PRODUCTION AT i
PULP PLANT IS
30 TONS DAILY
High Record Made of 35 Tons
-—450 Tons Now on Dock
Awaiting Shipment.
Production at tli.* Sped River pulp t
mill is now averaging "0 ton.^ of j
moist pulp dally with a high record j
day of 35 tons, according to Snpt. \V
J*. Lass, who arrived here yc.ite-ril.ij
on a short business trip. Thro - 1
shifts are being work • i in the plant,
he said.
The need of the plant just' now is
a vessel on which the accumulate i
pulp can tie shipped South, said Mr.
Lass. Tour hundred and fifty tons
iure ready for shipment and more will
be ready before any shipments can
be made. It is expected that a
freighter Will call s utthbound for a
cargo.
The product now being turned out |
Is 5 per cent hemlock instead of ail
spruce that heretofore has been
manufactured. The plant is operat
ing smoothly and the water supply,
.said Mr. Lass, is ample for ail tie ds i
BUREAU TO CURB j
WASTE OF FISH;!
NOTICE ISSUED
Commissioner O’Malley Says
Regulations Will Be Is
sued in March, 1924.
That the regulations for the < on
trol of the waste in herring packing j
will probably be put into effect in |
the spiring of 1924. is the statement ;
made by U. S. Commissioner of Kish-1
pries Henry O'Malley, in a letter |
to the publisher of the Pacific Kish j
erman, a copy of which has just!
been received by Gov. Scott C Bone. |
Plants which are already in the field j
Will be rep u I red at that time to util
lze all the herring taken or in* forced
to close down.
Notice is given at this time of th 1
Intentions or the Bureau of Fi.-dieri -
in order that the herring packers
may make necessary pro, .nations to
install individual reduction plants in
connection with their salteries or
Whatever other means they may de
cide upon to utilize fish that arc now
being wasted.
'Mr. O’Malley's letter to the Pacifi
Fisherman follows in part:
“I shall recommend to the Seen
tury of Commerce the promulgation j
of regulations which will require all i
plants that have been established for
n period of two seasons prior to s i
conduct their operations ins )o avoid
'the undue or unnecessary destruction
of herring from whatever cause ami
to utilize oil necessary and unpre
ventaible waste fish and parts ther ■ if
in the production of useful by-prod
nets and to refrain from the pollu
tion of waters by deposits of dead
fish and of fall. It Is the present in ■
tentlwn to afford plums which may,
I.h established in new fields two year
of grace before applying the regul i
tinns in order that full opportunity
may be given for prospecting new
t mrcea of supply."
The regulations will lie Issued, If
the Commissioner’s recommendations
e.-e acted on favorably by the Seere
isry of Commerce, to be effective
March 1, 1924.
The waste of fish in the herring
packing Industry is described by of !
ficlals and others as having liven
enormous, anil In certain district-, to;
have been so great as to cause out
siders to register protests. The Ter
ritprto! Fish Commission, in a resolu
tion adopted at its mooting last Do
oeinber, called this matter to the
attention of Commissioner O'Malley
with fhe request that he take some
action to remedy the situation
Shortly after that, the Bureau of j
Fisheries ordered fl public hearing
held In Seattle. The notice quoted
above is the Tesult of the data se-j
cured by the Bureau at this hearing.
WANT BEER
ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 20. — The
Assembly this afternoon passed a
resolution memorulizing Congress for
a modification of the Volstead Act
to make beer and light wines legal
beverages.
WASHINGTON PIONEER HERE
Hartley Goodwin, pioneer resident I
of Puget Sound, who has been visit
ing his daughter, teacher of the
public school at Chichagof, is in
Juneau, a guest at tlie Zynda Hotel,
where lie will be until the next
creamer leaves for the South. Mr
Goodwin located in Clallam County.
Washington, In 1865. following hiu
father who came there two years
before him. The Goodwin family
has been prominent in the Olympic
Peninsula country for more than a
half ceutury.
OH! EVERYBODY
Take a night ofT tonight or to
morrow and see the big comedy “A
Night Off” at the Coliseum. You
afe 1 going to laugh yourself into
good humor. , —adv.
041 bundles or news papers at tbe|
Empire. It tuts __
ROYAL PRINCESS TO WED ARMY OFFICER.
The engagement of Princess i lenda, rbl< (laughter rf King
Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elen \ rf Italyti to Captain Count Cal
vi di Bergolo, of the Italian Army has bean officially announced in
Rome. At one time she was rep 'cd engaged to the Prime of
Wales.
I
FIRE BOYS TO
BE INSTRUCTED
IN FIRST AID
To Learn Methods of Reviv
ing Persons Overcome by
Fires—Delahide Instructor
At a special meeting of the Ju
neau Fire Department ’ ist nigh- a:
7:.10 o'eh . k ..t the tire hall, th •
member.-i were formed in a class t >
receive instruction-! i:i first aid neoes-.
ury .in the reviving and rare of per
sons overcome by fires. The instruc
ions will bp given In a series of
'Ive lessons by .1 .T, Delahide, min
escnc man with the 1' S Hui'iu
'! Mines. The fir: t lesson will he
riven Thursday afternoon nstxt, at
the fire hall, the others to follow i
Friday and Saturdav evenings, Snn
lay afternoon and Monday evenin';
The fire boys also discussed bos:
l;:ill for the coming season, at the \
meeting l ist night. It is planned to
;tart preparations for forming teams
is soon as possible and a mass meet
ng of the people of Juneau, interest
'd -in the sport, will lie call'd Lii ■ i
alter part of this month to discuss]
he possibility of forming u city i
eagtie.
It is t'a • present plan of the fire
toys to form a league and play a
•egular schedule through the season. I
Ho re is material for about four city !
earns, a Douglas leant, a team from
he Unalga and probably a team
rum Thane, they say.
To raise funds for getting the plftv
rroun'ds and Ins ball park in shape
'or the season, the fire boys plan
o give another dance within the
tear future Definite arrangements!
tnd the date will he announced
diortly.
MEMORIAL SERVICE TO
BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY
The Flam Willard Memorial
services planned for last week by
he local \V (' T l' chapter and
tostpuned then on account of unfa
t arable weather <• nittioiM. will I).• :
icld in lhCity 11,11 next Friday1
averting, according -o an announce-!
nent made t l.r All members of!
he \V. ('. T. I" h i t;,-:,iiieaii Chan- ’
tel are asked to participate.
At the conclus. tn id the service, to
vhlch the public is invited, u social
tour will be held tit which refresh-,
neats will be served.
MEW YORK MAY
PAY SOLDIERS BONUS
AM1ANY, N Y F b 20. Both the
lemocrat it: and Republican leaders!
n the New York Legislature an-1
rounced recently tin- would sup-,
iort the proposed constitutional
intendment authorizing the state to1
ssue $45,000,000 In bonds to provide i
i bonus for veterans of the World
,Yar. The Legislature of 1922 ap
)roved this atnendm tit. and similar
iction this year will bring the
imposition before tii • voters at the
text general election
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
P.-T. A. MEETS TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the execu
ive committee of the Parent-Teacher
Lesoclation will he held tonight at
1:30 o’clock at the school building,
t was announced today.
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WHO’S HERE
i AND WHERE !
»--•
P.'Ur Juilich, pioneer resident o!
\ isk:t, r aimed tj Juneau oa ti. 1
a l:eth from Tenakee, wher1 i,
;;<>:it tile pa t 10 days. He ex
i !k to leave on the next south
mind boat for Ketchikan.
(’. F. Town- m l of tile Bureau of
■ her'i a, with headquarters at Fair
inks, ' i a pa-aenger on the Admiral
(Wilson fur Juneau.
Dan P tllah in, Representative-elect
o the I.ofilelaluro, from the Fourth
;lv in, aiTlved here on the Este
th from Ten.ike ■. where he has
c3 on a short viai'.
F, Ii. Maxwell left .n tli ' Estobelh
r Skattway.
At the Gastlneau
Fr.u.k F Wheeler.
At the Zynda
Piter .1ell’ich.
At the Alaskan
•"•■'it ' Benson, F. Kleiner, I»a:t
'a!i. halt, George Vader.
ALASKA YOUNG PEOPLE
SELECT NEW OFFICERS
'the following officers wore iu
'tailed by ill 1 Native Sons and
Daughters of the Golden North at a
Meeting held at Fairbanks recently:
Donald Morgan, president; Jack Host
'd first vice president; Arthur
Atppio, second vice president; Louise
Jchii-stV' secretary; Irks Hinckley,
r (usurer; Amy Hostler, chaplain;
itiwrenc • McCarty, historian; Freddie
Douse. Tg e-ant at arms; Richard
Jchosscr. inside guard; Charlotte
lets and Robert Boyd, trustees.
20PPLR EXPORTATIONS
MAKE LARGE GAINS
BOSTON. Feb. 20.- Exports of cop
ier fiana the United States expanded
'ready during the calendar year
1222. The official returns for the
ir.-t 11 months of last year ■•••-: now
am; iete, and for that period the
'.jijoj- show tot il shipment to tor
li. n cuiltitri.'s of Glia,094,080 pounds,
suing an increase of 102,838.40(1
k.-units over the correspond!.;.; ii
uonth.s in 1921
Headquarters for Ladysmith coal
runeau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv
For roou printing phone 374
Umpire Printing Company.
BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron performs a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as the
very best stomach tonic.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
SECOND STREET
LOT PURCHASED
| BY LOCAL POST
American Legion Post Closes
Deal for Ground as Site
for Future Home.
The ileal fnr property on Second
Avenue, between Seward and Frank
lin Streets, was <■; ;sed today by the
Legion Building Association and the
I local Legion post muni a into posses
sion of ground on which It plans
■eventually to erect a substantial
building, according to an announce
ment made by M II. Sides, treasurer
of the Building Association. The
property consists t a lot 50x100 feet
on which are three buildings now oc
I citpied.
Tiie property was formerly owned
| by Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Clark, from
whom the purchase was made by the
I Legionnaires. The financial eonsid
.oration involved was not made public,
but It was stated that a substantial
cash payment had be n made. No
inmediate construction ik contemplat
ed by the post. The present ten
ants, Captain Charles Anderson and
lone other, will remain in tiie build
ings.
The property will be handled by
I the association which made th > pur
chase. John Ford Starr, who Is
.Post Commander of the local Legion
organization, is president of the
i building association; <Jeorge« E. Mann
| Is secretary and M. H. Sides, treaSs
' aver. Articles of incorporation of
Che association were filed last week
. and h is no capital stock issue.
NO MONEY TO
; LOAN GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The
Senate Finance s ubcommittee It as
I unanimously reported adversely on
I the Bursum bill fcr a loan to Ger
many at one billion dollars to nul, ;
| purchases in America.
ASTORIA AID
IS APPROVED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. — The
Senate Finance ("cmmittee lias fav
] erably reported the McNury bill,
j providing the Kovornment advancing;
j $1,650,000 to the City of At.-oria to
I replace municipal Improvem nts do
Utroyed in the recent fire.
THIS IS NICE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. - Eight]
members of the House Agricultural
Committee will be authorized to tour
he country at their own expense to!
study reforcstratlon. This Is pro
vided for under a resolution from
the Commiteo.
YOUNG AND WAGGONER
RETURN FROM ANGOON
Ifr. S. Hall Young, superintendent
of Presbyterian Missions in Alaska,
and Rev. David Waggoner, pastor of
the Indian churches at Juneau and
Douglas, returned to Juneau yester
day afternoon on the Kstobcth from
K'illisnco. They have spent some]
time at Ana an, near Kiilisnoo, where
they organized the Presbyterian
Church there.
'Previous to going to Angoon they
went to Petersburg and Kako, where
they inspc.'tcil the work being done
an the m: -ion boat A. L. Lindsley,
in getting it ready for use this sum
mer. They hive been absent from
Juneau sim • February 2.
Old bundles of newspapers a' the
Kmpire. 25 cents.
;
!
PRIZE
MASK
BALL
A. B. HALL
Wednesday, Feb. 21
Dancing from
10 until 2 A. M.
Admission 50 cents
Spectators 25 cents
Sultan Wears New Beard
as Pear Tradition.
Salt an ct Turfeqy
This now photograph of the
now Sultan cf Turkey shows him
with his newly acquired beard,
grown and cropped according to
the ancient rites of the Moham
medan Empire, of which he is tlie
head. By t lie Beard of the Pro
phet is right.
Nearly Two Million Is
Distributed to Keymen
NEW YORK. Feb. 20.—The West
ern Union has distributed t.o 35,000
< f 54,000 employees $1,765,000, rep
resenting 50 per cent of the 1922 net
earnings on an investment in excess
of $11,500,000. Messengers received
a flat payment of $17.50.
Bank Bandits Secure
Only Bunch of Checks
CINCINNATI, Feb. 20.—Three
bandits held up the messenger cf
Ihe Pearl Market Bank this noon,
obtaining $10,000, mostly In checks.
Would Abolish National
Guard of Wisconsin Now
MADISON. WJs., Feb. 20.—The
legislature has passed the Polakowski
hill for complete abolition of tho
Wis on. a Nat mal Guard.
ANOTHER MaTcT^MINE
IN SHIPPING CLASS
Recent arrivals from Keno Hill
bring news to the affect that the |
Shamrock claim has broken inio the
heavy producing class, anti lhat the
owners, Messrs McKay, Erickson and I
Bouvette, hope to have approximately
300 tons cf ore on the bank at Mavo i
Landing by spring, ready for ship-1
ment to the smelter.—(Dawson
News.)
mm«rs tor sale at Empire- I
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N. E. A. MEETING
ON THIS MONTH
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 19.—
Special attention to a plan Tor solving
the financing of public schools will
he paid by the winter convention of
the Department of Superintendence
of the National Education Associa
tion meeting here February 24 to
March 2. The convention is ex
i peeled to be one of the largest
authoring of educations in the his
tory of the country as 12,000 dele
gates will attend. Every state will
tie represented.
Delegates will include school sup
rintendents, college presidents and
deans, heads of teacher training
iliools and elementary, high and
rib go teachers.
The convention also will give at
tention to the production of better
trained teachers and to a discussion
it proposed measures for federal aid
to education.
.1 II. Beveridge, of Omaha, Neb.,
is president of the Superintendents.
The Sterling-Towner bill, a meas
ure to create a national department
of education, with a secretary in the
president's cabinet, will be discussed!
it th:s winter’s convention. The bill!
is now pending in Congres. R. G
.b ill's, superintendent of Cleveland I
public schools and vice president of I
the superintendents' group of the as-1
ciation, may initiate a movement |
t pposing any legislation by Con
gress which will give a Federal de
I .111 mi lit ot education supervisory
authority ever individual sohool sys
tems throughout the country.
OH! EVERYBODY
Take a night off tonight or to-,
merraw and see the big comedy "A!
Night Off" at the Coliseum. You!
arc going tc laugh yourself into!
good humor. —advJ
KIRK’S
ROSORA
CREAM
Lxcellent for
all Kinds of
Rough or
Chapped Skin.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
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INQUIRIES ARE MADE
REGARDING 2 MEN
PROBABLY IN NORTH
Inquiry is made concerning one,
[Charles Peterson, a mining engineer,
I who is reported to have been en
gaged in this capacity for some oil
company in California, and in the
I year 19 14 was a resident cf San
Francisco, Cal. Front there it i«
claimed that lie went to Alaska to
take up a similar occupation. This
inquiry comet from the Consulate of
the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes. 24 4 Kearny Street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Charles F. llaumann. 192 Second
Ave., New York City, is seeking in
formation concerning his brother,
David J. Baumann. who came to Al
aska in 1899-1900, first locating at
Nome and then going to Dawson
City, lie was then 34 years old and
hud a considerable amount of money.
Both inquiries were made at the
Governor’s office.
LUMBERMAN GOES SOUTH.
Henry Ort, who bus been in
Alaska for some time as agent for
the Mackie & Barnes Lumber Com
pany of Seattle investigating the
timber areas in Southeastern Alaska
in view of the exportation of lumber
to Japan, went south from Ketchi
kan on tlie last trip of the Alameda.
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WATERMAN
FOUNTAIN
PENS
from
$2.50 to $20.00.
EVERSHARP
PENCILS
from
50c to $12.00.
We have all necessary
parts for repairing |
both peris and pericils.
THE NUGGET SHOP
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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Famous
Santa Clara Valley
Prunes
5 Pound Box, Regular Price
$1.75
For This Week Only
$1.35
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Goldstein’s Emporium