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BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE McMANUS YOU ‘bTAT On = that Milk Oon t talk, about Diet A*b the. 1T‘ THA'T't> *'-L- 1 doctor told *!:**'* M'Ll< * You OBI'LL DIET an WALKIN' _ C>R.E.A<I^ "1 I'M COMMA* CjlT JOIMT-X TO TA*y^e ME i p®M&- WHEE.E bO - FORc,\"T it- s— v'*"Cfeal Britain rights ruttvcd | \ - BEESSLAMIT ALL OVER THE SEATTLE CLUB SALT LAKE CITY, May 20.—The Bees bunched four doubles and a single in the fifth, two homers in the sixth and five tallies in the sev enth. The Indians did not do so good and the game ended with Salt Lake on the high end with a score 15 to 8. The batteries were: Seattle — Fussell, Hasty and E Baldwin. Salt Lake — Mulcahy, Sulvey and Peters. GAMES YESTERDAY. Pacific Coast League. Salt Lake 15; Seattle 8. Sacrament 2: Portland 3. I.os Angeles 3; Oakland 0. San Francisco-V.ernon, rain. National League. Boston 3; Cincinnati 7. Brooklyn !); Pittsburgh 5. New York 2; Chicago 8. Philadelphia 8; St. Louis 4. American League. St. Louis 8; Boston 2. Cleveland 3: Washington 4. Detroit 11: New York 5. Chicago 4; Philadelphia 3. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Pacific Coast League. VV. . L. Pet. San Francisco . 28 11 .718 Salt Luke 22 18 .550 Los Angeles . 2.3 10 .548 Seattle . 21 19 .525 Oakland.19 2u .48, Portland 17 21 .4 47 Sacramento . 17 24 .4 15 Vernon 13 28 .317 National League. W. 1j. Pet New York . 21 7 .750 Brooklyn 1(1 13 .552 Philadelphia ... 15 14 .517 Pittsburgh . 12 14 .462 Cincinnati . . 12 14 .162 Boston . 12 15 .444 Chicago . 12 16 .429 St. Louis . 10 17 .370 American League. W. L. Pet Philadelphia . 20 7 .7 41 Washington . 20 9 .690 Chicago . 19 12 .613 Cleveland . 17 11 .607 St. Louis . 15 18 .455 New York . 10 IS .357 Detroit . 10 23 .303 Boston . 8 21 .276 BOTHWELL TO PRESENT PRIZE TO BALLPLAYERS A new prize for players in the City Buseball League has been hung up, according to announcement to day, making a total of 35 awards to he made at the end of the season. The thirty-fifth prize is a pair of 1 Walk Over Hhoes, presented by M. D.! Bothwell, local agent for the line, to be given the player stealing the greatest number of bases during the season. Newspaper Flourish In Swiss Republic BERLIN, May 20. — The United Slates leads (he world in the num ber of newspapers published within its borders, 30,000. according to the newspaper Germania. France is sec ond with 10,000. The figures, however, tell a dif ferent story when the newspapers , are compared to the number of in habitants. On this basis Switzerland stands first with 270 newspapers for every million inhabitants, and the United States is second with 250. In England the proportion is 98 papers to each million people. Old papers for sals at Tbs Empire v V AUTHORIZE ARMY TEAMS TO SHOOT FOR 1925 TITLE RAN FRAJS'OISCO. Gal., May 20. The national lifle matches fur 1925 are already engaging the at tention of the army. War Depart ment instructions just received au thorize teams from the infantry, cavalry, coas tartillery and engin eer branches of the service for the l!)2a national matches. Teams will be composed id’ one team captain, one team supply of ficer, one team coach, one team supply and mess sergeant, and 25 firing members, including such pis tol firing members as the chief of branch may designate. All Branches Complete Preliminary tryouts of groups of forty, Including officers, warrant officers and enlisted men, whom each chief of branch may select, will lie held tit various localities during the last week in May, or early in June, to determine the membership of the teams for the national matches. The teams will include personnel in the United Stales, in Porto Rico, the Hawai ian department and the Panama Canal department. Reservists May Shoot Enlisted army reservists may lie] ittached upon application to the corps area commander by their unit I commanders to organizations of the regular army of national guard for! firing the rifle and pistol courses j in the regular annual target prar-! tice under new War Department regulations recently received at the ninth corps area headquarters. CANT BRIBE ATHLETES; ! IT’S AGAINST THE LAW HARRISBURG, Pa., Ilr.y 20. Governor Pinchot has signed the Wilkins bill, making it a misde meanor to bribe or attempt to bribe professional iiasebail and football players, boxers and wrestlers. A line of $5,000 and imprisonment for five years is provided as a pen alty. There is a separate penalty of $2,0u0 and imprisonment for three years for any person convicted of attempting to bribe a professional athlete. Other penalty is applica ble only to the athlete. The bill is the aftermath of the scandal that grew out of the al leged attempt to bribe "Heinie” Sand of Philadelphia Nationals last year, resulting in the ousting of Jimmy O’Connell and Cosey Dolan ^Champ to Wed I Tho "perfect girl," Miss GertruJe ! Artelt. of Philadelphia, former ra tional swimming champion, will be j married to William 1L Degumoens, member of the New York Cotton i Exchange, it was announced re cently. in 1921, Miss Artelt was ! chosen as the “most perfect" of J *,000 girls In a Chicago coutest. , I ! | First Casualty in Rum War i — ■■■--■ — I , I i THE 'K-I4937" CAPTURED RUM RUNNER, t/livf <ZS it U/..SES *iXpiod&4. The first capture In the new war on Rum Row, conducted by the jrreatest Coast Guard fleet ever assembled, was this boat, called the 1 fastest rum-runner." She was taken ashore at I’atkertown, N. J.. und leached by Coast Guards, after a number of cases of liquor were un loaded. Shortly afterwards, a man, who said he was a part owner, strolled up, suddenly opened the gasoline cocks, and threw In his cigar Lutt, with the resulting explosion snapped In the unusual photo above. He escaped after saying he would rather destroy the I'dj.OOU boat tha have it used in the anti-rum patrol of tlie Giants from baseball. There was no law at the time in Pennsylvania under which prose j cut ion could be made. COBB IS TO QUIT WHEN YOUNGSTER FOUND FOR PLACE _ I DETROIT, May 20.--Ty Cobb is j ready to end his baseball days us soon as a younger man can beat him out at the job as centerfielder with the Tigers. Although Cobb is 38 years of age. the prospect seems as remote as it was a decade ago. -- WRIGHT SHOPPE IS BEING RENOVATED AND PAINTED A force of workmen went on the job this morning to renovate the Wright Jewolery Shoppe on Front Street. The Interior of the Shoppe will be repapered and painted and — - - — — __ t the exterior will he repainted. A large space on the side of the1 build ing is being cut out to join the front, at the left of the entrance, in enlarging the show window. The Interior of the Shoppe will ; tie finished in cream color witii mahogany furniture and the exter ior will lie painted in cream with | white borders. The new street (lock to he erect led in front of the Shoppe will he in place within the next two weeks. TAKE METCALF HOME Mr. and Mrs A. W. Longaket have taken the v. A, Metcalf home for their residence and are now lo cated there. They returned on the Alaska from Anchorage where they have been the past several months DR. W. E. MULHOLLAN RETURNS, lias opened his dental office ove. First National Hank. —udv. PLAY SAFE Protect your Motor Car In vestment with Periodical In spections by Authorized * I TUB UNIVERSAL CAR Service Juneau Motor Company Authorized Dealers -- | -- ■■ -IlilAMfT _ -_____9 --■ ■■■ -■ ... ■■■ ■ M ^ I" "" " ! DRY KINDLING WOOD ! $4.00 Per Load Delivered R. & M. TRANSFER 152 Front Street Phone 294 SATISFACTION OUR AIM SERVICE OUR MOTTO ED RYAN BOB MURPHY i ■ .. - — ■ ■ i i Franklin Street, bewteen Front and Second Sts. Phone 359. V.-- - . J f auskaIeTt company / Wholesale and Retail Butchers PHONE 39 SEWARD STREET l J - -■___ QHP/^VQf You Had Better Read This Ad. lJ JL V^/Jt • For Your Own Protection PLUMBING, HEATING AND SHEET METAL WORK BY SKILLED MECHANICS—YOU MUST BE SATISFIED. WOODARD & NEWMAN PLUMBING SOUTH FRONT ST. SHEET METAL WORK Phone 373 Rei. Phone 1401, 1203 — M’CAUL'S GARAGE OP*N FOR BUSINESS > **' All kinds of auto repair work. We have the men, the tools, the facilities and the ability. All work guaranteed. We solicit your patronage. CaO us, Phone 571, or bring in your car. ' HOUSES FOR SALE TWO RECENT LISTINGS I Five rooms each and both nicely situated. Both furnished. I One in the Casey-Shattuck Ad , dition near the Governor's House j on large lot for $2700. $1000 j cash. j The other close in with fine marine view and southern ex posure. Price $2000. $1000 cash. I ALLEN SHATTUCK j INSURANCE—REAL ESTATE I IV.— __i !(-H I) FIRE ALARM CALLS 1-3 Third and Franklin. ; 1-4 Front and Franklin. 1- 5 Front, near F’erry Way. i 1-6 Front, opp. Film Exchange. I 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf, j 1-8 Front, near Saw Mill. 2- 1 Willoughby at Totem Croc. 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Colo Bam. | 2-4 Front and Seward, i 2-5 F'ront and Main.’ 2-6 Second and Main. 2- 7 Fifth and Seward. ! 2-9 Fire Hall. j 3-2 Gastineau and Pawn Way. 3- 4 Second and Gold. 3-5 Fourth and Harris, 3-6 Fifth and Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-8 Seventh and Gold. 3- 2 Fifth and Kennedy. j 4-1 Ninth, back of power house. 4- 2 Calhoun, opp. Juneau Apts. 4-3 I) is tin Ave., and Indian St. ' 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. I 4-6 Seventh and Main. 1 4-7 Twelfth, at” Northern L’dry. i 4-8 Twelfth and Willoughby. 4-9 Home Grocery. f— I JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage. Prompt Delivery of LADYSMITH COAL Phone 48 v.____ Watch Him Go Alter It Let him drink all be wants. It will do him good as our milk Is absolutely pure and fresh. Thera Is nothing better for children or grown-ups either, for that mat ter. Let us leaTe you a quart or two each morning. Our cows base been free from tuberculosis for four years. . Juneau Dairy j PHONE 14S. J PROSPERITY IS HEReI Own a Home—Build Now Help Make Alaska Grow Spruce Cement Hemlock Brick Fir Fire Clay Iron Bark Lime Oak Hay Shingles Grain Boat Lumber JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS > ■ ' ” —