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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY, Editor and Manager.
Published by the i^lPDii?PRINTING COMPANY
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Six months, by mall _ t>;00
Par month, dolivered 1.00
Enteral as second-class matter November 7. 1912. at the postoQlco at Ju
aean. Alreka. under the Act of March 3. 1S79.
A SPLENDID IDEA.
"-p HE in i :ial steps have been taken looking to the formation of
?1 a society of engineers in Juneau. It is a splendid idea,?
this bringing of the forces together and the forming of one
compact unit from the many intellectual individualties that go
to make up the engineering profession in all its phases and fields
of activity. The tentative plans as outlined, contemplate organ
izing- on broad lines?that is, worth is to be recognized, and no
special favor shown one branch of engineering over another, bi
as much as all branches are potential factors in the development
and productiveness of the country.
The chief aim is to make the institution a sort of clearing
house of ideas for mutual help and progress, and an agency for
the elimination of such difficulties as naturally arise in mining
industries. The good that may be accomplished ill this respect
cannot be too highly estimated.
The men fostering the movement to organize this society
rank high in their chosen calling?they are men who have done
things. The successful consummation of the scheme is already
assured. Here's to the Juneau Society of Engineers.
MOTION PICTURES.
OUTSIDE of the propoganda of the "dry" forces, it appears
that the moving picture theatres are creating quite as much
havoc with the saloon trade as the stump speakers. Sta
tistics from American cities indicate that the "poor man's club"
. headquarters are rapidly shifting from the bar to the moving
picture houses. In the city of Brooklyn, last year, fifty-three
saloons went out of business for lack of custom, and eighty-three
motion picture houses were installed.
Unquestionably the picture houses are supplying a demand
for harmless and inexpensive amusement and recreation that has
heretofore been unsatisfied. There are many men, and no doubt
women, with no family ties, who are thus furnishing evening
entertainment at nominal cost. Where formerly the unattach
ed man sought the fellowship and convivality of the saloon, he
now finds occupation for his idle hours and an economic form of
-amusement at the theatre.
Man is not a solitary animal. He craves the company of
his fellows and seeks the society and recreation that his purse
may be best capable of supplying. For a dime he sits enthralled
before the moving pictures, in company with crowds of his fel
low men, and his needs are thus economically met.
Between prohibition and the picture houses, the prospect
must seem drear indeed to the liquor dealer. Whether or not the
law shall forbid, the law of economic selection?of supply and
demand?is gradually working to deprive the saloon of business
and to supercede it as a source of recreation for a large class of
men.
In the light ofcthe experience of these latter days, if the
saloon is to survive, even where permitted by law, it must ma
terially alter its plan of operation and more evenly meet the
competition.?(Seattle Post Intelligencer.)
OUR FAT MEN.
NOW that a surgeon of the United States navy has turned
his powerful brain upon the American fat men in an offic- '
ial report, we have an interesting subject for discussion. 1
He finds that as we present ourselves for enlistment in the sea ,
forces we are all right as to the legs, but above the waist-line <
we are muscularly weak, usually fat and excessively heavy. Even; |
worse than that, we have flat chests, protruding abdomens, and ,
a disturbance of orientation.
Roughly speaking, we should say that an American citizen, :
whose orientation was disturbed had lost his bearings and did | ^
not know whether he was afoot or on horseback. Probably no i
argument is necessary to prove that such a man, no matter how ;
efficient he might be in other lines, would not be very valuable <
as a naval recruit, but if his lower extremities were sound he i
might at least develop a pair of sea-legs which nobody on ship
board need despise.
There is reason to believe that the navy surgeon is not'
appreciative of his blessings. The men who come to the re
cruiting office with an excess of fat above the waist are typical"<
of. prosperous America. They have had three meals a day, with -
a luncheon or two on the side. All that they need is a little train- j
ing, and if a navy cannot give them that, of what use is it? i
If the medical officers of our military service had to deal a
with a hungry populace, flat-chested by reason of privation rath- |
er .than carelessness, and with legs that weakened on the slight- r
est provocation, they would have real troubles.?(New York *
World.)
We are still inconsistent at times and about some things.
For instance, we insist that diplomatists should be more plain- c
spoken, and we do not always like it when they are. j
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London authorities are talking of barring women from the n
saloons?An exchange wants to know what the militants will
have to say of this outrage.
Fourteen new articles are made contraband, according to ti
British announcement.' No mention has been made yet of chew- h
n
ing gum or babies' rattles. b
e:
The Juneau Draper Club has again proved its broad concep
tion of duty by taking up the task of collecting money for the ?
afflicted in foreign lands. w
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There will be a great slaughter of "turks" on the fields of
Juneau next Sunday, if the plans of the Juneau Gun Club are n<
successful.
L.
For an exposition of vocational education as a producer of
high skill, there is the errorless ball game. or
M'CARTfli WANTS
number of children of :!<ihoo' Rga f.o
oy. but still thoy can't have the school.
The chlldcn of McCarthy tool; the mat
ter up with President Wilson by send
ing post cards netting forth their
claims to consideration. Ptrcsklcnt
WUson brought tha matter to the at
tention of P. P. C lax ton, commission
er of education, and the latter has re
ferred ' the matter to Gov. J. K. A.
Strong who Is superintendent of
schools for Alaska, for investigation.
Gov. Strong will probably tako the
matter up with Congress?It requires
an act of Congress to make It possible
for McCarthy to havo a school, be
cause the legislature, of Alaska is for
bidden to legislate on schools. Tho
Nelson law provides for the croatlon
of now district schools, but does not
provldo any legal way. of. dividing a
district
Tho Blackburn school district was
created in March.-1913, and a school
house built midway between the towns
of McCarthy and Kennehott which are
five miles apart. This was done In or
der to incorporate within tho territory
a school population largo enough to
receive the benefit of tho Nelson Alas
ka school law. Since the Chisana
strike McCarthy has grown to be a
placo of considerable importance and
has now more than enough school pop
ulation to entitle it to a separate
school district and house, but as mat
tors now stand it must remain attach
ed to the Blackburn district and tho
children be compollod to walk two and
a half mllos through tho dark, stormy
days of winter.
Under tho act of tho country school
system for Alaska, Introduced nnd
passed through the pressure of Sena
tor Knute NclBon, 25 per cent of the
revenues going Into the Alaska fund
are act aside and appropriated for the
maintenance of the schools to bo es
tablished in AtaskR outside of incor
porated towns. This percentage
which makes up the country school
fund for the Territory is without
doubt larger in proportion to the call
made upon It than any other fund cre
ated for tho Territory- There 1b al
ways a comfortable balance to be used
when authority to use it has been
granted.
HOPE GETS SCHOOL.
A now school has just been estab
lished at Hope, Alaska, under tho pro
visions of the Nelson Act. The school
was authorized Sept. 17, lost, and
the election for a school board was
held on October 28 following. The
following comprise the officers?E. E.
Carson, clerk; H; H. Clark, treasurer;
Edgar Thaur, director.
MISS MERCER IS BRIDE
OF CLARENCE R. PORTER
~ Miss Leola May Mercer, daughter of
A. C. Mercer, became the bride of
Clarence Robert Porter at 7:30 o'clock
last oventog. The coremooy took place
in the Mercer photographic studio,
United States Commialsoner J. B. Mar
shall officiating. Miss Edna Nichols
attended the brido, while the bride
groom was supported by Bort Granger,
rhe bride was given In marriage by
ler father.
After the ceremony a wedding Bup
?er was served in the banquet rooms
>f the Alaska Grill. The guests in
:luded A. C. Mercer, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
2. Burford, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Carri
;an, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt, Clarenco C.
Mlchols, Miss Edna Nichols and Miss
iuth Anderson.
The bride has made her homo here 1
tor the past three years. She former
y lived in Valdez. The bridogroom
ias for the past year been employed
it Burford's. He formerly resided In !
Seattle. Tho couple received a va
?lety of handsomo presents.
Mr. and Mrs. Portor are at home
it the New Cain hotel.
DEPARTING ON AL-KI.
Tho following took passago for the
>outh on the Al-Kl last night: Arnie
ilarkancn, Ed. Barret, Fred Sampson, i
?lose, Morris, A. S. Bailey, Charles
Jndford, C. W. Speer, L. A. Moore,
iTed Tucker, W. J. Best, 0. T. Thorn
is. W. K. Cleveland, Mrs. Cleveland,
1. L. Jelich, E. G. Blaney, Ted Mc- 1
\idden, Mack Lines, A. B. Lead, An- '
lie M. Williams, E. Lewis, Joe Tom- t
ich, Antone Ivanlcich, W. J. Barnes, '
L. M. Ross, five second class. <
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LEAVING ON THE "MAY." t
The following took, passage for the ?
louth on the Princess May yesterday:
. A. Nolan, E- W. Brooks, M. TJiron- v
on. Clare Henry, John Nckoly, Nor- t
ian McCloud.
WINTER SERVICE t
Now that winter has corac. we will v
rv more than ever, to give oar pa
?ona even, better.-service' than- they '
avo beon getting at theJunoau Drug o
c promptly attended, to. Wo cousld- a
r it a pleasure to deliver:anything 1:
ou may need at any hour,-day or n
ight. Just phone 250, Juneau. Drug b
o. "The store that has...-what <? you
ant when you want it," 107 Frcfflt St.,
?poslte ./Uttkan hotel. ? 11-16-tf. f
The New Fall and Winter stylos are
)w ready. You are cordially 'invited
call and Inspect them. F. 'WOL- Oi
AND. 10-1-tf.
J. Q .? p
Look for Juneau Drug Co.'o special
i page 6. 11-lS-tf
.?'"?T * V-i - -- - V-riwmf
- : ? Conditio ? ? t clo-io o; b?
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Overdrafts 1,793.10
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Totol . $960,821.51
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j :? PER80NAL MENTION v
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W. J. Barnes, well known real estate
operator, tool: passage on tho Al-Kl
for the South enroute to Richmond,
California, for tho wintor.
V,'. H. Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland
took passago for Scnttlo on tho Al-Ki
last night
C. W. Spcer, well known commer
cial man,, left for the south on the Al
Kl.
E. Q. Wctzler, of tho U. S. mail ser
vice, arrived in Juneau on tho Ala
meda.
H. 0. Smith, head of tho U. S. fish
| erics, sorvico in Alaska, will leave for
tho States soon, according to prosont
| plans.
Goaorgc M. Hill, proprietor of the
Juneau Printing Company, arrived
homo on the Alameda from a business
, trip to tho States.
H. R. Plate, well known mining man
who is operating at tho present time
in the Ketchikan section camo North
as far aB Ketchikan on the Alameda.
G. B. Whitehead, well known min
ing man who is Interested out to the
Westward, is enroute to Seward, ac
companied by Mrs. Whitehead.
John Rosene, Jr., who is Interested
with his father in tho Alaska Midland
railroad scheme, and other operations
In Alaska, arrived in Junoau on tho
Alameda last night
C. Cosgrove, brothor to Charles H.
Cosgrovo, tho well known-Ketchikan
attorney at law, arrived in Juneau last
night and is a guest of the Alaskan
Hotel. Mr. Cosgrovo is in the com
mercial business and has come to Ju
neau with tho idea of locating perma
nently.
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WINDHAM BAY NOTES. ?
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WINDHAM, Nov'. 17.?D. W. YatOB
has boon ill for tho past week, with a
severe attack of tho grippe.
F. A. Maglll arrived last night on
the launch Dora, accompanied by tho
Messrs. Lindsay and MacMillan. The
visitors aro examining tho Kitchmark :
group of quartz cailms. i
R. V. Rovvc, who Is doing assess- |.?
mont work on the clalmB owned by i1
Mrs. K. A. Kablor, is taking out some J
promising looking ore. Tho claims aro :
located about a mile cast of the post- .
oiHcc. (
P. Henson Is preparing to build a 4
cabin on his claims across tho hay <
from Windham.
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BAD WEATHER PREVENTS )
REPAIRS TO ARMY CABLE i
Because of stormy weather, the .
United States cableship Burnside has
been unable to mako the contemplated
repairs at a score of places, on the
Alaska cable, according to Chief Of
ficer Winter, in a statement made at
Petersburg recently, when the Burn
sido called there, on her way back to j
Seattle.
Out of fourteen days, only one day
was considered safe enough for cable
ropair work, consequently the repairs j
will be abandoned until next year.
Cliff Dwellers Romance ;
Sensational "101" Bison Pre-Hlstorlcal
Feature at Grand Theatre
Tonight
The woll read story and history will
)e shown at the Grand theatre tonight.
The Cave Dweller's Romance," two
?col, very Interesting Bison feautro.
rhis Is an historical production?and !
iveryono, both the young and the old,
thould sec this wonderful feature by
he famous "101" Bison Co.
In addition three excellent pictures !
iro shown:?
"Sally Scraggs, the House Maid"?A \
?ery clever Rex picture. Always in '
he.lead and catchy.
"Clam and Her Mysterious Doll"? >
tnothcr wonderful Universal produc- S
ion.
"What "Papa Got"?A comedy that |
/ill please all.
Billy Woodward just recelvod ou too p
ilamoda the first copy sent to Alaska 8
f tho now famous song sung by all the j
Jltes in Europe on the marches, "It's 1
>? will sing his catchy march song to- U
ight and Saturday; come and hear :?
dm.
Don't ehfvor with-the cotf, but buy g|
jra v.-hilo they are cheap at W. H. i!
Look for Juneau Drug Ce.'e special h
3. p, il :
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT AND
QUALIFICATION OF CO-PART
NERSHIP ADMINISTRATOR.
In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Division Number One
Juneau Commissioner's
PrcclncL
In the Matter of tho Copartnership Es
tate of Epsteyn, Gilmour & Co.,
Consisting of William P. Gilmour,
deceased, Bavid A. Epsteyn and En:
mctt J. McKenna.
To all persona whom It may concorn:
I'leaso tako notice, that on the 26th
day of October, 1914, by order duly
made and entered by the .Probate
Court for the Juneau Commissioner's
Precinct, Territory and Division of
aforesaid, I was duly appointed Gener
al Administrator of the Estate of Ep
stoyn, Gilmour & Co. a copartner
ship consisting of William P. Gilmour,
Into of tho City of Juneau, deceased,
David A. Epsteyn and the undersigned,
Emmett J. McKanna, both of the City
of Juneau, Alaska; and that on tho
4th day of November, 1914, I duly
qualified as such Gonoral Administra
tor under such appointment.
All persons having claims against
Raid Estate should present tho same
with proper vouchers therefor to me at
the office of 3ald Arm in .tho City of
Juneau, Alaska, within six months of
tho date of first publication hereof.
Dated at Juneau, in the Territory of
Alaska, Division Number One, this the
4tl\ day of November 1914.
EMMETT J. McKANNA,
Cencral Administrator of
tho Estato of Epsteyn, Gil
mour & Co., a copartner
ship.
GUNNISON & ROBERTSON,
Attorneys for General Ad
ministrator, Juneau, Alaska.
First publication. Nov. 6, 1914,
Last publication, 1914.
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL HOME
STEAD APPLICATION.
Serial Number 01651
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
R. F. Lewie, a citizen of the United
States, over the age of twenty-ono
years, being entitled to the benefits
of Section 2306 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, and amendments
thereto, has applied to mako entry
of tlft lands ombraccd in United
StateB Non-mineral Survey Number
1084. situate in Last Chanco Basin,
lbout one-fourth (%) of a mile North
mat of Juneau Townslto, Territory of
Masks, and more particularly describ
ed as follows, towit:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical ;
vith Cor. No. 1, Whitnoy Placer Sur
rey 289; thence N. 390 ft. to Cor. No. :
!; thenco E. 1JM0 ft. to Cor. No. 3,
dentlcal with Cor. No. 3, Survoy No.
vor. No. 3, Survey No. 157; thonce S.
56; thence S. 59* 23' W. 222.7 fL to
63? 57' W. 215 ft. to Cor. No. 3. Sur-|
voy No. 158: thonco N. 75" 13' W.|
211.9 ft. to Cor. No. 3, Survey No. 159;
thonco S. 56* 28' W. 228.8 ft. to Cor.
No. 3, Survey No. 160; thonce S. 47*
43' W. 253 ft. to Cor. No. 3. Survey
No. 161; thonco S. 66" 28' W. 211.6 i
ft. to Cor. No. 3, Survey No. 162;
thonco S. 56? 15' W. 229.2 ft. to Cor. ;
No. 2, U. S. Survey No. 162; thence
along lino 2-1 Survey No. 162 100 ft.
to poliit; thence West 94 feet to Ccr. j]
No. 2, Whitney Placer. Survey No.
289; thence N. 13? 15' W. 389 feet to!
Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
This survey Is situated in latitude <
58? IS' North and Longitude 134? 24'
Ac additional to the original Home
stead entry of Edwin Rasey on the
East Half of tho Northwest quarter
and tho East. Half of tho Southwest
Qnarter of Section 4, Township 105, '
North, Rnngo 33 West, which he en
tored "May 1, 187.. per Homestead
Number 677, Wortbington, Minnesota.
Any an^l nil persons claiming ad
versely any portiop of the above do
scribed tract of land are requlrod to
file with tho Register r.nd Receiver
of the United States Land Offico at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto under oath during tho period '
of publication, or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
tho provisions of this Statute.
R. P. LEWIS.
Nov. 1ft, 1914.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Junenu, Alaska.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing notice be published for tho
statutory period in the "Alaska Daily "
Empire," a daily newspaper of gener- ?
al circulation printed at Juneau. Alas
ka, tho nearest newspapor to said
above described c'alm of survey.
C. B. WALKER.
Register.
First publication Nov| 11, 1914.
Last publication, Jan. 10, 1915.
Tho Emplro has more readers than
any other Alaska paper.
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hardware!
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Estimates and prompt attention given nl! i.-indsJob V/orK
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tZTSOSZi WAUGH ROCK DRILLS and
EVINRUDE DETACHABLE MOTORS
MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE
Furniture Rugs Office Desks Go-Carts Etc.
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Capital.. .. $50,000
j Surplus and Undivided Profits 50,000
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With as and in return yon will get all tf>at a good tank
can give. %::our interests will fiavc-our most careful atten- ;
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Juneau. Alaska. I
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Hats, Gloves,
OAS ARRIVED
QUR NEW STOCK .QF
Also Large Stock of Mens, Womens and Childrens
hese were bought before the sharp advance in price, which
enables us to maintain our usual low price on footwear.
TBe Home of
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, & Marx
in, Clothes p
Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co.
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