PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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Attorney and Counselor at Law ■
Notary Public.
Peterson Building. Phone fil-R
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
Office, Corner 5th and E.
Anchorage : : Alaska
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Lawyer
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Attorneys-at-Law.
Alaska Building Anchorage
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Lawyer
Hewitt Building
Anchorage Alaska
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M. J. CONROY
Attorney-at-Law
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Anchorage : : : Alaska
R. C. MATHIS
Dentist
Alaska Building
Anchorage, Alaska
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DENTISTRY
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Dr. J. H. McCALLIE
Dentist
Cor. 4th and C St. Anchorage
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Physician and Surgeon
CITY DRUG STORE
Anchorage - Alaska
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E. BLVERA SWANSON
Stenography, .Typewriting, Dic
tation.
Peterson Building Phone 61-R
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;; Branch Stores:
McDOUGALL
TALKEETNA
Wood for Sale!
Dry wood, seasoned wood, any
length, any kind. Anchorage Supply
Co. Phone 46-R or 25-R. 133
Head The Daily Times and be an
.tiseboragc booster.
LONGEST ARM
OF LAW RIGHT
HERE IN NORTH
SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—The arm of
the law in the Fourth judicial di
vision of Alaska is longer than in
any other judicial district of the
United States, and the area of the
district is greater than that of any
other judical district in the Union.
Harry E. Pratt, assistant U. S. attor
ney at Fairbanks, the judical seat of
the Fourth division, is in Seattle after
making a trip outside on business,
i says the Times. The district which
Mr. Pratt helps to govern, is four
j times the size of the state of Wash -
ington, and stretches north and south
! from the Alaskan range to the Arctic
! ocean and east and ’.vest from Yukon
territory to Bering sea.
The main terms of court are held
at Fairbanks, but to minister law in
other more remote parts of the divi
, sion it is necessary for the court to
: move from place to place, much as
! the oaling court of the Third division,
i which reaches out into the Aleutian
| islands. The judge, his secretary, the
j United States attorney and an assist
i ant, the clerk of the court, a deputy
! marshal and tmee stenographers
'comprised the party which left Fair
j banks early in the spring this year to
hold court at Ruby and Iditarod, and
did not return until three months later.
The trip entailed traveling over :i,r.00
miles on steamboat, motor boat ano
, tramway.
Court records in the Fourth division
contain many interesting episodes,
showing the fearlessness and bravery
of the representatives of Uncle Sam.
Once a deputy marshal went out in 40
below weather on a “mush" of over
1,000 miles to dig out alone the body
of a murdered prospector and bring it
to Fairbanks where there were enough
people to hold an inquest.
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1 Bread, pies, pastry and all bakery
| goods of superior quality at the North
I Pole bakery. 242
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night,
j Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
I Taxi and Transfer. 126
Wood—Phone 40-R. 186
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN’S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
| Shoes and furnishings.
C. HENNING
TAILOR.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Suits Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. 4th Ave. and D St.
LEARN TO DANCE.
j Latest riauces Taught. Begin
| ners given special attention. For ap
1 pointment cal] at third house from
C on 6th Ave.
W1I, BUNTING.
CHOVIN SUPPLY
5th and C.
Carries Everything in Electri
cal Supplies and Fixtures
to make a happy Home
Agent for
FRISCO STANDARD
GAS ENGINES.
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club
meets first and third Monday in
month. G. C. HAMMOND, Sec.
ODD FELLOWS
Odd Fellows Club meets
every Monday evening,
Peterson Building, 8 p. m.
L. O. O. M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday ifight at 8 o’clock,
Moose hall. Initiations twice
each month.
ALASKA LABOR
TROUBLES FEIN
IN TERRITORY
In his annual report to the secre
tary of the interior, Governor J. F. A.
Strong discussed fully the labor con
ditions in Alaska and the Alaska
game law. In reporting on labor con
ditions the report says that the supply
of labor during the greater part of the
fiscal year was fully equal to the
demand, except in the closing months
of the year, when the demand for me
chanics of various kinds and for
workmen on railroad construction
was greater than the supply. The de
mand for miners has also been great
er than during the previous year. A
strike of laborers and artisans em
ployed on the construction of the
government railroad at Anchorage oc
curred during the early spring. In
creased wages were asked for and
work was partially suspended, pend
ing an adjustment of the matters in
volved. A board of conciliation and
mediation, appointed by the president,
proceeded to Anchorage, where an ex
haustive investigation was conducted.
The board recommended an increase
in the various wage scales, and the
men returned to work. There has
been no difficulty experienced since
and the wisdom of settling the strike
in an amicable manner has been
warmly commended. No other labor
troubles of importance have been re
ported elsewhere in the territory. In
some of the mining districts increases
of wages have been reported, also a
decrease in the working hours of men
employed in surface work about the
mines. In the placer mining districts
of interior Alaska the wage scale is
$5.00 per day and board for an eight
hour day. The territorial legislature,
session of 1915, passed a law consti
tuting eight hours a day’s work in all
the lode and placer mines. This law
has been generally observed except in
a few cases in the placer mining dis
tricts where some of the employers of
labor have evinced a disposition to
disregard it. Suit has been begun in
the fourth judicial division to test the
legality of the act.
An act providing for an expression
by the electors of the territory, as to
whether they are in favor or are not
in favor of a general eight-hour day
for all wage and salary earners, was
passed by the Alaska legislature at
its last session, for submission at the
general eelction in November, 19145.
The act also provides that, if the |
question is decided in the affirmative,
the legislature shall at its next ses
sion pass such acts as may be neces
sary to cause such expression of the
wishes of the electors to become ef
fective.
In some of the fishing sections of
the territory the usual number of
men have not been employed by the
cannery operators because of a slack
season for salmon, the run of this
fish having been greatly below the
normal, especially in southeastern
Alaska. In this industry many In
dians and Filipinos and Chinese, Jap
anese, and other aliens continue to
be employed. During the year 1915
about 5,000 Indians were given em
ployment, an increase over the pre
vious year. The figures for the year
1916 are not available. There has
been a substantial increase in the
number of men employed in the lode
mines of southeastern and southwest
ern Alaska and in the Copper river
valley, due to the opening up of new
mines, the resumption of work on
others, and an increase of men em
ployed in the mines which have been
steadily operated. The scale of wages
paid in lode mines in coastal Alaska is
from $3.50 to $4.50 per day.
MAY IRWIN AT
THE EMPRESS THEATRE
Sunday and Monday January 7 and
8, the Empress theatre offers “Mrs.
Black Is Back,” featuring May Irwin,
America’s foremost comedienne, in
one of America’s funniest comedies.
Miss Irwin, the distinguished come
dienne and a star of a number of
successful comedies plays the title
role in the film production of this
most celebrated of all her stage tri
umphs, the screamingly funny farce,
"Mrs. Black is Back,” and her inimita
ble facial expression and her excel
lent pantomime work render her art
especially adaptable to the screen.
No one should miss seeing this come
dy of all comedies because this come
dy ends as a comedy should—with a
laugh.
Drama and comedy generously pro
vided for the program this, Saturday
evening, should prove inviting and
entertaining for everyone.
NOTICE
Pioneers of Alaska will meet at Ro
barts’ Hall Friday, Jan. 5. 236
BURSTOFSPEED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Speaker
Clark said today if congress wanted to
clean the legislative slate and go home
i next March 4, he gladly would join in
a movement to eliminate useless ora
tory by cutting down galery space and
abolish the Congressional Record and
to introduce voting machines.
“It isn’t difficult to see that the
galleries and the Record cause an
awful waste of time and money,” the
speaker declared today as he paused
in his efforts to outline a plan whereby
a session’s work can be done in 68 leg- j
islative days.
“Any time that the galleries are I
full the orators on the floor are pos
ing and wasting time. And every
body knows there are any number of
congressmen who talk for the Record
a great deal more than is necessary,
j "The Record is not necessary. The '
I English house of commons has none, i
A journal is kept. Dr. Johnson used to;
write it after the day’s proceedings j
were over. He simplf recorded who j
spoke and which side they were on. t
“I havn’t much hope, though, that i
I’d receive much support if I started
to make a fight for smaller galleries
and no Record, so I won’t start it.. But
there is hope that the present method
of taking roll calls will be abolished.
It is archaic and a time waster.”
The speaker also favors reducing
the house from 435 to 300 members
and holding it to that number.
Minority Leader Mann expressed
the view, and offered figures to sub
stantiate it, that under no circum
stances could the democrats have
that there was a chance for the re
publicans to have 218 members.
He further said he was not wor
rying about the speakership and
thought it would be much more fun
to remain on his present job.
Anchorage General Hospital
Comer 6th & K Sts.
Private Rooms and Wards, Sani
tary and Thoroughly Equipped.
When you are sick it’s CARE
you want.
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George Harvey
will recover $2,250 out of $3,250 which he took to tin
wrapped in a salt sack and pinned to a trouser’s leg.
lost it walking along the streets, and his unique “sa^
depository” indirectly leaves him short exactly $1,(
How much money is lost each year because peop'fe
will not deposit in banks can never be ascertained. D
you have saved up some money, don’t take chances witlj
it. Bring it to our Bank.
WE HANDLE GOLD DUST AND BULLION.
BANK OF ALASKA /
Skagway
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
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3 in 1 Laundry and Baths f
Now Reopened on the New Premises.
Bet. 6 and H on 5th Ave., Next to Harry Cribb.
P. H. RINGSTAD, Prop.
THE BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
OUR CLEARANCE
SALE
Is a Great Success. Every
body Helped Themselves
at Our Bargain
Counter
REMEMBER—ALL THIS WEEK IS BARGAIN WEEK AT OUR STORE.
YOU’D BETTER HURRY BEFORE ALL THE BARGAINS ARE GONE.
EXTRA SPECIAL SALE—MEN’S ALL WOOLEN PANTS, REGULARLY $5
VALUES—SALE PRICE $2.00.
BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ SWEATER COATS—$2.00 VALUES. SALE PRICE 75c.
The BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice