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ALASKA GAINING NOTHING.
For more than a h>alf century Alaska'* groat effort
in connection with legislation has 'been the struggle
toward aolf-governmeut—the sort of self-government
that other Territories had in their pioneer days. It
•was urged In Alaska as early as 1868. A hill pnnsed
the House of Representatives giving us a. Territorial
form of Government a dozen years or so later. Then
a few years later Gov. Swinsford began a battle for it
which ho waged for the remainder of his life time.
Special representatives of the people urged It upon
Congres from time to time thereafter. It
has been the prayer of nearly every political
convention, partisan and non-partisan in Alaska
for rente two-score years. Yet Delegate Suth
erland, who is nearing the end of the long
cession of Congress in his second term, has done not
a tiling to contribute to the success of the struggle
Di fact lie has done nothing at all for the permanent
progress of Alaska while in Congress, nothing that
will identify him In liistory with a single thing that
is fmpcrtant or that will endure. He has fooled
uleng with the fisheries question, but har, done noth
ing to bring jurisdiction over the.queotion to the
people erf Alaska—though one Congressman in effect
asked him why ho did not nttompt to do ro.
Delegate Calc, our fliv representtaive In Congress
to s< rve a full term, did nothing to further the
cause of self-government or to otherwise leave an
impression that would endure in history. Mr. Cain
fcjolcd his time away wtth a commission form of gov
cVhnv nt bill that had been written for him by Judge
Wickor.ham. Delag’ate Wlekerslium after ^liu h^,l
btF?l“ prt tided Into discarding the bill that ‘w*os nob
even an imitation of a eclf-gavernnient Measure', did
secure the law allowing us a Legislature with oj
runny limitations on its authority that we have our
imitation Territorial government. That would have
been s. it; factory if he had accepted tile invitation
of Prerident Talt In his moasiage of 1912 to get us
•a full Territorial form of government, an Invitation
that wad repeated the next year by President Wilson.
Judge Wickersliam also did, very effective work to
etcuro the building of the Alaska RalLroatd and he
got the legislation which made tho Alaska Agricul
tural CoJlogo and School of Mines possible. Thera
fero. in vpitc of the circumstance that he was never at
beaut in favor of real self-government 'for Alaska and
war. foreul to appear, nt least, to support it because
of the exegeneics of politics. Delegate Wickershnm't
name will bo associated with three Important Alaska
me. urea, and some others of les.3 Importance.
Delegates Sulzer and Grigsby were unable to ac
complish much because of the war and the fact that
belli of them had contests on their hands. However
Bclegstd Sulzer was in a fair way to secure for the
Territory juriidlctlon over the fisheries question until,
for political roaeous, a back fire was started by those
who protended to be progressives and to represent
tl.c manses in Alaska. When the House Committee
aaw that thcro would he a contest over the Sulzer
Bill, It refused, on account of the press of war mat
ters to give the necessary time for the hearings.
Mr. Sulzer also introduced a full Territorial form of
govonment nictaiure, and there was one hearing on
the l object. But it was dropped because of the war.
Ilut Delegate Sutherland's record will stand a.)
that of a man who devoted his time to making
nu (Heine that he tltc light would help him to secure
a le-eloetion.
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WE MAY HAVE TARIFF LEGISLATION.
Through subterranean channels the noVs comes
out of Washnigton that there is a tentative agree
ment among Democrats and the ''progressive” bloc
of Republicans to rpring a tariff program as soon us
tho tax bill is out of t'hc way and to put It through
the House of Representatives. It is said that the
situation has been canvassed aijd the votes necessary
to put the program through the House are available.
It was at first tlie purpose, according to this tn
formation, to pass a gonoral tariff revision bill, to
be Introduced by Representative Darner, ranking
Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, the
bill to be stylod the "Garner Bill." It is Bald that
the plan has ibeen changed, however, and that several
bills will be introduced, each removing or lowering
taiiff tchodulce. Tho first biH, according to this
information, will be one placing on the free list "ail ;
articles that the fatmer has to 'buy."
Through tho same channels comes, the news that '
tho recent action of the President ;jn • rafslhg the
tariff 12 cents a bushel on wheat will be tested in
the courts. It is contended by lawyers who have '
been consulted in connection with it that the Presi- 1
dent's construction of conditions wuk not the one !
authorized ,by tho law. and that at most he was only
authorized to raise the tariff three cents a bushel
It will be recalled that the President’s first pur
pose was to raise the tariff on wheat 26 cents per (
100 pounds or 15.60 cenls a bushel. Father in
vestigation caused him to fix the advance at 12 cents
a bushel, which was agreed upon as the limit author- r
izod by law. o
Tho circumstance that the increase in the taritf ~
•as followed by a drop of 11 cents a bushel in the
rico of May wheat is said to be one of the reasons
ar the proposed attack—which will come from the
gricul'tural States.
Senators from w'hcat States contend that the
ariff on wheat has caused Canadian wheat growers
ud mill men to make arrangements for marketing
heir surplus in Great Britain independently of Am
rican flour manufacturers and dealers, and that they
lave undersold American flour and wheat in Europe,
musing a fall in the price. Most of the Canadian
urplus, it is said, was previously marketed in tho i
’nited States, and sold to European market through
be same channels that American wheat moved in
iucli a manner that the seller could keep the price
Uglier. ^
Tho prohibition enforcement officers have de
irmined to make Cleveland dry and remove all
(lnptatlon from the delegates who will attend tlie
itepublioan National Convention Juno 10. In the I
ncantime there is nothing hut Ellc-nce with refer
nce to New York and June 24.
If Ijicut. Wood made as much money as he is
'(puled to have made in his Wall Street promotions
le will not go hungry for a while even if he has \
levered himself from the Army payroll.
Skagway’o claim of having elected the first woman
:o an Alaska Council is not well founded. Mrs. Jennie
3auIson was elected to the City Council of Seward
wo years ago and completed her term this year.
Spring Is hero or hereabouts. There Is no doubt
ibout it now. Junoau baseball players and fails f
ire organizing for the coming season.
Trotzky is back in Mosrow but he U likely to
!h;d tho stats of the mighty are all occupied.
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Eating Meat.
(Heating's, Neb., Tribune.)
Scientists tell us thait wo are what we eat. In i
that ease, those who eat peaches ere peaches, and
those who oat ptunes are prunes. i
No dcuht, such in the belie.* of tho majority
>f vegetarians. But, be that as it may. the vego
.nrlahs have been given something to think about
•cccntily by Viihjalmur Stefansson, tho Arctic ex- 1
jicrer who rays that men can live on a strict diet. ]
T mc:it in the liand of ice.
Stdfansrcn tells of a liundred per cent, meat diet
• n tho Airctlc circle, He says that his men ate
iciuare meals at first, but gradually lost itheir appe- ,
until at the end of two or three weeks they
were nauseated by the very thought of moat, conse
quently they usually went without meat in their
menus, sometimes far a day and sometimes longer,
it was at this point that the medical school experi
menters were prepossessed by the belief that the men
were about to die. However, Stefansson said that
his view was that this repulsion against meat wa3
ps) cr.lcgical and would in due time be overcome
!>y hunger. This Invariably turned out to be tho
:a«o. After a more or loss prolonged fast the men
"mmenced nibbling, presently they nibbled somo
more, and at the ond or a few days they were eating
iquare meals again. Within a few weeks they had
regained normal weight and at the end of six months
they were feeling and looking as well as they ever ,
did in their lives. 1
It is estimated by Stefansson that out of the
l'§WJ ycarc at the polar regions he spent three '
hsocr.nd day on a one-budred per cent, meat diet 1!
pf Cf;l|rse, it Is natural that at first ho had a desire
lor a change in diet and his appetite craved vege- '
tables. But after the fourth or fifth year ho no
longer bad a desire for Crulits and vegetables
Too many persons who suffer with rheumatism
place the blame at tho door of the butcher. They *
ire of the Opinion that meat oreato rheumatism.
Li tins were true, Stefanseon would at leust have a
louch of rheumatism, especially after his experience !
3. a meat-eating diet tor so long a period. But he1
ays he has not even had a twinge of rheumatism. 1
bo, it would seem that another theory has bean
knocked into a cceked hat.
Daugherty’s Successor.
(New York World.)
In Harlan Fleko Stone the President has found
in Attorney General who in character, learning and
msec! a Mon is worthy of the office. The sordid c:m
nectlons which Daugherty brought to that office tno 1
collection of doubtful persons, wirepullers and
political peddlers who surrounded him, all belon
o a would with which Dean Stone lias no relation’
LW) > U!kfvW*th ,him U' Washington a cleaner air
..lid the right lo the people's confidence.
he ^>n|let,'!ins t0l!s us that ut “mea Calvin whites
News ) ^bulary of General Dawes. _(Dallas ,
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How can Bryan find time to Jump on all the'!
Democratic candidates to whom he Is opposed this!
)eai. (Cleveland Times-Commenclal.) j1
kco‘‘^U!!,r8~Tf0rmHlram'' ann0l,nCM Ll‘e MilwauJ1
*l,ne'i Hlram KettinS any other sort of 1
m"B theix* days?—.(Detroit Free Press.) I
„rtJr° demonstrate what speed really is, the Olympic 1
games may stage in the distant future a race beuveon 1
rum und runners.—(Louisville Courier-Journal.)
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Dawes and his experts may have coat- 1
rill Hist r1 ° bU' bUt U 'S the same old reparations 1
Pill that Germany must swallow.-(Indianapolis Star, i >
rile price cf freedom" perhaps depends mriiv
an whether the purchaser insists on loo per^cein *
iiirity or is satisfied with a little dilution*^ of the 6
simon-pure.—Springfield Republican.) i
A Federal Judge has ruled that buyers of bootleg 1
lie as bad as the seller. In many cases they soon11
.col worse.—(Boston Herald.) 1
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. Jn,d00r fiport of the sreat American «
® , a ,nak1n* both ends meet; and as it is played 1
u ail 'seasons, the players are always In form -- c
[Memphis Commercial Appeal.) t
Heartbeats, it (a said, have been heard by radio
it a distance of 1200 miles. Well Samson's hZ! v
^alS'Cl6°batra's heartbeats, and Romeo's and Juliet's ‘
lrC °ch0ittg yot u11 "VC the world,— (Chicago News.) ,
We wouldn't give up universal suffrago for anv 1
hlng in the world, now that we’ve got it end the I
ere privilege of watching an old he-candidate tr
ig to appear to have a good time at a musical tea
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THIS DAY
IN
ALASKA HISTORY
By EMIL EDWARD HURJA
.PRIL 15, 1819.—Baranof, ruler of
Russian America, dies on board
ship In Indian Ocean, being buried
next day.
.PRIL 15. 1919.—Chas. A. Salter,
then delegate to Congress fro'm
Alaska, dies while being taken
from Sulzer to Ketchikan.
' ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR 1 j
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By SAM HUL I |
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Not More’n One Ton, Anyway.
Well, April has arrived.
And I am sure you'll find.
That Spring can't be
So doggone far behind.
Observations pf Oldest Inhabitant.
1 kin remember when hosiery was
omething to be worn but not seen.
The Ananias Club.
"I hate to see winter go and hope
t will snow aft through April,” re
narked the man who is a home gar-!
len fan.
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Nuf Sel.
‘‘Why have you never married ?”i
iskfcd the ol3 maid.
"Because I am a pacifist,” snapped'
he old bachelor.
Figure it Out for Yourself.
A headline says "Rythmic ear is
lecessary to dancing.” But nothing
ras said about brains being neccs
ary.
Zero, That's All.
What the average man knows about
nail Jong:
What the average man cares about
nah Jong:
Add Pests.
A doggone crazy nut.
On whom I’d like to use a gun,
Is he who thinks it’s smart,
To come back: “Now I'll tell one.”
He Gets Medal for Nerve.
Blinks—Ho thinks a good deal of
limself.
Jinks — Yes, , and he takes no
Uances witli himself. Whenever he
nakes home brow ho invites his;
rionds In to sample it before he'll
isk any of it.
iosh, Don't the Girls Down There
Know It's Leap Year.
Mt. Moriah Cor. Noble County (Ark.
Picayune.)
I think we arc going to have a
:ood supply of old maids around Mt.
Joriah, If our boys don’t pick up a
Ittle more courage.
Worth Knowing.
Ways of making money.
Where to get it.
A friend who will lend you five.
Which horse will win the race.
A pretty girl.
Someone who knows the Judge.
Just where the speed cops are sta
loned.
The Exception.
"Nobody likes a quitter.
They do If he |3 making a tire
ome speech.
More or Less True.
Another love tlint passeth under
tanding is the kind tho woman who
avs she shot hei' husband because
he loved him.
A good neighbor is one who docs-1
lot care a tinker’s dam what your
msband does or doesn’t do, and will
end you her best table linens, china!
md silver for the luncheon she isn’t
:onn*a be Invited to.
Father thinks his old jokes are
treat, but that isn't what mother
hlnks of her old joke.
There may be more women who,
rant more love and Ie3s money
rom their husbands, but what at
east ninety-nine and nine tenthsj
or cent of them want is more:
loney.
Nudo shades may be used for the
hings they wear, but most of the
kin that shows is jlainted like a
ainbow.
Everybody makes mistakes, but a
>t of people seem to specialize in!
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We don’t know whether or not!
flss Modesty gets any consolation,
ut of remembering, as she gives the
idles at an evening party the once-:
ver, that its dollars to doughnuts
liey aro clothed with authority at
ome, anyway.
If the authorities can't prevent
ives from buying deadly firearms,
le tailors are gonna have to put
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Main Street at 4th
Reading Room Open From
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Circulation Room Open from
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to 8:30 p. m.
Current Magazines. Newspaper!,
Reference Books. Etc.,
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bullet-proof clothes on the market for I
men.
When It comes/to sympathy, a lot |
of folks ure so economical they won't .
waste any on anybody—but thern
ielves.
Daily Sentence Sermon.
Honors are something that never
’re thrust on a lazy man.
News of the Names Club.
We don’t suppose anybody ever
works any harder than Idell Thomas,
of Houston.
And for all we know, I M. Fierce,
of Webster Grove, Mo., is a timid
little bird.
Evidently Will Arns, of Los An
geles, believes in preparedness.
ATTENTION SCOTTISH MASONS.
On Thursday evening at 8:00 p.
m. the Knights Rose Croix will ob
serve the ceremony of Extinguish
ing the Lights after which follow
the Mystic Banquet. On Easter Sun
day afternoon at 2:00 o’clock the
ceremony of Relighting the Lights
will be observed. Your attendance
at '.both ceremonies is obligatory, so
please keep both dates open.
J. W. LEIVERS,
Acting Wise Master
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REBEKAH CARD PARTY.
Tlie Rebekuhs Auxiliary will en-1
tertain with a Card Party at the:
Odd Follows Hall Tuesday evening!
at 8:30. Prizes and refreshments.;
Public cordially invited. —adv.
Treatment for Boldness, V. Terrell.
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Furnished Rooms
I and ROARD at tte
Rockland House
Opposite Palace Theatre.
Phone £36. (
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New Management
212 Ferry Way
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45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG. Proprietor.
SPECIAL ORDERS!
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Your order for SPECIAL NAMED
Easter Eggs, must be received not
later than April 16th.
S. & F. CONFECTIONS
JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE
P. C. C.
Stands for
“Pretty Clean Coal”
Also for
PACIFIC COAST COAL
Black Diamond Lump
(Highest grade of all coals)
Briquets
(The Ideal Fuel)
PHONE 412
Bunkers, Ferry Way
R. R. YOUNG, Agent
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DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Ud*.
PHONE M
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. *.
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DENTIST
Rooms I and 9 Valentin* B14f.
Telephone 178.
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> DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phon* 4(9.
Re*. Phoa* JT«
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Dir. DfVighna
Mitlony Building
Boms 1 to 4. 7 to 9.
i Phones: Office. 10*; Rea t';».
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Dr. W. J. Pig?
! PHYSICIAN
Office—Sewnd and Mai*
Telephone 18
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Burgeon
| Juneau Music House Bid*. !
Telephone 172 j
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Dr. H. Vane*
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
j Hours: 9'SO to 12; 1 to 8|
| 7 to R or by appointment.
! Licensed osteopathic physician.
| Phones: Office, 1(7; RaMilsncs
I Phone (13. Ooltseuu Apts.
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I GEO. L. BARTON, D. C.
i Chiropractor
2nd Door Meeserscbm^t epta.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to l|
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
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Dr. F. L. Goddard’*
Sanitarium |
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Rates $3.00 Per Day and Dp
Every Comfort
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Jeweler and Optician
Watches, Diamonds
«Silverware
- ' Jewelrj
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OUR AIM
Meadowbrook Butter
Turner & Pease Eggs
At Lowest Prices
J. M. GIOVANETTI j
PHONE 385. i
House Phone 385-2 rings
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i Investment §
For the man of average income a Savings Account is
the best investment: £
It may be opened with one dollar or more.
It may be increased by small or large additions at
^ any time. ;
It may be withdrawn when needed in part or whole.
It is not subject to price fluctuations like other in
vestments; but it is at all times available dollar
for dollar.
It pays four per cent, interest compounded twice a
year, which is a liberal return consistent with the
safety and the privileges offered.
[The B. M. Behrends Bank
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7TTHEAU ALASKA
fraternal Societies
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Gastineau Channel
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MmUii Wednesday
Evenings at •:<>•
o'clock, Elks' Hall
Charleaf P. Jenna,
Exalted Rul/,\
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Ft ee masonry
Scottish Kite
Regular meeting*
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p m. Odd
Fellows' Han.
WALTER B. HE IB EL, Secretary,
I. O. D. W.
BII.VBR BOW
LODQB NO. I A
Meeeta every Thursday at 8 P. II.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
E. M. Polley, Noble Grand; Thomas
L. George, Secretary.
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. PERSEVERANCE REBET SB
LODGE MO. 2A.
I Meets every flrst and th.'rd
Tuesdays In I. O. O. P. HaJl, at
■ I 8 P. M. MABEL WILSON,
I N G. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
I i Secretary.
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No. 147, F. A A. M. Jfg
Stated Communication
floor.nd and Fourth AAondar*
. f *ach Ifi,nth. In Odd Felicia
i '«■•» h»#inrlni at T:l# o'doc*
I William M. Fry, Master.
Chas. E. Nairnel, Beciv,,»,-j
Uruer of the
EASTERN STAR
H**cond and Fourth T*ia
I... at tut Month.
At I o'clock. I. O. O. F. Ball
PEARL BURFORD, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS '
: enUHEKB COUNCIL. Wu
I M* M.-^dne* .teal
and laat Monday* a. T.M
, p. m. Tranaleat Broth*
-ra 'irjfod to attend. Council Chamkar*
Fifth Street. A. J. Forrest, G. K.,
1. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Poat No. «.
Juneau, Alaaka.
Meets fourth Tbureda)
__ each month at > p. at
I The Dug-Out. J. W. Kehoe, Poet
I Commander, Phone 459; J. H. Hart,
' Post Adjutant, Phone 100.
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LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock
, m Moose llall. George
Jorgenson, Dictator; R. H. Steveiis,
; Secretary.
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WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. Mary
Main, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
| F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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auxiliary. Pioneer* or*
ALASKA, Igloo No. *.
Meets last Thursday of every I
zncfnth at 8 p. *m. Social hour t
with members of Pioneer Lodge i
to follow each meeting.
: Mrs- Lulu Hunter, President.
J Laura McCloskey, Secretary.
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Auxiliary Alford John Bradford
Post No, 4 American Lesion
j Regular meeting fourth Thurs
day of each month In Council
Chambers of City Hall at 8 p.
m. President, Mrs. E. M. Policy.
Secretary, M. C. Ducey.
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SITKA HOT SPRINGS
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Dp |
( Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop, £
AUTOS FOR HIRE
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Carlson’s Taxi
Stand—Alaskan Hott'
PHONE SINGLE 0
m_pay and Night Servi.
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1 TAXI SERVICE «
STAND—VAN ATTA BAR*
SHOP—PHONE 415 &
I Mrs. Trevor Davis *
Teacher of the
^_ Phone 30C