The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1928, Page 8

i Y . ed a home be maintained by the| S WASHINGTO! CITY TAXES SHOW SLIGHT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR Total Ar;:t;finl Collected| $72,682.35—Delinquent Taxes Considerable The total tax collections, real THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 1928 B R SPECIAL FEATURES TO APPEAR IN EMPIRE and personal, for the city of Ju-| neau, date of payment closing Janus 1 last, totaled $72,682.35, according to figures made known by City Clerk H. R. Shepard. De linquent taxes amount to $2,140.60. | Although the assessment o©i| property was higher the past yea than in 1926 the taxes paid wer only $494.09 greater, while the| delinquent taxes in 1927 were| greater than the year preceding | to an amount of $1,740.60. The taxes collected in 1926 to. taled $72,188.26 on real and pei- sonal property and the delinquen' taxes amounted to only about $400. Little business came before tae City Council at the regular mee ing last night at the City Hall. Some time was spent in discus ing necessary repairs to the ( Dock to include new piling anu| planking, and the monthly bil were ordered paid. A committee of four members of the Juneau Woman's Club, ap- peared before the Council W the request for a city police wo-| man, with jurisdiction over minors in the city. It was also suggesi-| | city with the assistance of fac/ club and to be presided over by | a house mother, where delin-| quents could be taken for supe yision and counsel until dismissea to their homes or sent to correc- tive schools. Two houses were named by the committee as being available, th> Winn house on Sixth and Gold Streets and the Presbyterian mis-| sion house on Gold Belt Avenue. The Council was asked to at| least give the suggestion of plac- ing a police woman on the city force a trial and it was said four women of the Juneau Woman's ' Club are willing to try the work The matter was referred to the " police committee and will be ta- ken up again at the next meetins _of the Council. Thirty Liberty Loan Bond Holders Are Accepting New Offer , Jan. 21--Hol!| ers of Third Liberty Loan bonds to a total value of $525,000,000 have taken advantage of the re- cent Treasury offér allowing ex- change of their securities for the new 3% per cent Treasury note:. _Secretary of Treasury Mellon is- sued the announcement whil> making a reminder the conversion of the privileges expire Monday. The limit of the new notes Is $700,000,000. ST. PATRICK’S DAY DANCE BE FEATURED BY JUNEAU ELKS One of the three annual dances of the local Lodge of Elks will be ‘featured on March 17, when the 'St. Patrick's Day affair will be ‘the big event. St. Patgick's Day is a two-fold event of the local Lodge as it is ithe thirtieth anniversary of re- ving the lodge's dispensation and the twentieth anniversary of the dedication of the present - Elks’ Building. The committee in charge of the St. Patrick’s Day dance is ow busy formulating plans. e WHERE 1S WEISBERG? Information as to the where- ~ abouts of Mitchel Weisherg is de- ired. He was last heard from at ome, Alaska, in September, 1921, hen he was working in the store f L. Sidenverg. Mr. Weisberg is years old, of dark complexion, e feet six inches in height, and black hair. Any informatica < Sb:m him should be sent to tae " Governor's Office at Juneau. — TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY PFOUND—12 ft. row boat on Gas- tinean Channel. Enquire Em- pire. Adlerika Just what you need for that tired and lazy feeling ng next The Empire wiil present two new features which espec interesting to the women readers of this newspaper. Modes 41p to the minute, supplied Dby the Asgociated Press feature' fashion service writers and artists, will be one of the subjects and the other will be articles on the wives of the various Governors of thwe States, an intimate introduction Of interest to bas- ketball fans, will also be a series of short articles, soon to appear, by Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, President of the National Basketball Coaches Assoclation and Director of Athletics, University of Kansas, > ISR SRS, SO SRS ENRS E SR e e} | STILL HOPES PLANE WILL BE FOUND Mrs. Brice Goldsborough, wife of navigator «f “The Dawn," spends a sac Christmas with her son, Frank, in Brooklyn, N. Y. eagerly awalting news of missing plane and its crew. (nternational Newsreel) STINSON, FLIER, GIVEN BYRD SUED BY WIFE CHICAGO, Jan. 21. Julius | Rosenwald, millionaire philan-| (DETROIT, Jan. 21 —"Eddi«" thropist, has presented a $10,000 Stinson, one of the most famous check to Comnfander Richard E.!flyers and airplane designers iu Byrd to aid him in financing|the United States, was made de-| his proposed Antarctic l']xmv(li-il'vmlaul in a suppressed divorce | tion. {bill filed here by his wife, former — | actress, of Pittsburgh, it has be clxlu TW Noi‘y | come Kknown. ; Mrs. Stinson has left Detroi’, For Holland Town!ner counsel said. Judge A. ¥ — Marschner . signed an Injuncticn MONNINKEN DAM, Hollanl, ! restraining Stinson from disposal Jan, 21—The quiet fishing port ofjof any of his assets in the Sti Monninkendam on the Zuyder Zee | son Aircraft Corporation, of looks with alarm on the big drain | which he is president, or any of age program which will make ‘t|his real property and bank de an inland village. posits. It will have to find another in-; e dustry than fishing, and towns-|STILL ABOARD VESSEL: folk fear that the change will} ARREST MADE KETCHIKAN bring noise and bustle, fastidiou ly avoided for centuries in this A fully equipped still and 15 Sleepy Hollow of The Nether-jquarts of meonshine whiskey lands. were seized aboard the vessel The people of Monninkendar | Polais and the vessel was con- have no timepieces in their homes because the tick of a clock is too fiscated by the Government, by Deputy U. S. Marshals and U. S. COLD STORAGE clared—Brings Much Revenue to Town { . | Showing a net profit of more | than $6,000 during the year 1927 the Petersburg Cold Storage, own ] recently declared a dividend | ed largely by residents of thal city of five per cent. At its annual] meeting the Board of Directors serving last year, composed o1/ Frederick Nelson, T. 8. Elsemo Jacob Hanseth, Knud Stenslid, Andrew Johnson, John Molver and | J. L. MacKechnie, was re-elected for the current year. The showing of the new (‘om-i pany is considered remarkab says the Petersburg Press., It wa the first year of the operation of the plant and in addition to thz) dividend, new equipment and oth- er surplus expenses incurred out- side of regular operating costs were taken care of by earnin Plans for plant enlargement are | being considered and may be pat into @effect during the year. Approximately 2,500,000 pounds ! of fish were handled during the past year. One-half of this quan- tity was frozen and the other, shipped fresh. About $300,000 was paid out by the buyers for fares, most of which money was speut with Petersburg merchants. The payroll of the plant amounted to $10,000 for the year, exclusive of the payrolls of the buyers w operated on facilities provided by the company. On occasions fthe| buyers’' payroll amounted to $160 | per day. Other revenues accruing | to the town of Petersburg through | the plant were: taxes, $1,000° light, power and water, furnished by the municipal plants, $300 per: month, and Federal license foes | for the business which reverted fo the city treasur: - CARD OF THANKS To our ¢-car friends who assisfed | s0 nobly during the last illness of my husband, Nickolos King, par- ticularly Mrs. Gertie Laughlin| and Mr. T. J. Dugan, who were such a wonderful help and com-| fort; to those who sent beautiful floral offerings; and to others! who were present at the funeral with their cars, in order that all might ride in comfort to the| cemetery; I on behalf of myself! and family desire to thank you! | | | | | i i all. T deeply regret that I van- not find words to properly ex-| press our gratitude, but you will understand when I say that; vou have cast a ray of sunshine | over this the darkest hour of our| ives. b (Signed) MRS, NICKOLOS KING. — e \i WHY SURE! THEL PRESIDENT ! Will be out all winter, warm and| 257. —adv.| comfortable. Just Phone Bob Turner. TAKE IMPROVED | PINE-TAR AND HONEY| Mentholated, with Cod Liver Oil of Coughs, Colds, Brounchitis, Hoarseness and affec tions of Throat and Lungs. Only At current |, {Mr |appointed to the Commi Extract and Eucalyptus for reliet|| Loss of Voice, B & maj. Gilbert Wansborough Thackes, Fnglish soldier of fortune, has re- turned to London after making his escape from the French Forelgs Legion. He was smuggled aboard a Greek steamer at Alglers Thacker declares Leglon conditions are almost unbelievable. . (tntermatiomal Newsreci) GAME COMMISSION MEETS EARLY FEB. The annual meeting of the Al- a 1e Commission will be held in Juneau on the arrival of members from the other three divisions of the Territory, who re flue to arrive here on the steamship scheduled to reach Ju- neau southbound about February . it was announced today by H. W. Terhune, Chief of the U. Biological Survey in Alaska nd Executive etary of the Territorial Commission. C. T. Gardner, President and hune are now in Juneau and the other members who will arrive here next month are Irv- ing Reed of Fairbanks, rep- resenting the Fourth Division; Dr. W. H. Chase of Cordova, rep- resentative of the Third Division. J. €. Widstead of Nome, recently on from the Second Division, is now in the States and will come north for the meeting. e MRS. LOWELL HOME Mrs. John Lowell and baby bov left the St. Ann’s hospital yester- day for their home. e s 0ld papers for sate at Tne Empire D e SECOND | CARD PARTY PARISH HALL TUESDAY NIGHT REFRESHMENTS Public Invited e rrord GET THE HABIT Trade with us. It will pay you. We will do all we can within our power and within reason to please and satisfy you. We think you are boost- ing your home town when you trade with us. Let us tions for HELLAN’S PHARMACY i Next Door to Graves Store i Phone 33 Free Delivery : have your subscrip- magazines. H _—-—‘ %1 - . NorTHERN LicHT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. O. A. StiLLmAN, Pastor MORNING SERMON AT 11 0'CLOCK. Sabject: “The Christian's Hope.” . BIBLE SCHOOL AT 12:15. EVENING SERVICE AT 7:30 P. M. Subject of the Sermon: “The Past, Present and Future.” A Warm Welcome for Everybody ¥ | | | | | Pt oeo: SPECIAL 5 cans Comas Solid Pack Tomatoes ....$1.00 6 cans Del Monte Apricots .. 2,00 6 cans Del Monte Peaches ....... L S 1.50 6 cans Del Monte Plums 4 Quality Guaranteed Best GEORGE BROTHERS Phones 92 and 95 m noisy. - They depend for the hour|Customs officials, at Ketchikan upon a discreetly quiet clock in|this week, agéording to advices the Stadhuis tower, on the plai-|received today by U. S. Marshal form of which a team of metal|Albert A. White. y horses gallops around every 63| William McHale was placed minutes. When the fisherfolk|under arrest, are at sea they go by the sun, i(l i Old pavers ror sare at The Fmpire Whenever we brin; from the sky, “IT STAYS PUT” Ask any of our customers. GASTINEAU GROCERY PHONE 37 Three Free Deliveries Daily g something down it stays PUT. for the following lines, RAY OIL HART OIL “ST “KQHLER” i S 24 - ANNOUNCEMENT We have been appointed distributors in Southeastern Alaska This means you buy direct from factory eliminating Seattle jobbers profit. BIRCHFIELD BOILERS TRANE HEATING EQUIPMENT “LEAD CLAD” SHEETIRON WE ALSO HANDLE | horge Goshaw, | N SEN., BRUCE | YueDowm=2 DEFENDS U. S. I | NIC. POLICY § Upholds Administration and Kellogg, and Op- poses Dill's Demand WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—Tho| Administration’s policy towarl | Nicaragua was vigorously defend- ed yesterday in the Senate by the Democratic stalwart, Senator Wil-| liam Cabell Bruce, of Maryland. | He replied to the demand of Sen-| ator C. C. Dill, Democrat of Was’n-! ington, that the American Marin:s be withdrawn from the Central American Republic. B The Marylander declared that| ,- - [ the only people in this country | Robert Maynard Hutchins of who opposed the Administration's! Brooklyn, N. Y. has beeh ap- course were and Radicals.” Senator Bruce added that he did not think any Secretary of State had been more unjustiy misrepresented tMan Frank B.! Kellogg on intervention in Nicar- agua. 1 “Has he done ahything Grove: Cleveland would not have done?” the Senator from Marylaad d> manded. extreme Pacifists| pointed dean of the Yale Law | School. He is 28 years old and i1 belleved to be the youngest man ix the country to hold such an impor: tant collegiate post. (International Illustrated News) JOSLIN LEAVES $40,000 ESTATE .- BIG TAKE OF FURS WiLL right on the job December 1si|goes to the widow, Lora Price when the season opened for fox|Joslin. and lynx and with their dog teams) A TRy TR are making tours of the district. | White trappers as well as natives HARDING MUSEUM procured the necessary 4-qulnnwm! REQUESTS LIST and left for: outlying places to b on hand when the season openel. ! That this section is bound to | A letter requesting that a list Arctic Fur Corporation of shiu_l')(’L‘“ received at the Governor's BEMADE IN NOME REGION| gpa7TLE, Jan. 21— Falcon 1 - Joslin, pioneer in Alaska mining | (Nome Nugget) and transportation, who died here News coming into Nome froa|on January left an estate val- nearly all sections of Seward|ued at $50,000. Much of tae Peninsula bespeak of unusually {estate is in AlasKan properties large fur catches being anticipai-|now developing, Three childrea ed this winter. Fur dealers weic|get $5,000 each and the remainder office from Major O. M. Bald- inger, U. S. Army, and referred to the Juneau Chamber of Com- merte, [ | The letter asks that a deserip- ’Hnn of the gift, tull name of the {donor, reason for the presenta- tion and any other interesting idata relating to the gift, accom- 'pany the list. This information, it was stated will go on record ,with the gifts which are ex- [hibited in the museum. | It is requested by the local | Chamber, Secretary Frank A. illnyle said today, that all per- {sons or organizations in Juneau {who presented President and and M Harding with gifts when iu“\y were in this city comply with the request made by Major Baldinger and return the infor- mation to the Juneau Chamber of |Commerce which organization {will forward it to the Harding | Museum. Use the columns of The Empire. | ! 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