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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
MOOSE TO HAVE GLORIOUS TIME
 AT THE PICNIC
Races and Games of.all Kinds
 Big Eats and Every thing Be Features.

A tug of war between the women race by all officers of the lodge; races for every size child from the tottler to the big fellows; an open air concert; ice cream and big eats, are some of the features scheduled for the annual picnic of the Moose Lodge to be held tomorrow at Sal con Creek.
 According to the picnic committee, there will be nothing left undone to make the day glorious one. If there is any amusement that they have not provided for they would like to hear about it. They are go- ing the limit, which is the sky. and they expect every Moose, his family and his friends to have good time.
 Cars are to leave the Wallstedt Ice Cream store and the Home Groc- cry at 10 o'clock in the morning. The return will be by in the evening. People are expected to furnish their own lunches, but ice cream, coffee, sugar and milk will be furnished by the lodge on the ticket of admission.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
EXCURSION TRIP
 WILL BE ONE BIG TIME

The Alma is gong tomorrow morning, according to Glen c. Bart lett, and the Taku Excursion IS to be big success he says. The hours have been slightly changed to meet the requirements of fishermen who expect to whip the surface or IaKu Lake for trout. The return VIII pc made at midnight and the start made at 10 in the morning wlth stops at Douglas, Treadweil ana Thane after leaving.
 The beautiful weather has evoked much interest in the big excursion and the attractive rates made for single fares and parties has struck popular chord. ht
 The Scotch Orchestra is to furnish much jazz and coffee is to be served by the management. People will De expected to take their own lunches.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
TWO RECEPTIONS BEING ARRANGED
 IN RICCS' HONOR
General Public Reception Monday Evening Second
 One to Be Wednesday.

In addition to the public recep- tion which will be given to former Governor and Mrs. Thomas Riggs Monday evening by the people of Juneau under the auspices of the Juneau Commercial Association, a second reception will be given to MT. and Mrs. Riggs Wednesday evening This will be tendered them by Col. James G. Steese, Col J. C. uotwals, and Capt. c. s. Ward, members of the Board of Alaska Road Commissioners; Robert J. Sommers, Acting Governor, and George A. Parks, Chief of the Field Division for Alaska, General Land office.
 'Alls of us who were officially as- sociatcd with Gov. Riggs regret to see him leave" said Col. Steese to- day. He was always ready with assistance and advice whenever such was needed. The reception is in tended to be at least a partial ex- pression of the appreciation of kind iy CUuISSIy WHlCu Has DCeu hiSpidy Su by both Mir. and Mrs. Riggs to us of the Federal service"
 Public Reception.
 Plans for the public farewell re- ception for former Governor and Mrs. Riggs were completed yesterday alternoon and announced today by Chairman w. G. Johnson cf the special committee in charge of the These include a formal reception of short duration to be followed by a dance.
 The reception will be held at Elks' Hall. The receiving line will be composed of MT. and Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. E. F. FL more, sister of Mr. Riggs and Mayor and Mrs. R. E. Robertson. The formal reception will last from 9:1g D. m. to 9:45 p. m. at which time the Grand March will take place.
 Three committees were appointed to look after arrangements for the reception H. l.. Faulkner is look ing after the musical arrangements, E. ] White is in charge of the re- treatments and M. s. Whittier has charge of hall arrangements.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
ON JUNEAU'S
 WATERFRONT

The steamer Northwestern, which arrived in port at 12:30 o'clock yes terday afternoon, discharged cargo all night and left the Alaska-Juneau wharf at 8:30 this morning on her way to Skagway and Western A. aska points. Leaving here all the space was taken by passengers wao are en route to cities of Western Al aska, among whom were workers for the government railway and the Ken necott copper mine. The passengers numbered 37 first class and 54 SEC ond class.
 First class passengers were as fol lows: For Cordova-Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Bathe, Ida Bathe, Wade Ol- son, B. M. Englebretson, F. Panitich, T. E. Swanson, B. l.. Mack, Gladys Hicks Morris, Miss Virginia Laugh lin, Mrs. Roe Bentley, Lola Korhon' en, Frank Ronazion, Jack Argall, J. D. Foote, H. R. Herner and B. C.. DelZelle.
 For Seward-C. J. Machin, Archie Myre, M. c. Rugg, T. M. Hunt, c. w.. Payne, J. A. Borgis, A. L. Duncan, James McCloskey, Fred Dahlkuist, James Bussey. E. w. Thompson, N. J. Beaudin, R. J. Tuck.
 For LaTouche-Alfred Harker, An drew Ryste.
 For Valdez-H. l.. Morris.
 For Skagway-Mr. and Mrs. Her man Grimm and John Bernstein.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
WATERFRONT BUSY PLACE;
 MUCH FREIGHT HANDLED

ing supplies at the same time at the city wharf, that place this morning presented rather. busy appearance. Almost 300 tons of the freight also was piled in the warehouse there and many teams were hauling the freight to the various business houses.
 The cannery tenders that were in were the Fish Hawk of Hawk Inlet, Frances E. of Tee Harbor and Col den Gate of Aux Harbor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
Half Holidays Started Today On Federal Hill

Effective today, the federal offices on the hill closed at noon and until Septem Der 15, half holidays will pre-. vail every Saturday in federal offices. Judge H. B. LeFsvre and Miss Klondy Olds, Of tle U. S. Commissioner cffice, locked the doors at 12 o'clock and are taking a vacation this afternoon. U. s. Deputy Mar shal N. o. Hardy likcv ise locked the doors of the mar shal's office and although be is on duty, he is working hard at it this afternoon. Chief Deputy Clerk Lafe Spray, of the clerks office, is working in ms garden, having locked the doors of the office at 12:0l o'clock.
 All other offices of the fed eral government in Juneau are also closed besides those on the hill. and doors are locked tight this afternoon in the Goldstein building and elsewhere.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
BIGGEST CROWD
 ON RECORD WILL CELEBRATE HERE
Committees Preparing for Record Breaking Fourth
 Soldiers Are Coming

Definite assurances that the sol dier baseball team from Ft. Seward will enter the tournament here in the Fourth of July celebration were received today in telegraphic advices received by Chairman Glen Bartlett of the publicity committed The greater part of the posts population ing to Mir. Bartlett.
 It is expected that the harbor boat Peterson will make two trips to ac- commodate the people desiring to come down from Ft. Seward. One of the trips, it is probable, will be made only to Aux Bay. landing the passengers there The publicity com mittee is asking for cooperation Of local automobile owners in bringil 2 those who are landed at Aux Bay into town. Those owning cars are asked to donate them and their 5olV- ices in this connection, said Mr Bartlett. adding that such service would assure the presence of con siderable number of people, inclrd- ing soldiers who will take part i'll the parade, who otherwise would be unable to attend.
 Everything looks promising for the biggest celebration ever staged here" said Mir. Bartlett. If tEe people will get behind it aad do some consistent boosting from now until July 4, it sure will he some event" The Douglas Fourth of July committee has put up a prize of $50 for baseball tournament which is open to all corners. The Juneau publicity committee has advised both Sitka and Ft. Seward of this fact and it is expected that two games will be staged at Douglas on July 3. This, it was pointed out, will bring large number of out of town people into the community a day earlier than was at first expected.
 Dodgers and advertising matter has been sent to all the c:.nneries operating in the district. to Chicha- gof as well as to the other towns ia the district. The cannery crews, ac- cording to superintendents of sev- eral of them, are expecting to come to Juneau for the Fourth as no cele brations are planned by thg canner ies. It is anticipated that the yisi tors this year will be more numerous than in former years and the com mittees are making their prepara tions accordingly.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
STREET MAKING TO BE STARTED
 ON BIG SCALE
With New Street Making Machinery on Hand Work
 Will Progress Fast.

Active grading and graveling of the streets of Juneau is to start soon. according to the orders given to Street Commissioner Robert Sem ple by the council at their meeting of last night. He was ordered to grade and gravel East Sixth street from East to Park Avenue, Park Avenue from Fifth to Sixth and East Fifth from Kennedy to Park.
 With the rock bunkers completed on Front Street and the arrival of Pierce Arrow truck on the Admiral Goodrich and a big grader on the Northwestern, it is said that the street department is excellently equipped to do fast and economical work The Pierce Arrow truck is owned by the Bureau of Public Roads and is loaned to the city for the work.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles c. Person ous, H. M Krough, Christine Peter son and Julia Costigan having peti tioned the council to hold gospel services on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday nights on the street in front of the Leader Department Store, and having the permission of the owners of the store, were permitted to have the services subject to revocation by the council at any time.
 Upon a vote of the members of the council it was decided to reduce the working force at the City Wharf, starting on July 1. A wharfinger and one assistant will do the work there in the future instead of two assistants.
 The action of the street committee in awarding the contract for the removal of planking at certain part of the street system to Femmer X Ritter was approved.
 City Clerk Cole was authorized to advertise from time to time for the removal of dirt from streets that are to be graded and graveled. To day he started in and is advertising for the removal of the dirt on Third and Franklin Streets.
 Fire Chief J. L. Gray was present and asked that all. fire alarm boxes be painted a bright red with q stripe also on the pole to distinguish it. He also asked that the low pres sure hydrants of the fire system be painted red and the high pressure green and that new landing pad be furnished the department. Two new signal horns were asked for by the chief to be placed on Front Street, near the City Wharf, and on Willoughby Avenue. The requests were referred to the committee on fire protection.
 The street committee reported on the progress being made on the Va rious projects now under way and said that the finishing of the, work at the cemetery was only awaiting the arrival of an iron gate from the South.
 It was decided that the council should endeavor to get property own CTS in the area from Front to Third and from Main to Gold Streets to sign petitions to have concrete side walks built. It was pointed out that many of the plank walks were be- coming worn out in that area and that they should be replaced with permanent structures.
 The city clerk was authorized from now on to have his office closed on Saturday afternoons dur
 ing the rest of the summer until the middle of September, the same as government and other offices.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
SHlShANE FOUND DEAD

Joe Shishane, an old-timer Of the Cook Inlet country, was found dead yesterday in his cabin on Swanson Creek. near Anchorage. according to advices received by Acting Governor R. J, Sommers. The death is re. ported to have been from natural causes, no inquest being held
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
WOMAN RECOVERING
 FROM MAJOR OPERATION

Mrs. Albert J. Forrest underwent major operation at St. Ann's Hos pital last Thursday and reports are that she is making a very rapid re- covery and will soon return to her home
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
ARRIVES;
 WILL LEAVE OUT TONIGHT

The Ambassador, of the ChichagOf Mining Company arrived in port last night from the mine and will leave again tonight with a heavy cargo of mail and general freight A number of employees of the com pany came to the city on the vessel
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
DEPARTMENT CALLED OUT

A roof fire was discovered this morning at the residence of J. M Saloum, 425 Seward Street, and was extinguished by the use of a hand chemical before any damage had been done. Sparks smouldering in the shingled roof caused the fire. The department made a quick run to the scene of the fire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

A new telephone directory is now in course of preparation. Subscrib- CTS contemplating any change in ad' dresses, or persons who desire to have telephones installed in time for their names to appear in the new directory, will confer . favor by notifying the management before July l. JuNEAU 2 D0uGLAS adv. TELEPHONE CO.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18

Don't miss the Jitney Dance, A. B. Hall, Saturday night. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18
THANE EMPLOYMENT AGENT
 WILL VISIT CALIFORNIA

Lawrence Reedy, for many years employment agent for the Alaska Gastineaui. Mining Company. will leave on the Spokane en route to California, where he will play a while among the orange groves and on the sandy beaches. MT. Reedy was ill during the winter and is talk ing vacation to recuperate in the sunshine. He will return later in the season.
 Don't miss the Jitney Dance, A. B. Hall, Saturday night. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-06-18

PLAIN SEWING at reasonable price. Children's work speciality. 121 Gold St. adv.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-02
TIMELY WALL STREET TOPICS

NEW YORK. June 1.-The reac-
ton was carried still further In the
forepart Of todsy's stock market un-
der the influence of professional
selling for the decline reinforced by
a little real liquidation in the sugar
and steel shareA Omission of the
regular south Porto Rico common
stock dividend unsettled the former.
while reports of a still lower rate
Of operations were used as argu-
ments for selling the steel. The
two chief characteristics of this
market were the same as in the
Tuesday session-the element of
professionalism and the compara-
lively small volume Of trading nee
essary to reduce the Industrial price
level one to two points In addition
to the two groups before mentionef
there was persistent selling of the
oil shares. This was the condition
during the firstthree hourb- In the
afternoon, although the market be-
came dull. some material recoveries
were recorded in spite of the fact
that call money advanced from to
ia per cent early in the afternoon.
The IL per cent wage reduction
announced by the railway labor
board today was not Up to Wall
streets expectations. but, Fortunate
ly. the market had not been bid up
to discount fully what the street
really did expect The result, there
The Washington herald., 1921-06-02
FREE SELLING
HALTS ADVANCE
Lack of Pressure Causes Early
'Spurt in July; Crop Re.
port Bullish.

CHICAGO, June There was
decided lack of pressure on wheat
and with an excellent class of buy
ing the July moved up to s1.3sk
before noon. or within Il cent of
the best figure on the crop and TX
cents above the finish OF the pre-
vious day. The Snow Bartlett
Frazier report was construed as
against SS.s last month and sug-
gested a yield of $4,000, 900 bushels
on the government part or 10000
900 bushels less than last month
and 22,0O0,000 bushels more than
harvested last year. Spring wheat
condition e39 with the acreage OF
. per cent to 17652. 900 suggested
a crop of 245.o00.0o0 bushels or s6.-
0o1, bushels more thar har,
v<st<Y last syeaf@ssellers Of offers
were forced to protect themselves
on the way up but around 1.36
there was free selling which
checked the advance. Export busi-
ness was reported as under way at
the seaboard. The government
weekly weather and crop report on
wheat was construed as rather
N"Hi"N esnectailv on Kansas. NO. 1
and No. grades of winter wheat
sold 19a21 cents over the July
showing less of decline than the
trade expected.
Corn showed considerable strength,
with some stop-loss orders uncov-
cred on the way up. Sentiment has
been rather friendly to the buying
side for several days and the up
turn today was easily attained de-
spite the good weather and crop
reports. Country offerings are n"i
large and shippers and elevator in
tercsts were good buyers in the
sample market paying July price
to IL cents under for the No. and
No. yellow. Oats firmer with
corn and on the Snow report, which
made the condition S6.3. the lowest
at this season in over 10 wears.
Acreage is 43.l5O.0a0 suggesting a
crop Of 1.37o.o00.0 900 against 1885,
600. .0e6 bushels harvested last year.
Provisions were rather dull but
slightly higher with grain and
hogs.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-02

The proposed tariff on lumber
which has met~ith opposition, par
ticuIarly among farmers, directs at
tention to the slow return to pre-
war normal of both imports and
exports. A slow trend toward the
re-establishment of previous trade
balances has been shown by move
ment since the armistice.
The United States has been lum-
Der exporting country since the ear
liest days, but the foreign trade
has not been large until recent
times Up to 1914 the exports were
on the increase. amounting annu-
ally to over 5000, 900, 900 board feet
of lumber and sawlogs, in addi-
tion to large quantities of railroad
ties, slaves and other wood prod
ucts. This export trade amounted
to about 81 per cent of the an
nual lumber cut of the year. With
the outbreak of the war this trade
decreased until the volume in 1918
was only about IS per cent of that
for 1913.
.'he great decrease was in ship
ments to Europe. which previously
took a little less than 40 per cent
OF our lumber exports. This lum-
ber consisted of about so per cent
of southern yellow pine and other
soft woods, but also an increasing
percentage of high-grade hard
woods and nearly SO per cent of
our yearly cut OF black walnut.
Lumber imports amounted to
The Washington herald., 1921-06-02
SEEKS TOSUPPLANT
SILKS WITH COTTON

NEW YORK, June 1.-"Cotton
goods will cost more after a while;
then you'll see women rushing to
buy them and wear them at balls
and receptions" declared Mrs.
Miriam B. Richardson, of Mont
gomery. Ala. today.
Mrs. Richardson sailed for Liver
pool as an accredited American
delegate to the world cotton con-
ference there June 13.
Women of the south. she de-
clared, are backing their "men
folks" in their campaign to cut
dowr cotton production until high
prices are restored
This is my propaganda" Mrs.
Richardson said. calling attention
to a shimmery gown she wore.
This" she said, Indicating a
georgette-like sleeve, "is cotton.
This skirt that looks like satin is
cotton. This black lace with its
mercerized threads Is cotton.
when prices get back where
they should. gowns like this will
be expensive. You'll see lots of
them then. Women will use cotton
as toyously as they now use linens
and silk"
Mrs. Richardson was one of a
party of more than so cotton grow
ers and manufacturers who sailed
FOL, England.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-02
FOREIGN TRADE NLUMBER Is
SLOWLY RETURNING TONORMAL
Our Timber Scarcity is Chiefly Reflected in
Growing Cost of Pulpwood.

about one-third of the exports in
1913, but beginning in 1917 there
was marked increase in this
trade and by 1918 imports were
greater by some 100, 100000 board
feet. This reversal of the balance
sheet was largely brought about
by the movement of the Canadian
product in larger quantities and
the reduction of shipments to .Eu-
rope. The Canadian product con-
sisted chiefly of pulp wood and pulp,
of which Canada furnishes about
two-thirds of our supply.
Imported lumber has not been
regarded as an important competi-
ton factor in our lumber markets
except in sections near to the pro-
ducing regions. Several times
when a duty has been placed on i'm
ports of lumber from Canada, the
effect has not been serious. Our
imports are regarded as of minor
Importance. and as in no way so
important as our dependence upon
Canada for pulp-wood.
The exhaustion of our forests
by rapid cutting and fire waste
makes the lumber supply public
question of first Importance. The
exports of soft woods is not so
serious as that of hardwoods, be-
cause the former may be replaced
rapidly IL we adopt a policy OF
forst preservation and planting.
The foreign demand for the high
grade hardwoods threatens certain
industries with shortage of raw
materials. A national policy of
timber growth appears to offer a
better solution than the regulation
of trade.
The timber scarcity will appear
first in the high-quality grades.
products of the cream of our for
ests. This situation has been OBJ
served by lumber trade observer
from Europe who recently advisd
his associates that the sawmill in
dustry of the United States was
now at its maximum development
and that European exporters
should concentrate on timbers of
large sizes and high quality for the
American trade. He regards our
, consumption OF wood goods as
growing and likely to continue to
grow. Such surplus as we have
will be exported largely from Pa
cific ports near to the largest re-
naming forests. High freight
rates will tend to direct trade to the
westward. and there is at present
very light demand for American
timber in Europe.
The Immediately serious def
cheney in our supply of timber is in
pulpwood. and the rapidly-growing
cost of this is shown in the fol-
lowing preliminary figures of con-
sumption and cost from the census:
Consumption and cost of pulp
The Washington herald., 1921-06-02
COTTON MARKET IN
A STEADY DECLINE
Further Liquidation, Influ-
enced by Better Weather
News, Forces Down Crop.

The cotton market opened quiet
at about yesterdays closing prices,
with July selling around 1891.
against 1859 for October Of the new
crop, December 1907 and January
1921. From those quotations there
was a gradual decline of % points
on July to between 13 and II on
the new crop months, mainly from
the effects of some further local
liquidation Influenced by the better
weather news and further southern
selling. This brought July down
to 12& cents before o'clock.
1885 for October. December 1894
and January 14.04. from which there
were only slight rallies in the final
tradings
The governments first crop re-
port on the condition OF the new
crop for the season will be an
nounced at the end of the noon
hour tomorrow. A very unfavora-
bic report is generally expected. but
it has been largely discounted in
the buying movement and advance
in prices of the past month.
1t is expected to make the con-
dition to May 25 as low as IS per
cent. against 62.4 a year ago. 756
in 1919, S2.3 in 1918 and 76.7 the
1O-year average condition for May
IS. The low condition of 62.4 per
cent at this time last year was
the worst on record for the start
of any crop season. but the weather
were so good throughout
the months of June, July and Au-
gust the crop improved rapidly and
on an acreage of $3.50. 900 the ac-
tual crop turned out was Is, 200, 900
running bales without linters. or
the sixth largest crop on record.
The decrease in acreage of this sea-
sons crop Is expected to be be-
tween 25 and 30 per cent. and the
decrease in the use of fertilizers
between 40 and so per cent. The
Journal Of Commerce crop report
out today made the condition of
the crop ss.s per cent, and the
acreage planted abut 25,sOO, 900
acres. against Its estimated area OF
55.5oD.09 acres last year