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SLIPPING AWAY.
What Juneau has had is slipping away
from it day by day. and it ha.- ri i promise
save polities and Government and Tc(rri- /
toriai money invested and poured out to
maintain a town and population there, for
politics is now Juneau’s only known resource,
t Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Some of it is slipping away all right. The ore of
the Alaska Juneau mine, for Instance, is slipping
; way at the rate of about 8,000 tons a day and
It will soon he increased to 10,000 tons and then to
15,000 tons or mom. It is estimated (hat it may all
b. gone at that rati within the next hundred years
or so.
NEW FIRM IS POPULAR.
The now firm <>f Allen and Hothwell s-taris busi
ness with the goodwill of Juneuuites and many otliers
throughout the Territc.ry, Both the members of the
lint. Dudley Allen and Milton But it well, have lived
many years in this oily and both number their friends
by their acquaintances. The hope is general that
Mr. Allen, senior member of the firm, may return to
Juneau at no distant date to resume his place as an
active member of the community.
THE DIME NOVEL.
A news item lo the effect that two Baltimore
m*s: Ire- .than, .17 years of age, departed from their
lie me with between 11mm. their destination the
Canadian northwest, where they proposed to become
mounted policemen, brings: back to the middle aged
and older men of the country the “dime novel" era
of their own boyhood. it was reported the Balti
more youth were started on their search for adven
ture by rending tin ties rf the daring exploits of the
Northwc: i police.
There are few mcti of fifty in the country today
who did not fall at onetime, in a large or small de
gree. under the pell of the “dime novel" which was
to generously printed and circulated when he was
in the r< mantie, formative age of his boyhood. These
men will rex-all cow they waited excitedly from
week to wick for tIt.* new t novel, and how they
read it clandestinely, hidden away in the barn, the
attic, or in their own sleeping room after “the folks”
had retired, because few parents approved ol the
"dime novel."
In spite of this attitude on the part of the older
people toward the dime novel they were hot, after
all, so injurious as many believed. As a rule they
had no really bad effect upon their readers, and the
instance t where boys turned to lives of crime because
they read them wi re rare. Some i f the most solid
business men of today found their first thrill, their
first sigh for edvrnture, in the dime novel.
It may he trite that many of these boys dreamed
of* going out to the Wild West lor the purpose of
fighting Indian: Perhaps tome of them determined
that as soon at they were eld enough they would
go to the great city and become detectives, running
deiperato criminals to their lair, and perhaps being
to fortunate in the end as to wed the beautiful hero
ine of the piice. Few of them diu as they planned.
Occarh a ally a boy would start out immediately
end at u®'cry tender age to "make his mark" in the
bringing to justice of bad men. but these Instances
were rare anil generally the boys got no farti er
than will the boys with the who have started
for the Northwest. t
A.s il Jll.il I t I Ul I.MI, Mil' UIIIU' IIIHI'I III .Mi 111 1'i
years at.o wus largely inspirational, and if the truth
were know.n has b<vn responsible for a waken ins in
many young men tlie e!«- ire to leave the slow, plod
ding life of the country for the more active and
broader one of the city. They did not become Old
Cap Colliers, but they did become solid business men.
Whatever tile faults of the dime novel may have
been tluy never failed to tcaeli a lesson. The hero,
if ho was a dies live, was always a good man, with
high ideals. lie was honest, he loathed crime and
wrong-doing in every f im, and the criminal charac
ters in tue.Jjooks were painted as such loathsome
features that f w boys would be tempted to follow
In their 1<< tip. And If they should have been
the fact they were always caught red-handed In
their crimes and finished their cart is in prison
acted as a deterrent.
The e.er-suecesful detective, who risked his life
a thousand time.’, but who always etcuped unhurt,
free to continue his light < it eveil, was a high
minded gentlemen, the : ml of honor, lie was always
the respecter and protector of womanhood. Hor
honor was sacred to him and many of his most
daring battles and narrow escapes were prompted
by a determination to save her from the clutches of,
the viMlan.
The old fashioned dime novel was not so bad as
it was printed. And one tiling may be said of it
that cannot be raid of the present-day cheap litera
ture ro greedily devoured by many young people.
It never touched on those intimate details of life
which ate the bade of many'of tlie stories printed in
cheap magazines that bestrew the shelves of the
prefient-Uay boofcstabd*- The ‘•true,” •saucy,'’ "Bnap
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py,” "spicy," ' scarlet'’ stories of today, with their
suggestive rovers and illustrations, and their burn
ing descriptions of the "private" lives of their char
acters. are infinitely more harmful to the young
people than ever could have been the dinu.1 novel
of a quarter of a century ago.
ALASKA GRAIN CROP STANDS TEST.
Aim k.i experienceu in 19;::: the mos untavorable
seat an for grain production of any year since the
er.tablishn. lit of Federal agricitliural experiment
stations in the Territory in 1898. A late spring was
followed b> an ungual number of cloudy days and
much rain in duly and August, which kept the crops
growing imlead ot maturing. Heavy frosts caine the
latter part of August and were thought to have de
stroyed all hut tlte very earliest maturing grains.
Commenting upon the situation a bulletin by
the Depart tut :it nt Agriculture sa's germination tests
made recently In the experiment station at Mata
nusku, however, indicate that there will he plenty
or seed grain of fairly good quality for sowing next
spring.
Among the leading varieties developed by the
stations, ai cording to reports to the United Stales
Department ot Agriculture, Siberian No. 1, a spring
wheat, get minuted 85 per Cent.; hybrid barley No. 28,
87 per lent.; hybrid barley No. J9, 51 per cent.;
and a Boleciimi of Finnish black oats, 74 per cent.
Komanow spring wheat gave 32 per cent, and Kher
son oats 42 per cent, germination. Many Alaskan
farmers Cut their grain for hay last year, it is ro
rrported, and, have found it excellent stork feed.
President’s Alaska Visit.
(Seattle Times.)
President Harding’s visit to Alasaa next sum
mer will he instructive and pleasant to him; it
will benefit Mrs. Harding’s healtli, as well as de
light her, and it will prove of advantage to tlie
Northland, it will he the first trip of a Chief Kxeeu-,
tive of the nation to the Territory, u Territory that
in area is one-fifth as large as the United States and
that since its purchase in 18 tJ 7 from Russia for
$7,200,00(1, lias yielded in minerals, sea products
'and furs a wealth of $ 1,100,000,000.
At least twenty days, according lo dispatches
front Washington, I). ('., will be alloted for the
northern journey. In that time, t lie Presidential
Party could go by chip from here to Valdez and
Seward, thence by automobile over the Richardson
Trail and Copper River Railroad to Cordova and
thenie by ship across tlie GuJt of Alaska and by way
of tlie Inride Passage to Seattle. The twenty-day
lunlcd would not necessitate undue haste. It would
afford oppoitunity for inspection of coastal waters
and of extensive stretches of the interior and also!
permit of sojourns in the principal towns along the
route of travel.
At \'tilili)7 i hn lionfloii.mlnr., ,1* <1. rni,l.>.i T..i; - t
Division, t lie Picsident can view tl»o famous Valdez!
[Glacier, a barrier that checked but could not stop ’
the stain peed of a host of gold seekers. At Seward.!
named foi Lincoln’s great Secretary of State, \vho|
negotiated the purchase of Alaska, the President will i
entrain on the Government Railroad, a broad-gauge, I
well ballasted system that extends 467 miles into the |
Interior. He and liis party will travel in standard;
sleeping cars and have the convenience of a dining 1
I car. At Anchorage, t lie Chief executive will be the!
: vuest of a tr.wn tlie Government laid out and ad-1
(ministered during the building of Hie tailroad, and
there are located the main shops and offices of the1
system. Northeast of Anchorage, he will view the [
extensive Matanuarku and Chickuloon coal Holds. Ai
: Riley Creek, ::47 miles north of Seward, his train,
will cross a steel and wood viaduct !»00 feet in'
length. lie will then he at Ihe fool and iit the|
shadow of Mount McKinley, the loftier peak on thel
North American continent. At Nenanu, he will go
[mer the Tanuna on a mile bridge which coat $1,-1
i .‘500,000 and the main steel span of which is ex-'
j (ceded in length by only one other in the world. At
i Fairbanks, terminal of the railroad, the President 1
will ho at Hie center of the Territory's interior!
i treasure vault. From there in automobiles ho will
| traverse the Richadson Trail, u line roadway built '
|and maintained by the Government. Leaving it near;
Cbitina ,he will go cn the Copper River Railroad, I
• which serves the famous Kcnnecott region, to Cor-!
: oi \a. I hoie lie will board ship tor his cruise across'
I tiie Gulf of Alaska and through the Inside Passage, j
j whose scenic grandeurs cannot he excelled by those of
any waterway mi the globe. lie will visit Juneau,
Hie capital, famed lor its quartz mining, and Ket
chikan, Hie heme of salmon and halibut fleets.
The President's trip will be made in the season j
lof the year whcn' iUo farm lands along the lint- of
i the railroad will he productive of berries and \eget
jt'hles and green with early growths of hay and
ierain. lie will see wild flowers of innumerable
kinds and of every hue, and in abundance on every
plain and hlllsde. He will be'interested in the wild
life. Whales will sport off ihe side of his ship, and
j salmon leap in quest of surface food. Birds and
migratory fowl without number flock on the coast
| t'Ud inland. lie will get glimpses of some of the
j animals of field and forest.
The weather during the President's visit will
I he ideal and not equaled anywhere else. I^ong sum
|mer days, with no darkness and only half an hour
j f dusk—days without wind or rain and a warmth
i that never turns to uncomfortable chilliness or In
tolerable heat.
The President's trip will advertise to the world
Alaska as she really is, abounding in resources and
opportunity, and not unseasonably cold nor covered
with ice and snow. It will Inform the chief execu
tive of northern conditions as nothing else can. lie
will return Invigorated by his outing, and Mrs.
Harding, no less than lie, will be richer in health
| and strength. i
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Forest Service Road Building.
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(Seattle Builder and Engineer. 1
During the past year the Forest Service. I nited
I stales Department of Agriculture, constructed 724
|n,iles of minor roads at a cost of $540,868 and •> ',59
(miles of trails at a cost of $510,429. Thrfo hundred
and eighty miles or major roads were constructed
for the Forest Service by the Bureau of Public Roads
at a cost of $4,620,326. In addition ;!,n07 miles
of major and minor projects were maintained at a
cost of $187,162 of which $65,236 was secured
Dorn local authorities. Trails to the extent of 4 294
miles wore maintained at a cost of $113.68.'! This
represents a total expenditure for the construction
ol roads and trails during the year 1921 of $6 456
694 which Includes $2,153,522 co-operative funds se
cured from St a eg and Counties. To date a total ex-!
pc-nditure of $22,216,724 for construction of 4 786 1
miles _of roads. 6.711 miles of trails and the main
tenance if 3,007 miles of roads and 5,737 miles of
trails has been made.
The appointment of Col. James G. Steese as head
of the Government Railway board, is u good one
Col. Steese is not only a ''live-wire." for knowing
the value of publicity, but he gets things done—
(Sitka Tribune.)
- 11 8<vms to be abol't hard to gratify Senator
remit as it would be to ratify him -(Cincinnati
Enquirer.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of lldest Inhabitant
The ol J-fashloned woman who used
to blush at the mere mention of her
underskirts rtbw ha a daughter who
doesn't wear any -to blush about.
The Ananias Club
“1 nearly freeze to death In these
silk stocks land ilow shoes,” declared
i flapper to her mother yesterday.
Cause and Effect
Blinks—I Hi ear you had a hot time
at the tpotectr club last night.
Jinks—'Yo*r they caught Jones
using a eoltl dork.
Speaking of the Best Families—
(Wiisonville Cor. Hastings (Neb.)
Tribune. I
Frank Be it, of Lincoln, visited
Tueritey and Wednesday at the home
of his t.ircther, A. K. Best, and
family.
Defining Anatomy
i A Fieri !.i Cob ire I Girl's Answer to
rha tin t an. "Wh'.r i Anatomy'."')
"Anatomy is a hum n body. It is
divided into three parts*,!lie .bald, the
clioist and the stumirtick. The haul
holds the skull and the brains, if
they ii any; the eheist holds the
liver; and the suttnmick holds the
on.trits and the vow’la. which are a.
e, 1. o and u, and sometimes w
and y."
Fool Questiona
II. 1) asks: “Why is it a fellow
who Is strong for horseplay always
Is so weak on horse sense?" We've
added 'this to our culler Con of mys
teries.
We’ll Hardly Have Time to Wait Un
til it All Gets Over
More than 1.000.nuu years would be
required for 'all the water of the
earth's sehs ito ipour over the falls of
Niagara, accordin', ta one statist 1
Can.—-News Item.
We’re Grttinig Nervous
We scan the pap; rs every (lay with
fear ami 'trembling. We dread m
look at the news from Tutankha
men's tomib. You're right, we're
afraid they wo going to discover
some of our bright, up-t a-the-minute
Jokes tucked away with those old
mummies.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
Unit l y it think you have failed
you are uli.il specer-dln®.—J. K. F.
Pa Knew
“Pa," .aid Clarence, “what da they
mean by filibuster?”
"Tha't,” replied hit did. “is pre
venting a thing from succeeding by
talking ft to death. Far example,
when l ' iid .-ouekhing about going
out tonight your mu started a fili
buster and .;hc‘s cttill fil.buttering
and I'm still home."
Why Is It?
Father never forged* to tip the
waiter at ".lie re -tawrant. but mother
Is content .if he doesn't growl about
tb'. service lie gives him and is
tickled to death’ if he Just brag*
about her *b!-cu,'t.3.—‘Sam Hill. Isn’t
ft rho truth? A man will tip the
waiter, tip 'he barber and the taxi
driver far services for which they are
well paid. Then ho will go home
and kick like a bay steer when the
Wife askt for twrebits.—Tom Doming.
If It Fits—
There's n.», sing like a flood of
tears to wa di away a woman’s
troubles. But a man gets better re
sults from a flow or profanity.
Before we . ondemn « man for neg
lecting bis family, we want to know
W'aother they didn’t neglect hint
first.
The ,reason - .me men go out and
hunt up a woman Who will give
them a little sympathy is because all
their wives ever give them is the
devil.
You never see a small boy show
as much enthusiasm for the multipli
cation table as lie does for the din
ner table.
This is going to be n heap bettor
whr’.d when we learn to worry over
our own ■ rs as much as we do over
our neighbor’s.
It is nice fa be thin and not have
to go on a d! 1 , hut eat everything
you Bite—a long a; your digestion
holds out.
The trouble with most young fel
lows is 'that they don't realize when
they a»k a gbl to take their name
JUNEAU BILLIARD
PARLORS
NEW AND COMPLETE LINE 01
CANDIES
Have you tried our new Hot
Drink* ?
We make our own Ice Cream.
We Deliver Phone 94
best eves
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractiv
Disability Benefit feature*.
NONE OTHER SO T.TMtB AT,
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE nitkj. ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1898
3USE
ft moans thoy'll take everything else
they have with it.
A married man's idea of a waste of
space is for a new paper fo print a
list of tfon'fs for husbands. Their
wives keep the house all cluttered
ap with thorn tiling-!.
Chief amt) .g an old maid's dis
likes is the w >man who boasts of
having had three or four husbands.
Daily Sentence Sermon
Fill-ding fault b: .ugs neither: lurk
nor happiness.
News of the Names Club
O. Damm now wait a minute. |
we re not swearing-that is tha name
>f a follow living in Boulder, Colo.
Taken in $500,000
Jewelry Theft.
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Matthew I>. Biddulpli, alias
John F. Derby, alias R. A. Mar
shall, was arret ted in Albany, New
Ycrlc, and taken to New York
City, where he confessed he was
one of three men who seized Mrs.
Jrenc Schoeilkopf, wife of a multi
millionaire Buffalo man, in a New
York apartment and robbed her
of $500,000 worth of j vvel; while
she was attending a New Year’s
Eve party in the studio of Frank
Carman, her paid companion and
dancing partner. Biddulpli assert
ed he hud in turn been robbed of
all the gents by his two confeder
ates, who have not been appre
hended.
PROFESSOR PROMOTED
STANFORD UNIVE.RSITL. Cal .
March 14.—Profeasor Lewis M. Ter
man, national president if the Ameri
can Psychological Society, and exe
cutive head of the Stanford depart
ment of psychology, recently received
It's appointment to the chairmanship'
of the executive committee of the!
California •branch of the Psychologi
cal Corporation.
BISHOP TUTTLE DYING.
pT. IaOl’lS, March II All hope |
of the recovery of Bishop Tut ye, of
the Episcopal Church has been vir
tually abandoned according to an
nouncement. this afternoon by at
tending- physicians.
Old papers ior sale at Kmplie
PATENTS
Total fees, $75; first payment $15.
If you have a good Idea send foi
a free Conception Blank, which will
protect it temporarily and explain
j how, to get g patent.
HARRY BOWEN,
Reginered Patent Atty., Mech. En
glnecr. Pantages Bldg., Seattle
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|ARCADE CAFE
| MARY YOUNG, Proprietor. |
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| Chinese Noodles after theatre [
and parties. j
T RITTER'S TRANSFER fi
I COAL, KINDLING. BAGGAGE, |
! HAULING. I
| Office Phone 292. \ j
Residence Phone 27*04.
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JAPANESE TOY SHOP >
H. 8. MAXIMO »
Front Street
F. 0. Box 818 for Mail Orden j
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large stocks on hand
Indyimitk coal.
Nanaimo ooaL
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Pkons 411.
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1 PROFESSIONAL |
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Dr«. Kaser & Frecl»urger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bide.
PHONE 50
Hours 9 a. m tc. 8 v. B.
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Dr. Charles P. Jenne
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. Af. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
| Office Phone 469.
Res. Phone 27 6
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Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
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Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Saritarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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GEO. L. BARTON. D. C,
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5;
7 to 0 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician,
j Phones: Office, 167; reB., 1672.
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All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything J. A. Farnbam and
Ted Taylor, Props.
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HOTEL SEATTLE T
“Home of Alaskans”
| Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash,
j R. L,. HODODON, Manager
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I It's all in knowing HOW to do
| first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
| C. Meidner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phono 177.
* the MAKING OF CONCRETE
I is a matter of proper materials
1 together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG.
| COMPANY
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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fraternal Societies
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Gaslineau Channel
0 . ILXS
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o’clock. Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiea
of Free masonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. P.
SILVER BOW
_ LODGE NO. S A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
" PERSEVERANCE REMrraw f
I LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first aud third I
Tuesdays In I. O O. F. Hall, at f
8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON, |
N G ALPIIONSINE CARTER, |
Secretary. j
MOUNT JUNEAD LOOtl
No. 147, F. * A. M.
Stated Communication
Becond and Fourth Mnndars
of each Month. In Odd Knllc~a
Hall, beginning at 7:SI) o'clock.
Homer G. Nordiing, Master.
< has. E. Naghel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLINO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
8EOHERS COUNCIL NO
17 "J. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:11
^ j,. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
j. L. McCioskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 9. in.
j Elks’ I-oilge Room. John P. Starr,
; Post Commander, Phone 973; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 198.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE,
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o'clock.
Moose Hall. Thoe.
B. JuJson, Dictator! R. H. Stevena,
Secretary.
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I WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
| Tuesday of each month, 8
| o’clock. Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
| Bonder. Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
| F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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T AUXILIARY, PIONEER! OP
ALASKA. Igloo No. 8.
I Meets last Thursday of every
month. Social hour with mem
I hers of Pioneer Ixiflge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Spickett, President.
| Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE SUCCESS AND
PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY.
The sixth session of the Territorial Legislature is now
laying the foundation of the success of the Territory.
By prudent and broad statesmanship it will have an
important influence on the future prosperity and hap
piness of our people.
Your financial success also depends upon a good foun
dation. Wasteful experiments and speculations must
be avoided. By careful husbanding and saving of your
earnings you will build the broad foundation of a
future competence and success. In preparing for the
future we invite you to open an account in our Sav
ings Department. Accounts of one dollar or more may
be opened and you may add to your account at any
time in any amount.
T l\e IJ. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA. T