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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY, jAN 16, 1931. ’thc seven dogs with them did nog thave anything to eat. At one time a party went from Fairbanks to the Arctic circle to investigate the il |fields, taking six months for the toilsome, arduous journey; the re< (turn was made in six hours by THERE’S A REASON FOR BUYING YOUR CHILDREN’S SHOES fplane TRAT f ! Sibel i o Unf"iie.:gly [ t. A"‘ ,!‘ !} I“I’I{ l‘ ‘ I),AS Aq T()RE %or wn]s' wth:nczlnlx‘)'.] .:ml{h ov:li:n.rcyd' {there in 1922. In one village where {he intended building a house, one {night the Cossacks invaded thel {town and shot down in cold bloo 300 of the inhabitants. Needless to |say, the Captain decided to build !elsewhere. Where he finally con- Istructed a house, he was infringed |with petty laws and regulations, paying 113 fines in 7 months for such offenses as having a clothes- line in his backyard and having a living room a few inches larger than the size permitted. | Capt. Smith's talk was much en- | |joyed by the students, who are looking forward to hearing more of his adventures at some later | date. Children’s growing feet require utmost care in fitting with shoes because their future foot comfort depends upon how the feet are train- ed now. be it will be fitted correectly. In our children’s shoe section you can sure of securing the proper shoe and that for children are made of solid leather to S REDUCED. All of our Poll Parrot Shoes ALL CHILDREN SHOES give lo wear, 3 .. DOUGLAS RADIO OWNERS TO MEET SATURDAY Keep Your Feet Dry in Smart and Service- A meeting of the Douglas Radio s Association will be held Saturday . / ) evening at the City Hall to consider able Rough Weather Footwear | s at e ity il ¢ ot | The local organization was formed ;nbcut a year ago to study methods and means of bettering reception by the elimination of unnecessary |interference. The meeting tomorrow (night will be the first one held |since last Spring. All “listeners in” should attend the meeting which Is called for 8 o'clock. | — - — — | B. B. FANS—ALL ABOARD | FOR JUNEAU TONIGHT| | i For slushy or rainy days you will surely need a serviceable pair of these rubbers, galoshes or zipper Here are several of the best models overshoes. which will give the desired protection and look T smart on the foot. A large crowd of students and town fans is expected to cross the| |radlo receiving sets on the Island.| | DEBS AT CAPITAL © o ITS ALKIE TALKIE WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. — The walkie-talkie is the latest dance step devised by a group of capital debut 1Its b H'n/lnvv to as much as seven hours, | in G tanc. is the fox trot, but it Jur Is a to look so interested at her part- y Tuesday erally ner is saying as he supports “her hangs upon what her part- the Yukon, Saturday, February tien of the ceiling. Her partner|7: around until her long! a sweeping circle of ary 21, for Scutheast and Southwest ' d; Alaska, with subsequent from Seattle every Saturday. three will continue to operate Katrina McCormick, daughter of | Representative Ruth Hanna Me- Cormick, and her set are sponsor- | ing th lkie-talkie.” To do it a girl must do triple duty—a dancer, | a listener and a small-talker. to Northwestern's withdrawal, will be at the conclusion of her voyage starting from Seattle, March\ 21, preparatory to entering the ex- Channel this evening to witness the |second games of the basketball se-| ries bstween Juneau and Douglas | I'high schools. Having seen the home | teams victorious in the first double header last Friday night on tnol home ' floor, they naturally expect | to see them win again tonight. A special ferry will leave the Doug-| las float at 7:30 o'clock tonight. e ,—— FIREMEN MEET Home of Dr. Scholl's Foot Comfort Appliances B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. | “Juneai’s Leading Department Store” | rn in excl E Three of Fisk e T Run Exclusively to Southeast Ports ed bookings indica-| increased travel to d Southwest Alaska the Alaska Steamship “Tomorrow’s Styles Todas” With adv - an Our First New Year Shipment of START NEW DANCE; i 1. | exclusi After this one voyage she will be ncr;hbcund withdrawn to be prepared for her neau only once on such voyages and then on the following Wednes- coming pounds on the The Aleutian xeursion. The Yukon and Aleutian w or general freight and | weekly Saturday sailings from .Sec- attle will maintain a to 9 pm. Southeast will ia, B. C. until in the Southeast thus coming into Ju- with one arm. | exclusive Southeast Alaska service, Suddenly the music recalls the to begin Tuesday, March 31. day being here from 7 a.m. until dance, and she returns with a| The Northwestern will d"part pm. On her Monday sailings she bounce from her soulful contempxa-'!rum Seattle, Saturday, February ‘wm call at Sitka southbound, thus Juneau twice on such | 14, and the Alaska Saturday, Febru-'voyages, cnce the following Thurs- ! midnight, sailings ' again the following Saturday, 7 am. The until noon. Schedules for all the vessels have ports as far as Seward until the been arranged with a view to af- which | fording passengers ample time for visits in the principal ports. S eee Interesting Facts About| Various Places and Per- sons Are Assembled | Frozen fish in storage in Alaska Ketchikan cold storage authorities to be 2,000,000 in excess of the amount in storage at this time last year. estimated by go on and Southwest run June first sailing of the season will be on Friday instead of Satur- (h» bccausv of a ncrthbound c1\l§ On this voyage \h" \\']l bring 200 members of the ely long pericds of time, ex- |Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce summer sch: Alaska serv- ner's remarks that she completely The Alamoda will leave Seattle | ice will start from Seattle Thurs- | forgets that she has hand or feet, Stturday January 31, for South- day, June 18. On her Thurs:hyl Thck 1, big-eyed, entranced, lit-| €ast and Southwest Alaska ports. sail s, she will call at Sitka and the | BREAD Star Brand Full 16 oz. Loaf 08 cents 1 e it ra agent of the Alaska § such a enatured o at one v hoad S V. ~ Steam: Company, with head- ule to Scutheast and Southw 2 ¢ rag & searcely associates its languid, ele- | o e e gl Loaves‘for 15¢ . y quar , is in Juneau to | ports. RYE et soR@ueate Sith S confer with Willis E. Nowell, agent | Sailings Will Be Often 5 It was evolved as a fitting ac-|or tn, company in this city. Mr.{ The Alameda and the Northwest-| WHITE ccm"mnnf'nt e ,“"\ ik long, r]“', Baker today anncunced forthcom-|ern, with weekly Tuesday sailings & s 5 ng gowns. The deb and |y = poqules for the vessels of from Seattle'to Southeast ports." WHOLE WHEAT e mkfm‘; N AL s Mne will be joined in this servic GRAHAM steps, then unclasp hands. 3 : : S . i Py 1 ¥ i3 To Rccume Saturday Sailings the Alaska, but her sailings from FRENCH hf"f]]",‘“;,'\.”;llfm“';;;;;:;‘f 7 ;:in‘:;"_ Beginning Saturday, January 31, Seattle will be on Thursdays and | REN oo tod X N PE ¥ the campany will resume weekly Mondays, 10 and 11 days apart. The|| A trial will convince you The trick, on the gifl's part, is b‘qu ing om Seattle and | Alaska’s first voyage of the season our bread is better and will ' remain fresh for one week. STAR RESTAURANT AND BAKERY Pies Cakes Pastry R MINERS HEADQUARTERS A Complete Line of |clusive Scutheast Alaska service; BOOTS SCHEDULES FOR =+~ iy Change for Sicamer Alacka ' CAPS After the completion of the Alas-| IN EVERY P A RT MINERS’ LAMPS SUMMER FIXED |ka's Southeast and Southwest voy- age, starting from Seattle Saturday,} —and— May 30, she will be vmhdm“n 0 RTHLA N D BY ALASKALINE e, o v s semecs OFN o Mike Avoian FRONT STREET Opposite Winter & Pond I P e SPECIAL JANUARY SALE R About three weeks from last eve-|Comy has arranged for five . z s i e A AR ning and probably on their next passenger vessels to serve these _D““SO“’”: alrplane landing field 8 A b fntid IO AWRIOULTURE, WHATHER BURRAD. | — | meeting night, there will be a social |parts of the territory. Al the craft BEA UTIFUL 15 x e ot theyond on all . S. DEI | given for the members of the|will call at the principal ports in (g < 1 7 4 ’ | Douglas Fire Department, it was|Southeast Alaska and two of the The general term of. the: United UR GARMEN TJ!(? W eather | DOUGL 4S decided at thelr rogular meeting boats will cxtend their operatjons PARTY i B e v & last night. A committee was ap-|to,Southwest Alaska, | ler Diakgs Gourh on the LB at s U. S. Weathe A : Division will convene at Valdez § (By the U, 8. Weather Bureau) NE WS pointed to arrange the how, when,{ | Bhe Alameda, Northwestern, Yu- F e ¥ AR h 161 ta 3 pies A and where, of the affair and pre-{ken, Alaska and Aleutian are the| R()CK»S et MRl T i3 Yurman’s pare the details. Further announc Forecast for Juneau ana@ vicinity, beginning at 4p. m, ment will be made at a later cate. Ve, vess 5, and with the inaugurn-i cn of summer schadules, the Ala-| will begin in Cordova February 9. Both feet of Thomas Cathcart | Rain tonight and Satur fresh southeasterly ket Frorth i and Awskal) ARE HERE Thev | LOCAL DATA .GAPTAIN SMITH INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS [will be held exclusively in the! 5, i Time Barometer “Temp. ll\z‘m‘dx(y wi ‘Weather RESUME ACTIVITIES | Scutheast Alaska service. |{are the season’s latest 5 ; 6 28 Rain } Long and Frequent Stops ’ 38 81 Rain 29,99 38 79 Jdy cers of the “Four Leaf Clover”| | | club, the*opening of night school CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS | and the reorganization of the Na-/ TODAY DOUGLAS HIGH tive Christian Temperance Union Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. T ’ all of which occurred at the gov- tcmp velocity 24 hr: GIVES ADDRESS, ‘With the yearly election of offi- ernment school Tuesday evening | ' Of particular i est to Junean, s that will bel these three vessels.| Both the Alameda and the North-| western on cvery one of their sum- | acr voyages will put into this port | wice. These two vessels will come] fron? Seattle direct to Juneau, go to. Skagway, then return to Ju- neau and sail scuth to Seattle by ay of Sitka. The Alaska will call cre twice on her alternate voyages.| All{ of her calls will be for com- are the frequent ca magde here by were frozen recently while he was walking on the railroad track be- |fi tween Suntrana and Healy Fork in weather 25 degrees below zero. Physicians at St. Joseph’s Hospi- tal in Fairbanks think amputation will not be necessary. styles and creations . . . all moderately priced. {| e e——— i Pitching hay on his farm at|j Chardon, O., five months a year | keeps Erwin Rudolph, pocket bil- |liards champion, in condition. Golf and its miniature brother have heen banned on .Sunday in New Hampshire, . “Juneaw’s Own Store” e e il - e =D * 0 ~Cgear | the schedule for the year's com- 1?) 12 0 P;Pguy |Believes Arc“C Re glO NS munity work is complete. The offi- -4 12 0 Clear WGI‘C Once Connecled ;ers :f the dF.tl...MC. areL ‘I’{:\:}:rl Fort kor 2 -12 — 4 Clear 'oseph, president; argare! ack '}r::m:;u“n 18 2 — 0 Cldy One Body of Land |son, vice president; Roy Williams Fairbenk -8 -8 0 Clear | secretary; August Williams, treasur- Lagle 16 18 14 0 Clear| Captain Sandy Smith, Arc“”;cr Mary Williams, sergeant-at- st. Paul 2 2 18 Clear | traveler and explorer, gave an un-'arms; Albert Wilson, social chair- Dutch Harbor 34 34 - 0 Cldy | usually interesting talk concerning |man; Frank Wilson, program chair- 40 36 18 12 Rain [ Ris experiences in the North, be-!man, = 40 30 6 60 Clear | fore the high school students YCS'E Parliamentary law will occupy the 38 38 7 07 Rain | terday afternoon. |study period of each meeting and| sitka 45 — — 24 According to the belief of Cabt.!forming a constitution will be the| Ketchikan 42 30 4 08 Clear |Smith, at one time all the Arctic|first subject. A taffy pull will oc Prince Rupert 44 32 0 0 ») region from Labrador across Cana-|cupy the social hour of the first Edmonton 48 4 0 da, Alaska and Siberia was con-|wednesday night session. | Seattle 48 44 8 12 Rain |nected and was one body of land.| Eleven persons enrolled for night | Portland 48 44 10 34 Rain|He based his opinion on the fact|gchool, five in the first and seven Ban Francisco 56 52 4 .08 Cldy |that one geological formation ex-|in the second grade. School will be! *—Less than 10 miles. » pressure is low throughout flaska except the extreme north, where it is moderately high, and i: below 2850 inches in the East- ern Aleutian Islands and to the southeastward. The predure is moderat high in California and the adjacent ocean. , Moderate rain or snow has fallen in Southeactern Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska and clear weather prevails over most of the remainder of the Territory and at Cordova. Temperatures fell at a few scattered in Eastern Alaska and fose elsewhere. \ poir |Northern Alaska than all the rest | piece of coal, Captain Smith notic- tends acrcss this region today. This country is all mineralized. There is| more oil in certain districts of of the American continent togeth- er. In the Territory is found the finest bituminous coal in a seam eight to twenty-eight feet deep. Experiments have shown this coal to have only two per cent ash. One held from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday evenin; with Priday evenings optional. The regular Wednesday night meeting of the Salvation Army has been changed to Tuesday. After the meeting Tuesday the Native Chris- tian Temperance Union again be- came active. Capt. R. B. Lesher gave the pledge not to taste, touch or handle intoxicating liquors, to jed on the beach when weighed to-| {talled 113 tons. Tropical Region Y N HA TS Capt. Smith also maintains that CLEARA[VCL 0 }a: one time this whole region was tropical or semi-tropical, as demon- started by the .gharacter of the mineral deposits and the remains of prehistoric animals. He told a| number of interesting. anecdotes about the “Eskimos, whom he says| are fine people. ~He sald thatlyeq py the Merrimakers to be giv people should not be serry for the on jn A, B. Hall on January Eskimo, as he leads a happy, serenc {has been advanced to Wedne: life, working only about 2': months evening, January 21. Installati of the year. !of a new heating plant in the A On Ice Floe for 23 Days B. Hall made it necessary ‘o Some of Capt. Smith’s experienc- change the date. es are not so pleasant. He described a forced sojourn_ on an ice floe for 23 days in which the only food they had was uncooked beans and | 18 persons. Weekly ;meetings of the organization will be held after services every ‘Tuesday evning. M TO BILGIVEN JAN. 21 The masked ball originally sched- e ettt it All hats grouped in two lots for quick clearance All Gage Hats in velvet and metallic— Regular Value $12.50 Clearance Price, $4.95 One lot of felts, velvets and velvet combinations—Value $8.50 Clearance Price, $2.95 4 v 1 ‘Oh, What a Riot—WHOOPEE. adv - Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. DOUGLAS COLISEUM TONIGHT AND ‘SATURDAY All Music, Sound dnd Talking THE GRAND PARADE with Helen Twelvetrees and Fred Scott A Beautiful Story of Old Time Minstrelsy 'MMIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIHIIHIHHIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIHlfllmmllImllllllllifllflllllllllHlllllllllllllllill!!!llIfl[llllllllllllfllfl!llllll | ~ A L CALIFORNIA GR Phone 478 “m“‘o!s';auutn 053 W“*va FRESH HIGH GRABE COFFEE g e S BROOKFIELD PORK SAUSAGE, p_er Ib. pkg. 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