The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 29, 1930, Page 2

Month-End LADIES’ 3-PIECE KNIT Just the thing for Fall wear Plain Colors and Mixtures 16 to 20 pm'ml Price, $11.75 Sizes Heavy Tweed Mixtures sizes to 44 pecial, $19.75 Raincoats Sizes 4 to 16 $3.50 an S po( iial Prices, SPORT SUIT Ladies’ Storm Slmrl Coats Girls’ Lined Leatherette Red, Blue. Green and Brow THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 1930 n Weather Conditiona As Recorded by the U. S. SALMON BOATS d $5.00 Juneauw's Leadirg Pepartment is not so conspicuous as the MUSK OXEN TU ) uffalo’s. Their color is dark brewnish to black with lighter brown or cream color on the back. They grow an undercoat of thick BEGIN LENGTHY JOURNEY NORTH Herd of 30 Leaves New wool, and through this wool grow Jong blac d hairs that may sweep ¢ to the ground, giv ing the animal a stocky appear- ance. Mature animals w ht ap- 500 pounds, some- time: more. Can Defend Selves o e < “A distinctive feature of the York This We‘?k by Ex musk-oxen is the heavily horned press for Fairbanks head. Mature bulls have horns | ot whose massive bases are close to- Thirty-four young musk oxen, fether at the forehcad, and, after | (hat arrived in New York on Sep-|descending turn sharply upward| tember 15, and were placed in and end in sharp points. The horns ouarantine there, are duc to leave of the female are similar but h ir | sSomewhat more slender These 11 where Sur- week on there carly this Jong journey to the United States Biological vey will keep them in a I closure for study and breeding purpose is eventually to re-estab- Jish musk-oxen in the ranges of Northern Alaska, where they 1 ed in large numbers until exte: make excellent weapons against wolves, which are the only formid- able natural enemies of the musk- cxen. When attacked, the adult animals form a circle with horns outward and with the calves pro- lc(‘u’d within the circle. ¢ as this is against is suicidal against men inated about one hundred Vi wolves, it ago. :‘urmed with rifles. Hunters were The herd will be shipped by ex- Prcbably able to kill most of a press to Seattle, thence to Seward herd, which often represented all by steamer and rail to Fairbanks. the musk-oxen within many miles. J. L. Palmer, Biological Sur Muzk-oxen rarely trave! far from agent in charge of the reindeer their local range. experiment station at irbanks “In summer the animals feed on Will have charge of the animals grass and succulent herbage. In enroute and conduct the experi- winter they feed on dried grasses reach their des- and browse on dwarf willows. They tination. i to feed on open-wind-swept Range Is Reproduced Iridges and other high places where The enclosure gn which the herd the wind blows away the snow, but ‘will be kept will as nearly as pos- they ‘e able to paw away Snow ment after they sible reproduce the conditions on'and reach deeply buried food. Sur- the natural wild range favorable prisingly, they seem to keep fatter to the feeding and breeding of gnd in better condition in winter whusk oxen, and will afford an'tnan in summer. Their heavy oppertunity for studying the Dpos-lcoats protect them against the cold sibilities of domestication and of winter and against insect attacks breeding of the animals With j cummer sew of making greater economic e of the areas north of the tim- berline. {In feed requirements the musk- «cxen differ considerably from rein- Few Are Imperted “Relatively been few musk-oxen have imported into the United s. The first was delivered to| the New York Zoological Park in deer, and will not compete with 1902. New York, Washington and the great herds of these animals, i »* ants. hatH amARer awhich the United States, through il i nd the usual experience has been 4he Bureau of Education, introduc- | 5 3 ed into Alaska nearly 40 years upo.“““" :A‘w animals are gentle and 2nd which now number 1,000,000 Factable. in round numbers. It is hoped to AMmas Wil repeat with musk-oxen the success domesticate ia reindeer breeding. ‘d"" the u Truly Arctic Animals posed on | i “Musk-oxen,” Paul G. Reding- ber don, Chief of the Biological Survey not live long. ‘ekplains, “are the most trily Arc-' “A‘ Fairban of all the large mammals of ton, “the smal North America. At the time of the quate ¥ al earliest exploration of Arctic, men exp: these animals inhabited the vast under A rritory north of the great trans- establish I ntinental forest. Natives of Al- sub: la ly on range forage that akka say that their grandfathers reindeer do not use. Their flesh is lled musk-oxen in the region excellent food. They can live un- '%ulh of Point Barrow but there der rigorous conditions of weather, no record that Europeans have and the fact that they do not wan- sken the animals in Alaska. | der far from their established range Few have bred un- natural conditions im- them. aid Mr. Reding- herd will have ade- i will be in care of ed in foe conditions. rds fuLong ago the musk-oxen disap- will make it easy to herd them.” The new herd of musk-oxen has! the direction of Wnred from the north of Europe ‘2nd Asia. They still live in North- been acquired at ern Canada and Greenland. Can- Congress, which la ada, for several years, has been 40,000 to the appr making vigorous efforts to preserve Biological Survey for the speeific these interesting animals and has purpose, in response to a memorial ‘established several reservations from the Alaska Legi where hunting is prohibited i ST R “Musk-oxen resemble somewhat small-sized buffalo, or bison ! R. Morse of Se hnve a distmct hump, Lhough Alasnn lature, is at the CALIFORNIA GROCERY The Home of Better Groceries fiIONE 478 (LT B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Store ' ROGERS BRINGS This indicates that the| be relatively easy tov Two calves were| rn in New York in 1925, but did | ding animals | If we can| in Alaska they will} 20 PASSENGERS | T0 THIS PORT Vessel Leaves on Triangle Run and Will Be Back Thursday Morning With 22 passengers for Juneuu land a large cargo, the steamship Admiral Rogers arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning from Seattle and way ports. She was scheduled to sail at 3 o'clock this afternoon for Haines, Skagway and Sitka. She is scheduled to return to this city | Thursday morning on her return fo | Seattle: Passengers who disem-] barked here were E. G. Nelson, Ann Peterson, Earl Osborne, Anton | Klite, Karl K. Katz, J. E. Gurr, Hans Anderson, H. L. Faulkner, lic, S. Dodge, Albert Brown, M. A. McEacheron, Peter McLasky, Ray McLaskey, Michael McLaskey, Jo- seph Herannon, E. A. Rasmuson, G. E. Gallant, Chester Johhson and Dorothy Wagner. Perscns who booked passage herc for ports on the Triangle run were Alice James, Annie Young, and Mrs, Mary Smith for Haines; J. A. Snow, Albert Wile, Mrs. K. Anderson, F. E. Lul- kerland, Leland Brown, John Bur- wash, Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, Thomas Preston, F. R. Bigford, and T. Haley for Sitka. Passengers from Seattle for Sit- {ka were Miss M. Zendron, Mrs. T. Mugforg, Evelyn Burke, Margaret |\ Hanlon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Allen and baby. Freight put off here by the Rogers consisted of general mer- chandise, ceal for the Pacific Coast Company and marble for the capi- tol building. ‘FLAMES DO SLIGHT DAMAGE SUNDAY TO LOCAL BOAT SHOP | The boat building shop of Wood- {man and Berntsen on the water- front near Willoughby Avenue was islightly damaged by fire early Sun- Gay morning. The blaze was dis- covered about 6:30 a.m., and wds extinguished by the Fire Depart- ment before it reached material | proportions. The fire apparently started in & ipile of rubbish onthe floor of the shop. It burned a hole about 12 feet in diameter through a floor of double thickness. R Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, in charge of the farm home extension work for the Alaska Agricultural {College and School of Mines and who has been in Juneau several !days in connection with her duties, was a passenger on the Admiral | Rogers for Sitka, where she will or- |ganize farm extension work. e, Miss Juanita Glenn of San Fran- cisco, is staying at the Zynda. IR flHHIHH“IHiIHHIHHIIHHImIIIlIHlIIIIIIllHIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIN IlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIHllIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII4 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Theile,’J. Frol- | Alice Young, Mrs. [ M 3 Theile and Mrs. Karl re- last Friday. . Win a Free Trip to Seattle by Seaplane with Expenses for one week Free S or °210 in Cash or Merchandise 8 BIG PRIZES for the BEST LETTERS OUTLINING THE NEED OF AIR MAIL SERVICE TO ALASKA Fms-r panE A round trlp rmp Southeastern Alaska to Seattle hy the ® Alaska-Washington Airways' Seaplane—a room and bath F'BEB for one week as the guest of the famous SAVOY HOTEL, on Second Avenue in Seattle where Ala:nns make their headquarters—and Three Meals a Day FREE for One Week at OLSOZQ'S CAFFE, First Avenue and Pike Street, where Alaskans eat when in Seattle. ’ECGND Pnlez A SILVERTONE RADIO. Sears, Roebuck & Co,. Seattle, world-famous retail and mail-order house will donate one of its Very Best Silvertone Radios, A.C. or D.C. Electric or Battery Type, best duited to location of the winner. | oTHER PanEs’ $10.00 in Merchandise from FILSON’S, Seattle, i men’s and women’s clothing outfitters. llfl-w Cash Prizes for the best letter from each of the following cities or vicinity:—KET- CHIRAN : JUNEAU : PETERSBURG : WRANGELL : SKAGWAY : SITKA. OTHER PRIZES TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER _ THE REASON FOR THIS CONTEST Money has been appropriated thru the McNary-Watres Bill to assist transport companies in pioneering new air routes. Alaska, in order to obtain this service must prove to the Postoffice De- partment that there is a vital and genuine need for air mail servicc. Some sections of the coun- try will obtain this appropriation. WILL IT BE ALASKA? IT’S UP TO YOU The Aln.skx Washington Airways, who have pioneered the proposed route for the past three years, have entered their application to the Government at Washington. That is not enough—we ~ need the support of the people of Alaska and the Northwest. We are not asking support for OUR LINE—only the support for AIR MAIL SERVICE. Any Present or Former Residents of Alaska May Compete (Men, Women or Children) Your letter will be sent to Washington, D. C., whether you win a prize or not—whether written with pen, pencil or typewriter .. . Help Alaska get better mail service . . . THAT IS THE POINT! SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR LETTER 1. Show t)ile practicability of the route proven during the past year by pioneering | companies. 1 2. Em ize the dire need for AIR MAIL and passenger service for the proper devy nt of Alaska’s resources. 3. Urge the need of medical attention and distribution of medical supplies in times of emergency. 4. Impress upon Washington the necessity for gquick shipment of parts and sup- plies for canneries, mines, ; 5. Outline the benefit to the social well being of the people of Alaska allowing frequent contacts with Continental U. S. Do y’:n v{:nqt'u.kln MAIL SFR‘\‘J’}EE—&RG !‘e‘? a week in summer and once a week in the win- ter? 1If so, get busy and send in your letter. All letters must be mailed not Jater than November 1, 1930. All-Jetters after peing judged will be sent to Washingten, D. C., to add WEIGHT TO THE CAUSE. We want 1,000 Letters from Alaska. Write your letters to Hon. W. Irving Glover, Second Ass't. Postmaster General, Washington, D. C., Blfi' MAIL IMMEDIATELY TO Weather Bureau i | Forecast for Jumeam and vicinity, beg~ning 4 p. m. taday: Rain tonight and Tuesday; fresh southeasterly winds. ) § ! LOCAL DAT : Pflu ns UF FlsH Time frarometer Temp. nnmmny Wind Velocity Weathe i 4 p. m. yest'y 2982 48 91 SE 14 Rain ' 4 a. m. today 29089 47 84 15 Rain | § [ Neon today 2976 47 81 SE 18 Rain g i d CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS | Halibut Sc 100ners Take! - rerae— ; TOOEY { Ice and Bait and Leave Highest 4pm. | Low 4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. 4. S Stations- temp. temp. | emp. temp. Veloclty 24 hrs. Weather for Fishing Banks : o 2 : Five thousand, nine hundred . 22 gy g Tae St ! pounds of salmon were lifted upon - . wiikta Y Pl AN o4 Cldy the wharf of the Juneau Cold Stor- ;T‘,T" o 5 il PRy SRR Cldy age Company yesterday and to-ip. .., 36 . 36 T Clear i . ' ] 62 80 | 8 @8 4 Trace Clear The Geltic, Capt. Hemry Mov!Siy. 0 40 3¢ 38 28 08 clay brought 2,200 pounds for the Cold p .\, Harpor ... 44 44 B il M Cldy { Storage Ct?mpany and the Atlantic o) 50 45 | 36 40 14 02 cldy and Pacific Company; the TI017, ¢ iova 50 40 - | 34 40 Figcte Rain Capt. Andrew Suspenie, 1600 5,0,y 48 48 % o 15 45 Rain | pounds; the T1101, Capt. D. Mer-|gichikan R T BT T e Cldy cado, 1,000 pounds; the T3031, puico Rupert 56 56 | 0 0 Cldy ! Oapt. S. Basco, 700 pounds, and the ipqmonton 46 46 | 4 10 Cldy { T1464, Capt. Chris Nelson, 400 geqitle 60 88 4 . 0 Clear pounds, all for the Cold Storagv’po,‘ nd 62 58 | 4 0 Clear |& Company. iSan Francisco 62 62 12 0 Clear |& Y B b S /{ £ Halibut schooners, Lindy, Capt. C.'okane 54 52 2 Rain (& our ba y's avlngs ccount : Vedo, and Seymour, Capt. Gunnar jyapcouver, B. C. 62 5 0 0 Glear |& =} Hanson, took ice and bait todaydsi Less than 10 miles. : [l B and left for the banks. Virtually all fje— ——— a ] START IT TODAY! - i the local halibut boats also have ¥ ... | iessure hout Alasks th its Iowest point |= . . s b { he pressure is low throughou aska wi its lowest poi = We Will De he rst D 1144 | taken ice and bait and are on their|c, of Kodiak, and is high frcm British Columbia southwestward. |"' posit the First Dollar L way to “5*““5 waters. IMcderate rains have fallen throughout Alaska followed by clear- |5 BRING THIS AD TO ne ing on the Bering Sea coast and in portions of the Interior. Tem- \E * ) 1 . : perature changes have been slight. = D & D ll B -ld £ MORROW |N | amfre b P E ime- ollar buillaing £ A 3 e — — - lmmm teday from a trip to Wran-|& & L .. . . = : WHO'S WHO g : . Loan Association i | 2 ] 8 wA IN Tn AND WHERE ] | H An Oregen Corporation Under Oregon State Supervision and ] ji; R e ATOMS : Control. 2 | ©. R. Houtz, Charles Hayes, Ray WHEN & Bonded Salesmen in Juneau are: : WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 29.[Wiley and William Lindiey, | —— A H. J. EBERHART, A. J. NELSON—Gastinean Hotel B —Dwight W. Morrow, American among the guests at the G 1 PASADENA, Cal, Sept. 20.—At- |3 Also WM. S. SUTTON and H. A. MOODY, Juneau B Ambassador to Mexico, discussedds John Burwash, who ex St.|oms have surprising forms of hook-| i ] Mexican affairs with State Dep ‘\rt-'h in’s Hospital last wez well ling together to form molecules. | . SRERREESAT ment officials today and was in- sgam He returned to l ne | i o - vited to luncheon with Presidcmicod:x:,- 1mi‘:mfik;h:‘:gsz:}n[vil‘:;ko;on: laqni Hoover. Submission of the resignas;, F. 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