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Claude Wants His in Cash.
By DOK WILLARD
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DOUGLAS ISLAND NtWS
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TEMPORARILY IN CHARGE
OF SCHOOL CLASSES
Mrs. Jan To s Chnlstoo is temporarily
teaching the fourth ami fifth grades
of the Douglas school this week,
tinting the absence of Mi-.s Helm!
Aalto, who is the regular teacher
of those grades.
During the absent ' of M*ss Im-pi
Aalto from her primary pupils this
week Miss Martha .Soy and Harold
Gall was have altornat >d in taking
that work.
HERE FOR VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Milnes ar
rived in town the first of the week
from Gypsum, where they have boon
making their home for the past year
and a half. Milnes iis now chief elec
trician for the Gypsum company.
Mrs. .Milnes is visiting with her
Another. Mrs. Tom Kill, until Thurs
day, when they leave again for their
(home.
THIRD OPERATION
IS SUCCESSFUL
Mrs. Andrew Martin, who tinder
wont a third operation, which she
has undergone dinning the past year
in the hospital at Juneau last Thurs
day, is said now 'to he getting along
fine a.nd on the road to recovery.
ON THE SICK LIST
'Due to temporary illness, Frank
•Pearce Is taking a forced law-off
from his work in Treadwell machine
shop.
POSTPONE PARTY
The third card party of the Tlo
bokalt Auxiliary, scheduled for this
we>ek, has been postponed.
“RENT FREE” AT THE
LIBERTY MAKES HIT
In these days of high rents and
profliteening landlords, “Kent Free,”
a new Paramount .picture starring
Wallace Reid, which was shown at
the Liiberty Theater last night,
starts an audience off with a happy
—-—'
thought and •iirr mils in keeping I
them laughing to the final fade-out.
There* is a lively jvii • ail plenty!
of action, a good deni of which sup-!
posed ly takes place, on til* roots of i
two New York rooming senses. Wa'l- j
laci Reiki plays the y . mg artist who j
shuffles for himself r;*:h r than study |
law In his father's o Tice. To get*
Hie hotter of the, r *n: problem, lie |
moves up on the roof, and later es-|
tabWshes himself hi a house, tlie j
owners of which are away. There he I
[finds a mysterious note about a will,1
which is uncovered in the end of the!
-• >ry and awards the girl, whom he i
his met in the meantime, also a roof I
dwetter, the home and 4&nte °f;
'which slip has been defrauded by
her unscrupulous stepmother.
l,i!a Lee plays the role of the girl
and ll.-nry Harrows, Gertrude Short,
Lillian Leighton. Clarence Geldart,
| Claire Mi Lowell and Lues'll Little
field are excellent iu their por
i tra.vals.
I “Itent Free” is on for the 1 oat time
I untight.
CONGRESS TO^EaviCOURAGE
USE OF SILVER COINS !
WASHINGTON, n, C„ Feb. 14.—j
The Senate Conimititeo on Banking,
ihais reported favorably the Srnoot bill i
1 recpdrtinig that the Treasury pay
1 transiK>rUidton charges on silver dol
' lars from mints to banks In the
: West. Encouragement in use of sil
ver (is expected, preventing too dras
tic drop in metal when tlie Pi tman
act purchases cease.
REDUCTION PLANT FOR SULZER
A reduction plant or a smelter will
be established at Sulzer to treat
tho ore from the property of the Al-,
aisk-a Jumbo iMetals Company, accord
ling Ho an ann'onnccment made at I
Ketchikan by W. 11. Adams, president I
and manager of the company. The i
Alaska Jumbo Metals Company re- j
cently took over the Jumbo mine i
and other Sulzer properties at that j
place.
Old bundles of newspapers at th
EmDlre. 25 cent*.
[ Has&fX K-ck.*t. .«>.*■/
f JljjUtiatri/ £>cck*
OPERA SINGER RESENTS J OKE AND GETS PUNCHED.
While on a train en route from Chicago to Boston, with other
members of the Chicago Opera Company, Harry Cahill, interpreter
of the company, attired himself in tiio clothing of Hazel Eden, one
of the sopranos, and proceeded to "vamp” William Beck, a bari
tone. Tlie flirtation went along splendidly until Beck discovered
the deception and said unkind things to Cahill, as a result of which
he Is nursing a sore jaw, which came into contact with Cahill's fist.
PRAGUE WANTS
FRIENDSHIP. OF
SOVIET RUSSI
Czechoslavakia Government
Is Now Cultivating Rus
sian Good Will.
rUAGUR, Fob. 14.—The govern
ment of Chechoslovakia lias e.imlst
Bnl-ly pursued u policy of welcome
U> Russian immigrant!1. At the out
(i of its existence, four years ago,
it determined upon the fin -sighted
project of providing as liesi it could,
under the circumstances, for these
refugef and today it is giving posi
tive support and excellent educa
tional opportunities to an increasing
number of Russian students. And
at the same time it is witnessing the
fruition of its generosity.
Students Are Paid.
The government pays each Rus
sian student from live to six hun
dred crowns a month, and in addi
tion provides lodging in one of the
Russian centers. There are three
such large colonies of Russians in
Prague, where more than two thou
sand men and three hundred women,
both students and professors, find
comfortable shelter. Married stu
dents as a rule live elsewhere, and
consequently are given an extra al
lowance for living purposes. More
over, there are numerous subsidized
bcardtng-houses where good food c~n
he obtained at very low prices. This
leaves each student with a little
pocket-money, so that the Slavic de
sire to hear good music or to go oc
RECIPE TO CLEAR
A PIMPLY SKIN
Pimples Are Impurities Seeking an
Outlet Through Skin Pores.
Pimples, trcs .mil boil-’ usually
•esult from toxins, poison# . . fh im
mrities w^ieli aro gener ted in the
towels ami then absorbed into the
(load through the very ducts which
should absorb only nourishment to
sustain the body. t
It Is the function of the kidneys
o filter impurities from the blood
mil cast them out in the form of
trine, but in many instances the
towels create more toxins and im
>urlties than the kidneys ran elim
nate; then the bi mil uses tho skin
tores as the next It cm means of pol
ing rid of tin ' impuriti?". which
then break out all over the skin in
he form of pimples.
The surest -y to cl• r the skin
»f these erupt ion . raya ti intlod
mthcrity, is i > : fi in any phar
nacy about four ounce of Jtul Salt
itid take a t..!ih p in.nl in a Kirs'
if water each n I’liing h fore break*
a:, for one week. This will help
irevent the th nnation of toxins in
he bowels. It also stimulates Die
tidneys, thus coaxing tin m to filter
he blood of ImptiriiAcs and clearing
he skin of pimples.
Jad Salts i; ini xpensive, and i1
nade from the acid of grupes and
onion juice, combined witli litlilu.
lore you have a pleasant, elfcrvce
lent drink which usually helps make
limples disappear, (advertisement.*
LIBERTY
Last Time Tc night to See
WALLACE REID in
“Rent Free”
With LILA LEE
Comedy Drama—Full of Fun
This production will send you
rom the theatre in a happy frame
if mind.
A two reel Western and a Para
nonnt Magazine opens the show.
casionally to the opera can no rca
nably satisfied. At the special
agricultural schools in ilio provinces,
in tiy of Llio student- are loured on
farms so that they readily can • ;t t
into touch with the practical end of
thrir studies. ,
Back to Russia.
There tire several thousand Rus
tuii specialists. educated in this
c >u 11 try. ready today to go with
eir Czech colleague hack to Rus
:,t to work for the rehabilitation of
their homeland. The presence oi
t e men, at the hi id i f an army
of 1!0,000 skilled railroad men, which
zeclioslovakia likewise Inis ready at
i moment’s call, naturally slanifies.
.11 enormous potential advantage,
iml shows that this government is
n t asleep to the possibility and im
' nuance of developing licr Eastern
markets.
| It does not take a shrewd observer
to tee tliat Czechoslovakia Is build
I ing up an enormous amount of good
| will throughout itussia, as well as
: with, Russians temporarily abroad.
[ Czechoslovakia is studying Rusnia
i from all points of view, and is be
coming well acquainted with ^the
I psychology and temperament of'the
, Russians, factors which play sueh an
undertaking with them. Her Rus
lan policy seems to he both sound
ind far-sighted, no maltqr what the
future may have in store for her.
NEW YORK MAY
ENLARGE HER AREA
MEW YORK, Feb. 14 -The New
York Sinking Fund Commission has
approved the plan calling for the ex
rendttture of $200,000,000 to dredge
the channels On Jamaica B i.v and
hn'ldlng an Island larger there than
Manhattan.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by
Weather Bureau.
the U. S.
i
Forecast for Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p. m. toi J:
Fair tonight and Thursday: no decided change in temperature: throng
northeasterly winds.
OCAli u A T A
Barom. Teran. humidity Wind
30.72 10 29 E
30.51 10 40 E
30.37 24 30 E
CABLE AND RADIO BE70RTS
TODAY
S p. in. yest’y
fs r. m. today
12*noon today
Telocity
39
34
!35
Waather
Clear
Clear
Clear
YESTERDAY
Stations—
Noorvik
Nome .
Tonana .
Eagle .
Pat ri tanks
McKinley i-ark
Anchorage .
8t. Paul .
Dutch Harbor
Kodiak .
Valdez .
Highest
temp.
S p.m.
temp.
2 d
30
16
0
22
3 4
40
42
40
3 2
Juneau . 12
Sitka .
Prince Rupert
Edmonton
Seattle ..
Portland
Snn Francisco
"•V'
20
.14
IK
28
18
24
8
0
10
4
26
36
36
36
20
10
14
10
26
18
16
50
l.owcst X n.m.
temp.
12
temp.
12
8 a.in. I’rvclp. 8 a.in.
Velocity H hi*. Weather
12
26
-10
- 8
-12
8
30
36
32
10
9
18
4
-36
16
14
40
- 8
- 8
- 8
16
34
36
34
16
16
18
6
-36
20
14
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
28
16
14
13.
0
0
0
0
0
64
.66
0
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Cloy
Clear
Cldy
Clear
Clear
£ el nr
Clear
Pf. Cldy
Snow
Snow
Clear
NOTE: Observations at Prince Rupert, mails, Portland and San
Francisco are made at 4 a. m. and I p tn.. Juneau time.
Abnormally high pressure continues over British America and Al
aska. with a barometer reading of 31.14 at Edmonton, Alberta, and
31.02 at Eagle this morning. An area of lew pressure Is developing over
the North Paoillc, thus ccrating a steep gradient between that region
and tlie Canadian territory to the eastward.
Temperatures In the interior of Alaska are near or above normal
this morning and there lias been no precipitation in the Territory dur
ing the last 24 hours.
The maxim uni wind velocity at Juneau during Hie last 24 hours
was 45 miles an hour al 9:35 p. m., yesterday, with an extreme veloc
ity of 50 mile an hour.
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Get Ready for Spring Clearance
If you have aching
to sell, advertise
in the Empire
A.
If you want to buy
anything, advertise
in the Empire
Now is ihe T:me to Mate Your Wants Known
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiij
Indications arc that the
coming spring will
see a great
business
revival.
Advertise your wants
Enlist your property
^ you have for sale
or make known
your want to
purchase.
Advertise your vyants
llliltlllllll
USE THE EMPIRE COLUMNS—DISPLAY OR CLASSIFIED—THE
EMPIRE CIRCULATES EVERYWHERE-=YOU GET RESULTS BY
ADVERTISING.
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NO', t E OF MARSHAL'S SALE.
N. l.-N ADMIRALTY
In t!- fr.-ted States District Court
for A' ;ka Division No. One, at
Juiienv.
WAS TON TIT, AMD BARGE
GO i corporation, LI BEL
LA . ■ k. IMERlr.YN SCOW OR
YK: .. called “W. T. & U. Co.
No " licr tackle, apparel, furni
tul o” ines, boilers, machinery
am i o all cannery and fishing
co1 i at sit cited thereon, RE
ST \T; BARANOFF PACK
IN 1 a corporation, TNTER
VI G LIBELLANT, HARRY
CO C- CO. INC., a corporation,
is* . VF.NOR, MT. BAKER
I' - G CO., a corporation,
NT AND OWNER,
o, ice is hereby given that
of a writ of VENDITIONI
> ' . dated January .10, 1923,
of the Cnited States Dis
.2 for i ho District of Alaska,
l No. 1, at Juneau, on an in
Tory decree of sale made and
ed in said court on January
ordering the above men
• 1 described American scow
“W. T. & B. Co. No. 33”
i e. apparel, furniture, en
u-hinery and also all can
fishing equipment situated
> be sold at public vendue
vhest und best hidder for
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Juneu
•cordingly offer and expose
American scow or vessel
T. & B. Co. No. 33” her
iparel, furniture, engines,
and also all cannery and
ulpment situated thereon
public vendue to the hlgh
l best bidder for cash on
3id, 1923, at the hour of 10
the forenoon at the front
i i he U. S. Court House at
Alaska.
ary a i, 1923.
GKO D. BEAUMONT,
lT. S. Marshal First Divi
sion, District of Alaska.
VVM. U. OAU8TF.R, Deputy.
STRAYion & KANE, H. L. FAl'LK
NEB, l’roctors for I.ibellant, anil
Int' vening Libellant, Baranofl
Par ng Co.
WINN AND OOGHE. Proctors for
Clu tnant and Owner.
II. K. ROBERTSON, Proctor for In
ter’ ”>ior, Harry Gong & Co. Inc.
First iihilcatiou Feb. 2, 1923.
I^ast. rubUcatlon Feb. 23, 1923.
Wm. D. Perkins & Co.
Bankers
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211 Cherry St. Alaska Bldg
Seattle.
DEALERS IN
Mu iici|!nl Bonds
County Warrants
First Mortgages
Safe Deposit Vault*
G i • i cent to 8 per cent Interest
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
TURKISH, STEAM. SHOWBB
AND TUB BATHS
I. rei Fiont St. (Vat Atta’s oil
s'.vc4) BILLY LOTT, Prep.
Phone 414.
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USED PURHITUBI
Bought. Sold and Exchanged
». BOCOVICH 1
211 Seward St. |
Telephone 441. P. O. Box til.
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RADIO SUPPUES
Our prices are right.
Out of town mail
piomptiy filled.
order
JUNEAU ELECTRIC CO
P 0. Box 517. 310 Front It
[JUNEAU BILLIARD
PARLORS
I NEW AND COMPLETE LINE Ol
CANDIES
H iv» you tiled our lew Hot
Drink*?
W • make our owa Ice Cream.
We Deliver Phone M
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| AUsks Transfer Cl
I Oeaenl Haulinf, Bafface, I
Coal. Contract leaUa*. I
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'ARCADE CAFE
MAFT YOUNG, Proprietor,
j ‘Kra. Malloy’* Famoui PiiiP
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CT.ASrilFlKT) At)S And desirable
bor n't r If you arc prepared to keep
boani.r- it is important that you
i ehoiiic i. r.ow how and when to use
(the r -dtied ads—for they afford
i you the means for making the buali
r I Lean PAY. Try the Empire,