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Dresses
A fitting climax to a season of
unusual dress values in this sale.
Simple and beautiful, each frock is
quickly recognized as being created
to give every woman a joy in cos
tume and becomingness.
$18.00 to $35.50.
NEW GLOVES
PETTICOATS
New dress gloves in gauntlet styles Jersey silk petticoats, ruffled and
with double cuff in Llkhorn and sand, pleated in pretty shades and good
Faunley and Filbert. Gloves that rep- wearing qualities, the offering presents
resent the best in glove wear. splendid economies.
$6.50 and $7.50 a pair. . $4.00 to $8.75.
STYLE-PLUS SUITS FOR PARTICULAR MEN
Finest quality suits for men within reach of every man's
pocket. Mixtures and checks.
$30.00 and $35.00.
STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHES AT $48.50.
FOOT-FITTER SHOES
Make this your opportunity for better foot protection. $3.00
a pair less than any other make.
$7.50 and $8.00 a pair.
B. M. Behrends Co.. Inc.
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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
OUGLAS BASKETBALL
TEAM BACK FROM TOUR
The Douglas High School basket
11 team, accompanied by the
tultv members. Misses Chapman
d Slckels, iml Gordon ('. Mitchell
d Mrs. M. -hall and h,lj>', returned
ine Saturday niglit on 'he Spo
ne from Wrangell. A fine time is
torted by tho travelers.
^t the first town visited, Ketchi
1, the visitors were mot by a dole
ion from the high school, which
orted them to the- hotel. Two
id clean games were played there
ore largp crowds, tho results be
21 to 20 and 20 to 20, both in
favor of Douglas. Following their
last game there a big reception was
given in their honor. During iheir
first day there, Monday, December
25, 'the boys were entertained at a
Christmas dinner, by the Ketchikan
team.
'At 10 o clock Wednesday morning,
tile Douglas delegation accompanied
by the Kwchikan team and several
others from there, sailed on the
Prince of Wales for Wrangell, ar
riving there the same night. The]
Metlakatla -school team, accompanied
by a five-piece orchestra, proceeded!
them there by a few- hours.
■Of the series of games which was I
played there, Douglas and Ketchikan
both lost to the Metlakatla players,
and Douglas and Metlakatla teamsj
lost to Wrangell, making the latter
champions of the teams gathered
there in the tournament. By the
score of 23 to 25 Douglas lost to
Metlukatla and by 10 to 25 to Wran
gell. The first game was close clear
to tho finish and very exciting, first
ono team and then tho other being in
the lead. The second game with
Wrangell was a hard played game
throughout, the Wrangell team on ac
count of its greater familiarity with
the hall wore able to scort frequent
ly from long range basket throwing
; and although closely checked by the
I Douglas players when the ball came
within their territory, they failed to
Intercept the 30 and 40-foot throws
of the home team.
In speaking of the trip, Superin
tendent Mitchell expressed hlmsolf
well pleased with the results. A
good time was shown all along the
line, he said, and everyone was fair
ly treated. The games were all well
refereed and our boys received some
valuable experience which they need
ed, ho said.
LEAVING FOR THE STATE8
Mrs. n. H. C'hristoe, accompanied
by her daughter. Josephine. took
passage Jills morning on the Spo
kane for,Seattle, where they will re
side for the present. Mrs. Ohrlstoe
will be followed later by her hus
band, who expects to leave sometime,
in the spring.
See The empire wnen you need a
good Job of printing.
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FIVE POUND BOXES AT $1.00 PER BOX
Phone your orders in now.
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PHONE 17
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and are prepared to execute rkur orders on Iturope at .he lowest
prevailing rates. Our New York facilities are seoond to aoaa. If
you are contemplating sending sioney to Europe eall Douglas SB
and we will be glad to give you our latest guotatloas.
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MISS KELSO LEAVES.
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Miss Helen Kelso, former teacher
in the Juneau Public Schools, and
who has been visiting here for sev
eral months, left Saturday evening
on the Admiral Watson for the
States.
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William Zanga, well known resi
dent of Fairbanks, is a passenger to
the States on the Admiral Watson.
Joe Dalton, operator in the Kan
tishna. is on the Admiral Watson
for the States.
John Salater. of the Northwestern
Fisheries Company at Kodiak, is on
'the Admiral Watson for San Fran
| cisco.
| Five radio men, J. O. O'Keefe. H.
| If. Waggoner, Frank Craig and
, Charles V. Roe, who have been
| working at various stations to the
Westward, are southbound for Brem
erton on the Admiral Watson
Irene and Esther Sargeant, of
Kodiak, are going South on the Ad
miral Watson for a visit in Seattle
and Portland.
Izzy Goldstein left Juneau this
morning on the Spokane for a visit
in Seattle, San Francisco and Los
Angeles. He expects to be absent
from Juneau about two months.
John G. Brady, with the U. S.
Forest Service, headquarters at An
chorage. arrived here this morning
from Sitki, whore he spent the
Christmas holidays. He expects to
leave on the next boat for the West
ward, retiirnVg to Anchorage.
MASONIC RECEPTION
This afternoon between the hours
of 2 and fi o’clock, the Coordinate
Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry will
hold their annual New Year’s Recep
tion complimentary to Masons of all
degrees. In Odd Fellows’ Hall. A
delightful afternoon in the nature of
a genuine Get Together-Masonlc-So
cial session with music, alts and Ha
vanas has been arranged by the Scot
tish Rite In honor of all Masons.
A special and cordial Invitation Is
extended to the Blue Lodges of Ju
neau and Douglas and to Masons of
all degrees resident on the Channel
as well as to all visiting brethren,
to be present.
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
CLOSED AT TREADWELL
The Treadwell emergency hospital,
In charge of Mrs. George Getchell,
was clospd last night by the com
pany, and for the present at least
all who become injured or are 111
must go to Juneau for treatment.'
Medical treatment for the company
men and their families will continue
to be administered by Dr. W. J.
Plgg. physician for the company.
NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS.
Alaska lodge No 1 will Install j
rffirew Wednesday erening January j
1 All Ce i Ft- h .< arc requested i
e be preaenr.
L. W. till ;IURN,
*',Y- Secretary
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FOR LAST YEAR
SHOW INCREASE
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the future. Those who have seen j
minors without capital grow sudden- j
ly wealthy from placer giAd dug out'
with their own hands and who have
beheld prosperous communities |
spring up almost over night are often
impatient with mining projects that
can succeed only by large Invest
ments and after years of preparation.
Revival of Mining
Some erroneously assume that the
revival of mining in Alaska can be
assured only iby the discovery of a
great mineral deposit, such as a
large oil nool or a rich placer field,
and no (l»h only such a discovery
could revive quickly the former pros
perity of the Territory. Alaska
mines have produced nearly half a
billion dollars worth of minerals, and
97 -per cent of this amount has come
from her deposits of gold, silver and
coi per. The estimated known re
serves of these inetal3 alone, without I
regard to future discoveries or other!
minerals, such as oil and coal, are1
sufficient to assure a prosperous fu
ture for the mining industry. Many
appear to believe that the building
of lhe Alaska Railroad should have
immediately produced a marked
boom Now that a year has passed
since the railroad began to furnisli
transportation and cheaper fuel with
out causing an immediate increase
of mineral output they are loud in
condemning the entire project. The
government railroad, as well as the
Increase in the building of wagon
toads has already stimulated mining,
but it will be some time before the
results of this work will be expressed
in a notable increase in mineral pro
duction.
In spite of all despair or doubt
the Alaska mining industry is ad
vancing, not retrograding. In fact,
though the value of its present, prod
ucts Is small compared with that of
the past, the Industry is now on a
more substantial basis than ever be
fore. 'In 1922 (1) preparations for!
drilling were sufficiently advanced j
to assure the beginning of under !
ground testing in 1923 of at least onej
of the Alaska petroleum fields; (2) |
the installation of large placer-mining I
plants has continued, and the work;
j on some is so well advanced as to i
| assure their operation in 1923; (3) )
the act.vfty in gold lode development!
already noted for 1921 was continued;
In 1922; (4» the copper production |
! was abouli20 per cent larger than in j
1921, and wor* was a revival *u th°
prospecting of copper deposits. Al
aska’s min ng needs capital for its
further development, and during the
year there were encouraging signs
that large mining companies were
turning their attention to Alaska as
a prospective field for investment.
Value of Output
The value of the mineral output of
Alaska in 1922 was about $1,250,000
more than in 1921. Though this in
crease is due entirely to the larger
output of copper, yet it reflects ih
some measure the improvement of
the entire industry. Alaska’s min
eral output reached its maximum In
1916. when fti had a v^lue of more!
than $48,000 000. This pea\ of "pr^ j
d not ion was due almost solely to the1
enornVous <r>ppei> output caused bv
the war demand. Obviously a proper
comparison <>f the mineral output of
the present with the past must ig
nore the war period, when industrial
conditions ware exceptional. Tho
average annrnfl value of Alaska’s
mineral production for the five years
ending in 1914 was $19,700,000; the
value in 1922 [was about $18,250,000.
Therefore, meisured by output, tho
Alaska mineral industry is in a fair
way toward restoration of its pre
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war prosperity, and the development
o£ metal mines during the year was
much more significant of the future
than the actual production.
Value of minerals produced in Al
aska in 1921-22:
1921.
Gold .. $ 8,073,540
Copper . 7,354,496
Silver. 781,083
Lead ■ 68.279
Qpal 106,394
P e t r o le u m .
marble, gyp
sum, platinum,
etc. 230,330
1922
J 7,730,000
9,000,000 j
730.000
40,000 •
430.000
- 300,000
$17,004,124 $18,230,000
Gold Placers
Placer mining has been done ir.
Alaska since 1880 and has yielded!
gold having a total value of $230,000,
000. Of this total more than $200,-j
000,000 has been mined since 1900, |
when tile industry received its first
great stimulus by the gold output I
of the .Nome district. Other bonanza I
deposits were soon discovered, and
by 1906 the value of the annual out
put of placer gold bad reached $18,
600,000, and the industry employed
about 8,000 men. From 1936 the an
nual output declined, and by 1913 Its
value was reduced to $10,680,000 and
the number of miners to 4,700. It
should be noted that this reduction
(45 per cent) in the value of the
placer output took place ibefore the
war, and that it indicated the rapid
exhaustion of the bonanza deposits.
From 1914 to 1917 the average value
of the annual output of placer gold
was about $10,000,000, and if the gen
eral industrial conditions had re
mained the same and railroad and
roacr building and development of
coal and petroleum had been acceler
ated, the annual placer output would
probably not have declined below
this amount. Rut after 1917 the war
began to affect Alaska industries se
riously, and placer mining rapidly
declined, reaching its minimum in
1920, when the value of the output
was only $3,873,000. Since then, how
ever, it has somewhat increased.
. During the period of bonanza pla
cer mining the cost of operation was
gradually but constantly lowered by
improved methods of mining, espe
cially in gold dredging, the output of
which increased in value from $20,000
In 1903 to $2,300,000 in 1913. Dredges
had been built so actively before the
War that, in spite of adverse condi
tions, they continued to increase
their output, which did not reach its
maximum until 1916. when its value
was $2,679,000. The hard tapes that
followed led not only to the shutting
down of dredges already built but to
the abandonment of some new proj
ects. The dredges reached their
minimum output of gold in 1920,
when its value was $1,130,000. This
rise and decline of gold dredging
before 1920 was paralleled by a sim
ilar though smaller fluctuation in
hydraulic ami other mechanical min
ing.
Checked by War
The passage from almost strictly
manual to mechanical methods of
placer mining was well under way
when it was checked by the war. Had
it not been thus interrupted the tran
sition would have been more grad
ual, and it would not have dealt so
severe a blow to the communities
supported by the returns from placer
mining.
Everyone who Is interested in the
prosperity of Alaska, which in the
the returns from placar mining, will
past has been so largely built upon
naturally ask the question whether
the gold placer reserves are suffi
cient to support again a large in
dustry. In 1919 an attempt was
made to estimate the value of ihe
plarer gold still unmined. iSuch an
estimate could not of course take
account of possible new discoveries;
it must Include only those areas of
auriferous gravels that have been
more or less prospected. Fine col
ors of gold are likely to be found in
most Alaska streams, but only a few
of these streams contain workable
l»lacer3. A rough estimate, which in
dudes only the auriferous gravels
whose gold content is large enough
o be profitably exploited by method*
tow used, shows that there is still
ibout $350,000,000 worth of plac r
told in the ground in Alaska. This
tstimate is 'based on very inconi
olete data and its value 'should there
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WISHES YOU A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
Tonight and Tuesday
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“THE LITTLE MINISTER"
The biggest favorite production teen here in years from the §
celebrate! book that people have been reading for the past 30 s
years and which is being played on the speaking stage now, the §
play made famous by Maude Adams. g
Also Two Reel Mr. and Mrs. Carter De Haven Comedy
Weekly Opens the Show
Admission—20 cents and 4(1 cents
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| and Westinghouse Sewing !
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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 Building.
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SPECIAL THIS WEEK
ONE-THIRD OFF ON ALL
Men's Winter Caps and Woolen Gloves
ALASKA GASTINEAU MINING COMPANY
RETAIL STORE—PHONE THANE 12
MAY THE NEW YEAR
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for every use.
Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered
by the present hue weather.
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