SIM FREIMAN TAKES CHARGE OF JUNEAU

BILLIARD COMPANY

Sim Freiman. Chief of the Ju

neau Fire Department and for sev-

eral years with the C \Y. Young Company, today took charge of the Juneau Billiard Company as man-

ager. Mr. Freiman has acquired an

interest in th< company. Simon Hirsch. the principal own-

er of the company, retires from active participation in the company. Ho and Mrs. Hirsch will leave short-

ly for Oregon, where they will visit the latter's relatives for a time be- fore proceeding to Mr. Hirech’s farm in California.

WELSHMAN DIES IN NEBRASKA AGED 126

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 1. Thomas Morris, aged 126, died here

today. Morris who was born in Wales in 17!M. had followed his trade as

cobbler for 100 years. He was single

COMMITTEE HAS RENTED BARRACKS FOR SOLDIERS

The Fourth of July Committee, through Glen Bartlett, has secured an option for the rental of ill" Garside building on Third Street lor the use of the soldiers from Fort William H. Seward as bar- racks when they arrive here for the Fourth of July celebration.

FIRE TRUCK BREAKS NOW UNDERGOING REPAIRS

The big fire tnicli of the Juneau Fire Department has a broken uni- versal joint and is now in the Alaska Auto and Supply Company shops having repair work done.

JITNEY DANCE TONIGHT

A. B. HALL

| AUTO TOR HIRE j ii fine Buick Car : )I Service Anywhere — Prices J |[ Reasonable ♦

! I Stand at Imperial Billiard Par- f ;; lor, next to Coliseum Theatre. ♦ ♦ Phone 471. *

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| B 0 B TURNERt

We will deliver you the best coal In Juneau. Phone 114. Foin- mer & Hitter. adv

ANSCO

CAMERA’S

SPEEDEX

FILMS Let Us Show You

Real Cameras

BUTLER-MAURO DRUG COMPANY

96 Front St.

F. 0. Substation No. 1.

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L J SHARICK Jeweler and Optician Watches, Diamonds

sPs* Jewthy Silverware

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Visit the Famous

Sitka Hot Springs Or. F. L. Goddard's Sanitarium

Kates $2.50 per Day Every Comfort

OIL CLAIMANTS WANT 85,000

ACRES OF LAND Applications on File From 33

Claimants in First and Third Divisions

Applications to the number of

thirty three have been received by n k \ Hoyle, registrar and re-

ceiver of the United States Hand

Office fnr oil claims under the new

law taking effect April 1.

Seventeen of the applications conn

from the Cold Bay District, five

from (Catalla. Eleven applications ■ire from Kootsmahoo in Southeast

ern Alaska. The average acreage hi erch of the claims is 2,560 acres

'making the total of 84.480 acres

ipplied for. The claims at the Kootznahoo are

,t the Inlet of : liat name which if

near Killisnoo. For many years there have been patented coal claims near there.

The claim' nts have six months in which to perfect their right for

prospecting leases to the lands ap- plied for.

CLEAN UP ALREADY STAR”ED IN READINESS FOR MONDAY

Many people have already started to clean up their premises about the

city in readiness for Monday, the

officially designated clean tip day Local fraternal societies have taker the sections of the city assigned tr

them and will be responsible fot the work. Teams hired by the city will be about town all day gather ing up the rubbish and other littei that may have been gathered up.

PRINCESS MARY IS DUE WITH PASSENGERS AT 1 A. M

KETCHIKAN, May 1—Passenger, for Juneau on the steamer Princes? Mary which is due to arrive there at one o'clock Sunday morning, are;

Miss C. Smith, A. W. Shields, Mrs John Mills and two children,, Mrs M. Crawford, Miss E. A. Price and A. J. Overton.

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GOV. RIGGS NAMES GEORGE W. FOLTA PRIVATE SECRETARY

Gov. Thomas Ttiggs, Jr., today an

nouneed the appointment of George W. Folta, a"s secretary to the Gov ernor, succeeding G. Fenton Cramer resigned,

Mr, Folta has been one of the executive clerks for several years and has bepn with Gov. Riggs since his inauguration.

Mr. Cramer resigned to enter bus iness at Washington, 1). C., with hi. father-in-law.

JOHN CHRISTO WILL SPEND LAST YEARS

AT PIONEERS’ HOME

John Christo—popularly known at

"John the Greek”—came to Jlinear lhis morning on the Admiral Evans on his way from Ruby to the Pion- eers home at Sitka. Mr. Christo is na

old time prospector and miner of A1 tiska, coming to Juneau in 1894. He is staying at the Circle City Hotel

The Wise Fool "Truth lies at the bottom of a well'

quoted the Sage. "You don't mean an oil well, tit

you?" asked the Fool.

For All Kinds of

BLACKSMITH WORK Call On

1 JAMES CARLSON Willoughby Ave.

H. R. SHEPARD & SON,' | (Incorporated)

?

Anything In Insurance

Fire, Life, Accident. Marine, Automobile, Tourist, Baggage, Bonds, Gas Boat Insurance.

Compensation We Insure a match or sawmill, a nail 01 a stamp mill, a lier- ting or cannery plant is your life in. tred? Do you carry acci 1 tit insurance? Fire loss- es are adjusted according to cost of replacement, not the original cost of cousin :ion. ARE YOU FULLY COVERED?

Thirty-Five Years Experience. We Solicit Your Patronage. L-----j

Britt’s Pharmacies Seward St. and Front St.

JUNEAU, ALASKA

Everything in Drugs & Sundries EXPERT PRESCRIPTION SERVICE

| FRENCH CHILDREN AND THEIR CARGO OF FILMS

Thousands of children throughout France are well entertained by

the Community Moving IMcture Bureau. The picture shows some typical French children with a valuable cargo of films that are to be shown la

nn« of the devastated districts. g _

MYSTERY FIRE BURNS TURKISH

WAR OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE, May 1.—Many

valuable archives and a eonsiderabk sum of money were destroyed by r

mysterious fire in tlie War Office to day 'The firemen found the doors barred against them.

That the fire was apparently ;

part of an organized plot against tin government, is borne out by the re

port that the machinery of twc Turkish gunboats was found disabled ind several ships carrying recruit! to the Sultan's forces in Asia Minoi went aground about the same time.

Of the 13,000 Turkish officers or

dered to report to the War office inly seven have so far responded

100SE DISCUSS PICNIC INITIATE NEW MEMBERS

AT MEETING LAST NIGHT

At the meeting of the Moose Ixidgt t their hall last night 11' ■ annual licnic of the lodge was discussed t was decided that the picnic would c held in t'..e near future at a date lot, yet determined. Twenty-one >o\v members were initiated into tin >rder and t’.e initiation ceremonies j vere followed by a banquet and | eneral good time.

ANITA PHILLIPS GOING TO SHAKAN MINES FOR

TREADWELL COMPANY

Capt. Fred McGill is in cliarg. if the schooner Anita Phillips that eft for Shakan today with men am

mpplies for the mine that is to be

iperated there by the Treadwell 'ompany. The Anita Phillips i wned by Jack Rowe of Juneau.

Thomas McDonald will havi •harge of the crow of about eight non who will do contract work ir he development tunnel at the mine kune machinery and eonsiderabk eneral' supplies were taken on tin

ioat.

A THRIFT WAGE

By tlio way, to talk of u livin

vagc for tpachers is an outrage, t living wage means tlie almsliouso, o

he old ludies’ home when they ge hrough earning a living wage.

A living wage means that you in list that (he teacher shall spend al die receives.

Teachers must have a thrift wage V thrift wage is the slogan of tin

ige. —Educational Preparedness

ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHi IERE.

Auiiren Soiitar. a we.> knowu

English playwright and novelist who arrived recently in America to aupervlse film production ut til*

play*.

LAST WIRES BOSTON'—William Barrett Ridgley,

'omptroller of the Currency under iii McKinley and Taft adinini;-.. ba- tons, died.

WASHINGTON—No violence re

lorted anywhere to the Department if Justice on account of May Day.

SALEM -Senator Poindexter with- iraws name from Oregon Republican primary ballot.

EL PASO—Reported Juarez gar- rison peacefully joined revolution, thus giving revolutionists control of til Northern Mexico.

dcBRIDE’S LEAD IN FIRST PASSES 200;

HUNT IS GAINING The news from Heonah that J. .McBride received 31 votes and

.E, Herron one vote at that place, ind corrections in the Ketchikan and Charcoal Point returns on the Re- mblican Senatorial contest were the inly developments in the count of the primary election returns.

McBride’s First Division plurality las now passed the 200 mark, the ote being, McBride 973, Herron 76(1.

Ketchikan which reported 235 for lunt, gave him 245, and Charcoal ’oint, which reported giving Hunt

'0, gave him 20. Craig gave Hunt 11 and McCormack 13. The totals >n this office are now, McCormack ’81, Hunt 779.

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS

KETCHIKAN. April 26. —Shuma- :in Islands Popof Strait. Ilelarof iarbor, Blind Breaker Buoy No. 1, •eported on April 20, 1020, off tda- ion and close to Cross Island, will >o replaced as soon as practicable.

\V. C DIBRELL, Superintendent.

ALASKA NOTES

T. S. Elsemore, cashier of the ’etersburg Bank, was unanimously ■leetod Mayor of Petersburg by the

?ity Council at that place.

The Petersburg Report says $50, >00 to $60,000 worth of furs have been handled this year by the Peters

burg dealers.

The Yukon Gold Corporation wil lot operate on Flat, Creek, Iditarot

country, this year according to tin

Nenana news. —

It is the intention of Sylveste 'lowell to pill a drill on the groum n which he lias become interests in Moose creek, in the Kantishn; listrict and an effort will be mad

luring the coming summer to line u

he pay so as lo expedite hydraali operations which will be undertake is soon as arrangements can be mad

for the installation of the necessar

equipment, (^.’enana News.)

Col. D. I) Pullen and his brid

contemplate a trip to Alaska durin

the coming summer, and a visit to hi

mother al Skagway. Coll Pullen wa

married al Ancon, Canal Zone, t

a daughter of Col Id. M. Blake of th

Canal Zone.

Tsteamer movements 1 Now Bound North

PRINCESS MARY due here

i 1 la. m Sunday morning.

CITY OF SEATTLE scheduled to arrive Sunday night.

ALAMEDA scheduled to arrive

to arrive late tonight. Scheduled Sailings

SPOKANE scheduled to leavo

! Seattle May 4. Southbound Sailing*

! JEFFERSON scheduled to sail southbound 4 p. m. tomorrow.

I PRINCESS MARY scheduled to

sail southbound Monday morn-

ing. j ALASKA scheduled to leave

southbound Monday. •---

I SPECIAL SALE f OF WOMEN’S COATS

A Special Three Day’s Sale of Wo- = man’s Spring Coats. A Money-Saving | Event. All the newest Styles are here = in all the Season’s popular colors. All § are This Season’s Goods. Don t miss E this opportunity if you need a new Coat.

= All Sizes from 16 to 47.

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On Sale Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes- day

$18.50 Coats, Now. $12.35 22 50 Coats, Now. 14.95 27.50 Coats, Now. 18.35 30.00 Coats, Nov/. 19.95 33.50 Coats, Now. 22.35 35.00 Coats, Now. 23.35 39.50 Coats, Now. 26.35 45.00 Coats, Now. 29.95 49.50 Coats, Now. 32.95 55.00 Coats, Now. 36-65 59.50 Coats, Now. 39.65 62.50 Coats, Now. 41.65 65.00 Coats, Now. 43.35 67.50 Coats, Now. 44.95 69.50 Coats, Now. 46.35

[ NNoRXr,f Goldstein’s Emporium tL = Everything for Everybody

i Teacher: “Why is a lake that

j has no outlet salt?”

Hoy: “Because it gets in t’.iere

| and can't get out. It hasn't any-

thing else to do, so it just makes i salt.”

The Freshman Class in high school ! were reviewing their Ancient His-

tory. The teacher called upon the

class to sum tip the gifts of the

different races to civilization when

| the following dialogue ensued:

Student: “Egypt gave us the

! germs.” Teacher: “What? Say that

1; again." Student: “Well it says right in

| here (pointing to hook) that

I Egypt gave us the germs.” The history text was Immediately

consulted and the following sentence

I proudly displayed: “From the

Nile came the germs of much found

in later culture of the peoples of

Western Asia.”

Our National jj Neglect

Eeach year 350,000 Amcri- | ,, can children pay the price. In

I death, of the ignorance or in-

difference, poverty or neglect, of the parents and the nation. For every American soldier

lost on the battle front eleven American children died in their homes.

Our children arc our future

citizens; without proper nour-

ishment they cannot live, grow and develop as their future de-

mands that they should. The Jl'NEAU DAIRY is pre-

pared to give your child Just what is needed—MILK, as

I clean and sanitary as you may expect. We are the origina- tors of SANITARY methods in

i j Juneau. Phone 145.

JUNEAU DAIRY Phone 145

111-=--— Read the Empire Ad*.

GRADUATION GIFTS It is a pretty custom to give some memento of Graduation-

one of the real milestones in Life's Journey. We have them for her or for him in pleasing variety of articles and prices.

FOR HIM Watch, Chain, Fob, Ring. Belt Buckle, Collar Pin, Scarf Pin,

Charm, Toilet Set, Pen, Pencil, Etc., Etc.

FOR HER Wrist Watch. Brooch. Ring. Beads, Pearls, Toilet Set, Pen,

Pencil, Hand Bag. Lavalier. Bar Pin, Etc., Etc.

THE NUGGET SHOP SIMPSON 8 WRIGHT

THE HOME UNDERTAKING PARLORS Embalming and Professional Services. Special Attention to Out

of Town and Home Funerals.

H. V. SULLY Phone 136. Ellinger Bldg. Third and Gold Streets.

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Notice - Piano Owners And Prospective Piano Owners, George Anderson, Tiano Expert, will leave shortly for the Westward and Interior Alaska on his

Eleventh Annual Ttip Any in need of piano service of any

description, telephone as soon as possible. Anderson sells high-grade Pianos and Player Pianos, Tunes

and Repairs Pianos; Stores Pianos; Pays cash for Used Pianos

and rents Pianos and Player Pianos.

Ye Music Shop of Geo. Anderson Next A. B. Hall _1__L_-___Phone_l*3^

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