The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 2

NIGHT COSTUME SLIPS $3. Remnant A CLEARA BLOOMERS . Slips of Princess Satin—Colors, Peach, Pink and Orchid Nightgowns of Crepe de Chine—Colors, T Nile, Peach and Pink Combinations of Crepe de Chine with ;. lace “trim—Colors, Peach, Pink, Orchid, Yellow and W hite "B‘lo}rme‘rs of Crepe de Chine, finest qual- ity—Colors, Peach, Pink and Nile. Visit Our Bargain and | B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Départment Store /CE SALE GOWNS SNOLLVNIGINOD 50 Counters with touches of chiffon on ‘the PARIS. Square necklines are very smart for those who can wear them. Sketched one at Marcel Rochas ‘on ‘a dark blue lace dinner dress corsage and the pointed - skirt. RITA. HIGHW AY ARLON, Belgium, Jan. 22— Ah gives ald to lonely lovers is still maintained in the province of Lix: embourg. Twice each year Arlon cel> brates “The Lovers Fair” The first fair s held ‘'on St. Nicholas Day; the seeond, not long after- ward, on ‘the Thursday following the New Year. At Bt. Nicholas, the youne farm- er who is looking for a wife, vis " _its the fair. Blooming girls irom . remote villages and hamlets, of the Ardennes highlands who a-» lookig for husbands also attend-d the celebration in large numbers, | Theté are many means of making ' them acquainted. ' When the young man has dis covered the 1°who he believes will fultill his dreams, he fir:t her candy. If she takes to token of affection, with beer anl { | New Year fair, the custom mazke (inal plans =.:p sied ‘meeting and they ‘definitely It ie iry for the .the next few weeks. ancient Belgium custom which) engaged ‘wedding to take| BELGIUM MAINTAINS TO ROMANCE SEATTLE SHIVERING SEATTLE, Jan. 23. — A cold wave hit today with the tempera- ture ranging as low as 18 de- grees above zero, the coldest in years. Juneau’s lowest temperature so far this winter has been 17 de- few hours. { 21 degrees Today at noon it was above Zero. - eee STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 23—Alaska Junean mine stock is quoted today at 8%, Canadian Pacific 248%, Chrysler 199%, Kennecott Copper 157, Missouri 65%, Nevada Con- ~olidated 45%, National Power and Light 64, Packard Motors 1415, Sears, Roebuck 170%, Stewart- Warner 143%, U. S. Steel 186. ———.——— Another thing hard to uhder- stand is how some girls can help from wearing long faces when they have to wear such short skirts. e When fate wants to be devilish mean to a woman she gives her a double chin, | Erees above zero and for only a| TH E DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1929, Brazil's “John Coolidge” and Wife i Calo Luis Pereira de"Sousa, son of the President of Brazil, and Mrs. Sousa, as they appeared upon arrival in New York. The \kappy' coliple are ona tour of the United States. (International Newsreel) ”V;ealher Conditions As Rti;rdefl"by ‘the U: §. Weather Bureau Forecast for Junean and vicinity. beginnmg 4 p. m. today* {'Snow tonight, Thursday rain or snow; moderate southerly winds. LOCAT DATA .. ko fime— ‘Barom. Temp. Humidity Wixd Veldoity Wenther 4 p. m. yest'y..30.20 ’50 5 3 Cldy 4 a. m. today 3007 30 | W Snow Noon today 29.98 31 96 W 3 Snow B YESTE 1 TODA .. I:ow ga. m. 8am. Preclp. . ln'na," &:n‘:ur.n _! 1émip. mmp._g!__l.vcu‘y 24 }go :v.nc oung Hardware Co. | | Btarions— n Barrow e agerg —89 6 A Nome 34 30 N onn 0 Bethel 30 24 AR R Fort Yukon... — 2 - SiEPhe Hogh o Tanana fiiss 8 2 v 0 1 16 " $® 12- — 4 [8t. Paul 38 9% R R ] Butch Harbor. 38 36 32 36 : | Kodiak 38 38 | 38 40 0 0 Cordova TR i Tno o 32 30 | 2 30 1 ce {(&?Eg?kan 40 —_— 34 — 4 0 Clr_]y Prince Rupert. 36 3 g0 40 1 0 = Rain Edmonton ~14 A5 g LS 0 Clear | Se 88/ N|[oak b e 0 Clear VPor 34 92 38 4% b Clear gy Francisco. 54 50, 46 46 19 0 Pt Cldy *__Less than 10 ralles. NOTE.—Observations at-St. Paul, Dutch ‘Harbor, Kodfak, Ju- I neau, Prince Rupert, Edmonton, Sattle, Portland ‘and Sin’ Fian- eisco are made at 4 a.m;, Junédu tithe. The pressure is low in Southwestern Alaska with its lowest point in Bering Sea. It is high in Northern Alaska and in the ocean west of the Pacific States. TRain or snow has fallen nedr. | land in southern Béring Sea and in extreme Eastern Alaska. Mild temperathres prevail in Westérn Alaska while Puget Sound is experiencing temperaturés aboat as low as the lowest of the i » in this vieinity. A markad rise cf temperafure is noted ne: the Alaska Peninsula and in the KuSkokwim Valley and a <light fall in Northeastern and extreme Southwestern Alaska. SEWARD MAN IN | WOMAN'S CLUB PARTY JUNEAU HOSPITAL| The Juneau Busingss and Profes- | lliam Patterson, of ,| dional Woman's Clu'b announces was received at St. Ann's that it has isfued invitations to a day afternoon and will undergo|limited humber of, guests to at- med treatment for some time.|tend a party in the TLegion Dug- j Mr. Patterson arrived in Juncau on|out Saturday evehing. A short the Admiral Rogers yest: y program ‘has been arranged after | which there Will be dancing ahd ) -al tablas of cards. | Ll g > DOOGAN IN HOSPITAL sevi Wi Ted Doogan, suffering a relapse Some of the silk elad legs stick-|] Janiiary 22, 1929. Mr. Radio Fans If you-are operating an dld stylé Radio Re- ceiver Set within the city limits of Juneau and Douglas, Alaska; you will probably be inter- ested to Know that you can TRADE in the old Regenerative SOUEALER SET for -a new up to-date NON SQUEALER SET. We will allow you a good fat price in ex- change for a wew set ‘and use an axe on the old set turned in for credit. Not'much profit in this deal for us but we will assist in clear- ing up the AIR for the Feller who has a good set. Let’s hear from you soon, s this offer is good only 30 days from date: Jan. 20, 1929. Yours for Less Local Radio Triterference, ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. MAJESTIC--KOLSTER—ZENITH—BOSCH— and ‘Juneau, Alaska By W. S. PULLEN, Mgr. Selling Agents: RCA Radio Receiving Sets. of the flu, was received at St.|ing out fromh under the abbrevi- Ann's Hosplital yesterday for treat-|ated skirts Jlook like a million dbl- ment Mr. Doogan lives in Doug-|lars and others look lke nature las and was in the hospital for had run out of padding after she several days a short time ago. got the bone work set up. GAMBLING AT WITH OLD LAW PARIS, Jan. Gambling at Parls has beeh iareatened by an| ameniiment to the budgét submit- ted to the governmient by the fi-| nance commitiee ¢f the ‘ehamber| of deputies. | A deputy of a nearby depart-| ment has ‘proposed to apply to all! Paris clubs an article of a law of | 1920 which forbade the mainte.j nance' of gambling halls within al rad'us of 75 miles of Paris. i | Gates in Two Villages Guarded by One Tender SOUTHING 11U, ‘Conn, Jan. 23. --Accidents can't very well happen on the cro¥sings guarded by Pets: Curtin, veteran cros#ing tender! Peter ghards gates in Southing- ton and Plantsville, all in the same | |day. Tt's dome this way: When a train reaches a cros: | guarded by Curtin, it stops while he opératéd the gate. Then it) conveys ‘him to the next crossing,| s again ‘until the gates are op-| 4 and then proceeds. Travel- ing back and forth from one cross- | ing to another is Cartin’s chief occupation. — e, U. S. Untenanted Land Of Vast' Proportiohs; WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The government still owns 193,847,240 acres of public lands, unentered | and unreserved. “ The territory equals, it Wwas shown in the annual report of the| interior department area of Maine, Vermont, Ma cat, Rhode 1 New Hampshire, s, Connecti- v York, New | a Delaware, | ¢ West Vifginia | In addition the 135,000,000 acres of na al Torest | lands availab for mining leases | and mineral rights on 18,800,000 acres of patented homestead and 12,600,000 acres of other patented lands. The areas are all exclu- sive of Alaska nt owns | Mexico Equips Trc;o_ps With Fighting Planes MEXICO CITY, J 2 committee of aviation experts' will leave soon for Eorupe to buy 30 airplanes for the Mexican army, 10 of which will be pur-! chased in England, 10 in France! and 10 in Spain. 1In addition, 14} | D, 23 — A planes will be bought in the! United States. ‘ i The Government is ccnsidering plans to spend $1,500,000 for the purchase of mach y and suap- plies for manufacturing atrplanes' in Mexico. If those plans are approved the factory will be es-l tablished at he Valbuena army| air field here. i SOGR Old papers 1o saw at ue Empire the combined| ¥ ‘.95 Specials e ——— Shop 94 FOR WEDNESDAY Silk and W ool Dresses Satin, silk crepe and jersey dresses, in sizes from 14 In a variety of colorful prints, pique and organdie trim. Sizes 4 years to 14 years. Girls’ Wash Dresses at $1.95 to 40. Values up to $16.75 ?w Gift Shop_ | Now $6.95 To ‘clean up from the January Clearance Sale AN ASSORTMENT OF Light W eight Coais In tan, gray, checks and stripes. Nearly all sizes to choose from—16 to 42.° NOW* $6.95 o If you are interested in Juneau and its advancemerit you are invited to become a member of the Juneau Chamber of Com- merce. We need your ‘cooperation and assistance in' our en- deavors to help Juneau. Property Quners, Business Men: and Residents OF THE CITY OF JUNEAU MAIL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SECRETARY TODAY Dr.RE "1141its 1000 to 6.00 Evenings by Appointinent [ NORTHERN HOTEL ANNOUNCEMENT EYES EXAMINED NEW MOUNTINGS GLASSES FITTED LENSES REPLACED B ROOM 16—VALENTINE BUILDING Suecessor ‘to DR. R: L. DOUGLAS Optometrist—Optician Yy Southwell o oL