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{new dress goods i p \7" CXJ will find no trouble in selecting material ^ ^ 1 for your fall dress or suit from our complete =5 g showing 'of new Fall Styles. New Broadcloths, ^ ^ heavy Serges, Mannish Tweed, Wool Taffeta, 2: Lonsdown, French Serges, Wool Challies. etc. 12 ^ We have now on display a handsome line of rs ^ Wool-Velvet Corduroy Dresses and a beautiful va- ^ S: riety of Evencng GGwns in silk and chiffon effects. ^ t: The famous Saxony Sweaters for sale here ^ ^ exclusively. In navy, tan, brown, maroon, card- , 3 ^ inal and grey, at $6.50, $7.50 and $8.50. Sweat- 3 ^ ers for snen, women and children at all pnices. L : ^ New Fall Millinery ? A nice selection of trim med and Jek hats now on display. ^ I B. n, Behrends Co., Inc. 1 ^ "Phone ? JUNEAU1, ALASKA % LODGE DIRECTORY. K . of R The North Star Lodj*e, N?. 2, . "K. of R* meets every THURSDAY KVENING at 8 o'clock in V. L. C. Hall V. .L K KIN. C. C. CHAS.A.HOPP. a. of K. AS. Vi->itiutc Knights invited. (iasti Beaux Lodge No. %2 4 F. & A, M. L?dj?e meets second and Tuesdays of each mouvL. JAMES DANIELS, W. M. 4. JL STOOBY. Sees-, Meets every Wednesday- <0lenhiK titi 'Wiirt j Fellows Hull Visltiiifr brothers -always welcome. MONTE BENSON. N. e. A1ERL F. THOMAS, Rec. Sec'y. Aurora Encampment No. i meets at Odd Fellows' hall first and third Thursdays ^at 8 p. m. Brothers of'flhe Royal Purple are cordially invited. chas. sTrrts, c. p. HUGH McRAE, Scribe. Northern Light Rebekah Lodge No. i meets at Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth Thursdays. Visitors are cordially invited. MARIE WEISS, N. G. ?GERTRUDE LAUGH LIK, Secretary. Auk Tribe No. 7, Imp. O. R. n. MEETS EVERY MONDAY EYENITJG at 8 o'cleok at Odd Fellows' Hal! Visiting Brothers tirvited. OH AS- iP. OSTERBERG. J K? Sachem. FRANCIS CORiNWBLL. C. Of R. Treadweil Camp No. 14, A. B. ARCTIC BROTHERS MEET EVERY TUES DAY at 8 jx. m. at A. ?L. U. hall. C. E. BENNETT, Arctic Chief. R. MgCORMIGK . Arctic Recorder Albert JR. Sargsant, M. Dl GENERAL PRACTICE Office? O'Connor .Building, Third Street Office Hours? 9 a. in. to 12 m.; 1 p. m. to 5 p. m.; 7 p. m. to 9 p. in. Telephones? Office 5-2; Residence 5-2-2 Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. Robert W. Jennings ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ?LEWIS BU4LDING ^unoau, ? Alaska Q?\ of Headaches are caused /v/ by Eye strain; can be cur ?ed permanently by proper fitted glasses J. SHAJUOK. 4optioaajj JLIXNJUAJJ The Northland The tartest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great North, Condensed. Information for Everybody. The J*uneau public school will open on Sept:4)tb. The Alaska home rale '-bill passed both branches of cougress on the 20th. Completing her <71st <voyage to Alas ka, the <Bertha was taken from the pas seuger -service. Two 'bad boys from Kodiak, aged 12 and >14 years, have been consigned to the federal gail at Seward. A nugget weighing better than ten ounces in gold was recently taken from the Hoben-Davis placer claims on Bear ?creek, uear Hope. A Tacoiua school ma'am killed a ?black bear -near Wraugell last week. From now on Tacoma youngsters will walk tl>e ohalk line. Friends of A. J. Daly, the democratic politician who suicided in the Fair 'banks country, suspect foul play aud demand an investigation. Delegate Wickershnm has joined the ^Bull Moose pariy, but does not, really believe in its teachings. Our Jame9 will always -be an independent. W.. L. Redman, a prospector and clairaowner, committed suicide at Sew ard by severing bis jugular vein with glass from a broken flask. He was in jail at tbe time. ?*'Murdock McNeil (From Scotland), Alaska, North America, Address on House," was the superscription on an im.posiug looking letter received at the Seattle postoffice. Vibra Boweu. au 8-year-old Seldovia girl, played with tire. Her clothing caught, and before help -came her back and legs were badly burued. Her suf fering was terrible. Dr. JRomig, of Sew ard, has -charge of the case. Jietcbikan is lo have a fall street car nival. .One thousaud dollars was sub scribed at the first meeting and it was expeotad that, an additional thousand will be secured. The chairman has goue to the Sound oities to procure at tractions. Last Friday morning the steamship Mariposa, of the Alaska Steamship company, crashed through the Valdez wharf, siuking two launches, destroy ing the Blum warehouse, aud entailed a loss of about ?40,000. A mixupon signals is given as a cause of the dis aster. The Fairbanks Citizen says: Rabbits are so thick this season that they have become a. pest in some cases, damaging fields and gardens as was the case out on the Tanana river *to the south of town where C. R. Davidson recently had a field of two acres -of wheat de stroyed. ? WE ARE J * DOUGLAS AGENTS f FOR 5 ? P.-I., Examiner, Chronicle, Star, to Times and Oregonian jt s We also carry the J Leading Periodicals & Magazines J ___ > For NICE TABLETS and | FINE WRITING PAPER J WE ARE 1TJ j?i Our line of b * S Cigars and Tobaccos Is the most complete in Alaska Our Candies are Always fresh! ?? We carry a full line of Fruit! ^ # (Duringthe fruit season) ? ? ? ? ? ? J All the LATEST 81.50 1300KS! J| J Crepe, Tissue and Shelf Paper { 5 * 5i 5 * US HIS D[ J $ A note of real progress may be found ?in the following from the Seward Gate way.: A two-^faojp Joshua Hendy mill, with all nt>ces?<ary adjuncts, arrived on the steamer Ad m'iral Sampson yester day, and will be 'installed on the Brew er- Hayden Cotter gold-quartz property tft. mile7. The mine is being developed i i under the immediate direction of Fore I ?man liouglrarty, and the results thus far achieved are very -satisfactory. ? The Council City aud Solomon River I railroad, which ha* been in bad 'Brian-; cial st rait s for several seasons, will be ; J put up at auction soon by the receiver. The read is a broad gaug? line, 32 miles in length, extending from Norton j sound to Penelope creek. The original plana of the orgauizers of the company j provided for the construction of the ; | road to'Couucil City, a distance of 51 miles. The railroad is known as the . "White Star Line." flames Kelly, a 'laborer about 42 years of age, fell under the wheels of a train at 23 below on Bonauza on the -Klon dike Mines railway. Both legs were crushed below the kueea and virtually! were severed. The engineer aud t'he fireman and others of the train crew did not see the man on the track, so it is thought certain he was attempting to get on one of the cars after the engine had past-ed, aud in that way fell aud went beneath the wheels. President J. C. Lang, of the National Grocery Company, Seattle, recently re ceived a cablegram from Nome stat.iug that the power schooner E. L. Dwyer had been wrecked near Kotzebue sound: The -vessel left Seattle last May with a cargo for Far North points. The cablegram said that a part of the schooner's cargo had been saved, but that the vessel would be a total loss. The vessel was owned and uavigated by Capt. Alex Allen. The Dwyer was 69 feet long aud 17 feet beam. She was valuek at. $15, 000. For some unknown reason there is a widely prevalent Idea that the United States offers a reward for the discovery of a tin mine that can !be worked at a ?profit. Many letters are received by the geological survey each year asking about this supposed reward. Where ! the rumor started is unknown, but it seems to be fostered by unscrupulous or ignorant persous. The survey's of- j ficials state that the United States does j not offer and so far as knowu to them, never has offered a reward for the dis covery of a tin mine or any other mine. ? Mining Scienoe. i' A. Christensen, chief of the field di vision of the United States general i land office, returned to Seattle yester i day, after a month's trip to Alaska, says the Seattle P. 1. Mr. Christensen was accompanied by his secretary, E.T. Lindec, and testimony in behalf of the government in a half a dozen cases was j taken in Seward, Valdez and Juneau, i One of these cases, Mr. Christensen says, is likely to prove of some interest, ! | involving as it does a homestead entry ! i made by Harry E. Revelie on Resurrec- 1 1 1 ion' bay. The government charges that || ; the entry was made in behalf of the j.Alaska.Gentral. Railroad company. m. 1. O'Connor General merchandise The officers of the Maryland, who 'have "visited the Matauuska coal fields \ in Alaska, found groat quantities -of ex cellent coal in that field. There is j nothing new about this. Not. only lab oratory tests, but actual trials by the cruiser Buffalo, several years since, showed that the Matanuska coal, for ?naval pnrposes, is better than any now in general use in the navy. If the rail road were completed arid the coal fields opeued, the navy, by using Matanuska coal, could save over a million dollars a year and have coal of better quality than now in use. Information has been received rela tive to the options secured on gold properties near Juneau, Alaska, for the syndicate represented by Hayden, j Stone & Co. D. C. Jacklin arid A. F. j Ilolden have returned from inspecting the minos. The mines are across the bay from the Tread well properties and include the Alaska Uastineau and other mines. The Alaska Gastineau is a consolidation of the Alaska Perse verance, Oxford and Sheep Creek prop erties. Interested in the deal are Hayden, Stone Co;, D. C. Jackliug ; and A. F. Holden, as well as a few other prominent mining men. The option is on a majority of the $3,500,000 bond is- ; sue and over 80 per ceut of the capital stock. It is understood that Moss r 6. Jackling and Ilolden hav? recommeud-, ed the construction of a 6, 000-ton mill. ? Mining Science. In defense of the future prospects of its* home town, the Seward Gateway says: We coufess our inability to agree with some of our pessimistic i friends who assume to believe that the greater "pull" or influence with the powers that be, alleged to be possessed by a neighboring town, will result in the establishment of the proposed gov- ; ernment naval base at that point, rather than on Resurrection bay. The naval base will be established on Res- ; urrection bay, simply on the grounds that it is by far the best harbor in Alas ka, aud one of the best in the world,; and adapted, in all respects for the pur- , pose in view. Vast public improve ments of such a nature are not deter mined by "pull" or influence exerted by private individuals or corporations, but on the merit-s of the harborage facilities afforded, [t is ridiculous to suppose that experienced naval men will pass up a harbor absolutely free from rettfs or shoals, admitting a full free entrance from the high seas, in favor of a narrow channel, dangerous in the extreme, possessed by our con testing neighbor. It should be under stood that these naval commanders are solely responsible for the warships un der their command. A Ions of one of these monster fighting craft means dis grace aud even discharge from the service. It is manifest, therefore, that their own selfish interests demand that they select the safest harbor possible. There is no cause for worry about the naval base. It will be installed where nature has provided every natural ad vantage for it. And that 'place is Res urrection bay. And no one knows this ffact better than the experienced naval men who will have much to do in .making tbe. selection. Mining Laws Amended The full text of amendment to 'the mitringlttwa as applied to Alaska whi^fc was approved by congress on the :firat of August, 1912, i9 given in the follow, ing enactment: No association placer mining Claire shall hereafter be located 'in Alaska iu excess of forty acres, and on every placer mining claim hereafter located iu Alaska, and until a patent has beeo issued tlmrefor, not less than one hun dred dollars' worth of labor shall be f performed or improvements made dur~ ing each year, including the year of lo^ cation, for each and every twenty acree or excess fraction thereof. No person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim in Alaska as at* toruey for auother unless he is duly authorized thereto by a power of at torney in writing, duly acknowledged and recoHed in any recorder's office iu the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so authorized may low a placer mining claims 'for not more than two individuals, or one association under such power of attor ney, but no such agent or attorney ^hall be authorized or permitted to l? cate more than two placer mining claims for any one principal or ussoci at.ion during any calendar month and no placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska except under the limitations of this act. No person shall hereafter locatq, cause or procure to be located, for himself more than two placer -mining claitub in any calendar tiioruh, pi ovidec^ that oue or both of suoh locations ma* be included iu an association claim No placer mining claim heieafter lo cated in Alaska shall be .patentee which shall contain a greater area than is fixed by law, nor which is longer that three times its greatest width. Any placer mining claim attempted to be Ibcated in violation of this aui shall be null and void, and tho wholf area thereof may be located by anj qualified locator as if no such prior at tempt has been made. Alaska has not yet recovered 'froqi the effects of the volcania eruption ql Mount Katmai in June and the fedeial government will be obliged to furnish emergeucy rations and supplies fqr some time. The people of Kodiak inl and are in need of the quickest atten tion. Their vegetable -crops were ruined. Secretary "MacVea^h has or dered ten tons of potatoes fiom Seattle ?to prevent scurvy breakiug out among theinhabitauts. Afoguak island is re covering to some extent, but will ueed emergency rations during the winter. The people on the mainland, who were rendered homeless by the eruptioq, have erected a new towu on Ivanoff bay, 150 miles west of the volcano, and christened it Perry, in honor of Capt. Perry, of the revenue cutter Mfcnuing, whose heroic work at the time of the disaster brought forth a letter of com mendation from President Taft. The uew city is flourishing and needs uc assistance. "SITKA HOT SPRINGS." nm modationp, American or Eui^p^ftpiaQ. For terms apply to Dr. K.UtkMi.Uardf Sanitarium. Ala-Jo*.