The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1931, Page 6

POLLY AND HER PALS_ MY DEAR, POLLY'S YOUNG MAN HAS DISCOVERED THAT DEAREST HAS A TALENT! iz YEAH? WOT IS [ &4 S CRAWFORD GETS SKUSE GROUND AT MENDENHALL Idaho Man—al_)lains Five- Year Lease to Raise Stock, Truck Farm Dan L. Crawford, who with Mrs. | Crawford moved here from Idaho| some five or six months ago, has leased the Skuse homestead at Mendenhall for a five-year period, | it was announced toda: He and| Mrs. Crawford will move there im-| mediately. The Skuse property has 180 acres of land and a substantial dwelling house on it. It is largely grazing and agricultural land Mr. Crawford said he would raise | cattle for local marketing and specialize in truck farming with | the idea of furnishing local dealers | with homegrown vegetables and| berries. - He will start at once gef- ting his project under way have it on a production basis by next Spring. “Local markets are favorable for this venture, and I am impressed with the natural advantages for it,” Mr. Crawford said today. “I have studied the field carefully since coming to the country last summer and am convinced it has a future for just such enterprises as I have in mind.’ ’ Mr. Crawford is an experienced cattleman and has also had ex- perience in growing vegetables and other produce for the market. He believes the Mendenhall and Eagle River districts are susceptible of | substantial development along that line. Alaska Airways the old field at course to Merrill Fleld. from dent of married month. Nenana. trouble. Legionaires have charge of the Washington | Birthday celebration February 22. | the at Anchorage At Anchorage, the hangar of the has been moved the golf | Mrs. Margaret Lowe, who ownes trading posts in the Bristol Bayi district, and A. H. Bradford, presi- | Associated Alaska Fisheries, which operates a float-|pymeq. He is receiving treatment ing cannery in Bristol Bay, Were|ga: the Fort Yukon hospital. in San Fransisco August Plashart, 63, old-time resi- dent of Alaska, was found dead where he had been chopping wood about a mile from his home near He had been missing several days, when neighbors start- ed to search for him. Heart disease was the cause of death. In an effort to lessen interference with radio reception, the Fairbanks | Radio Association has bought nmoverheawd. and | jierference locating machine and two men have been engaged to ascertain and eliminate sources of The association will the city council to impose a license fee on receiving sets. Banded in California in 1927, a wild duck was killed this year 50 miles north of Beaver, Alaska, well within the Arctic Circle. The band taken off the duck was sent to the Biological Survey, by United States Marshal Lynn Smith of the Fourth Division, with headquarters atFair- banks. From Birch Lake near . MUSIC, MY DEAR/ SHE STARTS HER PIANO LESSONS TOMORROW! will | 1ast | thermometer ask Fair- flight when he was taken to Fair- banks to serve his term by United States Deputy Marshal M. O Carl- son. The flight was made in an Alaskan Airways plane, piloted by Ed Young, in little more than three hours. “The sun was shining all the way and we had a beautiful view of Mount MsKinely and other mountains of the Alaska Range,” said Oates. “I enjoyed the flight |immensely, I never want to be | taken to jail in any other way.” In a fire that destroyed Michael de Michael’s pool room and bowling alley at Fort Yukon, he was badly The registered 40 below | zero at the time of the blaze. While Mr. anG Mrs. Charles Op- dyke were on a visit of a few days |in Fairbanks, their new cabin on Nome OCreek was burned. Besides furniture and clothes it contained a winter’s food outfit worth $1,200. A new radio receiving set had just been installed. Some person is sup- posed to have entered the cabin, perhaps for food, and to have left a fire in the stove, which became Samuel W. Harper, aged 47, died at Fairbanks. He is survived by a widow, six daughters and four sons. Seven of the children are under 16 years of age. Mr. Harper was born in what is now Yukon Territory, his father, Arthur Har- per, being one of Northland's early figures. Marcel Straiger of Juneau . has been initiated into the Civil Engin- eering Soclety at the Alaska Agri- cultural College and School of Mines near Fairbanks. With rabbits and grouse on hand for those who wanted to put in a banks last month a plckerel, weigh- | Winter's supply of meat, there is ing 30 pounds and measuring 3 no likelihood of food shortage in — el . NOTICE feet, 7 inches, was caught by Fred the Fort Yukon district. Caribou To whom it may concern: Allison. are also plentiful. f —le ‘Take notice that my wife Lillian Jibiloff has left my home and I will not be responsible for any bills contracted by her. Dated, Nov. 20, 1931. adv— JIMMY JIBILOFF. cushion.” ——ee— — COLLEN IN HOSPITAL C. C. Collen entered St. Ann's Hospital yesterday afternoon. —l BETTER than ever — Winter & Pond service. —adv. NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT AND ARREST OF PROPERTY No. 3245-A. In the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Di- vision Number One, at Juneau. WM. A. FLEEK, doing business as FLEEK'S MACHINE SHOP, Libel- lant, vs. The Gas. ADLER, Of- ficial No. 214954, her masts, tackle, apparel, furniture, fixtures, machinery, anchors, equipment| and engines, Respondant. TO ALL CONCERNED: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I ALBERT WHITE, United States Marshal for the Territory of Alaska, did on the 2nd day of December, 1931, attach and arrest the Ga.a. “ADLER,” Official No. 214954, her masts, tackle, apparel, furniture, fixtures, machinery, an- chors, equipment and engines, in the above-entitled action, in a cer- tain cause, civil and maritime, for materials and repairs furnished ang services performed to said Ga.s. ADLER Official No. 214954, on or about June 25, 1930, for which materials and labor furnished and services performed the said Wm. A. Fleek, doing business as FLEEK'S MACHINE SHOP, Libellant, de- mands $103.55, with lawful inter- est thereon from June 25, 1930, and costs, including $25.00 as proc- tors fee: And Douglas Island Pack- ing Company, owner, and all other persons intereted or concerned here- in are required to be and appear at the time and place of the re- turn of said process, to-wit: On the 26th day of December, 1931, in the United States District Court Room in the Federal Court House, at Juneau, Alaska, at 10 o'clock am., of said day and answer in that behalf, or default will be entered and condemnation ordered as prayed in the libel filed herein. “Dated at Juneau, Alaska, Decem- ber 1, 1931. ALBERT WHITE, U. 8. Marshal. By W. E. FEERO, w 2 Deputy U. 8. Marshal. M. E. MONAGLE, " [Proctor for Libellant. R. E. ROBERTSON, ' Proctor for Libellant. SHEAFFER’S PENS and PENCILS AT Butler Mauro Drug Co. Smaller Acreage and Better Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 4— double-barrel cotton program W be carried to southern farmers through county agents next spring. It will be directed at curtailment of acreage to lower production and at a better quality of staplc to cope with Russian consumption The plan is that of officials of the American Cotton Cooperative Association and the United States department of agriculture experts who plan to shape their campaign around county agents. It was announced following =2 conference here that an intensive drive will be made to carry t program to farmers of the south- east in an effort to boost the price of the staple. The plan will be known as the “one-variety project” shaped to es- tablish a certain cotton staple in a certain section and keep it there, year after year, by pure seed and standardization in ginning to pre- vent mixing of varying staple lengths when the cotton is ginned. Dr. O. F. Cook of the bureau of plant industry expressed the opin- ion that the south can best cash in on its principal crop by standard- izing the staple lengths according to communities. e INDIANS TURN TO FARMS AS NOMADIC SPIRIT WANES MADISON, Wis.,, Dec. 4. — The nomadic spirit of the Amerlcan In- dian is fast disappearing in Wis- consin. Today almost 1,500 redmen have turned from their bows and ar- rows to the more prosaic task of farming. J. F. Wojta, state coun- ty agent, said that one-half of the | state’s Indian population is en- gaged in some form of farming in- | ¢ volving the cultivation of 14,000 acres of land. Indians are showing a commun- Convicted at McGrath and sen-| A former academy building at 3 i S tenced. to 80 days in jail and fined South Salem, O, attended by for-| 11 TPl O1C ot sine $25 for assault and battery, Joseph | mer Senator Foraker of Ohio, is - Cates enjoyed his first airplane 'now a library and museum. —————— Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. NONSENSE, POLLY. THE PLEASURE WAS FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SEND CAGE SQUAD TO Is Goal in South HAINES TOURNAMENT The Juncau Fire Department last night agreed to sponsor a local basketball team to make a trip to participate in the Lynn Canal Tournament, December 14, at Haines, authorizing seven men and a coach to make the trip. The squad will be transported to Haines on the harbor boat Fornance with- out cost. The Department held its regular meeting in the rooms of the Fire- men’s Club at City Hall last night. Other routine business was tran- sacted. GIL RICH RETURNS FROM BUSINESS TOUR Gil Rich, traveling salesman for the Black Manufacturing Com- pany, of Seattle, arrived in Juneau on the motorship Northland today from a business tour of Alaska towns south of this city. - HAWAII ROAD AID LOOMS WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Dec. 4.— Governor Judd 8f Hawaii and ag- ricultural officials have signed an agreement establishing a federal highway system for Hawaii which will permit that territory to share in federal aid now enjoyed by the various states, — e DAILY EMPIRE WA ‘WE CAN GIVE YOU what you weng IN PRINTING when yoy want iz! Try us out with your next job NEWS GREATER EFFICIENCY FOR DOUGLAS FIRE DEPT Along with greater efficiency of operation a routine of duties for its maintenance committee is to be laid down by the Douglas Volun- teer Fire Department. A new com- mittee, composed of Tom Cashen, Mike Cherovich, E. E. Engstrom and James Edmiston was appoint- ed at the meeting last night and an outline of their work will be |l prepared by Foreman Kilburn. The success of the Department in promoting various efficiency measures for better fire protection has been recognized by the City Council and a proposal to the De- partment to take over the care and handling of the salt water pump was presented by Mayor Kil- burn. Final consideraiton of the proposition was laid over until the next meeting of the firemen. ———————— MISS FEUSI HONOR GUEST Miss Madeline Reidi was hostess at a surprise birthday party for Miss Mamie Feusi last night. Three | tables of bridge were played with | first prize going to Miss Cecile Cashen and consolation to Miss | Margaret Pimperton. Miss Feusi's friends gave her a number of at- tractive gifts. ———————— HANDKERCHIEF SALE—TEA | The women of Holy Trinity Guild will hold a handkerchief sale and | tea December 5 at the Light Com- | pany’s showroom, from 1 to 5 p.m. | —adv. 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