The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 9, 1932, Page 2

different items. v rrrrrrrrrre ALL FLOOR COVERINGS at Special Clearance Prices If new rugs are needed or if the bathroom and kitchen require new linoleum covering, we urge prompt buying if you wish to take advantage of the January Clearance offerings which are now in effeet for there will be no better opportunity to save on floor coverings this year. ' Special Prices on Axminster RUGS 6x9 was $18.00, NOW ... $14.50 7.6x9 was $22.50, NOW ... 18.75 3.3x10.6 was $29.50, NOW ... 24.75 k2 'Was $81.80, INOW - .. ....ldnii 25.75 Window ,I;H%,,aw:'_;\- Linoleums and ¥ Shades Linoleum Remmants aslow as 95 cents per square yard Window Shades, 36x7, tan or green STETSON HATS Broken line of styles and sizes, many colors. CLEARANCE PRICE—$3.95 Mackinaw Coats for Boys Good quality and well made. Fancy patterns. CLEARANCE PRICE—$3.95 LJ made chairman of that body. In that capacity he had much to do with the framing of laws during the first session of Congress under the administration of President Harding. The soldier's bonus bill was an- other measure fathered by Ford- ney. Clinging tenaciously to the measure while it was drawing fire J, W, FORDNEY PASSES AWAY IN MICHIGAN : from other legislators, Fordney on % “ . several occasions repeated, “It is ! Most Ardent “Frotection-|the only honorable thing to do.” % ist” in Nation's His- The basls of Fordney's activities in the timber business was lald through knowledge he gained at his father's sawmill in Indiana. When the family reached Saginaw e the future Congressman took a until he was 16 years old. When )Obaschoreboym.woenusdu the family moved to Saginaw in|before he became cook. Meanwhile 1869, the youth became interested |he continued to study business. in the timber business, the chief|When he set out as a cruiser and | industry of the region. After his|estimater he found himself well marriage at 20, to Miss Katherine [equipped for the work. O'Hearn, he obtained the backing | His arranvement wnk the cap- @ capitalist and eventually ad- |italist called for a salary of $1,800 ged lumber mills and yards t0 his |a year and one-half of the profits. He was considered weal- | The business prospered. Later, hen elected to Congress. when the Michigan forests had Framed Many Laws been cut over, Fordney transferred serving on the powerful | his interests to the south and the and Means Committee, Ford- | Pacific northwest, in the region of pelieved he had reached the the “big trees” flfllmfl\mhewul Four years after his retirement, tory, Is Dead i, (Continuec from Page One) of newer and wanted goods, while the values have not heretofore been equalled. As conclusive evidence of this, Throughout the month and throughout the store, this sale has each year become the one outstanding occasion on the store’s calendar. we quote b —— It is our house-cleaning time, the fore runner of a new season when the lafer things take the place of the older ones. This year we believe, more than any other, the opportunity to save is greater, as the scope of the sale is indisputably broader in that it offers a more diversified selection here a partial list of One-Thzrd Off on All Coats and Dresses for Women and Children HALF PRICE ON ALL MILLINERY | 25 Per Cent Off on All Ladies’ and Children’s Sweaters and Skirts GLASS TOWELING, 6 yards for . ROLLER TOWELI At Very Special Values HUCK TOWELING, 6 yards for . OUTING FLLANNEL, 6 yards for CRETONNES, 6 yards for ..... PERCALLE, 6 yards for .... CURTAIN SCRIM, 6 yards for 81x90 SHEETS, each .......... TURKISH AND HUCK TOWFLS 6 for PANEL CURTAINS G, 6 yards for. RAYON AND KNIT UNDERCAR\IE'\JTS each S LINEN LUNCHEON CLOTHS ....... .... ... WHITE MERCERIZED DAMASK, 2 COLORED CHINTZ, 2 yards ........ .... .... LADIES’ WOOL GLOVES, pair ...... .... .... yards LLAR ITEMS ..$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 -$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 $1.00 .$1.00 -$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 .51.00 .$1.00 -51.00 3 SKEINS YARN-black, white, red, brown and navy ...........$1.00 New Remnants At Reduced Prices STORE OPEN TONIGHT Saginaw experiénced an oil boom and the former Congressman be- came president of an oil field de- velopment company. Farming also occupied part of his attention after he bought a tract of land some distance from Saginaw. Although he had only an ele- mentary edueation, and never made an address until he entered public life, Fordney eame to be known as an able speaker on subjects in which he was interested. He gained an extensive knowledge of the tar- iff through diligent study, and his speeches on the floor of the House into heated arguments. in September, 1921. He is survived by his widow and nine children, 32 grand children and six great grand children. e “ KUBLEY IS IN TOWN L. H. Kubley, prominent mer- chant of Ketchikan, and owner of the Capitol theatre in Juneau, arrived on the Admiral Evans on a business trip. \and traded, stage a come-back? His first activity in the tariff Will the minor leagues be able to fight was for- an amendment to shake off the death rate and come the Payne-Aldrich act for higher back to profitable life under their rates on lumber, and his final re-organization scheme? Will Max tariff speech in Congress was in |Carey succeed whére Wilbert Rob- the closing debate on his own bill | inson failed with the Brooklyn | The great reducing process will be featured by interesting develop- | peat. ments in baseball for this year. ‘Wil Babe Ruth's salary of $80,- 000 be reduced to $60,000 or $50,- |000? Will Hack Wilson, complete- of Representatives often led him 1y divested of his $35,000 contract |club? Unquestionably the big leagues will make a strenuous effort to strengthen the second division out- 'dqfibedly will be favored to re- !fits, having in mind the advantage | of the keenest avaiable competi- tion. They were doing very well until the Cardinals and Athletics ran away with the races last Sep- tember. Neither club is likely to do it again although both un- B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. Net Forces Squabble ‘Theé old year has gone out with the tennis forces bickering over the disappointing showing of the 1931 American Davic Cup team. The restlt will be to construct the stage. Vines 15 now the No. 1 man. |, Vinues, with help from Shields, 2 2 Q France took the much prized Davis Cup home. The policies of the U. 8. L. T. A haye been subjected to the severest kind of criticism, indicating that Big Bill Tilden had no copyright on the business of squabbling with the ruling powers. As, for example, the caustic ex- change between Sam Hardy, vet- éran who captained the 1931 team, and - Sidney Wood, 10-year-old member of it. Trouble Ahead For Champs | | U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIQULTURE. WEATHER BURIAU " The W eather (By the U. 8. Weather Buresa) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 pm., Jan. 9: Rain tonight and Sunday; moderate southeasterly winds. LUCAL DATA ‘Time Barometer Temp. Rumidity Wind Velocity: Wensner 4 pm. yest'y .29.39 38 93 S 5 Cldy 4 am. today -:20.56 41 83 SE 13 Cldy Noon today -.-.20014 40 92 S 12 Rain CABLE AND RADIO REPORTE 1 ——_vmr——m—-*—-‘ =5 Highest dpm. | Lowést4aim, dam, P-ecip, Station— temv. temp. | emp. temp. velocity 24 hits w.qnwt Barrow -26 -3¢ -3¢ -30 = 0 Clear Nome .. =24 -28 -32. -22 4 0 Clear Bethel . =22 -22 -26 -20 16 . Trace Pt.Cldy Fort Yukon 132 -32 -32 08 4 Trdce . Oldy Tanana 38 -38 38 22 0" 30 Clear | Fairbanks -2 -24 -24 ,-22 4 .02 Cldy (Eagle -22 -22 -22 -4 4 02 Cidy | (St. Paul 16 14 10 14 22 04 Pt. Cldy {Dutch Harbor ... 22 16 6 2 18 0 cidy ! Kodiak ... . 3¢ 28 12 12 6 [} Clear Cordova 42 33 32 A4 — 1.56 ey o5 Juneau 43 38 3 4 13 a5 Cldy Sitka . 41 (o 40 - . .56 Cldy Ketchikan 46 4 40. 42 12 144 Rain Prince Rupert ... 46 44 40 42 6 82 Rain | Edmonton . 38 38 18 18 10 0 Cldy Seattle ... 48 44 44 48 4 .20 Cldy Portland . 44 44 4 50 16 .20 Rain San Francisco ..... 60 58 48 48 4 0 Clear *—Less' than 10 miles. The 'pressure is low in the Gulf of Alaska and the Interior with heavy to moderate rain from the Gulf to Oregon, and show in - |the central Interior followéd by clearing. Pressure is moderately low in the Pacific States and Northern Alaska and the weather is gen- erally clear in Western Alaska. T2mperatures have risen in the | has Inferfor and fell* sharply at Kodiak. G:0.P. LEADERS WILL CONFER AT KETCHIKAN First Division Republicans| Invited to Conference by. Ketchikan Republicans The Ketchikan Republican club invited the Republicans of Southeast Alaska to attend a party conference to be held at the First City January 27. The invitation' was brought to Juneau by Frank H. Foster, Juneau lawyer and sev- eral times a member of the Terri- torial Legislature from the Third | Division. Mr. Foster has been in Ketchikan on legal business. It is understood that there will ibe a good attendance at the con- |ference from Juneau. The officials of the United States District Court and lawyers with business beforc the coming Ketchikan term will leave Juneau on the Northwestern. It is said that Frank H. Foster, Grover C. Winn and other prom- inent Juneau Republicans will at- INDIANS TO BIVE OLD DANCES ON TUESDAY NIGHT ArrangemenE_B_eing Made for Large Attendance of Whites Members of the Alaska Native Brotherthood and of the Alaska |Native Sisterhood will sponsor a program of old-time Indian dan- ces in the Brotherhood Hall on Willoughby Avenue next Tuesday | evening. The affair will be man- aged by James Clark, assisted by David Willard. White people are lasked to attend and are promised novel an delightful entertainment. Money derived from admission prices will go toward paying off the indebtednes incurred in the recent enlargement of the Brother- hood Hall. Thirty In Peace Dance Among the dance numbers will be a peace dance, in which 30 persons will participate; a chief’s funeral dance, with the dancers in tend the conference. native costume; a Tsimpsean The conference will consider the |dance, typifying a Stick Indian Alaska political situation and the!doctor curing a sick prince; a coming primary election. Star’s Utmost Brightness Reached Every Six Years MADISON, Wis, Jan. 9. — It takes six years for Betelguese, a glant red star, to change from utmost brightness to . maximum ‘|dullness and back to brightness again. Such is the conclusion of Prof. Joel Stebbins following his studies at the Washburn observatory at the University of Wisconsin. e HALIBUT FISHERMEN MEET Owners of vessels in Juneau's halibut fleet were holding a meet- ing late this afternoon to determine whether they would join with Seat- tle vessel owners in a plan for regulating sailings to the halibut banks, — MRS. SUBY LEAVES JUNEAU Mrs. Gladys Suby and her two children, Juneau and Luther, are passengers south on the Norco leaving this forenoon. Mrs. Suby will locate in the states, probably in California. e New garage doors are swung up- ward automatically by the weight of an approaching car on a plat- form. ° missing, this'and most of the other big tournaments are “open” every sense of the word. Stick Indian war dance, in which a princess and a bear will partici- pate; @& herring dance, depicting the power of an Indian doctor to summon schools of herring to shal- low waters on front of-a hungry village; a spirit dance, in- which two princesses will take part, and several other dances. Not Dariced int 30 Yeats Many of the dances on’the pro- gram have not been presented in 30 years, and some of the older Indians who as youths took part in the dances will don their tribal costumes and participate in them again, Arrangements are being made for a large attendance of white per- sons. FISH IS DESTINED TO FAR MARKETS Eighty-four boxes, weighing 2§« 143 pounds, of frozen halibut were shipped south today on the motor- ship Norco by the Juneau Cold Storage Company. The fish is des- tined for Jersey City, N. J. Forty-seven barrels of salted cod will be sent south on the steeam- ship Northwester tomorrow by the Cold Storage Company. The cod will go to Honolulu. i FOSTER RETURNS HOME Frank H. Foster, attorney, whé has been in the south end of the Division for some time, arrived in|home in Juneau on the Admiral JEvans last night, 't !, 1:!”” ety 7 ’ 4 ? ALLEN’S V4 / Parlor Furnace Ciroulltu clean, moist air’ throughout the entire house. Provides all the com- fort and cheer associatet with the oldtime fireplace. Harmonizes with the finest furnishings.