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ELEVEM .
DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
I
COMEDY MAKES
HIT; DOUGLAS
} WELL PLEASED
"Three I>tve unoor-i," the senior
class play which the Douglas High
■School piuiplls (presented yesterday
(afternoon land evening, was a fine
'success Although a trifle difficult
(for the inexperienced sfuden‘ play
era, all those having part3 did very
■well and proved themselves a credit
ilal their cowch, Miss Katihcrine
Sick els.
The *iwv> leading characters of Mrs
Giiblbins, known as “Old Sweet.heart,"
(played by Martha Sey and .Jimmy
GMbbons, the adopted eon of Mrs
Gulbtoins a's portrayed by Tom Ca&hen,
•were eepeciaJiiy well taken, both show
ing careful memorization of theta
■Vines and almost natural mastery oi
the cockney laccent.
iMtouirn'ing the death of her s6n, whc
was relpoWted killed in the late World
War, whale at the same time enjoy
■tag his linistirance which she was re
oeivimg from the government in in
tftallments, Mrs. Gubbins spent hei
tifme in communing with the Spirits
,to the great ainrusietnentt of the audi
enice.
Nolma N’iemeita as Peggy Woofers
a former siweetheiart of the supposec
delad Jimmie, ws also right at home
with tihe (cockney lingo ami joined
wic'n Mrs. (luhbins in mourning the
loss of ’er dead 'cro. When Bolton,
of the American Detective Agency, in
the ipcrslon rtf Albert, darn, appeared
on the scene and opened up a vista
of reward for her services in help
'iivg to locate an American who was
sup-posed to have -been in the army
With her son. Jimmy, tihe communi
cation with “su»ir.Jts” began in earnest.
I ThU was interrupted by the entrance
| of the three live ghosts in the per
sons of Tommy Ca-s'lven as Jimmy
dubbins, George Valeson as William
Fo’slter, alias WiUl.iam Jones, the lost
American, and Rlajgnlar Kro'mqui'st
la's Spoofy. Che latter suffering from
; shell -eilwxk, or as Jimmy put It, “ 'e
j 'ad scmcUiiEg tha matiter with ’la
Ibriines."
iSeflnm Aalto as Rose Gordon in
an ingenue rale, was the sweetheart
of WTOSatn Foster, hut very much
-down-hearted on account of tha cloud
which hung over her lover.
The actions rtf Spoofy, however,,
put renewed liife in everybody and
when he unknowingly robbed his own
house and brought tihe sleuths of
Scotland Yard into their midst the
situation quickly changed from spir
its and ghwifcs to the stern realities,
iirtersiper.-ed with the witty inter
polations at' Mrs. dubbins and Jimmy.
Arne Vesoja as Briggs starred in
Ms efftorts to solve the mystery and
IVvllowed up his quest with the ut
most relentlessness. Glen Graves
as Benson, Mamie Feusi as Lady
7,435,000 CUBIC FEET
National Forest Timber and iPulpvvood
For Sale
LOCATION AND AMOUNT_All the merchantable dead timber standing
or down and all the live timber marked or designated for cutting
on three areas within the Ton’gass Nalio'ial Forest, Alaska, more
particularly described as follows? Area No. 3 embraces about 208
acres located at Prospect Point on the north shore of Port Snettls
ham. estimated to contain 880,000 culbtc feet of hemlock, Sitka
spruce and Alaska cedar limber; Area Ho. 2 embraces about 849
acres located at Mud Bay, Point League, animated to contain 1,750,.
000 cu'bic feet of hemlock, Silka spruce and other species of timber;
Area No. 3 embraces abuot 2,655 acres located on the north shore of
WinViham Bay, estimated to contain 4,805,000 cubic feet of hem
lock, Sitka spruce and other species of ttOiber.
STUMPAGE PRICES_lowest rales considered $0.30 per 100 cubic feet
for Sitka spruce and Alaska cedar and $0.30 per 100 cubic feet for
hemlock and other species, rates to be readjusted every five year#.
DEPOSIT_With bid $1000, lo be applied on the purchase price, refunded
or retained in part as liquidated damages, according to the condition#
of sale.
FINAL
Fo
DATE FOR BIDS Sealed bids will lie received by the District
'orosler up to and including May 10, 1923. The time may bo ex
tended 30 days upon request from parties having legitimate interest.
The right to reject any and all bids is resorved.
Before bids are submitted full information concerning the character
of the timber, conditions of sale, deposits, and the submission of bid#
should be obtained from the Distriot Fprast»" -'••noau, Alaska.
Sunday Night Only
HERE IS A COMEDY BILL YOU WILL ALL FANCY
MacLean
in
"Chickens
It is a funny rural drama of chicken# and the gill.
It i# taken from Hcrscliel Hall's Saturday Evening Post story
“Yancona Yillies."
There will be an orchestra concert from 7 to 7:30 o’clock
and the #how will open with the favorite Burton Holmes Trav
elogue and a two reel Western drama, “His Fal’s Girl.’’
Tonight
ZESU PITTS in “SEEING IT THROUGH”
Also Weekly and Comedy
Leicester and Leslie (’ashen as the
policeman canvpteted the c.i.~t and
added in e*r. .'.ibl Living everyon 's true
*sftiaStii>». Tlilis found Spoto-fy life
relation nod inetder. ally that lie was
the brother of Lady Leicester and a
lllch nOMeman. William Foster wa
efsltaibiliiahed as the heir to his father's
fortune lUlM^iiffelh the latter's death
bringing happiness to his svv; the art,
Rose Gordon, and general satisfaction
to all and .e-poc'.ally to Jimmia-a.-, the
[te.1 cif ,'ho two ifortur.ate ones.
EAGLES LLtCl
Douglas Aerie 117, Fraternal Or
der of Eagles, hold (heir annual el -
tlon xif ciiiJjeers fast evening. The
nciw Officer's n'.octe t are as follow-:
Oh aides Sey, worthy president;
Jrfnn Mills, vice president; Hubert
V.inden Weyer, chaplain; Guy L
Smith, secretary; Leo DpMytt, con
duetjor; Axel K .'crrnqui.-t, inside
guard; Jbe K end lor, outside guard;
A. G. Johnuon, tmuitee; E. E. Smith
trustee; G. Grundler, trustee
In'SiJa'll- lion of the c.¥leers will 10
held next month.
FRESHMAN PICNIC SUNOAC
An outing wii-ai oe enjoyed by al
rhe students and touchers s*f tht
Douglas High School tomorrow, whci
They wild join with the Freshmen it
the annual -picnic of -the latter.
Caipt. Jop Manley and the “Bar
M.” have been engaged to take tlv.
'Pkaribkars to the end of the Island
wdiere a ifine beach offers sui-tabit
location for the affair. Eight o'eloel
is the hour set for the start Sun
(lay morning.
“CHICKENS” COMING
TO LIBERTY SUNDAY
“Chickens," said to -be a very fier
ier comedy, featuring Douglas Mai
Lean, will be the production at thi
Liberty tomorrow n-lg,lit. Glady
Gborge appears a-s MacLean’s leadlnj
-wtomVan. Besides the feature ther
will be a Burton Holmes (raveJogu
and a fiwtcreel Western drama, “HI
Pul's G-iirl.”
The sitkrry of “Chickens'' is as fo
taws:
1 leoni's Stanford, a wealthy youn
man, goes (to the country to live u
to a provision in his uncle's wri
.After meeting Julia Stoneliam lie i
reconciled to tlho life anil decides t
raise chickens, settling down next t
Julia’s ifine farm. The trustee o
his estate loses out in a series o
Investments and Deems is eonfronte
with the necessity of making hi
ftirtm -pay. TIis chickens fail to 1 i
laud h>e ortortigtages Ms farm to Willie
I'1 »KK, a tfhrSfty yotHiK person who is
also in love with -Julia.
Supfiosedffiy rich,, but with a one
j figure bank aiceouBt, Deems’ inability
to impel hi's bills and contribute to
jtntwn charities, ibring him into dis
favor with t'he 'people. All this acts
aguiiiiet his stfft for .Jaliu’s hand, and
Willie Figg's suit apparently pros
pers. By -chance Julia discovers the
loss of l>p<'mis’ fortune and takes over
(the inorigage if ram Willie Piss, wh-o
, Is alboalt to foreclose. When Deems
learns this he 'presses his suit so
mrcM,1-fully that Wiil'i - Figg is left
! to lock tor another sweetheart.
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* DOUGLAS CHURCH *
♦ SERVICES •
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ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH j
Si
Evening Prayer and sermon at
7:30 p. m.
DOUGLA8 CATHOLIC
CHURCH
-t;
9:00 a. m.—'Holy Mass and Ser
mon.
Sunday School immediately after
j Mass.
No evening services.
CONGREGATIONAL COMMUN
ITY CHURCH
Sunday Sclioo-—10:30 u. m. to
11:30 a. m.
Junior Endeavor—6:30 p. in. to
i 7: 30 p. ni.
i Christian Eudpuvor 7:30 to 8:30
I p. m. Leader, Selma Aalto. Sub
; jeet, ‘ Education."
!' —~ __-—-*,
l|“ DOUGLAS PRESBYTERIAN
NATIVE MISSION
!|a-b
* DAVID WAGGONER, Pastor.
2:30 p. m.—Afternoon service.
7:00 p. m—Thursday — Mld
j week prayer service.
All are cordially welcome at these
*; services.
<1 Miss 'Minnie Field, in charge of
> the riiiinary doparbmen't at the Ped
al oral Jail, To leaving on live steame”
f j Princess Mary far the South on a
f! v.iceiOom itr'i'p. This (s the fir.l va
I oatiion to the South S!i<s Field h i
si taken In tour y-^s, sine-' she has
ribeen in her preseii1! position.
WOODMEN OF WORLD WILL DEDICATE
WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON JULY l
Uji^SuMolfTSA^rAMTOMio
OMAHA, Neb.—Woodmen of the
World from every part of the Unit
ed State* will foregather in San
Antonio July f. at the dedication
of the fraternal society’* new War
Memorial hospital.
Preparations are under way to
make the dedication the most im
pressive event in the history of the
order. Delegates from every Wood
men camp in the country will at
tend. The annual convention trill
be held at the same time. One
hundred beeves will be barbecued.
A parade through the business sec
tion of San Antonio t 'l be led by
the uniform rank. United .State*
senators, congressmen and gover
nors will be present. Senator Mor
ris Sheppard of Texas will be th
orator of the day. Governor Wil
liam Brandon oi Alabama and Sov
ereign Commander W. A. Frasei
will be among the speakers
"The hospital,” said Mr. Fraser
"will be the first of four for th«
treatment of tuberculosis tc be es
tablished in four different states.
It will be dedicated to the memory
of members of the society who paid
the supreme sacrifice in the ’-orId
war. A monument in front of the
main building will be inscribed
with the names of all Wrodmen
who lost their lives to make the
world safe for democracy.”’
Under Mr. fYater'a leadership,
the Woodmen of the World has
become one of the largest fra
ternal soeietiee in the United
States with a membership, of 80
t. 0. Mr. Fraser has lont- been in
terested in checking the ravages
of tuberculosis and has thrown the
weight of the society into the na
tion-wide war against the whit*
plague.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S.
Weather Bureau.
Forecast foi Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p. m. todf.J:
Generally fair tonight anti Sunday; moderate variable winds.
LOCAL nATA
8 p. m. yest'y
8 a. m. today
12 noon today
Barora. Temp. Humidity
30.30
30.26
30.21
Wind Velocity Weather
b7
46
59
66
73
46
NW
NE
W
4
2
6
Cldy
Clear
Pt Cldy
CahLE AND KAlnU REPORTS
yfctfTfcKUA*
I
Today
Stations
Highest
temp.
8 p.m.
temp
Lowest 8 l.m.
temp. temp.
8 am
Velocity
Tree Ip.
24 hrs.
8 a m.
Weather
Noorvlk .
Nome .
Tanana
Bagfe .
Fairbanks
McKinley Park
Anchorage
St. Paul .
Dutch Harbor .
Kodiak .
Cordova .
Juneau .
Sitka .
Prince Rupert .
Rdmonton .
Seattle .
Portland .
San Francisco .
34
34
44
48
46
40
50
42
58
54
50
55
56
56
68
68
78
58
34
34
42
44
42
36
44
38
48
50
44
47
46
56
66
68
76
54
34
30
8
26
32
32
42
34
38
44
34
36
38
38
38
50
50
60
.32
0
Trace
0
34
32
36
38
38
38
44
34
40
44
42
46
46
40
38
50
50
50
—Less than tO miles .
Pt. Cldy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Pt. Cldy
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Clear
Cldy
NOTE; Observations at prince Rupert, Btatis, Portlana and San
Franclsoo are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time.
Cloudy weather has prevailed over the main portion of the Ter
ritory during the last 24 hours, but there lias been no precipitation,
except in the Bering Sea nad Kotzebue Sound districts. Temperatures
were above freezing at 8 a. m. today at all stations except Nome.
Fair weather prevails thsi morning from Prince William Sound to
Washington and Oregon.
CHARLEY ANDERSON
PROSPECTOR AGAIN
Charley And arson, one t.ha Klon
dike "mllltonhfroB,” is now trying to
deveC«l> a mineral ipro jpeot on Texadu
1-innd, BrWlsh Oof umbia. Postm.K-d.er
Alexander iMoOarter of nawson re
rent I y visited hint at his home on the
Island and says he found hint as “fit
an a fiddle.”
Mr. MieOarter quotes Mr. Anderson
as paying, discussing his Klondike
fortune:
“That stake was wiped out when
tlio Sun Fran/ciscb earthquake and
fire overtook me. I h id all my ai
sets *in nhat down and they went ove
nOsh't. Weill, I had to start all ove,
attain, 'belt IthUt's rill right, and I an
sura I willl come out right side up.”
See the Doautnut door prize to h
given tonight at A. B. Hall. Oi
display in Leader Store window, ad
ANY REASONABLY - PRICE]
house or apartment may be rented—
through an inexpensive classified ad
vertiBement in The Empire. Test th
matter. The ''risk” invclved Is *
imall that tew puddle would dlxnlf
HELD IN SMALL TRIAL CASE.
Edward Kaufman, shown bore with Deputy Sheriff Daniei Mc
Call, is under arrest on the charge that he was the chief "fixer"
in the alleged bribery of the jury which acquitted Governor Len
Small, of Illinois, when he was tried on the charge of misappro
priating State funds.
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prevailing rates. Our New York facilities are second to none. If
you are contemplating sending money to Europe call Douglas 66
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1 2-1 Home Grocery.
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and ICE CREAM
Buy Lome products—in
thir case a pleasure as well
as duty.
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cold of winter
fire from outside sources
upkeep expense
And the cost of concrete coni
construction is very little more
than frame.
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Contractors. Manufacturers of
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Juneau Public Library
and Free Readtnf Roam
City Hall, Second Floor
Main Street at 4th.
Reading Room Open
8 a. m. to 10 p m
Circulation Room Open
1 to I:SO p. at.—T:0ff p. m.
to l:S0 j. m
Current Magazines, Bewspnper*
Reference Books. Etc.
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iN EVERY BOTTLE 07 0U1
KILE.
And onr motto ia “Absolute
Cleanliness.”
JUNEAU DAIRY
PHOHE 148.
•-—
PALACE OF SWEETS
Eat a dish a day of oar ice
cream. A healthful vitamiae
food.
Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate,
Pineapple. I
I We also sc rye Seattle Velvet
Ice Cream. I
i Large room for dance or card
I parties.
i | Ladies’ Rest Rmb
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