REDUCED RATES
ARE VIRTUALLY
SURE FOR MEET
Excursion Fares Asked—
Board of Control Begins
Work on Events List.
Excursion rates tor the Southeast
ern Alaska Inter-School meet, to b ■■
held here the first week in April, are
virtually assured from all points, ac
cording to an announcement made
today by Supt. J. E. Lanz. of the lo
cal schools, who is chairman of the
Board of Control handling the meet
this year. The question of rates
was taken up several days ago by
the board, and while no specific re
duetions have been named, it is pnae
tically certain that they will be made,
on the same basis as was granted
by both the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, the Admiral Lino, and on the
Estebeth last year.
The Board of Control, composed of'
Mr. Lnnz, Supt. G. C. Mitchell, Doug
las; J. E. Johnson, Ketchikan; \V. L
Gross. Wrangell, and Miss Mabel j
Haiti Stone. Skagway, has fixed the I
question for debate, said Mr. Lanz
It will be: "Resolved, That the
United States should subsidize Its
Merchant Marino handling foreign!
trade." Four questions, in all. were
submitted to the manners oi tnc
board for choice and tho one above
rocoived the'largest vote. A list of
other events to be on the schedule
of the meet is now being compile I
and will he announced in a ■ lion
time, said Mr. Uanz It is expected
to be more cotnpreh naive than that
of last year's meet.
Tlie oratorical com: -t, which it is
planned to include representatives
of all Alaskan schools, will be en
tirely new Tlie “Marguerite Bone
Trophy," presented by Governor
Bone, will go to Urn winner of this
definite plans for this contest art
being drawn up ami will be sent to;
all schools. It is expected that other
trophies will be offered in addition
10 the ones awarded this year.
dt is expected that competition this
year will bo keener than last More
entrants will be made for all events
and a big field i- assured in the
track moot nnd basketball .tourna
ment. Ketchikan is inquiring about
rates for a party of 25 persons, and
other towns will also be well rep
rerented.
IMMIGRATION
BARS GO UP
New Restriction Clause Is Ap
proved by House Immi
gration Committee.
■WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. The num
ber of immigrants eligible to ad
mission to the United States under
the existing restrictions would be,
more than half under the section or
the new immigration bill approved!
by the House immigration comm;:
tee today.
Admission would be limited to 2!
per cent of the number of foreign
born individuals of any nationality
and residence in the United States
would bs determined under the new
restriction clause. Tho total immi
grants entering in any one year will
not exceed 168,873, as against 358.023
under the existing laws.
BASEMENT ALASKAN
HOTEL FLOODED ; FIRE
ENGINE DOES WORK
Water, which flooded the entire
floor of (he basement of the Alaskan
Hotel, was pumped out with the fire
engine, by men of the Juneau Fire
Department, today. The water flood
ed the basement yesterday morning
when the waste valve, leading from
uio oa semen i to tne rnannei. nroKe.
the tido being high at the time.
Various means were tried to pump
the water from tlie basement by the
management of the hotel, but none
■were successful. Fire Thief dray
was then paged and readily respond
ed to the S. O. S. by api>o:tring a1
the hotel at 8 o'clock this morning
with the fire engine and two men
from the department. The water
■was pumped from the basement in
about one half hour. Completing the
work and refusing all compensation
offered by the hotel management far
their time and labor. Ihe fire boys
started back for the hall, lmt no
so soon that H. .1 Raymond, nigh
clerk, could not slip a box of cigars
on the truck.
SHRINE CLUB WILL
GIVE DANCE THIS
MONTH; ELKS’ HALL
The executive committee r>, in
Southeastern Alaska Shrine dun h ,
decided to give another of their en
joyable dancos on the- even.ng o:
Thursday, February Washington
birthday. The affair will h* g!v m
In Elks' Hall and the Coliseum «>;•
cites ira ha3 been engaged uj fur
nish the music.
The (nMMniitee is now b,:-S
'ay. aiIs whk It »>
life <be biff *o.i.i
cesses season.
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SLAYER FREED AFTER 22 YEARS IN PRISON.
Jokn,
X/V/lt'
John Nelson is shown leaving I hr State Prison in Mav achu
sett.-. after 22 years confinement ■ r inurdet A former sailor, ho
exclaimed: "I though I should never smell the sea again!" Ilis
only regret upon leaving was that h could not take the prison eat
with him.
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ASSOCIATED OIL
DRILLS 30 FEET;
SHORT OF FUEL
Stormy Weather Hampers
Drilling—Texas Company
to Drill bast Field.
Tlio A -oci.ite* Oil Company wn:
30 feet down in Us first well on the
Pearl Dome on I’oarl Creek in the
Cold May field on January "3rd, one 1
the Standard Oil was virtually ready
to begin drilling, according to ad-;
v Ice reci Iv ed ‘here today by Prank ,
A. Boyle. Register of the Ineul l'. ri.
l.ind OfTice. Stormy weather In
January handicapped operation to a
eon idem hie extent.
The Associated Oil was entirely 1
cut of fuel at the well and had shut I
down its drill on the above date, it
was stated. However, it had plaeeJl
contracts with private individuals'
for hauling the fuel and it was ex- |
pe. ted would lie in position to renew
drilling not later than February let.1
it was expected that the Standard!
Oil would ah t) let contracts fr.r fuel'1
supplies. The oil Unrated peat;
which abounds In the region is being'
used by both companies for fuel. j1
A tliird big outfit will put a drill;1
on the Alaska Peninsula this sum-1
mer, Mr. Boyle was advised. ThIsi
will he sent In by a Texas producing:
company which has apparently se- i1
cured holdings in the Salmon Creek,
field in the eastern section of the'
Cold liny field. It recently wired
If. \V. Vance, former Juneau and
Unities man, offering him a contract
to transport the machinery and
camp supplies from llie coast to the!
scene of the propose}! operations.
This Is understood to he live or sixi
miles front Kanatak and it is be
lirvect the company will make Kan
atak the hast* of its operations.
CORDOVA GAME CLUB
PLANS STOCK SOUND
WITH GAME ANIMALS
Plans for stocking certain areas |
in the Prince William Sound district
with c!k, deer, moose and other
animals have Imr n adopted by the
Cordova Came Club, according to L.i
C. Pratt, Secretary of the club, who
arrived here yesterday. The club's!
plans have been approved by the
Biological Survey which has prom
ised to co-operate in the under
taking.
Among the places to be stocked
will be islands in Prince William1
round waters and portions of the;
mainland, distribution of animals be
ing planned for as far west as Ko-;
dial; It is expected that the club
will seek Territorial eo-operation.
The Cordova organization is ac
ttvel.v interested in all matters per-'
tainiug to game, said Mr. Pratt. It!
has 112 members in good standing
with a membership that touches al-|
ma t the entire district. It aided tho
lerritorial game wardens and Bio
e a ai Survey and also the Bureau;
■ f Fisheries during the part season.!
OFF FOR NORWAY.
Henry tjuam. homesteader on
M lose Creek. Anchorage, ts a psssen-i
er south on the Northwestern to
;'<-.itIle. then across the continent to!
Neu York, nailing from there direct
o Ifergcn. Norway, bis former home.
QiNint has not been out of the Terri
tory ' ince lb Hi He is making the!
i'ip on account of the failing health!
of ins mother whom lie wants to see;
| before death claims her.
' Headquarteis for Ladysmith coal.
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv.1
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Earthquake Visits Here
Early Today; May Have
Caused Failure of Cable
V pronounce! earthquak •
-hock \v;n noticeable in Juneau
liiis morning at an early hour,
according to M. li. Summers,
Meteorologist in charge of th •
local weather bureau station
anil of the V isk.t system. The
tremor occurred at 7:16 a. in.
ml while 1’ was not severe, was
distinctly noticeable, he said.
No reports have been received
here today from oiher Alaskan
points of any tremors. The
cable service was ini irrupted
early this morning, the, break
being between Petersburg tud
Sitka. It i; believed by the
la. ’1 C ibio force that i
break might have been can ed
by earth disturbances.
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WHO’S WHO
AND WHERE
f. S. Marshal George I). Beau
mint left on the steamer Jeffereot
or Ketchikan on official business.
It .1 Sommers loft Juneau on th<
s’crthwtstern for Wrangell on busi
i es-.
It. If. Watson, mining may front
he Vakataga district, was a pas
nger on tlio Northwestern for th<
Bates.
Imi I King, refinery man. and J. E
rUson, assistant driller, lioth em
jlcycrl by the Chilkat Oil Company
it Katalla, wore aboard the steame:
Vcrtiiwr. tern, going to the States.
Thomas T. White of the El Nide
i. ne is in town on business.
Mrs. J. I. Freeburn, wife of th<
uanager of the Chichagof mine, ar
•ived liere Saturday night from Chi
•liagof and left on (lie Noahwesteri
or the States.
J. A. Brouddus of the Hoonal
backing Company arrived here thi:
Homing on the Estebeth for denta
reatmont.
11. F. Proaton. representative o
•he National Grocery Company, ar
'tved here this morning on the Este
jerth from a business trip to Sitka.
At tiie Gastineau.
Mrs. H. A. Pryde, Thos. T. White
Hi's. J. i.. Frceburn. H H. Moffett
Fohn It. Winn, W. .1. McDonald, H
>. Rowley, H. Rutherford. L. C
:*ratt, A. Eide, J. A. Uroaddus, II
«\ Preston.
At the Zynda.
S. G. Thomas.
At the Alaskan.
K. A Naud. M. Anderson, C
-Ririg, Harry Hendrickson, .7. Zatho
•ick, li. O. Watson, B. A. Za von off
Park, Carl Logan, F. Young.
\NCHORAGE WILL
HAVE FINE CAFE
Milii ilie innounced intention ol
miking it. the fined and best caff
mil restaur mt in Alaska, Bob Temnu
mil Fred l W.lson, the latter non
>t the Club Cafe, have acquire I thr
'’risen Cafe, ad Anchorage, whirl
.vill be opened about March 1. Thi
bans have in i ‘isideration (hi
te,i\> influx <u tourists to Anchor
ige next summer and the genera
rpward trend of conditions makinf
’or a gw at era of activity,
Mr. Temme is a passenger Soutl
a the Northwastern for Seattle, am
ivliite aw iv will purchase needei
xtra equipment for the cafe, which
d is understood, wilt include a com
alete cold storage plant.
CLAMCE’Tin hosptal.
.James Claticev is at flie St. An'
11 o-pital suffering with a sever
• id Hi condition Is reported t
he not scroiuB.
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Cable Goes Out
Of Commission
Just Once Again
The U. S. Military cable is
out of commission again, the
fourth time within throe months.
The break roi>or;ed today is
on tho cable between Sitka and j
Petersburg, which also cuts Ju
neau off from Sitka and Seattle.
The break oci urred shortly
before 8 o’clock this morning.
Immediately the break was
| reported, the local radio office
becatno active and commercial
and press matter is being han
dled by radio from Sitka to
Juneau.
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ROAD CREWS
PREPARE FOR
SEASON'S WORK
Freighting Supplies for Early
Start in Spring at West
ward Says A. Eide.
Freighting of supplies for next
I season's work is now being carried
Ion in the Wetsward district by Al
aska Road Commis ion's crews, ac
cording to Anton Eide, superintend
ent for the Commission, in Die West
ward district, with headquarters at
! Anchorage . Mr. Eide arrived here
j Sunday morning on the steamer!
| Northwestern on his way to the,
j State:;, where he expects to spend
! i everal weeks on a vacation trip. I
Early Start.
The crews are now freighting sup
plies and equipment to the Willow
; Creek and Cache Creek districts, it
is expected work will start oarlic r
'his year than usual, probably early
in May, on account of tho allotment'
of appropriations being received |
sooner, Mr. Eide said.
Considerably road work lias been
accomplished in Dio Westward dis
trict tills past fall and- wnter. The
•fO-mlle road from Talkeetna to the
Cache Creek mining district has been1
i completed to a distance of about It;
i miles. The remaining distance has
been finished for a fine sled road,
| for winter freighting. The trail from
j Houston, on the Government rail
I road, to Die Willow Creek mining
I die!riot, lias been widened, making a
fine sled road.
Build Bridge.
Mr. Eide said preparations are
J now being made for the construction;
; of the UOO foot suspension bridge j
| over the Chulitnn River, in thq1
Rroad Pass district. The material
11 for tho bridge is expected to arrive
from tlie States on one of the nextl
freighters and if there are no de
lays the present plans are to build
the bridge before the ice goes out,
I Mr. Eide said.
A number of roads have been con
p.tructed in the Matanuska Valley
for the benefit of the ranchers by
jthe Territorial lload Commission, for
which Mr. Hide is Commissioner in
the Third Division.
Mild Winter.
The winter at the Westward has,
j been tlte most perfect he has ever:
known, in tlte 25 years ho has spent
there, Mr. Eide said. There lias been
| only six and eight inches of snow
in Soward and Anchorage and little
. cold weather. In the Cache Creek
■ district the snowfall has been five
i feet, blit the weather has been mild.
Soward is better at the present
I'ime than It has been in years, Mr.
Eide asserts. The people are look
ins toward a bright future and are
in optlmistic mood.
Mr. Eide said lie understands the
I Standard Oil Company is to put in a
! station at Seward in the near future,
by which means the fishermen at the
Westward, will be attracted to the
| town. There is much optimism
'among the people in the entire
! Westward district, for the success of
the oil fields.
Mr. Eide expects to leave funeau
j on the first southbound boat, prob
ably February 13, and will spend
Jreveral weeks in the States before
’ | returning north.
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typewriter, musical instrument, fur
! niture, ofTico fixture or appliance—
I are marketable, for cash, through
the classified columns of The Empire.
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MUCH ACTIVITY
PREDICTED FOR
SOUND DISTRICT
Busy Season in Mining, Fish
ing and Lumbering for
Cordova Region.
Thera is every Indiration that Cor
dova in particular and Prince Wil
liam Sound in general will have an
unusually 'busy and prosperous sea
son this year, according to W. J.
McDonald, Supervisor of the Chugach
National Forest, who arrived here
on the Northwestern from his head
quarters at Cordova. Prospects are
bright in the fishing, mining, lum
bering and other industries, he said.
Early season sales in the Chugach
Forest are unusually good. The
Cordova mill plans to cut between
2,000,000 and 3,000,000 board feet this
year. Tho Alaskan Engineering
Commission, at Anchorage, has al
ready let contracts for from 7,000,000
to 8,000,000 board feet of timber to
he cut in the Chugach between Sew
aid and Anchorage along the line of
m Alaska Railroad. This will be
made up largely Into ties and piling.
The cutting has already started, sev
eral large logging outfits being in
the woods. The cut of the Cordova
mill will be for local use and sold
to tho railroad and to canneries.
New Herring Plants
Three new herring salteries will
operate on Prince William Sound
next season, being located between
Cordova and Latouche. A crab can
ning plant is being erected on the
Cordova dock and will operate this
season.
All of tiie salmon canneries in the
tc'tK" are preparing for a capacity
pack, raid Mr. McDonald. The super
inte idents of two canneries have al
ready tome North and are getting in
r tidiness for the season’s work.
Build Katalla Dock
CVe.tdy progress is being made in
the development of Katalla and the
Bering River districts. The Alaska
\ntliiaeite Railroad, it is reported,
will build its dock at Controller Bay
during the summer. It will also
continue construction of its rail line
in.o the Bering coal fields. It has
■vtr.il men in the woods now get
ting out ties and other construction
.ea evial to be used this year.
‘the Chilkat Oil Company is con
: Bluing to develop its oil lands in thp
Kafa.Ha field and has added three
■> e s 3inee last winter. It now has
111 producing wells with an annual
production of 12,000 barrels of oil
I' w,:i put a drill on the ground it
hold- under lease from the Depart
meat of Interior sometime during
the spring. Tho company is now
erecting a refinery and will soon un
dertake the production of heavy oils
and greases for the first time In
its history. It has also installed a
radio telegraph station which main
tains communication between Katalla
and Cordova. In addition it lias a
radiophone receiver but no broad
caster.
At least two other companies will
install drills and begin active oil
drilling at Mirror Slough early this
spring, he said. If the two big com
panies operating in the Cold Bay dis
trict bring in commercial wells, it is
I expected that Katalla will attract
j more attention from outside capital
i than it lias received heretofore.
Mines Working Steadily
The • Kenneeott and Latouche cop
per properties are being operated on
full time and maintaining production
at high levels. The Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad has drawn
plans for a new depot at Cordova and
will erect a substantial building
there this summer, lie said.
The placer mines drawing their
supplies through Cordova are contin
uing to develop. The beginning of
construction of the big bridge across
the Niztna River by the Alaska Road
Commission is encouraging holders
of ground in that district and many
expect to get their supplies across
the bridge next winter.
Fox Farming Successful
The fox farmers in the Prince
| William Sound region had a fairly
1 successful year, said Mr, McDonald.
] They brought their skims in last
| December. Every island in the Chu !
I gach Forest that is suitable for the
I growing of foxes is now under lease I
Many applications are received by
! every mail and telegraphic appll
| cations have been made by persons
jin the States. Fox farming in Al
ask i is attracting wine attention, lie
added. The Prince William Sound^
farmers have a wide-awake organ-'
l/.ation. They are now holding a
special meeting in Valdez for the
purpose of discussing ways and
means of coping with the poaching
problem, which is considered as be
ing potentially serious. While no
poaching has been reported in the
district this winter, it was prevalent
to a considerable degree last year
and efforts are being made to pre
vent its repetition. There are 29
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islands under lease in the Chitgach
with an aggregate stock of 1,200 to
1,500 animals.
Mr. McDonald was accompanied
here by L. C. Pratt, Deputy Forest
Supervisor. The latter will remain
hero for a week, then go to Port
land for a short official trip and
later go on leave of absence until
about April 1. This will be his first
leave and trip outside in five years.
Mr. McDonald will return to Cordova
in about 10 days.
SHOLIN WILL START
MINK FARM IN STATES
S. A. Sholin, formerly of the
Hogue Island fox farm, in partner
ship with his brother, Edward Sholin.
has disposed of his interest in the
fox farm to his brother, and left on
the steamer Northwestern for the
States, where he will locate. Mr.
Sholin expects to locate on Puget
Sound and will go into the mink
farming business.
He was accompanied to the States
by Mrs. Sholin. They have lived in
Ala: ka a number of years and are
well known here.
CLANCEY ILL
James Clancey was taken to the
hcsp.tal today, suffering with pneu
monia. His condition is not con
s dored seriou3.
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IN THE DEAD
OF NIGHT
“Scarcely breathing, he watch
td the slight movement of the
curtain. The cold stare of an
automatic held his eye. In a
flash”—.
The clock booms the hour, but
who is going to leave the hero in
a fix like that?
And when you turn in, way
past your bed time, put your con
fidence in one of our alarm clocks
at your bedside.
Our clocks are made to run on
time, ring on time, stay on time.
Every one carefuly tested and
regulated before we pass it over
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