The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1927, Page 8

| i f 0 FATHER JULIUS JETTE, PIONEER PRIEST, CALLED Noted as ]mnslator of ]n— dian Dialects—Spent 30 Y(‘i\l S ill Illl(‘l'it)l'. Fathe Julins Jette, ¢ e noted educator, n translator of Indian dial February 28, last Akulu the South Mouth the Yukon 1 received | t, of the Ca accordin Rishop J Church the Indian watershed Born Father J 30 year station v at Kokrines wher remained for soveral year he went to T nana an finally his field of endeavor ook in the entire Yukon distri Karly he showed an aptitude for ge used by the the interior. In . in addition (o spiritual nul N ) Jett became translator o their dialect, and spok S ‘ one used by the interior In-| diar e was a highly educated man and loved the work which kept « north for €0 many years. | Jette was the son of Sir tte, one of the most famous of Canada, and one timel of Quebec. Sir Louis wa connected with the America dian boundary dispute and rej ed Canada in the London conference over that matter | Recently Father Jette had been| engaged in writing a history of Al aska and the missionary work donc| in the north. Enroute to Nome last! Fall, he was caught on the lower Yukon river by the fre ne- | up and Gruen Cartouche white remferced gold case, $35 The popular Gruen Cartouche In a delightful variety of designs, at prices $35 to $350, the Gruen Cartouche com- bines durability with dainti- Dess. In this watch the entire case space is utilized through the oblong-shaped movement to increase the esize and -umfidpnm Let us show Gm:nadvnnhpl. v'c.og"\\ 57 hcp,., ‘ @flnfi% QA CADET LAST OXFORDS | Black or Tan IMPORTED CALF| Leather Uppers $9.00 and $10.00 M. A. PACKARD MAKE Fifty Years Highest Grades Shoemakers SOLD ONLY BY J. M. Saloum T] : Hé;S Worried I? / 1 Course of Work f r-vll-ulu will be heir own backs FITZGE ALB ls {and those of t dors. They will |have canoes b they can ams, but will go i ; least far enough v Government Topographer|the work done i 1 Going to Intertor to Pre- = ”:,"‘ ”\,:,"’: pas Riverpand. fon pare Season’s Work. [the Brooks R divide betweer the streams that Arctic Cirele flow northward into the Arctic reach the crest of which forms the 1 Yul -Alaska boundary, and east ofiward into the Yukon Possibly the on the!work may be cxtended mnorthward with the surveys 1 ou fthe known mining Chandalar River i tract of | far enough to t unsurveyed conntry about which (it made by BE. de K. Leff River, and thus furnish itle is known ring the coming field season. Infadvance of the completion of these [order to utilize most effectively the|surveys just what the ot pher|value of this expedition will be Jof the is!said Mr. Fitzgerald. “In fact, it [enroute \er|main justification Is to gather an on what t | Victoria Ju- thoritative dat s prac Inean o tically unknown country con over th tains. In spite of the lag Dank ite know what m team and go by trail to Fort \nh there is rea t L e \JUNEAU SHRINE CLUB i i anti spring ; At Fort Yukon he will outfit with!that this tract has decided possi RE-ELECTS OFFICERS " " Bl |m & ! Responsibili necessary supplies and equip-'bilities of containing deposits of| e e e e e e ¥ lations with China fo ” lien -!" eded \ party of nen, | valuable miner: For instance, in| — - on the shonlders of Sir \Willinm will be no other arts of mountain prov-{ ey Jovnson-Hicks. Home Secerctar . them until the par e bodies of granite rocks | gifice ‘ for Greal 1% ns to the Yukon in Scpten hich contain talliferous ve Abbott, President: H NEW ‘SIIIP]‘IENT m which From Fort Yukon the outfit will be and B — |treighted to the Hast Fork of th | formed went to Akulurak ot spend the lehandatar, where connection with| It is thercfore highly probable| studying the Eskimos. He w carlier surveys to the west will he that ar intrusive rocks occur in| ly known throughout the Territo nade. During April and May mcat this area, and ore deposits may | | > i the time will be sp ssociated with some of t Then | n, a specimen of oil shale from River has been tested and scouting throu LU’IHERAN AID l\'EETING |liminar to be surveyed and in placing caches Christian The Woman's Lutheran Chure row aftarnoon OO e e : by Mertie to Join Party Mrs. Harry Stoneliouse By the latter part of May e n the rivers will probab meet tor vhere they may be : at the home! the convenie wailable during oil content to the richest oil shale m record. This river is within that will be surveyed Some ince cast of this area, on Por have | ¢ r near the junctio after ut River, an oil cologist,| has been reported which if i summer. the ice broken and as soon the J. B. Mertie, Jr COLD STORAGE STOCKHOLDERS : ORGANIZATION AND PROCEEDING 0S5iblC, canoe up the approved the Jdection of officer heretofore announced, the organiza-|ioin Mr. Fitzgerald on the East tion exte nds westwar tion, work and proceedings of the Fork. From then on their work Porcupine into the company up to date. By-laws were be primarily to collect all the - veyed this summer is a question of approved and the question of acquir- able inforr ble considerable importance to the de- ing additional property discussed, the geology, geography, _velopment of Alaska. - - land mineral resources “There are so many problems CHICKEN DINNER la tract of country a whose solution may be aided by this Chicken dinner will be served at | their disposal, before the fall investigation that the Ge; Mrs. Hooker's tomorrow evening. ady | ub, will permit. Most of the Nuru\ feels that even the - > ling in this field will necessarily' graphic knowledge Advertising always pays. Use the have to be done on foot, and their counted on with certainty will of columns of The jmain means of tra umnnun« their nulr well Jusul\ the investigation.’ beyond the I am moving to my new store at the corner of Third and Franklin Streets, just across' from MacKinnon Apartments. The new place will not only have the best equipped Plumbing Shop in the City but the Show Rooms will display the Largest and Fin- est Stock of Plumbing Fixtures and Heating Material in all Alaska. I want to thank the people of Juneau for the business they have given me and, in the fu- ture, as in the past, will give you the VERY BEST Plumbing and Heating at the VERY. L.OWEST PRICE. Betz Coliseum Melody Men Every Little Thing Phone number remains the same—CALL 31 GEO. B. RICE Plumbing - Heating - Oil Burners “I tell you in advance what job will cost™ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 1927. much of the tra will be transverse| ) tie in with | by Mr. Mer-| “(MeFarlod st of the Can-|Ocean and the that flow soutk-| | In this wilderness a party of|complete section across the moun- ’I" | Ithe Interior Department’s Geological|tains in this part of Alaska. : i Ihe has no home nor friends here. | B ¥ prepar to make both) Economic Values e En i ‘,w | “If there isn't work in Chicago,”| logic and topographic surveys; It is impossible to prediet inf, : i oo e said, “there isn't any to be T’ Al The minimum wage will be $5 4| g0 e askans [da economic McFarland. | Two (dredses| shaven men, and in the winter they : w ped to Fairbanks a I , along the el { the “f] % =l L : { shuffle along the streets of the “flop ] i s the diteh s finished and opera-| pouse district” in hundreds, heads Elks’ Hall 1 tions will be well under way forlcunk in their coat collars con- weers have been places found to be practically equal in iis! ;| WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART HIlfl All members urged to attend i | who is chief of the party and who|occurs at that place, is el Ailartising i The stockholders of the Juneau!Will leave Washington in May, willjsame geologic formation as »n.u!‘,“mm"w P Ty Cold Comp: Incorporated, |80 to Fort Yukon by regular lines from which has heen [rlmlmnvl“ H S GR VE met at the City jast mignt andlof transportation and thence by|at Fort Norman, Yukon Territory, | s —————————— A o [ ] ) Chandalar River and|Whether or not this same forma-| rea to be sur-| which can be| JOINS }IARRIS FORCE Paul Swendson, of Seattle, arriv- ed on the Victoria this mornin nd (Continued trom Page One) P will join the Harri Machine Shoj EXPLURATIUN cu iCold Blasgnlf)tl::: to Chlcago‘ ularization of employment, and op - HOME OF QUICK SERVICE Suits pressed from 15 to 20 min- jortunity for training handicapped ;" 576 R ‘ : ] ;m.-rm PRed | ytes Phone 576, JORDAN'S VALET . MeF fannser of | 18 h SERVICE. —ady. th ehinks | A survey shows that most of tl i R fizs in Vi ¢ b ng | misrants work but a meager num-lolg pap f6b > Bmbire. are | ber of months each year. Of 1 | men examined in one group, only » per cent was employed two-thirds of the year, and the most common {number of months worked was five, e MobAEhaE utates iiatososkl . Yedr, afted yeais the samie. on plentiful in Faisbanks head toward Chicago at the first EI‘Kss III\LL 2 | ; i | ; 2 3 chill of winter. 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