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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY, . Editor and Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by thej
EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY, at Second and Main j
Streets, Juneau. Alaska.
Entered as second-class matter November 7, 1912. j
at the postoffice at Juneau, Alaska, under the Act of;
Jdarch 3. 1S79.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Delivered by carrier In Juneau. Douglas, Tread well and i
Thane for 31-00 per aonlh.
By mall, postage paid, at the following rates:
One year. In advance, 910.00 ;
Six months, in advance 5.00 1
Three months, in advance 2.50 .
Oue month. In advance l-Ol :
ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION
Subscribers will confer a favor If tbey will prompt j
ly notify the Business Office of any failure or lrregu i
larity In the delivery of their papers.
Authorized Local Agents
Douglas and Tread well. Miss Lena White; Thane.:
Ed. Morgan: Perseverance. Hans iioilmcr
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Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices. 37s j
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CIRCULATION OVER 2,000 DAILY
SWORN CIRCULATION STATEMENT FOR THE
WEEK ENDING MARCH 10th, 1917.
The daily average circulation of THE ALASKA
DAILY EMPIRE for the week ending March 19th,
1917. "was 2.1SS copies. . ?
The circulation for each day of the week follows:
Monday 2.185 ?
Tuesday 2.1S7
Wednesday 2.200
Thursday 2,192
Friday 2.200
Saturday '. 2.161
Total ' 13.128 .
The foregoing is a true and correct statement of
the daily circulation or THE ALASKA DAILY EM
PIRE for the week ending March 10th. 1917c
\V. fcT. BURFORD. Circulation Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day
of March. 1917.
JNO. R. WINN. Notary Public.
My commission xepires Oct. 21. 1919.
END OP THE DEADLOCK
The termination of the Senatorial deadlock yes
terday has no doubt caused relief throughout the
Territory. The people elect legislators to overhaul
the laws, repair them where necessary to make them
usdful. and to make new ones where the public wel
fare seems to demand them, and not to fight political
battles. However, the fight that has taken place may
result iu good. It has served to permit Senators to
work oft the edge of the fighting spirit that was
aroused during the campaign, and. if appearances
count, the' Senators are sick ar.d tired of strife and
, ready to get down to work for the Territory of
Alaska. Whilo the fight was somewhat protracted1
and longer than we would like to have another or
ganization conf^st, tfcqje is plenty of time left in
wnich to do a lot of good work for Alaska.
PASS THE .MEMORIAL
The memorial introduced by Senator Sulzer ask
ing Congrctes to provide a naval base in Alaska and ,
protection for the mines and fisheries and timber j
anjd other resources scattered along Alaska's long i
coast line is timely and should be passed quickly. ?
In' the event-of war-between the United States and,
aiul power Alaska would Lc an easy prey if the fight ?
should be carried to the Pacific, and a valuable prey. ?
Her gold, copper, coal, timber and fish would be
just what a warring power would want. They are
resources such as war thrives on. They arc all nec-'
essities. The United States should Jake such action
as would insure the e resources to our own country in
case of war and prevent them front nourishing an
enemy.
A PRACTICABLE SOLUTION"
The plan of the Snow and Casey bills for the
Territory to go fifty-fifty with the municipalities in
th?t cost of maintenance of the schools .seetus to be
about as fair a manner of settlement of the school j
financing: problem as we are likely to be able to j
arrive at now. It would mean, of course, that the ,
First revision would have to aid the other Divisions in:;
the maintenance cf their schools, but as Ions as Alas-1
ka is one Territory those sections of it where nopula-' !
tion and development are greatest will have to carry!.
a little more than their per capita share of the bur. '
den. s
The Snow-Casey plan is for the Territory to put ,
up a dollar against every dollar a municipality will j
expends for schools with the provision that no city j a
can receive more than $13,000. That mean3 that if j3
Juneau should expend $13,000 for the maintenance of
hei schools the Territory would put up $13,000 against j
it and provide a $30,000 school fund for the city, j
The amount would constitute substantial assistance ti
to the schools, and at the same time the circuin-' v
stance that the municipality would have to pay half: *
of {he expense of the schools would serve to induce j p
economy in their management.
SUFFRAGE ADVANCES
c:
While certain ladies in Washington are planning c
to march seven times around the White House and o!
render a ram's-horn septette for the benefit of the
suffrage cause, evidences arc not wanting that some
thing considerably more effective, if not so dramatic.
Is being done by suffragists in other localities.
We learn, for instance, that both parties in On- 0
tario have agreed to grant votes to women and that
the measure will pass without serious opposition.
In Arkansas legislation is all but complete to give
the women votes in party primaries, which is about i)l
equivalent to the full vote, for victory at a Demo- ta
cratic primary is generally equivalent to an election
in that State. By using their power in the party
the women can geu the rest of the voting privilege w'
if they want it. Again, in Indiana both houses of R1.
the Legislature have passed limited suffrage bills,
following the law in Illinois, and so moving suffrage sii
one more State east. Michigan, next door to Indiana, fir
has already come within a hair's breadth or joining no
the suffrage column, and Ohio is showing signs of a
failing into line.
In ail of this political prophets will see the rui
signs of a general break up. ? i
HAIN'T GOT N'O CANGE
N
Mexico's part in Zimmerman's proposed German
Mexican-Jap alliance was to conquer and retake Tex
as, New Mexico and Arizona. It requires little imag
ination to understand the' swelling pride of the Mexi
can when this proposal was submitted. We can also j
feel the "what might have been" sadness of the thought
which must have followed. Conquer Texas, New Mex
ico and Arizona with Mexicans!
It reminds one of the old darkey shoeblack who
was asked to change an American Golden Eagle. He
took it in his hand, and longingly scanned each of Its
shining bright sides, an I, slowly returning it, sadly
said. "I thanks you fo' do honnah, boss, but I hain't
got no change."
Tho Dispatch attempts to justify Delegate Wick
ershani for asking Congress to pass a prohibition bill
for Alaska to prevent tho liquor dealers' association j
from bribing the Territorial Legislature. It says that !
such action is no reflection on tho Legislature or the |
capacity of the people of Alaska to govern them
selves. Well, it depends wholly upon tho view
point.
The Halifax authorities having deprived von Bern
storff of his rubber heels, why can't tho Washing
ton authorities take a good hint and yank off Bill j
Stone's gum shoes??(Boston Transcript.)
If the decision should be that the suggested
jperation would be impracticable, "Gumshoe Bill"
might be told to go to Halifax.
When the mail-order liquor houses admit that
i the bone-dry laws will put them out of business they
pay incontcstiblo tribute to tho skill with which
the franters of bone-dry laws have done their work.
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DUB TO ICNORAXCK. NO DOUBT
(Ketchikan Progressive-Miner)
The Washington Herald commenting- recently o:
the act of .Congress making Alaska dry, said:
"When the House of Representatives last
week voted Alaska into the dry column by
a majority that left no doubt as to the son
' ' tirnent of the Congress on this question, was
influenced largely by the remarks of Dele
gate James Wiekersham. of Fairbanks. Al
aska. Delegate Wiekersham told Congress
I that Alaska had voted overwhelmingly in fa
vor of the banishment of all intoxicants from
the Territory. His speech furnished tho
strongest argument in favor of prohibition far
( Alaska, anil there was no strong counter ar
gument. Mr. Wiekersham has 110 vote In
Congress. He has. however, a volco, and
that voice has been used vigorously and with
marked ability in expressing tho wishes of
I tho constituency ho represents."
No doubt the Herald's remarks were made it
! good faith, albeit evidently ignorant of the circum
stances. Had the writer looked into the matter
I ho would have expressed himself differently or wouk
have said nothing at all.
Tho facts in the caso are well known to al
1 Alaskans. In his advocacy of the measure in Con
! gross, the Delegate did not represent his constit
uents. if constituents here aro meant his supporters
On the contrary ho represented' his enemies. Hii
real constituents; his real supporters at all elections
slnco he was elected Delegate the first time; his
[ real friends who spent time and money for his re
: elections were opposed to tho bill making Alaska dry
Wiekersham. when he found that a large majorit]
of the voters were opposed to the liquor traffic
like a renegade, threw his faithful supporters a bont
to chew on and walked off at the head of his for
mer opponents, leaving behind him his best friends
who had stood behind him all these years, througl:
thick and thin. No. the Herald is mistaken and
while we admit the Delegate has a voice, he often
uses it to puni h his best friends when they happen
to be in tho minority.
ALASKA'S BUSY SEASON
(Seattle I'ost-Intelligencer)
Work on the government railway In Alaska en
ters upon an important stage this season, anil every
arm of government activity is to be exerted to fin
ish thy 500 miles of tracklaying necessary to comple
tion within the next two years. Approximately 5,000
m<Mi arc to be employed, and such of these as are
not now in the north are preparing to leave Seattle
during this month.
The government engineers are to install, before
fall, a railroad bridge across the Susitna river at
Indian creek, the largest bridge on the system save
that to be built across the Tanana river. There are
to be two 300-foot steel spans, and the length of the
structure, with approaches, will be 820 feet . The
cost is to be $300,000.
Grading and tracklaying into the Susitr.a valley,
north of Chickaloon, is to ptocecd with the coming of
spring. Anchorage and Seward are to be connected
by rail this, season, if possible. Rebuilding of the
old Alaska Northern railway will be completed. Grad
ing will also be undertaken on the north portion of
the line, between Fairbanks and Xenana, and from
N'enana southward.
Freight transportation facilities to Alaska are to
!>e taxed to the utmost during the spring and sum
tier. Rails, cars, locomotives, lumber, equipment
ind supplies are going forward in large quantities,
rhe government is to utilize its transport service to
issist in the work, and barges are also to be used.
With the large tourist traffic to be stimulated
?y Seattle's more favorable passenger rate from the
?last, steamships in the Alaska service are to have
i busy season. Alaska commerce, general business
m l tourist travel are to make records in 1917.
Bernard M. Stone, formerly cf Seward, has pur
hasei the Forty-Ninth Star of its owner John Hecky,
nd will enter the journalistic field at the railroad
erminal.- Mr. Stone is a good newspaper man, and
rill give his readers a good paper. Anchorage needs
good Democratic newspaper and Mr. Stone will
arnish one. We wish hint success.?(Valde/. Pros
ector.)
Alaskans have quit registering delight at the sue
ulent orange or rich banana. They are too cheap!
Nowadays when we want to get on a real burst of
xtravagancc we set our incisors into a potato. At
cents a pound thoy have every other luxury backed 1
ff the map for extravagance.? (Valdcz Prospector.) ,
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The recent spell of fine weather has been of s
reat benefit to our freighters and millmen who have
labled to freight many hundred tons of supplies to ,
leir mines and prospects within this vicinity. ?
."aldez Prospector.) ?
s
Former Senator Dcpew, who says the way to keep 1
>ung is to have an eye for a pretty girl and toll *
ir wife about her. He may know how to keep young. 1
it ho has no idea about how a man should enter- t
in his wife.?(Louisville Courier-Journal.) I
Have you seen an American who is nervous about p
hat Carranza may do to us when war with Ger- ],
The difference between the circumstances of the ..
my begins??(Louisville Courier-Journal.) 'v
iking of the Lusitania and the Laconia is that the ,
?st incident was premeditated murder as per an
uncement. and the last premeditated murder after "
broken pledge.?(Louisville Courier-Journal.) i!
Even though Villa never proclaimed a regime of *1
thlessness, we doubt if his morals are on straight, n
(Dallas News.)
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Fuller Bunk Sayp :
Eses-ipir A'
VAlu^l- ev:prices'
^O'J couldn't l.urt nn a*-i*>r'n feMinxs
*v-?mc ?lnyn by thro'?'?i; ?*;?;<< ra i .tu
BITS OF BY- PLAY
By Luke McLuke
Copyright by Cincinnati En
qutror.
Paste This in Your Lid.
Don't cubs your lot, do not get eore,
Don't loose your nerve;
The fact is you are getting more
Than- you deserve.
Famous Eye Openers.
Cocktulls.
Alarm clocks.
Belladonna.
V. hlsky. ?
Marriage.
September Morn.
"Amen."
Huh!
Any man who proposes to a
certain Portsmouth (Ohio) has fair
warning of what may happen after
he marries her. The girl's name is
May Boss.
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Bless His Heart!
i lie is a gentleman, all right.
Is Mr. Booth;.. . >
I For he would rather be polite
Than tell the truth.
; Help?
, "Do you know that you can pro
i nounco a word quicker when you ,
? add a syllable to it?" asked the,
? Smart Guy.
' "What word?"t asked the Old,
? | Fogy. '
"Quick," replied the Smnr' Guy
i Sic Him!
1 "The Democrats selected an ap
1 propriate emblem." said the Itepub-,
1 lican. "Everybody knows that a;
donkey is a jackass."
"And I suppose the Republicans
selected the elephant because it has!
has so much ivory in its head,"
responded the Democrat.
What?
W hat has become of the old
fashioned woman who used to clear :
the coffee with an egg
How About It?
If Edna May Wash, of Cincinnati,V
will she make up her mind to do 1
it, wc can use her in the laundry,
department.
Firms Is Firms. |(
As a rule blacksmith shops are |,
not very well lighted. But Winders I (
& Winders have a blacksmith shop , |
at Titus, Ind. ,
Atta Boy {
Some men are stingy and won't c
come across when you need dough. c
But Grant U. Lone is a machinist at c
New Amsterdum, lnd. |a
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Sprir.fi; Has Come!
Green Meadow, of Jumping |C
Branch, W. Va., has joined the ^
Club. ? n
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Aw, You Say It! t
Harry Seevor lives at Bald Knob, f
Ark' t
Names Is Names.
Otto Sedan lives at Troy, Ohio. 11
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Our Daily Special
Tight Wads Always Hate Each l(
Other. ^
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Luke McLuke Says J"
The old-fashioned girl who went CI
to a Fortune Toller to find out if 'a
tier future husband would be a rich 10
man, now has a daughter who goes
to Dun's or Bradstreet's for the ai
same purpose.
If Mother and Father do not want vc
daughter to marry a no-count mutt m'
ihc is traveling with, they should ca
tart in and boost him and praise t0
liin every ten seconds. Then of^
daughter would get sick of him. "~
lut if Mother and Father start in v
o knock the lad, it is a cinch that wl
laughter will marry him. in
Figuring it all around, there are wa
irobably as many bathrooms in '
ouses whero nobody takes a bath
s there are billiard rooms In houses ,ec
.?here nobody plays billiards.
Tho reason why a girl knows vc
hat she loves a man Is because she " '
as found out that some other girl ?
? trying to land him.
As a rule a woman is terribly
isappointed if tho unexpected docs
ot happen.
Why is it that the average tailor ?
doesn't seem to care a hang how his
own clothes fit?
After you have roamed around
the world for a while you discover
I that the dues are arised more frc
Kiuentiy than they arc reduced.
I Only one person enjoys being
flattered more than a woman?and
; that is a man.
A woman is disappointed when
she does not get what she wants,
and she is disappointed when she
does get it.
Men judge others by themselves.
That Is why every married man be
lieves that all other married men
I arc bossed by their wives,
j Some women muy regard a hus
jbnnd as a meal ticket. But it is
1 different with a farmer's wife.
The loneliness of a great city
j wlion you arc a stranger and broke,
Is greater than the loneliness pf
| Death Valley.
TIPS FROM TEXAS.
(Dallas News.)
j Our guess is that it is awful to
! pay an income tax, but fine to owe
! it.
Sometimes a man believes lie has
good judgment because he's got a
bad temper.
Sometimes a woman is so hard
up to be fashionable she pretends
to be fond of a silly little dog.
Extravaganco is to be condemned,
but a girl ought to own enough
hairpins to make her head look
smart.
Moreover, it is .possible for a wo
man to be n perfect thirty-six at
the belt and a perfect simp at the
bean.
CANNERYMEN IN
ALASKA LOOKING
FOR GIG SEASON
Increase in the Price
of Meat Given as a
Reason for Fish
Prosperity.
SEATTLE, March 9.?Increase in
the price of meats is the reason |
given by O. Lystad, a prominent;
canneryman from Alaska, for the J
prosperity of the fish Industry dur
ing the last year, says the Times.
Mr. Lystad is in Seattle making
preparations for the construction
of a $:?(),000 cannery in conjunc
tion with an Alaska herring and
sardine company at Port Walters.
!Ie has been prominent in the can
ting business in Alaska for the last
en years, and the new cannery, j
mlarglng upon the present activity 1
if the company will handle salmon 1
inly. He will leave for the north
in March* 15 with a vessel and
cows laden with construction nin
erials.
"Soaring meat prices have practi-.
ally put its regular consumption
ieyond the reach of the poor and
s there is much nourishment in
tsh, the popularity and the use of
his product has gradually spread '
rom the west further eastward un
il people of all classes are consum
rs of the product," said Lystad at
lie Rainier-Grand hotel. "We are
reparing this year for one of the -
tost successful seasons in the his
>ry of the Alaska fishing in
ustry and though at the present
me the price of fish is not pro
ortionately high with that of oth
? meat products, it is bringing
rger prices than it ever has he
re.
"We notice no decrease in the
nount of fish, the yearly catch be
g just as large as it was ten
ars ago, and with the advent of
ore hatcheries in the North I 1
n see no reason why we cannot |
restall the gradual extermination
the fish,"
THE PHONE BRINGS US
th no delay when you want coal
a hurry. Wo always liave a
?Bon ready to answer emergency,
lis. While we pride ourselves on
r delivery service we do not ncg
t to see that the coal we handle
the best obtainable. As to prices
leave it to you to say after
ng our coal whether the price
reasonable or not.
FemmerS Ritter
Phone 114
STEFANSSON IS ?
WINTERING AT
NORTHERN POINT
I ? N
Northwest Police Bring
News of Explorer and
Capture of Slayers
of a Priest. !]
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WAITING ON THE ICE- i
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Stefansson Hopes That
He Can Get Away for
Continuance of His
Northern Trip.
DAWSON, Y. T., March 8. ?
1 (By mail.)?The Canadian Royal
| Northwest mounted police expedi
tion arrived here today with newt
of Stefansson, the Arctic explorer,
who was with the Polar Bear win- ,,
toring at Prince of Wales Strait. 7
The news, the first in months from i
the explorer, was brought from j
Ilerschel Island by Capt. Lcnauzc,
commander of the Ilerschel Islam,
police, who made the trip of 200
miles to Fort McPherson alone with
a dog team, considered a remark
able feat in Arctic travel.
Lenauze says Stefansson hopes tin
ice will let him escape northward,
so that he can make the North
west passage, concluding his voy
age at Montreal. Lenauze says tin
explorer declares the so-called white
Eskimos are a myth. ?\.
The expedition brought news that
Lenauze lust summer crossed Coro
' nation Gulf from Great Bear lak< i
and captured two copper Kskimos
who, it is charged, murdered two
Catholic priests, Fathers Rouvlen
and Leroux, in the vicinity of tin
Dismal lakes four years ago. They .
are held at Ilerschel Island and will
be taken to Fort McPherson in the
spring.
The police expedition, which lef*
hero January 0, last, for ten days
encountered temperature apprcxi
inately 70 degrees below zero. It .
reports the Hudson Bay gusoline ;i_
schooner Fort McPherson last June
reached the Arctic Red river post i
from Ivittygazult, on the Arctic |
coast, the first ocean-going vessel |
to navigate the Mackenzie delta.
CHARTERED BANKS I
IN CANADA TAKING
UP THE WAR LOAN
OTTAWA. March 15. ? Chartered
banks of Canada are putting in a uni
fiod subscription, amounting, accord
lug to the report, to $75,000,000, to :
the $150,000,000 loan of th& Domiu
Ion government to take up the 1ml
tnco unsubscribed by tho public
Phoy subscribed $50,000,000 to the
5100,000.000 loan of September, 1910,
m tho same condition, but the loan
vas oversubscribed by the public.
NEW BANK FOR NEW YORK
NEW YORK, March 15.?Edmund
J. Fisher, deputy New York city
controller, will head a new $2,000,
00 national bank in this city.
"All tho liews All tho Time." ?
Juneau Junk Go.
Dealers In
All Kinds of Junfc
Brass, Copper, Rubber, Manila
Rope, Sacks, all kinds of Machln
sry, Bottles, Rags, Paper and
Slothing.
^ear City Dock. Phone 434
THE OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA V
M. BEHRENDS BANK
j SL
Established 1891
Incorporated 1914
fl Every service a bank may render is performed by us for our
customers cheerfully, promptly and on the very best of terms. J1
Savings earn interest here and your cash fs always safe.
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PROFESSIONAL
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Dr. L. 0. Sloane
, Office Phone?18
House Phone?297
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Dr. P. J. Mahone
412 Goldstein Bldg.
Office Phone 822
House Phone 823
JUNEAU ? - ? ALASKA
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Harry C. DeVighne, M.D.
Rooms 2, 3, 4, Maloney Bldfi.
Office 2303?PHONES?Res. 2303
JUNEAU . . . ALASKA
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Dr. Leonard P. Dawes
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN
Omco 1st Nat'l Bank Bide.
Hours 10 to 12 m; 1 to 4;
and 7 to 9 p. m.
Office 2602?PHONES?Res. 2603
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William Pallister, M.D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Specialist in the treatment of
diseases and deformities o( the
eye and ear, nose and throat.
Glasses fitted. OfUce Juneau Gen
eral Hospital.
Phone 500
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Dr. R. Edward Smith
Practice Limited to General
Surgery, Office and Hospital
Cases.
Office Hours 3 to 5 and
7 to 8 p. ni. Phone 62
1 and Z MALONEY BLK.
?;i
D. J. Hickey
PHARMACIST
Doran's Prescription Pharmacy
Phono 3 113 Second Ave.
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Dr. H. Vance
Roomi 5 and 6, Maloney Bldg.
Seward Street
Osteopathic Physician
Otllce Hra. 9-12. 1-5- 7-9
OtHce 295?PHONES?Re?. 1404
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Phono 176
White & Jenne
Dentists
Valentine Bldg., Juneau
IS
Dr. E. H. Kaser
Dentist
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg
PHONE 66
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Jl
Reynolds & Harroun
LAWYERS
Hoge Building
SEATTLE ? - - WASH.'
is
A. Howard Peterson
Architect
Room 1, Valentine Building
PHONE 417
IS
Miss Albrecht
Osteopath
Swedish Massage, Medical Gym
nastics. Expert treatment given
In all cases requiring masMAKc,
diet nnd mechanical therapeutics.
Rooms 410. Goldstein Building
PHONE 283
1 J
M. S. Sutton
Architect
113 Decker Building
Phone 111, Juneau, Alaska
la
Kazis Krauczunas
Lawyer
Juneau Office?Hotel Zynda
Office 403 Lyons Dldg-, Seattle
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H. F. Erwii
Land Attorney
Coldsteln Gldg., Juneau, Alaska
Prnctlco before the U. S. Land
Office and Dopjirtment of the In
terior In land and mineral mat
ters exclusively.
Free Delivery Phone 386
HEIDELBERG
Liquor Go.
Free Concert Every Erening
7 Till 12
RAINIER BEER
on Draught and Bottled
Mail Orders a Specialty
; TWO IN ONE ? Tho EMPIRE'S
! way for everybody. The EMPIRE'S
"ads" keeps the housewife Informed
of all sales and tho news columns
nro right up to the minuto on the
day's news.
THE EMPIRE'S classifieds pay.