The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 25, 1929, Page 8

| . ward, a reception was held at the) CHAMBER HOST T0 COMMITTEE VISITING HERE d ‘xpands Rubbvf /ir;u in U. S Is Made Into Tires THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1929. Guavule Will Entertain Congress-| men on Their Arrival Here Next Week Members of Congressional Appropriations Committee who will arrive here r will be in- vited to be gu e Chambe of Commerce a noon meeting it wa y by President H. L. F er. The party is composed of ve member of the House compr the Agri- cultural Subcommitte and Maj R. Y. Stewart, U. S. Forester, and is accompanied by Commissionce Charles H. Flory of the Department of Agriculture. | The party will leave Seattle next Monday. It is due to arrive here sometime Thursday and will spend all of Friday in this city If it arrives sufficiently early Thurs-| day, the meeting of the Chambe will be held as usual on that day, otherwise it will be postponed un- til Frida .- - MISS DEVAULT AN MR. CUNNINGHAM WED; RESIDE HERE| Miss Velma V. DeVault, last night | beeame the bride of Mr. Enoch J.| ico (above), and the first automobil (below) in operation in Salinas, Cal SALINAS, Cal., July 25.—Success- ful manufacture of automobile tires Cunningham, t eremony taking | srom Guayule, a rubber-producing | place at 7:30 o'clock, Rev. HAITY|pjant, has led to an increased a R. Allen officlating. The bride|z0 of the Mexican shrub in 18| was attended by her mother, Mr: sie DeVault, and Mr. Roy Thom- attended Mr. Cunningham. Following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham were guests at A LA wedding supper given by Miss The developmeni of this new l‘n-x Mary Young at the Arcade Cafe,|dustry has progressed to the point ro';c}s being laid for cleven. After- where 1,600 pounds of rubber is ob- tained from a single acre at cne { harvesting. Since it requires four years for the plants to mature, this is an average of 400 pounds of rub- {ber per acre yearly. | Use of the Guayule plant, pro- neunced “Y-U-Lee,” for extracting rubber is not new. It has been | practiced in Mexico for more than | twenty years, and fr one to two | | per cent of all rubber used in auto- | mobile tires has been Guayule. However, the California and Ari zona undertakings are the fi successful efforts to grow the pla; commercially. The Mexican rub- |ber product is obtained frmo na- tive plants that grow wild. First experiments with Guayule in the United States were conduct- ounties of California and Anzunu.} More than 4,000 acres are planted | to Guayule in Monterey county,| | California. alone. | a Jiome of Mr. and Mrs. William My- ren. Mrs. Cunningham moved here about three months ago with her mother and brother. She has been employed at the Arcade Cafe since that time. Mr. Cunningham, who is connected with the Juneau Bak- ery, has resided here several years. He is prominent in athletic circles, i3 a veteran of the World war and nctive in American Legion work here. They will make their home in the Myren Apartments. N SIS J. P ATTEND SOCIETY ANDERSON IS TO MEETING Field of Guayule, a rubber-producing shrub introduced from Mex- mercialy grown rubber in the United Slates. e tiro (inset) ever made from com- Transplanting machine ., rubber-growing district. duc Incorporated, a subsidiary | of the American Rubber Company. | In 1926 200 acres were planted and each succeeding year an addi- tional area was cut in until this year the company’s plantings total 2,200 acres. J. M. Williams, manager of the operations at Salinas, s Guay- ule rubber can be produced at a profit on land suited to its culture. | It should be of light texture, free from hardpan in a climate of not less than 10 inches rainfall in win- ter and level enough to permit the use of four row planting machines and cultivators. Guayule rubber is not obtained, as is Para rubber, by tapping the tree or plant. The entire shrub is plowed out and ground up. The fibre water-logs and goes to the bottom while the rubber floats to the top and is drawn off. — eee——— NEW SHIFMENT Latest model Victor Radio with Electrola for your inspection. An- derson Music Shoppe. adv. e, We maxe ana sxc: all Kinds of fur garments. Goldstein’s Em J. P. Anderson, local florist, left Juneau on the Yukon for Seattle. Mr. Anderson, who intends to be =" away for about a month, will at-|g tend a convention of the Horti- cultural Society which will be held & An Extraordinary Showing of & in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 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In flat crepe & and georgette, with or without & A varity of colors. All & New felt hats, in white, pastel Large and small w;fitr(‘ss (llll'()lls ill white and colors. $1.95, $2.75 ESETERESERRNNIRNEAE $12.75 se woman will SERTRNENINRNTRIEE ' her wardrobe, for the . ALLENTOWN, Penn, July e e 25. — Capt. Willlam Kieb, e e widely known live saving in- e structor and field represen- e PSR e tative of the American Red e | i : o Cross, was fatally wounded e San Francisco Chamber o whie demonsirating to the o May Stage Tl‘lp North in |° police the latest method of o e getting away from a man e 1930, Says Gov. Parks 's nolding a pistol at his back. e | The gun used in the demon- e (Continued from Page One) e stration was thought to be e - - 4 o unloaded but contained a e said Gov. Parks, were better than ® Pullel b FRISCO PLANS 0oy ALASKAN TOUR |Fatally Wounded y | ©ceo00coeeee e ee had been anticipated last Sp: BRI s (i except for the extreme southeastern : portion of the country. In Washington Gov. Parks met Commissioner Myers of the Unitel States Shipping Board who will visit Juneau next month. Mr. Myers was interested in the possible de- velopment of trade between Alas- ka and the Orient. He is coming Col. Lindbergh Turns to Aerial Photographing SANTE FE, New Mexico, July 25. Indian ruins of old at Coronado y Z have been photographed by the here to get information on locall ,dern method, from the air by conditions and the Governor ex-|col Charles A. Lindbergh, who pressed the view that his visit would be of material importance, and that | the data he assembled would sult in local benefit, if not imm ately at s 2 time in the not distant future. brought the films here and which {were developed by the American |Research Laboratory. -, The pictures are destined for the too cgie Institute and were the t results of the successful ap- ation of aerial photography to haelogical purposes. re- No Compensation Report The Legislative Committes, Chair- man R. E. Robertson, said it was| The entire district would take not ready yet to make a report on| 5 by ordinary methods besides the Alaska Compensation Act and (revealing traces of the ruins easily the Hyder Chamber of Commerce’s {missed by ground workers. resolution condemning it. Addi-| tional information on the Oregon, | Qs L Washington and British Columbia ‘,Sltka In“les N‘ E‘ A‘. 5 To Meet There in 30 industrial insurance acts has been vired for, and when it is received the Committee will render its re- CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 25.—Sit- port, probably at next week’s meet-|ka, Alaska, was included among the i 118 cities which tendered invitations |for the National Editorial Associa- ing. The Executive Committec wa: ;tion to hold the 1930 meeting in |their city. directed to discuss with the City The convention adjourned late Council the enforcement of the lo- |yesterday after _clecting officers. cal ordinance requiring building permits to be obtained in the con- | Limuel . 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She has been state president of the Texas Women's Press asso- ciation, state Superintendent of the Confederate Woman’s home. Miss Daffan probably will find herself in a large field of candi- This second woman to seek the| rank of chief executive in the Lone | | Star state may be opposed by Mrs. NEWSPAPER WOMAN STARTS RACE FOR GOVERNORSHIP OF TEXAS! mark her debut in the political are- | did they take Mrs. Ferguson’s as-| historian of the|Dean, Daughters of the American Revolu-|months’ trip on which they visited KATIE DAFFAN ' dates. Politicians predict a multi- cornered race to determine who shall succeed Governor Moody. i i-io-e MRS. WILLIAMS RETURNS Mrs. J. P. Willlams and son, who have been on a two tion, State Secretary of the General | friends in Takima and Wenatchee Federation of Woman’s Clubs and | Wash., arrived in Juneau yester- day aboard the Alaska. B S Have you triea the Five g'Clocl Dinner Speciais at Mabry's Cafe? 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