The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1927, Page 16

Not because it is customary, but because we take ple end ure in doing it, we ¢ our best wishes to you for the HOLIDAY SEASON JUNEAU-YOUNG HARDWARE CO. As for eats, all the restaurants, the | most of them located in tents in- | stead of frame houses, served just [ P Christmas interior in the early who went right celebrations in days of th atre, who, in 1897, was in Sheep Mr. Gross spent his next Ch ip Pawson, and by th had and order amp, on the shores of Lake Bei-|mas, 1808 GAMBLED UN . Christmas in 1897 was, | (ime things™ were however, slid over communicafions wice, | lished, and law more in effect doing they did on any other day, but| those who had homes had their|woman all the things she has, but celebrations, restaurants, now and built more ; woman's husband all the bills lw}'he collection of duties under the Alaska gold tush were not for-| regular meals -ham and eggs, | Christmas trees and gotten, according to W. D. Gross,jdoughnuts and a cup of coffeec—! And the proprietor of the Coliseum tho-|and charged cabaret prices manently placed weather-proof, served real dinners, ' ha THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 1927. SHOW PEOPLE ALASKA U. S. HELPED MIRTH CUSTOMS IS ~ ON CHRISTMAS TO CELEBRATE Theatrical i’voplc, in Early Will Have Sixly—first Birth- Days of Juneau Gave day on July 27 Christmas Cheer Next Year | In the . beginning of the sixty-first when » of the United States Customs ‘o in Alaska will be marked 1928. On July 27, was’ approv. Juncau actresses tread ye: the 1 s in dramatic produc | § ¢ tions and song and dance artist<|hy July furnished lighter vein of amusc-| 1868, the enactment early tors and ment, the days long before the!ed by Congress which provided movies, the theatrical profession|that Alaska should be a Customs from pit to fly gallery observed Collection District, and an appro-| by ha ing gi extra “best tion of $50,000 “hristmas not only was good time, exchan but by producing performance: * expenses of collection of revenue | from customs within the limits of John T. Spickett, who ¢ame/the territory. north with a compan in 1806 Hiram Ket¢chum, Jr., wi ap- said the theatre bus was nct pointed as the f Collector of Customs on August 20, 1868, and o that time, including Ketch jum and the present Collector, J once a | C. McBride, there have heen twen: ty men who have held the posi to put forth the best of per-|tion of Collector of Customs. M. | formances possible and everybody, | MeBride has been in the service |the stage artists, stage hands, | for nearly six years and holds the musicians and those in the audi- record for period of service, whila Lence entered into the occasion|he has yet more than two years to with the happy spirit, Mr. Spick-|serve on his reappointment, ett said, and their best to Large District make a real frolic of the day, The Alaska Customs District i 0 movies were shown in Ju-!the largest district in the United 1911 but Mr. Spickett | States and its territories. At the “moving pictures” | present time there are 24 regis- j carlier than that, when he hung | tered officers and several sum ““ltwo photographs on wires and’ mer navigation officers in the swung them back and forth, after service. Regular ports of entry linviting the public to attend and exist at Juneau, Ketchikan, Hy- the first moving pictures in Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Junean gway, Eagle, Nome, Seward and Cordova is now and prohibition what it so quiet, for in effect As Christmas came but then as now, it probably not was not was noeces | | sary ) | {meau until I showed some settle esta were The miners and business men {not the ham and egg kind but 2 headquarters being zrl Juneau, | Exports Exceed 1_BE|Iion December 25 ) the backbéne of such|turkey dinner, with cranberry | Many Old Timers 4‘ Customs service statistics show b HEEP A P hand at Shee owns which spring up over nigh',| sauce and all the trimmings. They | The majority of men in charge | that in the period x:mm 1867 'to bl nly a rush ci had settled in Dawson and had had had time to place their o tof the sub-ports b o been in the | 1915 the value of shipments h‘nm} ! ¢ |scemed to be that the men were |built permanent houses for them-' ders in the States in anticipation |service from 20 to 25 years. There| Alaska was 7,827,710 while in L = W |all b zambling and the Vigil-|selves afd their famil tof a good Christmas trac for|are only two who were in the|the period.from 1916 to 192G the ; Tenderfoots Were Victims ance commitiee Kept on ita| This time the_ Christmas cel>| thoir special dinners, Prices wero | Customs Service when headquar-| shipments reached $768.734,916 o 1 i {toes in an attempt to keep th»|brations were nét forgotten. Of pot what they are now. though,|ters were at Sitka, from whichja total value since 7 of § of Sharp_us on Holi “Slickors" and ~Shell Game. Ari | course. there were plenty of men|per u mrkes dincr was mish |place iliey were changed o Ju | 341,562,026, Exports of gold, } day mn 18(‘,7 ' from putting things over m.‘\\hu didn’t hother rt-nwm)wrf,“,\”, unusual than it is mow, Mg, |nheau by law on April 28, 1904.|ver, aquatic un_d land .1||Im:11:4 and £ - the poor tenderfeet E\\-)mq December 25 signified and | Gross concluded. | although the actual transfer furs and furskins in the first pe- not take place until the following what | June, -oes A woman may envy another Double Duty Officers of the Alaska Customs Service, besides having to do with last nickel hhv the “6ther you can bet your per- | hushand doesn’t envy Tirasury Department, also act for ..._._.._14_..‘...“,_ and a Older than the language we speak--but it’s a sincere Merry Christmas Happy Prosperous New Year that we bespeak to you. : GEORGE BROS. QUALITY STORE made to| ete.jcarry the act ‘nto effect and meet | {the Department of Commerce in [the entrance and clearance of { Is and the documenting and | pection of the same. They| of the Immi tion Bureau and of the Public Health Service The Collector of toms i custodian of the custom house and the post office site in Junean and of the government buildings at Wrangell, Sitka and Nome, | Shortly + the United Stater | procured 1 from Russia an | act was passed by Congress | against liquor importation except ! for medicinal, mechanical or sci- | entific purposes. People coul! | - {have alY the liquor they desired | provided they could smuggle it | in, as it could be sold legally. | Big Problem | Many ways of bringing the liguor in were resorted to, and | customs officials experienced much difficulty in attempting o | stop the large ‘quantities coming | into the territory. This was prob- |ably the biggest problem they {had on their hands for many | years. Capt. Beardsley of = the | | man-of- one var Jamestown at time geized 22 stills in Sitk 150 stills in the Indian il th Most of the liquor smu gled in came from Fort Simpson. | B. €., which has ceased to he of importance since the establish- ment of Prince Rupert The firsi steamboat to ascend the Yukon river made the trip in “Hl:!l The first license to be is ‘\uml in the Alaska district by | [the Customs Service was given| | | on October ., 1867 to the Fidele- ter by Collector Ketchum whe was then acting under direction from Washington, D. C. | Since that time the number of| vessels has grown steadily until at the present time, in the Ju- {neau District there are 1,434 ree-| istered vessels of five or mor tons and 9 registered vessels of less than five tons. riod exceeded the exports in the | second period but the value of all other exports was greater in the | cecond period than in the first. The local Customs House force is at present composed of six men, J. C. McBride was appoint- ed Collector of ‘Customs in 1922 and was reappointed for a four year term in the spring of 1926. | M. 8. Whittier, Assistant Col- lector of Customs, has been with the service since 1903 when he was a deputy at St. Michaels. In the same year he was transferred to Sitka and the following yea came. to Juneau when Il":lllqunr—! ters were transferred. He 7re. mained here for a year and one- half, spent three years in Skag- way, went from there to Cordova and later to Ketchikan, returning here in 1914, He was appointed to his present position in March, 1922, Deputy Collectors here are W. B. Heisel, J. T. Petrich, M. H. Sides and George M. Simpkins, night inspector. Mr. Heisel re- ceived his appointment in 1923 and Mr. Petrich in 1922, Mr Sides was transferred from the Immigration Service in Honolulu in 1916, enlisted in the Worid War, and returned in 1918. The Deputy wha has been with the Juneau force longest is Mr. Simp- kins, who was appointed to his position in 1904. Twenty Collectors Following is a list of men who have served as U. S. Collector of Customs since the service was in augurated with the passage of the act of July 27, 1868, and the year in which they were appointed: Hiram Ketchum, Jr., 1868; W liam Kapus, 1869; George A. Rde: 1871; Wilie Chapman, 1873; M. P. Berry, 1874;' H. C. DeAhna, 1877: Mottrom D. Bull, 1878; William Gouverneur Morris, 1881; Peter French, 1884; Arthur K. Delaney, = 1887; Max Pracht, 1889; Edwin T. Hatch, 1801; .Benjamin P. Moore, 1893; Joseph W. Ivey, 1897; David H. Jarvis, 1902; Clarence L. Hobart, 1906; John R. Willis, 1908; John F. Pugh, 1913; John W. Troy, 1919; John C. McBride, 1022, e CHIPPENDALE’S WORKSHOP WILL BECOME NIGHT CLUB LONDON, Dec. 24.—The ghost of Thomas Chippendale, of furni- ture fame, will hear a lot of jazz in the near future if it haunts the former work shop where the old wood worker carved his way to fame. Chippendale’s former work shop is being converted into a night club. Where England’s most famous cabinet designer, beginning in 1753, turned out his m Tpieces —considered the golden age of English furniture—all the parti- tions are being torn down and gent scuttling into the garbage heap. e ' History fairly , trom every: crack incthe old world Chippen- dale work shop at No. 60 St ‘Martin’s Lane, in the heart of | London'’s night life district, but this means. rer and or AL ASHA Reguiarly and Dependably Southbound Ar.Junean Lv.J Lv.Seattle * ROGERS Nov. 30 Dec. 1 WATSON ROGERS Dec 1 Duoe. 18 WATSON Dee. 21 i 25 ROG KRS Dec; 28 Jan, .1 Round Trip Reduced Fares now in effect, Junean to Seattle and return, $73.50. Also reduced rates to California and return. Througn fickets sold from Juneau to Califor- nia ports also to New York via Panama Canal. Reservations and infermation on ROUND THE WORLD tours in connection with Dollar Steam- ship Line also to the ORIENT via AMERICAN MAIL LINE. BRICE H. HOWARD, Agent, Phone 4 GUY L. SMITH, Agent, Phone 18,Douglas,Alaska | PACIFIC COASTWISE SERVICE ' The ADMIRAL LINE H. F. ALEXANDER, President | ! et ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY SAFETY—SERVICE—SPEED SAILING SCHEDULE Due Juneau Due Juneau { Boat— Lv.Seattle Northbound . Southbound | *ALAMEDA Dee. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 25 ; ALASKA Dec. 24 Dec. 27 Jan, 8%} *ALAMEDA Jan, § Jan. 8§ 1. 14 ALASKA Jan, 14 Jan, 17 1" 24 *—Calls at Petershurg. Reduced Rates, Rlound Trip, Juneau to Seattle and return—$73.50. i .. W. E. NOWELL, AGENT JUNEAU, PHONE 2 ‘ L. W. KILUBRN, AGENT DOUGLAS, PHONE 77 } —_ - — et e FOR PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE LEAVE JUNEAU SOUTHBOUND PRINCESS MARY—Dec. 20, Jan. 3, 17, 31 Reduced Round Trip Fares Tickets to and fron: a1l Eastern points of United States and Canada — Various Routes — Liberal Stopovers. W. L. COATES, Agent. i g THE ALASKA RAILROAD throughout tue year operates regular passenger and freight train service from Seward on the Coast to Fairbanks in the ) S RS- CANADIAN | | Interlor, and over the Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, During the winter months there are two passenger trains each way, weekly, between Seward and FairLanks. For time- tables and other information inquire of any amship or railrcad agent, or write Dept. of the Interior " THE ALASKA RAILROAD g (Mt. McKizley Park Ronte) Anchorage -te - -ie Alaska Motorship Margnita ‘The official Mailboat of the Juneau and Sitka R. P. 0. leaves tie City Dock every Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock direct (o Funtas Bay, Hawk Inlet, Killisnoo, Tenakee, Hoonah, Chichagof, Sitka and Way Ports. Returning via Warm Springs Ba,, Killisnoo, Tenakee, Hoonah. Leaves every Monday night at 11 o'clock for Haines and Skagway. Returning lcaves Skagway Tuesday night at 7 o’clock A, F. McKINNON, Agent, Reliablo Transfer Co., Phone 149 COASTWISE TRANSPORTATION CO. THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS THE GASTINEAU OUR SERVICES TO YOU BEGIN AND END AT THE GANG PLANK OF EVERY PASSENGER-CARRYING BOAT [ SAVE ONE DOLLAR Buy a Meal Ticket at Rhodes Cafe. You save a Dollar on each one purchased, RHODES CAFE NORTHERN HOTEL ROOMS—50 cents per night and up; $3.00 ' % hflhmmnbhfluwo{n: I:;rw“‘: per | “CHAS. 6. WARNER co. , ENGINEERS and q '‘MACHINISTS i 5y : AGENTS FOR oy " Aulas Imperial Gas and Deisel, Regal, 3 Rooed L KA 5