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o 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE;-THURSDAY, AUG. 22 that it may be mined for the values which it is : » y K p TS Dally Al(ls’ffl hmplre believed to contain. Drilling disclosed the fact that| Assistant Educator PROFESSION AL Fraternal Societies | f . 7 the meteor had struck the earth at an angle and |- — = = T e S OF I JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER was lodged under the southern part of the rim of B — Gustinea % By e T P T the mountain. Drilling was then concentrated along - | DRS. KASglEirfangTE:BGRG uw Channel 1 B R NG oM E A NY o GoandaY and’ Mamm |that part of the rim, and some months ago those soiLhe ol Ay mee s ? < Juneau, Alaska. in charge of the work announced that the meteor PHONE 56 5 . By in the Post Office in Juneau a: ond Clace| had been found at a depth of 1,376 feet below the Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. ;?;ntl)]:g' aevf;ydmfi‘ > " rim and that portions of it had been obtained, of i fins -;run e;mls- SUBSCRIPTION RATES. which ninety per cent. was of meteoric iron, seven e e g Call 4 €. Sy, g Dellvered by carrter In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and 3 8 g " August, at 8 o'clock Thane for $1.25 per month. | per cent. nickle, two-tenths ounces per ton of plat- Dr. Charles P Jenue Ilks’ Hall, 0 Nl postage puid, ot Ui fologin faieti, , |inum and one-tenth ounce of iridium, making. the DENTIST q WINN GOPDARD, Exalted Raler. $8.00; one month, advance, $1 2{? # Al eonamts meteor itself have an approximate value of fifty + Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine M. H. SIDES, Secretary. no%,",‘;";?,‘i“'{:.?fi?.“ o tatlure of irreguiarity dollars a ton. As the total weight of the meteor is Building Visiting Brothers Welcome, e Ty ol Re T Business Offices, 374, | CStimated to be about ten million tons, its money - —_— value if all of it is recovered will be about five rhe AMEMBER or ASSOCIATED PRESS: to the,hundred million dollars. The sinking of a shaft wse for republication of all news dispatches credited to to the meteor is now well under way and it is It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the|, .. .; (1ot ore in quantity will be brought to the surface some time during this summer. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER SRR IS i THAN THAT) OF ANY, GTHERTFUBSICR TN | “Doc” Holmes was far behind Gov. Dan Moody in the home stretch of the last Texas Gubernatorial *contest, but he got enough votes to give the Texas Republicans the right to have a primary clection for the second time in the history of that State. Holmes got 120,000 votes out of a total of about| 3 ) , three-quarters of a million. A party must poll v FRTI ‘""“'5'o;"b;"n';;oi‘m‘;;;t7 to9 | 100,000 votes to get the right to have a direct| Secretary Wilbur appointed Mary | Licensed Osteopathic Physlcian:’ primary. | 8tewart, Denver, Colo., assistant { Phone: Office 1671, i | director of cducation for the In- g 3 n service, Residence, MacKinnon Apts. Telephone 176 ! ,f Dr. A. W. Stewart ' PaCkaTd [ DENTIST ) Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. SEWARD BUILDING : Office Phone 569, Res. e 52 . one Co-Ordinate Bod- ies of Freemason- ry Scottish Rite Regular meetings second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m. Scot- tish Rite Temple WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary, CA) 4 Weal news publish SINGLE O or 11 Whether it's a nice and balmy day, or stormy and terrifying makes no difference—we will be at your door in a ‘Mfy any time you want a taxi, ané give you -cfficient, polite service at the low- est standard rates. IOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Py Juncau Lodge No. 700. 5 Meets every Monday ¢ night, at 8 o’clock. 2 =2 JAMES CARLSON, Diclator. W. T. VALE, Secy, P. O. Box 824 Dr. H. Vance | Osteopath—201 Goldstein Bldg. Air navigation has enabled Switzerland to get into overseas transportation. - ] Those Inevitable Mergers. H (Engineering and Mining Journal) | The recent acquisition by Anaconda Copper of Bl 10 & i o 10 non, ' Greene Cananea and Andes Copper is further evi- m. to 5 p. m. and 7 p. m. ? All Alaskans grieve over the untimely death of gence within the mining industry of a pronounced | et b i’ Miss Crosson, first aviatrix of the North. She came economic trend that is steadily assuming greater Is A Dv ED b Eome 1 to her end in the course of her flight in the proportions. Mergers and absorptiohs in t_he last [ s not the practice of Medicie, | Women s Air Derby from Santa Monica, California, few months have followed each other in swift suc- i 5 cessi ifi larly by the forma- 3 “levels o, srhay . most ambitious cession, being exemplified particul | de‘[A :“““,\m"(“"“')),:l:“'(:; \:‘,:m,x:m;\nm:m‘fl 4 tion of a $70,000000 controlling company in the Col. Mann Tells Chamber undertaking by 3 s ¥ aviation industry, a now power amalgamation, or-| f Importance of Ald to MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. HT) Second and Fourth Mon- day of each month ‘in Scottish Rite Temple, e beginning at 7:20 p. m WALTER P. SCOTZ, | Master; CHARLES E. NAGHEL, Secretary. : Packard Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRAGTOR, Hellenthal | De Luxe | Building CARLSON’S TAXI and ALASKA MOURNS Office Service Onl; MISS CROSSON. *a. m. to 12 n Ser’vice ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Second and Fourth Tuesdys of each mcnth, at 8 o'clock, Scottish Rite Temple. MAY- i C AB9 BELLE GEORGE, Wor- : - thy Matron; FANNY -] Ambulance Service Surgery nor Osteopathy. occur. Miss Crosson had already made a record oo ioion of a $500,000,000 food-producing corpora- : [ Robert Simpson | | L. ROBINSON, Secretary. that wotld be the pride of any ordinary pilot, man gion consolidation of two of America’s largest de-| Aerial Transport i D ’ Phone I8 or woman. She had covered the Alaskan Interior partment stores, and several groupings of important | ()pl. . KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS and held the woman's altitude record of 24,000 feet banking interests. (Continued from Page One) | Graduate Los Angeles Col- |, ] Seghers Council No. 1750 ; g inley.| S sould see in the centralized control result- | Yo S | loge of Optometry and I Meetings second and iast _nearly 1,000 feet higher than Mount McKinley. ome woul 1 s 1 199 g \ jead now. She was called at a time ing from such combinations in industry a threat City Engineer of the same ity ‘”‘SH Opthalmology | Or ay 4 p. m etk g to local self-government and the sacrifice of indi- : ' '+ U701 | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Grouna | Transient brothers ury: when she apparently had a long life ahead for dualisi, “with Tedarall abeficids badebing’ much ofl® guc._st_:md recited briefly some of |, * 10 R okl achieving. Alaska mourns. tha 7 aTbhbelYs ORIt iy tHe Blatdls ARO[ i o e ents WEEE place B e Chambers, Fifth Street. there. Five years ago the voter: approved a bond issue of $87,000,000 for various improvements, includ- ing light and power plant, sew- ers, parks, etc., and this program is now partly completed. Last year, St. Louis adopted a $2,000,000 municipal airport pro- ram which is near completion. It EDW. M. McINTYRE, G. K. H. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. Y this character are natural; any trend of such mag- OTHER DELEGATES UNDEF ND MR. pitude and so affecting the life of every -citizen SAUNDERS. may be expected to arouse lively critical discussion. —_— But, in this instance, a significant sequel has been| Many people become famous in many different the lack of popular protest. Public opinion appar- ways in these thrill-chasing times. The other day ently indgpses the movement, considering it a bene- a couple of St. Louis fellows won fame by keeping ficent sign of the times, as well as an inevitable factor in the application of those mass-production an airplane e air for seventeen-and-a-half days, ! 1 e B .. methods that are exerting an ever-increasing influ-|% 3 o almost equalling the eighteen-day record of the flag- ence on soclety. is one of the finest airports in the pole sitter a short time ago in Los Angeles. Not so DR. E. E. SOUTHWELL | Optometrist-Optician | ¢ Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | Room 16, Valentine Bldg. | 1 To or from any place |\ "5oucras aEmie w1 ¥ 0. & in the city for Meets Monday 5 &mghm 8 o'clock at 50 C[‘,NTS Eagles’ Hall, Doug- - 2 . . GUY . TAXI Fivs el SMITH, Secretary. Visiting Brothers welcome. cheaply as ore — 10:00 to 6:00. Evenings by Appointment. Phone 484 g ———= The large organization in the mining industry |COURtry. Jong ago: the Nebraska hog caller occupied the spot- that controls numerous properties, reduction plants,| Mr. Watts and Mr. Slater have | Day and Night Service T WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART light, having replaced the long distance tobacco- and allied vertical units has demonstrated repeat- |been Visiting the latter's cousin, 4 Cars at Your | LEGION, NO. 439 juice expectorator. edly its greater economic value, compared with the(Mrs. James Drake,’ for the past Phone 485 Servi | Meets first and third Thursdays The latest fame accumulator is W. O. Saunders, Small company. For instance, an analysis of sta- :'“‘ and will return south tomor- | 2 LT e case | each month, 8 p. m. at Moose o i pe S © o SRR RN industry for the rs | TOW. | ; i { e et e i troms, 1000 1o Cx%‘;‘;?rdu:?:;t which tpeeri(::fl::l}; N ial" Gdies Explatint Broprain itbiosi i Day or Night Calls—- II}Ma:cvm!?A:'gNggRgngéGSexg:x_—, cilitly " whlked down' Pitth AvenuelIn. New York oo SWB 70 URS SORERE WAtk DS CHR BESRL, et meod Bf Tanost o Stant - atviAitade: Cate Same Price | et ; [ City the other day clothed in his pajamas,—that is, he walked quietly until he acquired a parade of ghowed that he amount of copper produced by the|and mphibians, - declared R. J. r curious sig and then beat it to his hotel. larger companies increased, whereas the output of | Sommers, Territorial Highway En- GEO. M. SIMPKINS Mr. Saunders declared that he was not seeking a the small producers declined; moreover, the larger |gincer, in a short talk today to the COMPANY THE l 199 Cab CO. varunswick Bofilg average of commodity prices increased 50 per cent.,|for landing facilities for seaplanes sUPPLl t‘s } | sensation or a position as a procession leader, but companies were able to prosper, or at least to sur-| Chamber Ihis would include a 9 g i . A]lc ] simply trying to keep cool He said {hat pajamas Vive, during this period of low prices. Most of the |platform with approaches from the azel’s 1axt }!| Stand at Gastineau om ey AN% S had been his usual summer apparel for more than small companies, on the other hand, had to stop|water, and machinery for hoisting h Hotel Stand—Miller's Taxi B, production or to operate at a loss. planes from the water to the plat- Phone 218 a year. These facts lend encouragement to the belief P H ON E = 3 A Those who attended the Houston b iy, PeUsh Ty 3 a Convention that consolidations effected, pending, and in pros-| Such a port is to be built at Ket- last year will not find it hard to understand the pect in the mining industry are benefcial, and that | chikan shortly, Mr. Sommers said. F motivation of Mr. Saunders when they take into an increasing tendency toward the coalescence of It will cost approximately $12,000, account that his method of solving the question units in many an industry and business is inevit- | financed equally by the city and Russian Steam Baths Open Wednesdays and Satur- Mabry’s Cafe 456 of cooler clothes for men was: developed on the able. the Territory. The landing plat- ¢ | days lurom noon till midnight. train while returning from the Democratic National ! form will be 60 by 112 fect, with an Regular Dinners B;l;;s% (;.oxoa» Convention to his Old North State home. If any | Lord Byng. incline approach 40 by 169 feei on Short Orders 15 MRS. JORRI., Prop. ’,' people ever needed cool clothes for men they were R a 15 per cent grade, reaching the Stand: Alaska Grill —— el the returning delegates from Houston, and the | (Manchester Guardian.) water at low tide. It will be Lunches remedy that Mr. Saunders found within reach were! When “’l": Byl’,‘“l. waih:; d:,: 0‘52::5‘2;:{:.“: E?q‘:imf:glesw‘rt; {',fln\i;'“"fffmfhl‘f,'l Open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. MORRIS ik pedwy ot Be, Mg jonh TRederd duringWoss trlrmthzd::::g?)tln?rnt by Labor members, not upon per- | of the water to the platform. Prompt Service, Day and Night!} | POPULAR PRICES CONSTRUCTION SFogson. pights, sonal grounds but in opposition to the traditional| A similar plant can be construct- L ) P policy of a military head of the force. Bearing this ed here at a cost not to exceed MINING METEOR MOUNTAIN. in mind, when the Labor Government was formed |that of the Ketchikan port, he AR i s, Lord Byng offered to resign. It was immediately |said. However, the Territory will Meteor Mountain,’ a curiosity to geologists and insinuated: in certain newspapers that differences|not be in a position to undertake ¥ had arisen between the Commissioner and the Gov-|local work before next Spring. CovicH Auro SERVICE HARRY MABRY STAND AT THE OLMPIC Proprietor Phone 342 Day or Night Juneau, Alaska et eooe e COMPANY SAND and GRAVEL other selentists for the lust century, 15 o be mined. (o™ e insinuations have now been effec- Sites Are Investigated - Pux Jomean Ravewmr {1 L MDD i AN B . tively quashed by the Home Secretary’s statement| The Executive Committee of the i and Concrete like basin 570 feet deep and mearly a mile in'G"Hoice “Tord Byng's only motive was 10| Chamber, President Faulkner sold, ) ] Helene W.L. Albrecht Franklin Street, between Work diameter, was formed by @ meteor falling t0 the assure himself that he had the confidence of the|has made some investigation of po-| PEERLESS BAKERY No job too large nor too PHYSIOTHERAPY , Front and Second Streets Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gyanastics. - | PHONE 359 small for us 410 Goldstein Building | I earth about two thousand years ago, As estimated new Administration, and this assurance he received |fential sites for such a port here. f | | Phone Office, 216 [ geologists. The land on which Meteor Mountain in unequivoeal terms. Everybody has been impressed |1t found some desirable locations ted is some twenty-two miles west of Winslow, by Lord Byng's efforts to overhaul and reorganize | pu the prices asked by the owners A, and about six miles south of the Santa.the forces so as to remove any cause for the sus-|were considered to be too high. Commercial job printing at The MORRIS Pe Railroad | picions of its integrity which have been aroused by |The matter was turned over to the + at The Empire. CONSTRUCTION CO. The motntain s now the property of: capltalists oc Tocent events, Di¥ic: Tropedvendgnt Oonimlitos ik | o SV PR PEEIY SSSUDY JSSUDY WINDY WY WY | Building Contractors who have spent years in exploration work UyIng| An the little laws which the other fellow vio- | iier study. The same com: PHONE 62 mittee was also asked to study the possibilities of establishing a Class A ajrport here such as was sug- gested recently to the Chamber by Commander Radford of the Alas- ka Aerial Expedition. The Legislative Committee was requested to communicate with Commissioner William John Coop- [ ] er of the Federal Department of ° Education relative to the possible removal of the Bureau's Alaska headquarters from Seattle to Ju- neau. to determine the exact resting place of the meteor lates were made to be obeyed.—(Boston Transcript.) Mirroring the Growth JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY of Juneau The steady growth of Juneau the past ten years is strikingly pictured in the growth of our Savings De- PEERLESS QUALITY The canning season is near; remem- ber our canning fruit comes from east No public meeting will be under- — taken for Commissioner Jefferson ‘_——T partment during that period, as of the mountains—and THERE’S A Myers of the United States Ship-| | ’I;l}e Arcade Cafe h by the follows . Moves, Packs and Stores {. DIFFERENCE i he fl If ping Board. He will arrive here peclal Dinners on Sundays shown by the lollowing comparison Freight and Baggage s 1n the flavor. you Sunday on the steamer Dorothy |sw- l“o::t:lv:e:: z::.' i of sa‘/ings deposits' mpt Delivery of TN LR . He will be f i ection. y Pro £ :."";g'“ peaches .{l“"" " ‘l;'?‘ YOAT We @ | e Board.of e Chamber | |.Come 1 4nd liten to e || § ALL KINDS OF COAL eel sure you will again this year. and individual members and en- > HEREY. - FOURE." Mheg A \ugust 6, 1920 . 44,780.61 : tertained by them during his stay Fhone 288 | gust 6, 1920 844, “PHONE 438 here. Other visitors arriving on 2 the same vessel, including Charles » August 6, 1924 .. 13035,568.‘)8 i - D. Garfield, manager of the Alas- = % T e ka Department of the Seattle Juneau Public lerary AUgus" 67 1929 ... 17338366'33 1 HOTEL Chamber of Commerce, and 80 di ; members of the University Com- Free Rcadmg Room ZYNDA mercial Club making the round trip ' City, Hall, Second Floor . — o el on the boat. "' Main Street and Fourtk ELEVATOR SERVICE i W. C. Vandervoort, Chief of Rail- S. ZYNDA, Prop. way Mail Service at Seattle, will R“;”:'mgl’;“ i H visit Juneau next week, President v e ¥ Faulkner announced. He will be|{Circulation Room Open from The B- M . Behrends L @l o s PHONE 486 Personal Delivery here several days studying the|)to 5:30 p. m.—17:00 to 8:30 p. m. 'ORD’S GORNER mail service situation and probably | { Current Magazines, Newspapers, Bank D S C be a guest of the Chamber next [ Reference Books, Etc. “TRY A MALTY” Friday. - Oldest Bank in Alaska PIG’'N WHISTLE CANDY Non Better—Box or Bulk ——aa General rather than specialized education is favored by Dr. William L. Bryant, President of Indiana University. Service ———— T Commercial job printing at [he