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CTE.-JUATION <51 AltANTEED TO HE MOI:E T11AN
DOT7BI.E THAT OF INY OTHER ALASKA Nh.\\ HPAPbB.
LOCAL CONTROL THE ONLY REMEDY.
The more experience the people have with the
i -„i lit - e.ul lls trie regul Uious the more conoiuftl . ■
I he proof Hint there Is only -me sound and pruc
HeSjl way to handle the matter and that is through
control by tile p:op!e of Alaska—by the people 10
■ .nun tin mu.-.in i a vital business proposition. No
pedirle ate as greatly interested in preserving both
hit li b .supply and the industry as the people of
A l;e kiiv'S.ntl none si well situated to give the ipue-iiou
S'Sthihjt ■f-Pii tiler: t Ion.
]; i- very tiisv foi pe iple who .-il in comfortable
s.wlvel chairs in sections of the eounrtv Where the
eimdition of tin- Alaska fisheries does not menu any
more than a benevolent theory t > theorize and experi
ment. It is quite a different matter here where
i hi weal or woe ol those who live and work and
all of whose interests are very vitally involved in
the matter. . • .
It is uni irtueale that Alas ka's v-olee in the cou:i
ii!~ ol iho Nation has so often .been the voice of
i iin- who do not want to have the Usherics qVetiou
-o-t ilcil by tie pi-iple cf Alaska but who prefer lo
k'-i p it in an agitated condition wlitrc ii might
: . i' i ;u e tpolil.il al f(*uc.
I’RACTICING AS HE PREACHES.
t ourio s always makes approprations of funds
io fii>vW llie costs of ail Presidential trip-. This
■ ; oiu became fixed during the Koosevelt AdminU;
u nion when .Hyy president devoted a lw* i*ilr liny
i tr.vid. I’retU’ent Uoofcevelt also -l-tngtn, e^yyiipU
ilia t has been frequently followed of tmveHng by
pi piil trmfn. He and bis successors always lia■.
privi-.e ears at their disposal. Yet the other dfiy
v- lo n I’nutdiaii Ciolidge went from Washington '<
< lilciigo and return he occupied an ordinary state
room in an ordinary Pullman sleeping ear. President
Poinidge practices as lie preacher.
The President's course and his messai^- a in; httvipr
a tendency to put a bra he on the Iheorrrt-s. sen ri
i ntallsi anil political-issue-chuseri who tins- so font
of t pi tiding the money that others earn by hard work
end good management, while they keop.„tiui. ureasur
on ilie brakes in order to make proll|s difficult' oi
.u-'iii vi-im-nt. lie Is diseouragiing new adventures in|t
mom y-spending and is:. eurlnHlng rqjm- of those
v hith had become almost habitual. lie u lion? Pdr
*,:,r-s. but Hie reaction had lo come and !h«: soonei
11- ee 111 in-- Hie lc >s the reaetlon required.
LABOR SPREADS.
Organized labor plans fo expand In tilt*
lit insurance field as vigorously as It lias
brum bed out Into banking
The two are closely related. Insurance'
being a method of scientific sating.
Organized labor Is Just beginning to
realize the powers it lias by reason of Its
or;: n zation Labor, with its failings, even
‘nail, coul;! but nut j|« employers. - (Seattli
Star, |
t'liiui means that with pi\»por industry ami thrift
Hie worker of toda> may be the employer of Hie next
11 1 ‘'at Is not so bad for a paper that Has
■a red .1 lot oil HI count of tile “hard conditions '
!l !•'boring m-a have to meet Ii f lit rows soni"
“'ll on i b cause be. iiul the refusal of workingmen
I‘| lake Senator La I'ollette's hHVrl link campaign
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NEW DIRECTORS FOR FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK.
In accordance with the provisions of Section t
"i lie 1'cderal Reserve Act as amended, pro Cerent tut
1 'hn- it number banks In Group Three, having
■ I '<-:! an«I sulplus of let- than 1125.000. duly cat
O' i heir authorized officers, have been canvassed,
i lot Howard Whipple. President, Kind . .National gap*
' ' Tinipek. California, lias been uleolofl a Cla-s' A
Lilt .er of tile Federal Reserve Bank of Sun Fran
' 1 ' l;,r ■' l®,m of three years..bogInning .lunuarv
'■ to ■ uei eed M. \ Buchan. of Palo- Alto
i .iliiorata, who was ineligible lor rS-cdect Ion hi
bunk in Group Three by virtue of 'has iW*': be. 0nit
ui; wfTIc • and direct ir of a Group Two -bank.
Jn a enrdanee with the same authority, preje^en
1 ballots, of member hunks in tlronin Two. having
•apit lr i not less than $125,000 nor more than
duly ca t by their authorized octwrs.-.have
•c< n ‘s'nv isaed, and William T Sesuoij. ^grlcTilturlst.
■v.iiml. California, lias been re-electtnY a Glass li
Lire tor ot tlie Federal Reserve Bank of San Fran
csco lor a term of three years beginning Januarv
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BRICKLAYERS WILL REMA+N ArP*HOIVfE.
Over in Itus ia doctors jutfke ntifl-e than
l lie bricklayers. but since a'good doctor over
•here average- only about #42 n month and
a bricklayer less than #150 we doubt ir
fho’e will lie any great null of .taiericaii
;-l»li.vldcihiiy. to Russia eren rnr thc“povc|ty
v ■ ’■ ' nrr: y^TUuWST-' H
of being able to make mom titan a briek
layer.— (Cincinnati Enquirer. I
Ami it is a cinch that the bricklayers will not
cause a jam on boats and trains going to Russia.
In fact we are fairly safe from danger of losing
population through emigration to Russia.
America's copper exports are 40 per cunt, higher
titan they were a year ago. That indicates improved
conditions in Europe and illustrates how improved
coalition.. in Europe ate helpful to American
tmiottetrs
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Tito more Emma Coldmnn talks about America in
her English spr-ehes and interviews the firmer is
jour conviction toot she never agutin will get neater
| the United Slates than Land's End.
Another good thing about the little red
-.ehoolhouse. U never turned out any red
radicals—-(Cintinn. ti Enquirer l
We hope that i. trie, hut where were all the
! little red rutile: Is of t> Wisconsin, Minnesota md
Dakota Main fir ots hatched?
Ontario, Canada, lias taken first place among
all tho political division.- of North America as a
producer of gold. Her lf)24 production is estimated
at $25,000,000, exceeding California by several
minions.
While we will all bo interested in the efforts
or those scientists to turn mercury into gold most
iof us will feel fortunate If we can turn hard work
I ipui i little of tliat metal.
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When Kipling : aid "East is East and West is
West and ne'er .hall the twain meet," he did not
| lone American elections in his mind. Now if he
i ' ad -aid "North is North and South is Smtu. etc..",
: T.c lmll.i' i,ox”s would be witnesses to hi-4 verity j
Alaska’s Needs and Achievements.
i jseu.lt le inner.)
Alaska is prosperous. Ils business with 111
state iii the last fiscal year totaled lmost *75,000.-■
Ctiti. K- transportation facililos never were so good
:i« tiny are now. Coastal e immunities are accorded,
(he la steamship service in their history. The in
terior lor hundreds of miles Is penetrated by three,
! lines of tail mads—the White i'aits and Yukon from,
I S-'ka way Into Hie Canadian Domini an, the Copper
| River and Nort a western from Cordova to KennecoU
land tli Government roiite from Seward to Fairbanks. I
I Mare diitanl inland regions are made accessible by
jFtdeiol trail.-, and highways. And yet. so vast i-:
I Hie country, that great areas remain virtually un
I known for wan, of additional roads.
I Tho educational system i adequate. It extends
I trim primary grades to an agricultural and mining
I college.
1 The native population, except in a few remote
Ipl.ici-4. is progressing. In the Southeast, Indians cn
tgage in trade and industry, luive their own schools
land enjoy the rights of citizenship. in northerly
jdi. tlet., Eskimos count their reindeer by the thousands.
Ala.-ka is orderly. its towns and villages are
| well-governed.
i All these facts arc set forth in the annual report
,1 Gov. Scot! Hone. They evidence a. steady ex
, liat sioa of more permanent good to the Territory
than tlu! temporary booms of the early gold rtaiii
, P.cdi . to which the executive makes brief allusion.
Yukon steamers that hick plied the groat, river
j mn> „ ho t o-n "beached at St. Michael, long out of
eomiiii siou." The report eonunepts on the "dwindling
jmid pa.?-4ing" of once populnts places that "sprang
( into lying over night," and on abandoned mining
.camps, "pathetic evidence of afflttenl days now
| goii (V
i i iiMm siuumuoais in incir time were won
j'l'rl'i! packets. Tltey freighted the hopes. realizations
and dir appoint nte nt« of throngs of adventurers. Tlieii
jcargoes in spring replenished supplies exhausted dttr
i in'; "liere, and in tlie fall provided stores that ini i
;iu last thriugh succeeding ice-locked months. Delay
j in spring might lie inconvenient. Failure in the fall,
jlieeaute oi low water or an early freeze, was tragic
| Always the far-off whittle of an approaching stoaui
jhiiai thrilled the camp and before the craft, like a
; tiling of life, could stem the current ta the landing
Dims! of the popull.ion would tie gathered there.
Towns that were populous when northern gold
elrikes were new have experienced varied fates.
I'.vlh, a place if teeming thousands when Klondike
I: iati’pedi iv battered against tlie Chilkoot harrier, is a
grazing Held lor the livestock of a dairy farm.
Ska gw ay b yol a port of consequence, bin it |k>h.
sc.-ms only u iracUon of its early multitude.
At Circle, virtually deserted, dawned the golden
e a that attained its zenith at Nome, still rich in
.'Mils, and that continues to shine with u promise'
j"f revived splendor at Fairbanks.
Alaska's ilnauclal requests are moderate, relating
, t i icilj 'o an administrative building, road improve
ments and railway maintenance. The Territory, since
>’ acquisition by tlie 17 n I eld States, has produced 111
I wealth from land and sea a thousand million dollars.
In promote tlie stable development of such an empire,
t ohgre ran afford to tie geucrous.
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I lie Republic.: n outlook b exceptionally bright.”
.1.' (uaii nian Dutlo.r. We are not so cheerful about
.live Republican outlook, but we in list say it is far
mule luminous titan our Democratic. look-in. which
iiidn t materialize.—(Houston Po«t-LHSpato.li. 1
li.uegb l.a Folette made an awful mess of it. he
!"u promising candidate. - -(Cleveland Tiines-Coui
; ii.trvu.l,)
. One reason why the Britons filled to enjov those
I hasehall grilles is that they did not know how to
j heckle the umpires. -(Omaha Bee.)
| Tlie W C T. U.. which has pledged itself to
1.1e outlawry of war. is used to tackling tremendous
problems. (Boston lilobe.)
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111” election returns also showed that the Third
jl'ai y is about as popular as a drv agent —(Cin
jcinnaU Enquirer.)
I'm anally, we can't see why scient Hie hypothesis
e.i'i i lie idled ilium to prove All, Everest has a too
without going up to see. — (Ihi.llas News.)
I lie new pictures sent from England bv wiro
Iv puzzle us somewhat. We'ro not sure whether one
o' em is Stanley Baldwin with whiskers or Charles
Hughe? without cm—(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
/;'l,lL "cathcr. not the close of tlie political cant
pibTUi 9* man5r padl° enthusiasts may have thought
rlv;>v,!‘|,blG ror ,ho milpko<l reduction in static —
(Chfc.ag’o Nows.)
Concerning the reading- of Senator t.a Fotlette'
m t ot the. Republican Party, the Wisconsin Senator
i ould appear to be in a position to sav. "come out
side and put me out.”—(Chicago News.)
Tlie fit publican Campaign Committee reports -i
surplus on hand. Wliy not? They could not pos
sibly have spent all the money they raised —fVhila
delphla Record.) '
f)H?iWkTQl ffi~- T’fl.. ■ , • - r* ' i•*'“»* 7 'v '
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR j
9z UX HU I1
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Especially at This Time of Year
She's shy—That's evident
Where’er she goes—
li must be fierce to be
So shy of—of clothes.
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
Tlie old-fashioned tomboy would
look Ilk.: a sissy alongside tin
modern ktilckerod lass.
The Ananias Club
"I would rather read t lie Con
gression Record than the raciest
novel published," declared the flap
per.
Whatever That Means
iilluks Do yon believe they are
making htadway In enforcing pro
(bibit ion?
•links Well. I see this epidemic
j of hiccoughs is spn uding.
Get Busy, you Scientists
A London woman dreamed her
| husband bad a soulmate and an in
i vesligilMon provAil that lie really did
■have one.
The big job now confronting the
j brainy nu n is to find something
; to give wives, to keep them from
! dreaming.
Ho, Vluml!
It’s tin. open season for rabbits.
Also
For
l’ock"tbpok.s.
The Same Continued—
Seen everywhere
T>n your Christinas shopping early.
Asked everywhere
What with?
An Unusual Woman
lie Kho is queer, isn’t she?
She--Yep. she prefers political
gossip to I lie old-fashioned kind.
Very Seldom
The tiles tlia( Whoppers never buy
The married men think whopp rs;
All married men* know that their
wive*
Are not that Hind of shoppers,
j—Jtuld Lewis In Houston Host-Dis
patch.
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j The married int u know doggone well
That' when wiVe-i shop downtown
all day
j They may he minus money—but
‘ They'll run up "bills for them to
pay. » • ■
Ouflht’a Interest the Undertakers
Four-barrel guns, which combine
rifle aiid shotgun, are a late thing
in the American hunting world.—
News Item.
The busy IntH'iHws asmumi hump
ing themselves tp make the foul
killer’s work iH»y, . .Most of the
common, or garden variety of fools
j find the double barrel or even the
| single barrel gmi perfi etlv effic
ient in getting them Into the next
j world.
More Or Less Truce
Still, we suppose, the kind of a
man who prefers the kind of a girl
who doesn't use rouge and can
discuss tax reductions intelligently
is about as popular with the gen
eral run of girls as that kind of a
girl is with the sheiks.
They nave quit weaving clothes
'underneath that ,scratch. bat you
lean bet She kind of clothes they
j do wear keeps dud scratching liard
j er than ever.
II is pretty safe to bet Sill per
: cent of Ihc folks riding In liigli
I priced cars tonldn’t even pay the
grocer if they owned nothing but
i flivvers.
We suppo e people should do
the things thej can do in st, and if
iFSKINBREAKS
| OUT AND ITCHES
APPLY SULPHUR
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! Just the moment you apply Men
I tho-Sulphur to an itching, burning
or broken out sbssT->-b^ i toll ing stops
and dealing begins, says a noted
skin ajieciulist. This sulphur prep
aration, made inlo a pleasant cold
croum, gives such a quick rellaf,
even liery eczema, that nothing
has ever been found to take its
place.
Because of its germ destroying
properties, it quickly subdues the
itching, cools the irritation and
honls the eczema right up, leaving
a clear, smooth akin in place of ugly
eruptions, rash, pimples or ;rough
ness.
You do not nave to wait fop trn
provement. It quickly shows. You
can get a little jar of Rowles Men
tho-Sulphur at any drug store,
(advertisement.)
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flappers can paint better than they |
can cook it is better for them to
spend their torn- jiainting. I
Wo used to (think nothing could
look more absurd than the old- ■
fashioned balloon sleeves the girls
us< d to wear -but that was before
men begun to wcur balloon punts.
Love mean sacrifice and a wo
man thinks her love should attend
to that job along with his job of
brendwlnning. tending the furnace |
and so on an! we guess he should
-anyway, lie does. ■
A thrifty man thinks he is a good
spender, hut that isn't a girl's ideal
of u good spender.
And now w. suppose the wife of
the man whose income tax returns
were published will lie snubbing the ‘
wife of tlie man whose wasn’t. j
The old-fa; iiionod girl who had
no lnotlu ;• to guide her now would
consider herself lucky having no
mother to worry her or worry
about.
Bobbed hair has added consider
able to the overhead expense of
owning a wif> and daughter.
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Daily Sentence Sermon
One of th" hardest jobs in the. I
world is getting I ha world to have!
faith in you when you haven’t any]
in yourself.
News of the Names Club
What we wanna know is whether |
when Mary Perks in Detroit slut I
over is cited to the Traffic Court.]
As for Mac A. (lift, of Pittsburgh.j1
she’s just given herself to (ileun ■
Pfaff . ml we nope she won't, prove |
ail exp n iv on though that kind j
usually are.
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DOTBTB
1 and I Aoldatdn BMf.
PHOBI N
loan 9 a ■. to » » «.
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Dr. CImHm P. Jom
DEHTUT
Rooma I and 9 Valentina Bids.
Telephoaa 17i.
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Dr. A. W. Sttwarl
DBNTIBT
Hsura, 9 A. M. to 9 F. M.
• BBWARD BUILD ltf4
Offlea Phona 199.
Ran. Phoaa IT!
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Dr. DtVifku
Mklony Buildiuf
■out 1 to 4. 7 to I.
Phonea: Offlea. 10* I Ran. Hi.
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Dr. W. J. Pi**
FXTSICZAH
Offlea—Second and Main
Telephoaa 19
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Phywcian and iurjeoa
Juneau Muale Houae Bide.
Telephone 1T9.
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WMGLEYS
yiftir every meal
A pleasant
and agreeable
sweet and a
I-a-s-t-l-n-g
benellt as
well.
Good for
teeth, breath
and digestion.
1. J. SHAR1CK
Jeweler and Optician
Watches, LiamnuU
Silverwart ,
Jeweln |
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City Hall, Second Floor
Main Street at 4th j
Reading Room Open from i
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Circulation Room Open traai j
I to 6:30 p. m.—T: 00 p. ai, j
to 8:30 p. m |
Current Magazines, Newspapers, i
Reference Books, Etc.,
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MRS. M. MACK
HAIRDRESSER
248 Willoughby Ave.
Phone 436.
For appointment—afternoon or
evening. '
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Dr. H. Vanca
OSTEOPATH
201 Ooldeteln Buddies
Hours: »:30 to 13; 1 to 8|
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phoaea: Office, 187; Residence
Phone 813, Coliseum Ante.
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| GEO. I. 1 AXIOM, D. 0.
Chiropraotor
2nd loor Mee«*rachn><4t AM.
Off4«e hours: 18 to Hi I to B|
7 to * and by appointment.
Phone VI
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Dr. F. L Goddard*! 1
Sanitarium
Bates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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Helene W. L Albrecht
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Swedish Method.
410 Goldstein Bldg.
Phono 433.
OUR Aim
Meadowbrook Butter
Turner & Pease Eggs
At Lowest Prices
J. M. GIOVANETTI
PHONE 385.
House Phone 385-2 rings
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YOUR "UNUSED'’ A.-48ETS— that
ypewrlter, musical Instrument, fur
ilture, office fixture or appliance
ha classified columns of The Empire
ire marketable, for cash, through
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It is our wish that the peace of the
• Christmas season may bring you hap
piness; that living in a community
free from want may give you content
ment; and that the best promises of
tomorrow may be abundantly ful
filled for you during the New Year.
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, THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK
OLDEST BANK IN-ALASKA
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fraternal Societies
i -or
i Gastineau Channel
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B~. P~. (T 1LXI
Meeting Wednesday
(fT . Evening! at 1:0*
\ffH, (JTi o’clock, Elks’ Hall,
irav J. Latimer Gray,
Suited Ruler
JOHN A. DA VLB.
Secretary.
Visiting Erotbars welcome.
Co-Ordinate Bodies
of Freemasonry
Soottish Rite
Regular meetings
second Friday each
month at 7:30 p.
m. Odd Fellows'
Hall. ._
WALTER B. I1EISEL, Secretary.
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silvbb mw
I LODaa NS. S a.
1 Meeete every Thursday at B P. It.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
J. H. Hart, Noble Grand; P. Brevlk,
Secretary.
• rnnyzEAJc. SET"
LODGE 10. *A.
Meets every second and fourth
Wednesdays In I.O.O.fr*. Hall, at
8 P. M. MABBL WlLflON,
N. O. ALPHONBINS CARTER, |
Secretary. I
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MOINT JSNIAS LBNI
No. 147, F. • A. St. .■ H
Stated Communication
Socr.nd and Fc .-th Mondays
of each Month, in Odd Fall*—a
Hall, beginning at T:lt e’daak. m
William M. Fry, Master. 7
Chaa. E. Naflhel, Secretary 1 -
Order of tkd
EASTERN STAX
Rocond and Fourth
dare - —
At t o'clock, L O. 0. F.
PEARL BURFORD, Worthy Matro»
LOIS NORDUNG, Secretary.
KNIGHTS 0V
COLUMBUS
UBQHBHR COUNCIL Mb
174# Mooting* Quoad
and last Mondara at T:SS
p. in. Tranalont Broth
••re ■■rood to attand. Council Cham boon
Fifth Street. Hector McLean, O. K.,
H. J. Turner, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Poet No. 4.
Juneau, Aladka.
Meets fourth Thursda#
_ each month at ■ 9. at
i The _'ug-Out. J. W. Kehoe, Foal
! Commander, Phone 46 9; J. H. Hart,
! Poet Adjutant, Phone 100.
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L07AL ORDER 01
HOOSE
Juneau Lodge 709
Meets eaery Frida)
night, 6 o'clock.
Moose Hall. Georgs
Jorgenson, Dictator; It. H. Stevens.
1 Secretary.
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Auxiliary Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4 American Lesion
Regular meeting fourth Thurs
day of each month In Council
Chambera of City Hall at S p.
m. President, Mrs. E. M. Polley.
Secretary, M. C. Ducey.
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* AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF f
ALASKA Igloo No. 6. |
Meeting every tltlrd Wednesday 1
of each month at 8 o'clock p.
m. Cards and refreshments.
At Moose Hall.
MRS. E. L. HUNTER. President
LAURA M'CLOSKEY,
Secretary.
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THE CAPITAL ^
Shoeshlne and Chiropodist Par
lors for Ladies tnd Gertlemen.
Corns and Bunions removed. 63
Front Street next to Sharick’a
Jewelry Store,
Phone 371. W. H. Pittman |
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Western Ammunition
j For Sale At ,
Rursefl’s Gun Store
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I Fbou 148. lea. 1«| ;
f Courteey and Good lerriee |
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