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|for food than she paid in the last half of 1934. Daily AlaSk(l Emplr(’ ‘The increase thus forecast comes on top of prices _ {which have been rising steadily, Since the Roose- ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager ' ... sqministration entered office the average retail cost of forty-two foods, as computed by the Bureau evening _except Sunday- by the 1RG COMBPANY at Second and Main |of Labor Statistics, has advanced by 34 per cent. o |Mr. Wallace seems ready to accept the blame, on Post Office in Juneau as Second Class (behalf of AAA. But this is somewhat too generous As an influence in lifting prices, AAA last year by a drought of unusual !'an admission. |was ably abetted severity. In considering the record of price changes it is SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Oelivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 . per month. By mall, post Daid, at the following rates: SRR chn Thonie Th ediance; $1.38, months, in advance, | g,i 1o jook at another side of the picture. In the Subseribers will confe r if they will promptly |Spring of 1933, when the present Administration notify the Business Office of any failure or irregula ity | i dnto power, prices of farm products had been tn the delivery of their pajp Telephone for Editorial MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. d Business Offices, 4 ‘undpr p stent liquidation for forty-two months. " |During this period they had fallen twice as far as The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the|prices of manufactured goods. The unmistakable | }l":)r"'l’:o"‘},'\';,':‘,‘“.‘“l“’\ y‘-’r‘h.‘y‘v”xlh]‘;‘“;n:i"\;.‘f:;,‘.“‘{“:,:\;':‘(l::::d“‘:'i(»”(‘c( of this uneven distribution of losses was to| hed herein. |upset price relationships previously established, to [reduce the putchasing power of millions of people dependent for their livelihood on the productionx‘ {of foodstuffs, and to intensify and prolong the| | depression, incidentally jeopardizing mortgages and local news publis ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER| THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION o e 20 YEARS AGO | MARCH 23, 1915 | Inspired by the fall of Przemysl, | Russia was throwing an army of 500,000 men against the Germans| and Austrians in Bukowina and to- ward the Rumanian frontier. | It was announced at the Ger- jman War Office that the Franco- | British fleet had lost five warships sunk and 2,000 men in the opera- tions at Dardenelles. The Worthen sawmill started full | blast, with a sawing capacity of 25,000 feet a day and 40 men em- | 'olher assets based on the value of farm property. |In these circumstances a very large part of the American public hoped, in the Spring of 1933, that the downward spiral of deflation could at last be| checked. The turning point came in March of that| year. Since then, in consequence of many influences | operating simultaneously—AAA restriction program, ployed. The Carita had arrived with a tow of 260,000 feet of logs, some T'% feet in diameter, from Schenk and McDonald's camp on Portage Bay. A story reprinted from the White- HAPPY e BIRTH DAY‘ The Empire extends canpmtulu-‘ tions nmd best wishes today, their pirthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: MARCH 23 C. T. Gardner MARCH 24 Moris Tonsgard Henry W. Gieske Mike Kosoff Minnie Goldstein Mrs. A. Mogseth Buddy Mogseth A. R. Edwards ITS Wise to Cali Juneau 8 1935. BUSY BUT BETTER RICE & AHLERS CO. r"'UMBING HEATING “We tell you in advance what Jjob will cost” |bad crop weather, improvement of purchasing power in urban areas, devaluation of the dollar and the natural rebound of prices from a panic level—farm prices have risen by no less than 95 per cent. | The housewife, then, may note that her retail cost of food has increased only about one-third as much as the increase in wholesale prices received by the farmer; that the farmer is now able to buy MINING PROSPECTS BRIGHTER. a large quantity of industrial goods, and that 2 e —— better balance has been restored within the price With the creation of a Department of Mines for structure. She may also note that, despite their the Territory an important *step has been taken recent rise, retail food prices are today no higher toward further developing Alaska's basic industry. than they were in 1831. But how much comfort Appointment of B. D. Stewart to direct its affairs|she Wwill actually derive from such reflections is was another good stroke of business, for the Terri- ’:}Tou}“e‘;Lm:;wg;“b}:fij’;"“ cifiilnfi;::s})fro:mhfrao-" tory now has the services of a man acknowledged w:uldpsc:m g unL AlEORE HEETRUE rpmile 1‘3‘1: to be one of the best versed men in the north D“\[)O]i'.lca] AU At ITAT DR, mining matters | The appropriation to conduct the department, but $22,800, is hardly sufficient to carry on a great deal of work, but Mr. Stewart, who for years was | Planning as a Profession. (Kansas City Times.) | horse Star expressed gratification | that there was no truth in the re- |port that Capt. “Sid” Barrington 1 had lost one of his legs in an auto- mobile accident in Seattle. A committee of Elks, under the| chairmanship of Hariey J. Turner,| was busy making plans for a ball! in honor of members of the I.egls-} lature. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Davis left| cn the Georgia for Hoonah en-| route to Strawberry Point where they were engaged in farming. The mass meeting called by May- or John Reck for the nomination| of councilmen, named 17 candidates | for council and three for the school board. Council candidates selected 3 were: Eme: with the Federal Bureau of Mines, is now on NiS, ,per paying been in existence barely five years, winn, DaveryHoni:?nu;sfin Ml‘ilefl‘(‘ way to the national capital where he expects 10 (ne Harvard school of city planning, the first insti- william Geddes, - Oliver Drange, interest Government officials in coming to the tytion of its kind in the world, can boast that it john R. Wills, F. Wolland, Jack aid of the department in a financial way. now receives requests for the services of more McMillan, Otto Wicklander, E. W. Just what help the Federal Government may graduates than it can supply. This is a remarkable Nelson, Ed Ellinger, George F. Mill- see fit to offer is a matter of conjecture but the fact that the Territory, itself, has shown the way of setting up a department and putting a trained man in charge of it probably will have considerable weight, and it gives a brighter hue to the future of mining in Alaska. record, particularly in view of the adverse economic conditions under which the school was established. In part, of course, it has been made possible by State and National planning projects, undertaken recently in connection with unemployment programs, but there also can be little doubt of a growing interest in the whole subject of the orderly development of social and community resources. Although the school of city planning is new, Harvard University has offered courses in city plan- ning since 1909 and was helping to train men for the profession even earlier in its school of land- scape architecture. onfers requires from two to nearly four years tudy and the curriculum includes courses in economic aspects of city development (land values, relief THE NATIONAL PICTURE BRIGHTENS. For those who h at times become pessimistic and dubious of reports that better times were ahead, an interesting piece of news comes from the national capital that should bolster up their waning courage. The Treasury Department reports that in the first March receipts frc The master’s degree that it now of th n incomsz ran t ahead of a like period last year. taxation, benefit assessments, excess condemnation y be that every one rushed in to pay their construction budgets, etc.), as well as in engineer- taxes early but if such is the case it will be the ing, landscape architecture, sociology, Government first instance of the kind on record and even the and the finz arts. g i ; Republicans will think the millenium is at hand, The value of such training is immediately appar- Pigures, disinteresting as they often in this €nt. As one of the first communities in the United 2 . : . . States to be interested in planning, Kansas City case tell a worthwhile story. They reveal clearly g e R e ¢ despite wails to the contrary people still do naturally h.n< a special interest in this field. But ae oy the experience here suggests another course that have income and a greater number are paying a tax on ii, or they are paying on larger amounts. For a long time we have heard of the many with | no income, of the millions on relief and the ever- present moans of the die-hards that it would even- tually scuttle the ship of state. Little has been heard of the income classes, but now when their story is revealed through the often painful route of taxa- tion, it gives a brighter hue to the national picture. It reveals us, even yet, a nation of industrious, free- thinking, independent people who are carrying on as does not seem to be covered in the school's cata- logue, and tthat is how to prevent a city plan from falling into neglect, so that instead of its being constantly expanded to meet the needs of a grow- ing community, even the past achievements of plan- ning are gradually destroyed through a refusal to make use of competent technical advice. If the firearms bill passed by the recent Legis- lature does what its supposed to do we won't get a chance again to recount the story of the hunter we, have ‘done ‘through the generations. who shouted, “Hey, Bill, are you alright?” and when e —e | The national income grows; normalcy, as we [¢CelVing a reply in the affirmative, answered,| ' THE I have come to know a more healthy. condition, is| Inen T've shot a bear” Under the new law you ' MARKET BASKET l much closer than some of us have ever suspected. | Dave to be sure what it is before you shoot. Penalty Provisions, Fruits, Vegetables | | for violation runs the gamut from a fine to con- | Phone 342 Free Deli # very | Cost of Food, | viction for manslaughter. . ° Back in New York State the Republicans are (New York Times.) Secretary Wallace bluntly announces that during | talking harmony again. That's a pretty sure sign| they are getting ready to take the 1936 defeat with as good grace as possible. the first half of 1935 the average housewife wm[ probably be forced to pay about 11 per cent more| NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR 39600 feet to Corner No. 2 King E 31265 feet to Corner No. 3 Hid- UNITED STATES PATENT |Bee Lode; thence N 35° 27' E 18450 den Rock Lode; thence S 52° 40' W U. 8. Survey No. 1492. lfeet to Corner No. 3 King Bee|1500.00 ft. to Corner No. 4 Hidden Anchorage Alaska, March 6, 1935. Lode, identical with Corner No. 3| Rock Lode; thence N 32° 00’ W 600 Serial 08356 | Tellurium Lode; thence N 8° 47 |ft. to Corner No. 1 Hidden Rock Lode, Notice is hereby given that, pur- 30" E 33865 feet to Corner No. 4|identical with Corner No. 4 Valley suant to an Act of Congress ap- proved May 10th, 1872, ADMIRAL- TY ALASKA GOLD MINING COMPANY, a corporation organiz- ed and existing under the laws of the Territory of Alaska, whose post office address is Juneau, Alaska, has made application for a patent upon the following described lodes, lode mining claims and premises, all situated upon Admiralty Island, Harris Mining District, Juneau Pre- cinct, Alaska, and described by the official plai and by the field notes one file in the office of the Reg- ister of Juneau Land District, An-/ Tellurium Lode; thence N 18° 16'| 380.65 feet to Corner No. 5 Tellur-| fum Lode, identical with Corner) No. 3 Lone Star Lode; thence N 5° 50' E 666.60 feet to Corner No. 4| Lone Star Lode; thence N 70° 00’ E 359.15 feet to Corner No. 3 Otter Lode; thence N 5° 50° E 666.60 feet to Corner No. 4 Otter Lode; thence N 70° 00 E 1500.00 feet to Corner No. 1 Otter Lode, whence U.SLM. No. 21, a cross on a granite boulder 5 feet square showing 12 inches | above ground, approximate latitude 58° 14 30" North and longitude 134° 52° West, bears N 17° 46’ 10” chorage, Alaska, as follows, to-wit: W 2524.65 feet; thence S 5° 50° W to Corner No. 8 Point Lode; thence Beginning at Corner No. 1 Point 666.60 feet to Corner No. 2 Otter|N 12° 05° W 36196 feet to Corner Lode, whence USLM. No. 10, a Lode; thence S 70° 00' W 339.15 No. 9 Point Lode; thence N 4° 11° | cross on exposed bed rock on small feet to Corner No. 1 Lone Star|E 109.92 feet to Corner No. 1 Point island in Funter Bay, bears N 50° Lode, whence U.SL.M. No. 21 bears Lode, the place of beginning. 39 W 325301 thence N 67 mean high tide of Funter Bay, 675.26 feet to Corner No. 2 Point Lode; thence N 25° 56' E 39595 feet to Corner No. 3 Point Lode;| thence N 64° 00’ E 31590 feet to' Corner 4 Point Lode; thence S 12° 05" E 40080 feet to Corner No. 5 . Point Lode; thence 8 31° 55 E| 17520 feet to Corner No. 6 Point Lode; identical with Corner No. 2! Ocean Swell Lode; thence S. 31 55° E 8092 feet to Corner No. 3 Ocean Swell Lode; Thence S 88° | 19° E 19442 feet to Corner No. 4 Ocean Swell Lode, identical with Corner No. 1 Queen Bee Lode, whence US.LM. No. 10 bears N 64° 18° 30”7 W 445285 feet; thence Ni 18’ 30" E 423.77 feet to Corner No.| 1 King Bee Lode, whence U.S,L.Ml No. 10 bears N 69° 46° 10" ft., and running N 6° 32" W 3211.05 feet; thence S 57" E along line of |5° 50' W 666.60 feet to Corner No. the plat of survey are: 2 Lone Star Lode, identical with Corner No. 1 Tellurium Lode, whence US.LM. No. 21 bears N 4° 25 W 386481 feet; thence S 18° 16° W 75865 feet to Corner No. 2 Tellurium Lode; thence S 70° 00 W 21630 feet to Corner No. 4 King Bee Lode; thence S 19° 22° W 776.00 | feet to Corner No. 5 King Bee Lode, identical with Corner No. 2 Queen Bee Lode; thence S 21° 08’ W 74596 feet to Corner No. 3 Queen Bee Lode, identical with Corner No. 2 Swamp Lilly Lode, whence Corner No. 1 Swamp Lilly Lode bears N 70° 00’ E 1500 feet, from which US.LM. No. 10 bears| N 54° 57 W 4573.01 feet; thence S| 32° 00' E 613.40 feet to Corner No.} 3 Swamp Lilly Lode; thence S .70°| W |00 W 1500 feet to Corner No. 4| 442623 feel; thence N 44° 57 E!Swamp Lilly Lode; thence S 32° 00 | Adjoining claims, as shown by| | The Alaska No. 2 i Aoy 0. 2 Lode, un- | }.pyp CORNER DRUG STORE” % Jumbo No. 1 Lode, unsur- | P. O. Substation No. 1 | Yoped; | FREE DELIVERY Jumbo No. 2 Lode, unsur- | veyed; Uncle Sam Lode, unsurveyed; l.lz-———— King Bee, 2nd. Lode, unsur- i veyed; T AINTS—OILS ; Tellurium, 2nd Lode, 5 Builders’ and Shelt | veyed; gl HARDW -RI } Lone Star, end Lode, unsur- | veyed; Ish Nik Lode, unsuveyed; Mill Site Lode, unsurveyed. FLORENCE L. KOLB, Acting Register. First publication, March 20, 1935. Last pubication, May 29, 1935. Ll il Empire Classified Ads Pay. er, C. W. Fries, William Britt, Sam Cohen and B. Carlson. For school director—H. T. Tripp. Grover C. Winn and F. J. Wettrick Weather: Maximum, 50; mini- mum, 32; clear. D ATTENTION AMERICAN LEGION Dinner at 6 p.m. Monday, March 25, at the Dugout. Legion feeding 40 and 8 to attend mezting All members requested Initiation followin | —adv. - SWIMMING POOL Ticket sale closes on A your Club Representati s PUBLIC CARD PARTY The Women of the Moose willl Transfer Co. T A TYPEWRITERS RENTED PPt Pt Ko when in need of MOVING or STORAGE Fuel Oil Coal | Transfer | BETTY MAC BEAUTY SHOP In New Location at 12th and B Streets PHONE 547 Our Responsibility We are responsible for every ton of coal we sell. Your satisfaction is our objective. The purchase of your fuel from us will convince you on a cost-and-comfort hasis of the advantage a responsible coal merchant offers you. Pacific Coast Coal Co. PHONE 412 hold a Public Card Party at the Moose Hall Tuesday evening, Marca 26. Contract bridge, auction, whist and pinochle will be played. Good prizes. Refreshments. Admissi 40 cents. —adv, | G 7 SR S S § 57 The Florence Shop | Permanent Waving a Speeialty | Florence Holmquist, Prop. H PHONE 427 [ | | Behrends Bank Building | oE e | Butler Mauro ! t Drug Co. “Express Money Orders Anytime” Phone 134 Free Delivery Lode, whence U.S.L.M. No. 10 bears N | 35° 32’ 40” W 4685.45 feet; thence N | 32° 00" W 42345 feet to Corner No. 5 Valley Lode; thence N 73° 20" E| 273.80 feet to Corner No6 Valley Lode; thence N 5° 42' W 279.74 ft.| to Corner No. 7 Valley Lode; thence | N 46° 15’ E 306.2¢ feet to Corner No. 1 Valley Lode, whence US.LM. | No. 10 bears N 45° 41’ 30" W/ 4129.65' feet; thence N 46° 03’ W 32211 feet to Corner No. 1 Ocean Swell Lode, identical with Corner No. 7 Point Lode, whence U.S.L.M. No. 10 bears N 45° 39’ 40” W 3805.58 feet; thence N 46° 03'W 192.43 feet i SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings for Men ) | WARRACK Construction Co. |. Jumeau Phone 487 — JUNEAU Drug Co. | | i JUNEAU-YOUNG ‘ Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors and Embualmers Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 | Mg Pay’nTakit | George Bros. [} LOWER LIQUOR | PRICES | ALW AYS LIQUOR DELIVERY $5.00 per month ' J. B. Burford & Co. | “Our doorstep 1s worn Hv satis- fied customers s HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Room ELEVATOR SERVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. CONTESTS Vhy not organize a team among your friends, cnd get in on the ftun? Teams from all parts of the city and representing many or- ganizations have already ep- tered this first series. Brunsiwick Alleys . Rncinlander Beer on Draught POOCL BILLIARDS BARBER SHOP 4GENCY : GREASES GAS OILS Juneau Motors FOOT OF MAIN ST. PHONE 36 For very prompt Pay'n Takit George Bros. Phone Your Orders! “Store open until midnight e JUNEAU FROCK SHOPPE “Exclusive but not Expensive” Coats, Dresses, Hoslery and Hats NSOV | | Dr. Richard Williums? B T [ PROFESSIONAL | = Helene W.L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red | Ray., Medical Gymnastics. 4 { 307 Goldstein Building | Phone Otfice, 7R I . | E. R. WILSON Chiropod.s.—Foot Specialist 401 Goldstein Building PHONE 496 DRS. KASER & FRFESBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm 7] ——n Dr. C. P. Jenne | DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Talepnone 176 birv (;~0. yv.. Barton - CWRNOPRACTOCR y 201 Goidetein Bldz. Phone 211 | Office hours--9-12. 1-5. Even- ings by appointment | DENTIST OFFICE AND) RESIDENCE | Gastineau Building | Phone 481 [ | T ¥ SOUTHWELL Optometrist—Optician Eyes Examined—Cilasses Pitted Room 17, Valentine Bidg. Office Phone 484; Residence Fraternal Societies oF il ls Gastincau Channel L] 1 | | e et oo 1 X B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at € p.m. Visiting brothers welcome. John H. Walmer, Ex- uted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary NIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Jeghers Council No. 750. Meetings second 'nd last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient srothers urged to at- end. Council Cham- rers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, * K, H. J. TURNER, Secretary MOUNT JUN*AU LCDGE NO, 163 Second and fourth Mor.- day of eich month in Scotlish Rite Temple, beginuing at 7:30 p.m. HOWARD D. STABLER, Worshipful Master; JAMES W EIVERS, Secretary. DOUGLAS A \? £ AERIE g T F 0. E (o5 Teeis first and third Mondays, 8 »m., Eagles’ Hall, Doua!as. Visiting rrothers welcome., Sanve Degar. #. P, T. W. Cashen, Secretary. —e Our troi™s go ..y plaee any | time. A tank for Diesel OF | and a tank for crade oil save burner tro ble. ‘ PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 ‘ RELIABLE TRANSFER J’ Commercial Adjust- ment& Rating Bureau | Cooperating with White Scrv- I ice Burewu Iwm 1--Shattuer Bldg, | | | || We have 5,000 local ratings | | | | | | | Phone 238. Office Hours: 0:30 & i to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 'n on Jile | 5 5| - | Dr. A. W. Stewart || Alaska Transfer Co. DENTIST | Hours 9 amn. to 6 pm, | SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 433 GENERAL HAUJLING ED JEWELL, Iroprietor PHONES 265—1134 Opt. D. Graduste Los Angelos Col- lege of Opsometry and Opthalinology DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATN Consultation and examination Fcee. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; || 7 to 8:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apts., near Gas- tineau Hotel. Phone 177 Di. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, 9 am. to 5 p.m. Everings by appointment PHONE 321 2 N NN T GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 35— H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man Home of Hart Schaffner and | J‘ Marx Clothing i —_— FINE f Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates | l | PAUL BLOEDHORN FRONT STREET I | OLD NEWSPAPERS bundles for sale at The Em- New Times Bring New Needs The continuous progress of this bank, ever since its establishment in 1891, to meet the changing requirements of the Ter- ritory as the years pass. A connection with a bank that is at once ex- perienced and progressive has never been more important than in these times of world-wide change. A cordial welcome for old friends and new. The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska has proved its ability Pabst Famous { Draught Beer On Tap “ JIMMY"" CARLSON —— e | : LOWER FRONT STREET I SEE BIG VAN | | Guns, and Ammunition | Next to Midges Lunch L " oo Drues axp Sunpmigs or LIQUORS IN A MURRY! PHONE 0 Fast Free Delivery Guy L. Smith Dru g Store Next to Coliseara "“ Hollywood Styl> Shop T Formerly COLEMAN'S Pay Less—Much Less Front at Main Street B HICKEY L oL { For Quick 4 RADIO REPAIR - Telephone HENRY PIGG =t Harry Race DRUGGIST The Squibb Store el 1 IDEAL PAINT SHOP | If It's Paint We Have It! | ¢ WENDT* & GARSTER PHONE 549 Recreation Parlors and 2000000000000000000000000¢ | iy Office, Liquor Store BILL DOUGLAS