The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1931, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1931 Why Rack Your Brain? Every Woman would rather receive Hosiery! $1.65 YOU needn’t be original to please, but you must be wise enough to choose our famous hosiery if you want your gift to be particu- larly welcome. It’s a provocatively sheer but amazingly sturdy chiffon—all the fashionable shades, of course. In Every Size : 2 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store ground and creates a hedge shaped MACHINES PICK COTTON * C(Ill/ il Glrl i like a series of cabbages has been Aids Father in developed to the first stage by Miss . Bodger and her father. Plant Creation Pinadh i AL 4-H CLUB HAS 110 MEMBERS EL MONTE, Cal, Dec. 16—Miss Elizabeth Bodger, who majored in| languages at college, supervises a 200 acre experimental field and SPARTANBURG, S. C. — With more than 500 boys and girls in 4- icking season. H Clubs, Spartanburg County, » id g IN SOUTH TEXAS FIELDS LUBBOCK, Texas, Dec, 16.—Me- chanical cotton pickers have been introduced in large numbers to the south plains of Texas, where labor is always inadequate during the Dozens of horse-drawn pickers TWO OFFICIALS TO TAKE PART IN DEDICATION ; Hawkeswor—tfimd Flory Leave Today for Met- lakatla Celebration To participate in the dedication of the new town hall just com- pleted at Metlakatla, Charles W. Haykesworth, ‘Acting Chief of the Alaska Division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Charles H. Flory, Alaska Commissioner for the Department of Agriculture, left this morning on the Forestry wvessel Ranger IX. They will be absent about one week. The dedication of the new build- ing will be held next Saturday afternoon. . A gala occasion is plan- ned, and many visitors are expect- ed from Ketchikan and other southern towns. Gov. Parks and B. D. Stewart, ' | Mining Supervisor for Alaska, were ' |also invited to make the trip and | ‘|take part in the ceremonies, but were unable to accept. The Gov- ernor is enroute to Denver, and Mr. i Stewart’s work here would not pex-| mit dis absence af this time. Both had expressed Tegret at not being able to attend.’ - ALASKA NEWS Blind flying equipment will be supplied to all planes of the Alas- kan Airways, which maintains its base at Fairbanks. Arthur H. John- son, manager of the Airways, has! returned to Fairbanks from the! States with blind flying devices for installation in the planes. The, instruments make it possible for| pilots to fly with perfect safety for hours through fog. To locate causes of interference to radio reception in Cordova a survey will be made of the city by the Cordova Radio club. For 2500 tons of Alaska coal| from the field north of Anchorage,; an order has been placed by'; Libby, McNeill and Libby. Deliv- ery is to be made in 1932 to va.rlousi canneries of the company. Construction of an airplane han- | gar at Seward has been started by Thody and BSenft, lowest bidders for the work. | —_— Burglars got $20 from the W. J. Erskine Company store at Kodiak. ! Evidently they were frightened away, for they left a quantity of groceries they had put into a sack, ! Buried under 13 feet of snow, a cat, belonging to the Gold Cord mine, was the only casualty as a| result of recent heavy snow slides in the Willow Creek district, north of Anchorage. The Martin Cache, | three and a half miles from Fish- hook, was completely destroyed. Creek dredge, ging November 15. they would not be able to continue operations much longer. in Fairbanks has been Bakery. Mrs. States, and John M. Sieben ed there. Members of the Yukon Order of of Canada. members of the order, attr Pioneers. Comrades who had served with him in France were pallbearers. Officers elected by the Dawson Curling Club are: H. G. Menzies, T. A. PFirth, Vice-Presi- tion baseball games during 1931 J. F. Maclennan, Secretary- totalled 1,043123. Presxdent oem which ceased dig- Two of the company's dredges were still work- ing December 1, but it was thought Under the management of Mrs. C. W. Wagner, the Preiss Bakery reopened under the name of the North Pole May Salt, who arrived in banks a few months age from r, carpenter, who has’ lived for 1 years in Fairbanks, wers Pioneers at Dawson recently held their annual church parade. Wear- ing full regalia, they attended ser- vices at St.Andrew’s United Church Many persons not attended, racted by the presence of the The edifice was crowded. C. W. McDonell died at Mayo. He was a veteran of the World War. ager; A. Ransley, Club Manager; J. H. Wheeler, J. N. Spenoe, John Halliburton, G. B. Edwards, E. C. e | Burt, Executive Committee. Axel Freeberg, old-time resident of Dawson, was found dead in his cabin there. His body was lying on the floor between the bed and the stove. The end came evidently immediately after he got up to make a fire. Heart disease was the cause of death. The manager of the FEmpress the announcement that all women weighing 180 pounds or more would be admitted to the theatre free lon a certain date and quite a number attended, says the Cor- dova Times. f Sam O. White, of Fairbanks, be- lieved to be America’s only flying game warden, set out recently on his longest solo flight in his new Swallow biplane. Tanana, Rampart and Fort Yu- kon were on his itinerary. He reached Tanana the first day out from Fairbanks. Warden White recently was awarded a private pilot’s license. - Attendance at Southern assocla- GIFTS FOR Heaters Mother will love turning on this heater early in the morning. Steady glow. Electric Grills It will cook three differ- ent things at once, and cook them well. These will prove their usefulness over and over as the years roll by. ELECTRIC PERCOLATORS WAFFLE TRONS finds the foreign tongues she learn- ed are helpful. She directs the Mexican crews on her father's seed farm and inter- prets foreign correspondence from customers. Termed by aecquaintances a femi- nine Luther Burbank, Miss Bodger werked with her father in the crea- tion of a dahlia flowered zinnia from a Mexican weed. A thornless cactus with a flower similar to the species known as ihe Tiger lily, which grows close to the South Carolina, claims the largest 4-H club in the United States. The club is at Holly Springs and | has 110 ooys and girls. >-e S(‘ALP TREATMENTS If you are troubled with any kind of scalp ailments, stop in at the Alaskan Hotel Barber Shop and try some of our special treat- ments. No Results, No Pay. —ady. JOHN GRAY. PR S i DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY made their appearance, along with an occasional, tractor-driven ma-~ chine. The mechanical .pickers meet with favor in this area because the stalks are small and most of the bolls mature almost simultaneously, b o anene At the close of business Novem- | ber 30, Anchorage's financial state- ment showed cash on hand and in' checking account $4817.11; savings account $28,000; liability insurance | fund $3,500, in bonds, $4,250; meter deposits -~ (bonds) $5,000. | Fairbanks curlers started their winter ice play early this month. ! the most popular gathering -places| ; 1. Jones is president and George on the campus. Townsfolk may skate there on Monday evenings. . bwqebenmr,cvg‘m‘pmc]duenh Bl “u': The University of Iilinois’ new indoor ice-skating rink is one of DINNER SETS WAFFLE SETS SEE OUR DISPLAY OF TABLE AND STAND LAMPS CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS o “Ready-to-Mail” CHRISTMAS FRAMED PICTURES—in wooden boxes—no extra charge— “Lights o’ Juneau” “Midnight in June” “September Night” “Approach of Winter” Are our special subjects for Holiday Gifts MANY OTHER NEW AND ATTRACTIVE 4 ART PRINTS Kk 4 of Alaska Scenery in Greeting Cards B i and Frames Winter & Pond Co. s AT AR | Having operated continuously ' since about the middle of April, two dredges of the Alaska Exploration | Company on Upper and Lower Cleary Creek, near Fairbanks, clos-' Thomas Hardware Co. THE HOME Toasters This will add a decorative touch to her breakfast table. Very dependable. Electric Irons Make the weekly ironing a pleasant job, this fine fron will do it. BRIDGE SETS NOW NOW flmumm|mmuunnumlummnmmmmmmfiailmlmmummuu|uuumnmmnmmmfimmmm Just Received PHILCO RADIO In Seven and Nine Tube Balanced Units $49.50 $69.50 Come in and let us show you these Wonderful Receivers Treasurer; W. Townsend, Ice Mxm-I theatre at Cordova recently made | U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF mnmu;'mu. WEATHER BUREAU 7 The W eather (By thc U. 8. Weather Bureaa) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Dec. 16: Snow tonight and Thursday; moderate southeasterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y 29.58 37 82 E 7 Rain 4 am. today 34 93 8 6 Cldy Noon today 34 81 E 10 Snow Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. 4a.m. Precip. 48m. Station— temp, temp. | emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs Weather BAITOW .......... - 0 8 - 0 Cldy Nome - 8 4 8 4 16 Snow Bethel . 22 | 10 20 8 24 Snow Fort Yukon . -38 | -40 -36 0 0 Clear Tanana . -16 -24 -12 0 o Clear Fairbanks -26 -26 -16 4 0 Cldy Eagle 4 -8 | -8 -& 8~ 0 Pt.CMdy St. Paul .. . — - d 26 32 24 04 Pt. Cldy Dutch Harbor .. 36 32 32 4 02 Pt. Cldy Kodiak . 26 | 22 24 16 .03 Cldy Cordova .. 34 32 3¢ 10 26 Cldy Juneau 37 34 34 6 43 Cldy Sitka .. ~ 32 e od 3 26 Cldy Ketchikan 32 32 32 [ 12 Snow Prince Rupert . 44 32 3¢ 12 222 Rain Edmonton & 26 24 26 6 0 Cldy Seattle 36 32 36 4 0 Clear Portland 32 28 30 4 0 Cldy San Francisco 50 42 42 4 [] Clear *—Less than 10 mfes. The pressure is moderately low throughout Alaska except in the Aleutian Islands. It is lowest in the Gulf of Alaska and southward and rain or snow has been general from the Gulf of Alaska to Brit- ish Columbia, with heavy rain at Prince Rupert. Light snow has fallen in Bering Sea. Temperatures have risen except in South- east and extreme Southwest Alaska. CALIFORNIA GROCERY ALASKA MEAT CO. ° QUALITY AND SERVICE TO YOUR LIKING Austin Fresh Tamales Deliveries—10:30, 2:30, 4:30 Meadowbrook Butter PHONE 39 UMBER JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS TELEPHONE 358 Pacific Coast Coal Co. 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