The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1929, Page 2

: ] 1 ¢ - SALE of _’%‘EB 107 e Ul SALE THAT IS A CHRISTMAS Gl December Fir Department. The materials ar actical Gift Suggestions AEROPLANE EREC- FOYS DOLLS DRUMS FLOWERS St \fn‘“ 8 .BUGGIES TOR SETS WHIZ HORS RACES STATIONERY Will Be Opon NEGLIGEE HANDKERC Tuesday COATS and DRESSES RISTMAS SEASON I)ll(l‘ opportunities in our Ready-to- Wear :en placed on all our best apparel. styles are the latest. F WOOL BLANKETS SHEETS and CASES CHINA TEA SETS WILLIAMS® HOLI- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY, DEC. 9, 1929. FT __SELF mean wonderful 1l reductions have e the best and the y-$4.50 TOR SETS INE LINENS TLK COVERLETS LACE BEDSPREADS B DAY SETS Evening B. ngfiehrends(ll,lnc. Juneaw’s Leading Department Store A1 A e e d e Dol B b b r's PHONE 83 OR 85 THE SA! e O THE HOH:L ()I- ALASh AN HUILELS THE GASTINEAU Ouvr Services to You licstn and Fmd at the Gang l‘lun)\ ul Every Passenger-Cat ,ing Boal e REPS REPA v,«n R SH Op Is Lqmpped r Job on Fenders or H you dar Top, Docrs we ¢ » out looking like || new. If y h, Transmission, :l’.’l!\('.\' Differential or B to attention we | l-]\‘!wrl Service. require pre p:xrml render Connors Motor Com pany Service Rendered by Edison Mazda Lamps | ABSOLUTELY THE STANDARD OF COMPARISON | Alaska Elccirie Light & Power Co. Juneau—Phone No. 6 Douglas—Phene No. 18 riOld Papers for sale at Emplre Office| ! Ala., 112, by {and {built and farms rehabilitated. Clo- | quet, today, is outstanding among “The Store That Pleases” ITARY GROCERY Alabama Beauty \ Associated Press Photo Opal Tipps of West Huntsville Amevican Legion state beauty con Sest. Bmlders Erase Scars Of Historic 1918 Fire MINNEAPOLIS Nov. 22—Indus- |try of the carpenter, the mason and the gardner have removed almost (all of the scars left by the historic forest fire of eleven years ago. fire, which began on October nightfall of the following , left a smouldering trail across towns, including Moose Lake and Cloguet in northeastern Min- | nesota. The property loss was 530000000 and 432 persons were | killed. All the debris has been removed communities have been re- small cities. Burnt-over stands of timber have been challenged by the | young growth sweeping up from the ash-enriched carth. The fire followed a long drought. A 60-mile gale fanned the several |small fires into monstrous blazes. Twelve thousand persons were omeless when the fire passed. Be- cause of the more tragic war oc- currences, the enormity of the ca- tastrophe was somewhat obscured. e ————— STORE HOURS For the accommodation of the trade, this store will be open Tues- } was chosen to compete in MERCURY SHOWN FOR TERRITORY |Seventy- fom' Degrees Be- tween High and Low Temperatures Today e of 74 degrees in Alaska's temperature was shown todey by gist H. W. Douglas, with Dutch| {Harber reporting 38° above and) Eagle 38° below zero as the highest |and lowes st, respectively. Locally it’ was slightly colder over Sunday and this marning than it had been Saturday when the present cold wave, the first of the season, hit the commun! Westher Bureau forecs cold tomorrow at lex |cloudy weather occurring Wum day. In town Lh(- W | cerded Loday was 17° atove z: |and it was some warmer during th A moederate wind was in evi- ence all day with a tendency to increasing strength later this after- |ncon. The average velocity up to neon was 12 miles per hour, but oc- casionally gusts reached much higher rate. aro and be- |low was reported to I been ex- perienced in Mendent vsince r‘riday evening. |FUR FARMER AIDS FAIRBANKS DERBY As an inducement to furthering winter sports in Ala Henry Fromm, of Fromm Br owners of big fur farms in Wisconsin, has volunteered to provide all prizes for the women's annual dog derby! Mr. Fromm was a/ |at Fairbanks. visitor in the Fairbanks cently and has become @ astic Alaska boostor. | In addition Mr. Fromm offers a cup to the woman who wins the race each year and for the one who wins it three times a larger cup. district re- in view of Mr. Fromm's gener-| josity it has been suggested by members of the Fairbanks Kennel Club that the women's derby here-| after be known as the Fromm Cup race. The first prize for the race will be $100, the second $75 and the/ third $50. The course is over the; | College 1oop, a distance of seventeen | | and one-fourth miles. i ‘Texas 0il Brings Huge | A University Endowment SAN ANGELO, Tex., Dec. 9.—Cil| jfrom the 2,000,000 acre “campus”’ |of the University of Texas is light- ing the lamp of learning for gen- crations to come. Within a year, royalties from oil produced on university prope: in western Texas have become t school's largest single item of en- dowment. This year's royalti have raised it to more than $32 000,000, a figure exceeded by only | four other schools. Centinued discoveries of new oll | gushers on university land have led petroleum experts to predict school's wealth eventually will e: ceed that of such schools as Har- vard, Columbia, Yale and Chi- | cago. ' American Plays Rule | In Danish Theatres COPENHAGEN, Dec. 9-—Ameri- can dramas and American films are ruling the Danish stage and screen this season. The public has defi- nitely refused to patronize domestic films. One of the leading theatres in Copenhagen has announced that only American plays will be shown this year, and even the Royal The- atre, state-owned, has more Ameri- can plays than of any other na- tionality on its season’s repertoire. Eugene O'Neil's “Strange Inter- Tu has been very successful, but his “Desire Under the Flms” was withdrawn after only two weeks’ run. ————— Have you tried the Five o'Clock Dinner Specials at Mabry's Cafe? ———oe LEYT Ammquist Fress your Suit. We call and deliver. Phone 528. —— STORE HOURS For the accommodation of the trade, this store will be open Tues- day evening, December 10th. edv. B.M. BEHRENDS CO,, Inc. —y il STORE HOURS Goldstein's Emporium will be open until NINE P. M. Tuesday, December 10th. —adv. —————— MOTORSHIP SAILS ‘The Motorship NORCO sails from Seattle December 17th. For freight reservations telephone 114 or see Agent Femmer. ,(adv.) ————.——— ATTENTION EASTERN STARS Juneau Chapter, O. E. S. No. 7 will meet Tuesday evening Decem- ber 10th, at 8 p. m. in Scottish Rite Temple. Election of officers. MAYBELLE L. GEORGE, Wi t: day evening, December 10th. FANNIE L. gggznls‘;;o P &y, B.M.BEHRENDS CO, Inc. Jean Secretary. e B 10 RANGE [N e cfficial repcrt of Acting Meterolo- |I b ate an enthusi- | Weather Conditions As Recordcd by the U. S Weather Bureau Forecast for Juneam and vieinify, beg—ning 4 p. m. today: Fair tonight and Tuesday; moderate to fresh easte: winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp., Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 20 39 NW 4 Clear 18 12 Clear 17 20 Clear { CABLE AND RADIO REFORTS l T YESTERDAY T TODAY ~ Highest 4pm. | Low 4cm. 4am. Precip. 4am. __ temp. temp. | . Velocity 24 hrs. Weather & | 22 16 ) 12 4 | 0 2 ¥ -14 -18 -10 _— | 9 % N \E: 32 A 38 38 | 38 2f 20 2¢ 2 28 -2 -4 43 46 44 44 58 58 made at 8 a. m. and 8 p. moved somewhat the Pacific States h have in Southea: s of the Territory. 1pe NOTE—Observations at Darrov, | m., 11 high over the Ter morning lhmu A trough of low to the first conside: falling from Seattle fall of 226 ing e Interior and f: about the same in other ing | Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACLOSS 1. Comrades Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 3. a1 Passage Peruses Like . Fowl . Wild hegs + Overturn ous | . Placed In an- er setiing | ®. Gradual pass- ng | 25 That man 26, Prickly seed covering Iry northern Seandinavia . American author . Prickly pear r . One who alms at realism ridiscent gem teliance nhabitant of an_ eastern continent . Builder of the ark: var, . The arche enemy . One who answers Take . Rtussian prairies . Sunburn piekin object . Plant of (he lily family wance for vurage 61. Chapter of | the Koran | of the Al | | HNEE EEm banks, was married r Angeles, to Bert Schi neer in the vi company, with headguart Angeles. They met in Mrs. Schayde el in Anchorags for a time. - LUTHERAN WOMEN TO MEET WITH MRS. H. S. STONEHOUSE The Lutheran ary Society will me omoryow at- terncon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Harry Stonehouse. All mem- bers are invited to attend. AT THE HOTELS Alaskan < E. W. Hillman, Harold Peterson, Bert Hillman, Niko Laspalos, F. Ball, W. Bigoff. Zynda' Grace Rae, Mzrm Shepman. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stockholders of the Admiralty Island Coal Co. will be held Wednesday, December 11th, at 8 p. m. in the office of Judge Wickersham in the. Valentine Build- ing. JOHN RECK, —adv. Treasurer. ————— Dell E. Shertmi, guaneau's plano uner. Hotel Gastineau, ~adv | Specials at Mabry’s. A W elsh rarebit : for four will | taste better | than one | for : THE big rarcbit would cer- | tainly be tough and stringy. And coffee roasted in bulk ) cannot have the matchless, uniform flavor of Hills Bros. Coffee which is roasted a few pounds at a time. This pat- ented, continuous process con- trols the flavor, HILLS BROS Frch from the ori: il sacum pack Easity opencd with ke by, © 1929 STORE HOURS e e —n Try the Flve o0Clock Dinner —advi JUST Frye-Bruhn Company Featuring Frye’s De- Fresh EASTERN and OLYMPIA OYSTERS PHONE 38 licious Hams and Bacon “YOUR ALASKA LAUNDRY SERVICE” for Dry Cleaning and Pressin g ALASKA LAUNDRY In New Ruilding on Shattuck Way “THE LAUNDRY DOES IT BEST” RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF Newhouse and Vietor Traps ALL SIZES I No. 1 Vietor trap, dozen No. 1 115 Newhouse Trap, dozen THE Tlmma& Hardware Co. 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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Times Square HOTEL Seattle Troy E. Himmelman, Manager Seirdetedde el i