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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
6
Classified notices describe general public needs and advertisement timings. It notes closing times for standard and Gaver advertisements, at 2 PM and 11 AM respectively, with rates of ten cents per line for the first insertion and five cents for subsequent insertions, averaging five words per line.
For sale two items listed in a fragmentary notice. A six room furnished house and a lot are offered with inquiry directed to Andrew Khileh in Dowglac. A separate line mentions a hunting and prospecting boat and a shop name Gaetmneat Electric Shop.
Mrs Spaulding of South Bend Washington reports long term relief from kidney trouble and backache after using Doan's Pills. She credits the remedy for absence of recurrence over more than three years. Foster Milburn Co. advertises the stimulant diuretic for kidney and related pains.
The Oregon of the Independent Steamship Company, Capt. Johansson in command, docked at Douglas and Juneau carrying 75 tons of coal and 10 Douglas at the city dock. 110 tons of freight were discharged including 40 barrels of lime and hay for local dairies. Cement, lumber, and coal were unloaded at various docks, with 11,000 feet of lumber sent to Seattle and a final cargo of sacked coal at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock.
Steamer movements include YUKON arriving this afternoon at three. Schedules list ESTEBETH sailing to Sitka and wayports at 11 pm. PRINCE CHARLES to sail from Prince Rupert at four pm and PRINCESS MARY from Vancouver at nine pm. ADMIRAL ROGERS from Seattle at nine pm. NORTHWESTERN from Seattle on October 1 at nine am. ALASKA from Seattle on October 17 at nine am. HILNRY J leaves for Petersburg and way ports at midnight next Monday. VIRGINIA IV sails to Chicha toff and wayports at ten pm. SOUTHBOUND ADMIRAL WATSON southbound about October 1.
At the Alaska Juneau dock a transfer involved 25 tons of hay end feed for DPD and individuals B. Femmer and George Danner being put ashore. The same berth handled 100 tons of steel mill balls and five tons of machinery parts. The Oregon departs this afternoon heading south and will call at Pybus Way and Chomley in addition to its regular ports for freight.
Fleishner Meyer Company representative B Green leaves on the steamer Alaska for Ketchikan. F A Aldrich returns to Juneau on the Alaska after a Westward trip. Frank S Gordon, merchant of Fairbanks and Anchorage, travels on the Alaska to Seattle to join Mrs Gordon and their two children. Dr W H Barr, New York physician, and son Britton Barr sail the Alaska back to the States after a Westward visit. They spent time on the Kenai Peninsula where Britton hunted big game and collected specimens. This is their third Alaska season and they plan to return next year.
At the Gastineau and the Zynda and the Alaskan many passengers are named including W A Eaton King Bay KR W Wiley Haines Frank Johns Ket chikan Geo Davis PP W Lee Cordova Frank Parrish Seattle Donald H Stevenson Unalaska Sante Degan Harry Lee FP Worley M D Stantons Texas Mr and Mrs Townsend Mayo Don Miller Cordova W C Killian Cordova W Skyes Ardmore Oklo Hans Lambers Seward John Cranson Cordova Hamburg Juneau Latouche W W Coolidge Seattle Chas Brown Seattle C A Robinson Unalga Casper Ellingen San Francisco J J Straban Eldred hock.
The U S Geodetic Survey Ship Explorer and the launch Scandi navia returned to Juneau this morning from Shelter Island where currents were observed. They head to Seattle as winter headquarters with two weeks at Pybus Bay and a few days in Ketchikan.
The freighter Curacao of the Pacific Steamship Company arrived in port at 3 pm from the South. It is discharging about 450 tons of coal at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock.
The steamer Alaska bound for Seattle carried 270 passengers and about 1640 tons of copper ore from Cordova, reaching Juneau at 4:45 pm yesterday and scheduled to sail at 6:30 pm. It also took on frozen fish, halibut, concentrates from Chichagins mine, and carried 115 first class and 00 steerage from Seward with a mix of passengers from Latouche Veldez Cordova and others.
Charles W. Hamley, a memory expert, pleased about sixty attendees at Moose Hall for the first of four lessons. The audience praised the course and Hamley announced that new pupils would be taken tonight, the last feasible night to enroll. The class resumes this evening at Meose Hall.
N M Gillman Jr chief clerk of The Alaska Railroad in Washington DC office travels aboard the steamship Alaska returning to Washington after inspecting the railroad district since September. He toured with Noel H Smith general manager and hk Horn assistant to Mr Smith. A Oswald former Nenana agent also sails to arrange tours for next season.
The mail and passenger boat Estebeth reached port this morning coming from Skagway and other ports. Among Juneau passengers listed are Cc. E. Skyes, P. Worley, Don Miller, hk. W. Wiley, W. C. Killian.
The steamship Yukon of the Alaska Steamship Company arrived in port at 3 15 this afternoon from the South carrying 202 tons of freight for Juneau.
The article outlines the awarding of the Coffin Award to Pittsburgh. It notes a mutual dependability between company and riders. The company promised service improvements and employees contributed suggestions, with 8,394 proposals in 18 months and 262 adopted. City officials reduced downtown parking during the day where car tracks exist. Thirty four fare adjustments favored the public and new equipment was bought. A conference board of citizens and traction officials was formed to guide operations. Workers receive insurance and financial aid for study.
Announcements from here report the marriage of James L. Backstrom, once assistant United States attorney, to Miss Kathryn Cecelia Keenan of Seattle. The wedding is set for September 10. The groom has lived in Alaska, worked in the General Land Office, and served as U S attorney in Juneau. He later moved to Arizona and recently worked in the Internal Revenue Bureau in San Francisco. He is a member of the local Elks lodge.
The Steamer Prince Charles of the Canadian National Steamships sails southbound from Juneau Friday at midnight. It will make one more winter run as business justifies, with the ship on the late September October schedule and possibly longer.
Juneau Ferry & Navigation Co offers schedules listing departures for Douglas, Treadwell, and Thane with multiple daily times including morning, noon, and evening departures. References indicate variations by route and day, with several entries showing specific times and notes about Saturdays only and related notations, reflecting a period freight and passenger timetable.
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