. KETCHIKAN AND
HYDERBOOMING;
BUSINESS GOOD
Theile Reports Record Sal
mon Runs to South—
Fine Ore at Hyder.
One of the heaviest salmon runs
In the history of the packing Indus
try In Aaska is reported in the!
Southern end of the Division by
runners and fishermen, according to
Karl Theile, Surveyor General and
Secretary of Alaska, who returned
hero Sunday on the steamer Queen;
from a two weeks' visit to Ketchi
kan and Hyder. "I was told by
J R. Heckman. Ketchikan business
man, salmon packer and vice-chair
man of the Alaska Fish Commis
sion, that t lie present run Is the
heaviest lie has ever seen in his
many years' experience,” said Yr.
Theile. i
All of the cannars are putting up
heavy packs. The Sunny Point can
nery a week ago had iiO.OOO cares
and it was expected would reach
between 150,000 and 160,000 lor
the season. Other packers are op
erating at capacity. A big pack is
also reported at the Petersburg can
nery. The cannery oi**rations and
fresh bubblers at Ketchikan Is re
fiened in '.lie evident business pros-1
parity there, much activity being in
evidence i.i nil lines, he said.
All interest ii. the Porlland Canal j
district centers in tlie Texas Creek
slrikee and prospecting on the Am-|
erlean side of the line is increasing.,
Persons who have her n prospecting!
discoveries on Texas Creek, h i>
crossed in'o Alaska.
The <!'• from T.’xas
Creek was'
raid by Mi. Theile t. be the tin at;
specimens ot silver-lead he hasj
ever seen. The strikes were made:
on the surface and the samples were
taken from outcroppings. • Hardly al
day passes, he said, without the ar
rival of mining engineers from all
over the country and several capi
talists were at llyder when he loft.
The ore and general appearance of
the ledge from which It was taken
is said to be identical with the fa
mous Premier mine deposits.
No development work had been
started but options were being tak
en on some Texas Creek ground.
Pat Daly and associates had taken
an option no elnlhis held by Hewitt
A Olson und the Granby Smelting
& Refining Company holds one no
a group of claims owned by Jackson
and llummell.
The renewed Interest in the dis
trict is reflected in the improvement1
of business conditions at Hyder,
Mr. Theile said, Bank deposits
there r.liow a remarkable growth.
Increasing over 100 per cpnt and
tlfe bank is contemplating increcu
ing Its capitalization from $15,000
to $50,000. All of the merchants
report a fine business.
While the development of
camp, he said, will naturally
romewliat slow. It should hit
♦ tilde in three or four years
from every Indication within
next ton years it should be
the
be
Its
and
the
one
of the biggest
the continent.
producing camps on
WRITER FOR NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC IN JUNEAU
John Edwin Hogg, of I.os Angeles,
is in Juneau gathering material for a
10,000 word article, descriptive of the
inside passage of Southeastern Alas
ka from Skagway to Seattle, and to
contain 50 photographs, for National
Geographic Maguzine. Mr. llogg ar-J
lived here last night on the 17. S. I
Eagle Boat No. 57. He Is accom-1
panled by Lionel W. Wiedey, also ofj
Los Angeles, who is assisting him!
with the photographic work. They
have a Harley Davidson two passen
ger motorcycle and a motor boat i
with them and will make trips to all1
points of scenic interest through the1
Passage.
They will make the trip to Men
denhall Glacier and Auk Lake for
photographs tomorrow, and will leave
shortly after for Skagway on the mo
tor boat. From there they will make
a trip over the railroad and return
ing south will stop over at Juneau
to make a trip to Taku Inlet and
river.
Mr. Hogg said they will continue
south on the motor boat probably to j
Prince Rupert and expect to spend,
about one month on the trip south.
AIDRICH TRAIL CREW GOES
TO FARRAGUT RIVER WORK
The Aldrich (rail crow which lias;
lieen building a Forest Service trull
ct Yakutat for several weeks, passeJ
through Juneau yesterday on the
Admiral Watson. It completed the
Yakutat projuct and is now enroute
to Farragut Hlver where It will be
engaged the remainder of the season
constructing a prospectors' trail up
that stream.
NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS.
A meeting of Juneau Democrats
is hereby called to take place at the
law offices of Hellenlhul and llellen-!
tha next Tuesday evening August
21, ut 8 o’clock. The meeting Is for
the purpose of discussing organlza-i
tion and such other matters us|
may come before It.
adv. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
Old papers for sale at Empire
PRINCESS RUNS GARAGE WITH OFFICERS AS CHAUFFEURS.
A
rw
I ir Princt s Lievin, membe • of a forme: Rm Ian noble family, kin to tbo Russian royalty, sold
some of her aim rt prlcele s jewel in order to purchase a Paris garage and provide employment for
“gentlemen chauffeurs."tormer me nlier.s tf the Ktiesian Imperial Guard. A^ng the gerus^J-ie disposed
of were the famous Orlaff pearls, which bi tight 1,600,000 frames. The PrinYe^n is sho^n Here in the
garage with some of her chauffout; aifurng whom are Colonel Rortchln, Colonel Volkovtneky, former
ly <f the Imp-rial Bancors; Colonel Sinagln, t'elcnel Bonois and General Glebodd, a former Russian
multi-millionaire landed proprietor.
HARDING GATEWAY SHOWN ON OFFICIAL CHARTS
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NEW CHART SENT HARDING BEFORE HIS DEATH
ALAMEDA SAILS
FOR NORTHLAND
Delayed in Leaving Seattle
24 Hours—Sailed from
Seattle Yesterday.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20—Steamer Ala
meda was delayed in sailing 21 hours
and did not get away until Sunday
morning at !l o'clock for Southeastern
and Southwestern Alaskan ports.
The steamer has til passengers in
cluding the following for Juneau:
C\ Fiikins, Mrs. Filkins, II. Olson,
Miss F. Frye, II. A. I’rlde, Tom Run
ning, ,1. Graham, Mrs. Graham, Mrs.
B. Mason, and 11 Hawkins.
WELFARE WORKER OF
DENVER VISITS HERE
Mrs. Mary E. Holland, Superintend
ent of the Denver Children’s Welfare
Bureau, is a Juneau visitor. Mrs.
Holland is spending a vacation in
Alaska and at the same time studying
the conditions here in their relation
to the eld in which site works. She
arrived Saturday from the Westward
and will remain here for several days.
She Is a guest at the Gastlneau Hotel.
Mrs. Holland's work in Denver
brings her into close touch with that
of Judge Ben Lindsay of the Denver
Juvenile Court, whom she regards as
one of the greatest citizens of the
United Slates. Measured by his con
tribution to the general welfare she
thinks no man in the country has
done more.
NEW WEATHER MAN
HERE; SUMMERS
LEAVING ON ALASKA
It. C. Mize, accompanied by his
family, arrived in Juneau on the
steamer Queen to take charge of
the local U. S. Weather Bureau Sta
tion and the meterologieal work in
Alaska, succeeding M. B. Summers.
The Mizes will occupy the Summers'
residence on the second floor of the
station, on Seventh Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Summers and MisS|
Marion Summers will leave Juneauj
>n the Alaska for Seattle where Mr.
■Summers will be in charge of the
.veatfier station there. Miss Sum-!
mere will continue from Seattle to
Chicago where she will enter her
second term at the National Kinder
garten. Wayne Summers is at Fun
tor Bay at present with a tturvey
party and will leave early next
month for Seattle where he will at
tend the University of Washington.
Old papers for sale at Empire
Printing Company.
Old bundles of newspapers at The
Empire, 25 cents.
Old bundles of newspapers at The
Empire, 25 cents.
EASTMAN
KODAKS
and
ANSCO
CAMERAS
We do developing.
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
That President Harding had the;
pleasure of seeing official charts
showing the entrance to Resurrection
Eay bearing tin? name of Harding
Gateway whs revealed today in a let
ter received by Gov. Scott Hone I
from Col. E. Lester Jones, Hirer tor I
of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
A chart showing the newly named
entrance w’as forwarded by Col.
Jones to the President at1 Vancouver, I
B. C., to await his arrival there from |
Alaska.
Tlie naming of the entrance to Re- i
surrection Hay was one of several;
pretty incidents marking the Presi
dent’s visit to Alaska. As the Presl-I
dential ship, Henderson, was entering
the bay, members of the official party, J
ImludinfC'Gov. Hone, gathered on the;
forward deck of the transport and;
with a short ceremony named the i
entrance "Harding Gateway." The
President responded saying he pre
ferred having that particular place
bearing his name than any mountain
or water he had ever seen.
Col. Jones had one official copyi
showing the change marked in red I
prepared at once and mailed to the j
President at Vancouver. Other charts
so marked were sent to Gov Bone.
BOOTH FISHERIES CO.
FACE CHARGE ILLEGAL
FISHING; BOUND OVER
After counsel for it had waived pro-!
sentation of evidence, the Booth Fish-j
cries Company was today bound
over to the Federal grand jury by
Judge V. A. Paine in the It. S. Com !
mlssioner's Court. The company is
charged with illegal fishing and is
alleged to have operated a fish trap
within the 600-yard limit.
The charge was preferred from the!
Craig district on the west coast of1
Prince of Wales Island whore a
Booth cannery is located. The trap!
is situated near the mouth of Staney
Creek. H. L. Faulkner represented
the company as this morning’s hear
ing.
FV>r engraved or printed calling
cards see Tho Empire.
Old papers for sale at Empire
Printing Company.
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BIG CARGOES OF
LUMBER SHIPPED
BY LOCAL MILLS
The five-masted bprkonltne Phyllis!
Cc.myn, Capt. O. A-^DaewcHtz, load
ed to full capacity with a cargo of;
1.700.000 feet of spruce lumber from1
the Juneau Lumber Mills, left Ju-;
ticau at 7 o’clock this morning on;
he three months’ voyage over th*
Pacific to Sydney, Australia, The'
hip was In tow of the Flos ie, tug
mat of the Wrangell mills and for
merly the harbor boat Petefjon,
irmy boat at Chllkoot Barracks,
rite Flossie will take the barken
ine to Cape Olmney in Chatham!
Straits from where it will sail fori
Australia. • , , I
The Phyllis Comyn commands a;
;rev/ of 14 men. Difficulty in se-j
mring a crew delayed the ship sev
eral days in sailing.
A second shipment of lumber, ag
gregating approximately 1,800.000
tcct of spruce will be shipped to!
Australia this fall, from the Juneau'
Lumber Mills. The lumber is being;
mt at the present time and will be;
aken out on a barkcntine similar to
the Phyllis Comyn. i
The Washington Tug & Barge;
Company, of Seattle, barge, with a
shipment of 400,000 feet of clear!
tpruce, was taken out Friday by,
the company's tug boat Arago. It;
will be taken to Seattle from where;
it will be shipped to the British!
Isles. A cargo of 100,000 feet of j
dear spruce will go to Glasgow,,
10.000 feet will he shipped to Liv-j
rpool and the remainder, aeroplane!
ipruce, to London.
Judge T. M, Reed and U. S. At
orncy A. G. Shoup left yesterday on
die Fisheries Boat Murre for Ten
ikec, where the District Attorney
will represent the Government at a
hearing in the IT. S. Commissioner’s
iTourt at which illegal fishing
.barges will be heard. Complaints
have bone filed before the U. S.
Pommissioner there of canners 11-1
legally operating traps and of In-;
Han fishermen catching salmon from
Greeks.
Judgo Reed and Mr. Shoup ex
pected to return here about Tues
day or Wednesday.
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I Nugget Jewelry and Curios, Carved Ivory, Bas- |
§ kets, Moccasins, Totem Poles, Large Collection Fossil 1
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AGENCY FOR
BUCKHECHT
THE FAMOUS
Buck-Strip Shoes
in various heights
i --
The Junction Store
J. X. 8AL0UX
Front and Franklin. Phone. 298
'ISHWH
YOUNGSTERS BE i
HELD TOMORROW
Chautauqua Agent Here—
Will Meet School Children
Entertainers Saturday.
A play hour beginning at 10 o'clock j
will be held tomorrow morning at
the .Juneau Public School j.grounds |
for small children from 6 to 12 years !
of age. by Miss Mary Chorn, advance
agent for the ElUgon-Whlte Chautau
qua. Miss Chorn is anxious that all
children within the age limit be
present for the hbur and has pl thaed
a delightful time. Ilest of all she
will tell them of plans for the pro
gram to he put on for the school chil
dren hy Will I.oe, the Chautauqua
Clown, who Is coming to Jjjnean til's
week with the other .rmtertapiers.
Will Lee Includes a number of school
boys in his programs and Juneau boys
will have the opportunity Of tukitig
part in a clown show.
Miss Chorn arrived in Juneau yes
terday moaning on the Queen from
Petersburg. She will confer with
the members of the local committee
at a meetipg tonight at 8 o'clohk in
the office of W. S. Pullen, chairman, I
at the Alaska Electric Light &
Power Company shop, to decide the
place for holding the Chautauqua en
tertainments and to check up on the'
ticket sale so far.
The programs will be given four!
nights, beginning Sunday, August 2fl ‘
and one afternoon Instead of three (
evenings and two afternoons ac-j
cording to the first schedule, MIbs
Chorn said today. This change was j
suggested by the local committee as,
being more satisfactory to the pub
lic.
The entertainers will arrive In
Juneau Saturday night on the steam
er Princes sLouIse from Prince Ru
pert. The programs will be given J
In Juneau first this season, and will
he Worked south from here to Peters-j
burg, Wrangell and Ketchikan, Miss
Chorn said. This arrangement is
more satisfactory on account of the
steamer schedules which caused sev
eral delays last year.
“HELLO NOBLE!” NILE
TEMPLE SHRINERS ARE
ON WAY TO WEST
“Hello Noble!" and "Ron Voyage”’
were batted across the rail of the j
steamer Admiral Evans this morning!
when a crowd of local shrlnerB greet
ed officers of Nile Temple A. A. O. j
N. M. S., Seattle, and their party |
aboard the ship enrotite to the west-j
ward. The Evans was in port only one;
hour allowing no time for enter
talnment of the visitors except a
hearty welcome to the north.
The officials are making the pil-.
grimage to the westward to pat on!
ceremonials at Cordova and Anchor-1
Mil’)!"*■ !> MT'HimilllM;
age. At the hrst to»» the wwwmobhm
will be for a class of ll! novices and
at Anchorage a class of 20. Return
ing south on the Alameda they will
stop off at Ketchikan ami will put a
ceremonial for a cldcs of 16, Au
gust 31.
The members of the party ar1* Po
tentate Richard H. Huntoon and Mrs.
Huntoan, Recorder F. H. Lazier and.
Mrs. Lazisr, I’ast Potentate Capt.
John Rex Thompson, Miss Edith Gat
tis, Mrs. I,. West and Mr. and Mjs.
S. E. Winter , of Princeton, III.
Recorder Lazier and Past Potentate
Thompson visited Alaska last sum
mer, being members of Nile Temple
who ma4e the pilgrimage to the north
to pur on ceremonials at various
towns.
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EXCURSION TO EAGLE
RIVER IS ENJOYABLE
Rathing beaeVies, trout fishing in I
crock1', and visits*to some of th6|I
finest homesteads in the Territory J
featured • the Alma excursion to!$
Eagle River Sunday. Perfect weatli- t
er combined to make the trip one s
of the most enjoyable of the ex- t
cursions staged aboard the Alma
Lh1s season.
The boat left Juneau shortly after
7 a. m., stopped at Douglas for l
plenickers and then went direct to <
Eagle River, arriving there wdAe- l
fere noon. The passengers split up I
in a dozen different pastimes. Fish- I
ing parties headed for . Peterson
Creek, others took their pails and ,
headed for berry patches, still others
stuck to' the beach and spent most |
of the afternoon in the water. The ,
Alma arrived in Juneau at 10 j
o’cloek p. m. after a perfect day’s
outing.
NOTED SCIENTIST IS
HERE FOR FEW DAYS
I)r. Augustin Levanzin, A. B., Ph.D.,
LL.B., from the Island of Malta,
Mediterranean, late professor at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Boston, former lecturer at Harvard
University, author in prose and verse,
and scientist, is a Juneau visitor. He
is completing a tour of Yukon Terri
tory and Alaska for the purpose of
gaining information for lectures he is
scheduled to deliver at the Empire
Exposition in London next year.
Dr. Levanzin is greatly pleased
with his visit to Alaska, and is in
terested in its scenery, people,
biology, etc. He contemplates going
to Sitka from Juneau, and may return
here from that place.
EDISON ON CRUISE
Theodore M. Edison, son of Thomas
Edison, and Frederick Very, returned
to Juneau last night on the Diana
after spending two days at Twin Gla
cier camp on the Taku river, and
have left on the boat Jazz on a cruise
in Tracy Arm. They expect to return
here this week.
W. G. Helleti, proprietor of thQ
Home Grocery, returned on the Ad
miral Evans after a business and
pleasure trip to the states.
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Printing Company.
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TEACHERS DISCIPLINED.
MONROE. La., Aug. Ju -
Early to bed and early- to l ift!
makes school teachers healthy, !
happy and wise, according to i
an. official resolution adopted
here by the Sc-hcol Hoard, In
which they forbid young school
teachers from participating In t
amusements and dances on j
school nights. It retards their
efficiency nad prevents them
from giving their best effort*
to the pupils, the board de- j
dares.
iNODGRASS IN JUNEAU
GOING SOUTH ON BUSINESS
M. I). Snodgrass, senator from the
'ourth Division to the last Territorial
.egislature, arrived in Juueau on the
idmiral Watson from Fairbanks to
pend a few days here on his way
outh on business. He expects to
pend several weeks from the ter
itory. ' •
MISS FALLDINE RETURN3
Miss Marie E. Falldiue, public
leaith nurse, Juneau chapter, Amerl
an Red Cross, returned to Juneau on
he Admiral Watson from Yakutat.
She has spent a short time there lu
he interest of her work.
Tides Tomorrow
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Ugh Tide. 9:02 a.m. 12.6
,ow Tide 2:33 a. m. l.t
Ugh Tide. 8:56 p. m. 15.0
,ow Tide. 2:40 p. m. 4.5
Is September 20, 21
and 22.
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