JUflLIN CLAIMS
TAKEN OVER BY
NEW INTERESTS
Four Million Dollar Company
to Develop Mine-—Plans
Are Announced.
Acquisition under option of ill*
Jualin mining property by a new
$4,000,000 company, organize I uiid m
the laws of Alaska and financed by
Belgian capital, was announced to
day by dean Vanophem and A Mul
der, two of the incorporators and
members of the board of directors, j
It controls tlie Hoggatt mining prop
erty at Jualin which was formerly
under an option to the Jualin Alaska
Matvea Company.
The now organization is incorpor
ated under the name of the Jualin i
Berniers Minting Company. It has an j
authorized capital stock issue of 400,-J
<m)0 shares of it par value of $lu each.
The incorporators are: Jean Van
ophem, iB. A1. Bethrends. N. Van Mttyl-i
tier, A Mulder. H. L. Faulkner and!
J. H. Hart. The first directorate ii‘
composed of Messrs. Vanophem.|
Belt rends, Mulder. Van Muylder and
Faulkner. The company will elect i
its officers within the next few days.
To Push Development
The statement made by the in
corporators today said that the new
corporation is not in any way eon
nected with five old Jualin Alaska |
concert!. It is entirely new capital.
It 'has/an option on the property ter-;
,marly held by the latter company
and will push the development of the
mine and construction cf a mil to
rapidly a-s possible. The terms of1
the option were not made public.
The first objective of the company
•is the completion of the long drain
age tunnel, work having already be
grin to that end. Arthur Riendeaii
is superintendent of the work and
45 men are at present employed
'Some outside construction work, con
slating of snow sheds, etc,, was com
plated last week and the crew re '
turned to town.
Thirty-seven hundred feet of tun
neling remains to be done. New
ears have been ordered and a gas
powered locomotive will be purchases!
at once to replace Ute present mule
tram by which rock is removed from
the tunnel, it is estimated that f»0(i
faet of tunneling will be done over.'
month and the job completed some
time next sit miner.
Start Mill Erection
’Construction of the mill will 1
started next summer. It will b
erected n units. 10 stamps ectnpr.
ing the first; unit. Tile mill building
liowtever, which will go up next mm
mer. will have room for 20 stamps.
& second 10-stamp unit to be iu ;
stalled as mine development pr >
greases.
An aerial transportation line b •
tween Juneau ami Jualin will be
taWished next summer. A plane ha
been purchased by the new company
and will arrive here about May 1. It
is capable of transput- ng one ton
useful weight. It is a Carman F-50
limousine type, twin 275-hor.sepower
laorraine Dietrich mo'ore, equdpived
■with boats, wheels and skids and is;
capable of making landings on water,
ground or -now It has a five-pas
senger capacity. The plane will make
regular trips between the mine and
Juneau.
Open Radio Station
"Preparations to open the Jualin
radio station are now in progress.
Wireless Operator Griffin, formerly'
operator of the Da touch e radio, left
far the mine yesterday. The station ]
will work with the local Navv station
Mr. Mulder, who with A. Van Muyl
(ler, arrived here about three weeks j
ago from Belgium, expressed himself
as well pleased with Jualin. Both he I
and Mr. Van Muykler are delighted
with the country and with the cour
tesy that has been shown them since'
their arrival. Both ot them, he said,
hope to return. They will leave on
tholr return trip on the next Prin
cess Mary, going by Los Angeles and
east through the Grand Canyon of
the Colorado and the stouthern route'
through Texas to New York. A sec-!
<md party of prominent Belgians in-J
terested In Jualin will come here
next summer, it was stated.
FRENCH INVASION
MAY BREAK STINNES
BOSTON. Feb. 10. —Arno Horst h-!
JTourot in a Berlin special to lb !
Boston Globe says Hugo Stinnes Inis ,
l»eon trapped by th - French occupa
lion of 'the Ruhr. Ho has taken j
I'ains to keep away from the Rah
ronsonaJly, but ithey have caught him
financially [f he cannot get coalj
end coke for his 'industries, scattered :
from East Prussia to Southern A us '•
1-ria, and for his fleets, the gigauti
fortune he has accumulated since tin
war i-s likely ito crack. It was all!
built on his ability to supply cheap I
coal and doke, which th« French I
can cut off at any moment. St nn !
could not buy American Radiator Co
«o be refused to soil it steel Only1
because tit had American backing!
wa* it able to stand out against him
Now those whom Stiinnes could not
control will not spare him if chance!
comes.
If i.’B advertised IF* of TIMELY
INTEREST. That’s something to re
member—to your profit.
for Ifidyuaitji coal,
’er Co. Phone 4ff. adv.
Anti-Saloon League Head
Facing Charges.
alt'll trvll Avu3.«-ri*oiv
William II. Anderson, for nine
years head of the New York State
Anti-Saloon League and one of the
bitterest opponents of the "we:*,"
faces serious charges that have
been made to the District Attor
ney of New York City. The al
ienations were made by a t u nit t
financial solicitor of the League,
who asserts Anderson forced him
to "split" his commissions; that
Andetion drew $15,0(10 a year -al
ary instead of the Slo.nun he
claimed Ills lawful salary and
committed other financial irregu
larities Antler- n replied that the
entire charge is "a species of
blackmail and extortion" on tlie
part of his enemies.
W. H. Anderson’s Son
in Liquor Probe.
[Treet^piciz.0
Frederick Otxvell Anderson, soil
of William II. Anderson, head of
the Ne w York Anti-Saloon League,
liar been mentioned In connection
with an investigation made by
students of Wesleyan College
themselves into drinking. Auder
: .n left college at the time, but
declared hi intended to return.
From the Anderson home in Yon
kers, New York, came the state
ment that young Anderson was in
no way connected with the drink
ing bout and was not intoxicated,
as has hein reported A charae
ti r certificate from the college
head." was said to be in his. posses
sion.
BORE MANY DRY WELLS
WASHINGTON. Ke.li 10. Tile Hu
re.in of Mines > n two year:
ending with !!•:!_' there were 5,81
wells drilled it average cost o
)lu.00n each, wii . a prodm -d no oil
tho largest numb >r I. ing in Texas.
Old papers tor sa.„ =,. The Emplr*
GRAND
MASQUE
BALL
At A. B. Hall
Washington’s Birthday
FEBRUARY 22.
Dancing will start at 10 o'clock
and will continue until 2 A. M.
WATCH
ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR
PRIZES
ANNUAL DANCE
OF FIRE BOYS
MONDAY NIGHT
Bir Social Event Coming
Promises to Be Well At
tended—Good Object.
N xt M >rf! iv night, at the A. 11
Hall, the anmnial bill of the membe”*
of ih’ .In- -an FMro Department will
i ■ given. Ticket* hove been going
■: u bot-o:ikos, according to the
r 11=th'n.tr i arvrttees ami pro ioally
iu of .Inn : ii will be in attendance
th -i yearly affair.
Til:* boys are going to outdo them*
• ’res th'. • year in the matter of
hailing their hundreds of guests.
Sp* ail cc*umittces have been named.
■ieh With a certain duty to perform
■iir.,1 aM impressed with the fact they
:*re ho;‘s to their gu"*s>ts and must,
make everybody feel perfectly at
home.
A unique dance program will be
a ,-!rl;billed to the dancers and this is
k mn l to be a souvenir long to lie
i- *rved. Special fo’Mires are
quietly being arrange 1 and the d *■■ >r
i.atluns will be in keeping with the
tig event.
The fire boys are p’aroning on mak
ng this annual ball one of the great
>• >■ of urcoef T*s for the revenue de
k'*U \\ 1 * » II. UIC I.'ii I
wto'ch li■• ? 1- *(’n sponsored by too de
nar! ment. It t* perhaps for th's rei
• ,.n. as wfiIiI as tfio social slip of
• Ik' b.i’l. tha‘ tickets have been s -11
tnjr -a r‘.i; '■ 11 y and to practically
■Tonybody.
The roster of the Fire Department
!s as ■foM-OWi:
Company 1 H. I. Lucia, foreman;
\V M. Frv. J. J. Woodard, K. \r, Beni
din. W. B. King. H. O. Adams, H.
M ' es, M. H. Pedes. J. L. MeC’.os
kev. R. R. Brown, E. ('. Sweeney,
H. G. Hughes.
(’■ mpmv 2—O. M. Olson, foreman;
F. McKinnon. W. George. G. E.
Hove land, O. E. Schombol, F. Met
calf, J. FrounilTg. H. Sperling, W.
tV. Casey. Jr„ G. Healas, P. W. M.
Colturn, C. Heilgosen.
Truck drivers—Martin Lavenik
and VV. A. Beaudin.
Honorary member! -C. W. Carter.
S. Frol man, A A. Hti-mfray, A. W.
Sunrli.'t-rom, M. W. Goldstein.
Ford Adherents Are Too
Strong for Sen. Norris
WASHINGTON, Feb. in. Declar
j ing there is no hope of obtaining
; the necessary votes so long as “ad
herents of Ford’s, proposal” are op
! p< d to him, Senator Norris lias
j withdrawn his amendment to the
luimy bill appropriating $2,OOP,otto
j for the completion of the nitrate
plant No. 1 at Muscle Shoals.
Major Thorne Is Given
German Manor for Bravery
VANCOUVER, Feb. in. Major J.
1C. Thorne has received word that
| Herr Gartner has left a manor to
| him. Tlie manor is worth $10,000
; in Germany.
i it appears that Thorne, while
under guard as a prisoner of war.
escaped from a prison camp and
dashed in front of a train at ttie
Lnipsig station and saved Gartner’s
little grandson from death.
ATTENTION MASONS.
A stated communication of Mt.
Juneau Ledge No. 147, F. & A. M.,
will lie held Monday evening in Odd
Fellows' Hall at 7:30 o’clock. All
members are requested to lie present.
Visiting brethren welcome. By order
of the \V. M. CHAS. E. NAGHEL,
—adv. Secretary.
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■
I
Ike Beal Says It
Surely Pays
To Advertise
Laos it pay to advertise?
Ark Ike Boals, of the Cable
office.
Last Thursday afternoon It ;'s
brought a “classified" *»'.;> The
Empire office at 3 o'clock, ad
vertising furnijture for tale.
The Emrdre was on the streot
at 4 o'clock.
The furniture was sold at 5
o'clock and today < albs are still
bo ng received a limit the furni
ture.
It only shows that if you have
, eomo:hiiug to sell, or want some
thing; the quick u way is to
advertise.
CYCLONE
LISBON, Feb. in A cyclone liasj
I swept Portugal causing numerous
| deaths and a great amount of prop
erty damage. Barges loaded with
merchandise foundered at Oporto.
Hundreds of fishing boats have gone
down in the Tagus River.
Plane Drops; 1 wo Men
Are Killed in Texas
J.AREDO, Texas Keb. to. Lieu
tenant Hciuinger and Sergeant Joe
Kelly were killed when their plane
fell during maneuv is of the Nino
teenth Aero Squadron.
GOOD NAVAL NEWS.
SAN DIEGO. Feb. lo. — Orders (
doubling the capacity of the naval),
(raining station here have been is-|‘
;.= ued by (he Navy Department. (l
NEW IMMIGRATION BILL.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. — The
! Hi use Immigration Committee has]
reported the hill restricting inuni
| gration from all countries to two per
cent of the nationals, resident of the)
i'nltcd States as to the census ofj
i 1920 and excluding Japanese, with
the exception of certain students.!
scientists and other persons ineli
giliie to citizenship. The hill is a
uhetit.ute for the Senate measure
■ providing admission to 25.000 Ar
| menian orphans.
TEAPOT DOME MAY
FIGURE IN POLITICS
BOSTON. Feb. 10.- A Washington
rial says that the exploitation of
V> Teapot Dome Naval Reserve h\
i riv.ite concerns is expected to play
in important part in the n 'xt tu
.'.until campaign. There has been
much agitation since the testimony
< t Sinclair disclosed that the lease
uist him nothing and the property
is worth at least $1.000..000,000.
JITNEY DANCE
ELKS' HALL
TONIGHT
COLISEUM ORCHESTRA
6 pieces
See the Coliseum Orchestra's
windows display at Wnght’s Jew
elry Store.
SAVE YOUR COUPONS
Follow the Crowd
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CITIZENS ATTENTION
There will be a joint meeting of the
citizens of Juneau and the Senior Student
Body of the High School, relative to a
school matter, in the School Auditorium
at 8: 1 5 tonight.
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THE MOOSEHEART ENDOWMENT FUND BALL
for the benefit of the
Home for older Moose
will be given February 15, at Moose Hall.
Best of music and other features.
GENTLEMEN $1.00. LADIES EREE
entertainment committee.
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FORMER DOUGLAS
BOY IN CHARGE
OF LOCAL STORE
W. P., Nephew of Elmer E
Smith, Takes Charge of
Juneau Music House.
W. P. Smith, nopnr»w or Elmer E
3mtth of Juneau and Douglas, wh(
irrivod hero early this week, has
■a ken over >;ha n: magi meat of tin
luneati Mu lie House and will be in
erested wivh Inis uncle in other loea
m ter prises, according to an an
toiinecment .made by the latter to
lay. Th-' y'oung;’1 man is making
;is home on the Juneau side of the
i'hanncl.
W. P. Smith resided in Douglas
,\lith his uncle about 13 years, at
ending tuhio::l and working in Mr
sniiith’s Dougins score. He left here
n 1910 and much of the time sine
hen has been spent in military ser
rice and orcign countries. He ex
iresse I his dciiig'lit in gelling bad
o Alaska and intends to make it his
tame.
A military guard in the Yellowstont
’ark. prospectJIng in old Mexico, a
. nr of duty in a he Philippines cov
-red moat of his tmie until the out
irrak of the war with Germany. H
oluntefired early in 1917 and was
usMgned to Port Snellittg. Minn., and
n a tie acting Hirst 'sergeant of a com
my of cadet officers. He was com
l) is stoned as lieutenant and went
icrcss to France In June, 1917, and
< main; .1 until after the occupation
,f Germany,
He was wounded on two occasions
in 1 gassed. His first wound was re
'ived at Chateau Thierry during the
i“'t great German push. In the firs'
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
pei formed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef. Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as the
vc:y best stomach tonic.
BRITT'S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
purely American offensive, at St. I
MTblel. he wan gassed but recovered!
iin time to take part in the Argonne I
oOfenoive. His service in France I
also included assignments to the S. j
O. S ht.iAjuanters, another detail at
lll. se One, .Man-'rtlWas, from where he]
'went to Spain in tile Remount Ser-!
I vice.
After the armistice Mr. Smith was]
1 v, a th' army of occupation first go-j
' ng to Trier, later moving to gen
tcal headquarters at Coblenz, and'
completing his tour of duty at Trier.
Ho returned to the United States in
the summer of 1920 and since that
time lias been in old Mexico and
j Texts, coming direct here from the
t latter place.
Mr. Sirflth holds the rank of Cap
I tain in rite Officers' Reserve Corps
land N a member of the American
I Legion.
COMEDY SHOW
TO BE GIVEN
BY LOCAL A, L.
American Legion Will Present
“A Night Off” at Coli
This Month.
seurn
Th8
Logion
Jc.trVal
local po..-'t or the American
will again present to the the-1
Ians df Juneau another com
j ody nr i t.ho dates were announce 1|
; today . - bding Tuesday and Wednes
day, February 20 and 21. the Coli-i
j st um Theater having bepn secured
; for those two nights.
The comedy presented this time
I will be "A Nlighit Off” 'and it is one
j cf tli best ever produced under the
’ direction’ ef Augustin Daly. It is a
comedy right tip to data, in all re-:
preys, four acts of situations which'
VALENTINES
ALL KINDS
AND PRICES
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau. Alaska
lure full of exceedingly funny busi
ness and linos.
The nvajortty of the members of
the cast have appeared in former pro
ductions under the auspices of the
Amcntcan Legion and the new mem
bers ure going to inaJte creditable
nmu i for (themselves hv the manner
in which they carry their character
izations.
The American Legion has estab
lished a reputation for giving good
clean theatrical performances and “A
Night Off" is going (to be the best
yet given in Juneau.
CARD PARTY NEXT
TUESDAY EVENING
A card party will be given next
Tuesday evening at Parish Hall. Ac
cording to the announcement there
' ; gang to be a "big evening" for
there will be refreshments, prizes an 1
a (musical program.
The party Tuesday night is one of
the first to be given at Parish Hall
ror some lime.
U. S. PERMITS IMPORTATION
OF CANADIAN LABOR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Special
permission has been granted the
Great Northern Paper Company by
the United States Labor Department
to import tip to 2,000 woodsmen from
Canada to meet the present labor
caircUty.
SPECIAL
PRICES
ON ALL OUR
FRAMED
AND
COLORED
PICTURES
15-Jewel Elgin and
Waltham Watches
$15.00.
THE NUGGET SHOP
ril
Spring Millinery Opening
MONDAY WILL BE OUR
SPRING MILLINERY OPENING DAY
By then we expect to receive the balance
of our large spring stocks.
These hats were selected from three of the leading Millinery
Houses of the West. Therefore we know that our
STYLES, QUALITY and PRICES
are right.
We welcome you to look them over. Make your selection early
and save disappointments.
Goldstein’s Emporium
JUNEAU'S STYLE CENTER