r-" -
IS THE MEDIUM
Through which the general
public can alwayi have ita
l wants supplied.
Closing time for classified
advertisements: 2 P. M.
Closing time for display ad
vertisements: 11 A. M.
Ten cents per line first in
sertion.
Five cents for subsequent in
sertion.
| Count five average words to
I the line.
FOR SALE
for SALE—One Toggenburg goat
3 years old; one Toggenburg buck 2
years old; born and raised in Alaska.
Price reasonable. O. Lnrsson, Box
673. Thane, Alaska.
FOR SALE CHEAR
One pair snow shoes, one canvas
trap bag. six jumping traps, six No.
2 W spring traps and ten No. 1 Vi
Nowliouse traps. See Fagerson, Con
crete Products Mfg. Co., Willoughby
Avenue.
WALL BOARD — Write for sam
ple of Washington plaster wall
board; won't warp, won’t burn. Mfd.
by Washington Building Products
Co., 6861 E. Marginal Way, Seattle.
~ FOR RENT
FOR RENT Good piano. Phone
31j:<.
FURNISHED house for rent. See
T. J. McC.aul.
FOR RENT — Three /urnlshed
housekeeping rooms and b ■ i. Third
and Gold streets. Phone l*i.
NICELY furnished 2-room cabins
for rent. Reasonable. Phene 4502 ct
Inquire at 503 Willoughby Ave.
PHONOGRAPH for rent. Phone
149. v
PIANO FOR UhoNi—Phone 14 9.
HOUSES—Mrs. Montgomery Davis.
CLIFF APARTMENTS
Clean and Comfortable
| We have a few small, coxy j
| apartments Bultable for bach- I
| elor girls or men now avail- '
i | able. Telephone service.
| MRS. ELSIE WILSON. Manager
| Phone 209.
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LOST AND FOUND
IjOST — Pair oT spectacles near
school Reward for return to Em
pire.
I.OST — Pocket book containing
citizenship and army papers, also
$10.00. Rownrd for return to
Umpire.
MISCELLANEOUS
FARP READING at 322 West 8th
Bt., on Tide Flat*.
»-> ■ —■ - ——
PALMIST —Come and have your
fortune told from your hand. Work,
business, marriage and the future
foretold. 212 Front St.
WANTED
WANTED — At once, driver for
double winch on freighter Skagway.
Apply immediately ' to mate aboard
boat.
WANTED — Party who borrowed
spirit level from Juneau Billiard
Parlors, to return same at once.
WANTED—Gasboat, between now
and April 1. Prefer halibut boat or
ono that can easily be converted
Into same. Length 35 or 40 ft.,
draft 4 ft. Must have good engine.
Both engine and hull must be in
good condition. J. L. HiU, Eldred
Rock Light.
YOU CA?V FINu A BUYER for
that used car through the classified
—and get all that it la worth. Try
The Emrlre.
FIRE ALARM CALLS
l-S Third and Franklin.
1-4 Front and Franklin.
1-K Front, near Ferry Way.
1-6 Front, opp. Film Exchange
1-7 Front, opp City Wharf.
1- 8 Front, near Saw MIR.
2- 1 Horn* Grocery.
2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cole Barn.
2-4 Front and Seward.
2-6 Front and Main.
2-6 Second and Main.
2-7 Fifth and Seward.
2- 9 Fire Hall.
3- 2 Gaatlneau and Rawn Way.
3-4 Second and Gold.
3-6 Fourth and Harris.
3-6 Fifth and Gold.
,3-7 Fifth and Eaat.
3-8 Seventh and Gold.
3- 9 Fifth and Kennedy.
~ 4-1 Ninth, baek of power bouse
4- 2 Calhoun, opp. Juneau Apta.
4-3 DlaMn Ave., and Indira Bt.
4-6 Ninth and Calhoun.
4-4 Seventh and Main.
- 4-T nrUIth, ct Northern L dry
4-1 Tvnlfth and Willoughby,
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POLLY AND HER PALS
Well! Yi'eil! At Last Pa Mops Up.
Uj CUFF S l bRRETT
rnprr«fct. H2V Wt NCTTmiFlHwh,ln Inc r.^,, aniii» ntti;.m«v.<i
Greenwich Village Boy
Is Youngest Purser.
% Gilbert <J.T&os-y f
Gilbert J. Ross is only 22, and,
in addition, ho hr.ils f orn Green
wich Village, New York .City,
homo of Bohemia. Nevertheless,
he is the youngest purser on an
American vessel. lie did not go to
sea until ho was 19 and holds a
record for rapid promotions. He
is on the liner President Van
Buren.
American Surgeons to
Tour South America
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Promotion of
professional and social relations be
tween the surgeons of Central and
South America and members of the
American College of Surgeons, which
it is hoped, will lead to an exchange
of professors and students between
colleges of surgery in the various
countries, is the purpose of an ex
tended tour to South America o!
members of the c- allege. Approx;
mutely 350 members and their fa mil
ies will make the trip. The steamer
Vandyck has been especially char
terpd, and will leave New York Fob
ruary 10.
Dr Sun Yat Sen on
War Path Once Agair
CANTON, Jan, 11.—The city o
Chinhing has burnt captured b.,
(troops of I)r. Sun Yat Sen, dapose'
I president of South China, who ha
announced his intention of retakinj
Canton from his conqueror. Genera
Chen Chiun Ming. Dr. Sun Yat Set
says he is going to regain power ii
South China
ODD FELLOE,! ATTENTION.
Silver Row Ixtdgc 2-A will mee
| Thursday night ,t eight o'clock. A1
i members are reque ued to be present
Installation of officers. Refresh
| orients. Visiting brethren welcome.
MERLE IJ. MORGAN,
1—adv. Noble Grand.
Headquarters for Ladysmith coal
i Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. ads
FERRY SCHEDULE
Leave Juneau for Douglas, Tread
well and Thane.
^3:10p.m.
*7:10a.m. *4:10p.m.t 9:40p.ir
9:30a.mt 6:30p.m. ll:.*aj.2
! 12: OOnoon* |T:30p,m. {l;°Oai
j *"2:00p.m.
I Leave Douglas for Treadwell an
i Thane
|*7:25a.m. 4:25p m.f ll:46p.rr
1 9:45a.m. 6:45p.m. {1:15a. n
| 12:15p.ra. 9:55p.m.
Leave Treadwell for Thane.
. 7:30a.m. 12:20p.m.t 4:30p.m.
Leave Thane for Treadwell, Dougla
and Juneau,
8:10a.m. 12:35p.m.t 6:06p.m.
Leave Treadwell for Douglaa an
Juneau.
: 8:25a.m. 6:20p.m,t ll:60p.n
i 9:50a.m.t 6:50p.m. |l:20a.n
I 12:50p.m. 10:0i p m.
Leave Douglas for Juneau.
3:25p.m.
I 8: 30a m. 5:25p.m. t 10:05p.n
9:56a.m.f 6:55pm. ll:65p.n
'12:55p.m. {7:45p.m. {1:25a.n
| 2:15p.m.
•—T^ne.
t—Freight will be accepted,
i —Douglas only
(—Saturdays only.
Juneau Ferry & Navigatio
j Company
MARINE NEWS V
i
JONES MAKES
i ANNUAL REPORT
FOR PAST YEAR
Advocates Extensive Work in
Alaska—Purchase of Dutch
Harbor Recommended.
(Continued Tiom Page Three.)
ment, which has vessels carrying on
I patrol duty in the waters adjacent t >
Dutch Harbor during a number i.
months of each year.
“The government vessels in th
past have manage I to get along i ;
an uncertain and at times expend'. •
way, but if this property were a.
quired they would immediately f *1
the beneficial effects of the pur; ': ■
> Many tons of fuel are used by gov
j eminent vessels in this section, in-i
deluding both coal and oil, the latter
; coming Into more general use each
year, and tho prices that have been
charged by private-owned companies
have been out of all reason. With;
j tHo f peniug of tho coal and oil fields *
in Alaska, shipments could be made
frequently and at small cost to Dutch
| Harbor, so as to insure an adequate j
and cheap supply to government ves-1
; sets the year round. I recommend
'that consideration be given to this!
| matter, as It is a long steu toward 1
I conducting the operations of tlm res-1
I sols of tlie .Department of Commerce I
land other departments of the govern-;
! mont in a more economical and bast-;
Incss-like manner.
Southeastern Alaska
"Steamer Routes, Southeastern Al-j
aska.—In Southeastern Alaska the j
! first and most obvious ne»d is to
; complete the wire-drag work. Most'
I of those waters have been sounded, j
|so that only dragging is necessary',
! to complete the sitfvoy. This drag
j work should he taken up in the order.
Inf its importance, beginning with
i the main steamer route through the
region and then taking up the va-'
, rlons tributary Waters leading to j
areas of commercial importance. For
some years past parties have been,
actively engaged in dragging the
main steamer routes, and this work ]
! 13 now about 75 per cent complete.
“At tho end of the fiscal year a
party was engaged In wire-drag oper
i ations in Lynn Canal, which work
Is to he extended as far as possible
I (luring the season through Cross
Sound and Icy Straits to Cap? Spon
c
■ “The Outside Coast Waters of the
I Islands Hordering on the Open Pa-1
,I cifl.- These and their connecting;
. channels are largely unsurveyed anil
I should, be navigated with great cau-1
* tion. A navigator seeing tho chart j
I on which the shore lino is sketched—j
no soundings, several rocks and shoal ;
.| banks, notes as to rocks and break- i
| ers reported, and a statement on the, j
■ chart to the effect that the area Is |
'unsurveyed—is, to say the least, un-!
able to proceed with confidence, and
this situation is by no means nn-!
usual. The same pressing noml of
such region.s Is a complete hydro
graphic survey followed later In]
places bv wire-drag work. The rap
Idly Increasing commercial Import
ance of this region and the excep
tionally dangerous character of the
waters through which traffic must
. pars render surveys in the near fu
. lure imperative. Work on the outer
coast is now in progress northward
; from Dixon Entrance. Surveys were
t also in progress in Clarence S(roi'
S and Ernest Sound.
* Safety for Vessels
t “Cross Sound to Prineo William
i Sound - From Cross Sound. the
northernmost channel from the insi'
• waters to the see, t0 Prince William
• Sound the cot i has few features of
i m-e-ent or prospective importance,
i Thera Is. however, urgent need for
surveys to Insure the safety of ves
'•Isels approaching and passing this
u coast. In this region the charts are
1 very defective in the mannnT of
] showing soundings and prominent
] coastal mountain peaks and head
lands that would enable the navigo
't.ar to obtain his position on ap
proaching from seaward.
| “Additional surveys are needed in
(Continued on p*g* mtm.j
HEIR TO SPANISH THRONE IS NOW SERGEANT,
li wm IF i *'• * ii
j^r» t ZKZ&r ’ ’ pt'Pi-'I'W.o is ,es/Z..
' i==:
The Colonel of 1 lie Kind's It 'intent in tha Spanish Army is
shewn pinniat? n :■ -iseant's cht vr ns on (lie Prince of A3turias, heir
to the Spanish throne, who is wo king.hfci way up from the ranks
to a commi'.-sion.
.
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SmWAY BSfSilS
COAL GARBO FOR!
JUNEAU! WEST
n Port This Morning with
I, i 00 1 ons of Coal—
Goes West to Latouche
With 1,100 tons of coni for the j
Channel. tho tr(tighter Skagway, |
Capt. n. Simpson, arrived in port
it 9:30 o’clock this morning. O. W. i
Parks is pur er on tho Ska;;way. The
ship encountered little stormy weath
er on the northbound trip, except
tt Queen Charlotte Sound, when it
was compelled to tarn back to quiet
water, to restore a lumber cargo
which the storm threatened to wash
overboard, and at T.iku Inlet this
morning, where ft heavy pale is blow
ing, according to officers on board.
The ship nan into the snow a short
distance below the Taka, which con
tinued up the Channel to port.
The Skagway has 8S3 tons of coil
por the Pacifi - Const Coal Company
hunkers, l?r, tins for tho Femmcr
dock and 100 tons for the City dock.
The -shin will be in port until late
tomorrow. From here it will g >
Westward with Hie following freight:
For Cordov t. -*10 tons of co il anl
three ftms c: merchandise; for I,a
tmlche, 31,000 foet of lumber. The
ship will go into Sped Hivcr west
bound to take on 2">0 tons of pulp
from the A! :ska Pulp & Paper Com
nnny mil! there. The Skagway Is
duo to arrive here about January 23
and will take on 200 tons of pulp
at Speel Ruer The ship will have
i full cargo of oro from Cordova.
n
SPOKANE WILL GO
SOUTH FROM SITKA1
The st'-surr Spokane, due to ar
rive here Sunday morning from the
South, will leave Juncntt southbound
by way of Sitka, according to ad
■-s
I
Driver for Double
I Wtnrh Is Wanted
On Skagway
A driver for a double winch
aboard the freighter Skagway,
now in port, is badly needed so j
that discharging will not be |
dvia; 1. The mate of the Sk.ig
v av is ttp against it and a.; he
wants to get the coal on the 1
docks in Juneau without delay I
to prevent any coal shortage, '
some good driver can find a
regular job for several days.
irii t received today by J. H. Klinr
cal agent. The Spokane has 154
oni of freight for the Channel, 12(
'■'is being for Juneau. 16 tons to
r;”’dwell, 10 tons for Thane and
-i ton a for Douglas.
‘Mav/rurs” Faces
$50,000 Love Suit
NEW YORK. Jan. 11.—The genial
'M.iwr of Potash and Perlmut
ter fame is in a pock of trouble.
"Me.,wres8," being in life Alexander
I'irr, had divorced Mary Carr in
1 !>i9. Now, according t.i pipers filed
:hn divorced wife demands $50,00'
for all • trail breach ct promise to rr
marry her. She alleges that he pro
posed and she accepted, then he
brok > ids promise, for which she now
demands heart balm.
GEORGE, JR, IN PORT
The mall and passenger boat
George, Jr.. Capt. George Ramstead
is in port from tho regular run to
Petersburg nnd way ports. Two
passenger-, both from Kake, arrived
here on tho boat.
The George, Jr., will leave Juneau
Saturday noon on tho return trip to
Petersburg.
For engraved or printed calling
cards see The Empire.
imiiiimmiiniiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniimi'
= Installation of officers at the meeting of Silver 1
= £■ w Ledge 2-A, at eight o'clock tonight. H
Be sure to ccme out and give the ne-.v officers a S
~ reusing welcome. Visiting brethren welcome. §
= Refreshments will be served at the close of the 5
r meeting. =
| MERIE P. MORGAN. Noble Grand. |
I I
FOR WESTWARD ALASKA POINTS
S. S. “STARR” leaves Seward on the 10th of each month,
calling at all points as far west as Unalaska.
SAN JUAN FISHING AND PACKING CO.,
W. I. WHITING, Agent, Seward, Alaska. "
MAIL BOAT FOR Petersburg and way ports—
rrnnrr Tf> Iaku Harbor, Srettsisham, Speel River, Bum
V. j.v. dum, Windham Bay, Gambier Bay. Pybu
Bay, Brother Island, Five Finger Station, Fanshaw, (Kake, Jan.
6 and £0.) Leaves Saturday at noon. Freight received until 10
A. M. Saturdays at City Wharf. H. 0. Adams, ticket agent, City
Wharf. Phones: Office. 23; res 4044. Jacob Ottnes, Petersburg Agt.
RAMSTEAD TRANSPORTATION CO.
■ a a is Leaves Mondays at 11 p. m. for Haines,
refill! H a Skagway and way ports.
Iflfltia vvMI Leaves Thursdays at 11 p. m. for Sitka,
stopping at Tenakte Springs and other
way ports.
For information see Dave Housel,
. Phone 444.
_ FOR PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA
AND SEATTLE
“S.S. PRINCESS MARY” southbound from Juneau
January 18, February 1, 15.
Through transportation issued to and from all points in United
States and Canada.
Agency for all Trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines and for Canadalan
I Pacific Steamship. Ltd.’ to the Orient and Canadian Australasian
Royal Mail Line to Australasia.
I J. L. McCLOSKEY, Aj<t., Juneau. DAVE EVANS, Agt., Thane.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SAFETY — SERVICE — SPEED
SAILINGS FOR JANUARY, 1923
LEAVE!
STEAMER Seattle
NORTHWESTERN .Jan. 4
JEFFERSON .Jan.
ALAMEDA .Jan.
NORTHWESTERN . .Jan.
Ill i; AT .K'NEAU
13
13
24
JEFFERSON .Jan. 27
North
Jan. 7
Jan. 17
Jan. 16
Jan. 27
Jan. 31
south
Jan. 14
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
18
23
3
1
W. E. NOWELL, Agent, Juneau; Phone 2.
L. V/. EILBURN, Agent, Douglas; Phone Douglas 49.
, Due Juneau DueJuneaa
hr. Seattle NORTH SOUTH
STOKANE .....Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 15
Goea to Sitka.
ADMIRAL WATSON....Jan. 18 Jau. 21 Jnn. 29
Goes to Kodiak.
Freight and Ticket Office—ADMIRAL DOCK
J. H. KUNE, Agant—Phone 4.
Pacific Coastwise Jervico
^ADMIRAL LINE
HWI lll'iwrai'l ULHP.ALEXANDER. PRESIOENTHMBMH
: SOLID COMFORT FOR WINTER
Why not be comfortable during the cold
weather? Ask us about our special winter rates.
HOTEL ZYNDA Lottie MacKinnon, Prop*