ALASKA TRADE
FOR 1922 SHOWS
LARGE INCREASE
Exceeds that of 1921 bv
$20,780,001 —McBride’s '
Report Made Public.
(Continued Irons Fagti Ohs i
tho level of 1913 and was even smaii
er than that of 1912.
Minerals Valued at $18,000,000
The report of the Collector follows
In part:
To the corresponding items in lh“
table * * following * * should
be added the following values ex
ported from Southeastern Alaska to j
llrttish Columbia:
Gypsum 3,698.000 lbs. $14,300 j
I.nmber, spruce 1.723 M ft. 27.571]
$41,871
"And to arrive at the total value |
of fish products the following ex
ports foreign should be added to the ,
appropriate items
Hod
Flounders
Halibut, fresh
Herring, fresh
Herring, pickled
Sable .
Salmon, fresh
Salmon, mild cun
Salmon, canned
in the table:
Pounds.
36,079 $ 1.722,
5.438 164 |
3,371.830 3011.399 j
566.185 7,394 ]
507.680 32.020
85,728 5.4S9
4.566,988 260,360,
d 99,350 23.871 '
379.680 36,4401
$667,859!
"When tlie sum of thesp two itt»:n^
Is added to the total shipments from
Alaska to the United States the re
'suiting value of products is $39, J
S25.790.
“In spite of serious gold mining ra-1
verses experienced in Alaska during
t.he past few years, the mineral out
put of the Territory for 1922 was ap
proximately $18,000,000, or an in
crease over 1921 of over a million
dollars. This Increase was primarily
due to a larger output of copper, ve:
it reflects In some measure the im
provement of the entire mineral in
dustry. Pre-war figures can only be
considered 1n comparisons, and for
ithe five years ending in 1914 the
average annual value of Alaska's
miners,! output in 1922 is most en
couraging for a revival of this in
durtTy.
The canned clam industry, which
was somewhat dormant during 1920
31, took on a now life in 1922, an 1
the outlook for a larger pack in 1923
is good. With shipments aggregat
ing $1+4.471, the shrimp industry is
showing a steady growth. The in
creased demand fur this sea food
speaks well for Masks shrimp
Timber Industry Reviving
‘‘The shipment of sewed lumber
from Alaska to the United States, ind
also for export to foreign countries.
is most gratifying. During 1922 ship
incuts of lumber were loaded direct In
vessels for export trade. A number
oif minis are reported to be under con
trootl for similar shipments (luring
1923.
“The development of the pulp in
dustry, predicted in last year’s re
port, materialized during the latter
part of 1922. While only one pulp
mill developed to a shipping stage,
vat the product found ready markets
in the States. It is understood a
number of pulp and paper mills in
'the States are negotiating with the
U. S. Forestry Service for pulp tim
ber area, and it is confidently ox
pected Uhl3 industry wlH be firmly
established in the Territory within a
short ‘time.
“The possibility of Increased oil
development 1n Alaska Is most prom
ising at tibc close of 1932. The oil ,
wells of the Kafalla fields have con
tinued to produce steadily during
1922, and their refined product found
ready markets within the Territory
Production from this field, however,
has not yet reached the exporting
stage. A new oil field, however, is
now under development in tlie Cold
Hay district. The Standard and As
sociate oil companies have drilling
outfits in dliis new field, and the re
sult of their drilling will undoubted
ly be determined early in 1923.
"The increased production of gold
in the Fourth Division of Alaska re
fleets .the value of cheaper transpor
tation to placer mining. Lower
freight rates are now possible by the
construction of the Alaska Railroad
from tidewater to the Interior, and
the life of the placer fields are also
being much prolonged by construction
<rf an excellent system of wagon
roads by the Alaska Road Commis
sion.
"The travel movement, as shown in
the statement of arrivals and de
partures. discloses a pleasing increase
In travel to Alaska from the States
Nineteen thousand eight hundred
sixty-seven persons entered Alaska
from the United States and Brltisdi
Columbia during 1922, Which was an
increase of 2,710 over 1921. While
the departures from Alaska are in
excesc* of the arrivals, yet it is not
believed that this indicates any fall
ing off in population, but is due to
the fact that the residents of the In
terior are taking advantage of the
c-hea.per transportation offered by the
Alaska Railroad to spend part of the
winter In the States.
Vaflue of merdhandise and gold and
" fresh CRAB MEAT !
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday
Order day ahead.
Grover Davis, Phone 101
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urur ; v i , r
Hr re arc the six coal barons of Germany who became the na
tional heroes by refusing to obey French orders to deliver coal and
who were tried before a French c nirtinartial at Mayence and fined.
They did net. however, pay the tines. Herr Fritz Thyssen is the
ron of one rf the wealthiest and most powerful industrialists in
Germany.
silver shipped ;rcmi
States:
FIs'—
Fre.fu, except
salmon
Dried or cure* .
Pickled
Salmon, cured 19
Salmon, (her 1
Herrins, canned
Clams, (canned
Shrimps
Fish fertilizer
Fish & whale oil
A. O. flash prod
ucts .
Alaska to United
1H21
1922.
576,960
456,993
940,280
,559,628
,141.972
887
11.318
32,256
$ 446,369
130,378
2,409,304
29.487,626
1.395,267
8
180.873
144,471
157,578
292,140
76,803
Total f ,'h prod
nets
Fur A- fur skins.
Copper ore
Gypsum .
Lead ore
Load bullion
Marble
Palladium
Platinum
Tin ore _
Lumber
Reindeer meat
A. O. Alaska
•Md«p. .
Gold & silver
U. S. poods re
turned .
Foreign goods
$22,929,182
$ 3,300.022
7,974,270
112,680
61.621
1,733
70,880
8.295
1,930
0
6.897
18,534
$34,720,793
3,561.291
9,833,444
84,230
38,120
(]
132,046
0
0
4,630
61,880
24,600
73,086
7,350,142
117.428
7,433,065
1,793.782
561-.012
1,598,110
888,333
Total
Merchandise shipped
States to Alaska:
1921
1st Jud. lliv.
2nd Jud. Div.
3rd Jud. Div.
4th Jud. Div.
$4 4,267,066 $58,516,060
from United
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7.322,510
1,350,489
8.657,664
1,943,352
1922.
$ 9,415,57(1
2.218,783
12,635,313
2,508,13s
Total
Gold and silver
United States:
$19,274,215 $26,777,801
shipped to the
1st Jud.
!nd Jud.
Ird Jud.
kilt Jud.
Div.
Div.
Div.
Div
1921.
$ 3,789,163
1.171,888
945,708
1,443,383
1922.
2,647,667
1.215,112
1,312,756
2,257,536
Total
$ 7,350,142 $ 7,433.065
»>1 VIL I1U.IHI . .'*tr m III lilt:
States:
1st Jiid. Div.
2nd Jud. Div
3rd Jud. Div.
4th Jud. Div.
$ 7,796,53!)
610,586
28,275,750
234,049
$14,822,632
858.488
34,778,37!
623.501
Total $36,916,924 $51,082,99:
Travel Statistics Given
“The following table of passengei
movement * * * indicates tlx
travel by regularly established routes
to and from the District of Alaskr
and the Yukon Territory.
“The Eagle and Dawson movemen
shows the local frontier travel, whicl
must not be considered with tht
general account, as the greater num
ber of these passengers arrived at o
departed from Ketchikan or St
Michael, and have been accounted foi
in tlhe figures ifor those ports:
; “Arrivals from the United State:
land British Columbia:
1921. 1922.
I Southeastern. Southern
and Western Alaska 16,493 19.26.'
Nome, St. Michael and
Bering 'Sea 664 60:
Total 17.157 19.86'
“Departures to the United State:
and British Columbia:
1921. 1922.
Southeastern. Southern
and Western Alaska 16,405 20,06:
Nome, St. Michael and
and Bering Sea 896 21
Total 17,301 20,27:
1921. 1922.
Arrivals at Eagle from
Dawson. Y. T 504 12:
; Departures from Eagle
to Dawson, Y. T. 401 12:
905 25
Total
HEALY COAL FOR
NOME DISTRICTS
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 21.—As a re
cult of the announcement the gov
nirnent is-' to establish stektnboa
I lines on the lower Yukon River
preparations are afoot to float con
i from the Healy fields to the Nom
i district. Healy coni will replace th
f-lo a ton eoal from the Northwes
Pacific Court. Healy coal can b
'laid down in St. Michaels and Nom
! for $13 a ton. This will uccilerut
pi -.err activity it is said.
WELL SAME IN JUNEAU.
ANCHORAGE, Feb 21.—Concert
I sent broadcast by the l.os Augele
i Times tire being heard hpre accord
Ini- t > there who have radio re
j cetving rets.
Egg Pictures Innocent
Ruling of School Boari
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—-Pictures of
i chicken and un egg. also of a fro,
and several eggs do not constitut
sex teaching, according to a ti iu
committee of the Chicago Board o
Education.
Tire committee was nine months i
reaching this finding, meanwhile Mis
Aarriet Oct naan, teacher, suspende
under charges of having taught pre
miscuous sex knowledge with tiles
I pictures, went without pay.
I The committee recommended tha
| she be irdimstated, wit'h back pay i
! full.
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CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY
Washington's Birthday. Gold
stein's Emporium. —adt
If I 's advertised it’s of TIMEL1
INTEREST. That's something to re
member—to your profit.
ADMIRAL WATSON
HERE ON WAY TO
WESTWARD PORTS
Arrived Here at I A. M.—
Thirty-Four Passengers
Aboard for Westward.
With three (lays mail, 50 Ions of
freight and 13 first class and one
l "teeragc passenger for Juneau, the
steamer Admiral Watson arrived
here at 1 o'clock this morning from
'he South. The boat remained in
j port until about 3 o'clock, sailing
i weal bound to Seward and Kodiak,
j calling in at Yakutut, en route. The
; bent ha1- 34 passengers for the West
ward. 16 being fir Kodiak. 15 for
j Seward, two for Seldovia and one
for l akutat, and eight steerage pas
sengers; for the Westward towns,
i Passengers arriving here fiom the
j South were: 1 Goldstein, F\ R.
Townsend, Mrs. K. Wentworth, C. T
Gardiner, Mrs. C. T. Gardiner, Mrs.
i E. F. Herrmann. Mrs, C. Doline,
Thomas Wittinen. J. S. Pitcher. J.
! R. Joseph, Paul It Iiarnen, Magnus
| H : nines, Gertrude Hallingstad and
I one rtenrage.
| Passengers leaving for the West
ward were: Max Humfrey, Sanford
I Johnson, Bishop P. T. Rowe, W.
lianchett and J. W. Guckcr.
JUNCTION SHOE STORE
TAKES ENTIRE STOCK
DRYGOODS FROM THANE
The Junction Shoe Store has pur
i chased The .entire stock of dry good,
nnd merchandise from the Thane
store, according to an announcement
made today ‘by Jack Saloum, proprie
tor. The stock consists of a large
'quantity of wearing apparel and shoes
jand articles in the dry goods line.
The Thane store will not restock
with dry goods at the present time.
The grocery department will continue
|jbu :nes'3 on its present basis.
CONGRESSWOMAN IS FOR
PROHIBITION MODIFICATION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — Mrs.
Mae I hint Nolan, who has suceceile I
I her husband as a member of Con
• gn ss from San Francisco, is strong
' \y in favor of ample modification of
• ihe Volstead Act. Mrs. Nolan will
•.also be a member of the next Oon
\ gross, the terms of the members of
•'which begin March 4.
Heada barters for Ladysmith coal,
fnneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
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BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron performs a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as the
very best stomach tonic.
BRITT S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
I
The Nobles of
The Mystic
Shrine
Are Giving an
Informal Dance
At Elks Hall
Tomorrow Night, Feb. 22
To Which the Pub
lic Is Cordially
Invited.
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Dancing at 9:30.
Coliseum Orchestra
NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY STARTLES CONGRESSMEN.
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All over Europe the voice of nine-year-old Seymour Rechtseit
lies ('anted audiences to marvel at the rare talent shown in his sing
ing;. but never has the youngster valued his voice so much as he
does now, for it means that his mother, sister and brother, now in
Poland, are coming to America to live. Representative Siegel, of
New York, took the child before the House Immigration Committee
in Washington, and the boy sail.;, first in Yiddish, then in Rus
sian, then in Italian and finally in rich, clear English, ills songs
lnoke down Government red tape, and Poland's immigration quota
was raised to permit his relative to enter. His father is a rabbi
and cantor connected with the Heirtw Orphan Home and Day Nur
rcr.v of New York City.
GOLDSTEIN RETURNS
—
| Izzy Goldstein, proprietor of the
I. Goldstein store, returned to Jit
' neau this morning on the steamer
: Admiral Watson front the States. He
| has spent the past several weeks vis
' iug in Seattle and San Francisco.
I Mr. Goldstein said he met many for
| mer Juneau residents in the Slates.
| imong them Milt Wimn, B. L. Thane
and others.
CHEATHAM RETURNING
—
I C. W. Cheatham, chief of the U.
I S. Bureau at' Public Hoads in Alaska,
1 is a passenger on the steamer Spo
kane. which sailed this morning from
I Seattle. He is returning to his head
quarters here, after a trip to the
States on official business.
BISHOP ROWE LEAVES
Bishop P. T Howe, head of the
Episcopal Missions in Alaska, left
Juneau on the steamer Admiral Wat
son for Cordova, where he will visit
the church there and attend the
church business in that vicinity. H >
pflans to go on to the Westward and
Interior from that place.
Old papers tor sale at Empire
office.
YOUR UNUSED ASSETS—that
(typewriter, musical instrument, fur
niture. office fixture or appliance—
nro marketable, for cash, through
lie classified columns of The Empire.
KIRK'S
ROSORA
CREAM
Excellent for
all Kinds of
Rough or
Chapped Skin.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
RECORD MADE -
AT NAVY YARD
BREMERTON, Wash., Feb. 21.—
[n replacing ten 14-inch guns aboard
lie battleship Texas in 47% work
ng hours a world's record has been
■et In the navy yard here, Coro
na nder A. \V. Brown, assistant sup
:rlntendent of production announces.
The best previous time is said to
iave been 82 hours for the same
lmount of work at the Norfolk naxy
>ard.
Brown pointed out the importance
,f quick work when regunning wae
necessary during war.
Husband Ordered to
Court His Wife Again
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21—Louis
Paul Hanges, chef, is to Tie given an
opportunity to show what he can do
m the role dC an ardent wooer. For
the next few weeks he must center
his attentions upon his estranged
wife. The results are to be reported
to Superior Court Judge Graham, the
'‘reconciler,” and the court will then
determine whether Mrs. Hanges is to
have a divorce.
ole papers lor sale at Umpire.
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JUST ARRIVED TODAY
A shipment of the latest
goods from which we are
going to offer you some
special bargains.
Cuff Links
from
50c to $1.50.
Very latest Parisian hair
bands—in Rhine stones
and colored stones — just
the thing for evening dress.
More new beads
and neck chains
$1.00 each.
Mary Pickford
bracelets
$1.00 each.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliy
m
Famous
Santa Clara Valley
Prunes
5 Pound Box, Regular Price
$1.75
For This Week Only
$1.35
Goldstein’s Emporium
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