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

P r— - —— e We uther Conditions As Recorded b) the U i /eather Bureau l"lIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIII“IIIIII||IlIlllllllllllllll"IH|||||lllllllllllllll||ll|||H|N|||||Illlll Forecast for Juneau and viclnity, beginning 4 p. m. today: showers tonight and Friday; moderate southerly winds. *OCAL DATA purometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 29.96 98 S 5 Lt. Rain 29.93 90 E 8 Lt. Rain 29.99 93 SE K Lt.. Ram CABLE AND RADIO REFORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. Low 4om. 4am. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. emp. tcmp Ve.o..)ty 24 hrs. Weather 34 32 30 30 0 Clay 50 46 30 0 Cldy 50 44 40 58 Cldy 62 58 54 .02 Clear 56 56 46 .08 Rain €8 60 44 .01 Cldy 48 48 46 0 Cldy 58 52 54 26 Clear 60 58 50 0 . Cldy 58 54 43 214 Rain 58 53 51 A8 . Rain 64 56 41 Rain 64 52 04 Cldy 8 50 .08 Cldy 70 56 0 Cldy 6 55 0 Cldy 54 0 Clear *Less than 10 miles. i Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires ARE MOST ECONOMICAL ON ALASKA ROADS Time m. m. MAY HAVEFREE SEAPLANE RIDE -~ Ten lucky Juneau boys or girls .\ on today !will have an opportuhity to enjoy | {a free ride in the Alaska-Wash- | ington Airways scaplane Ketchikan | when the contest announced mdny» ‘by Anscel C. Eckmann, Alaskan representative of the company, ends Barr |on September first. ! Nome Two Prizes Offered Bethel The contest is open to all boys|Fort Yukon nnd girls under 18 years of age|Tanana and five who guess closest to the |Eagle number of miles flown by the Alas-|St- Paul ka-Washington seaplane Juneau | Dutch Harbor |and Ketchikan, in Alaskan nav\ns‘ 53 53 54 The Gum-Dipping Process gives a tire a greater flexibility without friction. Stat | Every strand in every cord of a FIRE- STONE TIRE is Gum-Dipped. Most Miles Per Dollar IT WILL PAY TO SUPPLY WINTER BLANKET NEEDS NOW attle to Juneau made by Mr. Ecl s mann on April 13, to August will be given a free ride in Ketchikan to Taku Glacier Another prize ' cox ride over Mcndenhail C 0 fered by Mr. Eckmann to the five |5 who come closest to guess {number of passengers carrie. the seaplane from April 15 | August 15. These prices should prove a strong incentive for” every woman to look a little way ahead and secure Winter Blanket requirements now. Prices now are lower than they will be in December. 0 68 “ 64 Calm 6 ce Rupert | Edmonton o | Seattle > ‘P' rtland n Francisco Pt. NOTE.—Observations at Alaska mainland statlons, except Cor- dova and Juncau are made at 8 am. and 8 p.m. Junean time. Repli Coupon: ™ i Replies ttl:; et!h:“mm:sc smust bc{ The low pressure area over Ihe Interior bl i Ly wml\\'ud and the high over the Pacific ¢ has occurred in the last twenty-four RDRPEE AL L Bpies (AR 1o ((‘pt in the Northwestern portion | morrow night to the end of the! p contest, only one guess to be writ- 7t A ten on each coupon, though those | I ALI, STREET TRADING DIALECT o Ml GROWS ENOUGH TO FILL VOLUME |guess each, but may send in - i imany as they wish, during the two | weeks before the contest closes. ‘ NEW YORK, August 15.—Wall|of a voyage. If the ship sinks Those entering the contest may |Street’s ‘special vocabulary contains | the bond is forfeited. cut the coupons from the paper,ihundreds of words and phrases| A sum advanced by o purchaser | write their guess on them and with strange and complicated mean- | to a seller, to bind a verbal bargain mail them cither to The Empire'ings which would tax the bility | between them, is earnest money. or the Alaska-Washington Airways!' ‘of experienced linguists. When the stock list is soft, it' office here. Window dressing, whipsawed |means that prices are easily dented. | The purpose of the contest is 10|yqsping Jong and short pulls, dead | Firm is generally used as the an- | | permit the many boys and girls wlvm stock, crowd, bottomry bond, going | tonym. are interested in'aviation to have |long, earnest moncy, soft, firm, easy,, Ballooning 1s wnat happens when | an "ppo‘“’""y_lf“ enjoy a {‘.C’" T‘('( going short, ballooning, pyramid-|prices have been pushed too high | f.',l-dmc HeCChingn, . W0 Winsnn {ing, by the lot, carrying, dear mon-|for cafety and beyond real v:lues. said. v, pinholed, professional, shakinz inholed refers to that condition | lmr b ing, buill, bunched, or security is in after~hav- | FEDERA, COURT PARTY! E?L‘“‘ :"';l\v‘jr::’:‘ :;1‘_'““1“:::'“{ :Ld‘t,dl uf::lu dozens of sale tickets pinned to {SAILS FOR KETCHIKAN |tnat ; as grown until it would filll Dumping is the practice of sclling a book. { Window dressing is applied {gcods in foreign markets below the tolprice in the domestic market. It day for Ketchikan for a six-weeks |the action of banks in calling in| refers to the offering of large term of the United States Districy (103ns in order to make their ¢ blocks of a stock for sale in such | Court in that city. Tt was able balances appear large in their par-|quantity as to de prices. to obtain reservations on the steam- 10dical settiement. { Manipulation of the stock market cr Alaska. Whipsawed means that a loss has a 7 to force security owners | The party headed by Judge been suffered both in buying is called shaking out the | Justin W. Harding, who was ac- Sclling. | companied by Mrs. Harding, and| Was inclyded: Clerk of Court John H,|describe Dunn, Deputy Clerk N. B. Cook {and Court Repoiter J. F. N | Mrs. Cook left with the pa will continue on _south, going Qregon to visit with her mother, Sl s N Hello, HELLO! — No we are not going up the Taku prospecting. No, NO!—Yes, I would like to go but you see we have a husiness to look after,—What? Yes I know but our customers expect cettam service and we feel we should be on the job all the time—well they have been getting it for oyer thirty years and—, No, we’re not going. Geod bye. is moving southeast- is building up. Precipitation hours generally over Alaska and at Kodiak. T R LT L LR R O LR LT E LT O T TR A L HlllllmllmIllllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIlI|IIlllIIIIIlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIlIIII!IIIIIIIIXIIIIIl ALL WOOL BLANKETS Old Town Woolen Mills 100% pure waol blank- ets. Sizes 66x80 and 70x 84, Attractive patterns and new colors for fall 1929. ALL WOOL BLANKETS PART WOOL BLANKETS Single or double blank- Melbourne all virgin 1 double blank- Attractive plaids, satin bound. Size 70x80. ets in plaids and novelty wool designs. 80% to 90% ets. wool. Sizes 66x80, T0x80 and 72x84. ALLEN SHATTUCK INSURANCE—REAL ESTATE These are just a few of the many new Blankets for Fall - B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. The Federal court party left to- | Juneaw’s Leading Department Store | ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINES AR RN nmnlmnnmmmnnmmnnlmmmmnm‘lgiHmpunm_lmmn T i i in and |t pending on the weather. Fro Petersburg the detachment will con- | tifue to Ketchikan where it will base for several wecks before re- | turning to the States . It is cxpected that a naval de-| tachment will be sent to Alaska again within the next féw years to; | base at Cordova and do photo- graphic work in that vicinity. To Meet Soviets A message from Admiral Lewis Nulton, Commander in Chief of | the 'U. S. Baftle Fleet, to Lieut.- Commander Radford requesting the detachment to lend all possible as- sistance to the Soviet fliers who expect to reach Sitka on August 22, has been received here, and in case the Soviet fliers arrive at Sit- ka, they will be rr\b by the Naval fliers. EXPRESS TIME WILL BE MADE BY NEW CRAFT |Stannard SayT Mexico Will Operate to Alaska on Express Schedule g8 Bunched is applied to an opera- | tion in which several brokers com- | |bine their orders. This is by the New York exchang ing quotation Bucketing the sale or | the purpose of . | purchase by roker of sccurities | | - Long pull means the buying of anlagainst the sale or purchase by one | e for the purposc of holding it of the broker's customers. veral months or years. Buyi A flier is a spoculative purchase WHITEHORSE EXCURSION {for the short pull is !h" purchase | of securities by one who is regu-| FROM HERE CANCELLEDof stocks with the expectation of | engaged in some other busi- | . Ay quick rise, enabling them to b2 The projected excursion from Ju-!resold at a profit. —— neau to Whitehorse to attend Dis-| Bottomry bond is a mortgage 0n| Commercial job printing at The covery Day celebration was called a ship which is pav able at the end | Ppire. off today by the Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company. Inclement | weather cenditions wes the cause of { this decision, it was said. Not only is the local weather unfavorable but the same brand was said to prevail at Whiteh 1 e ———— HALIBUT LANDINGS ing is the the o y Wall St ation of buyi NGER—WESTERN ELEC- TRIC — WHITE and WESTINGHOUSE for the puryp and ger % ol G afid- \ounds Sold at standard prices and rented. {n Rentals paid can be applied on purchase later. Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Douglas Phone 18 Juneau Phone 6 - The Tern, Capt. Andrew Rosness, | [ came in with a load ef 5,000 poundql of halibut which were sold to the | Alaska Fish Brokerage for 13.30 and 9% cents. The Mable, Capt. Ole Jscksun brought in 800 pounds; the Alpha, ,‘ Capt. Ingvald Sunderland, brought“ in 5,500 pounds and the Margaret, Capt. Pete Hildre, brought in 6,000 pounds, all of which were purchas- ed by the San Juan Fishing and Packing - Comfany por 13 and 9% cents. The Mexico, recently purchased Iby the Alaska Steamship Company, will go on’‘the 'Alaska run next scason as the finest ship' in’ that company's fleet and the equal of any cver operating in these wnters“ declared E. T. Stannard;, Vice- Presidént and Gehefal Manager of ithe company and the Kennecott | Copper Corporation. He, Mrs. Stan- nard and. W. B. Sprague, purchas- ing agent, are pu*ngen on the steamer Alaska enroute 'tb Seattle.| s The Mexico, which will be re- named, will opérate on an'“express | schedule,” Mr. Stannard said. It will be completely rehabilitated and altered to suit the conditions of the Alaska trade. MmereCan w%tmmafwmm S admined a Light -mustand. eolored. -mads. with st feng kit and @ €ape: Aean%ah GANNETRETURNS Pete Says: If I can’t enjoyed the trip immensely and & number made the train journey into Lake Bennett. On Tuesday NEW HATS “Come and get it. FROM SKAGWAY:; TO LEAVE SOON Party Enjoyed Trip-——Plan! to Leaye This Week for Petersburg The U. 8. 8. Gannet, Capt. T. Macklin, which is herc with thejan jceberg, was painted - op 'h”’cxpcnenced one of the best years' s Alaska Aerial Survey Detachment under the command of Lieut.-Com- | lulndl A. W. Radford, returned | l\fiemoon at three o'clock to Skagway on which ~ gome since Monday am. The trip was omasrp and men | to visit the historic make the trip into Lake Aumvho'mewswway night the Dorothy Alexander or- {chestra gave a Gannet Dance in {honor of the officers and men of | the detachment. Ideal weather was lenjoyed by the members of the party while they were away. Many commented enthusiastically on the | beautiful flowers in Skagway and large armfuls were brought back to | Juncau by them. | The insigna of the Detachment, ldesigned at North Island, San | Diego; before the detachment left |for the north, whicir consists of’ a large seal, a snow capped peak and |cliff by the railroad station, where |the names of many Alaskan steam- \ers appear, while the party was in Skagway. = The name of the |Gannet had been painted on the ;rock three years ago when the first | Alaska Aerial Suryey Detachment visited Southeast Alaska. Present Plans’ + Present plans of the detachmens | Mr. Stannard expressed keen in- iterest in the Taku River mining developments and wanted to know {all about the latest developments. ‘It is possible a representative of ithe company will be sent there im- mediately to look over some of the ireported strikes. Mr. and Mrs. Stannard visited Fairbanks, Anchorage and Seward |in addition to Cordova and the Copper River communities. He said conditions seemed to be very good. Anchorage reported a revival of {business and industry. Cordova has in its history. The interior is going ahcad with its mining developments in substantial shape. He complimented Juneau on its civic ‘improvements and said that the town's progress was apparently steady and substafitial. R ] ELFIN BiiiiiGS SALMON The Elfin brought in a load of PHONE 436 Personal Delivery Service ot eannt lare to leave Juneau for Petersburg Jithin the next three days, de- salmon to the Juneau Cold Storage Company today. sell all I have THEY will sell me. Now is your chance.” The first of the fall felt hats have arrived from the East and are now on display. These new fall models surpass any styles shown in felt heretofore, in beauty of material and design. The fall colors show new shades in red, brown and blue, also black. $6.50