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“BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE McMANUS YOU LOOK TROO&LED \ Cajs* tHM xoor home life lb NOT VERt HA.PPV ARMY SCRAPPER DESIRES PLACE ON ELKS' CARD Feather Champion of North west May Appear on Elks’ Labor Day Bill. With the neaanner all settled for the Elks’ Labor Day Smoker card, the matchmaking committee of the Bills lias a dtanc.e to put on a second classy go on the fame schedule if it can connect up with a real fight er in the feather—or bantamweight division. It' Whs half of manpower and science necessary to make up this go in the person of "Dick'' Carter, a battling dentist in khaki who is temporarily sojourning at Chilkoot Barracks while bis chief. Capt. J. L. Boyle, Army dental sur geon, shows the "Chil-kootles" some thing extra a^out the joys of army life. Carter bears the papers which go a long ways to show that he is a tough little customer. He apparent ly looks on scraps like small boys to the apples on the neighbors’ trees —there for the early comer. Carter, who Is a husky 120-pounder, poumlert Ills way to the head of his class in the Northwest army posts at Camp Lewis when he slipped a dreamland ticket to on Vaaqueza, who was up to that time titleholder. Carter passed through Juneau ear ly this week enroute from the west where he has been since early in the summer to Chilkoot Rarrack. He is in shape to step into the ring and only waits for an opponent to show up. The local Elks are looking for a man to go on with the flashy sol dier, anything tip to 125 pounds goes with Carter. A search through local talent this week failed to net the Elks’ matchmakers and match for Carter. Any candidate for the honors will get a big reception from the com mittee and a chance to meet a sure enough scrapper. KENNETH WILLIAMS HITS ANOTHER HOMER ST. LOUIS, Auk. 24— Kenneth Wil liams hit his twenty-fourth homer In the fourth inning yesterday against Boston with Ferguson pitching and no man on base. CY ALSO HITS PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2! -Cy Wil liams hi h's thirty fourth homer yes terday in the eighth inning with Al exander pitching and no man on base. Old papers for sale at Empire Printing Company. Important to all Women Readers of this Paper. Thousands upon thousands of women have kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to he nothin); else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not In a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may suffer pain in the back, headache and loss of ambition. Poor health mak^s you nervous, irritable and may be despondent: it makes any one so. But hundreds of women claim that l)r. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring health to the kidneys, proved to be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Many Bend for a sample bottle to see what Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder medicine will do for them. By enclosing ten cents to I>r. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton. N. Y., you may receive sample size bottle by Parcel Post. Y*u ran purchase medium and large alge bottles at all drug store*, (advertisement ) THREE HOMERS; SEATTLE WINS SALT LAKE, Aug. 24. — FUiy Rohwer, loft fielder, Heinie Baldwin, third baEOman and Pitcher Elmer, Jacobs all homered yesterday after noon. It was Hohwer's twenty-sev enth circuit swat of the rea.tn. Jacobs made his homer with two nun on bases. Jacobs also allowed but four hits in the game which | was won by Seattle 11 to 4. The batteries were: Salt Lake—McCabe and Jenkins. , Seattle—-Jacobs and Yaryan. YESTERDAY’S GAMES. Pacific Coast league. Oakland 6; San Francisco 7. Vernon 4; Los Angclc3 5, eleven innings. Salt Lake 4; Seattle 11. Sacramento 4, 1; Portland 5, !). National League. Brooklyn 8; Cincinnati 10. Philadelphia 4; Chicago 5. Boston 3; Pittsburgh 8. Now York 8, 4; St. Louis 7, 7. American League. St. Ixtuis 4; Boston 1. Cleveland 2; Washington 1, ten in nings. Detroit 2; New York 1. Chicago 10; Philadelphia 0. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. Pacific Coast League. San Francisco Sacramento .... Portland . Salt Lake . Seattle . Ix)s Angeles ... Vernon . Oakland . W. 87 80 78 69 67 G3 63 L>. 68 66 66 74 77 80 82 National league. w. New York . 75 Cincinnati . 70 Pittsburgh . 69 Chicago .. 65 St. I/Ouis . 59 Brooklyn . 57 Philadelphia . 3 8 Boston . 36 L. 45 46 48 53 60 60 78 80 American League. New York ... Cleveland .... Detroit _ St. Ixiuis .... Washington Chicago . Philadelphia Boston . W. 74 63 57 57 55 53 49 44 L. 40 53 53 56 58. 61 64 67 Pet .600: .552' .545 | .490 | .475 .465 I .441! .435, Pet. .625 | .603] .590 .551 1 .496 | .4871 .328 .310 Pet .649 | .543 I .518 .504 | .487 .465 .434 .396 NOTICE. TO SCOTT IS H RITE M A SO NS: Regular meeting of Consistory i and Special Meeting Lodge of Per , lection, Friday 24th. WALTER B. IIEISKL, udv. Secretary. Old papers for rale at The Empire. RED PEPPER FOR COLDS IN CHEST Ease your tight, aching chest, Stop the pain. Break up the con gestion. Feel a bad cold loosen up In just a short time. "Red Pepper Rub" is the cold remedy that brings quickest relief. It cannot hurt you and it certainly seems to end the tightness and drive the congestion and soreness right out. Nothing has such concentrated, penetrating heat as red peppers, and when heat penetrates right down into colds, congestion, aching mus cles and sore, stiff joints relief comes at once. The moment you apply Red Pep per Rub you feel the tingling heat. In three minutes the congested spot is warmed through and through. When you are suffering from a cold, j rheumatism, backache, stiff neck or 1 sore muscles, just get a jar of 1 Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made from ! red peppers, at any drug store. You ! will have the quickest relief known. I (advertisement.; « Baby Wins England’s Beauty Honors. iJu!3trc<J Harmn-^Tbtv English mothers were keenly in terested in the National Child- ! ten's cloauty Contest, which has jnst been hold at Sendown Pier, | near London. Several hundred ! little girls front all over the United Kingdom wort- entered. Charming little Mildred Harring ton wc,; the first prize winner. OIL AND BATHS { SAVAGE TAMERS MANILA, P. I., Aug. 24—How the| messengers of mercy and health are gradually convincing the Moros of; the island of Jolo that the ways of1 peace arp better than their own old, savage customs, is told by Miss! Montaya Salih, Moro nurse. In charge | of the puericulture center of Jolo. j The Moro mothers are being gradual ly and steadily won over to civilized ways in the care of their children, Miss Salih says. Describing some of her many dif-1 Acuities during the first days of her assignment at the center, Miss Salih.! in a report, says: "At present there are forty babies and a few expectant mothers e-tiling! to my ( enter. Most of the babies I need treatment. The expectant mo-; thers come for advice. The tfisL few days of my home visits the peo I lie were afraid of me. They h-.j their children and the expectant mo j thers concealed themselves. Nor • they arc1 beginning to realize the good of the puericulture center “On June 18, last, there wr’ four hnbli s needing attention. Two of them were full of scabies and two had fever and were afflicted with itch. The first thing 1 did was to give them tepid sponge baths, then castor oil, because their tongues were coated. The parents of th-“ children were frightened because they said they never bathed patients when they have fever. When I vis ited them four days later they were all getting along nicely and now the mothers are kind to mo and tor oth er people how I cured their bi.iioi DAVIS WILL RECOMMEND IMMIGRATION CHANGES WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 — Secretary of Labor James J. Davis., who recently returned from an Investigation trip to Europe brought back many recom mendations for the improvement of the immigration service, which will be tabulated for Introduction In Con gress. A selective immigration based on consular examination by agents of the immigration service at Con sulates abroad, tho enrollment of all immigrants upon reaching America, a close surveillance of them to de termine whether they cajj and will merge into American traditions and customs, and the fixing of a five year probationary period, during any part of whl'r-Vultens may be deported, re SHlpftg su^gfesflous jSfccretarfc JDj* ■ vis wi! TURKS RATIFY PEACE TREATY CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 21—The Turkish Urantl National Assembly at Angara lias ratified the Lausanne treaty by an overwhelming majority. ANGORA. Aug. 24 The Minister cf National Economy has favorably received an offer from a Turkish Limited Company that is understood would supplant the concession to the American syndicate headed by Rear Admiral Chester for development of Turkish National resources. The Turkish company is understood to bo allied with French ftit (rests. Tins Simple Mixture Helps Wa.d. Eyes Juneau people mo astonished al the QUICK results produced by sim ple camphor, hydrastis. witchliaxel, eLc.. ns mixed in Lavoptlk eye wash. After being afflicted with weak, watery, red eyes for many years a lady reports the FIRST bottle Uav optik helped her. Ono small bottle usually helps ANY CASE weak, strained or sore eyes.Aluminum eye cup FREE. Butler, Mattro & Co., druggists. (advertisement.) in ii i n n it imm mil ill niilllllj fMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!llllllltlll|||||||||||IIItIIIIIIIIIIIIII!lllllllll|||||||||||||l||||||||||| “Safety of Principal” This is above all others the fust essential of an investment. Investments should be selected primarily with this thought in mind. Is the principal safe? Interest return, marketability and the other fea tures of the investments are of a great deal less importance than the return of principal. We own and offer the following- selected invest ments which combine safety of principal, market ability and liberal interest return: SEATTLE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS Yield Due in from one to ten years 6'" miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiimiiiiimiimiiiitiiiiimiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii imiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiitmiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND 5’s. Dated Aug. 1, 1923—Due Aug. 1, 1926. A gen craf obligation of the Swiss Republic, which en joys one of the highest credits in the world. Price $97.29 6% SWIFT AND COMPANY 5’s. Due in 1932. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange. STATE OF SAN PAULO 8’s. Due in 1936. A general obligation of the first state, c< mmcrcialy, in Brazil, and secured by an export tax on coffee. 8 " V7e will be pleased to send you detailed information about any issue if you will sign your Name .. — Address . And Mail To __ __I 0 . . . •• i ‘ '* The Seattle National Bank Bond Department, Seattle, Wash. =jiiiiMiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiitmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniimiiiiiiiiiiimi=. WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO SEATTLE? If yon enjoy a good clean Family Hotel that serves nice home cooked ideal* -iu*4 the beet Che market affords try TI1K (II.KN- • CAIRN, locatod nt 9th & Spring Sts. Four short blocks from lilks’ llall and Library amid pleasant surroundings and within easy walking distune^, Yet away from noise of street carR and autos. Special rtfeis'to Alartktnis by day or week. Under Personal Management of Mis. Glen C. Bartlett. imiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimi PEACHES-PEARS AND OTHER KINDS OF FRtJITS FOR CANNING Place yotifc orders now and be sore to get good fruit and at the right price. CALIFORNIA GROCERY “THE BEST IN EVERYTHING” Phone 478. r T I -1 • I Alaska Transfer Co. I General Hauling, Baggage, I l Coal, Contract Kanling. i ^ Main Street. Pkose 41 ^ T i i i i i JAPANESE TOY SHOP | - I I. ti MAKING 1 , Front Street P 0. Bo* 218 for Mai! Order* j . JL J. SHARICK Jeweler and Optician Watches, Diamonds. (—i. Silverware £9"®^ Jewels ■-k I I | USED FURNITURE | l Bought, Sold and Exchanged | , 3. ROCOVIlN | ill aewanl at. | ToltpUiiiit 441. P. 0 but ttl | 1--—T HOTEL SEATTLE “Home of Alaskans" Prices reasonable. European plan Seattle, Wash. R Li. flODGDON, Manager |-T| We are expert In I “ORNAMENTAL CONSTRUC TIVE WATER-PROOF I CONCRETE,” I and the common wet kind also. I Willoughby Ave., near Hall I grounds. Established Twonty | years. Phone 32 | | CONCRETE PRODUCTS MEG. . COMPANY 1 ■-E PROSPERITY IS HERE Own a Home—Build Now Help Make Alaska Grow Spruce Cement Hemlock Brick Fii Fire Clay Iron Bark Lime Oak Hay Shingles Grain Boat Lumber JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS BEST EVER MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. Now offers additional attractir Disability Benefit feature*. NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL. ALLEN SHATTUCK INSURANCE REAL ESTATE ESTABLISHED 1886 I I PROMPT AND EFFICIENT DELIVERY PHONE 385. GIOVANETTPS GROCERY TRY OUR Merchants Lunch 45 Cent* Arcade Cafe MARY YOUNG, Proprietor. I J Pevilla Fur Shop FURRIERS TAXJDIRMISTS TANNtRS KETCHIKAN.ALASKA SPtciAiizinc in cm minc irom UASKAN Cl'IZS TW UIIS1 MTOSIAC STVUS ALASKA MEAT COMPANY Wholesale and Retail Butchers PHONE 39 SEWARD STREET NEEDN’T WATCH THE OVEN If tho range is fed with our Una stove coal. There will be sure lo bo a fine evpn heat that means good baking an<r roasting. You've got to have coal pretty soon anyway. So why not order It trom us this time and learn how much rnoro heat It gives with less coal than the or dinary kind does? Wo specialize In feed. D. B. FEMMER M PHONE 114. iiistiiiimiiiimmiiii’iiiiiiiiiiiiiuiin WAFFLES Yes, you would like to have 'em for breakfast or lunch, but you have no waffle iron. Why not come in and get a Majestic Waffle Iron with reversable plates for either waffles or hot cakes. We have them on sale. JUNEAU ELECTRIC COMPANY Phone 123 .... 210 Front 8t. iiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiitH'4 The number of Chautuaqua Season Tickets is limited. They are on sale at the Gastineau Hotel. ADULTS, $4.40 4 CHILDREN, $1.10. THE GASTINEAU 3* -niimiiiiiimiiiimmimmiiimiiiiimimmiHiiiiimmiiiiiimuHiimmiiiiititMiiii; :iiiiiiiiimitiiiiii!i!iiiii!iiii!iitiitiin; Used Cars BARGAINS MANY MAKES ALL STYLES all (rood condition. SEE T. J. M’CAUL