The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1931, Page 2

P JANUARY DRESS CLEARANCE We are clearing away all of our Winter Dress- es including styles for street, sports and in- formal occasions — they have been arranged in groups at single prices _.in many cases priced at cost or below cost. Choose from these smart vles tomorrow at these W prices. Silk Dresses Priced at $3.25 $9.00, $13.00 $14.25,$21.50 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau's Leading Department Store” Rockies hundreds of men have begun this sort of wrk. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 3, 1931. Snowplows Squirm to Clear High Passes How a big snowplow fights to remove huge dr fts frem a mountain road ing trees may be killed by flames that rise too high. Frequent burning over of soil de- stroys the leaf mold, bakes the soil and allows tons of plant food to wash away, it is found. FEDERAL COURT | STARTS MONDAY |Grand Jury Panei Ordered | to Report for Service | | 11 AM. Monday " U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather | 4} (By the U. S. Weather Burean) Forecast for Juneau ane vicinity, beginning at 4 p. m, January 3: A midwinter trial s “aderal distriet court wil d here next Monday, Judge Ju W. Harding, presiding, to which canels of both grand and petit jur-| | have been called. The grand| jury venire is ordered to report for| |duty at 11 a.m. Monday, and the: lpem jury panel will assemble for| service one week later. The term is not expected to cc- cupy more than a month or six weeks. There are but few bind-over | cases for submission to the grapd| jury and its work, it is believed, will be concluded in record time. ——— . AUSTRALIAN FISH DIE OFF AS LOCKS POLLUTE RIVER is shown here. In the | The fish that formerly teemed in Colo., Jan. 2.—Snow- begun their seasonal le with the elements in the| and machjnes have join2d in efforts to keep highways | across the continental divide open | cuntry motor travel | Day and night, often for a lat a stretch, gasoline motors dro; {their way back and forth along w-clogged roads. Hundreds of work in shifts to prevent the W e banks from’ erecting an all- MODES OF THE MOMENT PARIG )’,%& Blue woolen B\ with corculor shirt )}t{&r[(/u@d t{y Worth o/ ‘white crepe de chine edged. with fankerchie) b rad STAR BAKERY |, AND REST {1/RANT Will open under the management of P. { H{OMBERG and JIM “AVOLI On or about January 7th Watch for Further Announcement winter barrier to trave < y there are hundreds of tons of down from the mountainside w such ¢ as to dislodge concret railing t by impact bit m y a back- of passes n a half do: winter. T bova sea i impo! | ca it i5 en a transconti Notices for thi aust be reccived by The Empire not laler than 10 o'clock Saiurday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete. ap of wind. in the | o First Church of Christ, Scientist Sunday services wii ve meld a/ | e U talll a. m. in the First Christ of | rcute. Another is Ratcn pass, Christ, Scientist, Juneau, on Fifth |the Santa Fe trail. \ |and Main Streets. The subject will sthing like §100,000 was spent | he, “God.” year in kecpinz open passes| Sunday School av 12:15 roughout Wec--esday, 8:60 p. moniat weeting. Christian Sclence Reading Room | clurck puilding. This room is |open 'to the public Wednesday | uternoons mom 2:30 to 4. b The public is cordially invited to ight bladed plows have | stiend these services and visit the or the road to give the| €ading room. whirling blades full y Sncw work is of falr ), 80 1o p. m. m.—Testi- Colorado. A the 1y of empl The Salvaiion Army | gin in g e 5 cpen the p 5 COY Public meetings: nessee P cen kept open f Sunday—2:00 p. m. only two | Sunday—17:30 p. m. | Another pass, houd, on the| Tuesday—7:30 p. m. Victery higt K open larg ‘ e ly because the highway department | p— . found it cheaper to work aii win-| Presbyterian Native Church | ~ o remove o B s oo g o ter Y.Axax? .L) remoy ; the accumulat | “'TARRY WILLARD, Lay Worker ed snow in the spring. [ 10:30—Morning _service. B ¥ S AT | 11:30—Bible School. | prayer service. 2 PASSENGERS |5 COME HERE ON - NORTHWESTERN | matins combined. - Russian Orthodox Church | enurch comumn | 3| Subject, “Search for Christ.” 7:00 p. m—Wednesday—Midweek ® “ REV. A. P. KASHEVAROFF, Pastor | Saturday, 7:00 p.m.—Vespers and; 10:00 a.m—The divine | banks for hundreds of miles a:z i ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan. 3.—, | Australia’s greatest river—the Mur- | ray—are dying in myriads and the| Probably snow tonight and Sunday, cooler tonight; moderate casterly winds. LOCAL DATA 2t Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity = Weather 4 pm,, yast'y 29.35 36 93 w 1] Raln 4 am. today 23.47 35 95 SE 8 Rain Noon teday 29.38 36 95 SE 10 Rain-Snow CABLE AND EADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4am. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. Station— temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Barrow 10 -10 T PR > Nome 6 6 i 4 4 4 Trace ‘Cldy Bethel g 2 -8 R ™ | 6 0 Clear Fort Yukon 12 -8 -22 -18 - 0 Clear Tanana, . 12 10 | -6 2 - 0 Clear Fairbanks 14 4 | -12 -8 b 0 Clear Eagle 26 22 | 2 2 . 0 Clear St. Paul . ... 32 32 28 28 20 .01 Cldy Dutch Harbor ... 34 34 28 32 — .26 Cldy Kodiak 34 30 28 36 i 0 Cldy Cordova . 38 34 | 26 26 0 .30 Pt. Cldy Junecau .. 3 36 | 33 35 8 a1 Rain Sitka . 45 - | 35 - - 10 [ ravy . Ketchikan 42 40 | 40 40 8 28 Rain Prince Rupert . 48 42 34 40 8 14 Rain Edmonton .20 18 | —_ 10 b Q Rain Seattle B e | e N Cldy Portland . 50 46 | 40 2 4 .38 Cldy San Francisco ..... 58 56 | 50 50 4 .38 Cldy Spokane o 32 | 30 34 4 .06 Cldy Vancouver, B. C. 46 44 | 38 38 4 34 Clear *—Less than 10 miles. strewn with them. Death of the fish | is said to be due to locking of the gation farms. | The locks have impeded the flow |and the waters are becoming im- | bregnated with salt and magnesia. This pellution nct cnly kills the fish but also the mussels, thelr ’prmcipu! food. - CHEMIST SHARES AWARD C., Jan. 3— For his outstanding work in rescarch with nitrogen fertilizers, 1. G. Wells, soil chemist at North > r- | RALEIGH, N. 1 } 7:45 p.m.—Junior Worship. :lina. experiment station of State EEL SR o Mctropolitan' Methodist | | College, will share in a 85000 Episcopal Church | {award donated through the Ameri- | G- — ——4& | can Society of Agronocmy. { e | R R Fousts and Hewata Etramy St. James' Episcopal church, of | ,REV. G. E. JAMES, Minlster. | cparleston, S. C. has celeb:aiad “The church with the cordml‘,ha 200th anni ry of its .- welcome.” h By Morning worship at 11 a m. [% . o 0F e Subject, “Pi Sunday School at 12:05 p. m. Our Sunday School continues to grow. There is a class for oncl\i cne. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. Evening Worship 7:30, “The Way of Life.” This will be a New Wear message. The Young onples'} Cholr lead the singing and| will furnish two special numbers. Start the New Year out by finding a e service of worship. e e J] | Resurrection Lutheran Church | | & 2 | Corner ot 'rhira ana Main Sts. | REV. HARRY R. ALLEN, Pastor Sunday Services: 11:00 am. — Morning Worship. 12:15 p.m.—Sunday School. €:30 p.m—Luther League. 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service. Sub- jeet, “Temptations, Besetting a Use- ful Life.” Strengthen your New Year's reso- lutions with church attendance. It will help you live a better life {and give you happiness throughout the whole year. A hearty welcome awaits you. un : “.ct| Sunday, Sle:/mshlp ISS.OH H;r F““Hnurgy of Saint John Chrysostom. rage § syl oyage mnce CCl | dent in October s o = | With a new rudder, a clean bot- i tom freshly painted, and favored| by four winds and friendly tides,; the steamship Northwestern, Capt SR T T N Catholic Church Church of the Nativity Fifth and Gold =reets Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. . ) pital. C. A. Glasscock, arrived in Ju- . : 5 xieats this, foxanioen ‘on’ her fikp| . ST HER:AGRes ang ihstruction. 10 a.m., Sunday School. voyage since her steering gedr was| put out of commission off Capcl | Spencer last Octcber. Bound from | Scattle to Seward, she is scheduled | to resume her trip to the Westward | at 4:30 this afternoon mon. tion. % Tuesday—Feast of the Epiphany, lis a day votion. Oh ‘eachirig Hers: the:vessstinan s & dSGRADRER HOVLLY 52 passengers, and of these 23 were| for this port. Cabin passengers for | Juneau were Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Turcff, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eng- |strom, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Turoff. |Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Engstrom, Mr. and Mrs. G. Battello, Mr. and M John H. Newman, Frances Ne man, Ida Mattock, Emma R. Whi Michael Pusich, Feero and Ennis Anderscn from Se- attle; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Wilson, Dorothy Nunan and Wen- dell Dawson from Ketchikan. Altar Society, election of officers. All attend. e Holy Trinity Cathedral | CHARLES k. RICE, Dean | Phone 604 ; @ |Sunday services: 4. Hadland, W. E.|%g 00" 0 i Holy Communion. | Sermon. 12:30 p.m.—Sunday School. Evening service at Douglas. ied by Miss Dorothy Fisher, wil at the 11 o'clock service. Holy communion, 10:00 a. m. Sermon. 6 am, Holy Mass in the Hos-| 10:30 a.m., Holy Mass and ser- phecy in connection with the sec- 7:30 p.m—Rosary and Benedic-| Friday—Meeting of the Ladies'| are earnestly requested to | 11:00 a.m.~Holy Communion and Miss Frances Tanner, accompan- B s B —wm=———=~ | oo violin solo for the Offetory seed classes at the Pacific Interna- Tuesday—Feast of the Epiphany. ranked third among all contestants. i Tl | Bethel Pentecostal Assembly | — £ & Tom Ottey, of the Meadow- brook Club, being awarded the trophy by Herman Meyer, presi- dent of the A. A. U, after he had won the thirtieth annual 121 Main Street CHAS. C. PERSONEUS, Pastor. SundGay services: 11:00 a. m. — Morning worship. | river during recent years for irri-| | Maratfibn Chaifip Gels Trophy l The pressure is low throughout Alaska and Western Canada and { is lowest south of the Gulf of Alaska. It is high from Oregon southward and northwest of Hawali. 'Rain or snow fell in South- ern Bering Sea and rain fell from Cordovt to San Prancisco. Clear weather prevails in the Interior. Temperatures have fallen in the Interior and at Cordova and have risen at Kodiak. | STAR BAKERY AND " RESTAURANT WILL " "BE OPEN SHORTLY "he Star Bakery and Rectaurant will open shortly under the man-' agement of P. Fromberg and Jim! The 3 1t A complete line of bakery goods Serenflders will be handled and in addition a popular priced restaurant and| grill will be operated. | Both Fromberg and Savoli are experienced in their line. They arrived ‘a suneau receniy from Seattle. The two partners are known particula'ty to residents of McGrath, Latoucae ahd Cordova. | ELECTRICAL WORK Call Schombel. Telephone 4502. Juneau’s Best Dance Orchestra Dancingl&;vfiy %ahlrdny 4 al ELKS’ HALL Open for Engagements ANCE AT THE ELKS BALL ROOM TONIGHT Music by The senior .middle Atlantic cross- country run at Elkins Park, _Philadelphia, Pa. Ottey also won the same race last year. .| 12:15 p. m.—Bible School. Eesstoessasts sefsssoesssssaass: 7:30 p. m. — Evening service. | Services Tuesday and Friday -|evenings at 7:30 o'clock. | Every Friday—Studies on Pro- jond coming of Jesus Christ. The Lord's Supper the first Sun- |dey of each month, ., Everyone is cordially invited %o all of the services. e e | FARM GIRL EXPERT JUDGE—OUTCLAS:! MOSCOW, Idaho—Dorothy Perk- + ims, farm girl from Jerome, Idaho, is beating men and boys at their 3 own game. { First she raised a litter of Duroc |Jersey hogs to win a scholarship and now, enrolled in the University of Idaho college of agriculture, she (has become an expert seed and| livestock judge and an excellent farm student. . ! Miss Perkins is a meniber of the | | Judging team that placed second in ~ Skim Milk, | tional Livestock exposition and also | This year she is a senior, major- ing in agronomy. She plans to be- come a seed analyst. § N \ i ) { i | ‘The Northwestern brought a fair-| |1y large cargo. ! [} \ N 3 . | Northern Light Presbyterian Church 1 | “REV. C. C. SAUNGEZRS, Fastor Corner Fourth and Frapklin Sts. warship meet. 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion and reeeption o members. Anthem, = Me On.” LIV e 12:15 p.m., Bible chool. 7:00 p.m—Children’s Hour. The church where service and — Morn:ng worship. “Lead Thou . BURNING OF LEAVES FOUND TO HARM TREES AND SOIL | STAMFORD, Conn, Jan. 3— The autumn practice of burning leaves may seriously injure trees, plants and even the soil itself. So ¢ say scientists of the Bartlett tree| research laboratory here. | . Fire may scar tree trunks, leav- | ing weak points for the entrance of i i i h H f H o H H i o o H H H H - JUNEAU DAIRY MILK Reduced to New Low Prices * WE SELL Milk, Cream, Ice Cream, and Cottage Cheese JUNEAU DAIRY TELEPHONE 145 Serenaders “Tomorrow's Styles Today” Children’s Hose A quality for real wear. In mercerized and wool and rayon combinations, Priced from 45¢ to 80c Buttermilk idlsense. Tender buds of low-grow- | “ | | | | | i