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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE] J. F. A. STRONG Telephone No. .*>-7-1 Eut>?rod iii* second-class matter November 7, 1912 at the poetofflce at Ju neau, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Q?e year, by mall $10.00 Six months, by mall 6-00 Per month, delivered 100 JUNEAU. ALASKA. MONDAY. MARCH 3. 1913. ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE ALASKA'S First Legislature was formally convened at twelve o'clock today with somewhat impressive ceremonies, as be tiitted the occasion. The presiding officers of the Senate and House were formally elected, their selection having been previously determined in caucus. The choice made by each is excellent, though we believe, that no mistake would have been made by the election of any of the gentlmen mentioned for the respective positions. It is a matter for congratulation that the choice of presiding officers was effected without discord. In fact the selections, we are told, were effected in complete harmony. That is to say there was neither bitterness nor rancor in the con tests. such as too frequently is the case in some State Legisla tures of age and experience. The rivalry though keen was en tirely good-natured, and each body is still a sort of happy fam ily. .May it continue so to the end. Thus the initial session of the first Legislature starts out under more than ordinarily auspicious circumstances. Senator Ray is well equipped mentally and otherwise for President of the Senate, and that he will give the utmost satisfaction goes without saying. And the same may be said of Speaker Collins. He will make a fair and impartial head of the House of Repre sentatives. and we do not think there is any danger that he will develop into a czar, like his distinguished prototypes who have ruled the Congress. It is always well to bear in mind that the feet of all idols are made of mud. ALASKA'S AGRICULTURAL LANDS LEADERS of The Empire cannot fail to have been impressed with the many practical views of members of the Legisla ture concerning vital questions, as published in this news paper the past week. They embraced many subjects?rail roads. wagon-roads, the fisheries, opening of the coal mines, la bor laws, woman suffrage, amendments to the mining laws, code revision, and others. One of the members?the Hon. Milo Kelly, o! K tik.?touched upon the agricultural possibilities of the Su sitna aiul Matanuska valleys, with which he is familiar. His words v. n illuminating, and the\ will aid in dispelling some ot thi v. ist> o: ignorance and misinformation concerning Alas ka's aerie .Itural lands. The character of the soil and climatic cordi; :ons. .Mr. Kelly tells us, are such that these valleys are cer tain to be settled with homeseekers, if transportation facilities are provided. The hills are covered with bunch grass and the valleys with red-top. Barley and oats are successfully raised and they mature well: and vegetables of all kinds thrive amazing ly and attain a rare perfection. There is no airy persiflage about these statements. They are based upon cold facts, which show that Alaska has an agricultural future of considerable promise. Then Mr. Kelly touches upon another important matter in this connection. He says that the homestead law should be amended so as to give the poor man better opportunity than he now has. Under the present law the homesteader must have forty acres reduced to cultivation before title will be granted, and this handicap is practically prohibitive of a rapid settlement of the agricultural lands of the Territory. There is justice in the contention. The laws appertaining to the development of these lands should be of the most liberal character. Induce ments must be offered to settlers to become bona fide farmers. With the opening of the Panama Canal there will be undoubtedly an increased immigration direct from Europe to the Pacific Coast, and Alaska should profit by it to some extent. The people who -i-i i i? It-- J *- ?. A lrtnbrt r* v*/? V* r% v?m inrr lon/^o WOU1C1 Ut? natul an V Ull Ct lCU IW m Acaivu ui lai uuu^ muuo would come from the North of Europe, where the best immigra tion comes from. This is a matter well within the province of the Legislature upon which to memorialize Congress. A more liberal homestead law would be the means of attracting a desir able class of immigrants. And if, as we hope and expect, an era of railroad building is about to materialize, and the coal lands are to be developed, and other mining industries extended, ready markets will be found for all kinds of agricultural products, including cattle and sheep. There is an increasing spirit of hopefulness to the West ward. because of the favorable reports of railroad building under government auspices. Southwestern Alaska and Western Alas ka are rich in promise and will yet come into their own. TO CUT OUT THE SUBSIDY PRESIDENT-ELECT WILSON has let it be known to Demo cratic leaders of the United States Senate that he favors the Root amendment to the Canal Tolls act, repealing the free tolls clause for American shipping passing through the Pa nama canal, which a committee of the Senate tabled not long ago. But in view of Mr. Wilsons action it is evident that the Senate committee's course will not end the matter. Senator Root proposed to repeal the discriminating and treaty break ing clause of the act which has brought down upon the United States the protests of the world. A few days ago Great Britain flatly asked that the questior be arbitrated, and tomorrow we shall have a President whose Democracy will hardly permit him to support a ship subsidy, and it may be safely assumed that the subsidy feature of the Canal Tolls act. will be either cut out or the matter will be ar bitrated. thus vindicating the position taken by Senator Root and other able constitutional lawyers of the Senate, and out side of it. Modern business betters human environment. It means gar dens, fruit, flowers, vegetables; it means quick, safe and cheap transportation of people, commodities and messages?business consists in the production, transportation and distribution oi things that are necessary to human life. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools?Ecclesiastes. I I I I I I I I I M 1 1 ...... . ....... j 111111 r 11111111111111 i-i-H The Alaska Press ?I I I I I H I I I 1 I'M I I 1 I M I I 1 1 ? Cordovuns fully appreciate what this (railroads to the interior and coal mines) means and are hopefully look-] ing foward to what has long been de j layed but was sure to materialize? I continued prosperity, in anticipation of the new order of things the shrewed business man and citizen has already taken tune by the forelock and is niak i ing investments here. Real estate has been given a greater value and during the past twenty-four hours more property deals have been con summated in Cordova than for months. ?Cordova Alaskan. NOTES AND GLEANINGS Since alchemists of the mediaeval ype still flourish, it was inevitable that the recent discoveries by Sir William Ramsay and his colleagues would stim ulate anew the pretensions of those who transmute baser metals into gold for a price. The Times is in receipt of a letter from Rudolph Melville Hunter of Philadelphia, who wishes ti to be known that he is ten years ahead of Sir William, Prof. Collie, and Prof. Patterson, in creating and transmuting matter. Mr. Hunter adds: Not only that, but 1 was (ten years ago) actually doing the same in material quantities, and have been ever since: not quanti ties that require a spectroscope to determine their presence, but quantities which you can handle and weigh, and which have large purchasing value?that is to say, as pure gold as ever went through the mint. Prof. Collie is himself not sure that the dream of the ancient alchemists is not about to be fulfilled. Indeed, the theory supported by Albert de Groot, Arnaldus de Villanova, Ray mond I.udly, and Paracelus has never been controverted by the modern chemists, but, obviously, those who in the future shall make gold "on a com mercial basis" will not need the aid of any capital in pushing the enter prise. "The idea of 'Safety First' in rail road operation," The Baltimore Sun says, "originated with Ralph C. Rich ards. General Claim Agent of the Chi cago & Northwestern Railway two years ago." President Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was an other "father" of the movement, for ho issued this order: "In any emergency all our employees are to act on the side of safety." Thas was fourteen months ago. Eight years ago James O. Fagan, whose "Confessions of a Railway Signal Man" made him fa mous, sent a letter to the heads of the chief railway systems in the United States urging the formation of a Safe ty League, an organization of em ployees distinguished by buttons and other insignia, and dedicate to the principle of "Safety First" NUTS TO CRACK Overwork kills almost as many peo ple as over-rest. ? ? ? Many an architect seems to have bad designs on the public. ? ? ? It's when the game gets too hot that some people get cold feet. ? ? ? Every old maid has an excuse for being single, even if it is only that +4 she was born that way. x ' * * J Love may make the world go < ? round, but it won't always bring the girl's father around. < * .9 9 9 i> If you are going to tell a man just < [ what you think of him, pick out one ** who is smaller than you are. ' o ? ? ? o Some women are so slow that it ** takes them about forty years to reach <? the age of 25. 4 i > PRUSSIAN INCOMES ARE VERY LOW n BERLIN, March 3.?The Prussian n iucome tax figures just published show that 88 2-3 percent of all the Inhab- < * 1 itants earn less than $750 yearly; only n f 8 1-5 per cent reach $1,375; 310 tax- 0 ( payers paid taxes on incomes of more ** , than $125,000, and 87 declared in- < > comes of more than $250,000. o The figures show only trifling ' changes from the preceding year, ap- 0 ? parently indicating no important rise o in wages or salaries. <, The population of Prussia In 1910 ' J was a little over 40,000,000. Accord- 0 ing to the income tax figures, there- 0 1 fore, the number of persons in Prus- ** > sia earning more than $1,375, was ap- <; ? proximately, 3,280,000. Inasmuch as < ? probably half the population are worn- o en or children, having no income, these statistics are less Indicative of 1 low earning power in Prussia than <> they seem. ^ CORDOVA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THE JOB On Feb. 26, the Cordova Chamber of Commerce cabled President-elect j Wilson, as follows: "Ilespectlfully urge that con struction railroad and opening re sources Alaska along lines rec ommended by Aluska Railroad Commission in recent report, be made a prominent feature of your message to special session of Con gress. Present conditions and re strictions absolutely prohibit de velopment. Alaska looks to your administration for early relief." Every thing that will please a amok j er may be found at BUKFORD'S. NOTICE OF FORFEITURE TO I,. A. Moore, Berta Jarraa and Fred Stevenson: You and each of you are hereby notified that you co-owner, the undersigned, have performed all the necessary labor as required by Sec tion 2.124 United States Revised Stat utes and the amendments thereto ap proved January 22nd, 1SS0, concern ing annual labor upon mining claims, upon the Sum Dum grouji of placer claims and upon the Duck creek group; of placer claims, for the year ending! December 31st, 11)12. for the purpose of holding said claims; And unless you. within ninety days after the first publication of this no tice, pay your proportion of tlie cost of said annual labor as required by I law, and the cost of this notice, your j interest in said group or groups of I said claims will, in accordance with i law, become the property of the un dersigned; the proportion to be paid by L. A. Moore, holding one eighth in terest in each group is $25.60, and the cost of this notice; the proportion to be paid by Berta Jarma is $12.70. and the cost of this notice, holding one-eighth interest in the Sum Dum group; and the proportion to be paid by Fred Stevenson, holding one-eighth interest in the Sum Dum group is $12.70, and the cost of this notice; Said claims being located in the Harris mining district, near Power's creek, and about six miles from the Postotfice at Sum Dum, Territory of Alaska; and recorded in book eleven (XI.) on pages 51 and 52 of Placer records, on the 5th day of February, A. D., 1912, in the the office of the Ju neau Recording District. First publication March 1. 191.1, last publication June 1. 1913. ANDREW JOHNSON. The Unique Millinery | | LADIES' FURNISHINGS | I I 1 I 1 I I 1 I I I i C. F. CHEEK THE TAXIDERMIST THAT KNOWS Game Heads, Fish and Birds Mounted. SKINS AND FURS TANNED Rug Work a Specialty Prices Reasonable W. H. Cleveland P. J. 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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. ?"""??????????????'?? J. F. EVERETT ARCHITECT 427 Walker Huildin^, Seattle After March 15th at Room <1. Alaska Steam l<aumlry Huililinx ! F. Wolland j I Tailor f 1 ' 1 X Phone GG SECOND ST. j REGISTRATION NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the registration books for the Municipal and School Election, to be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1913, are now open at the oillce of Sowerby & Bell, on Second street, between Seward and Main streets, between the hours of 9 and 4 each business day. The books will be closed on Saturday the 29th day of March, 1913. J. W. BELL, Registration Oillcer. The Juneau Steamship Co. U. S. Mail 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 Punter 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. NOWEIX, MANAGER HUMBOLDT STEAMSHIP CO. j The Aluflka Flyer S. S. HUMBOLDT The Aisflka Flyer NORTHBOUND MARCH 14 SOUTHBOUND MARCH 15 DOCKS AT JUNEAU CITY WHARF Seattle OIHce, 716 Second Ave. GEO. BURFORD, A?ont l-'l- !? 1 I' l1 l"l"l"l 1 11 M I M l-I I I I-I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 !? ? ALASKA | STEAMSHIP COMPANY X Safety, Service. Speaii Ticket* to Seattle, Tncomu Vic tor in and Vancouver. Through ** tickets to San Frnncwco MARIPOSA Southbound FEB. 28 ;; NORTHWESTERN Nort ib'd... M AR. 4 Southbound MAR. 10 ? JEFFERSON Northbound MAR. 4 Southbound MAR. 5 " Elmer E. Smith Douglas Agt. WILLIS E NOWELL, Juneau Agt. |j* !"l,il"li,l 1 ?! 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 I !? I NORTHLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY \ S. S. A L K I S. S. NORTHL A N I) J ? FIRST CLASS FORE TO SEATTLE $19.00 X ? SECOND CLASS FARE TO SEATTLE $12.00 ? l S. S. ALKI, SOUTH, MARCH 9 : t ALLEN SHATTUCK, Agent 1 ? Telephone?4-8 I ? C. C. BRADFORD, Mgr., JOHN HENSON, Agent X Z Pier 4, Seattle Douglas t --H I I II I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I i I I I I I I I I I II I I I II I I I I 1 I ji ALASKA COAST CO. jj For Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez, Latouche, Seward, .? !! Seldovla?SAILS FROM JUNEAU !! I! S. S. YUKON mar. 1 " !! SAILS FROM JUNEAU FOR SEATTLE AND TACOMA l! 11 connecting at Seattle for San Francisco and Southern California ports J j ? ? S. S. YUKON mar. 13 ? Right is reserved to change steamers or sailing dates without notice. Fop further information apply to S. H. Ewing, Juneau Agent. ALASKA COAST COMPANY, Seattle '' I i 111) M i i I {11 n i II i IIIII11II111111111111IIII n PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. ? 4 STEAMERS FOR ? SKATTIJ], TACOMA, f * Victoria Vancouver, Bellingham, Everett, Olympia, Port Townsend, 4 ^ South Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico, San Francisco, J 0 Anacortes, Los Angeles and San Diego. ? % C. D. DUNANN, P. T. M. G. W. ANDREWS, G. A. P. D. 4 ? 112 Market Street, San Francisco. 113 James Street, Seattle ^ t Q Q C NORTHBOUND MARCH 4 J 0 Curacao southbound march 5 t 0 Right Reserved to Change Schedule. S. HOWARD EWING, Local Agt. J 0 " CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO-B.C.CoastService Sailing from Juneau for I'ort Simpson, Prince Rupert. Swanson. Alert Bay, Vancouver Victoria and Scuttle PRINCESS MAY FEB. 27 Front nnd Seward Sla. C. P. R. TICKET OFFICE J. T. SPICKKTT, Aitt. j - FERRY TIME SCHEDULE I JUNEAU FERRY & NAVIGATION Co.?Operating Ferry Service Be I tween JUNEAU. DOUGLAS, TREADWELL and SHEEP CREEK Lv. Juneau for I)oti idas und Troadwell ?8:00 a. in. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 3:00 p m. +:30 p. m. 0:30 p. m. 8:00 p. m. 9:00 p. m. 11:00 p. m. Lv. Tread - well for Juneau ?8 :25 a. in. I 9:25 a. m. | 12:00 noon 1:40 p. m. 3:25 p. m. 4:55 p. m. 6:55 p. m. 8:25 p. m. 9:25 p. m. 11:25 p. m. Leavt'tt DoukIhs for , Juneau ?8:30 a.m. | 9:30 a. m. 12:05 p. m. 1:45 p. m* 3:30 p. re 5:30 p. m. 7:05 p. ra. 8:30 p. m. 9:30 p. m. 11:30 p. m. leaves Juneau daily for Sheej) Creek 11:00 a. m. 4:30 p. in. Leaves Sheep Creek for Juneau 11:40 a. m. 5:10 p. m. From Juneau for Sheep Creek Saturday Night Only 11:00 p. ra. for Juneau Returning Leaves Sheep Creek 11:40 p. m. Leaves Treadwell 11:45 p. m. Leaves Douglas 11:50 p. m. ^^undn^chodul?M|am?Mi^ab<)Vc^xci2>nri^oavinj^Jun?nw^ ? 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 STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES ALASKA -TREADWELL GOLD MINING CO. ii < > i >