THE OUTTA-LUCK CLUB
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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
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DOUGLAS LADIES TO
ORGANIZE B. B. TEAMS
The women's gym class, which was
organized (before her departure by
Mrs. Rowley, and has been develop
ing rapidly under the leadership of
Mrs. Felix Gray, is now planning on
basketball as an added feature for
their athletic training.
It is proposed by the leader to
hare two teams, one a strictly heavy
weight and the other a light team to
play a series of games against each
other.
Then, when and if the men of the
town can get up a team, among them
selves, the women will challenge
them for a game. The Nalatorium
has already been spoken for as the
scene of the proposed disturbance in
the more sedate lives of the com
munity.
A. J. BOONE SOUTH
Andrew Jack-on Boone. Douglas
old-tiimer, left last night for Se
attle, where he expects to remain
for the present, depending on the
business which calls him South
Boone unay continue on south to
Sacramento, Cal. He is uncertain at
pre-sent whether he will return here
or not.
RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS
Mike Gaveril of Treadwell was
able to be out of the hospital yes
terday for his first trip to the Island
during two weeks illness with
rheumatism. "
TAKU BROKE WINDOWS
Joe Riedi and Emil Uberti were
busy yesterday patching up the open
places in the glass fronts of their
places of business, which were struck
by an excess of Taku zephers Wed
nesday night.
ROGERS' ALASKA
ARTICLES CAIN
WIRE APPROVAL
Alaskans and Those Interest
ed in it Wire Outlook
Words of Praise.
(Continued Vrom Page One.)
Alaska Interdepartmental ConuuiUci
at Washington; Harold Crary, Seal
tie publicist; A. F. Haines, genera!
manager of the R%cUlc Coast Steam
t'htp Company, and Charles D. Gar
Held, Alaska pioneer and assistanl
secretary' of the Seattle Chamber o,
Commerce, in ohisge of the Alaska
department thereof.
Congratulates Outlook
'Secretary Hoover, writing to the
editor of the Outlook, in part said:
“I have read Mr. Sherman Rogers
articles on Alaska with great inter
e»t and pride. He has indeed de
veloped a better understanding of its
possibilities with an extraordinary
-portrayal of this great Northern as
sot. • * * The Outlook should be
congratulated on having taken this
matter up so earnestly and with
such intelligence.”
'Assistant Secretary Huston, writ
ling to Mr. Rogers, says:
"After observing your work in A1
asks last summer, I am pleased to
see that your intensive study on the
ground is enabling you to bring to
! the readers of Tht^ Outlook a real
1 picture of conditions there. It is
I also gratifying to note that you a: 1
developing some ideas on Alaskan
po 1 idles with sufficient merit to war
rant 'the serious consideration of ad
i ministrative and legislative official
* * * Your portrayal of facts
should be enlightening to the Ameri
can public."
Enlightening. Well Balanced and Fair
Governor Hone says:
“I have just read the first of the
I series of four articles on Alaska
1 which you are writing for The Oat
1 look, an I wish to compliment you
upon the excellent presentation of
the Territory's situation and needs.
It is enlightening, well balanced, and
fair, and should, and t believe will,
; l ive beneficial results.”
John \V. Troy telegraphed Mr. Rog
j era, among other things:
"Have read your first two article i
with great interest and much appre
mutton. You have wonderful grasp
] of situation and excellent vision."
Edward G. Morrissey writes:
••• * * I wish to congratulate
you Upon the first of your Alaska
1 studies appending in. The Outlook. *
i * * Your comprehension of Alaska
i conditions is remarkable. Your ar
I tide meets with my hearty approval."
Falcon Joslin said:
"I had no idea you or any one
I could grasp the situa'tion in Alaska
i in the brief time in wlsich yon had
j to study lit. Of course there are- a
multitude of other things about Al
, aska, but, in my judgment, you have
'picked the two most essential mat
ters for present action I have heard
nothing but favorable comment on
your article.”
Best Articles Mears Has Seen
Colonel Mears wrote:
* * i want to take tins op
j portunitv to heartily congratulate
lyoti on the success 04 your efforts to
put before the public reliable Infor
mation on Alaska in most entertain
ing anil readable style. Th »y are
11he best articles I have -ecu In
print, anil I am.sure they will do a
great deal of good for Alaska K'-ep
up the good work until the people
of the country come to a true under
standing of Alaskan conditions, and
an appreciation of the merits of your
j proposal for Federal aid in road
i bundling.”
Colonel Steese wrote:
j >•* * * js very gratifying to
I discover a man who will get into a
flannel shirt and a pair of high be
' and then allow sufficient time an I
subject himself to tit? Inconveniences
necessary t:> get at the facts on th s
i ground. Allow me to enngra' da1-’
I you upon the thorough-going way i*i
which you are handling th - ,b
ject. * * *
“Your third arllicle is mo- ill’1,
minuting in bringing out the : a
; mount pait that transportation
whether by railroad, tramway, road
or trail, must have in any con- 1
erattion of Alaska'* interior develop
ment.”
“1 have read with a great deal of
pleasure your series of artick - in
Tlie Outlook and 1 wish to expre a to
you my appreciation and to congratu
late you upon the viewpoint v.
j you present. Of the many article;
, and even books written con 'rnina
Alaska in the past which I have read,
these articles in The Outlook gi'
briefly about tile best description
that 1 know of the real conditions at
they exist and give emphasis to whal
i Alaska most needs. Roads and trails
; have always been one of the greatest
I nerds of the Territory, and without
them the Territory remained for a
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE
and art prepared to execute your orders on Kurope at the lowest
prevailing rates. Our New York facilities are seoond to nose. If
fou are contemplating sending money to Burope call Douglas U
and we will be glad to give you our latest quotations.
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Great Britain _
Germany
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Belgium
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Caecho Slovakia
Finland _
Grease --
Italy _
Norway _______
Sweden ,
Jugo-Blavla _
Pounds
Marks
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Pranas
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ERST TERRITORIAL BANK OF ALASKA,
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[*fcli'aeHunt7NoTai-t- AMi c\<xugXj
Mrs. Mae Hunt Nolan, Widow of C’ongre^ .man John Nolan,
clef<vted six other candidates a a special election in the Fifth
Congressional District or' California, in one of San Francsieo'a
ttroll"i i labor centers, and will ncceed her husband, whoso
polled s she is pledged to carry on. Slip made a "front parlor” cam
paign, nc-v r leaving Iter home, while the other candidates slumped
the district. Mrs. Nolan is for ample modification <f the Vol
stead act.
I lone time a wilderne >s practically
unknown ex cpt along th .- coast. Now
i l hat the railroad has been built, till •
I need becomes vastly gro.P.-tr in or
i der to develop the area contiguous to
i the railroad, and to create tonnage
I for the railroad's support. » * *"
■James A. lfa^ght .said:
"You vinaiy },o. t...y the vast and
varied wealth of that Territory, ihej
true character of the obs!sides that:
have held it back, and the splendid
development .that will*!' dlow the re-'
movul of them."
.1 uilt Underwood - did ■
"1 have read With a great deal of I
interest your second article on Aj 1
'aska, and want to - iv that It's fine'
stuff. Ii is siKnenhat of a relief
to find a writer u dp has brnins
enough to decorate his article- wi ll
pictures off something o: her than ice
, bergs and polar 1: a i t. '
Harold Urn ry said:
I '*' * * There Is not a word in
dither of the two articles that 1 have
read that is not 100 per cent tru ■
It Is refreshing t > read >me real
j ‘nose-bag dope' about Alaska in
| pti'bl'cat'ljn of The Outlook's .stand
ing.”
McPhercon Approves
J. L. McPherson said: |
"1 have just read with a great do,.1,
of interest your splendid article ot|
.Alaska, and heartily subscribe to all ;
you say. You have put 'he sirtjj
before your r*ad- r • m a most Inier
i eating aril convincing manner that ■
I must result in ali?.V..:g them in A
... lias behalf. I -incei- ly hope you
will k ep up y ur -plendhl work, In
which you :■ ■ to be congratulated.”
A. F. Haiti's wnc
* I \jv<! re I w i great interest
your first art-id.- on Alaska. You
ertitinlv, a usual, hit the nail on
the head, end 1 agi -e with your con
clusion t. I . hall w.r.ch with interest
for the remain ng art.lies.
Charles I). C ■ 'll i<l:
“You have rle • ■! th situation in
Alaska e.orr otl:'. Y-, a :.r r.wtalnlv
.t pretty k> en j uni: man to ize up
the filtuatiom «o correctly upon the
Hirst observe! in * * * Your ar
ticle-: are bound to cio the country a
lot of good. You have caught th
spirit of th > X irthiand. an I it will
carry you on to the accomplishment
of something constructive. "
GERMANS BLOCK
CANAL TRAFFIC
|
i ESSEN", F( b. lfi Traffic through
the Khiine-llerne Canal, an important!
■artery for transportation of fuel from j
; the Ruhr, has been blocked by a:
large barge sunk by the Germans.
Suggests Slaying Be
Probed by Congress
NEW YORK, Feb. 1C. Louis Mar- i
| shall, counsel for Captain Rosen-ii
! bluth, has wired Senator Calder, of;:
I New York, that Rnsenbluth would I
welcome a congressional investiga- i
tion into the charges tie murdered :
Major Alexander Cronkhite at Campji
Lewis in 1918.
PRINTING PRICES UPHELD
OLYMPIA, Feb. Id The M:u ■ lav
■cgulaitin;; prices lye imbTiosf.-.in o
i'.t.iJ notice's by newspapers was to
lay uphold by the Supreme ('mrt |i
i ease begun by the State Pro s A
weiaitiom. The r.tliag d <1 i: ! tie
:uw in public in’ori t.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by
Weather Bureau.
the U. S.
Forecast for Juneau and vicinity
Rain or snow, with but little rlia
unlay; brisk to moderate
LOCI
Barom. Temu.
8 p. in. vest'y 30.05 26
8 ft. m. today 29 73 32
12 itpon today 29.71 36
.CABLE ANT)
"YESTERDAY “I
for 24 hours beginning 8 p. m. tods j :
ng" in temperature, tonight and Sat
east and southeast winds.
h DATA t
a timidity Wind Velocity Weather
50 E 16 Snow
72 E 26 Snow
66 SE 27 Snow
RADIO REPORTS
TODA i
Stations—
N rvik
X- :ne
Tannn.l
El i >tle .
Fairbanks
McKinley1 Park
Anchorage
S;. Paul .
i Mitch Harbor .
odl&k .
Valdez .
.Juneau.
Sitka
Pi inre Rupert .
Edmonton .. ...
Seattle .
Portland
' ,n Francis-,co .
Highest
temp.
8
4
. 18
..-lti
8
... 6
.. 26
... 36
.. 36
34
.. 34
l.owcst 8 a.m.
tump. temp.
Velocity
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3 4
34
44
28
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4
4
-16
- 4
- 4
8
32
36
32
20
26
32
34
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58
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8
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2 6
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14
26
30
-18
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24 lit
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ip. S a m.
W anther
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Pt. Ci ty
Pt. Cldy
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Pt. Cldy
Snow
Cldy
Clear*
Rain
Snow
Clear
Lr.-s than 10 miles.
NOTE; Observations at Prince Rupert, .matte, Portland and Han
Francisco are made at 4 a. in. and 4 p. m., Juneau time.
The pres cure continues low over I be North Pacific Ocean, with the
lowest barometer this morning at Sitka with a reading of 29.44 Inches.
High prcFftiro persists over the Canadian provinces, the reading at Ed
I monten at 8 a. m. -being 30.88 inches.
Tempera!urea have moderated* ever the southeastern portion of the
Territory and parts of the interior during the last 24 hours, to readings
near or above normal. Light snow has occurred in parts of Southeast
Alaska and the Cook Inlet region.
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If you have anything
to sell, advertise
in the Empire
If you want to buy
anything, advertise
in the Empire
/
Iiuiicalions are that the
coming spring will
see a great
business
revival.
Advertise your wants
Enlist your property
you have for sale
or make known
your want to
purchase.
Advertise your wants
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USE THE EMPIRE COLUMNS—DISPLAY OR CLASSIFIED—THE
EMPIRE CIRCULATES EVERYWHERE—YOU GET RESULTS BY
ADVERTISING.
Notice of marshal's sale.
N. 2248-A.— I in ADMIRALTY
In the United States District Court
for Alaska Division No. One, at
Juneau.
WASHINGTON TIG AND BARGI
CO, a corporation, LIBEIj
I.ANT vs. AMERICAN SCOW OR
VESSEL, colled “W. T. & B. Co
No. 3,'’," her tackle, apparel, furnl
lure, engines, boilers, machlnerj
and also all cannery and fishing
equipment situated thereon, RE
SPONDE.yr; BARANOFF PACK
ING CO . a corporation, INTER
VEN1NO LIBELLANT, HARRY
GONG & CO. INC., a corporation,
INTKRVENOR. MT. BAKER
PACKING CO., a corporation,
CLAIMANT AND OWNER
Public notice is hereby given that
by virtue of a writ of VENDITIONI
EXPONAS, dated January 30, 1923,
issued out of the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of Alaska,
Division No. 1, at Juneau, on an in
terlocutory decree of sale made and
pronounced in said court on January
30. 1923, ordering the above men
tioned and described American scow
or vessel "W. T. & R. Co. No. 33”
her tackle, apparel, furniture, en
gines, machinery and also all can
nery and fishing equipment situated
thereon to be sold at public vendue
to the highest and best bidder for
cash.
I will accordingly offer and expose
the said American scow or vessel
called ”W. T. * B. Co. No. ,33” her
tackle, apparel, furniture, engines,
machinery and also all cannery and
fishing equipment situated th*reon
for sale at public vendue to the high
est and best bidder for cash on
March 3rd. 1923, at the hour of 19
o’clock in the forenoon at the front
door of the I’. S. Court House at
Juneau. Alaska.
I);: ted at .Tiinpfln Alrmka Pnhrn.
ary 3nl. 1923.
GEO D BEAUMONT.
U. S. Marshal First Divi
sion, District of Alaska.
Bv W.M. R GARSTER, Deputy.
J STRATTON * KANE, II. L. FAU1.K
NEH, Proctors for Libellant, and
Intervening Libellant, Baranoff
Parking Co.
I WINN AND OOGHE, Proctors for
! Claimant and Owner.
| R. E. ROBERTSON, Proctor for In
tervener. Harry Gong & Co. I no.
First publication Feb. 2, 1923.
Last publication Feb. 23. 1923.
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! ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
I TURKISH, STEAM, SHOWEH
AND TUB BATHS
! Tower Front St. (Van Atta’e old
| stand) BILLY LOTT, Pr?p.
Phone 414.
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I USED FURNITURE
j Bought, Sold and Exchanged
a. 20C0VTCH
211 Seward St.
i Telephone 441. P. O. Box 111.
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RADIO SUPPLIES
Our prices are right.
Out of town mail order
promptly filled.
JUNEAU ELECTRIC CO
P. 0. Box 517. 310 Front St
JUNEAU BILLIARD
PARLURS
NEW AND COMPLETE LINE? 0£
CANDIES
Have yon tried our new Hot
Drinks T
We make our own Ice Cream.
We Deliver PfeOM 94
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Alaska Transfer Co.
| General Hauling, Barnett
| Coal, Contract laouif.
I Main Street Ml 41
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Move*, Packs and Bttres Preifkt
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
CLASSIFIED ADS find deelrabla
i boarders. If you are prepared to keep
boarders It Is important that you
I should know how and when to use
'the classified ads—for they afford
j you the moans for making the btSi
(net* PAY. Try-tire Bmptra. ' ■v