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NEW FACTION OF REPUBLICANS IS ORGANIZED, N. D. Militant Program in Behalf| of Agriculture Is Pur- | pose Announced THREE HUNDRED STATE LEADERS AT GATHERING| Common Ground for Non- Partisans and Independ- ents Is Provided JAMESTO\K’N' Dec. 30.—A ne Aassociated Prees Photo Mary Loulse Dorrah, daughter of .| the dean of engineering, University mitted to a militant program in be- half of agriculture, has been or-| ganized here. The meeting was at- | tended by more than 300 leaders| from every section of the state, The new faction of Republicans; will be known as “Progressives” The organization announced its purpose as being the “making of plans to relieve the deplorable con- dition in agriculture.” The secondary purpose is to pro“‘ vide a common ground for members) of the Non-Partisan League and Independent Voters' Association, long bitter enemies, to contest Re- publican control. - e, FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES SAVE KETCHIKAN CITY KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 30.—Thanks to the flood control measures taken afte. the in- undation a few months ago, swelling waters of Ketchikan Creek have been held in check during the last 24 hours whil 4:34 inches of rain fell. USRI R Daily Empire Wart Ads s Pay. YOUR WEATHER CHART CALENDAR HAS ARRIVED v " H i H H I i H H H H BUTLER-MAURO ||| DRUG CO. e New Selection of of Mexico, whose engagement t¢ Byron Harrison, son of Pat Harri son of Mississippi, has been an nounced, S eee 515 GHILDREN GREET SANTA and to Bethel Home Inmates, Too Five hundred seventy-five little boys and girls attended the Christ- mas party last night in the audi- torium of the Elks’ Building. How do the Elks know the exact num- ber? Well, they prepared just 600 stockings for distribution, and when Santa Claus had made a present |of one of them to every child present there was precisely 25 left. These were sent to the Bethel Home, the 15 inmates of which were not brought to town for the occasion. Besides the stockings with noise-making toys, there were gifts of oranges, peanuts and pop- corn for all. Many of the children were ac- companied by their parents, and fathers and mothers appeared to enjoy the celebration as much as | | the boys and girls. i | Harry Sperling was Santa Claus. { He made up to look the part. With il | the active assistance of a score il | of brother Elks, he saw that every | little pair of outstretched hands received a stocking and some good || things to eat. “It was the most successful il | Christmas party the Elks have ever held,” he commented, as he took off his whiskers and stepped out of character after the celebration to light a clgar MOTHER KILLS TWO CHILDREN, THEN SUICIDES INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 30, —Mrs. Ruth Nicholas, aged 32 | years, wife of an attorney, drowned her son Richard aged two years, Holeproof | Autogarts The sock that supports itself You'll like them! SABIN’S “Everything in Furnish- ings for Men” --m—,v,...“-,mflww | == | strangled her daughter Virginia with a towel and then shot her- | self. 1 The bodies of the three were | found by the husband, Royal Nich- olas when he returned from his office late yesterday afternoon. AT ELKS' HALL |Presents A;Made to All No motive for the tragedy is known. D Aviator Crashes, Killed, W hile Going To Visit Parents ERIE, Penn., Dec. 30.—Lieut. Harold Sherwood, of Brooks- field, Texas, enroute on a visit to his parents at Watertown, Pennsylvania, died last night when his plane crashed on a farm adjoining that of his parents. The plane dived and then exploded. MASONS of all degrees New Year’s Reception Thursday afternoon, January 2to S 1st, 1931 Scottish Rite Temple Music . Refreshments Daily Cross'—word Puzzle _ACRONS Novel U, S. REFUSES ’ RECOBNITION | ..z Tndinn 18, Pustime . Organ of nerinl filght - Find the total 8olution of Yesterday's Puzzle 9. 10. Timber tree of the Pacifie Islands . Maddens . !orll lll - ot mlu sman Water vapor . First name of Crellana Reglme Came Into Cnll’ll'h Afternoon Office Through II- legal Methods tunctions WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.—' The American Legation in Guate- mala City has been instructed by the State Department to inform the Government of Guatemala the United States will not recognize the regime of President Crellana. | State Department officials re- fused to comment on the attitude. It is asserted by Department of- ficials that the Crellana regime came into power through a civil coup d'etat not under any of the constitutional provisions allowing recognition. NEW POLICY 1§ * NECESSARY IF TRANSFERMADE hiest . Brilllantly colored bira tree . North Rivers abbr, : Onewho runs a secretly L 8| lr lted horses . Revises 31. Makes up one's mind . Peruse . Take out ", lllvn mud & Fathers 33 lnuhfmu. - Partof the . Myselt IR GEmuN ammm iNd dNEEd <JEE eI ANENE ANEEZEE Handicaps to Transfer of | %//WIII%..IV//// | R S| W T P T o e WREEER A B Amuw If the Alaska Division of the Of- n.'//“.-.//fl.. fice of Education is transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as i..//....///fi. W AN JENEER JdENEEN provided in the Interior Depart- ment supply bill as it was passed TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 30 |15 minutes of each other. —Wwilliam Gimbel, aged 22, V\ho The three men walked to the killed two persons when he shot | | chair in stolid silence. by the House, it will result in a shift of personnel from the Of- fice of Education and the formation of an entirely new policy by the Indian Affairs Bureau, it was made known today by Commissioner Rhoades. The Indian Bureau, he declared, would be entering into an unknown field as the Alaska wards of the Federal Government are not kept on reservations. Commissioner Rhoades said: “It probably will be necessary to form- ulate a new policy in handling some 26,000 Indians and Eskimos into a cruwd while running from grocery store hold-up; Joseph Cala: brez, aged 22, and Arthur Corf aged 22, who killed a druggist wh resisted a robbery they staged, were executed during the night, wlthln because of the great difference of conditions in Alaska and the west.” He added hé would call on the Of- s fice of Education for assistance. |{ The Interior Department bill now We Are Taking Stock Getting Readgf for the New Year THEREFORE Have Many Bargains to Offer You GARNICK’S, Phone 174 HUGH JONES, MISS & o SWANSON, MARRIED In the apartment of friends in the Gross Apartments, Hugh J. Jones and Miss Evangeline Swan- son , were married ‘ast night, the Rev. Harry R. Allea of the Luth- eran ‘Church officiiting. The at- tendants were Miss Irene Lund- strom and Kenneth Waterhouse. The groom is a wellknown young man of Juneau, lately connected with the golf course in A. B. Hall, and the bride came here recently from Petersburg. REMNANTS For the next few days ---- while we are taking inventory we will continue our Remnant Sale. pending in the Senate proposing the transfer calls for $1,000,000 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for direction of education, economic support and medical relief. Under the Office of Education in 1930 education of Alaska aborigines cost $580,400, and economic support and medical relief cost $171,780. ALL OUR $10.00 AND $12.00 BEAVER HATS to close out at $7.50 SALOUM’S We do not want to include a single Remnant in our inventory and are offering them at prices you simply cannot resist. Most every piece of- fered at Half Price and Less Many Remnants, in fact, are marked at ONE-FOURTH their cost price. Leader Dept. Store GEORGE BROTHERS, Proprietors PHONE 434 PHONE 454 AR IflllllHIHIIIIIIIIHIIIHIlIIIlIIIII“IlmlIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllmlllflflllflfllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! !IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIII|||IIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII g AT T T R R Goods Bought Wednesday will be Charged on 1931 Account LAUNDRY SOAP, 10barsfor . . . . 350 (Large bars—Red and W'hlte) HONEY, Pure, 5 pound cans guarantéed or money refundeci 65C % 2Be HARDWHEAT FLOUR, Pickett, 49 Ib. sacks . $ l 75 Refills-SALTED CRACKERS 4 5C Per carton . . . . LOGANBERRY JAM, Libby’s, 2 cans for ., . 2 cans No. 1 Duchess Peas 2 cans No. 2 Duchess Peas 2 cans No. 2 Wesco Corn 2 cans No. 2 Duchess String Beans .........34c 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Tomato Puree 2 cans No. 2 Puree Spinach .., 2 cans No. 2 St. Elmo Mixed Vegetables 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Wesco Peaches ... 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Wesco Pears 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Class A Prunes 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Ukulele Pineapple . .. I its Quality you want, here it is, at prices which cannot be duplicated 2 cans No. 2 Libby Sauerkraut .. 2 cans No. 2 Amocat Corn 2 cans No. 2 Amocat Peas . 2 cans No. 2 Amocat Cut Beans 2 cans No. 2 Amocat Beets -2 cans No. 1 Amocat Asparagus 2 cans, flats, Amocat Sliced Pineapple : 2 cans, flats, Amocat Crushed Pineapple .. .. 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Amocat Sliced Pineapple . .. 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Pineapple Juice .. 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Amocat Peaches 2 cans No. 2 1-2 Amocat Pears . 2 cans Merrifield’s Orange Marmalade (with Lemon and Grapefruit) . George Brothers Grocery . PHONES 92:95 _Five Fast Deliveries llllIIIIIII|||IIlllilllllllllllllllll]llllllllIIIIIIIIllillllllllllllllllllIlllIIIIIIIIIlllllllIIllllllllIlIllllllIllllllllilllllllllllllllfl