The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1930, Page 8

R T T DRIN A I .y g w e R T R CIBALE, 1 GV 0 o g+ RELIEF WORK FOR DROUGHT AREA STARTS President Pl i I‘(“(](‘!'(’ll (JO\'CK'[]H](‘Ht | Ald il] Emergen(y their women folk who were held | with - deputies on Monday Rap-| Henry Breummer was wounded | 1 Lod vacation | twice after being surrounded in the SHUTS DUWN flN this summer | woods by deputies - The Sheriff took Mrs, Henry PRICES INCREASE Breummer and Mrs, Carl Breum- T K PRUPERTY WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 13.—lmer as Hostages following an af- A c plaint of “undue” increase|fray which started when Deputies in the prices of fresh vegetables|iried to arrest the two men on an York as the result of the ught was laid before President Hoover today by Representative La Guardia. He said the President roquested him o take the matter up with the Department of Agri- culture. He further said that un- Jess immediate steps were taken to prevent unnecessary price increases “very drastic steps will be taken ]\ the consumers.” ) WOMEN ARE | HELDHOSTAGES Sheriff of Efll_g County Forces Husbands to Surrender SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—Henry and Carl Breummer, of Kent, Wash- ington, gave themselves up to the Sheriff’s office late yesterday to frec o oot i) [ | “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” NEW FALL HATS in VELVET and FELT $5.50to to Ha\'e | LOCAL SALMON $8.75 All New Stock— Latest Styles | “Juneau’s Own Store” AN increases over 1929. The latter reported 200,813 cases this year |against 149,623 last year on the | zr—==} | Wrangell, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1930. - DROUGHT TAKES HUGE FARN TOLL An enormous toll has been taken by heat and drought in the nation’s tarm areas. Shaded portion of map above shows areas most seriously affected. assault charge brought by a third Ceases Df\velopment an brother, Fred. The women beat the officers. Will Dismantle Camp Mrs. Henry Breummer said her on Manville Group husband would never be taken aljve Gessation of work at the Alaska! e SR Juneau camp on Taku River, clos- ure of the camp and removal of all| machinery and equipment at once, uas announced late yesterday by Metzgar, General Superin- |0ndem of the Alaska Juneau. Joe P (Williams, Alaska Juneau engineer, ileft here yesterday morning to close down operations on the Man- | 2 000 [m[] MARK s o This action by the comuany pre-| lgicates a surrender by it of the . . loption taken on the Manville, or Season Closes in Last Dis- Big mun, wroup last vear, as i > . SRy |comes within a few weeks of the trict NeXt Week Prlce [ next option payment date, which | War Reported On (Continuea rrom Page One) falls on October 1. The machinery and camp equip- ment that have been used in thc i ———————— |company's development and ex 4 s in |Ploratory operations will be moved, Augusb 2% ?‘e‘r‘x‘]i] g‘:""el:"'“‘“l;‘\tm Juneau, 'Mr. Metzgar said. It| that reglon-—kaor 080 1351 will be stored in customs’ bond m Bay and two at Excursion Inlet—| "oop 000y warehousg and heid| had a total of about 450,000 cases|yyore gor other possible operations| of all varieties, and each plant re- ported an increase over the out- put for 1929. The western disirict, including Chatham Stralt, Peril Strait and cn the British Columbia side of the line in the future, Since it first initiated work on the Taku properties about a year ago, the Alaska Juneau interesfs TELEPHONERADIO | lAlrways Will | Maintain Communication with Pl;nes at All Times Erection of a radio telephone |station in Juneau will be started at once by the Alaska-Washington Airways. It will be in operation |not later than September 29. The | permit for the station, which has |been assigned the letters, KGQW, | was received today from the Unit- |ed States Department of Com-| ymerce by A. B. Hayes, who has charge of the Airways’ activities in | Alaska. | “KGQW will be a two-way tele- | phone station to communicate with our airplanes,” explained Mr. Hayes. “Station and planes will be equip- ped with both receiving and sending ; ammrams When planes are in| t, or at rest in any place, they | | \ull be able to talk with hnad- quarters in Juneau and headquar- |ters*will be able to talk with them. |In fact, communication can be |maintained at all times between STATIONTO BE ERECTED HERE Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 8. Mistake 1. Eccentrie pleee 9. Legislative 4. tlung toosely bod 9. Comprehend . Unit of work Autlve metal Iwmmln- onde [ Leuse Grants . Pertaining to el s 1. Agricataral In. dian_of mnorth- ern Mexico 22, Weeds 24, Chides vehemently 27. Hypothetical foree . Lukewarm 20. Unaspirated 3i. The fack In cribbage 13. Luteral boune Growlng out Writer of 3 | Ian E‘Illc of ad- ress ries Point opposite ok & ehalr 47. Dim DOWN the zenith courage 49. Fish eggs 1. Bovine animal 44. Outlets Cozy homes . At the present 2. vxm 48. Greater (. As far as time suring In- amount 1. Acquired 3. Femnle sheep strament 47. Not many knowledxo 54. Lifeless 4. Feminine gar 48. Religious fear 56. Sallor ments 49. Thing . Cereal gri . Twisted Denlal 5. Wander Corroded . River In Italy b7, Mar 58. Flower // pl%flll% AN AN WEEE JEN airplanes and headquarters. “A radio telephone system is used, ‘wnth success by the Airways in con- | |nection with the operation of its| | planes on the Scattle- chtorla-Van- |couver, B. C., route. It wil be | |'successful here, without doubt. Equipment for station and planes is now assembled at Seattle. It will be sent north immediately. The site for the station has not yet ‘been selected SPORTSMEN 60 | | ~ WEST T0 HUNT Vanguard of Big Game| Hunters Signalize Ap- | proach Open Season | : Signalling the approach of the {big game hunting season in the ‘Temtnry‘ several sportsmen frora (the States reached here this week !and are preparing to take the field, | Sitka, which closed August 10, had a pack of 467,468 cases. Hawk Inlet, Tenakee, Peril Strait at Todd, Chatham Funter Bay, 8itka and Haines. Up to August 9, the five canner- Included in this region are the canneries at: Hood Bay, have expended about $250,000, of it was made known today at local which $200,000 was spent on the headquarters of the Alaska Gamg Manville claims which, it was poin‘- | Commission. ed out, formed the backbone cf Five hunters were aboard the the entire prospect. The crew has'steamer Yukon yesterday and anq average about 35 men. A large |[cther debarked at Wrangell. area of ground was prospected with| Those visiting Commission head- B WEdEN Hid JEENE <NE dlld CSEERE @ IIIIIIWIIII N EEEE l/lll%fifl’ v I%Hl ISLANDER GOLD " SEEKERS FIGHT TAKU ICEBERGS iSteel Cable Is Fouled and Workers Resort to | Rifle Fire Icebergs from Taku Glacler have | |cover the _treasure on the lost steamship Islander, which for 29 yyears has lain in more than 60 fa- thoms of water off the southern end of Douglas Island. A ‘huge berg last Monday night fouled one| of the cables that extends from the | shore to the Bremerton, the work-| ‘ing craft, which is stationed over | the site of the wreck, and menaced | the safety of the surface vessel and of valuable salvaging equipment. The force of fifteen men, engaged in the treasure seeking venture, la-| bored all Monday night to prevent disaster. They finally shattered | the top of the berg with rifle shots, |the bullets eventually splitting the ice. Icebergs on several occasions in| the past week have occasloned con- cern to the Islander party, but the berg of Monday night caused the most trouble. E. C. Pickett, who is associated with C. H. Wiley and E. H. Wiley | in financing the Islander operations brief stay, he returned to the scenew of the wreck. Articles heavily encrusted with barnacles are being brought to the surface almost daily from the sub- merged hulk. The task of recovs ery in the event of no unexpected difficulties, is planned to be com- pleted in four months. GRID STARS PLAY GAME ALL SUMMER, BUT IN THE MOVIES LOs ANGELES Aug. 13.—Fol~ lowing Harold “Red” Grange's ex- |lately interfered with efforts to re- ample, a quartet of University of ‘Callfornm grid stars are condition- |ing themselves for the Trojan call ithis fall, but not as ice men. Oh, no! The four backfield aces who are expected to play an impor- tant part in Coach Howard Hard- ing Jones' offense are basking un- der the glare of the Kleig lights of Hollywood’s movie lots. Marshall Duffield, quarterback; Ernie Pinckert and Marger Aspi, halfbacks, and Don Moses, full-' {back, all of whom ‘are expected to be more or less permanent fixtures: in the Trojan eleven, have been’ working together in a football pic+ ture. - With them are Harry Edelson and Russ Saunders, now alumni of S. C. grid fame, one season remote. Their work allows them considerablé practice. MEETING TONIGHT B. P. 0. Elks regular meeting tonight. M. H. SIDES, was in Juneau yesterday. After a —adv. Secretary. ARGENTINIAN WINS EXTRADIT I‘[lN OF GYPSY FORTUNE TELLER SOUGHT Parks Signs—Request for John Lee, Charged Grand Larceny weight, gan in 10 rounds. try. —————————— GAS TAXES SHOW GAIN | BOSTON, Aug. HIS SECOND VICTORY NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Aug. 13.—Justo Suarez, Argentine light-! last night decisioned Her- man Perlick, of Kalamazoo, Michi- | It was the South | American’s second straight victory | by a decisive margin, in this coun- CORN ON COB, Fresh SWEET POTATOES, 2 Ibs. ..35¢c CAULIFLOWER, each CELERY: ‘egeh . ....0 ... CABBAGE, pound ........ 4for. . ii..n:25¢ .40c, 35¢ .25¢ ..07¢ 13—Gas taxes| CARROTS, 4 bunches ......25¢c CUCUMBERS, each .15¢ Gov. George A. Parks yesterday “ |signed an extradition request ad- dressed to Gov. Roland P. Hartlev !yielded $4,799,499 in Massachusetts, collections during the first half of 1930, an increase of 10.2 per cent TOMATOES, pound ... .19¢ | same date, and the former 91,085 as lagainst 90,125 cases. keystone drills, tunnels shaft driven. “The stoppage of work at our present location does not meanth2 Alaska Juneau has withdrawn from the Taku district, or lost interest in the field,” Mr. Metzgar said. “We will watch it with interest; are prepared to look at any new dis- coveries made; and will be ready to undertake development of any prospect that seems to have the elements for developing a mining property.” jes in the eastern district—Kake, Pillar Bay, Tyee, Douglas Island and Taku—had packed almost 300,- 000 cases. Commercial fishing will close on it on August 14, and all fish must be out of the gear with- in 36 hours afterward. Ketchikan Makes Gain The southern district around Ket- cmkan last Saturday night had put lup 395594 cases, about 30,000 more than had been packed on the same date in 1929. In that area the sea- son closes on August 18. Both the north and south Prince of Wales Island districts reported ARE BOUGHT HERE Another new automobile of fine model has been added to the nu- merous motor cars now in use here. The ends there on August 22. No reports had been received from Diamond K Packing Company and season Wrangell Packing Company at|It is an eight-cylinder Hudson Lake Bay, Burnett Inlet,|coupe, with wire wheels. Its two Mountain Point, and Karheen |spare tires are carried in fender- | plants. wells on the sides. The color We Suggest— DILLARDS —the New CHOCOLATE CREATION 118 Seward St. Phone 25 e Kodiak pack was 480,844 ci Alaska Peninsula Large On the south side of the Alaska Peninsula the pack up to Saturday was 501727 cases as compared to 396,447 in 1929. On the north side of the Peninsula the pack was small, only 22,867 cases as compared to 87,166 cases last year. Kodiak Island experienced a se- vere shortage and was closed down on August 2. The pack for the sea- son was 155868 cases. T 1929 scheme consists of two tones of blue. The machine was bought through the McCaul Motor Company by Art Bringdale. Also through the McCaul Motor Company, Joseph George of George Brothers, just before he left here for Seattle, bought an Essex coupe and it will be delivered to him on his arrival there. Mr. George will make use of the car in the States, turns to this city. g A Democrat, Judge Edward J. Jeffries of Detroit filed for the re- publican nomination for governor of Michigan. ————————— RESERVE THE DATE Moose Cafeteria Dance — Augus! 16th. —adv. BAC SWIFT Ladies’ Fine Footwear Priced at $4.95, $6.50, $7.00 and $7.50 J. M. SALOUM FRONT STREET Next to Gastineau Hotel —A new shipment, fresh and delicious, pound 40c GARNICK’S, Phone 174 us the next time ou wish any print- .Ourequipment es us to turn out first quality ur experi- ence enables us to intelligently aid you in planning your wletter 5.50, $6.00, ing you Good Print-. (oing Pays.e and one| FINE NEW AUTOS and then ship it here when he re-' quarters were: Matthew Lahti, ic.ambrldge. Mass., and his brother John 8. Lahti, Worcester, Mass, |who are on their fourth hunt in Alaska; and T. E. Schillingbure, Noslini-Ganada, Ariz, who was accompanjed by Mrs. Shillingburg. Mrs. Matthew Lahti.will join her |husband in Fairbanks after his hunt |is ended. The Lahti’s will hunt out !Anchorage with A. A. Cobb as guide. Mr. Shillingburg will hunt on the Kenai Peninsula with the Alaska Guides. A fourth hunter, Dr. Frank J. V. Krebs, who with a companion will hunt on Kenai for about five weeks, visited with Regional For- ester C. H. Flory. Dr. Krebs is a prominent physician of St. Louts, Mo, and has made several hunts in the Territory in former years. George S. Briggs, Santa Ani, Calif., sportsman and banker, left the Yukon at Wrangell for Tele- graph Creek and will hunt some- time in the Cassiar district. Later he will come here for bfown bear. He has been coming to Alaska |for the past 15 years on big game expeditions. ———eee RUMMAGE SALE The Ladies of Trinity Church Guild will hold a Rummage Saln on Monday, September 1st. Con- tributions will be gratefully re- ceived. Bundles will be called for if those desirious of helping will telephone 604. i ot When you buy,a can of HILLS BROS! — COFFEE it is always fresh | Fresn is the word! For air, which flactens the flavor of coffee, is com- pletely removed from Hills Bros. vacuum cans and kep? out. No air- tight cans will keep coffee fresh. Hills Bros. Coffee is as fresh and flavorful as when it comes from the roasters. The can is casily | opened with the key. Controlled Roasting | gives Hills Bros. — Coffee o flavor o FRUIIIENA other coffee bas. § i Co 5 FEE ' © 193‘0 To— — for the return to Ketchikan cf John Lee, charged with grand lar- ceny there. Lee was arrested in Seattle recently and is being he'd there by Federal authorities pend- ing the outcome of extradition pro- ceedings. He is said to have come to Ket- over the same period last year. .- MEETING TONIGHT Regular meeting of Perseverance | Todge of Rebekahs will be held| tonight at 8 p. m, I. O. O. F. Hail. GERTRUDE HELGESEN, —adv. Noble Grand. LETTUCE, each GREEN BEANS, chikan last month as a ‘“gypsy” fortune teller. In that guise he is sccused of having entered the home of an Indian named Chief Johnson end took $450, of which $110 was in gold coins and the rest in cur- rency. Later the Indian went to| Lee who is said to have offercd, ;o to recover the money for a small owstaason sum, but said it would take ,two! weeks. In the meantime, he went to Seattle where he was appre-| LED T kended on a warrant from Kei- EBU chikan. i At the time of his arrest, he Coml)acts had $110 in gold coins and a larger | Perfumes amount of currency in his posses- ston. | Powders Deputy United States Marshal A W. H. Caswell, Ketchikan, was A named by Gov. Parks as extradi- Richard Hudnut tion officer. He will leave at once| Product to present the request to Gavl Hartley at Olympia. [ Juneau Drug | Company Free Delivery Phone 33 PEARS, dozen . Groceries AMERICAN (| Post Olf\l_ce‘S‘ubqtation LEGION 2= ARENA i = Shirts ELKAY’S and FI:sY-KILL Pajama Sets KILLS INSECTS . New *In 3 convenient sizes Snappy Patterns 50¢ T5e $1.25 BUTLER-MAURO + DRUG CO. free Delivery Phone 134 WHEN WE SELL IT IT'S RIGHT li—'-u-qo;u‘ PHONE 478 2 e . PHONES 92—95 WAX BEANS, pound ....... SUMMER SQUASH, pound. GREEN PEPPERS, pound .. PARSLEY, bunch ......... 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