The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1929, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, APRIL 13 1929, RARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG DIN.-E‘“EER 33 WAS VERN GCODy MRS.k-k-RLOZ SMAULOERS (N THE UTTLE HOME ‘RE(EN NEW ROCHELLE AND (T NEEDS BUT UTTLE ENCOURAGEMENT T DEVASTAIING FLAME . FaRST (NG « |Hloserace kiew was MADE UP H(S MIND o GET To THE BOTTOM Ok TRE, RY THAT SURRGUNDS HIS ANIFE AND MR GOOELE. AND i PRACTICALLY FORCED eamia_sv (NS CEXT WS (NVITATION To BECOME AAéueer?N HIS HOME |, (N ORDER TRAT HIE MIGHT OBSERVE BOTH KIS WIFE AND BARNEY AY CLOSE RANGE = 2 BARNEY HAS BEEA) UNCOMFORIEBLE. A S DAY, BUT AIEVER AS UNCOMEORIAGLE AS HE (S NOW UNCER THE SCORCHING Gae OF THE ° SWEET WOMANY WHG WAS ONCE . HIS WIFE . - > CERTAINLY 1T WAS Q000 . MR GOOGLE - T COME (N HERE, (MR. GOQGLE. AND RELAX EOR A WHILE BEFORE Vou RETRE i e THEY C REEP THIS UP (MUCH LONGER. IM Suwe anT ~ g oméNeeds e Clean Up Paint Up Juneau- Young \ioravbimf;ejnm night. Following | BYT gh?ggg()\g!{g?g“'r onditions As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning 4 p. m. today: Weather C | were prize winners: Mrs. C. A. Fox, | first, Mrs. Robert Bonner, censo- Probably showers tonight and Sunday followed by clearing; mod-} erate southerly winds. LOCAL DATA Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 50 35 E 12 Clear 38 L5 E 4 Pt. Cldy| 49 32 E 8 cudy | |af Barom. 29.54 29.42 29.16 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY 1 Highest 8 pm. | Low 8a m. Sam. Precip. 8am. Stations— p._ | __temp, temp. Velocity 24 hrs, Weather Barrow - -2 0 Cldy | St Nome -2 0 Bethel 0 Fort Yukon 0 Tanana Eagle St. Paul Dutch Harbor . Kodiak Cordova Juneau Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland | San Francisco | Time 4 p. m. yest'y 4 a. m. today Noon today Pt. Cldy| Clear Clear Clear | 14 24 30 34 32 33 38 36 24 40 42 48 [J 0 0 .02 .16 Trace Pt. .04 0 [ 12 .08 10 0 *—Less than 10 miles. ¥y cldy | c Pt. 5 cldy cldy Cldy for of NOTE—Gaservations at St. Paul, Dutch Harbor, KodizX, Juneau, Prince Rupert, LCdmonton, Seattle, Portland and San Frandsco are | made at 4 a. and 4 p. m., Juneau time. A moderate low pressure area is central in the Gulf of Alaska and moving eastward attended by light showers. The pressure is moderately high between California and the Hawaiian Islands and| thence northwestward to Bering S:a. Fair weather prevails over In- terior and Western Alaska. Temparatures have fallen in Western Alaska and risen in the Gulf. - Lease rentals 642.08 Repairing and graveling of sidewalks Loans from First National Bank 4,000.00 | Refund of Loans from the | School Board 6,£00.00 Cash on hand April 1928, as audited — DOUGLAS NEWS CLERK’S ANNUAL REPORT, FINANCIAL STATEMENT, FOR DOUGLAS, IS MADE 10160 m 1st, sel 46.46 Cash to be accounted for $31,328.81 | | Disbursemenis Wharf accounts (purchase | of coal and expense ...$11,106.16| Purchase of oils, etc. 1,032.72 Purchase of lumber 271.59 ‘Wharfinger’s salary 1,680.00 Wharf and float repairs .. 231754 Misc. operating expenses 42267 % Public Schools ... 8,084.60 Total business of the Douglas City Council for the year ending April 6, 1929, involved the receipt and expenditure of something over $34,000, according to the annual report of Felix Gray, former city clerk. While but $24.57 actual eash is reported on hand, the total £e Jation and Mrs. I Crim, cut prize. | Community | REV. HANNA TO SPEAK S ‘neau. will occupy the pulpit at the Congregational |has been restored to 11:30 Clear |10:30. Cldy | VIOLET LUNDELL Pt. Cldy | yiolet Johnson was give: Skagway Channel he w br ee———————e) not later than 17 o'clock Saturday " Douglas Presbyterian Native prayer service. s Ay Joint Memorial exerc L‘./'," members of the Moose L« who 3 have passed on during the past|f.} year will be held tomorrow night in |{g the Moose Hall by the Mo and the Women of Mooseh singing was enjoyed for ter the card playing. g INDAY ADOLPHE THE RAT By DE WITT MACKENZIE (Copyright, 1929, Associated Press) This tale involves so many out- standing personalities that one searcely knows how to begin. Th was Adolphe the Rat, and the adjutant captain, and for departed membx fo d by |there was Private Gubbins, who the ritualistic serviges of the Wom-|acted as squire to the captain, en of Mooseheart lodge officers. which is to say that Gubbins pol- Introduction—Henry Roden. ished his knight's Sam Browne Cello solo—Stella M. Jones belt and performed other similar Vocal solo—Evelyn Judson duties such as fall to a batman, or Instrumental trio, violin, cello|Personal servant. and piano—Mrs. K. Dufresne, Mrs.| At first glance one is inclined tc 'Trevor M. Davis and Miss Stella|make Gubbins the hero. Gubbins | M. Jones. was a remarkable character. His solo—Max Pitschman. one great sin against humaniiy | Hon. Fronk H. Foster.|Wwas his face, which bore a strikine | - resemblance to the melancholy vis- Rev. J. Murray Hanna of Ju- committec in charge of the Church Sunday urch SUnday| . iices, Henry Roden, T. B. Jud- orning. The regular hour service am anday school will be held at begin at 8 o'clock. Moose Lodge - ritualistic services | e IS VALEDICTORIAN Through an ercor, {h> rame of | as hav- | g the highest average among Lhe; niors, and therefore valedictorian | The honor belongs Violet Lundell. RS HERE FROM SKAGWAY T. BISHOP ROWE TO age of the Brother Stiggins of PREACH TOMORROW | Pickwickian fame. Bui Gubb! possessed noae o the guile of the reversnd gentle man whom he resembled. If he hac any weakness at all, it lay in a penchant for the cast-off wearing apparel of his m Daily he importuned the adjutant captain with such suggestions as, “Beggin’ pardon, sir, but you won’'t be need- {in’ them boots any more, will you " Sccond-hand clothing was o for Gubbins, but a man can rse faults than that Frank Feero, pioneer resident of arrived here yesterday a business and pleasure visit| a few . While on the| 1 be a guest of his E. Feero. r Rt. Rev. P: T. Rowe, D. D., Bish- op of Alaska since 1895, will preach 11 o'clock service in Holy y Cathedral tomorrow morn- nd administer Confirmation. The Bishop will also preach and confirm a class in St. Luke’s church, Douglas, Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. - - TO MOOSE al of Brother other, Wm Church b Ser'vi('es MEMBERS R. MacRob- | h: edly Gubbins nas c.alms to tHe position of hero. Still it was Adolphe the Rat who started {the whole thing, and had the ad- | jutant captain not played his part there would have been no show. Oh, well, pick the hero for yourself. I'm going ahead with’ the story as best I can. It's a true account of an event that happened in 1917, Adolphe and the adjutant cap- n and Gubbins all lived in the of dugouts under the British tront-line trenches in the Lens tor in France. Gubbins cleaned boots and belts and made elf generally useful, but he the shadow of his master and day) Sharp present. from Moose Hall at p. m Notices for this cnuren column All members urged to be ust be received by The Empire WALTER HELLAN, Dictator. orning to guaranice rmon topics, etc. change of _ady. - - MILL WOOD KINDLING—WOOD Telephone 383 $4.25 Load adv. Service Transfer Co. e Ice crecm, brick or bulk. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors. —adv. Mission 30 p. m—Sunday School. 3:15 p. m.—Sermon. 7:00 p. m.— Thursday—Midweek All are cordialiy welcome to these rvices. iy A AR FOR Douglas Catholic Church City Hall expense 489.25 Police Dept. .. 636.50 Fire and water system- (repairs, ete.) net resources equivalent to cash amount to $1,591.56. A summary of sales and reve- nues, costs and profits of the city :1:: 2 52055 |never was far away from the one he served. The adjutant captain, being an all-round man for the | colonel, maintained an office in All services in the new church. 1:00 p. m.—Sunday School. St. Luke's Episcopal Church | Lighting and cleaning of streets ... A Roofing and repairs to Salt Water tank Taxes and elections | Street and sewer repairs wharf operation show a gross profit of $5760.19; expense of $1910.02, leaving a profit for the city of $3.- 850.17. Of this sum $2317.5¢ was, spent in repairs to the wharf, leav- ing a final net profit of $1,532.63. 531.53 883.17 80.80 1,693.02 firmation, and Sermon by Bishop Rowe. * Congregational Community lene of the dugouts and here night- 1y Adolphe used to visit him. Adolphe was a big trench rat, | but he was not like others of his breed. Adolphe was superior. Even his coat was not of the ordinary {brown, but was almost as black 7:30 p. m—] \'Z-Tlmg Prayer, Con- Church City Clerk’s office 303.65 City Truck operating ex- $13,149.20| pense - ‘ {Health and 3,836.96| pense Receipts Wharf operations, sales of coal Wharfage, dockage, 75.75 and indigent ex- 7 25.00 L. D. HAMMOCK, Lay Pastor CALI |and as sleek and shiny as Gubbin’ 4 b " 9 a a y as Gubbin’s 10:30 a. m—Sunday School. ; - |nose. Every night as the adjutant THE sat at his “desk” of rough boards, ‘wm'king by the light of candles other sales items Taxes for 1928 Lot and house sales and delinquent taxes Federal licenses Automobile licenses Dog taxes .. Magistrate’s fines 454949 Liberty Theatre repairs 48.80 Miscellaneous expense (in- 12795 specting of wiring, ete.) 896.00 Refund of notes to bank 100.94 4,000.00 8000 _ 5100 Total expenditures $34,302.24 45.00 Clerk’s balance as audited April 9, 1929 ... .8 2457 City's Resources to April 9, 1929 Wharf assets— Coal on hand $1,065.95 ‘Wharf oils .. 390.95 Lumber 214.00 Due city for coal sold . 1,603.80 Amt. due on coal and oil purchases - . NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ¥ that the undersigned has been duly | * appointed School Tax Collector for Juneau, Alaska, in conformity with Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws, 1919. All male persons between the| ages of twenty-one and fifty years, except soldiers, sailors in U. S.{ 3,274.31 1,990.02 | & lin’s screen feature at the Liberty Sunday, release, is a symbolical autobiog- raphy by Chaplin himself. liarly his own, background of old Klondike gold rush days of Chaplinesque concep- | tion, the greatest screen-comedian has depicted with subtly tender and delicate master struggle of man’s eternal hunt for happiness, it's heartbreaks and its | laughter and joy. ck in bottles, Adolphe the Rat ed to come in for a friendly chat and the few bits of bread which represented the best of the adju- . Reliable :umc‘s hospitality could provide. Transfer | Always the program was the |same. Adolphe would mount the |table and shuffle along until he Companv | attracted _attention. Then his . |nose would quiver and his whiskers would gyrate in pure joy as the adjutant talked to him and pet- ted him. It was the children’s hour for Adolphe. Finally would come the offerings of crumbs to seal the pact of friendship. | So for many weeks, until one /| night Adolphe found a lack of wel- CHARLIE CHAPLIN IS T AT LIBERTY SUNDAY | “"The Gold Rush,” Charlie Chap- under a United Artists’ With the genius which is pecu- and against the TELEPHONE 149 | strokes the Navy or Revenue Cutter Service,| volunteer firemen, paupers and in- | Net wharf resources sane persons, are subject to tax Balance of funds loaned in sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars. | due from School Board 550.00] Should you be living in Alaska Balance cash on hand 24.5‘1l on or prior to the first Monday | 1 in April, 1929, said tax shall bej TOTAL RESOURCES .$ 1858.86! due and payable on said first date | AT o T R i and shall be delinquent after Mny! GUILD HOLDS BAZAAR ‘l $ 1,284.29 i . ~ Stories ClBE A'War Correspondents 5 from Notebook g | | come, The adjutant was b\;rn\l‘ |in work. The fighting had n | heavy in his scctor, and even then the great German shells were mak- ing the earth about him qu Orders, dispatches and what were stacked before him. Adolphe snuggled up and his best to attract attention. good. The adjutant didn't ee him. Adolphe’s feelings cruelly. hurt, but he was a super- or chap, as we have said, and he wad brains, There was no need 0 sacrifice his supper, just for| wide. So he started on a still wnt for his crumbs. Adolphe nosed about the table. ut he saw no bread. He poked s head into all the noaks and ven took & look over the edge. Not | nuch sustenance down below; not thi but big boxes of Verey ights wherz they were kept for Even a rat couldn't ecat not was only one place left to ook and that was behind the bot- le with the burning candle in it Adolphe sighed and trotted over to he light. He must have stubbed s toe, for over went the bottle and the candle dropped squarely nto an open box of Verey lights. Great rockets of every d rip- ion began to go off. The little oom was filled with ‘em—green ones, blue ones, red ones, every solor under the sun. Some were | ntended to signal a retreat, spme ! yere meant to order an attack, and | ome told of an imminent assault Jy the enemy. But big or little, ! ant ultimately got them all on| ome portion of his anatomy. Adolphe, the Rat, being superior wnd a thinker, disappeared. The whole place was rocking with he explosions. The adjutant fin-| ally fought his way through the | barrage to the door and staggered out into the runway. His hair| was burned off, his face and hands were black and blistered, bis cloth- | ng was burned in a dozen places. | As he stood swaying, dazed by the fierce bombardment which had all but cost him his life, his sha-| iow slid out from ' behind a post. Gubbins looked his smoking mas- ‘er over in sorrow for a moment, and then his face brightened “Beggin' pardon, sir,” he said| with a salute, “but you won't be| needin’ that tunic any more, will you, sir?” e, - GOODIE SALE The Ladies Altar Society A will hold a Goodie Sale next Satur- day, April 20. Watch for the place. —adv. e NOTICE t ! Moose Memorial Services will be held at Moose Hall Sunday even- ing, April 14th, at 8 p. m. Al members urged to attend. ody. | ——r - — FOURS We are now ready to alter or make up your fuis. Goldstein's Emporium, adv. - e - We SPECIALIZE on Tinting and Framing Pictures. Call in and see our work. Coates Studios. adv, BARN SUNDAY NIGHT 1st, 1929, Should you arrive in| ‘Alaska later than first date above, The annual bazaar and tea by mentioned, tax will be delinquent the members of St. Luke's Ladies thirty (30) days after your arrival, Guild was held yesterday and prov- | or within ten (10) days after notice ed a most successful event, the | is given you. {sum of $08.95 belng realized. The ¢ All persons, firms and corpora- Guild members desire to thank | tions employing labor shall (urn-!nll who made "the venture the ish list of employees to collector success it was. and are authorized by law to de-| duct amount of tax from wages of | employees. i BRIDGE PARTY Fines and imprisonment are pro- Honoring Miss Hazel Olson, bride vided by the Act above quoted for to be, Mrs. Guy Smith entertained those who fail or neglect to pay tax With three tables of bridge on m-) or furnish list of employees. !day evening. Prizes were won by Dated at Juneau, Alaska, April 6, Miss Dalma Hanson for high score, | 1929. lnnd Miss Lucile Pepoon for low., p) H. R. SHEPARD, |The guest prize was a dainty but-| CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S Greatest Comedy THE GOLD RUSH HEARTACHES become rib-ticklers TRAGEDIES turn to laughter MISERIES bring mirthfulness HARDSHIPS breed chuckles So Don’t Miss Seeing It TON School Tax Collector Juneau, Alaska. First publication, April 6, 1929. Last publication, April 27, 1929. for erfly tray. e e MRS. DAVIS HOSTESS i Complimentary to Mrs, May, EVERYBO 10—20—50 cents MOOSE HALL Lindseth’s Orchestra Cash Prize for Most Comical Hard Time Costume DANCE IGHT reen or red, the unhappy adju- | ° DY COME! 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