THE OUTTA-LUCK. CLUB This Means a Oose Shave for Papa. By DOK WILLARD
G/mm- ajot Much in X
the paper this morning- - \
WHAT'S THIS i /VSoST \
DARiNU Auto ThEPT IN
TEARS _ SALESMEN
in Ga/ink-si*
SHOW ROOM
thought it
A JOKE
v/VNCN A MAN MADE UP IN A
Set of SANTA claus whiskers
Calmly walked in, Picked our
/V 1323 SPORT SEDAN AND DROVE
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it out cjndep thc eves op the
ENTIRE PoRcE
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ISLAND NEWS
8CHOOL REOPENS
FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS'
After more than a week's vacation,
pcbool reopened here this morning, j
All the teachers were present for>
Jthe opening session and the attend ;
ance of pupils was about normal.
BUSINESS MEETING
OF LEAGUE THIS WEEK
t Thursday afternoon of this week,!
at 2:30, o'clock, the Ladies' League!
will hold a business meeting in tliei
league room of the church. Some j
important business is to come before
the members and a good attendance ,
is desired.
HILL FAMILY IMPROVING
With three children now out o; j
the hospital and returned to their:
home here, the Hill family is gradual-'
l.v recovering from sickness. Mrs.
Hill and three children are still in 1
•the hospital but their condition is |
not serious, according to the Jab’stl
reports.
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OLD AGE PENSION CLUB
IS TO MEET THURSDAY
At 8 o’clock Thursday evening in
the Eagles' Hall the Old Age Pen
sion Community Club will hold a
meeting for making plans for the fu-1
lure activities of the organization.
The meeting is an important one
and all interested are urged to be!
■present.
A. N. B. CELEBRATES
NEW YEAR WITH DANCE
A masquerade dance was given in
their hall last night by the Alaska
Native Brotherhood in celebration of
the beginning of 1923. Many varied
costumes were in evidence and overy
tme wore masks. Brady's orchestra
furnished the music for the affair.
"THE LITTLE MINISTER”
Last time tonight
Betty Compson, dainty Paramount !
star, whose first stellar vericle, "At j
the End of the World," created a j
profound impression here some i
weeks ago, has scored again. Her
newest Paramount picture, ,'The Lit
tle Minister," in which she is seen
as Lady Babbie, is an exceptional
success. She vests the Babbie or
Sir James M. Barrie's creation with
H fervor and wunsomeness that will
catch the spectators instantly. There
are many thrilling moments in tlu*
Action and these tend to make the
presentation extremely enjoyable.
The production by Penrh.vn Stanlawsl
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HUNTER HOTEL (Douglai)
Nicely furnished, 15 rooms
tobaccos and soft drinks; pool,
billiards. Barber shops in con
nection. EMILIO UBERTI, Mgr.
Phone Douglas 25.
is worthy of the highest praise as is
also the support rendered the star
by such players as George Hacka
thorne, Edwin Stevens and Nigel
Barrie.
Tl^e last opportunity for those who
missed the show last night will b •
offered again tonight.
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CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP NOSTRILS
Tells How To (let Quick Relief
from Head-Colds. It's Splendid!
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In one minute your clogged nos
trils will open, the air passages of
your head will clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuffling, blowing, headache, dry
ness. No struggling for breath at
night, your cold or catarrh will be
gone.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Ap
ply a lille of this fragrant, antisep
tic, holding cream in your nostrils.
It penetrates through every air pas
sage of the '.lend, soothes the In
flamed or swollen mucous membrane
and relief comes instantly.
It’s jutt fine. Don't stay stuffed
up with a cold or nasty catarrh—
Relief comes so quickly.
(advertisement.)
NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS.
Alaska Dodge No. 1 will install
officers Wednesday evening, January
3. All Odd Fellows are requested
to be present.
L. W. KILBURN,
adv. Secretary.
LIBERTY
LAST TIME TONIGHT
BETTY GOMPSQN
IN
“THE LITTLE
MINISTER” !
This if a show you should not miss.
Eveiyfccdy praised it highly last
night.
WEEKLY AND TWO-REEL MR.
an i MRS. CARTER DE HAVEN
COMEDY
THU BLU GRAHAM CRACKERS
FIVE POUND BOXES AT $1.00 PER BOX
Phone your orders in now.
F. A. J. GALLWAS, Douglas.
PHONE 17
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“WANT ANY COAL DELIVERED, LALY?”
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vi-orwjo.v ' ll
While many n northern house-1 ture of 70 decrees the winter long
■wife is looking for most any kind at that southern resort, where
of a coal man, these young ladii’" 1 bathing under the palms in a sum
on the beach at Miami, Fla., “should mer sea is the daily winter pas
worry” about heating problems, time, that is, when society is not
The Weather Bureau at Washing-1 golfing, yachting, playing polo, or
ton reports an average tempera* dancing out in the open.
CAMP GRANT TO j
SOON GO UPON
AUCTION BLOCK
Final Steps Will Be Taken to
Ultimate Wrecking of
Big Cantonment.
ROCKFORD, I!!.. Jan. J.—C imp {
Grant, another of the wartime scenes
uf buding military activity, soon is j
'to fio upon t i > am .ion 1)1 k -om
<otf the final steps in its ultimate |
wrecking as a cantonment.
Between 1,200 ami 1,400 buildings
and utilities are to be sold, part of
a -camp ah ! at the height of its
operations covered •"•.#56 acres of
land and housed approximately 60J000 i
men. Three army officers now are i
making a survey i.f the salvage valtr
of the ibuiidfngs, all located in the
area of the old base hospital site.
Buildings in the areas turned over
to the national guard of Illinois and
the portion reserved for the pro
posed reformatory for first term Hod
c-rttl offend -rs, are not included in
the survey. To Baldwin, Samueison
and Johnson farms are to be re
turned to their < wner-, Other prop-1
erttes were 1 ought by the govern-;
meat and conde mnation proceedings- j
were neccs ur) in some cases.
It was on May 12, 1017. that the
War Def atment submitted to tli
Rockford f"i itnber of Commerce thej
require-nant < f r a military camp in
Northern lii nois. The site was in
speeded bv five army officers May 30
and on Jan > 12 the lands w-re def’
nitely selected. Lra.-»s were ob
tained on 3,301 acres. This later
was reduced to 2 249 r.er wh<";
property intr-n L -I for a range was
found un n bio. Subsequently
new rifle rang.'- and safety zone were
selected and the total area ultima
iy used v.g 5,65# res.
The H'c s.ii division w
'rained at Comp C- n . Sever,
houeand n gro- soldiers also were
trained here. Hundred', of thou-anl.
f soldiers were di-charge) at tii.
camp af jr the v.tr. Several pub!1;
auction > in the last year disposed
thousands of dollars worth of camp
property.
The Federal reformatory project is
meeting oppodt-fon here. Uockfatd
sect a represer11 ative to Washing
ton to appear before the House ju-j
dietary committee to protest against
a favorable report on the bill, locit
Ing the prison at Camp Grant. •
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For engraved or printed calling!
cards see The Empire.
Spring Boom in
building Is
Predicted
NEW YORK, ' n. 2 — r mfldonr*
in the outlook for an unprecndonl
building boom in the spring of 122.1
based on an exhaustive trade survc'
conducted through 55 branch of-fic
in the United S ites an I Can id •
baa lrd executives of Johns-Manvllio
In;., producers of building mil
to order urfbstan'i d Increases In th.
rJrput of the cotntuny’a existin'; fnc
lories, and to rosii to early compl;
Mon : «•) new plin.s, one at Asbestos
Q., Canada, nd the other ai
Waukegan, 111.
The working f irees at the corn
p.my's various f torles are to be
increased shortly by 15 per cent
and in order to create reserve ; foi
n xt year, the production of in
•minting and not ng material !?, is
be Increased by ii per cent.
Old papers tot saie ar Binnlie
CLAIMS BANKS
CAN PROMOTE
GOOD READING
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j Financial Institulions Can
Materially Help the Gen
eral Reading Public.
MILWAUKEE. .. . J ui. 2.--The
I -art that banks.^can play in bring
; i:iR to ttao efttfeation of thsir cus
i loners the lesirabilily, pleasure and
it to bi> gained by r ad.us goad
' -oka, i- sir urn in an art'clu by J.
,i. I ; : :. ■ r. president of tike Amor
■i Bank ' i . on i ,
u !li,. bulletin i^f the American
i '.hrary association.
" on 1 . :
lnt-rnatior. .4 affairs could b> placed
1 a the j. .-j book of the busriaeaa
Fi-i,” ; •!.! Mr. Puelkdier. " A list
of i i .'. cm- -ming modern account
I uinras law and practice
■' ■■ veil out w .'.i tii.: account
:. 'i . vv'jile a list on n
- )'i and letter writing might be
•• 1 d the bUffiograiiher. As tin
■V wind w. l!»:s of bo ks on
are could be dial: ibulcd and
l .i f mbc n.ineoitB leaks might bn
ij I v.dth ilit* m ni’ily statement.
'The liivcll.genca t • t during the
:■ i we I much illit rary. It
> I many to serious thought. It
sued > many fee’, that they had nut
: ' a .acted the public school
■ v- miis. It showed that the ills ci
i America wore largely economic.
“Tie f< ' that the banker and the
1 • her had often cooperated, the
Mce t in ei ..iking before bankerp'
iiv ;•: the banker in serving on
.. d hoards brought forth ttao idea
-.nay1 i the bank, r c mid further aid
l .iie teacher.
"Tiie C i uunittoe on Public Educa
hion of the American Bankers' A3
ci'alUOn had 10 lectures prepared
i lie delivered .bofor > seventh and
i i ighiUi g-ado pupils, high school
pupils and college and university
students, believing that it was but
, natural for tlie banker to be pressed
Into service where knowledge of
; elementary economics was concerned.
".Vow. If the hank can go further
and help the llbr.iri 'S to encourage
lik rP | ling of g:>od books, it will be
ha: ext aiding Its service toward
j overcoming our economic ills."
One Woman Indispensible
To Premier Stamboulisky
LAUSANNE, Jan. 2,- Mu lamoi -
:l - Nadvd'a Stant i aff, who la the
ch'h.f advisor cl’ Premier Slambatil
j lsgy, of Bulgaria, in hit negotiations
; at Lausanne, was named secretary to
: the Bulgarian legation at Wash Inc
ton several months rga, but the Pre
mier has been unwilling to release
her from her duties u3 assistant in
his office, and it pruilMtibly will bo
many months before aha undertakes
her re on, .bio work in the United
States.
Premier Slamboullsky knows only
Bulgarian. Mademoiselle Standoff
.-peaks her native tongue, English,
French, German and Italian e-.|u illy
well, and her familiarity with the
political . - airs ■('entral and Hau-tii
ern Europe make her indispensable
to thc Pri tiller. She is the daughter
of the Bulgarian minister in London,
and her mother is French.
At the lion .1 conference Mad unois
■:*!!.-' S:an- . .' . -I as Stamboulisky’s
interpreter and translated his Bui
ga.via adilres into whatever lan
gi. .t'o w . , r. i'i t I. She shared
l i no there v\ ;h Madame Agresti,
the It: i worn a who converted the
add " - a i I), d Liny I tteorga and
ot’r r !ft. 'i fi - i<: ift og delegate - Into
lt.aii.in with y: i' iratorieal effect.
Movement to Remedy
Nation’s Defective
Eyesight Started
NEW VORK, Jan. 2. With the
aid i f S a retary . Labor Davis, a
oove u nt has bom started for ob
servance throughout th > country of
Ly * Sight Conservation Day in the
.•ho ' Federal and state officials,
university pro. - ors, engineers, in
dustrialists and civic leaders are
c.. penning with the Eye Sight Con
aiva.ion Council of America to rem
edy conditions of vision in class
room and factory.
Din ive vision among school
hildren and workers in the indus
tries has, surveys in numerous
•towns and cities reveal, caused enor
m'..it!'. e:\mauiio and physical losses,
which, author Hie* declare, can be
eliminated. Secretary Davis is in
deop sympathy with the movement,
particularly with regard to children.
“I am convinced," he said recently,
"that mankind owes no higher duty
to society and to God than service
to childhood, an I that whatever we
may he able to do to aid the citizens
of the future will earn a great re
ward "
Every teacher in the country, ac
.eordmg to the Council, is a poten
tial crusader for better vision. Teach
ers everywhere are being gPten in
j street ms for testing visual acuity.
Succe • of the movement, according
to in sponsors, will mean a definite
physical advance In future genera
Lana of Americans.
Boy, Page Pussyfoot Johnson and
Wayne B.
(11 •diine over an A. P. Dispatch.1
SOVIET IS BREWING BEER
G.iv rn.'imt Uses Foyers In Moscow
T> Advertise Beverage.
T bachelors of Xanana gave the
kiddb of that town a cammunit)
Ch* ;tmas tree.
WORLD’S GREATEST RAILWAY TUNNEL NEARS COMPLETION.
? Tot>:-l3rieg'
Entrance
• Belou) <it left:
faSfoploriTJjnnd
v, v* \jc c : m*' ^
.-■ :im. iumtfVKLr-? » I >. &■, „ . . *
The great Simplon Tunnel uader tile Alps, connecting Switzerland with Italy, on which work was
begun twenty years ago, Ik nearin ; completion. It Is one of the gr* test engineering teats ever at
tempted, running twelve and one-half miles long', 10.000 feet under the top of the Alps. The tunnel
reaches from Brelg, Switzerland, to belle, Italy. Instead of a doubl»-track t»ore two single-track ex
cavations have been made, sixty feet apart. The boring was done with hydraulic pressure.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Juneau, Alaska, N&v. 16. 1922.
notice: is hi.kkhv given that
William I). ri.i-.fy, of Juneau, Al
nkii. has submitted final three-year
liroof in support of his homesteacj
entry - rial ('4 141, for lands in U.
19. Survey No. 1285. situated on the
E lore ol Admiralty Island, Alaska,
n latitude 58° 15’ N., longitude
134° 14' W. and mere particularly
(escribed ns follows:
Cot.hui ncing at corner No. 1, M.
C. on til- line of ordinary high tide
>f Stephi n’s' Passage, whence P.8.L.
M. No. 1285 bears S. 51° 02’ E.
11.11 ehs.: running thence VV. 18 10
ihs. to lorner No 2; thence S. 40.00
lis. to "rrner No. 3; thence E. 22.00
^hs. to corner No. 4 M.C. on the lino
j or ordinary high tide of Stephen's
Passage: thence meandering
(1) N. 2(1°00' W, 6.50 chs.; (21
N. 2°,30' W, 4.40 chs.; (31 N. 23"
20' W. 4 80 chs.; (4) N. 34' 30' W.
3.80 chs.; (5) N. 40~00’ W, 9.30
ells.; (6) 8. 38*15' \V. 1.60 chs.;
(7) N 45 00' VV. 1.40 chs.; (81 N.
:°00' VV. 6.00 chs.; (9) N. 00*15'
Id. 7.30 chs.; (10) N 51*15' E.
O. 72 ehs.; (11) S. 49 52' K. 12.80
ehs.; (12) ft. 33047' E. 3.87 chs.;
(13) S. 6 13' E. 3.00 chs.; (14) 8.
134 30' K 3.95 chs.; (15) N. 89 08'
K. 3.55 chs.: (16) S 52 36' E. 0.63
chs.; (17) S. 12*09’ E. 5.56 chs.;,
(18) 8. 29*15' E. 2.62 chs.; (19>
8. 57 15' B. 4.20 chs.; (20) S. 2”3«’
VV. 5.00 ehs.; (21) N. 83*30' W,
8.00 elm.; (22) S. 71 30' VV. 2.1»'
chs.; (23) 8. 24 00' E. 2.00 chs.;
(24) 8. 86*00' E. 6.30 chs.; (25) S.
56 00' E. 14.60 chs.; (26) 78 16'
|l<3. 2 20 chs.; (27) N. 6*00' VV.
'12.15 ehs.; (28) N. 33 06’ VV*. 3.20
eha.; (29) N. 87 30’ VV. 2.95.^-hs.;;
(30) N. 66*14' VV. 6.45 ehs ; (31)
N 44 20' W. 4.00 chs.; (32) 17"02'
VV. 0.34 chs.; (33) N. 6*45' E. 7.72
ehs.; (34) N. 6 37' VV. 3.84 chs.;
(35) N. 24 24' VV. 2.42 chs.; (36)
N. 58 35' VV. 6.73 chs.; (37) N.
4 3 43' VV, 2.50 chs ; to corner No.
1, the place of beginning, contain
ing 90.625 acres; variation Sl'lS' E.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above land are
required to tile their adverse claim
in this office within the period of
publication or thirty days thereafter,
>r they will be barred by the pro
visions of the statutes.
PRANK A BOYLE',
Register.
First publication Dec. 5, 1922.
Last 'publication Feb. 6, 1923.
ELIMINATE
Coal heaving,
Ash hauling.
Carpet sweeping,
Bed making,
Tub scouring,
lip,lit, water, phone
and fuel bill*,
Getting up freezing to death
in the morning.
Shaving with and bathing in
cold water,
Washing your own dishe*
BY ROOMING AND EATING
THROUGH THE WINTEE AT
THE
GASTINEAO
HOTEL AND CATE
Furnished Rooms For
Rent.
GOLDEN NORTH ROOMS
LILLIAN TOOTE.
USED FURNITURE
Bought, Sold and Exchanged
S. ROCOVICH
211 Seward St.
Tilcphon? 441. P. O. Box SSI.
Wm. D. Perkins & Co.
Bankers
211 Cherry St. Alaska Bldg
Seattle.
DEALERS IN
Municipal Bonds
County Warranti
First Mortgages
Safe Deposit Vaults
G per cent to 8 per cent Interest I
JUNEAU BILLIARD
PARLORS '
NEW AND COMPLETE LINE Ol
CANDIES
Have you tried our new Hot
Drinks 1
We make our own Ice Crests.
We Deliver Phone M
Alaska Transfer Cn.
General HatiUag, Bum*
Coal, Contract laafig. «
Main Street. iSwlB
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