The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1930, Page 8

CHRISTMAS HISTORY: FILI. WHITE HOUSE (hung in the great audience room on {Brothers were about to wreck the % e sy iy e : ; , the first floor. dock in order to bulld on the sité BOYISH PRANKS DIDN’T UPSET LINCOLN OR ‘T. R. | President Adams’ Christmas garb a° marine ways. ,consisted of a black velvet sult, silk stockings, silver knee and shoe “buckles, white waistcoat gnd pu'\'- dered hair. | Andrew Jackson, saddened by the death of his wife Rachelj. had his grandnephews and grandnfec:s spend the holidays in the Whi House. They persuaded him to hang| up his stocking along with theirs lon Christmas eve. The next morning Old . Hickory in a woolen nightgown came down- istairs to see what Santa Claus had brought. There were tears in his eyes as he pulled a corncob pipe, & pouch {of tobacco and some trinkets from his stocking. Later in the day he gave a party for the children in that “grand old parlor,” “the east room. B | Official “Smowball Fight” | On the table a pyramid of snow balls made of starch-coated cotton was surmounted by a huge gilt game-cock. After the feabt and a “snowball fight,” Jackson and Vice | President Van Buren played blind /man’s buff and puss In the corner | | with the children. » {And put in lAnd you will have the Caristmas Says Puffy: “Mix a cackle with some neighing and a moo, lots of grunts and| squeals, then add a bark or two, Oarol that barnyard creatures Absence of a marine ways in Ju- neati was emphasized recently by the presence of two Juneau vesscls on marine ways in Petersburg for I All-Alaska News l[ FACTS RELATED and the Driva. [ recently on the ways at Wrangell undergoing repairs. Treenails of |From the harbor to the Valley is before the break-up in the spring. locust wood used instead of iron bolts were found as sound as the | day the craft was bullt. ABOUT PERSONS AAND INCIDENTS Brief Items_.oT Interest Gathered from Every Part of Northland Boat owners to the Westward ::.'1 are thinking of organizing a com- pany to accommodate tourist trav-| mor making repairs to Pairbanks' €l to the Valley of Ten Thousand waterfront, the Fairbanks city coun Smokes next season. Katmal Har- o yas gwarded a contract to Col- bor is regarded as the most feasible pory Foy and Black. The work will \port for entrance to the valley. ‘cost' $5,800 and will be completed Willlam J. Anrig and Emma Jean Balmatoff were recently married at Seward. Jahn. Alexander, -an Indian, 1§ held at Fort Yukon on a charge of murder in connection with the death of his nephew of the same name. The alleged crime is said to ve been committed in a drnnkcn 28 miles. Pack horses nnd road- | ;} | POy From McKinley Park station on. the Alaska Railroad to the foot of Mount McKinley, a distance of 75 miles, a telephone line has been '§ constructed. Ihe Sure repairs. The boats were the Yacobf, ] | ; i M | maroon-colored velvet dress trim-|TO me it is a classic that is fit for oat owners. ihad lived in Alaska 20 yeafs, most C Imed with deep lace and & pink any klng P of .the time in Falrbanks, recently i head-dress. Polk wore a sult R TS PR “I';‘;“‘d{ : :nc u?wg':dlmymy dled there. ' tid: g 7 e fate of Capt. Charles - _— las The White House has witnessed many kinds of Christmas celebrations—from Adams to Heover. md?gf:z;‘?ed as a “seedy sult of solemn DAUGHTER IS BO) Yaller of. Seward fi, whom: nothing | Work will begit after. New ¥éars | i A saif LinccIn enlivened his father's holiday, and the Roosevelt boys delighted in Christmas pranks. Christmas of 1861 found the na- TO THE GlLLE’]TES'm known since he left Kodiak in|by - the Alaska Reductio ¢ + Oy ; ¢ L % Z ST P e |tion in civil war. The gaunt Lin-| his gasboat Chase last Bepmmm (o replace the plant . 3 " ing By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE |‘“gorgeous” and others were war- ~When Presideni Adams and his! 'coln, a shawl across his stooped| A daughter was born to Maj. and (17 for Seward. « |burned down at Ward CoW® near EACH Box A the WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.— ;karldened, but from John Adams to | wife celebrated the first White|y hqere patiently selected toys in|Mrs. Douglas_ H. Gillette, former h Ketchikan, last summer.| < 8 0] v o yme at 1600 Pennsylvania |Herbert Hoover all were rich in|House Christmas, Washington v\'ai;fl New York avenue shop for his|Juneau residents, in Washington,| Seward’s Chamber of Commerce 7 YA \e, probably America’s most|the home-loving note that always|a “wilderness city,” and Pennsyl-|con““wiie and Tad. and their!D. C. on December 16, according to|has written the Secretary of the| Clarence Baugh, 52, former Alas- ‘CHRISTMAS stit ous residence, Christmas comes | Das been a national symbol | valia avenue was a dirt road. | playmates. (word just recevied here. Mrs. Gil-|Interior urging. him. to establish [ka Rallroad employee, died recent- i urt ing memories of other| Washington never lived in the | And the Family Wash— | Tad had a quarrel With the|lette and the little girl, who was|in Seward the Alaska headquartersily at Anchorage. IN ITSELF 9 s in the White House White House he helped design,| Construction of the executive White House cook when he brought named Josephine Ann, were prog-|Office of the Bureau of Indlan ch have been puritanically serving his presidential terms in|mansion was not completed and‘m a group of ragged ‘urchins to|ressing finely. Affairs when it takes charge of| The Petersburg Vessel Owners' . the some were described as|New York and Philadelphia Mrs. Adams had the family wash|eat turkey and cranberries. Maj. Gillette was Engineer Offi-|the Bureau of Education’s activi-|Mutual Protective Fund has, been 7 e S NS e Wins Verdict {cer of the Alaska Road Commission |ties among Alaska Indians. The|organized to insure its members HAAS_F San F' He appealéd the case to his|here for two years. He was trans-|Chamber also requests that Seward against loss, partlal or total, of Smous San ¥rans ltather and won & vérdict: | ferred last year to Washington as|be made the home port of the mo-|their vessels, Boats of members willf} ;o0 candy — attractive torship Boxer, which has been used by the Bureau of Education in e appraised and will pay an annua’ | - | Commissioner of Public Buildings . | The Christmgses of the Roose-| g oy bt g i velt regime were “glorious” days and Public Parks in the District of Christmas boxes filled with with the “White House gang whooping it up” and the strenuous T. R. a “deelighted” partieipant or | observer. Quentin and Archie put snakes| in congressmen’s pockets, | Columbia. and|open Christmas Day until 4:00 p. e t——— FOR YOUR ACCOMMODATION THE CASH BAZAAR will remain prosecuting its work among the Indians. pelled by gas engines and 4% per cent, 1f propelied by diesél engines. The Motorship Afognak, built at San Trancisco 41 years ago, now & cannery tender in the Bervices of the Alaska Packers Assoclation, was Old Boreas served the Anderson |- Brothers of Wrangell a good turn; by blowing down the dock of the, Anderson { lates, Soft, nut, fruit or fresh and delicious choco- chewing centers packed separately or in many smuggled a Christmas tree into the | m. Late shoppers welcome and we Pmrsburx_-wmlll‘ A VERY MERRY PATRONS and FRIENDS Leader Department Store GEORGE BROTHERS, Props. mansion in violation of thelr fath-| er's conservation edict. Then came the jovial Taft. At/ can supply that forgotten gift. adv midnight one Christmas éve a) jcrowd of young men with hymn | books and trombones lnvgrfiu the ! White House yard. Appréaching| the north portico, they mmd sing- | ing “Adeste Fideles.” | A second story window,K wag rals- | |ed and the President, clad in a | bright blue bathrobe and Jookmg" like a jolly Santa Claus, called out: “Merry Christmas, boys, and thcnk, you.” 6f \ BRI E. M. Goddard, of Juneau, execu- | tive officer of the Alaskd . Game ldstein, fur deal- er of Seattle, of Mr. and Mrs. || Charles Goldstein of Juneay, and D. W. Flanigan of Anchorage werce judges at the recent fur show at| Anchorage. There were fine ex- | hibits of live silver foxes and mink. Owing to the early date of the show there were not as many skins offered for sale as might have been had the exhibition been arranged || to be held later. PO CHRISTMAS . Merry = Cliridiinas ROOM 4 and ’ TO OUR ; =1 Happy E New Year TONIGHT SABIN’S FROM ALL WISHING EVERYONE s MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Juneau Drug Company - Free Delivery Phone 88 Post Office Substation: No. 1 b FOURTH ANNUAL Christmas EVE FROLIC AT THE ELKS BALL SPECIAL FEATURES Drawing at 4 “11:30 .MUSIC by Serenaders . —_— pleasing combinations. We Have Everything Fresh for Christmas All F ruit and Vegebbles in seasonfllect yours now, we wnll put. them away for you GARNICK’S—-—Phone 174 | THE CASH . "BAZAAR Open Christmas Day until 4 P. M. L. O. 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