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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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'
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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.
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‘ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
WAKE UP!
—every morning v.ith a feeling that life is
worth living. Every rent that you save now
I: adding lo your future pleasure- and mak
ing that pleasure realiy worth while.
Don’t "spend ns you go." Itcmember the old
saying that "a tool and his money are soon
parted" and atari that savings account today.
Como in and ask us all about it.
REMEMBER
WE PAY 4 % INTEREST
Compounded Semi-annualiy
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF JUNEAU
SANITARY PLUMBING SHOP §
216 Front Stieet. Phones—Shop 426, Res. 136 B
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THE JUNEAU LAUNDRY
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Franklin Street, between Front nod Second fs. fhen* Ml
REGULAR
SATURDAY NIGHT
DANCE
MOOSE HALL
Sat. Jan. 26
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THENUGGETSHOP
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The House of Wedding
Rings.
Our selection of wedding
rings is most complete.
All sizes, all styles.
THENUGGETSHOP
H , EVERY MONDAY WE RECEIVE A SHIPMENT OF
1 FRESH LAID EGGS FROM THE
| Kootznahoo Ranch
1 EACH EGG BRANDED
1 WE GUARANTEE THESE EGGS
| JUST PHONE—ONE-O-ONE OR ONE-O-TWO
| FRIDAY IS REMNANT DAY
H in the
1 DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT
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| Goldstein’s Emporium
1 Hours: 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.