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| JUNEAU LIQUOR COMPANY, Inc. | ^ We have for the table the J ? CRESTA BLANCA AND EL DORADO WINES t ? FINE OLD BRANDY AND SCOTCH ? Tel. 9-1 RYE AND BOURBON Front St. 4 | OPERA LIQUOR CO., i?c. f [ Thos. II. Ashby, Pres. A. G. Bays, Sec.-Treas. ? I COR. SEWARD AND SECOND STREETS ? i | ? finest Straight Whiskies Cigars That Everybody Likes to Smoke J ? ? t A RESORT FOR GENTLEMEN % ? e ALASKA MEAT COMPANY J"h" I;?k- "-'r Wholesale and Retail Butchers .Manufacturers of all Kinds of Sausages Our Hams and Bacon Are Home-Smoked OLYMPIA BEER "IT'S THE WATER" FOR SALE AT ALL FIRST-CLASS BARS AND CAFES 4 ? ? Juneau Transfer Co. ? : coal wood ? STORAGE ! | ? X Moving Carefully Done ? ^ HauKnue Our I.onjr Suit ? ? ? ? FRONT STREET ? + ? ? Watkins 8 Gerdon ? ? EXPERT BLACKSMITHS ? I and IRON WORKERS I ? ? ? General Blacksmithing. Horse- ? A A + Shoeing. Iron and Marine Work ^ J Estimates Furnished and J ? Work Guaranteed ? J FRANKLIN STREET ? I Near Alaska Steam Laundry t r?"' i ? ? I McCloskeys j ? ============ t ? : ? ? : : : : 111111 n: 11 11111 i 1111 i 11- m It The Louvre Bar J Al Carlson. Prop. x Imports! undlDomcstic liquors and cigars RAINIER BEER ON DRAUGHT !! Phone 3-3-5 Juneau .. m 111 i 11 n 11111; i ; 1111111 J. W. DORAN DRUGS PHONE 3 104 Second St. Juneau, Alaska R. P. NELSON Wholesale and Retail Dealer in All Kinds STATIONERY Typewriting Supplies. Blank Books, Office Supplies. Sporting Goods. Huyler's Candies, Gun ther's Candies, Toys, Notions. Books. Magazines. Wate-man's Fountain Pens, Conklln Pens, Etc. Cor. 2nd. and Seward Sts. Juneau, Alaska Berry's Store A new stock of LATEST STYLE Ladies' and Children's Raincoats ? II I I I I 1 I I i I I I I I I I I I I M M H ;; The Alaska Grill ?! The'Beit Appointed Place in ow n t Best Jof Everything Served ! at Moderate Prices it M I I I 1 I 1 I II 1 I I I M I I M M i THE BEST LOAF OF | BREAD ] $ Is Sold At 0 ? San Francisco Bakery | t G. MESSERSCHMIDT. Prop. J ? 1 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. Vice-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 Latest Novelties in Tobacco Jars and Pipe Racks at Burford's Pres. Wilson to Inspect Panama Canal in Summer ' ? TRENTON, N. J.. Fob. 5.?Chair I man William F. McCombs of tho Dem ocratic National Committee called on Gov. Wilson yesterday. They 1ml i lunch together and spent three hours ! discussing the political situation. The Chairman said they had dis cussed questions of a general nature, and Gov. Wilson said: "Oh. McCombs and I always talk about the same things. I have not seen him for several weeks. He has ' been looking Into the situation in sov !eral States and that is what wt talked j of principally. 1 was very glad to re I ceivo the news he had to impart, as | he is an expert." The Governor denied the report ; that he was to make a trip to the i Far West, but as to a visit to Panama ihe said: "I hope to be able to get down to the Isthmus at the close of the extra session. I want to get down there if 1 can before the water is let in?that is. before all the water is put in. There is some there now. and I want to get there before the water has hid den the most interesting part of the construction work on the canal." The advisability of visiting Panama had been urged on Gov. Wilson earl ier in the day by Congressman Coving ton. of Maryland. Col. Goethals. who was here recently, said that the water would be turned in some time in July, i which makes it apparent that the new President will visit Panama about the end of June and that he has hopes tiiat tlie extra session will have ad Mourned before that time. The latest date set for the meeting of the extra session is .March 17. Joscphus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C., who lias been mentioned us a possi bility for the Post mantels-Generalship, called on the Governor once in the morning with a delegation which de sires that the Wilsons accept a sum- ? mer home at Asheville, N. C. The delegation saw .Mrs. Wilson at Prince ton first and then visited the Gover nor at Trenton. Neither the Gover nor Mrs. Wilson made a promise vith reference to the offer. The second time Mr. Daniels called he remained with the Governor only a few minutes. I.ater the President-el ?ct stated that the Senatorial situa tion had been discussed. Mr. Spanier, a representative of cer tain American interests in Italy, also ailed on the Governor. Little was known of his mission. "We talked over the seven sisters -the corporation bills," said the Gov rnor in explanation. Of another of his callers Governor Wilson said: "Louis Wylle of the New York Times canio to mention sev eral men whom he has been favorably impressed with, not for particular po sitions, but generally." ? ? J ? Alaska News Notes | + A [ ?!? I I I I I 1 I1 I I 1 H'H-M'-M-H-fr .Modern Methods, of Ketchikan. sug i j gests that the city council set aside a "bone fund" for the hungry dogs of the town. * * * The Mayo country, on the upper Stewart river. Yukon, is moving along nicely. I * * * The Fairbanks Citizen is making arrangen. i ts. it is said to enter the daily field. It is now a splendid weekly publication. * * * * [ Harold (' (Ireen. chi.-f deputy clerk I of the district court at Fairbanks, had > a wrestling match with a wounded | deer recently. Green fired at the anl '' mat and wounded it. The deer ? charged him and Green dropped his ! gun and grappled with the deer, final | ly putting it on its back. * * * < A Nome man has invented a toy air , ship which flies a quarter of a mile. * * * II Mrs. Joint Taylor, who made a for || tune raising silver grey foxes in the . Tanana. has sold out to a Maine fox | dealer, who took her stock t > Maine. * * * Exceedingly mild weather prevailed at Nome during a greater part of De . cember, and at Fairbanks men were | seen on the streets in their shirt ? I sleeves. . . . Two shipments ol' gold dust to the ' value of $:?00,000 each were brought ? out from Iditarod over the Seward ! trail last month. * * * Chief Deputy Marshal Bouse is the Coal Oil Johunv of Valdez. He let loose of $12,000 last week. No, he did not spend it in riotous living; not John, says the Valdez Miner. Nor did he give it to anybody that asked for it; ; not he. He paid it out in the name ! of the law to the jurors and witnesses who have been attending court. * * * The reindeer In Alaska, according j to the latest government report, num ber 3.1.629, of which sixty per cent are owned by the natives. Eleven per cent are owned by the government, and missionary societies own the re mainder. ? ? ? Yukon pilots declare that the volcan ic ash from Mt. Katmai killed the mos quitoes along the banks of the big in land river. ? ? * Inspector Ball, of the bureau of fish eries, stationed at Afgonak, was a vis itor in Valdez recently. * * * A. Peterson, a Seward miner was seriously injured by an explosion of three boxes of dynamite caps. His tent caught fire and the caps explod ed. Peterson was barefooted at the time, and in making his way to the nearest habitat, his feet were frozen. ? ? ? Peter Jorgensen. ex-Mayor of Petors | burg, is contemplating taking a trip along the coast looking over pros pects for the coming fishing season. Incidentally Mr. Jorgesen is taking a load of apples for distribution along his route, which is another proof of the fact that he never overlooks an opportunity. ? # Merl LaVoy, who accompanied Prof. Herschel Parker and Belinore Browne on their last trip to Mount McKinley, is in Tacoma trying to finance anoth er expedition to the mountain this year, which he hopes will result In the first actual ascent to the topmost point of the famous peak. He said C. K. Rush, of Prosser, Wash., is in terested with him in arranging the ex pedition. ? ? 0 The Ketchikan brass band boys j have received "nifty uniforms, con sisting of dark blue coats, and white duck pants, the latter with a blue braid stripe down the side." * m 9 The White Pass Company has been expecting a shipment of forty horses from the outside for the past several lays and they will likely reach Skag way by the next steamer from below. The animals are for use on the stage line, says the Whitehorse Star. 0 0 0 A party of eight miners arrived on last Monday's train from the outside and all have been put to work by the Atlas Mining Company at the Pueblo. The force will be further increased as rapidly as good men can be obtained. Whitehorse Star. SMOOT AM) GUGGENHEIM GET RAILROAD PASSES DENVER, Feb. f>.?More than sixty witnesses, including shippers and rail road officials, have been subpoenaed for tlie hearing which opened yes terday before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Harlan into the alleged lilegal and improper use of railroad j passes. "This investigation will not stop with a mere report," said Commis sioner Harlan, "but prosecutions will follow wherever we find there has been a violation of the law. There will be a recommendation for addi tional State legislation against the use of passes, if we find here what we have been told exists." In Juno. 1912, the Denver ana uio Grande Railroad issued free transpor tation to the value of $63,000, or 16 per cent of the total passenger reve nue of the road for the month, ac cording to J. B. Andrews, assistant to ! the Vice-President of the company. The names of various persons who have received free transportation, as given by Mr. Andrews, included Sena tor Guggenheim, of Colorado and Sen ator Smoot of Utah, who are among the wealthiest men in the United States Senate. 33 1-3$ DISCOUNT! On all ladies', tailor-made suits, coats and one-piece dresses One-third off ? one-third off?Must "have room for Spring goods. CHAS. GOLDSTEIN. SOUND GOV. LEAGUE WILL FIGHT SOCIALISTS The Sound Government League, headed by C. H. Harwood, of San Francisco, is maintaing a lobby in Sac ramento, Calif., during the session of the Legislature with a view to watch ing for "Socialistic bugs" in any of the legislation which is proposed. The League has been formed with the pri mary object of counteracting the agi tation of radical Socialists, according to Mr. Harwood, who declared recent ly that many of the bills which are likely to be presented to the Legis lature will have an underlying spirit of Socialism in them which will be hidden by the surface polish. It is to get below the surface and show the lawmakers the real Socialistic meas ures that the League will maintain its lobby there. Job Printing at The Empire Office THE OLD COAL STORY I TOLD IN A NEW WAYj Only one coal mine in all Alaska was operated commercially in 1911, but a little coal was mined at several places in the territory, chiefly by those who themselves utilized tho product (not even this has been allowed dur ing the past year.) The total esti mated output of coal in 1911 was 900 tons; the total output in 1910 was 1,000 tons. Nine hundred tons of coal mined in one year in a territory, known to contain more coal than such beds as Pennsylvania! Fifty-seven hundred square miles are known to: contain anthracite and high grade bi tuminous coal and half as much again known to contain a low grade bitu-: mlnous coal and this from exhaustive ? surveys made by the United States ge-1 ological surveys in all parts of Alas- " ka. Wherever a reconnaissance was 1 made coal was found; at Cook inlet, Matanuska, Nenana, bering river, Cir cle, Colville river, as far north as Pt. Harrow, Lisbourne, Norton sound and ' down to the Alaska peninsula. From 1899 to 1912 there has been consumed in Alaska 1,440,104 tons of coal. Of this, 492,066 tons was imported from the States, chiefly from Washington; 908,577 tons, nearly double, was for- ? eign importation, chiefly bituminous, from British Columbia, and 36,314 - tons produced in Alaska. At the pros- ^ ent rate we can expect to find that ? there was no coal produced in Alaska ! in the past year and that practically j all importations were foreign.?Wm. ? L. Kldston, in Engineer Record. ?Valentines! 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It costs you from 20 to 2"># less than a straight Eastern Hard Wheat Flour?docs Fisher's Blend Flour For Sale by All Dealers II auMIMIM UM Ml 11 II n >| DO YOU TAKE IT? I I The Daily Empire publishes all the news, all the time I IT IS CLEAN, UP-TO-DATE, PROGRESSIVE One Dollar per Month Delivered by Carrier in Juneau, Douglas and Treadwijl! ; TRY IT AND YOU WILL KEEP IT