The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1929, Page 3

OUR NEW UL LR TR L L TR T T TR P R BUSINESS® UL R R R T T T L T T T T LT iR l Atiractions At Theatres “BEHIND THE AT COLISEUM , “declared te bo s ny farce cf war i ! Coliseumn tonight Beery and Ray rd.-Tom. Kennedy Passion Play 80 300 par SINESS” 1 AT PALACE TONIGHT ‘ | i Mrs. Willam A, Dun]ap (above), wife of the hat mil- | icnaire, has withdrawn her suit for divorce and alimony and i gone back to friend hu:.band1 The reconciliation followed a dramatic fistic encounter be- tween jouwiig Dunlap and a loiterer who was annoying his | wife in a hotel lobby. | (International New:ru-ll Undér tourquoise skies of the Bavanan Alps the inhabitants of Oberammergau are rehears- ing jor their 1930 production of the Passion Here are some of the characters in the tographed at - their daily Rutz, the. blacksmith, | %”fi" is an is an expert in porcelam work, who pla) ed "Calphus in the 1922 producuon‘ below, Guida Mayr, famous for his “Judas,” with his daughter, Klara, in his wood carving shop. Right, Anton Lang, the “Christus? of the last three presentations of the play. Fv. _lot ore produced and value THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE TUESDAY JAN l ALASKAMAKES 600D SHOWING IN PAST YEAR *|Shipments B A for| 1928 Valued About | $74,000,000 ty. of shipments rossed 13,16 ]mluuk value of l'lpnl(ul[s totaled 1. 111 - mnl= 3 $2,282,684 sl ing a loss of $596,293 for 1 The cured salmon fishery dl\n ~|showed some detline in. quantity| “land value, dropping from 2 pounds worth, $LS! 9,415 pounds worth §1,18 ar. Fresh sal in for the yes pounds worth § per as compared to pounds valued at $674,796 in 1927 Gold Shows Increase The year’s gold production show- case of $886,109 in 1928, | shipments being worth The increase was dug in in pro- aska Ju- y to the lar made by the tuction _|netu Gold Mining Company in its local mine. The copper mining industry con- | tinued to decline in both mmmm hipments amounted to nds talued at § mpared 1,463, S 509,876 in 1927 pounds and Marble shipmc 4, about the ame as for Lead and tin vere ahout stationary Wood products fell from 174 in 1927 to. $68,400 in pdéer meat advanced from § miner Fure Sure To Gain Lacking on seal pelts fram the and on fur hipme the fur industry @ lete, The total ported gave a value of § This wiil be increased probably I | more than $2,000,000 when all fig- ures are complete. ALASKR JUNEAV YIELD IN 1928 TOPS $3,200,000 Local (.ompany Breaks All|. Production Records and Leads Industry (Continuea xrom I'age Onn) the year s operations was X(’iA\,ClL(l erable extent in the ris {in the market quotations on its stc«-k and gave its honds an excel- | lent standing. Stock, quoted a year ago arcand $2 and sometime be- |} fore that as low as 87% cents, rose at ore time during last fall to |’ par at $10 and has ranged arouud |: $8 for several months. While some of this was probably due to specu- lative influences, the monthiy re- ports of the company, showing continued profits, ~undoubtedly were the hasis for much of the ac- tivity noted. How many thousand shares of the company were traded on east- ern exchanges is not known. There are no records of these transat- tions available. But for several days, the number of sales rivalled the leaders on the New York Ex. c¢hange and the rate still heavy. Ore Holds Good The company is operating in the same orc body his year as that from which its returns were made in 1828, It is confidently believed it wiill continue to show good prof- its during the year, although the total may not reach the figure at- tained last year. SCHODL PLAY ON THIS P. M. Playing a return engagement, by popular request, the Senfor Class of the Juneau High School wili present “The Whole Town’s Talk- ing,” at a special matinee this afternoon at the Coliseum theatre gtarting at 2 o'clock. The play was presented during the recent flu epidemic and with splendid histrionic success but not finan- cially s so many were ill. Re- quests for a repeater were so pro- noynced and from all sources that the players put-it in rehearsal agajn and their efforts will be dis- played this afternoon . with the originally selected cast under the direction of Miss Leer. thx is usoall; benefited t?npon ol-! ELKS' HIJINKS [presented in the form of cockis! THE WORLD’S GREATEST COMEDY “Behind t Tl psomenfl o el ipsotflsenfiemsen st oo e s Ao - | Theu- Engagement is Announced 1929+ OLISEU LT T T T 3 S - < Miss Almira G. Rockefeller, daughtcr oi Mrs Rockefeller, and a grandniece of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and M. Roy Jackson, Jr, noted clubman and sportsman, whose engagenient has just been announced. The photo shows them | at the Ensign Sweepstakes Stee.? __ (Internailon: William G. | lechase at Bedford, N. Y. IS ENJOYED BY DANCING CROWD | e The old year was ushered ()uty and the New Year was noisily welcomed by the huge crowd that gathered in the Elks Hall’ for the annual Hi Jinks last night. At 9:30 o’clock the couples be- gan to arrive and at 10:30 the dance floor was crowded by the merry-makers. As each couple passed in the door favors were little he to “wear did A touching mement, was at 11} o'cloek when the music stopped and Exalted Ruler Henry Messer-| schmidt in_accordance with the| never broken custom of the Elks Lodge, spoke the 11 o'clock ** Our Absent Brothers” prayer| while the. dancers and merry-| makers stood still with Imv\ul! | nd were admonish i | em’’ which everyonc heads. . A few minutes before midnight there was a wild scramble to the middle of the floor where hun-| dreds of contraptions, all capablc ‘ of making a variety of noises, were given out and for the next thirty minutes the orchestra might as well not have been The hall was decorated fitting- ly for the occasion. Over the stage there was a large electric sign wishing all a ‘“‘Happy New Year, 1929.” The Hi Jinks last ight was the first of the annual affairs where confetti and serpen- tine were conspicuous by absence and _as a result many a lady’s dancing frock was unruffled at 1 o’clock when tae cance broke up.! s were entertaining hosts > hundreds that were| , all thoroughly emjoyed the 9:25 M 5 e Front” with WALLACE BEERY and RAYMOND HATTON in A COMEDY JAMMED WITH LAUGHS WITH EVEN. THIz SUBTITLES UPROARS LEON F. DREWS Offers “Musical Nonsense” An Organ Novelty with a B—A—N—G Fun For Fuerybodv PRICES—10-20-50-Loges 60 cents SCHOOL VACATION ENDS TOMORROW Aftter enj |of eleven days the several hunllxul students of Juneau again take up their studi row morning. Roll call in the parochial and public schools should be answered by nearly one hundred per cent normal enrollment. When the schools closed for the vacation |there were about 150 students ab- Isent from classes and confined to | their homes with the flu. The va, cation period has witnessed the complete recovery of mogt of the pupils and practically all will be associating with their classmates tomorrow. The school vacation has been marked this year by the absenco |of programs or public entsriain- ment, other than the play, “The Whole Town's Talking,” given by the Senior class. Scheduled bas- ketball games between the High team and other teams of the city were postponed along with other isocia] affairs, on account cf the iprevailing ‘epidemic. The under- grade students of the public school and students of the parochial|] school were to have preseried iplays, but these were indefinitely postponed. e NOTICE My office will be closed until January 2nd. ady. DR. GEO, L. BARTON. ————— Radio Supplies To Wed Nobleman: g a huInl.l) vmn.m\ 3 ans Ruth Bfady (Mvc).. \daughter of the late Mr, and! Mrs. James Cox Brady of New rsey, is engaged to marry the on.” Michael Scott, youn, son of the late Viscount Miss Brady’s father, the late Anthoy:x m amasscd a $200,000, fonm\ in public utiljties. (l-unll.hul Nowsreel| Electric Toasters See our line of Guaranteed ! Electrical Appliances Capital Electric Co PHONE 416 o Apple Pie hy Cook? 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