January Sale
of White
Everything of white finds representa
tion, every article at a price in keeping with
' > the value giving supremacy of the store.
GOWNS
Gowns of soft while batiste and crepes
m dainty pinks trimmed with lace and em
bridery.
PHILIPPINE WEAR
Gowns and chemise of Philip
pine handwork made of fine fab
rics with decorations of drawn
work and embroidery.
Chemise—$4.00 and $4.75.
Gowns—$5.00 and $5.50.
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CORSET COVERS
the pleasure m wear of a
correct shaped corset cover
make these all the more de
sirable at their deeply re
duced price. Values up to
$2.50 for
$1.45.
BRASSIERES
Bandeau brassiere in plain
mesh material.
85 cents.
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ENVELOPE CHEMISE
Envelope chemise of fine
white' materials in bodice
and fitted shoulder style.
Embroidery and lace trim
med.
One-Third Off.
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TABLE DAMASK
Linen finished table damask in patterns of
Rose, Fleur de lis, Lily of the Valley, Fuschia
and Ivy.
$1.00 to $3.75 a yard.
TABLE CLOTHS
Mercerized table cloths, scalloped edges,
conventional patterns.
58x58—$3.50 each. 68x68—$6.00 each.
JAPANESE CLOTHS
Japanese Cloths in blue and white pat
terns. Sizes 48x48 and 60x60.
$1.25 to $2.25 each.
MEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS
Men’s cambric handkerchiefs. Linen
fimshech »
4 for $1.00.
MEN’S WASH TIES
Men’s white wash ties. 40 cent
values for
4 for $1.00.
B. M. BEHRENDS Co., Inc.
HER REVENGE PLOT GOES WRONG.
mm
Mis.
prcparin
bell ding
cousin,
signed 1/
for M rs.
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V; I Lift: Ifo-.]
■ " ITt-sr Aiwa
siiown it i.( garb she wore in a convent,
lias eonf i .;!io caused the death, by
of Mis. I'rank Schneider, of Jericho, Wis
li«U/, .in
; to be a nun,
poisoned candy,
Mi Lena, who sent the candy with a forged letter,
y Mrs Sclinnider'a sister, declared site Intended the candy
Schneider, sister-in-law of the victim.
SEA SALVAGERS SEE GOLD IN
SUNKEN GOAL; GOING AFTER IT
NBW YORK. J.;n. 24 -Others may!
salvage dubloon,. k;' t ie. bullion,
rusted coffers diamond crosses ami
antiquated <■ ns k>-t in the deep by
pirates, buccanct rs and freebooters
of “ye olden da, ' but a Brooklyn
company Is going to scrape the b
tom of the se.i for what it consid
ers the greatest treasure of all
coal.
Tills was announced by the Inter
national Beep Sea rtalva.: • Company,
the officials of which prefer tho ■
profits of their commercial under-!1
takings to tho romance of searching
for the more gaudy treasures, once;
carried by those who operated under!
the black flag.
Tile company has a chart of Lone !
Island Sound showing a little circle!
for each of the 700 sunken "gal -
leons." Many of these are heavily I
laden with coal.
An ocean-going schooner. four I
miles off, liaa been selected as the !
New Treasure
fir'l objective. It is la shallow
iter with l.r.oo tuns of anthracite
tboard.
John W. Karbe, president of the
international, says the precious car
to can be salvaged at a cost of $l,r.O
i ton and sold on the spot for $10.
Woman Diver
Among the divers who will see the
'bites is a woman, (trace Johnson,
vio has achieved fame as an tinrter
vater treasure hunter. Another is
f Xeilson, who has attained a depth
if 400 feet, practically capturing the
vorld's record for depth. He has
•■n worked at 38."> feet, as he did
df the Hawaiian Islands when he
alvaged a United States submarine.
Mr. K trbe estimates that Davy
ones has in his locker more than
hundred times the wealth that
ohn 1). Rockefeller possesses. He
a..s that more.than $100,000,000,000 '
a sunken treasure lies in thVocean, i
tear the surface.
League of Nations
Says Austria
j Has Been Saved
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GEXEVAIi, Switzerland, Jan. 24.
I —Tho League of Nations’ doctors
who are trying to ouro Austria’s
| economic and financial Ills arc sat
it-tled with tho way the patient is
responding to treatment. Tho inom
hers of the special Loague delegation
that has been supervising tho appli
cation of tho remedies decided uiKin
by the League Council in September,
are confident that the whole program
can now ho carried out without a
hitch, and that Austria is saved.
Austria lias omitted no paper
money since November 18, and tho
crewn lias remained stable since last
August. Tho cost of living lias
begun to fall, and ravings bank de
posits are on the increase.
AU_ Mioae are regarded as most
favorable fymptoms. Tho regime
which tho doctors imposed upon
Austria has been complied with, and
the new bank of issue which ia to
control the emission of paper money,
putting a definite end to the print
ing of uncovered bank notes, is al
most ready to function.
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WILLIAMS RETURNING.
1>. J. Williams, 1ii charge at the
Hirst-ChlchagofT mine, is a passenger ■
on the Northwestern for Juneau. I
Mr. Williams has been south several
weeks oil a business trip.
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NENANA FREIGHT CONGESTION.
Nenana is suffering from a freight
congestion and is compelled to make
many extra shipments to Fairbanks
in older to keep the warehouse clear
for tho next incoming shipments.
WORK ON NIZINA BRIDGE.
The actual work on tho Nizlna
bridge is soon to start. Several men
are in McCarthy, who lie-long to the
regular A. It. C, force already, and a
number more are expected soon.
When hauling begins a full crew
will be put to work.
ATTENTION ELKS.
Juneau Lodge No. 420 B. P. 0. i
Blks will meet Wednesday night at -
7.15 o clock to permit the members 1
to attend the Playground Minstrels
—adv.
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KANATAK IS SHORT OF CURRENCY
SOJSSUES OWN PECULIAR KIND:
FIVE CAN LIMIT IS PLATED IN
REGULAR CAME: HOW IT IS DONE
(Continued from Tug» Oue.i
|‘"bit” cans of -urtHnes to a -two-dollnr ;
lean of French mushrooms. Salmon:
I takas lii^ unit of two-blts, corn runs
'a half dollar and peaches a dollar ■
I with tomatoes, string beans, spin
naeh, el’e. averaging up to local mar
ket, Ordinary pork and leans cornel
at two for six bite.
Uesiring a cigar, a sport saunters
j up to the li.tr with a puck sack, full j
of "currency” 1 oases a can of peach- i
i es to tile liarkeep and says: “(limni -
.an Orphul Smello."
“Say, ■ that the smallest >•' got?
' Can't v‘ <llg up a can of sardines?"
i ‘‘.Nope, clear out of small change;"
just, tipped the bellhop.'
‘‘Hr res your three cans of salmon
and one sardine. Its about tint? th->
I cut out liie schorl hit in this camp.”
Over in the motor the dealer a.-.k
“All set?” ' >•
‘‘Ileal ‘.cm.”
“Whaddyedoin'?" , -ks the second,
man. *
“Betcha a Salmon.”
“See Ihu fish and go you two to
matoes. and” he slips in a can of j
' mushrooms.
‘‘Aint v’ goin* to lot too rest of u- |
! in?” complains the man at His el-j
bow. -who had purchased a oa-•. of j
j bcvm.s to sit in.
•'Sure, you got money; bet it.”
“Who can change a mushroom?" I
| asks t^e man who al ways, clutters
up the game.
‘‘Wliyntchia got your change before
| the deal started?" protests the man j
: stacking up beside the man WI40
j raised the bet.
I “Lot’s make it a jackpot—-ten-can 1
j’imit?" suggests a sport.
By tho time everyone has passed
j openers twice, an S.O.S. goes out for
!"Bd<llo.” Eddie has a blackboard and
i is sheet writer and scores hot*,
j “Jim opens for two salmon; Bill
'secs the dog-feed and raises a peach:
Tom soos the fish and fruit ind
j raises two tomatoes"—
Thus tho game progresses'.
Shy in the Pot
MSay, who slipped that salmon in
for a corn?” protests tho man with
the eagle eye.
“Cancha count,” returns the of
fended one; “I'm in a peach and
two salmon I didn’t have a corn—
1 two red-bellies equals 0110 corn.
; Learn to read the labels.”
j It is claimed a shark dropped in
1 with a few cases of canned goods
j and nicked tho bunch for a truck
1 load of peaches. He had soaked the
I labels off peaches and pasted them
onto corn and green peas. When
a player decided to appease his stom
ach with a stack of rods what h?
said when lie threw down the can
jopener caused tho missionary to seek
I tho society of Helmor Evans and Sid
j Anderson.
Sardine Piker Barred
I “Sit over ami lemmo in," com
imands a man with an armful of sar
dines.
“Eddie! throw tills inker out; this
Is no widow's mite g*ne," protests
tho man .with two cases of peaches
and several mushrooms beside his
I chair.
■s “Change me a case <of sardines fo:
- : salmon.” bogs ihe piker.
t_! “Bad luck cashing while tho game’s
^'running; go over and play Eddie a
^jgame of crib; -mail change clutters
ujup the room."
"Five in the Horse”
n “Well, I gotta horse outside;
p be to ha five in the horse—20 salmon."
' “Shoot!”
a Eddie cjialk up the horse on the
U. S. Observer Declares
Treaty Is Unworkable.
Rowland Hoyden, American ob
server on the Reparations ('mil
ls: ion, threw a bombshell into the
Allied Chieftains in France when
ho declared that the Versailles
Treaty is unworkable, that Ger
many cannot meet its terms and
that the sooner il is revised tho
better.
blackboard and writes opposite:
"Bill, five in; Tom, two and a ha!
in,” etc.
“Nothpr Jackpot,” suggests the man
credited with a caso of pork and
beans and a miscellaneous collection
of vegetables and fruit.
“I pass,” says No. 1.
“She's open tor 10 ia the horse,” i
says the man that holds them.
“Stay for 12- in the horse." says'
the next man.
“Stays against 10 In the horse and !
raises two peaches.”
‘ISay, Eddie; how much am I
the horse?" asks tho opener.
“Forty in.”
“Bets the 40 in the horse.”
“Too strong for me,” says 10 in.
“See the 40 In and raises you
i two peaches, five tomatoes, four sal
mon, eight sardines,” comes pack a i
plunger who has decided to stay j
after the remainder of the bunch be
come spectators.
“Hey, whadya doin'!” protests the
; man with the openers, “them’s chums
|—90 cents a case less hi reds. You’re
shy eight coats on the pot.”
“Well, hero goes a sardine, and
:l'vo got two and a half cents rak -
| hack beteha the two and a half on
j tho side.”
i About noon tho next day “Jimmie
tile Horse" hooks up his syndicated!
“Sparkplug” and earns back various'
interests by delivering tho “chips'!'
to the owners or to the stores, where
11. O. t'.'s entitle tho owner to buy!
another stack lor tho evening’s play. I
: Everybody is wondering what j
I might happen if some iucky man do-,
Icided to pocket his winnings and go
over to Kodiak. It would simply |
put a blue funk on the town.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S.
Weather Bureau.
Forecast foT Juneau and viritiitc for 24 hours beelnnine 8 p. m to4 ,:
Snow or rain, with but little chans; in ten;petalure, tonight and Thurs
day. Moderate southeasterly winds.
LGCAJj it A T A
Barnm., Temp. Rumidity Wind Velocity Weather
.30.09 32 90 S 10 Snow
29.96 34 80 SE 6 Snow
29.84 34 88 SE 12 Snow
CABLE AND BADI0 REPORTS
YESTERDAY I ~ "TODAY
Highest 8 p.m. | Lowest 8 a m. Prectp. 8 a. m.
tempt, tempt. | tempt, tempt. 20 hra. Weather
o 3 p. m. yesty
8 a. m. today
12 noon today
Dutch Harbor
t St. Paul
' Kodiak .
I Nome .
Noorvik .
Tatiana ...
Euglo .
Fairbanks
McKinley Park
Anchorage ...
Juneau .
Sitka .......
Prince Itupurt
Seattle .
Portland .
San Francisco
X
24
26
-24
-24
- 6
12
20
18
34
34
34
32
4 2
44
18
28
-32
-40
-42
-20
26
30
31
3 2
24
36
36
44
32
34
-28
-40
-40
8
-18
- 8
26
30
34
34
26
36
36
44
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0
0
0
.04
Trace
.02
.07
.18
0
0
0
.62
Snow
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Clear
Cleat
Clear
Cldy
Clear
Snow
Cldy
Snow
Snow
ltatn
Clear
Clear
Clear
Rain
NOTE: Observatlpns at Prince Rupert, Seatle, Portland and San
Francisco are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time.
The center of 4oav pressure is over Prince William Sound this
morning, with a barometer of 29.56 inches at Valdc. The disturbance
has occasioned snow In tHat region and snow or rain front thence to
Mio southeastern border of the Territory. Much colder weather obtains
in interior and western districts, with the extraordinary fall of 74 de
grees in 24 hours at Tanana, the temperature at 8 a. in. yesterday being
34 degrees above zero and at 8 a. m. tdday it was 40 degrees below
zero.
Fair weather prevails from British Columbia to Oregon “but a sec
ondary low pressure area over California Is causing rain In that state.
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REMEMBER
WE HAVE CONGOLEUM RUGS
in all sizes and a good stock of linoleums.
JUNEAU HARDWARE CUMFANY
AGENTS FOR DU PONT POWDER CO.
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Just received a shipment of the Old Reliable 1
SUNNY-SUDS ELECTRIC WASHERS ]
You are respectfully invited to call and give them the jolly ;
onceover. • 3
Remember tli^t a Sunny-Suds in the home means just as jjj
much to your better half as an adding machine or any other labor 3
saving' device in your office affects your efficiency. 5
Yours for home efficiency via the Electric Route. Free
trial in your home. Cash or time payment plan. s
ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. I
PHONE 6 JUNEAU, ALASKA. |
The Home of Radio Phone Supplies and EDISON Mazda Lamps, s
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JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS
Manufacturers of high grade Sitka spruce and
hemlock lumber. Boat lumber a specialty. Inquiries
for both local and foreign business given prompt
attention.
Mills and office at Juneau, Alaska.
Seattle Office: 506 Mutual Life Building.
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LATEST VICTOR DANCE HITS
FOX TROTS: “Tomorrow Morning"—"The World Is Waiting for j
the Sunrise.'’
"True Blue Sam"—"All Muddled Up.”
'Sweetheart Lane"—"Yankee Princess.”
WALTZES: "The Waltz Is Made for Love”—"A Kiss in the Dark.” f
RED SEAL RECORD: "Waltz and Elfin Dance (Grieg)”—Sergei
Rachmaninoff.
JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The cornerstone of a building is firm and
lasting. But the corner stone of a savings ac
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.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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CALL OUR PLUMBING DEPARTMENT TO |
YOUR AID WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
DROPS TOO LOW.
We have a complete line of hardware
for every use.
Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered
hy the present fine weather. _
Remember the Playground Committee presents the MINSTREL
SHOW at Coliseum Theatre Jan. 23-84.
C. W. YOUNG GO.
BUSINESS IS GOOD
We want to tell you that our customers are satisfied when
they trade here, in our grocery department. They tell others and
business is getting better.
EVERY THING IN THE PASTRY LINE, ALSO.
THE AMERICAN BAKERY AND GROCERY
We Deliver Phene Ml
“THE BAKER WHO BAKES”
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