The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 6, 1927, Page 6

POLLY AND HER PALS ARE You WO GONNA SET THERE AN' STARGAZE WHILE Roor ASH. 1S THIS AINT NO TIME FER THINKIN' WOoT WE MEBBIE 8EIN' ET UP BY SAVAGES? KEEP YER HAIR ON, MAW. THE SITUATION DEMANDS A BIT OF SERIOLS THINKIN'! EDEGE, MA NEEDS 15 ACTION! KEEP AWAY FROM THAT w! MARINE NEWS New Zealand Acts To Save Whale as f Extinction Looms| Whale: are beeceming so scarce in the cceans of the world that s, the New Zcaland Govcimment has curtailed whaling rights in the! Ross Sea, richest xcmmnng whale fishery. A Norwegian fleet has| the entire concession thcre. At the right is one of its "whale} chasers” and above workmen arc shown aboard the mcther ship) cuttmg up blankets of blubber. At the left below is a typical! scaman on a whaling boat. | New Zealand, 6.—~Whales are decregsing in numbers so rapidiy that they rece as sailing shivs ¢ years, | The New Zeaiand governmer has limited ths number,of whaling | ships in its. waters in an effort | to comserve the world’s stock, | which is now mostly in the Ross' sea. A century ago whale caiching in New Zealand waters was at its height and around 1825 the only white men in the dominion were those at the many whaling stations around the coasts of South and North Islands, Since then the Ross sea has as “humpbacks,” whose chasing and capture i becoming less of) an industry among the crews of government chasers than a first- ass sport with ,a thrill. The hump-back, though smail, and slippery. Harpooning a Cook Strait whale from a gun on board a bobbing motor vessel needs nerve and an accurate eye. In a year's whaling in Cook Strait and down Marlborough Channel only 48 whales were tak- en worth §30,000 for their 250 tons of oil and 40 tons of boma| dust. The world’s record whale—or, rather, his skeleton—is on show been nearly fished dvy of whales, ' still in Canterbury Museum. He and now only one firm is permitt-! was found stranded on Corvisart od to g0 whaling in Rogs sea and Bay in the Australian Bight. From Antarctic waters. The conces ‘the tip of the tail over back to is held by a Norwegian firm,|the muzzle it measured nearly 101 which pays the New Zealand gov-!feet, ernment §1,000 per month. and royalty of 50 cents per gallon on whale oil obtained. It has three whalers, small, fast vessels, each | equipped with a “torpado” har- poon,” and a ‘“parent” ship of . 12,000 tons equipped as a “whale ! 3 Ty P SIS HAILBUT PRICES PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Oct. 6, —One hundred and three thousand pounds of halibut were sold here yesterday. American halibut soid for 7 and 15.50 cents and Canadian hafibut for 7 and 16.40 cents. TIDES TOMORROW tide 3:58 a,m. tide 10:24 a. tide 4:20 p.m. tide 10:17 p. m.. ——.e——— HERMAN SUCCEEDS DESSES 'A‘pe whales move in schools of Some are large, others small,| t the average length of the ist s 15 feet over his back. en the chasers have thelr lond _ whales they are brought on the “factory” for cutting up ~extraction of the nlluhle oil glycerine. : Low High Low High 3.3 feat 15.6 feer &q last three years whale has been increas- in the Ross sea the ~ “factory” produced of oil in 1924, a 000 gallons and’ 1,600,000 gal- form™ 93 supply of or . tw Capt. H. C. Herman, formerly officer on the Unalga, has been designated to succeed Capt. E. Desses of the Coast Guard Cutter Cygan, stationed at Ketchikan, The Cygan left last Saturday for S» attle and the change of command- ers will be made there, Capt. m.n will brlu the Cygan to Ketchikan | Capt. | the i fleet, dories is as strong as a sea elephant,! EIGHT ADRIFT IN OPEN BOAT Lumber Schooner Have Hard Experience NASSAP, Bahamas, Oct. 6. Weak from privation, suffered for FOR ONE WEEK | {Captain, Seven Men of| almost one week in an open boat, Hunter and seven men of/ crew of tha fhree masted | American schooner Golden Rod have arrived hore. | The Golden Rod left Tampa,| | Fla., on September 1 with a cargo | lof lumber for the West Indies. ! The schooner uck high gal developed Jeaks and the crew was forced to man the pumps con-, tinuously for 18 days when thei vessel was abandoned on Septem.| ber 28, Launching a small hna!{ in heavy seas, the men sailed| {or ~here, ., | NO TRAGEOF MISSING SHiP Coast Guard Culler Fails to Find Pride of Glou- cester Fleet BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 6. — The| Coast Guard Cutter Tampa hu-.l reported by wireless that it fallmll to find any trace of the missing| Gloucester schooner Columbia, pride of the Gloucester fishing in the vicinity of Quero| - Banks. Fears for the safety of| the schooner were aroused whea and pieces of wreckage bearing the schooner’s name were | found after the heavy storm x.(‘ August 24 | The Columbia is past due from | a fishing trip. She carried 20} men, Steamer Movements NORTHBOUND ! Admiral Rogers i due Sun- day. SCHEDULED SAILINGS Princess Alice scheduled sail from Vancouver at o'clock tonight. Aleutian scheduled to from Seattle Oct. 8. Yukon scheduled to s iltrom | Seattle Oct. 15 at 9 a. m. ' SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS | | Admiral Watson scheduled ! southbovpd about Oct. 12. | | Alaska southbound about Oct. : 12. { LOCAL: SAILINGS | Margnita scheduled to leave | *for Sitka and way ports at | | 8 o'clock Wednesday night. | Sails for Skagway every | Sunday at 11 p. m. | Virginia IV sails for Chickagof | and_way ports at 6 o'k | every Wednesday night. For | Chatham Straits route at | 10 o'clock every Saturday night. ——— ALPHA IN PORT t The Alpha, Capt. Anrew Brens, dal, arrived in port yesterday af- ternoon with 500 pounds of hali- but for the Jumeau Cold Storage Company. Misplaced Heart Prevents Mon From Suiciding HUNTINGTON W. Va saving from instant death Wil liam Gray, 22, of Sandy Hoo:' Ky., who tried to end his If by shooting himself :n the left side of his chest. 1 The physicians found Gra: heart is located on the right ot his body, and sald had it b in a normal position he wo have dicd immediately. hope for his recovery is ents tained by hospital authorities. - —_——- THE EMPIRE IS THE MEDIUM Through which the general public can always have its wants supplied. Closing time for classitled advertisements: 2 P. M. Closing . time for display ad. vertisements: 11 A. M. Ten cents per line first In- sertion, ‘Tive cents for continuous sub; sequent insertion, Connt. five Average words to the line. Minimum- charge; 60 :Il&. —-—+¢_pa———a~_.—-——,..—. FOR SALE . FOR SALE—Singer hemstitching machine in A-1 condition. Lew Smith, Dry Goods, Cerdova, Alaska. | FOR SALE—A new plain tailor- cd Oregon City Mills coat. Slze 40 or 42. $35. Thrift Shopw FOR SALE — One Toggenburg Buck and some this year kids. Shelter Island. W. C. MacMay- burns, Box 1202, Juneau. | FOR SALE—Gas boat, 40 ft., 25 h.p. engine. Good condition. Bargain for cash. Phone 374. FOR SALE—4 room house with bath §1,000. Phone 652. PIA NOS. Phon Victor Latest graphs and Records for sale and rent. Expert Piano and Phonograph Tuning, Repairing. Musical Goods. Mai! orders fill- ed. Anderson Music Shoppe Phone 143. MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE lessons in Englich or citizenship. Phone 1502, PALMIST—Come and have your fortune told from your hand. ‘Work, business, marriage and the future foretold. 302 Fromt Street. —_—_— mala to help Dr. Edward Hay- maker, Presbyterian missionary. develop a modern farm. mules cost $250. The church that is financing Dr. Haymaker's ‘en- deavors added a set of harness. .- | NO_SWIWMMING POOL FOR BATHING BEAUTY TOPEKA, Kans., Oct. 6.— An admiral in the Swiss navy is in no sadder plight than Miss Ruth Green, the official bathing beauty at Washburn College. 'Thers is no swimming pool at the college which Miss Green’ attends. However. the college has &iven Miss Green credit im | physical education in recogs nition of her qualifying as & Red Cross life saver at the swiniming pool of the Y. W. C. 3% Although she is Green, the Washburn Coliege bathing beauty wears a -nfl of blue and white — the | /| school’s eolon d MI@mmr WRLWON. 8 C, 0 , painting by Chao Men, at the court of when Marco Polo has been pureh Laura M. Bragg, df the ‘Charleston Muse re, painted in 1312, The' FOR RENT FOR RENT--Nice 3 room furn- ished apartment. Phone 1395 | FOR RENT—4 room house, furn- ished except for linens, for three weeks. Inquire Empire. FOR RENT— apartment. Apts. ‘One large turnished Apply MacKinnon { —— e FOR RENT—2 nicely furnished rooms. Hot and cold runmning water. With or without board 210 Main St., between 2nd and 8ra. FOR RENT — mReasonable, Zood modern house in Douglas. Guy Smith, FOR RENT —. purnished rooms for men; well heated; reascn- able. macy. FOR RENT—S8pace in” Cable Of- fice ‘Building, suftable for of- fice or salesroom. Apply Pacific Coast Coal Co. office. CLIFF Apw., 1, 2 and 3 room furnished . Apts. Phons 209. lors, fully furnished, including linen and light. Kept sanitary and clean. Baths. Also two- room house nicely furnished. WANTED 1 do all kinds of repair work, such as shingling, kalsomining, carpenter, electrical, etc. Phone 2003, Henry Gorham. —adv. ) KNOW THE PLACE YOU ARE LOOKIN G FOR — THAT IS THE WAY TO THE FAVR A SQUARE: F you figure is out at the end af the month you'll ' know what we are talking inbout Getting your money’s |p worth does not mean traveling two miles to apparently save two cents. Getting a fair re- turn for your money means buying your goods at the Fair and Square store, whose con- sistent purpose is ‘“satisfled Apply Hellan’s Phar-; SEAVIEW Ap;’tmtnts for bache-: FERRY muz CARD, | Leaves Junean fdr ouglas -nd §:16a.m.. *7:15a.m. 9:15a.m.t 12:30p.m.1 H A 2:00p.m. 12 m.dnllm 3:15p.m.t $1:00a.m. Leaves Dougas for Juon 6:30a.m. 0:96p.m. 8:30a.m. 6:30p.m. 9:30a.m.t $7:46p.m. 12:45p.m.1 9:55p.m. 2:16p.m. 12:16a m. 8:30p.m.t $1:05a.m, t—Freight will be accepted. $—Saturdays only. Juneau ‘Ferry & Naviga- tion Company Seattle Fruit and Produce Co, Fresh Fruit and Veretabies Wholesale and Retail Out of town orders given special attention BUY THE BEST PIES IN TOWN at the JUNEAU BAKERY — 3 Our Work Is Our Best Advertisement . - Capitol Dye Works C. Meldner — Prof al Cleaner and Dyer—Phone 177 i i i SFRL///VG AL ASHA Jurarly and [ependably Southbou; Lv.Seattle Ar.Juneau Lv.Jum .Sept. 28 Oct. 2 Oet. Qct. 1 Oct. 9 Oct. 19 Oct. 23 Oct. Oct. 30 Nov. ROGERS Nov. 6 Nov. ROGERS 16 Nov. 20 ' Nov. Througn ticxets soid from Juneau to Califor- nia ports also to New York via Panama Cansl. Reservations and information on ROUND WORLD tours in comnection with Dollat St ship Line also to the ORIENT via AMERI MAIL LINE. b BRICE H. HOWARD, Agent, Phone 4 2 QUY L. SMITH, Agent, Plhone 18 ,Douglas,Algsks - 1T . WATSON ROGERS ROGERS WATSON PACIF{C COASTWISE SEBWCE The ADMIRAL LINE H. F. ALEXANDER, President ibw 763 i 93¢ ALASKA STEAMSHIP . COMPANY SAFETY—SERVICE—SPEED SAILING SCHEDULE Due Juneau ' Northbound Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 2 3 ! Z Be!. g L 11 =7 ‘15" ° 18 (m 2" rangell, Juneau, Cordova, '"'' hé,! Beward VY NE & ol i ' l\m AGENT TENEAD, m.n» A Due Juw - Southboned Sept.. 2\ Sept. Oct. Boat— ALASKA .. ALEUTIAN YUKON ALASKA- ALEUTIAN YUKON Poru Lv.Seattle . 10 . 17 . 24 ol mcus 'ALICE—0ct, 11, iS. Nov. 1,, l'uuu to and from a1 Eastern points. of UnifeZ Btates and Canada — Various Routes — Liheral rs. f W. -L: COATES,; Ag ) throughout the year operates. regular pnuuor a train service from Seward on the Coast to Falrbs: Interior, and aver ‘the Chickaloon and Chatanika brneh-. During . the vfiur mou there are two guuun- each way, weekly, betweem Seward and Fairbanks. For ti; tables and other ;ia! nnp:;ion inquire of aay -m-my"fll Lk ety T pelaiad - THE ALASKA RAILROAD H ‘Anchorage Alaska Motoi'ship Margnita The official Mallboat of the Janedu and Sitka R. P. 0. fea City Dock eve; Bay, Hawk Inlet, Killisnoo, Tenakee, Hoonch, Chichagof, St Way Ports. Returning via Warm Springs Ba,, Hoonsh, Skagway, starting September 4. day night at 7 o’clock. Wednesday evening &t 8 o'clock direct to Funter and Killisnoo, Tenakee, Leaves every Sunday night at 11 o'clock for Haines and Returning leaves Skagway Mon- A. 7. McKINNON, Agent, Reliable Transfer’Co.; Phone 149 COASTWISE TRANSPORTATION CO mxo'm.ormm THE GAsmvEAU Motorahi),) l’ guua "’ i | CHICHAGOY ROUTE Every Wednesday AP M tor Port Althnrp. Apex-Bl N Hirst-Chichagof, Chichagot and way ports: Funter Bay, cursion Infet, Gustdvus, ,. Lemesurier Island, nma,mm'nmmumm turday M. I lvq'y Saturday at 10 P. M. for ’l'n.hu. Killtsnoo, P e Tt t, s Port W‘ and ‘return