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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
J. F. A. STRONG
Telephone No. .'1-7-1
Entered as second-class matter November 7, 1912 at the postollice at Ju
neau. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
G?e year, by mail ' $10.00
Six months, by mail 5.00
Per month, delivered 1.00
JUNEAU, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913.
A WANT THAT HAS BEEN FILLED.
THE Territory of Alaska has now a residence for its Gover
nor. and, we take it. this is a matter of considerable interest
to the people of Alaska, inasmuch as it marks another step
forward in the history of the commonwealth. Time was?and
not so long ago?that literally speaking, neither the Governor
of Alaska nor any other federal official had a place where to lay
his official head. Surveyor-General Distin tells humorously how
he carried his office in his hat when first he reached Alaska.
And the earlier governors had a similar experience. They did I
the best they could under the circumstances, and made the best1
of conditions as they arose. In the process of time they be
came "wonted" to it.
The necessity of a suitable residence for the Governor of
the Territory has been long apparent, and it is gratifying now
to know that the want has been supplied. Apart from the mere
material side of human comfort for the occupants of the resi
dence, its construction is a proof that our growing demands must
receive attention of Congress and the Administration in control
of the affairs of the nation. We are thus making progress. We
are beginning to be "recognized."
The Governor's House is an imposing and substantial struc
ture, and is a decided addition to the Capital City. But it needs
a complement?a federal building for the housing of the post
office. land office, the surveyor-general's office, the collector of
customs, and such others as exist now or may need quarters in
the immediate future. The building should be substantial and
commodious enough to meet the growing demands of the Ter
ritory.
And Governor Sulzer capitulated to General Rosalie Jones
and the five that remained of her once valiant suffragette army.
The New York executive will recommend suffrage in his message
to the State Legislature. General Jones may congratulate her
self. As a forceful commander she is no slouch.
THE DEMOCRACY OF PEDESTRIANISM.
WE NOTE the very democratic expressions of President-elect
Woodrow Wilson, of Governor Sulzer. of New York, and
of Governor-elect Lister, of Washington. Governor Wil
son says he would like to walk from the White House to the
Capitol, when he is inducted into office. Custom, however, will
prevent him and he will ride in a carriage drawn by horses?or I
will the motor car be called into requisition??with Mr. Taft by
his side. When Thomas Jefferson, fondly called by his devoted
admirers the "'Father of Democracy," went to assume the Pres
idency, he mounted his old brown mare and she ambled into
town; at least so the veracious chroniclers of those times tell us.
Pomp, pride and circumstance have been added to the in-j
augural function. In Jefferson's time we were not the rich and
mighty nation that we are today. And it is refreshing to know
that there are still a few men left who realize that this republic
came up from humble beginnings, and that Liberty, Fraternity
and Equality, still have a place in their concept of what the na
tion should represent.
For the sake of a return to the democratic simplicity of Jef
ferson. President-elect Wilson would like to walk to the Capi
tol. It is an honorable means of locomotion?the one best known
?and it has the saltness of time behind it, but if Mr. Wilson
were to follow his bent and reach the White House on good
old "Shank's mare," what a commotion would be aroused?from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Lands End to John 0'
Groat's. It would be something more than a nine days' wonder.
President-elect Wilson will follow the usual custom, how
ever. and the inauguration will be conducted along the usual
well-ordered, orthodox lines. And the flamboyant and the flub
dub will not be eliminated, for it has become an institution,
more's the pity.
Governor Sulzer may walk, and so may Governor Lister,
and none will say them nay, but Pomp would shriek were a Pres
ident to insist on pursuing such a democratic course.
Alaska last year produced one twenty-fifth of the world's
gold output. And it was not a very good year for gold produc
tion at that. Wait until the Juneau gold belt gets properly into
action.
The Western Union Telegraph Company has quite a fam
ily of pensioners in futuro on its hands. But the people, th-\v
pay the freight.
CHINESE WOMEN AND BIFURCATED GARMENTS.
THE Chinaman has been shorn of his queue?a badge of the
servitude of ages, but few of him knew it. The queue was
his and when he was told that the debacle of his hirsute
appendage was ordained, he stolidly obeyed and wondered why.
But now comes a still more Draconian edict. The Chineses wom
enare told that they must forego their trousers, the bifurcated
garments that were old when Confucius raised cabbages and
instilled the choicest wisdom of his time into the budding and
receptive Oriental mind.
But we must not forget the fact that while the Chinese
men have been advancing the women have not remained sta
tionary. The spirit of progress has touched them, and the sa
cred trousers of Cathay may be discarded without a pang of
regret. The times change and China is changing with them.
Recently we are told that at some sort of a function, at Pekin,
grave and reverend mandarins appeared in top hats, frock coats
and tall, yellow boots. China has yet to learn the eternal fitness
of sartorial things, but they will achieve the knowledge; and,
as for the women if they obey the raiment edict, and adopt the
latest Caucasian habit they will have but one leg to their trous
| | CHARICK
B A 8 a j jeweler
? ? 9 and optician <g
11111111 11111 I
ers instead of the historic and picturesque pair?a real hobble,
forsooth.
Mr. Taft is a better hand shaker than a vote-getter.
RELICS or PRIMITIVE MAN
POUND IN THE ARCTIC
A house, or habitation, built by hu-'
man beings ages upon ages ago with <
stone utensils, stone knives and axes
was found last summer in the vicinity
of Point Barrow, Alaska, according to
A. L. Maxwell, government teacher,
who is now in Seattle.
Mr. Maxwell and three white men
from Point Barrow, while prospecting
along the beach of Bering sea in July,
discovered a high cliff of gravel the
strata of which it wa3 decided had;
been piled in that lofty way by ice-!
bergs.
waves had washed away gravel the;
waves had washed away graved the j
framework of a primitive house was I
partly uncovered. The remarkable;
dwelling was well preserved in the
gravel. The roof was made of the
ribs of an immense whale or some
mammoth beast long ago extinct. The ^
ribs, from twenty to thirty feet long, j
were set to a center column of rocks
after the fashion of an umbrella. Over
this framework skins had evidently
been stretched. The gravel was
washed in so gradually that many of
the ribs scarcely moved.
Convinced of the primitive nature
i)f the dwelling because of the fact
that there are no such bones seen any
where in the nothem tundra, the men
began digging to see what lay on the
tloor and were successful in unearth
ing a stone hatchet weighing twenty
seven pounds, a stone knife, or skin
ning knife, fashioned like the modem
drawknife of the wood worker, and
a bodaka, or boat bailer, a rock shaped
like a trough.
The utensil and tools were carried !
back to Point Barrow and afterward
brought to Seattle by Mr. Maxwell,
but the bones were too bulky to bo
moved. They are in a well protect
ed spit and an expedition will attempt
next summer to bring them and such
other articles as may be unearthed
to the States for the purpose of in
stalling in the university museum the
house at It stood in the primitive
ages. ?
The immense bones under eighty
feet of gravel and the stone tools war
rant the conclusion that they are of
the remotest antiquty.
-r-H I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I' I ?I"l"I"i
| ALASKA NEWS NOTES f
T-l'l'l I I I I I I I I II I I I I l-l-H-H-H
The native store at Hydaburg has
declared a dividend of fifty per cent.
It has only been in existence a year.
? 9 9
.Miles Flemming, a former resident
of Ketchikan, died recently at Med
icine liat. Saskatchewan.
* ? *
W. N. Fink, formerly assayer at the
Xiblack mine, Prince of Wales island,
is a prisoner of a rebel band in Mex
ico and is held for ransom of $5,000.
Fink is superintendent of a Santa Eu
lalia, Mex., mine.
? ? ?
Cordova had a ski race on New
Year's day. with three prizes of $25,
$15. and $10. each.
* ? ?
E. F. Gray, manager of the Great
Northern Development Company, lias
returned to the company's headquar
ters at Copper Mountain, where the
recent fatal snowslides occurred. The
company will resume operations in:
the spring.
? ? ?
Bob Henderson, the real discoverer of
the Klondike has found gold on Cas
sie creek, a tributary of the Pelly riv-j
er. The gold Is coarse and assays
$17 to the ounce. He will return to
his discovery next spring.
Two true bills were returned at
Fairbanks against Chas. Allen, an at
torney at Fort Yukon, charging him
with embezzlement.
? ? ?
The grand jury at Fairbanks re
turned no true bills in relation to
.Michael Joseph Sullivan and Ray Da
I vis, charged with having been impli
cated in the alleged death of Duncan
Angus, who disappeared from the Hot
Springs in the summer of 1911.
James Britt, who was tried at Fair
banks on a charge of embezzlement
from Ruby, was defended by Reed
Heilig, who was appointed for the de
fense by the court. The defendant
was acquitted. This was Heilig's
maiden effort.
? * *
W. P. Murphy, of Fort Yukon, was
found guilty of selling liquor to na
tives and sentenced to eighteen
months in the federal penitentiary at
McNeil's island.
? ? ?
The Fairbanks Meat Market and the
White Market, of Fairbanks, were each
indicted on two charges of selling dis
eased meat. The former brought in
two hundred and the latter fifty hogs
from the Outside afflicted with chol
era. Many people in hte camp were
rendered very ill from eating the
meat, one woman nearly dying as
the result, having to undergo the am
putation of her toes.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Any subscribers to The Daily Em
pire not receiving papers regularly
either by carrier or mail, will confer
a favor by promptly notifying The
Empire office.
Job Printing at The Empire Office.
C. F. CHEEK
THE TAXIDERMIST
THAT KNOWS
Game Heads, Fish and Birds
Mounted.
SKINS AND FURS TANNED
Rug Work a Specialty
Prices Reasonable
?
The Juneau Steamship Co.
U. S. Mall Steamer
GEORGIA
Juneau-Sitka Route ? Leaves
Juneau for Hoonah, Gypsum,
Tenakee, Killlsnoo and Sitka?
8:00 a. m., Nov. 5. 11. 17, 23, 29.
Dec. 5. 11. 17. 23, 29. Jan. 4, 10,
16, 22. 28, Feb. 3, 9, 16. 21. 27,
Jilarcb 5. 11, 17, 23 and 29.
Leaves Juneau for Funter and
Chatham, 8:00 a. m.?Nov. 17,
Dec. 11. Jan. 4, 28, Feb. 21.
March 17.
Leaves Juneau for Tyee, 8:00
a. m.?Nov. 23, Dec. 23, Jan. 22,
Feb. 21. March 23.
Juneau - Skagway Route ?
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Sen
tinel Light Station, Jualin, El
dred Rock Light Station, Com
et, Haines, Skagway,, 8:00 a. m.
?Nov. 3. 9, 15, 21, 27. Dec. 3,
9. 15. 21. 27. Jan. 2, 8, 14, 20,
26, Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19. 25. March
3. 9, 15, 21, 27.
Returning leaves Skagway the
following day at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS E. NOWELL, MANAGER
Professional Cards
v ? I
R. W. JENNINGS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Lewis Building, Juneau
Z. R. CHENEY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Lewis Building, Juneau
Gunnison & Marshall
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Decker Building
Juneau Alaska
H. P. CROWTHER
U. S. Deputy Surveyor
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
Office ? Lewis Block ? Juneau
N. WATANABE
DENTIST
Office Over Purity Pharmacy
Juneau .... Alaska
JOHN B. DENNY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Mining and Corporation Law
Offices: Juneau, Alaska
Seattle, Wash.
?
The Empire
I for
Job Printing
Good Stock
Plus
I
Modern Plant
Plus
Printers that Know
Equal j
Unexcelled Printing
MAIN STREET
Phone 3-7-4
HUMBOLDT STEAMSHIP CO.
The Alaskn Flyer S. S. HUMBOLDT The A lick 11 Flyer I
NORTHBOUND JAN. 2
SOUTHBOUND JAN. 3
DOCKS AT JUNEAU CITY WHARF
Seattle Olllce, 71C Second Av?. GEO. BURFORD, A^ent
1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I I I I -l-I -I I-I I 1-1-H
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. J
'? STEAMERS CALLING AT KETCHIKAN, WRANGEL, PETERS- t
I! BURG, DOUGLAS, JUNNEAU, HAINES AND SKAGWAY I
*? MARIPOSA Northbound . Dec. 23. Southbound Dec. 30 J
;; NORTHWESTERN Southbound Dec. 22 I
** DOLPHIN Northbound ... Dec. 26. Southbound Dec. 27 T
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Vancouver. Through it
tickets to San Francisco. 's
::
ELMER E. SMITH, Douglas Agt. WILLIS E. NOWELL, Agf. 4
1 I I ?! 'I H I 1 I 1 I I I I I'M I M H-H-W-l-M-I-I-I-H-l-I-I I 1 ?!"?
NORTHLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Operating S. S. ALKI and S. S. NORTHLAND
S. S. ALKI, South, DEC. 30
I First Class Fare to Seattle $19.00
Second Class Fare to Seattle $12.00
H. C. BRADFORD, Mgr., Pier 4, Seattle.
SOWERBY & BELL, Juneau JOHN HENSON &. CO., Douglas j|
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.--B.C.CoastService
Sailing from Juneau for Port Simpson. Prince Rupert. Swanson, Alert Hay, Vancouver
Victoria and Seattle
PRINCESS MAY JAN. 2
Front and Seward Sts. C. P. R. TICKET OFFICE j. t. spickktt. akl j
_ _____?
?H H i in I I I II I I II I I I I I I I | | I I I I II I I I I I II ? ? I I I I It I I M I I
I ALASKA COAST CO. ji
For Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez, Latouche, Seward, ..
I! Seldovia?SAILS FROM JUNEAU "
!! S. S. YUKON - . ? DEC. 27 H
!! SAILS FROM JUNEAU FOR SEATTLE AND TACOMA
connecting at Seattle for San Francisco and Southern California ports "j
?; S. S. YUKON .... JAN. 15 ?'
Right is reserved to change steamers or sailing dates without notice. ? ?
J"' For further information apply to
* S. H. Ewing, Juneau Agent. ALASKA COAST COMPANY. Seattle ?;
! I I I I 3 I H I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I 1 I I U *
" FERRY TIME SCHEDULE
JUNEAU FERRY & NAVIGATION Co.?Operating Ferry Service Be
tween JUNEAU, DOUGLAS, TREADWELL and SHEEP CREEK
Lv. Juneau for
DoukIhh and
Trend well
?8:00 a. in. I
0:00 a. m.'
11:00 a. m. |
1:00 p. m.
3:00 p. m. I
4:30 p. m.
6:30 p. m.
8:00 p. m.
9:00 p. m.
11: oo i>. in.
Lv. Tread
well for
J uncn u
*8:25 a. m. I
9:25 a. m. j
12:00 noon
1:40 p. m.
3:25 p. m.
1:55 p. m.
6:55 p m.
j 8:25 p. m.
9:25 p. m.
11:25 j>. in.
Leaves
Douftla.s for
Juneau
?8: 30 a. in.
9:30 a.m.
12:05 p. in.
1:45 p. m.
3:30 p. in.
5:30 p. m.
7:05 p. in.
8:30 p. m.
! 9:30 p.m.
i 11:30 p. m.
Leaves Juneau daily
for Sheep Creek
11:00 a. m.
'
4:30 p. m.
Leaves Sheep
Creek for Juneau
11:40 a. ra.
| 5:10 p. m.
From Junoau for
Shi*op Crook
Saturday Nixht Only
11:00 p. til.
for Juneau
Returning Leaves
Sheep Creek
11:40 p. m.
Leaves Treadwell
11:45 p. m.
Leaves Douglas
11:50 p. m.
Sunday Schedule same us above, except trip leaving Juneau at 8 a. m. is omitted |
I I M M I M I I 1 I M I 1 I M 1 1 I U-H-H-v
f OCCIDENTAL HOTEL AND ANNEX
Restaurant in Connection Established 1881 European Plan j"
I! COMMERCIAL MEN'S HOME I
- FRONT ST. JOHN P. OLDS, Mngr. J'JNEAU, ALASKA |
?I I I I I I- !? 111! 11 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 M I I II I I' I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 -H-H
UNION IRON WORKS Machine Shop and Foundry
Gas Engines and Mill Castings
Agents Union Gas Engine and Regal Gas Engine
We Are|! Headquarters for
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
BOOTS AND SHOES, FURNISHINGS
mi imai?aa??mna?a?c?nc??
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
ALASKA-TREADWELL GOLD MINING CO.

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