SENATE ADOPTS
NEW SCHEDULES
FOR TAX BILL
Overthrows House Fisheries
Pack Taxes and Net In
comes on Mining.
(Continued From »>sge one.)
passed by a vote of 6 to 2, Cham
berlin and Dimond opposing. House
Bill No. 42, amending the Territorial
banking law, was taken up at 2 p
m., at which time members of the
Territorial Banking Board and locai
bankers appeared to talk on the
subject.
Night sessions Probable
<At noon it seemed inevitable that
flight sessions would be necessary in
order ido give conference committees
Time to adjust differences in both
the taxation and revenue end appro
PFiaitkima ibKHs. The salmon pack ajul
mining income rates adopted by the
Senate 'amd posaibl amendments to
the appropriations bill, it was pre
dicted, would have to Tv threshe I out
In conference.
'Tiie 'first attack on the latter
Sneamiro came on the section cover
ing the Territorial Secrdtary's office.
(Scnr.itor ASdrlch argued against al
lowing the SecroCary any salary from
tfio Territory, and in committee of
Uio win ole, offered a mo. ion to strike
that iitcm. Ho was unable t-o get a
wecond to i't, however, and it died.
Ho then attonupted to t:ii»o‘ a point
of order affa’lntf the iitom. dj.vt Mr.
Chaimberltn, presiding, ruled it out
of order In the comimitoe. f w.n
aorpoeted that the sum- -point would
be raised when the 'Senate resume I
formal so dm,
Changes In Rates
Work that ?t took the House hours
to aeteotrpi.V.i Monday and Tues-1 iv
W4-s undone iby Che Scfla.e ye. iter-lav
afternoon in aibout as many mintT-s,
when ft ripped apart the salmon
'Pick schedules and adopted entirely
npw rates for tliose which the House
toad passed by a narrow margin af
OTio vote. The fioniate also ttp’rt tho
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1‘iiilaing income (tax schedule ait, ‘*0*
iby the House, boiling the .arg.
iadameo from 1 Mi to 2 per tent.
Senator Hunt, supported by Dim vi
ami Chamberlin. led i Ttiovmii^ t
lower the tame tax oa r ',u. k.ngs an
aockoyes, moving It be reduced Iron
12 tt> 10 cent's with pack : up to an
including 25,000 cams t ivotel b,
rhe base rate. Title was nil iiccc. '
iful. la.ltrr the reduction to in cants
I w.-ts mi ide but increased rates oi
'pack.i graduated above 10,000 case
were uiso adopted.
New Senate Schedules
Tho ftshrriei s chedule a; adopted
by the Sen ate last nlg-Urt when the
bill pa I Its i grand reading in
cluded: on reds, kings and abek
eyes. 10 cents per ease on t..l! cases
not in excess of 10,000; an addition
al tax of 5 cents per e iso on packs
grartua ed, 10,000 to 25,000 ; 25,000 to
40,000; 40,000 to 50,000; 50,000 to
60,000 and in exre of 00,000 cases.
The new mining schedule cillel for
a, ibn-e exemption of n. t Incomes not
In cx ( s t' $10,000; 1 per cent.
$10,000 :> $200,000; 1*5 per cent.
$200,000 in $500,000. and 2 per cent
on all Inc net in excess ef $500,000.
Hunt Leads Fight
'Senator Hunt, leading a fight
agatnst 'the House schedules when
the Senate was hi Comlnitloc of the
Wh</le, secured an even higher rate
fhau ithe nlbove. An amendment of
fered (by him at th nt time, placing a
Unit 2 per cent ratio on all inc..-.ii.'->
in excess e.tf $5,000, was . Icpie 1 by
a vc.te of f?ve ito three, Dinland. Ayer
and Chamberlin opposing.
After the Sanco l"’convened in for
mal sc aion. Mr Brown offered the
schedule quetod above.
Mr. Hunt al :» ma le an cffoi; ti
lower the be -•*» rate on medium r? I
si lm on. c hr.es and pinks, bill i “I
‘to get any support. A mu' ion in ide
by libn to cut tile 4'.i rnt b.c : re >
to 3% conn per ram. wis u< even
second; d.
Pass Municipal Code
Agreement Was reached ye I
evening by a committee on tree c in
ference on the municipal c'le and
both House .ratified It. The d'l.'er
enico ever ‘the intero3t rale of earn
lng’« (to he considered reta.,n- .tile lor
cap! al invented in public service cor
porations wins settled by tUmtne ir.g
hpcCifte rates and using the term
“rea.onaJblo.”
Tho Senate pit's ed Htiine Bills No,
36, No. 54 and No. 22. the first the
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Staser Mining Board
Measure Fails to
Pass in Senate Today
Rdpre mtattve Siajcr'3 bill for
the erea.Von . a Mining De
velopment Board fullbd to pass
this iincrning in the Senate, at
lautbportcrn being unable to mus
j ter more than four votes, three
members voting again, t it and
j one, Mr. Dtinn. declining to vote.
The latter give no reason for
his roQuewt Ho he excused from
! voting.
Mr. Dunn was not present
when the noil call W113 taken.
Before the vote could be an
nramcoil. however, Mr. Brown
I a^ked that the missing mom,her
‘bo summoned When the Fourth
Division member was in bis
seat, ha asked to he excused.
Attention was di,rooted to .he
! Scsnlaite nila which requires an
explanation of such requests
Forestalling 'possible ,invoking
Of the rule, Mr. Dlmond prates.
ed against any attempt to do ; j.
To solve tile situation Mr. Cham
berlin moved that the rule in
volved be suspended, 'the motion
passing without crp ti-tion.
i
i>ill revising the buslnosn and eurp n a
tion- code of Alaska. tile a eond the
fishermen's I'eenoe hill, .ml the ‘third
I'tho revised fur tax law. Bui it was
i : ■ gh i!v aimeinded. H; use Bill No. 7.
S a ■ t's hill providing fer a Torri
'toi'ial Board of Mining IVvelopmen .
81 netted .malt nr tally, and with it
anpr.mriatlon cut dowm from $40,000
to $120,000, pitaed its seoond reading
and was ready for final aeOIen to lay.
I Il .r o Bill No. 52. fur a urvey of the
! UnaJakileet-Kaltag rtr rge, on 1 No.
42, amonding the Terr lecial banking
law, were receive 1 yoaterday and
sent 'to committees for report.
Agree on Purchase
‘By eons: wring in the House a mead
meats ho the bill providing for the
pure hero c'f the Garuidc Building to
bo used f, r housing various Terri
torial offleii'ln and for the Ala~ka
| Mmoatlpi and Historical Library, the
Senate made it po. Cble to con ;tm
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I mafe that deal. Tht House Increases!
the original Sen-site appropriation of
$17,00(1 to $21,000. Anii'ttdm'MJits 60
other hills from both Houses ware
concurred in without difficulty.
Tlvo hdavloot work of the Sor.ate
today lay in the general appropria
tions hill which m not taken up
for consider;',thon yesterday. It was
received from the House and rcforreJ
to iho Seu.i'e Comm!Idee on Finance.
FAST FLYING
IS PLANNED
WASHINGTOh' May 3—Air Sent
j ice officials 'plan a new effort in
tran'-K.'orvtinctutan flights using the
•army• speediest craft which recently
eSitalWhihcti a new record cl' 232 miles
an hour a.t Dayton.
Lieut. L. R. Maughn will make the
j flight and ho hi:|pf ' ».j 'average 200
|'miles an iiour, leaving early in the
morning a/nd arriving at San Diego
before dark. 'He expects to make
five en route .0 replenish fuel
and supplied. . The date tor the at
tmimed flight has not been set.
CANNERY EMPLOYEE DEAD.
Julian Elizaga. Filipino, who died
I April 29 at Port Althorp, from
'pneumonia, was 'buried at Juneau
I yesterday. Funeral services were
held at the C. W. Young Undertak
ing Parlors, Father A. J. Roccati,
ioonducting the services. Julian
Klizaga was employed by the Deep
1 Sea Salmon Company at Port
I Althorp.
TO VISIT DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Charles Worth, of Los An
i geles. will arrive in Juneau on the
j I'.tesmor Admiral Rogers to visit
1 with her daughter, Mrs. Cash Cole,
j She expects to spend the summer
land probably the fall and early win
! ter with her daughter.
I ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS.
J There will be a regular meeting
of Silver Bow Isodge No. 2-A Thurs
day evening at eight o'clock. Vis
iting members welcome.
MERLE P. MORGAN,
i—adv. Secretary.
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Now or Never
Our final Removal Sale is now in full sway. In a few days we will be moving to
our new store. To reduce our stock as much as possible, we have marked all remain
ing goods down. ^
Lower in Many Cases Than They
Were Sold During the Auction Sale
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WE QUOTE BELOW SOME OF THE
UNUSUAL REDUCTIONS:
Elgin, Waltham, Hampden and other fine watches
ONE-FOURTH TO ONE-HALF OFF
Cut Glass, Hand Painted China, Silverware
ONE-FOURTH TO ONE-HALF OFF
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Solid Gold Rings, as low as.$ 1.75
Ear Drops, as low as.75
Beads in the newest styles and colors as low as. 1.00
Only a few left—Alarms Clocks.,,,.75
Fountain Pens . 1.25
Rodgers and Community Silver, 26-piece sets, as low as. . 11.25
There are hundreds of other things in our stock that you will find marked at un
heard of Cut Prices. **
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DO NOT DELAY—THIS SALE IS FOR A FEW.DAYS ONLY.
The Nugget Shop, Inc.
L. DASCOMB, Sales Manager.
Juneau, Alaska ROBERT SIMPSON, Gen. Mgr.
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TRAVELING MEN LEAVE TODAY NOON
ON SEAPLANE NORTHBIRD FOR TRIP
TO INTERIOR; GOING VIA SKAGWAY
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The Northbird reached Skagway at
2:10 o'clock this afternoon, a fine
trip being made and the time from
Juneau to Skagway being one hour
and 22 minutes, according to a cable
gram received from Max Humfrey.
At 1:55 o’clock the Northbird circled
over Chilkoot Barracks and Haines
and then started for Skagway.
Tho seaplane Northbird made its
Mnslt real "commen ial'' flight in this
part of Alaska today and in so do
ing (inaugurated a service that may
be of inestimable value to the resi
dents of this section.
Roy Jones, the gcni'al and efficient
pitot of the Northbird. was engaged
by “Max" Hutnfrey to make the
flight from here to Skagway and they
took-off during the noon hour today.
Accompany log them is George L»ang
er- Roth Humfrey and Ganger are
raveling nalosmen, Humfrey repre
senting Hulls Brlos. "Red Can” Coffee,
amd Ixtnger (representing the United
States Rubber Company.
1 This trip by eeatplamc Is the first
log of tfhbir long and tedious Journey
through tho Interior of Yukon Ter
ritory a.nvl Alaska by waiy of the Yu
kon River to St. Michael and Nome
on tho Hcring Sea, and other points
in the Arctic.
It its necessary for thorn to get
aorolss the ice of Gake GeBarge to
the lower end before the condition
of tho iiee (becomes unsafe for travel,
ami, as am darly "break-up' is looked
for this year, they are naturally anx
ious to imaiko ail .possible speed.
Therciforo they have chosen ths air
route for that part of tho trip from
here to Skagway.
Thta is the first time any of the
commercial men have availed them
solves of the service offered by Roy
Jones and h-io Northbird, but it may
be the forerunner of numerous sim
ilar trips.
SILZEiffOR
PRESIDENT
NEW Youk, ilviav 3.—A presiden
tial boom (for Gov. George Silzer. of
New Jersey, was launched at the an
nual Je'feracin Day dinner of the Na
tional Demoicnaltic Clu!b last night,
j Governor Silzer in a speech attack*
led 'President Harding and the Re
j puiblacan party If or what he termed
i (failure to Ifulf ill tho campaign
pledges.
NOTICE WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART
LEGION.
A special meeting •will be held at
Moose Hall Thursday at 8 o’clock
to make arrangements for the fun
eral services of Sister Gela Stokes.
MRS. WAGL8TEDT,
—adv. Past Regent. 1
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New Liquor Ruling
Goes Into
Effect June 10
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WASHINGTON-, <M*y 3.—The
Treasury Deiparfcmotnit has re
<luo.itml Socroljoy otf State !
Hughes tte comm un irate tile Su
ipnonio Court's decision barring
I liquor on American and Doreign
vessels when in American ponls
: to all nations and notify them
■the la.w will be religiously on
llorced beginning June 10.
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NEW DEVICE MAY INCREASE
LIFTING POWER OF AIRPLANES
LONDON, May 3. -An 'improvement
of ait least 10 ipcr eenit in the lifting
efficiency of aornplane wings ix ex
pected to be made by an invention
w-ht'ch bias .boon ipaitonted by a young
ex-officer of the 'flying corps.
Ho claims to have discovered the
method iby which crows and other
birds glide nit fine angles, and experi
inonita 'which have bocn made with
gliding mod els suggest that the wing
tip feathers are not merely for fal-1
anicing purposes but contribute large-j
ly to the lldttog Capacity.
Furniture moveo and stored.
Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. Ju-i
neau Transfer. _ —»dv j
ROBERTLESLIETURNER
is my full name Divide it. and call.
257 for my 7 passenger car any]
time. Bob Turner. —adv |
ARE YOU A GOOD
GUESSER?
With each roll of film
left with us to be devel
oped you have one free
guess on a oil colored
framed photograph.
Who will be the lucky
one?
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
BIGGS AND SON IN
SACRAMENTO: STILL
RIDE ON JUNEAU AIR
H. E. Biggs and his son William,
who left Juneau several weeks ago
for the States, on an automobile
tour through the southwest, are
now in Sacramento, according to
word received in the last mail by
J. J. Connors, proprietor of the
Alaska Auto & Supply Co. shop. Mr.
Biggs stated he and Bill have driv
en their Chevrolet ‘'Mable" a dis
tance of 1,000 miles already and
are still riding with Juneau air in
the tires.
MRS. M'LEAN AT HOSPITAL.
Mrs. Hector McLean underwent a
major operation at St. Ann Hospital
Monday. Her condition is good
today, it was stated at the hos
pital.
For that closed car service call
Berry’s Taxi. Stand at the Gas
tinean. —adv.
FOUNTAIN PENS
WATERMAN
PARKER
DUNN
KEYSTONE
EVERSHARP
For aU around use we
recommend Parker’s
Duofold.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
Persian
Rubber Aprons
These are made from pure para rubber; easily
washed and come in such beautiful combinations of
colors.
Just the thing when washing dishes or slip on
any time over your best dress and have no fear of
soiling it.
They come in two styles and the prices are
$1.00 and $1.65.
These are to be had at the
HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX, WOOLTEX
AND BETTY WALES GARMENTS
Goldstein’s
Emporium
JUNEAU'S STYLE CENTER
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