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Plaids
the Thing in
Clothing
Top Coats are dashing affairs here, with
clever color combinations, large sleeves and
collars that are very stylish. They are in polo
and camel-wool, plain or with various colors
for their plaids.
$25.00 to $40.00.
g NEW KNIT FAISLEY—$5.00.
gy Knit crepe in lovely harmonies of
|§ browns. The most popular blouse
material. 36 inches wide.
| BREAKFAST SETS
§= Breakfast sets of linen or mercer
E§ ized finish, hemstitched and with dam-.
== ty colored borders in blue and yellow.
1 $7.50 and $13.50.
1 MEN’S AND BOYS’ SUMMER CAPS
A large line of summer caps in light
H tweeds and checks.
$2.50, $2.75 and $3.00.
Boys’ Caps $1.75 each.
LOVELY NEW FILIPINO GOWNS
AND CHEMISE
Garments made by hand of fine
materials and finished in the pat
terns that have made lingerie from
the Philippines so popular with
women of discriminating tastes.
Gowns $5.50.
Chemise $4.00 to $5.00.
BOYS’ SUITS—Two Pants
In mixtures and plain materials of
good wools. Suits that fit well and
iook well. Sizes 6 to 18 years.
$11.50 to $16.50.
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MONEY ALLOTED
FOR WORK ON
SITKA MONUMENT
Peter Trierschield Custodian
—Improvements at Sitka
Says Colonel Steese.
The National Park Service an* ajt
pointed Peter Trierschield <i Sitk
as oustedton of the Sitka National j
Monument ami has allotted a small |
amount off money for painting and re
pairs off 'the 'totem poles tills .•-'tiring,
according to Ool. James 0. Steese,
president off the Alaska Road Com
mission, who returned this week!
from a trip of inspection of road and
harbor work at stika. A small allot
ment from next year's appropriation
will he available after July K for ad
ditional walks and benches and for
a bulkhead along Indian River, to
protect ill” Monument from over
flow, Colonel Siee.se said.
Additional funds have been allotted
by the Alaska Rond Commission tod
repairs and protection to the stispou
siom bridge and all this work will be
handled under the direction of ti ■
office here.
The highway from Sitka to .James
town Ray and its extension to iii
power plant, formerly handled by the
Alaska Road Commission, has beon
transferred to the Forest Service,
tinder the co-operative agreement of
last year. Colonel Steese said.
Colonel Steese and Captain Asm a,
who accompanied him on the trip
to Sitka, also inspected the new dock
and float, erected recently by C. M.
MoGrath, prominent merchant -f that i
place; the erection of the Standard
Oil Company tanks on the W. 1‘
Mills dock, the new small boat land
ing erected by Vhe city last fail, til”
site of the proposed city sea wall
and the proposed dredging of UK
main channel off the city.
Military Cemetery
“The tnost notable change at Si’ka .
is la the military cemetery." said
Colonel Steese. “When 1 saw it last
year it was a veritable jangle ant!
it is now laid out with shell w ilk
the headstones have been deane!
and arranged in regular linos and the
road has been graveled from the
cemetery to Ute experimental station
road.”
The wWk In the coroetery was paid
for partly by an appropriation by the
United States navy and partly by
the citizens at the town. The road
work was performed by funds sub
scribed by the Territory and
(lie Alaska Road Commission. i
Steps had been taken by the Co
or nor last fall to have the cemetery
recorded as a National Cemetery and
it is expected a regular custodian
will be appointed and an annual al
lotment made for the maintenance.
'cured from the Quartermaster Gen
eral of the Army, Colonel Steese said.
Siefansson “Laughs”
At Reported “Rescue”
OTTAWA. M-iy 1 Explorer Stef
an*:-on today branded" as absurd the
ditpau^i from Tacoma yesterday to
the cff<V that the schooner Iskum
planned to “rescue” members of the
Sutfansson expedition stranded on
Wnangell Island, lie asserted the
men on the island were “colonists” |
and do nottneed rescuing.
SUGAR BOYCOTT
STARTED TODAY1
WASHINGTON, May 1.—President
Harding 'feels it wholly consistent
for 'people who have complained i
about the prfeus of commodities to
re r,ct their consumption of that |
i' unonodi'y. This \va,s stated at the!
White House today in connection!
w' .li the boycott started on sugar in
various parts of the country.
l: is stated that President Harding
il"> s not believe it is the business of
he government to commend a boycott
»f any k' . I His views fill probably
lie - at forth in greater length in a
• soon o he sent to those
.‘. i... io -- I hh\, io m .kc a pntilic ip
•’•>r >n m.ot'on of sugar.
The President 'believes the ultimate
solution as far as the government is
i>uvearned lies in the 'legiul step.-. un
der way for elimination of specula
tion.
Bishop Alfred Harding
Dies in Washington, D. C.
W’.l i-tlfl-VGTON. May l—Bishop
Aid red Harding, of the Washington
l;n> ■■- of the Protestant Epigtap.-,
ilhurcb, dijd today of heart trouble
if; :■ several weeks of illness.
:ORDOVA CHAMBER NAMES
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR
The following have been named
•firora of the Cordova Cdumber of
I'ommerce for the next year: Presi
lent, George C. Hazeled; viee-prewi
ient. Caleb Oorser; secretary, Ed
vard P.^Madley; -treasurer, J^Jin
duller; executive committee, Natluin
el Groone. T. J. Dom-hie, Charles J
iood-all, A. J. Adams, Caleb Oorser, ;
lames L. Galen and Harry G. Steel.
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APRIL WEATHER
MOST ORDERLY
SAYSRUMMERS
Sun Shone on Good Average
During Month—Tempera
ture Breaks Average.
Except for the absence ef a meas
urable quantity of snowfall and the
fa/ct that the highest end ‘lowest tem
peratures of the month both occurred
on the mine day, the weather con
ditions of April 'possessed no unusual
features, according to 'Meteorologist
M. B. Summers.
The Weather Bureau’s meteorologi
cal summary, Issued today, shows
that tho mean temperature of the
month was 41.7 degrees, as against
a 27-year average of 40.8 degrees.
Tho extremes of 57 degrees and 28
degrees occurred on the 4bh, thus
giving a range*.for that day of 29
degrees, while the average dally
range tog the month was 13.4 degrees.
There were 6 days with freezing
temperatures, ;«fll occurring In the
first week, as against a normal for
April of 8 days.
With a total of 5.44 Inches of
precipitation, the month received 0.18
Inch more than (the average of 27
years, and exactly half the amount
that fell in April, 1922, which was
the next to the wettest April or
record. Only a trace of snow fell
a'though there was much snowfall on
the neartty mountain slopes. The
normal snowfall for April Is 5.5
inches. Precipitation In measurable
quantity fell on 18 days, which Is
exactly normal for April. The great
est amount in any 24 consecutive
hours was 1.57 Inches, from 5:12 a.
m. of the 14th to 5:12 a. m. of
the 15th.
The sunshine totaled 31 per cent
of the possible amount, as against a
7-yen r average for April of 36 per
cent. The first 5 days of the month
were clear, and of the remaining 25
lays, 5 were partly cloudy and 20
were cloudy.
Moderate winds prevailed during
the month, the average hourly ve
locity being 7.2 miles, and the maxi
mum velocity for a 5-mtnute period,
28 miles an hour from the southeast,
an the 15th.
H. F. Preston, representative for
tho West Coast Qnocery Company, ar
rived here on the steamer Queen.
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For that closed oar service call
Bern's Taxi. Stand at the Qua
tineau. —sdv.
OFFICIALS QUIZZED IN WARD CASE.
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Pcctt:
The Invest ia - .ion (ini'red ! v Governor A. rc. Smith, or Now
York, Into 'the failure of West, iiester County official • to prose* irt->
Walter ,S. War-1, millhauire baker, for killing: Clarence, Peters, an
ex-mailor, whom Ward wit lie Peters, he alleged. was trying
ito blackmail fbit.t. h h i r meat out many i nf r- iag .point-. Tit •
ichief was the refusal •>'! f. • W-'.-tern Vnion Telegraph Company>40
turn over to A'tiara. v <1.av-ral Sherman copies of <<atolegranrs pass
ing between Ward and his father, in which Ward 'ask <1 for ibetween
$50,000 and $100,000 to pay the blackmail gang. Chief of Police
Frank Cody, of Xt v: Rochelle, admitted he gave Ward two pistols
and that one of tV-m looked very much like a pistol Ward claimed
Peters tried to shoot him with. Mayor Harry Scott, of New R .
chelle, admitted Ward quizzed > m about ths political aspirations of
the foreman of the Grand Jury that Indicted Ward, while the -activi
ties of Judge Cl.arle.- A. Vana.uk a have 1) on widely discussed In
the investigation
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CASE AGAINST I
ERNEST BRYSON
STARTS TODAY
Prosecution Examining Wit
nesses—Expected to Fin
ish Case Tomorrow.
The prosecution Is presenting itsj
ease today In the trial nf the United I
States against Ernest Bryson, in
dieted by the Grand Jury for mur
j der in the first degree. Bryson is
icharged with having killed Robert |
|H. Ferry by shooting him with a!
pistol November 14, last at Haines.'
The prosecution is starting Its case;
with examination of witnesses and j
identification of exhibits. Witnesses
on the stand until 3 o'clock today
were George Lundy, John Morrison.
William Colo, Joseph Glover, Mrs. I
Dorothy Jones and U. S. Deputy
Marshals AV. it. Garster of Juneau i
and Steve Sheldon of Haines. It is I
expected the prosecution will com-[
plete its case tomorrow.
The jury for the trial was impan-l
eled yesterday afternoon and t lie |
opening arguments of the prosecu
tion and the attorney for the do-1
fondant, made. Bryson is defended |
by If. L. Faulkner. Few spectators
were in the court room this after
noon.
The members of the ju.i y are: A.
R. Edwards, Frank Cook, W. E.
Cahill, August Olson, Gust Lundell.
Joseph F. Kalirer, H. F. Dott, Frank
Bach, Sr.. Marlin Lavenick, T. I’.
Smith, \V. H. Kelly, George I
Kohlhopp.
SOON LEAVE
FOR MEXICO!
WASHINGTON'. May 1.—Charles B. j
Warren and John Hai'ton Payne, j
American eummi’siooars to negotiate |
with President Obrogon's government
for hastening restoration of friendly
relations, leave here next Sturd ay
for Mexico, it was announced this
afternoon.
USE CLUBS
CHICAGO, May 1.—The police were
forced to use thatir clubs this after
noon to beat hack a crush of menu
hers of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of the World, storming the
entrance of tl\e Auditorium to hear
Eugene V. Doha make his May Day
address.
HUMAN SKULLS POUND.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 1. — Five
'ltiman skulls, evidently from bodies!
of matured men, were found this!
afternon on the public dump in the!
southeastern part of the city. This!
Is the announcement made by the
police. i
APPLE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
W. E. Apple, indicted by the h
Grand Jury for embezzlement, wash
arraigned in the U. S. District Court ’ i
this morning and this afternoon en- ■
tered a plea of not guilty. His trial s
was set for Monday morning. May
7, at 10 o’clock. Apple was re
leased on a $1,000 bond which was1:
furnished by James McCJoskey and 1
George Coury Applw-ffc defended by t
Ilenry Roden. i
Loan Board
investigators
Coming North
The Fedcrvl Farm Loan Board is
sending inventIgaiors 'to Alaska to
find ou't 'tlie requirements and fa< ili
lies to take rare of the loan policy
in this Te-ritory, according to ml
vices received here. It the findings
are satisfactory tibe Hoard will make
necessary arrangements which will
make it possible for the farmers in
A1 jka to borrow money to purchase
equipment and other necessary sup
plies (or thClr industry.
If after investigating it is Hie
elded that fox farming and reindeer
grazing come within the scope of the
act, the fox farmers operating in the
Territory will be able to get money.
It is not known how soon the in
vestigators will come to Alaska.
ARE VOTING
LOS ANGELES, May 1.—Voters of
Los Angeles, city and county, are
today balloting on candidates for
municipal and congressional offices.
Six find Mates, including five njen
and a woman, seek the congressional
scat in ithe lOtli California district
as a successor to -the late Henry Os
borne.
Five men, including the incumbent,
George E. fryers, are seeking the
mayoralty.
MEANS ASSUMES DUTIES
PROHIBITION DIRECTOR
A. G. Means assumed his duties
as Prohibition Director for Alaska
today, succeeding .1. B. Marshall,
who has bene transferred to Wash
ington, D. (’. Mr. Means has been
bury today arranging for the per
sonnel of his staff.
Mr. Means lias been in Juneau
‘•ince five latter part of April, to
aesuaint himself with the duties of
the Alaska office, before taking
over all chargo He was transferred
here from Portland, Oregon. Mr.
Means spent some time in Junoau
last winter and is well known here.
i WHO'S WHO I
I AND WHERE i
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Jivnes T Barron, president of the
Thlinget Backing Company, was in
Juneau over the week-end from the
company plant at Punter Bay on
business. -
Mrs. J. Poley and her two little
daughters, o,f Fairbanks, arrived here
on the Noi Jhwestern and left lasiti
night on the Esteibeth for Haines,
where they will visit with Mrs.
Foiloy’s mother, Mns. Ellen Pyne.
F. H. Bailey] superintendent of the
Pacific American Fisheries plants in
this district, was in Juneau this
avorning on 'business.
fishinITsTarts
SEATTLE, May 1.—Hundreds of
-raft from small launches and row
boats to big schooners were ready
’or commission 'today When the com
neroial salmon fishing season on
^ugoft Sound opened. Fisheries offi
cials predict a pack of more 'than
100,000 cases of humpbacks but a
imail pack of sockeyos.
George Hillson died April 21 last
it Morningside Sanitarium, from
leart (trouble. He was committed to
lie Sanitarium July 11, 1920, from
litka.
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ity in play is offered
by the Dayton Steel Rac
quet. The steel frame
cannot warp—the nine
strand steel strings are
durablennd resilient—it is
the most economical rac
quet you can buy.
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SPECIAL FLAT RATE HEATER RATES
May 1, 1923 to Nov. 1, 1923.
$2.50 per Kilo-Watt Month
FOR EXAMPLE:
1.8 K. W. (3 burner) Heater.$4.50 per month
3 K. W. (5 burner) Heater. 7.50 per month
We can supply only a limited number of custom
ers with this cheap rate, so phone in your order now.
Cheap, Clean, Convenient Heat for six months.
ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO.
PHONE 6 JUNEAU, ALASKA
Home of Radio Phone Supplies and Edison Madza Lamps. —
SPRING CLEAN-UP
Articles for sprucing up your house and
grounds are on display in our windows.
Brooms, Mops, Cleaning Liquids, Gar
den Implements, Calsomine, Paints.
C. W-. YOUNG CO.
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The cornerstone of a building is Arm and
lasting. But the corner stone of a savings ac
count in this bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of yonr success today—
at this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits.
first Rational bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA
CHILDREN CRY FOR IT!
They want our electrically cooked
bread and pastry. You will all like
It. Try It. Three loaves 25 cents.
Also groceries at cheapest price.
Phone 393. We Deliver
American Bakery and
Grocery
‘•The Baker Who Bakes."
UNION MACHINE WORKS
MINING AND MARINE
MACHINISTS
O. W SINCLAIR 0. K. <CA1FXHTX&
Telephone 227, Teleobone SSt
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