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, | [ & e Pt LAWMAKERS TO BE HERE SOON Several Due 4n Qn Northwest-| ern Tomorrow—Others on Alameda, Queen Alaska Members of the Ninth Legislature will nearly all arrive in | Juneau between Thur: and’/Sun- day for the 60-day convenes here next Monda\ morn- ing in A. B. Hall v Sur all of the members e\ccp( one m]] be on hand in readiness to assume their duties as makers of laws for the people of Alaska Joe McDonald, of the Fourth Di vision, it is believed, will not be able to be here for the opening| ceremonies. Mrs. McDonald has| been seriously ill in Seattle for| several months and, as none of| the passenger lists received, h:w‘ contained his name, it is believed he is detained there. Five members of the Alaska Leg- | islature left Seattle this morning for Juneau on the steamer Queen and will arrive here Sunday. Fif teen other lawmakers are enroute| here from south and west. Those leaving Seattle today, were: Senators Luther C. Hess, Fairbanks, and Arthur Frame, An- chorage, and Representatives Har- ry Donnelly, Fourth Division, ‘A. J.| Lomen, Second, and Frank H. Fos- ter, Third. Senators J. H. Anderson, Second, W. A. Steel and Charles Benjamin. Pirst Division, and Representatives A. N. Nylen, Second, P. C. McCor- mick and A. H. Zeigler, First, are expected to arrive on the steamer Alameda, Friday. Members expected to come here ®from the westward on the North- western tomorrow include: Sena- tors R. N. Sundquist, Second, A. J. Dimond, Third, J. H. Dunn, Fourth, and Representatives Henry Burgh, Second, J. H. Murray, E. R. Tar- water, H. H. McCutcheon, Third, Walter Fisher and R. C. Rothen- berg, Fourth. Representative C. J. Woofter of the Second Division has been here fgr sometime renewing old friend- ships. The other two members, who reside here, are Representatives Allen Shattuck and Grover C.| ‘Winn. i —metl AT ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL Mrs. Henry Williams, of Hoonah, | was entered at the hospital yes- terday afternoon and this morning uUnderwent a major operation. Her eondition was reported as favor- able. Mrs, Williams came from Hoonah on a gas boat yesterday. Tke Weathers is a patient at St. Ann's, with a severe cold. ~Mr. ‘Weathers operates a fishing boat from Juneau and was forced to lay ¥p his craft on account of his ill- .':rs A. Hagland underwent a major operation this morning and soon after was stated to be doing well. at the hospital yesterday. Richard McRoberts, who has been confined since February 5, was today reported quite low. He| is suffering with heart trouble and other ailments which have kept him il for some time and that| have resisted efforts at treatment. b DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS A cable announcing the arrival in Seattle of Judge Hooley, of Dublin, Ireland, who expects to arrive in| Juneau next week and will be the guest of Mr. Elmer Reed. The Judge will be accompanied to Ju- .neau by his two wards, Rose and Betty McCoy. —adv. DO YOU KNOW | It is true we carry one of the largest and most | complete stocks of Cos- metics in "Alaska. Also high grade perfumes and toilet waters, and fancy soaps. Straight-edge razors, Swedish steel, guaranteed. o, HELLAN’S PHARMACY Next to Valentine’s Phone 33 Free Delivery - — *At last the better blade for GILLETTE RAZORS ‘Radium Blades are better blades because they are made of the fa- mous Swedish Razor Blade Steel, the finest in the world. They sell at the same price as the regular Gillette Blades. jon which | Mrs. Haglund was received | W. acon, CONTINUE ITS SELLING PLAN Popularity of 1928 Mar- | shall Field Combination Is Proven in Juneau The popularity of B. M. Behrends company's merchandising connec- with Marshal Field & Com- i , internationally in the dry goods field and s one of the greatest de- stores in the world, has n so g y during 1928, it will be continued this year, ding to E. R. Alcott, buyer local firm's dry goods de- tment. Under this arrangement,” Mr. ott said, “the public will benefit having offered to it a monthly acialty in g goods at an exceptional price During 1928, |our company offered a varied list of worthwhile articles known as the | “Combination XX" plan. A hearty | response from the Juneau buying wppily into thc rto bring homc public was experienced, and, so suc- cessful were the monthly events, | the same plan will be carried out | sy i f 7 this year.” H msored by the Lions. He| A sw sh off the cdast of Sao ik BASKET TEAM smted that over $400 had been Paulo, B abbed an eye out _Mr. ,Mm“, 5 ‘llf\’:""lMt‘”‘Ehffl pledged to date and expressed the of the fis 1 who caught him. F‘,('Id & ZOonir 5 48 “i s.(‘(‘ p-'m feeling that at least $200 more | Anotk herman lost a toe to an|C cy, community in the '0'"}“% " |would be raised before the cam-|angry captive of the deep. leading department store and form- paign closed, 3 _ ks ed a connection that results in | Mr. Robertson explained that the Marie ; 1, c!uv‘ago igh school [ each of these plnces” ou‘enng fl;; money that has been raised to date studonr has rlulzstaedz 1,000 Amer-. ! mchproduct at “m,s ,l.m}pr.m;)' % would $mtd i’ ateall cabin and he"m" coins, including 40 specimens | M. Behrends Company has been of pennies. Her collection is val- |chosen for a second time for the that it would be a regretful ued at $4,000. ¥ §i5kcin $his - chal Hictnc |thing if for the want of the small|"d ® k e TR AdAENRIS B required SHAGI AL - e it possible for it to offer the me of the Pe- E‘m'm BRE Sli& have to Be Gonk The ¢ Government is work- | merchandising plan that proved nd coach- N, *The 8G8a, however, Chek] ing toward the eventual establish-|popular last year. es were the Juneau » . ment of the seven-hour day. “Readers of The Empire are ad- Lions at the w luncheon to-)the fund was increasing and he| AR e v e e day noon. President Lester D,|Ieels confident that the necessary | Henderson introduced the coaches, Amount will be svallable when. the 3w Amcs and R. O. Warfield, (time comes to start construction. words of fiii-mihn"’m g PRELIMINARY REPORT | the last game of the southeast' ON MAIL ORDERS TO 1 Alaska Conference series. Coach Wartield introduced the piavers, BE MADE TO CHAMBER present: Joe Kahklen, Arnold W: vick, Herbert Mjorud, Harold Run- stad and Frank Gordon. Each of the players expressed their feelings at their losing ths match last night, ar uJ promised to r tonight.” Al preliminary report of the lo- |cal mail order survey will be made to the Chamber of Commerce by R. E. Robertson, chairman of the special committee, at that organi- on’s regular weekly noon lunch- eon meeting Thursday. It is ex- pected several visitors will be pres- ent. There is little routine business to be transacted, it was announced today. The meeting is expected to be through with by 1 p.m. o i the boys regarding anks team, saying that the squad of that town was a fast, heady bunch of play-! ers, and adding that in the event, that the Petersburg team wins to-| night and later goes to Fairbapks, for them to be prepared to give| an overly good account of them-| LAST CARD PARTY selves. | The last of the popular series of Other than being host to the five card parties given by the team and its coaches, the club had women of Mooseheart Legion will little of importance before it to- pe held at the Moose Hall, Thurs- day. A report was made by Rob-fday evening, February 28, at 8 p., ert Simpson regarding the progress m. The grand prizes for the series of the scout cabin fund that is be- will ‘be awarded. | il Recent picture of Frances Por-| ter, who filed suit against C. P. Whitehead, millionaire Atlanta sportsman, for 3250,000, charging Sreach of promise. » vised to search 1ts coiumns dili- HOOVER TAKES SCOUTS' OATH AS PRESIDENT President—el;r Is Tender- foot—And More ‘‘Log- Buyers” Are Wanted How the President of the United (\Stabes becomes a Boy Scout is de- scribed interestingly in a late is- sue of the news-magazine Time, in an article that should be interest- ing not only to Scouts but also o | those supporting the movement, | “Log-buyers” and others. It is true that the President automati- cally becomes Honorary President of the Orgization, but he must take the Scout oath. How President-clect Hoover took the oath recently in Florida is the subject of the Time article. In the ceremony he was given a Tender- | foot badge by the smallest Scout in the troop of 36 boys. He made the usual pledge to do at least one good turn daily. New subscribers to the local Boy Scouts’ cabin fund continued to re- [port today to the Scout Council. Some only bought a half-log but no distinction is made in making pub- lic the names of donors. Persons desiring to subscribe to the fund and whose names do not appear are asked to telephone members of the Council and give the amounts |Takes Life in Own Devised Electric Chair LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. 27.—Facing trial on a charge of assault, George Mayo, aged 45 years, seated himself in an electric chair of his own devising. He was dead when the po- lice found him. Two electrodes, attached to a wall plug by an electric cord, were clamped against Mayo's head by a tightly e pulled down hat. ecseceo0ec000 e they desire to subscribe. The fund is now about $200 short of the amount set by the Council as necessary to build an adequate cabin. The list of subscribers as an- nounced today follows: Harold Post, M. L. Merritt, R. L. Mize, James Wickersham, Juneau Dairy, Mr. Thompson, Guy Mc- Naughton, Isadore Goldstein, Harri Machine Shop, Floyd Betts, Rice Ahlers Co., California Grocery, Lions Club, L. H. Metzgar, W. B, Kirk, American Legion, Robert Simpson, J. F. Mullen, Mrs. T. M. Reed, Miss Venetia Pugh, Miss Minnie Goldstein, R. E. Robertson, Chas. Goldstein, E. P. Pond, H. L. Faulkner, J. W. Leivers, David Ramsey, Allen Shattuck, Eddie and Willie Rodenburg, W. S. Pullen, F. Garnick, H. R. Shepard, E. Gas- tonguay, Empire Printing Co. C. H. Flory, Emil Krause, chimney. gently from week to week in anti- cipation of what is to come as the! Behrends-Marshal Field connecti@ni will bring exceptional offerings' from month to month. This con- nection in no way affects the own- | ership or management of the local company, and the new arrange- ment simply increases the buying power of tHose in the nation-wide IMPORTED FROM CANADA | M acLaren sIm perml Cheese | 11 ounce Size $1.25 MacLaren’s Roquefort Cheese, 5 1-4 ounce jars, 85¢ | M acLaren s Stilton Cheese, i Pound . 65¢ | MacLaren’s Limburger Cheese, 6 ounce jars, . 40c MacLaren’s Old English ¥ Sharp Cheese, 6 oz. jars, 40c . . . ? . | YOU WILL FIND OUT That it is a pleasure to make a selection from our wonderful assortment of well known brands. 1 HAPPY HOME BRAND Is known for being HIGHEST QUALITY and mod- erately priced with our famous | “Live and Let Live Pencil’ ! THE PLEASURE Of shopping at our store is emphasized by our also well known poliey— “Money Always Cheerfully Refunded’”’ Gastineau Grocery PHONE 37 P. S.—If you are looking for the best Extracts and | Spices, ask for Schilling’s, we have the most complete stock. i l E COXWELL ] i CHAIRS ) and , ‘ : L3y o LEATHER i:; UPHOLSTERED || h | & | Christie’s Zephyr Cream | Soda Crackers 85¢ CROSSE and BLACKWELL Chow Chow ' . 80c and $1.30 Bengal Club Chutney . 75¢ Anchovy Paste Sweet Piccalilli Pickled Walnuts . Strawberry or Raspberry Jam, 16 ounce jars . . 65c Highest Quality and Largest Display of GROCERIES ‘i:lan,” he added. 1 . 50¢ | HEALTH ORE BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. fre¢ Delivery Phone 134 When We Sell It ! It Right sub Strtion Post Office No. 1. R & W Coffee, an excellent grade, pound, 50c R & W No. 2 size Pineapple, can, 20c Tomato Soup, 10c Veg-Beef Soup, 10c Chip Beef, regular 30c jar, 25 cents Three Minute Oats, large packages, 30c any time. on Gastmeau Channel Day B Juneau’s Style Center. - March lst We have never had a better or prettier lot of Remnants assembled before at HEREAFTER OUR REMNANT DAY will be on the first shopping day of each month. DON'T MISS THIS ONE FRIDAY, MARCH 1 oldstein’s Emporium - T e O, (RN CRLIea