The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 15, 1931, Page 2

DO — FLLOENIX HO: THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1931. i Pheonix Hostery is gaining in popularity because of the consictent {ine quality and workmanship embodied in each pair. From service our Phoenix line is complete in price and color ranges. weig ht hose to sheer Chiffons and dull numbers, SERVICE WEIGHT HOSE Priced at $1.00, © $1.75, Priced at $1.65, GIRLS SEMI-FASHIONED ¢ CHIFFON HOSE Priced at $1.00 Priced at 55¢ $2.00 $2.50 ILK HOSE LADIES’ AND MISSES’ COTTON HOSE Also Children’s Ankle Sox, three-quarter and full-length Hose. B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” RAGGED ALPINE PARTY GUESTS OF BARRYMORE Mount Fairweather Climb- ers Entertained on Palatial Yacht (Contlnued from page 1) e % there the mountaineer bathed and shaved himself and substituted bor- rowed raiment for some of his own clothes. On learning of the presence of Mr. Moore's companions on the Fpeasant, which was nearby, Mr. Barrymore invited them aboard the Infanta. He made them his guests at a sumptuous dinner, after which he talked and chatted with them and they did not go to the Pheas- ant until early last Friday morn- ipg. During the visit, be had wire- less messages telling of their safe-| ty sent to their families. .. With Mr. Barrymore aboard the Infanta at the time were Mrs. Bar- vl rymore, formerly Dolores (,oue\la.‘ H cminent screen actress; John Cann, mining man of Lisianski on Baranof Island, and Mrs. Cann. Intcrested In Venture “Mr. Barrymore evinced great in- lerest in the details of our ven- {ure,” said Dr. Ladd. “He is an gffable and a most generous host. Jrs. Barrymore is as gracious as the is beautiful. They are a charming as well as an cminent couple.” Lituya Bay to Juneau was without l The voyage of the Pheasant from incident and was completed yes- terday. When the mountaineers left here in early April, they asked C. H. ¥lory, district forester, and B. F. Heintzleman, assistant district for- ¢ster, having headquarters in this eity, to send a boat to Lituya Bay June 10 unless advised to the con- trary. In accordance with this re- quest the Pheasant was sent to the Bay last Wednesday by the For- est officials. Officials Kept Informed Previously the forest officials had | teur radio operator. In the early days of the expedition he commu- nicated with Honolulu, Portland, Or., Los Angeles and Cape Span- cer Mcantaineers Loss Weight | From all members of the party, except Mr. Moore, the feat took tolls of weight. Mr. Taylor, the cldest, aged 56 years, lost 13 pounds; Dr. Ladd, who is 44, lost 20 pounds, | and Mr. Carpe, who is 33, lost 16 | pounds. All three of the Easterners are climbers. [ lexperienced mountain |r Ladd is president of the: | American Alpine Club, He and Mr.| Carpe are members of the Alpine| LCluh of England and of the Swiss | Alpine Club. Both have ascended | famous peaks in Europe, including Mount Blanc, as well as many pin- nacles in the United States and |Canada. Doctor Ladd has made | several first ascents in .the Cana- | dian Rockies. Mr, Moore's ettorts so far have | been limited to the Canadian Rock- | (ies and to Alaska. | | Doetor Ladd and Mr. Carpe were members of a party that tried un-: | successfully to ascent Mount Fair-| | weather in 1926. | | Another party, consisting of Hen-, {ry Bradford Washburn, Jr., of Bos-, ton and two Harvard students: | made the attempt last summer. | | Lenger Than Expected “We knew the difficult nature {of our task, but its accomplishment | {took us longer than we expected,” | |said Doctor Ladd. “We were not interested in hunt- ling” he added in speaking of the, | Mount Fairweather district. “We saw numerous mountain goats, but only one bear. There was plenty! of wolf tracks. Conspicuous by {their absence were flies and mos-{ ! quitos, which bothered the expe- dition I was with in 1926. Per-| | haps, the weather was too cold and! stormy for them this time. | The expenses | i | | of the adventure; totalled about $2,000, he estimated.| “Our trip was not under aus- pices of any society or association, or for any entific purpose,” ex- plained s doctor. “Mountain| |climbing is a pleasure with us, an-| outdoor manner of enjoying our- serves.” | Specialist On Diabetis | Doctor Ladd lived in Portland, |Ore., until 20 years ago. He is a {grandson of the late W. S. Ladd, of the banking firm of Ladd and| kept themselves informed of the|Tilton of Portland. The doctor has|will travel to New York. | Thursday night. |reached Friday morning. ! ternational Alrways, which wmain- |tains its_principal base at Ancho- 'student in the College of Business | Vancauver, B. C., whence they will PLANE BOUND - HERE BUYS GAS FORS3A GALLON ‘Harry S. Morton Is Passen- ger from Anchorage Via. Whitehorse “Ciasoline at $30 a case or $3 a gallon! I think that's about the top quotation for the liquid fuel on the North American continent,” caid Harry 8. Maorton, president of the Chamber of Commerce of An- chorage, who arrived from there by airplane today. “We paid that price at Aishiak, which is in Cana- dian Territory, were glad to do it, too, for our tank was approaching depletion.” Mr. Morton, in a Pacific Interna- tional Airways plane, Pilot A. B. Holden and Mechanic Larry Davis, left Anchorage last Thursday af- terncon. The flight was by way of Tanana Crossing, Aishiak, White- | horse and Skagway. A stay of a few hours was made at Aishigk Whitehorse was At Whitehorse, Joseph . Barrows, general manager of the Pacific In- rage, and Art Ayres, a transport pilot of the Airways, boarded the plane as passengers, The aircraft left Whitehorse at 4 o'clock yes- terday afternoon and arrived at Skagway aboyt an hour later. The flight from Skagway to Juneau was made this forenoon, The plane with its party is sched- uled to leave for Anchorage to- morrow or Wednesday. The return route will be by the coast—Yaku- tat, Cordova, Veldez and Seward. Administration. Mr, Carpe apd Mr. Moore left Juneau early yesterday morning on the steamship Pripce Rupert for g0 east. Doctor Ladd, departed from herg this morning on the steamshi) Yukon for Seattle. From there h been on the staff of the Preshy- and good progress made. While difficuit than Mt. Blanc, for in- cutting steps up a dangerous ice stance. The glaciers and slopes slope about 600 feet below the sum- |about the base of the mountain mit a sudden snow storm with are very rough and at times it is bouquet of pink roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Margaret Abrahamson, sis- ter of the bride, was bridesmaid for§2 95 SAL.OUM’S Ladies’ SHOE SALE | safety of the mountain climbing | & party. They had made inquiries £ @f boats arriving hers from Lit-| "Bay and on one occasion a pst boat called at Lituya Bay d learnad the Easterners were all ght from James Huscroft, a fox r , the only inhabitant of the terian Hospital and Medical Schom] in New York City for a number of years. His specialty is the treat- ment of diabetes. Mr. Carpe maintains his civil en- | his professional duties take him to gineering offices in New York, but, Mr. Tayior today took the steam- ship Aleutian for Cordova; thence he will go by train to McCarthy. e e Miss Minnie Goldstein returned home today after a visit to San Francisco and other Pacific Coast | cities. all parts of the world. Mr. Moore’s home is at Haddon- mountaineers had a portable ss set. Mr. Moore is an ama- THE S field, N. J. At Harvard, he was a fice. ANITARY GROCERY ——————— Old papers at The Empire Of- SEE OUR WINDOW “4LL THIS YEAR'S STYLES” i G P ARK A FLYlNG the weather cleared toward 9 p.m. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIQULTURE, WEATHER BGREAU Carpe and Moore left camp at 10 p.m., JUNEA GOUPLE - ity wk 3 regching the summit in clegr | 1) ! J Th,e Weather rn weather, after difficult going be- | [T - . RnM ToP MT cause of fresh snow, at 8 am. June wED SAT RDAY (By the U. 8. Weather Burean) [] 8. There was not much wind but | Forecast for Juneau and vicinlty beginning at 4 p.m. June 15. 3 the temperature was well below Increased cloudiness tonight; Tuesiday possibly showers and cooler; v zera. They found the party hadbeen| . * t 5 moderate southerly winds. within about 200 feet of the summit Miss Mildred Abrahamson S i LOCAL DATA on June 3. Descent was made with e L ometer Temp. Humidity Wind Ve: Weath ' Hitriculty, ety botben o the) Becomes Bride of 4 pm, yesty 2002 11 S Y (Contingea from rage One) 9,000-foot and 5,000-foot camps be- | Christian Wy]ler 4 am,, today 2996 5¢ .. 81 w 1 “Glear PV TN A T lcause of bad snow and ice condi- . ) 12 noon today .. 2995 70 43 s 10 Pt. - Cldy An attempt on the summit was |tions. Lituya Bay was reached late | Miss Mildred, Abrahamson, for six vABLE AND RADIO REPORTS planned for May 26, but while on June 11. The party had just|ycars a popular teacher in Juneau's YESTERDAY preparations were heing made to about reached the end of its syp-|Public Schools, and Chrjstian Highest:4pm. | Lowest4am.4am. Precip. 4am. leave at about midnight, the weath- | plies Wyller, on the engineering staff of | Station— temp. temp. | "emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs Weather er changed for the bad and it was| Last summer Carpe, Moore and|the United States Bureau of Public [Barrow 34 34 T ) RS Cloar thought best to return to the 5000 |Tayqlor made the first ascent of |Roads, a local resident for five|Nome PYRERE R B s BT e foot camp. This was wise as a|Mount Bona (16,421 feet) in the St.|years, were united in marriage last |Bethel .. 70 70 | 38 58 16 0 cld sixty-mile-an-hour snow storm, in| Elias range. Saturday evening at 8 o'clock at|Fort Yukon 72 2 [ 54 54 [ 0 Cl :;- which over three feet of snow fell, Climbed Mount Logan the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.|Tanana 2 72 [ 5% 52 el 0 Cl:ar followed. The tent was set in al| Carpe and Taylor were of the|Britt on Seventh Street, by the|Fairbanks 4 4 | 54 54 0 0 Pt. Cld: five-foot pit on the surface of the|party which climbed Mount Logan|Rev. Erling K. Olafson, of the Res-|Eagle 74 14 43 48 4 02 C.Idy' glacier to keep it from blowing to|in 1925. Moore made the ascent|urrection Lutheran Church, The |St. Paul . 42 42 | 40 40 . 16 44 Rflilb) pieces. Snow drifts had to be|of Mt. Chimborazo (20,700 feet) in|single ring service was used. Dutch Harbor .. 48 46 | 42 4 - 110 cla; shoveled off twice a day. Ecuador, South America, in 1929| Before and during the ceremony, Kodiak - 68 64 |4 46 12 o Pt. Cldz Reached 13,500 Feet and also the first ascent of Mt.|Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne sang |Cordova 60 60 43 50 6 Trace Cldy On June 2 we again ascended |Saugay (17,600 feet) a few weeks |“Beauty’s Eyes” by F. Paolo Tosti, |Juneau 7 7 54 54 1 0 Clear to 9,000 feet under excellent climb- |later. Andrew M. Taylor is a well [“To You” by Oley Yeaks, and “I |Sitka 70 & 1 48 60 ) 0, Pt. Cldy ing conditions and continued on!known hunter and guide of the in- |Love You” by Grieg. Ketchikan 8 68 | 52 52 0 0 Clear June 3 toward the summit. The terior. He is an experienced man The wedding ceremony was per- |Prince Rupert .. 74 4 | 50 53 - 0 Clear southeast shoulder (13,500 feet) was|at all altitude and it is doubtful|formed before an altar banked with |Edmonton 70 68 | 58 58 E 0 Clear reached at 9:20 am. June 3. The]wnether the expeditin would have|the season’s flowers in one of the |Seattle 72 72 | 60 60 8 34 Rain weather was clear. Photographs |been undertaken or succeeded with- | spacious rooms of ths Britt’s home, | Portland " 6 66 60 60 4 18 Cldy were taken and a light lunch eat-|out him. the party assembling while Lohen- San Francisco 70 66 | 60 60 8 14 Rain en. The temperature was five de-| Mount Fairweather although not|grin’s wedding march was played. *—Less than 10 miles. grees above zero. The final pyramid {so high as several other Alaskan| The bride wore a white satin- A storm of considerable intensity is central north of the Aleu- of the mountain was then attacked |peaks is difficult. It is much more |faced crepe gown and carried a tan Islands attended by high winds in the western Aleutians and |moderate rains from Kodiak westward and considerable higher tem- |peratures on the Bering Sea coast and in the Interior.- The pressure is moderately high on the Arctic Coast with clear weather in North- ern and Southeastern Alaska and cloudy weather in the Gulf of dense clouds suddenly envcloped}'z puzzling matter to find a way|and -she wore a yellow organdic |Alaska. — Temperatures have changed but little in. Southeastern Al- us. We proceeded, but finally be- through. The more than 10,000- igown and carried a bouquet of |3SKa- Rain is probable in this vicinity by Wednesday. came entangled in a maize of&fooh ascent from the 5,000-foot | violets. e e A AR SR crevasses and ice cliffs just below |camp is mainly a problem of very The bride was given away by 3 the summit. steep snow and ice slopes. It is|her brother Mr. Raymond Abra- The storm increased in violence the largest, stcepest snow and ice|hamson and the groom was attend- s AVING and the visability was rarely as|ascent any of us have ever made.|ed by Mr. Harold Omstead. much as forty paces. After an|There is great satisfaction in hav-| The wedding was followed by a | % Yy hour and a half, vainly seeking a |ing conquered this beautiful moun- reception from 9 to 11 u‘cfock‘ i h ; passage through to the summit,|tain which may have viewed with|which was attended by over 200 which we knew was just at hand, |thrills of admiration but which of the friends of the newlyweds. we were forced to turn about. A few have approached Those cepti 4 se pouring at the reception . digtoult and kt]ryllx:lg descent was | gana i ip webe: Mrka 3, Dbl vk Sk iy ] WHAT you HAVE in the future depends made to the shoulder. Camp was | 1 i Mrs. John Rustgard, M st s - | ™ _ MME 3 Mrs. Joh: stgard, Mrs. Venstia upon wh 2 re(‘;)che:!llkgte th:’t :vexfm;& e | DAY AL CRMENIATELY Reed, .Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, Mrs. I ng .llt y"O}:l San'E o tFl,le present. There’s n taking stock of foo was | = i1 s Bl G | escaping 5 it i 2n king stock of food X Wa%| One Specialsix Studebaker Se- Cgi\ge{yw-?al,fm;{/ Mrs, Emil Gas- | ping that rule. Fortunately, it is both last the length of the storm. We;d;i“: new, . pubber;, excellent me- |y I:At'N:lmg.l;bon.M'.“ B. D, Stow. | gy and pleasant to save, once you start. It were detyrmined to have the ex- Eu:):‘mfl;,uilf::;,f;‘it;‘;’:‘i $25000 fo ) oY Mrs. H. Omstead. i becomes a game. ition a success and some of us !¢y i i ing, Maohine, e b 2 4 ped: ; $10000. L. C. Smith typewriter| . T19se serving were Mosdames| Watchi Bank A is i stand San th;sun;m;t, !“000 & » '| Burton, Moody, Wildes the atching a an ccount grow 1s hke torm Bound Two Days A < Misses Venetia Pugh, Pearl Poterson watchin, : Taylor and I therefor descended! Al['\‘t.sg;\TspERSONAL FRRDOE and Dalma Hanson. | a1 b 2 gdl‘dell kil only mUCh g in the storm the next morning w‘ 20(‘} chwn'd Building, Phone| MF: Wyller hav °n | llll‘l]llng. ' the 5,000-foot camp where we were[ DA & (adv, | the McCartney home cn Gla r | . storm hound two more days. Carpe - ol Highway for the summer. | HAVE A GOAL IN MIND and Moore remained storm hound | .- D | M for four days at 9,000 feet. Some-| Sam Guyof, local merchandics| B. C. Delzalle, logal morehan ake Retirement in 15 Years yo 1 yot, loca cha . C. Del ,lae ha > ‘me ur goa times they had to take down thell‘:bmku. returned home Saturday af- | breker arrived Saturday after a or Tri 1 C ll E . Y & i tent pole and hold on to the tent ter a trip to towns in the southorn | which tock him to S [ Srayes, or a Lollege ducation for your because of the wind. On June 7 end of the Division. JPeiersburg and Wrangell. || children. Then you’ll enjoy saving. SRR [ 5 | . . 4- First National Bank ! i HSHUI I BUUINRBNRE IR e Announcing a new V0SS ELECTRIC W ASHER Priced at $75.00 Investigate Its Possibilities Fully Guaranteed Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. T LT LT T O O AT T TS T T T T T A T L Juneau Douglas Phone 6 Phone 18 SN R PRINTING AND STATIONERY plies ! Desk_Supplies—Ink—Desk Sets— Blotmn—-O!@_ee : €0. The best flom; j)aj'gt lh.atvnloney can buy Juneau Paint Store & Frye-Bruhfi Company Three Deliveries Dally asid > Phone 38 { Phone _ _ DAY AND NIGHT . 7 TAXI SERVICE Stand Opposite Chamber of Commerse Baoth