The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1927, Page 2

«and driven to Mexico, others escape? v 'y surprised to find three of the GROUP ONE These who must have smart Frocks at moderate prices will find this Group ideal in every way. A good range.of colors and sizes. $9.50 to $17.50 Coats for Summer Dress ions — for travel or y-at-home, for sport or gen- eral utility — all varied mode reasonably priced. Dispatches that U. Army Camels D ANTONIO, Texas, April 12— zona and the estate of Sonor plancs now carry the dis-|co, and a San Antonio paper, patches that Texans once sent to|while later, reported that a camel | the Pacific coast by camel train in a visitin how Dbore the govern- Long before (he pony expr the | ment brand. The skeleton of one of cowboy and the famous Texas cattle |the animals is preserved by the war drives, the United States tained more than 70 dromedaries at| o here in Some richly furred, many plain or self trimmed. Which- ever coal yfl“ ('h"‘)h(' )‘()'l can l)l' sure it is correct in style, good quality and SeBSCS $20.00 to $27.50 S. Dresses and Coa-ts GROUP TWO Every model in the selection pos- own charm and individuailty. its $14.75 to $67.50 B. M. Behrends Co., Juneaw’s Leading Department Store l', l;:.ml some yellew deal supports that CLLVCT CU | vwere worked into the roof 200 vears __ |ago when there was a fafling cn on. army main- | department in a Washington muscum, —— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927. of unusual teuch zies 34 to 40 .. IR0, ! American vieitors .te. London, is 15! be practically reroofed, as the ap- | clent oak roef of the early English | addition to the round church is now | deemed unsafe. The timbers affected are old oak side. The church, conseetated i 1183, was originally a monastery of the Knights Templars. R | LUTHER LEAGUE TO MEET > | AT PARSONAGE TOMORROW. The Luther League of iL2 Resurrec- Camp Verde near herc and used | TEMPLE CHURCH ROOF jtion Lutheran Ohurch will hold its them to carry messages and sup- RUINED BY BEETLES '®ular monthly meeting tomorrow plies to Arizona, New Mexico, and | | night lntkulaTILuthlernn personage af | LONDON, May 12.—Reprodations of | 3, ©¢i0ck. The hostesser will bs The camels were purchased in 1855 |the death watch beetle, damp, an:jm’f‘f;’: Harriett Berkelson und Maris 41 (o instance of Jofferson Davis |decay, have about ruined the 7007 T o then was sceretary of war, with |year old roof of Temple Chureh. il g Tl VI @ con-ressional appropriation of | The old church, familiar to ail;Od Papers for save at The Empire; $30.000. Unschooled in the ways of | — o the bactrians an army and a navy officer who were sent to the Levant to buy camels conducted a careful research before making thel pur- chases. Three of the beasts wers loaded on the naval ship “Supplv” and Major Wayne and Lientenant Davis Porter, (he government agents, | safled solemnly around the Mediter- ranean with them, watehing every move the animals made and study ing their slightest whims. Two of the three camels disear~d and the agents sold them to @ butcher “for purposes best known to him” and then purchased o cargo and started for Texas. Thir tythree were on hoard at the out set of the journey, but the differencs in the birth and death rate gave e go nment 34 animals by the time Indianola, Texas, was reached The ship immediately returned fo another shipment of 44 camels. Three Arabs were imported to care for the herd. The San Antonio Herald for Nov ember 10, 1859, chronicled the pas age of tho large herd of government camels down Main street and pressed the opinion that “vast h of these animals will (someday) in geheral useé in this state.” In 1857 the Portland Oregonian an nouncad the arrival in Los Angael of the first camels ment dispatches at altitudinous gait.” The mnewspaper xaid that “this mode of traversing the plains and mountains will suc ceed” as the camels “thrive o1 greasewood and onat cactus withont burning off the thistles.” The camels wese seized with other government property by the confed erate armies at the oulbresk of the Civil War. Some of them were sold were and, according to the Memphis Ar gus. at least one was used by one of Sterling Price's captains to carr hje eomnany baggage. ®oderal soldiers in Arkansas were <~imals at large in Arkansas, where ey had wandered. Wild camels ”m"wul”l in Ari- TRE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS mouth, cleaning your teeth, moving the very causes of tooth It does mot' cure: dental ills. healthy, bright and ¢lean. THE GASTINEAU QUR SERVICES TO YOU BEGIN AND END AT Til AR PLAYX OF EVERY PASSENGER-CARRYING BOAT Men and Women are Bu ng Ui remarkable dentifrice that keeps tocth healthy, bright. and clean, % Why? Because Colgate’s cleans, ok @ that after you use it ygur senses quickl;.filin" vk?::l»fly Brushed in moisture it foams over teeth, gums, tongue, purifying your mouth, re- But it does keep tecth TOBACCO MEN 4 United States is exporte Hof our i [decline of production in the ¢ |the prodncers of dark $-|hold a Goody S pjat 10:00 a. m :|Eolumns of The Empire, n [Tomorrow Is Hoodoo Day: morrow. From time immemorial perstitiously inclined peopls have re ! S | | Friday, the 15th, the noodoo day. fused to start a trip or enterpriie ou| Friday, the 13th, insisting that 115! occurs for the only time in 1927, to-! (Change in Market Needs|fortune woud betall anyining begun 2 . on that day. It was particular] e | Brings Growers in U. S. [tawe the days of the old satine - vessels when voyages were adven- to New Demands. {tur~s the outcome of vhich could e not be predicted with the best orff (Continued rrom Page One.) | portents. A aptain who would | plan on beginning a trip on Friday tion to the foreign market situatio) |Was rare, but one could not be founi is imperative, because more thau|Who Would undertake to start on ag one-third of the tobacco crop of th~|Friday that was also the 13th. That this superstition still persists is prov In 1926 the amount of unmanu-jed by the fact that trains arve _:Inmx { tdctured tobacco exported totaled 475, |AwWav with berth 13, and car 13 and 768,738 pounds or 36.1 per cent of hotel men say that it is almost im- the total United States crop. Most |possible to find anyone who will take exported tobacco goes 1,:;1 room numbered 13 without asking Western Burope and the Orient, witn |0 have it changed, the result is that Great Britain and China constitutine | many who own hotels and apart- the most important markets. ment houses omit 13 entirely when annually.” Among changes in foreign tobacc |humbering their ites or rooms. growing which the Department ad |Frequently people have veen known vises American producers 0 note arc |'0 leave a table or rofuse sit ‘nlnwn the following: rapidly incroasing of {when th are 18 placos. Friday has always been considered the un- fortunate day of the week, boginning alkan | possible with its connection with tha Orucifixion and persisting through he ages. At one time in England 1t cigar tobacco in Porto Ricc; continu- ed high production in Italy; some countries and in parts of Southern i Burope, and gradusal increase in Bii: 4ish countries under a preferential {was called hangmans dz tariff. most of the hangings were : Export Handicaps «l on Friday In most American | “There 1& a tendency” so the | States it continues to be the da_’ report, “for foreign governi 1+ | selected for axecution, | increase rather than diminish handi Keep your fingers crossed tomor-, {cAps to Americas export trade in|cow. So either 13 or ay being | tobacco, by means of tariif and othe, lucky alone, the combination of restrictive meagures. Forsign marke! | Friday the 13th is considered un- | heatable as a pretent of avil or mis- fortune by all who are e slightest bit superstitious and by many who scoff at other hoodoos. 1 -oo rious ‘o od Kentucky and Tennessee and dark Virginia to baecos. American growers depended :o'lin lg‘ralgn markets in tre past fo - i the disposal of these types. In 192¢ however, only 120,000,000 pounds of MRS, LIVIE AND MRS. R‘I’AIN! dark fived Kentucky and Tennesse DICKINSON ENTE i jéat wore sent abroad, compared witn o 161,000,000 pounds in 1923 conditions are particularly Mrs. J. Livie and Mrs, W, 1L Dick | two with bridge | sntertained “Fvon more serious ha- been thc | nson enterta | reduction in the foreign lemand fo | Parties last Monday at the home woik Virgihla tobacco. Exports o | f Mrs. Livie. There were six tables | this type in 1926 were only 18,000, |Play at both the afternoon and 00 pounds compared with 48,000,000 | 'he evening parties. In the afternoon | pounds in 1923." tha prize for high score went to| From (he standpoint of the for-|Mrs. Willlam E. Nowell. the recond; pign demand, flue-cured cigarette to DM 10 Mr ,“‘ . ""»“ Ric N "Xl\(‘l”lh“lr{ baceo Is in a more favorable position | Consolation gift 1o 7 | than any other Amorican type. Ex |Nin& Tea was served late in | il ports in 1926 were 287,334,440 pounds. l“lv‘f‘{'q'l_fmn“lnq n\.‘?“::;,ms es aszistod | br 32 per cent more than in 1925 | Pyl BT connors was the for.| B e ol e o (hian | tunate winner of the first prize in ] YWn' rm’in\lls e the avening, Mrs. Guy MrNaughton e poct, mereovo, | Teceived the prize for sscond high the rveport sindicated, that the de-| €080 R, s IS i I:;llnfl for cigarette tobacco will con- far Glion: -anilited thk inue to mcrease. Hhia duinty rate — eee - : A flapper daughter may be aboi | The Lutheran Wo 1s useful around the house as tha zaudy vase on the mantel, but the vase at least isn't as costly an orna- nent and doesn’t spend a lot of time ellig ma and pa where to head| cery, Satarday, G P PR Advertising aiwaye paye. Use che % - Sl S R N el T O B R A T T T T T TR LA THE NEW LADIES STORE Will be located in the space formerly occupied by Frye-Bruhn in the Malony Block [ | S pecial Shopping Inducements WILL BE OFFERED FOR OUR BIG OPENING WEEK Date of Opening anncunced later % WONDERFUL STOCK NOW HERE AWAITIN THE COMPLETION OF ALTERATIONS 120 New York Dresses 75 New York Coats 150 Very Latest Hats - -EllfimmmllllmIlllllwml1Wlllllll|I_Ill2lI_llIlllllllllllllllllllll!l LU | NITROKOTE FOR FLOORS Dries in Half an Hour N KYROKm FOR FLOCRS, NITROKOTE is unlike the ordinary floor paint or emamel, since it dries hard enough to be walked on in about half an hour. Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Hardware and Undertaking PHONE 12 Henry the Fourth Cigar (For Discriminating Smokers) ARISTOCRATS—10c, long filler, foil wrapped; BON TONS—2 for 25¢, foil wrapped; KINGS— 15¢ straight; EXCEPTIONALS—3 for 50¢, foil wrapped. At All Dealers H. T. PRESTON, Alaska Agent —— NORTHERN HOTEL BROOMS—b50 cents per night and up; $3.00 per week and up. Public shower and tub baths 50 cents. Ray Oil Burner in opera- tion—Hot water day and night. Rooms $12.00 per month and up—steam heated. . 15 MILLION FEET Of Good Saw Logs Wanted B e e JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS ALASKAN HOTEL REASONABLE RATES Dave Housker, pror. Howdy Folks? De Boss told me to step down here to tell yuh all dat when yuh get tru chewin’ de rag to come on down to de Rhodes’ Cafe for a real feed. We'se | sure got de good eats. ) - [ ~ * 7/ ~7 LA WS THE ALASKA RAILROAD throughout the year operaias ragutar pawse®ger and freight tralm service from Saward on the Coast to Fairbanks in the Interior, and over the Chickaloon and Chatanika branches. During the winter months there are two passenger tralns each way, weekly, between Beward snd Fairbanks. For timetables and other in- formation inquire of any steamship or rallroad agest, or write Dept. of the Interior THE ALASKA RAILROAD (Mt. McKinley Park Route) MODERN Where Front Street flirts with Franklin Axnchorage CONFECTIONS Candles, Ice Creams, Sherbets, Punch. Made in Juneau, Alasks. Eimer B. Smith Factory, Phone No. 16. Candy Maker, T. B. Hall, Phone No. 537, ALL COAL MAY LOOK ALIKE but after trying our's you will be convinced that the heating quality varies, also you will learn that bak- ing with our coal mean less coal and better results. ‘We carry & full line of Feed and our transfer gervice 0. G. Whis. D. B. FEMMER Phoue 114