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in Popu! _THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUFSDAY SEPT. 22, mart New Frock Woolens, Crepes, Prints, Satins and Velvets---shown here in only the best styles. NOTHING MORE COULD BE APPROPRIATE ---for school wear ---for morning shopping ---for the office ---for calling ---for bridge 1931. The very latest effects in trimming and fabric are shown in both dressy and tailored models. These low prices offer real economies. | GOLD STANDARD . SUSPENDED FOR ONE HALF YEAR i Legislation Through in Quick Time (contmued ITeua Page One) i trusting the soundness of our fi- nanclal postiion.” {7 ! ed by the Assocmted Press)—J. P. 53 Morgan brcke an almost ironclad rule, against talking for publica tion, to say England's latest mov. to suspend the gold standard to solve her financial difficulties, seem- | ed to him not discouraging, but hepeful, even. “This step seems to me to be ! the second necessary step in the work of the National Government, | the first being the balancing of the Budget. This being the case, it seems to me to be a hopeful and | not a discouraging event and one | which brings the great work of the Government much nearer ac- '\ complishment,” said Mr. Morgan. i The statement was solicited from | ;m banker by the Associated Press. ol | EXCHANGE TO REOPEN | LONDON, Sept. 22—The London' Exchange will reopen to- ERICAN VIEWPOINTS ‘ IGTON, D. C., Sept. 22—, )¢ American Government regards Britain’s temporary suspcn-; of the gold standard as likely prove the economic conditions ' and elsewhere in the ‘was made clear in the mgh-‘ " quarters that so far as the States is concerned, it may Menmuflflonolm- where American busi . o ). Weep 12, Soft inner por- British Parment Rushes | 1. 5 On the Juneau’s Leading Department Store D(uly C ross-word Puzzle ACROCS Solution of Yesterday's P uzzie 1. Non-Jewlsh pernon 8. Within: comb. form BJO[N] o RIAIT] tion of a o 1 occan 9. Grooved . Thrown after a bride . Large marine gastropods . Highway 3 \!'rlnkla . Copled Hh?éu womah's Earment . Want of the cate Theb Il%flfllll | IIIEIII%HIIII* ) AuEER crl L V7 2 dNE dE T mman com-= Torts of ‘lite W of stift etter Franth mascu line namo 3 :u@mn. . Ages 40 ls,g‘ }np Orizinhl L Anel-m A Feline animals 1. Health resort e .,m“fl Commotion 2. Belonging to the enr: Insects him 43. r tlrm . Largest con- 3. Inhabitant of: 44, tinent suffix 46. Chihese pagoda Sunburn 4 A!uel‘u 4. t of . Grows old 5. ? 5. Fine and deli- 6. Locn! dety ot g es // il e g gl 40ld Papers for sale at Empire Office| Two Dresses $16.50 Complete size range from 11 to 50—including ‘half sizes. ' 1 B. M. Behrends ln(}o e Aaomast e b, e, Mnnoct i | PRICES OF RAW FURS EXPECTED - TO HOLD EVEN Seattle Fur Exchar.m-ge“ Says Present Price Levels Apt to Prevail That furs are good at present price levels, is |to be no surplus of raw furs in any \market and indications are that ithe demand will continue to be steldy ‘to strong. No advance in prices, generally, is anticipated, however. The Ex- change advises buyers to be cau- justment of conditions that might tend to glve the market an upward | | trend. “During this entire upset econom- ic condition,” it added, “the fur trade has been very fortunate in- asmuch as they have been able to dispose of their merchandise at a fair value, while other raw com- | modities have suffered intensely.”| Supporting its own views on mar- | ||ket outlook, the Exchange quoted| {|a letter from the American Fur| || Merchants’ Association, in part, as follows: “The, normal trend for our busi- ness, which, after all, depends upon creased sales from now on. In ‘over does not mean an improve- ment in business, but is merely a || natural condition during the l’-‘a‘l months of the year. “The scarcity of desirable r.x\\ i| furs is growing more acute as tlmc‘ goes by. However, the moment is, not opportune for speculation as| future price developme nts will largely depend on the size of the| new fur crop, and the dictates of | fashion.” y —el Pathfinder thinks business blues 1 U. 8. DlPARTMENT O! AGRIOULTURE, Wl"lm BUR-EAU likely to hold | forecast by the Seattle Fur Ex-| change i a recently issued bulle-! tin citculated widely. There is said | tlous as there is no sign of read- | change of seasons, is one of in-| other words, an increase of turn- | are more dangerous to this coun-| The Weather (By the U. S. Weather Bureaa) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m. Scpt. 22: Rain tonight and Wednesday; moderate southeasterly winds. Takes any decoration! You can paper Sheetrock— paint it— panel it. Or you can apply Textone, the new decorator that gives some texture finishes. hand- And Sheetrock does not *warp, is weather-tigat, dur- able and fireproof. Ask us about Sheetrock. Reg. U. S, Pat. Oft. SHEETROCK ‘THE Fireproof WALLBOARD JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Inc. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veloclty Weathes 4 pm. yest'y 3058 50 83 s 5 cldy. 4 am. today . 30.47 48 97 B 7 Rain 12 noon today ... 30.40 50 98 s 4 Rain wABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. 4a.m. Precip. 4a.m. Station— temn. temp. | emp. temp. velocity Mhn Weather Barrow 22 22 | 18 22 18 Cldy. Nome 40 40 | 34 34 6 401 Rain Betnel 50 34 34 16 66 Snow Fort Yukon 3¢ | 3 34 & 0 Cldy. ‘Tanana 42 { 38 40 — 34 Cldy. Fairbanks 56 | 42 44 % 0 Clear Eagle 50 | 40 50 4 .01 Cldy. St. Paul - 42 | 0 4 16 Trace Clear Dutch Harbor 46 44 | 40 4 6 0 Pt. Cldy. Kodiak . . 56 54 | 48 48 0 .02 Pt. Cldy.| Cordova . 50 50 | 48 52 6 274 Pt. Cldy. Juncau 54 50 | 48 48 1 09 Rain Sitka 61 - | 51 56 0 Bt Cldy. Ketchikan 62 62 | 44 48 X [ Clear Prince Rupert .. — — | 44 44 0 0 Clear | Edmonton 46 4 | 34 34 12 [] Cldy. Seattle 64 64 | 50 50 v 0 Clear Portland 66 62 | 52 52 b9 [ Clear San Francisco ... 82 66 | 56 56 b 0 Clear *—Less than 10 mies, The high pressure area which was central yesterday over Ju- neau has shifted southward and the low pressure area central yester- day in southern Berihg Sea has mover northeastward to the west- ern Interior. Rain and snow have fallen on the Bering Sea Coast and moderate rains have fallen over most of Southern Alaska with heavy rain at Cordova. The weather is clear fro mextreme South- eastern Alaska to California. Temperatures rose last night in East- ern Alaska and have changed but little elsewhere. MANY LEADING'FIRE STARTED PACKERS JOIN WITHBASOLINE; SALES GUMPANY‘ TWO ARE DEAD Many of Biggest Salmon Mother and Daughter Suc- Packers Listed in Paci- cumb to Burns at fic Salmon Sales Co. Anchorage Many of the most prominent| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Scpt. 22— packers of salmon in Alaska and Mrs. Emil Savola and her daugh- Washington State are linked with ter Ann, aged 16 years, succumbed thé Pacific Salmon Sales Corpor- to burns received when Mrs, Sa- atlon, recently formed in Seattle to vola attempled to start a fir2 in ald " the packers in digging kitchen stove Sunday, using way out of the depths of dopres-|gasoline instead of kerosene. The sion. Ed A. 8ims, well-known ‘Wash- | two-story log residence valued at ington business man and veter: $7,000, was destroyed. legislator, is President of the or: Savola is under treatment in the gagization. local hospital: He was badly burnad William Calvert, President of on the hands as a result of trying Saf Juan Fishing and Packing|to save his wife and daughter. Company, is Treasurer, and Victor H. Elfendahl, former President of i i the Association of Paeiflc Fishcr-};llg :::x;elzy a’?tn::;;;:%z;?;sfii;g ies, Vice President of the "_flas*“"]evel. Pacific Salmon Corporation, is Sec-| " 'js disclaimed that the group (o 28 I'will attempt to control prices. It List of Trustees will be, in a sense, a closed cor- Other officers of the sales cor-|,oaqion for it will issue 100,000 poration are: Daniel Campbell,| President of Astoria & Puget sgund_shnres of no-par stock, will include Canning Company, first vice-presi- | dent; second and third vice-presi- | dents are D. E. Skinner, Chalrman‘ of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor-' | poration and President of Skinner | and Eddy Corporation, Seattle, and H. A Flagler, manager of the! salmon department of Kelly-Clarke Company, Seattle. All of these men are trustees of the new association. Cthers in- clude: E. B. Deming, President of | Pacific American TFisheries, Inc., ” and also of Deming and Gould' ‘Winfield ?, Pullen, Jr., son of | Company, Seattie; P. L. Smithers, | MT- and Mrs. W. S .Pullen, left on | Vioe-President and General Mana. |the Yukon for Seattle, whe‘;e ge ser of Booth Fisheries Cc-mpany‘“m enter the University of ‘Wash- | ington. He plans to study electri- and Northwestern PFisherles Com-| teait taking Up' crew pany, Chicago; E. R. Farish, Seat- C3l engineerig, o |tle manager of New England Fish|Work as a side Nog, ]Ccmpany: J. O. Merris, Manager of |will handle only a portion of the total pack of fish. Plans call for in- clusion of a sufficient percentage of packers and packs to have a |considerable effect upon trade prac- tices, but no effort will be made to exercise control, it was said. WINFIELD PULLEN GOING TO WASH. U. the Fishermen's Packing Corpora-| e — ° tion, Everett; E. B. Hanley, Presi- AT THE HOTELS | dent of the Copper River Packing | e . Company; R. A. Welch, President of the Bellingham Canning Com- pany. A. A. Lane, Tulsequah, B. C.; J. R. Smith, Haines; Mr..and Mrs. A. M. Andresen and son; Mr. and Mrs. I R. Anderson, Ketchikan; F. E. Sutherland, Todd; Eldred Ne- land, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Christle, It 18 in no senst a holding com-.Mr. and Mrs. George Corbin, Mr. pany and will not seek to acquire /and Mrs. Rhodes M. Salisbury, G or control salmon canneries. It is,|T. Jackson, Eeattle. Nature of Assoclation A statement was issued recently outlining the nature of the asso- clation and some of its objectives. as its name indicates, purely a Alaskan salés organization and has been| Clovis Landberg, Cordova; Peter formed to perform that function. |Johnson, Anchorage; I. Anderson, Ben Wilson, Taku; Mrs. P. Miller, Wrangell; Ted Graham, B. T. Bird, Seattle. Zynda T. N. Henry, Tacoma; N. Lester Oscar Clawson, It will seek to discharge its du- ties In three ways: First, by im- | provement of general market con- | ditions, second, by developing new | consumers for the products of its | members and, third, by encouraging ) Troast, Juneau; its members as a whole to keep Fairbanks. YOUR - ALASKA LAUNDRY | CLEANING PRESSING INSURANCE Established 1898 Allen Shattuck, Inc. Juneau, Alaska are genuine diamonds, of certified origin and guaranteed quality, han- dled only by Authorized Jewelers. IRGIN DIAMONDS See These At THE NUGGET SHOP only a part of all the packers, and | It Pays to Keep Your Car in Good Repair The extra trade-in value of a well kept automobile more than offsets the cost of keeping it in good repair. The comfort of driving a well kept car cannot be measured in dollars. It Will Pay You to Have Us Take Care of Your Automobile BIBES (21 Connors Motor Company SERVICE RENDERED BY EXPERTS TELEPHONE 403 OPEN EVERY NIGHT “CASH IS KING” UNITED FOOD (CO. 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