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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY - - • EDITOR AND MANAGER
Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE
PRINTING COMPANY at Second ’*ain Streets, Juneau,
Alaska. ____
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mstter. __
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otherwise cred’ted in this paper and also the local news pub
tithed herein. ___
'IFflTLATlON HI ARAN-TEED TO BE MORE THAN
DOt'BT E THAT OF ANY OTHER AI-ASKA N—A SHAPER.
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ENGLAND TO REDUCE TARIFF.
. The new Labor Party Government of Great Britain
‘lias asked ffnr tariff reductions that will amount to
$170,000,000. It is proposed to remove the tariff
duties .of 33 1-3 per cent, on films, motor cars,
mctorcyclec, clocks, watches, musical instruments and
i ether articles which are imported heavily from the
‘ United State*. All these items will he restored to|
i the free list, and there will be many other reduc-1
I tio.ne. The tariff e>n essential foods will be wholly,
; removed or sharply cut.
In addition to this tariff cut in (axes there will l
be reductions in the internal taxes. The corpora-’
| tions' profit* tax will bo abolished. The inhabited
houce tax will be removed As will njtjst of the,,
entertainment taxes. • ,* »
In outlining the tax revision 'to tk* lilommom, j
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden ijeclafefl!
tltat the lesrer taxes will bring relief to alt’classesi
ct the poaplo, and, lie believos, oause an impetus to
trade. He accepted fully the traditional English free!
trade theory in announcing the policy of the Govern-|
ment, and intimated that the prewar twiff policy
was the end at which it was aiming. He contended j
thet the tariff tax was the one which hit Che W'ork-j
in,g man hardest, because it was one which reached
him in the most places and which' not only vitally1
affect d the cost of living but stTuAk at his i-jteploy-i
nunt became it restricted trail 9 and thereby reduced
tliic volume of labor required. ( , /
Mr.. Snowden’s speech followed closely the rca
sonii < tf Senator Underwood's recent tax reduction j
speech at Baltimore, The American statesmen, while
liaising the purpose of those seeking to cut the
in!m.l taxes in Phis country, said that JJ, should
I*’ kSfji inpaijic 1_ hy t rat IT red not toss (because that was
tho-tAx which reached tlie a fosses. 111 pit (tllftOl, ' ht'
nid, i tided to the coat of living aml_ilut seat of
production, roetrlctcd trade ami production, and
burdonod ail the people,
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NORWEGIAN MERCHANT MARINE.
Discussing tho significance of Norway's roa carry- •
ing trade, the National Hank of '(Ytmmerce in New
York in the May issue of Commerce Monthly" com
ments upon thejtccullar sensitiveness of that country’s1
merchant marine to business opportunity wherever'
it arises. The Bank says:
Following the Japanese earthquake of
1923, a pressing nood developed for ships
to carry across tho Pacific the great quan
tities of lumber and other building materials
required for reconstruction. The tonnage
obtained comprised vessels of several na
tionalities*. previously employed In other
trades, but a conspicuous part of this hastily
assembled fleet consisted o£ Norwegian ton
nage. There is regularly a representation of
Norwegian vessels in thp lumbar and grain. i
trade between North PaoilVc ports and the j
Far Bast. Tho emergency and the prospect
of greater earnings brought about a con
siderable addition to the norihal tonnage of
Norwegian ships on this route.
One of the greatest industries of Nor
way, the sea carrying trade, is pursued to
, a large extent at vast distances from tho
borne shores. This commercial fleet, rank
ing eighth in tho world's shipping, bus .been:
developed by less Ulan throe million people
in thd -iuii-6 sparsely populated country of
I western, Europo.
. The distinguishing features of tho Nor
wegian marine are the low percentage <yf
j' its veer la employed in line traffic and the
prc-pondance of tramp vessel* The foreign
jl trade of Norway is not of large volume
compared with that c-f other western Euro
pean nations and accordingly the carrying
trade to and front the home ports is scanty.
Probably not more than 10 per cent, of the
tonnage in Norwegian wigisfry. engagos in
the foreign trade of tho country! Coastwise
traffic likewise affords only megger trade for
vessels although Norway ’lias a shore line of
fifteen hundred miles. This! local carrying
trade and the fisheries give employment to
another 10 per cent, of the -merchant flepj,
1 The remaining 80 per cent. Jf Norwegiari
vea . is range the seven seas for their
I {freight. ' " J i j
The great days of tho- sailing vessel ale
* i . over and gradually canvas is being elimlu
, atid from the Norwegian marine both by
I ^ the r. lie of vessels and -by failure to re
' place t hose which are lout. At the close of
1923 sailing ships formed only 4.5 per cent,
of the total tonnage as agpiust 7 per. ceut.
in 1922. At the outbreak of tho European
War over 30 per cent, of ithe total tonbige
conflicted of sailing vessels. ; The merchant
fleet now consists of some l.jiMJ glijjpq >jlh
a total tonnage of around 2J>si.hfld' ' Tills
forms about 4 per cent, of fluj total mer
} eliaut shipping of the world. \ T'-'"S"
The motorshlp, that most modern .deygf-,
; opment of ocean transportation. < tins rapidly1
, become a powerful arm of Norwegian
maritime seryice. Almoet 10 per cent, of
the tonnage at the close of 1922 consisted of
motor vessels. : - ' '
Specialization in tho carrying." tradu .has
developed to a considerable' decree. About
a hundred ship owners, members of thd i
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Norwegian Ship Owners’ Association, com
pose the timber group, so named because
their vessels carry timber. Prominence in
this special field is an inheritance from early
times so that today the transportation of
rough and prepared timber is carried on to
a very large extent, by Norwegian Ships.
In tho face of the surplus of shipping
which has existed since the war and the
general depression in the carrying trade,
it is reported that Norwegian owners have
been able to keep practically all their ships
in trade since 1921. If this claim be too
sweeping, it Is still certain that they have
fared better than most other national ship
ping interests. A report at the end of July
1923 showed only about 6 per cent, of the
Norwegian fleet laid up oither at home or
abroad.
In addition to forming one of the major
activities of the country, the significance
of Norway’s carrying trade is accentuated
by the fact that through its services to
foreigners largo credit balances are created
abroad which constitute an important moans
of adjusting Its trade balance.”
Tho circumstance that Charles P. Murphy left an
estate valued only at $460,000 is the answer to that
famous question, "Whore did he get the money?" He
didn't get it—at least not in the volume that people
j though— yet he ruled Tammany during the period
j when more groat fortunes wero amassed in New
I York than in any similar period of the City’s
| history.
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“While there’s lire there's hope." Bryan
admits that he receives letters daily insisting
that ho again bo a candidate.—(Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times.)
Some peopie are never satisfied. We did not
imagine there were so many who wanted to see
Bryan get ano.her licking.
Legislation by Amendment.
(Now York World.)
Having tried to regulate child labor by legisla
tion and having been denied the right to do so by
I the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds, Con
! gross now proceeds to make now constitutional
^grounds on which a Federal Child-Labor Haw can be
enacted. By a vote of 297 to 69, the House has
t. dap ted a resolution for a chi Id-labor amendment
which would authorize Congress to deal with the
question. There is little doubt that the proposition
hvill receive a two-thirds vote in the Senate and be
approved by three-fourths of the States. Afide from
'the industries, there seems to be no .formidable
Opposition.
Legislating through the Constitution is bad bus!
ntse, as thoce who made the Constitution knew, yet
in instances guch as this there is no help for it
Tlie Supreme Court can cancel any Federal law that
I««em8 to a majority of its members not sanctioned by
the Constitution. It has made itself very plain in
I tills matter of child laibor. It will not uphold any
| Federal statute setting general limits to the legality
I of thp employment of minors.
i 'J T'1* legislation is essential; the court is arm
There is thereforo but one thing to do: amend the
f. < iiHtltution.
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Why the Taxes?
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(Daw son News.)
, There seems to be a widtspreaid demand all over
Crnada at proscnl to reduce the cost of government
iuml lower taxation. Delegations from boards ol
|tlades and Chambers of Commerce have waited on the
f-M+n+stry with urgent demands for tax reduction, and
| objections to this and that form of taxation. Taxes
are high and public debt increases principally be
cause of tho public demand for various public enter
prises and improvements. There will be a public
[demand in this place for hasbor improvements in
another for better public buildings, in another’ for
bettor roads, elevators, dams and bridges, and so on
down the line. The members elected for the various
constituencies usually do their best to comply with
the wishes of the electorate, possLbly at times sup
porting a measure brought by other members in
return for support of their own pet bill, with the
result that tho public debt piles up and taxes in
anaso to meet interest charges. Then, too. in some
Place the public demand better public service which
necessitates an increase of Federal employees and an
added burden of taxation. All these things must
be paid for out of tho public purse, and the only
way in which the present or any other government
j can meet tho demands is by taxation.
i« saying nothing and collecting delc
: tales.—(Orocnville, S. C., Piedmont.)
Governor A1 Smith, of New York, is likely to
be the tug noise Hi the New York convention, at
least until somebody else is nominated.—(Chicago
News.) ' 6”
! Thousands of American-made automobiles arc to
be put on the German market, but we imagine they
will not be sold for paper marks. — (Pittsburgh P«
Gazette-Times.) B ’
F- Jim Hood offered an original resolution in the
i Senate the other day. Yes, it was one of censure
las. usual.— (Dallas News.)
! Senor de la Huerta wires to his friends In this
country that he is not dead, hut the dispatches In
.dicate that as a revolutionist ho might as well be
j*—(Detroit Froo Press.)
| The Iiawos experts report that in five years Ger
many will be able to pay $626,000,000 a year in
| reparations. Well, ovary little bit will help.—(De
troit Nows.) '
! One reason why Grover Cleveland Bergdoll isn't
jcomiws home is because he knows how much some
persons over hero would like to see him.—(Boston
1 Globe.)
However, Senators Johnson and Reed have one
j advantage. They know they are through.—(Detroit
Free Press.)
j. Th0 baseball managers secured the services of a
rman whoee salary is $75,000 a year to throw out'
!tlie first ball at Washington.—(Boston Globe.)
| Filipino politicians find that General Wood is
jwliut the F)a»tenters used to call ''eot in his ways”
j ■—(Chicago News.)
President Ohregon lias dismissed 75 Generals.
| but they will not be missed.—Cleveland Tlmee-C’om
’iherclal.)
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| li will require lotB of nerve for either the R»
j publican or Democratic platform makers to point
with pride to the party record in Congress._(Detroit
j F'ree-Prcss.)
Friends of General Pershing are suggesting him
ms the Republican candidate for Vice-President The
Republicans, as the late Tom Reed said about his
suggested candidacy, could go further and do worse
—and probably ■will.— (Houston Poet.)
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THIS DAY
IN
ALASKA HISTORY
By EMIL EDWARD HURJA
May 14, 1898.—Act approved grant
ing the right of way for the first
railroad in Alaska, to the Alaska Pa
cific & Arctic Railway, now known
as the White Pass.
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I ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR |
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By 1AM HELL I
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Help.
The alphabet
He’s surely got askew;
I heard him say.
"Yes, I came after TT.”
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant.
We used to think it was wrong for
children, women and furnaces to
smoke; we still Insist it is wrong for
furnaces to smoke, anyway.
Preparedness Isn’t Bad, Either.
Blinks—Faith is a wonderful thing
to have.
Jinks—Yes, btit at that it always
pays to carry a spare tire and see
that the gas tank is full before you
start out.”
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Roads Would Be Deserted.
If only thoHft with good sound
horse sense were allowed to drive
automobiles grass would grow so
thick on the national highways the
farmers could use them to pasture
their cows.
Scientists Please Note.
"Did you ever know they could
mix solid concrete?"
“They can’t, you nut!"
“They can’t, sh, well just look at
those Slicbas dancing with those
shieks.”
Seasonable Note.
Nobody or nothing likes the big,
wide open spaces any more than a
fly, that’s why so many married men
now have to pass up golf one
afternoon to put up the screens.
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How'd You Discover This, Billie?
Mary has a' fine complexion,
Where she got it I don’t know
But I found on close Inspection
That on her it didn't grow.
Fool Questions.
“Do you let your wife have her own
way?”
“Do you let the sun shine?”
Just the Way 4 Man Oughta Get
Along With His Wife.
(Peach Grove, (Ky.) Cor. Falmouth.
(Ky.1 Outlook.
Harold Plummer is getting along
nicely with measles.
Time Heals All Wounds.—
But, gosh, how it can pile up the
Interest.
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The Bill Collector Again.
His wife said hers
Was never done,
He said his work
Was always done.
More or Less True.
Sometimes we are lead to suspect
a girl with a pretty face doesn’t
need brains any more than a fish
need an umbrella.
When a young man Is courting he
never knows when to go home; after
he is married ho never knows when
to come homo.
There may be men who can afford
motor cars who haven't bought them,
but we’ll bet our last nickel that there
isn’t a single girl In this great and
who can afford silk stockings who
isn't wearing ’em, not to mention a
lot of them who can’t afford to.
As a rule peoplo always want to
get a lot for their money; the b’g
exception Is the flapper buying her
clothes.
A son ought so to live that his
mother won’t be afraid to let his
father go out with him.
We envy children their freedom
from worry and then scold them to
beat the band because nothing ever
worries ’em.
Judging from the results they get
from the reduction dopes we imagine
the super-stouts would get better
results from some' of the flesh-build
ing tonics we have tried.
Nothing ran get you in a tighter
place than loose talk.
No matter how becoming a hat is
a woman will simply hate It if it
hasn't made some other women green
with envy.
Learning to smoke won’t Improve a
girl, but wo understand the mod
ern girt don’t give a hoot about be
. ing improved anyhow.
There may bo such a thing as the
smile that don't come off. but there
don’t seem to be any complexions
like that any more.
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| Juneau Public Library I
i and Free Reading Room
Citv Hall. Second Floor
„ Wain Street at 4th
Reading Room Open From
I 8 a m. td 10 p. m.
I Circulation Room Open from
I 1 to 6:30 p. m.—7:00 p. m.
j to 8 30 p. m.
! Current Magazine*. Newspaper*,
Heferenr'c Book*. Etc.,
' FREE TO ALL |
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Daily Sentence Sermon.
It is bettor to be able to enjoy
the fruits of you: own labor than
simply to be able to boast of a bar
ren family tree.
News of the Names Club,
There are three more from Indian
apolis: Beryha Ott, George Snowball
and A. Bess. Mae June March lives
in/ Kankakee, according to J. L.
You say it.
Furniture s>omt and stored
Heavy hauling done. Phone 4d
Juneau Transfer. — *uv
HEADlOLDS ENDED
BY HEALING CREAM
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Instantly Opens Every Air
Passage—Clears Throat.
If your nostrils are clogged and
your head Is stuffed because of
nasty catarrh or a cold, apply a
little pure, antiseptic cream into
your nostrils. It penetrates through
Every air passage, soothing and1
healing swollen, inflamed mem
branes and you get instant relief.
Try this. Get a small bottle of
Ely’s Cream Balm at any drug
store. Your clogged nostrils open
right up; your head is clear; no
more hawking or snuffling. Count
fifty. All the stuffiness, dryness,
struggling for breat his gone. You
feel fine. —adv.
DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Anchorage, Alaska.
February 8, 1924
Notice Is hereby given that John
Francis McDonald of Juneau, Al l
;aska, has submitted final three year;
proof In support of this homestead
entry, Serial 04070, covering lands]
in H. E. Survey, No. 150, New
Series 14S1, situated on the south]
shoro of Douglas Island, one half
mile northeasterly from Point Hilda
in latitude 58“ 13' 14" N. longitudji
134° 30' W. and more particularly1
described as follows:
Commencing at corner No. 1
MC on the line of ordinary high
tide of Stephens Passage whence
U.S.L.M. No. 150 FS bears S. 12°
31' 30" W. 41 82 chs; running
thence N. 37° 32' W. 15.56 chs;
to corner No. 2; thence N. 69° 32'
E. 25.95 chs; to cofner No. 3;
thence S. 17° 07' E. 17.01 chs, *o
corner No. 4; M.C. on the line of
ordinary high tide of Stephens Pas
sage; thence meandering (1) S.
63° 46' W. 2.83 chs; (2) S. 85°
57' W. 4.96 chs; (3) N. 81° 49'
W. 2.54 chs; 4 4) S. 60° 09' W.
3.49 chs; (5) S. 76° 54' W. 5.19
chs; (6) N. 16° 00' E. 6.64 chs;
(7) N. 47° 30' W. 0.52 chs; (8).
S. 22° 15' W. 4.24 chs; (9) S. 34°l
16' W. 2.86 chs; to corner No. 1
the place of beginning; containing
an area of 35.99 chs; variation
31° 45' E.
FRANK A. BOYLE.
First publication April 25, 1924.
T. ast publication June 25, 1924.
Specify
DIAMOND
BRIQUETS
WHY?
$13,00 at Bunkers
Because of the combination of
coking and free burning coal,
suitable for use in practically
every type of equipment.
Pacific Coast Coal Co.
HARRY G. WALMSLEY, Agent.
Phone 412 or Your Teamster
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Dri. Kaser & Freebnrger
DEHTBTt
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHOBB M
Hours 9 a. m. te • p. m.
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Dr. Charles P. Jcmm
DEHTI8T
Rooms 8 sod 9 Valentins Bldg.
Telephone 178.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
1 DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 499.
Ran. Phone 9TI
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Dir. DfVighas
Mulony Building
Houj* 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104j Ren. Its.
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Dr. W. J. Pigg
PBrysiciAH
Office—Second and Main
Telephone 18
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau MubIc House Bldg.
Telephone 172
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldatehi Building
| Hours: 9:S0 to 12; 1 to f|
I 7 to S. or hr appointment.
Licensed osteopathic phjstcSan.
Phonss: Office, 1(7; Residence
Phone (12, ColtMum Apts.
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I GEO. L. BARTON. D. C.
i Chiropractor
; 2nd floor MeanerBcbmt'U Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to fi|
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
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Dr. F. L. Goddard’s
Sanitarium
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Every Comfort
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Helene Albrecht
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Swedish Method.
410 Goldsteml Bldg.
Phone 4 2:!*
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OUR AIM
Meadowbrook Butter
Turner & Pease Eggs
At Lowest Prices
J. M. GI0VANETT1
PHONE 385.
House Phone 385-2 rings
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YOUR "UNUSED" AS8JCT8—thal
typewriter, musical instrument, fur
niture, office fixture or appliance—.
he classified columns of The Empire
are marketable, for cash, through
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FOR a tliird of a centuiry the Behrends Bank has been a
constructive force in the financial and commercial growth
of this community. Its distinguishing mark is a ready
adaptibility to the needs of its customers. Its long experience
and liberal spirit of helpfulness in both good and slow times
have been a source of strength to its many satisfied customers.
THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK
Junean, Alaska
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
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Fraternal Societies
-OF
Gastineau Channel
O . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
J. Latimer Gray,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Visiting Brothers welcome.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Scottish Bite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each moath
at 7:80 p. m Od<!
Fellows’ HaH.
WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary,
I. O. O. P.
BILVBH BOW
LOIX3B NO. I m
Meeete every Thursday at 8 P. R,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
E. M. Polley, Noble Grand; Thomas
L. George, Secretary.
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No. 147, P a A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and F th Monday*
at *ach Month .n Odd rolkr»»
rI-ll beginning at 1:lt o'rlnnk
William M. Fry, Master.
Cnae. E. Nai.Hel, 8ecrwmry
Order of the
EASTERN STAB
Ueoond and fourth Tane
Sara at taok aaonth
At I o'clock. L O. O. f. Bill
PEARL BURFORD, Worthy Matron
LOIS NORDUNO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF "
COLUMBUS
LBOHEKB COUNCIL tk
ll<« Meeting* ■iccM
and laat Moudau a. Till
p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. A. J. Forreet, Q. K,
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
, Poet No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
' Meets fourth Thorsda)
| -eapn* each month at I p m
i Ths Dug-Out. J. W. Kehoe, Pom
I Commander, Phone 469; J. H. Hart,
j Post Adjutant, Phone 100.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
. Moose Hall. Georgs
Jorgenson, Dictator; R. H. Stevens,
Secretary.
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Mooseheart Legion
Juneau Legion No. 26.
Meets first Tuesday of each
month at Moose Hall.
KARL THIELE, G.N.M.
R. H. STEVENS, Herder.
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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
Gain. Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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AUXILIARY, PIONEER* OF
tALASKA, Igloo No. I
Meets last Thursday of every
month at 8 p. m. Social hour
with members of Pioneer Lodge
to follow each meeting.
Mrs. Lulu Hunter, President.
Laura McCloskey, Secretary.
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