The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 19, 1932, Page 8

110 SIGNED UP IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BY GARD Chamoer List Grows— Mop-up Campaign Starts —Homesteads Urged (Continued from Page One) the same as such leases for at least two years, shall be permitted to enter and acquire patent to not more than 160 acres of such land, to embrace his improvements, as a fur-farming homestead, by mak- ing proof of his compliance with the lease and residenceforat least three years, and paying therefor $250 per acre. President Shattuck directed the Legislative Committee to consider Heads Scientists __THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 1932, EXAMINATIONS ON NEXT FRIDAY astic Year Starts Next Monday . Examainations closing the first semester of the current scholastic year will be held in Juneau public schools Thursday and Friday of this week. The second semester will begin next Monday. All students who as a result of classroom work merit the marks A or B in any subjects, and who have not failed in citizenship, will be exempt from examination in those subjects and will not have to attend school during the preiods Thursday and Friday when ex- aminations are being held in such SCHOOLS BEGIN Second Semester of Schol- subjects, Prof. R. 8. Raven, super- intendent of schools, announced to- day. At the beginning of the second semester, there will be some changes in registration, as is usual on such occasions. Some subjects of study are merely half-year sub- 2 ing under the need of work, President Shattuck|jects, and having been completed PRy Optine AN declared. If all Gf the improvement |by some of the students, the latter i Bird Treaty Act. Mr. x;f,?mmy announced plans to Work normally done each summeriwm register for new subjects. was done now, the situation would anize that body to give repre- 1 rs:grcgzmn on it mythe sportsmen be materially remedied, he said. of every section of the country. | Many Guests Attend - The Seattle Chamber of Com-| George H. Talbot, District Dep-|Resident Engineer on Salmon River merce has adopted a resolution en- 'uty Grand Exalted Ruler of the Highway at Hyder; E. J. White, dorsing many projects of Alaskan B. P. O. Elks, and the engincering | Resident Engineer at Yakutat; T. import, the Chamber was informed and office staff of the United w. Sprake, assigned ot bridge con- by Manager Charles D. Garfield, States Bureau of Public Roads}struction on Glacier Highway and of the Alaska Department. Includ- | Were Chamber guests today. Mr.|a tSkagway, assistant to L. W. ed were Referenda 1 to 3 of the Talbot spoke briefly in acknowledg- | Turoft; Frank Swartz, assigned for Territorial Chamber of Commerce, |ing his introduction. the past two years continuously to Petersburg Harbor Impmvement! M. D. Willams, District Engineer, location surveys at various points. project, Anchorage and Kewhtkan:B. P. R, introduced his staff of; One of the engineers, A. H. public buildings, lower rates on the which some 15 were present in- |Cohn, was not present, owing to Alaska Railroad, opening of fish- cluding: Ivan F. Windsor, Office his absence at Ketchikan where ing on the Yukon River for the Engineer and Assistant to the Dis- he is in charge of construction. benefit of residents of the district,|trict Engineer; B. M. French, As-; In addition to these men, the the Alaska Road Commission’s 10-| sistant Office Engineer; L. J.Ibumu has nine maintenance fore- year road construction program, Jewett, Auditor and Chief Account- men Who are part of its permanent and other proposals. The Wash-|ant; Keith G. Wildes, Assistant Personnel in various distriots. ington bureau of the Seattle Cham-|Clerk, Accounting Department; b Two Packers Remit ber has been asked to aid in get- M. Jones, Maintenance Foremanof! TWwo salmon canning companies, ting favorable consideration of all Glacier Highway; Harry Stone- who have been members of the subjects endorsed. house, Shop and Warehouse Fore-|Chamber for several years—Libby, Do Needed Work Now man, all attached to headquarters McNeill and Libby, and Northwest- Local residents planning improve- | office. ern Fisheries—renewed their mem- ments to property next summer| The others in the group were bership for 1932 during -the past were urged by the Chamber to dolengineers of the Bureau assigned 'Wesk, Secretary Walmsley report- the work now as a means of sdvlng‘m various projects as the work‘ed~ 4 jobs to unemployed here, at the may require: L. W. Turoff, Resi-| Since last week's meeting the suggestion of the Community Wel- | dent Engineer at Juneau, assigned Secretary's office received and an- fare Committee. The Oommittee to construction projects in this SWered 20 inquirles for information pointed out that several business|vicinity; Harold Olmstead, Asslst-[“bo‘“' Juneau and vicinity. houses and the City itself had set'ant to Mr. Turoff; R. C. Ingram, TR . e an eaxmple in this direction. The |Resident Engineer in charge of 760 EGGS LAID EACH SECOND California Grocery, Harris Hard- | Kenai Peninsula projects; W. J.| WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 19.— ware and 1. Goldstein were three Sisson, Resident Engineer for the The Department of Agriculture says firms named by the report. {past season on construction at 760 hen eggs are produced every There are still many unemployed Kake and on local projects; George second in the United States and in the community who are badly in -E. Purser, Resident Engineer on $20 worth of wealth is created. make a report i i 2 :z)x:e z;?i:mg, o L | Associated Press Photo Alaska Represe! | John J. Abel of Johns Hopkins Yane ber “I“ ax:‘n‘zudmed‘ university was elected president of She Clismte % Was ar | the American Association for the today, has written Secretary Art] U Advancement of Science at the ar M. Hyde of the Department of A-| nual meeting in New Orleans. rniculture, suggesting that Alaska be given representation on the Ad- construction at Wrangell, Oraig and Klawock; V. M. Blackwell, QlllllIIIIIlllIIIIIIIllI|||||IlIl|l|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIfiIIIIIIIIIiIIIIllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 5069 GUS ADAMS Takes FREE Ticket to Seattle TRERENTEREIRENERENARINATINIER WE STILL WANT 7122 4734 OR O George Bros. Daily Cross-word Puzzle i cAcRoss Solution of Yesterday’s Puzz. 10. Carry ' 1 Sompuiane 11. Cook 5 Dol AP RE ) AW[E]D] 16. Deposited 12. Steep, rugged [A]L[O[E] RIEPTIH[ELY] 20. A tribe o 13. Character In Eg%flg%g E%E 2. Part of an | th ok AN SR o] o] N oorefx %mfiumumg LN gg g:‘.‘m . 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C, Jan. 18.~ Declaring that a reasonable reduc- tion of Government salaries wil} save the taxpayers between $200,- 000,000 and $250,000,000 annually, Senator Willlam E. Borah today introduced a bill to cut all salaries above $500 a year. Salaries between $5000 and $7,- 500 will be cut 6 per cent; salaries between $7,500 and $10,000 will be cut ten per cent and higher sal-' aries will be cut 20 per cent. ‘The bill applies to all employes of the government except persons holding Judicial positions and the President. ‘The constitution pre- vents the cutting of their salaries. e Dally Empire Want Ads Pay. FR Assistant Receivers Are Named Two Large—Utility Com- panies in East Have Finance Difficulties NEW YORK, Jan. 19. — Federal Judge Caffey has appointed ancil- lary receivers in equity for the American Commonwealth Power Corporation with assets exceeding $100,000,000 and the Communily Power Corporation of Grand Rapids, Michigan, with assets exceeding $69,000,000. John Carrigues, of Wilmington, Delaware; Herbert Briggs, of New York, and Herbert Nichols, of. Chi- cago, are the receivers. The American Commonwealth controls more than a score of sub- sidiaries supplying gas, ~electricity and water to 250 citles in twenty States and Canada. — e DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY E! EVERY SIXTY DAYS we will give FREE 2 ONE-WAY TICKETS to Seattle Leader Department Store and George Brothers 9c per | 2 . —Your COPPER e b FIVE DELIVERIES DAILY = 10 and 11 a.m., 2, 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. 1 GALV. SHEET IRON TONCAN'METAL COPPERLOY BEARING RICE & AHLERS CO. Plumbing Hesting “We tell you in advance what job will e?i”“,* Sheet Metal EFFORTS TO GET TRIBES RECONGILED Good Wil Party from Can- ada Is on Way to Met- lakatla, Alaska PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, Jan. 19. —A good will party, headed by the Rev. Paul Mathers, first native to ordained as an Angelican min- , passed through here yester- day on its way from Old Met- lakatla, Canada, to Metlakatia, near Ketchikan, Alaska. ‘The purpcse of the party is to try and affect a reconciliation with the Tsimpean Tribe which was di- vided 45 years ago when Father William Duncan lead revolting In- dians to Alaska, because of & dis- agreement, and established a church. (FORMER GRID MEN VICTORS AT WRESTLING Joe SavoldimRay Rich- ards Take Two Falls from Opponents OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 19— Joe Savoldi, ex-Notre Dame foot- baller, and Ray Richards, former N gridder, easily won their mafches here last night on a wrest- ling card on which they co-starred. Savoldi, weighing 194 pounds, threw Dick Lever, 210 pounder, of Baton Rouge, in straight falls.” Richards, weighing 206 pounds, tossed Jack Knoche, 195 pounds, of Kansas City, in straight falls, ————a— W. T. White of Juneau success- Associated Press Photo Father Duncan's band changed allegiance from Canada to the United States. The Father Duncan band sought greater religious liberty. About 850 followed him to Alaska, oldtimers here said. H. H. POST HERE TO LOOK AFTER LOCAL BUSINESS INTEREST did not accompany She drove with him Francisco to Seattle,’and visiting there a few days re- turned by automobile to California, visiting at Portland enroute, ing prosperous and continues from | all reports to be one of the best towns on the Pacific Coast,” Mr. Post said. ————~———,—.—— NICE, France, Jan. 19.—Repre- sentatives of tourist agencies have been asked to leave here in May and form plans for closer interna- tional cooperation in geveloping | tourist business. fully underwent a surgical opera- tion at St. Ann's hospital this morning for the removal of his tonsils. setary of state, was selected fifth member of the Unl delegation to the Gene: ference. Georgia on Cash Basis Under Reorganized Plan EXCEPTIONAL . VALUES ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 19.—With s the beginning of lswanceorgu. went in high grade on a cash basis under e reorgan- ized state government. Laws enacted by the 1931 legis- lature prohibiting debts beyond actual revenue and giving the state’s 34-year-old Governor, Rich- ard B. Russell, Jr., control of UNION SUITS Full faghioned, knit to finances, went into effect. fit, All weights and Other enactments reducing gov- mixtures. ernmental branches from 102 to 25, through consolidations and abolish- Priced $1.50 garment ments, likewise became effective and up with the passing of 1931. —————— WOMAN IS CORN HUSKER NOBELSVILLE, Tnd., Jan. 19.— With the same delicate hands that she uses to play the piano and or- gan for the neighborhood church choir, Mrs. Darrah Higbee husks ‘wagon-loads of corn. She has hus- ked more than 500 bushels of corn this year. SABIN’S A REAL BARGAIN— MACARONI, extra grade, pound SPAGHETTI, extra grade, pound Don’t confuse these with the cheap articles GARNICK’S—Phone 174 =) 1—U. S. Steel 2—N. Y. Central . 3—Montgomery Ward 4—General - Motors 5—Chrysler ., 6—Radio' Corp. America 7—Fox Film A . 8—General Electric 9—Natl. Dept. Stores 10—Transamerica kS There are more Jt;neau people than you would think owned stock in the above Blue Ribbon and Conservative companies. suggested to one of these people that he buy his wife a diamond for : investment he would The same dinmond_csnnoi be, bought today for less money, -~ Diamonds have not’depreciated one iota at their source The Dia- y mond Syndicate stands'firm. The only ¢heap merchandise on the mar- ket today is distress mercha < <. féred from the above h <. - Priees now are very firm'and distressed sellers are doing well. Euro- i peans who are alarmed at the safety of their curremcy systems are in | | the market strong. Experience has shown them they can’t lose much. [ i+ Don'tbe afraid to give her the pleasure of a Diamond. If you should | ever need the money you can’t lose much either. | We are the Sole Agents for Virgin Diamonds. f Ask to see them. ... During 1929 we sold several nice diamonds to Juneau people and with each one we offered to take back the diamond any time within twelve months for the full price, less ten per cent, and not one came ~ The Nugget s Shep Y - Ten Good Reasons and One More . . Sept. 30,1929 Dec.29,1931 $229.38 $36.75 219.25 28.62 117.50 6.87 66.87 22.00 55.87 13.00 86.63 5.50 . 99.00 250 358.25 24.00 30.00 .63 163.50 2.00 Yet if we had have scoffed at the idea. - handise, thrown" overboard by people who suf- | o&?se. ,When these are absorbed the price returns. . c ) N