is Beenny Bake. He's crabby, goodness knows; And, when he has the stomach ache, You'll find he's bellicose.
 The Wise Fool. Talk is cheap" observed the Sage. "Yes," agreed the Fool, "even when a man is making extravagant assertions" 7er The little bird sings like he'd bust, He sings and sings all day; He can't talk politics, and must Amuse himself some way. sf- Mean Brute! "All men are not fools like you are,' said Mrs Gabb.
 That's right" admitted Mir Gabb. "A lot of men are bachelors"
 Don't Shutte! A fellow who lived out in Butte, On a clarinet tried hard to tutte.
 He killed all his kin
 With his horrible din, Then he swapped the darn thing for
 flutte Swift vengeance we would like to
 wreak
 On those hit by this verse; Some books think twice before they
 speak,
 And then say something worse.
 Luke McLuke. And there are those I'd like to swat For they have got the gall To talk, and talk, and talk away And never think at all
 Hastings (Neb) Tribune.
 Mercy!
 We hate to keep anybody out o the Club. But where the hex are w' gonna put Billy Smoothbox, of Jop lin, Mo-?
 GoshI
 Did you ever eat any of the pro duct of the Furnace Ice Cream Com pany at Indianapolis, Int? It mus be hot stuff.
 Our Joe Miller Contest. Jim Marqua claims that the oldes joke is the one about the old tat who was in crowd when one mar remarked that young fellow in tho neighborhood had been sent to Jai for forgery. "Ah, hal" said the olf tad, wisely. That's what comes of edjacation. got eight kids an thank the Lord not one of then knows how to read or write
 Flaw, Flaw!
 Judge B. c. Fox of Cincinnati, wht is spending his honeymoon in Call fornia, writes Luke that he rai across a hostelry on the trip named the Hotel Ouch But as 1t looked like that kind of hotel he dld no stop there.
 - Oh, Joy!
 We know man who was experi menting and who boiled some cori meal and yeast and sugar in pal and sat 1t aside to cool. And wne' he came home the next night ni' wife was all lit up like a Christma' tree and wanted to fight. She na' mistaken his experiment for her' tea and had licked up bowl oi "'
 Wake upi H. R. c. is greatly excited pc .ause Kuhlmans drug store. II Knoville. Tenn, advertises iadic' safety razors and he wants to knoS what ladies use safety razors ioi For the love of Mike where nav' you been for the past i've years' q IR. C.!
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

And there are those I'd like to swat For they have got the gall To talk, and talk, and talk away And never think at all.
 Hastings (Neb) Tribune.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-06

Pests. Swift vengeance we would like to wreak On those hit by this verse; Some books think twice before they speak, And then say something worse
 Luke McLuke.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-12

and that was the main reason S,
gave for annexing Korea.
Ten million Filipinos are not such
a very small people. Separated from
Asia by tremendous waterways. they
feel themselves to be in a splcn6iJ
isolation. They think that they
have fairly good opportunity 10
work out their own destiny, and in
a short time to be able fully and eff
fectiveIy to take care OF themselves.
Was independence tver attained
by any nation without the people
taking &C hance- II absolute safety
from foreign aggression was an es-
sential condition to independence,
how many nations would be ind.-
pendent today? Could Belgium alone
have withstood the attacks of Ger
many? Could France? And yet,
who would say that these two codn-
tries should not bel Independent?
The Filipino people showed dii-
ing the Filipino conflict that they
could unitedly respond to the call OF
war. They organized and equipped
a full division which was ready 10
embark for France when the armis-
tice was signed. Without the aid
OF draft law. although the call was
only for $4,000 men. 10000 vo;hn-
teered, including the best young men
of the Philippines, the very flower
OF our youth.
Granted their ideal of indepe ID
ence, inspired by the destiny that
awaits them. the ten million Fill
pinos will make IL their business tn
see to 1t that they have a chance of
developing their country and making
it, in the words of their represe alta
tives. safe place of law. order, jus
tice and liberty. where Americana
and foreigners as well as natoaalr.
may live peacefully in the put<ult
of happiness and prosperity and safe
ly in the enjoyment of their property
as well as of their rights and their
liberty"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-12
She Almost Started . Eaa.

A girl who selected two earrings
from different sets yesterday morning
when dressing hurriedly. was suspect
ed OF introducing new fad. She was
unconscious Of the attention she at
tracted and did not realize that heads
Of her neighbors In church were
turned and twisted to get closeup"
OF her jewels until she reached home.
A glance In her mirror told her that
she was the object Of interest IN her
pew, for a huge pearl blossomed In one
ear and brilliant blue pendant hung
from the lobe Of the other Worcester
Evening Post
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-12

cial and educational exclusiveness all his
life. He is the most secluded and exclu-
sive president the American people have
ever experienced.
Yet Mr.. Wilson continually utters pat
ronizing phrases about "the humber
classes and the simple firesides and the
plain jackets, "as if he had been a rail
splitter or blacksmith or something all
his life. The truth is that the only way
to understand the common or garden
variety of folks is to be one Of them and
to live with them Mr.. Wilson with all
his affection of undying love for the pro-
letariat, knows only one thing about those
he calls "the plain people" and that is that
in this country they have lot of votes.
This is the plain, unvarnished truth of the
matter, and the country is really getting
rather fatigued with the continuous flow
of college rhetoric about the common
people" CA. c. Sun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-12
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy Cheeks Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards, a Well-Known
Ohio Physician

DR.. r. M. Edwards for II years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel
a.iments. During these years he gave to
his patients 4 prescription made Of few
well-known vegetable ingredients mixed
wigh olive oil, naming them DR.. Edwards
olive Tablets. You viii know them by
Sheir olive color.
These tablets are wouder.woriiers on the
liver and bowels, which cause a normal
action, carrying off the waste and poison
Jus matter III once system.
II Won have pale face, sallow look, dull
eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a
lis.less, ro.good feeling, all ont Of sorts,
inactive bowels, you take one of DIR.
edwards Olive Tablets nightly for time
I'd note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as well as men
lake DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sue.
cessful substitute for calomel-now and
then just to keep in the pink of condition.
l0c and 25c nor h-.- '--'-oists.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-12

Opium.

Opium is the dried juice of the white
poppy, a flower that grows In many
parts of Asia. A few days after the
flowers have fallen OFF the plants men
go through the fields In the afternoon
and make little cuts in the poppy
head, Out of these cuts milky juice
oozes. which dries into a brown, sticky
paste. Every morning the men go
through the fields again and scrape
on this paste, which they put into jars.
Later on II Is made into half-pound
balls and then packed for shipment.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-12
Horse Is Deceived.

A horse sees everything about %
per cent larger than does man. So
that sIx-foot man looms up little
short Of seven feet six inches high.
The fact has. Of course. never been
proved. but favorlte explanation Of
the large image In horses eye Is
that II horse knew mans exact size
he would realize his power and pass
beyond his control