LITERACY BILL
SPECIAL ORDER
2 P. M, MONDAY
.Carried Over oy Unanimous
Vote—Fishermen s Lien
Bill Recommitted.
Second reading of the Foster Liter
acy Bill for electors, scheduled to
be taken up this morning in the Sen
ate, was postponed at that time and
made a apeviial order of business for
next. Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The ibill was reported unfavorably
yesterday by the 'Senate Commute -
on Rules, Elections and Election
Laws
At the time it was to have been
considered today. Senator Chamber
lin, declaring the measure was the
most important to have come before
it lie Senate so far during the present
session and probably one of the most
important It will consider, asked that
it be made a special order or busi
ness in order that it might be fully
discussed and everyone interested
given an opportunity to lx* heard. The
motion to take it up nexi Monday
afternoon was not opposed.
Herd Law Tuesday
At the request of Senator Aldrich.
iSenate Bill Xo. 77. the so-called herd
law prohibiting (livestock from being
permitted at large on highways, was
set for special consideration a: 2 p.
in. next Tuesday. Several local par
dies. said Mr. Aldrich, desire to be
heard on the bill. Sentiment in the
Senate is apparently adverse to the
measure.
Piscuss Lien Law
The proposed fishermen's labor
liem law, which was reached this
morning in its second reading In the
Senate, in tits present form threaten'
do curb the operations of small, local
cannery enterprises by imi>osing such
handicaps dhat will make It impos
sible for them to secure capital to
finance them during the fishing sea
son, declared Senator Dimond. The
bill. Senate Bill No. 5, was consid
ered section by section in Commit
tee of the Whole and a number of
amendments agreed on. The com
mittee at the end of its hearing or
dered the bill returned to the Com
mittee on Judiciary for amendment.
Bills Introduced
Two new measures were intro
duced in the Senate. Xo. 86, by
President Hunt, asks for an appropri
ation of $5,000 for the construction
of a school house at Haines. A sim
ilar measure was before the 1921 ses.
sden but was defeutel on the ground
that Haines, as an 'Incorporated town,
could not receive Territorial aid In
the erection of a school building.
■Senate Bill Xo. 87. by Senator Al
drich, proposes a new. cooperative
read construction system
■Senator Chamberlin's memorial
asking Congress to amen 1 the Or
ganic Act by advancing the date of
the biennial sessions of the Terri
torial Legislature from the first Mon
day in March to the first Monday
in February was passed by a unani
mous vote. Senate Bill Xo. 81, by
Mr. Dunn, as amended by the Com
mittee on Judiciary, amending -ection
1,300, Compiled Laws of Alaska, rela
tive to voiding or marriages, passed
(its second reading.
SEWARD’S DAY TO BE
OBSERVED TOMORROW
In commemoration of tho r>6th an
niversary of the signing of the treaty
between the United States anil Russlt
by William H. Seward, for the trans
fer of the Territory of Alaska, all
Territorial offices anil schools
throughout Alaska will Ik* close;! to
morrow. March 30. The day was
declared a Ietta 1 holiday in this Ter
ritory by the AlasJka Legislature of
1917.'
The Juneart city schools and banks
and the Territorial offices here will
Ibe closed in observance of the day.
■Offices at the Unite 1 Slates court
lionise will also be closed.
Washington Coal Miners
Strike Saturday Midnight
SEATTLE. March Zb With the
present temporary agreement expir
ing Saturday at midnight th ■. ■ is
1.ttie hone expressed of aa ichng a
walkout of 2.1*00 coal miners ia the
Uo.lyn and fie Elum fid I Thi
mines are :!.• largest in th? slate.
Negotiations inaugurated last
month were broken when the min
rrs ibfused a wage reduction.
HOT CROSS BI NS, Hoc per doz
Peerless Bakery. ;‘dv
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JITNEY
DANCE
TONIGHT
ELKS’ HALL
COLISEUM ORCHESTRA
’’steamer MOVEMENTS ’
Nortritlo.joo
JEFFERSON is in port, on roii’t'
to Skagway.
NORTHWESTERN is due to ar
rive Saturday.
QUEEN i£> due to arrive Satur
day or Sunday.
Scheduled Sailings
I ESTEBETH will i.-ave tor
Sitka at 11 o’clock tonight.
| MAIL BOAT GEO ROE, JR. adds
for Petersburg and way ports
next Saturday noon.
ADMIRAL EVANS scheduled to
sail from Seattle March 31.
PRINCESS MARY scheduled to
I sail from Vancouver March
31. 3 p. m.
ADMIRAL ROGERS scheduled
to sail from Seattle April 4 j
ALAMEDA scheduled to sail
from Seattle April 7.
Southbound
ADMIRAL WATSON due south
bound atom March 31.
OFFICIALS Cm
LEAGUE TO MEE1
MONDAY EVENINC
Board Directors Basebal
Teams Be Appointed—
Meeting Next Week.
A meeting s.f th > managers of th
teams enter* I for the City Basebal
League and the president and sc
ret try of th-' League, baa been call '
for Monday night n >x: at 7:30 o’clor
at count;! chambers, City Hall,
wa • announced today by .1. M. "Dolly
Gray, president. Th> meeting i
called for a discussion prior t > In
appointing of a board of director
for file League, which will be don
by the president ibrlfore tha close.
The l it; *r part of next week
mass meetllng will be t illed to sig
up i lie players and all baseball fan
t.re urged to be present. Preside!]
Gray said. K. ur teams will b
formed far th ? Leagtia, lo be know
as the Elks, Moose, American Leglo
and Federal Employees teams, eac
team to be sponsored by tha organiz.
tloll far which it is named. F'tol
these teams the first team o, th
city wi’.i be formed to meet all ou
aiders and to bo known is th
Firemen’s teem.
The managers named by Ihe vs
rioiis organizations fco represen, tbpi
teams, who will attend the meet In
Monday night to confer with I res
dent Gray and Secretary llavio, are
Elks, Fred Henning: Moose, E. \
Beaudln; American Legion, ,1. T
Bernhofer; Federal Employees, Harr
Sperling.
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REVISION ROAD
ACT OF 1921 IS
AIM OF ALDRICH
Introduces New Co-operative
Road Bill in Senate,
Making Few Changes.
Cirrying provisions for Alaska to
coin ' under the Federal Highway Act
I of November 19, 1919, a new road
I>111 was Introduced in the Semite to
day by Senator Aldrich which U
directly opposed to thp road measure
which was brought into the House
yesterday by Representative Wilson,
1 of Nome. The Aldrich measure car
ries strong cooperative features and
! only differs from the existing road
' law in that it provides for the ern
i ployment of a competent engineer to
supervise Territorial road work, an
■ alternative Board of Road Commis
sioners in the propose 1 :-d of Con
trol, and in special teference to the
Federal Highway Act.
I The bill in no w ly, apparently,
I seeks to disturb the existing system
of o operation between the Territory
and Federal roa I bull ling agencies.
I Section li rrividcs: "The Territory
l of Alaska hereby accepts and as
sents to the conditions and provi
rions of the Federal Highway Act
as soon as the same shall be made
applicable to the Territory; and it
shall be til’ duty of the Board to
: formulate ami promulgate all rules
and regulations necessary or proper
i to comply with the Federal Highway
Act, as soon as the same shall he
i male applicable to Alaska, or with
[Other roa I law enacted by Congress
granting a! I to the Territory In the
i onstriiction, repair, alteration and
ma ntenance of the roads. In addi
■ t en to such provision for coopera
tion, Section 19 provides: "The
i I yard shall have authority to enter
i into cooperative agreements with the
- Alaska Road Commission, the Sec
t ire:ary of Agriculture of the United
• States, the Bureau of Public Roads
,!of ihe United States, and other Fed
i,erul authorities, for the construction,
i operating, etc., of roads.
Sentiment Seems Favorable
i While the bill was unfamiliar to
almost legislators, it being read by title
-'only today, a number were incline:!
> j to be favorably impressed with Its
purport. General satisfaction seemed
-to prevail over the retention and
" strengthening < 1 the cooperative tea
i i tures. Members of the lower House
-I who had seen copies of Mr- Aldrich’s
: ! bill were favorable to it rather than
. to the one introduced there by Mr.
i. Wilson yesterday,
y Many members of the Legislature
‘ have salid that the reported opposi
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! To the Voters
of Juneau
When a maiv or a group of men announce them- j
I selves candidates for public office it is customary to
state just what they propose doing, if elected. Some
times it is on a platform of “Greater efficiency or
“Reduced taxes” or “Honest Government” or “Great- j
er economy,” all of which really mean nothing be
cause these things are, or should be, the policies of
all Councils.
The announced visit of the President, the Secre
tary of Agriculture, the special Congressional Com
mittee, the increased tourist travel, all indicate that
this year Juneau is destined to be observed, and criti
cised, by many people of importance. Now we, if
elected, do not have to make Juneau the Best Town
in Alaska—it is that now—we may not be able to |
make it the Most Beautiful, but we can make it the
CLEANEST. And this is precisely what we propose
doing. There will be no more garbage wagons on
Front Street at 2 P. M. No more spattering of tour
ists while washing down the streets, no more piles
of rubbish rotting in the corners. In other words,
we propose making Juneau physically clean. AND
SO OUR PLATFORM IS A CLEAN TOWN, CLEAN
i ENOUGH TO BE THE CAPITAL OF ALASKA.
| (Signed)
JACK WOODARD, Candidate for Mayor.
FRANK METCALF, Councilman (2-year term.)
THOMAS JUDSON, Councilman (2-year-term.)
LOCKIE McKINNON, Councilman (2-year term.)
MICHAEL BAVARD, Councilman (1-year term.)
GUNNAR BLOMGREN, Councilman (I-year term.)
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! Vote the People’s
Ticket Straight
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Ten Legislators Will
Make Sitka Trip;
Leave Friday Morning
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Ten members of /the Legisla
ture will leave tomorrow morn
ing for Sllka for an Inspection
of the Pioneers' Home there.
They will make the trip on the
Coast Guard cutter Unalga and
I expect to return here in time
■for opening of the session Mon- ,
day morning.
Those making, the trip are:
Senators Snodgrass. Chamberlin,
Aver and Dunn; Representatives
Raelson. Wilson. Murray, Johns
ton, Catllahan and Keys. The
inspection wad aulhoorized by
| the Legislature In a Joint resolu
tion early in the term.
Until the party returns there j
can be no business transacted
in the Senate as the four
members of that branch left
1 here do not constitute a quorum. 1
1 As tomorrow is ia holiday, it will
1 cause the lossi of but one day, i
Saturday, the Unal‘ga 'being px- 1
pected to return before Monday j
morning.
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Lion to the present cooperative sys
tem of road construe lion is not near
! ly as pronounced as it has been rep
resented. Results obtained in vir
tually every section of the Territory
under the Act of 1919. it is claimed
by many members, have demonstrat
ed the value of lire law and its de
sirability, at least for the present.
Aver Makes Statement
In a statement mad:* tills morning
to a representative of The Empire,
Senator Fred Aver denied that the
people of the 'Second Division are
| greatly dit satlsfiod with the present
system. He said that there was some
elifort to force an issue over the
I road la w and that candidates who
| made the race on a plat-form promis
ing to work for a restoration of the
: dd system were defeated. Mr. Ayer
made the race on the Republican
I -icket and said:
“The Republican platform of the
' legislative candidates did not touch
on the subject gs it was viewed by
us that the present cooperative Ter
ritorial road law was giving such
general sutirifaetioa that we did not
consider it necessary to give it our
I hearty endorsement. Two years be
i fore it was more aft less an issue on
(account of the abrupt change from
I the 1917 Road Act and the great
benefits in the present- law were
rjbt then appreciated as tliey now
|are. Thera was an effort to resusci
tate it as an issue at the last elec
tion but it did net meet with any
i particular interest or support though
; mas stupendous effort was made to
i put some life in it. While some of
i the candidates were elected who
tstood for a change in Ihe road sys
iteni. I do not think it was on that
j account.
Chamber Endorses System
“I think the following extract from
| the annual report of the secretary
I of the Northwestern Alaska Cliatn
| ber of Commerce of Seward Penin
I smia well presents the sentiment of
i the people of the Se<xmd Division:
•While we are on the subject of
roods 1 am glad to report that while
! during tho last year no new large
project was started, we can safely
hope as almost all the big projects
are we'll under close proximity of
completion, that with the present
well organized Road Commission and
the several new avenues open for
funds we enter in active work dis
emimuing our road needs and cooper
ate with our Delegate and Road Com
mission we will be able to accomplish
more in a year from now than we
have been able to put over in the
past in several years.'"
Furniture moveti and stored.
Heavy hauiing done. Phone 48. Ju
neau Transfer. —adv
BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
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 the
very best stomach tonic.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
WATERFRONT BUSY;
HALIBUT BOATS IN
Decks piled high with gear, fish
, ermen busy preparing to discharge
| their cargoes, the constant moving
I of boats at the floats, and the many
| watchers on shore, presented a pic
turesque aspect on an active water
front this morning when nearly all
j of the local halibut fishing fleet and
two big schooners from Prince Ru
pert came in port. The boats brought
in a total cargo of 43,500 pounds of
halibut which was split by the Ju
neau Cold Storage plant and the Se
I bas'tian-Sturat plan*.
The cargoes brought in were: Mary
Christophers'on. 4.500; Gypsy, 5.500;
| Ocean, 5.500; Thelma, 4,000; Avona.
6,000; Margaret T., 11,000; Emma,
6,000. and T-290, 1,000.
Two trolling boalts brought in a
total cargo of 1000 pounds of salmon
which was taken by the Juneau Cold
Storage plant the price being 17
cents.
The Sumner halibut schooner from
Prince Rupert, came in 'for repairs.
CAPTAIN ANDEP.SrN’3 TRIAL
SH.VTTIjE. March 29.—The selec
tion of a jury has begun for tne
(trial of Capt. John L. Anderson, for
i mcr county superintendent of Ferry
Transportation, who was recently in
dieted on charges of grand larceny
I iti connection with the operation of
| the ferry system.
EASTER
CARDS
EASTER
NOVELTIES
EASTER
BASKETS
EASTER
RABBITS
EASTER
CHICKENS
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAUR0 DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
/ 96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
Storm Is Said
To Be Approaching
Pacific Coast
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HAN FRANCISCO, March |
29.—Shipping in the eastern j
area of the Pacific Ocean, from ]
the Arctic to the trcpics, is foe- |
ing, tossed about in one of the j
worst storms of the year. The ]
storm is expeotedto reach this j
coast during the next two |
days the Weather Bureau re- j
i ports.
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BOB TUKtfERS’ AUTO * SERVICE.
Phone 257. New 7 passenger
Studebaker car. Comfort and safety
Stand next to Boston Store. —adr.
If you would be in style
you must wear a
BANGLE
BRACELET
or a pair of ear drops and
a string of beads to match.
We have them in all the
latest patterns from fifty
cents up.
Our new platinum and
sapphire mountings for
rings and bracelets are ex
quisite.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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Your Easter Bonnet
Only a short time left now in which to select your Easter hat
We guarantee original designs, superb quality and prices
are as low as the quality high.
0 Smart and colorful, they embody the spirit of Easter.
Wooltex Coats and Suits and Betty Wales Dresses
are expected Saturday on the steamship Northwestern, so we are
going to keep the store open in the evening in order to give those
who wish to an opportunity to see them, also finish their Easter
shopping.
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JUNEAU STYLE CENTER
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