The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 18, 1927, Page 7

'U(i fit Reaches Wrangell| arrows After Barge ,’ Lost, Recovered <.The dredge sent north from Yancouver ahout two weeks ago "% continue the work left uncom- ted fast summer by the burning one dredge on the Wrangell rrows project, reached the Nar- rows at 8 o'clock {'‘urday night after a trip during the course of s%hieh the dredge and barges were mearly lost in the storm which struck the tugs'and thoir tows out Work on the Nar- of Ketchiken. rows will comnience this week, it 48 expected, now the dredge is on the acene. . Although the dredging * outtit was due in the Narrows a week the storm caused it to lay in ““Ketchikan for a time, While in the hu'Bor at ‘the. First City the dredge dragged her anchor when driven by a 60-mile-an-hour gale which 'struck there, and 1t was only after some effort that the dredge was secured to the float. Barge Is. Loose wLAter, after some of the fury : ofvthe storm had abated, the out- it _set out for their destin’tion #nd while in Snow Pass, the wind arose -again, Bnd the. barge Ed- ward Schenk broke from the tow- j’x rope. It was later recovered | by tho boat which lost ft, and was &uhd practically undamaged, and now being taken to the Nar- TOWS. The storm reached such fury that the captain of the tug towing the dredge was tempted-to cut it Joose several times. when wayes “Feached great height. As there RWGH TRIP’ s gw N0 BB \TS A L0SITION _AND A DOGGONE UNCOMEORTABLE: * ONE == BUY. \'T WAS ONE. ADVANTAGE «\T GIVES OLENTY OF TIME To XIN YA (MAGINE (T, CHIMMIE, WitLie AUSTIA BETS ME A NICKEL AT BARNEY GOOGLE 'LL KEEP 1S SEAYT ON THE FLAG POLE TitL HE Covs The CHAMPEEN SHIP - & TTHE AEXY TiMe ANYBODY WANTS . &mu\m“ THeY dOTTA FIAD FIND THE ey To MY HANDCUFFS dark as any raiged anywhere. In fact, there are now ™. the Cas- well lake farm, some very dark mink and with careful breeding it is believed the Alaska product can be developed to the point where it will be superior in every way to that of any other part of the world. The induatry .is; mg one in Alaska but it is ing rapid strides ‘and - glves promise of becoming one of the big businesses -of the rallroad belt. Mr. Olson,,who arrived in Ax- chorage on Wednesday from the Caswell lake farm, brought six of his best mink with him for ship- ment_to the Willlamson fur farm at Kusilof, it being the iniention of Mr. Willlamson to include mink raiging in his fur farming aetivi- ties; as was suggested recently by Perry A. Cole, inspector for the Amerielin Fox. Breeders Associa- tion. + The mink, which include 4 females and two males will be shipped at once. (Anchorage '“Wére men on the dredge while i*| Times.) sJway under tew he decided such 8 plan w3 not feasible; After battling the storm for many hours the Narrows was reached .safely. , ”“Sflw‘&c ilm:knsr ~The day is nol far away when laska mink farmers.will be cll- “ed~upon to supply breeding stock fi:nr farmers,.in. the states, in opinion of Bert Olson, of the of 'Olson & Overby, ownars olza successful mink farm in the Oikwell lake :district. Mr. Olson been weeking an outlet for JAks ‘Bfapdéra and he be-| About to et results Ftising which he placed | outside publi’®ions. Inquiries ® beginning to come in from y sections and Mr. Olson is lident that when the high qual- the Caswell lake stock be- known among fur farmers the.states, there will be' s ily increasing demand for Alaska mink. Mink raised in the Anchoru- . possess fur of the highest 'lt!. equal to the best in every . ;Teapect except that the fur J8, tritle lighter in color than tut e Labrador district. But it not be long, Mr.Olgon says, oré the Alaska mink will be as —_————— Artificial {oral pleges and home decuranon& See Mrs. Sully. adv. -, SEI.ECTION LIBRARIAN. As provided for wunder Ordin- ance No. 200, The Common Coun- cil of the City of Juneau, will at its next regular meeting, Friday, October 21, 1927, select a Librar- ian ' to serve until rtirst regular meeting in April, 1928. QUALIFICATIONS Applicant must be over twenty- one years of age, of good moral character, and shall have had at least six months tr®%ning In an accredited . library school. or six months tutoring hy an experiegced librarian accompanied by actual experience in. the cataloging of books, or one year actual experi- ence in the conducting of a li- brary of at least five ,thousand volumes. Librarian appointed shall before entering upon duties give a bond of One Thousand Dollars guaran- teeing faithful : performance: of duties as such librarian. Applications fer position Librar. ian will be received up until 8 P. m. g the office of the City Clerk. ; H. R. SHEPARD, Onl 18-19-20-21, City Clerk. alf “Flops” as Acto;s, Movie Folk Succeed - Elsewhere in Films s Motion picture history is replete with names of those who have tricd to etar and failed—but many have stayed to rucceed in other ficlds cf the industry, Al Chiistic (above) “flcpped” ss a ‘western star but became a leading directcr, Bess Meredith, the lass with tho long curls at the lower right, lort cut as an actrcis and became a successful séréen writer. Mary Lewis, the grimacing lady at the lowgr left, failed as a star, fled' to musical comedy, and finally won' fame in grand open | HOLLYWOOD Cnl Oct: l&vl’tru glrl, v back in 1912, lm'.l? That wildly and. widely sought op-| high hopes of becominz a sta¥. portunity—a chance te ‘act in the | But it was just a dream. 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Al Chris what splace he can find fame and prosperity as a ot comedies, and M filh failure s softened by e spectacular success in grand op erd. These are but a few of extras who “flopped” in the tempts to become screen s Archie Mayo earned three dollars| a day doing “falls” for tha ol Lko outfit, which got him a lo: of bruises. At that he was worse than Chester and Sidnoy Franklin, who were extras on th same lot. All three of these lads| now get handsome salaries as di-| regtors. | in his| in hisi [ fro ————— KENNELY LEAVING E. D. Kennely, taken off the Aleutian on her way north for treatment of a sore eye and pl ed in St. Apn’s hospital, w. charged today, and will gouth oa the Aleutian tonight. RN v G G Old papers for satc at The F:nn.m NEWS | poucLas to be Alun |n Nugget the ent will be in the | Chaptor c lrll CASKETBALL PRACTICE m Hign held. 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