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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
8
Bone outlines plans for administrative reform in Alaska. He criticizes long-range delays and the territorial system, praising bureaus yet urging a shift toward efficiency. He notes press support and confidence in his successor while stressing simple, inexpensive government.
Mineral Examiner J Guthrie of the General Land Office traveled through the Northwest on his way to Anchorage for headquarters duties after a visit to the United States.
A local retailer unveils a first look at new products for the season. Shoppers are invited to explore innovative goods, with demonstrations and special opening-day offers. The event highlights several brands and a limited-time sale.
A dense inventory lists various staples and brands including 13 lb Best Cane Sugar 7 lb Best Cube Sugar and 9 lb packages of rice and fruit. Also shown are canned meats vegetables and coffee among other items with multiple brands and pack sizes.
I N Razumovsky and B A Levanov said they have been in the Seattle area a month buying and shipping post supplies to Kamchatka via Nome and Vladi vostok. They listed farm machinery rosin wood steric acid as goods and spoke of future needs in railroad dairy mining and railway machinery. Razumovsky described Siberia as a vast storehouse of virgin wealth with gold in many areas but exploration demanding large capital.
Miss Ruth Reuter, a Juneau Public Schools teacher in 1923 24, arrived on the Northwestern and will stay with Mrs George Burford this summer. A welcomes committee of friends greeted her at the steamer. Old papers for sale at The Empire.
Maria Victoria Kent became the first woman attorney in Spain after a bitterly contested legal fight in Madrid. The victory marks a historic milestone for gender barriers in the Spanish legal profession.
The Moose lodge stages its weekly novelty dance in the Morris Construction Company shop on Second and Franklin Streets tonight. Dancing begins at 8:30 with music by The Alaskans, inviting public attendance to this new home venue.
Commissioner of Education L. D. Henderson and Mrs. Henderson and their daughter Joyce Lee depart tonight on the steamer Yukon for Seattle to spend two months in the United States. Henderson will travel to the east for most of the summer, while Mrs. Henderson and Joyce visit her parents in Hollywood. He will visit Seattle to arrange school supplies, then proceed to Indianapolis for the National Education Association convention June 27 to July 6, before heading to New York to join Columbia University summer sessions.
In mid August the Alaska Teachers Institute will meet here for the first time after a referendum moved sessions from Ketchkan. Mr. Henderson will arrange for lecturers and a full program is being set, with one or two speakers already secured.
Mrs. Rice and son Robert Rice wife and son of Rev. C E Rice Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral returned to Juneau on the steamship Princess Louise after months away. She visited relatives in the South and East including St Louis Decatur Rockford and Howe Indiana for her sons schooling and attended the Howe Military Academy commencement with him before coming home. Her mother died in Rockford on May 2 while she was there.
Bundles of old newspapers are offered for sale at The Empire at a price of 25 cents per bundle. The item appears as a simple sales notice with no additional details about date or contents.
Northbound ships Queen Estebeth Jefferson Alaska Princess Alice Admiral Watson Henry J Virginia TV sail in coming days. Northbound routes include Sitka Petersburg Chicha goff and other ports with departures from Seattle. Southbound entries list Yukon Admiral Rogers Admiral Evans Alameda Princess Louise Northwestern with various tonight and Friday/Mid June sailings.
A terse ad notes a Ladies and Children's haircut sale at Terrella. The brief item emphasizes low prices and a limited time offer, urging patrons to visit the shop for discounted services and styling options.
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