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New Shipment of Goods
Received on the Alameda from the
World’s Fashion Center |
It includes coats that cannot be duplicated in g
Style and Price. Dresses in new fabrics and |
color effects, direct from the Eastern Mar- J
kets, in Georgettes, Charmous, Satins, Chif- §
fon, Taffetas, some with Braid and Beaded
effects, also serges in large variety. Evening Dresses
in Tulle, Silver Cloth, Silver Nets, Taffetas and Satins
Beautiful Georgette Waists, some beaded with touch
es of Lace. Stacks of Beautiful Linen Handkerchiefs,
Hand Embroidered Hose and Silk Underwear, Pure
Silk Umbrellas.
Table cloths and napkins, huck and turkish towels,
trimmings, braids, full assortment of notions.
We Have also received our new line of Cretons and
Tapestries, Pillows, Braids. Trimmings, Notions, Silks
by the yard. Georgette Crepes in all Shades, C *3 } de
Chines, Velvet, Broadcloth and Corduroys.
Mens Shirts, Ties, Silk Hose, Linen Handkerchiefs and
Silk Umbrellas.
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“DO YOUR BEST’
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WIN THE WAR
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CO-OPERATIVE CONGRESS.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 29.—Ad
dresses by governors of Montana and
North Dakota, state oficials of Mon
tana and representatives of the federal
department of agriculture will fea
ture the “co-operators’ congress” to be
held here February 4 to 8. The clos
ing day has been set aside as non
partisan league and union labor day,
and A. C. Townley, president of the
National Non-partisan league, will be
among the speakers on that day.
Governor S. V. Stewart of this state
will deliver the “keynote speech” on
the night of February 4, according to
the program, which has been made
public by Herbert M. Peet, in charge
of arrangements for the meeting.
Former Congressman Tom Stout of
Lewiston, Montana, will describe his
experiences in the war zone, and Carl
Vrooman, assistant secretary of agri
culture, will deliver **A Message From
President Wilson.”
Among the speakers on the second
day will be J. H. Hall, Montana rail
road commissioner; C. D. Greenfield,
Montana commissioner of agriculture;
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and Dr. F. E. Ladd, president of the
North Dakota agricultural college.
On the following day addresses will
be delivered by Alfred Atkinson, feder
al food administrator for Montana;
Miss Bess M. Rowe of the Montana
agricultural college, and Dr. James M.
Hamilton, president of the Montana
agricultural college.
Dr. Louis H. Levine of the faculty
of the University of Montana, will
open the fourth day’s session, and
other speakers will be J. T. Carroll,
clerk of the Montana supreme court;
M. L. Wilson, representing the depart
ment of agriculture; E. K. Bowman,
chaiman of the Montana state hail
board; James Griffin, master of the
Montana state grange, and Governor
Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota.
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E. W. Miller of Chatanika was re
cently arrested at Fairbanks and
charged with vagrancy. He had been
drinking heavily, and was suffering
from the effects of the liquor. It was
expected that after a few days’ rest
under medical treatment he would be
all right. He will be kept under sur
veillance.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Through
the failure of congress to recognize
the depleting character of mining, oil
and gas properties in the excess prof
its tax act, the mining and oil men;
o? the United States are urging a
brief amendment to Section 207 of the
act to remedy what they consider a
very serious mistake. Mining and oil,
men from Hast and West have been
in Washington since congress assem
bled. and they have succeeded in con
vincing members of the advisory
board of the revenue commissioner
that an oversight occurred in the fram
ing of the law.
One of the serious blunders of the
revenue act, according to the mine op
erators, is that the deductions which
corporations are permitted to make
are based upon capital stock instead
iPf invested capital. This provision of
the law creates very serious inequali
ties of taxation between mines and oil
wells, which possess practically the
same status of production.
For example, two neighboring min
ing companies in a western state earn
about $1,500,000 each. One of these
possesses a capital stock of $18,000,
000 and the other $250,000. The de
duction of 9 per cent extinguishes the
taxable income of the $18,000,000
company and leaves it tax-free under
the law, while the other company is
entitled to a deduction of only $22,500
from its earnings of $1,500,000. The
company possessing the large capital
is entirely willing to submit to a tax
burden equal to that of its neighbor,
and is assisting in the work of chang
ing the law.
In the case of two contiguous oil
companies in Oklahoma, each possess
ing 160 acres and producing about
equal amounts of oil, one is capitalized
at $20,000 and the other at $60,000.
The company of small capitalization
must pay a burdensome tax, while the
is exempt.
Numerous instances of such inequal
ities have been brought to public at
tention.
The law provides for the deduction
of not less than 7 per cent nor more
than 9 per cent of the invested cap
ital as a basis upon which the progres.
sive assessment of excess profits is
determined. The higher the capital
ization, the greater the deduction, so
that the more conservative mining
company, with its low capitalization,
is required to pay a much higher tax
upon its excess income.
The common interest in the prob
lem mentioned has already welded to
gether a great number of mining men
into an effective organization which
is co-operating with the American
Mining Congress to secure the atten
tion of the treasury department and
the national law-makers. Repeated
conferences have been held, and the
appointment of a committee of sixteen
to advise with the commissioner of
revenue has taken place. This com
mittee was created in response to a
resolution asking each of the various
branches of the “exhausting” indus
tries to appoint a member.
The objections raised by the mining
and oil men do not indicate any desire
to evade taxation, but rather a wish
to equalize the burden among mineral
producers possessing a similar status.
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JACK LONDON’S WIDOW
WRITES HAWAIIAN OPERA
(By United Press)
OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 29—An Hawai
ian grand opera—the first ever pro
duced—written by Charmian London,
wife of the late Jack London, and
Raine Bennett, is to make its appear
ance during 1918, Bennett declared
here today.
The libretto will be written largely
by Bennett with Mrs. London drawing
on her experiences in the islands when
she cruised the South Seas in the
“Snark” with her husband.
Mrs. London now is in New York ar
ranging for the music to be written
either by Puccini or Leoncavallo.
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Times Want Ads Bring Results
Ilorious fate
OF CflYUSE BILLY
Once a prancing steed and now food '
for a pack of hungry malamutes is |
the fate of a faithful cayuse owned j
by our former townsman, D. M. Lynch, |
a homesteader living a few miles |
north of Anchorage.
Mr. Lynch was driving “Billy" home i
the other evening and in attempting
to cross a small creek about two miles
from town the animal slipped, fell and
broke one of his legs. The only thing
left for Mr. Lynch was to shoot Billy
and put an end to his sufferings. This
was done.
After taking the hide of Billy to
the cabin on the homestead the
thought struck Mr. T.ynch that per
haps the carcass of the mireal would
serve a useful purpose and to this
end a search was made for prospective
buyers of dog feed.
When the fact became generally
known that Billy had passed to the
horse heaven, dog mushers who have
been experiencing difficulty in pro
curing dog feed for their teams, hunt
ed up Mr. Lynch, with the result that
every pound of Billy’s carcass is now
waiting to be devoured by coracious
malamutes. Most of the meat was
sold to Harry Revell, the mail con
tractor, and to Frank Barr, who will
do freighting between Talkeetna and
the Cache creek country for the re
mainder of the winter. The meat
brought 8 and 10 cents a pound.
After a careful mathematical cal
culation, Mr. Lynch has come to the
conclusion that Billy was worth more
when made up into dog feed than when
alive.
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A Fairbanks dentist. Dr. R. R. Mey
ers, has been appointed as a member
of the medical advisory board of the
territory by Governor Strong.
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THIRTY-ONE PASSENGERS
ARRIVE ON STR. ALASKA
The steamer Alaska arrived from
Seattle at 11 o’clock this morning and
will sail for the westward at 2 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Her Cordova pass
engers were Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Adams,
E. F. Moore, Carl Nelson and wife,
Otto Buckman, Miss G. Marloe, R. E.
Capers, Mrs. Lamprey, Master Lam
prey, Mrs. L. Doolittle, Philip Lexey,
B. Van Presley, J. E. Most, E. L. Gar
vey, Henry McAve, Jno Barber, L. An
derson, W. P. Everson, Walter Brown,
Nels Bossith, T. H. Lang, V. F. Thomp
son and eight second class.
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DON’T MISS YOUR COPY OF
THE FEBRUARY MAGAZINE
The February issue of the Red Cross
magazine will contain the following
articles, and pictures:
“On Guard," a cover design by Clif
ford Carleton; “A Vision of the Battle
field,” a frontispiece, by Wallace Mor
gan; “Lessons of the War,'.’ an edi
torial by Woodrow Wilson; “Fighting
the Floods,” by Edgar Pierce Allen;
“The Heroines of Free Russia," by
Leo Pasvolsky; “The Story of the
Bandage,” a picture serial in full col
or; “A Dash to Rouen,” by Edward
Eyre Hunt; "Sally Lou Wakes Up," the
opening of a serial by Kathleen Nor
ris; “The Martyr Cities,” in full color;
“The Old Faith and the New Tradi
tion," by James Lane Allen, and "Help
ing the Horses,” a story of the work
of the Blue Cross, by Charles W. For
ward.
It will also contain, “The Holy War,”
a poem by Rudyard Kipling; “Har
bingers of Cheer,” by Grace Heron;
two photographs, “For the Relief of
Halifax” and “Battling with the
Needles;” “Loyalty,” by George Madd
lin Martin; “LaFayette, We Are Here,”
an article by the war council; “Over
There,” a poem by Bertha Bolling;
“That Question of Standardization,” by
Francis R. Bellamy; “Saving for Vic
tory,” by John K. Barnes; “Way Down
North on Cape Breton,” by William
Archer Frost; and an announcement,
“About Your Magazine.”
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The war fronts are Inactive, owing
to severe weather.