Seward Day Celebrated in
Territory; Why it is Done
Today la Seward Day in Alaska, a Tciriioiial holiday. In honor
of the anniversary of the successful conclusion of the negotiations and
the signing of the treaty for the purchase by the t'niteil Slates of
Alaska from Russia. It was 5H
years ago today that the treaty was
written and signed by representa
tives of the American Republic and
the Europcan-Aslatic Empire which,
later ratified by the two Govern
ments and becoming the supreme
law, resulted in the actual transfer
of Russian America to the United
States October 18, 1867, since which
time it lias been Alaska. William
H. Seward. President Andrew John
son’s Secretary of State, represented
tno l nited btates.
While Alaska has not grown an
fart in tho 56 yoara that have fol
lowed a: some of the enthusiastic
supporters of the purchase he ped
that it would the development has
been ruch that (those who opposed
it u: “Seward's Folly” appear
rediculous to those who look back
over the results of the transaction.
The Legislature has taken a re
cess and the public offices and the
banks have closed today In ebeerv
WILLIAM H. SEWARD ance or the holiday.
Tomorrow night the Pioneers of Alaska will celebrate the holiday
by an entertainment at the Arctic Brotherhood Hall in which the "duys
of ’98" will be reproduced, and participated in by many of those who
were on the ground and participate l in Alaskan life in the "days
of ’98.”
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BILL TO EXTEND
TO WOMEN JURY
DUTY IMPERILED
Women Support House Com
mittee in Striking Sex
Exemption Provision
Prospects for passage of the Brown
Women Jury measure were not
brightened any yesterday at the hear
ing held by the House Judiciary Com
mittee at which several local .women
appeared to prcsont their views on
tho kind of law wanted and the ox
eruptions from jury service desire I
by thorn. Prior to the hearing it was
known that the Hou30 committee had
doeidod to report unfavorably on the
clause allowing women to claim ex
cmptlon on account of sex.
Tho majority of tho women who I
'appeared yesterday afternoon were
opposed to exemption being allowed
on such ground. Most of them de
clarod Utley favored a law requiring
women to servo as jurors rather than
permitting such a service as it might
be desirod by individuals. The con
trary view was presented by Mrs.
E. :H Kaaer, who appeared as a
representative of tho Federation of
Women’s Clubs In Alaska. That nr
ganizatlon, she said, was pledged to
a law requiring jury service by
women Ibut that would leave it op
tional with every woman whether or
not ;she would accept the obligation
Following the hearing, it was re
ported that tho committee would
bring in u report in the near future
opposing the optional feature of the
Brown measure. If the bill is thus
amonded and the sex exemption
clause stricken by the House, it is
reported that the Senate will refuse
to agree te tho amendments, it is
understood that the upper House will
stand pat on its original bill, and in
dications apparently pole, to a dead
lock beltwceu the two Huusss cu the
measure.
LOCAL PIONEER LODGES j
HOLD MEETINGS AND
SOCIAL LAST NIGHT
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Considerable business was trail!
•acted and a delightful social even
ing spent at« the meetings of the
Pioneers, and Auxiliary, Igloo No.
6 last night at Moose Hall. The
first business of the Auxiliary was'
the Installation of three officers
who were: Mrs. T F. Radonicb. i
Treasurer; Mrs. C. K. lirtgg. Chap- j
lain and Mrs. A. P. Kashevaroff.
Historian.
It was decided by t lie lodge that j
the regular meeting night, which;
has been the first Monday of every!
month, be changed to the lust!
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BEEF, WINE I
AND IRON
it the best Spring Tonic
Iron perform* & very import
eat office in the human body. j
It improve* the quality of the
blopd, the tissues axe better
nmniahed and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
Wffd Wine alio promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as ths
very beat stomach tonic.
BRITTS PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
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Thursday cf every month, the lrdgej
to meet in conjunction with the!
Pioneers and a social hour to follow j
the meetings.
The coming school meet was <1 is- J
cur ed and it was decided J E.!
Lanz, Superintendent of the local j
public s bool be advised that the
Auxiliary will be at his service to j
assist in the pleasure of the gue. .si
in Juneau, who will attend the1
Meet.
The chief business of the meet-]
ins of the Pioneers was the initia-J
tion of three new members and the;
re-instating of two former members.;
Tom Price, represen Halve to the
Alaska Legislature and member oft
the Anchorage Igloo, was a visit
ing member at the meeting.
At 9:30 o'clock business meetings,
of the lodges were closed and a so-1
cial hour started. Cards and danc-r
ins were the program of entertain
ment. A large crowd of members
and the families attended the so
cial, a number of the older mem
bers filling the card tables until
the eloeo of the evening anil others
joined the young people in dancing.
Refreshments were served. Baric
Hunter and Jack Burford furnished
the music. This was the second
social to be given by the lodges
for the members, each being a tine
raccess. It is planned to hold a
foclnl each month, following the
tins in ess meeting.
JEFFERSON 1A S
CANNERY CREWS;
HERE YESTERDAY
With 34 -passengers for Juneau, 88
tens of freight and three days' mail
for the Channel, the steamer Jef
ferson. Capt. Jock Livingston, ar
rived here at 3:45 o'clock yester
day afternoon from the South. The
u-perintendent and part of the can
nery crew for the P. E. Harris can
nery at liawk Inlet and 135 tons of
freight for that -place were aleo
aboard the ship.
The JcfTorson has 122 passengers
out of Seattle, and brought the can
nery crews and rupplies for Burnett
Inlet and Quadra . Nearly all pas
sengers aboard were for points
couth of Juneau excepting those for
Hawk Inlet, -there being live each
for Haines and Skagway.
Passengers for Juneau were: Miss
K. Ivaml, K. Murakami. Anna Walk,
C W. Morris. Bessie Buret t. M.
Budclow, D. E. Valade, W C. Dal- j
tin, Alfred Johnson, Victor Jones,1
Mrs. S. Sigal, J. J. Davis, E. J.j
Fredrickson. From Ketchikan—F. i
H MagiU, Mrs. Charles Shaw, 1.. A.
Miller, C. R. Duffey, R. F. Jones,
Mrs. II. E. Ayres, Frank Parrish,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Guyot, Miss J.
M. Sullivan. R. Olsen. E. B. Eberly.
HOT CROSS RCNS, 25c per doz.
Peerless Bakery. —adv. *
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WILL HOLD ITS
NINTH ANNUAL BALL
ELKS' HALL
MONDAY APRIL 2—(Easier Monday)
Coliseum Orchestra Admission $1.00
No invitations have been issued for this ball,
and the public it cordially invited to attend.
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HOUSE MEMORIAL
SEEKS REMOVAL
OF LIMITATIONS
Price Introduces Memorial ol
Restrictions Declared
to Be Detrimental.
Amcndmenlt of the Organic Act bv
Congress to give tho Territorial Legls
laturo authority to repeal, amend ot
modify laws of tho United States pro
vid'.ng for taxes on business or trade
in Alaska and tlho Aat of January
27. 1905, creating the Alaska Fund, is
asked in House Joint Memorial No.
13, which wa3 introduced yesterday
by Representative Price, of Anchor
age. The reasons which led Congress
to limit the powers of the Territor
ial Legislature in this respect are
Claimed to have disappeared.
Tho memorial declares: <
‘‘Your memorialists, tho Senate and
House cf Representatives of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, respectfully present:
“That many of the provisions of
the Organic Act of the Territory
closely limiting tho power of the
Legislature have served their useful
ness and become a detriment rather
than an aid to tho Territory. Espe
cially is this true of that part of
Section 3 of the Organic Act, which
prohibits tho Legislature front mod
ifying the laws of the United Slat as
providing 'for tax on business and
trade, and of tho Act entitle I ‘An
Acit to provide far the construction
and inu'intenaace of road-, establish
ment and maintenance of schools, and
tlhe care and support of insane per
sons in the District Of Alaska, and
far other purposes,' approved January
27, 1905, creating tho Alaska Fund.
The purposs of this 'provision was to
Insure permanent -support for schools
and for the construction of roads.
The Fund created by the last named
act yields for the above named pur
poses about two hundred thousand
dollars ($200,000.00) annually, while
tho Territorial Legislature regularly
appropriates every biennium for the
above named purposes nearly one
million dollars <fl,000,000.00). The
acts In question ronder duplication
of taxes and of officers to enforce
the same necessary, and thereby caus
ing much confusion and waste of en
orgy. Your memorialists are con
vinced (that the reasons for inserting
the above named provisions in the
Organic Act have disappeared.
“Wherefore, your memorialists pray
that such amendment be made to the
Organic Act of the Territory as to
give the Legislature of the Terri
tory Tull authority to repeal, amend
or modify the above named enact
ments of Congress.”
At th; Gastineau.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Ouyot, Miss J. M.
Sullivan, Mrs. Charles Shaw and
baby, Mrs. Harry E. Ayers, Frank
Fairish. C. W. Morris, James J.
Davis, E. H. Frederlckson.
At the Zynda.
W. A. Eberly.
At the Alaskan.
J. A. Young. Anna Klein. Rose
Llvat, J- f>- Dalton. Alfred Johnson,
D. A. Valadl. Ford Butler, Leo
Myers, Clyde Huron.
Old papers foi sale at Kmplrs
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JITNEY DUNCE
SATURDAY NIGHT
ELKS’ HALL
COUSEUM ORCHESTRA
Owing to the Eastern Star Ball
and the Junior Prom being given
next week, there will be no mid
week Jitney at Elks' Hall and the
DOOR PRIZE
will be given away April lath,
the COUSEUM ORCHESTRA giv
ing u DQI.UAR OANCE on that
date in
ELKS’ HALL
yVlnning number must be in ball.
Registration Period
Ends Tomorrow at
5 P. M.; 795 Registered
With he cloHe of the city
regihiiration period <• ming to
morrow at 6 p. m., the total
number of i»exHon> registering
at 2:30 p. m. 'today was 140 be
low last year's figures. Today
735 voters had registered, ac
cording to figures made public
by City Clerk A. E. Gurr, as
against ta. total of 933 for last
year at the close of the books.
It was expected that the regis
tration will be well above the
S00 mark 'when the City Clerk's
office closes wt’ 9 p. m. today,
and that the total tomorrow
evening will ibe at least as large
as th'at 'of 1921- On the closing
day of the registration period
last year 105 persons registered
and indications are that as many
will register tomorrow. The reg
istration period closes at 5 p.
m. tomorrow.
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SPRING HITS JUNEAU
PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY
Armed with a can of Dutch
| Cleanser, mop stick and other acces
sories, Madam Spring is visiting the
'Juneau Public Library today, ac
companied by Uer assistants, the
I Sunbeams. Not a nook of the en
i tire interior of the library is being
I overlooked and Mrs. McMayburn,
Librarian, has been promised Ju
neau’s booklovers, will be greeted
with rooms Iresilf cleaned, desks
and bookcase bright and shiney
and snowy white curtains at the
windows, when next they call at
her domain.
Tlte event of'the visit of Madame
Spring war, occasioned by today,
Seward’* Day, being a holiday, the
library being dosed to visitors.
AUDITING CITY BOOKS.
H. R. Shepard and Wallis George,,
recently appointed hy the city, to’
audit the account* of the city, arc
now working on the accounts at the.
office of 'the City fclerk. They have(
completed the auditing of the ac-i
counts of the city wharf to March|
1, and .will continue to April 1, S
when their presd*' work is com-^
pleted.
Furniture raoyec, and stored.
Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. Ju-i
neau Transfer, —adv
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ROAD WORK IN
HAINES DISTRICT
HEAVY THIS YEAR
Commission Plans to Com
plete Six Miles Road—
Reconnaisance Work.
A heavy season for roatl work in
the Haines district is planned for
thi3 summer by the Alaska Road
Commission, according to a state
ment made by Col. John C. Ootwals.
The extension of the road along the
north bank a>f the Klahlni RiveT will
double that of previous year.s, he said.
It is estimated that six miles of the
road from Haines to Hire border will
be completed this season and that
the remaining six miles will be com
pleted next year. Five miles of the
road is already completed. Work will
start about May 15, the earliest pos
sible date.
The most important reconnaissance
work this spring are those of Junior
Engineer 'H.aslnm, between Chata
n'ka and Circle, and Roas Kinney,
fdom Chatar.iiki to Beaver, Colonel
Gotwals said. Boih these routes are
important tributaries to the railroad.
Work upon the Circle route is al
ready under way and a bridge has
been constructed across the Chata
niki.i River.
"The wonderful spring weather in
tihe Interior of Alaska is ideal for
reconnaissance work," said Colonel
Gotwals. "It Is at this time of the
year the most important work Is car
ried on. There are no storms and
the snow is excellent for travel."
Colonel Gotwals said there is a
strong probability that construction
will he started on the High Trail in
McKinley Park this year Recon
ctilssance work was carried on tor
the .trail two years ago by Colonel
Gotwals and the trail was laid last
year.
'Colonel Gotwals will leave Juneau
omorrow on the steamer Northwest
ern far Anchorage, where he will
take over the duties of Vice-Chair
man of tihe Alaskan Engineering
ComnJlsislon, to which office he was
appointed recently by Col. James G.
Steese, Chairman. He will also in
spect road work being oarried on
2i*. the Westward and will return to
his headquarters here in a short time.
Hen. guinea, dove and canaryi
eggs. Butler Mauro Drug Co. adv.j
HEARING TO BE
HELD SOON ON
TRANSPORTATION
'Knickerbocker, Rustgard and
Others Invited to Ap
pear by Committee.
Airing of cue charges made by At
torney General John Rustgard in
his biennial report against the steam
ship companies maintaining service
in Alaskan waters is proposed by
the House Committee on Transporta
tion in a public hearing at which
both Mr Rustgard and General Man
age! F. H. Knickerbocker, of the Al
aska Steamship Company, as well
a- others, will be invited to appear,
according to an announcement made
today Iby Chairman Foster, of the
Committee. Agreement to hold such
a hearing was reached yesterday by
the Committee at which time it was
also agreed to ask the Senate Com
mittee on Transportation to join in
the hearing.
Mr. Knickerbocker Is a passenger
on the Northwestern, due to arrive
I sometime tomorrow. He is expected
to remain here several days. The
Committee has not set a definite date
EASTER
EGGS
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
for its hearing;, but it is axpected
to take place "bit hur Monday or Tues
day evening in the hall of the House
Of Representatives.
“Members of the Committee have
agreed that the charges made by the
Attorney General are sufficiently se
rious to justify an investigation.'’
staid Chairman Foster. "Mr. Knick
erbocker has asked that' he be al
lowed to present the ocean lines'
side of the case. In fairness not only
■to these companies but .also to the
people of Alaska, the Committee be
lieves this should be done. The
Attorney General will be asked to be
in attendants and the Committee
will endeavor to get at the real facts
on the transportation question.”
BOB TURNERS’ AUTO SERVICE.
Phone 257. New 7, passenger
Studebaker car. Comfort and safety
Stand next to Boston Store. —atlr,
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The average per son'* , daily ex
perience in the use of thingi
should convince them more than
anything else, that
QUALITY IS A BETTER
BARGAIN THAN
CHEAPNESS
Grucn watches are scientifically
built for real timekeeping »erv
ice. They are the la3t word in
beauty and distinctive design.
We have them for men and
women
from $25 to $150.
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The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
Your Easter Bonnet
Only a short time left now in which to select your Easter hat
We guarantee original designs, superb quality and prices
are as low as the quality high.
Smart and colorful, they embody the spirit of Easter.
Wooltex Coats and Suits and Betty Wales Dresses
arc expected Saturday on the steamship Northwestern, so we are
going to keep the store open in the evening in order to give those
who wish to an opportunity to see them, also finish their Easter
shopping.
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