The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1929, Page 2

S —— - MOST FAMOUS LONGDISTANCE Two Specils For Three Davys Edward Payson Weston y Passes Away in New We have a few of the York—Made Records Left at the special price of ot ‘:;";”;“‘(‘)‘f‘"‘s‘é;? il ‘w}glcfl; he covered in 76 days, 23 hours and ten minutes. Walks 1,546 Miles In 1913 Weston walked fro~1 New York to Minneapolis to lay the cor- nerstone of a new athletic club building. He negotiated the 1,546 miles in 51 days, making an average of more than 20 miles a day. - He was escorted into the ecity by mem- bers of the club and the mayors of St. Paul and Minneapolis and was received by one of the largest gatherings ever assembled in the state for a similar event. His last long hike was that from Buffalo to New York in 1922, when the aged athlete covered 495 miles, walking ahead of his schedule after the first day. In Newspaper Work Edward Payson Weston was born at Providence, R. 1., March 15, 1839. He was cducated at the Old Adams School, Boston, to which” city his parents moved. After he had established his reputation as a pe- n he engaged in newspaper made many tours lectur hletics and physical train- $7.95 GUARANTEED ggh =1 testri ir. Weston gave a demonstra- on of his unusual physical condi- tion for a man of 85, wheh he was attacked by several men, apparent- ly bent upon robbery, at his little farm home near Kingston, N. Y., in 1924. Notwithstanding the handi- cap of several men attacking him the aged pedestrian put up a good fight, and although severely injur- d, put his assailants to route. - RELIGIOUS RESTRICTIONS BE REMOVED MOSCOW, Russia, May g&p.— Constitutional restrictions on re- ligion in Soviet Russia will soon be removed and the people will be free to worship according to their own dictates, COL. OHLSON ENROUTE A New it Free if it Rips Anywhere No-Rip Union Suits are tailored to fit all over—no binding or bunching. Models for “stouts’’ and ‘‘longs” as well as regulars No-Rip Shirts and Shorts are the last word in smartness and comfort. New patterns and beautiful color combinations. Two-way full- ness in Shorts —side ties for perfect waist adjustment. Union Suits Shiris and Shorts #1.00 ana vpwara IS¢ 0 *1.50 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneaw's Leading Department Store i SUSSSCTESSESRY | STAPLER LEAVES 1,100 STUDENTS, FOR MINE CLAIM HUNGER STRIKE 3 A Five Thousand Feet of Dia-! cuaruzston, | Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Manager of the Alaska Railroad, is a passenger on the steamer Al- enroute to the States, ac-; ing to advices received by Com- i ner Charles H. Flory of the 1 Federal Department of Agriculture. ‘While the steamer is in port here, S. C., May 15.— Col. Ohlson will confer with Mr. i ] {Eleven hundred studen of the FI regarding co-operative fire mond Drilling Planned GG Miitary o llege arose ‘on protection work in the Alaska Rail. cmpty stomachs and faced the sec- ond day of the hunger strike ainst a variety of food serve: The leade! lared they pro- Ou inst the food no action as taken. The erty on the Tulsequah rive was started at breakfast yes- turned to the camp up Taku terday morning when an s yesterday afternoon after being in ™% hed out without eating. | Juneau for several days. He took RuEr g road districts. The cause of Col. Ohlson's trip to the States at this time was not known by local Federal officers. It was believed, however, that he was making it in connection with the colonization program of the rail- road. b for This Season o John B. Stapler, prominent Cali- fornia mining man, who is super- vising development work on the tested contin: but Tulsequah Chief, gold mining prop- re- - . Have you tried the Five o'Cloek Dinner Speciais at Mabry's Cafe? with him Gar Scott, mine foreman | A Conneeticut boarder disap- A o who has arrived from the States. proved of his lodging house. He Ice cream, brick or bulk. Juneau C. D. Sellers, diamond drill man dumped a barrel of ashes in his Ice Cream Parlors. —adv. of the Lynch Brothers Diamond DPrill Contracting Company, which has contracted for all of the dia- mond drilling to be done on the i property, and two local mer. When Mr. S nd his party reach the camp there will be a crew of 15 men working there, Mr. | Stapler said. The work at the.pres- ent time is all preliminary and the eamp’ is' temporary, he said. Men are now constructing a skidway on which to transport machinery to the claims, after which a camp will have to be built. There will be no actual mining operations for about a month or so, Mr. Stapler said. Once started, as much develo; ment work as possible wiil be do: this summer and it is expected to do about 5000 feet of diamond drill- ing during the season he said Mr. Stapler expects to remain at the Taku property all summer, with occasional trips to Juneau. W. A Eaton, who is now at the site, will probably return to Juneau in the near ‘future. e e NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received at he office of H. R. Shepard, City Clerk, up to and including Friday ,puly 17, 1929, at 8 o'clock ' p. m, for wrecking and removing ¥ No. 1 at City Dock in of Juneau. For further par- rs inquire at office of City T. B. JUDSON, Mayor. bed and left the place. The police = gave him an opportunity to test| Commercial job printing at Thé ,the comforts of their jail, | Empire. D- arden Seeds Lawn Seed, Ete. COME-—Look over our stock and Hardware Co. . o7 eeo0cecsecsscoco e Six Alaska (,Ltw:s e 5 Owe $369.000, in le TEXAS OWNS P! o “an e USED . To maintain a slender School Bond Notes 3 o . ° HOUSTON, Tex., May 15. e fig“ro, ne one can (l(‘ny t 1] - o ol ended the e - . : re:: t;;earou:;ec %fm;?d c‘{‘;. - s (:cl:,er pffwl‘,:;i‘ f;{:,:es e the truth of the advice: ® debtedness of Alaska cities e years ago has been fired o] S s Vorootn tlling RIS U & cue o, o LT FOR & BESS ® was $369,500, accordin e The .44 caliber revolver, e e ® figures compiléd by Lester @ |4 now owned by George Cul- e INSTEAD OF A SWEET.” ® D Henderson, Territorial €| ver, cattleman of Matagorda, e | b Commisslbnerhof cEdl‘:c:“tin' : e Texas, was presented :lm in e e Cities which at that time e 1885 by James' brother-in- e ® had school bonds outstand- -®!s |aw, who recovered the gun e e ing together with theamount @ |e after Robert Ford killed the e ® of such indebtedness were: ® o hijghwayman. ° e Cordova, $39,500; Juneau, ® o Culver brought it to Hous- e ® $100,000; Ketchikan, $120,- ®ig ton during the convention e » 000; Petersburg, 335,200: ®le of Texaj and .Southwest e e Seward, $50,000; and Ditka, ®|g cattle raisers. At the behest o ® $25,000. ®ls of a Houston miss he al- § ® /e lowed her to fire it from a e 600000000000 ey potel window. ° e, —— . . FURS e 0 0 0 00 00000000 We are now ready to alter or g - T 3 stein' gr:;:rl:; TouE, SUFs, Goldstr;:vs Dell E. snerifi, Juneau's pnmoi SRR RS AT TR tuner and rebuilder. Phone 573 FOR SALE—10-fool All Plate JUELITRE 1> S Glass Show Case, Apply Ludwig| LET Amquist Press ¥our Sult. Phone 528, Nelson. —adv.'We call and deliver. Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning 4 p. m. today: Showers tonight and probably Thursday; moderate westerly winds.| LOCAL DATA Time Barom. Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather | 4 p. m. yest'y 30.13 43 84 E 10 Rain 4 a. m. today 30.05 4“4 89 E K Rain Noon today 30.04 46 88 S 6 Rain CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY T TODAY | Highest € pm. ! Low §am. Sam. Precip. Sam. | Stations— temp. __temp. _{ _temp. temp. Velocity 24 hrs. Weather | Barrow 18 14 | 4 12 x 0 Clear | Nome 46 4 34 38 12 0 Clear | Bethel . 50 42 34 42 12 0 Cldy | Fort Yukon . 56 50 30 40 - 0 rt. Cldy Tanana 56 50 | 32 48 = 0 Pt Cldy| Eagle Bttt 52 32 “ — 0 Cldy | St. Paul ... . 40 40 34 36 12 04 Cldy | Dutch Harbor 44 44 | 34 0. — = Rain | Kodiak 48 44 40 40 0 9 Ph Cld,\" Cordova 4 42 40 42 b 62 Rain | Juneau .. 19 43 42 4 7 108 Rain | Ketchikan 56 -— { 44 - 8 .05 Rain Prince Rupert —_ —_ | 44 46 0 0 Cldy Edmonton 52 44 30 30 12 0 Clear Seattle 66 64 48 48 < 0 Cldy | Portland v 68 | 52 52 o {1 R - Cl(ly‘ San Francisco ... 60 56 52 52 x 0 Cldy | *—Less than 10 miles. | | NOTE -—-Onservations at St. Paul, Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Juneau, | Prince Rupert, Edmonton, Seattle, Portland and San Fianrisco are | xade at 4 a. and 4 n. m,, Juneau time. The, pressure remains lowest in southern Bering Sea and mud-\ crately throughout the remainder of Alaska except the extreme | North and extreme Southeast and from the latter district sou(hwest—[ ward. 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