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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS SHORT COUNCIL MEETING The Dougins city council held a brief business meeting last night for the purpose of paying the regular monthly bills, etc. Nothing else of importance was done and the ‘meet ing was adjourned until next Mon day night, when the present council will meet for the last time and turn over the reins of city government to the new administration. VOTING SLOW Up until noon today, only twenty votes had been cast in the munici pal election and very litttle interest was being manifested in the affair. TAX SALE Sixteen pieces of property, net ting the city in the neighborhood of $200.00, were sold by (jity Clerk L. W. Kilburn at public sale yesterday on account of delinquent taxes. Some of the property was situated in the heart of the city. SILVER TEA A Silver Tea is to be given by the Ladies’ Guild of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, starting at 2:30 ••ocloQk Thursday afternoon in the League rooms of the Congregational Church. A general invitation is issued to the public. TWO BIG THINGS ARE ON AT LIBERTY THEATRE The weekly being shown tonight at the Liberty should be of interest _l__■ LIBERTY Presents for Tonight Only IN PICTURES TAKEN IN JUNEAU WHEN SECRETARY DANIELS. SECRETARY PAYNE. ADMIRAL RODMAN AND THE TORPEDO BOATS WERE HERE. Thi» is an extra Weekly so don't miss it. ALSO DOROTHY GISH • i' i V “OUT OF LUCK” AND TWO REELS OF "THE TRAIL < OF THE OCTOPUS” AND A WEEKLY OPEN THE SHOW *-*---a USED FURNITURE ! I Bought, Sold and Exchanged i I N. ROCOVICH | I 211 Seward St. j I Telephone 441. P. 0. Box 241 | Kodak and Photo Supplies j NORTHWESTERN KODAK I SUPPLY CO. | Eastman Kodak Co. I 1415 Fourth Avenue Seattle 1 —--—-■ to all Douglas people, as it shows the mo-ving pictures taken here last summer when ‘Secretaries Daniels and Pavne, Admiral Rodman and the torpedo bot fleet visited the harbor. The _ scenes show the two secretaries going about the capital city, off to the mines and other in teresting events. DOROTHY GISH TONIGHT ONLY AT LIBERTY Dorothy Gish will be starred to ! night only at the Liberty in “Out of , Luck,” said to be one of her bright est screen productions, full of good, wholesome comedy. The fourth epi sode of "The Trail of the Octopus" will also be run for tonight only. Masquerade Suns tor rent: Cos tumcs made to order, Mrs. Swart* anberg. Phone 452 Douglas adv TABLE BOARD. Board may now be had by day, week or month; single meals also served. Room to rent. Next to City rta.ll, Douglas. MRS. MAKI. adv. ATTENTION REBEKAHS. All Rebekahs are requested to meet at Odd Fellows Hall, Douglas, Tuesday evening, April 5, for drill practice. FRED A. SWANSON, N. (i.; Josephine Langseth, Sec’y. adv. SITKA NOTES. __1 (Special Correspondence) SITKA, Alaska, April 3.—Sitka , harbor is dotted with fishing boat*. I Great activity prevails along the waterfront. The Ladies’ Athletic Club of Sitka won out over the “Sprowts”—ladies of the S. J. S. faculty—by a score of 5 to 3 in a pretty game of bas ketball played Friday evening. A large crowd turned out to see the game and to enjoy the dance which followed. Mrs. Harry Aphball returned on the Seattle from a several months' stay in the port of the same name. Rev. R. A. Buchanan left on the Kstebeth to attend the Presbytery at Juneau. RHEIMS’ CITIZENS TO DO OWN BUILDING PARIS, April 5.—The former in habitants of Rhelms, 70,000 of whom have returned to the ruins of that city, object to any plan of having German laborers rebuild the town j and have announced that they want 1 to do the work themselves. M. Loucheur, Minister of Devas I tated regions, who recently visited Rheims, was told by the Mayor of | that place that it has suffered dam ages from war to the extent of $.770, 000,000. Schools, hospitals, churches and 94 miles of streets were destroy ed. Work of reconstruction will al so have to include sewerage, as wa ter and electric lighting systems. Public stenographer, Mr3. Crag mont, 309 Goldstein Bldg., Phone 79 adv. JUNEAU ELECTRIC CO. for Your Work and Supplies WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE 1 r «»d ere prepared to execute your order* on Burope at tne low eat E g prevailing rate*. 'Our New York facilities are second to none If = E Jou »r* contemplating sending money to MUrope call Douglae ## E S *n<1 we w111 b® *la<1 to You our 1 si eat quotations. E = Alsace-Lorraine ---Per Hundred Francs s S Great Britain Germany German Austria _ Belgium Czecho Slovakia Finland Greece . Italy ... Norway S Sweden_ Pounds Marks Kronen Francs Kronen Flnmarks Urachmae Lire Kronen Kroner FIRST TERRITORIAL BANK OF ALASKA DOUGLAI, AT,A«ta * 7.05 393.50 1.67 .36 7.35 1.38 2.81 7.70 4.08 16.24 3-8.36 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiimiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiii Are „ Yon Ever Criticised For f ■ Hot Looking Spruced Up? I we* us keep 'your clothes press- I ed tor you. It'll make all the j difference In the world. Our ] w#y of doing It Is the new way THE RENOVATORY Back on the Job Mr. Meldner has returned to 1 Juneau and reopened for busi ness. Expert dyeing and 1 cleaning. i Capital Dye Works •— i t HUNTER HOTEL. (Douglas) | Nicely furnished. 16 rooms | tAhsrcns and soft drinks; pool, j Millards, hsrher shop In con nection. EMILIO UBERTI, Mgr. Phono Douglas 11. FISHERIES BILL IS EXPLAINED BY SENATOR BRITT ' Ly Author of Proposed Legis lative Measure Declares Salmon Must Be Saved. (Continued from Page One.> over their fisheries with unlimited power to save their food fish. “I am also familiar with condi tions in European countries where salmon exist, especially in Norway, and what that country has done for the conservation and propagation or the salmon. For this purpose Nor way ha? divided Its coast line in districts to conform with the run of salmon, and has applied iron rules for the regulation of traps an'1 other appliances, for the size and nlace of fixed and floating appli ances, and lids provided plenty of watchmen for the enforcements. They have abandoned . hatcheries t.> a great extent and tare devoting their energy towards clearing of the streams and the watching of salmon spawning grounds. What It Provides "The idea of the proposed hill is to give the Alaska people full juris diction over the matter, to enforce a gradual change in the existing con ditlons by giving a commission of Alaska people, or an Alaskan Com mfsion, who understand our condi tions, such powers that they may regulate: "First—The closing season. "Second—The location of fix ed fishing appliances. “Third—What appliances, in their estimation, are dangerous to the propagation of salmon. “Fourth—The necessary means., for the enforcement of their rules. “Fifth—The necessary taxes on fish for Territorial revenue, propagation of fish, and ex penses of the Commission. The Fish Trap Question "I don’t doubt, if it came to a popular vote in the First Division, that 50 per cent of the people would be in favor of the abolishment of traps. I do not know what the re sult would be In the Third Division, where fewer traps are used. In the Second Division there are no trips or very f<w. and still the salmon is disappearing in both these di visions. The discussion pro and con would lead to no result here. 1 venture, however, to say that n i sensible fisherman would disagree with’ me when I state that gill nets, or any kind of nets indiscriminately used, are jyst as destructive to spawning streams as any trap. What we are after is regulation both at to gear, and size of gear, and as to closed season, and as to places where \almon shall or #hall not lie fished; and as to the enforcement of these regulations. May Cancel Licenses ‘It is true that the Act recognizes the fish trap as a legitimate fishing appliance and makes provision for holding trap sites for definite peri ods, but only so long as they, as well as'other appliances, do not on danger the industry. Provision for tiie protection of the industry from destructive use of any appliances is contained in Section 26 of the proposed hill, one paragraph ol which reads: “The Commission shall have the right and power to cancel the license for any fish traps or other fishing appliance and the location upon which such fish trap or fishing appliance is situated, whenever the Commis sion deems the same to he In jurious to the propagation, pres ervation and maintenance of the food fslr in Alaska. "We want to catch salmon for food, for profit, and for revenue, and at the same time we want about forty or fifty per cent of our salmon left alone, so It may propagate and give us a continuous supply. Will Protect Industry “The most satisfactory way of catching salmon, whether by trap or net. I will leave for future dis cussion. As to the abolishment of fish traps, I dare gay that no sane legislature will at once legislate an Industry where millions of dollars are Invested, out of business .and thereby deprive our Territory of two-thirds Of our revenue. I know NEW AMERICAN CARDINAL. Archbishop Dougherty, Philadelphia prelate who was recently raised by Pope Benedict to the dignity of Prince of the Church of the Consistory In Home. Cardinal Dougherty will soon leave again for America. I the Congress of the United States j j will not do it. People should not I forget that legislation for the r?gn-j ! lation of the fisheries must bp sp cured from Cdbgress, and in that connection it should always be | borne in mind t^jiit the contstituents1 of Senators and Representatives in Congress who are interested in tlie i Alaska fisheries are interested as i ■ owners, managers, shareholders, etc., 1 of our canneries. It is not reason-! able to suppose that these Senators and Representatives wonl'd ouietly i icqttiesee in legislation that would lestroy or work great hardship on ilicse constituents. On the other ! hand, 1 have been assured through conversation and correspondence! 1 with numerous cannery men, people who have all their savings an 1 the entire savings of many of their | stockholders invested in Alaska can j neries, that a lew similar to the hill introduced would not scare ■ them. They all agree that some j thing must be done to save our sup I ply, and they do not believe that three good Alaska commissioners would rule them out of business. The commissioners could not affor it for the Territory’s sake. “The bill as introduced by me is a I bill for an Act; not a law. It is u | proposition ready for amendments. I criticism and sugestions. The more | T shall receive of these, the better the product.” COLLEGIANS LOSING POST-WAR LETHERGY ST. I.OUIS, Mo.. April 5.—The} i post-war lethargy which has chur j acterized college student* is disap pearing and they are fast returning i .to the old standard of work and scholarship, in the opinio-, of Chan cellor Frederic A. Hall, of Washing-j ton University. | An improvement is noted at thei | local Institution, he states, in spito\ of the fact that the number who I failed to register for the second, i term this year, on account of low marks, is the highest in the history of the University. The charge is illustrated aptly, the Chancellor explains, bv the lack of restlessness so noticeable immed iately following the war, and by the added fact that there ia move ment among the students themselves' to foster a gn ter interest in the purely intellectual phases of college 1 life. LEGISLATORS TO GIVE BALL; PLAN GETS A STARTER Rig Event to Be Managed by Third House Soon Be Given m Juneau. If plan;; started today in the Sen ate are carried out,, the usual leg islators' ball Will shortly bo given in Juneau. • The matter was called up in the Semite by Senator E. I!. Collins, wh n he moved that a committee be appointed to confer with tin* “third house” relative to plans for the t|0tuil Legislators’ ball. "The matter has previously been left in the hantjs of the ‘third house,’ wivej and sisters of mem bers pf -the Legislature,” said Mr. ollins. “to arrange the details for the ball, the members of the Legis lature footing the expenses. Tite ball has been in appreciation of 'he many affairs given by the people of Juneau and vicinity to the members of the Territorial Legislature. The ladles would like to have this mat ter officially brought up and I move that a committee of two or three from the Senate be named by the President to confer with a conim't tee of the House and the ladles.” President Sundback appointed a committee of three, with Collins as chairman and Price and Hiatt as the other members. Senator Price stated that lie objected to being on the committee, having two mem bers of the third house in his fam ily,. who would override all of his suggestions. Senator Britt also re jected to serving on the commit*. ie and Collins was retained as chair man to name his own a s; fante. BOY SCOUTS WILL NOT HAVE MEETING TONIGHT There wil be no mee t ins of the Boy Scouts tonight owing to t fir* fait tho Parent-Teacher'* Associa tion will have a regular meeting. Scoutmaster Phillips said tin* next meeting will probably he one week from tonight. Old papers for sale at the Empire iffiee. 25 cents a bundle. Weatber Conditions As Recorded by the U. & Weather Bureau. Frrecast f^r Juneau and vicinity for 24 Hour* beginning 8 p. m. today Cloudy, with probably rain late tonight and on Wednesday; moderate southeast and east winds. LOCAL DATA Barom. Temp. Wet Bulb Humid WintT Vel. Weatbe* 8 p. m. yesty. .30.25 36.2 35.9 89 Calm Cldy S a. in. today .30.45 y?5.2 33.' 89 F 4 Cldy 12 noon today . .30.43 42.0 37 3 64 SE 7 Cldy OABLE REPORTS FOR 24 HOUR F.NL.nG 8 A. M. TODAY: 1 UHTBKDAl Dutch Itarbor St. Paul Kodiak Nome Noorvik Tanana Kaale . Valdez . Juneau Sitka Prince Kupert Seattle Portland San Francisco Highest' tempt 41 It! 4 28 38 :ts Hit 42 42 50 54 58 TTpTm. tempt. 28 10 37 12 20 3 4 3 2 38 38 4o 48 54 58 i uuA i lament tempt. -1« 4 ro :2 14 ■lu 42 50 8 a.in. tempt. 23 8 24 10 10 18 4 0 34 4 0 42 52 Triclp. 24 hrs. .114 .24 .50 T. .0 2 ' 8 a in Weatbw Snow Cldy Snow Cldy Cldy Pt. Cldy Clear Snow Cldy Clear Snow Cldy Kaln Clear NOTR: Observations at Dutcn Harbor, St. Paul nnd Kodiak, are taken at 2 a. m. and 2 p. m.f 135th nirtdian time, (Juneau time); and at Seattle, Portland, Prince Ilupe't ami San b’ranclsco at 4 a. Bl and 4 p. m , 135th meridian time. Special Sale LADIES' HOUSE DRESSES HOUSE APRONS BUNGALOW APRONS OVERALLS MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S WASH DRESSES HARUM SCAREM Dresses Rompers We are offering a complete assorted stock of the above garments at the time when people usually purchase in order that we may give our customers full benefits of reductions in price. ALL OF THE GARMENTS ARE OF RELIABLE BRANDS OF WASH MATERIALS, ARE WELL MADE AND FURNISHED BEING OF MINA TAYLOR QUALITY WHICH HAS A SUFFICENT GUARANTEE. WE OFFER THE ENTIRE LOT AT 25 per cent off From our usual very low prices. The Treadwell Store Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co. THE OUTTA-LUCK CLUB Blink’s Some Scrapper—In His Dreams. By DOK WILLARD I'ifijr r l-'OWDJA like The Box I mg Bouts, Mu Bunk? T VI K.-0- ITS KINPA LATE. 1 THINK I'LL STXv HERE AT THE CLUB TO-NIGHT WAKE ME UP AT 7 50-YOU May have to SHAKE ME OUT But get ME up Confound it ' • I RECKON t'Ll_ WAVE TO GO UP Anc roll Twa.t BlRC out- Ml DON'T ANSWER N__ THE s+y jk Phone U-C -" OWt WHAT A OREAM - 1 THOUGHT I WAS A PRIZEFIGHTER' AMD VDA ALMC\'r SWORE I got Punched vk> the eye Cwpyngbt, iwi, by Ku-i >m(ium lac. Jl •11