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HUNT, ELSMORE AND PAUL FILE FOR PRIMARIES First Candidates for Legisla ture File Declarations on G.O.P. Ticket. Three divisional filings for the April primaries were announced this morning from the office of the Clerk of the Federal District Court, two being for nomination for the Sen ate and the third for the lower House. All are on the ReRpubliran ticket. The two candidates for the Sena torial nomination are T. S. Elsmore. of Petersburg, and Senator Forest J. Hunt, of Ketchikan, whose term expires before the next legislature convenes. The candidate for the lower House is W. L. Paul former local attorney but now a resident of Ketchikan. Senator Hunt was elected to the Senate in 1920 and served in the 1921 and 1923 Legislatures. He was President of the 1923 Senate. Mr. Elsmore is cashier of the Pet ersburg Bank and Mayor of that town. He has been prominent in civic affairs there since coming to the town. He is also interested in fur farming, being a part owner of an island ranch and a member of the Southeastern Alaska Fox Farm ers’ Association. These filings are the first to hr made for divisional offices in thi - division. It is expedted that addi tional declarations will be made in a few days of candidacies for nom inations for the lower House. The filings of Mr. Hunt and Mr. Paul were made at Ketchikan while the Court was In session there last week. Mr. Elsmore's declaration ■was received here today by mail. 60,000 POUNDS OF FISH SOLD ON LOCAL MARKET Approximately 60.000 pounds of halibut were sold here yesterday by 32 vessels of the local fishing fleet to local buyers, the Juneau Cold Storage Co., purchasing for San Juan Packing Co., and Sam Morris for Sebastian Sturat Co. noth buyers paid 13 cents and 9 cents. The fish will be shipped South tonight on the steamer Victoria. Vessels selling to the Juneau Cold Storage Co., included! Vivian, Dix on, Ida II., Clnra, Emma. Iinarta and Snipe. Those whose fares were bought by Mr. Morris included: Mat garet T„ Dagny, Avona, Pern, Gypsy and one other. Supplies and gear were being pur chased by the fleet today, prepara tory to making another trip to the banks. The vessels will probably remain in port, however, until th present weather moderates ROCKEFELLER AIDS EDINBURGH EDINBURGH, Jan. 23.--A gift of *250,000 has boon made by^ tho Rockefeller Foundation to Edin burgh University for the erection of a laboratory and the completion of the endowment of the professorship of surgery. In their letter an nouncing the gift the trustees evinced their personal interest in the medical enterprise of the Uni versity of Edinburgh. FICTION POPULAR IN ENGLAND. LONDON, Jan. 23.—-The writing of books in England shows no signs of lessening according to the statis tical tables compiled by the Book seller. During the past year 6,981 now books were produced and in addition 3,259 second and subsequent edi tions were Issued. Fiction takes tho first place. Novelists provided 1,219 [ now books. Religion and theology, were the subjects of 575 new books.' while only 17 new works of humor were issued. GROWTH BRITISH LABOR PARTY LONDON, Jan. 23. — The Labor Party in England since 1900 has increased more than 21 fold its number of representatives in Par liament and more tnan 37 fold its total vote. In 1900 the Party elected nine representatives in Parliament and polled 118.003 votes. In 1923 it elected 192 members and polled 4. 386,84 5 votes. Judge James Wickersham, who spent the holidays in the South, re turning to Ketchikan several days ago to amend the District Court, arrived last night on the steamer Northwestern. — ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS There will be an installation of officers of Silver Bcw Basin Lodge No. 2-A at Odd Fellows' Hall at 7:45 p. m. Thursday. All members and visiting Brothers are urged to be persent. Cordial invitation to Douglas Odd Fellows. Banquet. E. M. POLLY, Noble Grand. T. L. GEORGE, Secretary. > All Rebekahs are invited to banquet Thursday night at 9:30 o’clock. -—/ NAVY AIRPLANE USED FOR STRETCHER 1 CASES. - —— ^ This official navy photograph, snapped at Ran Diego, Cal., by the Aircraft Squadrons Hattie Fleet, shows the first navy airplane adapted into an ambulance, offering the patient both speed and comfort in reach ing a hospital. HERRING PACK i ON COOK. INLET I IS LARGE ONE {Fifty-nine Hundred Barrels Are Packed by One Con cern in Short Time. The herring pack on Cook Inlet (luring the past three months’ run has been a lar.pe and good one ac cording to it. li. Mclver, Alaskan, manager of (he II. Bortz Company,] herring packers. Mr. Mclver passed; through Juneau last night on the; Northwestern for Halibut Cove] wliero he has been packing for! three months. The strainer will load 900 barrels and bring out t’,i ■ crew, the plant being closed fir, the winter. Five thousand barrels of herring; have already been shipped south; from the plant and the 900 barrels ; will clean-up the largo pack. "The herring we packed at our i plant this winter an well as the pack ] it other salteries on Ocok Inlet! have been of an excellent grade.] (perhaps the best ever caught In the] same waters. The fish are fat and] cily, firm and of excellent grade. I This 1b the first season we have! packed on Coo!: Inlot and the ex-] ccllcnt results obtained means that it will not be the last,” said Mr. Mclver. Mr. Mclver is making the round, trip on the Northwestern, having been called to Seattle on business. Ho will return from the Westward] on the same ship. During the sum mer months' Mclver is stationed at Sawmill Bay at the various prop-j erties of the It. Bortz Company lo cated on those waters. BOYD IS ACQUITTED; MUCH TIME CONSUMED IN IMPANELING JURY After a trial continuing through, two days, Torn Boyd, arrested la t ; week charged with possession of in-, toxicating liquor and maintaining a nuisance in violation of the Alaska ; Bone Dry Law was fodnd not guilty by a jury in the U. S. Commission-j er's Court. Boyd was represented i by Grover C. Winn. Most of the two days was con- j ruined in securing a jury under the Dimond Jury Act .passed by the lard Legislature, and tho Women’s Jury, Law, ir being the first case to be tried under those laws in Judge [ Paine's count. Sixty-four name were drawn from the jury box, half j being laid aside as not being avail able, and summons being issued for 32 others. Fifteen women were drawn including, Mrs. W. A. Ileau din, Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren, Mrs. Charles W. Carter, Mrs. F. Gar nick, Mrs. K. L. Kehoe, Mrs. H. I. Lucas, Mrs Martin Lynch, Mrs. J. B. Marshall, Mrs. J. B. Moon, Mrs. Byron Olson, Mrs. M. II. Sabin, Mrs. C. J. Skuse, Mrs. II. Vander Least, Mrs. R. R. Young and Miss Mary L ( onnor. All except Miss Connor claimed exemption on account of, sex. The defense made no attempt to' [deny that battles containing small I quantities of alcoholic liquor was found in the second hand store op erated by Boyd on Fron Street. It jelaimed that it had been planted i there by someone, and introduced 'testimony to show that a lessee in the came building hod attempted to fare® Boyd to move his store with ut notice. The jury was out but a Itoro time in arriving at its verdie The trial jury was composed of:, Ed Doyle, W. A. Taylor, A! Bertel n, Miss Mary I,. Connor, H. R tin pai d. John Jacobson, A. F. Mc Kinning, A. Metzgar, A. C. Brown Sam Christenson and E. Jacobson. IRISH FREE STATE ABOLISHES SEVERAL UNITS OF ITS ARMY ■ “ DUBBIN. Jan 23.—With the in nticn of ultimately reducing the ■of.t cf the Free State army from) “56,000,000 to if20,000,000, the ral-j vago corps and nine infantry bat ’.ilions have been disbanded, and the corps and service brunch and lie administration branch of the de partment of the chief of staff have' been abolished and their duties, placed upon the general staff. A military customs brigade, which will assist customs officers on the northern border and patrol the reads lias been approved. For engraved or printed calling cards see The Empire TOURIST ROUTE TO OPERATE IN M'KINLEY PARK i » , T. A. Marquam and Dan Ken ' nedy Have Concession— Establish Permanent Camp I Tourist travel into McKinley Na tional Park will be opened this sum mon- by the Mt McKinley Tourist Transportation Company, according Dorothy E. Haley, tourist agent | f r The Ala.ka Railroad. The route ! f travel will be from the entrance •of tlie Park, at McKinley Park Sta llion on the Alaska Railroad to the | Toklat River, 38 miles into the Park. Dan Kennedy, who has been in | the Interior many years engaged in I the transportation and packing busl ines'- and T. A. Marquam, Mayor and •attorney of Fairbanks, are chieflyl inter- tod in the company. A p rm-anent camp is being c.m -tructed at Savage River, 14 mile into the Park from the entrance and the trip to this point will be - ' made regularly iu connection with' -nival and departure of the Alaska! 'Railroad trains. The trip from the' i -;ticn and return will be made in j iwc days, conveyance being by sad 11 c h. rve and buckboard. The camp; will accommodate 50 guests at one time. Tourists may remain a3 long as‘ they desido and arrangements arej being mad? to provide temporary': amp’-- at Sanctuary River, nine! ! miles from Savage, igloo River, 18 milcr from Sanctuary, and Toklat ! River. 20 miles frem Iglco, for tlros-e who desire to go further into the Park. For these trips p clt trains, sad !lc liaises and guid-s will bo pro vided. Side trips from the camps arc also being arranged. One of the most interesting will he from the Savage River camp to the-upper waters of the Sanctuary and down this river to the Sanctuary camp or from the i Sanctuary camp up the river and -kwn to the Savage River camp. The trip will be mgde in from two ; i three day.- and the route pass ', through scenic grandeur and the haunts cf wild game life. The company will alto make a] pcolnV.y cf conducting hunting par ti iu the fall, into the Yanert River country, the entrance being directly opposite and acrora' the valley from the Park entrance. Many inquirie have already been received regarding trips into the Park and the big game hunting dip trict and the company expects to' • . * To Investigate Mail Order Bootlegging Scheme PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.— A Federal Giand Jury lias been empaneled cn orders from *'i ni Wuchington to investigate I an alleged mall order bootleg ging : heme of national scope. ' I -- ' -■ ‘ handle a large business this ■ gummer. Mr. Kennedy will go to the States ' shortly to secure horses and camp j equipment. « THINKS PRESIDENT WOULD APPOINT ALASKA'S CHOICE — JUNEAU. Jan. 22.—To the. Editor —Noting the comments in Saturday's Empire regarding the nomination and balloting for Governor. Granting the law itself Is not within the Organic Act, the ballot would show the preference of the majority of voters of Alaska, and no President, be he Republican or Democrat, would think of over ruling the wishes of the majority as expressed hy the ballot. If we thought so our Idea of the size of the man elected by the peopb of the United States as their Presi dent would be small. Let us get together for once and give som® Alaskan such a majority recommen dation that would show official Washinfon that it is unnecessary to pay political obligations with the Governorship of Alaska, a practice we have all objected to. JAMES BRADY, Alaskan. --AAA - FNEMPIOYMENT IN IRELAND INCREASED BY DEMOBILIZATION DUBLIN, Jail. 23. — Unemploy ment has been Increased in Ireland a.; a result e.' the demobilization of hundreds ef officers and nearly 20, 000 men by the Free State Army. President Cocgrave has appealed to employers to reinstate their men who joined the Free State Army when the authority of the State was challenged by the supporters of de Valera. He also asks that a fair proportion of vacancies be set aside for men who rendered service to the nation. Old papers for sale at The Empire WILL EXPLORE OIL REGIONS IN FAR NORTH Dr. Philip Smith Passes Through Juneau on Way to Arctic Naval Reserve. — j To continue the extensive project j for the exploration of naval petrol eum reserve No. 4, located in the extreme northern part of Alaska, Dr. Philip S. Smith, former acting d - rector of the Geological Survey, passed through Juneau last night on I the Northwestern enroute to Nenana. The expedition, undertake^ by the Interior Department, is being financ ed by funds furnished by the De partment of the Navy. Dr. Smith has had many years' experience in Alaska exploration and has been placed in charge of this expedition. He will go to Seward and then, by the Alaska Railroad, to Nenana. There his dog-sled jour ney will begin to the headwaters region of the Alatna River, a dis tance of about 500 miles. This part of the exploration will necessitate the discovery and cross ing of a pass through the Endicott Mountains, to reach the drainage V’p'n of the Colville River, which f'ows from the Arctic Ocean. Thence it is planned to find passes intc the drainage basin of the Meadfj and Chipp Rivers, both of which! reach the Arctic Ocean east of Point Barrow. It is hoped that these rivers may be reached before the summer thaw prevents further sled ding. The summer’s task will b to explore these rivers, a distanci of 100 miles to 200 miles, to thi j sea, and it is expected that this will be completed early in Septenv ber. From Point Barrow the party will return by trading vessel to Noma and thence by passenger steamer to Seattle. The difficulties of transporting supplies such long distances neces sitates the limiting of the party to the smallest possible number of men who can make the topographic and geologic surveys of the area to be explored. Therefore the party, be side Ur. Smith, will include three technical men, Ur. J. B. Mertie Jr., geologist and second in command, and H. K. Lynt and Gerald Fitz gerald, topographic engineers, all vet erans of Alaska exploration, and four camp hands, all of whom have been selected. In addition, local white men and natives will be employed where available and needed. Ur. Smith’s most difficult task will be to transport some 5 tons of supplies and four canoes from the Government Railroad in Alaska to and across the Yukon-Arctic divide. This, the party will do as a unit during the winter and spring. The summer journey downstream will be made in two sections so as to ex plore as wide a strip as possible. -» » » — W. H. Reynolds, of the Prince Packing Company on Sawmill Bay, is a passenger on the Northwestern to take inventory. Furnitme moved and stored. Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. funeau Transfer. —adv.J HOT WATER BOTTLES FOR COLD WEATHER BUTLER, MAURO DRUG CO. 96 Front St. Phone 134 Sub. Sta. Post Office No. 1. 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