You Should Worry.
When yon have a binful ot Nanaimocoal,
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Halibut, Salmon, and Trout
Petersburg Cabinet Works
H. F. ERWIN, Proprietor
TREGONNING OUTBOARD MOTOR BOATS and SKIFFS |
Race boats and 18-foot outboard cruisers.
For Sale by
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Our money back Guarantee if cur woik is net up to stare ard.
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Dealers In
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THE NEW PLEDGE
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Year after year, since the
adoption of the Eighteenth
Amendment, the country has
wrestled with the problem of en
forcing the prohibition law. Up
to the present time most of this
effort has taken the form of
putting more teeth into meas
ures for stamping out the boot
legger. This represents but one
side of the problem, that of
fighting the effect. The other
side, that of removing the cause,
has not received so much atten
tion.
Of late, especially since Presi
dent Hoover has emphasized the
point, we have begun to see the
force of the argument that law
observance is the best part of
law enforcement; and so true
friends of temperance are at
last beginning to tackle the
question of making America
both dry and law abiding by
getting at the cause of the
trouble. That cause is not the
purveyor of illegal liquors, but
the customer who patronizes
him. Bootlegging is but the ef
fect of slack law observance by
those who purchase the goods.
It is not inappropriate that a
movement designed to get at
the root of the evil by an ap
peal to the public conscience
should start from Los Ang
geles, which, by its votes, has al
ways stood for support of law
and the Constitution. The city
has fired the opening gun in a
new educational campaign to
secure a pledge which, in effect,
places observeanc of the Eight
eenth Amendment on the roll of
public honor.
The pledge is well worded. It
does not expect a man who be
lieves that prohibition is ethic
ally wrong to change his views.
Nor does it bind him to the sup
port of dry candidates in elec
tion contests. In no way does
it touch the political side of the
dispute. The appeal is to the
honor of the individual, based
on the highest of all duties, that
of good citizenship. It says j
simply:
I pledge my allegiance to
the Eighteenth Amendment of
the Constitution and hereby
agree to abstain from the use
of intoxicating liquor as a
beverage so long as the Eight
eenth Amendment remains in
its present form.
No man with right views of
the obligations of citizenship
could refuse to sign this plain
avowal of his intentions to
abide by the laws of his country
—which is all to which he pledg
es himself.
No threat of punishment for
violation is incorporated in the
weapon retaoin shrdlu cmfwypc
Los Angeles pledge. It is a
weapon not forged for use by
the police, but for service to a
citizenry, banded together by
civic, religious and fraternal
ties alone. For that reason he
who breaks his pledge faces the
more irremedable penalty, the
loss of self-respect. While its
proponents do not claim it will
do away with the need for law
enforcement officers, they be
lieve, with some logic, that it
promises a better ultimate solu
tion of the problem than that of
beating the bushes for bootleg
gers.
Utopian as the effort will ap
pear to cynics and scofflaws,
there is no denying that, if pro
hibition is to succeed, it must be
through some such voluntary
undertaking on the part of the
public itself rather than thru
the menace of the courts and
jails.
Few genuine appeals to the
loyalty and patriotic good citi
zenship of the American pub
lic have been made in vain. If
President Hoover wants assur
ance that the great body of ci
tizens is behind him in carrying
out the “constructive experi
nation-wide pledge to observe
the Eighteenth Amendment, so
long as it remains in its pre
sent form, is the most effective
means of strengthening his
hands the people of America
can accomplish. Los Angeles
Times.
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY?
The industrial training school
for Southeastern Alaska will fill
a want that has been long been
felt. But in adding it to the
three already in existence, the
Federal Government has not by
any means gone as far as is ne
cessary. It should add several
others without delay even if it
has to curtail some of its other
activities which do not hold out
near the promise of returns that
industrial training assures.—Ju
neau Empire.
What for instance?
Will the Empire answer the
question Is the education of ci -
tizen’s children the responsibil- i J
ity of a paternalistic govern- jj
or the duty of the State? }
Will American citizens stand \
for the standard of education .j
now operative under the Bureau ]
of Education or would they in )
insist on a higher standard, bef- ]
ter equipped teaching force and j
school equipment. The standard \
of the Bureau is guaged a lot by ]
political pull and freindshio and 1
did not require teachers’ certi
ficates. Not until the Alaska
Native Brotherhood demanded
improvement was it given.
PIONEERS’ PENSION
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The Senate receded from its
position on the old age pension
and accepted the House bill pro
viding a pension of $35 per
month to those whose residence
in the Territory began prior to
1906.
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Thru Service
to
SAN FRANCISCO
I .OS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
1 »irect
connections
at, and low fares
from, Seattle.
regularly and dependably.
Northbound from Seattle
April 17
May 3
April 3
April 11
Admiral Watson
Admiral Watson
Admiral Evans
Admiral Rogers
Southbound from Petersburg
Admiral Evans April 19
Admiral Rogers
Admiral Evans
Admiral Watson
Ship and travel via the GREEN boats.
INFORMATION AND TICKETS:
Ed. Locken. Agent.
Petersburg ... Alaska
April 20
April 24
May 10
GO TO
ERYE-BRUHN CO.
FOR CHOICE MEAT
‘‘Delicious” Hams and Bacon
’ And WILD ROSE LARD
Petersburg, - - Alaska
ALASKA CAFE
Sam Nakamota, Proprietor
Best Meals Served at all times.
Service: 6 a. m. to 12 p. m.
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At PIGGLY WIGGLY you find the finest
variety of fruits and vegetables obtainable at
REASONABLE PRICES.
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