The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1928, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 20, 1928. Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. f Weather Bureau Fovecast for Jamesn and yicinity, begfaning 4 v. m. today: Fair tonight and Tuesday, cooler fouight; light east to north ‘winds. FogAL BATA Burom. Teme. iu.iifln Wind Velonity Weather 47 m yest'y 3034 35 W 2 Cldy ; | .30, E | DIEFERENT TACTICS 1IN ORDER T ; a. ‘m. today. 3027 81 29 g 2 Cldy WIS CAVOR AND CORVINGE ot “guffiuz con - today W 3 Clear SHOLLD YCHOOSE T8 RUN # RIS > 0 3 . : B URSERE Low $am. 8 Preclp. 8am. Highest 3 pm. Stations— temp. taglg. { temp. temp. Vel 24 hus. Wemilner ome ... 22 22 | 18 26 28 14 Clay =55 Jaci RORDAN WHEN THE SELF-APPOINTED COMM|T TEE TOF THE TWO UNPRINCIPLED LOBBNISTS FROM WASHINGTON DISCOVERED THAT BARNE Y HAD NO DESIRE To BECOME PRESIDEMT THEY WERE SOMEWHAT “TAKEN ABACK, BUT AFTER A WHISPERED CONFEREACE. TREV DECIDED ™ CAWL ON THE EXALTED ANGORA AGAIN AND EMPLOY ENTIRELY BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG ThosE Two GuYs FRom WASHING TON ARE HERE AGAIN' MESBE T. SHOULDNT HANE BEEN ABRLPT WITH THEM VEETERDAY - AFIER Au, € POLITICIANS AND L™ NOT AND AS S0 SELFISH AND JUST CONSIOE R MNSELF Il RIETS BARA Ruby Ouke FRANCIS DIRKS Bethel . 38 36 T Re i 0 o o WELUNGToN K BustH Fort Yukon ... -2 -18 | =26 -24 — 0 cl Tanana 6 | 0 0 — 0 Pt Cldy Bagle ... 14 | —22 -8 — 0 Clear St. Paul 34 32 | 30 32 24 01 Cldy Dutch Harbor.. 46 40 | 3¢ 34 - - Rain Kodiak .. 38 | 34 38 — - Rain Cordova 30 | 22 22 . 0 Clear s Junean .. 35 | 20 81 * .01 Cldy &% AL Ketchikan . . 43 - | 29 -_ —_ [ Foggy Prince Rupert.. 44 42 | 82 34 .. 0 Pt. Cldy W S h l H d Edmonton . 10 | 2 2 " 0 Cldy ome,l CNoo ea ;s i Seattle .. 40 | 34 34 * 0 Cldy < ™ > ! Portland ; 46 | 38 38 * 0 Cldy : L il ol S - G - I - Prominent Figures SONS SATURD *—Less than 10 muges. I A l S . ' £ v s Notes—Observations at Dutch Harbor, Kodlak, Juneau, n nnu ession - e Prific. Rupert, Edmonton, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco are uiade at' 4 & m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time. The batometric pressure was high this morning from the Upper Yukon Valley southward to Callfornia, the crest being located at Fort Yukon, where the barometer was 30.56 inches. With the exception of local precipitation at Juneau, fair weath- ér prevailed ‘dufing the past 48 hours from Tanana sout t- ward to British Columbia. The air pressure was low over the # . Aleutian ‘Islands, the lowest pressure being near Attu Island, with a reading of 28.86 inches. PETERSBURG | SCHOOLS ARE PROGRESSING Steady Growth Continues Declares Commissioner Alter Inspection DOUGLAS NEWS MR. AND MRS. GUERIN ENTERTAIN AT BRIDGE A pleasant evening of bridge was enjoyed at the Guerin home in Douglas last Saturday. Four tables were played, prizes going to Mrs. Guy L. Smith and Arne Shudshift for the high scores, and to Mrs. Glen Kirkham and Guy Smith for the low. ——————— “The progress which has mark- ed 'the Petersburg schools during ‘recefit years still continues,” de- el Lester 'D. Henderson, Ter- Commissiofier of Bduc are among the prominent figures. Amcng thc heads of city school systcms are a number ‘of | women, some of whom will take part in.the Naztional Conferemco of School Supcrintendents in Boston, February 25 to March 1.| Miss Cornelia 8. Adair (left), President of the National Educa- tion Aseociaticn, and Mrs. Susan Dorscy (right), Los Angeles, Cal., | Record Number Atten Annual Feed Under Auspices__ Bgy Scouts With more thapn two hundred sons ond dads In attendance at the Annual Father and Son ban- quet given under the auspices of {the Juneau Troops of the Boy |Scouts of America last Saturday evening in the Moose Hall, a new record was set in the history of the banquets which began in 1923, The first thing of Interest on the evening program was th> big feed. Two full sittings necessary to accommodate the | hundreds present, while fast work of members of tha Troop Council and the Scouts put the banquet | over in good shape. i { dads were paired off, went to the dining rooms. The dipper consisted of he veluers, buns, coffee and cocoa, and ice cream and cake. In the large room upstairs, fol- lowing tho refreshments, the | scouts showed those present some of the things they had learned. | and then ARRIVES ON WATSON tion . toda, Commissioner Hen- winter in California. 228" pupils enrolled.. The school pystem _jfiow ranks in fifth place enrollment, heing exceeded by , Juneau i ol X G.*D:Dlrncio"‘e' Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Kirby left enrollment on the Admiral Watson this morn- ‘}58;‘8 gctively. Jing for Seldovia where the doctor it “the sghool expects to establish himself in his “as partially ‘com-{ Practice ‘of medicine. Ll st Aumimer, b o SR | CATHOLIC LADIES MEET A Fest ‘!_:w.‘ *The Catholic Ladies of Douglas pald mqm‘ dssfoner . - rson. ! will meet Tuesday evening at the "':":l city ‘council ‘and “achool) home of Mrs. Jerry Cashen. Jboard plan-to complete this struc-| . e ‘ture before the: opening of the BABY BOY BORN school year | 19648, " The' add)-! A son ‘was bofn Hero Yesterday tion | then ‘ebpfain six class mornfrig to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ms torium foom. president of the Netional Educa- tion Association and the first claks-foom " teacher' fo” Be electad to that office, the women. will take an active part in the pro- gram of 15,000 educators. Miss Adair is a teacher of English in Bainbridge Junior high school, Richmond, Va, from which she was given a yoar's leave of absence during her ten- ure of office as president of the N. E. A. She formerly was treas. urer of the organization. Super- vision in the secondary school will be the topic of an address by Miss Adair. Mra. Susan M. Dorsey, a veter- an of the teaching profession, and superintendent of -schools in Los Angeles, Calif., will address the meeting on the relation of the public schools to higher educa- ——— KIRBYS: LEAVE §. ¢ombined audl-| Tassell at the family home. and Klgh sengol nssembly o estimated cost of the ad- COURT TERM @ition, Bot including furnishin tion. The work of Mrs. Dorsey, 3§04 equipment, ‘in $15,000. % 3 whose picturesque little black- " There’ are three - oneteacher PE s clad figure with a large whife hools within a radius of five shawl over the shoulders is a fa- s of - Petersburg and these ere ‘inspected by the Commis- oner. The schaols have a total miliar one at educational conven- tions, is sald to have resulted in a public' school system in Los Angeles that has been unusually free of political friction. The creation of a United States department of education has heen the special, self-appointed;task of Miss Charl Willlams, former 'sup- erintendent of schools in Shelby ¢ounty (Memphis) Tennessee, for- mer pr ent of the N. E. A. and present legislative representative of the organmization. Miss Olive Jones, supervising principal of Public School 120, in the heart of New York’s' Basi Side, is chairman of the N. E. A committee on behavior problem children. She has spent her life working with these problem chil- dren and during her presidency of the assocfatfon in 1924 outlingd its policy in regard to their treatment. .| Miss Annie Woodward, teacher in the Somerville, Mass., high .|school and president of the Massachusetts Teachers’ federa- tion, will figure prominently 1 _{the convention, as will also Miss Kate Wofford, tirst woman to be elected,, superintendent of a coun :L school system in South Caro- Character education in the pub- lic school & the pet theory of Miss Mary McSkimmon, who has % been nmu» e of the Plerce ol . kline, Mass., since ::g."'lld who' will' be one of the m the convention. Miss i ‘Was president of the ‘National Bduca ociation in 1926 where her program of “the of childhood” was car- with suctess. b —_——————— ON MARCH 2 Venires for Grand and Petit Juries Be Drawn Tomorrow Petersburg Progressing Petersburg is growing both geo- and in local business. growth of the town has' ne- sitated the addition of another to the ll‘ll]‘*fl" ‘owned Nydro-eleetric plant in ‘order t ly electrical energy to meet . city’s needs. - ¥ -'nmu in. considerable - buflding In progress at the present time. ). r a number of The regular March term of the U. 8. District’ Court in Juneau will open Monday, March 26, at 10 a. m. it was made known today. The Grand Jury will con- vene March 27 and the petit jury will convene April 4. The venircs for both juries will be drawn | tomorrow. d Members of .the ‘court party t|/who remained in Ketchikan un- til the end of the recent court to[term in - that city, returned to man, Court Reporter, also re- t 8t rned R : ried out The prisoners are Mr. and Mrs, Hugo Bergstrom who were coms mitted to serve two months; each in jail for being intoxicated. " 01d papers for sate at The Bmpire. scout ofgenis e e e e e e - [ S—— Signalling, fire building by fric- tion, first ald work and bugling, and explained the use of the ar fows, later ' relatiug experiences he hid' in hunting grizzlies with these wesapons. The fine growth of the local ation end the growth ——" A —t Nature g_r_éu:c the trees, but you must chop your own wogd BANK ACCOUNTS From Tiny Savings Grow Teach every member of the family the saving habit throcl‘:lgh I-{OME SAVINGS lflfifis 0dd change in the pocket or purse dropped into one of these little banks help to swell a savings account. Open accounts and get Home Savings Banks for every member of your family. Y ARE EXPERIENCED LONG AS THE BILINGOATS WANY ME FOR PRESIDEANT I OUGHTNT T BF were Before the banquet started sons | and ) P AN QECIDED & RUN FER PRESIDEAT - 2 NOW. AINT THaT So ial interest in the acouting move- ment was pointed out by Robert lslmpmn, president of the: Scout '©ouncil, and by H. sshafer, scoutmaster of Troop No. 1, who gave some interesting sta- |muluu on the growth of the ma- - tional organization. Dr. Slnpnung compared the banquet last Satur- day with the first one, held In the Domestic Sclence room of the Juneau Public Schools years ago. 8. Hellenthal = asserted, i a short address, that scouting gave a certaln necessary something to/ young boys who are beginaing to shape themselves for the future life about the time they reach the, age of twelve, which is the min- imum age for boys to become’ ' scouts. ] | Advertising aiways pays. U the colymns of The Bmnire. L. “Redling- SALE Still Going On SHOES i BLAZERS A aFiiiad 6 Tonegh on tha o R O BOSTON, Feb. 20—Seven na- BRINGS PRISONERS all wero demonstrated by the 4 Miss Katherine Pellasco, who | nan. » 4 A | stédmer Admiral Waison, having ionally-known women educators boys. A display of knots, made i visited here with Miss Kathleen | e iz W. H. Cs 11, sputy U. 8§ fbsent several days on a MecC. ick last Fasnal will take an important part in the A ) MBEWEL, " COPULY + Slhy the Sea Scouts, drew much tH fspection of schools in | CTONI O O ""\;'"‘"‘"'lm“‘,"‘l‘ annual meeting of superintendents | marshal at Sitka, arrived in Ji-| ;o0 Petetsburg and its vicinity. on the Admiral Watson last night | or yehooly in Boston the week cf[Dheau on the Margnita, bringing| 1"\ . Gouncll was present || L ® school statf at Petersburi to make her home here indefinite- February 20. two prisoners who will serve o (ARG school staff at FeterSbUi |, this time, after spending the ' 3 1 bia toral juil | Vith his’ bow gnd arrows, which includes ten teachers. There are . Headea by wiss Cornelia Adair,| (F™M8 1n the local Federal Jail iy o5 yged in hunting big game, T T T T T L T S T e T prices, WELL. WELL . SO NOU WENT }— HANGED VER MIND ‘AMILONAIRE ? caeeh s SEEMS LIKE A Thomas Hardware o, HOL'RE JUST THE MAN EOR US BARNEY OLD PAL = \¢ NQU L\SSEN TJo US VER GONNA BE SETTIN PRETTY = AFER YER FOUR YEARS N T WHITE HOUSE WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT NER A MILLIONARE = THE Juneau Lumber Mills, VERTICLE GRAIN HEMLOCK FLOGRING WE RECOMMEND WE HANDLE By BILLE DE BECK Ine. ~—LUMBER FOR EVERY PURPOSR-=- . 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