THE OUTTA-LUCK CLUB
Cousin Claude Temporarily Retires from the Stock Market.
By DQK WILLARD
dEE, LUTHER
OUR BROKER >JUVT
"Tch-d me that if
we oidm’t Raise *45"
To Cover our margin
By twelve o’clock
WERE CLEANED OUT
f Get on Your
hat and
Come with
Me, quick .
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WE OWN AMO We'Re
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when t come
BACK WE'LL, be rich
A P VU OF A1INC
TIPPED ME OpF , HAT
OUP STOCK IS GOING
To OUA^p TO THE
MOON Tt>OAY
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Copyright. 1923. by K F .Mure* Syndic:’*.?, inc
DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
_
SCHOOL PLAYS
GIVEN TONIGHT
The stage is ull set for the pro
duction of the High School plays ai j
the .Liberty Theater tonight and |
judging from the interest being taken j
in them by the community the little |
show house is going to be packed to
tho 'walls.
Everyone should go prepared to!
spend one of the most mirthful!
nights of their life-time, according;
to the statements of those who have j
witnessed the rehearsals.
The plays will start promptly ai !
8 o'clock and last about two and a
half hours.
DANCING PARTY IS
ON AFTER THE SHOW j
The junior class will have its in-j
ning tomorrow night immediately!
after the freshman and seniors fin-!
ish entertaining the people of Dcug-j
las behind the footlights. The en-i
teTtainment by tho juniors will con -
sist of a dance in the Liberty hall j
and everyone Is invited to take It!
in after the show.
CITY'S COAL SUPPLY
IS NOW REPLENISHED,
The Latoucho arrived here vester '
day with a hundred tons of Nanaimo :
coal for the oily bunkers.
CARD PARTY DATE SET
Thursday night, February 1, has
been set by the Kobckuhs as the j
time for the second one of the se
ries of card parties which they arc
giving.
CLOSING UP SHOP:
transferring to unalga1
Alois Ulrich, who has been cun
ducting a barber shop on St. Ann's 1
Avenue for the past two months, is
closing up his business here pre
paratory to joining the Unalga crew.
YACHT ••URUS” IS
BEING CONNECTED
WITH OUTSIDE WORLD
Paul Kegel, owner of (lie Urus.:
has been busy this week equipping
his little yacht with a radio receiving
set from which he expects to hear,
music that is being broadcasted from
the different parts of the United
States.
No matter now how deserted the I
beach or lonesome the bay mav be i
, where the Urus shall go, Kegel will J
bo able to entertain his guests with
grand opera the same as though hel
were in New York.
WOMEN OF ASHANTI
SEND FINE GIFT TO
ENGLISH PRINCESC
LONDON', Jan. silver sloe
has been presented to Princess Mary
Viscountess Lasi elles. as i.he wed lint
gift of the Queen Mo:here of Ash
anti and the Gold Coast. The gifl
was presented by Lady Guggisberg
wife of the governor of the Goli
Cos sit. it having been given her bj
Queon Mother Gewa Akoto, of Ash
anti. Tho Stool is an exact replies
of the Queen Mother's own stool.
Accompanying the gift was a lot
ter front Queen Akoto, describing
how the stool Was made and conse
crated. The letter roadi as follows;
“I place this gift in your hands
It. .is a grit for the King's child ot
her wedding.
"Ashanti stool-makers have earvei
it. All queen-mothers who dwell hen
have contributed toward it.
"It may be that the King's chili
ha3 heard of the Golden Stool o
Ashanti. All we women of Aslunt
thank the governor exceedingly, bo
cause he has declared that the Kng
lish will never again ask us to hant
over that stool. This stool we giv<
gladly. It does not contain our soul
as the Golden Stool does, hut it con
tains all the love of us Queen Moth
firs and of our women
"We in As'haniti have a law whict
declares that only the daughters c>
a Queen can transmit royal blood
and thalt the» children of a Kin.}
crnnnt be heirs of the stool. Thit
law has given us women a power it
this land, so that we have a sayint
which runs, 'lit i3 the woman wht
bears the men.'
"We hear that your law is not so
Nevertheless, we have great jay ir
sending you our congratulations, anf
we pray the great God Xvankopen
on whom men lean and do not fall;
whose day of worship is a Saturday
and whom the Ashentis serve just a
you serve Him. that he tnav give ths
King's child and her husband lonp
life and happiness.”
STUDYING CITRUS THRIP.
V1SAUA. Jan. 2#.—Crude Sam wi:
undertake the study and control o:
the citrus thrio in Tulare county anf
all Control California counties, it wa
announced here. A Federal depart
m?nt of agriculture entomologist wil
open offices In the county Feb. 1
The county supervisors have agree:
to mrt the expenses of a laboratory
assistant.
The ithrip ccwurol is considered
the most important matter before
the citrus industry of the country
and the government estimates it wi!
require three years of study before
a control can be made.
THAT SPARE ROOM is a cast
asset—if you use the Empire claasc
tied. You can rent it to a desirable
tenant at a good price, thus lessen
ing your own rent-burden.
SHOES
Edmond’s Foot-fitter Shoes
for men and Buster Brown
Shoes for the whole family.
They will give you complete satisfaction.
F. A. J. GALLWAS, Douglas.
-v PHONE 17
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE
ut arc prepared to execute /our order* oa Europe at ihe lowest
prevailing rates. Our New Tork facilities aro seeond to none. If
you are contemplating sending money to Europe eall Douglas ••
and we will be glad to give yon our latest Quotations.
Alsace-Lorraine __Per Hundred Prunes
Great Britain ...
Germany
German Austria
Belglui
Ciecbo Slovakia
Finland —
Greece ______
Italy _
Norway _____
Sweden _____
J ago-Slavic_
Pounds
Marks
Kronen
Francs
Kronen
Ptnmarks
Drachmae
Ure
Kronen
Kroner
Kronen
T.ll
170.00
1.28
.10
7.(3
1.28
1.(1
(.72
4 82
18 41
11.70
.11
mST TERRITORIAL SANK OF ALASKA,
■Hitt IIUU
C.-i V
UNITED STATES
MAY REGULATE
OIL PRODUCTION
Federal Supervision Is Pro
posed in Congress—May
Ee Public Utility.
(Continued from r»g« Out'.)
d-crtAs now being dechrod by some
oil companies In lower ]ti.-. • with
out restraining oil concerns from a
“fair profit.”
3 Lowering the cost of operation
by amalgamation of many large gas
cltne ami nil r Dtp pa tries which now
are separate legal entities, though
tti-ey are in truth closely interwoven
by mutual stock holdings.
tLsgd experts who have attended
the hearings admit that the present
operations of ! >rge corporations may
he “within the law.” They beltava
the government can proceed in no
judicial way to obtain lower prices
for the consumer of gasoline. There
h no way to reach the present situa
tion unlesi’, Congress moves to regu
late prices and distribution, they
say.
The nil industry could be declared
a public utility by Congress and the
government given the reins of con
trol, they say. Legislation to this
end may be introduced in the Sen
ate before the end of the present
session, it is thought. It will he im
possible, however, to obtain any ac
tion on the proposal until the next
session of Congress.
HARD ROCK MINER
TALKS ABOUT MAYO
(Dawson News.)
Charlie Anderson, who got in from
Mayo a few days ago. reports that
the transportation of ore from K no
Hill to the dock at Mayo is going
along without a hitch. He rays that
the Treadwell Yukon Company’s
caterpillar is landing about V50 tons
a month, while the Greenfield &
Pickering horse squad is piling up a
good 1,000 or so tons each month.
The trail from Keno City to Mayo
is in first elms condition. There
ir »• rvi i n <1 1V«»«
jail the hauling. The citizens both
'in Kcno City and jyiayo are in the
I beat of rpirits amt they are look
ling forward to a summer of activity
; anil prosperity.
j Air. Anderson is an old timer in
the north and a miner with a wide
I experience. Ho has mined in the
' Cobalt country, and in silver and
■ gold camps all over the continent.
| Hast summer he came up from the
lower country for the special purpose
j of inver t igai ins the Mayo district.
' He had heard a groat deal about It
' troni different sources, and now he
j finds that it is even mere surprising
j than he expected it to be. Mr. An
derson expresses himself conserva
tively as to the future, but lie
j thinks the outlook warrants tho
plans made for a big camp. He was
particularly interested in the work
of the caterpillar in -cold weather.
says it hauls from 50 to 55 tons
in*48 hours, taking the weather as
! it cornea.
Mr. Antferscn plans to go on a
: prospecting trip up the river in a
short time.
MRS. KEMPFER DEAD.
(Valdez Miner.)
Frank M. Kempfer arrived In
town Thursday night, bringing the
body of Mrs. Kempfer, who died sud
denly at Port Wells, on December
29th, after an illness of but a few
minutes. Funeral services were held
at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon und
interment was in the local cemetery !
The deceosed wa.s forty-nine years of |
age, and for a number of years pasi
had been a resident of Valdez, where
she had a wide circle of warm
friends who will sincerely mourn her
[loss. Beside her husband she is
I survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary I
Finnegan, of Snohomish. Wash., and
j her sisteP, Mrs. Robert Martin, of
I Seattle.
JUNIOR DANCE
AFTER THE SHOW
Friday Night in
LIBERTY HALL
Admission 50c. j
>
FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLORIDA RACE RIOTS.
"Fioxndlau TA.ce- riofo
__*_
Here are (he first photograph) of the race rioting in Ro-ewood, Florida. where* six"- negroes ami
two whites were killed. Above ar • shown the three graves where the negroes were buried, two in each
grave. Below are shown the ruin of negro shanties burned near Rosewood by the whites after 20
negroes, heavily arnugl had barr ended themselves in to fight off the attacking whites. The race
riots were the result of an attack upon a white woman by a n r >. .1 ••■•(« Hunter. At the right is
Sheriff E. Walker, of Levy Countv, Florida, with the rifle used by Sylvester Carrier, who killed two
white officers during the rioting.
ARE SEEKING TO PRESERVE NEW
YORK'S BEAUTIFUL BUNGS
Government Salaries Are
Low,Causing Much Trouble
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -In li,
annual report f n- the fiscal yo::
11*22, the ("hinf <if Appointment I»ivi
»iun. Depanmen of CoTnni’ne, ex
presses opinion that low .salaries c
government emy jyees and t’.ie r
tlrh'tlon placed un promotion I i
provisions of Mtiory positions
largely responsible frr the exer-si,
and therefore expensive turnover
tfie service.
Giving a practical eompa:; ,i
bated upon pure asing power, r
enec is mode to llio fact that.
1) ween 1 ft 11! - aid 11*21 tho e >. ! ,
living had Inerca ad US per e>r .
purchasing power of the v.v. t o
two large ctassos of Ir.iustr .1 , ,
ployeos bad inerca cd f.l and SO pc.
cowl, respectively, whereas Hi .-dar
ii*t of government employees had re
ceived no ndju Jtmcqt oilier than tb r.
given by the bonus, which was n
tlrely inedeqnat' providing for a
maximum of 30 par cent incroa • for
the low - t paid eiupfoyfee to ron • i.a
the case of those receiving $2,740
or more.
R class,'.fk- ition and readjustment
of salaries are given its the j
lira] remedy. T : rapont. also con
futed! the idea g. nehUly prevail!: y
that the average government em
ployee takes 30 days annual and 30
days sick leave every year.
During the calendar your 11)21 only
07 per centt of the department's oni
plovees used till their anno 1 leave,
and only 4 per cent used th" maxi
mum of annual end sick leave.
Poland Energetically
Securing Railroad Cars
WARSAW, Jit 71. 26.—'Four ^cam
era are constantly engaged In the
movement of railroad cars across the
ocean from the fritted States to Po
land. Of 7,500 cars bought by Po
land in An^erlca last summer, the
first shipment was landed in per
fect order, r Twir more are expected
during this month.
The Poles expect also to get from
France a part of the rolling stock
left by tho German* on French rail
road:-. and furthermore the Polish
railroad workshops are operating on
full lime turning out new rolling
stock. Thus it is planned to relieve
the serious shortage of ears in Po
land, and promote industry.
Tlte 1922 harvests in Poland show
advances over last year. Tile pro
duction of rye increased 17 per cent
over 1921; wheat 12 percent, bar
ley 4 per cent, oats 19 per cent,
potatoes 96 per cent and ben sugar
136 per cent.
T,stest styles of engraving tor
visiting cards at The Empire.
| NEW YORK, Jan. 25. -Beauty'to
1'often tin: burly hulk of Hie world’s
largest ami most aggro-. Iv'y modern
city is sought by Bark Commissioner
France t). Gallatin.
! in bis capacity as a member of
tbo Municipal Art Commission, be
lias asked Mayor Dylan to arrange
■ i meeting to dbi is", the, appoint
ment of a commission to draft laws
living tli" city authority to dedicate
ts public buildings, not. to be de
coyed without sanction, all beau
• i; 1 or traditional structures In
i rater New York
lie will ask also that the Com
tib.-ion adopt laws compelling nrebi
i ' U and builders to make ilesi-’n
■ now edifices conform with the
irehiti i tnral ideas predominating in
i • iiy given locality* that sentiment,
radltion or beauty has declared no
ho . f aesthetic value.
Modernity.
lie would thus make impossible
the Intrusion ,of jarringly efficient
modernity in construction into the
patterns ol sedate charm composed
!•> buildings surrounding Gram merry
Park or Washington Square.
In 1, proposal. Commissioner Gal-,
i. tin : r1 s lie is not blind to the
spectacular beauty of some of the
city’.-, most conspicuous office . and
public buildings. He urges, for i
lancc. that the Woolworth Build
ing, whose sky-searching tower
dwnr : the surrounding giants of
granite and steel, he forever dedi
■; ted to civic beauty.
Buildn^s Included.
j Other structures whose aesthetic
i-ppoal he would compel their own-.
a to ..hail' in common include tho
■ Lr.ild Building which, with its
• iiln Italian personality, contends.
jg.iins! tidjuc nt modern bustle with
a 1 .;itin languor; the Tim?j Build
in \ austercly beautiful in grandeur
of line; tho quant Hotel Brevoori in
fi; vnwich Village, where Jenny
Lind stayed; tho Plaza Hotel, with
it va scowling over Central Park;
T. i aity Church, tranquil in Wall
’ very face; the Plat iron
Bedding, now traduced by its neigh
is ■ hut nevertheless a worthy pio
n ;■ ,1 the race of giants; stately
Patrick's Cathedral, that looks
■iiiiiuly down upon a vivid Fifth
A iii : the Colonila City Hnll,
In dti ' an.I aristocratically a!o if
ii lower Manhattan.
'1' *. and hundreds of others, he
w A i m ike a part of the metropolis’
n a lit ional wealth.
I ..it tli(> id i in France and liel
riem Inst year.” the Commissioner
■ id. "Municipalities in these coun
ter . Including Paris and Bruges,
nc been imccenful in this on
di avor. Why not New York?”
Pugei Sound College
To Be Expanded in 1923
TACOM \. dan. 26.—Expansion of
i he College nf Puget Sound will be
b< tin this year with the eonstruc
> i no new buildings, according to
n .mi on it com nt liere by Edward
it. Todd, president. The new build
in:. will be located on n forty aero
c mpii- purchased in 1920.
i’: deal Todd said the college
now has 1750,000 in its building
fui’d tog: ichor with an endowment
Hind of *1,250,000.
I ost Bomethlng7 You can get it
hack by using the "Lost and Found'
•oiumn of The Empire.
NEW “BABY” SENATOR IN WASHINGTON.
r D C p.’U <•, Hsti’rifojrJ
. . ***ri..'
Tlin "Baby" Senator Is Senator-elect C. (’. Hill, of tin* Slate of
Warhington. who has arrived in \l'a«iliington to takp up his duties
March 4. Ho Ik shown her# with Senator Hat Harrison, of Mis
si -Ippi, whom ho displaces as tlie young eat man in u, • Senate,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOB
United States Land Office
Juneau. Alaska, Nov. 16, 1922.
NOTICE IS HKUEBV GIVEN that
WHIlatn D. Haney, of Juneau, Al
aska, has submitted final three-year
proof in support of his homestead
entry serial 04141, for lands In U.
3. Survey No. 1285, situated on tho
iE. shore of Admiralty Island, Alaska,
in latitude 58° 15' N., longitude
114° 44' W. and more particularly
described as follows:
Commencing at corner No. 1, M.
C. on the line of ordinary high tide
of Stephen's Passage, whence tl.S.t..
M. No. 1285 nears S. 61” 02’ E.
11.11 chs.: running thence W. 18.10
chs. to corner No 2; thence S 40.00
chs. to corner No. 3; thence K. 22.0(1
chs. to corner No. 4 M.C. on the line
or ordinary high tide of Stephen’s
Passage; thence meandering
(1) N. 26”00’ IV. 6,50 chs.; (2)
N. 2”30’ W. 4.40 chs.; (3) N. 23*
30' W. 4.80 chs.; (4) N. 34* 30' W.
3.80 clip.; (6) N 40°00' W. 9.30
1 chs.; (6) S. 38015' W. 1.60 chs.;
(T) N. 15”00' VV. 1.40 chs.; (8) N.
3”00' W. 6.00 chs.; (9) N. 00*16'
E. 7.20 chs.; (10) N. 51”1S' E.
O. 72 chs.; (11) S. 49°52' E. 12.60
chs.'; (12) S. 33"47' E. 3.87 chs.;
(13) S. 6”43’ E. 3.00 chs.; (14) 8.
34 30' E. 3.95 chs.; (15) N. 89*08'
E. 3.65 chs.; (16) 3. 62”36' E. 0.65
chs.; (17) S. 12”09' E. 6.56 chs.;
(18) S. 2 9° 16' E. 2.62 chs.; (19),
S. 57 to' E. 4.20 chs.; (20) 3. 2*30'
\V. 5.00 chs.; (21) N. 83”30’ W.
S (10 .lio • fS91 s 71-3(1' w 9 in
Vis : i;.D S. 2 4 ’ 0 0' E. 2.00 che.;
,(24) S 86*1)0’ E. 6.30 chs.; (26) 3.
36*0(1' E. 14.60 chs.; (2>6) 78*15'
E. 2.20 chs.; (27) N. 6*00’ W.
It 15 chs.; (28) N. 33*00' W. 3.20
! chs.; (29) N. 87"30' W. 2.95 chs.;;
(30) N. 66° 14' XV. 6.45 chs.; (31)
N. 44 20' XV. 4.00 cha.; (32) 17*02'
! W. 6.34 chs.; (33) N. 6°45' E. 7.72
chs.; (34) N 6 37' W. 3.84 chs.;
(35) N. 24*24’ W. 2.42 ens.; (36)
’ N. 68"35' W 6.73 cha.; (37) N.
,43"43' VV. 2.60 chs.; to corner No.
t, the place of beginning, contaln
; Inir 90.625 acres; variation 31*15’ K.
Any ami all persons claiming ad
! versely any of the above land are
required to file their adverse claim
in this office within the period of
publication or thirty days thereafter,
or they will be barred by the pro
visions of feho statutes.
TRANK A. BOYLE.
Register.
j First publication Doc. 6, 1922.
I .hast publication Feb. 6, 1923.
ELIMINATE
Coal heaving,
Ash hauling,
Carpet sweeping,
Bed making,
Tub scouring,
Light, water, phone
and fuel bills,
Getting up freezing to death
in the morning,
Shaving with and bathing in
cold water,
Washing your own dishes
BY R00MINO AND EATING
THROUGH THE WINTER AT
THE
6ASTINEAU
HOTEL AND CAFE
j h-■
Furnished Rooms For
Rent. i
GOLDEN NORTH ROOMS
LILLIAN FOOTE.
i a—--— --
USED FURNITURE
j Bought, Bold and Exchanged
S. 10C0YICH
| 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. O. Box 517. 310 Front St
JUNEAU BILLIARD
PARLORS
, NEW AND COMPLETE HUE 01
CANDIES
Have yon tried our new Hot
Drinks ?
We make our own Ice Cream:
We Deliver Phono 94
Alaska Transfer Co.
General Hauling, Baggage,
Coal, Contract Banfiag.
Main Street. Phone 41
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