The Alaska daily empire. [volume], December 07, 1926, Page 2, Image 2

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: SHOAL OPSDtiAS SALES LT I
Mmiin, Coots^Dresses ^Accessories^- ^ni
Gift
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BEl'TIFULLY STYLED
COATS
'' AT DECEMBER REDUCTION
<! A sale that is a Christmas gilt in itself
—including all mir Coats. All prices rep*
. resent hig savings and nothing would
please her more than a Coat lor Christ
' > mas. Many colors — fur trimmed and
tailored styles.
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I: onesses
*• ^ on will lie delighted with the models
we are offering at immense price reduc
tions during this Holiday Sale. They
i ’ range in styles from pretty home Frocks
to the street costume and include every
i ► Dress in the house.
,. cloves
We are showing a line of Kid (doves
i | in small sizes only.
SI.00 A PAIR
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SWEATERS
Just received a shipment of very good
looking Sweaters. Blue, Orange, Green
and Lavender plaids in Silk and Wool.
$12.50 EACH
NEW BAGS
You will not go wrong as far as select
ing the very latest style and a practical
gift if vou choose one of the new Hand
hags. Tan, Brown, Grey and Black.
$4.00 to $6.75
UMBRELLAS
Just received a shipment of Umbrellas
in all colors. Ten and sixteen ribs and
short handles.
$6.75 to $20.00
BOUTONIERS
In very bright colors
50 cents and 75 cents
CHRISTMAS BOXES
5c—10c—15c—20c
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COS Y LOUNGING
ROBES
A gilt that every woman will appre
ciate for its comfort, warmth, usefullness
and good wear. They are of a quilted
Satin in Blue, Rose, Pink and Red—also
hand embroidered. All sizes.
$20 and $25 '
SILK IIOSE |
Every woman will be delighted with a
pair ol Silk Hose. A wide variety of 1 »
colors and a Very desirable price range
which makes it easier for you to find just -
what you want. * »
$1.35 to $3.50
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HANDKERCHIEFS <(
Handkerchiefs are the ideal gift for the
whole family—White and all colors. t ,
35 cents to $2.75 a box
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T O Y STOYS
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B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc.
JUNEAU’S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE .,
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THE TALE OF THE
s SPRUCE OF ALASKA
Tile following Ik the second articlj
that B. T. McBain, pulp and paper
plant export, who visited Southeast
ern Alaska, including Juneau, lust
'..Hi u i. Thane, has pro
ri' e Irene papers in the states,
1 : HVide was publised in the I
Umpire y;u trrtlay.
1 ■; eond article says:
Not many centuries ago. the ice
fields of the Far North extended
down and over that part of America's
richest timber possession, now known
as Alaska. The great glaciers id ill
remaining arc receding from year lo
year, and while now two or three of
them can he reached from Juneau,
williin a few years they will lie many
miles inland, reached probably only
bv auto, or other meat ns of transpor
tation so rapidly being added to lit"
pleasures of that District.
The nearer one gets to the glaciers |
the younger and smaller the spruce
and othei pulp trees, showing beyond
a doubt that as they receded the
winds have immediately seeded the
new territory to a crop of useful
ness.
We hear of the Blue Spruce of lie
Eastern United States, but most of
Die people who at one time owned
blue spruce forests East are now
blue themselves because of the great
waste in the cutting of the forests,
and in the manufacture of the lum
ber in by-gone days.
. Time and Necessitiy have moved
the world Westward—It has alwa>*
been so since time began, and will
be so until eternity.
As the Eastern world moved west
ward the spruce of the middle west
became available; it. too. In a large
measure was wasted: It, too, is al
most a thing of the past.
To the far West the movement was
on. The Pacific States of Oregon
and Washington were pioneered in
the early 189(l's by the Pulp ami Pa
jfer fraternity, but quietly and with
out much publicity. It lias only been
of recent years that the truth and
real facts, regarding the spruce, and
fir woods of these two great slates
h-s become public property.
V"'"n Undo Sam acts, lie does so
Itlgrlitiy He surveyed the
v.l:n'e Northwest Country and whip
doing ho took note of the Natural
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Resources. Bulletin 1211. published
by the Depart meat of Agriculture In
connection with the Forestry Divis
ion tells many truths. Half of the
limber wealth of the Nation remains
in these two states and in Alaska.
While Alaska is to llie far North,
it is also Westward.
The pulp and paper making world [
mast soon look to Alaska for a great
part of its while paper supply.
The woods of Alaska are not many J
practically only two spruce and
hemlock. These two species amount
lo !ts per cent of the total, some .»:»j
or more billions of feet. One might
say a solid block of pulp wqod in just
about the right proportions and run :
i*lug from to to 100 cords per aero. I
Hear, clean, tall .straight, white,
dose grained and wonderful pulp
wood. j
The Alaskan spruce is called Sitka i
spruce, hut there is more of it and |
of better imulity Fast of Sitka than |
immediately surrounding that port.
The Alaskan spruce was born for
a future supply for the paper making j
world. It grows in a district wltu
very little rainfall and very few
funis of pestilence. Even the demon
fire is almost an unknown factor
in that region, the best conditions
for perpetuity. |
But what is best is that Uncle
Sam owns the timber and will not j
■ell it. Uncle Sam intends making]
Alaska a Timber Harden spot of the
future for aM generations. He will
sell the crop as it ripens and as it
i needed, but only as fast as it can j
be used, and used in Alaskan pulp1
and paper mills.
There are water powers on almost |
every large island, some naturally
'biller than others. These have been j
[surveyed and run-off records have
In e nkept for many years. What can
b- dene with them is known: it is]
I not a guess. The records show facts,
nut guesses.
I have talked Alaska for many
Mars with my friends: always they
: were the ones who had been there]
and 1 had to take their ideas and re
marks for facts. Many had little
good to say of that section.
I have been there: 1 have seen;
1 have learned for myself, having vis
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ilotl the power sites; having seen the
records and maps; having learned to
know Alaskan spruce and to appre
ciate this newest of American pos
sessions, this most valuable of all
our National Resources and Assets
pulp wood for the future.
Long may the Alaskan spruce live,
and may her fame reach the length
and breadth of the world and time.
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Selling Trousers in
French Prison, Hurd
Labor Task of Doty
(Continued from rage One)
paler, clothed in a nondescript prison
uniform, long brown coat, flap cap,
wooden slioes, Clare presents u sharp
contrast from the proud soldier whom
(lie correspondent had visitod in the
citadel at Damascus last June.
"Morale” Not Impaired
His morale is unimpaired, how
ever. and he greeted his vlsitory with
evident pleasure.
“Not so bud for a man who was re
ported executed last June,” he re
j plied to a query as to his health,
j "You boys hotter go and walk in
the sun,” said the Alpine Chasseur,
j a little “Illue Devil" with fixed bay
- onet, patrolling the inner court.
| Within high walls and In a narrow
strip of sunshine, the American L'!
, gionary and the correspondent walk
j ed back and forth for an hour, while
j the sentry studiously looked the
other way.
Clare relished an American cigar
ette.
"Yes, I get plenty to eat,” he said.
"A big howl of soup in the morning;
n piece of meat, one pound of bread
i and a plate of vegetables at noon;,
1 another quart of soup at night. It
| isn’t the ftitz hotel but I can't kick,
i It might have been daisies by the
.roots!" \
| Makes Three Pair A Day
“What about the hard labor,” he
was asked,
i Clare laughed outright. “Hard la
bor! Hard lnbor!” he repeuted. “Do
; you know what I do? I am sewing
trousers for the army. Some 'midin
cite.’ I never did my own sewing
when I was ip the Legion, simply
couldn't handle a needle. And now I
have to turn in three completed pairs
[of trousers it day. The best I can.
finish up is one pair aud one leg
[and t am steadily falling behind. It
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worries me. The needle is harder on
[the fingers than the trigger of tho
rifle.
I “Oee but it feels funny to lie doing
| woman’s work. I certainly didn’t ex
| pect this when I enlisted. I wanted to
meet Mister Alid-el-Krlm. I thought
'(hey were going to send me to Mo
rocco lint they found me another war
| just as good."
I "Twas nothing, we couldn’t very
well run away from those birds,” was
all he would say of the deed that
won for him the Croix de (Juerre.
Captain Besancon later produced
{Clare’s citations for valor.
Denies Was Afraid
“I hope they don’t think that I ran
away because I was scared,” Clare
said suddenly. "I don't know wh.it
came over me. We hadn't gone two
hours thut 1 knew wo had pulled a
boner hut it was too late to turn
buck. Palestine certainly did look
to me like the Promised Land that
evening."
Clare feels some anxiety about tli<‘
disposition which will he made of
him when, in conformity with Pre
mier Poincare's program of econo
i mies, the military penitentiary here
is closed December 31.
"1 am worried lest I be sent to
some civil prison with u lot. of
sneak thieves, pickpockets, burglars
or hold-up men,” he said. “I have
committed no crime against society
and I don't want to bo penned up j
with real jailbirds.”
Expect* Early Freedom
Captain Besancon informed Clare)
that he would probably be sent to a j
military, prison either at Bordeaux i
or Marseilles.
“i hnve confidence in the sense of )
jgstice of the French Ministry of)
War,” the prisoner said. “I can j
hnrdly think they will let me rot j
ejght years in prison. I risked .myi
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life several times for their cause and
I feel sure that when this ballyhoo
ing has subsided, they will edge me
out of this quietly.”
“Soup is ready. Clare," said the
little Blue Devil sauntering up
The big steel and iron gate swung
noJsily upon its heavy hinges and
Clare disappeared into the sombre i
I prison. Leaning his fare against 1'ie j
hats Clare shouted as a farewell: :
"This is a great life, if you don't j
weaken.” |
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LAKINA ARRIVE; NORTHBOUND
The freighter Lukina arrived in
Juneau last night at midnight with
i 150 tons of eoal for tile Feitimer
j Dock. 15o tons for the City Wharf,
I and 1!) tons for the Alaska Jtiucuu
! dock.
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I ‘'Here and There :n Southeastern
j Alaska!” A real thrip through
S. K. Alaska for a Xmas present!
On sale at nil stores. —adv.
Federal Power Commission
In compliance with the Federal
water power act (41 StaL, 10G3)
notice is hereby given that William
Randolph Ilearst, 137 Riverside :
Drive, New York City, has made |
application for a preliminary permit |
covering a proposed water power
project in Crater, I-ong and Sweet
heart Creeks and Speel River, in
l Tongass National Forest, Southeast- '
orn Alaksa. Any objection lo mirh'
I application, or request tor a hearing
' thereon, togetheV with any briefs,
! reports or ‘other data for which
: consideration is desired, should lie
submitted to the Executive Seere
tary, Federal Power Commission,
Washington, D. C.
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HERE HE COMES
Now is the time to order coal.
We nlso carry n full line of Peed
— -and our motto is to buy the best.
This Is our secret of so many sat
is fled customs. If you have been
using just ordiuary coni then we
invite you to give our’s a trial.
And i.ur transfer service O O O My
D. B. FEMMER
Phone 114
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FLEXIBLE FLYER SLEDS ,1
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\ Ask any boy what kind of a sled he wants, he will say a /
FLEXIBLE FLYER and nothing else
ALSO A COMPLETE STOCK OF
Skates — Skiis—Ice Creepers—Snoiv Shovels —
Snoiv Shoes—Skate Straps—Yukon
% Sleds—Side Walk Scrapers—
Skate Sharpeners
Juneau-Young Hardware Co.
PHONE 12
“IT IT'S HARDWARE WE HAVE IT”
Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc.
VERTICAL GRAIN HEMLOCK FLOORING
VERTICAL GRAIN SPRUCE BOAT LUMBER
LUMBER—MOULDINGS—LIME—CEMENT
FIRE CLAY—SHINGLES
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GEO. M. SIMPKINS CO. ,
PRINTING and STATIONERY
See us for FANCY STATIONERY, FOUNTAINS PENS, ,
^ EVERSHARP PENCILS
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v V OFFICE SUPPLIES ” * *•
Front Street Phone 244 Juneau, Alaska
Sjp p CONFECTIONS
B " m Candles, Ice Creams, Sherbets, Punch.
• “ • Made In Juneau, Alaska. Elmer E.
Smith Factory, Phone No. 16. Oandy
SWEET—FKESH Maker, T. E. Hall, Phone No. 637.
ROCK FILL
Let us give you an estimate on a Rock Fill for your Water
front Property.
We are now making a Rock Fill of 6,000 yards under the
Standard Oil Wharf at a price which is far cheaper than
repiling.
The addition of a Mack 2>/2 ton truck, automatic dump to
our equipment enable us to do this.
We maintain an efficient and prompt delivery service of
Coal, Baggage and General Dray Work. Kindling—75 cents per
sack delivered.
We have a quantity of empty boxes and barrels which are
ideal for Packing,
No job too small or too large but will receive our prompt
attention.
COLE TRANSFER
“WE MOVE ANYTHING LOOSE AT ONE END”
PHONE 3442
ALASKAN HOTEL
MODERN REASONABLE RATES
Dave Housel, prop.
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THE ALASKA RAILROAD
throughout the year operates regular passenger and freight train
service from Seward on the Coast to Fairbanks In the Interior,
and over the Chlckaloon and Chatanlka branehes. During the
winter months there are two passenger trains each way, weekly,
between Seward and Fairbanks. For timetables and other In
formation Inquire of any steamship or railroad agent, or write
Dept, of the Interior
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
(Kt. McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage Alaska
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