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e RIMNRNAN AL Y, ] BOYLE RETURNS AFTER MAKING TOUR OF WORLD Spends Six Months Circling Globe, Visiting Sev- eral Countries bsence of some nine k A. Boyle, formo United ates Commissior here and one of the Democratic nom- e House of Represen ed here today on the steamer Aleutian months of his absence were spent in a round- the-world tour tk took him to most of the principal countries on e globe and into many out of the places i His globe-encirling journey be-i pan at New York City on January | 2 of this year and ended there! May 5. He visited Cuba, Panams,| Western United States, Hawall Japan, China, Philippines, Straits Settlements, Malay Peninsula, Cey lon, Egypt, Italy and France. He traveled on the President Johnson 2nd President Fillmore of the Dol- lar Line, and the America of the ted States Lines. Stops of one ay to three weeks were made at rious points. “It was a wonderful trip, well worthwhile to anyone, and I en- joyed all of it. The Dollar Line boats were particularly comfortable and their officers did everything to make the voyage memorable.” declared Mr. Boyle, adding he was glad to be back home again. Leaving New York last January, the first stop was made at Havana one of the most beautiful cities on the entire voyage. It and the Panama stop were oases for the thirsty travelers. The Panama Can- mor al in mid-January was warm enougnicade, to make Palm Beach suits com- fortable. Balboa and Panama stors were made. Apparently there is no canger City there was the great children in evidence. From there, the ship went to Los Angels and San Francisco for ag fcw days, then went to Honolulu Mr. Boyle stayed two weeks there. number cf | decade. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRI_-I, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1930. ° | terranean to and Genoa were y. Rome, Naples visited. Landing at Marseilles, Mr. Boyle went ‘o Faris for three weeks. One of the most enjoyable features of the stay (there, was an opportunity to se (the Folies Bergere. Sailing landed in New York on May A. Since then he has been visiting Wwashington, D. C. Pennsylvania,| New Jersey. Milwaukee and Chi- cago R UNALGA SAILS FORBALTIMORE THIS EVENING Coast Guald Cutter to ’I(’]'In]”fll(‘, L()“g S(’,l‘vlce Alaska Waters States Coast Guari cutter Unalga will sail for the South at 6 p.m. today, terminat- {ing an assignment to the port of Juneau that has continued for a Her ultimate "destination i: Baltimore, said Commander J. A. Starr, where she will be due to ar- rive ‘September 8. She will stop at Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego. From the latter port she will go through the Panama Canal and up the Atlantic coast to her destination. The Unalga will go out of com- mission when she reaches Balti~ more and be practically rebuilt. She The United will be transformed into an oil burner. She now burns coal for fuel. It will take several months to do the overhauling that is plan- ned before she will be again com- niissioned and assigned to Coas: Guard work. The Unalga has had a notabl2 iservice in Alaska waters. She has been stationed at Juneau for a de- as said, and before that she was in the seal and Bering Sea patrol. She usually spends a month or six weeks in Seattle each win- of race suicide in Panama|ter or early spring for repairs ani as the most notable feature|then followed the seal herd from Dixon Entrance to Unalaska where the duty was turned over to the | Bering Sea Coast Guard fleet. Among those whp have com- manded the TUnalga during her stay at Juneau are Capt. Brock- He visited Hilo and the volcav)|yay, Capt. Boedecker, Commander Kilauea. Miss Ruth Moss and M. and Mrs. FHarrison, former Juneau- ites were met in Honolulu. Japan was visited next. Three days stay in Kobe reminder of in February brought a form Alaska in the temper Next car hanghai and Hong- kong, where several days werc spent Manila and a three-day stop fol- lowed. After that came a three- day stop at Singapore and three mcre at Colombo, Ceylon. Then across the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and through the Suez Canal lo Cairo, Egypt. A visit to the pyra- mids and sphinx, then a trip to Alexandria and across the Medi- ~ SCHAEFFER’S LIFE-TIME FOUNTAIN PENS Guaranteed for life in every respect—Except loss. BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. free Delivery Phone 134 WHEN WE SELL IT IT'8 RIGHT Express Money Ordery B e | Finlay, Capt. Weightman, Cap* | Addison and Commander Starr, who will take her to the Atlantic. Another Coast Guard cutter will be assigned to Juneau, but it is pot yet known which one it wiil be or when she will come. It iz cxpected, however. that another cutter will be here before the sum- mer is gone. e NEW FLORENCE SHOP | HAS FINE QUARTERS IN TRIANGLE BLDG. Opening in its fine néw location in the Triangle Building on the Franklin Street side, the New | Florence Shop, beauty service spe- | clalists, has one of the finest es- }tnblnhments of its kind in the |north, and ranking well up with |any on the Pacific Coast. It is | completely equipped with all mod- |ern appliances for its work. | The new quarters are furnished w\th distinction and everything is !in harmony. The shop has five |booths, insuring the utmost privacy ;to its customers. The woodwork is mostly in veneer wood. White drap- eries of soft material add to the decorative effect. A small lounge , equipped with wicker easy chairs jand settee finished in tapestry, and tapestry on the walls, lend to the richness of the setting. The New Florence Shop, oper- ated for several years by Mrs. Florehce Holmquist, is one of the best known in the city. ————_——————— Mrs. Alice Hancock and two daughters, Beatrice and Geraldine, left Juneau for Kansas City on th: steamer Princess Charlotte. They have made their home here for some time. LARGE S FRESH HIPMENT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES RECEIVED TODAY ON STEAMER YUKON California Grocer Phone 478 from Cherbourg, Mr. Boyle | BIG LIVESTOCK (WISCONSIN FUR COMPANY FAILS | MEN ARRIVE T0 AT SITKALIDAK| VISIT RANCHES McCord Alaska Company | Market and_aices Suffer| Adjudged Bankrupt— | from Depression, Says Assets About $20,000 P. W. Langenfeld | The McCord Alaska Company,| To visit various fur farms in Alas- engaged for several years in live-|ka with a view of purchasing ani- | stock sing and fur-farming in|mals and look over the field f western Alaska, was adjudged in-|the possible establishing of a bhranc solvent and declared bankrupt by|farm, P. W. Langenfeld and B. N | Judge E. Coke Hill, on July 8, last,|Steifvater of the Associated F laccording to a statement made|Farms, New Holstein, Wis., arrived here yesterday by Gerald H. O'Con- | here today. They will spend severa | nor, New York attorney, who repre- ! days here and later visit Haines sented the principal stockholders.|and Skagw Mr. O'Connor visited here yester-| After visiting the fur farms in jday for a few hours, enroute to|this district they will go to the New York. The company is said to have invested $125,000 in the inter- prise and its assets are declared to be not in excess of $20,000. Out of 1,200 sheep placed on its island ranch last October, only 400 now remain, the rest being killed off last winter by starvation. In his statement, Mr. O'Connor said: “I came to Alaska last May to investigate the condition of the McCord Alaska Company, which had been financed by friends and associates of mine and which com- pany had stocked Sitkalidak I%]and with sheep, cattle and blue fox, and is also engaged in fox farming on East Chugach Island. This investi gation resulted in the discovery|feld said, that the company w that the company was hopelessly | establish itself in Alaska. Fu insolvent. Upon the petition ofigrown here are prime earlier tha creditors, Judge E. Coke Hill on/| those produced in the States and | July 8, adjudged the companyfor that reason frequently com-| ‘bankrupt. “In due course of time a meet- ing of creditors will be held and| trustees elected. A. J. Dimond, of Valdez, is attorney for the peti- tioning creditors. | “The McCord Company was or-| |ganized in 1927. John W. McCord |had been president and sole mana- ger of the enterprise from that time until the election of his suc- cessor last June. Approximately westward and interior points. “The market for furs and fur animals is materially slower and rices lower than for several years Mr. Langenfeld said today. The business and industrial depression not only in the United States bu throughout the world has reacted | unfavorably on the fur industrs Blue foxes have been hard hit, a there is practically no market for| them anywhere, he added. The Associated Fur Farms'is onc of the largest in the country. I breeds several varieties of foxes |and has gone extensively into the mink raising business. | It is not impossible, Mr. Langen $125,000 has been invested in the business. It is my belief that the s assets are not worth| | Mr. McCord is a wellknown Alas- ka promoter. He was engaged in| mining for several years in interior | Alaska. Several years ago he suc-| ceeded in interesting some of the ‘larger oil companies in Alaska| | Peninsula oil fields to the extent| lof drilling a well in the Cold Bay district. A dry hole resulted and the companies withdrew. He next promoted the Sitkalidak ranch. a— Telephone service is to be opened | between Helsingfors, Finland, and | Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. . A 100-acre airport is operated by the American Legion post of Car- bondale, Il N ! | z z ) {- z { z N 47 cents per pound | GEORGE | BROTHERS Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 1. Girdle 1. Word of sor- 13. Surfels . Knoc « Consor aane ICIAMIEICINSTATT LIS 3t Hove s tieal O[R|1 [O]L[E] € 24, Decor: 10. Flat elrealar lllll H? T ISty PIER[T]I [NIE] T 26, Siight tntene u. rersion tatey (A5 M tonally 15. Skinflint 28. Gone by 16. 0] 29. Bellow 17. Ty 15 Without ‘cost 20. American ear- I‘nanlll 2. Thus 3. Porous palm 30. Take for one’s own 31. Song bird 2. Bueket 7 34. Egg white 35, Fisher for lampreys stem 5. Agreement 372, Rule of conn 26. Timia 7. Corded fabrle Model 0 . The maple tree 2. Short for a . Freezing point Centigrade 5. Particular pe- 3 s 5. Goes to law is. Third viee . & president of e _ the U. 8. 1. W0, Fines : Wevtern etty duct 88. French colns 40. Suvage and merciless 41. Beers Server 45, Hard fat of beef and mute DOWN ton L One who tmi- 48 Roll ap tates 48. Plctorial 2. Siberian river 49. Large drinking 8. 100 square cup meters 51. Puts to flight 4. Put through a 52. Footlike part sleve 53. Stare 6. Word of sol. 4. Top polnt emn assent 6. The oceldent 8. Contend . At that time 7. Like . Vallant man 8. A hot l)runlnrll congress 9. Reglol Nlnlu abbr. 10. Small round My mark A nrnlnu of 11. Four 0di mand higher prices on the early markets than can be obtained later in the year e PRINCE HENRY SAILS SOUTH THIS MORNING teamer Prince Henry, Capt. Gil- bert, of the Canadian National Lines, arrived in port at 1 am. to- day and sailed for Vancouver about 2 o'clock. Four passengers left Juneau for the south on the steamer as fol- lows: For Prince Rupert, Dr. Joseph T. Mandy; for Vancouver, D. L. Hurlowitz, Harold Wyman and C. W. McCoy. Lo gy RANGER IX. RETURNS TO PORT FROM KOSCIUSKO After towing a floating camp and taking a timber crulslng pnrty to Kosciusko Island, the Ranger IV, Capt. George Peterson, of the Forest Service fleet, returned to port last night. Railroad Work to Stop, Business Houses Close for Funeral of Elsner CORDOVA, A:aska, July 15— Richard Edward Elsner, aged 53, Chief Engineer of the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad, killed last Friday in a head-on collision between his auto speeder and @ train at Mile 165, will be buried tomorrow under the auspices of th~ Elks of which he was Exalted Ruler. Out of respect to the deceased, all work on the railroad from here | to Kennecott will cease tomorrow afternoon and all business houses here will close during the funeral hour. VANILLA EXTRACT | Highest Grade $1.00 per pint Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 33 Post Office Substation { No. 1 “Juneaw's Own Store” SPECIAL || ‘ DEL MONTE PEARS, 0! RAINCOATS || I were $8.95 | | g $5.50 Different Colors | | \ 4 “Tomorrow’s Styles ' Today” 0.2 1-2 can, DEL MONTE APRICOTS, No. 2 1-2 can, per can..33c DEL. MONTE LOGANBERRIES, No. 2 can, caa .30c¢ DEL MONTE BLACKBERRIES, No. 2 can, can .. NOW 'l DEL. MONTE COFFEE, 1 pound sealed cans, PEr POUMAE Sisin .. o s R DUARTE RED PLUMS, per basket ............ BANANAS, ripe yellow, 2 pounds ............. Sanitary “The Store Tlug;&!ease:" / DelMonte Products NATIONALLY ADVERTISED DEL MONTE PEAS, No. 2 can, per can ..........22 DEL MONTE CORN, No. 2 DEL. MONTE TOMATOES, No. 2 can (Solid BNCK ) Dorul Fu. . ..o o e e DEL MONTE TOMATOES, No. 2 1-2 can (Solid GEERY Der I T e e 2 s - | = DEL MONTE PUMPKIN, No. 2 1-2 can, per can ..20c DEL MONTE SPINACH, No. 2 1-2 can, per can ..22c ‘ DEL MONTE SAUERI\RAUT No. 2 1-2 can, can .20c can, percan ..........22c rocery percan .....35 .30c 43¢ .75¢ .25¢ PHONES 83—85 cently at Wrangell. After a trip |to Vancouver and other points o0a the coast they will reside at Tele- graph Creek. ———.-—— Phonographs are used to attract and entertain customers by native 'shop-keepers of Ceylon. ———————— JUNEAU FAIR T0 BE OPENED Will Continue for Four|from September 6 to 2. Days—Mrs. Skuse Is : Elected Director The dates for the Southeast Al-| aska Fair in Juneau were an-! nounced today by the association.| The fair will start on Wednesday, | September 3, and continue four| days, closing Saturday night, Sep-, tember 6. | Plans are already -being made| for a four-day successful fair. At a recent meeting of the di- rectors of the Southeastern Alaska Fair Association, Mrs. C. J. Skuse was elected as one of the directors, the first woman so honored. The Qther directors are J. F. Mullen, President; J. P. Anderson, First Vice-President; W. B. Kirk, Treas- urer, W. S. llen, Secretary, M. S. Whittier, John Reck, R. E. Rob- ertson and Mrs. C. J. Skuse. —————— CANADIANS WED AT WRANGELL ALLIGATOR RAINCOATS They Never Leak Also Lightweight Jackets and Knee Length Pants SABIN’S Miss Agnes Smith, school teacher of Telegarph Creek for the last two years, and George Ball, pros- pector, fur buyer and guide in th« Cassiar country, were married re- A ... There’s a Lot of Q. Real Satisfaction in knowing you havea pair of good rubbers on hand ready for wet weather especially if you have rub- bers so light and comfort- able, so good looking and long wearing as the BALL-BAND styles shown. One soaking can ruin a good pair of shoes so don’t put off getting rubbers, but come in today,..before the rush, and let us fit you from our complete line of RUBBER GOODS 1‘ We Also Stock a Complete Line of | ALLIGATOR ; Feather and Medium W eight RAINCOATS FOR MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN Leader Dep’t. Store GEORGE BROS. RICE & AHLERS CO. Plumbers “We tell you in advance what the job will cost” DO YOU KNOW? When you purchase $15.00 in Groceries you will get FREE a beautiful decorated Cup and Saucer . at- ‘ | GARNICK’S—Phone 174 NEW OXFORD TIES Combination Leather Trimmed—3 Different Styles $5.00 Per Pair l J. M. SALOUM| FRONT STREET

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