DECEMBER LIST
SHOWS EXPORTS
TAKE BIG JUMP
Alaskan Products for Last
Month 56 Per Cent More
than December, 1921.
Showing an Increase of virtually,
56 pel cent over the same month in
1921, exports of Alaskan products
in December 1922 were valued at
$4,519,77k, an increase in amount
of $1,616,724. according to the
monthly statement of commerce is-!
sued by Collector of Customs John
C. McBride. Every industry is rep
resented in the gain, furs being first'
in value closely followed by copper.!
The total export commerce of the |
Territory for last month was valued 11
at $5,130,660, returned U. S. pro- ,
ducts being valued at $94,214, while |
products from foreign countries clear-,
ing through Alaskan ports amounted
to $516,668. Tho latter wasf made
up of shipments from Siberia brought
through l.’nalaska by trading steam-j
ers returning after a season in Si-;
beria. The total export trade for ttici
month was $1,928,529 larger than'
in December 1921.
Seal Skins Decline.
Although the Government seal
rkin catch from the I’ribiloff Islands
which is included in last month'sj
exports, was over 5.000 skins larger
than the catch in 1921, it declined
approximately $200,000 in value.;
This is accounted for, said Mr. Mc
Bride by tlie lower valuation per
skin placed by the Government. In,
1921 each skin was valued at ap-|
proximately $37.50, but this yeat-V;
valuation was only $25, a total of
31,489 skins being taken, valued at:
$802,000 as compared to 26,135
skins last year valued at $1,000,000 j
Other furs, listed as exported dur
ing the month, were valued at $l,-i
270,186.' This, however, includes
the shipments of fur by mail for
the entire year, amounting to little]
more than $1,000,000.
High Lights of Report.
Some of the most marked in
creases shown follow:
Herring from $85,356 to $201,245;
Eresh lisli other than salmon from
$48,114 to $72,515;
Canned salmon from $268 to
$125,771;
All other kinds of fish and lisli
products including shell fish, from
$13,858 to $29,077.
Fish oil from $2,333 t o$22,361.!
Copper Value Higher.
Despite a decrease in the tonnage
of copper shipped during the month
from that of a year previous, the
value of the slilpine.nts were higher,
showing an advance in the prices per
pound of that metal. In 1921, cop-]
per shipments totaled 8,881,013
pounds at against 7,937,427 pounds
for last month, with respective
values of $ 1,048,234 and $ 1,109,64 4. j <
Gold more than doubled in value k
for the month, being $7 1 1,287 us
compared to $345,766 for December
1921. Silver showed a slight de
crease, as did lead.
The output of the marble quarries, i
shipped during the month was val- <
ued at approximately $25,000 a net, c
gain over last year. i j
List of Exports. i
The list of exports lor the mouth1
follows:
Animals. $ 35 , (
Curios . 921
Fertilizers. . 4.840
Kish:
Herring, Scotch Cure
and Salt .
Fresh, other than sal
mon ..
Kippered herring
201,245, 1
22! ‘
Pickled
Salmon:
Canned
All other
Shell-fish:
Clams
ShrLnips
All other fish and fish
products
Furs and furskins:
Seal skins .
All other .
Gypsum
Ivory .
Jewelry .
508
, I
125,771'
38,941
6,576 1
13,430 j
10,701 1
I
802,000 j ]
1,207.186 1
9,5001 :
407 ;
1,400] 1
Oils — animal, fish and
other . 22,361
Ore. matte, and regulus:
Copper .. 1,109.5441
Lead . 4,01S;
Stone, Including marble 24,345 1
Wood, and manufactures
of 15,804
•'All other articles 8,497
Oold and silver 777.211
Total value of products
of Alaska $4,519,778
Products of the United
States returned 94,214
Total value of foreign
merchandise 516,668
Total value of shipments
of merchandise $5,130,660 !
*—Items Included in "all other
articles”:
Alaska fruits and vegetables $ 5 8
Hair seal skins . 350
Whalebone 5,4311 i
Manufactured furs . 2,659
$8,497!
Total ....
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Is Very Sick Woman
ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 6— Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, former wife of Harry
Thaw, who shot and killed Stanford ,
White in 1906, Is critically 111 of j
jlStyo pneumonia. 1
COUNCIL DISCUSSES
INSTALLING PERMANENT
CONCRETE SEWER PIPES
l'iscussion t. the possibility of |
the piuiiiJ.se 01 concrete sewer pipe)
to be 111.1 rl ■ ready to be install
early in the spring on Main an I
Franklin Stm s, as permnn. i
Structures, and means for general
rivie Improvement, occupied most of
the meeting of the city cou.. ii at
City Hall last night. The questions
will he gone iptj more definitely at
the .lex: meeting of the council.
Tac i luncil ratified the inatalla- ’
len of a street light on Calhoun
\ieinif between W. Kighth Stro
nd Ninth Street The stn o. com |
liittcc. was instructed to have a |
ie.it placed on Rowed Alley Wav. at
in toot of the stairs, leading off j
■Vont .Street,
Ti e report' ‘of tl|e Chief of Polk—
or tile moi)|h Of December gav.
wo arrests, one for drunk and di- j
■r.i ilj conduct, and the other . c.i-e|
crnt.l oipr to the Federal unthori
'twenty-six Intoxicated p •; on
ret taken home.
Fascisli Premier Strong i
as a Swimmer.
| t3emfe frfufyoltrvt. \
Benito Mussolini, Fascist! Pre- <l
mier of Italy, is a superb swimmer 11
and keeps himself in physical con- .
(lition in the water.
Shopmens’ Strike in N. W.
Will Soon Be Terminated;
ST. PAUL, .Tan. 6.-—Official termin
ction of the strike of rail shopmen
n the Northwest shortly is the fore
•nst made today as the result of a
•onference being held between Bert
I'well, head of the shoperafts, and
inion leaders.
Garage Destroyed by
Fire; Three Men Dead
RALEIGH, N. (\, Jan. 6.—Three
persons wore burned to death and
another seriously burned when a
garage was destroyed by fire here
early tills morning
COBBS LEAVE JUNEAU; WILL
LOCATE IN SANTA BARBARA
J. It. Cobb, local attorney, Airs.
Cobb and their son. Lang Cobb, left
Juneau yesterday on the steamer Jef
Corson for Seattle, en route to Santa
Barbara. Cal., where they will make
their future home. They expect to
visit for a time in S ittle before go
ing on to Santa Barbara, where they
are building a home.
Mr. Cobli expects to return to Ju
neau in the spring on business and
Mrs. Cobb may return for a short
visit. The Cobbs are pionper resi
dents of Juneau and are well known
here. Their home on Gold Belt Ave
nue has not been taken and It is
understood tho place will be sold.
EVER POPULAR
CANDY
The demand for Whitman’s and
Augustine & Kyer's candies is
proving more popular than ever
this holiday season. Always fresh
always delicious.
We are sole Juneau agents fo
these lines.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
i»6 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
BEST CARD EVER
READY FOR FANS
AT ELKS SMOKER
Everything Sek, for Bouts at
Elks’ Hall Tonight—
Welter Bout Added.
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SMOKER CARD
Jimmy Cole vs. Tommy Cole— j
Novelty feature.
Skagway Matthews vs. Pete
Mike -welterweights.
Joa Williams vs. M. Elide—
120 pounds, four rounds.
Art Beiudin vs. C. Reyes—
featherweights, four throe
minute rounds.
C dlier, 165 pounds, vs. Butler,
173 pounds—six three min
ute rounds.
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"Everything Is set for tlie Elks I
Smoker tonight, at Elks’ Hall, and |
'me of the best cards in recent years
[;s in readiness for fans of the fight1
' line,” said Matchmaker Jack Wilson
I this morning. An llth-hour substi-,
• ntion in the second event scheduled
s said to have materially enhanced
the attractiveness of the smoker.
This place on the card was origin
ally filled by Mickey McCormick,
Douglas, and Joe Isto, Juneau. Yes-;
! ‘onlay two welterweights, “Skagway”
Matthews and Pete Mike, were put
m. These men are said to be real
■ fighters and worthy of a place in
| the semi-finals in any smoker.
Collier and Butler Ready
noth Collier and Butler are ready
or the gong in the main event. They
finished training yesterday, doing
I mostly light work. Collier is appar
ently in the finest shape of h(s i
■areer. Without a pound of surplus
i ilesh on his frame, he is fit to stand
1 i gruelling battle. And Butler’s ad-,
herents say that Is the sort of a
fight he is going to run into tonight.
1 Although he Is giving away betw'een
1 eight and ten pounds, Collier is go-j
, .ng into the ring confident he will
! win. He believes his speed will'
lie too much for the heavier oppon
ent to match. .
Duller still talks by keeping his1
mouth shut. He give3 Collier credit!
for being a good man and is no
making the mistake of taking him
too lightly, but he just naturally be-’
lieves he is Joe’s master. Not that
Butler is saying all ’his. He isn’t
But his friends and those In his
training camp, including men who
have seen Collier in every local fighl.
are doing the only kind of talking
that can get a hearing in banks and
other financial institutions, includ
ing poker games. And while they!
seem to have the greater amount of,
such talk, they are nor getting away
with all of It without an argument j
from Collier adherents.
Bout Is Well-Balanced
The card is apparently very well
balanced. Cash Cole's two young
sters, Tommy and Jimmy, are going
to open the show with a sparring I
exhibition.
"Skagway” Matthews, who is not!
unknown here, and Pete Mike, are
the principals in the second bout |
md wise ones say this fight will j
have none of the characteristics of
t lea fight,
Joe Williams and ,M. Ende, featli '
erweights, have their argument slat - ]
ed on the card’s third place.
The seini-final bout following this,!
between Art Beaudin and C. Reyes,
's expected to show the fans some
very clever boxing. Reyes is hailed
is a remarkably good boy. Beaudin’s
supporters claim he is just ns clever
and a more powerful hitter.
Collier and Butler, in the pieje
le resistance of the evening, wind
up the evening's fun in a match to
settle the heavyweight championship
of Alaska, which Collier now holds.
List of Officials
James McCloskey today withdrew
as judge, and ,1. A. Barragar was
named to take his place. Dr. W. A.
Borland was selected to act in the
same capacity. The third Judge, as
announced yesterday, Is Grover C
Winn.
Billy Prank will referee all bouts.
His selection is giving general satis
faction. Dave Housel, “old reliable,"
will officiate as timekeeper. Harold
Post, who has always sounded the
gong for Dave since Jack Wilson
started putting on smokers, came
near n pact t ing the entire program
when he announced lie couldn't play
his usual part, but this catastrophe
was averted when Tom McMullen
agreed to take Ills place.
J. L. “Dolly" Gray, who ran for the
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Former Grocer’s Clerk
Brazil’s President.
I miry years ago Ur. Ailiiur
Sernadt s was an obscure grocer’s
clerk in a little Brizilian village.
Now lie has been elected President
of Brazil and will soon take the
oath of office.
Territorial Legislature several years
ago and thus obtained a first class
knowledge of oratory and fights, will
be official announcer.
•Sales of tickets indicate a record
breaking crowd. Reserved seats
were virtually exhausted yesterd ty
afternoon and general admission tick
ets were in big demand. The show
will start at 8:30 p. in. sharp.
P. T. A. TO MEET
TUESDAY EVENING
The Juneau Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation w'ill hold its first meeting
this year next Tuesday, January 9
at the High School Auditorium. A
splendid program has been arranged
for the meeting. Plans for the new
year will be put before the Associa
tion for discussion and Round-Table
talks will be given by Mrs. Lafe
Spray and Mr; . Wellman Holbrook.
The meeting is the first to bo held
in several weeks, the regular meet
ing night, Tuesday last, being post
poned until next week, on account
of its following New Year’s day.
and it is expected a large crowd
will attrnd. A social hour will
fellow the meeting and food will be]
served.
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Mexican Women Given
Suffrage by Legislature
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8.—Two wo- i
men of the state of San Luis Pot .is;;
have been given Ihe franchise under1
the measure adopted by the state!
Legislature hill, which was sponsored
by Governor Rafeal Nieto, former j
Federal Secretary-Treasurer.
Revenue from Liquor Not
For Bonus for Soldiers
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 8.—The pro
posed constitutional amendment pro
viding that tho revenue from the
sale of light wines and beer provide
a soldiers’ bonus will receive no sup
port from the American Legion, Na
tional Commander Owsley declared
her^ last night in an address.
We still have “just what you
want" in many dines—especially
Beautiful Ladies’ Purses,
Gentlemen’s
Purses,
all of which we now sell at
greatly reduced prices.
in leather goods.
Writing Cases and
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
BIG DANCE
AT ELKS’ HALL
Starting I 5 minutes after the Smoker
or about 9:45 o'clock.
TONIGHT
COLISEUM DANCE ORCHESTRA
Violin, Cello, Drums, Clarinet and two Pianos_
£ the music that pleases.
:| Admission, $1.00. School Students, 50 cents.
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MORRIS WINS
FIRST PRIZE
RADIO CONTEST
Has Best Home-Constructed
Receiving Set—Henry Pigg
Tells of Operations.
Robert Morris, 17 years ot age,
j won the Cunningham vacuum de- ■
tector tube offered as first prize
by the Juneau Electric Company for
j the best home constructed radio re
1 reiving set in .Juneau. The second
; prize, one 23-plate variable condenser,!
| was awarded Arthur Peterson and
Curtis Shattuck won the third prize,
I one three-inch dial. Winston Cheath
| am received honorable mention.
There were seven entrants in the'
I contest. T'.ie judges were: W. J,
j Lierers. O. E. Iverson and Charle ,
| Goldstein.
As far as could be learned today,
there ore nine boys in Juneau, be-,
tween the ages of 13 and 17, who
operate amateur radio receiving sets.
With the exception of two or three,
the sets have been completely as
sembled and installed iby the boys
themselves, the parts being obtained
in the local stores.
The boys owning sets are: Henry'
Pigg, Winston Cheatham, Henry
Sully, Albert White, Robert Morris,
dlichard Carrigan, Curtis Shattuck
and Kenneth Marshall.
All the sets except those owned
by Henry Pigg, Robert Morris and
Henry Sully, have Crystal detectors.
Pigg has a WD11 type vacuum detec
tor tube and Sully and Morris have
a Cunningham vacuum detector tube,
the latter having a Crystal tube un
til winning the Cunningham tube of
fered by the Juneau Electric Com
pany.
Sully claims he has heard Seattle,
according to Henry Pigg. The oth
ers, Pigg said, hear only the broad
casting from the Alaska Electric
Light & Power Company. Pigg ex
pects to install three tubes of the
WD11 type and will change his aerial
from its present position on Second
and Main Streets to a higher eleva
tion, probably near the telephone
office, or on the roof of The Empire
building. He said he thinks with
this change he will be able to hear!
Seattle.
Tonight Gypsum is scheduled to
make a trial broadcast and all the'
boys plan to stay close to their In-!
struments as they expect to be ablej
to receive from that station.
The boys take a keen interest in
radio and are well informed in its
technicalities. Henry Pigg and Cur
tis Shattuck and the two youngest,
operators.
DIES IN SLIDE
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 0—One
man is dead as the result of a slide
near Hood River.
Old bundles of newspapers a' the
Empire. 2B cent*.
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Flees Persistent Suitor
in Canal Zone.
Miss Mildred Shaw, of New
York, has returned home from the
Panama Canal Zone much sooner
than she hud expected, being !
forced to flee from the persistent !
attentions of an undesired suitor,
said to have been an army officer.
Sears-Roebeck Increase
Prices Ten Per Cent
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—-An increase ofj
trices averaging 10 per cent in prac
ica'lly all lines of merchandise isj
looted in the new semi-annual catu-i
agu.i of Sears.Roebuck. Officials of!
he company blame the rising whole
sale prices since last July and de
clared higher labor costa are also
in important factor.
Explosion lakes Roof
Of Building Into Air
BRECKEJNRIDGE, Tex.. Jan. 6.—
Sloven men were injured, three be
ieved fatally, in an explosion at the
)lant of the Central Gasoline Pro-j
lucing Company nearby, last night.,
las was ignited when a pipe carry-’
ng 3,000,000 eucib feet became dis
ointed. The roof of a building 40
>y 120 feet was blown 100 feet Ini
he air.
5OST OFFICE HAS
INCOME TAX BLANKS
The local post office now has a
rood supply of individual income tax
danks, Postmaster Z. M. Bradford
innounced today.
Any person desiring blanks may
tave them by applying at the post
tffiee windows.
Old papers for sate at Empltw
' Christian Scientists
Win Right to $500,000
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 6.—Six
! Christian Science churches of Port
! land today won the suit brought by
!the heirs of H. Henry Wemine, at
tacking the bequeath of $500,000 to
the churches made in his will.
Dan Landon, of Seattle,
Gets Good Appointment
SEATTLE, Jan. 6.—Lieut. Gov. \V.
J. Coyle announced at a luncheon
to the legislators today that he
would appoint iState Senator Dan
Landon, of Seattle, chairman of the
Senate committee of appropriations.
DANCES ON TONIGHT
Two dances are on the schedule
tonight. Following the smoker at
Elks’ Hall, a large force will have
the ring cleared away in short time,
the floor put in shape and music
w'll be furnished for a dance by the
Coliseum Orchestra. The usual Jitney
dance will be given at A. B. Hull.
Tommy Clemenson, who has not
been outside for fifteen years, leaves
Ketchikan on the Princess Mary for
a month's visit in Vancouver with
bis brother. Me will also spend some
time visiting a sister-in-law in
Bremerton.
WERE YOU
ON TIME
THIS MORNING?
One of our alarm clocks will
keep watch for you. We test and
regulate them and you are pretty
sure of getting a good one.
The NUGGET SHOP
Inc.
Robert Simpson, Prop.
USE THE FLEISHER’S YARNS
Women who know most about yarns use Fleisher's. They
point out the variety, brilliance, and clearness of the colors. They
also lay particular stress on the softness, elasticity, and even
ness of the Fleisher Yarns.
We make a special effort to keep a good stock of these
yarns at all times.
Goldstein’s Emporium
Don’t miss the last Friday of this month
REMNANT DAY
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