ORGANIZATION OF
LEGISLATURE MAY
START TOMORROW
Watson Bringing Rest of
Members— No Plans for
Organization Effected.
With the arrival of the Admiral
Watson here late this afternoon, the
entire personnel of the sixth bien
tiial Alaska Legislature, which con- j
venes here next Monday in a 60-dav
session, ■will be on hand and the firs:
preliminary stops toward organiza -|
tion of both branches will then be
possible. So far. the number of!
members who have been on the
ground has not been large enough
to .permit any definite organization
steps or to make ‘it possible to de
termine whethor or not such nr
gbnization can be effected without [
•difficulty.
So far as can be ascertained, it is
not planned to hold any party caucus'
of Senators. If such a caucus were |
held 1t would be without precedent
as far as tho Senate Is concerned ay
all pre-session organization meetings;
have heretofore been attended by
ail members of the upper bramh re
gardless of party affiliations. This
has been largely true, also, of the I
lower House, although one party!
caucus oT House members was h Id I
for organization purposes. The oth-|
er four sessions, however, were with j
out any political caucus. No official j
call had been issued far any caucus!
etirlv today.
‘Members expected to arrive on th"|
nr,. got ifnr. Hfritun
Dlmond and Snodgrass, and ftepre |
sentatives Wilson. Keyes, Johnson,!
Ross. Toater. Murray, Price an I
Staser. Miss Selma Scott, of Vai l z
candidate for Secretary of tli ■ Sen
ate, its also on the Watson, and pos
sibly one'or two applicants for clcr:
cal positions.
Members of both Houses now here!
are confident that a plan for per-j
manent organization will be agree I,
upon tonight or tomorrow and that j
such organization will ho perfected
not later than Monday. Should this
be done. It lis probable that Governor (
Bone will deliver his mes- ige to tlv
Legislature Tuesday.
MASQUERADE PARTY
TONIGHT AT SCHOOL
Period costumes, character cos-|
tumes and just any old costume will
appear tnight at the BN-TI-TY Club
masquerade party to be given a: tlv
High School gymnasium for th
students of the ninth, tenth, el»v - • .
and twelfth grades of th - Jua i >
public schools. Everyone eligl". J
who are the students, their par' '
.ii.d guardians, plan to attend ail!
the party promises to be one of tlv
.post successful of the series g.v> u
ihlP school year. Guests will w rj
atatks and they Will not be re.n 1
until the signal Is given, after prlz.-i
winners have beem chosen Six p.i/. -
Will be awarded.
An entire new lime of games wi'l
be sprung on the guests and v
eral hours will be given over t >
dancing Following the games a:c!
dancing a supper will be served
Seattle Attorneys Fight;
In Contempt of Court
SEATTLE, March 4.—De Wolfe
Emory, assistant District Attorney,
and John F. I)ore. woll known at
tornoy, were citot yesterday by
Judge Jeremiah Neterer, of the F 1
eral Court, to appear today and show
cause why they should not bo sen
tenccd for contempt of court. This
is tha result of a fist fight between
the two men in the court room 1 ist
Thursday afternoon during the trial
of a bootlegger Emory 'accused Dore
of calling him a liar and the fists
started to fly.
JUNEAU RESIDENTS
CALL FOR PATIENCE
WAITING 11 DAYS’ MAIL
“Consider the stars," is a quieting
quotation for Juneau residents .is
they look over the present boat
schedules and find that this town
will have no mall from Seattle until
March 10. when the steamer North-,
western should arrive here, being
scheduled to' leave Seattle March 7.
Steamer Spokane, also scheduled to
leave Seattle March 7. is expected
here March 11. putting in at Peters
l.urg and Wrangell, the Northwestern
making Wrangell only. There will
he 11 days' ma'll from the States on;
one of the steamers.
Tho steamers Admiral Watson
due today. and the Alameda,!
due March 6. Tuesday next, will be
the only boa’s - >uth tint 11 the Spo
kane. galling from her- probalil.
March 12. for Seattle.
INDIAN GIRLS’ FIVES MEET
AT A. N. B. HALL TONIGHT
The local Comets and the DouRlas
A. N S.. both Indian girl basketball;
teams, meet tonight on the Juneau
A. N. B. floor. The Don glue team,
although defeated earlier in the
son. is confident of a reversal of
results tonight. The game is ex
pected to draw a good crowd.
FRENCH BIRTHS FEWER
PARIS. March 2 The latest birth
rate bulletin shows that there were
7.000 fewer births in France during|
1922 than in 1921. There also were.
9.000 tewer marring of; , and 0! le -s,
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“Smoky” Is Happy Again
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Sees His Owner Once More
“Smoky," the distinguished and
Justly ceh bra tod lead-dog owned by
Sonatcr Fred M. Ayer, of Nome, 1
Imppy ones more. Hi i master is
back and Smoky's tall hast teen lms
fly wagging ever since.
Sim o Smoky camr inio Senator
Ayer's po: cusion 11 years ago. the
dog and his master were imvor
separated—-until last fall, wit n S n
ator Ayer drove h!s team to til :
coast from Nome. All the Ayer dogs
wor - sold but Smoky, and the famous
loader of one of the swiftest packs
in Ala ka was left in Jumau wade
So ns i or Ayer continued to tit- Ou t -
side to Sp< nd a few weeks in Cali
fornia.
When Smoky first came h the
event was duly observed. Canine
music became more frequent. Old
boros wi re dug up for the fei-ting
and elatnecBiia yelping was hoard on
all sides. The Capitol City’s dog
population apparently knew of
Smoky’s feats, and from the aristo
crat le kenncl-s on Gar.iino.iit Heights
to the humble drygoods box h mss of
the ni! ngi -I curs in Indian .own, the
coining of the King was hi ily pro
claimed.
"Baldy of Nome,” Scotty Allan’s fa
mous loader, is perhaps better known
than Smoky, but the latter ha- wan
more cup... Although his rat ing days
are over and his owner has retir’d
from tin' racing game, "Smoky” still
has much of his old-time vigr. He
has three square meals every day
and woe betide any hungiy dog th
RODENBERG IS
DICTATOR LOCAL
MOOSE LODGE
Election of Officers for 1923
Held Last Night—Can
didates Initiated.
ES F! K id 'nil *rs w.i 9 el( cited I He
tutor i.r Moose Lodge No 700 for
the year lhiiS at a meeting of the
lodge last night at Moose Hall. Other
of Moors elected to serve this year
wen-: George Jorgensen. Vice Dic
tator; W. It Barnes, Prelate; It H.
Stevens. Secretary, three-year term;
Gttnnar Ingman, Treasurer, and Olaf
Bidding, trustee, threo-y. ar term. T.
Judsiin was elected delegate to the
Suirem 1 Council and It. H. Stevens
was elected alternate delegate.
Following election of officers in
itiation ceremonies were held for
Candidates Fred Kikren and Peter
Hansen.
It is planned by the lodge to hold
a com rt and dance March Ifi or 17
at Moose Hall, for the benefit of a
fellow member who has been ill here
some time at. St. Attn Hospital.
GASTINEAU HOTEL EXTENDS
CHANGES TO LOBBY; MAY
INSTALL RADIO RECEIVER
( .tangos in tlie interior arrange
ment of the Oastineau Hotel have
been extended to the offices, .in the
lobby, and tfiat department now pre
sents a more attractive appearance
than formerly. The partition, en
closing the private office, has been
moved hack toward the wall several
fret and extended toward the rear
of the building .about four feet. The
change allows more floor apace be
fore the fireplace, which has re
el ntly boen put in. and is more con
venient for the office force. A tele
phone has been installed in the pri
vate office and a door has been put
in at the rear, opening to the door
loading into the cafe. The outer
office lias nit bean changed.
An effort will be made to install
a radio receiving set at the Gas
tineuti Hotel, the aerial to be erected
on the roof of the hotel building,
would venture too < lose to the ol
racer at dinner time
“Smoky's" hint .race was in 11*21.
when he led the Ayer dogs across
the finish line for first place in the
Marathon, for the Borden cup. Sen
ator Ayer now has permanent ihis
ession of that much-prized trophy,
having won it three times.
Senator Ayer and Smoky, et al,
won the Salomon Derby for five suc
cessive years, from 1!>13 to 1917. in
elusive. The Ayer doge, of which
Smoky is a fine type, are fox hounds, (
with a strong strain of malemutej
blood in their veins. The Solomon |
Derby covers a 85-mile course, from ]1
Nonto to Solomon and ret urn. The!
Ayer (togs hold the record for that
race, with 5 hours and 33 minutes.
Smoky and his mates only took
part twice in the All-Alaskan sweep
stakes, the 400-mile race from Nome!
to Candle and return. On each oc-i i
caision they took third place. On an-,
other occasion they were entered in,
the s weeps takes, but Senator AyerD
did net start because Smoky was!
ill. According to all signs, Smoky;
was the victim of a conspiracy to
disqualify him, for it was discovered
that he had gorged him elf on rein
dear ineit. mysteriously given to him.
shortly before the hour scheduled for |
the start. ].
Smoky's closest race was nine
years ago. whon the Ayer team, of!,
eight dogs, nosod out John Johnson'
KIberian dogs by two minutes, in1
the Solomon Derby.
according to Fred Sorri, manager. I
the receiving set da successful in '
operation, loud speakers will be at-1
(ached and installed in the hotel |
icily and cafe for the pleasure of I
the guests, .\Ir. Sorri said. C. M
Ohencweth, operates in charge at the
local cable office, who has taken,
apartments at the hotel, will install I
the set.
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REQUIEM MASS HELD
FOR JAMES CLANCY;
SERVICES TOMORROW
Requiem Maas was held at !) o'clock |
this morning at the Catholic Church j .
tor James Clancy, who died here ,
Thursday merning last. Father A. J. !
RoeeaN said mass Tile pallbearers 11
were 'Charles Hoxle, John MoCloskey.
James hrcCloskey. Dan Callahan. T
E. 1’. Keegan and H. J. Raymond. ^
The body was taken from the!
church to the C. W. Young under
taking parlors for services lo be held
at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at
F!k«' Hall, imder 'ho auspices of l>.!
P. O. Elks, No. 420.
FUNERAL OF ANDREW
MERICKLE MONDAY
Tin funeral of Andrew Merickle ,
will be held Monday afternoon at 2!
o'clock at the undertaking parlors of |
C. W. Young Co. L>r. (J. G. Hruce ,
will road the service. Interment will!,
be in Evergreen cemetery.
W-ard was received this morning j ]
j by the Alaska Juneau Company from 1.
■ friends of the Merfckle family in New !
| London. Wisconsin, that the brother
j of Andrew, Alonzo Merickle, is dead
'and that the whereabouts of a sistor
| is unknown there.
Andrew Merickle was killed Tues
! d'ay morning last, when he wasj
] caught by a flood of water, which j
.broke through a dam of snow at Falls'
j Creek, Douglas Island, when ho was.
i tending the Treadwell ditch there.1
He was an old-time resident of this
vii nltjv and had been tender at the
[ ditch for over 20 years.
ANY REASONABLY - PRICED
i house or apartment may be rented—;
I through an inexpensive classified ad
! vertisement in The Empire. Test the
matter. The “risk” involved is so
! small that tew people would dignify
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JITNEY DANCE
ELKS’ HALL
You know this is the place for E
peppy music and a good crowd. E
! Only a few more dances and then 5
; the door prize will be awarded. =
TONIGHT
SAVE YOUR COUPONS i
COLISEUM ORCHESTRA
Follow the Crowd
Six-piece Orchestra—Jazzy, Tantalisin’ Music s
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RAELSON URGES
PROVISION FOR
AGED PIONEERS
Alaska Owes Debt to Old
timers, Says Nome Man
Hobby Is Good Roads.
There are men who have been in
Alaska longer and men who have
unshed over more of the Territory's
ar-flung trails but there is none
vjio is more intersted in the care of
he ageil and indigent pioneers of
he North than Frank ‘ Dick'' Rael
on, of Nome, member of the Ter
itc.rial House of (representatives,
vho arrived in Juneau early this
voek lor the forthcoming legislative
o.sion.
“Alaskat owes a great dobt to the
nen whose early discoveries paved
he way for the subsequent develop
ncnt of the country," said Mr.
ta. 1 .on in an interview accorded
rhe Empire today. "These men came
nto the Nortli wilderness when
oads and trails, much less railroads,
vere unknown; ttiey left civiliza
ion wherever the little steamers
anded them on the coast and most
if them gave the best years of their
ifc to the country. Now, when they
u e long past the age of useful scrv
ce, they muet be taken care of, ten
lerly and humanely. 1 hope that
his Legislature and each succeeding
„ gi. lature will appreciate the ob
igation Alaska owes to these old
nen and be governed accordingly."
Mr. Ruelson has another hobby—
-end roads. "If the time shall come
vhen Alaska will be erisv-crosed
vlth adequate roade and trails
Ua-ska will abov; the world some
bins new in food production," he
aid. "Roads and trails, and plenty
if them, will open up the greit
nterior country and give the North
vert a new agricultural section. ’
Mr. Radeon came to Alaska just
ifter the Dawson excitement, land
ng at Fort Wrangell or ^t. Fut
•iek's Day in 1898. Hearing that
told in paying quantities had been
ound in the upper Felly River coun
ry he and three companions set out
or the digging, early in April of
98, but the outfit was wrecked in
he Stikine and tlie expedition was
ibandoned. "We were all tender
ed, and then, loo, we had tough
uek," he explained. A r-tory that
dd-tlmers of the Wrangl 1 section,
ell of Raelson is one that he has
lever been able to live down. He
ind purchased a horse in Wrangell
ind as there was no dock there, lie
vas instructed by the steamship
lompanv to tether it near the beach
vher- the otearner would make a
anding and pick up the animal,
taelson tied Dobbin to a stake near
he water and went back to tho
own to await the landing of the
ipat. Three or four hours later
omoone asked him where his horse
vas. "I tied him on the beach, he's
: 11 right,” he replied. "Man, you
letter heat it over there quick, don't
-ou know the tide is coming in?"
ind Hudson didn't stop to hear
nore. When he arrived at the beach
A. B. HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
JITNEY
DANCE
Dancing will begin
at 10 o’clock
“JUST KEEP
A SMILIN’ ’’
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BEEF, WINE
ANDIRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron performs a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as ths
very best stomach tonic.
BRITT S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
the horse wus in water up to his
belly.
“After that I asked questions, and
I Rot along better," he said.
Mr. Raelson spent the remainder
of 1898 and all of 1899 In the Atlin
country, chasing the paystreak.
When the Nome excitement blazed
forth he stampeded to that district,
arriving on June 14. 1300_. From
that day he has made Nome hi.
home. In his youth Mr. Raelson
was a traveling salesman for a
whole-ale grocery house in Chicago
to It was natural that he should
turn to the mercantile business after
'lie mining excitement subsided. For
several years he was chief shipping
clerk of the Alaska Mercantile Com
pany at Nome. For the past eleven
years he has been employed in the
Polet store. Mr. Raelson was a mem
ber of the Nome City Council for
two years and has been a leader
in the Northern city’s civic move
: monte. He is a member of Igloo
! No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska, ‘and has
served that organization as trustee,
I for the last three years. He was
I born in 18(18 at Stockholm, Sweden,
and came to the United States when
- he was sixteen.
Mr. Raelson was elected to the
Legislature last November, running
ion the Republican ticket.
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Slain Man’s Seven
Children Get Home
i -
; CHICAGO. March 3.—After a jury
•had acquitted him on a charge of
| having murdered Rocco Zito, An
i tonlo Padnla of Melrose Park an
nounced that he would assume the
| .support and care of Ziito’s seven
j children in addition to his own seven
I offsprings. Padula said he had shot
I in self-defense at another man but
J killed Zito.
Agricultural Credit Bill
Unanimously Agreed Upon
WASHINGTON, March 3—The
; Senate and House conferees reached
t unanimous agreement last night on
tile 'agricultural credits bill and i:
• was then reported it would ha sub
; mittod to both Houses of Congress
I during today.
Body of Cockran to Be
Taken to New York City
—
WASHINGTON, March 3.—The
body of W. Hourke Cockran, Repre
sentative from New York, who died
suddenly Thursday, will be taken to
New York for interment on Sunday.
A larga committee of Senators and
Representatives will accompany the
funeral party.
Government Loses Big
Case of Fraud Nature
CHICAGO, March 3.-—Daniel Hayes
and 11 others eonmocted with the
Daniel Hayes Land Company were
found not guilty of the charge of
using the mails to defraud in the
Federal Court, here last night.
The government maintained the
company realized more than $4,000.
000 by misrepresenting California
lar.d it had sold.
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BACK TO ASH
HEAP IT GOEJ
Protest to Election of Sena
tor Fess Is Filed—It
Cannot Be Done.
WASHINGTON, March 3.—Dave
i K. Hoamsitead, former assistan
Home clerk and active in Senato
Pomerene's unsuccessful campalgi
j for re-election as Senator from Ohic
has tl'iled a petition protesting to th
, election of Simeon It. Fess. Heatn
stead alleges Fess misrepresentei
iiis qualifications as Senator. Sec
retary Sanderson notified Heamsteai
the petition had no legal status am
could not be received.
Canada Helps Her
Soldier Settler
OTTAWA, Ont„ March 3—Sine
the soldier settlement board begat
j operations 22,948 cx-soldier settler
i have be. n granted loans totalin;
$93 233,902, and in addition 6,392 met
Five settled on orown lands wilhou
loans, making a total settlement o
28.940. Up to the end of Januar;
i soldier settlors in the Province o
J Ontario have paid back 73 per cen
I of the amount due. The distrle
I of Regina is second to Ontario witl
! 70 i er cent; the maritimes 57 pe
cut and the Prince Albert distrle
j of Saskatchewan 56 per cent paid.
Norwegian Uovemment
Resigns Owing to Treat;
t CHRISTIANIA, March 3.—The Noi
woglan government has resigne
after the Storthing rejected the coil
nvercial treaty with Portugal.
OiCi papers lor sate at Emplrfe.
KIRK’S
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CREAM
Excellent for
all Kinds of
Rough or
Chapped Skin.
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COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
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FRED LYNCH HEARD
IN SONGS AT DOUGLAS
Fred Lynch, popular tenor soloist
who made his home in Juneau for
Fcveral years, until last fall when
he went to Ix>s Angeles, to Btudy
voice culture, has not been lost to
his Oas-tineau Channel fans. Al
though hundreds of miles atwy
Lynch’s tenor voice has traveled
through the air from sunny Cali
fornia to the Northland „ and his
pongs have been heard in Douglas by
Robert Gaughlln, through his radio
receiving set.
Mr. Cattghlin said he heard Mr.
Lynch from KFI, the Earl C. An
thony Broadcasting Station, and
chief station of Los Angeles. Mr.
Lynch was announced and shortly
after his songs came to his audience
and old friends in the Caughlin
home.
Ford Motor Company
Given Power Right
WASHINGTON, March 3.—The
Federal Power 'Commission has grant
ed the application of the Ford Motor
Company for the right to develop
power at the government high dam
between St. Paul and Washington.
It is stated here that the water
power is wanted for a large manu
facturing platn to be established at
St. Paul.
SPECIAL
JEWEL BOXES
50 cents each
We are showing for
the first time beauti
ful card ivory vanity
cases.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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THE CLOTH OF MANY USES
May be used in hundreds of different ways to
your advantage, such as Dresses, Aprons, Kompers,
Sheets, Pillow Cases, Table and Lunch Cloths and for
all kinds of fancy work. It is unexcelled for wear.
We have a large stock of the following sizes and
prices in linen finish.
, u 36 inch at . . ./. ..$ .35
44 inch at.45
54 inch at.55
63 inch at.65
THESE ARE NOT SALE PRICES
BUT OUR REGULAR PRICES.
* Compare our prices when buying HIGH GRADE
domestic or fancy cloths, or anything else.
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