The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 5, 1931, Page 8

s L L DA e I S R STEVE SELI6 IS DEAD, AIR CRAFT PLUNGE C. J. Alexander, Al Dano| and Pilot James Dodson Suffer Injuries (Conzin\xed from Page One) down the lake to get help when discovered by Meyring, after splint- ing his one broken leg and remov- ing the others to the beach. Body Recovercd Selig is the first passenger to have been killed in a commercial plane in Alaska and the eleventh fatality in a Territorial plane. Pilot | Meyring returned last night with the body. Rescuers wallowed in water waist deep to get it. The injured lay on doors. with| dispensale By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE LA JOLLA, Cal. — There are “deserts” in the waters of the Pa- cific Ocean as truly as there are, | deserts on land. tigations by Dr. E. G. Moberg of | the Scipps Institution of Ocean-| ography and members of the Car- negie Institution of Washington. Already the geogrpahical outlines are vaguely traced, but the effects upon the vast variety of life in | the ocean are mostly still unknown. ! The biggest one is a phosphate desert that fills most of the Pacific' northward from the equator, al- most from shore to shore, to a line drawn between Scuthern California and Japan. This area, near its surface, Is poor in phosphates, which are in- fertilizers alike for cashions provided by Dodson and |plants of the land and of the sea. suffered from exposure as well as{In the ocean the phosphates are injuries. used particularly by the microscop- Dodson rowed five miles before|ic plants, which are the basic food the rescue plane arrived and is|of all fish. given much praise for his courage. Last night Dano was holding his own. WELL KNOWN MEN These plants, constituents of the ' so called plankton, develop mostly | within 100 or 200 feet of the sur-| face, growth at lower depths being prevented by an insufficient amount = Steven Selig, who was killed in|of sunlight. In all the North Pacific, says Dr. er than in other Pacific waters. He phosphate-rich waters to mik with only a narrow layer atthe surface the Ketchikan airplane crash, was one of the leading business men of | Moberg, between latitudes 10 and attributes this condition to the na- He had been a| 40, except a few stations near the ture of the surface currents, which resident of Ketchikan for many | California coast, the phosphate con- form a sort of sea within a sea, Southeast Alaska. years where he had usually been interested in fisheries or logging or both. He owned a number of fish traps for years. He was a brother-in-law ‘of J. R. Heckman, the well known Ketchikan capital- ist, merchant, banker and former Legislator. C. J. Alexander, who had both legs broken in two places, is well known in Juneau. For many years he was interested in the fisheries in this section of Alaska. one of the owners of the old Hoonah Packing Company. He was a visitor in Juneau last week. Al Dano, who is serlously injured, is also well known here. He was Superintendent of the Burckhardt cannery at Tee Harbor for several years. —— - FOOD SALE The Martha Soclety will hold a Food Sale at the SANITARY GRO- CERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK. —adv. Old papers for your fires, at The Empire. h fo a) %u |8U9h~ke Ou, ¢ Loud/ WATCH FOR IT May 10—MOTHER’S DAY (Associated Press Science Editor) \ \ Existence of the watery wastes is brought to light in recent inves-| Explorers Find Water “Desert” in Pacific OQean, Where Even Fish Might Perish in Oxygen-less Seas Phosphate Desert ] Oxygen Desert The map shows the “oxygen dcsort” and the “phosphate desert” discovered in the Pacific Ocean by Dr. E. G. Moberg. Lack of the chemi- cals throttle growth of plants in these waters, and Dr. Moberg con- siders it uncertain that fish could live at certain l!.epths in these waters. tem is from five to 15 times small- | and to the failure of the deeper, the surface water. In the midst of this phosphate desert and especially south of it is WEDDING TO TAKE PLACE COMING WEEK He was (Miss Irene Lundstrom Will| Be Bride of Kenneth Waterhouse Miss Irene Lundstrom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lundstrom, and popular young lady of Juneau, and Kenneth Waterhouse, will be married next week, possibly Wed- nesday night at the Lutheran Church. The wedding will be pub- lic but the reception to follow at the Lundstrom home, will be invi- tational. guest at many showers during the by Miss Irene Dora Sweeney, Evelyn Jensen and Winnifred Carlson. Many beautiful gifts were presented the bride-to-| be. Bridge was played and luncheon served. Another shower was given by Mrs. Edwin J. Blake at which cards were played, luncheon served and gifts presented the guest of honor. Mrs. Sinclair Brown and Mrs. F. A. Clark also gave a surprise shower at the Lundstrom residence. —_———— ATTENTION AUTO OWNERS RE TERRITORIAL AUTO TAX YEAR 1931 All persons operating an automo- bile not licensed for the current year will be considered delinquent after May 11. Licenses are issued by the Territorial Treasurer from his office in the Capitol Building. All persons not paying the license tax by said date (May 11) will be prosecuted as provided by law. adv Miss Lundstrom has been the| past week. One shower was given| Burke with Mrs.| 'New Thrill for Blind Genius | Climbing into a plane at Newark, N. J., airport for her first port flight, Helen Keller, famous deaf and blind teacher, lect and writer, is assisted hy her secretary, Mrs. Polly Thompson. flew to Washington, D. C., to attend a conference on work for | | blind, Miss Keller immensely enjoyed the thrill of soaring the air in her first aerial trip, She headed a delegation from thirty- seven countries in a visit to President and Nrs. Hoover, 13 LEGISLATORS SAIL FOR HOME ON STR. ALASKA (Member sTt;m Second, Third and Fourth Di- visions Leave Today Third Division; and Senator Hess, Fourth, Division. Representatives Allyn, Bu‘rgh and Hellerich, wecond Division; Murray and Brosius, Third Divis- ion; McDonald, Nerland, Johnston and Donnelley, and Mrs, Nerland and Mrs. Donnelley, Fourth Divis- ion. > ————e————— DUFRESNE LEAVES MONDAY FOR TRIP TO THE SOUTH Enroute to Seattle on an official investigation, Territorial Game Warden Frank DuFresne left Mon- —————— Mother’s Day Cards and Candies Juneau Drug Company ¥ree Delivery Phone 38 Post Oll'll;e Substation A special meeting of the Juneau Women’s Club has been called for Thursday -evening, May 7th at 8 p.m.,, Council Chambers. Mrs. Fohn- Hansen of the Alaska Agricultural Fairbanks, wishes to meet the ladies to discuss plans and sug- gestions for next year's work. CATHERINE B. ROSS, Secretary. e, — Leo De Korn of New York walked 37 miles while playing 200 holes of —adv. College and School of Mines at| Fifty per cent of the membership lof the Tenth Alaska Legislature sailed this afternoon on the steam- er Alaska for various western ports, composed of members from the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions who are enroute to their respective homes. All of them expressed gratifica- tion at the final outcome of the session which finished without the necessity for raising any of the tax schedules. In the party leaving today were: Senator Sundquist and Mrs. Sund- quist, Second Division; Senator and Mrs. Dimond and Senator Bragaw, golf in 15 hours. ANNOUNCING The Midway Cafe Opposite Goldstein Building on Seward Street OPENS WEDNESDA (—6 A. day for Seattle, and from there will sail for the Aleutian Islands for an inspection of several areas. He was accompanied to Seattle by Mrs. DuFresne and their children who will visit in Seattle for some time. P e S Old Papers at The Empire. [me “oxygenless” water, or nthu | water of a very low oxygen con- tent, the ‘latest discovery among ocean peculiarities. Oxygenless means lack of dis- | solved oxygen, that is, of oxygen from the air, and does not refer to the composition of water, each par- ticle of which consists of two par- ticles of hydrogen and one particle | of oxygen. | Dr. Moberg, one of the scientists | to “discover - the, oxygen-deficient | waste while aboard the yacht Car- finemu, says it is not certain that | fish could live in this water. ‘This layer of nearly oxygenless water, - which has a thickness of about 1,500 feet and occurs at 300 or more feet below the surface, is considered another indication . of the lake-like character of the up- | per water strata of the mid-Pacific. | ©Oxygen enters the sea at its sur- I face, and the amount dissolved de- | pends chiefly upon temperature, but also upon pressure and the action of waves and wind. The abllity of the water to dis- solve or retain oxygen decreases as the water becomes warmer ,and conscquently more - oxygen dis- solves in the polar regions than in the troplcs. Since oxygen travels through water at an extremely slow rate receives this gas directly from the a*mosphere. To other depths oxygen is carried by water currents. IN PARROT FAMILIES MALES ARE TALKERS WASHING1UN, D. C, May 4. —Male parrots are more readily | taught to talk than -females, says the department of agtriculture. | Words phrases or bars of music | should be repeated one at a tinie until learned, doing it when the bird’s attention is not diverted to other things, explained the bu- reau's biologlst. It may be a good plan to place the parrot in a room by itself and stand out of sight, or do the teaching in a darkened room. —— “FINAL CLEANUP” Used Cars, farts and Motors: Motors for marine purpose. “Name your price and- take 'em. Bet “Lucas” gt Juneau Motors. —adv “Tomorrow's Styles Today” Neckwear A varied and pleas- ing assortment of plain and fancy types in collar and cuff sets to enhance the frock. “Juneau’s Own Store” ELKS HALL Admission BENEFIT DANCE “SERENADERS” MUSIC Auspices Business and Professional Women’s Club SATURDAY NIGHT $1.00 Telephone 134 Eastman’s Venchrome F zlms Somel.hmg New Butler, Mauro Drug Co. “When We Sell It—It's Right” WE DELIVER Express Money Orders 'month. Slflfl,flflfl GOES T0 THANE ROAD FOR-REBUILDING Plans Prepared for 18-foot Standard Highway— Work Starts Soon Two hundred ‘thousand. dollars haye.been set up by the United States Forest Service, from the For- est Highway Fund, for reconstruc- tion of the Juneau-Thane unit of the Glacler Highway system, ac- cording to &n announcement made yestérday: Work will be launched this summer, Plans for the work have been Btates Bureau. of Public Roads. They have beén forwarded for ap- proval, to division headquarters at Bah : Francisco. 18-Foot Standard Road | ‘The plans cdll for the construc- tion ‘of an 18-foot standard high-| way, the first of that width ever to' be bullt in the Territory. The route will Jollow approximately the pres- en{ right-of-way of the old Thahe Road until the causeway at Thane is reached, At that point the new rout¢ will follow the bench above the machine shops, eliminating Lhe trestle work that would be nnces- sary by sticking to the beachline. It .is expected the plahs will be back. here about the middle of th's Advertisements for bids will then be issued, and opened about the end of June. It is ex- pected actual construction will be launthed by August 1. L. W. Turoff, recently designated by ‘the Bureau as resident engineer for Glacier Highway, has establish- Sprake has been. assigned as his assistant. F.“E. Schwartz, locating engineer of .the Bureau, for the past two weeks, has been -ngnged in locat- } 1 ", Turoff Gets Residency L ; ed camp at the Salmon Creek pow- erhouse site. He 1s engaged in pre- ; liminary engineering work on the ' new bridge projact across Men-: denhall River, the Switzer Cross- | ing and road reconstruction. T. W.I ing - future spurs Glacier Highway. - ‘Cohen, Al with a been Chief “of ' l;lrty. m for -30-days-has | -small making a detailed study and | survey of the first ten miles of GHa- cler Highway, providing for widen- ing of certain and otber ' improvements for fnr ture accompl! : Blackburn to Hyder Vance M. Blackburn left last week for-Hyder where he wil bé! occupied as ‘resident engineer on al section of Salmon River Highway now under construétion.” Johnsoh- | ‘Gardner ‘Construction Company, Portland, are- the contractars,. " /'The opening ‘of work on this pro- |! Ject .was authorized yesterday, Mr. Willlams announced. | — e CAP‘I‘ CROWLEY WES‘I'BOUN’D I Unpt James Crowley, Pilot of the Government steamer Alice, ply-- ing between. Nenana .and. Hoh(d completed, sald M. D. -Willlams,|Cross, is a passenger aboard the; District Engineer of the United | steamer Alaska, bound to the West- ward and Interior. ’ S SOLVE 2 “'MOTORIST'S RAT PROBLEM « | JEMPERSON. GITY, Mo, May « {5.—They couldn't ‘fool & Missouri motorist who . was required to pay ion fees ‘for the fourth quarter of 1930 before a 1931 li- ;fie would be Lll\lld for his new /Boon @ lettér arrived at the au- |tomobfle commissioner's office alohg’ with the money: “If' 1 have to pay the fee for * the’ ldst quarter I am entitled to the 'plates, and 'even if I can’ e use them on my car I want them %0- coyer up Tas, holes.” NOTICE After 'May 1st sl bills or ac- " cmmh against the Olympic Pool | Room wih be ptld by George Btebac. JOHN COVICH, 4 adv. MIKE B. DRAGNICH. ‘ e . 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