Spring Opening
This is to announce the commencement of our
complete showing of Spring Wear. All of the sea
son’s modes will be offered in a comprehensive series
of displays of all the authoritative models—and in
designs exclusively offered to you by this store—
the headquarters for true fashions.
B. M. BEHRENDS Co, Inc.
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Ads Appear in Many Cities
Urging Early Season
lours to the North.
Extensive a.i»«. lasing campaign -
tarried on l> tv Admiral Line in
cities 'on ihr % rifle Coast .m l ns
far East ns M. liii'.ipoli.s and- l»nn r
are producing -’nrimrhging r< sn ; .
accord Mf? to advices received by
tlov. Scott r. Hone from the Seattl •
offices of that company. Display
ad's are being run by the company in
newspapers of Porlhmd, Spokane,
San Diego, San Francisco, Los An
geles, Minneapolis, Denver and other
cities every week and thousands of
folders have boon placed on .»no i
wands hi railway, steamship and g n
eral tourist ^offices.
The company is stressing the dr
* isirability of on Alaskan tour and
urging early bookings, Urging May
tours on its Voss is and naming
special excursion rates for hath
Southeastern and Southwestern Al
askan points, it will carry on a ;.im
“‘Uar campaign in duly awl August to
stimulate September tourist travel,
The campaign i • achieving: consid
erable in,more tin fact, it i
claimed, than the company had a
ticipat d for tiie first year. This i
the first st tp in tho new policy of
tile Admiral lane to prolong the Al
aska tourist season from a three
month to a live-month husiness -and
it believes that by the season of
Dt24 material results will have been
accomplished.
ST. PATRIOTS*DAY
DANCE WILL BE BIG
EVENT IN ELKDOM
Ev -rything will tie green, perhaps,
bat the h -Is and guests.
There will lie city pipes and noise*
makers.
Irish flags wiil predominate in
-the decorations and no rod will li ■
shown, perhaps.
This, in .-Ik rt, are the plana an
nounced today by the committee in
charge of the St. Patrick's Day
dance lo ho given Saturday, March
17, by -the* Elks, in their own hall.
All members of the Legislature,
whether Irish or what nationality,
will be the honor guests.
The committee lining up the event
is composed of M. L. Stepp, chair
man; John Reck and W. It. Gursier.
WEDS TELEPHONE GIRL.
Alderman Alexander Mackenzie of
Prince Rupert was recentlj married |
at that city to Mine Lillian Thomas,
an operator in the Prince Rupert
telephone exchange. The groom
served in the World War with the!
Canadian troops, rml the bride, who!
came from Vancouver, is very pop-!
ular with all the people of Prince j
Rupert.
Old papers foi sale at Empire
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Crushed Under Rock,
Former Alaskan
Miner Will Live
SPOKANfc, Wash!. Mari'li 2.— '
'Crush-'il under a 20-ton rock for
; iiir ham s, Andy Sorby, aged 4-3
vi'.ir . i uniter Alaskan miner, lias
hr n tnk n to hospital and h?
ha over.. c lia.’ice for complete re
covery. This statement is made by
tlio attending physician;1- The acci
di-r.t hap: oned in tim cement plant
nearby.
TRIAL OF NIGHT
RIDERS STARTED
MEDFORD. Ore., March 2.—At the
- ■. ■ -nin - of the- Night Rider trial -
Or -I I’. Brav, Attorney General
L.:i!ci|Ul asked the court far post
]' ’ nen: 1. can.--' o the serious 111
ni in' .1. K. Hale, the slate's chief
- and victim of Hie alleged
in -b activities .1 Table Rock, where
In was "liatiffed" several times until
hi:, nsciims. Hale was stricken with
licjiiarrluges of lap stomach.
WHO’S HERE
AND WHERE
Rev. 10. lti. a, dean of Holy
Tr nity Cathedral, returned to Ju
ne u on the Jeffei an from Hkagway,
v. - re lie lias 1, > m on church busi
ness.
A Van .'.iavern, representative for
the West Coast Gi icory Company,
was a pa; seiig. r I u- Juneau oil the
Jefferson I am Ska , way, where he
ha been on a business trip.
\ It. Hoover, auditor for the Gas
tine.in Milling Company, left on tlie
sti amer Prince.s Alary for bis head
quarter. ;.t S aiMe. He lias been
here several weeks auditing the ac
counts of tlu company offices at
Thane.
.1 Forrest Whitton, superintendent
the Metlak.ithi ■- uvernm *nt school,
left on the Jefferson for bis .head
quarters, He lij^ ii vn here several
lays on personal business.
At the Gastineau
C. AI. Ch ‘U,.w til, .1. Glover.
At the Alaskan
1, Arvcrd, C. F -,vay, .1. E. Suth
erland. Clarence It z. Sam Nixon,
P. Loo.
WATSON TOMORROW P. M.
The sleamor Admiral Watson is
reported to begin to be due from tlie
Wist ward at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon There are a large num
ber of pa engers aboard the steani
i r, Siniitcio and Representatives,
and those seeking positions with the
Territorial Legish.ture opening next
Monday.
NAME NEW GOVERNOR
FOR NEW BRUNSWICK
ST. JOHN. N. 15.. Much 2—The
resignation of W Ai I’ngsloy, Lieu
tenant Governor of New Brunswick,
lias been officially accepted. He
is succeeded in the position by W. F.
To,Id of St Stephens.
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BILL IS SIGNED
GIVING FORESTS
FUNDSFORWORK
Forest Fund of $3,000,000
Provided and Larger
Amount Authorized.
Tho Agricultural supply bill carry
ing an Item of $3,000,000 lor Forest
Hoad Funds, was signed early this
week by the President, thus insuring
funds for road construction in and
adjacent to the Notional Forests in
the next fiscal year, according to ad
vices received today 'by the local
district headquarters of the Forest
Service. Thu same measure, in ad
dition to tho a ho vo item, also car
ries an authorization for future work
amounting to $3,500,000, Imt carries
no appropriation therefor.
•No ^llocatiotj of funds lias yet been
made by the Secretary of Agricul
ture, but the recommendations cover
ing it are now in his hands, it was
stated. It is exported that early
action wlil be taken by him. The
allotment-to the Alaska district this
year, for funds ito cover work from
June 30. 1923, to June 30, 1924, is
expected to bo approximately
$300,000.
Tho authorization for $3,500,000, it
was stated, makes It possible for the
Forest Service to make estimates for
fulare work and submit plans for ad
ditional projects to the Department
of Agriculture for approval.
Army Appropriation Bill
Is Signed by President
WASHINGTON, March 2.—'Presi
dent Harding signed the army ap
•• variation bill this afternoon.
HAWAII WANTS STATEHOOD
HONOLULU, T. H„ March 2.—The
Hawaiian Legislature adopted a me
morial to Congress praying for the
admission of Hawaii to the Union
as a state.
CREW FOR MARBLE COMPANY
Superintendent B. H. Condon, of
the Vermont Mable Company's To
koen plant says the company will
use a crew of 50 men during the com
ing summer. Mr. Conway recently
returned from a trip Outside. The
compjuy is producing about 7.000
tons of ntarblo annually at Tokeen.
A crew of 29 men 'have t»een work
ing all winter.
LIGHT KEEPER OIES
•Thomas Alfred Bradshaw Watkins,
keeper of tlu? Tripple Island light
1 iousc. near Prince Rupert, died there
a month ago, and it was throe weeks
before a boat culled to Lake the ibody
to Prince Rupert. The widow and
two daughters, aged 16 and 14, ran
tho light and kept watch over the
dead husband and father until tho
arrival of the lighthouse tender
called. ,
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MOORS RELEASE SPANISH PRISONERS.
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Here is the lirt-r picture io roach America of a boolload of Span
ish prisoners of war, afteil being released by their Moroccan cup
tors, being lowed out to the rlearner Antonio lxjpess, ut. Morocco.
Many of tlie prisoners died from tlio effects of the bastinado, others
were murdered by their captors, and the remainder arc still chained
to tlie walls of their prisons.
LUMBER MiLLS
BE OPERATED
FULL CAPACITY
Starts Latter Part of April—
Will Cut 6,000,000 Feet
Lumber—Foreign Order.
Six mttlion reef rtf lumber, at least,
will b> cut by tlic Juneau Lumber
Mills this season and the first lt»*
will be delivered to the mill in April,
i Operations will begin the latter part
I of April and the1 mill will lie run ti
! full capacity until late in tn season,
! weather permit tins'. A crew of 60
1 men will be employed. This is ae
j cording to Roy Rutherford, manager.
| Mr. Rutherford returned to Juneau
I'on. the steamer Jefferson, alter
spending several months in the
i States. Hi; spent a short time at
I Wrangell and Petersburg, en rout
j here, on business.
Foreign Shipment
The first shipment of lmnbi r to
a foreign part made by the Juneau
Lumber Mills will bo this season,
when 2,000,000 feet of spruce lumber
will be shipp' i to Australia, some
time In Jim The shipment Is be
ing ihandled by the Northwest Spruce
Company of Vancouver, 1!. ('., which
I concern will nd a ship north for
| the cargo. This .first shipment to
a foreign par: Is the avenue to the
beginning oi .,:i appreciable and per
manent ilmslm s with foreign nun
kots, Mr. Kutherford believes.
‘‘While the price which the present
market allows is not large," said Mr.
Rutherford. “I feel that in filling
this order t i-> Juneau Lumber Min
is getting into a field where it can
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ATTENTION KNIGHTS OF
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| All Knights are requested to j
| meet at the Undertaking I’ar
| lors of the C. W. Young Com
1 puny at S:45 Saturday morning |
I to accompany the remains of
I Brother James Clancy to the |
| Church for the Requiem Mass.
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' <-'tahlish a permanent anil valuable:
business."
Local Business Good
Mr. Rutherford is pleased with the
Ural business as it shows up this
far and said it ts*’ already much bef
it er than that of last season. Cannery
I rdors, which will be placed in the'
near future, will also increase the
business for this season. Orders
i have already been placed with log
gers and a contract has just been
entered into by Mr. Rutherford and
Olaf Airness of Petersburg for a ship
of !•>■-■ s from that district. Mr.}
\rncss, who has been hero several
'days. left, this morning on the Jef
ferson for his home.
New Machinery
Two new machines, a carriage and!
planer, Allis-Chalmers make, have
lir: n purchased by Mr. Rutherford
and will arrive hero during the next
JO da;. when they will bo installed
in the mill. Mr. Rutherford also
purchase.I parts for a number of ibe
machines in the mill, which arrived \
here on the Alameda.
As; I ' from mill machines a naiekj
srdan automobile was brought to Ju- i
neau from Seattle by Mr- U;i 1 her- |
ford for his private use.
CAPT. GALLAGHER FAILING
IN HEALTH: DAUGHTER
LEAVES TO BE WITH HIM
Mrs Rose Maiioy left Juneau on
the s.earner Princess Mary for Seat
tle to bo with her father, Capt.
Gallagher, wjiose health is gradually
failing. Capt. Gallagher has been
failing in health for some time and
until about two weeks ago was in
the St. Ann's Hospital several weeks,
titering with a general breakdown.
Two weeks, ago he left Juneau to
be with his sister, Mrs. M. Whelan,
who iesid.es near Seattle. Since ar
riving there his health lias been
tailing fast and he is not expected
to 1 i\,• the month out, according to
■ word received by Mrs. Malloy, it
was stated today.
Capt. Gallagher is cue of the host
known of the* pioneer residents of
this vicinity. For some tme ho bus
operated a fox farm on an island at
the entrance of ley Straits.
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NOTICE ELKS.
Elks will moot in the Elks’ Club
Room at 1:45 p. m. Sunday to at
tend tho funeral \of Rro. James
Clancy. J. A. DAVIS,
—adv. Secretary.
I.atest stytee or engraving, for
visiting cards at The Empire.
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Olympic Flour
Sells for %
&2.30 Per Sack
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Scandinavian Grocery
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CHINA NEST EGGS
60 CENTS DOZEN
JUNEAU HARDWARE COMPANY
AGENTS FOR DU PONT POWDER CO.
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HEAT
Where and when you want it.
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Nothing1 to smoke, smell, explode or catch fire.
Electiic heat does not vitiate the air like fuel heat
ers, but has all the health-giving effect of clear out
door sunshine.
SPECIAL PRICES
Simplex Sunball..$10.00
Hot-Quick... 5.00
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ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO.
PHONE 6 JUNEAU, ALASKA
Home of Radio Phone Supplies and Edison Madia Lamps.
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CALL OUR PLUMBING DEPARTMENT TO
YOUR AID WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
DROPS TOO LOW.
We have a complete line of hardware
for every use.
Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered
by the present fine weather.
C. W. YOUNG CO.
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The cornerstone of a building is firm ana
lasting. ,But the comer stone of a savings ac
count in this bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your success today—
at this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits.
FIRST RATIONAL BANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA
JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS
Manufacturers of high grade Sitka spruce and
hemlock lumber. Boat lumber - •*‘**,**kv Tnqu**^
for both local and foreign business given prompt
attention.
Mills and office at Juneau, Alaska.
Seattle Office: 506 Mutual Life Building.
' SOME OF OUR BARGAINS
6 cans Morgen Corn.$
6 cans Ivanhoe Sugar Peas.
6 cans Value Stringless Beans ......
THE AMERICAN BAKERY AND GROCERY;
We Deliver ... J
“THE BAKER WHO BAKES" _
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UNION MACHINE WORKS
MINING AND MARINE
MACHINISTS
0. w. SINCLAIR c. E. CARPENTER
Telephone 227 Telephone 338
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