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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE J. F. A. STRONG Telephone No. 3-7-4 Entered as second-class matter November 7. 1912 at the postofllce at Ju neau. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1S79. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ore year, by mail $10.00 Si\ n.cr.ths. by mail 5.00 iVr -a.h. .delivered 1.00 . JUNEAU. ALASKA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 1913. A BUILDING BOOM PROMISED. rT^HE EMPIRE is told that preparations are in the making 1 for a building boom of no mean proportions. The building is to be done because it is believed that the outlook warrants it. Present conditions in a business way are considered satisfac tory and a time of considerable expansion is anticipated. It is believed that such belief is well-founded. We indulge the hope that the buildings will be substantial and of a permanent char acter. Now is the time to build for the future as well as as the present and up-to-date business buildings are required. Juneau has passe dthe log-cabin and the shack stage. It is the Capital of Alaska, and the leading city of the territory. As such it has a reputation to sustain. Let the building be done wisely and well. Rest assured that it will pay handsomely upon the invest ments. And now Portland is waking up to the importance of the trade and commerce of Southeastern Alaska. THE MISFIT ALASKA CODE. THERE is much that is wrong with the law and its opera tion when a bank may fail for nearly a million dollars, or any other sum. for that matter, and no one held criminally responsible. If one has been hit by such failure at any time it will be quite easy to get the point of view of the Fairbanks people, some of whom lost heavily in the failure of the Washington Alaska bank; and every one of its officers escaped penalties that would have overtaken them elsewhere, where adequate laws are found to meet just such flagrant miscarriages of justice as those complained of by the people of Fairbanks. However, in criticis ing it is always the part of wisdom and of justice to place blame where it belongs. It is the inadequacy of the Alaska Code in such cases made and provided, we are assured by gentlemen of high legal at tainments. and if this be granted the wonder may arise why there has been such a long delay in having that confessedly weak and maladroit misfit amended so as to protect the innocent and the weak. Evidently it works excellently where the rich and pow erful are the interested parties; and maybe that for this reason no concerted action has e"er been taken to make it a compre hensive, tangible, real thing, instead of a thing of shreds and patches, through which, as Daniel O'Connell once said of Brit ish laws "a coach and six could be driven." Amend the Alaska Code by all means, or abolish it altogeth er. Then the wayfaring man though a fool, might know what to expect. New enterprises for Juneau are being: reported with grat ifying: regularity. These are straws which show the direc tion of the industrial wind. "WHEN ALL OTHERS FAIL." AT A recent meeting: of a New York medical society a lead ing physician pronounced what may be figuratively termed a funeral oration for the general practitioner. He said that the day of the "family doctor" had passed forever, and the specialist had taken his place. Considering the time, the place and the circumstances, this may be regarded as an official "hail and farewell" by the spe cialists to the mere doctor. But it is not so sure that a public which has long put its trust in the family physician will accept his summary dismissal. Stranger things have happened in the development of medical science than that the methods of today should be discredited tomorrow, and it is by no means certain that a coming generation of patients will rely more on special ists than on doctors trained in the general practice. The limitations of the "old family physician" are admitted. But he knew the family history, and that knowledge may be thought to have compensated for lack of familiarity with the ^ newest drug from a German laboratory or the latest deft pro cess in the use of the knife. The faith his patients had in him was a curative agency of no mean value. That faith may have been partially lost, but it is premature to pronounce his obituary. For the general physician who keeps abreast of medical prog ress there is still a well-defined field of usefulness equally with the specialist. Alaska is a healthy country, but fancy, if you can, what we would be "up against" with the family doctor gone, and no thing left but specialists. This is the season for the endorsement of favorite sons? for Cabinet positions. A BLOW AT A NORTHERN ORGANIZATION. LAST November a small number of former Alaskans and Yu koners, at the meeting of the Grand Camp of the Arctic Brotherhood, at North Vancouver, B. C.,?they also being loaded down with proxies of delegates who were unable to at tend the meeting?took possession of the Grand Camp organiza tion and ran it in accordance with their own views. These men either deliberately suspended or ignored the written constitu tion of the Brotherhood, and set about using the Order to serve their own ends and purposes. The constitution of the Arctic Brotherhood expressly provides that its jurisdiction shall be confined to Alaska, Yukon, and that portion of British Colum bia north of 54 degrees and 20 minutes, north latitude. < This section of the constitution was ignored and steps were ' taken to organize subordinate camps at Vancouver, Seattle and 1 elsewhere. It was not accomplished without protest, but the Hessians were in the saddle and determined, apparently, to rule, even if it involve the destruction of this peculiarly Northern ] organization. Their action has been repudiated by most of the I subordinate camps of Alaska, and it is believed that all the camps of the North will take like action. Grand Arctic Recorder Kell er, of Skagway, announces that he will refuse to sign charters for any camp that may be established without the jurisdiction of the Order, and it looks as if the self-constituted Grand Camp will find itself without a clientele. ; A call has been already issued for a meeting of delegates from the different subordinate camps at Juneau early in March, the avowed object being the repudiation of the Vancouver Grand Camp of Clandestines, and the institution of a bona fide Grand Camp of the Brotherhood. The Arctic Brotherhood is distinctively a Northern order, . and as such it has achieved an international reputation. To pre serve this distinctiveness it must be maintained as such, and to permit a handful of former Northerners and near-Northerners in Vancouver and Seattle to capture it, will not be tolerated, we believe by the men of the North. The cosmogony, so to speak, of the Brotherhood must be maintained if it shall not be utterly destroyed. The Vancouver Grand Camp should be repudiated. There can be no secession, since there is nothing to secede from. But a new grand camp of, by and for Alaskans and all others within its jurisdiction should be organized and all its conventions hereafter held within its jurisdictional boundaries. DENTIST FINDS A MODEL BRIDE JANESVILLE, Wis., Jan. 10.?Dr. A. P. Burns, the eccentric dentist who last August asked the Rev. G. L. Mor rll, of Minneapolis, to find him a wife, and later expressed his love for Miss Virginia Brooks, the Joan of Arc of West Hammond, and whose description of the perfect woman brought letters from women all over the country, has at last found the "queen of his household" and Is to be married in Fort Atkinson on Jan. 24 to Emma Britton. Dr. Burrus' description of the model woman is in part as follows: Her age must be between 25 and 35. When her arms are extended the measurement from tip of fingers to tip of fingers should equal her height. She must not have si hollow back. She must not have a pug nose or thick lips. Her upper lip must not be short, with upper teeth projecting. She must not have lop ears. She must have fine hair and fine features and a well-developed chin. Good cooks and nurses are gener ally preferable and make the best j wives. After Burrus' entrance into the mat rimonial market he received in one mail letters from more than fifty women. The doctor, who is 70 years old, has been a resident of Fort Atkin son and Janesville for more than forty years. j POINTED PARAGRAPHS Satistics are also used to prove a good many things that aren't so. People will pardon a good deal of conceit if there is some occasion for it. I Sometimes it seems that the conver sation doesn't lag as much as it should. A man who says he won't take sides should stop right there; he will if he says any more. A little boy Is seldom bold enough 1 to attend a girl's party without feel- | ing kind of sneaking about it. Most of the arguments against pro hibition fall down before the fact that the saloon keepers oppose it. Except in the jewelery business, it J. isn't a very good idea to spend much J of the working day looking at the <? clock. < ? It would help some, perhaps, if boys < > could understand how the man who smokes envies the one who never i > did. o What is the feminine dictator? ^ Prompted by the fact that there are < > a good many of that more or leBS gen- < > tie gender. * J It isn't a good idea to visit over a < ? business phone in business hours, un- <> less you want the boss to succumb to ^ nervous prostration. <' Nothing is abused more than a good < > appetite. < > Any number of girls are spoiled <' by being told they are beautiful. o Many people fail to get their rights because they don't know what they ** are. < ? Loyalty that is purchased by pres- o ents is not a very substantial char acter. < ? <? FEMMER & RITTER o < > < ? See this firm for all kinds of dray- 4 ? sng and hauling. We guarantee sat- o isfaction and reasonable prices. Coal delivered promptly. Feramer & Rit- J [ tor's Express. Stand Burford's Cor- ?? nor. Phone 314. Residence phones o 102 or 403. ??? FRESH "Sealshipt Oysters" on the o Dolphin, at GOLDSTEIN'S. THAT'S THE CHAP. You've seen the chap who worries When the winter starts off mild; Who is eager for snow flurries And the winted winds so wild; Who says an open winter Brings all manner of disease? That a fellow is far safer When he thinks he's going to freeze. lie longs to see a blizzard Of the good old-fashioned kind; It could break the ancient records, But he really woudn't mind; There's something in him hankers At this season of the year For weather that is ugly And excessively austere. Somehow, it strikes me funny That, when winter gets its grip, And the real old zero weather Sort o' gets us on the hip. That this ooen winter fellow Is the chap who hollers first; And, though every one is kicking, You can bet he'l! kick the worst. The Juneau Steamship Co. U. S. Mall Steamer GEORGIA Juneau-Sitka Route?Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gypsum, Tenakee, Killisnoo 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, 15, 21, 27. March 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 11 I CHARICK * if* ll JEWELER nnd OPTICIAN <5 F i11?i in a 11111 M 11 a 11111111 Professional Cards R. W. JENNINGS ATTORN EY-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 - fori j Job Printing: ; Good Stock H Plus Modern Plant Plus Printers that Know Equal Unexcelled Printing j; j MAIN STREET i Phone 3-7-4 1 i HUMBOLDT STEAMSHIP CO. I The A lust:,-i Flyer I S. S. HUMBOLDT T \r A lA.it a Flyer J NORTHBOUND JAN. 12 SOUTHBOUND JAN. 13 DOCKS AT JUNEAU CITY WHARF Seattle Oflice, 716 Second Ave. GEO. BURFORD, Agent t-W-H-H-I-H 1 M"I-1"1-M-1"1"1..1"1"H"I"H"1 1 I 111 III III I III 111 III H ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. i' STEAMERS CALLING AT KETCHIKAN, WRANCEL, PETERS- -? I! BURG, DOUGLAS, JUNNEAU. HAINES ANI) SKAGWAY || NORTHWESTERN Southbound Jan. 11 ;; || MARIPOSA Northbound Southbound Dec. 22 || || DOLPHIN Northbound Jan. 8 Southbound Jan. 9 || Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Vancouver. Through || tickets to San Francisco. || ELMER E. SMITH, Douglas Agt. WILLIS E. NOWELL, Agt. .H-frM-H-M-I 1 I Hl'H-HI I 111 HI I 1 1 1 1 1 I -1 I -l-I ' I NORTHLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY Operating S. S. ALKI and S. S. NORTHLAND S. S. ALKI, South, JAN. 14 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 A CO., Douglas | CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.-B.C.CoastService Sailing from Juneau for Port Simpson, Prince Rupert, Swanson, Alert Bay, Vancouver Victoria and Seattle PRINCESS MAY JAN. 16 Front and SewanJ Su. C. P. R. TICKET OFFICE J. T. SPICKBTT. AkL i i i III M H i I I II II i I I I t I I I I I I I I i I I H ? I I I I I 1 H I I I I I 1 M I ; ALASKA COAST CO. :: For Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdcz, Latouche, Seward, .. ! Seldovia?SAILS FROM JUNEAU !! ! S. S. YUKON DEC. 27 !! ! SAILS FROM JUNEAU FOR SEATTLE AND TACOMA 1! | 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. For further information apply to 1 ' S. H. Ewing, Juneau Agent. ALASKA COAST COMPANY, Seattle ?' I 1 I II I H-M 1 III I I I I I I II 11 I I I I I I I H I I li I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I H ? FERRY TIME SCHEDULE JUNEAU FERRY & NAVIGATION Co.?Operating Ferrv Service Be tween JUNEAU, DOUGLAS, TREADWELL and SHEE> CREEK Lv. Juneau for Doufflan and Tread well ?8:00 a.m. 9:00 a. m. 11:00 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 3:00 p m. 4:30 p. m. 6:30 p. m. 3:00 p. m. 9:00 p. m. 11:00 p. m. Lv. Trend- ! well for Juneau *8:25 a. ni. I 9:25 a. m. { 12:00 noon 1:40 p. rn. 3:25 p. in. 4:55 p. in. 0:55 p. in. 8:25 p. m. 9:25 p. m. 11:25 p. in. Leaves Douicla* for Juneau ?8:30 a. m. 9:30 a. m. 12:05 p. m. 1:45 p. m. 3:30 p. ra 5:30 p.m. I] 7:05 p.m. 8:30 p.m. j! 9:30 p. in. | 11:30 p.m. |! Leaves Juneau daily for Shiep Creek 11:00 a. m. 4:30 p. m. Leaven Sheep Creek for Juneau 11:40 a. m. 5:10 p. m. r rom junmu iur Sheep Creek Saturday Ni>tht Only 11:00 p. m. for Juneau Returning Leaves Sheep Creek 11:40 p. m. Leaves Treadwell 11:45 p. m. Leaves Douglas 11:50 p. m. Sunday Schedule -opt trip leaving Juneatt at 8 a.m. toOPjitUd | H I I11 'I-H-l -I ?!??!? I 'I I 1"M"H I I I I I I I I I-1- i-I ?! I I I S M-H-H OCCIDENTAL HOTEL AND ANNEX J ' Restaurant in Connection Established 1881 European Plan ; COMMERCIAL MEN'S HOME I! 1 FRONT ST. JOHN P. OLDS. Mngr. JUNEAU, ALASKA 1 H 1 I I 11 I I I I I 1 1 1 1 III I 111 M' 111 1 I III 111 1 I 111 111 111 1-H-F UNION IRON WORKS Machine Shop and Foundry Gas Engines and Mill Castings Agents Union Gas Engine and Kegal Gas Engine ****** ?????; We Are Headquarters for DRY GOODS, CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES, FURNISHINGS STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES ALASKA-TREADWELL GOLD MINING Ca