i Final Clearance of Coats, §
5uits and
Dresses
^ Offering savings of most
=5* substantial character on
' new apparel in styles of the
moment—and much of it
appropriate for wear
throughout the spring sea
son.
THIRD OFF
CHILDREN’S SCARF SETS
EE Children’s scarf and cap
H sets in white with colored
EE borders. Values up to $2.00
EE to close them out at
$1.00 a set.
YOUR CHOICE OF HATS J i
AT HALF PRICE 1
Just such hats as women §=
need to add a refreshing == ,
note to the winter costume, ||
all of individual style and =j
CHILDREN’S SWEATERS
A small line of children s
sweaters. Light blue and rose
trimmed with white. Only ,
small sizes.
$1.00 each
made of fine material.
BOYS OVERCOATS §
Just what you want for hard usage and |jj|
erviceable wear. To clear away immediately EE
vr have placed an extremely low price on them. =j
$4.95 each. =
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GIRL’S OWN STORY OF DOWNFALL
AS DOPE VICTIM.
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Mi"! J ran Hull, a -1-year-old chorus girl, tells her own story of
Ion; ifforing as a victim of the drug habit In a Milwaukee hospi
tal. wliv re she. i making a brave light to euro her <1 f of the evil
liabi■ Kin.- tells a ; .trtling story the grip the drug habit has
r i 't d < :i thousands in iiki ly ail the larger Aim rican cities and of
how simple a mat• -r it is for an addict to take a ".“hot” without
attract in attention. Sin is shown hero illu.s1 rating how the needle
is -upplieo.
30 INDICTED
PLEAD CUILTY;
GET 3 YEARS
WELLfiBl BO, \V. Ya.. Feb. 2:1.
Thirty miners Indicted for c< nspir
ru:y iit connection with the Cliftou
ville ctrike riot which coat seven
Jives last July, pleaded guilty lata
this afternoon and each were sen
tenced to tltree years in the peni
tentiary. . ,
It l'.’s advertised it's of TIMELY
' INTEREST. That's something to re
member—to your profit.
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BIG CONTRACT
FOR SHRINERS
HAS BEEN LET
PORTLAND, Onv. Peb. 23.—It Is
lmounced that a contract has been
aw aided for the erection here of a
S':I'iners' Hospital for crippled chil
dren. The hospital will cost ? 175.
.> with a total cost when full)
i quipped of $260,oOO. Sub-contracts
are being let today.
Lost sometmue. Ton can gnt It
back by using the "Lost and Found'
..amu of The Eir.plra.
RUMORED THAT
DE VALERA IS
TAKEN IN RAID
DUBLIN, Fob. 23.—More than 20
Irish Irregulars were captured early
today by officers of the Criminal In
vestigation Department. Scores of
j raids were made.
It Is rumored that Rainonn de Va
lera was captured but there Is no
confirm alt ion.
JUNEAU MERCHANT
BOOSTS FOX FARMING
“Fox farming will in a few years'
supplant salmon canning as the!
leading industry of Southeastern
t Alaska," declares 11. S. Graves of
{Juneau, who is a guest at the Se
attle. according to a recent issue of
the Seattle Post-Inlelltgencer. Graves
is half owner of two farms, one oc
pupying an island four miles long,
j There aje now seventy farms in the
I Alaska panhandle,'’ he saye, “and
II lie number Is/increasing rapidly.
, i'lie big money in furs lias resulted
{in considerable piracy and one of the
big overhead expenses of fox farm-1
ling is maintaining watchmen and1
I patrols." Graves, in addition to his
i fox farming interests ,is engaged in
I business in Juneau.
! WHO'S HERE |
< AND WHERE !
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F\ It Townsend, fox rancher, near;
Hoonata, left last night on the Kste
betli for his ranch. He arrived here,
on the Admiral Watson from the
States.
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Mrs. Donald Milness left on the
Kstebeth for her home at Gypsum.
William Hn fibers will leave on the
Northwestern for Seattle to spend
a short time in the States.
. Dr. J. A. n. Sinclair of Chi
chagof, arrived here last night on
the Ambassador.
Wiliam Maloney arrived here last!
night on the Ambasador from Chi-1
ehagof and will leave on the North- j
western for Seattle.
James Chapados was a passenger
for Juneau ntlie Ambassador, in
port last night.
Old papers for sate at Empire
office.
Old papers lor sale at Empire
office.
iEPORT IS MADE
TO AUDIT BOARD
DTACCOUNTANTS
rerntorial Financial Records
in Splendid Shape Says
Audit Report.
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Th-> i in.in.-i.il
ory of Alaska a:
ion. according to
i' 10!i Moiorhotis.
di
.' the Terri
in splendid co:idi-J
■the official report;
Co., which has
ust been irocelv - I if/ the TerritorinT
loicrtl of Audi/ with statistics cover
ng the retent audit <r i!r> Trc i-uir
r’s office, an I made paid! ■ by Gov.
Icett C. Bone, i li.iirman of the Board,
’he report prai- > the . ystP’rtytk:
nd efficient management of Treas
.rcr W. (!. Smiili and dedans: “\\V
JVi* conducted a most exhaustive iti
cstigalion of aii phas -s ,:i the duties
f the Territorial Tr. usurer, and wi
re pleased to so: ■ that, in our
[i niton, bis mot i are correct.”
T!io audit covers a period of -ix
r.d one-half years, beginning .Ittnc
0. 191 tJ. and . ici ng It .ember 31.
i a total of receipts
rijd of $3.711..393.28,
with the cash on
ginning of the period
i gated $3,914,,140.77.
dmdr.g the period to
leaving a cash
of December 31,
■I
922. it show
tiring that p
viiich combin'
and at the be
overed uggr
tislmrscmi-nts
a led $3,740,, 1 -ill dti,
•alance ou han-l.
id2, of $17-l,nn.i 7 i
Funds Ara Safeguarded
The report follows in par :
“The cash b.ilan■■cs of $174,090.71
lave been vorifi I by us as at Decmn
»or 31, 1922, th nigh correspondence
nd telegraphic cammunAcat ion with
lie respective banks. The depository
■ficurity placed in e-crew by the
tanks as a pr,,: -ction for tin- Terri
torial funds li is also be -n verified
>y -us as at tli it date through exam
nation cf original agreements and
>rs of the bonds an 1 the owners
hereof. We hiive shown in Exhibit
V-l the uinorni of security thus
hedged, and haw noted thereon that
he Trust dope ment of to ■ Dexter
lortcn (Nation il Bank of Seattle is
adding its own eoll'ateral -eeur::y.
>o far aa we could ascertain the T r
■ftorkil Kind's have keen always amply
lafeguarded in this re spec
Checks Many Warrants
Tite audit Included a cheek of all
he •warrants issued during the period
ovored, numbering some 20,000. Out
standing warrants amounting to
tt4.344.34 iwore also cheeked oare
"ully. Cases arise, said the tepor
here it. is imposslblo to deliver tlio
• arrant to the payee and in this coa
■‘(c’tion it is recommended: "where it
impossible to locate the payees
might he advisable with these as
veil as some of tlio other long out
standing warrants, to deposit them in
the bank, making the funds thus cre
ated available for other disposition."
Xotlieo is also ma le of the Treas
urer's ■pract.h-i* of holding without de
posit of check* and cash c iverlng fu
ture payments.. Funds ’■->(■ ived in
1922, ilt said, that directly affected
1923 transactions were not deposited
until tlio latter year to prevent con
fusion of tlio records. The report
•ontinues: "In this connection we
aright mention that some ol these
1923 itjx remittances were received
one and two months before the new
rear and not recorded for that length
>f tune. The Territory would have
uo recourse should any of these
aarly rent i tors become bankrupt in
lie meant hue and, on account of tilts
ind other possible occurrences, we
would strongly recommend that here
illtcr such funds should always be
iromptly dei.usitcd intact in a spe
dal Treasur bank account and en
tered in a : ial column in the rash
>ook, to h • in I in suspense until the
lew year." 1
The receipts tor tlia period of audit
dimimimiiiimmiiimiHiimiiimmiiii
are shown in do:,ill In tables sub
with till1 report. Those, it, is
slated, "wore verified ® * # by
an examination of nil duplicate num
pere.l receipts and inspection of all
sworn onrporail n and individual re
turns. (' inn; : v pack tux returns and
rccp.pis w > als > extensively verified
Kmmgb ottt : lo source . In fact,
very source c; revenue was more or
less sub.dun: i.illy verified by a close
examination of .icce sible documents,
memoranda. carr •pondenco, and oth
er d.,ta on file in the Treasurer's o<
flco. Rccei-i < vv «re frequently re
ceived by the Treasurer, however, on
which it was nci s- ;.ry to make re
ams and refund.- Per instance—el
fur tax or scho d i ,x coileetor would j
remit the full amount of tux received '
by him. wi hunt deducting commission |
due. Proper accounting was usually i
■indicated on the duplicate' receipt,
but v.-e wuuld suggest that hereafter
the full amount of 'the receipt, less I
refund, should be clearly indicated
on the face of the cash book.''
Attention is directed to fluctuating|
revenues tin I explanations thurefor
are given. “Mining income tax, it
will be noted, lias perceptibly de
creased -incc the year id 17. but from
our examination of the sworn returns
this .was dun to general increased'
c.:-Jt, lower price, and decreased pro-,
duct ion."
ft was also pnhded out that during,
the year 19IS. no amount “appears |
to have been received from the!
I'mited St it--- Treasury Department
I'. r income tax on Alaska Railroads.''
No reason is assigned for the failure.
Changes Are
“Great difficulty,"
being cxpericni - I in
fur and pelt taxes,
tillr the Territory
mutch in ore rev -nito
Indicated
it is said, “is
the collection of
and it appears
should receive
from this source.
Under the pre-etit law.'but a small
recompense is allowed (' .xiimisslan
ers 'and tax collectors for their ef
forts in collecting fur and pelt taxes',
and we believe that much better re
uf.s would be obltuncd if 1/ioir fees
were litrcrrasi .1 commensurate with
their efforts. This and other tax col
lection remedies will doubtless be
adopted within the next few months.”
The office of Territorial Secretary
is fount! to have operated at ,t profit
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UUriUK mu* J il“.i. **■' i.unia .11 milt ;
office, k;» fir as they were investi-1 ~
gated ifn the audit of tile Treasury.1;
.'t was said: “were well nrui ae-1 -
cnrately kept." Total collections for ! 5
the period 'were shown to have been I »
$81,015.20, fee , to the Secretary, i;
$12,385; p iil I > Treasurer, $67,649.20; | ;
easfh hah:i $1,501. Relative to the i 3
duties of the Secretary, the reporth
s'al'l: “In addition to 4he See-•'a. y’s j 7
duties iis collector of Oorpe.rut'on Li-j;
cense Keos, lie acts as aiulltoi of all j;
payments niaile by the Terntav■ *.'.; j
Treasurer. All warrants are made trp|\
and counter-^fcn l bv 'the Secretary I;
nd ali original vouchers are ix: t.i-j;
hied i:v him and kept on file in his -
! office," aril also aots as member ofj
[the Road fh.nimisdion, Hoard of Audit,
and Banking Board, etc. i
Forecasts Deficiency Call
Improved watchfulness ot . xpondi- j
turns a.t it lie Pioneers’ Homo ,s said
to be indicated by decreased expend!-1
i tures for the year 1922. The report, I
jhowever, says that a defici on; ap \
prop: action will be necessary it. order |
to keep the Home running to *ne end j
‘of til** present appropriation period.!
It allleges that the high operating cost
from June 11, 1919, .to September 30,
1921, which exceeded largely the pro-!
rata appropriation, caused the short
age in funds for the end of the lden-1
nium. Payment, it is stated, has J
been deferred on .bills amounting to I
approximately $5,000, as at December!
31. 1922. This could have been i
avoided, said the report, if the pres
ent management had not found it
necessary to expend over $5,000 in
repairing the barracks .heating plant
during the year 1922.
Little Overdrawing
Virtually no accounts were over
drawn during the audit period, said i
the report: “After carefully perusing |
.the Territorial Session Laws for)
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I Olympic Flour |
I Sells for I
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$2.30 Per Sack j
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PIANOS FOR SALE OR RENT
Player Piano Rolls Exchanged
1000 popular and classical selections on hand.
Liberal allowance made for old rolls.
Pianos and Phonographs for rent by month or year.
Expert Piano Tuning and Repairing.
Phone 143 ANDERSON PIANO SHOP
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GIRLS—TAKE NOTICE
Lady, your charm is admittedly high.
You're filled with assurance and snap.
You'd solder my heart if you cnly would try
To check your ambition to flap.
With long' hair and tliinking above your ears
I'd rate you a dream of a wife.
We'd build us a house, where the rest of our years,
We'd lead the Electrical life.
FROM YOU-JUST-GUESS.
ALASKA ELECTRIC UGHT & POWER CO.
PHONE 6
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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CALL OUR PLUMBING DEPARTMENT TO I
YOUR AID WHEN THE TEMPERATURE 1
DROPS TOO LOW. J
We have a complete line of hardware |
for every use. |
Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered 1
by the present fine weather. |
. C. W. YOUNG CO. |
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
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The cornerstone of a building is firm and
lasting. But the corner stone of a savings ac
count in tills bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your success today—
at this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
ra savings deposits.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA
JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS
Manufacturers of high grade Sitka spruce and
hemlock lumber. Boat lumber a specialty. Inquiries
for both local and foreign Business given prompt
attention.
Mills and office at Juneau, Alaska.
Seattle Office: 506 Mutual Life Buildiaff.
SOME OF OUR BARGAINS
6 cans Morgen Corn.$ .80
6 cans Ivanhoe Sugar Peas.95
6 cans Value Stringless Beans.95
THE AMERICAN BAKERY AND GROCERY
Deliver __ _ Ifcoi
“THE BAKES WHO BAKES”