The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 1, 1929, Page 2

colors. Attractive medium brim and off-the-face styles. B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. MILLER TRAINS 5 IN FIRST AID NEAR NOME G. H. Miller, Firsi Aid and Mine Rescue foreman for the United States Bureau of Min recently returned to the Interior after {pending the summer on Seward Peninsula, according to word re- ceived here by B. D. Stewart, Sup- crvising Mining Engineer. He gave first aid instructions to 125 men in Nome and at mote mining settlements. Since returning to the Interior, Mr. Miller hi con"u(‘l(‘(l a class You can select a smart hat for winter from this as- sortment of models and and S R S T R, T v at Healy in the coal mines. Later he will go to the Matanuska coal fields. - e - JUNEAU DAIRY ICE CREAM IS HANDLED BY JUNEAU PARLORS Juneau's own ice cream, factured the Juneau Dairy, now being handled by the Juncau Ice Cream Parlors. This popular establishment is only one of sev- cral now handling the local produm Famous Comt Amst? Wzll ‘George McManus, famous creator of "Bnngmg Up Father,” the populur comic feature of this mewspaper, is here shown hard at work over the plans of his pcrmancnl residence at Ranciio Malibn la Costa, near Los Angclc:. Calif,” Wadme A RAIPIG “The ‘magic lure of Califoraia has ;uncler.l many people, but none more notable than Jiggs, Maggie and Dinty Moore, chief characters of George McManus' comic strip, “Bringing Up {Father,” which is a prime favorite with readers of this new:paper.z !/Wlm:h is another way of informing ‘you that the great cartoonist will * his permanent residence on the .fl, and is now busy drawing plans for a beautiful and costly home which gfl be erected at Rancho Malibu la m Calif., sitmated between the Monica Mountains and the Pa- fi"l * Bousewarming will bring fi'dl’ufidn( ‘nearly two Wfiwhm& to New York, in which the famous artist Wwon the title of “the trans- continental commuter.” In explaining his reasons for making a pe.rrnment residence on the coast, McManus said _'*I love Los Angeles and its beaches. I wouldn't have planned to live the rest of my life there if I didn't think it was the most beautiful spot in the world. *“I am building this home especially for Mrs. McManus, because she is forid of the ocean and the quiet re«’ treats of Malibu. I am planning a very fine home there, and we. both expect to get out of life the ver best chere & at the Alaska College and is now | manu- | is | 1206 hours or six per cent of the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY, NOV. 1, 1929 Daily Cross-word Puzfle ACROSS 1. Fidelity Solution of ve ste rday's Puzzle . One of the three Efl. o 26, River In Bels gfm 27, Unwound 1. Cook over live conls 32, Oyertaxed Divan City in New York stafe 52, Odors 41 Keen 84, Astronomifenl Rodent 56, Long seat i Foriaiatey 5., §i; Thipkten Mar: DO N 47 Kings Propeh. 1, Coll 43, Printer's mea- £ Catcfiers of suro Iamprey s 49. Form of word 3. Preposition puzzle 4. Tgnitod 1. Football post- & Walk tion 6. 365 duys \HIHHII R 27, Vase 28, Bullder of Ark: var, i 20, Free 30, Spanisk: article ‘lv l“vo reflx 't “k fl&’b state F‘i..;' 43. Before: prefix 44, Level to the 7. Kook “of ‘the Ritle > S, Ceremony 4 i Advortisoments "‘} o tie 10 Physfelan’s, de- 49, Industrions e Tieiten 50, r“ I n sitbing . - uxnlfl( ks position &3, l‘rrMh cone he Greek P Junction Part .of.a golf. 55, Symbol for conrse sodiam N & RECORDS FAIL 70 BE LOWERED IN PAST MONT October Unusually Wet, Warm and Cloudy but Others Were More So “While the weather :n OCL(Ab.'r was unusually warm, extremely cloudy and wet, it wasn't superla- tively so, and no records were es- | tablished. This was disclosed today in the monthly summary of weather cenditions issued by R. C. Mize, | Meterologist in Charge of the Ju- neau station, The mean temperature was 45.8°, ! or 25° above the average for Oc-| tober. But it was two-tenths of a | degree below the record established | in 1923, an even 46°. October, 1918 , saw less sunshine and that of 1917 | had a greater amount of precipl~, | tation. The highest temperature recorded | last month was 54° and the mini- mum was 32°, The previous record extremes were 66° and 20° respeci- ively. The total precipitation was 17.31 inches, or 6.56 inches above the nor- mal. The wettest Oetober on re-l cord was that of 1917 with a total| of 204 inches. The greatest pre-! cipitation in any 24-hour period | was 182 inches on the 22d-23d.| There was but cne day on which | no precipitation was recorded, and | & total of three days without meas- urcble amounts. - There were six days with mere than one inch. No cnow fell at this clevation during the month. ‘The mean relative humidity was 86 per cent at 4 am. 83 per cent| at noon, and 84 per cent at 4 p.m. There was one clear day and 30 cloudy days. Sunshine was record- ed on nine days, with a total of possible amount. The prevailing wind direetion was from the east and the average ve- locity 9.6 miles per hour. The maxi- | mum velocity was 34 miles per haur from the east on the 12th. Light frost formed on the 8th/ and heavy frost on the 20th tmdl 21st, e WOMAN'S CLUB LUNCHEON The Woman's Club of Juneau will hold the second of a series of Sat- urday afternoon luncheons tomor- row at 1 o'clock in the Coffee {Shoppe on Third Street. Mrs, Harold Smith, president of the or- ganization, urgently requests that both old and new members make a special effort to attend this lunch- eon. FRANCE FIGHTS BILLBOARDS PARIS—Billboards die hard, even in France. Five successive laws in France have regulated them, be- ginning in 1881. A sixth law is pre- posed by the Chamber Commission on Civil and Criminal Legislation to fill-the gaps in older laws. B - .- LOPE MINING CLAIM LOCA- ] important RS | BRIT. PREMiER RETURNS HOME LONDON, Nov. mier |today from his peace mission to the United States 1—British Pre- an hour he got to work presiding over a full meeting of the Cabinet. | - " 'HO’S WHO [ AND WHERE Mrs. Harold “Campen, who has been acting as substitute tecaher in Kodiak for the past two months ! and who was relieved by Miss Har- riet Sey, of Douglas, arrived in Ju-| neau on the steamer Admiral Evans. | Except for the decidedly rough crossing on the Gulf, Mrs. Campen had a most enjoyable trip. also said that Kodiak has a new school house and that her two months’ visit in Kodiak was a very | pleasant one. —————— Merger negotiations under way would. place all French aviation lines under one management. The Dutch East Indies have an market for American automobiles, 8,829 having been shipped there in 1928. About 75 high schools are com- peting for the state football cham- pionship of Montana. this season. % —_—————— Commercial Job printing at The Ramsay MacDonald arrived | and received a| most enthusiastic welcome. Within | ’, | She | The pressure mains lowest near Kodiak. westward and slightly above | Light is rising modera It is b November's B8y PAULINE I “Who first comes to this world below | With drear November's fog and snow, Should prize the topas’ amber hue, | Emblem of lriends and lovers true.” BOTH the strength of the Sun 2nd the sensitiveness of the | Moon are inherent in November's | ] birthstone, the| to the Magt. Hence comes the time- honored mystic belief that it con- | ters long life and | sagacity upon its | wearers, making them shrewd in usiness and careful of friendship. The name topaz is derived from normal to moderate precipitation has throughout Alaska but h from the Pacific 1 ektreme gene hi becn Northern Alaska and cloudy weather prevails in the Interior. Tem- perature changes during the past twenty-four hours have been un- | important. | Eriendship Favored By Topaz Birthstone States | Northern Alaska. in Western and Weather Condlnons As Recorded by the U. S i Weather Bureau £ Forecast for Juneaw and vicinity, bey'~uing 4 p. m. today: showers tonight and Saturday; gentle southerly winds. ! LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 p. m. yesty 2995 45 82 S 6 Cldy 4 a. m. today ... 3009 4L 88 4 Rain Neon today 5023 41 90 E 3 Rain BT B AR T | CABLE ANT» RADIO REFORTS YESTERDAY 1 TODAZ Highest 4pm. | Low 4cm. 4am. Precip. 4am. Btations-~ temp. temp. | ity 24 hrs. wgatgl_er Barrow 16 12 i 0 Cidy Nome 28 26 04 Cldy Bethel 26 26 04 Snow Fort Yukon 22 22 0 Cldy Tanana 26 24 TEflCC Snow YOUI‘ grocer Eag 40 36 05 Cldy St. Paul 32 2 | 0 Clear . B et Ehor 8 b 26 Cldy returns your money mstantly ik 46 .08 Rain . g sk 5 gé’r‘ih(,m 50 :: 1.60 Rain | if you don’tlike Schilling’s best. Juneau “ 5 49 Rain ¥ Ketchikan 56 48 6 Cldy Your statement is enough. Prince Rupert 50 50 | 2 Edmonton i et a0 3 0 Clear | He pays you. We pay him. Seattle 52 50 46 48 4 0 Cldy i 4 | Portland 58 58 46 46 0 0 Clear | You keep the vanilla. San Francisco 0 66 | 54 .54 . 0 Clear | *Less than 10 miles. s Mapl CofT NOTE—Observations at Barrow, Fort Yukon, Tanana and Eagle | Le:;: 407 Sc;;c“ are ;na(ic at 8 a. m. and 8 p. m','.: ineau :L_me. Sherry Wine “ Baking Powder Almond @ 32 Extracts re- Rose _ Tea CAME COMMISSION IS WORKING ON REPORTS The Alaska Game Commission, which opened its sixth annual s |largely to routine matters. afternoon, w \ | | [tew days, its work will be directed The first public hearing of the Commission will be held tomorrow It will open at 1 p. m. | Similar hearings will be held Mon- to the eyes was derived from its sion here Thursday afternoon, has 92V and Tuesday afternoons of golden radiance, concerning which | been engaged since then in a study |NeXt Week at the same hour. many strange testimonlals were of reports of wardens and others | made. For instance, the mnoble on their activities during | Hildegarde, wite of Theodoric,| ¢ uhe bast| Horse racing grew rapidly Count of Holland, was said to {a topaz which at night emitted 80| |year and-on game and fur condi- | | Mont ana tions in the Territory, it was an- | own | brilllant a light that in the chapel Dounced today by H. W. Terhune, |, 101 betting on races. where it was Kept prayers wers EXecutive Secretary. read without the aid of a lamp. | 2 ey i Island of Topaz, | which 1s now known as the Iste of John in the Red Sea, the stone topaz, according | s tound in various parts of Europe anclent|,nq this country, In the jewel-stud- ded island of Ceylon, and in Mex- Brazilian Besides the St tco and Brazil. The tones are the finest both as quality and size. One of them re- covered several years ago and sented to Pope Leo weighed pounds. A Brazillan pink topaz i3 one of the lovellest gems fashioned the Greek “topazius,” which mean “to divine. guess or conjecturs 014 records say that the stone was | first discovered on Topaz Isiand. | so-callea because it was continually t| hidden by fogs, its location being | always a matter of conjecture to mariners. From this connection, it fs thought, arose the subsequent | wide-spread reputation of the gem as a charm for wny enterprise re- duiring subtlety or diplomacy. Although the topaz is found in a variety of colors, including white, yellow, blue, green, black and the | nighly valued pink, it is the yellow | or saffron variety, most familiar to | Americans, far which the greatest | sharms were claimed in the past. ~he Hindus wore this stone to pro- mot€ health, caution, sagacity, and to #veft death by violence. By the Itomans 1t was favored as a pre- servative from pestilential atmos- phere, perils in traveling, injuries ¢rom burns and scalds and from tiung affections. During the Middle Ages it was regarded as both a sedative and a stimulant, according to the state of the Moon, since at one time it restrained sensuality and calmed anger and frenzy, while at another it stimulated the appetite and sharpéred the wit, giving joy and contentment and banishing melan- choly fears. Teonardus pralsed the topaz as a charm against asthma, and it was also recommended - highly as a remedy for dimness of vision. Prob- ablv its generally accepted benefit For the next | SPECIAL COAT SALE $19.50 to pre- four by Nature, and 1s therefore fre- quently ranked with precious Remarkable values in stones. handsome, warm winter coats. These coats are a November's flower, lead during this month. NEW:SHIPMENT EDGEMONT GRAHAM CRACKERS, per package ............. 35 ~S EDGEMONT\GINGER SNAPS, package . SPINACH fresh very nice, per pound . ... CRANBERRIES, 2 poundsfor ........... SWEET POTATOES, 3 pounds for ......... . PARS\'IPS,. poundsfor |TION NOTICES AT THE EMPIRE The Chrysanthemum, whose col- ora are as varied as the topaz, is . and Jupiter shares with Mars the planetary new shipment and show the latest style’ trends. Richly furred. In tan and black. All sizes. RAINCOATS New rubber raincoats. Smartly tailored. All col- All sizes. ors. Regular values $8.50 Special at COAT SWEATERS An assortment of lovely new coat sweat- ers, all wool. In light and dark colors. All sizes. $6'\75 NEW. SCARFS In the pleated and plain styles. An assortment of beautiful. eolors. ; $2.50 RUBBER APRONS — The attractive and prac- ncable “Every Ready,” .cretonne covered, water proof apron—§1.65. in this year as a result cf |a legislative act permitting pari