The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1931, Page 8

| | - '8 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1931. B, P. R PREPARES TO START WORK ON 11 PROJECTS Authority Issued from Washington — List In- cludes Two Locally Authority Roads to proceed with construc- tion of 11 projects on the Forest Highway program of approved Al- aska projects, it was announced today by District Engineer M. D. Williams. Plans for the work are virtually completed. The estimated total cost of the projects is $465000, all of which is available for immediate expendi- ture out of the funds of the United States Forest Service's highway al- lotments. List of Projects The jobs included in the list are as follows: Herring Bay extension to Tongass Highway from the Mountain Point section, two-thirds of a mile of new road including a bridge at Herring Bay, estimated cost, $50,- 000. Switzer bridge and reconstruction at Rocky Point, one and one-half miles, Glacier Highway, cost $45,- 000. Reconstuction of the lower bridge across Mendenhall River, Glacier Highway, $35,000. Reconstruction of Resurrection; River bridge on Seward Highway, estimated cost $45,000. One and one-half miles new highway cannery section, Yakutat Highway at Yakutat, $50,000. Three miles additional construc- tion on Petersburg Highway, ceme- tery boundary section, $90,000. Reconstruction, cannery section, ‘Wrangell Highway at Wrangell,| $45,000. New bridge over Skagway River on White Pass Highway, estimated cost $60,000. Construction of two-thirds of a mile new road, cannery section, Kake Highway, $20,000. West Coast Highway construc- tion, Craig village road, $10,000, and Klawok village, $20,000. Call for Bids All of this work is embraced on the Forest Service’s list of ap- proved projects. Advertisements for tenders on construction are now in the course of preparation and will appear at an early date. The first projects to be adver- tised and on which work will start first are: The reconstruction of Mendenhall River bridge and the Switzer bridge and Rocky Point re construction on Glacier Highwa Resurrection River bridge at Sew- ard; Wrangell Highway, cannery section. Bids will be sought on these within a few days. These will be followed by the work at Yakutat and Peetrsburg, after which probably will come Skagway River bridge and the Ton- gass Highway extension at Ket- chikan. ———a—— SHRINE DANGE IS ON TONIGHT Indications are that the ball room in the Scottish Rite Temple will be crowded tonight on the oc- casion of another Shrine Ball. In- vitations were sent out last week and plans were immediately made for attendance at this popular af- fair. Many dinner parties have been arranged for this evening pre- ceding the dance. — Eighteen lettermen win report for spring practice at the Univer- sity of Louisville, March 9. Louis- ville is an 8. I. A. A. team. ———..———— Washington is the fourth Ameri- can league club to own Harry Rice, veteran outfielder. HICKOK has been received by‘ the United States Bureau of Public| 00000 FIRE EATERS AT DOUGLAS BEAT JUNEAU ALUMNI Firemen Score Heavily at First But Are on De- fense Toward Last ALUMNI START TOO LATE Alumni Firemen J.Orme RF. G. Gray F.Orme LF. H. Hayes A. Burke c J. Manning A. Sturrock RG R. Bonner H. Berggren LG J. Cashen Substitutes: Alumni—Baker Burke, Davlin for J. Orme, Wiet- tanen for F. Orme. Firemen—Logan for Hayes, Hayes for Logan, Niemi for Cashen. Officials—Referee, E. E. Eng- strom; scorer, T. Cashen; timer, A. E. Goetz and R. Kronquist. Score by Quarters Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TL Alumni 2 1 5 12 2 Firemen 12 4 5 1 22 By a score of 22 to 20 in the Douglas natatorium last night, the Douglas firemen defeated the Ju- neau high school alumni at bas- ketball. The firemen won the game in the first quarter and came nearly losing it the fourth. Their goal board was being peppered by the alumni when the referee’s whis- tle ended the struggle. Play was fast and interesting throughout. The scoring by quarters follows: First quarter—J. Orme inter- cepted a pass and scored the first Alumni after three minutes of fast Manning sank the ball Braided BELTS A great value for $1.00 T for | |men. Gray caged the ball for the’ firemen just before the quarter, ended. 1 | Teams Play Fast Second quarter—Bonner registered (a long goal for the firemen. His team mate, Hayes, tossed a short| | goal. Wiettanen added a point lo" the alumni’s side with a shot from the charity line. Both teams ‘played a fast game in this quar- |ter, with the firemen in posses- |sion of the ball most of the time.| Third quarter—Hayes caged the ball on a long throw for the fire-| men. J. Orme made a point on a |foul shot for the alumni. Bonner | did likewise for the firemen. Burke! and Davlin made goals for the| |alumni in succession. Manning | |scored on a long throw for the fire- | men. The quarter was played on |even terms. Five Goals in Succession Fourth quarter—In this quarter, | the alumni made five goals in suc- | cession, J. Orme tossing the sphers |oid for three baskets and Davlin |and Burke for one each. Bonner | | made a point for the firemen on a ' |foul shot. The scoring for the |quarter and the game ended with a short goal for the alumni by Dav-, |lin. In the last few minutes of |play, the alumni were smothering |the Douglas goal with shots in! DOUGLAS HIGH BEATS JUNEAU SM“KE EATERS Second. quarter—Lundell tossed a| e |short godl for the high school. Hol- Scholars Show Champion-| ship Form in Fast and Thrilling Basketball LOOK LIKE REAL CHAMPS! Juneau Firemen Douglas Hi. |in succession for the firemen. likewise for the firemen, ending the! H. Allen _RF... A Gair| Third quarter—Niemi scored 8| game. H. Holmann LF. . R. Fox|long goal for the high school. The aoinogigilieplipalaiomints W. Gartley ........C.... H. Lunde)l|firemen came from behind with a ZAPORA DUE TOMORROW G. Mangan RG T. Niemi|rush. Nelson started their scoring Motorship zZapora is due to ar-| E. Blake LLG. A. Wilson|in this quarter with a short goal. |rive from the south tomorrow at | Substitutes: Firemen—Nelson for Holmann made & point on a foul Allen, Allen for Holmann, High shot and soon afterwards caged the School—Guerin for Gair, Gair for|ball for the smoke-eaters. He re- Guerin. Officials: Referee, E. E. En strom; scorer, T. Cashen; timers, Trusky and A. E. Goetz. Score by Quarters Team 1st 2nd 8rd 4th TI. Juneau Fire. 6 5 14 7 Douglas High 10 13 . 4 8 | desperate efforts to even the scorc.z Douglas high school basketball | a short one. Allen made a long‘peabed the achievements—a foul throw in caging the spheroid forishot and a goal—and then Nelson the firemen. Lundell, Gair and Fox |caged the ball twice on short scored a“succession of three short throws for the firemen. Gair bas- tosses for the high school. Holmann 'keted the sphere for the high | registered & point from the char-|school. Nelson ended the quar- ity line for the firemen. | ter with a short goal for the fire- Scholars Get Loose | men. Alternate in Scoring Fourth quarter—Gair made a nann made a point on a foul shot |short toss into the basket for the \for the firemen. Fox did like- high school. Allen followed .sult se for .the high school. The |for the firemen. Gair registered |scholars then got loose and before |another goal for the high school. they were stopped they had scored | Nelson recorded a point for the five goals, Gair registering three{flremen on a foul shot. |and Niemi and Fox one each. Nel-r Lundell made a long goal for the son and Gartley basketed the ball|high school, and Allen performed midnight. The ‘vessel is bringing freight and will dock at the Ad- GAS GENERATED BY AUTO KILLS MRS. DU PONT Found Dead in Her Studio er Garage in Wilmington WILMINGTON, Delaware, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Eugene Du Pont, aged 45 years, wide of one of the Directors of the Du Pont Company, is dead | from gas generated by ‘an automo- bile. 5 Mrs. Du Pont was found in a| small studio over a garage. She| had left the motor of her car run- ning. Her husband was almost overcome when he entered the studio to ascertain why she failed to answer his call, Mrs. Du Pont_had been painting a chair. She had slumped to the floor when overcome by the gas and had been dead two hours wh n found. ¥ Mrs. Du Pont was greatly in- terested in art collections and an- | tiques. Her husband is also President of the Delaware Motor Sales Com- pany. . MBS CUTTE'S SAILOR IS ILL Chester Rude, water tender on the Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa entered St. Ann’s this morning fo | surgical treatment. - SHEPARDS ARE AT ZYNDA Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Shepard ar among the guests registered at the Zynda, Hotel. miral Line wharf. C. 32| 35, goal of the game for the Juneau | iplayers are of championship cali-| ber. Last night, in one of the best| ghiizsne ity China Tells Students to 'and most exciting games of the| 'season they defeated the Juneau| Keep Clear 0‘ POhtlcs‘flremen‘ the class of the hoop sport RIS |on this side of Gastineau Channel NANKING, Feb. 20. stern The score was close, 35 to 32. Un- warning against student participa-;til the final moment of the con-| tion in active politics has been is-|test the result was in doubt. Thrills sued by the executive department abounded throughout the struggle. of the nationalist government. 'At the end, enthusiastic spectators Studies must take first place in the Douglas Natatorium were on |among the boys and girls enrolled their feet shouting and cheering |in China’s colleges and universities. excitedly. = The scorring in the The edict resulted from a num- quarters follow: | ber of student strikes which caused| First quarter—The first score of the closing of one school and the/the game was a single point for | suspension of several others. ithc Juneau firemen by Gartley on The government attaches much a foul shot. Lundell and Fox |of the blame to red propaganda,|tossed short goals for the Douglas declaring that the youths were led; | astray by agents of communism. high school. A A GEORGE BROTHERS CLOSED All Day MONDAY In Honor of Washington’s Birthday. Do your buying Tomorrow. ---Saturday, for the Two Days. Many Special Items at LOW PRICES. Five Fast Deliveries. Phones 92 - 95' 00000000 Gartley basketed the Iball for the firemen.. 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