The Alaska daily empire. [volume], December 12, 1912, Image 3

About The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926

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t HAPPY CHRISTMAS FOR EVERYBODY
| A HOLIDAY STOCK
? That Is First in Variety and Quality and
? Fairest in Price
My beautiful display of gifts meets all requirements from FIRST
>> to LAST. New and beautiful designs in cut glass, mahogany aud
? chime clocks, gold handled umbrellas, gold mounted fountain pens.
? Silverware of endless variety, all sorts of nugget Jewelry, hundreds
<? of first class watches in beautifully engraved cases, and the dls
0 play of diamonds and other precious stones is unusually large. Get
? J one of these if you can't think of anything else.
My store is old, (having been established in Juneau for twen
?, ty seven years) but the stock is fresh and new, and when you get
It at Valentine's you know it is right.
1 ~ E. VALENTINE
? FRONT STREET JUNEAU, ALASKA '
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?; WHEN YOU NEED ;
:: Furniture, Mattresses, Stoves, Ranges:
Cooking* Utensils or Crockery
;; and vou want full value for your money go to ;
::JOHN P. BENSON, the Furniture Dealer
1! Cor. Third and Seward Streets, Juneau
!! Tons upon tons of new and up-to-date goods arrive at our store every week ?
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OLYMPIA BEER
"IT'S THE WATER"
FOR SALE AT ALL FIRST-CLASS BARS AND CAFES
STANDARD SIZES AND THE LATEST STYLES
LADIES' SHOES-MEN'S SHOES
New Goods For the Rainy Season
SANDSTROM & HEIDORN Seward Street
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| Juneau Transfer Co.:
: coal wood i
J STORAGE X
* Moving Carefully Done ?
? Baggage Our Loag Suit ?
? FRONT STREET |
i Next door to Raymond Co. J :
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Ferro Engines
Now carried in stock. Call
and inspect samples
Alaska Supply Co.
Sale Agents
JUNEAU ALASKA
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The Louvre Bar ::
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J. W. DORAN
DRUGS
PHONE 3
104 Second St Juneau, Alaska
Berry's Store
Christmas Gifts
Arriving on Every Boat for
Everybody
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: The Alaska Grill?
i The Beit Appointed
Place in Town
11 Best !of Everything Served i
at Moderate Prices
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THE BEST LOAF OF
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First National
Bank
OF JUNEAU
CAPITAL $50,000
SURPLUS $10,000
UNDIVIDED PROFITS $15,000
DEPOSITS OVER $400,000
Complete facilities for the
transaction of any banking
business.
OFFICERS
T. F. KENNEDY, Pres.
JOHN RECK. Vlce-Pres.
A. A. GABBS. Cashier
DIRECTORS
F. W. BRADLEY
E. P. KENNEDY
GEO. F. MILLER
T. F. KENNEDY
JOHN RECK
P. H. FOX
A. A. GABBS
M. J. O'CONNOR
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* NEW METHOD OE
| EDUCATING MINERS
To devise a course of study that
would be specially applicable to a
mining community with a predomlnat
? Ing foreign population was the task
? assigned to E. E. Bach, employed as
? "sociological superintendent" by a
[ collieries company In the Pennsyl
? vanla region, according to Information
? received at the United States Bureau
? of Education. Two mining camps,
* Ellsworth and Cokeburg, were put in
? his care, with instructions to .nake
? the school system in each locality a
? center of education and Americanlza
? tlon.
? Children In the mining camps ordl
? narily leave school between the ages
* of 14 and 16, having acquired little
? that is of direct use to them in their
* life work. Under Mr. Bach the en
tire course of study has been recast
" to adapt it as closely as possible to
the conditions in the community,
jj "Elementary mining," "First Aid to
? the Injured," and "Business Forms,"
are introduced as early as the sixth
| grade, so that the boys may be en
? couraged to remain in school if pos
slble, or. If they must leave, that
) they will have something to aid them
? in their future occupation. Like
. wise the girls have been provided
) with splendidly equipped domestic
; science kitchens in charge of a wom
an specially trained for this work.
: Even in the traditional school
branches every effort is made to cor
relate the school with the real life
of the pupils. Spoiling lessons con
tain words taken from the State
mining law. English exercises deal
with mining life?even the grammar
examples concern the dally life of min
ers: "Coke burns. Coal Is a solid
black substance. He understands bi
tuminous coal mining. In arithmetic
the teachers are Instructed to apply
the problems as far as possible to
mining operation. The Idea is not
to limit tho pupils' Intellectual en
deavor to these special things, but to
extend his knowledge by means of
them to other things less known.
Tho difficulties In the work, as well
as the value that it will have for fu
ture American citizenship, may be
seen from a summary of the condi
tions at the two mining camps. Ells*
' worth has a population of about 2,500
persons, a working population of 1,
200 men, and 356 school children.
Cokeburg has a population of 1,500
persons, COO working men, and 224
school children. Seven hundred of
the Ellsworth working men are board
ers, and are of twelve nationalities.
Tho sociological superintendent not
only looks after schooling of this
mining population, but its general so
cial welfare as well.
HOW IS THIS FOR HIGH?
r
! Be it kuown, that on the 6th day
I of December, in the Year of Our
? Lord, nineteen hundred and twelve,
? the editor of the Skngway Daily Alas
| kan worked all the afternoon in his
| office, in his shirt sleeves, with no
? fire in the stove. This was not of
! necessity, because plenty of wood had
| been brought in on subscription, but
? because the weather was not cold
! enough to require it. All of this hap
) pened in Alaska, a noncontiguous pos
? session of the United States of Amer
. ica, notwithstanding the fact that the
) postmaster at Sau Francisco refused
? a few days prior to accept mail for
transmission to said Alaska because
' he believed the season had closed and
the country was frozen in. This is
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth.?Skngway Alaskan.
A BEEf FAMINE
STRIKES JUNEAU
There 1r a beef famine in Juneau
today. A visit tothe local markets
will convince tho housewlfo that
choice Bteaks and roasts arc not to
be had?as a matter of fact thore Is
not enough beef In town to supply
the wants of the place twenty-four
hours. But the meat dealers say
don't get excited, there will be plenty
when tho Dolphin gets In next Sat
urday.
There 1b another comforting
thought to those who arc inclined to
look on the dark side. A man named
Dalh arrived In town from Spuhn
yesterday with a large lot of rabbits
?arctic hare, some people call them
?and he wants to sell them. Mr.
Dahl runs a fox ranch on Spuhn Isl
and. Now, whether he has become
abnormally acuto and divined tho cir
cumstances now confronting Juneau
or Just providentially made his ap
pearance one cannot toll. Rabbits, bo
history says, once saved Fairbanks
from extinction.
The mining and construction camps
have been supplied with enough meat
to last several days so there is lit
tle danger of serious discomfort aris
ing over the situation.
The fact, however, that a shortage
cau occur Impresses most people that
a home grown supply would be a good
thing to cultivate. The cattle raised
on the Bar ranch just a few miles
from Juneau last fall were pronounced
the best ever. The product of this
ranch is limited by tho area under
sufficient development to care for the
stock.
A TIDY PAYROLL
IS IN SIGHT
"With the mlniug and other devel
opments now under way, and which
are contemplated in the immediate
future in this mining district of which
Juneau is the supply point, there will
bo a payroll of $150,000 a month for
at least eight months of the coming
year."
This is the statement made by J.
C. McBride of the C. W. Young Com
pany, and it seems to be entirely with
in reason, when a survey Is made of
the work either now under way
or contemplated. The Alaska
Gastinenu the Alaska ? Juneau,
the Ebner mines, besides numerous
smaller concerns, which count in the
aggregate promise to furnish a con
stantly increasing payroll.
The fishing industry of Juneau, too.
promises to assume much greater
proportions than at the present time,
and among business men generally
there is a fine spirit of optimism that
augurs well for increased business
and prosperity.
THE NEW LIGHTS
IN HIGH FAVOR.
R. P. Nelson's book and notion
store has bean fitted out with a num
ber of the A .L. & P. Co 's new
tungsten lamps, having a combined
illuminating power of one thousand
wats.
As a result of thlB innovation the
Nelson place has a noonday bright
ness when the lights are on.
Some of the same lights are being
installed by the city on down town
streets. Lower Franklin has already
grown brighter by the few that were
added.
Chili concarnc served every night
at Lockic McKinnon's, on Second
avenue. tf.
SICKLES, MAN OF j
MANY TROUBLES j
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 11.?Sorrows 4
are multiplying on the head of Gen- 2
eral Daniel E. Sickles, of New York 5
City. His homo and tho art treas- J
ures which it contains in that city 2
were saved only a few days ago from J
the auctioneer's hammer by the gen- ?
erosity of his wife, from whom he ^
had been separated for more than <
forty years. !
And now comes a still graver trou- j
Lie for the old veteran of the Civil ?
War. Todny State Comptroller Wil- !
liam Sohmer reported to Attorney- j
General Carmody that General Sickles ?
is short $29,000 in his accounts as a ?
member of the State Monument Com
mission. |
LYNCH HEADS NATIONAL 1
NEW YORK. Doc. 11. ? Thomas J. !
I.ynch has been re-elected president \
of the National Baseball League.
Remember your j
Christmas attire. "
It pays to patron
ize home Industry.
Besides you Ret
up-to-date clothes.
Plenty of patterns
to select from. m
F. WOLLAND
2nd St. Phone 6-6
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MOOSE
Masquerade
New Year's Eve.
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R. P. NELSON
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
In All Kinds
STATIONERY
Typewriting Supplier, Blank
Books, Office Supplies, Sporting
Goods, Huyler's Candies, Gun
ther's Candles, Toys, Notions,
Books, Magazines, Waterman's
Fountain Pens, Conklln Pens,
Etc.
Cor. 2nd. and Seward Sts.
Juneau, Alaska
Latest Novelties in
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Tobacco Jars and
Pipe Racks
at Burford's
C. F. CHEEK
THE TAXIDERMIST
THAT KNOWS
Game Heads, Fish and Birds
Mounted.
SKINS AND FURS TANNED
Rug Work a Specialty
Prices Reasonable
WE INVITE YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR UNE OF
"SraJiy-tn-fHaU"
(EljriHtmas i>omi?nira
Alaska &rrttrg
on Calendars, Playing Cards,
Artistic Mounts
Art Prints
in Sepia and Ivorytype
JJllualratch Siwka
Juneau, Totems, Native Types
?Special Holiday Prices
Sfatnic jyUorrumrr
Rings, Spoons, Bracelets,
Gold and Copper Jewelry
made to order
Knbak ani> flljutu jyuppUgB
Do not overlook our Kodak and
Photo Supply line. Buy a Ko
dak, we will teach you how to
use it.
Prices $2.00 to $20.00.
Cut ffilmitrrs
Carnations, Holly, Crysanthe
mums, violets. Place your or
ders early for XmaB. delivery.
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SHjc Sfflt nf gumming
Made by the Tllngits of Juneau
and Vicinity
Baskets, Totems, Carvings,
Moccasins, Horn Spoons
iBanft-flauitfii (Halnttirrg
Mottoes, Post Cards, Christ
mas Cards, etc.
ferial (fibrmtnutn
Tags, Stickers, Wrappers,
Calendar Pads
fflrainrg atti) iflmilMttp
All sizes in Oval and Square
Frames of latest design. Have
your Christmas pictures neatly
framed.
31imr.il Nupcllifs
Walrus and Mastodon
Crib Boards, Paper Knives
Jewel Boxes, Totems
Parasol and Cane Handles
Paper Weights, etc.
WINTER & POND CO.,
JUNEAU, ALASKA
} Morrell's Iowa Pride Ham and Bacon
i: FRESH LOT JUST RECEIVED jj
i; Grape Fruit, Choice Celery, Imported Grapes, Candies i:
II w. r. wills, GENERAiTm jj
PHONE 4-9 FRANKLIN STREET i:
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The Daily Empire publishes all the news, all the time
IT IS CLEAN, UP-TO-DATE, PROGRESSIVE
One Dollar per Month Delivered by Carrier in Juneau, Douglas and Tread well
TRY IT AND YOU WILL KEEP IT
PHONE 9-4 FOR YOUR f
! TABLE WINES AND LIQUORS j
JUNEAU LIQUOR COMPANY 'J
INCORPORATED ' X'
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THE LATEST AMERICAN INVENTION jj
MAZDA LAMPS
AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF j;
ELECTRIC LIGHTING GOODS
Can bo obtained from the !.
ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO.
Third and Franklin Streets Juneau ??
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ALASKA MEAT COMPANY John Reck, Mgr.
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
Manufacturers oi all Kinds of Sausages Our Hams and Bacon Arc
Home-Smoked
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C W. YOUNG COMPANY
Dealers in
Mining, Fishing, Plumbing
and Building Supplies
Front Street Juneau
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"Amduca's Finest Floueino Mills"
yd*/ Plant and Product
ffljr one and inseparable
y y Pronounced by experts "America's Finest Flouring
7 Mills," the plant of the Fisher Flouring Mills
'/ Company, was* designed and constructed to produce
America's Most Efficient Breadstuff,
Fisher s Blend Flour
Separate machinery is provided for grinding hard and soft
wheat. Every grain is washed in the famously pure Cedar
River water and thoroughly dried before being ground.
It is no idle boast to say that this
dm inns! s/nrn?
tiucally blended, most economical
(l.iur offered for sale today. Combin
ing iis it does Eastern Hard Wheat
and Western Soft Wheat, it givti to
public and private bakeries i ma
terial which has all the advaitagcs
of both hard and soft wheat flours,
i-, liettcr than either, and decidedly
superior to any other blend hereto
fore produced.
One price at all dealera
Fisher's BLEND