The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-04
EXPERIENCE OF
 PIONEER DAYS
 ARE RECALLED
Coffee Pot Charlie Revists Scene of His Early Tri-
 umphs and Old Friends.

It was quite an experience for a wealthy business man, sales manager of one of the biggest merchandise firms of the Pacific Coast and heav- ily interested in the firms business, to be only remembered in the North as Coffee Pot Charlie" and to be hailed by that name wherever he went This, however, was the ex perience of c. B. Joseph of San Fran cisco. who has been in Juneau on a visit recently.
 Invented Coffee Pot
 MT. Joseph during the Klondike that miners and prospectors could carry with them and use for making coffee on an open fire. The pot was made out of one piece of metal with a solid spout and a flare bottom. He thought of the idea while at Juneau and having his firm make them, sold thousands of dozens of them through the North.
 His greatest feat of salesmanship was accomplished right here in Jul neau during the boom days of the Klondike rush. In those days all selling started with party and end ed with one MT. Joseph's clients in this case were the owners and clerks of the C. w. Young Company. When the smoke of the battle blew over, the C. w. Young Company had so many coffee pots that they had to build an addition to their warehouse to keep them in. They were all sold, however, to the stampeders to the Klondike. If MT. Joseph's nickname was not firmly established before, it was doubly cinched by this happen ing
 The Original Drummer
 Starting in 1889. MT. Joseph made his last selling trip in the North 23 years ago at the time of the wreck ing of the old Corona, on which he was a passenger.
 After leaving Alaska MT. Joseph became associated with the Nathan Dohrman Company of San Francisco This company has Il branch stores and several wholesale depots. He is general sales manager for the com pany and a member of the firm and rated as one of the big business men of the coast.
 Faith In Alaska
 His firm handles crockery, silver ware and all kinds of household goods. J. B. Caro- & Co. are the representatives of the firm in Alaska During war days deliveries became more or less hard and the business fell off. Mir Joseph determined on personal visit to meet the trade While here he said that although Al aska may not be booming right now, people of the South realize more than the residents of Alaska that there is to be big change in condi tions and that Alaska is to have a big boom and his firm wants to be ready for it.
 MT. Joseph said that he will come North again next year, when he will have more time to visit with old time friends as he was recalled to San Francisco on urgent business matters. He was positive that Al aska was due for the greatest growth of business since the first settlement of the country
 Fathers Footsteps
 Accompanying his father to Al aska, Edwin Joseph was on his first trip North. He carried several lines of merchandise He is a live wire Asked how he liked it, he said that the one thing that struck him was the difference between the business men here and those in the South. He was cordially received wherever he went and everyone was glad to meet him while in the States he said every merchant was always on the defens i've for fear of being stung. 2