1 Summer
H Taffetas and crepes are in
cluded in lire materializing of
H these charming dresses that
|= meet so graciously the needs
j=§ of afternoon occasions.
== Prices range from
$18.50 lo $65.00
SUCH PRETTY COTTON BLOUSES
Blouses of crepe and sheer white cotton
fabrics that will go far toward winning
women s interest in these practical garments.
Blouses women are choosing for suit wear or
to complete the costume suggested by the
smart separate skirt.
$2.75, $3.75 and $4.50.
SPORT SKIRTS
Smart pleats give the new
summer skirts a crispness and
snap that will appeal to every
woman who prefers dressy ef
fects in attractive skirts.
$7.50 to $18.50.
DEMANDING THE BEST
Ihe fact that Stein-Bloch Clothei are good to look at is proven by the
number of young men who insist upon obtaining the Stein-Bloch models.
We have in slock a variety of Stein-Bloch Clothes in distinctive up-to
the minute patterns. A selection to suit every preference from the conserva
tive to the ultra smart. $48.50 and up.
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DUTCH QUEEN VISITS DANISH KING.
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Queen W'ilhclmimi, of The Netherlands, is shown with $1ng
Christian, ol Denmark, riding through the streets of Copenhagen
during a recent visit of the Queen to that city. Note the striking
resemblance ol Queen Willjelmin i to the late Queen Victoria of
Great Britain.
WOOL INDUSTRY
IS MORE FIRM
SAJ/T LAKE CITY. T'uili, April 2,Y j
—Conditions in tb„ wool industry are
steadying, according to K. It. Mar-1
shall, aocretaty of tho National Wool I
drawers' Association, with headquar-j
tors here. He declared that tho 1922
consumption of wool in American I
■rnills was practically equal to war
time figures and that, on the whole,
prospkxts are bright.
“Wool and lamb markets Ijavc i
reached a point that allows some
marginal profit to he applied to re- i
dueling indebtedness,'’ Mr. Marshall!'
said .in a statement. “Expenses con
tinue much higher titan in pre-war j t
days, but improvements in markets: ■
have given confidence to financial j t
'institutions and the growers who
haw survived sown likely to have an t
opportunity gradually to recover <
their former standing.
“Wool market conditions are very 11
similar to those of last year, except ji
tli. ! a smaller rise ill price is looked
for bo:worn tli ■ time of contracting
unshorn wool and tiro date of shear
ing ami delivery.
“Ti. > ti llff is operating smoothly
'ill lies already t reduced benefits.
"Boston quotations on territory
ar des f wool arc largely nominal.
The >locks at lie market are low and
imports arc coming in at a rapid
'.'to- Only in a few grades is the
American price fully coital to the
value of similar imported wools, plus
die tariff. These facts suggest that
he 1923 prices to a considerable ex
int will he determined by . the attd
ml? of those growers who, sell at
ionic and bv growers' agents ban
ning consigned wool at the markets.
"There is an unusual interest in
xiope rgt I vo undertakings to secure
irderly marketing for wools. Most
■ the last year’s organizations for
liis purpose are continued and sev-1
■rul new localities arc considering
lie f irraatlon of pools.”
Breeding, flocks have been reduced
o a point lower than the carrying
opacity of tho grazing lands, Mr.
ifarshaB said in concluding his state
ment with remarks regarding grat
ag areas.
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MRS, BULLOCK
TERRITORIAL P.
T, A. PRESIDENT
Officers Elected for Next
Vear—Program Scheduled
Postponed Until Tomorrow
. Mrs. Trella Bullock of Ketchikan
f was elected president of the Terri
torial Branch of (lie Parent-Teacher
j Association for the next year, at a
] meeting of the. delegates to the
I Intcr-School Meet yesterday. Other
officers elected were: Mrs. Palmer
of \V rail Kell, vice president; Mrs.
Paul Abbot of 1 Kvuglas, secretary
and treasurer; Mrs. Josephine Carl
sin of Ketchikan, recording secre
tary.
Fifty-eight votes were cast, in
cluding proxies hold for'Unga, An
chorage and Vulde*.
Delegates who were present at
the meeting were: Ketchikan—Mrs.
Trolla Bullock; Wrangell—Mrs. M.
O. Johnson. Mrs. Palmer; llalnes—
1L. C. drove, Mrs. Shepherd; Douglas
I—Mesdames Jarman, Guerin, Sey
and Messrs. Mitchell and Gallwas;
Petersburg—Rev. Flint; Cordova—
Representative Foster; Teaakoe—
Mrs. Joe Manley, Miss Verne llan
nali; Chichagof—Guy McNaughton;
Juneau—Mesdames Barragar, Friond,
Johnson. Nuud, Mias Ireland, Miss
Bourgette, Messrs. Britt, AVhlttier.
J. P. Walker, Stepp, Rive and
Brown.
The program to have been given
by the Association this morning at
the Northern Light Presbyterian
Church has been postponed until
1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at
the Church.
CLASSIFIED ADS Bnd desirable
boarders. If you are prepared to keep
boarders it Is Important that you
should know how and when to use
the classified ads—for they afford
you the means for making the busfc
ess PAY. Trv the Empire
Weill Weill
Our language Is a funny thing,
As you can see from this strange
tale of Brown;
When ho was running up the street
’ An auto came along and ran him
down.
LADY MARY CHAMBRJDGE AND HER FIANCE.
The offiei i! announcement of the engagement or Lady Mary
Cambridge, daughter of Iho Marquis of Cambridge and nice-e of
Queen Mary, to rbe Marquis oi "Worcester putt an end to the re
ports that Lady Mary was to be the bride of the bachelor Prince
of Wales. Lady Mary was a bride maid .it tho wedding of Prince s
Mary and Vis' runt Lascellee and will net in a similar capacity at j
the wedding of Lady lvi/abi th It >\\ i -Lyon to tin- Ituke of Vink.
ALASKA MINING
BOARD BILL IS
THROUGH HOUSE
Carries Appropriation of
$40,000— Many Other
Measures Passed.
< Continued f rom r»r >
1 money and transmitting it to the
I Supervising Engineer of Hie Bureau
| if Alines, and submitting to the lat
| ter requests l'or investigation of
mineral areas or other assistance,
i'lie entire work of the Board is sub
ject to the approval of tlie Super
vising Engineer.
Air. Cole was the only member
speaking against the measure, lie
said he based his opposition on the
control of tho fund lu ing vested in
such a board and that if it wore
placed directly ii#1:he hands of the
Supervising Alining Engineer lie
would be willing to vote for it. lie
termed the Board a Board of Cott
jflict, and totally unfit to administer
the duties prescribed.
Other* Defend Measure.
Several members defended the
measure and urged that the pro
5 posed Board was desiged as a body
• to represent the Territory in carry
ing out the provisions of the Act.
if passed. Air. Daly paid a splendi 1
compliment to II. I). Stewart, Super
vising Alining Engineer of the
Bureau of Alines, reviewing his pro
fessional career briefly. The fact
that the fund would be under his
■jdirection and the work of the Board
subject to liis approval for the next
.two years, lie argued, was sufficient
I safeguard. Representatives Keys,
| Foster, Policy, Priceand Ross spoke
* i or its passage. Mr. Decker . lid In
..Sieved that the board would mere
ly result in duplication of the work
of the Alaska College.
Price Bill Defeated.
, Mr. Price’s bill to abolish the of
. flee of Attorney General was (lcfoat
. ed by 'a vote of 13 to 3, Foster,
Staser and -Price voting for its pas
, sage. Mr. Price explained the meas
. ure was not airntjd at Mr. Rustgard
. personally lint had been introduced
because lie was convinced that the
r Territory’ could obtain more efficient
. services without as much cost by
. the employment of counsel when it;
was neces ary. it has become an'
. established practice for special ap-j
. propriations lo he made whenever
any additional work 1 is given the
Attorney General to do, ho said,!
pointing out particular instances.
Opponents of tin- measure argued it1
. would not lie good business to at-j
, tempt to run the Territory withou |
regular legal representation in its'
government.
House Bill No. 56, Price's bill i
authorizing District Judges to em
power notaries public in remote re-!
gions to issue marriage licenses'
passed by a vote of 13 to 3, one I
member being absent. Air. Decker
said lie feared it w;ould cause a lbt '
of trouble but would not oppose it. j
Ho said that missionaries coming to
Alaska from the Outside sometimes j
have difficulty in reconciling their j
ideas of morality to the customs of.
the Indiana and Eskimos, "and
rightly so,” and that in some cases
they might take advantage of the
power so extended to coerce mar-|
riages which ought not to take^
place.
House Bill No. 33, by Air. Staser{
by request, tlie so-called anti-high
grading bill, was defeated by a vote;
of 12 to 4. It was argued that the.
bill would impose hardships on op-j
erators and miners in remote die-1
tricts. House Bill No. 34, filso by1
Mr. Staser. for the protection o‘'(
assays, punishing false assays and j
interference with samples of are in-1
tended for assays, passed unani-l
mously. Other House bills passed I
included: No. 22, revising the furj
tax sclicddios to si lower basis; No.!
6. malting available $1,200 for the
corn:;ruction of a school house at i
Bethel; No. 35. Decker's anti-elec-!
tien gambling bill, Foster. Murray,t
Raclron and StaK"r voting against
its passage: No. 55, amending sec
tion 1.2 28 Compiled Laws of Alaska,
relative to the service of process and
other papers; Xo. 3»!, revising the
general business corporation laws of
the Territory; House Joint Mo-1
mortal No. 8, asking Congress to]
authorize the presentation mutually!
of an Alaskan budget covering all!
of the Federal estimates for Alas-!
kan appropriation# to be presented!
to the Bureau of Budget through
the Governor; No. 16, asking for
the extension of the Federal High
way Act in full to Alaska; No. IT,
asking the Department of Agricul
ture to publish for use In Alaskan |
schools a bulletin on wild life in|
tho Territory; No. 18, requesting j
publication of a similar bulletin on
i fish by tho Department of Com-j
meree.
At 1: 30 i>. m. today the House j
| teak up Decker's bill l'or the repeal
<f the Territorial anti-syndicalism J
i law. Vote on final parage was ex
pected to be taken bfeore adjourn*
j meat.
McCOY CASE EXPECTED
TO GO TO JURY TODAY
The case of the United Statos
against L. H. McCoy charged with
attempting to steal foxes from the
Zimmerman fox ranch on Brothers
Island is expected to go to the jury
this afternoon. The case was con
tinued through today from yesterday
iand closing arguments wore being
(made by the opposing counsels at
13 o'clock. McCoy is represented by
Henry ltoden. U. S. District At-!
torncy A. Q. Slipup and Assistant
U. S. District Attorney It. D. Stab
ler are presenting the argument fori
the government.
The jurors on the case are: Aug-!
ust Olson, Charles Sey, James Gar
ner, \V. S. HI well, Owen Kirk, Will
iam Steinbeck, W. S. Remick, O. D. |
Wold, Joseph Simpson, A. J. Ten
tinen, 0. Olson, Ii. Goldfield.
Hamlow Sentenced.
Martin I., llamldw, cliarged with
violation of the Mann Act, with
drew his pica of not guilty and en
tered a plea of guilty yesterday
afternoon in the l'. S. District Court,
and was sentenced to serve one year
and one day St the United States
penitentiary at McNeil’s Island, by
Judge T. M. Reed.
Haile Pleads Not Guilty.
George Haile, Indian, 'against
whom two secret indictments were
returned Monday, charging him
with opening a sealed letter and
of forging an endorsement to a
$ir> cheek, entered a plea of not
guilty in the court this morning.
He is represented by H. h. Faulkner.
SIEMS & ^CARLSON ONLY
BIDDERS FOR B. P. R.
CONTRACTS; OPEN TODAY
Bids on road contracts let by the
V. S. Bureau of Public Roads for
this season, were opened today at
the local office. Sierns & Carlson,
contractors were the only bidders.
Tito projects are the Kagle River
Extension on Glacier Highway, Ju
nottu, and the Saxman Extension,
Ketchikan. The figures have not
yet been completely analyzed but
the bids on each project are rcason
nble and there is no doubt but that
Stoma <fc Carlson will be awarded
the contracts. C. \V. Cheatham,
District Engineer, said. "
The Eagle River Extension is
from Tee Harbor to Eagle River
Valley, a distance of eight and one
half miles. The Saxman extension
b from Ketchikan to the town of
Saxman, a distance of two miles.
Siems & Carlson was awarded the
contract for the Glacier Highway
Extension from the Auk Bay can
lery to Tee Harbor last year and
:xpoct to virtually complete the
irojoct this season.
For good printing phone 374.
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NEW confidence, new
sureness, new abil
ity in play is offered
by the Dayton Steel Rac
quet. The steel frame
cannot warp—the nine
strand steelstrings aro
durable and resilient—it is
the moet economical rac
quet you can buy.
DAYTON
STEEL'RACQUET
JUNEAU
HARDWARE CO.
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Will put this Sunnysuds
electric washing machine
in your home; balance
in small monthly pay
ments. Washes clothes
spotlessly clean simply
by turning the switch;
will do a large washing
in one hour at a cost of
less than 2 cents.
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PHONE 6 JUNEAU, AiAgA
Horae of Radio Phone Supplies and Edison Mate Ikinps. —
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SPRING CLEAN-UP
Articles for sprucing up your house and
grounds are on display in our windows.
Brooms, Mops, Cleaning Liquids, Gar
den Implements, Calsomine, Paints.
IIIHI&
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C. W. YOUNG CO.
MEN AND WOMEN’S TAILODINt
Correct in Styles, Fabrics and Fashion.
Foreign and Domestic Woolens in Stock.
F. WOLLAND
MERCHANT TAILOR
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CHILDREN CRY FOR IT!
They want our electrically cooked
bread and pastry. You will all like
It. Try It. Three loaves 25 cents.
Also groceries at cheapest price.
Phone S93. We Deliver
American Bakery and
Grocery
"The Baker Who Bakes.”
UNION MACHINE WORKS
MINING AND MARINE
MACHINISTS
G. W. SINCLAIR C. E. CARPENTER
Telephone 227. Teleobons lit
4.
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL TEAR
The cornerstone of » building is Ann sad
lasting. Bat the corner stono of s easing* aa»
count in this bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your success today—
at this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits. «4‘
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