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a list of all the house clean
ing to be done. She will
find that this list involves
the. cleaning of a large num-
Der of surfaces of various
kinds-walls, furniture, fab
RIGS, linoleum, glass and
metals, all of which must
be done without injury. If
she is uncertain of the best
method Of cleaning those,
she should acquaint herself
with the splendid advice
manufacturers provide
gratis. The store where she
has made her various house
hold purchases will gladly
direct her as to what cleans
ing products to use and how
to use them.
The next question after
the list is complete is
whether the necessary tools
are ready. Each year brings
labor and time savers of
all kinds, from a duster to
a vacuum cleaner. An i'm
portant rule to follow is to
buy the best quality imple-
ments possible, and then
take proper care 'of them.
In the long run a good arti-
Gle justifies paying little
more for it because it out
lives the cheaper product not
only twice as long, but three
and four times as long. Too
many housewives, however,
buy, for example, a vacuum
cleaner every fifteen years
and expect it to do consist
emily perfect work. They
would not look for equal
performance from a five
year-old motor car.
Gloves for cleaning should
head the list of necessities.
For sweeping there are
heavy white cotton gloves.
Before these are put on, the
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slightly better service in
keeping out. dust than do un-
glazed chintz in the market
today-both plain and fig
ured, which is excellent for
slip covers, as it can be
wiped with a damp cloth or
even washed without losing
its glaze, which is part of
its charm.
Each year the market has
more to offer in fast color
materials in fabrics mod
erately priced, Plain chintz
is particularly useful in
rooms with figured walls
and cuts to better advantage
than many figured materials.
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ly simplified if the few in
expensive tools designed for
them are provided. A stock
of inexpensive brushes will
save hours Of time and if
selected intelligently will
last so long that they will
become permanent invest
ments.
There is no need for the
window cleaner if you have
that new tool with the win
dow brush and drier on one
long handle. For windows
more easily reached and for
mirrors there is a chemically
treated cloth which need
only be dipped in water.
For lamp shades use a small
soft brush and for getting
dust out of stair corners a
brush with wide fairs may
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lighting fixtures and pap
cred walls. The long han
died suction attachment to
be found in vacuum clean
ers is fine for removing the
dust from difficult corners
and crevices.
If the painted walls re-
quire washing, the entire
surface should be done, as
just removing spots is sure
to leave streaks. A good
solution for this is a pack
age of flaked soap, dissolved
in a quart of boiling water,
to which is added a mixture
of another quart Of boiling
water in which is dissolved
two ounces Of glue. Then
add a little flour and some
sal soda. When the solu-
tion jellies use a large soft
sponge and apply it, work
ing from the bottom up. To
reach the upper parts of
the walls use one of those
ladder chairs, which will
eliminate the fear of falling.
Then wipe down the wall
with chamois, or if the sur
face was very dirty, wash
off the solution with clean
water and a clean sponge,
and then dry with a
chamois.
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Summer Rugs
Offer Wide Choice

Summer rugs have gone
very Oriental, shall we say.
We've seen some that come
from India-Druggets and
Numdahs. Kelims from Per-
sia and Egypt. Some are
from Japan.
But we can't say that
they've entirely "gone to
the other side" as by far the
largest collection is manu-
factured in our own United
States. Some of our own
country's contributions to
the art Of summer rugs are
fibers, grass and fiber COM
blnations, wool and fiber
rugs, jacquard linens, all
wool summer rugs, canvas
braided rugs, hit and miss
rag rugs and old hooked
rugs.
And then there are the
European imports in Ukran-
ian rugs, Belgian, Mouzourks
and German Bast.
Linoleum also is a good
idea for Keeping floors, and
the rest of US cool, for the
summer.
But whatever it may be
we decide to do, we are ad-
monished not to wait until
the sun is hot overhead to
make our floors cool, but to
buy them while we are still
cool and collected enough
to make a wise choice.
Large earthen Jars are
just the thing to keep on the
porch for both decorative
and useful purposes. These
are handy, too, to put those
dripping umbrellas in, be-
fore entering the house.
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The summer of 1881 is an
excellent time for the house,
wife "to take inventory" of
her home. Never was furni-
ture, for both inside and out,
so beautiful never have
prices been so low in many
years. Furniture this season,
for both indoors and out, is
less freakish in design. The
over ornamental furniture is
passe. Now S i'm pl i city,
beauty and comfort are de-
manded and manufacturers
and retailers have responded
to the demands.
Outdoor furniture has be-
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Now is Time For Housewife to Take
Inventory of Home

gests GOODNESS and crispness
and lends to the room a
spontaneous and appropri-
ately care-free spirit during
the vacation months.
The decorative potentiali-
ties, too, are now given full
expression. In place OF
characterless white linen or
cotton damask of chilly
memory, the gayest color
ings and patterns are pre-
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come more colorful. The
porch is no longer just a
place to set some old chairs,
but with gay awnings and
gliders upholstered to match !;
reed, wicker and rattan
tastefully upholstered, the
porch has become an inn
portant outside room Of the
house.
Indoor furniture for every
room emphasizes quality and
good taste rather than the
bizarre. Modern suites for
dining room, living room
and bedroom have gone
strongly toward simplicity
of design and sturdiness of
construction.
Along with this trend
toward more artistic furni-
ture for both inside and out,
there has been a pronounced
lowering of prices. Furni-
ture, Of all grades, is lower
priced today than it has
been for many years.
It is, indeed, a good time
for the housewife to "take
inventory" of her home. The
pieces bought when she
married have about fulfilled
their usefulness. Now is the
time to replace with new
and beautiful furniture
which can be obtained at
such attractive prices as pre-
vail today. Washington fur
niture stores and furniture
departments in the depart
ment stores show as COM
plete an array of fine furni-
ture as is to be found in the
stores of any metropolitan
city.
Many of the stores have
provided room ensembles
that strikingly emphasize
how little it costs to taste
fully furnish either a room
or an entire home.
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ed and should never be
washed with soap, but should
merely be rinsed in clear
water when loaded with
dust.
Dark woodwork can be
treated with liquid wax,
which gives a soft, gleam-
ing luster and discourages
the settling of dust.
Floors are washed and
then waxed. Linoleum will
live more than twice as long
as heretofore if you keep it
waxed.
Task Savers
There are innumerable
small tasks which are great
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The summer housecleanlng
bugbear is a thing Of the
past. The modern house
wife now attacks her sum-
mer "sprucing up" with
modern methods and does
not end her day with aching
muscles, ruined hands and
strained nerves.
The first thing q wise
housekeeper will do before
even taking up her imple-
ments of "war" is to make
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should be inviting enough to
make one long to stay per-
manently. Of necessity it is
impersonal, but it need not
have that forlorn unlived-in
look, which so many guest
rooms have. 1t should sug-
gest that it is ready and
waiting for the guest to
move in and add his own
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Modern Methods Make Summer
HOusecleaning Simple

hands should be rubbed
with cold cream. There are
rubber gloves to be used
when the hands are in water.
Where To Begin
Begin cleaning at the top
of each room, working
down. The first tool called
for will be the long-handled
brush of lambs wool, fiber
or pulled cotton with which
the dust is removed from
ceilings, cornices, holdings,
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
Making the Sum
mer Guest Room
Inviting

The problem Of the guest
room takes on tremendous
proportions in the summer
months. There are age-old
witticisms about Summer
visitors but most of US are
ready to agree that it's the
guest who makes summer
living pleasant. In any case,
guest-comfort is an all.im-
portant consideration.
The ideal guest room
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Cleaning Woodwork

The next thing to be done
is the exposed woodwork,
which probably needs wash
ing. If of light painted
wood, wash with mild soap
and warm water and then
rinse. This operation is
made simple by using two
buckets, one for soapy and
one for clean water. To
dust doors and wood use
dustless dust cloths, which
absorb dust instead of scat
tering it around. These
busters are chemically treat
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You know how you've
always wished you had
something in the bathroom
in which to store linen and
toilet supplies. Chests for
the bathroom are now being
made in every conceivable
color-so they won't spoil
the ensemble effect you
worked so hard to attain.
One way to keep the
kitchen cool this summer is
to do as little baking as
possible. If baking you
must do, by all means use
one of those ovens for the
top of the stove-they take
no longer and certainly keep
your kitchen from getting
too hot.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
Slip Covers,
Decorative and
Utilitarian

The real mission of the
slip-cover is by no means
the merely utilitarian one of
protecting the f furniture
from the dust and dampness
that invade the house in
summer, The slip-cover sug-
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personality to the basic in
terest already there.
The chief charm in the
summer guest room usually
is it's color. Arrangement,
good lines in it's furniture
and the accessories are nat
urally important too, in
making it the delightful
room it should be.
These few notes may not
be amiss. 1t may contain a
chaise Tongue and chair up
holstered in that lovely
small figure glazed chintz;
the bedspread may be of the
same material or a candel-
wick echoing the predomi-
nant color.
The chaise Tongue is really
an important factor for
guest comfort" as there's
nothing that makes for hap
piness more than to be able
to go off by ones self for
that impromptu afternoon
siesta. Solid color glazed
chintz. pillows, with gingham
applique figures add interest
and comfort to ones period
of repose.
Important Accessories
A small table with one
drawer may serve as the
guests personal desk. The
hanging bookshelf is deco
rative in itself and in it
may be placed a variety of
books, presumably in the
lighter vein, to appeal to the
' different tastes of summer
visitors.
1t is the intimate details
which give real character to
any room. In a guest room
these accessories cannot we'll
reflect the personality of the
occupant as they do in other
bedrooms but they can pre-
sent charming background.
A vase on the table for
flowers, a lamp behind the
chaise Tongue, a bed lamp,
and a night light add to
the occupants comfort.
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ferred. In rooms where pat
termed wall paper forbids
even the most conventional
design an ingenious and eff
fective use is made of con-
trasting plan colors. By the
use of interesting color COM
binations which repeat the
colors appearing elsewhere
in the room, the covers may
be made to appear an in
tegral and important feature
of the decorative scheme.
If a quaint, old-fashioned
effect is desired the flounce
becomes a feature.
For the sake Of unity, the
furniture covers often are
made of the same material
as the summer hangings, and
when these are edged with
shallow scallops or with mar
row cotton fringe, the slip
covers are not infrequently
finished to match.
Slip covers should fit as
trinity as a perfectly tailored
suit. Many housewives have
conceived a prejudice against
the use Of slip-covers solely
because Of an experience
with covers badly made.
There is not a room in the
house that may not be put
into. summer garb with
charmingly decorative re-
suits.
GLAZED CHINTz
And fabrics suitable for
slip-covers are featured in
bewildering variety. The
range of available textiles
may even be extended to
include crash, poplins, mo-
hairs and the firmer weayes
of sunfast taffeta silks in
plain or striped effects.
Awning stripes are gay and
durable for seaside cottages.
Glaze d chintzes give
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Built
Deep tapestry
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Living
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tOnGl Furniture Company
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-23

SYNOPSIS: When Juanita eces the narquesa trying to rob Kirk's home, she makes her return with her to Divitts gambling parlors, sending no word to Kirk, their host, or to his grandmother, Nelly Belaisc. But Divitt, having discovered that Juanita, whom Kirk knows az Scnorita Flores, IS really Buatriz Montega, wanted for crime, defies her to report his and the marqucsa's rob bery scheme to the police. Juanita obeys the dying request of Div its wife, Molly, to return to her cigarette girls job in the resort. The marquesa, her love- making spurned by Divitt, flees with his nights receipts, writ ing the police where loot from their robberies could be found. Meanwhile Um b erto, Divitts henchman, has been arrested trying to stage robbery Divitt had planned.
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that once and said, "Juanita! l hear Juanita's voice Kirk dear ."
 Kirk was there. Kirk was looking at her-Juanita. Kirk was lifting Nelly. Nelly looked like baby in Kirk's arms. That was all she had thought then, meeting Kirk's eyes She felt as if he had always known No, not that. As if he must inevitably know-some time.
 He had spoken. "Juanita - Not as Nelly had said it-blindly gladly-but as one who cannot or will not believe. And then the doc tor had come, and presently Kirk lifted Nelly in his arms. Juanita met his eyes again.
 It had not mattered then. But now Yet it had to be Inevitab- ly, it had to be- Life moved on a current, strong, unseen. Human hands could not stem it. Better to move with it.
 Music was Altering into the court from the Tijon. The Mexican band La PalOma. They had played La Paloma the night she had danced with Kirk in the Tijon patio. Dim ly she thought of this as she lit the lamp. Dimly she thought of what Kirk had said when she sang it for him once. "Paloma-the piece has wings in it. You too, have wings, Juanita Will you fly away some day-beyond my reach?" And then that night at Tarpon Point, while the rain streamed around them. Not doves wings maybe, but a stormy petrels."
 Beyond his reach!
 She took off the chiffon trous- CTS. the red slippers, knowing it was the last time. She dressed her self in the first dress that came to her hand, pulled on the small black hat.
 Music Altering into the court.
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PARCEL I

PARCEL
 That certain piece of property situation at the junction of Front and Franklin Streets, Juneau, Alaska being located the Southerly side of Front Street and bounded on the Northery side by Front Street, Juneau Alaska; on the Westerly side by N. c. Nelson Building and on the Easterly side by the John w. Clark property, being triangular in shape, shape and known and called THE ARCTIC PROP
 PARCEL II
 Lot 1, in Block 12.
 PARCEL III
 Lot 5, Block 3, and the Norherly triangular fraction of Lot 4, Block 3.
 Lot G. Block B.
 PARCEL
 Easterly fraction being five (5) feet in width and one hundred feet (1OO) long of Lot 2, Block B.
 PARCEL VI
 The Easterly fraction of Lot 2, Block G and 70t E fHSf S soRE properS ntV~n as the oLD
 PARCEL VII
 Lot l. Block 3, Southery fractional part of Lot 8, Block 5; fractional part of Lot l. Block G. andvn ad a ha Pdff of hSt M BSek o0m%o Such sale will be held on the 2Sth day of September l93 at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the store mery occupied by the Emery Valentine Jewery Store of Front and Seward Streets in the town of of the bid at the time said bid is made and the balance to be paid at the said confirmation of said sale is ordered by the United States Commissioner Pro- pate Court Precinct of Juneau, Territory of Alaska. DATED at Juneau, this 26th day of August, 1931
 JF. MULLEN,
 Administrator with the Will Annexed of the
 Estate of Emery Valentine Deceased.
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who looked at him with frightened

who looked at him with frightened eyes and asked no questions,
 The gate had been broken as if with an axe, and tied again with rope It too was padlocked. Kirk undid the rope and went in.
 Silence The silence of a forgot ten cemetery. The parlor doors stood open. The lights still burning. Chairs and tables were overturned. Kirk made the circuit of the court, opening doors upon empty rooms. He started up the stairs.
 Suddenly he heard a sound-a long, bleating cry that came from an upper room, echoing through the court.
 Copyright, Dodd, Mead and Co)
 No wonder Kirk hurries. And
 tomorrow his anxious search
 leads him tO-BeatriZ MOntega.
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OLD CORMS COME OFFBY THOUSANDS

Our clerks are demonstrating how easily 'END- O-CORN" removes the most stub born old corns or callouses All this and next week hundreds of men and women will profit from the demonstration being given at our stores about END-O-CORN.
 You who have become discouraged by the poor results obtained from the use of so-called "corn cures should come Tn TO-DAY to hear about the ONLY remedy that will surely remove all corns and callouses quickly and without pain.
 If you live too far away write toi END-O-CORN LABORATORIES, 4 Gar field Blvd. Chicago who will see that you receive jar promptly.
 Butler Mauro Drug Go. or
 Juneau Drug Go.
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moon nofDeLICHT bY YMa19a1et Bell Hou4zoszS

roulette wheel. Nelly was sweep ing in her winnings, laughing. Sud- denly. her face grew gray and fixed and she dropped quietly from the high chair to the floor
 Get back! Get back, every body!" Divitt's shout.
 Some one started to open a win dow but Divitt stopped him. He hated things like this. They got in the papers. No open win dows here.
 Get back" he ordered again, gathering up the money Nelly had let fall herding the crowd like sheep.
 Only Juanita was there now, kneeling, with Nelly in her arms. Gabreau had brought water. Jua- nita bathed the small white face.
 Call a physician" she said to Gabreau. There now There, now, Nelly. You'll be all right"
 Juanita was in her room. Nelly was gone. Kirk had carried Nelly from the parlors to their car. The physician had come quickly, was with them Kirk's eyes Kirk's eyes, meeting hers.
 Where her veil was she could not remember, nor when she had snatched it off Perhaps when she had bent over Nelly, thinking she was dying. That was all she could remember, the thought that Nelly was dying.
 Call a physician" she had said to Gabreau.
 There now, Nelly
 And Nelly had opened her eyes
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Chapter 35
KIRK'S RETURN

Kirk had not wanted to come tonight. Nelly had pined for Divitt's and the news that the place was altered had done little to lessen her desire. She had seemed strong CT of late. There was really no req son for not taking her.
 Nelly had grieved keenly over Juanita's disappearance. Strange that Juanita had not sent them even a post card from the place to which she had gone. Strange that the marquesa had not written them again. But no stranger than than the marquesa should not have called Kirk the night Juanita was taken ill instead of spiriting her aaway like that.
 Secretly, Nelly believed that the marquesa had discovered Juanita's engagement to Kirk and had talk en this means of breaking it. The difficulty with this theory was that it was hard to imagine any enc taking Juanita away unless She was ill,or willing Nelly Wor- ried considerably about it, and about Kirk. Kirk was so changed.
 Indeed. there were incidents con- nected with Juanita's visit and de- parture that Kirk had not com municated to Nelly. Incidents that puzzled and troubled him. Her strange behavio or in Ledbetters presence. Her relief when Ledbet- ter had gone. Her goodbye that night in the hall She must have known she was going And yet she might indeed be ill. Very i'll. Alone with the marquesa. And wilere?-
 Divitt's place looked pretty much the same, as far as Kirk could see. Fewer people were there, and not the same crowd. But Divitt was in his place behind the wheel and wonder was the dwarf in his red clothes. Even the Moon was back, among the tables, offering cigar cites, flowers.
 Nelly wore her red and gold dress No jewels. Kirk would no. let her bring them home, but now that the thief was caught at the Cranshaws perhaps she could have them again. Nelly looked about her, her pulse quickening. How excited she felt back at the magic place. She must have a flower for luck
 "The yelled lady" she said. T wish she would bring me flow CT"
 Kirk had assisted Nelly to her chair at the roulette wheel He turned, signaling to the Moon After a moment the Moon came held out her tray. Nelly's flutterine hand chose a Cape jessamine.
 Pin it on me-" she said.
 The Moon obeyed, her fingers shaking. She wondered if Kirk saw. 1t was agony to be near him like Illlo. IlON NOdAo 4lC AiStP hA'O"AAtS her? She stayed in the far end of the room, not venturing near the roulette wheel again.
 Gabreau came back to her with excited tidings.
 De old lady win! De old lady break de bank!"
 Juanita, glancing in that direc- ton, saw Nelly playing intensely with flushed cheeks. Saw Kirk beg ging her to leave. But Nelly would not leave
 The telephone rang back in Mol ly's cage Gabreau stepped in ana answered it.
 Tt fer Meester Stanard,' he told Juanita, and went to call him.
 Juanita moved away with her tray, up toward the roulette wheel. Kirk passed her, not looking at aner, going toward the telephone. Juanita hear his voice. "Hello!-| This is Stanard"
 Then something happened at the
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ADMIRAL. EVANS
 IS NORTHBOUND

SEATTLE, Sept. 23. = Steamer Admiral Evans sailed at 10 o'clock this morning for Southeast and Southwest Alaska ports with 13 first class passengers and nine steerage.
 Passengers aboard the Admiral Evans booked for Juneau are T. E. Daine, H. R. Bronson, wife and daughter, and three steerage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-23
SHOOTING BEAVER COSTS
 INTERIOR TRAPPER S25

Shooting a beaver on the Kus- kokWim River was an expensive proposition for Hans Halverson. In fact, it cost him just $25 and he lost the pelt which he admitted had been taken contrary to the Alaska Game Law and regulations. Warden Oddie Hallson reported the case to local headquarters of the Alaska Game Commission. Halver- son pleaded guilty, was fined $25, and turned the pelt over to the warden, and later it will be sold with others at public auction.
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE In the United States Commissioners (Ex Offcio Probate)
 Court for the District of Alaska, JUNEAU COMMIS- | SIONER'S PRECINCT. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EMERY VALEN-
 TINE, Deceased.
 Notice k hereby given that in pursuance of order of sale made and entered into by the United States Commits oner ExOcio Probate Court for the Precinct of Juneau Territory of Alaska the 26th day of August 1881, in he matter of the Estate of Emery Valentine deceased the undersigned Administrator With The Will Annexed of the said estate, will sell at public auction much thereof as he thinks advisable subj feet to confrma property any part portion thereof, to-wit:-