MEMORIAL ASKS
ELECTION DATE
TO BE ADVANCED
Nome Representative Wants
Election Changed (lorn
November to October.
A switch In tie date of Alaska
general elections from the flivt
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November to the first Tuesday after
•the second Monday in October is
the purport of House Joint Memor
ial No 5. introduced in the House
yesterday by Mr. Raelson, of Nome.
The advanced date is recommended
in order that a large number of
residents of the Second Division,
said Mr. Raelson, who go Outside
on tlie lost boat from Nome may
vote in the elections.
The Dimcnd bill increasing the
bounty on eagles to *1, which was
passed last week by the Senate, was
received in the House this morning
with two other hills, No. 35, pro
hibiting and punishing the falsifica
tion of evidence, and No. 36. a code
amendment. All throe bills were
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
House Bill No. 21), transferring
payment cf certain fees from the
'Historical Library fund to the Ter
rltorlay treasury general fund, was
passed to its third reading. Senate
Bill No. 8 dedicating strips for
highway purposes along each sec
tion line, pafied Its second reading.
Four Senate bills. Nos. 13, 31. 47
and 65, and two House bills, Nos.
16 and 17, were recommended for
passage in reports from the Judi
ciary Coniitlee. Senate Bill No. 48.
An Act to define and punish em
mezilemcnt, was adversely reported
by the same committee.
Survey Fishing Banks.
An examination or fishing bank
in Bering Sea is asked for in House
Joint Memorial No. 11, introduce!
today by Mr. itaelson. The existence
of halibut banks in that region, ac
cording to the memorial, is known
'but have never been charted. The
Department of Commerce is asked to
chart such banks on either Bering
Sea fishing resources.
Hold Museum Hearing.
The House Committee on Terri
torial Institutions this morning held
an open hearing on Representative
Holley’s measure asking for the
conr.truetion hero of a fireproof
structure to house the Historical
Library and Alasku Mils urn. This
was uttended toy a number of local
business men endorsing tlie bill and
submitting statements on the size
and kind of building needed and
the probable cost of such building.
Included In those appearing before
the committee were: B. M.
Ilohrends, .1. A. Hollenitlial, Allen
Shattuck, W. Q. Johnson, Uadore
Goldstein and Dr. II. C. DeVighne.
The minimum amount suggested
was $50,000 while other estimate!
ran as high us $100,000. Mr.
Behrends said, basing his statement
oil the cost of construction of the
H. M. Behrends Bank building, net
less than $60,000 should be con
sidered. He emphasized t lie urgency
of the project. Mr. Hellenthul said
he did not think $100,000 was too
much In view of the importance of
the 1-library and Museuum to the
Territory and the great need for
their vafe-keeping and protection
from fire.
The matter of the City cf Juneau
furnishing a site for the building
■was discussed, some of the wit
nesses before the committee taking
the position that 'this should not he
required. Dun Callahan, of Fair
banks, declared if the institution
were removed to Fairbanks and an
appropriation made for a building,
the town would donate an entire
block as u Bite. Representative
Staser, of Anchorage, entered the
bidding briskly, and said the An
chorago Chamber of Commerce
would throw In the building alto
There the matter rested when the
committee adjourned.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
EDWARD ASHBY TOMORROW
The funeral services for Edward
Ashby, who died Monday morning al
the St. Ann Hospital, will be held to
morrow morning at 9 o'clock at the
Catholic Church. It was thought yes
terday the father and brother of Ed
ward Ashby, wdtu aro up the T.iku
River, could bo reached, but was
later decided 1t would be difficult t>
gat to them In a short time, and the
present arrangements would he made
PIONEER AUXILIARY MEETING
/
The regular mooting of the Aux I
Jary Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Mask t.
■Will be held ut 8 -o'clock Thursday
evening next at Moose Hall. Fol
lowing the business intMtting a sot! U
will be held with the members oT
Igloo No. 6 and -supper will lie
curved.
MOVES RESIDENCE.
WaJter Delxtng, manager of the
C. W. Young Company business,
has taken apartments at the (las
tineau Hotel.
The Registration Books are epen
each day during business hours and
each evening between 7 and 9
o'clock. They close Saturday after
noon at 0 o’clock. Only those reg
istered before that time can vote at
the municipal election April 3.
JOB TURNERS1 *aVtO SERVICE.
Btene £87. Wew 7 passenger
Stuaebaker car. Comfort and safety
Bland next to Boston Store. —*uv.
NAMES THREE IN DIVORCE SUIT.
^ JSy'lvta
.y
Mrr. Sylvia Gough, of l.nndon, daughter of the prominent
South African financier, Gear. Cawaton, is being sued for divorce
by Wilfred I! tuli Cough, y >n of General S. J. Gough, of Afghan
war l. mi- According to repori i ft m the British capital, Gough
nit aliened three men, among them a Hal on of prominence, as co
i p :nl. at.-. Mr.-. Gough, a l.nrbn beauty, was formerly prom
inent on the tinge and tere 11 in New York .and I-os Angeles.
LARGER FILING
FEES PROPOSED
IN SENATE BILL
Graduated Fee on Authorized
Stock Issue Advocated
in Bill by Dunn.
I- rger ruing f a f ir i u-.i -r.i On
'having capital stock issue* In excess
i ' $100,000 la pro,; > 1 I in 8. n it
1V.II No. 83, which wi in o dm": I
this morning in iho upper Ho::.;- by
Senator IJunn. The piv.cU filing,
i tea for corporation- is adopted as aj
basis for corpora'inns with $100,000
I capita! stock issues and for each
slock an additional
i, proposal. The
ail commercial cor
$1,000 additional
j fee Kif 23 cen;.
.nr istire affects
pc,rations.
A bill authorizing the increase of
build ing allotments f. r the erect ion
j of schciol houses outside of Ineor-,
I porated school di- .r.ct . from $1,8001
to $2,500 was introduced by Senator
Snodgrass for tile Commit! • > on Edo
fallen. The mnisu: f illows a roc
I emmeud ation mala to the Board of j
! Education by Commissioner 1., 1).
Henderson.
Senate Bill No. 79. amending sec
1 tlon 4S2, Compiled Laws of Alaska,
relating > estates by curtesy, was
passed by the Son "to by a unanimous
i vote. It provides:
“When any man and his wife shall j
lie seized in her right of an estate!
EASTER
CARDS
EASTER
NOVELTIES
EASTER
BASKETS
EASTER
RABBITS
EASTER
CHICKENS
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAUR0 DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
?! inheritance in lam!-, the hu-b.m I
•‘hall, «n the death of his wfie, hold
fir his 11,.'o as tenant thereat' by
the curtesy, all sueli lands not pr-a
vicii sly - ild or eonvi y I by the wife,
hough such husband and wife may
in:' have had issue born alive. The
wife may sell or c inv.-y such prop
rty without her husband’s joining
in the conveyance, and when so sold
,■ r nvaycd, sudli property shall not
ii > subject to any estate by the cur
:i .v either as liar in defined or as
known to the common law."
BOTTLE IS KOUNO
AFTER DRIFTING
FOR EXACTLY YEAR
Adrift in ;he waters of the North
Pacific Ocean for exactly one year,
; a tlu> day. a bottle thrown overboard
front the .-steamer Belgium Marti was
I Irked up on the beach at Totem
Pay his week by Roald Olsen and
I liver a t> T. S. Elsemore, deputy
in charge of the local Customs office.
The bottle was thrown over by
file captain < f the steamer on the
19,it day of March, 1922, and was
Hind on the 19th of March, 1923,
ay O'. cn. It contained a notice to
'a • 1'. S. Hydrographic office with
:he information that It was cast
ivcrboaid at Latilude 49-34-30 N. and
ongitude 148-36 30 W. That 1s ap
arnxinia . lv 600 miles west and 500
itile» son til of the point where it
was found. Tho notice has been
nailed to the Hydrographic office by
VIr- Els'omm-o.- (Petersburg Report.)
NOTICE ”ri ODD FELLOWS.
There will be no lodge meeting
riiureday evening, March 29th.
MERLE P. MORGAN,
adv. Secretary.
■
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 thfl
veiy best stomach tonic.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
ALASKA MEAT COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
PHONE S9 SEWARD STREET
MEN AND WOMEN'S TAILORING
Correct in Styles, Fabrics and Fashion.
Foreign and Domestic Woolens in Stock,
F. WOLLAND
MERCHANT TAILOR
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I
DUNN SEEKS TO
GET EXTENSION
RADIO SERVICE
Memorial in Senate Asks Es
tablishment of Four New
Stations in North.
i “
The establishment Mur wireless i
telegraph seat tons in the Second
jand Fourtih Divisions by the U. S. I
: Army is asked far in Sena:? .I.intj
I Memorial No. 5, which was intro-j
duced this miorning by Senator Dunn
The. memo rial praises the work of
[the Signal <’orps in the Ttrt'Ory and'
j or tnmands the officers on the gov
ernment comcnunic:. ion system for1
i their eff'eiency.
Tit' memorial, a Hr. • al to the J
| S-ctv:.iry of War a.a I the Chief Sig
nal Officer, follow':
"Y< tr memorialist . t!ie Legislature i
f th ■ Territory c f Alaska, in Sixth
Stuaion asembled, da most respect
fully represent that:
“Whereas, the people of Terri-!
tony are entirely dependent for tele
graphic communidhtion upon tlio sys
tem new in use in the Territory, un-1
i '<r the provisions of til.; Signal Carps
Department: and
“Whereas, there are now wlreles-s'
stations at Nome and St. Michaels,1
situated on Norton Sound and Holy;
Cross, Nulato, Fort Gibbon and Ruby
on the Yukon River, and McGrath
and Bethel on the Kuskokwlm River
which are some of the most impart-'
the navigable sections; and
“Whereas, the people who have
been benefited by the establishment
of the aforesaid wireless stations d?
sire to express tli.fr appreciation
fer .lie I'dandid work accomplifche I
by the Signal Corps and also the,
tireless energy m ini: s:ed by Colane!
J. D. Har liana and Captain C. II
Burkin ad in the xriv of their re
spi'c'ive dttl'ies; an I
"Whereas, Wisent m. situate I on!
the head waters a '.tie Koyukuk
River is the canto: of a population j
of an impa.-'. it and growing mining
district, and has no means of tele
phows or telegraph: communication
except through Fart Gibbon on th
Yukon River more than one hundred j
and fifty miles distant; and
"Whereas, Haycock is tire center of
the valley cf the KayuIt, rich ia j
placer gold and tlmli. which already
h is a population of more than one
hundred white' pioneers; and the
nearc : point, cf communication is a
teiephono stall'm at Chinik, one bur
dred and tw. by-five miles distant,
which is reach: I only by dog teams
during lii wile er an I by river and
ocean voyage in thp summer tri
monthly, while during the spring and
fall traveling cith.pr by land or bv'
water is Impossible on account oft
ice conditions; and
"Whereas, as Teller is one of the
most Important ports on Port Olar-I
once, is situated in the heart of a |
great mining and fishing district and 1
is without telephone or telegraphic,
'communication, and owing to its cen
tral location is ill iwsition to com
mand and prt f'ct a large portion of
tire coast line; and
“Whereas, K< tzebuc is the head oi^
ocean navigg on and the lowor tar-]
minus ot liver navigat a of tile,
N nitak. Kcbu-k and Selawik Rivers; I
■it is tilt natural outlet far a countr> t
rich in minerals and fars. and will;
soon ho an important expert station
for reindeer meat; and
‘'Therefore, we, your memorialists,
represent that tlie people residing in
•the various se tintis of the countryj
thereof ate looking forward with;
gre^t hop's tc. the lint' when they,;
too, may enjoy the privileges of
radio stations situated at said points:]
and we would further represent thalj
the ouitlay of the government connect
ed with such enterprise would be.
negligible, compared with the returns]
which Would, by such course, accrue j,
to the benefit of the inhabitants j;
thereof and the traveling public.
"Very respectfully submitted by. |
your mctmorlaiists."
PACKARDS RUN HIGH;
WIN FROM OVERLANDS
Still several bends ahead ol all
the ethers, the Packard* took a bis
jump away ffam the Overlands by
winning all three games and totaling
a score of 2,150 pins to 2,075 pins
in the gime played last night at
Kilts' bowling alleys, in the Klks’
Mixed Tournament. The game was
a walkaway for the Paekarila in the
total stores, although in individual
m o: ng a number of 'the Overlunds
far outclassed those playing for the
Packards.
Mrs. Delzelle mads high score for
the women’s squad with tho Pick
ards, totaling 436 pins, and Mrs.
White was high for the Overlands,
losing to Mi 3. D'alzclle by only four
pins, having a total of 432. Mr
Lavenik of the Overlunds made high
aeoro over all players on both
reams, making 603 pins, whils Mr
Fry scored highest for the Packards
with a total of 580 pins.
Tho 'individual scores of each gam:
w'ere as
follows:
PACKARDS
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mr.
Birr agar 110
Carpenter 111
Delzelle 147
Fry . 186
Mr. A. ShaXUck 104
108
124
138
201
126
112—
99—
151 —
193—
174—
836
884
436
580
464
Totals
724 697
OVKRLAXDS
729—2150
Mrs. White
Mrs. Cheatham
Mrs. Mullen ....
Mr. Lavenik
Mr. Kirk
162
74
91
159
137
116
76
191
159
133 —
8S—
106
190—
171 —
432
278 |
273 ;
603 |
489
Totals
70S G79 688--207
STREETS CLEANED
Taking advantage of tho present
mild weather for a spring cleanup
of the city, the shoots of Juneau
are being washed today by tha City
Street Department.
REGISTER this week and VOTE
next week. Every citizen of the
community iowes that duty to Ju
neau.
For guoO printing phone 374
Kmplrd Printing Company.
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COMPULSORY
JURY DUTIES
ARE OPPOSED
Alaska Women Are Against
Proposition According
to Mrs. E. H. Kaser.
Tlve women of Alaska are not in
avor of ci mpulsory jury duty for
vD.tien. They favor the bill as it
vas 'introduced by Senator Brown
mil passed the S mate, according to
Urs. K. H. Kaser, chairman of the
yegi.-Tative Committee of the Alaska
i'ed r: on of Womun's Clubs.
"It is not too much to say that
■very woman's club in Alaska and
hie Women's Christian Temperance
Irion are in favor of a woman’s jury
aw that will permit women to claim
ha right of exemption ,if they so
1 •sire." s.rld Mrs Kaser.
"There are so many women upon I
vhom 'it would work a real hardship I
o compel them to serve on the jury,”|
>1 is. Kaser declared, "that it would
>o an imposition to make service
ompulsory. States have laws which
nake i't optional whether or not a
toman shall serve on the jury, and
he women r! the Territory of Alaska
tight to have that right.
“During the campaign for the adop
ion cf the law permitting women
o servo on the jury, .the, Alaska Fed
eration of Woman's Clubs assured
he women that the law, when pas-ad, j
would not make jury duty cimpnls-j
try, and they are practically unani
ncusly in favor of retaining the right
o claim exemption in the law."
It Is understood a committee of
•he Woman’s Club will appear before’
he Houso judiciary committee re-|
[anting compulsory jury duty for,
vomen.
JOTHWELL ENTERS NEW
BUSINESS; LEMPKINS
SUCCEEDS AT SANITARY
M. D. firth well resigned his poai-’
ion of clerk with the Sanitary Gro
■ery today to take, over his new du
ies as a partner of D. G. Allen, in
he brokerage firm of Bothwell &
Vilen, recently organized here. Mr.
tothwell 'is succeeded at the Sant
ary Grocery by Henry I.empkins, a
braver ompfoyoe of that place, who
•oturned here Sunday on the steamer
Vdmiral Rogers. G. C. Grigg has also
veon employed at the Sanitary. He
was at ono time employed at the
itoro at Thane.
The Registiation Books are open
each day during business hours and
each evening between 7 and 9
o'clock. They close Saturday after
noon at 5 o'clock. Only those reg
stered before that time can vote at
the municipal election April 3.
Furniture moved and stored.
Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. Ju
neau Transfer. —adv
BEAUMONT IS HEIR
TO BIG FORTUNE*
U. S. Marshal Ueorg3 1). Beuu
mL>nt has ibeen advised by the Provi
dent Trust Company, of Philadelphia
that he is an heir to the estate of a
disstani relative which amounts to
approximately tSOO.OOd. As far as
can ibe learned there are only four
heirs. The estate is the M a rill a
Taylor Trust fund, the principle of
which was held by Elizabeth T- Otlle,
recently deceased, and her son, TJ
Beaumont Oate. who predeceased
her. Distribution of the estate to
the heirs will be made as soon as
n'ecessary Information lias been ob
tained by the Trust Company, Mar
shal Beaumont is advised.
Marshal Beaumont is leaving Ju
neau tonight on the Admiral Rogers
for Ketoihikan on court business. He
arrived here 'Sunday on that steamer
to look after office business at his
headquarters here.
The Registration Books are open
each day during business hours and
each evening between 7 and 9
o'clock. They close Saturday after
noon at 5 o’clock. Only those reg
istered before that time can vote at
the municipal election April 3.
NOTICE.
The Three Links Social Club has
postponed the party planned for
Wednesday, March 28th, to Tues
day, April 3rd. —adv.
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SPECIAL SHOWING OF
AUTHORITATIVE
STYLES J
EASTER
JEWELRY
FOR WOMEN
Necklaces
Pendants
Bar Pins
Rings
Bracelets
FOR MEN
Scarf Pins
Cuff Links
Belt Buckles
Key Cases
We have on display a new as
r:itment of Gruen Watches for
b.th ladies and men.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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Cretonnes in harmonizing colors and
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holstering, chair seats, porch, boat and ham
mock cushions and any other purpose for
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