The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1928, Page 8

TOURIST TRADE BROWS LARGELY IN FIVE YEARS Twenty Thoussad Added ‘in 5 Years, Whittier Tells : Chamberuof Commerce During the b-year period, 1922- 27, tourist travel to Alaska has Increased 20,000 in round figures, M. S. Whittier, Chairman of the Tourist Advertising Committee, told the Chamber of Commerce today. The growth, he indicated, had been steady and continuous. It was the Chamber’s monthly Ladies’ Day and was well attend. ed. Music was furnished by Jack Burford, saxophone and Ea:l Hunter, piano. Early Bookings Heavy Pre-season tourist bookings all steamship lines coming to Alaska are unusually heavy, it was announced by Brice Howar!, agent of the Admiral Line and member of the Committee on Transportation of the Chambe. Reservations on all the the larg er steamers have been sold out for the first two months of thel on municate with those organizations and tender local assistance ‘n the effort to secure the vice New Activity Forecast “Junean going to get som good in the near fv declared C. T. Gardner not at liberty to divalge its nature “Some men" will arrive here shortly and ve veal plans for mew activities, he added. Mr. | assured mailboat some suitable operated between Port Alexander and other lower Chatham Strait ports mnext sum mer, giving local merchants a woekly service to that district It was made known, also, that the Chamber plans to stage a joodwill Excursion over that route early in the summer. Bar Hearing Reopened Hearings on the proposal dredge Mendenhall Bar were ie- opened in Washington today by the Federal Board for Rivers and news ture,’ who said he wa he had by the operator of Virginia IV, that it vessel would Juneau beea the or be and Gardner sald Lo Harbors, Secretary Boyle an nounced. Telegrams sent to Del= gate Sutherland, Gen e Richardson, District Fo er ( H. Flory, District Engineer Major Malcolm Elliott, Senator Willis and the Seattle Chamber of Com merce seeking their co-operation {and furnishing them with data to present to the Board were real Recommendations approving the project, made by the local District Engineer's office were recently re jected by the Board, but it con season, he said. Mr. Whittier said that 1,200, trip in 1927 than the previous year, and that 1926 was 1,170/ has been rapid since 1922 and H doubtedly some of it was due to' wertising campaign. 1 Local Air Service | picked up last night by Mr. Whittier which said that A. A. Bennett,,of airplane | dompany of Fairbanks, had | nounced at Seward that more tourists made the Alaskal ahead of 1925. The growth i un- the lotal Chamber’s active a.l A radio broadcast was | ‘the Bennett-Rodebaugh | &II-‘ an | T gervice would be inaugurated be tween Seward and Southeasle:‘ni Alaska by his company next sur- mer. Stops will be made at Cor- dova, Juneau and Ketchikan, the| announcement said. ) The Seattle Chamber of Com- merce, H. I. Lucas said, has ta- up the matter of an aerial mail service between Seattle and Alaska, and the Ketchikan €oin- mercial Club is working on the " same project. Mr. Lucas, F. A. Metcalf and Goldstein wer - pamed as a committee to com- FEBRUARY FOURTEEN VALENTINE'S DAY Ae usual we are prepared. Pre- pare yourselves now with Val- | entines for mailing for the Watson going south about Feb- ruary 4. A new fresh stock of Adler- ! ika, and a lot more Tide } Tables just received. HELLAN’S PHARMACY Next Door to Graves Store Phone 33 Free Dellvery [OT——— sented to give the Chamber an other opportunity to present it case. The local Fishing Vessels Owners’ Association is co-operat ing with the Chamber in this mat- ter and has wired the Delegate that it considers the project the most meritorious of any proposeld so far as benefitting halibut and salmon fishermen are concerned More than 30 fishing ves homeporting elsewhere than here, marketed fares here last Fall fol- lowing the construction of thc new cold storage and these as well as others are expected to| sell here this season, according to| the Association. | C¢. G. Warner, local machine shop proprietor, is now construct- ing a gridiron adjoining his place | HANES Heavy Cotton UNION SUITS Give Extra Value H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man —rrrrreeos Be prepared ladies, The Moose Leqp Year Dance THE NIGHT OF FEB. 4TH you never can tell. 1 call to your attention the cutest SLIPPERS AND PUMPS for this dance J.M. SALOUM |' e e et e ) THE DAILY ALASKA of bu @ and near the cold|He is a brotherdinlaw of Mr. and former Senator F. A. Aldrich|for th 2 ation . storage that will handle vessels|Whittier. MAJ ALBREGHT !‘,; ite ‘R He Is fhcl ;,e;‘,:]e:';'alue""t':(:":;h'“' Mrs. Sarah Kerricl: up to SO feet long, it was an-| At the next Ladies Day of the (] , Judge Louls K. Pratt, pioneor|candidates being W. H. Caswell, | Acquitted of Charge nounced Chamber, the ladies themselyes attorney of Fairbanks, has filed | Sitka; Judge James Wickersham, s e Drive Moves Ahead will have charge of the program, IN FIGHT FGR |a declaration of candidacy for Juneau; Dr. W. H. Chase, (4(,,.,|R('sult_Husbands Death Progress is being made in the|it was announced. President W. | delegate to the National Conven-|dova, and Judge Pratt. | S Chamber’s drive for finances and|S. George named Mesdames Well- tion. He has been active in R ——i | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb membership, Secretary Boyle re-jman Holbrook, F. A. Metcalf and publican party politics for man: | | Mrs. Sarah Kerrick has been gortad. . To, AWt/ pledase hbvelR. J. Whilte ox special commit- ' years. "F'R°FCELSS'°NA'- WOMEN'S |quitted of manslaughter cha heen taken aggregating $3,245.45 | permanent streets of this city. UB MEETS ON MONDAY | S L al in conne of which sum $1,589.75 has been ! i —_— | The tnira filing was the declar-| {‘\“HI‘I the l:;:::mm[,l: lp::\rw;.‘.’,lfpl,l,;"‘ paid in cash. The membership W , X \ation of ‘Gus Gelles, Anchorage| The regular monthly business| To Kerri o i Srollol. ko€ AGkE s 288, The Y Mary Astor to Wed; Three More Candidates business man, also for delegate to|meeting of the Business and Pro ‘;{..:-1 lm.r,],-“‘:h:umfi:fily i':'.'ff.'.'.'"; i nance Committeo has not com-| Madge Bellamy and Hats I |the National Convention. ~His | fessional Women's Club of Junean | ciimax to an allnight Hollywood pleted its local canvass and mno Broker Are Matried Cast Hats Into Repub- !candidacy was announced several!will mect at the home of Mrs. |drinking party “several g g outside _subscriptions have been o " lican Political Arena | days ago in press dispatches re-|Davidl Waggoner mnext Monday | ago. The jury was out one hour received. In addition to the above, dXa z % R | ceived by The Empire from An- night at 6:30 o'clock. All ’ll('lll'lnnll a halt, i i oleven: donaticns were -tiade for| HOLLXWOOD, ‘Hebi. $. Mty | chorage. At that time he an-|bers are requested to be present BRI o the Fourth of July fund ARipe f'“"“”_”‘l motion pieture| gy pew filings were added nounced he was avowedly support-|as several matters of importance |Leon oil permanent v; " St No mduitional details have hecn |2CtTess, and Kenneth Hawks, Dro-| o145 (o the fist of candidates for| g Sccrotary Herbert C. Hoovar|will be brought up for discussion. Fern Teauty Parlor b T;‘.;" supervisor at the Fox will be married Feh- The bride-to-be has announcement of The couple plan to duction Studio here, ruary 23. made formal ium bethroal. |leave for New York on a honey- received regarding the Capital o Capital Yacht race, other thaa| was reported in The Empire earlier this week, M. S. Whittier reported for the committee handl- ing the negotiations with the " Olympia Chamber of Commerce, [Mo0R trip. Mr. Nowell, who represented the : A7 ¢ . SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 3.— committee at Olympia, is expected to return shortly and make known Madge Bellamy, film actress, slip- all the defalls, . Press dispatches|De8. away from Holiywood with said that the arrangements for|LOSan Matealt, | Lox . Aameios the race had been fully nm.lvl!”‘_'l‘l"" apd ‘l“’"'““‘, Tia [-'"f""{v and it was planned to have it (»n:l‘“l;" o fie Js f,'“; border, here in time for the Fourth of [Whore they were marriec. A s i Ao ke July celebration, b % ENTERS HOSPITAL HERE Widstead !s Guest —_— J. C. Widstead, member of the| Stephen Gee, 74, of Yakutat, Alaska me Commission for thelcame to Juneau on the Admiral Second Division, a guest of | Watson and is undergoing medi- the Chamber tods He . said ii{cal treatment at the St. Ann's was the object of the ('nmmlmlnn“IU»“I’“HL He expects to go to the W to perpetuate the wild life of Al- >ioneers’ Home at Sitka within a aska, both game animals and|short time. birds and fur-bearers. He recall- R G 5. NARBTS0 ed a visit he made here about 1) Victor Orthopiwnic Phono- Rent years ago at which time he weat graph, sewing machines. {o Sitka to install a stamp mill| or sale. Anderson Music Shoppe. there. He said he was agreeably | —— - surprised at the fine business . 3 houses and residences and ‘he manent streets of this city. A. F. Anderson, Port Townsen 2 Wash., resident, now visiting Mr and Mrs. M. S. Whittier, was in- Valentlnes troduced to the Chamber as the “first stopiover tourist” of 1928 NEW LIFE WINE TONIC BITTERS TONIC AND SYSTEM BUILDER BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO: When We Sell It It's Right Free Delivery Phone 134 Sub Statlon Post Office No. 1. 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