COUNCIL READY
TO ASSIST FOR
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Chamber of Commerce Idea
Is Accepted—Bov Scouts
Ready—Proclamation.
M. S. WK'Ofcior, secretary <■:' tiij
Juneau Chamber of Comtu Tie. and
on bolvalif of the Chamber, preheated
to the Con ml the proposed ‘'Clean-up
Paint-up'' <Mtr.>;inign in which th > City
Count’ll was asked to ik.irticip.ile. us
iwoll as the local troop of Hoy Scouts.
The plan proposed by Mr Writ tier
was to 'have 'tlhe Mayor declare by
iprocl’i matt Him a definite per. d lor an
'intense campaign of “Clean-up and
Paint-up' and Che appointment ef a
casivniittee hy the Council la work
with simitar committees from the
Chamber of Commerce and Boy'
Scouts.
To create interest ami enthusiasm
In the campaign Mr. Whittier stated
'the itnen.ihtan.ts won! I 'h 1 asked to
make special window decorations 01
'clean-tip and paiintt-up materials and;
the Chamber or Commerce In -, se-J
cured special window decorative lira- ’
it erf at s to assist "he mo.xhants in
vheiT displays. Sticke'. i will also be
provided to merchants to place on
till packages and letters leaving their
■stores ei. h duv in order to carry the
cleanup, ipulrst-up idea into the
bonus. SrxOiily designed buttons
nre tafs'o being dBs.ributed by the
Chamber tb be worn on the coat
ns an ad veil Is in g medium. Motion
picture hou . s have donated their
services in running special slid .t
toa'ld the clear.-up spirit.
Homer G. N'ordllng. Scc.utma : r of
the local Boy Scouts, also explain ■ I
(the part which the Scouts will take
in the campaign. He slated the city
■would be divided into four districts
land a iptaltrod of Scouts placed in
change of the work of each district.
■Surveys will be made of the work
nctcastsary Ito be done and this will
like reported Ito headquarters. Citizens
will it.hen be asked to phone to head
quarters what work they wish done
•on their lots thy the Scouts and
ipjti'ods 'WIFI tbe sent to do the work.
“No charge will lie made by 'the
tSkloutOe tfor Itbig work." said Mr. Nurd
ling, ‘ibut if h’Wizens desire to re
munerate (the iboys for the work done,
■such money will he placet in the
Scouts’ annawil camping fund. Citi
zen’s Will Iflltl* be aiding in the com
munii y dlfian-iip aptrit. as wrlll as
usk'.dt'lng Who iSctotfts to earn money
Her their twlo weeks’ camping."
'An olifer o'f Councliman Shepard
cHfioe as headquarters was accepted
The “Clean-up Pa.lnt-u.p" idea «s
ipri eniisl iby Mr. Whittier was heart
ijly end i arsed thy the Council and
Mayor OtcddMleiin stated he Would de
dlure Iby •proCkiimation dive week of
May 9 Ito Id as “(’lean-up Pudtr-up
Week." CouTw-ilnien 'Shepard, Gray
and Judeon were named by tlie
Mayor as a special! c. .nm.ittee to
iasi 'fat In t'h'fs Oairnipalgn.
The Oouncdl also voted to offer a
iprize or $10 to the Sr it patrol
'wh'lcli 4im.de the best t 'lowing in their
dfftrfOt.
Mayor Goldstetin praised the fine
dommitnl’y spirit of the Boy Scouts
'In aflfertng to usiarrt in making the
town more present able to its citizens
a.nd visitors, and utlgf - all citizens
tjo cooperate in tlhe movement.
CITY TAXES TO
BE PAID IN TWO
INSTALLMENTS
Council Passes Ordinance at
Meeting Last Night—Cam
paign Pledge Made Good.
Making good on the campaign
pledge of Mayor 1. Goldstein, the
City Council passed an ordinance
making city taxes payable in two
installments, six montliB apart, at
the regular meeting of the Connell
last night at the Council Chambers,
City Mail. Taxes will be due July
1 next and will he delinquent July
31. Provided 50 per cent of a tax
lr paid, taxpayers will be granted
Fix months to pay the balance, taxes
being delinquent December 31.
This system of tax paying has
never before been used in Juneau.
It has been found to be most suc
ce»*ful in Seattle and other cities
in the Slates.
The Board of Equalization will
sit on the second Monday in June,
fer that week.
The Council authorized F. A.
Metcalf to make a survey of city
property occupying government
ground, along the waterfront, which
includes the city docks and floats.
After a discussion on city street
work it wae decided to make an ef
fore to obtain a steam or gar roller
from the War Department for use
on the streets.
NOTICE
Electricity will tie cut off Front
Street Sunday morning from day
light until nine or ten o’clock, to
allow some necessary repairing on
the lines. Upper end of Front St
will toe cut off for a short time al
daylight and again at ten; loiwot
Front St. will be cut off continu
opsly from daylight until nine oi
leb. * Af-ASKA EIJECTRIC UC.H1
& POWER CO. — adv
STANDARD OIL INSTALL!
TANKS AT SITKA; TO PUT
IN STATION AT SEWARI
j The -Standard Oil Company i
building three email storage t ink
at the Sitka station, which will b
completed for use in about a month
’according to .1. 1>. Helps, in charg<
of the local station. The tanks an
being constructed on the opproacl
!to the \V. P. Mills docks. Here
Itofore drums only have been kept a
Iho station. A crew of six en
gineers are working on the con
struction.
The company also expects to in
stall a station at Seward this sum
mer. K. J. Timmons, district, en
gineer, is now at that place in
specting the proposition, to com
plete definite arrangements for the
construction of tanks. He will re
turn south on one of the nnxt
steamers and will spend several
days at Juneau.
STEPS TO TAKE
OVER BUILDING
ARE INITIATED
Preliminary Steps Taken to
Acquire Garside Build
ing by Territory.
Preparations to purchase the Gat'
ride Building have been started by
the Territory, according to an an
nouncement made by Gov. Scott C.
Bone this morning. The Attorney
General har, been requested to exam
ine the title to tiie property and re
port on it, after which. If the re
port is satisfactory negotiations will
be started to consummate the actual
purchase.
Authority to make this purchase
is bestowed on the Territorial His
torical Library and Museum Com
mission under Chapter 87. Session
Laws of Alaska, 19211. By the same
Act the Commission is established te
he composed of the Governor, Seere
tary, Comintssionr of Education
Treasurer, and Attorney General
and one member of the Board o
Managers of the Alaska Histories
[Association. No formal organisatioi
meeting of the Commission has beei
held yet.
Duties cf Commission.
] The duties of the Commission are
I to collect copies of all laws per
tabling to the Territory and to sub
scribe for all papers and periodical
published within the Territoiy, an
such other matter of historical in
I tercst as the Commission may con
aider valuable and appropriate fo
) the collection; to procure from pit
noers, travelers, explorers an
others, narratives of their exploits
perils and adventures; to procur
.'facts and statements relative to th
I history, progress and decay of In
'clian tribes within the Territory; t<
I collect such fossils, specimens o
[ores ami minerals, and curloeitle
connected with the history of tin
Territory und all such books, maps
writings, charts, or other materia
as will tend to facilitate historical
scientific and antiquarian research
to catalog, classify and carefull;
piserve all articles now in the ens
tody of the Territorial Histories
Library and Museum Commission
or which it may hereafter receive
to biennially prepare for publica
tion and submit same to the Gover
nor of Alaska for transmission bj
hint to the Legislature of the Ter
ritory, a report of its collections anc
such other matters relating to the
transactions as may he uesfui to the
public; to keep tlie library and mu
seum open at reasonable hours foi
reception of the citizens of the Ter
ritory and others who may wish to
visit it.
To Appoint Curator.
The law also creates the office ol
curator and librarian at a salary ol
$'-',4110 per year to be filled for ti
two-year term by appointment bj
the Commission. This office is now
filled by Rev. A. P. Kashevarof
and, while no announcement ha
been made to that effect, it i
understood that he will be con
tinued in that capacity.
| As soon as possible after th
j building is purchased, if the dea
I Is carried out as expected, the trails
jfer of the Museum from the A. H
I Building and the library from th
Governor’s office building, will hi
effected. Alterations are necessar;
before this can be done but thesi
will be made as rapidly as pos
alible.
Provision is also made in the lav
for housing Territorial officials ii
this building and they will proh
ably be installed there within 9
days.
: COUNCIL WILL
' OPEN PUBLIC
MARKET HERE
To Erect Building Be Used as
Market by Farmers in
This Vicinity.
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.Tun: mi wifi b ive a public mark ‘
, fl.<r c-ulU'Xtfwn f miners this summer,
1St was decided ait the regular m. *t
, ins <if ifihe City Council last nigfht.
Tile bui'ding ifc-r the markc will be
I cradled On the vacant! let at the
Itfanwar .If Fourth and Main Sire •• a.
laciW) from OSly Hall. The building
will he 4n feet lor.g and In fee L
|de»p; and will be erected within a
hCtbnt time. iShouild the market not
•pt'.tvft -ouiecesBiful, the building will
L > use-1 i ) lions ’ city atit, nobilc-s
and olifjer equipment of th * •- r; <?;
depart iimen't,
F t'.nri! in this viciri'ty have b *n
I itm-.p'Uirg flor sonic time «t.> estab
iisli a public market in Jiin.uu and
tba (-Sty building to be : recti I for
this '|'tin -■ will .provide f r i!i ir,
fcu-.inr. t» opera, fens. There are n1
number of .farmers in .the close vi-l
tr.irty 'on the mainland and islands.;
and -t Hide River, win produce »n I
a large ettouglh si aile to warrant a
good sized market.
PRINCESS MARY IN;
SOUTH IN MORNING
Steamer Princes ; Mary, C.i; *. t
Bonn ft, arrived here at 5 ;>'<■' -k
(this morning fr n the South, leaving
ah|.t*t!y irifieT f.ir Skitguvay. The : Y >
is due (t‘o iail at fi o'clock tomorrow
morning itToui Juneau for Vanonver.
The Princess .Vlary had a large
j : .'-enBeT list tor Skagway, many
'this ipalsaengers being mining men
bound if or the I interior.
PasEOTigcrs arriving heire on the
Princess M::rv were: Clara Peterson.
Hazel Ounlavson, J. M. Carrico, Rob
ert Hairrieion,, P. R. Bradley. W. H.
M.aler, Mrs. M. Rrtly, Charles \Yil
Wanns, Clara Rogers md Frank Grant.
Passengers booked so far to leave
i on tihe Steamer for (the South are:
Clearies Garfield. E. M. Keys, Miss
Minnie Field, E. ( Russell, Mrs.
1 Russetll. Henry Fournier, Mrs. Four
1 nier, .1. Fozard. E. G. Young. A.
Z R. Rael on, M. D. Leehcy. Dick
C.'lT'aniaau, George Jamner, J. A.
Durkin, .John Unveil
MOVE RESIDENCE.
’i Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Friend and
* | family haye moved their residence
' I from Fifth and East Streets to the
" I McBride-Fisher house on Sixth and
r: Gold Streets.
' AUXILIARY MEETING POSTPONED
Special meeting of (he American
! Legion Auxiliary which was called
5 for Friday evening. May 4lh, has
' meen postponed until Tuesday oven
J Ing. May 8th. —adv.
!
Flier Will Traverse
North Africa.
Alan Cobhan has started from
Alexandria, Blgypt, in an airplane
flight that will take him over the
north rn portion of the African
continent. He will touch at
Tripoli. Bengasi and other points.
Hit purpose is to determine the
feasibility of future permanent air
lines. Cobban is to continue his
flight from Africa to Algiers and
Tunis, thence to Spain and Eng
land.
T WHO'S HERE i
AND WHERE :
J. M. Carrico, brother of Henry
Cy: is Ha nr.;, arrived here on the
steamer Princess Mary and expect a
to i’.ocaite in Juneau.
Fred J. Vandurw.Ul, Deputy Call u
tor cl Cusitomis at Skagway, passed
till rough Juneau on :he Princes? Mary
en route to his headquarters.
Mrs. Mary Rdiily returned to Ju
neiau on the Princess Mary aftei
spending several months visiting
with friends and relatives in Boston,
on her first visit East in years. Mrs.
Reiily ays -hr 1? glad to ream
to Alaska, f, :• the winters In Boston
are too cold and the summer is tot
hot, and the Afci.sk i climate is liar I
to beat.
For that closed car service cal
Berry's Taxi, Stand at the Gas
tineau. —adv
PACKARD CAR**FOR HIRE.
Phone 94 Stand, Juneau llilliar
Parlors. adv
SILVER TEA.
The Radios Guild of the Hoi;
Trinity Cathedral will hold a Silvei
Tea in Trinity Hall Wednesdaj
afternoon, May 9th, at 3 o’clock
—adv
00 WITH THE CROWD
to the
Saturday Night Dance
at the
MOOSE HALL
Gentlemen 75c. Ladies Free
| Removal Sale
jH We' have discontinued our auction
sale but our special prices will continue on
|= most all merchandise left, especially silver,
1 != cut glass, china, novelty goods, diamonds
E and watches.
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i| We want to move into our new loca
tion with a new stock of goods and will
§ offer great inducements to this end.
The NUGGET SHOP
Removal Sale
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FOREST SERVICE
TRAIL BUILDING
PROGRAM GIVEN
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To Extend Mt. Roberts Irai!
One Mile — Work on
Glacier Trail Planned.
Extension -of .Mt. Roberts Trail .to{
the sunMfe of the mountain, a d.s-j
"tatu-e of a ppiloxim.i. ely one mile, will!
|tbe made tills summer by the Pare. ■
Service, aioOording bo a statement
made today by District Forester
(Chtaries H. iFlory m giving a pa; al
iresarme of the program da be < irrfeJ
'out this seasioa 'in 'trail building.
Otwaiii iable other ImiTavoments are
| to be 'made on the trail.
Included in the summer’s program
Jre expenditures on both the Glacier
!Trail, at Mendenhall, and the Rich
jard on trail from Glacier Highway
! near .M ontana Creek to the big rock
t in this Vicinity of the Hoy Stouts’
I damp.
Open to Autos
The RUhardcjn Trail work will
; consist of 'replacing of old culverts
; wl.'li new ones and brushing out the
' tifc'hit U'-way largely. When co:u
11 1: cJ. the trail will be negatial ie
her an: .'.nobile traffic. It is exprut
; ed to have t'h'is work finished before
the Scout* 'go into encampment about
mlkteumaner.
I The retenh'ouse at the present end
I'df Glacier Trail will be torn down
and reconstructed with a view c.f
; giving more 'adt-omimod'ahions to the
! piftlSc, said Mr. Fiory. This trail
was one of the big'ges't attractions in
! t'ha di'fdtridt to tourists miking 'the
! Sonihea Stern Alaska 'Lour last sum
. rner and used extensively by local
resident.;. It is expected to prove
; oven more ipopular this year.
Will Install Map
i Metal 'markers, ti.gn-s of various'
tufts and warnings. Will be erected
| on 'both Glacier Trail and .Mt. Rob
| erts Traill. They will 'be lettered in
dark green and (have a white back-!
I ground, each having the Forest Ser-i
I Vice shield. These have been or
dered and will be installed as soon
i as it'lley 'arrive.
At the point where Glacier Trail!
' it'aves the flume and enters the |
iii'oitaline oetaw 'the glacier, a large i
map of Mendenhall Valley and Gla
cier Highway as far as Juneau will
be erected. Beneath this will be a
shaft sitateiment about the Tongas*
Xlit Iona! Forest, its area and timber
'and ocher resources, including water
I cover. It Will contain a brief de
' slcriifitfon cif the glacier. In this is
[ oontained the following:
“Mendenhall Glacier is a river of
, tee nearly 17 miles long and about
two miles wide 'at its present front
; ft's source Ils an extensive icefield
capping the summit of the Coast
Mountains. Many years ago It ex
tended to Gaetineau Channel. Since
lft07 the Lee has receded from near
this print to 'its present position.
I Near the center the ice mass prob-i
ably his a Slight daily movement |
Mystery Boy Again
Lands in Hospital.
Carl K. Qoodnow, the "boy
wanderer," twice the victim of
mysterious injuries, is once more
in the Massachusetts General Hos
pital, in Boston. He said some
thing about being struck while
walking on a lonely road, hut
could tell no more before he be
came unconscious. Three years
ego be was struck by a baseball,
amnesia resulting, during which
lie refused to go to school, ran
away from home and tramped all
over the United States and
Mexico.
r.trward. The glacier’s comparatively
rapid retreat is 'indicated by t'lie
sloping 'front and 'the hare glaciated
rocks not yet covered by vegitation.
* * * Stream c'hunnels cat in the
recently uncovered gravel on fron't
of the ice Iras revealed three stumps
ARE YOU A GOOD
GUESSED?
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?
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Uront St. Juneau, Alaska
■ 32 Inches in diameter, Indicating pre
vious advances and retreats. CJeolog
| isls estimate that at one ti-aie an
! ice sheet 3.400 feet thick covered
the spot Where you now stand.”
Crew Being Formed
The 'summer's tra'il construction
will begin within the next few days.
. .id Mr. Florjr. A crew is now he
ins ia.'Sci.iVtled under F. A. Aldrich:
ins .foreman to leave for Windhaau
Bay to con up let e a trail s’ a pt ed titters
last summer. The Artsoon-Killisnoo
! trail will also be completed during
the suasion.
Tentative .plans have been made for
■the ConsltriKtJibn of a tra'il tio Turner
Cake, from Tabu Inlet. Ft is hoped
that this w. rk can also be done this
summer.
CORDOVA WILL TAKE
PASSENGERS SOUTH;
OUT TOMORROW NOON
The Alaska Steamsihip loinpany's
freighter Cordova, in port from the
Soullh todtay, will carry passengers
j on the reitum trip South, leaving
I here tomorrow noon, it was stated to
• day by W. E. Noweill, local agent,
i The ship will carry passengers to
Petersburg, Ketchikan and Seattle
and if sufficient tickets are sold, to
Wrangell, Mr. Nbwelil said. The lo
cal office will be open from 10 o'clock
■tomorrow morning until noon.
Tlie Cordova arrived in the Chan
nel, docking at Dupont, at 5 o’clock
last evening a*d came In to the, Al
a.=lea-Juneau doek ait 2 o’clock this
morning with 86 tons of freight for
| that .place. It arrived alt the Ci. (
; Dock at 6:30 o'dlock this morning.
The Oordova hals 150 tons of coil
for tfhe Olty Dock, 100 tons of coal
for Ithe Fanvmer dock and a ship
ment of lime for Trealdwell- . .
ROBERTLESUETURNER
is my full name Divide It. and call
257 for my 7 passenger car any
! time. Bob Turner. —adv
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FOUNTAIN PENS
WATERMAN
PARKER
DUNN
KEYSTONE
EVERSHARP :
For all 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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