The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1929, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1929. (AUGUST TRADE i VOLUME GAINS f OVER $5500000 For School Days o ‘ Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Bureau SMART FALL APPAREL Just a few of the advance COATS. Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning 4 p. m. today: Probable showers tonight and Friday; gentle variable winds. TOCAL DATA Burometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 p. m. yest'y 30.30 65 68 w 12 Pt. Cldy (4 a. m. today 30.32 51 98 SW 1 Cldy Noon today 5 1 Cldy Time ZFALL DRESSES of wool and jersey for girls— $6.75 SWEATERS for girls and boys, slip on and coat styles— $2.75 to $4.50 Lecal Commodities Shipped | Out Last Month Have | Value of $19,562,229 Alaskan commodities shipped to the States during the month of | August had a declared value of | $19,562,229; according to the month- | ly statement of commerce issued | today by J. C. McBride, Collector of Customs for Alaska. This was| $5,562,131 in excess of the value of | shipments for the same month in | 1928. There was an abnormal gain in the value of the products of fish- jeries and a decrease in copper ore which were first to arvive and we Highest 4pm. | Low 4cm. 4am. Precip. 4am. teinp. temp. | emp. temp. Velocity 24 hrs. Weather 4. 44 | wvag 42 ¥ 0 Pt Cldy 52 50 42 » .01 Clear 58 52 64 56 56 52 68 62 50 48 54 54 58 56 60 54 65 65 0 —_ 62 62 54 offerin are them in a special Sll()\\'lll:_‘( at prices \Vhl(‘,ll dare as 46 T o QA0 {Bethcl interesting as the originality and Fort Yukon Tanana Eagle St. Paul Dutch Harbor | Kodiak | Cordova | { Juneau Ketchikan Prince Rupert 50 0 50 .10 56 Trace 46 o 38 54 52 51 50 32 48 50 50 44 36 52 50 51 52 50 cldy Rain Rain Cldy Clear Cldy Rain Cldy Clear Clear smartness of the styles and fabrics. $19.75 to $45.00 Pt. rubber, and oiled slickers— LADIES’ HATS are particularly smart this year. Now show- - ing the new English Felts. $6.00 and $7.00 New Fall Frocké The inspiration of changing leaves is evident in the colorings of the new frocks. Simple, yet ultra at- tractive and exceedingly smart for brisk Fall d $19.75to B. M. Behrends Co..Inc. “Abways the New Things First” JUST RECEIVED Another Shipment of AUTUMN MILLINERY On and after September 4, 1929, The Club Cafe, under new management will be ready to accommodate the public with a choice variety of “Good Eats.” We have adopted for our motto “Sudden: Service with a Smiile,” and we will strive to live up to it every minute. Our buying will be done exclusively here at home and our meats and other produce will be selected with special care. We have engzaged the services of a Chef who comes highly recommended and who has been connected with some of the leading restaurants in the Territory. We arc ready to prepare a wide variety of American, Scan- dinavian, German and French dishes so pleasing and satisfying to man, for all human history attests: That happinss for man—the hungry sinper, Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. SOREN CHRISTENSEN, THE CASH BAZAAR Announces that they have purchased a large Bankrupt Stock of Dependable Goods to be sold at reasonable prices. This stock of high class merchandise will arrive shortly. CASH BAZAAR FRONT AND MAIN STREETS Opposite U. S. Cable Office Manager. ew Shipment of White Cords just arrived What the high school boy needs, a well made, wide bottom corduroy. Now at SABIN’S The Store for Men 46 72 82 (33 Edmonton Seattle | Portland San Francisco 4 82 68 cldy Clear Clear Cldy 32 58 56 58 58 56 60 *Less than 10 miles. o > cooBocecBoo NOTE.—Observations at Alaska mainiana statlons, except Cor- dova and Juneau are made at 8 am. and 8 pm, Juncau time. The pressure is high south of erately low in southern Bering Se jof the Territory. illallen in the extreme southwest. Interior and in northern Bering Sea. Rains have fallen over much of Eastern Alaska and considerable cloud Temperatures have risen in the Territory and have the Gulf of Alaska and mod- a. It is falling somewhat in the ess prevails in other parts {Mexico to Be Renamed i Aleutian, Stannard ' Advises Local Chamber i The Mexico, recently pur- chased by the Alaska Steam- ship Company for its Alaska fleet, will be named the Aleutian, taking the same name as the ship that was lost last Spring in Amook Bay, and which it will re- place. This was made known today in a letter received by the Chamber of Com.- merce from E. T. Stannard, Vice-President of the Com- pany. The Chamber a few weeks ago wrote the company sug- gesting the new ship be named the Tongass. Ac- knowledging the suggestion, Mr. Stannard expressed re- gret but said the company had already decided on the name Aleutian. The Mexico was recently loading mater- ials and equipment on the ast coast, including engines for the Alaska and Victoria, preparatory to sailing for Seattle. o1 . ] R R R R R R R R WY ) P. E. HARRIS COMPANY | ERECTING NEW PLANT! AT HAWK INLET SITE A new cannery building is now being gonstructed by the P. E.! Harris Company at Hawk Inlet, ltl was made known by Hans Floe,| Superintendent, who was a visitor in town today. It will be 40 feet wide by 240 feet long and one of the most modern buildings of its kind in the district. The building, Mr. Floe said, will be completed this fall. Early next| spring the machinery will be in-| stalled. The present machines; will be used as it is practically new | and the latest devices are already in use. The old building was originally constructed for a one-line plant As new lines were added, additions were made in a haphazard fashion | It is being entircly destroyed and replaced by the new structure. The Hawk Inlet cannery put upi a pack of 54,000 cases during the; past season. This was splendid | and entirely satisfactory for an| off-year, Mr. Floe said. | L | MIZE RETURNS FROM | DUTCH HARBOR;NEW STATION IS OPENED! Establishment of a regular weath- er station at Dutch Harbor was! announced today by R. C. Mize,| Meetorologist in charge of the Alas- | ka district, United States Weather Burcau. He returned this morn-| ing on the steamer Alaska from a 30-day trip during which he visited | Dutch Harbor, Kodiak and Seldo- | via. Mr. Mize was aboard the steamer | Starr when it went aground last Friday in Kodiak harbor. It| Igmundcd on a hard sand beach, jand was refloated at high tide| without fnjury to the vessel. The | |Alaska Game Commission’s patrol | boat Seal aided the ship to get off Ithc beach. 1 The herring fishery in western | Alaska is about normal this fall,; Mr. Mize asid. At Dutch Harbor the fish were unusually large and| fat and an excellent pack was ex-| pected. [ ‘The Seldovia salmon packers had | a bad year, he said. The canners| said there was plenty of fish but a large portion of the run got past Seldovia before the opening of the| commercial fishing season. e ‘The Misses Dannie and Grace Meggitt, who have been visiting Commercial fo; printing at The ® has done considerable post gradu- | . 4 making efficient operation difficult. |, EMINENT PHYSICIAN HERE, HUNTING TRIP| D. W. Henry, of Endicott, one of the outstanding eye, se and throat specialists in | Washington, arrived on the | Rogers to be the .house est of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Kel- | ler. He will remain here for ten days or two weeks hunting in the Taku and Tracy Arm district. Dr. | Henry was formerly with the ‘Mayo: Institute in Rochester, Minn., and | ate work in Vienna, Austria. He a brother in law of Mrs. Keller. | —e———— CORDOVA YOUTH DIES| FROM GUNSHOT WOUND | ton, aged 13 years, son of Mr. Mrs. L. C. Pratt, of Cordova, died tnis morning from accidental wounds ,according to a n received at United States|: Service headquarters here. No details of the accident were re-| ceived. i Mr. Pratt is executive assistant to P Supervisor of Chugach National Forest and with his family has re- sided in Cordova A. EATON SOUTH ON ST w. W. A. Eaton, prominent mining man, and interested in the Tulse- ruah claims being develcped by the United Eastern Mining Company, left on the steamer Alaska for his home in Seattle, atfer spending the last ten days in Juneau and pros- peeting in this vicinity. ———————— MISS BUNNELL VISITS HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS Miss Jean Bunnell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Bunnell, of Fair- banks, arrived here on the steamer Alaska to visit until next Sunday with Miss Miriam McBride. Miss Bunnell will leave for the south on the Prince George. S e WHO'S WHO T AND WHERE | J. 8. Jeffery, merchandise broker, left on the Alameda on a trip to the Westward and Interior sections of the Territory. Walter Blue, son of Wayne Bluv, Pacific Steamship Company agent, at Seward, is a southbound passen- ger on the Admiral Watson. Mrs. E. R. Jaeger, who has been visiting her daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. S. J: MacKinnon for several months, left on the steamer Alaska for Seattle on her way: to her home in Long Beach, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. James Wickershar left on the steamer Alaska for the states where they will spend the next month or six weeks. » G. L. Rich, merchandise broker, left on the Alameda for the West- ward. © He will make a trip into the Interior before returning south. Mrs. Rich left for their home in Ketchikan on the steamer Alaska today. N. G. Nelson, prominent property owner of Juneau and Ketchikan, left on the steamer Alaska for a short trip to the First City. G. E. Nelson, engineer at the Alaska Juneau, returned on the steamer Alaska from a trip to the ‘Westward for the company. M. J. Sullivan returned on the Admiral Watson from a short visit to his oil properties at Yakutaga. Mrs. Gene Mason, daughter of W. A. Estes, owner of the Cook In- let Packing Company, and Mrs. Estes, is a Petersburg-bound pas- senger on the Admiral Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Estes will continue south to Seattle. .- — New, select line of visiting cards Empire. friends in Cordova during the sum- mer months, returned to Juneau on ‘che steamer Alaska, i CLAIM LODE MINING LOCA- EMPIRE TION NOTICES AT THE for the month. The products of the fisheries industry for the month | were worth $18,835,088. Salmon Biggest Factor This was largely mate up of sal- mon, fresh, canned and mild cured. The canned salmon shipments alone amounted to $17,985950, as compared to $12,012931, a gain of $5933,019 over the same month last year. Cured salmon was| placed at $336,539, a gain of $170,- | 741 over August of last year. Fresh salmon was valued at $48,391. Hali-| but shipments were worth $76,654 a goin of more than $50,000 for the‘ month. - Herring lost over $80,000, dropping from $103,427 last year to $19,120 last month. Copper also showed a sharp de- cline in value of shipments, last | month the total being $367,184 as! compared to $69570 last year. | List of Commodities The commodities shipped duriny| the month and their values as| shown by Collector McBride's re- ! port follow: PRODUCTS OF ALASKA | Blue foxes $ 4,800 | Other animals 800 | Curios 1,312 Fish: Fresh and frozen (ex- cept shell-fish)— Halibut Salmon All other . Canned (except fish)— Salmon 17,945,950 | Cured or preserved r (except shell-fish)— Ced Herring Salmon Shell-fish— Clams Shrimps Other fish products— Meal . 0il Al other fish and fish products 0] Furs and fur-skins: Seal skins Blue fox Silver or black fox . Red fox . Mink Muskrat All other " Oil; whale ® . Ore, matte, and regulus— Copper, 2113 gr. ton Lead, 130 gr. ton . Stone, including marble 12,282 Trophies, specimens, etc. 500 | Wood: timber and lum- ! ber ..... . . - 22,708 All other articies: Paintings Hairseal skins W00l oo Reindeer hides Whale meal . Whale fertilizer ‘Whale bone ... Whale iVOry ... shcll‘- o | 5137 | 19,180 | 336,539 6750 | 19,108 130933 | 262,092 | 75 | 505 | 3,644 2,480 1,51 2,992 | 5,843 57,438 | 367,134 10,185 Total value of products of Alaska $19,342,612 | Products of the United States returned 4 Total value of foreign products % 214,117 5,500 | Total value of ship- $3.95 to $5.75 CURUNA BLEND COYFEE will be for sale at all first class grocery stores in Alaska. If your dealer hasn’t stocked our coffee Write us direct for a free can. CORONA BLEND COFFEE »COSTS MORE—WORTH MORE” Sold with a money back guarantee Imported and Roasted by COMMERCIAL IMPORTING CO. 613-15-17 Western Avenue, SEATTLE HEMLOCK Clear Surfaced Finish for Interior Work We Invite Inspection All Widths in Stock Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. PHONE 358 Lumber For Every Purpose ments of merchan- dise ... e $19,562,229 Al T AR, M. J. SULLIVAN RETURNS FROM YAKATAGA VISIT M. J. Sullivan, who left Juneau two weeks ago with Charles Hoxie in his new motorboat Betsy Ross for Yakataga, returned this morn- ing on the Admiral Watson. He says conditions are good in the Yakataga county. He has valuable oil lands in the Yakataga country. Mr. Sullivan is at the Gastineau Hotel and will remain in Juneau for a while. Mr. Hoxie returned with the Betsy Ross two or three days ago, and left with a party for Big John Bay. Mr. Sullivan praises Mr. Hoxie's new boat. He says she is comfortable, fast and seaworthy. —————— WILLIAM GEORGE IS BOUND OVER TO THE GRAND JURY William George, Angoon Indian, arrested early this week on a charge of shooting Eddy Jim, an- other Angoon Indian, has been bound over to the Federal Grand Jury by Comissioner R. W. De- Armond of Sitka, according to ad- vices received today by United States Marshal Albert White. 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